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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
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A mixer" in steel works Is a large
reservoir into which successive lots of
molten iron from the blast furnaces is
poured, after being carried thither in
ladies'. 1t is kept liquid by a fame
playing above 1t until needed in the
converters and open.hearth furnaces.
That was why they blew up the
most modern part of the works. after
a moments silence he resumed, wav.
ing his arm in the direction of the dis.
mantled west mill There were clever
brains behind the dynamite"
"Ah," nodded Monte, then you know
1t was dynamite?"
Summers glanced quickly to the right
and left, to be sure he was not over.
heard, and then continued
II was down at the yard entrance
when a shattering roar came from the
direction of the west mill There were
two distinct explosions. almost stimuli
taneous. II was 7:15 o'clock exactly,
for had just looked at my watch.
I come down early these DAYS to sec
that no strangers slip through the gates
when they are open for our workers.
Jim Koerner was the last man through
He ran the hoist engine at the west
blast furnace.
"As l looked toward the west mill
saw two upheavals, one from the new
concrete base under the blast furnace
and the other from the centre of the
steel works building, about where we
had put in new cupola furnace. II
struck me that two heavy charges of
dynamite or some equally high ex-
plosive had been used. l put on my
thinking cap. and reached the conclu.
sion that only an electric fuse setting
off the charges, operated from com.
mon source OF energy, could have
blown up the mill in the manner de.
scribed"
do you hear?" Andrews said to
Monte.
Yes, Summers is n sort of Sher-
lock-" the young man replied.
well. I have not told you ALL" oh.
served the superintendent with a frown.
"a short time ago l left you, to get
the results OF some investigating. My
suspicious have been confirmed II is
an inside job. and l am sure that one
of our own men touched off both ex-
plosions On n line 200 feet out from
where 1 saw the masonry break before
IL crumbled I had two shallow trenches
dug, and 1 have uncovered copper
wires leading from somewhere in the
direction of the centres of explosion"
If there Is one type of man in the
world whom no event ought to surprise
or move that man is a lawyer. An.
drews proved true to the tradition. for.
titled by an early training as a dis.
trict attorney. for he quickly asserted;
Good work, Summers. Now, let us
keep our own counsel. I don't need
tell you that, Save your discovery for
the Secret Service men. When the
yards have emptied except for the men
who keep the blast fires going at night,
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would just trust people who are making
life study Of real shOC-fittiu " said the
expert with "a years training Eve would
not have the nat-footed woman The
blame falls first on the woman who in
sists she will not get her child the shoe
that fits her. saying Why. she Is only a
little girl She cannot have heels. Then,
besides this, the mother fails to teach her
daughter shoe sense The girl grows up
slave to style. Regardless of sense.
she wears shoe which throws her foot
all out Of proportion. She wears 1t and
suffers II It Is stylish She hurts not only
her feet. but her whole system There
is no article Of wearing apparel which
affects the entire body as does tho shoe
The shoe salesman knows how to ~ the
foot II is his business, If he does not
know he is not kept by responsible con-
Cern.
Two physical instructors In charge If
girls Of high school age in the Phlad'l-
phi public schools agree absolutely with
the statements Of the shoe experts. For
tn, sake OF the girls in their classes, they
prefer not to mention the name Of the
ScECol.
at is true we nnd that an appalling
whom she worked, declared she. too, found
number Of girls coming to- school here are
flat-footCd." said one Of the teachers, who
is a graduate Of Sergeant Training School,
Boston "It Is because the girls have not
been taught shoe sense at home. They
wear any kind Of shoes. Some Of them
have heels which are ridiculous. But they
do not know any better. No one ever told
them. Then. too. many Of tho girls wore
rubber sneakers or went barefooted In
summer, when they were growing, when
their arches should have been supported
The extreme from no shoe and no heels In
summer to the extreme of high heels in
bn ,Uit or, nrnNpl much for the
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CHAPTER V.-Continued

a TOW the Montgomery Iron Works,
IN unlike the modern steel plants at
Gary and South Bethlehem, included
processes that have become obsolete
we could represent this plant at Girls.
nen as up.to.date but 1t is far better to
tell of conditions just as they were on
the afternoon of the day Monte first
inspected the property with Andrews
and the Sandow of a superintendent,
and viewed askance the blackened
ruins of the great west mill.
Iron, the cheapest and commonest Of
all metals, is only found locked UP in
combination with other elements. To
lure away these other elements and
leave iron alone Is the art of steel
making. Let us approach the east mill,
The one great blast furnace left stand
ing at Crispen, and with Monte see it
with his fresh young mind, for ancient
rs iron manufacture Is, 1t is a whim-
sical, Notwithstanding process after all,
nothing more, nothing less than the
Hckle changing of partners.
OF the worlds great paintings and
statues, dTCHlleCJuTe anu CeTeI1lOTldl
pomp, Monte had been fed up in knowl.
edge. He had heard magnificent or
chestras and seen gorgeous military re-
views. He knew literature, too. But
appreciation of the greatest of all sym
phonies, the most magnificent of all
ceremonies, that of the toiling masses
functioning in some master production,
was a sentiment he had missed some.
how. He knew how to look at land.
scape or a sunset and express himself
but faced with industry pressing for
ward over the bent backs of hundreds
Of trained workers he keenly felt the
imperfections of his equipment. He
was on the doorstep of new world
At safe distance Monte, quite awed
watched the charge of iron ore, coal
and limestone hoisted in buckets un-
der gas-engine power to the top of an
S0.foot shaft. There four men were
engaged in dumping the charge into
the narrow upper end Of the shaft, the
lower part of which was 20 feet wide.
I'VE need an automatic device for
charging this furnace, Mr.. Taller"
spoke up Summers, the superintendent.
II have asked for the appropriation
many times"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
THE HOME GARDEN FOR
PLEASURE AND PROFTT
How Much Time Does Garden Require?
By JOHN BARTRAM

to be well rotted. In a large garden u Il
wise to broadcast the manure over the
ground short time before blowing under.
In small garden the manure can be
drilled in the rows when the seed Is being
planted but II must be thoroughly incorz
porated with the soil. Three carloads, 1t
about 81 per load, should be enough for n
place 60 by 100 feet. The commercial
fertilizers are good for a broadcast dtess-
ing alternate or even every third year. A
thin sprinklIng of a reliable kind viii be
helpful to plants In the row, but should
not come In touch with the roots or foIi4
age
Smooth Seeded Peas
Friend John Bartram-Kindly tell me
the difference between smooth and wrin-
kled seeded peas. N B.
The smooth seeded varieties are much
the harder. They are not so delicate In
flavor, but will flourish before the wrinkled
kind can be safely planted. Blue bantam
and Early Alaska are among the good
varieties They are worth planting for
extra early 'messes" of peas
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Shoe Expert Says Mother Is to Blame for Results Shown
by Census of Colds in University of
Oregon

Approximately 3s.435,153 women and
girls in the United States are lat-footed or
have broken arches IL the same proper
tion Of the gentler sex is fat-footed
throughout the entire nation as found
among the co-eds at the University of
Oregon
And Mother is to blame If the state
ment Of n Philadelphia foot expert. who
has studied the feminine pedal eNtrcmities
for the last "a years. is TO be believed.
And this is the reason for the agitation:
AT the University of oregon, Eugene ore
foot census" of the co-eds has been
taken The physical instructor found only
1873 per cent. of the girls in the freshman
class have even good" feet, while not one
has perfect toe line, and S6.1 per cent
have bum feet.
Figuring that SCI per cent. Of the femi-
nine population of the nation, given as
44,640.144 in the 1910 census, are In the
same class with the girls at the University
of Oregon gives the astonishing results
that more than 3S.OOO.O0O women and girls
in the country are flat-footed
AS a result of the discoveries at the
western university a course has been in
stalled to teach the feet to behave" and
attempt to educate them in proper
shape" The University of oregon fac
ulty has scruples against having all the
education in the upper extremity. II has
dreams for foot as well as head perfec-
tion. 1mprints are to be made of the foot,
just as thumb prints are made. Courses
will be regulated according to foot con-
ditons
Naturally, when the matter comes to
the attention of foot experts they begin
to ask "Why?"
1t remained for a Philadelphia man to
put the blame on mother. He says the
American mother, who insists that her
growing daughter be kept in fiat heels
when the foot has developed so Il needs
a slight heel. is responsible for the con-
dition. He also blames mother for not
educating her grown-up daughter to ask
for shoes that fit-and abandoning the
habit of style at any price"
"If the women of the country would
just trust the shoe salesman and not de
mand style regardless of sense. IL they
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21

ATOw as TO the time required for anna
IN teur gardening? My work takes me
into the big city for 10 or 10 hours a day,
possibly little less in the summer. The
gardening is done with some aid from
other members of the family and little
hired help. I'm the leisure that my daily
work affords.
The cool OF the evening is a good time
for the work Between the time Of the
trains arrival and nightfall there are
a couple Of delightful hours to be turned
TO the recreation and benefits of garden-
ing, Sometimes dinner is rather late, but
the delay is better than cityfied cock
tail ms an appetizer
Sunday morning I garden lot and
sometimes that afternoon. I notice that
q lot Of my ncighbors do the same-and
some Of them haven't walked a couple Of
miles over the fields to early church
either. The better the day the better the
deed is the theory of Mrs, Bartram and
myself But If you have conscientious
scruples about working on Sunday you
don't have to take the hoe from its hook.
Furthermore In these days of the almost
universal Saturday half-hoiiday, this fur
nishcs the time for weekly going over
the garden and for such special jobs as a
considerable planting Cultivation. weed
ing, stirring the soil, etc, can be done in
the evening. / say almost advisedly, be-
cause I am one of the exceptions which
prove the universality of the rule.
make point of having an early vaca-
tion in order to get the late crops in the
ground
All this sounds as II I were n literal.
serf to my plot of country; but this is not
the case. I have plenty of other inter-
ests
To get over the ground once week
with the garden cultivator--what is usu-
ally called the wheel hoc-is usually
ample tllth. There will he a good deal
Of work i'm the spring. But. In general,
the work can be very well distributed
over five or six evenings OF two hours,
either after an early dinner or as the
prelude to a late meal-all depending on
whether Friend wife is as good-natured
as Mrs. Bartram.
Sometimes, by the way, It Is desirable
to get up about 5 to do something
urgent--but that is a pleasure on the fine,
fragrant morning of a typical summer
day.
So don't feel discouraged because you
have only miniature truck patch in
prospect or very little time to work one.
Read another article or so. and see how
your resources agree with the require
ments of successful small garden.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
FARMER SMITHS CHICKEN BOOK
The Big Red Rooster


Let me see-let me see :" said the Big
Red Rooster to himself one morning. ~
wonder how those hens manage to laI'
those eggs, and what a terrible noise they
make when they do lay them !"
Just then Billy Peep-peep came toddling
along looking for tiny worm When he
saw the Big Red Rooster he said to him:
Good morning, you overgrown bunch
or teathers-what are you doing nothing
for-why don't you do somethng?"
''Ahem Ahem That is very disre-
specttul way of talking to me. Don't
you know enough to speak in a nicer way
to me? am much older than YOU"
IF you We're busy, l would not have
to talk to you like that. If you are older
than me you should set an example and
Keep doing something. My mother says
you are so lazy you wait for the corn to
grow in the field and then expect 1t TO
walk over and jump into your throat"
Here Here You little rascal.
VIII not stand being talked TO like that"
said the Big Red Rooster Indignantly.
Never mind what my mother says; 1
say you are not old enough to even scratch
the ground. You couldn't dig up a worm
If you tried. Some day they win find you
so lazy they will make you a weather.
cock on the top OF the barn"
who said 1 couldn't scratch?" asked
the Big Red Rooster,
And with that he began to scratch and
scratch so hard you would have thought
road digger was a. work BY and by
he grew tired, and when he stopped the
little fellow said: Now, run along.
Just wanted to have you dig me some
worms You can never make some folks
do things until you get them mad"
well, I like that" exclaimed the
Rooster.
$50 do l." replied Billy Peep-peep, as he
gobbled up a worm.
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Monte felt he was gaining insight
and he could have hugged Andrews
for giving him the opportunity Of see
| ing conditions uncensored.
! Monte listened eagerly as Summers
talked of the iron ore, coal and lime
stone melting together into a capacious
fluid within the shaft, under the heat
of the ignited coal. Summers at the
east mill was re-enacting the tragedy
of the destroyed west mill; so many
men here, so many men there.
For the first time Monte heard how
the burning coal sent off carbon. that
united with the oxygen Of the iron ore
and formed carbonic acid gas, which
went skipping away to the top Of the
closed shaft, and passed through a long
pipe to the boiler furnaces yonder
where It was utilized again as fuel He
heard how the limestone left behind
combined with the clay and other
earthly elements of the iron ore, and
coal, being lighter than iron, floated
to the top of the molten mass at the
bOllOln VI lllt Slldlls anu was lllt Slti :,
now being run Off through spout.
Monte learned how this Stag had a use
in brickmaking or as ballast for rail.
roads. and how ammonia is made from
waste gases.
At last, when sufficient iron had col.
lected in the bottom of the blast fur.
mace, Monte saw It drawn off. Along
a channel or mold formed in sand upon
a gently sloping stretch of ground, upon
the opposite side from the opening for
Stag, flowed the white.hot liquid metal
in glittering stream, the excess pass.
ing into smaller channels or branches,
forming, when cooled by water and
solidifled, 4.foot bars of castiron at
tached to broader, longer bar. Sum.
mers had gone for the moment.
"That broad bar is the SOW, and the
short branches are the pigs" said An
drews.
pig iron-I see how comes the
name" responded Monte.
Pig iron or cast iron is only n way
station on the journey from iron ore
to an iron girder a ship plate or a
watch spring. Monte gazed in wonder
as a powerful magnet, swung down
from giant crane, grippcd the Sow
on the back and hoisted the whole
mass, little pigs" included, from their
sand bed, carrying them off in the direc-
ton of an open.hearth furnace, where,
broken up into small parts, it was re-
melted, freed of such elements as
phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and man
ganese and transformed into steel in
gots.
Our west mill. Mr.. Taller, had a
giant mixer" said Summers regretful.
ly, as he rejoined Monte and Andrews
"Over here in the east mill we must
remelt the pig iron before sending it
to the rolling mills to be shaped into
girders and plates. This remelting costs
time and money"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
FARMER SMITHS
RAINBOW CLUB
The Little Bird and the Big Editor

Dearest ChidenWhat DO think this
awakened by terrible noise
fields or somewhere in Europe Something saying:
"Get up! Get upl and when looked there little bird sitting
wndow the bright sunshine He cooked his head this side
and then that and then said You ought ashamed YOURSELF
"Why?" | asked, peekng the bedclothes
you writing about the Fred the the Earth
the Bubb anything
of the Ar-about the birds"
~ sad "but know little about birds can't
know everything if I a a children's editor"
There re Making always telling the children
tell
the BIRDS that
about birds write you"
felt awy ashamed myself and craw under the and made
this little talk you.
PROMISE HONEST NJUN heart that shall have
about birds.
Who will help us?
Your loving editor FARMER SMITH,
Editor,
this if have I'm
little and wndowsi and maybe the birds
will tell about themselves Do think they will Mister Printer
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''Mr, Montgomery's executive man
ager and chief business getter," re-
piled the lawyer.
Andrews reflected, and then added:
"Brdseye's financial interest in the
Montgomery properties is relatively
small, but Birdseye is a conner He
makes the trade organizations. the
clubs and the winter resorts where big
business deals are usually put over.
By the way, Summers, has Blrdseye
been out here recently?"
Last week." snorted the supern-
tendent.
CONTINTTED TONTOPROW
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Monte crispen, heir TO his uncle's mill
nons. chiefly Invested in lndustrials In the
Vicinity OF philadelphia, has decided 70
oossSsorv'r 49, will that he travel no further
than 50 miles from PhiiGdelphia within a
}5s,une while dining in a hotel with
Ne lawyer, Craig Andrews. Monte pre-
ysnts the mysterious Baron Hochmeister
~, shooting n companion In the con-
ttstnr which followed, the Countess Zeda,
as,u,nnosed 10 be Hochmester's niece, warns
1Sante that his steel plant Is doomed. He
kad met the Countess ia Europe. Earlier
rat day a portmanteau, containing a
eryntic cross, had been stolen from Hoch-
,.sisier in the Market street subway.
The Countess Zeda's prophecy Is ful-
aiied the next day. Monte. disguised as an
nsficjency expert and travelling under. the
same on Taller, rushes to the scene OF the
snectdent with Andrews Forty men have
hoer kllled and a great many injured.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
The Honest schOolboy
nv GEoRnE HnPpEI- "

By UEOHUE HOPIEL, Jr,
One day as a little boy was on his
way 10 school he saw a man come out
of a drug store and drop a dime The
boy ran and picked Il up. He called after
the man, but he did not hear the boy. So
the boy ran and gave the man the dime.
Then the boy started of to school. but
the man called him back and said You
are a very honest little boy and / think
you ought to have half" So the man
gave the boy half Of the dime And the
boys mother said, That Is what I want
you to do always and l can be proud of
YOU"
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a while on my bed before 1 get dressed.
have an old stocking and she loves TO get
hold OF one end OF II and pull, while l pull
the other end. and she talks all the time we
are pulling. / have a toy plano and | play
and sing to her. and she sings as loud as
can sing. She helps me to eat my break kfasl
every morning. 1 give her a taste OF ms
orange Juice, then leave some of my cereal
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purposes" replied the superintendent.
There are many unknown buyers in
the market. I had a talk with Mr..
Montgomery before his death. lie was
a Quaker in sentiment. He thought we
should he careful-very careful. Now,
Mr.. Birdseye thinks differently"
'Mr. Birdseye?" interrupted Monte,
turning to Andrews searchingly.
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we will dig along these underground
wires to their source. 1t looks promis-
ing"
Thereupon the superintendent drew
from his pocket the following crude
sketch of the west mill before the ex-
plosion, with some explanatory notes,
which, after reading, Andrews folded
and placed in his leather wallet:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-21
Things to Know and Do

l. What great political event takes
place this year?
2. Do you want women to vote2 If SO,
why2 II not. why not3
g. Name three games that are good for
you TO play.
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FARMER SMITH,
EVENING LEDGER:

wish 10 become a member OF your
Rainbow Club. Please send me a beau
tiful Rainbow Button free 1 agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERY Day SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
THE WAY.
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