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CH1NATowNs COMPARED

To the Editor OF Evenfn0 Ledger;
Sir--Like the Pharisee, II thank the
Lord" New York is not like Philadelphia, at
least in some respects.
For more than n year have been teach
ing In an East Side annex of New York
high school and have frequently gone to a
Chinese restaurant at the corner Of Pell
street and the Bowery, Sometimes my wife
meets me to go there, and my three-year-
old daughter has also been there with us.
1t is perfectly safe and respectable. The
Chinese restaurants of New York have re-
Gently been found notably clean in general
inspection by the Board of Health of all
eating places.
Here for two or three days on business
l thought would try Philadelphia Chi
nese restaurant. For better direction,
asked policeman on 9Th street what was
the best one to go to. He told me. They'll
treat you right there" he said.
Well, I had my chow main, but want
no more at that place. There were a dozen
or 15 girls and half as many men. There
was deal of profanity, mostly by the girls.
One sat down at my table and offered me a
match for my cigarette, which / did not
have. AS I came back to my hotel saw
more girls in the streets than 1 have seen In
New York in some years.
What's the matter with Philadelphia
Brooklyn, July 10. II. c. b,
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More About Ice Cream

Editor Of "WhGt Do You Rnoto"-one Of
your readers recently wanted to know
about the origin of ice cream, and you pub
lished one correspondents story about
Dolly Madison's (or was 1t Martha WASH
ington'sO cook leaving cream out in the
cold and having II frozen. should like to
add this to your symposium:
Many persons think that Dolly Madison
invented Ice cream. but Thyra Samter
Winslow, writing in the Illustrated World
declares that Dolly Madison was merely
the first person to serve II In America
This was at White House reception dur.
ing the administration of President Madi.
son. The guests liked ice cream SO we'll
that they asked how II was made, and
from this small beginning the ice cream
business has grown until, according to a
creamery expert who has followed the de.
velopment OF the business in America, the
American people last year consumed $50.
100000 gallons, which, figured at 80 cents
gallon, means business of 5000 O00, ,OOO
The first Ice cream was made by a London
confectioner named Gunton, and from him
others learned to make IL. and 1t was intro.
duced to America by Dolly Madison But
his methods OF freezing were crude and
uncertain. 1t remained for Nancy Johnson
the wife OF an American naval officer, TO
invent the ice cream freezer Today the
Ice cream business has Outgrown the small
freezer. Vast quantities are frozen by spe-
clal machinery. The industry has become
so great that fortunes have been made out
OF 1t. And every year 1t increases. During
the last ten years the consumption OF ice
cream in the United States doubled. In the
northeastern States there has been a steady
growth Tor many years The southern and
western States like ice cream especially
In the summer, but In the northeastern
States 1t has become winter as well as a
summer dish. although, OF course, much
more Is consumed In the summer When
Ice cream became the national dish the
manufacturers demanded better dairy Drod
ucts, and they have done much In the cam.
paign for clean milk. The rise of the IN.
dustry also created a large demand for
havorings. soda,fountain equipment etc,
and II introduced new and profitable Tea. |
ture into the drug business. 1t Is estimated
that the average consumption in the United
States is so dishes year for each person.
l.. j.
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NIBBLING FOR MoUTHFuLs

| TT WAS pointed out. before the war
had run year. that the grave peril
to Germany lay in the adaptability Of her
enemies. Every German success of
method became source Of danger, be.
cause the Pledged Allies were swift to
learn the trick and managed before long,
to turn It on their teachers
Examples OF this ironic truth are not
far to seek. The armies of France and
Germany met as exemplars of two dis
tinct theories OF open warfare, and in a
measure the French triumphed. The
open square was able to resist the mass
formation. But beyond that Germany had
thoroughly and France had insufficiently
and England had not at all developed
trench warfare. Yet SO rapid was the abb
sorption Of German tactics that before
the first winter had closed in the Allies
had mastered the rudiments Of that style,
and by this time are equal to the Ger
mans: The French, at the beginning
of the war. still held some confidence in
the old-styie fortress, although on the
great retreat Maubeuge was Stunned as
the pestilence by the English. Germany
had placed her faith in the big gun as an
instrument of attack. Today France holds
out in a fort rebuilt against such guns,
and England drives forward with France
the terrible efficacy of monstrous
ordnance.
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GOOD TIMES IN TEXAS
Editor ot Euentn1 LEDGER.

To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir-We arrived here July s., after five
days and five nights of tiresome train riding.
but nevertheless n fine trip All of our
boys arrived hale and hearty, lust as thew
were the day they left Broad and Washing
ton avenue. The climate down here is very
hot, but we have a cool breeze at times
The nights we can't complain of because
some nights are very cold. Some of our
boys have been sick, but not seriously. we
have in our company Frank Daley, a very
fine tenor. who keeps the spirits of the
boys up We are going TO give a minstrel
show under the direction of Butch"
Rodgers. who is we'll known on the stage
There will be boxing and other amusing
feats. Kid Roche, of South PHILADELPHIA,
is going to entertain the boys, and his part.
ner, Young ODonnell. is going to help. Both
boys are very fast and are known in the
tournament class. Frank Ganonin, known
In the boxing ring as Pat Riley, who halls
from the United STATES Navy. is also going
to be there strong with the gloves.
Most of these boys are from 18th and
Dudley. John Shonert is going to play the
music with his accordion, and John Munce
is also going 10 sing. There is going to be
a wrestling match between Sergeant SeidelI
and Fred Krumm, which promises to be
very exciting, as these are our huskies
Our company is proud of it's three officers
Captain w, Fantom. First Lieutenant Wes-
ley Long and Second Lieutenant James Fow-
Ter. We also have very fine top soldier
in the person OF Sergeant William Boyd
We can speak very highly of all our nom
commissioned officers Manuel Green, the
company's young poet. tried to spring a raw
one and almost got murdered.
We also have baldheaded squad in our
tent, which consists OF Walter Schaeffer,
known as "Baldy from Darby" and also
Joe Long, who Is also from Darby; Harry
Buchanan and Joseph Mckay, from Sharon
Hill. These boys send their best regards
to their many friends in Darby, Sharon
Hill and vicinity. We all will be glad to
get back once more in Philly. especially
Jimmy McDermott who expects to get mar
rled. We feel sorry for Jim.
HARRY BUCHANAN,
JAMES McDERMOTT,
JOSEPH LONG,
JOHN MUNCE,
MANUEL GREEN,
WALTER SCHAEFFER,
JOHN SHONERT.
FRED KRUMAI,
JOHN ROACHE,
Company NJ, Sd Regiment. N. G. p.
Ell Paso, Tex, July 10.
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RED TAPE

It takes some such emergency as the mo-
bilization of the militia to bring out the
extent to which ''red tape may bind up
men and property. In the early hours OF
Tuesday morning, practically two entire
regiments OF men with their rifles blanket
rolls and other equipment were waiting for
the trains in Framingham. Worn out with
the long day of breaking camp these boys
were on lawns, porches-everywher Grace
Congregational Church and the State Arm
ory stand side by side on Union street.
Framingham. Though built by the Com
monwealth for the militia, the custodian
kept the Armory locked up-"no authority
TO open 1t :" while Pastor Forest opened the
church and his home. and won the lasting
gratitude of the weary soldiers Red tape
has no terrors for the man OF God.-Boston
Transcript.
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Tom Days Column

HERE'S one Of those things that no
IL body can quite classify. on July IA,
commenting in this column upon f. p
AS remark that until the soft drink gets
itself a monosyllablc name It never can
live in verse" and quoting B. l.. T.'s re-
joinder, hurrahlng for pop" we said:
why not invent drink to fit?j Here's
a hint for some wideawake bottler
Fifteen men on the dead mans chest,
Yo-ho-ho! and bottle of zEST.
Saturday mornings mail brought
letter from New York. dated July 21, en-
closing a number Of autographed labels,
which must have been printed or in
process Of printing when our paragraph
was penned. Here is one of them:
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stiii remain three or four great sppro-
priation bills to be whipped into shape
and passed, and several extremely con
troversial measures, including the 1hip
purchase bill. win take up considerable
time. Fortunately for the country. the
longer this Congress remains in session
the more certain II becomes that a more
capable Congress win be elected in Mo-
vember. The country has had about
enough Of Democratic inefhciency, and
is ready for change and return to
Republican rule, which, with all its faults.
is directed by men with experience in
government and with realization of the
proper functions OF the State.
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Flo the Fnod.F .Flinrer

nLD GRAY HAIRS, one day last week.
" lured us from our customary path to
luncheon to certain popular.prlced
place
The food is good and the prices are in
proportion to the purses of you young
saplings," he said. Entering, the Old Gen.
tleman hobbled to a certain table.
"Lo, Cutey! 10, Sweetheart 10.
Dearieg' 1t was Flo the Food. .Fllnger who
had approached, deftly balancing three
glasses of water on her forearm. In due
time we were served and the luncheon
progressed to dessert without nishnp.
Something among the dregs of the now
emptied coffee cup of The Decrepit One
caught his attention. With an expression
of much msgiving. he inserted a spoon into
the depths of the cup and came to the sur
face with full.grown. mans size cuff link
Calling Flo he said: Flo, do 1 get
rebate for returning this or had I better
keep it?'
"'Ats all right Cutey." gurgled Flo
keep it-tomorrow you may get a shirt"
W. S. b,
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HObgobIins That Scared Us

NOBODY could ever induce me to
In go down a sliding board into a
swimming tank. had to dig deep into
the past to locate the reason. In a cor.
ner OF my brain. almost buried under the
accumulations of years, found an old
fear. When I was q very small boy 1
used TO frequent the old "bathy," the
canvas-coyered forerunner of the mod
ern public baths. which was anchored un-
der Callowhin street bridge in the schuyl-
kill On one of my early visits to the
place. perhaps my earliest. another
youngster told me horrible tale Of how
a black man had once forced razor up
through the sliding board and-you can
imagine the rest. As a matter OF fact,
the whole thing was Of imagination all
compact" but believed it. F.B.
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a Gallant deed. full Of imarinni

- seA~ NSoo' Adh VI iHldBlnhtlOu
and courage, comes to light weeks after
Il was conceived and executed. Equal in
audacity to the voyage OF the Deutsch-
land was the air-cruise OF Sub-Lieuten-
ant A. Marchal. OF the French aviation
corps. who few from Nancy to within so
miles OF the Russian 'front.' cast sweet
irnpudent nothings over the city of Ber-
lin and was captured because OF faulty
spark plug. Let It be noted that. like
the Deutschland. this messenger was also
OF peace. not Of war.
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AFTER THE WAR

Whole cities will have to be rebuilt. stores
will have TO be stocked, railroads con-
structed. agriculture resumed There will,
of course be a readjustment OF labor con-
ditions Women have entered the Industrial
field speedily and successfully in the war
ring countries But the hope and necessity,
the unquenehable human enterprise are all
here. The unlimited resources Of Mother
Earth are still with us and will be after the
war. After all, isn't the aggressively opti-
mistic man nearer right than the people
who waste their energy anticipating calam-
ity and doing nothing to prevent II? Hard
work always accomplishes more than loud
wailing Tacoma Tribune.
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The hot.weather hints OF The cb,l,

TIC hot-Weather hints OF the Child
Federation win add to the comfort OF
adults as well as OF children. IL they are
acted upon. Every one knows that you
might as well fire a shotgun into the
stomach OF baby as to give it sour milk.
Il Is known. also, that filthy streets and
alleys are breeders OF disease. If the
alleys are kept clean and all decaying
matter burned or carried away, and II
the bathtub Is used frequently. both
comfort and health win be improved. If
there y 70 hethtuh there certainly is
plenty OF water available to- the house
holder or lodger even IN the humblest
surroundings. And mosquito netting Is
cheaper than a doctors bin that must
Be paid II = disease carried by flies is
contracted.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Board Of Mediation md Cancellation; q Fed
ernl board designed to settle disputes be-
tween labor and capital.
Philadelphia.
8. The Legnllsta Junta Is an orEanEntlon in
El Paso organizing new party In Mex
leo. called the Legalsta party.
4. Trawlers are fishing vessels, the method Of
catching fish which they employ is that OF
long lines to which baited short lines are
attached ut Intervals.
o. Hackney horses; not thoroughbred. but
nearly so.
Q. Indian file: ono by one.
2. "Gilded YOUTH: the rich and fashionable
young unmarried men.
8. The Iberian peninsula; Spain and Portugal.
0. The Kohlnoor; one Of the largest known dla-
monds now one Of the British crown
Jewels.
10. Rupee: an East Indian coin worth about Sc
cents.
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AN OLD WAR soNa

My pretty little pink once did think
That you and would marry
(mar-ar-rie),
But now I've lost all hopes Of you
I can no longer .tarry (tar-ar-rie).
I'll take my knapsack on my back
My musket on my shoulder
And down to Mexico l will 20
To be a valiant soldier.
Where money grows on white oak trees
And the rivers flow with brandee
The hills are lined with ginger bread
And the girls are sweet as candeel
From letter to the Richmond News
Leader.
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DEMOCRATIC STUFF

One evil which the Republican party's
calamity experts will not fail to fasten on
the Democratic Administration is the ap-
pearance of man-eaters in northern waters.
Whether this irruption Is due to the low
vacillation or to the general cussedness Of
Democracy we cannot say; but certainly
It is something horrifying, and even Wall
street views 1t with alarm.-New York
World
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As bad as making political capital

As bad as making political capital
out OF the diniculties at FL Paso Is the
attempt TO ahirk all honest inquiry by
asserting that all the inquiries are po-
iiteal. me offieial reports OF General
Bliss are not hymns OF praise. but they
Indicate that conditions are satisfactory.
Letters from privates. however. are di-
xiaed On the subject testimony being
aho1l equal Il would clarity the matter
Ik the soldiers who complain would tell
4eanltdly what hardships they are ready
= suner. what didlculties they are VIII
rs q assume As part Of q Job which is
ael intended 70 be 3 pleasure Jaunt The
HzzzzsItz for E quick Investigation re-
Ies&as and It is one which should net. be
80 - army officers alone. NoE By poll
z.zIans e eIEher persuasion
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THE mouthful for which the Allies are
i now reaching is nothing less than the
retirement of the Germans to a line far
TO the east of their present front. The
third defenses are now under fire. There
may be fourth and fifth. Field forts
may spot the entire terrain back to the
frontier. and this means nothing but
shells. II munitions hold out the often
sive can go on indefinitely until bad
weather sets in. Men, apparently, are
not lacking. II munitions fail, the offen-
sive falls. and with it the prestige of Eng.
land, the hope OF a definite victory. the
chance to strike a Anal blow.
In no sense should that be taken to
mean that II the present offensive sue
ceeds. even beyond Entente expectations.
Germany win be done. Not even If on
three sides her armies were rolled back
into the Fatheriand would she be at the
end Of her rope. The sense in which the
blow may be final. more particularly If
the Russian movements into Austria and
Germany are carried out. is more psy-
Geological than military. At the end OF
the first year Germany's morale was In
tact. At the end OF the second. still un.
defeated. her spirit is notieeably weaken
ing. We do not know what the extent of
Germany's preparations for a defensive
war may be. But the world Of human be-
inss does not offer a race apart. capable
OF a strain surprising that OF all others.
The suffering OF internal Germany passes
beyond shortage OF food. 1t is the suffer
ing OF those who wake from dreams to |
awful realities. Those who have lived |
only IN the belief OF an invincible Ger
many win not be able to bear for long |
the spectacle OF Germany slowly de- |
featsd. Withdrawing upon herself. staving
on the actual invasion Of her soil. For a
year ana half Germany was a united
nation in ths war. She Is at last sub
ieee to dissensions as bitter as those Of
England. Driving those dissensions ana
shelr disillusions home win Be more
szsetivs tAan driving the soldiers 70 the
.aeEss el tAs Rhine.
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THIS is reprinted from "Canzoni" for
L Mrs. Caroline Robinson Rudolph, who
loves a good dog:

T1HIs is reprinted from "Canzoni' 1
L Mrs. Caroline Robinson Rudolph, W
loves a good dog:
DA BESTA FeAND
No keeck my do0i Hd! don'td darel
For jus so queeck voR do,
You MeeSter IMericdn, StUedr
I brdck your face for you!
EhP W'dtP Wal, den, ddt's ala right
But let my Carlo be.
Escusa me for gut ercite';
Com look! smild, Seep
I lcdnt be trdnd 1ceeth you, eef dat
You todntd be ny Jrdnd,
But Carlo ees bes' trdnd 0at
Zen all dees bi10a land,
An he ees frstd 'nericdn
For com 10'en am blue
An max me feeld Hkd man
tai Get all to you.
Wen am conf from Italy,
Jus landa from dd sheep,
Som thief he tak' ny mon from me
An'-preSto-he ees Skeep.
An lo'en 1 find ees 0on'. OF myi
SCISuHy pNIt my NuTJ
An juStd run droun' an cry
Like crazy man an stCedr.
Wen cont'sd bee0 poleecdmdn,
I ASK, beg dat he
WeeH cdtchd thiefG eet he can
He justd laugh at mel
I sect cen street, am SO blue
An justG hold my head
An theenk "to'Gt am / 0onG do9"
An tceesh dat am dead.
Som peoplG com an look, but deu
Jus smile an nottG care;
So pretta soon deg 0on' dtCdy
An ledUe me Seettin' dere.
Hoto long sect no can tai;
pray, I cry, I curse
bat you eef 90 to hal
! no could feel more toorSe!
But 1ohile sect ees 'somtheen0 sot
Dat touch my cheek, an l1'en
1 leeft ntU hand for brush eet of
Eet touch my cheek d0en.
I look. Ees justa leetIG cur
Dat a1d0 hees yelIot0 tail!
An blood ees on hees yeIlotO fur,
An dere ees old teen pail
Tied on bayhind. Poor leeIa pupi
But steel he Ieecb my hand,
As eet he sag to me: "Cheer upI
I 0Ond be your trand'
I hug heent up! am dshGBse'
For Tat heem see dat he
Ees justG dog. but ala same
Ees better man dan me.
Sol dees ees Carlo, Meester Mon:
I Introduce to you.
DG true. dG kinda ,MertcGn;
Dd first eVUd knelOI
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OTHER things the Entente has learned
~ from Germany. The details OF trench
warfare, mining, sanitation were oil
learned from observation of the enemy's
perfection. These are instances which
point the moral of the lesson now being
taught to Germany, the lesson she taught
since February to France at verdun. It
was Joffre who spoke first of "nibbling,"
and the French and English tried out that
system, only to prove that It was In.
capable Of great results. The offensives
of last year, those heroic and futile
movements which left the enemy unhurt,
which caused no change of positions and
worked no transformation of strategy,
were all nibbles. It remained for the
strategists of the Meuse to show to what
extent nibbling could be carried.
In essence the battle at Verdun and the
offensive in Picardy are the same. The
work consists of leveling enemy posi-
NlOhoI Va blIlply ucSlIOyiHB Dy buell llTG
all that stands in the way of an infantry
attack. This cost at Verdun is enormous
to the attacking force, and reports Of
from England indicate that this
condition prevails in the struggle for
Bapaume no less. But at Verdun the
strategy of attack, so far fruitless except
for the outer lines. included the same
of bombardment. infantry at
tack, consolidation. renewed lombard
mept, which are in use by the Allies
The nibble is becoming bite. the bite
nouthful. That is because Germany has
shown England and France what mag
lihcent teeth artillery possesses.
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THE COMING WRIST WATCH

Now, however, since preparedness has
become the watchword and timepieces have
become necessary part of the equipment
of soldiers, the wrist watch Is changing,
The objectors are now willing to concede
the value of a bracelet watch for general
outdoor life but have not quite reached
the point where, after poklng fun at 1t, they
can consistently adopt II for all OCCASIONS
New York Times
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them cut and sent and also sent the filings
which kept number Of women closely con-
fined making them. stiIl have one which
I treasure.
Dr. ], Leonard Levy. now Of Pittsburgh
was instrumental in helping me to have
them distributed. I would advocate such
movement, and II there is any support
will gladly aid to the utmost
NETTIE e. ARMHoLD.
Atlantic City, NJ j., July 22
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QUIZ

l. What Is the Orange Book7
2. What Is the B'nnl B'rith7
8. Name some Of the States in the American
grain belt"
4. What Is the "Latin Union" In finance?
3. What Is meant by cnmarnderie?
0. On sailing vessels, what is the function Of
the "ynrds"?
!. What is meant by the saying ito 90 to
Cnnossn"?
8. What immortelles?
0. What Is the Augsburg Confession?
10. What Is meant by Golden Age?
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you once In a while ana has 80 much to
say about thrift" ought TO saunter
along down by the Franklin Library at
Juniper and Locust. There he will see a bed
Of II In bloom. What2 Thrift" II looks
me. Maybe II he talks nice 70 Jim Douglas,
two Tor his buttonhole. This Is the only
bed know OF nearby. ] used to collect II
on the rocky uplands Of the ssashore when
was kid. botanizins, between Absrdean
and Stonehasen. 40 years aGo. The Latin
nana = Armeria ValsaFla
Johnny aibb.
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Now that Utah.s "orIetnaI wills,

Now that Utahs Original Wilson
man" has declared for Hughes the cam.
paign is well on and the speeches OF ac-
ceptance will be merely formulae with
out any effect on the situation. But where
is the original Hughes man standing to-