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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29

The Bluebird Theatre begins it's showing
of pictures at 2 o'clock and continues until
IL D. m, Fire and flood play a prominent
part in the unfolding of the story to be
shown on Saturday, called THE Heir Of
the Ages"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29

The Baltimore will show Fannie Ward
IN 'On the Level" on Wednesday. This
is a photoplay that will have an especially
uniyersal appeal because OF the diversity
Of characters and places shown. From
rcultured" Easterner to Western miner
and cowboy and the dance hall girl-they
are All in the picture sooner or later and
many more Each character has been
nalnfed as with the skilled brush OF a
lamons artist BY Director George H. Mel
ford who has been responsible for many
bI Miss Wards previous successes. Lottie
N|1Hlord, 1lttls" sister Of Mary Pickford
$50 4ppsars n this picture.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-29

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one Who has had eKPsTisniso PssHTeisPonal sopsRas 1 s
and soluble 9lis he over SO years Of sEgsssalss
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

substantial tub, It's percOlating spray of
scalding water over the convenient draining
racks. enables any housewife 10 say good
bye 20 diSh-washing drudgery forever.
There need be no three washings per day
no roughened hands, no sloppy pan when a
dishwasher Is used. The washer is best at
tached permanently to the plumbing, with
the hot water cock and drain pipe so that
there is no filing o. emptying of water
When installed permanently in a kitchen,
Just like a sink or stove the dish washer does
in forty-ive minutes per day the work that
Mary Ann took three hours 10 do.
IF diShwashing in the old fashioned way
is drudgery. how much more fatiguing Is
washing clothes by the rub-a-dub-dub meth
Cd in which the knuckles are rubbed on a
washboard as well as the clothes.
Now the modern washing machine is a
veritable Aladdin 5 lamp. In go the soiled
clothes in the capacious tub, together with
strong soap solution. The lid is adjusted,
the button is pushed-and presto the tub
rocks, and turns, and churns and rocks, and
In fifteen minutes the clothes are clesnsed.
The soiled water may be let out, clean water
put in and the washer again set in motion
and rinsing done the same way. Bluing may
be added TO the last water.
It is thus possible, without touching fin
ger 10 the clothes. 10 cleanse thoroughly a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13


hand rinSing can equal the thoroughness of
the cleaning given by good power washer.
If we measure an ordinary hatiron we will
find that it measures at most eight inches
long By half as wide. This small surface is
heated and then with it we attempt to press
smooth such large areas of cloth as petit
coats table-clOths sheets, night-wear. etc
No one has estimated the waste motion of
smoothing such large surface with such a
small tool But the commercial laundry
Operated by mem long ago found it was
far more efficient TO smooth a large surface
with a large tool, so they developed an iron
ing machine perhaps 10 inches long, which
would smooth in one motion instead of
twenty or thirty
An ironing machine in the home means
saved time and labor 1t irons not only fat
work like sheets. cases. towels, etc. but with
a little practice viii iron beautifully skirts,
undergarments. aprons or any surface which
does not have button or hook. The writer
has. on such machine. ironed twelve sheets.
eight pillow-cases ten napkins. twelve hand
kerchiefS and two house dresses in less than
one hour
Eyes. but how about the three meals a
day problemi" | hear a dozen women say
TEL us how we can do away with hours of
pot watching and standing over hot
stove
Copyrig
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

OF the meat The clock is then set accord
ingly and after sufficient gas fame has been
used the attachment turns off the gas, and
the dinner proceeds to cook with the con-
served or waste heat
For the small family, the small unit cleo
tric device will further replace Mary Jane.
This is called push button" cookery, and
Is done right at the table. Father likes his
egg just right, and his toast hot and his
coffee not TO stand moment; big brother
likes hot waffles. and sister sdores crisp
bacon every morning Mother can satisfy
them all by using the percolator. tOaster,
grill and waffle-irOn. which enable her TO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

higher grade class of workers into the home
at some time. One Of the chief reasons why
girls who now 20 into office or factory refuse
TO 90 into the home Is because the home and
It's work have not been standardized; but IL
we can remove the drudgery from many Of
the present housekeeping tasks VIII not the
better class workers be drawn into our
honest The Mechanical Servant at last
shows the way
Next Sunday Mrs. Frederick Will explain how
every housewife save time, labor and expense
in the making Of bread and, incidentally, help win
the war.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

We let it remain in the oven from three to
six hours. and when removed every dish viii
be cooked tender and WE'LL this. too. at a
saving of one-third TO one-half in fuel. The
insulated oven or freless cooker means an
afternoon off every day for the housewife
BY It's aid she is relieved of standing. stir
ring and cooking over a hot. suffering
stove, and her family viii have better
meals.
One Of the most improved of stoves has
an automatic attachment set Just like an
alarm clock. For instance, suppose dinner
is wanted at six The length of time dinner
is left in the oven is measured by the weight
1917. By the Star Company. Great Britain Rights
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

large washing, rinse
and blue it within one
half hour. This is be-
cause the mechanical
friction of the tub and
the effect of the quick
displacement of the
soapy water from one
side TO the other forces
the dirt out instead of
rubbing it in.
No human hands. no
hours of rubbing or
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

Perhaps cooking by ma
chinery is the most ad-
vanced of all. For years
we have had the freleSs
cooker. and now we have
the perfected fireless cook
er. or insulated oven at
tached to gas and other
stoves. The principle here
is the familiar one of cook
ing by conserved heat.
There is no need to prac-
tice to day the quic k,
searching methods of cook
ing which are only surviv-
ais of the caveman s cook
ing over a forked stick.
Science has proved that the
tissues and fibres of foods
cooked slowly and in an
air-tight compartment are
broken down more thor
oughly, and are therefore
more digestible than foods
cooked the rapid way.
We can put into an insu-
lated oven such a meal as
this: Beef soup. baked
beans, stuffed flank steak.
beatS apple bread pudding.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

costs, high priced labor
savers are cheap. A hand
dishwasher costs about $50.
power type $50. A hand
washing machine costs ap-
proximately $40. a power
washer $50. Automatic
stove. $40 to $50. General
utility motor. $50. Power
vacuum cleaner. $50. Iron
ing machine, $35 and up.
No one of these devices
costs more than the actual
wages of an ignorant,
sloppy houseworker for
two months. The total cost
of automatic stove, wash
ing machine, dish-washer
and vacuum cleaner would
approximate six months
wages but all of these de-
vices will give service for
ten years, during which
time their repair cost viii
be less than l per cent if
they are used carefully.
For the electric de-
vices, generally a lower
rate Of current is offered,
so that a days washing or
four hours operating Of
any such device represents
- cost of only six to ten
cents.
The Mechanical Servant
IS waiting at every house
wife's door. She neither de-
mands days of, " nor en-
tertains the policeman in
the evening she Is not rude
she does not tear or break
or waste; her name Is not
Mary Ann, but Efficiency.
She means easier, lower cost
housekeeping than before;
the doing Of homework by
science instead of by drudg-
cry, and the placing Of the
home On the truly modern
basis.
Also she may mean the
bringing of q different
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

cook even complex meal without rising
from the table.
Electrically operated household devices
viii come into their own when land not be-
fore Mary Jane steps out of the kitchen
The reason why both electrical and other
mechansms have not been more widely used
is largely because Mary Jane was ignorant
unframed in mechanics and afraid" Of
screws, motors and levers; but the house
wife herself is, and must become, more In
telligent in the handling of tools if she is to
solve the servant problem Mechanical
equipment is tie one way out and the one
sure means of making the modern home eff
cient.
In past years the housekeeper may have
looked upon machinery in the home as a
fad " or as possible only for the rich. But
to-day the mechanical servant means money
saved in the home Wages to-day for a
general hOuSeworker are from $35 to $45 per
month; hOusekeepers from $40 per month
and up; laundreSSes receive 81 per day and
more 1t is estimated that each worker costs
in addition to her actual wages their equiva-
lent in board room, fuel light, breakage
and general overhead F" That is. a servant
to whom we pay $50 in cash represents a
cost of $50 to $40 of expense With food
prices at present rates the figure would be
higher and it would be still higher if waste
and breakage were included.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13

m6 bC btLANA " a y u
wash the dishes, but Mary
Jane refuses 10 follow it.
Commissioner Hoover may
urge that bread crusts
and bacon rindS be saved,
but Dinah dumps them
in the garbage can, re
CARELESS.
The war is helping to
solve the servant problem
by showing how metal
fingers can replace those
of bone and muscle.
The dishwasher will
wash about eighty dishes.
or those of a family of four
for two meals, in about
twelve minutes. Not only
will il wash them, but
sterilize them. drain and
dry them within less than
one-quarter of an hour.
Can any Mary Ann do
better?
The dis h was her of
modern make with itS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-13
No. 2--Making Machinery
Solve the Servant Problem


XVTAR has made the servant pre-
w more acute than ever. 1t ha
W off the supply of immigrant
from whom many servants used to
cruited; and now in our own country
causing changes in factory, shop and
and forcing women into places left Y
by men. The railroads, shipping '
munition factories, etc, are offering
high wages TO women that they are dra
many away from the ranks or worke
the home. When employment agencies
there is a demand for five times as
workers as they can supply, then the h
wife must become her own servant
But becoming your own servant is
not something to deplore. but to be
glad about. When a servant is en-
ployed permanently in the home the
family standard is unconsciously ad
justed to her. The intelligent house
wife may have the highest ideals of
thrift, sanitation and efficiency. but
all too frequently she can't get Lizzie
or Katie to follow them out. There
NAV he better IVav IN
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
PROBLEM TO FINANCE WAR
Government Must Raise $57, 666, 666
Every Dav,

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE tremen-
dous problem that confronts the Unit
ed States in financing the war for the
first year and a forecast of what the
problem may amount to if the war
should run two or three years longer
!. is shown in figures compiled from
estimates obtained from the treasury
department.
Among other things these figures
show that for the remaining 800 days
of the fiscal year up to June 80, 1918,
the United States will have to raise
through bonds, ordinary revenue, war
revenue, certificates and other revenue
devices total of $57 ,666, 666 day, or
eighteen times as much as would have
been raised in day to defray the or
binary expenses of the government.
The figures show it will cost the
United States $6OO,0O0,OOO a year to
pay the interest on the money that it
will borrow this year and that by the
time the government begins to retire
its first war bonds fifteen years from
now the nation probably will have
paid $9,0OO.0OO,OO0 in interest charges
alone
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
GERMANS ADMIT
SLIGHT REPUlSE

Berlin, Sept. 11.--British troops
pressed back slightly the German re,
serves at Hargicourt and .Villeret on q
marrow front, according to the official
statement issued by the German gen.
eral staff. Later, the statement adds,
the Germans recaptured the position
to the east of Hargicourt.
German advance forces northwest
of Lake Nalik, on the Macedonian
front, retreated before superior French
pressure. The Teutons retired toward
the heights southwest of Lake
Ochrida.
London, Sept. 11.-Field Marshal
Haig, in his official report, says the
British troops consolidated the posi-.
tons captured southeast of Hargi.
court, on the Somme front in France.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12

Petrograd Placed Under Martial Law
and Citizens Called Upon to Remain
lm-GeneraI klembovsI<y, Be
comes commandments.

{
Petrograd, Sept. 11.Premier Ke-
rensky has declared that a state of
war exists in the town and district of
Petrograd.
Premier Kerensky has ordered Cen
eral Korniloff, commander-in- chief of
the Russian armies, to resign in conse-
quence of General Korniloff's demand
for supreme power. General KLEIN
bovsky has been appointed comman-
der-in-chief Premier Kerensky has is
sued the following proclamation:
On Sept. 8 member of the duma,
NJ. Lvoff, arrived in Petrograd and
called on me in the name of General
Korniloff to hand over all civil and
military powers to the generalissimo,
who would form new government at
his pleasure. The authenticity of this
summons was afterwards confirmed
by General Korniloff himself, who had
a conversation with me over the direct
telegraphic wire between Petrograd
and main headquarters.
"Concidering this summons ad-
dressed through me to the provisional
government as an attempt by certain
quarters to profit by the difficult situa-
ton in the country and establish a
state of things contrary to the con-
quests of the revolution, the pro-
visionA government has recognized
the necessity of charging me, for the
safety of the republican regime, to
take the urgent, indispensable meas
ures necessary to cut at the roots all
attempts against the supreme power
and rights of the citizens won by the
revolution
81, therefore, for the maintenance in
the country of liberty and public order.
am taking all measures which shall
announce at the proper moment to the
people. At the same time order Cen
eral Korniloff to hand over his func-
tons to General Klembovsky, comman-
der-in-chief of the armies on the
Northern front, which bar the way to
Petrograd, and order General KLEIN
boysky to assume Professionally the
functions OF generalissimo, while re-
naming at Pskov.
Secondly, I declare state of war
in the town and district of Petrograd."
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
URGED TO HELP WIN WAR
Prominent Socialists Appeal to Mem.
bers OF Party.

New York, Sept. 11.-All Socialists
in the United States, organized and
unorganized. were urged to "put all
their energy, strength, ardor and en-
thusiasm at the disposal of the gov
eminent. SO that the war may be car
.ried to rapid and victorious conclu-
sion" in statement issued by Social.
list delegates to the Minneapolis con-
ference of the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy on their return
here.
They will thus be acting In accord
ance with the noblest traditions and
highest aspirations Of America as well
as the international Socialist move
ment," the statement said.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
BREAK is NOT THOUGHT OF
United States Will Retain Present Re
Iations With Sweden.

Iations With Sweden.
Washington, Sept. i State depart
ment officials continue their policy OF
absolute silence regarding the govern.
ment's exposure Of how Sweden's lie.
CATION in Argentina acted as secret
channel of communication for Count
Luxburg, German charge In Buenos
Ayres, and the Berlin foreign office,
but It was plain they deplored any
attempt to color the incident as fore
casting a diplomatic break between
the United States and Sweden.
No such development is ever
thought Of at this juncture. At the
present stage it is wholly matter be-
tween Argentina, Sweden and Ger.
many, with the United States, her al
lies and the rest of the world inter
ested onlookers.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
ROOSEVELT FOR SUFFRAGE
Colonel Says Women Should Havs
Right TO Vote.

Oyster Bay, N. Y. Sept. 11.-Women
are entitled to the ballot as right
and not as g favor. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt told gathering Of about
500 suffragists and their friends Who
motored to his home at Sycamore
Hill.
He declared himself most emphas
ically In favor Of woman suffrage and;
was heartily applauded when he said.
ION the whole, the citizens to whom,
I viii pay the greatest Difference as
doing the most indispensable Of All
duties IS the mother
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
FEDERAL AN0 STATE GRAIN
GRADES TO BE COMPARED

The eaanges made By tne United
etes Department Of Agriculture in is
lew grain standards from the g,ades
established by the Minnesota Board Of
Grain Appeals, will b. fully illustrated
d by the Minnesota Railroad aad Ware
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
BREAK WITH RUSSIA is
PLANNED BY Firms.

Helsingfors, Finland, Sept.
1.-THE Vetcherni Vremya an
) nounces that the Finnish sen
ate has drafted a bill for the
definite separation of Finland
from Russia. The terms of the
bill, it adds, are more drastic
than those of the bill that re
Gently passed the Finnish diet,
and it will be presented to the
provisional government, the
newspaper declares, in the
form of an ultimatum.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
HIndenbura Seriously iii.

Rome, Sept. lit is reported here
that Field Marshal Hind enburg is very
i'll and the injuries recently sustained
by Quartermaster General Won Luden-
dorff in a railway accident in Belgium
are graver than at first supposed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-12
POPE DENIES INTERVIEW
Regulates Article Published in Lon
don Newspaper.

Rome, Sept. Reputation of the
recent interview with Pope Benedict,
published by the London Daily News,
as malicious invention" was made
by the papal secretary of state.
The interview placed the pope in
rather an unenviable light, indicating
strong proc German sympathies.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-12

in 1917 will be more reasonable than in 1916 This would
enable better stablization of business and to
teriay restrain dangerous industrial initiation In all es
senal respects business and credit sound and the
impetus impaired by will keep home trade active for
months to in spite of the difficulties incurred
through readjustment. Both the West and the South
exceedingly prosperous result of high prices the
consequences of which will be large increase in acreage
of all farm products-something that would have been
impossible had the attempted keep prices
done AS for export trade what is lost in direction
will be largely made up by reopening old markets. and
the gains from exploiting fields Of enterprise.
An unsettled tone developed on the Stock Exchange,
particularly in the ndustrals Besides the of the
recent bear attack the stock market has undoubtedly
produced strong opposing force against inflated
prices hence for the present it is likely to be tWosde6
market subject violent attacks. The money market is
easy and large amounts of funds awaiting investment
January disbursements of the principal large corporations
amounted to over $3.50 000000 compared with S280000
900 year ago. Last year 900 new corporations,
with capitalization Of 10000 report
ed an increase Of 81 000 This implies unprece
dened industrial development and activity It is rmored
that new British loan will shortly be offered in this
market probably an issue based upon collateral held in
recent warning Of the Federal Reserve Board and the
fact that this market is already well supplied with British
bonds it will be interesting to how the issue will
be received. It is quite evident that there will be good
demand for capital during the current year and
thereof will be able command good rates either at home
or abroad
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-12
l Am the Unimproved Highway.
BY H. G.. Andrews

By H. G. Andrews
in the William Penn Highway Bulle-
tin, Harrisburg, Pa.
Copyright, 1916, by the William
Penn Highway Association.
l am the unimproved highway.
My name is Mud
The feet that pattered in primeval
slime gave me birth.
Unchanged while the ages passed,
l have endured. Time has but served
to increase my infinite variety. Earth
worn, and without soul, yet have l
lived. From the beginning have l
been mans enemy.
A dust-colored python am I, stretch
ing my length across the hills, wait
ing my time to crush endeavor.
l have shared caravans that left
bleaching bones in lands now des-
ert.
Empires have fallen because of me.
l have turned victories into routs!
I have trapped mighty leaders and
have crushed armies.
l am without faith, and those who
trust me / deceive.
Today am fair to look upon; to-
morrow steaming bog.
l add Difficulty to Distance
With Isolation do | conspire to un-
joint the endeavors of man. | tug
at the wheels of the grain cart, that
bread may be dear. l hamper those
who would feed the race. | am an
enemy of church and school. | mire
the healer on his rounds and delay
the coming that little ones may die.
| am a disrupter of home. | speed
the first born to the cities when
am fair to see, and when he would
return l face him with my forbidding
depths. | minister to bitterness and
lay tax on all the world. There
is none who lives who does not pay
me tribute.
When men plowed with a crooked
stick I was there. When the ancients
covered me with stones | slipped away
to other lands. | am the Oldest lie
'hat lives today. Men count me cheap.
| know the price they pay who count
me so.
I am the unimproved highway.
My name is Mud!
Imperial Valley press., 1917-01-12
LEADERS FOR PRIZES.

Each Gay this week a prize of TO-
900 bonus votes is being awarded the
contestant turning in the largest num-
Der of new subscriptions for year
or more each during that day, the Of
flee remaining open until 0 each
evening to accommodate those who
find it more convenient to call after
dinner.
The best record yesterday was made
by Mrs. L. F. Elan, who thereby won
the 10000 prize votes, which places
her name, after only four days ef-
fort in the contest, in the lead fol
one of the seven prizes to be award
ed one week from Saturday.
The end of the contest is so close
at hand that friendsof contestants are
getting excited. Someone must win
the $1050 Studebaker and someone
must win the $3.50 cash, and another
the $500 furniture order at the In
perial Valley Hardware furniture de-
partment. Who will prove the win
ners Any one Of the prizes could be
won without much effort. One or
two generous subscriptions would ma