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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
Home-Made Hanger

a handy clothes hanger for children can
be made of broom handle. Make a cross
OF Two pieces of wood fourteen inches long
three inches wide and one or one-half inch
thick Tor standard, Fasten together. bore
a oe nole III the center and insert the handle.
screw half a dozen hooks in the handle
paint or enamel any desired shade and tho
hanger is finished. Small children will on
JOY hanging their dresses on this hanger
thus teaching them to be neat and tidy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
treatment of Bedroom Floor

~ fhe Editor Of womans Page;
4 Dear Madam am In doubt as to the treat,
meat Of 4 bedroom floor, which In old one
NJ Dot wish 10 spend much money on y Can
~, he1p mel q, G.
s. II your floor is old and you intend to
n6 : 1eree rug you might paint the edges
- 0oof white, or use some pale shade
~ the color OF the walls Or filling
~ uoed all over the floor. II you
n(ccF1 either and must use small
a. n PAINT your floors q dark
~ only the necessary rugs. one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
To Wash Silk Shirts

70 the Editor Of womans Page:
Dear Madam--Can you tell me the best way
20 wash tailored silk shirts to prevent yellowing
fhemf READER.
q Wash carefully in lukewarm soapsuds,
using a pure white soap. Never rub soap on
the material itself Rinse in clear water
warm, not hot---to which a. little borax has
been added Iron the garment while still
damp, as silk II allowed to dry thoroughly
before ironing will have a rough appear
once. Use a cool iron.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
Gift to Engaged Girl

To the Editor OF Wontans Page:
Dear Madam have been invited to attend
engagement reception, MY sister thinks
should send present. Is she right?
MABEL.
1t is not customary to send a gift at this
time. Later on IL would be a graceful thing
to do to give the girl some little present
for her hope chest, such as a piece of lin
gerie or household lnen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
Young Girls Weight

To the Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam-Can you tell me whether l am
correct In weight for my height? am fifteen
years of five feet three inches tall and
weigh III pounds. Also, how much should a
girl of the same age who is two and one-haif
inches taller weigh? MARIE.
Your weight is about normal. The other
girl should weigh about 126 pounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
Recipe for Corn Dodgers

- the Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam--This is my way Of making corn
dodgers. Sift four cupfuls sweet cornmea add
4 teaspoonful salt and stir in cold water, knead-
ing ali the time until the, uixtnre Is q the con
sistency to be easily nodded with the hands Into
little oblong- shaped cakes. Place these cakes
In a baking pan and bake until a brown crust
has been formed This is excellent break
fast dish. served with strained honey or maple
syrup. NMrsl l.. /.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
Whitening Clothes

70 the Editor Of Womdr's Page:
Dear Madam find that yelowed clothes
may be whitened by allowing them to soak over
night after they have been washed, in clear
water into which a teaspoonful of cream OF
tartat to a quart of water has been put. They
will be beautiful and white next morning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28

motherhood of almost every
when the life her child stake when her falls the solemn
little life allowing are one
these mothers how did take hold of such critical situation ~ lilo
this of five dollars will be given Additional letters which are ac
published will be
than Thursday week. April Send them to the
of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28

2. In recent years the custom Of wearinf
gloves has become less rigid, and nova.
days the BRIDES attendants frequently dis
pense with them altogether.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
ERDAY'S INQUIRIES

l. Cshers' attire for wedding Is the same
al that for an afternoon wedding, black OF
dark gray cutaway coat, gray pn-stripet
trousers, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28

3. When. .massaging the face. the muscles should
always be rubbed upward and outward; a
downward motion will cause them to sag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28

A WOMAN living on the Main Line,
Awhose letter obviously must remain
anonymous, writes;
IL was interested in reading several
days ago of the little boy who lived up to
what his mother expected of him. DO
you not think men can he handled in
much the same way? For they are only
big little boys after all.
II believe that the tactful woman can
not only get what she goes after, but
manage at the same time to make her
husband think he is following his own
inclinations in doing that which she
wants him to do.
"This may seem like an argument for
anti-suffrage: on the contrary, / am "A
feminist in the fullest sense of the word.
only believe that under existing condi-
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|IISY ENOUGH TO FIND FAULT
WITH THE WORK OTHERS DO
kdverse Criticism Only Proves Discouraging to
the Average Person - The Tactful Wife Uses
Diplomacy in Managing the Man Creature

<HNH1TICISM has its own place in the
~ scheme of things. We are all better
Tor having errors pointed out, but too
many Of us, 1 am afraid, are inclined to
tbe Restrictive in our criticisms rather
s1han constructive. They who constantly
oneer at the accomplishments of others
are usually the ones who have done Moth
3)ng themselves to warrant criticism, good
kor bad--mere nonentities.
"A II any one does something. whether 1t
/, y to write a book, preach sermon or
build a mousetrap. do not adopt a dis
couragingly critical attitude. Real talent
Z u sometimes nipped in the bud because
4 cf.a lack of sympathy on the part of
others.
1t always makes me fearfuly tired to
hear any one ridiculing the beliefs of
other people when they themselves have
nothing better to offer and no better ar
guments against these convictions than
others have for them. A man said to me
the other day with his most superior air
Il suppose you believe in God and all
that sort of thing" He could not have
demonstrated to me in any better way
how much he was suffering from 'eX-
treme youth" As another man | know
said 80 many of us, when we go to
college, devour large chunks of higher
criticism and kindred subjects without
thoroughly deesting them. In few
years, happily, most Of us get over it and
cease making ourselves offensive and gen.
orally ridiculous in our efforts to appear
high-brow."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
TODAY'S INQUIRIES

l. How can tea stains be removed from table
unen?
2. How can an ink spot be removed from a
hare floor?
8. When gilded gas fixtures have become very
much soied how they be Frightened?
ANSWERS TO VEST
l. Bread. to make the best sandwiches
should be u day old.
g. When no machine for cutting bread for
sandwiches Is available each slice should he
buttered before II Is cut from the loaf A sharp
knife dipped in hot water will cut the bread
evenly.
g. II q little butter Is rubbed on the under
dde Of the spout of cream pitcher the cream
will not run down the side.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
ANSWERS TO YES

1. Bread. to make the best sandwiches
should be u day old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28

|. How can panama hat which has become
stained with perspiration be cleaned:
?. What Is the proper way to clean a diamond?
g. What il the best way to polish the finger
nails?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-28
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE

md
sentmen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15

say. Il have touched hand that clasped
washington's." Soon even that link
win be broken. for they are old men who
can say that. But the link must be
forged anew.
Young slackers do not seem TO realize
the husky intolerance that Americans In
touch with the past feel for those VINO
won't help. They forget that America
is rather grim military establishment
which twice has cheerfully gone In Tor
civil war. During and after the hrst
of these civil wars we fired thousands
of Tories out Of tho country, and 4 Is
no exception to our grim old rule that we
should be ready to fire thousands OF
slackers into Jail as occasion arises. The
protection OF liberty against those VINO
take liberties is no dainty, scrupulous'
legal procedure. 1t is rather tough work.
involving occasional clumsy injustices'
But that is true of the accomplishment
of all hard tasks.
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TINE FOR THE BIG STICK

A DEMAND is made for "the scyerest
~ punishment for lIornilof." II seems
that the definition Of this phrase Is split
ting the KerenslSy Cabinet into fragments.
Does it mean death? The Russians do
not like to kill. The execution of gen
eral would shock the nation. Yet failure
to execute him would be an invitation to
any popular officer to start a new revolt
Lincoln was placed in this position
It was probably his persistent leniency
TO men who deserved death that allowed
the evil dream OF dictatorship to grow
in tho brain of at least one Of his gen
erals. But Mcclellan never went the
length that Korniloff has gone, that of
marching on the capital. The imprison'
ment of this rebel for the duration of the
war would do much to gain respect for
the Kerensky Government in this country.
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CITIZEN OF A DIVISION

TT WOULD be a fine thing IL a method
l. could be devised to require of a man
that he become citizen of his ward
before he qualities as a citizen of his
State and country. 1t might be better
TO require of him that he first become
a citizen of his division, of that little
nelghborhood nation OF which the polling
place is the capital city.
Nobody ever cast vote at the polling
place of a State or of the United States.
A man marks his ballot in Jim Jones's
division, and it is right then and there
that his immediate neighbor has virtually
full jurisdiction over the results, for the
cases in which the courts have materially
changed the figures are negligible in num-
Der beside the cases in which Crookedness
has successfully been applied. Every
citizen should provide himself with a
list of all the eligible voters in his d.
vision, and should inform himself as well
as he honorably and practically can as
to the voting strength of each party and
faction in the division. Then he should
compare his forecast with the. results
published in the ward and division charts
after election,
Challenge everything. Challenge every.
body. Make It a life ambition to become
an officer of elections in the division.
Then it will be safe to let the country
take care of itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15
THE INTERNATIONAL "sLEUTH"

TIME Entente may be the Policeman OF
i Europe, but America has become the
Detective of the World. All the good
"sleuthing" of the last thres years has
had headquarters in Washington.
What wild romance of Oppenheim, re-
lating what incrediblities of double-cross'
ings and triple traitors, can compare with
the mysterious seizure of the thinner
mann plot note, which sought TO array
Mexico and Japan in alliance against us?
That note has been made fundamental
part of the keystone of Wilson's arralgn'
ment of Berlin duplicity. 1t is one OF the
sinews of war. And now 'Old Sleuth
Lansing is always able to produce from
his desk Just the right document In the
case in the pillorying Of the Swede-the
poor Swede
Mr.. Gerard kept his ears open. as he
sat i'm Berlin restaurants, and on one
occasion he overheard n pretty woman
say something which later he sent TN
Cling over the cable to Washington ana
which played an important part In the
delicate diplomacy of the days of our tot
tering neutrality.
The war, says Carl Alderman, Is
war of words. The political development
is more important than the military de-
velopment. Diplomacy, opinion, propa-
ganda, a combination Of them sown in the
minds of the millions of all nations and
slowly growing to the fruition of action
that is what the war is that we are fight
ing. And to get the true diplomacy, the
true opinion, detective work must play
its part, as it must always play its part
in Journalism. This is newspaper war;
our Socialist friends love TO tell us So be
it, then. So much the more reason for them.
to have all the facts dug up for them.
SO much the more reason TO have definite
proof Of German plots that exist tangibly
to balance all those intangible and un'
proved plots which the Socialists are so
ready to throw up to "pertdious Albion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15
A BOOK ABOUT BEES

When bees become queenless they have
the science to rear a new queen to save the
colony from perishing. An ordinary work.
Gregg that is just Matching into the larva
is profusely fed with royal jelly, a strangely
prepared food of which no ono knows the
exact composition. Instead of growing in
the ordinary cell. the larva is given one of
these great waxen cones for its nursery,
and instead of Matching In twenty-one days
into a worker bee, 1t matches in sixteen into
a fully Hedged virgin queen. The first
preparation for swarming Is the starting OF
a batch OF these queen-cells. 30 that the
colony shall not be left queenless when the
uueen departs with the swarm, and the
swarm does not leave till some of the cells
are sealed over. Whenever a queen loses
her life. or grows SO old as to be useless
the Same sort OF queen-cells are started 10
replace her. The only exception is when a
queen dies In the winter, and there are no
eggs from which new one can be reared;
and then unless man gives help. the colony
quickly vanished. Frank Lille Pollock to0le
~ ekeRk THE A. ~ ilderpeQa Honevs H11c0
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15
OLD SWEDES' CHURCH

THERE is only one building In Pmat
i delphia which has been in continuous
use for 200 years. Old Swedes' Church
or, properly, Gloria Del, was built in 17oo
when William of Orange was King OF Eng
land, and Of much of America, too iof
that matter. Originally this congregation
was Swedish Lutheran, remaining so untn
1881, when it became a part OF the Epp'
copal Church, under the name of the Sweo'
ish Episcopal Church. But as the Luln'
eran Church in Sweden is Episcopai y
form and spirit, Gloria Del has really az
ways been an Episcopal church
The first Swedish colonists who reached
the shores of the Delaware in the year
1885, nearly fifty years before Penn landed
brought with them a Swedish minister. the
Rev. Reorus Torlillus. They landed |"
Chrlstiana, built aN church. and Mr.. lot
killus became their pastor new pas
tor. Campanius. and q new Governor ar
rived in 1642 and a new colony settled y
Tinicum Island. a few miles below Phila'
delphia on the Delaware. in the vicinity
of what is now Essngton. But the Swedes
living east Of the Schuylkill found the up
TO Tinicum too far and petitioned the cou,'
of New Castle in 1875 to build churcn
at Wicaco. the Indian name TOR tho is~
on the Delaware near which Penn aHsi-
ward laid out his city. The permission wa
granted.
The blockhouse at Wicaco. erected y
1869 as a defense against the indians. W.
used for years as a church. When FapIs
titus, tho pastor. died, the Swedes VIZ WIZ
twice to Sweden for a new pastor, put ~
letters miscarried. At last they mads .s tns,'
wants known, and the Rev. Andreas nus' s
man, the Rev. Eric Biork and the ~, !,
Jonas Auren arrived In 1897, with io' "
books, $4,000 and much enthusiasm.
"They look upon u.s." wrote Mr.. Ass
man to Sweden, referring to his nocA' q,
II we were angels from heaven"
This coast would be the most relisIVu
place In the world. had 1t but lived up ~
its early traditions. It Is hard Tor Hess
erns to realize how the settlers hunsosss
fo- Righteousness. But those men -.
stranded on the edge of new world w.
indeed was their plight. They had ~
way of knowing that there were not In''.
lions of Indians ready to swoop down w
them They felt alone with GOD sy 49,
with SO much material need too obvousx
present, their spiritual need was intens ~
some superhuman courage was requie1
uphold them In their perils and isoo
And the faith upon which they mus
must be orthodox; they must me
Gnonsos about roIiglon IN this pfrnx
1I1.r~s .ru..,nk 49, - ~f<>~n |x1nn< I&|
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Defense of a Labor Candidate.
A Kings Letter-Wilson's
Reply
DEFENSE OF LABOR CANDIDATE


TO the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Slr-The EVENING LEDGER need not be
told OF questionable politics or politicians
in this city; its civic enterprise has uncov-
cred such as that long since.
On behalf of public decency and organ
lied labor may ! voice protest against the
carefully thought out insnuation" spread
through his section that Frank ]. Schneider
international secretary-treasurer Of tho In
ternational Union of Elevator Constructors
Of America, an honest citizen of this city
and candidate for Common Council in tho
coming primaries in the Forty-third Ware,
is not a loyal American?
Only an anti-American would stoop to
such vile tactics. In Yankeeland we are
taught to fight fair and square. and any
other style of combat is part of a scoundrel.
To injure Schneider's chances before the
citizens his opponents called attention to
the name Schneider" and by subtle inti-
nation gave the suggestion that he was
running on n foreign ticket"
Expression is too feeble to designate
such an act. Only a small-grade person
would take the chance
In the ranks of organized labor there is
none respected more than Schneider. In
citizenship there Is none more honest loyal
and energetic. In patriotism and true
Americanism he measures up to the best
standards.
His father was a German, came to the
United States, took out citizenship papers,
fought in the Civil War and died as a re-
suit His son, whom enemies are trying to
besmirch. was educated in the Soldiers
Orphan Institute here. the city of his BIRTH
All the years of his life he has taught the
principles of Amerlcanism as embodied In
the lessons OF Bunker Hill and Valley
Forge.
Today the candidates son is at the call
of the colors ready to make the supreme
sacrifice for the family's Americanism.
One hundred thousand trades unionists
of this city who know Frank ]. Schneider
resent this insult, this infamous insinuation,
this degrading expression of dirty poll
tics" FRANK McKOSKY.
Secretary Central Labor Union.
Philadelphia, September 13.
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! attach herewith a clipping taken from the
March, 1908. issue OF McClure's:

] attach herewith a clipping taken from the
March, 1908, issue Of McClures:
APIA, "a December, 1888.
To his Excellency Grover Cleveland, Presi-
dent of the United States of America.
Your Excellency--I have the honor to in
FORM you that on the last month wrote a
letter to your Excellency, praying that you
with the United States Government would
look with compassion on me and the people
OF this small group of islands and devise
some plan of mercy that would free US from
the hard and cruel rule of the German con-
sui and captains of German men-of-war
And now I have again to cry to your
Excellency and the United States Govern
ment and pray you to help us.
For on the 18th of this month the Ger.
mans raised war against me in the early
morning, before 1t was daybreak. Many.
seeing the force approaching. thought they
were the war party of Tamasese. but as day
light became stronger we saw that they
were the German men-of-wars men and we
stopped the fight, as we never intended to
show fight to the Germans from the begin
ming up to the present day. What brought
about this fight with the Germans was the
cruel and heartless conduct of the German
consul by trying to put Samoa and the
Samoans under the rule and control Of the
German trader in Samoa Your Excellency
and the Government of the United States
have love for US and extricate me and Sa-
moa from the anger of the Germans. now
and for the future.
oh, that you would send men-of-war here
with a favorable decision and with strength
in order that We might be protected.
Please entertain the desire sent to your
Excellency and the United States Govern
ment in the last month; and this also. and
may the United States Government enter
tain 1t. Then we under the rule will find
peace. May you live,
JOSEFO I. MALIETOA,
King of Samoa.
OF course. this does not prove anything
conclusive, but II shows the trend of the
Prussian mind toward gathering all the
trade procurable no matter how small, and
its attitude toward anything in a helpless
condition. IGNATIUS +. ]. MADISON.
Berwyn. Pa. September 8.
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JOSEFO ]. MALIETOA,
King of Samoa
SONG OF THE CHASERS

Slim dogs are we, and sleek and swift
To drive our course by dark or light
Wherever periscope may lift
It's ornery fist for stroke at sight
Lean dogs and true to nose them out,
Or by what deeps they choose
And this is the song that the chasers sing
As they wait for word and news:
Slim dogs to track the slick foe down.
And the mines they plant between:
And what is the toll they bring to town
OF the last lost submarine,
Ihey ioosed them one and loosed them two
ana then by scores they came:
but whether thousand or a few
wen chase them home the same
Lean hounds and hungry for the scent
GIVE us thy paths, o sea-
And down to Davy Jones helJ-bent
wen SEND them. port and lee:
res, down to Davy Jones ereIonr.
WIN the wet brine In their hair.
AND that's but the first of our little .o,.
VI the chaser. the devil-may-carei
As they coast these shores or ,we.n =, .
main, eep inc
BY God, we, too, shall coast.
And where they creep, twill he q,
BY the Lusitania's ghostI 81 Vaih'
For sneak they will and peek tbsv vii,
But sooner or later we ""'
Shaii count and quarter their devil, s,,,r
And give them the deep. deep sea: sA'ii
ies' give them the nest they've v,vo.
VINO were helpless In their might.
AND the little ones, with their iins 80
And the women full of fright 'i rose,
Our freeboards rise to the dashin~ sn
our swift screws churn like bees 'p'AS
We seek by night and seek by dsv
Our enemy DER the seas, N~'
whether they hide or whether thew .,o-
W.ai vns,i sr,un sn0u's 20 the spume and foam.
Thatli drive them cringinE home. .e o'ow
Home. home. drive home their .n..r,
breed. sheakins
Ana fhsir pirate band At last:
3. RW w. An ~ 4o9n ~ 6oafh - y W y
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WILSON'S REPLY TO THE POPE

Sr--It has been brought to the writer's
notice that some persons are beginning to
criticize our President on account of his
not accepting the Pope's peace plans Let
me say that President Wilson has dealt as
forceful a blow to Prussianism as though
our troops met the foe in battle.
The Papacy is not a Government, to begin
with, but an organization. and it would be
the height of folly to settle this conflict
under the terms and directions of that or
ganization.
The world does not want a patched.up
peace, a peace that would give the mad
rulers Of Germany chance to break out
again in forty or fifty years from now. II
wants a permanent peace. one that is built
on a rock and not on sand, and this America
at ieast will fight for until 1t Is obtained.
FREEDOM.
Philadelphia. September 8.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-15
A BULLY ARTICLE"
To tho Editor Of the Evening Ledge,

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Let me thank you and congratulate
you upon the bully article on 'Martie. the
Unconquered." in the EVENING LEDGER. IL
is one Of the best and most interesting
things that have been written about that
book. I believe. H. e. MAULE,
Doubleday. Page 4 Co.
Garden City. N. Y. September II.