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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

Hoover organization. and will be sold at
ninety eight cents to the women who enlist
in the food administration army Of the
United states. The insignia adopted by the
organization consists on a national shield.
surrounded by four heads OF wheat The
sash bound blouse. which mas an attractive.
~ designed sleeve and collar is expected
to have instant popularity.
Fashion hints Of this sort are among
the details of organization OF the campaign
against food waste, i'm which Herbert Hoo
yer has asked every woman in the country
to enroll Doctor Wilbur, representing the
food administration, met the women's
committee Of the Council Of National De-
ferse ard arranged with them for the sc.
lection of one woman in each State who
shall have charge temporarily Of the en-
rollment Of all women In that state through
the various womens organizations. Mrs.
j. Willis Martin Of Philadelphia a mem.
ber Of the state Council OF National De-
fense. is permanent chairman Of Pennsyl.
vania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
U. S. WILL SEND SILK FLAG
TO BOY IN FRENCH ARMY
State Department Smashes Regulations
to Oblige the Maker, Descendant
of Betsy Ross

WASHINGTON, June 22.-state Depart
ment regulations were smashed to smither-
eens today when appeal from a great-grand-
daughter Of Betsy koss, maker Of the first
American flag, that her small replica Of
the "hrst flag" be sent to an Iowa boy in
the French trenches brought an Affirmative
response.
Mrs NJ. c. Robinson, OF Fort Madison,
Ia, transmitted through Senator Kenyon.
Of Iowa. a request to Secretary Lansing to
send her nag" 10 Philip Roam, a member
of the American ambulance corps Roam
is Fort Madisons lone contribution 10 the
war, other than several thousand dollars
subscribed to Liberty Loan bonds, and the
Fort Madison lodge Of Elks OF which he
is a member, suggested that the descendant
of Betsy Ross make a small silk hag for
Roam TO carry at the front:
The flag was made and dispatched &c
Senator Kenyon whose request TO Secretary
Lansing was answered today when the
state Department waived regulations and
Consented 10 send the nag 70 Roam IN The
next diplomatic popch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
GERMANY, HUNGRY,
GOES U-BOAT MAD
,.,le Have Fanatical Faith
~, - Final Success of Sub
marine War
.oon SITUATION NOW BAD
coPENHAGEN. June %.

COPENHAGEN, June 22
md all Germany are submarine
Men and women, with their faces
r'u nv lack of adequate food, are hero
"a single-mindedly fixed in their
rag ~, the thousand or more UNDER
tn' ..,t which the public is now led to
-. germany has in the war zone, will
W ,or the Kaiser NO discomtorts mel
win iOr shelving that success are too great
n be borne -.. .--..- a.
IAN Ian viewpoint. The information was
Gsrnan In a letter received here today
e'n'ai,D,.T iDanish resident with close friends in
h esn,al positions in Berlin. Despite all
hth ,.iss y,is of food supply, the writer said
tHneu n1.s,,,an public held complete confidence
ne tr-boats mastery of the war.
-, one believes Englands defeat Is
b,.,. consideration" the German writer
pep "Germans regard England as the
.st,on responsible for prolongation Of
~ or The German Government the
ns the army and the people are not
b,i,,s 10 start open hostilities against
i..,ca iav,I England is Germanys main
A r and Germany thinks through the
H.srines she has found the weapon which
'r hring England to her knees.
.rho public expresses regret that English
and children will have to suffer
'e.ngb lack of food-but 1t remembers that
!aI ulV csrran women and children have been
u..r,ng for a long time on account Of Eng
.nI,s starvation blockade of Germany.
,of course. there. is suffering here
,.,'"sh lack Of adequate food. The chill
...r are growing thinner. All our faces
o.' r,nched except those of the food graft
~ and there are plenty Of these. It is
.I,. mat we have only enough to live on.
mi we are going ahead and we are watch
=" soi,v the work of our submarines. In
y. meantime we have cheering news Of
uu.,isbles and cereals that will be plenti-
1S soon, Also our meat ration has been
.uu...ssed and we are told the toll of the
.ahnarines will be increasingly large
we do not know what will happen in
,r,sia. She may make a separate peace. in
rSIsh case Germany would easily be able
!, lsnd her plenty Of money-even billions.
,,,lv would undoubtedly make 4 separate
..,ts likewise If Russia took this step,
s..suse Italy fears for what the Austrian
,,oons might do on her borders II they were
,.l.ased from the Russian front. With this
\ e probable that France might also agree
|. peace on certain favorable conditions,
which Germany would be willing to grant.
finder such circumstances, nobody thinks
England would be foolish enough to stick
n Inc war alone or with the United States.
England did, Germany could literally
out steel net Of submarines around the
British Isles and starve them out. 1t would
not take more than few months, either"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
ETTJT


am kind of sorry for Mildred She IS
pretty but nothing but little butterfly, and
Toms folks don't like her, and make little
dabs at her about being in the chorus, and
they are trying to educate her. Read to
her from a man named Emerson and Tenny-
son and a lot Of high brows that put ktnk
in her brain that lasts for days. And they
think the theatre Is all wrong except things
by Ibsen and Shakespeare and man named
Shaw, and, of course, Mildred thinks. and so
do l, that funny show where the comedian
makes a monkey Of himself and the girls
change their dresses twenty times, and do
stunts under the spot lights is LOT deceltei
than those nasty shows where people turn
their feelings inside out. especially their
private feelings that ought not be talked
about in public. She is bound to so back
and I had a long talk with her l told
her that his folks might take the baby away
from her and she nearly went crazy. She
turned on me like cat, and said, What
do you mean?" ! said that they would like
her and Tom to separate and they would
take the Baby. She could not speak for a
minute then she bla5ed at me:
Take my baby, take Tommy? But he
is mine He is my baby. No one can take
him away from me. couldn't live without
him." l saw that was the only way TO
get her switched off from going back cause
She met some stage manager the other day
who offered her a job, so l rubbed it in I
don't know whether l am right, but it
worked with her all right. After a while
she sat down and talked sense, and 1 am
sorry for her. She said sort of pitiful
Tom Is in newspaper work, and l am alone
nights and l lay there alone longing for
something to be going on. l hate the dark
and the being alone. Why l never used to
be alone.
His people don't look at my side of the
question at all. They are not fair to me-
| had no idea when l married Tom that
his people would not like me- Every cne
always liked me. l had my picture in all
the shop windows and people always jolly
ing and making me laugh.
His people make me old. All the sun
goes out Of the room as soon as one of them
come into It. To have dinner with them is
awful. l am afraid to move at the table or
ask for more bread. Every one is 80 polite
and so quiet, You can't laugh and II you
should happen to put your elbow on the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
WOMEN DOCTORS TO VOLUNTEER
Ready to Go Into Base Hospitals for
Work During War

Women physicians Of this city are ready
to offer their services to the Government.
One hundred well-known women physicians
attended a mass-meeting last evening in
the Thirteenth Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. Thirteenth and Vine streets, ana
voted to offer their services to Uncle Sam.
The women will ask that they be taken into
the medical corps Of the army with the
same opportunities given to medical men
on base hospital staffs.
resolution was signed after the meet
ing, which will be forwarded to the Sec
retary Of War
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

front of him in time to see Jocco, the mon
KEY, disappearing in the distance.
"The little rascal" said Billy. III get
him for that |"
Bnly started on the run for the house,
and when he reached there he looked all
around for Jocco.
He was nowhere TO be found.
81 know what I'll do, said Billy. I'll
60 down the cellar and get a peanut-if
tbere Is anything a monkey likes it is pea
nuts" =.
To be sure, Billy had TO eat the top on
the sack but he got peanut or two, and
when he reached the kitchen he put pea
nut on the floor and then hid, Before he
hid he took "A nice newly baked pie with
hin, and when Jocco appeared Billy threw
the pie at him.
Squash -,-, ,,,-
rocco climbed 10 the top Of the kitchen
"ITI be good until the next time" an
swered Jocco
Now, the next time came the very next
day, as you shall see
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
STRANGE ADVENTURES
OF BILLY BUMPUS
IN THE TRENCHES
By Farmer Smith

ny FARMER Smltn
NOW II happened that every time Billy
sunpus had nothing to do he skipped into
ae pantry Of the generals house and went
y sleep One morning he was sleeping
gescefully when all Of a sudden a pan fell
,ssn s.M IN front Of him. He jumped up hur-
,neciy and there was Jocco, the monkey,
"oklng at him from the top shelf.
mats enough" said Billy, severely.
\ Know IT," answered Jocco.
can't stand that kind of noise very
"nE replied Billy.
you can't stand 1t. sit down" was
us reply Jocco shot at Billy
I'm too busy to stand here all day and
s.s sI 70 you-I am going out and dig
nssa nnss-do something for my country
k's more than you ever do. You sit
~ an day long and chatter and chatter.
pn,'e ns,onoer your jaws don't get worn out"
long speech
vas "Good-bv,"
Suy trotted out of the kitchen and went
~. toward the parade ground. The men
IA working very hard digging trenches,
m. "hen they saw Billy they all laughed.
na MADE him all the more anxious to
Il "hat he could do, so he went down
Vi,S "e OF the trenches and began to dig
vih ms ms norns, He worked and he worked
'Hn all his might.
suuaenly, something hit him.
WY stopped and looked all around
~. could be the matter?
t.stI.. went to work once more, and sud
tn something went BANG right on the
n,n wouldn't mind being killed but this
w.s OF getting hit when you don't know
hS hitting you gets tiresome." Billy
stopped again.
Rra R,n ne went to work with a will.
Bang
Hsah something hit him.
'nee more 'HeH went 10 "oIA
Is sweet to die for ones country. and
ut.ald much rather be killed in the ar
a Az y, than in the infantry" thought Billy.
IL my ~ the artillery is big gun. while
Biz, ''iahtry he is only a popgun."
,,a "a siod Of dirt hit Billy right. in the head
not * turned around quickly but he was
olrt ''ne 10 see who had thrown that
Ma wen'' he exclaimed, II didn't know
llne y. enemy in the world. But in war
Bbls must all be on the lookout"
hl ~, went on digging Again something
llAss ana he stopped his work alto
I|t 49,. suppose II ! get wounded the
|HI WI take care Of me Won't
&t lsI., ,,enq Billy vas thinking out
"A ... ,aaf m2m1nt s,metalre hit him
- 1Qmpsa over lhe bank 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
Farmer Smiths
Column
SINGING AND WHISTLING


Ny Own Little People-I saw a boy the
ether day who could not keep step, and
What do you think? The principal of his
Ehool told me that he had two left feet!
There are some persons who cannot learn
nusic. There are some who cannot carry
tune TO save their lives. I know when
! was boy I had a hard time trying to
sing It was only after paying SIS per
half hour for two lessons that l discovered
Twas not much of a singer.
The teacher told me
But the point Of all this is, when you
hear the girls singing and the boys wh!s-
ting, all is well with the world.
Remember that.
A song is a PRAYER
Did you know that? If you will bear this
h mind, am sure it will help you when
you sing the next time. Is whistling a
prayer?
do not know, but
Why is it boys 90 along in the dark whis-
ung? l used to do II myself. Is It to
highten off the evil spirits? Or is it a
Elsnt prayer that we may not be harmed
While we are whistling?
want 70 leave this thought with you
Do write and tell me what YOU think.
Your loving editor.
FARMER SMITH.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
DYNAMITE JOHNNY" DEAD;
HAD ADVENTUROUS CAREER
Captain John O'Brien Won Fame as
Cuban Filibuster-Was Noted
as Fighter

NEW YORK, June 22.-"Dynamite
Johnny" OBrien is dead. All along the
water front and elsewhere that real sailor
men congreEated today there was universal
mourning for the peppery, indomtable ad-
venturer who late last night peacefully
slipped his anchor on the final adventure.
Captain John O'Brien, as his deep-water
certificate read was eighty years old, and
sixty Of those years were packed with
thrills that seldom come to any man. He
was the flibuster par excellence Of the old
Cuban days he fought in Colombia,
Haiti and a score of other princlpalites,
and slipped past many a blockade with car
goes Of rifles and ammunition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
City Hall Plaza Program

Philadelphia Band, led by Slas E. Hum
mel, will give the following concert or City
Hall plaza at o'clock tonight
Moorish suite. The Courts Of Granada" ..Chapi
Selection from Carmen ....,,....,. BiZet
Suite, Tales Of a Traveller
Concert waltzes, Artists llfe' ........ Strauss
Bertha Brinker d'Albites
Coocaticn Of American national songs Lamps
Before the Footlishts' ..........,.... Bendix
Municipal Band will play at Stenton
Park, Sixteenth and Courtland streets at
s O'Clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

drawings, specifications, large scale and
full-size detail drawings, and Of the general
direction and supervision of the work for
which, except as hereinafter mentioned, the
minimum charge, based upon the total cost
of the work complete, is per cent.
"On residential work, on alterations 70
existing buildings on monuments, furniture,
decorative and cabinet work and landscape
architecture, it is proper to make a higher
charge than above indicated"
Can the man OF small means save him
self this expense and at the same time be
satisfied that his house will be a success
and that he is handling his proposition in a
bueiness-like way? As before stated, there
is only one way--that is for the owner TO
make a hobby of the building of his house
and study It all out for himself. II is dis
astrous to leave any part Of 1t to the drafts
man he might employ, or TO the builder
whose business Is not to design but to build
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

when one reads that Miss Bara de-
scended from her overland journey Ito Los
Angeles) looking like some demure Quaker
maiden" one expects any day to read flm
notes such as these:
chester Conkn. resembling a Roman Sena-
tor. entertained his admirers with few quiet
stories at dinner"
or; Jane Ice. whose maternal face showed
the true nobility Of years OF suffering, arrived
in Kalamazoo.
or; Mary Maurice stopped of IN Kankakee
She scampercd from the depot like the care
free lass that she is"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
UNIFORM FOR MOMENTS ARMY

WASHINGTON. June ga uniform to
consist of a sash.belted long blouse or
smock, decorated on the upper sleeve with
the insignia Of the Food administration, is
to be designed within day or two by the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
Fire in closed prlves Out BOarders

Fifteen negro boarders were forced TO
eaa from their bedrooms in the home OF
r f. Boyer. 1911 South Eighteenth street
~ An early hour this morning wnen IRE
hroke out IN closet on the third ioor OF
the house. Boger was unable 2 determine
ths origin of The danes. The damage was
$50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
APosTAsY NOTE

Lois weber has forsakcn her cardboard
deuils, apparently. and gone back to comedy.
II tCiH be "The Within" IN seven reels totth
Mildred Harris and Kenneth Hdridn Wiii
all other symbohcdI producers eroept Grtf-
I'm please throt0 their dHegoricdl toys into
the fireplace toof
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

v1CTORGA-"Thc Haunted Pajnmas," Yorkc.
Myers Story by Francis rgrry Elliott. Di-
rected, by Fred j Balshofer. Photographed by
Antonio Gaudio.
The fantastc--how often does It appear
in the movies? Here it comes in with a
vengeance which Is delightfully."- keen and
amusing and wid-cyed. Back of this
script there lurked a bully idea, which pro-
ducer and actors seized on The result is
not merely one Of the Cutest combinations
Of intelligent extravaganza and wild rough
house, but about the best picture Metro ever
turned out Lockwood, instead Of seeming
the sogEy young man of various ponderous
dramas blossoms into juvenile Of humcr
and charm There is pretty Carmel Myers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
LIVING UP TO BILLY
By ELIZABETH COOPER

This powerful human document
oductso the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

a Grifith discovery. looking like a bTu-
nette Jewel Carmen There are good types,
and lots Of incidental business that =
funny Ard on top OF II all the appalling
notion that night clothing made by Chinese
conjurers can turn. It's wearers into the
semblances Of other persons so that respec-
table fat youths are mistaken for low
proved murderers; handsome slim youths
mistaken for lovely ladies'. and handsome
tweonways youths mistaken for wizards.
Bravo, Metro And thanks for the pretty
photography and comical captions.
Among the stars expected (expected, we
said) at the Exhibitors League convention
in this city next week are Earle williams,
Corinne Griffith Constance and Norma Tall
madge Derwent Hall Caine, who impressed
critics favorably in The Deemster"; Mabel
Taliaferro, Anita Stewart Pearl White,
Mollie King, Alice Brady and Madge Evans
The convention will begin Monday and close
Wednesday. Prominent flm magnates
among them Lewis J. Selznick, are also TO
be on hand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
BEARS OR PAJAMAS:
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
Melodrama at Arcadia and Fan
tasy at Victoria Different,
but Equally Good
Ry the Photonlny Editor

ARCADIA-"Prws ~ the Bear" Eay-Bee.rrl.
angle. with william Desmond and Clara WI.
rams. Story by !. q. Hawks. Directed by
Reeinald Barker. Supervised by Thomas Fl.
lnCc.
Paws Of the Bear" is a ripping little
nelodrama with all the requirements Of the
average fan for excitement and none Of the
concessions TO low taste which most inter-
national photoplays exhibit. IT just barely
misses being slightly pro-German, but as II
was plainly made before the present crisis
and throws no mud at the Allies Except IN
the black person Of Robert McKim, curse
himo no one need feel hurt, Outlandsh
improbability Of story there is but It Is so
plainly intended for speed and not verify
that one is left with that satisfied feeling
n the close, a close that keeps the secret Of
the hidden dispatches till almost the last
Clinch. The InCe-supervised pictures are
always well staged and lighted. This Is no
exception. Foreign countries have been
cleverly simula ted. bar very American
looking Havre and there are the old-time
thrills aplenty - mcssenger-pigeons. the
ncar-execution and the hero's and horoine's
dive from a cliff The film keeps up phe-
nomenal speed, thanks TO the cutting. It's
true that Clara williams looks more italian
than Russian. and that Desmond is more
desperate than intellectual in appearance
But these are trines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

We make our house
pleasing and interesting
by q study of their pro-
portions, material and set
ting, and then by attention
to each detail; on the en-
trance doorway we can feel
justified in expending a
special effort. No other
feature on the outside
serves more to convey the
message we may wish our
house to have for our
selves and our friends.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

VIII building and loan associations lend money
on second mortgages? NJ r.
Yes, some of them will when in the
opinion of their building committees the in
vestment is sound. A larger rate Of in
terest is, of course, charged than on first
mortgage money
How long should It take 70 build small
framo house? H T.
About three months
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22

questions and Answers
Ts It not the best scheme 10 have wide double
sliding ooors between the living room and din
Ing room? p. L. y.
Sliding doors are expensive and the
chances are they would very seldom be
used. wide opening with curtains is
better idea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-22
Questions and Answers

Mondsy-Hot-air Heating
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-15
NO HOHENZOLLERN PEACE
IN United Press dispatch recently published IN tn
| CAPITAL News was the following:

will be opinions argey "
nations experience with
10 enter No
potiatons with the the United States
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-15
INTERURBAN TIME TABLE
BOISE VALLEY TRACTION CO.
Northern Division.

Lv Boise for Eagle, Star, Middleton
and Caldwell
1900. 500, $3.50, 1900 A. M.
leo, 400. 500 4: 100, $3.50. 100, $500
1900 p. m.
Lv. Boise for Duncan, '6;10, 81
"s:05 q. m; 1906 '4:05, SOS. sos
p. m.
Lv. Duncan for Boise, '6:35 1880.
$3.50 a. M; 1880, '4:3o, $3.50, $50
p. m.
"Daily except Sunday.
Southern Division.
Lv. Boise for Meridian. Nampa and
Caldwell
$50. 1880. 800. 10: 80 a m
1890. 1:30. 2:s0. $3.50. "'4:40, $500.
$3.50. $500. $50. '11;0o p. N.
s"To Meridian only.
ITO Nampa only.
Lv Boise for McDermott 1880, 8: 90 q.
M; 4:30, 500 p. M
Lv. McDermott for Bois 8:15, 11:2o.
a. M; 5:5S p. m.
Schedule subject to change without
notice.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-15

Tho development Of arterioscfero-
sis depends, to start with, on the
quality OF the arterial tissue, of the
vital rubber In the human indtyid-
ual; and then on the amount OF
wear and tear that vital rubber has
been subjected TO. The proof Of the
quality OF the vital rubber counting
is that hardening Of the arteries
may be welldeyeloped In q man Of
thirty in whom there have been nors
of the causativs factors we VIII
presently .msntion--such q one may
indeed have the arteries Of = man
Of sixty, Entire families show this
tendency TO arteriosclsrosis.
Most such sclerosis (hardsning)
comes from the bad use Of good ves-
sells. Here alcohol. tobacco, rheu-
matism, govt and diabetes have
their baneful innings Lead poison
ing, In the trades where this metal
Is used, greatly vitiates the quality
OF the vital rubber. And then there
are the poisonous-the toxic--effscts
CT the various Infections, as typhoid
fever, tuberculosis and the like. Syp-
hills, both early and late, works
arteries, especially In the aorta, the
largest and most important Of these
vessels-that into which the heart.
through the aortic valves. imne-
diately pumps Its blood.
And then there is overeatine-e
very considerable twentieth eeltuT
vtce; In many cases nothing eee
brings on arteriosclerosis. II hasfn
deed | sen we'll said that in this dis
ease the cause Is apt to 10 ~ the
poisoning due to undigestsd decom-
posing material in the aliWsntary
canal: that the evidences y this
poisoning ftoxemiaJ lies In me high
arterial tension, which soon becomes
evident In over~orksd AID degen-
Grated vital rubber: Whilst time
only ls necessary for chs1ges 10 take
place in the kidnsys nat Indicate