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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
GRACE S. RICHMOND

come for brief holiday. There was music
and laughter, not because there was no
realization. of the gravity of the situation,
but because II was known that the boy
realized II and that nothing should be done
to make him feel that his family was un-
willing that he should fight for his country
or that 1t wanted to make 1t hard for him
to do his duty
Mrs. Richmond has painted the picture or
a heroic woman and a manly son. She let's
us see how difficult 1t is for the mother to
be brave and how the boy respects the fine
courage Of the woman In the crisis lie
takes with him the determination to be
worthy of such mother. The little book,
which was first printed in the Ladies' Home
Journal, ought to be helpful to all motners
in these trying times and therefore helpful
also to the young men who are breaking
home ties and embarking on a great adven-
ture which will put to the test all the tram
ing of their past years.
THE WHISTLING MOTHER, BY Grace S. Rich
mond Garden City: Doubleday, Page Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
Best Sellers

The August Bookmans list of best SELL
ing novels for June places "Mr Britlng
Sees IL Through" at the head with "The
Light In the Clearing" coming second. the
same as In May. Jeffory Farnol's Definite
OBJECT" which was published after the
May list was completed, ranks third in
June. Ills Family" has risen from fifth
to fourth place and "The Hundredth
chance" has sunk from third to fifth and
The Road to Understanding" which was
fourth in May, is sixth in June. In the
list OF best selling non-fiction, Mrs. Err
nesta Drinker Bullitt's "Uncensored Diary"
stands third. Following is the complete
list of non-fiction as the Boolman has
compiled It:
u. Carey. ~ "
Rhymes Of Red Cross Man r, w Service.
az, tncensored Diary t.. D.. Bullitt.
over the Top. Arthur Guy Empey.
Behind the German Veil. J. NJ de Beaufort
Rinchart. ''''
Th9 The Battle ,yI Of the somme;. Philip Gibbs.
larry on. ConinRsby Dawson
a. student in Arms n. W A. Irankey
ID. Curtin. ''
The best selling novels in PHILADELPHIA
are The Definite object" The Cinema
Murder" The Hundredth Chance" "Mr
br,tllng Sees II Through" Mistress Anne"
and The Light in the Clearing" in this
order.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
What Does a Wife Earn?

Is a married woman producer or a con-
sumer? This is one of the questions which
Prof, John b. Leeds, of Temple University,
has attempted to answer In his new book on
household economics. Other writer's on the
subject have treated the wife as II she were
a spender and consumer and as II she pro-
duced nothing. Professor Leeds applies to
the case the tests which would be applied
to factory, and he concludes that they
all prove that the woman produces more
than she consumes. If you compare the
price paid for a steak delivered on the table
in a restaurant with the price the house,
wife pays for II In butcher shop, some
information regarding the value Of the
housewives services in getting the food
ready to eat can be obtained. Professor
Leeds has asked large number of wives
to give him an estimate of the money value
of their services The estimates run all the
way from $50 to $3.50 a month This Is
for wives of men whose incomes vary from
$500 to $4,000 year. The book deals ex-
clusively with families of such incomes II
does not deal with cooking recipes and the
like Such matters, he says. belong to do
mestic science and not to economics. He
has analyxed the budgets of forty families
and readjusted them according to sound
economic principles, mych a. an sfnciency
expert would snalyEe TIE budgets of = busi-
iVS Ssssssys ~ t'ss5Iss ~ vossss % Va
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
ALEXEI MAXIMOVITCH PYESHKOV
Better known as Maxim Gorky.

story of four years of the life of a Rus
sian child. II Is a revelation of the inner
soul of Russia as n boy came In contact
with 1t and interpreted by the same boy
grown to manhood.
Pyeshkov found the people with whom
he was associated a sordd. vicious, cruel
corrupt lot, with little imagination and no
ideals, overcome by the melancholy that
seems to paralyze the Slav. When an ami
NAL or child was tortured they burst into
laughter but made no effort to rescue the
victim. Silly antics would also make them
smile but, as he writes, "Gayety has no
place in their lives, and as such has no
value, but they evoke 1t from under their
burdens as a contrast to the dreary Rus
sian sadness The boy wanted to under
stand life and he was asking questions con-
tinuously. Sometimes he would get an
answer, but more frequently he would be
rebuked He read whatever he could lay
his hands on. even when he had to read
on the sly. When he was forbidden to have
n light at night he would climb up beside
the icon ON the wall and read by the light
of the dim candle kept continually burning
before the sacred picture. He read Gogol,
Puskhin, Lermontov and other Russians
tom Jones" delighted him. He was fond
of Dickens and Scott, and although IVAN
hoe" bored him when he was twelve years
old, a year or two later he enjoyed the
great novelist, the reading of whom he says
impressed him In the same manner as a
high mass on feast day in rich churches,
somewhat long and tedious but always
solemn" He tells of his experience in the
shoe store, of his season on Volga steam
boat as a dishwasher, of his life with an
icon painter and of his experience at work.
ing for his mothers cousin, who was an
architect. While acting a sort of over
seer for his cousin he talked of the prob
lens of life with the contractor engaged
in rebuilding the Mini market houses. The
contractor reported what the boy had said
and the boys employer cautioned him
against indulging in such conversation.
When the boy asked the contractor why he
had reported their talk the man replied that
IL he had been running after women or had
been getting drunk he would have said moth
ing, but that he thought the employer ought
to know what ideas he was getting into his
head. This was in the early eighties of
the last century i'm one of the great CONNER
cial centers of Russia Vice. It seems Ia
of no consequence and is to be taken as a
matter of course. but thought is something
to be regarded with suspicion. The voIume
Is full of such revelations of the Russian
point of view. One must read 1t If he
would know Russia, It will not be pleas
ant task, for the story told is most de-
pressing. The autobiography Is to be con-
tinued in later volumes IL Gorky's health
and strength permit
IN THE WORLD. BY Maxim Gorky. Trans
lated by Mrs. Gertrude Foakes. New York:
The Century Company. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
MOTHERS OF
FIGHTING MEN
They Can Help or Hinder Vic
tory by the Way They
Say "Good-By"

Are the boys called to military service
to go supported by ths memory that their
mothers bade them "God-speed" and blessed
them, or are they to take with them the
feeling that they have had to assert their
patriotism and overcome the desire at
home that they find some way. to AVOID
donning n uniform?
Grace S. Richmond. in 1.-THE whistling
Mother has told the story of how one
woman acted when her boy enlisted. The
boy dreaded the parting. He feared that
there would be tears and regret But the
mother was made of the right sort of stuff
She loved her son and she wanted him TO be
worthy citizen. However much she
dreaded the possibilities of war, she dreaded
more to be the mother of coward and a
Stacker. So when the boy goes home from
college to say good-by before entering the
army he Is welcomed as though he had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
EISD m GERMANY
FANS MUCH TO NATION
..r Ambassadors Recital of
v.;ssr,s e Intrigue Will Be Read
. nr nrrsrou0hout Entire Country

|E s.r,ed public demand. stretching
Y Unpreceusa 20 Central America, for the
: 1Qm CanG .s Germany" series. starting TO-
Nsr>rd !" ,he public Ledger Is strongly
noTow ~ h,, the cloudburst of dollar
mChAszeu money drafts and stamps
UIA cnecs' has flooded the Ledger busi-
!. .micre tns and necessitated an ADDITION
- om.c,ai force of stenographers ana
Y ths specJb eed in tabulating the SUBJ
..,,.,s system arranged to place
ne he,.t,ons on the circulation lists, as
mus almost as census-taklng, mas
1. 4ao.s IN the maximum test, put every
~ p'who has sent in the prescrioeu
sn % cover the SIX weeks series VI
.,ments from the former nlno. y, ,,,,,I
+. teb my hv the speediest route to the
~ ps.pcsely as given In the directions
,eoeived. r,o,, prcrrA1.
.aeerness Of the American cana,
~ "A Central American people 10 reau
.rshoritative, uncensoreu; lnsiue s.ols
2. ..Sts as only Mr.. Gerard couiu know
q h0, a remarkable answer to the fore-
- ~ led the public Ledger to place
fci uss The greatest exclusive serial
olcre .,sac,,on ever offered by news
seys attractio"
.vs ,,,..,,,,se a wonderful tribute of the
subtle TO the astute, straightfor-
amer D...,p,stration that Mr.. Gerard, as the
vtie .nonsnt OF this country in Berlin,
pa y, a. the court of the Kaiser, un-
1fnsu nd overcoming intrigue and trap
massns s.,dsrmine the integrity of the United
~ ~, ,he most subtle diplomats known
5 history. .,.
,n.,,.r by chapter Mr.. Gerard's revela'
ohsp .nnear daily, and those who have
ps,.d pos -" IN advance for receiving their copy
tws no disappointed, as 1t is foreseen
~ ~. hN,.so,,uh newsdealers within q radius
~. m,s ~,,lss of Philadelphia have increased
iass.,.nding asy order to double the number
msl 90 ses IL will be well nigh impossi-
ms' shtain a copy unless already spoken
kr
- .nnrT1oNs TO WORKING FORCE.
!. .hs work of listing the subscribers
eirl stenographers have been
~ .h.,r whole time to the tons OF mail
I@s s.ys been coming in since the first ap-
e...nc. of the advertisement throughout
. 4. sarntrv Each letter is stamped nu-
usLss,,v the number being retained until
a. r.me is entered on the typewriter hst
~ TO the composing rooil' mere ',e
s...s ara set up in type and placed In
s.n.rs s.n from which the slips pasted on the
( sr,ppers are printed.
~ g,eantic influx Of Gerard subscrip-
a.,sS Sas made necessary the addition OF
ss ~ ,.lleys of names in type by the circu-
s,,on department, of 500 large mail sacks
!. ths supply already in use. and of twenty
=. rsn TO wrap the increased volume of
npers
IN. new subscriptions are going to men
IL uomen In every walk of life-working-
ssn ureachers, lawyers, business men, men
yealth housewives, teachers, students.
ocldieB, statesmen, journalists, dlplomats'
hrmers, merchants and financiers.
4 letter from an official of one of New
Yoks greatest financial institutions con-
aimed a list Of twenty-nine persons, among
. vhon were the names Of the foremost busi-
psus men in the world today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
The Triple Alliance

Those readers who wish to understand
the political events In Europe which pre-
ceded the great war now in progress can
nowhere find them better summarized than
in the three lectures given by Archibald C.
Coolidge, professor of history in Harvard.
at the University of Virginia last winter,
just published as "The origins of the Triple
Alliance" Professor Coolidge starts with
the Franco-Prussian war and the readjust-
ment in International relations which the
German victory made necessary. He re-
views the events leading up to renewal
of the Holy Alliance. that is, the alliance
between Russia, Prussia, or the new Ger
man empire and Austria; and he shows
how Italy for her protection against France
and to secure freedom in her Mediter-
ranean policy was led to join In the alli-
ance with. Germany and Austria He is of
the opinion that Italy gained little, for
she was In no danger from France. But
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
STONE HARBOR ATTRACTS
BIG CROWD OF VISITORS
Band Concerts and Beautiful Surround
ings Combine in Steady Growth
of Seashore Resort

STONE HARBOR, ~ j. Aug. 4.-The
largest number of visitors which this resort
has ever entertained has filled Its hotels
and boarding houses during the last week,
and there is no indication Of an ebbing OF
the tide until well into September.
Commencing last Saturday, every tram on
both railroads was packed with passengers
seeking TO escape the torrid heat Of interior
cities and towns
Band concerts on the pier are given
mornings at IL o'clock and evenings at
1880 O'Clock, with an extra Sunday concert
at 3 O'Clock, under the leadership OF Pror'
Michael Dotti. whose band has been en-
gagged until after Labor Day. THESE are
the first public band concerts which ,hs
the liberal patronage they are receiving at
test their popularity.
The entertainment given for the BENEFIT i.t
Of 81. Mary's-by the-Sea was repeated 'sgnin
se.f ni~bt 20 an audience which hlled the
Hunici6si Auditorsulp P'es< almost y
cnDncI<I. 6 .<-----<' ;. II =. IS 3<.<r~ - IA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
A Modern Instance

silght volume, titled zone Young Man"
contains the various letters from a youth
VINO was a clerk when the European war
was declared and who abandoned his desk
To enter the English army. For nearly
Two years he fought I'm France. until he
was severely wounded In the battle of the
Son'me' He was incapactated to such an
extent that he was unable to return to the
army but in a short while his wounds will
nave healed sufficiently to allow him to re-
turn to his old position as a clerk. There
are some plucky paragraphs in the different
letters, and his description of the fight at
liill SO Is well worth reading. The every
day life of the average British Tommy is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
OCEAN CITY TO HAVE
COMMUNITY SINGING
New Events to Be Staged at
Music Pavilion on Monday
Evenings

OCEAN CITY. N. j., Aug. 4.-Ocean City
rs fairly running over with visitors. They
are enjoying themselves surf bathing sail
ing on bay and ocean, fishing and also hear
ing with pleasure the free daily concerts
in the music pavilion on the Boardwalk.
The hotel owners are rushed in trying to
provide accommodations for their incoming
guests. Ocean City never had so many
visitors as now and the crowds are still
arriving.
There will be a pleasing novelty at the
music pavilion Monday evening, when COM
munity singing will be introduced These
affairs will be held every Monday evening
until the close of the season. The singing
will be led by j. l.. Prestwich, of Philadel-
phia. There will be from four to six num-
bers. They Will be sung between the selec-
tions given by members of the Philadel-
pha Orchestra, under the direction of John
X. Witzemann.
Ocean City Fishing Club members ard
planning to extend the clubs sphere of use-
fulness and at the same time add to its
prestige by taking over the fishing per
built by Joseph NJ Rowland. of Philadel-
phia on the beach at Park place.
The idea of the club renting the pier
occurred to Frank H. Stewart, president of
the club. IA few days ago He got in touch
with Mr.. Rowland and negotiations are in
progress. The pier extends over a guley
and the fishing there Is said to be excellent
at all times, Many members of the club
live in the north section of the city. Should
the Ocean City Fishing Club lease the new
pier 1t will be conducted on the same lines
as the pier at Fourteenth street. There
would be piermaster on duty and no alco-
holic liquors would be permitted on the
structure.
Edward f.. Rosenbaum, Sr., of New York,
manager of Ziegfeld's "Follies" company,
is spending two weeks as the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Fergus McCusker. of Philadel-
phia, in their cottage here He is accom-
panied by Mrs. Rosenbaum.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
NAPOLEON'S FAMOUS ORACULIJM
PUT TO THE TEST BY THE DRAFTED
1t Says They Would Better Stay at Home-Di-
verse Methods of Forecasting the Future Com
piled for Summer Amusement

asked. you don't want your fortune
told, too?"
oh, no; but I want TO see the thing
that Napoleon believed in. I have a
curious sort of interest in the supersti.
tions of the great. 1 may have my own
pet superstitions, You know, and I try to
be charitable toward those of bigger
men,"
After looking over the pages he ex.
claimed: This gives all sorts of ways Of
telling fortunes, doesn't it, by cards and
palmistry and astrology and dominoes
and dice and phrenology and physog.
nomy and dreams. I never saw a book
Just like It,"
There are many such books" said 1,
but this is new one Just compiled.
don't know anything that would give
young people this summer than fortune
telling by such a manual. or course the
young people ought not to take 1t serl.
ously, but they have always been inter.
ested in the signs which point to the
happy ending of romance and this is
full of them"
would you guide your actions by any
answer you could get out of this bool<?"
Doctor McFabre asked.
or course not" said I. mo more than
owen and Ames here think that the
Oraculum has told them anything about
what their military fate will be-"
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
FORTUNES AND DREAMS: A Practical Manual
OF Fortune rellirg, Dvination and the Inter
hretaton OF Dreams, Signs and Omens. Ry
10 cents. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
GOLDEN MONTH DRAWS
CROWDS TO WILDWOOD
ESrning Beach Parties Popular
and Orchestra Concerts
Well Attended
WILDWOOD, n. j.. Aug. A..

WILDWOOD, n. j.. Aug. A.
The visiting contingent to Wildwood and
X Wildwood Crest has increased with the ap-
K Nuach Of August, the golden month" The
excursion throng has especially favored
\ IBIS section and the island is filled with the
bfFcst number Of visitors and sojourners
D the history Of the beach for this period
s VI the year.
Beach parties are commencing to be pop
ulU now In the evenings, attracting large
X eovds The Municipal Orchestra concerts
p lhe large Casino Auditorium are becom-
~ even more popular. while the special
saturday and Sunday evening programs
N being well patronized, special music
/ "a vocal soloists being part of the
9Mlng, entertainment. Tonight Mildred
ns will be the soloist. while tomorrow
u1nt Kathryn Meisle will sing. Five teams
sufklng for the advancement of these con-
~ in four days disposed of more than
~ looks containing twenty-five tickets OF
4 allIsion
~ great event staged for this month is
~ annual baby parade, which will be held
y Boardwalk August 23. The parade
~ under the direction of Chairman G.
support, of the entertainment commit
he Wildwood Board Of Trade. He
. assisted by members of the Wild
~ Civic Club.
- Wildwood Civic Club is giving a.
u silver teas, one each week, and
are great success.
~ = y. Edwards, pastor of the First
z Snt Episcopal Church. of this city,
sed each of the members of Com
" Of Christ"
summer
nAearsals on Monday and THURSDAY eve
- under the direction of Walter Pfeif-
~. ine ofiicers are: President, II. Gross
~ sT,cretary, Mrs. @. Haughey, and treas
~, Horace Burk.
- Suman ChUles Heinle, of the dog pa.
4 nos.s-a n,nttee or the Board of Trade, an
4 ~, Z. mat this event will be held in the
80 -. ot august on the Boardwalk A
: SSsnt this year '" W o"
1ns,ts.s, 'he new ocean pier that will be
B ~ cssN.n on 70 the Crest Pier for the Wild
Z \ 6.rr,s., rlshing Club, Is being rushed
~ rp,suon pna under the supervision of
Eki rilp r. Baker. More than a hun
T~'soers se have been enrolled.
1,nsn s'naw' Councilman of Philadel.
Il R.ss ~ mrs. Shaw are here.
y CIV Drendiing and family. of the Qua
& y y. spent week here
+ <1kdelph,s rs, william Ferguson. of West
~ psv H., are spending a few weeks at
>l1his r. apechant, Eleanor Barnhurst,
B ~ nhu.nant. Bobby Barnhurst, Vir-
41a1 chs,,.as, Elliot Dallis, Blanche Dal-
8 1ihwooS1 c rault gave an entertainment
MOOD H. Srest for the benefit of the
o'ahch of the American Red
y.
e&&&a soroner Thomas Dugan. of Phil
4hs hSrs mere Mr.. Dugan has been
ior number Of seasons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
RUSSIA REFLECTED
ON A BOYS SOUL
Maxim Gorky's Story of His En-.
trance Into the World a
Great Book

Alexei Maximovitch Pyeshkov, better
known as Maxim Gorky. is engaged in
writing book which is likely to be ranked
with the great autobographies The first
volume dealing with his childhood, APP
peared last year. The second volume en-
titled I'm the World" has just appeared
IN an English translation. II deals with his
life from the age of eleven. when he began
to support himself as a doorboy in a Mini
Novgorod shoe store, to the age of ffteen,
when he had decided to go TO Kazan to get
an education. The volume IL more than the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04
cS,,,.' men Held on Dope Charges

Phi ehsr.ss ss'or, Of 424 North Franklin
1aseotics !, with having seven packages
- $500 Nh ~ MS possession, was held
Hatistratssa san u Tor hearing Thursday
~ Tsvlor watson in Central station
steh ns M. according to the testimony,
her. Of sss'ng ses package to Bella
clar wom.. North Tenth street. The
nosnt soo,n % was held under $500 bail
= pa Win rs. noh. Of 1928 Parrish street.
hsii To- es,vins dope. was held under
kals W.s.n nearing on Thursday by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

the lectures are not devoted to a discus
sion OF the triple agreement itself so much
as a. TO survey Of the history that preceded
THE ORIGINS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
by Archibald Cary Coolidge, professor OF his
Ir9ry In Harvard University, New York;
tharles Scribner's Sons St.25.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

wish to conduct their households on bust
ness principles, II might do the husbands
good also II they would read It.
THE HOUSEHOLD BUDGET; with a Special
inquiry Into the Amount and Value Of House
hold Work. n. John II. Leeds, NJ. A., pro,
economics in Temple University. Philadel-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

described In crisp. soldierIy manner tfot
compels undivided, interest.
ONE YOUNG MAN. Edited by ). y. Hoddo<
Miiiams New York: George II. Doran Com
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-04

s',s sketch BY big Sisters"
o ~ sirls will take part In
epd other forms OF enter
annual picnic Of the
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-06-14
The Senators Sarcasm.

For many years there served in the
United States senate a man of brilliant
mind and many fine qualities, but who
was forever estranging many with
whom he desired to be friendly by
reason Of his incurably sarcastic man
ner both of speech and action. Once
an intimate friend wrote the senator
urging the appointment Of another
friend to a minor position in the gov
eminent. The senator returned a most
sarcastic reply. declining to. recon-
mend the appointment. 1t Is said that
he never forgot the merited rebuke he
received from the friend who had sug-
gested the appointment:
My Dear Senator-I think it would be
well for you to reserve your sarcasm for
the rapidly increasing number Of your en-
emies, instead of offering it to the de-
creasing number Of your friends. Of whom
i am one.
Valdez daily prospector. (Valdez, Alaska) 1905-1918, 1917-06-14
When BuffaIoes Swept the Plains.

In pioneer days the railroads cross
ing the plains were often delayed for
many hours by buffaloes. In 1871 and
1872 trains OH the AtchisOn, Topeka
and Sante Fe railroad were charged
by the enraged beasts, cars were de-
rallied and overturned and the lives OF
train crews and passengers endanger-
ed. Many tales Of hairbreadth escapes
were related by small parties of SOL
diers, frontiersmen and emigrants, and
it is possible that many an emigrant
wagon with its occupants that left the
Missouri river and was never seen
again was overwhelmed by the buffa-
loes rather than wiped out of existence
by the Indians, to whom all unexplain-
ed disappearance were attributed.
Large buffalo bulls weighed 1000
pounds or more, and cows weighed in
the neighborhOOd Of 1900 pounds.
Herds numbering many thousands were
really Irresistible and in a stampede
carried all before them.