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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-14

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
The Philadelphia & Reading Railway 20.
The Philadelphia & Reading Coal q iron ~
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance 20.
The Corn Exchange National Bank OF fhiia.
Insurance Company of North America
Traylor Engineering & Mfg. Co.
TrayIor Shipbuilding Corporation
Harrisburg Pipe & Pipe Bending Co.
General Accident Fire and Life Insurance
Corp, Ltd. To-.
Martin & VIM. H. Nixon Paper Co., Inc.
Typothetae of Phila. (Master Printers ASSOC
The VIM. Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine
Building Co.
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Samuel +. Bodine, Pres. u. G. l. Co.
The Pennsylvania Co. for insurances On
lives and Granting Annuities
The Home Life Insurance 20. OF AmeIlca'
philadelphia, Pa. Basil S: Walsh, Pres;
Central Market Street Co., Proprietors OF
Victoria. Globe, Ruby, Princess, =, savoy,
Market Street and Auditorium iaeatres ss
The philadelphia Contributionshlp for @ sne
Insurance Of Houses From Loss oy f"e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-14

Link-Belt Company
Joseph Stokes Rubber Co.
+. A. B0chmann & Co., Inc.
Isaac Hathaw ny Francis
American Dredging Co.
Atlas Powder Company
G. A. Bisler, Inc.
Chandler & Co., Inc.
E. w. Clark & Co.
Commercial Trust Co.
The Commonwealth Casualty
EddystOne Ammunition Corr
Garrett. Buchanan Co.
Harper & Turner
Ingersoll.Rand Co.
Geo. A. HUM & Sons
Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
Alexander Kerr, Bro. & Co.
Northern Trust Company.
New Standard Hardware Co.
nj. b. Laubach Co.
Charlemagne Tower
Stokes & Smith Co.
Slaymaker Lock Co.
Bristol Patent Leather Co.
Hopes & Townsend Co.
VIM. Amer Co.
S. w. Evans & Son
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-14

Next to thoughtessness Careessness" is probably the
greatest of accidents In fact many accidents have
been reported which directly raceabe carelessnes that
employers beginning to regard the careless much
less efficient matter how fast workman he may be- The
day not far distant when that careless his work will
find difficult to retain position almost any walk in e
many employer regards careless not only
to ohse but to fellow employees WE'LL and thereby direct
liability in his employ.
The careless person chance aker and the chanceaker
will later to grief through absolutely avoid
able accident this class that the greatest possible
toward Safety should be urged and right here might be said
that
All the Suggestions in the World Will Not
Prevent Accidents Unless You Are Careful
Reckessness and Carelessness
Go Hand in Hand
The reckless person also careless and often
daring than the ordinary the reckless is
apt to pay little heed to the safety warnings of others and
bndv forward into the very of danger without fear of
the consequences This class is undoubtedly the hardest to
convince of the Importance of Safety But to all who
inclined to careless reckless would set forth the follow
nq resolutions which carefully followed would eliminate
= great extent accidents due to these causes
Resolved: Not to Take Any Unnecessary
10. Chance This Day
following Manufacturing interests Financial Institutions
Comuanies, Firms and Individuals:
Company 20
MnerCo
mpa
Diamond State fibre Co
Furntur
r Co
Alan Wood &StelCo
MgCo WorkC
os Inc (Cnco)
Iron Co.
Commerce. TrustCo ChasJ Co
~ The Common New Jersey Zinc Company
ddysn Henry BowerC Chemical Mfg
I GARRETT Co,
Hrper& PimosCh hmca
IngrsOnR Co Downing
Coca Su Co.
CementC Co. hn Wood
Alexander Kerr, Bro Co red ark
Nrthrn Trustee y
New
BIaubah Co. Aetn Oundry
% ~ toks
SaymakeLO
Pate Leahe Co.
& Coaesvle Boiler
Wm. .AmerCo arr &
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New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

At Court of Probate holden at New Britain, within and for the Dis trict of Berlin, in the County of Hart ford and State of Connecticut, on the 9th day of December, A. D. 1917.
 Present, Bernard F. Gaffney, Judge.
 Estate of Anne Amelia Hart, late of Berlin, in said district, deceased.
 Upon the Petition of Samuel A. Hart, of said Berlin, praying that an instrument in writing purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased may be proved, approved and admitted to probate, as per ap- plication on file more fully appears, it is
 ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Pro- bate Office, in New Britain, in said district, on the 18th day of Decem- Der, A. D. 1917, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing this order in some news paper published in said New Britain, having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign-post in the Town Of Ber- lin. in said district; and by mailing q CODY of this notice to all heirs, and return make.
 By order of Court,
 MORTIMER H. CAMP, Clerk.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
Y. W. L. A. FUND GOES
 PAST $6,OOO MARK
Workers Half Way to Success
 With Two Days Remaining

The Y. w. c. A. fund reached the halfway mark in the campaign for $12,0O0 when at the close of the re- ports of the team captains yesterday the total amounted to $6,047.06. To Miss Katherine Wilbor's team went the honors yesterday for the largest amount realized, $565. The success of the venture is probable now. The campaign has two days to run. ~. The teams, number of subscriptions and amount of subscriptions yester- day follow: x
 Subs. Amount Mrs. P. B. stanley... IA $ 447.5o Team o.
 Miss F. Humphrey. 15 185.O0 Team B.
 Mrs. K. sloper--... 30 474.oo Team A.
 Mrs. H. P. Carter... 19 3s5.oo Team b.
 Mrs. W. F. Brooke. 26 29675 Miss K. wilbor.... 25 5e5.oo Team 7-
 Miss B. R. Andrews. 25 154.O0 New Britain Mach1ne-
 Miss A. Fitzgerald. .13O 118.2e North & Judd
 Miss Ruth Beach. HOS 5O66 Trumbull Electric Co.,
 Miss Sadie Wheeler. 34 $500 Corbin Screw Corp- Miss B. Moody. 13 HOO .,. Iotal ........... $2,696.11 ~Ao1
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

l was pathetic, and often brought tears to ones eyes.
 "The house was packed to the doors all day. After the dedication service, I went out into the cafeteria to help open the boxes of cake and
 candy furnished by the women who 1 were helping. The soldiers crowded in and stood around watching us. Of l course. we could not give them any then, if we had there would not have been one piece for the afternoon.
 "The men all had a good Thanks giving dinner. Forty thousand pounds of live turkeys were driven into camp. and each company ate in It's own Mess hall. To be sure they had to eat off the old tin plates,-but l guess they are used to them by now. One man during the afternoon when we were serving cake, candy and coHee' said, that is was the first time in three months since he had eaten from crockery. Such a mob as crowded in for that homemade candy and cake, one long line kept waving from two until f1ve,v-and we served about 2,OOO men, or more. Another long line was kept moving around the desk where the men put their names in the guest book. Others gathered around the piano or fire6lace,-and in the eve ming a band came in and played for us. Many of the men are foreign ers,-and one man as he wrote his name said that he was just learning to write. During the afternoon l heard some one ask where the lady from Connecticut was, and looked up to see Mrs. Williams, the ofhc1al hostess coming toward me with g. sol- dier from Connecticut. He nearly wrenched my hand off with his hearty grip, but when I learned>he was from Bridgeport, I quickly introduced him to Miss Sammis Gone of the secre- taries) and her mother who are from Bridgeport. Hostess house began, and we had the pleasure of helping in the meeting or twelve families, one poor mother ar irving at noon and having to wait until six o'clock when her son would be free. It is surprising how many peo- pie are down from the north, one mother from Brooklyn, saying she had saved and saved to make the trip, and that it was worth it for she had not seen her son for three months.
 "One soldier told us that he had not spoken a word to a woman for three months, and it seemed mighty good to have a Hostess House where one might drop in and talk to women.
 "At Charlestown the National Board War Council is about to erect barracks for three hundred girls who are em- ployed by the Government in the Navy Yard which is a long distance from town. These girls work from a. m. to p. m. and it takes them one hour to come to work and one hour to get back to town. The Y. w. c. A. will put up a home inside the Navy Yard for these girls, and they will be cared for, and chaperoned when going to town. It surely will be worth while if it protects three hundred girls" ..'
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06


 7 Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe, rector of St. Marks church, delivered an able talk at yesterdays meeting.
 The local association has received the following interesting letter from Miss Florence B. Andrews, who went to Georgia five weeks ago as a volun- teer Y. w. c. A. worker:
 - If you might have been out at Camp Gordon yesterday (Thanksgiv- ing Day) and have heard one soldier after another tell us how much the onening, of the Hostess. House had changed Thanksgiving Day from a day to which they had looked forward with dread to day they will long re- member, there would no longer be any question in ones mind as to the real work the Y. w. c. A. is doing in this country.
 ''The soldiers are really big home sick boys. and are more than eager to talk about home and home friends. Most of them are much too far from home to get short furloughs, as do the men at Camp Devens. We are beginning to get many of the Camp Devens men down here at Camp Cor don
 'I have written about our At Homes held here in the City asso- ciation We have had two so far, and they will be continued through the winter. Every soldier who comes here on Sunday afternoons, before leaving, always expresses in some way how much he has enjoyed the especially how home like the association seemed to him.
 "One of the big things about our war work is the Hostess Houses at the camps. Yesterday the Hostess House at Camp Gordon was opened and dedicated. We all--that is, the war workers and secretaries-went out to the camp, 13' miles from At lanta, in time for the dedicating of the house by MT. William Sunday at 9:15 a. m. The service was very inn pressive and MT. Sunday is truly a great man. The house was accepted by General Erwin-and then began such a day!
 ''The Hostess House is exactly what it's name signifies. It is very large covering an acre of ground, has wide verandas on all sides, 8 big living room and hallway, and across the hall the cafeteria, where good home cooked food may be had at reasonable prices. The living-room has a huge fireplace that juts out into the room. There are any number of comfortable wicker chairs prettily upholstered in cretonne; tables, lamps and window seats make the room very homelike, though it is all very simple and not extravagant, and supplies the lack I that so many men feel in the camp i life.
 "All day long I saw men sitting in the comfortable rocking chairs, just rocking by the fireplace as if it seemed 1 good to get into comfortable chairs and into a home-like place again. for in spite of all the good the Y. M. l c. A. huts are doing, they are very bare and have not the home atmos- phere. Repeatedly the men would say,-"This is the most like home of any place since we left there!" It
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
HARVEY ARRESTED.
Didn't Appear for Draft in Montana;
 Located in NorWalk.

South Norwalk, Dec. e;-George P. Harvey, of this city, was arrested to- day charged with failure to appear for the draft at Cascade county, Mon- tana, where he registered while on 8 business trip on June last. He said that he has tried to get into com munication with the draft officials where he. registered in order to find out his draft number, but has not
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

is done I am sure all the Charter members feel repaid" At the close of the papers we were pleasingly en- tertained by Mrs. E. B. Proudman who sang several selections and by Miss Nina Butler and Miss Margaret Butler who also gave delightful se- lections, the latter. five years of age, being elected honorary member of the society. The next meeting will be held on Dec. IT.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
CITY ITEMS

Our Christmas club starts Decem- Der 22nd. We pay interest. Com mercial Trust Co.-advt
 A marriage license has been issued to Charles D. Stevens of East Hart ford and Miss Grace IIaling of 1,193 East street.
 Valkyria lodge. O. of V., will hold an important meeting tomorrow eve ming in Vega hall.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

heard anything from them. He also said he has tried to enlist in the army three times since the declaration of war, but has been rejected each time.
 His examination occurred here to- day by draft board and a statement of his case was sent to the officials in Montana.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
FRENCH LOSSES.

Paris, Dec. 6.--Losses of French ships through submarinet attacks in the week ended Dec. 1 were: More than 1,60O tons, two; less than 1,60O tons, two; fishing boats, two. Two vessels were attacked but not sunk.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
WILL STOP BATTLES
 ON EASTERN FRONT
(COntinued From First Page)

(COntInued ElfSC FaSe). gotiations and their determination to publish them in their entirety. The are in Russian on our side and in German for the German side. A special commission was created to compare the minutes after every ses- sion. We have requested that the next meeting of the plenipotentiaries be held on Russian territory and that in the negotiations in order that our delegation may return to Petrograd."
 Secret Documents.
 London, Dec. 6.-The installment O. secret documents made public on Tuesday by the Bolsheviki foreign minister, according to Petrograd despatch to the Daily Mail, included a telegram from M. Nabokoff. the Russian charge in London, to Foreign Minister Terestchenko, dated October 6, which begins with the words:
 Extra secret. Only for minister"
 The telegram intimates M. Nabokon had informed a special meeting of the ambassadors of France, Italy, United States and Japan he had received in- formation from Madrid to the effect that highly placed parsonage in Berlin had expressed wish to be the Spanish ambassador there to enter into peace negotiations. The Spanish government, however, could not un- dertake >mediation and confined itself to stating that fact. Having re- ceived this message, there were two alternatives, either to leave the Ge"- man inquiry unanswered or to reply very carefully, and not to reply would have given the German government an opportunity to use the action as a means to raising the spirits of the German people, and strengthening Germany's position in addition to ia- creasing the agitation in Russia.
 Therefore, the British government. the document says, replied it would be ready to receive the communica- tion which the German government felt itself able to make respecting peace and would consider the mat ter in conjunction with its allies. M. Nabokoff adds that the ambassadors in discussing the question with A. J. Balfour the British foreign minister, came to the conclusion this was an- other attempt by Foreign Minister into a net and it was determined that under no circumstances would one of the Allies negotiate, at least unless the matter could be considered collective ly.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

An earnest plea was made for more helpers for the surgical dressings department of the Red Cross on Court street.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

An invitation was extended to- all Sunshine members to be present at the meeting of the Visiting Nurses association, to be held at the WV. c. A.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

Motto-Good cheer,
 Flower-C0reopsis. Color8-Gold and white.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

Wheel chairs, air cushions com mode chairs and crutches, the prop erty of the society may be borrowed upon request.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

rilf in Heaven the deed appears
 Pass 1t on.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

The gifts of money and donations of food of all kinds for our Thanks giving work were most generous and we desire to thank each one who in any way helped to make it such a success. At the close of the report rising vote of|thanks was given Mrs. B. F. Gaffney who so ably acted as chairman
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06

Is calls were made during the last two weeks.
New Britain herald., 1917-12-06
Sunshine XOcietp.

Have you had ( kindness Ehovn ]
 EEgJ 1t on. Twas not meant for you alons.
 Pass 1t on. Let it travel down the ,'cRrs, Let K wipe Hn others tears. 1A dad annn~ro
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16
GRATING CHERRIES is HARD
Operation Can Be Performed Success.
fully With Proper care-Best
Time Is Spring.

The tame cherry cannot be success
fully raised on wild stock. Sour and
sweet cherries do not make a good
union when top-worked on the choke,
or the bird-cherry. They blow out ;
that is, break off at the graft under
stress of wind or load of fruit; at
least that has been the experience of
cherry orchardists east of the Rocky
mountains.
Small nursery stock is propagated
by budding, but top-working of the
cherry is nearly always by cleft
grating. as that is the only method
for large branches. The cherry is
not as easily grated as the apple,
but can be done successfully with
proper care. The best time is when
the buds are swelling. All cut sur
faces should be thoroughly covered
with wax to prevent evaporation.
Owing to the nature of cherry bark
it is necessary to cut down on each
side of the branch before the cleft is
made or it will break in a ragged
edge.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16
VR\I1ARD
GLrANINGS
EARLY VARIETIES OF APPLES
Should Not Be Overlooked in Making
Selection for Home Use-Maiden
Blush Is Excellent.

The early varieties of apples should
not be overlooked when varieties are
being selected for the orchard suitable
for home use. Even where the local
market is to be supplied with fresh
fruits early apples will generally be
profitable.
Among the reliable early varieties
are Red June, Red Astrachan, Yellow
Transparent, Sweet Bough, Maiden
Blush. These varieties are excellent
cooking apples and are relished as
eating apples. As rule the trees
bear soon and are comparatively hardy.
Red June is a very attractive apple,
1t being deep red In color, firm, juicy
with enough acid to make the flavor
desirable. The fruit will keep well
for early varieties, that is, it bears
shipping and handling reasonably well.
A few trees of Red June should be
included in orders for nursery stock
this fall.
Red Astrachan Is generally a little
larger than Red June; has attractive
stripes as markings; flesh not so firm
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16
SPRING BEST PLANTING TIME
Very Few Nurserymen Grow Seedlings
in This country-MostIy I'M
ported From Europe.

Spring Is considered the best time
for the planting Of apple seeds for
the purpose of growing seedlings.
There are very few who have grown
apple seedlings in this country, on ac-
count of the cost of producing them
and the uncertainty of results, should
they be left to grow until bearing age.
Hitherto the nurserymen imported
their apple seedlings from Europe,
where they were grown very economi-
cally on account of the low cost of
labor. Should you desire to propagate
your own apple trees, buy or make root
cuttings from which to grow your
grating stock.
Root gall does not often kill apple
trees, but usually greatly interferes
with their normal development, espe-
cially If young trees are infected. Old
trees are often vigorous enough to
withstand the effects of the gall.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16

At the cost of a small jar of ordi-
nary cold cream one can prepare full
quarter pint of the most wonderful
lemon skin softener and complexion
beautifier, by squeezing the Juice of
two fresh lemons into q bottle contain
ing three ounces of orchard white.
Care should be taken to strain the
juice through fine cloth so no lemon
pulp gets in, then this lotion will keep
fresh for months. Every woman knows
that lemon juice is used to bleach and
remove such blemishes as freckles, sal
lowness and tan, and is the ideal skin
softener, smOOthener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces of
orchard white at any pharmacy and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands 1t should naturally help to
whiten, soften, freshen and bring out
the roses and beauty of any skin. 1t
is truly marvellous to smoother rough,
red hands. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16
SWEET PEAS AND NASTURTIUM
By LIMA r. ROSE.

During the early spring months l
empty the wood ashes from the heater
and cooking stove over the ground that
intend to use for flowers.
When the time for planting comes i
have a trench dug and fill it half full
OF ashes. Over the ashes throw an
inch or two of soil, and in this plant
my sweet peas, covering them one
inch.
They come up in few days and the
vines during the season are luxuriant.
When they are six inches high 1 lay
brush along one side of them, cedar
brush preferably. The vines grow five
and six feet tall and give large quaint.
ties Of lovely flowers all summer.
Once a week l fertilize them with
sOapsuds left from the washing and
hoe them three or four times during
the season, each time drawing the dirt
about them, but never making a mar
row ridge for them to grow in.
When this Is done they dry out toe
much and do not bloom well.
Nasturtiums also share the same
treatment. except that 1 do not give
them so much ashes. / keep the flow.
ers picked from both the sweet peas
and the nasturtiums. Soapsuds Is my
fertilizer for almost all kinds of flow
ers. Nothing better can be given to
rose bushes.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-06-16
GARDEN NOTES.

If you wish to get specimen cannas
and dahlias start few in the house
early in the season. Remove roots,
stocks and unnecessary fiber and cut
.ItO single eyes.
Then put in four-inch pots in rich
soil; shift when the pots are full of
roots. The Gamma, like corn, needs
moisture and heat TO develop properly.
A flower friend says she rid her
lemon tree of scale by applying a
strong lather of soap suds with a stiff
brush to both sides of the leaves, stem
and trunk. This was allowed to re-
main for half day and then washed
off with clear water. The scale was
then easy to brush off.
When planting trees in clay or other
heavy soils not well drained follow this
method: Dig holes three feet wide
and 20 inches deep; place in them or
10 inches Of drainage, rocks, bricks or
cinders well packed. Upon this put
down, then plant the tree as usual.
An excellent hedge plant is Kochia-
sometimes called burning bush or Mex
lean fire-plant, because of its turning
to a rich. dark red in the fall. During
the summer it Is mass of pleasing
grden. 1t is excellent for rows in the
background or for planting about the
base of the house to hide the founda-
ton walls, set about foot and half
apart.