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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
INA" SUNDAYS
INTIMATE TALKS
The wi(e Of the famous evangelist
discusses everyday topics IN a
helpful and wholesome ,Ody.
Lore lStorn From the Trenches

ON country cross roads in Indiana is
" perched little drab schoolhouse. It
has been beaten by the rains and winds
OF forty years. Last summer for the first
time In forty years it was given a new
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

coat Of paint
II is Il far cry
from this obscure
Hoosler school dis
trict to the fire
swept trenches Of
France, but the call
OF a hungry love
bridges all dis
tances of space or
time.
At Q O'Clock each
morning n young
woman appears in
the doorway and
rings the same bat
tered bell which
once summoned the
fathers and mothers
of the same chill
dren who come
trooping across the
yard. She is a visit
full eyed, brown
h aired girl, is
teacher" and as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

Sweet sixteen or eighteen will nev.r loos
sweeter than when doing her fox trot ~ =
pale pink charmeuse whose little bodc. :,
white silk velvet ties in the back I'M. !
small girls sash. There is silver, too. On
the frock. it edges fairy-lIks tunlo that
finishes off the skirt fN-''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
The Mocking Bird

List TO. that bird His song-what poet
pens it2
Brigand Of birds. he's stolen every note
Prince though Of thieves-hark how the
rascal spends it!
Pours the whole forest from one tiny
throat
-Ednah Proctor HAYES
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

There's the demure little dress tha, ror...
In soft dark-blue satin. It's not a. -
though when the pleats separate ana sha,
their blue plaid faclng-and then thss.,.
the big round collar. It's edged with hs,v..
fur!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
.GIRES MAY WASH THEIR CLOTHES
IN BASEMENT OF BOSTON CHURCH
Landladies and Roomers Had Too Many Tiffs
About Laundry Done in Secret, So Pastor
Finds Solution to the Situation

fFtHE basement OF a church has opened
function, but probably there isn't but one
church basement in the whole country
where you can walk in and find a mum.
Der OF young ladies calmly and gossip
inely doing their weeks laundry.
There is one, however It's in Boston,
N the First Methodist Church, and it was
founded by none other than the pastor,
You can walk in any day of the week
except Sunday and hear the wringer
squeak and tho. water splash and every
thing else that you can hear in a real
live laundry h
IT WAS all the landlady's fault. II
= seems the lsndladies in Boston are
just like those all over the rest of the
world. They've a nose for laundry You
could no more make the lady of the board.
ing house believe that you were mani
curing your nails when you were wash
ing georgette crepe waist than you
could make her think you were heating
"hot-water bottle" when you were cook
ing beans.
The Boston pastor was neutral. In
stead Of trying to establish case Of
RIGHTEOUSNESS for the poor working girl
who had no place to do her laundry and
who couldn't afford to send it out he just
decided to have a community laundry Of
his own. There was a big stovc in the
basement OF the church and the pastor
said why not?"
The answer was the laundry, which is
'nonsectarian."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
Concerning Invitations

To the Editor Of WoBldrs Page:
Dear Madam--will you kindly publish in
uons concerning surprise invitations:
" How should the Invitations be written and
wnat KIND OF stationery should be used?
W VIII you suggest a wav in which I
could decorate the table for sixteen guests?
t3) What could | give prizes? Also what
interesting games could have to plav?
GRATEFUL.
As your party is to be a surprise, IL
would be well TO write Informal little notes
TO your guests saying that you are planning
to give surprise party and suggest where
they shall meet If the party is TO be at
your home you might suggest that the
guests go in by the back or side entrance
until all have assembled and can enter the
drawing room together Write on white
notepaper short note something like this :
MY Dear Mary--We are planning a
surprise party for Jack next Wednesday
evening the 1th of November, at home. VIII
you join US? Come in by the side entrance
as near TO o'clock as possible We want
really to surprise Jack, so please do not
speak of IT. l do hope you will be able to
come, 1t will be very informal-about six
teen girls and men, Very sincerely
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tcopyrlght.)
Colorgrams

A duvetyn coat Of gray can hnd no b.,,,.
friend than tiny little erocheted hst =
deep rose angora. |"
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you pay them $3.50 a day. A general
housework girl cannot be had Tor less
than SS a week, and even then it is diff
cult to lure her away from industrial
Jobs. OF course war industry is at the
root of the matter.
CUREI.Y it is the day of the hand and
~ strength is coming into its own There
may come a time after the war wnen in.
dustrial competition ceases to press and
when the fve-dollar-a.weell general
houseworll girl will be plentiful in the
field. But this is to be doubted. The
evolution that is going on in the domestic
service world is tremendous enough TO
last until the end of time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

neurasthenis- The individual cas-. 49,,
treated according to its needs. mus "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

CPEAKING of washing reminds us thai
that maids are not to be had for love oi
even the use of the piano. In Chicago
women will not do your washing unless
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
TOntOrrOlU's War Menu

BREAKFAST
Pears
Oatmeal and Top Milk
Cinnamon Toast Coffee
LUNCHEON
Canned Shad Roe with Brown Gravy
Whole wheat Mullins Maemalade
DINNER
Casserole Of Lamb
Baked Sweet Potatoes Pickles
Plum Pudding
CASSEROLE OF LAMB
Remove the fat from one and one-half
pounds Of forequarter OF lamb and cut the
meat into squares. Lay the pieces in a
casserole dish with ono cupfu of toma to,
one-half cupful each of diced carrots,
onions and turnips, two tabespoonfuls of
three cupfuls or hot water and
salt and pepper. Let cook In a medium
oven for two hours.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
ANSWERS TO YESTERDAYS INQUIRIES

3. What Is some Of the new railroad war
work at which women are employed?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
THE WOMAN EXCHANGE

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GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOY
Rr 1onN HARVEY KELLoGG. M. p.. M.n

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psSSrsiy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

L. American women have led the women Of
the world In collecting funds for hospitals
abroad.
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TODAY'S INQUIRIES

I. When substituting honey for sugar how
much Of IL should be useds
2. in washing chamos gloves what can he
used TO make them soft and pllnbe:
B. why Is II unwise to pot plants in painted
Cover pots?
ANSWERS TO VEST
l. N thin slice OF bread were saved daily
by each person in the United States four
thousand ton ship loaded with wheat could be
sent each day to the Allies.
2. Honey be used In place Of sugar In
baking cakes and yeast breads that require
sweeteninE. Baking soda rather than baking
powder II used TO raise the dough. II baking
powder be used 1t should be In addition to the
soda TO neutralLe the acid In the honey.
+ ,. RuskIn pottery Is the opaque OpaleseeRt
ware that is being seen much In bowls, decan-
fers, vases. etc. IL Is varicolored, and exquisite
In shading.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
/. What is the restaurant froCk:

:. What Is very new and chic yarn
accessory OF the serge dress?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

:. collapsible washboWl with cases for SOAP
etc. Is a new contrlvance put on the market
for the soldiers benefit. II makes a practical
Christmas gift.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31
Recines for Candy

10 Tic Editor of Women Page:
j. Dear Madam am a girl sixteen years old.
My height is four feet eleven and I weigh
nlnety-eisht pounds. Do you think am too
stout? Some OF my very thin friends think
am. Would you please print directions for
making peanut brittle and caramels? I have
and have had splendid success Thanking YOU
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

z. black fox animal" scarf can be brought
into the seasons mode by attaching to either
end OF II pieces Of gray chinchia squirrel thet
cross over and fasten in the front with bis
cut steel button.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

Fridny-whst arc the women going TO do?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

2. in washing chamois gloves what can he
used TO make them soft and plinble:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-31

,. why is It unwiss to pot plants in painted
Cover pots?
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Agricultural Democracy Will Arise in
Mexico if u. S. Keeps Its Hands Off
By A. E. WOODRUFF

The revolutions of Mexico awakng the PeOngving them
power of amand in few years Mexico will out of its present
feudal state into agricultural democracy.
There 100000 poems of the Aztec blood per cent of the
population and they Of their power They learned
and nothing prevent them from asserting themselves and
claiming the land that is theirs
Now there middle class There great wealth side
and that mostly ognd great poverty the other The poems
have been actual serf ground into dust until the revolutions started
they have felt freedom and longer look berato
but are beginning to look to themselves.
The feeling of growing and in not many years shall
in Mexico land of strength based agraran democracy
In Yuaan wonderful progress has been made toward developing
middle class The south of Mexico has been peace longer any
other part
Yucatan practically owned by 40 lords formerly
poems do all the work the S is the principal product
Now the aboer demand American money day.
get it, else they rent Iand and pay part of the crop
year.
The sa lords longer rulers but employers In time
northern part of Mexico will beginning
wonderful, rich, powerful democracy will be laid.
Interference of the United States unwarranted
and mind criminal nation has has
and the nation must work out its salvation.
American capital causing all the so-caed in an
effort to have the United States Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Bumper Crops No Boon to Farmer Who
Gets Less Than When Yield Is Small
By WILLIAM ]. sHowALTER

While congress considering the high cost of living from the
standpoint of the city consumer might also consider the high cost Of
universal bumper crops to the farmers who produce them study Of
the statistics of the department of agriculture will show that bumper
with all the labor they involve bring the farmers shorter
than the lean
For instance 1911 the world had lean far grain
Leaving rice the total grain yield 13S6000O0O bushels
enough load five times around the earth the equator In
1912 there bumper CROP the biggest yield of grain that Mother
Earth in all her history produced 1t reached the total
of 16150 100000 bushels practically bushels for
and child upon the face of the gobeenough to load string of
reaching than times around the earth.
And based the farm prices per bushe prevailing the
United States December of the two years. which fairly represent
of world prices the farmer got actual cash for his lean
of than he for his fat 1912 The perbue
price of the five great cereals approximately 73 cents 911
compared with 30 1912 So will take out pencil
figure up you will worlds farmers received appox
may billion quarter dollars less for the great bumper crop
of 1912 than they got for the lean crop of 1911
The conditions obtained in 1906 and 1907 Here the former
year of those great fat when the of the world
oerown and the latter Yet the farmers got nearly
billion dollars less for their great bumper crop of 1906 than they
received for their lean crop Of 1907.
All the world understands the law supply and demand
and knows that big crops lower pushe prices But to take both
worldwide aop statistics and national sngeop statistics and to
find that without exception the bumper crops bring less money the
aggregate the farmer than the very lean to disclose condition
in the of food production that is surprising and
important
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Publicity Has Made Strikes Rare in
Canada-Why Not in United States?
ByA. N. sPAULDING of Washington. D. c.

1t is generally conceded that Canada has the system
yet devised Tor the peaceful settlement of labor disputes Since the
put into force that country has remarkably free from labor
troubles.
The law prohibits, under penalties strike lockout until
certain requirements of the act have been complied with
There must be at least thirty days desired change of
conditions by employees employers the may increase Of
better terms Of employment the proposed uc
ton on the other.
If then the parties unable an agreement the one
contemplating strike lockout compelled a the case before the
government and call for the appointment of board of investigation
The minister of labor notifies each party the dispute name
member OF the board and they third the third member NAV
be appointed by the minister of labor himself
public inquiry follows the board being empowered TO summon
witnesses and compel testimony 1t is arbitration board Tts
purpose to bring the actual facts before the public the
of its investigation does all to effect settlement and
its final report in the nature of recommendation or both
the parties involved.
After its findings published the employees may strike or tho
employers lock out they wish but the recommendations board
have been, a rule accepted
The admirable of this system due solely publicity Gould
IL not be tried in the United States?
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK Child
~CalifOrnia Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give q
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again. When its little system is full
OF cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache.
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good Inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions OF mothers keep California
Syrup OF Figs" handy; they know q
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the Store for a 90
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv,
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
"CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, billousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and polsons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight win make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions OF men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Slow at Changing.

Hurry up with my changeP OK
.Iaimed the man who had just bought
4 ticket at the theater DOx Office.
'Wait a minute" came from the
ticket-seller.
"Wait a minute? Say, I've been
Wait,ag ten minutes. They ought to
put you on the stage and brInE that
lightnIng.change artist out hero 10 the
boz office"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
To Make Dirty Water Clean.

When we started for our trip to
Mt. Kilimanjaro 1 had told jeremiah,
one of our African boys, to fix six
barrels with water and have 1t clean.
But when 1 opened the first barrel, 1t
was covered with soapsuds. l asked
the boy what was wrong with the wa
ter He said: "Very clean water,
master. put soap In every barrel to
make it Clean" SO we drank soap
suds all the way.-Peter MacQueen in
World Outlook.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
A Pertinent Query.

Cant you spare me dime, mister?"
"Not today"
II hain't had bite since yesterday"
Cant help it."
"Why can't yer do a little fer mel"
II haven't any change"
"No change"
That's what I said"
'Den why ther dickens don't yer go
to work ?"-Boston Evening Trans
cript.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01

Thomas D., Jr.. son OF Representa-
tive Schall of Minneapolis, Mimi, be-
ing less than six years old, can neither
read nor write, but he knows his let
ters and can read figures. He guided
his blind father from Washington to
Minneapolis and return for the holi-
days without a mishap. In restau-
rants he spells: "S-t-e-a-k, 7-5," and so
there's no chance for the waiter to
make an extra dime. When the father
receives change Thomas tells him the
figure on each bill. Moreover, he pays
no fare on trains. Hes the best valet
and travelling companion 1 ever had,
says his father proudly. "and the most
economical"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Too peep for Him.

Customer-Can you recommend this
parrot to be a good talker?
Dealer-I can. indeed. 1t was the
companion of a Boston lady for three
years.
Customer-well. hardly think that
would suit me.
Dealer-Why not? It's the best talker
we have In the place.
Customer-Very likely; but ] would
nave to consult dictionary every time
II happened TO open its mouth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Didn't Need IL.

The farm hands were taking turns
at the pump for their morning wash.
All scrubbed off except the new man.
"Joe," said the boss, aren't you go
Ing to wash up this morning?"
"Shucksl" was the reply. at don't
make me dirty to sleep."-Pathfinder
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
FOR PIMPLY FACES
cuticura Is Rest-Samples Free by
Mail to Anyone Anywhere.

An easy, speedy way to remove plm-
Piles and blackheads. Smear the affect
ed surfaces with Cuticura Ointment,
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water, bathing some min
utes. Repeat night and morning. No
better toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01

SOAP Is STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use viii burn out the
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo
ing with ia Creole" Hair Dressing,
and darken, In the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. S1.00.--Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
Arduous Work.

The heart soon becomes tired of
much gayety. Pleasure-seeking is !
very laborious occupation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
Ia her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t in
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-02-01
ExaetlN.

"The majority Of epitaphs begin !:
Here lies >"
"Well, most OF them do"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-02
III Clubdom

Turner Park Red Cross auxiliary
Melted $l8 from its effort to con-
serve waste paper. With the help of
Boy Scouts and two large vans the
women worked Saturday and Mon
day collecting waste paper and maya
zines. The money will be used to
purchase material for making hospi-
tai supplies. Miss Elizabeth Allen
had the work in charge.
The west central district OF the
Woman's American Baptist Foreign
Mission society will hold its third
annual meeting at the First Baptist
church Thursday and Friday, Mis-
sionaries Miss Lucas OF Burma, Miss
Evans and Mrs. Curtis Of India and
Mrs. Balm OF Africa will speak and
also the national home secretary,
Miss Ware Of Chicago. A large
number of delegates from Iowa,
Kansas and Nebraska are ex.
pected. All Omaha women are in.
vited to attend the sessions, beginning
at $3.50 a. m. Thursday and closing
Friday evening with program BY
the local World Wide Guild girls,
Lunch and dinner will be served each
day.
War conditions caused the post.
ponement Of the continental tour
planned by Miss Anna Gordon OF Ey,
anston, president. and Mrs. Florence
Atkins, lecturer, of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance un.
ion. The two women were expected
in Omaha May 8 and 4.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-05-02
COURAGE, KEYNOTE
OF FRENCH IN WAR
ALI Willing to Work for Victory
Says Jesse Benedict
Carter.
NO WASTING OF, WORDS

Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Paris, April 1.-THE courage, the
joyousness Of France, has been the
aspect of the war most remarked by
Jesse Benedict Carter, director of the
American Academy of Rome, who has
been visiting provincial universities in
France as lecturer for the Hyde
Foundation.
Nowhere have l found any lack
of courage, any lack OF Joy, and lack
of willingness to work for victory"
said Mr.. Carter. "The joyousness Of
France in this moment Of crisis is
not the superficial thoughtlessness Of
those who are afraid to think. 1t is
the calm happiness of those who
cannot fail and who know that they
cannot fail because they are seeking
after those things which are not Of
the earth and must therefore con-
tinue for that very reason, because,
without them, the earth would be-
GOMEZ madhouse. The greatest
things are always simple and the
French today are simple as Abraham
Lincoln was in our civil war.
There is no hatred even for the
German, there is instructive abhor-
ence, but no wasting of words over
symptoms and acts which belong to
the realm Of pathological psychology.
Common decency draws veil over
these things and leaves them to the
physician who at the end will doubt
less write the verdict and give his full
skill to drawing up the post-mortem;'
meantime it is day and we must
work in the day, while our strength
and our courage is with us.
"Of course, there is natural OBJ
jectivity about any people engaged
in great work. They forget them
selves in the enormous Importance of
what they are doing. This is ma
lures anaesthetic.
"In a small village I was in the
mayors Office looking at the notices
on the walls. observed two sheets
Of paper containing the various cita-
tions of a young man who had been
mentioned in September, 1914, and
several times thereafter, receiving the
Croix de Guerre and finally dying
heorically in October, 1916. | said
to the mayor: What beautiful ca
reerl Did you know this boy?'
The answer came perfectly calmly,
accomplished by a smile of deep APP
probation: He was my son. He
was brave boy, and only twenty