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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Philadelphia. August 10.
SUPPORTS PAPAL PEACE PLEA

To the Editor Of the Ercning Ledger:
Slr-Tho peace proposals of the Pope ap-
pear to me to form a reasonable basis for
the holding of peace conference, at least
and the nation that rejects them takes upon
itself terrible responsibility.
Just now both the Allies and the Central
Powers claim victory, so that a conference
for peace would be no reflection upon the
honor of any of these countries.
To block the way for such n conference
now would he crime against humanity
AMERICAN
phIla1CInbia Aupust tx
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

Sc:nebody we seem to remember. has
said that butter will keep indefinitely in
storage nut we're mighty certain there
is limit upon eggs. Nevertheless nearly
every day as we near the Reading Ter
minal we are urged by n sign near Race
street to Save the coupons in Gurnse
Butter and Milhen Eggs for Free Trips
to tho Panama Exposition"
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What Do You Know?


l. who Is the present Papal Secretary Z
Z. On which side Of a ship does nautical IN
aitl0n prescribe that the captain shah
. have his staterOOm? =,
=. What nre "seventeen-year" Iocusts?
=. Mhat ts ''camelback" IOcomOtiyeY
D. VINO were the Free Quakers" OF Reyol>
tiOnary days:
U. Where Is TObOlsk, In which city II IA ssu
Z. WWhat Is the capital Of New Zealand? n
o. When did south Carolina pass tb. s.,,...
a., null lfcati0n OrdinanceY Wv '""'
10. What is u saXOphone?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
The Old Familiar Faces

ROB WECKERLY rises to inquire what
ever became of George Baker, guardian
of that old Bathy we were prattling about
the other day, and who, when the spring
freshets came and threatened to carry off
the old bathhouse, was wont to dive deep
under 1t with a chain and secure II to the
shore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
The Labor Turnover in Mahanoy City

William r. Whitaker, reporter for the
Mahanoy city Record since last September,
has resigned 10 accept a position with the
Western Union Telegraph Company at Phil.
adclphia
"i}ll'' has made n good news scout and
ms many friends regret his departure from
the journalistic field. No successor has
been named yet. good fellow and fast
developing into good "ncwsy" We re.
gret TO lose MIN. Applications in writing
Ma hAnoY CITY Rccnrh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
EMANCIPATING THE LIBERTY
BELL

GVHAT democracy has been made safe
= for the Liberty Bell is a cheering fact
graciously recognized by the Bureau of
City Propertysin removing the glass case
which has inclosed the precious relic for
twenty years. From the old American die.
))ohary tha word reverence was often
o11ted by ''enthusiasm,' The parlor
f&Q1r told thst ssoFy. Unpn shess
n>lxo \ piecs AZ Relp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Problem of Living on Sol
dier's Wages-Pope's Peace
Plea IndOrsed

THIS Department is free 10 al readers Who
tuiSh TO erprTSs their opinions on subjects Gf
currcpt interest II iS open forum aud the
ErcHinO Ledger assumes 40 responsibility for
The uie,US Of as correspondents. Letters must
De st0ncd bv tho name and address, OF me
guarantee Of coed faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
TO A .MEREn MAID

on, maiden fair. with oxide hair.
are you dear" or are you bare?
Are lines l see, a rart of thee.
Or are they phantoms of the sea?
ARE ARE you the maid, SO prIm and staid.
rhat n vmee oi men seemed quite afraid
On wnse eye would make thee cry?
'sxs sssEs s'l' N 7 teu { lA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

On the long journey to Tobolsk the
former Car Of all the Russias win have
On exosllsnt opportunity 70 realise the
vast extent o. che domain lost thro,,sh
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Somehow or other. whe

Somehow or other, whenever the
British win victory near Lens the Ger
man Official reports dwell in great detail
on actions along the Russian and Ru.
manian fronts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

The Missus has been at the tw,s,aa
table talk again. We had corn on the
GOD last night and she sent one OF the
children Into ths htohen 3 sst ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Ins0luble Conupdr,fms

What would a team Of knockabout
comedians do without hats? TIN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

Visitors to New Jerseys seaside re.
sorts scarcely need to be informed that
the States yield Of peaches will be un.
usually large this year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17

Here comes that rude compositSr again,
making letter to our Woman Exchange
editor begr Dead Madam"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-17
Welsh Miners Quick Work

J saw tho next morning another local
attack that will remain equally unforget-
table to me. a Welsh company of miners
seemingly started little war of their own.
beat 1t out OF their trenches as II every
man had arranged it with every other man.
ana tore hole ninety feet long I'm the
Boche line like magic. A guard returned
reporting the loss of ten men. bringing forty
barbarian prisoners and word that the
other boys were holding the land redeemed
in the raid
II was all over in twenty minutes. 1t
was all part of a plan, of course, and that
or greater plan to come Before an
enemy range could be telephoned back
these Welsh miners were bosses of this
tiny bit Of a redeemed France. and more
OF them were occupying the distance be-
tween digging new trench thereto as only
miners can. The Boche Is constantly being
harassed in this fashion Sometimes he
stands for II almost passively and sur
renders hands up. At other times he puts
up fight, and that means in the main
hole In the ground that IL not quite like
an abri, because some one plants him in
it and covers him up--when there Is time
Every day on all sections OF this front
there are attacks and counter-attacks local
in nature. that bite off a few extra meters
OF France for France They don't alwavs
take place at the same time nor in the
same territory, of course They NAV he
kilometers apart, but they are all part of
the game, to keep the Boche guessing AL
ways and to hand him one whenever II is
possible. He is not only going to get his
but he's getting IT,
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Hard to Beat Nature

That afternoon I sat In n dugout with
two Scotch officers. drinking a Gun of tea
and eating scone Just think of that--a
scone! Because they don't even have them
In London tearooms now, am told
remember last winter wondering whether
anything on earth could be left alive after
heavy bombardment. And now with Mother
Earth and summer az one, the former
seems az vigorous as ever, the most ter
rifle Smelling leaving but a relative scratch
upon her surface. For the birds live their
lives just the same. and field mice nlav
among the shell holes when the battle has
passed into the beyond. The grass even
tries to come up, struggling as IL can, and
trees which seemed but bare dead poles
In the white OF snow have sent out some
thing OF green. Shell craters are full of
tiny plant and insect life, and creepers and
weeds have sprouted afresh over ruined and
broken masonry and stone.
SO the normal life of nature goes on
virtually normally. In defiance of high ex-
plosives and liquid fame and poison pas
and other devilish Boche contrlvances, As
] thought these things sitting in this ahri
dugout. and OF the intense cold experienced
hereabouts but few months since, l heard
tiny noise. and presently little beast
like an American chlpmunk was looking al
me. l sat very quietly after throwing hin,
bit OF my scone, from which he ran I'm
terror. TO return in perhaps a minute ta.a
II In his mouth and disappear. The Scotch
men with me told me they had seen him
often, and that he was a new beast 10
them, like scion OF a pet brought ovsr hy
the Canadians. and that be he whSt ~
may, he aade the dugout seem mora k kstr~ -
ful % thsns gAye y sensthlne ~ tR5 c2sy
- %< re'ee44 vs@& 4 &, . u. II. u ~ ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER Xxx.
Black Out.

The auditorium was in almost total
darkness. A single voice was audible
from the stage that confronted it like
some tremendous. moonlight canvas in
a huge frame of furnished gold. They
stole silently round the orchestra seats
to the staSe-boX-the same box that
Whitaker had on the former occasion
occupied in company with Max.
They succeeded in taking possession
without attracting attention. either
from the owners of that Scanty scat
tering of shirt hosoms in the orchestra
the critical fraternity and those in
Inmates hidden by the manager to the
first glimpse of his new revelation in
stagecraft-or from those occupying
the stage.
The latter were but two. Evidently.
though the curtain had been up for
some minutes. the action of the piece
had not vet been permitted to begin
to unfold. Whitaker inferred that Max
had been dissatisfied with something
about the lighting of the scene. The
manager was standing in midStage,
StdIlllS up 1T t:lt Doiuel Sd Stodt anu
pOmpOuS figure, tenacious to every de-
tail of that public self which he mad
striyen so successfully to make unfor-
gettably Individual; figure quantity
incongruous in his impeccable morn
ing coat and striped trousers and flat
brimmed silk hat, perched we'll back
on his head. with his malacca stica
and lemon colored gloves and small
and excessively glossy patent-leather
shoes, posed against the counterfeit
of moOnlit formal garden.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
The DESTROYING ANGEL
By Louis Joseph Vance

Ember, always abstcmiOus, lifted
his hand and smiled a negative smile.
Whitaker dismissed the waiter.
well p he inquired cheer
fully.
What right have you got to look
like that?" Ember demanded.
1.-The right of every free-born Amer
lean citizen to make an ass of himself
according TO the dictates Of his con-
science. I've been exploring the dark
backwards and abysm of the Bronx
afoot. Got caught in the rain on the
way home. Was late getting back,
and dropped in here to ceIebrate.'
1--WE been looking for you every
where, since morning"
Il suspected you would be. That's
why / went walking-to be lonesome
and thoughtful for once in a way
Ember stroked his chin with thought
full fingers.
you've heard the news, thcn?"
"In three ways" Whitaker re-
turned with calm.
"How's that-three ways"
Through the newspapers, the bill
boards, and from the lips of my
wife"
Ember opened his eyes wide.
you've been to see her?'
"She called this morning"
But Enber Interrupted, thrusting q
ready and generous hand across the
table:
"My dear man, l am glad!"
Whitaker took the proffered hand
readily and firmly. "Thank you.
| was saying: she called this morning
to inform me that, though welded
once, we must be strangers now-und
evcrmore
But you-of course-you argued
that nonsense out of her head"
''To the contrary-again.'
"But-my dear man you said you
were celebrating; you permitted me
to congratulate you just now"
"The point is," said Whitaker, with
a bland and confident grin; I've sue
cecded in arguing that nonsense out
of my head-not herS-mine."
Ember gave helpless gesture. I'm
afraid this is one of my stupid
nights
81 mean that, though Mary ran away
from me, wouldn't listen to reason, |
have, in the course of an afternoons
hard tramping, come to the conclu
sion that there is nothing under the
sun which binds me to sit back and
accept whatever treatment she pur-
poses according me by courtesy Of
Jules Max"
Whitaker bent forward. his coun-
tenance discovering a phase of ser-
BUSINESS hitherto masked by his twist
ed smile.
Il mean I'm tired of all this poppy
cock. Unless I'm an infatuated ass.
Mary loves me with all her heart. She
has made up her mind to renounce me
partly because Max has worked upon
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23

the least visited, of European cities,
was threatened for some months, but
has so far only heard the echo Of the
guns. 1t is the villages and smaller
towns that have suffered.
Its Villages Not Beautiful.
Now, a Galician village is not, as q
rule, beautiful object. No artists
visit the country to paint its cottages; 4;
no authors waste superlatiyeS on its
rustic charm. Indeed the only thing
superlative about it is its mud, which
is as much specialized product as
London fog. In the winter, when the
snow is hard, one may, if sufficiently
foolish and inexperienced, walk down
the street without leggings reaching to
the knee and still emerge recOgnizably
human; in high summer the mud
changes its form but not its evil ma
ture, by turning into dust But for the
rest of the year it is just mud. Even
the women wear wellingtons, and tuck
their skirts in at the top.
Nor Is Galician interior much more
attractive. The house. which is built
of clay, is necessarily fashioned to re-
sist the cold, for the winds from the
north blow straight down on the prov
tnce. Even if the window is made to
open, it is not opened from October to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
NET A FAvoRITE IN PARTY FRocks

work in these frocls. They never fall
to captivate women possessed of good
taste. and the French have an axiom
that explains it. There is nothing so
beautiful as care" it runs.
Besides these sheer gowns there are
others of soft silk crepe, or light wool
en- fabrics. that are of the same char
acter. One of them is shown in the
illustration. and it might be made Of
crepe de chine, challies, satin, silk-and-
wool popln or any other supple ma
terial 1t is a one-piece dress with
lengthwise plaits down the front and
three wide tucks in the remainder Of
the straight, full skirt. The sleeves
are full and gathered into frill at the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23

her feelings by painting some lurid
picture of his imminent artistic and
financial damnation if she leaves him,
partly because she believes, or has
been led to believe, in this destroy
ing angel moonshine. Now she's got
to listen to reason. SO, likewise, Max"
you're becoming more human word
by word" commented Ember with
open approval. Continue; elucidate;
| can understand how q fairly resolute
lover with the gift of CAB can talk a
weak minded, fond female into deny
ing her pet superstition but how
you're going to get around Max passes
my comprehension. The man unques-
ttonably has her under contract
But you forgot his god is Mann
mon," Whitaker put in. Max will do
anything in the world for money.
Therein resides the kernel of my plan.
It's simplicity itself: I'm going to buy
him"
Buy Max
'Body-artistic souI-and breeches."
Whitaker affirmed confidently.
"Impossible."
"You forget how we'll fixed l am.
What's the use of my owning half the
gold in New Guinea If it won't buy
me what | already own by every moral
and legal right?'
"He won't listen to you; you don't
know Max
I'm willing to lay you small bet
that there will be no first performance
at the Theater Max tomorrow night"
You'll never persuade him"
I'll buy the show outright and my
wife's freedom to bONt-or else Max
will begin to accumulate the local
color of q hospital ward
Ember smiled grimly. You're be-
ginning to convince even me. When
may l ask, do you propose to pull off
this sporting proposition"
do you know where Max can be
found tonight"
"At the theater-"
Then the matter will be arranged
at the theater between this hour and
midnight
u doubt if you succeed ia getting
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23

points at each side and gathered into
the waistline.
The overbodice is of lace bound with
ribbon and fastens at the back. 1t is
finished at the top with border and
suspenders of crepe georgette and at
the bottom with little silk balls. The
dress is worn over slip of taffeta.
Among new models in net there are
some having independents of net and
crepe instead of silk, and the effect is
wonderfully soft. Net In two colors,
hemstitched together, provides some
novel effects in draperies and a favor
ite combination is paprika, or tomato
red, and white. The dress pictured is
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
CHAPTER xix.
One Way Out.

Toward eight in the evening, after
. day-long search through all his ac-
customed haunts, Ember ran Whita-
ker to earth in the dining room of the
Trimordial. The young man, alone
at table, was in the act of topping
off an excellent dinner with q still
more excellent cordial and super
excellent cigar.
He wore rough tweeds, and they
were damp and baggy; his boots We're
muddy; his hair Sas trifle disorder
ly. The ensemble made a figure wildly
iucongruous 10 the sOberly splendid
and stately dining hall of the Primor-
dial club, with its sparse patronage
of members in evening dress.
Ember, himself as severely beauti-
full In black and white rs the ceremo-
NOUS livery of today permits man
to be, was wonder-struck at sight of
Whitaker In such unconventional
guise, at such q time, in such q place.
With neither invitation nor salutatiOn,
he slipped into chair on the other
side of the table, and stared.
Whitaker smiled benignantly upon
LiEr. and called waiter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
Mr.. sMOOTH's NEAT GETAWAY
insurance Agent With Keen Eye to
Business Came Near "Putting
His Foot in IL"

Slipping on an untenanted banana
skin, the homely young woman sat
on the pavement with an unmusical
splash. With efficient presence of
mind, Eustace Smooth, agent for the
General and Particular Insurance com
pany, slipped on another peel and sat
down beside her, with two muttered
curses.
"Accidents will happen on the best
regulated payements, won't they:" he
observed with snarl. "Oh, well,
luckily l happen to be an insurance
agent and | can insure you against
slipping on banana peelings or even on
a cake of ice for the small sum of S14
q week, and tire first time you slip af
ter being insured, one Of our autOmo-
bileS, with absolutely no advertising
matter on the outside, will take you
home for $40, or, if you prefer, to
any old hospital"
The idea ~ scoffed the enraged
woman, Its too much!'
"But think Of the risk we run" pur-
sued Smooth. "NoW, other kinds of
insurance. such as Insurance against
being bitten by wild beasts, come as
low as $40 a month"
'I'n take one of them" she said
promptly Il always was Il great one
for bargains" And she handed him
her card. which read: mile Kutie,
Wild Animal Trainer Lions, Tigers
and Leopards a Speciality"
Excuse me Il moment, | gotta see
man." stammered Eustace Smooth
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23

May. | remember entering one such
cottage on an Easter Sunday morning
some years ago. The whole winters
accumulation of stale, exhausted air
was insupportable after the fresh
spring breeze out of doors. A sick
child was in the large family bed; a
hen with its chickens looked at me
suspiciously from the other end of the
colored quilt; an inquisitive pig pro-
truded it's snout from beneath the bed.
The whole family slept in that bed at
night, except the husband, who occu-
pied the warm corner by the stove as
of right; and the animals, who repre-
sented the real wealth Of the family,
made themselves snug In the rest Of
the room. The floor was trodden
earth, and sanitation was as the
snakes Of Ireland. The extraordinary
thing to an Englishlnan was that this
insufferable atmosphere produced
beautiful children, healthy women and
sturdy men. have seen children come
out of a hOvel whose graceful carriage
might be the envy of woman Of fash
angels.
Typhus Is Their Scourge.
According to our notions, they should
all die of consumption; but typhus,
born in dirt and nourished on under
feeding, is the real scourge of the coun-
try. When q case breaks out, the
family of the victim go to the church
and the whole village comes to pray
with them for the patients recoverys
and typhus being one of the most In
fectious diseases known, it must be
very mild, innocuous type that does
not produce an epidemic when these
are the only means taken to cure it.
I suspect that much of the heavy
mortality among the troops fighting in
Galicia has been due to this cause.
There have been hints in the Austrian,
and more particularly the Hungarian
papers, of terrible outbreaks all along
this front. The doctors can do little
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under military conditions; only winter
can lessen the scourge-by killing Off
the victims. But in spring the whole
thing will break out again.
Meantime the condition of Galicia
must be miserable indeed. The heavi-
est fighting on the eastern front has
been there; the terrific battles of
Halicz have almost rivaled Verdun. 1t
is known that the Germans have car
red off much of the stock to replenish
their own larders. Nearly all the able
bodied men of the country have been
called up for military service over two
years. Agriculture has been practical
ly ruined; communication between
east and west is cut off by the line Of
the opposing armies, which lies fiat
across the province from Volhynia to
the Carpathians; and very many Of
the villages have been destroyed, as in
other parts of Poland. Whatever the
political fate of Galicia after the war,
the conqueror will have to rebuild it's
industrial life from the foundation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-03-23
Worth While Quotation.

A man who lives right and Is right
has more power in his silence than an
other has by his words.-Phillips
Brooks.
grounds have probably been destroyed,
the authors of the article were able to
find about Is village and camp sites,
and ten mound groups in Platteville,
Harrison, Potosi and Paris townships
and in the vicinity of Cassville.
Some of the old Indian lead mines
were found within the city limits Of
Platteville. They consist of burrows
dug in the base of hill near the
waters edge. An Indian smelling fur
mace was discovered some time ago in
PIatteville township at place known
at Tufa Falls. 1t consists of hopper
shaped hole, lined with stone CRATES
upon which the lead ore was heaped
and covered with burning wood. Tho
melted lead dropped into the hopper.
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all in white with silver ribbon in bind
ing and border and in the ball trim
ming, but the same idea is carried out
successfully with cOlOred ribbons on
white net. The silk underslip might be
In tint instead of white.
A coarse-meshed silk lace, used in
the bodice, stretches sufficiently to ac-
commodate itself to the lines of the
figure, and may be re-enforced with q
lining of net or crepe georgctte.
The eternal feminine will assert
itself in soft and frilly or denure
frocks for afternoon wear-and let us
be thankful therefor. No matter how