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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24
Gardening

My neighbor has a million flowers
and, starting in each day at dawn,
his hired minions toll for hours to hor.
ticult his stately lawn. They work on
tulip, rose and lily, they clip and prune
and spray the trees. inocuate them
with bacilli, to make them immune to
disease. These very jealous garden
tillers don't grow a thing that's worth
a hang, I wouldn't care IL caterpillars
should gobble up the whole shebang
It's time and money being wasted, at
least that's just the way I feel no
flower that ! ever tasted would satisfy
me for meal. The public tummy's far
from bloated, the price of foods is high
as-well, why should such labor be
devoted to raising pretty things to
smell? I'm just a common lowly sin.
ner. but I'd feel better, goodness knows
If could grow some one a dinner than
If 1 bred a famous rose.
WILL MOORE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-08-24
1t Didn't Work

self?"
Yes, your Honor, admit I'm
Vagabond and a thief, but you ought TO
off lightly"
How do you make that out?"
wen, suppose we went on strike
and all turned honest. what would your
Honor do for . living r. X,
<e-Ave -1esyr' inlprlaofI
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
BIG Turkey Ranches.

Exclusive turkey ranches are found
in the unsettled foothill regions Of Cali
fornia and in parts of Arizona and 9TH
er western states where 1000 or more
turkeys are raised each season. The
establishments are located where the
range is unlimited and the natural food
Of the turkey, such as grasshoppers
and other insects; green vegetables and
the seeds of various weeds and grasses,
Is abundant Advantage also Is taken
on these ranches of the turkeys relish
for acorns, and where these are plen-
tiful but little grain need be used for
fattening in the fall. The large focks
Of turkeys are managed much like
herds Of sheep, being taken out to the
range early in the morning and brought
home to roOst at night They are
herded during the day by men either
on foot or on horseback and by dogs
especially trained for the work.-In-
dianapolis News.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
FACED DANGERS TO REGISTER
Oil Man Walked Eleven Miles and
Swan Flooded Streams.

Ellsworth, Kan.-Heayy rains and
swollen streams almost compelled
Carl Holt of this city to miss register
ing. Holt is a tool dresser for the
Shamrock Gushing oil drill eleven
miles southeast of Ellsworth. He was
required to register here.
When Holt, late in the afternoon.
started to drive into Ellsworth with
his car he found himself cut off by
streams which had flooded and wash
ed out the bridges.
He promptly discarded the car.
swan the creek and started to walk
the eleven miles to Ellsworth. In the
course Of his walk he found 1t neces-
sary to navigate other streams in like
manner. Fifteen minutes before 9,
wet, muddy and tired, he rushed into
the registration hall and signed his
name to the card.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Her Great Comfort.

Donald and Charlie, two boys Of
eleven, went for hike the other day,
and when the noon luncheon hour ar
rived failed to appear after an alb
sence Of two hours, causing Donald's
mother to become worried, fearing an
accident had happened to the boy,
who is always prompt at meal times,
even If not on other occasions. But the
father ate his luncheon calmly, being
wise to the ways and wanderings of
boys Of eleven, and unworriedly start
ed for his office at o'clock, when the
wife remarked to him, her brows fur
rowed with care, What shall 1 do If
Donald doesn't conner
I'll tell you what you do" said her
consider. Now, If. that boy doesn't
get back in an hour from now you call
me up at the Office, and I'll tell you
not to worry."-Indianapolis News.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Dr.. w. A. Driver
DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS.

The war in which this government
is now entering has done much al
ready to benefit humanity in spite of
the numbers of diseased, crippled,
MANNED and killed it has produced.
The lessons learned from the great
international strife are too numerous
to be fully appreciated just now but
few benefits already loom large be-
fore the seeing eye or rather the OBJ
serving brain.
On account of the prevalence of tu-
berculosis in active form among the
troops returning from the front great
er efforts are being made in the study
of prevention of consumption. AS
alcoholic drinks have been placed on
the forbidden list early in the conflict,
investigators can not consistently say
that cases now presenting are directly
due to recent alcoholism. They may
say, however, that tobacco is like alco-
holic beverages capable of lowering
bodily resistance always and always
an insidious destructive agent that
opens the way for the omnipresent
bacillus tuberculosis.
If this cruel war brings no other
benefit, but will rid the great race, all
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
MAY CONVERT AUTO
PLANTS TO AIRCRAFT
Government Call Upon Manufacturers
10 Thought Likely.

Detroit-Owners Of automobiles, par
ticularly those who have been accus-
toned to discard their cars solely be-
cause newer models have been placed
upon the market, will do well to give
the highest degree of care to the cars
they now own.
Brigadier General George o. Squier
went to Detroit, and 1t Is understood
that the purpose Of his visit was to
confer with the manufacturers Of au-
tomobiles In regard to obtaining their
cooperation in the manufacture Of
aeroplanes.
There are few factories In the Unit
ed States that manufacture aeroplanes,
and each Of these factories makes q
different type Of craft. The aggregate
capacity Of these factories Is wholly
inadequate to meet the demands Of the
program Of the aircraft production
board, and 1t Is therefore inevitable
that the manufacturers Of machinery
which can be used as now made or
whose plants can be adapted most
readily to making parts for aeroplanes
will be requested to give precedence
to the manufacture Of parts suitable
for aircraft.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
How Watches Vary.

Theoretically, says a jeweler, the
best watches Of today are perfect, but
actually they both gain and lose time
every day. Even II the good watch
does not vary one second at the end
Of the twenty-four hours, the expert
insists, 1t has both gained and lost In
that time. If it is wound In the morn
ing it runs fast and toward the next
morning runs slow, thus eQualizing the
time. He says the best watches should
be wound twice day and then at only
two-thirds Of the capacity Of the main
spring, thus preventing either binding
or extremes Of strong or weakened
spring. The balance wheel was ex-
pected to equalize differences Of main
spring tension, but really this is not
the case In what is called perfection.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Our Soldiers of the Sea.

The American marine is known round
the world. A better set up, more fit
more spirited, more energetic and
stancher soldier is to be found no
where. He Is the first ashore, where
he always knows how to take care Of
himself, and the last to stay at the
fight as well as the first in, always
brave, always cheerful, always dex-
trOus and ever steady. There are no
brighter, keener, cleaner, reader sol
diers marching under any flag. They
have got to live up to the traditions Of
more than a century. and they never
fail to do it. A civilian who can't get
enthusiastic about the marine corps
but it isn't necessary to finish. There
is the glorious record of the fine old
organization. and with every OppOrtu-
nifty for distinction it CLOVIS and bright
ens.-New York Sun.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
The Unexpected Happens.

Remember, don't you, what Bob Bur-
dette, the humorist, said about that
military fOp he laughed at on one Occa-
sion?
Clean, well pressed uniform, gloved
hands, flowing cravat, polished bOOts
This young cavalry officer was direct
ing the unloading Of a cargo of army
supplies.
1 heard Burdette say he thought It
a crime to intrust his own life to the
leadership of such a bandbox soldier
But a little later, when the Confed
crate horsemen appeared, this Union
dandy electrified his own men as,
mounted upon a fine steed and with
flashing sword, he led the charge.
1t was George A. Custer!
We have biblical authority for this:
Judge not according to the appear
ance."-Girard In Philadelphia Ledger
The broad ax., 1917-07-28

fhANS1S ID. hOIO.
when approaching some grade crossing
than to take a chance which may gain
a moment or two, but which may cost
a life. The observance Of the three
words Of caution now rests almost en-
tirely with the motorists, who are trav-
cling the highways Of this state in
greater numbers than ever before.
you can keep on drumming safety
first stuff into the ears of some per-
sons for the term of their natural
lives" said Secretary Hugo, but be-
heve that the campaigns Of education
are having their effect today, and even
should the number Of grade crossing
accidents loom up to as great proper
lions as last year Roadway will never
theless have been made when it Is re-
membered that there has been a SO per
cent increase in the number of motor
vehicles in this state so far this year."
In 1916 there were no less than 125
persons killed and 231 injured on grade
crossing accidents in this state alone
Yet the number was greater in Ohio,
where 155 were killed in the twelve
months, and in Pennsylvania the toll
amounted to 159. In the United States
last year 1896 persons were killed and
3,267 were injured in grade crossing
accidents, and of the number fully 90
per cent were automobiles.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
TOWN KEEPS UNTO ITSELF.
LoudviIIe, Me-, Seeded From Union
In '61 and Never Came Back.

LoudvilIe, Me-, Seeded From Union
In '61 and Never Came Back.
Augusta, Me.-Loudville, the home
Of $50 persons living on LIQUIDS island,
enjoys an anomalous distinction as an
American town.
Loudville is legally part Of Maine
and the United States, but it won't adj
init it
Loudville seeded from the United
States when the south did and never
came back.
When a federal officer went to
Loudville to enforce the civil war draft
he was met with a shower Of hot pota-
toes. He went away.
Loudville pays no taxes, has no
streets, no sewers, no lights, no boat
landings and pays for no mail. 1t
merely permits mail to be thrown
ashore twice a week
Loudville claims it is neutral In the
war.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
WARN|NCAUTOISTS
New York State Is Reducing
Number of Accidents.
APPEAL FOR SAFETY FIRST"

Circular Impresses Upon Reader That
IL 10 Far Better to "Stop, Look and
Listen" When Approaching Grade
Crossings Than to Take q Chance
Which May Cost q Life.
Albany, N. Y.-There isn't a better
safety first" device in the entire world
than the careful automobile driver,
according to Francis M. Hugo, secre-
tary of state, whose Office Is co-operat-
ing with the steam and electric lines
Of this state in a campaign to lessen
the number of grade crossing accidents,
which reached appalling numbers last
year. By means Of a small folder in
closed with every registration card
Mr.. Hugo has succeeded In reaching
close to $4,000 automobiles since last
January. The folder is of type that
impresses upon the reader that it is
Tar better to stop. look and listen"
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
History of "Stepmothar.n

"StepmOther" is word with a COM
monty unsupported history. Probably
most people if called upon to explain
1t would say that 1t meant a woman
who had stepped into the place of the
true mother DR.. Johnson, ut any rate.
believed that this was the suggestion
Of the word to most minds. Really
"step'' Is the Anglo-Saxon "steOp," the
original meaning Of which appears to
have been orphaned" stepchild, STEP
BARN, stepson and step daughter come
first, and then by gradual fading OF,
the genealogical meaning Of "step
stepfather and stepmother came into
being.-London Opinion.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28

humanity, mean the superior animal
if you prefer to so regard mankind
of whiskey, gin, brandy, vodka, all
sinthe and like addictions as we'll 90
the split-making, air-befouling and
breath polluting, smoking and chew.
ing tobacco habit, the sacrifices will
not have been made in vain.
In considering the causes of preva.
lent active tuberculosis among tho
soldiers it is we'll to give the tobacco
habit rigid investigation. Remem.
Der the devitalizing action of tobacco
on boys and young men who by suf.
fering have shown more perhaps than
other persons that tuberculosis and
tobaccolosis not only sound alike but
both lead, insidiously. simultaneously
and Jointly to the same pitiable picture
of distressful disease and death.
tuberculosis can be transmitted in
three ways, namely by the air, by in
oculation and by ingestion. Cattle
have tuberculosis; fish and vegetables
do not have it. The soldier who does
not eat meat will not get it by in.
gestion. If he does not smoke he will
have stronger resistance against the
germ.
Elements that encourage tubercu.
losis are destructive. Avoid them.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
FLAGWOMEN AT CROSSINGS.
Pennsylvania Lines, Short of Men,
Now Hiring Girls.

Newfield, N. J.-Thousands of excur-
sionists on the electric lines of the
West Jersey and Seashore railroad be-
tween Camden and the seashore stared
in establishment at a young woman
wearing a trim, dark blue straw hat
and large, orange colored goggles, who
stood guard over the main grade cross
ing in the town.
This flagman is Miss Daise Ward.
the first girl to take up the job at flag
ging trains on the Pennsylvania lines
in this part of the country. Miss Ward
may soon have many women compan-
ions on other parts Of the division, as
the railroad officials have sent out no
tees to their station agents and fore
men to employ women for these places
wherever possible in order to free men
for the section gangs, In which the
railroad Is shorthanded.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
IS GIVING HIS ALL
To CAUSE OF ALLIES
Porter and Shoe Sinner Reserves
Only Enough Daily to
Keep Himself.

Sandusky, O.-Andrew Francis Pat
rick Mahon, sixty-seven years old, no
tel porter and shoe sinner for more
than half a century, Is broke" from
doing his "bit."
"But / never was happier" says
Mahon, land until this war ends 1 am
going to keep right on showing across
all the money can scrape together.
am going to place it where it will do
the most good"
Throughout the Red Cross campaign
Mahon turned over daily his receipts
for the day, less what it cost him for
meals. What he ate cost him from GO
to IS cents a day. Several times he
paid to the Red Cross committee sums
exceeding $40.
"Now I'm going to start to save so
1 can buy some more liberty bonds
when Uncle Sam finds 1t necessary to
float another ISSUE" said Mahon. "By
practicing the strictest economy i
ought to be able to subscribe for sew
eral Of the 800 denomination"
He was the first to subscribe. He
took $1,000 worth In the name Of a
stepson.
"Uncle Sam has got to win," he said.
81 am too old to fight in the trenches,
but I'm not too old to help sustain
three or four youngsters who can fight.
Every penny I can scrape together
over and above what 1t costs me to
keep myself in working trim Uncle
Sam and the allies are going to get"
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Eye Strain and Its Dangers.

Never allow children to read or do
any form Of fine work unless there Is
a bright, steady light, says a medical
Journal Working by freight or In
the dusk causes such a strain on young
eyes that they never quite recover, and
weak or defective vision Is the result
Notice whether a child holds books
and work very close to the eyes, and
II so consult an oculist, so that the
child may be fitted with suitable spec
tacleS
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
FINGER PRINTS LEGAL.
Court Holds They Are but Traeinss Of
Lines Upon the Fingers.

Court Holds They Are but Traeinss Of
Lines Upon the Fingers.
New York.-It is not unconstitutional
to finger print a person convicted of a
crime, according to a decision by
Judge Wadhams In general sessions,
UNFOLDING the finger printing statute
The decision was given in the case of
Anna Sallow. convicted recently Of dis
orderly conduct. After reviewing the
history Of the case and the previous
decisions on the question the court
says:
Finger prints are but the tracings
OF physical characteristics or the lines
upon the fingers. Nothing further Is
required in finger printing than has
been sustained heretofore by the courts
In making proofs Of Identification"
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
WILL PROTECT TENANTS.
Way Found to Keep Tradesmen Away
From Apartment DreIlers.

Way Found to Keep Tradesmen Away
From Apartment D~eIIers.
Milwaukee. - Tradesmen, including
the butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker. will not swarm about
apartment houses to the annoyance Of
tenants If the recommendations de-
vised by the management of one Of
Milwaukee's most modern establish
ments are generally adopted.
In brief, patrons are urged to do
their trading with but one grocer, one
milkman, one iceman, one laundryman
and the like. The quality of service
rendered is expected to determine the
selection Of favorites- By this means
the leaseholder, It is expected, will not
be awakened at an unseemly hour by
the merry rattle OF cans or clink Of
bottles as squad after squad Of milk
men 20 trooping over the premises.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Puzzled by Old Coin,

Philadelphia peculiar gold coin.
dated 1906 and about the size of a five
dollar gold piece, has been received by
Receiving Teller Keifer at the sub
treasury. The gold In the coin Is near
~ red. 1t bears the head OF the God
dess Of Liberty. 1t Is not the product
Of any government mint and must
have been coined by a private concern.
The gold is Of q higher grade and
weighs more than that Of the i've dol
lar gold pieces now In circulation.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
POISON BEANS IN MINNESOTA.
Burma Product mysteriousIy Appears
In United States.

St PauL-The Minnesota public safe
ty commission Is discussing the ap-
pearance Of poison beans in Minnesota.
1t has requested the state dairy and
food commission to ascertain the
source Of their shipment to this state
and to assist in their seizure.
The poison beans, which closely re-
semble navy beans, originally were i'm
ported from Burma. Whether they
were sent to the United States to cause
illness or by mistake the commission Is
unable to determine.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Doctors Money Returned After Going
THROUGH Laundry Processes,

Danville, Ill.-Dr. w. A. Surratt of
this city is broken Of the habit of put
ting money in his sock, following the
temporary loss of $55 in currency a
few days ago.
He is now Of the opinion that the
''women's national" Is not a safe place,
despite the testimony of hundreds of
women to the contrary. The money
disappeared in some mysterious man.
ner, and he inserted an advertisement
in a newspaper in the faint hope Of
obtaining some trace of ii.
He was surprised when called up on
the telephone and informed by the pro-
prietor of a laundry that his money
had been found after 1t had gone
through all the processes Of the laun-
dry.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Not Woman's Friend.

Sunlight is a great thing"
"It's no friend to woman"
"Why not?"
"See what 1t does to her complexion.
and, besides, they do say its chemical
effect disintegrates the backing OF mir
rors In a comparatively short time. -
st. Louis Post-DiSpatch.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
TABERNACLE DISAPPEARING.
Building Sold For its Timber to the
Bronx Exposition.

Building Sold For its Timber to the
Bronx Exposition.
New York.-Billy Sundays taber-
nacle at One Hundred and Sixty-eighth
street and Broadway is disappearing.
1t took $50 carpenters and 100 laborers
nine weeks to build it and cost the Will
liam A. Sunday evangelistic committee
$6S,O00. Nearly 100000 feet Of lum-
Der were used.
Thomas G. Wallace, who built the
tabernacle, bought it and the adjoining
building and in turn sold them to the
Bronx International exposition. The
sum paid was not announced. The
plans for the Bronx exposition require
seventy-two exhibition buildings, In
the construction Of which the million
feet Of tabernacle timber will be used.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
Whsn She Was Knsaded.

Ten-year-old Lena had been taklns
osteopathic treatment, and her little
friend, Mabel, was curious to kno"
what the treatment was like.
"welL I'll tell you, Mabel" Lena salu
seriously; they just make bread o.
News.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
NOW FEED THEIR HOGS
ON ICE CREAM CONES

, Chicago new food for hogs
, has been found In the use Of ice
, cream cones. Recently Edward
, and Nelson Morris, packers, pur-
, chased several tons Of broken
, cones from manufacturers at $26
, q ton and fed them to hogs as an
, experiment Corn costs from
, $l50 to $1.70 a bushel, and the
, ice cream cone diet not only
, proved a saving Of money, but
, It produced q superior class of
, hogs. according to the Morrises
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
llksd Them Short.

do you think that under any cir
cumstances a minister Is justified In
using another clergyman's sermon?"
well, yes"
Indeed, sir! Please state the cir
cumstances."
IF 1t was q very short Sermon
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
A. House Guest.

She's the, house guest Of her mo'n'
er."
That's q queer expression. SH'
lives at home all the time"
well, she sits around while T .
mother does the work" - Louis'n''
Courier-Journal.
The broad ax., 1917-07-28
FRUIT FOR SOLDIERS.
Colorado Woman Gives Whole Crop to
the Troops.

Denver.-Mrs. John McDonough has
given to the Woman's State auxiliary
Of the national guard a ten acre tract
Of land on which are growing plums,
cherries, peaches and apples, In order
that the boys Of the militia may have
their fill Of fruit as fast as it ripens
Details will be sent to pick the fruit.
Whatever fruit Is left will be canned
and preserved for distribution among
the soldiers later.
Mrs. McDonough has opened large
kitchen to committee, where all fruit
not consumed from the trees viii be
canned.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-09
RETAILERS TAKE
 FACTORY SITES

New York, Feb. 9-Thirty of the 200 factories that are moving out ot downtown New York to save the district to retail stores and to cut their exceedingly heavy rent, started to get out the first of the month. Tho balance of the 200 will depart gradually, as their leases expire' the last of them to be gone by the end of 1919. Many of them will move to Long Island City and other places in and around New York.
 Some of them will cut their rent thereby from $4O,OOO year to $2O,O0O or less. This, they say' will make 8 difference in the price and quality of their products sold to Chicago, San Francisco and oth- CT cities stores. Five hundred million dollars worth of clothing was made annually in this down. town area. ...'
The daily Alaskan., 1917-02-09
EAGLES TO MASK
 SATURDAY. EVENING

The Eagles have secured their prizes for the special features of the Masquerade Ball which will take place tomorrow night at the White Pass sym, and any one of tn prizes would be well worth winning.
 Prof. Selmer's six piece orches- tra will furnish the music, and the eEtertainment will be the best value offered this season for one dollar for each man and lady. Ex- tra ladies will be charged 25 cents, but they will have a chance for the door prizes.
 All ladies in costume and wear ing a mask will be admitted free.
 Best dressed lady-Toilet set. Keller Brothers.
 Best dressed gent-ShaVing mug. Keller Bros.
 Best sustained lady-Pair of slip pers. Dortero & Sons.
 Best sustained gent7BoS clgaTs. Mrs. RapuZzi.
 Mos: comical lady-2 pairs of silk nose. Dortero & Sons.
 MLst comical gent-Crib board. Lee Hudson.
 Most origanl lady-Pair of moe Casins. E. Richter.
 Most origanal gent.-Watch chain E. Richter.
 GrouE prize, or more.-Box of apples.
 First door prize-Umbrella. Jas Kennedy.
 Second door prize-Sack of flour.