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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
"SING A SONG A DAY"
PRAISED BY CARUSO
Tenor, Joining With Multitude in
Battle Hymn Warmly
Commends Idea

Thousands Of persons on the City Hall
olaza last night had the privilege of hearing
Enrico taruso, the greatest living tenor.
sing without sacrificing the price Of n Lib
crty Bond for an opera seat, and although
the performance Eratuitous. never was
his voice more appreciated than when he
Joined with the multitude in The Battle
Hymn Of the Republic" and Keep the Home
Fires Burning"
Tho nightly Liberty Sing on the plaza
suddenly took a greater and richer volume.
and when it discovered that eCaruso,
who, with his manager, had quietly come
into the crowd was responsible for it, the
tenor was instantly surrounded When the
singing Caruso asked to be intro
duced to Albert y. HoXie, the director
1T is great idea" said Caruso en-
Enthusiastically in speaking of the Liberty
Sing. at should be done all over the coun-
try It is so beautiful so inspiring. when
I came into the crowd | simply had to
sing and sing with all my might"
The entire organization of the four-minute
men was placed at the disposal of the or
ganizers of the Liberty Sing movement yester
day, and every night in the future these
trained speakers will tour the city and ex-
plain the new Liberty Sing movement.
This fact made known following a
meeting in the offices of Courtenay Baylor,
in the Widener Building, at which more than
forty volunteers presented themselves and
asked that they be permitted to organize
blocks The meeting called when the
organizers found that the song movement
in memory of the boys was spreading like
wildfire and was meeting with popular favor
wherever introduced, and that it was growing
too large for the, orgnators to conduct 1t
unaided
At the sing meetings the names of the
boys who are in the service are first read.
and thus a bond of friendship and common
interest is thrown up between the relatives
of the departed ones and their netghbors.
In this way it has been found that persons
who have lived for years in the same block
and not known one another are thrown
| together and friendship Cemented when all
| raise their voices in praise of the boys over
| there"
| a proposal from the city officials to aid the
movement in every way that lies within
| their power. They offered to seek out the
| people in the various blocks who would be
willing to start the sing in their block and
place them at the disposal of the song
lenders.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
OFFERS AID TO GIRL
ALONE IN BIG CITY
Department of Women in Industry
of National Defense Council
Issues Helpful Guide

Inc girl alone in the city. finding herself.
perhaps for the first time in her life. with
out mother to help solve problems and A
rather or brother to protect. will find a
way to comfort through a very small but
valuable booklet issued for her benefit by
the department of women in industry of the
womanS committee of the Council of Ma
tonal Defense, Pennsylvania division.
The booklet is entitled city Service for
Women War Workers." and on it's cover is
printed. welcome to Philadelphia" 1t an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
SIX WEEKS COURSE MAKES
WOMAN A CRAFTSMAN
Competent to Work in Any Drafting Room
Her Teacher Asserts

Mrs. S. A. Garth, of Colorado Springs
Col. has just completed a special course in
drafting of iron and steel work in the en-
gineering department of Colorado College
Il took six weeks course of thirty hours
a week and mastered it so we'll that when |
finished, the professor said he could recon-
mend me to work in any drafting room in
the country" said Mrs. Garth. II have a me-
chanical turn of mind, so it was rather easy
for me TO grasp the construction of iron and
steel work. The drawing ! knew how TO do
so l did not have to spend any time on that
What / have done in six weeks others
can do. and drafting is not hard. 1t is nice
work for a woman, and any one who can
draw can soon become proficient. have
been drawing free-hand all my life, and have
also studied illustrating. as well as other
lines of art. 1t is easy for me to do drafting
and like it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Social Activities

The marriage of Miss Ruth Eisenhower.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs William Ross
Eisenhower. of Kitchens lane, Germantown.
and Lieutenant JAS S. Jones. United States
aviation corps. of New York will be solemo-
ized at o'clock on Wednesday,. July II.
on the lawn Of the home of the brides
parents The ceremony Will be performed
by the Rev Steward p. Keeling. rector of
st. Peters Church, Germantown. Miss Eisen-
hover will be attended by Mrs. John Brom-
ley, as matron of honor; sby her sister. Miss
Mildred +. Eisenhower, as maid of honor
and by Miss Priscilla Ann Bromley, as
flower girl Master Douglas Jones will he
the page. The best man will be Mr.. John
Bromley. and there will he no ushcrs
Miss katherine r. Hunter has returned to
her home in Cape May after spending some
time at Camp Meade. where her fianCe. Lieu
tenant Isaac Roberts Davis, is stationed at
present.
Mrs. Charles Wheeler. of Bryn Mawr, is
entertaining her daughter Mrs Richard Nc
Call Elliott for several weeks
Little Elizabeth Crosby Heckscher. daush-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens HeCksCher. will
he christened on Sunday at the summer home
of the Hecks CherS in StraffOrd Mrs, l.. q.
Crosby, of New York, the baby's grand
mother. and Miss RITA Heckscher, her half
SITTER will be the godmothers. and Mr.. Fred
erick Crosby. of New York will be the god
father,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Norris have taken
cottage at Narragansett Pier for the SUM
mer months.
Mf9p Coleman Peace Brown has returned to
her home in Devon after spending some time
In Baltimore to be near Captain Brown, MRS,
Brown will spend the summer on the Main
Line.
Mrs John Henry of the Wellington Apart
ments, has gone to Atlantic City for the sum-
mer months.
Mrs Harrington and her son, Mr. George
Harrington, have been spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Emott Hare at
their home In Straiford.
MIR. and Mrs Alfred Melor and Mr.. and
Mira. Ralph Mellor, of Germantown, who have
been spending some time in Cape May, have
gone to covington, Mass. for the remainder
q The sumnsr-
AIRS. George 4. fsameron,And her FAMILY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
HOW TO FEED FAMILY
EXPLAINED BY HEINZ
Food Administrator Issues Set 0f
Regulations to Govern Con-
sumption in Homes

For the benefit Of householders Generally.
Howard Heinz, L. 5. food administrator Tor
PennsNlvania. has prepared the following
set of regulations covering food conserva-
tion and explaining just how the probfern
Of feeding the family" may be worked out
in line with the food administration.s caYn-
paign TO economize on foqdstuffs;
g., Al kinds ~ food, especially wheat. meats
:, 81 food shan be boarded Hoardins Is th-
norson in excess of his rea asornbe reanirements
@r t@r use or consumption by himself and depend.
:, to stocks Of home;srown vegetables and home
, Al househG'd"rs who can entirely eliminate
use OF wheat Tnil n" next harvest. about
sbdi2g HT2ggsGh%Id"rs , @ who 2re OBLIGED to use wheat
haif pounds Of wheat flour or prepared. wheat
wb ou Sr % Tory pT Sek anS nfuSi1s n
%Ir or nrspsrSh wheat In crscsers
,,,lr, In csti,natins -four cGnsumpti9n. one and
2o%9; &c os e oGuaG Sf eTsss Tsst
s $$a $o5 %s.a $ ss..
suhstitntns in them may, be, counted 50 that
@ ouTs ban WITH White ss aosrs os s00sfs r.
66 F2'& os an @4 Is SSr asnt Of 0SSs ns enF
sod Pound OF substity,esa shall be
@uR@dT RSn in m and Ss "a r not buy
%}spe p9nTds nd @ Of at any % one n time H9qss
"Wc-arar,1r Of barTor az fomr y or FIVE pounds
r Dnc1 q % Ga%s " gqs % than no hs fTfpa ss
SUNNY o f"ither on hand
Hous"hOld"rs should not more than three-
ou%2rtor Rog, pognds @ Of sugar TsT person per
form. should be used for any purpose other than
human consumption.
Meats oi all kinds and noultry should be most
rCOnOmicHv used eliminating all waste. Con-
sumnti0r uf all meats. including poultry should
s b." r"H9G"d as ncarly as possible to tyo pounds
Fresh milk and mill, in evapo-ated ard ~on-i
d"Ts.d form and cheege may be liPerally used
utter may be used for normal consumption.
No moro ice should he used than is absoiuteiy
necessary
TO save TRANSPORTATION, local food supplies
should I've grown and used. 4tt-f
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

of Greene street and School House lane, Ger
mantown, have gone to charon, Conn fer
the summer.
this city and now living in Rutherford. ~ j..
announce the birth of a daughter, Martha
Elvidge Pile, on July l. 1918. Mrs. Pile is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick FL
vidge. well known in Germantown, and Mr..
Pile for a number of years in the pub
fishing business in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Thomas Centini announces the mar
rage of his sister. Miss Laura c. Centini,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Centini. formerly of Toga and Mr.. John II.
Blake, also of Tioga. Monday. July l.
The ceremony performed by the Rev.
Father Hughes. rector of the Holy Name
Church. MIR and Mrs. Blake will spend the
summer at the Champion Apartments, Penn
sylvania avenue, Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. c. Masover. 322S North Fifth
street announce the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Sara Masover. to Mr.. Charles
Snyder. The ceremony is TO take place on
July Fl.
Mr.. and Mrs j. ~ Kennedy. $3.50 Wash
ington avenue. announce the marriage of
their daughter. Mss Natalie Clairer Ken
nedy to Lieutenant w. r. Coborn .!r.. son
Of Councilman W. T. Colborn and Mrs Col
horn. last evening, at o'clock. After a
brief honeymoon Lieutenant and Mrs. col
born will leave for Atlanta. Ga. where Lieu
tenant Coborn is stationed temporarily at
Camp Gordon.
\ house party, spending a fortnight at
Ncntnor. includes Miss Vera Welzel. Miss
May Taylor Miss Marguerite Wilson, Miss
Achsah Yates, Miss Vera Westcoat Miss
Katharine Wtte, Miss Ida Nerkes Miss
Dorothy Wardle. Miss Florence Williams.
Miss Evans and Mrs. William Hugh Nc
Connell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Foster and their
young son. Benjamin, Jr of SedgwiCk, are
spending the week in Wernersville, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Martin Graner
have returned from their wedding journey
and at home at Wyoming avenue and
| Tenth street, Logan. The bride was Miss
| Edith Rentschlcr, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
| John David Rrntscher, OF 36l2 North Twen-
| ty-SCCond street.
Mrs B. Penberton Philippe and Miss
| Elizabeth Lornan Philippe, of st. Davids
| have left for Portland. Me, where they viii
| spend the remainder of tie summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude NJ. Plowman enter.
| tained informally at dinner last night al
| their place, Tuscaloosa, Rugby road, Bryr
Mawr.
. Among the guests were Mr.. and Mr.;
| Robert Jemison, of Birmingham. Ala. Mr.
| and Mrs. Frederick Dimmck, Mr.. and Mrs
Burt Baker, and Mrs Aubrey Boylcs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
WAR CHEST DRIVE SUCCESS
Collections Since July ] Very Satisfactory
Is Report

Though no figures are available, 1t is re-
ported by War-Chest officials that the re-
sponse of the public in making first payments
on pledge to the 100000, 600 War-Chest tund
since July has been entirely satisfactory.
The collections were made for the most
part through industrial plants, stores and
offices and the system in those places has
operated successfully The other means OF
collecting the pledges has been through all
the banks and trust companies of the city.
These subscriptions included all that were not
made through industrial plants, stores and
Offices and all these payments were accom-
panied by coupon books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
NEW NURSES BUSY IN CAMPS
Thirty From Philadelphia Now Are Work.
ing for Country

All except one of the forty-seven nurses
enrolled since June l by the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Chapter. American Red Cross
now doing their patriotic work in the
country's several military camps, The one
exception Is in France
Thirty of the nurses are from Philadelphia
homes, and most of the others from nearby
towns and cities
All are graduates or twenty-one hospitals
in this community, st. Goseph's leading with
seyen, 81. Timothy's has fve, Lanksnau and
the Episcopal Hospitals four each and the
Methodist three. ,.s a :
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

The wedding of Miss Jane r. Grove. daugh-
ter OF Mrs w. Grove. of Parkland, Pa, and
Sergeant Edwin II. Lippincott, of 2532 Da-
mond street took place on Monday afternoon
in the Bethany Lutheran Church. Twenty
fifth street and Montgomery avenue, with
the pastor, the Rev. j. f. Hartman, otfici
atlng. The bride was attended by the bride
groom's sister, Miss Emma NJ. I.ippincott.
Mr. John Hoffman was the best man. Ser
geant Lippincott and his bride left for a
fortnight's stay in Atlantic City.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
$1,000 FUND FOR SOLDIERS,
Garden Party Receipts to Go to Clifton
Heights Men

fund of $4,000 is to be raised by the
Army and Navy League of Clifton Heights
assisted by the Red Cross. through a garden
party on the public school lawn. which be-
gins tonight and will continue through Sat
urday night. Proceeds will be devoted to
welfare OF the nearly $50 men from Clifton
Heights now in the service.
The winner of popularity contest for
soldiers will be awarded gold watch.
girlss popularity contest- also win be con-
Quoted. ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

WEEK before last the Red Cross opened
w its new convaescents house at Wash
ingtons great military hospital. the Walter
Reed. named after the army medical officer
who found that mosquitoes were yellow fever
carriers. officers and enlisted men. too well
to remain in the hospital and too weak to
go back into their regiments. are to stay i'm
the Red Cross house until they regain their
Nigor II Is the first Of series of such
houses over the country TO relieve congestion
in the base hospitals
Equipment and furniture for this Wash
ington house were purchased from funds
earned by Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter
of the President on her concert tours last
winter Miss Wilson carries out the programs
and itinerary Of professional singer Her
net proceeds go TO the Red Cross, and have
done so for the last four years The total
amounts to substantial figure
one of the most severe shocks received by
Washington's official set since the country
went to war came with the recent announce
ment that the two daughters Of Postmaster
General BurlesOn have enlisted as yeOmen
tyeowomen) in the United States navy. So
Ctety is now wondering if it will soon find in
its mornings mail engraved cards reading
something like this:
POSTMASTER General and Mrs. Burleson
have the honor to announce that their daugh-
ters. Lucy and Sidney. have entered the
United States naval service with the rank
Of seCond-Class yeomen. They have been as
signed to duty in the bureau Of supplies and
accounts. of which Rear Admiral Samuel
MCGOWAN. paymaster general Of the navy. IS
in charge"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

nOGBTLESS such announcements will
- soon take the place of invitations to
Coming-out parties. Instead Of debuant"
froCks the Burlcson girls are concerned over
the III Of their white duck Jackets and run
white skirts. which. along with white shoes.
stockings. gloves and straight -hrtnlm"d
sailor straw hat. make up a yeowornans uni
form In the winter they viii wear blu"
flannel coat and skirt and black shoes aid
stockings. with black felt sailor. To pnr-
chase all these items $50 is allowed by the
Government. Unfortunately. at least Two
dozen white uniforms are required fresh
one every day during the summer months
Evidently Uncle sam expects the Misses
Burleson to wash their clothes themselves,
since he allows but $l.25 a day subsistence.
which is supposed to include all living eN-
penSes
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
Notes on Women's Work
in Var activities Here

PREPARATIONS are being made by the
L committee French war relief, headed
by Mrs. Arthur f. Newbold to move August
to 1901 Walnut street, into the Theodore
Roberts residence The present quarters on
Walnut street have long been inadequate to
the needs of the institution, which Is active in
behalf of French war sufferers. The new
home of this branch of the Emergency Aid
will be commodious and appropriate for Its
needs.
Two dozen muslin slips made by school
children for French orphans were sent to the
committee on French war relief, working
under the auspices of the Emergency Aid
and will be transported Immediately to their
small new owners. Each garment has an
interesting pocket, in which are a few pennies
sent as a gift to the proud little person who
will wear It.
The girls of the junior service corps, Ma
tional League for Womans Service. took
under advisement project for distinguishing
the several branches of their order by
different collar. After consideration they
spurned the plan and have decided to cling
to the present brown leather collar, which
is a feature of the jaunty suit worn by the
girl who has passed successfully through her
period of probation. There seemed risk of
a feeling of jealousy or OF type OF party
discrimination developing. one OF the girls
said, and their organization Is so essentially
democratic that the girls declared against
the change.
. The fashion show for navy recreation
drew such an interested group on its opening
night prospects for a goodly sum TO be
raised seem certain The spectacle is pre-
sented in the Pierrot room of the Hotel
Walton roof garden from TO 10 o'clock to-
night and again tomorrow night. The COM
mittee in charge from the Navy Recreation
League expects an even larger crowd tonight
than attended the first show, auction and
dance
Pie crusts were the order of the day at
the war-cooking school this week war
bread day. The school Is attended by
large number of housekeepers, who are learn
ing to adapt themselves to wheat -four sub
stitutes studying methods of cooking breads
ard cakes one day a week and of canning
aud drying fruits and vegetables another
day. Friday the problem is canning and
drying, taught morning and afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

TIME. young girl AT the information desk
/ of the food administration tells amusing
stories of the questions which are put to her
during the course of busy day. It seems
that district mothers have a fashion Of bring
ing their infants whenever they are sick to
inquire if Mr.. Hoover cannot doctor them.
The impression seems to baNe gone abroad
that he is a medical man. one woman came
in recently with "A ten-mOnths-old baby to
tell Mr. Hoover that some injurious Suhst'-
tute must be mixed with the -four sold in
Washington, because when she gave the child
pie made from this -four severe collie resulted.
Twice she said. pie had disagreed with tn"
baby. and surely Mr.. Hoover ought to d"
something about the flour.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11
What Women Are
Doing in Washington

DAUGHTERS of cabinet officers and high
- officials are making Washington sit up
and take notice" when their brothers go
to war they refuse TO remain at home knit
ting socks cooking war bread they take
their places in the offices Of the food admin
istration or the Red Cross or enlist in the
navy or go from camp to camp singing for
the soldiers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

of Greene street and School House lane, Ger
mantown, have gone to charon, Conn. fer
the summer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Mrs. Charles Wheeler. of Bryn Mawr, is
entertaining her daughter, Mrs. Richard Nc
Call Elliott, for several weeks,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

NIISS SUSAN BRANDEIS, daughter Of
lRl Justice Brandeis. of the United States
Supreme Court. has followed her illustrious
father into the legal profession. She will
graduate from the Chicago University Law
School next year. Meantime she IS spending
her summer vacation in Washington, working
for Mr.. Hoover as "A statistiCian at the food
administration headquarters. Her other sis
ter, Elizabeth. has joined her father and
mother at their summer home in pedham,
Mass, until court reopens in the autumn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

ITO RETURN to the BurlesOn sisters hard
i at work at desks in the Navy Annex
building near Seventeenth street Miss Lucy.
lately graduated from a business course in
stenography and typewritng, is Admiral Nc
Gowan's private secretary. Her sister Miss
Sidney. is compiling information for the fleet
division both are in touch with matters of
highly important and confidential nature and
their services are peculiarly valuable be
cause of the difficulty in obtaining a sufficient
number of confidential clerks to take charge
of such affairs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Mrs John Henry. of the Wellington Apart
ments, has gone to Atlantic City for the sum-
mer months.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-11

Mrs Harrington and her son, Mr. George
Harrington, have been spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs Robert Emott Hare at
their home In Strafford
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
BEES FOR WAR MESSENGERS.

4 U.s.
A secret long cherished in the Brit
ish war department has just been dis
-coNered-the use of bees as messen-
gers. r.r.,
No longer will the aide de camp
spur his staggering horse through shot
and shell to carry the message to the
front. Instead he will don his gloves
and mask and, going to the portable
beehive back Of Headquarters, seize
one of the faithful little insects, and
send the well-trained messenger
through the air.
Whoever possesses a receiving outfit
can read the secrets of the wireless !;
one can cut the wires of the ordinary
telegraph, and the pigeon does not al
ways escape the bullet.
Therefore, other means have been
sought. In America, the general staff
dreams of using as dispatch bearer
the bee.
The bee, like. the carrier pigeon,
guided by it's marvellous instinct, re-
turns to the hive from Wherever he
may be liberated. Tiny dispatches,
which can be deciphered with the mag
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-07
THE LAM 3.

A traveller in Europe mentions the
following little incident:
I'VE were a party Of tourists who set
out to visit the Cathedral of Werden.
When we arrived we found the door
locked, and we had to wait till it was
opened.
when the sacristan's wife, who
was quite absorbed in wedding her
little vegetable garden, was at last
induced to, go for the great key, we
had nothing to do but to examine the
majestic architecture of the outside. of
the church, Looking up, we perceived,
at the top of a high tower, the figure
of a lamb, sculptured in stone. We
were observing it with interest and
surprise when our guide returned,
bringing the large key. We pointed
to the sculptured lamb, and asked why
it was placed at the top of the tower.
1--WE had touched long familiar
string. At once her interest and elo-
luence were awakened.
"'Ah, gentlemen, you are looking
1t the lamb. Long years ago a tiler,
occupied in repairing the roof, stood
where that stone lamb now stands.
Suddenly the rope which held the
caffolding broke and the man fell
from that great height. Everyone
Who saw him fall expected only to
ind his corpse, for the church was
urrounded by large, sharp stones,
collected for the repairs. They were
ure that the. poor man would be
ashed to pieces. What was their
surprise when they saw him get up
Without even scratch! .h.4
"A little lamb had been quietly
libbling the grass among the blocks
If stone, and the man had fallen ex-
sctly upon it. The lamb had been
crushed to death, but the man was
;aved. He never rested until he had
employed sculptor to make a stone
amb and place it where you see it
ow, in token of his gratitude