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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

An Interesting White Wool Jersey
A Daily Fashion Talk BY Florence Rose

To HEAR some people talk, the I'M
L preston is sometimes given that al
women are going about in 'sackcloth
and ashes" But the ambitious woman is
making a greater effort than ever before
to look her very best.
Women are not buying as many
clothes as they did two years ago. BY
that I mean that each woman Is re-
stricting the number of garments which
she buys. But 1t Is more than evident
that the few that they do select are
simple and the material of the best
quality. 1t is true economy these
women are procticing, for they give so
much concentrated thought to what
they buy that It is seldom they make
a mistake, Therefore nothing Is wasted
by being hung in the wardrobe, with
out being worn. as has hitherto been
the case when women plunged into
thoughtless buying
Only yesterday l lunched on one of
the roof gardens and saw many good
looking model. l saw a most unusual
dress. 1t could not have been very
cool frock for so .frightfully hot day
Nevertheless the young woman who
wore this dress of white wool Jersey
betrayed no signs of being anything but
comfortable. The interesting part of
the frock was the yoke. which was OF
white crocheted WOOL made in fancy
stitch, similar TO the tides that used to
hang on our grandmothers mohair
furniture. The neck was round and
the upper part of the sleeves, which eX-
tended Just below the elbow, was
crocheted in one with the yoke. The
lower part OF the sleeves, as well as
the bodice, was Of the jersey.
The skirt of jersey was ornamented
nd nf ha q
pattern about five inches wide. With
this frock the young woman wore a
hat of black organde. There should be
an idea in this costume that you can
use in the construction of some garment
for yourself.
Today am showing you a fall suit
imported from the house of Brant In
Paris The material is a beautiful quality
of velour and is trimmed in beaver. this
fur being used for the deep cuffs, wide
revers and the adjustable collar. The
coat shows an unusual cut and has a
narrow belt which buttons on either side
on the underarm seam with bone buttons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story OF a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
By MARTHA keller
fCoryrfoht. 1913. BY the Public Ledger Com panv,

ing editor of larger newspaper; and
a single word of praise from him went
further and meant more than ten times
as much from other folks. OF course, I
made mistakes and was called down for
them. but that | didn't form the habit
of making the same mistakes twice is
evidenced by the fact that lasted on
the paper az the weeks won't by. ard
the city editor no longer doomed me
daily to call up the undertaking estab-
lishments and keep track of the vaca-
tions of the clerks in the department
stores, hut told me to SO as TAR as !
liked with the local brand of weather in
dog days. and smiled when l turned in
front page story now and then. | came
TO have sense of permanence, the feel
Ing that I belonged in Bellington. And
the day when | was first referred to in
company as Miss Kent, of the Era.
poor as I was, I would have given a
weeks salary just to have grandfather
hear!
BY this time I was out of debt The
superintendent of the Memorial Hos
pital out OF consideration, SO he said
for. the service l had rendered in the
spring. made only small charge for my
ten days in June as a patient in the hos
pital and by eliminating the midday
meal al Mrs. BordOn's and substituting
a nourishing and inexpensive drink at a
drug store. saved carfare and cut down
my board bill. Other expenses | had
long since reduced to the minimum and
although that meant renouncing such in
| nocent delights as SashcS. beads and
| parasols. 1t also lesscncd my ever
present fear of running into debt.
| This was the situation on the last
| day Of august About . o'clock that
! afternoon l walked wearly into the
! office, after covering an assignment a,
| the Board of Trade, and reported TO Mr.
| Parks. the city editor. The weather was
| trying. and l had had a long walk IL
| the sun, so l stood listlessly by Mr.
Parks's desk. waiting for him to fnisf
using the telephone. "l'll have some one
| there in fifteen minutes" he exclaimed
Then, hanging up the receiver. he turned
to me and said: you're just the one
want. Bad accident in Onunda. DIR
| Blake's horse ran away and he and Bar
bara--that's the daughter-were thrown
| out. Go over there and get the story
Don't come back" here he gave me a
quick look, without seeing Mrs. Blake
| lCONTINUED TOMORROMl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
CHATTER LNXXIN

COLONEL SOUTHARD did offer me a
~ place as reporter on the paper and
] accepted it; what is more, the whole
business was settled before you could
say Jack Robinson or ! bethought my
self of the Blake family and their belief
that Bellington was not large enough
for both Barbara and me. The editor
was a man Of broad huild and medium
height, his brow was scanned with wrin-
kles. and his gray eyes wer" scrutiniztng:
he looked up with a grunt. which |
tried (and failed) to find encouraging.
but as he motioned me to chair | took
it without word, and also took for
granted that at least he meant to give me
the benefit of the doubt. This proved to
be the case. for although the colonel was
brief beyond the point Of bluntness. and
in one glance searched me through and
through as if were weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting. and he wonder
ed why a higher power permitted me to
live, he did open his lips a little way
and throw out the lifeline by telling me
that on the fifteenth-two days later
there would be vacancy which in ac-
cordance with out previous understand
ing. he expected me to fill. Report
Thursday morning at g." said he in a
tone suggesting May the Lord have
mercy on your SOUL" and turned alb
ruptly to pile of copy paper on his
desk.
Yes. sir" l replied, intending to sup
plement these words with mild Thank
YOU" or Good morning" as | headed for
the door but something told me that this
sanctum was no place for superfiuities
and so in silence and In haste, leaving
the editor to the comfort and support OF
his blue pencil and enormous waste
basket. and the satisfaction of his own
society, I stole downstairs in chastened
mood This state of mind would have
been but seemly at the moment OF being
taken in the act of snding down the ban
listers by a grim-visaged great aunt Jane
but 1t struck me as strange feature
of my triumph of landing a long-hoped-
for job
But, despite the inauspicious start. the
follow-up was full of interest If Col
onel Southard was stern taskmaster
(Which no one on the staff would have
denied), he was also a good friend and
kept more closely in touch with the re-
porters than is possible for the manag-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS

1. shirley Nsw!in. the, seven-vear-old
nephew Of Admiral Sims, runs a ma
chine at the Red Cross factory for
making refugees clothes In PhiladeI-
phia.
2. The War Camp Community will appoint
mother to entertain and look after
any soldier in camp In this country
his family writes to the branch Of
that organization in the nearest town
to the camp In which he is stationed.
3. EgEs should not be dropped into the pan
IN which they are to be poa ched while
the water water Is boiling. but the pan should
eggs dropped In while the water is
still.
4. To save labor and fuel In ironing towels
fold them As IL to put them away
ana run them through the wringer until
o. Inc siihouette or the new evening dress
VIII he fiarinp, with u p,inaret fiIpIc n
the hips. and slim and narrow below
o. The French influence has introduced ths
b!ue DeNil'' cap Of Angora with a
quill stuck through the middle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
U. S. n. Man Would Adopt Family

To the Editor Of Woman Page:
Dear Madam am coming 10 YOU for
information concerning the adoption of
child after the war am bachelor. with
strongest lodges am also OF good moral
character, from which l have recommended
tiuns. Is 1t possible for me 10 adopt boy
girl or both unless have a wife? An an
swer through your column Of the Woman s
PAGE would be appreciated greatly. ! am
leaving for France very soon. j. H.
You may adopt as many little boys
and girls as you like, provided you can
prove you can support them and you
mean to take very good care of them.
A wife doesn't enter into the question!
But, J. H., why are you so determinedly
'eaving her out of it?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
AUTO CHASE ENDS IN ARREST
Follows Crash in Which Two
Women Were Hurt

An automobile chase of nearly three
miles through the center Of the city
ended last night in the arrest of George
+, Cantrell, thirty-tive years old, of
Seventeenth street and Snyder avenue,
who had fled from Thirty-fourth and
Walnut streets, after Colliding with an
other machine and throwing its occu-
AZ twelfth and Market streets.
Mrs. Louise Hefferman. fifty-seven
wears old, of 1928 South Twenty-siXth
street, and Miss Annie Barnes, forty
years old. Of 256 South Twenty-second
street. were in the automobile struck by
Cantrells car. They were taken to
the University Hospital, where it was
said that they had received lacerations
and contusions and We're suffering from
shock. Edward Boyle, of 613 South
Sixty-irst street, chauffeur of their car,
vas uninjuTed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
EXEMPTION FOR R. R. MEN
Crowder Tells Boards Not to Ac.
cept Those Needed on Lines

Provost Marshal General Crowder
has directed district appeal boards to
exercise care in the cases of skilled
railroad men drafted for military serV-
.ce and see to il that no one is taken
whose services are essential.
1t Is declared that many railroad
nen have been taken who are needed
and that care must be exercised by the
district boards, even up to hour of
induction of a man into the service, to
se" that no one is taken whose services
are essential. 1t is also stated that Glass
| should be scrutinized carefully. and
that the difference between skilled and
unskilled labor especially after a year
Of operator A the draft and advance
ment of ~ in his trade, must be
taken into ASpS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
A Little Too Young

Dear Cynthia--I am very much interested
In your column and now am coming to you
for advice. am a girl fifteen years old and
fairly good looking. There Is a boy Of about
seventeen or eighteen who belongs to the
same church as l. I like him very much and
would love to become acquainted with him.
! have never had boy friends. my mother
Is very strict concerning this.
My brother Is in this other boys Sunday
school class. But Will not ask him for an
Introduction, as l fear he will refuse, and
that would make me feel very cheap. Am
too young to have boy friend OF that age?
Dear Cynthia, couldn't you suggest way
In which could become acquainted with
him? ANXIOUS.
Yes. dear. you are a little too young to
have boy friend of that age. Just at
present I would try to content myself
walking to Sunday school with boys Of
my own age, especially since your mother
Is strict about these matters. In year
or so the difference between your ages
won't seem much at all and then by that
time | am sure your brother will intro
duce you and your mother won't mind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

General Assembly which meets in Bur
lington. The meeting very seldom lasts
over one minute and is participated in
by three or four persons. although many
others are usually present through curl
osity.
The West Jersey Proprletors is an or
ganization connected with the early set
tlement Of the State of New Jersey and
at one time owned much of the land in
New Jersey through grants 10 Lord
Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. The
Burlington division meets under a tree
at Broad and High streets. Burlington
each year,
The tree vas locatst short distance
from tha Rnk cf thaAld British frigate
avg -sfer river front,
~ more than 80
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
Part.Time Employment

Dear Madam-Can YOU inform me u,bsre
a man can get work to do during afternoon
spare hours-anything at ally
Mrs) H. b. NJ.
A man would have no trouble In get
ting gardening work for a few hours in
the afternoon. / mean moving of lawns.
etc. Such workers are badly needed in
the suburbs. Let the man watch the
ads or insert a little one of his own,
stating how much time he can give.
He need not have experience. The man
might also go down to the Federal Em-
ployment Bureau. at Third and Walnut
streets. and to the State Employment
Bureau, at Fifteenth and Arch streets.
IT is possible he may be able to get part
ment agencies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
TODAY'S INQUIRIES

l. What Is the age requirement for nurses
aides to go to France with the Red
Cross?
2. How much training Is necessary for this
service?
8. What Is the newest shade of brown?
L. How should cornmeal he treated In or
der to get the best results from using
10 as a substitute?
3. What style of veil is most popular this
summer:
@. How can q pair Of extra cuffs, to go
with a ruffled collar, be made very in
eApensiyely?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
NEW HALL DEDICATED
Celebration Held at Dickinson School
of Law. Carlisle

Carlisle. Pa, Aug 16.--Trickett Hall
the new building of the Dickinson School
of Law, was formally dedicated today
This marked the end of n two-day
celebration and scores OF distinguished
alumni were here
An alumni reception was held this
~ the superior Court. presiding.
This afternoon the main services We're
held An address was delivered by Jus
fice W. J. Fox, of the Supreme Court.
and one by Dr. George Edward Reed,
former president of Dickinson College.
Presentation of a service flag with l26
stars by Major William G. Murdoch,
head of the selective service in Penn
sylvania, featured. The flag bore 1926
Etars for alumni and students in the
service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
No Longer a Reject

To the Editor Of WOpaH'S Page:
Dear Madam was deeply interested in
the letter of "A Daily Reader" appearing
In your paper OF August s.
] have been called for military service ana
! went TO camp, but ! was rejected from
the draft and after twenty-thTee days they
sent me home.
In two days they sent me a note that !
was rejected by an error and ] must be
ready for the next call
VIII | be sent back sgain 10 camp or
will they me for guard or special service
work in the United States?
REJECT.
Since you were told you were rejected
from the National Army through an
error you will cease to be reject" and
will most likely be sent back to camp.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
REJECT.
Sending Stories TO Syndicate

To the Editor Of Woman'S Page:
Dear Madam-If You will answer me these
questions l shall be greatly obliged to
YOU:
1t is seven weeks since sent a story to
a syndicate and l have not heard from ~
since. Was II right OF me to send a note
asking for the return OF story or check
II my note is not answered may ! send the
have another copyT Thanking you
Did you send postage for the return OF
your story when you sent IL to the
syndicate? II so, and you do not hear
from them within reasonable length of
time after you sent your note. I would
send the story to another syndieate.
First. you might drop them q little line
saying you are going to do this. II was
all right TO have wfitten for the Fetgn
ei N s.osy 4 y va set. sscSssse: ,,s
stofl} Mare not cent M y>gy
xhfx heinG coQoide
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
A sIXTEEN-YEAR.OLD girl, a soph.

A SIXTEEN-YEAR.OLD girl, a soph.
"A omore in the high school term
that begins this September. writes to
know II ii is the patriotic thing for her
to stop school and take a war job.
Il have been thinking things over"
our letter friend, Il. c., says. and it
seems to me | could be more good to
my country working than keeping on
at school What would you advise me
to do? I know that in ordinary times
every one advises a girl to stay in
school and get n good education, but
| should think the country would come
first in wartime"
THIS letter is particularly interest
l. ing because it presents thought
that IS keeping many girl awake
these nights. Shall she keep on at
school or Join this marvellous woman
movement that is swinging down the
middle of the road?
It is indeed hard to go back to hooks
when the unusual is in the air. Patri.
Otism. youth and the love of new paths
that might never he open again are
urging our girls to break away from
the ordinary and do the extraordinary
Yes, r. c., it is easy to understand
Just how you feel.
DUT if were you or any of the
- other girls who are wondering
about this same thing. I should do
the brave and right thing and go back
to school. | say brave. because il is
infinitely harder right now for you to
return to Your studies than it would
be to take up any war lob however
arduous. War jobs bring their own en-
thusiasm.
You have said the country should
come first in wartime" Indeed it
should. and the very best way to put
it first is to keep the home fires burn.
ing by going on with your schooling.
These home fires have been talked
about a great deal. | am afraid some
of us do not quite understand them.
You see a great land like ours is built
Df biP institutions, l,IuCntipn pf the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16

To the Editor OF Womun's Page:
Dear Madsm-We are young girls and
boys and have formed club We ask you
to name II for us. CLUB MEMBERS.
Sans Souci is French name, meaning
without care. The a In sans Is pro-
Semper Fidelis is a Latin name, mean
ing always faithful. Fidelis is pro-
nounced fee-day-lis with accent on the
second syllable. Either Of these would
be appropriate. If 1t is a pleasure club
you might call yourself the Happy Day
Society or Happy Hour Club. Other
names are the Strivers. meaning those
who are always trying to be better the
Co-ed Club or Knights and Ladies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
Adventures
With QPurse
FOUND TODAY
d. captivating little Miss Splash-Ms
doll for holding invisible hairpins.
Cool heavy net bathing cOrsets.


2. Cool heavy net bathing corsets.
HAVE you seenjthe captivating Miss
i Splash-Me? She is slightly larger
than the best-known-size Kewpie doll.
She is seated with feet drawn up ana
elbows on knees Her well-modulated
little chin is cupped in her hands, and
her big eyes regard you with a most
elfish expression, while her smile is ir-
resistible. She is clad simply In
brightly colored Annette Kellermann
bathing suit, plentfully bespattered with
black polka dots. But her hair--or l
should really say her coiffure--defies de-
scription. In the first place. 1t is real
hair. piled high on the top OF her head
in stately fashion. And the waves.
Well. you could put your hair up many
nights in "electrics" without coming
anywhere near to securing such perfect
undulat!ons. Over 1t is spread net to
hold each hair in place. "One of her.
has auburn tresses, another's are silvery
gray, and a thirds Is black. And her
purpose? Oh. yes. we are told that that
elaborately coiffured hair, with it's pro-
tecting net, is to hold your invisible hair
pins. which will scatter all over the bu-
reau. But I think her main purpose Is
to bring a smile by her chummy posi-
ton and adorable expression. Do not
fail to see her.
The new loose bathing suits tend to
do away with corsets. but there are
some of us who still feel much more
self-respectng II we confine our unruly
fiat" to the snug confines of bathing
corset. They can be had in cool, heavy
net for 81 IL
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
new YORK HAS P0LICEWOMEN
Six Are Appointed, but May Not
# Get Uniforms

New York. Aug. l6.-SiX women were
appointed yesterday by Police Commits
sioner Enright TO serve on the city police
force.
While the policewomen will be vested
with the same authority as policemen,
police department officials doubt thai
the women will be obliged TO wear uni
forms Three of the appointees are from
Manhattan and three from Brooklyn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
TO ARGUE RIGHT TO BUY BONDS
Case of B. & L. Associations to
Be Presented Before Brown

Questions relative to the right of
building and loan associations TO in
vest certain funds in Liberty Loan bonds
will he argued before Attorney General
Francis Skunk Brown at his Office in
the Morris Building next Tuesday after
noon.
Following an opinion by the state
law officer that associations cannot invest
capital funds in Liberty Bonds. officers
of the Pennsylvania Building and Loan
Association League sought for and OH
tained a right TO have their counsel
argue the law in an effort to change the
views of the Attorney General.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
FINDS BURIED VALUABLES
Writings, n. j.. Man Digs Up
Box of Silverware on His Farm

Writings. v. j., Aug. l6.-David Har-
ris has found a box containing lot of
old silverware and other valuables buried
at the foot of tree on his farm.
The discovery recalled TO his mother
a story told when she was girl that
the box had been buried when Indians
made raids in the vicinity and that her
grandfather had been killed by Indians
and no one had ever learned where he
had hidden the household valuables.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
HISTORIC GLOUCESTER TREE
FALLS VICTIM TO HIGH WINDS
Old Walnut, Under Which Annual Meeting of West Jersey
4 Propretors Was Held for 233 Years, No
Longer Exists

The Gloucester division OF the West
Jersey Proprietors can no longer hold its
annual meetings at the Gloucester river
5ront under an old walnut tree, because
'fhe tree no longer exists.
VA Il fell victim OF the high winds on
Ie9nesday evening aud 1t was carried
WRy piecemeal today by members Of
~ Ciouceste. Historical Society and
&1ers who VIII preserve the pieces as
1cnetsr and until ten ysars ago II
M1ne6 With : butteoVe<1 ~. The
~ \ yicciu - = e1rlHl. "a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
From One Reader to Another

Dear Cynthia happened to read the note
in your paper about the fellow who was dis
appointed. and he also 50 i'd that he lost faith
in other girls. | think he is wrong. because
not all the girls are the same. Sometimes
the girls get, disappointed als9: what sa can
bout II and 7 hope he will take heart. for
ne girls are not all the same.
| think there are many pretty glrls ana
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
200 Motorists Arrested

Harrisburg. Aug. i6.-During the last
week more than 200 motorists have been
arrested on charges of violating traffic
regulations on the roads leading to the
Government plant at Marsh Run, across
the river from Harrisburg. The arrests
were made by the State police. During
two days the officers took 1913 license
numbers and notified the owners to ap-
pear before a justice of the peace.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-16
GIRL ON WAR STAMP RIDE
Frances Kelly, Touring Jersey on
Horseback, Visits Woodbury.

Miss Frances Kelly, a pretty girl OF
military bearing, is touring New Jersey
on a war savings stamps campaign.
Like Paul Revere, she rides from place
to place on horseback and often a.
Today Miss KelIy y u Woodbury..
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