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The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15

In London there are women who
earn livelihood by pawning jeWelry
and clothes for other women who are
ashamed to be seen entering pawn.
shop.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15

In liverpool public bath at the
end of the DAY the water had no less
than 4,67S germs a cubic centimeter.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15
Members Of Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republication
Of all news dispatches credited to 1t
mr. not otherwise credited In this pa
per and also the local news published
herein.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15
Fashionable Millinery

Mrs. J. D. H. Euers who has been in the
market for some time buying her fall stock of
millinery, has just returned home and she is
now ready to show her customers and friends
the newest things in fashionable head -Uear.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.

Many good citizen helped with
the registration Thursday and thus
made it easy for the local board to get
this rather large task completed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15

Communications on all topics pub
lshed when not too long and accompa-
MED by full names and address. NOT
responsible for views of contributors.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-09-15
The New Style in Fall Waists

of the opening of the Fall is the showing OF
might be called suit wasswaists in shades to match the
prevailing coos in SUITS if not exactly matching the suits the
be selected in attractive contrasting tones On this
coors Navy Russian Green Battesp Grey Khaki
Burgundy and Brown promises to have good public favor
Waists porang these shades when specked with dashes of
bright trimmings scintllating beads silks in embroidery
present the eye creations Of sombe ovness that in
deed.
Come and the other little things about them that
have not space enough to elaborate on here.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09


Dear Madam-win YOU kindly print in
cookies for children? l would like those
that DO not require sugar and that the wheat
substitutes can be used In. tMrs) NJ.
Here are some tested recipes given by
the food administration. / know the lit
tie ones will like them:
Cocoanut drop cookies - One-quarte er
cupful fat. one cupful corn syrup. one
quarter cupful sour milk. one-quarter
teaspoonful soda one tea spoonful baking
powder. one-third teaspoonful salt. one
cupful buckwheat -four. one-half cupful
corn flour. one-third cupful cocoanut, one
tAaepoonful vanilla. Cream the fat. add
syrup ana then the milk and the sfted
dry ingredients. Add the cocoanut and
the vanilla last. Let the mixture stand
for twenty minutes before baking. since
1t thickens on standing. Drop 1t by
spoonfuls on a creased tin. Bake the
cookies in a rather quick oven until they
are a lieht brown. When fresh they
taste somewhat like macaroons.
Cornmeal end rolled-oats cookies--One
cupful cornmeal one cupful rolled oats.
one capful molasses, one teaspoonful
salt, one cupful sour milk one-half cup
ful Tat. one teaspoonful soda, one cupful
buckwheat -four. one-haR teaspoonful
nutmeg, one-qunrter teaspoonfui ginger.
Heat the cornmeai. the rolled oats. the
molasaee. the salt and the milk together,
stirring the mixture constantly until Il
becomes = thick paste. Remove II from
the fire and add the fat and the sfted
soda, nour and spices. Allow the mix
turs 20 stand until II Ia cold. Poll II
thin. cut II with small cutter and bake
the cookies in a moderately hot oven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
Neighborly Frienlliness

nI age and am considered fair iookinS br
eh eoth sekes am In love with younr mar
stree, sire tesrs ar mS senior Who lives in the same
if. wnlle going to, and from work and n}ten
gives me smile or a nod He goes ~ ~ u
na 30 ~ NJ cnurch as / do and has oftrr nccom
bbsnlea pa kseps ne Sunday SUNDAY morning, have hea I'd
II bas SS'rt tromnsnE m, with young lady and
,ent ,t than You would think Please telr ~.
What 10 do as ! am in n state oY snxiofr M
. nope YOU will sympathize with me- aSd
,ip neip me in my trouble. Should I tell h'r, Irn
II You are suro the young man 10
gong around with some other girI
am afraid the bcst thing for You to do
Az present Is to forget your fondnnss fnr
MN. BY no means tell him vou ,.,,a
nm. don't think dear, YOUR feelings
shouid be hurt because YOU hava dIs
covered this unless the Young NAV MS
gwen Nou to understand that he ,,as ras
very fond of you. You see il is vi,
natural. living on the same street ,vith
you: that hr should nod and smile ons
IN fact; walk with you to church si,,nl
" Is the same church as his Thn.e
: h'ngs alone should not make von ho
ileVe he was In love with YOU a. ~
SeneVe you are in love with him eitber
dear Very often n girl becnr,ss t,,
Istuated with some one she sees ,ar,,
ntten on the street. but has never roauS
known if you are sure he js sow.
one else's beau, Just ~, Strong AVA ,,sni,s
up your mind to forget him, excent ne
be polite and friendly. There a. re- nIs, 70
or other boys, I am sure. who w;i, ~
glad OF Your attention. ' 'e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
SHIPYARD GIRL A BRIDE
Stenographer Retains Her Job,
Though Married

Miss Florence Conahan. Of the Cnes-
ter Ship Company, is now Mrs. Jack
Feehley. The wedding was quiet
church affair. and the newlyweds are
spending a short honeymoon at Wild
wood. y. J.
The bride was storographer to Fred
c. Mumford. chief of the police and fire
departments at the shipyard. And she
Is yet. for that matter. Mrs. Feehley
reported to Mr.. Mumford that she would
be back, on the job next Monday, ana
everybody there Is glad of It.
The guards and firefghters treasure
a note received from the bride yester-
day. They presented her with a purse
of $50 In gold not knowing what to
buy with the money. The note from
the bride was accompanied by n large
wedding cake and three quarts of ice
cold wine. which arrived at the shipyard
Office about 8 o'clock last night, ano
some Of the force stayed around pretty
late. The wine cooled the men or for
the moment and did not last long. but
with the cake it was different. Most
of 1t was left exposed all night. and
the early birds this morning ate up
the. rest of it. when Captain Num-
ford arrived II was gone. He was
keenly disappointed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09


Dear Madam am a steady reader Of
your evening paper and your pnrr is
especially interesting 20 me. Your question =
and answers have helped me many times
even though | have never written to Won he
Tore. now wish YOU would give mo some
Information or advice, II possible
am young girl and am soon coming
TO Phila deDhia to work tGOvernmenD 40
WI have to live there. Can you sive the
c. A. or a place where ! could board nv
room at a reasonable price? Or il NOT Thai
could YOU tell me II there Is an offca o.
place where ! could get reliable informatlon
vi sueh matter' +. r.
The Y. w. c. A. headquarters in PhiIs
delphia is at Eighteenth and Arch
streets. II is hard to get a room there
iust at this time, as the city Is so over
flowing with war workers But the
Y. w. c. A. has lists Of places where
able girls can get board and room at A
reasonable price. There is an orzan MIA.
ton in Philadelphia that is doing spien-
did work in helping girls to fnd rooms q
at reasonable rates II is the PhiIa dei,
& phia Bureau of Boarding Houses for
Girls and Women. Headquarters are in
the Otis Building. Sixteenth and samson,
streets. ! hope you find a nice room
and that, you will come again tor bein II
you think we can give 1t to you -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
THREE DROWN AT BRISTOL
Sunstroke Kills Fourth Man,
Worker in ShinYard

Three drownings and a death from
sunstroke was Bristols toll yesterday.
With the thermometer at lis In the
yards, the Merchant shipyard workers.
were compelled to quit for the SECOND
successive day.
John Behan. forty-three years old OF
Holmesburg died in the Merchant COM
pany's hospital, fifteen minutes after
collapsing with a sunstroke in the yard
He had refused to quit work with the
others of his gang, until he became so
weak he could scarcely walk He COL
lapsed as he was walking out Of the
yard.
Frank Roccoco, aged fifteen, of New
Rochelle, n. Y, who came to the ship
yard to work a few days ago. lost his
life while bathing in the river in front
of the Anchor Boat Club.
Sylvia Gateano, twenty years old,
drowned in the canal near the old Co
roma leather works.
Ralph Smith, eighteen years old, went
swimming In the river during the even
ing, and disappeared from sight while a
short distance from shore at Burlington
Island.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
WOMAN IS DELIGHTFULLY."- Y DIFFERENT keep C(
The POngee and FOulard Coat
4 Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
TT HAS been said that there would be

HAS been said that there would be
more people who would spend their
summer this year In their city homes
man eyed had been known to do 20 be-
rorH. There are many reasons why oeo-
PIC VIII do less travelling this year. In
the nrst place. II costs q great deal more
70 travel now than II did last year ana
then. too. none Of us are 30 bent on
pleasure or crave the idle time as much
as of yore.
Almost every one welcomes the invita-
ton for the weekend In the summer
homes Of those who are fortunate
enough to have them. These are usually
only very short trips, which can be
maoe In two or three hours either by
ua'h or motorcar and as 1t only means
Two or three days at the most, the
ciotnes problem Is not a dificult one,
ana Just now overindulgence in apparel
Is considered neither smart nor In good
n,Ise' uasse' which means that the select few
Tnust be well chosen and appropriats
Tor the place and season.
-, One or the most important articles Of
apparel Tor the woman who spends the
6ouse eT IA r1,os IN a succession OF week-etd
The long coat Of wool, which was mos,
useful during the spring months, ia far
40 warm during August. and even the
nfst OF september While the wool coat
looks quite all right in the motor. when
one reaches the end OF the journey it's
uses are over. Then. too. the weight OF
the material crushes any light frock that
one might wish to wear beneath the coat
IN selecting this coat today. had in
n,lnd me woman who Is likely to take
Sfort trips into the country and I am
very sure this would prove a very usefui
sRLnen' 10 her. The material is natural
colored .pongee. with collar and shawl
cnns or blue and white foulard The Gu,
u the coat is extremely simple in fact
he body of the coat is cut plain and
straight and held at the waist line win
a narrow belt which encrcles the waist,
Ihe uses OF this coat are by no means
'estriCted to travelling. for Il Is an es.
Utilized as a coat to wear over afternoon
rocks.
ConHricht. 1918. by Florence Rose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
SHIPBULDERS DRILL
FOR ARMY SERVICE
Training in Anticipation of
Call From Yards to
Defend Colors

The military spirit Is strong at the
Chester Shipbuilding Companys plant.
whore the men building ships also are
drilling in the hot sun every day at
noon just outside the yard
Men by the scores who are not apt
to he drafted for military service arc
flocking to this new military school.
so that II the day ahould comes when
they must lay down Their ship tools and
take up the rife against the enemy
they will be prepared
Sergeant +. V. Anderson. Twelfth
Battalion. Coast Artillery. which is
guarding the ship plant, has undertaken
the task of making fighters out Of
these workers for any emergency. AS
soon as the men finish their lunches
they fall in line outside the yard. As a
rule after only two weeks drilling they
can make Credtab!e showing a few
office workers have joined the ranks
and all are in dead earnest
These men ere fine material" de-
clared Sergeant Anderson. "Tney are
dong remarkably well and l believe they
will stick to it,"
Not so much as broomstick have
these men to drill with, but Henry G.
Galster, head of the service department,
hopes 10 get them rifles from the Gov
ernment stores and uniforms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
FIGHTERS BLUFF CALLED
Could Lick Anybody, but Ship
ward Guard Called Him

In the Media jail today there is dis
illusioned man. who. declaring he "cou'o
lick Jack johnson or anybody else"
dared any of the guards at the Ches-
ter shipyard to try to take him in.
He was intoxicated and raising a
great rumpus around the shipyard gate
yesterday. and when one of the guards
ordered him away he hurled his def.
"Gumshoe" Charles Parrish Wen;
into the crowd and came out with the
man Parrish turned him over to the
Chester police, to whom the prisoner
gave the name OF William Eggleston
He had been working on the shipyard
hotel opposite the yard. Parrish APP
peared against Eggleston, and the lat
ter was given thirty days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story OF Business Girl Who Would Not Fail

hands her carefully folded copy of the
! paper and these headlines stared me out
of countenance: Sweet Girl Graduate
Attacks the Senior Boys; Scathtng De
IN Class Meeting: Pin vs.. Ring; In
viCta' Makes Grave Charges
| had not yet seen the newspaper,
Indeed | had been one Of the ahsantees
from the class meeting and even had |
known about the meeting, could not
have attended it on recount OF my JOB
of reporting farmers, lectures: | had
also lacked opDortunity to Investigate e
the stories of the class election. hut my
feeling was that few hot-headed boys
and girls had brought disgrace upon us
all. Now with flaming checks l read the
article il was half a column long. every
word of II written with n pen dipped in
gall. aud each new paragraph deepened
the loathing which the first sight of the
headlines had inspired It was bad
enough to have any one suspect me OF
such workmanship. but uppermost in my
mind was sici<ening sense of Philips
scorn II the girls knew me so little as
10 believe ] wrote the article, what must
Philip think
Shamefaced, handed back the news
paper. For p moment there was silence
until Anna. who was our spokefman on
occasions Of formality. stepped FORWARD
a little. Il propose vote OF thanks to
with feeling. To the girl who has eX-
pressed the sentiments of every one
of us"
"Oh. don't" ] cried. Put several en-
thusiasts had already seconded the mo-
ton and the vote was carried unani-
mously ! have never been able to make
out why my companions so misunder-
stood it would seem that such genuine
humiliation as experienced while
reading that article would carry con-
victlon anywhere. The only explanation
| can find is that the girls. accustomed
to think of me as the only one among
I Na tNElN m Vnt "a FOR he 1nI n.T - ra 1
in their own minds that |
was the author of the article and were
so jubilant about the article itself as
to disregard the evidence
At first I was too abashed TO speak.
but soon I found my voice You're all
| declared, dashing away the
tears. Il didn't write 1t. l wouldn't
to the article. for anything in the
world" Then | fed from the room
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
KEEPING THE CHILDREN
HAPPY ON HOT DAYS.
A Full Tub Bath in Tepid
Water Will Help to Make
Sleep Comfortable
By MRS. MAX WEST
Of the Chilhren,s Buresu


Through the long, hot, summer days
II Is a great task TO keep children happy,
well and out of mischief. espec ally when
me mother already has her hands more
than full with the work OF her home.
IN the first place, children must he
Kept as cool ms possible in hot weather
inns is not an easy task but II r1ay be
accomplished in some measure by cloth
ing them suitably. Babies need only
inc diaper and one other garment. band
or slip Older ch'ldren need only enough
70 cover their bodies. As far as pos
siole. children should sleep out of doors
az night, If screened porches are avail
aoie' or. IL not, with all the windows
ana doors wide open. A full tub bath in
cool or tepid water will do much to make
sleep comfortable and n little plain tai
cum powder will help TO allay the irrita-
ton OF prickly heat.
children must be provided. too. with
occupations suited to their age. A play
pen on cool porch or even under the
trees In the yard where the mother can
watch the baby will give much pleasure,
SAND p les. swings and many other sim
PIE pieces OF play apparatus which are
easily made at home without any great
expense Will keep older children happy
ana out OF mischief Rainy days must
ne spent on the porch Hints for
thotners as to the selection of play and
occupation for young children Will
shortly be published by the Ch'ldrens
bureau. Very much of the ANNOYANCE
OF mothers and the fussiness of chldre6
would be done away with IL the little
nands and minds had plenty of occu-
patton. Many cross child is cross be-
cause ne has nothing to do which in
lereSts MIN and many piece Of mis-
chief is only the result of the child's
rylnE to find something with which to
,usy himself
Ch.ldren's food must be CHOSEN With
peciai care in summer TO suit tho ages |
,nd proper food habits should be estab- :
Ishcd IN" nursing baby will cause the !
east anxiety. If a baby is nursed at
eGu!ar times. preferably three or four |
lours apart, and is clean and as cool as
possible. he will not usually suffer
larm even in very hot weather
Babies newly weaned from tho breast
md up 10 the end of the second voar
'ili need SPECIAL care. Properly modi-
led cows milk will form the prircipaI
'art OF the diet of all such children and
must be as clean and as fresh as pos
lple. Detailed directions for the feed
ng of children will be sent free from
ne chtldren's Bureau of the United
'tates Department of Labor to all who
are to send for the bulletins on the
are OF children.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
FORMING NEW DIVISION
OF CAMP MEADE MEN
Soldiers Being Transferred to
Infantry and Artillery From
Depot Brigade
Camp Meade, Nd, Aug, 9


Men are being withdrawn from the
15ith Depot Brigade here TO form the
companies and batteries OF the new regi-
ments Of infantry and artillery OF the
Eleventh Division. Thus, the new d.
vision Is rapidly taking shape, and Major
General Jesse Mel. Carter is expected
IN Few days to assume command Of
the new fghting force. According to
an announcement this morning, there
VIII be three regiments OF artillery--the
Ihirty.hrst. Thirty-second and Thirty
third--organixed and trained as rapidly
as possible. The organization Of one OF
tnese artillery units is now under way.
ana the indications are that II will be
made up largely Of Baltimoreans.
Drill schedules remain suspended be-
cause OF the intense heat. No squad
or sunertng soldiers were seen yesterday
on the parade grounds, and this morn
ing the lads are out under the trees
and In other shady hooks listening to lee
lures by their officers. The drill sched-
ules will not be resumed until the Of
fetal thermometer at headquarters regis
ters below 90 degrees.
large list of men selected for train
ing at the infantry officers central train
ing school will be announced in a few
days. These lads have been chosen from
The various companies OF the Depot Bri-
gade because Of their special qualifca-
tions, and they will be admitted as stu
dents before the first Of September. Men
also will be selected to attend the ma
chine-gun officers central training school.
Promotions for Oficers
Another forthcoming announcement
which will be particularly pleasing to a
number OF young officers will be list Of
promotions for them. A large number
were examined a few weeks ago, and
the recommendations. with approvals.
were forwarded to the War Department.
The expectant ones are on The anxious
bench.
Captain Louis L. Tenbroack and First
Lieutenant Oscar A. Duncan, of the Med
ical Reserve Corps, have been trans
ferred here from Fort Riley for assign
ment to the Eleventh Division, and have
been assigned to duty in the office Of
the division surgeon.
Captain Eugene NJ. Blake. also Of the
Medical Reserve Corps, has been sent
here from the United States Army Cen
eral Hospital No. 16 at New Haven,
Conn, and has been assigned to the
Base Hospital.
First Leptenant Nordahl Q. Gunder- !
son, Of the Medical Reserve Corps, has |
been assigned to temporary duty in the !
office of the division surgeon.
First Lieutenant Frederic 3. West,
who was sent here from the school of ,
RoentEenology, has been assigned to the
Base Hospital.
Second Lieutenant william A. Shearer
has been assigned as assistant to the
camp ordnance officers. He was sent
here from the machine-gun. training
school at Camp Hancock.
Captain John l.. Scott, Signal Reserve
Corps, transferred here from Camp
La, has been assigned TO
he 21lth Field Signal Battalion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-09
"a FEW YARDS OF CRETONlNE
TELL WHO'S WHO IN CAMP
xhey Put in Their Appearance When the Only Man Went
Ascdy Business Which All Goes to Sho,o That the
Il Woman Increment Can't Destroy Femininty

| fall of the lampshade and the fireplace
scarf at any moment.
And oh. Plain Jane If YOU coulC
only have been here yesterday when
we went fishing There was another
grand and glorious proof that q woma n
can rise up deliciously feminine any.
where, any time. We went fishing
1t was the first trip for one of the
girls, and our Boss" gave her his
fishing hat, a great big ugly straw
thing that you'd think no one under
the sun could ever look smart in. |
believe he gave II to her just because
he thought she wouldn't have the cour-
age to wear II. What was his sur
prise to see her come sailing trium-
phantly forth with the cutest tilt to
that hat you ever saw, and at the side
of 1t a yellow and black plaid gingham
bow that would have made any mil
liner green with envy.
And so you see. Plain Jane you only
have to come camping to realize that
YOU simply can't destroy the woman
in woman.
There's a reverse to the picture
which is Just as convincing. All the
men think about UP here is bait. They
are after bass. and If you're not fall.
ing over n box of little live frogs on
the front porch you're tripping into
can of decrepit worms up in the woods.
And they steal your ice cream freezer
TO put their wigSly bass in II they
can't find anything else. The woman
doesn't seem to have in
Spired any of the women up here to
put the frogs on the hooks and to get
my too chubby with the fish while
they're wiggling around IN the bottom
1f the boat. Which all goes TO show,
Plain Jane. that it's deliCionsly diTer-
ant to he woman, What do you
hink? More later. COIETTE.