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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
DEDICATED AT CHESTER
Elaborate Program Marks First
Services in New Bethany
EdifiCC

Chester. ApriI 22.-Wijn number "i
clergy participating. and the rdlur" '"ll-
Dletclv filled 10y the members Of the con-
grcgation. the dedication Of Bethany
Presbyterian Chueh. Sixth and High
land avenue, took place yesterday after
noon The affair was marked by an
elaborate program.
The Rev John Graham, pastor. pro-
nounCed the dedication, pr. \. J."
Iathem, of the Third Presbyterian
church preached the sermon, and others
taking part In the celebration were the
Rows. W r.. Houston, pastor Of the
First. and !. Howard Bell, Of the Sec
ond PRESBYTERIAN Cnurcd; Henry W,
Block. Of Philadelphia, q former pastor
Of Bethany; Thomas Thomas, OF tNe
Fifth. and Daniel TcdcsCo, Of the FIRST
Italian Presbyterian; Alfred !. TAYLOR,
of the South Chester Methodist Episro-
pal and q. W. McGeorge, Of the South
Chester Baptist Church.
Gothic in style and rectangular in
foI,n. the new church commands instant
attention. The main gables are ON the
east and west sides Of the structure, an
intersectiug roof extending trauSNersely
across midway i'm the main roof
Bethany Presbyterian Church was or
ganlzed in 1890, having grown from a
mission school established in 1882 at
| Zebley's Hail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
JERSEY DAIRY GOODS
WAITING FOR SHIPPING
With Transportation to Allies
Delayed, Home Use of Milk
Urged


New Jersey slorohouscs TODAY arc
overloaded with stock Of rhecyc con-
douSed milk. butter and cream which
cannot bc shipped to tho soldiers i'm
France because Of lack Of transuorta
tion facilities This report was given out
today by the Bureau of Markers or thc
"'"l' department Of Agriculture.
S''I'u lhdi several months ago
Wv '"ou administration asked that the
va. "' ul'h ana huii'r he restricted,
H,.,'I N'," h'''' polk' wheat aud
.'-".' 'n" 'I1 Response from the people
uI j, ",,'l'' in"u wa" anticipated, Now
WV. m,,' uSI"I'''I'n lr"nl'mS prevent
r wv 5'u".,E I'''SI 'n' ocean OF the
f,,,,, "ii" .n WY ,n' apS"'ul' assurance
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The Iropartirs of Iutt,r however arc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

TNO hundreds Of poycrty.strickcn Phil
l. adoIphia families the war has come
as thinlv disguised blessing. 1t mas
brought about reconciliation between
husbands and wives whose poverty
sharpcucd minor points Of disagreement
until families became hopclcssiy broken
up II has brought q small but depend
able income to hundreds of wives whose
souls had been tortured with unccr-
tainty and whose bodies were Worn with
feverish working for daily bread.
Many cases i'm which these facts have
been proved have come into the history
Of the philadelphia Municipal Court
very recently according 10 Rice q. Gar
land clerk Of that tribunal.
"Ouc finds very frequently that fric-
ton i'm the families We deal with begins
as a rule with money troubles; nerves
are worn raw with the uncertainty the
straininE to make ends meet, and then
suffering yields quickly to irritation
Wounds are inflicted easily and are hard
to cure
Heretofore we have made our Of
forts toward Tcuniting families by re-
moving the root Of the trouble went
on Mr.. Garland "If the man was not
being paid enough to live on with Il
. nlU0tln dllbuHl " '''lll'' 't w ''''' ~
find him better position. If the wife
was IN We sent her to n disponsary or
hospital and got her WE'LL
often the husband lacked not work
ing ability, but initiative, Through the
Municipal Court he was given his chance,
and thus with the torturiur strain re-
moved families We're bound together
/ again.
| And now the army takes its, share OF
| the work of helping the workers among
/ the poOTer classes "If a married man
goes into the army by the allotment
I law he must settle half OF his pay on
his wife" Mr. Garland explained so
that II his pay is $50 a month. the
woman gets SIS. to which the Govern
men. adds another S15 and extra sums
for tho children. Thus frequently fami-
lies arc far better off with the wage
Garner i'm the army working for Uncle
sam thaa If he stayed at home StTuE'
Cling to maintain his family on ms uh'
certain pay at the usual labor
"On the other hand, there have beer
men whose families absolutely neeo
them for support and who enlisted under
the prctense Of being single for the pur
pose Of shifting tho burden. We nave
| been able to track down all such cases
very nearly, however.
Several amusing incidents have CONF
m i'm regard to the reconciliation o
our new soldiers and their wives. on
man had left his wife after a great 70"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
WAR PROVES A PEACEMAKER
IN MANY DOMESTIC BRAWLS
Hundreds of PovertyStricken Families Find Blessing
Disguised in Its Stern Alarm-Husbands and
Wives Reconciled

They decided that all was over between
them. in short. Then he went into the
army. There he got 10 thinking some
how he forgot lot Of the things his
wife had said to him. which had had
the desired effect of making him want
to choke her: and lie wrote back 10 ono
Of the men here that he had made the
necessary arrangements to keep her
supplied with a little money; ne had
besides taken out a $4,000 policy. which
she should have the benefit of, if only
she would make up and be nice to him
again.
The man nc wrote to went accord
mgly to soc the wife. whom he found re
reivinE the consolation and "dvic" Of
her mother, and to them he very slowly
unfnldcd his tale. Nothing happened
until he came to the $4,000 policy And
then the mothers hard heart suddenly
softened, and she tenderly advised her
child to forgive and forget Well that
sounds pretty merCcnary, ana 1t was
but that's not a very usual ease. The
noint is that on the whole the war has
brought its Compensations for tho optl-
mists who want to look for Them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
FALLS DEAD OF GRIEF
FOR SOLDIER HUSBAND
Wife of Philadelphia Physician. Now
in France, Expires in New
York

Grief over the absence OF her husba nd
Lieutenant Edwin X, Moore. formerly a
pracjlcirE physician in this city. who
elt Tor France last August with the
harvard medical unit. is believed to have
caused the death Of his wife. Mrs. Helen
Moore, who fell dead At hcr doyl, in "a
stock brokers' office In New York. Mrs.
Moore. who was thirty-scvcu years old.
vas formerly an actress.
When Doctor Moore left for Frpnro
Mrs Moore rented their homo. AT 5qOt
Latona street, and went 10 New Yorl,
To live with a sister. She received ici
.ers from her husband frequently. ono
OF them telling her he had been deco
rated with the French cross Of war Two
days ago sh" received q Ic'trr ncIosinr
a Sma! photograph and seemed in.
tcnscly happy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

MY goodness she thought am
really dying, | can make thls arr
plane do anything ] like.
with that she began to find the up
in-the-air sensation delightful Lutte
thrills of JOY ran through her she ieIt
as light as thistledown, ana III heI
heart was an uncomfortable desire 10
sing Inyountarily she began TO trll
happy little song that she made up
without thinking;
'"Oh, what joy to be bird
II I should fall 'twould be absurd
Il should say it would be absurd
shrleked a shrill voice in her ear VINO
ever heard of a bird falling
AT the same instant herce-looklhs
feathery something darted up mehsc-
ingly from behind her.
Peggy was so startled she jumped
forward i'm her seat At once the arr
plane gave a frightful dive downward
Then il turned over and over again IN
a series Of terrifying somersaults' plung-
ing heplessly toward the earth'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

Peggy had seen at an army training
camD the week before,
Hurry, climb aboard !! twinklcd 'he
Rose, smiling down at her. Pesgy
obeyed. climbing into the seat OF the
airplane. Instantly there was louu
whir-r-r-r and the airplane shot tor-
ward. Before Peggy could say good-oy
10 the Rose she found herself away up
i'm the air and climbing higher every
second.
Half frightened. Peggy grasped the
/ levers beside the seat. The alrpiahe
| obeyed at once. Instead Of going higher
| it SKINNED along in straight hhe'
| Below was the town where Feggy hNeu,
! looking now like a toy village. Beyond
| IL was a small lake and the river Wllu-
| ing down from the distant hills. Pesgy
| bent forward TO get a better look. IN
| stantly the airplane dived toward lnS
earth In quick fear she stral ghteheu
bacsk. Promptly the aiTplane righted IT.
| self and then scared upward ahe
| ohanced 10 lean 10 one SIDE ana the
plane wheeled about She leaned inc
other way and the plane cireled back
Peggy quickly realised that the macnihe
! was obAyine her every movement. rioine
I easily. nfhcefull,t pd smoothly ~ one'
lfuIi confidence ~ 10 back 70 nef
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
CHAPTER I
The Wishing Rose

10H, if only l could NY" sighed
" Princess Peggy, stretching back
eomfortably on ii warm sand hillock
and gazing up drearnily into the blue
sumner skG,. There, high above the
dunes, a swallow was gracefully sailing
back and forth in long undulating loops
nat sometimes carried him out over
Lake Michigan and then far hack in
and. Flying seemed so easy for him,
ana such airy fun-far better fun for
not June afternoon than chasing toy
sHplane up and down the sandy slopes.
Perhaps" mused Peggy. If | were a
feal princess instead Of just princess
VI creams, as father calls me, | might
nave a truly ai"p;ane that would carry
me nlgh, high, high up there. Or. if !
mad fairy godmothcr she might give
ne pair Of wings and I'd fly. fly, fly"
IL you want to fly. I'll help you"
uhNled sweet. tiny voice behind her.
resgy sat up straight and whirled
around in surprise. Not a person was
sight. The hllock was bare save
,or her little airplane resting at her
set and pretty rosebush growing
against the bank.
am l so beneath notice that you
1hnot see me?' went on the tiuiling
ue, win merry little laugh. 1t
Seneu 10 come straight from the rose
vvusn amazed, Peggy leaned forward
~, rose, the most beautiful she had
NV seen with bud like the face Of "A
usnihg girl, was holding brightly at
l ana shaking its long stem gayly
over her bewilderment.
Who, who are you?" gasped Peggy
astonishment
ne! Why, I'm the Wishing Rose.
DIom every June and If, while am
A. onl' little girl comes along on
-, oTthday and makes a wish, / can
sn. an u-provided she has some time
An 4 IaVor for me. This is your birth
uay' Isn't it?'
Ma I'm nine years old today" re-
'Dsr sg The wondering little girl
.nh men I'll give you a wish"
yors., ' What favor have done for
'VS1 N, asked Peggy.
n,. ou saved my life :" was the sur
rs answer of the rose. Last
h,o.a' before | bloomed. YOU kept YOUR
Nv nv. rom from tearing my bush up
No. roots' For that / give you four
sten Ihere are four leaves on my
Wbs, Each Is a wish. Pick them off.
M yOu want wish, just eat one of
M is'es. But be sure that you make
N hat wish before sundown today, for
coma a. hour the power of the leaves
"nes to an end"
eavsan IN doubt, Peggy picked the
~ IRON the stem. Three of them
MN sh~fed away in the knitting bag An
az She carried her lunch. The fourth
hnlv la In her hand, looking uncer-
NJ ny nv SAID you wanted 70 fy." spoke
Nat W, nose Eat the leaf, then wish
plane 'ou We're tiny and that your air
% so would carry you where you want
p.v1. thank you! Thank you!o cried
hont she popped the leaf into her
berh and ehewed il. II tasted like
oncs "sa candy The effec.s came at
tsemss essy grew dizzy The ground
DOWN 70 rush up as II she were going
,fo,ss - swift elevator. Everything
~ heg suddenly grew to huge
I'.. tne hlllock was now as big as q
.ne dune looked like a mountain
&, s'ass were ike stalks or corn
op@A 1lol np 10 tie hesrht Of Z
N1None was as aeta and
'+4tt.nx - q batlleplanl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
AT THE BACK OF THE FRONT

W VIZ NJ kNL~ DlN Nhl No.
lCopUriOhi, rms, tJ PubNc Lcdgcr Coupury)
A TTACUED TO us was most interest
"A ing body ur people, the Munro Am
bulaucc Corps. Or. Munro was its
chief. He is now Sir Hector Munro.
with him. driving amhulauces. were
many wcll.kuuwu people; Just "a few
names remember -- Lady Dorothy
Fielding; the eldest son of General
Melissa. head of the Belgian r.. A.
NJ c.: Doctor Jcllott, the Dublin Gyue.
cologist; Claude and Alice Askcw, the
novclists (siuCe drowned in a subma-
rine attack; Miss MCNauGhton. au.
thoress; Mrs. Knocker and Miss CHS
holme. Mr.. Hunt. Of Yokohama, and
Mr. Sckkai. a great sport and our
good friend. All their ambulaucos
we're stored i'm our front yard, num-
bering more than twenty. with them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

were four Jolly young gentlemen anna
tour Chauffeurs. who soon became o'r
friends. These people worked mostly
at night. gathering the wounded ana
removing them under cover OF dafh,
ness. We received all those who could
not travel further into France.
\ sunny Cool,
our dining room was great II was
really the kitchen. A big stove coy
cred with immense pots occupied one
side. In front of it stood our chei' an
cN.paticnt named Maurice. lie was
the sunniest fellow | ever met. lie
came i'm with the first batch Of Furnes
wounded. shot through the throat.
When he laughed it sounded like I'm
whistle blown by an amateur. He had
been a cook and when he was wen
the Queen gave him to us as chef. lie
wore a bakers cap and apron, prCsld-
ing at all the festivities. Under nm
were seven refugee nuns in Nolumi'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
LIEUTENANT ONLY FIFTEEN
Michigan Town Claims Youngest
Aviation Officer

Grand junction, Mich.. April eff
Charlotte had not laid claim to having
sent the youngest volunteer to the front
i'm the person of Il siXtccn-year-old boy,
few would have learned that Michigan
has the youngest volunteer in the United
States Army
His name is John II. Guiding and his
home is i'm Grand Junction lie en-
listed in the Aviation Corps September
Il. when fifteen years and three days
old. November he was commissioned
a second lieutenant and February l6 he
was made first lieutenant, with head
quarters at Houston, Texas.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

and. as she looked capable. ! sent her
to clear away the evening meal and
wipe down the tables. She never both
cred me again. but quietly busted her
self setting things in order
soon two big oil lamps relieved the
darkness and some large scissors that
We had iongcd Tor lay 10 hand TO rip
the mems clothes of them The un-
assuming little helper had been out
To buy them. \ few days after. when
we had time to breathe, we were in.
truduCed II was Miss McNauEhton,
the writer Of "a Lame Dogs Diary
and other books She stayed with US
several days helping i'm oUr ward.
After that she procured tiny room
at tho station and ran soup kitchen
for the wounded. Now. this sounds
a huWcly and commonplace sort OF
occupation. hut when you realize the
circumstances you will know what
courage it required.
An Important Place
Ns said before. Furnes was the
army headquarters. King Albert spent
most of his time there. and It was
hUod with military Also Furucs sta.
tiou was the junction for all the little
local railways that ran out to viii
lagos and towns at the front. now 80
we'll known to all Of MS. one con
stnutly heard the guard shouting
"Poclcappclle," "Nieuport," "DiN.
mudc'". All tho fresh troops and am.
muuition passed through here. all the
wounded returned through here at
night Therefore Furnes, with the
station as the bullscyc Of the target
was the constant center of attention
Of the German artillery and airplanes
Miss MCNaughtou was in the thick
Of IT. She was "A delicate little wom,
an, highly strung and nervous, there
fore il was particularly coura Geous OF
her 10 spend most Of her time there
pccliug vegetables and stokinE W
furnaces. Often durinE that late au'
tumu and winter when we had finished
work we would take an after-suppel
walk to her tiny kitchen, "A merry
naItv Of us Sitting on sacks Of 20.
tatocs and onions we would give hei
hand preparing the midnight soup
Then. when the long ambulance trains
shunted i'm at twelve, we would sally
forth with trays of steaming mugs
nllcd with hot soup and coffee. and
boarding the train. give the cage
sufferers on the strctChcrs gOOt
hot drink to warm them lp.
Several shells hit the station. Once
when the collector was clipping tick
cts, his clipper was knocked ont O
his hand and thumb blown off, Will,
a thick pocket book over his hear
saved his life, a piece Of shrapnel belnl
imbcdded in it.
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
SCENARIO TO SCREEN
AND IN-BETWEEN
Charles Chaplin in "a Dogs
Life" Novelty This Week.
Other Movie Events

Ann Pennington. who Is now the star
Of the Midnight Frollc Of New York. "
I'm Sunshine Nan" which win be At
tho Coliseum on Friday.
Tho Primitive Woman" will have
Margarta Fischer in tho main role to-
day at the Family.
When Mary Pickford was here she
wanted TO have everybody buy bonds.
They can do so at the Great Northern,
jefferson. Cedar and Frankford Thea
tres in "Amarilly OF Clothesline Alley"
"rhc Kaiser. the Beast of Beriin.-
will be at the IlivOli the first four days
Of the week.
After a long absence Charles Spencer
Chaplin returns to our rocal screens In
his own conception Of "A Dogs Life"
u is replete with new ideas for fun
making and will be the added attrac-
tion at the Stanley. Arcadia, Palace
and Victoria Theatres.
Four years ago today the Stanley
showed its first picture, The Sea WOLF"
with Hobart Boswor;H. Today Norma
Talmadgc will be tho artistic in BY
Right Of Purchase"
AHA Nazimova will make her first
Metro appearance In Revelation" at the
Victoria all this week
The story of Love Me-" in which
Dorothy Dalton is starred at the Strand
the first half of this week, is laid in
this city
/ Mabel Norman, who Is TO be in this
city soon under the guidance Of Nor
/ bert Lusk is appearing in The Floor
/ Below" at the Blueb:r- ruby and In
/ "Dodging a Million" at the Leader this
/ week
"Headn' South" is the feature on
/ Thursday al the Fairmount. with the
/ ''oue and only" Douglas Fairbanks as
. the chief cowboy He will be at the
. Ridge avenue Theatre today in the same
play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
ABOUT TO DIE, AUTHORIZES
WARNS MAN OF DEAD LIPS
CYANIDE Bottle Found in Room With
Jean Baird, Woman's Dean
of Beaver College

Beaver, Pa, April 22.--"lour arms
viii never be around her and your lips
viii never touch hers, but my dead lips
will be there first
These words formed part Of a fare
we'll message to a weli-knuWu 'ian,
penned by Miss iean Katherine Baird,
aEed forty-five, widely known magazine
writer and dean of the women'S depart
nent of Beaver College, who was found
dead in her room in the college dormi-
tory
6r. II. y. Haskell, president Of the
College. and DR.. j. G. MCCauley, a ply
scian, forced entrance to her room. y
small bottle, found in the room, had
eontained cyanide Of potassium
Miss Anna D. Parker, matrOn Of the
ldormitory. became armed when she
received no response TO "A knock at Miss
Bairds door. She notified Doctor Has
kell and Doctor McCauley.
Miss BaiTd's body was in bed. Three
letters were on a table nearby and a
spoon was beside the bed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
0RPPS AND GRAMMER
FOR MORE POLICE PAY
r,rmer Safety Head and In
i,.rcburch Federation Leader
,nnrove Editorial Proposal

N Dripps. former Director Of
Rope.s r,rrent Of Public Safety, and
Ne Dr Carl r. Grammer head OF
w Y. Interchurch Federauon' Nn,In lS
% - an active part in the anti-Nlcc
uNnsS both agreed today that inc
Gus ~ philadelphia are underpald, as
pnp,.d out by the EvENiNG IlLio
pnrp which advocated a 80 a day
IA Of pay. ,.-....., a.,,,,,
,hs departmcnt as its head showed
W. 40 him I'm the clcarcst manner pos
sble .... r,ircc,,r of ,b, po.
Nj ns Of public Safety" he said.
p,u.,od me very clearly that the po-
y, philadelphia are very much un-
sd Instituted an investigation
XXI showed that hardly any other
~ city of the country paid its po-
n.,men so little as Philadelphia.
''Sd and vet it is quite remarkable that
urder this condition the city has
~ able to keep large number Of
NJ good character on its police
~, Notwithstanding the bad in
s,,ncs at the head Of the line.
@rhs systcm is bad, hut the personnel
tar better than would ordinarily he
...rtsd under these conditions. OF
'prso there are men on the force who
.sarld not be there. but | must say
A., there are large numbers Of men
M conscientiously try to do their duty,
md they are held regardless Of the low
pay
81 am practical enough. however to
.,.llse that this is bad time to ask
r,uncils to increase the pay Of so large
hodv of men. Until the city Legislators
"a some way OF increasing the city's
,,ysnues II will De a hard thing to get
,nv Of these much needed increases
through.
Nevertheless. this is no reason why
rouncils should not try to find some way
Al making the policemen's pay adequate
poctor Grammer said he always had
,ontended that the police should be
adequately paid.
q would not say at this time" h,
,sId "iust what figure should be- set as
ma wage, but it should he adequate {,
tsep the men The present figure is toe
lor io keen man and his family wher
No consider the prices Of labor bcing
rsN all about us. All temptation,
sbould be taken away from the pole,
,nd the giving Of adequate pay should
bsp them to keep their hands clean OF
raft"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
Will Open New Yarn Mill

Forest city. y. G.. April 22.-Thc yarn
mill organized by *. J. and j. NJ Crow
for this place will begin operations early
in the fall The building for this mill
has been completed and is rapidly being
filed with cOtton-spinning machinery.
Slleiu yarn is to be the product.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

Amsterdam, April 22.-As a result
Of mediation by the Pope, Emperor
William has ordered that no more
Belgian church bells shall be seized.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
Short of Appliances

My friend ana I, with two new sis
trrs, were i'm charge of a large ward
ono Of the big classrooms We were
awfully short Of all tho appliances we
consider Indispensable tn Il hospital
Many of our beds consisted Of sack
ing filled with straw or shavingS
We rarely had a sheet and no mackin-
t"sheS i'm those early days. Stretchcrs
lay all over the floor with men who
were covered with mud and blood
I'm our ward there was a little elderly
lady who quietly offered her services,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22
NIUEDTE DINCER or BEING EN
TERMINATED H. ONLY THREE MILES
FROM THE FRONT. " As EVER ACTIVE

nous black dresses and white caps like
ailrlau,-. They peeled potatoes and
washed dishes. There were three
tro-tictah'cS covered with check oil
cloth: we each helped ourselves 10 an
enamel uint-mug. lead spoon and fork
and taking Il bowl to the stove it was
filled with coffee. SOUP or "bully beef"
For several weeks we lived ON that
standby Of our Tommics. Disguise
II as won will. i'm pic. riSsoIe or curry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-22

Ann Pennington, who Is now tho star
Of the Midnight Frollc OF New York "
In sunshine Nan" which win be At
tho Coliseum on Friday.