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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08
SCHOOL GAMES
WILL BE PLAYED
Lack of Fuel to Heat Gyms
Fails to Halt Basket
ball Contests
CENTRAL VS.. S. PHlLA
Scholastic Games Today

Trades VS.. Northeast, at North
Branch Y. NJ. c. A.
Pedagogy VS.. West Philadelphia,
at West Philadelphia.
South Philadelphia VS.. Central
High, at Temple.
Germantown VS.. Frankford, at
Frankford.
Swarthmore High VS.. Wilmington
Friends, at Wilmington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08
Increased Taxes
, and Depreciation
kf.SOl re rs

Loans and Invest
mentS ........,..,S3t
Due from Banks s..... II
Clearing House IN
: changes ........
Cash aud Reserve.
customers Liability
on Foreign Credits
and Acceptauccs e.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-08

Samuel r. Bodins
Henry Tatnali
J. Rutherford McAliister
Frsdsrlck =. Baiiy
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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
SPRING DRESSES FOR LITTLE GIRLS.

Spring dresses for little girls are
abundantly displayed Just now and all
women appear to enjoy looking at
them. Surely she who has no interest
In any little one Is missing something
that belongs to her; for these little
dresses bring a smile and a lingering
look to all eyes.
Cottons as fine ind smooth as those
woven In French looms. and enticing
colors, gay and soft, make the sections
of stores where the dresses are shown
as bright as spring gardens. These
fine cottons are the product of Ameri-
can looms and these lovely colors show
how great an advance has been made
In the manufacture of American dyes,
The dress at the left is so adequate
ly pictured that 1t hardly needs de-
scription. 1t Is shown in several pat
terms of fine Bingham and is made with
pockets cut on the diagonal, narrow
bias banding and a collar of plain
chambray of the same color as the
dark bar In the Bingham. Tho little
dress at the right is Of Peter Pan cot
ton, much like smooth chambray but
softer. 1t is shown in light yellow, me-
dunn shade of blue and two or three
pink tones. There is u shocked panel
between plaits at the front and back
and collar and cuffs of white cotton,
with buttonholed scallops on the edges.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
RACES QUICK TO AMALGAMATE
Intermarriage OF French and English
In St. Louis Began Promptly
and Continued.

Mimi" was pet name for girls In
the old French families century ago.
1t was Indian aud meant little pigeon.
Virginia" was a favorite name for
daughters among the French families.
The suggestion did not come from the
Old Dominion state. Baby girls were
christened Virginia because the moth
ers had read, tearfully. the story OF
Paul and Virginia. Bernardine de Saint
Pierres novel came out In 1907. It
circulated all over the world and
reached st. Louis. The romance made
the first literary impression on the vii
lage. 1t prompted the use Of the name
Of the heroine many times.
Commingling of the elements Of the
population of st. Louis came promptly.
There was no line of exclusion In bust
ness or matrimony The evolution OF
the typical st. Louisan was rapid. OF
the more than one thousand descend
ants Of Madame Chouteau, the mother
Of st. Louis, not two hundred have
borne French names. In the present
generation these descendants are rep
resented In families Of six former ma
tionalities. - From "Missourian One
Hundrew Years Ago" by Walter b.
Stevens.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

In force, in the vanguard of spring
styles. Sport skirts and blouses and
those for morning and street wear are
necessities In the smart woman's APP
pareling; she needs them wherever she
goes and whatever she does.
In all new materials for spring,
whether of wool or cotton or silk.
stripes and plaids and crossbars APP
pear. Plaids are hrge and stripes are
varied and each inspires the designer
In his work Of providing new models.
Combinations of plain goods with all
the others promise a season of endless
variety and clever ideas In separate
skirts.
A good beginning with striped mate
rial is apparent in the skirt illustrated.
There IL smart overdrapery that be-
gins and ends under a wide fold made
on the straight Of the goods at the
front. There Is a narrow belt, made
of the light stripe in the goods, that
extends part way about the wafstline.
Large buttons and simulated button
holes finish Off the design, which com
mends itself for washable skirts of
cotton or silk.
An effective sports skirt Is made of
a crossbar In two colors, as tan barred
with blue. set on to yoke that ia
extended into pockets at each side
and cut from plain blue material. The
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
More Food From New islands.

Our new possessions In the Allan
tic-the Virgin islands-win become
more nearly self-supporting If the aim
of the United States department of
agriculture is realized. A representa-
tive of the federal department in
vestigated the agricultural situation In
these islands last season and made
suggestions intended to help the peO-
pie there to produce more food.
The only crops the investigator found
under extensive cultivation were sugar
cane and Sea Island cotton, the yields
of which are low compared with other
West Indian islands. The representa-
tive found that there was an almost
complete absence of vegetables and
fruit on the markets, indicating very
limited supplies OF locally grown food
materials. Stock growing Is followed
to some extent, but improved stock is
needed, better forage plants should be
introduced. and more attention is
needed to the proper handling of stock.
dairying and other farm enterprises.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

Any Of the heavier weaves of cotton
will serve for these.
Patterns for dresses very like these
are to be had of any of the standard
pattern companies. Mothers select the
plainest ones and make up quantities
Of ginghams for play dresses. The
Peter Pan dress is not for such hard
wear; 1t has more needlework on it
and Is not so easily Numbered. 1t may
survive several dinner times, or visits.
or trips to Sunday school before 1t
must be consigned to the tub. And it
may be depended on to emerge as good
as new-as. fresh and sweet as it
should be for SO sweet wearer.
The separate skirt and the separate
blouse are made for each other and
each makes Its entry very early and
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
FARMERS ASSIST
COAL STRINGENCY
Use of More Wood Would Aid
Economy in Commodity.
MANY DOLLARS ARE IDLE
tt ls Where Team-HauIed Wood Can
Be Used instead of Railroad
Hauled Coal That Change Of
Fuel Would Help.

Are you a coal burner when you
might be wood burner? Have you
a woodland that isn't working? What
can the town man and the suburban
,,dweller do about the coal stringency?
Much would be accomplished toward
meeting the present situation arising
from the unparalleled demand for coal
and from the great burden on the ma
tons railroads, 1t Is believed, If not
only the farmers who have woodlands
but city and suburban real estate own
cers possessing more or less wooded
tracts of land would draw on these
areas for part, at least, of their fuel
supply. In the neighborhood of small
cities as well as larger ones there are
many woodlots from which much fuel
wood could be obtained without en-
croachment on the needed shade trees
and without detracting from the
beauty of the landscape. In fact,
proper thinning in many cases will
help the development of desirable
trees.
Save by Burning Wood.
As an instance of how coal can be
saved by the burning of wood, the
United States department of agricul-
ture has cited figures for II northern
and eastern states with rural popu-
Iation of about 100000 which, 1t is
estimated, uses annually about 49,
100000 tons of coal. 1t is figured that
the substitution of wood for one
fourth of the coal burned by farmers
and for one-tenth of the coal burned
in villages would result In a saving of
nearly 100000 tons, or between 65,-
900 and 10000 carloads.
1t is where team-hauled wood can be
used instead of railroad-hauled coal
that the change of fuel should be
made. While it is not expected that
the substitution of wood for coal
could be complete, 1t is true that for
heating many kinds of buildings wood
is the more convenient and ordinarily
the cheaper fuel
This is particularly true in buildings
: for which heat is required only occa-
sionally, but then is wanted in large
volume at short notice.
Arrange for Burning Wood.
Furnaces are built especially for
burning wood in three or four-foot
lengths. If stove CRATE is too coarse
for wood a sheet-iron cover over a
good part of the surface will make it
suitable, or a few bricks can be used.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

which means drying 1t from six to
eight months when piled so as to get
a good circulation of air. However,
so per cent of the moisture may be
removed In three months.
Because of the unusual demand for
cord wood it Is believed that the
present time offers unparalleled op-
portunity not only for farmers to i'm
prove their woodlands by cutting out
the poorer trees and selling them, but
for private and public owners Of
wooded tracts to clear their lands at
profit. Communities which feel they
are threatened with a serious fuel
shortage will do well to take measures
to stimulate the cutting of wood. Such
action may be viewed as part of
Americas cooperation in the national
endeavor to feed and sustain Ameri-
cas- army and allies.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

where they may be found when
needed.
Small caps or bags of various COL
ors of silk, cut in circle and shirred
with an elastic, may be slipped over
electric light globes, softening the
glare and giving just the note of color
for different occasions.
Water color paint will retint slip
pers, flowers and other fady things.
Oil paint the kind that comes In
tubes, If dissolved In gasoline will col
or feathers, silks or hat trimmings.
One must be careful Of fire when using
such infiammable stuff. To work out
doors and allow the things dyed to
hang in the air for long time Is most
desirable.
Wear a heavy cotton glove on IRON
Ing day to save the hands from the
heat of the iron, even an electric iron
heats the hand unpleasantly.
Steel wool No. 90 with an old glove
and soap will remove stains from alu-
minum without scratching 1t. Any
roughness only encourages further
scorching and burning on Of food.
Iron stains in sinks and other places
where there is no metal to be corroded
should be treated with mild solution
of muriatic acid and water, it acts like
magic in removing stains.
When trying to open stubborn jar, a
common jar rubber held between the
lid and the hand will act as wrench.
When the springs lie down in couch
or chair, just turn 1t over, rip off the
lining and retie the springs in place,
thus saving an upholsterer's bill.
One thrifty housewife painted her
couch over with a dye solution, using
"a brush as one does paint. 1t dried
and looked exceedingly well.
| N.,,... Max..,o
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

OF soft maple cord and half is re-
quired to equal one ton of coal, and of
cedar, poplar or Eastwood, two cords.
One cord of mixed wood, well sea-
soned, equals in heating value at least
one ton of average-grade bituminous
coal
The most common method of making
cord wood is to cut the trees into four
foot lengths with an AK and split the
larger pieces. The pieces are then
piled in a standard cord, which is
eight feet long, four feet high and four
feet wide. The contents are 1913 cubic
feet, of which TO per cent is wood and
80 per cent air.
Best Heating Value.
To have the hest heating value as
well as to reduce the cost of hauling,
wood should be thoroughly seasoned,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04


Fish are excellent, and In many local
tiles are very reasonable in price. A
stuffed fish roasted and served with
the following sauce will be welcome
dish. This sauce is also good served
with either fried or broiled fish.
Spanish Sauce.--Chop fine three
small onions and cook until soft I'm
tablespoonful Of fat Stir in a pint
of tomatoes, a chopped pepper, or a
few chopped olives. Season to taste
with red peppers and salt, and when
the fish is ready turn the sauce over
y just as 1t goes to the table.
ButtermiIk Biscuit.-Sift together
four cupfuls Of -four with tablespoon
full Of soda and the same of salt. Melt
three tablespoonfuls of lard and stir
into two cupfuls Of buttermilk. then
add to the -four. Mix soft enough to
handle and roll out just as soft as
possible. Cut into small biscuits and
cake In a hot oven.
Prune crumb Pudding.-Steam
pound Of prunes until soft, remove the
layer of bread crumbs into the pud-
ding dish, then the prunes, then more
bread crumbs. sprinkling each layer
with brown sugar, cinnamon and dots
OF butter. Over the last layer Of
prunes sprInkle q few chopped wal
nuts, cover with crumbs and turn In
cupful of the prune juice. Bake I'M
til the crumbs are brown. Serve with
sauce made Of the prune juice
little cornstarch flour, u tablespoonful
Of butter substitute, and sugar, all
cooked until thick.
Sweet Potato custard Pie.--To one
and a half cupfuls of boiled and mash
ed sweet potato allow one egg, two ta-
blespoonfuls Of butter substitute,
half cupfu of sugar, three-quarters
of a cupful of milk and nutmeg to
taste. Beat the eggs, cream the sugar
and fat and add milk and potato. beat
ing well to mix thoroughly. Turn into
a pastry-lined plate and bake as usual.
souffle Of Meat.-Make white
sauce OF pint Of milk, two table
spoonfuis each of butter and flour.
Melt the fat, any sweet fat will take
the place of butter, and when hot stir
In the flour, then add the milk, cook
until smooth, add two cupfuls of cook
ed meat finely chopped, teaspoonful
OF salt, half cupful Of crumbs, and
the yolks of two eggs well beaten.
Then fold in the stiffiy beaten whites
and pour into a well buttered baking
dish and bake over hot water a half
hour.
Just granulated sugar creamed with
a butter substitute and nutmeg makes
a most tasty pudding sauce.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD
A W0ODCUTTER CUT IF

Taking white oak as fairly
typical of the hard woods and
white pine for the soft woods,
the figures below will show APP
proximately the amount of cord
wood that may be cut from trees
of different sizes. The figures
will vary considerably with the
extent at which the tops and
branches are utilized and on the
taper of the tree trunks. With
forest-grown trees, utilizing the
branches and tops to about two
inches, these amounts may be
expected:
White Oak.
Ten inches In diameter, so feet
high. One-sixth to one-seventh of
cord; Is inches in diameter, 60
feet high. about two-fifths of a
cord; "a inches In diameter, 10
feet high, one and one-fifth
cords.
White Pine.
Ten inches in diameter, so feet
high, one-eighth of cord; Is
inches in diameter, 60 feet high,
one-third of cord "a inches In
diameter. 70 feet high. seven
eighths of cord.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

Without any special Inconvenience
and without any risk to health or we'll
being, the sugar consumption of the
average person can be lowered. Any
one who uses sugar in excessive
amounts will be the better for using
less.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
Opportunity comes every day to
the man who believes In himself and
goes out and chases after II.


Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Cbiidren
break up Colds In ~ hours, relieve Feverishnoss,
Headache, Stomach Troubles Teething Disor
ders, move and regulate the bowels, and Destroy
Worms They are no plensant to take chiidres
like them. Used by mothers for 81 yenrs- AL
druggists, &c. sample FREE. Address, A. q
Olmsted, lie Roy, N. X.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

To keep clean and healthy take DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach. ADV.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

yoke narrows to wide girdle at the
back and front. In front 1t is slashed
into two short straps, each having a
buttonhSle In the end. These fasten
over fiat buttons. A single button fin
ishes the pockets.
These skirts with surfaces broken by
plaids and stripes, are to be worn with
blouses in plain color or white. But
blouses with collar and cuffs, and per-
haps narrow shoulder Jokes like the
skirt result In pretty. costumes, leav-
ing the skirt the privilege of changing
partners If It is SO minded and appear
ing with other biouses that do not wear
its colors.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

Any man who would sue a girl for
breach of promise ought to be confined
in an upholstered cell.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

'---When you are Ttduy 70
discard your old en-
broidery silks, don't, but
wind them on a card,
cutting out a little "
shaped piece at each end
to keep the silk from
slipping, then put them
away In q small box,
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
Fortunes Foundation.

How did you lay the foundation for
your fortune?" II didn't lay 1t. I'm
in the poultry business. A hen laid 1t.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

It is the height Of every mans am
bition to reach the point where he can
say Just what he thinks.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

Too many men who run into debt
don't even attempt to crawl out.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
eH2eKITCHEN
GBLNE1zzR

Beware of desperate steps. The dark
est day
Lived till tomorrow. win have passed
away.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

Wood CRATES are sold in two pieces
which can be inserted through the fire
door and placed on top of the regular
CRATE.
In heating value one standard cord
of well-seasoned. hickory. oak, beech,
birch, hard maple, ash, elm, locust or
cherry is approximately equal to one
ton (2O0O pounds) of anthracite coal.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.

There are plenty of good things still
within reach Of the common purse IL
wa usa fhouCht IN
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04

VIC use iuOuEAt ia
our buying. vege-
tables when grown
In the home gar
den are a great adj
dition to the food
for the family. We
have such a variety
that we need never
tire of them.
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
HINTS FOR HOUSE
MOTHERS.
HELPFUL

There are times when a needleful OF
elk of a certain color Is most needed
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
PRIVATE WOODLoTS HELP
MEET A COAL SHORTAGE.

Throwing open the woodlot on
his suburban place to all who
would come and cut, Washing
ton ID. CO. man aided shivering
families to meet the coal strin-
gency a few weeks ago. Then
he located some 5000 cords more
in either fallen or dead standing
timber in wooded lands nearby
and obtained the consent of the
owners to allow the public to cut
fuel in needed quantities under
proper supervision.
Are the woodlots around your
town doing their part In the fuel
emergency?
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1918-04-04
Arrange for Burning Wood.

burning wood in three or four-foot
lengths. If stove CRATE is too coarse
for wood a sheet-iron cover over a
good part of the surface will make it
suitable, or a few bricks can be used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
D. A. R. CLOSE STATE MEETING.
Complete Election of Officers and
Join in National Pledge.

Delegates from sixty local chapters
of the D. A r., representing mem
bership in the District'of Columbia of
more tran 1000, at the closing session
yesterday afternoon of the state meet
ing joined in the pledge Of the national
organization, which is to meet here in
April, to buy 100000 of the third issue
of liberty bonds. 1t was also reported
at the closing session that the national
society has pledged itself to the resto-
ration of Tilloloy, French town de-
stroyed by the Germans, such restora-
ton to cost approximately $4,000.
The election of officers, continued from
the previous days session. resulted in
the choice of Mrs. Charles F. Kari of
Sarah Franklin Chapter as recording
secretary and Mrs. Frederick johnson
Of Mary Washington Chapter as cor
responding secretary. Mrs. Fred Vol
land of Federal Chapter was reelected
treasurer without opposition. Mrs.
Frederick Duboise of Army and Navy
Chapter was chosen historian and Mrs
Mary ST. Clair Black burn of Richard
Arnold Chapter had no opposition for
election as cha plain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08
PLATFORM ADOPTED
BY NATIONAL PARTY
Wire President and Senators
Favoring Susan B. Anthony
Amendment.

CHICAGO, March S.-Following the
opening of the national party conven-
ton today. kilograms were sent to
President Wilson and United States
senators urging immediate passage Of
the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend
ment 1t was planned to send mes
sage to the British labor party sug-
costing a representative be sent to
this country to campaign for the ma
tional party. Election of officers was
expected to consume much of the days
session of the convention the list as
tentatively arranged including fifty or
more-eXecutive committeeman, direc-
tors, national committeeman and chair
man.
Men and women will hold equal power
in the new party. according to announce
ment of Chairman David Coates, follow
ing a speech OF Mrs. Howard Gould of
New York, in which she emphasized the
fact that women were supporting the
new organization financially as well as in
other ways fully as much as the men
As a result of the action of the chairman
equal representation on all committees
already named was made. The chairman
said it is the intention of the organization
to be known as the man and woman
party"
Augmented by more than a hundred
delegates who bolted the prohibition
convention the new national party
came into real being yesterday by the
adoption of a platform. The original
hundred or more delegates Were COM
posed of socialists, single takers, sui
fragistS social democrats and progress
sives. The platform on which these ell
ements united is long and includes
most of the cardinal principles for
which the varied elements composing
the new party stood as separate units.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-08

Instead of plan for compulsory Ii
censing of security issues of 100000
and more the Senate, after vigorous
opposition to the original scheme, sub
stituted a system of voluntary licens-
ing, through a capital issues commit
tee" of five officials, including three
members OF the Federal Reserve Board,
with advisory powers only. Late in the
day the Senate adopted, 81 TO 50. an
amendment by Senator Owen prescrib-
ing that this committee shall be ap-
pointed by the President and confirmed
by the Senate instead of by tn Federal
Reserve Board with Secretary McAdoo' $
approval
The life of the corporation is not spe-
officially limited in the bill. but it is
provided that final liquida ton of its
assets shall begin six months after
peace is declared.