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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
WOMEN'S WAR SCHOOL
TO HAVE 1000 STUDENIS
Registration for Courses in Help.
full Work Will Be Held
Friday and July l

Until registration for the war emergency
summer high school for women is complete
il will he impossible to learn exactly how
many teachers will be needed to conduct th6.
courses.
Or Lucy Wilson. of the South Phil0s'
delphia Girls High School who Is to "a
head of the summer school, the first ever
held in this city. stated today. however. thar
the faculty would approximate thirty. Ju06-
ing from the number of girls aud older
women, some of whom are wives of enlisted
men, that have applied for admission, the
student list may number 1000. gf%
Two days are set aside for registration.
Registrants will give their names and appli-
cations for study at the William Penn High
School, where the school will he held, on
either Friday or July l. The former date
is for the registration of girls already en-
rolled who wish either to make up condi-
tions OF promotion or to plan for shortening
next years course.
July is the entrance day for high school
graduates or other older women who wish
to take advantage of the summer courses
offered in number Of subjects.
Courses open to girls and women enrolling
in the war school include bookkeeping cur
rent history. mechanical drawing, English.
mathematics, filing. stenography and type
writing. housekeeping. blueprint reading,
machine-shop practice and civics.
"one of the most valuable and necessary
courses" said Doctor Wilson today, teaches
Ming systems. This will be taught by one
or the most expert librarians we can get
Two periods daily during month, either
July or August. can be given to 1t.
captain Moore head of the civilian labor
department of the ordnance department. will
be in charge of course which will prepare
women with especial aptitude for mathe-
matics to take positions with the Govern
ment This work will include logarithms, ver-
ner. slide rules and other subjects in mathe-
matics which Captain Moore has found are
useful to persons engaged in various branches
Of Government work
The war school will offer splendid oppor-
tunites for women declared. Doctor VIII
son. Already many are showing a dispoei-
ton to take advantage OF them. College
graduates and others who are not graduates
also wives or enlisted men and girls who are
tired of being idle have made application
TOT the course motor messenger girl who
cannot come in the afternoon because she
must drive her car has indica ted that she
VIII be a pupil. large number of married
women expect TO take advantage of it,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
The Chaperon's Alphabet

A is Advice which all maidens need;
Il is the Beauty, which seldom will heed
{ Is the Caller, who's apt to stay late;
d. Is Duenna or Duty or Date:
f Is Fngagement-a troublesome time;
+. Is F'lirtatiOn-a capital crime;
& is for Gossip. ones bound to prevent.
II is the Heart, where dwells discomfort;
is Intentions, too often concealed:
j stands for Jealousy, always revealed:
X is for Kittenish-nO no not for Kisses.
l. Is for Liking-Loves not for misses:
NJ is the Marriage that ends supervision;
y is the Nonsense that calls for decision:
O's Opportunity found everywhere;
is Papa, who Is so unaware;
q Is the Question that ought to be popped
II Is Reply. she may give II not stopped;
= is a Sigh. so provoking to hear;
T is the Talk too faint for my ear;
u is Ungrateful for kindness and thought
V is for Vow by which victims are caught
w spells both Wedding ana Wlre
y stands for joys of the Chaperon's life:
is for Youth-oh, what fools mortals be
And u is the Zeitgeist hostile to me.
TUDOR JENKS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
CANNING CHIEF TOPIC
ALONG MAIN LINE
Rare Aromas Watt From kitch.
ems: Fox.Trots and Bridge
Forgotten

The day when man. coming home IN
general bad humor. could vent 1t by casting
aspersion his wfe's abilities in the house
keeping line especially in the art of cookery,
has vanished.
Once ne could come home and. finding his
wife at bridge party. lament that she
couldn't make preserves; and. sitting In his
lonely Morris chair brood on the damson
jam on mothers pantry shelves.
To Judge from the zeal and the increasing
skill with which women whose pretty fingers
two years ago could not stone a cherry are
mastering the art of canning and preserr-
ing and ''jamming.' one would say that the
super-housekeeper has come upon the earth.
Every one is canning along the Main Line
Tennis. fox-trots and bridge are nothing be-
side the ancient sport of cooking. From the
large kitchens of the canning centers rise
delicate perfumes. which make the heart of
the passer-by grow bold and the man in khaki
convinced that food will win the war.
The spectator is imbued with the belief
that this particular brand of war work which
Is absorbing the attention of Main Line
women is an uncommonly attractive one.
When young woman with pretty arms rolls
up her sleeves in workmanlike fashion and
puts on a sensible apron with frills and her
cheeks grow pink from her ardent attention
to a cauldron Of simmering butter beans she
Is charming.
And they are SO uncommonly efficient.
They know what they are about every min
ute. Their presence Of mind when jar of
peaches has relapse. for example-their
very language filled with the subtle techni-
calities of the kitchen, all tends to fill the
soul Of the masculine beholder with awe
In every canning center is a neat frst-aid
shop, for many are the wounds suffered by
this very jealous and earnest army behind
the lines machine which pees things can
take nip out of the fair mechanics hand II
her mind wanders beets may boil over, and
frequently do. and countless other dangers
beset the business of canning.
The Woman's Club at Ardmore has made
the new clubhouse a community center and
has given the use of the kitchen and dining
room to the Ardmore Canning Center of
which Miss Mary Gibson is chairman. There
the business of food conservation will go on
daily, portioned out in different groups of
work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
ANIMATING FRAGRANCE
FROM NATURES STORE
David Crayson Finds Early Morn.
ing Best Time to Inhale
Rare Odors

"Of all times of the day for good odors
I think the early morning the very best. al
though the evening. just after sunset II the
air falls still and cool is often as good Ger
tain qualities states of the atmosphere
seem to favor the distilation of good odors
and ] have known times even at midday
when the earth was very wonderful to smell
There is curious. fainting frarrance that
comes cnly with sunshine and still heat. Not
long ago was cutting away a thicket of
wild spiraea which was crowding in upon the
cultivated land" writes David Grayson in
Great Possessions" 1T was hot day and
the leaves wilted quickly. giving off such
penetrating. fainting fragrance that let the
branches lie where they fell the afternoon
through and came often back to smell of
them. for II is fine thing thus to discove,
an odor wholly new to me.
IT like the first Wild, sweet smell of new
cut meadow grass. not the familiar odor of
new mown hay, which comes little later
and is worthy of its good report but the
brief, despairing odor OF grass just cut
down. its juices freshly exposed to the sun
One has IL richly IN the fields at the moving.
/ like also the midday smell of peach leaves
and peach tree bark at the summer pruning
and have never let any one else cut out the
old canes from the blackberry rows in my
garden fer the goodness of the scents which
wait upon that work.
Another odor ! have found animating is
the odor Of burning wastage in new clearings
or In old fields. especially in the evenings
when the smoke drifts low along the land
and takes to itself by some strange chemical
process the tang of earthly things. It is a
true saying that nothing will Sc bring hack
the emotion of a past time as a remembered
odor. have had from whiff of fragrance
caught in city street such vivid return OF
an old time. - that ! have stopned
trembling there. with an emotion long spent
and I thought forgotten.
.'oncel in foreign city, passing iatticed
gateway that closed in a narrow court. I
caught the odor of wild sweet balsam. 4 do
not know now where 1t came from or what
could have caused it-but It stopped me short
where ] stood and the solid brick walls OF
that city rolled aside like painted curtains.
and the iron streets dissolved before my eyes,
] was myself upon the hill Of nv youth--
with the cleaning river In the yellsy ~ Z
hawk sailing msjestically n tho M G
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
LAWN FETE AT BALA HOME
French War Orphans Will Benefit by Junior
Corps Entertainment

The Bala-Cynwyd junior corps Of the Ma
tonal League for Woman's Service will give
a lawn fete this evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John L. Nandiver, 100 Birch ave-
nue., Bala from 7 until II 40 o'clock
The affair will be for the benefit of the
French war orphans. and the amount raised
will be given to Doctor Rose, who will take
the money to France.
Among the attractions at the fete will be
"jitney dancing" on the porch. with music
by Beck's Orchestra. The decorations will
consist of hundreds of Japanese lanterns
strung around the porch and throughout the
grounds
Cakes. candy. cigars cigarettes and lem
onade will be sold. also number of attrac-
tive novelties donated for the AFFAIR. gypsy
fortune-teller will add interest to the evening.
Miss Ethelwyn Vandiver and Miss Sarah
Mahon are in charge of the lawn fete. and
they will be assisted by the other members
of the Bala-Cynwyd junior corps, including
Lieutenant Mary PEBBLES. Miss Isabel
Spering. Miss Marion Wilson. Miss Margaret
PEBBLES. Miss Katherine Thompson, Miss Jane
Laird. Miss katherine McClatchy and Miss
Mildred Harris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
2,67S,OOO NEW BABIES
GRACED HOMES in 1917
Net Increase in Population in This
Country for the Year Placed
at 100000

Infant mortality statistics compiled by
the New York Milk Committee reveal the
fact that there was a bumper baby crop
throughout the United States In 1917. Bas-
Ing its conclusions OH the figures cleaned
from 1853 Of the largest cities In the coun.
try the committee estimates that the mum.
ber of births throughout the nation totaled
2,678,0O0 and the number Of deaths
1,64S.O0O leaving a national increase in
population Of over 100000
An ANALYSIS Of the 1853 cities whose sta
tistics form the basis of the committees
report shows that the municipalities with
populations under $4,000 have the best en-
vironment for children and that the death
rate among babies in the bigger cities,
where poor people are more abundant and
living conditions more congested. Is com.
paratively high. Cities under $4,000 in
1917 had an average death rate of 9O.9
thence from $4,000 to 100000 87.4 and those
with population over 100000, 982
Among the cities Of the last-named class
Omaha claims first place with a death
rate of only 500 and Seattle comes second
with rate Of 594. Nashville Tenn had
the highest rate, 1872. Seventeen other big
cities showed death rates Of ever 100 per
thousand Tor 1917 They are: Chicago,
1864; Philadelphia, 10; Cleveland. 104 8 |;
Baltimore. 1913; Pittsburgh, 1852; Detroit,
1896; Buffalo. 1897; New Orleans. 113.5
Jersey City, 1913; Louisville, 11O5; Syra.
cuse, 1913; Birmingham. 1475; Memphis,
1857: Richmond, 134.5: Fall River, 1888;
Grand Rapids, 134.9, and Albany. 1882.
The five honor roll cities boasting death
rates under fifty per thousand are Berke.
ley. Cal, with population Of 4O,434, 434 ;
Everett, Mass. with a population of 34.4s4,
ASS; Brookline, Mass, with a population
of 27,792, 41.2; Alameda, Cal, with popu.
lation Of 23,333, 40.7, and La Crosse, Wis,
with a population Of so,417, 42.2.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
Married at Church Door

Not until the time of the Information was
marriage sanctioned as rite to be fittinG1y
performed within a church. Prior to this
the customary place was at the door Of the
church, and not within the sacred inclosure.
This rule appears to have been trans-
gressed, but until publication in 1549 Of the
first Prayer Book of Edward VI. the Rubric
of the Sarum Manual was in use which d.
rected that the man and woman about to ~
married should be placed before the door of
the church.
1t was considered indecent to unite within
the church itself. CIV
Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales" writtey
in 1888. alludes to this custom in his .Wtfe
of Bath" with the lines:
she was worthy woman all her live
Husbands at the church door had she nve =
Even as late Of 1853 Elizabeth, daughta9s
OF Henry III of France. was married fo,
phiiip ii OF Spain, by the Bishop of Paris,
at the church door of Notre Dame Whit
Mary Stuart had been married the year ~
fore to the pauphin on the same spot
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

train of satin lined with fesh-colored chiffon
Her tule veil was held in place with orange
blossoms and she carried shower bouquet
OF sweetheart roses and lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor frock of tur-
quoise blue satin over silver cloth. Her hat
was of gray maline with a crown of peach
colored roses and harem streamers of the
maline tying across her face The brides
maids wore similar frocks of pink and silver.
They all carried arm bouquets of sweetheart
roses.
Captain Fisher had his brother. Mr. Fred
erick j. Fisher, L. S. A, of Washington,
D. c.. as best man, and the ushers were:
Mr.. Robert j. Hanley, of New York Mr..
William T. Lennane, Jr., of New York Mr.
George Beam Hassett, of Detroit: Mr. Will
liam b. Oregon. of Detroit and the brides
brother, Mr. Charles Thorne Murphy, L. $. $.
NJ. A. of New Haven, Conn.
The brides father was Mike" Murphy,
the well-loved trainer of many seasons of
successful athletes at the University of Penn
sylvania. a..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
Notes on WOmen's Work
in Var activities Here

DIR. Charles d, Hart will address the Super
intendent of Hospitals Association this aft
ernoon to interest the members in the cam
paign for Red Cross nurse enlistments
Several other meetings are In prospect. In
July dinner to which every woman in
Philadelphia who holds a diploma from an
accredited institution will he invited will be
given. tea is planned to bring together
the heads of all women's organizations here,
through whom the canvass for nurses will be
promoted
Under the direction OF the Pennsylvania
Auxiliary 70 the Navy Relief Association, n
song cycle WAS GiyeR With ane success AZ
ne se;9elcel $780, ~ aishs " ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
FISHER-MURPHY

A wedding of interest in this city took
place in Detroit this morning when Miss
Matele Marie Murphy, daughter Of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Murphy, formerly
of West Philadelphia, became the bride OF
Captain Urban Andrew Fisher, U. S. A., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Fisher Of Detroit
The ceremony was performed in the Church
of ST. Peter and st. Paul, and the bride was
given In marriage by her grandfather, Mr..
Jeremiah @. Long, who with Mrs. Long. cell
ebrates today his ffty-sixth wedding anni-
versary.
Miss Murphy was attended by Miss Ida
Senger of this city maid of honor and
by Miss Alberta Elizabeth Fisher, a sister of
the bridegroom, and Misp p>Mildred N. Myers.
roth Of pperolf, ~ hrt1eenaids. The hri4e
ss;s ssss = : 81 % 5 I''s ;.s sse : !, = 4 n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
NAVAL OFFICER
TAKES BRIDE TODAY
Miss Agnes McDonogh Married to
Ensign Jamard Zeckwer, U. S.
N. r. F., This Morning

The marriage Of Miss Agnes McDonogh,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ +. McDonogh,
of o127 Pine street. and Ensign Jamard T.
Zeckwer, U. S. N r. F.. son of Mr.. Richard
Zeckwer and the late Mrs. Zeckwer. of this
city. took place today at II o'clock at s.:
Patrck's Church. Rittenhouse and Twentieth
streets.
Rt Rev. Monsignor William Kieran. d. D..
rector Of the church. performed the ceremony
and celebrated the nuptial mass.
The bride who was given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of cloth OF silver
veiled in while tulle and trimmed with
duchesse lace. Her court train was OF white
satin lined with cloth of silver. Her tulie
veil was arranged under coronet or
duchesse lace and orange blossoms, and she
carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley and
orchids.
Miss Kathleen McDonogh, sister or the
bride, was maid of honor. Her frock was Of
fesh-colored crepe de chine and she carried
an arm bouquet of spring flowers. The hat
worn with this costume was Of brown maltne
and had fiat brown velvet daisies on the
brim as a trimming.
The bridesmaids included Mrs Alexander
r. Sklnker, OF st. Louis Mrs. Karl H. Rog-
ers, Mrs Charming w. Daniel and Miss Anna
B. Gardiner of this city. They wore quaint
frocks of white organdie made with skirts
of three ruffies and kerchefs Of organdie and
lace about the shoulders. Their girdles
were of fiesh-colored satin and they wore
pink tulle and straw hats trimmed with
wheat. They carried spring flowers also.
Ensign Zeckwer had Mr.. Henry A. Mad
dock as best man, and the following gentle
men acted as ushers: Ensign George A.
Bisler, L. S. n. r. F.. Ensign Harold Foster.
IT,. S. n r. F.: Ensign William Marty. u.
s. n. r. F.; Ensign Ralph Armour, u. s. \.
r. F. Ensign Allan Glenn, U. S. n. X. F. +;
Mr.. Christopher l.. Pierson and Mr.. George
G. Hill.
The church was beautifully decorated with
palms and white flowers and the bridal party
knelt on white prize deus during the mass.
small reception was held at the Aidine
Hotel after the ceremony for the immediate
families and few intimate friends.
After their wedding trip Ensign and Mrs.
Zeckwer will live in Lewes, Del. where
Ensign Zeckwer is stationed at present.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
EILBER-KELLER

The marriage of Miss Irene Keller daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Keller, of 1922 North Car
Isle street to Mr.. Ernest II. Eilber of 2Ol7
West Ontario street. was solemnized this
morning at the home of the Rev. II. II. Hart
man, of the Bethany Tabernacle, who per-
formed the ceremony. Mr.. Eiber and his
bride left for Atlantic City. They will he
at home after July Is at 3633 North Syden-
ham street, Tioga.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
Social Activities

II. ana Mrs, Henry Brinton, Of Haffod.
(Sni(fps Wni Give their annual Independence
~ ~ ysAr e ~ sseAi I.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
PRIZER-WALSH

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Lisette
Walsh, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Francis T.
Walsh, of 1925 Walnut street, and Mr. How
ard Davis Prizer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Atmore Prizer, of 421s Pine street will take
place at 6 o'clock this evening at the home of
the brides parents. The ceremony will be
performed by the Rev. William Megargee
The bride, who will be given in marriage
by her father will be attended by Mrs. John
Clarity, as matron of honor, and by Miss
Charlotte Ware, as maid of honor. The best
man will be Mr.. Joseph Binns U. S. n. r. F.,
a cousin of the bridegroom, and the ushers
will be Mr.. James Warren U. S. n. r. F. {;
Mr. Paul Greenwood U. s. n. r. F.; Mr..
Daniel Hogan, U. S. N r. F., and Mr.. Fran
els j. Walsh. U. s. r.
The bride will wear gown of white satin
trimmed with crystal beads and tulle, with a
tulle veil trimmed with duchess lace. She
will carry white orchids and lilies of the val
ley The matron of honor will wear lavender
organde trimmed with blue ribbons. and the
maid of honor will wear pink organdie
trimmed with blue ribbons and they will
both wear large leghorn hats trimmed with
blue tulle streamers and will carry lavender
orchids pink roses and blue larkspur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Przer will spend the summer
in Chelsea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
MANNING-MCNHALL

The marriage CT Miss Ruth Munhall.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. W. Munhall. of
236 Harvey street, Germantown, and Mr..
Arthur Clarence Manning will take place this
afternoon at 80 o'clock at the home of the
brides parents The ceremony will be per-
formed by the brides father, assisted by the
Rev Edward S. Minde. D. D., pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Germantown. The
bride who will he given In marriage by her
brcther-in-aw, Mr.. q. Albert Smyth, will be
attended by her sister. Miss Elizabeth Nun
hail. as maid of honor. and by her niece,
Miss Elizabeth Smyth. flower girl The
best man will be Mr.. Lyman Steed of Wash
ington, d. c.
The bride will wear gown Of beaded
georgette crepe, with georgette crepe hat,
and will carry a bridal bouquet The maid
of honor will wear embroidered white net
and large hat of blue georgette crepe and
will carry pink roses. The flower girl will
wear white.
The wedding will be followed by a small
reception. Mr.. and Mrs. Manning will live
at Wissnoming Hall. in the Mount Airy In
stitute for the Deaf and Dumb. where Mr..
Manning is principal OF the higher schools.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The wedding of Miss Marie Helene OAR
denne. of 1913 North Delhi street. and Mr..
James Turner Anthony Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs James Turner Anthony, of l4Os West
Tioga street. will take place at 7 40 o'clock
this evening, in the Erie Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, Erie avenue and Seventh
street. The pastor, the Rev. John T. Gray,
will perform the ceremony. The bride will
wear II gown of white satin with pearl
trimming and a veil of tulle extending TO
the hem of the long panel train and caught
with natural orange blossoms. Bride roses
and lilies-o the-valley will be combined in
her shower bouquet. The brides father will
give her in marriage. and her sister, Miss
Freda DArdenne. will be maid of honor.
She will wear pale pink satin veiled with
blue chiffon, and hat of pink tue trim
med with pink rosebuds and blue velvet
streamers shower of tea roses will he
carried. Miss Cora Belle Anthony, the
bridegroom's sister and Miss Mae O'Donnell
of West Philadelphia, will be the brides
maids. They will wear pink satin frocks
yelled with chiffon edged with pearl trim
ming Their hats will be similar to that
worn by the maid of honor and they will
carry pink roses.
Ensign B. Lewis Jarvis, of Boston, Mass
associate chief executive of the u S. n. Col
lege at Harvard. will be the best man, and
the ushers will be Mr.. William Cooper
Anthony and Mr.. Herman D'Ardenne. After
the ceremony there will be reception a,
the home of the bridegrooms parents. Mr.
Anthony and his bride will leave a fort
nights trip and will be at home after July
Is at 1914 North Delhi street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs Ellwood II. Darlington, Of
West Chester. announce the engagement of
their. daughter. Miss Dorothy Parker Dar-
lington. and Mr.. Paul Grier Jefferis, of West
Chester and Reading.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-23
NEW WORLD ITEMS

A Costly MausoIeum.--In the Cath
Ole cemetery at Fort Wayne, Ind,
mausoleum costing 100000 is in
course of erection.