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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
100000 SUBSCRIBED
TOL0AN AT MEADE
National Army Camp Men
Aim at Sl.0O0,000 Mark
for Liberty

camp MeAucs NlN.s hhN u
Little pcDn's Liberty Loan campaign
has uctted subscriptions that total more
than 100000.
This announcement, which proves that
the boys In khaki are not only willing TO
fight for human liberty, hut also to back
up their comrades i'm the picardy
trenches was made today by officers In
charge of the campaign An oven
Sl,0OO0 0o0 and perhaps a trinc more,
will he realized, it is believed by every
man i'm camp. They are working quietly
but very effectively and getting results.
How the soldiers are working to put
the loan over can be appreciated when
the effort Of Sergeant II. y Burl<y,
Battery r. 312th Field Artillery Is
cited Sergeant Burky, formerly em-
ployed by the General Chemical Com
pauy. at Marcus Hook wrote letters to
former shopmates at Marcus Hook and
urged them to get busy They did,
and as result more than 100000 was
added to the loan. This amount has
been credited to Battery =. which Is
"liyc wire" Of the 312th Field Artillery
cash sales i'm the camps loan campaign
total $319.3O0. Under the allotment
system the soldiers have subscribed
$15i.O5O. The y NJ. G, \. is credited
with $2O2,25O.
Captain Buys 900 worth
r,,. ,',,,.., i...ii,.td,,,, ,,,,sc,i,,,for
- -, -. - e-o am f,,,,,
Cantaiu r. G. clay. \ dozen Or more
officers have subscribed for amounts
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
New selects arriving IN big batcn's
ana introduction OF additional tralhhE
features have given the camp ireSh
lease OF lie ana sections that were con-
sldercd dull and drab rev days ago
are now teeminE. The recent arrivals
are "roWdIng the reElmentaI inlrnarleS
TO undergo physical tests gathering III
the ueldS for preliminary instruction III
the Scho"I "i the soldier ana hIIlhS I'e
concrete roads as thtE NIKE over 'le
camp feJ'ctlohS Tor physl'al oel',lS
VIII be reduced quite appr'cIabIF as tn'
new Federal guard UNITS are Drought up
TO war strength. lheSe UNITS ar" 10
guard dock property, munitions plants
ana bridges ana many men u'Slu""il,u
Tor overseas duty VIII make up ,he
RANKS scores "l men are InSS'C'"S
htted Tor inns sort OF service, nut o""E
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01

GIRLS wartedi learners and experienced;
good We Cos paid steady work. Apply
Griswold Worstcd COMPANY. Darby. Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
Music
LOST AND FOUND

BREASTPlN-Lost, butterfly broastpiu,
set with rhinosionos and cmoralds. he
between the hours Of and g. kindly re-
turn t. dth and Chestnut. Public Ledger,
main office. Reward.
MONEY--Lost. five 500 and one $40. Auto
mat, Juniper below Chestnut, Monday;
liberal reward. Address + G5S, Led. Cent.
black fur neckpiecc, I'm
OverbrOOk. sunday night. Reward II re-
turned TO University Penn, Dormitory Oflyc.
POMERANIAN--Lost. In the vicinity Of
10Th and Walnut a black Pomoranan.
answering to the name OF Pom. Liberal re
ward If returned to 1927 Walnut. Apt. A.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
RIVIERA Is LIFELESS
WITH GUESTS AT WAR
Great Resort Is Deserted Tx
cepl for Few Officers
on Leave

The Riviera season" has mishred
This, as might have been expected, is
y med on the difficulties of transport
and food supply. The military Mayor Of
Nice stopped over few days ago and
said there were too many foreigners ON
the famed Riviera for the towns 10 take
care of them adequately This brought
a protest from the hotel and commercial
world and he modified his assertion and
said that he had been misunderstood.
His explanation did not tend to make
things much better, and, anyway, one
cannot get away from hard, cold facts.
There is war in Europe and ii is having
its effect on all parts Of France, as is
but natural
In reality the Riviera, indeed all south
ern France, Is considerably better off
with the material things Of life than the
north, but that is no reason why it
should be expected to accomplish the inn
possible, and the visitors to this land Of
sunshine are particularly insistent on
their comfort and their demands for
those accessories of modern life which
arc the natural concomitants Of an cN-
isteuce by the shores Of the blue
Mediterranean
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-01
GIRLS
for
NJ SPtNNT'

dRS TSsS woesd pa 2srs and ESSy
Griswold Worsted COMPANY. Darby. Pa.
GIRJS > stroug. Intelligent t0 take care
NJ stock and wr3u packages. IN shinoing
o'cicck SATURDAY.. G ala Ledger oUicc
md ironine. can Thursday hofor" q -. ~.
sot' =, Ga~an Trs" s"c W"%a"HG, ktry ktTys'""' '''
GIRLS WANTED: coon WAGES, STEIpy
FRAME 90 3nTtt AND THOMPSON SITS.
GIRLS t. wanted. o'oady employment. An
ply the National Drug Co. 1870 stem
ton ave.
GIRLS ovo- 10. for nddressoprnrh aud otfirc
work Emn. Div. - y 2gd.
iSarrinG. 5la $ sd ct
UOTSEWORE general. good wages: rolf
wcst rSi,odcirhla.
UOUSEWORE- Tor general houseyorl,:
slo"p in. good home for right party 1909
'SEWORK-Whitc girl wanted, no cook
ing or washing; 81 per week. i72n Ralt-
KNrrTERs
on underwear; steady work; good nav:
learners taken. nuld while learning: also
give bonus in United states Government
w4liEIEylE,ll;Tn? ~ 7; ?ei KNlTrlTG y r gT NHlrI1s
LADY CREW MANAGERS WANTED
" GOOD sHTLHRY AND FONTS '''''
j. X. scANpRETT. SALES MANAGER
i2il Ridge ave.
MOTHERS. HELPER. care OF 4-ycor-old
"i-' ''3o tocust n.
Open NToRs on knit underwear: stoody
work. good learners taken Maid
whil" l"arningi also bonus paid In, Y, $, Gov.
MINIS ll55 Wakefield St. Germantown,
'EHEir riYrxi EEE6 &d3ERrNH NTHATTcEPr AMTlcHrvG s.
Also FINlSHERS And LEARNERS
HE,,Tir ArTIY MR. NAGEY, 1920 CAL
Scao6or a S''R2g a! %aa'?i Sna Maro APy sta lara "a
foor.
( SINNERS tw!sters aud dorfors. w9piel;
beginners paid while learning. N"wdell &
Jones Co. 5ith aud Poplar SITS
. sTENotaAPHEg, nREEERARLY .ogXM
$y'T& %EEEnIIEs.F p H$FFSi H&}FFTSf
AIRY Mp vEXGrELiEISSTI CHANGkE Ia5 EGR EGR
AND MERCH Ant BUILDING. 80 AND
CHESTNUT SITS.
STENOGRNPHE FTPERIENCED. AC-
TIVE. NEAT AND TNDTSTRIOTS. WITH
HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. PLEASANT
/ Sl'RRpT'NDlNGS AND OPPORTUNITY TO
ADVANCE STATE AGE, EXPERIENCE,
! SALARY REoTIRED TO START c 3o3,
LEDGER OFFICE.
/ STENOGRAPHER 10 do general offce work /:
smith machine, business centrally located.
I VI i5l. Ledger Central
TEACHER-wnnted public school teacher
under 81 wishing moro desirable employ
ment 7 900, LadGcr Office.
WARD MAIDS. SII per month aud board:
room out. University Hospital, 1900
SnruUo 81.
WEAVERS on plaln work Imperial woolen
Co Main and Rector SITS, Manayunk.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
MAN Is NOW AT HIS BEST
There Has Been No "Moral and Physical Degeneration"
of the Race.

The big average height of the men drafted into the United States army
IS being widely commented upon in the press, and it appears that the facts
justify the favorable remarks being made, says a writer in Montreal Gazette.
Records of the quartermasters office show that the Americans who are dom
ming the army uniform today are bigger than the men who fought in former
wars. The size nos in demandf for the standard army shoe in the pat vas re,
while the average sze of the marching shoe today is SID and that of the
experiment that soldiers require a larger shoe for the trenches, it being
necessary to YEA two pairs of socks at a time In cold wet weather. Sim
Harry the presentday American soldier has to be provided with a size larger
nan MS predecessor in coats, shirts breeches. He is a bigger mn all
around, which is decidedly satisfactory from the national point of view.
Events in other beIigerent lands since the va began have served to
prove that me generally are IS strong physically and morally as Eve they
were in history. The long campaign in the trenches in Europe has put the
soldiers to q greater test than the fighting men of the past were submitted to
in The worsto of the numerous old wars They have stood that test and the
hundreds of thousands who survive the lannon's blast and the rifles bullet
will emerge physically fine specimens of manhood.
1t is lot necessary to look to the United States or over to Europe to see
that the human ice has lot deterorated. Canada is a small nation col
pared with its tremendous neghbor and with other allies. It had a population
at the census of 1911 of 100000 about half of. whom are males. Out If the
young men part o. this total 100000 men have measured u D to the severe
medical test of the army, and som tens of thousands of others have been
examined and rejected for minor defects that do not interfere with their life
a IS civilians, and do lot threaten to shorten their days apprecfably. The men
who were taken to the field of "a have lived in the OPEN, through the heat
of summer and the cold and snow and vet of winter, and the thunder of
guns has been constantly in their ears.
The stress of the deadiest warfare has not broken their spirit, and they
ready today to fac attack from a powerful enemy and to deliver it in
return. In view of these facts, the little bodies OF gloomy and narrow-minded
persons h NEE periodically and resolve that the race is degenerating
physically and morally should rest from their croaking for the time being.
Actual conditions are confounding their slanderous assertions. The ace is
stronger today than ever.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
New Seed Oils Will Supply
Valuable Food, Tests Made
BY Government Have Proved

In experiments to determine the d.
gestibility of oils made from corn, soy
beans, sunf1ower seeds, Japanese mus
tard seed, rape seed, and charlock seed
oils not now commonly in use-the
United States department of agricul-
ture found that they are well assimi-
lated, and in value compare favorably
with other vegetable oils.
These digestion experiments, report
ed in Bulletin 6S7 published by the de-
partment, are a part of the series
which is being conducted by the de-
partment to determine the digestibil-
fty of various foods. During the test
period (three days. in which the oils
referred to constituted practically the
entire sources of fat, the subjects ate
or an average of So to 90 grams per
day, and did not report any ill effects.
To judge by their digestibility these
oils, according to the bulletin, should
prove satisfactory sources of fat for
the dietary.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Toad in the Garden DESTROYS
Many Insects During the Day

The toad is useful because of its
diet. No less than SO species of in
sects, mostly injurious, have been
proved to enter into it's dietary. In
his Civic Biology" George w. Hunter
says: A toad has been observed to
snap up 12S flies in half an hour. Thus
at a low estimate it could easily de-
stroy a thousand insects during a day
and do an immense service to the gar
den during the summer. 1t has been
estimated by Kirkland that a single
toad may, on account of the cutworms
which it kills, be worth $19.SS each
season it lives, If the damage done by
each cutworm be estimated at only
n cent. Toads also feed uplu slugs
and other garden pests.--l'o pular
Science Monthly.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Chemists May
Win War
Seek Poison Gas That Will De-
stroy Whole Armies.

American chemists working on the
poison gas problem may bring the al
to a victorious close for the allies in
their laboratories.
They are working hard, together
with British chemists, to find a color
less, odorless and invisible gas, which,
sweeping over a sleeping army, would
destroy it.
The Germans are also working to
find such a gas. Whichever side finds
it first will win the war, declares a
Washington writer.
The "Gas shell" is not necessarily a
shell. 1t may contain ia liquid or even
a solid, and it opens up the whole
sphere of organic chemistry to be
drawn upon for materials.
In every German drive this year
there has been a gas strategy. Full
dress %rehearsals in gas to
meet every possible situation were
held by the Germans before an attack.
In the March drive captured maps
show the Germans had worked out a
coming system over allied territory.
Some zones were drenched with gas
and others left untouched. The Ger
man attacking troops were supplied
with maps to indicate the safety zones
through which they might pass with
out harm.
Some We're subjected to ephe-
neral gases which ev%aporated before
the arrival of the oncoming Germans.
Other areas were bombarded with sew
eral hundred thousand shells, the gas
from which fingered for hours. On one
seven-mile sector the Germans dis
charged 125,000 12-pound shells in one
day.
The 'front.' is not the solid line it
looks to be on the maps. 1t is a series
of strongly-held posts, often hills. The
Germans use gas shells against these
strongholds, attempt to drive the de-
tenders from them and to pass through
the safety zones between.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09

their clubs to take positions in the
Steel league and to play with ship
building concerns.
He says the move displays a lack of
patriotism and is not helping the
sport, inasmuch as the people who sup
port the game do not think highly of
these men.
Ball players who are in the draft
and jump their clubs to go to work in
the steel and shipbuilding leagues are
not doing baseball a bit of good,' said
Maranville. "They also are not help
ing Uncle Sam. They are not skilled
enough to be of much use in those con-
Germs and their chief object is to play
ball. Fans will remember the players
who left their clubs, and after the
wal is ver those who come back I'M
doubtedly will be tormented all around
the circuit for their act
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Sensations of an AirpIane
Man Detailed as to Thrills
Experienced at Dizzy Height

The trials for my military brevet
we're fer the most interesting thing I
have done in aviation. On finishing
the 60-horse power Bleriot class, | was
told that l would have to do my brevet
work on a small Cauldron biplane, as
there were no Bleriots available, writes
Nordhoff In Atlantic Monthly.
Off she went with a roar, all ten cyl
'nders firing perfectly, so l motioned
the mechanic to pull out the blocks
from before the wheels. A quick rush
and a tlrn headed me into the wind,
and the Lext moment the starters arm
shot forward.
Old 2887 Is a bully bus. I was off
the ground and heading up in forty
yards. 1t was rather an occasion for
q beginner who had never before flown
over $500 feet. The little Cauldrons, of
course, are not hign-powered, but she
climbed splendidly. In ten minutes [
was circling over the camps at $500
feet and In twenty I had reached 5000,
Just under the roof of the clouds. There
was only blue hole through, so up
this funnel 1 climbed in decreasing cir
cles, till 1 finally burst out into the
gorgeous upper sunlight.
At 5000 feet I began to float about
In a world of utter celestial loneliness
dazzling pure sun, like the water of
a coral atoll, and beneath me a billowy
sea of clouds, stretching away to in
inity. Here and there, from the
cloudy prairies great fantastic noun
tain ranges reared themselves; foot
hills and long divides, vast snowy
peaks, impalpable sisters of Orizaba
or C~himborazo, and deep gorges, ever
narrowing, widening or deepening,
across whose shadowy depths drove
ribbons Of thin gray mist.
Once, as 1 was sailing over a broad
canyon, l saw far off in the south a
dark moving dot and knew with a sud-
den thrill that another man like N.Y.
self, astride his gaunt buzzing bird, was
exploring and marveling at this upper
dream world.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
This Country Now Produces
Indigo Made From Coal Tar

Indigo is now being made from coal
tar in this country. AT Midland, Mich,
LOCO pounds of 20 per cen paste are
produced daily, reports Popular
Science Monthly. All the tariff bills
Of this nation, commencing with the
tariff of March 3, 1888, and including
the tariff of October 8, 1913, placed
indigo on the free list. Not until Sep
TENDER 8, 1916, was a bill passed put
ting a duty on it. 1t was the first
schedule that braved the anger of the
German dyemakers.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Good-By, Sugar Bowl!

Sugar bowls will be eliminated on
dining cars as a part of the conserva-
ton program of the food administra-
ton and hereafter not more than two
half Jumps or n te%aspoonful of sugar
a meal will be served. The informa-
ton was contained in a message to
the food administration from B. S.
Harvey of Chicago, chairman of the
administrative committee of dining
car superintendent.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Here and There.

The duchess of Marlborough
is leading a movement among
English women to sell their fam
lily jewels for war funds.
There are now % aviation
training fields operated by the
government in different parts of
the United States.
An order for 100000 pairs of
knee-length rubber boots for the
French army has been placed
with American manufacturers.
Australians are experimenting
with a mammoth oil-driven har-
vester which strips grain fields
at a rate of about 60 acres a day.
a
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
1T is TO LAUGH

Getting the Expression.

Getting the Expression.
twill you take something to drink"
asked the photographer.
with pleasure" the sitter replied.
The photograph was taken and the
sitter said:
But what about the little invita-
tion?'
"0h, that's just a professional ruse
of mine to give a natural, interested
expression to the face"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
A Bad Start.

Bride-Im so afraid people will find
out that we're just married, that I've
made Jack promise to treat me in pub
he just as if he had no thought of
anyone but himself
Mrs. Longwed-My dear, I adopted
that plan when 1 was married, and M
husband never got over it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Former Boston Brave RoastS
Ball Players Deserving Clubs
to Take Steel League Jobs

Walter (Rabbit) Maranville, a chief
gunner's mate on the battleship Penn
s%ylvania, former Boston Brave short
stop, and one of the greatest infield-
ers of the National league, criticizes
baseball players who are deserving
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
New Electric Heaters.

Vessels lined with metal that will
conduct electricity % heat liquids as
they are poured from one to another
ave been patented by an inventor in
pennsylvania.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
A Hot One.

Mrs. A.-You were such a charm
ing debutante, my dear, five years ago.
Miss B.-Was I? I only remember
you made such a lovely %chaperone for
me when 1 came out.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Strayed Away.
A d ertisement

A d V ertiSement
-"Lost while go
ing h o IN e t
Brookllne, black
leather handbag"
You cannot al
ways trust a black
leather handbag
to go straig h t
home every night.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Just Like PEOPLE.

microbes are not all of n kind"
mo, indeed there are romantic mi
cenary microbes that live on dollar
bills"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
In All Sincerity.

II made a bad
break just now"
allow SOP"
81 told Miss Pas
see I'd ask her to
dance, only there
wasn't room on
the floor to swing
a cat !"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Personal.

Te-The fools are not all dead ycs.
She-That's as ure as you live.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Have You Made
Your Will !?

Making a will is almost a duty.
Hardship on those who who follow In
your footsteps and increased expense
of settlement of your estate will like
ly be the result of your failure to at
tend to this important matter.
This Company can be of service to
you and would appreciate an inter
view.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-11-09
Guarantee Trust co.
North Carolina and Atlantic Avenues
ATLANTIC CITY.

Daniel S. White, President; Henry
w. Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Vice
Presidents; Herman M. Sypherd, Vice
President and Trust officer; Harry T.
Sickler, Treasurer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-04-19
HOW AUTOMOBILE
MAY Be LEARNED
Initial Lesson in Handling Ma
chine Should Be How to
Stop Quickly.
STARTING NOT so IMPORTANT
Make Numerous Attempts to Bring Car
to standstiii Until Confidence fs
GaIned-Measure Distance
Accurately.

Running an automobile through traf-
fic Is like swimming in deep water.
Don't do 1t until you are 80 sure of
yourself that all danger Of panic has
gone by. And always expect the un-
expected. Leave your family or friends
at home on those first few rides.
Initial Lesson.
AS your initial lesson, after you have
learned the names, and obove all the
potentialities of the various levers,
learn how to stop. OF course, as a
preliminary. you must start, but that
can be at your leisure. Make dozen
or even hundred attempts to bring
the car to standstill until you have
gained confidence. Then adventure
along some quiet, unobstructed road.
After you have received some in
struction about the general mechanism
of the car. practice stopping suddenly
before reaching imaginary dangers
along the road. Don't wait for this
lesson until child, chicken, an ab-
sent-minded saunterer or some other
irresponsible live thing sends your
brand-new knowledge helter-skelter.
Measuring Distance.
Measuring distance accurately Is the
most important feature of driving.
Draw two lines across the road fifty
feet apart. Then, going at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. apply the brake
and see how long 1t takes you to stop
the car. When you discover how much
over the fifty-foot line your automobile
fta IN
drivers first rule-caution.
This trial also teaches you what
speed is safe in approaching railroad
crossings and intersecting streets. and
how near you can go to traffic before
applying your brake.-Popular Science
Monthly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-04-19
New M Mexico.

OIL has shot in the Brown well near
Dayton
The Verdun Oil and Refining Com.
pany has been organized at Encino.
The second well of the Toltec peo.
pie is down 1900 feet; and will go to
2,7O0 feet IL necessary.
The lumber and material for the
erection of a 100 barrel refinery at
Hagerman has been ordered.
A larger compressor is being placed
ON the Johnson Mine by Socoro M. &
M. Co. A power line will connect with
the power plant.
Though unable at present to secure
milling facilities the Oaks Company is
continuing to develop the Central
Group and Pacific property at Mogol-
Ion.
Word comes from the old Redfield
we'll that 1SO feet of oil stands in that
well. This well was worked several
years ago, and on account of financial
reasons was abandoned 1t la said
that you can bale the oil out of this
we'll and in less than two days there
Will be 1S0 feet of oil in it again.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-04-19
NEW HEADLIGHT FOR AUTOS
Connected With Front Axle and Al.
ways Points In Same Direction
With Front. Wheels.

The latest development In automo-
bile lighting is n headlight which al.
ways points in the right direction.
Every motorist has known the annoy
ance which arises In turning corners,
when the front wheels are pointed In
one direction and the headlights In
another. and the country to left or
right Is lighted, while the road he
wants to travel is dark. The new
headlight is connected with the front
axle In such way that 1t turns with
the front wheels instead of with the
body of the car. and always points In
the direction the wheels are pointed.
which is OF course, the path that the
car will travel.