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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

,r,tu1 spring weather this week has
i started a whole lot Of people out of
.o,vr 10 their country houses, and many
that we're closed on the Main Line be-
80 NJ the intense cold and lack Of coal
20 opened up. Then, too, spring makes
20 think of outdoors affairs of garden
,o,es oarnivals, horse shows and such
,h,res that are yearly gotten up for
sweet charity.
On Saturday of this week Mrs. Robert
non,els has asked a number of friends
.or a tea and n sale of the Mountain Arts
ard Crafts OF her home in Rosemont, from
. until half after o'clock. The tea Is
"a he given under the auspices Of the Phil.
adelphia Auxiliary Of the Southern Indus
trial Association.
You know these mountain arts and
.,rasts consist of the most wonderful bas.
rets and rugs and bedspreads made of
patchwork. They are the most beautiful
,b,nes. All the brides-to-be are crazy
about them for their trousseaux.
Mrs e. Waring Wilson, Mrs. Cyrus S.
Radford and Mrs. PaXson Deeter will pre-
side at the tea tables. and there are
number of patronesses, so there is little
doubt that the sale will be a success.
TEoN DOWNING is home on fur
IL Tough after more than six months
steadily at sea. And wasn't it dandy to
think that his furlough came just the
week Of the Mask and Wig and there he
was on Monday night, everybody greeting
him and banging him on the back
why, there's old Leon!" every one was
saying, and from the time he was first
spied believe he shared the nights at
tention with the actors themselves. He
looks awfully we'll Somehow it makes
YOU proud to know these men who were
among the first to answer the country's
call, doesn't 1t? go
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Announcement is made Of the marriage
of Mrs. Blanche d. Guckes, daughter of MIR.
Peter Day, of 1921 Diamond street, to Mr..
Raymond l.. High, of Germantown, on Sat
urday, March 30 at noon by the Rev. c. II.
Woolston, pastor OF the East Baptist Church.
The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs.
CLYDE Adams. Mr.. and Mrs. High will be
at home at 47O1 Wayne avenue, German
town, upon their return from their wedding
journey
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

visiting Captain Theodore Catharne and
Mrs. Catharine. of Brooklyn for several
weeks, has gone to East orange
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

THOUGH the news Of Doctor Hodge,
L Doctor billiard and Miss Stambaugh is
reassuring, their families cannot help
feeling anxious.
Indeed, every one is anxious now for
proud though we are to know that our
men were offered and accepted by the
French we dread the first news of casual
ties Base hospital No. 10, TO which Dr.
Edward Hodge and DR.. Harry billiard
are attached, was the first base hospital
unit to leave Philadelphia after war was de-
cared by the United States. And those TWEEN.
ty-fve doctors, most of whom we all know
WELL and their assistants and nurses and
orderlies have been in the thick Of it all
for nearly year. though, we have not
been just sure of where the hospital is.
Now we know it is near the present battle
front, and our hearts go up in prayer for
our brave men and true" who are work.
Ing day and night to save the shattered
lives Of the men. whether French, British
or American. Thank God the dispatches
say the wounds are only slight and that
Doctor Hodge will soon be back on duty
The reports say that Miss Stambaugh's
wounds were slight, too. Slight or not,
the anxiety is great for those of us who
cannot be there to see just how things
are.
And meanwhile our men are marching
on to the battlefront 1OOO 900 strong, fresh,
brave, fine American men. I'll warrant
there are few Of us who can think of this
and keep down the lump that rises in the
throat
God bless them! God bless them!
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AM really looking forward to the pri.
= vate view Of Lieutenant Fares paint.
lngs tomorrow night with the greatest
pleasure. I saw him at the opera on Tues.
DAY. He was Miss Nina Lea's guest, but
through some mistake was directed up.
stairs to the grand tier, found out after
ward for the poor gentleman had rather
bad time, as he cannot speak Eng.
ish Fortunately he reached the stotes.
oury box, and Mrs Mitchell who was
ooihg the honors with her father, Mrs.
e'otesoury being unable to be present,
came to the rescue by conversing with
MN IN French, finding out he was Miss
Leas guest and conducting him to the
oox herself He is quite stunning looking
III MS blue uniform, with his splendidly
/ SNAPPED head and long beard.
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Mrs. Walter Lee, of 400 Pelham road Ger
mantown, will return this week from WASH
ington, u. c.. where she has been staying
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Miss Helen Lawton, of Germantown. has
returned to her home after spending the
Easter holidays the guest of Miss Mar
garet Keck, Of Cedar Bluffs. Allentown Pa.
Miss Lawton was the guest of honor at a
dinner given before the Easter dance at the
Lehigh Country Club
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-04

Miss Sophie Henderson, who has been
spending the last two months In Augusta,
has returned to her home I'm Oak Lane
Miss Henderson has as her guest for the
Easter holidays Miss Agnes O'Dowd of Au-
gusta, who is attending school in New York.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-06-07
You Can Now Eat
Your aVoriie Food
Without Any Fear
Kramer Says: 'Eatonic' Rids Weak Stomachs Of
Acids, Gas, Heartburn, Food Repeating
and Stomach MiscricS

'EATONIC neutralizes the acids.
that form the painful gases. "sweet-
ems" the stomach, and gives the gastric
Juice chance 10 do its work az IL
should.
ITO promote appetite and aid diges-
ton, take EATONlC tablets-one or
two after each meal. They are per-
fectly harmless. Eat them just like
candy.
"For distress after eating; sour.
"gassy." acid stomach. vertigo, nnusea
and belching, and that wretched,
puffed-up. 'lumpy" feeling, after over
eating; there is nothing TO compare
with EATONIC Tablets"
All druggists sell EATONIC - zoe
for large box. Watch out for imIta-
lions. The genuine bears the name
EATONIC on each tablet--gunrnnteed
to do all that is claimed or If your
druggists don't carry EArONIC-send
to Eatonic Remedy Co., Chicago. I'll.
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What miserable feelings are caused
by an upset stomach! That dull,
heavy, "bloated" sensation that follows
full meal, robs good living Of half
its pleasures. Is there any way out
for you sufferers with stomach weak
ness?
Yes; II. L. Kramer. the man who
originated Cascarets, has found a sure,
quick, relief for indigestion, dyspepsia,
'sour stomach" heartburn, formation
of painful gases, FLOATING" etc.. etc.
He calls his stomach relief EA-
TONIC, and IL certainly Is making a
wonderful record. Countless thous-
ands of people who formerly APP
preached their meals with dread, now
eat their fill of their favorite foods
without fear Of the after-effects.
Mr.. Kramer says: my EATONIC
tablets are the solution OF the age-old
problem OF Indigestion and all formS
Of stomach misery. .
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CaIome| Users! Listen To Me!
Guarantee DodSon's Liver Tone
Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn =
iven your liver and bowels and straighten
you up without making you sick.

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take a dose Of the dangerous
drug tonight and tomorrow you may
lose a days work.
Ca,omel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calomel, when IL comes into contact
with sour bile. crashes into II. breaking
IT up. This is when you feel that awful
nausea and cramping. If you are slug
gish and ''all knocked out" II your
liver is torpid and bowels constipated
or you have headache. dizziness. coat
ed tongue, IL breath is bad or stomach
sour, just try n spoonful Of harmless
Dodscn's Liver Tone tonight.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone for few cents. Take a
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crack overhead or a machine gun would
traverse back and forth.
Then all firing suddenly ceased.
whispered to Wheeler, Keep your eye
skinned, mate; most likely Fritz has
patrol out-that's why the Boches
have stopped firing"
We were each armed with a rifle and
bayonet and three Mills bombs to be
used for defense only.
/ had my ear to the ground. All OF
sudden I heard faint, dull thuds.
In low but excited voice whispered
to Wheeler, II think they are mining.
listen"
He put his ear to the ground and
in an unsteady voice spoke into my
ear:
"1ank, that's a patrol and it's head
ing our way. For Gods sake keep
STILL
1 was as still as q mouse and was
scared stiff
Hardly breathing and with eyes try
ing to pierce the inky blackneSs, we
waited. / would have given thou
sand pounds to have been safely in
my dugOut.
Then we plainly heard footsteps and
our hearts stood still.
A dark form suddenly doomed up in
front Of me; it looked as big as the
Woodwork building. 1 could hear
the blood rushing through my veins
and 1T sounded as loud as Niagara
falls.
Forms seemed to emerge from the
darkness. There were seven of them
In all. / tried to wish them away. /
never wished harder In my life. They
muttered a few words in German and
melted into the blackness. didn't
stop wishing either.
All of sudden we heard stumble,
muddy splash, and a muttered "Don-
ner und Bitten" One of the Boches
had tumbled into shell hole. Neither
of US laughed. At that tlme-it didn't
strike us as funny.
About twenty minutes after the Ger
mans had disappeared something from
the rear grabbed me by the foot. l
nearly tainted with fright. Then a
welcome whisper in Il cockney accent.
II sly, myte, we've come to relieve
YOU"
Wheeler and 1 crawled back to our
trench; we looked like wet hens and
felt worse. After a swig of rum we
were soon fast asleep on the fire step
in our wet clothes.
The next morning I was as stiff as q
poker and every joint ached like q
bad tooth, but I was still alive, so II
did not matter.
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sUccUMBED TO HEAVY ODDS
With Eleven to One Against Him.
Country Constable Was willing
to Give Up the Fight.

Reference at q dinner party was
made to the trials and tribulations that
occasionally fall to the lot Of the mo.
tortst, when this little anecdate was
recalled by Representative Horace NJ
Towner Of Iowa:
One afternoon a motorist was whiz-
zing along an unfamiliar highway In
the West when a country constable
appeared in the road with an uplifted
hand.
whats the trouble?" asked the mo-
torist. bringing his car to stop
"What do you want;"
every sorry" answered the consta-
BILE, but you were going at the rate
of fifty miles an hour, and will have
to arrest you"
you are wrong, my friend" de-
clared the mOtorist. II wasn't doing
any better than twenty-five miles an
hour. and here is n ten-dollar bill 10
back up what 1 say"
"All right" returned the constable
with an air of resignation. rs the ten
was transferred. with eleven TO one
against me, / amt going 10 take no
chances on bein' called down by the
justice o peace. "-Philadelphia Eve
ming Telegraph.
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GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP or Flcs
At ONCE n elLloUs OR
CoNsTlPATED.

Look at the. tongue, mother! IT
coated, it is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross. listless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stOmach-ache. sore
throat, diarrh9a, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup Of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out Of the
little bowels without gripping. and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative -
they love its delicious taste, and 1t
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle Of
california Syrup of Figs" which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
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CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
War Workers Unusually ELUSIVE Wei
come Not Due to Her Serv-
ices to the Country.

The new chief of the British w. A.
A. c.. Mrs. Burleigh LEIGH, tells an
amusing story concerning an officer of
that organization who had been de-
tailed to call at a certain house in or
der to Interview a young woman living
there who had expressed desire to
Join up.
A buxom, hearty old lady, who. II
afterward TRANSFERRED, was the mother
of the would-be recruit, answered the
door, and welcomed the visitor most
cordially.
"Come in, my dear" she exclaimed
"COme in; you must be hot and tired
and ready for cupful of tea. Jim'll
be here in minute and"
IF you don't mind" faltered the
officer. But Ii was hopeless 10 stem
the tide of the Old lady's loquacious
hospitality. She ratified on insistent-
~ until she had to stop TO take breath
This was the visitors opportunity, and
she explained the purpose of her call
The elder lady was evidently disap-
pointed. 'Oh - she said in tones Of
chagrin. "And i thought you was our.
Jim's moo young wOman!'
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CHAPTER XVI.
Battery D 238.

odttery y $50.
The day after this I received the
glad tidings that / would occupy the
machine gunners' dugout right near
the advanced artillery observation
post. This dugout was roomy affair,
dry as finder. and real cots In It,
These cots had been made by the
r. Els who had previously occupied
the dugout. l was the first to enter
and promptly made a signboard with
my name and number on it and sus-
pended it from the foot of the most
comfortable cot therein.
In the trenches it is always first
come, first served" and this is lived
up TO by all.
Two r. F. A. men Royal Field ar
tillery) from the nearby observation
post were allowed the privilege of
stopping in this dugout when off duty
One of these men, Bombardier Will
son by name, who belonged to Bat
terry D 23S. seemed to take a liking
to me, and returned this feeling.
In two days time we were pretty
chummy and he told me how his bat
terry In the early days of the war had
put over stunt on Old Pepper, and
had gotten away with 1t.
I will endeaver to give the story as
far as memory will permit in his own
words:
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you want to sneeZe, but cannot. This
was the effect on me, surrounded by q
vague horror of the awfulneSS of the
thing and an ever-recurring reflection
that. perhaps l. sooner or later, would
be in such state and be brought to
light by the blow of pick in the hands
of some Tommy on a digging party.
Several times / have experienced this
odor, but never could get used to 1t ;
the enervating sensation was always
present. 1t made me hate war and
wonder why such things were counte-
nanced by civilization. and all the spice
and glory of the conflict would disap-
pear. leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
lungs with deep breaths OF pure, fresh
air, you forget and once again want to
be ''up and at them"
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Had Not Studied German.

Indianapolis school has established 4
reputation for patriotism. Recently
he started home SO full of American
ism and the trenches that he began
to yell "Hoch der kaiser" People lis
tened and wondered why the yOungster
was giving forth such an utterance.
Just before he reached the gate a man
stopped him and asked him why he
was cheering for the kaiser. The boy
denied ii. THAT means hang the kai-
SER" the boy said. The man put him
right and that night the boy went
over the same route yelling Hang the
kaiser, hang the kaiser"
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spoonful and II II doesn't straighten
yov right up and make you feel hne
and vigorous ! want you 10 20 back TO
the store and get your money. bod
sons Liver Tone is destroying the sale
OF calomel because IL Is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore
IL cannot salivate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful or
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver 10 work and clean your
bowels OF that sour bile and constl-
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
I guarantee that bottle OF Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
lily feeling fine for months. Give IL 20
your children. IL is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like it's pleasant taste.
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in rest b!llets, digging roads. drilling
and other fatigues, and then back into
the front-line troRch.
Nothing happened that night, but tho
next afternoon I found out that {
bomber is general utility man in a sec
ton.
About five o'clock in the afternoon
our lieutenant came down the trench
and stopping in front of a bunch Of us
on the fire step, with a broad grin or
his face, asked:
"Who is going to volunteer for listen
ing post tonight? 1 need two men,"
teered. because 1t is anything but O
cushy job. 1 began to feel uncomfort-
able as l knew 1t was getting around
for my turn Sure enough, with another
grin. he said:
"Empey. you and Wheeler are due,
so come down into my dugout for In
structions at six o'clock"
Just as he left and was going around
a traverse, Fritz turned loose with a
machine gun and the bullets ripped the
snndbags right over his head II gaye
me great pleasure to see him duck
against the narapet. He was getting a
taste of what we would get later out
in front.
Then, of course, 1t began to rain. I
knew it was the forerunner of q mis-
cradle night for us. Every time l had
to go out In front, 1t just naturally
rained. Old Jupiter Pluvius must have
had 1t In for me.
At six we reported for Instructions.
They we're simple and easy. All we
had to do was to crawl out into No
Mans Land. lie on our bellies with our
ears to the ground and listen for the
tap. tap Of the German engineers or
sappers who might be tunneling under
No Mans Land to establish a mine
head beneath our trench.
OF course. in our orders we were told
not to be captured by German patrols
or accommodating parties. Lots OF
breath Is wasted on the western front
giving silly cautions.
AS soon as 1t was dark. Wheeler and
I crawled to our post which wns about
halfway between the lines. It was
raining bucketfuls. the ground was a
sea OF sticky mud and chung to us Ike
glue.
We took turns III listening With our
ears TO the ground. would listen for
twenty minutes while Wheeler would
be on the Qui vive Tor German patrols.
We each wore wr1Stwutch, and -
Here me. neither one Of rs did over
twenty minutes. The rain soaked ~
~ fHn nnr1n 0rld nxiP 49, v,aFn I'm -
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(TO BE CONTINUED
Always In.

Always In.
1t was the shopping period, and Miss
Smith thought she would drop in" on
Mrs. Jones and ask her if she would
assist her in the noble art of present
hunting.
rs your mistress in?" she asked the
young maid.
YES. MISS" was the prompt reply.
She was shown issto the drawing
room. But an hour passed and no
Mrs. Jones appeared. At last the lady
got up and called to the maid:
did you tell your mistress I was
here?" she asked.
"Oh. no. MISS" replied the girl
quickly: "she hasn't returned from
shopping yet"
Not returned!" exclaimed the IS.
tOniShed visitor.
NO, miss. You see the mistress told
me she was always home to your"
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EMPEY AND A COMRADE HAVE EXCITING EXPERIENCE
WHILE ON LISTENING POST DUTY.

Lusiania, With the loss OF
City,
a
train
period of
he
his while bullets wfz overhead Empey
hot
No
the corp of doctor andn
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To restore dry, falling hair and get rid
Of dandruf, rub Cuticura Ointment
into scalp. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. For
free samples address. ''Cuticura. Dept.
x, Boston" At druggists and by mail.
Soap %, Ointment 25 and 5O.-Adv.
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

shaken into the shoes and sprinkled I'm the foot
bath. 1t relieves painful, swollen, smartinP feet
and takes the sting out OF corns and bunions
Used by the American, British and French
troops Aliens Foot=Rase il a certain relief
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ReieveYour
Rheumatism
For Csc.
Mr. Today-Relief or No Pay

There are tfiree vital processes Of
human existence.-the digestion OF
food, the extraction OF nourishment
from 1t and the elimination OF the
waste.
Let anything interfere with these
processes.-let them be interrupted or
improperly carried on, and sickness
OF some kind follows. IN
Poor digestion and assimila- ~
ton means failure to derive IA
full nourishment from food and n
that in turn often means inn W -
povcrished blood. weakness,
anemia, etc. Poor elimination
means an accumulation OF waste
matter which poisons the body. lowers
vitality, decreases the power OF re-
sistance to disease and leads to the
development OF many serious ills.
Rheumatism.-due to some interfer-
ence with the process OF elimination,
failure to get rid Of certain body
poisons,-cannot be expected TO yield
to any medicine that falls 20 correct
the condition responsible for Il. Could
any reasonable person expect to rid
himself OF rheumatic pain ~ long as
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MR. does it by improving
digestion, assimilation
and eliminat alton
the logical way.

rheumatic poison Z, allowed 20 re-
main I'm the body.
Think OF this. 1t explains tho sue
cess OF Nature'o Remedy (NR Tab
letsD In 30 many cases where other
medicines have failed. Thousa nds arc
using MR. Tablets every day and get
- ung relief: Why pay Ave or ten
IN things? A Csc box OF Nature'a
Remedy (NR Tablets), con-
tanning enough TO last twenty
n IL five days,-must help you, must
" give you prompt relief and sat-'
nothing.
And Natures Remedy is not only
for the relief OF rheumatism. II i'm
proves digestion. tones tho liver, reg
ulates kidney and bowel action, Inn
proves the blood and cleanses tho
whole system. You'll feel like a new
person when you've taken Mr. Tablets
q week. You've tried the expensive
medicines md doctors, now make the
real test. You'n get results this time.
Natures Remedy (NH Tablets) IL
sold, guaranteed and recommended by
your druggist
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Too Many.

did you come across many fine
buildings in your automobile tourT'
II should say SO. Some of the towns
We went through had police court
ut each end"
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Where He Got the Idea
shakespeare said that all the world
was a stage"
I'm. Do you suppose the streets
We're filled with these chorus-girl cos
tunes in his day?'
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No Hone,

Il feel that my fate hangs on O
hair. Good heavens, And you're
baldv
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signature esasa 'as ZxzzZNu
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Protected.

SOph-I was over to see her last
night when some one threw brick
through the window and hit the poor
girl in the side!
Fresh-Did ii hurt her?
Soph-No; but 1t broke three of my
fingers.-Burr.
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Identified.

Knicker-What was the mountain
that brought forth the mouse?
BOcker-It was the Peak of Produc-
ton.
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Some people are disagreeable be-
cause they are unable 10 attract at
tention any other way.