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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16
desperately wondering, whether Jennie
c. gave her anything last Christmas.

MO TIME? My friend reminds me
~ Of the man who can never live
within his income. IL year after year
you never have time, life then is too
crowded for you. Take out some OF
the manifold interests. Make room for
the flavor Of life, for the things with
out which all the concrete common
places in the world do not avail. Make
room for Christmas
The tissue paper. the red baby rib
bon and the rprig of holly on the
top seem like little things, but taken
together they mean all the love and
care and thought one puts into the
Christmas gift. Sometimes 1t seems
as though it would be good way to
divide the people of the world--those
who put ribbon and holly or their
Christmas gifts and those who do not.
/ 1t is carelessness rather than lack
~ love, of course, that causes the
cold.looking gift to make its appear
ance on our friendly holiday hearths,
but STILL there is a failing called care
lessness Of the heart.
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To Make Skin White

To the Editor Of Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam-Would you kindly. suggest
to me some method OF making the skin
white? My neck is rather yellow and /
would like to bleach It. r. NJ Il.
Lemon applied faithfully to the skin
will bleach 1t. II this is a little too
sharP; ~ 4 use "a rev % urUps OF s,yiere n w,,G nG
apply It to your neck that way. Go
through this treatment nightly, pressing
the lemon close to the skin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16
Directions for Rag Rug

To the Editor OF Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam--Will YOU please tell me how
TO curl willow plume? Would also like TO
know how to make a hand-braided rag rug
as have lot of old pieces. Hope you can
suggest an easy way. (Miss) X. NJ. r.
Curl the willow plume over the steam
coming from kettle After II has been
steamed take blunt knife and draw the
tendrls of it over the blade one at a
time.
The directions for making the rag rug
are quite lengthy. If you send me a
self-a ddressed stamped envelope / will
be glad to send them to you.
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TODAY'S INQUIRIES

l. Name two Christmas gifts for q young
girl or old woman that can be made at
little cost.
2. How can cocoa stain be removed?
8. What will prevent cold starch from stick
ing To the iron and give q very salts
factory polish at the same time?
4, In cooking cereals. what can specially
add to their nutriment?
5. What will keep bed springs from rustinr'
8. How can stains from brass be removed?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16

For the names of shops whero ar
ticles mentioned in Adventures
With a Purse can be purchased.
address Editor Of Wcman's Page,
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER. or phone
the Woman's Department. Walnut
1000.
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Cookery Problems

If you have any cookery prob.
lens bring them to Mrs. Wilson.
She will be glad to answer you
through these columns. Address
question to Mrs. M. A. Wilson,
EwESISo PuBLIc LEDGER. Philadel-
ibhia.
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velvet bag I discovered today. I can
hardly do justice to it. 1t would be chif-
fon velvet, the material, with broad
square top of lustrous beaded design.
l say top but as a matter of real fact.
I suppose I should say side" for. If
you please, the bag fastens on the side,
which gives this smart bag a most un-
common appearance. But the most at
tractive feature is the beading. Mother
would love one to carry when she Is
dressed up The price of this well-lined
bag Is S.
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Re Patient and Kind

Dear CynthIa-I am a gIrl OF seYehtetn
years and love q fellow dearly. but ! don
inovy II he loves me- In one way I think
+" loves me, but there Is a girl that is try
ing TO take him away from me. What dc
YOU think that can do TO @ WIN hls ioVep
Ra YOUR simple self and show an In
terest in the things he likes. Never say
unkind or catty things about this gir
and do not let her think that you are
worried ebout 1t. You are very young
about love and your future life. In a
few years you will probably wonder how
it was you cared for this man. If, or
the other hand, you both care for each
other it won't do either of you any harm
TO wait to find II out.
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Concerning Women

over 1000 girls are employed in the
big seaplane factory at the League
Island Navy Yard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16

over 275,o0o women are now work
ing in the textile mills In the United
States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16

article tomorrow. IL s on hoN
cakes
One-haf cuptd of stcred toma-
toes.
One tablespoonful of grated onion.
One teaspoonfut Of salt.
One teaspoonfm Of paprikd.
one tablespoonful Of grated cheese.
Blend and put through the fine
sieve. Serve hot.
Sauce rAdmiral
One cupful of cream sauce.
Three tdblespoonfuls Of finely
chopped parsley.
T1oo tablespoonfuls Of finely
grated onion.
T,eo tablespoonfuls of finely
chopped green or red pepper.
Juice of one-hat lemon.
One teuspoonful of pap'fkd.
One teaspsonful Of Worcestershire
sauce.
One teaspoonful Of salt.
Mix thoroughly and then serve
either hot or cold.
Batardi Sauce
One cupfM Of thick cream sauce.
Yolk of one egg.
One teaspoonfM of paprikd.
One tedspoontul Of salt.
One teaspoonful of grated onion.
Juice of one-hdlf lemon.
One-haF cupful Of stetced tomd-
toes.
One tablespoonful Of finely minced
parsley.
Heat slowly, beating thoroughly to
blend. Rub through fine sieve and
then serve cold.
Bohemian Sauce
One cuptul of thick cream sauce.
Juice of one-kat lemon.
One teaspoonful of paprika.
One teaspoonful of salt.
One tablespoonful of fresh grated
horseradish.
Beat to mix and then serve either
hot or cold.
The above variety Of sauces will
make it possible for the housewife
to serve the homy winter vegeta-
lies in an endless number Of ways.
Keep in mind that the winter season
causes the blood to become thick
and sluggish, and unless we supply
the diet with abundant roughage in
the form of coarse winter vegeta-
bles intestinal troubles in the early
spring are very apt to be our por-
ton.
The cold weather causes the human
engine to call for large portions OF
fuel foods, namely, starches, sugars
and fats, and unless sufficient
amounts of the coarse bulky winter
vegetables are served daily, diges.
tional disturbances are sure to fol
low.
Get the habit of eating every day
a bit of green; the natural minera
element, the vitamines, are abund
ant in watercress, celery, radishes
lettuce, corn salad, scallions, endive
escarole, cabbage and parsley. PLY
sicians and chemists tell us that twC
unknown factors called the fat solu
BILE A and water soluble B are vital!
necessary in addition to the othe
foods, if life and growth are to b.
maintained; and SO, by eating ou
full share of winter vegetables, W
are sure to get the needed suppl,
of these valuable foods.
Questions and Answers
"My dear Mrs. Wilson-Kindly
print on the Woman's Page of the
Evening Public Ledger nice set
out for about eighteen persons, to
be served at a welcome home"
party. My idea was to start with
fried oysters and finish with ice
cream and cake. What would be
the right things to have with fried
oysters? Also, if you think of
something else that would be bet
ter, would be glad to have a menu.
-AS wv "BETTY."
BETTY-You do not state in you
request at just what time you il
tend serving your repast or tn
amount of money you would care t
spend; if you intend serving SUI
per late in the evening here al
several choice menus:
(D
Fried Oysters Potato Salad
Celery
Cake Ice Cream Coffee
(2)
i Oysters Supreme
Celery Pickles
Chocolate Eclairs
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Mrs Harold Dodd has the honor OF
becoming the first woman radio operator
and inspector of the northeastern army
district.
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in the world. excepting only those in
the gold mines of the Rand. in South
Africa.
We make our way from Philadelphia
winding back and forth through the
long lines of trucks carrying ma
terials. We are stopped at the gates
by uniformed guards, and the automo-
bile is searched! The men look under
the hood of the machine and make
us lift the seats to show that no dyna-
mite or other explosive is concealed
there. The government Already has
between $2000O,O00 and $3O.0O0.000 in
vested in the Hog Island plant, and a
age. 1t is for this reason that the
big fence. with barbed wire guards.
was built, and for the same reason
no one is admitted to the yards with
out a pass, and every vehicle that goes
in is carefully examined.
One of the best views of the Hog
Island activities can be had from the
tower of the administration building
Let US climb to the top and look over
the shipyards. We are sixty feet above
what four months ago was one vast
wilderness. with here and there lit
and grass. Now we can see buildings
going up on all sides of us, almost as
Tar as the eye can reach. Right under
us are all the engineers Offices which
have just been completed. and beyond,
running back from the planked roads,
are frame buildings of two stories.
enough to make good sized city.
There are acres of barracks for hous-
ing the men, great stables for hun
dreds of horses and mess halls where
1000 and more can be fed at one time.
Very near US is the Y. NJ. c. A., which.
when In full swing. will be the largest
industrial Y. M. c. A. of the world. 1t
MT sv.f~ =
large auditorium. a poolroom, with
twelve tables. and halls for bowling,
boxing and wrestling. A great deal of
welfare work has already been start
ed. The laborers who come in from
everywhere are constantly changing
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bother any Washington administration,
for it would require extraordinary de-
velopments to reconcile the American
people to the United States establish
ing itself on the South American main.
land. Yet extraordinary events follow
one another SO quickly in the sequences
of the war that the possibility of Hol.
lands possessions in the Caribbean
coming within their scope cannot BE-
ignored.
1t is not likely that Holland would,
care to part with her West India Is
land possessions and be compelled. to
keep the mainland. since that is the
more expensive So this phase Of the
subject also must be taken into &C.
count
Then there is the question OF price.
It has been somewhat vaguely limited
in Holland that $500. 10000 would be
about right. This is what the Panama.
canal cost. 1t is likely to seem a stag
gering price to most persons in the
United States But if Denmark could
advance the price of her West India
possessions five-fold when the United
States had not become involved in the
war with Germany, Hollands states.
men may figure that. no price ever hav.
ing been previously set for the Dutch
possessions, $400,000.000 is not too
much as a starting point for negotia-
oncile them to the temporary loss OK the
tions. At least the suggestion may rec
ships.
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making the parj Is will be done by the
large bridge-making companies and
structural steel plants. They will make
the plates. manufacture the rivets and
punch the holes. The whole order will
require about $4,000 tons of steel thus
worked into parts; and when the work
Is well under way 1t will take some-
thing like 500 cars daily to bring in
the material. The daily train required
for that purpose, II the cars were all
Joined together, would be four miles
in length. Inside the yard itself there
are now more than eighty miles of
railroad tracks. and the rolling stock
includes twenty-five locomotives, 500
freight cars and fifty passenger coaches.
The job will require electrical equip
ment including 800 motors. and the cur
rent used will be that equal to the de-
mands Of a city of quarter Of a million
people. or. for instance. Providence,
r. I. Much of the pneumatic machinery
is to be operated by compressed air.
The compressed air plant is the largest
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ly and their patronage sustains fairly
profitable local trade.
Bonaire, to the east, and Oruba, to
the west of Curacao, are each about half
the size Of Curacao. but Oruba has more
Importance since it commands the east
ern approach to the Gulf of Maracaibo.
Pasturage for sheep and goats is about
all that either island possesses in the
way of natural resources. The popula-
ton of each is very small, not more
than 1000.
ST. Eustatius. better known as Statia,
is a dot among the Lesser Antilles. not
far from St. Kits. Its volcanic soil
gives it fertility, and at one time it had
a population of $4,000 spread over its
seven square miles of area. 1t also has
a good harbor. Admiral Rodney during
the American revolution devastated the
island in reprisal for the welcome it
had given a schooner from Baltimore
which hoated the Stars and Stripes. 1t
has never recovered.
Saba is near st. Croix. which. as
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and already more than 100000 men
have had a hand in the work. On one
day Of last month $4,000 men were on
the Job.
Beyond the buildings. skirtfng the
Delaware river. are many tall derricks.
They make you think of an oil field.
They are the piledrivers which force the
great tree trunks down into the earth
to give the sound foundation needed
for the ship ways The ways run along
the river, and the whole distance is
marked out by the derricks. The
length is almost two miles. and it in
cludes the fifty ways, when the plant
is all going, which will enable them to
make that many ships at one time.
It is interesting to look at the net
work of railroads. In the yards them
selves there are forty-five miles Of
track. or more than enough IL stretch
ed out in one line to reach from Wash
ington to Baltimore. The iron rails
wind in and out of what at first
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Treasury; 1913, Ed Hatkins. clerk in
adjutant generals ofice; 1913. DR.. Otho
Muncaster. Frank P. Stanton. lawyer,
and Paul C. Lautrup. architect Of the
Treasury. lived there.
From 9th to 10th-Alhambra saloon,
Jacob Deimer and Christian Sproesser,
9Th and F; Charles Floecker. restaurant,
and Thomas Foster. cigar store, 9Th and
F.; e04, boarding house, where DR.. Nc
Namara, g. A. Ohlson. enaraver at
Treasury Eugene Cadmus, telegrapher,
and John A. Semmes, H. C. Pike, N. E.
Ottman, N. b. Milliken, II. Boardman.
Horace Brayton, Florence Donohoo.
Milo Barnum. C. B. Baker, all govern
ment clerks. boarded: COS, Carl Peter
son and Edward James. tailors; sos,
Charles F. Moore and Lewis D. Moore.
druggists, with William F. Shugert and
B. L. Long. government clerks. board
ers; 907. John o. Birch: 908. Robert C..
Stickney, clerk third auditors Office:
Thomas J. Lord and Abraham Morrill,
and William H. ,OBrien. census clerks;
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struction of the ways. The great pile
drivers force the tree trunks far down
into the earth. until they look like the
stumps Of q clearing. Then men cut off
the stumps close to the ground They
use cross-cut saws and some stand up
to their knees in the water. They wear
rubber boots that reach to the thighs
and work away as though 1t were sum-
mer. rather than winter.
During my trip through the yards
studied the workmen. I looked about
for loafers and slackers, but found no
one who did not seem to be doing his
bit with all the muscle and brains he
possessed. l heard no dissatisfaction
expressed and like to think that there
is patriotism mixed with the work. The
men seemed impressed with the fact
that they are helping in winning the
war. and this idea is stimulated by
put up everywhere. You find them on
the stumps near, the shipways. on the
walls of the barracks and in the mess
houses. l have some of the signs be-
fore me and will give a few samples:
What we do over Here is going to
help lot over there" Good ship
builders are the best kind of good
Americans. Do your part!'' The
sooner We finish those ships the sooner
the war will be ended" ships! Ships!
supplies over there quick"
The new arrangements for housing the
men are now under way. An Industrial
city will be erected within a mile of the
plant and comfortable quarters will be
given at a reasonable rate. At present
there are barracks for something like 5000
men. The remainder of the force live in
Philadelphia and go back and forth on
the ferries. motor buses, electric roads
or trains.
The army of laborers increases and de-
creases in size according to the weather
and other conditions. have before me the
record of day when 25. 900 men were en-
ployed. AZ that time there were more
than $500 carpenters, 1000 piledrivers. TOO
electricians and about 400 pipefitters and
plumbers. There were about 1900 COM
mon laborers.
FRANK g. CARPENTER.
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This Country as Prospective Purchaser Of Dutch West Indies

them. The bulk of the population OF
Surinam, however. is near the coast.
The Dutch government brought out
from its East India possessions Japa-
nese and others to work on the sugar
and cacao plantations. and in the other
tropical agricultural industries. Some
of them also are employed in the gold
mines. while the shipping gives work
to others. Besides the sugar, cacao and
bananas, there is some rubber. The
gold mines. taken through a series of
years, have been profitable. but their
output is limited.
The Guianas, owing to the climatic
and Typographical condition. cannot be
said to be white mans country. Dutch
Guiana Is neither better nor worse in
this respect than British Guiana or
French Guiana. Only a paternal and
benevolent government could admin
lister the country satisfactorily. as Hol-
land has done.
AS in the case of its neighbors. much
of the trade of Dutch Guiana is with
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ears entirely about 1894. When went to work
with the company in 1874. 1t was the custom. ON
market days to send ears from the New York
avenue barn to 9th and streets and BY means
Of q wooden turntable at that junction shift
them north and south on 9th. "
One of the early dwellers and board
ing house keepers on F street was
Aunt" Julia Hanson. Two or three
years ago the Rambler wrote Of this
woman in connection with another sub
ject, but some Of that information will
At in here. Aunt Julia was born about
1904 at Benedict on the Patuxent. Charles
county, Nd, the village at which the
British landed from their ships and
began their march on Washington in
1914 She was slave of William Grindall,
and her mother was a slave in whom
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the United States securing sovereignty.
thus relieving tho Netherlands OF @
heavy drain upon its treasury.
1t is doubtful whether the prospect
of taking over Dutch Guiana ever ha4
had serious attention on the part OF
officials in the United States. but the
war is forcing serious attention to bo
given to many subjects heretofore un-
considered, and this may now be. ins
cluded among them. Sc
To take over Curacao and the other
Dutch West Indies would be a COM
paratively simple problem. since the ex-
ample ALREADY has been set in Porto
Rico and the Danish West Indies, but,
the taking over section of the South
American omainland is so entirely Diff
ferent that 1t will require very grave
consideration. A separate administers
tion for Surinam would be necessary.
just as Holland has maintained sepe-
rate administrations for the island
group and for the maitland.
The question Of policy is what would
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in the tree tops! That is what they are
doing right here on the Delaware:
They have already sunk great forest
of SIS, 900 trees which once reached TO
the height Of seven or eight story
building down into this island, and
upon them have constructed these ways
for building the ships.
Each way is considerably wider than
the ship which is to rise up within 1t.
1t has a railroad track at one side, and
in the center Is a row of blocks. on
which the keel is to rest, while along
the bottom of the keel blocks are the
iron pipes which carry the compressed
air. and furnish the power for the pneu-
matte riveting and calking machines
In some of the ways ships are already
beginning to rise. There is scaffold-
ing on each side and the skeletons OF
the great vessels are now to be seem
The great locomotive cranes are In op-
GRAFTON and the riveters are fastening
the plates to the framework.
/ spent some time watching the con-
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CULTIVATION BANANAS AND RUBBER IN DUTCH GUIANA.

part Of the Danish purchase. is now
American territory It Is very pictur-
esque and is populated by a hardy race
CT sailors and boatmakers.
st. Martin is speck in the Leeward
group. It Is half French and half
Dutch. The southern half. about TWEEN
ty square miles, is the Dutch part The
island is fertile and the Dutch section
sustains about 5000 Inhabitants.
1t would not be a difficult matter for
the United States, by arrangement with
Holland, to take over and administer
Curacao and the other islands. just as
Thomas and the remaining Danish pos
sessions in the West Indies. but these
islands are not the sole possessions of
the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
There Is the mainland section on the
South American continent usually
called Dutch Guiana, although its prop
er name is Surinam. This Is a goodly
distance from Curacao, and there Is no
close connection between the island
group and the mainland possession.
x
Surinam Is a wedge between British
Guiana and French Guiana. It is di-
yided from its British neighbor by the
River Corentin, and from its French
neighbor by the River Marani. It.
stretches southwark to the borders of
Brazil. The area Is In excess of $4,000
square miles, so that 1t is about the
size of Pennsylvania.
The population of Surinam. including
the aboriginal Indians, is said to be be-
tween 10000 and $4,000. of whom very
few are whites. About half the people
live in the city of Paramaribo. which Is
the capital and principal port. It is sit
uated on the Surinam river, few miles
from the mouth.
The Bush Indians occupy the interior
and spread out to Brasil. Explorers
who have visited the interior. usually
floating down the rivers. give fascinat-
ing accounts of these Indians and their
civilization. The Dutch government has
always followed a humane policy with
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seems to be a maze like that of Rosa
mond's bower. AS you look closer,
however, aided by the plan of your
guide. you see that it is one great sys-
whole connects with the trunk lines
coming in from all parts of the coun-
try. and with the shipways on the
Delaware river. That will be one OF
the largest railroad yards in the United
States. The lumber and steel in the
great variety of parts used for the
ships come in from the factories where
they are fabricated. and are here clas-
sified and the cars sent right to the
shipway where they are needed. There
Is no double handling of supplies. The
rivets from the factories of Pittsburgh
are not unloaded until they are put in
the hands of the workmen who are to
pound them into the ships. This Is SO
Of bolts. plates and all sorts of ma
terials. The cars go right to the ways
and the steel is not touched by hand
from the time it leaves the fabricating
factories until it goes into the vessel.
But come with me to the shipways
That is where the chief work is now
going on. and it will increase steadily
throughout the year. The ways extend
along the Delaware river for more
than a mile. They slope gently up
from the water and each consists of a
long row of blocks. laid one upon an
other. where the keel of the ship is
to rest. Most of the ways are now COM
pleted. and some have vessels rising
upon them. Others are still in process
of construction and we can see the
plant of this kind. In the first place
the shipways must have solid foun-
dation. The weight of each vessel Is
some thousands of tons. and 1t must
rest as firmly as the house on the rock
The foundation Is made by driving
down piles or great trunks of trees
sixty or more feet into the earth. Think
OF building steel steamers of 5000 tona