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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-17
CHAPTER &C

TATCHING up a bunch of copy paper
vi dashed downstairs, barely escaped
oolliding with a baby carriage on the
college street sidewalk and ran all the
way to Chapel street. where with only
the fraction of second to spare |
caught a car bound for Onunda. The
effort which this required satisfied for
the time being the need of instant ac-
tion which Mr.. Parks had instigated by
giving me the news of an accident in
volving my sister Barbara. In his igno-
rance of the real situation the city editor
supposed that he was sending reporter
to investigate runaway, the results Cf
which, II not fatal, would undoubtedly
be serious; whereas. what for me would
otherwise have been simply one among
the days assignments-import to be
sure. but still an incident-became a
tragedy: Instead of faring forth to in
spect, dry-eyed, the scene of the acci-
the exact extent of the injuries received
by the physician and the young girl who
passed as his own child, was on an
errand of great personal significance,
moment / shuddered at the thought
OF reaching the journeys end, fearful of
what might confront me there, the next
moment suspense seemed intolerable and
/ grudged every halt we made to take
on passengers or set them down.
Ordinarily the service between Belling-
ton and Onunda was excellent but to-
day, although my watch testified that
the regular schedule was maintained, my
heart cried out that we were moving at
q snails pace.
Directly the car arrived at its ter
minus l jumped off and started up the
Elm street hill for the home of Doctor
Blake. l had never pictured myself GO
ing there, but now that / was in the
line of duty it seemed perfectly natura
to stop short at the two-story brick
house, set far back in a yard where
stately trees dropped protectingly above
shell-bordered paths and bright-colCreG
flower beds Indeed my only wonder
was that / had the doorstep to myself.
When the servant answered my rlng
and learned why i was there she called
out TO somebody in the background, Its
q reporter from the paper wants tC
know about the accident"
A voice which ! had heard before
exclaimed: Say it was Il mistake
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Nurses Are Badly Needed

To the Editor Of Womdn's PAGE,
Dear hadam-May I ask you for some in
FORMATION In reference 10 enrolling in the
nursing corps? | will try to be brief
is IL necessary to have all needed uni.
tern? ''' p"'
what materials are they made Of and
What would be the approximate costP
have $50. Would that be sufficient
A. NJ, G.
The women who enroll in the nlrses'
corps are assigned to different hospitals
and the number of uniforms REQUIRED
diHer little. Some require as initial
equipment three and some four uniforms
and about six white aprons You are
only required TO furnish the first uni
forms, as after that a small sum of
money Is paid to you each month for
uniforms.
The uniforms are made in one general
style. If you have them made at home
II VIII be very easy for you to get your
whole outfit for less than $50 You can
get the pattern from the other nurses or
al pattern store. The nurses are
needed so badly, and ] do hope you de-
eide TO go. For any more Information
apply to the headquarters of the stu
| dent nurses corps, Committee of Public
Safety Finance Building Pssn Square
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THERE'S HLMOR AND PATHOS
IN THE WARTIME WEDDING
Thousand Miles A,oay From Home the Bride Bought He'
DUN Wedding Ring and Relieved the Wdr.Croom OF AH
the Rest of the Wory-Some Laughs and Tear

THE war wedding is over. At four
= thirty to the dot we sent them off
with smiles and tears and-a brick in
each suitcase.
And now things are quiet and we
ere thinking about It, The two bed.
rooms where the bride and her two
hastily-summoned bridesmaids jumped
into their clothes are all Strengthened.
There's not q shoe-tree butts found It's
mate, nothing under the beds and no
black silk stocking tangled in the
powder on the bureau.
Perhaps II was the Strengthening
out CT the rooms that smoothed out our
brains and started those who put the
bricks in the suitcases to thinking.
Today II was all so funny. Never did
q house echo wilder giggles. | say
today, but it really began last night
when the bridegroom arrived breath.
less and starved from camp at 10
o'clock in the evening. Now the
etiquette book says the groom from
other parts shall seek out the quiet
shade of a hotel and spend the last
night there. But etiquette books We're
not built for war weddings. And so
our groom slept on couch in the den.
LNTIQUETTE books, Little do
II they know of the bride who must
set an alarm clock for seven and wake
the whole house at the same hour in
calling from the third floor to the
second to arouse her groom to go city
hallwards to get her license. How we
laughed at the two of them hastily
and unromantically downing their
ham and eggs to get over there to be
first.
1t isn't as though it seemed funny to
the bride. Nothing can seem very
queer after you have sailed forth and.
minus man, bought your own wedding
ring, made the arrangements at the
church and hired the limousine Lucky
and unique war groom who has moth
ing to do till tomorrow in the days
prior to his own wedding
The wedding was scheduled for high
noon, and / hope IL win be written
down to the eternal glory of misrep.
resented woman that the bride did not
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t0THE Allies have captured Soissons."
J. we are told enthusiastically by
our awfully intelligent friend. "Ah" we
exclaim delightedly, at last" And then
the first time we have an opportunity
when talking to the very next person
we say, with studied carelessness, by
the way, who Is Soissons?" Those of us
who have been out of school long enough
to have to think whether an island Is a
body of water completely surrounded by
land, or vice versa. certainly should pur-
chase a war map. They can be secured
for ten cents and they show the western
battlefront, both northern and southern
sections the Italian battleline, and. in
fact. have eleven illustrations and fifteen
columns of descriptive matter. 1t will
certainly pay you to get one.
Summer dresses can be worn much
| further into the fall II you have a taf-
feta coat 10 slip on In the evening. And
now is the time that these coats can
| be secured for mere song. / saw
| some lovely taffeta coats Today, very
black OF dark blue.
Particularly II you are busy arounc
the house these warm days, you want tt
change your clothes two and three timei
a day. And is there any garment which
| seems TO get mussy and uncomfortabl,
as ones shirt With the desire to change
SO frequently, a welcome find Is th
little cotton undervest that Is priced a
ten cents Even a slender purse eoul'
afford a number of these, and 1t Is sucl
luxury TO be able to change ones un
derwear at will.
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7TEPE ARE SMILES AND TEARS WHEN CUPID DONS KHAKI
The Ne,U Goats Are Different
A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
TT DID seem that the designers of long

TT DID seem that the designers Of long
l. coats had about exhausted their in
genuity and that there couldn't be any
thing new or different In coats for the
coming see son. But just glimpse at
the new coats convinced one that they
are effervesCent with new ideas and
very different from tho coats of last
season.
There are so many little changes in
the coats OF this season. that 1t Is hard
TO enumerate them all at once. At any
rate It is easier for you. who may not
have the opportunity of seeing the
original to have me explain the changes
that have been worked into the model
which is shown today.
First of all, let me tell you about
the belt, which Is probably the most
striking feature of the coat. This is
In drawstring effect across the back
and sides, and recalled to my mind when
| first saw the model the first ready-to-
wear petiicoat I possessed which drew
up with string and formed nice,
lumpy bunch about the hips. The ends
of the belt tie in box at the left
side. You should pay especial atten-
tion to the width of the belt. For there
in lies one of the most important fea-
lures of this years dresses as well as
coats.
There are two widths of sashes or
girdles. In saying width, would not
attempt to go into detail and give you
the number of inches that Is consd-
cred correct, for that would be impos-
siblc. as the width varies according to
the model The two widths. however
are very wide, or very narrow. The
smarter of the two is the narrow. /
have seen some so narrow that 1t took
n second look to make sure II was not a
shOestring instead af a belt. Anything
between the narrow and the wide width
smaCks of last years fashions. Right
here is where our last years coats
prove a stumbling block
The sleeves of this coat should also
he mentioned as being different. They
show Il decided flare just above the
wrist The yoke, too, takes this coat
out of the ordinary class. The slashed
pockets are outlined with silk soutache
braid of the same color as the beige
Ielours which forms the coat. This
model is from the house of Doeuillet.
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Chemistry Courses

70 the Editor Of Woman'S Page:
Dear Madam-Wil you please let me
know the name of a good sechool here IN
Philadelp lphia where a man could take up
the study of chemistry at night7 Could you
give me any information as to the length OF
time OF such a course? h. A. NJ.
There are splendid night courses in
chemistry at both Temple University and
Drexel Institute. The complete course
at Drexel lasts Ave years and leads TO
a degree There is a shorter course last
ing three years, which leads to a certfi-
cate. The long course at Temple is COM
plsted In four years and the short one,
leading to a certificate. Is covered in
two years. IT is possible, however. for
n man to take one year of chemistry, or,
in fact, any amount. The classes average
two or three nights week. Temple
University Is at Broad and Berks
streets; Drexel at Thirty-second Chest
nut streets.
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SEEK CHURCH AID
TOOBTAIN LABOR
Hog Island Officials Pro.
pose Plan to Procure
Workers for Plant
BIG DRIVE TO START
Men Need Not Be Skilled Me-
chanics-Yard Has Own
Training School
BIG DRIVE TO START

Skilled labor is So scarce at HOG
Island that churches throughout the
State are to be asked to take part In Q
drive for men TO work In the shipyard
Men do not have TO be skilled In any
mechanical line to get positions. Hog
Island trains its own workers.
When the Interchurch Federation
meets, r.. Morrison, Jr.. assistant super
intendent of employment at the yard.
will ask that body TO urge all pastors in
Philadelphia and vicinity to appeal to
their congregations to get men into the
Government yard and bridge the labor
shortage that now amounts to several
thousand men, despite the fact that
there are 10000 employed at the ward.
Mr.. Morrison has sent written re-
quest to the Rev. DR.. Carl Il. Grammer,
president of the federation. asking the
support of the organization. Doctor
Grammer is out of the city now, but will
return next week and the Hog Island
appeal will be called to his attention at
once.
Another letter has been addressed to
Bishop j. f. Regis Canevin. Pittsburgh.
asking the help of his church in that
diocese, which covers most of western
Pennsylvania. Leaders of the Protestant
church throughout Pennsylvania will
also be asked to assist.
Plans are under way to have cards
printed which the ministers will be ask
ed to hand to men who may be pros
pective employees in the yard. These
cards, when presented to Mr.. Morrison,
will insure immediate attention to the
applicant
Nonsklled labor is just as acceptable
at the yard as is skilled, with the ex-
| ception of carpenters. Men applying
| for positions as carpenters must have
had at least five years experience In
| house building. But for the other trades
any one able to meet the requirements
will be taken and given a course in the
| training school. which will ft them In
a few weeks for work on the ways at
| ton money
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Developing Pictures

70 the Editor Of WoBlas's Page:
Dear MadAm--wilI You be so kind as TO
tell me how to develop film pictures taken by
= camera? ]. p.
developing and printing of pictures
colld not be clearly enough explained In
our short space to permit OF your going
ahead with the work without more de-
tailed Instructions. Briefly the process
a this: The flm is dipped In developing
6ui1 and developed that 10, the picture
Srought out ON the film. Then IL is put
a q hxing bath; then washed with a
IlttIo water and dried. II is now ready
1or printing. The print is made by
krinslng the flm in contact With a plec~
~ nreparsd paper and letting he sun or
Sr<I1cIal light make the print. You can
- hooks on devsloping pictures or you
SSnaras are sold and they will explain
1kS Drocess to YOU
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-17
SHIP PNEWS
SHIPMAN WINS WAGER;
TOTES BRICK % MILES
Hog Islander Too Tired to
Know if Victory Was
Worth Effort

You might have carried an umbrella
or baby twenty-five miles and Thought
little of It, but did you every carry q
nine-pound brick that far? Walter
Robbins, an erector on the night shift
at Hog Island, thought 1t easy when
one of his comrades offered to bet he
couldn't do it,
Both men are wiser now but 1t would
be hard to tell which is the sadder, for
it cost the proposer IS In cash for being
30 doggoned certain about It, while
Robbins Is far from certain whether the
$5 compensated him for aching joints
and lost time.
The bet was that Robbins couldn't
carry the brick across the street for hvs
whole hours and lay 1t down and pick
it up again every time he crossed the
thoroughfare About quitting time Rob-
bins started out with the brick with
hearty laugh, but before the first hour
had passed he changed his tune.
A crowd of his co-workers gave him
the laugh as they kept tabs on him,
but that only served to make him the
more determined to make the best OF Q
bad wager. He appeared groggy et the
finish, and collecting theNhve hardly re-
vived him. 1t took cold water.
PUsEY JONES sHIPW0RKERs,, s.t
Gloucester, have been othciaily notshea naw ususs
some sol declare they, viii 'iet 'sr so'' rs soon
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE HIDE AWAY
hiding somewhere in the creeks and c9yss
along the Chesapeake Bay: They left VIII
Weeks 8" cruise rSf sna sad
be back until they got enough n.hins cr @ ms
S.o". sa't ii quS Il. knss TSss
In some counties sSs Ssna cSt
9 ne and psrts tsssr are wt4sfss H. ok Sssn.1
Horace Harmon, Joseph rasSart and Arthur
| Seiman.
CHARLES T. BAIRD and Z party vi e
sss.ts are TSsey jon;s sh'pxSsssI' p%dSI H. md
ss,'S Miss siss Fox. q 81 the main
II the machine shop. a.
RUFUS CARR. Of the Pennsylyanis aIsle
bending shop' now has .S The shaaes dIS ne hs ms
seSia lSns,ns sosn Set tat Il he aSy
to cook his own meals, but hts wife thought
sGS fohsn mneh sdmshsw d n to sT" s HP's Of
Carr for a brief perlod-shs Is away on g 9
Ss
NINE PAIR OF WOOLEN sOCKa,
knitted by six little Philadeiphia girls, aw4It
first ship launched at Hog Island, on her
maiden voyage, These little girls sent ths
trial Relations building at the island, sR1
accompanying each psir of socks was 90
envelope containing original poem writteH
by the knitter and q real four-leaf clover.
Dan Brown. hull fabrication engineer sI
| Hog Island. had the boys going for seysyA
! / days For the first time In his shpbuld
ing career he got to hyrrying away as soet
as saying $50 long" TO any of the gang,
That was unlike Dan. but after all " VA
only natural and the fellows all understccf
and congratulated him when they Learned
that a nine and one-haif pounds girl woufs
, not divide pops time with anybody.
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Dear Cvnthia-In answering the letter OF
,,1',,antyGne - appearing in your column re-
Gently I would reply that the fears Of her
girl friend about marrying very hshas'he
man are unfounded. , ro,a,rad
As is most probable, the couple relerred
tn have known each other for some uni' nr
! 90 presume He seems to be an unusua.s
bandsome man and she an ordinary pretty
giri. and she fears that II she weas MN n tbs he
MIGHT soon tire Of her usual beauty. On the
cnptrary he would more beauty IN ny, MI
as he knows her better, me ne, more o,v ne WI"
see of her the prettier she VIII grow, .n,,
Why take any pair--the readers OF this
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ne talks. He doesn't know the mean
ing of good English. In fact he told
me once that talking in good English
vas punk. and that you had to use slang
IL you wanted to say anything with kick
in It,"
why don't you send him some good
book on business. Margie? Business
English. for instance? Perhaps he
would read it."
More likely he would feel peeved with
me-" she laughed. 'for while Peter Is
foolish he Is no fool"
I'm" thought ], glad there's some
hope for me-"
"I'lI tell you what to do, Margie,"
said Mrs Riller. ASK him about his
girl and then see If you can't give him a
bit of advice. He will probably take it
from you, particularly on day like
this"
HIN" She chuckled and said: The
| first thing / would advise him to do
would be to take that horrible purple
and yellow neclttie off and wear a
human one 1t would look fine on a
Kentucky roustabout, but on him--why
1t makes him look like an animated
aurora borealis."
That" I thought. Sounds almost in
decent must look it up in the die
| tionary."
Notice his clothes. for instance,
mother. He has shown excellent taste
in selecting his suit, and yet that cheap
looking, fioppy hat he is wearing. that
tie and these purple striped socks-oh,' ;
she shuddered, there ought to be a law
to prevent folks breaking the laws OF
color harmony"
And yellow shoes, my dear" hei
| p,,- ,ar langhad nDarlipp ~ we didp'
know our friend Peter we might almost
take him for an advance agent for Q
circus"
"Oh, mother, that isn't fair" protested
Margaret. II once saw an advance
agent and he was really quite a nice
looking person"
Right where the chicken got It,"
thought
Seems to me-" remarked Mrs. Riller
, that except for Peters manner, hi
clothes, his way Of talking, his igno
rance and his poor choice of sweet
} heart. he's all right"
5 "Oh mother we have been NEAR
) haven't we? Because Peter is rather
dear, you know. He would do mos
anything for you, and is always cheerfu
and obliging."
gave a little bow Of acknowleds
ment.
And II he would only take stock O
! himself as it were, and as Wallace say
get rid of the damaged goods and put 1
a new line, he would get on well. II
must have something to him, though
because he is selling life insurance quit
y, successfully, and they say that's n
y cinch"
you were the one who talked abou
. Peters slang just a moment ago,
laughed Mrs. KILLER.
"Oh that's permissible"
II suppose it's permissible becaus
Philip says it,"
. "oh, well; it's different when Phil
:, says II, somehow"
q Then ! heard footsteps on the stair
h so shut my eyes and pretended that
n was asleep A minute later in an
q Wallace and Henry Boynton.
4 Hurry up. fellows." Wallace call.
- out 1--WE have got to get dressed. w
q know, ] am to be best man, and IL
don't get busy, why, Philip will bat
, out OF 1t. He's pretty nervous as II /
a Having succeeded in getting a good ma
- into the family. we have to do our be
" to keep him in"
We all laughed and began to dress f.
st the ceremony.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-17
30 WOMEN HIRED AS WELDERS
AND HOG ISLAND WANTS MORE
Female Helpers for Rveers Clippers and Caukers Ship
ways Also Wanted if Strong, Healthy and
Between % and 35

women on the ways to help riveters,
clippers and caulkers, r. Morrison. Jr..
assistant superintendent of employment
said.
To obtain employment in the building
of ships, women must be healthy and ro-
bust and between the ages of twenty
four and thirty-five.
Only the strongest of the fair sex will
be able to qualify. Mr. Morrison said,
for the strenuous work on the ways.
Especial attention Is to be given the
general welfare of women workers In the
production department, according to Mr..
Morrison, and the training school will
be operated the same as the one for
men, the women being paid while learn
ing a trade and receiving the trade
wages when they have mastered 1t.
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For the
Meatless Days

You wouldn't think you could do
much with some left over vegs--
tables: potatoes. beets. carrots
corn, beans or onions. But here's
what ] did with them the other
Tuesday when Mr.. Hoover said mo
meat" made vegetable efo-
quettes, and Jim said he was going
10 be vegetarian for life. ]
chopped the vegetables into small
cubes, seasoned with sage, salt and
pepper. and made a glorious th!ck
cream sauce, to which I added two
tablespoonfuls OF Al Sauce.
poured this over the vegetables,
nodded them into eroquettes. and
fried them In very hot butter sub
eIuuaet aitrusS saSor "; "as 50 differsns from
anything else. pulled those crn,
guettes IN into. the class where the
French chefs i've ADV.
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The Heart Hunters
By MARY DOUGLASS
author OF Hunting Husband"
"and several times I've gotten dinner for

"and several times I've gotten dinner for
her.
She may be tired" ! added to my
self. But, somehow, ! could never pene-
trate below the surface of her cold prac-
ticality.
Alice was getting ready to go out.
Somehow | did not like to tell her.
The afternoon had been such charm
ing interlude. / rather feared her
scornful laughter at my pleasure.
So ] sat down by the window and
took up magazine. A lovely color
print met my eyes
Criticism by Frank Deland."
turned the pages. There 1t was-an
article by the authority, Frank Deland
And that afternoon ! had had tea with
him in his rooms If ! only knew
him better" j thought, Il would like
to ask him what he thinks II Dar
ThOrndyke."
Monday-Ostracized
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A MOTHER field of war work has

A MOTHER field of war work has
"A opened to women Also 1t is field
of intense manual labor.
The Government shipyard at Hog
Island has employed women to do cleo
trio welding. a department that is com
paratively new not only at Hog Island
but at most of the shipyards in the
country.
Thirty women will report for work
Monday and Tuesday More are eX-
pected, and in the next few weeks plans
will be completed for a training school
for women along the lines of the one
now being used to train men.
While the first women employed on
manual labor in the yard will dc only
electric welding, there soon will be
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Concerning Northeast High

To the Editor Of Woman's Page!
Dear Madam - Kindly let me know
through your helpful column where The
Northeast High School of Philadelphia is sit.
usted and II u Is attended by both boys
The Northeast High School is at
Eighth street and Lehigh avenue. II is
for boys only. Northeast gives the
academic as well as the commercial high
school courses. SO would not be ratei as
a commercial school William Penn
High school, at Fifteenth and Mount
Vernon streets, Is for girls and has a
commercial course.
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Mass for War Hero

A military mass was celebrated today
at the Catmolic Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. Eleventh and Main streets,
Darby, for Private Richard Hartley. of
killed In the war. The Rev. William A.
Fitzgerald, rector of the church. was the
ceiebrant, Private Hartley was a mem
ber of the First Eennsylvan.a Infantry
fantry after war was declared, and was
killed July l5 when the battle of the
Marne started He leaves a widow and
two small children.