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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

Ing her tenderly, and never before had
he put such feeling into this part, and
it was merely a play. and that this was
the end, and the curtain had dropped.
1t was over, and the audience had pro-
nounced It a decided success.
They were alone. inc Dick was still
holding her, n 1t never occurred to
Harriet to release herself.
IF | could only tell him" she thought.
but it was needless, for he was whisper
ing to her, and she was listening.
Strolling home in the moonlight, Dick
related to her his afternoons experience,
and she blushed when she remembered.
We'll, dear" she said Sweetly. you
know the course of true love never did
run smooth, and we have proved it."
TOmOrroW'S Complete NOrCicttc-
"THE WHITE RABBIT"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

TO the Editor of Wondn'S Page:
Dear Madam-Will be truly obliged to
you II you will give to me the remedy in
your valuable column. Ny maid has brought
10 her bedroom the troublesome bedbugs.
have had her room cleanly scrubbed and
newly pspered, a new sanitary bed and mat
tress. when now behold. they are up in the
corner of her room and in the surbase.
What ran ] do2 Will shelIac do for the
floor and surbase2 AVENUE.
I'll an oil can with turpentine and
squirt the liquid into the cracks of the
surbase and between the surbase and
the wall. Corrosive sublimate sprinkled
literally in the cracks will also kill the
pests. Shellac applied thickly will do
for the floor and surbase. but 1t would
be better to use paint which has turpen-
tine in 1t, as turpentine always kills
the bugs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
BARRACKS FOR GIRL WORKERS
LIFE TO ALL
Every One Has Dreamed of Boarding School, but Many Coule
Not Afford to Go-Wn York Makes the Dream Come
True-You Eat, Sleep and Play With the Girls

THERE is never a girl who has not
\ had %yearnings to go to boarding
school. The public library steps are
worn with the tread of thousands of
little feet %trudging in to get some
thing about boarding school," AS the
years go on the dream grows up, but
1t does not go away for a long time.
Every girl who has ever been a real
girl knows just what this longing is.
Boarding school or college-the place
where one gets up In the morning to
eat breakfast with girls your own age:
to laugh, to study. to play pranks with
them; to toss a basket ball with those
same good, true friends; to wear a
sweater and go on hikes. Companion
ship and outdoors. These are the
chief charms of boarding school life.
The pathetic thing about this or.
ganized community life is that the
pool and the average circumstanced
girl have never been able to enjoy it.
And now we come to what the war
is doing. 1t is putting girls in par
racks to live. Glorious movement!
For the first time the girl who has
neve known the keen JOY Of living
with other girls is to have her day.
11P OPPOSITE the Union Station in
~ Washington the Government is
putting up barracks that will accom-
modate 600 ome the wars activities
have brought to the Capital City. The
Government will house. feed and pro-
vide recreation for these girls. Every
large munition plant has done the
same thing. So have innumerable in.
dustries into which girls and women
rave been invited since these, our big
war days.
This alone could make a girl want
to go to war work. And this alone is
going to have a telling effect on the
after.the-war ~womanhood of our cnun-
try. 1t will do in a measure for our
girls what soldier life is doing for our
boys. There is nothing like organized
community life to bring out the best
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
Adventures
With a Purse

TT THERE is one old reliable which
l. one can fall back on to piece out
luncheon or dinner for the unexpected
guest, it is soup. The farseeing hostess
in her pantry. One never knows.
Asparagus soup, which is somewhat diff
ferent and always very appetizing can
be secured for ten cents a can or s1.1S a
dozen. 1t is a w~ell-known brand and
should prove an ever-present help in
trouble.
"Softens the water, and imparts a
pleasing fragrance to the bath" reads
the label on an attractive and inviting
looking bottle of bath salts. In addi-
ton to the luxury of using some
pleasantly scented bath salts, it must
be remembered also that the effect is
very refreshing and restful. The siz-
able bottle l have in mind can be secured
for sixty-fve cents.
I always nave been under the impress
sion that anything in the way of a
novelty for the carrying of school sup
plies helps keep up the interest Of the
truant little boy or girl who never liked
geography" or school, anyhow. That is
why | was particularly attracted by the
comical Chinaman doll about ten inches
high with strands of black wool for his
pigtail, and funny stuffed face. The
sleeves of his brightly colOred jacket are
held straight out by a ruler which slips
through. Did you ever near of such a
peculiar ruler case before? In his two
coat pockets and extending down into his
fappy trousers are lead pencils. II ont
little boy or girl has one, l can readily
conceive of all his or her classmates
clamoring for a Chinaman Just likt
cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
BUCKS PIC CLUBS PROSPER
Two Hundred Boys and Girls Raise
24.l80 Pounds of Pork

DoyIestown. Pa, Sept. 24-The two
hundred girls and boys in the seventeen
big clubs of Bucks County raised 80, 900
pounds of hogs. approximately 24,1SO
pounds of dressed pork.
Exclusive of the labor and housing.
the expenses and profits were as fol-
lows: Cost of 1865 pigs, $500; cost Of
730.SS7 pounds Of feed. s225s cost Of
1901 gallons of milk, $S22.O6 total.
s5O31 10. The value of the pork at
twenty-one cents a pound was S6492.5 81,
and the profit was s146147.
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Apply to Civil Service

To the Editor of WOmdH'S Page:
Dear Nadam-You referred in your col
umn to the Government having positions
open as ftnEcr-print ClGssifors or experts.
Please state in your column II such work
requires training and TO what extent you
must be trained. Please tell me where to
call for such a position. J. F..
If you go to the United States Civil
Service office in the PCstOfiCe Building
you can get full information about finger
print work. In order to have a Govern
ment position of this kind it is necessary
10 file an application showing proof of
your ability and you must have six
months actual experience before you ap-
ply. The Civil Service will tell you
where TO get the eynerienCe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

appeared in the PUBLIC LEDGER Septem-
Der 81. 1917. If you come to Room 316,
Public Ledger Building. sixth and Chest
nut streets, you are welcome to look at
the files and read the article.
1t is doubtful If any one but the
author of The Eagles Eye could tell
how much of the story is fact and how
much fiction. but it is known that the
fiction in it has a fact as its founda-
lion
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

Benjamin Smith, sixty-two years old.
% North Twenty-first street, died sud-
denly shortly after he went to bed last
night. Late in the night he aroused
Others in the house with the cry that he
was ~smothering to death. He died Of
lung trouble before a physician could ar
rive,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
Depends on Circumstances

Dear Cynthia now come to YOU for ad-
vice again. For several Sunday nights lately
I have been aiding at the club suppers given
fo- the soldiers and sailors. There IL usually
an entertainment afterward. and after that
is over some of the men take the girls
home. Do you think this is proper or no?
ANXIOUS.
If you have been presented to any one
in particular of the boys l do not see
any reasons why he should not take you
home if there is no objection on the part
Of the committee in charge of the sup
per. 1t is well to hold out for introduc-
items.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
Let Dentist Decide for You

Dear Madam am writing you a few
lines to find out ~ you can help me in regard
TO my teeth, which are decaying. My school
nurse told me to, go TO a dentist. Must l
wait till my teeth fall or have them taken
out? When does a boy get "a new set Of
teeth?
Go to the dentist as soon as possible
and let him tell you what to do. A boy
usually gets his second teeth when he
is about seven or eight years old.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
Have Not This Recipe

To the Editor Of Woman Page:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly publish the
recipe in the wOman's page column for Jer.
sey applejack and obliGe w ]. s.
ApplejaCk is distilled cider and we
rave no recipe for making 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

Great demand for the EVENING PUB
Lie LEDGER may cause you to miss an
!nstallment q this very intersstins story:
write 70 the Circulation Department. Or
ask your newsdealer this afternoon to
leave the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
mi your home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24
VILLANOVA BUYS HOME
College Takes Residence Of Mrs. F. Fl.
Ziegler. Rosemont

For the purpose of extending its
educational work the Augustinian Col
lege of Villanova has purchased the
home of Mrs. Francis II. Ziegler, at
Rosemont. The house Is at Norwood
and Railroad avenues. The property
includes a garage and about an acre Of
land.
Extensive alterations will be made by
the college.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-24

that is in you. Yes, 1t is true 1t brings
out bad qualities, sometimes selfish.
ness or an inordinate fondess for boys,
for instance. But 1t is the very throw.
ing Of these qualities into the un.
sparing limelight that makes a girl
realize she must overcome them.
For instance, if one girl of a mum.
Der who are sitting on the CoZy bar.
racks porch knitting keeps her eye
constantly on the road for the chance
passing man: If she is bright and jolly
only when boys are around and fret
full III uninterested when she is with
girls, her companions o o register
her as boy-struCk and get Disguised
with her.
Then that means you must bring
yourself in tow and realize that If you
o must learn how to be one of the
girls" That is one of the fine splen-
did things about life in college or in
the industrial barracks. 1t teaches you
girls are very fine at heart and that
they ave many, many interests not
centering around boys. Therefore, the
girl who cannot join in this general
wholesOmeness is quickly shown up.
1t is the same way with SelfiShness.
The selfish girl does not get along.
The Care-free, jolly life in the barracks
keeps right on going in spite of her.
So she must overcome this failing
to earn the respect and COmpanionship
of the other girls.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
commission has announced an exam
nation for the Parish of jefferson
Davis, La, to be held at Jennings,
Aug. 10, 1918 to fill the position of
rural carrier at Welsh and vacancies
that may occur on rural routes from
other post Offices in the above men,
toned parish. The examination will
be open only to citizens who are &C.
tually domiciled in the territory of a
post office in the parish and who
meet the other requirements set forth
in Form No. 1877. This form and
application blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above or
from the United States Civil service
commission at Washington, D. C.
Ali applications should be forwarded
to the commission at Washington at
the earliest practicable date.
During the continuance of the
present war the commission will, in
accordance with the request of the
Post Office department, admit won.
en- to rural carrier examinations upon
the same conditions as men.
Artists in Berlin, ironically enough
when they ask for "Prussian Blue.'
are informed that it cannot be OBJ.
tanned, and to make the situation
still more ironical, they are given in
its place. Partisan Blue"
The department stores are already
advertising advance fall styles in
"omen's coats, suits and dresses.
The American advance fall styles in |
machine guns and ammunition are
also in readiness.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
VOLUNTEERS WANTED IN
~ MECHANICAL LINES

Local Board Jefferson Davis par
ish Jennings, Louisiana, now has calls
rs follows:
Call 949-4 white men to report
Aug. Is, 1918 to commanding officer
Tulane University, New Orleans for
instruction as radio operators ar1
auto mechanics.
Call 987--2 white men to report
Aug. Is, 1918 to commanding officer
at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, at
Auburn, Ala, for instructions as
auto mechanics, bench wood workers,
pattern makers, blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, radio electricians, telegraph
electricians, machinists, plumbers, ra-
do operators, sheet metal workers.
telegraphers and weIders.
Call 1872 white men to report
Aug. Is, 1918, to commanding off
Ger at Louisiana State University for
instructions as auto mechanics, ma
chinists, blacksmiths and radio oper-
atOrs.
Calls are made under the follow
ing terms and conditions:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26

In the last issue of the Journal ap-
peared a notice of registration dates
for the different precincts n the
parish, when Registrar |. R. Price will
appear for the purpose of registering
voters who have not already register
ed under the law which went into eff
feet January /, 1917.
A great many voters have failed
to register under this act and unless
they do they will be DISTINGUISHED at
the coming congressional primary
election which will be held on Sep
TENDER 10th. Under the provisions
of the law the registration books will
close 30 days before this election, or
on August 10th.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
Are You One of Them?

There are a great many people who
would be very much benefited by
taking Chamberlain's Tablets for a
weak or disordered stomach. Are
you one of them? Mrs. NJ. R. Scarf,
Baldwinsvile, N. Y, relates her eX-
perience in the use of these tablets:
81 had bad spell with my stomach
about six months ago, and was
troubled for two or three weeks with
gas and severe pains in the pit of my
stomach. Our druggist advised me
to take Chamberlain's Tablets. |
took bottle home and the first dose
relieved me wonderfully, and | kept
on taking them until | was cured"
These tablets do not only relieve
pain, but after the pain has been re-
lieved may prevent its recurrence.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26

(a) All men must be fit for gen.
eral military service.
(b) Preference will be given VOL
unteers. Deferred classes and regis
trants of 1919 claas nay volunteer
if qualified, 1913 class will not be
drafted until 1917 class exhausted.
(c) Men selected must have had
gvmmer school education or its
equivalent and some mechanical APP
titude and experience.
These calls are made to give reg
istrants a chance to make good as
mechanics in all lines, which will be
Of value to them in army life as well
as civil life after the war.
The Government is now calling for
men very rapidly and those holding
back and who do not volunteer may
be taken as the qualifications for men
for these calls are limited.
Do not hold back waiting to be
called, enlist today voluntarily and
select your school for this particular
training.
These calls will be held open only
for a few days after which time
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF
PARISH POLICE JURY
Jennings. La, July 5. 1918

Jennings, La, July S, 1918.
The Police Jury met in regular
session at nine o'clock with all men,
bers present, except Mr.. Arceneaux
of Ward 7.
The minutes of the regular and
special meetings held during the
month of June, 1918, were read
and approved in open session.
Mr.. o. Myers, ferryman at Mer-
mentau river appeared before Police
Jury in connection with better equip
ment for the ferry; thereupon res
olution was adopted by the Police
Jury disseminating the ferry as a
free ferry and establishing the same
as a toll ferry. A resolution was
adopted authorizing the clerk to ad-
vertise for bids for ferry keeper, the
contract to be awarded on August
LIST, 1918.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26

cooperative shipment during the com.
ing week. and expect TO have some,
thing like 1000 pounds by that time.
Corn, Cowpeas and Velvet Beans.
w. NJ. CrumDton. Lincoln-One OF
our demonstrators DaStured during the
winter two head Of horses, three COWS
and number OF hogs on a ten-acre
field planted to corn in six-foot rows
with peas in the middle row and vel
vet beans between the stalks of corn
on the row. He has made $500 from
the sale OF peas. has plenty for his
own use. and without any olher feed
sold milk and butter from the three
COWS during the entire winter.
Velvet Beans Increased 1000 Per Cent.
S. W. Houston, Union - This parish
Will plant 5000 acres in velvet beans.
an increase Of more than 1000 per
cent over last year.
Big Profits in Hogs.
". H. Humble, Rapides-One OF nv
demonstrators in hog raising and feed
ing recently shipped two cars of hogs
which sold for more than $4,000. This
man plants grazing crops for his hogs,
feeds them every day, and makes big
profits from the business.
Sheep Increase in Beaureeard,
c. c. chapman, Beauregard-The
lamb crop in this territory is the best
in years. One sheep grower says that
his flock would he increased 70 per
cent or more.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

1.-The Church With a Standing
Welcome"
Rev. c. F. Hoffman, Phi. B., B. D..
pastor.
Hours of worship:
Sunday Bible school 10 a. M, Mr..
2. Todd, Supt.
Divine worship, II a. M, Come, let
us worship together.
Vesper service, $3.50 p. M, Sub
Prayer service, Wednesday, $50
p. m.
Choir practice, Wednesday $50
p. m.
Ladies' Guild, first Thursday.
Special services as announced from
The pulpit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
A Source of .JOv

is our art of dry cleaning, for We
help people out Of their difficu!.
ties and restore unto them anew
their treasures which have been
injured by stains. Do not despair
but cone to a full realization Of
what strides have been made in
the way of artistic dry cleaning
No laces too fimsy for our deli.
cate touch. We have developed
the art Of dry cleaning to a fine
science.
PLEZOL TAILOR SHOP
A. l.. Hebert. Proprietor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26

FARMERS ARE RAISING MORE
FOOD ANE, FEEDSTUFFa
THAN EVER BEFORE.
PLANT BETTER SEED
Livestock. Poultry, Truck and Gardens
Show Great Increase in Many
Parishes.

Farm demonstration agents are in
close touch with the farmers of the
state, and are in a better position
than any one else TO know what Louis
lana is doing along agricultural lines.
Their weekly reports this spring and
early summer show that the farmers
have made an excellent start toward
producing large amounts of food and
feed crops. Much attention has been
paid to the quality Of seed planted
and to preparation OF the land. Great
ly increased acreages have been sow1
to grazing and soil renovating crops.
In some parishes the acreage in vel
vet beans have been increased. many
fold.
Extracts from the reports of agents
are given:
Better Poultry In Livingston.
]. 0. Bethea, Observation-Disclosures
as a rule are increasing their farm
hocks Some are raising pure bred
poultry, and in some cases they are
making poultry paying part of their
farm business.
Selected Seed Corn Planted.
S. w. Vance, Madison and East Car
roll-We will have the largest corn
acreage this@year that has ever been
planted in my territory. Land is in
better state of cultivation and more
attention has been paid to selecting
seed corn.
Large Acreage Of Food Crops.
T. |. Watson, Tensas and Madison
Everybody is in earnest about plant
ing food and feed crops and indica-
tons are that there will be the larg-
est acreage of food and feed crops
ever grown in this section of the coun-
try.
$4,000 Acres in Velvet Beans.
T. W. Patten, Bienville-There win
be about $4,000 acres planted to vel
vet beans in BienvilIe Parish this year.
The banks bought the bean seed and
let the farmers have them at cost
Cooperative Shipment of Wool.
B. M. Jackson, Ouachita-I have
collected 1.4OO pounds of wool for a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
Large Acreage Of Food Crops.
$4,000 Acres in Velvet Beans.

B. M. Jackson, Ouachita-T have
collected 1,4O0 pounds of wool for a
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
Afternoon Session.

Mr.. H. C. Fondren, U. S. Demon
stration Agent, submitted his semi,
annual report to the Police jury
which report was approved and or,
dered filed.
The report of DR.. John H. Cooper
Parish health officer was received ana
approved and ordered filed.
DR.. John H. Cooper, Parish health
officer, presented his resignation as
Parish health officer, to take effect
August 1st, 1918.
The committee appointed at a
former meeting to investigate and
make report and recommendation in
connection with the creation of a
permanent highway department for
the Parish submitted a report upon
the matter whereupon the Ordinance
Committee submitted:
Ordinance No. 121.-An ordinance
creating Highway department for
the Parish of Jefferson Davis State
of Louisiana and providing regula-
tons for the conduct of Same. Upon
roll call the said ordinance was
adopted, yeas s, nays none; absent
one
A petition was submitted signed by
more than fifty per cent of the prop
erty tax payers residing in the pro-
posed territory, asking for the crea
ton of the Pelican Road District
Number One, embracing portions of
Wards 5, 6, 8 and 8; whereupon the
Ordinance committee submitted Or
dinance Number 1872. An Ordinance
creating a road district under the
name of the Pelican Road District
Number One of Jefferson Davis par
ish, State of Louisiana, and designat-
ing and naming a board of super
visors for the same. Upon roll call
the said ordinance was adopted,
yeas 8, nays none, absent, one.
Upon motion the salary of the
ferry keeper at Lake Arthur was
increased $3.50 per month.
A resolution was adopted author
izing the President to enter into con-
tract with Messrs. Knox & Daigre on
behalf of the Parish as Parish High
way engineers in conformity with an
ordinance adopted this day creating
highway department.
Upon motion the salary of the
janitor was increased $500 per
month with the understanding that
he give his full time to Court house
and Court Square.
Upon motion application was made
to the State Highway department for
State aid in behalf of the Pelican
road district Number One.
Upon motion R. S. Greer was APP
pointed parish printer for the en-
suing year and the Rice Belt Journal
named as the official parish journal.
Mr.. Jones submitted requisition
for sufficient funds to rebuild bridge
across bayou at West End of Welsh
funds to be taken from Ward Six
funds. The requisition was granted.
Following bills were allowed:
Police Jury mileage and
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1918-07-26
FOR SALE.

Small steel Case separator-just
the right size to operate with any
one of the small tractors now in the
field. Thresh your oats with this
M. B. Van Ness, Welsh, La.
M17tf