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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
SOVIET TROOPS
BLOW SIBERIAN
RAILWAY TUNNEL

Amsterdam, Aug. 2O.-It Is officially
reported from Vologda, says the cor
respondent on Moscow of the Rhein-
ische Westfalesche Zeitung, of Essen,
that the Entente Allied troops in the
Archangel sector of Northwestern
Russia have Withdrawn outside the
range of the Bolshevik artillery.
Soviet troops are reported to have
| blown up the BaikaI tunnel of the
Trans-Siberian railroad.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20

The War Department announced
that American soldiers in France are
given all wheat bread. Field bakers
have to work so quickly that expert
ments with substitutes cannot be
made.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
TO GO TO sANTE DOMINGO.

Washington. Aug. 20-Brig. Gen. H.
Fuller, who has been in command of
the marine barracks and the First
regiment of marines in Philadelphia,
has been designated to take charge of
the marine forces on duty in Santo
Domingo. Col. T. c. Treadwen will be
ordered to the Philadelphia station.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20
COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS'

Chicago, Aug. 2O.-The "coffee and
hdoughnut'' campaign of the Salvation
Army netted $4,000 in Chicago, it
was announced today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20

Pope Benedict received Mgr. James
N. Connolly, vicar general of the
American chaplains.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20

Retail food prices in the United
States increased Sc per cent. since
June, 1913.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-20

CELERY PLANTS
$3.50 PER 100.
JOEE RECK s. SON.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

which a private home
can only establish in
direct, sometimes slow,
connection through the
telephone:
Not only the comfortable rest
rooms (Main Gallery, Juniper
and Eighth Floor. Rendezvous),
and the teIelUpnes near every
counter. which customers may
use, at the usual toll rstes-but
a taxicsb may be summoned IN
jiffy, nurse or a physician ~
within instant call II anyone ~
indisposed. public stenogra-
pher il at her beck TO answer
letters. and a post-office is
within the walls.
And much. so much 10 see,
that one cannot see at home,
4 certain small boy used to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

10 the American Red Cross and
* now known az Red Cross
Hall.
Here the shopper or visitor
may spend an hour or two in
helpful patriotic work.
In the corridors leading 20
this hall are cases filled with
interesting silver trophies won
by students (employees) in the
various branches of educational
activities and athletic meets,
and by the military organiza-
ton of the boys in the Store,
~. w. G. H." drilled according
TO United states Army reguia-
tions.
Hence the party usually pro-
ceeds TO the roof of the Store
on which there IL a l0-to-a-miie
runninQ-track and a number of
basketball and tennis courts
for the use of the Store en-
ployees. and from which a
splendid. inspiring spectacle of
the city, the Delaware River
and League Island is obtained
After circling the roof and
taking in the panoramic view.
the party is given a glimpse OF
the Treasure Corner Seventh
Floor. Chestnut & Juniper
End, where a remarkable pri-
vate collection OF paintings by
famous artists, which vas
brought over from the last Art
Exhibition held in Paris in 1914.
are on view for the pleasure
of the public.
Aside from these fine pic
tures, the Treasure Corner is
full of rare objects (for sale)
brought from abroad. which are
particularly interesting TO curio
collectors They also make
superb and unusual gifts, as
their duplicates are not to be
found in this country.
No visitor could ever go away
satisfied who had not also seen
Egyptian Hall, an immense
auditorium on the Second
Floor, Market, at present filed
with a wonderful collection of
fine pianos Adjoining are sew
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09
The Place
Where There's So Much to See
The Store of HOspitdIities-
WANAMAKER'S

All that they can do
to make you feel at
home in the Store, to
help you save your
shopping time if you
must save it, or to spend
it pleasantly in or out of
the Store if you have it
to spend lavishly, they
will do.
Questions don't fuss
them. Going round
with you in the Store,
in case you request
them to do so, does not
tire them. You can adj
wise with them regard
ing the problems OF
your shopping, just as
you would do with any
woman friend or ac-
quaintance who came
with you.
If you "just hate to
buy a hat alone" (small
blame to YOU you don't
have to buy it alone.
While our Store Hos
tesses cannot go out to
meet at the door 100, 900
or more guests in a
single day, they will be
found at all hours of the
business day, ready for
consultation, personal
greeting, direction or
such friendly service in
general as cannot be
rendered by the sales
person from behind the
ready to go
with you to buy a hat,
ready to stay behind if
not wanted, ready to
give the inch = advice
you may ask without in
ficting the usual ell, =
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

The visitors, especial
ly the women, a r e
usually inclined to
linger in these fascinat-
ing, spick and span
kitchens, to examine at
closer range the won
derful assemblage Of
t h e latest improved
labor-and-time saving
devices for quick and
wholesome preparation
Of all kinds Of foods.
Another poin, Of interest
visited is University Auditor
ium. which for the duration ~
the war has been turned over
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09
"The BulIiest Thing That
EUer H0ppened

exclamation of young Ensign Then me
services Of Inquiry offered him summoned
duty notice the Store with long list
of necessities buy from 20
nand manhke ne dreaded ~
than facing the guns. -
had expected detained half day over H. When y.
intelligent suggestion and cooperation OF
Inquiry he had despatched all his errands '
and after entering the store great were MS
relief and gratitude.
Assisting Uncle Sans soldiers and sailors IN their shopping
hurried portsntis task which - no
task the Store Hostessex
bureau Of Inquiry Floor Chestnut and Jt,ntpsr)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

mortify his mother, when visit
ing, by refusing various dishes
At table. with the invariabie re-
mark: Thanks, can get that
at home"
Natural enough
There is such multi
plicity of interesting
things that cannot be
seen in any ones home,
or in any other store, or
in any other place in the
w orl d b u t t h e
Wanamaker Store, that
a tour of an hours
duration can, at best,
only serve such pur-
poses as the introduc-
tion serves to the book
itself.
Nevertheless, much
that is pleasurable, as
we'll as Illuminating, in
Guiding a wonderful
bird's-eye view Of Phila-
delphia, is e ain e d
through joining one of
the touring parties, led
by Store Guides, which
are made up every
hour, starting at $50
A. VI. in the Rendez-
vous, located on the
Eighth Floor, adjacent
to the Great Crystal
Tea Room.
Of course the visitor
cannot traverse within
that time the entire 45
acres of floor area, but
he or she is shown all
the features of greatest
interest, starting with
the Great Crystal Tea
Room, renowned for its
uni que architectural
beauty and spacious
ness. 1t is the largest
dining-room in Phila-
delphia, and one of the
largest in the world.
The seating arrange
ment of this room easily
accommodates l 4 0 0
ulnefS. IL IS Cne most
imposing of a series of
remarkably imposing
rooms, comprising the
CIR e at Crystal t e a
Room, the Imperial
Blue Room, the Coron-
alton Red Room, the
Golden Jubilee Room,
the French Banquet
Salon, the private Mir
ror Room, the Rendez-
vous and the extensive
modern kitchens, which
can serve several thou
sand persons at once.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

exercising h o S.
pitality on a
large scale is one of the
privileges that go with
the keeping Of t h e
greatest Store in the
world.
Where the private in
dividual entertains his
tens of guests at a time,
or maybe his hundred
if he owns a great
mansion, and where the
great hotel ministers TO
its thousands, this great
Store has played host in
a single day to guests
whose numbee by ac-
tual count, exceeded
100000.
And every day sees
its thousands of visi-
tors, more thousands
some days. fewer on
others, but always a
great throng coming
and going: some enter
ing the Store for but a
few moments, others
remaining for hours.
Some are Philadel-
phia citizens who know
Wanamaker's as we'll as
they know their own
homes; some are visi-
tors, frequently dis
tinguished ones, from
distant States or even
countries, to whom this
far-famed Store is one
of the nOt-to-be-omitted
sights of the Quaker
City; while others are
our out of It o wn
friends, who, whatever
the occasion of their
taking a run down to
Philadelphia, w Id
count that day lost if
they did not run in to
Wanamaker's"
The Store w h ere
everybody f e els at
home.
The Store whose at
mosphere of hospital
ity, of non-insistence on
buying. of personal
freedom on the part of
all who come in and of
personal welcome eN-
tended by all who are
here, became a byword
a generation ago, and
by the second genera
ton is taken as a thing
for granted
The finest compli-
ment that could be paid
to it!
ITO be given the OPP
L portunity to serve
is the biggest part of
the reward for the Gre
alton of a big business.
That the service may
be fuller, especially to
to those friends who
visit us from out of
town and sometimes
have not a complete ac-
Vuaintance wit h the
Store, a new and unique
feature has been added
within recent months to
the Stores equipment
in hospitalities.
We have appointed a
small staff consisting of
several ladies to act as
our personal represen-
tatives in placing all the
services and facilities of
the Store at the visi-
tors. disposal.
They may be describ-
ed as Store Hostesses.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

eral smaller rooms, expressive
in their architecture of respec-
tive periods-Greek Hall, Moor
ish Room, Byzantine Chamber.
and Empire Salon--an old
French room, taken away from
one of the Napoleon palaces.
and now set up in its entirety
with its mirror panels. paint
ings, carved and gilded doors.
and the whole forming with
its historic associations. n
unique background TO a musical
activity which does not by any
means stop with the selling of
musical instruments.
Egyptian and Greek Halls are
frequently used for free public
concerts. Illustrated lectures.
musical festivities, and the
like. Both hold fine organs. and
the platform in Egyptian Hall
seats chorus of several hun
dred persons.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09

in their pretty, cosy,
b lu e-panelled offices
located in the Bureau of
Inquiry, at the Chest
nut-Juniper corner of
the Main Floor. Just
where you go in if you
enter from Chestnut
Street.
ID UT while the Bur-
ID eau of Inquiry is
the official headquar-
ters for Store hospitali-
ty, there are abundant
evidences of it else
where
K cry convenience
and facility of her own
home placed at the Gus
toner's disposal, and in
addition those with
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09
A Pleasant PARTY

consisting of Mrs. B. and five
friends. lunehed together
most delightfully."- in the beau
tiful Grand Crystal Tea
Room the other day.
Mrs. B. was passing
through Philadelphis, the
friends were collected in a
jify by telephone invitation,
and the whole attractive
luncheon. from menu 20
decorations, was planned
with the help of the Store
Hostesses.
Bureau OF Tngl1irg, Nam
Floor, Chestnut and Juniper
Streets
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-09
When You
Wonder

Where a certain counter,
or kind of merchandise. can
found
What is correct form IN
arranging for weddings
How you can do a days
shopping in an hour and a
half
Where you can get a time
table, or send telegram or
cablegra1-
How TO find the points and
sights of public interest in
Philadelphia
What good plays or good
concerts are in town
What in the world to Sc
lect for that wedding or
birthday gift
What's the right thing in
mourning
How 70 plan a baby's lay
ette within a certain sum-
Or when you want sugges-
ton or information on any
matter connected with your
visit to the Store, or your
stay in Philadelphia, consult
the Store Hostesses in
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29

rocks in the road the said Kaiser takes
 on his next jaunt to the Eastern front.
 The pressure of the question in the
 City of Washington is shown by an
 offer of $100 a month flor the dura- ton of the war" for an apartment
 for which I have a lease at $40. l too would like to join in this mad race for war wealth, but there is not an
 unoccupied apartment in Washington, therefore 1 would have to take tent and my jug of sarsaparilla, now the town has gone dry, and set up my abode in Lafayette Park. I seriously contemplated this but was told by the Committee on Private Information that President Wilson would not have the view from his dining room window all cluttered up that way. This offer just goes to show that the old law of supply and demand is still working over time and I might revise it by saving it is mighty hard to resist. Now as to Question No. 4, What Are You Going to do About it?" On one page of your daily paper you read this headline: Want Men Forced to Work on Farms" Or your eye scans this one: Surprising Increase in Number of Wage Farmers Among Women and Girls" On the next page the headline writer engages your at tention with this: Farms Again Send Appeal for Help" and you turn over to the next page and read: Housing Committee Called by Mayor Takes up Problems for City's New Working Army" A rather mixed condition of affairs when the people will not work to feed themselves in the great health giving outdoors yet will struggle in conditions never meant to be lived in to get money to pay for high priced food. The world seems upside down
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29
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State last year for food, the Superin- tendent of it's State Agricultural Col lege has organized a patriotic garden league to save this waste by producing as much food as is possible within its own borders.
 The councils of defense of the ma jority of the states. in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture and the state agricultural colleges, are placing a hundred per cent. heavier pressure on food production this year than last. A striking instance is af- forded by the State of Nebraska, whose Council of Defense recently ap- pointed an expert to make survey of the entire state. This shows every foot of tillable ground in the state and the powers behind the project stand ready to recommend the best use to which the land may be put.
 Woman's Part.
 The Woman's Department of the State Council of Defense, of Missouri, has done a great work in food produc- tion and conservation. The Thrift Garden Committee of the Woman's Council, of St. Louis, performed vali- ant work last year, holding mass meetings to stimulate interest among women and children. The Junior Pro- tective Garden League, of St. Louis, grew out of this movement, proving itself very efficient organization. The work of this league is fully organized for its 1918 garden work.
 In its conservation operations the St. Louis organization won high pIaudits from Professor Benson, of the Department of Agriculture, who pronounced the cannery of that city to be one of the three best models in the United States.
 In Rhode Island the Board of Rec reation is asking that all vacant prop erty be turned over to it for the sea- son, not for recreation but for plant ing, by which it would appear that recreation in Rhode Island this year is to be found in planting food gardRA@>
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29

canning will be among the lea ding projects along usual lines. As one of the newer features of the work of 1918 will be the growing of sugar beets for the purpose of manufactur- ing syrups and sweets to relieve the sugar stringency.
 Any state that will produce pota- toes will grow beets, and any girl or boy can produce syrup from these beets by the tested methods which have been at their disposal by the Department of Agriculture" said Pro- lessor Corbett. Beet syrup may be used for all purposes for which other syrups or molasses may be employed and will go long way toward relleV- ing the sugar shortage"
 Other original processes which Pro- lessor Benson will introduce among his clubs this season are vegetable marmalades and fruit and vegetable candy, all of which have been sue cessfully worked out in the labora- tories of the Department of Agricul- ture. He is also stressing quick meat production, pork and poultry raising being among his projects also the or ganizing of lamb and sheep clubs, by means of which he hopes to in fiuence the wool supply. Professor Benson will also encourage the general utilization of rabbits and other wild game, especially recommending their canning and drying as measure of food conservation.
 School Children Big Help.
 There are over 2S,OOo,cO Amer ican children of school age in the United States. Their work may be made wonderful asset in the war if they are inspired to do it in the right way and protected in doing ii" said Professor Benson. "Last year our children canned S50,OOo,Ooo cans or packages of home products. We hope l to double this amount during the year
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29
It Is Hoped To Make 1918 Banner Year for Field
 and Home Gardens Win the War By Raising Bumper Crops.

of 1918, there is branch of Federal service ready to serve as an incentive and an aid to efficient work.
 Professor L. c. Corbett, Chief of the Office of Pomological and Horticul- tural Investigations of the United States Department of Agriculture, who outlined the emergency garden plant ing program of last year, was inter- viewed in the interest of the peoples food drive of 1918.
 Strong Food Campaign.
 "We are making stronger cam paign for home vegetable gardens this year than ever before," said Professor Corbett, "and I have a few sugges- tions to make which may be of serv- ice in the new seasons work. It has been the rule of this office, as it is the policy of the Department of Agricul- ture, not to disturb legitimate busi- ness, since it is disquieting and dis. organizing to commerce. I have to l say, therefore, regarding the planting of home gardens, plant for the use of your family alone. Plant all you need for fresh table use, and all fol your CduninS anu uIylAS' DuL pey onO | that keep out of the commercial field Give the legitimate marketer, who makes it his business to sell his pro { duce a clear and undisturbed field 1 for his operation, so that he may know what his customary trade may de ! mand of him. Another point whicl
 the home gardener should bear 1T | mind in planning and planting is, pur
 chase only such seed as is required
 If this rule be not adhered to. som' other home gardener may be deprived
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29
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before us.''
 the war the State Agricultural col leges revised their programs, rear ranging their work to meet the situa- tion. Heads of colleges called upon the Home Economics Teachers to see what could be done in the matter of food production and conservation. Forthwith they planned emergency training for senior students, who were given instruction in special classes and many of them sent back to their home communities for the purpose of to like efforts. Matter was published and sent throughout the states for the use of clubs and of individuals, and it is an interesting fact that before the establishment of the Food Ad- ministration the agricultural colleges throughout the United States had their emergency work in home econ omics well in hand.
 The State Agricultural College, of Iowa, stands preeminently for Home Economics, and since the United States went into the war it's work has served as a stimulating influence in food production and conservation which is not only statewide but has become national. The State Colleges of Minnesota, Oregon, New York Kansas, Wisconsin, Ohio and Utah. are among those which, cooperating with the Department of Agriculture and their State Councils of Defense and the organized working units of every state have made for a solid mass of constructive work in food production, whose scope is limited only by the confines of the land. State Universities Aid
 A few examples of what the Home Economics divisions of State Agricul- tural colleges are doing will serve to indicate the extent and importance of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29
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of his share of seed.
 Now as to gardens" said Professor Corbett. we want to develop these gardens in just as economical a way as possible. We would make each town and village utilize its own ma terials for fertilizers. There is at hand in every rural community, the refuse from the stable and chicken house, and the wood ashes. Carefully handled such material contributes to the enrichment of land with the very best results, and leaves commercial fertilizers for those who must pur- chase them as a matter of necessity.
 City Compost Dump.
 "For the cities, I am prepared to advocate municipal compost dump, in some one of the many waste places on the outskirts of every town. This would provide a valuable source of supply to be drawn upon at will by the people for their back and vacant lot gardens. The American people must learn to make as light a draft as possible upon the commercial in- dustries, which are requisitioned by WdI uGGOS, AS duOI1lOE 1uSlduCS, Il d | hoe or rake is broken they should mend it, and so save industry and | material for the greater need of the day."
 Professor o. H. Benson, who is in charge of the Boys and Girls Club work in the North and West, States Relations Service, Department ot Agriculture has originated many ot l the production and conservation prof ects which have helped the country tc a material degree.
 Corn And Potatoes. 1 Among those things which we are stressing in the Boys and Girls clut work are corn and potatoes, whict will be produced in greater abund ance than ever before," said Professor Corbett. War gardens and home
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-29

the Department of Commerce that re- ports of Germany's food supply being exhausted are greatly exaggerated and that the Allies suffer much more in that regard than their enemies. If you want to help win this war while Old Mother Earth is temporarily de serted plant a garden and you will help.
 Tt is not possible to exaggerate the gravity of the crisis that we as people and a world power face" says Carl vrooman, Assistant Secretary of Horticulture. This is the most momentous hour in our history. if not the most fatefW hour in all history. It is not merely war that concerns us-and war on a scale transcending anything that the world has seen hitherto in the way of mili- | tary operations-but we are face to face also with Wars most dreadful handmaiden, Famine. Not as peo- pie, of course, for we can always hope to feed ourselves, but as one of a sis l terhood of nations, we are face to face with Famine. We may not be starv- l ing, but millions of our fellow men are. From now on, the supreme busi- ness of life for those of us who stay at home must be to mobilize our na- tiona1 resources so as to give to the men in the trenches the kind of back ing that will multiply to the utmost their efficiency and minimize their suffering and danger"
 l Couple that with what MT. Howe says then look at the tenement house records of New York City, which show that 3.912,OO0 people are living in flats. This is but typical of the crowd ed conditions that confront every mu
 nicipality today. What is Uncle Sam going to do about it? This question No. 4 of Dr. Fishers and the high cost of living interlock. The people must be directed back to the land and Secretary McAdoo can do nothing bet ter right now than to start an in- vestigation looking to the easy trans formation of the thousands of war workers into food producers in other
 words park the people to the best ad,
 vantage.