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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
MINISTER DEPLORES
FOOD SITUATION HERE
Calls Attention Of Chamber Of
Commerce to Condition In
West Philadelphia

Aroused by the evidence of discomfort
over the high cost of living. which he
found in the course of his visits among
his pnrishioncrs the pastor of Mctho-
dist Episcopal church in West Philndel-
phia reported to the Chamber Of Com
merce the remarks which he had heard
and besought that organization to take
steps to bring the serious conditions to
the attention of Congress.
This subject has been considered
gravcly by the industrial committee Of
the chamber. which has recommended
scevral Of the relief measures now in
process Of arrangement by the authori
ties at Washington.
In replying to the clergyman who
wrote the letter +. G. Budd. chairman
Of the industrial committee Of the
Chamber Of Commerce. after drawing
his attention to the steps already taken
to arrange for the disposal of food sup
plies through the postofficc Department,
stated:
This is certainly move in the right
| direction but the total amount of food
owned by the government is 80 small
that it will have very little effect on the
scale Of prices. The whole question is
most difficult one and should certainly
be faced seriously by our representatives
in Washington.
"Do you think there could bc any
more effective way of calling the attcn-
, tion Of Congress to this subject than
by petition started by yourself?
THE Chamber of Commerce will CO.
operate, but it would not be nearly as
effective as an earnest petition on the
part of the Methodist Church and other
churches"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06

been killed. But We have only held up
our empty hands to heaven with cry
for our country and for liberty and
right.
Gentlemen. will you pity us. and
recognize the independence of Korea?
Some of the people have not been
able TO stand against the cruel force Of
Japan. now and in the pnst. and have
been made to sign paper asking for
the union of Korea and Japan. 1t is
not true, but trick of Japan. Mr..
Wilson. President Of great America. we
look upon you ms fathcr---hear our
declaration of Independence and tell 1t to
the world, is our prayer.
Cruelty Is Unbelievable
The missionary writes: "I do not
know whether the inclosed letter from
the Korean girls has reached the desired
haven. We have known Of so ynuch
abuse, wanton cruelty, crowds fired into
and charged with bayonets.
Whole villages have been massacrcd
and churches burned. dead and wounded
piled together for relatives to dig them
out Forty seven men shot and thrown
INTO church and bCrncd-and yet these
petitioners have not turned even with
barred hands---to rend the doors of sucl
cruel unjust work. These are all facts,
and oh but We are hated because we
dare repeat them. How long will il
60 on?
Many hearts have been touched b,
IN" cry of the people of Korea for rclict
from an unsympathetic yoke. The,
have been steadily aud thorough,
driven to the wall, ignored. buffctcd
over ridden and abused, since the an
neXation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
KOREAN CHILDREN ASKED
LIBERTY AT PEACE PARLEY
Wrote TO Wilson Urging Independence From Japan, Writes
MiSsionary-Pea Neper Made Public

WHILE the peace delegates were sit.
w ting in conference, little girls Of
oppressed Korea were spelling out n
petition to President Wilson and his as
sociatcs begging for the independence Of
Korea,
Word Of this petition now comes to
America from an American missionary
to Korea, who knows that the petition
was written and sent. but who does not
know whether it ever reached the dele
gates.
The petition is dated March 10 and II
is signed by the Korean school girls. 1t
reads, in part:
"Inasmuch as the members of tho
Paris Peace Conference are giving at =
| tention to correct principles and the
rights Of all men. we, the children OF
Korea. before God. earnestly entrcat
you to help and comfort us.
All Lands Ask Liberty
1--WE have heard that now the people
of all lands are asking for liberty. We
also, the people of Korea, men ant
women. boys and girls. have come out
to declare the oppression we have suf
fered and to cry out for the indepcnd :
cnce of Korea. Yet for this, without
! justice or humanity, we have been
beaten and imprisoned--hav been
cursed and cut down with swords and
iron hooks. pierced with bnyoncts
dragged by the hair and our homes de
StrOyed.
"On Sunday we have not been al
lowed to meet in our churches. In the
country, whcu asked if we arc Chris
tians, and we answer yes. we have
been struck, beaten and many hav,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Clothes for Weekend

To Tho Editor OF the Womar's Page:
Dear Madam expect to go away
soon to spend the week. end at the sea =
shore home of some friends of my hus-
band. l have never met them and there
fore feel little shy. l would like to
know what clothes ! ought to take, as
my husband says l must look right.
Still I am only taking a suitcase.
Thanking you many times for an early
reply. WORRIED.
If you have dark silk dress, wear
that on the train so that you will look
nice in arriving. Have dainty collar
and cuffs on it. Wear n good hat and
put it in paper bag on the train so
it won't get soiled. Take with you
either some sort Of pretty summer
dress to wear in the daytime. or a
goodlooking white skirt and shirt waist.
Then for evening take a dressy summer
frock such as georgette crepe or an
organdie or very fine lawn. If there
is a little party given or you go out
Saturday night then you will be all
| rpady
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
PATERSON DYERS STRIKE
Walk Out in Support Of Demands Of
Silk Workers

Paterson. n. j.. Aug. 6.-Support- :
ing the demands of silk workers for an
immediate forty four hour week and a
IL per cent increase in pay, 1900 dyers
employed by the Wiedman Silk Dyeing
Company went on strike mere Yesterday.
The Amalgamated Textile Workers of
America held meeting to de-
wise plans for unifying $4,000 un-
organized silk workers-men and
women. It Is estimated that 5000
broad silk weavers and members of the
amalgamated are idle. Some of them
were locked out when they went to the
mills at 8 a. m. instead of Z 30 a. m.
in an effort to put the forty four hour
week into effect, but the majority
struck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06

To Marselr Y
I do not know of any place where
such courses are given. Sorry, Mar
sell Y.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Birthday Party Games

To the Editor Of the Womans Page:
Dear madam-Could you let me have
a few games for a birthday party of
children between the ages Of six and
eight years? Your page is delightful. I
am steady reader. READER.
The games have been mailed and. |
trust, will help the little ones to have
a good time. If you had given me a
few days more your choice would have
been wider.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
Ill.Treatment OF Cats


Dear madam-In answer to Mrs. c.
G. S., who wishes to find a good home
for little female maltese kitten which
she cannot conveniently keep, may l ask
her to send it to a painless oblivion?
am fond of cats and, being at home most
Of the summer, my heart aches for the
stray pets. codded all winter and either
turned out to shift for themselves in
summer or left to the questionable care
Of some one who does not bother much
with them. The females are the worst
sufferers.
Children are thoughtlessly cruel and
some sickening cases of their methods
have been forced upon my notice. Only
Saturday Twas obliged to send beau
tiful maltese cat or, rather, what had
been a fine one, all bones now, an eye
gouged out and skinned tail with a
tight string wound around it, to be put
out of its misery. A hurry call to a
certain society which attends to such
matters had pussy put out of it's misery
within half an hour. This is but one
case.
Do not turn the kitten out to ill treat
ment; better end it's troubles now.
r. w. C.
It is rather coincidence that before
your letter came today, e. w. c., the
article in the right hand corner of the
woman's page today had been written.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-06
The Woman;s
Exchange
Can't Be Done

To the Editor Of the Woman's Page:
Dear Mndam-Will you kindly answer
how can possibly regain n cotton voilc
dress. / dyed it an indefinite shade OF
old rose purple instead of pale pink.
l would like to make it pink again
OFFICE LASSIE.
There is no way to make the dress
light pink again. A garment is always
dyed darker never lighter. A dark voile
dress is always servicable, so you can
probably make good use of yours.
Will you kindly send your name and
address so that Miss Rose can send a
personal reply to your second question
None of her answers are printed in the
paper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

man is perfect secretary, an ex-
cellent stenographer and typist. He
must be given employment Not out
of charity. No, not charity! But be-
cause he is as good a worker as anyone,
because he is an active and intelligent
man, and far less handicapped than
is supposed. You give him back life
itself in giving him back his self
confidence, in proving to him that he
can still play a useful part in the
world, in developing his personality
that he thought destroyed, in arous-
ing his pride.
And if in spite of your aid he
makes mistake, it is in patiently
overlooking the small annoyance caus-
ed you that you show true kindness.
ION the other hand, the state has
not fulfilled all its duties toward our
blind soldiers in awarding them a
pension. 1t must secure work for them,
and give the simple artisans monop-
oily of the articles that they produce.
The public must buy these articles
solely from the blind.
I'm a word. when we are with a blind
man we must forget that he is blind,
SO that he may forget it himself
And yet we must never cease to think
OIL MN, tnOuSn ne must not know
that"
In the same issue of the American
Journal of Care for Cripples, the atti-
tude of the public toward the blind is
discussed by Lieutenant Colonel James
Bordley, director of the Red Cross In
stitute for the Blind at Baltimore.
where American blinded soldiers are
given the courage and the training
necessary for their struggle with a
new mode of living.
BY some strange process of reason
ing the blind man is looked upon as
something apart from the rest of our
civilization, writes Colonel Bordley
HE automatically. loses his job and
his social position with the loss of
his vision; he is looked upon as not
only physically but mentally disquali-
fled from earning a living. This is not
only unfair, but it is absurd. There
are capable blind and incapable blind
just as among sighted people. The
most potent cause in the failure of tho
blind is the total lack of provision for
their vocational re-education. There
is not in this broad land of ours a
single vocational school for the blind,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

.1t is easy enough to re-educate the
blind but much harder to educate the
public" writes Eugene Brieux. the
noted French author, in the current
issue of the American Journal of Care
for Cripples
people who can see know nothing
of the life of the man who has lost his
sight, and on meeting a blind man are
often so deeply moved that their judg-
ment is completely upset.
ct often occurs, for instance, that
in a railway carriage. on seeing
blind man with a guide, a traveller
addresses himself to the latter with
the question: Has he been blind for
a long timer AS If tho blind man
were a piece of luggage and unable to
answer for himself!
MANY seeing persons are so affect
ed by the thought of blindness that
they confuse 1t with death.
"A lady made me the following
avowaI, awful in it's naive egotism: l
should like to help the blind. but 1
cannot do it personally. l cannot look
at them: it is to dreadful, and l am
so sensitive
she sent a gift to a charitable so
ciety and considered that she had
done her duty toward the blind.
Because of such people we advise
those of our blind pupils who will come
in contact with the public-salesmen
for example-to wear dark glasses.
These will spare the nerves of those
persons who are so moved by the mis-
fortune of others that they take TO
flight, believing, doubtless. that suf-
fering ceases to exist when they do
not see it.
smoke glasses calm their nerves,
and they declare He calls himself
blind, but he sees better than he will
confess
Their feelings are thus soothed, and
they consent to talk and to buy. In
short, they give to whom they suppose
to be feigning a confidence that they
were ready to refuse to the man really
blind For things. They are not to
blame. They are SO sensitive.
1.-The greatest trial of the blind is
their state of dependence on others
You may NEE. Il blind man in the
street accompanied by his guide. The
blind man is young, healthy. and alert
the guide is a nice old gentleman who
out of kindness is taking blind sol
dier for a walk. You would suppose
on seeing them that the blind man
needed to be carried. The good gen
tleman grasps him tightly by the arm,
in the manner of a policeman taking
a man to the police station. He is
making a great effort, is grave. silent.
self-important. absorbed. His eyes
never leave the blind mans feet. with
the result that they both collide with
a tree or a lamp-post.
"One of these blind men said to me:
After 1 went for a walk with Mr..
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

| night estimated that receipts would
total between five hundred and six
hundred thousand dollars.
Dempsey left tonight for Cincinnati
to open theatrical engagement there
tomorrow He will receive 81 900 A
week.
Willard spent the day quietly. Aside
from a swelling on the right side of
his face, which is subsiding under
cold applications. he was none the
worse. apparently, for his encounter
with Dempsey. He accepted defeat
without any excuse for IL or belittle-
ment of the new champions fistic
prowess. On the contrary, he made
a number of complimentary remarks
about Dempseys ability. Willard said
he was through with boxing.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

stenography, male and female. July Is,
August % and September Is. 1918:
5000 to $1,000 year. Age Is years
or over. App. 304.
Die and tool maker. male. July %,
1919: s4.25 to $3.50 per diem. or higher
or lower salaries. Age 20 years or
over. App. 1900.
Junior dairy herdsmen. male, July
%, 1919: SO to 81 per diem, or higher
or lower salaries. Age Is years or
over. App 304.
Multigraph repairman, male, July
20. 1919: $1,000 or higher or lower
salaries. Age IS years or over. App.
1900.
Railway mail clerk, male, August
%, 1919: s11O0 a year. Age limits
Is to So years. App. 304.
Ship craftsman, male and female,
$500 to s12 per diem. Age IS or over.
App. 1872.
General engineering craftsman. ar
chitectural craftsman, power plant
craftsman, heating and ventilating
craftsman, electrical craftsman, male
and female, navy department: $500 to
$12 per diem. Age IS or over. App
1912
Copyist craftsman, male and female,
s3.2O to $3.50 per diem. Age II or
over App. 1912.
Ordnance craftsman, male and fe-
male, navy department: $500 to ST.
per diem. Age IS or over. App. 1872.
Aeronautical craftsman, male and
female, navy department: $500 to 81
per diem. Age Is or over. App. 1912.
Marine engine and boiler craftsman,
(internal combustion), marine engine
and boiler craftsman, (ero) $500 to
S12 a day. Age Is or over. App. 1872.
Pharmologist. male, July %, 1919:
$4,000 a year. Age 20 to As years. App.
211S
Special notice: The L. s. Civil Ser
vice Commission announces that as it
is found that the needs of the service
do not require the holding of the fol-
lowing examinations on the date indi-
Gated, for which they are scheduled.
such examinations will not be held on
those date: No. 80 Amended. Stats
teal clerk, August 20. 1919; No. 81,
amended, coder, August 6. September
and October s, 1919; No. 172, vet
erinarion and lay inspector, July %,
August 20 and September II. 1919.
These examinations will, however, be
htld on the dates indicated below, for
which they are also scheduled. If
the needs of the service require them
TO be held after these dates. they will
be duly announced No. 80. amended,
statistical clerk, June IS and July %,
1919; No. 81, amended, coder. July 9,
1913; No. 172, veterinarian and lay in
spector, June IS, 1919.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

X, my shoulder ached for two days.
and my arm was black and blue
This little anecdote is typical. In
trying to do the blind a service, we
must take care not to make them suf-
fer. We must give theI-- no more pro-
lection than they need, and this pro-
lection must be so gentle that they
are unaware of it.
"All who are fortunate enough to
have their sight owe the blind a pro-
lection which need not be the less
effective because it is exercised from
affair." One must have sufficient kind
ness to he willing to help the blind
without their knowing it,
How is one to help them? The,
answer is simplicity giving those that
can work a job With a dictaphone
and a typewriting- machine, a blind
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06
LIST CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS SOON
ARE MADE PUBLIC

The secretary of the Fifth U. S.
Civil Service District. Atlanta, Ca,
announces the following examinations.
Application blanks and additional in
formation concerning them may be
obtained from the Local Civil Service
Board at any first or second class
postoffice. the secretary. Fifth Civil
Service District Postoffice Bldg, At
lanta. Ga. or from the Civil Service
Commission, Washington, d. c.:
evening at Z o'clock at the home of
ming, boting and other sports, the
Clerk qualified in account, male and
female. grade /. $1,000 to S1400 a
year; grade 2. $1400 to $500 a year.
App. 1912. Vacancies in the Cincin-
natl (ordnance) inspection district.
Clerk qualified in business admin
lstration, male and female. grade /.
$1,000 to $1400 year: grade 2, $1400
to $500 a year. App. 1912. Age 20
years or over. Vacancies in the Gin
natl (ordnance) inspection district
Typist; clerk with knowledge of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06

nor has there ever been devised a
scientific scheme for their education.
There is not a single normal school
teacher to teach the blind. The average
wage of the industrious blind man is
81 per week and of the corresponding
blind woman about 81 per week Is
this not utterly Unfair"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06
SCHOOL BOARD :
NEEDS slS2,250
FOR THE YEAR
THIS is TOTAL OF THE BUDGET
TO BE SUBMITTED TO COUNTY
COMMIS SIONERS AT MEETING
TOMORROW.

For running expenses for the fiscal
year, beginning July l, the board of
public instruction of Escambia county
will need $751;. 00O250. This is the
budget which Chairman E. ID. BeEgs
and Supt. A. S. Edwards will submit
to the board of county commissioners
when they meet tomorrow morning
and which was yesterday filed with
the clerk, Langley Bell
The total expenditures listed call
for as follows.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06
DEMPSEY STARTS
STAGE CAREER IN
CINCINNATI, o.

Toledo, July although the Off
cial accounting had not been com
pleted. Tex Richard, promoter Of the
heavyweight championship contest
between Dempsey and willard to-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-06
EDUCATION OF PUBLIC
HARDER THAN THE BLIND

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
MAY EXPECT
 PRICE DECLINE
 SAYS PALMER

Washington, Dec. 23-The Ameri- can people have been informed by Attorney General Palmer that they may expect a decline in retail food prices with the advent of New Year and commencing at that time the an nouncement will add cheer to the yuIetide celebration.
 Retail food prices ordinarily show a downward trend during the first two months Of year, Attorney Gen eral Palmer explained, and it is be- Neved that this trend will be accele- rated this year by the campaign mi. tiated by the government which is just now getting well under way"
 Primary factors involved In reduc- ing the cost of living, which is all ready under control the attorney general said. are increased produc- ton, the elimination of extrava gant buying and the determined hunting down Of profiteers-
 If every one who produces will produce his utmost. If those who buy and consume will save and eliminate extravaganza and if all honest people will join with the department in jus tice in stamping out profteering and hoarding,'' the cost of living can be reduced, he declared.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
Report Shows Back to
 Farm Movement Progress

According to a report just issued by the Vocational Summary 1t ap- pears that the back to the farm movement has started in earnest.
 The report states that 19,859 pu- pills over the country were enrolled in agricultural subjects in vocational schools during 1918 and 1919.
 The report further states that this is an increase of 4,442 students being trained in this~subject. It is inter- esting to note that this is only the second year in which practical in struction of this sort has been with in reach of the average child Of school age.
 The Bureau Of Census approxI- mates an increase of one million farms in the United States during the last ten years. This increase, to- gether with the increase of scientif- cally trained men to operate them, has secured the future of agricultural America.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
ELKS TO GIVE 500 CHRISTMAS
 BASKETS TO POOR

Following out their usual custom In dispensing charity in a whole hearted In~nner during the Christmas season, Bridgeport Lodge of Elks will again this year distribute upwards of 800 Christmas baskets to the worthy poor of this city. The E1ks' basket is a wonderful sight to behold as it con tains food for an ordinary family for at least week. Besides a big turkey or roastt there are potatoes, turnips. celery, cranberries. can of corn, can of peas or beans, pound of sugar. bag of oranges and candy, pound of but ter, loaf of bread and other items. A force of volunteer workers of the lodg start tomorrow evening getting the baskets ready for delivery on Wednes- day. Every basket is delivered by automobile. The names of the poor of our city are turned over to the EslFzs by the various city nurses, police and fire departments, charitable and fraternaI organizations throughout the city and no family is overlooked if it IS possible to locate them. It is one of the big charities of the local lodge and costs several thousands of dollars every year to maintain, the funds to carry it on being contributed by mem bers of the order in this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-23
CRISIS APPEARS TO BE FACING
 DUTCH GOVT

The Hague, Dec. 22-Post war de- fense problems, closely allied with the problematicaI result of the form ation of the League of Nations, have brought about what appears to be a crisis in the Dutch government.
 Closely following the resignation of Jonkheer Bylevtld, Minister of Mar inc, last week, AIting Van Geusan, Minister of War, announced his res ignation today when the Dutch states generally amended his war budget and greatly reduced the sums available for munitions The budget generally provided for an army of the approximate strength of 100000. While the present government had taken a stand that the world situa- tion was still delicate and necessitated a large army, socialist members, led by Deputy Marchant, opposed the budget on the theory that the League 1 of Nations would end the necessity Tor large armaments.