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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23
COlOred Marquisette
Pretty Pink Corsets-
Three Good Models

At $3.50 there is pink poplin model with me-
dium low bust and rather short skirt. 1t is lightly
boned for the slight to the average figure.
At S3.50-A pink broche with wide elastic band
at the top, a short skirt with eyelets below the
front fasenings to give additional comfort in sit
ting The woman with slight average figure
will find this an admirable corset.
Another at $3.50 is Of plain pink coutil with
top that is slightly raised in hack, and has long
skirt that is heavily boned for the average the
full figure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23
Please Tell Me
What to DO
Ask a Doctor
by CYNTHIA

Dear Cynthia-plcasc tell me how
much n girl of fourteen and about five
feet tall should weigh. Are there cxer
ciscs that will make one gain weight
Also kindly tell me what to do to help
cure thick lips.
BROWN EYES.
CYNTHIA does not undertake to answer
beauty or health questions. Consult a
doctor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23

!T77leu neck and wide sash which ties in bow
in the back $3.50.
serge dress at this price is heavily embroid-
cred In panel effect down the front of the bodice
and the skirt IN.rL.n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23
Pretty FrOCks
Can Be Had for Amazingly
Small Sums in the Down Stairs
Store

Making a dress your,
Sc I see M S hardly
worthwhile when pretty
things. all ready to slip
on, can be had for
$lO,75, $12, SIS, $3.50
and like sums.
The frock that is
.sketched is of navy blue
tatfeta made with a
long roll collar and a
p e a t e d vestee. The
broad belt is embroider-
ed in front with heavy
silk. $l0.75.
II you prefer crepe
de chine there is a
pretty frock in a soft
blue shade. 1t has a
collarless bodice. bell
shaped sleeves and a
tucked skirt. Sl2 is very
little for it.
Many, many attrac-
tive dresses of tafeta or
serge are here at $l5
and $3.50. Navy blue
IS the color most often
asked for and it is par
tlcularly pretty in a
tafeta dress with a
fri la1 no,1. l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23
Summer Curtains
Are Coming Into
Their Own

Madras curtains in white s.
pair in many attractive des gnS.
Marqusette curtains in white cream color
with valance all ready to hang, are 81 80 pair.
COlOred Marquisette
excellent for Summer draperes and vaanceS is 4Oc
and SOC yard and is 36 inches wide. Designs are
exceptionally good and the coorngs are soft and
pleasing to the eye.
Chestnut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23

lIn the next installment Mrs. Jones
precipitateS catastrophe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-23
An April Special in
Umbrellas So

They are sturdy. but good looking umbrellas
with American tatfeta (cotton) tape edge covers
over Paragon frames. The handles for women are
prettiy tipped in colored bakelte with rings
silk loops. with sterling silver trimmings.
The handles for men plain. carved and trimmed
with sterling silver
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
APT DESCRIPTION OF PASTOR
child's Characterization Well Drawn,
Though Possibly Not FIattering
to the Good Man.

Little Caroline and her grandmother
went to church one Sunday morning.
recently. 1t had been some time since
the small lady had attended and things
and faces were new and strange.
After returning home she sat In .
quiet study.
"What are you thinking Of. dearr'
grandma asked.
"Who was that fluffy manr was the
reply.
"What man. petf l do not know
which one you mean"
"That man, l mean," Caroline said
with an indignant frown.
II can't tell. dear. which one that
Ia"
SWELL" said little Caroline, evident
~ fully dlsgusted. u mean the fluffy
nan that talks while we keep STILL"
The pastor happened to be rather
short, stout man with good supply
Of hair, and this was her unusual way
of describing him.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
HAD AIMED A LITTLE LOW
Gunners Error Probably the Only
Thing That Saved Flock Of Black
birds From AnnlhliatIon.

A party Of gentlemen at a hotel
were telling stories one night recently
Of famous shots and how many
Quails, partridges. ducks and other
birds had been killed at a single dis
charge. After listening to. what
seemed a willful exaggeratlon by differ.
ent narrators, a'stranger who was pres
ent volunteered his experience Of his
only use Of the fatal double-barreled
gun as follows:
VI went into the field one day to try
cunning. The only game discovered
was an immense flock OF blackbirds.
I should say there were 10000 In the
1ock. Slowly l crawled up to them.
and when not more than four rods
away the birds arose In solid mass.
fred both barrels. and how many do
you think killed."
Different guesses were made by the
party, ranging from 20 to 100.
"Not one," said the stranger, "but
went out with my brother to look
for the results, and picked up four
bushels Of legs. had shot little un-
Der"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There 10
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that Is by constitutional remedy
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
Of the System. Catarrhal Deafness Ii
caused BY an inilamsd condition Of tho
When this tube ID infamed you have I
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when II is entirely closed. Deafness 10 the
result. Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases Of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh which Is an inflamed
condition Of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case Of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
r. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
A Feeling Of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard Of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle Of Swamp Root.
II is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not q stimulant aud is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
It Is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad.
der troubles.
A sworn statement Of purity il with
every bottle Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need = medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles Of two sizes, medium and large
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents TO Dr..
kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Ady.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
BoscHEE's SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's Syrup has been used
- successfully for fifty-one years IN
an parts Of the United States for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled In the
throat especially lung troubles? It
gives the patient q good nights rest.
free from coughing. with easy expec-
torauon In the morning, gives nature
q chance to soothe the infamed parts,
throw Of the disease. helping the pa
tient to regain his health. Made In
America and sold for more than half
. century.-Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Real Happiness.

After reading a poem about a little
BOY who was 30 happy because there
were lovely flowers. beautiful birds.
blue sky and running brooks. eight
year-old William remarked:
those things would never make me
happy. Miss Jones'"
why. William" replied his teacher,
what would 1t take to make you
Aappyr
"Saturdaysl" was the prompt reply.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
The Safer Course.

The Frenchy and the Yank were sit
ting together on the fire step In q
trench. The Frenchy was smoking one
Of those mysterious cigars made some
where In France.
The Frenchy turned to the Yank and
sald: "Will you hold zis cigar while ]
throw ze grenade to re Boche?'
"Not on your life," said the YaEk.
''but I'll hold re grenade while you
throw ze dgar."-Ontario Post.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Lessons Llfe's Beauty.

The failure to express what we feel
Of love and admiration and the ex-
preston Of feeling due to impatience.
not Of the spirit. but Of overtaxed
nerves, are causes Of the loss of much
that helps to make life beautiful
The Outlook.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
They Do SAY That.

They Do Say That.
HE works like a dog"-but dogs
don't work.
He drinks like q fsh"-but fishes
don't drink.
"He lies like a lawyer'-but lawyers
don't-ehl What's that?-Portland
Evening Express.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

70 Happy Day" sang the laundress
q she hung the snowy wash on the
line. It was "happy day" because
she used Red Cross Bag Blue.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Mean Of Her.

Percy-I have one In this watch case
that think the most Of in this world.
Peggy-Graciousl When did you
have your picture taken. Percyf
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
The Card Club.

"Are you going to the card club this
afternoon"
mo, It's my turn to stay away and
be talked about"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Food for Thought.

He-I am going tonight to see a
mind reader" She-"What good will
that co your"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

"Dont cry over split milkw Is good
advice. but Don't spill the milk In the
first placei" is better.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
WHY NOT TRY TT?

Gradea !. .3uid realize larger
profits 1. he raised purebfed
sB0HTBoHSs. T'bey don't
require any more room, nor
any more feed, nor any bet
ter care than the grades
should have. But they sell
for more money. A Kansas
farmer produced W head
from one registered Short
horn COW In - years. Two
brothers In Wisconsin pro-
duced ll9 head from one In
II years. The value counts
up when you're breeding
Shorthorn Breeders
- n..S nA.. III
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

A man may be ignorant of the law,
but the ignorance of his lawyer Is al
ways inexcusable.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

p. Plsece's Pleasant PsIlsts put an "a b
ack and bilious headaehes, eonstipatioa, 0isll-
90 and Indigestion. '.Clsan house" ADV.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Tho Real Reqretter.

Does your wife regret that she mar.
ried poor mann"
Not so much rs | do"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

And many a bird fell asleep resting
. his Iaurels.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27
Paradoxicai.

ParadoxlcaI.
"What's all that noise in the noun
tains?"
"Hushl It's STILL"
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-03-27

rrrc3reds American Shorthorn Breeders
association. u Dexter PARK Ave. Chicago, III
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
ExtermInatlnu Pests.

Uncle Sam employs approximately 300 professional trappers and hunters to assist western stockmen in exter- minating wild predatory animals from the range country. These hunters have killed 70,713 predatory animals in the last three years, which has re- suited in direct saving estimated at nearly 514 million dollars a year to the stockmen of the Rocky Mountain section. The total kill consisted of 60,473 coyotes. S,Oa4 bobcats, 1929 wolves, POI mountain lions and 1S7 bears. The belts of the animals kill ed were sold for approximately $100, 900, which, of course, is of consider able aid to the government in fnanc- ing the work. In addition to animals killed by trapping and shooting, great numbers of coyotes have been killed by the carefully organized poisoning campaigns conducted by the biological survey.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
Modern GsIIantry.

I shall be even disposed to rank 1t among the salutary fictions of life, when in polite circles I shall see the same attentions paid to age as to youth, to homely features as to hand some, to coarse complications as to clear--tO the woman as she is a wom- an, not as she Is a beauty, a fortune or a title. shall believe it to be something more than a name when a well-dressed gentleman in a well-dress- ed company can advert to the topic of female old age without exciting and Intending to excite, a sneer-when the phrases, "antiquated virginity" 1" and such one has "overstood her market" pronounced In good com pany, shall raise immediate offense in man, or woman, that shall hear them spoken.-Charles Lamb.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
CONTRACT LEFT FoR ROAD

Memphis, July 24.--The contract for the building of 12 miles of dirt road from the levee at the end of the viaduct of the J. T. Harahan bridge over the Mississippi river to Marion and Hubert, Ark, was awarded to R. G. Hill & Co.,, of Birmingham, Ala. The resurfacing of the road to be constructed at once, will be done next year. The contract calls for an expenditure of $70,000. Twelve or more bridges will be erected after the road em- bankments are completed This will bring the total amount to be put on the roads in this district to about $1225,000 this year The road will lead from the levee westward for about two and one-half miles. Then it will fork, one branch leading to Hubert, and the other to Marion, The Morgan Engineering Company of Memphis drew the engineering plans for the work. The bids were opened today at Marion by the road commissioners of the Ninth district, composed of the following. w. S. Danner, Clarksdale, chairman; Louis Barton, Marion, and D. M. Riggs of Hubert.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
Dipping Increases
 Milk Production

Little Rock, July 29.-Here is one of the numerous specific instances cited in support of the United States Department of Agriculture's clai nnthat dipping dairy cows to kill the cattle fever tick does not cut down their milk production, but on the contrary actually increases their yield through the elimination of the parasites.
 David Detzger of Metzger Bros. Sanitary Jersey Dairy, Dallas, Tex, declares that since he started dip ping his herd of 500 cattle the herds production has increased 10 per cent, that before dipping was begun in Dallas county from 12 to 15 per cent of the herd was lost each year because of the ticks, and that since he began dipping there have been no losses at all. Of the 500 animals in the Metzger herd, 300 have been in immediate use for dairy purposes.
 "No detriment whatever has re- suited from the dipping" says MT. Metzger in statement he has surn- lshed the department of Agricul- ture. ''There was a reduction of milk at one dipping immediately fol lowing each dipping, but it affected only one milking and immediately after the cows produced the original amount of milk. As the ticks were eliminated through the dipping the dairy cows without exception would increase their production of milk This was determined by the fact that the milk produced by each COW was weighed separately at each milk ing and has been so weighed for the past four years"
 Records that have been kept sys tematically prove that cows slightly infested with ticks produce 1S.6 per cent less milk than do tick-free cows, while cows heavily infested produce on an average. 42.4 per cent less milk than similar cows freed from ticks. This was established by the Department of Agriculture by rec ords of yields kept over considerable periods of time for ticky herds be- fore they were dipped and for the same herds after they were dipped.
 A herd of 20 lightly ticked cows produced 29 quarts less milk per day, or loss of $500 quarts in LVV udyS ullhiHS, tudH ~ liCk-Iree cows of the same kind. Twenty heavily ticked cows produced 67 quarts day less or loss of 13,4OO quarts in 200 days milking, than 20 tick free cows of similar breed.
 Reduction in milk flow does not always appear ins the first milking that follows the dipping even, but it is natural that after a milch COW has been driven few miles to vat and has gone through the excite ment of dipping her production should fall off slightly. But this temporary falling off soon disap- pears and the dairy man who keeps records over any long period will find that getting rid of ticks will increase his actual milk production by as much as 42 per cent, the &C., tual increase being according to the number of ticks that were sucking the blood that should have gone into the making of milk.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01

more fully understood if it can be remembered that this boy is all that is left of Gen. Pershing's fam fly, his wife and three other chil- dren having been burned to death in fire several years ago--a trag- edy which almost overwhelmed the great commander at the time. What else mattered when after long sep aration, this only child was sudden ly returned to his arms?
 But the correspondent does not mean what he says when he writes that General Pershing was not him self for the time being" Rather he should have said that the gen. eral revealed himself in this incl dent as just what he is-a big-heart- ed, loving, human, American, one who throughout his career has ex- hibited qualities of heart as well as of body and mind. His regard for his men is common knowledge. All his biographers agree on that. While strict disciplinarian he has always tempered justice with mercy. In the Philippines, in France, in Mexico, his orders have been ''to look out for the privates," the "95 per cent" as he used to call them.
 And since the cables have time to tell more of the human side of the war, they have told more of the human side of the commander. They have told of his refusing to allow wounded Tn hospitals to salute him
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
KNOWN AS WlTcHcRAFT TOWN
o,d Salem. Macs, Has Never peer Able to Live Down the Muc"-
 pisliked Name.

Salem is nationally known ss tne witchcraft town of history li'Ae which it has been trying to i've oown for 200 years. Fortunately Fer oaiein' the terror of witchcraft inquisinon is fading from memory.
 Invariably the visitor comes 70 Sa- lem with the idea of witches nrmiy fixed in his mind, but the only evidence of their existence that he can ma s a tiepin bearing tiny witch astriue a broomstick. Besides buying wien adorned souvenirs, which Salem pro vides to meet the demands of visi'crs' there are other ways of satls1y'hE witch-hunting ambitions.
 To @ person already keyed 10 hisn pitch by vague recollecdons or witch days Salem on a frosty moonlight night seems to slip back century or 90 into the solemn supersttious httie Puritan town. where one must thihk several times before making the most casual remark lest it be construed as evidence of friendly dealings with the devil.
 Over by the cemetery the tombstones of the witch accusers gleam shostiy in the moonlight. It seems plausible tnat any of those venerable judges or l6Sz might glide suddenly into view ana stroll with dignity down the street or that Mistress Sarah Good or ELIZA beth How should appear and ask stern' ly if 1t was your ancestor that labeled her witch.
 Out on Gallows hill, too, there IS atmosphere" undiluted. Here l9 un- fortunates convicted of witchcraft met their fate before Puritan common sense overcame Puritan fanaticism. Gallows hill is a monument to Saiem's darkest days.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
A PLAIN AMERICAN DADDY
(Houston Post)

For three years Gen. Pershing had not seen his little son, Warren, until few days ago, when as a surprise to the General, Secretary Baker took the boy to France with him. When the commander in chief learned that his boy was on the Leviathan, docked at Brest, he would not have been more surprised had he heard the kaiser had repented, and the story of the greeting be- tween father and son cannot fail to tug at the heart strings and moisten with tears of joy and sum pathy the eyes of every one who knows the love of child.
 According to the correspondent, the commander forgot his rank, his dignity, army etiquette, precedent and everything else when he espied his boy on the big ship and scram- bling aboard with as little ceremony as the humblest and least ceremo- nious daddy might do, he rushed along the deck and swept the boy into a great bear hug"
 For the time being Gen. Per shing was not Gen. Pershing-he was just a plain American daddy, and a very demonstrative one at that the writer adds.
 Perhaps the depth of feeling ex- perienced by the general can be
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
MASHED PARCHMENT AND
 THINKOLOCY

A booze fighter can't fight little bit.
 Professors and cows have high foreheads.
 Curiosity raised blazes in the gar den of Eden. It is awful to be jackass and have ear ache.
 Man pursued by woman is a poor sprinter. Home made ice cream has longer hairs in it.
 Mind your own business and get some to mind. Women's tears are caused by hus. bands and onions.
 It is fierce for a one-armad man to have the itch.
 The slit skirt was worn in Rome No wonder Rome howled.
 Never put a $100 saddle on 2 $50 horse.
 The Apostles were fishermen. no, plutocrats.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
EASY TO SEE ONES BRAIN
Scientist Asserts That All That n Necessary 10 Candle and
 Some Perseverance.

"Have you ever seen your brafnF is not such an outlandish question as one might suppose. In fact, it Is quite possible to see One's own brain, accord ing to Dr. Fraser Halle, says London Tt-Rits.
 Many years ago Purkinge startled the scientific world by announcing that by passing a candle to and fro several times by the side of the eye, this might be done. The air In front, he declared, was transformed into kind of screen on which was reflected what he sup posed to be a magnified image of part of the retina.
 This started e research movement among the scientists of the period, and a controversy began.
 Sir c. Wheatstone thought the pro- lessor was slightly out of his bearings. He declared that what the latter had seen was merely the shadow of the vascular network.
 Then Dr. Fraser Halle returned to the attack, and stated that he had sue ceeded in identifying the picture with the representation of the anterior lobe of the cerebrum."
 The candle should be moved to and fro about four inches below the eye and three and q quarter inches from the face. If the movement Is suspend ed, the image disappears. Night ia the best time for this experiment, but it can be seen faintly, in any dark place even In the daytime.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01

of the tears in his eyes as he in- spected the wrecks of men in hos pitals and convalescent camps; of his wArm words of praise for women workers of the Red Cross; of his encouragement of the religious well fare workers, of his remarks to the young wounded sergeant he was decorating, Young man, envy you" and other incidents illustrating his character.
 Like our other greatest command ers-Washington, Lee, Jackson, Grant-Pershing has shown again and again that he is a man of great heart. Military life has never de- stroyed the spirit of our truly great soldiers.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
THEIR EXCUSES

Two men who are quite we'll off but very miserly in their expendi- lures, met recently in the gallery of theatre. Each was annoyed to be seen bv the other in the cheapest place in the house. "
 What brings you here?" each asked the other.
 ITO tell the truth" said inc 6rst I've got fearful cold in my head, and as the heat ascends. came up here where it was warm, Besides, I'm a terrible sufferer from rheumatism. But what brings VOL here?" 'ou
 My opera glasses!"
 Your opera glasses"
 Yes. They enlarge so much. l cant see from the boxes what is gong on on the stage. have to come up here in the gallery to be able to see with them at all.n- Connellsville News.
The courier-index., 1919-08-01

Will '1 c,'a..L sa. L.. cl.,.
 vs. '''au Jessie ssi Custer, N; warned tssssa'' to apDsa,' ~ I,i plaint antf's y t.S. days and Jss Mariana, Alt'' sa''S NJ
 R 6 Atto...y By Ben B
The courier-index., 1919-08-01
Movable.

"where IS Mir Flubdub lunching to- day?"
 Well, ne may he at the next corner or he may be a couple of blocks down the strt @
 Il thought his habits were very reg ular. Can't you tell me where he is lunching2"
 ~Nct precisely. He iuNchee at s ba- mana cart, but 1t moves arOana. ."- Aseaisvsase COaraer,Journ