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wreckage rising 10 the surface. That
was all 10 tell the tale OF another n
boat that would never see Keu again.
y great amount ot rescue work was
done by the destroycrs. on little
vessels, buckins stormy seas, dozens
OF men were swept overheard and lost
The boats were hard to manoeuvre In
a. soaway and a sailor who missed
his hold on the lifclines stretched
about the slippery decks would be
swept away and drowned before a
life buoy could be thrown to hum. The
destroyors also rescued hundreds of
persons from sinking vessels. An
$ o s call would be received by the
big Naval Wireless station at Brest,
and day or night, dostroycrs would
dash to the sinking snip, often hun
drcds Of miles away, Tho destroyer
Cunningham, anchored recently in
the North River, ran alongside a tor
podood British merchant ship and
transferred 594 persons to her narrow
decks before tho other vessel divcd
under the waves.
Ashore destroyer men werr a'way-
tho heroes of the port. Whether at
-. Anne in Brittany, Rosythc, Scot
! land or Queenstown, ireland. the
sunburuod winG-biown Youngsters
were The most popular OF the Yankee
! boys. Constant coaling ship ief, m,
coal dust steamed into their skin ),
! that no washing could remove the
! dark circles under their eyes, ana
they all seemed like handsome muvi,
actors ia closeup view. And j.
you SAW some husky COB rolling dowr
the Rue de Traverse toward IN,
Grande cafe for afternoon coffee will
the prott!est girl in Brest on his arm
you could bc sure that ho was a dc,
stroyer man.
Now the wars over and the men o
the L, :. y. are coming home They'r,
a quiet bunch ~ heroes, these over
seas boys, and probably the story o
the conveys viii never be fully told
but 1t is one OF the bis stories Q
1913. "Ships--more ships-and men,
called the Allies, and down the sub
marine sea lanes the de
stroyers brought them through.
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Intimate Story Seruice of
he NayThe Odds They against

High powered guns. shrapnel. ami
dcpth bombs welcomed the Germans
whenever they appeared, and they
soon learned to keep away from YAM
nce convoys. Almost with the arrival
- the United States Navy abroad,
tic Tanning came upon a sub lying
,n the surface, and captured her
complete before there was time f'r
the vessel to dive. They called the
destroyers Sims Circus" and when
ever one OF the circus got n sub she
was entitled TO 4 star on her smoke
stack. Now they're wearing service
lhcvrons. too, a gold cheyron bong
placed on the smokestack for each
six months overseas, And there are
many stars in the fleot.
Occasionally, Of course, the U boats
got a ship. Everything is on the
sub's SIDE. with her pcriscopa she
can see without being seen. She can
outrun slow convoy OF merchant
ships and lie in wait for them, rising
10 sink the pick of the neot and dis
appear beneath the waves again.
But for tho most part tho destroycrs
drove Off the subs II was bitter
work. outside IN all woathcrs, hcrding
the little conveys across the gray,
rainy seas. \ day in port coalng
ship. and Of To another convoy
somewhere IN the war zone. The
boats rolled, pitched ana tossed. II
was Impossible to cook meals, and no
attempt was ever made at regular
meal hours. Coffee and sandwiches
we're always ready in the galley when
you came Of, watch Living on SAND
wiyhts for ten days Vt sea- isn't oN-
actly pleasant. but there was no other
way. ON deck .t was sometimes Q
running battle for days, Tho subs
would hang on the flnnKs Of the con-
voy, waiting to pick of laggard ships
Whenever u perisoope APPEARED tn,
destroyers would dash 10 the spot
dropping their eggs and "ash cans,
rs the depth bombs were called, ans
sometimes hurting as many as thirty
,tubs at one sub. Then there woul;
be kn oil spot, filming out blue greer
across the sea, and perhaps a bit o
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may get into tho batch OF workers,
Just as an indigestiblc doughnut may |
crop up in a days baking. But Lor'
bless YOU. honey. she's apt TO happen !
anywhere! Don't let's throw out the !
whole lot because one or two are not
up TO specifications! Tho folks over
there. Mrs. Rlnchart says--the Red
Cross and the "Y" and tho X. of c.,
and the II. w. Il. and the Salvation
Army ana all the other Organizations
that have girls in the fleld-know
whom TO send home for repairs and
whom to keep. but the ones who go
home to rest must be replaced with
fresh material; that's the point.
Moreover, Mary Rinehart would
have with every new bcvy that goes
a "houscnothcr" to act as adviser,
friend and anchor to- windward. Then
nobody need be scared for fear the
American girl will lose her very de-
pendable little American head She
wont.
Morals and morale" says Mrs.
Rinehart, ARE two quite different
things. Morale Is a mental attitude.
II IS this mental attitude that the
American girl can be depended upon
to keep right. Tho young understand
the Young. American girls understand
American boys better than any other
girls possibly can. They have been
brought up with them. They have the
gltt for fratornIalng. Tho American
viewpoint Is different from the French
viewpoint That is why no one can
do as well for the doughboy in his
months OF enforced idleness and bore
dom and homesickness as the Yankee
cirl-and her doughnut pan!"t
Mrs. Rinehart is sure the French
menu is by way OF being greatly en-
larged' through the invasion OF the
doughnut and the pic II is almost
pathetic, she says. to see tho eager
ness with which those master cooks
the French stand humbly by taking
cooking lessonS from Massachusetts
matrons and daughters OF the grand
and glorious Middle West.
In some Of the camps she visited
proud Breton peasants brought ont
little plum puddinGs and pumpkin pirs
saved from the Christmas feast. 10
show how well they had learned their
lessons in American cookery. At first
they couldn't understand doughnut
II seemed funny 10 treat a circle O,
dough IKE a sliced pomme de terre
But a bit OF the finished product wa,
convincing, and soon a queue OF cook,
lined up for lnstruction-and In,
American culinary invasion was on
The COOKS at Brost had the hardes
time of II with their doughnuts. IN,
climate ~ Brcst tends to "a discourag.
inE sogg,noys. II is worse than Scot
land, the percentage Of rainy day
being five out OF sevonl
Mrs. lsnchart, having collected h,I
-rtFc soldier family about her II
,h' first time since The United Stlte
entered tho war, - celebrating by
few days rest from writing. She. Ma.
i,r lunchart, their two lads .n In,
service and one from school, ARE \
iha Langdon, getting re-acqua,utet
-. Anh agreeing that American mothca
, need nct bc anxious about either 'hel
girls abroad or their boys. They Wi
- t,hc care o; one another lnkyl b
>, good American traditions and zoo
Ameucan doughnuts
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naring friendship. But the S.amese
twin souls are doomed 10 boredom
from the start.
Persons who differ totally never
get quite to tho end Of the mutual
bew!ldorment which drew them
together.
Though they may never understand
each other, neither do they bore each
other so completely as the couple who
have no more points Of difference and
no more chance OF solitude than the
blades Of a pair of scissors.
The marriage based upon similarity
OF taste--it is too often similarity OF
lack OF tastc-hts the modern notion
OF successful matrimony.
For II meets the requirements Of
the man Of to-day who does not want
TO love too much, who breads emo
tional power IN woman as he does
not fear the devil, and whose ideal Of
a good wife is that OF a human being
who is willing to be a mother to him
while permitting him 10 treat her Ike
child.
Let any one Who doubts this asser-
ton recall the number Of chi!dless
! men who address their wives as
mamma"
The danger OF tho marriage OF
| Identical soul-tw is that having
discovered they ike the same books
poop,e. politicians. &c. conversation
and interest alike languish and they
J are led into explorations OF less
charted minds from which they for
| get sometimes to return. persons
who differ totally, on the other hand
'nre too apt 10 become mutually
natronizing, II not contomptuous. the
I Charlie Chaplin fan whose wlfe
nr,fers grand opera to the movies
regarding her as an artificial high
brow--a Characterization she accepts
Icomplacently without realizing that
oneras are merely movies set tc
music.
| In many marriages apparent lden-
tity OF taste is obtained by complete
self OF one member oi
the nrm. FIFTY years ago the matri'
monial submerged tenth was invaria
lblv the wife. To-day 1t is az
lukelv TO be The husband. No one
who has witnessed the procession
OF captive males in Suffrage tri-
umphs or watched their dolefu'
but doclle participation in feminist
iubllees can question the complete
subjugation OF large portion OF th'
male sex in America One may real
ize that they are suodued merely be-
cause they are too bored to resist
and we may feel sorry for them
though Ialways console myself witt
the thought that they are SUFFERING
| yicagiously for all the women wh'
adjusted and tortured and suppressed
themselves for men in past centuries
Most marital adjustments OF IN!
nature. whether made by men o
, women. are totally unnecessary Il
t the well being Of an intelligent house
hold.
, II Is the surviving Slameso idea
S ~ marriage that causes more do
p mestlc unhappluess than any othe
T. factor in the problem except money
D IAN marriages are ruined or WI
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an American smile-wcll. say-words
can't describe what happens. You have
To be there and see it. And IT'S beau
tlful."
Il has been said. you remember,
that the American girls work is done
abroad. and that the sooner mother
gets her home again tho better. Mrs.
Rlnchart cmphatically disagrcos.
"In my long tour" she goes on, 81
saw a few girls who seemed over
tired and norve-straincd. These were
chiefly young women whose work
sept them confined closely IN offices.
They had not the stimulus Of any
thing social or very interesting.
Mostly they had been for long TINE
{ IN tho little towns where they were
flrst assigned. They had no chance
TO see other places or to meet fell
low Americans or mlnsle in the life
% the camps even 20 the extent ~
q tie canteen workers. These girls
shculd be relieved. either by trans
fer or by being sent home. Fresh
helpers should replace them,
THE canteen and general welfare
Efls-and | saw hundreds Of them -
are not In any more danger OF moral
sr physical breakdown now than 'hoy
nave been at any time since they
vent over And that Ia negligible
when they are tagged they tan
rest There arc some who really are
tired out. But they should he re-
placed by others. No one knows how
. Long our troops may remain in occu'
= pIed territory. And now that the
4 ttrain OF warfare has ceased, reac-
-tior has set in. and they need ,rI'hd-
.-ship and entertainment dohshh"tf
and dancing. more than ever
.srhey need the American girl as q
. LA The mere sight of her speN'
HOME and the best traditions 0i
America. She is an effective antidc;'
against the poison of German prop
aranda. The intelligent well-rN rNare'
homo product girl with her talent 10
c,nradeship and her native tact an'
q 1eelf-respect does more to keep N
doughboy fine and clean and stead
fast than any amount OF obstra't ar
eument by the organizers ana eNccu
..uy.s-the men at the throttle Of n
great machine
Since everything is possible an
averybody's human, an occasiona
silly little grille or a weak sister
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Songs OF Ihc Destroyer Mon.

.and, and at once CO. operated with ths
British dcstroyers in guarding the
conveys, soon United States Navy
dCstroyers arrived nt Rrest, that
port in Western France" that was
the principal American base in Eu-
~. Others went 10 Scotland, G.b-
raltar and to Malta. In the sumrur
% 1917 they were followed by mot
ley fleet OF converted yachts, tugs,
oyster boats and tfawlcrs out of log
ten, New Bedford, and New Yyrk
that made up the mine Sweeping
forces. And they got on the Job at
once. The submarine was real and
terrible menace, The L boat Captain
We sea wolf, hidden ana ruth
t,Ss foe. Before -hc coming uf the
American destroyer5 every convoy
was attacked. l. boats sailed into
English rivers, ravagcd the nsnmg
fleets, and, II is said, landed spies on
English soil They seemed fearless,
and, lying on the Channel bottom,
! tcrrorized the sea Then came ihe
| americans They divided tho war
| zone into a great chcckerbJurG,
chartcd the position Of every hostile
submarine in the war zone, and pa,
rolled every sea mile.
| Il Is said that they had the posi-
tions OF the subs 50 well plotted that
they knew just the speed, course anc
run OF each u boat, and how long il
would be before the men inside tu,
steel cylinder would have TO como I,
the surface for a smoke and b-eatt
Of fresh air. When they came the
destroyers we're waiting for them
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Now. there are three varieties Of twinsone called
identical" in which there inevitably two Of a kind,
that is two sisters two brothers, aud another giving
equal representation to each aud the third Sanese
variety, nseparable from birth death.
There also three varieties of twin soulshe first,
represented BY married couples who love each other
OF identity of tastes and opinions the second
Of their compete divergence in thoughts feelings
occupations and amusements and the third held together
irrespective Of their personality by parochial notion
that human beings like beetles should travel only
in pairs.
vergent likely TO oe madly in love Win
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TOOK THE HINT WRONG,

-HE saying that woman doesh
like to tell her age may he a
i cruel slander on the sex; but 1t
was true OF Mrs, Thompson, Size
never missed chance Of letting her
friends know she was years younger
than her husband.
"Yes, George is fifty years o'd'' sin"
remarked to visitor one day, and
there are ten years between US
But the visitor was an elderly
spinster, with a sour disposition,
us that So" she exclaimed in WELL
assumed surprise. Now. really. ycu
look quite as young as he doesl"-
Pearson's Weekly.
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The end or thc yeaT TU0U you
boosted tho cost OF living ~ pr cent
and sent my pay up only 10 per cent,
and on that basis, at the end Of the
year. ! ind myself $40 IN the hole!'"
How much does that fellow make
in year?
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ST st Q r. the slit
skirt. The Spring
Girl OF 1919 is even
now practising her
Chinese toddle. TO
the confusion OF ali
the wise prophecies
q b o ut the sane.
sensible" clothes
W r. c h a stened
" o m en- were 20
wear ever after.
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bunk, Tor good
ness sake let up
on me-" walled
{ Q consumer.
I'm the good old
days | could pay
my bills and
have $500 left out
OF my income al
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France except the very south" and believes the
American Girl is perfectly safe thcre-much safer
than the American doughnut The girl Is able to take
care OF herself she always has been, time any
where. Not so the doughnut. There Is escape for
the doughnut. II is doomed TO utter demolshment
But. Oh" says Mrs. Rnohart with dimplc and a
twinkle and general lighting OF her fresh pink face
oh what a psychological effect good doughnut can
have upon a doughboy | have Inconsistencies van
ish with the FIRST mouhful. Even when the doughnut is
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By Otis Pc alb ody Swift.

lrc shin O The New York Evening World
{ tifltt glamour OF
I'm seagoing as they make I'm checked
o. fight;
I've IA waddle in my walk, and salt tang my talk,
And drink a quart OF sharks blood every night
With fragile hearts
I'm aunty and that the things
Do you ask me how do it? Get me- kid there's nothing TO it
I'm a L. S. \. Destroyer man.
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Mooers Marshall.

Copyright 1910. by TIC rrrr. Publsbing co.
The NrF YORK btcniog World
Hcrc'S 10 the hobbic--
Long may she robbic!
Hcre's to the slit
Not changed one bii!
TOR along with peace have re-
+ turned those twin sartorial sen
sations, the hObblc skirt and its
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FACTS WORTH KNOWING.

An automatic train control system
that produces audible signals in loco.
motive cabs ~ being tested by la-gc
British railroad for general use.
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The inventor OF safety razor Tea
tured by roller claims the lattar
gives the blade the correct motion ant
messages the face az the same time.
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". y. WAR BABIES
Who VIII Hare to Be In
trOduced to Their
Fathers

THIS is Rita May Henry, tho
daughter OF Lieut.. II. A.
Henry, I. :. y. Baby Rita
was botn June %, 1918, while her
daddy was in Brest, France, stationed
aboard the t, S, :. Long Belcn,
which later ran on the rocks on its
way to Bordeaux, Lieut. Henry is
now on his way home, and Baby
Rita and her mother are anxiously
waiting to make the Introduction ct
their home, No, S45 West 3ith street,
New York City.
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Ansloer to Taking Partner Pu=.ie.

@ince the uncle paid El,2Oo for a
third interest, the entire business was
worth G360O. OF this Junior owned
e1.eo' and Senior G2,OOO-ln times
as much. Senior took 4 800 OF
Uncle Dombey's contribution and
Junior e4oO. Then the three in
tsrssts we're similar. O
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Mary Roberts Rinehart, Just Home From
France, Says When Doughnut Made by
Girl Is PrOfered to a DOughboy With
an ,"American SmiIe,' Doughnut and
H0mesickness Vanish Together.
By Zoe Beckley.

CagtS . World
Girl the American Doughnutthos'
arc Yank in France
Mary author
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EVENING WORLD
PUZZLES.
By Sam Lloyd.
The COnsumer's Pu:slc.

,tN IOW that the war is over and
IN The Evening word has shown
your inflated prices 20 be all
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Persons of divergent tastes likely mady
furiously while those think
chance dwelling together In oonay
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By Nixola Greeley7Smith.

IosE Ercans
ffJ JAPPNESS Byron OF
II his generation This a conservative sentime
Broadway philosophers happiness
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.ssS ~
fot1rfl !! S !e'I'e''''':n i: oiir,tS|
* E g((9Yg2J :;$$ : OH lfI :::
Nl at:Is' j j / m j G, :, J, ms !, I,
AUTONOMY FOR HUSBANDS.

No. W.--AUTONOMY FOR HUSBANDS.
Happiness May Haze Been Born Turin, but Not
of the Sidmese Variety-H Is Not a Cent?
pede, Either - The Idea That Husbands and
Wires Should BE Socially Insepurabie Is Mon
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made by the prentice peasant mir
is girl, with
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mantle woman.

cenpede but II Is the hFst article In the creed of
mantle
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-29
PENNSYLVANIA FARMS

1854 ACREs-No ttner-laying tract IN Mont;
electric and nal pike; new barn large
IN rmhouse. spring: finest big farm In county
at price OF about 800 per acre; immediate
possession.
18 ACRES high hspeed electric to 6Oth and
Market SITS. via Norristown; beautiful
meadow with stream. Spring ml9dernlzed
stone dwelling. Vapor heHt; baths, cleo
trlcity etc; farm barn. poultry house: good
price and terms: an accessible. picturesque
acreage property.
BROWN 4 CLOUD. Norristown Pa.
TEN ACRES west OF Norristown. near troll
ley one-fare limit: moderniged stone porch
dwelling with every convenience; electricity
etc, central school: farm barn and outbuild-
ings: price $500.
BROWN & CLOUD. Norrlstown. Pa.
20 ACRES at trolley and pike between Nor
ristown and Chestnut Hin: good stone
dwelling. splendid outbuildinEs: farm very
RRoWN & CLOUD. Norristown. Pa.
MAIN LINE FARM
of 05 acres for sale at bargain: suit BILE
for dairy or country place; good building site
K. TROUT. Wayne, Pa.
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SUMMER HOUSES

ATLANTIC CITY-For rent. Easter week
and summer season, furnished cottage
Corne" Buffalo ave. and Nentnor ave. Vent
nor. N j. bedrooms baths and shower
nicely furnished, photo, references c. PEN
BERTON, j., llO2 Harrison Bldg
IN THE PocOno Mountains near Buck Hills
Falls . delightfully."- located bungalows; /
rustic. other a gem. Address 1877 p Tabor
road. Phone Bell. Wyoming 1895 w
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GERMANTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE WATER GAP

CASTLE Inn HOTEL. AND MUSIC HALL
Modern: nreproCf: 1870 bedrooms with run
ming spring water: rooms en- suite with pri-
vate bath drug store. with fountain. bowl
ing. billiards. dance hall moving pictures;
Capnc city 1000; fully furnished. II. B. Drake.
East Stroudsburg. Pa.
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A Modern Home
LATHAM PARK

Well situa ted within minutes walk OF
Jenkintown station for sale at a MODERATE
price; contains bedrooms. bathrooms
large porches, every Improvement; comblha-
tion stable and garage; :. of an acre shaue,
fruit and vegeta bile garden. Phone ogofth
,Irito Ioa I.edger OnlCe.
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REAL EsTATE-sALE OR RENT
CITY
CITY
n.iIaInn Inia Earinrx SIiAs Ein

building Lots. Factory sites. Etc.
NO MONEY required, II ground is improved
will lake mortgage lot, 220x35O. opposite
Penna. r. r. freight station. SOth and Oak
ford SITS. wv Washington ave.)i has three
fronts; all municipal improvements made
Apply Emil Guenther. 28th and Grays Fer
nv road.
LOT 40 900 so. IT. 33d and 84th SITS. and
Grays Ferry road wv. Washington ave. };
Penna r. r. sidings; satisfactory terrns
Apply Emil Guenther, 28th and Grsys Fer
ry road.
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HOLM IT. SHIELDS
YORK ROAD & gSTE AVE
Observation-Disclosures
COLONIAL STONE HOUSE

fertect type OF architecture. having on the
tIrst floor. large center hallway, coat closets
iaVatory; very large living room. dining room
pantry. Kitchen and laundry; the second floor
consists OF master sleeping rooms 9 bat this
and separate servants wing of 2 rooms and
pain; third floor consists OF ! exceptionally
large room. . good-sized bedrooms and /
oihth; i numerous open freplaces. fine large
closets. linen closets and all modern con-
Xeniences. including hot-water heat electric
iight and gas: acres of ground: high eleva-
ton and convenient to station
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OLNEY
LOGAN


s4350-48I N. MERVINE ST.
Three bedrooms; basement laundry. hot-water
session and attractive terms.
s4sOo-4s23 N. 10TH ST.
Six rooms and bath. thoroughly modern
stone porch. at the price offered genuine
bargain.
s4s00-4s5s N. 18TH ST.
Splendid interior condition. bedrooms. oc-
modern appointments
sbsoo-152a LoUpEN ST. (coRNER)
modern appointments. at this price we urge
prompt inspection.
sgsoo-46a1 N 10TH, ST.
particularly attractive terms. a, Groom house
on hne wide street
o.. s5eoo--4s23 N. 10TH ST.
.s s is hs had as II ths 0S S
ished in oak; in good condition.
IN 1900 BLOCK 11TH ST.
street., one a Crawford Groom house, and
room. We suggest prompt inspection OF both.
4 bedrooms, breakfast room, Immediate pos
session. arrange your own terms.
s72oO-5iss N. 18TH ST,
Twin @ Gms GI the aea osst buys we
,7Soo--ls24 WAGNER AVE.
Three story, twin. thoroughly modern; near
trolley and train: lot III 1T. deep; immediate
possession
The above is a representative list of Logan
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