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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
NURSES WELCOMED HOME
Frankford Hospital Lawn Fete II
Honor of War Heroines

With lawn fetc the graduate and
pupil nurses of the Frankford Hospital
'.ormaIly welcomed home those of the
nurses and physicians who served ir
the world war last evening on the
spacious grounds of the hospital. The
fete will continue this afternoon and
evening. When the United States en-
tered the war more than 80 per cent
of the nurses and physicians connected
with the institution volunteered for
service and are now home after doipr
their bit. Only those intimately as
Soclated with the hospital know how
untirlngly those who remained at home
worked to keep the institution I'D to its
high standard and of the heroic work
done during the influenza epidemic last
fall. : =
The affair, which opened last evening.
Jointly marked the return of those who
were in the service and the signing oe
the peace treaty. The hospital grounds
were beautifully decorated and illumi.
mated and were in charge of Miss Ill
Ian f. Wilsey, directress of nurses. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
FIRST WHITE BOY BORN
IN ARCTIC WILL COME HERE
University Museum Explorer Rirals Peary Becoming Faer
in Eskimo Region

Philadelphia has a rival of the fam
ous Peary baby. who was born in Green
land about twenty years ago and was
recently married.
The new baby. believed to be the
second white child. and the first boy
born among the Eskimos. is Blair
Lowell Van Nalin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William b. Van Nalin. who for two
years and more have been conducting
explorations for the University Museum
among the Eskimos in and near Point
Barrow, Alaska, the furthest northern
spot in this continent.
A government cutter touches there
only once year. when conditions are
satisfactory; when they are not there
is no communication whatever.
This baby was borr last summer, and
is feeling fine, according to a letter just
received at the University Museum. He
went through the long winter without
expressing any dissatisfaction, es-
pecially as he has tanned seal for a
playmate.
Those who have seen seals at the
geological gardens may imagine that
they are fierce and unfriendly, but the
Eskimos have trained them so well that
they take the place of house pets.
Mr.. Van Valin writes that owing to
the government quarantine against the
influenza he has not heard from this
country in nearly year. He expects
to leave about the middle of August for
this country.
His letters received last fall told of his
interest in the manners, customs and
traditions of the Eskimo. He has sent
some motion picture films TO the Uni
versity Museum III only few short
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
BEST DUCKBOARD MAN BACK
Sergeant Major Belt Returns Prais-
ing 55oth Engineers Work

In the contingent Of troops arriving
yesterday by the Cunadcr Saxonia was
Sergeant Major c. y. Belt. of Phila
dcpha. a member of the 55Oth Engi-
nccrs. who declares that he is the cham
pion duckboard layer of the world. In
Brcst and its neighborhood. he asserts.
he laid $1,000 duckboards in week.
and says that if these boards could be
strung end for end they would extend
from Brcst to Chestnut street. Phila-
dclpha. which shows that the sergeant
major also is a mathematician.
The duckboards laid by all the cngi
neers of his command. he said. would
twice encircle the world if placed end
wise. Everything runs to duckboards
in and near Brest he said. There is
the newspaper blackboard, the duck
board shimmy and most of the dishes
are served a la duckbourd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
Deaths of a Day
FREDERICK EVANS, JR.
rormer Philadelphia Newspaper Ma,
Dies at Charlotte NJ

a. SHdTiotte, ". c.
FREDERICK Evans, Jr.. editor and
brother of Lieutenant Colonel Frant
fNans and William II. Evans. of tb;s
clty' died Thursday at Charlotte. \ g
according to word received by relatives
here last night. He was fifty four vesrs
old. years
MI Evans. who was the son of ths
late Doctor Frederick and Mrs Fvans
OF this city, was born in Brecknock.
shire, Wales. and came to Pennsylvania
IN early childhood. His father was for
many years pastor of the Tenth Rantist
Church here
Mr. Evans was graduated from
princeton University in 1856 and he
came member of the Public Ledger
reportorial staff shortly afterward
Later he engaged in the newspaper
business in New York and Newark
y. ].
lie served as private secretary to Vice
President Garrett A. Hobart, and ON
the death of the latter was associated
in the same capacity with Senator VIII
liam L. Frye. of Maine. who became
president pro ten. of the United States
Senate.
In 19OS Mr.. Evans became secretary
OF the board of water supply of New
York and was assistant editor of Hamp-, :,
tons Magazine and a member of the
editorial staff of the Wall Street Jour
nal when his health failed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
CROWD CAUGHT IN RAIN
ASSAILS BOAT LINE
Write Complaint Against DOL
phin Steamship co.-Were
Left on Burlington Island

Caught in the rain on Burlington
Island last Sunday after having "passed
up n boat having carrying capacity for
loOO persons. several hundred Phila
delphlans are nursing crouch. accord
ing to Charles Daler and James Schemp.
OF 1850 North Bodine street, who have
written the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
complaining that the Dolphin Steamship
Line did not live up to its schedule.
In their letter the signers. who say
their children were nearly drenchcd in
the rain that fell Sunday evening, de-
clare that they may sue the company.
We noticed that boats leave the
park Tor Philadelphia at 80. Z 10 and
7:4o p. m..' says the letter. 1--WE de-
cided to take the 7:15 boat back to
Philly. We arrived at the pier about
p. M. at which time it was raining.
and were surprised to see the I 10 boat
pass us gently by, stop at Bristol and
continue on to Philadelphia, leaving
ABOUT 3oo persons on the pier. with the
ram coming down in torrents.
There is very little accommodation
for passengers in event of rain. the only
convenience being little shed on the
pier which can shelter about seventy
five persons"
The writer's then say the steamship
Springfield arrived about sos. about
an hour behind her scheduled time. and
took half the passengers, leaving
mothers without their children and men
without their wives.
"A small panic then started and the
steamship pulled away with passengers
on the gnngplank. We. as well as about
hundred more. were then pushed back
to the shed to await the scheduled
9:45 boat; in the meantime the rain
was still falling"
1t appears the 0 as boat did not show
up until II p. M, when the steamship
Trenton took the remaining marooned
-picnickers down to Philadelphia, where
they arrived at / a. m.
Henry s. Wilson, passenger agent for
the Dolphin Steamship Company. said
today that inability to handle the pic
nickers rested on two things: First. the
picnickcrs would not rome to the wharf
for the early boat. which pulled away
from the island about g o'clock, lacking
1000 passengers of her capacity. Sec
ond. the boats following were loaded
close to capacity with up river passen-
gers. He admitted that both steamers
ran behind time.
The boat which they say passed
them was not steamer scheduled to
stop at the island he said. at was
due to leave Trenton at ) y. M. but
makes no stop at Burlington Island.
Had they made any attempt to catch
an earlier boat they would have been
all right. When the rain came. of
course everybody scurred,N for the
wharf"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

sections have been developed. They
are fairly satisfactory. considering the
conditions under which they were pro
duced.
The ESkimos are a jolly lot. They
seem TO feel pity for those who have
to live in such 'desolate" places as
Philadelphia. No amount of talk or
display of pictures has given the ma .
tlyes the slightest desire to come here,
They imagine life must be dull here and
wonder what we eat Some of the
Eskimo mothers are said to be very
so!icitous as to the future of the Van
Nalln baby and have offered to adopt
him. They love the baby for his own
sake, but are especially anxious to save
him from contact with what they believe
are undesirable things he is certain to
meet if he goes south. Thus far Mrs.
Van Nalin has remained adamant and
the baby will return here in October.
One feature of life in the Arctic will
be interesting to students of female
psychology. In the summer it is warm
at Point Barrow for few short weeks.
during which men shift their skin
clothing and wear the civilized woolen
garments which they purchase from
traders in exchange for skins.
The women are true to their vanity
and wear furs all summer long, Just
as do girls on Chestnut street today.
There does not seem to be any essential
difference between women of the North
Pole and the Equator. Cynical critics
have much to say on the subject, which
is irrelevant; but, as fact, a woman
without her furs seems to be no moth
ing, socially speaking, through 800 de-
Erees Of latitude and as many Of longi-
tude. n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

Bell Company puts its students through
"a regular drill in voice culture and
pronunciation. That rising infection
which jangles on your nerves sometimes
when after having cD,fcd the meat shop.
YOU get a taxiCab stand is part of the
game.
''Iour anxious to please" milady
twittcrs. as. perched on her high stool,
she really only says. "Num Der plee-
asc?' 1t is n sort of bid for the calling
party to remember the golden rule
and do unto others as he would be done
by. It usually works. say traffic men on
both tho Bell and the Keystone. It's
good business.
But here arc few hints on how to-
make yourself plain to the operator. be =.
cause it's how she tries to make her
onunciation plain to you. When you
say Walnut. say it with tick on the
&C.. Walnut Don't forget to do the
same with Locust. Pronounce Wood
land slowly. and make the "a" sharp.
Don't. in the name of efficiency, pro-
nouncp Lombard in Hooverized Eng
lish. LON bard it is. not Lumb'rd And
so on.
With the numbers. the girls are in
struCtcd to repeat in pairs. because
that's the way the switchboard is ar
ranged. Thus: "a %.
Pronunciation Matter OF Schooling
And their pronunciation is. Mr.. Sims,
a part Of their schooling. One is pro-
nounccd wun. Two pronounced too.
Three takes a slight roll of the zee.
Four must be fOwer. Five is fife Six
is cnunciated with a hard Ks sound for
the "x." Seven comes out in two even
syllables. Eight with tick on the st."
Nine is pronounced ui-e1.
| OF course. they wouldn't he girls IL
they didn't like to play with their voices
just a bit. \ girl. even when on a high
stool. in front of a network of cords
and flashing gridron Of lights. can find
time to remember that she's good on the
/ high notes. Hence the cooling.
/ Down at Locust exchange this morn
/ ing. just after the heavy mornings bust
ness was beginning to drop off. you
might have seen about fifty five opera
tors. each handling 200 calls an hour.
II was no cinch. 1t was hard to tell
who was vamping some baffled victim
and who was not. No doubt they were
spiling the vocal honey as usual. No
doubt some of fthem-particularly the
blondes-werc doing little calliope stunts
with their voices. 1t has been found po-.
lite to furnish it at the telephone ex-
change.
q. they're businesslike enough, those
operators.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
President Wilson's sinaIno pIetJor

To the Editor Epcnit0 Public Lcdoer.
Sir-In today's EVENING PUaIIc
LEDGER / see that you quote the clos
ing paragraph of the Presidents latest
speech. When I read the paragrapb
yesterday, so many of the lines seemed
to "sing themselves" that | tried a
paraphrase. The result, which I en-
close. shows that surprisingly few
changes were necessary:
The stage is set, the destiny disclosed
Come by no plan We mortals have
conceived
But by the hand of God who led the
way.
We cannot backward turn, but ever on
With lifted eyes and freshened souls
pursue
The vision which we dreamed Of at our
birth.
America in truth shall show the way
The light streams down upon the path
ahead
And nowhere else,
Philadelphia. July IL. W.. q. Nc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
SIX SOLDIERS DIE IN AUTO
Twelve Hurt When Machine PIunees
over Bridge

Alexandria. Va. July 12.-(By A.
PD-Two officers and four enlisted men
were killed and twelve enlisted men
were injured. none seriously. in the
accident near here early today. in which
an army motortruck plunged over the
side of bridge while turning to avoid
a passing military police patrol wagon.
The dead: Captain {. a. Heilman, en-
gineers. Brooklyn; Captain Charles l..
Jazurat. Infantry. New York Corporal
Albert p. Ehni, McKccsport, Pa; Pri-
vate Norhies Ratiste. a negro, Baton
Rouge. La. Buglpr Joel +. Spetz,
Brooklyn. and Charles Novotngti Peters
burg, Va.
Eighteen mon were returning in' the
truck to Camp Humphries. Va, from
Washington. 1t was believed that in
turning the machine to avoid the patrol
wagon the driver lost control. The
truck fell on the rocks below the bridge
and the dead men were crushed un-
der it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
Mrs. Margaret r. Portuondo

Mrs. Margaret Faunce Portuondo,
widow of Juan +. Portuondo died yes
terday in Atlantic City, where she had
been i'll since Easter. Her city home was
at 1923 Chestnut street. Mrs. Portuon
dos husband, who died in 1894, was a
widely known cigar manufacturer aud
the business he established is still con-
Quoted by company bearing his naine.
Of which Mrs, Portuondo was a direc-
tor. She is survived by two childien
by former marriage, C, ". Mayer aud
Mrs. f. A. Dugro, both of New Yorx.
Mrs. Portuondo was a sister Of thp
late John r.. Faupce. member Of ths
Philadelphia bar, who was Inc lsss
Democratic speaker Of the STATE House
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
But What About Numbers?

But is this good, this sarcharine so
nervousness for the workaday business
of getting connected with the number
YOU want? The complaining citizen
says il isn't. It's aggravating.
suppose YOU call for l.omb'rd 4203
and you get Locust 3204. what do you
do. sing the doxology? Mr.. Sims infcrs
you DON'T
But, he writes. eff they would only
speak in natural businesslikc tones -
That sugary come back. that dulCet,
I'm sorry" is what captures ones
outraged goat.
Now. in the first place. it peculiarly
hard for girls to remember numbers in
sequence. One out of three chances, if
you call number thus -four four o =
three W. she'll get mixed if she's at
all busy.
The feminine mind seems to get all
ballcd up with such combinations. and
you just cant help that. SO. if you cx .
plain to her patiently that you didn
want four o four three W, nor vet
four three O. four W. and she says so
sorry why. blame the company. They
know that next to tears. coo. sOoth O.
ing, Iovcy dOvey 600. is the most molli-
fying. male tanning thing on earth. 1t
will cover. like charity, a multitude of
operating sins.
As a matter Of fact. at the operators
school down at Fourth and Market. the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
To Discuss After.War Problems

AFTER War Problems of America"
is the subject of an address to be made
at IL O'Clock tomorrow morning at st.
James's Episcopal Church, Twenty sec
ond aud Walnut streets, by the Rev.
Rernard Iddings Bell, formerly dean of
st. Paui's Cathedral Church, Fond du
Lac. WIS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
Frederick c. Eckhardt

Frederick c. Eckhardt, well known
in athletic circles in Kensington. died
yesterday in his home, 1888 East Berks
street, after an illness of eight weeks.
Death was due to complications. He
was thirty five years old. Mr.. Eckhardt
was manager of the Jasper basketball
team. member of the Columbia Counr
try Club, president of the Kensington
Athletic Association and a member Of
the Penn Treaty basketball team.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
NEWSY MOURNS LOST DOG
Bob, Brown and White Collie, Mis-
sing Since drought" Began

Bob, five years old, disappeared
at midnight June 80.
For four long years Bob has been
regarded by his many friends as sober.
industrious and reliable. He happens to
be beautiful brown and white collie.
who was presented several years ago
by Magistrate Emley to Joseph Green
371S North Sixth street. Joseph is a
newsboy, thirteen years old.
I'VE missed Bob the night so many
people celebrated" said Joseph. He
never ran away from home before, and
every one in the neighborhood knows
him and loves him. He was always
affectionete and liked children espe-
cially. l hope some one will find him
and bring him home. He has white
forefeet and white streak from his
forehead to his nose.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
"AIien Squad" to be Ionic

"America's Alien Squad" is to ba
the topic of an address by Herbert Adol-
phus Miller. Phi. D.. who speaks at the
Baptist Temple. Broad and Berks
streets, tomorrow night at S:15. Doctor
Miller is recognized authority on
racial problems
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

Miss Betty Brock have started on
trip to the Grand Canyon. They will
travel on horseback through Yellow
stone Park. Miss Violet Welsh is their
guest on the trip.
Mr.. John Scott and Mr.. de Bonneville
Bell have left Cape May to visit Mr.
and Mrs. Reginald Hutchinson, Jr., at
their home in Locust Valley, l.. |.
Miss Catherine Clothier. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac II. Clothier. Jr.,
of Sunnybrook, Radnor. left this week
for Camp Onaway. New Hampshire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clothier will occupy their
cottage at Narragansett Pier about
July 81.
Miss Dorothea Heckscher and Master
Austin Heckscher, children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard NJ. Heckscher. of Straf.
lord, are spending the summer with
their grandmother. Mrs. Austin Heck
scher, at New Canaan, Conn.
Mrs. Aubrey Boyles and her chill
dren, of Mobile, Ala, will arrive to-
day to visit Mrs. Boyles's brother in
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude NJ.
Plowman, of Tuscaloosa, Bryn Mawr.
Mrs. Robert Coleman James and her
sons, moved on Monday into their new
apartment at Haverford Inn, Hayer
ford.
In the fall they will occupy apart
ments on Riverside drive in New
York, where Mr.. James is enpaped in
business.
Mrs. b. Dobson Altemus has re-
turned from Narragansett Pier, r. T.
where she spent the Fourth, and with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James DOH
son, will spend the summer at Wer-
nersville.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Helme. of
st. Davids, are taking a motor trip
through New England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin S. James. Sd.
of Wayne, entertained at dinner on
Thursday evening in honor of Mrs.
James father, Mr.. ]. Barry Colahap,
Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. County and their
family, of st. Davids, left this week
to spend several weeks at Christmas
Cove, Me.
Mrs. L. D. Erben and Miss Rebecca
Erben, of st. Davids, have gone to
South Bristol, Me-, for the summer.
Miss j. e. Henderson and Miss FL
dredge, of Radnor, have taken a house
at Chester, Nova Scotia, for July and
August.
Mrs. d. Charles Murtha, her daugh
ter, and Miss Isabel Gile. of Bryn
Mawr, are at Asbury Park, for July.
They will spend August and Septem-
ber at jamestown and Newport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Schellenger
and son, Master Henry, Jr., of 300
Spruce, street, motored to Cape May
this week, where they will be guests
of Mrs. NJ. d. SchelIenger at Cold
Springs Cottage for two weeks.
Mrs. Thomas p. Dillon and her
daughter, Miss May r. Dillon. are in
Chelsea for the summer, and will re-
turn to their apartments at the Louvain
about the middle of September. Miss
Dillon's friends will be glad to know
that she is much improved in health.
Dr. and Mrs. II. B. Cox, of 1915
Snyder avenue, who are spending the
summer and early fall at their country
place, Hollywood Farm, near Had
dontield, entertained the members of the
Ava Club on Wednesday last. There
were twenty seven guests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

Wills probated today were those of
Rebecca G. Spratt, 1880 South Broad
street, which in private bequcsts dis
poses of property valued at S12 600 /;
Charles F. Wiegner, 5416 North
Twelfth street. $3.50. and Frederick
Binder, 5000 Pine street. S65OO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
HEAT ROLLS UP DEATH TOLL Y. NJ c. A. SECRETARY SAFE
Nearly Two Hundred More Died This
Week Than Last

The recent hot spell was responsible
for a heavy increase in the death rate.
both among infants and adults. Deaths
during the week numbered J2S. as com
pared with $50 last week and 56l during
the corresponding week last year.
The deaths were divided as follows
Males, 2Gl; females, 2G7; boys, -
girls, 81. The causes of death wcrp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
KEMP-JOHNSON

A pretty wedding took place at
noon on Saturday, June 2s, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick G..
Osterheldt. when their niece, Miss
Marion Frances Johnson, became the
bride of Mr.. Matthew Boyd Kemp. of
Gloucester county, Va. The bride. who
was given in marriage by her uncle,
wore a gown of ivory satin and georg
cite crepe, heavily beaded, with a court
train of satin and tulle. Her tulle veil
was arranged with coronet and
was held in place with orange
blossoms. She carried bouquet of
white roses and orchids. with a cas-
cade of white sweet peas. Miss Flor
ence Elizabeth Johnson. of Logan.
acted as maid of honor and was her
cousins only attendant. She wore
frock of turquoise blue chiffon and sill
YER lace, and carried a shower bou-
quet of pink roses and pink sweet peas.
Mr.. Kemp had as his best man Mr..
John Francis johnson. uncle of the
bride.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Thomas J. Hanney. of st.
Matthias's Church, Bala, and was at
tended only by the families and imme-
date friends. After an extended we'd
ding trip Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp will be
at home after September 10 in New
York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
HEARTH FIRE COSTS s4OO
Carpenters Burn Shavings in House
and Damage Floor

\ hearth is no place to build a fire
Especially if the hearth was built more
for ornamental purposes than for fires.
Carpenters who are remodcling a
house owned by Alfred NJ Greenfield.
at 80 West Johnson street, swept a
couple of armfuls of shavings from the
floor and burned them in the hearth in .
stead of out in the backyard
Only a half inch of cement at the
base of the hearth separated the fire
from the joist that held up the floor,
and it wasn't frcproof cement at that
The joist burned and before the fire =
men were able to put out the flames
damage had been done to the tune of
500.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
MIR. RA7E CITIZEN QUERIES: u
WHY THE PHONE GIRL VAMP?
Honeyed Reply, so Soy Aroues Resent funess When He
Gets 54-2-O Locust Instead Of 4-5O-2 Lombard

Now comes the wrathy citizen who
wont be vamped by telephone,
The canary twittcr Of the girl who
gives him wrong number produces in
his inn"rmost being a reScntful feeling
John II. Sims has written to the
newspapers that he is curious about the
affected mode of speech of the telephone
operators. He wants to know what is
the cause of it,
us it law laid down by the com
pany or simply an attempt on the part
of the young women to make their
voices sound sweet and fascinating 2"
he asks.
We'll. Mr.. Sims. we know that phone
girls have captured milIionaires. And
they managed, no doubt. to win their
first stroke by skilful manipulation of
bcdcviling 1000. For girl to
'"oo' over tn" phone is profitable for
her. 1t sounds interesting. Visions
Of fluffy ruftles and luStrouS orbS and
trim ankleS-nll thos" stcreotypcd al
lurCmcnts, phrases to describe which are
set down in the rhyming dictionaries.
rise in his fevercd Imagination after
about three minutes of tclephonic
come hither." lie gulps, he wonders,
he is lost