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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-29
The Question Corner
To6ay's Inquiries

/. How can Halloween fortunes be
told with bnotted cords?
=. What is the birthstone for No
yembCr:
3. What will tend to remove the
shine from dry" shiny nose?
4. Name very practical gift for
the engaged girls shower.
;. What easily cleans the nickel on
the stove?
6. How many pounds should a
bushcl of potatoes weigh2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-29
Please Tell Me
What to DO
BY CYNTHIA
Take Notice, Adam

Dear Cynthia--T certainly do hope
that Adams visit TO the city is long
enough to get glance at this:
Adam--Such slang. Adam, such
slang We'll, you're right, the styles
are most ridiculous looking''--to q
farmer. An example, n George Wash
ington should come back to life to
morrow he would think we were idiots
for not wearing knickerbockers and
powdering our hair, what?
I'd imagine myself that. just as you
said. the "lounge lizards cut you out
at dance.
/ A DAILY READER WHO SEES ANT
HEARS ALL.
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A DOWNTOWN COP.
She viii Give Right One Love

Dear Cynthia-1 just cannot resist
answering "Serg' Arnes.
There are so many real girls who are
worth while that | feel sorry that he
has not been fortunate enough to meet
them. Girls should be placed on higher
level than he has put them.
] am a young girl and have several
boy friends. They do not even attempt
advances because there is something in
my attitude which wards them off. |
am not prude and like to be sociab!c
and have good times, but in the proper
and conventional way. | am considered
very attractive and pretty, so there
would be every reason for boy to want
to kiss me-yet they do not try. / am
not devoid of feeling but ! am saving
| it all up for the one | will some day
love. The most beautiful idea l cherish
and look forward TO is love and
when / meet my mate | shall love him
with all the intensity of my soul
A. X. X.
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For Starching

Borax is the incest starch to use for
stiff and gives that much desired new
look.
Gum arabic is the best stifreper for
silks aud crepes. 1t should be used in
the proportion of one teaspoonful TO a
quart Of water, and should be strained
before using.
Bran can be used instead of soap for
washing cretonnes and colors. and viii.
slightly starch any material rinsed in II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-29

ideal sunshade that is becoming to
the girl with small. piquant face
A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
WHATEVER impressions the mind of
w the young college boy may register
at the word football" to the young
girl those words at this time of the
year have a significance that has very
largely TO do with her wardrobe. For
the thing that the young girl must do
at football game is to look well. I'm
derstanding the game is of minor i'm
portance. Your escort will forgive the
densest ignorance of the rules of the
game if You look smarter and prettier
and better dressed than the girl that
sits by the side of his classmate. OF
course. he knows you are sweeter and
prettier and altogether more desirable
or he wouldn't have asked you to 20
TO the game with him; but he wants
you to appear that way. And that, of
course, depends on your clothes.
The coat shown in the sketch today
is one that n young friend of mine Sc
lected for Just this sort of thing. She
had been invited weeks in advance to
uumDeT Oh lOOtDdu SdllleS anu she ue
termined that it was very important to
have the right sort of togs to wear on
those occasions. The coat is of Bolivia
cloth and the yoke is cleverly trimmed
with buttons. There are buttons also
on the belt and on the cuffs. The back
is tucked, giving extra warmth. and the
collar is one of the new draped affairs
that, besides being immensely becoming,
proves to be very useful when the prob
lem is to keep the cold breezes from
finding their way down your back.
And the hat: If you are planning TO
motor n long way before getting to the
football field then, perhaps, you would
select smaller hat--one that could
be fastened securely down all round
about with veil. But if you do not
have to motor far then this is hat
that would be an excellent choice; fol-
it is simple in the extreme, being made
of velvet with silk draped around the
crown and knotted at the front. The
deep, protecting crown at the front
makes it a splendid sort of hat to weal
when you are going to sit for any
length of time looking out onto sunlit
feld-and moreover it is bit coquet-
tsh-that poke extension at the front
Copyright. 1919, by Florence Rose
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You Can Trust Some

Dear Cynthia--May I say a few
words to some of your girl readers who
think that n man can trust women after
one fooled him? | am policeman and
|. too. was fooled once by n girl whom
| thought some day TO make my wife.
This was five years ago. loved this
girl more than life: she was very pretty
and q good little girl. You can leave il
to a cop to tell which girl is good. |
was but twenty two then, people say
still look the same age. was on
the force then and | went around with
her for more than two years. untit
told her how much ! loved her. She
told me she loved me and couldn't live
without me. | gave her n diamond ring
and other presents. She was poor
girl herself. did not have much
money then; ] did not care TO save any.
| spent It on good times with her.
Now COMES the funny part She be-
came friends with some man who had
a car and store. I knew him well as
= big gambler. | saw him gamble in
places and ! arrested him few times
for gambling. She. like the rest of
the women who fall for money. or
rathcr. can sell themselves for money,
dropped me for no reason. and in n
short time married this man for his
money.
I I'm not bad looking man, don't
drink or gamble | never did and 7
never will. People think all policemen
lrink and gamble. No. readers. there
are all kinds of fish in the ocean. |
wanted home then and she dropped me
for no reason. only that | was q police
man. That is. | think that was the
"eason. My parents arc gone and they
left my brother and me some money and
house. My brother was killed in
/ France. Now | am all alone in this
house. We were the only children. The
neighbors wonder how | live alone. I
, con cook. sew and do homework Just
like any other woman. And it doesn t
take me so long to do it. At times I
feel like married man.
Well to make the story short this
2 man CANDLES and | don't think there
is peace in this womans home. No.
| know they fight around like cats and
dogs. She left him q few times. so If
any of you girls like money, don't go
around with a poor fellow from the
start. Look for the big timer. the kind
| arrest at times. These men always
have money for a flush, and the girl.
like fish. bites. | never wrote any
thing in your paper before. I read your
paper every day and I never go home
without the paper. The ncighbors in
vite me TO their parties and don't go
because I can't trust them any more.
Another reason. | cant dance. The men
sometimes kid me and say | haven't
the nerve to get married. Well, show
me a girl who can cook as good as
ran and make my home as it is today.
| will marry her. But where are that
kind?
A DOWNTOWN COP.
Cynthia is very interested in your
letter and she is glad to be able to as
sure you that there are many trust
worthy girls, one of whom you will
come to love some day and who will
make YOU happy. They are to be found
and you must not let yourself become
hardened in thought because one weak
and frivolous woman made sad mis-
take and is living to rue it.
When love comes. do not hesitate to
welcome it and be happy.
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This Is In City Hall

To the Editor Of Womdn's Page;
Dear M9dam-Please. inform! me OF
the official holders of the city's death
records. Could / look over the records
or must / tell them all about the per
son whose record ( would like to nave!
Z. S.
You can look over the city's death
records or have some one look for you
if you go to the Bureau OF vital sta :
tistics in the City Hall. All you have
to tell about the person whose record
YOU want to find is the first and last
names and the approximate date of the
death.
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No. %

My dear Mrs. Wilson:
/ make a mint sauce for pud-
dings. 1t tastes very nice, but
when l put in the wine it seems to
curdle the egg. Can you tell me
what is the trouble?
l.. J. T.
Put the liquids together first and
then add the butter, sugar and then
lastly the beaten egg, taking the
mixture from the stove just after
adding the egg. Egg cooks at a low
temperature and must be beaten
very hard to blend thoroughly as
soon as added to the mixture.
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tn A M. Mt. Carmel, Pa.

If you will send me an addressed,
stamped envelope ! will be glad to send
you the games.
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Mrs. Wilson
AnSWers Queries
No. 5
Nv dear Mrs. Wilson:

Ny dear Mrs. Wilson:
Will you kindly inform me if I
ought to do anything to glass
cooking dishes before using them
for the first time? Why do my
stew dumplings always go together
in one mass. even after dropping
by the spoonfuls, carefully? Also,
the dough always raises the cover
of the pot and boils over the
oil stove. When | make a stew
kept covered with water, too--the
vegetables and some pieces of the
neat will stick to the kettle, form
ing a hard, brown, burned sub
stance to clean out, taking much
time and labor. Is there a perfo-
rated piece that comes to place in
the bottom of pots to help? Is it
the air chamber b, Heen that does
not work? Have tried in several
stores, but they do not keep them,
or have not heard of them, etc.
When you state brush over the pie
crust. or brush over the top of,
etc, what do you brush with?
READER.
Wash the dish in warm water anc
dry we'll You use saucepan that
is too small. Have sufficient gravy
in the stew to allow the dumplng:
to cook, not less than three or foul
cups of liquid. Use an asbestos MAJ
under the saucepan and shake it oc
casionally, or use a wire pot stand ir
the bottom of the kettle. Use white
paint brush for brushing the pastry
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The tucks in the back give an added
warmth that will feel good on
cold. bIowy day, and the draped col
lar is as attractive as it is new.
The poke effect of the hat is an
ideal sunshade that is becoming TO
the girl with small. plGuant face
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For names 0f shops address Woman
Page Editor. or phone Walnut 5000.
The sun., 1919-09-21
LIMIT INTEREST ON
u. S. CERTIFICATES
Rate Not to Be Higher Than
4I-4 p. c., Officials Believe.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Unless all
signs fail. Treasury certificates of in
debtedness hereafter will not bear a
higher rate of interest than Az per cent.
is the belief of the Treasury officials, Il
was learned to-day.
II purchases keep pace with the recent
rate of disposing of the certificates IL IL
assured that that lower rate will be
maintained. The closing of the last is
sue of certificates was done very hur-
riedly, because there was found to be
on September Is net balance Of
s1,145. s31, 900 in the general found of the
Treasury, and the Government had
no immediate use for more money. On
that day there were no outstanding AZ
per cent. certificates to be redeemed.
They were selling at a premium.
1t was pointed out to-day that the last
sale of one-year certificates outsold the
six months certificates six to one, which
is credited TO the fact that the long
term certificates carried Az per cent
interest. and in Treasury circles it is
believed that the public conviction is
that no more than Az per cent. interest
need be paid by the Government here
after.
1t has been carefully noted at the
Treasury Department that since an
nouncement that the Government has
passed it's peak load financially was
made, Liberty bonds have increased in
market value. 1t is believed firmly here
that those prices will go higher. BoS'inY
Is due, II is believed, TO conviction OF
careful investors that those bonds can
be bought in the market to pay almost
per cent. A gradual rise in the value
of all issues is expected confidently here.
The sun., 1919-09-21
CARDINAL MERCER
WILL TAKE REST
CroWds Cheer as He Departs
for Baltimore.

Cardinal MERCER of Belgium left this
city for Baltimore yesterday morning
and will rest there for day or two,
after which he will attend the conference
OF American bishops. which will be held
in Washington this week.
Cardinal Mercier left the Pennsylvania
Station at ten minutes after IL in a
special car attached to the Washington
express, and for a half hour before the
departure of his train was shown about
the station by William Egnn, the station
master. His presence about the station
was the occasion for a small ovation.
hundreds of persons cheering and salut-
ing him.
He had left the residence of Arch
bishop Hayes on Madison avenue a little
after 10, and there, too, a large crowd,
which had been waiting for him to APP
pear acclaimed him enthusiastically
The police escort. provided to accompany
him to the station had difficulty in clear.
ing a way for the automobile which car
ried him, and men and women crowded
about the car so closely that it's chauf-
feur was unable to start IL until the po-
lice induced the crowd to fall back. As
the car made its way to the station peo-
pie waved and called greetings from the
sidewalks all along the way.
The Cardinals Arrangement to take
the train he did made it impossible for
him to be present yesterday at the ordi-
nation of twenty-nine young priests, who
were received into the priesthood at St.
Patricks Cathedral, and made it impos-
sible also for Archbishop Hayes. who Of
ficiates at the ordination, to accompany
Cardinal Mercier. to the station. From
Washington Cardinal Mercier will begin
a tour of this country. but in the course
of it he will stop in this city again on
October 3,
The sun., 1919-09-21
KING ALBERT EAGER
FOR.SIGHTS IN U. S.
Believes Much to Aid Belgium
Can Be Learned on Second
Visit Here.
WILL START TOMORROW
Queen Will Accompany Ruler
on Voyage on the George
Washington.
BY tAe Associated Press

BRUSSELS; Sept 20.-King Albert re-
ceived the correspondent Of the Asso.
ciated Press at the LaslSen Palace to.
his trip to the United States. on which
he and the Queen will start on Monday.
The King, wearing the field uniform
Of a Belgian General. recalled that he
visited the United States twenty years
ago and spent Ave months travelling
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts.
At that time he was interested In all
he saw, but he said that now he was
going to return the visit of President
Wilson, to thank the people for the
wonderful help they gave the Belgians
and to learn those things which will
up their country.
Many questions were asked by the
King concerning the United States and
the American people. He said he hoped
that because of the food scarcity there
would not be many banquets. but when
asked IL he would rather go incognito.
he declared that the news service of
the country was so we'll organized that
he soon would be found out
There is a happy medium" he added.
(which, while allowing us to see many
things in which we are interested and
of which we desire to learn, will not be
too ceremonious. Your industries are
50 vast and SO well organized and the
relations of capital and labor are so good
that there is much for us to learn.
Our country is small" the King went
on, land many things are done in a
small way, but We believe we will be
able to apply many lessons from the
people of America, which Is always ad-
vanced and is always doing things.
our people greatly appreciate the
help given by the American people dur
ing the war and the splendid service of
the American army. Your soldiers are
fine fighting men and their deeds will
never be forgotten.
Your educational system has always
been most attractive to me and want to
know more about it. You not only look
after the mental but the physical we'll
being of youth through your sports and
training. / saw a baseball game at
Chaumont when fully 10000 soldiers
were present, all of them cheering at
once. 1t gave evidence of great force
and was most inspiring.
I'm the late war your people did
wonders in creating an army in a year
ana sending II TO Europe. surely there
haye been many changes in the United
States since my last visit and 1 am
prepared for surprises.
Asked II he would make an airplane
fight while in the United States King
Albert Smiled, but did not commit him.
self. He expressed the opinion, how
ever that the view from a New York
skyscraper would be an inspiring sight
King Albert and his party will start
from Brussels on Monday morning for
Ostend. where they will board an Amer
lean destroyer, which is to convey them
to the George Washington, lying three
miles out. Rear Admiral Andrew T
| Long. Naval Attache OF the United
States Embassy in Paris, will accom-
pany the party. receiving 1t officially
| aboard the George Washington.
The sun., 1919-09-21
YALDANERA IS SUNK;
1888 BELIEVED LOST
No Trace Is Discovered of Pas
sengers and Crew of
Spanish Liner.

KEY WEST, Fla, Sept. 20.-Inspection
Havana in the recent hurricane to-day
convinced Read Admiral Decker, COM
harding this naval district. that she is
the Spanish steamship valbanera. which
carried 400 passengers and crew of
Lightweight. No, survivors have been
found.
Confirmation of the sinking of the
steamship Valbanera, apparently with
the loss of every passenger and member
of her crew. $50 souls in all, reached
yesterday the firm of Pinillos. Izquierdo
q Co. of 80 Wall street, owners of the
vessel
A message from their agents at
Havana was received, reading as fol-
lows:
steamship valbanera sunk near Re-
becca Shoals, thirty miles west of Key
West. No trace of passengers or crew.
Despite this news members of the firm
refused to give up hope for the boat
missing since the Gulf storm Of last
Sunday. They pointed out that year
and q half ago the vessel disappeared
for two weeks during a tremendous
ship, of 5,099 tons, was built in Glas-
cow in 1906, was 399 feet long and was
bound from Barcelona, Spain, to Ha-
vana, Galveston and New Orleans.
MADRID, Sept. 20.-Despatches received
here from Havana confirm the loss OF
the Spanish steamship Valbanera in the
tropical storm which ragged over the Gull
of Mexico and adjacent waters last week
She carried four first class passengers
Anastasio Saenz, a Havana merchant
who was accompanied by his children
Marie, Terese and Jesus. There were
five second class passengers and sixty
four third class
The captain of the Valbanera was
Ramon Martin, and the ships compile
ment included three officers, chaplain
six under officers. four doctors, five en-
gineers, seven sailors, seven stewards
nine electricians, one chief steward. eight
cooks, twenty seamen and two maids.
The majority of the passengers were
from Malaga, Spain, on their way tc
employment abroad. The ship belonged
to Pinillos, Izquierdo & Co. of Cadiz.
The sun., 1919-09-21
$I5,334,546 SALE or
FURS SETS RECORD
Final Day at Auction Totals
81 ,2O9,331.
Special Despatch to THr suS.


ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.-A total Of $1,209,-
S31 for the final days selling Of the
ten day auction on the International
Fur Exchange brought the grand total
to s15,334,546. setting a record both
for quantity and total sales of any
fur trade.
The sale opened with 100000
opossum. The early bidding was cautious,
buyers waiting to see II manufacturers
would bid heavily. The average quality
opossum was better than. in the April
sale. Foreign buyers bought well. South
America taking an appreclable amount.
The opening bid was $2o5 for first extra
large centrals Then $3.50 was bid for
second extra. Medium seconds brought
80 cents and smalls 20 cents.
Third grade sold for 80 TO 80 cents
and fourth grades to 8 cents. One lot
OF extra large fours went at 30 cents.
The opossum totalled approximately
1896, 900.
A collection of 10000 nutria attracted
much attention. with keen bidding The
opening price was $3.50 and it was in
creased to $3.50 for large pelts. while
$40 was paid for large dark fancy
furred. Exceptionally choice lot went to
$3.50. The bulk of the selling was
around s1.75 to 1925 the pelt; all grades
selling we'll.
The lot totalled approximately se6.500.
More than $50 buyers participated in
the sale of $1,000 beaver. The opening
bid was $3.50 for extra large Cana
dams. and extra large black Canadian
sold from $50 to $40. The top price was
s44.50 for unusually large and dark
eastern Canadian; western and north
western Canadians went around $40 to
$40. States beaver sold from SIS to 500
for fine goods and lesser qualities from
IS to s12. and around SIS for third and
fourth grades mixed. Fourths sold low.
81 to $3.50, and cubs around -. The
lot totalled around $450.oG0.
Thirty thousand Russian ponies sold
in lots Of 800 each. Opening at $14
long strings went swiftly with slight
variations in price for first grades.
mostly at $14.50. Seconds went rapidly
around $40 and third grades around IS.
Five minutes selling brought s29S,s15.
These are the first Russian ponies to
BE- received in five years. The fur trade
took them eagerly, believing they will
afford handsome garments for those of
moderate purse. 1t was remarked that
twice the quantity would have sold as
readily.
The sun., 1919-09-21

: He also boosted the Liberty and VIC
tory loans. ana many worthy drives
through these papers.
Called Greatest Deed.
Asked what he thought to be Mr..
shohts's greatest accomplishment with
the New York Railway system. Mr.. Pep
,perman said: 81 believe that his greatest
accomplished here was the bringing
about of partnership between the munich
pal government and private capital.
There are great future possibilities In
this plan"
Mr.. Shonts was born in Crawford
county, Pennsylvania, on May 5, 1855,
son of DR.. Henry Daniels and Margaret
Nevlns shonts. Both parents traced
their American ancestry back to the
early. colonial days. His mother was OF
Scotch extraction.
During his boyhood he moved with
his parents to Appanoose county. Iowa:
He received the degree Of bachelor OF
arts at Monmouth College in 1875. After
graduation he became an accountant
and in a short time was employed by
national banks to standardize and sim
plify their systems of bookkeeping. He
took up the study Of law and practised
for several years at Centerville, Ia.
WneFe ne became associated Win zen.
Drake, who had large financial and rail-
road interests, and who placed much of
the work of management and construc-
ton in his hands
Ho had a part In the construction of
the Iowa Central Railroad, and after
ward built the Missouri, Iowa and Ne
braska Railroad, of which he was the
controlling owner. With associates he
obtained control Of the Toledo. st. Louis
and Western Railroad and rehabilitated
1t. He was president of this line, the
Chicago & Alton, Minneapolis & St
Louis and several other companies, and
director of many more before he tackled
the two biggest problems of his life
the canal and the New York subways.
Mr.. Shonts was a member Of the
Metropolitan, Union League, Recess and
Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs Of New
York. the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
of Washington, the Chicago Club OF
Chicago and Alton, Minneapolis and st
Mrs. Shonts was before marriage Miss
Harriet Amelia Drake. She was the
daughter Of Gen. Drake, who became
Governor of Iowa, and she was married
to Mr.. Shopts during the period of his
associations with her father in his first
days of railroad management.
He is survived by two daughters, one
Of whom Is the Duchess Emmanuel de
Chaulnes. The other daughter is Mrs
Marguerite Bingham, wife of Rutherfurd
Bingham, son Of Gen Theodore A
Bingham.