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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

ct EFT these women stop giving their
IL husbands meals from the deli
catessen and start to keep house again
as it ought to be kept Just because
we had war Is no reason why men
should eat potato salad for the rest
Of their lives.
Some one ought to clean out the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
To a War Brides Sister

What YOU suggest. my dear. would be
very foolish and entirely out of the
question if there is to be no Chaperon.
There are no two ways in matter like
this
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Adventures
With dPurSe

nlD YOU know that you can get union
- suits with bodice silk tops? The
silk extends almost to the waist and
there are not even straps over the shoul-
ders to show through fine waist. Yet
if your camisole lace is thin and allows
a peep of undervest to all intents and
purposes, your vest is of silk. These
combinations are priced at s2.25 for
the regular sizes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
Yesterdays Answers

|. When rugs show worn, frayed
ends, buttonhole them over with
strong yarn of harmonizing
color.
;. The seventh wedding anniversary
is woolen.
}. Immediately after oiling a sewing
machine take the precaution Of
running some waste material
through the machine in order to
use up the surplus oil which might
come off on the material to be
Sewed.
|. Georgette crepe can be used as a
tucked vest in a crepe de chine
waist with a most attractive ef-
feet.
). The newest style of detachable
collar is made round like bib,
with the fastening in the back and
trimming on both sides.
). A day bed Is one that is convert
ible into a couch in the daytime.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
The Question Corner

I. Who was Miss Sybil Carter?
2. When the wallpaper is discolored
how can the walls be renovated
without papering?
3. What handy invention is conven-
lent to the home dressmaker on
dark day?
If it Is inconvenient to take the
shoes to the shoemaker as soon
as the heels start to run down
what temporary Strengthening can
be done at home?
5. How can the pleats in accordion
pleated collar and cuff set be kept
fiat during the laundering?
6. What novelty in sleeveless sweat
ers is being shown in needlework
shops?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

For the names of shops where ar
tcles mentioned in Adventures
With Purse" can be purchased.
address Editor of Womans Page,
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, or phone
the Woman's Department, Walnut
2OO0
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
Removes Wrinkles

Hang all sorts of garments out in the
night air to remove wrinkles. whether II
be cotton, silk. satin. velvet or chiffon
fabrics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

nON'T you think it is high time
II these women go home, and that
they start TO run their homes as they
used to run them, now that the war
is over? ! actually know women who
nave their children shipped off to their
grandparents in order to be able to
go to work every day. These women
belong at home. They are unfair in
every way-to their. husbands to their
children and to the men who went
into the service.
Il had the good fortune to go TO
France and fight for good old Uncle
sam and also had the good fortune
to come back and get my former DO.
sition. SO you see / am not writing
In any particular sorehead fashion.
But day after day when | see these
well-dressed women flashing their we'd
ding rings around an office and know
there is a lineup of good smart fell
lows, some of them not knowing where
their next meal is coming from, wait.
ing for these positions, it makes me
think the married women are giving
the soldier boys, for whom they
cheered so loudly, a pretty raw deal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18
For Spring

For early spring wear are hats made
entirely of ribbon, satin or taffeta.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Some of the new jersey frocks for
spring come in strong colors like tur-
quoise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

Blouses, designed TO be worn with
suits, are especially partial to embroid-
ery
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

rs THE married woman whose hus-
= band is making plenty of money
Keeping the soldier out of position by
holding on to her war job? No less
than a soldier late of France writes
stirringly on the subject urgently as
serting that hundreds of returned SOL
diers are being kept out of work be-
cause married women VINO took DO.
sitions during the war on account of
shortage of labor now continue in
thefn after the war is over.
The letter follows:
Il think IL would be timely for you
TO call attention to the hundreds of
married women who are keeping re.
turned soldiers and sailors from get.
ting positions by holding to the ones
tney TOOK during the war. | am refer
ring to those whose husbands are not
IN the service, but who are making
plenty of money and can support their
wives. In fact / have heard some of
these women openly boast that they
DO not have to work, but that the
extra pocket money certainly comes in
good.
why don't these married women go
nome? They aren't out to advance the
cause or woman in the business world
but simply to get few extra dollars
to put fine things on their backs. and
also to keep on tasting the sweets OF
freedom from household care.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-18

One tablespoonful of butter.
One-quarter teGspoontM of white
pepper,
One-quarter teaspoontM of mus
terd,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
STRONG SPIRIT OF
MPR0M|SE AWAKE
SENATOR SIMMONS SAYS THAT
MUTUAL CONCESSIONS MUST
INEVITABLY BE MADE.
70 SECURE RATIFICATION
Substitute Resolutions Drafted and
Discussed at Length In Private
Cloakroom Conferences

Washington. Marked indications OF
q compromise in the senate contro.
versy over reservations to the league
OF nations covenant came from both
democratic and republican sources az.
ter Republican Leader Lodge had an.
nounced that the peace treaty would
be reported to the senate and proba.
bly, taken up for consideration next
week.
Probably the most important de.
velopment OF the day was a state.
ment to the senate by Senator Sim.
mons. of North Carolina. prominent
in administration leadership, declar.
ing some concessions in the way OF
reservations will have to be made to
secure its ratification" Although ut.
terly" opposing some OF the Lodge
reservations, Senator Simmons said
he was suggesting a compromise on
conservative reservations OF an in.
terpretative character"
Republican senators continued eff
forts to compromise differences over
a reservation to Article 10 OF the
league covenant. Senators McCum.
Der. North Dakota, Kellog, Minnesota.
and Lenroot, OF Wisconsin were said
to have drafted substitute reserva'
lions which were discussed privately
in lengthy cloakroom conferences.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Salvation Army Pledges

Facing the immense task OF home
service reconstruction throughout
Florida, Georgia, North and South
Carolina. in the aftermath OF the war,
as It strips for action to betrIend the
poor through the coming winter. an
urgent appeal has been issued by the
Salvation Army that pledges due Sep
TENDER hrst be met promptly
The Salvation Army kept faithfully
It's trust in the world war and stood
the acid test" declared Brigadier A.
W. Crawford. in charge OF the Saliva
ton Army work in the department OF
the southeast with offices in Atlanta
in his appeal for payment OF these
pledges
And | believe the people who sub
scribed TO our Home Service Cam.
paign Fund last spring Will keep faith
with the Salvation Army" he added.
The work this fall and winter will
he four.fold. The full quota OF sol
diers who went to war will be back
Thousands will need Jobs and the
helping hand OF the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army stood by them
TO the last on the battle lne-it will
not desert them now"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Farmers Enter Protest

Washington (Specian North Car
DINA farmers are worked up over the
efforts to reduce the cost OF living by
hitting the tiller OF the soil They are
writing TO their congressman to see
that they are not made the goats. Sen
ators Simmons and Overman have re-
ceived number OF protests.
On the other hand builders and
manufacturers are urging that some
thing be done to reduce the cost OF
materials so that they can continue
in business The cost OF lumber has
advanced TO such an extent that II
viii be impossible for one 10 build a
house
A letter from a clothing man pro.
tested that II would not be right to
make It Illegal 10 exact more than 80
per cent on clothing He has heard
a report that the limit would be fixed
at that figure.
Most OF the North Carolinians who
write do not want the price fixed on
foOdstuffs.
William ] Bryan was here Once
more he denied the story that he is
TO be a candidate for the senate from
North Carolina.
81 am not from North Carolina" he
said 81 have summer home there.
and a winter home in Florida. live
in Nebraska
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
state May Take Charge.

When Governor Beckett. who has
been rummaging about in Old Joe
Smiths kingdom. Frisco, Yellowstone
park. Reno and the Great Divide. gets
back TO North Carolina, he is going
10 be advised to invite Buck and Ben
Duke. particularly Buck, down 10
North Carolina TO find out II those
gentlemen wish TO run their street
cars any more.
Whether the governor has any such
thought in his head-and Il Is said by
men not hostile to his politics that he
hast is going to be put there by
Democrats weary OF what goes on IN
Charlotte and Winston-Salem. The
governor has spoken his mind too
many times on capital and labor to
guarantee silence much longer
Then. Bicketts counselors say, the
governor will suggest that II MI
Dukes policy is to go back to me-
diaeval times, the state will undertake
to run the lines and will recognize the
right OF union men to organize.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
VISITORS CAME uNHERALDED
AND REMAIN WITHOUT ANY
WELCOME OR INVITATION.
COMING YELLED IN MYSTERY
Witty Reporter interviews an Oldest
inhsbltant Who Recalls q Similar
Invasion Along About 10.
Raleigh.
Forty million hopping bugs !,


Raleigh. the capital city, invaded by
the great green host The visitors
came unheralded and remained with.
out receiving an invitation TO stay
Millions upon millions OF them were
to be seen along the white way OF Fay.
etteyille street and billion or two
turned into Mcdowell for a peep into
the lighted windows OF stores.
Where the visitors came from was
not ascertained Whittier they were
bound was likewise a mystery The
Oldest citizen recalled that back in 'ls
there was a similar visitation. while
another said II was a common thing
for these visitors to drop in on Raj
eigh TO give ii the once over
Bill McDevItt OF kinston, who is an
authority on bugs says these hopping
bugs are matured from the green
clover worm. which has started such
havoc recently They came TO Kns.
ton last week and pu, things out Of
business for while Like some city
folks they seem 10 like the country
in their youth. bu; in their maturity
they hit for the towns
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Young Reserves Judgment.

Mr. P W Schenek was here from
Greensboro as special agent for The
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance
Company and conferred with the
State Insurance Commissioner rela-
tive 10 violations OF the North Caro-
Ina insurance laws by that company.
One OF the special violations that
the company promises to explain is the
use o, other than the Standard policy
prescribed BY the state law. Commits
sioner Young has reserved his judg.
ment in the case against the company
to allow time Tor officials from the
home office OF the company TO appear
and present their case fully from their
viewpoint
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
K|TCH|N FURNISHED
LIST Of EL|G|BLES
PROSPECT OF SPEEDY ACTION
IN MATTER OF THE WILSON
PosrMAsTeRsHiP.
CONTEST NARROWED TO THREE
The Office Has seeond.class Rating,
and Carries Win Il an Attractive
Salary for It's Incumbent.

Washington, d c Special. After
a lapse OF many months, the pos;office
department furnished Representative
Claude Kitchin with the list Of eli.
gibles for appointments as postmaster
at Wilson The vacancy being Great
ed by the resignation OF S. w Smith,
who vii devote his entire time to pri
vate interests James Griffin heads
the eligible list. according to the rat
ing OF the civil service commission,
having stood the best examination.
Robert II Fulghun and o. P. Dick
lnson, in the order named. are the
other two candidates whose names
appear on the eligible list announced
by the rcstoffice department The
Wilson Office has a second'class rat.
ing and carries with It an attractive
salary for the postmaster
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
PRO.GERMANlSM is AGAIN
RAISING ITS HEAD HERE.

Sioux Falls. S. D,--Declarng that
proGermanism again had lifted its
head in this country. President vii
son declared in an address here that
every element Of chaos" was hoping
there would be mo steadying hand"
placed on the worlds effairs.
81 want to tell gu. said the Presi-
dent. that within the last two weeks
the pro-German element in the United
States again has lifted its head.
Declaring the peace treaty provis-
ion for an international labor confer.
ence would give labor new bill OF
rights. the President declared the
treaty was 'laboring mans treaty"
in the sense that il was treaty
drawn up for the benefit OF the com
mon people.
The political settlements them.
selves. said the President, were made
70. the peoples concerned He assert
ed that the document laid down for
ever the principle that no territory
ever should be governed except as
the people who lived there wanted it
governed.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
North Carolina oversubscribes.

Matthew Hale. president OF the
ouasi-publlc South Atlantic Maritime
corporation and general chairman OF
the sister company. the South Atlantic
Export company. is on tour OF North
Carolina South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida in the interests OF the latter
organization now being formed by the
business men IL the south Atlantic
states for the purpose OF stimulating
trade with Latin America.
The export company, like Its sister
corporation, the South Atlantic Mari,
time corporation. is a quasi.publlc
company controlled by directors rep
resenting both the stockholders and
the four south Atlantic states.
At the offices OF Mr.. Hale 1t was
announced that North Carolina had
oyersubscribed her share OF the or
ganization fund. The city OF Whining
ton alone had oversubscribed her al
lotment by 300 per cent. The organi-
Zation committees in the three other
states were reported as actively
rounding up the bankers and other
business men.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Domestic

Mrs. Oscar Bray, living at Walden
Bridge Fla, near Red Bay has given
birth to five babies
Secretary Lansing, speaking before
the American Bar Association in Bos.
ton, said he was opposed to interna-
tionalism, but favored nati0nalism,
and expressed his conviction that
democratic nationalism" as sanction
ed by the peace conference would sur
viye as the basis Of society.
The surplus property division of the
war department is offering for sale
under sealed proposals a quantity Of
sawmill machinery and parts for same.
Bids will be oLened in Washington on
the morning Of September q.
Delegates attending the Presbyte-
rian New Era conference at Lake &c.
neya. Wis, went on record as favor.
ing the immediate ratification OF the
peace treaty.
War on patent pirates has been de-
elared by the American Chemical So
city, in convention in Philadelphia.
A system was discussed which would
throw German patents now lying idle
in the patent office open to Ameri-
can manufacturers.
Tents will be furnished for the Con
federate Veterans reunion in Atlanta
from October to 10 by the quarter
master general of the army without
special legislation in congress. The
army will furnish fifteen hundred
tents for the event.
Information has been received in
Brunswick Ga, that three of Uncle
Sans new submarines. the XII, K2
and ks, will arrive in Brunswick on
October I and will remain there for
four days, and while in port all four
OF the subs will be open to the in.
spection of the public.
Abbott Maginnis OF Salt Lake City,
Utah, has been nominated by Presi.
dent Wilson to be minister to Bo,
livia.
The king and queen of the Bel
gians, Albert and Elizabeth, may visit
Atlanta in their tour of the country
in October, it is announced at the At
lanta chamber of commerce.
A worlds record of Sc consecutive
hits. on a 16-inch bulls eye, at 500
yards, was made by Lieut.. r. +. Smith
of the American expeditionary forces
In tho swiss miss and out match"
at the annual tournament at Seagirt,
~ j.
]. F. Feuston and Casey Jordan.
the latter woman, have been arrest
ed in Nashville, Tenn, in connection
with the murder of Robin j. Cooper.
Cooper some years ago killed Car.
mack. senator from Tennessee, and
was pardoned by Governor Patterson.
Adam Shaeffer. an American citizen,
was killed by Mexican bandits at his
mine in the state of Zacatecas, August
2S, according to news sent out from I'll
Paso, Texas. Shaeffer had been in
Mexico more than ten years.
Gen. John J.. Pershing, commander
of the expendition forSes in Europe.
Is on his way home.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Tare To Be Big Subject.

Commissioner OF Agriculture W. A.
Graham has been informed by officers
OF the cotton convention to be held at
New Orleans October 1915 that the
subject of tare-bagging and ties for
cotton bales, will be one Of the live
topics for the convention on which
there is a determination to take action
that will give cotton growers much
needed relief. It is subject winch
he will not fail to impress on the con
yention when the subject is broa@hed,
Action by the convention will be
watched with keen interest.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
New state EpldemlolouIst

Or. r. NJ. Register, former physician
at the State Prison. reported to the
State Board OF Health and immediate
" began his new duties as State Epi-
demiologlst. DR.. Register succeeds
Or A. MGR. Crouch. who resigned
august lst to accept the position Of
health officer in New Hanover
For the last two years, DR. Register
has been employed as whole.time
health officer in Northampton county
under the triple arrangement between
the Rockefeller foundation, the state
and the county
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South
land VIII Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

fOreISn
M. Jaspar minister Of economics Tor
Belgium, announces that expectations
of coal from Belgium have been pro-
hibited.
Cholera and dysentery are reported
to have broken out in Petrograd. Sc
crecy is maintained regarding the
number Of cases, but public meetings
have been held for the teaching OF
preliminary precautions. There is a
lack of medicines and famine threat
ems.
The supreme peace council has de-
cided to send an ultimatum to the
Roumanian government regarding her
course in Hungary The ultimatum Will
be sent by a special envoy
Toxic hears that efforts have been
made to assassinate the governor gem
eral OF Korea. No details have been
given out.
1t is announced in Brussels that the
king ard queen OF Belgium Will SAL
for the United States on September
22. They will sail on the American
presidential ship, George Washington.
The German territory TO be con
trolled by United States troops com
prises an area OF twentyfour hundred
kilometers.
Georges CASTOR QUEEN, charged with
having betrayed Edith Cayell, an Eng
fish nurse, has been condemned to
death by tho French courts.
The supreme council OF the peace
conference decided TO send a note in
forceful terms 70 the German govern
ment pointing out the contradiction
with the Versailles treaty Of the Pro-
vision in the new German constitution
providing for the representation OF
Austria in the German reichstag
The British destroyer Victoria was
torpedoed and sunk in tie Baltic With
the loss Of eight of her complement.
Roumania wi not sign the peace
treaty with Austria according % In
transigeant because OF clause q
the American delegates concerning
clinical minorities.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-09-12
Other New Enterprises.

One new Raleigh company and one
for Mount Airy filed incorporation pa
pers with the Secretary OF State.
Amusement Facilities Company
Raleigh; social clubs; authorized cap
ital $1,000. subscribed $4,000; dura-
ton. 30 years: Fred, c. Jones. William
II. Wynne. II. H. Novel;, all OF Raj
eigh, incorporators.
w. s. Wolfe Drug Company, Mount
Airy; authorized capital $4,000, sub.
scribed $4,000: W. S. Wolfe. Y. G.,
Wolfe. both of Mount Airy; W NJ.
TAYLOR Winston-Salem, incorporators.