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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
HOUSING CONDITIONS
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED
Association, Aided by Church
Women, Gets Action by City,
but More Is Needed

While insanitary housing nditions
continue in many sections of the city.
particularly in certain sections of South
Philadelphia. many improvements have
been accomplished since the Philadel :
phia Housing Association and the
church women's housing committee
brought the matter forcibly to the at :
tontion of the health authorities.
The Department of Health and
Charities has no funds to improve
housing defects. but the officials,
through warning communications sent
to the owners of realty to put in better
plumbing and to place all premises
under their control in a sanitary con =
dition forthwith under threat of prose
cution, have brought about a better
state of affairs.
The inspectors of the division OF
housing and sanitation of the Bureau
of Health. who are required to visit
and inspect all places of which com
plaint has been made. report that thu
interiors of many of the buildings com
nlaincd of have been cleaned, cellars
have been whitewashed and plumbing
has been improved.
In large transfer bill which vii
b" considered and probably passed a
the final session of City Councils be
fore those bodies adjourn for the sum
mer. to be held on Thursday next. il
an item of S25.00 for the abatemen
of nuisanccs. This money will be uset
exclusively in abating nuisances aris
ing from defective drainage and in re
paving alleys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
PENNSYLVANIA COAL LANDS
EXCEL IN "WAR GARDENSs
Philadelphia and Reading Company Leases 1913 Acres That
Haze Produce Return Worth S29,O2947

TIME coal lands of Pennsylvania have
l. proved excellent locations for "war
gardens" or. as they are now styled,
victory gardens"
Reports from many of the up state
coal companies which have encouraged
workers to grow their own food have
been unusually favorable. according to
the Anthracite Bureau of Information.
Applications for garden spaces this
year have shown 25 per cent increase.
The system is for the coal company to
offer tracts of lands to its tenants or
employees at nominal rent. An agri-
cultural expert is employed.
Figures on the war gardens on land
of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company have been an-
nounced.
The company leased approximately
12S acres of land on nominal terms to
$50 tenants. which would mean that
5000 persons were interested on the
basis of five persons per family. The
value of the crops produced is given by
the company's gardening adviser as
500. .O29.47. This is more than $50
average per tenant and more than $22G
per acre cultivated.
The average lot worked was one
twelfth Of an acre in fhe Mshsney dis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
MAIN LINE FETES SOLDIERS
Fourth Celebrations Also Receptions
to Former Service Men

The Main Line celebrated lndepend-
ence Day with whole -heartedness. en-
thusiasm and joy. and from Overbrook
to Malvern the former service man was
the lion of the day.
At Bryn Mawr committee of busi
ness men took several hundred ex SOL
diers, sailors and marines-all Bryn
Mawr boys, who ranged in rank from
the lowly COB or doughboy up to polo
playing majors and colonels-and gave
them welcome home celebration.
Crowds lined the route of march for the
parade. =.
Back of the welcome home commit
tee and a group of Civil War veterans
came the mounted squad OF captains and
naiors-all well-known men-and then
swinging ranks of demobiized enlisted
men. Marching sturdily in a group of
blue clad sailors was Miss Edna
Knaphle. yeoman in the navy.
On the polo field Colonel Bernard G.
Converse and Lieutenant Colonel Vic
tor c. Mather reviewed the marchers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
RED CROSS BATTLES
DISEASE IN SIBERIA
Five Millions in Supplies Distri-
buted in 9 Months by
U. S. Society

Washington. July 5.-iBy 4. p. y
For use in its Siberian hospitals and
for the relief of the needy civilian popu
lation of that country. the American
Red Cross has shipped more than
81 ZOO. 900 worth of drugs. clothing and
foodstuffS to Siberia during the last
nine months. How this material is
being used and the scope of Red Cross
work in Siberia was the object of a
report submitted to Red Cross headquar
ters yesterday by Lieutenant Colonel
r. B. Tcusler. who has returned to
this country for brief visit after serv
ing for more than year as director
of the organization activities in ST
IBERIA.
Every ten days. Colonel Tcusler said
Red Cross supply train of about
twenty five cars, loaded with medicines
foodstuffs and refugee garments, left
Nladivostok to administer to the relief
of the civilian population in the 1000
miles of territory abutting the trans
Siberian railway. These trains also
carry medicinal supplies, he said, tC
restock the mine hospitals operated by
the Red Cross in Siberia, several Of
which are used exclusively in caring
for wounded allied soldiers and Russian
soldiers of the Kolchak forces.
Lieutenant Colonel Teusler also de.
scribed the work of the Red Cross di,
rected against the spread of typhus il
Siberia. Bathing and disinfectng sta
tons have been established along the
line of the railway and at one station
baths have been provided for 30. .00t
persons. 4 specially equipped "typhu'
/ train" it was said. recently Travelled
from Nladivostok to the lraI Mountains
ministering to persons afflicted with th'
maady and instructing the people IL
| preventive measures.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
CHECK FOR MEAL NPARLS
LOOKS LIKE THE RENT BILL
Mrs. x. G.. Herndon Returns
From Fip Through Italy
and France and Tells Of Com
difiOns There
Says Frogs Legs Are Cheapest
Food in French Capital;
Rome Worse Of-Hotels
Reaping Harrest

Frog legs are the least expensive food
YOU can buy in Paris where even small
restaurants charge five cents for the
use of n napkin and ten cents for knife
and fork where sugar is still luxury
and the bill for regular meal is so
hlgh the guest thinks ne is paving the
rent.
mat is the story Mrs Richard G. g.
li'rndon, just returned from four weeks
III France and Italy. and now visiting
her mother, Mrs. Charles Still. of oOOg
'ntarlo street. brings from overseas.
While her husband went abroad to
locate artists for opera companies
Mrs. ii"rndOn thought she would have
shopping tour. She returned to Amer
lea with few additional clothes. but an
unusually increased respect and ador
alton for her own country.
You know she explained. "oll the
big hotels of Paris are occupied bv din
lomatS and have little or no room for
outsiders. The other hotels are
charging three and four times more than
pre-wa prices. Those that used to II;
81 day for room and meals are now
! charging ,SS for room and bath. no
meals included. Very ordinary rooms
are as high as $50 a day. And YOU
are mot on every hand by demand
for tips-generous ones. too. All the
/ hotels serve strictly la carte. Ever
/ basement restaurants wherc in pre- val
days YOU could get a nice meal foi
I thirty five cents. now give the same
sort of food for 81. We had to pay
/ So for lobster for the two of us. AnC
you have to nay extra for either water
or wine. Frog legs. delicious ones, a
sixty cents. were really the least cx
| pensivc food we found
There is absolutely no sugar served
even in private homes. We knew o
this and took a supply with us. w
also took crystaliaed milk. but jus
tho week before we reached Paris mill
was again put on the market, and cream
was to be had soon afterward
IF possible, things are even wors
in Rome, where the people are still
living on war breads. They seem des
titute of almost every sort of food
stuff except a few fresh vegetables
Horse meat is used widely.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Among the guests at the house party
which Mrs. Norton Downs is giving in
honor of her daughter, Miss Phebe
Mexican Downs, and Miss s. Atlee
Downs, are Miss Elsie Croll, of Flush
ing, L. l.; Miss Elinor Thompson, of
Greenville, DEL; Miss Emmie Swartz,
Mr.. Walter Clark, of Flushing; Mr..
Albert King, of Washington; Mr..
Charles Gamble, Mr.. Joseph Weir Sar-
gent and Mr.. s. Warren Mexican
Downs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George ID. Evans, of
Germantown, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Anna Vallette
Evans, and Mr.. Edward Brewster
Gould, of Seneca Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Elliot, OF
Brooklyn, formerly of Ithaca, N. Y,
have announced the engagement Of their
daughter, Miss Lucy Elliot, and Mr..
Richard Beverly Corbin, of New York
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard w. Cor
bin, of Newport, r. I.
Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewart and hel
daughter have gone to Narraganset
Pier for the summer.
Mrs. Timothee Adamowski, who hal
been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. Bark
lie Henry, at Rosemont, returned OF
Tuesday 70 Boston.
Mf, snd Mss, J. Hutchison scctt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
EVANGELIST TO PREACH
George Long viii Open Series OF
Services In City Tomorrow

George Long, founder of the Inas-
much Mission, will open evangelisti~
services under the auspices Of the Pres
byterian church at Twenty fourth and
Reed streets tomorrow afternoon.
Broad minded so far as religious
crceds are concerned and worker in
all churches, Mr.. Long has signed q
contract with the Presbyterians to con-
duct series of services for them. He
will not, however. give up his affilia-
tion with the Inasmuch Mission, which
is an Episcopal organization. He said
today that so far as he knew there
was no objection on the part of the
Episcopal board to his interest in the
Presbyterian evangelistic campaign.
Mrs. Long expects to assist her hus-
band in' the work this summer, aud
scores of Inasmuch Mission folk are ex
pected to take part in the services.
Leone ROemer. n talented singer, will be
soloist tomorrow. and Joseph G. John
son will be chorister.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
GIRL SCOUTS OPEN CAMP
Northeast Troops Raised the Money
for Outfits at Gratersford

Girl Scouts of Troop 120, under the
leadership of Captain Margaret Schal-
Ter, officially opened the district camp
at Gratersford, Pa, at sunrise yester
day. The camp was rented and
equipment was purchased with money
earned by the Kensington, Frankford
and Lawndale Troops.
Captain Schaller's troop, which is
the first to use the new camp, not only
raised the flag but sang the "Star
Spangled Banner" The girls will
sleep in outdoor rugs, which are sleep
ling bags with a lean to. When two OF
these bags are put together they make
complete tent.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
SHORE TRAVEL RECORD SET
Former Figures Shattered DESPITE
Cancellation Of Exeur.I.n.

Philadelphia seashore travel for the
Fourth of July, 1919, broke all rec
ords. This in spite of the fact that
railroad patrons had to pay the reg
ular fare by reason of the govern
ment's cancellation of all seashore ex
cursion trains for the holiday.
Between 200 and 250 extra coaches
enough for twenty excursion trains
had to be pressed into service by the
United States railroad administration
Atlantic City says that with the ex
cursions it would have done $40O, 900 tc
$500 900 more business.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
State Health Appointme nts

Harrisburg. July 5.-lBy 4. PD-
Appointments have been made at the
State Department of Health as follows
Wilfred Selwitz. registrar of vita
statistics for Altoona; ii. II. Finch
baugh. for Loganville borough and
Springfield township. York county; W
Rose Campbell for Milesburg, Center
county; +. Z. Tiley, for Girardville.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05

WHAT was Philadelphia 100000
W years ago?
Who tramped the ground where
Chestnut and Broad streets meet? Who
swan in the Delaware when the day
was hot and uncomfortable? What
kind of police force was there? What
kind of hats did the women wear? Did
they worry about prohibition then?
The geologists won't commit them
selves. They say that the evolution OF
the earth is slower than mOlasses in
January, and which stage Philadelphia
reached just 100000 years ago they
hesitate to admit. DR.. Samuel G. Cor
don, of the Academy of Natura
Sciences and associate editor of thu
Mineralogical Journal, said that thu
question should be made more compre
hensive, like: What might the countr!
in the vicinity of Philadelphia hav'
looked like-if there was country abov'
the surface of the Silurian sea if ther'
was such a sea-during the period of no
less than 800, 900 years that ended 200,
600 years ago. There you are, as spe
cific and clear as dream YOU had las
week
Time-the Indefinite Thing
Philadelphia dates back to time tina
varies, according to the expert advic'
of biologists and paleontOlogists and tn
rest of them. from twenty to 6OOO mil
| lion wears ago. It's either one extrem
or the other or period somewhere II
between. Take your choice.
Anyway, not long after the beginning
the ocean lapped at the shores of south
eastern Pennsylvania-the alluvial sed
Niment strata are visible on the east driv
of the Schuylkill .river-and l'hlladel
phia was the home of various iamllle
of unrecognizable fish. But most of then
siekened and died, mainly because o
their long latinical names; but also be
cause this old sea receded or the platea
area rose, couple of thousand year
or many more later, and left them hig
up on dry land.
When the sea recpded or the land up
lifted. whichever of the two happened
all kinds of creeks and rivers and dltche
became active and flowed with lot O
violence into the retiring ocean, whlc
retired to somewhere in Jersey. Th
Delaware was one of these rivers an
the Water Gap is enough OF circum
staptial evidence to show what damag
il did to the territory hereabouts.
Phi.adelphians Unobserving
Philadelphians. if there were any, di
not notice at the time any more of thi
change than native on the Himalaya
knows that that mountain range
slowly but surely rising. The trans
formation that Philadelphia and Ger
mantown and Roxborough underwear
covered period which. with geologict
definiteness, is fixed at from five
800, ,OO0, 900 years, more or less. How
ever there were no movies in thos
days, unfortunately, and the geologisi
cannot prove their conviction. Thi
brings the story of Philadelphia up
the beginning of existing history.
The site of Philadelphia was built o
what is known to scientists, accordin
To Doctor Gordon, as Wissahicko
Gneis, which is the oldest strata of roc
bereabouts. You cant see gneis whe
You nick up q handful of dirt. But n,
long ago an elevator shaft WAS sunk fc
building on North Penn square al
the shaft struck gneis. The only oth'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
lust GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Tells of the Doings Of Yesterday-She
Tells of the Recovery of Mrs. Dallas Dixon, Jr.
-." Mr.. Hirst Better
Mr.. Hirst Better

Jr.. 2222 Rittenhouse street, have
opened their cottage in Cape May.
where they are entertaining Miss Pansy
Scott and Mr.. John Sanders Scott, sis
ter and brother of Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. HUM. Sd.
are receiving congratulations for the
birth of son. George A. HUM. 9Th.
Mrs. HUM. who will be remembered
as Miss Alma Mae Curtis, is at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry +. Curtis.
Miss Balloch Richards. of Media. has
gone to Cape May, where she is the
guest of Miss Catharine Cooper Cas-
sard. at 015 Beach avenue.
Lieutenant z. Spencer Miller. Sd,
Joined Mrs. Miller at the ChG'fonte-
Hotel in Cape May. to spend the Fourth
of July. Lieutenant Miller lis still on
active duty in the motor transport
service of the United States army.
DR.. and Mrs. H. Robert NJ. lands
and Miss Bessie. Tucker have opened
their home in Cape May, where they
will spend the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. William s. Godfrey,
of Ardmore, left this week to join Mrs.
Lincoln Godfrey, at Northeast Harbor,
Me-, for the summer.
Miss Helen Conger. of Villanova, left
on Thursday to visit her brother in
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
P. Clark, at New Haven, Conn.
MFR. and Mrs. J. Wallace Hallowell.
Jr., of Merton, have taken a cottage at
Cape May for the summer.
Colonel c. c. Hatch. L. S. NJ. c.,
and Mrs. Hatch and their family, of
Wayne, have taken a house in Paoli.
where they will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin G. Donaghy will
motor to Cape May today. to be the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence c.
Wilbur.
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Werner. o.
Wayne. are spending some time at the
Griswold, New London, Conn.
Mrs. Peter Boyd. 1876 South Eight
eenth street, is occupying a cottage al
Eastern Point, New London, Conn, 70,
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Howard Colket an,
Mrs. Tristram Colket, zoos De lance,
place, are at the Griswold, New Lon
don, Conn, for the summer.
Mrs. Frederick G. Embick, of Devon
will entertain at family luncheon to
: morrow. Mrs. Embick has rented Hur
ricane Hill, her home in Devon, for tn
summer and will leave for Atlantic Cit,
: next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland G. Hayden ant
their family, 595S Woodbne avenue
; left Saturday for an extended moto
trip.
D Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Hopkins an,
their family are occupying cottage OF
r Surrey avenue, Ventnor.
e The Misses Kinsey and Mrs. Angus
t tus Thomas, who spent the early par
= of the summer at the Brighton. Atlanti
City, have gone to Lake Mohonk House
! Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
y Mr.. s. s. Laird, 300 East Loga,
!. street, Germantown, is at the st
d Charles, Atlantic City, for the sum
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick G. Roth
!. their daughter, Mrs. f. r. Thomas
!. and Mr.. Charles NJ. Grass have left O
motor trip for resorts along the Jerse
c coast.
s Mr.. and Mrs. Max Almond Sheriff,
g ofs 64OO Woodbine avenue, Overbrool
= will motor to Shawnee on the Delawar
Il and will be at Buckwood Inn ther
:. for an indefinite time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
TOY HUNT AT WooDSlDE
Prizes VIII Be Given Children Find.
ina Checks at Amusement Park

The two outstanding features at
Woodside Park this week are the re-
vival of the toy hunt and the intro
duction of Gertrude MacDOnnell, who
will replace Edna Wallace Kinney as
soloist with the band.
The first of these toy hunts will
be held Wednesday between one and
three in the afternoon. More than 200
TOYS ranging in value from twenty cents
to S5 will become the property of the
children who find checks which will be
distributed In different parts Of the
park.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
WEDDING IN COLLINGSWO0D
Miss Miranda Beaston Married to
Mr.. Warren S. Uxiey, Of This City

A wedding of interest in Ceilings
wood. y. j.. and in this city was that
of Miss Miranda II. Beaston. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George Beaston, Of
Collingswood. and Mr.. Warren S. Ux-
ley. of 1919 Cayuga street, which was
Solemnized on Thursday afternoon in the
Beitield Methodist Episcopal Church,
Wyoming avenue and Logan street, with
the pastor, the Rev. George II. r. Dell
lecker, officiating.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05
City Band Concerts

Municipal Band, Tacony and
Tucker streets. s p. NJ.
Fairmount Park Band. Belmont
Mansion. A to 8 p. m. I; S to 10 p. m.
Philadelphia Band, City Hall
plaza, ; p, m, q.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-05

Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewart and her
daughter have gone to Narragansett
Pier for the summer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

the present load, and will carry it
much more economically than the
present machinery does. The building
is large enough and the arrangement
of the equipment installed now, such
that new units may be installed at any
future time when needed.
The entire distributing system will
be rebuilt and this will eliminate the
present leaks and give to the light
and power users much better service.
A five-tone ice plant is being in
stalled that will not only add to the
revenue of the plant, but will meet
long felt need of the people in and
around .Julesburg.
One of the splendid features of the
new plant is that the revenue should
and will from the start more than pay
the running expenses. This is unusu
al from the fact that plants are gen
orally built so far in advance Of rev.
enues that heavy taxes must be met
for the first few years to meet the de
fict made by heavy running expenses
when the load is light. Under proper
management the present bond issue
should be met with the tax payers
scarcely feeling the load.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

Continued to Inside Pagel
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

board, paying $l.50 a day for same,
and started out to see the beauties
of the country South of the little
town. After crossing the South Platte
valley he would have entered the
breaks" or hills and the only thing
to relieve the monotony of the drive
would have been the sight of many
jack rabbits with an occasional coyote
perhaps. Upon reaching the table
lands just over the hills the eyes of
this stranger from the East would
have been filled with sight dear
only to the heart of cattle king, for
before him mile after mile lay a
practically unbroken level prairie
covered with thick carpet of buffalo
grass. Dotting the prairie here and
there would be seen range-cattle fat
tening upon this rich grass, for in
the year 1903 cattle reigned supreme,
for the day of the agriculturist had
not dawned this far west of the
Missouri river.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

The old sod house of pioneer days
has long since disappeared and today
you will find on this beautiful table
land. good comfortable modern farm
homes. many of them as modern as
those to be found in the cities. Barns
and granaries taking the place of
the former cattle stockade or corral
homes with steam heat. hot and cold
running water, electric lights being
not an uncommon thing in many
places. Good roads are fast replacing
the old "cross trails" of the prairie
schooner, as automobiles are now in
evidence in most of the homes, as in
dicated by the numerous garages con-
structed during the past few years;
in fact, on many farms will be found
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

Ir the days drive he would have per-
haps visited some two or three cow
camps, finding plenty of "Texas long
horns" and an occasional herd Of
sheep, for at that time the home
steader was an unwelcome guest in
the heart of country where the cat
tie man was still counted king. In
asmuch as this fertile prairie land
could at that time be purchased at
from S15O to $500 per acre, little
could this visitor to our country real
ize the vast possibilities Of turning
the buffalo sod into modern produc-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

tracts Of the virgin sod and the day
of the cattle man was doomed though
at that early date none realized it,
least of all did the farmer himself
know the foundation he was then lay
ing for the future agricultural pros
perity that was soon to follow.
The crops seeded by these early
pioneers generally produced tumble
weeds or like non-productive results,
due entirely to their lack of informa-
ton as to the true methods of harness
sing the soil, for in those days the soil
was naturally just as productive as
it is today. However no experiments
had then been made as to the kind
of seed required, the method Of pre-
pairing the soil for best results. the
proper seeding and breaking time.
Yet these earlier settlers persevered,
and to them in great part is due
the present wonderful development
that has taken place on the table
lands of Sed9wick County. Much
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-02-20

up-to-date plant which will take care
of Julesburg's present needs and its
future needs as well, and at the same
time be plant that will be credit
to the community.
Below we publish few figures that
will show why the present plant is not
adequate to take care of the present
demands, although about eight years
ago it was rebuilt and the equipment
installed then considered large enough
TO take care of future needs for many
years to come. These figures show
just the revenue from light and pow
er used during the first month of
each year since the present plant was
installed: