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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
CLERK AND SENIOR
TEACH HIGH SCHOOL
West Philadelphia Forced to Use
Instructors Who Have Not
Gone to Normal
BUSINESS CLASSES GRO W

The scarcity of permanent teachers
and of substitute teachers is so kcenly
felt in PHILADELPHIA that clerk in the
offices of the West Philadelphia High
School for Girls and recent high
school graduate. without normal school
training. have both ben drafted into
the present teaching staff of the school.
Owing to the large increase in the
number of pupils electing commercial
work this season, the department was
suddenly confronted with d need for
three more teachers. BY shifting of
classes teacher in the mathematics
department was transferred to work in
the commercial department. Miss Beryl
Sntterfeld, a senior who graduated last
February and who contemplated enteS-
ng teacher training work at Temple
University, was asked to return, and
was put in charge of several of the
practical business classes. Miss Tobin
had had some experience in teaching
commercial subjects at the night high
school. She has been teaching regu-
larly for more than month.
Substitutes Hard to Find
II don't believe that you will find
our school at all unusual in this, said
Parkc Schoch. principal of the High
School. Substitutes and regular
teachers in commercial subjects are al
ways hard to find, and the waiting lists
have been exhausted for some time.
We have had an examination recently
and there should be probably fifteen or
more qualified teachers available very
soon.
Mine -tenths of our faculty are col
lcge graduates, and that's another prob
lem we have to face in the teacher sit
uation. Many of the pupils who want
to teach, no longer want to teach grade
schools with minimum salary of $1,000
and a maximum of $500. With the
School of Education ut the University
of Pennsylvania open to women. it is
a comparatively simple matter for them
to spend four years instead of two and
be qualified for high school teaching
for which the maximum is more thS-.
$4,000.
Compete With Business Houses
1--WE are in strong. competition with
business. and more of our pupils enter
commercial courses every semester. for
in business the beginner can earn more
money than beginning teacher who
has spent two additional years in train
ing
Mr.. Schoch said that the girls were
urged to go into teaching, but that II
was virtually impossible to induce them
to 90 to normal school under the finan =
'cial conditions of the present system.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
CITY HALL AGOG
AT RUM CARAVAN
From Politicians to Clerks They
Gaze SorrowfuIIy at Guarded
Wet Spot
FLEET MOVES MID SIGHS

In so far as City Hall is coHcerned.
Philadelphia official business las al
lowed to ''go hang till after 10 o'clock
this morning. while department heads.
councilmcu. clerks. stenograPhers. po-
lice. detectives. judges. ct al. gathered
at the windows and gazed down into the
City Hall courtyard.
There. surrounded by blue cloth 2nd
brass buttons. was a travelling oasis. n
caravan OF crystalized cheer. 10000
quarts Of Maryland whisky. 100 proof.
thief proof and thirst proof, drawn up
In the very midst of the great American
desert.
City Hall attaches stood at the win
dowS as so many little birds. charmed
by mighty serpent. or. so to speak. a
thousand protential serpents of tyne
long since driven from America by Mr,
Nolstead.
Mayor Moore hunted for Durcll Shus-
ter, his secretary, and found him at a
secord story window, gazing sadly
down on the liquor.
The Mayor could not reach his secre-
tarv for the crowd.
Charles Il. Hall. Ware floor leader in
Council. expressed regret that he had
not known Of the presence Of the array
Of aromatic alcohol during the night!
Friends say Mr.. Hall Is an expert on
block and tackle methods. There are
windows just above where the seven
truckloads of liquor stood.
At 10 80 o'clock the train Of transient
trouble. loaded on seven trucks. folded
it's tents. and >1irder the superintend Z.
opoa of tho sboik ono Il Chorle Glnd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
HUSBAND GETS PROPERTY
Other Estates Probated Today Show
Large Values

The will of Mrs. Mary II B. Will
liams. 5340 Greene street. who died in
Atlantic City, February 21. leaves $il =
600 TO her husband, Francis ii. Will
iiams. Mrs. williams was very active
in patriotic and civic circles. o..
Mrs. Elizabeth Greenwood, in a will
probated today, disposes of $4,000 in
public bequests. The gifts, are made
through members of her family and are
not enumerated in the will. .t
An inventory in the estate of William
G. May shows it to be worth S334, :
15O.7j. OF this amount S15l, ,7SS.21
represents his interest in Johnathan
May & Sons, ship brokers.
The estate of Samuel $. Thompson
is. appraised at S1O2, 1882. An issue
of 500. 900 of second mortgage bonds of
the Philadelphia Windsor Hotel Co Is
included. A claim of SD. .5S4.11 for
rent against the hotel company is ap-
praised at $1,000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
MAY ILLUMINATE" THEFT
Hold Two Men In Probe Of $4,000
Warehouse Robberles

Magistrate Meeleary held two men in
bail today who. it is believed. can throw
some light upon the mysterious disap-
pearance Of $40. .0O0 worth of goods from
the Merchants Warehouse, Water
street near Chestnut. during the last
year.
They are Harry Zimmerman. 2216
East Sargent street. and Morris Factor,
1880 East Montgomery street. Bail
was fixed at $1,000 for further hearing
March 81. on the charge of conspiracy
in larceny and receiving stolen goods.
1t is alleged that on February 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
JUDGE SADLER DOOMED
Dickinson Alumni Back Him for
Supreme Court

Philadelphia alumni of Dickinson
College have indorsed Judge Sylvester
B. Sadler. of the Cumberland County
Court. for appointment to the Supreme
Court to fill a vacancy which soon will
exist.
Resolutions were adopted urging the
appointment of Judge Sadler when
Dickinson men met at the armory of the
State Fencibles. Broad and Race streets,
last night. The meeting was called by
Thomas =. Lanard. a committee named
to further the candidacy of the Cum
berland jurist comprises Mr.. Lanard,
James A. Tanner. Claude l.. Roth,
Boyd Lee Spahr and Murray II. Spahr,
Jr.
Judge Sadler has occupied the chair
Of professor of law at Dickinson for
many years. He is a member of the
class of 90 college and '0S law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
GREAT IRISH PARADE IN N. Y.
Tr-color Of Republic Replaces the
Green; Reviewed by De Valera

~, New York. March 1T.-(By A. p.D-
!. ihe traditional wearing of the green"
,n Su fatrick Day paradcs on Fifth
avenue gave way today to the wearing
OF the green. white and ycllow-thc
ttricolor Of the 'Irish rcpublic',--in
honor of Eamonn De Valera, head of the
,inrecognizcd government, who reviewed
2o,OOO marchcrs from st. Patrick $
Cathedral.
The parade was u "Frcc Ireland
demonstration, the like of which New
York has never before witnessed, II
also took on a Free India" aspect for
more than 1000 representatives of that
race marched with the sons of Erin.
While the colors of the Emerald Isles
naturally predominatcd. the Stars and
Stripes led the parade, followed by the
Fighting Irish Sixty ninth" formerly
the 1G5th United States infantry. These
veterans of the world war, who covered
themselves with glory on the battlcfclds
OF France, wore their overeas equipment
and steel helmets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
Anyway, One Of EN-
Had a Little Luck

When the men Of the caravan
were lifting truck from the man
hole in City Hall plaza number of
the cases were removed.
Crash! A case fell to the pave
mcnt.
The precious liquor flowed freely.
One of the truck drivers crawlcd
under the truck.
From n broken iottle he-wcll.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
TRUCK STRIKES WOMAN
Driver Refuses to Stop-Victim !,
Unide ntjfied

An unidentified woman. aged about
sixty years old. was struck by an auto
truck at Nineteenth street and Fair
mount avenue shortly after 10 o'clock
this morning.
The driver of the truck did not stop.
The woman received fracture of the
skull. and is unconscious at the Lankc-
nau Hospital. She wore black dress.
black turban hat aud carried black
handbag.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
TAX TOTAL STILL UNKNOWN
Flood Of Mail to Delay Announce.
ment Several DAYS

On account of the great quantity Of
mail still to be opened in the local
Office of the Internal Revenue Depar.
ment. the income tax returns for the
Philadelphia district for 1919 will not
be announced for several days.
More than S11. .000,0 had been re.
ceived Monday for this district. Among
the checks was one for So 900 900. the
largest income tax payment made in
this district. This came from large
corporation.
Many delinqucnts called at the rev
enue Office yesterday to pay their tax,
and virtually all, it is said, had rca-
sonable excuses for their tardincss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17

Zimmerman engaged truck from
Francis Magce, 2210 Taggert street, and
drove to the Merchants Warehouse.
Here $1,000 worth of soap was loaded
on the truck, it is charged, and taken
to the warehouse conducted by Factor
at the Montgomery street address. 1t
is alleged that Factor paid $1,000 for
the soap, giving check to Magee.
Detectives Gibson and Costello testi-
fed against the men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-17
CLEVELAND BANK ROBBED

Cleveland, March 1I.-(By \. p
Two armed bandits entered the Lo-
rain avenue branch Of the Cleveland
Trust Co. when the bank opened this
morning. held up Cashier George Tray
nikar while he was making up pay
roll, secured $4,000 in cash and es-
caped in an automobile.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

These present the appearance of
minute lines, rods, dots, and fairy
like geometrical figures in endless
variety, and give exquisite beauty,
richness and compleXity to their in
teriors. l have photographed over
$500 snowfakes, and yet no two are
alike, and it seems as easy as ever
to find new and unique designs.
These snowflake photomicrograph
l have made are now world famous,
the theme and inspiration of numer-
Gus writers and scientists, the de-
light of lecturers and movie fans,
used largely in educational ways in
the universities, the University of
Wisconsin alones having 1900 slides
of them. The flakes are found useful
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
A glass slide for observation under

a glass slide for observation under
microscope. A brief glimpse,
holding ones breath meanwhile, is
given them, and if suitable, they are
pressed down flat upon the glass
slide by feather, and the glass
slide containing the flake is placed
on the stage of the microscope, CEN
tered, focused, and an exposure of
from eight seconds to several min
utes is given, according to cloudiness
and magni6cation. Ordinary daylight
is used for illumination, the appara-
tus being merely pointed through a
window for that purpose. Although
comparatively easy to photograph,
the subsequent processes employed
on the negative to show them up
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

and Violet half closed his eye, not
with love and serenity, but rather, as
he simultaneously curvingly gestured
with his tail, in a kind Of impotent
menace, meaning to say, "Oh, for
Heavens sake, take your hands of
O me" Then he opened the eye and
paid a little, instructive attention to
sounds from the neighboring yard
A high fence, strawberries, and
foliage concealed that yard from the
view of Violet, but the sounds were
eloquent to him, since they were
those made by members of his own
general species when threatening
atrocities. The accent may have been
foreign, but Violet caught perfectly
the sense of what was being said
and instinctively he muttered recip-
rocal curses within himself.
swat a malta, honey?" his com.
panion inquired sympathetically
"Ess, bad people Tighten poor Vio-
let!'
From beyond the fence came the
murmurings of a boy and girl in
hushed but urgent conversation; and
with these sounds there mingled
watery agitations, splashings anG
the like, as we'll as low vocalizings
which Violet had recognized-ther
there were mufflcd explosions, like
fireworks choked in featherbeds
and the human voices grew uncon-
trollably somewhat louder, so that
their import was distinguishable
COW" Hush up, can't you? You
want to bring the whole town to-
Oww "Hush up yourself-oh, good
ness" "Look out-don't let her.
"Ow!"
Then came a hushed, husky voice
inevitably that Of Mortified colored
person fastening from q distance
ooh, my Gawd" There was sour
rying, and the girl was heard in
furious yet hoarsely guarded vehe-
mence: Bring the clo'es prop.
Bring the clo'es prop! We can poke
that one down from the garage
anyway. Oh, look at her gol''
Mrs. Balches shook her head.
'Naughty children!" she said, as
She picked up the saucer and went
to the kitchen door, which she held
open for Violet to enter. "Want
to como with mammal"
But Violet had lost even the faint
interest in life he had shown q few
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

moments earlier. He settled HIM
self to another stupor in the
& UNSET was beginning to be
~ limited, two hours later, when,
in another quarter of the town,
a little girl Of seven or eight, at
play on the domestic side of an al
ley gate, became aware of an older
girl regarding her fixedly over the
top of the gate. The little girl felt
embarrassed and paused in her gay
eties, enfolding in her arms her pet
and playmate. "Howdy said
the stranger in a serious tone.
"What'll you take for that cat??"
The little girl made no reply, and
the stranger, opening the gate, came
into the yard. She looked weary,
rather bedraggled, yet hurried; her
air was predominantly one of
anxiety. "Ill give you a quarter
for that cat," she said. II want an
all-white cat, but this ones only
got that one gray spot over it's eye,
and I don't believe there's an all
white cat left in town, leastways
that anybody's willing to part with.
I'll give you twenty-five cents for it.
I haven't got it with me, but I'll
promise to give it to you day after
tomorrow.
The little girl still made no reply,
but continued to stare with widen
ing eyes, and the caller spoke with
desperation.
"See here" she said, II got to
have a whitish cat. That'n isn't
worth more'n a quarter, but III give
you 35 cents for her, money down,
day after tomorrow"
At this the frightened child set
the cat upon the ground and fled
into the house. Florence Atwater
was left alone; that is to say, she
was the only human being left in
the yard or in sight. Nevertheless,
human voice spoke, not far behind
her. 1t came through a knot hole
in the fence, and it was a voice al
most of passion.
"You grab it!'
Florence stood in silence, motion
less; there was a solemnity about
her. The voice exhorted. "My
goodness!" it said. "She didn't say
she wouldn't sell it, did she? You
can bring her the money like you
said you would, can't you? ] got
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

Kitty Silver, cam I start fer the do.
whiles she unfasten the lid fer to
take one mo- look at 'em, / reckon;
but open window mighty close by,
an nat skinny white cat make one
jump, an after lii while I Iookin'
out this here window an see that
ole fat Miz Balche's tom, waddlin'
crost the yod todes home"
"Whatshe doin' now?" Mrs. John
son inquired.
"Who? Miss Julia? She settin' out
on the front po'eh talkin' to Mista
Sammerses."
"My name! How she goin' to fix
it with him, after all this here dish
cumaraddle?"
"Who? Miss Julia? Leave her
alone. honey! She take an begin
talk SO fas' an talk so sweet that
young man amt goin' to ricklect he
ever give her no cats, not till he's
gone an halfway hon1el But amt
tole you the en- Of it, Mz johnson,
an the en- Of it's the bes' part whut
happen"
whats that, Miss Kitty7"
'Look!" said Mrs. Silver. "Mista
Atwater gone in yonder, after come
out, an asst whut all them goin's-on
about. Well, sub, an didn' he come
walkin' out in my kitchen after din
nuh an slip me two bright spang
new silvuh dolluhs right in NV
han'?"
"My name!"
"Yessuh!" said Mrs. Silver trium-
phantly.
Y N the darkness outside the VIM
l. dow Florence rose to her tess
What you goin' to do?" der-
bert asked.
Florence drew a deep breath ana
then made reply in an earnest ard
conscientious voice; and Herbert,
as he listened, felt within his bosom
for the first time in his life, and
profoundly in spite of himself-the
stirring Of strong admiration for
this girl cousin of his; admiration
and a desire to emulate her now in
word and deed.
Il think we've done very, very
wrong" she said. II don't want TO
go to bed tonight with all this on
my mind, and I'm going to find
grandpa right now," she concluded,
land confess everysbit of it to him.
| Copyright r. r. Coilisr @ Soz.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
LX1ILSON ALWYN BENTLEY and some of the photo-
~ graphs of snowfakes taken By him


naturally, white on a dark ground,
are tedious. This consists of remov-
ing the film of the negative from
around the image of the snowflake
by cutting and scraping it away.
1t takes three or four solid hours of
work on each Of the branchy forms
to do this, and all in all, it has been
a monumental work of great diff
Guilty, employing all the loving pa
tience Of the true scientist.
"Snow crystals are remarkable in
many ways, for quantity, distribu-
ton, origin, and the all-important
part they play in Natures plan.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

mine, didn't I, almost without any
trouble at all! My Heavens! Amt
Kitty Silver pretty near crazy? Just
think Of the position we've put her
into! l tell you, you got to-"
But now Florence moved. She
moved slowly at first; then with
more decision and rapidity.
HAT caaa sIs95nss sea :ta1 dG.A nss had dfsP as5t
when the two cousins, each
with scant uneasy dinner eaten,
met by appointment in the alley be-
hind their mutual grandfather
place of residence. Presently they
climbed the back fence and ap-
preached the kitchen. Suddenly
Florence lifted her right hand, and
took between thumb and foreinger
a lock of hair upon the back Of
Herbert's head.
"Well. for Heavenses' sakes!" he
burst out, justifably protesting.
"Hushw Florence warned him.
kitty Silver's talkin' to somebody
in there. 1t might be Aunt Julia .
C'm ere!"
She led him to a position beneath
an open lighted window of the
kitchen. Here they sat upon the
ground, with their backs against
the stone foundation of the house,
and listened to voices and the clink
and swish of dishes being washed.
"She's got another ole colored
darky woman in there with her."
said Florence. cts woman be-
longs to her church and comes to
see her most every evening. Listen;
she's telling her about it. l bet
we could have the real truth of it
maybe better this way than if we
went in and asked her right out.
Anyway, it isn't eavesdropping if
you listen when people are talkin'
about you yourself. It's only wrong
when it isn't any of your own
bus
"For Heavenses' sakes hush up,"
her cousin demonstrated. "Listen!"
Nom, Miss Julia, nla'am,' l
say"-thus came the voice Of Mrs,
Silver" nom, Miss Julia, ma am,
them the same two cats you ham me,
Miss Julia, ma am I say. 'Leas'wise,'
l say, them the two same cats whut
was in nat closed-up brown basket
when open it up an take an fix
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26

to wash 'em. Somebody might "a
took an change 'em TO they got to
me- I say, Miss Julia, ma'am: but
all the change happen to 'em sence
they been in charge of me that's
the gray whut comes off 'em whiles
washin' 'em an dryin' 'em in corn
meal an flannel. I dunno how much
washin' 'em change 'em, Miss Julia,
ma'am,' I say cause how much
they change or amt change, that's
fer you to say and me not to jedge.' "
Lam O. miseryw cried the Wis
itor, chuckling delightedly. II won
der how you done KEEP you face,
Miss Kitty. What Miss Julia say?"
A loud, irresponsible outburst of
mirth on the part Of Mrs. Silver fol-
lowed. When she could again con-
troll herself she replied more def
nitely. "Miss Julia say, she say she
ain never hear no sech outrageous
sto'y in her life. She tuck on!
Hallelujah! An all time, M;z John
son, I give you my word, stannin'
there holdln' nat basket, carryin' on
up hill an down dale, how them the
same two Berjum cats Mista Sam
merses SEN her; an trouble enough
dess ten'in' to that basket, lemme
say to you, Miz Johnson, as any
body kin tell you whutever tried to
take care O. two cats whut ant
yoosta each other in the same bas-
ket. An every blessed minute. I
stannin' there, can't I hear that ole
Miz Balche mex do, out in her back
yod an her front yod, an plum out
IN the street, hollerin': Kitty!
Kitty! Kitty!' 'Yesv Miss Julia
say, she say. Fine sto'y!' she say.
Them two cats you claim my Ber-
jun cats, they got short hair, an
they amt the same age an they
amt even nowheres near the same
slze& she say. 'One of ems as fat as
bofe them Berjum CATS she say;
AM it's on'y got one eye,' she say.
We'll, Miss Julia, ma'am,' I say
'one thing; they come out white,
all 'cept dess around that there skim
nier ones eye,' I say; 'dess the
same you tell me they goin' to- /
say. you right about that much,
ma'am! I say"
"Oh, mel" Mrs. Johnson moaned,
worn with applausive laughter.
"What she respon' then?"
Il set that basket down. said
l
New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
calls Them Fairest Sight He Has
! Encountered in the Won
: derland of Mature

pear over the horizon and down
goes hoe, shovel or any other farm
tool with which I may be working. /"
says Mr.. Bentley. "For I would
abandon anything to welcome a
snowflake.
Welcomes the Snowf1akes
Il Inherited great love of nature
study from my parents. The very
flrst money l ever earned in nv
early teens I invested in a micro
scope and telescope instead of in
guns, watches and whistles. The
marvellous beauty of snowf1akes
early attracted my attention. first
made about four hundred drawings
of them. Drawings proved utterly
unsatisfactory. l enjoyed them so
intensely, however, that it led to an
overmastering desire to have others
see and enjoy them, too. When
learned that dry plate photography
made the photographing of them
possible I procured an apparatus, a
camera coupled to a microscope,
giving from eight to sixty diameters
magnification (64 to $500 times)
and after many failures and dis
couragements secured my first
photomicrograph during my nine
teenth year (1885). The lure of the
snowfakes has compelled me to con-
tinue the unique Photographic study
ever since. Every winter finds me
always on duty when good snow
flakes are falling. And business,
pleasure, cold, hunger, meals
everything-is forgotten or neg
lected.
ut is hard to convey an idea of
the extreme fascination Of the work.
Sometimes the SHOWS are extremely
rich in beautiful forms and one is
in despair as to which to select to
photograph. Again, one must search
all day long perhaps to find a few
perfect ones. Favorable SHOWS como
from four to fifteen times during g
given winter, falling usually from the
western segnents of general storms.
Every new snowflake placed under
the microscope is a possible great
find, and almost surely will be new
to science, for infinite variety is the
rule. Hence it is an inexhaustible
study and ever new. OF course, no
one has as yet found the few match
less snowfakes that every storm
furnishes.
Phofographing Crystals
''The task Of photographing snow
crystals, although very delicate, is
by no means difficult. The utmost
haste must be taken, for, once the
flakes are separated, evaporation
(not melting) rapidly wears them
away, even during intense cold.
''The crystals are usually caught
on a blackboard as they fall from
the sky and are picked up by a
short, pointed splint, and placed on