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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-22
Railroad Mileage

To the Editor Of the Evenin0 PHbro Ledger:
Sir--If possible please supply mo with the
facts OF the following questions: /. Wha,
In the present railroad mileage Of the United
States. including territorial possessions? 2
Present worlds mileage? .. American ship
ping eapscity' 1921 onnagc7 1, English
ahipping capaclty1 1921 tonnage, o. World
| shipping capacity! 1921 tonragel
JOIIN Gf)RQ1ER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-22
Carpenters Charges


To the Editor o. the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Will you please answer the follow
ing! Can carpenter doing repair work.
without a contract charge you for more
material than he actually used and for more
time than he nut In on the Job. including
time spent TO get tho material. and compel
you to pay tho ovcrchar8e?
H. II. H.
Philadelphia, July IL. 1921.
II you told ths carpenter TO go ahead and
purchase tho materials. and hs has mis-
Judged as TO quantity, you would be ex-
pected to pay the bill. as he purchased
them at your request. The materials over
belong TO you. You would not have to pay
him "timo' when no was not employed at
time consumed IN securing materials. He
Is engaged in your work when he Is securing
me terials
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-22
THE PEOPLES FORUM

tonnage % 20, 5s2, G52 gross 8. The world :
cross shipping tonnage Is 57.814, 085 tons.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
PLANS OUTLINED FOR
CLEANING FURNITURE
ziot Wise to Put Water on Var
nished Surfaces.
Wacunm Cleaner or Brush Il Most
Effective for upholstery--Leath-
er Coverings Last Longer
and Look Better u Oiled.

The varnish on some furniture is so
hard and smooth that finger marks
and soiled places may be removed with
a cloth wrung out Of lukewarm suds
urade with neutral soap and the finish
restored by rubbing with a cloth. on
~hich a few drops Of light lubricating
on or furniture polish has been
@prinkled. In many cases this Is a
good method to use on the tops Of
dining tables. but In general 1t is I'M
wise to put water on vanished, oiled.
or waxed surfaces. Painted and
senaneIed furniture may, Of course, be
washed Ike any other surface SO fin
Esbed.
Fer upholstery either a vacuum
xaaaner or a brush is most effective.
A seft brush Is best for velvet or
veio1rs a. sitter one for tapestry and
other strong. firm materials. and q
pointed one for tufted upholstery. If
convenient. upholstered furniture
should be taken out Of doors occa-
sioEally and beaten with Tat carpet
beater. or it may be cleaned indoors
~ tile following methods: The ar
ride to be cleaned is first covered with
q cloth that has been dipped In water
and urung as dry as possible, then
beaten with a fiat heater. the dust be-
lng taken up by the damp cloth
Leather furniture coverings last
longer and look better II rubbed oc-
sasionalls with castor oil or COM
sn,ercial leather polish to restore the
oil that gradually dries cut. The liq-
mid should be well rubbed In and any
excess wiped of the surface. other
wise this Iilm OF Oil win collect and
hold dirt. which will darken the leatn-
er aud soil whatever touches It.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
WHOLESOME FOOD FOR CHILD
Liking for Large Range of Foods Is
Desirable for Diet and Best
Table Manners.

A meal In which all the important
kinds Of food are represented tends to
keep the child In good condition and
to give him good habits Of eating,
food specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture say. The
liking for a large range of foods is
desirable from the standpoint of diet
and also Of manners. for it helps TO
prevent a person from becoming a dis
agreeable table companion--one who
Is "fussy" about ahls food Meals that
are planned carefully help also to
give the child some little idea Of
what those who know most about
foods have In mind when they speak
Of .sbalanced"-or. better, a rightly
chosen"-ration. With children 1t is
far more important to suggest the
value of such a ration by the charac-
ter Of the meals given to them than
to try to tell them what it is or to
what extent 1t has been worked ont.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
What the Women of America Are Doing
Today to Help Keep Down Unrest.
By REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MAC CRATE of New York.

We have listened discuss the burden resting upon
who administer the financial affairs of the city, nation
have wondered what these experts would do they linn
tied to incomes the of homes
Governmental officials continually exceeding the
to their departments and frequently without cOndemnaon
appoprates Did the average housewife of America spend
to her from the family with the openandd careesness
departmental heads the which would be multi
piled housandfod 1t utterly impossible calculate
America doing today keeping revolution
our efficiency experts in the field of government could make
little long and could adjust expenditures well
do the of households this nation would
debtedness reduced
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

work believe beginning early educate for citizenship The children
should be made realize that citizenship believe
that in the schools girls should be given special business instruction
and fact all possible equipment that will help fit them for their
particular niche in life What the particular niche be hard
question You can't lay any because it all depends
the esehe environment training
talent and most important of ALL her inclination.
AS to the rewards and dapponmnts public
young yet in their field of opportunity But believe
they going be less material than that when they pub
hc service they have bigger detectives therefore bigger
wards OF they will have the disappnments that
have added the sacrifices have make when they public
life that do not
AS matter of fact believe better municipal
positions than they for national that their breadth of sym
pathy and understanding of problems enable them
bigger municipal work In the Red Cross instance the national
work such huge undertaking given women some
hing to interest them local
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
Adequate Punishment for Motorist Who
Kills,and Then Speeds Away.
By LAMBERT WALTERS. Laredo, Texas.

No punishment could be for automobiles kills
person and then deliberately drives the hope of escaping The
laws of Texas make this felony there punishment to fit
the crime What is needed drastic law fixing punishment
be fixed under the Constitution peeders crash into
pedestrian or another kill and then speed away
The law should be that the first person caught after
into effect would form that would
ture from taking chances and when they do have accident
Sinking responsibility by running away.
Traffic accidents largely due pedestrians accident
that happens out the road is with very exceptions fault
the motorst hope the Texas this respect strengthened
and think every the Union doing general good to
humanity by passing laws against this practice drastic they
made under the Constitution
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Carrots are said to be good skin
clearer
TapIoca makes delicious thicken-
ing for soups.
Rinse a saucepan in cold water be
fore heating milk in it.
To produce the most perfect pc
onies and roses they should be planted
in the fall.
AppIiqued figures Of cretonne on
black sateen can be used for circular
pillows and table runners.
Left-overs Of meat. fish or vegetables
may be minced or diced and heated
in a cupful Of white sauce or gravy.
The best method Of cleansing black
silk is to sponge it with weak sOlu-
tion Of coffee water.
A sheet that is all worn out can still
be utilized BY making it into a good
garment protector.
Children should not be allowed to
drink either tea or coffee.
Salads serve a double purpose. they
are tempting to the appetite and they
aid digestion No dinner. however
good, is complete without a salad.
When bath towels wear thin In the
center. cut of the good ends and
crochet with white silkateen) around
the edges. These can be boiled and
made lnto nice holders for handling
bot dishes.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

mite purpose in a hive. Huber. lannon's
bee student. has answered II by de-
claring that males must be numerous
so that the queen in her bridal flight
will have the hest of chances TO meet
one. Were there but two or three 10
a hive they might miss the departure
of their queen altogether. or else fail
TO find her on her flight. Her stay IN
her flight must be brief. for sudden
wind may blow her from her course
or beat her to earth where. wet-wInged
and chill. she would die or fall prey to
a bird.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
Chinese Lily Fine Plant

One of the most successful bulbs for
house culture is the Chinese sacred
lily, variety of the narcissus which
is imported from China Place In n
dish about three inches deep. put in
one and haIf-lnches Of sand. and COW
er with one inch Of gravel. white peb-
bles. or broken marble. On this set
the bulbs to prevent them from float
ing. Place them in sunny window.
and they win bloom perfectly, The
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
USEFUL RECIPES
FOR HOUSEWIFE
How to Make All Kinds of Yeast
and Quick Breads From Va
rely of FI0urS.
BREAD, ROLLS and COOKIES
Bulletin Issued by Department Of Az
FicuIture Gives Formulas for DISH
es q Little Out Of Ordinary
How to Score Bread.

DO you know how TO make all kinds
yeast and quick breads. or are your
efforts confined to the making of white
bread and baking-powder biscuits? Do
y0u know whether the bread you make
Is perfect Of it's kind or not? If you
don't YOU can learn from Farmers Bull
Eetin 1876. Baking in the Home" re-
Gently issued by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, which gives
recipes for making all kinds of yeast
and quick breads from different kinds
Of -four. as well as rolls, mullins. pas
try. and cookies. Directions for scor-
ing bread. as it is now done at the
best fairs, are also included. One Of
the many excellent features Of this
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
THE THIRD HEAVEN.

According to an ancient Jewish opin-
ion there were three heavens: ID that
wherein the birds fly, (2) shat where
In the stars move. (3) that where the
Highest and His angels live. In II Cor
inthians st. Paul's reference is to the
heaven of heavens, the place of Gods
ruling over angels and all powers. as
distinct from Paradise where the souls
IF the faithful dead abide, to which
blest place he was raptured. also. as
he says In the same passage.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

Danish newspaper, Hunger" placed
Hamsun in the first rank of Scandi-
navian authors. His novel of the
same title, Hunger" made him world
famous. The mastery and Impress
i've analysis of the human soul in
Hunger" is characteristic of all Of
Hamsun's writings.
His great success and fame not
withStanding, Knut Hamsun con-
tinues to live solitary life; he did
not care for honors. When bis fiftf
eth birthday was celebrated through
out Norway and the Norwegians
rhapsodized oYer him as the greatest
living poet" Hamsun retired to a hut
In the forest near Gulbrandstal.
When he had reason to assume that
his admirers would find him there he
went further north to the Hamsun
farm, where he lived when a little
child. From there be issued his en-
ergetic Honor to the Young" coming
out for youth against age, in defiance
of the accepted theory of the superb
ority of the old.
That he himself had not aged he
proved by his novel, "a Wanderer
Plays With the Sardine." Subse-
Quently he wrote the wonderful satire
Of the drama, Gotten by the Devil"
which showed that the high quality
of his own dramatic creations was
not adversely influenced by his con-
tempt of dramatic art and technique.
His other dramatic trilogy "At the
Door of the Wealthy" Queen Ia
mara" (his best drama), and "Munken
vendt" Gan impressive picture of the
life of debauched theologian)-is
powerful.
Still better are Hamsun's novels.
among them Mysteries. Editor
Lange" and the love story "Pan." All
these writings are strange mixture
of rude realism. dreamy mysticism
and impulsive sentiment On the one
hand Hamsun lets loose the reins of
phantasy and introduces us to a
world Of wonderfully dear dreams /;
on the other hand, he is a cold critic
of the human soul. who exposes the
weak side of modern life with pene-
trating intellect.
1t is said that 100000 pages of
Hamsun's work have appeared in %
languages, but it is safe to say that
the average well-read American had
never heard of him. In short, the
award comes as distinct shock. By
what mischance all these years has
he overlooked the Norwegian writer's
name suddenly to be Inundated by his
own ignorance? If he subjects to ex-
animation his acquaintance who have
earned the reputation of being explor-
ers in the world of books, II may be
some consolation TO find that they are
no better informed about Hamsun and
his works. Have American publishers
done their duty to a country whose
forests are rapidly being depleted In
the cause of literature in sighting an
author, held worthy by the Stockholm
fury of signal honors?
In former years when the Nobel
prize-winners were announced there
was no such cause for self-reproach.
At least it was reassuring to know
that they were persons of worldwide
renown, however widely read. SulIy-
Prudhomme. Mommsen. Bjornson,
Mistral Echegaray. Slenkiewicz, Car
ducci. KipEing, Paul Won Heyse. Mae
terlinck. and the rest. whether French.
German, Norwegian, Spanish. Polish,
italian, English. or Belgian. for the
occasion needed no Introduction. Then
in 1916 came the browning of Werner
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
Parcel Post System and the Salary of
the Fourth Class Postmaster.
BywH. BRoPHY, National League Of postmastsr..

of the crying needs of the classified service
third and fourth class posns parcel post system
has placed burden the ponaes Of this class that
proportion their compensation Since the parcel post
abhed has grown gigantic proportions towns
large percentage Of buying mail houses
forms bulk of the mail handled,
The compensation of the fouha postmaster
conditions that existed half century ago His pay based per-
centage of the cancellation Of stamps the outgoing mail Incoming
mail from three to eight times greater than the outgoing
postmaster gets nothing handling That that he has
from three eight times paid work.
adequate wage scale based of required and
the Of work performed the National League Post
stands for and congress win be asked grant scale the
coming session.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08
Wealth in Old Stamps

An old trunk. decayed and crumbIing
to pieces. discovered by workmen in
an attic In Philadelphia, containing
nothing but bundles of letters. mas
been found to be worth a fortune In
old stamps. "The man In the street"
would never recognize the worth Of
such a mass of apparent trash. out
philateIists say the stamps on such
old letters. crude. Inartistic little stick
ers though they are, now are worth a
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

mix thoroughly. Have the mixture
just soft enough to take up by spoon
fuls and pat into fiat cakes in the hand
Place on a griddle or creased baking
sheet and bake for about twenty min
utes in hot oven.
If desired. the cornmeal may be
added to the hot pumpkin and allowed
to steam with the latter for ten min
utes before adding the other lngredl'
ents.
Bread GriddIe Cakes.
(Serves So
IA cupfuls bread crumbs
IA cupfuls sweet milk.
II teaspoonful salt.
l or 2 teaspoonfuls sweetening, II desired.
1 tablespoonful shortening.
/ egg.
y c1pfuI flour,
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Scald the milk, add the crumbs, let
stand for 10 minutes, then mash am
beat to a paste. Add the salt, sweet
ening, melted shortening, and we'll
beaten egg. Finally, add the -four and
baking powder, which have been sifted
together. Bake on a hot griddle until
nicely Drowned on both sides. Gin
place OF baking powder and sweet
milk alone, One-half cupful sweet milk
may be used to mOisten the crumbs
and one cupful of sour milk with one
half teaspoOnfuI baking soda for thin
ming and leavening the mixture.)
Potato Mullins.
az to Is muffins)
~ cupfuls wheat -four.
q teaspoonful salt
tGaspoonfuls baking powder.
cupful cooked sweet potato Irish pota-
toes may be used Unsteady.
/ or eggs
2 tablespoonfuls shortening.
Liquid sufficient to make rather stim
batter about n cupfuD.
Boil the potatoes in the skins until
tender; drain, peel. and mash fine.
Putting the potato through ricer or
colander is better than MASKING. Sift
together the -four, salt. and baking
powder. Beat the eggs until light and
add TO the cool mashed potato. Next
add the melted shortening. then the
-four mixture, alternating with por-
tions of the liquid. until a batter is
formed somewhat sitter than for ordi-
nary flour mullins. Drop by spoonfuls
into creased muffin pans until half
filed and bake for about thirty min,
utes in a moderately hot oven.
Bread Mullins.
Q5 small mufRns)
~ cupfuls dry bread crumbs
| cupful milk.
y teaspoonful salt.
[ tablespoonful shortening.
l or 2 fablespoonfuls sweetening.
4 cupful -four.
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Scald the milk. add the crumbs, al
low to stand for Is minutes. then mash
and beat to a paste. Add the salt.
beaten egg yolk. melted shortening.
sweetening, and the -four and baking
powder sifted together. Pour into
gem pans until half-filled. then bake
for about twenty minutes in a mod
erately hot oven.
soy-6ean Mullins.
co small muffins.)
/ scant cupful soy-bean meal or hour.
cnpfui wheat -four.
q teaspoonful baking powder.
2h teaspoonfuls baking powder.
% cupful raisins. or chopped dates. II
desired
or tablespoonfuls sweetening.
1 tablespoonful shortening tmelted).
egg.
About cup liquid
Blend the dry materials and add the
liquid. Add the fruit previously dust
ed with flour. Do not have this batter
too soft. as 1t does not thicken so much
in baking as that made with other
tiours.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

kz-A.wB he was a hOrse-car con-
ductor back in the eight
les. Anyway. Knut Hamsun, who is a
in the wilds of Norway, has been
awarded the belated prize of 1919
Whereat most Americans are vastly
astonished.
Some Old-time Chicago residents of
Scandinavian blood remember Knut-
they seem to think in those days
that it was spelt with three letters.
why, sure, knew him; l knew
that Knut Hamsun," said DR.. Anders
Doe, for many years prominent in Den
Norske club. HE was such an. out
at-the-elbOws lad; he was very poor.
No, he had no money. That was in
the early eighties. when he came to
Chicago after working as a plOwboy
on the virgin North Dakota prairies.
He got job as conductor on the old
Halsted street line. The horses pulled
the cars then. And, my, it was cold
on the back platform. / still remem-
Der Knut's chapped, red wrists, where
his cOat-sleeves forgot to meet his
mittens. And he carried books in his
pockets. Always books, Euripides,
Aristotle, Thackeray. Such a dream
err! The passengers used to get mad.
He would forget to pull the rope. They
missed their corners
And so disaster befell Conductor
Knut Hamsun. The Halsted street
horse-car was not for him. He couldn't
remember the streets. On pilgrimages
down the line he used to call out
North avenue" for division street.Y
One day an old lacy asked Hamsuh
if the car was southbound. Hamsun
scratched his scraggled blond hair. He
ran forward, trampling over the pas
sengers' feet.
Are We going. south?" he asked the
driver.
"We are going to H." growled the
driver.
And so the superintendent of the
car barn gave Knut Hamsun the sack.
He said the Norwegian was too stupid
even to cruise as skipper of Ha.sted
street car. Hamsun went to New
York. He got berth on a Newfound-
land fishlng-smack. Later he worked
his way to Norway as a seaman.
1t is restless life, full of adventure
that we find in Hamsun's writings,
which are properly called the au-
thor's confessions. He is truly rem
resentative of the Scandinavian bohe-
mians whom he lets look In the glass
in his novel, "The Earth"
Born In Gulbrandstal on August 4.
1860. Hamsun wrote little poems when
young shoemaker apprentice. He
did not ike that trade.
His progressive longing for adven-
ture drove him to the United States.
where he tried to make a living as a
cabin boy, miner, store clerk, horse
car conductor, and what not. During
that period he wrote sketch or poem
once in while, or was an aggressive
agitator of atheism and anarchism.
When he believed he was consump-
tive he was, for short time, a preach
er and devoted his spare time and en-
ergy to the study of religious mysti-
cism.
In all dilemmas of his adventurous
life Hamsun was homesick. When he
landed at Copenhagen he was without
money or friends. Disguised with
life, he hid in garnet to starve him.
self to death.
His sketch Hunger was the off
spring of the struggle between voIun-
tary starvation and the instinct of
self-preservation that could not be
conquered by, the longing for the
great unknown" When printed In a
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

flowers are white. with yeIlow-tinted
cup. the stems having a truss. with
from three to seven blooms The Chi
nese cut away the hard skin on rhe
top Of the bulb. which seems to IA
cilitate the growth. but in cutting. one
must be careful to cut only one-elghth
Of an inch in depth. or the leaf growth
will be injured.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

kings ransom. Examination os a few
of the letters reveals the facf that
the entire collection of eorrfspsVip
once occupied the liles in ha6 o.
fee of one william Morris \, s,fh
man of large acquaintance.I Mo re-
ceived letters from persons In ali PARTS
of the country and abroad
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

Finished Except for the Baking.
AnIlefin is that the number each recipe
will serve Is given. This is particu-
larry useful for the inexperienced
housekeeper. Some recipes a little out
OF the ordinary which are to be found
1n the bulletin follow:
cornmeal and Pumpkin DodgerA
90 to u cakes)
pumpkin fuls sweetening.
4 feaspoonf1i salt ~ cupfuls corn
ia b spoonfuls meal
shortening
To the pumpkin. which has been
cooked very tender and mashed free
from Jumps, add the salt. sweetening.
gneifed shortening. and cornmeal, and
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

Hos President National Council of Teachers of Eng
The newspaper the most powerful factor forming opinion in
country governed by public opinion To good newspapers
must however have educated clientele Like everything else news
papers good their readers journalists forward
the possibility Of the quality of their papers as their
reading public responds to better dgnfed Of cur
rent events
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

DO think young woman should enter public
service provided she has the inclination? That de-
ponds upon circumstances; family conditions most
always playing large part in a woman's decision.
Her first duty lies at home, and nothing can ever
change that.
On the other hand, l believe that every girl
rich poor-should be trained to do something,
either by which she could make living by which
she could benefit humanity. There is excuse for
an absolutely selfish existence Every woman, with the
possible exception of the young mother with growing
family should find some opportunity for public service
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-01-08

No snntier what the lighting system
of ne hon,e, there should be candle
md candsesfick as well as matches in
every bedlp0m