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Newark post., 1922-03-08
Lime Effects in
Soil Treatment

Farmers planning to plant alfalfa
and use lime for it or other crops
during the year should study its ef-
fects and know what may be expected
from it's use. They are given mere
with as follows:
Mechanical Effects Of Lime
1. Lime makes heavy soils less
sticky, more crumbly, more friable
and more easily cultivated.
2. Lime increases porosity, allowing
a freer circulation of soil moisture,
which is brought about by the f1oc-
culation or aggregation of the fine
clay particles preventing shrinkage
in dry weather.
8. Lime on light soils increases the
water-holding capacity, as well as the
power of the soil to obsorb moisture
from below by capillarity.
Chemical Effects of Lime
/. Lime furnishes the base neces-
sary for the normal decomposition OF
organic matter, the formation of nj
trate, nitrogen and the utilization of
atmospheric nitrogen by bacteria.
2. Lime assists the decomposition
of organic matter.
3. Lime-or the presence of solu-
BILE calcium compounds-assists in the
conversion Of some Of the soil potash
into forms which are usable by the
plant.
4. Phosphates of iron and alumi-
mum occurring in many soils are made
available more rapidly in the pres
ence Of lime.
5. Lime makes less plant-food re,
ouired. In other words, less nitrogen
phosphoric acid and potash need be
added to soils we'll supplied with
lime.
6. Lime corrects acidity which ac'
cumulates in all soils through the
growth of crops and decomposition
of organic matter.
Biological Effects Of Lime
/. Promotes bacterial activity -
their growth, development and spreao
throughout the soil. The bacteria
which transfer the nitrogen Of the
air to soil combinations, and nitrify
ing bacteria, which reconvert these
nitrogen combinations into nitrites
and nitrates, which are plant-food, al
require lime as essential to their de
velopment and luxurious growth.
2. Lime destroys plant disease or
ganisms which live and thrive in acit
soils. The "club-root" disease of cab
bage and caulif1ower is an example o:
a disease which may be controlled b,
Newark post., 1922-03-08

lime. On the other hand, lime may
cause conditions favorable for the de-
velopment of certain disease organ
isms, as, for example, potato scab.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Department, at its
office, Dover, Delaware, until z o'cloch
P. NJ, March 20, 1922, and at tnae
time publicaly opened and read IN the
place and time publicaly shown, Tor tne
construction of State and state Alo
Highways, involving the following
approximate quantities:
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Rev. Tones In Halifax

Rev. Edgar Jones, rector of St.
Thomas Church, has left for Halifax,
N. S., where he will be for about two
weeks. While there Rev. Jones will
conduct Trinity Church Mission.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
First Presbyterian Church
Per. Everett Hdllman, Pastor
Sunday Services

Sunday Services
Sunday School 9.45 A. M.
Preaching Services II A. M.
Subject: "The Rejection OF the
King"
Preaching Services, 7.3O P. M.
Subject: To be announced.
Christian Endeavor Meeting at $40
P. M.
Topic: Habits, Good and Bad.
On Wednesday evening at 1.45
o'clock the mid-year prayer meeting
will be held.
On Friday afternoon at $50 o'clock
the Junior C. E. will meet.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Contract No. 4S, O.504 Miles

Contract No. 4S, O.5O4 Miles
and Blackbird Hill
l,4OO Gu. yds. Excavation
$40 tons Broken Stag Base Course.
1870 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete rave
ment.
$3.50 SO. yds. Penetration Macadam
Surface.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
To Be Operated On

Grover Whiteman who lives near
the Curtis Mills was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital this week to be
operated on.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Contract No. CK-2, 1886 Miles

Contract No. CN-Z, 3.946 NfTeS
Harrington to Houston
12,2OO Gu. yds. Excavation.
$500 Gu. yds. Borrow.
200 tons Broken Stone Base Course
1850 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment.
21O Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete.
70 Gu. yds. Class 3 Concrete.
1880 lbs. Reinforcement.
600 lin. ft. Is in. R. G. Pipe.
100 lin. ft. IS in. II. G. Pipe.
30 lin ft. "a in. r. G.. Pipe.
100 lin. ft. Relaid Pipe, Is in. and
under.
600 lin. ft. Cable Guard Rail.
600 lin. ft. Timber Piling.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Head of Christiana

Head of Christiana Presbyterian
Church will observe the regular
quarterly communion next Sunday.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Contract No. Ck-9, 6.23 Miles
Marydel to PearsOps

l.9 Acres Clearing and Grubbing
$4,000 Gu. yds. Excavation.
5000 Gu. yds. Borrow.
800 tons Broken Stone Base Cours
1880 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment.
440 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete.
100 Gu. yds. Class B Concrete.
$4,000 lbs. Reinforcement.
1850 lbs. Structural Steel.
700 lin. ft. Is in. R. C. Pipe.
400 lin. ft. 18 in. R.aC. Pipe.
2S lin. ft. "a in. R. c, Pipe.
116 lin ft. 80 in. R. c. Pipe.
7S lin. ft. SO in R. C. Pipe.
800 lin. ft. Gable Guard Rail.
l,400 lin. ft. Timber Piling.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Contract No. CN-4, 3.225 Miles
Smvrna to Walkers School

Smyrna to Walkers School
5000 Gu. yds. Excavation.
1000 Gu. yds. Borrow. ~
200 tons Broken Stone Base Course
5000 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete rave
ment.
100 Gu. yds. Class A Concrete.
$500 lbs. Reinforcement.
$50 lin. #. Is in. r. G. Pipe.
30 lin. ft. 1S in. r. c. Pipe.
100 lin #. "a in. R. C. Pipe.
30 lin. ft. 80 in r.. c. Pipe.
80 lin. ft. SO in. r. c. Pipe
14O lin #. Relaid Pipe, 18 in. and
under.
40 lin. ft. Relaid Pipe, more than
Is in.
$40 lin. #. Cable Guard Rail.
Newark post., 1922-03-08
Contract No. Ck-6, 6.276 Miles
Pearsons to Dover


OF Acres Clearing and Grubbing.
1.5 Acres Clearing.
q, 800 Gu. yds. Excavation.
2,7OO Gu. yds. Borrow.
400 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
12O5O Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment.
24O Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete.
60 Gu. yds. Class B Concrete.
1900 lbs. Reinforcement.
600 lin ft. IS in. r. G. Pipe.
200 lin. ft. 1S in. R. C. Pipe.
81 lin. fit. "a in. R. c. Pipe.
56 lin. f. 80 in. r. c. Pipe.
800 lin. ft. Relaid Pipe, 18 in. and
under.
30 lin. ft. 48 in. R. c. Pipe.
so lin. ft. Relaid Pipe, more than
IS in.
1000 lin. ft. Gable Guard Rail.
500 lin. ft. Timber Piling.
Contract No. CK-3, 4.09 Miles
Houston to Milford
II, 200 Gu. yds. Excavation.
600 Gu. yds. Borrow.
200 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
! 1850 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment.
80 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete.
5000 lbs Reinforcement.
600 lin. fit. Is in. R. c. Pipe.
100 lin. ft. 1S in. R. C. Pipe.
go lin. ft. "a in. R. c. Pipe.
100 lin ft. Relaid Pipe, IS in. and
under.
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crowned bonnets to hoppy picture hats"
Beautiful little models OF these gowns
in faience ware have been found Appar.
emily they we're placed at shrines as votive
offerings. but whether to goddess Of fash.
ion or some more important deity Is not
yet clear These ancient ladies often wore
decoiiete, little but not much lower than
You see at the Grand Opera nowadays.
From similar tablets OF faience or porce.
lain the houses on which the palace OF
Knossos looked down are now brought be.
fore us. As amazingly modern In construc-
ton as dresses and bathtubs weres these
buildings. They we're much gayer than
ours, however. The Knossisns went in for
color wboleheartedly. The street shown
at the top Of this page must have presented
q lively appearance One house had a
dark-gray ground. with crimson stripes
and crimson window frames, In which were
set panes of gaudily stained glass; the
next was painted gray and white, with q
scarlet design OF lozenges; another was
or..s rrt,.,n R,eht. R..ervox
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sembling the saxaphone-all Jazz instru.
ments. and this 5000 years ago!
II sanitary and other arrangements we're
so excellent In the houses OF the people
we should expect them to be even better
In the palace Of the king--the Minos, And
30 they were. OF the houses little re-
mains. but OF the immense structure where
lived the king and his court much has been
preserved. The irst work on Knossos was
done by schliemsnn, the extraordinary
German scientist. whose genius restored
to the world not only Mycen@ and other
Cretan cities, but that Troy in which fair
Helen walked and where the avenging
Greeks used their famous strategem Of the
wooden horse to gain entrance through the
gates. At that time the site of what had
been the Palace of Minos was but yer.
dure overgrown mound.
Soon the spades began to uncover its
shattered walls, Its immense foundations
and its tangle Of halls, chambers, vaults
end corridors. For time after Schlie.
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lL(elxTTn
A Statuette of the
Mother Goddess"
Showing the
Corseted Waist and
Oddly Modern
Flounced Wide
Skirt.

name Is derived from the Greek word
'iabys." meaning a double-axe. Labyrinth
Is literally the place of the double-axe. Sir
Arthur Evans discovered why It was 50
named when he found on Its walls and Dill.
lars scores OF pictures of the labys, or
double-axe, which seems to have been a
symbol as holy to the Minoans as the ores.
cent Is to the Mohammedans.
Minotaur simply means the bull Of
Minos," or, perhaps, the king bull" be.
cause the rulers OF Knossos were all called
Minos, Just as the rulers Of the Egyptians
were called Pharoah.
Out OF these two circumstances were
built the whole story Of the wicked man.
bull that ate up girls and boys.
Sir Arthur Evans conservatively puts the
early stage OF the Cretan civilization AZ
about $500 B. c., or more than 5000 years
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The women who used them-and the
men, too-hsd soap and brushes and oils
and perfumes just as we have today. We
know this because the jars that held the
toilette articles have been found, and en-
graved Jewels and seals show them being
used
The prevailing fashion among women
was wide skirt with decided crinoline
effect, Some were plain, some bore panels
OF embroidery or painting, and some wers
founced and ruffled clear up to the girdle.
Often an apron skirt was worn over the
wide one, These skirts were long, covering
the feet but they also wore short, tight
fitting skirt strikingly similar to our fash
ions Of last year. Their millinery had the
same modern note. ranging from high.
tCI 1884, By Star Company.
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tions Of ladies "shimmy-
ing" the wavy marks
round the shoulder un.
mistakably signifying
the action. In another
the central figure Of
three women Is doing
a dance and using her
hands In the serpentine
motion made familiar
by Ruth st. Denis and
others.
Bands were made up
OF drums. cymbals. tri.
angles, an instrument
that looks like the
ocarina, Nor Sweet DO
tato," and a horn re-
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One of the Dresses Worn by the
Ladies of Kpossos 5000 Years Age,
Which Would Not Seam too Old
Fashiened To-day.

A BOUT the last things any one would
~ expect to find among the ruins Of an
ancient city that was crumblins stone
at least thousand years before the Saviour
trod the earth are bsthtubs and what the
suburban advertisements cali all the mod
ern conveniences Of home"
Recent excavations on the island OF
Crete, in the Mediterranean Sea. carried
on by a group OF British scientists. have
revealed not only that these we're common
articles of domestic use by the old Minoans.
as the people who lived there then are
called, but have brought to light other evi'
dences Of an astonishing up-to-dateness
They had jazz. and some OF the dances
as shown on engraved seals and wall paint
ings are of so strikingly modern character
that they would 60 unnoticed in the jasa'
lest of our cabarets.
And the women wore corsets! Real cor
sets that gave the wasp-wsist effect 80
coveted by the late Anna Held, Beneath
their girdles. which we're much like those
we call Empire, hung founced and pieated
skirts such as you see to-day In shop win.
dows
lnes h'e" =" !. a.
their PLUMBING was 80 eAcehen' '""' ~
still working after thousands oil YEAR,,
which n certainly more than the most Opt.
-. - ..a,o, 80, .,,,,,,.r c,rcum.
ni's'i' "o"'u p'o ....u
stances OF even the pest OF 'ne A"0'''A"
variety.
An tbese-and other--amaxing discover
s.,.,.. g., tho ,,r a,.t.nt mast
les VI "p,'o-'"'o :" O. 80,
have just been maze puohc ny ." N'a'r
Evans. one Of the foremost OF English
psychologists. in his book "The Palace Of
49,. r.,. ,.,. 80. m. c,t.Ss, nj n
"''o'' -. g. x.hu.
great city caiied hnossos' anu or '
had charge Of the researches o. TINS par
ticuIar site of the Iong-yanished Cretan
-,..,,....,.
'N''Ao"
IL was at hnossos 'nA' 'ne ""
placed the lair of the wicked monster the
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beautiful azure blue, with a quaint
arrangement of yellow blocks set in here
and there. There were no sad-looking
house fronts in those days.
A number were clearly apartment houses
where more than one family lived.
Beside the bull fights. Or bull acrobatics,
they had lively dancing to musical instrl.
ments that appear very jazzy. and certainly
the steps seem TO have been such from the
pictures. There are several representa-.
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ages of the Labyrinth at Knossos,
the Maze Which Led to the Hid.
den Lair of the Cruel Bull God,
the Minotaur. The Great Jar at
the Right Was Used for Storing
Grain.
mann the work languished. It was never
really begun again. indeed. until Sir Arthur
Evans took II up. Now the whole, palace,
or what is left Of it, lies uncovered.
Within It were found marvellous wall
paintings. The throne room of Minos was
discovered. and within 1t the carved stone
throne on which the kings of Knossos sat.
There remain to be unearthed many miles
Of passageways and no one knows how
many still hidden crypts or chambers in
which have lain for centuries both treas.
ures and still more surprising evidence OF
the modernity of ancient Crete.
What Il was that destroyed Knossos and
the civilization over which II ruled is un.
known. History is silent on the subject.
That there was short, sharp war. and an
almost complete wiping out of both civiii.
cation and city is certain. The ruins show
fre-blackened beams and stone. all bearing
testimony, of swift disaster.
II may be that strong feet OF pirates
swooped down npon the island and swept
II. But with cities so strong as Knossos
and It's sisters must have been. this seems
improbable-yet, the psychologists point
out, there is no other explanation. II
Knossos had been destroyed by an inva.
sion of rival cities or States from the main
land there would have been some record,
surely. OF the event
II Is conceivable that an enormous feet
Of ships might have gathered together,
blockaded the ports, pushed forces inland
and then overwhelmed the Minoans both
from land and sea.
Who could these have been? There
again is mystery. The loot from the
cities of Crete must have been enormous
There were tons of gold and gems and
wonderful articles, both of use and orna.
ment, in the precious metals.
What became Of It all? Why has II
never turned up in any corner oethe world
as every other treasure from sacked cities
has, sooner or later
Did a terrific storm annihilate the pirates
even as they had the Cretan culture?
All these are mysteries which Sir Arthur
Evans and his scientists may unravel a.
they progress In their excavations.
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worshipped the a
hull as a symbol
OF strength and A
vitality. and that NY
they greatly en-
joyed bull fights.
These bull fights were
not. however. like those
which form the national
sport of Spain. As the
bulls were sacred they
could not be killed. What
the coyseted and beruffled
ladies' who came fresh
from their bathtubs cut of
their apartment houses
Hooked to the arena to see
we're really highly danger.
Gus acrobatics. When the
bulls came tearing into
the ring, youths and young
girls caught hold of their
sharp horns and tried to
leap over their backs. II
they succeeded they lived
to leap again, II they
failed they were gored by
the bulls horns.
The labyrinth was act
ually a maze leading prob
ably to a subterranean
temple where a bull.god
was worshipped and where
human sacrifices were
made at Its affairs. It's
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chus found her and ultimately consoled her
for her jilting.
Sir Arthur Evans has found and has
partly uncovered part OF this very aby,
myth built around the two facts that the
covered what was, OF course to be eS
pected--namely, that there was no man
bull Minotaur. The legend Is an elaborate
myth built around the two fact that the
Minosns. like many other ancient peoples,
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The Throne of Minos
in the Palace At
Knossos, and a Part
of the deliberately
Painted Wall.

ago. The bathtubs ap.
peared at that time. As
a glance. at the ilIustra.
tion proves. they were
astonishingly modern in |
design. They ran about
five to six feet in length
and were built Of stone
clay covered with a porce1
like glaze. They were pre-
painted and ornamented
many Of them had an aper
Just like ours, through wi
the water ran down into drs
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tcI lens. by star Company,
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-06
FORTY MILLION
FOR GOOD ROADS
FOR CANADIANS
Highway Construction Has
Been Carried on by Large
Scale-Plans for 1923.
Continued From Page One.)

maIent paved road in Canada, or
sufficient mileage TO extend one-third
of che distance between the Atlantic
and Pacific Coast, according to Mr.
Campbell, who added that this mile
age is being increased Hs rapidly as
possible.
The Dominion government has APP
proprilted $20,000,000 to be used in
construction of main highways and
marke. roads, Calculated to cover a
period of five years. This is divided
among the provinces on she basis of
population. Under the terms of the
grant the provinces carry out the
road building, and tho government,
on approval of the plans, contributes
40 per cont of The cost. This guaran-
tees standardization CT roadways and
places only 60 per cent expense on
the provinces.
Highway Improvement has been
especially rapid in the Wcst, due to
the rapid Developments of the great
agricultural districts by the influx of
now settlers. states Mr. Campbell
Farmers are doing much of their
marketing with motor trucks and
crops are quickly transported to mar
ket over the modern highways.
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so, CALIFORNIA
TO PLAY penn.
ON NEW YEARS

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 6.-The
University of Southern California has
been selected to meet Penn State at
Pasadena on New Years Day. This
was the announcement made today
by President Du5ack CT the Pacific
Coast Conference.
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Dogs and Goats Her
Start Toward Riches

Los ANGELES, Dec. 6.-Mrs.
Grace Coe Goucher, prominent club
woman and president of the South.
ern California Welfare Association
built UP fortune of $64,000 accord
ing to her own testimony, as fol
lows:
She borrowed $500 from cousin.
carried it around sewed I'D in her
corset for a year until she got an
idea and then started ITO breed blood
ed dogs. Then she sold out the dog
business and started goat bust
ness. Then she sold the goat busi.
ness and started a fur trade. Then
she sold that and had $4,000 She
speculated in real estate and soon
had $4,000
This was the story she told in
Judge ]. Perry Woods court. where
she is seeking divorce from Sam
uel Grant Goucher, whom she
charges with cruelty Goucher, in a
cross-complaint, charged her with
cruelty. The main fight is over the
property.
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COAL SHORTAGE
STARTS GAMBLE
Great Lakes Shipping Hauling
Coal After Insurance
Policies Expire.
Continued from Page Cne.)

companies on application. Beyond
that extension, operation of the craft
is the owners risk.
The percentage of ship owners tax
ing this risk usually is small, it was
said, but every fall, due to desire
to move special cargoes before the
period of idleness sets in, several
ships travel the ice filled lakes with
out insurance protection. Consider
ing the value of the vessels which
frequently runs ais high as 100000
and that of the cargo, which some
times reaches similar figures, local
mariners term these undertakings
high finance"
Freed OF The insurance premiums
which usually rum into the thousands
and given an extra large fee for their
clrgoes, these Shippers stand to clear
large sum of money, some as high
as $4,000 for one "trip. Records
here show most of these expeditions,
although completed under hazardous
conditions, usually are successfully
made. Weather conditions so far
have led vesselmen to believe that
there will be an extremely late win
ter on the lakes.
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BOWLING

The Painters boosted their stand
ing in the Elks' Bowling League
last night considerably when they
grabbed three games in a row from
the rampageous Bears. Barragar
made high average, 1872, but his
team mates gave him poor support.
Lavenik rolled the highest score,
1913.
The Silver Sides took three games
margins. belong got high average,
1863, and high score, 189.
The tournament ends next Friday
night, when the Lions roll the
Tigers and the Painters meet the
Leopards.
Last nights scores:
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HOT REJ0INER
IS GIVEN over
SKI CHARGES
Manager for French Cham
pion Denies Big Fight Was
Framed in Any Way.

PARIS, Dec 6.-Francois Des-
camps, manager for Georges Carpen-
tier, today declares as most Gin
famous and AN outrageous lie," con
corning Battling Skis statement that
the fight between Carpenter and
Sikh was fixed for the former TO win.
81 was sure Carpenter would
knock out the negro in the first
round. Do you suppose | would let
this clumsy fighter, Sikh, stay four
rounds with a champion on frame
up"
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EMIL kLoEFFEa DEAD

Ei =. Kloeffer. manager for the
Carstens Meat COMPANY % Auo hor-
age. died last weel n the hospital
in the abroad tow
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-06
CHRISTMAS LIQUOR SUPPLY
Is LARGE-BUT DOWN IN MEX

approximately $4,000 cases OF whis-
ky and 1,600 barrels OF Bourbon ard
other liquors have been cleared from
Victoria and Vancouver during the
past three weeks for ports in Mexico,
according to Officers on the Prin-
cess Mary The Christmas trade in
the liquor business has stripped that
of last year. There are still $4,000
cases on order to move from VAN
couver besides LOO barrels, accord
ing to the Princess Mary officers.
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oLD-TiMER GOES INSANE

F. X Evans, one of the old-timers
of the McGrath section, is being
taken outside on the Admiral Wat
son for Morningside asylum. having
lost his mental facilities. AS guard,
Potter McMullen, we'll known Nc
Grath resident, is also on the steamer
in charge of Evans.
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STEVENS is EAsTeoUNp

United States Marshal Stevens is
aboard the Admiral Watson for the
South, being in charge of several un-
forunates who have gone insane
Stevens VIII go south to San Fran
cisco and then east ito Washington.
d. C. He expects to return north
about the middle OF January.
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CORRESPONDENCE.

| should Ike to correspond With
girls in Alaska. the land I've read
so much about. l am 81 years cid
and have always lived in New York
City. Would not some one care to
write to me? Address Peggy Dorsch,
Broadway and Park Row, General
Delivery, New York City. adv