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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
SEEK CAMDEN GIRL
AS AMNES|A VICTIM
Mother, After AII-Night Search,
Asks Police Here to Find
Daughter
A grief stricken mother entered the

a grief stricken mother entered the
Detective Bureau in CITY Hall at 9
o'clock this morning and asked the
police to find her fourteen year old
daughter. for whom she haL been
searching alone all night.
My name Is Catherine Weaver.
sobbed the woman. Il have come from
my home in Camden to ask Your aid
in finding my little girl She disap-
peared last night when | was away
from home on an crrand."
Questioning by Detective Bishaw
brought out the fact that the daughter 5
name was Florence. She lived with her
mother at 1900 Mt. Ephraim avenue,
Camden. and had been undergoing
treatment for nervous disease. Mrs.
Weaver described her daughter as being
of frail physique. with brown bobbed
hair. She wore IA blue dress and white
lcghorn hat.
Further questions developed an am.
nesia theory.
Yes" Mrs. Weaver replied to a
question. "she may be wandering
around unable to tell who she is. |
have been taking her to a doctor for
the last nine months and 1t may be
that she became suddenly worse and
wandered off without cause, not know
ing Mho she was.
Mrs. Weaver. between sobs, said she
lad taken her daughter to the doctor
last night and returned half an hour
later. She left the girl in the house
alone while she walked to a corner
store TO make several purchases.
When she returned Mrs. Weaver be-
lievod Florence had gone to bed and
did not worry about her until she pre-.
pared TO retire herself.
Then she walked into her daughters $
room and found the bed clothing undis-
turbed. Immediately she communi-
Gated with friends, in the hope that her
daughter may have visited one of them.
No one had seen her. Then, while
the frantic woman was trying TO de-
eide the best way to locate her daugh-
ter telephone caller told the mother
that her daughter had been seen ut tn"
Market street ferries, apparently wait
ing for boat to take her to Philadel-
phia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
ALICE JOYCE STILL PUZZLES
Hopes Of identifying mystery
Woman" Aeain Blasted

alice Joyce" called the mystery
woman" at the Philadelphia General
Hospital. where she has been patient
for three months, is not Mrs. Anna
DavidhciScr. of Pottstown, Pa.
Detectives of the missing persons
squad at City Hall, who have cX-
hausted their ingenuity in attempts to
identity the woman since she was found
in n box car in the Prnnsy lvania Kan
road yards in West Philadelphia in the
spring. believed she might be Mrs
Davidheiscr. who ran away from her
husband in pottstown year ago,
4 photograph Of Alice Joyce was
sent to Chief Of Police Schcctz, or
pottstown. several days ago for idcnti,
fcaton. The photographs were returned
today by the chief with word that rela-
tivcS were positive Alice Joyce was
not the woman they sought.
The mystery womnns three
months term given her for vasrancy
is now up, and unless some pretcXt
can be found for holding her longer she
will be released, perhaps today. Doc
trs say she is sane, and conccals her
identity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
CONDITIONAL PERMIT ISSUED
FOR OPENING CHESTNUT ST.
Dunlap Says Western Union Must
Law Cables by October 10

The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany today received n conditional per-
init from Chief Dunlap, of the Highway
Bureau, to open the north side Of Chest
nut street from Tenth TO Fifteenth
streets The company will lay cables
under the street.
The permit contains this clause: "The
Director (of Public Works. reserves
the right to annul this permit If the
work is not carried on progressively
and at such rate as will guarantee
the completion of the work on Chestnut
street by October 10. 1922"
The street is TO be opened for 800
feet at time. Protection is TO be
furnished passengers alighting from
street cars. Two ten-hour shifts Of
workmcn are TO be employed. The men
must work on Sundays and holidays if
Dircrto" tnv"n wants tho work specdcd
up frrt &. Work will begin tomorrow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
woman's Death Called Suicide

4 verdict of suicide when tempo
rarily dcrangcd was returned by a Cor
oncr's Jury today in the death of Mrs,
Ruth Collins, twenty-siX years old, Of
1903 North Fifteenth street. Mrs. Col
Inns threw herself under n motortruck
nt Broad and Berks streets August I
jand was almost instantly killed. She
had tried to stab and hang herself the
same day. Charles j. Adams, 2633
cambridge street, driver OF the truck.
was exoneratgd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
MOTHER AND CHILD HURT
Truck and Sedan Collide at 4oth
and Walnut

Two persons were injured last night
At Forty-ninth and Walnut streets
when a heavy motortruck overturned
after It's wheels had become locked with
those of a sedan car which the driver
Of the truck tried to pass. Those in
iured are Mrs. Annie Stein and her
FIVE old daughter Dorothy, OF 5736
Cedar avenue.
The truck. belonging to tho Nelson
Drug Company, 246 South Eighth
street. was driven by Charles Stein.
Mrs. Stein and her daughter were riding
with him Nelson Hoffman. Pine street
near Eighteenth street. driver of the
sedan, informed police the accident
was caused when Stein attempted to
pass him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
ROB CATHOLIC CHURCH
Fake Electrician Visits Our Lady of
the Rosary and Steals Vestments

robbed the church Of Our Lady of the
Rosary, Sixty third and Callowhill
streets. yesterday of church vestments
and other articles valued at several huns
dred dollars.
Shortly after 3 o'clock man carry-
ing small bag approached the Rev.
=. j. DALEY. pastor of the church.
and said that he had been sent to
repair the lights. He was permitted
to enter the parish house and then he
walked into the church. When he left
the robbery was discovered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
ABSTINENCE union
SAYS DRY ACT FAILS
Resolutions Call for Suppress
sion of BootIegger as a
Duty Of the Hour
MESSAGE TO POPE Plus

,..,d;a,ion Of the assertion that the
| aannot make men more moral. yet
HH .,esion that prohibition has failed,
,sos. in mart. were contained in
Nv ovi,,t;o,s nasspd this morning Mt the
nI davis session of the Catholic
sni stto' Abstinence Union at Eighteenth
| and Wood streets.
arT Tho resolutions were brought before
| Al, Convention by the Rev. j. p. O'Cal-
iahon chairman Gf the committee and
nan,,er president of the organization.
i'i Tbev % upheld the maintenance Of law
,d nrdcr ms civic duty. and not as
nolitical issue. and declared that
I'll, bv federation of differences of
on,nion could lovers Of n cause array
.tnmsalvcs successfully against the COM
mon enemy.
Scorns Perye-sion Of Truism
"Tbis Union had never subscribed to
,he unchristian assertionpthat law cam
NOT make men more moral. said tho
resolution in part ut scornS the per-
version of the truism that law cannot
compel obedience in those who have
free will. Laws removing the occasion
for sin may be as essential to the moral
stability of communities as they are to
the moral StuDllltN VI lIuiNiuuuiS.
II fur her declared that in safe
n,arliny its ideals the Union had never
vet dictated the political affiliation Of
its members. but had urged allegiance.
whatever their convictions as TO their
duties as citizens.
"Cinly BY association can temperance
be promoted in church or nation.'
continued the resolution. land only by
tolerance of honest differences of opin-
ion can lovers of any cause continue to
array themselves against the common
enemy.
"Whatevcr may be the whole truth
about the results of prohibitpry lcgisa-
tion in the United States, there is
abundant evidence of many evils of al
coholism in many quarters.
Suppression of Bootleggcrs Urged
I'VE believe that sincere horror for
such evils suggests unrelenting war
upon bootlcggers and other criminals
rather than vain discussion of ac ,ual or
hypothetical conditions.
Every duty is one of the hour and
the suppression of the bootlegger and
attendpnt evils is the duty of this one.
Attention was drawn to the need of
enistins the help of the youth of the
country in the work of the Union,
especially among such organizations as
the Boy Scouts.
cablegram to Pope Plus NJ was
read TO the meeting and approved by
those present. 1t expressed the senti-
ments of fealty and homage to his
Holiness and asked that he favor them
with Apostolic benediction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
WHAT INTERESTS NEW WORKERS

Sometimes interests Phiiadelphians as well.
The wheat Is separated from the chan in
the daily New York letter written by Ray
mond O. Carroll, who knows both his New
York and Philadelphia. Those letters are
an Interesting feature Of the PUBLIC LEDGER
Make II a Habit."-Adv.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
DAILY BAND CONCERTS
Programs Arranged for Tonioft's
Musical Treats Here

The Municipal Band will pay to-
night IN llndley avenue, we>r Of Fifth
ttrcrt. The program will be:
America"
|0yerturc-"l Guarany" ... Gomez
vocal SOLO eleCted.
Mr. $ Melinson
PrimN Donna" Herbert
Elsa Entering, the Cathe1ral,' from
Tenor solo-Selected
h., Mr.. Zero Shaw
|'a'se d Concert-'A Artists Dream
|s,,, !, Nollstedt
PuIte ae Ballet "Mascarado" Lacome
80 Harlequin and Columbne
| ~ The, PVchnelO Family
| idl The >Slandolinists
kt Promenade
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09

me Philadelphia Band will play on
|tne PARKWAY. the soloists being: So
|Pfano' kathrinc Grey; harp. Francis
y. Lapltlno; cOrnet, Emil Kusnneckc;
|aalnpet, Bernard Baker; trombone.
EEr;%into EE1raSinto Spadaccini; English horn,
inam AdamS; baritone. Antonio De.
Uumpo; ,snnp xy!!oCphonc, William Rclt2. The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-09
y Re, tae falrmount Fnrk Eand will play

sorS'e' Merry Wives of Wind
1sJBoA.ro saviIli-n Festival " Tavan
yblJota
Elsevillanas
,dMarch OF the ,ro,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
RECALLING ,''ndoo Ola lbAys'I
Seriously, Were They Really So Very
Much Better as Most Elderly
People Think

The vanity of age is a curious thing.
AS we approach fifty most of US who
have survived plaques, pestilence and
famine, wars. panics and the other
perils that flesh is heir to begin to
bark back to the good old times when
everything was different Bec;,s.se
things were different we foster the de-
fusion that everything was better We.
expect youngsters to listen with rapt
attention to our "reminiscences l con
fess that l myself find it necessary to
fight constantly tendency to corner
some hapless youngster and describe
to him the Old statehouse or the Union
station as 1t used to be in the good
old times before the tracks were ele-
waited and the mortality list lowered
Or. IN mood of condescension, l
speak Of that glorious year when our
town figured In the schedules of the
National league.
Baseball, I intimate, reached perihe-
lion in that year of wonder When
speak of Kelly and Clarkson and other
giants of those days and their visit
70 our capital, or recall Jack Glass
cock as the most efficient and capt.
waiting shortstop the diamond has ever
known, he merely smiles sadly; and
If you continue he may be driven to
ask you what you think Of Babe Ruth
and some other luminaries of the de
generate present. There have been
great men since Agamemnon, and we
needn't imagine that the youth of to-
day are not aware of the fact. Stuff
Client unto the day are the heroes
thereof.-Harper Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
FIND TWO pHAsks or FATIGUE
Really Dangerous One 10 Where the
Subject Is Not Really Conscious
of Boine Tired.

Experiments carried out to test the
mental effects of loss Of sleep have re-
vealed the remarkable fact that there
are two distinct phases Of fatigue.
The first is one Of stimulus under
which work IS done rather better than
under normal conditions. Then fol-
lows a phase of much longer duration
in which the body makes good it's
losses-a period characterized by gen.
eral loss of accuracy, power Of con-
centration and retentiveness. There
is, however, no sense of fatigue during
this phase-quite the reverse.
What is called carelessness is often
due to this second stage OF fatigue
When man knows he is fatigued, he
naturally takes excessive precautions
but when the second stage comes
along, he does not feel tired, and con-
sequently carelessness steps in.
Some Of the famous workers of the
world seem TO be able to work abnor-
mally long hours and live abnormally
long lives, Possibly their bodies sup
ply naturally fatigue anti-toxin.
There is a fortune awaiting the
scientist who discovers an anti-toxin
to cure carelessness London Tlt-Bits
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
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ACT ENDS AGEr0LD ENMlTY
STUDENTS of Histoty See Significance
in Raeent Move of the Dean
of Westminster.

There Is more than meets the eye
In the announcement that the dean
Of Westminster has assigned Il partlc-
ular stall on the north side of the
chair for the use of the mayor OF
Westminster whenever he visits the.
abbey in either public or q private.
capacity. The deah's kindly act re-
moves another obstacle to the full
friendship which should exist in West
minister between the ecclesiastical and
the civic authorities. Centuries ago
there was 10 love lost between IL -.
The abbey authorities were q powe! ii
body; the citizens Of Westmir ter
were struggling 10 be free, in a I1u-
nicipal sense. II was the celarer of
the abbey who built the Gatehouse
prison late in the Fourteenth century
ana installed the abbey janitor as its
keeper II WAS the abbot who had Gus
tody Of all prisoners captured within
the liberties. It was the abbot who,
when debts were owing to the Nonas-
terry did not recover them by ordinary
process Of law, but sent out his "com-
non pressors" to distrain on the
debtors goods When BRYAN Talbot,
q gentleman by birth fell into ar
re2rs with his rent. he had to sur
render his large bedsted legged" his
it'll Old Ship Chest" his water-tub
and his blew pylyan for a woman. y
Not until the middle of the Fifteenth
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
BELIEF HAS A FOUNDATION
idea That Seventh Child Of Seventh
Child Is "Gifted" Not Alto
oether a Faliaey.

The seventh child Of a seventh cbi,a
'fsometimes "the seventh son Of j..
seventh sony is supposed to be gifted
with the power Of curing headac hes and
more serious ailments by the layinr On
of hands. and to have other masic,y
powers. In other words, he Is supposed
to have gift"
Among the later discoveries n
eugenics was that the younxer cb,l.
-dren OF very intelligent men inheritea
more OF their fathers intelligence thsn
did the Older children; or, a. sometime.
happened, that the children ~ .
younger son were Supremacy s,ft.d
with intelligence. The reason for ~.
according to eugenic theories-a, that
talented men or women, IKE ua.nv
others. usually marry when e.ir,.
young II they marry at all. IL. o,a,s.
children OF such talented man ~.
therefore the tendency 10 tnher1t on,.
what rental qualities he may M a.
veloped at that time.
But supposing that the talenA.a 80.
as IL usually the case, continu.. :. A.
velop amazing mental qualitiea - ;,
ne mas children when his hrain = ro..
peteiy mature, those childl0 ~
probably inherit their fathsras $780,
mentality: or. II they do not - !,
their children (the clever uann sH.a
cna'dren) receive tie inAasaAnnGI
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15

Jimmie Blue, former Hoosier now
Of Denver, says Mount Comfort, Ind.
Is the ideal town. A hungry tramp
dropped off in Mount Comfort one
bitter cold day. a diligent house to
house canvass awaited him nothing.
Cold and hungry, he walked to the
intersection Of the Big Four and Cum
berland pike. He looked east, west
north and south, then cast his eyes
on the ground, a forlorn expression
On his face
The constable noticed him and, walk
ing over, ventured to ask what the
trouble might be- The tramp an
swered, well, I've been in about
every town in the country, but derned
# this amt the first place I ever saw
hat was finished. "-IndianapoIis
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
BEFORE MATCHES WERE MADE
primitive Peoples Had Ingenious
Means Of Making Flres That Ar
s"ered the Same Purpose,

Two methods Of making fire were IN
use among the aborignes Of North
America at the time of the discovery.
The first method consisted Of striking
a spark from flint and pyrites-a hard
ore containing usually considerable
Iron. This method was practiced BY
the Eskimos and by the Athapasca
and Algonquin tribes ranging across
the continent from the Pacific coast
20 Newfoundland and down the Attain
tic coast.
The most valued and most efectual
method Of making fire known to the
Indians was that of the reciprocating
motion Of wood on wood and ignitlng
the ground off particles through heat
generated by friction. The simplest
method was to whirl rapidly backward
and forward q wooden rod or drill.
The drill turned In a lower piece Of
wood which may be called the hearth.
The drill was worked near the border
Of the hearth, cutting Z socket From
the socket a narrow canal was cut In
the edge Of the hearth, the function
Of the canal being to collect the pow.
dered wood ground of by the friction
Of the drill, as within this wood meal
the heat rose to the ignition point.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
MIX Bottle Thermometer.

a North Woodward housewife, who
lives in a house Boosting a back
porch, says she can always tell how
cold 1t is by the length Of the cone
Of frozen milk In the neck of the
bottle she finds on her back porch
every morning. BY comparison with
d nearby thermometer, She says, she
finds that at about 20 above the cap
Of the bottle is barely lifted and tie
contents frozen about two inches
down. At II above she found the cap
showed up about two inches and the
milk solid some three inches down.
Seven above is good for a projection
Of solid" milk some four or five
inches above the bottle neck and the
contents semi-solid throughout The
bottle Of milk thermometer is reliable
only for above-zero temperature, as
lower temperatures must be judged by
thea curvature of the frozen neck of
cream.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
REFUSE TO ACCEPT SMITH"
Members of That Family Have Hard
Work Convincing Strangers That
the Name Is Real,

ut isn't the fact that Smith is such
common name that 1 dislike it." said
Miss Smith, according to a New Yor&
Sun writer. but the fact that every
one who wants to give a fictitious
name just says she's Miss Smith.
Every time l have to introduce myself
somebody sort of smokers about 1t
and supposes my name is Gugen-
heImer or Cafferey or something else.
Take my sister and myself, for in
stance, We often go out together to
the rink or down in the village for
supper.
There's always some nice BOYS
around who want to dance with US or
skate around couple of times OF
course, you don't need any official III
production these days, and the boys
know it. So they come over and In
little while they're telling US where
they work and their telephone number
and how we look like their sisters
and all that It's all right. too, be-
cause you get used to that way of
getting acquainted, and it's much bet
hand you line that they're In the
movies or doing fiction writing.
We'll, anyway, pretty soon. IL they
like u.s. they say, You're pretty
nifty little dancer. I'd like to see you
again. You know all about me. so
tell me your name, will your Then
when | say Miss Smith, they say:
Come on, quit your kidding. That
doesn't mean anything to me. Tell
me your real name
when I insist my name Is Smith.
they say, What's the matter? You're
married Or something
$50 we don't tell our real names
any more. We say we're Miss Cooper
or stuyvesant or something else, and
since we don't look like sisters we
each have to use different names to
be believed. Funny, isn't it?-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
SPANIEL GETS GOLF BALLS
English Dog Source Of Considerable
Revenue to email Boy, His
Owner and Colleague.

The Manx seagull who seized a golf
bali from under the very niblick of
player, was a spoil-sport as we'll as a
gourmand. His conduct can be ex-
tenuated only on the plea of defective
education Very different it is with
the spaniel who plies a steady trade
on certain links in CORNWALL, England.
The course lies along the cliff top
with q steep seward slope StreWh
with loose rocks and thick with gorse
and all kinds Of tangled growth.
Many ball goes bouncing down,
From the doorstep Of a cottage look
ing on the links, an amtable spanlei
watches. Is it fancy which sees his
brown eyes gllsten when new ball is
abandoned? When the last golfer HES
home, the spaniel's hour comes. I'm
hasting, systematic, he works that
bank Of rock and heather, where four
feet have so great an advantage IN
security, and the nose is a safer guide
TO hidden treasure than the eye. His
accomplice, a mere boy, who acts az
storclleeper and accountant receives
the proceeds on the brink. Up. and
down trots the travelling member Of
the firm, till darkness is complete, and
he Tolls homeward behind his col
league, whose pockets bulge with
treasure to be exchanged tomorrow
with its former owners or their friends
for coin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
GOES BACK TO OLD EGYPT
Legend ct Cinderella, Almost UNI.
versal, Believed to Have Come
From Ancient Memphis.

Cinderella and the legend surround
ing her glass slipper is believed to
have originally come from ancient
Memphis In the ruins of this buried
city lies the pyramid of Rhodopis, who
lived at Naucratis, and was incom-
parably beautiful and chaste. One day
when RholOpis was bathing an eagle
few through the open ceiling of her
bathroom and plucked from her maids
hands the sandal which she was just
about to lace about her mistress
loot.
The eagle then few to Memphis.
where the king was administering JUS
lice in one of the courts of the palace.
and. lowering above the king, dropped
he sandal, which fell into the folds of
HE kings garment. He examined the
sandal ard found it so small and love
ly that he babe his servants search all
Egypt till they should find the woman
whom it would fit.
Rhodopis was found In Naucratis
and carried to the king, who married
her. She died after few months
happiness. and the disconsolate king
had one of the costliest pyramids OF
antiquity built in her memory. In the
first century &. c. the priests Of Mem.
phis were wont to exhibit sandal In
a crystal shrine which, they declared,
once belonged to Rhodopis, miraculous
" preserved through many centuries.
The sarcophagus and the mummy OF
Rhodopis have entirely vanished and
her pyramid is little more than q ruin,
but her legend lives in every land.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-15
man should seek to save
4 Ncte by Wordsworth.

Treasures are never exhausted only,
sometimes, there is painful dearth Of
treasure seekers
Not long ago & book buyer. rummag-
ing in a second hand store at Oxford
unearthed a copy Of ColerldgeS
Biographia Literaria, which he bought
for S4.31. A little later. examining his
purchase at his hotel, he found on
blank page some notes initiated "NV 4"
Reference to the Bodleian library re-
vealed that the notes we're by Words
worth. He sold the book back to the
dealer the same day for t12 (SGO)-
which to the true book lover will he
the only painful part Of the story.
A curious illustration Of the en
HANGED value that an autograph Gives
a book is to be found In q volume that
turned up at Dobell's. London, not long
since. 1t cost Thomas Gray Is Cd
GA cents) which the poet no doubt
thought dear enough. He wrote his
name in it. however, and now 1t fetches
f4-10 (S22. 50).-From the Living Aaa