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EVEHING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1915.
WOMEN ON THE FIRING LINE;
HEROISM OF THE WEAKER SEX
True Stories of Feminine Fighters in the Present War.
Women Decorated for Conspicuous Bravery
on Battlefields and in Air
By ELLEN ADAIR
A MOST Interesting little war tale haa
Jtiat reached pis from Russia. It Is
a romantic story and perfectly authentic.
A certain beautiful young Russian
princes, during a
train Journey to War
saw, which occupied
two days, mot and fell
In love with a hand
some lieutenant who
was on his way to the
front.
Vhcn tho. train arrived In Warsaw, tho
two. young people went to the first Ortho
dox a reek Church they could And and
were married. This was an unconvention
al proceeding, of course, but then any
thing Is possible In war tlmo. One can
not help wondering what her father, the
august prince, said when ho heard of his
daughter's escapade.
After tho marriage was over the girl
donned military uniform and changed her
name for the second time In two days
to that'of LaUrenty. Owing to her urgent
appeal, she was permitted to go Into the
trenches by the side of her husband at
theIUVer Rawka, where tho bombard
ment was particularly heavy from the
German side.
The fighting became so violent that In
one engagement all the officers nearby
were cither killed or dangerously wound
ed, and the young bridegroom had per
force to take command of four com
panies, his bride acting In the capacity of
lieutenant.
During the fierce battle, some Ilusslans
refused to retire from the front line, al
though to remain there was not merely
foolish, but meant certain death. "Our
commander told us to remain here, and
we will die here rather than retreat!"
they replied to all entreaties.
As the commander had been killed In
trie engagement, there was no appeal
back to him. and the situation was a ter
rible one, until the bride herself dashed
POSTER STAMP
OP COURSE you are collecting the
pretty little poster stamps that are
so much used these days. You no doubt
have some stamps of your city, your
favorite books and games and maybe
you are collecting the advertising' stamps
of which there arc so many to be had.
Rut have you thought of making some
stamps of your own 7
Didn't know you could make some of
ytur own? Oh. dear me, yes! Of course
you cant
Buy a few sheets of the perforated,
gummed paper which Is to be had at a
Very low price. Get a package of crayonB
or of watercolor paints these of course
ileadov) scenes and snotc scenes are
the easiest to paint so make one
of those first.
you have, but you will want to look them
over to be sure you have all colors and
that the points of the crayons and the
tips of the brushes ere in good order, be
, cause stamp making Is fine work and
reeds good tools.
Now spread out a clean newspaper on
a table; arrange your crayons or paints,
whichever you mean to use, and you
re ready to mako your stamps.
What kind of stamps do you want to
make nrstr
lie about some pictures of places you
pue seen? Meadow scenes and snow
cer.s are the easiest to paint, so make
on rjf those first. Paint the picture of a
Krn meadow on your stamp; paint tho
horizon line firmly and put In plenty of
pretty blue and ' white clouds. Perhaps
you will want some dark green trees In
tho distance Isn't It fun to make a
ploture?
Snow pictures are still easier, for to
make thoso you simply paint your dark
rurpllsh horizon line; some black, bare
tree trunks and perhaps a frozen brook
or a snow-topped hill.
After you have painted several scenes,
you will have learned how to make
pictures on stamps It's great fun, Isn't
It?
And now you must make some stamps
of games you play with other children
a. picnic stamp; a street car ride stamp;
a boat ride stamp oh, you will think of
a great many to make when once you
are ktarted.
But now that you have the stamps,
what will you do with them? That Is
the most fun of all I You will paste them
Into a little blank book and keep them
to look at-won't that be Jolly? Make the
Btamp pictures about things that you
have done during the summer the boat
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Into their midst through the storm of
shot and shell and shouted and beat
them with the butt end ot her rlflo until
they at last consented to evacuate the
position
After this engagement, both tho princess
and her husband were removed to th
hospital to have their wounds dressed,
and It was there that the girl received the
Cross of St. Oeorge for distinguished
bravery In the field.
Another equally courageous girl has
bocome a member of the Russian Flying
Corps on the Gallclan front. A llttto
while ago sho arrived at Kleff, after a.
reconnoitring dash over tho Austrian line,
and, though wounded In tho arm and leg,
had kept perfect control over her ma
chine until she landed.
Women arc popularly supposed to bo
less capable of bearing pain than men
this Is thA masculine viewpoint, plense
noto, not the feminine yet qulto a num
ber of women lighting In this war have
fought on in splto of severe wounds.
The excitement carries them through,
of course. The thrill of bayonet charge,
for Instance, with tho nlr alive with
whistling bullets, engenders a wild spirit
of devll-may-caro recklessness without
which not one soldier In a million could
stnnd the strain. And this excitement
keeps women up to nn even higher pitch
than the men. They arc capable of deeds
qulto as heroic, and frequently Bhow more
finesse.
This Inst quality is
seen particularly in
"reconnoitring" work
done by tho Russian
women. Their lithe
forms and ability to
step very llghtlv.stand
them In good stead. It
Ir very risky work In
tndeed, and one that
calls for every particle
of nerve and resourrp.
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Yet those unions the Russian women
who light welcome the danger and tho
hardship as u high privilege In serving
their country.
DAY BOOKS
pictures will remind you of a boat ride
you took; n train stamp recall? your
summer Journey; a beach nlcture tells of
going bathing and so on all through tho
Jolly times you have had. Keen a stamu
day book ot your tun, you'll like It!
Copyright Clara Ingram Judson.
SUFTRAGIST 'NEWSIES'
PEDDLE FOR 'CAUSE'
Women Sell Copies of the Wo
man's Journal on City
Streets.
A young and enthusiastic beauty from
the South was one of the first suffrage
"newsies" on the street today. With the
regulation newsboy strap drooping grace
fully over one shoulder. Mrs. Robert W.
Daniel, wlfo of a prominent business man
of Richmond, Va., started from the head
quarters of the Equal Franchise Society,
on South 9th street, to sell copies of tho
Woman's Journal.
Today has been set aside by suffragists
as "Woman's Journal Day," and hun
dreds of copies will be sold by suffragists
on street corners in the business section
of tho town. The list of suffrage "new
sies" Includes, besides Mrs. Daniel, Miss
Dorothy Welsh, Mrs. Helen W. Beck,
Miss Martha Davis, Miss Margaret Kuhl
Kelly, Mrs. Wilfred Lewis, president of
the Equal Franchise Society; Mrs. John
Cooke Hirst, Miss Ellen Lane Leaf and
Miss Sophia II. Dulles. Suffragists expect
to mako many sales on Broad, Chestnut
and Market streets.
A special Issue has been printed for
the occasion, and local votes for women
enthusiasts hope to gain many converts
to the cause. The Woman's Journal was
founded by Lucy Stone, and is said to be
the oldest woman suffrage paper in the
world.
Although Mrs. Daniel has been one of
the younger suffrage leaders In West
Virginia, she has been visiting friends In
ftoscmont and was enlisted yesterday
Into the "suffrage newsle" ranks'. She
hebltated for a few seconds when the
request was made, but soon decided she
would willingly do that and more for
the cause. She Is young, pretty and vi
vacious, and suffragists agree in predict
ing that her sales today will be many.
WANT CHILD LABOR RULING
Attorney General's Decision Will Af
fect 12,000 Working Children Here
Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown
must rule whether or not 12,000 of the
20,000 children employed In Philadelphia
shall give up work and attend school.
The new child labor law, which goes
Into effect January 1, require that cull
dron must complete their sixth grade
school work before they may seek em
ployment. The Attorney General must decide
whether or not the law Is retroactive.
The school authorities are anxiously
awaiting his decision, since an Interpre
tation to the effect that the law is retro
active would mean that provision must
be made for the Instruction ot those
whom It affects.
THE DAILY STORY
Inelegant Maria 1
"I hate a frump worse than any
thing," Elena pronounced with her most
decided air.
Hubert, her brother, raised his eye
brows quizzically, but went on with his
game as thougn she had not spoken.
That was Irritating enough-he had been
playing Canfleld nil the rainy afternoon.
It was now close upon S o'clock. Elena
was In several minds with regard to hav
ing tea as usual. Tho table In action
made lingering Inevitable toany casual
body dropping in. However sho might
loathe the Inelegant Maria with whom
Dicky Dorr, her pet cousin, was so un
justifiably smitten, she could not show
inhospttallty In her own house, even
though It were no more than a scram
bling rented bungalow, set fair upon a
plney hillside.
She had hoped to be so happy there
with her boys-Dick and Hubert. Being
their elder by ten years, her dearest
privilege was to fuss over and plan for
them. Theoretically she admitted a man
had better chorso his own wife. Practi
cally she war firm In the belief that In
choosing her he should have regard to
much more than his own vagrant fancy.
Dick was, though sho did not own It ox
cept to her own soul, even dearer than
her own brother. He was so like the
elder brother, Elena's betrothed, who had
been killed In n train wreck while on his
way to marry her. Dick had grown Into
her heart as the child that might have
been theirs. He was so brilliant, so win
ning, withal so guileless, she felt a need
of doublo vigilance regarding his heart
entanglements.
"I win. Guess whatr' Hubert asked
looking up from his cards. She shook
her head Impatiently. "Tea! Three cups
of It," he said, laughing softly. "Got
almost a case of brain-fag this sort of
thing Is so exhausting. Therefore, I
played with myself for courago to de
mand It. I knew by your looks you wore
In doubt about having It for fear of
giving aid and comfort to the enemy."
"Did Dick say anything?" Elena began.
A stamp of feet, a huddling swish of
wet garments. Interrupted her, and made
answer superfluous. The door was flung
wide without knocking, showing outside
Dick, shaking raindrops from his bare
head, and half dragging forward a girl
obviously 111 at ease,
"Saved!" he cried dramatically at sight
of the lighted spirit lamp. "But please, oh
please, ma'am don't mock the famishing
with snowflake sandwiches and fairy tea
cakes. You see before you two desperate
adventurers, marooned by the rain since
'way, 'way beforo lunch time, up on the
cllffslde, overlooking the water. Ledge
sheltered us thought It was but a shower
and stuck. Now, I feel In my bones
there'B cold chicken In the Icebox, with
all tho trimmings. I may go get It?"
"No, I will do It while you and Hubert
make Miss Danforth comfortable,' Elena
said with her very finest manner. She
had before that shaken hands with entire
correctness, and set Maria down in her
own place beside tho hearth, upon which
two hickory logs smoldered In a veil of
gray ashes.
Maria looked after her retreating
figure, her lips pursing a little. "I wish
wo had gone on," she said under her
breath to Dick, who knelt beside her un
lacing her wet shoes.
Provoked as ho was with his motherly
cousin, ho could not help wishing the
Bhocs wore different less clumsy in build,
in shaping. Until then he had not noted
hew flat was Maria's foot Moreover,
there were actually holes In her stock
ings, not such as a morning's tramp
would explain and excuse, but big, gener
ous gaps at both heel and toe. The wear
er surveyed them tranquilly, as she
stretched her foot toward tho fire. "Ono
more wear will about finish them," she
said. "I never darn stockings tt is such
a waste of time and eyesight."
"Let me lend you dry stockings," Elena
sold, coming In with a heavily laden
tray.
Maria looked up doubtfully. I don't
know that I can get on yours," she said,
"you have such little feet. Don't you
hate to feel they would Incapacitate you
In any great emergency?"
"I'm unlikely to encounter emergencies
greater than the present." Elena said
gravely, dropping her lids to veil the
satisfaction In her eyes. It was bred
by what she had surprised In Dick's
speaking face a rueful disgust that made
her heart leap, "Bo off to wash your
hands and face, sir." she said to htm In
her manner of 15 years back. You aro
smudge all down behind one ear and
have a snip on your nose. No you can
not have ono tiny bite of anything while
you keep a dirty face."
"I'm going to have something stock
ings can wait," Maria said, reaching for
bread and butter and taking a slice at
two bites. "Maybe you've never been
real hungry," to Elena. "I could eat
my grandmother right now If there were
nothing else."
"How about your husband? The way
Madame Spider does?" Hubert asked, his
eyes twinkling.
"Three lumps, please and make It half
cream at least," Maria said unasked.
Elena obeyed, with a lltt'e hovering
smile,
Maria had wheeled so far about the
holey stocking was In full evidence.
Dick, coming back much freshened, was
aghast at the parade of them. "You'd
better go change," ho said, with a touch
of authority. "You don't mind us, ot
course but other people may drop In."
"What If they do?" Maria answered,
with the least shrug, Instantly setting
her beautiful white teeth deep In a
chicken wing, held between finger and
thumb, "I'm not deceitful anybody may
know ull about me. And I couldn't get
three toes In Miss Gary's slippers "
"How about mine?" Hubert broke In,
rushing to his bedroom and returning
with a pair of handsome soft sandals.
Maria slipped her feet In them with
the air of one who submits to senseless
prejudice for the sake ot peace. Sur
veying her extremities she ran almost
acidly; "You see I was right we ealy
ought to have gone on home. There I
am understood."
"How fortunate!" Eleana made haste to
ay. "Also haw uncommon. Most
geniuses have had to contend with
their nearest nnd deareit "
"That was because they went about
things wrong," Mario Interrupted con-
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A DRESS OP SERGE AND TAFFETAS
fldently. "You'll always get your own
way If you make people actually know
you won't put up with less."
This In a voice of pleasing authority.
Dick looked away sick and c,old with the
peril he had so narrowly escaped. Ho
had never seen this side of Maria ahe
could be, when sho chose, whimsically
charming, even brilliant. She had made
a creditable beginning In literature her
success lost nothing In the telling either
by herself or her subdued but adoring
family. He had been fascinated on the
verge of proposing, never noting things
now so patent, hurt and angry because
Elena had decried his choice.
Still, he was not quite free of the tolls.
Suddenly she turned on him a battery of
telling glances, smiled at him In plnuant
provocation and began a gay narrative
of their day together, which made even
Elena laugh aloud. Then, In the midst
ot It, came a earful of folk outside the
very cream of tho summer colony. Their
advent Incited Maria to further display
she retold her tale, then went on to
relate piquant happenings of her literary
career, winding by reciting, unasked,
seven stanzas of verse that were, to say
the least, highly colored.
She would have remained to dinner,
but Dick peremptorily took her home,
He came back much subdued. Elena
was too wise to take verbal notice of his
mood, but In her diary that night. she
wrote: "I have won thanks to Fate. In
the cause of temperament against tem
per, temperament has lost."
(Copyright. 1015.)
SUFFRAGISTS INVADE BOSTON
10,000 Women and Sympathizers Ex
pected to March in Parade
RORTflW. CIM Ifi nnatnn V.lnnA.l
the suffragists today. Ardent seekers tor
"votes fop womon" nrrlvw.l onvl., fpnm
nil parts of the State. Wearing the suf-
., .rev, iu wuiueu jiuucea in sin
gly. In groups and In complete details.
Just as they will march In the big parade
this afternoon.
More than 10,000 suffragists and sympa
thizing men aro expected to be In line.
QUALITY-h INTEGRITY SATISFACTION
?".' leading position In the milk business could only be attained by
supplying a higher grade product than that offered by competitors.
A small profit results by the adoption of very high standards for rich
ness and bacteria count, nnd the Installation of expensive modern facili
ties In the country and city. This policy naturally attracts the desirable
dairy farmers, with a pride In their choice herds and who are adequately
ONL ONA BASIS OF CV,T0Ulrement,, WB BUY AND SELL MILK
.mKSL".nl.e,iJn"'inij; reiulb-'8 th. "l0."1 competent and highest paid
employes In Philadelphia. Dolflnger's milk reaches every customer within
six hours after its arrival in the city. Thus patrons are assured a uni
formly pure, rich nnd clean milk. This Is only possible under such Ideal
conditions.
AT PRESENT SEnVICE : IB CONFINED TO SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
When "THE" Milk Enters a Home, It Stays There
"The Best By Every Test"
DOLFINGER'S STANDARD DAIRIES
(Copyright, 101 8.)
THE serge and taffeta fall
frock la here. To bo real ac
curate, It has been here for
some time. Models of this kind
appeared early In September, In
order that their fair wearers
might use them beforo the era
of the winter suit set In. Varia
tions of this most attractive
style aro common, but they are
coming out every day.
On many of the early models
the serge was used as a bolero
Jacket, with a vest of silk. The
skirt was made of silk as far
as the knees, with serge at the
hem. A neat and rathor ef
fective way ot applying the
sergo was by laying tt on In
blocks, In a sort ot Walls-of-Troy
style. Just now the newer
models reflect tho tendency to
ward tho rcdlngote line. This
line, by tho way, Is most be
coming to the slender woman,
and Is so easy to slip on that It
assures Instant popularity.
Brown pusy willow silk with
sergo to match Is seen on the
llttto frock shown In today's Il
lustration. The round Georgette
collar Is delightfully outhful
and tho bodice shows tho new
onc-slded line, so fashionable
on evening gowns this season.
Tho silk has tiny self dots,
which show up In a certain
light. Tho serge on the bodice
Is relieved by a row of sergo
buttons, with a corresponding
row at the back. There Is no
girdle.
The skirt Is plain, but It com
bines all the qualities which go
toward making a skirt fashlon
ablc. It Is qulto wide around
the bottom and ripples softly
under the Jacket. Tho silk top
Is not particularly new, but It
Is decidedly good In effect, and
If ono has to combine two ma
terials. It could not be done
moie attractively. This makes
a good dress for the college
girl.
To Clean Ribbons
A cleaning mixture mado es
pecially for ribbons consists ot
gin. one-half pint; honey, one
half pound; soft soap, one-half
pound; water, one-eighth pint.
Mix together. Scrub the soiled
portions of the ribbon with this
mixture. Afterward rinse In
three clean waters by dipping
the ribbon up and down In them
to rcmovo all trace of tho
cleanser. Allow the water to
drip away from tho ribbons and
Iron with a fairly hot Iron un
der a clean muslin cloth until
It Is dry. If It seems too wet
for Ironing, wlpo with a cloth
before Ironing dry.
"SAFETY FIRST" SKIRTS
PRAISED BY DOCTOR
"Painless" or Wide Garment
Conserves Health, Which
Narrow Ones Endangered
Women will be glad to know tho new
painless skirt Is the most sensible thing
In the way of stylo now beforo the pub
lic. It is Just a new name which may bo
arplled to the wide skirt which Is now
worn by tho ultramodlsh feminine. The
new E,klrt was highly commended by Dr.
H. II. Fryette, of Chicago, who said It
caused less lumbago and nervous diseases
and Is generally more comfortable. Ho
brought out these Interesting facts In
the courte of an address before the Phil
adelphia County Osteopathic Society last
night at the Hotel Adelphla.
The physician said women should bo
thankful for the elimination of tho nar
row skirt, which tripped them when they
boarded street cars or ajitomoblles and
caused slight falls which, In twisting,
caused a distortion of the hip Joint. The
distortion, Doctor Fryette said, caused
tho whole body to bo thrown out of align
ment, which condition often develops cur
vature of the spine.
Tho violent exertions necessary In foot
ball, tennis and golf often cause a dis
tortion of the hip Joint, the doctor said.
Br. O 7. Balhernle, president of the Nn
tlonnl Society of Osteopaths, delivered an
address In which he proposed a $50,000 hos
pital tor Philadelphia. He said there was
no such Institution In the world and plans
would soon bo announced for a campaign
to raise the money.
Middies to Entertain U. of P. Men
About 100 University of Pennsylvania
students will be the guests of tho mid
shipmen at Annapolis tonight, after the
Navy-Penn football game. They will at
tend the midshipmen's hop In the evening.
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NOW IT'S MOTHBALLS
SHOVED UP IN PRICE
Pretty Soon You May Be Gar
nering Them Like Gold and
Wearing Them in Rings
If you have any moth balls around tho
houso keep them In captivity and watch
them closely. It would be a good idea
to have somo of them set In pins nnd
rings. They are rolling up In value and
have now leaped to flvo times their price
In tho last few weeks.
Dealers glvo tho usual reason for the
advance In price scarcity- Even at 20
cents you can't buy more than ono pound
at a time. Nearly every natural moth
or camphor ball comes all tho way from
Japan or tho Island of Formosa, and In
view of tho long trip the dealers believe
that the present figure 20 cents a pound
Is not too much for them.
But tho dealers don't explain that tho
balls formerly came the same-distances
nnd brought only four nnd flvo cents a
pound.
The price cannot be blamed on the war,
for It appears that everything Is very
peaceful In the land of camphor. As a
result of the Jump In ' prices, summer
clothes are laid away amid fewer moth
balls than over before. Natty seashore
clothes, which formerly lay over tho
winter with a flock of moth balls In
every pocket, now are resting with a
lonely ball or two for each suit.
It seems that the general rise In price
also has affected artificial moth balls.
Most of them, It Is said, aro manufactured
In European countries.
Many persons are overcoming the
threatened moth ball famine by using
tar paper as moth chasers, and some say
that this answers Just as well.
There Is no reason for further alarm
at present, unless speculators invade the
city nnd buy up all the moth balls In the
stores as did the man who cornered the
egg marked In Plttsburgh-and sell them
for a dollar each.
My Heart, of
Thee I Question
"My heart, of thee I question.
When Is Love's course begun?"
"When two souls blend together.
When two hearts throb as one."
"And tell me how Love co'moth?"
"That doth Love ne'er disclose."
"And tell me how Love gocth?"
"Nay, true Love never goes."
"When Is Lovo the purest?"
"When self It sets aside."
"And when Is Lovo the deepest?"
"When stillest Is Its tide."
"And when Is Love the richest?''
"When Love, to give, doth teach."
"And tell me, how Lovo speakcth?"
"Love hath no need of speech."
Halen.
Cupid's Third Visit
To the White House
Even with a world-war ragiiiR, all the world love? a lover!
Even a great President, who usually has his own way, admits
his vulnerability to Cupid's shafts. And now we're all waiting
to receive the first lady of the land I
The same thing has happened to Presidents twice before.
A writer has collected memoirs, storied news arid impres
sions of previous White House weddings, together with a
complete news forecast of the awaited event in Washington.
I lie article appears only i,n
SUNDAY'S
PUBLIC
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OF EDUCATION BOARD 1
HERE PROVES SUCCESS
Miss Emma Smedley, Wh6 Pur)
nisnes "Jiats" to Army of
Little Ones, Tells of
Fine Work
25,000 ARE BENEFITED!
Ono of tho finest child welfare systettiii
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,.... ., ..... .u,.,., Ui practical applfJS
vtil.u,. nil,, KIl'.ll HUCCenB. .
This Is tho system Introduced br Pmi''
adelphla's Board of Education, and .
perviscd by Miss Emma Smedley, of t
nisqing to lens or tnousands of I'hlf.il
in tho "high school. V. T'aVidTcVnWj
t ons) of good. subMrnitini ...... "'.p,.'i'4
Ing food during recess- periods. 'A
When the Bonrd of Education s.l.r.V,
Miss Smedley as superintendent of mSs
school luncheons, tho official title of tki 4
womnn director, Its choice fell i, VL"1
woman fitted, without doubt, more th.9
any other person In tho city to carrt. ...?
a big task satisfactorily.
When tho Idea of school lunches wki
firm proposed six years ago, and if!
Smedley undertook tho work In one hh8
school, she entered upon her rimi.. wiTTl
nn exceptional knowledge of every branS
structor In dietetics nt John. ir',J?n
Hospital for four years, preceded by Z J
years as ihslructor in domestic sui
nt Drcxel Institute, had given her. M
Twenty-live thousand school chlldiin
trudging brcakfnstless or lmnrnn.,i.. Vft
to their classes, today nro receiving fm3
nt recess periods in splendidly equlneS
lunchrooms, the equipment of which hii
also come under Miss Smedley's bubm"
vision. f
'Tllttt wnminn tins fit, . -.......,..- . ....
greet the person who u int.,...... ;. m
her many thousand youngsters, jSa
whoso little "tummies' " saV .h. ..i!Wl
many hours each day engrossed Irt greitfH
columns of figures. ,KH
While sho knowB only too well that no'M
..tUU w,,,.c. u, u tauny ana lnslitent
stomach cares much for anything" ki
protclds or carbohydrates, she, neverthe1
less, has It all figured out i,.t- i..i
many fuel-producing units, via a bowlH
of soup or dish of pudding, shan be rtt.9
Istered' up In small Interiors at so manr
calories pur capita. Ar
Miss Smedley's blue eyes dance with?!
her work ns she talks,
"There is one thing I should like cor
reeled," said Miss Smedley earnestly
"nnd that Is tho misinformation iriv ..'
public in ono of the daily papers that cubiJbI
.....vu ..c mi ten Die nine ones. w
do not servo coffee In penny portions to
small children; wo do not consider coflei
a food.
.. i-,...,i. m wie vrieiuuniary scnocll jSBJ
nro served penny portions of cocoa, or
ou,,, vuiicu Bumuuinus wnn creamed
vegetables, such as lima beans or suSl
cotasn, macaroni or rlco and taplocifll
course, the variety is not so great. Pennr
portions ot sweet chocolate, soda - or
graham crackers and good stick candy
may also be had.
"We arc operating, at present. Iunch3i
rooms in u elementary and 18 hljh ;
schools, feeding on an average of 25,004
children dally. . .
"Within tho next two months, with, th
opening or more lunenrooms, the mim:
bcr fed dally will reach tho 40.000 mark'
Miss Smedley emphasized the fact that
the whole system was sclfpsupportlni.j
covering every expense In connection wltlri
the service, except the equipment of thjvg
lunchrooms, which was done by the!
Board of Education. A
She also spoke enthusiastically of tail
suppers, which were served to night stuS
dents In the AVilllam Penn High' School?
for Girls und the Trade School at 17lad
and Wood streets, and remarked tht
the whole atmosphere of the Trad
School had Improved since, the Introduc
tion of the evening meals. Girls and
boys who aro taking special work mat
now como directly from their places otg
employment and receive In one, thrcg
or five-cent nortlons a cood substantial!
meal boforc proceeding with thelra
studies. 3
Miss Smedley Is tho author of a bqoTtjr
called "Institution Recipes," which critlcil
pronounce .the most complete of its kind!
ever published. M
She Is one of the highest paid womeaK
holding ofllce In the city today, receiving
n snlnrv nf S100O annually, but the saUrI
goes hand-ln-hand with a big Job. All!
the purchasing of foods, employment 0(1
help, .general oversight of all menv&d
paying of all bills nnd bookkeeping fori
the entire department Is supervised bw
her, together with approving all plMl
..- . ..i,.ii -.i ...n,Ai nf liinrh-
lOr UUUUltlg U.1U C,lUliVIIt,v w- 4iK
rooms which aro submitted to her by thW
architects engaged.
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