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EVENING LEDGEE PHIL'ADELPIirA, TIIURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1916.
:," 6 FT. 9, AGE 17,
GETS JOB AT LAST,
MAKING AUTO PARTS
Examining Doctor Pronounces
Him "0. K" Then Drags ,
, Him to Clinic to
Show Off
HE NEVER FOUGHT MUCH
Somehow Follows Didn't Care Much
About Scrapping With Him Ho
Is Bashful
TO BE "SALESLADIES" AT LECTURE
A phnto-rnr1i Mlu(rntlnrr tlili -dory nmr
be found on the 1'lrlnrlnl Tone.
Mlclinet StloRlar, n. yntitiR plant, who
has been hunting n Job for sovernl yr-nrs,
but who wns "too yolliiR for n man's Job
and too big for a boy'a Job," started to
work today, lto Is fi feet 0 inches Ions,
makes the scales say "SOS" when he nulla
himself on them ami Is 17 summers old.
When "Mike" sinned articles to licit)
makt- steel automobile bodies for tho Ed
ward O. Hudd Mntuifurtiirlni: Company.
at 25th street and Hunting 1'nrk avenue,
today, colleRo football roaches all over
tho country gnashed their teeth with
disappointment. And when ho stood bei
side Jack Miller, a Kas-wclder, tho small
est man In the shop, everybody laughed.
Wilier Is 4 feet 11 Inches tall.
"Mike," who lives nt 31!3 Dakota street,
although ho wouldn't say so himself and
mado the reporter look It up In a direc
tory, went through a physical examina
tion conducted by Dr.. 13. tl. Mctlvnin, tho
company physician, before ho was allowed
to consent to help tho company irmlio
auto parts. In tho courso of tho examina
tion It was learned that ho wears n No,
13 shoe, mado to order for wearing quali
ties. "Ho Is O. 1C," wns the physician's com
ment, after "Mike told him he could lift
a 300-pound hatrel of sugar off a wagon
without batting an eyelash. "Ills propor
tions arc very good. Ills giantism Is
caused by enlarged pituitary glands, at
tached to the Infundlhulum."
Having stunned "Mike" with- these
words, Doctor Mcllvaln took him to tho
Samaritan Hospital for exhibition at a
clinic.
"1 don't know what all this Is about,"
said "Mike" modestly and shyly. "I'm
too heavy for light work and too light for
heavy work, that's all. No, I don't know
If 1'vo stopped growing. Tho most 1 over
irrew was four years ago, when I grow
18 Inches In one year."
Asked If ho could "llek" Jess Wlllaril,
the youthful Hercules blushed. r
"I don't know," be said. "I never had
any fights. The boys at school didn't
seem to want to tight with me. And
when I wns" sent to the principal's) room
for breaking dawn desks and seats I
wouldn't go. But ho never licked me,"
significantly.
The youth's parents, Joseph A. and
Catherine Stleglar, ure of normal size.
His sister, Helen, 13 years old, and his
brother, Joseph A., Jr., 21 years old, are
more than 0 feet tall. His grandfather,
whose name ho couldn't remember be
cause ho died IS years ago "beforo I was
born" was 7 feet 0 inches tall, he said,
solemnly.
"And I don't tell lies, cither," he as
serted. "It don't pay you."
BAIZLEY IRON WORKS
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Machine Patterns Valued at
Thousands of Dollars
Burned
Machine patterns valued at J7000 woro
destroyed today when tire swept through
part of tho plant of tho John Balzley Iron
Works, B12-20 South Water street. Tho
blaze started In an Infrequently used
storeroom on tho southeast corner of the
third floor and wns burning up wooden
patterns by the hundred as two workmen,
busy In tho street outside, saw smoko
curling up from tho roof and warned the
company oMce on Delaware ovenue that
tho Water street building wns ablaze.
Slippery streets and tho steep hill lead
ing to Delaware nvenue, crowded with
sightseers, checked the tire apparatus as
It hurried down South street. Many min
utes passed befor the hose could be got
Into position and wntcr be shot through
tho blazing windows. Common Council
man John Balzley, former owner of the
business, denounced tho delay as tho ap
paratus was being mado ready, but later,
when tho tlromrn had the situation under
control, reconsidered and guessed ho had
"been a little hot-tempered."
Water and chemicals soon subdued the
blaze on the third floor, whero It rnged
strongest, and the charred wood models
for cylinders and engine equipment woro
tossed Into the street. Tho loss of tho
patterns was not covered by Insurance.
Masked Marvel vs. Steelier
SEW VOIIK. Jun. 1!7.-In it nnlali bout,
catcli-as-cutch-cun, heat two fulls out of tbri-r
Joe Steoher. tha Nebraska farmer boy, will
have his Now York ilclmt wheo hn nineta Slurt
Henderson, the "ma'.ked marvel." hero to.
night. 8techer uses a deadly sclsors hoM, but
backers of tho marvel nro orterins odds on him.
DIVORCES GRANTED
By Court N'o. 4:
Eleanor Nelthercott from Harry A. Xelthor
cott. S!!,afee!! K- J'a,rt'n from John C. Martin.
KUzabeth Derricks from Joaenh C. Iwrrlrks.
sSry Uooker from Prank Hooker.
Alice lAulaa Capra from Alexander Capra.
tlizabeth i 41. Jlradbury from Jamea nr-uibury.
Adeline J. Cardon from Walter C. Cardon.
Pule St. Iluh from Harry H. Itush.
Leonard Uaione from Slary ;. lialone.
Elizabeth l.eiry from Joseph Leary. Jr.
Ethel Attken from William Alt ken.
Mary, li Scott from Hlrhard Scott.
Camilla Stromeyer Urady from Kuicene Hart
-Brady.
Sarah Lotka from Robert Lotka.
KUzabeth A. Simon from Auiruet C. Simon.
OeorKe ' Culbertson from Anna Culbirtaon.
Helena Wetas from Karl Weiss.
Maud P. Harding from Harry H,irdlne.
Anna M. HallUr from Albert A. lUIIIer
Pauline Haberman from Frank linU-rman.
VICTOR'
RECORDS
FOR
FEBRUARY
OUT TOMORROW
Over 250,000 VICTOR
RECORDS in Stock
Everything Muaical
WEYMAW
M 1010 Cheitnrit Sf M.
jgli WW -Ovr 83 Ttr. -1810 MOxft
i 11111 SSi
mm ia
ORPHAN CHILDREN
AT WINTER CIRCUS
Thousands Will Be Among Au
dience at Shriners' Show in
Convention Hall
Fliolnrtrniihs Hlinlrnllnrs IhU Btory will 'bo
fonml on the I'lrlnrlnl I'mr.
Hevernl thousnnd orphan and crippled
children from the vatlous Institutions In
tho city will witness tho Initial perrorm
nhec or tho bl Winter Circus, to bo Klvcn
In Convention Itnll next week under tho
auspices of tho L.U Lit Temple. Nobles Of
tho Mystic ShHriP. Tho children Who will
help mnko the audience on Monday after
noon will be tho guests of W. frcoland
Kptidrlck, Itecelvor of Taxes and poten
tate of tho till Lit order.
Convention Hull Is now being fitted out
to staK" tho unique performance, which
will hi- Philadelphia's first genuine In
door cliciis. Frank I. Hpnllmnn, of Now
VfTlt, who won fame as tho producer of
the Winter Circus in tho Now York Hip
pmlromi', has assembled all tho biggest
ir.-uB acts In tho country for the produc
tion ii it week. The olllclnl circus train
will nnlvo at North I'hlladelphla station
.in suininv mornlmr.
Genrmo Hartzell, millionaire rlown, who
"SI-HUT OK MODKKX ITALY"
TO UK I)IS(TSSKI) ItV KXPE11T
Signor Do Srmto to Lecture for Queen
llclmn's Hod Cross Fund
Italian traditions, idenN- and ;i.-.p!r,i-tlniiH
will be discussed by Signor Vlnniizo
de Santo, teacher of romance lnnsungi"
and Htornttiro at the I.'nlverslty of Penn
sylvania, tomnrrow night at Wlthcr-ipmiii
Hall in a lecture entitled "Tho Hplrlt nf
Modem Italy." The alTnlr will ! hi Id
under the patronage of prominent l'hlla
detphlans, and tho prnreeils will given
to Queen Helenn's lted Ori-n Iti-lr.' Fund.
Uoutonnlcres will bo sob! at the lecture
by Mrs. Clarcnci- nulbrnndrxnn, residing
at the Normandle Hotel, "Cth and Chest
nut streets, who Is the wife of Lieutenant
Clarence Onllirnndoson, attached to tho
battleship Connecticut. Another young
toelety women who will sell boutonnl"ies
Is Miss Katharine Mnrgnrot Penrose, a
niece of United States, Senator Penrose.
Signor do Santo wns born near Home.
Ho has made a study of Italian literature
and history and Is prominent as a lec
turer. Tickets may bo secured nt Ilcp
po's, (Umbel's, Ryan's, or from Mrs. II. A.
Penrose, who resides at tho Normandle
Hotel.
The patrons and patronesses are Oue
tnno K. Poccardl, Italian Consul In Phila
delphia; Outdo til Vineenzo, Italian Vlco
Con ml In Phllatl-lphla: C. C. A. Itoldl.
Mrs. William L. Hull, Mrs. Kdgnr Cope.
Mrs. J. P. U'lckerslmm Crawford. Mrs.
Louis A. Lolimalcr, Mrs. C. Russell
Hluchmnn, Mrs. Younker D. Lit, Mrs.
William Kills Lukens. Mrs. Ktlward A.
Newton, Mrs. H. Abbey Penrose, Mrs.
Edward V. Punier, SlKimni Prank Roma
und Mrs. Felix K. Schilling.
has a natlon-wld'6 reputation an an Im
personator nnd who has earned paftlcd
lar famo ns "Bill Bryan," will add zest
to tho circus. Although a Phlladelphlan,
ho has appeared at Shriners' smokers all
over the country during tho last 35 years.
It Is rumored that ho will sprlnjr n sur
prise In the burlcstiuo of a very prominent
Philadelphia!!
The experiment of a Winter Circus will
provide n now form of amusement here.
Thp circus engagement wns made by tho
Lu Lit Shrine In order to ralso funds for
the olllclnl visit of tho organization to
Buffalo In July. The' admission prices
Will range from Si cents to $1, and there
Will be 10,0(10 of the lowest prlcct seals
nt every performance.
P. R.R. DECLINES SECOND
REPLY TO JERSEYITES
Questions Asked by Commuters'
Association Now Before
Utilities Commission
DOWOItS I-OIIM AUTO ClillH
Physicians Apply- for Charter Aim
to Aid Colleagues and Work
for Dcttcr Roads
Application for a chnfler was made to
Common Pleas Court No. 1 today by tho
Physicians' Motor Club of Philadelphia,
tho purposes of the organization being to
promote Boclal enjoyment among Its mem
bers, "to discuss sclentlllcally the auto
mobile, and to promote tho advancement
of practical knowledge In the operation
and tiso of motorcars by doctors."
The club also purposes to co-operate
With others Interested 111 the project o
nhtnln satisfactory legislation i-onipclllnii
the construction of good mails In tho
country and highways In the cities.
The South Jersey Commuters' Assocln-
Hmt .lll i.mI fn..tvrt n mnlv from Presi
dent Hen of the Pennsylvania Railroad tn
tho Association's second letter reciting
complaints against the service and their
relations to the railroad, tho railroad
Publicity Bureau has announced. Tho
South Jersey commuters bcnaii the epi
sode In answer to the railroad's request,
posted In stations, tor lcttern ftnni lis
patrons expressing opinions of tho service.
President Boa answered the South Jer
sey commuters' ilrst letter, but when n
second, asserting ho had ovnded some of
the Issues raised, was received, he tool:
tho stand that ho could not discuss them
now, hecauso they were tho subject of
Investigation by tho Hoard of Public Util
ity Commissioners of Now Jersov.
In their second letter, n reply to tho
explanations by President Boa, the com
muters contend that ho has Ignored tho
more serious causes of grievance, and
that bo discussed only thoso of n minor
character.
one of the difficulties he did not ex
plain, they my, li why the railroad
charges for tho distance of u mile from
tho Market street to tho Camden N
terminal when tho distance Is mill ?",,
tbni, bnl ,lln TV... i. '."raw.
passengers to nnd from Camden 3
stations In South Jersey are charcM ?
ticket, on tho ferry when they 1
use tho service; why tho railroad will J1
sell loo-tilp tickets from Camden "tofii?
Jersey stations when that class llfV.V?.
soitl in I'onnsyivnnm and from p, ,
vmila for transportation Into New i"
soy; why transportation In Bouth J,
is L'liriiiicr man in iNorui Jersey. i '
number of other things. ' ani ,
NKW MNKRSjlIAY COME HEJ
HuriKiu-tons to Organize StearnsM
Lino to irniidlojmmigrntit Trade 4
Shipping men In this eliv nrp n,.,...
In the l-eport that n new trans,, '3
steamship linn to handle mainly ,n2 ' n ',
grutlon traffic to this cnmitrv I. , ?e
serious consideration at co!iferinfln1",
rsermatt ami Ilunuarlnn steainshir ,?'
l VIakhh .....1 II. ..I....... " "'Pnirlltl
dispatch received heie today from?!,!?,.1'
by way of London. m Zut1, i
Mlln ,,n,. llt.A ...III l. .... .. iM
OIK1.000 and will be under the COnli!'
Hungnrlan Interests, rine-balf 0f it,. "
Itnl will bo subscribed by the AdrlaTiW
gailau Navigation Cnmnnnv ....iiT'""!'
bore. The vessels, which will be hniiTF'
lliimrni't'. will IK. i, ir... . " uilt In'
r...... . - ...... . iMusuriaa liar , Si
he manned by men of that countrv wvS"?
the Nhlps nro being built. It Is gM ,??
ilerinnn stenmshlp lines will usoii, ,
vessels. """ '
PHOTO GtLeiJXIT 1.
sf&s r?mneH At flsweur
LABOR PLANS TO PAY
HATTERS' $250,000 FINE
Trades Unions to Raise Huge
Sum Philadelphia's Share
$50,000
Funeral of Mrs. Iiridgcl 15. Hayes
Mrs. Bridget B. Hayes, who died yes
terday at her Lome. l."12 North 2Dth
street, will bo burled In the Holy Cross
Cemetery on Saturday. Requiem Mass
will be celebrated at 10 o'clock In tho
Church of the Precious Blood. Mrs. Hnye
Was 77 years old. She was the wltlnw
of Thomas Hayes and a sister of the
Into Martin Burke, well-kiinwn Philadel
phia merchant. She Is survived by llvo
children.
This Is "Hatters Day." Ono hundred
thousand men and women all over tho
country aio expected to "shell out" ono
hour's pay to tho American Federation of
Labor to help pay tho $230,000 tine recent
ly Imposed on the union by the United
States Supreme Court. Fully $30,000 will
be raised In Philadelphia alone, according
to a statement made nt the Central Labor
Union, at 232 North Ninth street, today.
Fifteen delegates are vUltlns the various
locals today to round up the funds. The
order for raising the tine, for which tho
Hatters' Union was responsible, wns made
originally by Samuel Oompers. president
of tho A. F. L. Many of the men uro
expected to disobey the order, but no
troublo Is anticipated In raising the full
nmount. It Is expected that tile contri
butions of this city will exceed thtist- of
any other, duo to the organization of the
leaders here.
TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES
ThomiiB Doe. SUM Cherrv Ht., ami Iliairlo
O'Donnell. M0 Cherry Ht.
Frank Sabvaeh. 32!il Tillnn t.. uml Amelia
S. Klanna. .'1173 'Almond ft.
Hubert II. Flint, 17:il Timkur St., unJ lluucle
U. Wllll.imn. IBB 8. IHth st.
Diwrcnce Johiuou, :citl S. Cnmuc at., una
.Myrllo Truvla. 311 s. Cuniac nt.
Herman ttVlai. rJU 8. 2th at., und Katie
Mendel, 73.1 8. -Ith st.
Jasepb it Adumu. IIuntliiBilan Valley, Pa., ami
Mary Storey. !K08 ftarlntlun at.
Mux Cubun, H'.'S s. Mb at., untl Ulsle Spitz,
(Ml S. Uli at.
John S. Hall, 1.11 1 Alter ., and Pauline
Weeks, Lu Mott. Pa.
rprnaml T. I'atcrotte. .",rj V. Cnulter at., and
Anna IrfC. Hnow. 1210 W. Penn at.
Herbert fnojier. YZi W O.imlirla St., and
Certrude 11. Idlka, 4000 Hk'bmoml at.
Charles J. KiiKlehnnlt. Hill Itlalnu Hun ae..
nnd Leah 31. Hecklcy, itl'J H. Ontario at.
Mirrla llraverman, wllmtnKion. I 'el., and
Mlnnio urlenlicrif, 1211) X. Pruciklln at.
Juaeph A. IlHi-tHt.ll. L'uiuord. X. '., ami I.euh
S, Miller. 2D4I Cbcatimt st.
Wlll.ii.l K. Mae. I'uiiatoun, fa., uml
Iiorthy A. Dakle. n.1211 Jefferfon at.
Orarge Iludor. 1310 Montrose at., and Mnllii.la
Y.iiu'ey. ni'll Herrltt at.
Wnlter J. du linn, SOU Walnut St.. nun
Floreneo E. Moxlty. tJurb, I'u.
Nnwton Church. 1TM Tliau at., und Id.i It.
Horsey, l"0'l Wallace at.
J-Yancla I. Keote. T1U N. Franklin at., n 1
Florenea 1 Itolllitin, 411 X. Franklin at.
UeuJ.iniln II. ttivlae. HO Cunlrell at., ,u.
Ooldi i Krawtts. "II McKeau at.
William Uryun o'-"-.'!! I'ntharlnii at., and I'l na
A. IlaKLT, 2101 n. Sl.llu ...
Stanislaw Skucta. 23ti3 .ef,-vri, t,, ami
Jopephlne Kaaowakl. 2303 Lirevrt at.
Joaerh 1'okrnpaki. 4i;ls Almi.n.l t.. and M.nj-
unna c'lupkuWBkt, 4-Kts Almond at.
350
ALBRECHT
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Oak Case
Just received from
our factory, where it
has been completely
renovated.
Easy Terms
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Piano Co.
11 & Chestnut Sts.
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Auto Suburban Delivery
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Dad's Day Is
Coffee-Started
and Stopped
m
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Coffee is the one article on the home
menu over which Dad raises his voice in
praise. For good coffee is the beverage which sends him down
town for a day of efficient hustle.
MORNING SIP
COFFEE
eliminates all chances of the slip-up which makes Dad frown.
It has the full, rich flavor the delicious aroma which means so
much to particular coffee drinkers.
, . More than 15,000 cups of Morning Sip Coffee were served in
Philadelphia homes today. Take home a pound and see if Dad
doesn't give it his O. K.
YOUR GROCER HAS IT
Alex. Sheppard & Sons, inc.
Importers and Roasters
PHILADELPHIA
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1 I llJil JJ JL
l This is the binder Jones
broke.
2 This is the blacksmith
who said "tomorrow"
he'd fix the binder Jones
broke.
3 This is the farmer who
offered his shop when he
heard the blacksmith saj--"
tomorrow" he'd fix the
binder Jones broke.
4 And this is the shop that
Jones set up when he
saw how quickly the
work was done in the
shop of the farmer who
offered help when the
blacksmith wanted
until next day to fix the
binder Jones broke.
Jones now saves time and money by repairing all his
farm equipment, and even his wife's cooking utensils, in
his own shop.
How he planned it, how he built it, what tools and
machines he put in all specifications and itemized costs
are told in a Practical Farm Repair Shop-, on page 201
of the January 29th issue of
The Country Gentleman covers all the practical con
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ment. It gives building plans short cuts news about
new devices that can be bought or made in spare hours
a lot of brief but complete ideas brought together on one
page. This department is called
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your dairy, your livestock, your poultry, your wife's
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