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BTNOPStS.
Monto Crlspen, heir to hi uncle's mil
liinn chiefly Invested In lnJuntrl.il" In the.
Eetaltr o PhlUdolphin, has decided to
Ilk bjy the injunctions in lira ricu iuiii-
IJHr 5P2T...1. will that ho travel no further
thin BO mlle from Phllndelphla within a
? under penalty of loslwr the entlro
Iriv... WMI dlnlnr In
111 Uwver. CrnlB Andrews. Monto pre-
Mrfnne. While cuninir in a noin wim
iliti tho mjsterlouii Haron ltochmelitcr
from dhootlnB n companion. In the con
i' ".. .hih fnilnned. the Counted Zedn.
uppoted to be Hochmelnter'a nice, warn
Stonto that his steel p ant Is doomed. Ho
had met the Countess. In Europe. Earlier
hit dAy a portmanteau, containing a
r?yptlo cro. had been stolen from Hoch
Setter In tho Market street subway.
The Countess Zedj's prophecy Is ful
filled tho next day Monte, dfsBulae.l as an
mclency eprt and travelinar under the
name of Taller, rushes to the scene of the
krcldent with Andrews. Forty men have
Ken killed and a great many Injured.
CIIAFTEK V. Coiitlntictl
NOW tho Montgomery Iron "Works,
unllko tho modern steet plants nt
Gary and South Bothlohem, Included
processes that havo become obsolete.
We could represent this plant nt Crls
pen as up-to-date, but It Is far better to
tell of conditions Just ns thoy were on
tho aftornoon of tho day Monto first
Inspected tho property with Andrews
und tho Sandow of a superintendent,
and vlowed nskanco tho blackened
ruins of tho great west mill.
Iron, tho cheapest and commonest of
nil metals, Is only found locked up In
combination with other elements. To
luro away theso othor clemonts nnd
leaVo iron nlono Is tho art of steel
making. Let us approach tho eaBt mill,
tho ono great blast furnaco left stand
ing at Crlspcn, nnd with Monto sec It
with his fresh young mind, for ancient
ns Iron manufacture Is, It is a whim
sical, ovor-fasclnating process ufter all,
nothing more, nothing less than tho
flcklo changing of partners.
Of tho world's great paintings and
etatucs, nrchltccturo and ceremonial
pomp, Monto had been fed up In knowl
edge. Ho had heard magnificent or
chestras and seen gorgeous mllltnry re
views. Ho know literature, too. But
appreciation of tho greatest of all sym
phonies, tho most magnificent of all
ceremonies, that of tho tolling masses
functioning In somo master production,
was a Hentlment ho had missed some
how. Ho know how to look nt a land
scape or n sunsot and express hlmsolf,
but faced with Industry pressing for
ward over tho bent backs of hundreds
of trained workers, ho keenly felt tho
Imperfections of his equipment. Ho
was on tho doorstep of a now world.
At a safe distance Monte, quite awed,
watched tho chargo of Iron ore, coal
and limestono hoisted In buckets un
der gas-englno power to tho top of an
80-foot shaft. Thero four men were
engaged In dumping tho charge Into
tho narrow upper end of the shaft, tho
lowor part of which was 20 feet wide.
"Wo need nn automatic device for
charging this furnace, Mr. Taller,"
epoko up Summers, tho superintendent.
"I havo asked for tho appropriation
many times."
.FARMER SMITH'S
The Little Bird and the Big Editor
Dearest Children What DO you think happened to me this morning?
I was awakened by a terrible noise and I thought I must be on the battle
fields or somewhere in Europe. Something was saying:
"Get up! Get up!" and when I looked, there wns a little bird sitting on
my windowsill in the bright sunshine. He cocked his head first on this side
and then on that, and then said to me, "You ought to bo ashamed of yourself."
"Why?" I asked, pecking over the bedclothes.
"You are always writing about the Firedogs, the Squirmers in the Earth
$nd the Bubblers of the Water, but you never say anything about the Fliers
of the Air about tho birds."
"I am very sorry," I said, "but I know very little about birds. I can't
know everything, even if I am a children's editor."
"There you are ! Making excuses, and you are always telling tho children
to give reasons and not excuses. If you can't tell those 33,000 dears of yours
about the birds, MAKE THEM TELL YOU. If you are too lazy to do that,
get some ono who knows about birds to write for you."
I felt awfully ashamed of myself and crawled under the covers and made
up this little talk for you.
I promise, HONEST INJUN and cross my heart, that we shall have
more about birds.
Who will help us?
Your loving editor. FARMER SMITH,
Children's Editor, Evening Ledger.
P. S. Mister Printer: You might put this in, too, if you have room. I'm
going to take a little bread and put it on my windowsill and maybe tho birds
Will tell me about themselves. Do you think they will, Mister Printer?
Our Postofflce Box
JflLDHED FRIEDMAN. .South treet I tak
f'Uno leaoons and I dance a great deal (or
odxe oclttlo and cluba. I like to danca
Jery much. If there Is anything I could do
to make our dear club more aucceaatul.
Eleaia let me know, aa I would like to be
elptul to you.
Somo day we may call on you to enter
tain us.
ALTHEA BAOHURST. Telford. Po. Thelma
reads the Rainbow news to me. I can read,
jut not ao much. I am 7 year old. When
I come home from school I do the dishes (or
mamma. I can make the beds, sweep, duet
and da lre"' near all the housework.
Thelma always wishes she waa better so
she can help mamma and Join the pin-money
quad.
Bless your little 7-year-old heart t
ITNTON HOWELL. North Iflth street I like
my button very much. I will try to do a kind
act every day, I am rolns to ask some of
my pla mates to Join your club. Every
hlffht. aa soon as daddv ceta home with the
paper, I can hardly wait to read about the
club.
Bless another Jlttle heart I
JAME3 JENNINOS, Spruce street The club
button waa fine. Three of my friends also
wish to Join. They are Richard Horstmann.
Henry Clark and George Lucas. Send a
ttalsbgw pin to them and they will appreci
ate It.
Very gladly did we send Rainbow but
tons to "the three friends." A great bitf
tnank you for Introducing thero to us.
ROSIB RICCIARDI. Ellsworth street Don't
think that we have (prsotten our club, we
read the club news every nUtbt. This Is all,
pest love to all our Rainbow members and
pest love to you.
And best love to you.
OEORQE THOMAS. South 3tU street I am
very ulad to say that I have already seven
members fur my branch Rainbow Club, but
I will not send In their names until I set
al members.
Perseverance always wins out! How
about it baseball team?
IRVINE WOODWARD. MussTave street I
m the Utile boy you sent the newspaper rusr
Jo and I Uked It almost as much as I Uka
my Rainbow Imtfnn and T lllci. that a Whole
ut I have a don named Jutca and we run
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CRliPEN
WMTTEN ESPECIAL!,
ARNOLD
Copyright, 1016. Th
Monto felt ho was gaining Insight, I
and ho could havo hugged Andrews
for giving him tho opportunity of see
ing conditions tlncensored.
Monto listened eagerly ns Summers
talked of tho Iron ore, coat nnd lime
stone molting together Into a capacious
fluid within the shaft, under the heat
of tho Ignited coal. Summers at tho
east mill was ro-enactlng tho tragedy
of tho destroyed west mill; bo many
men here, so many men there.
For the first time Monto heard how
tho burning coal sent off cnibon, that
united with tho oxygen of tho Iron ore
nnd formed carbonic acid gas, which
went skipping away to the top of tho
closed shaft, and passed through a long
plpo to tho boiler furnaces yonder,
where It was utilized ngaln ns fuel. Ho
heard how tho limestono left bohlnd
combined with tho clay and other
earthy olements of tho Iron ore, nnd
coal, being lighter than Iron, floated
to tho top of tho molten mass nt tho
bottom of tho shaft, and wns tho slag
now being run off through a. spout.
Monto learned how this slag had a uso
In brlckmnklng or ns ballast for rail
roads, and how nmmonla Is mndo from
wnsto gases. ,
At last, when sufficient Iron hnd col
lected In tho bottom of tho blnst fur
naco, Monto saw It drawn off. Along
a channel or mold formed In sand upon
a gently sloping stretch of ground, upon
tho opposite side from tho opening for
slag, flowed tho white-hot liquid metal
In n glittering stream, tho excess pass
ing into smaller channels or branches,
forming, when cooled by water and
solidified, -i-foot bars of castlron at
tached to a broader, longer bar. Sum
mers had gone for tho moment.
"That broad bar Is tho sow, and tho
short branches nro tho pigs," said An
drews. "Pig Iron I sco how comes tho
name," responded Monte.
Pig Iron or cast Iron Is only a way
station on tho Journey from Iron ore
to an iron girder, a ship plate or a
watch spring. Monto gazed In wonder
ns a powerful magnet, swung down
from a giant crano, gripped tho "sow"
on tho back nnd hoisted tho whole
mass, little "pigs" Included, from their
sand bed, carrying them off in tho direc
tion of nn open-hearth furnace, whero,
broken up Into small parts. It was re
molted, freed of such elements as
phosphorus, silicon, sulphur nnd man
ganeso and transformed into steel In
gots. "Our west mill, Mr. Taller, had a
giant mixer," said Summers regretful
ly, as ho rejoined Monto and Andiows.
"Over hero In tho enst mill wo must
remelt tho pig Iron before sending It
to tho rolling mills to bo shaped into
girders and plates. This remeltlng coats
tlmo and money."
a while on my bed before I get dressed. I
have an old stocking and she loves to set
hold of one end of It and pull, while I pull
the other end, and she talks all the time we
are pulling. I have a toy plana and I play
and sing to her. and she sln&s as loud as I
can sing. She helps mo to eat my breakfast
every morning. I give her a taste of my
orange Juice, then I leave some of my cereal
for her nnd some cocoa In my cup, and she
IRVINE WOODWARD.
licks up everything. One day mother left
me homo with Jlggs while ahe went to the
store, and when she came back I had JUga
all dressed up and tied up ta my pajamas,
and we were having lots of fun. I d Uke to
tell you that I gave a. little sick boy a boat
that wind up and sails la the bathtub.
I like writing to you.
Your editor only w'he3, Uttle "half
past seven," who vyritea as loyally
iLi a. grown-up Rainbow, that you art)
having as much fun pelOsT friends with
him as be Is having beln- friends with
you! Oh, yes. and where is that Jlzus
dog's picture?
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A TALE OF
PJ1ILADELPMIA
FOR THE I2VENI.VQ LEDQCR BT
GARRY COLM
PonMo Lxihier Comrnny.
A "mixer" In a steel works Is a largo
reservoir Into which successive lots of
molten iron from the blast furnaces Is
poured, after being carried thither in
ladles. It Is kept liquid by a flamo ,
playing above It until needed In tho !
converters nnd open-hearth furnaces.
"That wns why they blow up tho
mo9t modern part of the works," after
a moment's sllenco ho resumed, wav i
Ing his nrm In tho dhectlon of the dis
mantled went mill. "Thero were clever '
brains behind the dynamite."
"Ah," nodded Monte, "then you know
It was dy nam I to?"
Summers glanced quickly to tho right
and left, to ho sure ho was not over
heard, nnd then continued:
"I wns down ut the yard entranro
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,...v.. .. aimm-, i,,k roar came from lite
unuuiiuii 01 mo west. mill. There were
two distinct explosions, almost simul
taneous. It was 7:15 o'clock exactly,
for I had Just looked nt my watch.
I como down early these days to fee
that no strangers slip tluough tho gnton
when they nro open for our workers.
Jim Koerner wns the last man through.
Ho ran tho hoist engine nt tho wast
blnst furnace.
"As I looked toward tho west mill I
saw two upheavals, one from the now
concrete base under the blast furnace,
and tho other from tho centre of tho
steel works building, about where we
had put In a new cupola furimco. It
struck mo that two heavy charges of
dynamite or some equally high ox
plosive had been used. I put on my
thinking cap, nnd reached tho conclu
sion that only nn electric fuso sotting
off the charges, operated from a com
mon sourco of energy, could havo
blown up the mill In tho manner de
scribed." "Do you hcar7" Andrews said to
Monte.
"Yes, Summers Is a sort of Sher
lock," tho young man replied.
"Well, I havo not told you all," ob
served tho superintendent with a frown.
"A short tlmo ago I left you, to get
tho results of some investigating. My
suspicions havo been confirmed. It Is
an lnsldo Job, nnd I nm suro that one
of our own men touched off both ex
plosions. On n lino 200 feet out from
whero I saw tho masonry break beforo
It crumbled I had two shallow trenches
dug, and I havo uncovered copper
wires lending from somewhere In tho
direction of tho centres of explosion."
If thero Is ono typo of man in tho
world whom no event ought to surprise
or movo that man is n lawyer. An
drews proved truo to tho tradition, for
tified by nn early training ns a dis
trict attorney, for ho quickly nsserted:
"Good work. Summers. Now, let us
keep our own counsel. I don't need
tell you that. Savo your discovery for
tho Secret Service men. When tho
yards havo emptied except for the men
who keep the blast fires going at'nlght,
RAINBOW CLUB
FARMER SMITH'S CHICKEN HOOK
The Hie Red Rooster
"Let mo see let me sco !" said the Big
Red Rooster to himself ono mornlnp. "1
wonder how those hens manaso to Ia
those etrgs, and what a terrihlo nolso they
mako when they do lay them !"
Just thun Billy recp.pecp came toddlliiR
nlontr loolilns for a tiny worm. When ho
saw tho Blc; Red Rooster ho said to him:
"Good mornintf, you oversrrown bunclt
of feathers what are you doing nothing
for why don't you do something?"
"Ahem ! Ahem ! That la a very disre
spectful way of tnllthiR to me. Don't
you linow enough to speak In a nicer way
to mo? I am much older than you."
"If you wero busy, I would not havo
to talk to you like that. If you are older
than me you should set nn example nnd
keep doing something. Jly mother sayn
you are so lazy you wait for tho corn to
grow In the field and then expect It to
walk over and jump Into your throat."
"Horo! Hero! You llttlo rascal. I
will not stand being talked to like that."
said tho Big Red Rooster Indignantly.
"Never mind what my mother says; I
say you aro not old enough to even scratch
the ground. You couldn't dig up a worm
if you tried. Some day they will find you
bo lazy they will make you a weather
cock on tho top of the barn."
"Who said I couldn't scratch?" asked
the Big Red Rooster.
And with that he began to scratch and
scratch so hard you would have thought
a road digger was at work. By and by
ho grew tired, and when he stopped tho
llttlo fellow said: "Now, run along. I
Just wanted to have you dig me some
worms. You can never make some folks
do things until you get them mad."
"Well, I llko that!" exclaimed the
Rooster.
"So do I," replied Billy Peep.peep, as he
gobbled up a worm.
FARMER SMITH,
Kveninq LEnoEn:
I wish to become a member of your
Rainbow Club. Please send me a beau
tiful Rainbow Button free. I agree
to DO A LITTLE KINDNESS EACH
AND EVERV DAT SPREAD A
LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL ALONG
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School I attend
The Honest Schoolboy
By OEOROB HOPPEU Jr.
One day as a llttlo boy was on his
way to school he saw a man come out
of a drug store and drop a dime. The
boy ran and picked It up. Ho called after
the man, but he did not hear the boy. So
the boy ran and gave the man the dime.
Then the boy started oft to school, but
the man called htm back and said, "You
are a very honest little boy and I think
you ought to have half." So the mat)
gave the boy half of the dime. And the
boy's mother said, "That Is what I want
you to do ulwayB and I can be proud of
you."
Things to Know and Do
1. What great political event takes
place this year?
2. Do you want women to vote? If so,
why? If not, why not?
3. Namf) three games that are good for
you in play.
llOVS AND OIRLS.
I( yoa want to earn money alter
scUool and on Saturdays, write ta
Varwer timltu.
MORE THAN 38,000,000 OF OUR
WOMEN AND GIRLS FLAT-FOOTED
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Shoe Expert Says Mother Is to Blame for Results Shown
by Census of Co-Eds in University of
Oregon
Approximately 38. 4311,163 women and
girls In tho United Stntes nro flat-footed or
have broken nrclios, If the same propor
tion of tho gentler sex Is Mat-footed
throughout the entire nnllnn as found
nmong tho co-eds nt the University of
Oregon,
'"' Jiomcr is to niamc. ir mo sinie-
ment nf n Philadelphia foot expert, who
has studied the fomlnlno pcdnl extremities
lor the last 24 years. Is to bo believed.
And this Is the reason for the ngltntlon:
At the University nf Oregon, Hugenc, Ore.,
a "foot census" of the co-eds has been
taken. Tho physical Instructor found only
12 0 per cent, of tho girls In the freshman
class have even "good" feet, while not ono
has n perfect toe line, and 86.1 per cent.
havo "hum" feet.
Figuring that 8C 1 per cent, of the femi
nine population of tho nation, given as
44.G40.144 In tho 1D10 census, are In the
same class with tho girls nt the University
of Oregon, gives the nstonlshlng results
that moro than 38.000, oon women and girls
In the country are tUt-footod.
Ah a result of tho discoveries nt tho
western university, a course has been In
stalled to teach tho "feet to behave" and
attempt to educate them In "proper
slinpe." Tho University of Oregon fac
ulty has scruples ngalnst having nil tho
education In the upper extremity. It has
dreams for foot nB well as head perfec
tion. Imprints nro to bo mado of tho foot,
Just as thumb prints nro made. Courses
will bo regulated nccordlng to foot con
ditions. Naturally, when tho matter comes to
tho attention of foot experts they 'begin
to nsk "Why?"
It remained for a Philadelphia man to
put tho blame on mother. He says the
American mother, who Insists that her
growing daughter bo kept in flat heels,
when tho foot has developed so It needs
a slight heel. Is responsible for tho con
dition. Ho nlso blames mother for not
educating her grown-up daughter to nsk
for shoos that nt and abandoning tho
habit of "stylo at any price."
"If tho women of the country would
Just trust the shoe salesman nnd not de
mand 'stylo regardless of sense,' It they
wo will dig along these underground
wires to their sourco. It looka promis
ing." Thereupon tho superintendent drew
from his pocket tho following crude
skotch of tho west mill beforo tho ex
plosion, with somo explanatory notes,
which, after reading, Andrews folded
nnd placed In his lenthcr wallet:
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Almost mechanically Monto strode
around tho steel works with lawyer
nnd superintendent. Thero was much to
do. A clerk reported that tho town
hospital wns full of tho Injured. As
for tho less fortunate, thero were un
dertakers from all tho surroundinK
towns. IIo heard Andrews authorize
tho payment of back wages to tho rel
atives of tho victims.
IIo wondered why thero wns no per
manent sick benefit fund for tho work
ers. Vaguely ho recalled having heard
of such an arrangement by somo of tho
bis corporations, tho United States
Stool Corporation, tho Standard OH and
tho International Harvester Corpora
tion. Summers said that tho Crispen
plant for several years back had been
n poor dividend-payer, and Us ownern
always decided that thero was no
mounting surplus sufficient for "hu
manitarian purposes."
Then, perhaps for the first time,
Monto thought passionately of tho dis
aster that had como upon theso poor
workers, Innocent victims of somo
body's diabolical plotting. IIo hated
tho unknown authors of all this suffer
ing, nnd again and again thero Hashed
across his vision the cruel, hard, bestial
face of the man he had disarmed on the
roof of the Bellalre-Dlltz. Somehow, he
could not settle in his mind why all
the physical woe should fall upon the
workers. A natural spendthrift, ho was
not concerned in the money loss.
An endless thread of animated ple
tures spun out beforo his introspective
eyes. No, not endless; for he finally
got hold of Summers again, and began
to question him sharply .about the war
orders, particularly If only trench
plates for portable steel houses were
being made in the works.
"Of course we cannot positively say
all our steel products go for peaceful
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would Jimt trust people who are making
a IITe study of real slioe-fUtili " said the
expert with 24 yenrs' training, "wo would
not have the flat-footed woman. The
blame falls first on the woman who in
sists she will not get her child tho shoe
that fits her. saying. 'Why, she I only n
little girl She cannot have heels ' Then,
besides this, the mother falls to teach her
daughter 'shoe souse ' The girl gpws up
a slave to stylo. Regardless nf sense,
she uenra a shoe which throws her foot
all out of pinpnrtloti. Kin- wcnls It and
Riirfeis If It q stylish. She hurts not imly
her feet, but her whole system. There
it no article of wearing apparel whlih
affects the entire body as does the shoe.
Tho shoe salesman knows how to fit the
foot It Is bis b.islness. If he does not
know ho Is not kept by . responsible con
cern. Two physical Instructors In charge of
girls of high school ago In the Phlladel
phl public schools ngree absolutely with
tho statements of tho shoe experts. For
tin mho of the girl In their classes, they
tiller not to mention tho name of the
n-lrol.
"It Is true we find that an appalling
whom she worked, declared she, too, found
number of girls coming to school hero nro
lint-footed." sold ono of tho teachers, wlio
In . .an.. .I..n ,.. f C,iM..m,nf T.rtltllt.I. ti-l,nnl
Iloslon. "'it Is because tho girls have not
i.o..n tmiffht sim.. snnsn .-it iiome. Thev
worn any kind or Klines, .some or mom
have heels which are ridiculous. Hut they
do not know any better. Xo one ever told
them Then. too. main- of the girls wore
rubber sneakers or went baiefooted In
summer, when they were growing, when
their arches should have been supported.
The extreme from no shoe and no heels In
Mimmcr to tho extreme of high heels In
the winter proved too much for the grow
ing bones "
Tho other physical training teacher, a
graduate of tho Hoston School of Oym
nastlcs, when asked nbout tho girls with
whom she worked, declared she, too, found
nn astonishing proportion of (lat-footea.
ncHS. She, too, blamed It on lack of edu
cation In shoo sense.
purposes," replied tho superintendent.
"Thero nro many unknown buyers In
tho market. I had a talk with Air,
Montgomery beforo his death. IIo was
a (Junker In sentiment. IIo thought wo
should bo enrcful very careful. Now,
Mr. IJIrdscyo thinks dliYeicntly."
"Mr. Blrdseyo?" Interrupted Monte,
turning to Andrews scarchlngly.
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"Mr. Montgomery's executlvo man
ager nnd chief business getter," re
plied tho lawyer.
Andrews reflected, nnd then ndded:
"Blrdseyo's financial interest in tho
Montgomery properties Is relatively
small, but Illnlscyo Is a comer. IIo
ninkes tho tratlo organizations, tho
clubs and tho winter resorts where hlg
business deals nro usually put over.
By the way. Summers, has Wrdscyo
been out hero recently?"
"Last week." snorted the superin
tendent. CONTINUED TOMORROW.
'FADS AND FANCIES" OPENING
Interesting Novelties Shown at 1414
Spruce Street
Mnny Interesting novvltles dear to the
feminine heart aro being displayed nt tho
Fads and Fancies Shop. Ill I Snruce
street, opened yestu-day by Miss Miriam
Lovensteln. Everything from art-uouve.tu
dustpans and ilakst garden-Micks to
hand-made lingerie can bo seen.
There are rose-colored, satln-tlpped
cigarettes, beautiful boudoir ornaments
in rose or blue sill; and gold lace and
charming old-fashioned flower baskets for
a variety of uses.
Then there are the Plumbrldgo baskets.
Philadelphia has not made their acquain
tance before. They are just tho thing
to give an Invalid. A border of candy
plums and grapes hides the basket part,
and the inside contains tiny rihbnn-triin-med
Jars of preberved fruit. Alternating
with the jars uru large balls of Mtver
foil, which contain tea. Everything can
be eaten, barring the basket.
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dainty linens, patch-work play sets in
juvenile motifs and happy colorings and
babycoach coers of pink satin and fleecy
crochet are some of the things to be seen.
There Is the hand-made lingerie, for
trousseaux albo. These are made to or
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chiffon has u border of chain-btltchlng.
And a sheer nightgown of batiste is
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wide, In Empire style.
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THE HOME GARDEN FOR
PLEASURE AND PROFIT
By JOHN
How Much Time Does a Garden Require?
NOW as to tho tlmo required for ama
teur gardening? My work takes mo
Into tho big city for 10 or 12 hours a dny,
possibly a little less In tho summer. The
i-nt-flfinltii- Iv ilnnn with ftnmn nlil from
1 other members of tho family and n llttlo
j hired help. In tho lelsuro that my dally
1 work affords.
I Tho cool nf the evening Is a good tlmo
for the work. Hctween the time of tho
train's nrrlval and nightfall thero are
u couplo of delightful hours to be turned
to the recreation and benefits of garden
ing. Sometimes dinner Is rather late, but
tho delay Is better than a cltyfled cock
tail as an appetizer.
Sunday morning I garden a lot and
sometimes that afternoon. I notice that
n lot of my neighbors do tho same and
some of them haven't walked a couplo of
miles over the fields to enrly church
either. The belter tho day tho better the
deed Is the theory of Mrs. Ilartrnm and
myself But If you havo conscientious
scruples nbout working on Sunday you
don't have to take tho hoe finni Its hook.
Furthermore, In these days of tho almost
universal Saturday hnlC-holld.iy, tins tur
nlshes tho tlmo for a weekly going over
the garden and for such spcclnl Jobs as a
considerable planting. Cultivation, weed
ing, stirring tho soil, etc., can bo dono in
tho evening 1 say almost advisedly, bo
eauso t nm ono of tho exceptions which
prove the universality of tho rule.
I make a point of having nn enrly vaca
tion In order to get tho Into crops In tho
ground.
All this sounds ns It I wero n literal.
serf to my plot nf country; but this is not
the case. I havo plenty of other Inter
ests. To get over tho ground once a week
with the garden cultivator what Is usu
aly called Hie wheel hoc Is usually
amplo tilth. Thero will bo a good deal
of work In the spring. Hut, In general,
tho work can bo very well distributed
over live or six ovenlngs of two hours
pltl'cr, ncr "' ""'-, "1','J1" " ,s ,l10
i I'reludo to n late menl alt dcpomllng on
whether Friend Wlfo Is ns good-nnturcd
n Mrs. Unrtruni.
Sometimes, by the wny, It Is desirable
to get up nbout 5 to do something
urgent but that Is a pleasure on tho lino,
fragrant morning of a typical summer
dny.
So don't feel discouraged becauso you
havo only a mlnlnturo truck patch In
prospect or very llttlo tlmo to work one.
Rend another article or so, and sco how
your resources ngrco with tho require
ments of a successful small garden.
GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED
Golden Ilantnm Corn
Friend John Uartram Thee mentioned
Cinldcn Ilantnm com. In an article of lato,
as something extremely desirahlo for tho
small householder's table. IMenso explain
theo'H allusion. GARRETTFORD.
Golden Dantam, as tho uamo Implies, is
a small nnd yellow corn. It Is consider
ably dwarfer than tho nverngo early corn.
Slzo and color do not commend It to tho
market gardener, since many housowlvcs
will not buy a yellow corn, and all of
them llko a bulky ear. Its chief asset la
Its surpassingly delicious llavor. Hut Its
extremely early season, vigor of growth
and easy culture mako It ideal for family
gardens. It can bo planted more closely
than other corns. The stalks grow 4 feet
high and benr two to three cars, about C
Inches long, having eight rows, with about
30 kernels to a row. They nro as sweet
as tho honey which they resemblo in
color. A half pint of seed, at 20 cents,
will keep a fnmlly of six In early corn
nnd tho remainder can be planted In lato
Bummer for a fall crop.
New Type of I'nnsics
Friend John Uartram I read In a florl
culturul Journnl u year or so ago of a now
kind of pansy which Is uotabla for Its
delicate shades. I do not 11ml It listed In
nny of tho seed catalogues which I have,
nnd so nppeal to you. Also how much do
they cost? E. M. J3.
Undoubtedly you aro referring to what
aro listed by somo seedsmen, who special
ize In flowers, an orchld-floworcd pansles.
It Is it distinct, much Improved and lovely
strain. Thoy nro not notable for size,
but for soft pastel colorings, In chamois,
terra cotta. roso pink, lilac nnd blue, and
for hardiness nnd llorlferousness. They
bloom freely from enrly spring well nigh
to frost. A packet of about 100 seeds
costs 10 cents.
Poppies in the House
Friend John Uartram Is It too early
to plant poppy seed In the house in boxes
for later transplanting? DOROTHY.
Never plant popples, either tho common
variety or tho Eschcholtzla (California
variety) in boxes. Tho roots aro very
llcshy and brittle and the plants rarely
stand transplanting. Plant In tho open
border or bed when tho weather becomes
settled. Thin out tho plants, ns tiny seeds
pioduce more plants than the location can
well support.
Fertilizers
Friend John Uartram Kindly tell mo
tho best all-round fertilizer. I see con
lllctlng claims as to the benefits of com
mercial products and stnblo manure.
C. V. N.
Well-rotted garden comnojt Is by all
odd1! tho i-est all-round fertilizer. It should
be live or Mx months old and very fine
nnd crumbly When purchasing be sure
that it is largely manure and not bulked
out with stable hweeplngs partly rotted.
Somo stablemen use sawdust or shav
ings for litter and sweep these all to
gether, f-'uch m.tnure is not so nutritious
as that In which hay or straw has been
used as stabling Hut this, too, requires
latPPARD 1
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generally and highly prized.
Envelope Chemise, $3.50, $3.85.
Straight Chemise, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00,
Gowns, $2,00, $2.25, $2.50, $3.75, $4.00.
Our Special Silk Skirt, $2.65
All the new spring shades An exceptionally attractive
garment at this moderate price.
Cambric Skirts for $1,00
Dotted embroidered flounce. Full width.
Wave Crest Muslin Skirt, $1,50
Non-transparent
Gowns Nainsook
Unusual value at
looS Chestnut Street
BAUTRAM
to ba well rotted. In a large garden It ta
wise to broadcast the manure over ttwj
ground a short lime beforo plowing under.
In a small garden the manure can b
drilled In tho rows when the seed la being
planted, but It must bo thoroughly Incor'
porated with tho soil. Three cartloads, at
about 1 per load, should be enough for h
place 00 by 100 feet Tho commercial
fertilizers are good for ft broadcast dress-
Ing alternate or even every third year., A
thin sprinkling of a reliable hind trill Ira
helpful to plants In the row, but should
not como In touch with the roots or foil
ngc.
Smooth Seeded Pens
Friend John Bartrnm Kindly tell m
the difference between smooth and wrin
kled seeded pens. N". B.
Tho smooth-seeded varieties are much
the hardier. They nro not so deltcat In,
llavor, but will flourish before tho wrinkled
kind enn bo snfely planted. Blue Dantam
nnd Early Alaska aro among the good
varieties. They aro worth planting; for
extra early "messes" of peas.
TO PROTECT GIRLS
Social Workers Indorse Viewa
Expressed at Conference
in Curtis Building
Immcdlntc notion by Councils In pro
viding a force of women policemen to)
look after girls who tro thrown In th
way of temptation was urged today Df
prominent social workers of Philadelphia.
Tho suggestion mndo yesterday at thj
Monday conference in tho Curtis Build
ing by Dr. Carol Aronovlcl, director of
the Bureau of Social Research, that 21
women policemen be appointed to super
vIpo unfortunate girls, was approved by
the social workers,
"This Is an Important matter," said Dr.
Loulso Stevens Bryant, chief of the women
probation officers of tho Municipal Court,
"and Councils should net Immediately. Th
experience of other large cities has shown
us that women policemen are needed
to handle the situation properly. Wpmen
policemen would treat these unfortunate
women ns Individuals, and tho result
would be beneficial."
Doctor Aronovlcl said: "A squad of 35
women policemen would do much toward
bettering conditions nmong unfortunata
young women of this city, and I bellova
It Is the duty of Councils to provide for
such a sqund nt onco.
"Thero tiro women policemen In Chi
cago and other largo cities, and they havo
been doing most cffectlvo work. Women
policemen quickly gain tho confidence of
fallen women. Records of the House of
Correction tell us that men policemen do
not Investigate theso cases.
"Just ns soon ns a girl Is discharged
from the House of Correction she Is Im
mediately picked up ngaln by the police,
nnd railroaded back to prison. One girt"
I know of has been arrested In this man"
ncr f2 times, nnu each time she had
committed no offense. Our Investigation
has established that more than half Of
these glrlH of tho street aro feeble-minded
and need Institutional care.
"It 1h certainly not humanitarian to ar
raign these poor creatures before a Mag
istrate and havo them sent to a jail when
they need Institutional care. Such meth
ods do not do th6 girl or the community
nny good.
"Sly Idea Is to havo 25 women police
men distributed nbout at strategic; points
on Philadelphia's battleground of tempta
tion. They could keep a sharp eye out
for girls who are just beginning to suc
cumb to temptation nnd could steer them
right. This Is a question that strikes
deep at tho very roots of our clvlo life,
and wo should forco Councils to act with
out delay."
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Stratford on March 22 d
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