4
j,V
it COMMISSION
fJNDS NO COMBINE
Investigators.
nvornors
lUy Cost Increase to Oper
ators' Advanced aijwuokb
AND SUPPLIES UP
WAGES
. .... .intA1 hv flnvprnor
tfTbe icornni won . ln(,reaga ,n
iTn,bUKh to InvcstlBMe the IncKM.
E"!K "of nnthracltoc-onl has fal led
". . ronjplracy to rnlse the prices, ac.
ni ny "?'r".' , .vhlp.h will bo sub.
t iny conspiracy 10 im.
Kiln t " rcpor1, Wh
tilted to . '' "V" .i.,
'"-.: mil. wonder tnni mo opsraiors
K, 8d anccrt the price of coal." the report
P! net result of the Investigation, the
h J. MDlalna. may bo expressed In the
rf"u .tatement that since 1?1J coal has
dvinced 1 n or approximately fifteen
I!, commission held hearings In Phlla
llht. Tcranton, Wllkes-Barre, i:rle and
r cent.
jf,tW,Scranr,
t Tfiviile. Score" of witnesses were exam-
" . ' l IV.A nnrnmlMlnn ,
t..A and counsel iui " ........ .v... wi.--!?.
"..i.h i,o.iicls of trade, retail coal
i.,l and
' Ued with boai
irt"."Z
ns. coal operators and re-
"'"... , Ik., rllln.
Plill dealers in ' " "";
Summarizing Its report, the commission
"n 1916 due partly to wage distention
,,r" .1 ,r And J11U1P la 'ni-nc ftu iifilcp
" multitudinous petty strikes contrary
th tint nnri'cments, scarcity of labor,
lliiher wase, uncertainty of supply, In
Pjr,((j taxation, humane labor legislation,
?irtvnced covts tf supplies In both the pro
B.J:lng nt.rt distributing departments of the
?!L.iirv the ndvanced royalties demanded
fw owners th recent jears, the excessive
tl'iM rates In Pennsylvania and lastly but
' ...! Iho nvnnin In nnnmlnfa
not unimpun'"1 ,.... ,....u.
's.-i thra of constant nnd extensive In-
I itlKtlon by tho State nnd Oovernment, It
I li little wonder that the operators have
Evinced the price irom tony 10 nny cents
I' '"The same logic applies proportionately
tit lest, to the Independent advance of fifty
I1 inn mnHf, hv the retailers
K Thi. total advance of $1 a ton, or fifteen
P ... cenl, on prepared sizes Is therefore, In
l'ih. (udement of your commission, due to
.i-nnd arslng causes and hardly by the
' remotest reasoning chargeable to the Item
ftt State tax
vvl . . lnn ill ecu Nimhln,ltAn
"Tne iiupiiu'i . iiiLi,i wi.iuiiitiLiui,
"mlrht be presumed, from a unity of results
! brought about, nccordlng to the operators
kj a similarity of conditions confronting
-thm all, and It Is to he presumed that con-
Siitlons, excepting trivial local ones, are
much the same throughout the Industry and
kthW tney compel miu uuuuurpi inivii ii
?lmilar result in all the Instances.
' "Thus jour commission feels uncon
"!nd of nny Illegal conspiracy or unlaw
ful combination among either branch of the
Khd.iutry to take ndvantago of tho Floney
K.rt nr other mentioned condition, to lm-
I erimerly and unjutlllahiy increase tno price
B?., ..itimilta rnnl '
i 01 annuo,-,,; .-"
Pealing wltn tne retail pnase oi ine coai
business, the report says mar. wnne tne
'-.ririn of nroflt has Increased, there was
Ji nothing in the testimony taken at the hear
i . . ,..... n., I1Ia,t1 pnmhinolfnn "nni
rlrgl 10 eiiui .iiij iiiihHi ........v
do e feel that they Indicate tremendously
lirge returns to ine rciauer.
S -in rhlladelnhla there are upward of
ElOO retail coal dealers, each of whom main-
, lalns a yard, an oinco ana an omce lorce, n.
f delivery service and most of whom sell on
Btredlt.
y "AS dlstinguisnen irom inia conuiuun,
.Kew York city, wnn a greater population
ind selling more anthracite coal, supports
inly sixty-one retail coal dealers.
"Vour commission does not believe that
")t would be cither proper or becoming for
;tto recommend a reduction In the number
f retail dealers or a combination of exist
ing dealers, but Is Impressed with the fact
Hat each additional dealer in any given
,4i'trlct must result ,ln an additional cost
to the ultimate consumer in the price of
anthracite coal "
A The commission Is Impressed with the
Bosslbllltles offered In the suggestion with
ft respect to the utilization of the canal routes
sin Pennsylvania ami recommenns an inves
tigation thereof by the State and the filing
Jof a complaint, if necessary, by the Attor
ney General's Department, to determine the
nUbllity of the owners of these canals to
s-ilford better transportation facilities to tho
nubile.
l't In the eent of further Investigation of
fcjhe coal situation by tho State the com
ITnlsilon recommends that the Investigation
Klnclude the bituminous cqal situation. It
III IS urged mai me isiues invtnvru m ino ap
Kpeal In the case of the City of Philadelphia,
.'.Harry K. Hellls et ai, vs. tne i-nuacieiphla
and Reading Itallway Company ct nl. be
i forced to a determination. "we are ad
Slsed," the commission says, "that the At-
. tofney General Is now urging a Judicial ' de
termination of these Issues, that the City
Kof Philadelphia may have the benefit of
me reduction oraerea, it tne opinion or
I Commissioner Pcnnypacker be sustained,
iind-ne commend this action."
li The report shows that the Philadelphia
wand Reading Coal and Iron Company,
Ij through the Reading Company, owns or
controls forty-four per cent of all the un
,tlned anthracite coal, and, together with the
Lehigh valley Railroad Company, the Del
aware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company and the Central Railroad Com
tPny of New Jersey, owns and controls
lU-ii per cent of all the unmlned anthra
Mltecoal. yr Members of tho commission were Robert
IB. Gawthron. chairman. West Chester;
RJohn Langdon, Huntingdon, nnd Edwin J.
fwuieriy, i'niladelpma. J, Paul McElree,
fewest Chester, was special counsel for the
Commonwealth to assist In the Investlga-
uon.
GOLD MEDAL GIVEN TO GIRL
lni.in r, ,
linnu SAVliU DKUWJN1JNU MEN
j-National Swimming Instructors' As-
F( oociauon rewards Miss Harbor
IV for Braverv
fJFPITTSRTirtnTT i?v ia ivii m.h ti..
E Pr, of Aspinwall, a singer and member of
f i wty Bt th8 Pittsburgh Natatorlum, IaBt
A'KRt Was rtresentert with n cnM itihlnl hv
Lithe National Swlmmlno- TnBtrnlrfcii Aann.
I. elation for rescuing two men from drown
jjing In the Allegheny River, at the Brilliant
Roam, last September.
I'iiVi iiarDel"i who Is twenty-one years
ft; Pm, Was asleen In her hnmn whAn nliA hAiiril
F?1" "' distress. She got Into a sklft and
"."" , men, one flounderlns in the water
to otner clinging to b. piece of a
"recked motorhoat. Their r-raft hrl trnna
vVM tho dam and broken. The men were
BEni MCKee a"d Roy Qrundy, of East
MlSS TTArhAr IaaV !.- K.M. .!. . .Un..
nere they we're resuscitated.
f BOY SCOUTS ARE READY
Commissioner Says 4500 Lads Could
Be Mobilized in Four Hours
ILfi?r4 than 4500 Boy Scouts can be mobll-
tniT. I naePenaence Square within four
r" In case of need, according to E. U.
Jr4.ni Bcout Commissioner, who spoke
am . ' " preparedness ror war mass-
hn.j. . ,ww v.uuiiiiioiuiieu uiiicers oi ine
Philadelphia headquarters.
u. i fwinj, scout executive, said the
;""' ,ot tne Boy Scout was not to bear
". but tn llui. ii,. . .i. i i
a 4t,a -w.,.IW wlw men wiiu imu kuiid
b?. "?" ald tl" Rea Cross and help
and firemen.
, "3s Mill's ody Sent South
RnK group ot women, many of them
"Wrs of the Pennsylvania Wnmon'a
Wi, .tor National Preparedness,
aercd Bt the Wait Thltnrt.lnhlii .t.ilnn
iJJJJ fnnylvania Hallroad today to pay
7 "oute to M)q BiiMbath'N. JU,
TAILORS PUT BAN ON STAID PRINCE ALBERT
General Idea Is forSlim
ness, but Not Too
Much So Trousers,
However, May Require
Use of Shoe Horn
By S. ART ORH
The Prince Albert coat, that perennial
encaser of statesmen, preachers, kings nnd
patent medicine men, will be officially
counted out by the National Association o'f
Merchant Tnllors, which started Its conven
tion this morning at the Bellevue-Stratforrl
The Trlnce Albert was sentenced three
enrs ngo, It appears, hut since that time
It has hnd a reprieve or two. Last night
was spent In solitinle and this morning the
i-nnce ate a nearly breakfast of ham and
eggs.
"Tho Prince Albert coat." snlri tvininm
II Dixon, chairman of the model commit
tee at the convention, "Is.bulky and has a
whole flock of deficiencies. It makes the
fnt man look falter, the short man look
shorter, and even the perfectly built man
looks very slovenly when his Prince Albert
happens to be open It may come In again,
but not for a long time. How much neater
Is the cut-away cqat commonly called the
Kngllsh walking coat"'
They are going to cut evening clothes
more to the shape of mankind than ever
before But If some men have no shape
that will not mean that the suits will he
cut regardless.
"This ear's styles," said a tailor from
the West, "will require much More artistic
work on the part of the tailor than ever
before. He will have to build a fat man's
coat so as to not make him resemble n
sausage bursting In the middle. He will
have to make a human bean-pole's contour
resemble something else than a map nf
some 'stern and rock-bound coast. Alto
gether there will be quite a hard time for
the Inexpert tallo,r this year."
It has been rumored during the last few
years that some men do not own evening
dress. A man who had only one whole
pair of trousers was recently discovered
How aoout tne cnap who can only get two
or three suits a year nnd still wnnts tn
look stylish?
In the first place a man must consider
his shape more sincerely this year than ever
before.
"A lot of men with fifty girths see those
pictures we have of slim, natty youths In
tightly fitting clothing and Imagine they can
EXPERTS TO EXPLAIN
DOMESTIC ECONOMICS
Kitchen and Sewing Room Ad
t vice by Members of State
College Faculty
Housewives Interested In economics of
the kitchen nnd the sewing room shtiuld at
tend some of the sessions beginning today
In the Chamber of Commerce rooms In the
Wldener Building and In the Friends' Cen
tral School, at Fifteenth and Race streets.
The .advice comes from Prof. M. S. Mc
Dowell, of State College.
The discussions will not bo "along any
academic lines; all the talks are to be
wholly practical, the kino: at which the
women can learn how to realty save ine
pennies and nickels.
The meetlnei nro being given by the
Pennsylvania State College School of Agri
culture and Experiment Station. They will
begin this morning and continue until
Thursday night.
In the Chamber of Commerce rooms the
whole study will be given over to milk.
There will be talks by men expert In the
field ; men who know the dairy swe, tne
farm Bide, the distributing side, and so on.
Plenty of opportunity will be offered for
questions, nnd the humbler the Inquirer
the more welcome will her question be.
The State College men want to be asKea
every question that Is bothering the house
wife, and promise to clear up whatever
troubles her.
The 'same system will be followed In the
Friends' Central School, where experts from
the same college will give lessons nnd an
swer questions on all branches of home
economics: food, patterns, buying In the
stores, and so on The home economics
sessions at the school will be at 2 o'clock
this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon and
at 10:30 Thursday.
Tho milk Hess ons w 11 start at lu eacn
morning and at 2 o'clock each afternoon.
There will also be sessions at the Chamber
of Commerce each night.
Dairy specialists from tne rennsyivania
State College represented on the program
Include. Prof. Fred Hasmussen. head of
the dairy husbandry, department and an
authority on dairy economics! Prof A, A.
Borland, In charge of dairy husbandry ex
tension ; Prof. F. S. Putney and Prof. E. U
Anthony, of the dairy husbandry depart
ment, and L. C. Tomklns, of the dairy hu:
bandry extension staff,
E. S. Kelley, market milk Investigator
for the United States Department ot Agri
culture, will lecture
sions.
at one of the ses-
UNIQUE EPITAPH OWNER
DIES IN HIS 89TH YEAR
Norristown Manufacturer "Did Not
Anticipate Heaven Nor
Fear Hell"
NORRISTOWN. Fa., Feb. 13. Charles
B, Weaver, retired sea captain, tack manu
facturer and former health officer of Nor
ristown, Is dead, aged eighty-nine years. To
his energy and financial outlay, with other
leading manufacturers In the early eighties,
were accredited the swinging of the county
from the Democratic to the Republican
column.
Five years ago Captain Weaver pur
chased a lot In Riverside Cemetery and
upon the tombstone which he had erected
he had Inscribed.
"Without anticipation of Heaven,
Or fear of Hell.
With malice toward none, l
With charity to all;
I go henqe. Nearer, My God to Thee;
Nearer to THee."
While a sea captain he rounded Cape
Horn five times. In "the days before there
was a transcontinental railroad. He vis
lted all the principal harbors of the world.
While Bailing the barge Union Jack the Con--.ioie
fnnialn Semmes. of Alabama
a -. . Ainli,F nnri horned his BhlD and
!"""" ri "ZZ TJl-.ri. iir .' .nd-hl.
WITH MOVEMENT TOWARD
YHCA-iomge Sun
AND THE MfFFLec
VfST ALSO BELONG
TO THE PH5T
Jff0l J f1TTK)UJER MORnJ -l
THC ENUtiSM IWLKINO COIT WILI.TMKE THE PMCP or THE PRINCE rtt-OeRT
ANOCHEIT" CCMTJ.TIaHTEe TKOOJGR.S1, CUPPS, rHO NrtRCOlf LAPeLT
l-L 0ETHE KEATORUS TtOU3EB."SHOE HORNS'rlRE A POSSIBILITY
wear clothes of that sort," said Mr. Dixon.
"We haye to get them and lit them nnd pad
them nnd press them nnd even then the
clothes we have put nti them nre not the
cut ot those in t lie lithographs Thv want
to look stylish In a joung, slim way when
they are old nnd fat "
There are certain rules thnt a reasonably
well proportioned man should follow If he
wishes to be strictly up to tho minute In
style. Once ngnln there will bo no padding
In the shoulders of coats. Tailors arc ex
perimenting with a "chesty" type of coat.
In some manner they are building out the
bosoms without padding them, and In this
way paring embonpoint and giving the stout
brethren the "straight up nnd down look "
Tho lapels of conts are going to be nar
rower than last year. Tne soft roll and
the flat-pressed lapel will go about fifty
fifty on tho new coats Two-button coats
iv ill be In the majority, but a decollete one
outton affair for vcstless summer days Is
put forth also
When tho so-called Englishman's styles
lilt this country seven or eight years ago
the vests were cut so high that they re
sembled new-fangled woolen bibs. Grad
ually they have dropped until this year they
are cut Just as low as the coat Itself. Silk
DELINQUENCY OF GIRLS
TOPIC OF CONFERENCE
Means of Prevention to 'Be Discussed
at Meeting of Council of
Jewish Women
Means of preventing delinquencies nmong
girls will ho discussed this afternoon at a
meeting of the Council of Jewish Women to
be held at 2.30 o'clock in the Kenescth
Israel Temple Alumni building, Broad street
nbove Columbia avenue The two prin
cipal speakers will bo Mrs. Jane Deeter
Rlppln, chief probation officer of the Mu
nicipal Court of this city, and Miss Maude
Minor, secretary of the New York Proba
tionary Association. Reports will bo made
at the meeting of the work accomplished
by the Personal Service Bureau, conducted
by the Council of Jewish Women. This
bureau was established to earn for delin
quent girls, ns well as girls who nre lit or
out of employment.
LOBSTERS JUMP FROM 40
TO 65 CENTS A POUND
Although the price of food, a certain
class of food at least, has taken another
Jump skyward, tho poor man, for once In
his life need not worry.
What matters It to him If the most re
cent Increase Is blamed on the war or
weather? Both causes have been mentioned
to explain the fact that lobsters are soaring.
It Is true. Regardless of shape or form
they are served In, the price of lobsters has
Increased.
Lobsters formerly were bought at forty
cents a pound. Now they've Jumped to
sixty-five cents. On fish days tho price takes
an extra Jump of from five to ten rents,
making the price only seventy-five cents n
pound. Such is life In lobsterdom.
Newlywcds Don't Want Mothcrs-in-Law
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 13. "Mothers-in-law
have their place, but It Is not In the
homes of the newly wedded," said the Bev.
Herbert C. Belting, in a sermon on "How
to Be Happy Though Married."
Mann & Dilks
1102 CHESTNUT ST.
LaJiesand Misses'
Spring
Suits
Tyrol Wool in the new hign
light colors and" in our original
models' are not on sale in any
other tore.
Also
$ Hats
oprin
that
are unusual
MANN & DILKS
11W CHESTNUT ST.
SENSIBLE STYLES
Delegates to Convention
Here See Decided
Trend Toward Fash
ioning Men's Clothes
Along Human Lines
shirts, held In retirement a little when
vests were so high as to make shirts In
visible, will probably burst forth again. The
lower peaks of vests will bo moderate,
neither very long nor ery short.
Trousers nre getting narrower. At first
blush this looks as If man's legs would
first have to be shaved down, but tailors
and cutters say that very few men have
used shoe horns as jet to put trousers on, as
they do In France. Wo may have thouer
hoo horns this ear Then there Is that
question of the trouser cuffs A well-known
tailor explained this phaso very aptly
"It took us quite a while to learn to turn
up our trousers when It rained here." he
said. "Englishmen had been doing It for
years when we learned how. Now vie do
not care to drop the style We hold to It
most tenaciously."
At every convention for the last ten years
the tailors have tried to rule out tho trouser
cuff But they never have succeeded. So
this year they are going to admit defeat
and let tho trouser cult continue undis
turbed. Tailors say that hard-finished goods are
the most difficult to get now on account of
the war If the conflict lasts much longer,
they say, hard-finished woolens will drop
out of the maiket altogether, leaving the
softer and fuzzier tpes. Brown and green
will be the prevailing colors this year Blue,
say experts In this line, is very unservice
able. FATHER OF BOY KILLED
BY COPS RUSHING HOME
Will Demand Policemen Be
Brought to Trial for Murder,
Family Intimates
Edward Klppax", father of Arthur Kip
pax, the seventeen-year-old pupil of the
Northeast High School, who was shot to
death by Policemen Schcttmlller and O'Con
nor on Sunday night, is expected to arrive
in Philadelphia today.
An employe of the banking firm of E.
W. Clark & Co., Mr. Klppax was on his
wy to Shreveport, La., on a business trip,
but has been recalled by members of his
family by wire. These Intimated that lie
would make a strong appeal to bring the
two policemen to trial on the charge of
murder.
The victim's mother Is In a serious con
dition at the home of her father-in-law,
Joseph Klppax. 41 IS Pechln street, Rox
borough. suffering from prostration caused
by the shock of her son's death
Friends of the Klppax family nre unani
mous In declaring the shooting a "piece of
gross and criminal stupidity" The boy.
they say, was liked and respected. He had
more than $S0O In bank, which ho had
saved to pay Ills way to the University of
Pennsylvania All agreed in vouching for
his honesty nnd Integrity,
Manayunk business nnd professional men
who have known the boy for years ap
parently unite In saying th.it his habits
were exemplary.
There was considerable unfavorable com
ment when It was learned that O'Connor
and Schottmlller had been given their lib
erty, although one or the other had killed
Klppax and wounded Sohey, while the three
schoolboys, charged with a minor crime,
were held under heavy ball and sent to jail.
Both policemen Insisted yesterday that
they had fired merely to frighten the four
persons whom they found In the store. Thev
said they did not know their identity at
the time.
At flfc J " -
KENSINGTON SUPPORTS
WOMAN FOR PRINCIPAL
Committee From All Walks of
Life Urges Miss Fenimoro
for Girls' High
CLUBS BACK CANDIDACY
Kensington Is back of Miss Bcutah A,
Fenlmore, who for seven years has been
nominal principal of the Northeast High
School for Olrls, although listed ns an Kng
llsh teacher, with an Kngllsh teacher's sal
nry, nnd Kensington wants Miss Fenlmore
for principal of the new Kensington High
School for Olrls. which will be opened next
fall.
Mothers nnd fathers nre organlied for
her. Business men aro backing her. Stu
dents who have graduated under her are
back of her. Women who w;eiit to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania with her nre back
ing her. nnd action has been taken In her
behalf In one of the city's lending clubs
And theso people have organlied to let
the Board of Kducatlon know how they feel
about her candidacy for the position of
principal of the new $800,000 high school
for girls which is being built now In their
section of the city.
The Kensington Board of Trade, ' the
Alumnae nf the Northeast High School for
Olrls. the Alumnae of the University of
Pennsylvania, tho Civic Club and the Citi
zens' Association of tho Kensington School
District ns well ns the faculty members
of the Northeast High School nnd the Wil
liam IVnn High School, havo all passed
lesolutlnns or taken stops to let tho Board
of Education know that they aro In favor
of her candidacy.
"Mls Fenlmore has done such wonderful
things with almost no facilities at tho old
building York and Memphis streets, where
she has been nominal principal for the last
seven jears," said one member of tho Board
of Trade, "that now that a chance to
reward her for the work she haB done has
come, wo do hope that the Board of Kduca
tlon will see fit to give the position to her
Sho has been wonderful Her executive
ability. has accomplished tho almost Impos
sible. Kensington business men have been
able to get girls from the commercial course
of the Northeast High School for Olrls. 'and
tho girls are well trained If It had not
been for Miss Fenimoro there would not
have been such a couise at the Northeast
High School The board was going to send
that department to the William I'enn High
School. If this had been done many or the
girls could not have gone, becauso they
did not have the carfare to go downtown
to school Through tho untiring efforts of
MIsr Fenlmore, the school procured the com
mercial department, and tho Kensington
girls were able to get the training, Ken
sington business men apply for tho North
east High School graduates long before they
are given their diplomas, and often the
girls have their positions many days before
graduation "
The Kensington business men say they
hopo now, that a real position is open, that
it will go to tho motherly little woman who
has accomplished so much for Kensington.
The Civic Association of the Kensington
school district Is so much In earnest about
wanting Miss Fenlmore elected to the new
position th.it It has organised and appointed
a special committee, composed of men from
all walks In life, .misters, politicians,
physicians and dentists, to work for the
candidacy of Miss Fenlmore. Thta com
mittee Is doing nil In Its power to bring
Miss Fenlmore's achievements to tho atten
tion of the board. The committee Is headed
by Thomas M. Bice, a practical business
nian He Is assisted In the campaign by
tho Rev. Robert Hunter, pastor of Union
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church; the Rev.
John Ooodfellovv, rector of the Good Shep
herd Episcopal Church; A. M. Waldron,
Select Councilman from the Thirty-first
Ward: Philip O. Sterling. State Repre
sentative from the same ward ; Dr. Edwin
It. Green, dentist; Dr. Edwin B. Miller,
physician ; John B. Tuttle, Hugh M, Wilson,
president ot the Citizens' Association;
Henry Cook, Charles Lambert, Bldwell N.
Shaver, William H. Bertolet and Hiram
.Hendrlckson.
THEY nKEAD 'OLD MAIDENHOOD'
Unmarried Women of Western Penn
sylvania Town Organize a T31ub
JOHNSTOWN. Fa., Feb 13. The unmar
ried young women of Kantner, a nearby
mining town, havo organized a "club for
the prevention of old maidenhood."
Owing to the lack of remunerative em
ployment for many of tho young men of
Kantner, nid the nllurlng offers received
from other business centers, the marriage
able youths have all gone and the girls are
viewing the future with nlarm.
The club will make an offer to revive old
engagements nnd open new matrimonial
deals.
' WiXumLmL
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vra V& iron ?
:::i "In Philadelphia
i'tral The Home of BUNDHAR
:i;PJ A BUNDHAR Wilton
:': h Rug for Every Home-
Jn Spmall
$ HI
NAVY WANTS "JUST
NOT ADONISES OR HERCULES
Farragut and Jones Probably
Test Applications
Recruiting
By
TF
1 J(
DAVID FAimAQUT and John Paul
Jones, naval heroes emeritus, were to
come back to life nnd step up to the naval
recruiting station on Arch street, the likeli
hood Is that they would be rejected ns unfit
for service.
History records that both the first ad
miral of the United States navy and Its
most daring commander wore countenances
that wcro unprepossessing In a marked de
gree. When prizes for pulchritude were
handed out, these two didn't budge from
the back row.
An unsightly face keeps you out of the
navy; likewise, oorns, bunions, harelip,
squint and n score of other more serious
afflictions.
Tho recruiting officers wear a dour look.
More than one-half of the applicants are
rejected because of physical defecrs and
not enough nre applying
"Yesterday out of the twenty-three men
who applied for admission to the navy only
eleven could meet the physical test. Twenty
three applicants Is a shameful number In
these stirring times."
Tho American man, Judged from theso
statistics Is no Adonte. According to the
recruiting officer, the standard of physical
requirements Is low rather than high. Uncle
Sam docs not demand a perfect male for a
"Jackie " He Just mustn't be too Imperfect,
Is the way tho rectultlng officer phrases It.
"A man must have at least twenty good
teeth," he said, "and no false ones He
cannot have nn unsightly face, with a blem
ish on It. This might lay him open to un
kind remarks on the part of his compan
ions and that would make for strife and
unhapplness.
"A great many persons are cotor-bllnd
nnd don't know It Three out of tho twenty-three
men who came In jestcrday picked
out bright red and browns or blues from
the worsted when they wero told to select
greens
"Some applicants stutter when they state
their business Stuttering Is not tolerated
In the navy Theso are unfit nnd rejected,"
In 1915, out of the 106,000 men who ap
plied for admission to the United States
navy "4.000 were weighed In the balance
and found wanting; 12.000 for defective
This cream surely gives
coffee a rich flavor"
This remark frequently comes to our ears; it is
not unexpected, for this cream is the product of
some of the finest bred Jersey and Guernsey
cows in Pennsylvania cows noted for the rich
ness of their milk. Furthermore, this cream
SUPPLEE
pfSiiiM'pi
old Medal Cream
has a reputation behind it a reputation based
on the winning of several Gold Medals in com
petition with cream from many states.
Only last month the milk from which this
cream comes won First Prize at the Pennsyl
vania Dairy Union with a score oi 99 the
highest score ever awarded in any, contest.
For that rich flavor in coffee use
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Dell Poplar 779
flARDWlCrTdVAGEE
MILL CLEARANCE SALE
RUGS & CARPETS,
Wholesale Prices
Bundhar Wilton
Durable as iron
RUGS
French Wilton
Fine as silk
RUGS
Hardwick Wilton
Perfection in weavery
RUGS
All regular and many special sizes at proportionate reductions
Worth-While Savings on Other Standard WeaveT
Announcing the Crowning Feature
of Our Semi-Annual Sale
Annroximatelv four hundred 9vl2 snmnle niff in nur cele
brated French Wilton, Bundhar Wilton and Logan Wilton ,
weaves. These rugs are in all respects identical with the regular
quality except they have a cross-seam and offer a wonderful
opportunity" for those who desire quality rugs at almost half
price. We cannot over-emphasize the wisdom of an early yisitl
Salesman s Sample Rugs
French Wilton gjgy '82.50 8. '39.50
Fine as silk
Bundhar Wilton esr
Durable as iron Qua,,ty
Logan Wilton
SSffer
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Could Not Pass Present-Dl
None Too Numerous,
Officer Says
M'LISS
eyes, 8000 for flat-footedness, nnd
than 7000 for poor teeth.
Alwavii a larflre nutnher nf refactions Aril .
because the men are too thin or too fat t?
MEN' "r
their height, Tho minimum height for'MfcL
adult applicant Is sixty-four Inches. Bitam u
a man must weigh 12S pounds and have,!,"'!.
cnesi measurement or inirty-inree incneat
The maximum height Is seventy-thr
Inches with a weight of 176 pounds and.!
chest measurement of thirty-six and thrMJ
quarter Inches. Boys of seventeen are ad
mltted with the consent of their parent" " ,gg
They can weigh ns little as 110 pounds, V,vT
"Were not looking for llercuieses or
Aaomses, mo oiucer saiu cinpiiuuiaiij v
"but wo uo want men.
SAVES SCHOOLS' MONEY, , JR,
wimc iionnPAOi? im dAT(.I
A olerk at the headquarters of the Board irei
of Education received an Increase In salary h'S,
of $150 a year today because he saved ths 'f?
taxpayers thousands of dollars through hls'w
services. The clerk Is John J.' Schledel, v p)
Jr., who is attached to the omce ot wuiiamryvj
Dick, secretary of tho Board of Education.' Kjj
it is scnieaers auiy to inspect nil requisi-,' ;
eliminating the ordering of unnecessary Vl'S
materials, a largo saving was effected, ,,$
A-i-rrr!lnilv linnn rrnmmnrtatlnn nf Mp, k'l1
Dick, tho finance committee decided to tn M
crease his pay, which theretofore has been ''(Mj
J13C0. The Increase was made possible by Z,MR
the fact that tnero is nn appropriation for '.
nnnthi nnsltlon under th Tlnnrd nf KdiifA. "'Tl't
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lion W IIIVII wuh ire,ci iinuvt, uiu uuviCB Vfc J ." jQ
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Wills Probated byRcfristcr
Wills probated today were those of
Charles Sylvester, an Insurance broker.
who died on January 26 In the, Jefferson'1
tt .Hal tunwlno' Irt 1-Alfl ttl'A tin Atft tl
VHlueu Ht fio.uvv , iicin j " "j t won -i.,3
helm ntreOT., -;:j,uu; v-narica k xtt nose f-jtm
mann, 1130 Wolf street. $2400; Mary Stern- 3$tJ
hmran fiimrlwi. f.t.100. nnd KHzahMh ,m
Borden, 629 North Nineteenth street. KOOQ, JR
Keystone Park 810
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Regular
Sire Price
36x63 $9.00
6x9 36.00
8.3xiq.6 ....... 54.00
9x12 ........... 57.50
36x63 13.75
6x9 50.75
8 3x10.6 74.75
9x12 8150
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Price
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38.50
56.00
58.00
7.75
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45.50
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6x9 40.50
8.3x10.6 61.50
9x12 65.00
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