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SINCERITY
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5j.Thi only person you can fool In
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0Jr the door a.e Bone-a bright colocov-
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... kll and the wind. They beat upon that
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Nothing l hidden that shall not be
"li i'ou slnccre7
Do you mean what you nay?
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tlSw many mean It when they write It?
WharTs YOUIl idea of BINCUR1TY7 The
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WOODLAND STORIES
THE FOOTPRINTS
By Farmer Smith
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Your Country Needs You;
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"Whose there?" asked a tlmld voice from
Hie Ducks' home
"It is It Billy Bumpus. Open In the name
ef the law."
I wonder what Is coins on now?" asked
llother Duck ns sho rushed In from tho
kitchen.
"It Is Billy Bumpus," answered Father
Puck, breathlessly. '
"Open tho door wo have nothing to
tar" replied Mother Duck.
Father Duck went to the door and opened
It Billy Bumpus entered.
"I hae Just been over to Mrs. Bantam's
and made a thorough lnestleation. I mean,
search. You might not understand the
terms we detecthes use. I hae made a
wonderful dlscoery." Billy felt proud.
"You are a cry wonderful fallow, any
way" entured Mother Duck.
Billy swelled up at this nnd then said:
"I am very sorry to Inconvenience ou, but
ill of you, babies and all, must hold up your
fcet and let mo take their measure, for I
ive discovered that thcio are duck foot
prints Inside and outside Mrs. Bantam's
house and I want to bo sure that YOU are
not the guilty ones "
"You will not tickle our fcet, will you?"
asked Baby June.
At this they all laughed.
"STOP!" exclaimed Billy. "This Is no
Jaughlnf matter It Is serious."
"It Is Indeed a serious thing to examine
ur feet," laughed Father Duck.
The dues put chairs all In a row and
at down. Baby June was In her hlghchalr
and the rest moved into a circle. Billy took
hli hanlkerchlef and began measuring the
Bucks' feet.
"Would it not bo a good Idea to put tlown
our measurements?" asked Father Duck.
Tou have a good memory, no doubt, but
ducks' feet vary and how do you know that
the footprints were made by tho fcet of wild
ducks? '
'That's a detective's business In the
came of the law I ask you to be quiet."
Father Duck could hardly keep from laugh
ter When Billy came to Baby June's fcet, ho
measured both of them and then gavo them
a gentle tickle.
"Ouch!" said Baby June.
"Please remember to look for the tickle
when jou go back," said Mother1 Duck.
United States Army
Recruiting stations:
1229 Arch street.
City Hall.
Postoflke.
225 Market street. 4
Sixtieth and Market strdets.
Thirty-second and Market streets.
Frankford avenue and Orthodox
street.
Chelten and Getmantown avenues.
Eighth and Christian streets.
United States Navy
Recruiting stations:
Ledger Central.
Mayor's oflicc, City Hall.
1310 Arch street.
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
1400 Arch street.
Postoflice.
939 Spring Garden street.
2205 Island road.
Fifty-second and Irving streets.
United States Marine Corps
Evening Ledger office.
1409 Arch street.
Broad and Filbert streets.
Postoffice.
Thirteenth and Arch streets.
Pennsylvania National Guard
First Regiment Armory, Broad and
Callowhill streets.
Third Regiment Armory, Broad
and Wharton streets.
Recruits also taken nt other local
armories.
Naval Coast Defense Reserve
Independence Hall, Independence
Square.
Mayor's office, City Hall.
United States Naval Home, Fitz
water street and Gray's Ferry road.
1310 Arch street.
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Liberty Building.
Crozcr Building.
Pennsylvania Women's Division for
National Preparedness and of
American Red Cross
Headquarters, 221 South Eight
eenth street.
Military Training Camps'
Association
Headquarters, 117 Commercial
Trust Building.
Philadelphia Military Training Corps
Drexel Biddle Bible Class head
quarters, 1917 Mt. Vernon stieet.
United Boys' Brigade of America
Headquarters, 2310 North Lam
bert street.
Girl Scouts of America
Headquarters, 36 South Seven
teenth stteet.
BACKYARD GARDENS OFFER
GOOD RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES
Even Tiny Space Can Be Turned to Profit With Tomatoes
and Beans Best to Buy Plants for Urban Agri
cultureMethods and Costs Queries
By JOHN BARTRAM
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solution. In additkwi to practical
articles, timely to the season, the
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with authorities, questions of read
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Diagram offers suggestion for planting area 10 by 20 feet.
They all laughed and Billy bhouted:
"Silence!"
"Keep quiet, everybody. How can a good
detective work with to much noise?" Father
Duck'g.ive Billy another poke.
Finally all the feet were measured and
then Billy went silently out of the door.
It seemed a very long time to the duck
family, but Billy returned at length nnd
after letting him In, tho family sat down
once more.
"I am soriy to tell jou," began Bllljj
slowly, "that I have discovered that this
family is GUILTY!" With' that he turned
and went out tho door.
What about city backward gardening?
nven a city ard of tho smallest dimen
sions, say 10 by 12 feet will lold profitable
results through planting two oi thtoe Kindt
of vegetables that mature enrly nnd keep
bearing.
Lima beans or climbing beant such an
Kentucky Wonder (string) Uary Wife
(string), Golden Cluster twnx) or Yellow
Kentucky Wonder (wax) can be trained on
twlno or wires nlong the fence If thero
are four sides available this would menu
nearly fifty feet of hpace Possibly pe.is
might be put In first on half the space, and
when these were through the ground (iffter
fertilizing with some commercial prepara
tion containing nitrogenous elements) could
be put Into beans also "
There should be room for five or sK rows
of about a foot nnd a lnlf distance and
twelvo feet long One or two of these could
be planted with earl and dwnrf late toma
toes: It l,s surprising how much fruit a
dozen plants will jleld The ordlnar.v to
matoes are really vines and would rango
over too much territory for use
WHAT CAN IIP. GIIOW.V
A row of Swiss chard would give pick
ings of one of tho temlerest and most de
licious of gieens, better than spinach, trom
bearing tlmo till frot The leaves of this
ran be cut tlmo nfter time nnd the stalks
can be used like asparagus
rosslhly on olio of llio fences could be
which grows upward Instead of as u ground
vine
Beets are also easy to grow by the gar
dener of limited space If it Is not feasible
to train beans along the fence thero ate
nun MirlMlcs nf dwnrf beans the green-
pod stritigless, the black pencil pod. the
rustproof golden wax, CurrU's wax. etc
which grow uptight and bear prollflcally
There ate also excellent dwarf ot bush
limns-
Eggplants and peppers are also very pos
sible In the limited garden Three of the
former and one or two of tho latter, taking
up a twclvc-fool long row, will furnish all
that a small family will care for to vnry
tho dallv menu
Onions In sets will soon give scalllons
and later bulbs and can bo planted closely.
srccnssiox CHOPS
When -ome of Hit things ate through
their season, such ns peas or carlv toma
toes or beets after midsummer, the ground
can be put Into celery, one of tho golden
hclf-blanchlng Kinds, and a twelve-foot low
should give space enough fot two dozen
plants, certainly enough for two meals a
weM ifp till tho early pnrt of .lanuarv
Lettuce of nn upright growth, uch as
Cos or Rnm.itne, can be planted up till
July and then from mid-August till frost,
tills not flourishing In the very hot and
droughtv spell
1'iKlurnt plantings of radishes can be
trained the .Inpanes.0 climbing cucumber, made thtoughout the season
Keplnntlngs of beets nnd beans can bo
made also throughout the scaon.
It will thus be seen that much can bo
done oven In a' minimum garden. Most
vards of thoso who desire to "farm" are
likely to bo larger. In this happy case It
Is possible to havo moro rows and mavbe
longer rows More extensive crops will bo
posslb'c. Other things can be introduced,
such ns cabbage, which Bhould have about
two feet between plants More tomato
plants can be profitably used to allow some
for canning. More beans also, for the
tame purpose.
dry soil for tho winter In the cellar In cool
est, dryest n..d darkest part, but where It
will not bo subject to freezing wcathet.
In the case or a garrtcn or this sort It Is
most advisable to buy the plants. Tomutoes
cost from forty to sixty cents a dozen
I'ggplants and peppers nbout tho same
About a pint of peas would be needed, at
thirty cents. Wax and firing beans about
the samo quantity and price.
Celery would cost about sixty cents for
fifty nlants Onion sets would bo nbout
thirty cents a quart Beets, chard, lettuco,
ladlsh nnd other things, directly seeded,
would come nt from five to ten cents a
packet, which should bo plenty, one of each,
for the tiny garden
Cabbage and cauliflower plants cost about
a quarter or less a dozen
Alt thefco prices are fairly but only ap
proximately accurate, as prices vary with
locality and dealer and with conditions In
the seed market Por Instance, this car
thero Is a great shortage In all the beans,
owing to the poor harvest Inst jcar List
ear It was the labbage seed which was
scarce
The cabbage like the celcrv, can be
stored In wooden boxes 'n sand or oullnary
GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED
For Garden 50 by 100 Feet
Mrs Alloc T Vnu nrf fortunate In liavinc
n much spnee Of i ourse ou lan plunt ull
Ihv things ou i and ?r large abundance,
too of niirh things h corn nnd tomatni-e thnt
tako up room In lare iuintlt Alao the
winter vcuotahles such as cclirv turnips calc
haco, nalRlfv loMiter plantl, iarnlr and car
rot tabl manure la erv good for all-round
fertilizer It should have hecn apirail before
plowlnir lioweter, to he used In quantities
llowoer, von tan drill nomo In the rows that
Is illMrlhutc a thin sprinkling Ht the bottom
and ioer It with a little earth befor" pluming
Ato you can aprlnkle a llttl on top of th
rows after plantln. I would sir that you
mltht devotti n third to a Omit of the apaco to
potatoes, nines you have only a family of two
and nrcaalonal company to provide for. A garden
tho sice of yours will probably bt too much for
one woman to rare for. ao you ought to hava
some nKltonce, poinlhly half a da a week
from n hired man, to live, a itotMI general tllllnc
and weedlnc. I will print a plan soon from
which you can (aln Idea, alao an artlcla on
ratalnc potatoes.
Sweet Peas
Ivanhoo No Jt Is not too lata to put In
sweet reaa. They ara a hardy plant and tnuj
stand tnrly plantlmr. Hut you can have a rood
lot nf (towers by planting now. An ounce of
seed will plant a twenty-foot row. ou tan
buy mixed varieties for about twenty renta an
ounce, or you can buy small packets at tan
centa ench of specially liked colors, white,
rose, etc.
Dahlias
jl, ('. B It would bo fatal to put the dahlia
roots In tho sround now. They are very liable
to rot in wei ana com prounu. miif vyrn or
early May will be time enough for them, when
tho weather l settled ana the ground warm.
Dahlia roWfen fM Ml M
to mt good 'varieties In tMlftt
at fifteen eeata int. PoaalMv aw
would bo a good avtraca for an amatfar I
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Early Planting
H tl If your ground la high and dry K
any. pa itmooin
Kariy iurexa
ba worked now and
ilea, such as Extra
Alaaka), early been,
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