Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, October 17, 1917, Final, Page 11, Image 11

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    ,AIN BOND BUYING
AND SELLING TO PUPILS
Bcachers Tell Children Trans-
action is aiiuyt "'"
Lending nnd Borrowing
K .. nltntrini; lesson un ine .,...., - ..
Mi "".'" i h city's schools today:
ff . .W... unusual times many of us must
'.'"ueh Xut which we have In the
! ,.rv little. ioncy ItHU imim
PV ?.i,. nn,l bonds liao seemed very
n- t. .nil Intricate matters understood
ifl tt",e people whose special business
?.nl to know about them. Actually they
"J to understand after lust a few
JSTSST.r Ub.tr Bond.
. Sl - helmt sold It Is Important to under
1 Tlust what these bonds are. A bond Is
'.W a Promise to paju certain amount
'. L,v When a railroad needs money,
0f mone. (t )g to borrow from peo.
T Jm have It to lend. Of course, no one
p,'j can end a railroad the large
""-t.t needs, so the railroad borrows
.m0U numbei -of different people, giving
r.cSone of them a promise to repay the
money at some later date and also fo pay
rh Tear a certain amount as Interest.
These promises are bonds.
internments also need large sums of
...v Some of which they get by taxing
money, some u .... ... .,.i u v,--
f but part or wnicn w".i "
s ' ir from any one who has money to
I w.lni,w. money the Government gives'
'na: ',. -V r,rnmlsesto repay later with
w.rest every year In the meantime. This
R called selling bonds. The Government
Mils them and those who end the money
" them. Buying bonds Is merely lend-
lnThenbonds now being sold are called
tihrtv" Bonds because our Government
...iu treat sums of money to carry on the
wVf against Germany. President Wilson
w. .aid we are fighting to "make the world
SX, ft? democracy." and Mr. McAdoo, Sec-
dry of the Treasury of the unucti siatcs,
. accordingly called these bonds the
R v "Liberty Loan."
K These bonds or notes of our Govern-
r '. t rfnTrnt amounts, ranging from
snto $100,000, so both rich people and poor
i.nnle can buy them. Also they pay
Sir cent interest Any one who buys a
J100 bond will receive $4 a year Interest
.'nd rocehe hack his $100 at the date when
5 which Is In 1942. A $C0 bond pays
,2 a "ar Interest and a $600 bond $20 a
Tomorrow e. shall tell you, why these
bends are a goodnvestment
VALUES BOY'S LIFE AT $25
T..nrster County Jury 'Returns Ver-
X diet of That Amount to Lad's Parents
LANCASTKIt, Pa., Oct. 17. A Lancaster
County Jury In Common Pleas Court has
oeclded that a nlne-ycar-old boy's value Is
125. It was In the case of Joseph Rohm and
hls'wlfe, lixlng near Gap, a suit against
Willis O Krelder to recoer damages for
the death of their son on November 3, 1316.
Krelder used a bus for transporting chil
dren to and from school and tho boy was
killed when the team was struck by a trol
ley car near Gap.
The claim was babed on Krelder s al
leral carelessness In driving to close to
the car track that when a car came along
It hit the wagon, throwing the child under
the car. The Jury gae a verdict of $25
for the parents.
"MA" SUNDAY'S INTIMATE TALKS
The wife of the famous evangelist discusses 'everyday topics in
a helpful and wholesome way.
The Tragedy
WHEN they broke open the door the girl
on the bed looked as though she might
be asleep .
There was a wistful smllo on her "face.
One hand had dropped almost carelessly
across the rumpled
sheets of the cheap
Iron bed. The other
hand was huddled
on her bosom, Its
half-opened Angers
clutching a baby's
white eatln shoe,
much as a child,
dropping off Into
dreamland, would
hold a faorlte toy.
But the girl on
the bed wasn't
asleep. Her smile
was too set and
her face was too
white Uen had
It not been for the
fumes of escaping
' tas that flooded
the room It would
hae been apparent
that she was dead. ".MA" SUNDAY
The erdict of tho Coroner's Jury later
ws suicide, and, except for a few lines
tucked Into an Inner page of the news
papers, the case was forgotten, for Mary
Osborne was only a shopgirl In a depart
ment store. Her passing, whether by her
own hand or otherwise, was too Inslgnlfl
cant a circumstance even to make a ripple
In the busy life of the great city. Some
times the biggest tragedies are those wo
never see.
The dead girl had left no note behind
explaining her action. As a matter of fact,
, a note wasn't needed.
There was nothing but the frayed, dis
colored baby's shoe, gripped In her Hfo
! hand The police didn't bother tracing
the shoe, or Its history. What was the use?
There was no foul play. The case was
obvious from the official viewpoint. Only
another working girl, perhaps In a fit of
hysteria, or melancholia, had ended her
life. She would be decently. It cheaply,
burled at public expense, since she had no
apparent relathes or friends.
What more could be done?
And yet, every now and then clety
rises to ask Itself the smug jjuestlonjwbat
can be done with our human derelicts?
Later I heard the sequel of the story
from a young settlement worker, who had
curious habit of prying Into tho llfe
tragcdles around him, which never rind
their way Into the newspapers.
He took down from a shelf In his study
ioe oaoys shoe as he tolc me the story.
He had done what the police had no time
to do he had traced Its history.
Mary Osborne, working for $6 a week
n cents an hour, ten hours a day had
come from a Binall town up-Stato, where
four years before, she had been happily
toarrled to a young real estate man.
Her mother, her only relative, had died
nortly after the wedding, leaving the girl
alone In the world, except for her KusbandJ
whom she was startled to discover, less
wan year after she had become his wife,
as fast becoming a drunkard.
She had had no experience with alcohol
Mm. For twelve months she alternately
Pleaded with him, and threatened him.
Several times he promised faithfully to
Weak away from the habit that had en
slaved htm only to stagger homo a few
lights later In a blind Intoxication.
It was about thla time that his wife dls'
cohered that she was to become a mother,
OUt even thla tort fnllori In KnnV , hnln.
j bat had wound themselves about their
,i napless victim.
One night his young wife met him with
R outburst of tearful entreaties and he
"Sat hF Rl,nill.i1 nowa ...ItK m htnor
P- i? elld ner to the floor. A week later
Vt .. y waa "rn' a hoPess cripple. The
"""r was aDsent at the, birth, ana did
not return home "Until two weeks later.
BUt ItinilP.nH., m V.rnB llbi 4a m frnm In
' Krln of the demon that had cantured
"Mm " . T " . . r T. .
.came, or qaro. ine young moiner
;M In Vain for the life of har child, even
fwtor that. It lived, .Jta Ufa w,ould be .'
W It t
IN THE MOMENT'S
MODES
Green Silvcrlonc Suit With
Nutria Collar
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KAtKCSVytuOareA
The little suit presented in today's
sketch is an example of the smartness
combined with simplicity which is
characteristic of so many of tho sea
son's tailleurs. For instance, consider
the coat. Virtually devoid of. trim
ming, it is at the same time, by grace
of its" lines and tailoring, quite ns ntr
tractivo as any of tho more elaborately
developed among current models.
Green silvertone is the fabric that
has been utilized in the fashioning of
this suit, tho collar being of nutria.
The sash girdle ties in the back and
the skirt is one of the newer narrow
models.
of a Shoe
a misery. She was alone with It on the
night It died.
The day after tho funeral she left the
cottage for tho great city, whoso ery un
friendliness might give her shelter. Sho
carried with her ono of llttlo Jlmmlo's shoes,
The other sho left behind for the father.
But the message that sho had hoped It
would carry was never answered.
For'over a year sho had' kept up the un
equal fight a fight to which In tho end sho
had surrendered. And In that last, supremo
moment Bho died with a fltnlle. I wonder
If sho saw little Jlmmle's pinched little
hands reaching toward her In a babyish
welcome.
You nsk what became of the other shoe?
No ono knows. Both It and the father
have disappeared.
Do you wonder why I am giving my life
to the battle against whlsky7
(Copyright. 1017. by Tha Bell Syndicate. Ine )
Friday The Ctrl Mho Did Not Itequlre In
traductions. PROPOSE MORE ECONOMY
IN MAKING WOMEN'S GARB
National Garment Retailers' Commit
tee Is Called to Washing
ton Conference
NEW TOItK. Oct 17. To devise "ways
and means to Insure n judicious use of cloth
In women's garments," a committee from
tho National Garment Retailers' Association
and comprising seeral of this city's leading
merchants has been sent to attend a con
ference In Washington Thursday. The con.
ference was called by tho Commercial 1'con
omy Board, a Government body co-operating
In the nation's war program.
Franklin Simon, president of tho associa
tion, announced that the commltteo will try
to make helpful suggestions to the Govern
ment In Its plans for cloth economy "to
meet the exigency of tho war situation
with as little disturbance to business as Is
necessary."
French Sink Two U-Boats
PARIS, Oct 17 Two Teuton submarines
were destroyed by French warships In the
western Mediterranean In the last week of
September, according to Information re
ceived by the French Ministry of Marine.
NO MORE
FOOT MISERY
ICE-MINT
NEW DISCOVERY STOPS
SORENESS AND CORN8
FALL OFF
Just a touch or two with Ice-mint and
vour corns and foot troubles are ended.
It takes the soreness right out, then the
corn or callous shrivels and. lifts off,
No matter what you have tried or how
manv times you have been disappointed
here Is a real? help for you at last.
you will never have to cut a corn
again.
Hard corns, soft corns or corns between
the toes Just shrivel up and lift off so
ensv You feel no pain or soreness when
annlvlnc Ice-mint or afterwards. It
dSesn't even Irritate the, skin.
This new discovery made from a Japa
nese product certainly draws out In
nammatlon from a pair of swollen, burn
ine aching feet Ice-mint Imparts such
a delightful cooling, Boothlng feeling to
the feet that It Just makes you sigh with
relief It Is the real Japanese secret for
fine, healthy little feet It Is greatly ap
preciated by women who wear high heel
shoes It absolutely, keeps the feet sweet
and comfortable.
It costs little and will give your poor,
tired, suffering, swollen feet the treat of
their lives. Sold and recommended by good
druggleta everywhere. Adv.
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EVENING MDOER-I?HiADELPHliC WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17,
SOUTH DOING ITS BIT
IN WAR-GARDEN WORK
Charles L. Pnck, Head of Emer
gency Food Commission, Tells
Southern Conference Results
NEW TORK. Oct. 17.
The city farmer of tho South Is breaking
all records In doing his wartime bit, Charles
IjUhrop Pack, president of tho National
Emergency Food Garden Commission and
tho American Forestry Association of
Washington, today told members of the
Southern Commercial Congress In annual
contention at the Hotel Aster.
Tho agricultural conference of the con
gress, heard at first hand the tremendous
progress made by the food garden campaign
that has been waged by the commission
which, at the direction of Mr. Pack, who
has a home at Ashcvllle, has given away
several million food production nnd food
conservation manuals and Is giving $5000
In prizes for tho best canned vegetables
grown In war gardens. Each Stato In the
South has more than a score of these prizes
apportioned to It
"Tho South Is breaking all records In
food production," said Mr Pack, "and the
city farmer Is doing his bit as never before.
When the commission started Its campaign
to help the city farmer last March tho first
Inquiries came from tho South.
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35,006 MEN DESERT KAISER
m .. mi- mi n
Exodua Into Holland May Be for Hid
den Purpose nt Berlin Order
LONDON, Oct. 17. The Evening Stand
ard hears that during August and Sep
tember 85,000 German deserters crossed tho
Dutch frontier. From sevcrnl points. It Is
reported, tho frontier guards themselves
Joined the runaways. Dread of liming to
enduro another Winter In the trenches of
Flanders and the French front nnd facing
the new army from the United States Is
probably the chief reason for the deser
tions, tnjt suspicions aro beginning to be
entertained ecn In Holland that all these
desertions may mean something villy
different, Gtrmans may bo allowing men
to pass Into Holland fy a hidden purpose.
ARMY HOUSING DISCUSSED
National Conference Hears Descrip
tion of Work Already Done
CHICAGO, Oct. 17 The housing of the
new army was discussed by tho Natlonnl
1 lousing Conference hero last evening.
Major W. A. Starrctt, of Washington, de
scribed the work that has been dono nt the
cantonments from tho builder's point of
lcw.
John Ihlder. of Philadelphia, told of the
designing of tho barracks. Ho was tho
housing consultant of tho emergency con
struction commltteo last spring. Edward
11. Uennctt, of Chicago, nlso spoke.
In the Nation's Service
Use bread that will not become stale!
Bread that will not be wasted that
conserves the Nation's wheat supply!
Use Freihofer's Liberty Loaf and you
will have no dried-out ends, no left-over
pieces; nothing to waste; nothing you will
feel obliged to turn into stale -bread
dishes at the expense of time, labor
butter, eggs and fuel.
For Freihofer's Liberty Loaf stays
fresh; is moist, palatable and appetizing,
even to the third day- It's partly in the
milling of the flour; partly in the baking.
"Save a Slice of Bread a Day" by
using Freihofer's Liberty Loaf, and you
help Philadelphia save eleven million
loaves a year.
TjBEBim I2AF
Large Double Size Loaves
10c At Your Grocer
KAISER'S PEACE OFFERS
DENOUNCED BY RUSSIA
"Hypocritical, Enigmatic and Contrary
to. Reichstag Resolution,"
Tcrcstchcnko Declares
WASHINGTON, Oct 17. Uussla regards
the Kaiser's peace offers as "hypocritical,
enigmatic and cen contrary to the llelclis
tag resolutions," according to a cable to
the Uusslan embassy today from Foreign
Minister Tcrcstchcnko. Ills statement did
not dlscloso the slightest leaning toward a
separate peace with tho Teutons.
"Tho German Government does not re
nounce a 'German peace' which conflicts
with principles of law and Justice," said
Terestchenko. "It would only consent to
peaco negotiations on the basis of main
taining tho conquered territories, except
perhaps some partial restitutions, which
would be decided upon at tho peace con
ference Itself."
After declaring that President Wilson's
reply to tho Vatican precisely formulated
tho Allies' general nlms, Terestchenko said
"On tho other hand, renewed Ilussla has
announced tho principles for which tho
free peoplo of Ilussla aro fighting With
regard to this, Germany has made no open
nnd frank declaration, always proclaiming
the supremacy of force to law, awaiting the
moment when sho will havo the possibility
of consolidating her attained conquests by
force "
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OFFERS PRIZE FOR ESSAY
School Children to Compet for Wal
nut Street Business Association
Maintaining that Independence Square Is
a front garden, and not a backyard, nnd
that the "Cridle of Liberty" fronts on Wal
nut street, the Walnut Street Business
Association offers a prize of $10 In gold for
the best essay, not exceeding BOO words, by
n public school pupil In the elementary
grades.
Manuscripts must be plainly written, on
ono side only, nnd forwarded before No-
ember 1 to the cTIlces of the association,
310 ncltevuo Court Building, 1418 Walnut
street.
The following hae been asked to act as
Judges; Dr Ellis Pax son Obcrholtzer, his
torian j Wilfred Jordan, curator of lnde-
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