" fcK ff fp LESSENS PUPILS AT EVENING SCHOOLS I tendance Figures Have Fallen 64 ircr vuiit i" xinibjr Months f;i rt of the war have been strongly ... sV the evening elementary puuuc n ..Vi- iht LWmIi In tm ciiy !" "' - ""-" rI .Sliced 64 per ceni in "is imi imiij ""I. nnllne to n Btatement made Sir by Associate Superintendent Louis VZ1 .veraxe attendance nt these pcIiooIs ' 1 i. 1139 under 101 teachers In March, i ...... To nn nvcraite attendance of .with 301 teachers. Uy March, 1916, " niurw had fallen to 1761 and 226 re tt!I?lvly By October. 1017. the acrage Sance further decreased to 2799. and Ki number of teachers to 160. Thre are now twenty schools with nlRht i.ntary classes The largest attend Zla at the Durham School, Sixteenth E? Lombard streets, where thre are 264 Iwlenti and ten teachers, all negroes In all t three of the schools the night classes 17, under a different principal than the Sir schoool During the last year. It has ILn found necessary to close the classes L ih Waine school, Twenty-eighth and fiarrls streets, the Walsh School. Fourth ml Dauphin streets , the Clox eland School, Mniteenth and Butler streets, nnd the Kortheni Liberties School, Third street bc- itudle In these night schools are very .Irailar to those In the day schools. How I,tr they are designed largely for for slm'ers, special emphasis being placed on n, courses In English nnd citizenship. Dr. jhn p, Garber, Superintendent of Schools, la, made special efforts to enlarge the core of this work as being one of the JTst methods of Americanizing the for .liners In this city The biggest factor- In the falling off In the attendance at the evening elementary ichools," said Doctor Xtisbaum, "Is the lUlng of Immigration by the war. The lecond factor Is the great Industrial ac tivity In the city Many persons are work tor t nights or are working on day shifts W4 night shifts alternatelj. Then, In tho third place, we are not taking any pupils In these schools under tho nge of sixteen gjch students arc required by law to attend ity schools. In the fourth place, the en listments and draft hae had their effect 4. spoil the night schools " Dudley to Speak at Oak Lane Forum Th Oak Lane Public Forum will hold its Initial meeting In tho Oak Lane Public t library Building lonigni at s o ciock rue meeting will be addressed by James U. ? TtnMrv research and experimental engineer IS for the Chester Shipbuilding Corporation and the Merchants' Shipbuilding Corpora tion, on "The Value and Necessity of ths Jubllc Forum " Dudley Is the organizer f the Forum. SAMMEES' SMOKE CLUB DUES ARE NOW PAYABLE Membership Fee Costs Price of One Cigar or Sundae, So Why Not Join? Membership fees In the Smokei-for-Sam-Bees Club are now due and pajnble livery tttlien of Philadelphia who is not already a member of the c(u1 Is invited to join and pay his dues Immediate!) It Is said that those who have n(t joined are many, despite the fact that the club entails no tther obligation than the high senbo of patriotism necessary to contribute the price If one cigar, despite tho war tax, to the ajerseaa committee of the Emergency Aid. Statisticians of the city pointed out to lay that if every one of the 1,700.000 or more Phlladelphlans would contribute the price of one five-cent cigar the coffers of the tobacco fund would contain scme $85, 1(0 Instead of a little more than $14,000. Of course the ladles would not contribute dear money Their husbands could do that for them and those not married could forego a soda or Ice creiini Rundac or some candy and still not suffer from being undcr tS. It Is likewise pointed out that they Would be helping the food ndmlnlstiatlon by the. saving of milk, etc The comforts of home aie not In the trenches Cold ground replaces warm leather beds , plain but substantial food re places the delicacies of tho home kitchen ; woacco over in France nnd England is a luxury thit is selling hometlmes ns high $3 per pound The business man smokes and Is helped to solve some dlflicult problem; the poet treann In a maze of good tobacco smoke and the man who comes home tired out at Wrht lights his cigar alter supper nnd en Joys peace and quiet repose But the boy ho H fighting our battle In France Is lometlmes unable to get tho "weed" that lives him comfort and cheer to face the un certainties of the next day. That's why it Is Imperative that jou-joln the Smokes-wr-Sammecs Club and do your bit for him, ven as he is doing his bit for jou. Bit by Locomotive; Skull Fractured Robert Vogel, llfty-four years old, of 39 west Mt Airy avenue, .1 carpenter for the Pennsylvania Railroad, was struck by a jmftlng engine nt Kngleslde Station, Thir tieth and Oxford stieets, this morning and Ttcelved a fractured skull. He was taken f the Lankcnau Hospital. Licensed at Elkton to Wed ELKTON. Md.. Oct. 25. Couples taking Wt marriage licenses here today were Wcliolas A I'upo and Camella S. O'Neil. Eugene Chain nnd Anna Jones. Joseph Fleming and Fay Goldstein. Richard t'on y and Clara Armstrong, Philadelphia; rcy B. Dies, Philadelphia, and Helen gergman, Atlantic City , Francis J. George, ston, and Helen V. Attls, Phllllpsburg, J ; Mahlon Manery and Mary K. Uer Mrt, Pleasantvllle. N. J.; Charles II John n and Julia Jackson, Havre do Grace, "1-I Krnest It. Reynolds and Averlla Owens. Chester; Jack C. Kerrler and "yrlle M Sprlnkel and William A Daggett a Lmma A. Male, Baltimore, Md TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES Mil HUI,n"r.'' 10, " Carlisle at . and Anna (.""'"A1 H-"3 All'flln t iik", ,Can.."'S' "u Oreenway ae., and a . t,dktr Jr.. 70JJ Yoium at . and Mary JaVnK u "u,!,.un- ,4II Naudaln at t. 8o"ll. 21S Ludlow at . and Mary B. t!.n!r..4:",0 Sprues st. tnV!S, """on. Willow Grove, Pa. and Sadlo J.."V,on' Willow Grove, Pa 2 J.'.c """ley. -88 Ellsworth st . and Flor riii?,s,,J.iml,un.i '-'" Annln st. , m.a2?.neJ3. ' Rimer St.. and Anna Ouod. ai?!?'2-!, FltzwaUr at. 1 rry T Mm m.v vn,i. ..1,.. .....t if.i.n r t&L'&, New' York city. '"" """" "" ft MftWvpew's. Yardley, Pa., and Maud Heck, HSL !' ,.UeBl an8 N- 15th " '"d Kath .!??, A' "f0""? 28 N. 48th at. i?iBr.uno- 1,os '"'"" ' nd tl Falance, p,'7Tltan st. wi,,ui.rt Kajser, 1712 Diamond at,, and V?.lh.!' ? -31 N. i'Olh st. "nf'l1,NShth,Jt, I'a- and Fannl" Nem" ?JK . Market st, Wilson. 603i Chestnut st. h ,1. Lawren . Freehold. N 11 Villi... ........ .Mn. . and Edith If. J,, and Sarah John J Maaulir, Jr.. !MM . Warnock at., and Shi.rinc? M- short, Darby, Pa. Shirley Kaynolds. 42S5 Kalrmount aye., and ,,0"tte Washington. 8010 Olive st. Pift,'uT Horner. 1S10 Locust at., and Rattle trf. H.lrVL 200 8camor st. " Ei "arker. llustleton pike, and Kmma JV Nelson. Morton, Pa , and Alice - Morton. P. Robinson. K" II Wright, 030 Lombard at and Annlv rrmna h 0. My,r,. Haltlmore, Md . and Susan M. Wood. Haltlmore. Md P'.alaniln Ltshoner 18 McKean at and Delia .-"".via Mcartn at. WWwA Penucrcast. -tT Worth at , and Caro- Aiiegocny in WllrU acland fllJi V. VAdamo. IBM S, m JMI J Driukiwtti. IMS HARVARD PRIZE PLAY SLATED FOR MOVIES "Believe Me, Xantippe" to Be Shown by Paramount, With Wallace Reid By th, Photoplay Editor "Believe Me. Xantippe." third prize play of Harvard University, vrrltt-n by John Frederick Ballaid. and given Its premiere at the Castle Square Theatre In Boston. Janu ary 20, 1913, Is to be produced upon the screen for Paramount with Wallace Held In the lendtng role. The Harvard School of Play writing, nftt. examining hunditds of scilpts, awarded the prize to Mr Ballard's play, described later In a review by the New Tork Dramatic Jl.rror as "bright and amusing the Lenernl conception excellent." On August 19. 1913, tho comedy had It" .New ork presentation under John Craig'a direction at the Thirtieth Street Theatre Jack Barrjmore and Mary Young had the kadlng roles Mr Craig plajcd the Bair more role at tho Premiere In Tlnstnn. Thr Piece, which derives iti odd title from a slang phrase used by the hero, is admirably i.uUcd to tho screen because of breezy action and the amusing situations 9 The comedy start In a New York club 100m when a. joung N.v Yorker bets his liwvor and detective friends $30,000 he can evndo the long ami of the law successfully lor a year Tho action reverts to the Colorado mountains where the hero Is cap tured as n desperado by a sheriff's dau&o, tvr. escapes and Is recaptured, but In tho i-nil wins his wager and the hand of the girl hr well. Fun In large measure, thrills nnd keen characterizations render the play highly entertaining The leading lole si ould admirably fit Mr Held, and though different in character from his latest parts, affords him with all the necessary material for a svicun creation of merit. Work on the play will be commenced later in the year and full particulars of the cast will be forthcoming shortly The release date for the next Elsie Fer g.ison film has been set for November 12, according to an announcement from Presi dent Walter II Greene, of Artcraft, and Is a Uiamatlzatlon of "The Illse of Jennie Curb ing." by Mary S Watts. "This second play of Mlsi Ferguson," sas Mr Greene, "presents the star In a rad Itally different role than the last film, Barbary Sheep.' and was selected because cl the wide range afforded her to dliplay her talent It Is a story that fearlessly illbcusses modern tendencies of society, and dials with a question which Is being dis cussed throughout the world- What Is our I'uty toward orphan children''" In the cast supporting MIfs Ferguson nre niiott Dexter, Fanla Maiinoff, Frank Gold smith, Calllo Dclatorre, Mae Bates, Kdltit McAlpIn, Isabel Vernon. Blanche Craig, James Cogan nnd Marie Burk SUSPECT SWEETHEART AIDED BERG'S ESCAPE Secret Service Men Search for Woman Who Helped Com mander of Appam ATLANTA. Oct. 25 While off'cers and soldiers today con tinued the search for Lieutenant Hans Berg, commander of the prize ship Appam, and nine other Hermans who tunneled their way out of Fort Mcl'herson prison camp, Secret Service men were checking up IJerg's nu merous sweethearts, In the belief that one of them fired the pistol shot which dis tracted the attention of the prison guard? while tho Germans escaped The sweetheart suspected lived In Xew York. The authorities refused to divulge her name. The military authorities are also Investigating how the Germans were able to remove the dirt from their 150-foot tunnel without Its being detected. No traco of the prisoners has been found Jersey Convicts Adopt Sing Sing Plan TRHNTON, Oct 25 Under the direction of James II Mulheron. principal keeper of the Stato prison, the convicts have formed a Mutual Welfare League patterned after that organized at Sing Sing prison under Thomas Mott Osborne The prisoners have selected representatives from their re spective wings to constitute a board to pre sent grievances and matters of prison management to the principal keeper and the prison management. DIVORCES GRANTED L'ouit of Common Picas No. 3 today handed down the following final decrees In divorce: Nellie 8. from George VV Kunkel. .Vlar C from William Benz Joseph II from Gertrude II. Curlett. Trances from Warner Willis Iteglna V. from Charles K. Batting:. Mary L. from Conanl It Grunlser. Charles H from Elliabeth Flicher. JUtwccH It from John J. Splcer. Harry W. from Alberta I.. Hackett. aullle W. from OMer C. Hen. Concettlna from Cobrado Hallann Erncnt J from Shirley C Itutaon Margaret V from Arthur A Canevln Mary M from William E Tenndorf 'harleS from Paulino S Stokes Ada M.from George W Ilratty. Laura J. from Anthony J McCloskey Clnra i; from OuMave r Mlehle Charles II from Ida Reed Sabatlno from Krancesca IVAngelo airjarMJBMZffSBm Mf bj) M. Wenger t ismi Vma that appeal to the exclusive Vft lUffll those who can and will appreciate Wl vBi hy Chertak-Wenger Iffll i In a Chertak Hat the style, the qual- Imlm fk ity are taken for granted, while their ffffM isv personality is a notable JSrM House of Wenger I 229 Walnut St. EVENING LEDGER- PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, I IHl -A I . ' i H&KH staV. 1 '''" rtvjrf wX A"tMAv.. "'"NSW 1 lLLLLLBfflWflkHliHBIKLHLiHHlLLLLLLiLLLLLLLLfe- .uv itj-f 'v mmt ., v . 2J "-.v - - -y - "w. K3Kr MISS VIRGINIA GRACIOUS SOUTHLAND LADY TO MOLD CAREERS AT CARSON By IT MAY be his adenoids, or it may be his grandfather, but vou can hot out last dollar that when your young child bangs its head against the wall or tells a lie or gives proof posltlvo In other ways that It's tho original bad little boy, com pounded of "scissors and snails and puppy dogs tails," there's a reason Oo you look for the reason? Most mothers don't Theirs not to rea son why, when the slipper, the hair brush nt. .. An-l, nlns.l la h.llHv Sll!!)! KlSn' Into tho dark bugaboo place, now will you be n good boy ' A young woman has come to our town whose chlnn-bluo eyes sparkle as she talks of an experiment she Is about to launch. Of course, she doesn't speak of It as an experiment, and, In writing this Interview, I am to be very, very careful I am not to say, for Instance, that Miss Virginia P Robinson is n career doctor: neither am 1 to allude to her as a female Muensterberg, nor even ns a child psychologist, which seems Innocent enough, but theso designa tions might be construed ns "occult," nnd mothers fear the occult a3 their small ones fear the bugaboo place. The only title that I am to give her Is the prim, formidable one of Supervisor of the Admission and Discharge Bureau of Carson College a title which even Miss Robinson herself admits doesn't say at all what It means. What It doesn't say Is that this fair voung Kcntucklan and those who will bo associated with her In tho bureau are going to be Intrusted with work as respon sible as any In the whole world the mold ing nnd developing of human minds, bodies nnd careers those of the little girl orphans who will be lucky enough to gain admission to Cnrson College at Flourtown She Is going to see that all of the round pegs get Into the round holes and that's n whale of n Job. According to the Carson will every girl admitted must be between the ages of six and ten years and must be normal, nnd there Is the first big task confronting the specialist When Is a child normal? "It's an elastic word, 'normal " Miss Robinson said Judicially fingering the Stan ford Revision of the Binet-Slmon mental tests for children "Many children appar cntly subnormal because of adverse condi tions under which they were born or have lived, might, If given a fair chance, de velop In a short time to normal, bright children Such orpnans wno, xuimung oinor conditions, apply to Carson College will be given that chance. "That will be my first duty to pass on the qualifications of the entrants I must know the backgrounds of the children, who and what their families were and what tendencies they are likely to Inherit, be- At the Sign of the Golden o.trlch Beautiful Neck Boas Fans & Fancies Made from Your ora. Oitrich Feathers Paradise, Ooura, Numldl. Mnraboo. etc., rvnorated. Iteir I'lumea and fancier In stock or made uu lo order. MAILH0T 1S10 Cheitnut St. jrrencH Feotfcer Dter ant Dresser. Wall Ordtrt Ktceiw rromgt jltlenlloa. v n VTUCafXr U. G. I.'S HUGE SERVICE FLAG It Will Bear 301 Stars, Showing Num ber of Employes Under Arms One of the largest service flags to be dlrplayed In this city Is being made for the United Oas Improvement Company'.! Building, showing 801 stars, each one rep r renting an employe now In the service of hti country. The manufacturing, legal, new business, bookkeeping, accounting and many other departments In the Philadelphia district alone are represented by tho stars. One hundred nnd forty of tho men are In tho Second Iteglment, now the Second Artillery, stationed nt Camp Hancock, Augusta, Oa. Others are in the officers' reserve corps and many nro In France. ' - P. ROBINSON M'LISS cause verv often a child s perve&suv or stupidity 'is directly traceable to some Influence back in the family. "Lying In small children, for Instance, may only be caused by fear a child vrho has not been reasoned with may havo been frightened Into being a liar On tho other hand. Its blng tendefy mav be attribut able to heredity. In combating that lri a child It Is Important to Know tho cause For everything tho child does it Pas ItB reason. It Is imperative tn get at that reason That's a point that most adults overlook. Wo are apt to b so taken up wlthour own logic that wo forget nit nbout the child's point of view" "Docs a perverse, obstinate child nlwayi have a point of view"' The joung woman answered the ques ticn unhesitatingly WIDH HNCOUHAGHMCNT POLICY "Alwajs," she said with conviction 'It May not be well phslcnll, Its mental de velopment may havo been arrested, Its processes of thnught ma have been cuil tiwly diverted, hut jou can lest asiuro- If a child In a tlasroom refuses to stand when all the other children stand. InsIsM on doing tho exactly opposite thing or lies chronically, there's a teaion If in a few tare J the child mav bo incurable you sec these cases sometimes In our juvenile courts SELL Waste Paper Bales Hay and Tobacco A Child Can Operate Our Common Sense Waste Paper Baler Each bale worth from 80r to 60c. K B II V CF.S FIKB IUSK Guaranteed for one year. Earn Its Cott in a Few Week Sylvester S. Garrett & Co. GENEItAI. PAPER DEALERS 259 South Third Street Trade Marl; COCOA Its high quality never varies you will find every can of Wilbur's just alike, pure, delicious, wholesome the first choice of those who really KtyOW cocoa. H. O. WILBUR & SONS, Inc. Philadelphia 16 ffEHl? cases of moral dtgeneraoy) but I don't believe In giving up hope until the child has become a full-grown man or woman rnd ehows no sign of Improvement. You can usually find the reason for a child's bad behavior" Just from looking at her and hearing her talk you know that this earnest young woman, with her winning southern voice and gracious manner, does not subscribe to nny "spare-the-rod-and-spoll-the-chlld doctrine." Even four years at the New York State Reformatory at Bedford Hills, the Institution made famous by Katherlnt Bemcnt Davis, or vice versa, where girls of tho lowest type are brought, did not OHIluslon Miss noblnson In her theory of tnlklng it out with the child rather than tenting It out of her "A whipping may relieve the adult's feelings." she said with emphasis, "but It certainly doesn't do the child any good. But ceirtalnly I believe In punishment. If a child hurtn a dog, It must not be allowed to play with the dog until It realizes its wrong. If It hurts a child nnd will not apologize or bco Its fault, It can pretty soon bo made to see It, If It Is refused permission to play with tho other children. Punish ment of children must b logical to be ef fective." But w;edldnot talk solely of the perverse children, for Carson Colleen Is tn he a hcivenly abode for normal children, who because of poverty and loss of a parent have beeji denied the advantages that n child should have. At Carson the opportunity will be given to the child study bureau, which Dean nisa I eland expects to be the logical outgrowth of Mlis Iloblnson's present department, to watch the development of each child's per sonality with the vlow to helping it In shap. Ing Its career Bound pegs nre to go Into round holes and Miss lloblnson has been chosen to help with tho fitting Great Egg Sale We have decided to continue our great egg sale for the balance of this week. EGGS 40c Doz. Yes, we guarantee twelve good eggs in every dozen. We are Headquarters for the Finest Butter Made j "Louella" Butter, 531. I Louella is without comparison beyond j question the Best Butter made. Nice medium size at the price. vBestCoffee,lb.21c The morning "sip" for thousands of the most particular coffee drinkers our customers who know a good cup. New Canned Tomatoes, Very choice Tomatoes, the quality is the same difference in price is the size of the can. PURE JELLY 1 Ac Glass UneerJa Biscuits, freih baked, pkg. 5c Campbell's Soups, all kinds, 10c Peanut Butter l2 lb. 1 0c California Prunea lb. ISc New Barley lb. 7c In All Our Specialized Meat Shops City Dressed Pork I1Lrs30c lb. FINEST Lean Soup Beef jgcLb. RIB CHUCK POT Fresh Killed Fresh Beef Liver Beef Kidneys Cooked Tripe FINEST American Stores Company EVERYWHERE IN PHILADELPHIA AND THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND MARYLAND 1917 DEDICATE NEW PARISH HOUSE AT GULF MILLS Bishop Garland to Preside at Ceremonies Today at Trinity Mission's Home GULF MILLS, Pa., Oct. 26, Many noted theologians in the Episcopal diocese will be present nt the dedication of the new parish house of Trinity Mission hero today nt 11 o'clock. Tho IU. Itev. Thomas J. Garland, D. D., niMiop Suffragan of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, will preside He will be assisted by tho Itev. W. Herbert Burk, of Valley Forgo chapel, who founded tho Trinity Mission hero during the spring of 1913. Tho Itev 11. M. Beckett Is the present rector. The address nt the dedication services will be made by the Itev Halsey. of Itox borough The large organ presented to Trinity parish by Mrs. Xullcli, of Valley Forge, will be used for the first time. Tho Convocation of Norrlstown, of which the Itev Mr. Burk, Is dean, will hold Its serv ices In the new building this afternoon nt I 30 o'clock. Luncheon will be served by the women of the parish at noontime "DON'T NEGLECT lo nie appli cation for meters before October 81. Ak our plumbT or 1'lilU delDhla Meter Co., 0(2 neal r.: tste Trut Bide Mora TrldeMa !id fhnn snv ntlipr mk.'" FANCY ONIONS, just right for creaming, Pure Apple Butter 12cLb. Sweet Oranges 20c Doz Some "Food" for Thought as Well Quaker or Mother's Oats, pkg. 9c Cream of Barley pkg. 15c California Dried Lima Beans, lb. 18c Heinz Beans can 14c, 20c Canned Beans, with sauce,can,14c HOME-DRESSED BEEF Roast 25c Ik ROASTING FRYING BROILING 16c lb. Cooked Corned Beef Sliced Lebanon Bologna Sliced Dried Beef NEW KROUT, 10c qt. XT Ladies' Silk Hoam Ht nuaJlt aiattcS black, whit 3lm rotors. K Bl.tk nJ CeW Alto full line ladles', children's men's hose. Sent Free by rrcl rest McPHILOMVS, 1624 Market St NEXT TO STANLEY THEATRH OPEN EVENINGS Except Tuesday and Wednesday If You Love Flower you vrill be interested in , The Century Flower Shop We, shall be glad to have you come in and look. Please don't feel that it is necessary to purchase. 12th St. Below Chestnut St J "fJf "Richland"Butter,48ib. Very fine quality creamery prints bet ter than some so-called "Best." Pond 4 A wholesome vegetable, economical to use Ye" Best orMtedTea, Ik 35c Our Very Best India, Assam and Ceylon Teas, lb. 45c. The volume of our Tea business is the best proof of its satisfying goodness just ask your neighbor what she thinks of our Tea. can 13c-17c Sliced Dried Beef 10cPk SsMQfr as the Table Red Kidney Beans, Ariel Brand can 10c Peninsufar Condensed Milk.. 15c Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, 17c Choice New Peas can 15c California Asparagus ...can 14c Hamburg Steak 23cLb. Chickens, 30c lb. lOcit ii i$i . . L . 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