ZjEsi j ?r',v v; VT U-'ti VBHrSKWTjFHWBIWT'&'r'Til J feT; anRwr.r' x'-v . . s w V-" i$L -Tr r - , r I', IT ill- .u tt 'x. mi IV-." LA. Lt Lwt kf'1" ffa it- :& - s fpv,v EVENING LEDGER-PpiIiADELPHIA, MONDAY.' NOVEMBER 2G, 1917 THE FIRST SHOT FOR AMERICA IN WAR Officelf "Wlio Gave Order Tells (1& the Story of This llis- w toric Act MANY RACED FOR HONOR Sammces Dragged Big Guns Through Mud by Hand to Heat Uivr.ls Uy HENRI BAZIN Stuff Corrttvondcfi of the Vvmlfp Lttiiia ' (he Ameivan .tray franco AMKtUCAM FiKl-D HnADQUAllTHUR IN pnANCi:. oot. :s. Tho (tun was to well camouIUir'.il tl six feet away no llvlntc soul could tell It -wan tlicro. II was a French Bvent.v-five, pointed toward Invaded country, as are and have been many thousands of Its rllwn these last few years. The Interest In It, and tho reason lor this writing, were In tho facts that Usrov were hlialtl cl.id Sammces, und that at exacts 0:11 oVlock upon a recent October morning. Its lanyard was pulled lj an American Runner, launch ing the Jlrst hostile snot In the war defend ing American honor against barbarism, and tho Kaiser's rule Wo Mood. seven accredited i-orresiioriil- " cuts In company with the American Major, who is our chlff press ottleor, nnltl" deep In rlcli red mud amid a driving ralrr. It was Sunday afternoon Aboe u. upon a ,rlse In tilt) ground between tho gun and r tho telephone station, stood the lieutenant commanding, a youngster of perhaps twuty-two, sllsht. smooth-faced, brown haired, hazel-eyed III" voire was low and musical with " soim ' ins or a .Southern drawl, although ho told us afterward la came from Indiana. I wish I coJld tell his name and tho name of tho gunmr. Uut there Is the censor, forbidding! As the rain pattered upon tho pfilcer'n helmet' and upon ours for u'l tiie world as upon so many tin roofs and trlol-.led In htreams from tho sleees of ur ralnoats ho told us this htnr.. nit rruptlng hime!t to give orders us t lie ,'leco was Inter mittently discharged. OVX l'LAf'llU liV MAN I'OWKP. "It was raining ItUe tliN, only harder. We wcro told we could lire as soon as th" gun was In position ; but the mud was no thick It was Impo&'ublo to pull It to' tlili place with our hories. So, In eagerness to get on tho Job, the crew unanimously agreed to drag It by hand If I gao perniissluii. It was to(iie job. It was the hardest Job perhaps wo oer tackled together. The moraks was n deep as the hubs and over our knees. Uut in the dark and tho rain we turned tho trick "Threo fhe hundred," lnterupted a voice at the phone, a phono camouflaged n was the gun. Three the hundred." repeated the lieu tenant, "watch that buhble !" "Ready to fire !" continued the voice. "Heady to fire," again repeated tho lieutenant "Flro!" came the voice from the phone. And as we opened our mouths and placed dripping gloed fingers to ears tho lieu tenant repeated, "Flro '." With tho fl.it.lt and the following bang, ho resumed his story. Slv times during Its brief recital ho Interrupted to transmit a different range, the order. "Ready !" fol lowed by "Flro'" "We had eighteen shells, Including five shrapnel. We did not wait for anv r.ingo. Wo just shoved her no.-u where jou see It, jammed a shrapnel homo and Id Vr (ly be yond no man's land oer there. We wanted to beat any other battery to It. and we did ! The whole, crew took part, of couite. oven If that lanyard was pulled by Sergeant T . for afterward each man tool: the trick. We used all our shells with a given range after tho first one, and then wo had to phone quit for lack of ammunition. You tee, we could not bring up more and the gun besides. THUY DON'T MINI) THK R.U.V We are !ure glad to be here. uery man. The weather Is nothing. It rains 'every where, here or at home. Wo wish It were ours to stay Instead of going back after a whllo to gle way to others." "Did you gle any special ord.jr for that first shell?" t asked. "No, sir: nothing but lil.o that you havo Just heard. It was Just as any other dis charge and did not count for more beyond the honor of being llr.st ' "UcaKO firing," camo tho voice from tho phone. "Ceaso firing," commanded tho lieu tenant. "Right, sir," cirno from the unseen cmw under the camouflage. . As we shook hands before going on wo asked the lieutenant If we could tec tho gunner. Af a request, ho came forth, a simple, clear cut, red headed Sammeo of Irish extraction, who blushed in modest pleasure. With that of his officer. I repeat I wish I could tell his name. Uut It Is not for this time for a later dato when It U destined to bo associated, not with tho mere pulling of ,i 75'n lanyard, hut tho thing significant and exemplified In tho pulling. We walked on a mile and a half through mud and water to Major 's quarter camouflaged again. Here. In the onlv dry spot of the afternoon, wo welcomed and were welcomed by recent friends ..f the training camps back of the lines, ab well as older French Interpreters, After greet ings, ww went on, now with a French lieu tenant added to our little company. I" conversation with him, I found again how ycty ninalt the world Is; for he knew my father's country, and some of lili frlr:uli '" tho arm;' of Franco wele -':, The rain had Increased, tt wi' coming down literally In torrents, the -".ml had Jllnlitly risen, and the gray day was dying, ue made the additional mile In sllelicu save for heavy breathing, for the ground wai full rolling and here, there and every where were llulo lakes and pools of muddy water, at times due to natural grades, at others to shell crater. And then P reached Hie first communi cator. It was ankle, dtep In Vater, with here and theio a stepping-stone, here and (hero a gllmps of Hooded Matted Walk. Standing In it, crowded agaln't th Inter laced baiked twig linings, weir soldiers nf tho United Slates arim. the S.iinmn1 from home. In hN khaki and his helmet and his slicker; and with hi rifle He and hi fel lows were tho very first I hae ever been an actlvo s-mvlro for the t'nlted States, and I looked In new perspective, leCorftiUIng In a sort of astonishment the same faces I had seen all thete past weeks throwing grenades at imaglnaev enemies, tt thhlng. sand-Mulled brigs ilepl, ting Inmginatj NoJiip. It came as a hhnck. although I h..d 'ecu epc otitis It. pltturlng It. It strU'K home, iitvetlhe lcn, and despite mental foiecalculution. that heio, before me. In r.ii pelting dilUng rain, amid the giay dju.g tla.illght, wtie bo.vs from over the t,e.i, near tit- front Hue; that a little beond, their lellowa wen- In the front line, and that each and all were there with their breasU and faces confront ing thce hated enemies of my father's France. At last, 1 sum and hen'od that for wliliti I had dreamed and hoped during all tin"-,-dtear.v, weary past months and montns, wher I had been sustained but bv my faith, lomforled but by the oft-Ie.vca valor or the poilii At la1 1 ' We wen' on tlnough tnud and water and mlit and rain uii t the front line. There wo found the tien.Mies iawei, unlmed with Interlaced twIri. and farther out In No Man s Land than they had been, I was told, a few months bcfoie. Finally a sharp turn brought ui to an observation post set low In the trench, and roofed oer -villi sheeted corrugated Iron. Peering out from it toward the barbarian beyond ifi a mlti.illleuss., and beside It n tall well-built .oung Vii.enc.in figure, his l.hakl as wet as his lielrnel. vigilant wall ing, readj tor hi bit. Sammee on nctivo bcrvlco. barring h's little piece of the way with those of France and England and Hel glum on this front where In the end the war Is to be won. SMOKE UP! SMOKE UP! BOOST ALLIED COUNCIL MARKS ( CRUCIAL WEEK OF WAR Victory Hinges on Plan to Link Up Allies in Huge Mili tary Machine Indication of Opening of Bazaar Offers Oppor tunity to Send Tobacco to the Boys Abroad Poveuii ent . vhali it i- nrwl.fl will greatly linreae the "Smokes For Sammees fund, will take place in Philadelphia dur ing the net few day- .,., The biggest affair In tne Interest of the hoya abroad will be the Tobacco Hazaar, which opens at the First Regiment Armory today Tht bazaar has been widely ad vertised, and as u number of etra attrac .!.,., u lime been nrovioeci. which m um- lf worth while, there is tvery that It will be well pationlrtd. t -nni,i bo spoiling tho pleasure those who attend to divulge at this time Fome of th- many nirpilses In storo for visitors In addition to inhibits tliovMng tho tobacco lndustr In all its phases, thero will be a number of unique stunts to oil men tho b.i7aar nightly. Another event which will swell the ticasury of the tobacco fund will bo the, annual show of the American To Dog Club which will bo held at the Uollevue Stratford on December 8. The pro ceeds of this fund will be given to the overseas committee, which provides to bicco and chocolates and other sweets for the Sammees. Tho fund will be boosted by the Voting American club with a benefit dance at the New Wharton hall, Twelfth and Wharton streets, December i! Ten P-r icnt of the proceeds will 1 turned otr to "smol.es for Sammees," according to the otllolals. Tho Club will enter the New Year's day mummers' parade and. if it wins ntiy . iudi prl7.es, 10 per cent will be contributed to the hmolte fund The ollli ers of the club, which meets at Thlrttenth and Reed street, arc Honorary president. Joseph Marlnuccl; president. f:harles lMsano; vlre president. Nicholas Dun-ii; se.-retarles. John Imbar itto, and Danl.l Travagllnl, and treasunr, Salvatoro Masa. LONDON". Nov :il '1 lie inoM ltal week of the war bigan today, on tho outcome of events In the next Deven daj-s may depend whether the AUIis bhall triumph before the spring of l?l!i or the war drag further along. This week marks tho fit l really pr.u -tlc.il, defet mined ffort at gen'r.il unlllca tlou. co-ordination nnd Intensification of Allied war making to oupo with tietnianj's nd i tag-s of geographical location and supei centralized control. The iifw lliler-.Vllled f'otiferttico will In nuguratn this effort. l'tesMent Wllsuti's w le iiuiis-l, cvptessed through his dele, gate-, I'nliiin-l Houm! and Major (Jeneriil lllis, is Mgnrded by ofllclals as likely to be f Hie iitinnst value In the ptellnilnarv wotl. toward linking tho Allies Into on vast war inai hltie. Tim American mlslon has bad n fur reaching ffect on Allied iIhu- lloth Uiu-li-h and Flench ollliials have been profound ly lmprc"n-i with tho energy, tho fat lghtedtiesfl, the compute Uliselllshness of America's part in Hie war, as evidenced by thei-o commlloners. Their work has -cried to emphasUe to n remarkable) de gree the weighty patt the t'nlted States Is henceforth to play, not only In the actual warring, but In the roun'-ils of tho Allied powers. The voice of Vtnetlca. both In the Ititcr-Allkd Conference und In tho 1'arls supieme war council meeting, will bo a powerful one. The Initial meetings of the Allied rep resentatives Will bn devotetl to discus, jou of military matters First of all. there will be n critical, mereiles examination of the weak spots In tho Vllltd war inn chine. Then- will bo tho most tnluuto .search for waste. X nnccesxaty and waste ful effort, overlappingg and interference are to be eliminated. Then come plans for tin. fututo of the war on the basis of a single front. Tho Ideal sought Is a delicately balanced pleco of machinery, capable of tho most rapid ex ecution of nil co-oiillnated plans which may bo dictated by chancing conditions. Later, as part of the "war tneasutes" of tl-.e Allies w IM onmo .Vimrn-a's potent urging oi a restatiinent of war aim" Til"' cnll.ipe of the Ullssliin Uolsh, vikl armistice plan. Indications of n return to leason throughout thai "trlel.in count rj, great progress In the '-tennd political of fensive' In liermanv, n'l combine to make America's t-tand for -u, 1- .in Inti-r-Allii d i-tatem, nt of war aims "a niihtaiy lnoaMirf." of the utmost Iniiiortritii SOUTH AMERICA TO GIVE XAVAL HELP TO ALLIES PARIS. Nov. : i'o-oi iittion of tUets from South Ameri can allies Is to be olio of the points dis cussed early In tho scbslolis of Ilia Inter Allled f'onference l!r;i.ll, with her splendid navy and a good merchant marine, Is anxious to lend fullest aid to her Allies. Announcement was made here today that a met ting nt representative of all Allies to discuss the economic and industrial ilt u.'itlou would be held In Loudon soon. As sistant .serretary of the Treasury Oscar T Crosby will i, present America at this con ference. The memb'ws of the American mission today continued their i onf retires with French ofllclals. Colonel House expected to so Premier I'li-ninin'iiii this afternoon. Yesti.rd.i, although a Sunday, saw no lot-up In the lound of confcr'.nces In which all tho Aineri, ans partli lpated AMBULANCE STAKTS SOUTH Gift to Former First Infantry on Way to Camp Hancock V motor ambulance, bought v..th funds j raised by Red Cross Auxiliary No !, started todav from the First Regiment Armoiv, Broad and Cnllowhlll streets, on i 700-mlIc- drive to Camp Hancock. Augusta. ' (pi Lieutenant Harry R. Sage, who drove i the machine, snld he expected to make the trip in four days. He took with him mem bers of the regiment who have been on ( recruiting duty In Philadelphia foi several i'ee!cS ' The ambulance will be formally presented to the old First Raiment, now tho 100th Infantry by representatives of the Red Cross as soon as It arrives at the camp. WAR AIMS' REVISION MAY MEET OPPOSITION VVAMllN'iTON. Nov Lt Inai Ih. ,l. (ml and 1 'I .nice are. ba'kiug at Making a iivNed statement of war alms and at publishing anv sectet war treaties was hinted In authoiltnthe ipjartera todav. This, however, has not discouraged the I'nlted States loivcniinent In Its desire to have such a showdown, although tho Puis Intel allied Conference may not deal with the subject directly. Press publication of Russian state docu ments, showing si-eret diplomacy processes, gave Impetus to Amcrb an hopes for a frank statement. These dm umeiits revoalesl that Russia was to havo her say In the peace eoiincil as to alignment of the e-ast-eru frontlet and Franc- was to be arbiter on the western tror.t The American po ltioii is that no n .. nation should have the right to ill, tato all with respou to l.ouwJ.uj lines on the jopj front. Tho United States holds that tho wur fchould continue only as long as to make, democrncy safe; that Hoheiirollernlsin can not run rampant over tho world at will Whllo adjustment of territory Is a vital point In giving freedom and safety to the world, this (iovernruent feels that there should bo no undue territorial grabbing, no reiving of selfish amhltlomi. All the Power u should ngren on how far the strug gle, should routine tn rvo the single aim of world democracy, the United States holds. The Russian rectet treaties thus far havo reached hem only In paraphrased press teporls. H Is exctcd, however, that tho Naucti i!crmnn) "vlreless will seo to It that the full tevts are spread broadcast. Whether the I nltid States Intends to give further publication to them Is unrevea'ed. but it may use them as an argument for baring secret dlplonmrv and letting the people know where the snuggle leads. DRUGGISTS MUST MEET LEGALIZED STANDARDS State Pharmaceutical Board Is sues Warning in Commenting on Irregular Marketing UARRIisRl Ril. Nov -, All persons in the drug trade must com ply with the stand mis s-et 1 the Legisla ture, ici'r riling te iinnounceirlent made here today by the State I'harmai eutlc.il Kmiiu Intng Hoard In connection with the- publlea tiein df names ejf sineessfnl candidates fo, pharmaceutical eleglies. 'The boald says that its chemist has found that samplct; of drugs show (lint "many products- ate being sold wlili h dllier fn m the legal stand aids of strength nnd finality lor the ham, without tho declaration now renulred ap petirliig on the label " This practice must be slopped, according to the board. At tin last examination, eighteen of the thirty-two candldnle.; f r certlllcate-i n teglstered phatmne.li ts we're- successful am MVohty-sl. of U'J apiiltcants for papers as assistant pharmai Ist.i passeel- Succi -fill candidate f.om l'hlliideinla dlstrli t follow : Pharmacists I'e.ssie L Urodman. Loulra Fcldmiin, Vlboit .1. Ilalliii.iti, Abraham I. Ilitmnn. Varlan M Kalusiliau, Chrltobal -Marline,!. Jonas H Matist. lsrnel Shoie- ati-1 Harry A Stelgrod. nil of Philadelphia Assistant p'lnirnnnsis -Ilenjnmln It.ik, . Anron D.ijllnss ii, Israel M. lireikcr. Thomas II Kieiiiu.n. Rebe-i -a l'.ogroff. Isr.nd llfown. Junes I', llumm, lorlls I'lialheii. Henry ciiernnlT, Augusta Cohen, David Unrlti. Philip Freemnn. William L Fried man Ranhael Ula-'s, Albert Uoldberg, Anrtn II Jos-ephs, .Matthew Lreno-i. John T, Kellv, Adam L Kurntkovvskl, Abraham 1. lav, Raymi.nd I-" Magulie Sr , M. Vlticen' Mullanv. llllwond H. N'lfioll. Israel S. I'ti-mislfiff. Lottie i! Rnbluov. Itz, llurcli Rachlis, Ida Seldehnan. Jacob Silk. Joseph Shute. Ilenjamln Williams and Leonard Wei-bar il, all ot I'lilhultiphla. MISS M'SHANE SAYS FEEDING IS OUTRAGE Philadelphia Woman Voices Vig orous Protest in Smuggled Letter to Friend WASHINGTON, Nov Jii I tee I that every atom of American solf rtfpect within mo has been outraged," wrote .Miss KltsMbeth McShutic. ot 1'hlla tlelphla, In u letter smuggled out of the Washington Jail, utter she hud been torclbly fed. along with Mrs Lawrence Lewis, o. Philadelphia, and four of tho other suf fragist prisoners, who havo been hunger Ftrlklng. .Miss Mcsintnii vac among the thlrty-eno Kiiu'rn gists sent to Jail about two weeks ngi for picketing the White House. Mm went em a hunger strike Immediately "pon being Imprisoned, when her request to be treated ns a political prison" and to b alliwed to see visitors, buy her own food and write and receive h-ttets win? denied Miss McSliatio was firi-t forcibly fed last Friday after Hhe had fainted from lack " food, but was unabln to smuggle out her letter until today. She vividly describes In treatment t he Jail in her letter to Marv Ingham, her girl friend. MIIU and eggs vveie po-un d Into her stom ach through a tube, after which she w i left In her cell all night unattended. She fainted and was found nt ei'oloek by a trusty lying on tli-i stone floor of her cell She says : "I'v.i Just had tin- most e.voltlug sperl ence possible. I've been forclblv fed and 1 fel that every atom of American se'f-re-speet within me hnsieen outraged. I had been seven elays without foixl and I fainted on the floor of the cell. "Doctor I.add came to sec me, and said he would examine my heart befote tent ing in. as thit wc3 very Important. Hill at 1:30 he appeared Willi a tube that looked like n bore, and a iriut of milk In whMi two eggs were stirred up Without any heart examination he put tho tubo Into my mouth and told me to swallow It fast I did It a- I Inst as I could, but h" pushed it down -n fust that I gagged and choked horrib j and my heart was beating so fast that I couldn't get in breath. Then hi- pouivl lite llepild rapldl down the tube. 1 trlnl to Mil; the tubo and to pinch II witli m.v handr, to check the tlow for u second, but It poured on until all was thiMied. There upon the matron and ho walked nway, leaving me to die If I cliobO." SCHOOL I'Ui'lLS IN CONTL'S'I" WARTIME IS HEYDAY OP NEW YORK BURGLARS Their Lout Moie Tlian $1,000,000 In Kcvv Jlonths Servant Girls 1'oil Hcrtillon System .Vi:vv YORK. Nov 20, lilght-illigeied denizens of the underworld, wnosc activi ties am more or less n cause of tannojanco to the police department, have been Im proving war time opportunities), ae-cordltig to report In the iaiids of, the Rurglary Insuranco I'nder writer a' Association FIuo lesldtincca of Riverside Drive, apartments of the better part of Harlem and the less sumptuous homes of the llroiK hiivo been pll'uged until nu aggregate of more than ? 1.00(1,000 hns been reached. S.) the fails before- the underwriter' n. soclatlon Indlcale. Tho iniilerw liters repie-si-rrt rvve-nr-llve liability and indemnity coin pinies 'I heir patleni'o Is about exhausted with what the desxi ibe (i - tin apparent growth of poll clinic The servant girl who retoueiies hei tln- 'jl V svj.; w$M S: ilS ". ?Paratib have nctiulrrt u,,lu . .J?" ""estene i trlvo their Plunder ihrSSL'th?! -.uMii-.tujr B lecortis. " iolh The Insurance detei-iu-... . 4 ' .luring ii: t date h0 ' 07t '"" ki made history for themselves flna,'18'" h day In ndvnnced prices jft ",init a r. and other goods to which the!? rftci -l. I'hlladclphli, Alrmai i:iti It..-. Howell Cumn,l,,n ,: ""rne president of the Join, ii' ,,'. a" t)f i.. u -iiiior siuuetu lit the Xiivnt -mMr. nt eMIaml. KM , was severely th the hand and ankles vVnp V, ,urnl o. caught lire several hundred feVti !?' iicotdlng ti.ri telegram r.-ce ve,l tL,h8 'f. Hit hy Slraj ucl V stno bullet vv-ilc-i came fm deternillied soune struck li-ivia t" ttB u teen jeiiia old. r.USl Ree.hvv,;dVr;'.V,hlr" the eye. Physicians fear thai hV,wrV,r WORKS NKW ()RI)i:U SWINDLE Polie'c Warns Merchants of Thief Who Takes (looilfj From ?lesseno;er Lieutenant of Hetee'tivi Tlieodi re Wood Pas vvarni'd business mm In tin ci-ntral part of the city to be on the lookout lor a smooth thief who for two rr three weeks has been systematically victimising mer el nntr on fake- orders e f goods The game plaje-d by the tilled Is to call a merchant over the telephone and give an erilcr f - r goods to be delivered ' f I. Hi an olllie In one l the well known buildings. When tie- mes-enger arrives at the address with the gooils a man Is on hand in the hall with a bunch of. !cs In his li.iuil and an air ol propileleu-ilp on his i oui.tenance The iniiri takes; the gi.ods with the state i tit nj that ho wants to look at them before paving for them and sends the messenger downstairs tu get him' a cigar, pioml-lng to p ly for the goods upon his return. That is the last tint the, messenger sees of tho fake purcbasei e r the goods. Iiowntown merchants have suffered losses amounting to several hundred dollars In this wa ici-entlv. Hundreds of Children Writtnj im Independence; Hall s-.i;.'s Vever.il hundred children of the o. inent.iry guides of public and liatoehlnl schools have entered the contest which I being conducted b.v the Walnut Street llui uess Ahsik iatlon for the l'.-t essay mi Indi penifctico Hall. In nildlllon to giving a history of the famous building, the cjmi te slants must stale which street tin- ball faces. It has been contended by some pcr "on.s th.it the structure faces on Walnut ."treet and that Independence ipj.iro Is really a front jnrel t The contest ends I ,- einber I VII ioic posltlotis inallid on Novenib, - ,'n -will b. acceiiteil M.iiiusi I ipts should le si r r (,, Hie Walnut Sue- t liu.-.iiess Assulmiiom UeiUvuu f'ourt Untitling, 111!) W . limit sl- ut. .n sm zlrrru 'A:. -L f r . iti?i sw . Mm' &m TTT-i3TTra f 7 ,r .in im.Kw u i Rll 1 fl ' T ' rrerrrrM WV T -vW miaTTm y iWI W Wm I . 1KB II tmi p!r v'iiJaBm '"sro JJ I Yl ctcHf X r THANKSGIVING Dinner (RoViSit Turkey lieinuLi hrcsli Fruit Oriental or Salt Ousters Celery Olives Assorted Almonds Chicken RtulliBotatSny Filet dc Sole aa Vin Blanc Parisiciinc Potatoes Roast Vermont Turkey Cranberry Sauce Potatoes Colonnade New Lima Beats Hearts of Lettuce Francaisc Neapolitan Ice Cream Assorted Cakes Dcinitassc (SERVED FROM 12 NOON UNTIL 9 P. M.) '12 the Cove I or I ll inklvliu llllilie-r li'-e rviilioitH eull snrnie- ."Mill. re.e-rvullmi ile-rk. t 1 y OTEL CoLONrJADE CHESTNUT AT IS STREET s ssmsMSSSSsssss h IIKLI" K. OF C. FUND llAZLHTo.V. Pa. Nov -I?, -Tho lvulglits of f'oluinbus of Free-land havo l.iunehed tho drive to raise llJiuj as their allotment of the J3.0iiii.fi0l war camp recreation tuiid. Speakers appealed tor a. generous re tponse, urging unieleiillng p.osecutlon of tho war and the- greatest vigilance against pro-iiermnn plotting. Judge John M. flar Inan presided Secretary rf Commonwealth 111 i yru.s II. Wood, secretary of tho foin riiotivw.ilth. Is in the Fniverslty Ho-ipit.il. unuer the- care of Dr. lMward M-iitln. of l."i(ii, Locust street. Hoetor .Mai tin said tod.i.v th.il l.e evpeitcd Mr Wood to be .iblu lo leive the hoipit.il within two wicks jyfcNiniiiniini'iijitiiillflTTl 1 s i i fi Kt J t-V A: J. & T. COUSINS Special Price Revisions on some lines of WOMEN'S SHOES Owing to a recent change in the management of our Brooklyn store, it is desired to reduce their stocks and vve are asked to help them do it. Tho shoes mentioned below are made by J. T. Cousins Co., are this season's models. They were fine values at their former selling prices and unsurpassed bargains at the following re ductions: Women's Tan Russia Fawn Buckskin Topi,; 15-a Military Heels; formerly fcQ ff $11,50 J)s7.UU Women's Tan Russia Calf, Medium Heel, Lace Street Boot, formerly (JjQ Cf $10.50 ipO.OU Women's Black Russia Matt Kid Top Lace Boot; very smart; formerly tjl Q ff $9.50 PO.UU Women's Glaze-Kid Button Boot; very stylish for semidress or street; for- tfQ ff merly $9.50 JO.UU WE ALSO OFFER From our own stocks a miscellaneous lot of conservative style WOMEN'S SHOES Regularly $9 to fiZ, at.- &J j-H' 1226 CHESTNUT STREET Ellrt Fltat Dtvolti fo Womta't SAe Enlirt Floor Dttolti io Ntn'i Shots 'J''K, RBIUU" ' J - 'A- Christmas and Holiday M ere for the Season of 1917 .? vt. In these war days, when time is the big factor- how quickly can you get reports and correspondence that have been filed away? With the L. 3 Automutic Index, quickly means instantly. Because the L. B. "Auto matic" is designed for speed. And accuracy, too for you can't have speed without it. Most of the trouble a man has with his file is that it will not m-file. That is due to mis takes in filing. The L. B. "Automatic" is a check against mistakes. This new method has all the advantages of alphabetic and numeric filing and several more. It is the quickest possible method for indexing and finding names. It represents one of many t. B. features developed out of long experience with all manner of filing problems. If you have a filing problem, you have a good reason to get better acquainted with Library Bureau. Library But reau Card and filing Founded 1074 Fllinu cabinet systems wood and steel M. W. MONTGOMERY, Msnsser 910 Chestnut street, Philadelphia forty sslesroomt In lesdlnu ctl'es of the Uolled Suits, Great Urluln and rrsne "WiniwiiirniNi iimiixsi handise B 7 - 9 il J4c desire to Emphasize the Following Though An ylrticle of Foremost Quality is Now More Than Ever Desired; to Purchase Such an Article is to Enter Into the Spirit of the Times. Conservation of Resources Can Be Put Into Practice by Every JFoman IV ho Does Her Shopping With a Purpose We Call Particular Attention to ths Following Gi ts as Combining Utility and Distinction: Frerccli Clocks in cloisonne, eiam:-l an:! brass. , French Necklaces, hand-carve:! front' imitatio.i jade aid s.nr-preciou; stonss. 1 L'berty Automobile Robes from London. Toilet Sets in ambar and cellu'oid, carved and decDrat?d in floral designs, also Japmese sets in tapstry. Character Dol's. trimmed vJith bul ion 1 ,i ..-''.J wmmmmkWkwmmmBmfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi ' mzmm iiiiiiiluiininiii.iiin)iM pilTwC French E'ectroliers for boudoirs. rCnitting Bags of velvjf, silk, satin and br:cidc, braids and French fruitr. Scotch Shav?!s in vuious co'or plaid;. Imported Moveltiss and Jewelry. Toilet Accessories and Luxurie. Knitting an'i Seeing Accessories. Men's Silk Shirtsand Ties. , Silk Hosiery. Siik Underwear and Umbrellas. Sweater Novelties and Boudoir Apparel: Artistic Furniture and Draperies. Early Holiday shopping is of great advantage to all concerned, and early purchasers at this store reap every benefit from ' new, fresh and complete stocks of appropriate gifts. ) nmmuiiiiiimiiuiimiiiiiiiiiiiiil i WSfl nM 'i?i,i:t'-iii .s fci J"' ft,.i: .1 t. 7il