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P FIREMEN EVERY" TEN VV.P.T
The Official Report
"A few moments' delay
was responsible for a loss
of $200,000. Automatic
Oiirff r Him
sprinklers would have
i v..,,ion -... .....
m . equlpptrl bwiiuuucu IMO HID Wlin
neir urgr
tiUlMlninllll
r.i onp
little or no damage."
Sgrl&klen
FromofBcial report, Cana
dian Government Com
mission of Conservation.
Donjt let this report be
made of your plant.
GLOBE AUTOMATIC
SPRINKLER CO.
2035 Washington Ave.
Dlcklnaon 511
DARLINGTON COMPANY
EXPLAINS ACCIDENT
I
vNo Customers or Employes
Hurt in Collapse of Store
Balcony
Follow Ins the collapse ot n ballon v In
the etore of Joseph G Darlington . Cr
Jna, 1126 Chestnut stVeet, jesterday, .n
which sixteen glrlB, applicants for em
ployment, vere Injured, Hie rompanj
Issued the followliic statement "Vea-
f terday In preparation for our iinnhcr-
j sary eale. which starts net Mondav, we
advertised for additional saleswomen
"There was a latge response to thli
advertisement and while the applicants
Were belnc received on a small balconv
between the first and second floors,
through soma unexplnlnable leason a
portion of this balcony collapsed and
a number of people on It nt tho tlmo
Were thrown togetbei and some of them
unstained Injuries Xo customer was
hurt not any of our emploe,
"That this should have occurred K of
course, a matter of extreme, regret to
us, and we des're In this public way
to express our sympathy with all those
who were In any wav Injured
"It Is Important to s'ate, however
that tho accident, while deplorable, had
nothing of the nature of a catastrophe,
and we think It proper to mike this
plain statement to correct tho exag
gerated reports which prevailed foi a
lew hours following the occurrence
"To allay any excitement we thought
It desirable tdcloe Ihejntore or a few
hours, but resumed buslisg shortly nftu
noon, and will be at XC-r service todai
l the same as usual " N?
LET CONTRACT FOR 'L' PIERS
King-Brown Co. Successful Bid
der to Construct Foundations
A contract "has been awarded by Di
rector Twining, of the Department of
City Transit, to the King-Brown Con
trasting Company for constructing
sixty-eight piers and foundations for
that section of tho Frankford I line
south from Callow hill to Aich street,
where the road will connect with the
Market street 'subw ay, Tho contract
prlco is $J9,800
Director Twining said the contract
will be executed in a few dajs,, so that
operations can be started and pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible When
this vvoik is finished proposals will be
asked for the erection of the columns
and superstructures of tint section, the
plans for which have been completed.
PENN ALUMNI CRITICIZED
Proost Smith Charges Members
Are Lav in Loyalty
Provost Smith, oj tho University of
Fennslvanla, In an address at the din
ner of the Senior, Class in Houston Hill
last night, charged that the alumni of
the University were lax. In their lojalty
to the institution
"On Alumni Day. February 22," he
said, "there were only aboht 100 pres
ent out of a membership of thousands
This certainly shows that the alumni
are not backing up the University "
About 100 were present at tho dinner.
The officers for the 1919 class were
elected as follows: Prophet, Clair Wll.
cox; poet, Edward Uradlev; valedic
torian, George Rudlsell: writer of Ivy
ode, Philip Price; ivy orator, 1 B I'el
fcert. DIES AFTER WAR'S PERILS
Hhiln. Soldier Escapes Bullets to
auccuiiiu io iriiuumoniu
1ft.. .ai.lnc IlimllvVi Ilia flr-fattr... d
H i Chateau-Thierry and Verdun without re-
1 eelvlngf as mucn as a scraicn, private
fliepnen niuimiuauiii ui uo ouuill Xllir-
' ty-Beventh street, a member of Battery
1ADIV. VlalH Arflllprv H(a In T.mal
'"lFrance, of pneumonia, on February 28
Ills parents, Mr. and Mrs A. Tllihardson
,iA widow and a child born since Rich
iardson went overseas survive him
Young nichardson saw Bervlce at the
Mexican border with the Pennsylvania
National Guard. Before going ho train
ed at camp .Hancock.
Galvanized Boat Pumps
I,. D. Berier Co.. 51) N.2,1 at.
Main icon, llarkit III
Synonym for Purity
and Wholesomeness
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Sold by Good Grocers
and Drutflsts
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with
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and you will
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around for
something bet
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AT R. UNDERDOWN'S SONS
' .3M-3M MAKKE1' STRJCST,..
KaUMUhU Sim im
8000 IN SCHOOLS
AID 'SAFETY FIRST'
P. R. T. Plan to Prevent
Accidents Hit With I
Juveniles
PATROL TS EFFECTIVE i
Statistics Show Remarkable
Accomplishments During
Last Four Years
riiolocrni.li. Illu.lrnllin this nrtld
appear on the bnck pnge.
1
'I herein- pledge nivself to aid mv
cKta nnd my C"5' b5' prcmi"K n(
-rici.f ,i . ,
iili. ?"?'' voimgslers in rltv
-w.uu,,. ...,.. lUhfn mis -ostli of a p-
v l. . I l . - .
i inr puncipie or Narptv first
.h..r. ; ' ' ' lu '"" """u'e"
themselves Through niniipi illreitinn
and throul'h" '" "T V, "!, mM-
whtl,ThB u,"St.e,m of 'f-JI"c'l'l"'-
which the children themselves work out
and applv, appreciable .esults Invc
oeen ooininea. ns the 1' It T points out
In the ci.culais which hive been ills
trlbuted recently In trollev cars
In tho circular, after tolling nf me.
ruTa,ryaavs,aem-pre""l,6n " l"c
'.S'j helpful were the results of this
work during tho 1D11-19H peiiod that In
1914 a safety bureau was created with
'Miss Safety Tirst,' a voung woman
possessed of deep affection for children
ana nmiuy io inspire then confidence, .it 1
its head
Results Enumerated
Tlecords show the following results of
lis work: More thin 100,000 children
have been addressed mnuallv on safetv ,
duilng tho last veai 627 000 pieces of
snfet literature have been distributed;
8000 chlldien have taken 'safelv pledges
and 100 "safety officers' have volunteeied
patrol duty, cautioning other pupils
against dangers In streets nnd safe
guarding small scholars to whom dan
ger his no meaning folnce 1911 the
records show a decieise of thlrtv-two
deaths fiom accidents among chlldien
ovei tho four ears prevlouslv
Behind the P. It T 's story n' the
rafety campaign, as outlined In the cir
cular. Is nn Interesting svstem of self-
government In tho big public schools. In
troduced bv "Miss feafetv l'lrst," with
the co-operallon of school principals
The "safety patrols ' are the essen
tial part of the Bslem These patrols,
consisting of from eight to a dozen of
tho older pupils of the schools, ale
chosen from among the older pupils The
"patrolmen" nre picked out for their
Intelligence, alertness and sense of re
spousiblllt They aro headed b u cap
tain, ono of their own number.
In the schools where there Is a "safety
patrol," the school children nre taught
to look up to these guardians of their
safet. and to obey them absolutely In I
II Is tl PhllidelphH nipld Tinnslt' ed I ' , o no ractlced a sitting f, V ' "," V , .,Hml, , Um" lnter T1,B m1" was tn"UnV
Compinv-R answer to the challenge of! mi I ill l",, ,',', ,,,, I'm i BU" ,ai b,-,,tr -l"-onlzecl thin 'hoj ,, nf shoe, md was Keeping .to the
accident nmMiiinn 11 ...J. "...,?! ' "'' "" " M,n.,h l"or,"".K .. u ' are In the summer lime .kl,.ulw l-nUn- niteteil Wni' The
answer, the V K T , atur IvTs t A" a. ,"aH"X "f fRC'- '" "" ,lln"1 boes were Ills own and he was walking
other menH in cut Uon the ' .'hou"1 sil.l tint Mollici Natu.e Is , i, stotklng feel 'Ihe .evolve, stolen
accidents which mnuallv tale a tol of r,. r ' "". """' """ -"" .nil wrong agiin In tills sun of hers It from l.ove and miothei weation were
It Is nn answer of uniim.-it l,nmn in I """""'""""' '"" ' ""' ""''' out or sup when llfo Is most worth smith was held w illiout bal I foi coilil
terest and apnea, howeve? leciul' J .7T.,ln", L"1' ,h oU,C, ""- ei'PlnR -'his new kind of summe. his ,n Magl-lrato 1hnna-
fact, they rcgularlv promise to do vvhatj Mass-mietlngs will be conducted to
thev are told bv the patrol. In ever- night in nino dlstilet centers through
thing that pertains to safetv To dls- out the diocese Addi esses will be made
obe a member of a safety patrol Is re- on the wotld program of the Episcopal
garded bv everv pupil as about as sell- church
ous an offense as bo or girl could com-1 .
uilt Ot
Patrol Is Dignified
The memberH of the pat.ol lire to the
dignity and respontlbllit of theli office
They wear arm-bands. In the school
colors with ' Safety Patrol ' lettered on
It They carry whistles used to signal
their orders to the children. They nre
trained and alert to shepherd their
charges across dangerous streets at the
dinner hour, and when school lets out In
the afternoon. They are Imbued with
the idea of service, and ready to take
personal risks. If need be, to secure the
safety of tho children under them
It has taken some months! of hard
worlc lectures In the schools, moving
pictures, organization of the pupils and
election ot safety patrols to create this
spirit. Tho P. It. T represented by
"Miss Safety First" bcKeves the work
has been worth what it has cost In effort-
Thus far there aro about a score of
schools In which "safety patrols arc or
ganized and working It l "Miss Safety
Kirn's' ambition to put a patrol in
every one of the c!t's 300 schools
Out of this organization has grown
NvJiat Is known as the 'Junior Safety
Council," nn organization embracing the
membership of all the safety patrols It
meets monthly In tho Chamber of Com
meice, when some speaker who will nil
the imaginations of the joung ' patrol
men" some returned armv hero, some
noted athlete talks to the members
about accident prevention.
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Complete Services
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wear and usc-jof rfencrations
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RAIL RATE REDUCTIONS
PACIFIC JAPAN? CHINA
rmril, PHIUPPINE ISLANDS
COAST -. AUSTRALASIA
EFFECT1VE)N SHORT NOTICE
For full lilt of rates apply to
R. D. WHITE & CO., Inc
Drixal Bid. (Phone Lombard! 872). Alto New York fe Boiton
AffUlated AVCDirie euiDDlMP
hour of da ylight sa ving
WITH US A GAIN ON SUNDA Y
Remember Io Set Your Time Pieces Ahead Sixty Minulei at 2 A. M.
You May Go Along Unconfusvd With the licit of the
L miea
I 'I lie Kcaxon nf wlirn two and two ninKp
flip will lip line nRiiln at J oilock Sun
iln mornlnp
.ner ou limp nionerlv ct our
"atth aml '",n olotk nn h0,lr a,CMl Slln
da morning the s'v. months nf rxtiii
da light which wartime div light saving
gave the world will be vours
i Fundav s tho dnv when trains leave
'on schedule but an hour ahead of time
j It Is tho d,i when vou go to church
tln time foi the benediction It Is tho
da when :,ou loe out on lint wceklj
b'g sleep x
"Hip extra hour of divllght which
'saved millions of tons of fuel anil helped
win the wni In the garden befoic sup-
Peii hist summer Is to be with us again
I Officially nil clocks, watches, time
'keepers and wristlets must move from
two to thiee nt tw o clock Sunday
mm nine
There Is no 1 iw ngilnst turn-iat
llliln nlnlllnl 1m f.i n s n 11 n ' .
"
it was estimated last voir lint the
... i,. i.iki ,.. n ..,. ., ,
'n lavV ,hV, g'-iuienV which '
otheivviso would hive failed were,
worked to n finish , tint .ushed men
MEDALS FOR CHILDREN
WORKING FOR CHURCH
lrl, i i c. l
1CI1 J UOUSantl AWUl'US Struck
for P.
E. "Eery Member"'
Campaign
Ten thousand bronze medallions i.e
being nvaided to children of hundiv
schools of the I'rotcstnnt Kplscopil
Plocesn of Pennsvlvinli n couneitlon
with the liver -Member campaign '1 hev
ale piosenteil to children who attend
three catichetlcal tervlccs for Insliuc-
llnn In the vvoik of th- Lplscopal
Chinch tluougliout the world
The mnlnlllon, tnsnibcil with the
estein Hi niisplieie tovered bv i lime
l"Oss was design ited bv the liev
Ilonce VV Stowell field seiietuv for
missions of the province of Washington
'and executive secretaiv of tho Hvcrv
I ilembei i.inipalgn It Is awarded to (he
I little" ' winners," those readv Io rtnoll
' as winners of the world ' Kadi child
'who attends thrte wlnneis' services.
learns a catechetical statement of the
Clurchs world program, reads certain
Scripture passages and offers n dill
praei is entitled to a medal
Special nttentlou Is being given to
work among the 23 000 children ot this
diocese In tho Kverv-Member campaign
The ltev Dr. William Cleveland Hicks,
provincial secretary for tho province of
Washington, which Includes the diocese
of Pennsylvania, is emphasizing the
children s pirt In the campaign
TO HOSPITAL FROM TRANSPORT
Eijiht Returning Philadelphia
Soldiers re "Out of Luck"
Light Philadelphia members of cisuil
companien no '" " ""!'"' i
. . . . t .. .ba IniJnJ i, Valunn.l
NewH from mo iranspori i-asiores ana
tiken to the base hospital theye ester
dav The men aro Charles 11 Xeely 2604
Shar3Vvood street. Charles Paeroer 630
West Clearfield street, Samuel I' nins
more. 2J36 South Twelfth street , J Tl
Rhodes 1205 East Chelten avenue; Wil
liam Powell, 132H North Flftv -fifth
street , John 1" Smith. 5327 Upland
street; George M Biggs, 2239 South
Croskey street, and Lazare Fazio, 1118
Montrose stieet.
MOTORTRUCKKILLS GIRL
Driver Held for Coroner After
Manayunk Child Dies
Harold H Maiden, driver of an ex
press truck that ran ovei and killed
l-annle Pnstelll, seven vears old, of 4717
Umbria street. last night at Pmbrla
and Wright streets Mnniunk. was
held today for the Coronet when ar
raigned in tho Manayunk police station
The child s mother sent her to n stole
earlv last evening Instead of cross
ing the street at tho regular crossing,
the police sa. sho ran directly In fiont
of the motoi truck A real wlieel crush
ed her stomach Death resulted In a
few minutes
&
of Silver
- . - - - ,-, ,, .til me tin- k hi in inn mhi nil i 1 1 nt. r t Lnirinn f nniiiiuiur i - i u iin "until
San FrabnUe
VaaeT(f
V. s.attl.
ornres
and women gul theli first recreation
that tialllc congestion vmib rnded. that
evcr.vboih In fmt got Bomethlng big be
cnuse Old Man Time stumbled over the
ilavllght saving string nnd dropped out
an bom to e.vervbodi ,
It Is all bcic inln with the witch
turning stunt at 2 a m Sundav Har
dens which have been ailing, It stalled
ma now recdie allentlon l.iwns will
bo mowed it 7 with the RUn still at
fi Alarm ocks will ting at 8 that
men mav see a 7 o clock sunrise
It Is a simple thing, as cveivone
learned Inst veai There Is no confusion
If one but turns the watch ahead not
backwaid an bout and goes along with
ever.vbodv ilse In the well known con
splracv to beat eiernllv out of an bom
Dav light will he saved thus foi s'
months The hour taken nwav from
I'athei Time must he leturncd prompt!
for It Is Just a d iv lonirei
.,'..... h
wa ch ora T Z S rC
tho ho,.,. a n, hundij moinlng lie '
up and turning "
3 OLD BATTLESHIPS
TO BE MUSTERED OUT
Indiau.1. Iowa and Massachu
setts to Go Out of Commis
sion Monday
'I I ree biitlcshlps ill nf them built
In this c it x will go out of commission
Mondav nt League ls-and
One of the three, the Lull inn is the
oldest bittleslup In the Ameiicaii mvv
md pirtlclpned In the b ittle of hill-
llago The othei enf doomed to go
out of -.civile ue the low i and Mis
sichusetls 1 ho latlei is ,i slstpi ship
nt the Indlina w'nlo tin Iowa is in
a lass bv itself
Ihe thrie were built nt the Cramp
shlpvards and have topi lied almost pvpiv
pott In the world 1 hev nrp still able
to attain high speed but the Navv lloird
nf Insper'lon and Survev decided tint
Ibev could no longei meet the modem
' standa-ds of construction and gtinnerv
I On tho
India. il last night Cmlniii
fiiorge B Landetiberg gave n dinnei to
mark the p.fsing of tnc ship from the
realm of war Ihe wardroom officers
also gave i dinner it which th guest
ot honor was Andrew Lufberrv, 4701
Sansom street, president of bt Stephen s
Club, which has cntei tallied office! s and
enlisted men
The gunneis who picleotcd the trans-
ports tint conve.ved the American irmv
safel to Prance weie trained on the
Indiana, which also served duilng the
war In guarding New Vork haiboi The
Xavv Department Ins not vet decided
what is to be done with the abandoned
ships but It Is lepoited that all three
will be scrapped ' V majorilv of the
crews lave .ilicadv been uansteired to
ether boats
When the commission pennant Is
lowered fiom the Indiana Mondav t,he
last man to leave the ship wll! be Lieu
tenant John Mulholland. of Chicago
flio nnl, rfficpi nnw nhnni-il It l, tu
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Assortment
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SHOEMAKER'S, 926 Arch SL
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:tth CENTURY-A REAL WAREHOUSE
20th Centurr Storage Warekome Co.
Opposite lint riilln. Station.
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Made of fine Patent Collskin. Light hand
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VERY MODERATELY PRICED AT $6.00.
NEW BUCKLES JUST RECEIVED.
Shoes STREET FLOOR Hosiery
TWELFTH AND
BURGLAR STEALS
POLICEMAN'S GUN
Intruder
Takes Weapon
From Patrolman's Home
in Llancixh
Cl'cprfT 1C ATtTtESTF.D
3l 3l lj ' IO tlL,o 1.1
Philadelphia Guardian of the
Peace Chases Robber in
His IS iaht Clothes
burglar hioke inti the home of un
uel l.o.-e a polhemin it l.lanerch
vvhilo the patrolman and Ills famllv
were sleep ng and lole a loaded re
volver Itov Tenkins anolhei pitrolman of the
sinie township siw n man sneaking
i mill I. itncicli a siion
ig
from the llcv ithui I' Scullv of
(Slasborn n 1 In lliond street Stition
vesteidav The satchel was wrenched
fiom his hand ns b" m ide his wi
through a dcne irowd The thief
escaped
Modelv did lint prevent SeigeiiH
liiorge McGulie nf the Nineteenth and
l)foid streets stitlon from i basing and
captuiiug i would-be burrl n cai v vps
teldav McGulte wis In bed when lie
beaid some peison jlriunv ing open the
window of the housp of Mrs A L I'ngin
I8J8 'I hompsoii sheet next Io his home
Ho jumped out of bed ami aftet a
shot t ihnse through the stt'ets did m
1 Is night garments caught William Bov
kin who was lecentlv released fiom'
viovamensing I'lison the police sav
I!okln who Is slid to have i long
nlinlnil lecoid whs held for a, furthei
heirlng on Miuh 30
I hree iutomnblli valued at J3300
weip stolen veMcrdav SIG0O michim
owned bv William link 443 South
I iflv-flrst Miepl was tal en from lumper
nnd Wn nut stieils Moses Panics nf
r 040 i hi istliin jtiei t. missed i $100 ma I
ch'ne fiom 1 Ifth nnd lannbiid vtreets
V 5900 automobile belonging to I red
flick Picittl 1 Ninth I'orllelli 'tree
w is stolen fiom In fiont of the AV ntnen s '
Hopltal JI2I Noith ( o legp avenue
MEKCH S'IS IO HIKE AC 1
(JlC'lllUt
Street I'cclciti i.ms
Out for
(Jooil I'cIlow?liip
1 Iw ( hestnut Street Business
Vaml-
ul'"' win nike agiln
Slturdav at J n c loc k llip hikers will
hll thp c pen ronl along the Wisnhlckon
mid will walk until tliev are tired ac
cording to the announcement of (,' A
Drov in, secretarv of the organization
'These hikes nre not for the purpose
of out-of-door rpiientlci, said Ml llro
vln 'but ire Intended pritnarllv as 4
t,io n I foot ti t In nf tlm En 11 nt-r,... . r f tl...
(association Thev bring the members
Into ciosi r personal touch with each
other and fc3ter business and pertoml
Intimacies'
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(FRENCH REPUBLIC PROFERTY)
Natural Alkaline Water
for the relief of :
RHEUMATISM
INDIGESTION
URIC ACID
GOUT
Bottled direct!
mous Spring at VICHY,
Pump
worn with spats.
Pump with Buckles.
MARKET STS.
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at tneia-
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PLO WING OF VA
FOR GARDENS
F.arth to lie Turned on Hundred Plots Assiincd to imatcur Farmers
and Farmerettes to Mahe Ready for Seeding Time.
I More Than 170 Acres Axailable
'Ihe plcissnl odoi nf good brown
eaith being plowed In leadlness for
seeding time will be like the perfume of
spring herself today on a hundred va
cant lots In this cltv nssigned tn nma
tein farmers and fai niceties
I ho girden plots while the seasons
lining will begin are on the old Dobson
estate .it Thill -third street nnd Alle
glienv avenue
Through the Vacant Lots Cultivation
ocletv more than 170 acres of v leant
ground will be nvallablo this vear for
tho iltv h amateur farmeis This Is nn I
Increise In acreage available Inst veai
when lljfi families raised approximatelv
$90 000 of garden tuirk on tho little
fauns assigned to them
The little tiuck fnims average about
100 bv GO feet In sl7e Tor the use nf the
girdens th" lids and lassies of the rake
and hoc par $J tho flist searon 4 foi
tho second season ami about $f. a vpa
son theieafter For this fee tho gar
deners leccive theli seed nnd have their
land plowed nnd fertilized In idditlon
Ihe lecelve the benefit nf expert advice
given bv employes of tho Vacant Iots
-soclii inn
'I ho demind for the vacant lots this
vcat Is grcilei than iv" befoic nc
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UYING clothes these days is something
not to be lightly considered the aver
age man figures very carefully as to what his
dollars will bring.
It's harvest time
for us, because pur
chasers are consider
in & reliability and
quality
th
more tnan
ever, and those arc
the foundations of our
business. Mar kets
may fluctuate, ma
terials may be scarce,
I but the adherence to
1 "Quality First" which
I we have always en
I forced is never per
1 mitted to waver.
It is greatly to your
advantage to deal
,wncre your interests
are safeguarded by
he integrity of your
dealer.
Jacob Reed's Sons
1424-1426 CHESTNUT STREET
CANT LOTS
BEGINS TODAY
cording In lames H lil superintend
ent of the 'Vacant Lots Cultivation S'o
cietv .Mr Dlx estimates that fullv CO
per ie.it of the cuttlvators this veai
will bo men and women with one or two
seasons experience In the work
The school gardens also are being
prepared for a big sensor nnd bumper
crops of garden truck Last vear 1973
children, working In fourteen school gar
dens raised $20 000 of produce In their
vvai gardens This vear an cvn
greater numbei of children will till
' Vlcloiy garden"
Miss Llla ".' r-iiter supervisor of
chool gardens savs the local school
ig.uden authorities will he affiliated with
the I nllnl State., fcihool Harden Armv at
Washington li is hoped to begin vvoik
on the ihooI gardens piil 1
ClulJ Kille 1 hy Autotruik
Annie Pasquelli, "even veals nld
4717 I mbrln street Manaunk, died on
her wav to "t Tlmothv s Hospital last
night from injuries lecelved bv being
struck bv a motortruck at I mbrla nnd
Wilght streets 'Ihe child was plnvlng
In the street iccording to the police
when the trmk driven bv Harold I:
Maiden, 1C7 hhurs lane suddenl turned
tho coinei
paying
GEORGE M. AUSTIN
1035 Chestnut Street Philadelphia
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Spring
Overcoat
Sale!
Odd lots and
broken sizes re
maining from the
stocks of the last
few seasons, de
sirable, service
able garments in
every way, but
occupying room
that we need for
new assortments.
Spring Overcoats
that sold for $20
$15
Spring Overcoats
that sold for
$25, $30, now
$20
Spring Overcoats
that sold for
$30, $35, $38
and $40, now
$25
Practically every
kind of Spring Over
coat and Spring Topr
coat represented in
this sale! S ingle
breasted and double
breasted Overcoats,
staple blacks and
staple Oxfords, some
full lined with silk,
some silk faced to
edges; grays
browns, tans and
heather mixtures
close - fitting models
and loose- fitting
coats values that
we cannot reproduce
wholesale at the
prices these are now
selling for!
Suit Bargains!
Worth your while to
come in and look
them over. Some are
medium weights and
only half lined suit
able for spring wear.
Winter Overcoats
at reductions that
make them sound in
vestments for next
season. .
PEIUp & CO.
"N.B.T." ,:
16th & Chestnut SU.
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