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POLICY A SUCCESS
.t TTnonnvontlnnnl mlnlnn work Which
14' looks out for the email points that
rvCv Bigger organizations leave untouched Is
s, l tne Kcvnoto 01 a. new man i raui iu
authorised by the Eighth Street Rescue .
'Mission. Since May 10, this mission,
located nt 242 North Eighth street, has
been the scene of religious activity on a
scale never before seen. This Is the
direct result of an open-door policy
on the part of the Rev. T. W. Mo
Kenty, superintendent of the mission,
who has worked out 'many Interesting I
experiments there.
It is one of his policies not to cease
to take nn Interest in a nmn as soon
as he has become converted nt one of
the evening services. Generally, Mr
McKcnty claims, n man goes out from
the mission that night v itli good inten
ltons, but a change comes with the cold
light of morning, no job in prospect or
no breakfast in sight H is slitibb and
Usreputnble looking from a cheap all
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Tlio Victory Class of the II. II. I'urness School, Third nnd Mifflin streets, collected 920,050 for the Victory Liberty Loan. The total number of bonds
subscribed Mas 153, ranging from $30 bonds to $10,000. Milton IlerMliman, twelve jears old, Mas the Victory I'upil. He .secured forty-four bonds,
amounting to $22,000. The children were enthusiastic workers during the campaign. In the Victory Class are Milton Ilersclunan, Alex Schambau,
Lawrence Delfleln, George London, Israel Nullman, Ilciijaiiiin "DulTlne, Harry Goldstine. Solomon Chuken, Frank Period, Morris Smith, Joseph Welsman,
Henry Kpstein, Joseph DaIs, Jacob Less, Fcntoii Doolan, Fred Kemp, Germ Stein, John Ulilanls, Samuel Will (man, Bertha SIhlnity, Uurnetta Brat
ton, Helen Enslamlrr, Mollle Lutilu, Anna Nadlcr, Selm.i Sockctt, Violet Leslinpr. Anna Huttcr, prances Saltz, Anna Segal, Margaret Tesch, Susie Her
man, li.i Aptchman, Florence MrFnrland, Mary Allen, Lillian Conro, Goldle Glldeif, Kdna Goldstein, Marie Gustason, Esther Kernlsh, Anna Ocrgel
FOOD LACK BLAMED-
ASPHALT PAVEMENTS STOP
FOR MARINE DEATHS DRIVE OF 17-YEAR LOCUSTS
temptation 'that will" undo all the good i Chaplain Here Declares Short-1 Entomologists Here Say Millions of Pests Will Die Hard This
work of the mission
Accordingly, a "follow up" principle '
has been adopted bj the mission. It
docs not tloc its doors with the cud
of the evening services, but keeps the
man in sight until he gets a position
It feeds him for several days and gncs
him refuge and lodging at the niKsion
In the windows the want nds of news; i
papers are displajed and the men tome
in to examine them
age of Surgical Dressings
Also Proved Costly
Hardships nnd sufferings of the ma
lines were related last night by the
Kc. James J. Bingham, pastor of the
Orthodox Street Methodist Church, to n
large audience in AVitherspoon Hall.
1 ear Trying to Reach Earth's Surface
BILLIONS of might be scjfteon-
ear lo usts todn are making n fight
for life in or under Philadelphia nnd
icinitj. compared with which the for
mer kaiser's prospects to dine in l'nris
were gloriouslv hopeful.
Whnt the locusts arc up ngninst in
Philadelphia is progiess. They arc up
A club called the Haven's Club has j Ling on stretchers, Drenthiug tlicir ngainpt pavements nnd brick walls, and
been formed with this purpose in wew last. thc spoke onH of "going baik
They began with clghty-ntc cents audmto the light," he said, 'lhe Mr
have grown to nn extent where scores . Wngli.iin was acting chaplain of tlv
of positions arc supplied dnil. main 'Sivth "Marine ItngHde from Jul, l'.HT.
"down-and-outs" cared for and otheis . until Jauuarjof this yeai.
.I . , Of the ninrities baptism of nie am,
given such small necessities ns stamps. t"1 u$"at Chateau -Thierry, he
paper and envelopes, telephone service gnil .
and the like. AVheu the mnjoritj of "On the night of July 17. nnd we wit'
never forcer it. wc nnu to niahp on-
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the men get positions they unmcdiatclj
send in n fractional part of their wages
tq the Eighth Street llescile Mission
According to Mr. McKeutj, his
scheme has worked out wonderfully
"There has not been u single betraval
of confidence," he said toda.v. "Xot a
man has abused the privilege of per
fect freedom and many men have beeu
redeemed during this one week who
v have .been conspicuous figures in the
Tenderloin for years."
The Eighth Street Itcscue' Mission
sees to it that the men who respond to
the invitation to embrace salvation aud
profess it do not forget it ns soon as
Ihey get outside the door.
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SPEECH CLUB ELECTS
wn to the front along u dark road. It
was choked with eludes of nil sorts
nnd the order camp to proceed m h'uigh
hie You took hold of the pack of tln I
man ahead of you vou couldn't se
him and followed the lender A truck
stalled across the road and it was no e
Mirv to detour about it. One walked
to it. felt the man ahead turn ninl
wheeled behind him Wir head almo-st
wns lerked loose, but vou kept on.
"One ofhrer lost the man in fiont.
Up groped about and. thinking he had
him, closed his arms in n lovous grasp
about the working end of n niulcl II"
let go in a hum."
METHODIST FUND
Philadelphia Has Subscribed $3,
038,371 for Centenary Fund
The Philadelphia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church has sub
scribed s.i,o.is.r.7i of its sa.Goo.ooo
quota to the Methodist ceutcuarj fund,
according to reports submitted by tin
Kcv. Dr. George II. Bicklej , executive
secrctarj of Hip campaign.
These subscriptions, for the most part,
me only partial reports of 220 of the
churches in the district aud ninety-eight
churches have foiled to report.
(.'hurdics of the Philadelphia area,
which includes Philadelphia, New Jcr
sev. "vVvomimr and Delaware Confcr-
include Miss Lottie McKee, Mrs. Joseph ences, have subscribed SO.000,000 to
D. Wilson, Mrs. AW B. Saunders, Miss ward their 57,800.000 quota.
Itena Wolf, Miss Marie Eisenlohr, Sirs. The Dcluwarc Conference, which is a
D. Ellis Lit, Mrs. Horace V. Weeks, negro conference, is the first of the four
Mrs. Edward B. Gctze and Mrs. Charles I to go over the top in the drive. Dr.
H. Wilt. Miss Cora Elsie Kinzio is 1 II. Butler, campaign manager for
director of the club. I Delaware, reported to Kobcrt II. htrinc,
This week closes most of the nctivi- the niea enmpnign mrecior, umc suu
rs. Albanus Smith Named Preal
dent Help to Deaf Planned
Mrs. Albanus L. Smith has been
named president of the (Speech Beading
Club, of . Philadelphia, for the ensuing
year. Samuel Wagner was again named
honorary president. Mrs. A. S. Logan
is the new ice president: Miss Rose
Kinzie, treasurer; Miss Alice Smith,
secretary, and Miss Bcbecca Xevvhall,
assistant secretarj.
Members of the executive committee
that is too much for the toughest locust
slug that evei slept in a mole's den.
In 1!K)2. according to Doctor Ilenr.v
Rkinnei,' of tin Academj 'of Natural
Silences, the seventeen -venr-locusts had
a fine time foraging I'nli mount Park,
grassj vacant lots, and fashionable sub
urbs They nvept th countryside in
millions, he said, nncUmanv were the
proud (ountiy gentleincjii who went to
bid gloating over his prosperous gar
dens, oulv to rise amid n desert waste
of guawed-off stubs. Up nnd down ave
nues nnd stieets, along bottle, n Is that
were ns jet golden dreams in the minds
of Philadelphia's contractus, the lo
c ists marched and munched.
The reproduced, which is the fntally
inescapable part of their program. Pa
tientl the she-locusts laid thdr eggs,
and those eggs hatched into larvae,
whicli have now become full grown, and
nie readv to make their debut in this
iv oi Id of bugs.
Billions Ready to Hatch
Billions en billions of them ! And n
large majoritv of the would-be locusts
lu this vicinit nie franticnllv butting
their brnius out ngaiust asphalt pave
merits that mark the cit's spreading
out. The citv is lnrgely paved now
uud in that lies the tragedy of these
industrious insects. Their parents
started them on their seventeen- car
journe.v to birth all according to Ilojle;
but man, pnrticularl the real estate ,a
riet, has cast the shadow of race sui
cide over their meandering clan.
"If the don't get out the will die,"
says Doctor Skinner, "and. it stnnds to
reason the) can t cat their wnythroiigh
asphalt. I in self dug some up just
under the surface of my garden the other
day. The will be coming along thickl
before many weeks. But auy number of
them will never get out to pass from the
larvae stage ami become adnlt locusts.
The hare subsisted all these years on
roots nnd vegetable matter under
ground, but now they must either get
to the light or die. They will die."
Seed stores here say that to stop the
locust is about like tr.ving to pin n rose
on the tail of a fling Navy-Curtiss
seaplane. Should one want to be sure
of getting some of the marauders. he
should put arsenate of lead on the like
liest looking vegetation, and then wait
fin the insects to come out for their
biealfast. Tr.ving to get nt them uu
dergiouud. although they arc now close
to its surface, is virtually out of the
question.
"ion could put Paris green a foot
deep on the ground nnd thc.v'd get
through," said one entomologist today.
"ou'vc got to give them somethinir
with their food. And while jou're giv
i t.- a few the quietus, n million more
mn.v be doing a flank movenicut over the
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ties of the club for the summer. It
will open again October G with each de
partment enlarged. It is expected the
social service department will be thor
oughly organized nnd ready to care for
hundreds of deaf person seeking cmploj -meut.
The exchange of articles made by
deaf persons will be kept open during
the summer, and there w ill also be some
free instruction in lip reading.
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WAR SEEM AS CHURCH AID
All Factions Brought Into Closer
Harmony, Says. Monslgnor Kleran
Action against the ignorance and
'nreludiee with which other relicions
t'-Jilook upon the Catholic Church was
Kitr urgeu oy jiuuaisuv. "iu ic uigui
Lfek. C.f lftA mnmhoro nf fttn Trnttvlifci nt
Columbus.
It was the occasion of a testimonial
dinner to the Rev. Joseph L. N. Wolfe,
a Catholic chaplain of the Twenty
eighth Division, who was assistant rec
tor of St. Patrick's Church before he
entered the army.
"We must try to have them forget
their bigotry," Monsignor Kieran said,
"and we, in turn, must not be preju
diced against them. We are not capa
, " ble of judging others', God is the only
' one that looks into a man's heart and
tells whether he is doing the right thing.
j-fJThe war has done a great deal toward
bringing" all churches into closer har-
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vcriptious totaling S4lM,:u have uicu
obtained. Their quota was $420,000.
The West district, of which the Rev.
Dr (5. Biikley Bums is district super
intendent, has subscribed its full quota
of $0011,104. Doctor uurns n-pun
pledges tor uu,iuv.
DOCTOR COMMITS SUICIDE
Swedesboro Physician, Despondent,
Swallows Poison
Despondency caused by the recent
death of his wife, it is said, caused Dr.
Oliver Grimshaw, of Swedesboro, N. J.,
to commit suicide at his home by taking
poison.
lie was found unconscious in his bed
100m last night by his daughter Edith,
who is a nurse at the Hahnemann Hos
pital. She recently went home to at
tend her father, whose health had been
crnduall.v failing. Doctor Grimshavv's
w ifc died several w ceks ago. The phys
ic-ian had practiced in Gloucester coun
ts fnr the last thirty years. He was
a graduate of Hahnemann Hospital and
was lift -eight years of age.
More Willys-Overland Men Strike
Eljrla, O., May 28. Employes of
the Willys-Overland plant here went on
strike yesterday in sympathy with work
men out at the main plant iu Toledo.
Union leaders claim that at least G50
men quit work, while the plant officials
declare only 330 arc out. Picketing wns
begun in the afternoon
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FOB hTEAH BSE Bucliwhiat. Bit. nd Barley.
The Philadelphia and Reading
to go to the city Saturday night nnd
see motion pictures of how it nil hap
pened." There wns n vague rumor about the
city yesterday that Ilarrisburg had
railed upon the Emergency Aid forces,
the Home Guards and the Hog Island
fiiefightlng demons to combine forces
aud man n cit-wide drive in defense
nt ninst the enemy 'within our gates. A
,r'c "ins linriage ot arsenate or lean,
distributed in spray form, and cmplo-
iiig i'eithing trom a water-wagon to
a cologue sringc is said to have been
the plan. However, this is not con
lb. uird. Up to date, it is believed that
1 Citizen will do his best against 'cm,
ami let it go nt that.
To Bury L'Estrange In England
Now York, May 2S. It was an
nounced here that the body of Julian
IEstrnuge, "prominent netor, was sent
lirtt Friday on the Orduna to London
for burial there. Constance Collier, his
widow, is in England and has arranged
for n public funeral there. Mr.
IEstrangc wns so-star iu "An Ideal
Husband" when stricken with influenza,
which caused his death. Although a
public funeral was announced to be
held nt the Kuneial Church, Miss Collier
GETMEWTEACHERS
Services of All Department
Heads Retained One In-
structor Killed in War
THREE WOMEN RESIGN
Many changes in the' personnel of
the teaching staff nt Swarthmore Col
lege aro announced for next year
The college Is fortunate, however, in
retaining the services of nil the various
departmental hends. Dr. Thomas K.
Uhrdahl, professor of economics, nt
Swarthmore, on leave of absence from
the University of Wisconsin, will re
main as the ljcad of thcdcpatmcnt.
rhlllp M. Hicks will return. Jo the
college in time for the next term, and
give his attention to the duties of as
sistant professor of public speaking.
Paul M. Pearson has resigned as pro
fessor of public speaking, but remains
as a lecturqr on that subject.
Dr. Winthrop It. Wright succeeds
Dr. Mason E. Hufford in charge of the
laboratory, poctor Hufford was loaned
by the University of Indiana, and re
turns to the fnculty of that institution.
Doctor Wright comes with nn enviable
iccord of teaching and accomplish
ment. E C. White has been appointed as
sistant p'rotcssor iu civil engineering.
Ho has had much practical experience.
Dr. Edgar White Burrill, who has
been giving half-time to the English de
partment, will be on full time, succeed
ing Professor II. B. Pace, who was
killed in France.
Dr. Maud Basset Gorham, a mem
bor"bf the English department for seven
years, has lesigned her position. Sho
will be succeeded by Miss Bculah Mac-
Mlllan. Ilaymond Morse Hcrrick, who
formerly did jvork in the same depart
ment, but who left Inst jcar because
of illness, will return.
Florence M. Hose, hssi.stnnt tn rthvsi-
cal education, of the women, has re-'
signed and will be succeeded by Eliza
beth Lttnnngt
FOUNTaTn FOR VETERANS
Gloucester Discards Idea of $100,000
Memorial Building
Gloucester City wilt erect a drinking
fountain and tablet In front of City
.Hall bearing the nnmes pf its 400 boys
who served in the war.
This wns decided upon nt a meeting
of the memorial comtnlttee. The fi
nance committee recommended that n
$100,000 memorial building be erected
instead, but after going over the matter
in detail the committee decided it would
be a hard matter nt this time to inisc
this amount ot money.
FRATERNITY PLAY TONIGHT
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"Awl That's ruthln,l' Written
and Played by Members
A piny wllj be presented by the Beta
Sigma Phi of thk city nt Al. White's
dancing academy louight, in conjunc
tion with n 3Iny hop to be given by
the junior clubs of the Big Sisters.
The play Is the result o" the com
bined efforts of members of the fra
ternity. The score is by Arthur Iloscn.
The book. "Awl That's Nuthln!" wns
written by A. Blakcr And A. ltosen, of
the Betn Sigma Phi. The entire est
nnd orchestra is comprised of members
of the Beta Sigma Phi fraternity
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