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fcftCvYork to Be Concentrated on
Rich in City Campaign to
Raise $500,000 More
PRAISE FOR DOUGHNUTS
The Infk ot gnrncrlnc bis ubscrlp
tlons from wcnlthy men of (Ills city for
the SnlvnMon Army home sen ice drive
pot under way today, with about $500,
000 still to be raled for the $1,000,000
fund.
The formation ot thirty-fire canvass
Inc teams ot ten members ench is (he
first slop in this intensive rninpnlgn.
Each team is to receive thirty caids
with the names of "prospects " The
orsanizatioa will be completed late to
day at n nteetiiic in IJoom 2-4.1, Cit
Hall, 'nith Judge John 31. l'atteron
presiding.
Among the men who hae volunteered
to head teams are George Wharton Pep
per, William rrelhofei. Jacob P Lit,
Charles V (JraKclow, Kllis A (Jimliel.
AV. I'reelnnd Kendrick, H. .1 Liberty,
William Pignnn, Jr , John AVana
maker nnd V I! Kelly, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs. AA'arburton at Helm
The womtn trnmuork will bo hcid
ed liy Sirs Hardily It. AA'arburton,
rhainnan of the women's otRiincntion ;
Mr. J. AVillio Martin. Mis I! K.
Itichnrdon, JIrs AVnlter Nash, Mrs.
AA'llnicr Krusen, Mrs (leorge A. Dun
ning, Mrs. Chailes S AVurts, Mrs.
"Edith AA'hito and Miss lleulah Fenimore.
The campaign Is to be extended for
four davs bejoud tomorrow. As no
work will be done Saturday or Sun
day the last big effort for the fund will
eitend into next week
An indication of the esteem in which
Salvationists nie held !v the men of
the Seventy ninth Division is shown in
a letter written from France bv Pri
vate Jack Horner, of the ill ot h In
fantrv. "While our bovs were coming in so
fast," he wrote to a friend in this i ity,
"a real Ameiicnn woman dropped in
Let me Fay that I don't believe an
angel from heaven would be more w el
tome. I believe that (Jod sent her. She
washed blood from hands and faces;
she filled hot water bottles, she ban
daged and fixed dressings; she told
cheerful stories nnd just such things as
only a woman can do.
Works All Night
' "Midnight came she was still work
ing. Morning came she was lust as
fi?sh as ecr. God bless her. She was
a Salvation Army worker, for the last
two days Sahation Army workers have
been making doughnuts. I'll bet the
line ot hungry doughbovs waiting for
doughnuts would reach across n couple
of squares."
BENEFIT FOR MOUNTAINEERS
Money Obtained at St. Davids Fete
to Establish Community Centers
For the benefit of a community center
for the mountain fioys who are return
ing from service with Fnclo Sam an en
tertainment will be given at the home of
Mrs Charles AA'alton, St Davids, on
Satun nfternoon.
The community center will bo built at
Norton, A'a. AVhcn the moiiutnineer
soldiers were cnlled to the tolors they
were as though suddenlv uprooted from
n life almost untout lied by modern civ
ilization. Living in a world apart for
generations these "doughbovs" are le
turnlng to their homes greatly changed,
yet more so than the avciage soldier
or sailor who had left his native town
or village for the first time The larger
environment in the case of the mountain
boys has mado manv of them feel ie
Iuctant to take up their old paths again.
The Philadelphia Auxihar.v of tlWs
Association will give "An Afternoon
AYlth American Poetry nnd Music" at
"WnlmaTtbon," the home of Mrs. AA'al
ton. The copimunity center at Norton,
Va., is to be "a memorial to the TilTth
Infantry, A. K. F., for local and ex
tension work among mountaineers nnd
miners." The program commences at
S p. m.
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'At the Panama-Pacific
Exposition the H01t0ra
won the highest score for
tone quality over all other
talking- machines.
1311 WALNUT ST.
DONATION DAY
Friday, .May 30, 1919
Xo Our Ftllovy Citizens:
Th extraordinary demands mads upon lh
Jtwlah Hospital during- the past year compel
t. aflrHln RDTyal to tha liberality of Ita
frienda and woll-wlahera for subatantlal as
alitanec.
Over tbrea thousand patlenis. nt whom
bout one-half were abaolutaly free, received
arraimem ill it." vdiiuu. u-yanuicmB uu-
ln tbo year.
Jta tmds have been- at all times
filled with the alrlc and aunerlAs of
all creeda. color and nativity, and aa a
result at the polio" of aldlnr all thoee who
apply for aealatanca our treasury Is not
only depleted, uul very i&rsely overarawn.
therefore earneatly appeal to thon who
recoanUe the usefulness of tha hospital to
.aid It at thla time. In the confident assur.
nce that the eneroslly of Its benefactors
will ba fully justined by tha reaulta.
The Board, of Officers tendered to. the
tft..u& nf the 1Tnlte4 Rtata th r...
u of all depa.rtir.enta cf the Hospital for
the aoMera " ,ivi .. w fmy
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AAho will sing nnd ilnnco the "Kor
lx)e" number from "I'iddlers
Three" with Hal SUelley tomorrow
evening in aid of the Osteopathic
Hospital of Philadelphia at a ben
efit ilanre in the Itelleuie-Mratfmd
ballroom
DESERTERS ARRESTED"
Two Men From British Vessel Picked
Up In Germantown
Accused of being deserters fiom the
1'iitisdi steamship Otto Masier, which
docked here on Sunday, two sailors
were arrested by the police ot the Ger
mantown station toda and turned over
to the federal authorities. The meu are
Herman Petersen nnd Charles Johnson.
Thej allege that the were ill-frenl-'d
nnd impropeih fed aboard the 'vessel,
which (aused them to desert
Mounted Patrolman Campion found
a horse and vagon tied to a tree ut
Hillcrest and Stenton nvcuncs, early to
dav The horse showed evidence ofhnrd
driving. He located the men asleep under
another tree nnd placed them tinder
arrest. It is not known whether the
team was stolen.
KERMIT ROOSEVELT FINED
Invests $10 In Doughnuts After
Breaking Traffic Rules
New York, May 2S Major Kcrmit
Roosevelt nppearcd before Magistrate
Miler in the Long Island Citj Court
jesterdnv accused of violating trnfhc
t tiles on- the Queensborough bridge 5lon
dav night. He was called to court by
Policeman Hettner, who said the major
had failed to keep within traffic lines.
Major Roosevelt admitted he had been
dnv ing recklessly. The magistrate fined
him $10, adding that he could pay the
tine to the Salvation Army if he desired.
Major Roosevelt said nothing would
please him better, and he invested $10
in doughnuts.
Profiteering and Speculation
arc forcing American hides lo adinnce to unheard-of prices, and
if the present rise in hides continues our American tanners will
he forced to curtail and prices of leather icill be out of reach
and out of reason. Read the truth direct from the fountain head
of information, "The Tanner," in the Morning Lrjger, May 27,
"Financial and Commercial Section," and sec the "writing on
the wall," Be on your guard Be prepared!
Hundreds Buying
Noav During the Greatest Money-baving
Shoe Opportunity This City Has Ever Seen !
Realize, we've $100,000 worth of New Low Shoes contracted for
one ear aco at rock bottom prices. Shoe costs are rising. The
no wonder these are
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Actually Better in Quality and Style Than Shoes at
Other Shops at $3 to $5 More in Price!
Look at the exorbitant prices ground-floor shops are charging.
See the style, the finish, the superb quality of these shoes that
Here custom built for us by such master shoe craftsmen as Burt
& Packard and Thompson Bros., America's leading makers!
Realize that here
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OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION COPIES SOLD
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Read an Intrepid Flier and Ma
chine the Best, They Say.
Call It Wonderful
STEINMETZ PRAISES FEAT
Naval officers here share with Phil
adelphia's interested in nerial naviga
tion enthusiasm at the successful out
come of Lieutenant A. C. Read's trans
atlantic flight in the naval airplane
NC 4.
"Jt was very wonderful, but we ex
pected i.t. Nevertheless, it was very
wonderful," ald Lieutenant Com
mander Fredei ick G. Colburn, V. S. N.,
who is in (harge of the nlrcrnft factory
at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. "I
know Read. I always knew be was a
very good navigator, but now he is a
better navigator than ever.
'"I think one reason for his success
was that when he was getting ready
we did all thnt we could do to ghe him
the best machine. After it was 'all
dolled up' we gave him a lookout to
guard against trouble along the route,
lint no boat, not even the best in the
world could have crossed unless the
flier was 'on the job' nnd Read spent a
lot of time tuning up for his work and
getting in shape for his flight. He has
shown that the very best machine can
not do much without the very best ; pilot,
and he has proved that he is n that
class. AVe are all proud of him and
WoSh A. Steinmct. president of the
Aero Club of Pennsjlvanin, thu i ex
pressed his. opinion of Lieutenant Com
mandcr Read's accomplishment :
i ..r. . o mniirr of national congratu
lation and evidence that the navy has
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Kiatulatiou that the avv fF'"
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I 0Cchii navigation.
"The success of th" ntgni "i m.
NC -t should bring out a length
schedule ot things to do that ous efforts
may be guided by the things thus
gained. The safety of the craft was
insured bv the construction of the boat
hull showing that planes of scavvorthv
strength and size can bo made' and
should turn our thoughU in that direc
tion. The actual time of the flight
demonstrates that the otcan can be
crossed in nbout one-fifth ot the time
consumed bj the fastest liners.
"AVith the development of high level
motors access to atmospheric zones
above surface tempests nnd fogs will
greatly relieve undetermined ntmos
phenc conditions.
"Long distance flying is now an ac
complished fact and the path hns been
blazed for thousands of our Intrepid
navigators to follow the flag across the
seas."
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SHOPS. OPEN EVERY EVG
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WAR DOG EXHIBITION
' IN NICETOWN TODAY
Proceeds to Bo Used to Build
Swimming Pool for Nicetown
Boys' Club
Dogs thnt won Distinguished Service
Mednls in the war are among the hun
dieds exhibited at the show being con
ducted today by Major Henry Reed
Hatfield.
The show Is being held on the old
Hatfield homestead, "The Place,"
Klghteenth street nnd Hunting Park
avenue. The proceeds will be turned
over to the Nicetown Roys' Club, just
across the street, to help build a swim
ming pool.
Two heroic animals, both with wound
stripes, arrived fn New York with re
turning troops several days ago. They
received their injuries while cnrrylng aid
to fallen Yanks in No Man's Land.
Major Hatfield decided to hold the
show when he became interested in the
Americanization campaign being con
ducted by Henry G. Gear, superintend
ent of the club, among the children of
foreign born parents. Cleanliness is a
feature of the campaign, and Mr. Gear
once publiclj scrubbed a couple of soiled
joungsters as an object leson to their
companions.
J. Sergeant Price, Jr.. Is judge at
the dog show. Among those who are
supporting the event and have con
tiibuted cups for pi ires nre Mrs. AA'il
linm.J. Clothier, Mrs. Edward V.
Beale, Mrs Pere.v H. Clark. Mrs. Ed
ward E. Maishall. Mrs. AA'illiam II.
Mulford. Mrs. Stevenson Crotheis, J
Richard M. Cadwaladcr, Jr., Frank M.
Rowers. Harrj Maybin Hart, 13. Lovv
ber AA'elsh, Dr. Henry Jnrrett and J.
G Lei per, Jr.
Reward for Loat Family
Uitrobe, Ma.v 2f. Twenty-five dol
lars reward is offered bj S. R. Noel, a
wiry, little, hard-working farmer of the
Ligonier A'nlley, for information re
garding the wherenbouts of Jiis wife
nnd two children, Theodore -AA Noel,
aged eleven, and Merle Edward Noel,
aged twenty-two months, who disap
peared last month. Noel sns he thinks
his wife and children were urged to
leave home by "another man."
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Deaths of a Day
MISS MARY ROBERTS 'WARE
Member of Old Philadelphia Family
Dies In Paris
Miss Mary Roberts AA'are, a mem
ber of an old Philadelphia family, died
at her home, 04 Rue de la Ilieufalsance.
Paris, according to a telegram rccclve'il
today.
Miss Ware was the daughter, of the
lnle Lewis S. AA'are. and Hllzabcth AV.
Roberts AVarc. Her mother was the
daughter of the late Edward Roberts.
Countess Gbffredo Gnlll, who was Miss
Clara Roberts, was her nunt. Edward
Roberts, J. R. Evans Roberts, H. Rad
cllffe Roberts, Edward Drowning, Mis.
John C. Groomc, Sirs. Henry Disston
and Mrs. Arthur V. Meigs, all of Phila
delphia, are first cousins of Miss AA'are.
Lewis Sharpe AA'are, n brother of
Miss AVarc and an authority ou beet
sugar, died in Paris on December -0
last.
Daniel H. Mahohey
Daniel II. Rlahony, of late years In
the Insurance" business but formerly a
member of the firm of HarOy & Mat
hony, thnt published the Catholic Stand
ard nnd the American Catholic Re
view, died earlv Yesterday morning In
Misericordia Hospital of heart trouble.
He was stricken Saturday evening at
his home nnd soon afterward was re
moved to the hospital.
The funeral will be held Friday morn
ing from Frank A. HookeyV under
taking parlors, 1727 Glrard avenue.
Mass will be celebrated in the Church
of the Gcsu at 0:30 o'clock.
Mr. Mahony is survived by his widow.
He retired from the nowspnper busi
ness shortly after the Standard and
Times were consolidated about twenty
years ngo. nc was about seventy year
of age. ,
William T. Weir
William T. AVeii a retired whole
sale confectioner, died Monday at his
summer home near Lausdale. Death
was due to heart disease. Mr. AA'eir
was eight five years old and it native
of New York. He is sutvived by his
widow nnd five children. Funeral serv
ices will be held tomorrow from his
lity home, 214G North Rroad stieet.
military
a great thing;
the military hearing ;
makes you feel like
."doing things" The
returning fighters
have it j men at home
ought to acquire it
The spring styles weVe
designed give a man
the military "air;
waist-seam models; all
wool; guaranteed
Strawbridge and Clothier .
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HOSPITAL BENEFIT
BEING GIVEN TODAY
Lawn Garden Party on .North
Broad Street Will Raise
Funds for Children
A garden party and market for the
benefit of the Children's Homcopnthlc
Hospital Is being given by the woman
managers today on the lawn of Mtb.
Louis P. Rurk, 1237 North Broad
street. Many kinds of articles) are
on sole. Lunch wni served during
the noon hour and during the nfter
noon an attractive amusement program
was given.
The children were taken care of In
n most interesting manner. Kelly, slides,
children's toys and games and every
thing that the small boy or girl wants
were provided.
Mrs. AV. T. Lex is in charge of the
children's booth ; Mrs. Harry Rust had
the delicatessen booth, where tasty
lunches were. '
Cut 'flowers and potted plants were
for sale under the direction of Mrs.
Hcnty H. Shcip nnd her aides.
Some of the other interesting booths
are as follows: Fancy and useful ar
ticles, Miss Tnylor; fruits and vcgc
tables, Mrs. Clurk; cake, candy, pies
and bread, Mrs. Kdson ; general store,
Mrs. AA AVeaver nnd Mrs. Charles
Dapp; near-new book 'stoc, Miss M.
Lousley; fortune tent. Madam S,ylvta;
refreshments, Mrs. , Ingram; nmuse
ment, Kelly slides, see-saws, Mrs. A.
Korndocrfer; Ice cream cones, Miss
Kolb.
Fire In Tomaon & Co. Warehouse
Fire starting from an undetermined
cause in the sixth story of a warehouse
of P. C. Tomson & Co., 955 South
AA'atcr street, did slight damage last
night, owing to the fact of its early
discovery b a watchman. The engine
companies remained on the scene for an
hour to make sure of their work, but
the loss was connneu to a small section
of the building, which is. used for htori
ing soap and by-products.
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Manlon Heada Rail Keymen
St. Louis, May 28.E. 3. Manlon,
of New Haven, Conn,, last night was
elected president of the Order of Rail-
DARLINGTON'S
M 26-28 Chestnut Street
This Store Will be Closed
on Memorial Day.
Darlington's will, of course, be closed on
Memorial Day. Tomorrow we shall be ready
to serve those who will want a new Waist, Skirt,
Dress, Suit or other apparel. And those who
are planning to go away for a little trip will be
interested in the Traveling Bags, Suit Cases,
Over-night Kits in our new Luggage Section
just inside the Chestnut Street door.
Laces Are Coming Into
Their Own Again
There is no denying the fact that Laces and Em
broideries are constantly gaining in popularity. Dur
ing the war there was not bo much demand for them,
but fashion tendencies are decidedly towards their
liberal use once more.
We have an excellent assortment of Laces and Em
broideries, including the expensive Real Laces as well
as those at popular prices.
' An Exquisite Lace Shawl,
$325.00
In one of our windows we are showing an
exquisite Shawl made in Switzerland. It is
large size and would make a splendid present
or be a valuable addition to any collection.
Priced $326.00.
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The illustrations show two of the styles in our ex
cellent stock of Porch and Morning" Dresses'. There
are many others in various materials and colorings at
a price range from $1.95 to S11.00. .
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way Telegraphers, defeating n, K,
Perhatn, or bt, Louis, who has held
the position for twentj'-'two consecutive:',
years. The 3021 conveption will be,'
held in Savannah, Gn. .
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