" - vh fV r-f r -.fWr, ., fpftJ5((lif'pS", EVENING PUBLIC LBDGER-PHIliADELPHrA, TUESDAY, ifOVEMBEK 11, 1919 ' 4 -BMT, h fc tr i ii " I L V Happiness In largely matter of health, and tha plentiful e of pure drinking water Is on of the bett ways to attain Ik Our deliveries pass your door Phone or write for regular ervlce. THE CHAS. C. HIRES CO. SIO Se. 241!, SI., rhila. DRINK WATER NEW USE FOR SHOWER BATH "Evening Company" Extinguishes Blaze With Novel Method A shower bath was used hi cxtin Jtiishlng a (ire nud nil evening loin puny" did ii lightning t hiinge into 11 bucket brigade dnrnig h blaze e.nlv tins morning ut 2.'ll) South Melville street To ' .lack" Medullar , a foimei West Philadelphia High School n 1 1 lot -. is, given credit foi the oiuin ami extin guishing ot the flames, which started, in bis bedroom a few minute- after he had gone downstniis to take a showei I bath McCloskcv i said to h.ne tucd a lighted cigaritte tnwaid a i uspidoi . but "ilb Mich poor nun thai the slump i lodged in a buicaii drawer ami smould pred I Miss Grace Mi Clnskev slslci of the former athlete, cntei mining visitors downstairs, dctetttd the tire She and mr friend fought the flame, her broth el, clad in pajamas, diricting their efforts- until the crew of Engine Cnmpnni. o 57 from 1'itty-liflh and Pine i streets, assumed command of the sit uation The loss, chieHv to peisonnl apparel and furniture is estimated nt .".()(l , DOUBLE BURIAL IN MURDER j To Hold Service for Man Who Killed) Himself and Wife ' John Savorv and his wife. Jane. I whom he shot and killed vesterda.i and then killed himself, will be buried to-. gether Thursday afternoon Services will be held at 2:30 o'llmkat the home. 8351 N'orth Howard street, and will lie conducted bv the Itev W.tltcr Lewis, pastor of the Latter Dai Saints' Church. Ontario and llowaul streets, i Interment will be made in Korest Hill ' Cemetery Savory, who was siitv six jmi, old had been married fort -the icnrs. Ilis wife was sixtv-two .ve.irs old. lie shot i his wife while home during the noon lunch hour, and killed himself as she fell. Insanity, due to neurasthenia. J from which he suffered foi three months, js believed to have been the cause. , He is survived bj two daughters Mrs ' Mary (iood.ill and Mrs Kleanor Dud- I ley, who witnessed the shooting, nml three sons, Hair, William and Thomas I PICKS SCHOLARSHIP BOARD Mayor Names Committee to Make School of Design Appointments A committee on scholarships to the Philadelphia School of Design for vlomen ban been announced by Mnior Smith. The city appropriates $10,000 to the sihool, for which it receives twenty scholarships The committee which will pass upon tho merits of applicants includes Dr. Willinm A. Mason, director of drawing In the public schools, president; I'aul King, artist: M. Virginia Fisher, head of the nrt department of the South Philadelphia High School for Oirls; Mrs. H. S. Prentiss Nichols, president Pew Centurj Club; Harvcs M Watts. Herbert D Allmau, vice president School of Design for Women, and Miss Elsa Koenig Nitzsche, artist Fall6 In Front of Car, Unhurt Harry Paul, seventeen years old. 2.120 xsorth Howard street, fell from n wagon in front of n trolley car nt llabstead i and Eighth streets, and is alive today because of a second and luckier accident, i He was saved from getting under the wheels by a jam of vehicles, which I brought the trolley car to a halt. I ffe New Satin Hats And satin and fur combinations, in eluding small off -the-face, Chin-Chin and turban shapes, and the larger, soft effects for afternoon and evening wear. Featuring all the fur shades. Very attractively priced 12.50 to 25.00 Matfson & DeMair? 1215 Cliestnur Street E ORIGINATED HERE Philadelphia Members First Pro posed Washington Bilreau to State Cantonment Meeting COMMITTEEMEN ARE CHOSEN Kstablishment of a service bureau in Washington for the benefit of the Amrr iean Legion posts in Philadelphia and throughout the nation us urged nt the national convention of the legion in Minneapolis This recommendation wa made orlg Innllv at the state cantonment The Philadelphia nml I'eunsvlvnnia delega tion to the national convention were instmcttd to fight for sm.li n bureau in order that the legion may be placed in n position to render service, to the lomrades who have mutters lending at Washington Vnliciputiiig that the national con veution will plan for Hie inauguration of n serine burinii at Washington, the Philadelphia tountv committee has been arinnging to piovide for an officer in each post in the city who will bring to the attention of the proper official of the iouuIv (ommltlee questions that should be transmitted to Washington. The gieat mnjontj of the problems involve the payment of allotments, war risk liisuialiie or arrangement for vo lational training Oilier questions nrise too. ns to hospital tieatnient nnd the obtaining of bonuses or money due on discharge Thomas K Median V Nevin Dct rich licorge Wentworth Oarr. in tent A Cniroll. Frank W Melvin nnd nthei delegates to the state canton meiii supported the measure, nnd it was adopted unanimously by the enn tnnment It is possible that the county committee, nt its next meeting, will take up the question of devising means of using the sen ice bureau to the beat advantage of the local posts. The need 1 l! ... .1... 1.A was so urgent, some nine mu maw iu countv organisation was importuned to nssign a repiesentntive to Washington to expedite action on matters forwarded there for immediate attention nnd no tion. Isidore Bavlson. Post No. 7, was named usterdnv ns the chairman of a subcommittee of the Philadelphia county committee, to confer with a like com mittee from Community Service, 1518 Walnut street, to devise ways nnd means of co-operation between these two organizations throughout the city. The other legion committee members are Joseph Cnrson, 1521 Chestuut street. Post -105; nnd Itobert McLean, Post Nu fl "1 shall lommunicato with Director Moore, of Community Service, im mediately upon my return from the na tional convention in Minneapolis," said Mr Uaylson. who is a national dele gate. That it. is impcintivc that the legion serve its membership in various matters was emphasized by Han is W. AVatkins, of Post 250 He explained that the post had been called upon to take up questions of rent profiteering in behalf of n number of comrades, had been asked to arrange to give to the post members free medical advke aud legal advice through men in the legal and medical professions whn expressed a willingness to contiibute some of their time nnd energy, nnd to press for the settlement of allotment nnd insurance problems that had been presented to the authorities at the na tional capital for blooming next Spring. 'Hyacinths tulips, PAFF0D1L5. Crocus rrc Plant Tubs and Flower Pots A Large Selection to Choone From Michell's Plant Food Specially prepared for pot plant A wonderful Inrlicnrntor J So per package. MiCHELLS house 518 MARKET ST PHLLAPA LEGION'S SERVIC H jf 0, -J- X t , ., v frMT'W P an.ei,..iep,,.i g?' ' " ... y- J .u.nu m III I I" 1 1 IfW W WPH. ...... I-, TTT1 " r-' ' T.1.1 I 1 . . . y, ' . . litSf $mmmwii '':.i ?'i Tif ILLIONS of men today will live again - in memory that day last year when the guns went cold The raw realities of. then have become their memories now They are back with us, facing new objec tives, attacking the new problems of peace, once more an intimate part of our lives, but set apart by the alMmportant role they played - TTTfTiiaWTrr n if r i i i irramir'iiT-iir TMifiiiam r - w n rr"rri "t'v A -v One year gCopyright, muuiie' ago 1919, Hart Schaffher &. Mavx "WW." H ",',, ''I 1 ( 4 -,! l UMM . ' . Jf v . '..'- . 1 K S. iTtft' M-ife-i . ( 1'
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