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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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