i w ws'f win i 1 1 1 iinpppiu hi 111 mmvmmim'mrmmmtiBmmwprwi9mW rVi.r7 ' - " .V, TOBREAKRECORDS 5 r n r pfggr and Bottor Than Evor, .... rnmmltteo Arranging v If OBJP ww..,.- , ,Atnie uy.i EXPECT TO GET LARGE FUND ,., !, and more ntupendou-. li"; an effervescent show, dud- KTocS 0 will bo. according t?orrflnginftbccone8tfl h..ftS on to be unuininlly lnro this "' The committee has worked with EuoWect i view bccauno of the big j .i ixlutlnit In the fund. d1?M tho"nnnclal returns fall be low J30.0OO notMn can save tho fund iiJipt a special appropriation from City Council, which would bo another burden f"l UtteSto " the desire of the police "....!.. ). niihl c realize the S ou POHltlOn of the fund and ro So the call wlUibut any special In- 'ToB'of the track event- which eroralit to be hard fought nro tho 440 Srftoh and the 880-yard run. In STqs.rtfr.mlIo race, tho three chief cwltLdm IU be pennlnR. of tho Ho "?,; Fonchc, of the Twenty- ninth d"tric I Joph Schwab of tho Seventh district, and Servant Freeman of tho Forty-first district. The liflK mlIc wI11 Dfain bo " ,tuiss,10 of the Twentv.Bcenth district, and Lende;, 01 tnc imru "' , v.. nn hn nvnnt Inst year nnu thv other two men finished In tho order timed. B. Frank Hodman, tho nth- etc nstrucior u iuo -" u.....u, AlJ ...r.r.lnv thllt tho ClBSI Of BHHl competlDg this year Is better than ever and that record time' is bound to be Bide by tho speedboju. Tickets tor we kumii-s mu w imr--k..,l tlii. main office of tho I'UILLIC Ledofii, other newspaper offices. Room 22.') City Hnll or at any district station. Bwh EimL kimiir; ootobeb ; "r v V W tit Money orders for tickets may bo sent to Captain UeoiRo H, Tempest, secre tary and treasurer of tho pension fund. HIiibIo tickets aro $1 and box scats aro ?5 each. HOSPITAL AIDS HURT KITTEN Mount Slnal Accident Ward Grants Plea of Little Boy Th Mount Slnal Hospital nt Fifth and ltccd streets has set a nicccdent for nil similar institutions by doing nway with tho rule that only human beings In suffering shall be given treat ment there. Morris Ituf, twelve years old, of 018 Dickinson street, walked Into tho acci dent ward of the hospital ostcrdny crying, and tenderly carrying n kitten In his blouse. Iictucen sobs ho Id formed Doctor Ortzmnun, who was In chnrgc, that "kitty was run over by nu automobile, and sho's hurt, and sho's crjlng, nnd I want her fixed up." BIBLE CONVENTION TO OPEN . . W. H. Foster Will Presides Gregory Mantle a- Speaker 'W. II. Foster will preside nt the opening session of the 'annual Blblo nnd missionary convention of tho Christian, nnd Mlsslonnry Alliance this evening In' Hebron Tabernacle; Twentieth street above Spring Garden. The Rrv. J. Gregory Mantle, formerly of London, u 111 deliver the address. Tho opening session will bo devoted largely to young people's work, nnd the names of five missionaries who arc about to leave for the foreign field will be nnnounced. Doctor Mantlo will preach tomorrow nfternoon nnd on Sunday evening. The llev. l'nul Under will conduct n nrcat mnss-mi'ctlng next Wednesday at noon in Aith Street Methodist Hplscopnl Church. Ho will preach on Thursday nfternoon nnd evening In tho Snrlne Garden Street Methodist Episcomil Church. f t f ' I Oh PUBLIC 8PEAKINS Whatever success you may make can bo in creased wondei fully by the ability to think and speak on your feet. The Drexol method of tcachlnf? Tubllc Hpcnklnff 3 unusunl. Practical busi ness talklnff, not orntory or bombastic spenklnp, Is tho kenote of eery clnss hour. Classes Starting Now Com to Drxrl TODAY nnd learn ut how ACTION TKAIMNG will htlo 70a (et ahead I Enroll SOW OREXEL EVENING SCHOOL. "It'i onlr a few Ma AND mlnotK to Drrxel" CHKSTNt'T 8TS. 1 1 Slave Time and3cpen.se 11 ! Good oil will save j 1 I) many aB expensive II 1 1 ham's work on j 1 your motor Settle ! 1) on, ask for and 1 I j stick to depends I ATLANTIC I IMOTOS OIL I Welsbach "THRIFT" Gas Lights 1 fip To replace wasteful open -flame gas burners. Give more light than open flame burners and use less than half as much gas. Wo will show you how to install them. Complete, ready to fit on any uprijrht fixture. Mk Broad and Arch and District Officca -JN. ygfty ZJ-'TnnirT" r UoMXn Gal OloB The United GjiS Improvement Co., The Philadelphia PUBLIC LEDGER iM !H I lllllllllll'I'hl-'Tl.lli:!.!! -IIODK 1 1 Ul There is no mistaking the place v which Dodge Brothers Coupe occupies in the social and business life of the nation. It is evident that it attracts to itself sub stantial people in each community. mill pay you to visit ut and examine thit car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. THORNTON-FULLER AUTOMOBILE CO. 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With even greater confidence than heretofore, the PUBLIC LEDGER com mends its News, Business, Editorial and Feature columns to the people of Philadelphia and throughout the country. Here are a few of the now augmented features of the SUNDAY PUBLIC LEDGER and The PRESS I 3 Six pages of comics in color BIG MUTT and LITTLE JEFF; one of America's most famous comics by Bud Fisher. Other notable features TOM SAWYER Dwig. and HUCK FINN, by HAIRBREADTH HARRY, by Kahles. THE GUMPS, by Sidney Smith. BETTY, by Voight. BOOB McNUTT, by Rube Goldberg. LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK, by Lee Pape. A new "TORCHY" story, by Sewell Ford. THE PRESS FORUM, a feature that has more followers than ment in the country. The splendid BLUE RIBBON stories. any like depart- fiction With a dozen other excellent features that have made "The Press" so many friends. 1 6-page Rotogravure Section filled with interesting pictures. Magazine containing many articles of absorbing interest and entertaining fiction. 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