-ilXf'T 9 . ' -. i' T t r-. -. ,.,PV . -.' g 30VENINa PUBLIC tUDOBR-PHIEtoBLPHIA1, WISPNESD., PBBRtTAKY &b:UMF . - .j, , -, ir ,-,', i - , ' --"Fj . ,! '..;vf. ' 'l ,iT ''! ttkii- '' '! .08 & l'i .i :t , !U H & ij-v ' i KM I 'i'' ..! 1 . ,V i& li. .i w r' ni ' ' ;i - 1 . J ., ft ! 1 m ft I i4l' . I t i-s. rr ( ll' f. p -I J S, ,1 .-"vf. 1 . 'J I- J V I i rt i ;i WOMAN PR 0 OVER N. 1 HOUSE Mrs. Van Ness Takes Speak er's Chair at Night Session DAYLIGHT BILL PASSED Trriiliin. FVh. 2.1. Mr. Jt'iinin ('. Van NYi, the Kp.t nnilil.vwnninn. JirMlileil nrrr ilflllicrntlnni nf tlie As fombly Inst night, "lion Spcnkrr Hnlmrt TcntrI thr rhnlr nnl upont n hnlf hom er mori nn thr ApmM,r floor. It vn tlip first time any trgMntnr, otlmr tlirn Spcnkrr Itnbnrt ntnl Majority I.ini1i-r Tlowtnntl, pmlrlr-il nvrr tlif body till yrftr. When HnfnW Itnbnrt nnnniuiml tlint Mr. an Nn wmilil prrolili- the member nppln tided thr womnn IcfcN Intnr nn Mir wnlki-il from her nrnt nnd mounted tlie tp nf tli prnlirr platform. Clntrlilne ii hnntlkrrolilof In her left bund, Mr Vnn Nc! srlr.eil the penker' snrel nnd nipped for Vrder. Holltltie liti'llii'!1 ptoeeeded n. Kiinl until Mr. Vnn SV" derlnred the Ceylon nt nn end for tlii week. Mr. Mnrenrrt II. l.ninl. tin other Ee. wnman legilntor. win :iUn m'tlve In the cIpii. She one of rtfleen proteKtnntH nnlnt the aetlon of tin1 limine eommlttee on publle heiilth wliirli hns thin fnr fulled to report a bill for osteopath" to Imvo n cepnrnte lli'i'ii-dns honrd and to j erinit siii'h prni'titlnner to preserlbe medlelnen nnd perform aurcery. The protct slneil by Mr. Lnlrd. under tlie rules of the llmioe. will require the nportlnif of tlie otro pathle bill nt Monday night' "l"ti. Mrs. I.nlnl x bin to nrnlilliit emnloj MAIMED SOLDIER PROBLEM IS FIRST WITH MISS ALICE Congrcsswoman Robertson, Visiting Here. Says Neglect oi Them Is Outrage Against Blue Sunday, but for Prohibition i Consrosswoinnn Hobertnon the wblte- hnlred womnn who, ns pnstmltn", ivnx known to every limn, woman ntnl child, white, brown, blnck nnd red, within ten mlleM of Mirskncep, (V!n.. las their "Miss Alice" broucht to Phil- I ndelidiinii" n nerintni todny thnt nlxmnd" i in homely truth, touched by ucntle humor. 1'or elfflit enr before Mie wits elerfed to represent her district in CnnKrcsi Mls Alice served ndvloo nnd m.tll through the postcllice window to nil coiners nnd pit nwny with It, ns her election proves. She believes in everytblnq Amerlcnli. Iie unjs. nnd n lot of things thnt ouglit to be universnl. She believes in rea son ihnt In Oklnhnuui is culled horse sense," she unld. She enve n ,lmnrhf chnrncter photoftrnph of herself uIipii I jntv. sue iiecinreii tor proliHiltlon nnd mhleil : "The only llipior I ever hnd wn sent to me while I wns pnstinlstreco in Okln;. Iionm by n devout member of the Worn' en's Cliristinn Tempernnce 1'tilnu, so thnt I ii'lRht have it hnndy If I boonme ill I never drnnk myself, but several postnl inspector visited my ofliec Inter nnd took it nnd drnnk It." of their sweethenrt". I've often told audiences of glrli they mutt choose be tween a husband nnd n dress. "When I wfla n young girl there wns no difficulty in innklng Mich n choice (iirls then were willing to stnrt nny wny they could, If they loved the inftu." "Will womnn suffrage menu tbn pas sage of more litnunne laws?" she wu. n sited. Stic Stands by the .Men "Aren't men just ns humane as women?" she nnswered with n qucs Hon. "Thnt men marry anil work bnrd to provide for their fntnlllen when thev might be tnkltig It ensy is proof enough of that." Of politics she hnd little to sny. One was thnt tnere nre too many she are lA JP ' '' iw bS , ------ ----- --,,, ".rffryiT-f pi. . T 1 ""fi I AliU'H ItOHKItTSON Kormer Soldiers' Problem She launched Into a discussion of u number of things the heaviest llr-t. "I guess It's the soldiers the former soldiers. Their problem weighs heaviest on my mind today." "Yes." she snld nfler n reflective pause, "the most vltnl thing right now is the Muestlnn of the incapneitnted sol dier. It Is a whnmo the wny they hnve been neglected. More and more every day the enormous number of men who were gassed nnd sbellshocked nnd wounded ami maimed deniancl thnt mietiiinc le iionc. They are not get - mkkI of fpinnles In f:!i.Jnrli's after 111 I ting simple justice p. m. nnd before it a m. will l' givi n sle "topped n minute and then said: a. public hearing Mnrrh 7, at 'J p. m.. "Hut let's take a more cheerful sub before the Hone labor nnd industries . ject blue Monday, for Instance. I am committee. , a Christian first, an American second Another nienure sponsored bj Mrs. , a Iti'publienu after that but when It l.nird for tlie appointment of a e.m- omes to blue Sunilii; laws I would tell mission to repenl discriminatory ''er body this is a free country, Mntittcs and permit nppoliitment of founded on the principle thnt people wnnifii to all elcctiw and appointive can live ncconling to the ilictntcs of positions was repotted from committee. Daylight saving legislation passed the ; Home yesterday by :1 to 1(1. It will advnncc tlie cluck one hour from the last Sunday in April to the last Sun day in September. Representatives from the agricultural counties voiced1 the opposition. Senate action will be the next step in the bill's progress. Hills, aimed at regiilitiou of cold slornge plnnts passed the House. One measure prohibits keeping foodstuffs in cold storage more than .i year and an other would prohibit misbranding of foods. Pensioning of state employes, under a system whereby 'he state and Its workers would contribute proportion ate dues, was nutlmmod bv lite House. Similar legislation was adopted a year ago. hut failed of executive approval Senate President Allen nnd Speaker Hobart announced the personnel of the special committee whnli with Hovenior Kdwards will frame a state poll -y to rnise the .?."." .IMKI.iK.o needed to . om plete the state highway system. The artiators ure Hagaman. of Ocean: Sturgess. of liloucester: Kit: her. of Warren, nnd Assemblyman Itunyon. of Wnrren : lilover, of Kergen : Pieron. of I'ttion. IMspite vigorous opposition of high tuiiool pupils, the House eiluc.ttion com mittee reported the bill to prohibit fraternities and secret societies In tlie public school". Kxpirntton of tue itme Hunt for in troduction of ttew leg Intiotl witttesseil ptesentntion of l'J7 House bills nnd twenty-live In the Senate Mrs. Laird offered a bill for the im position of the SI poll tax um women voters. Assemblyman Coon, of I"se. intro duced n bill creating n department of Americanization in tie state Depart ment of Kducntioii. their own conscience." ' Prohibitum Will Stay A-kid if she belieieil prohibition would stay . slie mij, ; "Did yo'i I'li'r see an aliienilment to the constitution of the I'nited States that did not -tay put' I do not believe the user of llipior is as much to be cen sured as the .seller. A t'ltei ikee luilian once tame to me in Oklahoma, pretty weir under tlie influence of liipior. 1 was about to lecture him on tlie sub ject when I became suddenly ill from eating too it. tich ham and cabbage my favorite dish s,( decided frailty is not confined to the Indians." "Dress," Cotigresswouiaii Kobertson said, "is oil" of tlie critical questions of tin day Many young men are not gettitr; man id because they are frightened away bv the expensive tastes Women Police Named In Bethlehem Itetlileliem. Pa.. Peh. '-'Ii In order to better i ope m ir Ii health con' moiis m this cit Coiine, ha- appoint, d M-s .1. It Spurrier. Mrs y Y ililcrea-' Miss Catharine 1 i to h and Miss He-sie C'itieh. spee.nl s,i inn ,, th ' at a snln of Si a mr Muscogee Postmarks Hit Many Modernisms Heie are a few postmarks brought to Ph'lnibiphia by Ok'ahoma's fie loved. whlte-hnired "Miss Alice" Itoberfson. for eight years postmis tress of Muskogee and ii"w n mem ber of Congress from her district: "A man may say lie thinks n girl who smokes is a ifood-fellow, bin down in his heart he thinks n lot s of her." "They said me wouldn't get pro .libit ..ii without woman sufTrnge. hut we got if. I do not believe in women working ns sejmrntCwomen's organizations. I.et them work with the men "Mv 'dm of p.tity allegiance is. He -erves hi- party best who serves hi" country lirst.' " The thing that lies heavlei-t In hi heart now is the problem of the ex-. .'Vice mnn.'' woman mn accomplish what s: i - ts oiif to do if she just keep, I . ,'. docs not get mannish." Priced With Only One Profit SotU Because Priced By The P'oducer itt vPride before rice MERE PRICE cuts no figure now-a-days, except the figure on the ticket. Americans have too long chased the Rainbow of Price alone. Selling from Maker-to-Wearer, our prices are lower than any retail clothier charges. Yet, it is the Fine Quality, and the Fashionable Elegance, and the Extraordinary Ser vice of Stylebilt Clothes upon which we base our appeal for your patronage. 100; ALLAVOOI. HAND-TAILORED STYLHD DY OUR OWN DL!IGNKR T7e Hilton (ompany 1211-1213 Chestnut Street Clolht) Shops nt 'Pnnctpal Cilin NEWARK NEW YORK nUClOKlYN PHIl.ADf LPMIA CHICAGO, I don't try to pnss many myaelf." said. "Seems to mi' there already too many." Politics reminded Iter of nn incident. "Yes." she said, "politics brings one in conflict with queer incidents. Why I remember one . ay n womnn nt himself upon n certnln measure. Our it polling booth asked me to bold her line of endenvor in clenrly marked out. bab.y and then went in and voted nitalisSt i ..yvP tnke from nil the progrflinH of ""'' pnrtles nnd fnctlnn the things that we regard ns meritorioiiK ana upon burcnua that lire created foe poIltlcAt imipones. "There Am (several departments In which we hare reason to believe large sums of the taxpayers' money arc being N(unmterctl without any ndeqtmtc re turn. "Vp nrc not after any pnrtlcnlnr fnction or group of men. 'Vo are not nftcr nny John, but we Ho want to oce thla wnnte nf money halted. "There Mtould be n complete rccon Htruction of the Mate government and not hnvc It composed of a mnss of de partment mnny of which nre over fnppins. Intenaive economy should be the object. "You can (tct the drift of what we nre (timing nt when I tell you thnt on n recent visit to one of the depart ments in Hcarch for a report the latest I could (ret wnM thnt of 1017. Think of thnt In n great progressive Mate like Pennsylvnnln !" and honest indignation ngalnst such a nhow of Incapacity or In clliclency wan plainly visible in Mrn. Mlller'x tone. Then with a smile she continued : "Looked I'Pon As Nulwnce" "I know thnt the bends of somo of I the departments in IinfriabiirK look on me nil n nuisance, because 1 npixnr at the moat unexpected tiine.i to nsk rjocs tlons about some of the mont uuhenrd-ot thltigH in connection with their work. ti.. t. Iim t, I,a tlotie If wit Are to ifet I the liifornintiou. nml somebody must do it. Thnt It wlint mil nerc ior. Here Is another IntcrestltiR bit of In formntion for the Ki-iitleincu who make the laws under the gilded roofs nnd be tween the miirnl bcnutlcH of House nud Scnnte chnmbers: All of the informntlon thnt Mm. Mil ler nnd her coworkerrt unther in scat tered over the state to HomethlnR like 1B0.000 W6nien, membr bt the parl ous orgnnltritlons I have inritlonen nbore, in th httpe of bullellil.t. And what Is Ktlll more vital, In certain caaea In confldentlAl reports. An nn opinion worth pasting In the tint It can be said that there are a large number of gentlemen in the General Assembly who, up to the present time, don't know what they nre tin Against ko far at tills woman's legislative coun sel is concerned. I didn't till my talk with Mrs. Miller. Home of them have been afflicted with (Ollticni giteniiiff mcKness ior a ion Tl llicy'll be Jolted Into sud- hriRht tiny when Then maybe It which the legislative council can unite, and then we work to serurethelr en actment ns laws," "What are some of the things that ' you arc particularly Interested in?" , 1 inquired. "The Woman's Pension fund in- 1 lnture who Inst session deliberately lg-i crease, nnd Hr. Unegnns educational Women Card-Index Legislators Votes Cnntlnunt from Pste One nnm-ed nt one member of the I.egia lnnc time. den consciousness some they least expect it. will ue too late. i "What nre your chances of success, as you figure It out, from what you have accomplished Already?" was my llnnl question. For the first time the Lndr of the Legislature drotitied Into the vernacular of the man voter : "There are one or two measures that we will be able to get across, because ' we Know Jilst where we stand. On the others we nre not certain because our poll Is not completed." Then ns n bit of information Mrs. Miller added : "One of our preAtent and most sue cersftil efforts thus far Is in the edit cation of women As to their polltlcnl rights, duties and opportunities. The work Is absolutely. nonpartisan ; rnther I should say thnt It Is all partisan. It is n school for women voters nnd our pupils" are nil eager to lcArn." An unbiased opinion suggests thnt In the nbnve Mrs. Milter has dropped a few pertinent Ideas that might with ad vantage be stored nwny In the anterior portion nf the skull of n number of legislators now performihg At the state capital. nori'd the women's committees who visited Ilnrristiurg. Some time ago he came to me nnd with nn injured nir In quired, 'Why i It that you avoid me? I might be able to help you with some if the things you nre after here.' "We have not been workine very much in the open. We prefer to ac complish tilings and avoid display. It i stiecpss that counts," nnd then Mrs. Miller very casually exploded this Icgl-latlve bonth-hell : "We have the IIoue anil Scnnte nl ready polled on every bill in which we nre Interested. You enn fnncy what this has meant in the way of work." "How do you go about It?" I in quired with genuine curiosity. "In the tirst place we have active centers In forty -four counties. We work in ntlilintlon with the State I'ed crntion of Woman's Clubs, the W. C, T. I"., the Parent -Teachers' Associa tion, the Womnn'- Republican Commit tee, The Woman's Democratic " Com mittee, and the League of Women Voters. These organizations have whnt is known as n legislative council, I am here at the (icnernl Assembly repre senting the League of Women Voters. The other organizations hnvc their representatives here front time to time; Mime a good part of the time. Could Muster Force?. In Crisis. "All these organizations would have tlnir representatives here in a crisis. "The polling of n legislature Is nc- coi,tptsiieii iiirougii in ei-c organizations. program, nut pnrtlciilnrly tlie sninry lists for teachers, Also nil bills affect ing child labor, and the betterment of working conditions for women and children. "Perhaps ne of the most important features of our work Is that nf keeping n record of the work of every member of the House and Senate ami just how lie votes on bills in which our legisla tive council is interested, A detailed legislative record of cacti senator and I member w 111 be an Invaluable aid to us in the future." I Mrs. Miller did not commit herself upon this subject any further, but tbe ! intimation was very strong (tint a card I Index of the attitude and vote of every member of the House and Senate is In course of preparation. It will be unlqucr in the political annuls of Pennsylvania. It lias been done before in desultory fashion, but not ns a permnnent and lasting record. And in the hands of women, too; think of thaC "A member of the Legislature vho for partisan reasons will cast his vote against n bill ilesigi,-d to better condi tions for women, children, nnd the wards of the slate, is not n desirable representative," she said. Aud then the chairman of the League of Women Voters Hung nnotlier hnnd grenade right Into the center of nn In teresting problem. "Our legislative council Is opposed to extravagance in public oflice. The stntp Is spending too much money uselessly As many as fifty letters have been sent 1 We believe in economy and nre opposed to one member before he would declare to the multiplication of commissions and ' I . MLAMEand " mm. lUlKAMT jj Choose From JJitaRr 3 ' 1 All-ways good, Lunch-on-Thins should be served at every meal! ftfij.jf!'') 1: HBP vfpTTW ftoTflrWf. Cookie-cakes and Crackers They coot little. Everyone likes them, at meals and in-between. And thy are more wholesome, pound for pound, thn most costlier foods. Serve Cookie-cakes and cracker often, and be sure that they ate Ivlns' biked fresh in PhlladelphU every day by that famous creator of "good things to eat," the lvint Baker- THESE crisp, oven-fresh Lunch-on-Thins are the handiest crackers you can have in your pantry. They are the cracker to serve with every course in a meal, from oysters and soup to dessert. To whatever dish they're served with, Lunch-on-Thins add an enjoyment that turns a mere "meal" into a delightful repast! Buy a pound from your grocer, today, and serve them often, with preserved fruits, cheese, warmed and buttered with ice cream and light desserts in a hundred tasty ways! J. S. IVINS' SON, Inc. "Baker of Good Biscuits in Philadelphia Since 1846" m $45) $5o' m $55! 6o! (ii!!l Drop all the Way to &vim LUNCH-ON-THINS Huge Spot Cash Purchase of 8945 Suits, Overcoats & Ulsters For Men and Young Men Choose from STYLEPLUS, CORTLEY, VOGUE, GRIFFON, NEWPORT FASHION and 35 other famous Nationally Advertised Brands! Think of picking a suit or overcoat from any of these famous nationally advertised brands and paying only $20 for it! That is the remarkable opportunity presented by this sale. From this strictly qual itv proun of America's best-known makes you are bound to pick a garment that will give you the best of satis faction and one that earlier in the season would positively have cost you anywhere from $40 to $70! We secured these prized garments direct from their makers at an enor mous sacrifice on the former prices, and while they last, every one will go for only $20! It's the greatest money - saving sale ever known in this city. Don't miss it. Small charge made' for alterations. rStottk2 $7 $8 $9 $10 Men's Pants O Enormous stock in such a wide rungc of colors r ind puttorns thnt you should easily be nble to ! J .98 notch your Coat nnd Vast. KOSHLAND 15-17-19 N. 13th St. & 24-26 S. 15th St. Open Daily Till (1:00 Fridays Till 0:00 Saturdays Till I0,1':.,)'' Chester Store: .Id ii Marlict. Wilmington Sloro: 824 MulUl. A u y ji'.',vrc!r3yM?rta'!OTniV''.iT,.
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