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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
MODES OF
THE HOUR
Fashion Surely FickIe, But Some
Things. That Seem Mere Fads.
Come To Stay

The masculine idea that Fashion Is
tickle, inconsequent lady is right just
often enough to Justify the masculine
point Of view and to give It raison
d'etre. That her reign would come to an
abrupt end without incessant changes is
a fact that the male portion of society
prefers to disregard or overlook with q
lofty superiority.
Changes there must be, yet OCCASION
ally. what might be expected to be a
vogue that would endure only for day,
lasts long enough to be placed among the
standardNprthodox articles of wear.
The cloth top boot, for instance. seemed
likely to have brief hour, but the sea-
sons come and go and its popularity only
Increases.
1t lie known as the gaiter boot and for
street wear It takes precedence over the
all black or the tan feather shoe. The
vamp may be patent leather or gun
metal leather or plain black calf or kid;
the upper part of the shoe, in tans or
srays, is made of cloth or covert cloth
or ooze leather is its substitute.
1t is no longer to be found only in the
exclusive shops at high prices but It can
be bought wherever shoes are sold at the
ordinary price OF leather shoe.
1t must not be inferred tnat the high
tan shoe, either laced or buttoned, has
gone out of existence. There are always
occasions when 1t is better than the best,
but at present 1t Is a fhvorite for coun-
try wear or with the plain tweed or covert
al "a
worn on the street nowadays seem to
call for a boot that is something more
than merely serviceable.
The satin dancing slipper no longer
reigns supreme. For one reason, at least,
II has many rivals In the field. Sometimes
a single evenings wear will put 1t quite
out of existence in these days of aero
batic-like dancing feats.
Kid In many shades Is used for dancing
slippers, and the strap that crosses the
instep and fastens at one side is very
much liked by people who are distinctly
fastldious In the matter Of footwear.
The patent leather slipper with a high
pointed tongue is considered correct for
many occasions as a substitute for the
ordinary pump. The vamp of patent
leather and the upper portion of suede
or kid makes a slipper that is continuing
its vogue.
There Is the gorgeous affair of brocade,
of silver cloth or cloth of gold that is
very beautiful, but only for rare occa-
sons, and only to be bought at a price
The other shoes shown in the illustration
appearing today can be bought at stand
ard prices
These shoes can no longer be regarded
as tinged with the tint of the bizarre
Even conservative Philadelphia has ac-
cepted them as suitable for everyda"
wear
A whole chapter insight be written about
the buckles seen today. The paste
buckles of our ancestors pride are dull
affairs In comparison with the blaze of
the many colored stones that are used as
settings for the buckles now In vogue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20

SHOULD 4 POOR MAN PROPOSE
Ellen Adair Thinks That LoOe in a Collage May Stu
Haze It's Charms.

ously Of marrying Georgel He 4,
dear fellow, but how on earth could vos
both live on his salary? To NV kro,.,p
edge he has no more than s12 a weeIp,
"1 think that George and I will 4.
very happy together" said the otbss
TRANQUILITY.
but It will be such dreadful obans,
for youl" the matron cried, "why! don,
suppose you have any idea of COOKING ~
housekeeping And just think OF tba
pleasures you are giving up in marrying
a poor mani
you don't understand" said the cir,
II am In love with George, and woniS
rather be poor with him than rich vj,S
anyone elsel Besides, the cooking ANA
the hard-upness of the thing will be fn,
Il am tired of doing nothing"
THAT is all very well, my dear" crisa
the other; you talk like that now. hn,
wait and seel AS for being in love. az
you call Il, all girls have sentiment,l
fancies at some time or other in their
lives. once 1. too, had theml But aftsr a
year or two of marriage everything IL
pretty humdrum, and the only thing thar
remedies affairs is a good solid bank ar.
count. do not think that George had
any right to propose to your
'If George had not proposed to mat
the girl replied, earnestly, 81 should never
have married any one else, because 7
have always cared for him"
you think that poor men should pro.
poser" the other asked incredulousiy
"Why, yes, of course" the girl replied
with happy little laugh; "the chances
OF happiness are far greater where thers
Is only a small income than where thera
is lots of money, because money is "a.
apt to make married couple drift apart
When one Is poor, one has to depend
upon each other for happiness. Then all
the little things count for so much, too.
and after all the little things bring hap
piness."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20

No one other material has such myr-
lad uses in the home as cotton, queen
of textiles. Can we for a moment mag
Inc our homes stripped of all the FUR
rishings made from this humble plant?
Nothing else would so suddenly lower
our present standards OF living and
straightway plunge the home into
medieval golf.
What has made possible the present
day asceptic attitude of the modern
housekeeper? Cotton, to be sure. Con-
slider for an instant what brought about
our universal sanitary bedding Of today.
Only the cheapness OF cotton sheeting'
which could be washed, boiled and lroned
to a state of newness at almost no eX-
pense The most modest or even fiat
test of purses can today afford clean
beds land thus clean bodies), because
Queen Cotton offers them her snowy
services. Contrast this condition with
that of 200 years ago, when linen was
the only fabric of this type but which
was so dear that the mass OF people
never dreamed Of changing bedding save
once in a fourmonth-and we see the rea-
son for the filth and even disease and
plague prevalent in those days.
Cotton renders to hospital and insti-
tuition the same service rendered sani-
tary standards in the home Hand in
hand with sterilization and immaculate
germproor conditions goes cotton, which
can be boiled and made entirely aseptic
and which composes the great bulk of
aprons, dresses, bandages, sheets, pillow
cases. covers and hand linen OF the sani-
taria of the land.
Again, we may not stop to consider
how much our own health depends on
cotton's aid. The genial gentleman who
bathed once a year whether he needed
IL or not is now In a showcase with the
Dodo Today we bathe and "chanGe our
linen" which is only a misnomer for
saying change our cotton" as seven
eights of all body clothes today are made
OF this fabric. There's nainsook for
niChtwear and batiste for brassieres, and
lawn for this and cambrc for that. His
tory does not record how many corset
covers Queen Elizabeth sent to the laun-
dry or II Rosa Bonheur wore an. apon
while painting her equine scenes. but a
great deal of the ability 10 do good work
depends on being clean, and we could not
be so clean II cotton were not SO practical
and so cheap.
Many and many a factory particularly
food furnishes aprons and caps and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20

The Cynlc Of the present day declares
that women are a mercenary crowdl In
his opinion each and every one eyes the
unfortunate male with one swift cal
culating glance. The summing-up is
short and to the point weighed IN
the balance and found wanting" from
the dollar point of view strikes death to
amorous hopes in many a Bachelor
heart. Thus says the Cynic!
| think that, on the contrary, women
are ruled by heart and not by head. They
do not stop to weigh the pros and cons
The hard-up youth and ne'er-do-well fire.
quently have more anection lavished on
them by women than wealthier and more
admirable menl Such are the workings
OF the feminine heart!
The happiest marriages are often those
where dollars seem to be both few ana
far between. Love In cottage has been
jeered at for this many an age. Yet
why?
The reason ia not far to seek. The
people who ieer at marriage on a slender
income are those who have fewest re-
sources within themselves, and who
therefore have to depend upon money to
bring their pleasures to them They real
ize their own deficiencies in the very fact
Of condemning the impoverished match,
for they know that to themselves such
would inevitably spell disaster.
Where lack of money is, resources OF
the heart and brain are daily, hourly,
called upon. The little bride must learn
to "do without" and make believe" in
stead She must cultivate all the
charms and accomplishments she pos
sesses far more assiduously than in the
days when she lived within her fathers
comfortable home-for now she and her
husband cannot afford to go out on ex-
pensive pleasure trips.
MY dear" cried a worldly wise ma
tron to newly engaged girl the other
day, surely you are not thinking seri-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
HAVE YOU 4 LITTLE
COTTON IV YOUR HOME:
\ By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Editor The New housekeeping.

sleeves to its workers solely for sani-
tary reasons; nurses uniforms, dresses
OF students In cooking or of cooks them
selves, and of children especially, come
up to hygenic standards only when they
are made of cotton. Indeed l was sur
prised to hear a teacher say recently
that the better class children were
dressed in washable cotton fabrics even
in winter, while families with perhaps
lower standards put woollen outer dresses
on children, which. as they cannot be
washed frequently, encourages taking
nome infection from school,
But has not cotton served us esthet-
lcally as well as given us cheap face
towels and cotton vests at a quarter
apiece? Yea, verify. What of the null
titude of curtain and drapery goods, the
chintz the scrim, the cotton madras,
which beautify and lend color to either
our East" or West" side homes?
If we want to cover a shirtwaist box
1t is heavy denim we use; II we must
keep out a peerlng populace from a hall
bedroom it is 10 cents a yard "melcer-
it's a table cover under the lamp, we
may buy any one of n dozen named gay
fabrics-all cotton. What will do oyer'
brash bedroom so effectually as 10
yards Of rose fowered cretonne hung as
curtains and bed cover. as bureau scarf
and pillow slip? What will keep the
hngerprints from showing on the wall of
the staircase? Burlap in some sombre
hue-all cotton.
And then that fairy changeling OF cot
ton-the cotton crepes Everything from
\baby's rompers to pillow covers can be
made of this pliable, ironless material
What a boon to busy housekeepers, to
the business girl, who must save a few
pennies by "wringing out" a few things
overnight; to the worker in paints or
pie or pencil. who needs aprons and
plenty of them and who can have
clean clean one one every dFy If it's made of
Cotton, cotton, who's got the cotton?
The shops have it. the stores and deal
ers have it; and have you, too, a little
cotton in your home? OF course you
have; but perhaps you can use more.
for it's the one universal fabric of the
home.-Copyright, 1914, by Mrs. Christian
Frederick.
Copyright, 1914, by Mrs Christine Frederick.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
HOUSEWIFE AND
HER MARKETING

The meat market shows variety OF
offerings at large and small prices.
sirloin steak economical for the small
family. at 35c. a pound.
Veal outlets also selling at Csc a
pound.
sweetbreads ranging in price from SIPS
TO 4Oc. per pair.
Leg of lamb may be had now at 25c.
a pound.
The ever-popular pork chops sell at
Csc. a pound.
Sliced breakfast bacon brings 2sc.
pound
Whole ham sells at 23c. a pound.
Sliced ham sells at 32c. a pound.
Rib roast OF beef ranges in price from
CSC. to S5c. a pound.
Rump steak has gone up, selling at 30c.
4 pound.
Liver sells at 1ic a pound
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Pass on the Sunshine

II you have sunshine in your heart
Don't keep it-pass It round
To those who need 1t, give a part,
Don't keep it-pass 1t round
II wasn't made alone for you,
It's yours, of course, but still it's true
It's meant for other people, too.
Don't keep it-pass it round.
You'll find you have enough to spare,
Don't keep it-pass II round.
Twill drown a lot of gloomy care,
Don't keep it-pass II round.
Dividing up your sunshine store
Will tighten loads for those heartsore,
And you'll enjoy life all the more.
Don't keep it-pass 1t round.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Tomato Omelet

Take two eggs. two tablespoonful
milk, two small tomatoes. one tablespoon
full breadcrumbs, pepper and salt Pee
off skins of tomatoes. bruise them, and
cook In a small pan for five minutes
add breadcrumbs, then let 1t cool. Beat
up eggs and milk, and then beat all in
gradients together. Put small piece OF
butter in omelet pan, and when hot drop
in the mixture. Stir little till firm,
then put on one side. Brown slightly
on top, dish, and serve hot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Vegetarian Roast Beef

Take three potatoes, two small onions
two carrots. small turnip and a little
spinach and steam them all together till
tender. When cooked, chop them up
small, add a sliced tomato and season
with pepper and salt. Then stir in a
teacupful of milk Allow the mixture to
cool, then add the yolk of an egg and
turn into a pie dish. Whip the white
of the egg to a stiff froth and stir in
lightly. Strew a layer of grated cheese
on the top, then a layer OF breadcrumbs
put otis Of butter on top and bake till
nicely colored
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Don't Conceal Affection

Girls have always believed that il is
a mistake to lay bare their whole hearts
even when they feel the deepest love
for a man: they have an idea that a
mans serious interest is more firmly
held and endures the longer when he
is kept in ignorance Of how truly he is
cared for.
This feeling teaches girls to play at in
difference even when they are in love
They have been taught 10 believe that
man values most that OF which he Is
not quite sure.
To the man who is worth loving, a
complete abandonment OF self possesses
a charm supreme above all other charms
that a girl can show
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Dutch Stew

Put into a stewpan oue-half table
spoonful dripping, and let il get hot.
Slice two onions. and fry them gently
in IL. Wash one and one-half pounds
neck OF mutton, and put IL in the pan
with the clean water that hangs about
II. Put the lid on closely and stew
slowly for thTee-quarters OF an hour.
Cut a nice irm cabbage into eight pieces
like the divisions of an orange. and place
them in water; peel six potatoes, cut In
slices half an inch thick, ana place also
in water. When the meat has stewed
for quarters Of an hour lift the
cabbage and potatoes dripping with
water and pack round the meat. Sprinkle
over them one teaspoonful salt and one
half teaspoonful pepper Replace the lid
closely. and stew for three-qus rters Of
an hour II must be cooked slowly. The
whole Is cooked by steam, and Is dell
clous as well as profitable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
Brown Boots

When brown boots and shoes become
dark looking wash them well in warm
water and soft soap, using a hard nail
brush This will remove all the old and
dirty polish When dry and polished they
should look Ike new
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

uncertain. This condition is one o;
the main factors in the decrease OF
number of cattle in Iowa, and until
there are longer terms in farm leases
the shortage will steadily increase,
because each year more farm owners
leave their farms and move to town.
The breeding and raising of swine
for market has been one of the most
profitable parts of farm work in
Iowa. OF late the swine plague or
hog cholera has so decimated the
herds that most serious losses have
resulted. Efforts in a small way
are being made by the national gov
eminent to stamp out this disease,
but with only partial success; there
fore, larger appropriations are abb
solutely necessary, and a more deter
mined effort should be made to prove
the efficacy of tie serum treatment.
Farmers should also be taught and
encouraged to provide better quart
ers and insure more cleanliness in
4 the care of this animal. When the
disease breaks out in any locality,
strict quarantine should be enforced,
the sick should be separated from
those not yet effected, and no time
lost to treat the entire herd.
This is work that our national
government should assume, and with
fixed determination should ascer-
tain the cause and, if at all possible
supply the remedy. To this end con-
gress should make most liberal APP
preparations to educate men for the
work of graduating this disease and
thus add to the supply for the ma
tion at large.
Recognizing, as we do, the impor-
lance of the work outlined by the
Permanent American Commission,
and the benefits that may be secur-
ed, not only by the producer, but by
the consumer, the former by in
creased production at less expense
and the latter by lower prices
through cooperation with the pro-
Queer, we have, in the foregoing re-
port, endeavored to point the way to
better realization of the possibili-
ties in Iowa.
We must educate the boys and
young people on our farms in the
principles of scientific agriculture,
thereby creating an interest in the
work, and instill into their minds the
great truth that the farm affords OPP
portunity for research and improve
ment second to no other vocation.
John Cownie,
Eugene Secor,
! F. d. Steen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
A Waste of Fuel.

The advancing price of coal has
been such of recent years as to lead
to federal Investigations, now under
way. But not merely have the pri-
ces of coal kept increasing, also the
old time standby, the wood pile, is
not the cheap provider of winter
comfort as of yore.
In large cities the prices asked for
enough wood to feed fire place or
kitchen stove are frequently prohibit
tive. In rural sections the forest
rather than the coal mine is often
the main dependence for fuel. In
many villages prices are being paid
that represent a big advance in cost
of living
The fuel wood supply of this coun-
try has been ccandalously wasted.
Lax regulations and public careless
ness has permitted forest fires to
sweep off in a day, the supplies of a
town for a generation. In cutting,
isolated wood piles are often forgot
ten and left to rot on the ground. Ev-
cry vestige of a tree is swept off. III
young trees could but be spared
another crop would be ready for mar
keting in about half the time it now
takes to grow forest.
The American people have no con
ception of the thrifty, prudent way
in which in other lands the supplies
of wood fuel are utilized and hus-
banded. The gathering of "fagots'
seems to be regular trade, and ev.
cry scrap of dead wood in the forest
is utilized. In many sections oil
Europe certain kinds of trees seem
merely like big tassels on the tops
of poles. The lower limbs are cut
! off periodically, and form cheaI
fuel supply for people who can af'
ford nothing better
Now that so many of the natural
resources of the country are being
exhausted, it is time to devise means
for better utilization. In forest
lands scattered wood piles, dead
limbs, and limbs from cut trees, are
rotting on the ground, sufficient tC
warm the poor people of city.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
A Difference in Working Hours.

A mans working day is hours.
His body organs must work perfect
ly "a hours to keep him fit for
hours work. Weak, sore, inactive
kidneys can not DO it. They must be
sound and healthy active all the
time. Foley Kidney Pills will make
them so. You cannot take them into
your system without good results
following. Engbertson Pharmacy
Adv. Jan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28
Colds to be Taken Seriously.

Intelligent people realize that COM
mon colds should be treated prompt
ly. If there is sneeZing and chilli
ness with hoarseness. tickling throat
and coughing, begin promptly the use
OF Foley'S Honey ana ar compound
1t is effective, pleasant to take,
checks a cold, and stops the cough
which causes loss of sleep and low
ers the vital resistance. Enbertson
Pharmacy.-Adv. Jan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-01-28

High pressure gas lights have been
found to be just as effective as the
flaming arc in Manchester, but the
latter are more economical.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06
Feel All Used Up?

Ever feel that you can go no fur.
ther-that you must have rest for that
lame and aching back-relief from that
constant, dead-tired feeling?
Have you suspected your kidneys7
Kidney disease shows itself in back
ache, nervous troubles and disorders
Of the kidney secretions. II tired,
worried, lame, rheumatic, dizzy and
nervous don't let a possible weakness
of the kidneys escape attention until
it turns into case OF gravel, dropsy
or Bright's disease.
Sick kidneys go from bad to worse.
Their useful work Of filtering the blood
is only partly done. Poisons that
should be passed out with the kidney
secretions are held in the blood. cir
culating freely, attacking muscles,
nerves and vital organs. The kidneys
infiame, swell and throb, and that is
the cause of sharp pains in the back,
or that dull, constant heavy ache.
For quick help use Doan's Kidney
Pills. No other kidney remedy Is used
and recommended SO generally. Take
them when you feel the first bad
backache, or see the first disturbance
of the kidney secretions. Doan's have
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06
DRUG HOUSE EMJOINED
BY FEDERAL COURT

Judge jeremiah Neterer, OF the
United States district court, to-day
granted a permanent injunction in be-
half of the Centaur Company Of New
York, the manufacturers of Fletcher
Castoria, against the Stewart G
Holmes Drug Company of this city.
The controversy arose from the sim
uiating Of the labels of this well-known
preparation, and from the evidence
filed in the case it was shown that the
infringing label was first discovered
on sale in Honolulu, and was traced to
It's origin here in Seattle.
The defendant company Is one of
the oldest and largest concerns Of its
kind in the Northwest.
The decree carries with It an order
that the Stewart & Holmes Company
recall the goods which are on tSe mar
ket under the infringing label, and to
pay all costs IN the suit and damages
assessed at $400.-Seattle, Wash !,
Times. ADV.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06
LITTLE CHANCE TO LAND HIM
Either Young Man Was Very Slow or
the Bait Was Not Sufficiently
Attractive.

Reginald Vanderbilt said at s. pre-
Easter wedding In New York:
"How interesting 1t would be IL we
could know how all these pretty we'd
dings came about! Often, no doubt,
the girls themselves brought them
about, unless, indeed, the man was
too Unfortunately dense, like Travers.
"Travers met pretty girl last win
ter in Bermuda. He danced with her,
he wheeled with her for strawberries
and cream, and he bathed with her in
the pretty blue pool with It's lining of
azure tiles.
"But he didn't propose. Was he too
bashful? The girl, at any rate, one
afternoon In tea garden, offered to
read his future, and, holding his big
brown hand In her slim white one,
she murmured, as her finger moved
delicately across his palm:
"'This line indicates that before
you lies-happiness.'
"She paused, with downcast eyes.
But nothing followed. The young man
sat beside her, grinning sheepishly,
Her lip curled in disdain, and she
added. in clear. cold voice:
But this other line indicates that
you'll never overtake that future
You're too slow"