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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

him before. He was injured in that
motor accident-lost his right hand-to
save my face from being cut to pieces.
"By Jove, yes, I'd forgotten. Well, the
world ought to be very grateful to him.
Il am very grateful to him, and SO is
my mother" said Joan stiffly.
The door opened n the maid returned.
She handed Joan a folded piece of paper.
The girl flushed and opened 1t out Iheh
she laughed and turned to the young
Duke.
"Do you mind if I leave you for a
minute?" she said "Mr. Travers mas a
message to give me from his mother
something rather private. If you'll excuse
me-
"Oh, yes, of course, Joan; I'll go out
and see about the motor. We ought to
start in half an hour, and I'd like a
breath of fresh Arrive been In nearly
all the afternoon"
Joan left the room and found James
Travers in the study, He looked very
Ill; his face was white and drawn and
there were dark rings round his eyes.
MY darling!" he said in a low voice.
when the door was closed behind him.
"Oh. it's like a new life to see you again"
She came to him with outstretched
hands. He held one of them and drew
her close to hin
"Oh, my dear JOAN he whispered,
''why have you not written to me? l have
not heard from you, for a month. My
letters have never been a~nswered-tsix of
them. Joan, dear, 1 had to come down
and see you"
"Oh, jim, what is the use?' she said,
Mother will not let me marry you'll
cannot so against her wishes. How could
l be happy, how could either of us be
happy?"
A fierce light came into his eyes.
"She has married my uncle" he said.
"She has taken care that nothing should
And yet she tells you that-that 1 am not
good enough for you.''
He looked at her inquiringly, but she
made no answer. What answer could she
make? How could she defend her
mothers unreasonable attitude? 1t was
indefensible.
why am I not good enough for your
he said angrily. What is there against
me2"
Jim, dear-we must wait patiently,
I'm sure mother will give way-if we only
wait, and she sees how unhappy j am"
His eyes searched her face, as though he
were seeking for the truth.
THE told me-when / asked for you.'
he said slowly, that the Duke of Selehes,
ter was here"
yes, he gave my mother away at tn,
wedding. He is a relation, you know"
yes, a reiatiye-you told me. Is any
one also here-any other relative-frlend?'
mo-" she answered rather coolly. 9TH,
Duke Is going to motor with me to Sy.
ston. l have been placed in his mother.
charge until the honeymoon is over"
James TraveTs drew In his breatl
sharply. $50 that was Lady wimberley'
plan, was Ito throw these two togethe
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I was very successful at the afternoon
bridge party the other day, won the
second prize. Somehow or other 1 am
always lucky at cards.
lucky at cards, unlucky at love-" SAID
Uncle Joe in his cheerful way. ] told
him tina the old saying was entirely an
tluuated and that nobody believed In 1t
nowadays, but he only said optimistic
ally, 'Wait and see"
There was a very attractive girl at the
bridge party. Apart from the fact that
she was so infatuated with her fiance,
and he with her, that neither of them
could play properly, or, in fact, pay any
real attention to the game at all, she was
quite an addition to the party, sartorlally
speaking!
Her dress was quite uncommon. The
very full skirt was Of blue and black
taffeta, worn with q short black silk
jacket, hat had long tlght-titting sleeves.
This little Jacket fastened down the from
with three large buttons and was shirred
into the waist line, giving a flare effect
below the waist line. Collar and cuffs of
white satin were worn, and really the
little Jacket looked exceedingly chic.
I am sure the pretty girls Gance ad-
mired her dress, although, of course, we
are always assured that men never think
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
CORNER
Fairy Helpers

The flower stalk grew firm and tall.
The buds swelled fat and fatter.
But not a bloom appeared!
1t seems very funny to me- said the
children's mother one morning, that
those narcissus don't bloom! The leaves
are all right, the buds are all formed and
full, but they can't seem to make up their
minds TO bloom
What shall We do about 1t, mother?"
asked one of the children.
ID about it?" laughed their mother
I'VE can do nothing about it, We aren't
flower growers, we're Just helpers"
But we don't seem to be the right
kind of helpers" said the little child.
THE flowers want some more helpers.
Where are they?"
Maybe they amt the fairiesl" laughed
the mother, and she went on about her
work and thought no more about their
talk.
No so, the little child. She thought
about the flowers all day and wondered
what she could do to help them open
their blooms.
When night time came. and her
father came home TO dinner. she ran
to him and said, Father, do you know
any way to make the fairies come and
open my howers?"
ITO be sure / do" replied her father.
Look at the first star i'm the evening
sky. Tell 1t to send the fairies to open
the lowers. That's what my mother al
ways told me to do, and l know 1t will
work.
So the little girl ran to the window and
made a wish to the evening star and then
she went to bed.
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fish, perhaps cold, with no piquant SAUCE
no contrasting garnish.
Fish must be eaten con the ln." n
must be served hot on a hot platter
Qualities of freshness, flrmness, etc., 70
without saying, inc stale fish is. o.
course, positively dangerous. The many
varieties of dried, desiccated and CANNED
fish can be used in innumerable waya
chief of them being the cream or seal.
Hoped method. AS a breakfast dainty, o.
n substantial luncheon dish, fish with 4
cream sauce on toast. or scalloped IN
some of the attractive earthenwars
dishes, is always in season.
If any housekeeper doubts that fish IA
nourishing, let her consult a Govern.
ment bulletin, showing the percentages d
nutriment of fish and meat. Fish-eatinr
folk, like the S~candinavians, the Japs
our WI "herring-chokers'' in New Eng
land, are famously hardy people. Fish
offers the same nutrients as meat with
out so many of the latter's dangerous
toxic qualities. The housekeeper deserves
TO treat it with more consideration.
Copyright, 1915. Mrs. Christine Frederlck.
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Around the Kitchen
Labor-saving DEVICE

The stores seem 10 vie with each other
In giving to the busy housekeeper a vari-
ETY. Of labor-saving devices and owen
fences for the home management, and
these are some Of the latest discoveries
A rotary vegetable cutter which you
run back and forth across the board by
its wooden handle, will cut you vege-
tables in different sizes for steaming.
soup, salad or other purposes, 1t costs
AZ cents.
spatula knives, in all sizes, ranging in
price from 10 cents upward, can be used
for f~rosting cake. lifting cake from the
tins. buttering meats and fish, and things
that require a dull-edged knife,
An olive-pitter will prove a time-saYer
when you prepare a salad for the uneX-
pected guest. 1t takes the stone out
beautifully and sells for 10 cents.
The meat and fish laker is another
~time-saver; 1t makes raw beef sand
witches in no time, and costs 81 cents.
The "]hacinette'' is the name given Ito
a small bowl, with a curved chopper to
match, and is meant for the small bit of
parsley. onion or seasoning which needs
to be prepared. 1t is also useful to chop
nuts. fruit, etc, for salads, and sells for
SO cents.
The new aluminium dishpans differ in
price according to size, and are all rather
expensive, as dishpans go, but they are
so nice and light that any housekeeper
will be glad to V one.
The stx-armed clothes dryer, which
folds flat against the wall when not in
use, IS a space saver for the apartment
or boarding house dweller. The practical
note about his is that the arms can be
held out when clothes are drying by
means of a spring, which Is made of a
material which will not rust the clothes.
1t costs from 81 up.
To extract the juice from beef without
heating the meat, there are several good
methods. One. of the arrangements
screws on the kitchen table, and the
Juice drips into a jar. and another is a
glass, which you press down on the meat
They sell for 80 cents each.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
FISH FOOD FOR LENTEN DAYS.
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
Author 1.-THE New housekeeping

Fish is the meat equivalent, with all its
sInfulness omitted, which we turn to as
n food staple in Lenten days. Either
fresh, smoked or in some of the various
canned or dried form, will be the basis
of our meals for several weeks to come.
1t is, therefore, worth while knowing more
about fish, it's nature, the best methods
of cooking it and serving it on the fam
lily table.
There are, broadly. two classes of fish;
the red-blooded, in which the fat is evenly
distributed through the flesh, making it
all soft and oily; the other, the white
blooded fish, so-called, which are dry be-
cause the fat is collected in one special
place. Each of these groups requires a
different cooking method. Fat fish, like
salmon, bluefish, whlteish, etc, should,
therefore, not be fried or cooked in such
n manner as to add more fat. on the
other hand, the light or dry fish, like
founder, mackerel, weakish, halibut, etc,
are best prepared with the addition of
fat or an oily sauce.
The size of the fish, too, partly de-
termines the method of cooking. Large
fish lend themselves best to baking, while
small or pan fish are better prepared by
the quicker broiling or frying method.
Fish steaks of cod and halibut Cboth
dry particularly need a relieving sauce.
Indeed, the secret of good fish fish lies
in the sauce. No other one food needs
''tone" both in sauce and garnish. Since
fish Is uniformly gray-brown when
cooked. in serving it needs to be made
nishes, such as rings of lemon, tomato
sauce, emerald parsley or a yellow
mayonnaise.
The poorest method of all in cooking
fish is the wasteful one of boiling, as by
it the valuable salts and extracts of the
fish are lost in the water. Steaming is
preferable for such fish as haddock and
cod, and the juice or liquor should not
be thrown away, but saved and utilized.
Only the Japanese and few other foreign
people can make a fish soup which is not
a mess, and the American housewife has
less skill in fish cookery than any other.
This Is certainly not because of lack of
fish, especially on our seaboard with its
abundance OF quantity and variety of the
fnny tribe. Hotels universally cook fish
better than 1t is cooked in the home. This
is only because chefs understand the ma
ture of fish, the right methods for par
ticular varieties and the dexterous han
ding of sauces and garnishes. Unless one
Is really a fish lover, there is nothing
more tasteless, inspid and unappetIzine
than a platter of indiferently prepared
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for seven wecks-give them every oppor-
tunity of seeing each other?'
d you-want to go?" he stammered
after z. pause.
mo, | don't, Jim-but mother wishes me
to. Ana l must go somewhere"
Come and stay with us" he said
eagerly, sin London for a week or two.
Then We are going to a delightful little
cottage in the COuntry-by the sea, too
1t. You have lived all you life in big
houses and it would be a novelty to you"
"Oh, 1 should love it," she cried, clasp
ing her hands together. But you know,
Jim, that it is impossible. Why the
Duchess would wire to my mother tonight
and they'd return at once and fetch me
away. You mustn't talk nonsense, Jim.
You know it is impossible"
He laid his hand on one of her Shout
ders and looked into her eyes.
Joan, dear" he said passlonately-"if-
if you had the c~ourage-to tell them that
you were going to marry me-"
She bowed her head and was silent.
Joan" he said sternly, "you do intend
to marry me one of these days?"
~"Yes-yes," she cried piteously. "Oh
please do not ask me to marry you against
my mothers wishes"
She must come first, l suppose?'
ooh, yes-ycs-always first"
"Then you do not love me?"
81 do, dear; indeed I do. But, Jim, J
am not of age, and until 1 am | could not
marry you. The law"
There is no law he said fercely, "foI
those who love, Joan, look at me. L am
Ill. l worry about you day and night. ]
keep on saying to myself, She doesn't
love me or I would come first
Jim, dear, you must be sensible. W.
are both so y~oung-and you are doinl
such splendid work. You must devote
yourself to that for a while-go on climb
ing~-hlgher and higher"
His hand dropped to his side and III
walked away from her to the window
For a few moments he stood there star
ing out at the cool shadows under TIT
walls of the abbey, Then he turned.
81 could climb more quickly" he said
'If you were my wife" He came closer
\ to her. Joan" he cried p~assionately,
cant you see hat we've got to take our
fate in our hands-you and THAT Lady
Wimberley-and my uncle and Lord
Wimberley, and every one are against
US. If we give I'm now, they win get the
better of us I'm the end. That isn't the
way that Love onquers the world. WhC
has a right 10 come between us? IL YOU
mother had not married my uncle, SHE
could ave said that the Erlelghs were
not good enough to marry into an ole
and proud family like yours. But she hal
married an Erleigh today, She is sell
fish, Joan-she wishes to keep you with
her. You cap no longer say that you ar
all she has lin the world. She has he
husband. You are left out in the cold.
Continued Tomorrow
Copyright, 1911. by the Associated Newspapers
- Limited.
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The Kids Chronicle

XTTE HAD appel tarts for dizzert last
w nite for suppir. me beelng aloud to
have 2. and wen supplr was ovir thare
va ntilt a hole lot of them avn a plate
in the middeI of the tabil. and 1 went out
and sum OF the fellos was standing err
round the lamp post in frunt of our house
waiting for me. and I stood thare tawking
10 them 3 vile, and then I sed, Ill be out
IN = mint, and 1 went back into the
house aeen and wawked throo the dining
room. and the tarts was still thare, and
/ vent back in the kitehin and got a drink
of wattir and avn my way out agen l
took . tart awf OF the plate and ate IL
- nv vyay 70 the frunt doar agen.
wafs you chewing avn, sed Pubs Sim
Sins.
Hulhins speshil. 1 sed.
AUD I atood thara q littel vile lawnsiF,
I'D then / sed. I'll be back in a mint.
And ] vent back IN the kitehin apd got
anaEhlr glass OF Hattir and drank T.
4og seam to have an orhll thirst "
soa fanlts. sed Nora. Nora beeing the
nalm 81 our cook. Wieh | dident say
snsIhine. and avn my way out throo the
aIHtne room l took anuthtr appel tart
ar 81 the plate and ats It befoar I got
Il ne frunt doals n aftir l had bin
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- zax oa1. ana aftir ; vile told the
#zIssz / Haed - back in a mint, and
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sIaIaz ICON / herd samhodaY taNking,
HHa she 4ka thara but ma, Haying, We'll
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

THREE narcissus bulbs were half
i buried in among some pretty pebbles
In a fiat brown crock and their roots
were covered with water.
Then. after they had spent the right
length OF time. about two weeks, in a
dark corner of the kitchen they were
set in a place of honor in the dining room
window.
Every morning at breakfast time, the
mother or one OF the children of the
household filled the crock with fresh
water and the narcissus bulbs said their
thank YOU for the kind attention by
growing just as hard as ever they
couIdl And when some narcissus bulbs
really try TO grow. there is considerable
growing done, as you very well know
The tall green leaves shot up as If by
magic.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

4 New STYLE in Frocks

of or even see what a woman Ia was.
ing. l don't honestly believe that this +,
true one bit. Men like q girl to be wan
dressed and they do take in heaps OF IN.
tie details, although they would hate "a
admit the fact. For men are such can.
oeited creatures that they think II n.
meath their dignity to acknowledge nn.
ticing a woman's clothes.
1t is astonishing to see how clothes a.
improve the appearance of the homeliesh.
looking woman I have known girls whs
were positively plain, but who had ,
saving sense of good taste in drsss
change themselves from ugly ducklInss
into very attractive swans, which, IL nos
actually beautiful, were somewhere vsry
near It.
1t really is the duty of every woman
to make the very best of herself. Tbi.
doesn't involve needless extravaganza
The best-dressed women are very Often
the ones who have fewest selections. But
they attend strictly to all the important
little deails which go to the making Or
marring of a toilette. n can learn %
much from the ways of the French.
women! The very poorest of them hays
n "cachet" that to other women seems
hard to attain. So 1 intend to study al
the little accessories of dress for the n.
ture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
WOMEN AND
THE
The Joys of T7raucl
BIZ
ELLEN ADAIR


loves her profession, and she is making
a great success in it.
I once knew an Invalid who longed to
travel, but che was doomed to lie all
her life long without moving. so, instead
of bemoaning her fate, she had a hobby
Of collecting and reading all the guide
books and ell the information on travel
she could obtain. And her imagination
was so wonderful that she pictured her
self as actually passing through these
places. The pleasure and the interest
that this hobby brought her prolonged her
life for many years.
For "a keen interest in other countries
and other continents brings a zest to life
that is the best of tonics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

And, would you believe it2 Ia the night.
while she slept. the fairies did come. And
they did open the narelssus blooms wide.
IN the morning. when the family Cooked
az the plant. there the blooms weFei Open
and wonderful; fragrant and beautiful.
just as though they had been released
from bondage ~ some magic touchl
T guess It Just wasn't time for them
- open before. said moIheTs bat the
Hliie sIfl kaeH better than nat. she
kaaa zaa1 - faizEaz really Aad eaaz
Ezm taa Stars shs aaal4 lslI - TBS
~ zz zez# = ~ as4zEH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
Saving Gowns

A double thickness of material cut
hieldwise and stitched under the arm
Whlle n dress Is being made, will prove 1
great resource when the dress begins ID
wear out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

Rread' when a day or w old, may b.
treated thus: Dip a cloth in clean cod
water cover top and sides of loaf, and
bake in a moderate oven for half an hour
1t will be as nice as when first baked
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

London Dressmakers
One-fourth of the $1,000 dressmakers
in London are idle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

Cookies should be put into a %cloth-lined
stone jar when hot, If you would keep
them melting and crumbly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
For the Invalid

Raw starch is not digestible. so all
foods containing starch should be sub
jected to boiling water or dry heat and
thoroughly cooked.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

demonstrating minds LAY ever home-
~ Wits" So goes the old saying. And
there is lots OF truth in It, too. The
heart tina has never known that most
wonderful OF feelings, wanderlust, has
never truly lived. For the world is such
a wonderful, thrilling, romantic, place
that only those whose souls are asleep
can feel no thrill OF longing to see every
thing, do everything, go everywhere and
drink in all the wonder and the beauty
and the glory Of it.
Yet there are thousands of narrow
souled people who are utterly unambi-
tious and considerably less enterprising
than the proverbial mouse. They drag
on from day to day, like the man in
Pilgrims Progress who kept his eyes
steadfastly on the ground, and. absorbed
by his daily occupation of raking dead
leaves and rubbish together. could not
even raise his eyes to see the glory and
the beauty of the skies above.
No, he wasn't happy; of course not.
But he wasn't actually unhappy. He was
too unenterprislng even for that.
But he wasn't really alive.
His soul was asleep. More than that,
1t was so fast asleep that it couldn't
wake up. And many, many people are
Just like that. Nothing short of an earth
quake could rouse them, What a tre-
mendous lot of happiness these people do
miss every day of their lives! For they
have no imagination-and no one on
earth is to be pitied SO much as the per-
son without imagination. For magma
ton can transform the dreariest old
place into a wonderful City of Beautiful
Romance. But the person who has no
Imagination deals with cold, hard reali-
ties.
The means to travel are not given to
every one. Yet It is wonderful what can
be accomplished. Where there's a will,
there's a way" is very true. l heard of
a girl the other day who was just crazy
about travel. She was quite poor, but
fairly w-elI-educated. And she had gone
through life with her eyes open. She
noticed the big things wherever she went,
and she noticed the little things, too. She
was exceedingly wide-awake. And she
had the great gift of imagination. Her
enthusiasm was always fresh, too.
She was determined to see the world.
So she went to all the free libraries and
borrowed books on travel, and she used
to spend hours in public reading rooms.
porting over guide-books and Baedakers,
and sea-voyages and routes, She alb
sorbed a tremendous amount of useful in
formation about every corner of the
world.
And then her opportunity came, as it
always does come to the enterprising.
She was asked to conduct a party of four
persons over Europe on a three-months'
tour. She did this so successfully and
proved such an efficient and interesting
guide that the people her
on every hand, and she has now Travelled
almost every country of the world. She
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

American Workers
Fifty per cent. of the female workers
in the United States are under 81 years
of age.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
For His Office

Inc best scrap baskets are the simpIea
contraptions of ribbons, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01
Economy Hint

inc thoughtful housewife saves all The
waXed paper that comes to the bouss
Tor cracker and other boxes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-01

4 prize of 80 cents has been awarded to
Mrs. Mary y. Bmcker, =. o. Box 1868. Will
mington, Del. for the following suggestion:
If when the ink gets thick a few drops
Of vinegar be added to dilute 1t, when
writing the ink will not drop off the pen,
as when water is added to dilute the ink.
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About Suffrage

Woman suffrage has been Endorsed by
the New York State Federation of Wo-
mems Clubs.