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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

The Heart Hunters
By M4RY DOUGLASS
Author OF Hunting a Husband'
VII
"Uhat DO You JVant?"
By MARY DOUGLASS


A LII was serene at breakfast. Aunt
"A Jennie and Aunt Letitia were as
kind az II nothing had happened. AS l
broke my egg carefully, wondered If
had not been to blame wholly. | even
made an apology in my mind: Il am SO
sorry, Aunt Jennie"
There seemed 10 hc no need OF IL,
Their. faces were as sunny as the DAY
outside. Aunt Jennie stood. ready with
n fresh dish towel | dipped the glasses
in the soHpy water.
I'VE had a visitor last night, Pru-
dcnce." Aunt Jennie began.
"Ycs?"
Eddie Smith He is a great friend
of yours. In fact"
A glass slipped through my wet fing-
crs. ] rescued II in time. There was
only the sound of the silver falling on
the polished board. for time. Then
Aunt Jennie went on
I'm fact. Prudence, | don't see how
you could do better
The willow pitcher slipped through
my fingers to the floor. 1t smashed in
scattered PIECES.
How could you be so careless Pru-
dence!'
We had stopped to pick. up the tiny
bits Of blue china. The blood pounded
in my cars. what could Aunt Jennie
mean? Only one thing. knew!
DO you mean, Aunt Jennie I ask
ed.
"Yes. I mean. Prudence, that Eddie
wants to marry you. Very properly, he
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

4HEY were sitting on the porch of
81 the seashore hotel as vaCationers
+ 1--WE q way of sitting for a while
S4&ter breakfast before going in bath
z1B. Mr.. A. was waiting for Miss Nj.
10 come down and keep her engage
ment to take her dip with him.
III 1t was Mrs. NJ. the mother OF the
party upstairs hastily powdering her
noee, who was speaking.
! Yes. indeed" she was saying, and
fhts with a fond smile at Mr.. A, who
wasn't more than enjoying himself
With six ladies busily rocking and
3ox terrier. not counting Mrs. NJ. 81
have my own time keeping track of
them. Last weekend there was boy
down from one the camps. Let me
zee. was it Meade or Dix--I think it
was Dix No, come to think of
H--well can't tell which, get those
camps all mixed up, so many of the
boys have been down to see Minnie.
Well, anyway, as I was telling YOU.
this boy that came down last week
end had the life and SOU teased out
of me to bring Minnie down to the
camp SOS she could meet some of the
officers. He's a very unusual young
man with eye trouble But he eX-
poets to be an officer soon, anyhow, and
all the officers down there think
great deal of him. Getting impatient
Mr.. Az"
But what was inside of Mr.. AS
head will never be recorded because
he was not given chance to say.
II often tell Minnie she shouldn't
keep the boys waiting. Goodness
knows why she wants TO put powder
on her face. That is what a Iicuten-
ant in the navy that was down to see
ts Just before we came down to the
shore was saying. What do YOU let
her put powder on for. Mrs. NJ She's
got 80 fair complexion she doesn't
need any"
4 And Just then Minnie came down.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
peaseJeNMe
What toDo ~
BY CYNTHIA

or write to him? If you see him mem
tion right away and very easily thal
- has returned from Boston and
you have seen quite good deal of MIN
If you think he misunderstanding and,
anyway, it's always better to be per-
fectly open about such things.
Third. There is certainly no reason
why you should not go around with both
of them and with as many other men
as you care to have for friends.
think your fifth question Is answered
in the second. And now what do | think
Of the whole thing? | think simply this
That no girl should go exclusively with
one man unless she is engs ged to marry
that one man, and the mans sister has
no right to resent your seeing other mer
If her brother has not asked you TO
marry him. Unless you have tlirted with
him and led him to believe you cared
only for him you should keep yourself
and your time free. When you meet
the man you promise to marry you can
give him all the time he wants.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
THE WOMAN.S EXCHANGE
SATURDAYS ANSWERS

1. Blanchng and cold dipping are desirable
for successful vegetable drying.
9. Blanching gives more cleansing. removes
objectionable Odors, allows quicker and
more uniform drying and gives better
color.
3. The cold dip, which means plunging the
vegetables into cold water for an in
stant after removing from the boiling
water. hardens the pulp and sets the
cOlOring matter.
1. II Is important 10 Condition" virtually
all dried products before storing them
for the winter. This means they should
he placed In boxes and poured from
one box to another for three or four
days to mix thoroughly.
5. 1t is a good plan to store dried products
into small containers 50 that it may
not be necessary to leave the contents
exposed long before using.
@. The general rule for the preparation of
all fruits and vegetables and fruits to
he dried IL to remove the skin and cut
them into slices, or shreds; A detailed
very clear booklet on drying and can
ming can he had free from the Va
tiOnal War Garden Commission. Wash
ington. 1nclose a two-cent stamp for
postage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Will Give Pup and Kitten


Dear Madam have N pup I should like
to get home for. II will be rather a large
dog. ! think. when full grown. 1t belongs
to Rags. the dog we accepted through your
sits UP and begs at mealtime. | have Rags
and a male cat which is as much as | can
manage az present. as our place Is small
The dog is going TO be smart and seems 10
understand. 1t would make a fine net for
some little boy. MRS
After having found home for the
mother of this pup it should not be hard
for me to find place for him And I
am sure the kitten that sits up and bess
VIII be fascinating for some child 10
play with. They must both he very in
telligent animals ! win be glad to give
your address to any one who will take
either of the pets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

ENTERTAINING MINNZE'S
81 CALLER AT THE SEASHORE
0eher Tells Him and Ererybody Else the Hotel Porch
Il AN about Daughters Other Suitors-Ruinng
a Girls Chances

Nov. really. Minnie wasn't half
~ had-mediums sized eyes. nice
clear skin. nose little too large for
her face. on the whole good whole
some-looking girl-but If Minnie had
more than two male telephone calls
week in time of war or peace sh"
would have thought the world was
coming to an end.
Il suppose mother has been talking
the ears off you," she said to Mr.. A,
as they went down toward the board.
walk,
DOOR Minnie don't YOU pity her?
L She is one Of the hundreds of our
nice. good, everyday girls whose
chances for happiness are being daily
ruthlesslN attacked by their mothers
Why will mothers sit by the hour
and regale outsiders and particularly
men who come to sec their daughters
with said daughters charms and
popularity? Many a possible suitor
has gone away saying, mot for mine
that mother law'--and if he is he
lieving. | don't stand a chance with
that girl with all those fellows hang
ing around"
Girls don't want their mothers to
sing their praises Like Minnie, they
are ashamed. When girl isn't n
bowling beauty she doesn't like to
have some oine going around telling
the world she is, and when a girl is
just normally popular she doesn't like
to he represented as having men stand
ing in line waiting for her smile,
..
their daughters and give them a
chance to play the game in their own
way. Otherwise they are very apt
to have what il seems they are very
desirOus of not having--a suitOrless
daughter on hand.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story OF Business Girl Who Would Not Fail

seemed to stink away from him as IT,
! though recognizing the duty imposed
upon them by proprietY. they We're en-
deavoring to perform II at arms length.
Mrs. Yates, small woman who was
always forgetting the whereabouts Of
her speCtaCles and stepping about soft
footedly in search of them, had way
Of stealing out to the back stoop to
feed the down-and-outS whom her hus-
band had refused to set at work she
never criticized her neighbors nor called
anybody queer who didn't happen to
make gingerbread according to her rec
ipe and no matter how violent were
her lUmbago pains. nor how unfruitful
was her hunt through the advertising
columns of the weekly newspaper for
some new kind of linment which should
deal lumbago knockout. she was pleas
ant to live with. Accordingly before
had been boarding there a fortnight
came to the conclusion (Which longer
acquaintance did not cause me to
amend). that from New Years Day until
December 81 her religion worked where
/ as the deaCons. instead Of resting on
| the Sabbath day. in accordance with the
! edict he ordained for the nonproductive
/ Industries of other folks, shamed the
sweatshops at church time, but took a
/ vacation between services.
However. in the opinion of himself
| his mother and a few girls who lived in
the vicinity or frequently made It a point
! to come there visiting, the most impor-
tant nefnnef OF the 1dflnN was fren.
As II happened. I saw him first of all.
for he answered my ring at the doorbell
the day Nubbins drove me over from
the junction. When | told Fred who
was he said: why. | thought the
schoolma'am was a leftover lemon from
| Canada If had known it was any one
! like you, you can bet your boots |
! would have met you at the train if it
! took the last horse in the barn :"
Thinking of my financial status. ow-
! ing to the bunch of Martha Washing
ton portraits recently acquired by He
! man Nubbins. | fervently exclaimed
! "Oh. how | wish you had ~
Whereupon Fred gave me a killing
/ look Che didn't know I had been eX-
| pectng the eXeCutioner) and said
| We'll, you're going to stay awhile, amt
! you? We can make up for lost time .,
(CoNTI TDNnP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
HOUSEKEEPERS WARNED TO
GUARD AGAINST INSECT PESTS
Dgcr-Incrcasing Imports From Infested Countries and
Trade ih Remote Quarters of World Intensity Peril

MORE than talf of the insect pests
in fruits and Vegetables of the United
States could have been kept out of
this country by thorough quarantine
against them. according to officials OF
the United states Department of Ag-
riCulturc. To guard against more in
furious insects being brought in from
other countries is the object Of the
Federal Plant Quarantine Act Of 1912.
which. with the development of knowl-
edge Of insects throughout the world,
has resulted in the bars being put up
wherever the pests are likely to enter
Among the insects of ether lands
that have not yet become established
in this country are the serious pests
known popularity as fruit flies They
resemble ordinary house flies but are
far more beautiful, inasmuCh as their
wings are nrettily spotted and banded
and their bodies are usually more
brightly colorcd. They are like house
flies also in that they lay small white
eggs that hatch into whitish maggots.
However. the maggots do not develop
in refuse or deCaying matter as do
those of the house fly, but they feed
upon the living tissues of fruits. nuts
and vegetables. Eggs are laid Just
under the skin Of the host plant or
! fruit and these hatch into the mag
! gots which burrow in all directions
! through the pulp AS the maggots
tunnel about they cause decays to de-
velop and these rotting areas often pro-
duce greater injury than the maggots
| themselves
Where Danger Lies
! Increasing Imports from the countries
| Where fruit flies now abound extension
/ of trade to remote corners Of the earth
| increasing density of population in the
| warmer portions of this country. are
| making greater each year the danger
! that fruit flies may become firmly estab.
| lished i'm the United States.
| To intercept and destroy fruit flies. as
well as other pests the Federal Horti.
cultural Board of the Department of
Agriculture. charged with the enforce.
ment of the plant quarantine act pro.
! hibts the entry of all horticultural prod
uCts likely to carry insect pests unless
| they have been rendered free from dan
! ger as pest carriers either by Federal
! inspection or by treatment by approved
methods under Federal supervision
The department also has established
in the Hawaiian Islands system of in
spection that is heartily supported by
fruit growers and transportation com
panies whereby all plantations and pack
ing houses from which fruit is shipped
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Send Them to Magazines

= To the Editor ot woman rage:
s5 Dear Madam-AIthough / have no inten-
zion Of wearing flowing ties and living mys-
teriously IN garrst / do aspire to be a
in nsed ef help and am
no sxception TO the rule come to you for
%eid. Please give me the names OF some CON
n reading a book one of the characters
upoke of the clouds being hung out on the
tS iS.a srf N wSqa poam? 1t be PLAGIARISM to use
4qr must they all express beautiful thoughts
~ more beautiful language? B. p,
~ i am glad your resemblance to the
tafury-book poet goes only as far as need
ing my help In regard to placing your
work. 1 hope you will be equally 'un-
z booilish" and a real success. Send vour
l,oems to the monthly magazines-Scrib-
or's, Harper's and the Atlantic, or to
'}(3ontemporary Verse. They always have
5G&Drt poems in each number, and II you
lice carefully what kind of verse each
:: 61o uses and follow that in your writing
y - much as possible you will be much
5noYe apt TO sell them your work. II
IoQld be plagiarism for you to repea
IN exact words of the book that yol
<Go6ak of. but II you could express th'
,1Afne idea in different words or from s
KGerent angle you would not be stealini
- If you cannot thing of another way
MD Hiye the same idea, use the sam
Nr0r7u In quotation marks. Dialect poem
{Aro often accepted IL the idea of tn
60m suits the language. but II you
Ho6wht is a particularly beautiful on
Sqir words should reflect that beauty a
31oSh as possible and II is rather hard Il
:1kis in dialect. IL the dialect is wei
~ and the words carefully chosen
~ express beautiful thoughts quite a
a. anything else. for some o
h f5ns's poems In dialect are exquisite
/ {s1f es general thing II is better I,
E 49, the dialect for comic or common
4 4. Y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22

came to us first and asked our consent.
we think II very good match"
"But-.. | cried. I.
Il know that Eddie may not have
the polish that we are accustomed to,
hut lie has many things. His fathers
farm will be his. Eddie Ia very kind.
ask?o ' '''''' = 90" " ' -
"l3,lt don't love him. Aunt Jennie -
Love, hddlestlcks He Is fond of you !;
that Is enough. Besides. you respect him,
do YOU not? What more can you ask?"
Jcnnic.'
Whit do you want them" asked
Aunt Jennie, her voice cracking in ex.
aeperation.
II want to see what life really IL,
| want to do something by myself
amount to something. When YOU were a
girl, didn't YOU ever feel you wanted to
see more than--just Southtown?"
you go to Boston at least twice A
year" ise.s
"Oh yes, | know. hut It isn't that,"
We had come to our usual deadlock
Think !. over, Prudence. You may
never have another offer from respec.
table man" Aunt Jennie stressed the
word
What do you mean?' I cried.
>nnt Jennie had disappeared with the
china,
mink It over we'll. Prudence. she
called back to me.
Tomorrow-Eleanor Makes q Suggestion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
LXNI
Il nEACON YATES family consisted of
bi,,,Salf Ayre ,h,;, eo,
LNNI


snEACoN YATES family consisted of
himself, Mrs. Yates and their son
Fred, who had just turned twenty when
I went to Hilliston. The deacon and
his wife were members of the brick
church" this term designating the name
and local habitation of the Congrega-
tionalists besides having this passport
to the best society (show me the ham
let that doesn't boast its best society,".
their membership was of such long
standing their contributions both to the
foreign and domestic variety of the folks
whom the villagers condescendingly
dubbed heather" were so generous. and
their support of the minister was so de-
pendable that they were locked upon
not only as pillars of the church. but
even as its foundation stone.
tt In the vernacular the Deacon was
1trong on the doctrines" predestina-
ton being one of his favorites for the
: purpose of argument, though for gem
erai use he inclined to everlasting pun
lehment, as something handy to have
around the house If the Yateses had
rigged up medicine closet in those
days, everlasting punishment" would
have been bottled, neatly labeled and
= located on the most convenient shelf
b Furthermore. ] violate no confidence in
4 stating that the aforesaid arrangement
would have been made simply and solely
4 l6ecause Father wanted it. Any one in
5 HNliston would tell you about the long
prayers which the deacon made on
Thursday evenings. when a few--a very
few-were regularly gathered together
4 In the prayer-meeting room, whose
gloomi was rendered visible by means of
single-burner lamp with cracked
chimney, which was given to smoking
every now and then. But at home the
deacon was grimmer than my grand
father, so j kept away from him, and
was deyoutly grateful that the spirit
never moved him to visit the school and
make a few remarks; otherwise it is
pretty certain that somebody, for the
drst time in his life, would haveS talked
back 10 him At this epoch he was in
the neighborhood of siXty-five. tall and
thin and looking out disapprovingy
upon the world from underneath heavy
ridge of eyebrow his clothes of shiny
black. bought nobody knew when,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Costly Food Not Always Best

The nutritiye value of an article of
ton to each other. An expensive cut of
beef is not necessarily any more sus-
tanning than a cheap one. 1t usually
tastes better or can be cooked by easier
methods. But care in cooking and sea :
soning viii, make inexpensive meats at
tractive and much better than costly
ones poorly prepared.
with fruits and vegetables the price is
often determined by the season A vege.
table out of season is much more ex-
penSive than one in season. but 1t Is
no more nutritive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
How Announce Engagement

4 U f'i' fsultO' " W OHtuH - fuDt'
Dear Madam-My daughter Is to announce
her engagement next month. How should
this he done? Should we send out cards or
can II be done through the newspapers?
MRS. F. W. X.
1t is not good form to announce an en-
gagement by card. Send the announce
ment to the society editors of the papers.
stating all the facts you wish published
in connection with the engagement. Be
sure TO give your telephone number and
sign your name and address in full 10
the letter, as there are very few papers
that will announce an engagement until
they have verified its truth. Your daugh-
ter and her fiance should both write
small informal notes 10 their intimate
friends. a couple of days before the an
nouncement is made in the paper, telling
them of their happiness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Travellers Must Beware

F'ruit.Hy attack usually is so OBJ
scure at first that travellers often
purchase what appear to be sound
fruits only to discover later that
they are maggoty inside. They
throw them away, sometimes long
distances from the places of nur-
chase. This method of spread has
been common in Hawaii, Australia
and Africa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
TODAY'S INQUIRIES

4. What Is the work OF the newly organIIed
Womans Bureau of the United states
War Department.
3. Arc women bookkeepers wanted to do
Government work: VI
3. How may red and pink he permanently
set to be used as trimming?
9. What combination OF ingredients makes
o cheaper frightening" agent than
baking powder?
=. In what way fine white garments
which have become yellow be bleached?
=, What Is q good lotion for sites:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Bobemia's Woman Legislator

To Mrs NiIoya- Kuneticka belongs the
distinction OF being the first woman IN
Central Europe to he elected 10 iegIsii
lative body. according tc Conu-neu''"'
press reports, one of which says
"She was present at the Prague cor
stituent assembly on January 8. a meet
ing of ali Czech deputies. elected by tne
:see choice of the people OF the Czesn
lanos 10 the four legislative bodies M Mthe
only woiaan In the Bohemian Diet She
rision of the A&strian Government on
the ground that the Austrian constitu.
ton does not provide icr the election
of women deputies
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
To Give Nightly Sing

Hummers Band. which gives con-
cert each night on City Hall Plaza. has
decided to hold Liberty Sing during
each concert. Albert \. HoXie will con-
duct the sing every night except Tues
day night. when Bandmaster Hummel
WI lead
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Fonck's Record Now So Planes

Paris, July 22.-Second Lieutenant
Fonck downed seven machines in four
days. making fifty-sx machines that
have been downed by this pilot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
HOW to attract Birds

Birds may be attracted about
homes by planting trees. herbs and
shrubs which produce seeds or
fruits relished by the birds and by
exposing food in artificial devices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-22
Ask Florence Rose

~ vou want her own personal advice on
materiais colors and styles suitable for
YOU Address Miss Rose. in care of the
Send self-addressed stamped envelope for
reply. as all inquiries are answered by
mail.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-09-19

Sheriff James Kelly informs the
Times Record that according to all
available reports now in. that Barnes
county registered 2300 registrants
for military service on Sept. IL. OF
this number, however, over half of
them are men with families and will
be placed probably in the fourth class.
The greatest number available for
service registering last week were
from the ages of 10 to 81. No new
calls for draftees had been received
by the sheriff's Office or rather the To-
cal board when this item was written.
However, as soon as the reports from
this last registration have been re-
ceived at Washington other calls will
undoubtedly be made.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-09-19

Marshal Carl Anderson, of Wimble-
don, brought an alien into the city
Saturday night and turned him over
to the county officials. He is an Aus
trian and refused to register, in fact
we are told he had said that nobody
could make him register. He was
taken into custody and when the
United States officials get through
with him we are inclined to the be-
lief that he will be indicted into the
army. He should be stood up against
stone wall with a firing squad in
front of him.