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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Twixt Ambition and Love

Dear. Cynthia-I am coming to you for
, advice In solving problem that is troubiing
i,e i,e very much just at present. My mother
and mo. We both have positions. but re-
ceantls | have been offered a very good posi-
snnar,t sion out of the city am very anxious to
her. am torn between my duty as a daush.
ter and my ambition to go ahead with my
Work' could give her many more comforts
than she now has. but she says she would
from her. Can you help me' ANXIOUS.
feel bit responsible in helping you
TO choose your path. and yet I cannot
help saying what l have always thought.
a girl must live her own life. It is hard
love their children SO much But II you
were to be married you would have to
leave your mother and 1t would hurt, but
she would let you go. 1t ought to be
the same way now. Time flies quickly
by. Year after year you might go on
giving up opportunities for advancement
in order to remain at home; then some
day you would wake UP to fnd yourself
creeping toward middle age without hav-
ing lived up to your own capabilities. 1T
is not pleasant to wake up like that. II
your mother We're living alone should
say forge ahead in the new city and
meke little home there for both of
you. But you say your sister Is with
Then you can write home lots and stcal
home every once In while. l hope do
not sound heartless. but | do not believe
that young people should make too many
sacrifices. Some day they will be mothers,
too, and their daughters will In turn
leave them. 1t is a thing every mother
must face.
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for ideal friendship as do two weeks
or ropghing 1t on vacation together
There Is one great big basic reason
for this. When girls spend the night
with each other or visit for few
days. they play two roles: One Is the
guest the other is the hostess. No
matter how easy the friendship may
appear to be there is always certain
consideration for the others wishes. A
guest. for instance. would not dream of
putting cold damper on a fishing
party If plans for one were on the
way to partial completion.
But let me tell you when six girls
go away together, each paying her
own expenses. each under obligation to
no one as hostess, there is many a cold
damper put into circulation And this
Is the spirit that, breaks the commu-
nifty vacation. When you come to
think of 1t these circumstances could
not be other than a supreme test for
the real nature of a girl. If she is
selfish, it will come out then. Why
shouldn't she have her own way? she
argues. She is paying her own bills.
If girl is empty minded and hard to
amuse when there is nothing in par
ticular going on. it is sure to show;
If men are necessary to her happiness,
days when there are no men will bring
out this fact. oh, the community vaca.
ton is a glorious microscope
If girl comes through two weeks
of petty inconvenience, some disap-
pointments, a lot of stimulating home.
made fun, and Is still called a good
sport at the end of that time, she has
passed test of tests She Is the girl
the real sort of men will like best and
that women will always want around
She rings truei
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Find Out Your ReSpon.
sibility

These are no days for twaddling
tongues or twiddling thumbs. We are
at war in earnest. Witness lengthening
casualty lists. From now on every one
Of us must be prepared to bear greater
responsibilities than ever before.
II Is impossible to conduct our lives
as we did previous to the war. we
must overhaul our whole system of liv-
ing and preface everything we do with
the question. rs this helping to win the
war;"
Not until we have the firm knowledge
that everything, not alone in our busi-
ness affairs, but also In the home. is
helping, not ss nnderins our vSt9rS, tS,S, can sar
years has governed both the public end
private lives of her people with but one
object In view. that OF some day being
Ss Sn to pu ssy anSer
Let the woman who hesitates to put
her cooking on wheatless basis re-
member that 1t Ia her duty to go with
out any wheat from now until the next
harvest.
But" some housewife may say. the
official ration Of wheat Is pound and
should I go without wheat when this
ration is s., allowed by the food admin
This is n Legitimate question. but one
easily answered. After a careful survey
of the nations wheat supply the food
administration has estimated that we
can meet the tremendous demands made
| on us II every one In the country cuts
his wheat retion to a pound and a half
| per week.
But there will be some who cannot
possibly do this much as they would
| like to de- II. These people are the ones
who keep the wheels Of the nations in
dustry moving. Many OF these are work.
| ing extra hours to keep the ation apace
| Of the enormously increasing demands of
war They have little time to cock at
| home and must, therefore, buy most OF
their food. large part of which Is bread.
To be sure, they will buy only Victory
| bread. but this. at best. must contain
| over so per cent wheat in order to make
| It durable enough for distribution
| through bakeries Hence these people
| must in most cases exceed. the weekly
| ration Of one and one-half pounds OF
| wheat.
1t remains for those housewives who
do have time at home to dc their cook
ing and 60 without wheat altogether, in
order to make the average wheat con-
sumption one and half pounds per
capita.
Delay and unwillingness to shoulder
responsibility that Is rightfully yours
means that these days OF horror and
carnage will be prolonged.
II you believe that food will win the
war" you have no alternative.
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|ROUCE7LNG 1T TOGETHER
E IS a GOOD TEST FOR WOMEN
zsOo eeks OF Community Vacatior Do More Bring Ou
Real Human Nature Than Years of GirLTalk
in the Wee Small Hours

HSHEY were six girls who said they
liked to rough it. They had known
! each other more or less for six years
sand on the strength of this acquaint
ance planned vacation together
Now, after six years of seeing each
0ther possibly once or twice a week
these girls felt quite confident that
is would be an ideal stay-together
32afty. They had spent the night at
the diherent homes. read letters aloud
~ the wee small hours. and done all
the other things tha; are supposed to
eeverlastingly cement the friendship of
women. Small wonder that the six
y looked forward to the two weeks at the
little lake resort
Well. all that / have been telling
happened last summer. And now, to
begin at the end. this year two of the
girls will take their vacation together.
The rest will go off separately
Two ME community vacation seems
y to women what life in the army or
navy camp Is to men. 1t strips away
every artificial aid person ever had
toward being good company and leaves
the real character and nature merci.
lessly bared-ready to stand or fall on
it, real tendencies. This may seem
Ike very broad statement to make
about vacation. Others may not
agree, but I have found it to he true
women may sit up in their kimonos
until O'Clock In the morning search
ing each others souls as to love af
fairs; they may borrow each others
clothes and young men. But twenty
years of this extreme intimacy could
never sound the depths of capability
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Several Questions
To the Editor Of Womam's Page:

To tho Editor OF Womam's Page:
Dear Madam hate to bother you so
much: but / have several questions / want
How does a person manage when she has
box OF paper WIN design or lntiai a,sr ,s al
auirtng two or more sheets OF paper? II
looks hardly proper to use that kind for the
whore letter. Is it:
What is the Blue Cross? know IT does
work for horses, but what kind Of work does
i do.-for war horses or horses in every
Is it proper to wear Girl Scout suit
when travelling or visiting some very formal
ihsrs? s; / have T been invit'd to visit friend
who owns cottage i,,a at 7 IS sumner h ., resort sort
with me or wear Girl Scout suit
When one goes away and meets lots Of
people she'd like to write to them Is II
place to, be asked-ask persons of either SEX
I mean? NJ w.
Il is not usual to write very long, in
innate letters on ones best paper, but II
it is done it is all right to use several
sheets. A good way to do would be to
have less handsome paper for long let
ters or If you want to start your let
ter on initiated paper have a box Of the
same kind of paper unmarked and add
your second or third pages to the first
initiated page. This is simply to save
the initiated paper as it is not in bad
form to use II.
The Blue Cross cares for animals sick
or wounded on the battlefelds and work.
ing at home, too.
The Girl Scout suit Is better worn at
home. 1t Is not suitable for visiting un-
less you are going on Girl Scout busi-
ness II is not used as a soldier uses
his He must wear his always,
II would be all right for a girl to ask
another girl TO write to her and keep up
a pleasant summer acquaintance in this
way. but a girl should not ask boy
to write.
The request should come from the boy
always. And girls should not be too
ready TO correspond wstn boys. II is not
an awfully good plan, dear However. a
good, healthy friendship between a boy
and girl is a fine thing. So II a nice,
sensible boy asks you to write to him
| asks you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS

1. The gas masks worn by our soldiers nre
about the same size as a dust can.
They are made Of rubberIxed cloth and
are fastened to the head with strong
rubber bands. The round eye pieces
are made Of celluloid. There Is n nose
clamp inside that makes the wearrr
breathe through his mouth. and he in
i,ales air which comes up to HIN,
throuEh a rubber tube from n little box
which render the Gus harmless.
2. Elizabethville Is the name Of the Be,xia n
village that has sprung I'M In the heal ri
Of northern England The pOpuia tiOn
IL entirely Belgian and the town re-
produces as faithfully ms possible every
feature Of Belsian town life. The
village Is named after Elizabeth. Queen
of the Belgians.
8. Most of the men OF the tOwn-some 1000
Belgian sodlers-are engaged In max
Ing shells for the British army, More
than three.duarters of the men have
been wounded.
1. When one snapper Of = glove comes on ;.
take the other OF. too. and in placr
OF these sew on the ordinary dress
clasps.
g. Dip carpet-sweeper brushes that hay,
grown weak through usage Into hoj
water in which n little baking soda
has beeY added and they will grow
the sweeper. dip In several times and
dry In the sun.
O. Alcohol will remove grass stains from
materials that cannot be laundered. The
stsin should be sponged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

the correct style to carry. The beaded
bags. of course, are rather expensive to
buy. but can be made at home with less
expense IL one has the time to give
One of the very latest of these bags
Is held by the girl in today's sketch
This is made of black and white beads
and has white silk cord.
At the left of the circle is an unusual
bag of moire silk, which has a celluloid
ring at the top. and a convenient side
opening which is also new.
AT the upper right is sizable bae
of checked silk with a filigree frame
At the lower right is a bag of moire
silk, the feature of which Is the double
pocket arrangement This style is q
very popular one
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Hunting a Husband
By MARY DOUGLAS
CHAPTER C11
The Search Ends

T WOKE this morning to a new world


r WOKE this morning to new world.
L A world of sunshine and blue sky.
A world whose very happiness makes
me love everything. My cramped little
room. and the cool air blowing my
curtain.
81 am loved" I thought to myself.
when I put on my fresh clothes. l
hummed it softly. as ] brushed my
mouse-colored hair. My slate -colored
eyes are no longer dull and hopeless.
But shining with soft lights and dark
with joy.
And this is Sara Lane. / did not
hurry down to work The delicious
feeling of going slowly. of being late
perhaps for the first time in my
workaday life For I shall not stay
long. Even today I must tell the man
ager that must leave. For-1 am to
be married.
To think it should be Tom! And yet.
who else in the world but Tom could
1t be? Tom, who pulled my braids when
| was twelve Tom, who went to nigh
school with me, carrying my books
And Tom. whom ] have not seen so
much of in these last years.
Tom loves me.
How he laughed. when I told him OF
my quest. And said. IAN girls do that.
But | know one great fact: If | had
never gone hunting n husband, | would
not be engaged to Tom now. year
ago. remember Toms words: You're
so businesslike, Sara. nothing mysteri-
Gus about you" He would not say
that now. And> yet how have l won
Tom? 1t was not he l went in search
Of Yet | know exactly how I did win
him. And ] shall be frank enough to
say:
| was plain. Sara Lane business
woman was stamped all over me. And
first I made myself as physically at
tractive as ! could. ! rested. | brushed
my hair-and studied the way In which
1t would be most becoming to me. Then
I wore It in that way. ] saw that my
nails were not cut short; but deicately
shaped and polished. And | took time
with my clothes. Very few / had. But
planned them carefully. And put them
on even more carefully.
studied other girls. | saw that the
attractive ones were graceful. feminine.
took the best model at hand. | copied
II.
Then | studied men. Men so differ
ent from each other. One by one,
found what would appeal to them.
learned that mere beauty is not all. That
personality can go even farther.
made them talk about themselves.
listened. nattered subtlY. | let
them talk And | fiirted---a little.
Cnconsciously, | did these thing with
Tom. He was NV buffer. And | used
him to lead on other men. And in the
end
Yes. though I did all this. I did not
condescend to pettier things I played
fair. treated it as game. And when
| lost ] tried to laugh, though often it
was hard.
And now--I have Tom. And ! see,
before me. glowing hope and happiness
to be mine, II I am big enough, and
fine enough--to live.
THE END
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own ignorance and to value educate
as an asset for self-supporting girl,
1t appeared to me priceless And / de-
cided that If Mrs. Warrington continued
as she had begun, after n suitable in
terval I would go to Mr. ManIey for
advice from his talk both in the store
and at his home | knew he took a gem
uine interest In the boys and girls of
BellinRton and as chairman of the
school board he was in a position to tell
me what II would be best for me to do.
But | disliked appealing to any one If
could help myself; furthermore. 1t was
only fair to allow Mrs. Warrington at
least three days of grace If by Wednes-
day afternoon at 4 O'Clock (when school
closed for the day. she had shown no
acknowledgment Of the fact that I was
in her home primarily as pupil-helper
and not as servant girl, 1t would then
be time enough to act on my own ini-
ative: meantime | must wait
Having come to this decision even be-
fore emptying the cereal into the double
boiler and lighting the gas range, It
was easier to proceed cheerfully with
further preparations for the meal
Whatever happens | kept thinking as
| set the table and hoped the baby
wouldn't wake until after Charles was
dressed, there is some way out OF
this"
At $40 Harry and Junior. after eat.
ing a good breakfast started off fol
school. they We're decentls but not
Immaculate clothed: though scorn
ing to answer questions concerning comb
and toothbrush, resisting entreaties and
rebufing aid anent a certain delicate
but desirable operation known as wash.
ing beh nd the ears" still when they
slammed the door behind them. hands
and faces were comparatively clean. Fol-
an instant as ! watched them on their
way to school / wondered why couldn't
follow them. Then il suddenly came ovel
me that the reason why l had, even fol-
the moment. forgotten Charles and Al
fred, was that they both happened to be
still at the same time. mo girl in her
senses" I took myself to task, would
leave a baby and a todding three-year.
cid with nobody to look after them
At 800 Mrs. Warrington, in appear
ance as fresh as spring morning, burst
into the room.
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TNHE1tE was time. and not so long
l. ago at that. when 1t was the height
Of almost every woman's ambition to
own n real gold mesh bag. But times
have changed and while to be sure there
are mesh bags purchased. and one does
see them carried on festive occasions
the dress-up affairs are really few and
far between. so there Is a limit to the
occasions when the gold bag Is used.
Then, too, women have found that II
is absolutely necessary that they have
bag where the carrying space is COM
modious enough to stow away the van
ity bag. the purse. keys and ofttimes
the small pad These few articles seem
ritally essential these days when most
women are away IRON home almost all
day.
| have known many woman to so
so far as to carry a fresh ch ffon blouse
tucked away in her hand bag. To be
sure, 1t looked Ike a sleight of hand
performance when the blouse was extri-
Gated, for this was not, as you may
suppose, carried in what Is known as
the knitting bag, which is utilized for
anything but the knitting outfit. Using
the knitting bag for n general carryall
has proved impractical.
At the present time, the beaded bag
or the bag Of moire silk is considered
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

The Miracle

Oh, little child of mine.
II seemed, before you came,
was a weary woman grown.
My world a rose too fully blown;
Too many springs had bloomed the
same
For one to be divine.
Before I knew your eyes,
The magic Of your hand,
A little dusty seemed my way,
And dull each oft-repeated day,
And faded seemed the summer land,
And faded, too, the skies.
And then, my sweet, you came;
Behold the world made new!
New flowers springing left and
right,
The sun new gold, new stars alight,
And vouchsafed unto me through
you
New youth-a deathless flame!
-Reina Melcher Marquis. In Pictorial
Review.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28

/ p the Editor OF RomdH $ race:
3 Dear Madam am now presenting to you
m argument that was discussed at our sup
nSr table last night which nearly caused the
fosing Of a few appetites. II was in regard
Z 1o the bridge across the Delaware River be
( fWaen Philadelphia and Camden. says the
two cities must receive the consent from
10Th State capitals and then to detray the
expense equally between the two cities tor
EnildinR said bridge. each city collecting toli
1rorn It's end 10 cover the cost. says that
kokh Of the State governments must get sp-
nrovai from their respective Legislatures
And then both States to share the expense
equally in the building Of the bridge. Now.
wjli Won settle this argument and ahllGe an
- EAST GERMANTOWNITE
have hurried with this answer be-
cause feared loss of weight might re-
Sult in East Germantown. A is partly
Fight and SO is B. The State govern,
lnents must both have acts passed
~ their Legislatures authorizing the
4 kotlding of the bridge. The States be
fr1en them defray the expenses OF build
.-lng the bridge except for the cost OF
boilding the approaches or the parts that
eScfnally touch on. the cities territory.
Each city pays for the approach on It's
'-lra nnective side.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Coral JeweIry

One cannot overlook the effectiveness
Of coral with the summertime costumes
Coral is one of the most charming
shades when not overdone in costume,
and this season 1t gives that brightness
and contrast that are essential with the
rather subdued tones Of wartime frocks
and tailleurs.
There are long strings of coral beads,
which fall over a white or pale bisque
waistcoat very effectively. and there are
strings Of coral and dull gold, to which
are attached smart lorgnettes. Coral set
arrow pins are thrust through convert
ible coat cellars and coral tipped hat
pins project from spring sailors Of lus-
trous black straw.
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Reduces" to Avoid Draft

Dear Cynthia-After reading about Dis
courageds' brave efforts to Join Uncle sam 3
afmy, af ny 1 want to tell you about another type
~ " man w tsave the markl. He ts p neighto-
o., OF ours. aged twenty-nine. married, but his
sn snie ,,,,a Has oodles Of money. two houses anu
Sm automobile. and Keeps n maid. He has
zone zone everything to evade the draft. He fairly
arved so nye i himseli for weeks before he was to
e auce his WEIGHT. and he was reiected To-
unEGo- unE one thins.that is. being one pound
unuSr the weight required for man ris
,rselsnt He onenly boasts Of having fooled
!!ncm. .. and II he is called again he has
"r, more tricks up his sleeve to get
out OF haviny to serve. SO cheer in. "bis-
rouraeed You tried to and couldn't which
IL something to your credit.
MEGoN EscoMB.
III you are sure Ct all your facts. why
aon you report this man. Miss Megon?
Inc United States District Attorneys
once In the Postoffice Building would
probably be very much interested to
hear about him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-28
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story OF Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
NLVII.
Copyright. 1918. bv Public Ledorr Compnnv.

ai- XLVII
3 LNARLY Tuesday morning when 1
~ dressed myself-not in the school
suit of blue serge which | had donned
80 hopefully the day before but in my
garb of checkered calico, which looked
~ discouraged as | felt made up my
mind not to say one word all day to
Mrs. Warrington about attending school,
but instead to wait and see what she
would say to me, The basis of our agree
ment she fully understood: was to
work for my board and go to school To
be sure. in the interval before the OPEN
Ing Of school she had kept me busy all
day long, as II were working for wages
ana good wages too. but in our very
nrst talk the evening when Mrs. Manley
brought me to see Mrs. Warrington, the
latter herself introduced the subject Of
the schedule we must use when school
began.
As outlined by her then it was indeed
too heavy to appeal to an average fif-
teen-year-old girl like me. who wanted
play time Of her own when she need not
be Accountable to any one. yet it did rec
oknixe,--at least in theory---that school
attendance and home study called for n
certain portion Of the day for five days
In the week. And despite the fact that
the forenoon l arrived in Elmwood av-
enue Mrs. Warrington set off for a rest
Z sure and failed to return in time for
- to 60 to school on Monday, the first
day OF the term, she gave me to under
stand that the matter of schools be-
ginning Monday simply slipped her
mind: now that she was at home she
would probably start in to regulate the
AFFAIRS of the household in accordance
& with the program, which she herself
& had laid down in advance. To assume as
much as this. l told myself was merely
giving Mrs. Warrington the benefit of
the doubt--an advantage which accrues
even TO a deep-dyed criminal.
However. while hoping for the best.
realized that 1t behooved me to make
ready for the worst. Heretofore, as Aunt
Jane would have felt it her duty to in
form you-though doubtless in differ
ent words from mine--I had not great )
esteemed the privilege of attending
school But with the privilege in jeop'
ardy, and in Jeopardy at the very time
when was just beginning to fathom my