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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24
Plenty Of Fish in the Sea

Dear Cynthia am a young girl OF ,eigh-
teen summers and am very much in love with
a boy three years my senior, Now this boy
comes from good people. ! know his family
and ne himself is gentlemanly in every way.
He has a place of business one square from
my home. where | go very often. as 1t is
necessary for me to go, and j often stand
there for an hour at time, but never once
does he make date. | have been out with
him once and find him very good sport,
but he never made another engagement. He
has often spoken to me al the corner OF our
street for hAf-hour but has never onered
to come TO my home although have asked
him to come down and meet my parents lie
saws some other time.
Yet when one day a girl friend ana We're
out and we met him he took a Walk win US
and she asked him to come around on our
porch and he did IL. Although he jokes about
dia monds and calls me his girl he never has
do al | love him very much and would like
to win his in return.
BROKEN HEARTED MAIDEN.
| would take up the pieces of my
heart little maiden, and find another
knight | am afraid this one gives no
signs of devotion. 1t won't help you win
him TO stand on the street corner talking
TO him or to go to the store where he Is
employed This really cheapens girl
in a mans eyes. just nod him CHEEKY
good morning when you see him, pay no
attention and go on your way. When
a man cares for a girl he wants 10 come
to the house to see her. Cheer up.
There are plenty of fine young men in
the world and you have lot OF time TO
find one
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PERPl.ENED


Dear Cynthis--I am young girl Of
twenty-one and considered good looking by
my friends. but am a little hard of hear
ing. ] have been going about with young
man OF twenty five for one year and | love
him very much. He said ! was the only
girl he ever loved and he asked me IL
would marry him. OF course I refused him
and he got mad and said never loved him
so he never came to see me any more. Then
one night saw him on the other side of the
street and | called to him. He came over
and asked him II he wouldn't come home
with me and | would explain why | re used
to marry him. told him that could never
rry any one until could hear well. He
looked very much surprised and said: DO
YOU think that will make any differeL ce /?
Why love YOU for your self alone" | told
him I must have time to think DO you
think | did right or wrong In refusing 10
marry him Dear Cynthia don't YOU think
he has proved that he loves me? | hope
my letter Is not too long for YOU to print
and will wait for an early reply with
thanks. KITTY.
Yes, my dear I am sure the young
man loves you and there is no real
reason why you should not marry him
Deafness is harder on the person af-
ficted than on those about her And
there is no reason why deaf person
should not enter into the bonds of matri-
mony Marry him and be happy
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filling. them with peaches pears? Also.
should the water in which the filled Jars are
placed for steriliZa ion be hot or cold? This
IL my frs; attempt at this method and /
would like II to be success, | also take
this opportunity to let YOU know | have re
ceiVed much valuable information from the
Woman's ESchsnge, especially one in refer
to saving ice by putting nursery in
Dastebosrd box and packing with paper. II
has saved our food during hot weather
Thanking YOU kindly and good luck TO the
Womans' Page. tNIrsD NJ D.
We are glad we helped and hope we
can help again. The jars. rubbers and
tops should he hot and the syrup should
he hot for all fruits and vegetables to be
canned Pour the hot syrup on slowly
to prevent breaking Have the water
in which the filed lars are placed Just
little warmer than the Jars If too
cool or too warm the Jars are apt to
break. After you have put them in
bring the water to a boil as fast as pos
sible. Begin to count your number Of
minutes for sterilization when the water
begins to really boil not merely when
little bubbles start to come but when
the water is jumping around
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24
'EKEEPLNG WAS A DISEASE-CYN774ZA DECIDES-RECZPES
A MAID AND TWO MEN
The Story Of the Girl Who Was Left Behind
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyrisht 1918 nv Public Ledger

way. oh. Scott. couldn't you see that II
was Jack all along?"
He loosened his hold instantly. sc
it's Jack" he exclaimed, all the quick
emotion suddenly leaving him. Then he
was once more Scott. the friend. MS
face even and cleared OF feeling. Every
thing had happened so quickly, tha'
Ruth could hardly realize she had heard
him Alright His arms about her had
been SO tense, SO eager, his quick WORDS
so fraught with a depth that she had
never heard before. that for moment
she had felt him stranger, and II had
left her aueerly embarrassed.
"Tell me all about 1t, Ruth he said
so heartily. and with such a wealth OF
friendship in his gray eyes, that Ruth
was once more at her ease
She told him first Of Jacks physical
ncspacity
Poor old chap, that's certainly tough"
Jack exclaimed.
"Oh. but don't you see how wonderful
it makes it for us?" Ruth in:erposed.
"You mean about marrying? Well.
you could marry him, anyway"
And have him leave me?'
1T has been done"
ooh, but | couldn't do it. ! know l
couldn't :"
"You really don't know anything
about IT," Scott returned quietly DO
you know Ruth, there's whole lot
about you. that you don't understand
And | suppose you do The words
were not spoken as fiippantly as they
were teasiugly.
Scott shook his head. NO. I don't,
yet" he added. But say, you're going
to write to me. aren't you. when am
over there? | don't think good old Jack
would mind. | shall want to hear all
about things here at home. and we've
been friends long time, haven't we,
Ruth"
Ruth thrust out her hand impulsively
and Scott's fingers closed over 1t. for
q minute And now I'm Off he said
lightly. II have a lot of things TO at
tend to. and | know you and Jack Will
have plenty to talk about. Remember.
Ruth. you'll write?'
Yes. all the news. I promise"
One oc Scotts brilliant smiles lighted
his face for a minute before he had
turned and was gone, and as Ruth wait
ed for Jack to come. she wondered why
it was that she had lost little hit of
her enthusiasm Her thoughts were busy
with Scott. She did hope that he would
not run into danger. lie had always been
so reckless of personal risk She must
remember to write and warn him, and
tell him to be careful.
tNIonday's instaiiment tells of the buying
NJ the rinE.)
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aWHATS VACATTONTLME FOR?
81 COLETTE MAKES A DECISION
The Houseoe Who Had the Disease Called Housekeeping
and Refused to Surrender Her Right to Stand Ouer
Store Euen at Camp in Tdcdtion Time

nEAR PLAIN JANE-Could you
~ call housekeeping a disease?
have been wondering. Well, let me
tell you the symptoms. They are all
crowded into one camper person up
here. Now you're wondering in your
beautiful. calm, wondering way just
how any one could do enough of
housekeeping in a place like this to
matter one way or another.
But that's just II. The camner per.
son who has the housekeeping dis
ease could find plenty of things to
do If she was out in rowhoat with
one person rowing and another feed
Ing her sandwiches. She can house.
keep all day on the smallest amount
of material. why Plain Jane, It's
marvellous. Here's what she has to
work with One camp with four
rooms. one little hoy aged six. one
little girl aged two and a husband
who carries in the ice chops the
wood and makes the fires.
Now for the symptoms Plain Jane
what makes people despise clean dirt?
Pine needles get on the porch of
Camp Repose-our friend named It
herself-and out comes the broom.
Bud digs back in the woods for worms
and Zipp! out with the wash rag,
Sybil crawls around and collects pine
cones. Another bath for Syhil. All,
me
One of the worst symptoms is three
honest.to-goodness meals day. 7
have begun to think. Plain Jane. there
are two kinds of people in the world;
those that can do things on the spur
of the moment and those who have to
have two weeks notice in advance to
get used to an idea. Comes ll:30 up
here for instance. We are down on
the wharf of Camp Never Inn. which
Is ours, The sky is lazy, the lake Is
lazy and in the sunshine and our
smocks we are reading perfect
thriller of a new book. A glorious
idea darts into the brain of one Sally.
Two to go up and make sandwiches
and iced tea for the whole crowd and
set the youngsters down to milk. gra-
ham crackers and fruit right upon the
porch.-Oh. what's the use OF going
on. Plain Jane? Twelve o'clock found
our friend bending over the hot WOOD
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Do Not Go to See Him

Dear CNnthia-I am girl Of eiEhtH"n who
badly needs ySur advice; On my w. MGS,'Gn rdSs IN
the same hotel. We sot acquainted, tnon h.,
took mo out to see some shows and showed
told me he could dance and, would come down
to my house to ghe me lessons. Ihe tol-
Msra %%nE ior about
went to see show. on our way home ne
asked me when he could see me stsd ssan' hi IN,
whether it Vas too much trouble for him, He
said no and was Just the KING OF girl ne
liked.
like him very much and my parents think he
Is Just the kind Of man they would IKE Tor
me. ] work in the same building that this
young man does. but not at the same WORK
Do yoH think i proper for me me to see soon hm an
'o VIII" "''" '"'' A CONSTANT READER.
Perhaps you let the young man see
that you liked him and that your family
liked him and think he is just the kind
OF man they would like for you," and
that may have scared him. You know,
It Is not well to let a man know you like
him right off. He may have no serious
thought about a girl other than that she
is very nice and he would like to see her
again. II he finds the girl and her
parents eager to have him at the house
and is told to call two days after the
first call he may think that you are
trying to marry him.
Now. of course that is foolish. but
young men are sometimes that way and
il they think that. they will avoid a girl
even IL they are inclined to like her i'm
mensely. It's better to make it hard to
see you than too easy.
You cannot do anything in the matter.
Simply f you meet the boy he polite to
him and II he apologies accept the
apology but do not invite him again un-
less he asks IL he may call then say yes.
but do not urge it and let him suggest
the evening. You must not seem too
eager. And on no account go in to see
him at his work. or anywhere, for that
matter.
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The Heart Hunters
BY MARY DOUGLASS
Author OF Hunting a Husband"
Copyright
CHAPTER XXXVI
The Studio Party

7 KNOCKED softly on the door of the
i studio. The card tackled to the door
read Lola Dane"
No one answered. | knocked again
more loudly. The door swung omen,
A man whom / had never seen smiled
at me
How do YOU do" he said. and held
out long white hand He showed me
where to put my cloak behind screen
stood still a moment looking around.
The big stdio was lit solely by candles
They We're on mantel and high window
sill. They swung above from brass
scones. They cast leaping shadows on
the strange walls, that We're covered
everywhere with pictures, sketches,
panels of color. They lighted up the
strange group of men and girls.
There were nc chairs Every one
stood talking or sat snugly on the floor
The man who had opened the door
led me over to window which was
curtained off. He pulled aside the cur
tains and We perched high up, locking
over the different planes of ciry roofs.
| had unfurled the scarlet fan
We seemed To be shut away from
the room where there was noise and
clamor and smoke. The man opposite q
leaned forward intently.
you paint?
Yes" l answered.
"Ah, knew it," he breathed; you
express 1t So"
What did he mean?
As ] puzzled. he wenI on, You do
not live here? All, l knew that, too,
You are the CoSmopolite. | will let your
fate :" He stretched out that long white
hand and grasped mine. You viii have
a lover who will bow before you.
He
From without We heard cries | was
glad to take away my hand again "a
peer from. the curains.
Lola Is going to dance -
Lola, with a brilliant blue scarf
wrapped around her, stepped into the
center OF the room
The others kicked aside the rugs
She stood there a moment poised Then
she darted and writhed and swung into
strange motions.
| looked up a moment to see man
staring across the room at me.
..--ILa nEnulza
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When We Come Back
From the Theatre

Jim's job has not quite reached the
point yet where he can afford after
theatre suppers and the other night.
when we struck our little house,
Just gave him a surprise. Before We
went out ! had made some cheese
sandwiches. with both the bread and
the cheese cut thin. They would
have been good, anyway because I
had Favored the cheese with q few
drops of Al Sauce, and you know
what that means. II isn't Worces-
tershire, you know call II my
miracle worker" But. instead Of
serving them cold. toasted them
under the hot flame. turning them
often, so that the cheese melted and
ran down into the bread. Jim had
four. and would have eaten mlns.
too, hut he Is still polite husband.
There II something about that Al
Sauce which makes kitchen =:
plaee for high maeic--er - ~
ID1IAw~00V~ I. y ~. a. X +. ~ 4 .<.. II
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'oS aho fFienus thtnk she should have
chosen Raymond:
ssSCoTT RAYMOND called up jus,
after you left" announced Ruth's
mother that afternoon. Hes cominp
In tonight"
ON. but mother. you know Jack Is
coming tonight, what made you tel
Scott to Gomez"
Il couldn't do anything else. I think
you'd better see him Ruth, he's going
to camp in few DAYS"
Did nc tell you so?"
Yes and he said he wanted to come
and say good-by You'll have Jack
every night in the future It won't hurt
you to seeI Scott for a little while to-
night"
And anyway. Jack will he here too"
Yes. but you'll have time to see
Scott a little while without Jack | asked
him to dinner"
Il do think that was unnecessary" eS-
claimed Ruth. her fair face flushing with
vexation. What possessed you. mother
You've never done such thing before .
IT'S because he's going to camp. I'm
proud Of him. and l want to hear all
about his plans"
Anything more that Ruth might have
said was sffectuallv slenced by her
mothers remark. For a moment she re-
sented 1t. then her own sense OF justice
told her that she had no reason to-
She must simply make the hest of 1t.
see Scott, wish him good luck and then
explain 10 Jack afterward why il was
that he hadn't been asked also.
1t seemed to Ruth as though Scott
were receiving all the ceremony that
received as his due. Martha was cooking
a delectable dinner, Bobbie came home
from school and talked about Scott in
Cessantly, Mrs. Rowland wore her pret-
test gown, ard Ruth. already dressed
for the evening with Jack, felt somehow
out of it
1t wasn't until after dinner in the
living room when Ruth found herself
alone with Scott that she began to feel
uncomfortable about telling him.
SCOTS keen young face looked very
strong in the light Of the lamp and sud-
denly without any warning he was across
the room and had caught Ruth up in
his arms
Dear" he whispered. have YOU any
thing to say to me before go?"
Ruth struggled away. Don't" she
calculated. Il don't care for YOU that
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70 the Editor Of womom's Page:

70 the Editor Of Womon'S Puos:
Dear Madsm--I take the liberty 10 ad
sn;oy sqs psadns So"r % coumn We very g' much w
would like to ask for some information and
sss SS~ 4 YOU w Sr s
to the following:
d) Under date Of august y and under
with the war, or possibly it may haXs been
Purse WIN yop kindly advise where one
branches of the service hold the distin-
suished ttts of ssnsrs,i Also s,n how .nsr, mani
George wsshinstons time? ! believe he
was the hrst general and General Pershing
I'D To whom do YOU write for in,
CAMP A. A HUMPHREYS, VA.
am glad ;he boys enjoy our column
and we who read il and write ii are AL
ways more than glad to have a little
word from them in il.
tD The war map you speak of was
mentioned in Adventures With a
Purse" and have sent YOU letter tell
Ing where it may be purchased.
t2) Three men in all the branches
Of the United States service hold the
rank of general at the present time
They are General Peyton G. March. chief
of staff; General Tasker Fl. Bliss, for
mer chief of staff and detailed as the
permanent military representative at the
supreme war council at Versailles. and
General Pershing, at the head of the
American eNpedittonary forces.
George Washington was our first gen
eral and since his time there have been
six others, including those mentioned
above. The others are Grant. Sherman
and Sheridan. General March received
his rank after General Pershing. so
March is the last.
(D Write to the War Risk Insuran nee
In Washington. for information in regard
to army insurance questions if your COM
handing officer cannot answer them.
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HERE'S A WHOLE DAY.
MINUS A SUGAR BOWL
Menus and Recipes Are Given
to Show How It's Done-Cin.
gerbread Is Here, Too

When we consider the fact that gran
ulated sugar has been used only for
the last few hundred years, We realize
that there were centuries when people
got along without II. Physiologcally,
sugar Is not necessity. Let's bark back
to the old days and have three meals
without II. Here are breakfast, a
lunch and a dinner suggested by the
United States food administration. from
which the sugar howl may be banished:
BREAKFAST
Whole Peaches
Prepared Breakfast Food with Cream
Only
Poached Eggs
Cornmeal Mullins
LUNCH
Stuffed Tomato Salad
Potatoes au Gratin
Fresh Fruit Sauce
Sugarfess Gingerbread
DINNER
Mock Chicken Stew
Vegetable Salad
Grape Sherbet Moasses Gingersnaps
FRESH FRUIT SAUCE
One cupful blackberries, half cupful
white syrup.
Heat syrup to boiling point and pour
over fruit and mix carefully.
sUGARLESS GINGERBREAD
Half cupful fat. one and one-half cup
fuls molasses. one cup boiling water.
quarter teaspoonful salt one teaspoonful
soda, one teaspoonful ginger, one cupful
corn-four, one and half cups barley
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24

4 RE the rest of MS lazy and beyond
"A redemption? Maybe. But oh nice
and wisest of of friends did YOU ever
know the joy of being idler than the
fuhiest cloud in the whole blue sky"
At times like these sometimes
tremble for the little home | expect
to have some day. but then honestly
can't help feeling glad the little
white cloud and ! understand eacn
other
| take il all back. | don't tremble
for my little home. The things | learn
out here just looking, looking-some.
times at the stars sometimes just at
a fish jumping in the water--teaCh me
| shall never be conquered by dish
water. A stove. an endless round with
the broom will never make me so tired
that ! can't get out in the cool of the
twilight and take walk with my hus.
band And when | do whiSk nv dust.
pan about and bake my biscuits I shall
have something very nice to think
about.
And anyway. Plain Jane. what's
vacation for2y Mine is to unkink the
kinks in myVhody and soul. to do so
much of happy nothings or happy
something's that | can go back TO town
and take life by the teeth. Is house
keeping a disease. Plain Jane? Other
wise. why can't my neighbor in Camp
RepOse understand the little white
cloud, too? COLETTE.
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Glamour

I wdlked along the beach nj close
Of day
The lcdterS looked so cold, the sands
so prdU'
And thcn DOu Cdme-the sands TO
Silrrr fHTHcd
And me rhoIe sea IKE one great
jcwel burned.
-Antoinette De CourseY Patterson,
in Contemporary Verse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24

Dear Cynthia am coming to you with
troubles as you have helped so many, All
this last winter | have been going around
with a girl and I love her very much. We
have been going to the movies aud i have
not gone TO see any other girl This sum
mer we decided TO go to the same place on
a vacation. as she was going down with
her sister and another girl friend. II
sounds silly to write this. but when we
went in bathing | discovered that she used
paint on her cheeks. as Il stood out:
felt very angry to think that ! had been
deceived at first. hut didn't say anything
am finally that night ] asked her IL Y was
true she put PANT on her cheeks. ana .ns sns
course every girl does. l Thought yeu knew
New. lsyss am eia-fsshieesl. but I
s:esos & saaeS p: :3%s e ~ shis 81 s'ess
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Wants TO Exhibit Work

To the Editor Of Womdn's Puoe:
Dear Mad ami read all the letters in the
Womans Exchange and find 80 much val
uabIe informa ion there that | going TO
ask favor of you also.
have several ha hand-embroidered pillow
tops that ! wish to exhibit at the Byberry
Fair. can YOU tell me whom | should see
about entering them and also the date when
the fslr starts? MRS +. A. X.
am glad you find the column help
ful. lf you write to Mr.. $. X. Foster Of
rorresdale. who is president of the By
berry Fair Association. he will either
make the arrangements for you to enter
your pillow tops ip the exhibition or
else tell you whom to write TO. The fair
usually starts September Q
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-24
How to Work for the Red Cross

TO rue Editof or " "OmuH rage
Dear Msdam-As a daily reader of your
pase ] wish to ask YOU few questions
] am girl nearly fifteen years Of age
and would like to learn to knit socks, etc 8.
for the soldiers. Is there a place where
could learn free? II | could learn ] would
willingly show my girl friends and together
we could do pretty good work. Do you know
of any Red Cross branch that would let us
do this knitting at home? We could form =
branch ourselves and give our work up
monthly. INTERESTED.
Each of the Red Cross auxliares has
q knitting committee and a member of
one of these committees will be glad to
teach you how to knit free. The thing
10 do is TO go down to the extension
manager of the Red Cross. 1915 Chest
nut street, and explain what you would
Hike to do. He will put you in touch
with an auxiliary that will welcome YOU
and teach YOU and the girls to knit Free
wool is furnished and you can turn in
when you get more members. YOU can
form your own.
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TELL
ME WHAT j.
7SbO I
EGIkMa

very much for her and intended to SIX her to
marry me. But when | think OF marrying
girl who paints her face ! don't know
what to do. What / would like to know
is this: Is a girl looked down on because
she puts rouge on her face and what kind
of wife does she make?a cannot feel a
girl !s sincere who deceiyes everybody by
making up her face. / have really worried
lot about this, and | am writing to your
corner because I thought perhaps some Of
your readers would write and say what they
think. 1t would relieve me to know what
people think of girl like this.
PERPl.EXED.
Although "PerpleXed" has not asked
Cynthia's opinion, but rather her read
ers', may | venture to say that the girl
who uses a little rouge is not necessarily
insinCere. Although personally I prefer
rosy cheeks through the fresh air and
plenty of sleep method, it would Ger
tainly be erroneous to condemn a girls
character for borrowing her color