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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story of a Business Girl Who You'd Not Fail
By MARTHA keller
(copvrioht. 1918. BY the Public LEDGER Comp

tered on in accordance with the Counsel
Of other folks had cost more than II
WAS worth this was especially true OF
'he canvassins and Of working for my
BOARD at Mrs. Warrington's, whereas
the employment which I had obtained
had been guided unawares had been
worth while. Mrs. Carruth was the one
person alive to whom could have
spoken freely. but she was now FAR
away and burdened with heavy anA'cties
of her own; before she had been Mt
home long enough to call on ME In
Bellington--let alone have me unload
my troubles upon her-she was recalled
t, k"ston by a telegram from He;en
ing for some time, was now stricken
with typhoid fever; accordingly a sister
OF Mrs. Carruth's was keeping house
for Mr. Carruth, the younger boys and
farmhands at Twin-Oaks, while the
mother of the family was In Boston with
Richard and Helen. The latter. in the
midst OF her many cares, took the time
home TO me- along with a deep sense
Of personal grief the realization that
no life worth living is free from trouble
and anxiety and also seemed to say
that on each one of us devolves the
responsibility for facing and solving
unaided her own perplexities.
Even so, at the corner Of South Union
street I heard a step behind me. then q
tall figure came alongside. and glanced
up to see Professor Freeland looking
down at me with a smile that was like
an Interrogation point: why, Alice! I
wanted to speak to you. but supposed
you were in senior meeting. What does
this mean?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31

friend, but there is one who seems TO care
for me very much. Now ! met him at
drrcc the other evening. He was with
girl and asked me for the next dance. which
promised him and when the music start.
ed hc was nowhere to be found. Now. 1
really love this fellow because he has al
WAYS treated me with the highest respcot
and has also told me he loved me. The
t"t.nWu" C'.v after the dan nee he came over
to me and anolosized for the evening before.
and said that the girl he was with at the
dane" maze MIN 80 home with her. Now. he
tells me that he loves me but must do what
this girl says. she is sport for him.
Pleas" help me- l have Light hair ard
blue eyes. BLUE EYES.
! do not quite understand what the boy
means by saying she is a sport fOr
nm. but no matter what their degre"
nt friendship, in fact even if she is his
fiarCnp. there is no excuse for rudene&S
on his part to you or to any other girl.
.' uD . lot love YOU. dear: he prob
nhlv k"S ynu and yet wants to have
good time with number of girls, so put
him out of your mind unless he proves
that he will not slight you again as he
did at that party
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Plans for Wedding

ToSS ssSs TSH rSs y SdSs
nj 3sS fS y @ hs~s tine nm to he Soms ntTsf wsd
ding as is possible to have only inviting the
am going to have my sister, as brides
maid and my fsnce & Is fS hay have & his Hrotne55
how he Should the bride and bridegroom come
what would YOU, suggest as a decoration m
'"e '''''N' ANXIOUS ELEANOR.
Use palms. which you can hire for the
evening from florist, and few vases
of white or PINK flowers for your dec
orations Cosmos will be in season in
late August and they are very pretty
and quite inexpensive. Have the PAINS
placed in the corner of the room in which
you intend to stand to be married and
have two prie-dieux covered in white
placed in front of where the clergyman
will stand on which you can kneel FOR
the blessing at the end of the ceremony.
After the guests are assembled in the
room, have the clergyman enter hrst,
followed by the bridegroom and his best
man, walking together. They turn and
face the guests. the bridegroom and his
best man standing at the right side OF
The maid of honor or bridesmaid
should then go into the room walking
alone, and you and your father or who,
ever is TO give You in marriage should
follow her. you taking your fathers
left arm. When you reach the bride
groom your father steps back and you
take the bridegroom's left arm and go
forward and stand before the clergy
man. After the ceremony both turn and
face the guests and receive their con-
gratulatons there without walking out
again The maid of honor holds your
bouquet during the ceremony. but gives
1t back before you meet the guests.
Serve chicken croquettes, chicken or
fruit salad coffee, ices and cakes. II
you want to have wine. champagne,
sparkling moselle or sherry would be
appropriate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
The Heart Hunters
By MARY DOUGLASS
Author OF Hunting a Husband"
lCOnYrightl
The Neru " orld

ELEANOR waved a telegram triumph
L. antly. Bob has four days leave"
she cried
-Four days leave; he must go then"
Eleanor. I'm going over to stay at
me Art Club. Please don't say no for
This IS really your last chance to be with
Eeanor's bright face clouded a mo-
ment Il know it. Prudence" she said
seriously. I'll take you over to the
So it was settled
By evening l was at home in my
new surroundings. AT home" but still
strange.
What would my roommate be like?"
wondered For could not afford a
room alone. The door was flung open
on my thought. With quick twist the
girl had thrown her hat from her and
thrown herself on the bed
I'm dog-tred :" she cried, propping
up pillow behind her.
looked at her cur!ously Big. dark
changing eyes set in face pale and
back from her forehead
Hand me the cigarettes?" she asked
casually.
Mutely l did So In the same casual
way, she studied me through rings of
smoke.
What do you do?"
Il want to study art" I answered
Even been to the city before?'
No" / answered, feeling somehow
guilty as told her.
! learned her name was Alice James,
that she was in a decorators. that her
general attitude toward life was bored
She lay back. not looking at me, but
blowing out smoke in rings
She reused herself only when another
girl entered. Casually she introduced
me. Miss Dale, Miss Clark" watch
ed Elizabeth Clark with a new feeling
of stability.
Rotten hole. this" Alice James was
saying. Just because ] was an hour
late they raised all manner of fuss. I'd
like to get out"
Yes" said Elizabeth Clark. but it's
so inexpensive. / don't see how we
could live more cheaply nowadays OF
course there are restrictions. And your
men must be always introduced to the
secretary"
That's IT," cried the other; mo free
dom about this place I want to go
and come as choose. And the food"
Elizabeth Clark included me in her
goodnight
$50 even in this new paradise all
was not perfect" ! unused as 1 took on
my things.
Night" said my roommate as
turned out the light and opened the
window. q
Temorrow-s.w wsys
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Home Service Will Help You
To the Editor Of Womau's Page:

by fsaE friend rSe # n. Rns
to runshmeSt Gn aSf "r non
SbIIGrrr SSnTTrt They haye three Of the dearest
than two S @ars ' NV al2 srenG 9H IS best
ts"t ,snt ,. mni.ner and housCksepsr and I'm. afraid
enough money to get along on Tho mother
nnf nns ro hGEn sick for tie last two weeks tired
measles. He has been away four weeks
and and in that time she hasn't. had cent,
hneariTi nfSiTi. seyentw and needs what he has for
could writS in Washington to state % Rer ca sne se
mRSs n"R,6ss for GaGh ,ac sh, Won't she besides
~ Don, You, You think Uncle Sam should know
a, cowsrdly one? This one i've OuH told StSu Tou
about used our marines way out +"
peG S0f u Rem a'7 Yoar uifIa Fnd he sep s w
be greatly appreciated CMrsD j. b.
am SO, glad you wrote to me about
this case. because I am able to tell you
where to go for help. 1t will not be
necessary TO write to Washington. The
home-service department of the Red
cross takes charge of all such cases and
II YOU go to 1908 Walnut street with
this story and full particulars of the
whole situation and your friends name
2nd address arrangements will be made
for the husband to give her some allot-
ment of his pay which will provide for
her and the three children. This de-
partment was organized specially for
this kind of help and has done a great
deal of wonderful work. | am sure they
will help you. Uncle Sam will know the
difference between a brave soldier and
cowardly one, and the marines will
not endure a coward in their ranks. If
this man is not a real soldier he will
not be accepted as one of them by the
men in Paris Island, for it does not take
a man long to find out that another one
al lou nf11 asal
ciate with the other kind The training
in the marine corps will either be a
greater punishment for him than he
would have at home, or 1t will make a
man of him and give him the proper
feeling in regard to his wife and chill
dren.
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EMERGENCY AID OPENS |
LARGE MENDING ROOMS
Volunteer Members Give Loyal
Service to Rehabilitating Sol.
diers and Sailors Clothes

A LONG table piled high with army
"A coats all needing mendng has no
terrors for the women who. through the
Emergency Aid. have undertaken the
task of keeping buttons on and rips
darned; striving, in short, to undo the
evil every man living seems to nfict
on his clothes
Two big workrooms at 1920 Chestnut
street are busy now. but the work. II
is said, soon will run to as many as
1000 coats day and will take large
army of Jealous women to turn out
II is chiefly the mothers OF boys in
the camps who are working now. sewing
each button on as If sure II Is their own
boys coat: winding the thread round
firmly, with the wisdom born of a
knowledge Of boys and their heathenish
ability to rip off anything in sight
There are no fixed hours for the
workers and no pledges are necessary:
but il is believed every woman who has
a man in camp will go to work a little on
the torn clothes At $50 the depart
ment for repairs and conservation
opens rewnE machines. thread like
rope and needles thick enough to pass
through sailcloth start in 1t Is not an
easy job to anchor a hook belonging to
the family Of ferry hooks to the thick
and patience are thoroughly we'll cx-
erclsed during the process.
Women now are not content nor are
they able to have only one form of war
activity. They have to sandwich some
necessary work between half a dozen
other tasks during the day Before long
every woman will find time to go to the
workrooms and do her quora o, button
sewing and seam mending daily.
The women who are working for their
own boys who are going over or for some
other woman's boy find a great consola-
ton in the work. Not only are nimble
hngers the best cure for troubled mind.
but there is an actively cheering feeling
in the natural little task of mending a
boys clothes-a feeling quite as if he
were going to shout out for his coat or
his shirt in another minute.
More women are needed for the work
in spite of the eagerness which many
show TO add this way of helping TO their
list of tasks. Indeed. all good mother
has to do is to look at the rather an
pealinE heap of damaged clothes and she
will not he able to keep her thimble
away from her thimble finger anothe.
moment
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LXXIv
Il LTHoUGH / puzzled over my prob
"A lem day ana night. for the life Of
me could see no way out Of it except
to abandon for the present the idea Of
graduating from high school and in
stead to take UP any work that I could
find which would yield me livelihood !;
to remain in Bellington seemed prefer
able to making a new start somewhere
else because I was already here and had
made a few friends-and no enemies
that knew of. excepting Mrs. Blake
In this community and also because l
hoped by joining the evening classes
which the Bellington Y. w. c. A. were
already advertising for the summer
months that at least would avoid a
setback even IL I was not able to forge
very far ahead: Furthermore, 1t was my
intention. no matter how hard I might
work by day, to attend night school
the coming winter and thus eventually
hnish the prescribed course of study
and earn the diploma of the Bellington
high school. To abandon the hope which
had cherished for so long, of finishing
with this years class. was a bitter
disappointment. but having once made
up my mind that there was no alterna-
tive, ! resolved not to think about it
any more. but to bend all my energies
20 the task of finding a Job which
would enable ME to live without run
ming into debt
This conclusion I reached withou,
having conferred with any one. I could
not bear the thought of making
nuisance of myself by appealing for the
second time to somebody who had once
oefriended me; also, in reviewing my
lile in Bellington II seemed to ME that
IN general inc work which I hai en-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Domestic Relations Court

ceTSnE DSaE cyntai9m! noa want to ask YOU con.
life. Ny husband is IS brute He He never t; has
E IKE w25a msd for 96r at Ga om my The dnH time
h. h. is S harry is when he is wt,h his friends;
TeqS f2 nc to pesss him bH %PFf t
as s imhPIosst6bIS hI6H bo He b is aWays the same" ~
Il Il - mskes sis me fee had. Many times asE
Eet, out and meke moncy S 6 on it ma mak@s s' N a,
feel so bad | feel as # Canlot suffer
never never a day happy l have four children.
POOR MOTHER.
You would do we'll to go to the Do
mestic Relations Court at Twenty-first
and Race streets. The person in charge
there will give you advice as to what to
do. There need be no publicity to the
case and the fact that some one with
authority Is taking an interest in your
case might make your husband change
his attitude and give you more money
for clothes, etc The Schuylkll Arsenal.
a Twenty-sXth street and GraY's Ferry
road, is giving out army overcoats to be
made. You can sew these at home.
You must apply there in person for
work, however.
BROKEN HEARTED. My dear I do
is really in love with you. You see. he
would see you and make an eXplana-
ton of the accusation this girl makes
about him. If she did not know from
you that you had written to him. she
must have heard it from him or from
some one he told. l might think there
was some keeping of threat "to get him
in Dutch" If he We're man enough to
give you an explanation. AS 1t is. fear
she tells the truth. As he will not ex
plain, your best plan is to have nothing
further to do with him. Do not write
again. He may show that letter, too,
and make sport of it and you.
If you. yourself. acknowledge that the
first man Is everything desirable. do you
not think you might learn to like him?
1t seems a pity. if he is as fine as you
say, not to give him a chance in your
mind. at least. Then, if you find you
cannot endure the thought, stop writing
to him entirely. 1t is not fair to play
fast and loose with man. .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31

THESE are nights when every one
j pitches in and helps with the dishes
TITS much too warm for mother to stay
long in the kitchen. And. of course. the
more hands to help, the more dish towels
are needed. And IL is a comfort to have
nice lot of clean, dry towels for all
the extra glasses needed for iced tea.
discovered some very nice towels today,
blue striped. They are just some mill
ends one of the shops has picked up
And they are priced at twenty cents per
yard.
One can never have too many pins A
bar pin for the waist, fancy brooch
for the best frock. and, best of all,
friendship circle for most any dress. The
gold pins are pretty, but / think you
Will like the circle saw today even bet
ter than those of gold. They are of
enamel. in lovely colors. and each one
has set in II a very sizable pearl. One
that liked particularly well is of blue
enamel of veritable forget-me-not
shade. And some are lavender. or old
rose, each with the one pearl nesting in
II and the price is only fifty cents for
your favorite color.
For the very small boy comes a wash
4ptf, khaki colored. Shoulder straps AMI
noGets make this real solder suit,
1n1 HI that is required to complete the
military effect is the tan belt, which
eefnes over the shoulder and around the
waist. resembling the tan Sam Brown
belt--isn't II it?--strap worn by the grown
W soldiers. You can purchase one of
THESE suits for your small son for ninety
lour cents.
II you have ever spent ages over the
Wnsh basin trying to get your comb
wAshed clean. and have toiled pains
{Akingiy over those spaces between the
4eoth which simply refuse to give up the
Dsrficles OF dust which will collect. you
WI b glad TO hear OF the comb-cleaner
: found IN today's adventure. How
0&oli describe Il? Let me see Il con-
~ Of two small wooden paddles.
.Feugh the ends of which are a num-
~ q small brass rings. Pieces of
~ stfinG are run through these rings
1r.&nU tho two 'paddles." These
- through the spaces between
IGo<h on1 carry away <ths
exe Fe ~ - dirt.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Two Answers in One

To the Editor OF Womans Page:
Dear Madam - Thanking you for past
favor. ! would now like to know IL I can
secure marriage license on a Saturday in
New York city? c, J.
To the Editor Of Wonan's Page:
Dear MAG dam-If I. am not asking too
many questions. will you kindly answer the
following? What is the age limit for an
plicants for marriage licenses in New York
State? Can the license be used immedia tely?
Are New York LICENSES published in Phila.
delphia papers? Can YOU name some small
town below New York city where licenses
can be used at once? c. B.
| will answer both these letters at
once, as they are on the same subject.
G. j. S, you can sget your license on
Saturday in New York il you get there
before ~ O'Clock. rs the Office is open
from 8 until IL on Saturdays.
c. B., there is no established age limit
for either sex in New York The license
can be, used Immediately after 1t is
procured and will not be published in
Philadelphia papers The towns below
New York city are the small villages on
Staten Island. Stspleton, New Brighton,
Port Richmond and Tottenville. The
same laws hold good there also.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
The WOn1Qn's
Exchange
TODAI'S INQUIRIES

l. There is two months training course in
empl0Sment management offered in
Cleveland Wha: does this fraipi nc
consist of?
:. Nhat unusual work has been done by the
omaha branch of the National League
for Woman's S-ryicec
3. Why IS 1t inadyisabIe to place food In tbe
iccboN of IA refrigeratorI
!. How much corn syrup should he used in
cooking when substituted for sugar:
D. Describe an attractive way Of using bIa ck
footing rs trimming on IA white net
o. What VIII make fiber doormat look
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
WHEN NTI7UNDERSTORl1S COME
THINK OF THE FRENCH BABIES
M Tender Circle Of Love Protects Them From the Boom
IA Boon,-A Letter From officer the Front That
sxs Tells about Train accident With Refugees

tuYHEN the boom.boom came few
w nights ago you gathered up the
little girl Of your heart from her small
bed and brought her down with the
family until the thunderstorm went
away. How like a tiny queen your
Hbeby girl sat there in her little white
nlghtie! There were no more tears
about the boom boom, because every
one was asking baby questions to
make her forget.
All over America It is just this way.
Babies In rocking chairs three and a
half times too big for them sit warmed
In circle of love. The other night
watched them carry little jamie c.
down. Adorable three year.old, afraid
OF the thunder and lightning. 1t is
not hard to call back the picture of
her, confident and supreme, after we
had chased away her tears.
TT IS this picture that came to my
\ mind when our latest letter came
from France. Our soldier boy. lieu
tenant, at the front. wrote as follows:
"Another chapter in the great story
chapters are written fast and furiOusly
now, and episodes crowd upon me in
this game that is one-hfth war and
four-flfths human nature. A feature
that / have not spoken Of before is
the refugees. those who have fed and
those who have stayed, and the more
pitiable are those who have stayed.
We had passed streams of them on
the road before we came up to the
front. had peculiar opportunity 10
see them at close range, as our train
hAd an accident with a refugee train
and we were out on the sidings for
twelve hours while we turned to and
got the refugees and their goods into
the nearest town, much after the man.
ner of the primitive fire line. Some
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS

1. Women chemists are much needed to take
, the place Of men called to war
:. The name "Gh Gee Houses" originate in
me remark Of a soldier who exclaimed,
on; Gee" the first time he saw the
nj, inside Of Y. W. e. 4. hcstess house,
d. me war hns suggested the name "artil-
lery red for the new shade of red
which Is the same as that used for the
4 cords worn IN the artillery.
.. toEce dcteriorateS so quickly that large
amount of the flavor and aroma Is lost
when II is ground In the store. even il
Att ~, is used the day after It is bought
with baby ribbon is knitted with y
SQUARE neck instead Of the usual
pointed one. and lattice ect
worked In below the waistline.
U. six fringe Is used to trim the new petti-
coats of silk jersey.
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Ask Florence Rose

II you want her own personal advice on
materials. colors and styles suitable for
YOU Address Miss Rose. in care OF the
EVENING PURLIc LFpGER's woman's page
Send self addressed stamped envelope FOR
reply. as all inquiries are answered by
mail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
No Excuse for His Rudeness

Dear Cynthia-I am a young girl eighteen
years OF age and have been dancing with
a crowd OF young men for about four
months. They all seem TO like me as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31
Please JeN cMe
What toD0 ~
BY CYNTHIA
BY CYNTHIA

Cynthia is a arcawo nwhok know.n
o
in in 9th
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-31

of them were hystercal and some were
too calloused and beaten with suffering
to do more than keep on moving. But
their lot is not as hard as those who
could not or would not move. I found
in one deserted town a single farmer
with his wife and six children. He had
been three years in the war and had
as many wounds to show for 1t. All
he had suffered he had put into one
expression, which he kept repeating.
TT is hard. yes. it is hard" He
couldn't move and take with him his
land. so he chose 70 take a chance and
stay. We have some Of them near us
now who are wstfully waiting to see
how things go before they leave.
If people at home could grasp
these things--as they probably dot
would make It seem a little bit more
warlike and less theatrical to cat corn
mullins and save pennies for thrift
and war savings stamps. Please write
often to q very militant, feroC!ous and
German.hating S. B."
THERE is not much that can be
l. added to this letter. II is not hard
to connect the picture of the American
baby and the American home for
which she stands with the French
baby and her family shelled out Of
home. Babies and homes are the same
the world over except in one land.
where they seem to have forgotten
these sorts Of things.
1t Is not so hard to eat corn muf.
fins and to save pennies for thrift
stamps when YOU think Of these
babies. these families so like our own.
France is just across the street. Let
us rouse ourselves from midsummer
lethargv and do with all our might
and main the things we are asked TO
do to win the war--quick.
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AdUentures
With QPurse
FOUND TODAY

!. Blue and white toweling.
!. Enaneled friendship circle.
J. khali suit for small son.
J. A wonderful romb-cieaner.