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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Please Tell Me What to DO
By CYNTHIA
By CYNTHIA

White Dress That Was Hidden Away" I
wish to contribute my poor opinion on the
subject. I'm one of the victims of this Gus
tom of understanding and would like to
say II is not always the fault of the boys
or the girls. I always when was Younger
but Just because Of the fact that one boy
always saw mo home from church my folks
seemed to think It positively Indecent for
me to have any other boys call on me. and
because I did on two or three occasions go
out with some one else they made II so
content with tho one. The young man him
self never made any complaint about my
going out with any one else and even has
stavCd away on a night that he regularly
called when | asked him to. knowing that
I wanted to keep an engagement with an
mark at that time that If | was his girl
and did a trick like that he'd shake me-
Tn now engaged. and although ! wear a
dia mOnd on my left hand and every one
considers me engaged. | often wonder what
Is going TO be the outcome, as | now find
lance is not physically fit and they Will
not accept him for service. And now, to
cap 1t all. my folks ask why under the
sun | didn't pick out a healthy man and
one that could make more money than my
fanCe, after they have almost pushed me
on. to him. OF course. we're ConGenial and
he Is most generous in every way. but II
they had only given me a chance to choose
we would have both been better Oft AS
1t is / WONDER.
Is it too late to choose now? Not that
having a man rejected for physical. rea-
sons is anything to make a girl want to
change her mind. but o have signed
yourself Il Wonder"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Cereal With Figs

1t isn't very logical TO save wheat M
save fat and never waste sugar if you
are going to burn coal or gas unneces-
sarily. Fireless cookers save fuel. Coal
is vitality necessary to the winning of
the war.
So here's a way to help out with coal
and save a little wheat at the same time.
Make cornmeal mush for breakfast.
Put three and one-half cupfuls of
water on to boil and add one teaspoonful
of salt. When il boils sprinkle or sift
the cornmeal into the water, stirring con-
stantly put the boiling mixture in the
f~reless cooker and leave II in over night.
1t will be ready for breakfast in the
morning.
Mush is delicious to those who want
and are trying to do without 1t
for breakfast, if dried fruit Is served
with II.
Figs-Scald, wipe dry, cut into small
pieces and stir into the hot mush.
Dates-Scald, remove stones and in
ner skin, cut into small pieces and stir
into hot mush.
Prunes or apricots-Scald, soak in
enough warm water to cover for three
or four hours. Drain. remove stones,
cut in pieces n add to hot mush.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

To the Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear you kindly print
recipes for canning meats and chicksnsE
CMrs.) c. j. w.
Poultry and game birds-kill fowl
and draw at once. Wash carefully and
cool. Cut into convenient sections. Boil
until meat can be removed from bones.
Remove from boiling liquid and remove
meat from bones. Pack closely into
glass Jars. Fill jars with pot Liquid
after 1t has been concentrated one-half.
Add level teaspoonful of salt per quart
of meat for seasoning. Put rubbers and
caps of jars into position-not tight.
Sterilize in a wash boiler of hot water
and boil for three hours. Remove jars,
tighten covers, invert to cool and test
joints. Wrap Jars with paper.
Fresh beef-Obtain fresh beef. Cut
into convenient pieces for handling
(about th~ree-quarters pound in weight
and roast or boil slowly for one-half
hour. Cut into small pieces, removs
gristle. bone and excessive fat and pack
directly into hot glass jars. Fill with
gravy from the roasting a or pot
liquid concentrated to one-half its vol
ume. Put rubber I'M cap into position
not tight. Sterilize in hot water bath
for three hours Remove jars. tighten
covers, invert to cool and test joints
Wrap jars with paper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
A Maid and TUO Men
The Story Of the Girl Who Was Left Behind
BY HAZEL DEYO
Copyright. 1918. by Public Ledger Co.

fruitless until he had tried for nearly
half an hour. He could hardly move his
arms at all. and the effort to obtain
the drink was too much for him, for he
relapsed into unconsciousness.
In the meantime. Billy Repp. who had
been nowhere near the other two men,
had stayed at a listening post all night
long, and just before dawn had crawled
back to the trenches. If he had known
bodies of his two friends, but as it was
he never knew. When he crawled into
camp he was greeted with plenty of ex-
element.
what happened? Did you hear the
shots? Have you seen anything Of the
others?'
Billy shook his head and his face
looked grave. Looks bad. doesn't it?'
he said.
Pretty bad. Do you know what hap
pened7"
Not a thing. I heard the excite
ment. but I was quite a distance away"
They've got them. them" said one
OF the men. Gee. that's tough !"
Billy was too exhausted to do any
thing but report and to roll up in a blan-
ket and drop off to sleep. His mind was
too tired to register any feeling for the
fate Of his comrades at present later he
would feel as strong men do when they
lose their mates for the men who scoff
at death before 1t comes resent IT the
hardest.
Toward evening Billy woke from his
sleep. For the first time the signifi-
canoe of Scott's failure 20 show up that
morning and the ominous shots struck
him with their full force. Men in the
trenches or near the firing lines lave lit
tie chance for sentiment, but Billy Repp
had loved Scott like a brother. He and
Scott and Barney had palled around to-
gether, they had told each other per-
sonal things, things that men don't
speak of unless they are reasonably sure
that their condolences will be respected.
A gloom lay over the entire company.
Yesterday at this time the adventure
had been ahead of the three men, today
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XXXIE

SNhlN
CCOTT had fallen between WI other
~ dead bodies who lay with sightless
eyes turned up to the skies. 1t was
probably this fact that saved him. al
though only Providence Itself saved him
from q bayonet stab. Barney. the little
1rishman with the sunny smile and the
strange philosophy of life, had been
nearest Scott when the alarm was first
given, and, as though directed by fate
itself. Barney distracted the attention of
the Germans from Scott by stumbling
and falling at the same time.
He was not wounded. and sprang to
his feet instantly, which gave his pur-
suers the idea that he was their quarry.
Scott lay on his face. sprawled In a
position that would indicate certain
death at probably some time earlier,
and was unnotichd, but Barney was i'm
mediately spotted and fired on. He
dropped instantly. with several bullet
wounds through his body. and, as II to
make matters sure. one of the Germans
stuck him through his back with a bay
onet. And so Barney. ~unconsciously.
had saved Scott Raymond's life. and.
lying out on the battlefield with the other
ominous mounds that were once living,
virile flesh, like them would never speak
again.
Scott was terribly wounded. His leg
wound, which had bled profusely, was
not serious. save that he had lost a
great deal of blood from 1t. but the
wound in his back had almost lone for
him. He struggled into consciousness
lust before dawn, suffering agonies of
pain. He tried several times to reach
his water bottle, but his efforts were
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
SOLDIERS-M THE SHOPS-READERS' LETIE

two Of them were missing, n the hrst
two Of the small company who had a.
yet no casualties.
Out on the battlefield the same soft
shades began to veil the ugly outlines,
night would soon spread a soft, dusky
blanket over everything, the men ate
their suppers almost In silence, only an
occasional word breaking in from SOM
one who asked a question or answered
one. Billy %dreading any conversation
sat apart from the others n munched
his foot gloomily enough, emembering
with a sickening sensation of loss the
jokes Barney had made over the jam he
had spread SO lavishly over his bread.
1t was then that Billy wrote to the
girl in Ohio telling her Of his own mar
row escape and the death of his two
friends, for their reported death had
been circulated already, and Jim Town
send heard of It some two days later and
wrote of II Immediately to Helen, with
the injunction that she was not to report
It as true until 1t had been definitely
verified. 1t is impossible to report the
death Of a man Immediately after 1t Is
believed that he has been killed. Some
times the families are not notified for
some time later, but the official report Ia
sent out as soon as IL can reasonably be
made.
Billy was in the midst of his letter
struggling over 1t by the aid Of a gLS.-
tering candle. when a sudden shout Is
the other end of the trench startled him
SO that he dropped his materials and
sprang to his feet. He stood staring,
but he could see nothing. only that the
men were crowding together, and one of
them called to him suddenly, For Gods
sake, Billy, come here !"
Tomorrow tells what the evening
brought over the parapet wall).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
IS A MANLY
VIRTUE, SAYS THE SOLDIER
And Sympathy, Its Twn, Indicates High Manhood-Home
Men Might Learn Lessons From the Boy in Khaki Who
Bought a Dolly for a Child in France

yL1ARTIME has brought us a queer
w ly satisfying p~aradox-the man
who is as gentle as a m In
other words. the soldier. Anon the
pictures coming to us from the great
war not the least are those that tell
us the big, brown American soldiers
and the little French children are very
rood friends. Sometimes | think the
soldier is %gentler than the woman.
Her heart goes out to the wan little
Pierre. but her attention * the
form of q good ~scrubbing and a plate
Of hot soup-ministrations to the
little body. The soldier ministers unto
the soul. Candy, a ride on his knee,
the permission for a thin little brown
hand to stroke his gun.
CYMPATHY you might call this
y quality that enables the soldier TO
get inside the heart of the little girl
who has no dolly and the little chap
who would like to try on MS nat
Sympathy! 1t seems it is e.. lesser les
son all men might learn from our
fighting men; that to be gentle is 10 oe
the highest type OF man.
Svmpathy-the understanding that
roes from heart to heart is the thing
that makes the world run on ball
hearings. otherwise, things are very
rocky. :.
Perhaps a girl does not realize II
but it is the sympathetic man h
loves best. Take. for example. those
matches no one understands. Think
ing 1t over beforehand the girl her
self did not understand.
But, but I feel so comfortable with
him." she explained. when her older
sister reminded her the suitor had
such a very modest salary.
A woman can forgive "A man almost
ANYTHING but not understanding her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Fall Slippers

YOU hungrier than have been for
months Conserve the n~onperishables
still, although the crops this year are
large. Our soldiers must be fed. Here
are menus for fall suppers that help
conservation:
Baked EGGS Dreamed Potatoes
Corn oysters
Gingerbread with Whipped Cream
Old-fashioned Hash Succotash
Plum Sauce Oatmeal cookies
Mix to Drink
Vegetable On elet Baked Potatoes
Dreamed Peas Corn Bread
Syrup
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Wants Reading Course

TO The Editor Of Woman s FdDc.
Dear Madam come to you in my need;
7 am eighteen years old and fairly well
read. When I graduated from grammar
school I took up a stenographic course at a
L,sjness college and was employed as a
stenosrapher for two years. Now the doc
tor has positively forbidden me to WORE.
Realizing that I have quite a period OF Idle
ness before me I should like to do some
profitable reading. Can you outline q
nns on,v as a thine Killer but Of benefit
10 me mentally? | shall be very grateful
for any assistance you may lend me, In
this matter. Az %
Suggestions for following out a bene-
fetal reading course have been mailed
10 YOU. Come again!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Dear Cynthia-As a daily reader Of your
column ! now venture to ask your advice.
| have known a fellow for the last five
years and | love him dearly; I never went
out with him. but spoke 10 him quite often;
He had to leave for camp and several
nights before he went no took me out and
also Promised to call before he left. but
ne did not show up. | know he loves me,
for he told several Of my friends he thinks
the world Of me. | wrote a letter to him
in camp. but never received an answer.
I have another fellow who wishes to
marry me. but I cannot get used to him:
as l love the first one. What shall do?
The first man most certainly has
never given you reason to believe he
loves you. Simply forget him. If you
do not love the second, forget him. too.
Some day you will meet some one you
care for.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
The Girl Who Is Forgotten

Dear Cynthia with reference to the
American, siri who forEets may l say a
Ifrqh have read with considerable interest the
various &lettors published , in yGgr m SoIg sIo4y
might add . little information, Last
winter through a ~ mutual wasi m friend lad I n %Gf ia a
twenty-five, years of age. well eduGntSdii
p perttf in every sense Of the word.
He asked permission TO call and grantea
common We soon became firm friends. HIS
he Called on ms at least S%ce, %acSS week;
msesin. many nrso of me my y s s71l of fF tSem. OO'
Several months age he called ~ and when he
be was about to ieays ne t9id IN, me n ms wS SnIIdd
ssest trips. .oa as ,S3S me TS,o nis fr s1S thiHat HS I'd
S isSs scs %s; and 81 he sd Hnsssfa. ! S"5 5f his for m @;%:
OK our engagement. however. LATHAM
He, sailed and | have had bps one ho 6et'e a
week after he had gone. His shin has re-
turned here several tines an" n | nb Eno ~ ,5 P6os,,
but / have never seen nor heard from MIN;
Now. he was not Tia kind b Of 2 msG w SaT,
fect IVA sincere and I have every reason TO
believe that !. h fibf rsai ,S S SnTed an t9r have mS; w&ri nfse
many. many letters. giving him the ,beneht
Of every doubt. but am forced to believe
He means everything to me and l have
20 face the world with a smile because
nobody knows of the STRONGER ties that were
TO have bound us. but my heart is SAD !
silly about boys; in fact. / don't make
friends with them. very easily. CANT seem
to forget him and go around with any one
else. for his love, was the best thing that
has entered my life. and must | tear u OUT
How about the girl who is forgotten? Are
there not many such and do not our charm
bows to the extent of making them forEet?
I cannot help but feel so. FORGOTTEN,
/ feel our readers who have spoken
before from the depths of their w eX-
periences will have something to say in
answer to this letter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
W

I. The G9yetnment y bulldinE baEraeEs in
war workers daily flooding Into the city
from all parts Of the country. In the
barracks the girls. WILL be housed ana
%cilities.
2. The Duchess Of Marlborough was Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt before. her mar
riage.
2. The coIiarIess neckiine now become pop
ular on the fall frock can be smartIs
s~oftened with u little stand-up foid OF
chiffon.
4. Grapes make % delicious sweet. salad
combined with %chopped pineapple. ar
pies and nuts. A cream dressing sweet
ened with honey In used.
3, In preparing apple dumpllngs bake them
In muffin. tins. Line the tins, with
pastry, MI IN with sliced or whole al.
pie. sweeteninE.. tab!esDocnfgl OF
water and u little nutmeg. Fold sur
plus pastry over top or twist.
a. Ripe pears peeled md cut In half make
delicious shortcake. Mako two layers
OF them In whipped cream filling.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Adventures With a Purse

Get out that picture today, then, and
measure 1t then stop and choose your
frame from among those l discovered
today. They come in various sizes and
shapes, in plain mahogany finish, or ma
hogany with a gilt line inside. or in cir
cassian walnut, or dull gold. The frame
you need is there, supplied with glass
and mat, waiting for hat picture, and
the price of your choice is only thirty
five cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
THE STORY THUS EAR

Ruth, Rowland. New York society girl,
and accepts. bond. Both, men are drafted,
pnt Bond. to Ruth,s relief, wins SKIM
After, Rsymond has sailed TO France the
AZ besins to doubt the wisdom OF ssr
fn0. jim T tSs %sdsr'as' solder 81 ae't sonfribases
somewhat TO this change, A. the suEges-
tion. OF Myra Briggs, Ruth takes up war
work, In spite OF Bond's dlsappr0val.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Care of the Teeth

Never give a horizontal movement to
the brush. That only scrubs the sur
face of the teeth and wears away the
enamel, especially the enamel OF the
bear the brunt Of the friction. Let
your brush move up with ar up-and-
down movement so that the bristles can
penetrate the crevices and thus remove
food particles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Ros,


THE shops are selling wonderful fab
l. RIGS and the manufacturers are maxi
ing wonderful gowns of these materials.
One of the dream gowns is illustrated
today. This dress Is designated as a
semi-dinner frcck. but it is in reality
the type of dress that is most frequently
worn at present for evening. The ex-
ception to his rule is some very extraor-
binary occasion. This dress is OF
black lace hung yer chiffon. The lace
is beautifully embroidered in silk floss
of an old blue shade. The deep girdle
that is draped low over the hipline Is OF
gold and old blue brocade.
The large black velvet hat is extreme
ly smart. The underbrim facing of the
hat Is of old blue crepe. and the trim
ming is a large ostrich feather. made In
a loop a little at the right of the front.
Copyright, 1918. Florence Rose.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Recently | heard of a young woman
who broke her engagement simply be-
cause she was obliged to go on and on
with some one who absolutely could
not get her point of view. She had
had a very deep friendship with a
girl and suddenly something came to
break 1t up. The man refused to care
or be interested. In the course of
conversation she would try to plan
about winning the girls friendship
back again. Her fiance cared abso-
lutely nothing about this small ache
in her heart. The girl "a of the
thoughtful type. The little rift in the
Lutte opened her eyes to other little
instances of his absolute lack of
sympathy and. after n good bit
of real solid thinking, she went to the
man and told him she could not marry
a person life with whom promised
Oily a long stretch of liv lE, as it were,
on different hemispheres.
TT is the sympathetic man who keeps
l. his wife happy and young at heart,
in spite of all the heavy demands the
cares of a home make on her. 1t is
one thing for n woman to go about an
endless round of homework. 1t is
another for her to do the same n
have some one come home at night
and understand how hard and unin-
teresting it is; to point to the day
when the ship might come in and to
talk about the new kind of kitchen
that might be hers.
UNDOUBTEDLY, sympathy is the
y guardian angel to the happiness
of a home. Many men have sCorned
it as a womanly virtue. But our SOL
diers-God bless them -haVe deemed
otherwise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

TJHERE are many times when we
IL would love to send a box to a SOL
der, but perhaps we do not know Just
what to put in it. or we haven't a box
just the right size, or something is not
Just right, whereas If we could get a
really worthwhile box already packed
which an obliging s~hopkeeper would
send for us-well. that would be very
different. One of the shops is showing
very STABLE boxes containing delecta-
BILE assortments of chocolate. ginger
snaps, cheese, after-dinner mints. potted
tongue, peanut butter and I can't begin
to tell you what all. These boxes are
of two prices, $3.50 and 81, and will be
addressed and sent right out by your
shop. ! believe the parcel-post prices
for places not too distant is included in
the price of the box.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Great demand for the EVENING PUB
Lie LEDGER may cause you to miss IN
installment Of this very interestinE story.
write to the Circulation Department. or
ask your newadeRler this afternoon to
at xnur home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
EALS or MANHOOD ARE SET BY OUR SOLD
The WOman,s
Exchange
TODAY'S INQUIRIES

1. Name the FIVE lines Of Government, work
y which women are badly netded 81
the present time.
:. What In the age ruling In Rivlnr pass
ports to American women. who wish 70
go abroad for war work?
3. What In the twentieth wedding ami
versary?
4. Give a recipe for making parsley butter.
8. What pieces Of kitchen ware give n cheer
full touch Of color TO the room?
cheer and efficiency TO the kitchen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

I'll warrant that tucked away in some
safs closet or drawer you nave a pic
ture which o have always had in
mind framing but which. for one reason
or another. you still a tucked in
that drawer instead of in a frame. Or
maybe. some n you know who will be
leaving for camp soon has given you his
photograph. which you want to frame.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Long before it is cold enough for win
ter underclothes little legs begin to chap
and to need the warmth of an extra
petticoat. They come, cunning little
fiannelette garments in pale blue or
pink and white stripes, scalloped around
the edges. and attached to a little white
underwaist b%uttoning up the back. The
price is only ffty-fve cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26
Garments for Refugees

To the Editor OF woman rage:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly let me
have a list Of garments needed by the
French refugees? l am a teacher of sew
ing in our public schools and would like to
do some OF that kind of work with the chill
dren this winter. VIII you also state how
and where l can secure the patterns for
the aforementioned aarments?-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

! have asked the American Red Cross
and also the Junior Red Cross pamphlet
on work suited to special grades. The
patterns can be procured In the pattern
section of any large department store.
I can give you the name of a store that
has a complete line of them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

A New Angle on Understandings
Dear Cynthia-Noticing your article in
the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER on a 'L!ttIe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Tomorrow tells what the evening
brought over the parapet wall).
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Baked Bean and Lettuce Sandwich
Apple Sauce Maple Sugar Candy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

The quality we stand back of-enough said.
NOTE: The price is very low today. No tell
ing how long it will continue. 1t will not be
remiss to have a few extra pounds in the pan
try. Sold In sealed cartons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-26

Lettuce or Celery Sandwiches
Cup Custard lam Sandwich