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Xxx '.

TACK was by no means insensihle to
y Ruth's attitude toward him. He had
at first been puzzled. she had changed
so quickly. It seemed difficult to recog-
nize her in h"r new pose. And yet, was
it pose? Surely she seemed genuine
enough as far as her new interests
went. In fact she talked of nothing else
night after night, and although Jack
tried TO feel a measure of interest he
found 1t Impossible to feel anything but
resentment toward the fact that just
now Ruth should think 1t necessary to
rush around seeing people all day long
and then either talk about them at
night. or else be too tired TO go any
| where.
But what worried Jack more than
| anything else was her apparent indif-
ference toward him and her new life.
| She would either fail to enthuse over
ANYTHING he might suggest TO catch her
| interest or she would overwhelm him
| with an enthusiasm that he would meet
| dcliphicdlv only to discover that 1t was
| forced No man who loves woman
truly is entirely ignorant where "A
womans feelings are concerned. and
| Jack had felt long before he had askeh
Ruth to marry him that she cared.
There had been times without num-
| ber when the temptation to take her III
his arms had been almost too much Tor
him, augmented perhaps by the feeling
that If he had done such thing Nnth
| would have surrendered. There mad
been precious moments alone wher
| Ruth tired out after an evening 5
amusement. would sit beside him flushed
and palpitating. but that had been be-
fore his physical examination, before ne
Fnlt
| to marry him
| To do Jack credit, he was entirely
honest with himself. and he had acted
with Ruth entirely honorably. a MAD
marriage based on overfowing emotions
and the desire of two young people to
| mate would not have occurred to Jack
| Romance 30 him was n creation of the
| imapiuatign taking chances not at all
| compatible with ones general comfort
Even though he envied impractical jim
| Townsend for the fact that he had dared
to marry Helen Brandcr, he would never
have asked Ruth to marry him under
| the same conditions
| And IL Ruth had known" what she
| wanted in a mate she might never have
| accepted Jack at all. But at the time
Ruth accepted Jack she had not both
cred to think deeply about anything
she resented the fact that the war was
forcing people to think, that she coult
no longer avoid thinking of others, and
that. whether she would or not, circum-
stances around her were changing =,
that if she failed to keep up with them
she would be left behind. Perhaps n
there had never been war, Ruth might
have married Jack Bond. She might
have married him as hundreds of girl:
marry every day. because of a Ger.
tain surface attraction, based perhaps
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Love at Sight

to express myself but in try my best and
| hope YOU will understand. ! am young
man Of eighteen and ! love a girl | have
but this girl seems more to me than any
other. You know what I mean-l Imagine
she is above me in a general way. ! would
like very much to become acquainted with
her. but hesitate because whe ther she could
like me is question | cannot answer my:
my inward affections to them: in fact,
have never spoken Of them TO any one. so
that Is the reason write to YOU. read
Your advice to others and think you can
hph, me.
What I want to know, is can any one
met and can | tell this girl love her.?
DOUBTFUL.
II is quite possible to love at sight
though it does not happen as often as
The stories would lead us to believe.
BE very careful 10 keep your feelings
for this young girl to yourself, but get
one of your friends to introduce you to
her and get to know her before you let
her see how much YOU care. After you
have known her well for several months
If you see that she is at all attracted
to you you might speak to her of your
love: If not. wait little longer lr
the meantime show her some little at
tentions, such as sending her flowers oi
candies o" a book now and again. and as
the months pass let her see that yol
are beginning to care Above all things
90 not discuss her nor your love fol
her with any one else. 1t Is always al
| unwise thing TO do.
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A MAID AND TWO MEN
The Story of the Girl Who Was Left Behind
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

on the mystery of sex and the delights
Of being in love with love, and having
ones vanity flattered and constantly ca
tered TO. She might have almost enjoyed
life In the perfect apartment on West
End avenue, with never n thought be-
yond the white enamel of her bedroom
furniture and the fact that her new
gown had not come home.
Roth had longed for marriage. She
had quite liked some of the older
girls OF her own little set. their
blase attitude toward everything, their
smart new clothes. the little worldly
manners of them. their beautifully fur
nished homes. Most of the girls in
Ruth's set had good looking homes when
they married If their new husbands
could not afford TO give them lovely
things. there was always a parent or
relative who came to the fore in or
der to avoid talk. Ruth had seen only
the gay. outer aspect of things. and had
almost never peeped underneath. Once,
TO be sure, she had gone TO visit one of
her friends shortly after a very fash
ionable marriage in one of the big
churches. Popular opinion had IL that
Beatrice had the loveliest apartment of
any of the younger set. and Beatrice
had invited Ruth to lunch.
RUIN mad gone expecting n long chat
"A delightful inspection of new silver
and beautifully arranged wedding gifts
and confidential exchanges in a myste.
rlous new way. She had never forgotten
that luncheon. Beatrice had become
slightly formal, and there was a gayetl
in her manner and a quick laugh tina
sounded forced. The new husband hat
| eaten lunch with them. thus forbiddnt
| condolences. and Beatrice had cast it'll
| deprecating glances at him every tim
she had spoken Afterward the two girl
had sat in the big velour davenport bu
| the husband. whom Ruth had vote,
conCeited and overbearing, sat in tn
same room, with his head buried in
newspaper. Ruth felt. though. that h
did not read much. and from the nerv
Gus way Beatrice glanced in his directio
every time she allowed herself to becom
at all natural Ruth was certain of It.
There had been Il moment TO be sur,
just before Ruth had left. when the tw
girls had been alone in the new bed
| room together. Beatrice had been quit
herself then and had kissed Ruth an
asked her to come again soon. and Rut
had remembered the incident for lon
time aftcrward. Not long enough, how
ever, to have it make any dfferenc
when her own time for falling in lov
had arrived, although Ruth, giving he
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know finds them very interesting.
Paste up a joke or two among the
items Of interest or devote an entire
letter TO clipped out Jokes. Every
time YOU come across something par
ticularly funny cut it out and save it
for the boy at the front. Cut the sets
of comics. Cut out a particularly good
story from a magazine and paste it
column by column on large letter
paper This is convenient for the sol.
der to handle, as he can slip the story
in his pocket and have it to take out
and re-read at odd moments, when no
magazine is within reach. All of these
things have been tried and called
blessed by the men who are at the
front. or. in fact. anywhere in the
service. When you are at loss for
words try this scheme OF borrowing
some very jolly ones some one else
wrote.
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To the Editor Of Woman s Page;
Dear Madam-Please print TINS in YOUR
pape for me. because want the Tool. 10
see what one Of those he calls CamounaGe
signs himself zone of the Fools knows
there Is a place UP in Norristown where they
keep persons who are out OF thelr Ithu
I'm sure they don't know he's around or they
would have been after him long ago. Tor
he = out OF his mind, III bet, and really ne S
dangerous. And he insults mankind II ne
thinks he is a man. | am girl myself;
hui I'D Just like to he a man now. d find
and make him answer for every. sur ne
cast on women. | suppose he thinks ne
smart by letting girls all know what ne
thinks OF them.
| dare say the class OF girls he assOc ates
with are the kind that get BY with IT as
he expresses himself. They ought to get
hold OF him in the navy and make him scrub
he would come TO his senses: But ! don
think the sailors would let him last long
They'd soon throw him overheard.
To think that he is running around loose
running women down by writing TO a news
paper such fool stuff while boys who re-
ppect womanhood and love their mothers
and sisters have to so 70 France TO help
whip the Hun and protect the women!
Really I'd like to see the one who signs
himself "Shipbuilder' get him
| have a brother 'over there" and a
friend in the navy. II either one knew OF
this man 9 existence they would do the sa me
thing. why don't YOU publish his address
Cynthia. then women would be able to de-
fend themselves against these slurs.
Excuse me for taking up much of your
time nd column II you print this, but fee
, u,uch better now | have expressed my feel
abes' 'of THE FOOL HATER.
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THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE
SATURDAYS ANSWERS

1. Black sateen ali-over aprons for girls
the articles Of clothing most needed
now by the war orphans. Paper pat
terms for these can he obtained for ten
cents from the American committee for
devastated France. 1B East hlrty-
ninth street, y. Y. Send the apron there
when finished.
2. Next in demand comes neutral color ed
outing flannel for petticOats and gray
not like gay COOrs. Send material by
the yard to the stage W0mrn's War
Relief 1873 Fifth avenue. New York. II
j. m~de up there.
3. Fruit juice to be bottled for winter can
be extracted from discarded parts of
fruits. such as leftover portions Of
peaches. cores and seeds of apples,
pulp after making Jelly and marmaIa Iade,
weil-scrubbed skins OF oranges and
lemons used for lemonade, and skins
aud eyes OF wel-scrubbrd pineappIes
Cover pulp or parings with cold water,
bring mixture slowly 10 boiling point
let simmer until Juice is extracted and
strain. Boil for five minutes. hottie
IN and set In sterilzed Jars.
!. These fruit juices can be used to make
jelly. fruit drinks. jellied desserts
pudding sauces. Ice creams and Ices.
3. Eldcrberries can he dried and put away
for use in the winter in pies. Spread
them out on large platters in the sun
for several days. stir twice q day.
6. Save scraped cobs of corn for use as
fuel.
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Protest Against One Of the Fool"

TO the Editor Of Wo,nnu's Page;
Dear Madam would like to enter a
slanderous letter written by the person VINO
signs himself "One Of the Fools.
lone of the Fools. did YOU ever hear
Of a more appropriate title For fool he
surely is. and I. like the gentleman who an
swered his letter would like to know wha Z
kind of a shallow. soulIess person he IS
TO me it seems he cannot be man
And now a few words to the Fool him
self: Do you. dear sir. realize what You sdld
when YOU calmly announced that women do
not think of being efficient in their work.
..nirtatious glance sir my advice to you
Is to enlist in the army; go "uver there, and
see what the women Of today are dong
Perhaps II you had seen a few months
service in the front-lihe trenches and should
one day wake up in one Of the base nos
pitfalls you would realize few thinss do do
YOU think it's ''CamOuhage' when our Amer
lean women leave their homes and friends
To cross the ocean TO administer mercy 20
our soldiers? Ask any soldier what he
thinks Of the Red Cross nurses. and who
dares to say that the women Of France
and England who are holding the, position'
Of their men who are fighting for theli
homes think more OF dances and sucf
thIngs than OF the work they are doing!
Oh. Fool" learn few things befor'
FROM ONE WHO KNOWS.
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all credit due, would not married Jack
alone for what he could give her, she
had fancied herself genuinely In love
with him. To be sure, she had not
stopped to think out whether or not she
would be as much in love with Jack .
year or two after the ceremony as she
was when it was all new and fresh:
none of the girls in her set bothered to
do that.
But perhaps nothing Ruth did made
Jack as conscious Of the change in her
as her talk of Scott Raymond. Until
Myrs Briggs had told Ruth of Scotte
real feelings Ruth had barely mentioned
Scott to Jack, but after that he often
came up In the conversations between
them. That Ruth wrote TO Scott Jack
knew, but he had no objections to her
writing to him. He felt that Ruth owed
1t to him, and Jack was not at all the
type OF man to be Jealous. But Of late
there had come into the conversations
between them little silences.
"I'm almost afraid of IT," she had
said once. He's too brave; he would
dare everything. DO you know, Jack,
I'm afraid that you and I, safe here
on this side of the water, don't stop to
realize what men like Scott are doing
to keep us safe"
That had been the first time that Jack
had squirmed under his physical dis
ability. q
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Dear cynthia i am a Young girl fourteen
Years Of aee aud am deeply in love with a
tne young gentleman. We were much to-
gcther until about month ago, when I
stopped Speaking to him. though have
been often sorry since. The caps" Of it
was We were out for a little walk and he
said some thing which did not suit me at all
About a wr-n ago he acted very queer
and took tn" meapinE; out Of his aueer lee r
one evening girl and went to the
theatre and when we came out 1t was ram,
ing This Young boy went 20 my home ana
asked mother for my ,ratnc9at and hat;
When he came back he handed m" my coat
and hat, but did not SPEAK and d@parted
Please advise me what l should do, as
am deeply in love and would like to know
what TO do to get him back as i friend :
suppose you have hurt your friend
by not speaking to him. It Is very
foolish and childish thing to do. Have
an explanation at once when thint
goes wrong and do not refuse TO speak
to a person who has displeased you il
the wrong can be righ1ed. OF course sc
my dear. it is quite ridiculous to TAN
boy are good friends it is pity to Ie
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The Girl With Memory Answers

Dear Cynthia-Do YOU allow more thar hi,
ons visit to your page on the sam" snniecu +.
Tf YOU do. here | am back again. nave
been very much interested in the discussion
about American girls net being trrs to thelrr
soldier and sailor sweetheartsi for ! ,teeI
snre the boys misiudge us. These sailors
say they want 10 know how the chief quar-
termaste: knows his girl is not forgetting
him. We'll. I can tell them how, he knows;
He has perfect faith in her and he Is not
doubling her all the time. II some o. Inc me
"a ilors I've seen on the streets. flirting WIN
every girl they can hirt with. are as , truH
to their girls q | hone they are TO them
they wouldn't look al a girl Cross"ESn
Now honestly. saInr boys. don't YOU hirt
once in while with a good-lookinI slti
Certainty >ou do. but Il Your girl lets an
other boy enter her head YOU call her hCkIe
or course, YOU say. YOU have to have iIGne s9ne
them until YOU have looked at your S1 Sw1,'
record and are sure ii is very clean. And
boys have YOU given her the right Z" walt
and hope and pray for YOU? I nave =, a
friend in the trenches this minute. and DO
YOU suppose because am going out with dh
no indeed, Never night. pa asSes that l
don't Uray for him. and ! feel sure my
PRAYER will be answered " o..
if there Is she" is remembering YOU, and
wing for YOU and am sure she will-
4 Girl, WITH MEMORY.
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When to Wear Tam.o .Shanler

To The Editor OF Womdhs PAGE:
Dear Madam-(D Can a white woolen
tam o. -shsnter be worn In September? Also
how can l wash 1t?
t2) In what part OF the season are white
furs worn? Are they also worn in winter ?
t3l How can tan spats be cleaned?
Hoping l am not asking too much,
BROWN EYES.
II Is against the rules of the column
TO recommend trade names as you sug-
gest In the matter of typewriters
After the middle OF September will be
quite an albright time to wear the white
woolen tam-o'-shanter IL you mean tC
wear it for walking. etc. II is hardly
dressy enough for downtown wear al
this time Of the year, but might be Later
on when 1t is so cold that we think OF
comfort before conventionslity. wasf
IL in pure lukewarm white soapsuds
made beforehand, Do not rub, but plung,
up and down. Rinse in water of sam,
temperature. DO not wiring, but press
the water out of il. Dry in the wind, not
the sun.
white furs are worn all year round
although they are not as popular fo
wintAre wear as a season jor SO ago.
Gar the spsts with Gpy coFnrnercia
eau ~ = 3 AnnG fterA
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II He Came No,U

" he came nor,
Nv heart rould be like once
quiet street.
Hung With 0dB lanterns on Jefe
uight, arid
with singing! And mn heart ico"td
be a child
Sleepily 1cdking TO Kiss. men
hinpinO
Steep from il. SprinGi"0
with all too rCddy feet.
ont of the night. into me "otta
again.
And HndiH0 mat its toyS icofc "h
once more
There where II Icr them, 'c0itt"G
on the floor
TO De pldUCd with again. w
hcdrt trOHli be
An oDcued book fHed mn 1rith
WitChcrV,
Fitted. too, ,rith pdtH,
An opcucd book that mai been lctt
too long
Ipon duSfv shelf. n iroWid he
song
In uouHO month. Ana " No"d
be budS. too.
ODcriHg uHdcr the moon, and %ir'
erino at the dcw.
Bpt HkiH0 il. And il lrouid be
tame.
Red in the might. I used to be
Oldd irheH he came.
BIT not so rcry OlGd-bcCd"Se
thoUght
yLot ! would nlropS hHr" MIN.
Yhen 1rdr cdught
Him IN from me. ami borc MN o"I
TO be ,rhere ddnDer is: dnd hitlcd
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THE RIGHT KIND OF LETTERS
q TO WRITE TO OUR FIGHTERS
Let Them Knou We Are Hanging Breahessy the Things
They Are Doing Orer There-Cheer Doesn't Acays
Mean Diating on Your O,u Good Times Here

vE1R1T1NG letters to the soldier has
wv grown to he q national pastime,
There is scarcely one who does not
withdraw from the family circle o
Sunday afternoon or night to be all
BY herself when she weighs those
thoughts to send to the camp or the
trench. Very often the soldier is Just
mere acquaintance. But with memo
ries .f the long days when "A boy
may want for mail a girl or an older
woman writes to him as faithfully as
though he were a man most dear TO
her.
This letter to the acquaintance far
away has set more than one to chew-
ing her pen. Unconsciously one lays
down rules. The letter must ne
newsy. yes. and tell of things that are
going on at home. but the picture OF
eayety must not be painted too bright.
A man likes to know that America Is
CARRYING on and abhors weepy, low
spirited letter. But it isn't much nun
TO hear that the boys gave the Slr!s
a picnic last SATURDAY and everybody
had perfectly wonderful time. AT
least il isn't so entertaining when you
know YOU yourself spent that particu.
lar Saturday crossing No Mans Land
Ii would he lots nicer to nave an &C
count of that picnic with string tied
TO it, and the string would he that you
were missed-dreadfuly.
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To NE Editor OF WomdN7S S Page!
Dear Madam-Your column tonight con-
tains a letter signed "F. s G" asking how
TO make money to send some magazines 10
our boys. made quite little money sell
ing candy in the office where | was EN-.
ployed Thought this might be a suggestion.
Should 'F. s. c; - care to know more about
selling the candy, where to get it. etc
would be glad to hear from her. Your valu,
able column is such help TO everybody
have come to you several times myself with
a lot of MAGAZINES to the boy who wrote
YOU from a camp in Virginia some time age
asking for reading matter.
CONSTANT READER
Thank you for your kind letter.
shall be glad 10 forward your address
to IF. S. c." II she will send hers in
Maybe others would be interested.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
How to Get Passport

To the Editor Of Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam-Kindly advise the procedure
NJ setting a passport. Is birth certificate
required and IL one has not one what Is to
10 done? READER.
The procedure necessary in obtaining
q passport for overseas work depends
somewhat on the kind OF work you are
going 10 do. II you so under the auspices
Of the Red Cross Y. NJ. c. A. or similar
organixations there will be certain regu-
lations that you will have to follow. But
the passport department in the Postoff1ce
Building requires four photographs not
larger than three inches square, un-
mol,nted. and either a birth certificate or
an affidavit from some one in lieu OF
birth certificate. SO you see. the neai
relative TO testify 10 the date of birth
is not necessary. You also VIII have 10
be identified at that office by some one
who has known you in this city for al
least two years These are the only re-
ouirements OF this department. Any re;
fiuirements of an organization viii, oi
course, be explained to you by that body
mis- answer was mailed to your address
6ut returned marked unclaimed"
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PLEASE TELL ME-
WHAT TO DO
By
Cynthia

a quarrel break up a good friendship.
would write him little note and say
that you are sorry you were rude.
Unless the boy had sa id something OBJ
jectionable TO you, in that case explain
to him politely that you did not like
what he said, but you think you were
unnecessarily rude: that you are sorry
not to he friends and hope he will come
and talk ii over with you and be friends
once more.
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Don't Limp
~ Are Not
NOTHS NECESSARY

Go to your druggist. Tell him You want
A n PIerce's Corn Plasters. He will tell
you they have been sold for le years,
under a positive money-back guarantee
For 26c he will give you a green box
containing enough plasters to treat and
vest-pocket package tgreen box) con-
tanning three treatments.
Use them as per directions, and you can
once more walk, run or dance with COM
fort, They are small, close hitting, and
YOUR stocking and shoe cSn easily be put
an over them. Ry mail YOU prefer u
3so ", w,ni4hsSP ni4hsssP Ss;ilss Ss;ilss wet ssas e
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-15
We Will Pay You

In order to convince you there is
only one Healing Bismuth Toilet
Talcum Powder made for every man,
woman and child. 1t is good enough
for the doctors, druggists and pro-
fessional persons who know, for
their families in their own homes
Bismoline is made by graduated
chemists for all who need the best
for their own comfort and life. Life
is short at best, so keep sweet with
Bismoline. Price, 25 cents.
We pay you-have your druggist
certify your purchase on his label,
send it to us and receive 25c bottle
finest perfume or vanity box.
LeFevre eIsmoIine Co., Lancaster, Pa.
V. II. Smith & Co.. Miller Drug Co.,
and all Leading Druggists