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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-13

one else, and.s by an indirect route. to
yourself. And fifty cents may not be
the cost. A few words, blossoms Of
friendly spirit, take nothing from the
pocketbook of the giver. An exertion of
will power is all that is necessary to
overlook a personal dislike. The per
forming Of an unexpected favor requires
only temporary putting aside of your
own comfort. These are all small offer
ings, but give them on the impulse of
kindly thought for others, and they be-
come too big to weigh or measure. The
warmth of appreciation with which they
are received will cause reflected glow
that warns in you that greatest of good
qualities--unselfishne
No one can have 700 much of that
spirit of unselfishness. 1t lifts the mo-
notony of housework. breaks into the
routine of the working day. and draws
the commonplace nearer to the sublime
Consider that favor, that friendly word.
those fifty cent flowers, the next time
you are tempted to pass them by.
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Don't Orerdo II

Brooches. bracelets. earrings. neck
laccs particularly necklaces - have
great value as value" givers to the
costume. The string of pearl beads
with black frock is a notable exam
Pile of this. The one touch adds dis
tinction, but let the woman who has
black frock and string of pearls
add a few 'echoing" touches-say a
white pearl pin, white kid gloves. n
white feather in the black hat and
white boot tops-and where is the dis
tinction of that costume? Gone en-
tirely The value" of white as a con
trast has been lost by OVERRIDING the
contrast. Anything that produces a
"'spotty" effect in costumes should be
avvjded. Focus the contrast in one
strong touch-or two at most. A green
Iparasol and a green petticoat will make
n dark blue tailored costume very chic
but not if there are also green silk
stockings, green grapes on the hat and
string of green beads at the neck.
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Adventures
With a Purse

T WONDER. when they first began
using handkcrrhiefS and if people
have always lost them in such quantities
as is my unfortunate habit. how many
thousand handkrrchicfs have been lost
and where they have all gone. That's
neither here nor there. however. though
can't help wondering Peter thinks
this kind of wondering is nonsense.
fear. but | can be practical and still
wonder. As. for instance. when
ask you today. II wonder if YOU know
where to buy real linen handkerchiefs.
really hand embroidered, with really
dainty hens. At n price as low as thir-
ty eight cents" Because | do,
! stood at the counter and listened
fascinated lk" the wedding guest in
the Ancient Mariner. She nrattled
on and on: She told me about her dolls
her friends doll. their Joint dollhouse.
how they used mnkeshift furniture of
cardboard. which they replaced as fast
rs their fortunes would allow them.
And as she talked she kept her gaze
fixed lovingly on the little round wooden
dining room table which they needed 50
badly She had Just bought dear lit .
tie wooden bedstead for thirty cents.
and all her worldly wealth was gone
The dining room table was only twenty
cents. and. naturally, | was delighted
that chance enabled me TO make my
contribution to this wonderful doll :
house I had never seen and never would
see.
why is il that peoples imagina
tions seem to fail them when it come
TO engagement presents exclaimed
Nancy. 'Thc number of guest towel'
| received. OF course. ! don't mean tC
be ungrateful. but ] should like TO have
had more dish towels.,' I thought o
! Nancy's words when r saw some glas
towels today. Just plain towels aren
very interesting for gifts, but these ar
stamped with simple design. whicl
even the one who is not clever witt
her needle could easily make in shor
time. These show teapot and cup il
blue outline. and there are Scallop
across the. end. The price Of these i
good material is forty FIVE cents.
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Buck" Writes Again

Dear Cynthia-The paint and pow
der question seems to be the topic of
interest in your worthy column, and If
YOU will excuse my introducing one
more ! will shoot my wad.
When girl speaks of using paint
and powder don't believe she means
the first thing that flashes through our
minds namely, that the paint is 50
thick that it's not even a good bluff al
a complexion. or the powder so thick if
lookes like a sGowstorm ! believe they
mean the moderate use of both. But
while the girls speak of using paint and
powder most of MS Immediately thlnH
of the clowns" instead Of considering
the fact that most of the users of
paint and powder know how TO handle
it. so as to improve their appearance
instead of making freaks of themselves.
! We fellows have to admit that we
would rather go out with good looking
girl than hOmply one. and the pretticr
she is the better wc like it. and so II
little paint and powder improve their
looks we ought to be glad. Rosy checks
look nice. and paint used right gives
the appearance. and as it is no sin. why
the holcr?
because girl uses paint doesn't mean
she couldn't fry an egg. or DO house
work. \ lot of us seem to have IN"
idea that all of those who do are
nothing but pleasure seekers, when the
fact is thar all types of girls use 1t,
1t is only because we notice the eX
trcmp users that we slam all of them.
and might small percentage go to the
extreme. There are black sheep III
every flock. and in every question
/, whether it be the painting question
the dancing question, or any question:
There are always few who spoil II
for the rest.
Most who argue against the use o
, il state that when fellow marrieS IN
, wants a girl who can handle the do
mestic duties. aud not one VINO use
paint and powder. Where do they &c
: that stuff? It's true fellow wants
q, girl that will make a real wife, ou
what 5 paints got to do WIN prepar
ing meal: Probably lots of girls VII
/ use paint spend most of the daE upln
houScworR. and know as mucn aoon
! it as any who don't-just IKE IN
| fellow who sleeps with stocking TO
| on his head and uses vaselinc to kee
| his hair down. works in can FACTOR
all day and then comes out AT nlgn
looking like million bucks-he ma
| look then as if he wasn't worrying apou
! ANYTHING but a good time, but he get
down like the rest of us during the da
and swings pick or pushes a pen
earns his bread and butter In some way
Girls aren't the only ones VINO RESP,
Q to little camouhage. Remei9Def' glrn
= when YOU see fellow with handsol,
: silk shirt you don't see anything put ~
rmfs and little around the collar tht
tha vest doesn't hide, maybe there s Il
$ hack in it and the buttons are all gon'
, ~" '"" BUCK.
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FIFTY-CENT FLOWERS
AND WHAT THEY CAN DO
Combine Them With Thought for Others and Enjoy the
Reflected Pleasure That They Giue

A LITTLE fifty cent bouquet of flow :
a ers. II sounds like very small
bunch of expensive beauty, doesn't it?
But have YOU ever stopped to think
how easy it is to make that little piece
of exquisiteness worth ten times that
amoHnt to You and to some one else :?
Buy it, and take it to that little old
lady who lives about three blocks away
from you. the old lady who is an in =
Vaid and seldom has chance to see
any flowers except the ones that bloom
IN such discouraged way upon the
border OF her faded wall paper. Place
that little spot of fragrant color in a
vase near her where she can see each
petal. And watch her face. Watch
the suffering in her eyes turn to smile
of pleasure The feeling that she is
touched with your thought makes the
tears start in your own eyes to think
that such small thing can mean so
much and bring so much enjoyment.
You will 60 away from her house with
the thermometer of your happiness reg
istering 0S. You will have left Just
ABOUT the same amount of cheer behind
you IN that drab little room which looks
the same. day' after day. 1t was Just
the combination of half dollar and an
nnselfsh thought that lifted two people
OUT OF the everyday of accepting small
'hings into the once in while of ap-
preclatipg them. And when you real
lze that the mercury of that thermome-
acr M 'wi'l lose control of itself and slip
right up to 100.
A BUNCH of flowers is not the only
4 : means Of bringing pleasure to some
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Nesterlay's Answers

|. The federal suffrage amendment
was passed by the House of Rep
resentatives May 81, 1919, and
by the Senate June 4, 1919.
.. The usual entrance salary for
teachers in the Indian service is
from $500 to 500 year with
the $50 a month temporary in
crease granted by the govern,
ment. At each boarding school
there is common mess for all
employees, the cost of which aver
ages S15 to 500 per month per
person.
3. A velvet ribbon bow on hat that
has been rained on can be reno
waited by running q curling iron
under the loops and bows. Have
the curling iron hot with a wet
cloth wound around it. When
the steam dries the velvet will be
quite freshened This is a good
plan for renewing any velvet on
hat.
4 When coffee with cream in it has
been spilled cover the stain with
borax, then spread it over bowl
and have some one pour boiling
water over it.
3. To remove a grease stain with a
powdered absorber such as French
chalk. magnesia, etc, cover the
spot with the absorber, let stand
several hours and then brush. or
place the material on white blot
ting paper, cover with powder
and more paper and then apply
warm iron. Repeat, using fresh
powder and fresh paper until the
stain is removed.
9. Finely sifted ashes can be used
for securing
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This afternoon froclI earns the right
to the name unusual" The ma
terial is American beauty velvet
and feature is the drapery that
ends in bow at the side
A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
TT rs only in the wardrobe of the
~ woman who enjoys something Of
leisure-the society woman. il you will
that the afternoon frock has a place.
The woman who is busy with money
getting or with household cares during
the day may blossom forth in as gala
attire in the evening as n more lei
auredn sister. hut she has few oppOr
tunities for the afternoon frock, and
most Of her social engagements are of
necessity in the evening In wartimes
there was general falling off of interest
in afternoon frocks. anyway, for every
one was too busy with one sort of war
work or another to take time for lunch
cons or receptions. saws for those that
could be attended in street clothes, and
the big dressmakers really rather lost
their knack for making this type of
frock.
So now when you see an attractive
afternoon frock it is a real JOY. 1t is
something that you had rather forgotten
about until recently
There is still the tendency for the ex
fremely short sleeve in the afternoon and
the decolletage is sometimes extreme
and sometimes only slight. as it is in the
ffock sketched today. And a black and
white sketch is really quite inadequate
IL give an idea Of this frock, for its
charm lies so much in the color-Ameri-
can beauty strikingly combined with
black satin. No novice in designing
would dare to use the color as II is here
lin large ribbon bow placed at the
left side. Then you must imagine to
rearsef the effect of the hat, which is OF
American beauty colored velvet with
feather fancies of the same shade on
either side of the brim, And the lace
for no afternoon or evening gown
would really be complete without lace
his season--is in the form of drapery
"a the skirt and shows clever little
m row of let beads on the lower part OF
fhe skirt drapery. BY the way. you will
nnttee that while deep fringe is less
efffn used now than formerly, fringe
Mar takes the form Of q marrow trim
mi,,a like this Il much in evidence on
'he smartlT made ffocksr
Copyright. 1918. by Fiofsnes Hsse'
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Tlpo hdrd-boiied eggs, cut into
quarters,
one cup of canned or fresh ml,sh-
rooms, pGrboiied
T""o G"cn peppers, choppcd fine,
one tablespoon of grated onion.
T1ro r2I-beatep eggs,
one end oae-hoH teaspoons of salt,
One teaspoon of paprtkd,
Stir to blend thoroughly, and then
add the chicken meat and the JUICE
of one lemon. Stir to mix. and then
serve when boiling hot.
Bacon Sandwiches
Mince fine four ounces Of bacon
and then brown very lightly. Now
lece in a bowl
Oae-h0if cup OF mdyonnnise dress
ing,
One ten@poon OF SAT-,
Oae-hdF teaspoon of mns'nrd,
One-haf teaspoon Of pupriLa.
one tcbhaSpoCn of grHtCd egg,
One cup Of finely sbrcddcd celery,
The bacon.
Mix Thoroughly and spread be-
'ween thin slices of nicely buttered
bread. and then cut into triangles
and serve on a platter covered with
a napkin.
Macaroni Rabbit
Cook in boiling water one-half
package of macaroni for twenty min
utes, and then drain and blanch un-
der cold running water and drain
again. Chop the macaroni fine and
now, when ready to serve, place in a
hating dish
One-hdE pound of grated cheese,
One large onion, grated,
The prepared mncdroni
one tablespoon Of Worcestershire
sauce,
Three tablespoons of catsup,
one teaspoon of salt,
one teaspoon of pdprikd,
TlUo 1n2H-beoteR eggs,
Four tablespoons Of crnporated
milk,
Stir to thoroughly mix and then,
when smoking hot, serve.
Crab Meat la Dewey
Place in chafng dish
One and one-hulf cups of cream
sauce,
One tablespoon of grated onion,
Three tablespoons of finely mincco
green pepper,
Juice Of one lemon,
Pinch of nutmeg,
One and one-hdlf cups OF curetUll
picked crab meat.
Heat to the boiling point, and thel
lift on slices of toast and garnst
with paprika and slice of hard
boiled egg.
Eggs Poached in Cream Sauce
Place three cups of cream sauc
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The Testing of Julia Grant

the head surgeon and quite suddenly he
spoke to her.
'How is everything going?'
She looked at him startled and Won
dered why. Was it because it was un
usual for him to sneak? She met, to
the full his inscrutable blue gray eyes
for brief second and answered him
simply. She did not know that he
watched her as she walked down the
corridor. her long white gown complete
ly enveloping her. the sun searching out
little pools of light on her hair. But
Julia did know one thing and that was
that Doctor Norville had the power to
convey more in that one short question
than DR.. Dick Nugent would have con
veyed in an hours light conservation.
Absorbed in her thoughts, Julia be-
came conscious that some one was hur-
rying after her. Her heart leaped and
the fact shocked her. What was the
matter with her? Why should her heart
beat faster at the thought of Doctor
Norville? And then Dick NuGent came
up beside her,
She surveyed him with cool level eyes.
Il say. cant we be friends? This
business of being in arms against each
other is foolish. don't you think?'
They had stopped. and Julia was
standing with her eyes raised to his as
Doctor Norville and one of the other
surgeons came down the corridor. Dick
Nugent had a particularly fatuous ex-
preston. as though he had said some.
thing peculiarly personal and Julia had
sudden wild desire to snap something
out at Dick and hurry on. As il was
in n compromising position with Dick
Nugent. She knew that he boasted of
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Copyri0h t9t9. bV Mrs, ". I. wilson.
An Rfohtg RcarTrcd.
THE housewife who has no maid
= and wishes to entertain informal
4 " will find that the chatting dish
supper has very many advantages,
The table f"r this supper may be
arranged in the usual manner or it
can be set with the usual luncheon
doilies and large centeypece and
low fiat bowl filled with autumn
leaves. These makes nice decorations.
Place small dishes of salted al
monds. olives and radiShes or celery
covered with cracked ice on the table.
Much of the preparation may be
made early in the dav, 50 that none
but the essential work need be done
In time for the supper.
And now to prepare a menu:
Sailed Almonds
Radishes or Celery Olives
Chicken la King
Bacon Sandwiches
Fancy Cakes Coffee or Tea
Or macaroni rabbit, crab meat
a la Dewey and eggs poached in
cream sauce NAV also be served in
place of the chicken a Is King.
Parisienno devilnd eggs or Kcnnebec
or Asheville sandwiches may also be
added to this list.
i EARLY in the day prerare the
salted nuts, radishes or ce'e"y, the
sandwiches and the chicken a la
King. so that it may be rcheated
when needed.
Chicken a la kirg
Cut tho breast Of large, cold,
cooked chicken into neat pieces.
Now place in saucepan
S'r tablespoons Of fopr,
One cup of milk,
Tbrce-qUdrtcrs emp Of chicken
stock.
Stir to dissolve; then bring to a
boil and cook slo Wy for three min
utes. Now add
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SAVORY CHAFZNG-DLSH SUPPER
SUGGESTIONS BY. MRS. WILSON
Hom TO Make Delicious
Bacon Sandwiches, One
With PdriSie,lne Egg Fill
ing and Some With Olire

in chafng dish and when boiling
hot drop in one fresh egg for each
service and let cook. Lift the egg
on a slice of toast and then pour
over it the cream sauce. Garnish
with finely chopped parsley.
Parisienne Devilcd Egg Sandwich
Rub thrce hard - b o i e d eggs
trough fine sieve into bowl and
add
one teaspoon Of mustard,
One Teaspoon Of pnprih0,
0'rr torspoop of sat,
DHe idb'ospooR of grntcd onion,
Four tablespoons Of finely minced
Dors'ey,
F'omr tablespoons of mdyonHdiee.
Mix and then spread between the
thinly sliced we'll -buttercd bread and
cut into triangles.
kennehec Sandwiches
Chop sufficient onions fine to meas
ure one and one-half cups, and then
Da boil and drain well. Now mince
fine two ounces of bacon and brown
the bacon, and then add the onions
and cook very slowly until the fat
: absorbed. Cool and then place be-
tween thin slices of very lightly but
tered bread and cut into triangles.
Asheville Sandwiches
Put one small can OF well-dIained
pimentos and one small bottle of
wc''-drained stuffed olives and
THO medium siScd-onions.
Sir branches of parsley
through the food chopper, and then
place in a bowl and then add
Onc-hoF cap of moyonnajse,
One and one-half teaspoons Of
paprih0.
One-half teaspoon of mustard,
one teaspoon of soH.
Mix and then spread between thin
slices of buttered bread and cut into
t''iangles.
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Please Tell Me
What to DO
For Love or Money
BY CYNTHIA

FOl GONC w "OHSJ
Dear Cynthia Well. here we are
again ""The Live Wires" and not dead
wires. About a month ago I advertised
for some girls to join a church club and
class, but as no one responded to my
call, will not ask it again. | wish some
girls would think about the time when
their earthly pleasures will end and
which way they win go afterward, but !
suppose they think there's plenty of
time to think of that,
DO not think that the Live Wires >
have no life in them, for we sure are
wires worth having.
Now | am going to ask the opinion
Of your readers and you, Cynthia, on
very foolish but interesting subject.
Our club has a debate on for next meet
ing. resolving that girl SHOULD marry
for money and not love. There are four
girls in the debate, two on the mega
tive side and two on the affirmative
side. ,.
Now here is subject for you fellows
and girls to discuss Come on. Dan IL.
and YOU other interesting people. here 8
YOUR chance to tell club of very nice
young girls which YOU think a girl
should marry for.
| believe that money will never buy
happiness. and when marrying a poor
man for love. he will work himself up
in the world for the love of you. but
marrying a rich man. there is no love
and some time during married life he is
liable to lose his riches then what has
a woman to live for if she marries for
money! If you marry poor man, he
worships yOu if YOU marry rich man
for money. he will worship his riches
Am | right in this subject. readers? If
not. speak up and tell me why I'm not
What have the dolls to say on this
subject? Surely they can tell some
things about this subject. can't you,
dolls? "A LIVE WIRE.
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Wearing on Net

Very pretty needlework effects are
obtained by weaving on n square mesh
act. The net used for this purpose is
softer than canvas, but heavier and
stronger than the ordinary net. AL
hough the weaving is similar to the
iet lace. the work is not intended for
III imitation of this lace. but is dis
tinct craft-weaving on net. Color is
very often introduced and some very
lovely results are secured in this way
The work should be done in hoop.
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Caring for Pans

Stretch a piece of picture wire or
cord over the kitchen sink. Over this
hang old pieces of papers. Use them to
wipe the grease from frying pans and
pots. etc, before putting them into the
dishwater. This will prevent grease
from coating the sink and stopping up
the sink spout.
Also use paper to wipe of the stove.
table, sink and floor where grease and
other things have been spilled on them.
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The Question Corner
Today's Inquiries

|. Does a married woman have any
Of her husbands s titles engraved
on her cards?
=. Suggest clever invitation for
the wooden or fifth wedding an
niversary.
3. Describe the newest bathtub toy
for baby,
4. What very new embroidery is
being used on tullNt
!. When silk stockings are fragile
what will prevent them from
being torn on the upper part;
6. How can cork be used for
securing knives?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-13

For the names of shops where ar
iicles mentioned in Adventures
With a Purse" can be purchased
address Editor of Woman's Page.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, or phone
the Woman's Department, Walnut
1000.
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Now co ON WITH THE STORY

TIJLIA could not feel assured that
- Grace Merritt would not break any
more rules. The girl did not seem to have
nny pride, she did not seem to care
whether Dick Nugent was playing with
her or not just as long as he showed
anv desire to be with her.
Julia was Junior nurse now ana
wore a crisp cap with flying wings on
her reddish black head. Miss Tully, the
unimpressionable. said that it made
Julia look too beautiful for hospital
work and when Miss Tully was moved
to say anything Of that kind 1t was
rather remarkable, for she rarely in
dulged in personalities.
Julia was almost cbildishly proud of
her can. ANY one who understands nos
pital life will understand this fact. "A
nurse looks forward to cap from the
time she enters the hospital as some
thing sacred. something, to, be worked
for. and if she is deprived of it for any
reason at all she feels the disgrace ter
rbly. Julia could not imagine how
. Trace APTTltl fOulu D'ui huNihb w o.
without it after it lad once tecome so
much a part of her.
The first time Julia saw Doctor Nor
/ Vile after her talk with him about
/ Grace was during an operation at which
Julia was second nurse. There was
nothing of the personal in Doctor Nor
1 villc's manner toward any one He was
very brusQue. Julia had never seen him
stop to laugh and talk with any one.
Miss FULLY thought him wonderful. and
every one in the hospital stood in awe
of him in spite of his youth. Julia could
no more have imagined Doctor Norvillt
having an affair of any kind with ont
Of the nurses than she could have i'm
agined herself caring for~Dick Nugent
Dick was that morning administering
the anaesthetic. and ,Julia could no
help contrasting the two men. Dick
blond and handsome. Doctor Norvill
with his dark eager face absorbed il
his work
, After the operation while the patien
! was being wheeled out Julia passed b
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-13

\ smart novelty for the hope chest
is the metal monogram of the bride
to-be. This can be in brass. c,p-
per. gold plate or silver, md is
mounted as shown In the sketch.
As rule the monogram is the
same as that used on the bridal
linens. The three above illustrate
styles particularly adaptable to
make up in metal