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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Was Not Easiest Way

Dear Cynthia-I enjoy reading your
advice and think you are very good and
wise in respect to the lovelorn. am
not writing to discuss these things, but
wish to state my opinion on the great
tragedy which took place in Chicago.
"Critic" says the man did wrong, but
just how could one say that, when
reason shows that only, a man deprived
of his mind, for the time being, would
do such thing? don't believe he
was able to think any further than
from his wife to the train. He must
have thought a great deal of his wife,
and doubtless just word regarding his
children would have changed his course.
l do not think the man was choosing
the easiest way out, for no hardship
in life is equal to the dreadful horror
experienced by the sight of an onrush-
ing train. Any man under such ap
ordeal would lose his reason. Sc l
would say it was brave act and not
the easiest way.
Another opinion from
p. 81" READER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

sedentary occupations should par
take of milk Of egg shake, or choc-
olate egg and milk, and this will be
sufficient until the evening meal, or
fer luncheon you may have:
I
Plate Of Lettuce
Toasted Cheese Sandwich
One Large Slice of Bread, Toasted
(No butter)
Stewed Fruit, One-Half Cup
Tea or Coffee (clear)
Watercress
Tomato Salad
One Slice of Toast (no butter)
Baked Apple
Tea or Coffee (clear)
(3)
Radishes
Watercress Salad
With Three Slices of Lemon
Brown Betty
Tea or Coffee
Clear Tomato Soup
Deviled Egg
Slice of Toast (no butter)
Stewed Peaches
Tea or Coffee
(5)
String-Bean Salad
Toast (no butter)
Cup Custard Tea
Poached Egg on Slice of Toast
Cantaloupe Tea
(O
Broiled Fish
Lettuce
Raspberries Tea
Butter and potatoes are eliminated
from this meal. Use skim milk.
which has had its fat content re-
moved in the cream, but which still
contains the full nutritive value of
the milk.
Dinners
(D
Radishes Watercress
Broiled Steak
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Boy Scout Information

To tho Editor Of Womdn's PAGE:
Dear Madam would like to have
some information about the Boy Scouts.
I am ten years of age, and I heard I
could not join the regular Boy Scouts.
Some friends of mine told me about the
junior Boy Scouts. Where can I reg
lister? f. W.
There, Is no regular organization Of
Junior Boy Scouts. but you can take
part in the activities of the regular
scouts until you are old enough to join,
that is, twelve years old, by going to
the troop nearest your home. You won't
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
AduenureS
With a Purse

THE use of Japanese incense for the
L house can be made a valuable one.
Odors of cooking can be quite done
away with if you burn some in the
living room. The only trouble is that
most of it smells like just plain punk,
but I bought some yesterday, rose
scented. and 1t combines the sweet frag-
rance of the rose with the pungent, sub
tie odor of the incense--a truly delight
full scent. This also comes in violet.
When you come into room where one
Of these little cones has been burning
you will sniff delightedly and exclaim,
"Oh. what a gorgeous scent" !" A box
of this costs twenty five cents,
Did you ever see the little wooden
wedges one sticks in the window to keep
it from rattling In windy weather !?
Useful, but not particularly attractive,
are they? Well, now, one shop has
quite the oldest wedges you ever did
see. They are figures Of quaint little
ladies with demure bonnets and full
skirts. A pair of them may be had
for sixty cents. Here is a novel gift
idea.
And just across the aisle from the
wedges are fancy hand painted numbers
for the woman who has an apartment.
suppose they are of tin or aluminium
composition. similar to the numbers on
a front porch post, but they are painted
light blue with tiny pink rosebuds and
leaves. Against the cleaning white of
an apartment door these numbers would
look lovely. They come at $1.35 for
a set of four numbers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
THE WOMAN,S EXCHANGE

be allowed to wear the exact scout uni
form, but one something like It. The
nearest troop to your address is that
which meets at the Oxford Presbyterian
Church. Broad and Oxford streets. The
meetings are on Tuesday nights at
quarter to 8. Ask for Mr.. Ripple. II
you are Catholic ask your pastor
where the nearest Catholic Boy Scout
troop meets, A movement is on foot to
establish them In all parishes,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
A DAILY READER.
DON'T WORRY GIRLS!
Those Chestnut Street Store Mirrors
viii BE Returned

There's cheering news for the many
pedestrians disappointed today because
they didn't get their usual feeting
glimpse of themselves in the mirrors
that have formed part of the window
decoration of women's wear shop in
Chestnut street. -.'t
The manager of the shop brings the
cheer with the announcement that the
long, narrow mirrors haven't been re =
moved permanently. They are just
being resilvered and will be replaced,
probably next week -. q.
So the men and women In mad rush
to keep office, hours may again pause
to adjust the crooked tie or dust powder
on a nose left shiny in that whirlwind
morning toilet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Mrs. Wilson outlines practical
list of menus for each day OF the
week every Sunday in the Public
Ledger. Tomorrow she will give
suggestions for relishes made from
September vegetables. Read Mrs.
Wilson's page
COME INTO THE KITCHEN"
every Sunday In the Public Ledger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
An All.AmerIcan Dog

An NII-ArncTlCdH oOS
To the Editor OF woman's Page:
Dear. Madam address this to Mrs.
r. Fl.
Your letter in last nights EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER has strongly appealed
to me and has prompted me to offer you
my little dog if you would care for him.
As I am boarding I cannot keep him
with me and have been unwilling to give
him up until I could find good home
where new owners would really care
for him. .-.. .
He Is little setter. crossed with
spaniel. so a fairly small dog, not the
size Of the pure setter. He Is three
years old and has never been owned by
any one except myself. as ! found him
dying in n bad snowstorm when only
about two months old. He is very affec-
tionate and faithful. a real companion
and n good watch dog.
HI has one very cunning little trick
which we are proud Of We say to him,
"what would YOU rather be than the
kaiser Of Germnuy?" and he lies down
as a "dead dog"
He is red brown In color and has a
white marking on his breast. I do not
want to sell him. for connect too
many family associations with him; but
7 would he glad to give him to any one
who would be kind to him.
MRS. q. X.
When this most charming letter came
three or four letters had already hoen
forwarded to Mrs. r. Fl. And so. Mrs.
O; X. I am taking the liberty Of ask
ing You II YOU would like to give the
dog to some other reader. At present I
have, several letters that offer good
homes to dogs. and 7 feel sure you could
trust this very good American dog to,
one of them. Let me hear from you,
please.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Tlme VIII Bring Her Back

Dear Cynthia-I have a girl friend
whom / like very much. We used to
60 together as though we were twin
sisters.
Now the point am getting at is
this: A girl moved in on our street
few doors from my house. Since
this girl moved in my friend goes with
her and does not seem to-. care for
ME any more. 1t hurts me when I
see them 60 out to the park every
Sunday, as my girl friend does not
want to go with me. 1t is not that
I am jealous. I have known her for
over three years. and don't want to
lose her, although she played this trick
on me. a..
Please, can you tell me how I can
regain her friendship and make her
stop going with the other girl, as I
don't like her because she likes to 60
out to the park every Sunday and get
in with boys? I hate to say it, but
that is what kind of girl she is.
am girl of fourteen summers,
and ] would like to keep up being
friends with the one who played trick
on me all my life, but / can't seem
to get her to come back to me. tried
by being nice to her in every way I
could. but it does not help. 49,
A friend who reads your column.
A DAILY READER.
Your friend will come back to you
In time. dear. know because so
many persons we want to stay by our
sides go off and then II we just dom t
worry they come sailing quietly back
some. day. Keep on being friendly,
but don't seem too anxious for her
company If fact, it would help if you
went around with other girls to show
that you can have other friends, too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Miss Rose viii Help You

with your clothes, Perhaps you
are wondering just what color in
vogue now will be most suitable
for you. Or perhaps it is the
present day styles that perplex you.
Miss Rose will be glafsto give you
the benefit Of her advice. Address
Miss Rose, woman's page, EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER. Send a self -ad-
dressed stamped envelope for per-
sonal reply, as none Of the answers
will be printed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

For the names of shops where ar
ticles 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
5000. e..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
CoWardly to Live On

Dear Cynthia-Having read the ar
ticle written by Critic" am send
ing my opinion.
I think the man did right. Of course
I pity the poor little children that
are left. orphans, but If that man had
stood back and seen his wife killed he
would have been called a coward.
A person; should have "presence Of
mind" in. such a case, but one never
or hardly ever has; and L think the
man did exactly right and 1t showed
the love he had for his wife. / hope
others agree with FOURTEEN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
To Merge Boys erIsades

The proposed .amalgamstion of all the
boys brigades in West Philadelphia
into a regiment or battalion was dis
cussed last night by Adjutant General
Jandon at a meeting of the United
Boys Brigades, held in the Richards
Memorial Church, Sixtieth and Wal
nut streets. There are 400 boys in the
various military organizations in West
Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Mrs. WiLSOr:
AnsWers Queries
No. 1892

No. 1892
NV dear Mrs. Wiison-It has
been impossible for me to keep
a complete file of your. cooking
articles. Often you refer the
reader to certain issues for recipes
would like to have. Have you
a book of recipes? If so, where
can 1 obtain it? Your recipes are
fine, and I have heard so many
housewives express a wish for
your cook book.
have no book on the market al
present, but you are always vel
come to consult the files in the
Ledger Building.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Six Servings of 1t
for Just TUenty Cents!
BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON
fCopvrioht. 1919. bv Ms. N. A. wilson.
Ia Rights Rcscrpcd.J

THAT'S one of the tempting fea-
L lures about Lebanon crumb
cake. It's not only delicious. but it's
cheap. In the newest film in her
cookie movies Mrs. Wilson. the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER food OK
pert, shows how to make It. You
can see the picture at
THE VICTORIA THEATRE
The Victoria is at 913 Market
street.
OTHER COOKING MOVIES
Queen Victoria Sponge Cake
Saturday, Point Breeze Theatre
1913 Point Breeze avenue.
Charlotte Russo
Saturday. the Globe. Fifty ninth
and Market streets.
For copies of the recipes ask at
the box office at the theatre or send
a self addressed envelope, with one
cent postage stamp, to the Editor of
Womans Page, EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
MENUS THAT WILL REDUCE WEIGHT:
A WEEKS SERIES BY MRS. WILSON
Jnuise Eating
Hoo o Puua Diet That viii cA,uayUn Flesh
Sdue This article

Spinach String Beans
Lettuce
One Slice Of Toast (no butter)
Stewed Fresh Fruit
Coffee
Olives Radishes
Broiled Fish
Peas Steamed Squash
Lettuce
One Slice Of Toast (no butter)
Sliced Peaches
Coffee
(3)
Clam Broth
Baked Peppers
Cream Sauce Made With Skim Milk
Crushed Corn Stewed Cucumbers
Lettuce
One Slice of Toast (no butter)
Watermelon Coffee
az
Young Onions
Lamp Chop
Baked Tomato
Lettuce
One Slice of Toast (no butter)
Cantaioupe Coffee
(5)
Tomato Canape
Broiled Chicken
Peas Steamed Cabbage
Lettuce
Stewed Peaches Coffee
(6)
Minced CLANS on Toast
Eggplant String Beans
Cup Custard Coffee
(7)
Watercress
Pot Roast of Beef
Stewed Tomatoes Lima Beans
Cucumber Salad
One Slice Of Toast (no butter)
Stewed Apricots Coffee
This meal eliminates potatoes,
butter and the rich heavy desserts.
The portions should be about three
ounces of lean meat and one-half cup
Of each vegetable, three leaves of
lettuce. Use French dressing on all
salads and on e-half cup of fruit for
dessert.
This amount of food will not only
satisfy, but also will, if persisted in,
give satisfactory results in a reduc-
tion of flesh. This means that you
cannot eat candy and other sweets
between meals, and if you feel that
you must have something sweet, try
a piece OF chewing gum. If fruits
are too sour, try corn sirup for
sweetening: about one-half cup to
each quart of prepared fruit. Fresh
fruits develop their own natural
sweetness if they are baked instead
Of stewed in a saucepan. Just place
them in a casserole dish with this
amount of sirup or plain water and
bake in a moderate oven for thirty
five minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Dressing Dolls

To the Editor Of wontar's PAGE:
Dear Madam--Could you give me In :
formation about what, shops are want
ing women for the. dressing of dolls,
work I am desiring greatly to do?
MRS. r.
The only way to find this out def
nitely would be to either visit the va
rious stores or write to the heads OF the
The field in your par
ticular case might be better among the
smaller shops than the larger ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
No. 1885.

My dear Mrs. Wilson--Always
read your recipes with much
pleasure and profit. Will you
kindly publish recipes for lemon
pie? Thanking you greatly for
your kindness, Mrs. F. M.
See pie recipes in issue August
s, 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
No. 1882

No. 1882
NY dear Mrs. ,Wi,son-Wili you
please give me a good recipe for
graham bread? I am on a diet
and I hear this bread Is not fat
tening. Thanking you in advance.
M. E. B.
See brown bread recipes; issue
August 10, 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
No. 1179

1NOs Ai'o
NV dear Mrs. Wilson-Will
YOU kindly let me know through
your columns how to make CHINA
mon toast, as l have heard so
much about it, but never came in
contact with it myself? Also any
other recipes that could use in a
small boarding house in the coun-
try.. This is. my first season, and
naturally the hardest. Could you
tell me how to use blackberries
that grow on the vines along the
ground, as they are plentiful, but
sour? Thanking you in advance,
Mrs. A. M. B.
Cinnamon Toast
Place two ounces of butter in a
bowl and cream we'll. Add
Fipe tablespoons of sugar,
One teaspoon of cinnamon en-
tract or powdered cinnamon.
Spread on nicely toasted bread.
Serve blackberries in pies, fruit,
rolls or as a stewed fruit, using
part Of the corn sirup and brown
sugar to sweeten them. e.
No. 1880
MY dear Mrs. Wilson-Please
tell me in the inclosed recipe,
what / do that is wrong, when /
make currant jelly? Should one
heat the sugar before adding TO
the sirup? Should one skim what
comes to the surface on the sirup,
when boiling? Is there anything
! can make Of this sirup?
Z. z. B.
The fruit is probably too ripe.
The pectin turns to sugar in over
ripe fruit. and for this reason will
not make good jelly. See recipes
for currants; issus June Q, 1919.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06
Creamed Beef, About One-Haf Cup
Two Slices of Toast
Black Coffee 3d.
what These Breakf asts Eliminate

The sugar and cream from fruit
and coffee and the butter from the
toast---all of which are fat-forming
foods. Toasting bread dexterizes the
starch and thus helps the digestion
Of this starchy product.
Breakfast may be eaten from z
to $3.50 n. M, and is so balanced that
those who board or take their meals
30 restaurants may easily follow the
diet. Now, during the warm weather,
Il is most important to eat lightly
during The noon period, and for this
reason light luncheon will be pro-
<iSsd Those who are employed ip
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-06

Butter and potatoes are eliminated
from this meal. Use skim milk.
which has had its fat content re-
moved in the cream, but which still
contains the full nutritive value of
the milk.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

/ Judge Gary of the United States Steel
corporation, Charles M. Scwab OF
Bethlehem Steel, and other steel mag
mates. They all come quite willingly.
Now, judge" says Chairman Peek.
"You know darn well steel prices are
too high. Nobody's buying any steel
because they can't afford 1t. Now 1t
seems to me it would pay you to cut
the price, even If you do lose little
by it, so that people would buy. What
do you say?"
Sure" says Judge Gary, fiicking
the ashes off his cigar. I'm willing.
I'll cut prices 10 per cent, If that suits
| the rest Of you"
THAT'S all right says Charlie
Schwab. But / think some things
could be cut Is per cent"
That's too much" says some other
magnate. II think IL per cent would
be better.
So they agree on IL per cent. Then
they take pad Of paper and pencil
and figure out just what they'll charge
for various commodities. This sche.
dule is put into shape, and they all
sign an agreement not to charge more
than it says they'll charge-and there
you are!
One, of the best things about this
new and novel method Of price-dxing
is that labor is perfectly protected
The industrial board looks after that
1t will permit no cut in prices that
will give the employers chance to
cut wages. So long as the cost Of liv
ing remains high, wages must remain
high, the board holds, so that the liv
ing standard shall not be lowered.
Let Business Bear Shock
The theory underlying the whole
arrangement Is that big business, still
holding its profits made during the
war, is in far better position tt
stand the first shock of readjustment
than is the American workingman.
mo one dares buy till prices fall
and even then everybody will wait tt
see how far they fall" says Peek
individual action in lowering selling
prices is therefore long drawn out ant
unscientific. It renders the marke
unstable and dangerous.
by sane and temperate action al
this can be avoided"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

steel, coal, lumber, brick and building
materials. Already he and his assist
ants have brought about reduction
of 10 to is per cent in the prices OF
steel. When prices of these COM
modities have been brought down,
then the board will 90 after food
prices.
There's no government control
about it; it's purely a voluntary ar
rangement.
The System Works This Way
Here's about the way 1t worh-not
so informally perhaps, but along these
general lines.
Down in the wood-and-paper build
ing where the Council Of National De-
tense has given quarters to the indus.
trial board. there's committee room,
with a long, plain table and . few
plain chairs.
In this room Chairman Peek calls
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08
PRICE or FOOD WILL
FOLLOW STEEL AND LUMBER
TO LOWER LEVELS

There is every reason to expect
lower food prices in the relatively
near future"
SO speaks George N. Peek, chair
man of the new industrial board OF
the department Of commerce.
Peek describes the industrial board
as "the doctor to American business. !"
He believes the patient should be well
on the way to recovery within 60 to
80 days.
And after six months Of GONZALES
cling, American business should be
healthier and more prosperous than
ever" he asserts.
Doctor" Peek is now diagnosing
the ailments of the industries which
produce the basic necessities, such o.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Married women live longer than I'm.
married women.
And girl babies have more vitality
than boy babies.
A convent of Japanese nuns has
been opened in Los Angeles.
There are three times as many
women centenarians as men in the
United States.
Legislative action is pending in On.
tario to permit farmers wives to be
elected to school boards.
Eleven women are to serve on the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08
faculty of the University of =

faculty of the University of califor.
mas summer session at Los Angeles.
queen Mary uses small note paper
with buckingham Palace stamnod
IN DARK blue at the he I'D of II. No
crown is on the paper.
In Hamilton, Ont, the CITY ~ ha.
Ontn' Miss Julia Arthur, the cele.
Drated actress, was honored recant,v
with a public reception.
Landy Constance Richardson. fam.
ous as traveller, explorer and big
same huntress, has gone to sibe~,, S =.
:. n the establishment Of schools
Tor Russian war orphans.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

Mrs. Leonora 2. Meder did n@
coed in her candidacy for may"
Chicago, but she declares she
isfied with having "broken the
for a woman to become chief g
tive of the second largest clp
America at some time in the !"
The United States employ
bureau has sent Miss There"
Haley to Porto Rico to make ~
cial investigation of the working
ditions in the island, especially
CARDS the women workers, who
said to be employed under depO'I
conditions.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08
NOTICE

On and after this date, April 7th.
1919, the partnership of G. e. Wynne
4 Co. has discontinued. l will not
be responsible for any debts made by
the firm, by M. G, Tinsley. or any
check signed by him for the company.
S7s6 (Signed) C. E. WYNNE.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

e. E. Skipper & Sons, okeeehobee
county eattlemen, are to put 10000
acres of land in that county under
fence. Land is being broken and for
age crops will be grown to provide
feed for cattle which will be taken
of of open range
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

FOR SALE--7 acres in bearing grove,
10 acres land, on asphalt road, close
in. s7,50O,0O, easy terms. G. c..
Rogan. Rooms / and 2, Deem and
Bryant Bldg. S7sS
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

WANTED-Position as house girl in
refined home will do general house
work and care for children. AID.
dress p o. 429 S799
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

WANTED-one or two good painters
Apply to A. D. st. Johns, Wilson
Hardware Company. $780,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

FOR SALE dozen young laying
hens. $1.35 each. Phone 494 Blue.
ssOs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

From Florida are shipped sOO.OOa
crates Of celery annually.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08
Additional
Classified Advertising

FOR RENT rooms furnished for
light housekeeping. Apply to Mrs.
Jos. Levay, Henrietta Apartments
306 N. Ky. $500
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-08

FOR SALE---Fine home cured meat,
Hams at 40 cents and sides at 25
cents per pound. H. G.. Stone,
Lake Hunter. S7s7