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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
Adventures With a Purse

3LORE you know 1t, st. Valentines
l. Day will be here, and even IL you
have quite passed the age where this
enchanting time stirs you, you neverthe-
less know some "littlest girl or lit
tlest boy" to whom you would like to
send little card. Know then of the dis
play of valentines one of the shops is
Offering. Come little cards with gay
red hearts and sportive Cupids. cards
with many, many sentiments, from the
blunt question. will you be my valen-
tine?" to the more tentative offers OF
the bashful suitor There Is even one
which declares most vehemently that
while we have been asked to Hooverize
on most anything, the writer will not
Hooverize on affection for his or her
Valentine Prices are such that the
slenderest purse can find a valentine.
There IL something intimate and per-
sonal about books on ones table and
held together by book ends, that can
never be achieved by the smartest or
most capacious OF book cases. But of
course the book ends themselves should
be in keeping. And with such variety
from which to ch Jose this Is easily pos
sible. The. book ends I particularly
liked are what ! think might be called
colonial design. One set shows an in
viting old white door with brass knock
er, and red fiagstones all around. The
other set represents a large fireplace
with logs placed ready for lighting.
The price Of either set is 81. They
would make a most uncommon and at
tractive gift.
What month does your birthday come
and what is your stone? If in Decem-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
BARON VONDEwTTz DIVORCED
Dancer Receives Decree Afte,
Brief Romance

white Plains, n. Y, Feb. 7.-The ro-
nance OF the Baron and Baroness Hrolf
Nondewitz was brought to a close in The
supreme Court here yesterday when
Justice Seeger granted the Baroness an
absolute divorce. "''
The couple were married secretly in
81. EVangellcars Church. Jersey City. on
May 4, 1919. Their courtshlp was a
brfef one. the Baron having met HIS
pride only few months before while
she was dancing IN Copenhagen. Dem
Valkyrien.
Matrimony was not strange field to
the Baron when he proposed 10 the
naxen-haired dancer few nights after
ne attended performance in the Royal
opera. at Copenhagen, where abe was
the premiere danseuse. T-
He had just severed marital ties with
katheryn de Montford, Of Tennessee
who had In turn supplanted In his affec-
tons his first wife, Nina Pastorelli. a
toe dancer with the Dancing Daisies !,
whom he married In 1908.
A woman whose identity was not re-
vealed was mentioned In the Testimony
produced In court. II was alleged by
witnesses for the Baroness, now only
twenty-three years old, that Baron Won
/ dewitS frequently was seen at the Hote
Astor. New York, In company with 1
mysterious woman. II was reported
later, however. she is a member OF q
well known family in New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
By MRS M. A. WILSON

RIGHTS reServed.)
TN ORDER to purchase meats in
= telligently SO that we will receive
the best value for money expended,
it is necessary to know the nature
of the cuts, and especially the pro-
portionate amounts of lean meat,
fat and bone that they contain; also
the approximate food values Of the
meat obtained from various parts Of
the carcass.
Hind Quarters
Loin steaks average 81 per cent
lean, 33 per cent visible fat, 10 per
cent bone. Sirloin steaks in general
contain a larger percentage of lean
meat and a smaller amount Of fat
than the porterhouse or club steaks.
Rib cuts contain 50 per cent lean
meat, 81 per cent fat, II per cent
bone. The greatest percentage Of
lean meat is found in the sixth rib,
and the smallest in the eleventh or
twelfth rib cuts.
Round steaks are meats cut from
the round. They average 67 per
cent lean meat, 20 per cent fat, 16
Per cent bone. The round steaks
contain from 73 to 81 per cent lean
meat.
The rump contains 40 per cent
lean meat, the round as a pot roast
contains about Sc per cent lean meat;
the largest percentage of fat is
found in the rump roast. Soup bones
contain from 8 to 60 per cent lean
meat.
The Forequarters
The forequarters of beef contain
the chuck, the shoulder, clod, neck
and shank. The chuck contains 81
per cent lean meat, 20 per cent fat,
and IL per cent bone. Chuck steak
varies from 60 to 80 per cent lean
and from to "a per cent fat.
The clod, or bolar cut, contains
81 per cent lean meat and 5 per
cent bone.
Relatively more lean and less fat
meat is found in the chuck rib roast
than in that cut from the prime
ribs.
The navel, brisket and rib ends
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Please Tell Me What TO Do
Two Sides to Every Criticism
BY CYNTHIA

Dear Cynthia-I've never written to
newspaper before, but reading your COL
umn l saw where a fine young man
wrote in and spoke about the young
girls of today. He signed It IAN Old
Rounder." That did not approve Of; IT
sounded kind of dissipated, but other
wise l do think his letter was just
grand. If these girls would stay home
and mend their stockings and wash their
faces and brush their hair they would be
doing well.
When 1 was younger I never used
powder or anything artificial, and l
have always had the greatest respect
from the men folks. I am now rast
twenty-eight and have yet to be spoken
to by a strange man. / wear stylish
clothes, but not short skirts or tight
ones When the husband of my dreams
does come he'll find a good and sensible
woman waiting for him and not a
dressed-up doll. The gentleman is very
wise and hope he has a good wife.
MARIE,
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Where to Keep Will
To the Editor Of Womun's PAGE:

To the Editor Of Womun's Page:
Dear Nfadam--where is a good place to
keep will? Is 1t safe to keep IT locked In a
bureau drawer or a trunk In your own
room7 Is II necessary to have many persons
sign their names to your will? II so, about
how many? (Mrs) NJ. y.
The safest place to keep a will is in
a vault in a bank with any other val
liable papers you may chance to have.
You can rent a box for SO, 81 or IS a
year. 1t is most unwise to keep will
In a bureau drawer etc. as IL is unwise
to keep any very important papers,
money or valuables around. Two wit
nesses should sign their names to your
signature. They need not read the con-
tents of the will and they must not be
those to whom you are bequeathing any
thing. Draw UP your will with a law
yer's advice.
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ST, Valentines Party

To the Editor Of Wo'ndn's PdDe:
Dear Madam-Can you kindly suggest a
novel way to decorate the dining room for
a ct. Valentines party? Can you also give
me some good jolly games that would be
i. C. B. c.
Valentines themselves make novel
decorations. Buy the lacy ones II you
can and suspend them with ribbons from
the chandelier or the center lamp being
careful. of course. that nothing is apt
to take fire. Use a row of ruffied rec
crepe paper and "a row of white as sort
centerpiece have a large bowl Of red and
white flowers and here and there, by
means of wire. have attached tiny
Cupids hearts and doves. Let streamers
Of red and white ribbon go from the
centerpiece to the edges of the table.
Please send a self-addressed envelope
and ! shall be pleased to let you have
the games.
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ALL THE FAMILY SKLlMPED
TO SEND HIM TO COLLEGE
He Asked for Education and Got One Until Nineteen ID
Shattered All His Fathers Dreams by Marrying Girl Toeny
fhree-The Sting Of Ingratitude

CHAKESPEARE picked up his little
~ old quill pen and wrote a very true
thing one day. Do you remember
these lines from "As You Like It?"
BLOW, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not 20 Lnkind as mans
ingratitude."
Here Is case OF real ingratitude
A mother and father, whose income
was quite small, took their first-born
son In consultation when he was
fourteen and asked him what he
wanted to do. He said he wanted to
go to college, and had his mind set
on a certain prep school to prepare
him for It. The prep school seemed
more or less Of a luxury, but the
parents loved their son a great deal
and so they consented, on condition
that the boy promise to take ,very
advantage of his education and to
go all the way through the college
course.
Those who have had to skimp and
connive to put some one through
school know what the parents went
through then. There were two little
girls and another boy In the family
and l am afraid they too felt the
pressure Of brothers education.
NTELL, the long and the short of II
w Is. in his freshman year at col
lego the boy at the age of nineteen
married a girl Of twenty-three whom
he had met in a little nearby town.
His father, who knew of the attach
ment-it was Of short standi, g-ad-
v.sed as best he could against 1t. His
mother pleaded. But the boy per.
sisted.
wonder IL the young know how
their parents live in them. That
father worked over dry-asdust books
through those Ave years when his
boy was having the best there was tc
he had in the way of education, and
| am sure those myriads of carefully
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Needs Sons Helm


To the Editor Of Wouan's PAGE:
Dear Madam am widow holding a
position, working nine and one-half hours a
day. mostly nightwork at present. my hours
being from $50 p. m. until ! o'clock In the
eight to fifteen, depending on me. Now. tn"
iookinr' smart in every way only in school.
He will not study and has, dislike for
school. He In getting special coaching and
attends special school in the forenoon only.
He has tried to get position. just for after
moons and Saturdays. He tells me he can
not. I have tried hard to find a position for
him for these hours. but cannot get one. He
must be occupied afternoons and Saturdays
to go to this school and I need his help.
Any advice from you would be appreciated.
THE BOYS MOTHER.
II you take the boy to 1922 Cherry
street, the Bureau of Compulsory Edu-
cation, 1t is possible a position that calls
for these hours might be found. Explain
the circumstances. Then, too. IL would
be a good plan for you TO put a little ad-
yertisement in the paper stating the
hours the boy could work
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And So They We're Married
~ HHZEL DEIU UBTICHELON
Copyright. 1919, bv Public Ledger 90.

on the floor to the tune OF a frivolous
foxtrot, and Nick Carson was holding
her close and saying, mot SO bad for
vlctrola record, Is it?"
Ruth wondered why she felt en-
barrassed and uncomfortable. She had
danced with other men since her mar
rlage, therefore, 1t wasn't because an
other man beside Scott was holding her
close. There was something else, feel
ing that she had declared herself on
Nick Carson's side. that there was a
bond between them. Her friendship with
him did not include Scott and 1t was the
first time that anything like that had
occurred since she had been married.
Un the next chapter-Ths Charm OF
Nick Csrson.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

ber 1t is a turquoise IL January. a gar
net, and 80 on through the year. OF
course you should have a ring with your
birth stone, and with the great popu-
larity of rings for the little finger, 1t
naturally follows that you should Sc
lect little finger ring. Those saw
are gold, with square or octagonal stone
set deep They have been lowered In
price to Sc, and IL you are looking for
a nice little finger ring containing your
birthstone, these are the rings for You
to see.
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Ask Mrs. Wilson

II you have any cookery prob
lens bring them to Mrs. Wilson.
She will be glad to answer you
through these columns. No por.
sonal replies, however. can be
given. Address questions to Mrs.
NJ. A. Wilson, EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER, Philadelphia.
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"Dimples" Made a Kind Offer

Thank you very much. "Dimples," for
your offer, but as l do not personally
know the little girl who wrote in, can
not undertake to bring about an intro
duction. You are a kind and thought
ful little girl and I am sure will always
have many good friends. You deserve
to. ! am glad you decided to forget the
young man you wrote me about before.
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Mother Uses Flag in Vain
to SaDe Life of Daughter

Sparks from a stove set IRE to
the clothing Of eightyear-old Mary
Corso. and she was quickly en-.
velpped In flames. at her home. 1893
Locust street. Camden.
Her mother seized the first thing
obtainable to fight the flames.
It was an American nag.
A rug was also used In the bat.
tie. but the child was 30 terribly
burned that she died IN Cooper Hoo
patai ~ nisht.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

with black soutache
A Daily Fashion Talk BY Florence Rose
rr,uERE 4. nothing that the Young girl
a.,
- SO much desires IN 'he suits she
selects for general utility as that note
Of trimness and compactness that coun-
teracts any awkardness or gawkiness
that she may not have outgrown. Espe-
MARTY or to taliness her suit should
he ssleoted with this idea well in view,
For this reason. though the youthful suit
should be simple in a measure. 1t should
not nossess that classic simplicity. that
s,nriensss SIM ] OF line that the more mature te
woman Of graceful proportions can wear
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Parents Object TO Correspondence

Dear Cynthia--Tm only young girl,
but need your advice badly.
/ love a young man and his feelings
are the same toward me. Lately I've
been writing him a lot of letters and re,
ceiyed many answers. My mother ana
his mother do not approve of this con-
stant corresponding. We were told we
must stop 1t at once. He still writes
me letters. Should | read them or
should | return them? Although | go
out with him and he keeps steady COM
pany with me. oA
/ do not know why his parents OBJ
ject. Would it be out of the way tor
me 10 ask him?
Can you give me any advice? Please
answer me soon. l am very truly
Since YOU see each other often there
is no necessity for letter writing. IL
would not be out of the way TO ask MN
why his parents object any more than
for him to ask you. Do your parents
and his object to your friendship! How
old are YOU both? You do not say. Per-
haps their objections are on the score
of youth. I think you will have 10 teil
ME more particulars before l can glye
definite advice. But most young peopie
do we'll to heed their parents Iell .ne
Young man to stop writing the ietters
until your mothers no longer OBJECT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The answer to your question depends
largely upon your age and the length of
time you have known the young man
who asks you to go to a restaurant with
him. it would be better not to go to a
Chinese restaurant unless with your
brother or fiance, and unless a girl Is IN
her twenties it is considered more con-
ventional for her not to dine at restau-
rants or hotels alone with young man
other than her brother or f1ance or some
close relative. Men do respect girls who
are careful about the conventions. The
thing to do is to reach a happy medium,
not TO be prudlsh, but at the same time
to avoid carelessness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
To Clean Gilt Frame

To the Editor Of Womon's Page:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly publish IN
your column how TO clean gilt frames?
CONSTANT READER.
Dust well first and cover with whiting
and alcohol blended together as thick as
cream. Let stand three minutes, wipe
off with damp cloth and rub dry and
polish with old silk or flannel Take of
fly specks or specks Of whiting with a
cloth dipped in alcohol, Cork sawdust
makes good polisher II a very high
polish Is desired
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
Proper to Go TO Restaurant

Dear Cynthia-Is It proper for a
young girl TO accompany n young man
to cafe or Chinese restaurant, and
does a young man have as much respect
for a girl who does this as he does for
a girl who refuses all such invitations? !?
I think not, but want the advice of
some one older and wiser
TNOITISITINE MISS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
NGRATYTU1DE TEA CHINA WOMAN'S EXCHAN(
The WOman,S
Exchange
TODAY'S INQUIRIES

I. Who Il Edith Benhamf
>. In repiying 10 an Invitation, formal or
careful 70 observer
3. Is II correct 20 use o visiting card In
T. which sSsds 70 q % lrss ansrf'ns !. a. ru,. mos.
becoming TO brunettcs? 10 biondesY
o. In washing nsnneis whst will make the
9. The sovernment issues q FREQ bulletin on
on the use Of hrciess cookers, What IL
this, and how can II be obtalned7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

made little figures lighted the way to
the stars.
On the trains in and out from the
little suburban homo the father used
to talk about his son. Like all fathers
who have ever watched their on
spring march forth to take a proud
place with other mems sons, he was
glad when some one said: ''How's the
boy?" And, while his face was light
ing up and he was answering. well.
the last we heard from him"--he
would be hunting through his over.
coat pockets for the letter he was
who would listen.
A LII the mothers and fathers fond
"A dreams were shattered. And what
had the boy to show for his stubborn
persistency two years later? Nothing
but unhappiness, and the bitter convic-
tion that the youth of nineteen has
much to learn in the matters Of the
world. 1t would be different II this
boy had not pleaded for the education
he so ruthlessly threw down. But you
must remember 1t was not forced
upon him.
When this boys life was threatened
with the petty love affair that loomed
so big at the time, gratitude to his
parents is perhaps the one big emo.
tion that might have saved him. But
there seems to have been no thought
of It in his head.
Some, in reviewing this little story,
will say II the parents had raised the
boy differently he would not have
failed them at such a crucial moment
But gratitude is not exactly like that
1t Is a rugged flower of the soul.
blooming and springing UP with sweet
perfume to greet us when we least ex-
pect 1t. and growing not at all in
nurtured and cultivated gardens.
Gratitude is between a man and his
own heart!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS

4. Tho last hospital established by the
W.. Mcmcn.s cn.. 0vsrss"s Hospital abroad
e. Miss Mary Garrett Hay. Of New York,
and Mrs. Josephine Coriies Preston. ot
Washington, occupied places Tat the
meeting OF the Republican committee
In Chiarro recently.
BRIDEGROOM to speak for the service Of
.. priest or ministey and secure the
marrfaEe license. He must also pro-
vide houauets for the bride and her
4. There IA q saying in France that unless
woman IL in mourning she should
not wear black after she Is thirty
nor arain until she IL sixty and even
then Il - better not to.
B. The quota tion;
II eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is It's own excuse for
Icing comes from Emerson's
O. When one wishes to wear q fashionable
yet rather unbecomms color, puttins
cream or white at tho neck prevents
tho color from coming in uncompli.
mentary contact with the face.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
Use Of Crude Oil

To the Editor Of Wontdn's Page:
Dear Madam-Is crude oil a thick. dark
brown substance? would Il be proper 10
apply II with a brush7 Does the hair have
to be washed after applying itr Does II
change the color OF the hair in any way.
or do you think II straightens 1t? Thank
Ing you in advance for your reply,
A CONSTANT READER.
Crude oil for the hair is sold In tubes,
as rule. 1t Is a thin. jelly-like SUBJ
stance. and is more gray than brown
II should be applied directly to the scalp
massaged into It, and therefore the
fingers are best to use. You only apply
It to the roots of the hair and you must
massage your scalp faithfully. loosenins
1t we'll to have IL take effect. / never
heard. Of II changing the color Of any
ones hair or of Strengthening 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
MOI Changeable. Only Young

Dear Cynthia-I am a girl or seven
teen and don't know what to do, so come
to YOU with my troubles When / meet
Young man like him very mucn they
all seem to attract me. Then later they
ask me to keep company with them: ann
7 saw / will. and after a few days 1 De-
gin TO dislike them and later almost nate
them, indeed SO much so 1 can scarcely
look at them. Tits has happened seVerai
times. The girls say am IKE tne
weather. but really 1t Is not my tault.
I think II is my nature. Piease ao'ise
me "'''' ~ FAITHFUL READER
In the first place. as have said very
often in this column, do not Keep COM
many" with any man or boy. II is not
wise and very few girls of seventeen
know their own minds sufficiently well to
decide on marriage unless they are very
truly in love, and in that case they know
il. Then let them be engaged. not keep
Non are not ready to fall in love yet,
NV dear. You like the boys naturally
ana should be good friends, but nothing
more for some time to come. II Is only
! when YOU get TO see too much OF them
| as when keeping company that you
hecome tired Of them. You want sen.
sible. healthy friendships now, not
! loyemaking. Do not tie yourself dowr
| 10 any one man until the time comes 70
| love. and then you will know 1t. BE
| good friends with all and make a name
| for not being easily accessible, NO one
will have the right 70 call you change
able IL you do not distinguish one from
another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

A Mohammendan Is allowed by his
religion TO have four wives OF any
creed or nationality except an idolater
or fire-worshiper
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

For the names Of shops where ar
ticles mentioned in Adventures
with Purse can be purchased,
address Editor of Woman's Page,
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER, or phone
the woman's Department. Walnut
1000.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

During the war the British covered
the seas with something like four mil
lion of mines. costing from $500 apiece
upward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The best meat TO eat in cold weather
is mutton, owing to It's high heating
value.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

Glasgow has now supplanted Bir-
mingham in the honor of being the Sec
ond largest city Of the United Kingdom
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

An American scientist has photo
sraphed 1000 snow crystals, and found
none alike
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The water of a river in winter is sew
eral degrees warmer than the air,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

Eighteen members OF the British
House OF Commons lost their lives in
the recent war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

Tho hottest fire is made from char
coal, as the latter is virtually pure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

Nearly $1,000 women were engaged
in engineering work in England dur
ing the war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

The peace treaty ending the Franco
Prussian war OF 1870 comprised but
ten clauses, or articles.
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OF Interest to Women

All States now admit women to the
practice of law.
Women school executives OF Kansas
have organized a State association.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
From Here and There

Almost every country In the world
can boast Of a gold mine.