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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
And So They Were Married
Episode ~Three-Dealousy)
By HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR


ed to ask her, and I certainly didn't
think that there was a reason in the
world why I shouldn't ask her If I want
ed to- :;s
"Of course not / never entered into
the thing at ALL
mo, you didn't" Scott admitted.
Gone was the sweetness, the conf
dence, of the other evening when Ruth
had realized the possibilities in a
friendship with a woman like Betty
Lambert. Every Worthwhile motive
that Ruth had had as a result of that
night was swallowed up in a relentless
thing that very much resembled jeal-
ousy.
Ruth had been choking back impend-
ing tears, but now her hurt turned to
rage.
or course o. wouldn't tell me, but
/ suppose she the whole
thing. She's probably crazy about you
and always has been"
scott flushed at the suggestion.
Betty isn't that type" he defended
angrily. land. If you weren't so angry
that your feelings are carrying you
away with them o would hesitate be-
fore making an accusation of that
kind"
Because you want to take her part?"
Because it's unfair to her and to me
and isn't worthy Of you, eturned Scott
quickly.
II suppose you would be perfectly
willing for me TO have luncheon engage
ments with men,"
IF you met any friend who asked
you to lunch l certainly should think
nothing of it."
II suppose you are anxious TO tell me
that so that in the future you will be
free to do az you like"
Ruth hardly knew what she was say
ing. and she certainly did not believe
that last remark, angry as she was.
She was simply saying as many hard
things as she could anything in fact
that happened to enter her mind that
would hurt Scott.
Haven't you any trust in me?" Scott
asked slowly.
For answer Ruth burst into tears. but
this time Scott made M effort to quiet
her. He was deeply hurt and far more
Inundated than Ruth was. QuarreIing
was n thing foreign to his nature /; he
thought 1t sordid. therefore this whole-
sale accusation of Ruth's, which he felt
he did not deserve, cut him. He was
bewildered. lie could not understand
how Ruth could so m]isconstrue his mo-
tives. He had never thought that she
might not approve, but had lone the
thing that seemed right at the time.
He liked Betty Lambert. but so far that
was all.
lin the next instalment Ruth and Scott
meet Betty mt the theatre.)
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His Pride Was Hurt

Dear Cynthla-Before Christmas !
had a date with a sailor which, on ac-
count of something very unexpected, !
had 10 break at the last minute. He
called up before he came o u to sec
me, and when my sister told him !
wasn't home, he seemed greatly dis
appointed. / wrote him a letter eX-
planning about it and l sent him q
Christmas card. too. But l ave never
heard from him since.
Would YOU advise me to drop him, as
| certainly think I haze gone half way
TO meet him? HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL.
I wouldn't do anything further just
now. II is easy to understand that per-
haps the hoy is still put out about the
matter. for we are all n little unreason-
able about broken engagements, but you
have done virtually all you could TO
make mends. There is just one thing
more you might do some time. If YOU
would like to keep on knowing him.
Invite him to any little party at your
home you might happen TO give.
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The sweater at the right will prove interesting to the woman who likes
10 work out knitting puzzles. 1t is described in todays fashion talk.
The other sweater ilustraies the popular combination Of silk and wool

AGAIN the sweater. 1t does seem
A that there is no end TO the number
of designs thai the manufacturers are
capable of producing in the sweater line.
We all thought that last ear saw
sweater ideas drained dry, but it APP
pears not, for the sweater has bobbed
up again for the coming ~season-like
the bad ~penny-and is more numerous
than ever in the variety of it's design.
The wool sweater is, of course, good,
and so are those of silk, put quite the
very latest of sweaters are made in COM
bination of silk and wool. l do not
mean by this statement that the silk
and wool are woven together TO make a
fabric, but a sweater may be of wool
and have a border of silk about the
lower edge, the same used for the
collar and cuffs. The reverse of this
is more frequently seen, the body Of
the sweater of either jersey silk or
tricollettee and the trimmings of angora
wool.
An illustration of this new idea in
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My Dear Mrs. Wilson-As a dis
charged soldier, | am coming to
you for assistance. Before enter
ing the army in 1916, at the time
of the trouble with Mexico, ! be-
came engaged. While in France
I had scarlet fever, which has left
me with a slight inflammation of
the kidneys. The doctors at the
army hospital in Lakewood, N. j.,
told me that with proper care and
dieting / can regain my health in
about two years.
/ had planned to be married just
as soon as ! came home, but after
knowing that ! had this ailment
wished to postpone the wedding,
but my fiancee said may" so we
will be married some time in the
spring. Could you prepare for me
a list of menus, covering two or
three weeks, in which no meat,
with the possible exception of
chicken or bacon, appears? After
trying them / can vary them to
suit my own taste. With the
best wishes for the coming year,
! am, j. H., Jr.
]. K, JR.-I shall be very glad to
help you, and if l a be of any fur
Their help just write me. Menu for
one week:
BREAKFASTS
First:
Orange Juice
Toasted Bran Mullins
Hot Milk
Second:
Baked Apple
Wheat Mush
Hot Milk
Third:
Steamed Prunes
Boiled Fish Watercress
Toast Hot Milk
Fourth:
Orange Juice
Soft Boiled Egg Watercress
Toast Hot Milk
Fifth:
Grape Fruit
Oatmeal
Hot Milk
Sixth: ..,.
Baked Apple
Broiled Bacon
Toast Coffee
Seventh:
Prunes
Crusmed Cod
EpsN1p ~ Muians Hot Nil
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
A SPARKLING WINTERS DAY
CAN TAKE YOU OUT OLA RUI'
There Is Cure in the Glory Of the Wind for Almost Every H OF me
Mind and Body-The Hope That's in
the Outdoors

into the open day after day, swinging
your arms, breathing in the coid'
snappy fresh air? Why. it's like goins
to the fountain of youth and all things
new again. You may be only walking
in a city street, but there are no build
ings in the vast distances or Gods
blue sky. The world is fine n big.
It is yours, for that matter, as well az
any one else's. What was that beat
on the market you were thinking OF
suggesting to the purchasing agent!
Well, why not? What If 1t does turn
out to be an error in judgment? There
is the blue sky up there and thousatt
of jobs under it besides h n you
are holding. There Is your W fine
strong self. Why, you were made 10
conquer, to fight battles and to YIN
them out, when you are in the open.
DO you see how the man freed his
soul and his body from the rut? The
end of the story found him at the head
of a big plant. His progress was built
on the enthusiasm m the top-notch
health he found out of doors. ."
THINGS look entirely different to
l. us when we feel the tingle Of Tho
cold air on our faces and the backing
up powers of it sweeping through u
lungs. Perhaps the young girl with
her heartache does not believe there Is
a cure for her out there. Perhaps h
married oma weighed down with
cares Is inclined to ay, "Bosh!" They
are wrong. Standing at the top of a
hill with the first lights Of the city
twinkling into being with the early
winter twilight, you learn h a life
is bigger than one piece of trouble.
And there is a strange kind of hope.
the promise of better tomorrows that
| no man can define.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

PLEASE TELL ME
WHAT TO DO
By CYNTHIA
Have MANY Friends


Dear Cynthia am a young boy and
l have some girl friends.
Now. dear Cynthia, I try to treat
them all the same, but when one girl
sees me with another. she gets mad al
me. But / am too young to have only
one girl friend.
Cynthia. I had a girl friend with
whom l went for six months and then,
for no reason at all, she went with an
other boy.
Would 1t be proper for me to speak to
her? I have not spoken to her as yet,
JOHN DOUGH.
Why. of course, speak to the girl,
John Dough-" Even IL you were older
and had cared deeply for the girl, IL
would be silly and childish not to speak,
BUT as II is, o are young n no
interested in my particular girl. Of
course, II was mean of her, but laugh
1t Off: Talk to them all. John Dough-
and let those who get mad at you alone,
There are plenty of sensible girls in
the world around your age, who aren't
any more anxious to settle down 10 one
boy than you are TO one girl.
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tive machinery with meat three
times a day.
Had Mrs. Sam known this, she,
herself, would not have been anemic
and Sam would not have to fight off
the heavy drowsiness that overtakes
him frequently after his moor meal.
Sam, after a hasty breakfast, feels
that at noon he must have some
thing hot to eat, so he hurries out
and rushes through a luncheon
usually consisting of soup, meat,
vegetables and a dessert and then he
goes back to the office. Now if Mrs.
Sam had prepared a tasty break
fast that could be eaten leisurely,
telling Sam that today he should
try to order a plate of soup, a little
salad and nice dessert for his noon
meal, he would miss that nerve-rack-
ing strain that usually gripped him
late in the afternoon. And when she
heard his key in the door, she would
be ready to serve a dainty, attractive
all home-cooked meal, with a basket
of delicate rolls and a good pat of
butter-then Sam would feel like a
new man.
Meals for Two
Frequently, where the family is
small, the housewife does not care
to purchase a roast or a chicken for
the reason that it lasts too long.
Have the butcher cut one full rib
from a prime standing rib and then
have the top rib cut into two pieces,
then let him bone and tic the bal
ance. This will give you two pieces
cut from the top of the rib and a
heart-shaped piece of meat, this
piece being about five inches thick.
Roast this in the usual manner, hav-
ing the Drowned sweet potatoes with
a meat the first time. For the Sec
ond serving reheat in brown gravy.
Use the leftover portion for emince
of beef for breakfast.
Pot roast the two pieces cut from
the top of the ribs, adding an onion
and carrots. Serve with a border of
nicely cooked macaroni.
Chicken
A broiler or a small stewing
chicken of three pounds will provide
four meals for the small family of
two. If you are using a stewing
chicken, SINCE, then draw and wash
thoroughly. Then steam until tender
and then remove the legs, thighs and
wings, leaving the breast whole,
Pick the meat from the back of the
carcass and neck.
How to Serve
Serve the thighs as chicAn fricas.
see, using part of the stock in which
the chicken was cooked. Add dump.
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combinations as we'll as design is shown
at the left of the drawing today. This
sweater is of wool in a tan shade. The
collar and the sash which ties at the
right side are of silk jersey woven In a
bright plaid. The uneven hem at the
lower edge of the sweater is also of
the plaid. At the left this hem forms
a deep pocket. The cap worn has a
crown of the wool and the band around
it Is of the plaid.
The sweater at the right shows q
variation in the knitting, which may
prove interesting to the women who like
to work out knitting puzzles. The sleeves
and chest have the ribs of the knitting
running crosswise. From the waist
down the ribs are lengthwise. This
peplum is open at the sides and the
lower edge is trimmed with fringe. \
ribbon laces through the buttonholes at
the waistline. This is a slip-on sweater
with the neck-line square at the front.
Inquiries are solicited and may be
addressed care of this newspaper.
Copyright, 1919, by Florence Rose)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
CHAPTER "

' CHAPTER "
THIS was a new situation between
l. Ruth and Scott. Never before had
Ruth considered the possibility of an
other attractive woman in her life. She
had simply believed that Scott saw no
other woman through the same eyes
that he saw her and in Ruth's code II
there were nothing but friendship in
Scott's heart toward Betty Lambert he
would not be taking her to lunch.
Scott stared at her in amazement,
but Ruth did not analyze the l~"k. She
knew that he was not defending him
self and it looked to her like guilt and
nothing else.
You say you're Inundated" he said
finally. why should you be?'
why should be?' Ruth returned
angrily. What will Helen say? What
will she think? Helen believed that you
loved me, she knew more about US than
any one else and now i wish ] had
never married you. I could never believe
that in such a short tim you would be
taking other women to lunch and doing
things like that to me-"
You objected to my taking Betty to
lunch?"
OBJECTED? Of course I objected. Why
shouldn't I object?'
you must have known that I didn't
dream you would mind. or l shouldn't
have said anything about it.
You mean that you would have taken
her 90 lunch and hidden 1t from me?"
"You know better than that. l simply
meant that If had felt that there was
ANYTHING wrong in It, it wouldn't have
been nature" for me to speak so frankly
Of it to you"
Ruth was silent. In her mind she
Was visualizing the entire thing scott
and Betty across from each other at a
tiny table. Al! kinds of opportunity
for condolences. Betty probably fun OF
some new experience-she was always
having experiences-and she (Ruth) at
home eating a solitary n from a
corner of the dining room table. And
Helen witnessing the entire thing, prob
ably plying her because her husband
was paying attention to another woman
so soon. oh, it was unbearable
AS for Helen" Scott said suddenly
his words piercing Ruth's absorption
Helen isn't the kind of a girl who would
think arythinv like you are imagining
As It happened, she met Betty. and
took bay over to heI table
you intend TO keep on doing this
kind of thing""
why, Ruth, what do mean?
didn't set out to take Betty to lunch
| met her"
And because you met her and it hap
pened to be lunch time you though
you had to invite her to eat with you?"
mo. l didn't think ! had to. I want
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

Tn WALKING on a country road or
i in the park on one of these fine
sparkly winter afternoons a person
can't help wonder at the d~esertedness
OF It. And there Is so much that is
rich in life to be found in the open.
We who have the high privilege of
opening letters from readers, from
young girls with heartaches, from
older women to whom life a grown
stale and from young men who are
already in a rut in business, often
wonder how much of the open these
lives have known.
OF course, the fine open road is not
a cure for every i'll, but it is for nearly
every Ill. In one of the current mag
azines there is a story about a man of
forty-ive or so, who was hopelessly in
a rut. One day the thought struck
him hat he would like to walk in
town in the morning instead of riding.
Well, walking in town is not so easy
as it sounds. at least this man didn't
find 1t so. To come down to earth
his feet blistered and there was many
a time he looked longingly at the troll.
ley car. Well, the long and short of
it was, he soon invested in a good pair
of walking shoes, and, strange as IL
may seem, a visit to the dentists
Then the walks kept getting easier and
easier and the man kept getting more
and more full of new life until, bless
your soul, one day he found himself
out of a rut.
TT WASN'T at all miraculous wher
i you came to analyze it.. Before he
was always so afraid of losing his pc
sition that he never dared make a
suggestion to headquarters for fear OF
being thought foolish and sat on" Ir
fact. though, to be candid. he didn't
have anything much to suggest.
And then-well. did you ever get out
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
To Keep Baby in Bed

Much invention has been expended
the covers of their cribs. One simple
plan depends upon an extension of
the cotton flannel nightie, bag fashion,
beyond the youngsters toes. The stout
tape that draws up the hem may be
tied fast TO the ~footrail of the crib.
Another scheme begins with n broad
strip of ticking encircling the mattress
at the place where the baby's waist
would naturally come. To the strip
in the middle OF the bed Is fastened a
broad belt OF strong cotton destined TO
go round the youngsters waist. The
belt Is hinged to the fat ticking strip
by a short length of cloth. 80 that the
child can turn easily, though he Is help
the bed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
Bleach Linen With Javelle Water
IlLnr al MoMlnM'N pnnc,

To the Editor Of Womun'S Page:
Dear Madam-Will YOU please let me
know how | can bleach "a white linen pillow
case which has been tinted in the wash by
II pink garment. and please let me know
what | can do for my hair. as II is falling
out very badly after having the Influenza
(Miss) $.
Try washing it with warm water and
white soap first. Let it hang out in the
sun. II this fails. get a bottle of javelle
water from the drug store. The direc-
tons for use will bc on the bottle telling
YOU how to prepare IL. Dip the pillow
case in the iavelle water and rinse II
thoroughly with cold water. talking care
not to let the water touch your hands, as
il burns. II should be used in a weak
solution and the article should not re,
main in it very long, as II is strong ana
will rot the linen If 1t remains in con-
tact with II too long.
Massage your scalp ever, night before
going TO he'd, rubbing with the tips OF the
fingers. Rub a little white vaselinc into
the roots of your hair at the same time,
If his does not help YOU after Il month
or so. YOU had better take some treat
ments from n reliable hair dresser.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
a Typical Dinner Scene
That Takes the Heart Out
of Many a Good, Willing
Husband
The Expensive Way Versus
the Meal That Is Planned
and Prepared With Care.
Sample Menus
By MRS. nj. A. WILSON

'copDr'0At;a All I' IfIn ~ Mssi r Mi a. VISOR
WHEN Mr.. Brown put his key in
W the door, it was exactly 6:15,
and, upon entering his home, he
found his wife just setting the table
for the evening meal. Hello, Sam.
/ just got in from a matinee and
have hardly got things under way,
and oh, my, l haven't much for
supper tonight! Will you run over
to Smiths and buy a loaf Of bread.
and, say, what kind of meat do you
want? Get a couple of pork chops
and a half pound of potato salad,
will you?"
While Sam Brown went to the
store, Mrs. Sam hustled around her
spick and span kitchen, proceeding to
boil water for the coffee in a sauce
pan. For here, in this kitchen, there
was no friendly tea kettle singing its
little song of "Hurry up, hurry up!"
The range was freless, and while
the meal would require the best part
of an hour to prepare, it would be
rushed through quickly on the gas
range.
Mr.. Sam returned half heartedly
with two pork chops done up in wax
paper; this in turn was wrapped in
the butchers regular paper and the
packages we're place in a bag.
Goodness, what did they charge
you for these fat chops?" Mrs. Sam
exclaimed. "Twenty-seven cents!
Why that's l crime, and fifteen
cents for the potato salad and
ten cents for the bread-it's just
awful! Hardly a bite to eat without
the bread" Sam was tired, and
there was a quicker between
his eyes as he listened to Mrs. Sans
rambling talk, while he walked slow
ly to the bathroom for a "wash-up.'
Now, Mrs. Sam, wake up! This
is no kind of a meal to present
to a man who returns from his
daily toll; it WILL take all the heart
out of him. The thought that some
one at home is putting time, thought
and care into planning and prepar-
ing a meal for him against his re-
turn will give the most disheartened
man ambition and energy to forge
ahead. ,
There is a real sound instinct that
causes a man to shrink from a meal
of this kind. Meat, fish, eggs, milk,
etc, are tissue-building foods that
require careful preparation if we are
to receive the needed nutrition from
them. Therefore they are valuable
only in the proportion to the extent
to which man or woman uses his or
her muscles and strength in daily
toll.
Protein, the repairing element in
food, is required after muscular ex-
ertion, and for this reason brain
workers should not clog their diges-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

LUNCHEONS
First:
Cream of Tomato
String Bean Salad
Cup Custard Tea
Second:
PURGE of Asparagus
Tomato Salad
Junket Cocoa
Third:
Cream of Spinach
Celery Salad
Fruit GeIantin Tea
Fourth:
Cream of Celery
Bermuda Onion Salad
Sliced Oranges Cocoa
Fifth:
Cheese Soufle
Lettuce
Tea
Sixth:
Cream Chicken Broth
Lettuce
Tapioca Pudding Tea
Seventh:
Dreamed Chicken
Coleslaw Cocoa
DINNERS
First:
Baked Fish
Spinach Lettuce
Sliced Oranges
Second:
Pease Pudding
String Beans Salad
Steamed Prunes
Third:
Oysters a la Newburg
Peas Celery Salad
Baked Apple
Fourth:
Stewed Chicken
Buttered Onions Coleslaw
Snow Pudding
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Miss Liberty

To the Editor OF Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam have written to you seN,
eral times and asked you for your good
advice and YOU helped me out IN every case
this time also. q
one of the societies Is giving IL victory
RalT' and | should like to have "A good idea
of dressing to represent "Liberty.' would
like you to tell me what I need and where TO
get This costume. or, rather, hire II for the
evening. Libhisi l.
You could get the costume Liberty
complete from the CoStumer. Everything
that YOU need would be included with it:
| am sending you a list Of the names OF
several tum
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
Skating Time

To the Editor Of Womdn'8 Page:
Dear Nadam--Is IL proper to go skatlnG
with boys at the az" of tourteent MY gni
friends and I have gotten ice skates anu
were asked to go skating with boys. NY,
ankles are very weak and when skate !
turn over on them. Could YOU please ten
mo what to do to make them stronger or
what exercise to take? THANKING Nou u al
vance. / am, fO'hiTr'
1t is quite proper for YOU to go skating
in the afternoon with boys at the age OF
fo,rteen and in the early evening with a
crowd Exercise YOU feet in other ways
than when the weight is on them "a
strengthen them. Send me a selt-ad-
dressed envelope and | will e some
particular exercise that tend TO geneTaliy
,rangthen ali the muscles of the feet.
Won must wear good, strong shoes, too
and ankle supports for a while while you
ora skatiug.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11

You can AXE Il course in building con-
struction at DreNel Institute. Thirty-sec-
ond and Chestnut streets. The cours
takes W wears and the charge is SIS Il
session, with two classes a week. meet
ing Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
Only 81 school education is re-
quired as preparation for this course.
There is a more advanced course there,
too. which requires more preparation
along technical lines.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-11
Things to knOu

\ dainty bureau scarf can be made
with. dimity bordcred with checkered
Bingham or used on the bias or lowered
cretonne. Attractive bedspreads. too,
can be made in this way.
To clean zinc cut n thick slice of
lemon and rub the stained spots on the
then wipe off the acid. The zinc Will be
bright n shining
A small piece of sliced potato fitted
into some utensil on the desk serves as
an excellent agent for keeping OF pens
in good order. The potaoto is used as
a p~en-wiper.
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Chitdren's Benutv

Keeping the children out In the fresh
air, clothed in "A sensible manner and
occupied with healthful play, will keen
them robust and plant the seeds Of
physical perfection and beauty so deep
ly and firmly that. they will flourish
and Yield the fawless blossom every
mother. secretly hopes TO see in tie
face of her child vac