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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
And So They Were Married
By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR


bridesmaid. Perhaps he had even sug-
gested her name, and Natalie had neg
lected to say SO.
why, I'd love to, of course - Ruth
returned quickly.
You can get away all right? It
will be on a Wednesday you know.'
"Oh, I'd forgotten; that's right, your
wedding is on Wednesday,"
Eyes, but Helen is coming. She said
she would get away for it. Can I
count on you, Ruth? I shall be so dis
appointed If you say you won't"
"Why, yes, of course I will; I'll
manage somehow, and l think it is
splendid that you want me, Natalie"
Natalie looked about curiously and
asked Ruth about the place.
II love your room, Ruth, tell me
about your work, won't you?''
Ruth explained as vaguely as pos
sible. The way she told it made It
sound not so trivial and much more
important than it actually was. But
she was inwardly ashamed to have to
do this. .. y
When Natalie left all of Ruth's
vague resolutions of studying sten0g-
raphy at night were swallowed in
billowy pink organdie and roses. AL
ready she was visualising her brides
maid dress. Natalie had said there
were to be six bridesmaids, and the
gowns We're to be of different shades
of organdie, hers was to be pink, and
there were to be hats, too, of rufled
silk with sheer brims.
After all, Ruth thought as she slip
ped into her coat and adjusted her hat
that evening before the glass in the
coat room., she was entirely too tired
at night to take. up work, in addition
to working all day in an Office. Sup
pose she did give up her evenings to
study, and then afterward nothing
came of it. Besides, she wasn't sure
that she wanted to work up into any
kind of work. Her job had been only
an experiment undertaken in the main
to show Scott that she really could
earn money. She wasn't at all cer-
tain now that she wanted to be q
business woman. Whether the fact
that Ruth had discovered that any good
! salaried position needs training or
talent had anything to do with her
ideas of working just at present or not,
was still to be decided. At any rate
she had decided in her own mind that
it would be absurd of her to study
stenography so that she could take an
ordinary Office position. That WASN'T
the kind Of work she wanted to do.
I'm the next instaIlment the frivolous
world In the shape Of Natalie Jergens
beckons Ruth away from business.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
EASTER BIDS US HOPE
AND KEEP BRA VELY GOING
There Ia High Message the Heavens and A the Spring World
around Us Is Vbrant With Lovely @
- Promises Coming True 88E

uOW quickly a year passes and so
1 l. much has happened since last
Easter that we never thought could
happen. Last year at this very season
when in the last desperate rally Of the
German forces the Hun line was
digging deeper and deeper into the
heart of France, how quick many of
us were to say the war would last
for years and years. But 1t didn't.
1t Is particularly good to think
about this want OF hope now. because
Easter with its sublime significance is
essentially a time of hope. All the
lovely spring world around us con-
firms the message. Everywhere we
look promises are coming true. Bios
SONS are beginning to trail up and down
the green hillsides-dainty tapestry!
1t rains, but the glory of the sun comes
the next minute to make the world
forget the brief grief OF April. Hope,
looking up and ahead. That is the
message of all the outdoors.
Hope is our dearest possession. 1t
can turn defeat into victory any day If
we only hold on to 1t tight enough and
long enough. For hope feeds mys.
terious glad strength to all those who
walk by the light of its beam. Such n
little beam. too, sometimes as frail and
untouchable as the little ray of sun.
shine, miraculously stealing through
the stained glass window OF church
and lighting its dim aisles; and how
hope, stealing into life from which
all brightness seems to have gone fills
1t with strange luminous gladness.
WHAT is hope? Hope means snatch
w ing at the bits Of brightness in
your life. no matter what the back
ground of disappointment and sor-
row may be. Snatching at them and
working with them until you have
painted out the backeround
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
HOLLDA Y LUNCHEON
SUGGESTIONS BY MRS. WILSON
WeekEngish Lamb
SeruedTup Dserts-UeSprng
lime for

an egg in half and then place in in
dividual ramekins. Add the mush-
rooms and then cover with cream
sauce. Sprinkle with fine bread
crumbs and one tablespoon of
grated cheese. Bake in a hot oven
for fifteen minutes.
Paprika Potatoes
Wash old potatoes and then rub
with shortening, and bake until
tender. Now cut slice from the
top of the potatoes and scoop out
the contents with teaspoon. Mash
the potato and then season with
milk, salt and pepper. Dice one
strip of bacon for each potato.
Brown nicely and add to the pota-
toes. Fill into the potato shells and
then place a piece of butter on each
potato and dust with paprika.
Easter Salad
Arrange the crisp hearts of let
IuCe OIl d pldte. iaSe oiie eaptS-
spoon of mayonnaise on lettuce.
Now mold cream cheese into the size
of a walnut in an oval shape. Place
the small ball at one end; make a
bill of tiny pieces of orange peel and
then make tiny eyes with bits Of
raisin.
Easter Custards
Line individual pie tins with plain
pastry. Make custard Of
One cup of milk,
Taco eggs,
Four tablespoons of sugar,
One teaspoon of panilld.
Beat to thoroughly mix and then
pour into the prepared pastry shells.
Bake in a slow oven until the custard
is firm in the center. Cool. Now
place
White of one egg,
One-half glass of jelly
in bowl and beat until very stiff.
Pile on custard and sprinkle with
cocoanut. Serve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
about Shiny Serge

Many a woolen garment has been cast
into the discard because it was so shiny
it was no longer presentable. Yet many
times it is possible to remove the shine
so that considerably more service can be
had from the garment. These are some
methods suggested by the home econom- :
les workers at the New York State Col
lcgc of Agriculture:
Press the wool material on the right
side through wet woolen cloth. The
nap of the pressing cloth will pull up the
nap of the material being pressed if the
nap had not been entirely worn off.
Some persons substitute piece OF
crinolinc for the woolen pressing cloth.
Others use cotton pressing cloth
and iron until the pressing cloth is dry
They then wet the cloth again and rub
the iron quickly over it. This last
operation removes the shine by steam
ing it, but If properly done does moi
take out the press.
brushing the cloth vigorously with q
stiff brush win sometimes remove tn,
shine.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

l knew a man, he was quite young
man then, who wanted to be writer.
EIe tried desperately hard, but one dis
appointment after another came to
him and he decided 1t couldn't be
done. All his hopes had been tied up
in this one ambition, but did he call
his life blasted? No: he went out and
got job in furniture factory. He
isn't president of the factory today.
No, he is a writer, just what he always
wanted to be. How did 1t happen?
He made such a bowling good sue
cess of being a game human being
that when just for pure pastime's sake
five years later he wrote out his ad-
ventures, he was writing the kind OF
story every ne wanted to read. And
when he seat 1t off just for fun, but
with no heavy heart attached, he was
surprised two weeks later to get a
check back instead of the manuscript.
TIME secret Of this mans success was
l. that he went bravely on picking UP
the pieces, as 1t were, and knowing
there was no place for the surprises
and good things to be hidden but in
the future. Surprises were always
hiding around the corner and when
they came he for one was going to
be ready for them.
When we keep bravely going there
are always good things lurking behind
the corners ahead. 1t is the man who
sits on the roadside with his head in
his hands who never catches up with
the place where his luck was sched-
uled to turn.
Being hopeful means tuning your
heart and your will to act on the mes
sage that will be in the air tomorrow.
The earth Is vibrant with the divine
ness of beginning again. Regin again,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
one cup sugar,
Four cups -four,

When you are sure the surface OF
your ground as both fine and level the
time has come to set out your plants
and SOW -X9Ur seeds.
Never make the mistake of planting
seeds too deep. 1t is a mistake all
amateurs make. Small seeds. such as
onions, radishes and lettuce can be
merely rakcd into the soil. Medium
sized seeds, such as bects, spinach and
parsnips, are best covered with one
quarter of an inch Of soil and compara-
lively large seeds, such as cucumDers
and pumpkins, should be planted to a
depth of one half inch.
Just as soon as the ground is work
able in the spring you should collect
your garden implements and get to
work. You can now feel perfectly safe
in planting onion seeds (also onion
srtsl. smooth peas. early beets, rad
ishes, spinach, turnips and cabbage:
As our weather is variable in this
section no definite dates car be named
for plarhing all vegetables, but it is
safe when the peach and pear trees are
in bloom to set out lettuce, caulitiower,
beets and onions from the cold frames,
also to SOW the medium hardy varieties
of seed, such as beets, carrots, kohl =
rabi. lettuce. wrinkled peas, parsnips
satisfy, tomatoes and swiss chard.
When the apple trees are in blossom
which is about ten days later. SOW the
seeds of the tenderest plants, beans
Sweet corn, cucumbers, melons ant
Squashes.
Then when all danger Of frost is past
the very last planting, set out tomato
plants. eggplants, pole beans, cucum
Der plants and melon plants. Thes
have previously been started in colt
/ frames or green houses. These varie
( ties, especially tomatoes and egg plants
! should always have been previousl!
started, because il you plant seed II
! the open border it takes too long TO
them to develop.
Always firm the seed in the soil
This is very necessary to insure goo
I termination.
In very short time after sowin
the seeds comes the time for trans
planting-always do this work in show
cry weather and it is wise to do it il
the late afternoon. This will enabl
the plants to take hold easily an
quickly. In three days they shoul
be SO used to their new enyironmen
that each plant win be standing u
erect, with mot even trace Of within
about the lower leaves
lfhe9,d the westhes n windy .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
How | Economic
in Cooking

I've found that beginning a meal with
extravaganza It seems. but is really an
economy, because they're really 40 mex
pensive, and II I flavor them with Jim's
favorits Al Sauce II puts him In good
humor right at the start. and he doesn't
for him II he's had something else first.
The other night we began the meal
with delicious appetizer, consisting OF
a piece of toast cut round with a slice
across the top. served 1t on a lettuce
leaf and sprinkled Just few drops OF
Al Sauce over II. It was simply dell
cious. Tho next night had celery
which had beaten teaspoonful Of Al,
That wonderful sauce ought 70 bo adyer-
tised on eyevy food poster IN the coup-
ss s'Sy -Ady Iadss y nothing uh1 y sa'n- Y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Shall She Refuse Him?

Dear Cynthia-This is the second
time l am coming to you for help. l
am a girl of sixteen, and was lately
asked to marry young man of twenty
seven. He says he comes from a good
family, and has plenty of property, but
I don't care for the. property. I am
worried about the age. We have
known him for five years, and he has
proved that he is good working man.
He is willing to wait for me as long as
I want, but I would like to refuse him
before he brings me the engagement
ring, but my parents tell me not to.
Please tell me if you think / am foolish
to refuse man because he is older.
WORRIED.
Unless you feel that you love this
man very much, it would be wise not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

Philadelphia, and there are not as many
boys as girls, and, therefore, the boys
are more or less independent; but, as
for the girls, they are crazy after the
boys. When we girls get together and
discuss about the boys they say: II
certainly think that bunch are nickel
rockets, and certainly don't want to
have anything to do with them" Yet
when the boys come over to them they
seem to forget what they have said.
In this suburb there are two crowds,
one of boys and the other of girls.
We are all very popular, and most of us
are pretty. These boys don't want any
one outside of our crowd, and certainly
talk about the other girls, and when
they are not with us they tell things
that are not true about us.
They would not think of taking us
to dance, but when we go to the club
where we dance the boys come in late
and dance with one girl all evening, and
then take her home, and perhaps the
next day they hardly recognize her and
snub her. They would not even think
of taking us to the movies, but they
have nerve enough to sit with us. and
think they are paying us a compliment
if they bring us home, and then after
ward they talk about us.
There is a certain ice cream cafe
which we frequent, and the boys are
always there. They will sit down at
the table with the girls when we are
ordering, and they will say to the
waiter: "Charge it to me-" which
certainly. think makes the girls feel
very badly. OF course, they mean that
the girl can pay for her own sundae.
When they have a date with girl they
will sit in the parlor all evening, and
then talk about the girls they have out
of town, but they seem rather angry
if we mention any ones name out of
town that we associate with. Will you
please tell me what you think of these
boys, for I know they all come of a
good family, the same as the girls?
BETTY BLUE EYES.
There is only one thing to think
they are very rude boys. For even if
the girls may not be polite (the boys
might excuse themselves by saying so
There is no excuse for the young men
behaving in this way.
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Appreciates Seventeen"

Dear Cynthia-Please print my ap-
prcciation of the very, nice letter writ
ten by Seventeen, who loves the girls
and hates them
Why. Seventeen" do you suppose
could censure your letter! l think
YOU are just right AS for powder and
paint, never use drop of either and
my complexion is the envy of many.
Seventeen" if you had your ad-
dress printed I would have sent you
letter of congratulation for your very,
very good sense. There are very few
young men nowadays with your opinion.
SWEET SIXTEEN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Bisgue of Orange

with candied violets.
Bisgue of Orange
This fruit soup is very popular in
California just about this season of
the year. Place in a saucepan
One cup of orange Juice,
One and one-hdf cups Of acdter,
One level tablespoon of cornstarch,
Four teVel tablespoons of sugar.
Dissolve the starch and the sugar
and bring to boil. Cook slowly for
five minutes and then remove from
the fire and add the yolk of egg.
Beat hard to thoroughly blend and
then, while the mixture is cooling,
beat the white of egg very stiff.
Beat the prepared white into the
soup and then pour into sherbet
cups. Dust lightly with nutmeg and
then set in cool place. Serve ice
cold. This soup is frequently called
the June orange cocktail around
Santa Barbara.
Eggs and Mushrooms, Marmite
Allow one hard-boiled egg and
three mushrooms for each service.
Pare and then parboil the mush-
rooms for three minutes, using both
the stem and cap. Now prepare
one and one-half cups of cream
sauce, adding
One green pepper, chopped fine,
One tablespoon of grated onion.
Season with salt and pepper. Cut
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
One teaspoon salt,

One teaspoon salt,
Eight level teaspoons baking po,U-
der.
Mix well. Now rub in two table
spoons shortening,
Now break one egg in cup, fill with
water, beat to mix, use to make
dough with, roll out one-half-inch
thick, cut and fry in hot fat.
My dear Mrs. Wilson - In
coffee-cake recipe which you pub
lished recently there were some
directions which puzzled me. Will
you kindly explain it, as I would
like to try the cake? 1t said cover
with crumbs made as follows:
Place in a bowl six tablespoons
brown sugar, four tablespoons
four,S two tablespoons shortening
and one teaspoon cinnamon; rub
into crumbs and spread over the
cake. Does that mean that these
ingredients make the crumbs or
are they to be rubbed into bread
crumbs? Yours sincerely,
r. B.
See recipe to Mrs. A.
Pour batter in cake pan, ther
place the -four, sugar, shortening
and cinnamon in bowl, rub unit
crumbly, spread on the dough ant
place cake in oven.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
HoW Deep Shall We Plant
the Vegetable in Our Garden?
BY JANE LESLIE KILT

especially sunny. it is well to protect
transplanted plants with some shade.
Newspapers make an inexpensive and
admirable covering A few stones will
keep from blowing away.
Thinning a row of seedlings is very
necessary. Failure to thin plants
properly results in spindly and inferior
crops. AS soon as the crops are large
enough to pull, thin them out, allowing
the strongest plants to remain and
leaving sufficient space between for flu E
turc developments.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Ask Mrs. Wilson

If YOU have any cookery prob
lens, bring them to Mrs. Wilson.
She will be glad to answer you
through these columns. No per-
sonal replies, however, can be given.
Address questions to Mrs. NJ. A.
Wilson, EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER,
Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Fashion Hints

Smart little waists have collars and
cuffs of dotted voile.
A novelty in wool is chanella, popular
for sports wear. ..
Foulard and lace combined are re-
vived for afternoon dresses.
The newest guimpes are inade of ex :
tremelS fine and dainty laces.
Necklaces for mourning are made Of
black beads Of .ebonized wood.
--~----
Eyelet embroidery Is Increasing ID
regularity for afteraoen frocks-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
Friend Gets Angry

Dear Cynthia--I have a girl friend
who can't go out on Saturday night.
When I go out she gets angry. There
is another question l would like to ask
you. There is a girl around our way
who acts friendly in my company. A
friend of mine told me that this girl
says nasty things about me. believe
this friend, because I overheard this
girl say something unpleasant about
me. Kindly advise me through your
interesting column what to do.
PUZZLED.
Because your friend cannot go out
is certainly no reason why you should
stay in, if your parents allow you
TO 90. It's too bad she should be angry
at YOU; however, do not stay in on
that account; at the same time don t
fiaunt it in her face, so to speak. There
is nothing you can do to stop people
talking.
Only be sure in your own mind
that you do not give occasion for
talk and do not say things against her,
no matter what she says, and she will
soon stop. 1t becomes very tiresome
to go on talking when no one answers
back.
Rude Boys
L
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

smarty rough
lilies the
charming little that's next is all aboom with tiny lilies Of the
valley The slightly tilted sailor to the
right the 1t dark blue
most fetching huge coral
ribbon
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
OF Interest to. Women

Inc St0teS IN Whlcn women now
have presidential suffrage control almost
half the votes in the party conventions
and 40 per cent of the electoral college.
Nine. Mabel Grouitch, wife of the
Serbian minister at Washington, is to
speak before the annual meeting of the
American Academy of Political and So
cial Science in Philadelphia next month
on the subject of "Readjustment in
Middle Europe"
Queen Marie Of Rumania, who is ex-
pected soon to pay visit to America ;,
is referred to by her subjects as "the
dominant spirit Of Rumania." When
Rumania made her entry into the war
Queen Marie underwent the terrible ex =
pcrience of seeing her beloved country
ravaged by a ruthless foe, her beautiful
mountain palace in the Carpathians
being one of the first Of many similar
stately residences to be occupied and
looted. Nevertheless, she showed neither
fear nor dismay. CARRIED as a nurse,
she spent all her days and most of her
nights tending the sick and wounded ut
the front. Often she was under fire,
but she seemed to bear charmed life,
T During the heavy fighting of the sum
mer of 1917, more especially, she was
constantly with the troops, sharing un-
complainingly their dangers and hard
ships. o.,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
BY NJ. A. WILSON
Copyright. 1919. bv Mrs. ". A. Wilson.
All rights reSerTed.D

Copyright. 1919. bv Mrs. ". A. wilson.
All rights reScrTed.D
MOTHER EARTH is awakening
- from her long winter sleep,
bringing to us just about the Easter
season her first flowers, the dainty
golden daffodils and the delicately
tinted tulips, with the joyful
thoughts of this season. The mar
cissus, lilies of the valley and the
modest violet are also coming into
bloom. All these blossoms give US
a wide range of choice for the deco
rations' for Easter luncheons.
UsuallyHat this season spring lamb
forms the piece de resistance, with
old-fashioned mint sauce or mint
jelly. The Easter holidays are sec
ond only to Christmas in the British
Isles. where for entertainment after
the luncheons there are always egg
rolling or hunting contests.
Menu for Easter Luncheon
Puree of. Spinach
English Lamb Chops Mint Sauce
Potato Diamonds with Peas
Tulip Salad
Easter Cakes Tea
Or
Bisque of Oranges
Eggs and Mushrooms, Marmite
Paprika Potatoes
Easter Salad
Easter Custards Coffee
Puree of Spinach
Wash the spinach in plenty OF
water to remove the sand and then
place one cup of boiling water in
a saucepan and add the spinach,
pressing down closely. Cook for
twenty minutes and then cool. Rub
the spinach through a fine sieve.
Measure and add equal parts OF
milk. Place in a saucepan and add
one level tablespoon of flour for
each cup of liquid. Stir until the
flour dissolves and then bring to a
boil. Cook for five minutes and
then season with salt and paprika.
English Lamb Chops
Have the butcher cut the chops
from the loin one and, one-quarter
inches thick and remove the chine
bone and the excess fat. Now place
in a bowl
One cup of bread crumbs,
One onion, grated tine,
Three tablespoons of finely minced
parsley,
One-haIf teaspoon of saceet mar
joram,
One teaspoon of salt,
One teaspoon of paprika.
Mix and add one-half cup Of
the spinach puree to moisten. Form
into balls and then place one beside
each chop. Roll the flank about the
chop, and fasten with, string or
toothpick. This filling is to replace
the kidney. Broil the chop and lay
on a hot platter. Garnish with a
strip of bacon and watercress.
Mint Sauce
Shred one bunch of mint fine.
Place in a saucepan with
One-quarter cup of sugar,
One-half cup of rinegar,
One-qnarter cup Of Water.
Bring to a boil and cook slowly
for fifteen minutes. Strain and add
two tablespoons of finely minced
mint leaves.
Mint Jelly
Soak two level tablespoons of
gelatin in four tablespoons OF
water for ten minutes. Add to the
mint sauce and then pour into indi,
vidual molds and set aside to mold
Potato Diamonds With Peas
Shell one-quarter peck of southern
peas. Cook until tender and ther
drain. Scrape and wash, then cut
into tiny dice six new potatoes
Parboil until nearly tender and ther
drain and add the peas and
TWo teaspoons Of salt,
One teaspoon of paprikd,
TWo teaspoons Of grated onion,
One tablespoon Of finely mincec
mint leaves,
TlVo tablespoons of butter.
Toss gently until thorough!
blended.
Tulip Salad
Cut the hard-boiled egg in hal