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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
THE WOMANIS EXCHANGE

wanted to use the gloves at another
time.
The best man aud the bridegroom
walk into the church from the vcstry
room. The flower girl leads the pro
cession from the vcstibule of the church
up the middle aisle, followed by the
bridesmaid, the maid of honor. each
walking alone, and then the bride with
her father or whoever is to give her in
marriage.
The maid of honor takes the brides
flowers while the ring is being put on
her finger. The bride holds them dur
ing the rest of the ceremony. 1t is
customary for attendants at wedding
to carry flowers, but sometimes they
carry shepherds crooks tied with hugs
bows of ribbon, and at morning we'd
ding parasols to match the dresses are
attractive
Since you are not going to have re
ccption. | think it would be nice to go
down the aisle, forming the procession
in the reverse order, That is, the
bride and bridegroom leading. then the
flower girl, and the maid of honor and
bridesmaid together. The best man goes
out as he came in. When you reach
the vcstibule of the church, stop and
hold your informal reception there,
meeting your family and friends as they
come out. I hope you will have very
happy wedding, and that these sug
gestions will make it easier for you to
make your arrangements.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
To Remove Paint Stain

To the Editor Of Womdn's PAGE:
Dear Madam-Please tell me how to
remove dry paint from a black char
meuse dress without injuring it. / have
tried benzine, also turpentine, without
any effect.
If l. NJ. G. will sprinkle oil of sassa-
fras where the red ants are seen they
will disappear. Five cents worth is
plenty c. c. X.
If the stain on your dress was made
with shellac or something of that kind,
alcohol will be better to remove it than
turpentine. 1t is very difficult to take
out a paint stain that has become stiff
and hard Try carbon tetrachloride.
You can buy it Mt the drug store, and
/ it will remove most stains of this kind
unless they have been in the dress Sc
long that nothing will take them out
! hope you will find this successful.
Thank you very much, indeed, for thu
suggestion about the red ants, | an
sure l. NJ. &. will be delighted to know
about it, and so will the others VIII,
have written on the same subject.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

-.
HOW many women that you kno"
IL are as willing to use a needle as
~ l.;, r,o,1,or, boforo tboup Not
on1,, uon,0n - hrsiross or professions
,0-.. ,.a4ootoa Govt
out women OF 'he ho'le pio'''''
as well, are more and more unwilling
to spend pretty sum for a blouse or.
frook and thor find that on going
CIV" ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
THIS MAN BUYS HIS WIFE
EVERYTHING SHE WANTS
But Her Allowance Is Exactly One Clean One-Doiar Bill
Every Monday Morning!

to lunch downtown and to the movies
occasionally. Then giving her this, and
then, by way of explanation, saying,
well, I buy everything in the world
for you that you want, don't II What
more can you ask?"
But woman does ask more. She
is rational creature with thinking
powers, and she wants to be treated as
such. Not as a fancy little lap dog
to be groomed and tied with blue rib
bon. Woman is the natural purchasing
agent for the human family and she
knows it. How indescribablg madden
ing it is for her to have a man spend
thirty dollars on something that is not
worth fifteen. Ye gods and little fishes,
what couldn't she have done with that
other fifteen!
Oh, man, can't you ever understand
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Which Is More Flicker

Dear Cynthia notice that most of
the blame rests on the girls as far as
being tickle is concerned. Here is n
case | would like some of those blamed
shifters to read
Last month a girl who had been
Keeping company with a young man for
four years was married to another.
This one four years ago had been en-
gagged to her, but az she was at that
time in her early teens her parents
broke the engagement. Now, she never
wrote to him or even saw him until
about six months ago; then this other
chap was in France and she seemed to
care about him. so she told the would
have been bridegroom that there could
be nothing more between them. He left
her alone.
She was frequently seen with the
other chaps people and we all thought
when he returned the wedding bells
would ring. After she was married she
called on'me, and l asked how it hap
| pened that she messed" our friend
up and this was what she said:
Two years ago, we had a little
! understanding and I promised to wait
for him. Before he went to camp he
told me he wsuld let me know when
he was going" (she lived in another
state) 80 that | could bid him good by.
/ lie was in camp three weeks before
knew thing about it. Then l wrote
him but received no reply. AS I was
very much interested in him ] visited his
. nlpt .ln,, Il IL. "a
| learned that he was in France took
1t that he had not received my letter,
so wrote to him again to the address
given me by his people.
''He wrote me n very nice letter. and
] answered, but did not hear from him.
l knew when he was due at New York
and he arrived, because his aunt wrote
to me, and said she was sure knew
he was here. One month from the
day he landed he wrote to me. Think
OF it, one month from the day he landed
and | waiting for him. refusing other
mems attentions for him. Then ht
gave date on which he would come
to see me and did not show up. Dur
ing the summer the other chap had beer
trying to interest me so the next day
after receiving no excuse from the fellow
from France / told the other fellow
] would marry him and he would no
give me time to change my mind, so, fiv
days later | married"
I took our friend to task as / ha'
taken her when he called and he said
Later, that is on my return, I met
girl, and fell for her, so 1 thought
would let Miss X. alone" "Well,"
said, Couldn't you have written to he
: and told her?' "Yes," he replied, "bu
l did not want to hurt her; still sh
has hurt me.
I Just think of it, he claims she ha
( hurt him, when / can swear during hi
5 absence she never received other men
attentions because she had promised t
' wait for him. They were not engage
but still she wanted to be true and wa
true.
A few days ago I learned the fel
| low she married always worshiped hi
with dogged affection and still does,
fact he said 81 lived for her and I'll
for her." ] think she is worthy, don
4 you?
MRS. WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUS
TICE ONCE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Want Work After School

To the Editor Of Womdns Page:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly print
in the EVENING PUBIC LEDGER where
two ambitious girls of fifteen can get a
position after school or work in spare
time at home? &. r.
Apply at the Bureau of Compulsory
Education, 1922 Cherry street, for
work of this kind. You might be able
to give part of day as Office girls in
some concern, or there might be some
kind of piecework that you could do
at home. BE careful not to take too
much work that will keep you indoors
all the time, for girls of your age ought
to get as much fresh air as possible
during the daytime. ] hope you will
be able to get some pleasant work that
will not tire you out too much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

and becoming, but because it is so
convenient.
Separate blouses are immensely pop
ular this season, and no woman can
afford to try to do without them in her
wardrobe. 1t is season when lace
is being worn by smart women to a
very great extent, and the lace blouse
combined with satin shown at left of the
cut is n good selection for wear with
the more elaborate velvet or duvetyn
suit. At the right in the sketch there
is blouse of net with a panel and
the bell shaped sleeves of lace, the neck
band being bound with satin. The gir-
die is of lace.
Copyright 1919. by Florence Rose)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

one cup Of fueiy chopped Its,
Pour into well-greased and Toured
baking pan and bake for forty five
minutes in a slow oven. The fruit
and nuts may be omitted if desired.
This cake can be made for thisty
cents, including nuts, and will weigh
about two and three-quarter pounds
Give the kiddies nice big cuts 1t
costs less than the cheapest kind OF
candy, and the girls and boys al
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

love a good, big chunk" of ginger
bread. For variety, bake part in
ordinary baking pan and reserve
sufficient to fill muffin tins. Ice with
chocolate or water icing, and they
will make a delicious dessert, or split
gingerbread and spread with marsh
mallow whip. Put together and
spread a little of the marshmallow
whip on top and sprinkle with cocoa
nut. They are good enough for a
king.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
About the Sink

When the sink is coated with grease
or the sink spout Is stopped up, put a
pound or more Of washing soda in a
colander or strainer, and pour boiling
water through it into the sink.
Do not use soap to wash an iron
sink, but wash 1t with water in which
potatoes have been boiled. Afterward
rinse clean with very hot clean water.
This will keep the sink smooth and
free from rust.
To clean a painted sink, rub with a
rag moistened with kerosene and rinse
with clear hot water.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Plans for Wedding

To n. r. il will answer your
questions in order as they come. In
some churches it is necessary to wear
a hat. In others it is not required, but
it is always better taste, and makes a
much prettier finish for the costume.
If you wear a hat, your attendants
should do the same thing.
RemoveSour gloves before that part
OF the ceremony when the ring is placed
on your finger. If your glove is so tight
that it will take great deal of pulling
and tugging to get it off, it would be
better to rip the seams of the ring finger
before you go to the church, for you
could easily sew them up again il you
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
For a Musty Cellar

To the Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam-What can | use to
take away the musty smell in my cellar: :
| have tried lime with no effect or re =
suIt MRS. II. r.
Try burning a sulphur candle in your
cellar. That will take away the musty
smell. Be sure to cover carefully and
remove all food of any kind before you
burn the candle, as the sulphur would
get into it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
SaUe ParaMn

S9we your old paraffin to use again,
as no matter how dirty it may look to
you it can be cleaned very successfully.
Heat to boiling point and strain
through two or three thicknesses of
cheesecloth. One straining usually is
sufficient, but if still dirty, heat and
strain again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
To "Downhearted" u. H. S. K,

Buy fish berries at the drug store and
mix this with equal parts of alcohol.
Rub it into your head every day. Then
use a fine tooth comb and do this every
day until the trouble disappears. am
sure that this will help you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

All h'OhtS EFStTrtn.
CHORTLY it will be necessary to
~ start the fire in the kitchen range
to keep the chill from the house.
Let the housewife plan to utilize
this heat for baking homemade
breads, beans, goulashes aud some
of the coarse root vegetables.
! Now that the children have re-
turned to school you may expect that
they will be fairly regular in their
demands for food. 1t is very poor
economy to hush this demand with
the offering of penny or two. The
child who has frequent ills may have
them traced to the eating of cheap
sweets.
Do not get into this habit; rather
let the children have plenty of raisin
and nut breads and good ginger
breads, rolls, fruit rolls and home
made sweets.
Set the bread in the morning and
it will be ready to bake just about
the time you will need to start the
fire. Also make a pan of ginger
bread. Beets, turnips and parsnips
may be thoroughly cleansed and
placed in a saucepan and covered
with water. Place the lid on the
saucepan and bake in the oven unit
tender. Once the oven is heated il
will retain its heat for some time
and if the fire is to be Stacked off by
all means put pot roast in the oven
overnight.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

HERE is the interesting case Of the
gentleman who will buy his wife
anything under the sun, but he wants
to buy it for her himself. Therefore,
each Monday morning she is handed
exactly one clean one dollar bill in order
that she may have change for carfare
and not by any chance anything for
anything else.
Generous to n fault" this man is
sometimes described by an impressed
visitor, who goes away gasping, having
just seen something marvellous in the
way Of a silk negligee picked up on a
trip west. But between ourselves we
know this isn't true. Generosity never
did consist in the mere qualification of
PERSONS own whims and pleasures.
The man who insists on doing all the
family spending, however well stocked
he keeps his favored ones, can, l per
sonally believe, be called extremely sell
fish.
1t is interesting and it is fun to
spend money; to buy things. Fifty per
cent Of the joy In life, you might say
comes from planning, making and TAX
ing pleasure in our own purchases. BY
this L do not mean mere material pur-
chases. A man plans Stag" beef
steak supper, for instance. That is
the way he wants to invest a certain
amount of money. What, dear women,
l ask you, would happen if friend wife
gently, but firmly, extricated the sum
reserved for the party and spoke in this
wise:
John, you only think you want to
give beefsteak supper. But l know
better, dear. What you really want is
new raincoat, pair of rubbers and
good big bottle of hair tonic. | am
going down town this morning and will
buy them for you
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
The Question. Corner


l. What is the perfume cap?
2. Describe the style of hat that
seems most popular this fall?
3. Does fashion prescribe that hats
be tilted to the side this season?
4. What is mauve?
3. Name three wedding gifts for the
October bride.
6. How can corn shucks be used to
make small articles for fairs?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Adventures
With a Purse

OH, THE Madeira luncheon sets and
~ napkins. There is no doubt about
it-they are irresistible! Napkins, with
delicate scallops and designs that are
unbelievably lovely. Baskets, in eye
lets and solid work, wreaths, flowers,
every design you can think Of. And the
prices put them in reach of even a
rather slender purse, for ] saw the
napkins for as low as ST, while the
thirteen piece luncheon sets began at
$3.50.
A sewing set that should prove very
useful consists of circular holder
which can be fastened to the table. 1t
holds crochet cotton, sewing cotton and
/ has a nice little pincushion. There is
side piece to which you can fasten
sewing or embroidery, holding 1t firm
and secure. The price is thirty cents.
The new powder cases are charming
They are about the size and shape of q
fiat leather coin purse. One made OF
dark red leather has a mirror in thC
top and the lower pocket holds youl
powder puff. Others are made of darl
blue taffeta, and are very stunning
The price of the one you choose is fifty
cents.
saw a very nice leather bound gif
book for the Shakespeare lover. 1
contains quotations from Shakespeare
comedies and is such a compact. well
bound little volume you'll even enjo,
holding it. The price is forty i've cents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Yesterdays Answers

/. To make application for a posi-
ton as teacher on an Indian
reservation write to the civil
service commissioner in Washing
ton or your own city and ask for
Form 1872. The next examina-
tions will be held October %, No
vember 10 and December 10.
.. The kindergarten with musical
ability is the hardest type of
teacher to get on the reservation
and is therefore most in demand.
8. A touch of flaming orange on the
all brown hat makes it smart and
UNUSUAL.
4. When a neighbor calls on a new
conner in the neighborhood for
aid in some charitable enterprise,
etc, it is entirely optional
whether the call is returned or
not.
5. When at the sewing machine il
possible have the light come over
the left shoulder. In any event
never face the light.
6. Slightly cracked fruit Jars can
be used to store cornmeal, etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Keeping Linens White

If you put linens away for any
length of time put them unstarched be-
tween folds of blue tissue paper. This
keeps them from turning yellow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
To Judy, an All.Ameriean


Dear Judy, An American
Girl asks for criticism. Here
it is:
Our Kind Of n Girl
The kind of a girl for you and me
She faces the world untlinchingly,
And smites, as long as the wrong re-
sists,
With knuckled faith and force like
fists:
She lives the life she is preaching Of,
And loves where most is the need of
love.
The kind of girl for me and you!
However little of worth we do
She credits full, and abides in trust
That time will teach us how more is
just.
She walks abroad, and she meets all
kinds
OF Qucrulous and uneasy minds,
And, sympathizing, she shares the pain
OF the doubts that rack us, heart and
brain
And, knowing this. as we grasp her
hand
We are surely coming to understand.
She looks on sin with pitying eyes
Fen as the Lord. since Paradise
Else should we read, Though our sins
Z should glow
As scarlet. they will be as white as
snow?
And, feeling still, with a grief half glad.
That the bad are as good as the good
are bad
She strikes out for the Right--and she
Is the kind of girl for you and me.
With apologies to James Whitcomb
Riley. HENNEN j. BLANTON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

A BSURD, isn't it? Yet it isn't any
n more absurd than giving woman
so small an amount of spending money
that she can't by any wild stretch of
the pocketbook manage to take friend
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

Please Tell Me
What to DO
BY CYNTHIA
Don't Be Mean

Don't Be Mean
Dear Cynthia--Donald Smith and
friend not only look nice in print, but
also in person. l don't think Cynthia
should discourage acquaintance in her
advice to Mary MEG. and her three
friends.
II this were granted I am sure we
could easily prove to them how we
intend to lower the high cost of living.
As we consider the question of the high
cost of living secret we do not wish
TO expose it at the present. Are Miss
MEG. and her three friends within the
age limit?
DONALD SMITH AND FRIENDS.
Won't you let the rest of us in on
the secret. Donald? We may not be
romantic. but we're awfully hard up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Holland Dutch Pot Roast

d
bean crock is used for this dish. Sc
lect three and one-half pound cut
of meat from the brisket, shoulder,
neck or shin and wipe with a damp
cloth. Pat four tablespoons of flour
into the meat and place the meat in
the crock. Add
One small fdgot Of soup herbs,
One-hGlf dozen onions,
One carrot, qudrtered,
One cup boiling 1UGter.
Cover closely and place in the
oven. Prepare this meat right after
the evening meal and keep it in the
oven overnight. In the morning it
will be found to be deliciously tender
and most palatable. No additional
heat will be necessary. Just slack or
damp the fire in the usual manner
Try cooking a set of pigs feet in
this manner, adding two and one-half
cups of boiling water. They will be
most delicious.
Some Fancy Breads
Place in a mixing bowl
Taoo cups of boiling 1cater,
Four tablespoons of sugar,
Four tablespoons of shortening,
One teaspoon of salt.
Stir to blend and cool 80 degrees
Fahr. Now crumble in one yeast
cake, stir to dissolve and add seven
cups sifted -four. Work to a smooth
elastic dough. Clean or scrape out
the mixing bowl and grease well.
Return the dough to the bowl, press
ing the dough firmly against the
bottom of the bowl and then turn
over and cover. Let rise in warm
place 80 degrees Fair. for three and
one-half hours.
Then punch down the dough well
! and then turn over and cover. Let
rise for one hour, and then turn on a
molding board and make into three
loaves, making one loaf plain, one
nut and citron loaf and one prune
and nut loaf.
Nut and CitrOn Loaf
Shell and put through the fooc
chopper sufficient peanuts to meas
ure one cup. Slice and then pu'
through the food chopper Sufficient
citron or candied orange peel t.
measure one-half cup. Work thi
well into one loaf portion of tn,
dough, and then, when we'll dis
tributed, form into a loaf and plac
In well-greased pan and let rise TO
one and one quarter hours, then bak
In moderate over for forty-fv,
minutes.
Prune and Nut Loaf
One cup of finely chopped nuts,
One cup of pitted p,7tnes, choppe
fine.
Use same method as for the citro
and nut loaf.
An Inexpensive Gingerbread
Place in a mixing bowl
One cup Of ntolasses,
One-half cup of broten sugar,
One-half cup of shortening,
One teaspoon Of cinnamon,
One teaspoon of ginger,
One-half teaspoon Of alIspice,
One and one-hdlf teaspoons of bal
ing soda.
One cup of l0ater,
Beat to mix, and then add
-Four cups of sitted -four,
Ohe-haif package Of seede
saisifss, or
One cup of euaporoted apple
peaches or prunss.
Cut the fruit in small pieces, an
add
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
Making Rouge of Beet Juice

To the Editor Of Womdn'S Page:
Dear Madam-Would you kindly tell
me something to put with beet juice, to
be used as rouge, that is harmless to
the face? Something that will not make
it sour and so that it can be used the
rpqr around
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07
BROWN EYES AND CURLS.

The making of cosmetics at home is
so much bother and so often unsatis-
factory that it would really be more
practical for you to go to the drug store
and buy your rouge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

The Humphrey
Radiantfre is a
wonderful n e W
discovery in gas
h e a t i n G. Its
cheerful glow is
like the warm ra-
dance of the sun.
IneXnansiVa in
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Keeping Store Heated for
Long Time Takes Chill
of House Before Fur
: mace Is Started
Children Coming Home
From School " ant Good
Solid Food and Plenty of
Homemade Streets
BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

COPYRIGHT, 1919. by Mrs. w. 4. Wilson
An RIGHTS Reserved.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-07

Dear Cynthia-"Judy An American
iirl," asks for criticism. Here
Williams news., 1919-02-21
NO EXTENSION OF TIME
 ON INCOME TAX LAW

That there will be no general extension of time beyond Mar. 18th for the filing of returns and for the payment of Income and Excess Profits taxes due on that date, is the decision of Daniel c. Roper, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The an- nouncement was made today by Collector Franklin immed- lately following the approval by the Senate and House of the report of the Conferees on the new Revenue Bill.
 Tt is necessary to get the initial payments in by March 15th' says Commissioner Rop- CT. No other course is possi- ble. Some months ago. the Treasury issued certificates of indebtedness to an amount ap- proximating 03,OO0,OOO ma turing March 18th. The first payment of the Intume and Ex- cess Profits Taxes for 1918 was planned for that date, to meet this huge obligation.