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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
"oe Jure" to "elIlie- and 1T. 3. p"

Dear Cynthla-Curses, am discov.
cred, Billie and ct. b. p" have found
For shall cast them thousand
tathoms deep into the pool of derision.
Their master minds. by series of mar
relous deductions and hours Of intensive
study, have found that am mentally
deficient Yet chuckle with unholy
glee to note that they dared not attack
my. statements to prove them wrong,
And therein lay their wisdom, for they
know II would be but fitting at wind
mills to attempt to prove my argument
wrong
But one moment. billie" perchance
YOU think you know thing or two
Good. Answer either OF these two ques-
tons. What and why Is love? what Is
the true source of pleasure in dancing /!
Come. now, oh oracles. give me your
deductions on these questions. Think
carefully and long, for I have threatened
to cast you into the sea of derision. ran
to answer them correctly and your cter-
nal silence shall be the forfeit The hght
ris on, prove you can think better than l
and then perhaps we will admit the cor
rectness of your statements regarding
my mental equipment
And this silly tale of future woe Is
tiresome. II has been told DER and Ger
by my critics, but 1t means nothing. NO
girl can penetrate my armor OF antag-
onism, for I have trained myself TO tor-
get them entirely ive minutes after hav-
ing met them Not that ] hate them'
Billie" but persistently refuse to con.
slider them Of any Importance In my
present plans. Rather. pity them. poor
dears. struggling under the double code,
playthings OF fashion, painted clowns on
the worlds stage.
on the other hand you imply | am
missing a wonderful treasure in not tax.
ing unto myself a girl. as II were. ana
then call me selfish because am wiling
to give up this--er--happiness that I
may make of this life Of mine a thing
worth while. Nay, nay. Billie tatn't
consistent doggone bit, hut. then who
could expect consistency Of a woman?
Remember. dear critics and philoso-
pliers, ! await your answer TO my ques-
lions and you must pardon this annoy
ance when hum softly the refrain Of
that old, old rag. '1 may be crazy. but ]
amt a fool" And, say. that old cart
sure did buzz along today You should
hear her roar as she digs after that extra
mile per- DE JCRE'
DE Jure" seems to give the girls more
thought than the men in spite of himself.
why address all wrath to "Billie"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
IT'S NICE TO BE PERFECT
WHEN 5NOUDLSCUSS OTHERS
You Don't Really Think You're Perfect and You Sa,
So for Worlds but You Aoays Feel Safe in Criticisng

realize things like that themselves. It's
so perfectly easy to walk straight IL you
just think about 1t"
DRESENT company always excepted !
L We seldom say It, but we always
mean 1t when we start making remarks
about other people. 1t isn't that we're
conceited that makes us forget our own
failing in the very line in which We
criticize others. Perhaps it's more that
we re grateful TO find somebody else who
Is. we think. a little worse than we are.
We've probably been conscious Of our
own faults, and wondered vainly what
we could do about them. Then when we
see somebody else afflicted the same
way. we hasten to call attention to it.
We do give a. bad impression, though,
when we do this. People who don't
know whether we're modest or not,
whether we are merely having fellow
feeling for the victim Of our remarks
or deliberately setting ourselves on
pinnacle above and apart, are just a
little bit disgusted with us. II wonder
what she thinks of hersclf?' they ask
themselves.
We don't, that's ALL For the time
being we are apart. although not neces-
sarily on a pinnacle. We withdraw
from human frailty" and become mere
spectators for while. Yet, back of it
all, when you come right down to facts.
isn't there. perhaps subconsciously.
very comfortable understanding which
makes us wink at ourselves and remark
half seriously, Isn't it nice to be per-
fect?'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

0T OOK at that" commanded
IL Dorothy. holding out an open
magazine. THAT bride, I mean. Did
you ever see an uglier dress 'on any
human being?"
Celestine took the magazine and ex-
amined the bride carefully She
Awful" she conceded. "But at that
It's got nothing on the face above il y
Dorothy chuckled. ''She is pretty
bad. isn't she? 1t would take that kind
Of face to choose that kind Of dress !"
Dorothy's friends had passed her in the
street. "My goodness she had ex
claimed to herself as she went on ND the
street. What ever made Dotty choose
that kind Of dress? She ought to know
better than that"
That very morning Celestine's brother
had BEEN Sizing her up"
''She'd never win prize in any
beauty show" he admitted. ''But she
certainly has got pep in her face"
Celestine and Dorothy were both en-
dangeriHg glass houses by throwing
stones at the happily smiling bride in
the picture. They didn't mean to be
disagreeable or critical at all They
were just two girls, and you know your
sclf,what mean things two girls can say
without intending the least little bit of
harm. And they never think how ap-
propriately their remarks might be
turned back at them.
Two women were walking M the
street just the other day. One of them
walked with stiff ankles so that her
Il r.. 4 L II Il
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
Mrs. Wilson's Menu Contest

NV Dear Mrs. wilson, am sending
the following menu for the contest:
MRS NJ. NJ. MCC.
Credmcd Potatoes
Spinach
Carrots Liver and OniorS
Salad Sliced Tomatoes
Coffee Bread and Butter
Rice Padding
Serve plain boiled potatoes in place
Of the creamed potatoes and a fresh
fruit 10 replace the pudding, in order
20 make this menu balance.
Ny Dear Mrs wilson, would Ike
20 enter this menu IN your contest:
MRS. \. b. 7.
Dried Beet lUth Cream
Baked Potatoes
Lettuce and RddiSh salad
Cheese Balls
Apple Sauce
Breed Butter coffee
Try some other dish in place OF the
dried beef This IS hardly sufficient for
real dinner This would be nice
supper,
My Dear Mrs wilson, would like
to submit the following menu for the
contest: MRS. .. c.
BeefStedk and Broru Crazy
Neu SPOtdtoeS
Tuna Fish Sugar Corn
Bread and Butter Niit
Fried or quickly cooked meats are
not desired in this menu. Try again
with a different meat dish This also
answers Mrs n n.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
The Woman S
Exchange
To StiHen Orqandie

To 'hc Editor Of Homdn's Pace:
Dear Madam--Will YOU kindly. advise
mo what will make an organdie sash
s'ff' | have tried using starch but
without any success. ID. +.
pp the sash into a solution of two
'ablespoonfuls of gum arabic to n quart
nr water Then iron IL before It is dry.
This viii make II good and stiff Per-
haps for such n small piece OF material
this will be too much Of the gum arabic
but II It makes the sash too stiff you
can easily take the stiffening out by
dipping II in plain water and waiting
until II s almost dry before you iron IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
What ls This Poem?
'6i'or Of Womans Page:

To the Editor Of Womdr's Page:
Dear Madam.-will you please publish
in your column a poem? I know IL is
about a little girl telling her daddy that
she is as tired Of her play as he Is of his
work. but | don't know any more of II.
BETTY f. d.
Can reader help Betty E.. d. with
this? ! cannot recognize the poem from
lust this much although perhaps II IL
were familiar I could identify II, Is Il
by an old poet. or was II written In
modern times" will be glad to publish
II. II T. is not too long. If ANYBODY can
tell what II is and will send Il in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
nv MRS. NJ. 4. WILSON
opptep,. 1890. oy Mrs ". 4. wilson.

copyrteh'. 1870, BY Mrs ". 4 WILSON.
#' An Ri1hts Reserved.
MANY requests for meatlcss dishes
1Nl during the warm weather bring this
dpv's food talk to this important SUB
iert. When substituting vegetable dlShcs
for meat. IL must be kept plainly IN
mind that the protein content ot thc
meat must be added to these dishes II
ehould be in the form of milk, cheese,
eggs and dried legumes.
The following are some suggestive
dishes which may be used very success
fully TO replace the meat dishes.
Baked green and red peppers or to
matoes. Cut the tops and then scoop out
the contents and then fill with any OF
the following filings; cheese and finely
minced cold cooked macaroni cheese and
breadcrumbs; egg custard; corn pud-
ding.
Egg plant may be boiled and then
baked and made into pudding or GRO
qucttcs. Corn. oysters and ompIct au
grafin are available also. Tomato,
stuffed and baked, au gratin aud in frit
ters Vegetarian roast made into com
bination of various vegetables. Cheese.
in outlets, crouuettcS, Soutties and pud-
dings. Eggs. devilcd. a la Ncwburg. nu
gratin, outlets. stuffed. fried and the
usual boiled. also omcets, fried and
poached
These foods provide an ample variety
for those who desire to eliminate meat
from their diet during the warm weather
to come
Some Filling fer Peppers and Tomatoes
Cook one quarter pound Of ma"aroni
and then cool and chop very tn'. race
four tablespoons of bacon fat or other
good shortening in frying pan and
then add one cup of finely chopped
onions. Cook until the onions are soft
taking care not to let the onions color.
then add the macaroni and
Tpo tablespoons of finely minced
parsley,
One teaspoon Of salt.
One-hab teaspoon of pepper.
One-hab cup Of grated cheese.
stir to blend and then fill into each
peppers or tomatoes, which have been
prepared as directed Place in n baking
pan and add one half cup of water for
every four tomatoes or peppers and this
will prevent them from bursting while
baking. Bake in Il hot oven for thirty
minutes and then serve with cream.
parsley sauce This amount will NIL eight
mf0luin SlSeu p'pp'iN WI '''"''''-'
Cheese and Bread Crumb Filling
NIiuce five onions very fine and then
place FIVE tablespoons of fat in frying
nan and add the onious. Cock until soft
but not brown and then add
One cup Of cottage o. pot cheese,
Ttco greeu peppers. minced hnc'
Ono teaspoon Of sal,
One halt teaspoon Of pCPpe".
One eighth teaspoon Of thyme,
aOne and ono quarter cups ot hnc
ou&Wbs,
~ 4)0e- sceH- beaten CG0.
Onst hdif cup Of milk.
Mix and then fill into either toma
toes or peppers and bake as directed in
the cheese and macaroni filing.
Egg Custard
Prepare medium tomatoes. taking
care not to break the skin while scoop
inx out. Place in large individual Gus
tard cups and add one tablespoon Of
water to each cup. Now place in a
bowl
-Four eggs,
Seren elghthS cup Of milk.
One-hdT teaspoon 4 salt, q,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
How to Get aid Of Him

Dear Cynthia--A few weeks ago met
boy who used to 20 10 school with me.
| invited him into the house, but not for
as long as he stayed. which was eight
hours Since then he comes almost every
day uninvited and stays a long time
he - very ungentlemanly and has bad
manners. As do not care for his com
pany, ! would like TO know how to dis
continue his acquaintante without in
sultlng him. BORED.
simply have whoever answers the bell
when he calls say that you are not at
home. lYou are not. to him, so 1t Is per-
fectly all right to say.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
Adventures
With a Purse

WELL. have all sorts Of odd, ~.
w ends TO tell you about today TIA
are the tennis racquets--practice ras'
quets, ! rather fancy one would 81,
them. They are quite light in weivht
ana | believe are especially recommend.;
ming to think Of vacation. perbon"e esln.
will be even more interested in ,i iyou
than when I told you of them bot.em'
The remarkable part is their prics
fifty cents each.
Do you know Of any one who ro,,,
welcome the gift Of an attractive hvo.95
plate? saw some today. of n wall
known silver plate. repriced from 81 5o
to STD. Each is Of a smart long nap
row shape. and each has O very prett,
ing, with pretty little Madeira cor..
on it, one Of these trays would cer,o;s,rr ,;vsr
look nice on the table. And sure,v ~.
price is most reasonable. '"'
And speaking of bread trays var,
naturally leads me to the subject !,
bread knives. j care little whether vor
like your bread cut as thin as that nssJ
IN the cucumber sandwiches in one ~
Mr.. Wilde's plays (which one was 4
by the .wayD or whether you like II %
thick that were you to drop a pieco ~
any one. the result would be perma nor, NV
injury, just the same, no matter bor.
you like your bread, you want a coos
knife with which to cut Il. This beoyr
wooden handled steel knife bears ahoyy,,
1t a sign Guaranteed to cut bread ill.,
wildfirp - And althouoh ho,a A'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

silk, attractiyely and simply made,
is trimmed solely with its own
stripes, arranged the other way OF
the material. The hat is one Of
the popular white tafieta ones will,
soft crown oncircled with ON
broidcred flowers
4 Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
TT Is wise drcssmaker who knows
L enough to let a striking fabric fur
uish its own trimming. Striking fabrics
are all very well. provided, OF course,
that you do not make them commonplace
and characterlcss by adding trimmings
and accessories and embellishments
that only cloud the whole effect.
Now as YOU know very we'll, stripes
have been in very good style for the
last two or three months. You will
see charming fabrics III all the shops.
But you really ought to see how those
stripes are used by the clever dress
makers before wearing striped frockS
of your own manufacture.
In the sketch today | am showing
you the way n summer silk of striped
design has been made up. The colors
are brown and sand. and the frOck
is extremely practical, for. of course,
II il washable ana summer SILK comes
up from repeated washings looking as
crisp and soft as ever. The entire
trimming of the dress consists in re-
versing the stripes for the bands on the
skirt. the vest and the cdging of the
white silk collar aud cuffs.
Now. although this is simple de-
vice. il requires careful workmanship.
You may be surprised perhaps not to
find this mode of self trimming used
more frequently in expensive frocks.
But the fact really is that il calls
for careful Workmanship. 1t is not
the sort of thing that you can accom-
plish without careful attention to youl
work.
Pink hats. to be sure, are in higl
favor, but as the season advances you
will see that thc women at. some o
the smartest resorts are leaning toward
pure white hats. white hats without q
vcstige of any color on them. There i.
white taffeta hat worn with the frocl
shown in the skct"" today. The crown
is soft and light Of weight and aroun,
the base there are embroidered flowers
Copyright. 1920 by Florence RoseD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
HOnOrLiSt

Mrs. A. MuLrihW
5543 North Fifth Street
Menu
Baked Lamb Pie with New Potato
Green Peas
Vegetable Salad with French Dressing
Rolls and Butter
Cup Custard with Lady Fingers
Tea
Sales slip,
j pound st"wing lamb ............S a.
small new potatoes .......... nj
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
The Prize Menu Contest

"t ftst ntto SVtssS"'
offers three prizes for the best
menu for a dollar anda half dinner
for four persons. The prizes are as
follows:
First. $3.50.
Second. 81.
Third, 81. ...
Your menu must consist of foods
that are staple and inl season. A
sales slip for all materials used must
accompany it. Your name and ad.
dress and the date must be clearly
written Address all menus to
Mrs. Wilson's Menu Contest
EUeniRg Public Ledger
Independence Square
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
Please TcHsMe
What to DO
By cYNrHIA
y Cannot Print Lettar

III. ~ B. B.--Cynthia Is sorry. but she
cannot put her column 70 such usage.
Send such communication to the> per-
sonal column under the paid advertising.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
MRS. WILSON SUGGESTS
~ SOME MEAT SUBSTITUTES
Eggs TGriou Ways Stuffed Peppers Tomatoes Eggplant
l and Corn in Fritters Pudding Are Al Delicious

One quarter teaspoon Of pepper,
TW0 drops of onion extract,
Two drops Of celery ertrdct.
Beat to mix thoroughly and then
place one tablespoon Of fine bread
crumbs in each tomato. Fill with GUS
tard and dust the top of each one win
paprika. Set the cups in a baking
pan and bake in n slow oven for forty
minutes. Remove from the oven anu
let stand for two minutes. Then tnrn
on slice Of toast and serve With either
cream or tomato sauce.
Corn Pudding
Score and scrape the corn from six
medium sized ears and then place IN
mixing bowl and add
One onion grated,
-Four tablespoons Of finely minced
parsley.
Ono teaspoon of salt.
One teaspoon Of pdprikd,
Three cg1S.
one cup Of milk.
Beat to mix and then pour in well,
creased custard cups. Set the cuStard
cups in n pan and add Satcr to about
one half depth of the cups. Bake in
slow oven for thirty minutes. Remove
from the oven and let stand for two
minutes. Take knife and loosen from
the edge aud then turn on n thin slice
of toast. Garnish with finely minced
parsley and then serve with cream
sauce.
Egg Plant
Cut tho egg plant in half from stem
to blossom end. Scoop out the water
and then parboil. Drain well. Now
take tho cheese and macaroni filling
aud add thr cooked pulp Of the egg
plant. Fin back into the shell: round
up well. Brush with beaten egg and
then cover with fine crumbs. Bake in
n hot oven for thirty minutes, and then
bastp each half Of egg plant with two
tablespoons Of salad oil. Serve with
cheese sauce.
Egg Plant Croquettes
Place
one CRp Of milk.
Eicht tablespoons o. -four
in n saucepan and stir to dissolve the
flour. Bring to o hoil and then cook
slowly for three minutes. Add the
well drained pulp of egg plant, pre-
pared as for baking
One onion 0rdtcd =.
-Four fnblcspoous Of finely minced
parsley
One teaspoon Of salt.
One halt teaspoon Of pepper.
Mix and then cook for three minutes
longer. stirring constantly. Turn on
a platter and set to cool. Form into
croauettes and then dip in beaten egg
and fine crumbs. Fry until golden
brown in hot fat. Serve with cheese
sauce.
To prepare the egg plant. pare and
cut into dice and then cover with boil
ing water and cook until tender. Drain
by turning into piece OF cheesecloth
and squeezing out all the water.
Corn Oysters
Crate the corn from four large ears
and then place in a bowl and add
ono c1G.
Three quarters cup ot milk,
/ One and one half cups OF -four,
One teaspoon of salt.
Trro teaspoons Of baking powdcr.
OrC-haF teaspoon of pdprikn,
Two teaspoons Of grated onion.
Four tablespoons Of finely minced
parsley, .s' .t .- -
Beat TO mix and then fry like frit-
ters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

Helene Clarke Roseberry
Colonial Trust Building
Menu
Fruit Cocktail
New Potatoes Buttered Beets
Creamed Onions
short Ribs of Beef. Brown Gravy
Lettuce salad
Rhubarb
Bread aud Butter Demi TaSss
Sales slip
! orange ...... ............,...,S .05
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

THEN there's page of models from
i Vionnet, who designs only for pri'
vate clientele of distinguished Pari'
siennes and some late summer gowns
from Paris that whisper secrets of the
autumn mode. Pages of buyable delights,
the Paris letter speaking with the voice
of authority, and articles, drawings and
photographs, covering every interest OF
midsummer in this issue of Vogue, ,.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
The Question Corner
Todoy's Inquiries

|. What will remove more dust and
fresbcn carpet after swccning?
.. In stcnriling. what kind of
brush should always be used?
3. What material is used a great deal
this season for dresses and trim
ming?
(. How Aan white shoes that are
stained be given a cleaning that
will do until there is time to
whiteu them?
>. What will give the proper dress
ing TO organdie after it is washed?
G. Describe convenient table on
which to bathe n young baby.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
Yesterdays Answers

Yesterdays Answers
|. Ink stains can be. removed from
desk with weak solution of
spirits of inter.
;. When a rattan porch chair begins
to sag and lose IT'S spring. il eau
be tightened M if it is thoroughly
sprinkled with a hose and allowed
to dry. in the sun. -. g..... ..a., ~
8. An attractive trimming used on
the short sleeve Of blue serge
dress is frill. made of loops of
gray wool set close together.
1. 4 rose -colored silk lining will
give a pretty glow to a cretonne
lamp shade.
,. A light coat Of vaseline rubbed in
thoroughly is a good lotion" for
old. shabby leather furniture.
6. White taffeta is very popular for
summer sport or afternoon hats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

I ANVIN improvises on theme of
IL taffeta-Jenny, Cheruit and others
introduce variations in chiffon velvet,
popln, bright silks and the all-highest or
candle. Brilliant little hats under wells
of lace or hand-blocked chiffon, frOcks
that contrast gay silks with white serge
and, since all outdoors is being done this
season, Vogue shows motor clothes in
French and American versions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

Sketched with this trock Is a 9a''9
colopred hat Of telt ~ith rooon
loops aud topping the blue fr'eo,
tine coat is a small leather AS'
stitched tcith bloc
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

Assorted styles Of aluminium.
The six will hold a full package
of Jiffy-Jell. Send us six %
trademarks and we will mail you
the set OF six, valued at 90 cents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

realize things like that themselves. It's
so perfectly easy to walk straight II you
just think about it,
The Lamar register., 1920-09-08
CHINESE TURNING TO SPORTS
Necessity for Physical Culture is Be-
ginning to Be Recognized In the
New Republic.

Physical culture and all types OF
athletics were, until very recently.
held in contempt by the Chinese, ami
consequently the Shanghai boys did
not know what the JOY Of INDUCING In
baseball and other sports meant. says
Boys Life. Ages ago chariot driving
archery and The other classic sports
played an important part In chinese
education. With the dawning OF
China's literary golden age, however
the scholars could not see how mental
perfection could be attained if there
was any thought OF athletic .prowess
Muscles and Drawn, they said. be-
longed TO the peasant. and the gentle
Ian OF culture should show his good
breeding by scholarly pallor, stopped
shoulders and general unhealthy up
pearance.
This attitude toward physical devel-
opment persisted for centuries, and II
has been only within the last few de-
cades that interest has been vouch'
safed in sports. With the lntroduc'
tion of new educational methods and
the entrance of occidental theories
into the orient. athletics once more
came into their own and the Chinese
student tucked up his cue and his
dignity and went in for pole vaulting
and hurdling.
China has now the idea that ma
lions economic progress depends large
ly on the healthy bodies and minds
of its citizens. and missionaries find
uttIa difficulfy in winning subsrriD.
tions for athletic fields for the schools
The Lamar register., 1920-09-08
First jap Woman Journalist.

The first japanese woman to edit n
woman's page In her country. Miyo
Kohashi Is studying journalism at Co
lumbia university In preparation for
teaching journalism In the Tokyo
Union college next year. decade ago
women journalists were unheard Of
and unthought Of 10 Japan. Now
many women are growing Interested in
the profession. but very few Of them
have had special training for The work.
That is why Miss KOhashi Is preparing
to teach the subject. Women in
Japan are liking the newspaper pro
fessIon," says Miss kohashi. "and al
ready In Tokyo We have club Of
twenty women journalists. Miss Ko-
hashi Is the japanese representative
of an Interesting group OF women stu
dents Of 33 nati0naiitles who form the
international FdYer Of the Y W c. A.
at Columbia university.