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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
| SUFFERED
Three YEARS
Finally was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Lowell, Mass.-"I was Ill run down and
had an awful pain in my right side, was
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
Marital Erankness

Hubby-'I can't help it. I'm doing
my best TO get ahead" Wifey-"Well,
heaven knows you need one"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
politeness

Poiitcness has boon aell defined ais
-offi.. ,lrire in Snau tHugs Nureti'.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
Stock Raising In
CANADA

Is as profitable as grain growing.
Successes as wonderful as those from
growing wheat, oats, barley, and flax
have been made in raising Horses.
Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Bright,
sunny climate, nutritious grasses,
good water, enormous fodder crops
these spell success to the farmer and
stock raiser. And remember, you can
buy ON easy terms
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24

HE American School Of Wild Life PRO
lection and Propagation at McGregof
Iowa-the region of the proposed Mis-
sissippi Valley National park-is the
outward and visible sign of an inward
and spiritual desire to give the stud!
and knowledge of nature its rightIu'
place in our twentieth century scheme
of life.
The American people are a nation
of ,ovarc of tho heautiful In nature.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24

An elephant does not catch mice
Latin Proverb.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-09-24
Farm Land at
$l6 to $40 an Acre

land equal to that which through
many years has yielded from 70 to ~
land convenient to good grain farms at
proportionately low prices. These lands
have every rural convenience; good
etc. close to live towns and good mar
kets.
II you want to get back to the farm. or
to farm on larger scale than Is pos
sible under your present conditions.
Investigate what Western Canada has
to OFFER you.
For Illustrated literature with maps and
particular regarding reduced railway
rates, location Of land, etc. apply t.
Dept. Of Immigration. Ottawa, Can. -
Wv. BENNETT
9eem 4 Bee Bldg. 0maha, NsA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
THE CYCLONE WHO READS
HIS PAPER ON THE TRAIN
Looks Very Quiet and Composed Until He Turns PdseAna
Then He Behaves if He We're Prdctic'ng the breast
Stroke for Next Summers Summing - .&

ily, makes a vicious plunge toward your
hat and comes up still clutching the
paper-you half expect to see him snake
his head to get the water out OF his ears.
You know. you are absolutely GER
tain that before you reach your desti
nation this cyclone is going to miscaI-
culate his distance and knock. your
hat a terrific blow.
And you hope he will: maybe. You
think, trustfully, that will quiet him a
little.
DUT il doesn't With the very next
- dive his left hand grazes the brim,
turns your hat around on your head and
leaves you with n sickening knowledge
that you look perfectly ridiculous, and
would be more so IL yon put up hand
to straighten your hat.
He apologies politely, and covers his
evident embarrassment by swaying out
to catch the other side Of his paper In
the same old impetuous way.
With your hat awry and that lock OF
hair drooping discOnsolately over one
eye you ride IN. leaning desperately but
determinedly over the outside of the
seat Safety first.
And the worst Of IL is that you never
can tell by looking at him whether
man Is cyclone or not: he may be
perfectly quiet and well behaved until
he opens his newspaper.
LIE IS like the ladylike person who
L i sits next to you in the theatre. She
IL very pleasant neighbor until she
decides to remove her wraps.
And then she seems like the 'rube'
acrobat In the circus. She wears just a.
many clothes and she goes through just
as many gymnastics.
What pleasing sensation II would be
to see them sitting together In the train
on one of these days that are cold and
fur coated outside and warmly steam
heated In the cars. ..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Making More Money
Mrs. Snyder's Nickel

With the possible exception of n mil
lionaire publisher who started his busi-
ness career with three pennies. It IS
doubtful II there is any story Of success
In this country equaled by that of Mrs.
Ora Snyder. whose total working capital
at the beginning Of her adventure in
commerce was one nickel.
Ask Mrs Snyder how she did II and
she will very probably reply, 'Tt was
just joke at first. 1t seems to me that
! have always known how to mako good
candy. Even as a child used to turn
out the best fudge and taffy in the
Eeighborhood and, after I was married,
l would often remark 10 my husband.
4 could start paying candy business
en- a five-cent piece why don't your
was his laughing answer-and ono day
l took up the dare. Things weren't as
high in those days as they are now, SO
| got a cupful cf sugar, little milk
Gnd some chocolate fer my nickel made
the fudge and took 1t around to little
store In the neighborhood OF n school
and asked them to sell II for me. Less
than an hour had passed when ! got n
phone call for mere.
II was determined to make that orig
inal nickel go just as far as 1t pos
sbly could, so collected the receipts
for my first batch, paid the storeiSeeper
his commission and invested the sur
plus in more ingredients. Six days later
! had $4.15 cash capital, or exactly
eighty-five times what I had started
with. Then l decided to brancn' out. So
rented a portion OF a counter in .
little coffee store downtown, put five
tins of fudge on the counter and sold
cut in fou" hours. The rest has Just been
careful attention to detail. constant su.
rervision over the ingredients used and
the methods followed. and continual re-
sistance to the temptation to grow too
rapidly
THE rest" as Mrs. Snyder alludes to
II consists of four thriving candy shops
in the busiest sections Of Chicago and
a business that keep scores Of people
usy-in addition to bringing In a five
figured income to it's proprietor.
Tomorrow-"I Don't Like That"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
An Important Decision

TONY missed Charlotte more than he
would have believed possible The
old pleasures that had once meant so
much to him had lost their excitement
He was restless and uneasy. He wanted
his wife and son. and he realized that
his feeling for Charlotte had deepened
immeasuraby. He had been home two
days when he began to look around for
apartments. and he finally located four
rooms. with a kitchenette and bath. in a
remodeled. old-fashioned house on Park
avenue. They were large and very light,
and like a small boy with delightful
new toy he began TO plan excitedly
on the furnishings.
Mrs. Hartman was furious when he
told her. but Tony's father approved
That's fine, boy. start in on your
own" he said encouragtngly, and once
more Evelyn Hartman was cheCkmated
Tony took her to see the place, and she
went because she could not do other
wise. She did not want n break between
herself and her son, she must keep her
hand in somewhere. and for the present
she decided to humor him.
Shall / help you select the furni-
ture?" she asked eagerly. when they
had gone through the rooms and she
had admitted that they were attractive
and in a good neighborhood.
He shook his head mo, l want Char
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

lid you ever sit next to the cyclone
- on your way to town on the train?
lie doesn't look like a cyclone; he
is often quietly dressed. well-groomed'
unassuming in appearance and extreme
ly polite about moving IN toward the
window to give you plenty Of room.
lie is reading newspaper.
There's nothing especially cyclonic
about this mere fact ; most Of the other
people in the car are doing exactly the
same thing.
But that's the mere fact wait until
yom see the performance
He is reading intently when you first
sit down. and he holds the paper still
and straight so that he can see every
word.
And then he turns over a page.
With a murderous swoop Of his arm
he swings out the page he has been
reading, missing your eye by half an
inch and blowing that lock of hair"
over your right temple completely out
of place with the breeziness Of the
movement.
You recover from your fright suf-
ficiently to reach up and try once more
to find u parking place for that lock. "
A ND just as you do so he RECEIVERS
n from his mighty swing. and with q
swaying motion of his shoulder rights
the newspaper and shakes it out
smoothly. thereby jolting your hand 80
that "that lock- Is further dislocated
With sigh of relief you notice that
he has calmed down for another few
minutes at least, while he takes in the
news on that page.
Your attention wanders to the woman
across the aisle (who has on a stun =
ming pair of shoes).
And the man beside you yawns lust
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
MRS. WILSON GIVES RECIPE
II FOR TWO OLDEN-TTME CAKES
One Requires Whites of Eggs, the Other Uses Up the Yos
Proper Method of Making Correct Measurements
Is Necessary
BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

Copyright, 1870. By Mrs., ~. A. wilson. All
rights rcservcd.J
Ny Dear Mrs. Wilson-Will YOU
kindly give me n recipe for white
cake which fail to find. having used
IL long ago? Will describe IL as fine
grained. moist and dclicately tender.
baked in three thick layers. with
filling Of the nature Of a hard sauce.
with cocoa. Thanking YOU in ad-
svnnce, MRS. ii. A. W.
FTNHE delicious old time cake has
4 again returned to favor and the real
succesS of it depends upon the careful
mixing and measuring of the ingredi =
.ents. To measure correctly, Use stand
ard half pint and level measuring cups,
tea and tablespoons.
Sift the -four and sugar once and
then lightly fill into the cup. filling il
heaping high, and then level with a
knife. taking care not to shake or jar.
because this packs the sugar and flour.
For the level tea and tablespoons. fill
fhe spoon and then level with the back
of the knife. A level tea and table
spoon means all that lies in the bowl and
the spoon below and on level with the
edges, no matter how little or how much.
This careful measurement Is necessary
for success in cake making.
Now. for this particular cake, Use
three deep layer-c cake pans. Line the
bottoms with dish of paper and then
grease and -four the pans and set aside
until needed Now place in a mixing
bowl:
Tico and three quarters cups of level
popdered sugar,
-Four and halt cups Of -four.
Tro lcrcl tablespoons Of baking
poicder,
Z One half lerel teaspoon Of nutmeg.
Sift four times and then add:
Ttco and three quarters cups Of mix.
Three quarters cup of melted and
cooled butter or butter substitute.
One teaspoon of almond fdroring.
then cut and fold in the stiffly beaten
whites Of four eggs. The manner in
which you put in the whites Of eggs
will either make or mar your cake.
Scald the bowl and egg beater with
boiling water and then rinse under cold
water. Wipe very dry on an abso-
lutely clean towel. The least suspi
cion Of grease will spoil this cake. Do
this before beginning to mix the cake.
Now beat the eggs until white and dry
and little tiny point appears when the
egg beater is lifted from the mixture.
Carefully remove the egg beater, remem-
perlnR that III you Stlr or move the
white of egg after beating it stiff. il
will return to liquid condition. As
you cannot see this when il is in the
cake, this is what often causes trouble.
Now turn the white of egg on the
prepared cake batter and cut and fold
into the batter. To cut and fold. lift
the mixing spoon and remove the batter.
then cut down through the center of
the stiffly beaten white Of egg aud cake
batter and turn the batter over the
white of egg. Tap the spoon gently
against the side of the bowl to release
the batter and then turn the bowl half
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Cheer Up, Young Man

Dear Cynthia-Please publish this an
swer TO Tippydodeevee.
hesitate about writing a reply. to
your letter. but It seems as though |
just cannot contain myself any longer
since the opportunity has arisen.
cannot conceive of a young Apollo
like you drifting on in this wonderful
world without some charming Miss cling
ing to your arm. To my mind, you are
the ideal type any girl in her right
frame OF mind can love and especially
since you are a fellow who can play the
banjo. mandolin and that won-der-ful'
dreamy instrument called the saxophone.
Well. Tippydodeevee: I must say that
you are the ideal Of my dreams. You
are just the kind of fellow I have pic
tured and have been hoping to meet for
some time. Whether you are from MIS-
souri, or elsewhere does not offend me
In the least. since I have always had
a fondness for foreigners particularly
So don't worry. 80 pulcherima juNen-
tate" for the1, is one little heart beat
ing for you, even though, alas, you do
not know who | am. DoLLf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Mrs. Wilson Trdrels
Questions Are 4ns,Uered
Send Your Recipes

way around and repeat this operation
until the white of egg is mixed evenly
in the batter. Turn into the three
prepared pans and spread little higher
on the sides than in the center. Bake
in hot oven for eighteen minutes.
Cool. Now put together with mocha
cream filling and ice with mocha cream
icing. First let us prepare the entire
icing. Place in n warm mixing bowl
seven tablespoons of butter or butter
substitute. and cream well. Then add
One rhOie egg.
Cream again.
One and one quarter package Of con-
fectiorer's sugar,
Ttco- thirds cup OF cocoa.
Sir tablespoons Of boiling tcdter.
One teaspoon Of mocha ertrCCt.
Beat until creamy and then use this
to spread between the layers and TO
ice the cake. Or you may make icing
without cocoa and then lift just enough
to spread between the layers and add
just sufficient cocoa to this TO give the
desired color.
Use the leftover yolks Of eggs in a
butter sponge sake.
Butter Sponge Cake
Place in warm mixing bowl
Fire tablespoons Of butter or il. sub.
Stitutc,
IolkS Of four eggs.
One and one quarter cups OF sugar.
Cream until light lemon color and
then add
One half cup OF rGter.
One and ono halt cups Of siftcd -four.
Three lcrcl teaspoons Of baking
poirder.
One iersi teaspoon o. Fdrorirc.
Beat just enough 70 mix aud then
bake in slow oven for thirty five min.
utes. Cool and then turn from ran
and dust with powered sugar.
II this recipe is too large divide IN
half and use two small deep layer CAKE
Dans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Girl He Loves Is Older

Isear Cynthia-Please give this note
YOUR worthy consideration, as you have
those of others, and in return l thank
you. >,
| am n man of twenty-seven. More
than n year ago | met became well ac-
uuainted with and have learned TO love
a girl four and half years my senior.
| feel quite sure that she Is fully capa-
BILE of making a worthy life companion.
But / am faced with the well -establshed
law or custom that the husband should
be as old as II not older than the wife
| vii! welcome your opinion on this.
as well as that of your readers. through
the column. What consideration should
age receive? II. B'
There have been many happy mar
riages where the wife has been four or
FIVE years older. 1t depends entirely on
the persons concerned. Sometimes
man of twenty-seven is older than
woman of thirty-one or two simply be-
cause he has seen more of the world and
men and has had more experience. II
this girl respects you and does not think
she knows much more because Of her
superior age, It seems that there would
be no reasonable reason for not declaring
YOUR love CYNTHIA knows OF many such
alliances that have been extremely happy
ones.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30

!otte TO select most 0. y he-s-.. It's
gong 70 be her home. that is. hope K
VIII De And his jaw hardened To
have Charlotte back with him. eager and
dream OF his life just now.
he wrote TO her Of the new place and
OF mis- plans. and Charlotte sat for a long
time with the letter on her lap her eyes
up and sought her mother, who. as usual.
was working in the kitchen. The maid
who had been installed by Tony Mrs.
Graves had dismissed as shftless
Why. ! can get through the work in
half the time" she had said in explana-
tion. and Abner had. OF course approved,
as he approved of all economy,
Mother Charlotte said. coming TO
the point at once. and speaking In that
deliberate way she had OF late II think
must go back to Tony now. Ii isn't
sair to keep junior away from him. and
here's his letter. You'll understand when
you read It,"
Mrs. Graves read the closely written
lines carefully, and when she had finish
ed she nodded apprOvingly.
i think would go back. dear; you
ought to make the best Of things and
Tony Is trying hard to make you forget
the past"
And 1t was soathat Charlotte returned
to the city. n clear-eyed self-contaIned
woman with a crown OF ash blonde hair
and wide blue eyes that had deepened to
violet. She was no longer Il charming
child, but the mother OF a baby. She
was no longer blinded with hero wor-
ship when she looked at Tony, she saw
him with disllusioned eyes eyes that
saw his weaknesses. but she could not
help realizing that this was a different
Tony. this man who was her babys
father and whom she did not love, was
more than kind 10 her. He was consld-
crate OF her slightest wish. and he did
not seem to notice that the clothes she
wore were not new and were slightly
small for her. She wondered curiously
about life as she sat In the Pullman
with the baby on pillow beside her
ard Tony across the way. She was not
happy, but there was curious feeling
Of peace in her heart as though she
had done the right thing, and was play
ing the game, She felt strong, too able
10 cope with any situation, and the future
no longer had any fears for her.
tTOmOrrOw-The New HomeD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
THE UNNELCOINE WIFE
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright. 1880. BY Public Ledo,- Co

Anthony Hdrrimdn's marriage TO
Charlotte Graves. a girl beneath him
socially. tUdS great disappointment
to Mrs. Hdrrimdn. Uho had expected
Tony to marry Edith COmstock. a girl
NSf his o,cn set Charlotte tUdS treated
she did tCdS so criticised that she
finally ran dtCdu and rent back TO her
childhood home pithout telling any
one that she Wds TO become q mother.
Tonys discovery Of this on the night
his son Uds born and Charlotte being
nearly taken dtCdy from him, brougnt
him to a realization Of tchdt a cad he
had been. He Stcors 10 make II all up
to Charlotte, but during her conrd-
leScerce II ICdS PLAIN TO see that she
had changed. Tony TGS finally forced
to return to the city t0tthOut her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
A Midwinter Wedding

To me Editor Of WonuuS PdOc:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly PRINT
in your paper the following:
Which is the most appropriate. Should
gloves be worn by a bride and her at
tendants at wedding to take place at
noon in January. or not?
How can one find out beforehand If
certain day Ig to be clear?
on the way TO church, should the
bride be accompanied by her father, who
will give her away, or by the maid OF
honor?
4 CONSTANT READER.
At church wedding It is really better
form to wear gloves, especially II you
and your bridesmaids wear the eX-
tremely short sleeves that are 30 often
worn this year. But. although gloves are
worn more this season than they have
been for several years, 1t Is not consd-
cred absolutely necessary to wear them
II you have no definite feelings upon
the matter yourself. perhaps you can
decide It this way, II your dresses have
extremely short sleeves, wear gloves; if
the sleeves are elbow or three-quarter
length. go without the gloves In either
case YOU will be correct.
II Is impossible for any one but 4 per-
son who has studied weather conditions
TO forecast the weather for certain day.
BY keeping close account Of all the fore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
WHAT'S WHAT
Ry HELEN nErIE

Naea a woman HAS recognized man
In passing with a bow and perhaps a
word Of greeting, he lifts his hat, re-
morning, good-afternoon or good -evening
In the same form of words. If he wishes
TO speak to her at greater length. he
should not expect her to halt on the
pavement for any discussion. When
inen gather in literal .knots'' of this
sort, they are merely obstructing the
path Of passersby, but when woman
tIon w,tb On ,ne s,deTaa tSsre 10 no'a
loss of dignity involved In the action.
II there Is something really important
about which he must speak to her, man
should ask the woman's permission to
walk on with her for a while, until he
has said his say. On the other hand If
she has some matter Of interest to dis
cuss with him, 1t Is her privilege to ask
him TO walk her way for few minutes
for the purpose of exchanging speech
concerning the subject in mind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Anent Christmas Gifts

Dear Cynthia-Having helped me once
before. l come again asking for your
kind wisdom. | am q young man sev-
in an office where a woman of about
thirty-five happens to be my boss. Is Il
my duty 10 send her a Christmas gift.
or will postal card do? In the same
office there is young lady who Is the
stenographer, and while we are in the
office we get along very friendly.
Should ] buy her gift? Or II not.
what would be the proper thing to do?
SEEKING AID.
Send pretty Christmas cards, not pos
t3ls, to both women.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
Things You'll Lope to Make
MoxContoiner
Candy Box

Just a little remembrance to send
friend on Christmas morning! A wax
container Is painted a pretty, light color.
such az pale pirk, blue or yellow. The
flowers or other decorations are done in
black and darker shades Of the color OF
the background, Loops OF dainty ribbon
ornament the cover. These loops are
used also as the handle by passing one
end Of the ribbon through mole made
in the center of the cover. and knotting
It underneath. If this wax Container
candy box Is lined with tissue paper and
will surely be welcomed FLORA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
To Lonesome

Lonesome-Ask A TO go with you. and
when you get there Introduce him to the
other girls as well Always be willing
to share your friends; that helps to make
Il girl popular. Also be interested In
little sentence, "There are just about
two fellows in this town l take an In
terest in," gave me n bit of insight
dear. Be interested in others and soon
you'll feel interested
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
4 Crepe Yell

Women in mourning frnon"n'l% 'l's"r",
long crepe wells and trimmings, not be-
cause they are ruined hv III ""i"
because the owners do not know how
TO care for the material properly wnrn
il is wet. 1t should be dried Immediately
sprpading it out, but not near the fire
II II is stained with mud. clean II with
cold water, and dry away from the fire
air and sunshine. II. J.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
"Cozy" to the "Plebe"

Dear Cynthia--Will you kindly print
these four lines in answer to the
"Plebe"?
We. none Of us, know one another
And oft in error may fall,
Then let us speak well of each other;
When we cant, let us not speak at all.
COZY.
Is this stir-rictly original, Cozy?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-30
The Question Corner
TOday'S Inquiries

!. How can plain unb'eachcd mus
lin laundry bag be made attractive
enough 10 give as a Christmas
present?
:. describe novel trimming for the
edge of an Overskirt OF serge.
}. How is novel vanity bag made
to be carried with an evening
cloak?
1, What use can be made of a plush
p0rtiere that is worn and faded?
). In what striking color scheme is
an appropriate bridesmaids froCk
carried out for the late November
wedding?
s. OF what material can real"
hair be made for a rag doll?