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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-31
Please Tell Me
What to Do
by CYNTHIA
Marole Upholds Cynthia

Dear Cynthia--I heartily agree VIII
you and loudly disagree with Wniey.
on the subject of young man cues
for taking girl out for an evening
entertainment. ,,..
II he thinks the conventional habits
Of a fellow paying a girls admission 70
a dance In unsatisfactory. why not yen
the girl II is to be Dutch treat petore
extending the invitation?
II Is my opinion that a number OF giris
make as large salary as tnelr Ooy
friends, 80 II II would suit the boys TOT
us to pay "fifty-ffty." vote Tor II.
Perhaps they wouldn't like II SO much
II they were made conspicuous by their
girl companions paying the fare In the
street cars
No doubt there is n circle" where
girl has to pay for any slight attention
of n man, but the young men the aver.
age business girl meets are not OF that
type. thank goodness -
Understand, Cynthia, l don't believe
any respectable. sincere girl should az
low a man to spend large amounts OF
money on h"r, or buy her expensive
presents. ~ rss they intend to marry
because II would be a dishonorable trick
In this "fifty-fifty" world of ours.
Whitley" certainly is "sorehead, or
an Indian giver. Probably both.
]. bet IL he were to advertise that fact
among his feminine friends. he would
also be digging his social grave. because
the girls don't want anything given In
his style MARGIE.
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Danny Defines Love and Denies II

SdVVy ceHUSo AoNS anu SS"So -
Dear Cynthia-Please let me write q
Mcwizzburgh. you indeed are, SEN
stble young man and they are hard 10
f1nd.
Did you read c. RS letter? 1t sure
did make me laugh. He also had the
love disease but walt. bet he Is hand
been In every dance hall out don I
mean to insult him and hope don't,
This is what the girls OF today call
love.
A handsome face
man with a lot of money.
nifty dresser and n dancer.
But. Mr. McWizzburgh, they don't last
and will never make a wife happy
When a girl gets nice looking man,
lots of money. etc, she imagines she
why divorces are In style. III they would
only marry for character And look far
into the future first, there would be
fewer unhappy couples. I still say love
prove It isn't? c. r.. sit down and read
| this letter over three times and let me
see you prove there Is love. McWizz-
burgh. let US see II he can solve our
| puzzle.
Cleo. have patience; marry a man for
his character and not for love. Dear
Cynthia, please print this letter and
hope II isn't too long.
A Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year.
NcWizzburgh. write. Ike to read
your letters. They are sensible.
DANNY.
Danny. you are almost as funny as
Nineteen" You demand marriage fol
character. Well, dear child. admiration
and respect for character is the very
foundation Of true love. Your idea Of
love isn't love at all. Your idea OF mar.
riage. founded on solid admiration OF
fine traits, is right and Is just what C
r wants and all the rest of US. who
know there Is nothing greater than love
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-31
MRS.. WILSON ARRANGES
MEALS FOR THE WEEK END
Some Winter Vegetables That Are Prepared Different
to Tary the Monotony of Carrots, Tmnips and Beets

Oriental Lamb Potpie
Sweet Home made Pickle
Spinach String Reans
Coleslaw
Fruit Pudding Coffee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-31
WHAT'S WHAT
Ky HELEN DECIE

Christmas gifts should be acknowl-
edged as politely. although perhaps not
40 promptly. as we send thanks for
Smrine the holidays will do. Also, where
there is a wide circle Of gift-givers or
uift-exchangers, acknowledging the re-
ceipt of every Christmas token consumes
a great deal of time. II a personal letter
~ any length Ia sent to every pre-
ssnter." The usual way, to bridge this
difficulty is to send New Years card
tn each giver. with a few grateful words
Of thanks. r....4, ..
NOf course. where the gift sent Is Of
,,niTial intrinsic or artistic value, Il
would be most ungracious not to write
a real letter conveying sincere and
grateful appreciation. =
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A Happy Christmas

To the Editor OF Womdns PdDe'
Dear Madam am writing to ask you
~ Won will kindly thank, through your
columns. all the good people who helped
10 make a happy Christmas for my ntue
FAMILY. / am going to send little per,
sonai notes Of thanks to MISS W. an9
Mrs, L.. but am very sorry 10 say
lost both the name and correct aauress
of the lady who lived on Maitland ave.
niue or street. think It was some par.
Of Germantown. l shall be very nappy
70 thank her with n little note IL she
will let me know her correct name anu
address. Miss w. and her Sunday schoo,
cia ases called on us Christmas Eve. anu
surely there was not b family anywhere
as happy as we we're. ! also tnank NV
EyENiNG PUBLIC LEDGER for making all
this happiness possible by publishing our
little appeal. and my little family wish
Mi the good people very happy new
wear and a very happy new year TO the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER ana 70 your
self. dear madam, Is the wish OF
A MOTHER
am SO glad that your Christmas was
On hoppy. and ] am sure the friends OF
the column who answered your letter
will be delighted to hear OF II, TOO. IL
was very thoughtful of you to write ana
iet us know about II. ] hope 1921 VIII
hiring YOU happiness and much more
prosperity and good luck.
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To "B. c."

Long white kid gloves are worn with
an evening dress II you care to wear
them, but nowadays It Is not absolutely
necessary to wear them. and II you do
they need not be kept on oil evening.
Black kid gloves may be worn II they
look better with your dress dress, a bird Of
and under ordinary circumstances Il
would be better to wear a simpler head,
dress smaller ostrich feather.
rhinestone or jeweled ornament or Il
jeweled comb would look well on either
a young girl or an older woman. Ban
deaux are also being worn this year by
young girls,
long to publish here, but II you follow
these few general rules you will not
make bad mistakes Hold all your "uten-
sils" at the end of the handle instead Of
graspng them In the middle; always
take the spoon or fork at the outside of
the array at your place first; II you
want something that is passed to you
accept It with Yes. thank you" or help
yourself with the implements provided !:
if you do not want II say NO. thank
you: unfold your napkin and place It
across your lap. doubling It over from
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-31
The Question Corner
TOtlay'S Inquiries

!. In what useful way is a new
standing ashtray made?
.. When the visor of a cap is bro.
ken, what can b. used to mend
and stiffPn it so that it will wear
as long as the rest Of the cap?
2. How can the effect of a plain
white lamp shade be- changed from
time 10 time?
(. When the edge of the shoe wears
hole in cloth spat, how can
it be mrndcd so that il will
scarcely show?
3. Describe a good looking. mex
pensively made slipper case.
4. In what novel way is white or
candle used TO trim dark taffeta
drrSS2
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Yesterdays Answers

|. Most Of the new high and low
shoes seen in the shops have the
low, square walking heel.
. Set an alarm clock as a reminder
of the time that cake should be
done when Milling in the between
times with other duties.
3. Fur should be cut with sharp
knife on the wrong side.
4. A pretty pin cushion is made un-
der the skirt Of a doll with rib
bon turned up around the edge of
IL 10 form pockets for tape meas
ure, needle case, etc.
s, Some striking new belts are OF
soft brown leather with designs
stitched on each side in color.
9. A fashionable new headdress for
evening is composed of a scarf
which Is wound around the head
and ends In long train In the
backs
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Marigold's face. and he kept on clinRIng
to her hand though she struggled and
tugged to get free.
wo-thn ~ s Nar,eoIS i - 10 wbise.r, Sse Ned 10
to Billy. What do YOU think he viii
do?"
And what do you think he will do?
Will Ned be angry at being fooled
into thinking a kitchen maid grand
lady?
Or will he be brave enough to stand
up against the sneers and laughter of
Lady Proud and her daughters and claim
Marigold as his bride? The next chap
ter will tell
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LET 1921 UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU WILL CONTROL IT
No Matter How Much Misfortune Unhappness 1920 Leaves
With You, Make the Ne,O Year Bring You Success

A Nd this Is the day in which we bid
al riotous farewell to poor old broken
down 1920, and keep on bidding until
the noise turns into a welcome for little
new 1921.
II wonder how It will look to us this
year?
Sometimes the New Year comes in
smiling with promise, returning greet |.
ing for greeting, good cheer for good
cheer. -
Again It enters slowly, with down
cast eyes, dropping shoulders. and q
general air of whats the user
Often 1t just comes In, as II there
was nothing else to do, without fuss
or, remarks of any kind.
And once in a while it arrives on
its toptocs. challenging, crying with
amiabie defiance, Now you We got me,
what are you going to do with me?'
lNF COURSE 1t is all in the way you
~ receive the little stranger.
II you "have n hunch" that some
| thing nice Is going to happen In the
coming year you naturally greet 1t with
q pleasant smile, and 1t seems 10 re-
turn your smile.
II you can. see nothing cheerful, OF
hopeful In it.. nothing ahead but o
blank. bleak stretch Of days, you won't
| feel like blowing many whistles or ring
ing very loud bells.
And IL you simply feel that 1t Is
Friday night and that tomorrow will bt
Saturday, and the next day, thank
goodness, will be Sunday and YOU car
sleep late, why, of course, you will turn
over and groan slccpily when the noise
of midnight starts, and then forget it as
soon as possible.
But suppose you're ready for it
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Tomorrow-Out of the Air
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there any chance OF getting into COM
munication with them?
We know what the stars are like
because we have one under close-at-
hand observation. We call 1t the sun.
All the stars are blazing suns. But
doubtless most. If not all, OF these
suns have planets Of their own. Many
of those planets are presumably in
habitod by intelligent beings, with
whom we would nightly like TO talk.
Near, And Yet So Far
The star nearest the Earth is Alpha
Centaurl-visible only in the skies of
the Southern Hemisphere. Observed
through Il pair of good field glasses, 1t
is seen to be in reality a pair OF stars,
each Of which. as matter of fact. is
several times the size of our own sun.
Alpha Centauri Is so far distant
from US that ray OF light starting
from that source today would not
reach US for more than four years.
Light travels $4,000 miles second;
a radio message goes at the same rate.
II we had been in regular communi-
cation with Alpha Centauri by such
means. the folks out there would now
be getting news of the first invasion
of France.
our next nearest celestial neighboi
Is nearly twice as far away as Alpha
Centaurl. Astronomers call 1t "61
Cygni," and Il is likewise q pair OF
euos eoph of ,t.~.. ~...r''-.' thnn ON
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whose companion they are; others
located by observation of perturba-
tions they cause in the movements OF
visible heavenly bodies.
80 many having been found, i Is
reasonable to suppose that there ar
multitudes Of others. For all we can
tell. there may be more dark stars in
the Universe than shining ones. All
of them are doubtless burned-out
suns. Where sources of heat are avail
able (as in the aforementioned in
stances) why should they not be
inhabited?
Astronomers estimate the number
of suns in the Universe at somewhere
between 500 and 1000 billions. At
least a great majority of them prob
ably possess families of planets,
which, where temperature and other
conditions happen to be suitable. must
presumably support plant life and
animal life.
The Universe--meaning thereby the
stellar Cosmos upon which we look
outs not of infinite extent. Space
of course, Is infinite. but the Universe
OF stars has been approximately meas
ured. 1t has, roughly speaking, the
shape of disk. the diameter of which
Is perhaps Ave times Its thickness
The distance across the disk from edge
to edge. so to speak. Is in the nell "
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own solar orb.
Conspicuous in the night sky Is
Sirius, the Dog Star, a sun twenty
times the size of ours and 100 times
rs brilliant IT has a dark companion
half as hig as itself, which It's light
renders visible now and then. IN
doubtedly there are in the heavens u
great many dark stars" which. be-
cause they shed no light, are Invisible
TO the telescope.
Here is indeed n giant world--ten
times as large as our SUM- In other
words, II is more than 10.000,000 times
the size of the Earth There Is no
good reason for supposng that it Is
not inhabited. How wonderful 1t
would be to know something about its
geography and tho people on 1t. II
there are any.
World With A Revolving Sun
The bright star Castor Gin GeminD &,
bigger than our sun, revolves around
much larger dark and viewless
globe--a most remarkable phenom-
enon, inasmuch as It presents the
spectacle of sun circling about a
world, Us the ancionts supposed that
ours did.
Perhaps n dozen other dark stars,
all of them of huge dimensions, have
been discovered-some of them seen
! nv III" effected light Of the suns
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terrestrial globe, and. being plentifully
supplied with water, there is no rea-
son that we know Of why she should
not possess a luXuriant vegetation and
varied fauna. The latter may even
include beings like ourselves.
II interplanetary communication Is
ever established, the chances are that
The FIRST messages will be exchanged
between the Earth and Venus.
Bcyond The Gap OF Space
Four little plauets--Mercury, Venus,
Earth and Mars--circ!e about the
sun. Four very big oues-Jupiter,
saturn. Uranus and Ncptune-do the
same thing, but far distant from the
central orb. Between the TWO groups
is an immense gap of space.
The notion of trying TO communi-
cate with Jupiter (flve times as far
from the sun as We are) would be
absurd. inasmuch as that mighty
planet. 1900 times as big as the
Earth, Is q burning mass only half
extinguished and in n semi-gaseous
condition. With the other three 1t Is
much the same way they are unfln-
shed worlds. That they ever will be
inhabited seems more than doubtful
inasmuch rs even Jupiter, the nearest
OF them to the sun, obtains from the
latter only one twenty-ffth of the heat
we get from that source.
one OF Jupiter's four moons Is 5000
miles in diameter--as large as the
planet Mercury. 1t may conceivably
be inhabited, deriving warmth from
the hot planet around which 1t re-
wolves,
Thus far we have been considering
only the Solar System, which Is very
small affair IN the mechanism OF tho
~ L..a... LLn... mAnLLL - -
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borhood of $4,000 light-years. in 9TH
er words. ray of light, moving 1885,
600 miles a second, would take $4,000
years to cross it. AS we gaze up
through the Milky Way we are look
ing through the disk edgewise--
which is why the stars appear SO
thick. They are not really any closer
together than in other parts OF the
heavens.
Strains The Brain
It is an accepted truth in logic. as
well as in mathematics. that where
thing becomes infinitely improbable
1t must be regarded as impossible. To
suppose that the speck OF star-dust
which we call the Earth is the only
body in the Universe that Is tenanted
by conscious and reasoning beings Is,
rin view of the facts here set forth. an
infinite improbability. Hence we may
take it for granted, beyond the slight
est peradventure of a doubt that other
worlds than ours are inhabited. And
I the overwhelming likelihood Is that
| billions on billions of them are oc-
cupled by living and thinking crea-
lures
Shall we ever be able to communi-
cate with any of them. Alas! 1t
seems more than doubtful. The Earth
Is distant from the sun 100000
miles. and it takes only minutes for
light ray to reach us from that
luminary. Twenty-three years is the
time required for light to come to us
from Arcturus. the Star Of Job, which
Is 5000 times as big as our sun. Fory
a radio message. the same. And yet
Arcturus is one of our nearest neigh
bors In the heavens.
Probably, far out Of sight Of our
Universe, with inconceivable gaps OF
space between. there are other Uni
yorses-quite possibly more Universes
than ours has stars. 1t Is as easy TO
imagine an infinite number OF Uni.
verses as an infinite number OF stars
in nm infla -. c~-~~<e--
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What Expectancy Is There
That We Shall Be Able To
Communicate With Dis.
tant Spheres In the Void of
of Outer Space.
by RENE BACHE

- HALL We talk to other worlds?
u The Government Bureau OF
~ Mines has newly developed a spe-
" ci0l kind Of oxygen breathing ap-
paratus for balloons, by which 1t will
ne rendered practicable 10 ascend 10
heights in the atmosphere never h,th-
erto attained by man.
We are told that an attempt is TO
he made 10 reach IN this way as high
an elevation as possible, and thence to
send wireless messages to Mars, in the
hope that they will elicit a reply.
nut obviously, the sending Of radio
messages over many millions Of miles
OF distance must require extremely
powerful apparatus, such us no bal
loon could carry. The atmosphere Is
no bar any way; and, If we ever sue
ceed In talking to the stars by wireless,
tho thing will be accomplished by an
installation OF adequate size planted
on tho earth.
The problem Is extremely interest
ing. All space, as we understand the
matter. Is filled with semi-material
substance called "ether." Through
this ether radio messages are transmits
sible. What we call "wireless" IL a
new invention. IN the infancy OF It's
Development. why should we not
hope some day to use 1t for communi-
cation with other worlds.
what worlds?
The notion 50 widely circulated re-
Gently thar wireless messar~- "ero
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coming from Mars is based upon OBJ
served phenomena which might equal
ly support a theory that Venus is the
source Of the radiograms Presumably
the latter are pure Imagination, but
We should remember that Mars is al
most certainly uninhabited, owing to
lack Of atmosphere and intense cold.
whereas conditions on Venus are
known to be such that people Ike our
selves might live there.
Earth's sister Planets
Mars is always talked about as the
planet with which we should get into
communication. But is Ii inhabited?
Probabilities seem to bc against such
an assumption. Apparently there is
little water on 70. and water Is the
fundamental necessity for the support
of plant and animal life. 1t is about
60.O00,O00 miles more distant from
the sun than We are, and hence must
bo frIghtfully cold
ON the other hand. the planet Mer-
curry, which is nearest the sun, is so
hot that the temperature on its sur
face must be at any time above the
boiling point Of water. Surely II can
harbor no forms of life such as we
are acquainted with.
How about Venus? There Is a dif-
ferent proposition. Her distance from
the sun Is one-third less than ours.
She receives from that luminary twice
as much heat as we do; but the cf-
feet Of this must be agreeably reduced
by the dense clouds which at all times
fill her upper atmosphere. owing "a
this cloud-envelope. our Astronomical
observers are never able to see the
surface OF Venus; and, IL she has in.
habitants, 1t seems likely that they
never get Il glimpse of the sky.
Venus Is the Earths true twin. She
10 of about thn anmp Sigo pc our own
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D HALL We talk to other worlds?
The Government Bureau OF
y Mines has newly developed u spe-
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Vehicles Can't Use Sidewalks
Give Them a Show in Roadway
Metropolitan Police Department

coin Highway Association has completed
a work long contemplated and of very
great Importance Permanently marked
the Lincoln highway is of much greater
value to all of the country through
which it runs.
THE benefits of the standard marking
accrue to the communities along the
Lincoln highway. The new markers
are durable They are attractive and
they are reliable. They carry the
traveller along the road with a sense
of security in his location that is re-
Elected in his attitude toward the COM
munities traversed along the Lincoln
highway.
1.-The permanent markers are eXpen-
sive. Installed, they have cost approx
mately 81 apiece. Through the coop
Grafton given to the Lincoln Highway
Association by Mr.. John N. WHY'S of
Toledo, a director land founder of the
national organization. who contributed
$4,000 toward the expense of the work
by the Autocar Company of Ardmore.
Pa, who supplied the two trucks used
by the road crew in erecting the mark
ers, and by the General Motors Cor
poration, which supplied the car used
by the advance man of the road crew.
the Lincoln Highway Association has
been enabled to complete the work at
a minimum expense, soliciting and OBJ
tanning less than one-fourth of the total
cost from the communities along the
Lincoln highway, who are directly bene-
fitted by the work in question.
1.-THE new Lincoln highway markers
should last for an extended period. In
each community they should be regarded
as tangible assets of great value. They
should be protected. Destructive wand
alism resulting in their Disagreement
should be energetically prosecuted. They
should be kept erect and in place. con-
stantly serving their purpose of guiding
the stranger along the way.
mot only the newly marked section
of the Lincoln Highway from the east
-ern coast to Omaha, but the western
section from Omaha to Ely, New, and
thence west to San Francisco. which has
in previous years been permanently
marked. should give these markers the
attention and protection they deserve.
"A permanently marked Lincoln high
way is a distinct asset. Let's keep it
that way
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state roads without making any pay
ment.
Method Of Raising Revenue.

At present the motor vehicle COM
missioner raises. through license
fees and other charges, the revenue
needed for road maintenance. on the
theory that those who use and wear
out the roads should pay for repairs,
The commission also acquires about
100 miles of road a year.
Advocates of reciprocity between the
two states point out that the roads
are public and constructed for the
public. and that the entire burden OF
maintenance should not fall on the
automobilist, inasmuch as he is only
part of the traffic on a public and = I'M i
portant highway. Other states. II is
asserted, that have large interstate
traffic do not compel each other to
purchase licenses for using their
roads.
Good roads in Maryland. it is point
ed out. are a~benefit not only to the
automobilist. but to the farmer in en-
abling him to market his crops; theS
benefit all consumers, because farm
produce can be delivered into the
city cheaper over good roads thar
over bad roads.