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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
Oh, You Heart-Breakeri

Dear Cynthia-May I answer Zoe?
She wins the handsome, cut-glass pink
shirtwaist; in fact. even think RI
ished tin bathing suit! She says some
thing about my sentiments but appears
rather hazy as to what they were. Like
the chap said to Darwin, II am a scien-
nies 1iss Sas Whatever a tSsS are n Miss % zoopsr
don me, l mean Zoe .(sound, look and
nearly spell the same)--says I'm Vice.
young mothers child (yet has to give
me creditrD Why? oh, because j
persons of slushing young fiappers: My
system Is to let them go on with the
feathery stuff and then haughtily ask
them II they think they are Cleopatra
girl a good turn when I make her see
that she was not wise In billing and
cooling and trying to kiss every good
looking young fellow? l think zoe Is
sore because a fellow has nerve enough
to turn a sob sister youngster down:
Must do better next time. grille Don't
cal me lust "child"-be explicit; and "
YOU feel that you can, use facts TO SUD
stantiate your claims. Otherwise. quite
honored to cross my SWORD WIN your
'''e.y CYNTHIA, hi I couldn't understand what
you meant by "exaggerating . put I
think you refer to my n.y. SAYING nyn,t TN, tnat hsl !
never kissed gir, Wfy that ea when you eiri
learns that fellow has never been
Kissed she tries ever 30 hard to be the
Srst How about It. maidens? And why
should a fellow kiss any that offers II
self? He ought to save them Tor MS
wife az he has any; II so. l am sorry
for him) or his. sisters, or mother. or
nSen lSr "s "asrandmo tKsTAor perhaps some ricr
elderly maiden aunt who can write up u
fellow can't be tall and dark and
, have curly hair without the girls think
| ing he is some wild Don Juan-but In
tend teaching them differently. Oh. yes
my coming tower has got wheels In IT,
even though Zoe Gays 1t "aint."
| At all events, i wonder how many
chaps there are who are twenty-five
have gone with girls and have nevel
kissed a single one? And how man,
girls-I wonder?
Meanwhile i will keep up my goot
work with the girls, which consists of {
dozen lessons In not knowing how to kis'
a fellow.
HEART-BREAKER.
You know, Heart Breaker, you mus
not be vulgar, II you would be funny
Some slang is quite all right, but vulga
slang, oh fie!
Cynthia Is printing n slightly expur
gated edition Of your letter, as you vii
&alize.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
WHAT'S WHAT
BY HELEN DECIE

It is Just possible that some OF the
men who opposed the ratification of the
nineteenth amendment may show their
displeasure In various ways, now that
women are entitled to vote. Yet, II a
man goes out of his way TO make un-
civil remarks TO, or Of, the new voters, II
may be taken for granted that he will be
''squelched" promptly by another man.
The great majority of American men
are keen about the rights and privileges
Of American women. These men, through
their enlightened legislators, have grant
ed the franchise Internationally, and
they will see to II that no disgruntled
maicontents shall be permitted to an
noy the new voters.
On the other hand. women should not
be unduly, troublesome. They should
study. sample ballot. at home, and
should learn from this the proper way tc
mark the voting ballot. Nor should
they expect any special privileges; q
There is no precedence in voting politi.
cal equality does not mean political su-
periority. Equality Is strictly on the
level" without either pedestal or foot
stool to obstruct the right Of way.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
shall She Send Christmas Presentsa

Dear Cynthia am girl and tho
only empIoye fer two employers (men).
Christmas is drawing near and ] would
like to know whether II Is proper for
me to give them each gifts, and IL 30.
what would y'u advise me to give them
would postals do7 This is a little matter,
but 1t means a whole lot. for II Is these
little forget-me e-nots that count in life,
Also, one Of my employers is very silent
then debating. Is II tho girls place to
start conversation or the mans place
.. .N-I II. II.
Send your employers Christmas cards.
There is no reason for making personal
gifts. il your employer ~ not inclined
to converse with your. co not try tn
make him do SO. You are in business
and it is usually wiser not to mix bust.
ness and social things.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
Shall She Take Him seriousIy7

Dear Cynthia-Please tell me what to
do In this case.
I'm a young lady going out with a
young man past twenty-four years OF
before. He asked me to marry, but |
took II as joke. He really means II.
But don't know what to do. He is a
very changeable man and falls for a girl
he sees for few days, but later he tells
them that he hates them. Shall / go out
with him or not? go out with him and
have good times but in the meantime he
urges me to get married. a.. ...
will be glad to hear from you as
would like to hear your advice.
... ME-
Is he a widower or divorced? Did he
tell you that? II he Is SO fickle and
changeable II seems to me It would be
wiser not TO consider marriage, espe-
cially as love does not seem to enter into
your calculations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
And they were badly scuffed and run
down at the heels.
Another whole effect ruined!

ISN'T 1t maddening that we never fail
L to show our one discrepancy
You can easily see just how the
elderly person happened to wear that
ragged glove.
All dressed, everything neat and az
she wanted it-and oh, dear, look at
that finger! -.
No time to mend It, now, and the
other gloves need cleaning. 4l#
Well, perhaps II won't be noticed.
And, of course, she chose that hand
and that finger with which to gesticulatc
in the train.
The luncheon guest probably figured
that her shoes wouldn't be'seen, any
how, and that she just absolutely could
not afford to buy another pair Just yet.
But. of course. it was her misfortune
that the person who had admired her in
the train should be the one to ascend
the stairs back Of her.
THERE'S no use trying to get away
4 from run down heels, broken out
fingers. or the inevitable runner in the
heel that comes along sometimes to
spoil the looks Of costume.
IL you nave one OF tnose thlngs you
are 80 conscious of it all the time that
you positively call attention to II, at
tempting TO hide il.
You seem to be all finger, all heel, all
ankle, until you get mended and regain
your self-respect.
We can't always see ourselves az
others see us--but when we know
there's something about us that needs
repairing. we have a pretty fair idea
just what the one thing is that people
see when they look at us.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
The Question Corner
TOday's Inquiries

I. Describe an impromptu center
piece for the Halloween table.
2. In what pleasing way is a house
hold necessity made into dainty
gift for bride?
3. When the stopper Of a perfume
bottle is broken, how can the bot
tie be corked securely enough to
be carried in a suit case?
4. Describe set of wooden toys that
would give the little housewife
great joy.
8. How Is a warm. pretty cap made
for a very young lady?
@. What courtesy should q man who
is guest at a dance extend to
his hOstess2
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01

The honor list includes Mrs. B. Wit
craft Mrs. w. Brooks, Mrs. b. Lyndell,
B. Bridgen. Mrs. zeli d. Pruitt, Mrs
Christine Sim, Jean p. Rankin, Mrs
r. r. Feldser, Elsie S. Barnett, Mrs s.
r Duncan. Mrs. Ralph Il. Hartenstine,
Mrs. A. NJ. Clark. Mrs. A. c. Haussmann,
Mrs.\J. Schwartz, Miss Frances Moore,
Mrs G. II. Lockwood. Mrs. Silver, Eliza
beth Grove. Ethel Yeager. Mrs. William
Van Alta. Mrs. NJ. Wright. Mrs. Thomas
Wright, Mrs. Charles Frank, Mrs. Karl
Heiner, Mrs. A. Schlek.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
Mrs. Wilson'S
Menu Contest
Evening Public Ledger

4 Your full name must be given and
correct address on the menu. Also
the date of sending It. The foods
used must be staples and in season,
and a sales slip giving the cost of
all materials must be included.
Fried meats are not accepted. p.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
Guess You're Rloht

Dear Cynthia---Does a girl really tell
how she caught her man? lent that a
trade secret? 'Y. Boy" take notice
Thig way out KENS1NGTON.
Most girls keep their own love stories
{, themselves II they really care for
lheif fiances
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
Please Tell Me
What to Do.
BY CYNTHIA
Cannot DO Il

Sorry Mrs. q. M. g.. but Cynthia has
not Mrs. e. L. It's address and cannot
forward letter to her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
The Best Dinner

costing 81 so for four people wins a
prize Of $3.50 in the
PRIZE MENU CONTEST
Two other prizes of 81 each are
awarded for the next best menus.
Address all menus to 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
YOU FEEL ALL FINGERS
IF YOUR GLOVE IS TORN
And Whole Carefully arranged Costume Is Ruped by the
Effect Of Shabby Shoes Run Do,on a, the Heel
TT WAS an elderly woman who was

TT WAS an elderly woman who was
L talking.
She Was very well dressed, every
thing correct from the neat veil drawn
over her soft white hair to the hem of
the good looking serge dress that she
wore.
You could see that she had dressed
with care, and that the result had finally
pleased her before she had been con-
tent to 20 out.
"Well, now / tell you." she was
saying earnestly, you'll always find it
that way. I've seen It happen over and
over again, and it's never come out
right yet: Now, you remember that
She put up an impressive finger to
emphasize her remarks.
And the finger that she chose peeped
slyly out Of rapidly growing hole in
her glove.
All the effect of that careful groom :
ing was counteracted by that one little
tiny hole.
nN THE other side of the train sat a
" young girl, evidently on her way tc
luncheon.
Her hat was large affair with un
curled feathers dropping over the brim
The duvetyn coat of her suit wa:
thrown back, showing an exquisite hand
made waist, with the correct little ful
about her throat.
Her gloves were white kid, spotless
and she took dainty, fine handker
chief out of beaded bag that wal
obviously only for ''best."'
No one at that luncheon could pos
sibly have criticized her get-up.
She was well dressed and she didn'
care who knew it.
When she got off the train and started
up the steps Of the elevated, the persoI
directly behind her couldn't fail to se
| her shoes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01

THIRD PRIZE. 81
Mrs. C. KensI,
1914 North Sirty-second street
MENU
Tomato Canape
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
3LITILE GIRL WINS PRIZE
vs. IN LAST WEEKS CONTEST
Il Ascarded Too Dollars and Half for Best Dolar-andaHal
Dinner for -Four Persons IL
FIRST PRIZE, $3.50
Miss Beatrice Hunsberger,

n WestOiHe, N. J.
MENU
Rolled Skirt Steak, Pot Roasted
Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy
4 Creamed Cabbage
Tomatoes and Peppers with Vinegar
Peach Cornstarch Pudding
Bread Butter Coffee
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01
SECOND PRIZE 81
Mrs. II. G. Prichard,
ST2 .St;ll7n1n street

~ MENU
hfinc'd Beef with Boiled Rice
Mashcd Potatoes Mashed Turnips
Creamed Onions
Sliced Tomatoes Lettuce with Dressing
Baked Apples Baked Cup Custard
Bread and Butter
M Coffee or Tea
SALES SLIP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01

M Vegetables or Consomme
Radishes Celery or Olives
, Weakfsh, Colonial Sauce
aioast Shoulder of Lamb, Mint Sauce
ID Tor Braised Short Ribs OF Beef
a Mashed or Whole Boiled Potatoes
Spinach Tomatoes
rettuss, French Dressing 4,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-01

wednosday-The Original Mrs. Part
inEton"
The Washington times., 1920-09-12

pested five million times in the millions of homes to
which the Hearst Sunday newspapers CO. the
gate great deal of thinking
And THINKING is the really important thing that
do Every machine is thought Thought pushed this
his Thought the against force
and thought will end all day.
As you thinking of this picture your mind of course
You toward the called League of Nations
the league that people trying fasten this
try league keep alive the that the delight Of
the gentleman in this picture before itself ended him
The best picture of stupid war; the dull ignorance with
which men into while autocrats had the to send
ths admirably expressed in brief extract from carys
"Sartor Resartus, which you asked to read
What speaking in quite unofficial language, is the
net purpose and 5upsho of wari To my knowledge
for example, there dwell and toll in the British village Of
Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls
From these by certain Natural Enemies of the French
there successfully selected during the French
thirty able-bodied men.
Dumdrudge, at her own expense. has sucked and
nursed them she has, without difficulty and
fed them up manhood trained them to crafa
that another build another hammer; and
the weakest stand under thirty stone avordupos
Nevertheless, among much weeping and swearing
they seectcd all dressed in red and shipped at
the public charges two thousand miles only
to the south of Spain, and fed there till wanted.
And to that spot in the south Of Spain,
d
in like wendng till. at length after infinite ef
fort the parties into actual juxtaposition and
Thirty stands fronting Thirty each with in his hand
"Straightway the word Fire! is given, and they blow
the souls of anoher and in place of sixty brisk
craftsmen the world has sixty dead which
it bury and shed tears for ,
Had these any quarrelH Busy the Devil is
not the smallest ."v
They lived far enough apart the enrest strang
ers; nav. in s wide universe there even,
holm hatu
them.
"How thcnH Simpetonl Their Governors had fallen
and instead of shooting another had the cunning
make these poor bockhcads shoot"
After you read that say to yourself Il will
Peace League War League Nations
of any League of Nations that would make possible
authorities Europe order and ship
over wars may be based
convenience greed land any other apart from
interest of this country
The Washington times., 1920-09-12
!. " |
q O q

lble garment of Cod" The Earth Spirit" in Faust says
In Beings foods in Actions storm,
walk and work, above beneath
Work and weave in endless motion.
Birth and Death,
An infinite ocean
seizing and giving
The fire of Living:
lis thus at the roaring Loom Of Time | plv
And weave for God the Garment thou seest Him bv"
Some Of us are poor miserable starved in body half
clothed; each year the misery becomes less
A few until lately clothed the foolish grandeur
that you see scattered this picture from the naked auto
crat by time and thought
Read again Carlyles Sartor Reartus Better than all
Others he has described the uy king or autocrat with
out his clothes Time the tailor some us in very
fancy raimen could the autocra that McCav
picture shows stripped in his days power his head
sitting on his throne would seemed natural that men
snoud De kneeng at the thrones foot and humby admitting
the excellence and authority of creature wearing the fine
clothes.
Here Mr. Mccay shows that the power really was in the
CLOTHES the emne the all the other
not IN the man himself Stripped thrown out by the same
that made and dressed him. the naked body is
portant and worthless as that of any of millions
var and left to rot on the field of battle
and mans folly, slowly built up autocracy Men
ader In the early days to guide help them and utter
command And soon the leader made slaves of
ways Time was working, the great loom was NOV
re McCay, whose pictures you study each Sunday
Is latest word and accomplishment
atocrat no crown fierce uniform dressed in a
fessing gown, sits writing book in Holland as harm
Ss any Gagged animal The other greater in autocratc
power the Gar lies somewhere under ground perhaps at
the bottom of well murdered and degraded that he
considered the meanest and least important his slaves
You would have said when last two powerful auto
Gratis ruled that their power long tme that it was
rooted In the solid earth in the minds and habits
In Mccays picture you will that rooted chiefly
in fancy clothing meaningless titles and FOOLISH
NESS of man One little push and it all went
There are two most remarkable things the childhood
this century and in the war that disgraced it.
The Washington times., 1920-09-12
90, 1910. international Feature sorvios. Inc.

This cartoon by Mr.. McCay represents THE
GREAT EVENT of the age in gghich you lice.
Time, thought and human rebellion haze torn from
the autoerat his gorgeous happings and pushed
him from the throne. And the aufocrafs oqrn
stupidity has helped the process.
Wonderful things haze happened in the first
feqC years of this z0ondertu century, But only ONE,
First the suddenness and ease with which autocracy
ceased to be recognized the earth.
And second the extraordinary
persisted in the countries which the de-
throned
You would have sad with the gone anarchy would
in Russia government fighting cheftain
eedng another Some Cossack would rule only be murdered
Then Mongolan would the Romanohs pace-that
seemed the natural prediction The marvellous that
derneath the superficial imitation power of emine
and cepre the people developing thinking power which
is the only real autocracy.
Two men, Lenin abstract theorist who had spent
hunted throughout Europe by the police succeeded the
Czar became actually the leader the millions
in Russia and has held Russia and power longer than great
nation held before in the history revolution
Next to this Lenin, Siav with perhaps Mon
goan blood ts Trotzky Jewish worker eloquent and
exctabe Lenn quiet and And men,
for two with the whole world openly against them
actually hed Russia united and held OIL the Wcrld
In Germany it is the remarkable story regards
stability of government.
When the Kaiser fled, the Germans selected man named
Ebert simple harness maker head of the nation giving
him advisers and ministers certain carefully
educated thinkers of the working middle class.
And this workman Ebert is President of Germany still
actually holds and maintains German Government He has
successfully resisted the revolution and the seng
men by the Kaser's friends the sde resisted
successfully also the revolution of the spatacs
lists of radicasm the other side
In the worlds history you will find nothing surprs
ing than the political and in Germany The
Gear killed the Kaiser away when peace
saies made
Autocracy, pushed down has STAYED down.
Governments that seemed merely temporary maeshfts
substitutes for auocracy have held their in Russia and
Germany countries shaken impoverished almost destroyed by
the McCay sending in this picture says his regular
Sunday sermonizing letter:
The Washington times., 1920-09-12

HAT is this world, in which we live, study
and struggle, are born and die? Is it i'm
portant of itself, or only part of something
infinitely greater, a something in which
this earth is a grain of sand, and we human
beings less than nothing?
Goethe great genius saw in this little
earth and in this universe "the living Wig.
The Washington times., 1920-09-12

a. that
But everything that's be said many times and
many different before is really dgested the many
different kinds of human beings.
Il drew this picture to prove that while mans for
that autocrat is longer autocrat when you take
all that rubbish that he his precious person
when time has work. and the feathers
taken from the bird that thought he worked and
killed by Divine authority little that bird toh
feathers stripped away.
made picture to celebrate the fact that what
may happen the earth it probably that
the end for good royal birds that
made by fine feathers.
"The Gear is gone, the Kaser's power stripped away
and you that all of fancy clothing human
fooishness
That which every for miles around looked upon
with fear not respect is joke, thing the past
Looking at this picture and seeing little great
man. amounts to when push him from his throne and strip
from him his fine Clothes Americans who pay much
attention to and the that goes with money should
learn lesson and apply it to ourselves
Ninety per cent of feel that money the real power
Ninety cent of work for that and for little else And
ninety per cent of us are badly mistaken.
The clothes of this autocrat simply the things that
kept him they gave him power The money the
American autocrat simply superfuous accumulation Of
which very small part would keep him fed which the
rest do him good.
Time and human thought have taken from the for
good and all the and the sepe the velvet and the
emine that represented his power do he pleased
with others. You know THAT is accomplished.
The tme working steadily, and the same human
thought will of these days gently let hope do for
the power of organized money ruler of just
what time and the did for the autocra Russia and
Germany,
Intelligent readers will devote five minutes Of thought
Sunday morning this picture Five minutes Of thinking
The Washington times., 1920-09-12
Great Britain Rights KsssrA

if any, zoiH be remembered in the thousands of GEN.
turies ahead of us. And that one happening, the
final overthrozO of autocracy on the earth you see
in Mr.. McCay's admirable picture.
We may have mob rule, ne may have anarchy,
all the horror that comes from posoer misplaced
may yet distress the EARTH
But, one epfion is sho1cn here, pozuer from
the throne is GONE
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1920-04-14

The vote cast at ihe presidsn
tial preference primary In Mich
igan isst week has given occasion
for mucA editorial com meut and
political speculation generally
outside ot the press. Senator
Johnson Of California. Repuh!i'
eau. an oppouent OF the league OF
nations with the United States
in II 10 any form, far outstripped
any OF .he other candidates in
the race. which leaves 70 douh,
a. to tho position Of the people
o. the state on that question.
Then. too, the great preponder'
ance Of the total vote cast for
the Republican candidates over
that cast for the Democratic
caud Id ates is likewise important
ia its significance ~ /. bears on
the outcome Of the next national
election. Johnson's vote alone
Was more than 10000 in excess
of tho total Democratic vote.
The Michigan primary deapens
the gloom that hangs over the
De nocrats.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1920-04-14

phy WAS tsgyssars -. y = iirS1- a1seaagst s.
az capitalization et the or4g5a IT s44s
world. II originated Il tagzenasza.
which euIGagn&ses. nsar= tfgn "a
century iafer h. The t.eziisra og Fst2.a
We uaay Gssrtig.ss pHaersssas soase-
thing O. sbe eilitede Of tie ers.s-
rlSon people tg@ ara ThaFes' ssfSoag a
philosophy frosh The story Vt the osd
WOMAN who laughed y 9ssn the n4as..sr
fell Backward ln.a ditch after g&s.
ing too ion. 81 the stars. The eaa
Mafa@n n0s oaiy laughed. bot she Is
said 10 hsye Called sf.er him: If
you can,sci ses wha; ~ under ypsa-
feet. he@ can yoa understand what Ia
Ia aeayen7"
The geography ard asgronetac
tsariai In this @rADsl &ere Tery fg2sa-
tive; The earth a@s Gai, lhe szn
tir~gs .re.aaG IL iaaE.Es.:s-4lly, 3s.l'zg
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