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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
CHICKEN SO COMMON
ON HOTEL MENUS IN
HAITI IT'S SPURNED
Traveller Finds Good Inn Ser
vice. However. and at
Low Price.

PORT Al PRINCE. per. 10.-
Labor ard living are cheap in Haiti
There iI a hotel in Port au Prince.
rsttcG rs the best, that charges only
s q day fer p room and three
Square meals. True, tie rooms are
snail, with the ancient wash bowl
ard snIorkablc. with concrete Hoor~
9ud rgiess. bit they arc clean and
c5fafortaJic
The same meals could not DO OBJ
ta.ned in hotel anywhere ia tho
.-n.ted states at dorble the price
Luncheon is q regular dinner and
dinner j. mucn like an eight-cOurse
least Trey neVc- serve less than
two or three meals. when one. nc
,.rdIug q the American habit
would be enough There is fruit IT,
abundance IA Haiti and boy
Standing ON the front porch, over
boxing the sea. often picks the
reLlEf35t oranges.
Chicken Favoritc Dish.
ine tavorito dish Is tho chicken,
erved 600 DAYS in the wear with
o-t tle least VarfatiOn Nobody ever
g three weeks IN Haiti. A Haitian
loy. waiting Faithfully on @ guest
Tor ~ meals, beams his delight
when tipped three gcurdes. which
is 30 cents The maid whose chief
duty 81 % spread the mosquito net.
almost drops 90 her knees for the
slHe Zoo weekly. The boy who
brings wste- and fixes the shoes
gladly s.ips "a man extra towels fer
Tire g0crdcs a week.
Laundry at American rates would
ceei more than room and board IN
Haiti there were laundries There
PSI much TO 90 ont from each room
tally % WasherWomer and 10 comes
back spicb and span at nominal
cost.
HAS Pad Features.
Put haiti has not reached tho
point where il may bid for tourist
travel. 4 man, stopping AZ the best
hotel here for the first time feels
rather foolish when he asks for
room ard bath and is conducted 20
- little house % feet away where no
NAY get q shower It's a hard life
Tor women
The best. however Is IN sharp
contrast with the worst. for the Ia
lorer gets 20 cents a day. and taou-
sands CT natives live only on fruit
that grows wild everywhere, the
Year round, like tho roses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
OLD MAN PUZZLE

Supply the missing words, each
containing the same letters:
Bitter foes round ...... are found
Who would cast them to the
ground;
Nests Of spiteful ..... human
......... lives of many truemen.
ANSWER to yesterdays: and 42)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
Wins State Prize with Fssav

PHILADELPHIA. PA-Sixteen year
old Robert Nelson Young, a Boy
Scout OF this city, won the State
prize offered by the National Board
Of Fire Underwriters for the best
essay on Sire prevention" The
prize was an inscribed gold medal.
He has since persuaded his par
e7ts to let him join the United
States navy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
OLD LADY RIDDLE

What IS 1t that never asks any
questions, and yet requires many
answers.
(Answer 20 yesterdays: What is
the night kind OF timber for castles in
the air PA sUabeam.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21

EDO you notice any change
in mc?"
Joe-"No. Why?"
Ed Just swallowed a dine
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
WHO IS HE?

WHO Is He!
A Welsh miner
who became a
British states
man.
Y . q [ erday:
NictE Herbert,
[ h Q orchestra
directory
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-21
QUESTION FOR DEBATE

Resolved: That school cafeteria
lunches should be furnished at a
profit to the school.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

bring her no comfort, she had not seem
ed so remote from him as she was now
in her gay independence. DR.. Dick
Summers was watching her closely and
thinking what a superbly attractive
woman she was and what mystery.
lie thought of the girl he was to marry
and was glad that she was different,
that she depended upon him for hap
piness. Perhaps there was not SO much
attraction about woman like that, but
one felt safer with her. Doctor Dick
preferred the old scheme of things, the
husband who kept the wife guessing,
rather than the wife who was too dan =
gerously attractive. But then, he
thought, Granville was so utterly cold
so studiedly Indifferent, that he was
just the type of man for a woman like
Laurel. They were wonderfully well
suited to each other. The irony Of il
was that Doctor Summers had no idea
how far he was from guessing the true
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Answers M, a,

Dear Cynthia---I was interested in
NJ. AS question which she addressed
especially to boys" 1t depends on a
mans personal feeling for a girl, and
how q girl has acted with him. lie
cannot trust a girl who has let him
kiss her and shown a willingness to
spoon" He may fall in love with
such girl, fondly hoping for a time
that he has been favored, singled out
for special blessing, but almost from
the beginning his better Judgment and
nature rebel against the attachment. He
feels that he can't trust her with other
men and 1t is wormwood to him when
he recounts his blessings. "Let no such
woman be trusted" / have known sew
eral girls of this type. Unless they
marry they are always sorry when they
reach twenty yfve. They realize that
they have not handled men judiciously
for man can always enjoy a woman s
company and feel more satisfied when
the evening is over IL she is interested
and companionable. A kiss or kisses
should not be exchanged or bartered
for a good time. There is one person
and one time for kissing, and this every
one knows and believes. Therefore n
girl may have friends of both sexes il
she acts right and may safely keep the
respect of them all if she is trustworthy
Otherwise she will forfeit her good
name. G. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
MLSFORTUNE.S NEVER COME
WHEN THERE'S TINE FOR THEM
They Aoays Choose Day When There Are Al Kinds oj
Other Nicer Things to Do--h Seems Funny
When the Days Over

ISN'T it funny (afterward) that mis- =
l. fortunes never seem to choose a slack
time to put in an appearance? When
you get up bright and early, feel per =
fectly happy and well, no worrying
problems TO make you slightly irritable,
you can take q few pieces of bad luck
without minding them SO much For
instance, il the water boiled off your
egg ard your coffee was very obviously
made of coffee grounds, why you would
have plenty of time to wait till more
water came to boil, and If you weren' {
too hungry land you could carry tune }
you would probably sing a little as you
made some new coffee.
Then, If you happened 10 be alone in
the house, you'd really be delighted to
have everybody in town call you up on
the telephone so that you would attend
to the krock at the back door, answer
the telephone, get the mail from the
postman at the front door. answer the
telephone. discuss prices with the but
ter and eggs boy at the back door, an =
swer the telephone, and so on-wouldn {
youI In case you were making q train
somewhere. what difference would il
make If you went for 3 90, only to
find that it had beer changed to 3 :03
You'd simply get out your knitting,
crocheting, tatting or reading and wait
complacently for the 4 :O2 You weren't
trying to get there at any special time
anyhow!
All these misfortuncs would only liven
up your lonely, empty day IL they hap
pcncd to come on that day. You'd really
welcome them, and you wouldn't
even tell about them aftcrward. But
the trouble is that when you do get ur
bright and early and feel perfectly happy
and well, no worrying problems. etc.
nothing happens all day. Your break
fast is just like any other breakfast
the postman strides disdainfully past
your door, nobody knows your telephone
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

papers. To tell the truth like the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER most, and
enjoy very much its editorials, Miss
Hurst's stories, the readers logical
questions and YOUR practical answers.
In fact, read the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER from the first page to the last.
The attempts of some steady readers to
ask you psychological questions are ad-
mirable. They certainly look into the
mirror of life and their cagerness, even
their frequent criticism on different
things and persons, is fair and just.
Recently. however, it made me mad
when | read the silly words Of "Ex-
Top Kick TO BUCK Private" I pro-
test against such conservative, igno-
rant criticism. No doubt b. p. asked
his question with sincerity and said it
clearly. firmly and following even apol-
ogized TO us for his remark about
! Phily. showing his intelligence and good
manners. l believe B. p. doesn't urge
any one TO believe or feel like he does
his motive is pure and honest; he
possesses mental vision.
Our brave first sergeant of the
%. NJ" or rs. o. s." at least should
have had respect for our Cynthia and
her readers, to use sense when he ar
CUES about something in this column
He is terribly wrong to laugh at the
ambitions of the b. P. in the world war
If our heroic ''ex top" is afraid to
ask some things regarding the fair sex
why is he butting into this intelligent
young crowd and taking up our dear
Cynthia's time and her column?
Let him quit trying, vainly, TO trans
late a clever PERSONS views. Good luck
and success to Cynthia and all readers.
1. S. r., OF NEW YORK.
Consult librarian as to books.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

number and the butter .ard eggs boy has
trouble with his engine and doesn, t ar
rive until the next day. You arrive ut
the station in ample time and the day
passes serenely and duly.
.DUT suppose you have something i'm
ID portant to do down town (a bargain
sale, for instance), and you think hard
about it so late the night before that
you oyersleep. Their watch things hap
pen Somebody is sure to get awake
with slight touch of grip, After
taking her breakfast into her bedroom
you drink your cold coffee and hustle
down some cereal which you hate. Then
somebody calls up, there's no hot water
to wash the dishes and the inValld mas
TO have n hot water bag. All the tlme
that business Cor bargain salel down
town is calling YOU, and time Is rush =
ing past like a madman.
You finally get the house straiightened
up enough to- leave it Cknowing full well
what shock its disorder viii be wnen
you get back, and you run down the
street. But you have looked at the
time table upside down, or inside out,
or at Sunday instead of weekdays, or
In one of the many wrong ways that you
can look at time tables, and your train
has gore. There is no other for three
quarters of an hour! Then with every
muscle tense you sit there for nine hours
while the clock does forty five minutes.
But the train has heard that this is
your big day and so IL doesn't come for
fifteen minutes and then it pokes all
the way down. You get into the Office
(or the store) twenty minutes late--to
find that somebody else has dore that
important thing that was worrying you
Cor that somebody has bought that plaid
gingham). and that everybody wants to
know what you're so excited about?
Isn't it fuhny-afterward?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
THE GLAD SURRENDER
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
COPYRIGHT. 1890. by Public Ledger Co.

(Laurel Stones marriage to Gran
pille Burton came about so sudden
w that they hardly had time to knoU
each other. Laurel kneto that she
loved him, hoWerer, and she gaue up
her newspaper cork Uithout q mur-
mur to be his Wite. GrdnUiile did
not love her IN the same toaV. His
reason for marrying her ioaS 10 fl
her into the general scheme of his life
as the mother of his too little girls
and the mistress Of his house. The
birth of their boy finds an eStrange-
ment eriSting betUeen them, due TO
Ldurers studied Indifference. II is
then that GrdnUille discovers his
ouertoh Ginning passion for his wife.
Then the baby is taken ill.,
THE minutes licked away and ther
was almost utter silence in tn
room. Suddenly DR.. Summers gave {
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Mrs. J. Burton Francis, pomGm
pih high ideals aud more than the
ordinary measure of the milk Of
human Kindness courSing through
her ucinS, notices that her tcdSh-
uomam, Mrs. Watson, is performing
her iaJorS in a sluggish manner, in
guires about her health aud about her
numerous children, subjects her to
some uplifting talk on mothcrhood,
suggests books for her husband to
read, aud interests herself in the ioel-
fare Of the family. Old Doctor
Barner, clepcr, but nearly GH the
time under the influence Of UhiSky, is
called out on case Which Sobers him
for days. Mary, his daughter has
high hopes of his redemption. Pearl
Watson listens to a talk on health
from Mrs. Francis. She questions her
mother on the topic. ASK Camilla,
Mrs. Watson said, "shc is grand at
explaining Mrs. Francis's q"dre
fCuUS,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
The Woman's
Exchange
Places Of Interest .
70 the Editor Of Womqn's Page;

10 the Editor OF Womdn'S Pu0c:
Dear Madam-Will you be good
enough to publish in your column all the
interesting places in Philadelphia and
how admission may be gained to same? !
nave friends coming from the South
ana ! want to show them what won
derfgl place the City of Brotherly Love
really is NJ. NJ. B.
The following is list of some of the
interesting places in Philadelphia. The
tGll list is too long for the column. All
ineSe places are free: Academy Of the
tlne Arts, Broad and Cherry streets :
academy of Natural Sciences, Logan
square on the Parkway. City Hall.
united States Mint, Sixteenth and
spring Garden streets; State House,
eNth and Chestnut streets; Carpenters
SnalI; Fourth and Chestnut streets; Old
SSWedes' Church, Swanson street near
TTthirlStian street; University Museum,
lhirty third and Spruce streets: Fair
mount Park William Penn's House and
.ne Geological Gardens, Thirty fourth
street and Girard avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

sharp exclamation and Laurel turned
from the window and went to him.
She stood by his side and together they
looked down at the baby. DR.. Summers
held the tiny wrist in his hand, and to
Laurel Junior seemed to be getting
more pinched and blue than ever.
Something in the doctors silence,
carried Laurel's thoughts to their low
est ebb. She knew suddenly that the
baby was dying.
Now that the crisis was here, Laurel
was dry-eyed and without emotion.
He can't die!" she said over and
over again through shut teeth. "Why
am | afraid? He cant die" And with
all her might she kept repeating these
words. her eyes narrowed and looking
at the tiny pinched face.
DR.. Summers leaned down suddenly.
1t was on the tip of his tongue to ex =
claim aloud. ITS all over But
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

the words did not come, for as. he brush
ed his fingers across the baby's fore
head they came away moist and he
straightefed up again with a look OF
triumph.
Hes sleeping" he said triumph
antly. II think he'll pull through"
DR.. Summers expected Laurel to do
everything but what she did. He had
been with frantic mothers before in the
case of a very sick child and Laurel had
shown every sign of breakdown earlier
in the evening. Now she seemed strong,
sufficient unto herself. A smile curved
her lips, and she raised her eyes to
his. Her slim shoulders Strengthened.
Thank you, DR.. Dick" she said
evenly, leaned n moment over the crib,
and then turned to Gronvile.
"The baby will live," she said, with
an air that seemed to say, Behold, /
am giving him back to you"
"And now. Laurel, you must rest" I"
DR.. Dick said authoritatively, when
they had made sure that the child was
sleeping comfortably.
She laughed. But I'm not bit
tired. ! feel as though I could walk
for miles. I'm going down to make
ants are in bed, and il will be q regu
lar lark. Come on" And she led
the way down to the huge basement
kitchen.
She pinned up the sleeves of her neg
ligee and measured out the coffee and
the water. Regular old fashioned cof =
fee" she laughed, the color rioting in
her cheeks. "The kind I used to make
for the crowd when / was on the paper.
I know that the cook makes ours in
the latest style percolator, but it isn't
nearly as good.'
Granville watched her with an ache
in his heart. She had never been so
far away from him as she was now.
Before. when he had watched her, dis =
tracted and frantic with fear, even
though he had known that ne could
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

state Of affairs and that under BaureI'e
gay diablerie she was all woman. q.
She finally left the two men Ia the
library and stole back to the nursery
She carried a tray with some coffee on
it 70 Miss Phillips, who took it crate
fully. ss
Hes fine," she said with nod IN
the direction of the crib. mo fever,
and sleeping like a cberub. Oh, Mrs.
Burton, you don't know how glad am
for you," and tears sprang to her kind
eyes.
The tension snapped in Laurel's heart
and quick tears came to her relief, es
she turned away. In her own room she
sobbed for long time in the darkness.
The relief from strain that the passing
of the crisis had brought her only made
her realize more clearly the unhappiness
in her heart.
(Tomorrow--LaureI and Tom Bur !.
ton rH tft
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
What Is Proper2

Dear Cynthia-Is it proper for boy
to hold your arm while walking? Should
you shake hands while saying good
night? How should you close letter
to a boy? BLUET.
1t is not customary. to take II young
mans arm when out walking with him.
It's quite all right to shake hands
when saying good night.
Close your letter with sincerely"
or Every sincerely"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
Formal Invitations

70 '"e Editor Of Woman's Page:
+. pear Madam am planning n dance
~ honor of friend in the city and the
.,hhs'tations .h are copper plate engraved
o one usual kind that sell for seventy five
,e"'s dozen. On these invitations is
space for each person to be
invited Now. what ! wish to know
10 s' What shall ] put on these invitations
n S,Shity that this dance is in honor OF
meet Miss j. l.. Pitcoe" be correct
Known her? PENSACOI 4 ''e
Under the word dance" on tbe in .
nn'tation write ''in honor of Miss ]. Y.
tboe. bncoe. You can get invitations with
:" t"eSe Sa words included, and all you have
"nu w 10 IS to fill in the three names, youl
ot tThh, the invited guest and the guest
nohor' Have you tried to get those
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
The Band OF Hope

MARY BARNER had learned the
lNl lesson early that the only easing
of her own pain was in helping others
to hear theirs, and so 1t came ABOUT
that there was perhaps no one IN MIL :
s"rd more beloved than she. Perhaps II
,vas thn memory Of her own lost chlld !
Lood thnt caused her heart to go out In
love and sympathy to every niue poy
and girl in the village A. .,
Tbeir lows were hers; their sorrows
,,,o She took slivers from little fingers
With great skill begui!ing the owner
thereof with wonderful songs ant
stories. She piloted weary little piod9er'
through pages of homework, on,
mended torn ''pinnies so that ever
vigilant mothers never knew th"l incl
little girls had jumped the renee at al
She made dresses for concerts at snol!
notice. She appeased angry parents am
many time prevented the ta'i VI CUT
reCtion's rod ,.u.1
natius NcSorley, Jr., to leave M
mothers door, and go swimming IN wv
river. promising faithfully to 'button Ut
his back"-Ignatius being wise chll'
who knew his limitatiOns-an Whei
Tommy Watson forgot that promise an,
basely deserted Ignatius to eaten on til'
back of a buggy that came along th'
river road, leaving his unhappy. trien'
clad in one small shirt, vainly lmnplor
ing him to return, IgnatiuS could no
go home, for his mother would know
| that he had again yielded to the SIREN
voice so it was to the Barner back 900
that he turned his guilty steps. MIS-
Barner was talking to patient IN th
Office when she heard small voice
the kitchen door full of distress, whim
pering:
"Please, Miss Barner, I'm in a ba'
way. Tommy Watson said he'd help m
and he never
Miss Barner went quickly, and ther
on the doorstep stood tiny cupid !
tears, tightly clasping his scanty ward
robe to his bosom. =,
1'He said he d help me and he never !
he repeated in a burst of rage as sh
drew him In hastily.
Never mind, honey" she saie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
UphoIds Buck Priyates

Dear Cyntha-Allow me, please, to
voice my point of view in your worthy
column. Am still in a hospital, recu-
perating from the wounds / received on
the battlefelds of Europe. l spend my
after treatment hours in reading good
books. magazines and various news
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
AnsMers nWorriedn
To "Fay"
Good Advice

Good Advice
Dear Cynthia-Your column in the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER is indeed OF
interest and / must congratulate you
for your patience. only want to say
a few words to -. Dudley" Yes.
think you are right in your opinion
Of the girls that sign themselves "rhc
Vamp" and other ridiculous names,
and ask such foolish questions. OF
course, Cynthia is too good to refuse
to answer them, but let me tell you
il these girls had to work hard all day
in great, big Office and then como
home in the evening and help mother
they would forget all about their
beauty. What do you say?
Now, girls, do not feel offended, but
take my advice and think less Of how
beautiful" you are.
THE STENOG.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
A Brown Costume

- m' Editor Of Woman's Page:
swon ~ear Madam-Will you kindly an
C"Ina C%'r taese questions in your valuable
bo b'uJnn I Can a dark blue straw hat
SroouEed uEed dark brown Can purple
oISuclolh moIo be dyed brown? What will
SnitS pretty collar for a broadcloth
=. A. II.
n ysrn uark blue straw hat would not dye
very good brown, as brown IL a veSv
Il iIarp color to get; but YOU could colo,
n,o urown with one of the commercial
purpIa pupaIsdtlons for painting hats. Th,
h4'ps proadcloth could be dyed brown,
J to "s A collar would be the best thina
itseIs y you don't use the broadcloti
suitable ihat ,t would really be the mos,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES

UTT'S hard to git time to be healthy,
i ma" she said 1--WE should keep the
kittle bilin' all the time, she says, to
keen the humanity in the air. Oh,
wish she hadn't told me. / never
thought attn hurt any one, but she says
lots of things that taste good is black
pison. Isn't IL quare, ma, the Lord
but such poor works in NV, and US not
tbere at the time to raise hand.
They sewed in silence for few min
utes.
Then Pearl said: LET us go to bed
now, ma, me eyes are shuttin III
20 back tomorrow, and ask camilla
about the oliver.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22
MRS. WILSON TELLS HOW
TO TAKE CARE OF UTENSU s
Please Tell Me
What TO DO
BY CYNTHIA

Answers an Love"
I'm Love"--Cynthia simply repeats
the same advice, dear. If the boy IL
rude, let him go.
Answers "Worried''
"Worried"--Cynthia Is sorry, but
she can't recommend any one who could
do what you ask.
To "Fay"
Of course you did right not to notice
rude remarks made by strangers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-22

Tomorrow-Laurel and Tom Bur
TOM