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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
Yesterdays Answers

|. Miss Grace Wolf, a stenographer,
Of Tokcpa, Kan. works in the
morning for n Methodist minister
who performs many marriages,
and in the afternoon for law
office where most of the letters are
about divorces and alimonieS.
;. II an ordinary pencil clip is forced
through the id Of an eye glass
case, and fastened tight, the case
can be held firmly in place in a
pocket, just like a fountain pen
or pencil.
}. The owner Of an imitation ivory
toilet set should be careful never
u allow her perfume 10 fall on
any Of the articles, as alcohol is
injurious to the artificial ivory.
{. A pretty top for a child can be
made BY gluing two large button
moldS together, with matchstick
run through the center, and
painting them in bright co'Ors.
:. The woman who CroChets will find
II easy 70 make tilet band, stiff
fen it with glue, turn it into q
circle, and present 1t as a napkin
ring for Christmas.
8. Wider skirts for dresses are pre-
dictrd for spring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
} The Lion and the Mouse

NEVER In his life before had Mark
Branc met so utterly disdainful .
ersature as this woman before him All
hR life he had given orders and had
bSen unquestion!ngly obeyed. He was
niaster OF his ranch and OF the men on
ri and this girl. slim and tall and white
showed IN every line ot her that she de-
spjsed him, that she felt him beneath
hkr 1t was like 4 white kitten hy,ng
I'M the face OF a Jungle Hon.
hooking n: him dehantly, Jean saw
his mouth tighten and then suddenly
ks laughed.
I''what spitAre It s." ne nocked
s-Jsed to having your own way, aren't
you? Well now. we might as we'll look
at this thing fairly. There's no need Of
qsarrel!ng with existing circumstances.
nSw L. there: We might AS well be
fiends.'
bJsan WAS silent.
FITS quite true that you haven't any
Eioney you're helpless. dependent on
uie or any Of your friends"
II can work" Jean famed out. .
."Can you? Well, what would you Ike
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
Denies There 10 Love

Dear Cynthia-I am q young girl
aged seventeen and even though ! am
considered beautiful by every one II
seems as though shall never get out
with other girls and fellows. ] go with
n girl OF the same age and she Is neither
beautiful nor good looking by any
means, but even though she lacks these
two, she has a Gate for every night IN
the week.
I always heard that a fellow likes a
ood-Iooking girl. but I don't find It so
In my case do you, Cynthia?
OF course. go out with fellows. but
I haven: a date for every night IN the
week Cynthia. why do all the fellows
hate to 60 around with a young girl
OF sixteen or seventeen? When my
brother brings his friends to the house
I find them all very nice. put II seems
they never make n date with me DO
you suppose It Is because my pro.neI
Is around? Fellows of around nineteen
term the younger girls as kids WIZ
some Of your male correspondents tell
me why they call girl Of that age
kid" when she is just as much OF a
woman as a girl OF eighteen or nlne'een
~ there Is such a thing as love. say
NO" There Is no such thing on this
earth as love. Some people imagine they
are IN love- but no such thing e1ists
others (who are not narrow-minded as
to such silly thing) who Will agree
with me. az.
fresh fellows and men and painted-up
dolls" II people were more decent we
would have nicer place to live In than
we have. but for me. give me nome
in the country and good, kind hus-
band who does not run out with others.
VIII some OF the opposite sex please
answer this letter. as once In while
girl can really get lonesome and enjoys
reading q good letter giving her some
advice.
Here's hoping I hear from 'some
one" real soon.
"Is Il necessary to have the right
name and address Of a correspondent to
CLEO"
Never mind. dear: you'll grow UP some
day and find big, beautiful love in this
world and will be happy woman. Be
thankful you do not have date, as
you express 1t, every evening. That is
overmuch pleasure Every girl should
be at home more than she Is out.
Yes, your name and address should
be signed to all letters addressed to
Cynthia.
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"T. q. Pr Wrjtee

Dear Cynthia--Some of the letters In
your column recently have struck home
with emphasis. I refer. of course. TO
the strangers in the city who want
friends and can't find the real sort. 1t
wasn't SO long ago that l was In the
same position, and, believeme. there are
few worse feelings In this world.
Methinks that most OF your corre-
spondents recognize full well why II is
growth of friendships through the col
umn. and yet. can't we, all o! us, with
you as sort of a chairman, do some-
thing? I'd be right glad to give some
one a real Christmas dinner in real
home. but ] don't Just know where to
go. I'd like to help toward the foun-
dation Of such an organization, one
where my character can be investigat.
ed before my invitations are placed, and
with any one who might be sent out
II was little over a year ago, In
cidentally, when some one offered to
help make me less lonely through your
column. If you still have their name
will you not tell them that their offer
has not been forgotten, and that today
Il is as much appreciated as II was
when you first passed 1t on to
THE BUCK PRIVATE
Your suggestion is fine, T. b. p, but
Cynthia is not in a position to take II
up at the present time. II you want to
give a dinner to some one. why not do SO
through the Home Relief or the Red
Cross or Emergency Aid?
Hope you have a happy Chrlstmas
Perhaps In time we can work out some
plan for the lonely ones. but it's very
dangerous thing, unfortunately
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16

WHILE Christmas is not far away, it
w is still enough in the distance to
have time to make gifts. And many OF
us are so busy that we cannot always
have all our gifts finished weeks be
fore the day.
OF course, there is really no end 10
the variety Of beaded bags shown; but
TO make one Of these is too long a piece
of work to begin at this time. Velvet
In every color is popular for bags
and many of these are made up quite
unadOrned, while others show some de =
sign wrought in beads. silks or wool.
Many of these bags are cut rather deep
and rounding. and set into curving
instead of square cornered frame.
Moire silk is seen a great deal. and
these bags are extremely good looking
They are set in the straight and also
the rounding frames, and are plated
into them. The plaits are about one
inch wide, and laid close together
going toward the middle and meeting
there. These bags are usually curved
at the bottom and are prettier than the
ones straight across the bottom. The
picture shows one of these.
1t is a good idea not always to de-
pend on a pattern. Try to get accus-
toned to cutting things like these for
yourself. Take old cloth or soft paper.
and see if you cant cut one Of these
plated bags. Decide on the depth and
size across the bottom. then mark the
cloth off at the top (at the right depth
draw line straight across for con
siderable distance, and then lay the side
plaits, making the laid plaits match the
distance across the frame.
Then shape your pattern TO fit the
frame as it nears the ends at each side,
mark clearly there, and then shape
from the bottom up to the point where
the frame ends. If your first attempt
doesn't please you, try again. and you
will be surprised how easy it will be-
come to copy many attractive articles.
Try a piece of paper eighteen or
twenty inches wide by ten deep. Fold it
through the middle on the length of it.
then lay three plaits each side of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
Please Tell Me
What TO Do
by CYNTHIA
Cannot Show Affection

Dear Cynthia--Kindly answer these
questions for me as I would ike 70
know what to do. You are the only one
to whom can turn for advice. l am
a girl sixteen years OF age and l nave
a great sorrow. am not affectionate
and sometimes my temper gets aheao
Of me.
My greatest worry Is that my mother
believes that don't love her and many
4 time she would throw UP to me that
I'm her enemy. Now, Cynthia. l love
my mother as any child should. In fact
I love her more than soVe children DO
their mothers. The thing 10 cannon
show her my love. II Is not In me,
and I can't force IL in me. Many a
time my mother would confde In her
other children. but she hardly ever con.
fides in me. My other sisters are not
affectionate either. yet she doesn't seem
to consider me In the same way as she
does them. Now Cynthia, what can !
do to make my mother believe In me
and trust mef
How can be. sweet-tempered. i'm
prove my personality and make people
like mel
IN NEED OF ADVICE.
My dear. start by always thinking
pleasant thoughts and half your trouble
will De conquered right in the beginning
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
An English Custom

and glass at the tip end Of the knife
Many Of the old formal requirements
of the dinner table of twenty years age
are today obsolete, and this is partially
due to our present manner of living and
also to the fact that much of the service
of those days is no longer good form.
The housewife who must do her own
work can plah service a la Russo,
that will make her the envy Of her
friends. Pace TO serve either an ap-
petizer or relish at the beginning Of
the meal. This may be either a salpicon
of fruit, fruit cocktail. oysters or clam
cocktail, shrimp or fish cocktail, a
canape Of fish, vegetable. meat or cheese
canape. A soup in bouillon cup and
for a change, oyster or small clans on
half shell or an entree of fish with po-
tato balls, and parsley butter. Tiny
patties of chicken, liver, mushrooms or
sweet breads; tiny cheese or egg cut
lets, and then meat, starchy foods such
as potatoes, rice or macaroni. One
green cooked vegetable and salad on
n plate. Remove this plate before serv-
ing the dessert. and finally coffee.
Now it is possible to serve the entire
meal without maid or without the
need Of the housewife rising from the
table.
Arrange the appetizer just in front of
each place and then set the soup or en-
tree, II you intend serving this di-
rectly, at each place. Place the meat
and vegetables on the table with the
salad, which has been prepared. Have
the percolator, cups and saucers with
sugar and cream and also the dessert
on the tea cart, near the housewife, and
on the lower shelf a tray containing
bowl to receive the soiled silver and
dishes. II an outlet to the electric
current is placed in a convenient loca-
ton. where the cord can be plugged in.
when the tea cart is conveniently To-
Gated near the housewife, she may start
the coffee at the proper time.
The use of large platters especially
designed for serving a platter meal
makes it very easy for the home table
service. The European habit Of serving
the salad at the same time 50 that IL
may be eaten with the meat, makes for
less dishes and a more uniform table.
Individual pepper and salt containers
are very dainty and we'll worth tho extra
time and trouble that are required to
keep them in condition. II celery trays
and bread plates are placed so as TO
serve either two or three people this
viii entirely eliminate passing them
around the table.
To the epicure. dainty and neat table
appointments are the first requisite for
a good meal and this makes the humblest
food repast fit for the gods. Do not
use broken or cracked or Chipped china.
Select thin and inexpensive dishes of
dainty pattern. The housewife who
serves food on dishes that show wear
and tear surely lacks the refiuements
OF an epicure.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16

middle, and toward the middle, tapping
them more than half over each other.
| Then measure down from the top at the
ends six inches, and begin here to slope
or round off the bag down to the ten
inch point in the middle. The lining
can be cut the shape of the bag after
the plaits are laid, being sure to give 1t
the full size of the outside from the
place where the sloping begins.
The lining, with its pockets. and the
outside. should both be finished, and
the lining slipped into the outside, and
the top edges of both turned in toward
the wrong side of each. These turned
in edges must be basted carefully to-
gether and the little finishing braid,
ribbon, ruching or whatever you choose
to have. sewed on then the bag is at
tached to the frame.
1t is easier to do this by taking an
over and over stitch, putting the needle
through the hole in the frame from the
outside, and letting it go through the
two edges of the bag and lining. Have
silk twist or double silk thread, waxed,
and take two stitches in each hole. You
can easily avoid the finishing braid by
letting the needle come out beneath it,
and in sewing the braid on let its upper
edge extend little bit above the edge of
the bag.
Some bags are made with a small
round bottom. TO which the bottom of
the bag is sewed. A circular piece
measuring four inches across is a good
size. Cut piece Of thin pasteboard
this size and cover it with the bag
material e Then the material for the
bag is cut the desired depth, and it can
be put on plain or fulled, depending
on the weight of the material. It is
scanned together, the lower edge turned
up toward the wrong side, and then
sewed to the bag bottom.
The lining is made in the same fash
ion, and after both are finished the
lining is put inside the bag, and tho
top is finished with casing, through
which the ribbon or cords are put. OF
course. there is a heading left above
i the cord casing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
TWILIGHT MAKES 1.-THE KIDS"
BEGIN TO THINK OF GHOSTS
When You Remember the Monsters That Lived in the Shadou
of Your Childhood Home You're Glad You're Cro,un Up

when It was necessary to pass that
place after dark, you weren't taking
any chancesi you crowded over 10 the
other side of the hall and scurried by
without looking.
A ND as for the back yard, why, that
"A dark, terrible path, from the gate Ia
the kitchen door, was filled with nor.
rors
As soon as you got inside the ssts
the darkness stood up on It's hind legx
and came stalking after you as fast an
1t could come.
You wouldn't admit that you wers
scared enough to run. but you mads
pretty good time just wslkine--and
that kitchen door made enough bang h
startle anything that might be at your
heels.
That big, crooked old apple tree over
in the corner Of the yard, that little
nook beside the kitchen steps, that
weird shadow down by the gate! Can't
you see them, even now7
THERE really are some things about
l. childhood which make you glad that
at last you have grown up out of them.
The ghosts at twilight were such
fearsome monsters
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
About Cats

To the Editor Of Wondr'S Page:
Dear Madam-Would like 10 put in
application for one OF the kittens offered
recently in the column. We recently
built and moved into a new home. but
are annoyed with mice. presumably
from the field. and sadly miss a dear
pet cat who was good mouser and who
died some time ago.
The present owners can be assured
It will have the best Of care. as well as
good home. where there are no chill
drcn to annoy It, and the adults are all
,ond Of animals. II this arrives too late
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16

Dedr mrs. w llBOn-Wlll you please
6te me a few hints on correct table
Artangements and service?
A READER.
rTSHE little amenities of correct dinini
L should BE- part Of each household
and part Of the housewives daily plan
To permit careless or indifferent man
nert at the table, or a hsphszart
method Of table service, though one
nust do ones own work, Is surely tn,
way to bring embarrassment on your
SELF when you have guests. Little
Irregularities will creep out, no matter
hoV you may try TO hide them, and thus
plainly show the guest that you are
unSccustomed TO the niceties Of the
dinner table.
Make it n rule to prepare the food
set the table and serve correctly. II
viii require but very few minutes
longer and you will soon acquire it as
to the manner born then adhere to this
arrangement.
The table is usually laid by the fol =
lowing rules
For breakfast cover the table with
. sileNre cloth or table pad and then
ovT this lay a clean white linen cloth.
"A low centerpiece of ferns or flowers is
always nice. Now on a nice tray ar
range the percolator, the sugar, cream
and the coffee cups and saucers. This
10 usually placed before the housewife
or eldest daughter. II you wish to use
Q coaster and chafng dish, these, too,
mr6t be placed on trays or large nat
platter.
Arrange the service at each place as
follows: 4 fruit spoon, cereal spoon,
coffee spoon, butter knife. silver knife
at ,the right hand side Of the place
about one inch in from the edge Of the
table. The table knife should have the
blade turned toward the plate. Place q
fork at the left hand side and place the
natkin beside the fork. A glass Of
wafer at the tip end of the table knife.
Now either the butter chip or the bread
anS butter plate can be used. as il is
largely q matter Of choice. The cereal
Is Served from covered dish.
The cooked dishes are usually set on
the table in a convenient position, and
II Toast is prepared in the kitchen it is
then placed in a folded napkin before
serving, and, as this meal is informal,
there are no set rules for serving break
Luncheon, when informal, is usually
sersed in a manner similar to the break
fast. Frequently doilies are used for
both breakfast and luncheon. This is
Q matter Of choice with the housewife.
Dinner
The table is laid with & silence cloth
anh white linen table cloth. spotlessly
clean. The dinner napkin should be
abbut twenty eight inches it should be
fohed three times TO form a square.
Keep in mind the fact that the appear
anee of the table at this meal does not
depend upon the expensive quality Of
thk food, but rather upon the cleanli-
ness and neatness and the we'll studied
arrangements of the whole table.
The little housewife with an artis-
tir taste may plan and serve a meal
which will be the envy Of her wealthy
sister. The arrangement of each indi-
vi9ual place is as follows Oyster fork,
II oysters are to be served; soup spoon.
bread and butter knife. table knife. at
thS right hand side; two forks and
Napkin at the left. The butter plate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
The Question Corner
TOday's Inquiries

| Who is Miss Jessie Burial, Of
Washington, D. c.?
;. What will disinfect and whiten
the kitchen sink?
2. Describe gift that would be
suitable for 4 man to give a girl
ut Christmas.
t How can the "lost" space in the
corner Of a bedroom that is under
sloping roof be utilized?
). What dainty gift for the baby can
be made out Of an ordinary pair
OF mems bicycle trOuscr clips and
some embroidered linen?
J. In what easy way is the finishing
made Of the end Of a piece Of EN-
broidery used To make q stole
collar on q dress?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
THE WOlNANS EXCHANGE

for one OF those cats, can you tell me
!. / could obtain nice one by applying q
to one OF the institutions that look after
stray animals that I believe exist in
Philadelphia? I also would like the nd.
dress Of same. II
| am sorry to disappoint you, but your
Ietter came after owners had been pro-
vided for the cats. would suggest that
you go 10 the Animal Rescue League, at
% South Eighteenth street. You viii Se
able to get a cat there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
XIV

LNIN
yae rarely bees a hand with L. line
II intuition H. It. The position OF TINS
i3.e Is similar 20 that Of the line OF
Mercury. but - dihers from the latter
~ that It IL gracefully curved, whereas
Il @ line " Mercury rs straight.
si'hose who have line OF i"tultIon
slo ugually gifted With Bome sort OF
Oecult power. They, are primarily as
ne very name OF the iinc suggests, intul-
tks. That ~. they &c. instructive feel'
.lgs. impulses or ideas concerning other
Hrsons or events and, as i rule. these
sntultlons are correct Many persons
wIo receive instructive "InessaBes" or
It's sort reject them as absurd or
,Iperstitious. Often, however, the event
riroyes that II they had been acted upon
ifo course pursued would have been
r.e5ted that those to whom intuitions
sSme should try to cultivate them as
they would their memory their reasoning
q, any other faculty. In time. It IL
aid, the intuitive faculty becomes
slronEer by this cultivation and Is ca
pable OF achieving the most astounding
Sssults.
fF0 he aontiuuRdl . ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
THE HUSBAND Halter
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
CopyrIoAt. 1870. ov Public LEDGER Co.

yean Northrup, Uho mas been
Thought up in toeoIth, IS suddenly left
SernileSS BY the death Of her father
shortly after his failure IN business
IN unknoUr man named Mark Brand
Nos been appointed her GudrdiGn, aud
Ttom the GrSt there IS crmity oettces1
NE tCo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16

THE street was almost dark and
L lights were beginning to show In
some Of the houses.
People were coming home from work
from both directions, hurrying up the
street or down the street. and going
gladly into warm houses.
1t was getting pretty late.
But the "kids'' were still playing.
still pushing their express wagon up and
down the pavement, coming around the
corner Of the little alley that cut into
the street. with reckless speed.
They stopped once, when the wagon
lost itself and foundered into the mud
at the side of the walk.
One of them looked up and down the
street, where the arc lights, just splut-
tering on, made mysterious shadows
under the trees.
He hesitated.
"If a great big ghost came walking
down the street, now" he finally re-
marked, difidehtly, "What would you
doT"
He giggled in an embarrassed, apollo
getic tone.
His companion considered the question
in silence.
Nothing" he replied, logically,
after a moment.
And, setting his knee on the express
wagon, his other foot on the ground
ready to push, he said, Get out the
way" and progress was resumed.
THOSE ghosts that infested the
i shadows of twilight in your child
hood-weren't they terrib'e
Don't you remember the one that
always used to climb up on your porch
as soon as it got dark?
He stayed right behind the post, in
the shadow of the big tree, until the
street lights came on.
And then after that you didn't know
when he'd jump out, or come crayling
after you.
Sometimes you thought it was Just
the shadow of the big tree, but then
| it seemed to grow darker, or come nearer
or something, until you just couldn't
stand it another minute; you had to
go in and have somebody light the
| light inside.
Then there was a certain corner of
the upstairs hall that you didn't trust
any too much; it had a triangular
shadow, partly on the ceiling, colos-
sal thing!
Mother could say what she liked, but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-12-16
WHAT'S WHAT
BY HELEN DECIE

II is one thing to be an epicure and
smother to be a glutton. The ravenous
eater who VOLTS" his food at every
meal as though he had had nothing to
eat for a week Is an extreme case,
seldom encountered In polite circles.
But there are other varieties Of the genus
glutton. who display their overfondness
for "eats' In different ways. For in
stance. there's the man Or woman whose
enjoyment Of the pleasures Of the table
is made too evident In an eager attack
upon certain favorite dishes, or In
an unseemly gloating over the delicious
ness Of the food.
Gluttons Of any type take no interest
IN the other diners. nor in the current
table talk. Their manners verge upon
grossness, since by their behavior they
proclaim that they have come TO n social
gathering solely for the purpose of ap-
pcasing their appetite.