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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
The Woman S Exchange

music and my parents faith IN me
make me AL the more determined 70
succeed Financial affairs at home VIII
now cause ne to give up vocal lessons.
money TO pay for my lessons but can
not stop school, ! must geL A hlEt
school education at least. Is it possl-
bic for me TO sing a. concerts and earn
money In this way others younger than
| have done Il, but who gave them the
OpDOr,un.tE2
Is Il possible for me 10 become an
orera singer without being able TO play
the piano" / have no trouble in reading
ny music, and am not living on false
hopes. bat on those given 10 n" by 4
singer and a noted teacher. Kindly try
to help m" with your advice. ! want 20
make singing my profession. and do not
want 20 demand too much At home.
There arc others besides ne. HOPE,
You are rlght In wanting 10 finish
that 70 take up your singing in really
serious manner, for you are stIl! very
ing lessons now, though; because, even
though you are at school you can find
time TO practice, since you are go tire.
mend"uslv Interested in il.
1t would not be possible for you TO do
any concert work in order 70 earn
money. You see, YOU have not had the
amount uf experience necessary for this
Even though you feel YOU are talented.
your voice mas not been trained III.
Ciently % insure success. But surely
there Is something that you could do 10
get tho money Don't you think YOU
could make candy or cook some other
good thing 20 eat, and put it on saIa
at a store nearby? People are often
anxious for "eXtras' OF THIS sort and
cannot find time to mako them them
selves. SO, IL you prepare your goods
carefully and attraCtively you viii ind
a sale for them.
! II you do not feel you can do this
go TO the Junior Employment Service
| Bureau, at l522 Cherry street They viii
| let you register your name Uhe bureau
is open every week day until 1880 and
will then find something for you to do,
outside Of school hours
Good luck to you In your prof qsior I,
| Your great desire to succeed will hclD
| you lot, though, of course as YOU
| know, II will take long time An opera
singer should be able TO pick out on the
! piano the notes of the pieces CHE sings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
The Heart Pirate
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copvriaht. 1921. by Public Ledoer Compdp,

to he burned up. 1t didn't suit you
at all. didn't like seeing you i'll It.
"Iou managed TO stand II for three
years, Mr.. Rlakcslce, when l wore it
to the Office.
She was sorry the moment after she
had said that, for his eyes suddenly
famed
II hardly knew what you wore then.
wasn't interested. ] hardly knew
what you looked like. Now want
YOU to wear only the things that make
you lovely"
Thoo rose to her feet. She was
trembling. but she forced herself to
speak stiffly. Every well. Mr.. Blakes
lee, you make it impossible for me to
refuse to wear the clothes you have
provided, but l shnll return them to
YOU as soon as I can. Also ! came
away with very little money. Can YOU
advance me enough for my carfare
hOmeV
Her checks burned. She was furious
nt having to ask favor of him. furi
Gus and ashamed. but there was ne
/ other way out. and she wanted to gel
| away as soon as possible.
Il shall see that you get home safe
! w." he said quickly.
"But that isn't necessary, I want tt
be alone Surely you must see how
feel about it. y
Il SCI that you are anxious to be riC
/ Of ne. that you want to run away a
soon as we land, but that is out o
! the question. Nou are under my pro
lection. and for the present you viii
have to put up with my company
His voice was hard, and there wa
about him no slightest vestige Of per
sonul feeling. but he was none the les
determined to make her realize that h,
was master.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
CHAPTER III
A Trick on the Burglar

WHEN n burglar laughs he doesn't
w laugh like other folks. Other folks
laugh "ha ha ha !" or "he he he 7"
And usually they are having such good
time they don't care how much noise
they make.
But when burglar laughs he laughs
without making n sound. That Is be-
cause he is afraid some one will hear
him and catch him. So he laughs a
silent laugh, just shaking and shivqring
and gurgling. That is the kind of laugh
the burglar laughed at Jack and Janet
when they surprised him trying to get
into the dining room safe.
lie laughed because Jack had tried to
catch him with n popgun and because
Janet had said she was going to make
him good.
GLOW are you going to make me
goodT' the burglar whispered to Janet
when he got over his fit of silent laugh
ing.
81 am going to make you good by
making YOU sorry for being bad" said
Janet. And then I'm going to lot
you go home to your poor wife and little
babies instead of having you locked up
in jail ="
The burglar laughed again, so hard
Janet thought he would stranglc in his
efforts to keep silent.
That is very fine of you." he said
at last TO Janet. II thank you for
But as 1t happens, | haven't any poor
wife or any babies. I'm bachelor
burglar" =
That was not at all as Janet expected
things to be. 1t upset her plans.
'"Ihpp yOr t,,ict hn UnnI hnnoneo Wa,
want to be good,'' she argued. The
bachelor burglar laughed again.
But ! don't want to be good-not
just yet" he said. First. I want to
get the silver out of this safe. : And I
must hurry"
''If YOU touch that safe I'll yell,
said Jack boldly.
In less than n second the burglar
grabbed Jack. He tied napkin around
Jacks mouth and fastened his hands
together with curtain cord lie
grabbed Janet. too and tied up her
mouth with n napkin. Janet's plan for
making him good seemed to go al
| wrong. This was plainly very ,bat
burglar. He was too big chap for Il
little girl to handle.
But quick as wink Janet thought OF
a way to handle the burglar. In hcr
| pajnma pocket was eookie-a magic
cookie given her in the Mysterious Gar
den by Mr.. Picman. Any person who
nibblpd on that cookie would be made
us small as n doll.
The burglar was reaching for Janet
hand to tic it up as he had tied Jack
lands. Janet dove into her pajama
pocket and brought out the cookie. She
held this up to the burglar.
The burglar stared at it in surprise.
| 'Why, bless my heart, that il nice
OF you he said. ~ am a bit hungry
and | will take the lunch you so kindly
offer before l finish robbing the silve,
safe" The burglar nibblcd on the
cookie, and then he got another surprise
the biggest surprise of his life. Al
the very first bite the earth seemed t
shoot up at him. In the twinkling O.
an eye he found himself no longer big
bold man burglar, but a tiny. scared
toy burglar. And Jack and Janet wer,
large enough to spank him or to do any
thing they wished with him. All be
cause Janet was smart enough to us
her wits to play clever trick on him
| What Jack and Janet do with tn
surprised burglar will be told tomor
row.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Her Sister SIurs Him

i'ear CFnthla--Would you please pub
Nsh this letter in your valuable column
so | VII be able to obtain some advice
from Your readers
Now, dear readers, l am young man
or twenty-five summers and am engaged
10 n young lady four years my Junior.
Last March CAV" her the ring and
everything went along fine until about
Aprli, when her sister started to slur me
she has Kept this up continually and her
parents only say that she is 'fussy.
used 70 see my intended three nights
or probably four week on account Of
my parents living away from me; it WAS
tne only way to spend my evenings
40" see hcr TWO nights on account OF
ms sisters taIk My intended had III"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Need a Ne,U Scarf?

And. added to this question, comes
the next one, Haven't you an old dress
of crepe dc chine or charmeuSc in some
lighter color, such as jade green. tan or
rose, which will give you the lining for
it? Because. you see, when you have
this the outside piece can be almost
any material that is soft and dark
Perhaps YOU can use some that YOU
have already; in this case. too, though
If you are getting something new. blue
or brown or black Canton crepe would
be best. OF course. the shape Of the
scarf is simlly a long and narrow piece,
and it is really quite effective.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Through a Woman's Eyes
The GOOD Sport
By JEAN NEWTON

One of the highest compliments a man
pays girl is to call her a good
sport"
The good sport is a man ; woman. the
girl Of tJday-that fascinating COM
bination of feminine charm with the
masculine point Of view. She has done
good deal for all girls. for she has
brought about the change in woman S
position from the playthng to the com
panyon and adviser of man.
With no sacrifice Of her wOmanlv
attributes, the good sport can be a
mans equal on the stock market or on
: the tennis court-how much his equal
Pr his superior depends upon the relative
amount Of gray matter with which each
IS endawed,
The nav girl goes in for everything
She is as easy to talk to on boxing as
on COleridge. She enjoys chicken u Ia
king and lobster a Ia Ncwburg; but she
goes on hike and devourS her
'frankieS" and "Sweot mickioS" with
all the guSto of the hungry urchiu who
pliers them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Care of Dust Cloths

Dust cloths should be washed fire.
quently, because a little dirt comes out
more easily and because dirty cloths
often leave as much dust as they take
up and may scratch highly poli"hed
surfaces The oil in "dustless" cloths
may be restored by adding to the rinse
water a little kerosene or floor oil
(about one tablespoon to quart OF
waterJ, or by pouring a few drops OF
oil on the dry duster, rolling It tight
and letting it stand until the oil spreads
eYenlN.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Wants to Sinq We'll
o ths Editor oI WomG ans Page

TO ths Editor of Won ans PAGE;
Dear Madam am seeking advice
upon a subject seldom mentioned in your
column. am sixteen years Of age,
and am in my third year Of high school
In my freshman year | started with the
academic course, but as my parents
found that college would be too much 4
q drain upon their resources, | changed
my course to the commercial
nm disappointed that cannot go
20 college; but as my ambition
A. to become singer my parents
Hre striving to further my ideal. | have
been sent to a capable teacher from
school and she tested my voice. She
said that ! was not too young 10 start
in with lessons. as my voice promised
90 be a big one, took lessons for
several months, and. during this time
iiy voice improved greatly, My love for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
WHAT'S WHAT

often BY way Of liatterlng the parents
bu, occasionally in unquestonahlc sin.
CcrIl Of admiration, a visitor VIII be
!ndscrcot enough 70 praise children 10
'ho!r fhcca. This Is neither good taste
nor good sense" A careful mother IS
more embarrassed than gratihed by
compliments uttered in Childs hear.
ing. In some parts Of Russia IL Is con.
sd"red unIucky TO praise children when
they are present, and this rather sen.
sible superstition saves a great deal Of
trouble TO the parents
what the Irish call "the soothering
tongue works mischief even among
adults who are weak enough TO relisr
hlaTney but us effect upon Chidrei ~
DISASTROUS Believing all the complI.
Inents they hear. they become nsuffer.
able little prigs, self-Centcred and self,
conscious. Vain children are always de,
feCtive in manners, because they are po
absorbed in thoughts Of their be-nraised
beaut! and talents that they habltualIy
forget the Considerate little Courtestea
which are like second nature 10 a we'll
trained child,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Things You'll Loue to Make

This POPPY.TRIMMED HAT Is most
attractive for the fall. The hat itself 10
of black velvet. The poppies are Gu.
from bright red patent leather or good
quality olcloth. The lines on the petals
are long loops of black embroidery
silk; the stamens in the center. yellow
and black French dots. With straw
Colored embi oidery silk or worsted
make the wheat-shaped forms between
the poppies. A POPPY.TRIMMED HAT
Is easily and inexpensIvely made and Is
as fascinating a chapeau as one can
want for fall wear. FLORA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Fears She's UnIovinu

Dear Cynthia-Thts Is the first tim"
I've conc 10 ask for your wonderful
advic" Am a gil OF eightosn, ronsd-
rr"d good-.oOk'ng. can dance. swim. play
han, sew. etc. and am liked by almost
everybody. being sociahle and polite.
Now. since | was Nteen I'VE been
going 70 dance halls and parties just
cant keep away from darccs, they're 50
aIuring livery time | go 70 one | am
complimentcd on my dancing and looks
Ny parents try to keep me away from
them. but to no avail. Whenever ] 60
TO a dance to listen to the music only I
cant sit still I'm filled with excite
inert
I've kept company with a Young. at
trac'Ive man, but otherwise he WASH :
much. he telling me a lot Of stories that
were untrue I liked this fellow. but had
10 break my parents not approving Of
him coming to me. once burnt, you Will
always look out for fire
Whenever a young man tries to keep
company with me | cannot Ike him. In
fact I'm afraid TO, always thinking
they're the SAM. There are some good
fellows that | know who want to go
with me. hut 7 cannot like them, for
they are not so nifty and polished as the
ONES | know who go 20 dance halls I'm
willing to settle down when | get my
deal Of man and that Is passable in
looks. no dance hall run-around. and
one who can think OF future or, rather,
provide for oTe. But IL is hard for me
10 like any fellow.
Dear cynthia, will you kindly help a
girl out in distress. for I'm beginning to
IN nix that there ls no way out of being
a dance hall jazz baby"
BLACK-EYEr STENOG.
You must simply make up your mind
10 obey your parents and stay homo
more. The idea Of girl Of eighteen
running 70 dance halls every night and
worrying because she can't love any
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Janet's Burglar
BY DADDY

Jack and Janet hear burglar IN
the house. Jack tries to scare him
10TH a popGun, and Then that fails
Janet tries to make him good.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27

A FRAID Of her mother?
n Afraid Of the greatest, deepest low
and joy in her life!
Surely the progress Of modern thought
isn't going to make us believe anything
like that!
And If Il does, It surely cannot sug.
pest any better way Of overcoming the
fear than the same old tender way that
mothers have always used.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
Tomorrow-Between Two Women.
In Other Lands

Belgian women have been made eligi-
BILE to the positions of burgomaster,
alderman and OF commercial secretary,
but In the cases of married women It
is stimulated that they must obtain the
consent Of their husbands before taking
uD such posts
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
A Poem

Dear Cynth!a--May ] send you this
short effIs.on entitled She?
SHE
She kissed my check, she kissed my
brow,
She raresssd nv flowing hair,
Then pressed my lips and warmed my
chin
And sat in It dimp!e there.
She bada m" look into the brook
As :, huhh,ed on in gIe",
Yes. we'll | knew. just Ike you
That she was memory.
KENSINGTON
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
CHE was talking about the very new
- est way Of bringing up children.

ShE was taking ABOUT Tue very h'"
~ est way Of bringing up children.
""If you continue in this manner. "
she concluded her lecture on "The In
FAINT" "the child will soon cease to be
afraid of his mother.
Afraid of his motherl What mother
il would be who could make her child
afraid of her!
There are many new things discov-
cred all the time, and each one seems
to people who hear it for the first time
Utterly impossible.
Such things cannot be, we insist.
But, as time goes on, we find that
they can be, and they are.
Is this one of them?
Is il possible that child could be
afraid Of his mother?
Why. he doesn't know anything but
his mother Mt first; he doesn't even
know himself.
His own hands are q surprise and
wonder to him for a long time.
yrHE first thing he begins to realize is
i a loving. tender presence, com :
Portable. comforting person.
As he learns more and more about the
world. and sees more and more of 1t
between his maps, he discovers that the
nrescncc is his mother and the incest
hing in this new world that is opening
up before him.. g., .,.-
Did YOU ever see baby afraid of this
nice thing?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27

ON the Island Of Jersey there is
very curious but pretty marriage Gus
tom As soon rs the ceremony is over
ana when the happy couple are enter
ing into occupation OF their house. the
large granite slab over the porch is in
scribcd with the initials of the bride
and bridegroom and between the two a
rough representation of two hearts is
entWined the whole thus forming n
unique marriage certificate for all the
world TO see.
The wife of Signor Mascagni, the
famous Italian COMPOSER. wears a most
curious watch fob. It consists Of an
Italian silver piece punctured with six
round holes in which are hung six
pearly first teeth of her little daugh.
ter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27
viii Modern Thought Make Us Believe
That Babies Euer Fear Their Mothers,
Their Lives Would Be Long Starting Properly This We're
the Case for All They Kno,o at First Is Mother

They are sometimes afraid OF otbor
people. ''"er
Father is pleasant, booming ne,so,
who always calls forth smile ou, ou,
the rest of the family are things 10 "a sot
used to gradually. ~"
Sometimes His Honor will hold oo,..
lying in the middle Of big bed. smith,. Iiiius.
impartially upon all his admirers
One more adventurous than the otb.r.
will go up to speak to him, and he wi
still smile. VII
But as she gets close enough for him
to hear her voice clearly and SEQ ,,s hs.
face distinctly, the smile will wobb,e'
turn the other way, slide mournfulIy,
and finish up in dismal howl.
He thought 1t was his mother. and
it was somebody else
MJOULD he have had that feeling %
mother? Y"
And would the little four month old
girl have shown ker love for her motbnr
so plainly il there had ever been mo-.
ment in her life when she was afraid,
She slept in cradle, an old fash.
ioned one that had been her mothers
and grandmother's when she came 70
grandmother's to visit.
She always got awake early in N.
morning and lay with her eyes omen,
talking softly to herself and batting her
hands about gently.
One day when she opened those Biz
blue eyes, grandmother was there
watching.
She saw the newly awakened gaze
sweep over the little cradle toward tho
he'd and then, anchoring. catch sight Of
her mothers hand dropping over the
edge of the bed near her.
And the look Of alteration and DELIGHT
that filled those blue eyes was 20 deep
and real that grandmother almost had
to weep!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-27

TomorrOw-The Sublime Bump.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-02

they were testifying, as they supposed,
in Arbuckle's favor, the circumstances
which justify conviction for the crime
of manslaughter.
"They told one story. The defendant
himself told another. It has been proved
that Arbuckle was seen to follow the
girl into his room and that he locked the
door and IL has been demonstrated that
the door to the hallway, usually open,
was locked. knowledge of what hap
pened in that room may be deducted
from the markings on that door panel"
Says. Door Tells Story
Here Friedman indicated the mahog-
any door taken from the hotel suite,
labored over by the fngerprint expert
Heinrich, the unshaken, and carried
finally into court.
1T is demonstrated that woman's
hand was placed on the door," the
prosecutor continued, that male
hand was placed heavily over It and the
hands were the hands of Virginia Rappe
and Roscoe Arbpuckle. These marks
were made when the girl attempted to
make her escape into the corridor from
the room in which this man attacked
her.
"The defendant has come into court
at the last hour with manufactured
tale, tale that he didn't tell at the
time of his arrest, of which no one
heard anything until the other day. It
is tale fabricated to meet the needs
of the occasion. If there were any
truth in 1t, why did he wait this long
TO tell it? Why did he refuse to tell what
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hours OF the time allotted for his clos
ing argument when court adjourned.
The State has two hours and twenty
minutes remaining for the address that
will close the trial. It is not believed
that the jury will require more than
an hour to reach verGrct. The inn
preston still prevails that Fatty will
be acquitted.
The three physicians who made the
chemical and microscopic tests to de-
termine with scientific accuracy tho
physical condition of Virginia Rappe
when she entered Arbucklc's suite at
the St. Francis Hotel on Labor Day
at the invitation Of Freddie Fishbach
reported at the opening of court that
they had found only some signs of an
interior inflammation.
Hardly Contributory
They were asked by the prosecution
whether inflammation OF this sort would
justify the contention that the affected
organ ruptured spontaneously. The
doctors said that inflammation could
hardly be regarded as n contributory
cause of the injury from which the
girl died. From this assertion Mr..
Friedman began the first of the two
appeals to the jury which are per-
mitted to the State.
There are secret offenses," he said,
(Which cannot always be proved by
direct evidence. The State cannot have
detectives in the private rooms or closets
Of hotels. But I think that it must pc
apparent by this time that the array
of witnesses who testified for Fatty
Arbuckle have convicted him. They
have outlined admirably, even when
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grow foot taller, waited for the effect
Of the interruption to pass and went on.
But he had not worn out the effects
Of the prosecutions address when court
was adjourned. He had not visibly
cheered Fatty Arbuckle or lessened the
stress of a day that for Fatty must
have been filed with unmixed torment.
There was a somher ring in the closing
sentences of the States appeal.
1--WE ask" said the Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney, 'for a verdict OF guilty
against, Roscoe Arbuckle, who is here
charged with causing the death of one
Virginia Rappe, a human being"
A verdict of one sort or another will
almost certainly be received before
night. The jury is obviously sick and
weary of the case.