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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-02
ATTENTION KNIGHTS OF

Meeting Thursday night. Work
in rank Of knight.
2. A Mohn. K. OF r. & s.
r. Denton, G. c.
-Advt I'll
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-02
PROPOSALS FOR STREET IMPROVE
MENT. CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
IND. DEPARTMENT OF
II NN-n

Notice ifs hereby given that sealed pro
posals will be received by the Depart
south Bend. Ind, up to 10 o'clock 4 VI.
Of the 14th day OF June. 1921. for the ex-
ecutiou of the following work:
Gravel Pavement on sample St from
Olive ST 20 a point 1884 feet west ~
the west line of olive St Under I'M
prOvemeut Resolution No. 500. In the
CITY Of South Bend. Ind
Complete drawings ana specifications
Of said work are now on NE In the office
OF the Department Of Public Works i'm
the City Hall. o. South Bend. Indiana.
The Board reserves the right 20 reject
any or an bids:
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
G.. A. ELLIOTT
HARVEY r. ROSTISER,
JOHN +. DE HAVEN
Veronica z. Sweeney. Clerk.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-02

ATTENTION KNIGHTS OF
PYTHIAS.
Meeting Thursday night. Work
- rzri1 ~ofs1Snight.
PA Mohn. X OF r. & s.
r. &c Deutons~C- Q.
Advt III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
CHAPTER vi
The Third Degree

A FTER thinking it over Harriet de-
"A cided that it was best to go down
to dinner. She had made up her mind
TO stay at Mrs. Baxter's. whether 1t was
taking n chance or not. and once having
decided she began to feel more settled
in her mind.
She spent the afternoon going through
the want columns in all the papers she
had bought. hoping against hope that
the concern of Harmon Il Grayes
would be advertising for a stenographer.
but she was doomed to disappointment
and il was with heavy heart that she
descended into the basement of the
three story brown front house at u
o'clock that evening. and found herself
seated between an anemic looking
woman of about forty five. and tired
faced man who stolidly kept his mind
on his food and had nothing to say.
Mrs. Baxter sat at the head OF the
table. She had cOmbed her heavy oily
looking hair and had dOnned black
skirt and a none too clean white shirt
waist. and as HHrried appeared she an
nounced rather dramatically
Ladies' and gentlemen, this Is Miss
Taylor. She is stranger in New YORK
and | hope you will all be kind to her.
Harriet slid into her seat after flash
ing a shy smile around the table, and in
silence began to taste her rather watery
looking soup. Miss Putnam. who SAT
on her right seemed disposed to be
friendly. and began to ask some rather
embarrassing questions as TO what Har-
riet did and where she came from. but
to Harriet's relief the talk about the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Answers hMr. 24n

Dear Cynthia-This is in answer to
Mister PAS" letter, asking the girls"
how It Is done.
Mr. "a, in the first place. are you tidy ?
appearance, when trying to make ac-
quaintance with a girl?
I will give you my own experience Gas
young lady) that might help you to
make a better impSession with the oppo-
site sex. young man escorted me
evidently liked my company, so he asked
me to go to the theatre with him the
following week. ] consented to go-but
! was sorry when | met him the next
time. because he certainly needed a
"shave' and. II the young man could not
might have pressed them himself-be-
cause they needed It, You know, Mr..
"a, that a girl hates to be seen with
an untldy fellow-no matter how polite
he s Again, the certain young man,
to whom | refer. used an awful lot OF
slang" Every other word was a slang
word
Study your girl--and II she Is dainty
and refined, cultivate a refined nature
yourself If she Is neat and attractive
make yourself so. Never use slang
when speaking to her, ana, or we'll
you know the rest.
"SPARKIER."
A very sensible letter. and one which
should give little light to some o:
those who think that personal appear
ance makes little or no difference.
Beauty is by no means essential Most
women prefer the well-built. virile type
of man TO the man with a beautiful
face. But every woman likes to see a
well-grOOmei man, and il he is not par
ticuar about his clothes and hands and
Is not properly shaved she Is apt to find
him quite repusive.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Out Every Niqht

Dear Cynthia am a steady reader
of your interesting column and have
written TO you before seeking advice.
| now write again. Cynthia, ! am what
you may call an every nlght-out fel-
low" Always have some place to go.
] am considered clever dancer and |
am quite amusing to people, but there
is one thing that troubles me.
At the place where work. there are a
few people VINO are always talking about
me and trying To be as disagreeable to
me as possible. They always talk OF
my going out every night with another
girl or fellow. but what has that got
to do with them ! really do keep late
hours, but I'm always at my work early
and ! am steady, never late or know
myself to miss a day through late hours
They are really trying to get me dis.
gusted with my work. | believe When
go in TO work in the morning one very
nice girl will ask me, How did you
spend last night Then ! tell her, and
then another one asks me and, of course
it looked all right to tell them; but
now | say nothing to them. and still
they holler at me and tell me any one
who travels around like | do should not
associate with them, | am always good
company and have had quite good
many girls since started to dance.
AS soon as | get nice girl another
comes along and takes me away from
her. | resolved to stop. as now I have
a real baby doll" We sure both love
each other, and to try to stop all this
talk going around. don't want to
quit my job, so my baby doll' and ]
go to a dance twice a week only but
still thSy roast me. | can't see why
any one doesn't like dancing. 1t is
really wonderful sport and pleasure
Anybody that doesn't like to dance
should Just take one lesson and learn
one step, and ! believe they would never
stop dancing. Hoping l haven't taken
up too much space PRINCE.
While ii is very urknd OF these peo
pie to make mean remarks and badger
YOU, It Is also a pity to go out to parties
every evening. 1t is bad for the char.
aCter There Is too much running round
these days Remember, though you are
only nineteen, the home Is the founda
tion OF the nation, and learn to love
your home. Keep to your resolution OF
taking your ianCce to dances only twice
a week and try staying at her home
another evening, Talk together and
learn what is worth while In your com.
mon interests.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Adventures With a Purse

NITTING and crocheting are be-
N coming more popular all the time
this will freely admit. But although
YOU may say what you please, | am
convinced that embroidery will always
hold its own. There are so many pretty
things that come for cnbroiderlng. For
instance, take the dresses for young
girls-girls from about seven TO thlr-
teen or fourteen, in fact. They come in
light weight material, such as n fine
lawn or voile, or heavier fabrics like
poplin. They come ready stamped for
cmbroidering and cost $3.50 and 81
Ono sample dress embroidered in col
ored warns was really aS smart as It
could be. Then. too, although the work
is effective, it is not really elaborate
and can, therefore, be done in short
time.
Here is a bracelet that would look
very we'll with black lace or velvet
dress with short sleeves. II is made
of black square shaped beads that twist
about the arm until there are three
rows. Until you try one on, you can
hardly imagine how effective they are
and how striking their contrast against
soft white skin. Prices are $3' 90 ana ~
For names OF shops address Woman's PAGE
Editor or phone Walnut or Main 5000
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
WHAT'S WHAT
by HELEN DECIE

People who achieve a certain standing
have 10 pay the penalties Of success but
one of the punishments which could be
dispensed with most easily Is the ava
lanche Of letters which they receive from
l,ttle- known or unknown correspondents
Longfellow, the most courteous of all our
geniuses, tried to make some response to
every well-meaning letter, until he found
that the task occupied so much time
and exhausted 50 much energy as to
leave him unfit for his real life work,
Emerson scoldcd him Toundly: Don't
answer them | never do" But when
they enclose stamps protested the uI-
tTa-cOnsCentious poet Use the stamps ::
that's what ! do; serves them right ="
PunChs famous counsel to the matri.
mOnially inclined, "DOn't!" Is wise ad-
vice when one is tempted to write a
wholly Unnecessary communication to a
busy man or woman. Unless the writer
Is absolutely convinced that the letter
will be helpful and welcome Il is the
part of good taste and consdera te ness
To leave II unwritten.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
AT CUPID,S CALL
XXX-An Angry EUe
By MAY CHRISTIE

The door swung open. There in the
aperture appcared--not Dick-but Miss
Eve Rochester, diSdaintul smile upon
her face and a CLINT OF anger IN her
eyes.
She closed the door behind her ana
came up t" Mary.
Il heard of your-your disgrNceful
cscapadc last night with my fance,
Dick CaIardln.' she said, in loud.
hard voice. 'l'e"'nit me to tel YOU that
| won't stand that sort of thing. ! de-
mand an explanation!
Mary.-white to the ips anI trem-
bling-faced Eve Rochester; she nad .n
hardly taken in the meaning or the
"'nrr WORDS o.. s, ,o,1
Wy eScaPaG' Hu' W., ,.al " n"'IH ii,,i Lp
10 h'r a'hihg u'au una HN"igu nI,,,; .,I,"i
Tier wan appearance "Wu'u n',' il'''ru
any "th'r henr' '""" Eve : N"-""
cAp'u"a''"n'
-, hHaGlIy M3at ! say -, r'lIynuu E, L.Sr.
ne hiSualmiuI SUl''' sun '.unE I%ooI' %
ner Ups n''"oue" nrr tHeS "rtv mnim,
N""t "o N"u "iI"" ~, ns,,., as
the night with the man whom | intend
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23

The rhcmse frock seems to have at
least nine lives. Time and again it's
vogue has been threatened by other
models. but always it comes out
triumphant with its extra eight lives
in its hand. OF course, the real source
If its vitality is the fact that it is 50
easy to get in aud-usually-so easy
to be seen in. There are few figures,
indeed, which the straight line frock
does not become. Here in this blue serge
model of today's drawing We get an
other version Of the chemise frock
Bound with silver gray bands, sashed
in the same silver gray, the model re-
neats this note in the underskirt. And
then. lest you should still be unaware
of is mood. it adds u narrow side panel
of gray serge embroidered in navy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
"A ONE-MAN WOMAN"
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR
Copvrioht, I9sI, bp Public LEDGER Co.

table soon became general. and gradu.
ally drifted to the news of the day.
Too bad about that Young clert
who stole $4,000" remarked fat. good.
natured looking woman who sat acroa
the table from Harriet. II wonder h
his wife really made away with th.
money
Harriet sat as if turned to stone, her
heart racing in her breast like a mad
thing. She was conscious that one false
move might bring suspicion on her She
must appear as uncOnCerncd as possible
and she forced herself to raise her eyes
inquiringiy to the woman who had
spoken.
Mrs. Slocum was widow with
small income and nothing to do She
read all the scandal in the papers and
could tell you the names Of prominent
people who had figured in scandals Of
one kind or another for five years back.
Before she could make another remark,
thin girl with glasses snapped out
viciously:
"Of course. she took the money. and
| don't blame her. suppose she and
her husband tried to exc out an existence
on starvation wages until they simply
couldn't withstand temptation"
"Oh. but my dear Miss Watson, il
was stealing You don't seem to realize
what you are saying Mrs Socun
said in n shocked tone of voice.
The girl called Miss Watson shrugged
her shoulders. and the man on Har.
riet's left looked up from his dubious
roast veal long enough to remark ten.
tatively:
"The boy has good reputation in the
place; he may not have stolen the
money" u
"Oh. but my dear Mr.. Jones. et.
postulated Mrs. Slocum. the disap
pearance of the wife proves his guilt
beyond any doubt. Ihc papers seem
agreed on that.
Mr.. Jones returned TO his roast veal
and Mrs. SlOcum went on triumphantIy:
"Of course. they'll find the woman
she cant hope to escnpo the police once
they get on her trail.
Harriet felt an insane desire to laugh.
In spite of her danger aud the sicken.
ing feeling that after all she had not
done the right thing for Barry in run
ming away, she could not help wonder
ing what Mrs. Slorum would say II she
knew that the fugitive from justice was
at that very moment sitting opposite hd
at dinner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Making More Money
An Interest in History

Even before she was married, Mrs,
Marie owen always had a keen interest
in everything relating to the historical
particularly that which pertained to the
history OF her own state. Alabama After
her marriage this interest heightened
materially because Of the fact that her
husband was the founder and director
OF the State Department OF Archives and
History of Alabama, man who had
dedicated his life to the collection of
documents about the state and the com.
piling Of an exhaustive historical trea-
tise Of this subject
The possibility that she might some
time be called upon to capitalize this
interest in the events of other days
never entered Mrs. owens mind for, as
she often said, she felt that one of the
first duties, OF wife was to participate
in her husbands work as far az possi-
Bile and, by aiding him, to complete the
true CompaniOnship of marriage,
Little by little, however, she found
herself taking Il deeper interest in the
subject and she devoted every available
moment to research work--b0th along
historical lines and those connected with
the agricultural life Of the state Among
other things, II was Mrs. Owens unfaii-
ing war upon the boil weeyil which re-
suited in the practical elimination Of
this pest during the epidemic OF 1914,
and her work along this line was re-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Summer FrOCkS

The only sad part about getting nv
years froCks out Of the stUreroom ~
the possibility OF their having turned =
melancholy yellow. OF course nv
means only the white ones You wan. wan.
to bleach them and YOU don't KNOW @
exactly how. This is how SOAK lnem Hs
for several hours in water conlsll,sss
borax in the proportion Of MERCURY. Y.
cup TO one gallon Of water II lhey ovt Sy ~
this, spread them on the grass, atisI
wrlnging them loosely, and let them W. W.
In the sun. They may need several ar, y,
plications Of both bleaches., II tney nv ~
not respond even then. admn!s{eF ",
punishment Of jaVeIle water pu,
stubborn color that can resist VA" onv.
of course II cannot he used lor '.ii, n,
thing but cotton and linen. u '"'' '"'
Immediately
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23


on. Mary-cvpry nerve alert--lay
listening for the arrival of Dicks gift,
Her room seemed drab and unottraCtive.
She longCd for the sweet scent Of flowers
their freshnPss-ard their beauty.
Her head achcd so that she couldn :
eat. A stabbing. burning pain was in
her eyes. Only the thought of Dick
sustained her.
At half past six she rose and dressed
She felt so weak that she could scarcely
stand.
lm-I m expecting visitor. Nav
! use the upstairs sitting. ROOM She
asked the favor timidly.
Her landlady-stOny hearted, rs is
usual with that genus-mutterCd some
gruf reply. in which the adjective
'bothersome' was included
The clock struck scveu-a quarter
psst-the half hour.
What was delaying Dick?
All. yes. of course. He'd surely stop
to buy the flowers Dear DiCk-so kind
and generous
Another quarter of an hour went by.
The clock struck eight.
How time did drag when one was
waiting. eagerly.
Another half hour crnwIcd away on
leaden feet.
Oh. he would surely come, He must ,
He wouldn't fail her
The doorbell rang And Mary-pal.
pitant-rose to survey her image in the
greenish mirror that adorned the man
telpiece. Would Dick think her pale
and plain tonight?
Footsteps on the stairs. All. he was
coming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
(TO be continued !

warded by marked success Of the cota
growers in the years which followed
little more than a year ago. hoWe's'
DR.. owen died and. when the state ON
cials began to look around for COM
petent successor they found that theTs
was none SO well qualified as the woma1,
who had assisted In the preparation q
the owen manuscript the wife VINO nsa
taken such an interest IN her husband
hobby that she was able to pick Il up any
carry it through to a successful con
Clusion-which is the reason that ms
name of a woman appears As the occa
pant Of one Of the most important posu
in the state government of Alabama
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23

There Is very little chance .,
ever being dumpy; IL you should S. rvu'
fat you might be large and rs.' s,Os
would call you handsome. ." br, t''pe |
would "ever sink your lowest 10y, yVu
chin down into your neck and VU' r"'
waist down into your hips as IL Gu SDu'
body had put a heavy hand una. .S"'
top OF your head and pushed pv" ynv 'ne
A NfHoW' the fact remains that Vi,
are slightly taller than other oi,,'
and all YOU can do il bear II s"H,
MI you think about it, worrv ohor, =,
hate it. -" wish 1t were otherwise
VIII grow from an attractive yo,,ns sGl s,Vl
to tiresome old maid in yery sbNIi bsr
time. wy ShOrt
You cannot change what is, nv do,,
no matter how you dislike II. ''"e
Some girls would take on six or sor,.
more inches gladly, no doubt. If tb.a
could have yoW looks. '"e'
Others would be delighted to a,
change their four feet eleven or fvc to..
for that profile Of yours. or tho ws, wv
your hair grows around your forpbeO%
fOrget tne tnlngS you don't nk.
about yourself, because you can't ~
anything but accept them; play IN m.
attractive features, dress up 10 yon,
willowy. style, accentuate your slim.
ness.
And. Jane, dear, il you don't like h..
ing tall, be thankful that you are no,
really tall
YES, mean it, you may be taI.,
L than Anne and Sally and EVELYN
but I know an Ethel who is five fssi
six. n Helen who is five feet eight, ana
a Margaret. who is five feet ten.
They would look down upon you from
the superiority Of their several height
they are proud of being tall and in,
and handsome--and say, Poor lttl,
Jane. it's too bad she didn't 70 on
growing -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
Shabby Velvet

Most v,lvcts may be freshcuod by
steamlng from the wrong side, sa| spe.
ciallsts Of the United States Department
of Agriculture. one way ~ 10 draw
Inc velvet through the steam from q
teakettIe. Care must be taken that the
teakettle contains only a little water or
The water may spatter out and spot the
velvet. AZ special precautiOn several
Lhicknesses Of Cheesecloth may be tied
over the spout cone OF heavy paper
placed around the spout will direct the
steam and make it possible 10 hold the
velvet farther from the heat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
He Pays Attention to Others

Dear Cynthia-About two years ago
! met young boy through my girl
friends About Christmas time he began
taking me about TO entertainments and
social gatherings. My mother liked this
boy and so did /, very much.
Two weeks ago another friend of mine
began to attract his attention. He soon
forgot me. and since we. have just been
friends in a distant way
Now, dear Cynthia, please tell me
what to do. ] wish to win back his
attention, and l cannot think of a way
to do So BROWN EYES.
There Is not anything to do. dear, If
some one else attracts the young man
more than you do. Always be your
natural self with Him, and II he has any
real appreciation of you he will realize
your worth and perhaps pay more atten-
ton to you. You have no special hold
on him, such as an engaged girl would
have, and he is, therefore, free to pay
attention to whom he will.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-23
JANE SOMETIMES CRIES
BECAUSE SHE is so "TATIs
Al Her Friends Are Shorter Than She and This Make, H.
Totoer Above Them-But She Is Only Fiue Feet Firo
s. A TRUE FRIEND" writes fc

" A TRUE FRIEND" writes for ad-
very unhappy and downhearted.
This friend who might just MS well
be named Jane as anything else, Is
taller than the other girls and she i'm
agines that she is very tall, too tall.
She is sometimes very much embar-
rassed about this great height Of hers,
and even cries over il.
The other girls are fond of her and
try to convince her that she is not too
tall, that she is silly. and all that, but
she only sighs despairingly and says.
IF only were shorter, like the rest of
you - -
Poor Jane, every tall girl knows how
you feel.
above your feet. doesn't itp Especially
when You have to walk across room
and you think that some one is watch =
ing you. -.
And when you look at yourself in the
glass before you go out, you think you
look pretty well. don't you? But then
you catch glimpse of a long, lanky
somebody in a store window and you
are all discouraged again.
All the other girls seem 30 cute, don
they? They can wear short skirt" and
bobbed hair, IL they want to.
But you look like heron or stork
or something when you. wear short
skirts, don't you? And you would look
"sad' with bobbed hair!
DUT, Jane, you are only five feet
- five! That isn't tall OF course
your friends are all shorter, and your
head is above theirs. but what differ
ence does that make?
You have so many advantages over
the very short girl4-you can have that
delightful adjective "willowy" applied
to you.
A short girl Is never willowy; she
may be graceful light, stylish but the
willowy litheness of a tall girl is not