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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
A STRANGE Point Of View

Dear Cynthia--We are two sisters
about twenty years old and have been
seeing two young men quite frequently
of whom we thought a great deal, and
so did our parents.
One Sunday our mother suggested
asking them to dinner. We called
them on the telephone and asked them
and they said they would come.
our mother took particular pains in
making dinner fOr them and about
1870 they arrived
We had dinner and after entertaining
them at home for n few hours they in
vited the whole family out for an auto
mobile ride. After n long and pleasant
ride we returned home and had sup.
per. which was served about o'clock
The young men stayed for supper and
it was after supper that this astounding
and rude incident took place, AS we
mentioned before they were invited for
dinner, and we took II for granted they
would stay for the evening, too.
About o'clock they Informed us they
had an engagement for the evening.
Naturally we were very much hurt at
this lack of courtesy on their part. How.
ever, one of us pretended we did not
care. while the other plainly showed
her feelings,
We had not heard from them for a
week until about four nights after. when
the one OF us who pretended not 10 care
received n telephone call from her
friend, who probably thought it did not
matter 20 her and that he could still
continue his friendship in the former
manner.
She quickly enlightened him on this
point, much 30 his pretended surprise.
He suggested calling her some future
time. The other young man has not
Ventured to renew the friendship, Now,
cynthia, we would like to have your
opinion OF their actions and any Sug-
gestion you can offer US TO repay them
IN way they richly deserve Will be
greatly appreciated.
HONOLULU EYES"
In all my experience have never
heard Of such Il stand as you and your
sister have taken IN this case. You
say YOU took It for granted they would
stay TO supper and spend the evening,
Now AS n matter OF fact II would have
been very bad for either OF these young
would be expected to stay for supper
too. when YOU distinctly asked them for
dinner. There would have been no
reason. therefore, why they- should not
have made an engagement for the eve
ning and they could not have been eX-
peCted to break It,
Remember after this that you cannot
expect other peoples minds TO register
the same ideas yours do. And In order
70 avoid misunderstanding say what
YOU mean when you give an invitation
or else be polite enough to allow your
friends to keep other engagements
without showing that you are disap-
pointcd tina, they cannot spend a week
eud when they have only been asked
for dinner and have given you most
pleasant afternoon after the dinner to
boot.
Il would have been simpler If the
young men had said that they had an
engagement they would have TO keep
later in the evening when you asked
them TO remain for supper, but they
may have felt awkward about so doing.
In any case you should not have taken
CiTens. at them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
Please Tell Me
What to DO
BY CYNTHIA
He's a Lecturer

He's Lecturer
Dear Cynthia-wil YOU be Kind
enough TO grant me little space In
YOUR column that | might endeavor TO
reply to "A West Philadelphia Girl"
Miss West Philadelphia Girl, will you
please let me know how many there are
VINO are not looking for n continuous
meal ticket, so that they can wear short
skirts and opCn-work stockings and
spend their time at the movies and feed
their husbands on canned suppers.
NO" | suppose yOu'll tell me / am n
boot too. and perhaps feeble
minded" although do not hang around
get q chance. For your own Information
II let YOU know that | am Il lecturer,
having engagements in various parts o,
this country, And for the many women
lhat attend my lectures ! must say I al
ways Try TO roast them, for in America
~ seems, We are lacking the real homo
girl who is more Interested in the well
fare Of the family and her husband than
the movies 1t might also do you SOM
good as we'll as many of your West
thiladelpha friends Of whom you boast
80 muCh 10 attend ono of my lee
lures; when the topic viii he, The So
called Twentieth Century Girl" Now
MISS West Philadelphia Girl, come righ,
pack At me and tell me | am an old
fossil or perhaps Crouch but rest
assured that [ am just as up-to date on
current events as you and many others
are, but as to clothes and customs
naturally ! am a back number
Give me the girl of our grandmothers'
day In preference to the so-called TWEEN
ueth century for they meant business.
theN wanted happy life and not q court
cas-" aIter two years Of unhappy life, as
We note the present-da MARRIAGES
CHACTAUQUA LECTURER
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06

MOULD you have peacock feathers in
W your room? Many people won't.
The bird, in spite Of its glorious plum
age. seems to have a reputation for i'll
luck.
Peacock feathers arc looked upon as
unlucky in many countries. Their mere
possession is reputed to be II harbnger
of misfortune 10 the owner. Every
kind Of loss will have 20 be sustained
10y the oCCupiers of house they
adorn, including illness and death. and
many country people. even now. would
be Mortified If any one were TO bring
under roof one or more of these
feathers.
II is further said that children will
never be healthy in rooms adorned
with these iridesCcnt plumrS. and that
1t is the most unlucky thing in the
world &c give as playthng to the
youngsters
The bird first received a bad name
in the land of it's birth. According tc
Mohammcdnn tradition, the peacock
opened the wicket of Paradise to admit
the devil. and eventually received ar
ample share of the devils own punish
ment. though what losses this winged
accessory before the fact suffered are
not stated; perhaps they were a melo
dious voice and presentable feet.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
Yesterday s .AnSWerS

Small papiPr mHche nur dishes,
covered with rows Of mn" crepe
paper in pale yellow and pink.
which arc curved around each one
10 look like rose, form exquisite"
favors for thc spring luncheon lHat
can be made ineXpensively
}. A dress Of gray chiffon over navy
blue broadcloth takes upon itself
girdle Of the chiffon. loosely
twisted round and round till il re-
Semblcs n wide cord.
. II ham, or any other KIND Of sat
meat. is NOT going 10 be used
quickly, and there is danger Of It's
becoming moldy after several
slices have been rut, melted par
affin placed over the cut end viii
prevent this.
. Putting sheet OF gas over III"
top of the dressing -tAbl" j. an "N.
tremely practical way Of impr"v-
ing it's appearance, for it can be-
kept clean with II damp rlo'h and
the cover underneath il viii al
ways remain fresh.
!. Fine gray wool. using drop
stitch, will fashion charming
sweater 70 wear with wool plaid
skirt.
!. On a hat Of hcnna straw the
feather trimming is placed in n
novel way by having it go around
the brim Of the hat and HING owe"
the left side, to give the effect Of u
fcathCr funr..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
AT CUPD,S CALL
By MAY CHRISTIE
IV.-In the Heart of O. Diamond
BIZ MAY CHRISTIE

neck he always wore this diamond as
mascot | happened to be with
him when he dicd--an awful riding
accident. didn't do anything any
body else wouldn't have done, but he
was sentimental old follow Any
way. he gave mr this diamond.
Nnndavrcr knew him-and | guess he
expected tho diamond. Anyway. he
thinks he ought to have II. FaCt is.
he's tried 10 get It once or twice. There
that's enough Of such gloomy sub
icCt. Shall we 60 on now to the
dancing club:'
Dick replaced the diamond about his
ncck Then he helped Mary on with
her cloak, and they walked the few
blocks 70 tho club in question. Fate
was surely at work that night Tor the
club they went to was none other than
the one 10 which Eve Rochester had
gone, at Julian NundavCcr = suggestion
that she act AZ secretary
No sooner were they seated than
Mary and Dick spicd Eve and Julian
Nandavccr not far away. and Il second
Inter Eve saw them. \ sense OF guiIu-
ness ran through Mnry's sensitive mind.
What would Eve think? II sh" actually
was engaged to Dick, wouldn I she
blame Mary for coming here with MN
Eve. dragging Nandavccr with nor
quickly made her way through the
rrowdS to tho corner where Mary nni
Dick were sitting.
"WcIl. of all things Dick. She said,
coolly bowing to Mary. "Of all places
to find YOU.
Mary, covered with confusion,
bIushcd. Moreover. she shvCrcd II little,
nnprchcnsively. She had not liked
Vandavepr from tho first moment of
meeting him. Now she feared him. For
hc knew about Dicks diamond, and
coveted It.
She covcrtly watched him and she
taw his gaze wander to Dick : neck
Tomorrow-,julian Nandayeer Rays
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
adventures With n p,,,,

A
STANDS to reason that dors N
those we have been bavinc ,,. Jug
thoughts to the porch. proyidin, W"
ways that one have porch on, s :"
come the old porch chairs o,I ""
dresses will be put on tbor, W. new
coats OF paint, and maybe tbo,o WV
De provision made for at leost -, WI
chair. Particularly if n new c,,i. "F'|
is as smart as the one I sbo,, ,ou ,"''
about can be had for the prico .Lu t"a
name This chair is Canton mon, | .
chair, ur-glass shape. opJ !. , va"
Sold ut the special price Of s7n
about half its value. I beIiovo m
chalrs are very comfortable. md ~.
certainly are decorative. "
If you are fond Of putting m,,
Hover or two in dark corner -.
the side of your mirror. or wbo,o,..
fact. your fancy dictates, vor Win = u
@ num9er ,t, or vases. A bright colorh,, I'e h'l
'nnu @ me thc one ] saw this mor,i..
WIN just one or two buds in II uaat;
nelp 10 make cheerful the brightest fCoa co,
ner; IL mas rounded base with I inS
u slender @ column, and would hold tws
or at the most three blossoms. Tbis wv r,
comes IN OLD rose or kind Of fan s,t
costs seventy FIVE cents. ''"' aad
Another shop is having n soo al
IVORY Golored celluloid brushes and mil,
rors. l picked n mirror un on% ""1 n,n .nlt
ined one, and I can vouch for Il tAan M,
the color is very good. And I hpow 'na
will agree that the price is rcmNrLoS,. T 10Y
S1.3O for the mirror or 81 IN s"s =
brush. Here is IN opportunity 70 s,.,,
white toilet set. or TO frcshen ~ m S'an
you have had for long time.
For names or khops address Uon,,.
rage Editor or phone Walnut or Main w.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
"FZFTY-FZFTY"
By HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copyright. 1921. bv Public LEDGER Co.

Frances Page mdntcd 10 be mod.
crn, and so, as she trdS earning
salary tr'iting q column for ne,cs-
paper. she insisted upon paying half
The btllS after she ,cdS married to
JerrB. She did NOT realize tChat n
mistake she had made until she suw
Jerrp's attifude tordrd Cldrissd
Hdrlonc, tcho ,odS as dependent as
Frances herself 'cds self reliant, but
Chen Frances set about making her.
self oUcr, she lost her position. and
il trds then that Jerry became as
tcndcrly protective as she had todntcd
htm TO be. BWt ,chdt OF her orn
Set.respcct. and whdt Of the fact
that Jerry had after all been rcry
proud of her mriting, aud kneto that
she had failed?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
Going BY trolley

10 'ha Editor Of Won aus Fc0e:
Dear Madam-Kindiy give directions
for going from Philadelphia to Reading
by trolley, mentioning time, fare and
where to change cars, +. .. l"
To go to Reading take car at Sixty
ninth and Market streets terminal.
These run every half hour. II is nee
essary ~ change trOlleys three times,
at Norristown, at Pottst0wu and at
Boyertown. The trip takes four hours
and half and the fare Is &
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
DO YOU EVER OBSERVE r
THE LITTLE THINGS OF / I'm,
Most People Pass By WHhom Noticing Then but if yo,r
Out for Them You WM Find Life Much Fulie,
and More Interesting

estins es TO watch, II il s only do, l.,
ing wistful, n trolley car cop, uUs look.
snpputlns saps me names OF streets tsv"usctc' u.
asnman yelling at his horses OF a.
Iake them all in. wonder ovou.,,
lnat vou can wonder about tbeu;y tnihi
ION, don { allow any little detail to Iu0 Ss, "a, aai
you'll find 9 new life opeDi,.~
before you, Il life composed OptCn'ns ~ ing Hp
tie things that you have nlwsr.0 p, .0s IL,
Tor granted and passed over "Hys Hnob.se base
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06

They were sit
ting after dinner
In a quiet little
restaurant, an d
Dick h ad just
shown Mary n
wonderful n II d
large diamond.
which he h n Il
I a k en- from
around his neck.
TWell." Mary
prompted, breath
less, almost, with
excitement.
Il mean. your
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
A New Cure

Dr. Louise Pcarce and Miss Eli,ab,,
Rowen: who have attained internat,or,
tame Tor their researches in the field .
medical science. have lust ret,,rn.S !.
New York from the Congo resIon '
Africa, where they have been testIn, ,
new remedy for sleeping sickness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
WHAT do you see as you go through

w life?
No, ] don't mean trees. people,
houses. automobiles - mean little
things that stay with you afterward:
For instance. when you get on troll
ley car. are you like the average per-
son who notices first whether the car Is
too full to push into from the plat
form, then whether there is any empty
seat. then, subconsciously. what street
the car is coming to, and finally that II
is time TO get off?
IL you are, you miss numbers of
those little things that are such an i'm :
portant part Of life.
The things that keep today from,
being just the day after yesterday and
the day before tomorrow.
If YOU see Just these necessary facts
when you get into trolley car, you
miss your opportunity Of getting a
shy, coquettish smile from brown eyes
across the aisle.
DROWN eyes wears pink dress
ID and hat with streamers, and she
has the most ridiculous little handbag
that grandma gave her for Easter.
No. you don't know that grandma
gave it to her for Easter. but you
imagine she did, because that's what
you would have done if you had been
grandma
You miss all that. and you miss the
twisty embarrassment with which
Brown Eyes turns the toll end of the
smile up toward mother for rcassnr-
anCc.
And you miss the expression in
mothers eyes as she smiles back and
fixes a curl that doesn't need fixing.
under the hat with streamers.
She couldn't help fixing that. be-
cause she just had to touch those soft
curls, and feel the surprised wink OF
those long laShes under her hand-at
least you imagine she did, because
that's what YOU would have done If
you had been mother.
All that is refreshing to see in the
midst of busy day shopping or work.
ing or Just chasing a good time, and II
gives you little thought that you can
carry round with you for long time
afterward.
DUT you miss the joy Of that smile
ID and that expression If you don't
look for il.
There are all kinds OF Incidents that
arc really too short. too unimportant
and too full of meaning to be called
mere incidents. just waiting for you to
notice them aud think about them.
II makes you broader and finer 10
look out for these things; it gives you
more to think about and Talk about; If
YOU write many letters, they will be
much easier and more interesting If
you have trained your eyes and mind to
observe.
Where other people in railroad sta
tion see q crowd Of people waiting for
trains you will notice picturesque
foreigner, bewildered. worried; drab,
lonely, wistful woman; n cocksure, loud =
ly dressed travelling man. taking out his
watch with jewelcd hand little boy
who Is disagreeablc and hard to man
age just because he is tired and hun
CRY: little woman in black who Is
talking chcerfully just because she is
grave and patient.
Each one will have a story TO give
YOU. each one will make your life nnd
your mind just that much richer-if
YOU observe, If you keep looking out,
il you let your imagination take charge
Of what you see and hear.
VOU don't get tired waiting for
l. people when you can do that-be-
cause there's always something inter
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06

0TTS strange" Dick said. your
4 being mixed mp in all this.
mean, it seems almost as if fate
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06
PIANIST

Cal yourselves Pen and Ginger, 'hc
Syncopated Septettp. the Melody Min
strels or the Harmony Bunch.
There is a list OF vaudeville agencies
N the business section OF the telephone
directory BY applying at one NJ these
you will be able to get the kind OF arts,
YOU want
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-04-06

VOU don't get tired waiting for
l. people when you can do that.-be
cause there's always something inter
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-01
WHAT BUSINESS IS; IT'S AIM.

applied trading and
the professions For
which
producing commodities for SALE
selling commodities by hiring the services OF others
profit; This broad and takes
in farmer the cashier
and poprors
struggle for profit which we
the development of human
the
Ihaveb the ercal world
their make
sell higher than they bought evident
be ignored by the wide awake business -~
The all the animals in number
satabe
pork his reply wanted the
would salt his
production
purchase
of
money not
pon
ta merchants capable the brilliant
conducting business the
To judge wisely therefore
self Second has the voumn
Third
that profits could reasonably expected?
questions
this
establishing
neghborhood and will find
will
winter selling Nv Washington Tribune
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-01
FACTS ABOUT OUR CITY JEWELLERS.

The Governor of Missouri recently received the report of
committee sent out to obtain facts relative to the industrial
status of the Negro home life Of ST. Louis The committee
headed by N c. Bruce the School Dalton made survey of
200 families picked at random.
The report shows the following facts:
Average years lived in State 49, regular married COUPLES
1885, law marriage 12 divorces account of nonsuppor
q male 200 of whom 20 per unemployed
mems wages $2350 week; wage eanes 108
earning of $425 week. church members 288
members 22S children of school schools 28 AZ deaths
in the last under Of rs cent of them being
from pneumonia among the men, 200 used tobacco in form
and 1SS had used intoxicating liquor in degree IL had
in bank during this depression 10 per cent home
owners or buying homes and 80 males skilled mechanics
The figures indicate" the report says, chat in ST. Louis
there are at present around 10000 Cooed out of work.
through fault of their 1t is also found that paupesn
is relatively uncommon.
AS the result of recent survey of ST. Louis its Negro
at 10000 there of the finest high schools the country
There 80 Negro physicians 10 dentists and 10 lawyers 9th
Ell figures given
"a public grammar school for every 1888 persons church
for 2222 people, barber shop every 1400 people,
public teacher to $50 peoples steam laundry
rant for every 1900 hotel for 222 two Negrocon-
oed life insurance companies with number of other Coored
real estate dealers combined in Negro exchange
ladies' and gents, furnishing house.
These facts taken enmasse indicative of the fact that
We even as Others fill the formula set for the American
Of the laborng mass who lives in cities.
And whc it is impossible compare the figures fur
nshed in this report with those of former years believe that
this viii slow nearly every other statistical report on Ne
making progress.
Facts such these unseful in attempting to decide
whether or not city life is advantageous dangerous for
masses who have focked there from Southern farms.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-01
TEACH AGRICULTULE TO NE.
GRnEC. Also HOME ECONOMICS.

Gainesville, Fla, Sept 29.-Exten-
sion schools for Negroes will be con-
Quoted by Negro agents of the agri-
cultural extension division of the uni
yersity in twenty-one communities OF
thirteen counties of the state, begin
ninf Sept 20 and ending Oct. Fl,
under the personal direction of A. A.
Turner. B. l.. Perry, Cora j. Har-
rison and B. B. Halves. Programs
have been arranged for men and
bows and women and girls, and for
Joint session of both sexes and all
ages.
The men and boys will be taught
selecting and testing seed corn; care
of purebred pigs; saving the sweet
potato crop; methods of fertilization
and cultivation; and record keeping
Women and girls will be given an
struction in home made household
conyeniences; nine needle work,
shuck work, rug making, ard plain
sewing, home sanitation and good
health, canning. picking and pre-
serving and record keeping.
Joint sessions viii be held at which
the following subjects will be dis
cussed: preparation and marketing of
farm produce through formers un-
ions, how to- grow year round
garden; the farm dairy and how
managed; the family; the proper
care of infants; the home medicine
cabinet good food; and the saving
account.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-01
MINIMUM WAGE LAWS OF THE
UNITED STATES.

Washington, D. c., Sept 29.-The
fixing of kage rates by act of law
is a practice that is quite general in
a number of countries where men
as well as women come within the
scope of the laws. In the United
States, minimum wage lave are found
In twelve States, the District of
Columbia and Porto Rico, but they
are applicable only to women and
minors. The u S. Department of
Labor through its Bureau of Labor
Statistics has just issued as Bull
letn No. 2S5 an account of the min
imum wage legislation of the United
States, including its legal construc-
ton and its operation in the differ
ent Jurisdictions.
Rates are usually fixed by a board
of commission, though in Arizona
and Utah the law itself names the
rate. The industries covered may be
few or many, according to the terms
of the law. Wisconsin covers all
employments with single order,
While California has nine and Mass
achusetts fifteen orders applicable
tons.
The entire history of this leglis-
lation has been marked by attacks
on. its constitutionality but the su-
preme courts of five States have
upheld their laws as valid, with no
adverse decision by such a court
There still is evident disposition
to regard the laws as interfering
with the freedom of contract which
of course they do, as does practically
every labor law" notably those fix
ing the hours of labor, compensa-
ton Of workmen for injuries, etc,
which have been fully indicated in
the courts. Moreover, the survey by
the Bureau of Labor Statistics and
reports of administrative commissions
indicate a very general acceptance
of the law by employers, many of
them giving it a hearty approval,
as to both principles and results.
The economic effect of these laws
is said to be a general increase In
favor of the persons affected by
them, though without any apparent
tendency for the minimum fixed By
legal process to become the max
mum or even the standard wage,
although the laws have largely done
away with wide variations in wages
paid for identical services. The Cm-
ployment Of younger children is lid
to have been restricted in some cases,
a result that is regarded as benefi-
cial; in view of the desirability OF
deferring employment in favor of
school attendance.
The first law of this type enacted
In the United States was in Mass
achusetts in 1912, eight other States
following in 1918. Questionaires of
constitutionality caused check in
legislation, from which the mover ent
has hardly recovered, though three
laws were enacted in 1919 The fact
Of the current reorganization of in
distry is an argument both for and
against action, employers feeling that
there is need Of free and rapid al
justment to meet changing condl-
tions; while the proponents of this
form of regulation regard it as nee
essary in an unusual degree in order
to steady conditions that are in
danger of working undue injury to
the group of workers for whose
benefit such laws are enacted