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CONFESSIONS Or A
HUSBAND!
The Mans Side or Married Life

I'm sorry you didn't tell that nor.
rible person my NAME" Edith said
to me a few moments after our I'M
welcome visitor had left. >.
II didn't think you'd want me to-"
I explained.
But she'll find it out anyway;
you've just made it a little harder
and a little more interesting for her.
1t sounded so suspicious the way you
put it. Dot has gone out with a
friend
"If you had said with Mr.. George
| Slocum and given his address and
| his telephone number and his busi-
ness and then told her that 1t was
Mrs. Slocum who was waiting here
with you, she might notChave looked
at me that way"
"Oh, she's probably forgotten
| about it by now" 1 tried to reassure
Edith. =.
mo she hasn't; I know her sort"
"I'll be mighty sorry IL this proves
to be the source of any embarrass-
ment to you," 1 added. DO and l
are both under very real obligations
to you"
Nothing Of the sort"
"On the contrary, we both know
that we are. Not to mention any
! thing else. this position that you got
for me with your father
"Fiddlesticks."
well, it's easy to say dddlesticks,
but Just the same we both appreciate
what you've done."
why do you think I did it?"
Because you and Dot are such
good friends"
Guess again."
Suppose you tell me-"
Don't you known" There was a
pause. 1T was because l liked you"
There was the hint of a challenge
in her tone. 1 started Involuntary.
1t was a new Edith that I saw before
me. I had usually considered her
pretty; now she was beautiful. There
was a strange light In her yes.
Her hand touched mine. II think
YOU like me a little, too" she said.
"Of course I like you" tried to
speak calmly and easily but my
heart was beating rapidly.
II don't mean that way-not the
way you put it,"
I hardly knew what I was going to
say. 1t was almost as though l were
awaiting with curiosity to find out
what my w words would be.
Vaguely I thought of Dot-of the
child asleep in the other room. But
they seemed far away. Edith was
near me, vibrant, appealing.
Our eyes met for an instant. Then
Edith averted her glance.
Its terrible for people to think
you so wicked" she said family. 1t
almost makes me feel as though
nothing mattered. and that l might
as we'll be wicked as to have people
think 10
but you don't think I'm wicked.
do you? Or would you rather that j
were a little-wicked?"
That moment I heard a piercing
scream from the rear OF the apart
ment.
Ito Be C~ontinued)
Copyright. 1921, N. E. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTO

struggled and pulled and twisted,
there he was, caught ip jaws az
strong as a steel trap. ~
I'm done for" thought Chris. III
Chris would only remember the
golden rule a little better and do an
he would be done by, I'd let him
GO" he whispered. Maybe I'd ber.
ter do it, anyway. He has a les.
SON."
Fleet had discovered his mistake
by this time, but he always believed
that a crow in the mouth is worth
two hens in the haystack, so he held
on and started for home.
Sprinkle-Blow and the Twins
showed a big stone in his path. In
the fog Fleet didn't see 1t and went
sprawling, and let go his hold on
Chris.
Chris flopped away. bruised. and
sore and cross. to his home in the
woods.
ITO Be Continued.)
Copyright. 1921. by Newspaper
E~nterprise.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
WHEN A WOMAN TELLS
BY RUTH AGNES ABELING

ent. fire a certain pride in the be.
lief that they are a lure?" lucs.
toned.
'Priee-yes. or you might say
comfort-insuratce.'
Insurance agains. what?" saiG !,
fearing that I wds treading on thin
ice.'
Insurance against circum stances,
IL you will. Do you see that blonde
woman N the tremendously sriart
Llack suit at the window table 2" he
broke eff abruptly.
Following the line Of his gaze, ]
saw a woman dining aloha at a
small table. Success was written
from the crown of her chic hat to
the toes of her good looking pumps.
That woman. Mss Corensen. is
no. Il cotton flower. And that fact
has been her Insurance against
struggle, m~ediocrjty and BOSS be
absolute Poverty. She has become
something OF a figure in the world
because a Cc'ltin mar found II
her a m;ragG.
Horrors. no." He pretended q
J beautiful well bred shock as my sur
! prise al the badness of his philos.
ophy betrayed itself on my face.
She isn't immoral!" he contin-
ued. But you'll have to agree that
every woman who attains any sort
of a position of note does so because
some mar was fond of her-that is,
she steps up on the shoulders OF
the men she is fortunate enough or
unfortunate enough to meet"
TITS too belittling." / said. 1T
isn't true-you-"
Philip Ames interrupted me.
MY dear Miss Sorensen, you are
just about to accept a position. How
did you get it?" His voice was
tantalizingly smooth.
l looked around wildly. I had a
sudden impulse to run away, away
where I should never see Philip
Ames and his meaningful smile.
sit STILL" he said, devining my
impulse. His hand was over mine,
firm and cold.
Don't make a scene. I'm very,
very sorry. little girl"
A voice sounded behind me.
ITO Be C~ontfnued)
Copyright. 1921, N. E. Az
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27

Well, sir, when Fleet Fox grabbed
Chris Crow in the fog, thinking that
it was Biddy Bantam, you'd have
thought all the noise in the world
was let loose. Chris was like most
DULLES, an awful fraidy-calf, and he
shrieked and screamed and squawk-
ed and called until ven Mr.. Moon
heard him.
Cutie Colonial over In the sass
patch garden nibbling lettuce and
sweet juicy pea leaves just sprouted.
picked UP his ears. and his feet. and
scooted.
Biddy Bantam, who had just To-
Gated her haystack that very min
ute, Owed into it head first without
a backward look.
Nancy and Nick and Sprinkle
Blow, hidden near the swamp, shiv-
cred. Chris eve would have made
his fortune in grand opera even
when his voice was at it's best, but
when he was scared. a boiler fac
tory wasn't in 1T. Fleet had him by
the foot, and no matter how he
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Editorials For
omen Folks

Fanny started with some reluct-
ance.
A vacation such as hers, a month
at the picturesque little lake in the
mountains, wasn't every woman's
share. But Fanny missed the thrill
of it and regarded it as something of
a punishment.
Tom had helped her plan the trip
and seemed to be a little bit anxious
to get her and the two boys started
away.
She remembered with some bitter
ness that, evenings, when he was
home he had complained about the
noise the boys made. He had asked
her with an ~exasperating p~oliteness
why their children were such harum-
skarums when the children of other
folk were quiet and well bred.
And the positively happy note in
his voice hurt when he spoke of the
reading he could do evenings while
they were gone. Fanny wondered
the boys as they travelled in the seat
opposite her If their father really
cared 81 little. 1t wasn't quite fair
to them, nor to herself, she thought.
And she began to pity the, boys and
herself.
She felt deserted, alone-almost as
if Tom had packed up his things
and left her. The boys were his
sons as well as hers, and how many
of her quiet evenings had been sac
rificed to them!
The first week dragged along with
the bitter thoughts becoming more
bitter each day.
On Monday evening of the second
week she was sitting alone on the
hotel veranda mulling over past
events, repeating to herself every
cross word Tom had said, when q
telegram was put into her hands.
She opened 1t. Are you coming
home soon?" it read and was signed
by Tom.
The next Tuesday evening Tom
met them at the station and when
the party was finally set down on
their own front steps Tom said:
Now yell. boys! Yell for all
you're worth! I've nearly gone wild
In the silence of this housed"
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SAN FRANCISCO-Are those
hardy feminine modernists who
blithely bobbed their hair already
remorseful?
Can woman really be happy with
her browning glory shorn to the
ears?
Paris-which claims to know
more about the female of the species
than = she herself does-ventures a
positive mo-"
And by way of first aid to the re-
gretful girls who piled the shears,
Paris hairdressers are putting frills
on the bob; frills which make the
trimmed locks as ornate as the most
complex "do up" or hirsute yester-
days.
Westward moves the course of
fashions in hair, and already the
wave of reaction against the short
cut has reached as far as a Fran
cisco.
The Flu is held responsible for
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Begin here today


Helga S%orensen breaks her en-
gagement and decides ito have her
iing-married or SINGLE" Her dis
appointed fiance directs her to an
opportunity for a position as social
secretary to the rich Mrs. John Ames.
She applies for the place and meets
Philip Ames, the brother-in-law of
Mrs. Jonn Ames, who Immediately
interests himself in her.
Go on With the Story
Philip Ames' little a was cir
cling back toward town. The sun
was getting higher and / felt quite
ready to Eat
But THE last time. the last time,
the last time," kept whirling through
my brain. 1 resolved more firmly
than ever that l should never go on
u questionable adventure again.
o The a stopped in front OF a club
to which l had gone often as the
guest OF my erstwhile fiance, Tom
Bradford.
Wen eat here" Philip Ames
announced. With a beautiful speed
he was out of the car and opening
the door for me, taking me up the
stairs. through the corridor to the
dining room! handing my wraps to
a check boy drawing out my chair.
lie was so correct. His suit fitted
poeticaiJy. L could almost under
stand Lila Ames' exclamation fol.
lowing his kiss SO short a while ago.
He was all attention. / marveled
that he could be So light off with
one ana on with the other. He was
one of those womanly-wise hear
breaking men, who make the cir.
they are escorting the girl OF their
lives-for the hour.
He ordered well.
But we were talking OF cotton
flowers" Philip leaned across the
white overs IF I had classed you
as a cotton flower you would ha re
been hurt-your sex pride would
have been wounded. And I con.
tend" he went on lightly. that mar
can make no more grievous and
blighting error than to wound femi-
nine sex pride"
you are telling me, then. that
all women. good bad and indtffer'
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HOROSCOPE
Thursday, July %. 1921.
The stars ,nclin bu. do moi compel
Copyright, 1921, by Mcclure News
paper Sy~ndicate.)

NSOpyIlSllt, IV9I' NY hlCSldlC 4NSWo-
paper Syndicate.)
The morning of this day is not for
tunate, according to a%strology. but
afternoon the stars are helpful. The
sun. Venus, Saturn and Neptune are
all adverse, while Uranus and Mer-
curry are in benefic aspect.
1t will be wise to pursue h usual
lines OF activity while this configura-
ton prevails and n effort to secure
promotion or preferment is likely to
be unlucky.
Those who seek positions should
defer any sort OF initiative. Claims
for appointments also should not be
pushed until planetary aspects
change.
Women are subject to most dis
concerning and disturbing influences.
They should seek poise and serenity.
This is not a lucky wedding day,
since Neptune may thwart under
standing and sympathy.
Romance will not thrive, except
J through letters today as association
will be conducive to quarrels and
jealousy.
Women are warned that upon
them is placed large responsibility in
making the world better n the
seers remind them that there has
been a growth of vanity and o OF
admiration that is destructive to high
ideals.
Advertising Is subject to the best
sort of a direction today, making for
profit and C
Publicity is to be more In demand
than ever before and newspapers are
to become even stronger than they
have been in the power they WELD.
Uranus gives promise of saner
views on life than those that have
been exploited since the war. for the
decline of world madness appears to
have been rapid since spring.
Persons whose birthdate it is have
the augury of a fortunate year. They
should avoid worry and keep the
health in order.
Children born on this day may be
| restless and unsettled but talented
and Industrious. They are subjects
Of Cancer and their principal ruler Is
the Moon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27

I the bobbed hair epidemic. Many
women faced with the prospect of
badness, were advised to cut their
locks. How comfortable 1t was! No
more worry whether it was on
straight. No Tugs" to carry around.
SO easy to comb-and all hat sort
Of thing.
But now. Paris would have us be-
lieve, a majority of the women who
welded the shippers are pining for
the glory thai was discarded. Hence
from the European fashion centers
these tactful suggestions:
Switches. rolled up tight and
wrapped around the bobbed tresses
like an Indian head band.
The inconsistent girl who simply
must have the hair bobbed is advised
to save the clippings and wear them
in this fashion.
Permanent waves and frills which
mitigate the plain short cut, and
give the lie to the simplicity" argu-
ment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27

NEW YORK-.It's a wise birdlet
that knows its own parent. Like
wise it's a wise old bird that knows
it's own child these days.
Never in the history of plumage
have SO many odd tricks been played
on birds with millinery tendencies.
Fancy the proud peacock seeing
his gorgeous tail feathers all plucked
and beshorn of their pristine colors
their eyes literally plucked out and
dyed black, to make a f~an-shaped
ornament for milady's hat!
Juno would weep to see her favor
lite bird so despoiled.
Yet the result is one of the very
'chic-est" effects In fall and winter
millinery.
The black velvet hat from Joseph
is of medium size, with a sharply up
turned flare at the front-side. A
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27

How many perfectly well women do
you know? Isn't true that in order to
keep up with the march OF progress the
endurance of woman S often strained to
it's utmost. and the tax upon her physi-
cal system is in many cases greater than
she can stand. Headaches develop, and
nervous irrltabllity, backache, dragging
down sensations. and other painful all
ments peculiar to women. The reliable
remedy when a woman gets into such a
condition is Lydia u. Pinkhamfs Vege-
table Compound, as for nearly half a
century It has proved the natural hestor-
ative for these troubles.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27

fan-shaped spray of peacock feath-
ers brushes away from the face.
The black hatter's plush turban
from Joseph bears another odd tea
Their ornament-the edges of the
ostrich tip being capriciously caught
in a jet border.
Many privileges are taken with the
poor ostrich who might well hide his
head for shame IL the results were
not so striking and stylish.
Think of the gIycerined ostrich tip
but we have it with us and you
don't buy it at the drug counter,
either
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL

REGISTERED training school Tor
nurses offers to women ds to IS years
old) a three years training course. Hos
pital completely equipped; Ideally stu
ated, overlooking the Hudson River; ex-
tensive grounds for recreation. Remun-
~eration: board, lodging. laundry and
per month during second year and $500
per month third year. One year high
school, Or It's equivalent required. Glasses
now being formed for September 16.
1921 and January is, 1922. Apply to
Principal Of Training School, Vassar
Brothers Hospital, ~Poughkeepsie. N. Y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
CHAPTER 81

ness on the part of Ella to a certain
hyness 1 remembered h had beer
little quiet and shy before when J
Knew her. But she had thawed out
In a few days, so that. in the end, we
became the most intimate friends.
Then 1 wondered whether 1t was
my clothes. OF course l a come
down in the dresses l wore In the
CITY. and there I had to dress with
an elaboration and an expensiveness
that never appealed to me. But
Winthrop always thought that the
more money I paid for q gown, the
better it must be. So I dressed In a
yery reckless, extravagant fashion
and had with me a lot of clothes
that made poor Elias eyes fairly pop
cut.
And I had no others. That was
The worst part of 1t.
AS soon as I felt sure 1t must be
my dresses l began doing some sew
Ing, making up for myself the PLAIN
est white muslins and lawns. L had
little time for such work though
until after I moved, for l spent many
BUSY weeks, while spring blossomed
Into early summer, in buying furni-
ture and arranging my new home.
Meantime, however, l had written
nv aunt and Colin and one or two
other people in town, begging Tor
giveness for having run away as 1
did.
So a great many days passed. so
busily that l had no time to NOPE or
worry about winthrop. In the day
time I bought furniture and cleaned
and at night 1 made curtains Inc ar
ranged my new possessions.
But / kept the afternoon hours
- $1,000 G1.. cnxri,no and tried IN
esum the little teas that had been
40 pleasant the two years previous.
But something was wrong from
the start. The girls had come eager
ly before-they seemed to come re-
iuctantly now, or else as though from
curiosity which, once satisfied, made
Fam refuse later invitations.
- remember several little incidents
that left me with a slight feeling of
discomfort.
Ella had dropped in n afternoon
while 1 was hemming curtains.
"Why don't you hire Mrs. Kinnon
10 sew them?" h asked, looking
critically at my work.
"Oh, I like so much to do 1t my
self" 1 answered, and laughed. you
see, I never had much opportunity
to do this sort of thing fors myself.
and as this is my home, I want to
do as much work in it as I can"
"Oh," Ella said by way of answer,
still staring at my work.
Something in the reflection OF
voice made me remember her ejac-
ulation. At first 1 felt it was an I'M
spoken criticism of the work itself.
1 examined the hem. 1t was quite
even and straight and I had learned
to make stitches small enough and
neat enough to satisfy my exacting
mother-in-law. Why then should
she consider that 1 was not doing
it we'll enough? Later I found rea-
son for the tone.
Ella and May were in one evening.
my house is almost done," l told
them. AT least, enough for me to
give a dinner party. Who shall we
have? ?"
"Oh, Wen come. that's three"
May said and laughed.
a Then Ted, and Jimmie, and Cor
don," l added, naming three of the
boys 1 had known two years before.
"And Martha and her husband,
that's eight. four women and four
men,"
There was a pause.
Martha would love to come, I
don't know about her husband" Ella
said, her face flushing.
was known all over the little
kn that Martha and her husband
did not "get on" I thought this
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
Pains Above the Eve

My daughter. II, has had a pain
above her left eye that bothers her
from 10 to 3 every day. She EVE
complains about anything else. She
has a very good eyesight.
A frontal headache may be due,
among other things, to troubles with
the eyes or nose, to constipation,
dyspepsia. neuralgia, anemia. or neu-
rasthnia. Without an examination
Of your daughter it would be impos-
sible to tell which of these cir any
Is at fault in her case.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
TRAIN TO BE A
NURSE
The Long Island College Hospital
Brooklyn, New York

Second largest private general hospital In
Craassr New York, 450 beds. offers to young
womsn q complete nursing eourss Of two years
and -four month"; Join the September class.
Writs for full information to Principal. School
sfNurdns. $40 Henry St.. Brooklyn. NswYerk
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sxnonsis of Preceding Chapters

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters
Constance Bennett has spent her
life in fashionable boarding schools
and among people whose sole occu-
patton is to waste time and money.
She is heartily sick of this empty
existence when she is sent to The IT.
tie village OF Wellesville to recover
from a long illness. She loves the
quiet and simplicity of the new life,
settles down there and marries Win
throp Taylor. Winthrop has never
been in the city. He ~persuades Con-
stance to live in New York and they
plunge at once into the very life she
wants to avoid. Their temperaments
are so different they gradually drift
apart and finally separate. winthrop
has been very much fascinated with
0wendolyn Van Brugh, whom Con-
otance blames for Winthrop's lack OF
interest in her. She finds sympathy
i1n d friendship with a homely little
artist called Colin MacReady. Some
time after the separation she rea
down and goes back to Wellesville
hoping to live once more her FORMER
quiet and contented life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
Cracking Joints

1 am a girl is. My knees pop
every time l stoop down to pick up
anything from the floor. 1t is en-
barrassing when / have company,
and have to pick up something on
the floor, to have both knees pop"
so loud, that they can be heard
across the room.
Practice such exercise as heel
raising and knee bending in COM
bination. This would necessitate
repeated f1exion and extension of
the knee joints. and would prob
ably decrease the tendency of the
joints to make the popping at every
movement. / infer from your letter
that your condition is the simple
cracking" of the joints which is
very common.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-27
How To Keep
Yourself Well
Send name and address for per-
sonal reply to Information Edi-
tor, U. S. Public Health Service,
Washington, ID. Q.
Spinal Curvature

Can a young woman. "a, who has
had curvature for years, safely marry
and give birth to children without
enlargement to self or child?
Mild spinal curvature causes lit
tie deformity of the pelvis. and
hence has little or no effect on child
birth. If the curvature is pronounce
ed, and particularly, if due to ricketts,
there may be marked pelvic deform-
ity. A competent physician who has
made a specially of obstetrics would
be able to take accurate measure
ments and advise you whether or not
normal childbirth could take place.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1921-04-22
propuSten z ObzaIoby.
KIN zabyt kar0u.

Pekny k6n pana Will Segris.a
ma Belair Road Kenwood Ave. byl
zasazen pcplicni karou a zabyt. KITE
rou zfidl motorak Mich Baieline 2
{ l7l3 N. Register st.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1921-04-22
Parnik zabayen.

Prohibicni drady skonfiskovaly
zde kotvici japonsky parnik Erie
Maru, jeboz muzstvu bude dokaza
no, ze zivilo Sc pasovanim whisky 2
Bahamskych ostrov6 do Soustati. V
lodni kabine Erie Maru obieveny
byly zaznamy, mnoho-li whisky bylo
"a posledni plavby do Floridy pr !.
vezeno rozprodano a jake jsou OBJ.
iednavky move. Neni VIC zadne po-
chybnosti. ze kapitan paserstvi
vedel Erie Maru ze byla podloud-
nickou lodi v pravem slova smyslu,
jez sve paserst, americkeho po-
brezi iiz cd prohlaseni prohibice
provozovala. Zatceni mali zapla
tit obrovskou poku.u proto skon-
fiskace lodi musela byt vladou pro-
vedena. Lod' ma ceny $1,000. 900
vytlaku 400 tun. Jde tudiz o
veliky parnik ktery kotvi jack
sonville.
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Hotel v plamenech.

Jeden nejvetsich a nejelegant-
neii zafizenych hotel6 ma ameri.
ckem zapade hotel Ambassador. v
Santa Barbara, znicen byl dnes cd.
poledne pozarem skoda bude OBJ
naseti million dollard. Plameny
vznikly treti hodin6 kuchyni a
ackoliv hotel je tax zvane ohnivz-
dorny, rozsifily Sc brzy Ma celou
rozlehlou budoyu, ponevadz ohen
prudk5m vetrem byl stale rozsifo.
van, takze hasici ma konec vGci roz-
poutanemu zivlu byli 1plne bezmoc.
nj nadherna stavba vic zachranit
sc nedala. Hoste vyzva2li vsak bez
pohromy. ponevadz k 1teku hotelu
bylo casu dost. Ambassador hotel
Ibyl navst6vovan zvlaste bohaci ze
severnich statd a v Kalifornii pfezi-
mujicimi.