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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
CHAPTER II
Bobby Bouncer's Queer Bounces

Bobby Bouncer's Queer Bounces
TACK and Janet were sleeping soundly
- on the grnss under the tree. when
suddenly something queer happened.
Bobby Bouncer, the rubber ball that
Jack had bounced into the tree, stirred
bit in the crotch where 1t was stuck.
Its Jolly painted grin grew wider. and
II Jack and Janet had been watching
they would have seen one of Bobby
Bouncer's eyes give sly wink.
Presently Bobby Bouncer did more
than grin and wink-hc gave little
jump, coming out Of the crotch as
easily as you please. He perched on
the tree branch moment, then gave
another jump. this time out of the tree.
Down plunged Bobby B0uncer, down,
down, but he didn't hit the hard ground.
Instead he bumped Jack on the nose
and went bouncing back again to the
limb Of the tree.
Jack woke up in hurry.
WHO thumped me on the nosef"
cried Jack, looking around. He saw
no one but Janet, and she was fast
asleep. II wonder if Perky Squirrel
dropped q nut" murmured Jack to
himself. He glanced up, but Perky
Squirrel had chased his cousin. Fuzzy
Tail, far, far away in n merry game of
tag. Jacks glance. sweeping through
the tree, rested on Bobby Bounccr.
! There you are, Bobby Bouncer,"
said Jack. "Ill have Perky Squirrel
knock you to the ground when he comes
back from playing tag" Jack closed
Then Bobby Bouncer gave another
Jump. Down he fell silently until ker-
thump! he bumped Janet on the nose.
Back bounded Bobby Bouncer quickly,
but not quickly enough to escape
Jacks sharp eyes, which had popped
open at the sound of the ker- r-thump
with which Bobby Bouncer bumped
Janet's nose. Jack saw Bobby Bouncer
bouncing back into the tree and at once
knew who had been humping him and
Janet.
"Oh, you bad Bobby Bouncer, I'll
get you." shouted Jack, jumping up.
Jack grabbed a stone and threw it at
Bobby Bouncer. Jack was a good shot
and the stone knocked Bobby Bouncer
out of the tree. Down came Bobby
Bouncer right on Jacks head. bumpity
bump! Then back bounced Bobby
Bouncer to his perch in the tree.
"Gracious!" screamed Janet, staring
at Jack. Bobby Bouncer has
squashed you in!"
And really something queer had
happened to Jack. The blow on the
head had fiattened him, making him
shorter and fatter. He now wasn't as
tall as Janet, although usually he
boasted two inches more than she did
Say. look what you have done tC
me-" Indignantly cried Jack TO Bobby
Bouncer. But Bobby Bouncer only
grinned, and then he gave another
jump. Down he came and before Janet
could dodge he had landed on her head
squashing her rs he had squashed Jack
Jack grabbed at Bobby Bouncer. but
Bobby bounced safely into the tree
again. Jack turned to comfort Janet
when bumpity bump, Bobby Bouncel
once more landed on his head, squash
ing him fatter than before.
"IIi, quit that ~ yelled Jack. bu
bumpity bump! Bumpty- bump! Bobb!
Bouncer bumped both Jack and Janet
squashing them down until they were
not more than six inches tall. but al.
most as round and roly- poly as Bobby
Bouncer himself.
What happened to Jack and Janet
then will be told tomorrow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Through a Woman's Eyes
by JEAN NEWTON
Is 1t Charity?

A large business organization, in an
effort to inspire people to save, quotes
from statistics that ninety-fve out Of
every hundred men and women over
sixty years of age are without means of
support and dependent OH charity.
"Charity" made me think of institu-
tions and the large percentage given by
these statistics seemed altogether out Of
proportion.
So l read further and found the term
to include public institutions, relatives
or-children. The large majority of
these old people, / learned, are depen-
dent upon their children, and so form a
part Of the class who are supported by
charity!
Charity! Does n mother give charity
when she grows thin that her babe may
flourish? Does she give charity when
she denies herself necessities that her
child may have luxuries? Does she give
charity when she puts another patch on
q turned coat so that Johnny may have
Z new suit for Sundays or Mary as good
4 graduation dress as any girl in her
class?
Does a father give charity when he
walks from work to be able to drop a
coin In the little fellows bank?
Do parents give charity every day and
every hour that they make sacrifices, big
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
CHAPTER III
Theo's Job

NOR almost as long as Theodore had
+ known Jimmy Bland she had been
,r,voto secretary for Richard Blakcs-
i.s whose work she had performed so
efBciently and so thoroughly that a
d.,,s absence would have thrown tho
entire Office out Of gear.
However, Theodore had never been
,bsent. and therefore her employer had
r.vsr realized how valuable she really
W.T. IL Is doubtful indeed IL Richard
,,sv what the girl looked like. Ger
,.,nIv Il never seemed that he looked
=, her any different than he looked
=, bis desk or the chairs of his tclc-
rSone. Theodore Caldwell was to
Kim no more than an Office chattcl.
nsrt of the paraphcrnnlia Of business,
"a whom he paid salary of $40 week.
T'heo, perhaps, was partly respon-
s,hle for this. She dressed quietly.
There we're no sleazy, open work
.tockings and too thin georgette waists,
bnt neither did she lean toward starch
and ground grippers. There was
certain chic quality about her that was
simost French, and her face, IL Richard
Rlnkeslee had ever really looked at 1t,
wss subtly arresting. Her eyes were
rnusunl; in certain lights they looked
almost green, but it wasn't 10 much
tbeir color as their shape and certain
ouesting look in them that made them
unusually attractive. Her hair was
unusual, too. It was the color Of
Tesbly pulled taffy, with bronze lights
hat made 1t look red at times.
But, strange as 1t may seem, Richard
had never noticed anything unusual
about the girl. When he pressed his
hutton in the morning after he had
read his mail, she appeared in the
doorway and quietly took the chair by
his desk. A moment later he was die
iating rapidly, absorbed in his thoughts.
constructing his sentences carefully in
Ms own mind. and then leaving them
hslt. spoken, so that IL Theo had not
H., rnueually intelligpnt aha mivbt
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"T FEEL 80 badly about It ALL" W

0T FEEL 30 badly about IL all" wrote
l. the heart broken girl. whose lover
had deserted her. "But try to smile
when my friends tease me about being
thrown over
Her "fricnds"!
They are not worthy of that good
name.
Why, when one girl had this har-
rowing experience. just after the war,
you might have thought she was cele-
brnting the event.
The man she was engaged Co marry
came home without n word to her.
She heard no more from him than she
would have henrd from n complete
stranger, and when she called him up
he would not come to the telephone.
Naturally she was hurt. offended and
heart broken, for she had sincerely
loved him.
There were some friends whom she
had to tell, and the others heard from
them or guessed the truth.
ONE after another they entertained
" her. One gave a luncheon, another
dance, a third had card party, still
another invited her out Of town on a
week end party.
If there was any chance of anybody
thinking that that girl was Tilted, her
friends we're going to kill It.
No matter how much trouble they
had to go to they would make it look
to outsiders as II she had done the
throwing over, II any throwing over
had been done.
Tease her about it? Why, they
wouldn't even have mentioned it to her.
Why is it that to some people the
most sacred secrets Of their friends are
just a joke?
They can tease a girl until she is in
abject misery about the attentions of q
man whom she is just beginning to care
! for.
It makes no difference to them that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
Her Louer Left Her for Another and
Her "Friends" Tease Her About 1t
They Are Not Worthy Of Her Friendship They Make Joke
Out of a Thing That Hurt Her Deeply

she would almost rather die than have
him think she Is taking him seriously.
It Is just n chance for them to have
fun at her expense.
And they go on calling themselves
her friends.
uERE is this poor girl who writes
IL for advice The man she loved and
had promised TO marry left her one
evening promising to call her up the
next day. He did not call. she could
not get him at home or at his office
and she did not see him or hear from
him for n week or more. Then she saw
him with another girl and later heard
that they were engaged.
Her heart was broken, her pride
wounded. and her anger aroused az
such treatment. And her "friends'
tease her about it!
Where nre their feelings? Have they
no sympathy? Haven't they even
sense of common decency? It Is just
like putting salt on an open cut to do
this kind of thing.
Perhaps they mean to make 1t easier
for her by laughing over It,
They may hope that in time she will
come around to their way Of looking
at it.
DUT when n hurt has cut go deep 40
- this, It will never be laughing
matter, and making light Of It will
never make it easier to bear.
! In real friendship. the only way to
| look at the unhappiness of friend Is
through her eyes, and from her point
of view
When you know that she is grieving
you cant consider it joke, If you have
any finer feelings at all.
And If you can take something that
is sacred to her. even while it hurts
her, and toase her about 1t. you are
certainly not worthy of her friendship.
! Or anybody else's.
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The Woman's EXCHANGE

Will be, tho most comfortable for the
mountains If you should happen to
candle or two for the evening woI,Id ha
very pretty White shoes and stockings
with clean. fresh clothes make the sum
Bobbed hair that is parted on the side
ana slightly curled at the ends, brushed d
a small round hat in any color would
make an attractive framework for tho
race and would also be becoming to the
style OF dressing your hair. You viii
nave to resort to cosmetics IL you wish
10 make your eyelashes darker. Vaseline
Is the only exception.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23

MY Dear Mrs. Wilson-Will Won
kindly publish recipe for the small
almond cakes served exclusively in the
Chinese restaurants? Have tried the
usual cookie recipes, but they are not
the same. ]. G.. NJ.
See the Chinese recipes published
August IS, 1921, for recipes you need
NY Dear Mrs. Wilson - Will you
please help mo out in the making OF
some jellv? Last year the jelly | made
was moldy about two or three weeks
after It was made. I had to throw most
Of It out. VIII YOU kindly tell me the
cause. If possible? do nor know where
I made my mistake az I followed the di =
rections q friend gave me and she did
not seem to have any trouble. / have
been successful in all of your recipes and
l have tried many of them.
MRS. G. B.
As you do not give the method used
or sneak Of the consistency Of the jelly,
must assume that the cause Of the
mod was faulty protection; that you
heated the parnwaX too hot, Just heat
It sufficiently to Just melt and then let
stand for few minutes. Pour over the
iellv about e-huf inch thick. Then
cover the glasses airtiCEt.
NY Dear Mrs. W!lSon-Would you
be kind enough to give me a good recipe
for chicken salad? Could you also al
wise me rs to how much chicken | would
need to make salad for about fifteen per-
sons? MiS. J. NJ, G.
Purchase two pound stewtng
chickens, then draw and singe. Boil
slowly until tender. LNt'cool and then
cut the meat in inch blocks. Place in
a large bowl and add
Three pints of frcly diced celery,
One cup of almonds, chopped fine,
Onc-hdF cup chicken stock,
Orc-hdt cup of rin"G1r,
one cup OF mdyOnnGiSC.
Mix the chicken stock, vinegar and
mayonnaisc and add
One lercl tablespoon Of salt,
One lcrel teaspoon Of trhitc pepper.
Pour over the chicken md celery anC
let marlnate for two hours. Serve tr
crisp nests of lettuce with mayonnaise
You will require three crisp full head'
Of lettuce and one quart of mayonnaisc
for serving.
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Beauty Hints for Vacation

10 the Editor OF the Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam-Please tell me what
would be proper to wear to go to the
mountains. We are going some time In
september or October.
We are two girls OF sixteen. and please
Nll us how we can fix our hair, for we
have bobbed hair and It does not look
nice In hat.
What shaped hat would look well7
we have blue eyes and dark brown
mar One of us has a round face and
one a slender, and what color must we
wear In hats? Please tell us what is
good Tor our eyelashes. We have tried
vaselne. but does not do us any good.
DOLLY SISTERS.
sports clothes. sweaters and skirts.
~'o clothlng for rough and ready wear
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Adventures With q Purse

T PASSED a shop and noticed a great
L many women looking in the window.
At the risk of having clean white shoes
stepped upon, managed to find a
corner and pPeped IN the window, too.
There was displayed an array Of ad-
vance fall styles There was one par
ticular frock which seemed to be the
center of attention and as I looked at
it ] quite agreed with a girl standing
next to me that it was "perfectly stun
ming" 1t was navy blue tricotine, and
was trimmed with silver gray silk
braid The braid ran the full length Of
hem, forming cross work design. 1t
was priced at S25 and is one of the
smartest looking fall styles I've seen.
Sniff! And then ! shifted again. My
word, but that woman did smell good.
And I decided that according to the
odor the perfume must have cost a
great amount of money. To describe
It would be difficult, because it was a
perfume such as I had never known
before. 1t made me think of some far
away place, where the sky was a soft
blue. the water clear and sparkling,
the glorious outdoors, and yet there
was subtleness as an undercurrent
that suggested the dirk hair and fash
ing eyes of the Orient. Yesterday,
while adventuring. found it! 1t Is
sc. so q bottle, reduced from IS.
Sitting in a warm office, walking in
the sun and any exercise such as tennis
and golf result in profuse perspiraton,
and many women have spent uncom-
Portable hours because they were con-
scious of it. Many deOdorants have been
put on the market, some good. others
inferior, but I have found one pre-
pared by one Of the most reliable stores
in town, 1t is n cream, creamy in color,
and without a perfume. 1t sells Tor
eighteen cents a jar and one may rest
assured that she will remain sweet and
clean the entire day
Inst week Garlic moved and was un-
able to take her coat hangers with her
because they would not fit into her
suitcase. And yet her silk sweater
would get "humpbacked" if hung on
n nail. and the shoulders of her coats
and dresses would be unsightly without
hangers, The stores were closed and
she was unable to get any new hang
crs until Monday, making two days
with easily mussed dresses draped over
chairs. When she did buy new sup
ply it was not of the kind that won t
mack. The hanger part is made of a
strong green cord and has strong steel
hook TO hang by and another hook from
which to hang skirts. When not IN use
If fnlds up and tucks into Il corner
ard can be easily packed when moving
or going away for the week end. The
hangers are priced at twenty five cents.
For names OF shops address WOman's Page
Editor or phone Walnut 5000. or Main iool'
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4 Wealthy Queen

Queen Wilhelmlna OF the Netherlands
Is described by n recent writer as q
different to the arts Of her dressmakery
and finds thorough pleasure in personal
charge o the affairs Of her country
Her Majesty is the richest sovereign In
Europe in her own right. her income
being enormous from her crown lands
and from her vast colonies.
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Things You'll Loue to Make

On your next party or evening frock
mako LACE AND RIBBON OVER
SKIRT. Use one and half yards of
lace wide enough to reach the hem Of
the silk underskirt. Shirr the top edge
and fasten 1t to band of picoted rib
bon two and half inches wide. Stream
erS Of the ribbon one inch wide Of diff
serent lengths hang all around the belt.
Sew the oversklrt to the bodice, which
Is also made of the lace and ribbon
streamers, large, bright velvet flower
at one side gives a smart finish to your
LACE AND RIBBON OVERSKIRT.
FLORA
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
Bobby Bouncer
BY DADDY

Jack and Janet arc bouncing
Jacks neU rubber ball. UhiCh he
calls Bobby Bouncer, tchcn the ball
catches in the branches of tree.
Jack and Janet are Wditing for Perky
Squirrel to come along TO knock The
ball out of the tree tchcn they tdH
dsleep on the grass.
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Spare-TIme Work

To the Editor Of tho Woman's Page:
Dear Madam have been a constant
and find great pleasure in reading II
every evening. You give such good ad-
vice that | have come to you for come
would like TO earn some money in
my spare time at home. can type.
write and am willing to address envel-
opes and write letters for fair amount
of money.
II It Will be possible. will you tell mo
or some place or concern that wants
girls to do this kind Of work at home !?
D. K
do not know of any place that needs
work Of this kind just now, but II you
watch the advertising columns Of the
papers l know you will find an oppor-
tunity for just this kind Of thing. Give
your name and address to the type
writer companies. Very often they have
requests for typ!sts to do odd Jobs, and
II you are known there you could get
some of this work. I hope you will be
able to find place that needs you.
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Woman's History Contest
litor Of the Wonan's Page:

To the Editor Of the Womdn's Page:
Dear Madam-Will you kindly tell
me TO whom l shall address my letter
for the Womens History Contest?
Is It Dear Sir, or Madame? Also. do
send 1t to the Sunday PUBLIC LEDGER
or EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER?
Thanking you for your trouble,
NJ. n.
Tho Women's History Contest Is con-
Quoted by the PUBLIC LEDGER. and It
would be correct to address the editor
OF the department as Dear Sir"
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MRS. WILSON'S ANSWERS

My Dear Mrs. Wilson-Please give
recipe how to make sweet pickles, like
the kind you get in the delcatessen.
V. w. w.
See the pickle recipes published Au-
gust %, 1921, for recipes you need.
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Suede Shoes Cleaned

~ the Editor Of the Womon's Page:
Dear Madam-Kindly let me know
through your wonderful column how
can clean black suede slippers They
have been splashed with mud. SO please
ht me know through the EVENING PUB
Lc LEDGER how | can clean them.
Thanking you very much,
A CONSTANT READER.
AT any shoe store you may purchase
u very small price n nice little
wire suede shoe brush. which IL mado
especially for cleaning them. Nothing
better can be found-the brush rubs up
derfully
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-23
The Heart Pirate
by HAZEL DEyO BATCHELOR
Copyrioht. 1921. .bv Public Ledger Co,npany

Theodore CdldpeH has become en-
.ooed to jimmy Bland and to her
ss,orise Is not quite happy about u.
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Please Tell Me
What to Do
BY CYNTHIA
To "a Readerv

Consult lawyer at the Legal Aid
Society. Why did you go to your hus-
bands lawyer? Take advice from some
one perfectly neutral.
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Says No Ono Should Be Too Fine

says No Ono Should Be Too Fine
Dear Cynthia-Do we hurt each other.
not knowing we do SO? When DE Jure''
wrote, Leave McWhizzburgh alone, he
Is too fine for such as you to touch" IL
made mo think
Some time ago 1 met q man. We spent
n wonderful summer together: he read
everything and he told me he loved me,
| felt so at ease in his presence. while
L
An accident in earlier years caused IL
physical defect am not good-looking |;
would be called inelegant. It's n thorn
IN the flesh, but l have learned to bear
IL.
We changed towns. A short time
before l said good.by I discovered who
he was-a man most of the world has
heard OF and read his writings; yes,
and loves them. l never let on I knew.
We parted knowing I loved him and he
loved me. Yes, 1t Is possible to know
the truth of things and remain humble.
II we should meet tomorrow there would
be tears in his eyes when we parted. I
don't pine for him or feel sad. Just
feel bigger and better for having known
him.
Now, DE Jure." Il was intelligence
walking with innocence or ignorance
He never once acted my superior and he
Is famous. Do you think he thinks he
Is too fine for the rest Of us to touch ?
AN INELEGANT LITTLE GIRL.
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says It's verv Important

Dear Cynthia--won't YOU please help
me out of n difficulty? The subject
seems trivial, but It Is of utmost i'm
portance--a lifelong friendship may
be severed unless the question is an
swercd.
In asking a young lady to dance with
him does the gentleman confer an honor
on the young lady, or does the lady
honor him by accepting? Which? Please,
dear Cynthia, It isn't foolish, and I need
70 be answered. Won't you please do so7
JUST JAY.
would say the honors are mutual.
It's an honor the man wants to show
the girl and the girl conveys an honor
on him when she accepts. II a lifelong
friendship is so poor thing that II can
b" broken UP over so silly a discussion
IL must be very light thing.
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lips. So don't jump at the conclusicn
that all persons possessing them are
immoral.
TomorrOw--The Bump of wit
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Says "vernon A" Is I In 1000

Dear ,Cynthia---Allow me to write in
your column few lines to let Vernon
a. know what I have to say about the
statement she wrote about friends. She
says is 1t possible that person should
pe VOID OF such common sense as to
think that there are no true friends
left Well ! will tell her she is ono in
a thousand that has found true friends.
and the same tastes? How dare she
defy anybody that has been mistreated
or brokenhearted by the so-called thing
(friends) '''''
Vernon A., you state in your letter
you can tell your real friends and
those who are frauds. but please tell
me how you can tell the difference,
Your friends might need you that's why
they are your friends. I say II you
nave your health and money you have
lots Of friends, but as soon as they are
gone your friends fly out the window.
l am young girl, rich in experience
with friends OF the past and know that
there Is not such n thing as true
friend. BROKEN BLOSSOMS