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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02

r ONG faces. -.
II That is. long faces are supposed
To be the thing now. although they,
are pretty well concealed by cordial
grins and delighted smiles.
For school Is starting again Tor the
long winter. and girls who have pcen
separated all summer ore renewing last
years friendships. greeting old friends
and making new ones.
Still it's pretty hard to get bnck into
harness and routine again. after so
much freedom and holiday.
It's hard. that is. for everybody but
the girl--or II may be those girls-who
has had to stay at home doing nothing
oil summer long.
Her smile IL the gayest Of all, these
days Of beginning school.
I doubt whether teachers quite un-
dcrstand this girl.
She comes back more delighted than
anybody to be back with her friends
again. busy again. surrounded once
more by the fun and foolishness that are
part Of school life. !.
But she comes back mentally and
nervously tired.
NERVES may be strangers in her
~ life the nerves that neurotics talk
about: yet It is these sensitive trouble.
makers which are sure to be affected
by her loneliness and idleness.
She probably fails to realize her
true feelings herself. or at least the
reason for them. but she will find that
she is ready for her Christmas holiday
long before It ia ready for her.
To leave school in June. stay at home
for while, resting. having good
time, forgetting about studies, then
going away to get n change of scene.
afr and environment. is to come back
at the end Of September or early in
October. refreshed. revived, with a
mind that Is eagerly receptive because
It Is clear and fresh.
To spend the whole summer exactly
where you spent the whole winter with
out school, it's true. but living where
everything reminds you Of school all
the time: to have all your friends go
away. leaving you without outside help
to take your mind off school; to have
no change Of any kind from June to
September. except freedom from study,
is to 60 back to school in the fall with a
mind that is still cluttered with frag.
ments Of lessons learned In June and
dulled with three months sameness Of
thought.
THE sharpening Of the mind must
l. come after school starts. in a case
like this. instead Of having been done
beforehand during the summer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
By Harold Donaldson Eberlein

The walls. floor and furnishings Of a
room may be in impcCcablc taste and
Yet the room may lack charm because
of its lack Of the humaniZing quality
Of such things as wei! -rhVSrn uorc".n!ns
cushions. screens. table covers and the
various other objects Of legitimate dec
Urative value.
Cndoubtcdly more rooms are spoiled
by the redundancy Of trivial, suppos-
"dly decorative objects thar by the
severe lack Of any efforts at individual
expression; But there is n golden
mean. Each OF the more important
groups Of decorative accessories re-
qu!res careful consideration. We should
remember that lovely vase, mellow
screen or Il par Of beautifully designed
candlestickS may give the keynote 70
a whole room. or add the finishing ac-
cent to a room otherwise charming but
requiring an emphatic note Of con-
trast.
Our go>nrl OF suitability must bc
borne in mind. We need NOT adhere
SO closely 10 period consideration with
our accessories "a has been done in the
past. II the beauty and color quality
of tho object chosen justifirS itself
that Is all We need to ask Of It. Good
taste will present our putting Rrc.
ton pottery in rich Renaissance din :
ing room, or delicate Snvres or Dresden
ware in Futurlst breakfast room, or
painted and gided leather screen in
a room hung with brilliant modern
printed cotton.
The right thing can. in these days
Of specialists, always be found il we
look patiently and dcvotedly for it.
Tomorrow ms and Pottery"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
They Dropped Them

Dear rynthia-We are three girls, IN
our middle teens, considered cookbook
ing by both sexes and very popular
We are seeking advice which we hope
you can give US
We have been going for quite while
with a crowd Of boys that have just
one fault That is. they know they are
good looking and so are very conceited
When We see them any place. they
want US to 60 over to them or, in other
words. run after them. which we refuse
to do.
We decided to give them UP and find
a new crowd This we did. but We
found we could not agree with them so
we left them,
Now that we have given them up we
are trying to gain the first crowd s
friendship.
Please let US know through your Won
derful column your advice.
THE GRAE MAR TRIO.
Since YOU dropped these boys. and for
good reasons, why not lot things go?
There are plenty of other fish III tho
sea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
Can You Tell?
BIZ r. J. and A. W. Bodmer
What Cold Light Is

Cold light is light which Is not ac-
companied by heat. When we consume
gas in lighting. about 0J per cent
Of the energy involved Is wasted In
heat; electric lights cause a similar
waste of about O2 per cent. Cold light
is chemical light. It is the same kind
Of light as the fire fly produces when
he glows. The female Of the glow
worms is the only one with the light
and she flashes 1t to attract the at
tention Of the male. There Is no trace
Of heat in connection with the light Of
glow worm or Gre fly. and If the Idea
can be made commercially practicable.
there Is chance that lighting bills
will come down.
Recently Prof. Harvey. of Princeton.
after much study of the way fire flies
and other similar, organisms produce
their lights. has succeeded in producing
a continuous cold light chemically.
ID Demonstrations have been given by him
In which the cold light emanating from
a flask containing his substance enabled
those present to rend any newspaper In
u IOOlu ITVu WulCU ul1 OtNcT lkHJ HVu
been excluded. This substance. which
he calls lucifcrin. is obtained by him
from some millions of small crusta-
ceans found In Japan about the size Of
a flea. This luciferin is confined In
n flask and made to continue to glow
and radiate light by chemical process
which is his own secret.
The substance itself. II left alone.
would soon cease to glow. as It must be
brought into contact with oxygen to
produce light. If left in such contact.
however. the lighting qualities would
soon burn out, and this is where Hnr-
vey's secret process comes in. BY this
he is enabled to produce contact with
oxygen and also take IL away again
In such a way as to produce continuous
light. It is entirely possible that this
discovery can be developed to the point
where cold light would be commercially
possible.
TomOrrOw-NNhat Is the Origin Of
"TurnpikO"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
Adventures With a Purse

TN ONE of those quaint, rambling
L streets. n bit of way from the
beaten track. and yet easily reached,
there is perfectly delightful lady who
sells antiques. She has an entire house
filled with numbers of things you want
for your very own. But besides this she
has opened a candle and print room in
connection with the shop. one room
being over entirely to engravings of
members Of the Court Of Henry VIII.
lovely ladies and gallant gentlemen Of
the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Every print in the shop Is imported and
they can be purchased for as low as
50.
When the windows rattle. the wind
howls down the chimney and whistles
by your very door, you think In the
terms of heavy clothes. open freplaces
and warm bed covering at night time,
for when the wind and cold on icy
wings venture into your room. settling
impudcntly on the very tip of your
nose. You can buy soft, warm woolen
blankets, which will keep you as warm
as the proverbial toast In any color or
size you should desire. For twin beds
or n double bed. or an extra sized single
bed, white. plain colors. blue. lavender
or pink and gray, priced at 81, or $14
a pair.
Editor or phone walnut 5000 or Main 1901
between the hours OF and 8.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
NOUdGays

Many are the jackets that take upon
themselves n different material from
the skirts they are worn with. For
example, II ribbed vclours jacket will
appear with plain velour skirt or
vice versa. and brocaded velvet coat
Is apt 10 top off solid color velvet
skirt. Braid is used extensively on
these new suit models and some of
the most stunning. blue ones have pip
ings of red. In this latter case the
vivid tint frequently occurs in kid.
Some of the suits are severely tail.
ored and their notchcd collars are
bound with braid corresponding 70 the
hem of the coat and the edge of the
sleeves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
The Womon's S Exchange


To ->s Editor Of Woman Pc9c.
Dear Madlm--1 have been reader
of your column for Tie last four years
You have, helped many a person vita
be the next one coming for It.
nave sister who Is ten years old.
She has wonderful voice. Every one
"ho 'omes Into our house, or passes by,
Dear madam. ! would like 10 know II
there. are free schools for ambitious
children. Please tell me II she Is too
young to learn. Whenever you see her
SIN : singing Let me know q few
free singing SChoos
Naat Is the correct weigh, for a girl
o. sixteen years Old. five feet six inches?
She weighs from 1885 TO 40 pounds
for reducing, but they make her fat
ter 81" has Fat feet and fat hips
Please tell ME II tablets are good for
reducing Please tel me how she can
get rid pf circles under har eyes How
can ono make the eye-lashes long and
pretty" Dear madam, this girl does not
60 anywhere, cries and worries be =
cause she is fat.
MISS MADAM DOT.
Ta'te your jtttl" sister to the settle
lnent Music Schoo at 6 Queen street.
There are splendid teachers there who
will try her voice, and Il she shows
promise they will give her lessons free.
She. is not too Young TO start If she
really has 4 voice.
\ girl Of the weight ard height you
give should weigh about 1870 pounds.
SIZE Is foolish 70 sit a home and cry
about Icing 80 fat. That Will onlv
max her fattcr II III" exercises did
not help it was because she did not
keep az them steadily enough Dieting
will surely help, avoiding rich or
starChy foods and too many sweets. Do
not take tablets for reducing Tney may
injure you seriously. The circles under
the eyes com" from crying and Worrying
over mere five pounds overweight. AC-
ton. hOusewOrk, gymnasium work, any.
thing active and busy will certainly take
eff some Of those pounds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
Mrs. WILSON Lesson on Food Today
Contains Valuable Information
Protein Content Of Various Meats Vegetables, Etc., Is Cven
in Such Way That 1t Is Easily Counted Up

for stablizng the blood stream for the
most abundantly in all fresh vege-
tables and fruits. in fish. meats and
eggs. Sugar. Cornstnrch. lard and tai
low have no salt or ash content.
The above schedule will give the
foods. So that when sho Is planning a
have we'll balanced meal. She must
have represented in the meal n protein,
a starch or carbohydrate. fat, vitamincs.
Without attempting elaborate calcula-
tions. the average adult may figure Il
menu as follows:
If indoors. working nt sedentary or
quiet labor. from four to six ounces OF
protein foods daily. one pound of car
bohydratc. three fourths pound of vege-
tables, taking care to have at least one
cupful Of the vegetable ration in un-
cooked food in salad. for example.
The vegetable ration includes such
fruits as you may have for breakfast !:
Two ounces of fat. This may be In
butter or cream. allowing the fat por.
tion of the menu to remain unchanged.
This diet can be used for growing
cir IS and boys. increasing the protein
and fat content as they grow older ani
reach full adult age. Those who arc
working at hard manual labor. such as
farmers, mechanics. laborers and the
like, may increase the protein and fat
content as follows:
The protein six to ten ounces.
Starchcs or carbohydrates, one and
ono fourth pounds.
Vegetables about the same.
Fat content from three and one half
TO four ounces.
1t is far better to portion this food
into five meals rather than three, eat
ing mid morning lunch and a before.
bedtime supper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
On the Brink

TT WAS during the last week of their
stay in Panama that the inevitable
happened. A dinner Gance at the hotel
preciptated matters. and that night
Anne seemed more than ever irrcsist-
ible.
She wore n dress of shimmcring iri-
descent green. dress that made her
blonde loveliness more than ever misty
and unreal. and for the first time Steele
found it impossible 10 maintain his
usual attitude of gay camarnderic.
During dinner their table was sur
rounded constantly BY gay young officers
in crisp white duck uniforms. While
one carried Anne off to the dancing
floor, the others engaged Steele in
conversation, but he was grimly aware
of the fact that each man was awaiting
his turn to dance with Anne, and where
in a different mood it would have amused
him. tonight it filled him with an in
tense fury.
To look at him no one would have
dreaHeu OF lhe r"nn!ct :" ''no'''n>
seeI hg IN Nun nulMur',iE "' ""- a.
ice; us n9Th eye were l">gruD-
as ihes lolio"ru '''"' nsn'e
eha tne ROOM pH' conversation
,geI at the 'aole anu more l""n "a"
an iookea at n!!n cur'ou',E ""'t MTI H,,
ereu WndI he was ,.i Htu"' W - n' , "o''
20 poR ut woman l'Ae .hAHe Win SUI"
apMreht ihu!nerci'ce'
Ihe 3tncerS were nearly an EounE'
ahd IN fanama women were s'ar''' \
woman win as strange iov"'lI,tSH is
Anne possessed was ooGna 10 Dc De-
sieged with attentions ana rom me very
nrst day OF tnelr arrival II h"u rather
delighted Steele 10 Sc" the men swarm
ing ike moths around her. -
hut tonight everything was d'ferent'
To see her IN the arms pt another man
was not his. that actually hc had no
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
The Girl Who Has Stayed at Home
Is Happiest When School Starts IN
Her Mind Is So Stale From Hauing Stayed in Its R AN That
Time That She Welcomes Her Return as Much
Needed Change

All those dolcful thoughts. II wish I
had something to do: II only ] could
got awny somewhere: I wonder II Miss
Butlpr is coming back next year I
wish I'd hear from some of the girls.
Jean ought to be coming back from
Maine soon: | suppose she'll tell me
all about IT," must be swept up and
carried out of the mind after school
starts.
That's why the girl who hasn't been
away all summer tires so quickly when
she Segins her school work.
She plunges in more briskly than the
others, because she's SO delighted to be
there doing it
But there has been no rest for her all
year and she gives way under the strain.
VOU may think 1t is enough for her
l. to be free from school work during
the summer. '..
The reason It isn't is that nt home
she Is not free from thought Of school
work, md that can do almost M much
harm, in the way Of tiring and wearing
down the brain and nerves, rs school
itself.
As soon as you get away from the
place where you have been all win
ter. you forget. without trying to, all
the things you have been thinking Of:
your mind jumps right out of that nut
and finds new things to think about.
It isn't possible for the girl who stays
there all the time to pull her mind out
OF the rut. It's stuck.
And to her weary. lonely. depressed
heart getting back with the girls again
Is about the most Joyous thing fhnt
could happen to her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
4 Graceful Hraddress From Two
OblOngs

The charming healdress shown was
fashioned from two oblongs of chiffon !:
one of plain material, tho other of fig
ured. Mark off, on the plain material,
Squarr that will be large enough to
make a cap to fit the head when the
square i cathsrcd all around. Then
at.l to tn" length Of tho square another
square. or II very long drape Is
wanted at the side. add one and half
squares. Gather around the edges Of
the first square and fit the cap thus
formed TO YOUR head. You can hold it
in place by tacking II to band. The
'matcrial left nt tho side will form tho
graceful side drarery Gather the ends
Of the figured material and draNo tn"
figured "blung around the cap. Finish
at the front with beads and edge the
Irupcry with fringe. FLORA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
Two Questions

Dear Cynthia--Will YOU please heip
me out in the following Problems
know n boy for about two years
As have TO finish my education ne
has promised to wait for me Is u
proper for the said boy TO kiss me good
night? About how long should YOU keep
steady company before becoming en-
gagged? JANE STRAW.
Better not allow kisses II you are not
engaged. You should not keep steady
company Mt all. No girl should give
her time TO one boy unless aged to
him. and even then not all her time.
There's such a thing as seeing too much
Of one another when engaged.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
II Thew Don't Like Them, Well

Dear Cynthia---On glancing over your
column every night for the last month
or So I find that nearly every time there
is something in It either against or for
the so-called 'happerism." ] think II
very tirnsome. II some girls Ike 10
wear their skirts knee-length roll their
stockings. use camouflage. etc. let thein
do II, some men like those kind OF
girls You boys who want sensible girls
go n work and find them. There are
plenty Of girls who are not what you
might call flappers, but that would show
YOU n very good time just the same
Please don't think me an old maid. I'm
only a female of seventeen years.
FROM 4 CYNTHIA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
FAVORITE RECIPES
OF FAMOUS WOMEN
BY MRS. T.. LEE TRlNKLE
stWifs Of the Governor OF Nirsinla)
I'rune MOOnslilne

.
me pound of small prunes,
y One pint Of water.
One half cup heavy whipping cream
&lgar to taste.
Slmmer the prunes until tender,
AftSr washing and soaking them, per-
.InIt3ing the water to evap0rate almost
ssAttrely during the cooking process.
Then press the prunes through coarse
pieve and sweeten the pulp to taste.
Chill while whipping the cream to II
sf'tiq broth. then add the prune pulp,
pit1nG 1t In carefully in order not to
stnrb the cream. Serve in tall
Uses, topping each with candied
sry.
bis is a delightful dish for an in
1orrOw--B -Baibecuet Chicken, by
Dar0thy Dix
n. 1919. by Public Ledger Company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02

AnfEH SoobEf down and die.
Every time I move--and that is
about once year. for the problem OF
keeping up with the millionaire rents
and finding a fat near n persons job,
andt getting all the modern improve.
merfts, makes one seek to better herself
every fall swear I'll get married
before l make another change.
Then, after am all settled and
everything is artistic and cosy and
tiny ! sort of size up the eligible men
/ know and decide simply cannot
annex one They are so big and in the
way and nearly all of them cherish
the old fashioned desire for three
squpre meals day--just fancy amy
ones wanting to sit down and gobbIe
up sreal food that often and they
think they own you. so that travel and
independence are unknown to tse
average wife. No. | simply can't 60
under the yoke again -
NOV, of course. she doeSn I mean
Whore than one tenth Of what she
says. but the grain Of truth which
COMPRISES the one tenth causes us to
ponder on the domestic question.
Are men necessary to our happiness.
after we have turned thirty:
While we are struggling with the
window shades. and falling of step
ladder. and lifting furniture. tn" brute
strength of some Friend husband does
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02

About l. per cent Of an egg Is pro.
tcin. This is in tho purost form. and
is easily digestcI. Fish contain pro
tcin. and will average from I per cent
in founders to "a per cent in salmon
and may be estimated for general
average OF Il per cent.
The starchy o" carbohydrate content
of our diet Is necessary for supplying
heat and energy to the body. This
gives us power to do our work
Foods rich in carbohydrates are:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
Men Are of Some Use, After All,
Declares WinnDred Harper Cooley
l,y wINNIFRED HARPER COOLEY

appeal nightly to our imagination.
The good ord certainly did arrange
the talents and capabilities and physi-
cal strenuosity of the two sexes in
manner that suggests cooperation.
Of course. there are many women
who are extremely clever at mechanical
stunts. and occasional men VINO are
perfect dubs when II comes to perform
ing tasks that require ingenuity. We
known men who could not operate a
motorcar and would he bored to death
with the responsibility perfect
L. happy to lol and smoke while n
woman was running the machine. Inc
woman had the time of her life. Shc
could drive. and in case of most acciI
dents. could take off n wheel and mend
n nuncturc and repair the damage. Of
course. s,rh a female mechanic Is fond
of tnkering with the household con,
trivanccs that get out % order. ana
may be more capable than her husband.
If she is n widow. she may not miss
her man in the sense of feeling help
lcss.
But this Is the exception rather than
the rule. Most men have more strength
and capabiiity along the lines tndi-
Gated, and most women have better
taste and talent in color schemes ana
decorating and placing homcful or
furnituroe. curtains. rugs ana MOVERS.
uOW happy and proud are a normal
i i couple when they finally get the new
place settled. What fun il is. evon
in tho dirt aud exhaustion of . moving
day. TO anticipate the tranquility and
beauty of the home. when all shall be
finished, You forget the little out
bursts Of temper. and tho wenrincss
and depression. and your fury that the
was not turned on in time.
So that YOU had to 60 to bed in the
dark. and that tho movers charged
kings ransom. broke your pet vase and
expected hug" tips.
You settle down after the first eve.
ming meal in the completed. new and
cheerful home. and gaze rapturously at
YOUR spouse. Yes. besides being use
ful rs mover" he Is pretty fine.
Just As pal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
WHAT'S WHAT
By Helen Dccie

Just as the too,painstaSing pronun-
citation of foreigners Is sort of mis-
pronunciation, so also, manners which
ar" too ceremonous are imperfect man
ners. Too much formality is worse than
none. AS the wise old Sieur Michel de
Montaigne observed long ago, Il have
seen some people who are rude by being
overciyil and troublesome IN their cour-
tesy."
Good manners are easy manners
which never produce what IL called "a
strained situation but which have the
happy result of Immediately putting
other people at ease. The rudeness OF
oyer'ciyility. of which Montaigne COM
planned, Is evlnced by ponderous polite
ness, excessive elegance in speech and
action, u studied effect in gestures deep
bows, elaborate compliments-all Of
which are exaggerated, theatrical, un-
natural mannerisms ITO be kind to
be simple, to be natvral'-that Is the
sll-sufficlng cpde OF u well-bred man or
woman, L.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
BY MRS. VI. A. WILSON

Copyright. 1922. ty Mrs. ". A. wilson. All
rights reserved
THE lesson today will give the list
L of foods containing over % per
cent of nit-ugenous substance. which Is
called protein. Protein, with other
food elements combined, Is utilized by
the body for bone and tissue making
Hence we can see why the child from
birth to adult age should have con-
slant and ever increasing supply of
foods that contain protein.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02

III course, there
isn't anything on
earth that woman
cannot do. and all
that, but after /
h We taken down
pictures and hung
I Ii g IN again. and
corded a trunk, and
moved the furni-
ture around. and
tried to open a can
Of paint that posi-
lively is made of
cast iron, with u
tiny can opener. |
just want tn lie
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02

ssI NEVER miss a husband, except
Aswhen moving day comes round -
pfodaimed the merry widow.