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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
The Man Who Blames the Flopper
for This Very Remote Next VA
Is Like Others Who Might Prevent 1t il They You'd Upl
Their Thoughts Instead Of Anchoring Them Pessmism

dwells 50 heavil, upon the thing ~
Is wrong.
II IL would lay q very lisbt .,,...
upon that and then bring n slrons -. !.
phasis down upon that good thing wSi.s
Is it's alternative, 1t would have ouisi..
and better results. "
You don't accomplish anythiu. !.
get anywhere by saying, ''Dont": ~
just bring about halt. "
And you dop't even effect n fu,, ~.
BY saying, "This IL dreadful" W W
have TO give a reason for your don,
you must have some substitute for n,
dreadfulness. - =
INSTEAD Of discussing our poor lin.
i half dressed Aappers aud saying bov
wrong and "depraved'' and everythiss
else they are, nsny doleful prophets y
evil would do well to give the flapne.s
something more worth while than tRs.
clothes aud their personal adornment "a
think about.
Most of them are pretty nice sifl,
and II they try to make Themselves n.
tractiye. why should they be caiiS
wicked and wrong?
And I don't think il Is at all A,
TO blame them for this next war tbs,
80 many people are looking forward n
How can anybody tell anyhow! II
wc should oil try to put a little mors
happiness and forbearance and avn,
patty into the world instead Of harnir,
on the misery and emptiness that IN.
vail now, perhaps there wouldn't i
any other war for the pessimists b
glont over. +
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Read Your Character
By Digby Phillips
Selling the Cnderseorcd Signature

There are two principal things you
should keep in mind when selling to
a man who undcrscorcs his signature.
particularly when he underscores it
with flourish.
Ono Of them is easy. The other is
not. though the man who can talk and
use his head as we'll at the same time
should not find it so very difficult either.
The thing to do with these people is
to find out the things about themselves
Of which they are most proud and to
admire them for those things. These
are the people who love appreciation.
They may be dignified or undignificd.
They may have real reason TO be proud
Of themselves or not. But in any case
they are proud of themselves. II only
remains for you to find the proper
thing on which to Hatte- them, and to
do it.
This characteristic Of theirs, however,
has a drawback. from your point OF
view. They sometimes think so much
OF their own powers Of judgment and
decision that you cannot easily lead
them. The thing TO do is indirectly to
suggest their decisions. Let them think
they are doing what they want to do
instead OF what you want them to do.
Tomorrow-Selling the Down. Crossed
Ht''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Says Sensible Girls Hard to Find

Dear Cynthia--wi,l you kindly prin,
the following 10 Sir Hector
My Dear Sir Hector
In looking over Cynthias column !
came. upon your letter. I only wish
that were capable OF helping You hnd
~ Rea! Girl" But, Sir Hector" they
arc few and far between. Now YOU
might take from this that I am a con-
frned old maid. Far from it am n
young girl just seventeen and engaged 10
be married. I have seen a good bit OF
smau-town life If YOU can imagine what
that s--moVes, etc. OF course, we have
dances, but never attend and TIL admit
| have had plenty OF chances for a
larger. gayer life. But prefer some
thing auieter. something worth while.
Our so-called Happers go on a pettine
party, smoke. dance, etc. and come back
reporting a wild. good time. Those girls
don't know what good times are, like
for instance. days canoeing, or hik.
ing and then again it might be a picnic
in the woods. or course my crowd are
modern enough TO have men along on
our recreation and pleasure trips. but
they are usually business men who are
out for a days rest and pleasure from,
their usual routine, and think OF other
things besides loving and kissing, etc.
And yet, sir Hector" none Of our girls
are over the teen mark. So we can't be
called old maids
Here's hoping you find your real girl
and three hurrahs for the. first BILE
letter I've seen IN long time.
MICKEY,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Better Wait Another Year

Dear Cynthia am engaged to a
certain fellow named Bill l love him
though he Is just a boy In college. !
am almost nineteen and so Is he. We
were 10 be married June of twenty-thrce.
But he doesn't finish college until twenty
four. and Daddy and Mother think
shou.S wait until he Is out OF college,
for they say he can devote moro time
10 his subjects. But all the spare time
he has now he spends in writing and
visiting me. He is among the highest In
his class. but neither of us can solve the
marriage problem. As We do not want
to disobey Mother or Dad, we certainly
don't know what 10 do. Please answer
as soon as possible. for we are anNiously
waiting 10 get out OF this mess
TROUBLED.
Don't YOU think IL would be nicer 10
wal: until you can be married like other
girls and go right TO your own home ir-
stead Of having 20 1.-Two with your parents
FOR so long after YOU are married? You
know boy just out of college cannot
support n wife and hone-inless he is
very well off--and OF course he 10 apt
70 lose interest IN his college work and
be anxious TO get out into NIoney-maktnG
when he knows that his wife is anxious
to have home OF her own. Parents
nearly always know best. You know, and
Cynthia 3 advice Is for YOU 20 wait. You
are both young. and IL he is high In his
class. II would be shame TO stop now
After all it will only be one more year,
YOU know
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Please Tell Me
What TO Do
ny CYNTHIA
A Piece Of a Mothers Mind

Dear Cynthia.--l have never written to
your page before. but could not resist
when read the letter written by Doc. y
MY Dear Doc---Did YOU expect to md
Quaker girls In the hotels and caba rets?
do YOU know that a nice girl does not
60 to hote,, unless cha peronedH You
spoke Of girls drinking at q dance you
attended. Pray tell me what kind OF
9 dance you. attended, that there were
drinks served In this day and age. I've
been TO many dances in the public
dance-halls IN Philadelphia and have
yet to see the first drink served.
You have heard the old saying what
ts sauce for the goose IL sauce for the
sander." so why, tell me, II the boys
smoke and get so much pleasure out
or II, the girls cannot be given the same
privilege:
! don't know where you came from.
but wherever It is, you had better go on
back and not be making ths doinxs OF
the Philadelphia girls so much your bust
ness, for ! dare say that happy mar
riaEes and good homes and children will
20 on just the same In Philadelphia
as have ever gone on. a girls dress
and rolled stockings have nothing what
ever to do with the girls morals. !
could 80 on writing to YOU all day
am so mad at you. and I wish I had
YOU near enough TO tell you what !
think or you In person.
A MOTHER OF THREE, lyACGHTERS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
From an Enulisn "Flapper"

Dear CynthIa--In regard 10 Pau"
may address him?
You are prejudiced, I presume, else
YOUR statements would not be such
sweeping condennat Yes. ! am q
Napper, an Angiicized one, and though
ay no claim 10 superior breeding and
sent!ltt%, resent your "holier- than
thou" attitude. AS | am English. 7 was
educated by a governess until | was
placed III q convent
Ma% ! remar; that the term "lappcr"
vas originated in Britain shortly before
the war" \ fapper IL a girl between the
her hair in Il long plat down her back
which naturally bobs when she walks
therefore fapper--one who flaps.
Paul. remember you must Judge not,
In this town have a none toe savory
reputation, and though. doubtless, you
are one of the exceptions which prove the
rule, you should moderate your denur-
less students, but Of the number with
whom ! am acquainted, have noticed
that most of them possess hardly the
rudimentarY principles OF manliness
They are slaves OF their frate mites, they
consume vast quantities Of liquor, bought
lllicitly. brag OF their drunkenness. ana
have not even the deCency to protect a
g!rls name. To this you will say, in
high indignation, that l have not met
the right kind OF men. or that exag.
gerate. J wish IL were so. To be spe
I Cif,c, know several of these lads
people and they are really most exec,
] lent, refined Can overworked word) and
| all that could be expected.
! admit that there are students have
met who are the reverse. gentlemen IN
every sense Of tho word, but these are
! few and far between,
! A last Nnal plea in self-de fense.
am not a recker IA word IN tlapper argo,
with which you must be familiar). For
the most obvious reason that IL is not
I hygienic, md also duty ] owe my
| future husband, smoke, but that IL q
habit ] acquired while at home and moi
an affectation. swim, golf a little, play
tennis rather poorly and drive car
u read a great deal-Hergeshen ne r
Enut Hamsun and all that sort OF thing
Hope Noull forgive my attack on youl
delightful fellow scholars and honor ms
with n reply.
Cynthia, you must excuse my trying II
monopoli1e your entire column which
will. suppose. II you have the eXtreIn,
graciousness 10 publish this driveI
do not ask for your advice, my ire wa.
aroused by "Psufs' ungal.ant mode O.
correction for the fappers.
PAMELA.
A very interesting letter, Pamela. O
course, you realise. don't you, that th,
| word "nappsr'' has come 10 mean onI
whose mind "haps" instead Of her Yloita
3 VA 9eaA ~ 6osn thA origina3 ln1a
~ tt lll fF,f,--- te6unu}Hnrna
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03

TIME finest silk crcpes, georgctte and
1 wash satin arc all used for night
dresses, combinations. or little two
piece suits. and these are decorated
with tho most wonderful embroidery.
lace insets. etc. One gown recently
seen was made Of pale blue satin
striped gcorgctte. This gown had a
yoke Of filct lace. straight across under
the arms. and filct straps going over
the shoulders. There were four small
diamond shaped pieces Of the georsette
set in the yoke at each side Of the front
and back. The georgette was gathered
into tho bottom of the yoke. and the
lower edge Of the gown was cut in seal
lops. these bein: bound with the self
material. One small pocket, pointed at
the bottom and lace trimmed across the
top. was set on the skirt.
There is but little work about these
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Two Minutes
of Optimism
BY HERMAN J. sTICH
The Idea!

Europe says Of the Yankee: -,
"Ppt him in anywhere aud he VIII
get out II he wants t9. Put him ou'
anywhere and he will get In II he
This is because. Europe knows that
YANKEES nike get IDEAS.
There il something about the very
word itself that snaps a man up, rubs
the mist OF his mind, instantly throws
him on the qui vive.
Ideas ore what keep this wnirlno
globe Of ours from fossiliziuE, stag
mating and downright death. -.---
There are some countries where cere'
bral sloppiness Is the universal sin,
where the mass constantly mentally
sleeps, where new ideas hurt almost a.
much as new shoes.
Ideas are the pulsating third railt
| that move men and the world.
They are the currents that keep III
alive and charged.
They not only move mountains, but
they make them into building material
as we'll.
They arc the highest coinage Of the
brain and the one thing man boasts
over the brute.
Now, fortunately for all Of us. an
Ill usWlSS GTOVlucNCC mas 81 dIIdukSu "
that most any one OF us can get ideas
good ones.
II we will only take the trouble.
Ideas are shy, coy, alluring and elu .
sive.
But IL you read. observe, search and
study about the one thing you know
best you MUST ruin across one or more
ideas that can be translated into plenty
Of what Ebert Hubbard dubbed Dolio.
docci.
Assume little. learn much, know te
do, constantly replcnish the stock IL
your upper story. You cant draw
water from on empty we'll even by
means of force pump.
II ideas do not come as quickly al
you think they ought, don't get dis.
couraged.
Seek land you shall Gnd)!
Go on.
You aren't licked until you quit.
The world will always have problem!
and difficulties awaiting solution--sticl
to those you're best fitted to tackle.
Keep looking and fetcherizing men
tally-ideas are built, not born.
Especially hold fast when you have
come to the cnd--it may be only Q
turn in the road.
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Z. Unconscious Sinner !: %
ny HAzEI. DEYO
BACHELOR


Ptbhc Ledger Company
| turing a professional 6irt as she wal
known in the movies; 4 woman who
was never seen without q cigarette be
tween her fingers. and who looked out
at her victims from beneath discreetly
lowered lashes. This woman that Cleo
saw in her imagination wore snaky
dresses and used strange heavy per.
fumes. she had thousand little studied
tricks. All these things puzzled het,
for she herself was not like that at
all.
What she did not realize was that
she had q hundred tricks that were not
studied. and were therefore far more
da anserous. She had n dimple that came
and went at one corner Of her mouth.
She had bloom and freshness about
her and q certain trick Of pursuing her
lips when she spoke her words. She
was not beautiful. but II was the very
irrcgula-ity Of her face that was fasci.
mating. because her features were never
the same. And mon loved her because
she inspired in them rcstlesSncss. =
desire to know more. now that they
had known 30 much. Perhaps the most
dangerous thing about her was her zest
for life. She was 10 eager. SO on tip-
toe with the expectation Of what iiie
would bring 20 her. y.
She wanted 10 live. and men wanted
10 teach her to live. which fact made
her ten times moro desirable than the
sophisticated siren who has already
lived too much and shows her expert
cnce too plainly.
And so Cleo was an unconscious sir, :
uer. She made men love her because OF
whnt she was rather than because OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Adventures With a Purse

THERE are times when you and n
l. number Of your friends decide to
have real party in town. You plan
on dinner at modest place, and then
the theater. The only trouble is that
you don't know of any modest place
for dinner, where you can have n really
nice party, Well, then, listen TO this.
J know Of cozy. honey tea room in
town that has stopped keeping open in
the evening for dinner. That is. for
dinner for the passerby. But il you
like, You can arrange with the hostess
or this attractive place to come there for
dinner. have excellent food, and have
the entire place to yourselves. What is
more, you all may stay as long as you
like, II YOU have not planned on the I.
ater. II there ar" as few as eight. the
price OF dinner is 81 so. but If there are
moro OF you, tho cost is even more
reasonable. Here would be n particular
ly nice place for a dinner meeting OF
your club or sewing circle.
The pocket tool kits make a nice rift
for man who loves to tinker around.
They are metal tubes not more tha q
three inches long, and about as biz
around as a ten cent piece. Compactly
arranged in this metal container are
five tools-a gimlet, a screw driver. a
chisel, an awl and cork screw. Each
one will fit into the top OF the coptainer
which forms sturdy handle for th,
implement 10 be used. This useful
little kit is 30 cents.
Editor or phone Walnut 5000 or Main is6ss
between tho hours OF and q.
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fragile garments that should be done
on the machine. The sewing and cut
ting cannot be too beautifully done
for carelessness would show plainly.
A second gown was made Of the fin
est silk crepe in peach shade. 1t was
cut without sleeves. and the deep arm
hole was finished with bias binding
in lavender. The bottom was bound
the same way. and the batcau shaped
neck had the same finish. Across the
front and back below the neck there
were six groups of embroidery. These
were violets. embroidered to form rings
and there were three Of these groups
across the front and three across the
back. In cutting this gown fullness
was allowed at each under arm, and
this was shirred in place in finishing.
Other garments may be made to
match If the bride prefers set like the
chemise and nightgown shown above.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
WHAT'S WHAT
By Helen Decie

There are times when a sirl does not
wish to dance with a certain man. In
this she should not act according to
whim, nor should she refuse TO accep,
his invitation without adequate reason
for it Is courteous 10 accept courtesy
even II ono has no ardent friendship fol
the proffsrer.
Unless abe wishes 10 "squelch" n man
completely, girl does not decline q
dancing invitation without giving an ex.
planation. Usually she ssy., "Thank
YOU. but I am tired dancing" II, hav-
ing said this, she accepts an invitation
10 dance with another man, 1t means
either that she Is thoughtlessly rude. OF
that she wishes to humiliate the frs
man by a public snub. Also. which Il
unmcral, rather than unmanneriy, sh'
shows that she doesn't mind telling {
white lie. II is safe to follow the time
honored convention, which rules that 4
lis discourteous TO dance with one mar
Immediately after refusing to dance witt
another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Wants to Swim

10 the Editor Of Woman's PAGE:
Dear Madam-Will you please tell
mo II there Is place where a girl can
get free swimming lessons and where
located? CONSTANT READER.
During July and August various
swimming centers that are under the
supervision Ct the public schools are
open, and by registering at one of these
schools you will be able to 60 there and
receive Instruction free Of charge. TO
find out about the school nearest your
home, inquire OF the Board of Educa
ton. Nineteenth and Chestnut streets
There are fifteen swimming ccnters in
different parts of the city, so 1t will no,
be hard to fird one near where you live
Should YOU want TO begin right away
with your swimming, YOU can take les.
sons at the y. NJ. =. A., Fifty-second
and SAMSON streets Tho pool here is
open for girls on Mondays and Thurs.
days from l:$o till and en- Tuesdays
evenings OF those days from z till ESQ.
dollar lesson Is charged, or six les
ular Swimming expert"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
Can You Tell?
Why Some Plants Grow Short and
Others Tall

Some plants grow short and Others
tall because nature adapts the growth
Of tho plant to the height in which i,
will flourish most successfully. The
amount OF sunlight which reaches
plants has 4 great deal to do with the
height which they attain. If you plant
things closely together in rows you can
effect perhaps the natural height to
which the plants or trees so treated
would grow IL planted in the State in
which they are found in nature.
Sunlight is absolutely necessary to
the life of n plant. \ plan, drinks in
light through its leaves, wh:ch grow
thin and fat in order that as great o
surface as possible may be exposed 20
the sunlight. Some leaves az" broader
than others. because such trees need
more leaf surface for changing the mir
into its elements and taking for them :
selves the carbonic acid gas upon which
theys live. Some trees require more al
this than others. As the sunlight
strikes the surface Of tho leaf. the Leaf
absorbs the carbonic acid Sns. which
goes into the body OF the plant and
mixes with the water and other food
clements which arc supplied through thr
roots. giving life 10 tho tree or plant
and enabling it to grow. The same
species of plant. or trec. will grow
taller under certain conditions than
Others all depending uDon tho soil in
which it is planted and IT'S relation tc
sunlight.
Some plants have stronger smell,
than others. and IL you investigate yo,
will find the strongest perfumes arc
from the flowers which grow closest &c
the ground. This is all arranged Sc
that the bees. upon whom nature de-.
pcnds to fertilize the flowers Of plant.
so that they will reproduce themselves
will not overlook these small plants
in other words, that the stronger per.
fUme will attract them.
Tomorrow-How Did Chickens Orig
mate:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-03
CHAPTER III
Cleo Reflects
LEO was not a child.

She was twenty-five years old
III che knew quite we'll what Dick hai
ne4nt when he had called her a heart
- coquettc. Cleo knew that kind OF
ii woman. and shrank away from the
eA0uGht that she herself was like that
t vemp. a professional hirt. n woman
- cannot resist playing with men
Ine moving pictures were full Of them.
14veIs were written around them and
tQ1ee heartily despised the type.
And Dick had said that shc was like
mat. The thought was disgusting. it
mo4e her feel cheap. and in addition
~ that it vaguely disturbed her. It set
Z nr % thinking about herself, and her
Eq4ffriences In the past.
Many men had asked her to marry
Aem; to be exact. she had received
o4ven proposals. She did not know
whether that was more or less than
yoe average girl receives, but she did
SDougbt seriously of any of these mci.
In a couple Of instances she had seen
what was coming snd had made an ef
tort to ward on the actual proposal,
but In no case had she bren surccss-
ful, and il had always troubled her to
- any one hurt.
khe knew that Dick had been fright
fully hurt tonight. that he had bcen 1
little mad and unconscious Of tfC
th3nes he was saying. and she was des.
pefatsly sorry for him. Surely that fact
removed her from the siren class. for
u she had deliberately Airted with Dick
she would no. have cared one way o.
another. But still the thought troubled
her. and Dicks words KEEP. rchoing ir
her mind. Did other pcopIe think
thinGe like that about her? Was sic
stamped definitely among the people
Who knew her as girl who cold
bloodcdly ensnared men?
C1eo's overwrouSht mind was pic.
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way round then. I mean that n good
idea or a smart cpigram put into q
verse doesn't excuse an atroCiously bad
rhyme"
Paul chuckled.
Well, I'd not get all riled up about
it. il were you"
1T jangles," insisted Virginia.
well. what is it? What's the spe-
cifc instance:"
"Oh. here's n writer who manages to
make rouge rhyme with 'huge'--isn' t
that terriblc?"
Paul was blank.
"Rougc and huge. Wcll"
We'll. Well-.what? Don't you see
how silly that Isl"
eft rhymes insisted Paul. sturdily.
Nonsense. dear. 1t doesn't rhyme
at all. Rouge has a soft, slurring
sound. sort of French or Russian. But
huge is definitely harsh and cultural.
How can they rhyme"
They rhyme, though
"Oh. darling, you're hopeless" de-.
clarod Virginia.
Rouge rhymes with huge. I ought
to know. hadn't I? Do hear the
girls at tho Office talk of anything else ?
Sure. it rhymes"
He glanced curIously at the magazine.
Lets see it."--and he didn't sneak
for forty minutes.
Tomorrow - The Greatest Romance