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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12
The Unconscious Sinner: ny pa4s"s1Sn n4sH't R"y'

! evidence! That meant that she would
have to make her exit through the
other room and for a moment her heart
sank and she hesitatcd. But 1t was
only for n moment. then she picked up
her bag. tip toed across the room ana
opened the door thnt lcS into the SIT
ting room.
In a fash she saw that Carey was
asleep on the couch. and she hastily
avertcd her eyes. Her heart was bent.
ing In her throat as she crept stealthily
past the couch. but she did not LOOK
at him, and she had almost renched
the door when she inadvertently STUN,
bled over small footstool and dropped
her bag.
In an instant Carey was on his feet
coming toward her.
She caught up the bag in an effort
TO fee before he could reach her, but
1t was too late. she was corncred.
Carey walked TO the door. and re-
moved the key from the lock. Then
he turned to her and remarked evenly.
"1f you'll wait till I get into my
clothes. I'll go with you. We're lenv,
Ing the city this morning, ANYWAY.
Without another word. he turned on
his heel and left her to her own de-
vices. and the first thing she did was
to sit down and burst into tears.
With those tears Cleo cried away her
Rirlhood. for when her spasmodic SOD
bing finally ceased, she had become
woman, She made n sudden fierce res
olution never again TO give way to
weakness. For the first time she de-
tcrmincdly faced the facts ns Carey
had given them to her. Last night
aer mental processes had been stunned
by the shock. but now she forced her,
self to look at the situation fairly and
sounrcly, and slowly 1t dnwncd upon
her that. although It would take cour-
nrc TO stay and face things. that was.
ufter all. the one thing to do. Run,.
ming away from the situation wou!!
NOT help matters in any wny. 1t would
not do away with the fact that she
was married to him. and suddenly she
realized that her effort to escape had
been childish. II she had succeeded.
the news of such thing would have
brought untold misery to her mother
and father. and whatever happened they
must never suspect the truth.
Tomorrow-The Worm Turns
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Popular Win Many

dress Is delighted with it and it
alone, and especially Is this true among
the various shades, both light and
dark. Of Canton crepe or chiffon. The
ribbon is of the narrow taffeta sort. and
may outline the neck and sleeves. and
then drop from the neck line to where it
is fastened under with the hem, in u
succession of loops. With Partisan in =
fuencr. corded bands have also become
popular. \ fascinating wrap that is
mad" Of black satin accepts corded
touches of white brondcloth, and thcs"
COrdin2s are even seen on millinery.
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And Phil Stone isn't exactly what you
might call great success in life"
Paul frowned absently.
''What has that to do with it? I'm
q little surprised by your taking that
attitude. Virginia. While IL adds To
the attractiveness of tn" grand old
game of marriage TO have plenty of
money, and all the things that money
will buy. still one doesn't measure mar
sied happiness by that stuff. DO you
Think"
He was SO naivcly solemn about it
that Virginia could not suppress the
= smile that came.
paul. don't be shocked at me. I'm
the last on" To say that there can be
hHle love when there is small material
success bur I mentioned Myrtle because
she cant seem to understand that BY
lboasting about Phil and his alleged tai
ents, ard all that sort Of thing. she is
spelling him: yes. she even makes il
harder for the poor chap to get on at
an"
Paul wrinkled thoughttul brow.
81 don't know a. that kind Of people
can help it,"
What kind of people drar:"
People who are madiy in love with
each other when all the world can look
OH and see that the affair is all wrong
according to modern ways Of thinking
There's llillman, you know"
!"Oh, that man isn't sane. rctortcd
Virginia quickly.
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Please Tell Me What TO Do
BY CYNTHIA

read woman Hater's" letter ages
ago, so I'll say I was excruciatingly
put out. I want to talk to him:
Woman Halter" cruel sir. fell COM
document I Just forget /, now. but
one sentence stands out clearly in my
,iEe this: mo sensible man would
marry. fiapper." Imagine II you
Don't you know. too. that she recognizes
the fact that It's too serious a problem
for one so young? That she thinks
more Of good times? That she delights
one admirer? SO the conclusion is. no
flapper would marry sensible man.
When 1t Is time to marry. she won't
be a flapper. but a demure bit Of sweet
ness that our sensible men want. That's
all: may you live happy ever after.
Friends. countrymen, noblemen. lend
think that a fiapper is Just a Tapping
good.for.nothing without a serious
thought In her head. So I'm going to
prove that we think seriously at times.
For instance. I'll take for my topic
Divorce. you all know. is the separa-
ton OF man and wife. giving them the
permission to remarry. ] hate divorce.
hut most Of all hate the remarryng
part " swear III nearer 10 Mormon
ism than It's own brother Is. Still, even
our happily remarked person would
raise his or her eyebrows Mt man
with more than one wife. The first
wife of man. II she is living, la the
one and only wife. Does any one diff
fer? I knew no one would say any
thing Have I expostulated loudly or
has my trying been In vain? Isn't that
the seriousest thought you ever heard?
! have found my idol to be clay--even
Rodolph Is divorced KITTEN.
But. "kitten." aren't you afraid that
your tapping reputation will be 80
strongly established our sensible men"
will be afraid to trust that demure
sweetness when you do assume it? Gym.
tHia thinks it would be better to mix
i'll little Of II now. just to pave the
way.
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SELLING Dolls Clothes

JO tie Edi' Jr Ot WOrITr'S PUyt.
Dear Madam--Ny friend and | would
like TO sell SOM doll outfits. p-ttiCOats
dresses. sweaters. coats and such things
We make them and they are neat and
pretty There are about fourteen pieces
20 each set. Could you aid US by telling
where We could offer them for sale ,
Also could you suggest other ways BY
which school girls could earn money?
NELL AED LOT.
You can take ;hes" things YOU have
made 70 the Woman's t.XChmrg" -
South Seventeenth street IF they are
accepted. they viii be placed un sale
Sor you at a small commission. You Will
also have 20 pay nominal In t'at!On
fee.
Inquire Of the Junior Enp.oymcnr
Service. az lOZ2 cherry street. aboG,
positions for school girls They are
very much Interested there in getting
things 10 do for those who are stu
going to school. but want to DO SOM
thing in their spare hours
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loor chap. l don I suppose he would
even admit that to me If he didn't have
to have some excuse. But when he
comes around the third time in a
month TO make n touch. he sort of
feels he has to do some tall explaining. :"
He must be terribly weak" sug-
gested Virginia, a little coldly.
Maybe, maybe he is" admitted
Paul slowly. but he's incurable. lie
admits that as manager he is a total
failure. lie will reluctantly admit that
his wife is-well, pretty hard to under
stand. and her extravaganza and err
ratio notions have certainly let him IN
for lot of hard luck. but what can
you say to man who has his excuse 2"
Excuse sniffcl Virginia i'm
patiently. Excuse. What excuse can
he have?'
Paul grinned in a provoking way.
lie says simply that he loves her"
Virginia pondercd this, but his sever
itv did not diminish.
But one can be sensible and still be
IN love, she said tentatively.
Paul only shrugged.
cant one:' she demanded.
One Can - but here's one that
WON'T, chu"klcd Paul rs he picked her
Up from the floor and >at her on the
high mantcl abov" the tiny fireplace and
eXactcd an absurdly childish forfeit.
Tomorow-It Doesn't Take Il Million
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No. 1-\Nhat Walls Arc

Walls are more than merely the sides
If room. They form the setting
within which one composes or arranges
the furnishing of the room. Furnish
ing q room may be compared 10 paint.
ing a picture, only one WORKS with tan.
giblc, solid objects, instead Of working
with paints Oh a fiat surface. Inc walls,
along with the floor and ceiling, there
fore, may be considered the fixed back
ground Of the room.
But apart from doing duty as the
fixed background of the room, the walls
have further important quality.
Whether painted or papered, they are
or ought to be either decoration In
themselves or else merely background
for the pictures hung upon them ana
the furniture placed against them.
A wall covered with Il conspicuous
pattern is really decoration in itself
and should be treated as such. Pictures
will not look well against it. They will
be swallowed up, so to speak, and the
other hand, wall covered with plain
paper, or with paper OF an inconsplcu.
Gus, quiet pattern. will play W the pic
lures and the furniture and make them
appear to advantage. ~ wall cannot be
both decoration and background ut once
successfully. 1t ought to be altogether
one thing or the other.
In the above picture both treatments
are shown. 'a.
ssuaya..A--. ur.s-.,, -
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Should You Return His Gifts,
Asks Wnyred Harper Cooley


n date. Gradually. arrangements came
about. but no violent quarrcls. until at
last. they had decided to separate aud
remain only casual friends.
Pcrhaps if no other man had loomcd
upon the horizon. this bachelor. not
really being aspricyed or iil.cL. In my
serious way. would have logged on, with
friendly feelings toward the girl.
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,o,erteJ ma, 'nry s,,n ,f,n. hou ,raai
,,';,h '" ~ ~ om n''.L msi u,'an
reolivo tbat sbn r,o. nnns,I,, ana aoa,iu 10
Ut '''' WIZ" Wv new man.
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tbonohts @ .mr,cI I - ,bc sifta T.' .ho' h,I mi
hso,nn.I uno,, ,mr" hor ~ T,Sr S'', % Wv m.', NV.
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To "Rlueblrd"

You are doing just the right thing.
K,ep on as II nothing had happened to
hurt you, and do not let him see that
you care. The kind OF friendship that
he has for this girl is not the kind that
lasts. and II his feeling for you is
sincere, It will outlast the other. Try
TO arrange some parties TO 80 to the
movies or on a picnic or something OF
the kind. with other boys. SO that your
guest will have n wider field II you
let tho young man severely alone for
few days, he may begin to realize how
he ras been treating you.
Lover Isn't Her Prince Charming
Dear Cynthia-Never before. have ]
had occasion to write to you Tor youi
wonderful advice. But I feel sure you
will help me as you have he'ped 30
Now, dear Cynthia. am q young lady
nearly twenty years old and I think
I'm in love. but not sure. l nave oeen
going with a young man for aimost
year. He has a splendid pos'tion hra,har h.e
lie told me about a month ago that ne
loves me, hut. Cynthia, he would
never All the place Of the Prince
Charming OF my girlhood Dreams
isn't handsome. as all girls want tnei,
nrincc TO be, and yet he Is so kind ana
thoughtful and he really Is noble;
have n car Of my own and everything
y girls heart could desire.
This young man asked II ne mign!
take me to a show and then at the last
minute called me UP and SAID that NJ
little mother was Ill and ne couIo
not leave her. My mother tells me that
nnv man that Is good to his motner
viii be good to his wife. % Is that 80;
CYNTHIA: (2o II I really. love MIN VIII
! forget that he isn't handsome and VIII
bc willing to give up all ! nave Tor
HIM. ,, n,
Please, dear Cynthia, help mT: r on
please
His looks won't worry you IN the
least If YOU really care for him. dear
n YOU cannot overlook the fact that
he Is not a Prince Charming, then walt
a long time before saying you VIII
r~orrv him. Your love should be
stronger than that If it Is tc' last. buI
uUut let his looks interfere WIN your
good opinion OF him, either. your de
scription of him sounds as If he woulo
make a fine husband. Your advantages
and his lack Of beauty against your love
for him and his good character, which
weighs heavier?
! Kitten Becomes a Serious Thinker
Dear Cynthia--To say ! was thrillet
wuu!d be putting it too mildly wheE
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oaons of affection?
An engagement ring is different
matter. have known of girls who re =
fused to return diamond ring of RI rn
value. and even girls who make point
Of getting engaged TO men in order to
graft rings.
That. of course. is simple dishonesty
The ring is n symbol of promise TO
we'd, of fidelity. and a pledge for the
4oture. Naturally. If the bond is broken
and all plans abandoned i; is only com
mon decency to give up the pledge.
But the gifts that were scattered over
{. period Of years. merely as little tran
oient tokens of affection. are they nero
permanent in intent than are flowers
and candy?
OBVIOUSLY, when troth is broken,
" girls do not try to return candy
and flowers. They are almost forgotten.
or recalled only as pleasant evenings at
theatres are recalled. The man does not
say, "Give me back my flowers or
buy some theatre tickets. the cuuiva-
lent in price TO the money / sprn: on
you."
Are more costly gifts, then. on a par
with these ephcmeral ones? Recently
young man was talking to me very
earnestly on this subject. He had had
q long and agreeable love affair with a
girl whom l knew. They had EXPECTED
some time to marry. but never had set
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12
WHAT'S WHAT
By HelCn Decie

Even people who wait upon them
selves at the home table all the year
pound occasionally feel obi ged to give
q hinner-plrty, with q maid in attend
7Mt.e, especially at tbs time uf the
year, when one end-of-thc.season din
y ict may serve t. return half dozen
lik<1lal obligations. And dinner. II
.len at all. should be served properly.
tTt IN some houses the hostess is served
81 on around the table, serving each
! IL consecutive order and ending with
y 3h1 guest at the left of the hostess. This
1eTo survival of the old custom OF
a &>pvtng the dish" When there is q
n 3lngulshed or elderly woman gues,
~ honor, she Ia seated to the righ
3 nA4 host and is served first. the maid
Z 1l1plng to the right. and ending
Z ~ Aost.l A man guest Of honor
w procedure ir* d DE-,
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The Right Touch

4 becoming hat seen recently on an
attractive lady was made of white taf.
feta. the crown being laid in slight
folds. Upon the slightly dropping brim
was the quaintest trimming. appliIued
circles of ratine, In pinks, pale green
and blue. These were just enough to
give the hat a claim to individuality.
For. y9u know, there ~ taifsta hats
nnd taAeta hats. ~.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

Cleo Ridgcfcld is the tppo OF girl
rho unconscious'y tcmpis men to
make 1orc to hcr. When she refuses
Dirk Wheeler. hr tries to commit
snicidc. and Is sared By his guardian,
Carey Phelps. CarcV. bclicring Cleo
to BE- a hedrtiess firt. succeeds IN
Mceting her. lie rins her heart and
finally pcrsuddes her to run arav and
marry him. On their rcdding night
~ order to arenge Dick, he tells her
he desptscs her. but in his heart Of
hearts he rediiscs that he does not
hate her as he should like TO.
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THE ROYAL, HONEy,Ioo>

Tho full account Of the royal wedding
IN Relgrade will be supplemented with in.
tHrcsting Incidents Of tie honeymoon. This
foreign news Service largely Icy spcrinl o.
blos maintained by the morning PUBLIC
LEDGER Make 1t n Hatit"--Adr.
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two or moro begin n sentence at the
same moment. and the sounds that will
once moro rise from those white deli.
cate throats would make a pair of
starlings croaking outside the window,
seem like wood thrushes!
Owny. :" "
\ womAns voice doesn't carry. as a
| mans does. over noise. and when n
number Of them get TO talking at once,
light tone is lost.
! Women never seem to learn to place
their voices so that they will penetrate
noise without getting them SO high and
| shrill that they are ugly.
But that ugly tone could be avoided
by not trying to rise above the dis
turbance. or else by keeping the general
conversation low toned.
The talk at any rate Is usually about
things like "Well mine was georgette
crepe. but had to put some satin with
it because there was n hole in the
'front.' You loop It over and hold
the thread like this-oh. | can't show
You unless | have it in my hand"
'Arcn't they awful? Mine tear as
soon aS | put them on. my rings, you
know catch them when ! put my hands
up (" turn on light or something, "
or ''Oh. it's perfect beauty; just a
small one YOU know, but YOU can yet
three people in by squeezing close to-
gether.'
Well bred women, women with beau
ttful speaking and singing voices, chat. =.
t"ring like lnagpies over nothing at all.
VOU have to talk, of course, there
L wouldn't be much fun In life if you
couldn't.
But il isn't necessary to have every
silly little world standing out above
every other silly little word that every
body else is saying.
1t docs make such harsh. ugly. deaf.
cning sound.
And it gives such dreadful imprc>-
>ion Of the takers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

TIE engagement
is broken. through
no especial fault of
yours---rather, rs
the result of your
and your lovers s
growing apart. 1t
all came about
gradually. Il II d
without bitterness
or tragedy.
Is It a moral
obligation on your
rart to send back
all those gifts
which were offered
freely in the time
of love. Ms pxOrps-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

wife IN kcs him 60
through. She III Il $ t
be-
but he loves her
murmured Paul
sravc,y.
Virginia shifted.
"Of course. $ h e
pretty eXtravagnnt.
And | have n strong
impression that she
nags Bill pretty much
of the time. Her bills
from the shops. he
tel s me. are fierce.
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Paul and Virginia Il, HELENA norr GRANT

Il don't agree with you. Virginia.
But there are not many who would un-
derstand his case"
Case. The idea. think it's
shocking the things that poor mans
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

That is what the ooped ribbon becomes when takes
this charming The
called substitute
orchid really on
be
thing when kind of be ribbon
The girdc OF the frok closely allied
the by being OF the ooped ribbon
ngs of around the middle of the right
finish given this lovely
with it, the material being Of soft pinkne
that make it harmonze perfectly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

w nat do yoll mean
the troubles Of some
people?
Myrtle $ tone. !
mean. | met her down
town this afternoon
and. honestly. Paul.
the way that girl raves
a bout hcr husband
would make n mummy
smile. shes so SEN
timentally mad about
him--and they've been
married. twp 70 n rS
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.4drentureS With q Purse

IF YOU'RE smart enough to knit
L your own sweaters, that probably
ln"ans that you have made quite Il
of various colors and combina-
tions of designs. With white skirts,
ones. are awfully smart, and in warm
weather frequently worn without a
blouse underneath. That means II need
for collars and cuffs. l have seen some
Which are hand made and are perfectly
lovely. One set in particular was made
of lavender linen and embroidered in
purple silk with II design about tho
edge. The set is made to order. of til"
finest of linen. and the collar can bc
cut square, round "N.' or to go with
Il Peter Pan sweater. One girl | know
ordered five different sets to go with
her five sweaters. They are priced at
$3.50 the set.
OF course YOU nrc interested in
white skirts. we all are these days. and
I personally am in need OF some, 81
have kept my special weather eye on
the lookout for some. In Il shop In
which happened to pause, / was
shown samples of white homcspun
which IS ffty-six inches wide. and
$40 yard. \ yard is sufficient Ia
make II skirt. and if you "anno, make
it yourself the shop viii civ" you the
name and address of an awfully clever
and reasonable tailor,
r;., S' Sn aSd 5000 %ns s
between the hours OF and b.
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4 Wonans Soft, Sweet Voice Can
Sound as Ugly as a Croaking Frog
hen She AAo'cs to Get ShrH and Harsh in Order to Make
1t Heard Above the Noise of Other Clacking Tongues

TNIIEY were talking in the necessarily
L loud tones that you have to use
whom You are on hurrying train.
The conversation was 20 fast md
furious TINT they didn't realize Mt all
that the train was approaching n sta.
tion.
And so 1t happened that one Of them.
the shriller. louder Of the two. failed
To lower her tones in the least and
shouted out remark at the top Of hrr
lungs
OF cours" YOU 70 boon through il. and
You know that sickening embarrassment
which steals over YOU when YOU get
caught this way.
That terrible silence which has SO
suddenly fallen over the shrieking car
full of people
And those amused stares and smiles
shout.
But did you ever notice how many
women there are whose hnbitual tone
is this noisy one which brings SO much
humiliation with 1t at times:
TIIEY make no apology for it. seem,
l indeed not TO be aware of it in the
least.
Sometimes as you enter hall in
which a meeting Of women is to be
held. IL order has not yet been called,
the noise * positively deafening.
Each woman in the place seems TO be
trying 70 outtalk every other woman.
There is no resemblance here to the
soft. sweet voice that is considered SO
Indispensable to the charm of a woman,
There is hardly any similarity to a
woman. even: the Shrill tones. nasal,
harsh, sound as if sawmill had looS-
cucd all its bolts and had gone on work
ing regardless.
The meeting j. called to order by
some one with a pleasant musical voice,
and at various times during the pro-
reediLgS other women stand w and
talk IN quiet tones that sound as if they
came from woman with heart and
= mind.
But let an argument start, or let
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Is Lore Erer Sensible?

s01NHE troubles Of some people.
sighed Virginia with mock solem.
0ify
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vOU were engaged.
~ lie gave you books and furs and
candy and towers,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

Tom m>rr3w-Nhat Is Paint Made OF?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-12

For names Of shonc address Woman's Page
Editor or phone Walnut 5000 or Main 1901
between the hours Of u and 8.
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Kitten Becomes a Serious Thinker
Dear Cynthia--To say ! was, thrilled
wuu!d be putting It too mildly when
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Tomorrow - Guarding Against the Re.
vengeful