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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
Through a :.
Woman's Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
A,,nn, and Epc AU Over Again

,vben I went TO sweet sixteen
,srties. it was always the boys who
suggested "postofice" and the mistlc..
Toe and they, II any one, who. would
transeress II they. dared. who had to
no kent In theit place. The girls were
stnected to stand for the higher ideals
that would preserve their sweetness and
sthe ss.rersI The keepers Of the faith.
p' Tbis We have always looked upon not
"a fad to change the way the wind
hlows, but MS an integral part OF the
nature Of that species Of which the
male is the aggrcssor, the female
sonsht. Have we not been taught from
,he cradle that the world can be no
better than Its women!
put now some one who should know
better would upset all this and say the
ho,s must be protected from 'vamp.
,m.T and "petting" and that Il is the
n;rls who must be kept in their place |!
said Miss Janet Richards at a meet
ins % of social workers held recently In
New York: !.
sve sons that the most serious thing
thcy had to face was the saving Of
their sons from the girl 'vamp.' These
boys have gone to their mothers and
said !: MOtueTs ~ 80 SV hotu Aot hiC
a bc decent and live up to the stand.
ards YOU have set me. How can ! do
n with this cheek dancing, and II ]
null away they call me prudc. And
when I take a girl home in the way
that you have told me Is the proper
fashion. she Is not satisfied and thinks
] am slow
"It is sad to think" Miss Richards
.,ptinued. "that the girls are setting
such standards for the boys" and she
outlined a plan to get the boys to band
together to raise the standards OF the
sirl peter" holds sway!
The girl who has said It was hard
for her ito be decent and live up to
the standards you have set me-" be-
cause there were so many bad men. has
never been the recipient Of much SYM
natby or respect. What can we say
for the young men who make such a
complaint!
While It is true that girls are more
sex conscious and sophisticated than
they used to be, It is q trend that Is
more bravado and smart. .aleckness than
due to any inner taint or degeneracy.
And who made this seem smart? The
boys, of course. For thought even the
worst Of men will always respect the
risht kind Of girl, this type have not
been particular about how they OBJ
tained their amusement, or what they
led girls to believe was "the thing"
Hammer away at the girls, by all
means, to bring them to their senses.
Put don't let any mother talk to you
about protecting" her boy from baby
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
CHEATED OUT Of SAVINGS
Chester Widow Seventy Years Old
0Ives S97 for Empty Poekathook

Chester. Pa. March 14.--Mrs. Let.
tie Gaskins, seventy years old, a
widow. was the victim yesterday OF the
ancient pocketbook .'himflam' game.
and as a result is $97 poorer. She
says her life earnings have dwindled to
eleven cents.
According to her story to the police.
she saw one of three we'll dressed men
ment. They permitted her to peep into
the pocketbook and she saw n wedge
Of bills Of $50 and 500 denominations.
The men told her they were afraid to
keep the purse. but would give 1t to her
II she would let them have some money
in return. She withdrew $97 from
bank and gave this sum for the pocket
book. Upon reaching home she discov-
cred the pocketbook contained nothing
more than strips Of paper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
Mrs. F. Won Media Elected

Mrs. Frederick Won Media was
elected president of the ladies' auxiliary
Of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
sociation at the suxiliary's meeting
yesterday in the Bellevue -Stratford.
Other officers elected included Mrs.
William Pearson. vice president; Mrs.
Frederick Sroviet. second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. r. Dietwyler, third vice
Charles Worrilow, trcssurcrs. The di-
rcctors are Mrs. Finley Ackcr. Mrs.
U. s. Hires and Mrs. Benjamin Me-
loney.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
O1te s costume Is NO1U
Incomplete Without
Earrinoe

Very popular are the pearl
drops on wee chains-and they
begin at SOC a pair.
Plenty Of jet black! Hoops and
drops and earrings with sparkling
tips Of crystal, oh, fascinating
things they are!
Showers Of tiny pearls; Flor
entlne earrings with colorful
movers: many in jade color;
others in the hues Of amber, sap
phire, bright reds, and so on
a myriad assortment at SOC to IS.
(CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
The Magic Fairy Csp
ny ARTHUR w, STAGE

Jack aud Janet are told BY Cocky
aud Merry Robin they eau find
Fairplqnd only IL they ,ccar a magic
fairy cap. They can gain this cop
BY doing brave deed and rescuing
a fdiry in distress. Bonnic BlNe Bird
brings rord fhot the son Of tho Fairy
king has been caught in the trap Of
an ogre aud that Black Dragon is on
the rdp TO eat him. ...
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
Aficr.Di,,r,er Tricks

A small pill box is shown to contain
three corks. The. cover is placed upon
six corks are seen inside.
The box il Of the double. ended va.
riety. both the top and bottom being re /.
movable, as shown in the drawing. The
three extra corks are previously glued
to the inside Of one cover, which is re.
moved as the lid to show the three
original corks inside the box. Care ID
taken not to expose the inside OF the
lid. After the cover Is placed on, the
box is turned over while shaking IL be.
tween the hands. This time the ordi :
nary lid Is removed, and The corks have
doubled.
Copyright, 1898, by Public Ledger Com parv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
3-Piece
Toilet Sets
Special, $3.50

with Ivory or Shell Finish
Each set consists Of good
heavy mirror with deep glass, a
brush with good bristlcs and a
heavy comb with fine and coarse
teeth. They are all in triune
shape, a very pretty and graceful
three-corner finish.
Sets with tortoise shell finish
are very unusual at this price
and the lowest former price Of
the ivory-finishcd sets was a dol
lar more.
OentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-14
Blouses in Many
Pretty STYLES, $1.65

Trimmed with figured Voile,
checked Eingham, lace or tiny
white rufIling, made of dimity or
plain or checked voile. All de,
lightfully fresh and Springlike.
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HEART and HOME PR0BL EMS
Written for The State journal
By ELIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: My husband
and have been running around with
crowd of young married couples. We
have gone to each others homes for
parties, to dances and to shows, and
probably we have all been together at
least twice a week.
The wife of one of the men in the
crowd went to visit her mother for
a month and when she came back we
all met her at the depot. When she
got off the train she kissed all of US
men and all. I didn't think it was
proper for her to kiss the men. Ny
husband disagrees with this and says
that her kisses were merely of a
friendly nature and didn't mean any
thing one way or another. What do
you think aboutsthe matter?
ROSALIE.
Your husband was right in his way
of classifying the woman's kisses. 1t
seems to me. however, that it would
have been much better if she had
kissed only her husband because then
her kiss to him would have meant
something.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-06

The Near East peace conference. in
an effort to escape an impending war,
seems to be laying the foundation for
other wars in the future. The Turk
is to be permitted again to occupy
place in Europe, where he will be in
a position to stir up trouble in the
Balkans. Again has England come to
the rescue of the Mohammedan
power and the pillage and murder of
whatever Christian may still remain
in Asia Minor will continue as before.
But the Dardanelles will be open until
such time as Turkey decides to close
that waterway. Any Turkish treaty is
but a ''scrap Of paper" England,
however, is first of all commercial
nation and she has an eye out to the
main chance, which seems just now
to be a revival of trade with Russia
and increased business for British
shipping.
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JUST FOLKS
BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

THE LETTER.
The postman whistled down the street
And seemed to walk on lighter feet,
And as he stepped inside her gate
He knew he carried precious freight;
He knew that day he carried joy
He had the letter from her boy
Day after day he'd kept his pace
And seen her careworn, gentle face
She watched for him to come and TOOK
The papers with anxious look,
But disappointment followed hope
She missed the one glad envelope
He stopped to chat with her awhile
And saw the sadness of her smile,
He faneied he could hear her sigh
The morning that he Travelled by.
He knew that when tomorrow came
She would be waiting just the same.
The boy who was SO far away
Could never hear. her gently say:
We'll, have yod brought good news to
mes"
Her eager face he could not see,
Or note the lines of anxious care
AS every day she waited there.
But when he wrote, on lighter feet
The happy postman walked the street:
We'll, here it ia. at last" he'd shout,
.sTo end the worry and the doubt"
The robin on the maple limb
Her eyes with joy began TO glow,
The neighborE round her seemed to know
That with the postman at the door
Sweet peace had come to her once more
When letters bring so much delight,
Why do the sons forget TO writer
(copyxigkt. 1922, by Edgar A Guest)
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A weekly pass is one of the weap-
ons in the war that goes on in many
communities between the old estab-
lished street car line and its newer
rivals, the bus and the jitney. The
most recent user of the pass system is
the Chicago elevated railway system.
The idea was first put into effect in
Racine, Wis. where the cash fare was
Z cents. or tickets for IS cents.
There the weekly pass system has
been in use for more than two years.
On fixed days pass can be bought at
company stations. 1t entities the
bearer to ride from midnight to mid
night the following week on any of
the company's lines. There is no eff
fort to make it non-transferable. If
the purchaser ride down to the office
on it, his clerk may ride home to
luncheon on the same ticket; II a
company has five messengers of
whom but three are ordinarily out at
one time, the company may buy three
passes and give them out to messen-
gers as needed. The man with the
pass need not bother about transfers.
He merely shows his pass to the con-
ductor of the connecting car.
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Marietta's present. understood what
had happened. oh. you faithful put
swami Then got sns
watch. out of pawn the first thing TINS
morning And I recognized 1t as soon
as 1 set eyes on 1t. should nave
known that watch anywhere. even II
Josiah Westcott's name hadn't been
engraved .on the inside or the case
Yes, this was your maternal gfahu
fstherS watch, and IL Josiah Westcote
hadn't seen fit to marry your grand
mother perhaps he might have mar
ried me. But it wasn't to be; ana
here 1 am still single at-never nina
what age. It's none OF your business
how old I am. So III just keep TINS
watch and you can have Marietta in
stead. If you haven't got money
enough to take care of her 1 have
enough to take care of you both.
Come, speak up. is it trader"
Its n swap, Aunt Maria cried
it. But just look here" and he
handed her the letter which had
caused him so much thought the nighs
before. 1t was from a western lana
company, of which DICK mad once
been manager and in which he held
sc me little Stock--a company which
had got irto litigation and into the
hands of a receiver. bur now, Dick
was infowned. the court of last resort
had rendered a momenrous decision
FAVOR OIL the COMPANY bAAO
had been discharged, OH mad been
discovered on the company's prop
erty, everything was booming and
they wanted Dick to take his old place
as manager at a good fat salary.
Good enough, Dick" said Aunt
Maria when she had read, "but don't
think I'll let you off our decker
because you are rich!' And then com
sulting the golden warming-pan she
called up the stairs: Marietta, times
mi Come down here at once. I've
| made trade: I've snapped a new
| love for an old one"
| copyright 1922, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
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the Babe more desperately than the
Roman world of 4 B. c.
At least the plain people. who al
ways pay the price OF war. have come
to see that the only practicable pro-
gram of peace is that announced by
the celestial chorus above the Bethle-
hem hills-"Peace on earth among
men of good will" Except we open
our hearts to the radical principle of
good will brought by the Christmas
Child, we shall not see peace. There is
no other way. The current lshibbo1eths
of commercial expansion, political
prestige" spheres OF influence"
manifest destiny" and imperial me-
cessity'' must all be cast aside if we
are to march to the angel music into
bring to pass.
In all lowliness-that he might
be recognized as fellow by the mean
est of mahkind-the Prince of Peace
came in manger, child of a, work
ingman,s home, a victim of pride's
arrogance at his birth, when pros
porous wayfarers crowded Him out of
the inn. AS a Babe, to denote fresh
beginning. from the simplest level and
on natural lines. and a kinship with
every one born of woman, Jesus came
to call US all back to the way of love
and peace and good will
And the star that sffone over the
Child's home is today a war-racked
worlds only star of hope.
Paris, London, Geneva, Genoa,
Connes-a1l have failed. Now let US
try Bethlehem.
Copyright, 1922, by The Ellis
Servicve.)s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-06
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE-

Skool was jest starting to begin this
AFTERNOON and Miss Kitty sed. Now
children, 1 will begin this aftirnoons
session by making an announcement
that / am very sure you will be glad
to heer.
Me thinking, C. herray. I bet she's
going to leeve us out a half a hour
earlier today.
And everybody started to make
sounds as If they were feeling ixcited.
and Miss Kitty sed, The behavior of
this class has bin Exceptionally good
all this week and assure you it gives
me CRATE plezzure to make this an
nouncement. III
Me thinking, Maybe she's going to
leeve us out d hole hour erlier. o
boy, herray.
/ may seem a little harsh and strict
at times. perhaps, because discipline
must be maintained, but 1 always
credit ware credit Is due, and that's
the reason 1 am about to make this
announcement, sed Miss Kitty
Me thinking, G, wouldent be SER
priced if she left us off all the hole
, rest of the AFTERNOON, and Miss Kitty
wondering wat the announcement is.
| Which we was. and she sed, Well, the
announcement is that my little neece,
a very clever and talented little girl,
Will visit the classroom later this ar
ternoon and recite for you.
! Me being disappointed but thinking,
o well, 1t will be better than doing
| lessins anyways. And Miss Kitty sed,
3, AS soon as the last bell has rung the
recitations will begin.
| Being a heck of a bum announce
ment, and the hole class started to
make noises meening. Aw gosh, wat
goods that, that's a fearse announce
ment. we don't wunt to stay after
skool to heer eny old recitations, aw
heck, gosh, good mite, that's a CRATE
announcement like nit. Miss Kitty
getting mad as enything, saying,
Quiet, stop that murmering immedi-
ately, order in the classroom, now jest
for that the intire class will remain
ito minutes after skooI and there
wont be eny recitations.
| WITCH there wasept. proberly being
a good thing from the looks of Miss
Kittys neece wen she came in and
sat down alongside of her desk. being
a long skinnie gerI with pigtails and
la ignorant Impression.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
A TALK TO sTENoGRAPHERs.

You are by no means among the I'M
important of this earth. But for your
conscientious and loyal industry, the
pace of business life would have to be
lessened a most appreciate amount.
Your work is great. To it you must
not only lend your fingers and your
bodily strength, but your mind. The
mere mechanics of your machine are
soon and easily mastered, but the task
of properly composing and placing the
words that you transcribe upon your
machine is thing to which you can
properly put the best thought within
you. Tt is for this last that you must
expect much of the reward that you
merit.
The letters which firm sends out
are its voice to the world. They can
not. therefore, be written with too
much care and thought.
A good stenographer should be
good grammarian, a student of human
nature. and one whose judgment may
be respected. For it is not all merely
to transcribe letter as dictated.
Letters often flow from a man in
imperfect style. It should be the task
OF the stenographer to catch the little
clips of words and thought, and edit
them into smoothness and concise
meaning, if necessary.
Accuracy should not be sacrificed
for speed. Many an important case at
law has hinged upon the wording of a.
letter, and it is the business of you who
write letters to be on the alert for any
slips of tact or meaning. The big man
welcomes any suggestions from an in
tel1fgent stenographer.
Take pride in a neat letter. Neat
ness in a letter is as important as
neatness In dress on the part of the
salesman Never consciously return a
letter to your chief with an error in
it. Look it over carefully after you
have written it.
Be neat in your dress and dignified
in your department Be dead in earn
est in all that you do. Be prompt at
your desk, ready for the work of the
day at the hour of opening-not fiji
teen minutes after. Remember that
the unnecessary time you spend fixing
your hair or in the rest room, is time
taken from the one who pays you.
Keep your desk clean. and in per-
feet order And treat the typewriter
as tho it belonged to YOU OIL and
care for it daily as a part of your
work.
And don't gossip about your en-
ployer or the other people who are
your associates in work Remember
that your employer is a huban being,
full of common faults of his kind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-06

A national registration of finger
prints of all of the men and women
in the United States was urged at the
regular monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce of the state of
New York. by Frederick H. Ecker.
chairman of the executive committee.
Such a measure would solve. many of
the social problems of the city, state
and nation, Mr.. Ecker said, such as
fraudulent voting in elections. forging
of checks, the carrying of concealed
weapons. and, in general. the proven
ton of crime. The benefits of such
a measure. Mr.. Ecker pointed out.
would be national in scope; it would
be ,of advantage to the iaw-abiding
citizen and a further check upon the
criminal or dangerous aliens sent
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Questions1Anstoers

Q. Did lacquer work originate in Japan
or in China? E. c. Y.
A While the art of lacquer work was
first known to the Chinese and taught by
them to the japanese, this latter nation
has so far exeeiled all others that authori-
ties have said that lacquer in all its uses
and decorations is a truly Japanese be-
longing.
O. Does a magnifying lens magnify or
simply concentrate heat from the SUM- II
so, the more lenses it shines thru, is the
heat that much more intensey NJ R.
A. The Bureau OF Standards says that
a magnifying glass concentrates heat from
the sun Shining thru more than one lens
would mean a loss of considerable heat in
going thru the different glasses
q What will clean crock which has
contained preserved eggs? A. E. O.
A The water glass which has been used
for this purpose may be dissolved with
vinegar and removed with sharp knife.
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Dorothy Dir Tails
Love. Wholesale and RetaiI-f
BY DORoTHT DIX
weezd's HIghess Rsid wcsaaA Ws4eaR.


A young man is in love with two
girls, and for the life of him he can't
decide which one he cares for most.
They appeal to him in different ways.
and he desires to know if I think it1
possible for a man to love more than
one woman at a time.
Surely, son. And more than two
Same way with women. The one-love
man or woman is much of a freak
of nature as the one-idea person.
This is bound to be the case until
men and women attain a, state of phys
ical and mental perfection that they
are far from possessing now. For
no one Individual punches in his or
her person all the charms and graces
| that we admire. Therefore, one in
dividual appeals to us in one way
and another charms us in another
way, and which we find the most en-
| trancing is often a difficult problem
to decide.
| When we are with Susan or John,
and under her or his spell. we think
/ that she or he is the only One. But
when we are with Mary or Tom we
Experience precisely the same sensa-
| ton, and so it keeps US with our fin
gers on our pulses, counting our heart
beats, and trying to ana1yze our thrills,
and guess which is which.
| A man may find. for instance, that
beauty draws him with a single hair
and he may be captured by a pretty
face His waking hours and his
dreams are haunted by violet eyes,
and the curve of a soft chin. He feels
that he could never weary of gazing
on that issome figure, and watching
the rose deepen on that alabaster
cheek. If all that he asked of a wife
twas just to be living picture, he
could hang up the Taken card on
the front door of his heart. and let
it go at that.
RI1f much no xyorShirlS INV
a man cannot feed his soul on looks
alone, and there are times when he
is forced to admit that the mental
pabulum served by his fair one is
pretty thin, and lacking in sustenance,
and that it leaves a man hungry TIC
set his teeth in some real talk upon
which he can chew. Then, without
in the least being faithless to his
? beauty love, the man turns to his in
tellectual love.
This is some woman who reads, and
thinks, who has understanding, and
sympathy, and tenderness, who catches
the point of a good story on the fly
who can enter into a mans plans, and
help him and inspire him, and who
thinks SO little of herself that she car
flatter him with her admiration.
Without her the man would be lone
ly and bereft, indeed, of real com
, radeship, and yet there are times
. when he no more wants to discuss the
beauty. He wants somebody to play
, with him, somebody who is frivolous
, and jazzy, and perhaps, lawless, ano
not over-refined, somebody whom the
women of his own family probably
would not consider mice
Then. in still another mood, the deai
little domestic girl walks into tha
, chamber of his heart above which /:
, inscribed Home He loves her be
: cause she typifies to him quiet. ant
7 comfort-the wen-swept hearth ant
: the good dinner after the days worl
: is done. and the arms of little children
= about his neck, and the faithful low
: of the wife who gives SO much ant
asks so little.