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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

before the day:iy bver you hatsfalmost
forgotten you were ever unhappy.
Il 10 always the trivial WOES that
make yousa6 frantically disconlented.
When something really important and
really dreadful happens TO- you, your
natural imnllso 10 to rise abotc It and
conceal ycuk deep depression.
DUT almost Invariably when you have
~ lost sll control Of your temper over
some triviai miefortunes that seem huge
at the time, you spend the end OF that
perfect day III heartfelt .remofse.
For nearly. always. after giving you
time to recover, from y6ur outburst that
friend to vhom you hare unbur4ened
comes out nodestly and apoicgeticaliy
with rome. sorrow or. trouble that is 70
much bigger than yours that you could
easily shed tears OF shame over the
II didn't sleep any last night, she
dreadful headache. Ny sisters husband
Il very III, you know, and we don't
know whether he will live or not. 90
Of course we're all awfully worried,
and then mother was sick. 20 had sup
per to ret ali BY myself when L got home
last niaht. and she had to have things
taken up to her, too. ], She's better to-
day, though, so 1 hope IN get some
rest. But Of course we're still terribly
worried" Fses =,
Always in that apologetic tone. Oh,
couldn't YOU 60 out In the garden and
cat worms or garlic. roots or anything
after that? LIZ ' SO
"A LII that real trouble and worry In
"a her family, and she never said q
word--wcll, she couldn't, because you
| fused SO much that she didn't have
chance---oh. why were you SO selfish. &c
. silly?
Isn't It mortifying? It makes you
resolve never to think so much about
your own foolish little troubles again
until you know what the other person II
| bearing SO silently and pluckily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Through a
Woman's Eyes
I, Homely Babies-There
lAren't Any
BY JEAN NEWTON

'Until he came.'' said the proud
young mother Of her infant son. II
never knew babies could be so interest
ing-I thought they were homely little
mites that only a mother could find
attractive
"On the contrary" the nurse an
swered, II have never yet seen home
y baby
had heard that she was good
nurse, an exceptional nurse. a nurse
who caused doctors to vie with each
other to procure her for their cases.
And there was the reason. She had
never yet seen a homely baby
In other words, she loved her work.
That was why she found 1t interesting
and all babies attractive why: she for,
rot about the elements OF hardship and
drudgery that Is why her patients found
her an angel sent from Heaven and
doctors competed for her services.
To her baby represented not her
JOB, 10 be tended for much so a day.
not merely the lease" on which she
happened to be, but pulsing. human,
helpless being dependent upon her min :
istratiOns for it's health and safety.
even its life. The expressions and
meanings that usually only mothers read
into the tiny features and the siGhtless.
day -old eyes. she saw In all babies.
Each one of the little wisps OF humanity
had q meaning all its own. No baby
wss dull or homely.
There have been men who felt that
way about a machine. One ! knew is
now . famous inventor. In the same
way q mechanic looked upon the snort
ing, putting engine it was his duty to
oil up for travels. Today he is rail
road president.
And In every field Of endeavor there
are workers like that. who find in their
Jobs no less interest and response than
that wonderful nurse found in her
babies. Usually these succeed and 60 on
to higher things. But IL the man who
carried the oil can to the vitnls of that
hiesing, steam splitting monster were
TO find that routine his lot for life. i,
would still not be dull or uninteresting
Would he not be the special guardian
OF that great vitality which without hin
would be unfit for its triumphal passage
acroes land and water. over and through
mountains to the sea: Upon hin
would still depend the safety of tn,
goods it would transport. and many
hves be in his keeping. Of such was
the oilers job-for he loved his swork
And there is no work, however rou
tine or mcnial, that will not lend itsel
to the Aladdin's lamp of interest anC
love for It. Usually. too. this lamr
lights the way to better things.
incidentally, the nurse is about tc
marry a great specialist, and, we hope
have babies Of her own.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Mother Is So Strict

Dear Cynthia--I am in great trouble,
and you have helped so many by your
good advice, hope you can help me.
| am a girl Of fifteen, considered fair
looking, but am rather stout.
My mother is very strict She will
not allow me even to walk down the
street CT talk TO- a fellow. Whenever
she sees me with my own cousin "a
boy) she Furnishes me severely 6y taking
my girl friend from coming In the
house. She allows me no spending
money ..
my friends have taught me few steps;
and ] love to dance. Do you think !
D"sht moshers s. wishes: p q Ny father is almost
as strict as my mother.
four or FIVE months. Sometimes not
that often, simply because my mother
I have been allowed out after school
until o'clock until Lately, when ,,s wag 7
came home Ave minutes after g., and
now have to be home by o'clock.
] would like to get some new things
fer Easter. as ! have money OF my own
mer but my mother says 7 can wear
my old things. My father says get
new ones. :,
Dear Cynthia, fee, so bad about !!
l lie aWike nl8HtS anu CITY dHo Nisn >
was dead or plan to run away. II this
keeps UP / simply will go crazy. MY
slrl friend goes to the movies, has one
steady fellow and Is always smiling;
Still She is good. ! have often wished
| were In her place. Her mother Is very
strict about the time SHE should be
home at nights. / very seldom SO out
at nights. Please tell me what to do,
Patiently waiting.
FEARFUL BLUE EYES.
Be patient, dear, and when you arI
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
The Woman's Exchange
hanging old far New

To the Editor Of Womdn's Page: 'r'.....,
Dear Madam have many old Vic
tor and Columbia records that would
like to exchange for new ones. Can
you tell me where can exchange these
and how many old ones are necessary
for one new one? WAITING.
You will find some places where rec.
ords may be exchanged in the, business
directory Of the telephone book under
"Phonographs" Each one, Of course,
has its own special rules about the
number of old records needed for new
one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Deluded Wives
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR

Judith Carlyle is the typical small
toen ieifc. aud phen Rand, her hus-
band. sells his business aud goes to
Ncto York to be an artist, her one
hope is that he sriu fail. She refuses
to adapt herself to the ne1 lite, and
rhcn Rand meets Cdrlotta Young, a
priter. he unconsciously compares
her uith Judy. Cdrlotta incites Rand
to tea, and Judy is furiously jealous.
At first Rand decides not to 90, but
Judvs attitude drires him into ac.
cepting.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
WHAT'S WHAT
RU HeIeu nrc;,

4
Sometimes people with the best in
tsneions In the world break the bruised
re>d' by doing or saying exactly the
Meenweils have intruded upon recent
and heart-crushing grief with the idea
Of cheering up the bereaved by telling
them one funny story" after another,
= order to divert them from their sor-
row.. As matter OF fact. the apparent
hoartlessncss serves only TO wound the
mpurners afresh. and II is a positive
relief when the uninvlted visitors take
tl3air departure.
One OF the most sensible Of social con
ventions 10 that which prescribes that
pe9Fnars+ shall be left to themselves
dNRlhS the nrst weeks after a death in
" 6mily. Letters OF sympathy are
~ - than and cards are left 1t he
I. ~ meeaagee Of friendly inquiry
- fo1a9hOnod. but, unless especially
poIe but rslatives and Intimate
8 sssS i0iiovins tie fun:rsi.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Hsa Not Enough Freedom

Dear Cynthia--May I speak to Teresa
S. and the others who think they are
smart?
Well. you surely are smart, and
Cynthia sure is right when she says
you are vulgar.
parents follow you ali around, even to
church? Would you like It? ] guess
not. Well. l have to stand It, and every
day, too. l get SC lonesome, because
am not allowed out much or. rather.
hardly at all. Can't some ono send in
a few lines Of comfort for me? Nobody
knows how I have to live,
UNHAPPY LONESOME.
Never mind, dear, you will have more
freedom when you grow older. Have
you ever told your mother how you
feel about it? Explain to her that you
want to help at home and meet your
friends and have them at your home,
too. Cynthia Is sure mother will under
stand Il you talk sensibly and do not
complain. ..N
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Wants Her 70 Work After Marriage

Dear Cynthia--Last summer I made
the acquaintance Of young man four
years my senior. We fell in love with
each other after going out for a short
time, and he asked me to keep steady
company. which I agreed to. It is seven
months since we Have been going out
together, and on account Of business
matters he has gone to New York to
work. He Is very much in love with
me and would like tc marry me now.
but can't afford 1t. so he asked me to
marry him and work after were mar
rled, but I can't do it, Although ] am
young, Two been through lot. Fur
thermore, I have mother, a widow.
whom would like to support-as long as
l am working. 80, ......'
So, dear Cynthia, am very unde-
cided and dent. know what to do. He
is coming down to see me this satur-
day, and he wrote in his last letter
that he'll expect an answer from mo.
II marry him and 60 to New York to
work there, It will break my mothers 3
heart, and II l stay here and don't
marry him now It will break his heart
and I love them both, SO, what should
I do? Please give me motherly advice.
s. A.
Better wait till he can support YOU
1t Is not often wise plan for a woman
to work after marriage, Il she puts
money into the house. That is the
mans job, and that ought to be his job,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Please Tell Me What to Do BY CYNTHIA

older by a year or two I'm sure mother
will not be SO strict. Better not learn
to dance " she .forbids you.
Mother is right not, to want you to
have a steady boy friend. It's always
a mistake. Girls ought to have plenty
Of friends, plenty Of outdoor games and
Of the many little girls who have no
home and no parents to love them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Don't You Wish You Kne,C

About that party for April Fools
Day? What's IL like and what kind
of party is It: You can find out
what fun It is by sending self -ad-
dressed, stamped envelope to the
editor of the Woman's Page. 1t
won't need much preparation, so
you'll have plenty of time before
Saturday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
An "OM.Timer'

Among the participants in the Sun
Dance" recently given at Palm Beach
was "Aunt" Polly Parker. the oldest
living Seminole Indian whose age is
variously estimated 10 be between llo
and 40 years.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

Virginia frOwned a.
she fehea rsed her grief
to Paul. but he seemed
absently unaware Oi
the tragic complaint
, "And you know.
raul, that Mildred Il
a terrible little time
waster. anyway. and
the way she abuses
her rights ON the tel.
ephone N the limit.
Paul nodded - but
h c W as thinking Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
n DAILY READER

The standard weight for girl of
your age and height is l12 pounds. so
you see you are just about right.
II you apply a little cold cream and
rub 1t In well. before powdering your
nose. this will make the powder stay
on much better. They will recon-.
mend the correct shade for you at
the place where you buy the powder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
dtil and Virginid :, nr,aSA ao,r ssASr

wound up and forsets that she's block.
Ing the line. and that other folks may
have important business. Why. sup
posing the house was afirc. or II burglars
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
Interested In Weiaht

To TIE Editor o. W,omdn's Page:
Dear Madam-would you please tell
me what a girl. sixteen. should weigh ?
I am five feet tall and weigh 1l3 pounds.
Could YOU suggest a way to make
the powder stay on my nose? Also.
what color powder should use? ]
have auburn hair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28
.Paee. M. Ben

ET'S awfully providing you'd
;s - Jpasine that ones own friends
4 VooI9 have more consideration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

UNHAPPINEss IN MARRIED LIFE
"Paui and Virginia ere two amusing
Grant shows how differences OF opinion
Originate among newlyweds. Read the day
to-day eonversat!ons q Paw and yirsinia"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

"NsS sysS0 " ~
Paul cluckcd sym :
pathet.cally.
And this morning
It was 30 provoking. l
almost butted right
into the conversation
and was going 20 ask
Mildred for goodness
sake to hang up and
give somebody else a
chance"
"You-------'' started
Paul. but he subsidized
as abruptly as he had
started to sneak, ''But
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

Mildred Just went right on. calmly ap-
propriating the wire and talking the
utmost nopsense. She was chatting
with that Salter girl oyer on the other
side Of town, and you'd imagine that
Mildred simply owned the whole te!e-
phone company, the way she held on to
that line. Talked perfect nonsense,
too. Telling that Salter girl how
much she enjoyed the movie last night.
and honestly. Paul. that Mildred ac-
tually told the Salter girl the whole
plot. just imagine it--keeping the
phone line to tell friend. what the
movie was NIL about last night
Paul smiled sardonically.
''Yah?" he mumbled.
Telling it in detail, too. All about
what happened in the very beginning
and went right on, reel after reel. and
even tried to repeat some of the de-
scriptive titles. Whew! almost got
angry
Paul murmured something under his
breath.
'.It was terribly stupid picture
we saw it Monday night. Paul. and
to think l had to stand there and listen
to that for fifteen minutes, while I was
just dying to get the grocer on the
wire"
Paul sneezed.
And besides that I know Mildred
listens in, too; she hasn't right to
have telephone, has she. Paul?"
He threw her a Quiz5ical glance, but
her eyes were calm and serious.
''Of course she hasn't. honey" he
assured her easily.
T0n,orrov-Aa N IN n AAv's A1c
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

Tomorrow-selIing the Restless Men
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

Tomorrow-As to . IAdy's Age.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

TOmOrrOw-An Impulsiye Act
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-28

For names Of shops addIcss Wom,n's PAGE
Editor or phone Walnut 5000 or Main 1901
betwren the hours Of and o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-09


 A sculptor says American girls are knock kneed but adds by way of consolation, "The girls not at fault. All women have been that way for generations It's the way they are designed" Long ago we called the public's at tention to Mary Pcldord's greatest handicap
 
 Persistent pacifists will no doubt be glad to hear that the arms conference has put it's feet down poison gas.
 Although President Harding has failed la mentally an interpreter of the four-power pact he still has several years in which to make good on the job.
 A New York woman who is having court diff faculties with her husband says she kissed young man to reform him. Add, list of martyrs.
 **
 Senator Williams of Mississippi says he has nothing against Newberry personally Never theess his remarks the Michigan election scandal were far from complimentary
 
 The Messenger of Peace," the captured booze boat, was lowed into port at Wilmington, by coast guard cutter Saturday. As most of the paragraphers have already worked out q wheeze this theme further comment is un- necessary.
 
 Whether it's $100,000 ,000 or $50, 900 OO0 Will Hays has been offered to become movie czar, the salary is considerably in excess of what cabinet position pays. If the Irish use their freedom to fight among themselves England will be an innocent by stander
 After glancing the New Year returns, most editors agree that prohibition is hard to enforce.
 No one, says a contemporary, keeps his ear closer to the ground than Hiram Johnson. Meaning, of course, California ground All the average American knows about Shan tqng is that it's a stumbling block" and in that particular he is eminently correct.
  Admitted hangings in France pale into in- significance when compared with the 1921 lynching statistics in America. Most of the offers made for Muscle Shoals seem to be nothing more than gestures. Europe's house will not be put in order until Europe puts an end to her family rows. DeValera is not good loser, and there's the rub.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-09
PRACTICE OF WASTING MONEY
 ON COSTLY FUNERALS

The rigid simplicity of Senator Penrose's fu- neral may have been carried to an extreme, but it offers lesson in simplicity at a time when there is mania for costly obsequies which do not so much honor the dead as they gratfy the vanity of surviving relatives. Although prom inent men came to Philadelphia from all parts of Pennsylvania and other states to pay their respects to the dead leader, not one of them gained admission to his home and no newspaper man was permitted to enter the residence or the cemetery where he was buried A man who might have had one of the largest funerals .n the history of Philadelphia was folAed to the grave by three or four automobiles containing his brothers and undertakers' assistants. In few minutes he was consigned to the earth
 Proper observance of funeral rites is not to be condemned and to certain extent it is fitting that we testify our grief for the loss of relative or friend and show our respect honorable, but excessive pomp is form of ex- travagance to which the American people are too much given.
 Families in moderate circumstances who pay S1,O0O or for casket and additional sums for funeral trappings, at the risk of impover- ishing themselves, are actuated more often by pride and desire to Keep up appearances" than any other motive. If people who draw up their wills would state that they want simple funeral and ask that the money that might be lavshed upon them after they are dead be de- voted to some better purposes, their wishes would seldom be disregarded and there would be fewer cases in which families none too well blessed with this worlds goods incur heavy ob- legations merely to impress their neighbors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-09
FRITZ KREISLER
From the Augusta Chronicle.

From the Augusta Chronicle.
 There is the case of Fritz Kreisler. There is found attention to it in the Asheville Citizen which makes up gripping story. As the Cit izen says, not so long ago, you recall, the ap- pearance of Fritz Kresler on an American con- cert stage was the signal for catcalls, derision and unrestrained abuse That was in the war period Because this greatest of all violinists of today was Austrian, there were few to see good in him. So thoroughly was he outlawed that his return to popularity in this country seemed impossible. But nobility of character, as the Citizen puts it. will not down. Kreisler, because he is what he is, reigns again, one of the kings of Americas as well as Europes musical world.
 It is not all due to his musical genius. In a recent issue of the Mentor magazine, there is q brief sketch of the man which explains the forces behind his hold upon the American mag- ination and the American heart He is in every sense a great In addition to his music the Mentor tells us, he is "a scholar, philoso- pher, scientist, an art critic. He reads Latin and Greek, and speaks English, French, Spanish German and Italian"
 But it is his high thinking and plain living that stamp him unusual among artists. He lives Gan incredibly simple life" He is quoted having said to an intimate friend: T have no right to live in luxury. My wife thinks ex- acty the same way We have not built lux urious home for ourselves. So many people are homeless! We feel that to order a costly meal is to deprive others of bread. We have no right to spend money lavishly on our selves" All the money the Kreisers save-he earn a fortune every year-they spend "to relieve distress, During the war they supported hundreds of artists of all nationalities who were stranded abroad.p Kreisler has no automobile even. His wife, an American woman, goes about as he does, on street cars. All they save goes "to relieve distressp Small wonder that in his playing of the violin there is "an unriv- alled emotional quaity.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-09
STEEL PLANTS MAKE FINE.
 START FOR 1922

Following the announcement of export and domestic orders that will keep the rail mill at Ensley in steady operation for five or six months, the car plant of the Chicxasaw Ship building and Car company at Fairfield, besides entering the year with orders already on it's books entailing two months of operation, has booked car order for the Seaboard Air line that assures steady operations for another five months.
 These two industrial items for 1922 are not only important in that they assure employment for several thousand men for half year, but they demonstrate the advantage by this district in the iron and steel trades by reason of it's .strategical position.
 Steady work at the car plant and rail mill means the regular operation of two or three large blast furnaces to supply the iron going into the steel that is converted into rails and steel shapes for cars, in addition to coal mines ore mines, rock quarres, power plants cokng plants and pumping stations.
 Fortunate is the district that begins a year with two of its basic industries so well cared for. It is doubtful if any other iron and steel section in the country can make as good a report for the first week in January, 1922
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-09
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
AUBURN NEEDS AID

"At the 1921 commencement at Auburn, the board of trustees of the institution, by unani- nous vote approved the plan of the alumni association to initiate an effort to raise funds for the relief of Auburn, says Charles L. Har- old, an Auburn alumnus
 1.-The movement, and the necessity for t, grew out of the fact that while the state has grown in population and wealth, and the num- Der of Alabama boys and girls who desire a college course has increased, Auburn, through the failure of funds from the legislature has been unable to keep step with the growth of the state and her facilities have been practically unchanged for 30 years.
 Auburn has been sadly neglected and now the institution is full grown unless relief comes. Without substantial help Auburn will be un- able to accommodate any more students than now in attendance.
 "Even now the crowded conditions and the out of date equipment make lfe situation 9 most pitiable. It is fact that some students are forced to use tents for living quarters and space for class rooms is by means adequate. Neither is there any building in Auburn where more than 50 per cent of the student body can be assembled. Much of the equipment is anti quated and the results attained under the cir eumstances, nothing less than marvellous"