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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-31
DRIVER Is DISMISSED

Arthur Snip was disnisScI IN poi.'e
court yesterday by Judge John ;. h''"
when arraiGned on Il reckless driving
charge preferred against him by Thorn
ms I.ashlcy. I.ashley has he"n ruling
bicycle for 20 years and met with ms
first accident when he and Snip collidcd
snip driving Ford. ConsideT2h'" con
fusion was found In tn" testimony IN
police court.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-31
u,sprs HAp KNOWN IT SOONER

Il only wish ! had discovered t"IeF
Honey and Tar 90 years ago, as | nave
been The Victim Vc attacks or !n'iNeA@a
and bad colds unHs found ihls woAu'r
fui relief" writes w. II Gray. ""H
Nowi,a H.. Venice. Cal fo'ey li"h'N
,,nI Tar helps coughs and colds. hr"n-
cbjnl and In grippe coughs. tickling
,hrra. and hosrseneSS IT ~ good for
crrrn and whooping cough. Mr.. Gray
adda: worth its weight in gold. Mar
yclouslv effective" Sold everywhere.
(Adv)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-21
MONMOUTH BIBLE SOCIETY
PLANS TO EXTEND WORK

KEYPORT. Jan. 21:-The Mon
mouth County Bible Society eXecil-
tive committee, of which the Rev.
+. T. Il. Reynolds. of the local Re-
formed church is the secretary, at q
recent meeting held at the home Of
Rev. Charles II. Bruce, at Matawan,
considered several important
changes as well as extension of the
work of the society.
The secretary was instructed to
prepare n letter to be sent TO cach
Sunday school superintendent in
Monmouth county asking for great
err cooperation in the work. Special
advisors will also be appointed, one
from each church in the county
The secretary is now busily n
gagged in preparing a four page
pamphlet which will give the ger
eral Statement of the society as wei
as answer the following questions
what is the Monmouth County
Bible Society? % what has it done
and "What is il doing at the present
time?"
Representative viii confer with
the state council of the Jr. O.. I. A..
M, also the j.. OF l.. in an effort to
make a plan whereby the ,organiza-
tons above named could be enlisted
in the work of the society. This
work includes the distribution of
Bibles all through the county to
those who are without them. Hun
dreds OF Bibles have been distrihut-
ed by the society recently and the
work is being continued.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20

No. eCurtain Trimmings

What counts most in curtaiping WIN
dows is not the material YOU use, but
the way in which you use it. Curtains
Of icheesecloth If they are well planned
and wisely hung, may have far more
: style and make much better showing
than curtains of expensive lace that
have been hung up without much care
or judgment.
A very little well-chosen trimming
that costs only few cents yard will
often add not only pleasing touch Of
color but distinct note of elegance
as welf. Take, for instance. some of
the black and white French gimps.
These may be appropriately used with
white Euclid batiste or cheesecloth. Or,
again, n narrow blue or rose colored
cotton gimp with short fringe may be
used with highly satisfactory results as
cheesecloth trimming.
White figured net and dotted Swiss
curtains or muslin curtains may be
treated in the same way and thus given
a great deal of distinction. Swiss cur
tains may also be trimmed with mar
row bands Of colored sateen, one or
two inches wide, sewed on instead of
the broad bottom and side hens.
In making use of colored curtain trim
ming, however, care must be taken
that the color employed echoes some
other color conspicuous in the furnish
ing of the room.
Tomc~row-HOw to Hang Curtains
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
"salesIady" Writes Again

Dear Cynthia-Please may / rectify
I mistake in writing to your column
Patoo'ic said my letter was In one of
ho magazines. Really, "Patootie" Hat
plict when criticizing Cynthia's column.
She did not read my letter In any
magazine. but used sentence in the
latter part of my letter that while
reading n magazine of which | read
many. appealed to me very much and
| uncon sciously used the words TO help
express the meaning which / was writ
ing.
No apologies 1t was n great article.
Your notice Of the article and my using
a sentence OF 1t to express myself prove
cmphat'cally that what the writer said
was right That the Mayfiower was
only large enough to bring over n few
Of or great.grandparcnts and maybe
yours tried to book passage and were
knocked overheard and you are stiIi
tot the original part OF my letter that
hurt ins'ead of the one sentence
Speaking of originality. how original
would we be or what new ideas would
we possess If we did not consume what
some one else writes or profit by the
good done in this world that we see ?
An artist may paint wonderful pic.
ture. but II he did not have a model,
atmosphere or scenery for an inspira-
ton. he would not have been able to
paint the original.
II We were isolated and were unable
to mingle with the world and its peo-
pie. how many Of us would become
famous?
We are in world Of copy, the In
fuence the good and bad have on us
Is up to oneself. the good to consume
and our power of resistance. Today the
main topic seems to be Flappers, bob
bing the hair and such. which has moth.
ing TO do with ones morals. providing
our character is such and Will power
strong enough to survive the fad.
SO please, Patootic. won't you write
and give me your view Of the philosophy
of life? Mine may be all wrong. bu,
we are all here to CLEAN knowledge from
the world and its people. surely
would appreciate your version of such.
SALESLADY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
"Frank" Writes Interesting Letter

Dear Cynth!a-Still interested. to be
sure, but the column has been so gem
timely interesting for some time that
I have been reluctant TO write fer fear
Of disturbing the calm. You under
stand, Cynthia, do you not? Those in
need of advice should be given first
choice, but deliver US from those who
seem to crave nothing better than an
opportunity TO advertise their worthless
opinions. Nevertheless, here's mine
When n chap Is so feminine that he
even writes about his beauty he should
be pitied. not ccnsureu. Such creature
Is devoid Of identification. Real men
shun him as they would a gutter and
women, the better kind. have learned to
avoid his degrading society. The one
who. wrote TO the column about his
handsome self did so for no other pur-
pose than to start heated debate. His
shameful remarks have become history
but they recall to my memory certain
incidents not at all in harmony with
my conception Of the absolute essentials
of a real herman.
well.known summer resort, Parkland
10 be exact. | observed that several
fellows were actually making use Of
powder puffs as a means OF applying
powder 20 their faces. Eyebrow pencils
we're also much in evidence and. In fact
nothing was missing that would tend to
enhance their beauty. I said nothing
because ! would have had nc one to
assist my cause, and because Il was
none of my business what those fellows
did but the value of their stock dropped
far below par.
Before / continue let me say that
fellows of this type constitute not the
majority, but they are by far too pien-
tiful. ] became very much interest ed
in the life habits Of these strange
beings, and found without much effort
that none OF them were employed, a
condition Of which they were apparently
proud. In the serious battle Of life
floor those Same fellows wove their way
through the crowd with an ease sug'
gesting years of practice.
I have mentioned the above incident,
simply because we hear each day OF
the shameful" doings of the young
women. They are undoubtedly wrong
in some respects, although 1t cannot be
their dress as well as their actions by
the demands of men. The world is
going through strenuous period, and
men and women alike are to blame for
the present state of affairs To place
the entire blame on either the men or
the women alone Is unfair; to cite indl-
vidual cases Is worse still, because they
are worthless.
Make friends slowly II you would
avoid bitter disappointment.
FRANK
and what you tell is deplorable, but
don't you think that perhaps the heated
replies to letters from men of this type
in the column may do some good? The
strained opinions Of ali the readers.
you know. Girls really do net respect
q boy Of this type,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
Better Try to Be Just Friends

Dear Cynthia-There Is n boy In this
world whom | dearly love; ] can't say
all my thoughts are OF him. but, the
best and nobest ones are. I have
known him for about n year and a
half. and have always loved him best
Of all But for a certain reason l must
hide my love. 1t seems foolish one
one that could easily be removed: but
overcome Nothing else stands In the
way. He is physically fit he is older
than ! am and wiser in the way of the
world he is well employed: his family
my mind. agreeable and good looking
He is not all I could ask in disposition
and character. but | myself am GER
tainly lacking in many womanly at
tributes. But here enters my trouble.
He never was attracted toward me.
am not pretty nor at all snanpy rather
slow. to tell the truth. The highest
praise | ever had from him or any one
else was that | was a wonderful dancer
and, and good sport SO; s2,o!,3Un you "ee' he he
through a slight ind!sCretion on my part
we have stoDped seeing each other. He
goes out with girls ] know. but he and
| don't speak to each other at dances
or parties. Still | love him. This VIM
ter he was very sici. and when they
told me he was dying | was heart
broken. though I was compelled to keep
my grief TO myself. Under such great
! repression or sorrow my vitality was
, lowered and l became morbid and fret
full However. l am getting over that.
So, now. you have the case before
you. NJ question Is, should l try to
kill this love. since It only saps my
vitality and preys on my mind. clamor.
ing for the unattainable, or should
cherish 1t in my heart. hoping that
some day he will love me because l
loved him tirst-lcve me enough to dis
believe all the gossip he has heard
about me. enough to realize that can't
understand the way he speaks Of me
to my friends, enough to marry me and
teach me to love him more and more
POOR LITTLE Me"
If the misunderstanding was your
fault you can surely bring about n
reconciliation by speaking tC this boy
the very next time you see him. You
see. he doesn't know you are in love
with him. and so he will think it Is
just friendlincss on your part. Try
TO make your feelings purely friendly
after this. What did you mean about
the gossip, dear? Does he believe some
thing that isn't true? II he does, do
you think he is worth bothering about +?
Yes. try to kill the love that makes you
so unhappy. 1t will come back readily
enough II the boy ever should begin to
love YOU,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
Dick Plays the Game

| NLEO did not know how long she
| ~ stood there staring into the window,
absolutely motionless, but the minute
she came to life, she was suddenly
galvanized into action. No longer
cautious as to the noise she made, she
rushed to the door, fumbled with the
knob, and a moment later burst into
the room. She had no clear idea Of
what she intended to do. her one
thought was to see Dick, to speak to
him. She had forgotten for the time
being that Dick might not want to see
her, that in fact he was responsible
for everythi that had happened.
Both men wheeled around as she
entered, and Carey realized with
sudden pnin in his heart, that It was
at Dick she looked. 1t was Dicks
name that she spoke first, and Dick
after a moment went forward and took
her hands'1n his.
Cleo looked up at him, her eyes
sparkling with tears, and her slender
fingers Tightening about his big hands.
"Oh, Dick, I'm so glad to see you!"
Her words came quickly and she smiled
up at him through her tears. ''How
we'll you look, and where did you come
from, and what are you doing here"
In that moment. as he stood looking
down at her, Dick realized that she
was making demand on his chivalry.
The sight Of her had stirred his mem.
cries and brought back with sickening
reality the dreams he had dreamed
about her. But during the time that
had elapsed, he had thought the thing
out clearly and had exonerated her
| F. 4 E. -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
WHAT'S WHAT
BIZ Helen Decie

A Michigan correspondent writes to
What's What "My employer. a member
of one of the first families OF the city,
Is to be married. I have received an
invitation to the church. I shall not
be able to attend, but is it necessary
to send written declination? I do not
feel that should send him n gift :; have
not met his bride-to.be. but thought it
would be appropriate to send them a
wedding card of suitable sentiment.
T. V"
1t is not obligatory to answer any
wedding invitation unless a card for
the breakfast or reception Is included,
In which case the usual "R. S. v. p"
indicates the expectation CT a reply The
employer showed a very proper spirit
Of courtesy in suggesting the name of
ct. Y" to the bride-elecr when looking
over her invitation list. but the civility
does not call for a gift, especially since
our correspondent is unacquainted with
the bride.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
Read Your Character
Practical Writing
By Dioby Phillips

Do You know that you can tell from
the writing Of person whom you have
never even seen whether that person Is
practical or not?
1t is not that practicality is n char
ncteristic which directly influences q
PERSONS handwriting SO much. though
II does do this to certain degree. as it
IS the fact that the tendency to be prac
,ical is tho result of combination OF
several fundamental characteristics.
by the practical" person we gcner.
ally mean the person who does not
waste time puzzling over the why's and
whcrcforcS to any great extent. but who
accept things at their face value and
who goes ahead and does the obvious
and necessary thing to complete a task
undertaken: in short, the opposite of
the dreamer.
Such person is never extremely cal :
culating. nor on tho other hand overly
impulsivc. And this balance of char
actoristics is indicated by the vertical.
as against the backhand or the for
ward hand. Again. the practical per-
son Is of the energetic and active type
rather than of the passive and mrdita :
tive. There Is in his makc-up n Ger.
tain impati"nce for action and results
This is indicated by a hand that is an
gular instead of rounded.
Buy the practical person is also of
the steady even going type. as a rule
careful and more or less precise rather
than whimsical. THIS characteristic is
Indicated by neat. even. wcll-spaced
writing. Other contributing elements tC
rracticality are logical thought. indi
Gated by letters which are all connected
In each word; steadiness of purpose
indicated by lines which slant neither
Up nor down. but run straight across
the page. and a certain amount of de
termination and originality. Indicated
by the letters #, g." j." ~" and
- often being unooped.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20

summer trips today
But. honey
"Aw. come on. dear. Hurry up with
the eats. I've got about three days
work to do and about three hours to do
1t in
II shouldn't think the firm would
expect you to do those super human
things the way they do. Goodness,
dear, what would they do If they had
some ordinary man in your job?"
He twinkled amiably.
'Thanks for the kind words. dear.
But hurry up the Java and the rest of
the eats. sure have got n mountain
of work piled up down there and"
He attacked ID the opucnt pile of PAN
cakes absently.
II think it's shame they ovcrwork
you just because you are so capable
and can do the work of half dozen
men,
lIc pretended not to hear.
"Why. there isn't man in the
Office that does half the work you do,
I'm sure
"Oh. well. I expect it," he said with
an assumption of modesty.
THAT place would be smash on the
rocks if it were not for you. I'm sure
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
Through a
Woman,s Eyes
Spreading Our Sunshine
BY JEAN NEWTON


A man in New Brunswick, N. j., has
celebrated h,s v,edd,r. n, giving $40, +.
looO o., .h.a....,. -.s.. II .
purposes
statment ne said q.
There are existing causes for every :
thins that h.nc.r. perh.r. "a the
oo,.. ppe'. .,E =.
.o.y.e.' "aoe oy me recently " W
attributed my benevolent impulse.
Having been granted happiness, he
wanted to do something to make Others
happy.
Think Of all the good that would
be done in the world II every man and
woman in the smallest way followed his
example. We need NOT give large sums
of money--freouently the greatest good
can be done without giving any money.
The idea Is to think in our happy hours.
Of spreading a little of our sunshine to
reach those who have none of their
own. .
One Of the loveliest acts of Christ.
mas Kindness I have ever seen was that
Of q little boy last year, who. in antici .
patton Of the visit of Santa Claus with
new toys for him, packed up a good
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
SET Respect Is the Quality
Which Keeps You Dressed Neatl1
HW Not Ao,O You appear Eucn Where You Kno,U You
Wiu Not Be Seen Unless You Arc Correctly Croomed

DUT 1t keeps you from going about
- your housework in dress that you
wouldn't think of letting anybody see
you in.
1t makes you stop to fix your hair
presentably in the morning. even II you
know you are going to be alone all day
long.
1t prevents you from letting down the
least little bit in your feeling OF want
ing to look well. as everybody does,
even when you are certain that nobody
but the mirror Is going to see you.
1t makes you accountable to stern
self for the way you are dressed and
groomcd.
And all this raises your spirits so.
When you lose your self-rcspect,
when YOU cease tn care how you look,
you lose part of the pleasure Of life.
II you get 80 that you can see your
self in soied old housedress, with
your hair frowsy and your shoes un-
brushed, without caring. you have lost
little Of your old self.
You have taken step down which is
going to lead pretty rapidly to another
step in the same direction If you don't
soon grab your self respect and step
mp again.
VOU get blue and depressed and
L lonely. and wonder what tho mat
ter with you.
Then somebody asks you TO go out
somewhere. and you get all dressed up
in your best. your sclfrespect comes
out and smiles at you from the mirror,
your spirits soar on high and you take
a new lease on life.
You are worthy of yourself again.
YOU are at your best. you don't have to
feel ashamed of yourself.
Oh. it's very important to feel right,
to feel properly dressed, we'll groomed,
as if somebody took some pride in fixing
YOU up, whether you are going to sit in
the limclight or in the dark.
That's self-respect. It's like the
boraX that you put into limp organdie
dress TO make 1t like new again.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20

sWELL. don't suppose soul will
w look at me-" said the girl who
was dressing to 20 to a June wedding,
s'but have to feel right for myself. and
h ] can't feel right in those dirty gloves. v
Self respect Is such an important
factor in all our lives.
How many times we should slip right
down to the gutter without 1t.
And how many times we have been
tempted just to let IL get away from
us as it threatens to.
1t would be so easy. so very much
easier, to wear the dirty gloves and say.
"Oh, well, nobody'll see me. anyhow -
A pinned-up undcrskirt. II makeshft
Of some kind or other, serves the pur-
pose for the time being.
Without self f-rcspcct it would be SO
easy just to leave them that way in
stead Of sewing on the hook that came
Of, or getting to work and making a
new principal for that sorry looking
substitute.
NYHY, without self-respcct, life in
w general would be an easy thing to
live--and in many ways a difficult. slip
sh0d. hnnd-to- mouth affair
But it is that same self respect which
makes it impossible for a neat. we'll
groomed person to 60 TO n wedding
svhere she knows that the bride and her
ttendants will be the only persons no.
ced, except the two mothers. perhaps,
I'd few very prominent guests. with
Dves that are at all questionable.
It is that same Self-rcspect which
axes pinned up undcrskrt unbear-
..p!e for any longer than is absolutely
necessary.
And that same self.rcspect shrieks
aloud against any continued use Of a
makeshift which can be exchanged for
reality.
After all it is only matter of per-
sonal opinion with yourself as the OBJ
ject Of it.
All 1t amounts to is an application of
II hate to see anybody look that way"
to yourself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
Con You Tell?
Bv r. J. and A. ". Bodmer
How We Came to Have Paintings

=, -, =, =,
Before the tfteenth century there ex'
listed no pictures other than religious
paintings, ana these were round only
on the walls OF churches. a picture
or painting as all or these were was
regarded as something to illustrate
religious event Ihey were painted di,
rectly on the walls OF thc churches and
there was no way OF taxing them down
ann moving them. Wheh the Hothlc
architecture was adopted Tor churches
there was great decrease IN the amount
or wall space ana consequently less
space Tor the pictures -,
70 use pi'turrH III 'heir re''g'3us tea'h :
IHgS anu tHlS l'u 10 inc adoption OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-20
The Unconscious Sinner; y ss.s:s,sss,s s4ss. Ss,s

interloper for butting In and mi, !,
things up like this" ns
''But we don't mind,'' Cleo ,r...
rupted eagerly, 1--WE don't mind 4 'hisr, h,s :,
Her eyes were very bright and IN n.
cheeks were burning with c,,msr
We'll manage splendidly. '. g..
She spoke feverishly. her one tho..,.
was to keep Dick here at ali costs stVusnt
could not think ahead further .s sne
that. But Dick shook his head. 'IHn LII
one idea was to leave as quick,v M ~
possible, and he wondered n 'cnss
realized the tenseness Of the scens ~
had interrupted. All his life he has Sas
looked up to Carey, he had trusted hirsu
and tonight Carey had struck hia..
at wel1.nigh life e-long friendshTS.v
Dick knew that until that nieht VIZ.
Carey had come in just in time ~
prevent a tragedy, he had not know
Cleo. Now he was married to heri :.
was almost as II he had deliberate T.
hurried matters In order to have every
thing over before Dicks return to *.
city. "e
OF course Cleo uus not to blame 81,
probably was not rvon aware OF tbs
relationship between himself Az my
Carey, but to remain heie seconS
longer than was necessary was mot ~
be thought Of for a minute.
"I'm not going to stay" Dick br,.
ried on quickly "f'm going TO RIA +
with Sam here, and leave You ~ ~ -
honeymooners' together" He snoI.
lightly but he avoided Carey's eyes
you see.. Cleo, Carey and 1 6s,.
always had mutual interest in ~.
place.. don't know whether he toiS IS
you that or not. But one night n
London, / got to thinking Of the cabin.
and the first thing / knew was headsS
for home on the next boat. I cam.
right here without letting soul know
and as Sam, woh usually drives us an,
here, was away at that time, I 81
another man to let me use his car'S
''But you're not going back "a.
night" Cleo protested. II Won,
have 1t. We want you to stay. DOM
we,. Carey?" And for the first time az
turned toward her husband. wv
TOmorrow-A Desperate ApnaaI ~