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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
TDo Minutes
of Optimism,
The Joy Of Doing Things Right
By HERMAN J. STITCH

The Joy Of Doing Things Right
The joy Of doing things right-such
JOY exists.
1t is n very tangible thins-an In
pulse that can lift our daily occupa'
ton above its commonly accepted plane
Of the daily grind.
The JOY Of creating and developing
need not be n.onopolized by our Edisons,
our Fords, our Wrights.
Is there not an equal degree OF salts
faction in any achievement--is not ac-
complishment in any field a source Of
real pleasure?
One would think, for instance. that
there might be something rrosaic or
dull about keeping books. but. as
Eddie Cantor once sang to US. You'd
be surprised."
For. after all, books are not simply
"kept."
With the exercise of little imagina.
ton the figures are seen to be full OF
human facts. Of vital information. OF
plans that have been mulled over and
argued over and tested with as much
cnre as an architects drawing.
Cass Gilbert may design a Woolworth
building. but may not the accountant
design a system?
Elsie De Wolfe may put her artistic
soul into the upholstery and fittings OF
limousine, but may not the stenos.
rnpher express herself in ha~iess
transcript?
Are there not the same intricacies
involved in the arrangement of saluta =
tion. message and conclusion in let
ter as in the placing Of pictures on the
wall in ones home?
There is JOY in doing things right. =,
And the man or woman misses much
who fails to make the most of his or hel
opportunity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Cteos " edding Ddy

HLEO opened her eyes one day
~ week later, and In an instant she
was wide awake.
This is my wedding day." The
thought flashed into her brain sud-
denly, and with ii there came an cleo
trical thrill that passed In a series OF
little shocks through every nerve Of her
body.
She looked around her room and
realized suddenly that this was the last
morning she would wake up to the dear
familiarity Of long g-known possessions,
Today she was Cleo Rideefeld. bu,
tomorrow she would be Mrs. Carey
Phelps. And after that everything
would be strange. there would be a new
trail 10 blaze. the thought gave her
queer little feeling of loneliness.
Last night: and every night since she
had promised Carey to run away with
him without telling any one their secret,
she mad found IT difficult to sleep. If
only she had been able to take some
one into her confidence, But. No -
was. there would be no one 70 wish
her luck. She thought suddenly Of her
mother. and little sob welled up into
her throat. But the next moment she
had reso!utely choked it back, and.
win little spring. was out OF bed
and was feeling abou, with bare feet
for her slippers.
! In an instant she had rushed 70 the
window. and again a curious little nong
assa!led her.
I 1t was raining.
| The sky overhead was heavily gray
and the rain fell with that necIlinr p
steadiness indicative Of many hours OF
! downpour.
Happy the bride that the sun shines
! on 80
Cleo repeated the words mechanicallv.
and little shiver ran through her.
Was this an omen, this dreary. steadv
downnour? But the next moment she
was facing her cowaraice with harsh
scOrn.
As II the weather had anything 70
do with il
Cleo. I'm ashamed Of YOU" she
ScoIded fierce!y. You're supersti
tious little idiot go
And by IN" time she had had her
bath and was ready for breakfast. she
had forgotten her fears in the rush of
things that had 10 be done before that
night
Before she was finished with break
last the telephone rang, and before
ceivnr off rho booL
Ca-ey's voice .np,dad sor,abou .o..
cool and ;,nnnrsoroi ", ,oIi III;
VOICE of nm eoger iorsr or5 S-' Ia - 'ne .e
q dreon, Cleo baa-d borsoIs ''n ,os,n,J % - Al
Irsida sbe ,,oe brrrtro
verdly sbn va. calm nntt W.. ., w.,
She musrn'r lot Csray e%sno., baru possb sb,
ieIt and or,er or sEn ,r"S sIrrrTr ~" ~. Que
.Yrj,% herse'f rI,l obyrrI i,rnp.S r"r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Which Shall CaII7

To the Editor o. Womdn's Pooc:
Dear Madam--Many times I have re.
ceived valuable information in your de.
partment Now may I ask YOU TO help
me out with this problem? Who should
pay the first call the Intended daughter.
in-law 10 the mother in -law-to.be or the
mother-tn-'aw to intended daughter-i,,
law? My son lives in a different city
and l have never met the young lady.
although ] visit said city often and she
visits the city I live in. &c r.
IL would be a very gracious thing II
you would 60 and see the girl who is
engaged TO your son. and I'm sure she
anxious 10 met you and know YOU.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Making a Rosette

Ever wanted to make a rosette in q
hurry. and didn't know how to do il?
Well. here is way to remember !:
Hold the ribbon between the thumb and
forefnger, make the first loop around
the foreHnger. draw ribbon under Sec
ond finger. and over third finger. then
back under the second one. and over
the forefnger again. Repeat this till
your rosette is as large az you want
il to be. Then just fasten the end Of
the ribbon around the middle to tie the
looms into place
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

ance would have been taken directly
upon the girl who was chosen to take
her place.
But the other actress is one Of the
finest types---the kind WHO can "take a
She was broadminded enough to real.
ise that, although she was trying hard
and doing her best, she couldn't make
good In that role because she wasn't
suited to it; It wasn't her style.
But no matter how well you know
you have to get out of good position
to make way for some one else.
nEFEAT IL about the greatest and
- hardest test of character, after oil.
You hear people say of some one I:
"Oh, she's perfectly splendid, ~ clever,
and she's getting better at her work all
That may be perfectly true. and she
may be very admirable; but X they
want to find out about her character
they'll say. instead: "She IL fine in
sU's;s success; bSt Vt how is she under disap'
To be graceful in defeat is much more
difficult than to win.
Very often in an athletic contest, q
match one side wins as far as the score
is concerned. but the sympathy Of the
audience is all with the defeated side.
They have been more graceful In de.
feat. have shown better spirit, more
Of tho real gameness that counts in
amateur sports. than those were able
to show who have defeated them.
TT IS so in what is sometimes called
L "the game of life" Sometimes it
seems more serious than game. but it
has the same rules Of sportsmanship.
And the most important ones are to
be kindly in victory and graceful in de-
feat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
The Unconscious
Sinner
BY HAZEL DEXO BACHELOR

Cleo Ridoefeld IS the type Of girl
who nnconsctously tempts men TO
make lore TO her. When she refuses
Dick Wheeler, he tries TO commit
suicide and is sdred BY his guardian,
Corey Phelps. Carey. beiiering Cleo
to be nothing but q schcminS ddren
turesS. succeeds in meeting her, and
TO obtain revenge for the fact that
she has ruined Dick'. Hfe. plans TO
,cin her heart and marrp hey. His
idea IS to tell her after their mar
rage. the entire truth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Not Good Form to Lunch With Hus.
bands Friend

Dear Cynthia have been an inter.
ested reader OF your column and would
appreciate your giving me your advice
on the Following: Is Il considered rooo
i,orm Tor young married lady 10 have
,unch with a close friend of her hus.
Dands tmale) once every week when
she Is IN town-with her husbands an.
proval? This lady lives in a suburb and
week. oh' oaS d
During the war a boy friend Of ,i,e
joined the navy and when he went
away ne gave me his picture in uni
sorm: We are just good friends-not
picture? 'o'e' W sNe tn's
After a young lady is married /, It
improper for her &c hang the picture
Y very dear boy friend in her bed
room. This boy friend is married now.
No; this Is not considered good form.
I,,,a .na ~ would be q mistake to make a
practice or It. II your husband APP
proves you might lunch occasionally
with this friend. but IL you do il eVerv
week you will surely be talked about
and made unhappy by gossip.
Of course 1t was all right for your
rriehd to' give you his picture
IT is entirely up TO you and your hus
nand whether you should have the pic
turc IN your room or not. If YOU want
II and he doesn't mind, then have It.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Please Tell Me
What to Do
BY CYNTHIA
Just What 10 q ThriIl7

Just What 10 q ThrilI7
Dear Cynthia-We are two girls in
our early teens. We 20 about quite a
fappers.
Now. Cynthia. one thing that ia both
ering US H.: The ether day some one
asked US what a thrill Is and we could
not answer as we did not know. we
Of thrills Cynthia, can you tell US what
this means? -"
Probably. Cynthia, some Of your kind
readers would help US in the matter.
BETTY AND PEGGY.
Cynthia is sure the readers will be
sole 10 tell you what q thrill is But
don't worry. You will have the ex.
perience yourselves some day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
The Right Slippers

To 'te Editor Of Ipoman's PAGE:
Dear Madam friend and are
both going TO dance and We wou!i
like to know what shoes to wear, She
has a pink dress and have white
one. WAITING
have. She could wear white slippers
black slippers or silver ones with the
pink dress and you could choose either
white or silver for the white one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

d c spise S him and
penalize him? Were
you ever Tilted?
The law. made by
men. in their hap
h a "a r d clumsy
way. p o m p o. u sly
recognizes jilt ing
on the part of a
male as Il serious
o6ense. with a
huge financial pen
atty. Male jurors
deliberate the case,
after a woman has
sued an ex lover
for breach of prom =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
"Che1Uing Nails"

Six coins. a spoon and fork, one
darning needle, four hairpins. three
pins, four screws. four needles. one but
ton and bott tip. This is the list OF
articles swallowed BY a London woman
who was operated upon and recovered.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

Perhaps soon the only method of
shown that we are ready for a game
of tennis or golf will be TO don a trail
ing goNn of crepe or satin with
lluinel hat. For the sports costume
las been 50 universally adopted by the
woman who expects nothing more than
Il brisk match with her typewriter or
a set with her butcher that there Is
nothing distinctive left for the country
club.
Today we show one of the new sports
ideas in II jadc green canton crepe
blouse and skirt trimmed with black
embroidery in pessant style and COM
pl"tcd by n sleeveless jacket which may
fc III duvctyn or some Kind OF crepe:
This il embroidered in jade green and
Is dis,inctlvely tied with a green ribbon.
CORINNE LOWE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

turned over the calen- :
dar into June and
made a strange little
chuckling note Of sat
isfaction as he OBJ.
served there'd he an
extra pay day t h n t
month.
Nirgini Ia peeked
down at the sheet from
her perch on the arm
of the big easy chair.
"Oh. Paul" There
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Paul and Virginia BY HELENA norr GRANT

did not notice the stain Of the blush on
her smooth. round cheeks.
"June's a good old month this year
for us, all right--fve nice. juicy pay
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
The Red.Letter Day Impends

DAUT, in his counting of the days
- and the balancing Of salary expec.
tottOns against expenses impending. had
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
about Girls

A large proportion Of the high school
ilrls OF Oklahoma City drive their own
motor cars 20 and from school.
Misses Antoinette Currier and Anna
Dsnaler, New York girls. have arrived
!. r. loy Angeles after . hike across the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

~A~T1EI1f EGnD EGD tor oreacn or prom
Use, ana sometimes
tne piaintiI receives Dig sum OF
mCney, pernans q hundred thousano
oousrs' as heart palm
what an amazing and grotesque idea .
now nattering 10 the ncEie man VINO
ID sped his ahectlons. lost forever,
so valued at this enormous nsure'
Inat Is; TO compensate LOT the Tragedy
ot not haVlng MN lor nusoaho' 'he
p.n fe''''e' d .0.'u"'
r1rpy ,iro,v ,o mould ho-. u,do
Teuiu A" 'AAu
oao husoand. POSSIBLY sne woula
- 'mi.bt have ied = s,nn;J nnhannv
srirt.nce. xst for h,vine missed tbe
e.ns,ience :bn r. awarded much nonsv
4 strsnee conSit;on that ~ so;no
into a nublic court Of layinp bare the
most delicate and intimate relations Of
love and wooing, of describing one 5
emotions. and perhaps of having love
newspapers give all the narrowing de-
tails to a Jeering and hilarious public.
Inousands OF readers shout gleefu!iy
over the sentimental epistles ana en-
oeaflng ep!thets wniIe sipplhg their
morning coree. Pet names are fastened
60 Q prominent man for a lifetime
Never again can he 5e anything more
onined that Dos little darling or
BABY Bunting
1t is good enough for him. he de-
serves the ridicule," you exclaim indig.
nantly. But how about the woman who
sues? Does any one ever actually feel
sorry for her? Does not she lay her
sslf open to ridcule and contempt?
Any one who will measure human
emotion in terms Of money shows her.
self lacking in finer feelings. The world
senses this, and honestly scorns.
"Ab hut he rr,ned ba- ufs -o,,
ir.ist ..fJe led hor 10 hnIisve ,be, sbo
: wss IN be n wife snd then tired ~ hju
ri.n and ahardonsd !, Ha 10 a Ii,b.
cS.icva .na or.ht % ho n,,,tsbad
Ato not we women natter!ng men 100
mucn wnen we ADMIT that IN losing one
ve are ae'oio OF Ill JOY ana interest IN
Hie'
IuIhE are cases, OF course "here
L the condition is deplorable. Once in
Q while some spinster has wasted fifteen
years IN waiting for Eer man. Her
little community has set her apart as
ticketed and shelved. and she may have
missed marrying other men. Bur is not
this partly her own fault: How spine
for n mop "a condssrand ,e nono NO
day. Why not be honest with oneself
early in the game. and realize that II
he is not eager and anxious 70 we'd
he does not love with the swift. con-
suming fame. but it a laggard:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
Woman S Life
and LoUe
,Iuted:?
Nv WINIFRED HARPER COOLEY

CUPPOSE man proposes marriage
~ and then changes his mind? Is 1t
q heinous crime? Should we as sex
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31
The Won,an's Exchange
To "Mrs, l."

To MRS. L."
Your letter has been referred TO the
CITY Mission. as 7 am sure they will do
everything they can to help you.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

II EFT US forget our feminine vanity
~ and meet the issue sQunrely. be
good sports. and turn to other people
and activities for our life interest ,
Breach Of promise as a means of get
ting money is founded on the old idea
that we are wholly dependent on sell
ing our affections for bread. For
tunstcly, we no longer are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

II see" she said a a.
little weakly. |M
1--WE can afford a
little trip. too. l can AN
manage to get away
for n few days and ~, 1
we'll take the car and 3
see II she's good for
a trip out into the 60,
country ~
He had forgotten II ~
the date. He had for. / II
gotten June-he had 4
forgotten last June
and all It had meant to them.
She gulped back the tears, but
away that he might not see how
ously close they hung TO falling
was only dimly conscious OF III
as he ramblcd on.
And I guess | can manage to
out a few dollars for something
he murmured. checking off his
with a methodical pencil.
Virginia thought hastily that
said anything about n lawn-mo
that spot light for the car she
break down.
To think her thoughtful Pau
have forgotten last June.
But he still talked aimlessly
II think that on the twen'
ond--"
Her heart leaped and she fea,
was going to fairly explode.
She flung her arms about hi
with n little cry.
And then she sobbed 4 all
she snuggled in his embrace.
Il thought you'd forgotten all
II. she whispered.
Il might have, honey. it's I
year. but it seems like the same
he laughed as he squeezed her
great bear-hug.
Tomorrow--TheI IneNorable Mo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

For names o. shops address Woman's Paxe
Editor or phore Walnut 5000 or Main 1901
between the hours Of o and o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

Tomorrow--How to know IN Athlete
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-31

Tomorrpw--The Inexorable Monitor
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27

Judge and Mrs. A. Decter left last
Saturday for Des Moines, where Mr.
Deeter is attending the national en-
campment OF the G. A. r. They will
visit several weeks before returning
Lewis Markham, who has been visit
ing his parents, Postmaster and Mrs.
l.. NJ. Markham for several weeks, re-
turned to his duties as midshipman at
the Annapolis naval school the first of
the week.
James Baker has been promoted to
the position of travelling auditor OF fhe
White Eagle Oil Co., of which he has
been local manager for some time. He
will be succeeded in the Lamar job by
Harry Kornman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B. Coover have
just received word from the east that
their soa, William E. Coover, has re-
sigred his position with the General
Electric company at 12O Broadway,
Nv York City, TO accept appointment
to an executiv. position with the
Brooklyn Edison Company Of Brook
lyn, New York, in the capacity of pro.
ductive engineer. Mr.. Coover will take
up his new duties on October first. He
was graduated from Lamar Union
High school in 1910 and from Rem
nsalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.
Y. in 1915, with the degree of electric
engineer.
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27
Colorado's Leading Industry.

The State of Colorado long has been
leader in the production of gold, silv-
er and coal, and it still is best known
in other parts of the country as min
ifg state, although the value of its
production from the soil this year will
be three or four times that of its
mines.
According to the bulletins of the
State Board of Agriculture, Colorado
farms, ranches, orchards and gardens
will top the records this year. The
Arkansas Valley, the most extensive
and highly productive section Of the
state, has just finished shipping 1000
cars of Rocky Ford cantaloupes, and
is getting ready TO send thousands of
tons of beets to she sugar factories
which are located in that part of the
state.-The Earth.
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27
World Series.

The national game has about reach
ell the climax of the season now, and
geeatly to the disappointment of the
fans most all over the country the two
New York teams win the pennants
.rd will fight out the worlds cham
rionship series among themselves. The
unpOpularity of this result is due to
the fact that most of The fans believe
that owing to the heavy gcte receipts
the New York teams when they are
losing just 20 out and buy the best
players from the weaker teams finan-
cially. The big series, the national
classic, will begin on next Wednesday
and last until one team wins five
games.
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27
Evening Classes at High School.

Evening classes in shorthand, type
writing. and bookkeeping, if there is
sufficient call for the latter subject,
will be held in the commercial rooms,
high school building, commencing next
Tuesday evening, October 3, at 7:3O
O'Clock. Any one interested may re-
eeive further information by calling
the high school principal.
Plan now to improve your time dur
ing these fall and winter evenings by
studying these very worth while sub
iects-
As vocation, stenographic or sec
retarial work is both pleasant and re
numerative and there is no doubt as
to its value as n stepping stone to q
successful business career.
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27
One Year of Republican
Rule Shows Tremendous
Savings
Reduction of Over Billion in Public Debt
and Nearly Two Billions in Public
Expenses-Consress Cute
Budget Requests
a. O. HrrKtsE> r,rIyE Will N woou uSDI-
a. .. BErkEsE>rATIyEw WILL Il WOOD uSDI-
ANA. MEMnhE Of hOi -E COMMirrEf
oN AUTHORIZATIONS

auctions in appru tirIattons ana esti
mates made a most gratifying reduc
lion IN the expenditures. The peal
Of ordinary expenditures was reached
in the fiscal year 1919. SIS.5l4 coo,
GOO The drop TO the tiscsl year 1920
is most extraordinary. the total for
that year being So ,fO3. .00n. .0O0. Fo'
the fiscal wear 1871 further reces
sion brought the total down to S5..
lis. $50 For the fiscal yea
l922 the total rs heretofore stated
came down To s3.Ts5.OOOO00 Thh
sum includes st?2 900 600 OF public
deb r~tIremeuts chargeBble TO ordi
NARY receipts and should be elimi
mated rom the s3.795, ,OOO .000 in or
ier TO obtain figure comparable &c
expenditure figures for the fisca
years 1919. 1920 and 1871 Th'
1929 expenditures. therefore. eKclu.
siye OF p' hlic debt retirsments are
SS.312 .Gus .>ys The reduction o.
1929 under 1920 is sS.OSO. 600. 00e
ana the reduction OF 1921 under 1872
is sl.74s.3is.
Evidence ~ the value of the cen
trsliIation OF Conrressional responsi
hility in connection with the public
appropriations is furnished in III.
fact that Congress appropriated foI
1928 ssl2.l72 2s2 less than the
Budget Bureau requested In Other
words although frequently chsrs-c
with beine the spendthritt branch Of
the government in point OF fact tn.
Congress appropriated seven per cent
les, than the hudeet estimate. asked
for.
The people Of the United State,
have jus, ressun TO be proud of ths
financial reeor.l Of this administrs
tion whil- other countries are
.trussiins with huse dsncits in theiI
budgets and ar. burdensd with enor
nous taxes aud sIssserins public
debt the United States has shown .
surplus for the nscal year Just closed
snd a. the >sm. time accomplished =
most sratifyinr reduction in its pub
lie debt.
The Lamar register., 1922-09-27
No Danger.

Pessimists have often drawn ter
rifying picture Of the danger to civili-
zation because they cay higher educa-
hon is leading to race suicide. but we
don't believe it. The Pan-Hellenic So
ciety met up in our neishborhood the
other day and the eight sorority young
ladies present brought thirteen hand
some children under school age With
them That ought to make Old Man
Gloom crawl hack into the rear corner
and hide.