Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-11

"She must be tall"
What is q girl to do?
Even the Bible says that q person
can think forever and not add q
single ineh to his height. i seems
hopeless. But Just when every one
Il about discouraged and thinking,
"Oh, what's the use7" along comes
Paris to the rescue. There 10 a place
IN that city where one can be
stretched two whole inches, guaran.
tsed not to shrink again. What a
boon this Is!
These thirteen young men who
rive their preferences are the "gen-
tlemen debs" Of Philadelphia-the
scions Of the most prominent fami-
lies and the young hopefuls Of the
financial world. They give the young
idea Of things. their opinions Of
sirls, prohibition and other peril
nent questions with all the conf
dsnce Of youth-they have thought
Of the amount of money they would
like to have in their jeans when
they trot up the aisle to the altar
with her by the side; they have
thought at what age they should
feel able to marry and settle down
to domestic life, and they have most
certainly given long, hard and Sc
.ious thought to prohibition.
Prohibition?
One opinion echoes the othefC0
vehement awful" follows q fierce "au
wrong" "a crime" 'an outrage.
They might all join In a general
chorus and render this simple OUT
heartfelt ditty on prohibition:
Some like the red WIne and some lake
the tchite,
s'"s ,,s"s,;:S, are e. for d'"''"' I" tho ''''
Dst green corn ukker u my hsort's
'e"'"'' CHORUS
Dozen .rith Prohibition.
The chorus. slow and sonorous, could
Se repeated as often as feeling prompts.
Far Removed From,
Being Gay L0thartos
These boys are not gay Lotharios by
any means. Far from it. Their main
interest in life seems to be business
and they believe that girls should also
enter the workaday world and leave the
butterfly existence. There may be no
ulterior motive at all, but some with
q suspicious mind might say that they
envied the young ladies the many hours
Of sleep and leisure while they rolled
out of bed In the cold gray morning
to battle with the world.
William Riegel thinks this. about
marriase-it would be a nice thing to
have some one to make him put on
clean shirt and wear his hat straight.
or at the correct angle. but as soon
ing jacket and sit him by the hre
night after night, he quits. or words
10 that effect. No, sir, this young man
d not going to take matrimony a. q
yoke, but 10 going out as much AZ
ever, or, at least, almost 40 much 40
ever.
In his tender years he cast longing
eyes at the White House, and thought
how nice Il would be to b q President
Of the United States, but with years
u discretion hs realised how frightfully
tired his hand would become from shak.
ing strangers' hands; like pump handle, |
day after day, % he decided to take bis
mind of the White House and enter
business. Business now In his main in. |
terest in life. He would work even
though he had a billion-or, to put IL |
differently, when he has q billion, |
any one still can reach him at his desk |
N bis Office hard At work and an in.
sp!ration for Young America to follow,
Mr.. Riegcl thinks that, outside OF |
baseball and tennis. one Of the greatest |
sports IN existence Is trying to collect |
ene's debts-pursuing the elusive dol.
llr.
The ideal age for a man to marry ia
rom twenty -four to twenty seven, and |
10 should face the world with $4,000 A
year between himself, bis wife and
Mr.. Riegel was educated at Chestnut
a''l Academy and Princeton.
Anything for Friend,
Especially a Blonde
Come seven, come eleven-shoes for
he baby" and a nice long roll that only
N expert could shake; there you have