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Thinks Employer Loves Her

Dear Cynthia--I am young woman,
twenty-three years of age, employed n
secretary-stenographer by the head
member Of company. My employer,
who Is a man about forty. is married
and has young child. Dear Cynthia
this man Is in love with me, or thinks
he Is. Cynthia say this not from self
love and vanity but hope am level
headed and sensible. am about aver
age in good looks and dress attractively,
but in good taste. Because of the situa-
tion which has arisen am miserable and
worried and cannot sleep.
Dear Cynthia. I have not flirted with
my employer nor encouraged him, bu,
have tried to maintain frank, bus-
ness-like relationship, Understand, he
has said nothing. but his actions and
being left alone In the office with him
when other members Of the company are
absent. I try to speak in a matter-of-
fact tone and appear unconscious of his
attitude, but the strain Is very great
and I, lose all poise and have to fight to
keep back the tears, Cynthia, this man
Is charming and likable, is cultured and
has Travelled great deal thought at
have come to such point that at times
! must avoid his eyes, Cynthia, could
be mistaken? I am the only girl in the
company. and this simply may be the
result Of propinauity. My desk is in
erous In the way OF salary and consider
ate in other ways, although have never
permitted any undue concessions or
favors. Recently he was absent on n
trip and load was lifted from my mind
| and heart, but when he returned the
| same unhappy situation arose.
My better Judgment tells me to leave
but my family would demand explana-
| tions and would not understand. What
should I tell my employer II leave?
Would II be unwomanly to tell him that
/ cannot help but notice certain things,
which are very embarrassing to me? Or
should I not speak OF this at all, but
simply say must make a change. Dear
Cynthia, hate to go. He Is so likable
| in other ways. l have never met his
wife, although from several stormy tele-
phone conversations. which | could not
avoid overhearing I believe he ia un-
happily married, but do not wish to
become involved with another woman's
| husband. EVENING REAPER.
II this situation really exists outside
| Of your imagination, look about for an
| other position and leave without any
mention of your feelings at all But
don't let your imagination run away with
you. II he makes any advances do not
hesitate to tell him as sharply as you
want to that you do not like II and will
have to leave if he does not change his
attitude. Otherwise do not under any
consideration speak of the situation al
all. Probably he appreciates your ability
| and that 10 all. You would be very
foolish to leave a good position unless
your employer actually proves that he II
interested In you personally.
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Please Tell Me
What to Do
BY CYNTHIA
Hopes "sparrow" viii 90 Back

Hopes "sparrow" VIII GO Back
Dear Cynthia-May I say word to
Sparrow? Thank you.
Dear Sparrow" don't get 80 excited.
I could name a hundred boys who have
found the same kind of girl and never
went to sec her the second time. BY
the way. do not know whether you
will or not hope 90, though.
Sparrow. 40 you know that II 10
one OF the hardest battles with tempta-
ton q girl has to fight? That 10 to
have the power and courage to say no
to boy whom he asks to kiss her
Well, 1t is And only q girl who has
fought this temptation knows. Think
for moment what she has to con.
slider. She may like the boy a lot, and
1t will be hard to refuse. She also
must consider losing his friendship and
she must also hear herself called cold
IL you think It Is easy for a girl to
refuse you kiss. II isn't admire
the girl you. speak Of, and hope she
can stick to her purpose.
NOW, sparrow" do not think mo
and old maid, because I'm a senior in
high and have plenty of friends
What do you think of my letter, Gym
thia? Let me hear your opinion, Spar
row." ONE WHO KNOWS
This Is n very nice letter. Cynthia
hopes sparrow" will take your advice
and go back to the girl who had the
courage or her convictions.
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"Sunset" Writes to "Lonesome"

Dear Cynthia-Little Lonesome will
Undoubtedly be surprised to learn that
the person who used the sobriquet Sun
set In recent letter to your column was
not a female. but male. The fact that
Sunset did not give the slightest intima-
ton of his sex probably accounts for
Lonesome's mistake in gender Never
theless. Sunset has taken cognizance Of
aIIhs Lonesome's n, pIaintive echo and now
Lonesome wants to know II g,asse,
could possibly deter her popularity Now
sunset. whose business is to study human
nature: to create character, to endow it
with life and have 1t perform in short
stories according to his whims and no.
tions. tempered, of course with conven-
tional acceptance, has these common
sense facts to tell Lonesome. Glasses
should prove no detriment to your beauty
or appearance. Your real friend or soul
mate will never stop to pick out dis
crepancies Whatever you may lack in
beauty he Will find you make up in virtue.
Then why despair about this item? Does
not Emerson give comforting philosophy
when he says that every soul is a celes-
tial Venus to some other soul"? Cheer
up, Lonesome. Thousands of girls who
don the Shells" are daily finding their
ideals and are happily united.
You say you can dance. sing and play
tho piano, but you fear your Quietness
and lack of rowdyism contribute to cause
your unpopularity.
For one who possesses these f.ne quail
tiles Sunset believes that you are no,
within your proper element Nice con-
duct, good politeness and proper social
breeding and etiquette can never har-
monize or gain popularity In the lands
Of Jazzdom.. Theee purlleus call for un-
conventional and very often vulgar
STUFF
Why do you not mix with literary
groups, why not with social service or
some other cultural and progressive in
stitution where disposition and pro-
pensites Of your kind are respected and
honored?
Sunset believes that Lonesome's soul
mate will never hail from the land Of
jazz, but rather from more enlightened,
educational and refined quarter
SUNSET
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The Wife Cheater B, HAZEL Drro BACHELOR

in the dim light of the porch. and
as she threw back her head and looked
up into Norman's face, felt stab Of
pain in my heart. was thoroughly
ashamed Of myself for the feeling.
Could l. bride of four weeks. be
jealous Of any woman, let alone Alice
If Norman had wanted to marry her
he could have chosen her in preference
to me, and he hadn't. Nevertheless, the
feeling was there in my heart and 1t re-
mained through the evening.
Later when we all went inside and
turned on the phonograph. I looked
happily toward Norman. certain that he
would ask me to dance first. Imagine
my surprise when I saw him already
circling the room with Alice. It tool;
every bit Of pride that possessed to
smile up into Jim Hunters face as
dance off with him. Over his shoulder
my eyes followed Alice's white dress.
and l noted with fierce resentment the
way she threw back her head and smile'l
up into Norman's eyes. He smiled
back. He seemed absolutely oblivious
of the fact that / was in the room. He
made no effort at NIL to seek me out. to
throw me a surreptitious smile. felt
that couldn't bear it another minute.
and yet even then I fought with all my
strength against this feeling that was
threatening to engulf me. 1t was
jealousy, plain and simple. and I must
conquer it now at the beginning of my
married life.
1t wasn't as though I hadn't been
warned. 1t wasn't as II hadn't known
all along of Norman's reputation with
women. had been told what to ex-
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Has Never Kissed a Fellow

Dear Cynthia-This is the first time
1 nave ever written to your column
and | must tell you think 1t is won
dertul; or course. have never had any
SO am not asking for any advice now,
but l would like to say a few words to
sparrow, who seems to have aroused
my curiosity.
"sparroW;" slss, S,.,S". you claim you have made
call 1t discovery. but wouldn't
1t seems as IL you haven't met many
nice girls. as ] know n number of those
girls who do not kiss every Tom. Dick
ana. ana Harry h good night after having
classed with these girls. am a very
funny girl. You might say peculiar.
nave the honor of saying I have
never kissed any fellow or let any
Fellow kiss me- even knowing them for
hate kissing. Maybe because I have
see anything in It.
am not old-fashioned. either, even
though / don't smoke, roll my own. use
short skirts mot too short, like some
girls). have bobbed hair but don't wear
earrings or high.heeled shoes.
l can't say I don't dance. because I
do' and and 1 like Ike It. but l dent oyerdo It,
good dancer. and am asked to 70 to
quite few dances.
=, Now. am not a flapper, either, even
though l do go out quite a bit and keep
late hours sometimes
l am considered kind of cute" at
tractive. popular, a nice girl ali around,
in other words.
l like fun, but work comes first with
me, and l am also a good sport"
Now, don't forget sparrow" there
are cther places besides Philadelphia to
look for mice girls ~ <r,,
the suburbs. going northward?
Wen. Cynthia. l am afraid I have
used much OF your valuable time and
space. thank you for letting me write
10 sparrow, and when l am in diff
Guilty you may be sure to hear from me.
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HAMPER CooLnY Women's Congress-
Y Uhea asked the League OF Women Voters
3 - tell her about our famous women
20 that she could hold them up to their
Y Eisters in South America, who are just
ensfging from the shell of conven-
X tioiNllity and suppression, and goinN
/ IN FOR public reforms and education.
THAT precipitated an avalanche Of
I i varied opinions. Men and women
editors and scientists and college presi :
dents were asked for list of the
twelve renowned feminine persons in
! our country.
Mnny strange results appeared, but
\ IN the main people agreed on several
h a. pre-. eminent. One woman who her.
abe would not include in her list any
/, social rcformer, or politician. or well
farct wti iker, or promoter Does not
that seem rather surprising? Who is
great, II not n man or woman who
has devoted lifetime to welfare work,
sivilsg oil time and arduous labor and
study and perhaps n fortune to better
ing the condition of the poor and
wretched? No one in the world is
nobler. Jane Addams, of Hull House,
who was the first in our country to
20 down into the slums and establish
O. beautiful home where the filthy and
sick and ignorant and underfed could
zee clean and sanitary surroundings,
ccuM get education and knowledge and
climn to the light; where day nurseries
cared for the muititudtnous babies,
while scrubwomen and factory workers
went to their daily toll.
I've fact that nearly all the lists sent
In, from noted men and women, in.
cluded the name of Jane Adams, this
practical philanthropist. shows that
most Of us believe that there is no
more wonderful work than this.
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Euery Valuable Possession
Brings Its Own Trouble WahHt
This Is the Compensation CiUen to Those Who Cdnrcs HaDs
the TaluabIes-On the Other Hand They're Worth
Some InconUenience iA

Itv worth some responsibility to havs
such beautiful old silver.
The house In perfect order, the vel.
vety lawn and the garden that make
visitors gasp with pleasure ere pretty
good payment for oil your thougkt III
work and planning and caring Tor
them. &sst.i .e ~ ts.
That beautifully shaped head and
graceful coiffure are surely satisfying
enough to make up for the pain and
the lost time. ~
And that's where the trouble part Il
compensated. s,
IF PEOPLE who have things didn't
i have some trouble with them. then
there would be the greatest amount of
discomfort among people who haven't.
And there might be an much com.
placency among the people who have.
which Is quite as bad as the discomfort
Mere possessing gets to be like. a
habit; you forget all about what IL a
that you possess, whether II ia val.
liable or not, and whether or not you
ought to be grateful about It.
But when a little trouble and dim.
Guilty come along with It, you realize
that It has cost something and Is worth
something.
And that's where the trouble part
helps y0u..
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THE HOME
IN GOOD TASTE
By Harold Donaldson Eberlein

The color of the floor is an impor-
tant matter If the whole surface is not
to be covered with carpet. A hard
wood or parquetry floor will show the
natural color of the wood. but stained
or painted aoor q. once brings up the
question of color. This must be set
tied in accordance with the general
scheme of the room.
The floor color, first of all, must be
a good background or foundation for
the carpet or rugs which partly cover
it. If the floor coverings are light in
hue, the floor had better be dark for the
sake of contrast. BE careful, however,
to have the color harmonize with the
color of the rugs or carpet either by
contrast or analogy, as already ex-
planned in lesson No. 16. 1t will be
safest to have the floor some neutral
tone.
As a general rule, 1t is well to have a
painted or stained floor darker than the
walls. If, however, the floor cover !
ings are decidedly dark, 1t is quite al :
lOwable to have the floor light in hue.
In doing so. settle upon n color Of neu- =
trail or receding quality (see lessons 12
and 49,, so as to avoid any possibility
of disturbing conflicts.
Tomorrow-"Care Of the Floors"
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CHAPTER w
jealousy

TT WAS our first evening out among
L people since our marriage, and jim
and Margaret Hunter welcomed us
! vocferously. Norman and had taken
a two week honeymoon, and had spent
the rest Of the time getting settled in
our house. and the neighbors had con-
siderately kept to themselves during
| that time.
Therefore it didn't surprise me when
| Ruth and Arthur Fulton rose from the
darkness of the shadowy veranda to
/ welcome us. Seeing all my old friends
again helped to dispel the shadow that
had settled over me during the early
part of the evening. had planned that
night as celebration for the first
month Of our married life. and Norman
had hurt me by showing that he pre-
ferred to spend 1t with other people
rather than alone with me. But it was
| pleasant to see Ruth and Margaret. and
ferrcd to as bride. l was enjoying
myself thoroughly until Alice Wilson
came up the steps, and the moment !
| saw her n strange little feeling of
premonition crept over me.
1t persisted even when Alice put her
| arms around me and kissed me tenderly,
and I remember that I watched her as
| a cat watches mouse when she turned
to Norman, and they stood a moment
| together.
Ruth ana Margaret and Alice had
always been my closest friends. but now
| realized that marriage had in n
strange way erected a barrier between
Alice and myself. Ruth and Margaret
and l were allied We were in a sense
the same kind of women. Alice was
different. Marriage would not make of
her what it had made of us. For one
thing she would never settle down as
we three were content to do. Was that
what Alice had meant when she hal
said that ! would take marriage too
seriously? Did she mean that because
of that ! would find it difficult to hold
Norman?
Alice looked very slender and girlish
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Can You Tell?
What An Explosive Is
BY r. j. and A. ". Bodne,

An explosive is a substance that can
be made to change its condition into
I gases many times greater than its orig
Ninal bulk and to generate a great force
sby the rapidity of it's change. An ex-
{iplosive may be chemical compound
Tor chemical mixture, but the majority
Eof commercial explosives are mechanical
kmixtures, as there are few pure chemical
compounds that possess all the necessary
I qualifications.
n When an explosive is changed into
Flts gaseous form. 1t Is said to explode.
1.-THE term explode" is only relative
/ and really applies to the rate of speed
Ewith which the substance changes into
gas. II the change takes place in q
Eelow manner, comparatively speaking
Slthe process Is called combustion. But
I93n substances where the change takes
|lpIace simultaneously throughout the en- .
|lHfireumass, so that the whole volume OF
Agas is released ut virtually the same
Einstant. the action is called detonation
M We have two general classes of ex,
|slpl0sives; those which burn (combus
\ tion) and those which detonate. Blacl
E!gunpowder and blasting powder belon,
Eto the first class and are known as low
or explosives. In the scc0n,
Etclass We have dynamites, gelatins. per
El1nissibles, oil well explosives, etc. Thes
Eare Scalled high explosives.
The first real explosive of which W
ihave any authentic record was used i,
the thirteenth century. 1t IL generall
EDGreed that 1t was composed of char
I3teoat saltpeter and sulphur--the sam
[Sl4ngredients which are today used 4
Elmaking black powder. Sulphur, whic
rs found in great quantities In man
parts Of the world, and charcoal, oh
3ainxd BY heating and treating certai
xOods. have been known from time i'm
2AinoriAl, but 1t was not until after th
lrcoyery Of saltpeter potassium nj
MD that the first real powder wa
nogSow-How Did Naturalization
1<f'sftl ard n1v1stOs, n,.i gluataQ
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"NeW" C0Lors

Brown and mauve are two colors. NOT
new by any means. which are gradually
reaching the top of the list of popular
shades. For sports there's nothing
quite like brown, anyhow. So MANY
different types of women can wear II.
1t isn't at all necessary to have brown
eyes and hair In order to have brown
becoming to you, and 1t adapts itself
SO pleasingly to all materials. But
mauve Is the surprising color. Instead
OF the delicate afternoon frock that
you'd expect, 1t appears, II you please.
in sports costume of linen. You find
1t in the evening combined with a CON .
trasting color for trimming. And often
1t brings Big Sister Purple alonr In
! the form Of hat or girdls. a,p- =
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luctantly reached into another pocket
and fetched out the old bili-foid In
which there reposed a solitary S5 bill.
/ "Gosh. and today's only Thursday
q long wait to Monday for the old
\ ghost 70 walk"
i As he rode toward town his thoughts
we're given over to the problem-what
had he done with five dollars since
Monday morning? He was stumped.
He didn't know.
Hello, there, "a voice over his
shoulder and its owner sat down be-
side him.
Greetings" said Paul. He smiled
lat Jack Rutherford.
"Well, weeks half gone," returned
Rutherford. II split the week up into
sixths." he grinned amiably, 'and l
count 'em off every day. ! sure do like
to see Saturday come around.'
'"Take half day off?'
The other man shook his head and
laughed.
Nope, Saturdays salary day in our
Joint" he replied inclegantly.
Paul wondered. What life! To
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But I cut it out" said Rutherford,
with that peculiar gusto reformed
spendthrifts revel in when discussing
their late indiscretions. "Yes, sir,
cut 1t out. And now cant wait
till payday comes.'
He laughed again as he caught Paul s
puzzled glance.
"Oh, sure" shrugged Rutherford. "I
used to be on pins and needles to get
my salary aturday-because I needed
ID. I'm just as impatient now, too,
for Saturday to roll around. but not
to get my hands on the cash for that
reason"
MOP" questioned Paul politely, be-
ginning to be bit bored.
Nope, l grab it now and hurry right
over to the bank and throw in about
20 per cent of it, and then I take my
little book home. and the missus nnd
| get pretty good thrill out of that
last entry, l want to tell the world.
Well, so long" and he left the car,
unconscious of the lesson he had taught.
TOmOrrOw-ReciprOcit
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4 0NE rnoo o,,& tr t. ,,,tSo ~ a preaident
| nc" ~. ,s,- -.
OF the united States. Anis seem.
very undiscriminating and "toadying.
BECAUSE n man Is elected by the peo-
~. ....,,. - ,o,,.,c., ss,.c,tv or
p'e' y" $1,000" " -, ~ 49,.
some policy tnat may heip tne t>"'iv"
toward prosperity, he IL not necessarily
"sreat'' man. in the sense of a
80 49,. a. -. -...o, IN thc
ncly. amu 'u AZ s,va. - 1. i,cLv
wor.u WY 'rI ,,sn ,rh.n AZ ,.hsc,
eVusn "I ~ uc .r.rd .ho Xvh,ts uomse
OF Ia.c 'o,ns .U"mru ',.n, NY Th..a 80 thros
y. "t.us f.n,v "u v,,Iiion - ror,or dn The Initial
S,otcs but who would saw that the
ono who IA wife of a Mayor or Presi-
dent is of necessity n marvel? We
cannot ali be great loans Of Arc are
horn only once in many centuries
we can be good and kindly and intelli-
eent. but are YOU and l heroines?
The same NAV be said regarding
the stilted. old fashioned, narrow dec
iaration of A man who exclaimed that
his "sympathies inclined toward the
mother MS queen of her sex" and sug-
pested that he could not select any for
fnme or notoriety.
That is absurd and stupid. No one
asked where his sympathies inclined
We have no sympathy with Napoleon,
who was n ruthless monster. draegine
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Bows Trousers

Any mother who has watched her boy
wearing knickerbocker trousers con
tinually hitching them up over his
knees will welcome this suggestion. On
the inside Of the knee band sew a strip
Of garter elastic about an inch and q
half long and one quarter inch wide,
being careful to sew only the ends and
having the elastic tighter than the knee :
band. The elastic will make the knee
band fit snugly without hurting Good
Housekeeping.
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Hand.P Painted Hat

H One girl had an old hat which was
Netting to look very shabby, but as the
Ghape was very becoming she didn't care
M rive 1t away. So she conceived the
(dca Of painting II black and trimming
TX with black satin ribbon. This
Nc put around the crown and tied az
~ back with bow and In the from,
5hr painted two very striking parrots in
&tlllinnt c01ors. The result was stun
6lnx. Those who are skillful with
<111k ard brush might follow this girls
- y q Haki2f ~ aid hat look like
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WHAT'S WHAT
By Helen Decie

Children should be taught the easy.to-
learn formulae Of making and receiving
introductions As, proverbially, example
always has more effect upon them than
precept, 1t Is wise to introduce them 10
callers so that they may learn the exact
way to make strangers acquainted with
one another.
When hostess introduces her chill
dren to q visitor she may say. Mrs.
Protein, this Is my little Millicent. and
this Is Robert or use any other simple
FORM of presentation II the children
are sitting. they should rise as soon as
the caller enters and should remain
standlng until their elders are seated.
following the introduction. A child
should bow when presentation Is made,
hut The visitor speaks first, and the
child makes answer. adding, N'Mrs. Pro.
tenn TO the response If children have
they should not leave the room with
out permission. "
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Joan Stockbridge marries Norman
Wayne In spite of niany toarnin0s
from her friends. Norman is the
Kind of man ,1ho has neuer been
knoUn TO care for one icoman more
than fe,o peeks at q time, 1ohilc
Joan Is inclined to be too possessiue
in her attitude to,oard marriage.
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palm to the most
talen { te d, or the
most conspicuous,
or the m o 8 { hu-
name?
What IL q great
woman?
The selection Of
twelve names was
forced upon our
women by the de-
sire Of 8 9 nori t a
Graziala Mandu =
jano, Of Chile, who
equ ste d them
when she came to
the Pan.American