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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07

say fellow. and the man that fascinates
me-
Tut, tut"
"Oh. l mean what he writes fas-
cinates me. Yet, every month after
| read his magazine article, swear
to hate him. and for all his clevcrness
III never read anything Of his again.
But he's so awfully plausible.
"All clever writer's ure plausible.
But / mean what he says is so
wickedly cynical. 50 ironic, so devas.
tating and critical-he laughs at
everything-and yet it Is SO nppar-
emily true. He laughs at people who
read wholesome modern poems. He
sneers nt people who read novels that
sell by the hundred thousand. He
shifts at people who are really decent
and virtuous. I could fairly hate him
for 1t, If he didn't make his case so
clear and so convincing. He's so
clever"
Yep. know. I read him myself.
But that's the whole trouble with
Drencken. He's just m Internally
clever fellow who has an astonishing
genius for stringing words together,
and being clever, he's plausible. Cev-
erness is not very first rate virtue,
you know, after all. The clever man
doesn't have to be an honest man. or
true critic of morals and manners.
He need only be clever. and in our
admiration Of his cleverness we lose
sight of his lack of honesty"
Virginia nodded.
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It's Shock to Find That the Wotld
Is Older and Much Wiser Than We al
But if We Do Not ALLOW the Discovery to Discourage U, y.
Shall Be Able to accept IL Helpful Friend

SsCOMEwHERE around the age OF
~ thirty Ave or so." said some one
who Is a good deal older than that now;
II woke up to the fact that the world
is several millions Of years old.
That fact comes as revelation to a
great many Of US at some time IN our
lives. =,
We have been going gayly along,
thinking that the world was born wnen n
We were and hadn't grown an inch
since.
It seems to be up to us to- teach the
poor young thing how to behave, now
that We know 30 much.
It let's us 20 on for q while, just as
an indulgent old dog will let a child
tease IL.
At first It plays back and seems to
enjoy hearing us laugh.
But anything like that gets tiresome
after a while, and when we have car.
ried our superiority q. little too far the
world turns, Just as the old dog would,
As II to say, Here, a Jokes q Joke.
but there's a limit to everything. I'm
about an con older than you are, and
I know 30 much more than you do that
could make you look silly II I wanted
to. Now stop trying to tell me things
and start learning a few for yourself.'
IT'S a dreadful shock to US always,
i whether It comes at eighteen, twenty
two, twenty. eight. thirty. five, forty or
upward"
But It nearly always does US great
deal Of good.
It makes US realize how small We are
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
Read Your Character
BY DiObv Phillips
Selecting the Cautious

In many occupations one of the prime
requisites is caution. A good sense Of
caution will. for instance, be very likely
to lengthen the life Of the worker in an
explosive factory.
Often 1t is important to the salesman
to know whether his prospect is the
cautious type Of person.
How can you tell whether an indi.
vdual Is cautious or not?
There are a number of Indications.
One is the shape of the head. One Is
the coloring. One is the profile. One
Is the eye. One Is the handwriting.
All of these indications do not have the
same value, of course.
But you may be sure You have eau.
tious man If his head Is wide at q
point half way up from the ears and
slightly back of them, and If he writes
a neat, careful, backband style of pen
manship with all the letters in a word
connected with one another.
II his coloriig Is dark. and he has
what is known as u "dish shaped
profile, the chances are that be is sx .
tra csutipos and careful.
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suppose he's duller than the stupid moi
polloi he's 70 fond of jeering at. He
may sincerely loathe popular novels,
uplift poems and brass bedsteads, but
he probably chews gum, or uses tooth.
pick after breakfast, or smokes cubeb
cigarettes. That's one thing I've OBJ
served about these clever cynics in ac-
tual practice. They are internally
clever in bayoneting the weaknesses
and the absurdities Of their fellows
but, oh. boy. the little irritating lido
syncrasies of their own are awful.
Dickens, you know. hated show and
sham, yet he wore yelveteen waist
coats. half dozen gold rings and used
hair oil on his whiskers."
"Paul-really?"
"Sure. Now our friend Drcncken
processes to gibe at popular reading
and jazz music and crayon portraits,
and hot mince pie. but you'd probably
find on investigation that he has twin
weaknesses and adores liverwurst and
picked cabbage"
"But guess his reading-"
started Virginia.
His reading? Oh, he has his ia
vorite author-himself; Most Of these
clever fellows are like that"
And he tossed the magazine into
the waste basket.
Tomorrow-The Ago Of Realism
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Can You Tell?
Bv r. J. and A. W. Bodmer
What q Loadstono ID

A loadstone Is a variety Of the min.
eral called magnetic. which is a nat:
ural magnet. The word magnet
comes from this mineral and the min
eral itself gets it's name because 1t was
discovered In Magnesia.
A loadstone is one Of Natures mys-
teries. 1t possesses all the properties
Of an artificial magnet. II you break
1t, each piece becomes complete mag
net. and this Is true, no matter how
many times it Is broken. In fact. each
or atom, is a complete magnet.
The properties Of a loadstone can be
more readily understood by using an
orginary magnet. II you drop bar
magnet into box Of iron filings. they
attach themselves to the bar. II you
examine 1t closely you observe that most
Of the attached filing Is at the ends
Of the bar. These ends are called the
poles.
If you suspend a bar magnet at its
center Of gravity SO that it can turn
freely. you will find it quickly points
due north and south. We therefore
call one end the north and the other
the south pole. In this position you
cannot reverse the ends without holding.
The north pole will always point north.
A horseshoe magnet has its north and
south poles close together.
An Interesting experiment Is to take
two bar magnets or two loadstones and
let iron filings attach themselves to the
end. When you have done this point
the two north poles Of the magnets AT
each other. close together. You vii,
be intensely interested to see how
quickly the mysterious something within
the magnets makes the filings on the
two ends try to get away from each
other. If you put q north pole and q
south pole together closely they form &
union Of the iron filings between tht
poles.
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Two Minutes
of Optimism
Do You Eat Crusts?
BY HERMAN J. STICH

To-day" quoth the Sermonizer,
We will observe the child with the slice
OF but:ercd bread. He eats the soft
inside and throws away the crust. DO
you do as he does! DO you embrace the
easy, non resistant things OF life and
eschew it's hard ones:
ANY doctor will tell you that the
crust on the slice Of bread is much more
nutritious than the soft inside; that the
strong, while the latter will cause them
to decay. So it is with life. The soft
md easy corrode the will and lead to
moral and spiritual indigestion, while
the tough and resisting develop power
and make for moral and spiritual
health.
They who turn from the dificult.
they who seek the valley road around
the hills never know the joy Of liNjng
The greatest pleasure vouchsnf fed man
liz the pleasure Of achievement through
the overcoming of obstacles.
The relish derived from food and
drink Is unknown to those who have
never hungered or thirsted; the pleasure
| OF the smooth highway means nothing to
those who have never been embedded in
bog; the beauty of the plains is lost
to those who have never scaled the
mountains.
And VIC need not seek difficulties 10
overcome. They seek us daily. hourly
| The par; of real manhood is not to wall,
around them. but to face them un
| flinchIngly. You will not overcome
every barrier that is thrown before you
YOU will fail. often. perhaps more otter
than you will succeed; vet in every
failure there will be success, paradoxicnI
as it may sound. Every struggle will
find you strengthened and in much
better shape for the succeeding en-.
counter
II think that those who commit sui
eide are men who have been i'll trained
in meeting difficulties. They are
usually Of the type that Tolls in the ru,
Of least resistance-the soft bread
eaters. When trouble suddenly over.
takes them and backs them into @
corner, they are helpless.
Bear in mind this: Whatever goot
there Is in you, what talent, what
genius, what capabilities will never
come to the surface unless s:ruggl,
against disappointment, hardship an'
dependency forces them out. Look
over the pages Of history and note I'll,
careers Of the great. You will find tina,
they did not confine their bread attn,
to the soft insides.
Watch your child. Don't let hin
throw the crusts away. 1t is ba,
start" concluded the Sermonizer.
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Some Of Us continue to retire for the
night In the sort Of lingerie which the
sun picks out for that purpose. We
carol gayly. Here comes a flame color
to light you to bed" and we choose
some garment Of orchid or fame or
canary. These high colors are still per-
missible, but let 1t be said that those
who do not care for a Chauve. Souris
lingerie) set are more than justified
when they call out. Good old white
or flesh tint for my taste" For some
Of the most costly bits Of lingerie from
overseas maintain the doctrine that you
can't be too conservative when 1t comes
to this sort of wear.
Certainly the trousseau should con-
tain Mt least two or three sets of white
and for the best Of these crepe black
sat is being much used.
Here we have night dress Of this
fabric charmingly carried out with Irish
lace and a girdle of white moirc rib.
bon. The combination on the chair
matches this dress and repeats the
moirc ribbon in the shoulder straps.
Irish is being much employed just at
present and we see more than ever of
the dainty white net bands and motifs
embroidered by hand In silk or wool.
CORINNE LOWE.
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Adventures With a Purse

family have taken cot
II tage at the shore for the summer
and she Is planning to go down over
the week ends. Her travelling bag Is
too large to carry and she asked me to
see IL I can find her nn over night bag,
which will fill her needs but not empty
her ;pocketbook. And so ! began my
search. One shop has a thirteen inch
bag, black and lined with light tan.
1t is fitted out with tortoise shell toilet
articles and is priced at $3.50. This
eliminates the possibility of having one 3
hand mirror broken II, it is packed
loose in case. Another bag of the
same size but not fitted is lined with
old rose or tan and is SO.
There should be special place in the
Hall of Fame for the person who in
vented the idea Of wearing Il vest with
sweater and suit rather than a
blouse. But. unfortunately. each time
/ 20 out with one on ! am In fear and
trembling for fear a pin will become
unfastened and one corner Of vest slip
or the bottom ride up. This is most
beautifully overcome by vest which
at first glance looks like camisolc
Frills Of narrow lace down the front
make a very dainty vest. and the rest
is of plain white net, which Is drawn
in about the bottom with narrow
elastic. Bands of satin ribbon over the
shoulders keep 1t In place and the price
IL &1.08.
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and sets US a.thinkins about h...
can prove to that world that ~s
are fairly sood.sized and undoub2ss ny
er0wn.up.
It's early in life that We ar. ma.
tive In tanning the world. -
"VOU are oil wrong" v. t.n i.
L Your customs are foo,;.h
interests are dull and tiresoms. ~
on; Ill teach you some new tricls n
And then, as the college srsS,,..
knowing everything and investsS ~
superior dignity on account o6 ~
knowledge and our status, we sts.. y!
to help some large concern ont ~
dihiculty BY accepting a larse ana a
portant position with It.
Or We seek 10 enlighten this k,v,s.
Ing, cropping world BY telling II 49,
Of the bitter. harsh truths" tat
have discovered. ~
Even II our graduation has bes, {.
from high school or from our ~.
into the business, artistic or professns!
"high ideals"
But Invariably We 10 too far.
We pull the old dogs ears An. ~.
too many; We make him eit un ipss .
second too long without rivins!u ~ S,i {
any bone for It.
He loses his patience and srov,. !.
US warningly; but We are too iovou.,s
interested In teaching him trictS
heed the threat. '
And then he snaps. M
WE ARE disillusioned, shocked a.
w appointed in our friend, thu v.,u
Why. we thought It would like TO H. ~
all these new things!
And we are very unhappy until -.
day something wakes us up and :.
realize that that old dog, the " Wo,W v
knows more tricks, old and new, tiss
we could ever think up. -'
After that we 90 back to the \.
ginning, and in a different frame =
inind--complaisant now instead
complacent-try to make friends s,,S
with the world.
1t is easier II this change comes s.,,,
In our career; We can come ~
sooner.
But since 1t is inevitable that A.
must happen some time when we IN
start out with the wrong attitude acrs
lets be discouraged when Il comes
When nice dog snaps. it's only 10 h
you know that you've gone too far; h
won't hold the grudge against you Il
you come to him in friendlincss. :
The world is delighted to have van
make a success Of yourself, I ~
do not try its patience in an overbesr,,s
or fanatical manner.
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These two movements tend 10 make
the waist and back supple and reduc"
the abdomen. They must be done slow.
ly, and 1t is we'll for the beginner to
practice up on them before attempting
them as they are given here. She may
bend rs far as possible until it becomes
easy for her to bend all the way to the
floor.
Exercise 5 (a): Assume good stand
ing position; bend trunk forward until
it is Mt right angles to legs exhnle on
downward move; back to position. in
haling. Execute slowly, keep knees
straight and do not duck head on
downward move.
lb): Bend trunk back slowly, in
haing on backward movement, cxhul-
ing as you recover position. DO tive
times each.
Exercise 6: Arms over head, fingers
clasped, bend to right five times. then
TO left five times. Keep arms close to
head. knees straight and feet firmly
OH ground
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A Last Message TO "T. H."

Dear Cynthia-I have been reading In
your column for a long time, but never
wanted to write until I saw the letters
concerning "T. H." and Irish Eyes
From Ohio" II you will, / wish yo,
would publish the following
For my part, think "T. H." Is rlrht
In every respect, while on the other hand
Irish Eyes" Is surely a runt. She NAV
be large In size, but it's her head, The
way she talks leads me to think II must
be very, very small. l. myself. hail
from France, but have been to Wales
and where all the younger girls. Wills
they are not sx-footers, are furthsr
yes much further. advanced in hoth
Drain and manners, which is about on.
posite to. shalls we not sav "Iri.h
Eyes? should like to know Whom yo,,
SO, at least. "o'0
About "r. H." being an abbrsv,a,,or
OF the male sex. ! wonder IL YOU are
even the first letter Of the female II
won't he a capital either.
BY what right do you saw that Arsri.
can girls don't care for your kind The
american girls can choose their mate
themselves and don't need a rum 10
teIi them. and listen. Irish Eyes" let
me give you tip. The next time Wi,
write you had better ask your narents,
on you have any alive) advice on sar-
Cynthia thinks there has been ns,i,o
enough use of that uncomnIImenssrs,
Gor9. runt" and 90 the dincuasion a.
&. H!s letter will bs discontinusS T.cSs Ss
hope q. Hsvul hnd hiS 81 s;ri Snx ~,
0nMD ~ Aappy. IiF = - '-'~ ~sss
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Mrs. Wilson Continues american Kitchen
With Desserts AZways Sought After
Very Sound Of Caramel Sponge Cake Is Tempting and
Comes From alabama, Too-Vermont Uses
Her Maple Sugar Deliciousy

and cover with the crushed pineapple !;
spread over the pineapple two table.
spoons of the cake crumbled fine. and
garnish with tablespoon OF whipped
cream, and little piece of pineapple.
Chocolate Pudding
Place in saucepan
Three. quarters cup OF sugar,
One.har cup of cocoa,
One cup of roter,
Tno tablespoons Of cornstarch.
Stir to dissolve and bring to boil {;
cook for five minutes, then add
One tablespoon Of gelatin
that has been soaking in four table,
spoons Of cold water for ten minutes,
beating in hard so as to melt the gela-
tin: now add
One teaspoon of raniild.
One quarter teaspoon of cinnamon,
One cup Of nhipped cream,
SnNy beaten rhite OF one Gag
and turn in a mould that has been
rinsed with cold water; set aside to
mold and serve with thin custard
sauce. This Is a delicious dainty. when
nodded in the individual custard cup
or mold.
Cherry Betty
MS Is mlu- W est dlSn; strictly
speaking. it comes to you from the
Ohio Valley. and will offer variety dur.
ing the cherry season:
Place in saucepan
T,co cups of stoned pie cherries.
One and one. quarter cups Of sugar,
One.haH cup OF rater.
Bring to boil and cook slowly for
fifteen minutes, turn in the mixing bowl
and let cool. Now add
Tro and one.half cups of fine, stal<
bread crumbs,
One. quarter cup Of melted butter,
Three. quarters cup Of -four,
T,co teaspoons of baking ponder
iolks of too eggs.
Onc.hat cup of chopped nuts.
Beat mixture we'll and turn in well
CREASED Boston brown bread mold
and steam for one hour; serve either
warm or cold with ripe cherry sauce.
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lover. why not transmute the lover into
the friend, when love has fed?
But he became so. spiteful !" she
tells me. ''it Is unbelievable. but he
suddenly exhibited a fierce delight in
torturinE me! He who had sworn that
| was the sweetest girl in the world
desired deliberately to hurt me"
1t Ia the reaction from strong at
traction to strong repulsion. II a
couple Of lovers quarrel. they do It
with intensity. not merely through some
disagreement or irritability. All the
nrdor Of their feeling is violently thrown
into the quarrel. They suffer tortures
while infiicting pain deliberately on the
the tide--somc sudden capitulntion Of
the will Of one Of them. and then, IN
mn instant. the gush OF feeling is in
the other direction. and they fall into
each others arms and weep in the
ecstasy Of the reaction. The whole uni
verse. which moment before had ap-
peared black and stormy. miraculously
Is flooded with sunshine Who has
not known the bliss Of making up"
sitter n lovers quarrel? That person
surely never has loved.
DCT sometimes the cause Of the
- anger and estrangement is deep
seated and fundamental, and nothing
con reunite the lovers. The ties are
sundered, and all is over. Can they
then. by m effort Of will. Of common
sense. Of decency. bind up the bleeding
wounds, and smile peacefully in kindly
friendship? 1t has been done. but 1t
takes people of high and noble natures.
If we can rise above the petty. the
trivial. the jealous. the violent. and
see ourselves impersonally. as II we
we're without feeling, we may be able
70 say to ourselves: BE sensible and
gracious. He did not mean to harm
you. There are two sides TO every
quarrel. 1t was inevitable that your
natures should clash. 1t Is far better
that we did not marry. That being
the honest truth. why not accept the
new relationship and be kind?"
Even husbands and wives who have
endured the agony of being torn asun-
der. who have been divorced and no
longer have anything but tender or bit
ter memories, once In while have
achieved the super effort Of being
friends. The world is apt to be shocked
at this. as II 1t were reprehensible
but is it not rather high degree Of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
WHAT'S WHAT
By Helen Decie

A luncheon or supper-party Tor the
members Of any school class Is very
easily arranged at this time Of the year.
The mother of one CT the girls or
boys should be the hostess. A menu
that will appeal to adolescent appe-
tites may include grapefruit. bouilIon,
chicken salad, green peas. strawberry
shortcake, frozen cherries and bonbons
with the wear 1922. with a quotation
appropriate for each young guest. Little
favors as mementoes Of the occasion
may also be placed beside each plate.
tertainment. for the classmates are sure
to create plenty Of fun among them
selves. II the affair is a supper party.
an informal dance afterward will be
in order; When :;,n;iS s;snaiiSSs 10 out 1.-THE the inyi;
IL N q O'Clock or later. the word
"daneinT may Aepsas In the lower
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TELL Me What Is Wrong!"

THE sudden fare Of light overhead
= brought back some Of Cleo's cour-
age, but as she turned from the switch,
she saw Carey standing in the doorway
between the two rooms.
"Supper's ready he said lightly.
I've sent the waiter away SO that we
can be all alone. Come out and see all
the nice things I've ordered for you."
Cleo did not move. She stood where
she was leaning against the wall. with
her eyes fixed on his face. A sudden
impulse to ask him what was wrong,
to face him with direct question, had
leaped into her mind, and vet she hesi-
tated. 1t was almost as Il she feared
to know the truth.
Cleo There was note Of com.
mand in his voice now, and a sudden
gleam in his gray eyes.
With n quivering breath Cleo sum.
monea all her courage and slowly came
toward him.
Carey" she burst out, the words
coming in a rush, II can't help feeling
that something is on your mind, that
you are angry with me for some rea =
son. Won't you tell me what has hap.
pened to make you feel this way to-
ward me!'
lie threw back his head and laughed
aloud.
Don't be fanciful. child; what could
have happened! I'm entirely salts.
fed with your treatment Of me. You'll
feel better after you've had something
to cat" And, slipping his arm
through hers. he drew her into the
next room and seated her at the little
table.