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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Read Your Character
Somber Coat vs.. Flashy Necktie
By Digby Phillips

Today you will please assume, for the
sake of an illustration of the value of
characterology, that you are selling a
certain make of high priced automo-
bile Of superlative performance.
You have two live prospects.
One of them. you have noticed, Is a
man who, though he dresses we'll and
IN good taste, wears rather somber and
conservative clothing. The other one
patronizes tailor with an eye for
style, leans q bit to the extreme in tho
cut Of his suits and has a decided
wea kness for gorgeous silk shirts and
tashy neckties.
Does this mean anything to you /:
Does it tell you the particular selling
appeal you should make to each man
1t ought TO. The way these men select
working out Of their respective tempera
ments and inclinauons.
What can the somber clothing of thu
one indicate. except that he is one o.
those careful, prudent, modest souls
You won't get much response from ap
pealing to his pride and vanity in tn,
ownership Of this very fine car. You'l
touch him, however, when you driv,
home to him what n good investment &
is, how economical it is In the mat
ter of repairs and upkeep, and also it!
ever ready dependabl!ity in emergcn
ces.
1t is he of the gorgeous attire whom
you had better try to sell on the scor,
! Of pride in the ownership of the kin,
i Of car you have to self, and in it
sporting performances.
Isn't this common sense? All char
acterology, as a matter Of fact, is com
mon sense.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

cNeTs tHlHk.
Should l get an advertising man .
ager. too?' demanded Virginia with u
mischievous light in her eyes.
Some wives apply intensive adver.
tising for their homes" said Paul calm.
ly. I'm fact, you little mink, every
time you make batch of quick bis
cuitathat,s one of your bargain days. "
"Paul!'
And there's another rule in bust .
ness that only very successful men
know of, and if more husbands and
wives knew of it. and applied it. there'd
be more successful homes just as there d
be more prosperous business enterprises
II the knowledge was universal down
town.
"What-"
Always give the other fellow credit
for knowing just as much as you do, ~
said Paul slowly. 1.-THE worst thing for
q business man or mere husband ia
forget is that he doesn't know more
than the other fellow. That's why so
many business men get fooled-and
that's another reason for so much
traffic in the divorce courts"
Virginia pondered.
THAT sounds-well, it sounds rea
"Foolishly, easily reasonable. Blu,
you d be astonished' at the number o,
business men who imagine they are tho
smartest men in the world"
: TOmOrTOW-Saying 1t With FIower.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
lfisgiuings

NLEO started almost as II she were
~ suddenly waking out Of dream
as the taxi drew up with jerk.
The next minute Carey was hurry
ing her along under an awning that
protected the sidewalk from the rain,
and through lighted entrance.
She waited little shyly while he
registered nt the desk. and then they
were whisked upstairs in an elevator
with n uniformed attendant in charge
Of their bags.
A moment later they were alone.
Cleo stood irresolutely before the
bureau. She caught glimpse of her
self in the mirfor and her face seemed
very white while her eyes were un.
usually large and dark.
Suddenly she realized that she was
waiting; waiting for that moment Of
tenderness that Carey had not shown
since the ceremony. He had made no
attempt to touch her, to sweep her into
his arms, but now that they were
alone, surely it would happen!
But II did not happen. Carey strobe
around the room pulling on lights here
and there. and then as Cleo remained
where she was, he came over to her,
put his fingers under her chin and
turned her face up to his.
His eyes wore queer expression that
she could not quite fathom.
"Well. I suppose dinners the first
thing on the program. he said lightly.
.'Shall we get into evening things and
dine in state? Afterward. we might
take in show"
In spite of her sudden feeling of let.
down. Cleo forced herself to respond.
THAT will be splendid she returned
quickly. But she was hurt. She could
not understand his manner, and It was
so during the rest Of the evening, al
though Carey seemed in very high
spirits and talked and laughed great
deal.
When she appeared before him all in
white as she had been that first even
ing he had met her. his cold gray eyes
swept her appraisingly from head to
foot.
"Will I do?" she asked shyly, her
lips suddenly tremulous. Ever since
she had been alone with Carey she mad
been fighting off that queer little feeling
OF panic that she had felt in the church, -,
and it had been an effort inasmuch as
everything was SO new and strange.
"Ycs. I think you'll do,' he said de-
liberately. "Some pearls might add to
your appearance. You'll have to learn
some new tricks now that you have n
husband. Cleo. Perhaps If you coax
me prettily enough. l might be per-
suaded to buy you some pearls"
Cleo drew back rs If he had struck
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
How Man Learned to Send Messase
By r. j. and A. W. Bodmer

How Man Learned to Send Messages
From the earliest times man has
found 1t desirable to send messages by
messenger or signal. The Indians used
smoke signaling. With a smoke pro.
ducing fire and blanket or shield,
smoke clouds were produced varying in
size and density by covering the fire at
intervals with the blankets.
The early Greeks used Marathon run.
ners. When the horse was domesti.
Gated messengers rode horses and by es.
tablishing relays where fresh mounts
were ready, fast delivery was possible.
This was the "pony telegraph"
Long ago, and even today, African
natives sent messages across the con.
tinent by beating drums, almost as fast
as the telegraph. Before we discovered
the principle Of the ground wire, na :
tivcs of South America knew how to
drive sticks into the ground several
miles apart and send messages by tap
ping the sticks, the tapping being heard
at the stick far away. When Morse In =
vented the telegraph in 1914 they used
a complete circuit of wire. But when
we discovered the principle of the
ground wire" and that the earth itself
could be made to act as the return wire,
building telegraph lines became more
economical.
Morse was not the only inventor who
worked to perfect the telegraph. III.
forts to send messages over wire wer,
attempted as soon as the electric i'm.
pulse was discovered. One Of the ear,
iiest schemes consisted of q set of thir
ty-six wires Zone for each letter OF th
alphabet and one for each numeral)
At the receiving end Of each wire was ,
different sounding bell for each letter O
number. The sender sent each lette
and number over different wire an,
the receiver spelled 1t out from the va
rious sounds the bells produced. TO
day telegraph messages have been per
tected to such an extent that half
dozen messages can be sent each wa
over the same wire at the same time
which is quite an improvement over til
original thirty six wire telegraph.
TOmorrOw-Why Arc TELEGRAPH Pole
ON Curves Never Upright?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
No Age Is Dangerous for Those
Whose Minds and LiUes Are RI
An Old Lady Of Eghtyone Who Is Still Managing Her O.
Business Says That Idieness Brings the Real Danger

"T HEAR so much about the dan.
L gcrous age 4" said woman OF
eighty lone, who il still managing her
own shop. II don't think any age Is
dangerous for some one who is en-
ployed."
She didn't mean that everybody
should work as long as she has. and"she
didn't mean to scOf nt anybody who il
unemployed.
What she meant was that. II you are
not idle. you don't have time to get
into the trouble that itlleness so often
brings.
1t is people who don't have enough
to do who make so much trouble for
other people and themselves.
They dabble in things.
Some art or cult or way of think
ing appeals to them in an ungunrded
moment.
Immediately - because they have
nothing else with which to occupy their
time-they seize upon it and begin a
frenzicd study of 1t.
They drop everything that they have
known and believed all their lives in
their exaggerated interest in the new
conner.
After n short time 1t pals, as such
half.grown newcomers always do.
Then they are miserable.
They don't believe in one thing. an /.
other thing has failed them, and they
have given up that good old standby.
And SO they think the world is all
wrong.
W1HEN you are busy, filling your
w days with interests that may be
simple and obscure as far as the rest
| Of the world is concerned, but important
to you and your world. you don't have
time to find out about the "wrongness'
of things.
You cling to the faiths and beliefs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Winvred Harper Cooley Wonders
Why Men Think Us Heartless

Undoubtedly. some men have found
some women 80 cruel and selfish. in all
their artful wilcs and beauty. that bit /.
tVrness such as this welled up and
found expression. and this expression
met with enthusiasm from n large read i.
ing public.
But opposed to this is the 'ouatrain
OF another poet who wrote:
oh. woman. in our hours OF ease.
Incertan. coy and hard to please.
when pain and anguish wiring the brow.
minstering angel. thou!
This too, met with appreciation from
millions of readers. Evidently. selfish :
ness and cold -bloodclness are not uni
vcrsal feminine traits, or male poets
would not speak of us as ministerins
angels.
- trait. In women 1t has been fos-
tered by centuries of savish dependence.
Men have encouraged it. They have
insisted on being the supporters and
financial lords. for they enjoy the power
that is felt by the one who controls the
pockctbook. They egg on the women
they know to cxploi: other men. They
joke us about working some admircr,
nr a husband. or even casual escort.
In the slang of today they say to the
girl. DO him to a finish. Find an easy
mark.
Being brought up from babyhood to
work" father. or brother. for gift
or some money, and to regard hus.
band as eligible" if he can supper.
YOU we'll. is il strange that sometimes
YOU decide to secure Tia" best providcr
.'ou can find? 1t is reprchenSibl", but
natural.
Being cold bloodcd also has been en-.
outraged in girls. Strict virtue and
holding aloof from emotion have been
regarded as requisite in woman. We,
therefore, have learned to lean too far
the other way, and while keeping a
wary eye on ourselves. gauge the rising
flood of feeling in our lover and calcu
late how we can use it to our advantage.
Man is shocked at this.
IVES, some of us have all these dis
l. astrous traits. but they are not
universal. Men, too. are selfish and
sordid. even mercenary. The maternal
Is uppermost in most women and tina,
makes them overflow with unsefshness
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Simple Fashions

Simplicity. This is the abstract word
covering the juvenile fashions which
reign in our metropolis. by and by
little Miss Van Muffet may be brought
out in society at cost of $50, 900 OF
500, 900. But no hint of this later ex
travagance is allowed to intrude upon
her game of ball or of hide and seek
You will find her now wearing the
plainest of little wash frocks, accom-
panied by cape or coat of serge OF
tweed. With this she is likely to show
g blue Milan straw encircled by field
flowers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

all fairness pause TO consider an indict :
ment so hard and so serious. a man Of
intelligence would no: make such
sweeping assertions merely because of
some one disilusionmcnt. He would
have common sense enough to know that
any one might have an occasional dis
appointment. or be mistaken in his
estimate of friend or lover.
No, when such accusations are mad
BY just and conscientious persons. the"
must be the resul: of some Fundamental
reasons. Who has broken that man :
heart? Who among us are mcrcenary
greedy and selfish: Are we sucn natural
parasites that we give nothing. yet dc.
mand all?
H1PLlNG sometimes had an unplcas-
~ ant way Of expressing things. He
began it years ago, when he wrote
The fool. ne called her his lady fair,
We called her: The woman who did not care.
And now we know, she never could care,
And could not understand!
Yes, we must admit that there always
have been some women who could not
understand mems higher ideals and
sacrifices and striving and labor. Such
have been the vampires of history. who
seemed to drain a mans life blood and
accept his labors and wealth and adula-
tion frivolously and in the spirit OF
cold.blooded exploitation.
Along these lines, another poet ex-
claimed, in violent cynicism:
Oh. woman, while thy face was fair.
Thy heart was pure. thy lips were true.
And hope was golden as thy hair
/ should have stranEled YOU
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
To Be Missionary

To the Editor Of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam am coming to you
with my troubles. ! am young girl
nineteen years Of age. and would like
to know IL 1t Is possible for me to Join
some missionary that Is helping foreign
countries. Would you let me know
where to apply to find out all abou,
them and II 1t takes money or not?
have no money, and the only thing ]
can give is myself which ! will gladly
do, II possible. CATHERINE.
You should have a talk with the rector
Of your church about doing missionary
work. 1t is splendid that you want to-
and he will be eager to help you, ! am
sure. There is always a great need for
people In this field Of work. people who
are very sincere about It as you are.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
WHAT'S WHAT
By Helen Decie

An Augusta (Ga.) correspondent
asks: when dessert Is served. should
the dinner plate be pushed aside to
make room for the dessert plate? II
so. at which side should the dinner
plate be placed?"
II there 10 adequate service. the din
ner plate Ia removed to make room for
the salad plate. and this plate, in turn.
is taken away before. dessert Is served.
When there 10 no maid, the hostess has
the plates PASSED to her a and places
takes, in turn. the salad and the des-
sert. Our correspondents query seems
to eliminate both trained servant and
trained hostess. II the dessert Is passed
TO him without the customary change
of plates, the only thing for him TO do
IL 70 put the dessert dish on his dinner
plsss e Rpsa e. =; RIsts e ether side "a,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
The Unconscious
Sinner
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR

Cleo Ridoefeld 10 the type OF girl
sch0 unconsciouslv tempts men TO
make loce to her. When she refuses
Dick Wheeler, he tries to commit
suicide, and Is sdred bv his gudrdtan,
Carey Phelps. Carey, bclicring Geo
to be a hcdrtless ftrt, succeeds ~
meeting her and to obtain revenge tor
the fact that she has trifed nith
Dick, plans TO Win her heart and
marry her. His idea Is to tell her
the entire truth after they are mar.
ried and he succeeds in persndding
her TO give up the idea OF big ICED
ding and to marry him secretly. On
her rcdding day Cleo is filled rifh
doubts and fears,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

tainly is workable in
the marriage game
but that sounds
so - er - base and
commercial"
= Il | no d d e d
blandly.
Yep. ! know, but
it works out like
that, though, making
the home attractive
Is n matter of sales.
manship. too, and the
windows must be
freshly dressed. the
stock kept Shipshap
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

that have brought you up. your mai,
and father all through life. and ss,.s
sets Of grandparents into ripe old ~
It's all so simple, IL your mind n
life are kept busy.
THEN other idle persons dsbb,.
L reforms Of various, kinds,
Their husbands factories, for =.
ample, their whole home town, o, h
way you are running something ~
you have been managing in thai ~
way very successfully for a number
years.
They never have any luck, eitb.,
All they do Is get themselves sevs,.I
disliked by the working girls whom ~
are seeking to make more comfortsN]
their whole home town, or YOU.
And then they think the whols -.
is wrong, that nobody appreciates ~
efforts on the part Of an earnest wo,,s
to make conditions better. '''|
RUT the women who talk about 4,
~ dangerous age. and the danse,
this and the danger Of that, are Won
who have 80 little to do, and wAS1
husbands have no much to do. ~
they think they have to amuse the,
selves with other men.
They find the world strangly 49,
too. w
People who gossip, people who ,,,..
scandal. people who find fault, nso.]
&ho try to change the whole cu.ss]
OF the country, people who are nervs,
and unhappy, are almost inyar,.N
people who have 30 much loose fins l
their hands that they don't know wh1
to do with 1t.
There Is so much to be done. tn
1t isn't necessary to run your =,
business, or have a shop, or ~
where you punch a time. clock. a, ~
OF those things at all.
There are more people than sro..
to take care of that end Of il.
But there are houses 10 be ~
beautified, and made comfortable n
people TO be cheered. hungry neo,,s
be FED. lonely people to be thousbt ~
why, you can't number all the nossST1 M
ties for helpful, necessary occmD.st1 ov;
that are waiting for some one to NJ
them up. ' " "
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Adventures With a Purse

IF YOUR girl is graduating from
l. school this year, there will be pres
cnts for her, and that means that she
will want some very special paper on
which to send out her polite little
thank you" notes. Younger girls par
ticularly have q penchant for fancy
paper, and am sure that they would
be simply delighted with some that one
Of the stationery shops is selling at a
reduction. The box which attracted
me shall tell you about. The paper
Is very pale shade Of lavender, pale
enough to conform to the rules OF
writing paper etiquette, and the en- :
velopes are lined with dark purple
tissue paper which has throughout a
slender line Of gold trailing a delicate
design. Other combinations can also
be had, and they are priced at 81 box
Pencils are the most elusive of tools
and about the best way to be sure OF
always having one on hand Is to buy
them in quantities and have them IN
every nook and corner where thew are
liable to be wanted. For household ust
1t Is good plan to buy those with
the butchers list or family budget mus,
be changed. Pencils of either hard OF
soft lead, round or hexagOn in shane
and with an eraser on the end, can b,
had for fifty five cents dozen, which
I am told, is particularly low price.
II ...:s q sss!s ss1,::: .s wsrss:.s .s,
SS1SSeI ~ r q ~ a 800 =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

n IN n II W n o m l
know, He is not a
Crouch and a mis-
ant hrope. or a
mysogynist. hat
ing all women. lie
is refined and in
tell ual and
kindly. but he hon =
estly thinks we are
all of these ter
rible things.
Now it Is not
sufficient to brush
s u e h accusations
aside with amuse =
ment or scorn or
nrnar u.a ,,,,,ct Ia
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
For the TrareLer

II you're planning to do any travelling
this summer, it's a wise thing to have
at least some Of your undertakings made
Of cotton crepe, because this means that
you. can wash them yourself, and they
don't have to be ironed. So the laun.
dry problem won't worry you, and the
material is cool to wear, too.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

WIN II current mag
azinc.
" s o m e ore
y ! OF 20 p by you
don't agree wit h,
h oney. or is the
story continued in
our next?' he asked
mildly.
II don't k o W
whether it's phi
losophy or not, but
it seems to me to
be awfully silly. +"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Observation-Disclosures
The Woman's Exchange
To N'E. w."

Take your dog to a veterinarian or
inquire about hin. at one OF the pet
shops listed in the classified section of
the telephone directory. am sure you
will learn how to mako him better.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Things You'll Love to Make

You can make this captivating JET
HEADDRESS very easily. Measure a
piece OF fine silk covered wire to fit
around the crown Of your head. String
round or fiat jet beads on the wire
leaving a small space between beads
Join another piece of the wire to one
end OF the first piece. Run the second
wire through the first bead, Then strins
a number Of smaller beads on the Ger. !.
ond wire, using as many as will max.
a loop the length you want. BEND The
wire to form the loop. Run the second
wire through the second bead. Make the
second loop the same as the first, but n
little longer. Continue in this way until
the lovely JET HEADDRESS is com
plete. Twist the four ends together and
fasten a large beaded ornament % or
buckle at the back to cover the joinins
~ :. : : \, -. FLORA
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Paul and Virginia B, HELENA norr GRANT

magazine article. I'm sure I can't see
it,"
"well, dear. in business the honest
and only successful way is to give full
value for the money and that idea Ger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Men Think Us Heartless

7 A RE we "mercenary, trivial, and un-
"A stick. to- you -tive--seltish p Those
IRE the qualities ascribcd to our sex by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
A Poem From a Lover

Dear Cynthia-"What is the greatest
thing in the world" asks Drummond
and then, with characteristic simplicity,
he says love"
II Is love; and whether pertinent
TO service or affectionate regard. GER
tainly 1t must be as elastic, variable and
individualistic as human nature itself
Bassanio. in speaking to Antonio In
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice,
says: Her name Is Portia and some.
times from her eyes I did receive fair
speeches. messages Surely this
speech cannot be an empty, insipit
thing but rather let us call 1t Just an,
other demonstration of the versatilit.
OF love"
o, Cynthia, after this depression. lis
ten to the love which has entered int
my life and which emanates from tn
hart emotional, silent yet 1t speaketn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

THE old lady of eighty one has n.,l
= found the world upside dow,
dut, and she has never had any troul|
with any imagined "danger.
She's been too busy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Interesting Women

DR.. Irene Morse. who has been deco.
rated by the French Government IN,
war services, was the first woman pro.
fessOr In the University of Wyoming.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

Mrs. Culla J. Vayhinger, the first
woman to receive nomination for a seat W
in the Indiana State Senate, has long
been prominent as n temperance re-.
former.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

One OF Americas foremost cotton o.,
pssts Gn,s y hSis miss ..is; =; n: Galkin Of New
4cs' ~ Snors y. Snler business is to deter.
sSt1ss iis iSsS sioE q cloth to
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
An Ethical Interlude

"EN1DDLESTICKS" CALCULATED Vir-
L ginia, obviously annoyed.
Paul looked up to see her occupied
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05
Can You Tell?

Tomorow-Saying 1t With Flowers
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

TomorrOw-Why Arc Telegraph Poles
on Curves Never UprightY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-05

TOmOrrOw-Picking q Cook