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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Girls Wanted to Marry Him

Dear Cynthia Have been reading
your column as others and, of course
the temptation Is strong. so | viii not
resist II any longer. ! read of Lone
some and | pity her for being unable
to control her feelings. as l think she
is rather young.
Dear Lonesome" If Cynthia will
permit me tC. write to you through her
column ! would like to meet you and
take some of that lonesomencss out of
you. I am but four and twenty, and a
stranger in this city, but am making
friends slowly but surely. | will be glad
to know in hearing from you that this
letter shall console YOU n little.
You may be lucky in many ways, as
Cynthia says, but don't know It, So
cheer up. All clouds have a silver
lining. ] have Travelled through other
large cities, but l find Philadelphia
as IA City of Brotherly Love
Dear Cynthia, please let me take u
little Of your valuable time and say Il
bit more OF some of those foolish critics
If It,ts%. our OF city "a and girls s,c have GTnI nn
the narrow-minded people who write
those things, for they don't know any
better. They either write for fun or
fooltshneSS as know a person with a
bit of sense and reasoning thinks diff
ferently. \ person that knocks cur girls
and city should be knocked. There is
nothing belongs to them. The country
Is free, Why criticize others when their
faults ar" greater, for they are Judged ?
! like III" girls and the city, for
see something new in everything. II
everything was the same, where would
We get any experience, which is So
valuable Cuce you hay" 1t in captivity?
Why should I or any one else judge
or criticize others We all do and
think for the best, and all pleasure
differs in people. Ii we look for any
thing whore W. should we will find it.
but some want It to come.
| have tried many things and failed
but I'm sttll here. ! had many cases
of one.sldcd Low" affairs. ! mean that
of all the girls that loved me and
wished marriage, none appealed to me
But | like the girls just the same. and
will be waiting without any criticism
of others. | would like to tell people
like "T H." Doe etc, bit TheIl
knOwl"dg" Is very small for real sensi-
BILE writer's to your column.
Dear Cynthia, hope that all of your
readers will vote to eliminate such
letters Of foolish criticism of our girls
and city, in which and for which We
live, Some people can't live with a
woman, but they can't live without
one. Dear Cynthia, | wish your column
many successes. and hope 1t spreads
happiness to them all. Many thanks
B. A. FRIEND.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Tempting Desserts Can Be Made With
the Lowly Raspberry, Says Mrs. Wilson
This Includes. Among Others Delicious Cream Pufs Charlotte
Russes Shortcakes and Tars

tart with two tablespoons of the fol-
lowing mixture.
Place in small bowl
Three quarters cup of sugar.
TwO tablespoons of -four.
One quarter teaspoon Of nutmeg.
Mix by sitting until we'll blended.
Bake the tarts is slow oven for twenty
five minutes. When ready to serve.
pile high with Caledoniun or whipped
cream.
Raspberry Shortcake
Place in mixing bowl
Three cups Of sifted -four,
One teaspoon Of salt.
Three lercl tablespoons of baking
p0wder,
Three tablespoons of sugar.
Sift to blend and rub in one half
cup of good shortening, then use two
thirds cup of milk To form dough.
Turn on slightly Toured modin- board
and roll out about one half inch ihick
Cut with large biscuit -cuttcr. Place on
baking sheet and bake for eighteen min :
utcs in hot oven. Split butter lightly
and fill with crushed and sweckrnei
berries and serve with thin custard
sauce.
Blackberries may be used in all the
above recipes for variety.
Raspberry Charlotte Russo
Place in saucepan
one cup Of milk.
Fire tablespoons of sugar.
Three tablespoons of cornstarch.
Stir to dissolve the starch and sugar
and bring to boil. Cook slowly for three
minutes. then add the yolks Of two
eggs. Beat yolks in hard and cook
for one minute. Cool and before the
mixture becomes thick and firm fold in
One cup Of mhippcd cream.
The sttMy beaten whitcs of the two
eggs.
One and ono. halt cups of rashed and
rcH. dried raspbcrrtes.
Line the little paper cups that arc
sold for ices and charlottcs with either
srongr cake or lady fingers cut in half.
Then fill with the prepared cream. using
Il pastry bag and plain tube. Dust tho
top with powdered sugar and garnisl,
with n raspberry. Keep ice cold until
ready to serve.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
ITO BE COntinucd.)
Read Your Character
Bv Di0by Phillips
Hair and Handwriting

The connection between hair and
handwriting is rather a close one.
Coarse hair, as was explained in q
previous article. denotes in general
way the rough. rugged. hardy nature
that is not very sensitive to the finer
shades Of distinction. and which there
fore always seems somewhat brutal and
over practical to the person of opposite
characteristics.
Heavy handwriting indicates just
about the same sort of nature as coarse
hair. coarse skin and hard flesh.
On the other hand, the sort of person
whose character is indicated by fine
hair. soft. delicate skin, and soft or
resilient flesh. Is just the sort of person
who is likely to write fine hand.
bearing lightly on the pen. and letting
it slip easily over the paper without
any attempt at shading.
The point is this. If n person has fine
hair and also writes fine hand the
combination serves to emphasize the
sensitivencss of his or her make up,
while combination Of heavy writing
with fine hair, or fine writing with
coarse hair would give you n combina
tiOn in which the elements in question
more or less neutralized each other.
TOmOrrOw-Curly Hair and Hasty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Can a Woman Be Happy in Love
Which viii Hurt Three Other Persons>
An Author Says She Cannot but Some OF Her Readers Dis
agree With Her in Her Story-What Do You Think?

posed to that all her life? No, Il
wouldn't be right.
Her husband had forfeited her Low.
atty by his behavior; she owed him
nothing.
But she owed her conscience soma.
thing. and that wouldn't stop askin,
for payment.
A ND she owed her child n chance. A
a proper outlook on life, n whole.
somn atmosphere. In which TO live,
Then she had to be true to her con,
victions.
II was her belief that n promise onc.
ter how the circums anccs nipht
change.
She knew that her lover had lost Al,
desire to marry the girl he was en-.
gagged to-. but he was in honor bound IN
have been impossible for her TO bs
happy, knowing TINT SHE had made him
break l..
And so she sacrificed that love which
had come too late. and made him "a
back to the girl he could never love
as he loved her.
Was she right or was she wrc nrr
Persons who read the book vritd
fcrvent protests to the author, sp,in2
that the woman who loved should moi
have given up her great love 70. ths
sake of her ideals. that she was Nnly
making four surely unhappy instead ol
tNo possibly so.
DUT the writer replies that q woMan
Owho loves is supremely capable Of
self sacrifice. and that love based upon
the misery of others is never happy.
In her opinion the number of women
in real life who choose to be loyal and
faithful. with cares and difficulties and
a lost love. is much greater than the
number Of those who are willing 10
break off their good faith. throw Of
their responsibilities and try to thrive
on love that is selfish and narrow.
Who is right, the author or het
readers?
Experience. after all. solves all such
problems better than anything else can.
What has your experience been?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Two Minutes
of Optimism
What Do You KnO,U?
BY HERMAN J. STITCH

\ business woman whose annual sal
any runs into five figures told me the
other day that she went into n store
to buy some lace.
In answer to her questions, the girl
kept saying, Il don't know
Finally. somewhat exasperated, my
{: lend exclaimed
why, you don't seem to know any
ming about laccs. and yet you get a
.nlary. If I knew as little about my
business as you do about yours. I'd
arve."
a few months later she went there
again and asked for the girl.
"Why.' said the superintendent,
she's not here now. She has gone
arioad to buy lace for the firm"
That girl; Why, she knew nothing
Yes" said the superintendent. "but
a lady came in one day and told her
she knew nothing about her business,
md she started in to study. Now she
knows more than any of us.
An inch makes n wonderful differ
cnce In the length Of ones nose.
4 man who takes the trouble to do
n little digging on his own and learn
immediately stands out.
The path that leads to success IS
MS broad as ever, the competition ap-
rarertlv still as negligible.
To 60 where others cannot 60 or
are loath to 60. where Mt least they
are not, YOU have merely to study and
fn"w more than the rest. and your
Lead ar once rises above the mob and
YOU are III your employers eye. where
it should always be so satisfying for
an emrlCye to be.
And as so few heads lift themselves
above the many. there is never any
danger that yours will not be seen.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
THE HOME
IN GOOD TASTE
Types of Floor Coverings
BIZ Harold Donaldson Eberlein

Whether rugs or n carpet shall be
used to cover the floor is matter to be
decided in the long run by personal
preference. From sanitary point OF
view, rugs are easier to handle when
cleaning is to be done. On the other
hand. il one is pursuing definite color
scheme in the composition of room.
it is often easier to find a carpet that
will answer the purpose than it is to
get just the right rug or rugs.
1t Is likewise matter for personal
preference to determine whether the
floor covering shall be in one piece
that is to say, n carpet or one large
rug or in a number Of smaller units.
as in the case of two or more rugs of
less dimension. In any event, 1t is
commonly desirable to have some of the
floor showing around the edges of the
room.
The most important thing of all is to
| have the floor covering, whether car
| pet or rugs. absolutely right in color
and in pattern, for the floor covering Is
just as much of background for the
rest of the furnishings as are the walls,
whose function in this respect has al.
ready been explained.
Tomorrow - "COlOr and Pattern OF
! Floor Coverings
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10

YTVIIE married woman In the story,
L whose husband was weak and
brutal. was IN love with an engaged
man.
She cared for him deeply and he In
his turn was ready to forget all hi'
pledges TO his fianccc. all the standards
of honor in which Il" had been train
ed, for the sake of his love for her.
AT FIRST. carried away by her
"A feeling for the man. the woman was
almost willing.
Then. MS she stopped to think and re-
fleet upon the future. she knew that
they couldn't do 1t.
She knew that It was not their great
love, strong and beautiful as II was,
which would count for or against them,
but what they did with 1t. -.
She realized that IL they used II
selfshly 1t would hurt them. for they
could never be happy knowing that they
had made some ono else un happy.
That is the undeniable fact about
love--it does not thrive on some one
clso's unhappincss. .-,
This woman was far sighted enough
to see that complete remuneration OF
all responsibilities and obligations
would only increase their difficulties
because 1t wouldn't be fair.
"Alls fair in love- doesn't mean
that.
TT SHE had given in, had left her
i husband. and had broken up her
child's home and family traditions, sh'
would have been shirxing.
She wou,, have to face lifetime OF
wondering what had happened to the
man, Of knowing that her child would
have TO hear those remarks always
mo, he isn't her real father. her
mother left her real father. Divorced
yes" That gossip which hurts be-
cause IT'S true. 49,,
A sensitive. impressionable child ex-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10

rApptsD rnEp,,y course, h r g
hNHrhH cool'hf always is the sup
per and the dishes TO wash, and sewing
and mending. Then l hung some pic
lures. and got into trunk in the attic
to find some material l needed. My
back is so tired -
My dear. you are making n serious
mistake exclaimed the woman in
charge Of the department. "If you are
aiming to be good business woman. IL
is absolutely fatal to try to be $, rub
woman and laundress and cook and
seamstress. even on very small scale.
You will neglect your job. and be physi-
Cally Ill and never succeed in carrying
out your ambitions TO rise in your pro-
fession or increase your earning ca
pacity. No ono can serve two masters.
Men seldom try to do So"
CyHE passed on. "Old slave driver"
cwhispcred some Of the girls, 1T is
her object to make machines of us,
with her continual efficiency talk"
You're wrong there, replied the
head bookkccNcr. Miss Ellis is dead
right. Human nature can stand only
80 much. even when woman thinks
she is naturally robust. All profess
sional and business women have tried
the great little scheme of burning the
candle at both ends, and being wage
carners by day and domestic slaves at
night, and it simply can't be done"
THAT is true" said the secretary
to the president, u well poised and able
stenographer who was only twenty five.
but earning $50 week women
simply cannot do good work and plan
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Can You Tell?
How Shaking the Head Came to Mean
"\O''
By R. J. and A. W. Bodner

The original Of this custom Of indi-
catinc ''no' is found in the result Of Il
mother effort in the animal kingdom in
feeding her young. \ mother would uc
trying to induce her young to accent
food which she brought them md en-
deavor to place 1t in their mouths. Per-
hapS, however, the youngStor had had
sufficient food, or did not fancy what
was offered The natural thing un Ter the
circumstances would be to close the
mouth tightly, and shake the hcad from
side to side. to prevent the mother from
forcing food into the mouth Thus we
get the closing Of the lips and shaking
the head from side to side TO indicnlr
mo" 1t Is illustrated often today in
families whore mothers Of children are
trying to give them medicine not pleas
ant to the taste.
How a Nod Came to Mean "Yes"
The idea Of nod to indicate ives 4"
comes from the opposite of the action
just described. When the young animal
was anxious to accept the food offered
it made mn effort to get at the food
quickly. Hence the pushing forward Of
the head, the open mouth aud an ex-
preston of pleasure. You will notice il
observing any one who thus mods TO in .
dicate ''ycs" that the lips are omen
rather than closed, and that there is al +.
ways n smile or the indication of II
smile to accompany it,
Before words became known and
used, man talked to those about him by
the use of signs. gestures and other
movements of the body. Even today YOU
can indicate mo" or ''ycS" to any one
anywhere, no matte" what thc Ian
guage, for these Signs are universal.
|
TOmOrrOw-DO Growing Things Add Ia
to the Weight Of ti,f Earth?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Loves Her, But Does Not Proposs

Dear. Cynthia--I would appreciat te
your advice on little problem of mine.
| am twenty years of age and for more
'han year have been going round with
a chap seven years older than I, We
I"He each other dearly. but seem to b.,
getting nowhere From present indica-
tons 1t will he just a case of getting in
q rut ana jogging along like this for
Years He has declared the most pas
.s.ohate love for me, does everything he
can TO please me shows me every consid-
Grafton. but he never speaks of marriage
Now' cynthia. I'm not ono of these girls
VINO marry for n meal ticket" or to
avoid being an 'o.d maid" but I don't
think it's fair to take n girls youth and
waste 1t with idle lovcmakng just be-
cause you know she cares for you and
only honorable sequence to love Is mar
rage. However. II Is not entirely his
fault, because he at present is not earn
ing enough to keep Il wife; but | am a
business girl and have responsibilities
now that would IL me in every way to
be help to him, not a drag. We have
so many tastes in common and under
stand each other so well but here | am
refusing the attentions Of other men
because | cannot encourage them when
my whole heart is with another. know
If he cou.d afford 1t he would marry me
tomorrow. but he is too proud to ask me
with things as they are. If there were
only n definite promise between us |
wouldn't mind waiting for he is honor
able But as it Is my position is rather
hard at times. What do you think about
It. Cynthia? II. r. NJ
OF course It isn't fair for a boy to
monopolize a girls time unless he is
engaged to marry her. why do so many
girls allow their boy friends TO make
love to them. declare love for them and
not speak Of marriage? one doesn't
love" mere friend, If this boy speaks
Of his great love again. tell him that you
do not want him to talk that way un.ess
he intends 10 marry you. 1t is not fair
TO you or him, and you should not
allow it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
nv MRS NJ. A. WILSON

CopyriOht. 1922 by Mira. ". A. wilson. Al
rights reserved
TTLY is essentially the berry month,
= and the housewife should make an
effort TO serve these delicious fruits both
natural for the breakfast and in some
attractive dessert for the evening meal
The raspberry and the blackberry ar"
inclined to spoil rapidly. so for this
reason it is best to spread the berries
in single layer on large plate just
as soon as they come in from the mar
ket, and place in refrigerator at once.
Raspberry Mousse
Crush one and one half cups of rasp-
berries and rub through fine sieve to
remove the seeds, now add
One and onc-halt cups Of pordcred
sugar,
Pinch Of nutmeg.
Stir to dissolve the sugar and then
fold in the stifIly beaten whites of two
eggs and one pint Of whipping cream
whipping the cream stiff before adding
to the prepared berries. Turn in mold
and close the mold. Bind the seam ut
the opening with Il strip of muslin about
one inch wide. Dip in melted fat or
paratfin. Press closely to mold. This
is to prevent the salt water from en-
tcring the mixture while freezing.
Pack in mixture Of salt and crushed
ice for two and onc-half hours. You
will find the tub of the ice cream
freezer. or clean bucket. the best to
pack the mousse in &c freeze.
Raspberry Cream Puffs
Place in saucepan
One cup OF WatCr.
One .hdU cup Ot shortening.
Place on the stove and bring to boil
ing point. Cook for two minutes. then
add one cup Of flour and stir to form
n ball. Cook for three minutes. turn
in bowl and beat until cool. then add
four eggs. adding one egg at a time and
beating in each egg well before adding
the second cGg Place rising spoon on Il
well creased baking sheet and keep the
puffS three inches apart. Bake in hot
oven for thirty minutes. reducing the
heat after twenty minutes, and finally
turn off the heat AT thirty minutes and
/ allow the puffs 10 stand in the oven tu
dry out for ten minutes, leaving the
oven door slightly njnr.
When ready to serve the puifS. whir
one pint of cream stiff, adding one cup
Of powdered sugar. then fold in two
cups Of washed and dried berries. Fill
3 the puffs with this cream. Dust well
with powdered sugar. The cream puff
mixtur" makes about sixteen medium
/ size pufiS and the filling will fill about
eight puffs. Set the balance of the
pufrS away in dry box and use for
/ croamcd chicken with peas for the eve-
ming meal later in the week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10

t. improve and rise If they nre worn
out every day when they arrive Mt the
office. and their minds are on a thou
sand details of domestic life. 1t is II
mental as well as physical matter. If
they chatter half the time about hats
they are making and dresses they are
dyeing and making over, and If they
stop at the market for lettuce and
roasts. and at the stationer's for carbon
paper, and at the printers to run down
some lost proof" the two lines Of
thought confuse and weary them.
Men seldom try to work after
hours. unless they are suburbanitcs
with gardens, who simply amusc them
selves by few light jobs. that are play
to them because they need bit of
physical exercise. To man who il any
use ut all in an office. his work IS his
life, and his brain is busted constantly.
dovising ways to better his quality of
production and increase his ability and
his pay envelope. The time watcher
who flies to catch a train, and is more
interested in getting to golf club. or
finishing n chicken fence, or moving
the lawn. than in business, is not the
man that is selected by his employer to
do an important piece of work that re-
quires application and close study
0yIIOMEN are domestic by nature,
w and have SNUG feeling that it
is commendable to brag of their do
nestle achievements. Maybe they ac-
tunlly like to dye pretty fabrics and get
n meal. So long as 1t is merely n
pastimc, just as reading novel or
playing set Of tennis would be-. of
course. it is permissible to frcshCn up
their toilet by evening tasks. But the
trouble is, il usually results in long.
hard lot Of work. and It is detrimental
to their big job of earning n living.
But | can save 80 much money :"
walled a clerk. Il simply cant afford
to buy restaurant meals and hire seam
stresses or buy ready made gowns"
1T Is dcbatabc whether you actually
save money or not. If you are wearing
yourself out. and incHpncitating your.
self for good work. And even if you
actually save few dollars. In the long
run you lose ont, for the salary YOU
begin with seldom is increased unless
you are whirlwind in an Office. Better
let cooks and stores do your home work
and become big woman in the business
world Then YOU can hire experts"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-10
Dress Patterns

After using Il new pattern. tho on :
v"lope containor is often so badly torn
that 1t cannot be used again. Instead
Of tying n string around the pattcr,
or leaving it loose in n drawer, | save
all the heavy manila paper envelopes
that ! find. When ] need n new holder
for my pattern. ! carefully clip the pic ;.
turc and directions from the old one
and paste it on the new. | then have
permanent place for each pattern
a. u. c.. in Good housekeeping.