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WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW-THINGS THAT INTEREST MAID AND MATRON
ELLEN ADAIR SEES
STEERAGE FOLKS
MERRY DANCES
Enjoys Her Days Aboard
Boat Watching Happy
Homeseekers as T li c y
' While Away the Time.
VIII.
The 1ny flew by nit tlie Atlnntlc
llnor, seven In nil. I think those quiet
days woro lmppy ones. Anions the
BtceraBC crowd Word kltutly folk. The
Irish were the merriest ot nil, and
nothing damped their gay enthusiasm.
They danced their native dances on the
deck untiring, ttnfntlRtied. A concertina
adly out of tune, wns their boIo 01
chestra. I loved to wntch tho iutl
colleens dance, shawls round their
heads, and Irish eyes urIow. llach ko'
poon led his colleen to tho lloor, and In
cloBRcd feet they tripped tho hnpplest
measures.
But In the ilntico Onllclniw took the
jialm. Stranpely enoitxli. the inch wntiM
dance together, scornlnR a umnnti pan
jit. t have nnver seen nmre pracefui
ilnnccrs thnn these men. Onlleltin and
Itnllan. Th rhythm of the music
spurred their feet, and lent Ininptnattun
to their dance. StratiKo cries they some
times pave, but musical the gondoliers
of Venice Rhe the same when piloting
nuiet Rondolas nlong. I almost heard
the splashlns f the oars In their stranR
rrles. nnrl nw the Icseln spnikllnc in
Itnllan sun.
haity in.nrs ox noAisn.
"When the dance was ovr each slncl'
Wnn would seek his Rlrl naln, who, too,
vlth the Italian Rlrls had dnueed. To
pettier they would share an orntiRO or
n Ulss. Rut when thai, dreadful con--rtlna
wheezlly hesan once more each
man would rush to find his own male
pai tner.
Among the ccond class above, who
often watched tho steerage donee helow.
T saw the merry, humorous youth who
had traveled In my rnllttay cnrrinRi'
down to Southampton. Kach day that
hoy was with a different girl. Struv
j-eraps of eonxersation lloated down to
me, for I had claimed one solitary spot
ns mine a coll of ropr twslde tho rail
mid there I nearly always sat.
"I think oil are :i topping Rlrl!" T'd
hear him murmur to his early-mornliiR
rartner on the upper dock. "I'm really
frightfully keen, you know you look so
lovely in this cold, clear wind! 1 love a
Krone athletic girl tho best In fact, just
ou!"
Bv afternoon his narly-Moinlns Girl
would disappear. 1 think she spent Ions
hours In that preat swimming pool the
iWhlte Star liner cat lied.
So In lir stead would come a different
tvpo. The Boy would pl-iee two deck
rhalrs in the sun. 1 glimpsed n fluffy.
Tietty faro einldsl a clnud ot wrap
i'4-hate tl" seal" a petulant voice would
exclaim. "T never will set up till nftei
jioon, thouch memma sas I'm lam.'
"Vou're all a woman ought to be. and
thnt Is simply perfect, ' coord the Roy
idi, base riecelvei.' "J hate the strong,
athletic type a man likes to protect n
Flrl."
ILLUSIONS OF TICK SEA.
The pine ozone of tho Atlnntlc breezo
most truly hreeds flirtation in its train.
An ocean vojage brings such strange,
hallucinations, too! I'p In the first-class
et the Married Man. so Jolly In the gay
deck-sport", so gallant In his manner
toward tho girls, has now become, an
object of commiseration and of pity. He
Jh unhappily married so the rumor has
It. "Poor fellow!" savs tho Prettiest Girl
on board. "I feel so sorry for that man'
At last night's danee he :eally hinted thnt
he cared for me and there he's tied up to '
a wife he cannot love! Poor fellow! It j
jb so sail ana strange!"
It did teem strange. I-'or Just a dav or
two before I saw him almost weeping
OB he fondly kissed hU pretty wifo fare
well upon Southampton dock. "Good
heavens! I hate to think of this heastlv
voyage without vou. .Mary!" I had heaid
him say. with franklv red-rimmed eves.
"Drop roe a postcard even dav to let
m know how nil the kiddies are This
four week's trip is Just h bit too long."
Yes, It whs strung"! Pm-uapi. the sea
had given the Prettiest Olrl hallucina
tions! Tho voyage drew nt length to Its Ht
lay. That flnnl morning I ro rarlv
Slid watched till Xew York llrbor and
the great Statue of I,ihertv appeared. I
Was deeply Improved bv the Inv'rly
utatue with tho beautiful strong face and
high imperious arm. She seenmd to
heckon lonelv emigrants onward, onward
to peace and prosperity.
Wo slowlv sailed up the Xorth rtlver
and the swarming river-eiaft looked
strangely foieign to my English oyeg
The landing at New York was a. lone
ind tedious business. Protracted inter
views took place with doctors. Jmmlgnt
tion authorities, customs men. l begun
to wonder and to doubt If America could
really bo the land of freedom and of
liberty after all. When all tormalltl
had been gone through, and they do not
jnake. It ea for a sir! to land alone.
I scanned the faces on that great wide
lock, I scanned them for a long lon
tlme. No uncle was In sight. "Th time
of a business man is er really his
own," said I to myself in a would-be
optimistic spirit, "he will certainly be at
the Philadelphia teiminus"
THE nETX'TlN THIP.
In half an hour ro luggage was trans.
i erred, and I stood awed within the
portals of the finest railway station in
tho world. I thought I must be bacfe In
dear Saint Paul's Cathedral once again.
No sign of smoke or trains was there,
mid yet Its name -was Pennsvlvaula
Itallroad Station. In the bush of Its vast
j-pjeet, men and women moved go
fdlantty that one scarcely heard a sound.
The prevalent air was one of method,
beauty and a silent quick dUpateb. Our
Knglish stations would do well to copy
this magnificent New York building,
Sor'n some long stops 1 went, end
Mi SS T "Wt lv B IMS
MisSs. vP" SM Ml.-Jri
BEFORE THE
SANDMAN COMES
SIX little crayon pencils stood in n
row in a little celluloid case 011
Tommy's desk.
Knelt stod tip straiplU and tall with
its sharpened nose erect in llicair.
Tommy was very proud of Ins pen
cils and he often sal in front of his
desk and looked at them.
"I wonder which one will Ret worn
out first," he thotiRht to himself, and
he counted over the colors carefully.
it3.i I. -.,,., ,..n trnltnw. ntirnlc
1 anil blue; of course, they're all very
1 ..: !... ...... til,,..,. .-,.,1 cneitiQ In lie
mil, iJUl numtiiuw t.vi oww -
the nicest I"
Then he hunted up some maEa.mcs
so he coultl color the pictured adver
tisement in the hack.
"I think I'll color this picture first,
he said, as he-found the picture of a
big automobile. Then he looked His
pencils over to decide what color it
should be. .... . .
"Of course it will be red," he said,
after much thought, and he set to
work making the most gorgeous red
automobile you ever s'.iwt
To be sure he put green grass and
sonic yellow daisies at the side of the
automobile i he made the road brown
and the sky blue, but for all that the
picture was redvery red. ,
Then he found a picture of a big
factorv. "Maybe I ought to make this
brown"," said Tommy thoughtfully,
AN INCOMPLETED COSTUME WHICH AWAITS A FINAL FITTING
FOR ITS LAST TRIUMPHANT STITCH
found the trains wore waning theie.
They looked so different fiol.i our Tlnglish
trains, and oh, the size of tli'li tre
mendous engines!
In a few minutes 1 a off. 11 ml (lhi
through the Hat country that lies be
tween New Yoik and the cltv of Phila
delphia. The painted wooden bouses
seemed so Mian,:, like gresu big to,i
and Noah's Ark-I could not think thnt
they were leally farms. I saw such
frtrange new trees, too, and new flowers,
and sreat advertisements dated In the
fields. Strange weeds giew in the
marshes, towering high, and through the
carriage window shon" the hottest aim
I've ever known. Such heat was new to
me, an English girl. I did not lilio that
blazing, burning sun. I wanted a cool
shade, and one quiet sleep Hut Philadel
phia wus drawing close, and that meant
friends, and hope, ami a new life. 1
closed my tyes and pictured happints.
COUNTER CONFIDENCES
RECIPES FOR
THE HOUSEWIFE
L-lVEIt STl'KFKD.
Choose a calf's or sheep's Ilor. T.nrd
it carefully with little plee of lat lmcon.
Prepare a siutllng of breadci umbs, thyme,
parslej, a little piece of lemon rind, 'i
ounces of suet, and mix with a little
milk. Uiease-a small baking tin, spread 1
tho stufhng in the tin. lay the Uxer ovei
and bako for thn-e-u'iart.-rs of nn h ur.
KN-il.IBIl TEA CAKES.
Ingredients, 't pound of flour, " nuncr j
of butter. 1 teaspoonful baking powder, 'i ,
ounces of sugar. Itub butter Into flour,
add sugar and baking powder, mix to
soft pane with mUlt. roll and cut Into
round , Inch thick. Hake In quick oven.
Eaten hot or cold, cut open and butter.
I.ENTIU SOl.'P. J
Wash Hi lounds of lentils, peel and
sll.e one Hin.ill '-ii.-t. 'i p'Katofi-, 2 onions
and cut kmall enough turnip and celery to 1
nil a teacup. Pry the onions m a littl I
dripping till brown; add the remainder of
the tesetahlea and fry also for a fiw ,
minutes. Now add tho lentils, with 8
quarts of water, or stock made from a ,
marrow bore. Simmer for two hours, nnd
then pour all through a sieve. Itetirn to
the saucepan, season with salt and pep- '
per. stii in a little dripping or butter,
beat up, awl servo with crisply loanU-d ,
bread. '
J5T TKTliIJiIINGS IN VOGUE j
The gutter f Jet is bii on many o
the creations of the -asnn. It Is riding
the warn of popularity and jot motifs.
bands, wide and narrow, and balloons of
different cut and size trim frocks and j
blouses.
Jet button In olive and diamond shape
are used with loops of situ Instead of
buttonhubis. The touch of black that con. ,
tributes to the artistic sucress of some. I
ot the roast delicate and ethereal co- 1
tumes U supplied mact delightfully by j
, Few I'oint, Cunccmiug I'rcrcnl und
Future Prices for Cotton Sheet,
Or 1'i.htjh:. it is dinieuit to ten
wh.it the futuie juice ot cotton will
be, tmt one thing is rertaln, It
won't be any le.-i.s and in all probability
will be much higher.
At llrit thought tills seems tu be a most
Illogical condition of affairs, for, accord
ing to all leports. Southern warehouses
are bursting with bales of raw cotton,
simply because there Is no European mar
ket for this staple. Another fact In con
nection with the piobablo rise In the
pi ice of cotton goods Is that bankers and
brokers uro loaning money to plantation
owners and cotton brokers and accepting
warehouse rej.,lpts at collateral.
This may lie the rtrst time in tho history
of tho cotton trade when waiehouso ru
eelpts became legal tender, broadly
speaking.
While the yaidago supply of cotton
sheitlng and pillow case tubing seems to
be ns limitless as usual, and whllo a
broker can obtain money on warehouse
reepts, he will not sell his cotton to
manufacturei s 11 ml weavers for a lower
price than that which he can obtain
oidlnarily abroad. Ho suffeis no Imme
diate loss of income, and th chances aro
that If he holds his commodity ho will
make a good!) profit Inter 011.
Should tho war be settled within a few
months' tlmo or peace he declared, pend
ing now treaty proscts, then Europe
will be hungry for cotton again. In either
event It seems ns though those of us who
will nevd to buy sheets and pillowcases
for our spring and summer mipoly had
hettcr ,tuko advantage of the present
rates, which are normal, and lay In a
fcupplv to anticipate a future rise In price
IVhrri the time comes for replenishing
theiie wholesale stocks, then we shall see
a higher range of prices.
word to the wise Is sufficient.
"THE GIRt, BEHIND THE COUNTER."
Correspondence of general Interest
to women readers will be printed on
this page. Such correspondence should
be addressed to the Woman's Editor,
Evening Ledger,
SOLDIERS OF TIN
FILL YOUNGSTERS'
HEARTS WITH JOY
Reflection of War on Toy
Market No Scarcity in
Supply of Playthings of
All Kinds.
llEili
lleic's good new for jou, bos and
glils.
Expensive toys, which have been so
banco since the war wns begun, aro now
to be had In abundance, nnd even If pence
Is not declared within flvo ydnrs TIi8
nursery will not suffer to any extent.
On our doll's piano, your sled, or that
fine drum that you have been using for
ninny yenis you have noticed the wonls
"Mndo In ciermnny." In fact, on al
most nil of jour best plaj things these
Wolds uppeur.
Hut conditions have changed since the
European armies wcie assembled, nnd
huenftei' on ninny of your toys will be
printed hi great, bioad letters "ilnde In
Aineric-i." And, b. tlie wny, I'hlladel
ph la boasts of the Inrfiest toy factory
In the fulled Stales.
When (ommutco between thU country
mid the Herman empire was discontinued
the toy merchants wrie frantic. Their
business depended almost enllielv upon
Importation'. Toys of n ceilnin kind
wcie liluillflll enough here, but the doll
tale tin playthings, dolls thnt make
speeches, nnd nil of those thlncs which
ni e typically (jenuati were not ohtnln
nhlf here.
The American toy mnn Is icsoiirceful.
lie decided that, 8 far as possible, what
can't be had from Germany shall bo
mado In the United States. Consequently,
many of the factories are now producing
goods that have hitherto been sold only
by German firms.
Perhaps the domestic product won't
be quite as good as tho European, or per
haps some foolish children will bo disap
pointed by their failure to seo "Mnde In
Germany" on their playthings, but the
average American child will bo as happy
ns over with his Amcrlcan-mnde bouts,
dolls, guns nnd games.
To please the exceptional youngster who
won't be content without tho "foreign
kinds a shlpp will sail to this country
every week bearing n few toys ot Euro
pean manufacture. The goods will be
shipped from the German factories to
Holland or Sweden nnd from tho ports
of either of those countries the toys will
be shipped to New York,
So thcro Is no reason to wony about
playthings whllo the troubles of school
are Just beginning, Hnnta ClauV chief
assistant, the best known toy mnn In
Philadelphia, sold today that of all things
that he has In Btock tin soldiers ,rirc In
greatest demand.
While mothers and fathers aro talking
of the terrible times In Europe, It Is only
natural that the tittle ones should be
thinking of military matters. As a re
sult, every boy whS-ls having a birth
day Just now Is anxious for a set of
solcllcts.
They nlwnys weie n favorite among
etilldirn, but now they are liked more
than ever. Some make believe sohlleis
an, made In America nnd tunic In Ger
many, and It Is hard to tell which brand
Is licit. The hugo toy factory In this
city Is now making cannons that shoot
rubber balls. They make 11 noise that
Is snld to be almost ns loud as real guns.
Automobiles mnde entirely of wood
are now on the American market. They
are being sold In Inrgo nuinbeis because
whether you kick them or hit them, ihunv
them In the street or stamp-your foot
on them, they won't break. Airships are
ns popular as ever.
and lie tried brown jii a corner of the
huildincr. Hut brown wus so dull lie
didn't like it at all, o lie decided to
color tlie. building red red brick, nt
course.
By the time thai was done tlie red
point was all worn off and Tommy's
father had to make a new one. Thai,
of course, made the red pencil ihortcr,
but Tommy didn't care he had his
red pictures what did the lcliRth of
the pencil matter?
Over and over, every day the same
thiiiK happened!
The magazines became full of ted
colored picture, for Tommy coloicd
everything from canoes to garbage
cans the same gaudy jcolor. And the
poor little red pencil grew shorter and
shorter, till it was only a tiny stub,
baicly sticking above the white case.
Then one night something happened
what do you suppose it was?
At the mystic hour of midnight,
when you and Tommy were both
a.slccp; at the very hour when all
sorts of queer things happen, those
crayon pencils began to talk!
"Oh, dear, 1 don't sec why nobody
likes me." grumbled the brown 011c:
"here I have never even been sharp
ened but once!" And he looked very
mournful as lie aired his grievance!
"1 wish I wasn't so popular,"
groaned the red pencil sadly. "I'm
nearly worn to death with hard
usage."
Just then two little mice came
snooping 'round to sec what they
could find to nibble. They beard the
red pericil speak, so they hurried up
to see what he was lilte.
"Nice soft wood, better try some,"
said one.
"Let's sec what's inside," said the
other.
They nihbled away till the red pen
cil was ruined, then they scampered
off to the pantry in search of some
thing more filling.
And how do you suppose poor Tom
my felt the next morning when he
found his beloved red pencil all
ruined?
Copyright. 301 1, by "lari jngrnni .lu.lson.
Tomorrow IIouc limiting.
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CWMBi
COUiNTJLNG
MALCOLM S. JOHNSTON.
I've had one peppermint,
And now I'll ent one tnoie,
I wish 1 only knew.
If thrco comes first or four.
I'or "three," my mother said.
Was nil that's good for mc.
And so I'm wondering,
Does four come first or three?
(Copyright. 10H.)
COURTING A SPANISH GlRI
PROCEEDS ON ODD LINES
Nowhere Else In tho World la Cus.
torn Bo Novel.
In no other country In tho world iM
tho process In courting proceed" on sut.h
unique lines as In Spain. In no otw
country docs love at first sight so ttt.
qucntly lead to man Inge. Tho yoim,'
unmarried gill of good social position
never wnlks In tho street unless accom
panlcd by a chaperon, and It Is nult
permissible for nny man yh Rtlra(,l(!(, ,
by heS to follow licr. Ho must not waix
abreast of her, nor qught he, on th
first occasion, to speak to her. Having
ascertained where she lives, It i,0 (,
sincere In his pursuit, ho makes frequent
appearances under tho window, and con.
Unties to follow her when she and her
chaperon go out.
If the lady Intends to respond, she win
presently mako nn appearance on tho
balcony nnd enter Into conversation wit),
him. IIo may oven tnlk to her when
she goes out, nnd her chaperon will turn
a dent ear when tho lady coyly thron
lcpllcs over hur shoulder. In this somo.
what extraordinary way each discovert
tho social position of the other, and then,
If Independent Inquiries mnde by parent!
and guardians are quite satisfactory, tlis
little lllrtatlon from tho balcony pursue!
nn uninterrupted course, and the man
gradually attains a recognized position
as his ndored one'B novlo.
Kor months tho bashful coupie m
linger nt thli pleasant stage Uut at
length the thins comes when the novlo It
rtieUed Into the girl's home mid meeti
her pin cuts. lie It, bow-ever, never for
one moment left alone with her, nnd any
evenlnn hi ho Cnslellnno In Jfnrlrld you
mny sen young couples In this stage wnlk.
Ing out, neconipnnlcd by a deaf mule
lnd ! The tram mis In Mndild are cun.
stritctcd with scats for two 011 one sldt
of th gangway, and a single scat on lh
other: the single 0110 Is known ai tin
chnprmn's.
"While there pleasant stages are drifting
on cither pnity Is fice to end the filcnil.
.ship, but at hist comes the time when
tlie novlo, plucking up nil courage, goes
through tho format ccrcinonv of asklnij
foi the lady's hand. If this Is duly
cranted, theio Is thdi nil official )(.
tiiithnl. which is usually follow til b
eilding within n few weeks.
J. fenklin Miller
1626Chesfcnu.t St.
ANDIRONS
And Klre Fixture
In every size and
style at prices al
ways consistent
with
Kood
quality.
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Burnwel! Coa
The test of tho fiercest
fire you can make won t
clinker BURNWELI,
COAL. That's one par
ticular quality that
makes this prade both
efficient and economical.
Sold only by
E. J. Cummings
4 Yards: Main Office, 113 N. 13th St.
WtOtUVIR
fcTQJJAIOTO
ntoTfaXiTuna
YOUTH AND AGE
T HERB'S not a joy the worUl can give like that it takes away
When the glow ot early thought decUnaa In feelings dqlj dayj
'Tis not on youth's tmooih cheek the blush alone which fadj gg (osU
But the tender bloom of heart is gone, ere youth ltli bjj pa.
Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck ot happiaasa
Are drien o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess:
The magnet ot their couiie U gone, or only point in vaijn
The shore to which their shivoted sail shall never stretch, agataj
ratTuen the mortal coldness of the soul like death iUclf cosies dotta;
Tiw'i cannot feel for others woes, it dare not dream its own:
lvlulhat heavy chill has fiozen o'er the fountain of our tears
'" And though the ec may ypaikle still. 'u whete the u appears.
O, could I feel as I have felt, or be wliat I have ben
Or weep as I rould on-e have wept o'er tnn a i-tniFhtd scene
As spring In de ertv found seem sweet, all brackish though th v be
Bo midt the witherpj waste ot Me, those tears would flow to mr' '
LORD BXIIO.Y4
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Sale of Brushes
Five kinds to choose from. 25c
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This week, 18c
Hand or Nail Scrub Brushes.
Regular 50c alue, 25c.
HAIR BRUSHES
Regular 75c value, 50c each.
$1 00 to $1 50 value, 75c each.
Do You Know
This Step?
The girl who can dance
THE CASTLE POLKA
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The Castle Polka is Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle's latest
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iust as the ' Hesitation" did last season.
Let Mr. and Mrs. Castle teach you- in your own home
how to dance it. They give you personal lessons in two
pages of pictures and text
In the October Issue of
The Ladies' Home Journal
You can learn it in an hour or two in your own home, just
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