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WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW-THINGS THAT INTEREST MAID AND MATRON
ELLEN ADAIR SEES
STEERAGE FOLKS
IN MERRY DANCES
Enjoys Her Days Aboard
Boat Watching Happy
Homeseekers as They
While Away the Time.
VIII.
Tho dnys flew by on the Atlantic
liner, seven lit nil. I think those quiet
dnys ncro happy ones. Among the
eteeWBe crowd were kindly folk. The
Irish were the merriest of all. ami
nothing damped their gay enthusiasm.
They tltinccd their native dances on tho
deck untiring, unfatlguod. A concertina,
aadly out of tunc, wns their sole or
chestra. I loved to watch the pretty
colleens dance, shawls round their
heads, and Irish eyes aglow. Each bos
soon led his colleen to the floor, ami In
clogged feet they tripped the happiest
measures.
But In the dnnco Gallclans took the
palm. Strangely enough, tho men would
danca together, scorning a woman part
ner. I have never seen more graceful
dancers than these men, Oallclan and
Italian. The rhythm of the music
spurred their feet, and lent Imagination
to their dance. Strange cries they some
times gave, but musical the gondoliers
of Venice give the same when piloting
quiet gondolas along. I almost heard
the splashing of tho oars In their strange
cries, and raw the loggias sparkling In
Italian sun.
HAPP1 HEARTS OX BOAHD.
When the dance was over each single
man would seek his girl again, who, too,
with the Italian girls hnd danced. To
Ecther they would share on orange or
a kiss. But when that dreadful con
certina whcczlly began once more each
man would rush to find his own male
partner.
Among the fecund class above, who
often watched the steerage dance below,
I saw the merry, humorous youth who
Tiad traveled In my railway carriage
down to Southampton. Kach day that
boy was with a different girl. Stray
Ecraps of conversation floated down to
me. for I hail claimed one solitary spot
os mine a coll of ropr ocslde tho rail
and there I nearly always sat
"I think you are a topping girl!" I'd
hear him murmur to his oarly-morning
partner on the upper deck. "I'm really
frightfully keen. ou know you look so
lovely In this cold, clear wind! I love a
itrong athletic girl the best In fact. Just
you!"
By afternoon his Early-Morning Girl
would disappear. I think she spent long
hours In that great swimming pool the
"White Star liner carried.
So In hr stead would come a. different
type. The Boy would place two deck
chairs in the sun. I glimpsed a fluffy,
pretty face amM3t a cloud of wraps.
"I hate the sea!" a petulant voice would
exclaim. "I nvcr will get up till after-
noon, though momma says I'm lazy.'
"You're all a woman ought to be, and
that Is simply perfect," cooed the Boy
oh, base deceiver! "I hate the strong,
athletic type a man likes to protect a
Eirl."
ILLUSIONS OF THE SEA.
The pure ozone of the Atlantic breeze
most truly breeds flirtation In Its train.
An ocean voyage brings such strange
hallucinations, too! Up in the flrst-class
set the Married Man, so Jolly In the gay
deck-sports, so gallant In his manner
toward the girls, has now become an
object of commiseration and of pity. He
Is unhappily married so the rumor has
Jt ".Poor fellow!" says the Prettiest Girl
on board. "I feel so sorry for that man'
At last night's dance he really hinted that
he cared for me and there he's tied up to
a wife he cannot love! Poor fellow! It
Is so sad and strange!"
It did seem strange. For Just a day or
two before I saw him almost weeping
as he fondly kissed his pretty wife fare
well upon Southampton dock. "Good
heavens! I hate to think of this beastly
voyage without you, Mary'" I had heard
him say, with frankly red-rimmed eyes
"Drop roe a postcard every day to let
me know how all the kiddles are. This
four week's trip Is Just a bit too long."
Yes, It was strange' Perhaps the sea
had given the Prettiest Girl hallucina
tions! The voyage drew at length to Its last
day. That final morning I rose early
and watched till New York Harbor and
the great Statue of Liberty appeared I
was deeply Impressed by the lovely
tatuo with the beautiful strong face and
high Imperious arm. She seemed to
beckon lonely emigrants onward, onward
to peace and prosperity.
V, slowly aalled up the North River
and the swarming river-craft looked
strangely foreign to my English eyes.
The landing at New York was a long
nd tedious business. Protracted inter
views took place with doctors, Immigra
tion authorities, customs men. I began
to wonder and to doubt if America could
really be the land of freedom and of
liberty after all. When all formalities
had been gone through, and they do not
make It easy for a girl to land alone
I scanned the faces on that great wide
dock. I scanned them for a long long
time. No uncle was In sight "The time
of a business man is nver really his
own." said I to myself In a would-be
optimistic spirit, "he will certainly be at
the Philadelphia terminus "
THE RETURN TRIP.
In half an hour my luggage was trans
ferred. and I stood awed within the
portals of the finest railway station In
the world. I thought I muat be back In
dear 3alnt Paul's Cathedral once again.
No sign of smoke or trains was there,
and yet Its name was Pennsylvania
Railroad Station. In the hush of Its vast
spaces, men and women moved so
silently that one scarcely heard a sound.
Tho prevalent air was one of method,
beauty and a silent quick dispatch. Our
English stations would do well to copy
this magnificent New York building.
Do-n some long steps I went, and
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BEFORE THE
SANDMAN COMES
SIX little crayon pencils stood in a
row in a little celluloid case on
Tommy's desk.
Each stod up straight and tall, with
its sharpened nose erect in the air.
Tommy was very proud of his pen
cils and he often sat in front of his
desk- and looked at them.
"I wonder which one will get worn
out first," he thought to himself, and
he counted over the colors carefully.
"U.l t.-, ,,. ...-Ilr.uj. ntirnlc
and blue; of course, they're all very
nice, hut somehow red seems to be
the nicest I" - . .
Tit.,, 1. (... 1 .n ,niti. tiiacra2lltcs
mi i so he could color the pictured adver-
?3 ! tiscments in the back.
r1 "I think I'll color this picture first,
nc sain, as nc loiinu in i ", i i t
big antotnobile. 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 sawl ,
To be sure he put green grass ami
some yellow daisies at the side of the
automobile; he made the road brown
and the sky blue, but for all that the
picture was red very red. ,
Then he found a picture of a btg
factory. "Maybe I ought to make this
brown," said Tommy thoughtfully,
SOLDIERS OF TIN
FILL YOUNGSTERS'
HEARTS WITH JOY
AN INCOMPLETED COSTUME WHICH AWAITS A FINAL FITTING
FOR ITS LAST TRIUMPHANT STITCH
found the trains were waiting there.
They looked so different from our English
trains, and oh, the size of their tre
mendous engines!
In a few minutes I was off, and flying
through the flat country that lies be
tween New York and the city of Phila
delphia. The painted wooden houses
seemed so strange, like great big toys
and Noah's Arks I could not think that
they were really farms. I saw such
strange new trees, too, and new flowers,
and great advertisements flared in the
fields. Strange weeds grew in the
marshes, towering high, and through the
carriage window shone the hottest sun
I've ever known. Such heat was new to
me, an English girl. I did not like that
blazing, burning sun. I wanted a cool
shade, and one quiet sleep. But Philadel
phia was drawing dote, and that meant
friends, and hope, and a nw life. I
closed my eyes and pictured happiness.
RECIPES FOR
THE HOUSEWIFE
COUNTER CONFIDENCES
LIVER STUFFED.
Choose a calf's or sheep's liver. Lard
It carefully with little pieces of fat bacon.
Prepare a stuffing of breadcrumbs, thyme,
parsley, a little pl'ce of lemon rind, 2
ounces of suet, and mix with a little
milk. Grease a small baking tin, spread
the stufllng In the tin. lay the liver over
and bake for three-quarters of an hour.
ENGLISH TEA CAKES.
Ingredients. pound of flour. 3 ounces
A v..,..,. 1 tnfinnnnful baking nowder. 2
ounces of sugar. Rub butter Into flour,
add sugar ana Damn, puwuer. mix. iu
soft paste with milk, roll and cut into
rounds Inch thick. Hak In quick ovui
Eaten hot or cold, cut open and butter.
LENTIL SOUP.
Wash Hi pounds of lentils, peel and
ii- .mail nnrmt. 1 nntatoos. '2 onions
Slut Ulc ntiii. - - - - -
and cut small enough turnip and celery to
fill a teacup, trry to onions in a. mue
dripping till brown; add the remainder of
the vegetables and fry also for a few
minutes. Now add the lentils, with 2
quarts of water, or stock made from a
marrow bone Simmer for two hours, and
then pour all through a sieve. Return to
the saucepan, season with salt and pep
per, stir In a lltUe dripping or buttr.
heat up, and sen with crisply toasted
bread.
JET TKIMMINGS IN VOCHJE
The glitter of Jet Is seen on many of
the creations of the season It U riding
the wave of popularity and Jet motifs,
bands, wide and narrow, and balloons of
different cut and slzt trim frocks and
blouses
Jet buttons In olive and diamond shape
are u?d with loops of silk Instead of
buttonholes The touch of black that con
tributes to the artistic success of some
of the moat delicate and ethereal cos
tumes Is supplied most delightfully by
Jet
A Few Points Concerning Present and
Future Prices for Cotton Sheets.
OP COURSE, it is dllllcult to 'tell
what tho future price of cotton will
be, but one thing Is certain. It
won't be any less and In all probability
will be much higher.
At flrst thought this see.ms to be a most
illogical condition of affairs, for, accord,
ing to nil reports. Southern warehouses
arc bursting with bales of raw cotton,
simply because there Is no European mar
ket for this staple. Another fact In con.
nectlon with the probable rise In the
price of cotton goods Ik that bankers nnd
brokers are loaning money to plantation
owners and cotton brokers nnd accepting
warehouse, re. elpts as collateral.
This may be the first time In the history
of the cotton trade when wnichousc re-
1 celpts became le?al tendci, bioadly
sptaklng.
While tho yardage supply of cotton
sheeting and pillow case tubing seems to
be as limitless as usual, nnd while a
broker can ootaln money on warehouse
receipts, he will not sell his cotton to
manufactuiers and weavers for a lower
price than that which he can obtain
ordinarily abroad. He suffers no Imme
diate loss of Income, and the chances are
that If he holds his commodity he will
make a goodly prollt later on.
Should tho war be settled within a few
months' time or peace be declared, pend
ing new treaty piospects, then Europe
will be hungiy for cotton again. In either
event It seemH as though thoe of us who
will need to buy sheets and pillowcases
fui our spring and summer supply had
better take ndvnntage of the present
rates, which are normal, and lay In a
supply to anticipate a future rise In price
When the time comes for replenishing
these wholesale stocks, then we shall ace
a higher range of price?.
A word to the wife Is sufficient.
"THE GIRL HEHIND 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.
Be?
Reflection of War on Toy
Market No Scarcity in
Supply of Playthings of
All Kinds.
Here's good news for you, boys and
girls.
Expensive toys, which have been so
scarce since the war wa begun, are now
to be hrd In abundance, and even If peace
Is not dcclnred within five years tTifi
nursery will not suffer to any extent.
On your doll's piano, your Bled, or that
flue drum that you havo been Using for
many years you have noticed tho words
"Mnde In German-." In fact, on al
most nil of your best playthings these
words appear.
Rut conditions hnvc changed since the
European nrmles were assembled, and
hereafter on many of your toys will be
printed In great, broad letters "Made In
America." And, b) the wny, Philadel
phia bonsta of the largest toy factory
In the United Rtntcs.
When commerce between this country
and the German empire was discontinued
the toy merchants were frantic. Their
business depended almost entirely upon
Importations. Toys of a certain kind
were plentiful enough here, but tho deli
cate tin playthings, dolls that make
speeches, and all of those things which
are typically German wcro not obtain
able here.
The American toy man la resourceful.
He decided that, as far as possible, wliat
can't be had from' Germany shall bo
mad In the United States. Consequently,
many of tho factories are now producing
goods that have hitherto been sold only
by German firms,
Terhaps tho domestic product won't
bo quite ns good as tho European, or per
haps somo foolish children will be disap
pointed by their failure to see, "Mado In
Get many" on their playthings, but the
average American child will bo ns happy
as ever with tils American-made boats,
dolts, guns nnd games.
To please tho exceptional youngster who
won't be content without tho foiclgn
klnd3 a slilnp will sail to this country
every week bearing n few toys of Euro
pean manufacture. The goods will be
Khlppcd from tlio German factories to
Holla. id or Sweden nnd from tho ports
of either of those countries the toys will
bt shipped to New York.
So there Is no reason to worry about
playthings while the troubles of school
arc Jurt beginning. Santa Claus' chief
assistant, the best known toy man In
Philadelphia, said today that of nil things
that ho has In Btock tin soldiers arc In
greatest demand.
While mothers and fathers arc talking
of tho terrible times In Europe, It Is only
natural that the little ones should be
thinking of military matters. Aa a re
sult, every boy who Is having a birth
day Just now Is anxious for a set of
soldiers.
They always were a favorite among
children, but now they are liked more
than ever. Somo make bcllcvo sohllors
aio made In America and some In Ger
many, nnd It Is hard to tell which brand
Is best. The largo toy factory in this
city Is now making cannonB that shoot
rubber balls. They mako a nolso that
Is snld to bo almost as loud as real guns.
Automobiles made entirely of wood
are now on the American market. They
are being sold In Inrgo numbers because
whether you kick them or hit them, thtow
them In the street or stamp jour Toot
on them, they won't break. Airships are
as popular as ever.
and he tried brown on a corner of the
building. But brown was so dull he
didn't like it at all, so he decided to
color the building red red brick, of
course.
By the time that was doric the red
point was all worn off and Tommy's
father had to make a new one. That,
of course, made the red pencil shorter,
but Tommy didn't care he had his
red pictures what did the length of
the pencil matter?
Over and over, every day the same
thing happened!
The magazines became full of red
colored pictures, for Tommy colored
everything from canoes to garbage
cans the same gaudy color. And the
poor little red pencil grew shorter and
shorter, till it was only a tiny stub,
barely 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
asleep; at the very hour when all
sorts of queer things happen, those
crayon pencils began to talk!
"Oh, dear, I don't see why nobody
likes me," grumbled the brown one;
"here I have never even been sharp
ened but once I" And he looked very
mournful as he aired his grievance!
"I 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 see what they
could find to nibble. They heard the
red pencil speak, so they hurried up
to see what he was like.
"Nice soft wood, better try some,"
said one.
"Let's see what's inside," said the
other.
They nibbled 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, 10H, by Clara Jngram Judnon.
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YOUTH AND' AGE
THERE'S not a Joy the world can give like that It takes away
When the glow of early thought declines In feeling's dull decay;
Tls not on youth's smooth cheek the blush alone which fades so fost.
But the tender bloom of heart Is gone, era youth Itself be past.
Then the few whose spirits float above the wreck of happiness
Are driven o'er the shoals of guilt or ocean of excess:
Tho magnet of their course Is gone, or only points in vain
The shore to which their shivered sail shall never stretch again.
Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death Itself comes down:
It cannot feel for others woes, it dare not dream Its own
That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tear3
And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears.
O, could I feel as I havo felt, or be what I have been.
Or weep as I could once have wept o'er many a vanished scene;
A spring In deserts found seem sweet, all brackish though they be.
So midst the withered waste of life, those tears would flow to mel
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Ribbons
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. Sale of Brushes
Five kinds to choose from. 25c
to 35c qualities. This week, 18c
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Hand or Nail Scrub Brushes.
Regular 50c value, 25c.
HAIR BRUSHES
Regular 75c value, SOc each.
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COUNTING
MALCOLM S. JOHNSTON.
I've had one peppermint,
And now I'll eat one more.
I wish I only knew,
If three conies first or four.
For "three," my mother snld,
Was all that's good for me.
And so I'm wondering.
Docs four come first or three?
(Copyrlcht. 1914.)
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COURTING A SPANISH GIRL
PROCEEDS ON ODD UNEsi
Nowhere Else In the World is Cn
torn Bo Novel.
In no other country In the world fl0.
the process In coUrtlnB proceed on ,!'
unique lines. as In Spain. In no oth
country docs love at first sight so f,
nucntly lead to marriage. The yJ'.
unmarried girl of good social pouihl
never walks In tho street Unless acT
panled by a chaperon, and It g
permissible for any man who Is aUr6,M
by her to follow her. Ho muat 'not ,iw
abreast of her, nor ought he, on Z
first occasion, to speak to her. itav,"'
ascertained where she lives, f h(i
slncero In his pursuit, ho makes frequj
appearances under the window, and "'
tlnues to follow her when slio and h
chaperon go out.
If tho lady Intends to respond, she m
presently make an appearance on th.
balcony and enter Into conversation whs
him. He ma'y oven talk to her Wh
she goes out, nnd her chaperon will tura
a deaf ear when tho lady coyly throwi
replies over her shoulder. In this som.
what extraordinary way each discover!
the social position of the other, and then.
If Independent Inquiries made by parenii
and guardians aro quite satisfactory, th,
little flirtation from tho balcony pur'suei
an uninterrupted course, and the man
gradually attains a recognized roslt0
aa uis ntiorcu ono a novlo.
For months the bashful couple it
linger nt this pleasant stage. But it
length the times comes when tho novlo li
received Into the girl's home and meeti
her parents. He Is, however, never for
one moment left alone with her, and an;
cvcnlnc In tho Castcllano In Madrid you
may see young couples In this stage walk.
ItiK out, accompanied by a deaf mut
lady! The tram cars In Madrid are con
structed with seats for two on one side
of tho gangway, and a slnslo seat on the
other; tho slnslo ono Is known as the
chaperon's.
While these pleasant stages are drlftlnj
on. cither party Is free to end tho friend,
ship, but at last comes tho time whea
tho novlo, plucking up all courage, joi
through the formal ceremony of nsklng
for tho lady's hand. If this Is duly
granted, there Is tlu-n an official he
trothal. which Is usually followtd by
wedding within a fow weeks.
J. Franklin Miller
1626Chestnat St.
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THE CASTLE POLKA
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The Castle Polka is Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle's latest
creation; and it will sweep the country this fall and winter,
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
as if you were in Castle House, where all fashionable New
York society will dance it.
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