SwW if mmigij jj j. : 'mxjasw &pnt9'iTVun 10 EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 1014'. y i. obj l Witt :! ftp on lEtt 3 rj I IN PK Pit BIT! nd . vie tf reaf llbef- Pr' WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW-THINGS THAT INTEREST MAID AND MATRON ELLEN ADAIR HAS A NEW AWAKENING TO LIFE'S REALITY She Arrives at the End of Her Journey and Has Tea in a Small Restaurant in Philadelphia. IX. I think tlmt ports sometimes nmkc the Bravest error. They sing ot youth ami aunny ilajs ami bunny hearts. Youth typifies to them the sheerest happiness. They cannot nee that youth may mean the, sheerest pain. When one la young one wants so mueh ro desperately much. Then, ohl tho heart ncho If one nets but little! Tho "long, long thoughts of youth" aio passing strange I know they stretch out to eternity, ami always with u vague now restlessness. 1 think It's luippliuss we seek, but tituler unfamiliar names. Sonus cnll it iluty, some a hi eat career ami jsome poor fools "a Rood time ' In this world. It cannot come fioni outward circumstances. "A heart at leisure fnmi Itself" might bring it heie-t do not know 1 wish I thought of others' feelings morr. Once as a ehlld I watchid a ralnhow Klcam. a wide kaleldoscoph' arch uwr wet Kngllsh lleldf.. To me the unieie could hold nothing more fair. 'I ant to reach the rainbow when- It ejids! 1 cried, and tiumued for miles over uild ncentcd heath, through dtlnpliig woods, to catch that rainbow's gleam. But al ways It eluded me. I tried my childish Jieart out f . an hour. Then mother save me n neu toy. lth darting quicksilver In It. 1 broke th.it to. to catch the gleaming metal but there again I failed! I think tho old folks know true hnppl aoss. At least the know a quiet o.ilni end peace. On many a furrowed, wrinkled face I seo such happy looks. "They also serve who only stand and wait." ARRIVAL IX Plin,ADi:T.PlltA. My train brought me to Philadelphia, en a summer's tiny at 3 o'clock. In the big railway station X saw no familiar .face. Surely my uncle must be there to welcome me. I know he was the Kind liest man. atd on that one short visit that "ho paid to Unglund he had liked rac well. I waited by the bookstall for an age. Strange crowds went by me, as I stood alone. The girls and women seemed so umartty dressed, so fashionable. The men all looked rather alike, I thought, all wearing the same wirt of hat straw. with a hlghish crown. Xo one seemed old and none grimed poor. Ameilca must be a great, glad place! At length I sought the neaiest ros 'taurant, for I was tiled and hungry. I sat down at a little table, all alone. Why Jind my uncle failed to welcome me? A sudden thought then came and brought relief. He must have tent a substitute. Perhaps his wife had come and missed me in tho station crowd? I raised up hopeful eye:, and then a strange thing happened. A beautifully Sowned woman slowly crossed the res taurant and came to me. 1 thought she had the loveliest face, the most bewild ering beauty. A faint sweet perfume clung about her gown, unlike th" scent ot English flowers. She smiled the sweet est smile and said to me: "My child, whv "i.aTe you all alone? Is no one meeting you?" "I On ll said, not re: thought my uncle would have come or perhaps mv aunt but I could rerogntee her, .ind she can't know me." J "Ity dear," she cried, and with the klndllest gesture seized my hands, "aie iOU me nine gin we were expecting.' 've searched for you an hour! How glad am! Im the new aunt: This lovely new relation made me feel ulte shy, she looked so grand. She made mo talk and ordered a light meal. Your uncle sent me. as he was de tained," said she. "Our motorcar is watting to take you home to dinner, and welcome.' "I will not bother you and uncle long 3 mean to work," I said. "I think you are tho Iovelle.it and thi- kindest things!" A sudden shadow crossed her face. "Please don't say that," she said, as Jf mj words had hurt. "Tell me about your life at home " I think tho floodgates opened thpn: my strange wall of reserve went down, t told her of my UnglUh home, and of long walks upon the wind-swept moors. I told her how the wind bang in tho trees and Imw thp little woud-sonvl grew everywhere. "It Is so pure and fresh," I said. "It has tho tiniest, pinkest face! I know you'd love my Kngllsh home." "Go nn. go on," she said, in breathless eagerness. "I was an English girl once, too'" I told her of tho freshness of the moors "so different from dusu cities and ironi towns." I said. I told nor of the lovely Sussex Downs, and hnw the dow lay long upon the grass. Then next I told her of the artists words. "And when I met j The above is a happy portrait of Mrs. Tom Ridgway, who, before her marriage, was Miss Edith Wayne. She is a prominent leader in Philadelphia society and is noted for her beauty and her charm. you here, I knew at once my loneliness had gone! God's In Ills IIeaen: all Is right with me!" Th lovely lady tried to speak, but no words catno. So I went on. "I feel so shtibby in this simple gown. You must feel quite ashamed of ni"!" "Ashamed? of you? nh, not of you!" she saVrt, and then I saw slow tears were running down her powdered cheeks. "My ehlld. go home, back to that young fresh life' I once was In nocent and young like you. I'd give my soul to have theso days again! Your ejes are like a little slstera I once had. t could not drag you down along with m"! Goodbye forget wo ever met." What could she meant "Hut Uncle Is expecting us," I cried, nghast. "Your uncle's never seen my face," she sld. "But If ho ever did, he'd tell you what 1 am! Oh, llttlo English girl keep young and good there is no turning back for me! Itemember this; for it is true none knows It better now than 1: "The Movlni? llncrr write" ninl, haiiig writ, .Moc on Nor all jour piety nor wit ran lure It bark to cancel linlf a line! Nor nil vour tears blot out a word f It!" 'Wft DRAGONS ATsD FLAGS "" WVjV'1 jjj, MALCOLM S. JOHNSTON. " A DRAGON, a terrible beast, !ij Z. rjcig,tC(j on chi!,jrc:n to feast, gggpgSgi He continued to gorge Slgf Till the valiant Saint George S ;gL. ,,tSs. Came along; then his appetite ceased. Isfflsg). f. Xow after Saint George's brave fight, tsgg That dragon no child can affright. gftli. J English children today I sgggllS -j The saint's banner display I t0f Sr&' When they figlit for their country and A, j2gP right. ;$g?I-o And when from their cousins they fFx split, jSi. Z Americans with their keen wit, '--- Afraid of die loss -5g? Of Saint George's red cross. Ss rSg?1 Made omc stripes for their flag out .- Ml (r$U0S? ,ut '" Cn""' when boys play for fun y1 Vj i ttsSt s so'tncrs wit'1 sword, spear or gun, - Zu 1 1 lflfc 'ts part ot" tne'r 'Jra 1 Vv vv30 '"n ',ave on tMC'r "aK v N tPi -' 'lraSon to make their foes run. . I 3 Yf (Conjrlsht, 1911. i BEFORE THE SANDMAN COMES kERCHEP up high in the back' yard of a city home were three uttle wren houses. And very in citing they looked, you may be sure. Poor little Mrs. Robin wanted so much to live in one of the houses, She simply couldn't forget a very narrow escape her babies had last year when a cat a big, sleek cat! nearly, nearly, nearly srot her dear babies. But for the fact that a neigh- I bor's dog trotted into the yard and . diverted her mind, that cat would sttrel have killed and eaten every robin baby' So naturally Mrs. Robin I sighed for the safety of a really, truly j Jioue with a front dour loo small for cats! But her sigliinu (I '1 no sn'''i, foi A mmWJiWum 5ifc'' -? She tried desperately to get in that tiny door, X 'n fs t"o large to get through the cf t ni. a wren bmtse. Hie did" t give up without a trial, s, may be sure. t Several hours ftUcr Us first saw the j, use. she trjed desperately to get in that tiny door. She pecked at it, she clawed and she scolded it tigorously, but it got no larger. So finally she gave up and built her nest in a near-by apple tree. 'But I mean to see who gets that house," she declared to Mr. Robin. "I mean to be very particular about our neighbors." For several days nobody came, then one morning a very cunning Mr. and Mrs. Wren flew into the yard, "Oh. look!" exclaimed Mrs, Wren, "here is a dear little house. It's just exactly what vc were looking for!" "To be sure it is." chirped Mr. Wren in delight, and then unfortu nately he looked around! When you have found exactly what you want it is a ery bad plan to look any fur ther: you will find trouble every tune' 'I rouble it exactly what Mr. Wren found trouble in the form of two other little wren houses. "Jh, look at those." the foolish fel low exclaimed. nd of course Mrs. Wren looked. ' ren t they lovely!" she cried. "W e must look those over before we setilc in any. Maybe those are better than the firt one we saw," So they looked them over. They ran in and out; they examined and tittered and exclaimed till Mrs. Robin was thoroughly disgusted. "Why in the world don't they de cide and start to furnishing?" she chirped crossly. "I don't believe those wrens know a good home when they see one!" In the meantime Mrs. Wren de cided on the first house. They car ried in the straws and worked very hard for a whole day, then she de cided she wanted the second house, and the work began all over. fter a whole day's work on the second house she thought the XhjxA was the best. Then, after an hour, moeil back to the first! That last move was too much for practical Mrs. Robin. "Such fickle creatures!" she scolded: "I won't have them around." And she screamed and scolded so vigorously that Mr. and Mrs. Wren gave up all three of their lovely houses and set tled in a distant barn. Cor right, 1014, by Clara Inrram Judaon. (Tomorrow "Cannas,") WHITE SLAVERS USING NUN'S GARB TO LURE VICTIMS "Women's Section of Conference of Catholic Charities Slakes Charge. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Whlte slavers are using the garb of nuns to lure their vn-t.ms, ai.cordlng to the Women's Section of the National Conference ot Catholic Chaiilies. in session here U the Catholic ITniveriity. The declaration was made in 5 irport submitted to the conference, urging that a committee be appointed bi tn conference to look after the safety of girls who may attend tho coming expo sition in San Kranclsco "Things have come to such a pass that a young woman can trust no one whom she does not know," declared the report. "These creatures engaged In the white slave traffic assume all sorts of guises. They even wear the robes of nuns and sisters of charity; they feign Illness; they ask to be taken to houses In cabs and helped up the steps, and then, when the dcor closes the unfortunate, kind-hearted girl who has helped is in the worst of all traps and exposed to peril Infinitely more dreadful than death. There is reason to think that the religious garb is frequently assumed by the white slave traders, and that some of the stories exploited by the anti-Catholic papers against our sister hoods are traceable to the operations of these scoundrels " A committee was named to prepare a plan ot action. Correspondence of general Interest to women readeri will be printed on this pag- Such correspondence should be addressed to the Woman's Editor, Evening Ledger. BIG HAT AND LITTLE RIVALS FOR FAVOR; MILITARY IN TONE ;?3JWv,"'$v,S!iSjr?nTfT$! Tricorne, With Cockade or Stiff Feathers, Particularly Well Liked by Those Who Can Wear It. There nro two kinds of hat todny, the very small nnd tho very lnrge. Tho small hut Is dnshltig mid very often mili tary, for there nro Uusslnn turbans, Scotch bonnets, contlnontals nnd thej tricorne, that Is welcomed so eagerly by the women who can wear II. The trlcomo assumes n very martial air this season; It nppeais with cock ade or staff feather standing erect. The Scotch bonnet has tho rosctto or eiiKle feather, or even a tnssel for orna ment. On the Itusslan tuibali there ntc Bal loons of metallic appearance nnd motifs that nic very warlike In design. Those, with tho tnllleiir or trottcur frock, still have tho pus, although the canotler, by which name was rovlvo the wldc-hrlmmcd sailor, npicara determined to win Us place on'co more In fcmlniuo affection. Illnck velvet has apparently tho cachet of famous milliners, nlthough colois, .urh as giapc nnd taupe nnd tcte dc negre, have a vogtlo of their own. And, just as tho small hats take a dashing oi jaunty air, picturesque Is tho word to apply to the lint with the wldo brim, ot the kind that ban long been Known us tho Gainsborough. It Is ti hat that comes and goes as certainly ns nn ocean tide, and In spile ot the ban of disapproval or oven tho high tariff, ostrich feathers or tips are almost certain to be used for trimming. The hat nhown In the Illustration todny belongs unmistakably to the picture nnd portrait class. It has the wldo brim, slightly curved to soften tho effect and faced with chif fon. This Is corded on the edge and at a depth of a few Inches nnd it Is shir red as well. Against the soft crown two ostrich feather tips aio placed. AVheio they tome together, a little at one side, there is n soft clioux of chiffon to match the fac ing. It is designed to wear at nn nnsle, which, of course, adds greatly to Its style and nt tho same time displays the chiffon undcrbrlm. 1'lK color scheme Is teto de ncgie as to crown and upper brim, while the chiffon facing is of a delicate rose, nnd the os trich tips were chosen of tho same del icate tint. GIRL A GENUINE HOBO Followed the Road Since She Was Orphaned at Twelve. CHICAGO, Sept. 23. "Just a poor little wet girl," said Pntrolmnn Charles Loddlnjj as he stood muffled In his drip ping raincoat In front of a dark doorway last night on Quincy street. Huddled In the doorway that sheltered her from the rain was a girl. She wore a soiled white, hat, a gray mackintosh with frayed edges nnd a pair of soggy white canvas shoes. She was leaning against the side of the door and her head wa3 dropped forwaid on her breast. "Can you heat It? She's sound asleep standing up," continued l.oddlng to him self. The limp hat bobbed uncertainly several times and the girl awoke with a start. "I must have I guess Say, was I sleeping here?" she Inquired as soon ns she had recovered from the sight of tho police Insignia on l.odding's cap. "I was just waiting, for a car. I guess T was a little drowsy. I think I'd better be go" "Walt a minute." said Lodding. He began to question the girl. Xot satisfied with her replies, he took her to the South Clark street police station. There she told her story to tho mation. "I know you'll call rue a hobo, hut I guess it's all right. I'm in-rd to It. Jly name Is Pauline Hendcison .and I am 1" years old. I've been on the road since 1 was 12 years eld. lly mother died then and we were living In Kansas City. "I hae been all oer the country. 1 ride on the trnlns whenever I can get a ride. I can hang nn to the rods, rldo the decks, or the bumpers, or the blind ans nny, I get there. "I got in two nights ngo, or mn he It was three nights ago, I don't keep track. I beat It front Toledo. They kept me theie in the detention home tnr a month because I fell anleep in the park. Then they told me I had to get out of town. Po I got, nnd here I am." SPAIN SOLD $100,000 WORTH OF TOYS DURING 1913 400 Manufacturers Supplying For eign and Domestic Demand. Spain has depended in the past to n large degree for Its supply of tos on pur chases from abroad. During 1913 tills country Imported toys to the amount of about W,Cu0, of which Germany fui nished goods to the amount of about $130,000 and France about 550,000 worth. Twenty-five years ago Spain exported scarcely any toys. In 1313 It sold over $100,000 worth to various countries, Cuba being the chief buyer, followed by Argen tina. Belgium, Turkey and Spanish pos sessions. It has become more apparent in Spain in recent jcars that the manufacture of toys can be made u lucrative Industry on account of tho steady demand, witli tho result that at present theie are at least 40U Spanish manufacturers nf importance Buppliing toys for domestic use and for export. In Itaicelonn there are la work shops devoted exclusively to the piodur tlon of tos which engage from 40 to 70 hand;, 30 which employ from 10 to 40, and 35 with es than 10. other cities and towns In Spain have Important toy fac. tories that rater largely to local me, The toy Industry has mnelo such pro nounced progress that a national exposi. tlon of toys has been just inaugurated in Tlarcelona, the chief commercial city of Spain, and it has been largely patronized by the toy factories in this neighborhood, 89 well a a throughout the Peninsula. Among the lines chiefly exhibited are turned wooden goods. Including tenpins, tops, small furniture, besides croquet sets, carts and wagons; metal goods, such as soldiers, small table services, trains ot cars, mechanical toys, guns and pistols; paper goods, paper cinematographs, thea tres with figures, marlonet shons; and leather goods, comprising footballs, and stuffed imitation animals, such as hones, donUeys and dogs. AT THE SOCIAL FUNCTION Do you enjoy yournlf, or do you "alt out" the ilancta? We teach jou th nenett steps ailly ani quickly Fronal instruction by appointment or In private I l&ase. Join hot,'. The Cortissoz School (Prorvun'-l Cor-ti:i-ob rati locuit SUt 1BJ0 Cbcttnut St. Illllll III III II i - 1 in V-T7 ' Vttir'.tfieBBflkLeeeeeieeB?9!EIseeeV3'l '-jr W t liiiiiiiiiiiiK illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHl HAT OR BLACK VELVET FACED WITH CHIFFON AND TRIMMED WITH OSTRICH FEATHER TIPS ACROSS THE COUNTER There Is no single nillcle of dress upon which a woman's comfort depends to tho extent that it depends upon the corset. With the wnlst lino n matter ot eon Jcctuic, ns it is in so many of the present day gowns, tho slender peoplo nt least can consider comfort first. Tho tnngo glrdlo of elastic webbing has no i i vii 1 In this field, at least In the opinion of the people who wear It. It Is mado In several lengths. The medium length costs W; the very short girdle, only six Inches wide, costs jl.23. There Is a modified form this season, with the back of coutll luccd In the regu lation way and elastic webbing In the front. This costs K. A new style In fiimly woven trcco costs J3.. It has the flexible steels that nro used In the place of whalebone nowadays. Of medium length, It is cut slightly higher In b.ick than In front. It Is made for tho very slender nnd has the natural curve In at the waist. For tuller figures there Is a corset of coutll that Is higher both back and front and depends on Its shape to confine the figure rather than upon many bones. It, too, costs 3. The so-called boneless corset is atlll sold for ti, In several lengths. It is only steeled back and front, with one steel at tho side. It seems to find favor for wear when dancing. It can he repjaced without gieat lobs It It should give way by too strenuous exercise. A conerVatlve corsetlcre says that tho hlgh-bUsted corset Is not making head way. Women will not go back to tho nioypii ngo for their corset, even It they do for their styles. FISHERMAN CATCHES GIRL TJnusunl Luck of Freddie doshorn, Three Years Old. CINCINNATI, Sept. 23.-Freddle Gos horn, 3 years old, found ono of his father's fishing line. Taking a piece of meat out of the Icebox, Frcddlo went fishing. Ho cast tho line out tho front window ot his parents' third floor flat. For some time he failed to have any luck, and Freddie began to doubt the fish stories told by his father. Suddenly he got a bite that an old time fisherman would call a whale. Fred die pulled and the "fish" let out a scream. He pulled again, and a. second scream aroused the neighborhood. Freddie never had heard of a fish srrcamlng. so ho leaned out of the win dow to have a look. On the end ot his lino he saw Mary Hall, 4 years old, residing on the first floor of the building. Freddie dropped his line. Neighbors cut tho lino nnd Mary Hull was taken to the City Hospital In auto patrol No. 3, where tho fishhook was cut out ot her head. EQUALITY OF SEX THEORY BREAKS UP A FAMILY Woman Carries It to Length of Tafc, lag Husband's Automobile. CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Untll recently , problem of tho "single" standard mm other questions pertaining to the "en,,.! Ity" of sex never troubled the mln.l i .. Otis Wilson, ilo always had been ln busy attending to the business of w. Mr. Wilson believed, nnd still believe, n. man has tho right to do ns h0 pica... nn long ns It does not Infringe on thl rights ot others. Ho, felt that when i! provided for Ills family nnd attended tl his business, nnd paid taxes to the stit nnd nblded.by tho laws, tils dutv . . citizen hnd been fulfilled, It had been the custom of Mr Wn.nn to go any plnco ho plensed whenever i, plcnscd. It ho felt like taking a spin In one of his automobiles with a party J.f frlondu It was no one's business but hi. own, Mr. Wilson has a wife. Strange ns tt may nppcar, Mrs. Wilson agreed ner. fectly with her husband on this subject but Mr. Wilson did not know It. in flJi Mrs. Wilson did not make her belief known to nny one, but sho believed l! Just tho same. So, In tho courso of events tho gnruM owned by Mr. Wilson In Wlnnctki caught Arc and burned to tho ground Mr. Wilson lost considerable moncv but ho resolutely set to work and built another garage. When It wns completed Mr. Wilson, following his policy 0p doing ns ho pleased, celebrated the event by taking n Joy rldo with a party of friends. Mis. Wilson did not express her opin ion when sho learned ot It, She simply went to tho gnrnge and, taking iw 3-ycar-ohl son, Jack, with her, got Into ono of her liusbnnd'a automobiles nnd started on a Joy rldo for herself. Then sho took the machine to a dealer on Michigan avenue and sold it for $221. Did hIio take tho money home and tii her husband nbout It? No. She bought herself nnd Jack some pretty clothcu. Then she boarded n train nt the Tollt street station nnd went away on an "indefinlto vacation." Did Mrs. Wilson tell her husband whero sho wns going or when sho wai coming bnckV No, Indeed. Sho kndfs Mr. Wilson believes In "personal" lib erty nnd felt ho could not object to hlK wife having tho same privilege". But Mr. Wilson did object, nnd has asked the police to make a search for his wife nnd son. Mr. AVIlson told the police ho believed Mrs. Wilson was "vacationing" In or nenr Glcnvlew, III. Tho police failed to locate her theie. However, Mr. Wilson Is doing som serious thinking. THE EETORT VICTORIOUS A certain brilliantly clever lawyer had ono llttlo peculiarity: Hoi fondly Imag ined that lie looked nt least twenty years younger than ho really was. One day in court he ws cross-examining a self-possessed young woman who was nctlng as ono of the witnesses In a fa mous trial. Needless to say, the court room was crowded. Tho learned lawcr was anxious to find out the age of some body the lady knew, and she was equally determined not to glvo him tho desired Information. Tli lawyer told her that she could at least make a guess. The determined young woman eyed him with a withering glance. "From your looks I should say you were at least CO; but Judging from tho questions you ask, I should say 10," said sho tranquilly. fj I APPLES I TlJRKifEMflSHli1 S a .. 26 a 1KI F7 Ik ill H These prices were actually SIwl 111 fe reduced like this bv women 5333 ISLiSs m ms -- - . k vw- -.''- on m rvrV ffffr i.'. i&M ,! '.-Wl 2fW mmm & vw.t These prices were actually reduced like this by women all over the country, show ing that the high cost of living CAN be reduced. What they did YOU can do. In the October Issue of The Ladies' Home Journal A solution of the problem of the high cost of living that is so simple, so sensible, so easily done, that every woman who reads the article will say, "Why didn't I think of that?" 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