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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
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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.
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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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