mmmmmmmi 1,-imim1! '" i 'm 10" EVENING LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBEB 23, 1918. m 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. I think that ports sometimes make th Bravest ctrors. They sing of outh and minny Jays and happy heart, louth typldcs to them tlio sheerest happiness. They cannot see that youth may mean Dip sheerest pain. When ono Is young one wants so much o desperately much. Then, oh! tho hrnrt- ,. it ..- ..,., tint imin Tin "lonn. NCIIU 11 Vile ii.o 'J"v ..i..- . - ..- lonS thoughts of 5 0tlth" aro passing strange 1 Know uie.v sircn-u " w eternity, and always with a Mtgue new restlessness, t think It's huppUie w seek, but tinder unfamiliar names. Some call It dlltv. some a gi'eut cat cor and ... ., iWilo ".i mind time" in thli world, tt cannot come fim outward circumstances. "A neait hi wre lUell" might bring It lirre-1 do not know -I Wish 1 tllOllglll Ol Ollliu n-L-iiiibo wore . . , , Onco as a olillil 1 wntcnru n r.um" 1... ... , ., It'll.. IllllHl'Ollll' ."lllll OVrf Kltrmtl. n. i"' wet English fields. To me Hit uimn COUld bold ll'illllng more mi'. ' """- to roach the rainbow when It end- I cried, and tramped for mlln "wr ''" cented heath, through drtpl'ing w "K to catch that rauiDow a .-, -, i liuloi1 me 1 cried my childNh heart out for an hour. Thon mothxr pave me a n- nj. "" dartin quicksilver in it. I broke that lov n ath Uie gleamlns metal-but there n gal n I failelt I think the old ioiks Know im- uwi" . t int thnv know a nulet calm nd peace. On many a furrowed, wrinkled lace 1 see sucn naiipy !""- ,, ervc who only stand and wait. ARRIVAL IN rHILADKU'ITlA. if., irnin hronirlit me to riilladclphla on a summer''- day at 5 o'clock. In the t.i roiiunv utniinn 1 saw no familiar face. Surely my uncl must be thi-te to wclcotne inc. 1 Knew lie was inr mim llest man and on that one short visit that lie paid to Unftlanri he had liked me well. I waited b the bookstall for an age. Strange crowds wont by in. as I stood .lima Tlio irlrla and women seemed to martly dressed, so fashionable. Tim men all looked rather alike, a mougm, uu wearing the sumo sort of hat str.iw, i.u o t,lrM,ili i-rnwn. N'd one fc-eenV'd old and none nncl poor. America must be a great, glad place! At length 1 sought the nearest res taurant, for I was tiled and hungry, t uat down at a little table, nil alone. Why liad my uncle failed to welcome mo? A sudden thought th-n came and brought relief. He muRt have sent a sub.-tltutc. Perhaps his wife had come and missed me In the station crowd? 1 raised up hopeful eyes and then a trango thing happened. A beautifully gowned woman slowly croFsed the res taurant and came to me. I thought she had the loveliest face. th most bewild ering beauty. A faint swt perfume cluns about her gown, unlike the sent of English flowers. She smiled the sweet est smllo and said to mo,: "My child, why mra. .you all alone? Is no one meeting your "I thought my uncle would have come." I said, "or perhaps my aunt but I could not rerosnizf her, and she can't know me." "My dear." sh cried, and with the kindliest gesture seized my hands, "are you the little gill we were expecting? I've searched for you an hour! How glad I am! I'm th new aunt!" This lovely new relation made ro feel qiilto shy. she looked so grand. Sn, made me talk and ordered a light meal. 'Your uncle snt me, as he was d talned," bald she. "Our motorcar is waiting to take you home to dinner, and a welcome." "I will not bother you and uncle long 3 mean to work." I said. "I think u are the loveliest and the kindest things!" A sudden shadow crossed her face. "Please don't say that." she said, as If my words had hurt. "Tell me about your life at home." 1 think the floodgates opened then: my strange wall of reserve went down. I told hex of mv English home, and of long walks upon the wind-swept moor. I told her bow the wind sang In the trees and how the little n ond-sorrel grew everywhere. "It Is so pure and fresh," I said. "It has the tiniest, pinkest face! I know you'd love mv English home." "C5o on, go on," she said. In breathless eagerness. "I was an English girl once, too!" I told her of the freshness of th moors "so different from dusty cities and from towns," I said. I told her of the lovely Sussex Downs, and how the dw lay long upon the grass. Then net I told her of the artist's words. "And when I met A'Hif V lfMlilMSB& v The above is a happy portrait of Mrs. Tom Ridgway, who, before her marriage, was Miss Edith Wayne. Site 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 gonet Ood's In Ills Heaven, all Is right with me!" The lovely lady tried lo speak, but no words c.inie. So 1 went on. "I feel so shabby In this simple gown. You must feel nulte nsh.imed of lif!" "Ashamed? of you'.' ah, lint of ou!" she said, mid then I saw alow ' tears were running down her powdered I cheeks. "My child, go home, back to that young fresh life! I once was In- I noeent and young like you. I'd give my soul to have these days again! Your eyes are like a llttlo sister's I once had. I could not drag you down nlong with tne' Goodbye forget we ever met." What could she mean! "Hut Uncle Is eNpectlng us," I cried, aghast. "Your uncle's never seen my face," she said. "Hut If he ever did. he'd tell you what 1 am! Oh, little English girl keep young and goocf there Is no turning back for me! Itemembcr this; for It Is true none kinws it better now than I: "Tlie MmlnK Klnor rlle: ami. hailnc writ, Moes on Nor nil your plct nor wit ran lure it back to cancel lifllf a line! Nor all your tears blot out a worJ of It!" A m Ss DRAGONS AND FLAGS Dy MALCOLM S. JOHNSTON. A DRAGON, a terrible beast, Delighted on children to feast, He continued to gorge Till the valiant Saint George Came alons; then his appetite ceased. N'nw after Saint George's brave fight, That dragon no child can affright. English children today The saint's banner display When they fight for their country and right. And when from their cousins they split, Americans with their keen wit, Afraid of the loss Of Saint George's red cross. Made some stripes for their flag out of it. But in China, when boys play for fun As soldiers, with sword, spear or gun, It's part of their brag To have rn their flag A dragon to make their foes run. Coji right, 1014.) 1 -JTY - ,.7 'r i 1 1 BEFORE TILE SANDMAN COffiS PERCHED up high in the back yard of a city homo were three little wren houses. And very in viting they looked, ym may be sure. Poor little Mrs. Robm wanted so much to live in one of the houses. She simply couldn't forget a very narrow escape her babies had laat year when a cat- a big, sleek cat!- nearly, nearly, nearly got her dear babies. But for the fact that a neigh bor's dog trotted int the yard and diverted her mind, that cat would surely have killed and eaten eveiy robin baby' So ii.uur.illy Mrs. Robin sighed for the ,aitt m a really, truly house with a front door too small lor cats! But her sicjhinc, d d no good, for a Lin litf i"rrl She tried desperately to get in that tiny door. ' bin Is f"" I irge to get through the Jxr of a wren lru'sc the di'ir-'t give vo vwtl-eut a trial, u may le f -re I -r f vcral hurs Uter she first eaw. Jbc Jidtc she Joes desperately to get in that tiny door. She pecked at it, she clawed and she scolded it vigorously, 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. "1 mean to be very particular about our neighbors." I'or several days nobody came, then erne 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 we 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 time' Trouble is exactly what Mr. Wren found trouble in the form of two other little wren houses. "Oh, look at those," the foolish fel low exclaimed. nd of course Mrs. Wren looked. "Aren't they lovely!" she cried. "We must look those over before we -i i tie in any. Maybe those are better than the hrst one we saw." So they looked them over. They roii in and out; they examined and tillered and exclaimed till Mrs. Robin wa thoroughly disgusted. "Why in the world don't they de i ide 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 rided on the first house. 'I hey car ried in the straws and worked very barn tor a whole day. tben she de cided she wanted the second house, and the work began all ocr . itcr a whole day's work on the ' 1 second house she thought; the third, was the best. Then, after an hour, mocd 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. Cepyrliht, 10H, by Clara lturrtm Judion. (Tomorrow "Cannis.") WHITE SLAVERS USING NUN'S GARB TO LURE VICTIMS Women's Section of Conference of Catholic Charities Makes Charge. WASHINGTON, Sept .-White slavers are uslns the. carb of nuns to lure their victims, acordlntr to the Women's Section of the National Conference of Catholic Charities, in session here at the Catholic University. Tho declaration was mado in a rtport submitted to the lonferenco, urging that a committee be appointed by the conference to look after the safety of girls who may attend the coralnc expo sition in Kan Francisco. "lhins have come to such a pas.s that a young woman can trust no one whom she does not know," declared the report. "These creatures engaged In the white Blare trame 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 door closes the unfortunate, kind-hearted girl who haa 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 nume of the stories exploited by th anti-Cathollo papers against our sister hoods are traceable to the operations of these scoundrels " A committee wan named to prepare, a plan of action. Correspondence ef general Interest to women, readers will be printed on this page. Such correspondence should be addressed to the Woman's Editor, Evening Ledger, BIG HAT AND LITTLE RIVALS FOR FAVOR; MILITARY IN TONE Tricorne, "With Cockade or Stiff Feathers, Particularly Well Liked by Those Who Can Wear It. There nie two kinds of hat todny, the very (small itnd the vciy large. Tho small hat Is dashing nnd very often mili tary, for there arc luisslan turbans, Scotch bonnets, continentals niul thej tricorne, that Is welcomed so cngcrly by tho women who can wear It. The tricorne assumes u very martini air this season; It appeals with cock ade or staff feather standing erect. The Scotch bonnet has the losetto or oaglo feather, or even a tassel for ornament. On the Ilusslau turban there nrc gal loons of inctntllc appearance and motifs tint nto very warlike In design. These, with the taillcur or trotlcur frock, still have the pas, nlthough the ciinotler, by which name was levlvc the wlde-brlmmed sailor, appears determined to win its place onco mole in feminine affection. Hlack velvet has apparently the cachet ot famous milliners, nlthough colors, such as grape and taupe and tetc dc ncgrc, have ti vogue of their cmn. And, Just as the small hats take a dashing ot Jaunty nlr, picturesque Is tho word to apply to the hat with the wldo brim, of the kind that lias long been known as the Gainsborough. It Is a hut that conies nnd goes ns certainly as an ocean tide, and In spite of the ban of disapproval or oven the high tariff, ostiich fcathcts or tips aro almost certain to be used for trimming. Tho hat shown In the Illustration today helongi unmistakably to the picture and portrait clns. It has the wldo brim, slightly curved to soften the effect and fneed with chif fon. This Is corded on the edge nnd at a depth of a. few Inches nnd It Is shir red as well. Against the soft crown two ostrich feather tips aio placed. Wheic they come together, a llttlo nt one side, there Is a soft choux of chiffon to match the fac ing. It Is designed to wear nt an angle, which, of couisc, adds grcntly to Its style and at the same tlmo displays the chiffon underbrlm. Thr color scheme Is tete do negie as to crown nnd upper brim, while the chiffon facing is of a delicate rose, and the os trich tips were chosen of tho same del icate tint. GIRL A GENUINE HOBO Followed the Bond Since She Wns Orphaned at Twelve. CHICAGO, Sept. 23. "Just a poor little wet girl," said Patrolman Charles Loddlng as ho stood muffled In his drip ping raincoat in front of a dark doorway last night on Qulncy street. Uuddlcdjjln 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 was diopped forward on her breast. "Can you beat It? She's sound asleep standing up," continued Loddlng to him self. The limp hat bobbed uncertainly several times and tho girl awoke with a start. "I must have I guess Say, was T Bleeping here?" she Inquired as soon ns sho had recovered fioni tho sight of the police Insignia on I.oddlng's cap. "I was just waiting for a car. I guess I was a little drowsy. 1 think I'd better be go" "Walt a minute." said Loaning. Ho began to question tho girl. Not satislted with her replies, he took her to tho South Clark street police station. There she told her story to the matron, "I know you'll call mo a hobo, but 1 guess It's all right. I'm used to It. My name Is Pauline Henderson ,and I am 17 years old. I've been on the road tinea I wns 12 years old. My mother died then and we were living In Kansas City. "I have been all oer the country. I ride on the tialns whenever I can get a ride. I can hang on to the rods, ride the decks, or the bumpers, or the blind-anyway, I get there. "I got In two nights ago, or maybe It was three nights ago, I don't keep track. I beat It from Toledo. They kept ro there In the detention home for n month because I fell asleep In the park. Then they told me I had to get out of town. So I got. ana ncrn i am. SPAIN SOLD $100,000 WORTH OF TOYS DURING 1913 400 Manufacturers Supplying For eign and Domestic Demand. Spain has depended in tho past to a large degree for its supply of toys on pur chase from abroad. During 1913 this country imported toys to the amount of ahout J.0M, of which Germany fur nished goods to the amount of about $130,000 and France about 150,000 worth. Twenty-five years ago Spain exported scarcely any toys. In 1913 It sold over J100.0U0 worth to various countries, Cuba being the chief bujer, followed by Argen tina. Belgium, Turkey and Spanish pos sessions. It has become more npparcnt In Spain In recent jears that the manufactiiie of tos can be mado n lucrative Industry on account or the steady demand, with the result that at present there are at least 400 Spanish manufacturers of importance supplying toys for domestic use and for export. In Barcelona there aro 13 work shops deoted exclusively to the produc. tlon of toys which engage from 40 to 70 hands. 20 which employ fiom 10 to 40, and 35 with less than 10. Other cities and towns In Spain have important toy fac tories that cator largely to local use. The toy Industrj has male such pro nounced progress that a national exposi tion of toys has been Just Inaugurated in Barcelona, the chlcr commercial city of Spain, and it has been largely patronised by the toy factories In this neighborhood, as well as throughout tho 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 of cars, mechanical toys, guns and plbtols; paper goods, paper cinematographs, thea tres with figures, marlonet shows, and leather goods, comprising footballs, and stuffed imitation animals, such as hortea, donkeys and dogs. AT THE SOCIAL FUNCTION Do you enjoy ounir, or no you "li out" tho dancenT We leacb ou the oenet eteps aslly anl quickly Pergonal inntructloa by appointment or In prime cUnifs. Join now. 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With the waist line n matter of con Jectute. as It Is In so many of the present day gowns, the slender people nt least can consider comfort first. The Lingo glrdlo of elastic webbing hns no rival In this Held, at least in the opinion of tho people who wear It. It Is made In several lengths. Tho medium length costs $2; the very short girdle, only six Inches wide, costs J1.25. There Is a modified form this season, with the back of coutll laced In tho regu lation way and clastic webbing In the front. This costs $1. A new stle in firmly woven treco costs J3.50. It has the flexible steels that nrc used In the place of whalebone nowadays. Of medium length, it Is cut slightly higher In back than In front. It Is made for the very slender and has tho natural curve in at the waist. Tor fuller llgurcs there Is a corset of coutll that Is higher both back and front and depends on its shapo to contlne tho figure rather than upon many bones. It, too, costs ?3. The so-called boneless corset Is still sold for Jl, In several lengths. It Is only steeled back and front, with one Btcel at the side. It seems to find favor for wear when dancing. It can bo replaced without great loss If It should give way by too strenuous exercise. A conucrvntlvo corsctlere says that tho high-busted corset Is not making head way. Women will not go back to tho moyen ago for their corset, even If they do for their styles. FISHERMAN CATCHES GIRL TJnusual Luck of Freddie doshorn, Three Years Old. CINCINNATI, Sept. 23.-Krcddle Gos horn, .1 years old, found ono of his father's fishing line. Taking a plcco of meat out ot tho Icebox, Freddie went fishing. Ho cast the line out tho front window of his parents' third floor flat. For some time he failed to have any luck, and Fmldle began to doubt tho 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 n scream. He pulled ugaln, and a second scream aroused tho neighborhood. Freddie never had heard of a flsh screaming, so ho leaned out of tho win dow to have a look. On the end of his lino he saw Mary Hall, 4 years old, residing on tho llrst floor ot the building. Freddie dropped his line. Neighbors cut tho line and Mary Hall wa.s taken to the City Hospital In auto patrol No. 3, where the fishhook was cut out of her head. EQUALITY OF SEX THEORY BREAKS UP A FAMILY Woman Carries It to Length of Tak ing Husband's Automobile. CHICAGO, Sept. J3.-Untll recently th8 problem of tho "slnglo" standard and other questions pertaining to the "equal Ity" of sox never troubled tho mind ot Otis Wilson. Ho always had been too busy attending to tho business ot his garage In Wltmetka. Mr. Wilson believed, and stilt believe a man has tho right to do as ho plcascj ns long ns it docs not lnfrlngo on the rights of othcra. Ho felt thnt when ho provided for his family nnd attended to Ills business, and paid taxes to the State nnd abided by tho laws, his duty as a citizen had been fulfilled. It had been the custom of Mr. Wilson to go any plnco ho pleased whenever he pleased. If ho felt llko taking a spin n one of his automobiles with .a party of friends it was no one's business but his own. Mr. Wilson has a wlfo. Strnngo as It may appear, Mrs. Wilson agreed por. fectly with hcrNhusbniid on this subject but Mr. Wilson aid not know tt. In fnct' Mrs. Wilson did not make her belief known to any one, hut she bcllovcd It Just tho same. So, in the course of events tlio gnrag owned by Mr. Wilson In Wlnnctki cnughl flro and burned to tho giound Mr. Wilson lost considerable money! but ho resolutely sot to work nnd built mother garage. When It was completed Mr. Wilson, following his policy of doing ns ho pleased, eolobrated the event by taking a Joy rldo with n party ot friends. Mrs. Wilson did not express her opln Ion when sho learned of it. She simply went to tho garngo and, taking her 3-year-old son. Jack, with her, got Into one of lief htisrmnd'rt automobiles and started on a. joy ride for herself. Then she took the machine to a dealer on Michigan avenuo and sold it for ?22'!, Did she tako tho money home nnd tell her husband about It7 No. She bought herself and Jack some pretty clothes. Then sho hoaided a train nt the Polk street station and went away on an "Indefinite vacation." Did Mrs. Wilson toll her husband where sho was going or when she wni coming bnck7 No, Indeed. Sho knifcrs Mr. Wilson believes in "personal" lib erty nnd felt hn could not object to his wife having the same privileges. But Mr. Wilson did object, and Inn ached the police to make a search for his wife nnd son. Mr. Wilson told the police ho believed Mrs. Wilson wns "vacationing" In or near Glcnvlew, III. Tho police failed to locate her theie. However, Mr, AVilson Is doing some serious thinking. THE 31ETORT VICTORIOUS A curtain brilliantly clever lawyer had ono llttlo peculiarity: Ho fondly Imag ined that ho looked at least twenty ycais younger than he really wns. Ono day In court ho ws cross-cxnmlnlng a self-possessed young woman who wns acting as ono of tho witnesses In n fa mous trial. Needless to say, the court room was crowded, Tho learned lawyer was anxious to find out tho age of some body the lady knew, nnd she was equally determined not to give him the desired tufoimatlon. Th lawyer told her that she could at least make a guess. Tho determined young woman eyed him with a withering glance. 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