SpwWP nsrfPHR tyzf - EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY, JITNE 2 1015; in WOMAN AND THE HOME NEW SUMMER FASHIONS AND IDEAS PRIZE SUGGESTIONS THE CHOICE OF A CAREER By Ellen Adair Mistaken Vocations The Daily Story "I "At BO tired of life that Vo deter mined to end It," was the opening sentenee In a letter Written by a little country school teacher nnd sent to her parents ort the morning of the day shn shot herself. "I hate the lonellneis of this place and the monotony of teaching children who don't want to be taught. This seems the best way out of every thing," "Temporary Insanity" was the verdict at the coroner's Inquest. And "tem porary Insanity" covers a multitude of sorrows and disappointments. The case of the little school teacher Is pathetic She s only 13 years of aee and her whole life lay before her. Apparently there as no other motive back of her action than sheer loneliness nnd dislike of her particular choice of n career. No unhappy lovo affair was actuating her to tho taking of her own life. She had never even had the mildest of love af fairs so her parents assured the people who were sufficiently Interested to In quire. Hut then, of course, parents don't always know everything. It seems bucIi hm Immense pity that so many people deliberately mako their lives unhappy by choosing a vocation which Is uncongenial nnd which never will bring them satisfaction, but only unhapplness and disappointments. Tho llttlo school teacher, for Instance, had fixed on the wrong career for her self. Sho didn't know what sho really wanted to be or do and to her, as to so many other thoughtless girls, ona career seemed as good, or as bad, as another. A lack of ambition, combined with a strange lack of common sense, Is nt tho bottom of theso unfortunato selections which work havoc In so many girls' lives. At the silk counter of a large depart ment store stood a pale, tired-looking girl, the whole droop of her llgure show ing weariness. She wasn't apparently taking the slightest Interest In ler work. "I'm afraid )ou nrc cry tired." said a kindly customer In passing. "My mind's tired: that'n nil," said the girl slowly, "nnd that's the hardest kind of tiredness to bear." "I suppose you have no choice but to work hero?" said the customer sympathetically. "Oh. this Job's ah good as another," said tho girl wearily, "but t hate living In the city nnd I don't seem able to get accustomed to It. If 1 could only go back to tho country I would bo perfectly happy. Ilut my peoplo moved Into tho city three years ngo, nnd so here I am." Here sho wns, Indeed, nnd very much sol And yet how much hnppler that country-bred girl would h.ivo been back In her old haunts on some farm wheic eho could have been really useful nnd happy In work that suited her especial tnstcs. "Wouldn't you enre to act as help t'J somo farmer's wife?" said the customer compassionately. Tho girl's tired faco brightened for n moment, but fell again. ".My people' would novcr let mo go," sho said dully. "They would Bay that BUch work was unladylike, and that tho city offered bet ter chances than tho country. So hero I nni!" The problem of tho uncongenial voca tion sometimes Is very hard to solve. Ilut to a great extent tho choice rests with ourselves. "Thcro Is no defeat except from within. Thcro Is really na Insur mountable barrier save your own Inher ent weakness of purpose." fl&''HH " At - PRIZE UGCESIIOi PRIZES OFFERED DAILY Tor the foUowlng suggMtlom ent In by readers of tha Etinino Lzdois prizes of 11 nd 60 cents are awarded. All auriestlona ahould be addrened to Ellen Adair, Editor of Woman's Pae. Etiiino IjXcois, Independence Sauare, Philadelphia. A prlxo of SO cents line been awarded to Sirs. Mary K. fiortlon. S03S Lanidowna ave nue, West Philadelphia, for the follonln snrseitlout One of the finest substitutes for a, mustard plaster, and held to be far su perior to tho mustard product by thoso who uso It, as It neither blisters nor breaks the, skin and yet accomplishes the same work, Is the red pepper plaster. This Is mado by taking equal parts of red pepper and flour apd mixing them into a. paste with warm water or warm vine gar. Spread it on the thinnest sort of gauze, muslin or veiling ana apply it on the skin. A prize of 80 centa haa hern BKnrded to lira. Marie Blreae, 1413 North Louden afreet, Philadelphia, for the following aucgeatlont IVhon you darn your stockings? try this method for preventing the darn from tearing away from the goods when It Is washed: Hold your darning cotton over the aborning spout of the tea kettle be fore you use It. This will shrink tho wool nnd the threads will never tear. A prize of SO cents haa been awarded lo Mra. W. H. Kuser, BSfl South Kd atrret, Philadelphia, for the following auEseatlom Waterproof Matches. Before you go camplpg or away on a voyage, prepare eome waterproof matches nnd see that they are ahvajs at hand. In a small tin vessel melt some paraffln, and, while It Is still hot, dip the end of each match into this, and lay It out carefully until cool and dry. The coating of paraffin maHes the match absolutely waterproof. Tomorrow's Menu "Would you know how first ho met her? Sho was cutting bread and butter." Thackeray. BRKAKFAST. Grapefruit. Cereal and Cream. Sausages on Bread. Coffee. LUNCHEON OH SUPPER. Canned Salmon Bread and Butter Sandwiches. Lettuce Salad. Rhubarb Shortcake. DINNER. Julienne Soup. Chicken Fritters. Escallopcd Potatoes. Asparagus. Orange Salad. Prune Whip. Sausages on Bread Cut strips of bread about two Inches wide nnd lay them In a baking pan. On each place a sausage pierced with n fork and bake In a hot oven. Rhubarb Shortcake Mix n. cupful of chopped dates to two cupfuls of cooked rhubarb, Bweeten to taste and simmer together for six to eight minutes. Put between two layers of a plain cake and serve with or without whipped cream O'Leary, V. C, Not Dead, So He Says LONDON, June 2. Sergeant Michael O'Leary, who won the Victoria Cross by killing eight men and capturing two trenches, a machine gun nnd two pris oners all alone, has written to his parents, after reading obituary notices proclaiming him the bravest man in the British army. His letter says- 'T see In todny's papers that I have been killed In action. No; I am still on the firing line doing my bit for King and country. I trust God Is not going to call me soon, or until I hnve done a bit more for my country. I came out of the last battle with only a few scratches, thank God!" O'Leary's death was reported In London last Friday. CHILDREN'S CORNER Billy Shares His Feast 0 iME bright morning In the summer 'time Tommy Sparrow returned from hla morning fly over the country and setled down on the apple tree at the edge of the gardep. He smoothed hla tall feathers, licked oft hla'blll (he hadn't taker! tjme to da that since rinding his breakfast out In the woods), apd brushed up his feathers on the top of his head Then he looked around Right' over there In the middle of the garden was Billy Robin. "Hello there, Billy Robin," called Tommy Sparrow, but Billy didn't look up or answer; he Just went right along tending to his own biMineM which seemed to be digging up the dirt that had recently been worked. Kiow what can he be doing?" Tommy Sparrow aafcad himself "I think I'll watch, and see. He aeeraa to be eating WHWUtuig-but what the something can be W more than I see. It isn't worms. I'm sure of that " Tommy Sparrow sat vary still on the lower limb of the old poJ tree and watched. Up and down garden Billy Robin walked. tiMklntr. pecking, pecking at the ground in the neat regular fashion. "He must be eat ing pekblea," said Tommy Sparrow to himself in great diettiet. "I'll watch a While longer to be sure." e Tommy Sparrow watched what to him a long, lute time, than Cuid stand it no lger you know w "HURT are oetea rpr tftejr raUber ttas their natWrlee. and wa u Mention to the rale. find out what Billy Robin was and why "Billy Robin!" he caUeei. No answer Bttls went stent alaur tending to hla own liiiitawn " Still- Kofctn! Billy Jtafain' Lank hare! I want to talk to ynu!" ne re- at. ddread. Billy Heejln kewd and over to the apple item. "Oh. gaad Tommy naiTow. ' answered Mtftaty. 'What Kill can do for your1 "ToM uh tell me what uu are dams. ftM ?ut us ftpftow ji fii l),tt dueau t sound tri tu, uui I biioukt ihiok v.iu in.--.. .iiuio.t tit mg tsM. 1 lu ling -91 n B "Ktuis vutn vx,Uuu4 Timumy fpMfbtt Wtmim 4 U4 CM itf "Out of the ground," replied Billy Robin, disgusted at Tommy's stupidity, can't you sea?" Unconcernedly he re sumed his walking up and down nnd his meal. "Yes, I see you eating," said Tommy Sparrow In a puzzled voice, "but there wasn't any corn around this garden when I left my nest this morning. I know, because I hunted worms In that "tit must eg eating pebbles," said Tommy Sparrow to himself in great disgust. vexy place and not finding any went to the woods for my breakfast" "Which Just goes to (rove that you woaild 4a better to watch your, own gar dan i alter than to forage elsewhere." explained Billy Robin "After you left this morning a Utile boy came out of the, house and pUniea thM patch of earn, He think he la sola? to have a fla pa uk; of corn for pqpoora this fall. He pUntad. it all in neat rows, too. It's very good eating, batter help yourself!" Tommy needed no urging. He flaw down mid soon learned the trick of iot lotwiie" Oe io an 1 gcUmy the most l'jip tor Ue least trouble' au tiiwt t tiu: neaj reason why there - uih a poor crop of nop tore from that eareiulty planted pauto! CeyyHeiM Nora Nerroai infsott. Who Was Fooled? Billy Tarker grinned Joyously. It would be such a good joke on Miss Allen to send the letter. Hero Hush had been In the Philippines for two jenrs. What would she think when she received a. local let ter In the nelt-remembered handwriting? In his mind's eje he could see her eagerly tearing open the letter In the postofilce. He would be outside to yell "April fool!" Miss Allen always slopped for her mall on her way to school. There could be no possible chance of n slip-up If he malted tho letter Sunday. He had been looking In Hugh's desk for some fish hooks when ho had run across tho envelope, carefully tucked away In tho bottom of a drnwer, Thcro had been a time when he had cnrrlcd n lot of the selfsame letters to the teacher, but that had been beforo Hugh began to talk about the Philippines ns a place for young men to grow up with tho country. All day Sunday Billy grieved over his anticipated Joke, nnd Monday morning he entirety Ignored the flannel cakes that ha might be certain to he at the postofilce In time, nnd went off leaving his mother greatly concerned over his falling nppo tllc. Usunlly Billy preferred flannel cakes to promptness at school. Ho had not long to wait, for presently Nlta Allen came briskly along and entered tho poqtofllcc As she turned away Billy noted that sln held In her hand only n long hlu envelope nnd n newspaper. He thought regretfully of flannel cakes as he len'lJcd that his April Fool hnd mlscnrrled nnd turned nnd fol lowed Miss Allen down the street There weic the usual pranks plned In the school yard, but Blllv, always tho leader In all mischief, stood apart and wondered. He was certain that he had stamped tho letter properlv, and nnywny Mr. Meado would have given the letter to her and collected tho money hnd the stamp fallen off it was something ho could not understand, though ho puzrled his brain until tho Inst bell rang nnd ho Bllpped Into his seat Just In time. Some one must have been playing Jokes on tho teacher, for her eyes snapped and about her nioutli there plnycd u smile that made Hilly want to hug her. Even when Ned Matthews sought to pick up a lender onlv to hnvo It Jerked from be neath his grasp by a bit of thread, Mlsi Allen onlv looked the other way and tapped with her pencil on tho desk, though surely nt other timet the source of this demonstration would have been ns patent to her ns to the rlnsi. During the lunch hour Billy's mystifica tion was further Increased, for stopping nt tho postofllcc, ho naked for mail for Miss Allen. "Sho was expecting two let ters this morning nnd sho only got one," ho explained to Mr. Mende. "Go on with your April fool Jones, ne laughed good nnturedly. "She got two lcttera this morning." Billy knew better, but there was no use asking questions Ho hnd seen her come out with Just the ono big envelope and that was from tht School Committee. Tho other was not under tho big one, for ho had pretended to drop hla enp as an ex cuse to look at the under side nnd there had been nothing hidden beneath. But If Billy had hung nbout tho school room Instead of pursuing his Investiga tions nt the postofilce ho would have seen that Mr. Meado was right, for on tencher's desk was tho envelope he had dropped Into the box, nnd for the 10th time teacher, with glowing cheeks, was rending the note. "I have not the courage to speak," It ran, "but I am coming back Monday on tho 4:M If your answer Is 'yes' will you meet me nt tho train If you nre not there I shnll know tho answer Is 'no,' but If you can find It In your heart to love me, dear, please be there to greet me Tho others think I nm coming on the night train nnd we shall have a. chance to walk home alone " Tho explanation was very simple. She had slipped the envelope Inside of the folds of the paper as she had received It. Somehow sho did not want others to seo the precious missive and with Instinctive modesty she had hidden It. The afternoon dragged Interminably for her. Every stroke of tho clock, every tick of the pendulum brought Hugh nearer to her, nnd yet tho minutes passed with leaden wings It was only a 10-min-utu walk to the stntlon, nnd she lingered oer the compositions, her eye constantly Keeking tho slow-ticking inuh In front of her until nt last the minute hand had come almost to the half hour. Sho put on her wraps nnd -hurried down the Btreet. Billy, keeping watch at the postofilce. was spending a weary vigil, but her road took her In tho opposite direction and he did not know that he was waiting In vain The train had Just whistled as she reached the platform, and in a few min utes the heavy string of coaches pulled Into the Btatlon yard, tho engine panting like Borne tired animal. She looked quickly up nnd down the long line of cars until with a tremendous acceleration of the heart's bearings she recognized a muffled form stepping from one of the sleepers. "Nlta!" he cried as she sped toward him, "this Is a surprise Indeed '" "Didn't you expect me?" she demanded smilingly "Did you think I could forget so soon?" Hugh looked puzzled as he fell Into step and passed out of the station "But no one knew I was coming." he declared "You don't mean to tell me that my ad vent waa anticipated?" "I did not tell a soul," Bhe said. "I only got your letter thla morning." "But I did not write any one, not even you," was the puzzled declaration Nltn laughed. ''You don't mean to say that you expect a school teacher with a class like mine to forget this Is April fool? she asked "The boys were tormenting me all day and now you want me to believe that you did not write me that letter. You must have written some one else, too, for mine bore the local postmark." "Seeing!! believing," he suggested With a pretty flush Bhe thrust her hand inside her Jacket and presently withdrew the letter. He glanced at the superscrip tion and smiled. "And this Is your answer!" he said gently, Her eyes gave reply "I have the courage to ask you myself now," he said, tenderly. "This is a letter I wrote before I went away. Do you remember the time I went to New York to arrange about my going to the Bast?" "Then you didn't Bend It?" she asken tremulously. "No," he said. "I didn't Bend It because I have come all the way from Manila to ask you to go back with me. I never had the courage to send you this, I think it roust be that young brother of mine. He probably ran asroes It In my desk." "What can you think of me?" she said with glistening eyes. "If I told you," he said, sincerely, "I should make a scandal by hugging- you riafet here an the attest I think you are the dearest little woman In the world. I never had hoped to learn my anawer au quickly." "You have Billy to thank for that," she laughed. "I don't know whether to thtmsh or thank him," tie smiled "Perhaps it would be better to do both in that order ' "Huh," mused Billy a few hours later as be lovingly fingered a gold piece "Hugh saye that I'm the April fool I don't think so H' In the front parloi u.Uing more like a fool than I am l wouldn't Just alt klaeta a girt like thai I'tJ no up to the poatottce and eho ,ft afore the feueft if I'd Juat coma home iCopxtlSht. Jatftj l T2tHSKS0 IlfeCTkSNr' LATE STYLES IN SUMMER GOWNS JUNE BRIDE WHO CAN TWIST. AND TURN HAS $62 TROUSSEAU Her Largest Item of Expense Wan a $25 Traveling Suit in Which to Be M arrie d. Doesn't Want a "Fi(ssy" White Gown." WHAT THE GIRL WHO IS USED TO ECONOMIZING SPENDS Trnollng suit In whltfn sho is married J-i Hat 6 Illnuso & Shoes I Llntrerlo (six sets) 10 Hosiery (six pairs) .1 Refurbishing old dresses 5 Incidentals (gloves, handkerchiefs, neckwear) C Total 61! What a girl spends on her trousseau depends altogether on what she's got and what she's been used to. This Indisputable bit of philosophy was voiced by ono Mary Flnlan, a pretty blue-ejecl lady's mnld who Is working Industriously at E002 Walnut street until tho time arrives for her to bid goodby to the home In which she is now em ployed nnd tako up her position as mis tress In her own. When tho Juno roses begin to bloom Mary Is going to get married. Her (lance, n big, husky fellow who used to be a seaman, Is now an engineer nnd makes $20 a week. They nro going to start life modestly in n little homo that will not rent for more than HI or J1S a. month. For tho benefit of other young working girls whoso weekly earnings are in the neighborhood of from 5j to 17 a week this young woman consented to speak of some of tho prnctlcal preparations she has mado nnd the money she has spent. "I've been saving things for my trous seau for oor ft year," she explained, "nnd somo of my prettiest things have been given to me, so that to estimate the cost In dollars and cents would be a hard thing to do, though when everything Is counted In, my things will not amount to J75 worth; I am sure of that." Mary Flnlan Is handy. That Is part of her business All of the dresses in hor outfit will bo old ones refurbished. A touch hero and a touch there, and, presto! such a chnngo Is affected that few ejes, nnd surely no masculine ones, would remember having seen It before. Sho will have tho six precious seta of llngcrlo so necessary to tho bride's peace of mind In addition, sho will have a brand new wedding suit with a splc-nnd-spnn chnpeau and stratght-from-the-Btoro shoes. "I shnll get a good suit, even If I hnve to pay $r or W for It," Bhe said, "be cause It will bo the suit In which I nm married, nnd becauBo a great deal of wear can nlways be gotten out of a serviceable cont nnd aklrt It will probnbly bo dark blue, nnd with It I nm going to have a new waist to match. "I bclloxo that over' girl who hasn't very much to Bpend would be wise to buy n suit nnd bo married In that rather than to spend tho money for a fussy white gown which sho will never be ablo to wear again, or at least which nho will only bo ablo to wear on a few special oc casions. "Our honeymoon will not cost much. A week, perhaps, at somo nearby sea Bhoro. After that we will go to house keeping In n little homo that we haven't picked out yet. Of course, my husband will furnish It, simply, but wo want to got things that will last. Taken all In nil, I don't think marriage Is so expen sive. Ours iBn't going to be, anyway." JUNE BniDEB This is the fifth of a scries of articles appearing in the Evening Ledoku on Mondays, Wrdiicsdats and Fridays, discussing tho many questions that concern those about to bo married trousseaus, wedding rings, flowers, music, invitations and all, and who pays and why. (Dr Gaertner's modlflcatlona) Supplied to the hom freah dally In A oi. nursing bottlea at S centa; care fully modified in our special labora tory to reaembla human milk in Ita rompoeltlon. Best and aafest during the hot aeaaonl Aik tor printed dlrectlona. Abbotts Alderney Dairies 31ST A CHESTNUT 8T8. I'hone Hating 205. Alio aupplled by our branchea at Atlantlo City, Ocean City, Wltdnood. Capo May wsa SHEDWATER DRESSING SAoS WHITE SWATERPRODF PATENT ArfUUrOR TRADt HAM MAKES SHOES UlY WHITE DUG US SHEDWATER WHITE SHS E DRESSING is the only preparation that is so easy to use a child can apply it. Ducks makes Suede, Canvas, Duck or Buckskin shoes velvety white makes them soil proof and water proof. v Saves time. Saves trouble. lQc Ask Your Dealer?. SULLIVAN MFG. CO,, INC, Camden, N. J. & A SMART GRLV DART ?iPii (lKf7 ApM Two Dainty Summer Gowns THE newest summer frocks aro quaint ly attractive, reminding ono of the crinoline era of long ago, with their flowered dimities and touches of black velvet hero and there. The shops are selling yards nnd nrds of flowered voiles, crepes and muslins In the coolest pinks, blues nnd blacks, combined with white, of course. Striped patterns nre next In favor, and these also come In colors. They nro not the narrow one-Inch stripes of last season, cither; some of Uiem aro regular awning stripes, two nnd three Inches across. The picture today bIiows two pretty wash dresses, which any woman who Is clever with her needlo can mako for herself with Utile trouble. The striped frock Is mado of plnk-and-whlto candy atrlped voile. Tho blouse Is plain, with ft strnp effoet over the shoulders, and a sheer vesloe of whlto organdie. The small collar Is mado of embroidery and the" buttons nre covered with pink. TlmJ sleeves aro tJt three-quarters in length with two ruffles of tho material formlni') tho cuffs. The waist lino Is normal, with a wldji detachable glrdlo of rose-colored moire.' Tho skirt Is double tiered, with no trlm.'j mlng. but contrasting bands of the atrlped 1 material finished off with a narrow ruffle.- Tho second gown Is moro elaborate,'! with Its little nattier bluo taffeta coatee- j detachable, for laundering purposes, of i course. Tho skirt has an apron tunlo of nowcrca goons, lulling in u poini iront nnd back. A flat bow of black velvet' ribbon Is placed at tho girdle. The blouse under tho coat Is entirely complete, 6 ' that If the wearer would llko to remove ' the little Jacket It may easily bo done. d Coiffure. Of course I read tho editor's note On why somo women shouldn't vote, Or why they should! And glance through all the newsy part To seo who's suing for n heart Not understood Yet what I read with greatest pleasure Tells not of newest party measure. Or stato affair. But, to my Joy, minutely states "What Fashion truly contemplates About her hair. No sooner havo I read It through Than I'm obliged to try a fow Of those new styles; So straight I gather up my braid, Some pins and puffs the latest made Ami work awhile. Tcrhaps I comb It all down flat And mako a rounded little pat Upon each car, Then folks may whisper "Look at it!" That does not matter not a bit I cannot hear. Or maybo fashion notes declaro Tho only way to do one's hair Is nil In curls; And then I hang ono down my neck, Or mako about a half a peck Of llttlo whirls. Of course, I'm very up to date. And want to vote nbout tho State But I don't care! If I wero a man, or bald, or a fright. Then It's possible I might But I havo hair! Bertha Louise Tllcketts, In Southern "Woman's Magazine. Choral Society Sings "Elijah" f Slondelssohn'a oratorio, "Elijah," was i Bung by tho Choral Society of Phlladel. 1 phla nt Willow Qrovo last night, with Henry Uordon Thunder conducting and -j Modesto AltBChuler's Russian Symphony 4 Orchestra accompanying. Tho perform I nnce won presented with technical ex-J celtcncc, marked by profound rellgloui'I significance. l Allied Airmen Raid Ostcnd AMSTERDAM, Juno 2. Three German coast bntterles near Ostend, Belgium, ! were put out of commission by bombs 3 vtM n flfttllln i AllUBna,fln1onjia Ml.lk twill liuitim VI ,uina tcu,.ctii.0, Wliitn raided tho ooast on Tuesday. nl X- In PEARL BORAX SOAP Most soap for the mon ey best gifts for the wrappers. Ask your flro cer about them. 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