BUSINESS GIRLS THE INFLUENCE Are "Masculine Females" the Product of Woman's Contact With the Commercial World? By ELLEN ADAIR rntIB "detestable mannlshness of the X ftvtraRfl business woman" Is the subject of n tllMrloe In tlio letter column of a morning newspaper recently, which Is bo biased nnd so Insulting to the vast army ttt Be'f-supportlnsr women that It Is a wonder any man, even a brave ono, had the eourace to submit It for tho public's ero4l. It Is almost Impossible," says this In dividual, "for a vsoman to bo Into bust riesi with men for any length of llmo without becoming slightly coarsened, and they all lce that refinement and In definable oharm that tlio good, modest, home girl possesses, and than business women often wonder why men do not elvH their scats In the earn as formerly, and why they often llso language In their presence that thoy wcaiiu not minn 01 uslnK In the presenco of the home girl," Its rather amusing- tho way the gentle man argues. Isn't It? A good, sweet girl unuscu 10 mo ways of the world Is forced by economic pressure out Into the bad, bad world In order to cam her own living. When she gets out Into thin bnd, bad World her moat Intimate associate"! nro men, ami alas, alack a day, alio bocomos coarsened, mannish nnd hopolcssly unrc flnetll Of course. It never occurs to tho wrltor of tho eplstlo to blame hie own aex. No, If women, by lujyoelatlnK in n business way with tn o 11, lose that nubtlo Indefinable! something which Is femininity's chlot charm, it in her fault, of course The men nro not asked to refrain from an caring, to so mcud their wajs ns to make them fit associates for the women, who, un fortunately, have to work with them Oh, no, this would bo too much, Indeed In stead, let the Women keep away, and then they won't get hurt. Thus argues tno man Even If you trant that his assertions aro woll taken, that women who have to work becomo less attractive, Is not his attitude one of blind prcjudlco when ho puts tho blnmo on womcn7 Certainly, n person nho known anything at all about economic conditions of the present llmo realizes that the majority of women in tno commercial worm touny are there because grim necessity has put them there, not becauso thoy want to be, but becauso they have to be. Sometimes they nro not only self-supporting, but llttla children nnd helpless relatives nro depmdent on them. 'Would any ono deny such a woman's rlht, nay, Fatty Caterpillar NOON tlmo came. Tha warm sun shone down on tho drowsy gardon and all the creatures dozed or slept. All but Fatty Caterpillar. Tho wnrmth only made him the moro hungry and he stnrted up tho stdo of the second biggest cabbage, eating, eating nil tho way. "Soon I will be fat enough." he whis pered to himself as ho took a bigger bite "Soon t may spin. Soon my dreams will como true," and ho went on eating for good measure. Up 111 the tree near by, Billy Robin stirred and blinked his left eye. "What's the use of sleeping all the afternoon?" ho asked himself lazily. "I have half a mind to fly over to tho cabbago patch and get me a worm " Ho blinked his other pye, looked up and down nnd around for company; finding none, ho flow leisurely over to tho cabbage patch. And thero he saw Fatty Caterpillar. "Hello, there! Fatty!" he called de risively, "jou still entlng?" "To bo sure! Why not7" replied Fatty between bites. "I must eat and eat and "Vou a butterfly!" erled lllllu Hoiln. 'Where did you ever get such an dear" eat Then some day I will fly as jou Jo" What a Joke!" chirped Billy. "I'm so glad X happened to find you. Now I will have something funny to tell Tommy Sparrow when he wakes up from his nap. The very Idea of a worm becoming a hlrd!" I'm not R worml" exclaimed Fatty Caterpillar excitedly "I'm a caterpillar end that's a very different thing," Of course It 11" said Billy Itobln quickly, "don't you think I know any thing? If you were a worm, you would have nice slick sides and I could cat you up for my afternoon tea. But as you are a oater&lllar, X can do nothing of the sort Uhy do you arm yourself with such poisonous stickers on your sides? If ypu s,re bird, as you say you are, why not protest yourself as we do by flying away from harm? Why carry poison? That Is unsportsmanlike " "Evsry one his own way," replied Fatty Caterpillar patiently, "but I will fly some SALLY, OF PEACOCK ALLEY OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT even her duty to Bo out and make what money she can? . Of course there Is another class, tne woman who has no Income of her own and who, If she does not marry early In life, must ue depenuont on soma male relative for ovcry nickel or car faro she desires to spend. This woman refuses to marry the first man Who comes along both heii m o n t a 1 and her moral education has progressed too far for her to settle down and becomo a naraslte. Tho result la that she sallies forth Into the business world bravely and blithely resolves to wrest from tho com munity by hor labors enough money to sat isfy hor normal de sires, Theso two clauses rnnaltttitn tlin nVAftlirn tlna nt hllnlltafu unmnll. Them Is II third type, I am willing to admit, which might answer to tlio description In the nuove uuoted gentleman's letter "gum-chewing, liinso-lovlng, mascullno fcmnlcs, ahort sklrled, limb-showing, painted, pirwlcrcd, peocock-nttlnp, peanut-brained apologies fm real women" but theso nro not tho army that lie slates them to be. On tho contrary they constltuto such a small minority ns to be almost a negligible iiuuntlty, and what Is moro to tho point, this typo has Its protcrtpc In largo num bers among tho "good, homo girls" Fur bo It from m Intontlon to dls parago tho homo girl But In shi not to be envied rather than lauded? With nil the time that she desires to llx her clothes up prettily , to pursue her fnvorlto hobby, to ntie'id tho man) little social functions po dear to women, her lot In life Is a pleasant one, uhlch many a tired, peaked business girl would be glad to taka In exchnngo for hor o w li. did conditions but permit Deop In the heart of every "really nnd truly" womnn lies an "un - up - root - able" homo Instinct. Every woman dreams Homo day of the llttla homo uhlch shall bo her very own. Sometimes ho r d r o a m novcr comes true, but moro often than not It docs, and tho matri monial and divorce specialists hnvo long ago decided that tho business w o m a n makes u better nlfo than tho homo girl, who doesn't know tho 'aluo of money or tho grind and competition which nro coincident with earning It. Goes To Sleep day for all your tnlklng. I protect my self with these stickers you dlsllko for that very reason. If I allowed you to cat me up, I would nover becomo a butterfly." "You n butterfly?" cried Billy Robin "Whero did you ccr get Bitch nn idea? Butterflies arc dainty airy oieaturos Many a ono have I played with myself; I ought to know whnt they are llko. You aro nothing llko butterflies. Bottor stop such foolish dreaming and do somo uso fill work. You can ne er bo a butterfly." And away he flew to tell Tommy Sparrow tho Joko "A worm a butterfly '" ex claimed Tommy Sparrow whon ho heard Billy's report "Whnt foolish dreaming creatures thore arc In tho world' That greedy fellow will nocr be nny thing but Fatty Caterpillar, wo can bo certain of that!" Left by himself, Tatty Catterpillar care fully counted up the lumps of fat ho had spread over his back. "I surely be llovo I have enough now," he snld to himself, and with that he began spinning himself Into a soft, silky net. AH the rest of tho day he worked faith fully, hardly stopping for a bit to eat. so eager was hu to be done. At last his covering was finished and with n thought of tho beautiful creaturo he would some day be, Fatty Caterpillar went to sleep. Copyright Clara Ingram Judaon Bid Them Be Still By KATHERINE A. GRIMES I straightened the cold, whlto limbs of him And laid him down and laid him down! My heart was full of the sweet of him; I kissed the hands and the feet of him And carried him out of the town A splendid thing was the death of him, Ills captain said his captain said; But how could ho know tho worth of him? Mine was the Joy of tho birth of him, And the pain, now he Is dead! I hate tha flap that was lure to htm. Bo gay nnd high so gay and high; The red of it is tho blood of him, How could It care for tha good of him When It called him out to die? The buglBs are calling In vain to him; Bid them be stlll-bld them be still, Mine Is the clay they have left of him, Mine, his mother bereft of htm By that flaunting flag on the hill! In Southern Woman's Magazine. Vacation Day Precautions It's n great annoyance to find yourself for from home mid unable to obtain your fmnr. He netftpaper. llofnre you to away notify the Kvtolnr Ledstr tn have your paper enl to you. tipcrlfy the edition desired. The Krtnlns Idsrr will award dally prlie of II for the beat original sufcrf lion on entertainment. The subject of the llmt enntrtt will be "My Mod Hoe ceufut Luncheon," All msnuierlpU liauld lie restvoable length, and none will be returned. Addret to the lintr (lament Conteet, Kvmlnif ledger. Inde pendence Briuare, l'lillailelphla. v-tr'W ijE3!9tW IMUPIP.HH ' i1 'IWW lliiliwyijpi.nil" J'i"P ii !fUl..j "I ' mf , .,--- .-., ...... H EVENING TJEDGBft-PHILADETJPHIA; EBIPAY. JTTyTjaLJglC1 JOHN W. WESCOIYS MOTHER DIES AT 90 Attorney General of New Jer sey Loses Race to Gain Hor Bedside Before the End. Attorney General John W. Westott, of New Jemey. learned today that he had lost a race with death that brought him hurrying back to Berlin, N. J., from fieii cr. Ills mother, Mrs. Catharlno 0. We, cott, SO years old, died lato last Jilght. Tho Attorney General reached Berlin 10 hours later this morning. No arrangements for the funeral liavo been mado as yet. All other members of the family wero at the bedside whon death came. Attorney Qenornl Wcscott, who I tho man who made tho speech nominating Woodrow Wltson for Presi dent nt Baltlmoro, started for tho Pan-ama-Paclflc Exposition more than a. week ngo. Two days later Mrs. Wcscott became 111, and physicians found thnt her re covery, owing to her advanced age, w.is Impossible Tho Attorney General had not left o complcto Itinerary of his trip with relatives nnd It took them ft lon tlmo to locate him. Then It was too late President to Go to "Summer" Cnpltal CHICAGO, July 23 President Wilson will lene Washington soon for anothor short vncntlon trip nt Cornish, N. II , tho Whilo House announced today, Ho my spend Sunday with his family at the "summer cnpltal," It was stated. Ho will tnko with him many papers nnd will do considerable) work. Ho expects to bo gono n week or ten days. Before leaving tho President will nn noimco many appointments und probably will select a Stato Department counselor. Chester Children in Concert-Dance CIICSTIJH, Pa, July 23 Hundreds of persons laBt night witnessed "Dances of All Nntlons," an entertainment given by tho boys nnd girls from tho city's eight public playgrounds In WuBhburn's The atre under tho direction of Miss Nelllo 12 Mnson, tho chief supcrvfsor. Bach play ground represented ft different nation and tho youngsters were dressed In costumes natUo to that country. Another Lemon Hill Protest A mass-meeting of more than 100 per sons on tho City Hall plnra last night Hlgnifled that tho Lemon Hill Association hnB not glen up Its light for tho contin uation of tho meetings In Fnlrmount Park this summer Tho Ilev. James B I31 conducted tho meeting, nnd a petition wns forwarded to Ell Kirk Price, chairman of the Park Commission. NET TOP LACE MAKES A DAINTY TRIMMING ON LATE SUMMER GOWNS lJaaHHBsKff W WBylH A SIMPLE SUMMER FROCK By GIRL BORN BLIND 25 GETS SIGHT AND She Cannot Recognize More Than a Fcxo of the Thousand Objects She Sees Every Day Now Until She Touches Them. "In Neto Universe," She Says. THD gicntost gift la often tho most un expected. Nono will doubt that this was s6 In tho caso of Miss Tomsyna Cnr lyle, born blind 25 years ago, and recon ciled to remaining sightless all hor life, who suddenly found that sho could bco ono day recently while Bitting on tho deck of a steamship on routo from San Pedro to San Francisco, Cal This young woman today Ih living her childhood nil over ngaln. Sho cannot rec ognize more than a few of tho thousand objects Bho sees ovcry day now until sho touches them. Thli Is ono of tho moat rcmnrknblo features of her cxporlencc. "I nm In a now universe," aho says. "Ono in which my eyes nro not jet able to conoy definite Impressions to my bruin, becauso my brnln docs not yet know Just what tho pictured scenes really mean. Things nro pictured so dlffcrontly to tho blind eyes from what tnoy really nro. Yesterday I saw somo small living thing coming toward me, and I did not know what It wns until ' touched It. Then I know it was n. dog." Miss Carlylo wns born nt La Crosse, Wis., tho youngest of nlno children. Sho nttended n kindergarten and later was graduated from tho Wisconsin Stato SUMMER materials aro getting moro and moro nttractivo as the season wears on. Al most every woman has mado hor selection of summer gowns by now, of course, but which one of us Is nbovo choosing another frock If tho Irroslstlblo temptation should pre sent Itself? It Is safo to say that no daugh ter of Evo would' Say no to tho opportunity. Crepes of nil Hindu mado their how to us early In tho summer. Flowered and printed styles nro particularly good Another popular faor!to Is the coin dotted c r o p o gown. Theso came to us from our best Amer ican designers, and mado nn Instant bid for favor with fashlonablo women. Variations of tho dotted crepo gown nro seen every day, and ono of the most ef fective styles is shown In today's fnshlon. Tho color trcheme of this little gown Is baby blue and white, tho most attractive, as well ns tho most conven tional of combinations. Net-top lace la used as the chief decoration and with a decidedly chic effect. The long sleeved bodice has an upstanding collar of coarse white net, with ft small velvet bow of n darker del blue at the front These are also usod to catch the full sleeves In at tho wrist. The waist line Is high Just a little above tho normal wth dainty rows of velvet. A double-tunic effect Is Imparted to tho skirt by means of the net, which Is draped In very full gathers all the way around the skirt nnd trimmed with in serts of the top lace at the front The style Is not unlike a Itusslan tunlo, as the under skirt Is perfectly plain. Collarlesa Blouses Paris sanctions col larless daytime bodices) also makes an oc casional model low and round, or shallow and oval, or shallow and pointed, and finished In very s I m p I a fashion with frill or ruche. BUP.TON DONNEL HUGHES YEARS AGO LIVES IN WONDER School for the Blind. Against mnny pro tests sho ordered thy La Crosso Stato Normal School and obtained n diploma, and then she tutored children. By this iiho earned money enough to enter tho University of California, whero sho is now completing her studies , OPPORTUNITY FOR NEGRO Africa nn Inviting Field, Declares tho Rev. Mr. Steady, of Sierra Leone. "Ni-w Is nn oppottuno tlmo for tho Ameilcan negro to return to Africa," de i larcd tho Hcv. I. E. Chlaknzca Steady in nn Interview todny on tho present con ditions In tho African colonies. Mr. Stendy Is a nntlvo of Freetown, Sierra Lcono, West Coast of Africa, and according to his stntoment tho govern ment of tho colonies 1b practically In tho hands of the natives. Tho former gov ernors have gono to tho front, cither In Europe or In Africa. "Wo need tho Ideas tho Amtrlcan negro would bring to Africa," continued Mr. Steady, "and ho ho owes to his mother country n moral debt thnt should urgo him to return and help his less fortunato brothers. Yes, there Is suffering In'Afrlca, because tho ships that formorly brought foodstuffs como no moro; only nntlvo food Is avail able. But tho war will help Africa. Wo shall gain tho confidence of Eng land, France, Belgium and Russia, with the result that wo will get moro ofllclal positions in tho government, higher edu cationwhat Is equivalent to tho grnm inar school here nnd Industrial training, which Is needed vory badly In Africa. Tradesmen and skilled mechanics In all lines nro especially desired." VICE CAMPAIGN PROSPERS Essington Revivalists Sco Success in Immorality Fight. Tho campaign of tho Essington Co operative Evangelistic Society against drinking nnd vice In general In the boat houso co'lony at Essington Is progressing most favorably, according to James Tny ior, president of tho eoclety. The cam paign Inaugurated last Tuesday has for Its chief featuro n rovlval service held, every night In the old quarantine section, "Porfect order," says Mr, Taylor, "has existed for tho last two nights, and If Sunday Is quiet, we will celebrate a vic tory. Our causa is gaining strength among tho townspeople and every day brings new recruits. "Tho meetings hao served to arouse civic prldo and have stirred the citizens to action After standing for the antics nnd Immoral actions of certain members of the boathouse colony for years, the townspeople havo determined to uproot the evils. "There was only ono solution; namely, to band the Christian people together for civic and religious service. We are teach ing tho young girls and moral lepers who ontlco them to the camps tho error of their lives. "Christian brotherhood la more power ful than tho mailed flst." Aside from the Immorality In many of the camps, Taylor charges that rum Is sold openly on Sunday and carted from a bottling establishment to the camps In the afternoon. Marcus IIoolc P. O. Removal Urged MAR.CUS HOOK, Pa., July 23.-CltItens of this borough are circulating a peti tion which will bo sent to the Federal Poatofflco Department requesting- the re moval of the local postofllcs from the outskirts of the borough to the heart of the business district. -- wm m mmx&M:m n BJTaumtaf6tiiH)uUlm aft jf masasEassciMw ii .fsjwisjEMMaissjjjjjMa mmsumtmmtmmmm SIME BATHERS WHO WALK ON STREETS IN SUITS TURNED BACK i Atlantic City Police, Sta tioned at Each Avenue, Do Not Permit Those Wtihout Outer Coverings to Go on Beach. ATLANTIC CITY, July 23 -The new edict nbout tho dress of bathers, who como from hotels or cottageB along tho avenues to tho bathing grounds, was partially put Into effect yesterday, but will bo rigorously enforced from today on. All bathers who walk alons the streets must havo an outer covering long enough to como below tho knee, Sweaters and coats aro barred. Policemen were stationed at tho beach end of ever nve nuo to slop bathers who wero not prop erly attired from going on the bench. They nro on duty from 0 o'clock In tho morning A number of people who wore stopped yesterday morning waited until tho 12 o'clock whistles blow anil then visited tho beach, whllo a number of others who found out that several small avenues wero not under police control, took that path to the bench, It was understood that bathers who escaped tho eyes of tho polico on their trip to tho beach would bo stopped when thoy started to go baok to their hotels, but this was found to bo an Impossibility. Thero was no way of corralling the crowd on the bench, nnd the bathora who did not como up to the set standard of street nttlre, Only had to plead hunger to tho policemen nnd they turned nnd looked In nnother direction. Tho order will bo a difficult ono to en force, although pcoplo aro taking It In a good-natured manner, Driftwood parties are tho latest fad among tho fashlonablo people In tho resi dential district. A Journoy Is mode to tho stretch of beach on tho lower end of tho Island, far away from tho built up soctlon, and after n huge pllo of damp wood has been gathered It Is coaxed Into flames, and tho party gathers around It, sits on tho sand and tells talcs of ro mance or adventuro. It differs from a marshmallow toast Inasmuch ns no sweets nro cooked. If nnythlng la eaten, It la generally watermelon, Coro Is taken to sco that enough wood Is on hand to kcop tho bonflreB burning brightly for an hour or two. There Is ft movement on foot to glvo on aviation moot horo during August, using tho two flying boats nOw hero as tho first entries in a number of events and with prizes offored of such valuo that airmen would bo attracted from all parts of tho United States. Mrs. Otto Eisonlohr, of Walnut street. Is occupying her Chelsea cattago nnd will remain hero until tho mlddto of Septem ber. John H. Kecnan Is ono of tho Board walk strollers down hero for a two weeka' vacation Mr. Koenan was for merly a Magistrate In Philadelphia, but Is now engaged In tho mercantile bus iness. Mr. and Mrs. George If. Donohue, of Falls of Schuylkill, aro at a prominent hotel for'a long stay, Mr. Donohue Is a manufacturer In Philadelphia. Jamos J. Toner, superintendent of the department of Inquiry In tho Emigration Bureau at Ellis Island, la a. visitor at one of tho hotels. Jay Mastbaum, manager of the Palace Theatre, has rented apartments for a month, and will spond much of his time hero until September. Mr. and Mrs. George Knrlavagn, of Fhllndelphln, nro located nt a beach-front hotel for a lengthy stny. Mr. Karlavagn owns n hotel In Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. J6hn J. Felln and fam ily, of Philadelphia, nro hero for tho rest of the season. Mr. Folln Is In tho mer cantile business In North Philadelphia. Mr. nnd Mrs Charles W. Welsh, of Melroso Park, havo leased a cottage in Chelsea until October. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Gates and family, of St. Martins, are Chelsea cot tagers who will stny until lato In the fall. Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Shmtdhelscr, of Philadelphia, aro States avenue cot tagers who will remain here until tho middle of October. tJKS SHE&WATER WHITE SH?E DRESSING Ducks White Dressing makes shoes sheer white, soilproof and waterproof. It is far bet ter than liquids or paste can't cake and lasts longer, 25c Suede-CanvaS'Duck-BuckskinT-lOc Sold by all shoe dealers and most drug gists. Sullivmn Mfg, C Int., Catnitn. N. J. , THE DREAM GIRL ACCOUNT FILED FOR CATHERINE W. SMITH'S ESTATE OF $124,800 Executors Bring Papers to Register of Wills' Office for Adjudication by Or- j phans5 Court Other Tea- 'j taments. The effects of tha lato Cathirino w Smith of this city, who died laBt Janu ary, wero valued at $124,820 21 today when an account of the cstato was filed with the lleelater of Wilts for adjudication by the Orphans' Court by executors Robert and Alexis Smith and Nicholas Thouron A balance of this valuation of $123,1217; remains Sums of $29,C0I are claimed by the at countants to be paid to Margaret Gordon, Alexis D Smith, Edmund D. Smith ana nobert St. Smith, In compliance with pro. lslonn of tho Wttl. The will of Howard Wells, lato medical Inspector of tha United States NaVy, was admitted to probato todny The testa ment leaves an cstnto of JS60O to a iUteri Emma, E Wells, the executor of th estnto Mr, Wells died recently at lilt residence In Oak Lane Among other wills admitted to probaU today wore those of Anton Schafcr, Qer mantown nnd Cholten avenues, Involvlnj an estnte of $9750; of Henrietta Cooper, Unddonlleld, N. J $3700, and of Mary n, Richards, 1811 North Park nvenuo, $80C0. rorsonal cfTects of tho Allco II. Jllch nrdson cstnto woro appraised today at $15,401.10. DR. SHAW TO FIGHT CASE Contest for Possession of AutomoblU Grows Moro Lively. Developments In tho contest between Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and the Dela ware County Commissioners over the possession of tho former's car came to light today when It was learned that Doctor Shaw refused to allow her coun sel tti furnish a bond In substitution for hor little yellow car, "Eastern Victory." An ft result, W. K. Frontleld, counsel for Doctor Shaw, will start Injunction pro cecdlngs In equity court tomorrow, to re strain tho Bale of tho car. Doctor Shaw eays her legal rcsldcnco Is In Now York Stato and that sho cannot be held to ac count for nddltlonat taxes In Tcnnsyl vanla. How the Body Fights Death Germs By Woods Hutchinson, A. M., M. D. The president of the Ameri can Academy of Medicine tells us how our bodies acquire immunity against in fectious diseases. Of course, "medicos" know it, but most of us can't absorb their strange talk. So Woods Hutchinson gives us a highly understandable -and inter esting gist of the subject in the language of ordinary man. Dr. Hutchinson's earned title of America's foremost physician-journalist assures you that the article is well worth reading. You'll find it only in SUNDAY'S PUBLIC LEDGER Order From Your Dealer TODAY OF VANITY FAIR I V7 III 4 nm rl i A i w - mm ii upw stun m ' ''' in mnfmi-t f'U th tUt t wHh mm. m.,m -ii i n i ii i iMwwwsiBSsiiWSjwwap-t. -i' ' '' III. Ill 'll-,wtIJ 11 in JJ. "i i 1 1 i imii i jiiiiu ! mlj jnngj In,., u.L-ij i -WJM.IJ1H1 II ii4 Mi jnjg, iiiimiiiiiiij. ... P9& tklkt if ml dlefMll