EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1015:
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THE WAYS OF FLIRTATION
ARE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD
?
Love-Piracy and the Natural Coquetry of Woman The
Gullibility of Mere Man in the Hands of
the Eternal Feminine
By ELLEN ADAIR
""TTILtRTATIOV declared a certain ox
JU perleneed baehelw the other day, "is
ft. natural gift where the Rentier wx Is con
cerned They are all born flirts. Just as
the great Poo-Bah of
the Mldadp' was
hum sneering. Co
uuetry and a respect
for her appearance
diplas Itself In the
smallest baby girl as
soon as sho Is dress
ed In short frocks.
"A tiny tot of six
years okl. with no
touching, will drnpe
herself In a laee cur
tain, peeping out
from It half shyly
and half in chal
lenge, just as a young duck will go to
water."
, ...
"We men, on the other hand," ho con
tinued, "have to learn the arts of flirta
tion and attraction, and they nre very
sjoldom acquired by us until wo aro of
mature ago. The boy who is dressed In
his best clothes and his best manners
feels uncomfortable and self-conscious of
the savagery which Is half dormnnt In
him; but a littlo Ctrl Is civilized almost
from the moment of her birth."
...
Flirtation may really be compared to
the rough draft of. the nrtlst from which
the masterpiece of lovo may one of theae
days bo evolved, a rough, hurried sketch
which no one can understand or appreci
ate but the artists themselves.
Or It may be compared to tho pinning
of a few Dowers and a bunch of ribbon
on a hat. "Just to sec- how It looks " If
it doesn't look all right, It can he un
pinned again, and no harm Is done to the
integrity of tho hat. or the freshness of
the flowers.
It is
liero
a sort of sham flKht .of lovo
the adversaries engage In a
friendly way to test their powers for real
warfare, in which heart aro going to be
wounded, and one or other of tho com
batants Is to bo captured.
Speaking on the subject of flirtation
thoro are many women who seek to start
something of the sort with some short
sighted, unsuspecting man for no better
reason than they knew that such notion
Is going to annoy some other woman ex
cessively When a woman wants a man
to lovo her. It does not necessarily mean
that she loves him; It probably only
means that somo other womsn loves him.
This is cynical, yet all too true in a hun
dred Instances.
...
Flirtation Is a double-edged fmord
which cuts both nays, and must there
fore be used carefully and gently, pro
tected by a good sheath of common
sense,
Thero li a great deal of flirtation in the
world which is not legitimate. Tho younrf
man who starts a violent flirtation with
ovcry girl ho meets is despicable. For he
Is not playing tie game, and In tho eyes
of his fellow-men Is a sorry sort of insect
who gathers honey which ho never storei,
nnd robs tho honest working bees of their
share In the sweetness of life's garden.
Thcro Is nothing which mora dellRhts
such a drone than upsetting the affairs
or more sincere per
sons than himself.
. .
lie has nil the
stinging quickness of
a wasp to scent
sweetness In tho air,
and being brighter,
su lftcr and hand
somer than the aver
age humdrum work
ing bee, he often at
tracts tho notice of
the Inexperienced
little maiden who Is
yet but half In love
with a worthier
suitor to that suitor's detriment and her
own unhapplncss
SOME HINTS FOR THOSE
WHO WOULD HAVE GOOD
TIME ON HALLOWEEN
Decorations Most Important
Problem Before Every Capa
ble Mistress Who Would
Succeed in Arrangements
PROPER EEFECTS CRUX
Among the highly important features of
a Halloween Jollification, however simple
or elaborate, aro the house decorations.
No capable mistress of tho art of en
tertaining neglects to carry out weird and
grotesque elTects throughout tho house,
in keeping with tho spirit of tho mystic
night.
It encourages tho abandon in her
cuests, which, after all. Is the keynote
to the successful entertainment.
Sfibducd lights, making everything
rather indefinite, is tho first considera
tion. Next nre autumnal effects, pro
duced by cornstalks, varl-colored leaves
on fine branches nnd grinning, lighted
pumpkins.
Then como weird effects of ghosts, black
cats, owls, witches and bats.
Here are a few suggestions: Two or
three ghosts peering from corners may be
made by placing a broom, brush end up.
Drape this with a sheet, arranging the
drapery at cither side to the wall to re
semble outstretched arms. One ond may
be tacked underneath a picture and the
other may have a white, long, bony
flncrer. cut out of white cardboard, point
ing along tho wall. This Is done by
tacking the sheet and cardboard hand to
the wall.
On top of draped broom place papier
mache skull, hooded with white cloth.
Festoons of crepo paper, 10 feet In
length, with small witches and yellow
pumpkins dangling from It, may be
bought for 10 cents. This makes a splen
did decoration strung from chandeliers
to the corner of the room.
Arrange small branches of varl-colored
leaves around pictures. Crepe paper
printed with large black cats, old witches
nnd bats, yellow pumpkin faces and
brown owls may be bought by the roll (10
feet to a roll); paste a strip of this to
cardboard and cut out figures. Arrange
them on walls and In branches.
Fireproof crepe paper In plain pumpkin
color may be bought at the stores nnd
made into fancy shades for electric light
and gas light globes. Frill the paper
around the top of the glass shade, paste
straight band to hold gathers and dec
orate with small black silhouettes of.
cats, bats or witches. This paper will
not flame up if Ignited, but will char.
Lighted pumpkins cut with grotesque
faces are always good. Orange crepe pa
per may be bought and made Into arti
ficial pumpkins very easily. Stuff the
inside, with crinkled paper and twist at
the top to resemble stalk. Paste grinning
faces around the sides.
A mantel may bo decorated to look
Uko a gray, mossy haunt of shades. Slip
a. fold of gray paper from Its packet;
then. Just as it is, without unfolding,
slash it into strips about -lnali wide.
Arrange small branches about mantel,
and, separating strips, stretch them ir
regularly over branches to look like
Southern gray moss.
Arrange small bats and owls in through
the mossy branches and arrange a
crouching ghost in the fireplace, as though
peering out of the chimney.
BRIDEGROOM APPROVES
OF HIS WANT-AD BRIDE
"No Cupid Like the Newspaper
Cupid," Says 78-year-old
Husband
NEW YORK, Oct. 27. There Is no
Cupid that can beat the newspaper Cupid,
according to William H. Burden, 7S-ycar-old
bridegroom, who has been married
three days to his "want-ad" bride. Pretty
Lulu Douglas Thompson, tbo 26-year-old
Atlanta girl who won Burden and $300,
000, today approved all her elderly hus
band had to say about entrusting your
heart to the care of the advertising
column.
The Burdens were busy fixing up their
dove cote at 614 West 140th street. They
had Just returned from the Georgia cap
ital, where Burden, a former resident of
Macon, Ga., last Sunday married the
girl he had won through a newspaper
want ad.
"When a man wants something It Is
natural for him to advertise for it,"
drawled the bridegroom, whose snow
white mustache alone betrays his age.
"Why should my marriage cause such
a fuss? I simply was a widower who
had enjoyed a happy married life and
wanted to try It again.
"Yes, It was a romance; but all I can
say about that part of it is that I know
Miss Thompson well enough and long
enough to marry her. My friends hero
and In the South were surprised, but I'm
old enough to take care of myself. No
one opposed our marriage because no one
knew about it until it had happened."
Burden's son, a middle-aged man,
nodded his approval, and Burden, Sr.,
hurried out to look for his young brldo's
four trunks.
"What do I think of "want-ad mar
riages'?" said Mrs. Burden. "Nothing,
except Uiat I'm very, very happy."
FUR-TRIMMED GARMENTS
WORN ON ALL OCCASIONS
Priest Gets Gloucester Charge
The Riv. Raymond Prcndergast, former
ly of Atlantic City, has been appointed
assistant rector of St. Mary's Catholic
Church, Gloucester, by Bishop McFauI.
The church had a lector and an assist
ant rector, but the wotk In the parish
has grown to such proportions that a
second assistant was needed.
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IF YOU nre In doubt about
Just what Is the proper
thing to chooso for your best
afternoon gown, remember
these two essentials. They are
tho outcome of a careful and
observant tour of tho New
York shops, and t'no rule will
prove itself Invaiuable. Th6
safest afternoon frocks arc,
first of all, rcdlngotos. In
spite of the tendency toward
tho fitted waistline and tho
tailored street gown there Is
no doubt but the rcdlngoto will
take nrst placo for really
fashionable affairs. The
aerge-and-taffetfts or thoscrgc-and-satln
gowns which mndo
their appearanco for early fall
days have boon entirely re
placed by the velvet, silk or
two-fabric redlngote. Atad the
second rule Is let tho gown bo
fur-trimmed.
It Is almost Impowlblo to
buy a gown In the shops now
which Isn't fur-trimmed, so
that rule Is more or less un
necessary. But It Is well to
remember to buy nothing but
good fur. An Inferior quality
of fur wltl not pay, and the
effect of a perfectly good cos
tume will be marred beyond
repair by poor fur. Tho sav
ing thought about this Is that
any kind of fur may bo util
ized: fashlonablo furriers aro
selling every lmnglnablo pelt
to harmonize or contrast with
the new tints.
A smnrt creation of Russian
tendecles Is shown in today's
fn.thton illustration. The seal
velvet cuffs aro topped with
fitch, nnd tho whole is veiled
with Indestructlblo voile of the
snme shade. An embroidery
of sllk-and-metnl strands is
seen on tho tunic, with a
metallic cord for a girdle. The
double fold of panne at the
knees is a noticeable feature,
while the upper part of tho
bodice affords a striking con
trast in its shcerness to the
rest of tho gown. The smart
pressed beaver hat Is seal
brown nlso, with goura.
New Waists Match Suits
To be worn with tho suit to
give tho effect of n complete
costumo Is tho wnlst that
matches In color at least, if
not material. Flesh color nnd
white are always dressy, and,
with a touch of tho color of
the suit added to them, give a
charming cfTect nnd the nec
essary connecting link.
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AFTERNOON FROCK
CHARITY OPENS HER HAND
AT THE BALA-CYNWYD FEAST
Donations for Children's Hospital.
Talks on Suffrage and Preparedness
National preparedness, woman suffrage,
tho Children's Hospital and the beauties,
scenic and otherwise, of a suburb of
Philadelphia, known as the Bala-Cyn-wd
Bectlon those and other topics were
discussed nnd applauded by widely-known
speakers at tho eighth annual dinner of
tho Bala-Cynwyd Neighborhood Club,
held on the roof garden of tho Adclphla
Hotel last night.
More than 300 men attended nnd all
dropped something In the lut for tho
Children's Hospital campaign fund.
It was a dinner of remarkable speeches.
John Temple Graves supplied one of tho
many features with a strong plea for
national preparedness and woman suf
frage. He described those two issues as
"two national questions of tho hour."
Congressman John R. K. Scott would
have won his case nnd added fresh
laurels, as it were, had tho splendors nnd
beauties of the Bala-Cynwyd section been
at stake, or before a Jury. Ho gavo an
Interesting historical Sketch of that scc
ttlon, which he described in most glowing
terms.
Men In many walks of life llstenpd to a
review of the educational history of
Pennsylvania by S. Edgar Downs, super
intendent of tho Lower Merlon Public
Schools.
The "dinner card" was described by
Sydney R. Clark, known as tho "Llvo
Wiro of the Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce." Mr. Clark told what that
Chamber of Commerce Intends to do in
the line of "boosting" Philadelphia.
SUFFRAGISTS AND ANTIS HOLD
STAGE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Strenuous Campaigning Marks Days
Before Election
BOSTON, Oct. 27. The women suffra
gists nnd their opponents hold the centro
of the stage and the politicians of every
party nro making up a loud and stren
uous chorus Just before tho State elec
tion. Next Tuesday the curtain will fall,
leaving before the public footlights a Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor, a Secre
tary of State, a State Auditor and a suf
frage or an antl banner.
Whirlwind automobile trips are tho
schedule for tho balance of tho week.
Mass-meetings and rallies aro being held
In every city and town throughout the
entire State.
I'LEA FOR MERCY HOSPITAL
Shopping Hints
Tho newest tailored waists are made of
soft pussy willow taffetas. In pale green,
mauve, champagne or white, with no
trimming. They sell for $3.95 in one
Chestnut street shop.
A warm but lightweight union suit for
these days Is inado of pink glove, silk,
with closely fitting bloomers. They sell
at $3.75.
A smart white or fawn-colored gaunt
let gloo, with black hand-stltchlng, may
be washed perfectly with soap and water.
Tho price Is 2.50.
A dnlnty littlo pin cushion for tho blue
or pink boudoir may bo bought for $L
It hnB a network of gold lace and plaited
shadow laco trimmings.
Sports hats of brightly colored corduroy
for the kiddles nt scnool may bo bought
for as low as 75 cents In negtore.
Your automobile door will never rattlcS
if jou get tho littlo patent catch for a
quarter which prevents this.
EXPERT SAYS SCHOOL
ATHLETICS BIG FACTOR
IN HAPPY MARRIAGES
Dr. Luther Gulick Tells Mont
gomery County Teachers
Physical Exercise Boon
to Childbirth Rate
MANY REFORMS URGED
MUSIC CHANGES TO DISCORD
Churches Are Urged to Assist in
Raising $150,000 Fund
Another appeal for contributions toward
i fund for J1W.00O for building a new
1 ercy Hospital and School for Nurses,
a.1 Institution for negroes, at 17th and
fitzwator streets, was msde today. Two
thousand letters wore mailed to churches
of various denominations.
Bromley 'Wharton, secretary of tho
Fennsylvanla Board of Charities, and the
Kev. Floyd V. Tomklns, rector of Holy
Trinity, today indorsed the Mercy Hos
pital campaign nnd promised to assist
in raising the fund.
Either Player Uses Chair to Repel
Woman Cook's Vigorous Attack
Former Assistant District Attorney
Owen J. Roberts, who lives nt 1827 De
Lancey street, has a butler who plays
tho zither before breakfast every Sun
day morning. Ills namo Is August Fink
belncr. Flnkbclncr always smokes a
cigar when ho plays. Mr. Roberts, had
a cook, Margaret Budgen. Mnrgaret was
discharged last Sunday morning after
Flnkbelncr, she says, hit her on the head
with a chair becauso sho objected to his
dropping his cigar ashes on a plate in the
dining room.
When tho members of tho Roberts
family nrrlved on tho Bccne, Finkbelner
told Magistrate -Pennock yesterday he
was bleedlng-profusely from the face as a
result of coming in contact with the
cook's fingernails. The cook produced n
pair of spectacles which sho declared the
butler broko with tho chair. Tho butler
said Margaret quarreled with all the serv
ants and It was because of this that her
employers discharged her.
Upon assuring Magistrate Pcnnock that
he would pay for tho glasses, tho butler
was discharged.
NOimiSTOWN, Pa., Oct. 27. "Whllo
I am of tho opinion that no good of phys
ical character comes through athletics,
statistics show that proportionately more
athletes than olhcrs are married and
have children," declared Dr. Luther
Qullck, of tho department of hygiene of
tho Russell Sago Foundation, before tho
Montgomery County Teachers' Institute
today.
"Athletics has taken the place of de
bates In tho schools, and while I can see
no lmmcdlato good coming from it, I can
sco no lmmcdlato harm. It furnishes a
common denominator for educational life,
and in New York has dono for the schools
generally what nothing else could have
done."
II. W. Foght. of the Bureau of Educa
tion, of Washington, told tho teachers In
the rural section of tho institute that
thcro wcro many things In tlie present
system of arithmetic that could bo elim
inated: "things that had been outlived.
Ho mentioned tho npothecary weight
tablo ns one of tho useless studies, espe
cially for the boy on the farm.
"Tho Elizabethan Period of Adoles
cence" was tho subject of Dr. Reuben
Post Hnlleck, formerly of tho University
of Kentucky.
After obtaining a list of tho high school
teachers who had played basketball with
in the Inst five years, for tho purpose of
holding a spelling contest later In tho
week composed of these athletes, Profess
or Hallcck talked for an hour on enthu
siasm, initiative and self-reliance
"Tho chef of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
In New York gets $12,000 a .year," Bald
Professor Hallcck, "and ho Is worth it.
Ho takes the samo old flour and tho samo
old eggs every day nnd changes them
so that you think you arc getting some
thing' new."
Tho ndolcsconuo ago ciavcs for variety,
tho speaker said. "There never was an
nge like the Elizabethan age. when ac
tion quickly followed Ideas. You cannot
succeed unless you aro a dreamer, but
do not dream unless you act freely. What
you want you want right now. You aro
not educating the children for tho future,
you are educating them for tho present.
You cannot get splrltunt results either
with a club. Yoj cannot get Bclf-rcllanco
bv talking It, but by acting it.
Professor Hallcck, who was for 15 years
principal of the High School at Louis
ville, Ky., read the ccdo of this school to
the teachers and nskod them to adopt it,
as follows:
"Bulldoglshhangonatlvencss.
"To stay where you are, you must run
like everything.
"Life's fun comes from doing things
hard; working hard whllo you work, and
playing hard while you play. There Is
no Eden for the loafer or tho lazy.
"Try to help the other fellow and see
If you don't feel better and. have moro
real enjoyment; Remember tho philoso
phy of Mrs. Wlggs. who found that a
good thing was never really a good thing
until sho had passed It along to some
body else."
Others who took part In today's pro
gram were Superintendent E. S. Llvy,
Principal H. E. James. Miss Ella F. Car
roll, of Bridgeport; Miss Emma Weber,
of Norrlstown; Miss Merlon Peters, of
Philadelphia; Miss Hattle Wile, of New
Hanover; Miss Emma T. Comly. of
Springfield; Wallace S. Brcy, of Fred
erick; W. C. Lane, of Norrlstown; Pro
fessor C. E. Karlson, of Cheltenham;
Miss Adcllno Flack, of Ablngton; T. J.
Stoltz, of West Conshohockcn: Miss Olive
Bond, of Jenklntown; Miss Mary Long,
of Norrlstown, and Miss Eleanor G.
Farrell, of West Conshohocken.
CONTINUE SEAKCII FOR NURSE
7t
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Dies in His Place of Business
Alexander Appcl, a member of the
shirtwaist firm of Samuel Stelnberger &
Co., died suddenly at his place of busi
ness, 31 North 10th street, this morning.
Ba Sura You Ost
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Settlement Workers Join in Hunl for
Miss Florenco Hurley
Settlement workers of this city today
Joined in the March for Miss Florence
Hurley, Si years old, ft nurse, Tormerly
nltoched to the hospital ot the United
State. Immigration Station In New York
and once ft boarder nt th Young Wom
en's Christian Association, at 18th and
Arch streets. Sho Ms been missing slnco
last March.
Miss Hurley wna last seen In this city
when she left the building of tho Young
Women's Christian Association. On tho
day sho disappeared she left word with
one of tho matrons nt the Y, VT. C. A.
that she desired her suttcaso to be sent
to Sklllman, N. J.
Investigation by the police fllctoied
that Miss Hurley has relatives living In
Sklllman, but that nho never arrived
there.
J. G. GORDON FOR 8UI
Ex-Judge And Noted Jutiai
votes for Women
Thero Is no argument .i..
suftrago that Is logical or consl.w"
cording to ex-Judge Jnmes 0 H5J
Tim noted 1iirl ,... ... V ""I
. ...HV ,uiea rot v.
as wise, Just and logical. n. atl
timil.l .. v. t Jl 1
for lh Hirht fn vi,t. u"n
"Mothers have a grent ,i.k, UA
government." Mr. Gordon Wld w'i ?
mere is no nrgument on th mi "W
that Is logical or consistent J "
i navo noTcr noaru a worthv .. "
which made the electoral fMBSPniNl
pend upon sex alone," lran3UM
Mr. Gordon gave three nn.n. I
First, Intelligence; second, X9
th rd. tho ownerxhln nf L.V.rtn. tail
ferrlng to tho sex qualincauonir' taM
Are You Willing?
Do Your Share
We plead that you consider the suffering sick
poor babies and children of Philadelphia.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an
all-charity hospital.
It saves thousands of little lives every year; all
free.
It relieves the sufferings of thousands of poor
babies and children every year; all free.
It brings joy, comfort and contentment to thousands'
of poor parents every year; all free. Thousands of
deficient children who otherwise would surely grow
up to be public burdens are made well and given
an even chance to make their own way and help
others in future .ars.
The Children's Hospital will celebrate its 60th
anniversary in a few days. In that time it has
treated nearly 300,000 children and babies; all free.
It has expended more than a million dollars, all of
which has been contributed in the past by the chari
tably inclined people of Philadelphia.
The work of this hospital furnishes a great educa
tional clinic in which the physicians of the city study
children's and babies' diseases and their treatment.
As a direct result, your doctor and mine is better able
to care for the loved ones in our homes.
The campaign in which an effort is being made
to raise $500,000 for the completion of the million
dollar plant of the Children's Hospital of Philadel
phia will close on Friday of this week. Will you
help today?
Hundreds of busy men and women are giving
freely their time for 10 days; are als6 giving
liberally of their means in this campaign. They have
no more interest in this work than you.
Do not be afraid of giving too much; one man has
already given $125,000.
Do not be ashamed of giving too little. The
newsboys turned in 23 cents from their meagre
earnings.
Send in your contribution, be it big or little, to
Drexel & Co., or telephone for information to Cam
paign Headquarters, Hotel Adelphia. Bell phone,
Walnut 7040.
One hundred cents on the dollar of your gift goes
to the new hospital. All campaign expenses have
been separately provided.
Any subscription is payable in installments cover
ing a period of two years or in cash if you desire.
To those who may wish to make a Memorial offer
ing: Seventy-five thousand dollars will build and equip
our Nurses Home as a Memorial to be designated by
the donor.
Fifty thousand dollars will build and equip a wing
in the new Hospital, to be a Memorial as designated
by the donor.
Thirty thpusand dollars will endow a six-bed ward
in perpetuity as a Memorial to be designated by the
donor.
Six thousand dollars will endow a semi-private
room in perpetuity.
Five thousand dollars will endow a free bed in
perpetuity.
Fifteen hundred dollars will endow a free bed for
one year.
To the thousands who have given we are sincerely
thankful, and will soon mail our definite acknowl
edgments. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
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