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EVENING PUBLIC1 LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TlTXJRSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
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Answers Cynthia
Dour Cynthia Here Is another little
poi'in, mi answer to ou:
I'm just mnd thrmiRli nnd through.
Ilecousr- the poem I wrote wns only hnlf
' true.
II wan fiom Anxious, Cvnthin, dear 1
Klnro llipn I linvon't shed n tear,
Ilciiiucp In tlio tllctlonniy I could not
find
Words to express my feeling nt that
time.
Since only linlf the poem wns.Uuc about
' you.
II left tlio other hnlf for mo to sucss,
too.
Ho t have concluded you ntc n clever
mystery
That should be written on the page of
history
ANXIOl'S.
Understand!; the "Doll"
Prnr Cjntliia Just n few voids to
ln n "doll "
My denr younB lntly, you certainly
linve gotten yourself in wrong by calling
yourself n "doll." You hni! given
people false impressions of jourself.
I'sunlly one thinks of n gay young tiling
with n drug store advertised on her
face, one who thinks of nothing but
having gay times nnd flirting with eeiy
boy or man she pnsses.
Candidly speaking. that's the picture
that formed itsclt jn my mind when I
read your fust letter. However, I
changed my opinion nfter reading your
second letter. No doubt at heait jou
nro n good little girl, but you simply
like to dress prettily and put up a good
appearance.
Well, I don't blame you for that. I
myself like to appear ns neat nnd chic
as possible. I ndmlt that J use rouge,
although not to any great ettent. nnd
I am nlso very fussy with my toilet.
In fact, it takes me fully two hours to
dress. ,
Nevertheless, I wouldn't say that I
dolled up, nor would I rail myself n
"doll" and say that T pitied tlio man
that married me. l'erhnps had ou
given, the reason for making that last
statement, in the first place, you
wouldn't have been judged so harshly.
S. T. T. K.
The answer to jour other query ap
peared in the woman's exchange; some
time ago. The answer said a Black
band would be preferable, but the gtay
band is not bad foi m. The ony jewelry
is not bad form either, unless the dia
monds are very large.
Contradictory Remarks
Dear Cjnthiu I hac been reading
your column for bomo time and sure do
think it is veiy nice. Now, 1 wish
you would publish my lctj-jg, and per
haps soinc of jour icadcM could help
me.
Now, about this kissing question, I
will state my cu.o. I am twenty-four
j ears of nge and have been n very
popubir girl ever since higll school
days, and frojn the time I was eighteen
until 1 was twenty -two, upon my
Jionor, I never allowed a joung man to
kiss me. The rcult was I never had
a beau liko the other girls.
Now. in the last two years I
ttouldu't'Fiiy thnt I kissed every fellow
who asked, but I sure did kiss every
one that appealed. Hoys nnd girls,
please don't judge me harshly, but
wuite and tell me what jou think.
DIMPLES.
Yon contradict yourself, Dimples.
Yuri tn jou have been cry popular
ever since jour high school days, and
jet you contend jou have never had
"bonus" liko tlio other girls. I hope
some of our sensible, red-blooded
American girls who manage to hold
men friends without dealing out
kisses as payment will speak up and
give opinions.
Men Want Good Cooks
Dear Cynthia "Doll," docs n man
warit n woman for wife or n picture?
Most certainly, n woman, lie wants
a wife that can cook u good, square
meal, and it ia up to n wife to do it.
Put if jou are going to spend all after
noon putting on paint and washing it
off. what is the result? Hubby waits
until it is finished, nnd, after waiting,
it is not tliq kind of n supper ho Bhould
be, handed to cat. In ,the place of a
canned supper., ho should bo eating n
pice dish of stew, some home-made
baked beans, homemado bicad, coffee,
and homemade cnUe.,
Girls, what is the use of paint--piay,
tell? It only ruins jour skin.
And, nine times out of ten, it makes
you all look like hobby horses.
BuU I guess it's like everything else
it isn't the paint, it's tho wearer.
Now, maybe jour husband or beau
wouldn't object jf it was put on right,
but you all look like the things I men
tifjr.cd. "Doll," if n girl bo homely
JjHt can cook n good meal, Johnny
Bays, "You for me," And you nnd
j our masked chum will be forgotten.
So, "Doll," wash it off and keep it off,
and you'll bo O. K. How about It,
boys? Come on, Buck' nnd Dan I!.,
Su-ito some more. HOBIJY.
The Testing of Julia Grant
By HAZEL DEYO I1ATCHELOR
CovvritiM, lilt, lv Publto Ltott Co.
Julia Attends llcr First Operation and Loams to Love
Work for Work's Sake
HEAD THIS 1-'1KST
Dan Carson, having jilted Julia i
(iiatit for Niincy Cromwell, discovers
too late thut Nancy has been placing
with him. Ho meets Lucy, Julln's
sister, on the stiect nnd allows her to
think tlia,t lie dlsmercd too late thnt
It was Julia he wiijftcd after nil, nnd
Lucy hopes for a leconeiliatlon. In
tho meantime Julia has gone Into a
hospital to take up training theic,
THEN STAItT TIIK STOHY
JULIA had beon.iu the glitteiing white
operating room many times, but tills
wns tho ery Ilrst time she had ever
been in tlieie lu an official capacity.
Tlio strong electric light struck facets
fiom the shining tiles. The two nurses
in tiicir operating robes stood somewhat
limit from Jiilln. Julia wished vaguely
that one of them hud not been (Irate
Meiritt, Julia knew that Grace Mcr
i it wns not n fiiend.
All thought of personal minify, how
ever, was swallowed up when Dr. Nor
Wllo came into the room. Julia had
never seen him nt close range before and
who studied him as closely as she could.
He was quite absurdly young for tho
position of head surgeon, only nbout
thirty-iivp, with ono of the most inter
esting heads Julia had ever seen. Ho
had n shock of black hair and n keen,
neivous face Willi Inscrutable eyes. His
mouth wns tense lipped. Julia could
ntrfk imagine n man with a mouth like
thaWloing n dishouornble thing. He had
a habit of throwing back his head and
narrowing his ejes when ho talked to
any one. Julia onilght him looking nt her
that way just bcfoie the operation, nnd
it gnve her n strange feeling of shock
which she did not nnnlyzc until later.
His narrow eyes had studied licr coolly,
npprnisingly, but she wns conscious that
"behind them there leaped something un
fathomable. The fact startled her.
After the patient was wheeled in and
the nnesthetic administered, Julia was
hardly conscious of what happened. The
operation was lather serious and mcij
ono worked lu utter silence. She saw
Dr. Norville's competent eager fingeis
nt their work'nnd thought them marvel
ous. She stood just behind the two
nurses who were busy with numerous
tiny knives nnd instruments, hnnding
them in silence nnd substituting others
with quick dexterity. Once in n while
Dr. Norville spoke to his nssjstnnt. Oth
erwise there wns silence. Julia watched
brcnthlessly, and then quito unexpected
ly a soft blackness seemed to be descend
ing nrouud her. She fought it off, but
the lights wem getting dim; she could
hardly sec nnd tho smell of tho ether was
suddenly suffocating, but out of the gath
ei ing darkness she met for a brief sec
ond those inscrutable eyes which seemed
to see everything.
room, nnd crept wcnrlly into bed, she
fell nsleep for tho first timo in weeks
without that unspeakable agony in her
hrnrt that Dan Carton lmd plnccd there,
nnd she woko tho next morning with n
renewed rest for her work, n Keener
Interest, nnd nn IndomUnbleldralro to
make good. Thorn wns n subtle differ
ence in the feeling thnt she had display
ed toward her work thus far, afcd the
feeling that she had tills morning. Be
fore, slip hod plunged into work to for
get, to stop thoughts of herself. Now
she wanted to wotk for the love of it,
she wnntcd to mnko good jnpre than she
wnuted nnythtng else in the, world.
(Tomorrow Should i ' woman be
sorry for tlio nun ho has Jilted her
when things go wrong with lilm?)
That Stubborn Door
When a door sticks or a window re
fuses to work smoothly, a carpenter or
the mnn of tho house should npply tlio
pinner. Hut it neither is within call,
She heard from a long way off his
voice in a brief command,
"Oct her over to the window."
And then she was leaning out into
tho cool night, looking over n tea of
housetops nnd breathing deep breaths
Into her lungs. At first she could think
of nothing but tho fact that that nwful
fnlntness wns leaving her. But when
slie began to feel better n sense of shame
enveloped her. She moved 'so that she
could look back into the room, but thej
were nil just as they bad been and no
one was paying any attention to her.
When she finally stood up wavering
imnn.lnlnlv rr tlin wlnrlrtur. film ri.nl
ized that everything was over. She felt common jellow soap will do the tiiek
n sense of incompetency. To think thnt for jou. Simply rub the soap on the
she had been bo foolish I Why, she had places thnt stick.
never fainted in her life, nnd yet she
could not possibly hnvc fought off thnt
deadly fnlntness that lind swept oer
her. Julia did not realize that nenily
every nurse goes through a similar ex
peiiencc on her introduction to the
operating room.
The doctors paid no attention to her
whatever, and Grace Merritt, with an
icy riotc in her oiec, informed her that
she had not distinguished herself by anj
meaiH.
"You'll have to get over it," she
said curtly. "A nurse must be com
potent as well as good-looking, ou
know." Then she swept off, nnd Julia
was left alone to clean up the operating
room for the next morning's woik. She
worked In quick silence, gathering up
instruments, folding up robes nnd snub
bing the already immnculnte floor and
walls. No one, to have looked nt her
work, could have called her incompetent,
nnd yet Julia was keenly nwnrc that she
had made n spectacle of herself bcfoie
Dr. Norville. Strango to say, this fact
distiubed her alarmingly, more than it
should have. She had an almost child
ish longing to redeem herself, to show
him what she really could do. blio lclt
n passionate admiration for him, for his
keen, nervous, professional fingers, for
tlio mind that lay behind those inscriit
ablo eyes.
Later when she went up to her own
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Sudden Sale of 2380 Men's and Boys'
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at Prices Wonderfully Low
Values like theso will make a man open his ejes wide, even rarly in the morning!
Here aie full-cut, well-made nightshirts and pajamas in scores of styles' nnd all
the good materials of which such things are made.
Madras ' Silk-and-Cotton
Dimity . Flannellet
Twills ' Cords
The flannellcts aro soft and fleecy in pink or blue stripes; the cotton Hnd silk-and-cotton
fabrics arc in lavender, white, blue, cream and pink.
Most of theso aie salesmen's samples which are slightly soiled; itheis have
small defects that class them as "seconds!" There is not, however, a single garment
in the whole collection that'-will not give comfort and satisfaction.
For Men
' Nightshirts are $1.15 and 51.83
Pajamas are $U5 and 2.35
For Boys
Nightshirts are $1
Pajamas are 51.43
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Men's QeniuiSiniely Good
New Sua its at
(Savings of $5.50 to $7 on each suit)
Suits for any man to be proud of!
Look at the fine, all-wool cheviot they are made
of. Examine the lining, the stitching around the col
lar, the buttons, the way the pockets are set in. Hold
the pattern up to the bright daylight and see how well
the colors are blended.
Then buy a suit and pat yourself on the back.
There are ten styles in those good suits conserva
tive sack suits for men who know a good thing and
stick to it, two-button suits with a raised waistline for
the slim youngster who wants the newest thing. Coats
are lined with mohair and there are fittings in all regu
Itii sizes
NOTE. Plenty of the olive greens that young
men are asking for are here.
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Sampk Skirts for Yommig' Women
at $110
Thev arc fine, fashionable skirts, every one of them!
T cro are vclour checks in pleated models (so many women want
these now to wear with plain coats), theic are big, gay plaids in
Lathered stvlcs and some fine navy blue serges in various good models.
One, "n particular, is trimmed with bands of knitted material at the
hCmb?dinar?ly suchskirts would be marked considerably moie.
Sturdv, tailored skirts of brown and gray mixed tweeds that aro
naiticularly well adapted to the uses of school teachers and business
women: . gkirta of this type will stand much hard, everyday knock
about wear. (Market)
The Right Amtainniini Frocks
for Jtunranor OSrls
It is not nn easy task to please both
mother and almost-grown-up oung
daughter, for often thej have quite
different ideas about suitable clothes.
Hut these frocks are almost sure to
.satisfy both of them, for they aro
youthful without being too much
'"'little girls' clothes."
There are serges in jacket effects,
others on long lines. Many aye
trimmed with braid, buttons or silk
embroidery. Sizes 14 to 17 years at
$22.50 to $20.50.
The Georgette frock sketched
is a youthful model in navy blue
at $25. Tho overslip K accoidion
W.id and the deep Bcitha collar is.
5) '26 of Georgette and lace.
$ Top Loats
P coat for girls of 6 and 8 jears, is
0 I lined throughout
At 512, an auracmu iw"
brown wool coating is thick nnd
warm. It has a yoke back with two
Ao eats, theio is a bolUall aiound
and a largo collar. Sizes 8 to M
years. , ... ,, ,...,,
And for Junior girls (sizes H to 17 years) yX'l'v
coats of tweed, vclour and silvertone in c arK Auwmn - '. '
we fully lined and the more elaborate styles have large collars of fin.
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"300 pair of women's gloves arc marked at savings of fiOc
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Washable Capcskin, $1.65
In soft ivory shades, outseam and pique sewn, with plain
or embroidered backs. Brown and tan capeskins in sizes u1 to
7., are also included.
White Gloves, $1.65
Well-cut w"hite lambskin gloves, half pique sewn and stitched
with black. These aro very smart for street wear.
Washable White Gloves, $1.75
These aie of doe-finish leather, half pique sewn easy to
wash and comfortable to wear.
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Wool and Fiber
The stuidiness of the two ma
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makes them very practical, and
they are remaikably good; looking
as well,
In brown, green and blue tones.
6x9 feet, $15.
8.3x10.6 feet, $24.
9x12 feet,, $27.
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Shirts are made with long
sleeves, drawers are ankle length.
All aie "seconds," which means '
lessened prices.
Ribbed cotton shirts nnd draw
ers arc 85c a gaiment.
Lightweight giny merino shiits i
and drawers are $1.35; heavy
weight, $1.25 and $1.75 a gar
ment. Meira's Half Hose
18c pair, 3 for 50c, for "sec
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brown cotton half hose.
25c pair for sturdy black cot
ton socks with re-enforced feet.
Or for natural merino hose with
cotton tops and heels.
35c pair, 3 for SI, for mercer
ized cotton half hose in black,
navy or cordovan. j
50c piiir for silk-plated hoe in i
black, white, navy or cordovan. ,
65c pair for heather mixed
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Leathers aie good, stitching is
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Dark tan or black dull leather
lace shoes on English or wide toe
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there are heavier stockings of
ribbed black mercerized cotton nt I
30c a pair. j
Under wear
Warm merino shirts with high I
necks and long sleeves and draw- '
ers m ankle length arc $1 the
garment, in sizes up to (5 years;
$1.25 in sizes 8 to 1G years.
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Corduroy
Suits $9.75
They are of sturdy,
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or plain with plain pock
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Both coats and trousers
are lined throughout and
all the seams are taped,
which gives them the
sturdiness that boys'
clothes should have.
7 to 18 year sizes.
Too bad there ard only
200 of these, splendid
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Curtail m Materials
at LessTfaaira Regular Prices
Snowy Scrim, 18c a yard, 36 inches wide
Swiss, 30c a yard, 36 inches wide
Marquisette, 35c a yard,. 36 inches wide
Filet Net, 35c a yard, 36 inches wide
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Fresh Neckwear,50c
( Every piece is snowy and white,
and there are roll collais, bib col
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of net trimmed with lace. Also
some smart embroidered pique
collar and cuff sets and interest
ing lace collais of imitation
Venise in Van Dyck points.
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makes a most coigfoi table negli
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son of the year.
In Copenhagen, rose, American
Beauty and wistaria a good one
is made with a V-neck, long
sleeves, pockets and a long girdle.
$8.75.
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Two loterestjing
New Blouses
A fine white voile edged around
the loll collar, tho cuffs and down
the fiont with neat lace is $4.25.
It fastens with crochet buttons.
In tlte Lottie Salon
frilly Georgette model. It has
a pleated full, foiming the collar
and rippling down front, finished
with a little black bow, and is in
flesh, white or navy blue. $7.50.
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Grecian Treco
Soft and Warm to
Cuddle Baby In
They are for crib, coach or bas
sinet, and this new shipment has
brought thinirs that, wo'vb hepn
.wanting for a '.ong time. '
34x50-inch crib blankets, with a ,
slight percentage of wool, aro in .
wluto with pink or blue borders. '
$3, $3.50. $4 and $5.50 pair.
For the Tiniest Bdby i
there are soft white flannellet 1
are excellent for slight or aver
age figures. Tho Grecian treco is
a strong, elastic material thatfits
well to the figure, still leaving
perfect freedom of movement to
the wearer. Athldtic young
women like this particulaily.
A lightly boned, 16w-bust style,
with clastic insets at the top, is
$2.50.
Another has only the front and
back boning and elastic all around
the top of the low bust. $3.
For Heavier Figures
there is a pretty pink figured por
set with medium boning, a long
skirt and low bust. $4,
Women's Serge
and Tricotine
Dresses
aie most piactical and attrac
tiveand are especially de
sirable just now when women
are wearing them without
coats.
The Serges nro in a pleasing
variety of styles, with braid or
buttons for ornamentation.
Thev may be had in navy blue
or uiuck, principally.
Prices are $19.50, $20,
$22.50, $23.50 and $25.
The Tricotines, many of
whiph are copies of higher
priced frocks, arc in plain,
smart models a bit of em
broidery or a silk girdle being
the sole adornment, usually.
Prices on these nre $19.50.
$22.50 and $25.
Other and finer models of
tricotine, many copied from
French models, aro $35 to
$72.50.
For Afternoons
there aie many attractive
things of Georgette crepp,
satin or crepe meteor. S22.60
to $78.50.
Paiticulaiiy nice is a Geor
gette ciepo dress in navy blue,
taupo and black effectivelv
combined with satin, $25. And
there are many others to be
had at the same price.
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Dianms nt ?L and $1.26.
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