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FOR SUBSTANTIAL BREAKFASTS
i
h Bread Can Be Used
L If
r Omelets or for Griddle
bCakcs That Arc Unusual
land Nutritious
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Is Jo0
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V Coturlaht. lam', h,l lfr. Jf- J. It'll..,.,
K All lliahts Ktitnti.
(.(f ?0M, dark mornings during the
Sgiiwjt risir.g until the last moment.
YIKVaK 4lin ...ler. I, nit ft...! f .!. if tt
P i? U on'y devoto n short time after
i !$! evening mcnl, make many of (lie
i"'' vsiiaruucns lor me urenitiusi, una
JnumbPi, ii,. ; ,,,,n,, ir.,i..i i- !,,.
Jtnd wj;"y """ """' "- '"
? Jhey, to can bo devoted to preparing
S Jioials E'ronltlno- ihn rinl ilsrlf
axaw. , ,..,f .,
fw iu' uljt m Jiisvuut liviiik J. tutu uiv:
l , 5 -wrv ii uiv iuv.io V.uli-i
No. Ojranpo. Prepare tlio bread for
T r'cT;t by cutting into slices, trimming
$nco trusts and then wrapping in a
FJha ailf waffles or hot cakes T.rc part
krob ,',' , """" " ""-v l'"' """"l '"
, i jpiituer aim piacc in ii cooi jnncc,
Cl 'lllnl. 41 7ill l,n i-niiflirri nc Snit.
FrUri11 --.... 1 .i:.i i...p 11..1.
t oiould bo made ready and laid on n
ftwcrcUer. Remove the salt from tlm
vis'e beef or fish by placing; it in a
iort'eco "f cheesecloth and dipping
L f Ajiroe or four times in hot -walcr and
f Wien squeezing dry.
fnesPrri;id and measure the coffee into
jthe .tnt-pot and then cover the top of
j g.)ri coTrto'pbt with a piece of wax
tWQ Bn the morning the kettle can be
Ripped "with water and the griddle put
'iho t tlie range to heat. Ycu can just
li''lp on your kimono and do this, and
fccnwhile the griddle and water arc
jthe toting, you can dress. Now make
jjjoilio coffee and start to bake the
?iJakes. Cook the bacon and sausage
1 Xfcr scrapple, or cream the beef or fish,
flj'r.V perhaps eggs arc on the menu for
teas V3 mming.
strike "3lacc the fruit, saucers, cream,
Ef fjnined fer anl other dishes intended for
'ip 5pg to wholes on a iniy aim men arrange
Ar. fccveraVtable.
iuy:jte)uring tho winter months the
tWted tlintntTal breakfast, for the body
I'l'w 'vvou'1 cs additional foods containing
GhVYJi for heat.
iVQ all the bits of stale bread.
f,clng them in a pan and drying-
tie.m vell in the oven. Itun through
ale, food chopper and then sift and
Fso the coarse crumbs toasted with
ot milk for.a cereal in tho morning.
faUio the fine crumbs for bread ome
iCf bread griddle cakes and for dip-
Spins foods that are to be fried.
To Ubc Bread in Griddle Cakes
vei Place one cup of bread crumbs in a
"Qwl and add one cup of boiling
,,vuater. Let cool and then add
Kr One and one-half cups of flour,
P,)- One teaspoon of salt.
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"iit. One tablcspnon of sirup,
ft n? Ona tablesnoon of shortcninrt.
One cun of milk.
eiPM, "ca m'x thoroughly and then
t& Kr BK on a not griuuie. ur u you arc
MTV V Iwinff on nliiminiim cvirlillo nn iri-oca
tTW7 "" " ........ ... b..uib, ,,j f,.t-
E?ia Avll! bo required, but for those of us
E ,Avho still cling to the steel, soapstone
EgJfetfp; old iron grjddle, a grease will be
Griddle Grease
How to mako a griddlo grease that
m
hvill last all winter: Purchase a ten
ant Turkish wash cloth. Wash and
Kg ry the cloth and then fold it in
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mi Adventures
KtrfVaTr 11 Tr l LJllis
IS, Willi U JL UOK
PrHAnTJCULAnLT if your comb is
Eit r'i'i' ' silver. backed, vou do not lilto to
itrity"i8ilver-backed, you do not lilto to
Vt '.l.nti 31 Irin .flnn Anil n.pa.t ti.Uan rmt
?Ji 'A-nch it too often. And even when too
p.p.m r- . --""' ...... -.-
. i.nr.i. ,. ivV UlLVK, ..Itl t-tl. ttllfll tl
r.iilo you want to make sure that it is
pbclean which is not always an cany
IT matter, no it Is tliat you may line to
linear o the romb cleaner one shop is
listening, it Is made ot iwo wooden
jks Uflsrcs-'0 tnencs long, wita rows
Prows of white string attached to
you run tne strings inroiign tne
ot tho comb, which thoroughly
efcans them, removing every particle of
4fct!ind dust. The price is twqnty-iive
U)J.
Axq you temperamental about letter
wnnner JJo toii leet nun writing on
wfejjttt paper some dajs, Wiile another
ftFyou'd like to use pink or grny tin
6?B'wy? If so, you will be interested
Mf'bearlns about the box of writing pa
nt containing twelve sheets and en-
i velopes each, of white, gray, palest pink
i I taliiK tne otner coior is tan. Tlie
hnt cants onlv fiftv cents. How would
vtbl do for a Christmas gift, too? The
l Jkbc is attractive, nnd tho paper itself
ttls ot (ooa iiacu-imtn quality.
If you are one who savei your silk
.lockings for Sundays, wearing lible
flint tat everyday nurnosea. vim will. I
vJibow, want to know of a salu of lisle
. tfrickloiw of very good quality. I saw
i MMk lisle stockings for fifty cents a
3 pr, whlls a collection of white, navj
7r,hinat Wack and cordovau were priced
f,tft',Wxty cents a palr
l ASmtv convenient article to keen In
tfcV kitchen is a set of five measuring
7, ttxnut, one fitting into the other and
together by the handles, which
'WBi that you cannot loso any one of
'tfeelA.' TJhey ore of metal and range
tVonf 'oae-quarier ot u ichi-jk-oii in a
IClMMMOIItUI.. IU" w uiiijt ruui.i iiny-
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QflBtD Uliu jvu niiri uuuw iiui
rafcquac, tnese sets can ve until you
tef liscu mem.
r''Vlfi
tko names ol shops wbera nr-
toentlopea la "Adventures
PursO can bo purchased,
Kill tor pf AVoroan'n Page,
j5UBWO jjcuoi, or puoue
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u's ucparimeni, waiaui
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Mrs. H'ilson at Food Fair;
What She Docs and When
Mp, Mary A. 'Wilson, food expert
Of th(! 1-iM;.N10 I'UIIMO tiKDOKIt,
Is Rlvinc rookiiiB ilfmonstrntiotis
daily nt I lie Kood l'nlr la tlic Kirst
Itcslmout Armory, Itrond uud Col
lonldll streets.
Ilcr vioRrnm:
This Aflci'iioon
o p. m. Crullers, popovers.
Tonlslit
S p. m. Cnllfornia talm,, Iho
fruit pnliid ilrngsiiigs, bnkrd np)les,
chorolntn snuto.
four and tack firmly about a small
block of wood about the size of a
blwckboard eraser. Now cover with
well-washed, heavy unbleached mus
lin. When tho gtcaser is ready to
use, dip in good salad oil and let
stand for two hours. Lift, place on
a plalc and let drain. Set in the ice
box and it is ready to use. This
greaser will eliminate the smoke
from tho kitchen.
Rye Griddle Cakes
J'Iucd in a mixing bowl
Ow nip nf rye flour.
Our rup of white flour,
iii tablespoons of eornwral.
One teaspoon of salt,
Four teaspoons of baldnn pou ilcr.
Sift to mix and then add
One tablespoon of simp or mo
lasses. One tablespoon of shortening,
One and one-half eups of millc or
water.
Reat to mix thotoughly and then
bake on a hot griddle.
Try baking potato biscuits on the
griddle for breakfast some cofd
morning nnd sec how keenly the fam
ily enjoys them.
Irish Potato Iliscui ts
Place in the mixing bowl
SUIT OF DUVETYN
WITH SEALSKIN FUli
This suit, which would be appin
priato for rather dressy occasions,
lias nno of (ho choker collars that
.tie so new ami so popular. The bat
worn with il is brown ehct with
ostrich tips trimming
A Dally Fashion Talk by Florenco Hose
IF YOU want to "start something" iu
any group of women who have just
been going the rounds of dressmakers
and shops iu ijuest of their nutumn
wardrobes just say "skirt lengths."
Now the fact is that some iery short
skirts nro worn o. street suits in Paris
though they are hardly as short as
they were a few months ago. Hut I
havo a little French friend over there
who is amused and somewhat grieved
at the way Americans in Paris are miif
led bj the clothes worn by the iiianue
quins and the other women who make
a business of wcarine extreme clothes.
She writes to tell me of the new
things--and nlwms she differentiates
between what these women are wear
ing and what "les dames" are wearing,
for it seems quite obvious to her that
well-dressed Americans oyer here would
want to know not what the dressmak
ers' models nro wearing, but what the
well-dressed women who are what she
calls "dames," women of social posi
tion, wealth and exquisite refinement,
arc wearing. For it Is this class of
women thnt are the real inspiration of
the famous French dressmakers nnd it
is these women who really have given
France the reputation of cradling the
best-dressed women in tho world.
And so whatever you may hear about
skirts in Paris that terminate an inch
or so beioW the knees it may com
fort jou to know that "les dames"
show a tendency to wear tbem xery
much longer.
Now. the suit in the sketch shows n
skirt that is eight inches from the
grouud. And if jou wuut to have any
very definite advice concerning j'our
new winter or nutumn suit take this
advice from me and have yours about
this length. It is the length favored lo
this couutry for those women who nro
the equivalent of "les dames" in France
Iho women who really set the styles.
It Is a duvets n suit with a fitted collar
showing n flare at each side on the
Mns. There Is a choker collar of seal,
sklu and this high choker collar, you
know, ls one of the very newest notes'.
The small lint is of seal brown velvet
I with tiny ostrich Iijih of a lighter shade
oi orown KOiiin urouiiu inci crown
cfTfUhl 1918, ii 1 -r-w.. IJono
Directions for Malting Grid
dle Grease That Iffll
Last All Winter
Prevent Smoking
and
Oik and one-half cups of mashed
potatoes,
Tivo cups of flour,
One teaspoon of salt,
Two tablespoons of baking pow
der, Two tablespoons of ahorlenifig,
One tablespoon of sirup,
Four tablespoons of mill;.
Mix to a tmooth, elastic dough,
working well and then roll on a
floured pastry board one-quarter
inch thick. Cut into squares or
oblongs and bake on well-greased
griddle for fifteen minutes, turning
when well browned. Serve these po
tato bi
scuits in the following menu:
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Rreakfast
Hakcd Prunes
Cereal and Cream
Panned Country Pork, Cream Cravy
Potato Biscuits Coffee i
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Mrs. Wilson
Answers Queries
No. S
jMy dear Mrs. Wilson:
You had on your menu a fv
days ago Hungarian goulash.
Would you please explain how il
is mndo? Or have you ali;ady
had it on your list? Have tried
quite a number of your recipw and
it is such a lelicf to have .a de
pendable recipe!
(Mrs.) A. W. II.
' Humr.'iriiin nniibmh
Hungarian Goulash
uut one anil one-nan jujunas ol
stewing beef into two-inrh pieces
and place in a saucepan arI add just
.....,. , ,
suflicient boding water to cover.
Cook slowly until tender and then
r, . t , , , , .
add
One fagiot of roup iciis,
One carrot, cut in dice,
One turnip, diced.
Thicken the gravy and then season
well with salt and pepper and add
One tablespoon of paprika,
One-half cup of thick sour eixam,
nnd use.
No7!
My dear Mrs. Wilson:
Will you kindly give, me a rccipo
for shells for individual oyster pies
that can be prepared tho day be
fore needed? Also advise how
many oysters aro needed for pies
for fifty persons. What two other
things would bo well to servo with
those for n, complete luncheon?
Tip's will be a great help to mc, for
which 1 thank you.
(Mrs.) C. S. II.
Use plain pastry mixture and bake
the shells in individual pie tins.
Allow five or six stewing oysters per
pio and serve the pie in the following
menu:
Celery Radishes
Oyster Pie
Cabbage Relish
Rolls Uuttor
Asparagus Salad
Charlotte Russc Ice Cream CofTcc
No. 10
My dear Mrs. Wilson:
Kindly givo mo recipe on how to
mako whole-wheat biscuits?
A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER.
Whole-Wheat Uiscuit
Three cups of whole-wheat flour,
One teaspoon of salt,
Five teaspoons of baking powder.
Sift to mix and then add
Three tablespoons of shortening,
and then rub into the flour well. Use
One cw;j of mill;,
Tlnve tablespoons of cirup
to mix to a dough. Roll out three
quarters inch thick, then cut and
brush with milk and bake in a hot
oven for twenty minutes.
No. 20
My dear Mrs. Wilson:
Please toll mc, if you can, how
to make the German pancake tljat
is baked. It rises very high and
is very light when served. Pow
dered sugar is sprinkled over it.
Thanking you in advance.
(Mrs.) G. C.
Pancakes and their making will
very shortly be a feature of tho food
columns.
Mrs. Wilson Comes
to the Rescue
And offers practical suggestions for
overcoming the lack of sweets dur
ing the present sugar shortage.
Thin Is Her Advice.
When the recipes call for one cup
of sugnr, use one cup of white corn
sirup in place of the sugar and then
reduce the amount of liquid required
in the recipe to ono quarter. This
means that n recipe that calls for:
Oiib cup of sugar,
One half cup of mill; or water,
may bn adjusted to tills formula:
On cup of ichite corn sirup,
rour tablespoon of tenter,
or
One and one-half cups of sugar,
One cup of milk or tcater,
in place of which you may use:
One and one-quarter cupt of white
corn sirup or inolaaics,
Eight tablespoons of icater or milk
or one-half cup.
The regular amount of shortening,
flour nnd baking powder may be
used that flic recipe calls for.
ICoturioM, 101S, by Mrs, it. A, miton.
Alt rtohts rctryea.)
-u-i
They Write of Dolls to
TjTAST mull furious lnue come the let-J-
trrs r.i"oiit tho "ilolln," t-o-cnllcd,
nnd the "paint nud powdci''' they use.
Some blamo, some fthiunc, some do not
condemn fit till. Ilntn miii thought
Ubout itet? lleic are jiikt a few of
mo opinions on tiiu subject:
Look What She Saw
lar Cynthia Please permit a nov
ice to say a few voids. Hoys, please
ccr, never let me bear jo"u criti
cize the on-railed "dolls" aRain. If
jiiu had teen the "thiiiB" I saw In a
street enr tho other day I don't believe
you uoiild want to show jour faces
apaln, "It" whs tho objective point
of all ryes in tho car. Well, here
coV his hat was turned up at a per
fect angle of l,i degrees. Hut oh! that
fare underneath! Headed ejelmhes,
oerhttiiKinK, dreaming, bored eyes,
rouge-apple cheeks and cuplil-bow
lips. Ill-, ttrUie may be left to tho im
agination. "VU." jou may reply, "the major
ity of (os arc 'real,' so why worrj ?"
Well, what about girls' The ."real"
ones limy be In the minority, but boys,
don't ,mmi think it you really looked
for tliem jou might find them'?
JUST MALI.Y.
Finds Husband Steals Rouge
Hear Cjntlna If jou would print
these lines iu jour wonderful little col-
mini I will be so thankful. ,lut jes
terdny I chanced to see tlie letter writ
ten li.v tlie girl who signed hep-elf "A
,,it,. amusing mid ind 1 it was quile
'rue. I am pmud lo sa I am also u
s.fnjl., ,'(ill. 1 inn an exlrcine blonde
I and I'hm' mj ban bobbed. I hae extai
jlargf. light blue ejes mid long, dara
'ejeashes and lime u baby doll face.
Viw jou're going to 'aj , along with
I Very ore who reads this, that 1 must
I ie a brainless fool like all pretty girls
and conceited. Hut no, jou're wrong.
for 1 am nn entirely different tjpe of
I disposition nud "ugh I" how I hate
conceit. Now 1 use powder nnd would
necr think of letting any one see me
without it, and I use rouge on m
cheeks, but just a wee hit, because
blondes can't stand much rouge, where
a dark person can. And I also lovo
nnd adoie lip rouge on inj lips, but of
course I am particular about the proper
kinds and don't use too much to that
I look as If I'm naiutrd with n brush.
' Now I think any one who doesn't use
these (osmetics is old maidish ami looks
I lutt t ii lni,iitt.i ii kIiIiiv mivn fltul tlfllp
. c))iiI.m nml uhifp lim tnnk rnlher dis-
i Ktl"l I : hi 111' 11 III in Jlii man. i iirj
.:.. 1 M'lw...
,, wly ,)., ,011-, iiko it. bnt (0 j,,
their hearts they dn and I notice they
"'' M!lrP u ""' "'"' n'I'iiiratioii nnd
nftentinies I catch some swiet, little
,un.(N ml ,. I(ifc ls tuo shnrt ,
be u dull critic nud. as .mmi sic . "doll."
Its not our souls we wmi lo pnini,
because theie are millions of the biggest
hearts and cleiiuest souls under our
rouge camoutlagc it we would all only
stop to find them and not spend o
much time on tho outside condemning
the camouflage.
"Dpll," you'ie rather a person with
n great big sense of humor because
jou say jou etiainel jour face and f
course we all know jou don't do that,
euu it you do use just boxes of powder.
And boys, lo jou, I just got married
and find my husband steals my rdugc
aud powder for his use also, because I
caught him.
MMnTEX-YEAH dollii:.
Slaya "Virtuous" Girl
Dear Cynthia In answer to n letter
in jour column signed "A Virtuous
Girl" I would like lo say a few words.
I do not cull nijself a "prude" by any
means Hut why call tlie "prudes"
jealous? It takes no great ingenuity
to rouge. In fact, any one with ten
cents in their pocket cun go to a five-and-fen-cent
store and get it. Don't
you think that if the "prudes" wanted
to paiut they would do it? Ono need
not be proud of being a "doll" when
all painted up, but ono can be proud of
being nttrnctive xvhen not painted up.
Am one ran paiut. It's ensj. Why
should "prudes" be jealous?
As for ideals, they mc rare enough
these dnjs, aud in the name of "vir
tue" .vou discourage th'iu. (iirls wiio
do not believe in kissing boys would
not lie hnppy doing it. So why call it
jealousy? ft does not take a great deal
of charm lo have u man want to kiss
you, either. I don't believe (lie
"prudes" lire jealous of that sort of
thing.
You speak of "living." I don't
know what jou mean. As for "vir
tue," jou are fooling with a thing thnt
you don't know anj thing about. When
you say "life" I don t believe you
know tho meaning of the word.
Go ahead. Kiss jour men and paint
your face, but for tho sake of jour
"virtue" let really virtuous girls alone;
you have no business to meddle with
other people's ideals, especially when
they have theni. I should feel sorry for
a girl who followed jour ndvice. Ideals
nro rather good to cultivate. Try it.
A READER.
This Letter Is From Trenton
near 1 jntlna 1 Iiope sonic interest-
ing subject will soon be submitted in
jour column, so ns to "can" the "doll"
and "paint and powder" controversy,
May I sav n bit on the "doll" subject.'
,. . . . . .
A doll to mc means n girl nf
sweet disposition, neat in her dress,
and modest and stiietly inornl. A girl
that every fellow loves One who pos-
sesses that svvcet femininity and de-
pendenee that every strong man ad-
mires in a person of the opposite sex.
11 l II mosr o your readers call n
"doll'
is entirely the reverse. She is
a girl of lax morals, imudv dress, lou
mouthed nnd nn eitra amount of
ninke-iii. To be frank, she has made the
start on the road that leads to misery
and unhnppiness in tlie final end. Hut,
fellows, let me say this for jour type
of girl that jou call a "doll." She is
what she Ih because some man has made
her a "dull." She really cared, when
he was only fooling. Some men plaj
with girls' destinies ns if they vvero
muin tiif1n xkI knn krt 1" .Kn !...
get a Iittle'powder on their clothes. To
cover up tne tear stains, and trj- in
vain to appenr with thnt bloom of
youth that once nttracted "him," she
paiuts, ponders, perfumes, etc Some
times she has to put on a very heavy
cunt of cosmetics to hide. Then she is
doubly conspicuous, and receives more
taunts from tho c ear store corner
loafers nnd "gentlemen of leisure."
lou henr little from the working man
about "dolls." because ho is not tlie
"fish" thnt she angles for. If a "doll
captures .vou. jou are the one thnt is
the "ensy mnrk" nnd the "poor fish,"
nnd nlso deserve most lilnme. .Mnu is
the stronger sex. and vou a man!
A little help, given in various ways,
would do more to right the other fel
low's wrong than "hounding" thnt tjpe
because jou know they "fall" ensy.
They will be good, nud deep down iu
their little weakling Jienrts really wnut
to be, but they simply hnve not "got
the backbone." Ono of vour members
said that "the 'doll' tjpe was necessarj
to man's welfare," or words to thnt
effect. Has he got a sister that he thinks
ought to be a "doll" to "amuse" the
other fellows? Every "doll" Is some
body's sister, why not treat her as j'our
own? Eveu If the first fellow hauded
ier n bad denl. are jou not just ns
guilty by uddlng more misery to her
lot in life? Start on yourself, fellows,
do a little reforming with number one.
then go out und help n "wnywnrd doll,"
I am willing In VMier that jou sleep
What Would You Do
if You Were Jack?
Dear Cynthia :
I nm a fellow ot seventeen, not
bad-looking. I ran dance, I play nn
Instrument, I can tell mnuy a joke
nnd dress very neatly.
Now thnt you have nn outline of
myself, do jou think I should find it
hnrd to mnke friends with girls?
I travel with a nice crowd of fel
lows, mid every Saturday and Sun
day they aro invited to parties or
gatherings given by girls. Usually
tho fellows won't go because I am
not Invited, but I coax them until
they do go.
Occasionally I go with them lo a
party, but not very often, because I
hate to go any place where I am not
invited.
Some time ago the fellows were
Invited to a gathering nnd they
minted me lo go with them. At first
I refused to go because I knew the
girl that gave the gathering nud she
had no reason for not inviting me.
Hut the fellows said that they would
not go without me, so I went. I had
a very nice lime that evening. I had
the crowd laughing nt my jokes, I
danced with the girls nud everything
seemed right.
Hefore going home one of tlie girls
took the fellows' nnmes and ad
dresses, aud told them she was hav -iug
a party uext week and wanted
them to come down. Hut she never
told me nnv thing nor did she take my
ndilress, after me doing the most en
tertaining that evening.
I would not care if it happened for
the first time, but after every party
the fellows aro invited somewhere
jind I nm left out. I do not know
whj. I am not mean or selfish, I do
not use profauc language, I speak lo
the girls as I would to my mother or
sister. T look a few girls out aud
showed them a good time, but they
uever leturncd to me.
Please, Cynthia, print my letter
nud give me an answer as soon as
possible.
HAHDLUCK, SMILING .1ACK
better the night after jou treat her as
you would jour own sister.
The very discriminate use of "aids
to nature," used by u refined person,
has nothing to do with my side of the
controversy. I nm In fnvor of It!
Some will say that I am a preacher;
wrong! I am one who did as every
joung fool has done, but now I am fol
lowing the advice that I have just given,
nnd hnve been doing It for four jenrs. 1
"woke up" wheu I was twenty,-three,
three.
"Till: NEVER LONESOME MAN."
And This From Wilmington
Hear Cynthia In answer to "Bru
nette," who rouges aud powders so ns
to look her best. I am goiug to iiuoje
from an editorial which appeared in a
Philadelphia paper about a jear ago.
"t'lidoubteilly one of the straugest
and most moving sights in all America
is the iinmatuie girl who turns upon
jou the serene, guileless and unsophis
ticated ejes of a child and a face
painted like a Sioux lndlun's. She
doesn't know thnt in eyerj oilier Occi
dental country lavish use of face paint
is tlie accepted badge of those who
frankly disdain nil ordinary social
conventions.
"In the end her painted face is
actually a rather pitiful sjmlxd of in
nocence. It is the final consciousness
of tills paradox thill has moved un
counted foreigners to ajna'ement. In
France and England well-bred women
do not paiut. The habit is one that is
left, as a rule, to the stage and Co
the giddy minoritj which doesn't take
life seriouslj. From the viewpoint of
tlie vast majorltj of French and English
girls of good family the habit of face
painting represents an unthiuknblo de
parture from all the rules of propriety.
The practice is hIso foolish and ugly,
nud it deceives no one.'
1 nm sine mnnj of the fellows on
Chestnut stieet look twice or more at
the painted dolls with interest, but, I
fear, a mixed pleasure.
"Hrunette," try dieting nnd sulphur
tablets and good reading to improve
jour looks. CANADIAN.
An Answer From One Who Helped
Start It
Dear Cjutliin While leading tho
Evdnimi Pi'iiui- LEDimi 1 came
ucrosh tuo answers to my letter.
Electrician, who ninkrs jou think we
have not wifely ideas and that wo do
not love kiddies? I for a fact do have
these ideas, and n few more mouths
will liud mr a li-ppy bride.
We are lust the same as other girls,
and whin a lellow marries n doll he
ilnpsii't nsk ion xlint xon are. because
i ...-., -....- , -
, jou can see through paint and powder
to u girl's heart, and when a fellow
I wants a wife lie doesn't look nt your
ineej lie watches jou and can tell by
jour wajs and manners what kind of n
i girl vou are.
I ),', ju know I often think girls are
i the must wretched people on earth. We
, KOt miked about it we are plain and
i K,.t tho name of "old maid," and if we
-Moll up" we get the uaioe'of "doll"
am vampire "
Tin. Irnuhln W llm iw,.nln l,n .In tlili
,- .!,. , (i,ii, ,i,.' ,i, iv ia-
and some people don't know what a
vamp is, nnlj "movie vamps," and
you know as well as I do that, outside
of the movies, nobody would bo allowed
to do what "Theda, the Vamp," does,
so .vou better think over what j-ou say
before jou put a uamo on a girl.
Ma be ".IiiEt Human" isu't.just the
kind of a person I admire, nlid I am
sure there are lots of people like her,
nut are airaiu to say anj thing because
, J,0,no "J1 ,l"ir M""! "j'k'l't "ot notice
them because they took un for those
horrid "dolls "
Why, there nre some fellows who feel
lonely unless thej have a doll to look at
nnd Inlk to. f also want (o say that
!.- per cent of tlie men look in the
winnows as they pass to see it they
look nifty, but if a girl does It they call
her vain and sturk-iip, Whnt differ,
ence is there between u mnu lookllig In
a glass and a woman doing tho same
tiling? It's all for the same purpose.
So I say "leave the women alone."
What do j-ou say? Come on, fellows,
stick up fur tho girls who show jou u
"good time," A DOLL.
Approves of Buck
Dear C'vnthin I certainly would like
to meet this fellow"Huck.'' His letter
shows common sense nnd understand
ing. I, too, uso powder and rouge
sparingly : pome people don't even de
tect it. Dot, believe me, even though
1 use powder nnd rouge nnd my hnir
is nlwujs. ulcely arranged, I enn cook,
do housework, in fnct, do anything that
conies alnug, dressmaking, mll'lncry and
for the last three years I hnve taken
complete chnrgu nf two joungiitfrs.
It is as "Puck" suvr. when nnlnt.
powder, etc., are mentioned every one
nas tnese trenitn in mini! one sees pa-
rauinc up ano flown .viamet street, j
would no more dare to appear in public
vith Uiy fare paluted up like that fhnn
vvaihiiiK iiuvvii .uursei sireei in ins
Cynthia
nightgown. I often wouder how those
fellows feel walking around with such
freaks.
Hut I guess it's alt a matter of taste.
Hut it is disgusting just tho same.
ANNA,
A Doll Can Do Housekeeping
Dear Cynthia Reading over Web'
stcr's letter in the Evkmko Puiimo
LcnoEn, I find I do not agree with
him. A girl can be a doll and a house
keeper, too, for such Is my case.
A letter slgucd by "A Doll" hns ex
pressed my thoughts. If I doll up nnd
it docs not look right, I wash my face
nnd do it over ngniu, My face does
not look like whitewash nud red house
paint.
There is an art in "dolling up" nnd
if tlie art is not learned you look like
a circus clown. If all girls were gifted
with beauty and a perfect complexion
they would not use rouge and powder.
My girl friend nnd I use rouge nnd
powder, but put it on lightly, nnd we
have plenty of friends of the opposite
sex. When we go out to n dance or
party we arc never wallflowers, be
cause we can dance, know how to
"doll up" and dress stylishly. Let mc
tell you, you can say all you want to
Hay about the. dolls, but I am acquaint
ed with quite n few, and they are all
very desirable companions and refined
also.
Good for you for standing up for
the dolls, who nre useful nud not or
namental only.
BETTY.
She Gave Up Paint
Dear Cynthia In answer to Maury
'A.'s letter, I wish to state that I dis
agree with her iu regard to the tlie ot
paint.
I do not claim to be "nngellc." but do
think that entirely too many cosmetics
are used by the joung girls of todny.
Why do away with the "silly" ideas
of our grandmothers? AVere they not
a great deal more natural nnd were
their complexions not better than the
average girl of the twentieth century?
Also. I think that the majority of
the fellows would rather see the girl
they are escorting hnve a natural com
plexion than by adding paint I do not
say powder which puts herself In the
class with the commonest girls on the
street.
It powder is used to the right extent
I do not believe it harms or lowers a
girl's standing.
I have positive proof ot this fact
after questioning many young men ns to
the kind of girl they wish to marry
and nearly all have replied that they
will chooso a girl whose complexion
and ways arc natural.
So, I for one hnve given lip paint ns
being entirely unessential to a good
time. MARY JANE.
She's Going to Be a Doll
Dear Cjnthin After reading "Ro
mance" in the evening paper I cannot
help saying, me too. I am ouo of the
quiet girls, but will stand up for the
dolls or vamps, whichever vou like to
call them, every time.
Now I hnve a lot of friends, both
quiet girls nud dolls, and know that
a whitewashed nose and bobbed hair
do not mean that there is "noboby
home." It was jcrj kind of "Ro
mance" to tell the quiet girls why lie
likes dolls. Hut I think he did better
than that, he told them how to be a
doll.
As for fhe good-night kiss, I don't
think n fellow is plajing the game
square to demand it any more thnn
a girl who encourages It. And the girl
should give the kiss nnd drop the fel
low. Now, quiet girlies, dou't jump
on mc, because I am goiug to he n doll.
FRANK.
Rouge, Powder and Fellow Together
Dear C'jnthia How is it a girl can't
go out in the evening with a fellow uud
n little powder and rouge on her face?
After working all day in a hot factory
or a stuffy office I think it is a shame.
I dou't belong to the weaker sex, but
from the way I talk you'd think I did.
I have three sisters, the oldest of
whom keeps house and is mnrried. Our
mother uud'father died five years ngo.
My sisters nil use powder and rouge,
tight skirts, furs in the summer and
winter, but they certninly don't go to
extreiprs like some girls do, When they
go out they come back and tell their
elder sister all about tlie fellows and
what the neighbors say. but she went
through the same thins and advises them
what to do and what not to do.
T don't know why the public criticizes
the girls of today. Let the girls go
their way nnd for heaven's sake stop
talking about llicni just because they
use rouge and powder.
Como on Ruck, Dnn B., Lieutenant
Ii. JIM.
He's for Them
Denr Cynthia Here Is a word for the
so-called "dolls."
Who woiidu't rather sec a girl or
womnu with n little color on her face
and stylishly dressed if she does wear
hlgll -heeled shoes, silk stockings costing
$f a pair and furs nud lovv-iipekcd
vvnlsls nud short skirts, nnd so on?
What harm to uso a little rouge and
powder, of course not too much? Whnt
harm to wear silk stockings costing ?1
n pair?
I would rnlher marry a doll than
n pale-faced girl who wears low-heeled
shoes aud long skirts and nlgli-necKcd
waists and cotton stockings, stockings
costing sixty cents n pair.
How many men wouldn't?
"A MAN."
Ruth Wrote About Dolls
Dear Cynthin Pleaso publish this iu
answer to Ruth :
Dear Ruth lou are right in saying
So per cent of the boys prefer taking
out the doll tjpe, but only for one eve-
nine, ion should try lo reason vvltu
one who knows.
1 have four brothers, all older than
myself. They nro considered good
looking by every one, pretty good
dancers and are quite popular. They
also prefer the doll for a good time, but
when the time comes for them to pick a
life partner they want a natural girl,
and not a hobby horse that goes out
with n different fellow every night. She
Joes not pare who he is or what, as long
ns he spends Ids money on her. There
fore, when n real fellow comes uloug
he has no respect whntever for her.
I am proud uud glad to say I am
not a doll, but am what uuturc In
tended mc to be. I nm us jolly nnd
hnve ns many friends (rpal lluest) ns
uu.v doll. Wheu I go to a "public
dance," although I am pust elglitecu,
my mother necompanles me, nnd when
n fellow dances with mo lie is respect
ful. The dolls know why 1 say respect
ful, for when u fellow is with a real
girl he is ashamed to raise his hut
t'j n doll.
They (dolls) may each want to take
a good kuock at me, but I do not care,
for they hnve a' right to be wlmt God
iulends them to be, ,
What do you say, Cjnthin?
You sure aro u wonderful womau,
Cynthia, I admit. ' LILLIAN.
House Cleaning
A carpet sweeper or n vnruuin cleaner
should bo used in the dally cleaning of
the carpets nnd rugs. A vacuum clean
er operated by hand or electric power
removes practically all the dust and dirt
from rnrpets nnd rugN in dustless man.
ner
GREEN THINGS GROWING
IN THE WINTERTIME HOME
Offer Companionship Peculiar lo Themselves, and They Make
Us Forget the Bleakness of Outdoors
AT TUfS season of the jear, wheni
our interests nre becoming iriorc and
more of the indoors every dnv nud nil
outside is thinking about nestling down
for n lonit winter's imp, we nre apt to
loso touch with thnt love for growing
things' that keeps us in the open during
the spring nnd summer. Of course,
there is work connected with keeping
flowers Indoors, nnd more, thnn one en
thusiast laments (he water rings upon
the newly varnished window sills, but
it is well worth the price. No matter
how poorly furnished a room may be,
the Bhabby nppcarnuco at once ill
dispelled when a fresh healthy green is
introduced. It relieves the harshest
poverty and sets off the greatest
luxuriance. A thriving plant Is fhe
most artistic of ornaments.
An old lady once said to me, "When
things nre going wrong and down in
the dumps I just like to get outdoors
and watch things growing," Whnt n
comfortnble philosophy is this! What
n satisfaction to feel that, in spite of
our own difficulties nud disappointments,
this quiet, constant process is going on
around us. No mntter what befall, It
still remains, peaceful and prosperous.
How insignificant, how petty our own
little joys nnd sorrows when compared
with this universal movement. Plants
The Testing of Julia Grant
Hy HAZEL DEYO DATCIIULOK'
CovvrloM, 1113, lu mblte Ltdoir Co.
Ill Which Lucy Grant
READ THIS FIRST
Wheu Dan Carson jilted Julia
Grant for another vvoinnn he did not
Teniae thnt a time would come when
be would usk Julia to take him back.
However, that time did come, nnd
although Julia's experience in the
hospital, where she had gone for
training, had changed her, she did
not know how much until after she
had given her promise to Dan a sec
ond time. Then she realized that all
the love of her heart had been given
to Dr. John Norvvlle, the head
surgeon nt the hospital, nnd it was
then that she decided to marry Dan
as soon as he wanted her.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
T UCY came into her mother's room
J-Jn day or so after Julia arrived home
from the hospital for good, nud snt
down iu a low rocking chair. The chair
was in the window and Lucy's face was
in a strong light; somehow it did uot
show her up advantageously; she
looked washed out nud there wus a
strained expression around her ejes.
She sat for a moment without speak
ing, but nuy one could have seen that
she had something on her mind. Lucy
wns not deep enough to bo given to
fits of brooding. She did nut think or
dinurlly and she was nearly alwnjs
sunny. Uveu Mrs. Grant looked nt the
girl closely and thought to herself Hint
Lucy was, the tj'pe that would fade
soon.
Finally Lucy broke in upon her
mothers reflections with a rcinnik that
was rather surprising.
"Mother, don't you think that Julia
is acting strangely?"
Mrs. Grant .looked annoyed. "What
muke.i j-ou sny that?"
"Hut don't'jou really; hnveu't jou
noticed anj tiling?"
"Well, of course, she would net
strangclj- just now. She isn't used to
the old life here at home. nnd. besides,
she has the excitement ot being mar
ried haugin-,' over her. I dou't think
it s surprising thai she isn't quite nat
ural." "Have jou noticed how she is with
Dan?"
"Oil, now Lucy, don't imagine things,
ion know jour sister never was de
monstrative, in fact, I never knew a
girl who took things more calmlv and
as n mutter of course than she'dors.
ou can't evpect her to enthuse nnd
scintillate when it Isn't in her nntilre."
"How do jou know II isn't in her
nature?"
Mrs. Grunt looked nt her daughter
exasperatedly. "Lucy Grant, what are
you getting at.' lou talk so strangely.
Is nii.vthiiic on vour mind"'"
Lucj was silent nnd sat fidgeting with
tho curtain that 111111" near her chair.
Her thin little fingers laid It in pleats
carefully, her pale face Hushed : she
looked frightened nnd nervous. Plainly
something was wrong.
"Well?" Mrs. Grant asked fiunllv.
"O. mother, don't jou suppose Julh
cares for Dnn?" The question was al
most nn entreaty.
"Ot course she docs!" shnrplj- "Iu
her wiij ."
"In her wny." Lucj walled; "but
she doesn't love him like I do."
Mrs. tirant started up and stared iu
amazement nt her daughter. Lucy was
crouched down iu her chair, she had
turned her face nvvny nud was crjing
The Question Corner
Today's Inquiries
1, How'ntnuy babies iu the United
Stnles die nnuunlly?
". About what proportion of these
babies die during their first
month due to prcventible causes?
.'!. Cucumbers nre good for the com
plexion. How can they be used?
1, How cun -white window shades
be cleaned?
5. Hilvv cau worn linoleum bo re
newed 7 1
1). New glun will not slick to old
glue. What will remove ol(I
glue?
Yrstci day's -Answers
1. The "bon voyage" letter is one
sent to .wish n truvcler godspeed.
-, A little free government booklet
on influeiitu rnu be obtained by
writing to tlie United States
Public Henlth Service, Wash
ington. D, C.
!!, A booklet on prcnntnl enre nud
infant care enn nlso be obtained
free from tlie government. Ad
dress tho United States Chil
dren's Bureau, Washington,
I. When children's rubbers' arc
tight use a shoe horu.
d, A very effective softener for
bauds roughened by housework
can be mude with olive oil and
rommenl. A couplo of ounces
of olive oil are put in a doublo
boiler ami then enough sifted
t'oruinrul is stirred in to make u
creamy mixture. This is al
lowed to simmer for nn hour.
Apply this tu the hands nt night
nfter thoroughly washing theni
nnd wear gloves to bed.
0. The uso of cold erenm on tho
liosc lessens Its tendency to ex.
ccssivo ehlniuess because, it
softens tho pores aud permits
them to expel their natural
oils.
nnd flowers offi iu a companionship
peculiar to themselves, linking us to a
larger wholn and liidlug our own mean-'
ucss against a bigger background.
There is nn old story that tells how
when a prisoner felt bis mind about to
go back upon him he chanced to find a
tiny weed growing in the crevices of
tho Brent stones thnt formed his soli
tary cell. How he wept over It, how
he laughed! How he watched and
cared for It from day to day, seeing in
tills little bit nf life a pantomime of
the whole cycle of existence thnt
throbbed In the world beyond his prison
bars. It wns company for him till the
dny of his escnpe. It kept his humanity
alive within him.
Somehow or other the person who has
no feeling for the out of doors, no love;
for flowers or interest in watching the
unfolding of bud and burst of bloom Is
flagrantly lacking in ono of the qualities,
thnt go to mnke up a bis-hearted char
acter. Whenever we enter a strange
house and find It overflowing with
plants, whnt a feeling of confidence is
ours. Somehow we unconsciously
recognle that the person who keeps
these things bns a wholesome, healthy
niche In her make-up nud secretly we
trust her. i
Get a bit of green; watch it grow!
.jr. o.
Makes a Confession
quietly with her check pressed against
mc cushion ot the chair.
"It's been different since Julia wad
away," she sobbed. "Dan and I have
had lots ot talks and we think the same
about things. Julia doesn't think the
same, she's just making herself believe
she is."
Mrs. Grant had left her chair nnd
had come ueross Hie room to Lucy. "I
wnnt jou to stop this immediately,"
she said severely. "Haven't you any
pride? Suppose you have been siljy
enough to nllow yourself to full lit love
with Dun Carson, jou know quite well
that he doesn't care for jou. He is
jour sister's lover nud they nre to be
married in a few weeks. Hint's nil there
is to it. Now I want jou to pull your
self together nnd fo'rgct all about this.
Do you hear me, LticyV"
Mrs. Grant's impatient 'reccptiou of
Lucy's confidence acted on the girl like
a tonic. She had been sure of her
mother's sympathy at least, and even
that had failed her. Her mother was
determined to see Julia safely marrieiL
she had her mind set on it. nnd she hnd
110 patience with this development of
Lucy's. Lucy was a child anyvvuy who
didn't know her own mind.
Hut, strunge as it may seem, Lucy had
given her heart to Diin. She under
stood Dnn and mnde allowances for
weaknesses in him that it would be im
possible for Julia ever to overlook. Nn
woman can pity a man, cau listen to j
...-, iwiiiiiji-uit-a uu.i uiivc uay iiui an -j
wiwj iii-mi, nun uuu K'UW 10 Clirc--nilll (9
Lucy was uot tlie strongest elinrnelop 54
in the world. She knew that Dan had
110 idea that slip cared for him, but she -
did know tliut lie liked to tell her things. :
She had no doubt of the fact thnt she '
could make him care, if only she. had a
chance.
(Monday The stranger who called
at the Grunts.)
MISS ADDAMS OPTIMISTIC
Speaker Before Friends Says War
Quickened Spirit of Charity
Charity is stimulated by war hard
ships and a new spirit of human rela
tionships follows such struggles, accord
ing to Jane Addams. who spoke last,
night nt tlie Friehds' hleetiug House,
Fourth nnd Arch streets.
"The new spirit is manifested in many
ways," she said; "iu -England by the
national concern over the housing prob
lem; in France, by the heroic measures
being taken to combat tuberculosis nud
other diseases: in Italy, by tlie unusual
efforts to relieve the economic ills of'
the people, and in the I'niteu States
by n growing disposition ot capital and
lnbor to find 11 common meeting ground."
Y. W. C, A. in China
Girls iu the senior clnss of the Younj
Women's Christian A'ssoeiatiou Plivsi
rul Training School in Shanghni, ("h'ina,
teach on the average of 1000 children
fro4q the Free Schools eacli week, ar
pordlng to reiMirts received by the For.
eijjn Department of the National Y. W.
C. A. in New York City.
This prnctice teaching prepares the
girls for work ns tcneliprs in the unlive
schools and provides tlie physical train
Ing for younger children iu the Free
Schools. The work bns lieeu highly
recommended by Mr. Ilsiung. ex-premier
of finances, and by the present
commissioner of education,
Fashion Hints
The Louis XV influence is creeping
into women's clothes.
Tricotlno is the best cvery-duy ma
terial for outer wraps,
Irregular stripes nre bceu on, certain
exclusive new fubries.
Dotted net and taffelu are n charm
ing combination.
' New Blouses
Some of the new bodices arc nctunlly
tut with points.
A new' draped blouse is worn with n
draped skirt.
Stenciling ls a feature of some of fhe
new long blouses,
"iTo Preach at Arch Street Church
Dr. Sainuel Charles Black, president
of A nshiugton and .TefTerson Col
lege, will -preach tomorrow moraine
nnd eveuiug at the Arch Street Prcs
byterlnu Church, Eighteenth nnd
Arch streets. Doctor Marurtuey will
commence a series -nt sermons on
Christian theology on November 0.
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