, r r-F.:,'.:T''Wi ii' . ' ' 3V TV i & . f. ' . ft ? "AL t J t v vj. , .' t ;V ill t f&'. BVjEOMfl -PUBLIC (LEDGEBr-IHIAI)lkLBHfAy VIXNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1920 .; l. , li, ft ' 1 1 a- f n& "1 V t SALE Opens Today Christmas Number At Your News-stand ' 28c the Copy 20c the Copy All That Wernen Want at a Price All Can Pay .) ,1 k V nt ? i "Is it really helpful?" Heme Journal article must pas before I publish it ns as63ryicfe te women in spcinlj civic,?cemmeticfal, indus-'v , toprefe88ionallife. ' -f. i ' ' ' ;I8 it wholesome, inspirational of 'the highest possible quality?" must be before I finally select the ten or twelve stories in each number. Tales contrived for their "sex lure" and low appeal have.ne place in The Journal. b "Is it art; will it encourage a love for the beautiful ; is it worth framing?" I ask when selecting a painting , for color reproduction. "Is it practical; in geed taste; does it apply in the modern home?" is the criterion by which I judge each of the new ideas worked out in the development of the ' departments for which The Journal is famous, whether Paris fashions, needlework, entertainment or house hold management. ' ' P Incidentally, we are building up a new department, te be called PRACTICAL POLITICS, which I feel confident will be of extraordinary value te millions of our readers. . I try te make each separate, single feature worth the whole price the reader pays for the entire contents of the number. S;t Yeu Will Want te Frame It Ask your art dealer his price for a full-color reproduction of one of Maxfield Parrish's paintings eight and a half by fourteen and a half inches in sizel A Florentine Ftte is one of Parrish's finest works. He has lavished en it the wondrous coloring for which his brush; is famous, he has painted' into it? a romantic grace and a.ger-. geeus richness that will lend beauty and warmth te any room in which it is hung. This picture has. been beautifully reproduced in the December Heme Journal, in true color, en fine paper, ready for fram ing. Many will be glad they have bought this issue for the painting alone. Something Werth Real Meney te Yeu I A-page. ful of colorful pil lows' gives you'.'a splendid sug gestion for Christmas pres ents. Yeu 6ee the pillows just as they are in the full beauty ef.aUV'their colors, and the article tells just jiew toge about making them at very7 small cost. - --. :. "Thfe-Horrers of a Deserted Heme" Page the "Anti" Who. Said That! 'Were you amazed at the num- citizenship. Elizabeth Jerdan, ber of women who voted at the in a splendid article, illustrated election last month? Yeu would ' with numerous photographs of net be if you knew mere about ' well-known organizers, tellswhe the younger generation of lead- TheNew Women Leadersin Poll Pell ers v(hp assisted' the , -m cs are, and why. suffrage cause te It is one of many victoryandarenew - JPftiMk Journal features stepping.outintethe Qk 7H tt will keep we first rank wherever .M& MPL men a,ve te the Women are organic- EjKAJ duties, and oppor eppor opper ing te make the best 'V'n tunities of their new of their 100 per cent. ' I political freedom. Before Yeu Learn What Happened at Bath you will have reab! one of the most fas cinating stories of mystery, romance and amazing adven ture that E. Phillips Oppen heira has ever written. This is one of his series of Seven Conundrums each a thrill ing story In itself. t aee m dnn,L vujv me year by mall from is the test each Ladies' answered in the affirmative sSrpjiTZrr. C?L. fA , .i &,.- 55Ci-e (t Life Is Cheap 99 Said the Bolshevik Weman "But could you, could you M "Sentence a man te die? Why net; If 4ie deserves it? . . . If the war and the rev rev ejutipn h.ave taught us 4 any thing! it is that life fs cheap." She was net mere than twehty,-twe, but she was one of. a Bolshevik tribunal, the ' Tchqzvechrika', rthat con-; demned he one knows hew many suspects te death at Baku. And it was at Baku that Mude JRadfprd Warren, met , her and get. her 'story, some-. .what harrowing but true in every last detail. Its vivid pictures recall the , terrorist women of the French Revolution.: Keep your car from catch' ipgtceldl Use it regularly throughout the winter months. .There is only one way te make sure that the water in your cooling system will net freeze; and that way is fully described , in"tle Christmas Journal.' WemenNE;xecutives Irt Mevie and Drama Yeu may knew'aH abeutrthe movie queens what they wear, eat, think, dream but de you really knew anything about the big -women executives of the movies and drama women who write, stage and direct great productions? In this new profession women are already at the top. Yeu will find a furid of startling news in Henry MacMahen's article, Women Directors of Plays and Pictures in the Christmas Journal. tm UJ iZnfftGt&Jhf20PJ The Curtis Publishing Company, Will Yeu Journey With Sir Philip Qibbs 'Through Enchanted Seas"? ' x The world war produced no greater war correspondent than Sir Philip Gibbs. Mil lions of Americans read his dispatches daily through a long, dreadful period of anxi ety. New this'gifted writer has turned his pen te fiction and has written for the Decem ber Journal a 'story that has all the thrill and vividness of war news, although it is net a "war story." A beautiful Armenian girl set out after the war te find the man she had met in Asia' during the 'war.' He was net her lever, but when she meets him.tluringf A remarkable voy age en the enchanted seas of the Near East, what happens will held you breathless te the last line. What Better Christmas Gift At Any Price? This One Costs Only $2.00 Every year mere and mere folks learn-that one doesn't have te spend a purseful of money te buy Christmas gifts that are cer tain tcplcase and sure te give a whole year of enjoyment. They give a subscription for The Heme Journal te the women en their Christmas lists. Buy the December number and then ask yeurself: "Where ,, cfuJ (jnd a $2.00 preserit mere satisfactory than twelve such magazines, each as full of color, inspiration, helpfulness and entertainment as this?'4 . , .. '' UJ(ri A Full-Celer Maxfield Parrish Gift Announcement GIVEN With Each Order r On Christmas morning each person for whom you order this ideal present will receive by mail a rarely beautiful announcement of the gift sent -in your name. Qne of Maxfield Parrish's richest paintings, Castles in the Air, has been reproduced especially for thisanneuncement, withabselute fidelity te'the gorgeous colorings of the famous original. The anneuncementincludes a beautifully printed page devoted wholly te a seasonal Christmas message in your name. .There is no charge whatever for sending this announcement te each person for whom you send us an order. The Hundred Best Recent Beeks What book, of all these printed this winter, would you like best te read or te buy as a gift for a friend? Te help you select just such books, the Editors of The Heme Journal asked Louise Maunsell Field, a well-known book reviewer, te select the one hundred best recent books. Her list will help make this Christmasrahappy one for you or for your friends. 'ecemmr eiaaiEJ rrarmz . kiAjy 1 Philadelphia, Pa. A Hundred Ideas for Christmas Gifts Hew te make them, hew te cheese them for every member of your family ! Almest a complete magazine by itself is the material we offer te help you plan for a real Christmas. Here are the titles of Christmas articles that fill many pages: (,.," Presents te Please the Most Fastidious Maid. Handmade Gifts That are Proofs-of Real Friendship. Gifts fine Girl Can Make for Anether. . Christmas Cakes Make Dainty Gifts te Send dur Friends. Gifts for Oxe Weman Who Likes Things for Her-Roem. Presents Useful and Simple. , Giftsr.That Add te Housekeeping Jeys. r' Santa'Clatts Designed These Toys for Yeu te Make. Gifts Children Will Treasure. A Page, of Christmas Toys. Dainty Remembrances for the Guest's Roem. ' Easily Made Lingerie, with ,e Festive Christmas Touch. - 'Seme New Christmas Candies. ' " ' 3V C Safe Motherhood' Fourteen foreign countries have made motherhood a safer privilege for their women than it is in.the United States. And in ten foreign countries it is safer te be a baby than it is here. Every year fourteen thou sand mothers die in childbirth; every year we lese two hundred and fifty thousand babies be fore they have had half a chance te get a held en life. Hew the Children's Bureau is helping te wipe out the charge of criminal negligence Jr AmAfiAl in st14 fir A7il It r rr F T-T e t a i Haiti an Ya e rftln llUipU J-S 1,411 It 1U U1UUW "Safe Motherhood," in the December Journal. De Yeu Knew the Why of a Deg? Why docs your pup chew up the premises? Why does a deg wag its tail when happy and a cat wag its tail when angry? Did you knew that the deg is the only animal with intelli gence enough te dream ? Why docs one deE set I6 all the dogs in the neighborhood bark ing? Yeu will find the answer te all these questions and many mere you may often have puzzled ever, in Al bert Payson Ter- H hune s "The Why of a Dee" F & M ''l iMether Tried Se Hard te Make Them See She had been a rare mother of a large family, new grown up. bhe had saved the Neah s Ark and all its vividly painted inmates for years. At the Christmas reunion of the family her heart burned with a great longing te revive through the old Ark some of the mother-happiness of the far-off Christmasscs when her sons and daughters were young. She had a further Idea, tee. But when children grew up and grew apart . . . "The Neah's1 Ark," by Elsie Singmaster, is truly a big Christmas story. Can Kindness Ever Be Cruel? Perhaps n.et; but kind cruelty is nevertheless prac ticed, both consciously and unconsciously, by many em ployers of women. There was a case of the sort in Temple Bailey's story, "Wait Fer Prince Charming." The girl was secretary and stenog rapher te a rich man who cherished beauty in a strange way. THE OFFICE DOG has been rummaging about in out-of-the-way nooks and crannies, and. he's picked up many a curious bit of humor and many a whimsical dash of verse that will delight and amuse, the whole family. Christmas Menus Times may have changed in many ways, but Christmas still holds pride of place as a time for hospitality and festivities of all kinds. On the shoulders of the, housewife for a Week or se before the Holiday season rests such a multitude of duties that she is "worried sick" for fear one little overlooked detail will spoil the Holiday cheer. The Christmas Journal takes away much of the worry. Five. big articles by nationally known experts tell hew te plan all the dinners, hew te serve the turkey, chicken,-duck or geese; hew te make new Christmas Candies; hew te make delicious Con fections from Canned' Fruits and hew a Luncheon for the Holiday Guest can be quickly prepared. One Each Minute While Harding Is President On March 4, 1921, when Hard ing takes the oath of office as rresiaent et the United Mates, if your newsdealer should begin te sell ever his counter an edition et The Heme Journal, at the rate of one copy each minute, twenty-four hours a day, every day in the year, the last copy would net be sold until the end of Harding's four-year term, in March, 19251 Yet month after month the huge editions of The Jeu rnal are sold during the first few days of M 2 rw $2.00 the Making a Community Happy Mary Helt had reached the age when a woman wonders if a reference te old maids is meant te be personal. 'She lived in a small town and was bored. She was beginning te mildew; but she didn't! In stead, she hit upon a fine plan and did wonders for her com munity. Her plan is worth a let of imitating. THREE OLD WOMEN WITH BRIGHT RED HAIR .dictate what women will wear throughout the world and the Callet sisters new decree that the day, of the flapper is ever. If there is a flapper in your home daughter, wif$ or mother see that she reads Mary Brush Williams' de scription of her visit te the great Callet dressmaking es tablishment in Paris. Why Net On the Way Heme? "On November l'Oth I went te 30 news-standsin New Yerk te buy a November Journal. They were all Beld out. Se I crossed the river te Jersey City and borrowed my sister's. Your Qhristmas copy is ob tainable today. America's Most the month because the editorial 'Journal never carries any sub content includes all that women scribers in arrears. want at a price all can pay. The copies are sold either for 20 cents (in Canada 25 cents), or at the full advertised yearly sub scription price, $2.00 the year (in Canada $2.50). Premiums are never given te induce Journal readers te send thleir subscriptions. Journal subscriptions are never offered "in club" with ether publica tions, and never sold en the installment-payment plan. The fc t year by mall fromThe Curtis Publbhlnfi Company, rhUaaelpWa, 1W1 Billie Burke Exhibits This Winter's Clethes Very smart and wearable ! Miss Billie Burke's black vd vet afternoon frock, for it ia cut along most approved lines. Yeu really shouldn't miss the charming photographs of Miss Burke, wearing the latest winter designs created by Harry Cellins. Fashion,, it seems, has returned te lace and embroidery. Simple and practical nevertheless stun ningare all the Journal's selections from Cellins' winter stock. I Popular Auther ZANE GREY'S books are new selling by hundreds of thousands mere than these of any ether American author. Mere than 2,000,000 of his books will be sold this year in . the' United States and British possessions. That is probably the record for any writer of the present day. Read Zane Grey's story, "The Great Slave," in the Christmas Jour nal and you will net wonder at his unprecedented popu larity. It is beautifully illus trated in bright color. ,, Clethes for Your Children Whether they are just out of long dresses or "old and six," you can.getfrera the pat terns pictured in the Christmas Journal the suits and dresses which you have long sought these that combine attrac tiveness with serviceability. Cut-Outs Fer Kids There is delight for the youngsters in "Little Mr. Squirrel's Christmas Party " net only in the beautifully colored cut-outs, but in the story Harrison Cady has writ ten te go with his pictures. Ne ether monthly magazine has ever reached a "net-paid" circulation approaching that of The Heme Journal en any such basis. Ne cut rates, no premiums; no "schemes" ; no "deferred pay ments." Just the magazine itself at its advertised price. '? THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY Independence Square Philadelphia, Pennsylvania S V St. V ki i H'l .): r ln ha :-" tt 7 iM M r MM wi !f- ".) , "'$ 1W i i: hoi' iif J it li 9Jv AV v n' MA r :i 19 tUta IUV ir bir U.JT r be ii7.' 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