"jr$y o L' y ' !' 1 I ' - ." j itA..w. . fcfefl EVENING f 44 Stories Articles and Special Features Mary a Murderess? Impossible! Yet "Even before she stag gered toward me out of the fog, I knew that she was suf fering from blind and panic terror. . . . The back of itfi nnnm wne entliri nnH nn aKlaffi the tips of her fingers was a smear of blood" At once you find yourself in a whirlpool of tragedy and mystery with no clue to lead you out of the fog except the girl in the hansom and a torn sheet of blue-gray note paper. Should You Teach Baby to "Paddycake"? Are you a sensible parent? Do you believe Baby should be taught to walk ? With whom should he play ? How do you punish him by a good, sound spanking or by the rollyanna method f What do you do when he bumps his nose so that it bleeds? Most important, what is best to do for the child's own welfare? Doctor Myerson's com-mon-sense talk about play, punish ment, education and sickness is a rare, helpful treat. When Marriage is Truly a Gamble It is when either the man or the woman has been divorced. For with forty-eight different brands of marriage and divorce laws a person may be married in one state and a bigamist, with nameless children, in another state. The remedy ? One of the ablest woman lawyers tells what women propose to do about it. U& Yearly subscription to begin with the January issue may be placed this week with your newsdealer or with any authorized subscription rep resentatire. Price $2.00 THE YEAR Canada 12.50). safilfaffi rUBLlC LEDGER-PHILbliJLPHlAV FRIDAY, BECEmSeR - " - . Contents Cover Painted by W. T. Benda Editorials To Save Prohibition is Your Job The Woman Who is Always Late FICTION Out of the Fog Grace Sartwell Mason The Failure Hugh MacNair Kahler The Beach Comber Sophie Kerr The Really Horrid Relation Roland Pertwee The Seven Conundrums E. Phillips Oppenheim Bittersweet Shirley L. Seifert The Silver Sixpence Ruth Sawyer The Devil Samuel Scoville, Jr. SPECIAL ARTICLES The Bored Wasters of Deauville Mary Brush Williams Don't Cheat Them of Childhood Dr. Abraham Myerson The Big Little Things for Women in Politics Elizabeth Jordan The Italian Woman's Drive for Freedom Marie Van Vorst What Do the Wornen Want Now The Twentieth Amendment E. Jean Nelson Penfield Bumbleton Folks Claude Callan The Chum Dog Albert Payson Terhune Masks On the Stage and Off W. T. Benda What Regular Exercise Do You Take John Chapman Hilder and Margaret W. Watson FASHIONS Coats Grow Shorter for Spring A Brocaded Silk for the Entire Day and a Serge for Afternoon A Midseason Wrap and Formal Frock That are Also Good for Spring Winter Attire That Heralds the Springtime Mode Harry Collins In the HOME JOURNAL 178 Pages THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY Independence Square, Philadelphia MS" S j, FASHIONS (Continued) Homemade Blouses That Have the "Different" Touch Faille SilkMakes the Midseason Hat for North or South When a Bargain is a Bargain HOUSEHOLD Keeping Well and Keeping Warm Mary Meek Atkeson The Home of the Newly Weds Ethel Davis Seal The Uses of Marrow A Servantless House William C. Heck NEEDLEWORK These Palm Beach Blouses Forecast a Summer Fashion Elsa Krawiec Needlework Designs From the Old World Esther Everett Lape A Little Tatting Goes a Long Way in Trimming This Lingerie ENTERTAINMENT Community Theaters Henry MacMahon Li'P Bobby Bear and the Snowbirds' Sleigh Ride Harrison Cody A Short List of Suitable One-Act Plays Henry MacMahon An Indoor Sports Fair Claire Wallis POEMS The Hills of Youth Alfred Noyes A Swimmer at Trincomalee Amelia Josephine Burr ART FEATURES The Hills of Youth -Harvey Dunr, Annie Arden W. L. Taylor MISCELLANEOUS Helpful Home Journal Books It Shames a Woman to Owe Money Manager of the Girls Club The Office Dog January 20 Cents Si, ifiSO J.M t " r?li 7" - What is a Real Bargain? "Dresses were $150.00, now reduced to $59.50": The January sales are on I Can you pick the plums among the windfalls from the bargain tree? You can prepare for the big cut in prices and you will know what to make and what to buy when you mm to the eleven full pages of fashion features.. He, She and a Little Home "Going to get married, eh? That takes courage these days of high prices," said the discour aging friend. The young couple knew it, they had investigated furniture prices. But a cozy, happy home can be furnished at small cost for newly weds, and older weds too. A little money goes a long way with Journal plans., off 1 Tffii'i ai mn 9 Cut-Outs' and Stories for Kiddies "Something tickled my nose," said LiT Bobby Bear, as he woke from his long winter sleep with a start. 'Twas a tiny snow bird come to invite Bobby to the big sleigh-ride party. 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