Life's Problems
Are Discussed
BY MRS. WIIJSOX WOODKOW
The discussion of what was jest
ingly and inadequately called "A
Clearing House of Friendship" has
been so eagerly taken up by corres
pondents all over the country that I
feel justified in discussing it again.
I have had letter after letter from
young men and young women in
the different large cities telling me
of the terrible loneliness they suffer
away from home and friends, cut
off from all former associations and
without the opportunity, and in most
rases —for youth is shy—the initia
tive to form new ones.
These compose one class. There
Is another equally large, if not larger;
the girls—it is principally the girls
whom this condition affects—who
cannot for various reasons invite
their friends to their homes.
What is the answer? The dance
halls and undesirable, xminous com
panionships. What is the result?
A ghastly, unthinkable, unnecessary
waste.
A number of persons have written
to me that these needs and con
ditions are completely met by the
church, that the institution as it is
conducted has a very special in
terest in young persons, and that
to-day practically every church, of
whatever denomination, has its
study and social clubs where the
needs for young people for improve
ment, recreation and amusement are
thoroughly met.
This is true; and the work the
church has done has been admir
able and incalculable. But a church
i.s a religious institution. The clubs
the different ones maintain are for
those who subscribe to their tenets
and beliefs. And to enjoy the recre
ations they provide carries with it.
at least, a tacit obligation to attend
and take part in the church services.
It would be neither graceful nor
gracious to avail one's self of the
social pleasures which a church
might offer and flagrantly neglect its
religious and charitable activities.
The social clubs have also been
suggested .is a solution of the
difficulty, but they can hardlj oe
considered in connection with the
special needs of the young I'*™°™
of whom I am speaking. \ou cannot
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belong to a social club unless you
have been invited to join it, and to
receive this invitation implies a large
acquaintance.
Neither can you join unless you
have the money to do so —money
not oijly to pay your share of the
club's expenses, but also to appear In
a manner commensurate to the
standing and pretensions of the or
ganization. Social clubs are both
select and selective. The great ma
jority of the boys and girls of whom
1 am writing have to take their
pleasures free, or at a small cpst,
for every expenditure in any direc
tion means a sacrifice in another.
The matter really lies in the hands
of the state or, as one of my corres
pondents litis suggested, the Federal
Government. More and mere the
state looks after the welface of the
child. It educates it, supervises its
health, plans its recreations. And
when the period of schooling is over,
the state considers that having done
its best to enable the young person
to sustain himself, it is now up to
him to do so, and it removes its
guiding hand.
But the first aim and first duty
of the state is to conserve the lives
and preserve the comfort and hap
piness of its citizens, male and
female. It is vital to the state to
preserve the health, the working
efficiency and the morale of its great
army of youth.
Now, it is almost universally con
ceded that there are four things
necessary to maintain a normally
happy and useful existence: well
paid work, play, love and prayer.
Every one instinctively loves con
genial work: every one likes play
and plenty of it; we all have differ
ent gods; and each prays to his
special one, not always in the con
ventional sense, perhaps, but never
theless, whether we will admit it
or not, we all pray to something.
And love and appreciation are as
necessary to all of us as sunshine
and fresh air are to plants.
Advice to the Lovelorn
Why Not Marry?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I have been going about with a
young man for two years. Our sin
cere friendship turned to love.
, Everything was running along fine
until now.
His firm watits him to go to Flor
ida, they offer him from SSO to S6O
per week.
I am anxious to see him make his
way in this world, but I will be ter
ribly lonesome as I am an orphan.
We are too young to marry, as he
is only 21 years of age, and I am
19 years.
R. V. L.
Under the circumstances, I really
don't see why you are one bit too
young to marry. You have known
each other for two years. You were
friends first and are now lovers. .If
he goes to Florida alone, he will
probably be lonely and homesick and
won't give his best to his work; and
the knowledge that you are up here
grieving for him won't help him a
hit. If von are sure of your feeling
for each other, marry first and make
good together. Of course you don't
want to stand between your sweet
heart and his splendid opportunity.
Fashions of To-Day - By May Manton
957 a Girl's Coat, 4 to 8 year*.
Price 15 cents.
All's Well That
Ends Well
By Jane McLean
.Altei a day of careful shopping
Margaret decided not to get a new
Winter suit. There were a multitude
of reasons. All the new suits were
trimmed elaborately with fur and
were, therefore, expensive. Mar
garet had' a fairly good-looking suit
from the winter before. To be sure,
she hart relied somewhat on her fur
scarf to make the suit presentable,
but the scarf had disappointed her.
It hau not worn well. Margaret had
purchased it in a moment of extrav
agance, and it was of that beautiful
but perishable fur, blue fox. The
way ii had gone had been lament
able. It was faded in great blotches,
an 1 looked worse than shabby. Tho
muff was in good condition still, but
Margaret had worn that so seldom
that it was not to be wondered at.
She considered her assets as they
lay spread out on the bed. One win
ter suit of good material, a soft gray
in color, but lacking the stylish touch
that fur always gave. One blue fox
collar, badly worn and badly faded,
and one. beautifuf-blue fox muff of
the pillow variety, out of style, but
in perfect condition Margaret sighed.
"Of course." she murmured to her
self. "l could have the muff made
oxer, but It would cost such a lot.
Oh, that's out of the question. 1
simply could not afford it. Why, It
would cost half or three quarters
what a fur collar would cost." And
then she suddenly had a brilliant
idea. It was a daring one, and one
that she quavered over a great deal,
but it was worth the experiment, at
any rate, and she would try.
The great idea was this. Why
wouldn't it be possible for her to cut
up the beautiful muff and make it
into fur cuffs and gorgeous collar for
her gray velour suit? Why, it would
change the suit beyond recognition.
The idea was so perilously wonder
ful, that Is, if one could imagine It
panning out all right, that Margaret
was in a- fever to begin.
She locked the door of her room,
got out her sewing basket, and with
a pair of sharp scissors began her
ticklish job. No one who has not
tackled fur can imagine what an ex
periment it is. Margaret was the
\ criest of amateurs, but she was im.
| bued with a spirit that was not to be
gainsaid, and her scissors cut
straight although her heart was
trembling. On her success depended
the entire effect of her winter out
lit.
The fur as stitched in little rows
on the wrong side. Each row was
about half an inch wide, but the fur
was long, and therefore not difficult
to match. Margaret had a stcadj
head and hand, and before she knew
it she had cut out a fairly straight
pair of cuffs and a big, voluminous
collar. Now if she could make them
Such a smart little coat as
this one will be sure to appeal
to the # little girls. The collar
makes a special feature for it
can be worn as it is here or
wrapped around the throat
snugly. In the picture, one of
the shower proof cheviots is
shown in shaded of tan and
brown with occasional threads
of red and red broadcloth makes
the trimming. The coat could
be copied, however, in velveteen
or in velvet or it could be copied
in broadcloth or a velours cloth
or any material of the sort. If
you make it of velvet or of
velours cloth it will be a dressy
coat, if you make it of the
cheviot illustrated it will be a
school coat. The plaited side
portions give very pretty and
becoming lines and allow a
shaping that is as unusual as it
is attractive. The buttons are
covered with the trimming ma
terial
For the 6-year size will be
needed, 2% yards of material
36 inches wide, 2>g yards 44 oi*
54, with % yard 54 inches wide
for the trimming.
The pattern No. 9572 is cut
in sizes from 4to 8 years. It
will be mailed to any address
by the Fashion Department of
this paper, on receipt of fifteen
cents.
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cleverly enough and line them ex
pertly they would be perfect.
"Imagine," she gasped right out
loud, "imagine what a gray velour
suit would cost if one were to buy
it with (.lifts and collars of blue fox.
Why," she continued to herself, "that
green one with raccoon was eighty
dollars that 1 priced today, and I do
hate the cheaper suits. I'd much
rather wear a last year's modol than
buy a new suit and have it look
cheap."
Margaret discovered over a yard
of gray silk that she had bought for
a waist, in the bottom of her dresser
drawer. This would do beautifully
for a lining, and breathlessly she be
gan to line the fur, to shape it into
a collar and to finally sew it on the
gray velour suit. The result was as
tounding. What had been before a
nice looking suit had become an ex
pensive looking luxurious model.
Margaret thrilled to herself, and pa
tiently went on bruising her fingers
but gaining all kinds of satisfaction.
When at half past twelve she put
aside her work with a sigh of relief,
the suit was finished. It boasted
wide'fur cuffs and a beautiful col
lar buttoning on a fur button tight
about her neck or lying cape-wise
upon her shoulders. The pockets
had fur flaps, and any one who had
not known Margaret closely and ob
served her still more closely would
never have known the suit. Mar
garet, her tired, brown head bur
rowed deep in her pillow, slept the
sleep of the righteous that night, for
she had faithfully earned it.
The next morning the temptation
to wear the new creation to business
was too much for her, and so she put
on her softest crepe waist and the
beautiful suit, which she donned
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with a respect she hua long given up
where the suit itself had been con
cerned. "It looked gorgeous, simply
beautiful," she decided as she re
garded herself in her mirror. She
felt like a new woman. All kinds of
self-confidence swept through her in
waves. The feeling stayed with her
all day, and she was at a loss to ac
count for it, excepting for the fact
that psychologists tell us that clothes
give us confidence, and that she,
Margaret, had proved to herself be
yond a doubt that she could rise to
an emrgency. '
Just how much the suit had to do
with what happened that day, Mar
garet never knew. Suffice it to say
that she was called into the inner
office of Blake and Winslow, and re
ceived a raise in salary. The other
girls in the office told her they didn't
see how she did it on her salary, and
Jimmy, the man, had told her she
looked like a million dollars. What
more was there to wish for in the
world, and without an expenditure of
anything but energy?
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value of the estate left by the late
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$200,000, one of the executors of the
will said today. Her jewels, includ
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appraised at about SIO,OOO. Viscount
Ishii placed a wreath on the casket
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