The evening world. Newspaper, November 30, 1921, Page 21

T, e “When the Copyright, 1921, E fail to pay his respects to the spinsters while denouncing the measure because “Miss” was prefixed to the names of all but one of the women of the Children’s Bureau ,who are to administer the law. Whether or not the highest body of our Federal lawmakers concluded that Bin, leas ed that the term “old Single women might well take on \ themselves the problem of other women’s children is another question. |} ‘What we are concerned with here is | the true state of the spinster of to- day and how she is regarded Note the significance of Senator | Reed’s words: | "[ do not care to criticise in the @lightest degree any woman because she happens to be unmarried, The state of single blessedness arises from many causes. Every woman has the full right to determine for herself whether she will enter the married state. For this decision she is obliged to give no reason. She may be un- willing to unite her fortunes with any man. Sh» may never have come in contact with a man fulfilling her fdeals, Possibly she exhibits superior taste by remaining single. She may not choose to endure the dangers and agonies of child rearing, Candor compels the admission that many of the finest women of the world live and die without entering the married ‘ate. Tho settlement of the ques- tion is the business of the woman. Because of her decision she should neither be made the subject of criti- ism nor the object of ridicule.” The Senator might have gone a Hittle further than this and enlight- ened his colleagues as to the above conclusions which have not escaped him—conservative as he is. Thank Heaven, “‘single blessedness” means just what it says! Thank Heaven, yoman need no longer sit in tho back parlor with knitting needles, kowtowing to dear old Uncle to leave her a dowry that some man might como along and take it—and her with it. No longer does she need hold this precivus pittance aloft and ery, “A ‘usband, a husband, my kingdum for a husband! No longer does she have to put away her bridal wreath with a sigh ‘and a tear for those dear dead days when “he was so darling” and then have to look-at-him-now. Instead, she puts away her weekly pay envelopo and has a comfortable feeling of counting her own costs without being bored with “What did | you do with the last nickel 1 gave ou?" is ‘Marriage is no longer a matter of charity but of choice. Woman no longer has to chovse the first man who comes along for fear of being relegated to the left-over corner, Well might Senator Reed say that at last she is above criticism and ridicule. Old Divine Proyidence started her new status away back there in Old England when grandmothe-’s spin- ning-wheel became a parlor orna~ ment because the weaving machine came on the scene. John Bull would not weave, since it was woman's work, he said, and as the woman would not come to his home the woman went out to run the machine and she has been running the works er since. owen well for the Senate to know about spinsters, what they are doing ‘and why they don't get married. For Se ‘* ever so humble, a good job is rather to be chosen than a jay hu: band. It is no longer Lapeer of ex- jency, but one of expectancy. Woman can look furward to the best thing in a husband and get him. , She can afford to do some watchful waiting. In the mean time she is busy with business. In these days of freedom she finds it less irksome to hold down a job than a husband. Be- gides, she has become a cornerstone in the commercial field. I have hundreds of letters from her —the up-to-the-minute spinster. Sho is a great improvement on her sister of lavender and lace of cee ieee) old 8, She wants but little here below, on ‘she wants that little independent. Bhe refuses to be a clinging vine, but grows side by side with the sturdy oak. She is constantly rubbing el- bows with him here, there and every- wher She has become accustomed to the homo genus outside his lord- ship's castle. Mannish? No, But Just a little manfulness in her make- up to make her own way. Be that way for better or for worse, it is her own, And she gets more fun out of the game than her predecessor whose ‘one hope from the cradle to the grave was @ husband. ‘True, there are times when she has visions of the leisure lady, flitting by in a great machine, bundied in furs and furbelows; but at suoh times ashe fingers lovingly her own latch- key in her whatnot bag and reflects ‘on the possible aching vould that may be buried deep beneath those Rus- sian sables, and of the run-for-his- money that the husband may be giv- ing her along with the limousine. e reasons that perhaps that very woman would be glad to exchange laces with the spinster why can be it reeif and not what some man id have her. Mr not talking about the Fluffy pisics girl who 4s only in business ‘until she can landa big fish—who goes to office dressed as for feasting rather than figuring and who regards that Office as a fertile field for Birtation. Tam talking about the woman who has rtunity to work her own pas- mee and bappiness in | pinst Is She Better Off Than The Wife in the Home? SOPHIE IRENE LOEB SAYS— er” Twentieth Century Spinster Elects to Have a Husband, She Does It With Forethought Instead of the Fear of Being an Old Maid. Fifth in a Series of Articles Compiled from Hundreds of Letters Received by Miss Loeb from Evening World Readers. By Sophie Irene Loeb. Crem York Evening World.) by Press Publishing Co. VEN the Senate of the United States, in considering the Maternity maid” had lost its sting. And even the strongest opponent of the bill, Senator James A. Reed, did not land of the free and the human hive. All of which is to say that the twentieth century spinater is a con- tented bundle of activity, who when she does elect to have a husband does with forethought instead of the fear of being an old maid; because she wants him as partner of love and not as a provider of a meal ticket. The truth is that a woman can be married at any time—if she wants to ‘badly enough; but she reasons it is better to proceed safe and sane and single than to be hitched to a har- rowing husband, From all these letters I glean one fact. A self-supporting spinster or a bachelor girl, if you please, wisely marries only for one reason, and that is that she finds herself thoroughly miserable without the man who wants to marry her. MW OR MIM ot RO OR IO HH : Ellabelle Mae E Doolittle By Bide Dudley Copyright, 1 By home of the eT * i 921, (Now York Brening World), Press, Punishing Co, HE Women's Betterment League of Delhi met Saturday to dis- cuss the question of Disarma- ment and its relation to Delhi, Mrs Elisha Q. Pertle, Promptress, had called the meeting, which was heid at Hugus Hall. She presided and made every effort to have the ladies come to some decision that might aid the representatives of the United States at the conference. “Now girls,” she began, “this is a big question and we must not do anything that would throw a monkey wrench into the machinery. Shall our battleships be sunk?” . “{ don't know,” said Mrs. Cutey Bogss, perplexed. “Of course, you don’t!” Promptress. “Who does?” “[ don't know,” said Mrs. Skeeter O'Brien. “That isn't the point,” came from Mrs, Pertle. “Have you an opinion that might help Secretary Hughes?” “I don't know,” shouted Mrs. J: Hickox. The Promptress was about to de- clare the three women out of order when @ little girl stepped to the front of the rostrum. .She was gowned in pinkle-toe cerise, trimmed with little hanging gardens, The assemblago immediately saw that Elleballe Mae Doolittle, the noted poetess, was fac- ing them and they gave ear. “Ladies,” said Miss Doolittle, “do not despair, I have considered the matter thoroughly. Listen to me—I will read an original poem.” A buzz of admiration went over the crowd, but died away when Miss Doolittle began reading the following: Disarmament, it is being discussed In Washington, D. 0. We must not let our brains rust, But keep them open and free. I think the ships should be sunk Beneath the soaming billow. Do not act as though you're drunk, Brace up and-don't be silly. My sister's child, Teeney Ricketts, Threw the cat in the batter. Of course, it was not nice for her, Why, Teeney, what is the matter? But, getting back to disarmament— Let us stop all battles, I saw @ married man kisa @ gir! to-day, But, lawsy me, I'll never tattle. ‘The final line created greut excite- ment. Many of the ladies suspected their husbands, but none would say 80. Miss Doolittle stepped back up stage and bowed. She had done her duty, Soon the ladies applauded with great gusto. All were pleased. napped the | WISH YOU'D PHONE To THE FURRIERS SEND NE THAT FUR. coer /\WAS LOOKING A VERY VERY COLD WINTER, ! rp i Hai BN EVERYBoDY SAYS IT’S GOING To BE A VERY COLD WINTER ! SENDUP A MAN To PUT WEATHER STRIPS ALL Why Not ook Your Best? Doris Doscher Copyright, 1931, (New York Evening World.) by Press Publishing Co, Treatment for Dry Skin. W"* have been considering the face and its proper care, but to have a beautiful com- plexion or to correct any facial blem- ishes requires a@ little more know!- edge of the hy- giene of the face, which, after all, is not very dif- ferent from the hygiene of the body. But the face is more im- portant because it reflects more readily the symp- toms of general disease, troubles of nutrition and nervous disorders. In fact, any physical or mental inhar- monious condition reacts on the face. The conditions under which we live, the confined air of rooms, the depriva~ tion of sunshine and the dust and high temperature from the furnace or artificial ght all add their nox- ious effect to that of want of air. This in turn causes poor action of the glands of the skin and the general discoloration, and aging of the face follows. To counteract this It is nec- essary for you, especially in the win- ter time, to engage in outdoor sports : He operat, EW foods should be added very gradually to the diet of chil- dren. For the first few times give this in small portions. If any food does not agree with the child do not continue it under the impres- sion that he will get used to it after a while, Try the same food when he gets older, DS 19M, (Now York Brening World.) by Press Publishing Co. It is the custom in many families to keep small children constantly in the Hmelight during the meals. This is @ pernicious habit in several ways, The consequent activity of the child’s mind during eating im- pairs digestion. It is apt to create a feeling of importance in the child that is most annoying when there are guests present, It is difficult for the little man or miss to realize why he or ee got ihe contre, of ai Mul ‘alfects the appetite ef the sulld, for the Mother Such children are so busy “showin, off” that they play with their fo and finally refuse to eat at all. It is quite as necessary to keep toys clean as it is to have the rubber nipples scrupulously clean. Especially is this the case while children are at the age when everything is put into the mouth. The careful mother will have every washable toy that has been used during the day cleansed each evening and the other toys well brushed. Keep the toys of infants where dust will not reach them, Frult is an essential part of the children’s diet, but up to five years It is best to give only the juice of fresh fruits or to cook the fruit, The juice of oranges, grapefruit, strawberries and peaches is permissible and in cooked fruits apples, pears, peaches, Pyines, apricots and bananas may be @s much as possiole, or at least to find time to walk in the open air, tak- ing deep breathing the while, for at least one hour a day. With the change of the winter tem- perature there is « natural longing for a heavier dict, but I warn you not to allow the iacreased appetite to lead you into indiscretions such as a very rich, heavily spiced or too acid diet, as this will react upon your com. plexion, In other words, \t is impo: sible to have a good complexion uw less the body is kept well through a proper dict and exercise. Nowhere is there such a striking difference between people as In the textures of the skin, and therefore in prescribing any remedies ¢hat aro not of a general nature it is neces- sary for us to consider just what kind of skin is under consideration. The skin that seems to give most of my readers the greatest amount of trouble is the dry skin, which easily chaps and very readily wrinkles. This dryness of the face comes either from the absence of perspiration or from some fault in the working of the sudoriferous glands. It may also be the result of irritation of the skin caused by soap, wind or the sun among persons with fine skins, es- pecially children and blonds, Some- times it arises from anaemia and de- bility, Such skins require particular attention to the exercising of the body so as to start up a natural perspiration, and this will in time cause the pores of the skin to retract and comtract naturally. If this con- dition is your immediate problem, do not use soap in the washing of the face. Try oatmeal in place of it, or just wiping with a good, cleansing cream. You will find it a great aid to use @ slight coating of cold cream as & foundation for the powder before submitting the face to any condition that would tend to dry or chap it. People with dry skin will find that they must pay very strict attention to applying a skin food before retir- ing at night, thereby artificially feeding the skin until they have built up the body sufficiently to have na- ture do her own work. Do not imagine that submitting the face to the cold air of winter is hast as disastrous as remaining in a badly ventilated room for any length of ume. The cold air will stimulate even if it will cause 4 slightly chapped condition, which can be readily over- come by the above preventive me: ure, but the overheated room will cause an excessive dryness of tire skin, In our next talk we’ will consider the opposite condition, which is « et IRE. The Heart of a Girl By Caroline Crawford Copyright, 1971, (New York Evening World.) by Press Publishing Co. Which Man Will Peggy Choose for a Husband? 1,2 i Ricmenlpher Wer heart te dlvites beseen tre loverse own ‘to-de bachelor ‘The office opens to-day} exery instalment — new pe, OES avers ore. nie ov ‘affairs. in Pegey’ NEW ENVIRONMENTS, BOGY'S sense of romance was P deeply touched when Sanford told her she resembled his fiancee "who had died. She remem- bered reading stories about older men who fell in love with girls who re- minded them of their first sweet- hearts, but she did not believe such circumstances occurred in real life. So Sanford had loved a girl very much like herself? He would have married this girl if she had not died a few days before their wedding date. Now that he had remained a bachelor until forty-five, was it possible be would care for another girl, a girl just the age of his jate flancee, wita the same color hair and eyes, and manner! As Peggy thought over the few moments that Sanford had become confidential that afternoon in the bank and told her about bis life she could see that he looked upon her as a mere child, @ pleasing picture of the girl he had loved. Still, why had he invited her to his mother’s home? If his mother should take a fancy to her, was it possible taat he would fall in love with her just as he had with this girl she so resembled? At a little after two Saturday after- noon Sanford helped Peggy |p’ his sedan and they started for his moth- ers home. Sanford droye his own car and as he guided it -hrough the financial section there was little op- portunity for conversation. In less than a half hour the sedan drew up in front of an old-fashioned brownstone front on Madison Avenue Across the street were a laundry, a delicatessen store and a tallor’s shop, but Peggy knew that this was still a select section of the city where many old New Yorkers clung to their fam- ily residences. Peggy had always lived and gone among an apartment house set and as an old-fashioned butler in a shabby genteel uniform opened the door for them ehe felt @ delicious thrill. Now she was going to see a real old New York home, me very sort they ‘de- picted in Sanford her e: cu Lad * A, (not w living room, but a regular parlor with artificial flowers under glass, gilt chairs upholstered In pal ue and tidies on their backs) into a “general living room.” ‘There, in a great fireback chair, sat a little old- fashioned woman of seventy with snow-white hair, shrewd but kind eyes, About which many crow’s fext had formed. and a sweet happy smile, She was a real old-fashioned woman, the type who wore bonnets and admitted she had reached the grandmother stage. "So this is Peggy Dayton, the little girl you were telling me about?” she asked, stretching out both her hands in welcome to Peggy as Sanford in- troduced her. “Well I never expected to see anyone on this earth so re- semble poor, dear Rose.” Peggy took a seat on a mahogany three-cornered hassock and tried to entertain Sanford’s mother as best she could, She spoke of her life at home, her Pekingese and her office work, and at almost every third word the little old lady would turn to her son and say: “Isn't that just like Rose? Why, she has the very intona- tions, the same smile.” Sahford had taken a chair at the other end of the room, but Peggy knew that he thoroughly appreciated her efforts to entertain his mother. She did her best to suppress her own nervousness, for, as she sat in this new environment, in this big house with its antique furniture, and looked at this old-fashioued woman who talked of Sanford’s flancee, she felt Just a bit spooky and frightened. To play the role of another young woman, a young woman who had been in that house, probably sitting on that very hassock some twenty years ago or 80, worried her. When the butler brought in cinna- mon toast and tea, Peggy felt greatly relieved. Mrs, Sanford was beginning to appreciate her for her own vivacity and youth and failed to remark “How much she resembles Ro! As Sanford drove shortly after pEey home tea she noticed how quiet he was. Was he thinking of this other girl? Or did he care for her? Would she rather live in that old-fashioned brownstone house on Madison Avenue, with its heirlooms and antiques, or would she rather marry Billy and live in an apartment furnished with brand-new mission furniture? To- Morrow — Peggy White Data on Being a Crack Simply and Easily Explained. By Neal R. O'Hara. Copyright, 1991, (Now York Brening ADIES and gentlemen, we have with us this month the guy that Toastmaster has a surefire job. For sents to be the toastmaste: matter how much applause the that responds to the encore. For the subscribers we have arranged a reversible diagram and chart for ft Following forms are in demand this seasofi, temperancous remarks furnished on application. ing any kind of a speaker. You, Often Read About Him LOUIS K. LIGGETT. NY passenger on surface street oars sees this man’s name oftener than that of American. Was a drug o! did some real thinking about the drug business, Consequence is he owns a big slice of it. Went wron in the stock market, put all hie ee- curities in trust and the other day announced tl he would pay all claims with 6 per cent. interest. Whioh is some achievement to be set down in stock market history. still married And hae stable of show horses. Pi ture indicates he has little use for WH AT Do You } his owrl merchandise. MORK HB Know Core, 1031, (New York Erasing World), QUESTIONS. 1. Off the coast of what continent was the old “Spanish Main” located? 2. What are the four of the Hindu religion 3, Which is the larger city, Buffalo or Washington? 4. Which State has the greater pop- ulation, North or South Carolina? 5, Which State has the greater pop- ulation, North or South Dakota? 6. Who was the husband of Xan- tippe, the shrew? 7. What ie th me of the school- master in, Irving's Legend of “Sleepy Hollow"? 8. What is the ibe J tendon in the neck of animals called 9. Who was the last Presidential candidate of the now extinct Whig Party? 10. Of what precious metal does atriee furnish half the world's sup- ply ANSWERS. 1, South America; 2, Vedas; 3, Buf- falo; 4, North Carolina; 5, North Da- kota; 6, Socrates; 7, Ichabod Crane; 8, phxwax; 9, Gen. Scott; 10, gold. —— “We Have With Us” After-Dinner Season Is Now Rea 21 4 Heat. Toastmaster Is Hi World.) by Prem Publishing Co. Previous speaker gets, he's the @ convenience of constant and 5 For Introducing a Celebrity: “Gen- tlemen, it is my pleasant duty’ to night to introduce to you a whom every American reveres. reminds me of a funny story the plumber and the society lady. 1 seems that the plumber ot} snappy gag here). And now that-we understand each other better, I #p- proach the superlative task of: the — evening. z “We have here a man who is. credit to any large and glorious Ni tion like ours. He ts two-fisted, blooded and 100 per cent. and he wears a 6% size hat. the rock-bound coast of Maine to the fog-bound coast of California, “iy name is & household word, a signal for cheers and an open sesame for | toasting, As a fighter for morality, Hberty, virtue, indepen — dence—in fact, anything that is good and wholesome and lovely and pure — he is the acme of perfection, °thh knight errant of rectitude, the sweet patootie of Grade A virility. out for breathing.) Gentlemem,. take great pleasure in introducing’®* aie For Introducing a Man With’ ® Message: “We have with us to-nimhi! & man whom each of you doubtles! has yearned to hear at some time : other in your lives. And that re- minds me of a humorous ini that took place while I was renting this dress suit I have on to-night, f) seems that—(here insert snappy wag.) i t “The guest we have with us thir evening has a message that aj to any man with red blood cow through his veins. He is a thinker a philosopher, a doer of things. He talks straight from the shoulder right or left; he calls a spade’? mpade, an eye for an eye and a toot} for a tooth. In other words, he the epitome of something too nume' ous to mention, the clarion call et all that is true andfine. Gentlemt? I beg to introduce a man whore words should mean a lot to you Mr. ae A For Introducing a Solld American “Gentlemen, there comes a time In the lives of all men so solemn thaj - one isn’t even reminded of a funny” anecdote. Such a moment is “the present one. It is my privilege to- night to present to you a man ‘who represents all that is noble im thit magnificent land of ours, from thr — Sound of Long Island to the ellence” of the Arizona desert; « men. why loves every square foot of sacred | soll from Sandy Hbok to San Diego; who hallows every parcel of prop erty from Hell Gate, New York: 1) — the Golden Gate of California, Gen- tlemen, let me introduce to you that real and solid American, Mr."— 4... The Jarr Family By Roy L Vopyright, 1991, (Now York Breming World.) by Prees Publishing Co. HIS is a grand idea, this os Christmas of Good Cheer and Friendly Fellowship newspaper ts starting,” said Mr. Jarr. “We should sign a coupon and have some stranger in the city as our guest for Christmas dinner.” “Some nice lonely young suggested Mrs. Jarr. “Well, um-er, I notice by the papers that there are lonely young girls in the city, too, girls that live in furnished rooms”—— “Never mind what you thought!" in terjected Mrs, Jarr. “You let me ar- range for what Christmas guests wo will have, and you give me some money so I ean do my Christmas shopping early, and that will be 1h from you!” “If the money is enough it will bo enough,” said Mr. Jarr dolefully. “And to Haten to you one would think that I wanted a strange and beautiful young girl to flirt with. I didn't talk that way when you spoke of looking up @ handsome, lonely young man.” : I wi man“ thinking of a guest who would interest the children,” replied J, Mrs. Jarr. “As for doing my Chris:- mas shopping early, I'll do it as early our M: . McCardell mas shopping season prices @re Pi. duced on everythin, “Yes, 1 suppose that‘is so,” suid Jarr. “Besides it is best to wait to seu what people are going to give-yor ”— before you buy things for them,’™-2frs ” Jarr went on, “I want you to Christmas cards right away, so T’caf send them to people who only 4 me Christmas cards, I had to out at the last minute and buy Chris? mas cards last year—for some of 4 people I had depended on to something nice only sent cards.” 7% “The Christmas spirit certatal: i ments all the generous emotions," aa = Mr. Jarr cynically. a ae ‘that's why I think our papers campaign for an extra loving ait friendly Christmas this year is such 4 good thing,” Mvs, Jarr replied. YG only will it remind people to be hog its to atrengerd, tears the poor el ve @ happy Christmas, it P nave everybody pause eg think about their friends. Especial’ should ‘people who have money paus, and think, People who haven't can think without pausing, Se with money, like Mrs. Steyeer Ail. Clara Mudridge-Smith, wil! not oy : fob me off with Christmas ; they have done before. ee “And what are you going te do?” asked Mr. Jarr, “1 will do the best T can as/f jij every Christmas season,” said a, a i ue y 4 jarr. ‘And so will 1,” replied Mr, Jit T wonder if the boss will Christmas checks thts yea: I can. I find that people do their good.” shopping when they have the mone, bars tage BG A he bas « or when they hikve charge accounts, the newspaper, which ia the game thing. Yet I have ot} ig A