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» THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. SATCIlllAY, NOVEMBER J IK*. DOROTHY DIX:—She Advises Agaihst Brsack °f Promise Suits I HAVE a letter from a young girl I that tell* a story that la one of the * sad, familiar tragedies of life. Six years ago this young -woman became engaged to a man with whom she waa deeply In love, and who professed af fection for her, hut who was not ready to marry, and ashed her to wait for hlin. She did. She denied herself attentions from other men, and cut lierself off front the opportunities of marriage that might have come to her In her blooming girl hood. Now the man has proven faithless. He has tired of the girl who waited fin- him so patiently, and Is going to marry another woman, and my correspondent asks me what she shall do. Out uf the depths of her sore and bruised heart she cries out that ahe wants revenge, and asks can she get any satisfaction by suing him for breach of promise. .* I wish that I might apeak to her with the voice of angels, and entreat, beg. Implore her not to degrade herself and shunte her womanhood by doing any thing so vulgar as to drag her slain love Into a court of law. and have a Jury assess the damage to It In dollars and cents, as if It were a calf killed by u railroad train, or a niece of furniture broken by a careless lodger. ONLY A TRICK. The breach of promise suit Is the trick of the adventuress—of the female grafter—who Is willing to get money out of a man at any price, ‘even the price of her pride, and decent women should haVp nothing to do with It. Of course, respectable women do resort to It now and then, but they are of a fiber so coarse that one would think that the men they sue would be willing to pay any amount of money rather than mar ry them. There are some things' In this world so fine and delicate that the scales of justice are not sensitive enough to weigh them In. The promise of mar riage Is one of them. When a man wins a woman’s heart and asks her to marry him he enters into a definite obligation to her. A woman’s youth Is as much her harvest time of opportunity as the sum mer Is the harvest time of the year. It is the time when she has practically all the chances she evsr has to marry, and If she foregoes these for tho sake of. the man to whonvshe Is betrothed she has sustained a definite financial loss, just as much os If she had been prevented from entering Into a profit able business partnership. This takes no. account of the deeper loss—of the loss of love, of the loss of faith, of the loss of hope, of all that Is best and sweetest In a woman’s life, nor does It comprise the bitter burning agony of shame and jealousy with which a woman seea herself discarded —jilted—made a. mock of before all who know her. , MONEY NO CURE. No wonder that such a woman wants to be revenged on the man who has Hounted her—who has worn out her youth and beauty, only to throw her aside for.a younger and fairer face— who has given her treachery for her faith, and disappointment for her watting, but there Is absolutely no wav In which she can balance her account with him. Least of all can she do Jt by suing him for breach-of promise. She can not compel the man to marry her un less he wants to, nor can she heal the wounds In her soul with a poultice made of greenbacks. The woman who has been jilted has been grievously wronged, but she has for her consolation the respect and sympathy of all who know her as long aa she wraps the mantle of silent dig nity about her pride. Not so If she takes her troubles Into court, and attempts to make a man pay for the tender words he has writ ten her, the foolish talk he has bab bled, the very kisses he has given her. She becomes then a flgure of fun to every onlooker, a subject of Jest and laughter for the ribald, n creature with sensibilities so dull and callous that aha Is wilting to exhibit the wounds of her heart, turn her soul wrong side out, and drag Into the light and before tho public gazo the things that are so sacred that they should He only be tween a woman and her Ood. THE BETTER WAY. No man on earth Is of enough impor tance for a woman to dlahonor her self and her sex that much In order to get even with him. No money could pay her for doing It, and so, as my correspondent Is a good girl and not un adventuress, I entreat her to think no more of doing anything so foolish, nnd which she will regret so much, as suing a man for breach of promise. If ahe would only look at the matter rightly and sensibly she would see that she Is really a subject for congratula tion Instead of commiseration. Any man who would Jilt the woman to whom lie has been engaged for years is a dastard that Is not worth a single tear, or a regret. He would make a faithless husband, and the woman who has escaped being his wife la playing in all sorts of luck. If only she knew It. Hetter a million times a false lover than a false hus band. Moreover, there are many „n, fr things In the world besides love, .md ■ woman Is very foolish to let an u V,!ian. py love affair, no matter how m ed she has been, spoil her life 80, If Bhe Is wise, this girl will mall . a bonfire of her love letters in-,,.,., of taking them Into court to aloud for the derision of the multlimi. She will put n lock ui-in her |i,„ , that whatever her friends may they will never know anything for .sure about whether she Jilted the man or he Jilted her. She wlinauy herself s ,„ ne new clothes and go everywhere -|„. i. asked, Instead of staying ut home mil pining away Into a green uml veil,,* melancholy, and, In a word, It." In that way alone can she. us u ie Chinese say, “save her face." She win prevent her friends from pitying her and deprive the man of the satisfaction of thinking she Is pining for him. THE SPIRIT OF PARIS BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. (Copyright, 1806, by American-Joumal- Exnminer.) J UST as In Holland sentiment, co quetry. romance and passion, be- (ween men and women. Is utterly concealed from the casual observsr, so III France It Is everywhere visible. It Is In the sir and the eyes of the Iienple, and In their conduct. They make no effort at concealment. In hruad daylight, along public thoroughfares of Paris, quiet and or derly looking young men walk with an anil ubouta the waists of neat and otherwise modest appearing young women. They are busy conversing, and Ut terly oblivious to their surroundings; and no one looks curiously nt them, save strangers In the town, it Is an every-day sight to the residents of rarls. Of course, we know' these are not the young men and women of the cul tured classes. Rut there Is no Indication that they belong to the "drunk and disorderly" clusses. Whatever Irregularity there may he In their lives. It does hot lead them Into tho courts. No drunkenness Is seen In the streets of Purls. I saw a pretty serving maid, In rap and apron, walking along a crowded street In n handsome residence portion of Paris on Hunday, with her lover’s arm about her waist, and both her hands held In one of Ills. He was talk ing with great animation, and she was laughing ns she lletened. Her face was as Innocent ns that of a child, nnd Ills was frssli and young uml happy. No •ons gave them a second glance. Were such a thing to happen In New York city a crowd of "hoodlums” would surround the couple, and they would eventually be marched off to tho station house. Among the cultured Classes, of what ever grade of morality (or Immorality), the same sentiment Is sxprssssd In a more subtle and leas obvious yet aa unmistakable manner. A woman of any attractions Is nevsr a mere Individual to a Frenchman, as she seems to hs In soma other coun tries to the man, unless he la particu larly Interested. She Is always a possible romshce. It Is this indescribable something, which wo call “temperament," which gives Its centuries of dramatic history, aside from Its great architectural and art beauty. Paris breathes romance and sentiment from every pore. There Is a phase of Paris, however, which Is dlfitcult to understand. That lx the vulgarity and Indecency In the Illustrations and the reading matter of scores of Its publications, sold at every news stand on every street cor ner. Pictures utterly devoid of beauty or worth. In drawing or coloring, coarse uml often nauseating In meaning, adorn tho front pages of periodicals, whose written material Is of the same order, and these papers or magazines, or brochures, by tho dozon, are every where aold along with the hast French art anil literary periodicals and the dally newspapers. It Is no wonder young French girts are not ullowed to wnlk on the street unchaperoned, and that their litera ture Is selected for them. Even young hoys. 1 am told, uro similarly guarded unill ills formative period Is ppssed. 1 have never been able to understand tho modesty which Is shocked by an exquisite painting or piece of statuary representing the liuinnn form. Rut be cause Paris Is opulent In galleries filled with matchless works of art and Its nubile buildings and Its arches and bridges are weighted down with price less groups of statuary, 1 am the more surprised that It permits nnd patron izes these cheap nnd vulgar revues und Journals. It would keep an army of Anthony Comstocks busy to Intercept the sale of these publication#, which are rath er Indecent than Immoral. For they are so bad they turn the mind strong- ly toward morality and cleanliness. A French editor of an important psychic magailne conceded my view of the matter to be correct. "But our government makee no objection," he said, "and SO It goes on. I suppose It could not be allowed In America.” Then I told him some things about our "land of the free and horns of the brave.” ' I told him of the excitement the "Bacchante” made and how Blondl’a greet group of the "Saturnalia” was condemned os Immoral. Then the Frenchman threw up hie hands and crlsd: “I prefer the sine of my own country against art to yours.” Still another Frenchman assured me that American Ideas of modesty were the cause of much ridicule here. ’’American men and Englishmen are the most Immoral of all our tourlsta when here,” he said. “Yet they cry out against our literature and art. “It la because we have everything open and visible that we are not afraid to compare our behavior with that of more modest Countries.” In the meantime It seems a pity that America, being a young country, can not strike the happy medium and en courage true art nnd true literature, while It excludes the work of degener ates and refuses to allow fanatics and Cranks to control the art world. That Is the condition to bo desired. And what a pity that beautiful Parle cannot do away with Its disgusting phases of literature and art and meet us ut a point where we would feel en couragou and safe to follow. At present both countries ars pursu ing wrong methods to help humanity to Its best development. LEA VES FROM A UTORIOGRA- PHY OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOY My mother, I do not remember at all. I was only It months old when she died. By a peculiar accident, not a single portrait of her remains, so that I nm not able to think of her as a real belhg. In one way, I am glad of this,, because when I think of her I only think of her as a spirit of whom I have heard, and everything which I havs heard of her la good. 1 have the Impression that not only my mother, but all the peopls who were around mo In my childhood, from my father to our coachman, were un usually good people. My mother, 1 nm told, was not pret- i ty, but Judged from the standard of those days she was very well educated. Besides the Russlun language, which she, contrary to the majority of her equals, wrote fluently, ahe could speak four foreign languages: French, Ger- ■ man, Kligllsh and Italian, und she was very fond nt art. She played the piano und her friends liuvs told me that she was a master In telling stories. Bhe was very hot-headed, but It happened ■ •nly very seldom Ihet she gave way to her feelings. "Bhe could turn purple tn the face, yes, even shed tears,” her maid told me, "but she never said a hard word to me." 1 have kept several of her letters to my father and my aunt, nnd also a dairy In which she wrote how my older brother, Nicholas, behaved every day, until she died. Both my mother and ray brother possessed one chercterlstlc which I valued very highly, they did not care the slightest for what people thought of them, but always acted ac cording to tlietr conviction. This char acteristic, 1 remember, was very strong in my hrothsr, who had tn every way an admirable character and of whom, I remember, Turgenjew once said thut he did not possess the shortcomings or vices which were necessary for a great author. I remember, very well how once a stupid and reckless man, one of the adjutant* of the government, once tried to make him ridiculous during a hunt, and how my brother laughed It away In the most good natured manner. From my mother’s letters I judge that she was far superior Intellectually to my father sad his family, with the possible exception of Tatiana Jergol- sky, with whom I spent half of my life and who was unusually high minded. There Is one more point of resem blance between my mother and broth er: They never condemned or even criticised anybody, of my brother, with whom I spent the greater part of my life, I know this from personal experience, while I judge my mother's character from her letter* und the tes timony of the people who bad known Iter. "The Life of the Saints,* by Dmitri many faults, deserve such a high lion or!" And ho replied: "He never con demned a luothcr.” It anybody deserves such praise It must hare been my brother and my mother. Still another trait of my mother's which inudo her quite different from those who surrounded her was her love of truth und her dislike of exuggera tlon. Iter letters show this. At thut time It was customary to use very strong expressions In letters, such as dlviUtf, precious, revered, etc., and I find words Ilka this everywhere In my futher’r letter's. He writes In one place: "Mu bleu ilouco anile, Je no pense qu'ati Itoiilieur d'etre nupres da tol" I mn quite sure that lio was not-entirely sincere In this. My moth- •r's letters, on the other side, always began: "Mon bon anil,” und In uno of them she says: ”Le temps me paralt long suns tol, quolqu'u dire vrnl. nous nc joussons tins beaucoup do to so- dele quunl tu es let’ anil she always signed simply, "Tn Devouee Marie." My mother spent her childhood part ly In Moscow, partly In the country, together with an intelligent und gifted, though very proud man, my grandfath er. Widkonsky. t have heard that iny mother loved ine dearly, uud used to cull me "Mon petit Benjamin.' Her love for her fiance, who died so young, was one of those great loves which a girl feels only once In her life. Her tnurriuge with my father was arranged by relatives on both sides. Bhe was a rich, no longer quite young, orphan and my father u light loving, brilliant young man, well connected, though without auy fortune, my grandfather Tolstoy having almost ruined himself tu such an oxtent that my father at flrxt even refused to ac cept the inheritance. I believe that my mother loved my father probably only because he. waa her huxlmnd nnd the father of her children. 8ho had never redly been III love with him. This Is the Image I have made of my mother In my mind. tier life In her father's bouse had been a very happy one* ns I can see from her letters and from many little Instincts 1 have heard. My father’s household consisted of his mother, un old lady, her daughter, my aunt, Uount- esq Alexandria Oaten-Harkrn. and her ward, Fschenka, and furthermore un- other aunt, as we called her, though she was not related to us. Tutiann Jergolaky, who had been brought up In my grandmother's house. Wo were live children, Nicholas, Herglsu, Dmitri, myself, llie youngest boy, and our youngest sister, Maschenka, whose birth cost my mother her life. During the nine years my father nnd mother lived together they led a very quiet life. Nobody visited JasnaJa Pnljana with the exception or our Intimate friends, the Ognrews, and n few rela tives who stopped when they were traveling by. My mother spent her time with her children and In the evening she either rend aloud to my grandmother or studied books by herself, ns, for In stance, Rosscau'x "Emile.” She played the pluno. tuught one of her mints to speak Italian, took walks and looked after the household affairs. There are In all families times when sorrow snd sickness are yet unknown and life CARING FOR CHILDREN , By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNB. T UG Interest that educators, ministers nml men of wealth are taking In the children of the i»eople augurs well-for the coming years In onr American life. Children havo been variously de scribed l»y different writers. They have been called the "Heritage of tho Lord," "young ollvo branches" nml "arrows In tho quiver of life." llut It him remained for age to rccogttlss the truth that In order to make this heritage of benefit to the race it must be cured for, If the olive brunches are to grow Into maturity and bear fruit they must bo nourished and watched ngntnst frosts and snows nnd the many kinds of blighting things that might bo raised against Jlmm; that arrows do better service when tbty are kept sharp and clean, aud used as arrows should bo used. Honorable our age will appear In tho centu ries that am to come and histories will 1k> written telling of our dlscovory of the child and the attention that wo are paying to him. Most worthy of cotumcndatlou Is the proposed worlfc of some of our capitalists, lu conjunction with tht educators of our city aud some of the ministers, In providing sultsblu parks nnd places of play, where the child may I* helped In his devslopment of a perfect physical basts for the charae< ter be should achieve. Wo have done well In provldlug for the mental education of the child, bettor will we do when we look after bis hours of •tHtMHmiHIMIlMHIMI A LONG RIDE /WITH DICKENS: fiHtllllMMmiHHIHHIItlHHIMHHiiMHUR It !b often claimed by present day people that the reading public has out grown Charles Dickens and that hla bookn are no longer popular. Whence aueh an Idea could come und where fore It can live Is hard to understand. The wit and humor of tho novelist are as fresh and piquant today as when first crystallized In his stories. His men and women are types of classes that are living now and will continue to live as long as humanity exists. Times there may be when his popu larity seems at ebb tide, but the flood Is sure to come again as high and strong os ever, A beautiful new edition of the novels of Dickens recently advertised brings to my mind memories of a most agree able ride I had tho honor of taking with the celebrated author upon the occasion of his last visit to the United States. Entering a morning train at Toledo for Chicago In April, 1861, I was introduced to Mr. Charles Dickens, who (although Intending to go no fur ther West than Buffalo on his lectur ing tour) went on to Chicago to visit his brother, then employed In the land department of the Illinois Central Rail way Company. Noticing the profusion of hie finger rings, his fancy watch fob, the necktie ornaments, and tbe unusually loud pat tern of hla vest, I waa somewhat dis appointed in hie appearance. This, however, was soon forgotten, as his manner waa cordial and hla conversa tion proved exceedingly Interesting. Mr, Dickens enjoyed the ecenery and aeemad pleased with Information of the surrounding country, with which I was then quite familiar. Hts comments upon the numerous school houses scat tered along the railway through south ern Michigan and northern Indiana, comparing the free, open air of this couhtry with the crowded conditions of the older countries, were marks of his close observation nnd appreciation. He thought the American boy and girl had much to be thankful for In their superior surroundings and advantages In obtulnlng un education. Mr. Dickens smiled at un allusion to some of the humorous stories circu lated about a few of his countrymen who expected upon their arrival In America to see the noble red man In continual evidence. But he gave Uncle 8am” a quiet dig when con trasting the treatment given our In dians on this side of tlfa line by trsdera und agents with the humane mode In operation In Canada. The Improved mode of travel In 1168 aa compared with 1861. when he was In America the first time, was one of hla moat absorbing topics although he acknowledged having enjoyed the ca nal boat ride through, Pennsylvania and the steamboat traveling down the Ohio from Pittsburg to Louisville and 8t. Louis. leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessebei iHtelWlHIItllHmitllHIMHIMi INFLUENCE OF WOMEN £Y MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN. ROM rscent report*. It seem* that the women of England are becoming really more prominent Is politico Inland are becomlnj -eminent la politic than oar American women, with all _ patted nr — ** " * * hop'd that they Thu American tables of mortality, at lent ' ‘ y the lending Insurance com; ag on airy, show the relative ol Ji rears tlmt a child has to live In costreat with olddr people, That table shows: When n boy reaches the age of 10 he his, hr this, table, n prolieblllty of 46 years aud 72 days. At 20 ho will live, by this law of overages, 42 yearn nnd a> (lays At SO he has before hint 86 yearn and S3 days; nt 40 IS yearn aud >8 days; at 60. 20 yearn and *1 daya; ut t>o. It yearn and 10 dayn; at 70. 8 yearn and 48 dtty«: at W, 4 years aud 31 and nt DO. 1 jeer aud 43 days. This table, which has been worked out most carefully, shown where the taoet and the best work should he done for huiuenlty. Work time spent ou children will five tbe larsett returns, became their yeara are morn than the rest. You plant a troth In tbe mind qf a boy front 10 to 20 years and It has mdro than twire ss hour to gcrmluntc, blossom and come to Un full fruition thnii It has In the mlml of a man of 40. And when yon couple to that the fact that the tnlnd of the mao of 40 Is decidedly leas receptive and lese Im pressionable than that of tho youth, the araamont lu favor uf spending energy slid time on the child Is made more apparent. Children are the bulwark of our national prosperity nml our vehicles of advancement lu the years that are to come. A childhood state and tbe church hsik to the welfare of the child, hat also that Individuals who have the wealth, time and inclination pay earnest Itced to the well helug of hint who is to bear the burden of years that are to enmo. It I* well that parks lie opened After an excellent dinner nt Elkhart, which he heartily enjoyed, the discus sion of some of Dickens’ characters ssemed agreeable to him, and although u full third of a century hha elapsed since that day, ray mind readily re calls soms of his views and confes sions. " Little Nell was very dear tn him, and the comments received from this side the Atlantic were among the most valued of his literary treasures, com ing, b!» they did, from all walks of life. Some of these he had actually shed tears over, and he beltaved more than ever In tho correctness or tbe senti ment, "One touch of nature” did make tile “whole world kin.” He said, fur ther, that he had hoped to portray the sweet, unselfish, devoted friend In Lit tle NeU In a manner that might tend to soften the hearts of Inconsiderate and thoughtless associates and relay lives whose rigid lives seldom manifest a loving thought of thglr kind. I( he had partly succeeded he was well sat isfied. Of Pickwick he laughingly re marked that America was too young yet to produce many of his sort, os ho waa a graft of older countries, but he had no doubt Mr. Pickwick would eventually make himself known on this side of tbe ocean. of 8am Weller nnd hla prudent fath er I assured him of our having a com paratively fair article—probably not quite so plain speaking as to “vld- ders.” Speaking of many of his other characters, he said we really had not yet produced their.sort, but of their existence In older countries there waa not a doubt. Speaking of a prison reform and houxes of correction, he whs gratified at the - advancement that had been made and was still In evidence. Ills general aim In his writings was to do his fellow mortals all the good he could during what he termed the ordi nary lifetime of man, which, If permit ted to reach even four score years, was all too short a span: he should feel ex ceedingly thankful tf in hts quiet way he had contributed to the betterment of humanity. He held the mirror up to nature In no unkind spirit, as, like Ben Adhem, he actually loved hln fel low men. owing to the fact that his labors were so exacting of his time, he had been criticised ns. being cold and voiding people. He said no one qn- would think of the wife of snj candidal* for office who would sppeer ou a platform advocating her hu«bnu<r» election to tny position for which be inlx"‘ c *’•*— I wav told by the lament had been anticipated—which, after nil, cm- phatlaes the- real opposition there Is to women's •nffrnge In this country. By this I do not menn that odr women nre without Influence; happily they hare a verj. great Influence for the betterment of n tlcs. Perhaps this le explained hr Ibe that woman's activity In tbo political Held In this country la to secure for her- •elf tbo rlskt of auffrsge, while In England It It understood that her Interest It purely and (Imply for tier huahand, ahe being aat- Idl'd to enjoy tho reflected glory which she tnny have aided him In acquiring, and It not espectsd to ottauipt to lnfluaaee him to ndrocttt ony particular meaaure after Ida election. On thla point. It Is anld an hngltshman la eapeclally senaltlvo and would not for the world have It understood that tbs was held vrr, iii.ii American woman. m» wives of Englishmen. hare wielded quite a* much Influence In England ns their sisters hate st home, notwithstanding the •▼owed prejudice Against feminine swsy. All thte goes to prove thnt If the Ameri ca continue their discreet snd de- _ efforts for the reforms tlon of nob Itlrs. they will be reworded lu the cad by phenomenal success. Every true Ameticnii woman must admit that through the death of Susan B. Anthony the world has lost a powerful advocate for truth. Justice suit humanity. 8he has left to those who come after her tho glorious work which sho only surrendered through tho man dates of age and Infirmity. It Is to the shame of the American press that after her death, although admitting her pow er, their eulogies were very tame, nartlcu In advocating not only woman's suffrage. liraZra H»v .V, , Jp avoiding people. He said no one en- thnt educators (1stetc ibeir yearn to <1 Hm* .,»• ni>hi ,,«r ... 1,1. — „• the training of the child, nnd thnt the min-! a da > ' or iJ 1 ** JUI5 \ on * en, *| istry seek t.. Iheulcat* Ideas of morality I spirits more than he. when he could and nobility In hla hotn-i omnuitul the time. "A | Tile recollection of hla brief vlalt to Washington Irving at Sunnyatde In 1843, and the exceedingly enjoyable so- the thoughtful tenderness of the man waa presented In his every word, look and act. Irving and Andersen, he* de clared to be benefactors of their race, priceless gifts to mankind, whose work* gave substantial benefits to their fellowmen. Of Thackeray he remarked that he was too near being one of hit own family for him to venture upon com plimentary remarks. But knowing him as h» did, and loving him for hla many lovable qualities 6f head and heart, he had not a doubt that the verdict of all English speaking peoples would place upon Mr. Thackeray's brow a proper wreath In recognition of his greatness aa a writer and lover of his kind. He said Thackeray held In fondest recollection the pleasant visit he had made to America, and was proud of the many frlendfe he had found on this aide of the water. Speaking of his own “American Notes,” a subject he Introduced him self, he remarked that no one traveling hurriedly In a foreign country was ca pable of forming a just or proper esti mate of the situation, and so far as he was concerned bis observations Jlnce 1842—when his first Impressions of America were formed—compelled him to revise many of his opinions of his neighbors and friends. He acluiowledged that because of these “Ndtes" he was exceedingly ner vous previous to and during his first part of his then recent reading In Bos ton, being doubtful aa to tbe course our newspapers might pursue concern ing hint on this hla second visit to our shores. But It was asource of great satisfaction that he had the most cor dial reception In every city he had vis ited, demonstrating a broad-minded, liberal people, which properly chal lenged the admiration or the world. The quickness of AfD'eiican audiences la. recognising points In the selections read by him was mentioned as a spe cially gratifying experience. Indicating familiarity with hli writings and char acters, which was highly compliment ary to him Both as an author and reader. As the train neared Chicago the grand views of Lake Michigan attract ed bla attention. It was early In April. The wave* ran high and the‘shores were picturesque In. their spring awak ening. As this *u his first visit to tho great central city of the country, he was all attention to learn of Its many Interesting features. At parting hs thanked me for the In formation given about the country pasted through, and a modest assort ment of American anecdotes, urging me to be sure and visit Gads Hill If aver In England, whan he would an- Stepping from the car at the station brother and their greeting was ex ceedingly cordial, at least It seemed so to me. for I had never before seen two men kiss each other.—John Paul Jones In The Chicago Inter-Ocean. tint the advancement of rlvlllietlon, and was entitled to greater credit thau Imx been accorded her. But this should not lu any way deter American women fnnu fob lowing In her,footsteps. All have not her brains or the ore-eminent fltne.a ahe had. hilt all can labor in thla rlstjon! accord ing to their abilities and opportunities. In Franco, women coniine their effort, in politic, to literary bureau,, which arc form ed out of-their cliihs for the dlueuilua- tloa of political tract, and Information lu regard to the men aud tueniure, they wish to advocate. They eiercUe, |ierbup«, - K eater Influence through tho medium nonet,, racial functions and aalona, where candidate, and their friend, any.meet. Under such suspire,, they arc enabled to advocate th. Interests of father, linahnnd. brother or friend who may bo candidate, for rams elective position. The orgsnlutlou of female trier rluba and orcheatraa was much In vogue In our roan- and wo have witnessed wonderful re- i from well-directed effort, nt thla ela,, organization,, and doubt lerlonsly whether there has been greater Influence exerted by women than there wee In the day, when we had the old-time float, upon which the states were repreaented by beau tiful young women, In whora midst Mood the goddess, armed cap n-ple with liberty rap und scepter, nnd liearlim aloft the atnr- ' d banner. Thera Hoot, were drown ... or eight horses, tho most splendid •pcelntcn, that could lie obtained lu the county or district In which the demonstra tions occurred. The escort, were always the party club, of young men mounted ou fine Meed,, who rode In froht, beside mid nt tbe rear of the floats, so aa to protect the precious cargo from ftiiury. With the innate of the best band. In the country they usually headed the long procession, nnd made such an impression upon the public that the resalt was always evident at the election,, although they did little inorener- Imp, llinu sing some patriotic songs. They were the feature of a gala day nnd. If they did nothing site, prevented nny un seemly demonstrations on tho part of |iollt- Icil partisans, as no man would linvc so far forgotten himself as to forfeit the re spect of those ladles by unbecoming or boisterous conduct. The ladles wore mem bers of the families much Interested lu the success of the candidates of the party to which they belonged. These customs were not confined to nny K rtlculnr party, but were (adopted by all. metlnies there were mounted clubs of men und women, and a, they rode lu the processions they presented u splendid spec tacle, as each prided himself or herself on nppenruneo and horscmausblp. Thri were nlwayx well drilled nml carried ha-nu-i-i with the names, and, not Infrequently. u» portraits of their favorites. Nothin-'..|,j lie more Imposing or dlgidfled than .||,K demonstrations In tlm Interest of tt„. , pie's representatives. Tlte difficulty ubout American women ink. lug port In politics In the large clllo u preponderance of the rough clement „f , n . ctety, who sometime* carry’ tbelr i jeton, nml rufrinn propensities to sueh no cut,-tit ns to disgust aelf-roapeetlng men wliti |n it|. tics, nnd have driven many good men out of the arena, greatly to the loss of Hie country. « American women, however, have mulls, puted power In political affairs throiiKli the Influence they exert lu their home,. There arc few who nre not well Informed on cur rent tuples mol everything connected uttti llm tmily politic. Jinny of ihem study these questions assiduously and uro capnhle of discussing them with their fathers, too. bonds mid brothers. Mnny men Iravc ad mitted that they have gained inmir i«>iots In public discussions because of hints -u m them In dtscusaloua with their wiles uml mothers. I have In mind n distinguished ho, whenever lie routeuiplntcil taking up question, or wns In doubt ns to the !-- sltlon he shuuld take on sodiu Inqioriiiur Issue, would invnrlntily manage to get up n controversy on them With Ills wife they were uleiic. knowing Hint she would sustain her attitude with what seemed i, her good grounds for the opinions she tmd formed, lie would by thla mcihml forilfv himself with arguments pro anil con. us lie should elect. Making thcmralves fa miliar with public affairs so that they nn country, of nny women In the 01. .. and they are likely tn grow more Imdcnd of less powerful as the ccutnriea luultlptr. experience with omne fair woman, thnt h** «lumld hate become «u embittered »mln« the oex aa to make ao doleful a prediction. AniMMoua and licnrtlMn women are lu the minority In the United fftatea, which owe* ns much to her nobln women a* to her brave men. for the akalted place she “‘"•"SfJs’fSnSV unu DISAPPROVAL OF STAMP AND 'KERCHIEF FLIRTATIONS w By BEATRICE FAIRFAX HAT I* the meaning of the stamp qe can no loni flirtation? I have I tlon ao often that 1 little rhiid Hlirill lend them." ntul today. l._ ml', 're,Sire “Is iLii* iJSfa ‘ M , £5“Sfal *"-■ r'""""* 11 •»- through tin- •itcrlftra ft u m.-ikliig for tlume ♦ f nu !V und * r ^1* h»>apltable roof, was of whom th.* «ireat Tsarher aald: "Of sfeh » pleasant dmmi, tho memory Ik tbe klugdoio of heaven." *»f which would alwsvH linger In hln j -■ • mind. Ills words of praise and ad- j Some people are so blue that they "The truth about our national! miration for Irving bordered on hero {are green.—Dallas News. pasKert happily and quietly. Such years j growth fa found between the flam boy- j worship, and It wns n source of the j There was a man In our town And he was wondrous wise; His little wife had caught him In A half a doxen lies. And when he law that he was caught, With all his might And main He told a bunch of smooUier lies And squared himself again. , —Milwaukee Journal. Ignore If. My dear girls, I Uou't know the Inter predation of the stamp flirtation, and If I did I doubt very much if I would give it to vou. The stamp flirtation," the handkerchief flirtation and nil other sign flirtations are undlgulfled nnd silly. There Is only one proper way to place n stamp on a letter, nml thnt Is right side up In the upper rttfbt-haud corner of tho envelope. That is where the mall sorters expect to find the stamp, and If they have to look elsewhere for It It simply means thnt much extra work for them. It Is too ridiculous to imsglue that the ma iner of stampiug n letter can convey any real sentiment. True sentiment la too l»eantlful a thing to !m» vulgarised In nny such wny. Why should you say, undo” cover of a postage stamp, things thnt yon would be ashamed to write outright? A letter thnt Is not properly stamped l»e* trnys carelessness snd Ignorance. Neatness Is one of the first laws In let* ter-writlng, and no letter can be nest when the stamp Is sprawled anywhere over the envelope. The handkerchief flirtation is even more objectionable than tbe stamp. tluus^vnry much, audglrla should be equally The girl who trlea to attract n msu's ut ten tlon by such met tin It very hard up. and, though tbo man may respond at Urn moment, he rarely follows It up by any serious attention. If you caii’t attract tht tn«n by your modesty nnd nuturnl charm you may re sure that you will never win them t>> such superficial methods ns stamp nud hnn*l- kerchlef signs. Any behavior that makes a girl conspic uous in the street Is Ill-bred, and mod certainly the handkerchief flirtation makes her most conspicuous. In fact, flirtation of any kind, such ns maklug eyes, etc., attracts the attention of the pusseraby. It In tho man’s place to do the wooing nud the runnlug, girls. If you like a man It la quite proper to let him sec that his attentions are welcome, but don't run after him. If you do. he will very soon weary. Men don't, mine that which conics too easily. Boldness Is utver attractive, and when you seek to win a man's attention by making signs with stamps and hnndkrr girl*: WHERE APPEARANCES ARE MOS7 DECEPTIVE W‘ Rosiowiiky, con tn ins the tale which has aid my mother spend In her husbemd's I unt optimism *of n Republican ha ml- | deepest regret that the spirit, of that j Another fterloiai defect has been dis- aloo inode a very strong Impression house until ahe died. [book and the acute melancholia of .Mr. | noble nmn had so soon passed on tot covered j n t |, e n#w football rules. The upon me. It deals with a monk who, j j Debs," William Allen White. That, the grenb beyond. | spectator* can see the game. New as All hfs brethren knew, had many! great shortcomings, but who once up- ptAred In the condemn which another old monk had occupied, the seat of ^^umor among the .saints. The old man surprised at thla and asked: *~ulvl tilln monk, who had ko ..... ... ..’ash-| had visited Mr. Dickens in his home,. — — ■ — , ir we keep it here there will be nojjngton Post. he MM>ke In the most glowing words, j The Texas young woman who shot trouble In the future. M-ncy has u way — : He did not uomler ut' the love and ! Hie mull carrier with a quart of pre- *»f sticking to people who will keep it The man who Is conscious of unusual i admiration so generally accorded Mr. serve* must have been out of home- long enough to gel uniuafnied with It. 1 holiness Is apt to !*• curele-s us to I Andersen by i!w* liost* of children and made biscuits at the time.—Baltimore --Birmingham ledger. everyday honesty.—Chicago Tribune. ihrlr; parents throughout the world, as t«jn. By IRENE GARDNER ilLE I am. of course, perfectly willing to acknowledge that as a general thing men under- stand women better than they understand themselves, I must also ac knowledge that in one respect the lords of crehtton are apt to misjudge the dear creatures. This Is in the matter of dress. Most men are away off when It comen t<» estimating how much a woman spends on her clothes. When they see a finely dressed woman they Immediately conclude that it must take a lot of money to keep her going, and when they see one plainly dressed they be lieve that her dry goods bills are mod est, thus very often giving her credit «>r a virtu# she does not possess. For you cannot tell how much a woman spends on her clothds from the way she looks. Many a woman who always looks stunning spends less on her clothes than do other women who never seem other than plainly dressed. Plenty of men nave fought shy of proposing to a girt who was always handsomely dressed because* they feared marrying one who, apparently, was extravagant. These are they who marry women who appear to dress economically. After a time they begin to wonder how such big bills can be back of such plain re sults. They see the wives and daugh ters of men whose Income they know to be smaller than their own handsomely dressed, and wonder how they can ever pay the hills. Then, after a time, the truth dawns on them. For they had realised that the best dressed women are they who make the most out of every dollar put Into clothes. This docs not Include the ex travagant society womun who spends a fortune on clothes. Pm talking about the average woman. And I state with emohasl* that the average man of to day would do well to believe that the Eirt ur-- -.man who d.ivan t drea* well men don't know It. I* but a poor manager, or else utterly devoid ot that delightful feminine nr- compltxhment, the uae ot thu needle nnd thread. For neurly everything in Hie dry good* line la cheaper than It formerly wan, and the woman who ha* tbo k».»re can make herself look chhrmlnx with out an extravacant expenditure. Biwii a woman always buy* a few iblm:- and has them of fine quality. F alter* and repairs, observes otli<r« with care, and touches up her o«n wardrobe continually by the little Im provements and careful cleaning. 8be makes the most out of every dollar the spends, and aa a consequence louic as though she spent more money than she really does, while her next d r neighbor looks plain amt monoton-m* because she can do nothing to clothes herself and cannot afford to hire extra touches put on Here and thee The man who is looking for a tn te would do well to tteer deer of tin girl who does not get herself up with st> I* There’s screw loose In her make-up Her house will show the esme lack "■ expression that is no evident In l- r drea*, her Children wIB never look a."" dressed as do most of their playmut She will always be satisfied to t r but a literal return for every dolin’ she spends, while the truly fcmltm - woman always puts enough of her-' t Into the n*e of every purchase to xi' ■ It an added value In the eyes of nil " ' see It - All men realise that/given e\m the same materials with which t» = up a dinner, there are some worn- who will put a delicious meal on t-” table In a tempting manner and otm 1 who will prepare but an ordinary u. ; e Inattractively served. They are shstP enough to see that as a wife it wum.tn from the former das* would iu“»- the house money show for fur more than would one from the latter ‘ In'*- It’s exactly the same in dress, only