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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATl'IUlAT. .NOVEMBER J !»*
IMMIHHHHINWilHMIl
DOROTHY DIX:—Ske Advises Agaihst Breach of Promise Suits
( HAVE a letter from a young girl
that tell» a story that la one of the
sad. familiar tragedies of life. BIx
years ago this young woman became
engaged to a inpn with whom aha was
deeply In low. and who professed af
fection for her, but who was not ready
to marry, and asked her to wait for
him.
8h* did.
8h* denied herself attentions from
other men, and cut herself off from the
opportunities of inuritagn 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 for
him so patiently, and ts going to marry
another woman, and my correaismdent
asks me whnt she shall do.
Out of the depths of her sore and
bruised heart she cries out that she
wants revenge, and asks can she get
any satisfaction by suing him for
breach of promise.
I wish that I might speak to her with
the voice of angels, and entreat, beg.
Implore her not to degrade herself and
shame her womanhood by doing any
thing so vulgar as to drag her slain
love Into u court of law and have a
jury aaseas the damage to It In dollars
and cents, as If It were a calf killed by
a railroad train, or a piece 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 have nothing to do with It. of
course, respectable women do resort to
It now and then, but they are of a liber
so coarse that one would think that the
men they sue would be willing tt> pay
any amount of money rather than mar
ry them.
There are some things In this world
so tine and delicate that the scales of
Justice arc 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 ha enters
into a definite obligation to her.
A woman's youth Is as much her
harvest time of opportunity as the sum
mer Is ths harvest time of the year. It
le the time when she has practically
all the chances she aver has to marry,
and If aha foregoes these for the suke
of the man to whom she Is betrothed
she has sustained a definite financial
loss, just ta much a*. If she had been
prevented from entering Into a profit
able bustasss 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 aweetest In a woman's lit*, nor
does It comprise the bitter burning
agony of shame and Jealousy with
which a woman sees 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
Mounted 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
waiting, but there Is absolutely no way
In which she can balance her account
with him.
Least of all can she do It 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 suul 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 mantis 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.
8hs becomes then a figure of f&n
to every onlooker, a subject of jest and
laughter for the ribald, a creature with
send bill ties so dull und callous that
she Is willing to exhibit the wounds
of her heart, turn Her soul wrong side
out, and drag Into the light and before
the public gaze the things that are so
sacred that they should lie only be
tween a woman and her God.
THE BETTER WAY.
No man on earth Is of enough Impor-
••••••
tance for a woman to dishonor her
self and her sex that much In order
to get even with him. No money could
pay her for doing It. and so, aa my
correspondent la a good girl and not an
adventuress, 1 entreat her to think no
• •
more of doing anything eo foolish, and
111 ‘
which she will regret so much, as suing
a man for breach of promise.
If she would only look at the matter
rightly and sensibly she would see that
she I* really a subject fofr congratula
tion Instead of commiseration. Any
man who would Jilt the woman to
whom he 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 Is playing In all sorts of luck.
If only she knew It. Better a million
times a false lover than a false hus
band.
Moreover, there are many ,, t |, ei
things In the world besides love, an,| |
woman is very foolish to let an unlmn.
py love utTsIr, no matter how m
eil she has been, spoil her life
So, If she Is wise, this girl win
a bonfire of her love letter* In..,,,
of taking them Into court to |„. , ':
aloud for the derision of the multltu.i.
Sho will put a lock upon her lip.
that whatever her friends may ru ,..,
they will never know anything fur „ U ri
about whether sho Jilted the luun ...
Jilted her. She will buy herself
new clothes and go everywhere |„. i,
asked. Instead of staying at h«in,. „nd
pining away Into a green und ydi,,*
melancholy, and. In a word,
it .* * 1
'In that way alone ran she. as n,„
Chinese say, "save her face.” she mi
prevent her friends from pitying her
and deprive the man of the satlsfuctlun
of thinking she Is pining for him.
*******
THE SPIRIT OF PARIS
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
L
• HIIIIIMtM
(Copyright. 1906, by American-Journal-
Kxamlner.)
J llST as In Holland sentiment, ro-
■luetry, romance and passion, be
tween men and women. Is utterly
concealed from the casual observer, so
in France It I* everywhere visible.
ft Is in the air and the eyes of the
people, and In their conduct.
They make no effort at concealment.
In broad daylight, along public
thoroughfares of Purls, quiet and or
derly looking young men walk with
an arm about* the waists of nest and
otherwise msBest appearing young
women.
They are busy convening, and ut
terly oblivious to their surroundings;
nnd no une looks curiously nt them,
save strangers In the town. It I* an
evciy-day sight to the residents of
Paris.
lit course, we know these are not
the young men and women of the cul
tured classes.
But there Is no Indication that they
belong to the "drunk and disorderly”
classes. Whatever Irregularity there
may he In their lives, 11 does not lead
them Into the courts. No drunkenness
Is seen In the streets of Purls.
I saw a pretty serving maid, In cap
nnd apron, walking along a crowded
street In a handsome residence port Ion
of Parts on Sunday, with her lover's
aim about her waist, and both her
liands helil In one of his. He was talk
ing with great animation, nnd she was
laughing os she listened. Her face won
as Innocent as that of a child, nnd hi*
was fresh and young and happy. No
one gave them a second glance.
Were such a thing to liuppen In New
York lily a crowd of "hoodlums"
would surround the couple, and they
would eventually be marched oil to Ihe
station house.
Among the cultured daises, of what
ever grade of morality (or Immorality),
the same sentiment la expressed In a
more subtle and less obvious yet aa
unmistakable manner. x
A woman of any attractions Is never
a mere Individual to a Frenchman, as
she seems to Is* In some other coun
tries to the man. unless he Is particu
larly Inlarested.
She Is always a possible romance.
It Is this Indescribable something,
which we call "temperament,” which
gives Its centuries of dramatic history.
Klti'H IIS Wlliunes ill innnmiiv
aside from Us great architectural and
art beauty. Paris breath** romance
and sentiment from every pore.
There Is a phase of Paris, However,
which Is difficult to understand. That
In the vulgnrlty and Indecency In the
Illustration* and ihe reading matter
of scores of It* publications, sold at
cry news stand on every street cor
ner.
Plcturee utterly devoid of beauty or
worth. In drawing nr coloring, coarse
and often nauseating In meaning,
adorn the front pages of periodicals,
whose written material la of the same
order, and these papers or luagasin**,
or brochures, by the doasn. are every
where sold along with Ihe best French
art and literary periodicals and the
dally newspaper*.
It Is no wonder young French girls
urn not ullowed lo walk on the street
uncheperoned, and that their litera
ture Is selected for them. Even young
boys, I am told, are similarly guarded
until the formative period Is passed.
1 have never been able to understand
the modesty which l* shocked by an
exquisite painting or piece of statuary
representing Ihe human form. But be
cause Purls Is opulent In gullerie* tilled
with matchless works of art and Its
public building* and Us arches and
bridges are weighted down with price
less groups of statuary. I am the more
surprised that It permits nnd patron
ises these cheap and vulgar revues
und journals.
It would keep an army of Anthony
Comstocks busy to intercept the sale
of thee* publications, which are rath-
ar Indecent than Immoral. For they
art so bad they turn the mind strong,
ly toward morality and cleanliness.
A French editor of an Important
psychic magazine conceded my view
of the matter to be correct. "But our
government make* 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 home of the
brave."
I told him of the excitement ths
"Bacchants" made and bow Blondl'a
great group of the "Saturnalia”
condemned as Immoral.
Then Ihe Frenchman throw up hla
hands and cried; "I prefer the sins of
my own country against art to yours.'
Still another Frenchman assured me
that American ldaaa of modesty wen
Ihe causa of much ridicule here.
"American men and Englishmen are
thy most Immoral -of all our tourists
whan here," he said. "Yet they cry out
against our literature and art.
"It la because wo have everything
open and vlalble that wo are not afraid
to compare our behavior with that of
more modest countries."
In the meantime It seem* a pity that
America, being a young country, can
not striko the happy medium and en
courage true art and true literature,
while It excludes tho work of degener
ates and refuses to allow fanatics and
cranks to control the art world. That
la the condition to be desired.
And what a pity that beautiful Paris
cannot d» away with Its disgusting
phases of literature and art and meet
us at a point where we would feel en
couraged and safe to follow.
At present both countries are pursu
ing wrong methods to help humanity
to its beat development.
LEA VES FROM A UTOBIOGRA-
PHY OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOY
My mother. 1 do not remember at
all. I was only IS months old when
she died. By a peculiar accident, nut
a single portrait of her remain*, ao
that I am not able lo think of her as
a real being. In one way. I am glad
•■f this,, because when I think of her I
only think of her a* a spirit of whom
I have heard, and everything which 1
have heard of her 1s good.
I have the impression that not only
my mother, but all the people who
were around me In my childhood, from
my father to our coachman, were un
usually good people.
My mother, 1 am told, was not pret
ty, but Judged froyi Ihe standard of
those days she was very well educated.
Beside* Ihe Russian language, which
she, contrary to Ihe majority of her
equals, wrote fluently, she could speak
four foreign languages; French, Ger
man. English and Italian, und she was
'very fond of art. Hhe played the piano
.and her friends have told me that she
was a master In telling etorlee. Hhe
waa very hut-headed, but It happened
only very seldom that she gav« way to
tier feeling*. "She could turn purple
In the face, yes, even shed tears," her
maid told me. "but she never said a
hard word to me."
I have kept several of her letters to
my father and my sunt, and also a
dairy In w hich she wrote how my older
brother, Nicholas, behaved every day,
until she died, noth my mother and
my brother possessed one eharcteiistlo
which I valued very highly, they did
not car* the slightest for what people
thought of them, hut always acted ac
cording to their couvletluii. Tht* char
acteristic, I rememlicr, was very strong
In my brother, who had In every way
an udttdruble character and of whom,
I rememlicr, Turgenjew once said that
he did not possess the shortcoming* or
vices which were necessary for a great
author. .
I remember, very well how once a
stupid and reckless man, one of Ihe
adjutants of the government, once tried
to make him ridiculous during u hunt,
nnd how my brother laughed It away
In the most good natured manner. ■
many faults, deserve such a high hon
or?” And he replied; "He never con
demned a brother."
If anybody deserve* such praise It
must Imvu been my brother and my
mother. >1 **T ,
Still anuther trait of my mother 1 *
which madd.ger quit” different from
those who surrounded her wn* her love
of truth nnd her dislike of exaggera
tion. Her letters show this. At that
time It was custumary to use very
strong expression* In letters, such os
divine, precious, revered, etc., and I
find words llkn'ihl* everywhere In my
’* ietierd He write* In one
fatjiey's
place*. '"Ha €l«u douce anile, J*. ne
pense qu'uu hnnlieiir d'etre iiupree d*
tol" I mu quite s.ur* that ho was
not entirely sincere In this. My moth
er's letters, on the other side, always
began: "Mon bon ami," and In one of
them she suys; "Le temps me paralt
long suns tol, quolqu'u dlro vrul, nous
ne Jouasons pas benucoup du to so-
olete quant tu rs Irl.' and she always
signed simply, •'Ta Devnus* Marie."
My mother spent her childhood part
ly In Moscow, iiartly In the country,
together with an Intelligent and gifted,
though very proud man, my grandfath
er, (Volkonsky. I have heard that my
mother loved me dearly, and used to
cull me "Mon petit Benjamin.'
Her love for her fiance, who died
to young, was one of those great love*
which u girl feels only once In her
life. Her marriage with my father wus
arranged by relatives on both sides.
She was a rich, no longer quite young,
orphan und my father a light loving,
brilliant young man, well connected,
though without any fortune, my
grumirnther Tolstoy having almost
ruined himself to such an extent that
my father at first even refused to- ac
cept the inheritance. I believe that my
mother loved my father prohdbly only
because lie was her hualHtnd and the
fattier of her children. She had never
reatlv been In love with him.
This is ihe Image I have made of my
mother In my mind.
CARING FOR CHILDREN
T ’iib
a 3
By JOHN ANDERSON JAYNE.
■7 ln/«reat that educator*, ministers
and men of wealth ore taking In
lie children of the (reople nuguro
well for the coming year* In our American
life. Children hsvo been variously de
scribed l»y different writer*. They hare
been called the “Heritage of tho Lord/'
“young ollre brandies" aud “arrow* In the
quiver of 1ffe.’ k flut It has remained for
age to recognise the truth that lu order to
make this herltagu of benefit to the race
It tuust be carv'd for, If tho olive branches
are to grow luto maturity and bear frnlt
they must be nourished and watched
against fronts and snows and the inauy
kinds of blighting things that might Im»
raised against JhfUi; that nrrowa do liettcr
fervlce when they are kept sharp aud
clean, and used u« arrow* should be ased.
Honorable our ago will appear In the centu
ries that are to come and histories will be
written telling of oar discovery of the child
aud the attention that we are paying to
him. Moot worthy of commendatlou Is the
proposed work of some of onr capitalists,
In conjunction with tho educators of our
city aud sumo of the ministers, In providing
■uitablu parks and places of play, where
the child may be helped In hla development
of a perfect physical basts for.the chsmc-
ter he should sc
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A LONG RIDE
WITH DICKENS
bare done
mental edumlUx
we do when wi
play aud see tin
heinfnl and hope
American
rovldlng for the
hUd. better will
er hla hour* of
> environed by a
ee.
mortality, as sent
the country, mow the relative number of
years that • child baa to live In contrast
n people. That table shows:
boy reaches the age of 10 ha has^
of 'IS year*
, by this law of
days. At 90 be
id 13 days; nt 40
fO. SO years nnd
42 days. *
een worked out
most carefully, shows where the moat nnd
the host work should be done for humanity.
rn wtu give the
tbHr years are
ha* before him I
Si years aud IS
si days; at #o. l
8 years and 48 tl
Her life In her father'* house had #r ™ A' 1 *® 1 ;}
been » wry happy one, ns 1 can nee ** long b
more than the i
You plant n tr
yr
from her letters und from many little
Inkttnct* I have heard. My father's
household consisted of Ills mother, un
old Indy, her daughter, my aunt, t'ount-
ei»n Alexandria Onten-Hacken, and her
ward, l’scheuka, mid furthermore an
other aunt, as >\c called her, though
she wus not related to us. Tattann
Jcrgolsky, who had been brought up
In my grandmother’s house. We were
live children, Nicholas, Herglau, Dmitri,
myself, tht youngest boy, and our
that she wn* far superior Intellectually | > 1 ,rlh . co * ■ - ,
• * hi. a.^iiu *»,. th«* nine years my father nnd mother
to my father and hla fam!l>. with ihe | , |v -j t 0 g* t |, er they led a very quiet
Posable exception of Tathtna Jergol- j j|fJ. Nobody visited Joanaju Poljana
sky, with whom I spent half of my life wIth the exception of our Intimate
and who wae unusually high minded. friends, the Ogarwws, and a few rela-
There la one more point of re.era-1 { ,v « whu ■‘“I’l** 1 when
Manre between iny mother and broth. I ."'nJr spent her time with her
er: They never condemned or even j children and In the evening she either
criticised anybody. Of my brother, read aloud to my grandmother
com- to It* full
mind of * ittnii *1
to Unit it).* n.i
of «) Is decidedly
prvMioiublK lluii
argnmi ut lu ftiv.
time Oil the rhllil
Children ore th
■>n»pcrhy and ot
In the year* Him
well eared for a
n limuliuud or n r
until* lu the it*} i
1 mlud of u boy
ha, more than
le, IdoMOlU and
«u It hi, lu the
alien yen couple
ilnil of the man
live and lent tin
the yneth. the
ling eoersy aud
wore apparent.
•f onr national
of advancement
le. A childhood
imrlaldy mean*
the future.
The-efore It I*
•tale and the et
of the child. lull
hate the wenltli.
earueit lli-.il lu t
1* lu hoar the till
come. It la we
through tbe.Minu
well that edue.it
the tralutofl of it
with whom I spent the greater port
of tny life, 1 know ltd* from personal
experience, while 1 Judge my mother’s
nt udled book* by licrself, tu, for In
Htanee. Roskcuu'. "Emit*." H|te
not limply the
ta the welfare
Itdltldwih who
Inellnatlou pay
In* of him trim
•an that ore to
irk* It* opened
onr captUIUK,
their yearn to
, _ _ ..*> - ...el that the-iulu, ...
lotry leek to lornlcute Idea* of morality I "Pltit
■ tel leddltty In III* heart. | command the time.
lew* axo the old prapkei laalab said: "A ! The recollectlun of hi* brief vlait ta
little ehllit jdiall lead tliea!." n*0 today,_tm ; ( Washington Irving at Huunyslde In
It ta often claimed by present day
peopla that the reading public has out
grown Charles Dlckeni nnd that hts
hooka sr* no longer popular. Whence
such an Idea could come and where
fore It can live la hard to understand.
Th# wit and humor of the novelist «te
•a freah and piquant today as whan
tint crystallized In hts stories. HU
men and women are type* of classes
that are living now and will continue
to live aa long as humanity exists.
Timas ther* may be when hla popu
larity seem* at ebb tide, but the flood
Is sure to come -again aa high and
strong as ever.
A beautiful new edition of th* novels
of Dlckeni recently advertised brings
to my mind memories of a moat agree
able ride I had the’honor of taking
with the celebrated author upon th*
occasion of hi* last visit to th* United
State*. Entering a meriting train at
Toledo for Chicago In April, lilt, I
waa Introduced to Mr. Charles Dlckani,
who (although Intending to go no fur
ther west than Buffalo on nt* lectur
ing tour) went on to Chlcngo to vtztt
hts brother, then employed In th* land
department of the Illinois qentral Rail
way Company.
Noticing thq profusion of hts finger
rings, hts funcy watch fob, the necktie
ornaments, and th* unusually loud pat
tern of hie vest, I was somewhat dis
appointed in hi* appearance. This,
however, woi soon forgotten, ms his
manner was cordial and hi* conversa
tion proved exceedingly Interesting. Mr.
Dlckeni enjoyed the scenery and
seemed pleased with Information of th*
surrounding country, with which I was
then quite familiar. Hla comment*
upotLth* numerous school houses scat
tered along the railway through south
ern Michigan and northern Indiana,
comparing the free, open air of this
country with the crowded conditions
of the older countries, were'marks of
his clow observation and appreciation,
lie thought tlic American hoy andiglrl
had much to be thankful for In tneir
superior surroundings and advantages
In obtaining on education.
Mr. Dickens smiled at an allusion
to some of the humorous stories circu
lated about a few of hla countrymen
who expected upon their arrival In
America to see the noble rad man In
continual evidence. But he gave
Uncle Bam" a quiet dig when con
trasting the treatment given our In
dian* on this side of the line by traders
and agents with the humane mod* In
operation In Canada.
The Improved mode of travel In IMS
as compared with 1*42. when he was
In America the first time, was one of
his most 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.
After an excellent dinner nt Elkhart,
which he heartily enjoyed, the discus
sion of some of Dickens' characters
seemed agreeable lo him, and although
a full third of a century has elapwd
since that day, my mbxl readily re
calls some of lit* views and confes
sions.
Little Nell was very dear to Mm.
and the comments received from this
side the Atlantic were among the most
valued of hi* literary' treasures, com
ing, as they did, from all walks of life.
Home of these he had actually shed
tears over, and he believed more than
ever In ihe correctness of the senti
ment, "One touch of nature” did make
the "whole world kin.” He said, fur
ther, that he had hoped to portray the
sweet, unselfish, devoted friend In Lit
tle Nell In a manner that might tend
to soften the heart* of Inconsiderate
and thoughtless associates nnd rala-
Uvea whose rigid lives seldom manifest
a loving thought of their kind. If he
had partly succeeded he was well
tolled.
Ot Pickwick he laughingly
marked that America was too young
yet to produce many of hts sort, aa he
waa a graft of older countries, but
he Had no doubt Mr. Pickwick would
eventually make himself kaown on this
side of the ocean.
of Bam Weller and hie prudent fath
er I assured him nf our having a com
paratively fair article—probably not
quite so plain speaking as to "rid-
iters." 8peaking of many of hta other
characters, he said we really had not
yet produced their sort, but* of their
■•slstence In older countries there was
not a doubt.
Speaking of a prison reform, and
hou.es of correction, he waa gratified
at the advancement that hod been
made and was still In evidence.
His general alnt in his writings wo*
to do his fellow mortals all the good he
could during wliat he termed the ordi
nary lifetime of man, which, If permit
ted to reuch even four score yearn was
all too short a span; he should feel ex
ceedingly thankful If In hi* quiet way
lie had contributed to the betterment of
humanity. He held the mirror up to
nature in no unkind spirit, a*, like
Hen Adhem, he actually loved his fel
low meit. Owing to the fset that his
labors were so exacting of hts time, h#
rttlrlsed as being cold and
INFLUENCE OF WOMEN
&Y MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.
liiuemiuiuuHiumiu.
ROM rscest
th* women
really mere prominent la politic.
ths* our'American women, with all
hoped that they L.
moor reforms seriously seeded In Euftiud.
I do net know what oer Atnerieaa teen
would think of the wife of any candidal*
for olfle* who would aj
for Office who would appear on e platform
ad roes ting bar. fciulan.fi election to eejr
position for which he might he a candidate.
I wn told by the lamented Senator Haunu
that an riperlueat he tried In accepting a
proposition to organise a woman's Repub
lican dab wa* net tt all the success that
had been anticipated—which, after all. *m
pbasis#* tho real opposition there Is to
women's suffrage In thle country.
By this I do not mean thet our women
are without Influence; happily they have a
renr great Inflothce for the betterment of
PPtlttc*. Per hips this le espHIned hr Ihe
feet that wemaa’a activity in the ooUfical
. Id In thle country I* to seenre For her
self the rlxht of suffrage, while la England
It le understood that t.-r Interest Is purely
and tlraply for her huslumd, she I—lug sat
isfied to eojor the reflected glory which the
tuny bare elded him In acquiring, end le
not expected to attempt to lafluenre him
to advocate any particular measure aftec
Ms election. On this print. It Is said as
BoglUheoan la especially sensitive end
would not far the world have It aaderstood
to proclaiming their Independence
pine blandishment. It Is a matter of great
pride, however, that American women, ne
the wires of Kafllehflieii. hare wielded
quite ns much Inllueuro In England nn th-ir
rietera have at beat*, notwithstanding the
All thlL
ran women continue their discreet end tie-
termlned efforts for the reformation ot pol
been accorded her. But title should not In
Jterary bureana. which nre form
ed out of their club* for the dissemina
tion nf poHtiral tracts and Inferniatluu In
regard 1« the men and measures they wish
to advocate. Ther — ’ -
greeter loflueoce
Jldetre end their trtende may meet.
Under such suspires, they ere enabled to
advocate the interests of father, 6uahand.
brother or frieud who may be candidates
tor some elective position.
The orgenlitllon of female glee clubs anil
orchestras was much In vogue In our CIUU1-,
try. nnd we have witnessed wonderful re
sults from well-directed effort* of thin elis*
of organisations, nnd doubt seriously
wbcthsr there tuts'been greeter Influence
exerted by women than there waa In the
days when we had the dd-tlm* floats upou
vs six-si rax- IMU a fit- wiw-isiasv tioein uyon
whlcb tbft aUtet werw reprrttptml t»r ihxii
tlftil ?oun« woimd, In whom) midst atood
I mil .tlhlllK WVIIflVflle III VT Mines 1 IIIMIBA seiisvft*
the gnddMa. united rip-i-pln with lllx'rtjr
ctp and acvpter. and l*arta« Aloft tho acar-
•Itauyricd banner. Th«*w feats w*rr drawn
bjr afx or. eight horaoa. tho moat »|il«iiilld
apoolmeoa that rould ho obtained In tho
county or district in which the deniouatrn*
tlona occurred. The cacrtrta were nlwuya
the party cluba of young men mounted on
fine atcoda. who rode III front. Iicaldc and
at the ri*Ar of tbo doAta, ao aa to pt'otvet
lloAta, ao «a to protect
le precioua cargo from Injury. With tho
male of th« boat handa In toe country they
the
Itlca. they will t» rewarded lu tbo cod by
phenomenal aucceaa. Erory truo American
woman must admit that through tho death
of Buaan B. Anthony tho world hat loat
a powerful advocate for truth. Juatlcc
ana humanity. She baa left to thoao who
“■w her *
come after
abe onl
dates oi
t the glorious work which
■hame of -ft# American prose that after
lif
er. their eulogies were eery tame, pa
tarty when compared tv», those jfiven to
men who have done nothing whatever for
mankind. Hhe (pent n long nod useful Ilf*
In advocating not only woman's suffrage,
th* thoughtftil tantiemes* of ths man
was presented In hla every word, look
and act. Irving and Andersen, ho de
clared to be benefactors of their race,
priceless gifts to mankind, whose
works gave substantial benefits to their
fellowmen.
Of Thackeray he remarked that he
was too near being onn of hla own
family for him to venture upon com
plimentary remarks. But knowing hint
as he did. and loving him fur hla many
lovable qualities of hood and heart, he
hod not a doubt that the verdtet ot
all English speaking peoples would
place upon Mr. Thackeray's brow a
proper wreath In recognition of his
greatness as a writer and lover of his
kind. lie said Thackeray held In
fondest recollection the pleasant vtnlt
he had made to America, and was
proud of the many friends he had
found nn this side of the water.
Speaking of his own "American
Note*," 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, nnd so far aa he
won concerned hla observations since
1*42—when hi* first impressions of
America were formed—compelled him
to revise many of bis opinion* of hts
nslghbor* and friends.
He acknowledged that because of
these "Notes” he was exceedingly ner
vous prsvlou* to and during his first
part of hla then recent reading In Bos
ton, being doubtful os to tho course
6Ur newspapers might pursue concern
ing him on this hla second visit to our
shores. But It was n source of great
satisfaction that he had the most cor
dial reception In every city he hall vis
ited, demonstrating a broad-minded,
liberal people, which properly chal
lenged tho admiration ot the world.
The quickness of American nudlanc*•
in recognising points In the selections
of «he beef bands
usually hrailed ttie long proeesxlnn. ami
uutrie such au Impression upon lilt- pnltllt
that the reaalt waa always evident at tin-
elections, although they slid little mo
haps than slag mm patriotic sunas.
... - - —i- -
tpev-
Tbt-y
tael#, as enrb m-Mcil himself or ht-rs. lf „„
nppearann- ami Itorseutanshlp. TIif> err#
always well drilled sntl curried ImIn--.
mill
with th# namrs, and. net Infrequcntii. th
portraits of their favorite*. Nothing
Is- moru ItnpiNrinx or dignified tlmn
dt-iuoiislrutlou* lu the lufcrest of Mi-- in,,
pie's o-nn-soutsttves.
Tho inffli-iilty slimit American women ink
lug part In polities In the large title. I. tin
a* to .. HppHPOTI
tic*, and have drivcu inauy good -
nf the areua, grpatly to the loss of th.
country.
American women, howursr. bare molls,
puled power In political affairs throui:!i tu-
Influence they exert In their homo, flu-re
are few who nre not well Inform-.1 on cur
rent topics and everything conuert.it uim
the Insly politic. Many uf theui Mwly
these questions ssslduously Slid are ru [is!,I.
of discussing them with their fathers. Im<.
hands and brothers. ' Many men hare „d.
mined that they have gained many I-'IIIH
In public discussion, because of bint, given
them lu dlseusalvus with Ibelr wives uml
mothers.
I hare In mind n distinguished stsiemima
who. whenever tic inuteiuiilslcd mj.hu: up
s question, or was In dmild as to the |H.
■Uton he should take on sonni luqs h
Issue, would Invariably manage to u-
— -J, M .| fl ,
n controversy un them With hi
they were alone, knowing Mint she
•ustalu her attltuds with what sernml t-
formed.
should elect. Making thetnaelres familiar
with pnhllc affairs so that they nre emu.
imnlnnahle fur men, has probably xltvu
American women tbo most effective and on-
viable position In polltlral affairs of tlu-lr
own rountry, ot uny women In the -mm
they did nothing else, prevented any un
seetuly demonstrations on the part uf pollt
lral partisans, as no gun would have so
far forgotten himself as to forfeit the re-
•poet of the** tallies by unbecoming or
bolstsrous conduct. The ladles were mem
bers of the families touch Interested In the
success of the candidates of the party to
which they belonged.
Tbese custom* were not eonflued to any
particular party, but were adopted by all.
Bometlmra there were mennted clubs nf
men and woman, and a* they rode lu the
praeesxlona they presented a splendid *|we-
ess powerful ns the centuries multiply. I
An English essayist has been held eunuch
to assert that the worsen will destrar
America, as th* Spartan women Ucstrnyel
Greece. One Is luclined tu think that lh\
experience Aril , .
should have Itecotne no cmlittfcred against
the sex as to make so doleful n prediction.
Ambitious and heartless wotneu are lu the
minority In the 1'nlted Mates,’which osn.
as much to her noble women *• to her
brave men for the exalted place she occu
pies lu the galaxy of nations.
MRS. t~
JOHN
LOGAN.
DISAPPROVAL OF STAMP
AND 'KERCHIEF FLIRTATIONS
W
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
MAT I* the tncanlag of the stamp
ctalty gratifying experience, indicating
familiarity with hts writings and char
acters, which waa highly compliment
ary to him both aa an author and
reader.
A* the train neared Chicago the
grand views of Lake Michigan attract
ed bis attantlon. It arms early In April.
Th* yvavaa ran high and the shore*
war* picturesque In their spring awak
ening. As this was hi* first visit to
th* great central city ot tho country,
he was all attention to learn of lu
many Interesting feature*.
At parting he thanked me for the In
formation given about tho country
passed through, and a modest assort
ment of American anecdotes, urging
me to be sure and visit Oada Hill If
ever in England, when he would on-
Stepping from tbo car at the station
brother and thalr greeting was ex
ceedingly cordial, at Istut It seemed
so itu me. for I had never before teen
two men kiss each other.—John Paul
Jones in The Chicago Inter-Ocean.
tlon an ofteu that I ran no longer
Ignore It.
My dear girls, I don't know the Inter-
pretatlon of Ihe stamp flirtation, and If I
did I doubt very much If 1 would giro It
to yon.
The stamp flirtation, the - handkerchief
flirtation and all other sign flirtatious are
undlfalfled and silly.
There 1s only one proper way to place-a
stamp on a letter, nnd that Is right side
up In the upper right-hand corner of the
euvelop*.
Thai la where the util sorters upect
to And the stamp, and If they have to u-ok
elsewhere for It II simply means that inui-h
extra work for tbem.
If la loo ridiculous to Imagine that Uis
uis.iner of stamping a letter can convey any
real sentlraeut.
True sentiment la too lieantlfnl a thing
to lie vulgarised In any such way.
Why should you say, under cover of *
postage stamp, things that you would be
siamp. iisiugi* IUM1
aabaiuml to write outright?
A letter that la not properly atamped be*
trii/a fareleaaneaa and Ignorance,
Neatneaa la one of the first laws In let*
ter-wriilnj;, and no letter eau bo neat when
tba atanjp la aprawlcd anywhere oror the
The handkerchief flirtation Is even more
objectionable than the atamp.
Men do*not Indnlfa In theao tlgo flirtn-
Ilona very much, and flrlf ahouMI be equally
nud. though the wan may respond at the
moment, Tu* rarely fdllowa It up by nnjr
serious attention.
Jf you can't attract tho men by your
you will never win them I*'
atich aupcrflelal methods as stamp and bin*i-
kcrchlef signs.
non* in the street It — _
certainly the handkerchief flirtation make*
her moat conspicuous.
In fact, flirtation of any kind* soch »»
making cyos, etc., attracts the attention
of the psMcrsby.
It In the man’s placo to do the woolug
and the running, girls.
If you like a man It I* quite proper to
let him ace ihat his attention! are welcome.
Imt don't rmi after him. If yon do. he win
renr soon weary. Men don't ralnc that
which cornea too easily.
Holdm-mi la nerer attractive, and wheu
you aeek to win a man's attention hr
making algna with aUmnt and hardkr'
chiefs y«u are behaving In a way that »*
both bold and unmaldoaly.
Leave tht alga flirtations alone, girls:
they bring yoti nothing but ridicule and
loss of dignity.
WHERE APPEARANCES
ARE MOST DECEPTIVE
Wr
tiad been ertiuiseu a* Doing cold and
avoiding people. He »ald no one on- There wa* a man In our town
Jhyed a day or night off with congenial I And he was wondrous wise;
more than he. when he could 1 Hla little wife had caught him In
A half a dosen lie*.
JHMHL ...... . Played I & i »»«■' «^fojtr
the Plano, taught .me of her-aunts to [through th.- saerlfl.-e II U n
.... . ■ "muklni*f^ r thoJ-;j ,,,, 1 r " ,,n,! 7 Meh.japltablerm.f. wa,
speivic Italian, took walk* and looked of whom the Great Trnrher said: "Of such M® n Pleasant dream, the memory
character from her letter* und the tea- after th* household affair*. There are 1* the kingdom of lieaien." I of which would always linger In hla
tlmatty of the people who had known 1 m *u famine* time* when narrow and 11 I mind. Ills words of praise and ad-
■IT. I sickness are yet unknown and life i "The truth about our national 1 miration for
i 1 1.... ..II.. ...I ..i.Ulli’ S'
And when he saw that he was caught,
With all hla might and main
He tsld a bunch of zmonther lies
And squared himself again.
—Milwaukee Journal.
. „ Home people are so blue that they
■ , Irving bordered on hern jure green.—Dallas New*.
“The Life of the Balnt*.' by Dmitri 1 passes happily and quietly. 8uch years j growth is found between the fiamboy- I worship, nnd It wn* n source of Ihe i '' - —
Rostowsky, contains the tale which has did my mother s|>end In her husband's > ant optimism x>f a Republican hand-, de*|>eai regret that the spirit ot that j Another serious defect has been die-
also made a very strong Impression' house until she died. ' hook and the ucute melancholia of_Mr. 1 noble man hud eo soon passed on to covered tn the new football rule*. Th*
upon me. It deals with a monk who,
as at! hts brethren knew, Itad many
groat shortcomings, but who once ap-
poarvd tn the condemn which another
^^dd monk had occupied, the seat of
^^Mnor aiming the saints. The old m.vn
surprised at this und lu-kcd:
— uld ibis monk, who hud s->
| Debs.” says William Allen White. That the great lievcnd.
■ spectators can see the game.—New
By IRENE GARDNER
RLIt I am. of course, perfectly
willing to acknowledge that ns
a general thing men under
stand women better than they
understand themselves, I muat al,o ac
knowledge that In on# respect the
lord* of ertation are apt to misjudge
the dear creature*.
Tbl* Is In th* matter of dress. Most
men are away off when It cornea lo
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 eee on* plainly dressed they be
lieve that her dry goods bill* are mod
est. thus vary often giving her credit
for • virtu* she does not posses,.
For you cannot tell how much _
woman spends on her clothes from the
tray she looks.
Many a woman -who always looks
stuanlng spends less on her clothes
than do other women who never seem
other than plainly dressed. Plenty of
men have fought shy of proposing to
a girt who was always handsomely
dressed because* they feared marrying
one who. apparently, wn* 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 Main re-
salts. They nee the wives and daugh
ters of men whose Income they know
be smaller than their oa-n handsomely
dr,seed, and wonder how they can
ever pay the Mils. Then, after a time,
Ihe truth dawns on them.
For they had realtoed that the bast
dreamed women are they who make
th# most out of every dollar put Into
clothe*. Thto does not Include the ex
travagant society woman who spends
a fortune on ctothce. I'm talking about
-n..oi.«uvi. Ikh.ni. .... wotlld bring It In the neighborhood of! Of Him. I'hrt.llan Andersen, who York World.
Thereto mono In Alabama now. and t!w n,i„.K-ratl.’ case of colic.—Wash-| had visited Mr. Dickon. In III* home, I
if we keep tt here there will be no ( ington I'oet. ho .|.»kc In the most glowing words. The Texas young woman who shot _
trouble In the future. Money h*. a way - I He ilhl not wonder ul llio love and tin- mall carrier with a quart of prs- the average woman. And I state with
of slicking to tieopjc wh" will keep It , The man nil > Is cup .clou, of unu.uul udmlrntlnn .-«» generally urronlcd Sir. .nerve* must have been out of home- lemuhael* that the average man of to
long enough lo gel acquainted with ll. j hollnesa l» opt to lie caivles. n. to | Alhln.in by the h»*l* of children and j mad- Meruit* at the time.—Baltimore I day would do well to believe that ih,
—Birmingham I-edgrr. everyday honest M
I’hh-ugo Tribune. li.cir pane;:- (hr ho lit the world, as'Hun.
ire I day would do welt to believe that the
• girt o* " -man who doesn't drasa well
In but a poor manager,' or ela* utterly
devoid of that delightful feminine ac
complishment, the us* of (he ne-.llr
and thread.
For nearly everything In the dri'
good* line to cheaper tltnn It fomi-rl>
was, nnd th* woman who ho* the ku;>- ■
can make herself look charming whh-
out an extravagant expenditure. Burn
a woman always buys a few thlnr-
and ha*» them of fine quality, i- 1 "'
niters and repairs, ubaerve. otlu-.e
with care, and touches up h»r own
wardrobe continually by the little on-
provements and careful cleaning. Bin 1
makes the most out of every dolls'
»n* spends, nnd as a consequence l---^
a* though she spent more money than
•he really does, while her next ' lo,,r
neighbor looks plain and monotoiw-u-
because ah* can do nothing ■" '"' r
clothes herself and cannot afford to l ;,:
extra touche* put on here and th»r--
The man who Is looking for a wife
would do wall to steer clear of th# v 1 "
who does not get heraelf up with sis •
ThereV screw loose In her ni*k#-ui
Her house will show th* same lark
expression that la no evident In
dress, her children will never look a- "> 1
dressed as do most of their playm-u
Hhe will always be satisfied t" •
hut a literal return for every d-ih' 1
sho spends, while the truly femln n-
woman always pula enough of here- 1 *
Irtish thro lied SS# WI-OM- voirdhtaA ta, LT 1 .
Into the use of every purohas* tu t."
It an added value In Ihe eyes of all '
- It.
All men realise that, given evu-
tho same materials with which i■<
up a dinner, there are some »'«»'
who win put a delirious maal "U 1
table In a tempting manner and "H"
who will prepare but an ordinary
Inattractlvely served. They arc
enough to see that as a wife a w-
from the former dam would
the house money show for far
than would one from Ihe latter i
ItU exactly the same in drees,
men don’t know IL
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