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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 '****•••*•••••••••• 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 L