Newspaper Page Text
h
i
i
m:»*rs—woir.
constitution al
called Hie Socle
t .Is; the muni
them tho Forty Meddlers. Their ;••resi
dent was Mias Oreila Bruning, white
haired, sixty years old. If a day, but : Bishop Valentine proved the power of
with soft pink cheeks, sparkling black ; the new faith by restoring her sight to
eyes and straight, dark eyebrows. Miss : the blind daughter of Asterlus. There-
Orella was noted for her knowledge of j upon Asterlus \vas so overjoyed that he
parliamentary usage and her gracious j himself embraced the Christian faith
tact and courtesy. Other women j instead of turning Valentine back to
sputtered and squabbled. Hiss Oreila paganism.
"Claudius, enraged at the failure of
never once was known to lose either
her tamper or her head.
On the occasion of the Sociolotrln Val
entine day meeting the clubrdom was
decked with club colors, white and deli
cate pink, which by a coincidence also
happened to be the appropriate valen
tine colors. Pink and white bunting
was festooned nround and caught up
and held by crimson hearts. Miss
Oreila wore a white gown touched up
his plan, seized Valentine and had him
beheaded. That is the true story of
Valentine, one of the Christian martyrs
whose name will ever be held in holy
remembrance.
"But how did he happen to become
the patron saint-of cupids and hearts
pierced with arrows and of lovers, bird
lovers, too, even geese, for there is a
j tradition that young geese choose their
with crimson here and there, in honor j mates on Valentine’s day? Ah, well,
of tho day. * ’tls not unfitting. Many other valen-
| tine lovers turn out to be geese too.
Mrs. Warren "read a paper.” She But about Bishop Valentine and the
had chosen for her subject "Valentine cupids and bleeding hearts. By and
Day—Its Origin and Old Time Ob- by. ,n «Pite of persecution, maybe
servance.” The president announced I through persecution, Christianity gain-
tho title, and as Mrs. Warren rose ed the ascendency over paganism,
amid a murmur of applause one gentle | though people still observed the days
Sociolog whispered to another: of feasts to their former gods and god-
"Ah, that’s what Warren has been desses. The feast of the Lupercalia
grubbing away in the library for, for a. occurred Feb. 15, when in honor of the
month past." | "od Lupercua, who was “Pun, Pan. the
"Yes. and I know now why she’s been great god Pan.” was held a festival
going Into the elocute school so much i with all kinds of goings on. which the
the last six weeks. She’s been having Christian fathers did not approve of.
voice culture lessons. The idea!" 1
Thereupon Miss Sara Needles, who
sat in front of the two gentle Soclo-1 "At the Lupercalia the names of
logs and overheard what they said and j boys and young men were placed in one
who was noted, besides, for saying J urn and shaken up and the names of
what she thought and all she thought,j girls in another urn and shaken up.
twisted her neck backward and re- j Then each boy drew a girl’s name from
marked: i the feminine urn, and each girl drew a
"It’s a pity some more of the women I boy's name from the masculine urn:
_
s?
In this club didn't take lessons in voice
rulture. Daily practice in ‘Sitting In
the Silence’ would be a mighty- good
thing for most of our members too."
The two gentle Sociologs who had
first spoken nudged each other and
lapsed into quiet.
Meantime the show had begun.
"It was a strange joke of destiny that
made a pious celibate Christian priest
the patron saint of love and lovers,"
began Mrs. Warren in her distinct elo
cutionary tone. "Bishop Valentino
lived in the third century after Christ.
Those whose names were drawn were
to be sweethearts for the coming year.
It happened very seldom, however, that
a young man and gjrl mutually drew
each other’s name, so that thus each
girl and each young man generally had
two sweethearts. The affairs did not
necessarily turn out seriously, but tho
Christian authorities were scandalized
by the proceedings, at the same time
that they did not quite dare to stop
them altogether.
"It happened that the holy St. Valen
tine had been beheaded on Feb. 14.
The church authorities changed the
holiday of the Lupercalia to Feb. 14
Now, Phyllis might have known that, envelope
(The sweet young woman surely isn’t stupid)
Contained, in answer to her dearest hope,
A message brought in person by a Cupid.
man she first met on the day of fate
was exactly the man she wished to
meet. In a bit of writing over 200
years old a girl says, speaking of the
right man:
'I lay abed and shut my eyes all
the morning till he came to our house,
for I would not have seen another man
before him for all the world.’
K K
While roses bloom and hearts are true
Our faithful love will last for you.
“You will be Interested to know it
was a woman, a Miss Esther Howland
of Massachusetts, who started the val
entine making industry in this country
about seventy-five years ago.”
‘Oh, yes, she was a Massachusetts
woman, of course," whispered a west
ern Sociolog to her neighbor.
Miss Howland's father kept a book
store. Valentines were then all im
ported from England. But they were
expensive and hard to get. Miss How
land, ingenious with her fingers and
scissors and having an artistic eye.
began cutting out small pretty pictures
wherever she could ^find them, and
pasting them neafly upon paper which
she decorated in various ways. Soon
she had a far larger trade than she
could supply and had to call in as
sistants. She made a large fortune, it
is a satisfaction to record.
The basket was placed before Miss
Bruning. But for once tho handsome,
gracious president seemed unready.
She appeared not to notice.
“What's the matter with the presi
dent?” the women whispered.
The lapse was for no more than half
a minute, though. The president re
covered herself. She spoke a few
words of thanks in her sweet, calm
voice, and everybody was satisfied. But
in that brief half minute, when she
seemed not to notice, tho soul of Oreila
Bruning was away back in the past,
the civil war time, when she was six
teen, studying Latin grammar in the
high school. A yellow haired, blue eyed
boy of seventeen was In the class, too.
and he sent her her first valentine.
The yellow haired lad became a soldier
and died on the battlefield, but Oreila
Bruning had that cheap little old val
entine still. It was only a lithograph
with some red roses upon it and above
them a dove bearing a letter in its
mouth. Underneath in schoolboy Latin
were the words:
"Amo Te.” HELEN BARNABY.
Kate
ERMIT me to say a few words
on the infant question.
If you have a baby don't
make yourself a slave to it.
It can't be amusing for you, and It
doesn't help the kid.
By your leave baby is, after all, only i
it was the end of everything for the i This sort of thing Is too utterly silly I and remarks that she intends to show i fullness at the waistband allowable. | betray secrets that have been commit-
a little animal. It wants to be dry,
mother in her Individual character as for words, and, thank heaven, mothers
a woman. With the advent of the baby are becoming more sensible,
she becomes merely Us head nurse. j Doctors do not look upon bottle fed
How pleasant for the -man of the ; babies with the same horror as they
house! j did twenty-five years ago even, and a
Many a divorce has been secured I
warm and well fed—and that’s all.
Kissing it, walking with it and cod
dling it won't help it one bit—except
to yell! And it won’t give you one
bit of thanks for these attentions either I
because there was nothing but BABY ! ^ stave to tJ,e BaB V-
in the home.
I know of one woman who wouldn’t
go with her husband to the theater for
fully a year after the baby was born,
and another 'who finally was per-
now or after it has grown up. So take i suaded to go and who rushed madly '
my advice—and that of all up to date
doctors—leave baby alone in peace in
its crib and look out for your own
health and'appearance.
My sorrows! To see some homes
blessed with a baby you would think
home after the second act because she
was afraid something would happen to
baby, although it had not been left
alone, by any means.
Now what In the name of goodness
could happen to It?
her disapproval.
Then I remark that v?e are none of 1 around and spring out directly from
us any one else’s keeper, and I suppose the hips,
Skirts should measure about six yards i ted to you in trustful hours, and let
woman's nerves are taken into con
sideration as well as the baby’s in
clinations. At the date of writing this
I know three bottle fed babies, and
they couldn’t be healthier. The mother
is free to be out and around, and
“weaning time” terrors are eliminated.
The old fashioned mother used to
make a slave of herself, and what did
she gain?
She rocked the baby to sleep. Some
times it took as much as an hour and
a half to do it. Think of that on a
warm night, my friends, or when you
wanted to go to the theater, but I sup
pose she didn’t want to go. Well, per
haps not!
And she picked up baby whenever
it cried.
And father walked the floor with it
at night
What larks!
Now hnby is put in its little crib,
and that’s all. If it cries, it cries.
And when it finds out no one Is there j
to humor it it goes to sleep. It isn't
wrapped up to its ears on every occa
sion. Result: It doesn't take cold, and
it is "toughened” by having its little
bath in a real tub 'every day and
splashing around like a grown person.
*5 «
she goes away feeling there is some
thing wanting in me.'
But why be censors of our neigh
bors? Why seek to force them to live
according to our lights by freezing
them into, doing as we see fit? Such
actions smack of the middle ages, when
people were burned at the stake for
thinking differently.,
»t n
That is why social life is such a gay
care free thing in Paris. There is no
such thing as censorship by female
busybodies. If you don’t like certain
people, why, you don’t go with them,
that’s all. There are-plenty more. But
you don’t nag them, you don’t criticise
them, you don’t become their keepers.
You remember that the earth is free
for all, and you leave them alone.
“Leave your neighbor alone!’’ would
be a fine motto to post up in some
towns I know, even in some big cities
where people are supposed to be broad
minded and progressive. It’s a good
thing to remember. “We can’t be too
broad minded—about other people!”
K *5
I notice a good many sales of veiling
during this month. Why don’t you buy
some the color of tan shoes and make
yourself a simple little morning frock
to wear later on
with
You have to look out for these little
things when buying marked down
goods.
*5 *5
The fashion of serving afternoon tea
is more popular now than ever. Tea is
brought in on a silver tray. The serv-
ici consists of a silver hot water ket
tle, teapot, cream
And the modern baby eats and sleeps
and grows fat without wearing its
mother to skin and bone, if she is a
wise mother.
Later on baby will need her and her
brains and her strength. How can she
give them to the growing child if she
wastes them all on the infant?
•5 »5
In 1SP6 Prince Victor Emmanuel, now king of Italy, married Princess Helena
of Montenegro. Tho royal pair have Three children, two daughters and the
little heir apparent. Prince Humbert, who is two years old. Queen Helena Is
devoted to her children, whom she is bringing up in a Spartan-like way, to
make them hardy. Many an American child of even moderately well to do
parents enjoys far more luxury than is permitted to the little Italian princesses what a good thing to have dinned into
and their brother. They must wear sh wt socks even In winter, and they are the ears of certain women,
obliged to ha\ e a cold bath ev ry morning. They must stay outdoors a good ' There is a woman I know who per-
of every day and be trained to r,.bust physical exercise. They also have - haps does not take life as seriously as
If there is one type of woman un
bearable above all other it is she who
“shows her disapproval.”
Now why in the name of goodness
should she?
The childish cry of M. Y. O. B. (mind
your own business) may be rude, but
brown
leather belt, a
burnt straw hat
and the above
mentioned tan
shoes?
I assure you
such a color
scheme will be
very smart, and
it is economical
as well, for
think of the
shirt waists it
saves.
Speaking of
veiling, it is
lightweight and
Father tvalked the floor outwears three
tcith it at night. °f the silk shirt
waist costumes.
The
fashion of serving
afternoon tea.
pitcher and su
gar bowl, with
a waste bowl all
matching in de
sign. The whole
thing is on the
tray, as I said,
and this is set
down on the
table by the fire
(if there be
one). The cups
used are the
regular size in
stead of the tiny
ones which have
gone entirely out
of fashion.
With tea.
nothing that may have occurred during
courtship be breathed to your most in
timate friends.
Letters, photographs and presents
should be returned. No other course is
possible to the well bred man or wo
man.
DON’TS FOR BUSINESS V/ OMAN.
Doft't bring your home troubles to the
office and air them there.
Don’t criticise those who work with
you or those for whomiyou work.
Don’t try to be mannish either, in
dress or manner. The mannish busi
ness woman is out of fashion, fortu
nately.
Don’t be late to your work and then
expect consideration because you are a
woman. *
Don’t wear overtrimmed and fussy
clothes. Wear plain clothes with ap
propriate blouses.
Don’t expect to be treated as if you
were in society. You are probably do
ing the work that was done formerly
by a man, and if in small ways you
are not considered as much as you
were at home, remember that you ar6
in business. ,
Try making a simple gown at home
during the bad weather we are bound
to have for a few weeks now and see
how pleased you will be.
65 >5
If you are looking for fur bargains
(and who is not at this time of the
year?) bear this in mind—don’t buy
crumpets, halved
and buttered, are
served, or toast or little cakes. In
summer fresh berries are sometimes
added.
The whole thing is most unconven
tional’arid cozy.
at
Silver vegetable dishes are very
much in fashion. They are in two
halves, and both can be used as. dishes,
for the handle snaps down.
If you want' to' give a pretty wed
ding present, why not choose a break
fast set of dainty china? This comes
with coffeepot, cream pitcher, sugar
bowl, two cups, two saucers and two
plates, and there sometimes is added
a fancy dish for eggs.
Really it is a tremendous temptation
to see the fine array of china and sil
ver novelties in the shops nowadays.
WHEN LOVE DIES.
Once an engagement has been broken,
treat the matter with dignity. Do not
discuss it with even your intimate
fur jacket with short sleeves, as they j friends or permit them to mention it to
will be entirely out of style next win- j you. And never commit the indiscretion
ter. and you will only have the expense i of abusing a man or woman to whom
DUCHESS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.
What grim aphorisms the cynical old Duke de la Rochefoucauld would
par:
German, i-rencii am
quite six years o!J,
fectly.
Er..
Yolande. the oldest, not j
iy an admirable linguist, speaking English per- I
Princ
!e ling
might, and one of these feminine
of having the sleeves pieced. I you have been formerly betrothed. No: have composed over the affair if he could have foreseen that more than three
Likewise in buying velvet suits ' matter how great the temptation or ! centuries after his death the bearer of his ancient title would marry an Ameri-
(with an eye to next winter’s wear). ! how badiy you have been treated, a dig-: can girl of the far western Pacific coast, a young lady who, it is said, put her
Select the plainest skirts cut the nified silence is the only course for a beauty in the market to win a title and got it. However, the present Duchess
closest to the circular model, as this well bred man or woman. ; de la Rochefoucauld, who was Mattie Mitchell, daughter of the late Senator
will be seen to the exclusion of every- While a dignified' reserve can only Mitchell of Oregon, is said to be quite happy in Paris with her duke. She
tittle tattles comes to see me and sits thing else. Only in princess gowns command the respect of those who [ certainly wears her title and her splendid robes bravely, quite bearing out the
down by my fire and drinks my tea i and in very thin materials is a little: know of your painful experience, never ■ American woman’s reputation of being the “best dressed.”
WOMEN IN THE WORLD OF SCIENCE. ART AND INDUSTRY.
A woman who recently secured a
warrant against her husband in a Lon-
police court sai.l to the judge. I
A> tt ve been married twenty-seven years,
and I have had ten children and six
teen black eyes.
On Broome street, in the heart of
New York's lower east side, a new de- i
parttire in public school methods is
now in full swing with the opening of
i, school for leu kward children. Miss
Olive Jones, the principal, insists that j
it is in no sense a truant school, al
though it is hoped that one of the i
great causes of truancy will be rein- :
edied by this school. i
Miss C. Blair is secretary and man- ]
ager of a large Alabama iron foundry, t
She herself established the enterprise, j
A number of women have formed a i
company, capitalized at a million dol- j
lars. to mine garnets and afterward j
cut. polish and set them. They will :
operate in tlia northwest. Mary R. i
Fowler of Minneapolis is the company's
president.
A New York girl has revived the
quaint old art of painting pictures up
on gold leaf. The gold leaf is pasted ;
first upon wood. Afterward the paint :
is scratched away in such a mannerj
as to leave the gold leaf showing in j
various designs. This old art is call
ed “sgraffito,’’ which means “scratched
out.”
Two women. Miss Elizabeth J. Let-
son and Miss H. Newell Wardie. spoke
at the recent meeting of the American j
Academy of Sciences in New York city.
Miss Letson is director of the Buffalo
Society of Natural Sciences and is a
specialist on concliology. Miss Wardie
is an anthropologist at the Philadel
phia Natural Science Museum.
In the poorest neighborhood of Bos
ton a course is conducted at the Louisa
M. Alcott club, where children are
taught to wash dishes, set the table,
sweep and dust, all the necessary uten
sils being provided. They are also
taught plain needlework, laundry work
and cooking, all the instruction being
baaed on a simple method. The object
of the club is to better the home con-
I citions of a very poor neighborhood.
Some of the brightest women in the
i government service are employed in
I the navy department, notably at the
naval observatory, where they assist in
astronomical calculations for the nau
tical almanac—the sea bible on which
mariners depend—and other scientific
work in connection with that bureau.
When from her office across the
street she saw two men break into a
jewelry store in Mount Carmel, Pa.,
j Maude Stine, telephone girl, rushed in
! an alarm and the men were caught.
“If your mother can keep quiet she
; can come back,’’ said a St. Louis juuge
! to the daughter of a woman expelled
; for annoying a witness. “Better let
: her stay out.” said the girl, smiling.
: Com: lissioner Whipple of the New
! York state forest, fish and game de-
i partments has served notice through
the press to the milliners of the state,
retail and wholesale, that his depart-
; ment intends to use every legitimate j
1 means to enforce the law prohibiting ,
the possession or sale of the bodies oi
feathers of wild bird's, whether tak- n
in this state or elsewhere.
Young Queen Victoria of Spain has
Invented a device which may be turn
ed into a fan, a lorgnette or a motel
mask, just as one wishes. It is called
a maisette.
In France a man under twenty-five
years of age whose parents are dead
and whose grandfather or grandmother
is alive, cannot marry without the
written authority of both, or eithe’ - of
them.
“The spirit of this commercial age is
strangely reflected in the change from
the valentine of thirty years ago us
that of today. Then a pretty,' inex
pensive picture with a bit of lace raper
or ribbon around it gave a girl thrills
of delight. Now tho valentine must
be a costly gift, a gem or piece of bric-
a-brac or something Chinese or Japa-
and called the day St. Valentine’s day,
instead of the day of Pan and Feb-
ruanta Juno, who had also been wor
shiped at the Lupercalia. Alban But
ler, in the ’Lives of the Saints,’ says
‘“To abolish the heathenish, super
stitious custom of boys drawing the
names of girls in honor of their god
dess Februanta Juno on the 15th of
February, several zealous pastors sub- nese—no matter what, anything—s<
stituted the names of saints in billets costs like everything. In our time sen
given on that day.’ Thus instead of thnent. romance, affection, seem to h-
drawing his girl’s name the youth gauged by the money price one is will-
drew the name of a saint. j inff to pay for them.”
“All the same, however, though the | ^ j.
festival of the Lupercalia was not call
ed that any more, but St. Valentine’s | That was the end. A whole lot c*
day Instead, and though the holiday ; repressed coughs and a round of hand
was made to come Feb. 14 in place of clapping followed, the loudest clapping
the 15th, the young people of old Ro- being made, as usual, by those \vh>
man times continued to pair off and. had been in the anteroom gossiping al!
have their merry parties the middle of the hour and had not heard six words
February. So they do to this day, of the paper.
though few think they are celebrating As Mrs. Warren sat down there was ;
a festival which was kept in the time movement at the door. Two pretty .
! of Romulus and Remus. j girls in pink—the youngest members
Ig of the club, they were—walked lightly
I down the aisle hearing between thqm a
"Fortune telling practices now com- j basket of splendid crimson hearted
mon among girls at Halloween used to : roseS( large, vivid, throbbing with
be the vogue in England on Valentine j color. The basket tha^held them was
day. One of the beliefs was that the ; orlmson and heart shaped. The roses
first man a girl met on A alentine ■ were forty in number, one for each;
morning was her fate. The members . mem ber of the club. A pretty card
of this club being women, it Is not ; was tied by crimson ribbon to the bas-,
necessary to inform them that a girl : anc j upon the card were these two
was quite able to arrange it that the
!