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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 !