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o?<3 Hunting a Husband o?o
No, I—The Charming Widow Meets Her First Suitor Since Her Husband
Tom's Demise, end Is Attracted to Him.
UTHEN Tom Minor died his wife.
! Beatrice, looked forward to a
calm, rather uneventful, semi
solitary life That is. -he expected to
live onlv for her children until they
should need her no longer and beyond
that point she did not allow her
thoughts to rove Sh* dreaded the
loneliness that might then be hers.
She did not dread life without her
husband, nor did she mourn him deep
ly. for hers had not been a happy mar
riage Tom had grave faults, some of
them amounting almost to sins, his
wife thought. Whether they did or not.
they made her so uncomfortable and
unhappy that, while her husband s sud
den death waa a shock to her, she was
conscious that with the pity she felt
for him because he had been snatched
out of life, there was mingled scarcely
any pity for herself She had long been
aware that her children. .Tack and Jean,
were the dearest things In life to her
She had them, and Tom's departure
bad been an unexpected solution of the
knotty problem of their joyless mar
ried existence. She remembered grate
fully now that the tru* condition of
affairs had been unguessed by the
world at large, that there had been no
open scandal.
For the first year of her widowhood
aha had thrust from her as absurd th*
possibility of her marrying a second
time "I love my freedom too much,”
sh» acknowledged to herself. To her
friends she said, '1 do not want to put
anybody in Tom'* place.” To them,
the sentence meant one thing; to the
widow, another. Rhe added mentally.
*Tz>rd forbid!” remembering Tom and
bls ways At th* expiration of her sec
ond year of freedom she began to
lighten h»>r btaek and found that with
the donning of soft and becoming
lavenders and purples her spirits rose
Life see.med still bright and th* world
a place In which to have a good time
and to make the most of one's self and
one's opportunities. Why must she.
because of one mistake or error in
judgment, be doomed to live a solitary
existence until she was an old woman?
Fomehow the children, as dear as ever,
satisfied only one side of her nature.
Instead of thinking that she would llv*
for them and them only, sh* began to
appreciate that as they saw more of
life and other people they would live
for others besides their mother Then
she would be even lonelier than at
present.
One Losson Enough.
So, gradually but surely, grew upon
her the conviction that, perhaps, after
all there might be a second springtime
for her. For a. while she turned from
the Idea, for with her was also th*
recollection of her conjugal Infelicity.
But soon she persuaded herself that
she would not make such a mistake a
second time, purely she had learned
her sad lesson well. The scars she
still bore from the fire that had burned
her. had made her wary and watchful
of all things that might scorch her. end
(he was not to be fooled a second time
by any man. Rhe was no longer an
Ignorant, and foolish girl, but a woman
made wish by suffering And. as other
people were happily married, probably
her experience had been the exception,
not the rule. Surely she might at 111 be
as happy M these wedded friends of
hers She was still young, she told
herself, for thirty-three. Is not old.
Her two years of peace seemed to
have rejuvenated her, and It was only
when she was very tired that she looked
her age While her income from Tom's
life Insurance was sufficient to pro
vide her and her children with th* ne
cessities of life if sho was careful, she
did not like to be careful. Now she
must economize In order to have
enough to spend on nrettv clothes she
loved and which she felt were her right
As her children grew older they would
cost mor* than now. for she owed them
a good education and th* advantages
which other young people had. How
she would have to struggle to give them
these necessities and herself the lux
uries for which her soul longed Yes,
she would do well to marrv again
But she would sot be hasty. With
eyes made clear by past experience In
matrimony, she would study every pcs
Bible suitor She would recall each of
Tom's faults and would consider others,
which he might have had. but which,
strangely enough, he had overlooked 1n
forming his character And if any man
had any of these, or lacked any of the
admirable traits, which she expected
from the man of her choice- she would
exclude him Immediately from her cal
culations.
An Exacting C r eature.
A woman, unless she is in love, is an
exacting creature, and she has often de
cided against some man for as -light a
reason as an unfortunate trick of man
ner. a lack of some small courtesy, nr
some tactless speech. A man can
S' arcely understand thl and It Is this
trait in women that makes him find het
incomprehensible.
When she loves a man sb* shuts her
eves to his imperfections and -’ill mar
rv a. boor if he has been clever enough
or has possessed enough personal mag
netttm to keep her ignorant of his true
nature until she has fallen in love with
him. But, lacking love, she is a keen
and sometimes an unmerciful critic of
him whom she considers as a possible
husband —especially if she lias had on*
bitter matrimonial experience.
The truth, summed up in a nutshell,
is that she w ishes perfection in the man
upon whom she bestow s her hand, and.
presumably, her heart, /tnd, as no man
is perfect, she is often disappointed
No, woman is not complex, as men be
lieve her to be. Woman is so simple
that she seems complex. Rhe wants
perfection, that is all. and "ill accept
nothing less when she once demands it
i-o man can not understand that she L
repelled and disillusioned by some ill-
timed joke, or lack of con. ideration, or
small rudeness on his part. She dot
nob love him. but she wants him to be
her ideal. And he Isn't.
Thus it came about that Beatrice
Minor, being a woman, determined to
b* satisfied with nothing less than th*
best, and began to look about for it
As sh* looked she found that there were
many attractive men •'till unmarried,
many, still mor* attractive, who were
married, and some w idowers v ho. hav
ing vowed eternal fidelity to th* mem
ory of the dear departed, had learned
at last that devotion tn a blessed ghost
or a. sweet and fading memory was not
as soul-satisfying as was companion
ship with a bright and living feminine
personality
Her First Suitor,
To th* widower class belonged Robert
Marry. He had been desperately crush
ed and much bereaved when his wife
died Now’ his friends were secretly
asking about him the old conundrum —
"Why is a widower like a baby?" and
chuckling over its veracious answer
"Because he cries all the first six
months, begins to take notice during
the second six months, and It is hard tn
pull him through the second summer."
When Marcy met Mrs. Minor, it was
th* beginning of th* "second summer"
after his wife's death. A friend at
whose house the widow and widower
chanced to bo catline Introduced th*
pair to ea*h other, speaking of Beatrice
as "one of my sweetest friends," and of
Marcy as "on* of my very good ac
quaintances of whom I have seen too
little of late."
This last sentence was uttered with a
regretful sigh, to which th* widower
responded with on* that was supposed
to h* a delicate tribute to the compan
ion of his happier days Then, gazing
into the eyes of the woman to whom he
had just been presented, he found their
owner pleasant to look at. while Bea
trice. noting his bright smile, told her
self that here, was a good-looking man
w hom it might be pleasant to know bet
ter.
(The second article of this highly in
teresting series will appear later.)
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Exercise No 2 (top picture)- For reducing the waist line. / ( r A"'*.
Exercise No 3 For strengt-hpning the arms and shoulders. i/
WHAT do you want to look
like?
Have you an exact pic
ture In your mind of your physical
Idea! of yourself?
Don’t you want to look thin on*
day and rather plump the next, and
have drooping shoulders In your
evening gowns and square ones for
tailor sulta*
Most women don't quit* know
how they want to look, they haVe
never had an exact ideal to follow
That holds good of everything
else, too
You have got to have an exact
picture or Image in your mind to
bold to, and all your development
must be focused in that direction
In the direction of your ideal
My Ideal is that of perfect health
and usefulness
Physically, It la nearly the ideal
of the Greeks, modified slightly by
the centuries of clvllfzation, which
demands brains as well as beauty
1n a woman
I have always known how I
wanted to look, and 1 work stead
ily to retain the right physical,
measurements which I gained by
systematic work.
As to my face—well, gentle read
*r. Nature mad* that, and she albn*
1s responsible for It. All I do is to
see that no lines denoting 111 temp
er. peevishness, arrogance and
other unpleasant qualities creep
Into It.
I am mostly concerned w ith body
building and health-giving exer
cises, of which several are illus
trated today.
These particular exercises ar*
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN ~
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
YOU ARE TOO TRAGIC.
Dear Miss Fairfax
1 am seventeen and a senior In the
high school. For the last two years I
have been very friendly with a fellow
of th" atne school who ha- confessed
his love for me henevet 1 see him
he tells me about other girls and the
enjoyment he finds in th»lr presence (
am not Jealous of him. but whenever
he tell.- me about these giri- I ("el a.
though he were treating me as a fool,
yet lie declares every time T complain
that 1 am the only girl he loves.
BLONDIE.
When he tells you this, you let him
see you don't like it. and - that en
courages him to continue.
Did jou ever play the game of tit
for tat .’
Try It Nothing makes' a man so
qui< kly lose interest in other girls a
the discovery that The Girl is finding
an Interest in other boys Above ah.
don't b> tragi- Von aI • so young that
in a ver' 'bort iinm you "ill b" laugh
ing at ” ha' d «r.---.c you no, i'on .
quer the -ituation hv laughing now
THE RIGHT ROAD TO HEALTH
THE IDEAL FIGURE AND HOW TO ATTAIN IT V By ANNETTE KELLERMANN
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far strengthening th* muscle* of
the abdomen and waist They are
especially good to quicken the
sluggish organs of the body, liver
and intestines, which in th* aver
age woman ar* seldom strong and
active.
EXERCISE NO. 1.
The first exercise shown in the
picture Is for strengthening these
muscles and organs, as well as for
exercising the thighs. Th* subject
Is shown kneeling, with arms ex
tended. head stretched back. First
go through the following Inn ex
ercises. doing them with nil th*
vigor you can put Into them:
Swing the arms back until, th*
hands meet behind you; now swing
them forward again quickly Leave
them extended at the sides and
b*nd th* body forward, keeping th*
feet firmly on the ground. Recover
your position again, place the hands
on the hips and bend the body first
to one side, then to the other. R*nri
down just as far as you can until
you feel the strain In th* muscles
of the thighs.
EXERCISE NO. 2. -
In the same kneeling position
place the hands on the hips and be
gin to twist the body Use a great
deal of force in doing the exercise
and try and make the muscles of
the waist respond. Usually these
muscles are quite flabby, because
women insist on wearing corsets
which hold them up and take away
the natural vigor and strength of
the organs ami muscles
Many people have th* mistaken
idea that you make your waist
IS A GOOD TIME ALL?
Dear Miss Fairfax
■ I am eighteen and a short time ag"
1 met a young girl of th» same age
« horn I love very much
I have taken this girl to several
places of amusement, and have also
tolc her that I love her This young
lady is afraid I ant not able to keen
company yet because I have no trad"
. I am a salesman making a pretty
fair s*lar’ and have a good future
Do you think it ought to make any
difference whether 1 have a trade or
not as long a 1 can give her a good
time? SAM G.
The girl is to be commended because
Os her good sense, and deserves for a
lover a man who thinks "a good time"
isn't all there is to life.
If you are an expert salesman, and
make good in that line, you should iu
time, command a very good income. A
trade., while an effective weapon for
life's battles, is not essential.
Rut you ate not making enough of
y our opportunity to be worth any girl s
lox., if . good linn" Is the height of
your ambition You should uvr st 111
tie alva- and thank < kind FTovt
den <- 'b<t 'he girl v horn you loye is ? >
-enstblv inclined
MM
MISS ANNETTE KELLERMANN.
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larger by going without corsets
Naturally, if you have been squeez
ing yourself, you will fall in at th®
waist line and ail the loos* flesh
and flabby muscles will bulg* there
Rut with systentatit exercise you
can soon strengthen yourself so
that your chest will be held up by
the natural support of th* muscles
and the waist will appear smaller
and mor* flexible than before '
Ten minutes' exercise daily won't
counteract years of tight lacing
You will hav* to think about ft as
often as yon can, holding yourself
correctly, and getting away from
long, tight corsets gradually by’
getting shorter ones, th*n simply
girdles or waists as you get your
flgtir* into real shape again
No one needs to be fat. Give up
one meal a day and cut meat out
of your bill of fare and you will
grow thin rapidly and healthily.
Try it and see.
EXERCISE NO. 3.
I forgot t'> put down th* last ex
ercise. which is rather difficult. You
see that it consists of bending fat
back until the head touches the
floor.
Regin slowly, bending only as far
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th* distance every day until you
finally arrive at doing It entirely.
When recovering—that is. bringing
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Daysey Mayme
BY FRANCES
IT is Daysey Mayme Appleton's proud
boast that sh* is such an accom
plished scholar sh* can spell every
word in th* English language at least
three ways.
Sh* can sing tn Italian. Her German
sounds so much like scolding it proves
she knows the language well. And no
other girl in her literary club has such
a quantity of ink stains on her fingers.
At a meeting of the American Gills
Minerva, club, her paper on "Th* Mi
crobes in My Powder Rae"* won the.
prize because of its literary merit and
the author's deep discernment of hu
man nature. As her powder rag always
looks like the rag used to wipe the dust
off th* piano legs, her paper was vital
.ly interesting.
At a recent session of her Tlmelj
Topics club it was left to Daysey May
me to define a rebate. When she ex
plained in a perfectlv lucid manner that
it was a wild animal on railroad trains
that eats people up her fellow students
accepted her explanation without ques
tion. and marveled at her Intellectual
ity-
Rut Daysey Mayme is not satisfied.
Sh* wants to master the French lan
guage. and this ambition is born out of
her interest in her Best Beloved.
French the Language of Love.
Since meeting him. she has taken a
deeper interest in all love stories.
"At the most interesting passage* in
the book.” sh* explained to her friends,
"th* lover or his adored drops into
French, and T miss what Is said It
seems to b* the language of love, and,
therefor*. I must acquire it.
When a woman wishes to take up a
study, sh* doesn't go off Into a corner
with a text-book. She beats a tomtom
and calls all th* women sh* knows to
gether.
"We are wasting our time." she will
say. after spending three weeks in get
ting the desired number together, and
three hours in calling them to order
after they have assembled; "we ar*
frivollng our days in fashion and folly
when we should d*vot* them to im
proving our brains."
This was the procedure followed by
Daysey Mayme She beat the tom-tom
by inviting ten girls to lunch. Some
where between th* and th* fee
: and Her Folks
L. GARSIDE.
cream, she told them of her desire to
acquire knowledge, and with the cof
fee broached the subject of meeting
once a week to study French.
After much discussion over the se
rious problem of doing the h a lf—"Is
Hair Going Out or Coming In?" and
"What Will We Do With Our Hair If
It Is Going Out?"—it was decided to
m*et again in a week to decide abogt
a French teacher.
Tom-Tom Again Beats.
A week later, another girl beat the
tom-tom. and. when all had assembled
to acquire knowledge, the cards were
brought out and. between deals and
slams add disputes over tricks and
st/bres. it was decided that it would be
perfectly lovely to know how to speak
French.
"And w’hen we learn to write it.*
said one girl, shuffling the cards like a
professional." I intend to write a
French novel."
Such a notable ambition! Such a.
lofty aspiration! Who is there who
can gaze upon th* modern American
girl without his heart swelling with
pride?
Different girls have been beating the
tom-tom regularly once a week ever
since, and regularly these ambitious
young women respond. When they
meet they talk of what it means to
have a worthy ambition, and decry the
foolish but fashionable waste of time
of other women.
And always they play bridge, or
make fudge, or exchange recipes for
chafing dish concoctions, or pasterns
for stamping sofa cushions; and al
ways they discuss hiring a teacher to
teach French, and always decide that
It will be so romantic, and su*h an in
centive to learning If the teacher is a
young man.
Since this agitation began Daysey
Mayme has won seven prizes at. bridge,
four at high five, learned three new
ways for making fudge acquired five
new methods for making her hair stay
curled, and has had seven conversa
tions with a handsome young < lerk in
a book store regarding th* h*st French
text book.
And regularly, that be’ng the way of
women, the.se girls beat the tom-toin
ami call themselves together.
For n*> woman ever goes quietly in a
corner in her pursuit of knowledge
these days.
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