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THE OE OIBCMANTS MAGAZME PAGE 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.) IQ I| Il 111 MM t . .. > A r i i tW r ■■ WMI nV’. . FU-jt -n V| A ' | MB tfl iisll WW 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 I i * ®W|ggM -fl ffINW (■ flflF wMI ■ </- •'Saa r> flflfli V : ,W > 4 i i I x'B i BBFI- 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. (Other poses m silhouette by Isabelle Jason.) 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. 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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. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. 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