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THE GEOSaiAM’S MAGAZINE PAGE c& Hunting a Husband No. 1 The Charming Widow Meets Her First Suitor Since Her Husband Tom's Demise, and Is Attracted to Him. ■r-r THEN Tom Minor died, his wife. I <A/ Beatrice. looked forward to a t, . ' calm, rather uneventful, emi •®lltary life. That is. she expected to I live only for her children until they ahould need her no lone or. and beyond that point she did not al’nw her Thoughts to rove. She dreaded the loneliness that might then be hers She did not dread life without her husband. nor did she mourn him deep fly, for hers had not been a happy mar riage Tom had grave faults, some of j them amounting almost to sins, his (Wife thought. Whether they did or not, ® they made her so uncomfortable and J "Unhappy that, while her husband's sud- I den death was 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 I aware that her children. Jack and Jean. •were the dearest things in life to her She had them, and Tom's departure had been an unexpected solution of the knotty problem of their joyless mar ried e.xlstence She remembered grate fully now that the true 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 •he had thrust from her as absurd the I possibility of her marrying a second ‘tints "I love my freedom too much." ■•he acknowledged to herself. To her friends she said. "I do not want to put anybody In Tom's place." To them, the sentence meant one thing, to the I Twldow, another. She added mentally. "Lord forbid!" remembering Tom and his ways At the expiration of her sec «. g»nd year of freedom "he began to I lighten her black and found that with ' th* donning of soft and becoming | lavenders and purples her spirits rose. ’ Life seemed still bright and the world • place In which to have a good time •nd to make the most of one's self and I ene'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? Somehow the children, as dear as ever. Satisfied only one aide of her nature. Instead of thinking that she would live for them and them only, she began to appreciate that as they saw more of life and other people they would live ; for others besides their mother. Then f the would be even lonelier than at present. One Leaaon Enough. So. gradually but. surely, grew upon her the conviction that, perhaps, after • 11, there might be a second springtime * for her For a while she turned from 1 the idea, for with her was also the Fecollectlon 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 tis all things that might scorch her. and •he was not to be fooled a second time by any man. She was no longer an Ignorant and foolish girl, but a woman , made wish by suffering. And, as other jpeople were happily married, probably tier experience had been the exception. Hot the rule. Surely she might still ba a« happy as these wedded friends of | hers Rhe was still young, she told I herself, for thirty-three Is not old. Her two years of peace seemed to have rejuvenated her, and it was onlv 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 the ne cessities of life if she was careful, she did not like to be careful. Now she [ must economize In order to have ; I enough to epend on nrettv clothes she I loved and which she felt were her right, j As her children grow older they would coat more than now. for she owed them • good education and the advantages •which other young people had. How eh* would have to struggle to give them these necessities and herself the lux uries for which her soul longed. Yes, •he would do well to marrv again. But she would not be hasty With •yes made clear by past experience in matrimony, she would studv every pos sible suitor. She would recall each of Tom's faults and would consider others, which he might have had. hut which, Strangely enough, he had overlooked in forming his character. And If any man had any of these, or lacked any of the admirable traits, which she expected frpm the man or her choice she would exclude him immediately from her cal culations. An Exacting C r eatu*"e. A woman, unless she is in love, is an exacting creature, and she has often de ' cided against some man for as slight a reason as an unfortunate trick of man ner. a lack of some small court* sy. or some tactless speech. A man can scarcely understand this, and it Is th<» trait in women that m-.k*’’ him find her incomprehensible. F When she loves a man she Shu's h*" eyes to his Imperfections, and will mar. 1 ry a boor if he has been clever enough ► or has possessed enough persona’ mag. netism to keep her ignorant of his tn.. J nature until she has fallen in love with him. But. lacking lov*-. site is a k* *-i and sometimes mi unmerciful critic **f him whom she considers as a possi’>> husband —especially if she has had on*- bitter matrimonial experience The truth, summed ur> in a nut she . is that she wishes perfection in themaa upon whom she bestows her hand. and. presumably, her heart, and. as no man is perfeit. she is often disappointed No. woman is not complex, as m*n be lieve* her to be. Woman is so simpT * that she seems complex She wants perfeition, that is all, and will accept nothing less when she once demands it 'So man can not understand that she is repelled and disillusioned by some ill- timed joke, or lack of consideration, or small rudeness on his part. She does not love him, hut she wants him to be her ideal. And he isn't. Thus it came about that Beatrice Minor, being a woman, determined to be satisfied with nothing less than the best, and began to look about for it. As she looked she found that there were many attractive men still unmarried, many, still more attractive, who were married, and some widowers who. hav ing vowed eternal fidelity to the mem ory of the dear departed, had learned at last that devotion to 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 the widower class belonged Robert Marcy. He had been desperately crush ed and much bereaved when his wife died. Now hfs friends were secretly asking about him the old conundrum "Why is a widower like a baby?” and chuckling over Its veracious answer— •'Because h» cries all the first six months, begins to take notice during the second six months, and it Is hard to pull him through the second summer." When Man y met Mrs. Minor. It was the beginning of the “second summer" after his wife's death. A friend at whose house the widow and widower chanced to be calling introduced the pair to each other, speaking of Beatrice as "one of my sweetest friends," and of Marcy as “one of my very good ac quaintances of whom I have seen too little of late." This last sentence was uttered w’ith a regretful sigh, to which the widower responded with one that waa supposed to he 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 he pleasant to know bet ter. (The second article of this highly in teresting series will appear later.) I iMBi JMjt' Exercise No. 2 (top picture)—For reducing the waist line. Exercise No. 3—For strengthening the amis and shoulders. WHAT do you want to look like? Have you an exact pic ture tn your mind of your physical ideal of yourself? Don't you want to Jonk thin one day and rather plump the next, and have drooping shoulders in your evening gowns and square ones for tailor suits? Most women don’t quite 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 hold 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, ft is nearly the Ideal of the Greeks, modified slightly by the centuries of civilization, which demands brains as well as beauty in a woman. 1 have always known how I wanted to look, and I work stead ily to retain the right physical measurements which I gained by systematic work As to my face well, gentle read er, Nature made that, and she alone is responsible for It. All 1 do is to see that no lines denoting ill temp er, peevishness, arrogance and other unpleasant qualities creep Into It I am mostly concerned with body building and health-giving exer cises, of which several are illus trated today. These particular exercises are ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX. YOU ARE TOO TRAGIC. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am seventeen and a senior tn the high -chool For the last two years 1 have been very friendly with a fellow "f the >ame school who has confessed his low for mo Whenever 1 see him he tells me about other girls and the enjoyment he finds In their presence i am not jealous of him. but whenever I he tolls me about these girls, I fee! a ; though he were treating me as a fool. ! yet he declares every time 1 complain J ' 1 am the only girl he lows BLONDIE. When fie 'ells you this, mu let him ' "i don't like it. and that en j courages him to > ontinue. Did you ever play the game of tit i for tat ' Try it Nothing makes a man so quickly lose interest in other girls »« the discovery that The Girl is finding an interest ir ther boys Above all. don't be t’ >g- You are so young that in a very - » x' viH b»- augh- ing at what stresses you notv, Con- i | quer the situat. nby laughing now. | THE RIGHT ROAD TO HEALTH THE IDEAL FIGURE AND HOW TO ATTAIN IT T. By ANNETTE KELLERMANN I Me TIP if WK W ; ; t WKiH Wt.iA 1 I iJISI- for strengthening the muscles of the abdomen and waist. They are especially good tn quicken the sluggish organs of the body, liver and intestines, which in the aver age woman are 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. The subject is shown kneeling, with arms ex tended. head stretched back. First go through the following arm ex ercises. doing them with all the vigor you can put into them: Swing the arms back until the hands meet behind you; now swing them forward again quickly. Leave them extended at the sides . and bend the body forward, keeping the 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. Bend down just as far as you can until you feel the strain in the 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. Tse a great deal of force In doing the exercise and try and make the muscles of the waist respond. I'sually those 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 and muscles. Many people have the mistaken 1 idea that you make your waist IS A GOOD TIME ALL? Dear Mls= Fairfax 1 am eighteen, and a short time ago I met .1 young girl of the same age whom I love very much. I have taken this girl to several places of amusement, and have also told her that I low her. This young lady is afraid I am not able to keep company yet, because I have no trade. 1 am a salesman, making a pretty fair salary, and have a good future. Do you think it ought to make any difference whether I haw a trade ot I not as long as 1 can give her a good time? SAM G. The gltl is to be commended because of her good sense, and deserves for a lover a man who thinks "a good time" isn't al] there is to life. If you are an expert salesman, and make good in that line, you should in time mminaml i wry good income. A trade, while an effective weapon for life's battles, is not essential. But you arc not making enough of your opportunity to be worth any girl's low if a good time i? the height of your ambition. You should save a lit tle always, and thank a kind Provt- Idence that the girl whom you love is so sensibly inclined. z MISS ANNETTE KELLERMANN. (Other poses In silhouette by Isabelle Jason.) larger by going without corsets. Naturally, if you have been squeez ing ourself, you will fall In at the waist line and all the loose flesh and flabby muscles will bulge there. But with systematic exercise you can soon strengthen yourself so that your chest will he held up by the natural of the muscles and the waist will appear smaller and more flexible than before. Ten minutes' exercise daily won't counteract years of tight lacing. You will have to think about it as often as you can, holding yourself correctly, and getting away from long, tight corsets gradually by getting shorter ones, then simply girdles or waists as you get your figure 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. 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At a meeting of the American Girls Minerva club, her paper on "The Mi crobes in My Powder Rag" wou 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 ragjised to wipe the dust off the piano legs, her paper was vital ly interesting At a recent session of her Timely Topics club it was left to Daysey May me to define a rebate. When she ex plained in a perfectly 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. But Daysey Mayme is not satisfied. She 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 passages in the bonk." she explained to her friends, "the lover or his adored drops into French, and I miss what is said. It seems to be the language of love, and, therefore, I must acquire it. When a woman wishes to take up a study, she doesn't go off irtto a corner with a text-book. She beats a tomtom and calls all the women she 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 are frivoling our days in fashion and folly when we should devote 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 the salad and the ice 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- ■ rlous problem of doing the hair—"ls Hair Going Out or Coming In?" and "What Will We Do With Our Hair If It Is Going Out?”—it was decided to meet again in a week to decide about 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 and disputes over tricks and scores, it was decided that it would be perfectly lovely to know how to speak French. “And when 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 the 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 patterns 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 such 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 clerk in a book store regarding the best French text book. And regularly, that being the way of women, these girls beat the tom-tom and call themselves together. For ilo woman ever goes quietly in a corner in her pursuit of knowledge these days. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought I V I