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THE GEOMAWS MAGAZINE PAGE Mirandy on the Women Proposing w $L By Dorothy Dix -- ■ ■— -. .' ■ ... - ■ ... .. ------- , ... ....... • I "As* Irn ; ' 'p Tih'i * g O v gw ■A!; ” A ’iljt wo m i ; Ji Hl M f J I jjft'jE tall iIS' ’ $1 aWMHHHMP.iI i .ARMrI HHmHHgm CA**^* a ' Slw ffliffllfeS- * POKE CHOPS RISIN’ UP LIKE DEY HAD WINGS. _ _ ; 1-- - ■ ; : - : : —— —e—* (( "J —\E odder night." remarked Ml- J randy, "Sis Alvlry, whut Is one of desfe heah long, stringy one pullets date oughter been in de fryin' pan of matrimony long ago. dropped roun' to my house, an’ whilst we was a discoursin’ on de rights an' de wrongs of our sect, she say: "'Well, thank Heaven, Sis Mirandy. dat dis is leap year, an' hit gives wom en a chanst to up an' pop de question to de men dat dey would like tn have fqr husbands.' " Hugh,’ 'spons I, for whilst I believes In de rights of my sect I ain't got much faith in our bein' able to foreclose on 'em, leastways whar men is con cerned. " Tea.' goes on Sis Alviry, 'I don’t know nothin' dat shows whut po’, downtrodden, female worms of de dust we women is so much as de fact that we ain’t got even a say-so about pick in’ out de man dat wp’se got to live wid, an’ cook, an' scrub, an' wash, an' iron for, an' take his back talk for thuty or forty years. Yasum, we wom en ain't got no say-so in choosln' our husbands. All dat we can do Is jest - to \ set armin' an’ look willin', wfd our fin- 1 gers crossed for luck, an' put ourselves 1 In de attitude to receive de blessin' in i case any man is kind enough to come I along an' ax us to tie up wid him.' •’Dat's so" says I, 'an' dese days,! w.c po'k chops a soarin' Up in prlbe I A»Y J ■; JEmK# lb • <if lwM • ■ ®<v* i ■ Lrt V-» *' <■'JK "Tn . mjOg i nt’ fi’miso**!’* * /r ' ,r ’’ MrVl i pSwtvWk r< n ’ u ‘• * - ’•’ j ■ v*"f F *>4'S* II" BBHBBHHK^ iIiuJiTIi xvJWIBIHWMBHBBB^' ' HI Eagle-Thistle SODA Best for biscuit —and all cooking. Pure. Fresh. Economical. 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If it is not convenient for you to call at our store, write or phone for our handsomely ilustrated catalogue which shows the newest and best to be h i i (pUOENE Vfl AYJWES Co) ' \ lak dey had wings, de men is mighty slow a-comln' along.' "‘I tell you, Sis Mirandy,' pursues Sis Alviry, ‘dat if ev'y woman could pop de question, an’ git her ruther in de way of a husband Instid of havin' to take whut she can git, dere wouldn't be so many slack, wives in de wor!', be caze many a woman takes out on de po,' on fortunate man she did git her spile in not giftin' de one she had her eye on Nuther would dere. be so many fool marriages, becaze a man picks out a wife lak he dors a chany dish, by de looks of hit an' de paint on hit, an' den he goes home an’ raises a ruction he caze whut he got ain’t a Iron pot. Rut a woman has got more love sense an' | she chooses a husband by de use she’s , got for him.’ Her Choice. " 'Sis Alvlry,’ says I, 'be you gwlne to i pop de question durin' leap year’' “'Sis Mirandy,' she 'spons, 'ax me no ; questions, .an' I'll tell you no lies, hut I i will say dat dr ease of Brer Eben, wid I dat house full of ohlllun wid no ma to I look after 'em, goes to my heart, an', es ! ' he don't know i ,■ nman dat's nest cut out to be a good stepmA an' wife, I I does. An' de forgiven name of dat I woman is Alvin "After Sis Alviry was gone my. ■daughter Ma'y Jane, up an say 'Maw. Ido vou believer in women poppin' de I question?' ' " 'Well.' I 'spons. ‘women is got de right to propose, but. my lan', a woman is sholy lackin’ in probusnes es she has to pop de question herself. Any woman whut can't tole a man on to de pint whar he axes her hisself ain't got enough sense to lead a blind goose to water. She auttinly is a dumb woman, an’ she’s' got so little gumption dat she “Hypnotism Yet in Its Infancy,” Says Pauline ! Y A aSp Wl® WF ' v // 'Wk : 1 //A. ' , // A ' I I > I X'WW ; ' , ' : ' .Kywi 111 rW\ A '.;e WUT // k -V Az It l ‘V ° R JOSEPH R. PAULINE. w \tv ’*3? f|T T YPN () TISM ■ as yet in its in- ■ I fan l y." says Pr.ullne. ’ Already among the physicians of Eu rope, and especially of Germany, it is employed as a natural anaesthetic in minor surgical operations: dentists find it a blessing, and its power is recog nized ns a curative agent in the ease of certain bad habits -but not yet has it come into its own. ' The time is coming when the whole medii il profession will accord hypno tism the place as the one greatest cura tive and preventive agent within the reach of man.’’ Paulino's opinions carry some weight. He is not merely a vaudeville perform er. although he has managed this week to make himself tije chief topic- of con ■ “ sat’.on in Atlanta by his startling Hunts H e is a deep student f psyoholog’ He was a small bov when he became interested in hypnotism purely because might just as well been bawn a man to start wid. • “ Shoo, chile, dere’s ~-leventy-leven way s’to make a propose, an’ ev’y one of 'em wuks—raze heah's all of we all married woniern to prove hit. " ‘Cose women lays mighty low 'bout dis. an' gives hit out dat de men dey marry jest chased 'em up to de altar an’ cotch 'em, but you better believe dat we wouldn’t' have no call to shake our feet at many more weddins es it ; was jest left to de men to pop de ques tion. Yessum, ev’y man dat's safe In de matermomal fold has been helped over de fence by some woman. How He Acts. '' ‘Honey, did you ever notice the curis way a man acts when he pops de question? He's so surprised ,to find hisself doin’ hit dat he most swallows his Adam's apple, &n’ his eyes pop out lack a skbered rabbit's in de brush pile “'You see, de w hareforenels of hit is dis—- when a man starts out to gala vantin' aroun' wid a woman he ain t got no idea of marryin’. He jest wants to have a good time, an' he goes proj ickln' along, feelln’ jest as safe as es he had took out his 'insurance papers, an' den some day. fust news he knows, he hears hisself a-axin' her es She will let him wuk an' support her de bal ance of his life. An' he don't know how hit all com' 'bout, but de woman does. " Cose Vou has to use different ways wid different men, for men is own brudder to de mule—dey's powerful apt to balk befo' de matermonial fence, an' some of ’em has to he coaxed, an' some of 'em has to be driven, an’ some of 'em has to be skeered befo' you can make ’em take de jump over hit. ■' ‘Now, dere was Si whut kept a hangin' aroun' Eliza Jane's ontel he wo' out de rockin’ chairs, an’ most <!t I her folks into de po’ house. Si was one of dt>se heah higgoty men dat was so stuck on hisself dat he thought dat both his parents had made a careful study of the science, or art. or whatever it may be called. While still in school he gave manifestations of an inherited power, which both amused and terrified i his school mates H» was only nine- ; teen "hen he was able to manage hit subiects thoroughly and no longer hao any doubts of his powers. He vas 25 when he returned to his I native France and placed himself unde: ■ rhe tutelage of Charcot. the great phy sician and hypnotist who was and -is I the admiration and wonder of both pro- ! sessions. It was Charcot who substi- [ tuted hypnotism for inaesthetics ir. j minor operation’ and wno used to walk j I through the wards of his private Ims-| I pital at Nancy, in Fran< -. putting his ; i patients to sleep with Ills hypnotic) ■l'-rnez; Dormez!” I':oni his studies j I under the master mmd - f mesmerism I : and hypnotism Pauline acquired a I I breadth of view which enabled him to I I return to America and deli', er lectures, : before scientific bodies in hospitals I churches, lyceums and other places of ! public congregation and to make the I acquaintance of men of profound reien : tific learning throughout the country— I men whom he deeply Impressed. It is not a far cry from the rostrum ito the stage and Pauline, being con -1 vlneed by many evidences, that he pos sessed the pow er to please ind m\ stif’ . "ent upon the s’age and has achieved.a i . success unequalled by any other hypno- i I tist in the W* HK 7 '- -X J -A' FAINTIN’ AND FALLIN’ INTO HIS ARMS. folks ought to be willing to pay out money jest to git to look at him. but. law. he didn't have no more idee of marryin' dan nothin’. '' ‘But Liza Jane, she did. so w hut I doe- she up an' do when Si was a startin' home one night? She bursts into tears. ‘‘Whut Is you a-cryin’ about?” asks Si. 'Tse a-w-eepin' " spons Eliza Jane, "becaze you'se a gwine away, an' I won't see you until tomorrow, an' I don’t know how I'se a-gwine to stand hit.” " 'An' dot fotched Si, becaze he felt so sorry for anybody dat had to be de prived of his society dat befo' he know ed hit he was a-tellin’ her dat he wouldn't never leave her no mo'. ” 'An' deer was Bro’ Tb/n Johnslng. dat was one of dese heah bashful men whut gits right ash-colored when dey looks at a woman, an' loses deir voices when dey speaks to her How you reckon Sis Mariah got him spunked up enough to pop de question? She ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * * By Beatrice Fairfax I YOUR AFFAIRS COMPLICATED, Dear Miss Fairfax: I am acquainted with a young man Who Ik nineteen. I am working in an office with a y.oung man who said he cared a great deal for me. I dearly love the second young man. but he is going wdth a young lady. He has asked me to go to church with him. but I have refused on account of the first young man. who is very jealous of me. and I am keeping .steady company with him. MABEL. You don't like your "steady com pany" as well as you like the other man. The other man has a “steady girl.” Under the circumstances' there is nothing for you to do but give up both. HE'S NOT FIT FOR LOVING. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am seventeen and engaged to a young man four years my senior, w hom I have known wight months. I sincere ly love him and know my affections are returned. Before he knew mo he went with another girl, whom he has known for years, and.he on her every week.' AVhen I speak to him about this he says he never forgets his old friends, but if.l speak, to a former friend while f SKa mbbhhoj«J| Baking-day >1 ,.„ has Jts I I WwialSM—.U Sunny side" I ' I PS"** Cottolenel The cook is never satisfied unless her baking turns out well. 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L Made on!y by THE N ‘ K FAIKBANK company * 'Nature’s Gift from the Sunny South" didn't, but ev’y time he speaks she an ■ swerj “Yes,” an' at last she guessed ' right. “ 'An' I ain't a-tellin' how I led Ike up to de proposin' p int, becaze Ike has . done believe for thutty years dat he , done hit all his lone self, an' dat whut brought matters to a head was along of me faintin' an' failin' in his arms becaze I was so skeered of a snake dat we come across when we was takln' a walk an’ dat by de time I done come to he done tole me dat he loved me an' axed me to marry him, “ 'lke say dat but for de accident of dat snake we might never have gotten married, an' I don't argify de pint wid him—but I specs I knows who put dat dead garter snake at dat particler spot in the road. “ ‘Naw'm. I ain't got no opinion of a woman whut is got to pop de question to a man. She sho' do need a guar deen. " 'An hit wouldn’t do her no good es in his company he gets very angry and w on't speak for days. KATHLEEN. A man who is, so selfish during an en gagement will prove a brute after mar riage. If you can't cure him of his selfishness by taking the privileges he demands for himself, break the engage ment. I see nothing but humiliation for you if you marry him. Somewhat Inquisitive ‘‘Do you happen to be going far. sir .”' said the inquisitive man to tne othei occupant of the railway carriage on the night express from London to Scotland. "Oh, no; only to Scotland!” replied the other sarcastically. "I am a com mercial traveler. My age is 38. I am married. My name is Philip Tlgson. 1 have a son eighteen years old. He is in the civil service. He gets about ( 25 shillings .a week. My father died last June. He was a stock broker. My mother is -till living. I have a cousin who has red hair. Our cook is called Mary. Anything else?” The inquisitive man hesitated. “What did your grandfather do for a living"” he inquired slowly she did. becaze all de men would, say. "No," for dis reason —a man don't never think well of nothin' onless he thinks he thought of it first. Dat's de reason dates a woman was to pop de ques tion to a man he'd be dat contrary dat he wouldn’t have her. no matter how much he wanted her. becaze he didn't think of her fust. Men sholy is curis .critters, and hit suttlnly does rub de fur de wrong way wid 'em, an’ de woods would be full of ole maids es women took to doin' de courtin’. " But shoo, daughter,' I says to Ma y Jane, ‘don't you worry none. XVhut does a woman wid a tongue in her head an' a cookin' stove to her hand, to tole a man into matimony wid. need wid de right to pop de question? She don’t have to. Any woman dat don't know no more dan dat 'bout how to git ’roun a man an' manage him ain't got no call to git married. Wbar she belongs ain’t in de holy estate. She was predesti nated an’ foreordained for de .Spin ster's Retreat.' " THE WRONG COURSE. Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 had been going with a young man for three years,until about a year ago, when we had a quarrel. A few .months ago we made up that quarrel and he has be°n visiting me on friendly terms. Nov . I have always told him if he went with another girl he could not come to see me, because it wpu’d not be fair, to the other girl, and it would not be fair to me. About a week ago I heard he was going with another girl Thia made me angry, as he still came to see me. I asked him and he said it was not true, hut later, before a friend, he said it was true. I did not know what to do for the moment and I simply said. 'Well, in that case good-night,". and I have not heard from him since. R. H. H. He is evidently very fickle, or he would not care to go with two girls at cnee. Nor do 1 like his attempt to de ceive you. You are right in your atti tude. but wrong in your course of ac tion. You have hastened an open rup ture. A better way to cure him and to hold him would be to let him go with other girls and demand the right to go with other boys. If he returns, whlctf I hope he will, since you love him, laugh at yourself. Tell him you didn't mean it. and that you don't care whom he. goes with. A little difference will serve as an incentive to his love for you. A man who is freely accorded the right to flirt with other girls loses all desire to exercise it.