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Getting On In
Life
By THOMAS TAPPER.
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1 -v tE have all seen the gentle man
\/\/ nered boy in a crowd, the boy
* * tha always minds his busi
ness and never quarrels One day the
crowd begins'to plague, him. He gets
fighting mad, and makes a reputation
on the spot by licking everybody in
sight.
One of Walter Scott s teachers stood
him up in a corner and put the dunce
cap on his head.
A teacher of Beethoven, the great
composer, declared he would never
learn, and advised others to have noth
ing to do with him.
But Scott, like the boy. waked up
and licked a reputation out of the
world. So did Beethoven. So have
thousands of others.
The most cheerful fact in biography
is this sudden change one day in the
mental life of the so-called stupid
young man or woman. All at once the
sleepy look disappears, and the fight
is on.
11.
There once lived in the south of Eng
land a clergyman, Carter by name. His
wife d’ed from grief at having lost her
little fortune in a gold brick proposition
of those days called the South Sea
stocks.
The clergyman was left with a family
of boys and girls, one of whom, Eliza
beth, was ten years old when her moth
er died. The father undertook to edu
cate them alike, giving the girls the
same training as the boys.
They all got along very well with
their lessons except Elizabeth. Try as
he would. Dr. Carter could make no
headway with her. She was one of the
"born-stupid" kind, and all effort to
give her an education seemed useless.
After a while, as Elizabeth grew older
and began to notice things, herself in
cluded. she began to get anxious. It
was no great privilege to so through
life as "the stupid Carter girl." That
made Elizabeth mad, and she took her
case in her own hands.
She made up her mind that what site
niipt do she must do by herself, so sb ■
began to study again, keeping at it lat
at night and beginning again early in
the morning. But Elizabeth had great
trouble in keeping awake —quite a stu
pid sympX>m. She fought this habit m
falling asleep by taking large quant!
ties of snuff and chewing green :
leaves.
This kept her awake, and incidental!
injured her health. But it lifted
trap door, so to speak, and the ligr
crept in.
One of her favorite studies wu =
Greek. The great author of her ’it,:-
Dr. Samuel Johnson, declared her to nf
the greatest Greek scholar of hei iin:.
She also learned Latin. Hebrew.
man. French. Italian, Spanish. Porlu
guese and Arabic. Stupid Elizabeth
was getting on. you see.
She also learned much of astronomy
and history: and she wrote poetry.
Some of her poems appeared in the
leading magazines, and were afterward
published in book form.
But her principal work was a trans
lation of the philosophy of the Greek
s’ave. Epictetus, which was published
by subscription.
Elizabeth was still getting on; in
fact, her work began to attract so much
attention that the great men of her
time became her friends. Among them
were Johnson. Bishop Butler, Horace
Walpole, Hannah More and many
others.
Through a long life (she died at 89)
Elizabeth kept on doing literary work
and impressing people with the power
of her mind.
TIT.
No one would recommend snuff and
green tea as a cure for the reputation
of being stupid. And they are not nec
essary. either. Further, no one would
deny that every one of us is stupid in
one way or anothei The cure is to be
determined to get over it. to down it, to
get fighting mad and become master of
the situation.
Scores of thousands of people have
done it and are doing it today. Thev
are striking out a line of work lasting
late at night and beginning again early
in the morning. That makes a long
day. but a long day is better than the
snuff and green tea.
if anything seems particularly hard,
jus- say to yourself:
Elizabeth Carter got on in life, and
so can 1.
And you can.
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Pat Murphy was a great favorite in
the works. Even the master would stop
and crack a joke with him.
One day the "boss" met Pat.
"Morning. Pat." he said. "I hear that
lately you've taken quite a fancy for
the girls."
Pat blushed and sniggered.
"Have you met your fate yet?" went
on the master.
“Sure, an' b'gorrah. sir," exclaimed
Pat ruefuil, 'I met wan av her fa
ther’s fate last noight!"
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ONE of the queerest arguments >
ever heard was in favor of the
economic independence of wom
en. voiced by a man who hail formerly
been opposed to anything of tile kind
and believed women should always
stay in the home.
"There must he something to it." he
admitted, "because 1 notice the wom
an who earns, her own living always
looks so nice and tidy in the morning
and the girls who troop down to my
office building at 9 o’clock have such
nice morning faces."
The man heaved a sigh, and those "f
us who knew him well at once recalled
the picture of his wife, who, with all
his money at her command, was any
thing but a pleasing vision at the
breakfast table, though she managed to
be quite inagnificc nt at night.
While her evening dresses were al
ways chosen with due regard to theit
attractiveness, and were kept in im->
maculate condition, she seemed to get
her morning gown- in a tit of ex
treme absence of mind. I don’t know
where she got them, but they seemed
always of the color and materia! which
was most unbecoming to her particu
lar type of morning face.
You know every woman has a morn
ing face which is entirely different
from her afternoon ami evening one.
Usually she keeps the morning face
for home use. but by the time she is
completely dressed, which often does
not occur until the afternoon, her face
has so changed that you wouldn't
know it to be the heavy, drooping
countenance with puffy eyelids and a
general grumpy expression, with which
she poured out the coffee in the early
hours of the day.
The man that I am speaking of did
not elope with his stenographer, or
scandalize the communit,' in any way.
He just settled down into an unvorn
plaining, hard-working American hus
band, who believed that women w'erc
queer fish anyhow. His wife ( s a tre
mendous social success, and much ad
mired when site appears at, luncheons
ot at afternoon and evening functions. J
But no one who ever saw her early in j
the mornings would be much inspired j
by her apeparance
She is one of those women who never
seem to get. dressed all at once. She
will get partly dressed, and then throw
on a wrapper of some soil, and write a!
letter, or read the papers, or have her
breakfast, and. as I’ve said, her wrap- i
peis ate hideous, and they are never I
quite dainty. Hr house slippers are
never blacked. 01 kept in proper shape. |
and he do not do In r bait until “he j
te.ul i" :o out 'coutse. she |
might t'e ir a dainty little cap. nut •!v i
has a strict sen-e of economy, as she*
has often told me. and she doesn't be
lieve in unnecessary frills, or in spend
ing money merely to he attractive to
her own family, who. as she says, ought
to love her anyhow.
1 suppose they do from a sense of
duty, but I wouldn’t. The e-irly mmn
ing face, the face that “milt or scowls
at you m-ro‘.-R the breakfast table, does
more to make your day* a pleasant one
or to up >-t it complete!', then any
other factor in the horn-.
In the tii “i pls'-e. the rno"ning fur-el
shouid be sweet. w holesome and cl an. j
There should or no glint on P of the I
remains of < old cream, and esprvia'ly
around the eyelashes one must, take
great care Io wipe and wash off any
kind of beauty cream that one has put I
on a: night.
Tiie giri who wants to be pretty,'
pretty as a ..girl and charming as a
wife, must form the nabit early of |
getting completely dressed and not
performing this ceremony in fits and
starts during the entire forenoon.
Probably one reason why the busi
’ ness girl is so attractive is because she
gem this habit of appearing at the
breakfast table neatly and completely
dressed, and after ehe is married you
will find that she continues to affect the
shirtwaist and skirt for breakfast or
trim h'cf.ing morning gowns that have
something of the trig appearance of her
old business costume, with all the lux
urious comfort of a morning at home.
. Many girls when they look at them
selves in the glass just on arising, no
tice w ith horror, that their w hole face
seems bloated, (if course, this condi
tion disappears afte. a while, hut you
can help banish it by a cold hath and
by sponging off the face in very <-old
water, in which a few drops of spirits
of campho: have been poured Instead
of camphor, you can use one of the
toilet vinegars, or a strong toilet wa
ter like eau de cologne. The scented
bath salty which can be had now so
Rigid Economy
Naturally, it was in Ireland. A m w
keeper had been appointed for the local I
light house, but he had not been on
duly many days before <<>mplaini;-
against him began to filter in.
The coast guard got out his little
| boat and rowed across to the light
i house io investigate.
"Patsy." said that officer, “we’re get
ting a good many grumbles about you.
“And phwat for; sure?" came th<
question.
| "Why. the sailors say your light !
| doesn't burn after 12 o’clock."
Patsy scratched his head thought-|
| fully.
j "Sure, now , an' bedad, I put me lights
| out ar 12. I thought by that toime a!)
pho ships'd be in. so I'd better save the
i tie!"
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• now. .
reasonably are d- loti, things to wake
ope up, because a spoonful or so poured
in the bath gives the water a delightful
ini gorating clement as well as the per
fume.
If you habitually wake up with a
giouvh. you uaii be unite sur° there i
something wrong with you - digestion.
I am not a doctor, and won't suggest a
vit. i for that, but imnle ri med e like I
a glass of hot w at< i ■ itb lemon 1
squeezed in.' taken in sips wh. < y0..il
j are dr -- .-sing. • 1 hot water w i'.i i Ii;; I- 1
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l you lo ;m- breakfast table n a more j
i amiahl- fl one of inflhd and w it h a pi el - i
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tinm nJI \<»n need to gain a
sni.hng ;d« riLng vi, -\xe a f■” min ;
utps i's .h i' sj.:• 1 ■ ultijn fv<— n: '
ijet'p ’Tna. a u i: a ihe \\ in»h» a s open. |
If you s’h-< p w;; h yout window s’
ph. >ou 'ill i<»t be ia < a : ;i’b>e in I
ii he 'tioi niiri. Tb-it one "f I .ho fir<‘ i
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fa.<e under ti;p blanket!? in the winter
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No. 2—The Widow Grows Resentful at the Matchmaker’s Schemes.
By VIRGINIA T. VAN DE WATER.
MRS. ROBBINS, at whose home
Beatrice .Minor and Robert
■Marcy met, was a confirmed, if
unacknowledged. matchmaker. She
had often told Beatrice it actually
made her own heart ache to see her
living such a lonely life.
She, considered it a de
lightful coincidence that the widow and
the widower should appear at her little
afternoon "at home” at the same time
Robert Marcy was one of the few’ men
who attend afternoon teas. During his
wife's lifetime he had done so only
very occasionally with her, and always
I under vigorous and strongly expressed
| protest—protest which sometimes had
brought tears to her eyes.
While he looked into Beatrice's eyes
-he noted especially his Hashing smile
and fine, regular leetii, and remem
bered that Tom's mouth had always
been homely, and that his teeth had
been quite irregular. That was why
she had urged him to wear a mustache,
which, of cot.ise, he declined to do. But
it was only her subconscious mind that
recalled thes” facts, for she was chat
ting meanwhile with b’: new acquain
tance and with her hostess.
The Matchmaker.
Then -everal other people came in
and the pair ti ifted to different parts
of the mom. Nor did they meet again
until Robert sought out Beatrice to bid
her good-bye.
"It ha: been a pleasure to meet you,"
he said. "I have been very lonely, and
I f’-el grateful to ou- dear hostess for
Inviting Yue to dim' here w ith you next
week. I hope that nothing will inter
ft-: e v. ith your coming.”
"I have heard nothing of the affair."
sawi Beatrice. "I may very possibly be
ngaged for every night next week."
She felt a chill of resentment that
Helen Robbins should make an ar
rangement with any man to '|ieet her
at ilium r v ithott' (i -t consulting her.
In tact, she considered it somewhat of
in impeitineni c. 'if course, Mi. Marcy
i nun) not know this, but she w ould tell
I Helen what she thought of it.
li was not delicate, she thought, and
-ho wondered if : ho tpan In question
did not suspect what Helen was about,
tnd if he thought that she. a widow of
only two yea's, was party to the plan.
Evon though she had decided in het in
ward soul that if site ever met a man
| who was worth while she might marry
.! again, th-t was her own affair; hut for
| another w oman to think such a thing of
I he:. sfid to go so fa a* 5 to show that
| -h" was thinking it. was most indeli-
I i a to.
I i-cte w".‘; roused from her reflectidhs
Iby the v"i' of her hostess, -aying:
Recommending Him.
"Os course, you know that poor Bob
Matey is a widower, and has gone no
where for months. That is why you
have not heard me speak of him - as In- i
j has kept himself -.hut away f;om all his
sot pier aciatey I was vety glad I"
see him here today and to notice how
bright tmi cheerful he was when Im was
talking to you. Yes, | l( . has been sad
and lonely, sot Im was one of the men
who love their wives de. otedly . I al
ways say such make the best hu-bands
to i " ■ mid w ives "
Reatri'.” flushed hotly.
"What has all this to do with me,
Hr an.' site asked with a limit’. Toil ■
not know that Rob* Marcy was a
widower, nor do I care whether he is or
not, only I should think lie might be
allowed to talk io a woman w ithmi!
anybody's thinking that In is planning |
to marry again. Perhaps he may find
some girl with so little sense that she
may be satisfied with him. I. for my
part, can not comprehend how any one
who has been happily- wedded once f
would ever make a second attempt. But 5
widowers are different from widows—
mores the pity! But Ido not consider 1
it in good taste for Mr. Marcy's ac
quaintances to plan for his second mar
riage. You were his wife’s friend,
weren’t you?"
Helen widened her pretty blue eyes
in unaffected astonishment at her
guest's vehemence. ♦
"Why. dear.” she said, "what Is the
matter? Yes, 1 was his wife’s friend,
and because I know how good he is I
want him to be happy again. But Ido
not understand why you should resent
my mentioning the matter. You actual
ly talk as if you did not like him. and I
thought you would find him a pleasant
fellow. He is certainly a gentleman—
even if he is a widower." she added
teasingly.
As Beatrice walked homeward she
acknowledged to herself the humiliat
ing fact that she had been angered be
cause Helen had almost spoken out her
own thought of a second marriage. It
was one thing to confess it to one's
self. It was quite another to have one's
friend voice it. And, moreover, mut
tered Beatrice, she would not have any
man. least of all a widower, thrown at
her head. No, she would not go to that
dinner!
Hut in her heart of hearts she knew
that tomorrow ehe would write a note
of acceptance of the invitation. Never
theless. until then, she would, even to
herself, keep up the little- game of re
sentment and indifference.
Settling His Account
The bright, little surgery at the rear
of the doctor's house was occupied by
two —the medical man and a patient,
who was being attended to for the last
time, seeing that lie had got over his
Illness.
“Yes, yes,” said the doctor; "you're
all right now. You needn't come here
again."
"But. sir." remarked th<> patient, "vot
aboot der hill? J ain't got mooch
money , vii| you dake der bill out in
trade""
Th» saw bones looked his man up and
dowp.
"Well. I might do it." he replied.
"What is your business?"
"I am der leader of der tlddle Ger
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your house every evening for von
month."
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