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THE GEO BOHAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE Getting On In Life By THOMAS TAPPER. . i. 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. On the Way 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!" At Fountains & Elsewhere Ask for HORLICK’S The Original and Genuine MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. At restaurants, hotels, and fountains. Delicious, invigorating and sustaining. Keep it on your sideboard at home. Don t travel without it. A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take no imitation, Just say * HORLICK’S.” flfaf in Any Milk Trust Lillian Lorraine’s Beautv Secrets For Girls & J How to Look Charming Early in the Morning I f Mr & M2 1 k .IPd ' 'JI Hr'' 6 •/ I ft® fWKi v. iWiifl it® aw Mitt *■ x ol' I Illi JI jfl| Sw* X i U IBml fl I /A fit lOt- ■ % j w i iM "Wi ' F' Wl f ® WMHL f ■r \ *■w /A S OIKj w\WI It , B > 4 l-asS ■ ■ I -• ■■ i ZW-'KwOs ?!£> ifcHHWw..■ h ! ■.Lt* I 40- wwwm /.< f u/ ' t'Ww w™ wi O ‘ Hk k : t v I/*j ■ S S t ■' -JKi s ■ h»'s aIJ you need to gain a .smiling morning visage is a few niinules of deep breathing with the windows open. 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!" i They've rot a new lighthouse keep'’i • 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 | phosph ii, es - 'em will ;r unlly send | l you lo ;m- breakfast table n a more j i amiahl- fl one of inflhd and w it h a pi el - i HrrLf.i. 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 I rules es h, ayf \ If v <f| s!»»-p \\ .th <»Uf i fa.<e under ti;p blanket!? in the winter :im» . or co\ ■ red over v itb i sheet in • summer, s » that you are <. onlinuaily re- ! breathing : ’ air you have .i : rendy i haled, you will arise a pale and pa k ;y- j fa<(‘d individual, and you need not ex-; pet t an\ s\ npa thy. Xow is to the morning hair. It : ought to hr a disgrace .<■ rome to th* ' biea’yt’as’ the v itimui having’ brushed j on* -• hair and ’• it properly. AVd ! * -"'d • hpdrrn for it. and then we do ii I ■ oiP’selv* s. Ever) 'Vienau ought t<» have one style ■ ! iviir n■ < - -a hi h is Just a:- quick j to do a- it Is berondng to her. It I no du'' he the -va' sh- 1 dots her hair in ' t’m aft e* j.inr: <• t vot’ii.g. but ii must; be distin ui\ and eharming. 1 think the « mpb-st way otu can dot lone's hair is usually the most oecom- | ing. rypi'i.iaL'y m the ni'', , b;ig. hut ; ’Aomrn \\.io have to resort to < urling | | i'(>;r ß , or whose duties don't allow them j time enough* for this should < eplainly i affe I the little silk caps or the ribbon j bands and caps which are like the ban- i Nadine Face Powder (In Green Boxes Only. ) Makes the Complexion Beautiful s'" Soft and Velvety / \ -WtIB \ Harmless ; Saßfe.. Money Back if Not ' W' I Entirely Pleaud. I'' ... 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Next ”>t kI am going to tcli i .'O.u ho'\ to Hike lure of them, hut be ■"i e y<*u du !• ai ni2:i;. <•» that in th< ! me mi ng lilt' 'ill m■. <h■ie b: igh- m9s • o* your morning f■ • * =ii =tr—ir=ir I,— i, _=ii «=i| / Are You Keeping the Flies Out of Your Home? “ One hardly realizes the great —i .... Ji ihwh llwnmiWM danger which the filth5 r disease- breeding housefly carries every- y .... . u i-.erc, simply because the pes- ' at> tiferous little insects arc so coni- S?'■ ’J M fflw mon. Vet these same little pests 'j: ?»r| ■ ■ vP-W M cause the deaths of 40.000 to 50.- S; 'A, laJalLkM r Ipi M MM 000 persons in the United States jp ' ■ f?p® -*4’ aw r- I every year. ■ i M SCREEN YOUR HOUSE | A . ■ 18-Ol now l.’-Mfefe Sr •' £ pn d AVo ’d the dangers they might ® | - Il ft-bring ’ PtO YOUR home. 1 nl»* '■ SaThe very best Screen Doors and Windows can be had right from our stock, and you'll find our Pt ’ces very attractive. Better see us before you buy, »■ IPII ■ Doors 90c to $7.50 I Will Windows 25c to 75c SPECIAL HALF j _ PRICE SALE L DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS we will close out about 5 or 6 dozen Screen Doors carried over from last year, at exactly HALF PRICE. Most of these doors are i perfectly good. Here’s your chance to pick up some genuine bargains, | Anderson Hardware Co. south L==]|— =y, |p=ii ii—l| --H lf==U. * Hunting a Husband * 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?" 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