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* Youth and Opportunity *
—No. 3—CITIZENSHIP— .
By THOMAS TAPPER.
(The following article is published by
permission from Mr Thomas Tappers
book just published by the Platt and Peek
Co.. N T., anti copyrighted by them, en
titled. •‘Youth and Opportunity >
IN an essay on books. Emerson had
the courage to sot before his read
er® three rules for their guidance.
1 Never read any book that is not a
year pld.
2 Never read any but famed books.
3. Never read any but v hat you like.
The person who reads for pleasure, as
well as profit, would probably feel com
pelled to disregard rules one and two
Tn fact, if he obeys the third rule, he
can necessarily pay but little heed to
the others The world of books Is to
readers not unlike the 1.-ndscape to th*'
observer; every man selects and ad
mires what most appeals tn him. or. In
other words, he finds in the book or the
landscape what there is tn himself. But
he can do more than this if he will: he
can find more in books today than lie
did yesterday, by endeavoring to find
more in himself. To accomplish this is
the logical purpose of the reading hour.
Os xi hat practical benefit la It to stop
In the midst of a, busy life and of an at
tractive environment, and deliberately
plan to set apart some hours of the day
or year for reading hooKS .’ The answer.
In Arnold's words, is "living in the
best company." To one not familiar
with the society of hooks and authors
this reference to them as the hi st <om
panx- may seem a trifle poetic. W bit far
fetched to be literally true But, as a
matter of fact, yve have only to turn to
the utterances of the best, scholars to
find that they are unanimous 1n this
opinion. John Ruskin said:
•*T would urge upon every young man.
as the beginning of his due and wise
provision for his household, to obtain
as soon as he can, by the severest econ
omy, a restricted, serviceable and stead
ily. however slowly Increasing series of
books for use through life; making his
little library, of all the furniture in the
room, the most studied and decorative
pH ace . every volume having its assigned
place, like a little statue In Its niche,
and on*, of the earliest and strictest les
sons to the children of tho house being
how to turn the pages of their own lit
erary possessions lightly and deliber
ately. with no chance of tearing or of
dog's ears."
'Tn books,” Richard de Bury said.
■T And the dead as 1f they were alive;
In books T foresee things to come;
• • • al! the glory of the world
would be buried 1n oblivion unless God
had provided mortals rvith the remedy
of books."
"A collection of books," says Carlyle,
"is a real university.”
And Temple Scot. In his introduction
to "The friendship of Books," has very
wisely pointed out. this:
"We tumble over each other to get n
glimpse of a commonplace man, riding
on horseback, because he is said to he
king of a country’ or a great captain of
industry; but when a real king of. ino;>
THESE SIX LETTERS
From New England Women
Prove that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound Does Restore the Health of Ailing Women.
Boston. Mass.—“l was passing through the Change of Life and suffered
from hemorrhages (sometimes lasting for weeks), and could get nothing to
check them. 1 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
(tablet form) on Tuesday, and the following Saturday morning the hem
orrhages stopped. I have taken them regularly ever since and am steadily
gaining.
“ I certainly think that every one who is troubled as I was should give
yonr Compound Tablets a faithful trial, and they will find relief.”—Mrs.
Geobgb ,luby, 802 Fifth Street, South Boston, Mass,
Letter from Mrs. Julia King, Phoenix, R.l.
Phoenix, R.L—“l worked steady in the mill from the time I was 12 years
old until 1 had been married a year, and 1 think that caused my bad feel
ings. 1 had soreness in my side near my left hip that went around to my
back, and sometimes I would have to lie in bed for two or three days. I
was not able to do my housework.
“ Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has helped me wonderfully in
every way. Yon may use my letter for the good of others. lam only too
glad to do anything within my power to recommend your medicine.” —Mrs.
Julia King, Box 282, Phoenix. R.I.
Letter from Mrs. Etta Donovan,Willimantic, Conn.
Willimantic, Conn.—" For five years I suffered untold agony from female
troubles causing backache, irregularities, dizziness, and nervous prostra
tion It was impossible for me to walk up stairs without stopping on the
way. 1 was all run down in every way.
" I tried three doctors and each told me something different. I received
no benefit from any of them but seemed to suffer more. The last doctor
said it was no use for me to take anything as nothing would restore me to
health again. So I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
to see what it would do, and by taking seven bottles of the Compound and
ether treatment you advised, I am restored to my natural health,”—Mrs.
Etta Donovan, "62 Main Street, Willimantic, Conn.
Letter from Mrs. Winfield Dana, Augusta, Me.
Augusta. Me.—" Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured the
backache, headache, and the bad pain I had in my right side, and I am
perfectly well. ’’—Mrs. Winfield Dana, R.F.D. No. 2, Augusta, Me.
Letter from Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Newport, Vt.
Newport, Vt.—“ I thank you for the great benefit Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done me. 1 took eight bottles and it did wonders
for me. as I was a nervous wreck when I began taking it. I shall always
speak a good word for it to my friends.”—Mrs. John A. Thompson, Box 3,
Newport Center, Vermont.
Letter from Miss Grace Dodds, Bethlehem, N.H.
Bethlehem. N.H.—"By working very hard, sweeping carpets, washing,
ironing, lifting heavy baskets of clothes, etc., I got all run down. 1 was
sick in bed every month.
“ This last Spring my mother got Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound for me. and already 1 feel like another girl. 1 am regular and do
not have the pains that I did. and do not have to go to bed. I will tell all
my friends what the Compound is doing for me.”—Miss Gbacih B. Dodds,
Box 133, Bethlehem, N.H. *
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for set )i ‘ ICr
male ills. Noone siek with woman’s ailments ()[\\\
does justice to herself who will not try this fa- 1/ Wa t-MR >
mous medicine, made from roots and herbs, it I ’ , ™||
has restored so many suffering women to health. I p J
PINKHAM ■wn»u i'.E(O. M /A
(CONFIDENTIAL' LVNN, MASS., for advit e. Wl\ ,7/
Your letter will be opened, read and answered
by a vtoxnaJi and lieid in strict coafideuce.
sits with us at home we take the first
opportunity to get out of his way. T
suppose it is much easier to look at a
man's uniform than talk with a man’s
soul.”
Os the vast range of Opportunity that'
lies ready for the service, o,f Youth, an
essential portion is Io be found in good
books. They' persist because truth for
ever vitalizes whatever form of expres
sion it takes. It is indispensable for
the youth, to acquire the simple technic
of mastering books, for they will serve
him with their truth to the end of his
days. Rut It must be constantly re
membered that as true books come into
being through the reflection and sug
gestion of < nvfronment to their writers,
so they must be read back again to the
environment of the reader. This Is dis
tinctly the vitalizing process in reading.
AND WHEN READING IS NOT VI
TAE IT IS NECESSARILY DEAD
If we have a fair perception of what
reading it is best to pursue, and If we
have learned somewhat the method of
painstaking reading, the hour we can
give to It, even infrequently, will he
oome one of the. distinct pleasure of life.
1 ■
Nothing But Rats
"It was a rat ship I was sailin’ in
that trip." said the old salt, reminis
cently. "One of the riingdest rat ships
I ever saw. There was rats in ft from
bow to stern, rats in the hold, rats in
the galley, in the steerage. In the
fo'o’sle, in the old man's room—every
where. Rats! Nothin’ but.
"Bimeby ft got so bad we had tn put
In an’ get them off. So we hooped up
to a dock and fumigated. I was on
deck, an' I saw them tats leavin'. I
counted ’em. They was fifteen million
of ’em.”
“Fifteen million?" asked the other.
"Ain't that a lot o' rats? Are you
sure?"
"Sure? Yes, I'm sure. They wag fif
teen million ruts, and I counted ’em
. More than that, every rat weighed half
a pound. They was big, fat, sassy ones.
I'm tellln'.”
"Fifteen million rats, and every one
weighed half a pound, and they all
. came off your ship! That's seven mll
lion and a half pounds of rats. Say.
Jim, what was the tonnage of that
ship?”
' "Oh, about a hundred and fifty tons."
An Easy Epigram
"That WHtn't a bad epigram on the
magistrate’s part.' said Ihe somew hat
educated tramp, who had been convict
ed for vagrancy
"What did he say?" asked the tramp's
1 pal.
"Seven days." came the reply.
"Thai ain't no epigram, is it?” qner-
i ,< .1 Walker No. ?.
, "I'm sure 11 Is," replied the vagrant.
’ "I asked a parson once what an epi
gram was, and he .‘ms. 'lt's a short
f sentence that sminus light, but gives'
i you plenty to think about.''
“Ask the Man Who Owns One By Nell Brinkley
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That familiar phrase can mean a lot in more ways than one—ask the man who owns a sweetheart if it can't.
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * * By Beatrice Fairfax
THE INITIATIVE IS YOURS.
Dear Ml.-s Fairfax:
I met a young man at a friend’s
house. This young man called at my i
house with serious intentions. The i
second time he called, upon saying
good-night, he asked me when he could I
see tne again. The third time he called <
he took me to the theater, and this time ’
when saying good-night did not men- '
tlon anything about calling again. Was
It my place to ask him to call, when
he did not say a word about wanting
to see me again? J. A. ’
It is your place to ask him to call,
(hough you have become such great
friends he is not infringing on his
rights in asking for the privilege. It
would be proper for you to write him
a note asking him to e-ill. but don't urge
him. Let him know that it is not a
matter of. vital importance to you if
you never see him again.
DON'T SIGH SO MUCH.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Four years It is that I am keeping com
pany with a girl two years my junior. 1
am twenty \ few night.' ago she (old 111-
site does not love me. 1 am in a de
plorable state. 1 love her and only her
1 would rather die than be away from
her What shall 1 do to regain her af
fection? GRAVE.
It is my opinion she is tiring o£ such
constant love. If you will reply to her
by saying it is the same with you. het
indifference will at once become a very
lively interest.
If you tell her the loss of her love
will kill you. it will not make her love
you a whit more. Love-making is a
game, and the man who moans and
sighs is plating it to lose.
THE DIFFERENCE IS IMMATERIAL.
IVesr Miss Fairfax:
1 am eighteen and deeply in love with
a young man one year my junior. Ho
has asked me to marry him several
times, and 1 have always refused, be
lieving hint to be too young. Do you
think the difference is too great in our
ages to marry? DESPERATE.
The difference in your ages is too
small to consider for a moment. But
seventeen is too young for a man to
think of marrying. Put It off four or
five years for his sake
I am sorry you sign your name "Des
perate. ' It is too ominous, too serious
a word for a light-hearted young girl
•n include in h-r vocabulary Look at i
’his matter more sanely and 'ou will I
: " r i .'t- there is nothing tu be desperate i
I AtUUfcL .... -. I
YOU CERTAINLY ARE.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
1 am 22 and a' young man a text years
my senior has been calling on me for
the past three years He is jn love
with me and I have also learned to love
him. in the three years he has never
vailed to see any other girl. He has
repeatedly told me he will never marry,
although he calls regularly and often.
Am I wasting my time?
I’NbECIDED.
He has monopolized you for three
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will be that he either will become an
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discontinue his attentions. Either
course will he better than his present
selfish attitude.
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
Daysey mayme appleton
spends a great deal of time these
evenings sitting at a window
looking out into the dark.
Although her hearing is perfectly
good, she doesn't hear when any one
addresses her. and when her mother
sends her to the .kitchen for matches
she comes back from the parlor with a
copy of Byron.
•Everything at the dinner, from soup
to ice cream, tastes alike to her, and
unless she is watched she puts sugar
on her spinach and vinegar in her tea.
She spends more time than usual in
front of the mirror, and when she isn't
taking her hair down she is doing it up.
She is so irrational and irresponsible
that, if sent in haste tt> the fire-alarm
box. she would stop to look for four
leafed clovers on the way.
For Daysey Mayme is in love, again
and still! And the proprietor of the
drug store where her Best Beloved has
charge of the soda fountain estimates
that she has been in there as often as
thirty-seven times for soda water in
one day, and then he.lost the count.
Her Best Beloved looks at the world
over a collar as high as a pasture fence.
His eyes, to quote Daysey Mayme, are
like "wet pansies." which in any lan
guage but that of love means they are
watery blue.
His hair has been driven off his fore
head by the fervor of his thinking, and
a ver.v thin and pale gold fringe ap
pears away back on his head. He
throws soulful interest in his voice
when he asks, "Sundae or plain?” that
proves he has a heart, beating in tender
sympathy for those who gather on the
other side of the counter.
Aunt Maria Gets a Shock.
Aunt Marie had heard so much of
his charms that the first, time she saw
him she grasped at the marble counter
for support.
Could it be? It could. And 1t was.
And she refused ice cream soda, and
said she would take something that
would act as a tonic on the nerves. She
needed it badly.
The young man calls every Friday,
his only night off, and Aunt Maria wa£
persuaded one evening to come into the
parlor and meet him socially.
"He's so brilliant, so witty, so
brainy!" gasped Daysey Mayme. "It
will be a real inspiration to you to hear
him talk!"
Best Beloved goes to many moving
picture shows, and moving pictures
forms the basis of his brilliant conver
sation.
"I saw a good one the other night,"
' .Ik '..
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he began; "it was about-George the
Wash."
"Who?” faltered Aunt Marie.
"George the Wash." he said, and
Daysey Mayme. whvse mind is quicker
than that of her aunt, stuffed her
handkerchief in her mouth to keep
from laughing.
"Yes," he said noting Aunt Maria's
dazed look yvith satisfaction—it xvas
such a tribute to his wit. "George the
Wash. And Jeff was in it, and Burr.
Opening of a Chestnut Burr, you
know." he explained, and Daysey
Mayme screamed in glee,
“Oh. you are too cute for anything'.'.’
she said, laughing till the tears came.
"He means Aaron Burr. Aunt Maria!"
Aunt Maria fanned herself with her
handkerchief and made a brave at
tempt to smile.
T must not allow myself to get old"’
she thought, with self-reproach; "I
must keep young, and the only way to
keep young is to be interested in what
interests the young.”
She smiled bravely and turned an Ex
pectant face toward this most brilliant
of his sex.
He Certainly l s Funny,
"Do. you know," he said to Daysey
Mayme, “I’d like to get a job pounding
the piano in a moving picture Show.s
I'd show those chickens who play the
piano a tune to match the picture.”
"Chickens?” said Aunt Maria. "Do
they have live chickens at the piano?"
Daysey Mayme almost blew herself
to pieces with the force of her merri
ment. "He means." she said, and then,
ha, ha ha, he, he, he, in even - octave,
"he means—oh. you tell her!” unable
to control her voice any longer. .
"I mean the young ladies xvho play,"
said he, in a nice kind way, such as
one would adopt in explaining to a
child that the earth moves.
"Oh!” Aunt Maria felt her resolu
tion to remain young growing wabbly
in the knees. She wondered, if she had
become too old to keep young.
"I’d play 'Shull We Gather at the
River?' when George the Wash crosses
the Delaware," he said, with the man
ner of one who just can’t help being
witty, even when one tries, “and ‘Noth
ing but Leaves’ when the soldiers are
' all leavjng for war. and” —but Aunt
Maria heard no more.
With the peals of Daysey Mayme’s
shrill laughter ringing tn her ears, and
’ a sickening sense of defeat in her reso
lution to keep young, she staggered
down the hall to the bath room and
turned the cold water faucet on her
' head.