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THE QEOSQIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE * 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 Xz 7 !&*« A fl WwJwk r 7 f fefflX , Pa:aX Xi s 'X ' ■ & t - 1W . . .. ' 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. 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You can surelv have pretty, soft, lustrous hair, and lots of it, if vou will just get a Zir ent bottle of S- Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter and try it as directed. jg, , years and no doubt his attentions have kept other lovers away. Plead an on- ■ gagement the next time he wants to call. Let the suggestion penetrate his brain that you do not care for him. and do care for some one else-. The effect will be that he either will become an avowed suitor for your hand or nil] 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 '.. £ ■ fe? < fe • Cutting down the household expenses With food prices soaring skyward the house wife needs an elastic allowance —or must buy more wisely. This doesn’t mean buy ing cheaper meats, but buying less meat. Fill its place with FAUST BRAND SPAGHETTI t A 5c package of Faust Spaghetti will give a generous helping to five persons. And they won’t require meat, for they get all the nourishment from spaghetti that the body requires. See what a saving Faust Spaghetti means to you. Make it the chief dish for dinner at least once a week. Your grocer sells it in 5c and 10c packages. Write for our free booklet of Faust Recipes NIXLJIT BROS. St. Louis, Mo. LOWEST PRICES—BEST WOR? GUARANTEED A ~ Gold Crowns J) J|j $ J? ill SSSSS! 01HER FRIGES JUST vt“WXV AS REASON ' ab le SET CF TEETH $5.00. ALL MY WORK GUARANTEED. OR. E. G. GRIFFIN’S de £? t a e l & t o v ms 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.