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THE MAGAZIME/ PAGE * Youth and Opportunity * No. 3—CITIZENSHIP— By THOMAS TAPPER. (The following article is published by permission from Mr Thomas Tapper s book just published by the Platt ftid Peek Co., N Y- and cop? righted by them, en titled. 'Youth and Opportunity » TX an essay on book, . Emcr-on hac “ the courage to set before Hi- read ers three rules so- their guican 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. ■J: Never* read any hut famed.book 3. Never read an. but what you Hk>- The person who reads for pleasure, as well as profit would probably for' com pelled to disregard rules one and two In fact, if Ije obeys the third rule, he can necessarily pay but little heed to the others The world of hooks is to readers not unlike the landscape to the observer every man selec ts and ad mires what most appeals to him, or. In other words, he finds in the book or the landscape what there is in himself Rut he can do mo r e than this if he will: he can find snore ,n bonks today than h® did yesterday, by ends ivoring to find more - in him s-'lf. To accomplish this is th* logical purpose of the reading hour. Os what practical benefit is it to stop tn 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 books? The answer, in Arnold's words. Is "living in the best company" To one not familiar with the society of books and authors this reference to them as the hesUcom pery may seem, a trifle poetic, a bit far fetched to be literally true Hut. as a matter of fa- t we have only to turn to the utterances of the best scholars to find- that thev are unanimous In this opinion John Ruskin said ”1 would urge upon ••very young man, as the beginning of hl. due and wise provision for his household, to obtain as soon as he can. by the severest econ omy. a restricted serviceable and ste ed- Uy. however slowly increasing series of books for use through life: making his little lib'-ary. of all th' furniture in tip room, the most studied and decorative place, every volume having its assigned place like a little statue in its niche, and one of .the earlie st and strictest les eons to the children of the hou e 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 hooks." Richard de Bury said, "I And the dead as if they were alive. In books 1 foresee things to come; * * * all the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books ” "A collection of books," says Carlyle, "Is a real university ” And Temple Scot, in his introduction to ‘The Friendship of Rooks," has very wisely pointed out this: "We tumble over each other to get a glimpse of a commonplace man, riding on horseback. because he is said tn be king of a c ountry or a great captain of Industry; but when a real king of men 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 cheek them. I began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound (tablet form) on Tuesday, and the following Saturday morning the hem orrhages stopped. 1 have taken them regularly ever since and am steadily gaining. “ I certainly think that every one who is troubled as I was should give your Compound Tablets a faithful trial, and they will find relief.” —Mrs. George Jubv, SO2 Fifth Street, South Boston, Mass. Letter from Mrs. Julia King. Phoenix, R.l. Phoenix. R.l I worked steady in the mil! from the time 1 was 1° years eld until I had been married a year, and I think that caused my bad feel ings. 1 had soreness in my side near my left hip (hat went around to my baek. 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. \ou may use my letter for the good of others. lam only too glad toflo anything within mv power to recommend your medicine.” —Mrs. Julia King. Box 252. Phoenix. R.l. 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. I was ail run down in every wav. “ I tried three doctors and each told me something different. I received no lienetit from any of them but. seemed to suffer more. The last doctor said it was no use for me to fake anything as nothing would restore me to health again. So 1 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to see what it would do. and by taking seven bottles of the Compound and other treatment you advised, 1 am restored to my natural health.”—Mrs. Etta Donovan, Main Street, Willimantic, Conn'. Letter from Mrs. Winfield Dana, Augusta, Me- Augusta Mr I,vina E, Pinkham's \ pgetjihle (bninound has cured tha backache, headache. and the bad pam I had in my right side, and 1 am perfectly well. —Mrs. W infield Dan a, 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 1 was a nervous wreck when 1 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., 1 got all run down. I 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. I 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 Gracie B. Douds, Box 133, Bethlehem, N.H. For 30 years Lydia IL Pinkbam’s Vegetable Compound has been thestandard remedv forte- ba(r male ills. Noone sick with woman's ailments U)/ does justice to herself who will not try this fa mous medicine, made from roots and herbs, it Ij ’•'*>'ijv jj has restored so many suffering women to health. Il * j COXFIbEXTIAL JA W. MA>N.. for advice. W / You, letter oill be opened read and answered b> u woman and held in bind confideuce. sits with us at home we take the first opportunity to get out of his way.. I suppose it Is much easier to look at a c man s uniform than talk with a man's sou!.”- Os the vast range of Opportunity that | lr , c ready for the service of Youth, an rssential portion Is to b® found in good books. They persist because truth for i-ver vitalizes whatever form of expres sion it takes. It is indispensable for the vouth. to acquire the simple technic of mastering books, for they will serve him with their truth to the end of his days. But it must be constantly re membered that as true books come into being through the reflection and sug gestion of environment to their writers, so they niu.-i 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 TAL 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 t<> it. even infrequently, will be rome one of the distinct pleasure of life Nothing But Rats "It was a rat ship I was sailin’ in that trip.” said the old salt, reminis cently "One of the dlngdest rat ships I ever saw. There was rats in it. front bow to stern, rats in th® hold, rats in the galley, In the steerage, In the fo’cSle. in the c>4d man's room—every where Rats! Nothin' hut. "Bimeby It got so bad we had to put in an’ get them off. So we h. >pe 1 up to a dork and fumigated. I was on deck, an' 1 saw them rats leavin’. 1 counted 'em. Th“y was fifteen million of ’em." "Fifteen million?" asked th® oth r. "Ain’t Unit > lot o' rats? Are you rute?" "Sus " Yes, I'm sure Thev <*f fif teen million rats, and 1 counted 'em More than that, even rat weighed half a pound. They was big, f it. sassy ones. I’m tollin'." "Fifteen million rats, and ever.’ one weighed half i pound, and they till came off your ship' That’s s t m mil lion and a half pounds of, rat.-. Sa. - , Jim, what wa the tonnage of that ship?" "< th. about a hundred and fifty ton. ." An Easy Epigram ' That wasn't a bad epigram nn the magistrate's part.' said the somewhat educated tramp, who had been convict ed for vagrancy "What did he say?" asked the tramp's pal. "Seven days," came the reply , "That ain't no epigram, is it?" quer c-d Walker N". 2 Tm sure II is.” replied the vagrant. "I asked a parson once what an epi gram was and h" eavs ‘lt's a short sentence that sounds light, but gives you plenty to think about.' ’’ “Ask the Man Who Owns One By Nell Brinkley Copyright. Al 2. X«tlon*l News Association. ) 7 -z a > - * V*;- . * | W . A® JL. 'I f c ‘ tfraaß j I M W: « ’•life '--Z Z >S www < "•'i" ' 'W W' -7 ?<Z Ac z ; . - .y I- - ■ ——- - "hat familiar phrase can mean a lot in rnore ways than one—ask the man who owns a sweetheart if it can't. ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN * v. By Beatrice Fairfax THE INITIATIVE IS YOURS. Dear Miss Fairfax; I met a young man at a friend's housa. This young man called at my house with serious intentions. The second time he called, upon saying good-night, he asked me when he could see me again. The third time b- vailed he took me to the theater, and this time when saying good-night did not men tion 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? T. A. it is your place to ask him to call, though .'ou have become such great friends he is not infringing on his "ights in asking for the privilege. It would be proper for you to write him i note asking him to call, but don't urge him. Let him know that it is not a matter of vital importance to you if -■ou 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 yea-s my junior. I am twenty. A few nights ago she told ni" she does not love me I am in a de plorable stale. T love her and only her. I would rather die than be away from her What shall I do to regain her .af fection? GRAVE. It is my opinion she ts tiring of swli constant love. If you w ill reply to her by saying it is the same with you, het indifference will at once become a very ■ivel.v interest. If vou tell her the los* of her love will kill you. it will not make her lov‘ vou a whit more. Love-making is a game, and the man who moans and sighs is playing it to lose. THE DIFFERENCE IS IMMATERIAL. Dear Miss Fairfax I am eighteen and deeply in love w ith a young man one year my junior. H has asked me to marry him several times, and I have always refused, be lieving him 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 -mall to consider for a moment. But seventeen is too young so: a man t - think of marrying. Pm it off tour or five years for his sake 1 am sorry you sign y our name "Des perate " It is too ominous, too serious n word for a light-hearted young girl to Include In her vocabulary. Look at this matter mm" »ane!.'. am' ion "i "I'ize there is nothing to be ikwew, YOU CERTAINLY ARE. Dear Mbs Fairfax: I am 22 and a y oung man a few years my senior has been calling on me for the past three years. He is tTi love w ith me and I have also learned to love him. In the three years Tie has n«ve: called to -oe any other girl. has repe itcdl." told mo lie ' ill neve.- marry, although ho calls regularly and often. Am I wasting mi time? I NDE< IDED. He has monopolized you for three Danderine Stops Falling Hair and Destroys Dandruff Makes the Hair Grow Long. Heavy and Luxuriant and We Can Quickly Prove It If You Wish to Double the Beauty of Your Hair at Once, Just Get a 25 Cent Bottle and Try This Surely trv a Danderine Hair Cleanse if you wish to immediately double the beauty of your hair with little trouble and at a cost not worth mentioning — just moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and draw it carefully through your hair, taking one small strand at a time, this will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or any excessive oil—ln a few n oments you will be amazed. Your hair will be wavy, fluffy and abundant and possess an incomparable softness, lustre and luxuriance, the beauty and shimmer of true hair health. Besides beautifying the hair, one application of Danderine dissolves every’ particle of Dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair. Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation. It goes right to the roots, invigorates and strengthens them. It’s exhilarating, stimulating and life-producing proper ties cause the hair to grow abundantly long, strong and beautiful. It at once imparts a sparkling bril liancy and velvety softness to the hair, and a few weeks’ use will cause new hair to sprout all over the scalp. Use it every dav for a short time, after which two or three times a week will be sufficient to complete whatever growth you desire. You can surelv have pretty, soft, lustrous hair, and lots of it. if-vou " ill just get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store ur toilet counter and trv it .directed. years and no doubt his attentions have kept other lovers away . Plead in en gagement the next time he want - to <'a!l. Let the suggestion penetrate his brain that you do not care for him, arid do care for some one else. The effect will he that he either' ■ ill become an avowed suitor for your hand or will dis ontlnue his attention.-'. Either course "ill be better than hie present selfish attitude. a L I wl? •'K\ I .tg.— — ■ Daysey Mayme and Her Folks BY FRANCES L. GARSIDE. Daysey may.me a-ppleton 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 on addresses her. anfi 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 cream, tastes alike 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 ecent in haste to the fire-alarm box, she would stop to look for four leafed clovers on the way. For Daysey M'ayme is in love, again and still! And the proprietor of the drug store where her Best Beloved has charge of the spda fountain estimates that she has been in tfyyre 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 eyesl. to quote Daysey Xlayme, are like “wet pansies.” which in any lan guage but that of love means they are watery blue. His hail' has been driven off his fore head by the fervor of his thinking, and a very thin and pale gold fringe ap pears away back on his head. He throws soulful interest in his voice when he asks. "Suhdab'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 it 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 was persuaded one evening to come into the parlor and meat.him socially. He'.. so brilliant, so witty, so brainy!" gasped Daysey Alayme. "It w ill be a real inspiration to you to hear him talk!” Best Beloved gods to many pioving picture shows, and moving pictures forms the basis of his brilliant conver sation. T saw a good one the other night,” !_ ...wn .men.. ..r. .<> r.f . . mvv...-— Tr» JMJ , ’. rr . '-“bv <7- lii ■ F-fl A 1 Jp J V 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 A 5c package of Faust Spaghetti will give a generouj 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. W rite for our free book let of Faust Recipes MAL’LL BROS, St. Louis, Mo. "iflMnii 1 mm ir i’"wi iwa MHMonaas LOWEST PRICES—BEST WORK GUARANTEED A, _ nn Gold Crowns J) Ji $5 /Si f Zgi iiiibmb MnJHai 01HER )R;C t SjUSI AS reason. ABLE set OF TEETH $5.00. ALL my work guaranteed DR. E. G. GRIFFIN'S DE^I E L & T 0 Y MS 24'. WHITEHALL ST-OVER BROWN AND ALLEN’S. lie began: "it was about George the Wash.” ’ "Who?" faltered Aunt Marie.- "George the Wash.” he said, and Daysey Mayme. whose 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 with satisfaction—jt was 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. ”1 must not allow myself to get old.” she thought, with self-repro'ach. "I must keep young, and the only way to keep young is to be interested in what 1 interests the young.” She smiled bravely and turned an ex pectant face toward this most brilliant of his sex. He Certainly Is Funny, "Do you know.” he said to Daygeg Mayme, "I'd like to get a job pounding the piano in a moving picture show. 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 every octave, "he. means—oh, you tell her!” unable to control her voice any longer. "I mean the young ladies who 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. 'Td play ’Shall We Gather at . the River?' when George the Wash cross.es 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 fqr war, and”—but Aunt Maria heard no more. With the peals of Daysey Mayme/s shrill laughter ringing in her ears, and a sickening sense of defeat in her reso lution to keep young, she staggered down the hall to the bath room artd turned the cold water faucet on h«r head.