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THE QEORQIAWS MAGAZINE PAGE * Fables of the Wise Dame < > , Ev DOROTHY DIX. ■[ *__! ’ ONCE upon a time there was a Woman Who was the happv Mother of an Infant Prodigy The little on* was lnde< • a Wonder. He could Breathe Just as naturally as could be, and while still in dresses he recited Pieces in away that brought the Tears of Agony to the Eyes , f the Lis tener. His Eond Mamma never lot an op portunity get past her of Pushing him to the front and showing him off. If the Conversation turned on Music and some one began touting Caruso she rang in Ittle Willie and had him Warble the. Cute Ditty he learned in the Kin dergarten. If any one mentioned Finance it re minded her of th® Stunts Willie could do with figures, and she lugged him In to Add two and two together for the Diversion of the Audience. If a Chaun cey Depew of the dinner table was get ting off a good story, she would break In to toll the Smart Things Willie said, end if any one dared to mention a Great .Artist she would yank out the Picture of a purple Cow in a Sky Blue Pasture that Willie had just executed. Made 'Em Tired. instead of being a Conversational Thriller, as stir supposed, this made every one very Tired and they regarded her as the Champion Bore of Society, end whenever they saw her coming it w as Back to the Pines for all who could brat it. Unfortunately, however, this World is so small that it is Impossible t'O get as far away from the Mothers of.tyriart Children as One Would Like, and as they could not lose Willie and his Mam ma. her Fellow Creatures graced up to bear it with what Fortitude thoy._«ojitd. Now, it chanced that one day there was a large Dinner at which Willie’s Mamma got the Floor, and began to Monologue about her Angel Child. "Alas,” groaned the Audience, "we are in for it now, for she will not let up until it thunders, and we shall have to applaud while Willie goes through his Tricks Ah, me, what a Misjudged Man Herod has been, and how we wish that he was here to grapple with this Prob lem and slay this Accursed child before he slays us." However, nothing happened to stop the Fond Mother and the Infant Phe nomenon from getting In their Deadly Work, but when the Wonder Child had finished hie Performance, an Old Man arose up and thus addressed the Moth- c?<3 A Prisoner of Love o?<3 By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. RV E. writes the following letter, t which will strike a responsive chord In the hearts of many gills who are engaged and who are beginning to get a taste of the tyranny of a man's love: "I am a young lady, and recently be came engaged. My Intended Ilves in another state, making It possible for him to see me only twice a year. <>f course. 1 realize that an engaged girl should not go out with other young men. but 1 miss my pleasant evenings st the theater, as I was always supplied with an escort. “I did not think 1 would miss the pleasure, but I find that I feel so lonely at times. We will not be married till a -y*ar from this spring "Must I literally bury myself just be. cause I am engaged? I could have the occasional company of an old-time es cort if It were proper. What shall I do?" If an engaged girl or a wife Is a prisoner depends entirely upon the lover or husband. An engagement was never Intended to he a period of probation spent in a nunnery of old ladies' teas >r chil dren's parties Rut some lovers de mand it. and some girls make the sur render in submission. His View of Perfect Love. This submission, without question or complaint, is a man's interpretation of perfect love. He does t -t know that he shows a lack of what he . -xavls in demanding it. He doesn't see that lie lacks the per. feet love that >- faith when h*- dc- iisim iiMJHhwi 'V^K.- tt a J*»i* * ".- - ■ » ~. DIXIE PORTABLE ALL IKON fi AR AGE Combines simplicity <»f construction, unusual durability and strength Ab solute Safety. Reasonable Cost Made of Galvanized Rust R» st ing American Ingot Iron tn las’ 100 j ears. We also make all-st»»l garages at a lower price when price is the prin r’pal consideration Let us tell you more about each The Dixie Culvert & Metal Co. MANI’FACTURFRS Atlanta, .... Georgia "I believe." he said, "that your Son is Very Backward for hie Ago, for he merely repeats Nursery Rhymes with out any Action, whereas little Emerson Brown, who is no older than he is. ren ders Selections from Browning with Delsarle Interpretation, and a Musical Accompaniment Blow to Mother. This was a Blow that stffggered Mother, but in order to make good she dragged little Willie to the front again and made him do a juggling act with figures, but ins; "ad of giving him the Glad Hand, the Old Man looked at. him pityingly. "Ha." he said, "it is plain that Willie has no Financial Ability, or else he would not be doing Kindergarten Stunts at his Age Do you not know that all great Financial Geniuses have displayed their Talents in the Cradle, and that before he was two years old Mr. Rockefeller had already gotten an Option on all the Milk Bottles In sight, and Before he could walk .1. Pierpont Morgan had organized a Perambulator Trust Determined to make .me last Effort to sustain the Reputation of her Offspring, the Mother began relating Willie's In fantile Bon Mots, hut before she had gotten through the first Installment the old Man chipped In with a lot of Baby Wit that made Willie’s best Ef forts look like thirty cents, whereupon Ids Mother took the Phenomenon by the H ind and Hiked out for Home. And a Bachelor. "Yon have saved our lives,” cried the Victims as they embraced the old Man, "but how did you do It?" "Unhappily for me," replied he, "I am an Old Bachelor, and as I have no Chil dren of my own. I was A Good Thing for all the Mothers who felt that they could Bore me with Stories about their Children, and that I could not Retaliate with any Rival Anecdotes. "For many Years I endured this, but ' at last it got upon my Nerves, and so I studied up on Infant Prodigies and filled up on Newspaper Stories about Smart Children, and now when any Mother conies at me with what her Baby said I . lay her out with Statistics and Witty Sayings of other Infants that make hers look like the Report pt a Feeble-Mind ed Institute. I know that it is a Cruel Thing to do, hut there Is no other way to Choke off a Mother." Moral: This Fable explains the Curi ous Look on the Faces of our Friends when we show off our Children. , mantis that the girl to whom he is en ■ gaged deny herself Io all men but him. He Is selfish; it is selfishness born in Jeafbusy, and the women are largely to blame that lovers are encouraged in giving It full rein. A woman loves a man, and when in hfs love for hep he becomes jealous of all her old-time friends, she regards that jealously as a proof of his love. She sees in this desire to monopolize her a compliment. Blinded by love, she doesn't know that it is really a threat. The man to whom "R. A. E.” is un engaged secs her only twice a year. If. in the Interim, be denies himself to all women he is a most unusual man. In deed. It mat be said that he is the only one of his kind on earth. If. like the great majority, he goes to parties In that city in another state, and r. elfo'ocatcs by occasionally taking a girl to the theater, he is not beyond his rights. He is beyond his rights only w hen he singles out one girl and pays her such devoted attention that her affections become involved. He is not untrue to his fiancee when he is friendly with other women, and 1 pity her for her at tachment for a churl if he is not. Her Right to Attentions. Neither is she untrue to him if she occasionally accepts attentions from old-time friends. If he demands it. he is not the sort of a man to whom she can safely entrust her happiness. He is the sort of material of which selfish, disagreeable husbands are made. One can easily see that in time to come he will go to the theater alone, or with other men, and demand that bis wife remain at home. It would prevent tragic complications if the man let it he known that in an- I other town there is a dear girl waiting for him, and some day he is going back I to marry her. It w -aid also show a delight tn her ) w hich lie wants bis. friends to know and -lia>, It would lie evidence of a pride 'that he has won her. He is glad: he is I not ashamed. It would, likewise, well if the gir. told hei old-time escorts her secret. If • • t.gagcment mg does not disclose I it. then she should. 1 Any attentions they show her after I 1 ning is miisett to another are I bound to be on a strictly friendly basis They hat e no hopes that are falsely en couraged. They honor her for her con i lid- m - and ■< sp, , t her all the more for I gir ing it. I Suppos, R \ E a , cepts the imxt imitation I Imp. she will, and that I-'-' W ‘ afterward write and tell that 'taut 'over all about It. If he is the ' ight kin i <*r a lover, he will be glad iI" ■■ friends ar.- giving her the good I tun. that distance and separation put bey ond his power. H“ will i< jnii in oil that pleases her It' .n this rt,. |. is m. great.’- proof of the im.-. ifishr-' - -of lover or husband or friend. t>?o The Poetry and Philosophy of Motion t>?<t J . ' By Garrett P. Serviss —j -T —zzzzz zzzzzz: - - ■-* | Ar JjU v iml. ***" i dH? I ' iu a It iEwL. I Ba? < * ' ? 7 j '’’’•■■lk-. I- Will jkk I Jill / 4* / * «IwL I J Ki. %'V If A f ]? xrnjb a .. JK, A. ■ > ~ irx => W 13 r - - INCENSE TO NIRVANA. zg> UT HEN man began to develop the 1 faculty of speech ho lost some of the powers of expres sion by gostu and bodily and facial signs and contortions, which he had in herited from his tree-climbing and cave dwelling ancestors. In some respects the loss is to be de plored. It is not shared equally, how ever, by all races of mankind. The southern peoples, in general, have more ability to make their thoughts and wishes known through sign-language than have we tn the northern and cool er parts of Hie earth. To that extent Italians. Spaniards. Greeks and Egyp tians, and the tropical races in gen eral. are closer to our arboreal pro genitors than we are. This is no chal lenge to their Intelligence—it is simply a proclamation of the fact that, while acquiring a command of spoken lan guage, which exceeds ours in volubility, they have, at tlie same time, retained More of the original power of bodily expression than we have done. From his own account of himself De mosthenes. the greatest orator in all history, was a kind of MAN-MONKEY, who could redouble the effect of his spoken words by wonderful play of features, and telling getsiculation. At least, such Is the conclusion to be drawn from the Interpretation usually put upon his axiom that tn speaking "action, ACTION. ACTION” was ths one indispensable thing. The dullest hearer could understand Demosthenes, if this view is correct, because ho em ployed a double language, emphasiz ing every word' with a gesture or a facial expression. Neglected Powers. The fact Is that civilized man. large ly In consequence of the enormous de velopment of writing and printing, has neglected Ills powers of mimicry, leav ing them to be studied by- bls enter tainers. such as actors and dancers. It is among the poslbilities of the future that tlie human race may develop now unsuspected powers .of expression WITHOUT SPEECH. The eye itself possesses a marvellous ability tn express thought, which we Do You Know— Dockyard hands to a total of 50.000 are employed by the British Admiralty. England Imported move than 1.770.000 rabbit skins from Australia last year. The British imports of carbons for electric arc lights amount to marly 50,000.000 a year. Maize, which is largely grown in the | Argentine, yields one ton of corn perl inti grown ——— At the height of on-- mile the average) velocity of the wind is four times as gre.it as near the ground. The women of Idria. in the Austrian province of Krain. were so dissatisfied with the fire brigade that they have formed one of their own. consisting ot sixty “flrewomen " with Frau Marie Straws as their commander. V strange story comes from ITontig n.-in. Herault. France. Recently 700 gallons of confiscated wine were throw n into a canal there by the customs offi- -- But th- wine had the effect of intoxicating the fish, which swim on the top of the water and can be picked out by hand. The housewives refuse io buy- fish when they- can get them for th- " • v,.-. -nd the fishermen in the disfriit have united t" protest against the p’tion fth customs officers. 1 ’ kivr - BOS X /4 : >• ■BSgW il <•& |||lF i" ------ .th* (ON TOP) THE DANCER WARDING OFF AN EVIL SPIRIT. (MID DLE PICTURE) FEAR. (BOTTOM PICTURE) DEFIANCE. have hardly begun to understand yet. Everybody knows thru he van read much tn the eyes of his .fellows.. .ainl quite a- much, perhaps.' in their un conscious bodily movements. Lip-read ing. of which we. hear so many marvels nowadays, is only one form of this, un developed power of conveying and un derstanding thought, wrfilch may have an astonishing future before it. For all that we know, 'telepathy.'' that power of the mind to project It self through space, in .which the late William T. Stead, one of the many dis tinguished victims of the Titanic dis aster, believed, may prove to be no dream of enthusiasts, but a solid and immensely important fact. In a story called "'A Columbus of Space." 1 have shown some of the ways in which such WOMAN ESCAPES DREADFUL OPERATION How She Was Saved From Surgeon’s Knife by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta ble Compound. Mogadore, Ohio. —“The first two years I was married 1 suffered so much from female troubles and bearing down pains that I could not stand on my feet long enough to do my work. The. doctor said I would have to undergo an opera tion, but my husband wanted me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound first. I took three 4,-) -Z| I bottles and it made me well and strong I and I avoided a dreadful operation. 1 : now have two fine healthy children, and I I cannot say too much about what Lydia | E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has ■done for me.” Mrs. Lee Manges, R. F. D. 10, Mogadore, Ohio. Why will women take chances with an operation or drag out a sickly, half hearted existence, missing three-fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound ? For thirty years it has been the stand ard remedy for female ills, and has re stored the health of thousands of women ! who have been troubled with such ail ' ments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc. (f yon want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi dential) Lynn. Mass. Vonr letter will 'he opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict coniideuce. - apparently superhuman powers of ex i pression might he utilized by beings of 1 -a very high order of intelligence. A Wonderful Dancer. An article wfiiich I have just been i reading in the May number of The Cos mopolitan Magazine, on a wonderful new English dancer, with a strange namrx "Roshanara." leads mo to this . brief discussion of a subject of vast human interest. It appears that this > girl, who learned her art in Bombay and Calcutta before as onishing Lon don with its perfections, possesses an i I amazing power to express, by mere motions and poses, thoughts, fears, ca . prices, hones, prayers, wishes—and all i that w ith' a beauty and harmony of t movement which captivates the behold ers. She has taught her whole body to SPEAK, without opening her lips. She is a silent actress, w ho moves the spec tators more than many actresses who have learned the whole art of elocu tion can do. BttV it is not ordinary pan tomitpe that she practices—it is THE POETRY AND THE SPEECH OF MO TION. All this is possible. No doubt the gift is a personal one. It is a kind of I genius. Rerpote ancestral strains have.- in ■ her, come to the surface, re fined by the ages of advance in.intelli gence which the race lias undergone. Although of English birth, it will be observed that tin girl developed her powers under the tropical sun of India. 3 There, probably, she would be less of a 1 wonder than she seems in lands where I the tongue has been trained to tell all } that is told, while the innate powers of ’ expression that the face, the eyes, the hands, and the entire bodily frame pos- ’ sess have become atrophied by disuse. \ It a fair subject for philosophical r discussion whether, upon tlie whole, it 3 would be desirable for mankind to ac • -quire, or develop, powers like those of I this dancing girl. But it is certain that I their possession would render life more s picturesque. 1 I nder no conceivable '■stcumstanees, ' S howev< could language, either spoken ’ or printed, be abandoned. That is a I supieme acquisition which man never * 1 can, or should, ]>•.-»•• But. who has not 3 thoughts and feelings w hich he can not = put into words, but CAN express in , Other ways.' A language would need a million words to , xpr< ss al! our ideas I , and emotions -and then it Would be too I - poor. So it is. qt least, worth eonsid ai ering whether the time may not come j when w. shaH converse without words, J and thus learn more about each other tn«n in over dreamed of know ing. i WHAT NEXT! j Jehones (starting T • business) I _ I havi to Stop on my way to the office I and get a ribbon '! Mrs. Jehom-s (sharply) -For whom. 1 Jehones (reassuringly)- For mv j ty noW! 'tor j Mr .lehmu-s (wanniy t q j„ ft ] ik .. ; , 'o -ee yu buying ribb-ms for an'- | j typewriter! The Right Road to Health By ANNETTE KELLERMANN. I \j ERY few women breathe prop- / erly. , That is the reason why women generally complain of badly developed cjiests. and it is for that and a few other reasons that cer tain women find it almost impossible to reduce the size of their bust meas ure. Deep breathing is the funda mental principle of good health and looks. Unless you breathe properly, all the other exercises will be of little or no use to you. Many people think that deep breath ing consists in an occasional immense breath, which fiills the lungs’ to burst ing capacity, sends all the blood rush ing to the head, and when it is ex pelled from the lungs, leaves a person panting and exhausted. Deep breathing should he a habit, not an exertion. Upon this habit de pends the general shapeliness of the figure, especially the neck, shoulders and bust. The color of the complex ion and the round contour of the cheeks, which, nine times out of ten, can be filled out by means of sys tematic and habitual deep breathing. There are a great many different methods of deep breathing, tlje yogi being possibly the most famous, since it comes to us from the East, and has been expounded by the picturesque priests of the Orient. But yogi breath ing. which consists of rhythmic breath ing, is tremendous concentration of the mind, and only should be practiced by people who are deeply versed in this science of breath, and who are under the personal supervision of the teacher. , For ordinary purposes a few simple exercises are enough, and they can not make one dizzy or bring about a state of coma, as the yogi metliod can if practiced by the inexperienced. Tlie reason women breathe, super ficially. using only the top of their lungs, is very often because of their clothing. I am not referring to cor sets alone, but to tight waists, bodices that are too narrow across the shoulders, sleeves that bind one at the armholes and more especially to very heavy hats. You dr> not think that a heavy liat could possibly interfere with the ac tion of your lungs, but I assure you that it does, because of the pressure it exerts on the spinal cord at the back of the neck, which pressure communi cates itself ,to the rest of the spine, ami from there to the nerves of the body. Now . tfie uei \es have a great deal to do with breathing, as you notice when you get :■ nervous shock at any ■time. You immediately begin to pant or you lose your breath entirely for an instant. •Consequently, in order to breathe in a 5c package. .. de,l fl h|,u| ’ Z >> Z ¥ nourishing dish at little cost /’"iW lve your family a dish of Macaroni f often —they'll enjoy it—it's good for J them —full of wholesome nourishment —and it costs so little. But be sure yt you serve ‘ a FAUST BRAND Cut Macaroni made from rich Durum wheat in a sanitary factory under the strictest of pure food regulations. Faust Brand Macaroni is cut in uniform pieces so it cooks evenly—it can't become .— — — —soggy with water as the long pieces so often do. Get a 5c package from ] your grocer and give II M f ' ie f am ’h' a treat. ’ .'.. j our hook of re cipes r Sent free on f request. x -... maull bros. St. Louis, Mo. H’RiCES— BEST WORK"] TEED A _ NX 00 OTHER HRJW'f] Egf FRIGES JUST I IFLf ALL MY WORK I GRIFFIN'S r^A E L & T o V Msl <ALL ST -OVER r OWL AND ■ properly, we want to keep our nerves in a peaceful, quiet state, if possible and as the mind has a great deal to do witlt the nerves, deep breathing maj be said to begin witli mind cultivation So you want to do your breathing exercises when you are feeling con tent and placid, until you get the, habit. A'fter that If you get upset ner vouslv or if you worry very much, you will' find that ten minutes prac tice in ryhthmic breathing will restore your mental and physical balance. on arising, while you are still clad in Your nightdress, stand up with your back to the wall, and quite near an open window, begin to fill your lungs, breathing through the with your mouth closed, and breathe in all the air you are able to hold, but with- . out the sense of suffocation which comes of straining. Hold this breath while you count four, and very slow ly expel it through the nose, counting seven this time, when you inhale. Practice this at least ten times. Now stand upright, with your head up. shoulders thrown back, and arms hanging by the, side. Gradu ally raise the arms until they are high above the head. While you are per forming this movement inhale deeply through the nostrils until the lungs can hold no more. Retain the breath, then gradually lower the arms and ex pel the breath at the same time. You*» can hold a staff, a towel or a piece of material about a yard long, while per forming this exercise. Hold the towel at either end. swing it above the head, and forward and downward as you ex hale*. Inhale, swing the towel up, ex hale as you bend the body to the side, lilting the arms swing down, first fi. the right side, and then to the left, with the motion of the body. Each move ment calls for special deep breath, hold the breath when the arms are above the head. To fill out hollows in the £heeks, one of the very best exercises, is this lung filler. Stand erect and exhale, [luffing every bit of breath in yoirc lungs. Close the mouth, and snuff up the air in little puffs almost as if you were inhaling water instead of air. Put your mind on filling the very bottom of your lungs and feel with every puff that you are not only fill ing the lungs but exercising them, making them move. You should feel a distinct sensation with each sniff of air. the sensation being down at the bottom of the lung, a sort of a Jerk. When you have in haled all the breath you can possibly hold, exhale in a steady stream. Now fill your mouth full of air, puff out your cheeks and give yourself a quick, light tub over the cheeks and face with the fingers of both hands. This will bring the blood up into the cheeks and if you repeat this ten or twenty times a day you will find a wonderful Improvement in a short space of time.