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THE OEOBOIAWS MAGAZINE PAGE Fables of the Wise Dame By DUROTHY DIX OACE upon a time there was a Working Women's Convention pulled off in which the Ladies who neid .lobs that had a Pay En velope Attachment met togetner to hurl Bouquets at themselves, and pass resolutions denouncing the t'seless Parasitic Female who did nothing but live r‘ Homo and let « Husband Sup port iter. Oratory was on Tar. and after each Female Wonder had told how she be came a Lady Dramatist, or an Author < or an Actress, or a Lad.' Purchas ing" Agent, or a Lad.v ’Longshoreman, or something else at which ahe worked four Hours a Day, and made money enough to Wear French Confections and. Diamonds, the BtCint" of the Bunch gave her the Glad hand and Chautauqua Salute. At last, however, h Repot ter who was Present, observed h small and Dowdily Dressed little Woman who was sitting Far Rack, chewing the Rag in Silence, and lie went to her and thus addressed het "Xiy Sister," he said, "tell m> why you are Papering the Wall instead of getting your Share of the Snot Light, and why you miss this Glorious Op portunity to hand yourself a few Heartfelt Words of Praise?" The Busy Pereeite. Alaa!" cried the Humble Ope "I am not a Working Woman I have done nothing that would Entitle rhe to ask my Fellow Creatures to listen to me, for I am one of those Justly Despised Parasite Women who docs nothing but be a Wife and Mother. "It is true that I have to Rise with the Worm who gets up even before the Early Bird, because I must Pre pare Breakfast for my Family, so that 1t maj bo ready when they Awake, and from that time on I have to Strain on the Collar all Day until after my Husband and Children have gone to Rod at night, doing things to make them comfortable. But I know that this is a Snap, because I have been Told so. and that I ought to be Grate ful that 1 do not have to Earn my own laving, as so many Unfortunate Females do. "It is also true that it is continu ally up to me to Doctor my Family and Nurse them when they are ill, but as nobody ever Thinks of Paying me the Salary of a Trained Nurse, I get my Recompense tn Growls and Kicks, and Reflect on what a Privilege It is for a Woman to have a Husband at Home with a Sore Head, and to be able to Promenade the Floor half the Night with a Colicky Baby Some Referee! It is. of course, a great Comfort to Know that not much is expected of the Domestic Woman in the Way of Brains, yet it comes my Way to know a Few things I am expected to be able to Referee s Fight between my Children ami Settle Disputes whose points are so Mixed they would tie the Supreme Court up in a Knot. "Personally, I do not care for Ama teur Detective Work, yet I am expected to be a Sherlock Holmes, who can al ways locate the Cork screw, or the Hatchet, or week before last’s Sunday Paper, and who can follow up anj kind of a Clew as to where my Husband loft, his Latch Key. "Neither do 1 pose as a Financier, yet I must know how to Spread the Dough where it will show, and Pare it Thin where it is out of the Range of Public Vision. 1 must know how to Manufacture my Glad Rags at Home, and wear them w ith a Brought-it-from Abroad Air. I must know how to Trim over my Last Year’s Hat so it will Deceive my Dearest Friend. I must be able to Cook a Dinner like a IT’ench Chef, to dish out Theology like a Sky Pilot, and to run a Quick Meal Res ’aurajit for those of my Family who ’.ike to Eat at Odd Hours. Why Not Work? In the Morning, after I have got ten Breakfast, and hunted up my Hus band's Coat and Hat and Gloves for him. and hustled him off to Catch the A: 15 Train, and after 1 have washed the Children and Dressed them for School, and Heard a few Lossons, and Sewed on a Button or Two. and Bathed trie Baby, and interviewed the Trades people, and answered the Telephone, and Cleaned up the House. I have noth 'ng At All to do but to get the Rahv to Sleep, and Run the Sewing Machine until it Is Time to Got Luncheon for th f - l .iildren who will b< . omine Home hungry from School. After Luncheon Is over and I have eared awaj the Dishes. I am a t Per fect Liberty again to resume m\ Raby Ter,dine and Sewing until 1 have to stop to get Dinner. So you wi'i par • ■eivo that 1 lead a Lift' of Inglorious Ease, and that th" Dolce Far Nientes Existence of a Wife and Mother does ”ot Entitle me to n Scat unor the same Platform with • ■ese Working Women who earn timi-c own TJ\ *'<?> Woe i?> ■nr. 1 am a Parasite tv bo z Support'd h\ hpv Husband.*' Clinainq Vine Job. Tnu are right.' rej-ho,] • . Fir-port - \ our j.lacp > not be’- r (MJ are entitled to a r •„« ."mum p,, x mong tlm Saints and t! ■ Martvrs ■ Moral: This Fable t; be . ' " •< 1 ' S’l.e \■' . - S-■, i mg • Job. SILVER TEA SETS I*' l ' 'mt mg <»l a sci'\ i L .(- , considerable import I ire f ' |- st thoiiglit s quality, next d“xiffii. price. etc. i i..‘ >i - years ot unbroken dealing in wares of tiawics< -r.a!M\ has given protigr,. p, ~u r name. jie .aeas <>• <!;.■ foremost desig). Ts are portrayed in every tends •nstitute our selection. l-'rom rhe plain lines ot the colonial ;■> the down-red repousse. the) are here for your choosing. Our prices ai-e ;i y lon as small a margin of profit as is possible: we make it right to lo gin with, mark it on each ar tide in plain figure'. Don t tail to see our 'p.endid display. It is of unusual interest at this season. (FUGENE Vil Co) <0 Love in Springtime gy Nell Brinkley tx> i IzJiSi ’ TZ - ''" Hfii R fw&i 5 izzz Zzzz-z -z MfafiW ■ mA-:/ ... .•Z'.’Y'xZ Za ,•' aa z - ", ad ; y o | ah ■ . aza - ' » 7 -Aas—»—*—< - “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Love.” Do \ ou Know— Sun worship prevailed In the earliest times among all nations. Tea drinking prevails more in Aus tralia than in any other country Considerably over 400.000,000 people owe allegiance to the British crown. South Africa calls for 100,000.000 postal stamps to meet its needs for one year In Germany the telephone lines are owned and operated by the govern ment. Sixty-eight out of every hundred publications in the world are printed in English. . By the rules of the ait. two aircraft meeting each otlirr must steer to the right, and pass at least 110 yards a part As much as $2,000 has been paid (or an egg of the great auk. There arc only setenty known specimens of the egg of this extinct bird. The grape has more sugar in it than ant other fruit, nearly fifteen parts in 100 being sugar The peach has least, only one and half per cent. V.it few houses in the French West Indies posse s kerosene lamps, candles being commonly used for household illuminating. The import duty makes it impossible for tlie people, who are poo', to use eitlte: kerosene or gaso line. A RECORD THAT’S INDELIBLE * By “The Moving Finger writes, and, hav ing writ. Motos on: nor all tom Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a lane, Nor all your Tears nah out a Word of it." Rubaiyat of Omar Khat yam. IF every girl’s first thought when she awoke in the morning were that every word, every thought, every deed, of that day wore, to be written In ink, that the ages would find in delible. what a difference it might make’ She would curb hei tempo.. She would restrain every inclination to be impatient. If Iter first thought is a selfish thought, a mole generous sec ond thought would prevail. She would check evert impulse to be narrow. She would ot crcome every petty desire for self. She would be come better, truer biffhet. nobler, quicker Io feel, and much more con stant to retain, all tenderness and pity, all self-denial and devotion. All. ami more, if she but realized with the beginning of every day teat the "Moving Finger writes.’ and that it is upon her there rests the responsi bility of what it writes, bo it good or evil it is wil l a desire tn awaken her.tv that realization that this is written The Moving Kinger is a chronicler never swayed by prejudice merci or passion. It is inexorable. It writes what one Di’ICS. and not what one IN TENDS to dn tin its pages the little elf denials that arc hidden from the world stiine \ Beautify th« Complexion @IN TEN DAYS Nadinola CREAM The Untqualed Bcautifier USED AND ENDORSED BY THOUSANDS Guaranteed to remove tan, freckles, pimples, liver-spots, etc. Extreme cases twenty days. Rids pores and tissues of impurities. Leaves the skin clear, soft, healthy. Iwo sizes, 50c and SI.OO By toilet .'onntcr or mail. MTIOMI lOIUT WWW. Forit. Ttnn forth in luminous text. They rank as high or higher, than as the great deeds done under the Inspiration of the blare of trumpets and the world's applauS' . The Moving Finger Knows. The world may not know of it when n girl gives up her greatest desire be cause the giving up means a help to others, but the Moving Kinger knows, and its writing is indelible. The ap plause of the world soon dies away. Tin- indelible writing of the Moving Kinger always stands. Therefore, because one is- denied the opportunities to do great things one should not slight the little acts of'de votion and Kindness. A knowledge that these count for more when tlie Great Book is finally balanced should bo firmly fixed in evert girl’s heart and head. Tins knowledge, and,litis knowledge alone, will help her to arise above the depression that sometimes attends lack of recognition. She n in cave little that others do not know of what she has done, knowing that, if she Knows she has done her best, little else counts. She has given the .Moling Kinger something to write of which she will never be ashamed. And who could do more? Nothing is ever written that -will cause great repentance, humiliation or shame if every thought, every act. every word originates in a spirit of ’kindness. Said Alice Cary "For whatever men ay tn their blind ness. In spite of the fancies of youth, There is nothing so kindly ar kind- • ties'.s. And nothing so royal ar truth" K'ndnesr. and Truth. .lust two little words to remember and the Moving I'inger will w rite noth ing during a. day that will make a girl’s head toss restlessly on her pillow that night, and these two words are. "Kind ness” and "Truth." A little thought foi others all the time; a little repression of self; a little eating for the other girl's hurts, and forgetting of one’s own. A little more! interest in the troubles of the girl! whose kite affair has gone awry; al littb- helpful understanding and sjm-i pathy. All these and more make that • w tiring of the Moling I’inger a record! as b’. autiful as any noble sentiment ; < vei done in illuminated text ,l i -, a I tile remembering a” ilie ' iim . nd when iiiam inins. am om •ck. Im k r tin deed* of the bat 1 honestly and frankly, there will be no wail of regret. Just remember all the time: "Nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cam el half a Lino. Nor all your Tears wash out :< Word of it." SNOWDRIFT FOR ALL COOKING Biys: “Use for ace of Butter” r cent shortening, equally nd absolutely pure. Use itter. Add a little salt as nor water. me shortening, adapted to Most grocers sell it. If :>urs does not, u rite our nearest office and we will arrange to have you supplied. Creamery Butter 40 Cents n Pound 18% bait and Water Snowdrift 100% Cooking Fat lade Only By :rn Cotton Oil Co. oad Street, New York London rtenno Liverpool o Paris oncisen M.nrhrMw Safeguarding Himself "I'll take a little whisky—out of the large black bottle.” said Colonel Stil well, confidentially. “1 am (pking this for a cold.” he added, still more confi dentially. "But you haven't any cold." "1 know that. But an ounce of pre vention is worth a pound of cure.” Daysey Mayme and Her Folks By FRANCES L. GARSIDE. IN the last two weeks Daysey Mayjrie Appleton has purchased three bats, four party dresses, five street dresses, six lace collars and two new wraps. Special scenery ’ has been added to the parlor in the shape of a lamp shade of a romantic red. and so many pillow cushions have been put on the lounge that when her Best Beloved called re cently and lay down to rest, she piled so man.v pillow cushions under nls head in her solicitude that she finally had hit standing on his feet. Best Beloved has the right of way •.». the parlor. Had Lysander John put his head on one of the pale blue pillows on which Best Beloved puts his feet, it would have become a wrong to grow in dignant about at women’s clubs for the next six months, Lysander John is so neglected he al ways looks like a comb with half the teeth gone, and this forlorn condition was impressed on his mind recently when he strayed into the parlor, w herd Daysey Mayme was entertaining her Best Beloved by squealing at his jokes. Best Beloved had risen to go when he discovered a tiny rent in his pale gray kid gloves. Daysey Mayme was ail solicitude and ran out to the sewing room, returning with a thimble, a needle and some pale gray thread. Lysander John Thinks It Over. She insisted upon mending his glove, inquiring tenderly while doing it if the other needed mending. .Then she dis covered that the buttons needed sewing on tighter, and Lysander John watched her w’ith a strange look in his eyes. When she had repaired the gloves and looked at the Best Beloved's coat as if hoping to find a button off there. Lj sander John went to his room and sa’ down. Then he took an inventory of himself: Three buttons off his vest, tvo but tons off liis coat, and a snag In his trousers. "Perhaps," he said hopefully, "Day-e\ Mayme hasn’t seen that I need her services.” So he waited tiil after Best Beloved had gone, and then reappea red with one sleeve torn entirely out of his coat. But Daysey Mayme didn’t see it! It was one of the little tragedies known in every home when daughter falls in love, and a few days later the Appleton home witnessed another Daysey Mayme had adopted the fash ion of wearing her dress very low in the neck last winter, and. though she went around with gooseflesh large enough to grate a nutmeg on, she insisted thai she was not cold. Oh. no, she was warm, very warm, indeed. Her father scolded, her brother said she had a neck like a goose and it , wasn't pretty enough to be seen, am! [even her mother expostulated. She Defied Their Warnings. | All warned Daysey Mayme that sue (would suffer for it. but in vain, He" | only attention to their w arnings was ; to wear her dress a little lower in. tin I neck, and a little shorter in the sleeves. ■ One cool day recently she was start ling for a walk with Best Beloved. "Aren't yoh afraid you Wilf eaten cold with your throat bare like that'.' he asked, very indifferently. Rut it was enough, for Best Beloved had spoken! The next day Daysey Mayme appeared with her dress neck as high as her chin, and wearing a muffle around her throat of the weight worn in a North Dakota blizzard. “There is nothing in this world so great." said Lysander John to his sis ter, after Daysey Mavtne had departe !. staggering under the weight of hr winter wraps, “as the influence of a Best Beloved.” "And nothing so short-lived," replied his siste-.