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^ What Sort of Girl Do Men Like Best?
D O women dress to please men or |
to please each other? In tl i
majority of cases I should sn\
that they dressed to please each
other.
The average man admires simpli,
Ity In dress; the average woman de- I
lights in elaborate effects. Not ore
man in a hendred looks on the tower
ing pompadour as otherwise than
atrocious, and yet. sec the vogue it
has attained.
Every woman likes to |*ear liertasl.
in dress praised by her men friends,
aut she can not resist the prevaiiin
iashions. A gown that every man in /
room will disparage will bring a sigh
of ervy from every woman present.
Careful dressing will improve evert
. woman's appearance, but fussy drees -
ing will not add to her beauty in the
lerst.
Girls make a great mintake when
they.fuss so much about their clothes
as to give men the Impression that
they can think of nothing els.
Don’t Like Dolls.
You see, girls, a young man wants
wife, not a dreesed-up doll.
The girl who makes her own cloth. .-
and presents a neat and smart ap
pearance makes a great hit with any
young man. He can not help hut
think how clever and capable she
must be. and that she will, in all prob
ability, make a good, economical wif
Economy may not sound very n -
mantle, but, all the same, it is a very
desirable quality In A wife, and one
which every man admires.
1 he girl who has thousands to
ppend on her dress does not look a
whit more winsome than the one who,
Sn a small allowance, dresses taste
fully and suitably.
Two young women sat near me at
'he opera the other night. The. con
trast in their appearance was most
noticeable.
One was gowned in pompadour sat
in, a white ground with huge pink
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soft black material that fell around
h i* pretty young: figure in graceful
folds. It \v»mo cut square.,in .the neck
and edfce'd witli a fold of soft white
‘ere Be. v *
The c-Umjvv ' sleoveK wore finished
with a niching-.of the sKme material.
A singTe .str^n.d o^pcfirlB was her only
• orid\m4n(. 1 Ipr h;Hr \y;i,s ppVt^d and
rolled avvay fit 1 ri 1.jier face. etfdihgin a
coil at the head., “ ’ <•
Simpliti j-y Wfns ■ • ., •
Her face was really hot a bit pret
tier than’ the other girl's. but,>h® vvas
a joy to look at in her exquisite*-sim
plicity. As L’cr.the relative cost of the
two costunicir’. the fi^st exceeded tb.v
.second-tWenH’ tidies. '•> ’ .
1 do not believe there was a man in
the houfie w :.Oj.w ould jlAVe hesitated a
minut* as i<) whiWi he admired more.
The simple costume Would. come out
ahead every time.
The keynote to beauty is simplicity,
and you never cun make $ mistake 1f
you stick tp .it- Avpld.extrtivugant ef
fect i\ ... • .
DoYi’t look as. though your mind was
all • on your -clothes. Don't frighten
your prom* i tive ! surd's a\vav by ex-
(ra vagant ideas a ltd ‘talk. .
The Humility
of Love
AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION -4
What Would You Do if l! Hr jpened to You? . i I
By PRANCES L. GARSIDE.
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A young man wants a wife, not a dressed-up doll.”
and yellow roses scattered over it.
Yellow lace trimmed it profusely
wherever it was* possible. There were
diamonds, diamonds everywhere—in
her corsage, round her neck, in her
ears.
And, to crown it all, such a pompa
dour that I heartily pitied the unfor
tunate man who sat behind her. It
was a wonderful' pompadour. When
it ha'd reached such a height that you
felt it must fall off it began all over
again in a series Df puffs and curls.
The other girl was gowned in Some
Give and Take.
A .\ km using story is related by a Paris,
** eufrtH-qtof.d h .nt. . - \ ■
\VfoeJ) 'Tfcf Sultan ’<vT;’TUis&ey' gave or-
i den* for a h e nu.boti'zaftoii or his troops
. sent to the King *of BulgarUu-a sack
«>f millet, with the following'letter:
‘•Feraiimtui..-.EffeuuU,.- mahilUe. .if you
like, bu-t be assured there arq as many
Mildiem pu-Turkey. ’a^-tlvece are r grains
of rrrUai. :jn. s' Now, if you
n lv, iieHArrj Vvu.tV.'. • V •
T/ie i King . of cM« reply * wa% in
hind. ? He sent vacy^.ilBUih -Smaller
sack (illeir witJi the tiny grains of- a
most Virulent re<l peppeivof. the-country.
“Ischou’skl” it s called, and it does not.
belie its name, for the effect is that of a
I very vigorous snuff. With it went the
following dedication:
“Dear Mr. Sultan The Bulgarians are
riot numerous, it is true; but be assured
ihat to stick vour nose into their affairs
; is like sticking it into our national con-
! diment. Try it and see. They’ll sting
you so sharply that the whole of Asia
j wifi not be able to save you.”
MARRIED LIFE THE THIRD YEAR
MABEL HERBERT URNER
Sets Down Some Further Third
Year Experiences of Helen and
Warren—Letter of Warren’s
I T was not fair! Aunt Emma had
no right to ask it! It was too
much to expect! Rebelliously
Helen threw down this last letter
from Warren’s aunt.
They had done their share! They
had sent that box of clothing—end a
check. Until now Helen had not
known that Warren had sent the
check. She wondered how much it
was. Again she took up Aunt Em
ma’s letter and for the third time
read ii through.
Dayton, Ohio. April 9, 1913.
Dear Helen—I can’t tell you
how thankful we were to get the
box. If you only knew how much
we needed everything you sent.
George was especially grateful for
that overcoat of Warren’s, and
your brown suit just fit mo. I
only had to let out the skirt
band.
Tell Warren his Uncle George
is going to write him and thank
him for the check. We hadn’t ex
pected that, but it has helped so
much. Everything is still in a
dreadful condition. The whole
house will have to be cleaned and
disinfected before anything can
he used. The filthy oeposit the
flood left over everything is hor
rible. And we find that much of
the foundation of the house has
been washed away. The walls
are all cracked and must of the
plaster Is off.
We have tried to clean out the
kitchen and dining room; have
tacked sheets over the walls. It
will be weeks before we can -get
the rest of the house fit to use.
Now, Helerp I’m going to ask
something of you and Warren,
which I want you to feel free to
answer frankly. You remerpber
jyou once invited Alice to make
you a visit. Do you think you
could let her come now? If I
could only get her away from here
for a few weeks it would mean
so much to us all. She has not
been well all winter, and the
horror of this has told on her
fearfully. But if you feel that it .
would not be convenient, and
that 1 am asking too much, please
do not hesitate to say so.
Boringly.
AUNT EMMA.
Helen Is Rebellious.
No, it was NOT fair! The more
Helen read the letter the more re
bellious she felt. If Alice must get
away, why could she not visit Carrie
or some of the other relatives? They
were all better able to have her.
It was all very well for Aunt Emma
to write that they must not hesitate tc
say so if it were not convenient, bui
she knew they would not say that.
Besides the box, Warren had sent a
check—that thought kept rankling.
Why had he not told her? How
much had he sent? And still his
Aunt Emma expected them to do
more!
Then Helen felt suddenly ashamed
of her attitude. Was she getting
hard and unsympathetic and selfish?
Should she he glad to help these rela
tives of Warren’s who had been
through such a terrible tragedy and
had lost practically everything?
For the rest of the day Helen’s
thoughts and feelings were most
complex. Her real desire to be gen
erous and helpful was mingled with
the rankling rebellion about it all.
She had met Alice only once, about
two years before, and then she had
been a very pretty but rather vain
and frivolous .girl of about eighteen.
Helen knew that as the only child,
both Aunt Emma and Uncle George
had petted and pampered her beyond
words. And to have this spoiled
young woman on one's hands for an
indefinite visit. was not a cheerful
prospect.
Must Send a Check.
Helen restrained her impulse to tell
Warren about it as soon as he came
home, for she wanted him to have
his dinner unworriod'. Tbit * after
ward when he wars settled in # the
library, she handed him the letter
with a quiet.
“Here’s a letter 1 got from your
Aunt Emma to-day.”
He read it without comment, put
it down on the table ami then gazed
frowningly out of the window. Several
moments passed and still he did not
speak.
“What do you think we ought to
do, dear,” ventured Helen, finally.
Without answering Warren rose
and strode up and down the room,
his hands in his pockets, frowning
down on the floor. He was plainly
much upset.
“Suppose we’ll have to let her come.
Don’t see how we can refuse, do
you?”
“No, I suppose we can’t,” weakly. '
“And I’ll have to send a check for
her fare, too.”
“Oh, will Wo have to do that? Whv-
surely, Warren, they won’t expect
that!”
“Well, they've lost everything,
haven't they? Uncle George wrote me
that all the stock in the store was
ruined, and he had only fire insur
ance—nothing to cover this.”
“But you just sent them a check,
didn’t lyou?” longing to ask how
much it had been.
“Oh, they’ll have used that. Well,
we’re in for. it, I guess. You’ll have
to write her to come on. Say I’ll send
a check for her ticket. But by
George, I’ve had a had month, and I
can tell you this doesn’t come easy.'!
Helen Writes the Letter.
“Oh, dear, I’m so sorry?” Helen
stroked his arm in tender sympathy,
“but think how much bfetter off we
are than so many—Those poor people
out there who’ve lost everything—
whose homes and families have been
swept away. At least we have our
swept away. At least we have our
home and each other.”
“Huh, well 1 don't think that's so
blamed much. And now we’ve got her
coining on here. If any one thinks T’ve
got a cinch—well, they’re welcome to
my job. I’m not any too keen on it,
I can tell you that. Now if you’re
going to write that letter, you’d better
get at it.”
“Oh, Warren, do I have to w T rite it?
Hadn’t you better?”
“She wrote you, didn't she? You’re
the one has to answer.”
“What shall I say?” going reluc
tantly over to the desk. “I can't truth
fully write we’ll be glad to have her
come.”
"Well, you’re pretty good at lying—
so lay it on thick. If we’re going
to do the thing at all, we might as
well do it up right.”
“When shall I say for her to come?’’
helplessly.
“As soon as she wants to. No use
putting it off."
Helen wrote steadily for several
loments.
“Will this do?” reading aloud.
“Dear Aunt Emma -We’ll be
very glad to have Alice visit us.
We know how difficult things
must be for you and are glad of
this opportunity to help. 1 have
just talked .it over with Warren,
and he agrees with me that it will
be the best, thing for Alice. We
Will do everything possible to
make her visit a pleasant one
and help her to forget the fear
ful ordeal she has beeiv through-
“Warren says tell you tye will
send a check for her fare in a few
days. Bet us know when to ex
pect her.
“Affectionatelyi your niece,
“HEBEN.”
"Urn—m, that’ll do, I suppose.”
Helen folded the letter and put it
into the envelope thoughtfully.
“Dear, we’re not doing it very
cheerfully, are we? I suppose we
oughtn’t to feel so mean about it.”
“Huh, we -deserve a lot of credit
for doing it at all. You think people
do such things-cheerfully? Take it
from me that nine-tenths of the so-
alled ‘unselfish, generous, charitable’
deeds are done a darn sight more be
grudgingly than we're doing this.
Here, give me that letter- I'll mail
it now.”
Recognized It.
A certain Bonded clergyman who had
been traveling in Greece found himself
compelled to stay the night at a monas
tery on Mount Athos. The welcome was
warm, but the food execrable, in par
ticular the s ?up, which the guest could
hardly force himself to swallow. Being
a classical scholar, his knowledge of
ancient Greek helped him to some un
derstanding of the monks, who spoke
the widely-different modern tongue, and
he was astonished to hear that the un
palatable soup was an English dish.
“FnglishV’ efied one of the monks,
adding that an English sailor had been
there not long before and recognized it.
“What did he call it?” asked the
clergyman
The monk had to think for a moment
before he could recollect the strange
English name of that soup. Ah! he had
It. It was “bees’ly muck!”
GIRB who lives in the moun
tains writes from the depths
of her trouble heart.
I am a young girl of eighteen,
and am in love with a young man
of twenty-five who lives in the city.
He loves my in return and has asked
me to marry him. I know that 1
am just a mountain girl who lives in
a little town. If he takes me Jto the
city, whqre his folks are well-to-do,
1 know’ they will he ashamed of me,
and also of him. (’an you tell me
how I can learn the city life and
look and dress like a city lady?
“MOUNTAIN GIRL.”
Heaven forbid that i should do a
thing so monstrous. If by any
thought or suggestion 1 ever influ
enced any little girl from the coun
try "to learn city lift- and look and
dress like a <*ty lady,” then may mv
punishment be swift and sure! It
could not be worse than my deserts.
She loves this man with a single
ness of purpose, and with her w’hole
heart, he doesn’t love him for what
sqch an alliance may bring her in
social posltlob or financial returns.
She will not give him a heart that is
.divided with any other man.
She Likes Mountain Air.
..She is t pure and sweet and whole
some, like the mountain air she has
always breathed, and her love bears
the murk of every true woman’s love:
Humility. She does not question if
he is good enough for her. but if she
is good enough for him, and would
make' herself over to match what
* he dreams might be his ideals.
After she has lived in the city
a while she will want to make him
over! 1 wonder if he appreciates the
treasure he is winning!
If 1 hoped to make «• “city lady”
of her, I would introduce her to every
deception beginning with the powder
can and rouge pot, and ending Chaos
alone knows w’here.
L would accompany her to a dress
maker, and assist in tearing down
every conception she has of decency
and modesty. She must w’ear her
skirts vulgarly tight, and immodestly
short, and the neck cut indecently
low r .
She must take off those sensible
shoes that serve.for purposes of com
fort and protection, and put on
pumps and silk hose that will cause
the eyes of all men to follow her.
that being the beginning and end of
all ambition of the “city lady.”
1 would give her a hat that is a
torture to the head under it, and a
torment to all who sit near, but that
is indispensable because its gro
tesqueness attracts. I wmuld, in brief,
take the carp in outfitting her that
a sign painter observes in painting
a cigarette sign: Anything to catch
the eyes of the men!
Will His Folks Be Proud?
I wonder w^hen she has been made
into a “city lady,” and every charm
of nature has been tortured, sup
pressed, pinched, squeezed and- paint
ed into all that is hideous and un
natural, if “his” folks will be proud
of her. If they are, then they are
the kind of relations one is better
off for not knowing.
I wonder if the man who loves the
mountain girl will love her just as
much when she has become a victim
of the prevailing city life epidemic.
1 doubt it, and because I doubt it I
want, this little mountain girl to
bring to her city home so much of
the strength and purity of her native
hills that the hypocrisy of the un
natural city life will never find room.
The history of this great, old world
will prove that ever since man left
his mark upon it, the rugged, the
strong and the upright have come
from the mountains, and the weak
and shifting and indecisive have come
from the plains.
1 do not want this little girl to
become contaminated by the lives of
the dwellers in the plains. I want
her to be always honest and fearless
and sincere. To be natural, to be
herself, to be grateful that she was
in the beginning, “just a mountain
girl.”
For she has a heritage w’orth more
than any superficial knowledge of,
what makes up a “city lady.”
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This is evidently a situation requiring ac
tion rather than words. It has happened in
many a household. What would you do if you
were one of the parties involved? Think i'_
over p : d talk it over with your friends. You ,
may be in the same predicament some time.
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN By Beatrice Fairfax*
And Everybody
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On Sunday will be better than ever before.
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skew’er or fork, then pulnge Into boiling
water, and allow them to boll slowly
for ten or fifteen minutes, according to
the size, after which drain and place
In a hot frying pan, and fry till a nice
brown.
Raspberry Cream.
Take one pint of tablet raspberry
jelly, dissolve in half a pint of hot
water; when cool, lake half a pint of
cold milk, to which add four cents’
worth of cream; stir together and pour
into the jelly, stirring all the time; stand
In a cool place. This is a delicious aft
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If You Like
Coffee
You’ll Love
LET THE NEXT DISPUTE END IT.
D ear miss Fairfax-.
I am 20 and am very much in
love with a young lady of is. We
have been engaged for nearly one
year. She and l both have a very
■ high temper and are very inde
pendent, which causes us to dis
agree and fuss and burst up for
a short time only. Now, 1 think
the world and all of this young
lady, and ofttimes try to give her
advice in the right direction, as I
think, because she is young and
has nevf'r had the experience of
love. For the love I have for her
I have stuck to her through u\\
anger and tears.
Now, our engagement has been
put off for the second time; once
on account of (I think) this girl
being the main support of her
fair ily, and her mother persuaded
her out of the notion, telling her
to put it off a while longer; and
then, when we had ji little dis
agreement a few weeks ago, I
quietly left her, but did not tell
her that I would not be back,
thinking that perhaps she would
let me hear from her the next day,
as she usually calls me over the
phone; but, on account of her in
dependence, she failed to call me.
Finally, her conscience made her
speak to me, so she called me over
the phone and told me she was in
the wrong and wanted us to try it
once more, which, of course, l
gladly accepted and went back.
Would you go on with the young
lady and continue my love and
affection for her, and in the wind
up get married on the day she
wishes, after she has already been
the cause of tw’o broken engage
ments? TROUBLED.
Your very mature way of question
ing the girl’s good sense is amusing
You say she is 18 and too young to
know better; and you are only 20!
Moreover, I don’t like your compla
cency. You are too quick to think
she is in the wrong.
For her sake, let the next dispute h
the last. I am sure she can do better.
GIVE HIM UP.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I am going with a young man
to
she went away, and met
man and became engage
Since, her return she has
writing asking me to kecj
company just the Same, a
man she ’is engaged to i
away, and’she will not set
for maybe six months. D<
think it right for me to- go
her? J.
Most decidedly not. She is l
in thought to her fiance in a:
and is* not fair to you.
QUIT GUESUiN.G.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I am in love, I gueass,
girl A ho is of the same a
When in company she s
admire me, but when b.v o
she seems to not be Jts \*
What must 1 do' t n *bt
in sut?p;
She probably* dbubts your sincerity,
just as ¥ doubt it. IVrhaps. also, v !: n
you are alone with her she is afraid
to show her admiration, thinking you
may be to£> presumptuous.
BN Si
SHE IS RIGHT.
[YEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am a young man of 18,
Keeping company with a young
woman two years my senior. We
are infatuated with each other.
Rut my mother does not approve
of it, for thi simple reason that
1 am too young to keep com
pany with any as yet. C. T. H.
A boy of 18 is too young tp play
tli love. Give hp this nonsense and
■ * iv tim<- to your work. If
e is the girl for you, this is not th*|
no, and both you and she will im«
\BR MANNER WILL SHOW IT.
HEAR MISS FAIRFAX: »
I am a young man 18 years
of age, and like very much a girl
one-half -year my- junior. , 1 see
her very off* 1 no not know
wnetiior she I.v^s me noL but .
would like to find o4.
J. G. G- Q. I
That is easy to learn, as girls are
1 < oncealing their Ilk •
dislikes. But don’t make the. ef-
rt. You are both too young.
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29 years of age. I »n> an
have been going with him ever
since I met him, two years tg<>
During this period of tine he has
claimed he loved me .\!th all m
“heart and soul.” This friend- is
fond of drink; otherwise he :«
nearly perfect. Some time ago/he
told me he thought if we were
married we would never be happy,
and he didn’t think Tie was good
enough for me. 1 agreed that we
stop going together, but he didn t
stop. He has continued to call me
up and continues to call.
DISTRESSED.
His fondness for drink makes him
most undesirable, though otherwise he
may be nearly perfect.
He admits his unfitness for you.
Agree with him, and give him up.
NOT IF YOU LOVE HIM.
D ear miss Fairfax
I am a young girl of 19.
and am deeply in love with a gen
tleman 20 year.-- my senior. This
gentleman calls upon me every
evening, and is always very af
fectionate.
1 am engaged to this gentleman
and expect to marry him .‘One*
time next month. Do you think
the difference in age is t<- » grfeat?
DOLBY.
The difference, is on the right, side
If you were 20 years his senior 1
would urge you not to marry him. but
the years are so much harder on
woman than on a man that this dif
ference between your age and his will
grow less every year.
A MATTER OF TASTE.
D ear miss Fairfax :
Please advise me If it is cus
tomary to send a present upon the ,,
receipt of an announceemnt of. a
wedding or the birth of a child.
M. H. R.
This is a custom that is growing
steadily and unfortunately so. for the
reason that it means jmother tax ciq
friendship.
Don't begin it, unless obliged to.
and in that event let your gift be in
expensive.
NOT FAIR TO YOU.
D ear miss Fairfax
I have been keeping com-
pany with a young woman about
«ix months. A short time back
Prove Our Glaum.
all my own work for a family of
ioi.r. I shall always feel that Ioto
my <r< d heal tit to your medicine?”
Hayward Sowers, Cary, ft!e.
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When a wbnishfsvfformg T;\ n s Tie firm jf femnji. e
disorder is told that an operation' is necessary, it of course
frightens her.
The very thought of the ho uital operating table andjthf
surgeon’s knife strik 5 ter;-,),- 10 ner heart, and no woi
It is quite true that some of these troubles may.reach a s
where an operttion' iirthe nly resource, bu thousand
wofnen have avoided the necessity of an operatio by talking
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vt potable Compound. This act, is
attested by the grateful letters they write to us after heir
health has been restored.
These Two. Women
Cary, Maine..—“I feel it a duty I
owe to all rfufforinj?’ tvpmon to telL
what Lydia E.d^iqkhaxp's Vegetable
Compound' did for raeD T>rte year ago
Ij|ft>und myself a terrible sufijerer.
'MuaJ pains in’both sides and such a
ajTepess 1 could scarcely staighten
dp oft times. My back ached, I had
no apn.'Di.e and was ,-o j. r , 1
could not sleep, thun> Iwould ho so
tired mornings that I cpnld.scarcely
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! And I thought I never would be .any
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Jjjpi]piam*s Vabte'tJonifcoimd and
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man submit to a’surgfcrrt operation \vi* louffirst giving Lydia
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mows modi,
hats restore.
, Charlotte, N. C-—.“I was in bad
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I am now enjoying tine health and
i the mother of a nice baby .girl.
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