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D O women dress to please men or
to please each other? In th<
majority of cases I should sa'
that they dressed to please, each
other.
The average man admires simplic
ity In dress; the average woman de
lights In elaborate effects. Not one
man In a hundred looks on the tower
ing pompadour as otherwise than
atrocious, and yet, see the vcugue it
has attained.
Every woman likes to hear her taste
1n dress praised by her men friends,
Mit she can not resist the prevailinr
rashlons. A gown that every man in u
room will disparage will bring a sigh
of er.vy from every woman present
Careful dressing will Improve every
woman’s appearance, but fussy drees
ing will not add to her beauty 1n the
;er,st.
Girls make a great mistake when
(hey fuss so much about their clothes
is to give men the Impression that
tney can think of nothing else.
Don’t Like Dolls.
Tou tree, girls, a young man wants a
wife, not a dressed-up doll.
^Tha girl who makes her own clothe.-
and presents a neat and smart ap
pearance makes a great hit with any
young man. He can not help but
think how clever and capable she j
most he. and that she will, In all prob
ability, make a good, economical wife.
Economy may not sound very ro- I
mantle, hut, all the same, It is a very ]
desirable quality In a wife, and one!
j which every man admires.
The girt who has thousands to
I spend on her dress does not look a
Iwhltmore winsome than the one who,
»n a small allowance, dresses taste-
hilly and suitably.
Two young women sat near me at
Ithe opera the other night. The con
trast In their appearance was most
noticeable.
One was gowned 1n pompadour sat-
lln, a white ground with huge pink
soft black material that fell around
her pretty young figure in graceful
folds. It was cut square in the neck
and edged "w ith a fold of soft white
crepe.
The ‘elbow sleeves were finished
with a niching; of the same material.
A single strand of pearls was her only
ornament. Hpr hair was partpd and
rolled away from her face, ending In a
coil at the back of her head.
Simplicity Wins.
Her face was realljr not a bit pret
tier than the other girl’s, but .she was
a joy to look at in her exquisite sim
plicity! As for the relative cost, of the
two costumes, the first exceeded the
second twenty times.
I do not believe there was a man in
the'house who would have hesitated a
minute as to which he admired more.
The simple costume would come out
ahead every time.'
The keynote to beauty is simplicity,
and you never can make a mistake if
you stick to it. Avoid extravagant ef> j
feetp.
Don’t look as though your mind was j
aU- on vowr clothes. Don’t frighten j
your prospective suiters away by ex- i
travagant ideas a.nd talk.
AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION
What Would You Do if It Happened to You?
By PRANCES L. GARSIDE.
\ GIRL wh
tains wr
Give and Take.
N amusing story is related by a Paris
“A young man wants a wife, not a dressed-up doll.”
and yellow rosea 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 lfer. ft
was a wonderful pompadour. When
it had reached such a height that you
felt it must fall off it began all over
again in a series of puffs and curls.
The other girl was gowned in some
Correspondent
When the Sultan of Turkey gave or
ders for the moboltea-tion 1iis .troops ;
ho sent to the King-of Bulgaria a sack,
of millet, with the following letter:
"Ferdinand Kffendi, mobilize it. .you L
: like, but be assured there are as many '
soldiers in Turkey as there are grains
of millet in this sack. Now, if you
wish, declare war.”
The King df Bulgaria’s reply’ was. in
kind. He sent a very much, .smaller
sack filled with the tiny grains of.- a
most virulent rod pepper-of the.country.
■TScbouskW it s called, and it does not
i belie Its name; for the effect is that of a
j very vigorous snuff. 1 With It went the
following dedication:
"Dear Mr. Sultan—The Bulgarians are
j not numerous. It is true; but be assured
, that to stick your 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
will not be able to save you.”
MARRIED LIFE THE THIRD YEAR W^^TherbeWTSner
GIRL who lives in the moun-
rites from the depths
of her trouble heart.
T am a young girl of eighteen,
and am in love with a young man
of twenty-five who lives in the city.
He loves me in return and has asked
me to marry him. I know that I
am just a mountain girl who lives in
a little town. If he takes me to the
city, whore his folks are well-to-do.
I know they will be ashamed of me.
and also of him. Can you tell me
how I can loarn 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 I ever influ
enced any little girl from the coun
try "to learn city life and look and
dress like a city lady,” then may my
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 whole
heart, he doesn’t love him for what
such an alliance may bring her in
social position or financial returns.
She will.not give him a heart that is
divided with any other man.
She Likes Mountain Air.
She is pure and sweet and whole-
some, like the mountain air she has
always breathed, and her love bears
the mark 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
she dreams might be his ideals.
After she has lived in the city
a while she will want to make him
over! I wonder if he appreciates the
treasure he is winning!
If I hoped to make a ‘city lady”
of her, I would introduce her to every
deception beginning with the powder
can and rouge pot, and ending Chaos
alone knows where.
I would accompany her to a dress
maker, and assist in tearing down
every conception she has of decency
and modesty. She must wear her
skirts vulgarly tight, and immodestly
short, and the neck cut indecently
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 iC
over and talk it over with your friends. You
may be in the same predicament some time.
ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN
By Beatrice F airfax
low'.
MABEL HERBERT URNER
Sets Down Some Further Third
Tear Experiences of Helen and
|Warren—Letter of Warren’s
T was not fair! Aunt Emma had
no right to ask it! It was too
much to expect! Rebellious^
tfelen threwr down this last letter
;om Warren’s aunt.
They had done their share! They
ad sent that box of clothing—and a
ieck. Until now Helen had not
now'n that Warren had sent the
heck. She wondered how much it
as. Again she took up Aunt Etn
a's letter and for the third time
ad it through.
Dayton, Ohio. April 9, 1913.
Dear Helen—I can’t tell you
how' thankful we wore to get the
box. If you only knew’ how much
w’e needed everything you sent.
George was especially grateful for
that overcoat of Warren’s, and
your brown suit Just fit me. 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
be used. The filthy deposit 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 most of the
plaster 1s 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, Helen, I'm going to ask
something of you and Warren,
w-hich I want you to feel free to
answer frankly. You remember
you 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
tor 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 I am asking too much, please
do not hesitate to say so.
Lovingly,
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 1 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 w rite that they must not hesitate to
say so if it were not convenient, but
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 V
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 Aimt 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 unworried. But after
ward when he was 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 and then gazed
frow’ningly out of the w’indow. 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. Hte 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 111 have to send a check for
her fare, too.”
“Oh, will we have to do that? Why
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 hatl only fire insur
ance—nothing to cover this.”
“But you just sent them a cheek,
didn’t you?” 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 bad 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 better 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 I don’t think that’s so
blamed much. And now we’ve got her
coming on here. If any one thinks I’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 write 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 ljrtng—
so lay it on thick. If were 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
moments.
“Will this do?” reading aloud.
“Dear Aunt Emma -Well 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. I 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 been through.
“Warren says tell you he will
send a check for her fare in a few
days. Let us know when to ex
pect her.
“Affectionately, your niece.
“HELEN.”
. “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-
called 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.
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 would, in brief,
take the care in outfitting her that
a sign painter observes in painting
a cigarette sign: Anything to catch
the eyes of the men!
A certain London 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, hut the food execrable, in par
ticular the soup, 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-dlfferent modern tongue, and
he was astonished to hear that the un
palatable soup was an English dish.
“English!” cried 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
clergy hrian.
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!”
Will His Folks Be Proud?
I wonder when 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 w'onder if the man who loves the
mountain girl will love her just as
tnuch when she has become a victim
of the prevailing city life epidemic
I 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
w'ill 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.
I 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 he natural, to be
herself, to be grateful that she was
in the beginning, “Just a mountain
girl.”
For she has a heritage worth more
than any superficial knowledge of
what makes up a "city lady.”
And Everybody
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Useful to Know.
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in a hot frying pan, and fry till a nice
brown.
LET THE NEXT DISPUTE END IT.
D ear miss Fairfax:
1 am 20 and am very much In
love with a young lady of is. We
have been engaged for nearly one
year. She and 1 both have'a very
high temper and are very inde
pendent, which causes us to dis
agree and fuss and buret up for
a short time only. Now, I think
the world and all of this young
lady, and ofttlmes try to give her
advice in the right direction, as I
think, because she is young and
has never had the experience of
love. For the love I have for her
1 have stuck to her through all
anger and tears.
No r, our engagement has been
put off for the second time; once
on account of (I think) this girl
being the main support of hei
family, and her mother persuaded
her out of the notion, telling her
to put it off a while longer; and
then, when we had a 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, 1
gladly accepted and went hack.
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 two broken engage
ments? TROUBLED.
Your very mature way of question
ing the girl’s good sense is amusing.
You say she in 18 and too young to
know better; and yo,u 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 be
the last. I am sure she can do better.
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GIVE HIM UP.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I am going with a young mim
29 years of age. I am 22, and
have been going with him ever
since I met him. two yeals ago.
During this period of time he has
claimed he loved me with all his
"heart and soul.” This friend is
fond of drink; otherwise he is
nearly perfect. Some time ago he
told me he thought ifswe were
married we would never be nappy,
and he didn’t think he was good
enough for me. I agreed that we
stop going together, hut 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.
she went away and met a young
man and became engaged to him.
Sinre her return she has been
writing asking me to keep her
company just the same, as the
man she is engaged to is far
away, and she will not see him
for maybe six months. Do you
think it right for me .to go with
her? J. W.
Most decidedly not. She is not true
in thought to her fiance in asking it
and is not fair to you.
I
SHE IS RIGHT.
ALAR MISS FAIRFAX:
QUIT GUESSiNG.
T)EAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am in love. 1 guess, with a
girl who is of the same age as I.
When in company she set>ais to
admire me, but when by ourseives
she seems to not be as sociable.
What must I do to win her love?
IN SUSPENSE.
She probably doubts your sincerity,
just as I doubt It. Perhaps, also, when
you are alone with her she is afraid
to show’ her admiration, thinking you
may be too presumptuous.
I uni a young man of Iff,
keeping company with a young:
woman two years my senior. We
are infatuated with each other.
But my mother does not approve
of it, for the 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 to* playt
with love. Give up this nonsense and
devote more time to your work. If
she is the girl for you. this is not th#
time, and both you and she will
prove in the waiting.
HER MANNER WILL SHOW IX
TAKAR MISS FAIRFAX:
^ 1 am a young man 18 years
of age. and like very much a girl
one-half year my junior. I see
her very oft*m. T do not know
whether she me oSf wot, £>ufc
would like to find o<a.
J. G. G. Q.
That is easy to learn, as girl® ar#
not < lever in concealing their like#
or dislikes. But don’t make the e£*»
fort. You are both too young.
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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 yearn my senior. This
gentleman calls upon me every
evening, and Is always very af
fectionate.
I am engaged to this gentleman
and expect to marry him some
time next month. Do you think
the difference In age is too great?
DOLLY.
The difference is on the light side.
If you were 20 years his senior I
would urge you not to marry him, but
the years are so much harder on a
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 another tax on
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
iilg months. A short time back
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