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By Nell Brinkley
Daysey Mayme
And Her Polks
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£ LI EVE me, dear madam, the
woman who i« an absolutely
wronged wife does not auk any
one for sympathy or advice, because
the wound Is too deep to be probed by '
words, and It is hidden from sight.
It ie only the surface scratch which
lies open to the gaze of even' eye.
You «ay your trouble has destroy 'd
your nervous system and made you
Irritable, cross and Irresponsible in
youT actions.
Are you quite sure you were not
Afflicted with some of these peculiar
ity before you were wronged ?
There was once a wife who believed
Tier husband to be loyal and true Id
a sex sense: but «he continuously
ggcd him about small matters.
^he was irritable and faultfinding,
iR she was a poor housekeeper and
eas In her personal habits. Life
r the same roof with her was
fffcatory.
Suddenly, when both husband and
wife were middle aged she found
him infatuated with another woman.
Then she lifted her voice and cried
aloud that she had been such a good I
faithful, so self-sacrificing, j
-and here was !
wife
so devoted, so loving
her reward.
And no one could make her believe
she <had been the one who hewed the
wood, and shaped and built her own
cross.
Sometimes the absolutely good and
noble wife IS neglected and misused.
The most adorable woman the writer
of this every knw was a misused and
heglected wife.
Every Indignity.
She had suffered every indignity
possible from a amail-souled bruto
of a man. Yet she had made her
home a heaven for her children, and
ahe had developed the most wonder
ful jKtise and strength of character
which made her the admiration of all
who know’ her.
After her children were grown, and
in homes of their own, »he left the
man; but she had believed it to be for
the best to save her children the
acandal of a domestic earthquake
while they were small. And no one
ever heard her mention her husband,
save with dignity. While a woman
remains under a man’s roof slit*
should follow the old saying:
“If you are going to PUT UP with
a situation, then SHUT ITIV If you
find the situation impossible, then
GET OUT; and when it la necessary,
talk: but only when It Is necessary.
It, you find yourself obliged to re
load under the roof of the man who
ha* wronged you. try and occupy
yourself every hour of the day with
work and duties and distractions
which keep you from brooding. Take
an interest in your personal appear
ance: surprise him by growing in at
tractiveness, and increase your circle
«*f friends.
Don’t Look the Martyr.
Do not for an hour let him see you
looking like a martyr.
Female martyrs are never attrac
tive to you. Keep bus; and never
allow yourself to be led into quar-
Think about others as much as you
can, and as little as possible of your
tfwn sorrows.
Sorrow well borne is a friend and
a teacher, imparting a sense of kin
ship and sympathy Put away any
Idea that you have been specially se
lected b> fate for a crushing woe.
Coyftfcidw. rather, that you have been
mad* one of God’s intimate family by
being shown into the chamber of
sorrow
Feel yourself kin to all the sorrow
ing world, and cast out bitterness.
All this I say to you knowing you
have not reached a state of suffering
which paralyzes the faculties and
makes words useless. For if you had
you could not have asked for sym
pathy or spoken of your trouble. The
womkn who really loves and has
r.eally been wronged can only talk
with God.
Snap Shots
By LILLIAN LAUFERTY.
By FRANCES L. G/JtSIDE.
A'
UOMMON enough court trial,
even in these, our enlight
ened times.
THE ROBED JUSTICE, a much
Injured, woeful and wrathful young
man whom anybody can see has
been conjured “scandalous;" be
witched Into lightheadedness;
ci'rced Into following will-o’-the-
wisps; spellbound by an enchanting
eye.
THE OFFENDER, a soft, sweet
creature—perhaps the saving, busy
girl who hikes out gallantly to a
shop or an office desk every morn
ing, blue-skied or rainy—perhaps
the little aristocrat who labors at
riding in Grant Park o’ mornings
and serving tea afternoons in a
boudoir whose amphora vases three
peach trees were flayed of their
pinky blossoms to fill. Anyway, it’s
a creature that anybody can see is-,
a WITCH from the last feathery
curl on the crown of her head to the
strap of her ’broidered slipper.
THE COUNSEL FOR THE DE
FENSE, a small fat person with a
powerful tongue and eloquent eyes;
with white wings that are found
sometimes to be slightly singed,
who ALWAYS wins his case. He
never proves that his client isn’t a
witch—that isn’t it—but he always
gets a light sentence—Oh! kisses or
something like that. A thousand
or so!
iHOSE who have seen the painting?
of angels by Daysey Mayme Ap
pleton, so cleverly done that one
can hear the swish of their silk
petticoats as they fly through the skv
reed not for a moment magine that
painting is the sum total of her talents
Her versatility is boundless, her re
sourcefulness without limitation, and
her faith knows no disquieting depres
sion.
“I never,” she says with a fine show
of spirit, "permit, myself to become dis
couraged. finding stimulus for a faint
ing spirit in the women’s magazines [
know that if all else failed I could read
these splendid articles on remunerative
occupations for girls, and start out a »
any time with determine tion and «
pickle and in a very biief period 1
would be owning and running an Im
mense pickle factory.”
She had read in one of these Pillars
of the Home an article on how to make
a quilt that would be such a clever
imitation of one of the k nd made h\
our great-grandmothers that its value
would be priceless.
“With an outlay of five cent- for /
thread,” the splendid article read, “and *
ten cents for bright colored calico, a
girl can make a quilt that will command
thousands of dollars."
It sounded good, and Dt ysey Mayme
borrowed the money from her mother
laid the foundation of th< family for
tune on a dry goods counter, and began
work.
She selected a pattern of a bright
purple pumpkin trailing its leaves of
pale blue across a white field, with a
big pink sunflower in the center, show
ing that disregard of the colors of na
ture that proved our forer.iothers were
so courageous.
She sewed many days, leaving the
calls of other duties for her mother
to answer, and at last the quilt was
done, and Daysey Mayme exhibited It
to her family and friends with as happ\
a countenance as if a tub >f honey hail
been upset on her soul.
True, she found no buyers, but her
great resourcefulness at or ce devised a
means whereby it may bee ime a source
of perpetual income to her family.
"I will hire it out," she said proudly,
"to cover what threatens to be a lugu
brious deathbed. When filled wit!,
mournful thoughts over >arting with
the dear ones left behinc ; when tor
mented with a fear of wh; t the future
may have in store, the d} Ing one will
see my quilt and forget all else. He
will at once be seized with mirth and
go dancing into the next world with his
crown on one ear and fil ed with the
wildest of merriment.
"If there is any one am >ng you who
fears a lugubrious death*ed and who
will name a date the quilt may be
rented at a nominal fee."
Orx the Otherhind.
The geography" class was in session,
and the teacher pointed a finger to th
map on the classroom wal .
"Here, on one hand, we have the
far-stretching country of Russia
Willie," she asked, looki lg over her
pupils and settling on or e small bo\
at the end of the class, “what do we
see on the other hand?"
Willie, hopeless with fright, hesitate
a moment, and then answeied, “Warts
What the Lecturer Said
c
OUSIN
get up
mother
needlessly, 1
Tucker. When
often stayed In
FANNIE felt too ill to
last Friday morning and
became alarmed—quite
think and sent for Dr.
1 recall that 1 have
bed mornings because
A cobweb, a fancy, a glimmer, a glance,
Ohv Life is a bit of illusion;
And you’ll find that its changes will
lead you a dance.
Ami • variety’s sell will trim up and en-
* hance;
As in change you move on, why you
have, to advance;
S*\ Dtfll Sameness l drink your con
* fusion!
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A. K.HAWKES CG.
of severe headaches and that mother
has never even thought of calling a
doctor for me I am forced to wonder
why she should have been so much
more exercised over Cousin Fannie
than over her own daughter.
When Dr. Tucker saw Fannie he said
that he knew she had been working
too hard. He questioned her persist
ently until she told him that he day
before she had become fatigued because
of some unusual sweeping and the
pollshtng of the extra leaves of our ♦lin
ing table, whloh were so dusty and bad
ly starred that even oil and floor wax
rubbed In scarcely made them present
able.
“Kindly inform me." he said in that
brusque and dictatorial way of ids "why
it was necessary for you to wear your
self out with that work?”
Cousin Fannie only sighed, and as
the doctor seemed determined to have
an answer. 1 said with dignity: "My
club, the Dlx Amies, met here last night,
and according to our rules we gathered
around the long bare tabic Our maid
was out and. of course. Cousin Fannie
and [ had to make all the preparations
for the meeting."
A Great Chance.
Though Cousin Fannie insisted that
she was merely tired. Dr. Tucker or
dered her to keep her bed for several
♦lays and instructed me to see that noth
ing interfered with her securing a com
plete rest.
‘ By the way, Miss Lucile." he said,
as he was leaving, “Mrs. Van Kens
selaer is going to have a drawing room
talk b\ Gregory, the famous English
psychologist, next Monday afternoon on
j The Dangers of Unselfishness.' I be
i lieve vou would enjoy it. If you like I'll
ask Mrs Van Kensselaer. who is an old
friend of mine, for a card for you."
My first impulse was to decline the
card, for the subject of the lecturer
I did not appeal to me However, it
j seemed a pity to miss such an excel
lent opportunity of going to the ex
elusive Mrs Van Rensselaer's beautl-
i fill house l accepted graciously. Af-
j terward 1 was glad that 1 had accepted
I for tlie costumes I saw at the lecture
were quite the smartest 1 had seen this
spring <>ne charming gown gave me
a splendid idea for a frock for myself,
which we can easily make at home out
of a lovely old soft lavender brocade
ibat grandmother has had put away
ever since the Civil War. 1 think it will
divert Cousin Fannie to have some in
teresting work
The \cturer was really fascinating
and 1 was deeply impressed with his
eatment of the subject. He main
tained that there was no particular
credit due to the unselfish member wh-
I is to be found In nearly every family
group. Mother is everlastingly remind
ing me of Cousin Fannie’s unselfishness
and trying to burden me with a sense
of gratitude that I now see should not
be demanded of me.
What He Said.
The lecturer said that the unselfish
ones are qjs a rule blank pages at the
beginning, and that their character
istics are produced and developed by
the selfishness of the more decided
people about them. They ure always at
the disposal of others. They are
drained for sympathy from morning
till night. They think other people’s
thoughts, about other people’s trou
bles, until they actually have no
thought of their own to think. and
they lose aJl individuality and origi
nality. By their unvarying unselfish
ness they become a menace iri the
family by making others selfish # in
their dependence.
As I listened to the speaker I real
ized the danger I had been in. l>r.
Tucker must have thought that I
greatly needed that lecture or he
would not have troubled to get me
an Invitation. Ho has seen when he
has come to the house from time to
time that 1 am constantly giving up
my own plans and wishes for others.
He doubtless agrees with the lecturer
that such self-abnegation is inimical
to the development of character.
As 1 left the Van Uensselaers’ house
I fairly trembled to think how dread
ful it would be if my capacity for en
joyment should be atrophied. I felt
that I must at once begin to gratify
my taste for pleasure. I had intended
to buy Cousin Fannie some flowers
and then go home and pass the even
ing reading to her, as mother had
hinted that Cousin Fannie was dis
pirited. but it now occurred to oie
that for her sake as well as mine It
would he much better for me to seek
some amusement.
1 went over to La Salle Street, in
tending to go to father's office and
coax him to stay downtown and take
me to one of the hotels to dinner.
However, as I was i>assing the build
ing where Carl Bates' office is he
came out of the door
"Why. Luciie," he said, “aren’t you
lost ?”
1 laughingly told him my plan and
he said gaylv: "I,et me be a father
to you this evening. We’ll dine down
town and go to the theater, too. if
you’ll pardon my business clothes.
Come, let's telephone your mother
Of course 1 agreed, for I wasn’t at
all sure that father would stay down
tow n He has rsuch a stubborn pref
erence for home dinners Carl and I
had a delightful evening and I was
iw fully relieved to find that my
capacity for enjoyment had suffered
no Injury.
Chinks Sometimes.
she—Ah. marriage confers such peace
>f mind!
He Yes. I know most married men
to forever getting it fiom their wives.
She—What, prav?
He—Piece of mind.
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
A DISAPPOINTMENT.
•pVEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I wish you would please ex
plain the following for me 1 re
ceived it in a letter from a
young man and would like to know
what he meant: "May I some time
tell you about the air castle that
is about to be dismantled? 1 fear
this week will end such foolishness,
if this he the true status of such
things." ROBERTA.
I think he has been disappointed, and
wants to tell you about it. He built
an air castle, and realizes that it has
no foundation in fact, and must be torn
down.
Just what that air castle concerned—
Love or Fame or Business—I can not
surmise.
NOT NECESSARILY.
HEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
^ 1 have been corresponding w’ith
• a woman of about twenty-six, dur
ing the last year. I am nineteen
and a high school boy, and feel very
much attached to her She writes
to me about once a month, and al
ways asks me to tell her what I am
doing. Don't you think it is all
right for her to write to me, and do
you think she is very much inter
ested in me? R. N.
She may be interested in you as she
would be in the welfare of a young
brother, and you must not suppose it Is
anything else. For this reason: You
are only nineteen, a schoolboy, and
should be interested in your studies to
the exclusion of all thoughts of love.
HUNTING A HUSBAND By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER
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Household Suggestions
On a cold, wet night every one likes
to see a blazing fire, but this generally
means heavy coal bills. A good plan is
to place a quantity of chalk at the back
of each grate, in equal proportion to the
coals. This throws out a great heat
and lasts quite a long time. It always
pays in the end to buy good coal, for
not only does it make a clearer fire, but
it leaves fewer ashes A handful of
conun on salt thrown into the fire occa
sionally makes a cheerful blaze and
lessens the consumption of the coal.
Velveteen which has served its pur
pose as a dress or blouse should be pre
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In this connection velveteen is almost
as good as a chamois leather, and can
not only be used for obtaining a fine
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niture. but as a means of brightening
silver and plated goods. When soiled
the velveteen may he successfully
cleaned by washing it in a soapy lather.
HE wedding was over. Amid a
flutter of excitement among the
sentimental bridesmaids. and
much showing off of authority by the
best man and ushers, Robert Maynard
and his newly-made w’ife had left the
church, and the vestibule was now full
of chattering, laughing guests, Waiting
for their carriages and automobiles.
Beatrice had sat with Helen during
the service. The widow had heard the
minister’s words without emotion: she
had watched the progress of the cere
mony dry-eyed, while Helen wept co
piously "because it was all so lovely."
She had declined, with ill-concealed
impatience. Helen’s offer to take her to
the reception at the Damerel house in
her carriage. She had come to the wed
ding only to please Miss Damerel, Be
atrice said. She did not Intend to be
bored further by having to say anything
in the way of congratulations to the (at
present) happy pair. That sort of thing
was wearisome to all but those closely
concerned—none of whom would miss
her. ,
She was making her way through the
vestibule of the church, intent on get
ting out and away from the crowd as
soon as possible, when she heard her
name spoken and glanced up startled
Dr. Yeager stood before her, fault
lessly arrayed, and looking very self-
possessed and handsome.
"1 though that perhaps you would
like to know hoyv PauMs-getting along,"
he remarked.
Her Voice Trembled.
“Since my last attempt to obtain in- 1
formation was so evidently unwelcome,
I am not sure that I have any interest
in the matter," she retorted, her voice
trembling childishly.
"Well, thut is what I told Paul,’* an
swered Dr. Yeager, eyeing her keenly.
"But he had an Idea that you would care
to know that he is better. He gave me
this note to hand to you. He is still
weak—very weak—but he insisted on
writing it. By the way," as she did
not answer. "I have told them at the
hospital that if you call there at any
time you are to he allowed to see the
patient. Good morning!"
Beatrice took the envelope without
speaking. bowed in return to the
physician’s farewell. and left the
church.
She walked rapidly down the sunny
street, her heart beating in time to
her swiftly moving feet. At the cor
ner she stood for a moment and opened
the note. On’y a few trembling, wa
vering. penciled lines on a single sheet
of paper, but they brought tears to her
eyes.
“Thank you for the asters. I knew’
they were from you. P. M."
"He knew they were from me!" whis
pered Beatrice. She walked up the
street in the brilliant sunshine.
The doubts and unhappiness of the
past weeks were falling from her.
Once or twice she smiled gently. She
strolled on, as in a dream, Paul May
nard's little note held tightly in her
hand, his face floating before her
tear-dimmed eyes.
How far she went she did not know,
but she suddenly came to a full
knowledge of her surroundings be
fore a huge building of warm red
brick.
Sparrows squabbled on the wTndow
sills, and white-capped nurses passed
now and again before the windows.
There was no surprise in Beatrice’s
mind when she recognized the hos
pital where Paul Maynard lay ill. She
knew now that this had been the
place toward w’hich she had been
walking for the past hour. She en
tered the building without further hes
itation.
An attendant led her to Paul’s door
and she entered. The sun streamed
through the windows and lay in a golden
band on the floor and close to the feet
of the dark-haired man stretched in a
reclining chair, his back toward her* #
A sweet-faced nurse came swiftly for
ward.
He Is Much Better.
“I am Mrs. Minor," said Beatrice,
softly. “I Just came in to ask how Mr
Maynard is."
“Oh, he is much better,” the nurse
assured her, in a low voice. “He is
asleep just now, but he is expecting you
Will you wait?”
"No.” stammered the visitor, “but
please tell him I called to ask after
him, and—’’
“He is awake now," interrupted the 1
nurse, as the dark head moved a little
She went noiselessly to her patient-
side, and spoke to him gently. Then
she motioned to Beatrice to go to him
and, turning, left the room.
As In a dream, Beatrice stood by the
sick man for a second, silent. His
poor hands were still wrapped in band
ages, and a crimson scar g owed angrily
on one side of his pale forehead, but
his suffering had lent hi n a certain
i pure beauty that had never been his
i before.
I “I only came—" began Beatrice: then
J stopped. But the man smiled up a ;
! her and held out ^his arms. With a lit
tie sob she knelt beside him and buried
her face on his breast.
“My love!" he whispered: “my love
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