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By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
A
YOUNG girl writes:
“I am seventeen, and love a
man four years my senior. But
he meets other girls. When he meets j
men with
always talks
meeting them
ot thia?”
Ethel tells
you think <»f
When Milady Strolls CHILDREN
hese other girls he
o me but he keeps on
How ran I break him
her troubles. "What do
a young man who pro
fesses to love a girl and still admits
lie goes with others? He claims I am
the only girl he cares for, but still he
meets others.”
"1 am seventeen." writes B W., and
In love with a boy of nineteen. We
have been meeting each other steady
till last week, when he didn't come,
and I found out he was meeting an
other girl and was deceiving me. For
all that. 1 cannot seem to lose my love
for him flow can I win back hia
love and get him from the other
girl ?"
Can’t Believe Him.
Heartbroken writes: "I am eighteen
and In love with a boy two years older.
He tells me ne loves me. but I see him
with other girl'- When I ask him if he
cares for the other gfirls he always says
"No." but 1 can’t believe him. How can
1 win him back?"
There arc no two in the world, per
haps. who can agree on what It is
that causes the greatest waste of time
And by that 1 mean something a little
more than time as measured by the
clock and calendar. I mean the value
of it, as compared with the results
achieved. One wastes time while wait
ing for a oar. but the car finally comes
One wastes time in reading worthless
literature, hut often such mental nausea
results that one is cured of the desire
The skeptical say that much time is
wasted in making love, but those of
broader minds and younger hearts have
learned tjiat every such experience
leaves one a little more sympathetic and
charitable.
The man who hoards his money
regards every minute wasted that
doesn't bring him more, and the tramp
who spends his days blinking lazy eyes
at the sun is sure that every one who
works is a time waster.
But I contend that there Is a way
more prodigal than all of these. And
that Is the time wasted in trying to
win back a lover whose affections have
begun to cool.
Tt is a» if one lost something abso
lutely worthless in the beginning, and
instead of straightening up and walk
ing on, glad to he relieved of the
burden, went down on one's knees in
the dust and dirt to seek for that which
was lost.
A Good Thing.
There is a well and a cry and time
Is spent In weeping that should be
devoted to rejoicing. A love that can
ost is a mistaken love; It Is the
beat thing that can happen to a girl
to lose it before tt is fettered on her.
if it had been worth while It wouldn't
have been lost so easily. It would
have taken much more than the pretty
face of another girl to have won it
away The fact that it could he lost
puts a price mark on it, and that price
mark is very, very low
Yet day after day girls, on their
knees in the dust of humiliation and
despair, cry to me after vainly search
ing for the worthless bauble they have
lost "How can I win it back? Help me.
for my heart is broken!"
And how I would like to help you,
you poor little girls with your aching
hearts! But my method would not be
the kind you seek. 1 wouid raise you to
your feet and have you laugh at your
loss, and walk on, glad to be relieved
of the care of anything so worthless, and
glad that you lost it before Its pos
session had become mor#> serious.
3 Parents Should Counsel Them
About Their Habits
The Ship That Broke Itself
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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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E’KORK you pend your little girls !
1,1 1>0V' to the public school,
take them in your arms and,
vYii.h them pleasantly, but yet
isly, regarding their conversa-
;>ltd habits while away from you.
you ;:re not mentally fitted for
ask of giving them some knowl-
of the great facts which under-
II treated life and giving these
s in the right way, it might be
for yon to consult some of the
n’- • bib- In yotir own town and
for the best teacher of eugen-
:-I lind what booklets have been
» n in guhl* parents In these very
Never, perhaps, has the camera illustrated the
force of wind and waves on a vessel of iron and
steel us strikingly as in this picture.
This shows the German freighter Orion, which
was blown on the Hiker sands. Sunderland, Eng
land, during a terrific gale.
All efforts to float the vessel failed, and it was
abandoned. Within two weeks after it had strand
ed it split literally In two,* a.« the picture shows.
Eugenics Important.
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A tailormaHe
costume of ma
rine blue sergp.
This is one of
the most
popular models
for Spring,
1913, viz. curv
ing up to the
bust, end hang
ing well below
the waist line
in the back,
The three-quar
ter sleeves are
finished by a ,
cuff of black
satin with small
revers of em
broidered linen.
The small
turned-up col
lar is also of
embroidered
linen. The
skirt, straight
and plain, is
only trimmed in
.front wit h tiny
buttons.
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This science of eugenics is becom- ;
ing an important factor in the train- !
ing of children, and it w ill not he dif
ficult for you to learn something of
its workings. It shows how the world j
i progressing, for ten years ago. when
this subject was discussed in this col
umn, It brought down a flock of dis- j
approving letters, and horrified par-
» iits declared the proposition was one i
which aimed at the destruction of in- j
j nocent childhood.
Now there are eugenic organiza- j
tions formed all over the world, with
lhc object of beginning to train chil
dren in l ight ideals of sex relations,
and iif fo laying the foundation of
mental and moral and physical health,
for the rising generations. The scien
tific facts of tiie dangers of alcoholic
. stimulants are being taught in schools,!
and it is having its marked effects!
on the minds of the young.
Ignorance Is Worse.
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Snap Shots
By LILLIAN LAUFERTY.
Oh, a "Mint Melange" is t a pleasant
thing:
\la> this word melange now a message
bring
That's as quick and as sharp as the
peppermint.
WJtb its flavor and tang ami its color
ful glint.
• • •
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to
be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand
♦--Confucius.
• • •
LOVE—THE ILLUSION.
f/ove is just a cobweb, wet with morn
ing dew:
%jove Is Just a fairy spell, invisible to
view.
A tread, a touch too heavy, and the
cobweb is not there;
A sigh too long, and lo! the spell has
vanished in the air.
Love is just a morning-glory, doomed
at noon to die;
I»ve js only half a story told in pass
ing by.
Love is gold so delicate the faintest
flame would melt it;
Love's nothing but Lord help the man
who's never known or felt It!
—Life
• • •
MAIDEN MUSINGS.
If the man you met day before yes
terday tells you to look at things from
« broad-mtnded viewpoint, make sure
that he is not going to express a few
views that are a little too broad.
Dear girl, if you are certain that you
could never love a man who did not
have strong feelings, be careful to love
one who has strong command over them,
too.
It does not pay to look for trouble,
but be prepared for difficulties with
>our savingrs bank account if you will
buy clothes that are tagged "Rue da la
P&ix” and wear 'em out on Peachtree.
One mall boy urged his parents
to avoid the use of stimulants, giving)
them a scientific reason for his plan.
It will be impossible for that boy to
become a drunkard, for deep in his
conscience is the knowledge of the
destructive powers which lie in strong
drink. The dangers which lie in ig- '
iterance of sex facts are much graver
than ignorance of the evils of drink.
< hildhond is imperilled, youth, matur
ity and future generations menaced
j by this ignorance.
The public schools and all private
' schools and all country schools are
endangering evil along with good.
Children are taught everything save
the most vital truths of life during
school hours, and there is no guid
ance or protection given them out of
i school hours.
Innocent and perverted are thrown
side by side, and sacred facts are
m:rd< known to pure young minds in
tin guise of obscenity and depravity.
Mothers and fathers are blind and
stupid on these subjects, and through
eonceit and vanity imagine th^ir chil
dren beyond and above any danger of
; ■ *»nt ■ mination. Yet the contamina
tion takes place all the same.
It is the business of instructors to
provide the common-sense teaching
which parents so woefully lack in the
training of the young. But let it os
done wisely, carefully'and delicately.!
Many books, written with a view of
guiding the young away from un-
healthful thoughts, only serve to guide
toward thorn, and many instructors
"wild seek to allay precocious curiosi
ty. produce it by lack of right method.
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THE STEAMSHIP ORION ON THE SANDS.
Freak Companies
Getting Gold from
Foam of the Sea, Etc.
Should Be Taught.
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Children should be taught that we
are ONE WITH NATURE, ONE
WITH MOTHER EARTH. And that
as plants spring forth, so does man,
and that God, the Source and the
Cause. Lies back of everything, and
that all His methods are beautiful
sacred and holy.
And then they should be taught to
be silent on these subjects, and to re
fuse to talk or associate with children
who make light or obscene references
to the topic.
Begin to-day some plan to instruct
your children in these matters.
NSPBSL
Advice to the
Lovelorn
Good-Nature and Success
WHY ONE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER
Real Financier.
Junior—Here's an order from Mrs.
Verkin-Smythe. father.
Senior—Really? Clever woman. Mrs
1 < terkin-Smythe. We must do what-
ver we t an to oblige her.
Junior—She wishes us to purchase a
sand shares of J. T. and W. on her
’ • at 75 and sell at 90. and send
f • r , heck for the profits by 12 o’clock
H OW many really successful men Even when he gets married, he is
do you know who are good- not master in hi- own > " n 1 - 1,1
business and the rest of his life, lie is
imposed upon at home. His wife will
get all she wants, because of her hus
band's good nature.
In her heart of hearts his wife will
hate his good nature, his lack of tem
per and his week will. A woman
would rather have a man who ruled
her, whether he had a violent temper
or not. She goes out of her way to
please that kind of a husband, and
the more indifferent he is the more
she tries to please him.
In the Marriage Mart.
Not so with tiie good-natured hus
band. Anything does for him. He
has to be at her beck and Call, help
her when she needs it, put up with
her temper and give way to all her
silly fads. And because he does so
cheerfully she only gets angrier with
him! That’s a woman's nature.
The good-natured*man rarely mar
ries a really nice girl. Before he is
married he is the slave of every girl,
and in their inmost hearts each of
them despises him. The result is that
the girt who marries him is she who
can get nobody else.
uuiics »s uiv '£"• *E' 4,V 11 Just as she imposes upon him, so
wont mind! He* such a good-natured , do {lU her relatives Th. \ will visit
chap, you know! ) him. borrow off him. sponge upon him
B«ing of such a nature. J ones ; to a heartless extent, but w. e betide
1 -- - him'if he ever wants any help. It's
always: "Sorry, old man. but I’m par
ticularly hard up this month." or
OW many really successful men
do you know who are good-
natured ?
Your successful tnan may be will
ing to give yoti a lift, he may be one
of the best employers going. but
rarely you will find him brimming
over with good nature.
The fact is that good nature anti
success cannot go hand In hand. A
good-natured man Is a failure in busi
ness for many reasons. His fellow-
workers soon And out his good na
ture and impose upon him.
It is always a case of: "I say.
Jones, old chap, you might count up
these figures for me; or, “Jones, 1
should be awfully obliged if you'd
help me with these accounts this
afternoon—there’s a good fellow! I
want to get off early.”
Too Busy for Others.
The result is that Jones does his
own work, and as much of every
body else’s that he can But he never
gets the credit for the latter. Nor
will he be appreciated any more by
those around him. If there is any
joke going on, then you may be sure
Jones is the butt of It. “Oh, Jones
lets everybody push him aside, and
takes the jobs he could do equally as
well—if It were not for his good
nature. If there is any big business
transaction to be pulled off. Jones is
not there. The man chosen is thajall round it is a hard w,,:i
hard-headed, pushful type, who will
drive as hard a bargain a* possible.
The good-natured man never drives
a bargain He would much rather
give way for the sake of peace.
The simple fact is that a good-
natured man has no will or temper
of his own; no Initiative He always
follows where others lead, afraid to
strike out on his own account, for
fear, not only of failure, but of tread
ing on other people’s corns. He would
do anything rather than disagree
with his rivals. Following, instead
of leading, he ia always a servant,
never a master.
some similar excuse
Although life is worth living, takt
Id. and
has to be fairly hard-natured to make
any respectable show in it nowadays.
Good nature can be carried too far.
What Did She Mean?
"Lovers are prone to self-deprecia
tion," he, tenderly, as they sat
looking at the stars. "I d>> not under-
sand what you see in me that you love
me so much.”
"That’s what everybodj says.” gur*
gled the ingenous maiden
Then tiie silence be«*ime so deep that
you could hear the stars twinkling
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
1 AEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l ' l am 20 years of a«>"' and re
cently met a young man two
years my senior. He asked to call
i>n me, which k permitted. But
i'Hell time he asks me for a kiss,
which 1 don’t think Is nrooer until
we ire enga^d. MAMIE.
Don’t grant his request until you
have your engagement ring on you.
finger.
NOT A MATTER OF WILL.
D ear miss Fairfax:
I am 16 and in love with a
young man one year my senior. A
few weeks ago he left the city
and promised to write to me.
Shall 1 wait and see if he writes,
or shall I forget him? MADGE.
If you love him you will find that
forgetting Is not entirely a matter of
will. I question the depth of your af-
f< igi n. Were it the kind that en
dures. you would, at least, give him
opportunity to prove his affection.
An Easy Solution.
T HE mother of Master Gustave
Adolphus Bims was giving a
Christmas party, and, on the sole
condition that he behaved himself, he
was allowed to participate in the fes
tivities.
The guests were seated round a
friendly cup of tea. preparatory to the
games, and were waited on- by a maid
with a swollen'face. The youthful saint
scrutinized the rounded contour of her
cheek with keen avidity as she moved
to and fro in the performance of her
duties. Then, rising and stretching
himself to the full extent of his four-
foot nothing, he thrust both hands deep
into the pockets of his black velvet
Fauntleroys, and cried, as he glanced
around:
“Mother, I do wish you could have a
toothache, instead of Jane."
His adoring mother showed her pearly
teeth in an amused smile at her ex
pectant friends as she asked:
“Why. d«Hing?"
■Because.'’ answered the small in-
< orrigible. as he resumed his seat on the
• duck satin hassock which so completed
the picture, "you can pull yours out,
and Jane can’t.’*
C OMPANIES may be formed for al
most any purpose, so long as that
purpose Is not an unlawful one.
That is the reason why any one who
has an idea for making money, no mat
ter how freakish or impossible it may
be, is able to invite the public to sub
scribe funds for the carrying out of
that idea. As Mr. Herbert W. Jordan,
who has written and lectured much on
the subject of company promotion and
flotation, has pointed out, since the
days of the South Sea Bubble, com
panies have been promoted by the
score with objects^quite as impractica
ble as that of the famous philosopher
who formulated a plan to extract sun
beams from cucumbers, to be preserved
In hermetically sealed bottles and let
loose to warm the air in cold and w T et
winter weather.
The fact that scientists have ex
pressed the opinion that gold is to be
found in sea-foam, which, if it could
be extracted, would make us rich be
yond the dreams of avarice, led some
enterprising persons a few years au
to form a company with the object, ac
cording to their prospectus, of gather
ing the foam and placing it on the mar
ket. The scheme attracted a large
number of people, who applied for
shares in the hope of becoming sea-foam
millionaires.
Balance of $4,500
Equally extraordinary was the com
pany floated by certain individuals who
told a confiding public that many for
tunes were to be made by importing
compressed dried grapes from Spain,
Italy and elsewhere, then saturating
them with good English water, mak
ing wine from them. It was stated
in the prospectus that dried grapes
could be Imported at a much cheaper
rate than wine, and that it was pos
sible to produce an equal quantity of
wine of equal quality to that made
abroad. Thousands of pounds were
subscribed by the public, who firmly
believed in the idea until the scheme
collapsed.
Another company was floated to raise
the vessels sunk by Nelson In the Bay
of Abouklr, with the treasure contained
therein, when he gained his victory over
the French In what is known to his*
tory as the battle of the Nile. The
result was that further treasure was
lo.«fl in addition to that which went
down with Napoleon's unfortunate ships.
Presumably as a joke, one individual
formed a company with a capital of
$5 divided into 500 shares of one cent
each.
Twenty companies, according to Mr.
Jordan, were formed in a fortnight in
London for providing seats for those
who wished to view the* Diamond Jubi
lee procession of 1897, and one clever
individual managed to pay his return
fare to America, and have a balance of
$4,500 in hand, by selling somebody
else’s window ten times over at $500
a time.
The window-letting public seem to be
ignorant of the fact that any seven
individuals might form a company bear
ing a high-sounding name, with an in
significant capital, and that, promises
and agreements notwithstanding, not a
penny beyond the subscribed capital
can he legally recovered. A company,
for instance, with a paid-up capital of
$50, may enter Into a contract to pur
chase a set of windows for $5,000, but
the owner of the windows has no legal
redress against his customers for more
than $50. which represents—if not al
ready exhausted—the total value of the
concern.
Daysey Mayme
And Her Folks
Turning the Tables.
j N some cases counsel receive answers
A to questions which they had no busi
ness to put, and these, if not quite to
their liking, are what they justly de
serve. The following story of Robert
Harris, a celebrated negro minstrel, is
a case in point.
"You are in the minstrel business, I
believe?” inquired the lawyer.
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"Is not that rather a low calling?”
"I don’t know but what it is, sir,” re
plied the minstrel; "but it is so much
better than my father’s that I am proud
of, it.”
The lawyer fell into the trap.
"What was your father’s calling?” he
inquired.
"He was a lawyer,” replied Harris, in
a tone that sent the whole court into a
roar of laughter as the discomfited law
yer sat down.
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
D aysey mayme appleton had
dined at a home where there were
so many children in the family It
was necessary for the grown folks
to pass a megaphone around at the
dinner table in order to be heard.
Naturally, under such circumstances,
Daysey Mayme could not permit her
host to see her home. It would mean
a rude interruption of the children’s
hour, a poetic period observed in this
family by the father holding three,
while the mother spanked the remain
ing seven to bed.
"I’m not afraid,” said Daysey Mayme.
“These are the days of advanced wo
manhood when any woman can put a,
mere man lo rout.”
Then, with her head held high, as
becomes a representative of the future
arbiters of our destiny, she went forth
bravely and proudly.
Had she been a man she would have
whistled, for the recollection of that
megaphoned table had made her quiet
spinsterhood a joy in comparison. Shi
was dreamily happy, when suddenly a*
sound behind her made her heart jump
with fear.
It was the sound of a STEP. A
MAN’S step, and it was BEHIND her
and COMING FAST.
She remembered that she must be
every inch a woman, ajid she tried to
be brave. But the gooseflesh began to
rise, the cold chills played hide and
seek up and down her spine, and her
hair began to stand on end, no easy
task with so much false hair to be
lifted.
She didn’t dare turn and face him,
but she knew from the stealthiness of
the STEP that he was pursuing her.
She also knew that he was six feet
high and of powerful physique, and
that bis cruel black eyes were fixed
upon her.
She heard a clank, clank, clank,
keeping time with his step. Ah, he
carried a sword! More than one! There
were two, and in his right hand he
carried a long, sharp knife.
He was after her life’s blood! She
must walk faster. The STEP kept
pace with her. And there was now
the clank, clank, clank of three swords
five knives and a gun keeping time
with the STEP.
She tried to run; her knees failed
her. She tried to scream; the sound
died in her throat. She felt that she ^
would go mad with fright. The mon
ster pursuing her had now grown to
ten feet in height, and he had his
knife raised to plunge into her back.
She made another attempt to run.
The STEP kept close behind. With ta
sudden scream she turned and threw
herself on her knees before the villain.
"Spare me!” she cried, with her head
bowed to the ground.
“S’matter with you?" said a thin lit
tle voice In contempt, and Daysey
Mayme looked up to find herself kneel
ing before a boy of seven.
In one hand he carried a number <$f
empty milk cans, which had clanked as 1
he walked.
How
To Be
Beautiful
Use Less Butter—
More Cottolene
No wonder butter is so high.
Particular women who are loath
to use lard or cooking butter in
their cakes and fine pastry, use
table butter. With butter at the
price you have to pay for it,
that's downright extravagance.
Cottolene is .just as good as but
ter for pastry; for frying, it is
better. And Cottolene costs no
more than lard. Moreover, Cot
tolene is richer, and two-thirds
of a pound of it will go as far
as a pound of butter or lard.
And lard and Cottolene are
not to be mentioned in the same
breath, for
Cottolene is
a vegetable
p r o d u c t,
healthful, al
ways safe-
makes diges
tible, rich,
but never
greasy food.
THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY
Are American women deficient in the art of
making themselves beautiful? Anita d’Este, a
noted authority on beauty, thinks they are.
*‘7n nearly every country of Europe I have striven
tc evil the essence of beauty and the mysteries of each
system devoted to its culture and the more my search
lock me upon untrodden ground, the more con
vinced 1 became that the most of this wealth lay
hidden from the women of America”
is what she says in “Modern Fountains of Youth,’:
the opening article of the May number of Good
Housekeeping Magazine. She carefully analyzes
the various methods by which the beautiful
women of Europe scientifically retain their loveli
ness. This message from a woman who has spent
years in examining the “beauty culture” systems
of the world has much of information and en
couragement for the women of this country.
Read it for a really helpful article. It introduces
a new department, “Good Looks,” which the
Countess of Warwick has consented to conduct
for Good Housekeeping Magazine. Every woman
interested in improving her good looks will want
to read what this noted beauty has to say month
by month. Your newsdealer has a copy for you.
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