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:! vyrJi A vs 11 : 3jJL N A Waste of 1 ime 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 C&J <2? By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. B • -A 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. <5A£> «Xr> 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. ...„, m. S 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. r' 11 db WEsEm V. . x&y.h- SLA?* t4<f,. 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. r~ THE STEAMSHIP ORION ON THE SANDS. Freak Companies Getting Gold from Foam of the Sea, Etc. Should Be Taught. $%r> X -k&M'c ■ ■ 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. X Good Housekeeping Magazine: 381 Fourth Avenue New York City At All Newsstands 15c the Copy