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A Waste of Time When Milady Strolls CHILDREN By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. A YOUNG girl writes: "I am seventeen, and love a man four years my senior. Bu* he meets other girls. When he meets men with these other girls he I ways talks to me but he keeps on meeting them. How can 1 break him t.f this?" Kthel tells her troubles: “What do ou think of a young man who pro fesses to love a girl and still admits te goes with others? He claims 1 am he only girl he cares for, but still he meets others." 'I am seventeen," writes B. W., and n love with a boy of nineteen. We ave been meeting each other steady 11 last week, when he didn’t come, nd 1 found out he was meeting an 1 1her girl and was deceiving me. For ■ II that. I cannot seem to lose my love or him. How can I wdn back his ,ve 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 lie tells me he loves me, but 1 see him with other girl When I ask him If he -ares for the other girls he always says "So," but 1 can’t believe him. How can 1 win him back?” There are no two in the world, per haps, who can agree on what It Is it causes the greatest waste of time. And by that I mean something a little more than time as measured by the . lock and calendar. I mean the value ,,f it, as compared with the results « nieved. One wastes time while wait ing for a car. but the car finally comes. One wastes time In reading worthless 'iterature, but 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 that 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 it the sun is sure that every one who works is a time waster. But 1 contend that there is a way mare prodigal than all of these. And i i in t ts the time wasted iti trying to win back a lover whose affections have begun to cool. it Is as If one lost something abso lutely worthless in the beginning, and lend of straightening up and walk ing on, glad to be 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. 'li tre is a well and a cry and time spent in weeping that should be de iudl to rejoicing. A love that can t is a mistaken love; It Is the best thing that can happen to a girl id lose it before It is fettered on her. If it had been worth while It wouldn’t have been lost so easily. It would h ive taken much more than the pretty face of another girl to have won it aw ay. The fuel that It could be 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 1 would like to help you, you poor little girls with your aching hearts! But my method would not be o kind you seek. 1 would 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 •:lad that you lost it before its pos session had become more serious. Snap Shots By LILLIAN .AUFERTY. Oh, a “Mint Melange" is a pleasant thing: May this word melange now' a message bring That's as quick and as sharp as the peppermint. With Its flavor and tang and its color ful glint. thing remote? I wish to and lo! Virtue is at hand A tailorrnade costume of ina rine blue serge This is one of the most; popular models for Spring, 1913, ing up to the bust, and hang ing well below the waist in the back, The t hree-quar- ter sleeves are finished by a cuff of black satin with small rovers of em broidered linen. The small turned-up eo lar is also of embroidered linen. The skirt, straight plain, is only t rimmed in front with tiny buttons. Parents Should Counsel Them About Their Habits By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. B EFORE you send your little Kiris an l boys to the public school.! take them in your arms and, talk with them pleasantly, but yet. seriously, reKsirdinfr their conversa- I 1 lion and habits while away from you.; If you are not mentally fitted for the task of giving them Borne knowl edge of the great facts which under- : lie all created life and giving these j faces in the right way, it might be I well for you to consult some of the; women’s clubs In your own town and ; • i-k for the best teacher of eugen- 1, ■ and find what booklets have been written to guide parents In these very j matters. Eugenics Important. 'Phis science of eugenics is becom ing an important factor in the train ing of children, and it will not be dif ficult for you to learn something of j its workings. It shows how the world) is progressing, for ten years ago. when rliis subject was discussed in this col- I urnn, it brought down a flock of dis- j approving letters, and horrified par- < iits declared the proposition was one, | which aimed at the destruction* of in- ! j nocent childhood. Now there are eugenic organiza tions formed all over the world, with the object of beginning to train chil dren in right ideals of sex relations, and In so laying the foundation of mental and moral and physical health for the rising generations. The scien tific facts of the 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. One ?mall boy urged his parents to avoid the use of stimulants, giving th**m 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 norance of sex facts are much graver than ignorance of the evils of drink. Childhood is imperilled, youth, matur ity and future generations menaced | 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 o? j school hours. Innocent and perverted are thrown side by side, and sacred facts are made known to pure young minds in the gui-v* of obscenity and depravity. Mothers and fathers are blind and stupid on these subjects, and through conceit and vanity imagine their chil dren beyond and above any danger of j contamination. 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 ne wisely, carefully and delicately Never, perhaps, has the camera illustrated the force of wind and waves on a vessel of iron and steel as 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, as the picture shows. Daysey Mayme And Her Folks THE STEAMSHIP ORION ON THE SANDS. Freak Companies C OMPAN1ES 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 Many books, written with a view of I loose to warm the air in cold and wet -Hiding the young away from un r winter weather. healthful thoughts, only serve to guide j The farl that scientists have ex- ■ toward them, and many instructors, . ,. Q , „., ia iss tn v.e • seek to alkr. precocious curloal- 1 thc °P ,n _ ton . .! t v. produce it by lack of right method. I Should Ee Taught. 1 Children should bo taught that we a re ONE WITH NATURE, ONE WITH MOTHER EARTH. And that as plants spring forth, so does man, am! that (hal. tile Source and t in- (’auso, lies back of everything, and that all His methods are beautiful i sacred and holy. And then they should he 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 c hildren in these matters. Advice to the Lovelorn Good-Nature and Success WHY ONE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER. By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. YOU ARE RIGHT. J A F. \ \ l MISS FAIRFAX: *- 1 am 1!0 years of a ,r and Is virtue be virtuous —Confucius. • • * LOVE—THE ILLUSION. Love is just a cobweb, wet with morn ing dew ; Love - 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; Love is only half a story told In i»ass- Ing l Love is gold so delicate the faintest flame would melt it Love’s nothing hut 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 a broad-minded viewpoint, make sure »nat 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 have strong feelings, be careful to love one w ho has strong command over them, too. It does not pay to look for trouble, but be prepared for difficulties with your savings bank account if you will buy clothes that are tagged “Rue de la Palx” and wear ’em out on Peachtree. H Real Financier. Junior Here’s an order from Mrs. Wt erkiu-Smvthe. father. Senior Really? Clever woman Mrs. Peterkin-Smythe. We must do what- * ver we can to oblige her. Junior She wishes us to purchase a leusand shares of J. T. and \V. on her • ount ai 7."> and sell at HO. and send cr a check for the profits by 12 o'clock OVV many really successful men do you know who are good- natured? Your successful man may be will ing to give you a lift, he may be one of the best employers going, but rarely you will And him brimming over with good nature. The fact is that good nature and success cannot go hand in hand. A good-natured man is a failure in busi ness for many reasons. His fellow- workers soon find 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! 1 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’.*? that he can. Hut 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 won’t mind! He’s such a good-natured | “jf chap, you know!” Being of such a good nature. Jones w ho did not • 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 the hard-headed, pushful type, who will drive as hard a bargain as possible. The good-natured man never drives q 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, lie would do anything rather than disagree with his rivals. Following, instead of leading, he Is always a servant, never a master. Even when he gets r not master In hU own business and the r< st of imposed upon at home, get all she wants, becau: band’s good nature. In her heart of hearts hate his good nature, hi: per and his week vvil would rather have a in her, whether he had a v or not. She g< Ills wife will >e of her Hus - his wife will ? lack of tem- 1. A woman in who ruled iolent temper f her way t« please that kind of a husband the more indifferent he is the she tries to please him. In the Marriage Mart. Not so with the good-natured band. Anything does for him. has to be at her book and call, her when she needs it. put up her temper and give way to all silly fads. And because he dots cheerfully she only go's angrier \ him! That's? a women’-; nature. The good-natured man rarely n ries a really nice girl. Before In married he is the s! ivc of every t and in their inmns; hearts each them despises him. The result is the girl who marries him is she can get nobody else. Just as she and mo He help with or irl. that who do all her relative will * him. borrow off hi; m. sponge upon to a heartless ext ev.t. but woe be him if he ever w. ante any help. always: “Sorry, ol <1 man, but I’m i tieularly hard up • ibis month." some similar excu Although life is worth living, t; all round it is a 1 iard world, and has to be fairly ha ird-natured to n any respectable s! tow ir. ii nowad Good nature can 1 >e carried too f; tide It’s only met a young man two pars :ny senior. He asked to call on me, which I permitted. But each time he asks me for a kiss, which I don’t think is ^ro^er until wo a re e n ga ”• d. M A MIE. Don’t grant his request until you have your engagement rine on you. finger. NOT A MATTER OF WILL. I E A R M1S S FAIR FA X: i am ltl and in love with a young man one year my senior. A few w« > ks ago he left the city and promised to write to me. St all I wait and see if he writes, or sd hi I forget him? MADGE. If you love him you will find that forgetting is not entirely a matter of \ ill. I question the depth of your af fection Were it the kind that en dures you would, at least, give him opportunity to prove his affection. .. An -Easy Solution. mother of Master Gustave lolphus? Bints 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 friem \ oup of tea. preparatory to the games, and were waited on by a maid with a swollen face. The youthful saint scrutinised the rounded contour of her check 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- feot n< thing, he thrust both hands deep into the pockets of his black velvet Fauntleroys, and cried, as he glanced 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 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 wdne 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 Aboukir, w’ith 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 lost 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 sorhebody 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 be 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 Getting Gold from Foam of the Sea, Etc. 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. Turning the Tables. T N some cases counsel receive answers * 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. CARBIDE. 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 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 to rout.” Then, with her head held high, becomes a representative of the future arbiters of our destiny, she went forth bravely and proudly. Had eh9 been a man she would have whistled, for the recollection of that megaphoned table had made her quiet spinsterhood a Joy in comparison. She 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, and she tried t# 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 his 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 hef 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 a 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 of empty milk cans, which had clanked as he walked. » Use Less Butter-— More Cottolene t: What Did She Kean? “Lovers are tion." said ho, looking at the : sand what you me so much.” “That's what gled the ingen* Then the silei you could hear at under- you love ire ind “Mother. l do wish you could have a toothache, instead of Jane.” His adoring mother showed her pearly troth in an amused smile at her ex- pectant friends as she asked; “Why. darling?*’ “Because." answered the small in corrigible. as ho resumed his scat on ihc black satin hassock which so completed ih*‘ picture, “you can pull yours out, and Jane can’t.” No wonder butter is so high. Particular women who are loath to use lard or cooking butter in their cakes and tine pastry, use, table butter. With butter at tliej price you have to pay tor it, that's downright extravagance.] Cottolene is just as good as but - i ter for pastry; for frying, it isj better. And Cottolene costs no more than lard. Moreover, Cot-; tolene is richer, and two-thirds j 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 I 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. FA1RBANK COMPANY Are American women deficient in the art of making themselves beautiful? Anita d’Este, a noted authority on beauty, thinks they are. "In nearly erery country of Europe 1 have striven tc cull the essence of beauty and the mysteries of each system devoted to ils culture and the more my search took 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 vein. oiisekeeping Magazine 381 Fourth Avenue At Ai! Newsstands New York City 15c the Copy