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. The Two Powers Which Constitute a Wise Man Are Those of Bearing and Forbearing S o THE GIORGIANS MAGAZINE PAGE— The Story of a Young Girl"s Struggles The Fortunes of Fanny By Virginia Terhune Van de Water. (Copyright, 1814, by The Star Company ) 1 do not wish to discuss the mat ter further,” she sald at last. “What | do I my own bhusiness and mine only " After which she switched off the m and returned to her bed Put an exclamation of anger, Della bounced up, turned on the light and shut the tmansom. with a hang 'hat reverberated through the sllent house, *You'll leave that be!” she declared, shrilly. “1 gness I've got as good a right to do as I please as you have you white-faced, red-headed A sudden knock on the door stopped her in the midst of her tirade “Delia! Delia!" called Mrs. irwin sharply. “What is all this noise about? It's disgraoceful, and 1 won't stand it! Open the door!” For Delia had turned the key be bind her when she came up to bed As she obeyed her mistress orders she stood revealed, flushed and an BTy, ‘“What is all this noise about ™ Mrs Irwin repeated. “.wqmun Della started to ex plain; “it's.freezin’ lam with so mu n &h the room, but Fanny will have transom open and I'm just after teflin’ her that I'll not have it open.” “Good heavens!"” exclaimed the ma tron as she stepped into the room. “1 don't see haow either of you can breathe in the atmosphere In here Why, it's actually foul-—that's what it is—foul! Fanny might better wshut the transom and open the window and . let out some of thiz awful odor. This is enough to make you both ill sul” —with a shrug of her shoulders and ::nmat the stlent gir! Iving on her —*“do as you please! I don't cam a whit about my servants' quarrels but they've got to keep them to them- l - selves and not disturb me Under stand-—both of you!” . Mrs. Irwin Orders ~ Silence and Departs. . ' _And with another disgusted sniff ‘she went from the room and down ,?c siairs with as much dignity as ‘as compatible with an elderdown m'n robe and a palr of large felt ! m was silence, during which Fanny turned her face to the wall and closed her eves. She was too sick at heart to argue further. Talk did no: good. Delia, after waiting for a moment for m of hostilities, put out the and got back into bed. She had won the battle, she reflected, for the transom was closed. 80 soothing was this thought to the tired cook that she was soon asleep. and snoring loudly. Fanny lay mo tionless for a long while untll the nerve-racking proof of her compan jon's unconsciousness of her present surroundings had persisted for almost an hour. Then, slipping softly from her bed, the unhappy girl set the transom ajar But even then Fanny could not ud:'p. Anything was better than this of life, she told herself. It was bad enough to be a mservant—but it was worse still to be with another servant such as this one. Now she understood what was the most ab ‘:M.NO part of domestic service a refined girl. It was the enforced !.4 unavoidable companionship of | "m_:" e . events of the evening had de clded Fanny Hedden as to her course. She would seek a place as general housework maid. She would tell Mrs. Tf;d&oMU‘urfiddlh)‘oum'und." i y R i~ I A Moment’s Thought T, ) ; s, - s whenever tea or coffee is served = a touch of daintiness is added by sparkling CrysTAL Domino SUGAR Full or half-size pieces. | Irwin to-morrow morning that she was going to leave her when her month was up, two days hence. And with this decision she fell into an un cary sleep. CHAPTER XL FTER breakfast the following ' ‘A morning Fanny knocked timid. ly at her mistress’ door. When | she obeyed the summons to “come In” she found that Mrs. Irwin was not Jalone, but thut Mr. Irwin's sister was sitting there sewing “What Is it, Fanny?™ Mrs, Irwin arked kindly With downcast eyes and a volee that trembled, Fanny sald that she had decided to leave when her month ‘mn up, day after 10-morrow, “1 think I'd better look for another place,” she explained Mrs. Irwin flushed indignantly. 1 suspected all along that that was what vou meant to do, ' she declared “That's the way with all of you inex perienced girls. You take a position, give the lady no end of trouble teach ing vou, then, as soon as yon think vou know a little something, you try to get a place with higher wages"” The girl ventured a gentle remon strance. “Oh, no, ma'am,” she pfo tested, “indeed that is not my idea. You have taught me a great deal and I am grateful to you for it—for I know | was very ignortant when [ came here. But lam not thinking of the wages at all” *“1 should hope not, indeed!”™ Mrs. Irwin retorted. “For you certaiply are not worth a cent more than you are getting—although 1 did intend to pay you $2 more next month if you did well. 1 suppose, then, you are leaving because you and Delia have guar reled.” | Fanny did not reply to this charge and her misiress changed hersaccu sation to a question. “You are leav ing because of a quarre]l with Delia, aren’'t yon?" “l think,” Faony bvaded, “thatyl! would be happler if 1 could go where 1 could have a room to myself” - wxnder." Mrs. Irwin sald sar castically, “that you have not sug gested my giving up my guest room for your use! Yes—you can leave, and weleome! But— rimember—l shall give you no refercice. Since vou are leaving me in this high-hand ed and ungrateful way, | will treat yYou just as you are treating me, and consider my own convenience before youre. Moreover, | would not recom merd to any lady a girl who Is so un settled and as discontented as you are. Understand? Do not give my name to anvbody to whom you apply Miss Trwin O ' Her Own Name. : An hour later, as Fanny was dust ing the lower hall, Miss Irwin came g:wnnuln and paused to speak to r. “l am sorry,” the spinster said, “that you are going away-—but [ think I understand your attitude. | have often thouglt myself that if I were a girl in service I would find it hard to have to share my room with anyone elge—and relinquish all chances of privacy. But Mrs. Irwin has not per haps thought the matter out as fully as 1 have. And she has reaily been very kind and patient about teaching you.” < “Yes, ma'am, indeed, she has"| Fanny acknowledged. “And, really, || am grateful for what she has done.’ And I'm sorry she feels as she does ahout my leaving.” Mrs, Irwin hesitated. “You never lived out before—did vou, child?" she asked, abruptly, at last, I “No, ma'am,” Fanny confessed, : “I thought mot” Miss Irwin said.| “Perhaps,” she added, in a low mnp,l “if vou want a reference you would like to glve my name ang address.” “Oh, thank you!" Fanny exclaimed. “You are very kind, Miss Irwin.” | “Not kind at all,’ said the lady: | “only I can imagine myself in ,\'nur! place-—~that's all. But, vou know, all employvers don't understand.” A night's sleep secemed to have sweetened Delia’s temper, for she spoke pleasantly to Fanny that morn ing and made no reference to the trouble of the previous night. Fanny. glad to be spared the humiliation of further quarreling with he rhot blooded and loud-voiced fellow work er, met Delia's overtures halfway, She could afford to be magnanimous now that she was going to leave. She did not tell Delia of her intention unti! late that afternoon. The cook looked almost shocked at the news. “Sure, Fanny,” she asked, anxious ly,, “vou'll not be after leavin’ on my account, will you? It's a very bad thing for one girl to be the cause of another girl’s leavin'” Fanny smiled reassuringly at the cook's evident uneasiness, and evaded a direct answer to the question. The ethics of Delia’s class were too puz #zling for her to attempt to under stand them, . “1 am going to try to get a place as general houseworker,” she informed her. I know now a good deal about waiting on the table, and I've learned quite a bit about cooking from watching you since I came here. Of course, I knew how to cook some things even before that.” “Oh, it's higher wages you're after, is it?" Delia looked relieved. “Well, 1 don't blame you. She sure don't pay you much.” Delia had the habit, peculiar to her kind, of speaking of her employer as “she.” rather than by her name. Fanny Starts Out For a New Situation. “The safest way to get a good place is to go to a first-class intelligence office,” she told Fanny. “Then you're pretty sure of gettin’ with decent folks. Of course, you'll have to pay a fee at an office; but it's dangerous answerin' advertisements. You can't' ever tell what Kkind of rough place you'll get into through adverflsa-l ments.” Fanny remembered how many ad vertisements she had already an swered, and yet had come through safely But, now that she knew she had incurred a risk, she was afraid to do so again, Thus it came about that the next day, after transferring her trunk from Mrs. Irwin's to the basement of a lodging house in which she was to spend the night, Fanny Hedden regis tered at an employment agency and BY STELLA FLORES nder 2 ~ An Old Offender & o . CLSTELLAFLORES | { - k}/ s » T ]} ey ' L o e e ——— i ~ » WV o, o « . =4 %R/'b = I ” k 'y ;.“ \‘ ~. \ o { v "")' ‘ g b 2 b 1 . ~ \ e - 4 \..L_fi B N b ; s = | \ 4 Sy ) y ‘; \\ " AT TN AN SR b \"': 3 "‘ ¥ ’\ \ 6 b ,‘ - - A‘ /‘,‘. ) ‘A; ™ ’ " " » . 6O N ;,}. ', v \‘g N> F r\:“ K / B : *,', \\\' I g al ( A \'bn . /e ‘4\ "‘ ‘::\‘ a’_.\w"‘ oL i-:'\{ M . .’, ) ’/) 'l éfl;"‘"“ + N /If fl -';‘\, ’.l. : : /: ) g¢\6 7 aes tA, 3 l“'; 4“_}' . s \’/ - 74\‘ ng e /"’\ \‘." 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Although the verdict must come from the girl he loves, whose bright eyes have so be witched him, he realizes that the jury is most important. In a masterly tashion he wins over her friends, one bir one. Yet at the last moment, when victory seems near, wild panic seizes him. In vain does Cupid assure 'g.ne Miss Irwin's name as that of a person who would vouch for her good ‘Nmrm-lrr and ability. CHAPTER XLIV. HE position which Fanny Hed den secured as general house work maid was with a Mrs Abbott. She was a widow with three children—two boys, aged. respective ly. 14 and 16, and one daughter, 20 yvears old, All the washing was “put out,” and Fanny was sure that she would have no difficulty in perform ing the work of the eight-room-and bath apartment. As there were no stairs, up and down which one must g 0 many times a day, the place should not be a hard one, Her room was small and insufti ciently lighted—yet she had it all to herself. It opened directly off the kitchen—a fact which had its disad vantages as well as its conveniences. The odors from the cooking had a way of lingering in the small cham ber and among the mald's clothes. But Fanny tried not to notice these trifling drawbacks to her general fort. She had not been long with Mrs, Abbott before she learned that in many ways the position of general houseworker was not a simple one. Her new mistress was fastidious about her maid's appearance and In sisted that she look neat and dainty when she opened the front door or waited on the table, It was not easy to remove a large gingham apron and slip on a white one and get ddwn the long hall to the front door before the person who rung the door bell once rang it a second tlme. Nor was it easy to have one's black dress, white apron, collar and cuffs immaculate when one must cook the dinner, serve It and wait on the table, ¥anny did her best. Mrs. Abbott was not strong and did wo housework herself. Her daughter—whom Fanny was told to address as “Miss Emily" —went Into society a great deal and did not even make her own bed. The two boys had never been trained to be careful about the condition of their reoms, and, as they were untidy and careless, they Increased the maid's work. But Fanny had determined not to be discouraged. As she had no friends whom she could visit at present, she went out seldom. She had a morbid fear that Nellie and her companions would wish to aveid her now that she was in service, so she did not ‘make her whereabouts known to them nor go to see them. Mrs. Abbott noticed her disinclination toward sociability, but did not suggest that her maid rest in her room on her Thursday after noons and evenings and her Sunday aftrnoons and evenings Y.y No Counsideration At All for Her. “If you want to go out,” the mis tress would say, "of course you can gO. But if you are going to remain at home you might as well get din mer and wait on the table as usual.” At first Fanny was not wise enough to resent this suggestion, but after a while she discovered that she was growing pale and losing energy. She reached thig decision at the end of several months in Mrs. Abbott's em ploy. It was one Thursday morning, an® her employer informed her that Miss Emily was expecting two guests to dine that evening. “l know,” the lady said. “that yvou will give us a good dinner.” “But,” Fanny ventured mildly, “this is my day out, yvou know.” Mrs, Abbott looked surprised. “You haven't been in the habit of taking vour daw off since yeu came here. 1 did not suppose you wanted to do so.” “Surely,” the daughter of the house interposed, appearing in the doorway at this juncture, “vou're not going out to-night, Fanny-—just when I am go ing to have especial/company.” Fanny looked at the graceful figure of the speaker, and a sense of resent ment assailed her. Why should this girl have pretty clothes, a happy home and a servant to wait on her, while she, Fanny Hedden, must work and toil? Yet, she replied politely. “] know I haven't been taking any time off lately,” she acknowledged, “but I really think I ought to, for I need it. But since you are having company to-night, I ean go out to morrow afternoon and evening in stead.” > “Good!" exclaimed Emily, smiling with, relief. But her mother objected. ‘ “That won't be . eonvenient,” she said, “for the young gentlemen are expecting friends to dinner to-mor row night! You see, it will be Friday, and they will have no studying to do —so they like to have company then.” Fanny remained silent. In her breast revolt was surging. Why, just because she was in service, should she have no consideration? Were she in a store, factory or office she would have her evenings to herself. “Well?” asked Mrs. Abbott, looking at her. *“Are you going to insist on taking an afternoon and evening off this week?" - Fanny Decides She Must Stand Up for Herself. Fanny spoke with enforced calm ness, “No,” she said, “at least not to-day or to-morrow-—since the young gentlemen have invited friends here. But T must go out either Saturday or Sunday night—whichever time suits you.” Emily Abbott flushed with annoy ance. “Really, Fanny.” she said, “vou have chosen a very unfortunate time to make this stand for your rights. You know perfectly well that I expect an old school friend from Boston to spend Saturday and Sunday with ‘me, and that if you are away on etther of those ev:nings It will upset my plans to have some people in to meet her, and will spoil all my pleasure.” Fanny spoke impulsively, her re sentment getting for the moment the better of her discretion. “But, Miss himp he has won, and black gloom settles over him like a mantle. Well he realizes that for his happiness this is the court of last appeal, and in despair he throws himself on the mercy of the court. If«he could only see her eyes, and the little smile hiding in the sweet curves of her lips, how quickly would his suspense and misery disappear! : —STELLA FLORES. Emily, you forget that 1, too, have a right to my pleasure!” “Fanny,” Mrs. Abbott expostulated, “l am surprised at your impertinence to Miss Emily.” “l 1 beg vour pardon.’ Fanny said, controlling herself with an effort. “I did not mean to be impertinent. But a working girl has to look out for herself. If she doesn’'t, nobody will look out for her. 1 will stay in for the rest of this week. But after thls I must have my days ofi regularly, please.” Emily started to reply, but her mother checked her by a warning glance. @ ' “Very well,” Mrs. Abbott said to Fanny. “l will arrange it hereafter.” ‘“What a fool I've been,” Fanny !muttered later.to herself when alone ‘in her room. “That's the way with |empl(),\'t~r's. If vou give them an inch hhpy will later be angry because you don't give them sn ell. I've learned my lesson all right!” , CHAPTER XLV. | | N spite of Fanny's having “learned { her lesson,” she felt ill at em;e‘l l when the next Thursday came and Mrs. Abbott reminded her that it was her day out. ‘ “I do not want to Interfere with vour taking the recreation which you iseem to feel you need,” she said, sternly, “and 1 wish to avoid a repe- Itmnn of last week’s discussion.” Fanny knew this speech was in tended to convey a subtle reproof, vet at heart she had the consclousness that she herself was right. Why, she wondered, was she always at odds with .the mistress in whose house she worked? And when, having washed her luncheon dishes and set the din ner table, she started out for the aft ernoon, the same thought was in her mind. So absorbed was she in it that she scarcely noticed that one of the maids employed in the house was on the elevator with her until the girl bade her good afternoon. “I've seen you onte or twice be fore.” the mald said, “so I thought I might as well pass the time of day with yeou." : | “Thank ,vm,," Fanny replied. Then, as the pair reached the street, she added, “My name’s Fanny Hedden.” “I'm Ellen Gaines,” said the girl. “We may as well walk as far as the elevated together, if that's the way you're going.” Ellen had a fine face, and, before Fanny knew it, she was telling her of some of her perplexities. ‘“Don’'t you find it hard,” she asked, “to do your duty and yet not be imposed upon?” “Ne¢,” Ellen replied. “Indeed, I don’t. I've been in one place for four years. I'm always treated right. As I'm a New Englander, I'd be sure to notice if people weren't fair with me. Amer icans know what's what!” “You must have a wonderful em ployer,” Fanny remarked. “l 1 always feel that I'm being despised, and that I'm doing work for which I'm not fit ted.” ; Her companion looked at her keen ly. “I guess you're not used to living out—are you?" she questioned. Fanny shook her head. “No," she replied, flushing., *“I am not.” “That's what's the matter, then,’ said the other. “You don’t understand the rules.” She Gets Some Advice From a Friend. “The rules?” “Yes—the rules. You feel all the time that you're too good for your work, I guess, and you wouldn't be in it if you could get something clse. Isn’t that the truth?” ' “Yes,” Fanny acknowledged. *“I do feel that.” “Then you'd best change your job or change your ideas,” Ellen advised. “Now, see here—l'm older than you, and I've seen a lot. 1 tried factory work for a month once. I was next to a girl I wouldn’'t be seen associating with anywhere else; the boss swore at-me once; one of the men scared me by following me home nights. or course, ] had all my evenings off— but 1 was teo tired to do anything but go to bed. I was unhappy all the time. 1 had been used to living out and being looked after. So I came back to a safe and comfortable job.” | “Safe?” Fanny repeated. “And com fortable?" “Sure,” the girl averred. “I've learn ed that if a maid does her dyty and is in a nice family, it's about the most comfortable job gcing. Her pay comes in regular; she has the bést kind of food: her room and her bed don’t| cost her anything, and she is with re fined, decent people. Besides, her only expenses are her clothes. What job is safer or more comfortable?” “] hate it!” -Fanny exclaimed. “Then get out of it,” her companion‘ counseled. “If you are too good for it, the job’s too good for you. 1 don't mean to be cross with you; but you girls who are ashamed of living out | make me tired. It's a business mat ter, after all. If you do your part, and respect yourself, your lady ‘will appreciate you and be nice to you— unless she's meaner than most. But, of course, there's mean ones in all classes. But the trouble with you is that you don’t respect your work. That's why you hate it.” The words recurred to Fanny sev eral hours later, as, with a fast-beat ing heart, she went into a telephone booth and called up Madame Ridet ti's establishment and asked for “Miss Benson.” A moment later Nellie spoke. “Oh, Nellie,” Fanny called, “this is Fanny.” “Why, Fan!” Nellie exclaimed eag erly. “I've been so anxious about you! Why haven't you let me hear from vou and .what you've been doing?” “Because,” Fanny tried to steady her voice, “I thought that when you knew what I am doing yvou might not want to see me.” “What do you meéan?” Nellie de manded quickly. “What are you do ing?" ! (To Be Continued To-morrow.) Dancing as the Best o Exercise § As Practiced To-day Is the Most Effective Road to ‘ Good Health. . By BEATRICE FAIRFAX, ECENTLY a' young man who R found himself worn out from the exacting work of beilng secre tary to a big corporation, went to one of New York's cleverest specialists to be, as he put it, “bullt up.” The doctor looked the young busi ness man over thoroughly and an nounced that he was suffering from nothing in the world but lack of exer cise. “You need at least three hours of strenuous exercise a day,” sald he, “But, doctor, how am [ going to get three hours’ exercise” My work keeps me at my desk from 9 to 6.30, with a possible hour out for lunch. Precious little chance for fresh alr in that six days-a-week schedule.” ; “I'm not insisting on sunshine :nd‘ fresh air,” replied the physician. *“I1 'lold you to exercise. Do it at night. |Do it in an attractive environment, with music and laughter and pleasant t companions to spur you on. Dance."” And this great specialist advocated [n course which is coming more and ' more to be respected by physicians [and laymens Dance. There is no more healthful, stimulating and altogether pleasant exercise in all the list of body builders. Have you never wondered why the( dancing craze swept the country so broadly and gathered in citizens from 117 to 707 | The best way to figure the thing out is to dance a fulf four-minute phono graph record to the steps of the old fashioned waltz or two-step. Repeat ithe same step over and over, Wwith no | change in tempo or accent, for four minutes. At the end of that time you have had a period of strenuous exer cise, and unless you are young and In the prime of condition, you are likely to be red-faced, panting, excessively warm and much too worn out to look forward to the next waltz or two-step with any enthusiasm. Here is the answer as to why the dancing of our early youth was never as populd¥ as that of the present dec ade. The waltz and two-step were “too much like work” te “zcome pop ular for parents and grandparents, as well as lusty young children. They were good exercise, but you couldn’t use them to put yourself ifi condition; you had te be in condition before you could venture into these overstrenuous whirls. Present-Day Advantages. The dancing of the p:esrm day per lmns combinations of steps, changes of positions, variations from half time to double quick, glides and walks which combine into a whole in which in each new position you rest and readjust yourself from the last. The followers of the new dance may begin with simple steps which are pleasing and enjoyable and exercise them selves gradually back into a condition of health or forward ihto a condition of strength, where the most strenu ous dips and evolutions are possible, The new dancing is self-adjusting. You fit it to your desires, to your lung capacity, to your ability to keep cool, [nnd to the nimbleness of your feet.i Each personality may be fitted, So grandfather and grandson both rise joyfully tp the measures of fox trot.‘ canter waltz or one-step, and, to the gels-same tune, dance joyously ac cording to their conception of how to “take a step.” ~ “Everybody's doing it” does not quite explain the new dance and its popularity. Everybody can do it— this is the main reason for the spread of the craze—and there are several very good minor causes. We all tire easily of the same thing over and over again. There is no mo notony to the new dancing. The mu sic to which it is performed has a swing and syncopated catchiness that fairly express the mood and tempera ment of our nation and generation. Rhythm is a very natural expres sion of feeling, Out of rhythm grew poetry and music. Primitive peoples, when they met for joyvous festivals, lsvmyed naturally to their own chant ng. f)ancing is a splendidly perfected S e q I m NS Tl |G 18 In addition to making food more appetizing {: ‘ adds wholesome nourishment o 5 . ! and aids digestion Mli I I L n &/ SAU [ o|- - ; h o ecooked chie I <o [ e inl.l:fnk ::--: l.ir'f::‘ ma‘(n:\'::f 2 kn:{ .h:u:‘vec‘: k with French J:euinl. leave in rour place 1 \ I | wrlEßw =, hour and drain. Shred 1 grrcn ?t'ppor, 1 i 'w 3 ‘ 4 v cup mushrooms, and 2 pickled walnuts and ! | cook in 3 tablespoons butter 5 minutes. Add H 2\2 / | :?;:‘.':,?m 160 & OIS SAGGE 1 tea: | |PRT e O e, S gpsponcllpenr ie sl S ' ey tofumeaid ke i sbt | ! o b Rol B W e g l ; ' =4 tablespoons creamed butter. Season nicely } _ 5 R with lemon juice and paprika and serve gar- 2 = sy, A breas nished with triangles of puffl pastry or toast. = = :A:’ Bl __J::l: LT eSS - TG expression of rhythm. But when dancing was a hard and fast one-twao, one-two, one-two, it did not allow the individual much chance for self-ex pression. A Real Blessing. The man who comes out of his office at 6 o'clock and who fairl~ drags his feet along as he sets out mechanioally to “walk home through the park” for the splendid exercise it affords, misse es anything splendid in the exercise he takes because he thinks he ought to. Where is no joy, no uplift in the sodden way he Urags himself along or lashes himself to proceed on the balls of his feet perforthing dull and uninteresting deep breathing exer cises the while. Exercises to perform its functions in the way that is best for the body, ought to be crisp and joyous. I ought to fill the mind. “The tired business man” who takes his exer cise at walking, at driving home in his motor car, or with some mechani cal exerciser, may get fresh alr ar movement or both. But all the while he is probably going over his busi ness problems and missing the re laxation of tired nerves and stimula tion of feeling which would make his exercise wroth while The man who can go out early in the morning and ride horseback oe have a good game of tennis or can follow a golf ball over the undulat ing links for hours is getting splen did exercise. But for the average business man who hasn't a chance at the outdoor world, excopt on Sundays or at va cation time, the dance craze is a blessing. The lazy society woman whose most violent form of exercise Las hitherto been to let her masseuss work at flabYby tissues, now rises to the ocecasion and joyfully whirls In the dance. Men and women who thought themselves too old for active enjoyment, ind youth and light hearts rising up from their own tripping feet. The doctor who advised the young' businels man of frazzled nerves was wise in his day and generation. Exactly what will this tired man find In dancing? First, his one chance of exercise. Second, his one chance of irelaxation and forgetfulness of all his business problems, together with stimulation of stagnant blood and outworn muscles. Then joy and plea~ sant companifonship, And finally from the music, the lights, the laughter and the gayety in his own heart which will renew him for the grind of the next business day. Dancing in moderation and with sanity is probably the most healthful, as well as the most pleasant, form of exercise. And dancing is within the reach of all—rich and poor, young ana old. Regard it on the high plane where it 18 meant to be, as sane, healthy, pleasant exercise. Reéemember that once it was held in such high repute that It was a religious rite. Respect it as a fine chance for muscles and | lungs and heart. Then this splendid chance for self-expression will be kept on the high plane its health giving qualities and joy-promoting ability deserves. e e e e § WHEN YOU WASH YOUR ! HAIRDON'T USE SOAP. ? { inirbni ) 0 Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use is just plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats soaps or any thing else all to pleces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few 3/ ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in; about a teaspoonful is all that Is required. It makes an § | abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly and rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to han dle. Besides, it loosens and takes out sver‘}v particle of dust, dirt and dan ruil. ARI