Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax
What Is your Idea of cruelty? If
you are a reasonable person, you
might as -well give up this conun
drum Immediately, you'd never
g'less It in a thousand years, for the
answer is: "One who makes a botch
of powdering his wife's back."
You will find no such definition
of "cruelty" in the dictionary or set
forth in even the worst of the "best
sellers" or on the stage or the "mo
vies."
Nowhere outside of a cortlic sup
plement, or in a courtroom with a
trial in progress, a trial augmented
by all the pomp and panoply of the
law, would you. find such a defini
tion of cruelty.
The scene of this Interpretation
of the word was St. Louis, where it
was brought out* in the evidence
given in a divorce sutt. "He powdered
my back clumsily," said the lady,
and the twelve good men and true
gravely reflected on the atrocity.
Husband Sure Ho I)ld Well
The husband stoutly defended his
skill with the swansdown. Where
beauty camouflage was concerned he
was an artist of experience, goodness
knows. But his wife greeted his most
conscientious efforts with cries of
"Clumsy!" and "Bore!" She would
have none of his back-powdering.
The wife further complained she
was obliged to eat cheap meals, at
a popular-priced restaurant, while
visiting Atlantic City. Again the
long-suffering husband explained.
She had eaten a five-dollar meal and
then decided on syrup and wheat
cakes!
I don't know tHe outcome of the
case; but the initial proceedings
seemed, to indicate everything was
going in the lady's favor. No pretty
woman need have the slightest fear
of convincing a male jury that cruel
ty lies in following a five dollar meal
with "wheat, cakes and—" or any
thing else she may be clever enough
to insinuate. If you have any doubts
on the subject just go see Barry's
"The Legend of Leonora," the next
time it is in town.
Another lady from Columbus, or
Indianapolis—l've forgotten which
—testified to cruel treatment. Her
husband no longer laced up her
boots! It seemed that in the early
days of their marriage he would
become cross if she denied him this
privilege. But now that she has
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grown stout and "stooping is a real
hardship" he goes out, leaving her
to her fate—lace boots eleven Inches
high!
The day's news offers another bit
of evidence regarding the savagery
of the American husband. The
third "brute" goes out so early that
he is not there to hook his wife's
evening gowns, and she "must call
in the elevator girl and tip her, too."
Why I)ld These Ivudles Marry?
And so it goes, until one is tempt
ed to inquire, why did these ladies
marry? Was it because they were in
love, haji similarity of tastes, the
same ideals, or to domesticate un
salaried ladies' maids?
Vanity would appear to be their
ruling passion, and you can't live by
vanity alone and keep your husband
or your friends either. Even the
prettiest woman becomes a bore
when her life is ordered wholly on
the clothes, food and cosmetic basis.
In time the most faithful of gal
ley slaves will rebel and the eleven
inch boot remain unlaced, the back
unpowdered or powdered badly, the
evening gown remain unhooked.
Every night Is John's night oft—and
who can blame him?
Perhaps he meets, casually, some
woman who is companionable, some
one who has an idea above boots,
arid backs and dress hooks; she
wouldn't have to be very wonderful
to appear fascinating by compari
son. At least she represents "mys
tery," he doesn't know every sordid
detail of her ensemble.
A boot lacing or a gown hooking
may be asked occasionally, but to de
mand such service day in and day
out as a right—lo, the bearded lady's
maid is off. He is experiencing the
unrest prevailing among our domes
tics at present—he may be seeking
a new situation.
The intricacies of a woman's toilet
are uninteresting'—even disillusioniz
ing—to the onlooker, dispite the
marvelous results that downright
homeliness often achieves by reason
of them. But there are some things
that should remain skeletons in the
feminine locker.
For instance, there is no one in
all the world a woman knows well
enough to coldcream her face be-
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fore. She may regard it as an ob
ligatory rite; she may knock oft
ten years as a result of her efforts
with the grease pot, but a glimpse
of the process is the death of ro
mance, mystery; X was going to
say—respect.
Crimping Pins and Boudoir Caps
But some women—good women,
too—smear their faces with cold
cream, put up their hair in crlmp
ing-pins, draw a flopping "boudoir
cap" over the combination of hor
rors and go to ibed to sleep the
sleep of the just—and the unthink
ing.
Why is it that the man who mar
ries a selfish woman of this sort is
usually a thoroughly good fellow
who accepts his slavery—for some
years at least —without a murmur?
Of course, the woman who has
domesticated a lady's maid will
probably not care very deeply if he
wanders, unless she misses his
talents as boot-lacer, back-pow
derer and g#wn-hooker. But if she
1 should happen to value the man
beneath these rather excrescent
gifts let her take heed.
In time the whitest of backs may
become monotonous, the daintiest
foot a bore, the prettiest gown a
weariness to the flesh. Remember
that ladies' maids are proverbially
flirtatious and fond of seeking new
situations.
What Difference
Does It Make
What difference does it make?
Sooner or later this reiterated
question threatens to discourage our
efforts as loyal members of the food
administration.
What difference does it make?
The words taunt us as we rise
half an hour eatrlier to make corn
bread for breakfast instead of hav
ing the toast we used to have. They
hum through our brains as we me
chanically cut the fat off the morn
ing's order of meat and save it to
render for cooking and use in place
of butter. They whisper insidiously
in our ears as we take the time to
look up the receipt of the meat sub
stitute dish we saw in the paper and
make it for dinner in place of meat.
They mock us as we refuse the
sugar for our coffee. Such a little
—only a teaspoonful. What differ
ence does it make?
Women of the north, women of
the south, women of the east and of
the west, women of Alaska and of
Porto Rico! Wis there ever a more
glorious army of womanhood
brought together in a common cause,
than this army fighting to save food"
and so to have human lives?
And what difference does it make
whether you do your share? Wheth
er you save the cupful of wheat, the
spoonful of fats, the pound of meat,
the few ounces of sugar?
"My part is so little," you say.
"What difference does it make?"
But how can food be saved in the
aggregate without individual sav
ing? And how "in you expect your
neighbor to save, if you, yourself,
are careless in doing your share? j
Pall in step then, women of Amer
ica. No one is alone in this work of
conserving food. You are march
ing shoulder to shoulder with the
woman in Alaska, the woman in
Porto Rico, the woman on the cat
tle ranges of the west, the woman in
the big metropolis of the east.
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Life's Problems
Are Discussed
There is a loss from business fail
ures in the United States every year
of a sum of which ranges between
two and three hundred million dol
lars.
And, according to financial au
thority, the cause in almost every in
stance can be set down to ineffici
ency. Bradstreets figure that 80.3
per cent of all failures are due to
the personal shortcomings of those
who failed, and place at the head
of the list—far ahead of such faults
as outside speculation, doubtful hab
its, personal extravagance or dis
honesty—simply incompetence.
In other words, a large number
of men and women who are honest,
sober, industrious and economical
go to the wall every year because
they either don't or won't learn how.
They are not on their jobs.
Those two or three hundred mil
lions on the wrong side of the ledger
form a pretty heavy indictment
against our boasted national char
acteristics of shrewdness and adapt
ability. In England and on the con
tinent they have far fewer failures
than we do in this country. And
the reason, as one careful observer
has pointed out, is because in those
older countries business enterprises
are seldom started without a fair
degree of ability or preparation; of
ten, indeed, they are handed down
frcim father to son, staying in the
same family for generations. Over
here, we make it more a sporting
proposition.
At the present 'time, too, when we
are being advised from every bill
board that "Dollars will win the
war!" those staggering figures of loss
mean more than a mere exposition
of recklessness and slipshod meth
ods. They represent the waste of
an appalling amount of energy and
effort which should be Hooverized
and conserved by proper direction
and application, and so made a na
tional asset instead of a national
menace.
Before seeking a remedy for any
condition you have got to diagnose
the trouble. Does the brand of in
competence laid upon these men and
women who fail mean that they are
lacking in brains or ability? Not at
all. Does it mean that they are lazy
or shiftless?. Not necessarily; they
may and often do work harder and
for hours than their competi
tor who succeeds. Does it mean that
they are negligent, extravagant, vis
ionary or crooked ? Again, no.
There was never in the world
such a chance for the person start
ing out in business for himself as
there is to-day; but equally there
was never before such a heavy de
mand as busiooss makes to-day upon
the person who elects to follow it.
i When Charles M. Schwab was re
cently called upon to take charge of
the government's shipbuilding pro
gram he was asked upon what he
would chiefly rely for the success of
his campaign, and he said upon the
infusion of a spirit of enthusiasm
and rivalry Into the work.
That's it! Mr. Schwab 'knows
what he's talking about; he stands
in the public mind as the repre
sentative type of modern American
businessman. And the spirit of
rivalry and enthusiasm is what every
business needs.
Lt it be made a "sporting propo
sition," not in the sense of a gamble,
a blind taking of chances, but in the
sense of a contest for which one
trains and fits himself, constantly
studying every point of the game,
and into which one throws his whole
heart and soul. No man who does
that will long remain incompetent
or Inefficient.
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sweep compellingly across the foot
lights, it will lend a charm and
power to his melody that will over
come every defect. And the same
thing is true in the business world—
Is true in every line of endeavor.
What made John L. Sullivan the
greatest champion in the history of
the ring? Other men excelled him 'n
scientific ability, in judgment, pos
sibly even in strength; but no pugi
list ever equaled him in enthusiasm
and zest for the game. And it was
exactly the same quality that made
Marshall Field the greatest merchant
of his day, and that accounts for a
Morgan, a Carnegie, a Hill and fL
Harriman In their respective lines.
If you ask, why a George M. Cohan,
or a Ty Cobb, or a Charles V„
Schwab, the answer In every In
stance is the same.
You've got to love your JoTt,
You've got to root for it in season
and out of season. You've got to
make a hobby of it, and give It
your undivided Interest. If you
can't do that; then the best thing
you can do is to get out and shift
to a line where you can.
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