JodalJoons c7/7c/ JjWmitmcnij From a Young Girl. I have been reading your column quite awhile and now I come to you for help. 1 am a girl fifteen years old, and would like you to tell me how should I treat a boy who likes me much, and I don't care anything for him Is It proper for a girl to kiss a yer.iijr boy that is older than she, »f;«r ite has been off for three years? Do you think I write well.—From an Interested Header. You liave a difficult task, but If the boy has any sense at all, after you have declined his invitations several times he will see that you do not care for his attention. I do not think you need kiss the young man even if he has been absent a long time. Ho is not a relative, anil has no reason to claim kisses. Your writing may be greatly improved by careful practice; It is not good for one of your age. Written Wedding Invitations. In writing a wedding invitation to the few guests who are to witness a ceremony to be performed at home, is the same form observed as those en graved, or are informal notes sent? — Perplexed. Do not try to copy the formal style, but wiite an individual note to each guest. One of the prettiest home wed dings I know of was where the bride wrote little missives something like this: "Dick and I are to be married on Saturday at noon, ajid it will add greatly to our hapninms if you wit ness the ceremony. Hoping to have you A-ith us, cordially your, etc." The Proper Thing to Do. This may seem a most trivial and even foolish state of mind to be in, but I believe you will be kind enough to aid me. For many long years I was barred from all social pleasures by a series of illnesses. Now that I am well and can again enter society, I find I am too self-conscious to enjoy a single moment. Ido not know what to say or how to act. What shall I do? Can you give me any set phrases to learn or repeat on all occasions? Anything you suggest I will be grate ful for. —Will. In the first place, endeavor to for get yourself. This-will only be accom plished by degrees, for you have been so accustomed to thinking of yourself and your surroundings. If possible, become engaged in some active work for others. When you enter a room do not let the thought come, "what do they think of me," but "what can I see or do or say to make the other 'fellow' comfortable You will find this habit will grow, too. and you will soon be perfectly at ease. Reply to "Mary." Your questions do not belong in our department, so I caunot take space to reply. Sorry. The Proper Calling Cards. Please inform me which is the prop er way for a wife to have her calling cards printed. Should the husband's Initials be used, his full Christian name (if a long one), or the wife's Christian name? Should the name be printed or written? —Nell. A visiting card shouTfl bear the hus band's full name or his first name and middle initial, and they should be writ ten if you cannot afford to have them engraved, not printed. From a Foil Hostess. I want to give a party in the fall, and want to invite some boys and girls from the country. As it will not be a house party, do I have to invite them to stay with me —especially the boys. Hoping to see this in print at your very earliest convenience.—An Interested Reader. It is not necessary for you to ask the boys to be house guests; they should loqk out for themselves at a hotel. Of course, girls could not go to a public place unchaperoned. MADAME MERRI. New Material. A new material that is being used for suits and gowns and even for handsome coats is of cotton texture, but has such a beautiful chamois fin ish that it places the fabric among those of more aristocratic liber. Tho cloth comes in blue, lavender, tan, brown and biscuit color, and because It will wash Instead of requiring a dry cleaner Is most practical as well as sightly. Dry Shampoo. Most women are familiar with the Irv shampoo done with talcum powder rubbed into the scalp. Hair brushes may also be cleaned this way. Dry cleaning brushes may be done either with talcum powder or with fl»ur. Rub the powder thoroughly into the bris tles and then shake It oue. Tbe brush' Hill be cloao and stiff. Invitations for October weddings are beginning to fly, and so also are letters to beauty specialists. They are mostly from engaged girls and bridesmaids, pretty pleas for "balms," or pastes, or advice. Two of the fu ture brides complain of being "worn out" and pale and nervous—that is, two who write to me, and here are patients for that cheapest of medicine and that most rewarding of beauty moves—common sense. Being engaged is in Itself a thrilling experience, trying to the nerves, tem per and mere muscles, if the girl does much running around, and if she stays at home, and is entirely occupied with the subject of Jack or John and her own importance, she is apt to get not only pale, but extremely below par in physical fitness. Hove is the most con suming emotion of which the humr.n heart is capable, aaid too much occu pation with the subject is far from sensible now when two people expect to join their destinies so soon for all \ time. Therefore, as a first specific to ward the relief of that "tired feeling," and as a cure for indifferent complex ions, I would advise the bride-to-be to have more long walks with her "young man"and fewer indoor confer ences. Fresh air is the skin's great- 1 est reviver, and the exercise freshens the blood, tones up muscles and brings ! joy to the heart; but since young peo ple always want to drink cold things ! summer afternoons and nights, I must ! warn the bride who wants a flawless complexion on her wedding day to sreer clear of the ice cream sodas ta ken so often during the rambles with I the beloved one and with girl friends. Buttermilk, as I have said many times, used internally and externally, is very beautifying to the skin, and sometimes an entire buttermilk diet is needed for toning up the stomach after purging or a bilious attack. Mo lasses of the thick, dark kind is con sidered to have a distinct beauty val ue when eaten with coarse bread, and i so are the fresh fruits, particularly oranges, grapefruit, grapes and pine apple. A daily salad of fresh green I stuff aids the digestion, and so is a help in the banishing of pimples and ! the sal'.owness due to coarse eating or neglect of the bowels. Weddings coming in October entail a good deal more anxiety about the whiteness of the skin than do those of Jhe springtime, for vacations have just ended and many girls return to town disfigured to the alarming point j with sunburn and freckles. For the dispersal of these blights massage is i needed, but it must follow a hot face i bath or a good face steam and be , done with a bleaching cream. The cream containing cucumber, lettuce or iris are all whitening in their effect, but much of the success with their j use conies with the massage. The rubbing gets down to the seat of things, the pores opening and allow ing the unguent used to penetrate be- ! low the first layer of skin. A cucumber milk, which is almost a specific for redness, roughness and sunburn, and which is very helpful j in the banishment of freckles, is made i in this manner: Oil of sweet almonds 4 ounces Fresh cucumber juice 10 ounces Kssence of cucumbers 3 ounces White castile soap, powdered U ounce Tincture of Benzoin 2-1? dram The cucumber juice is obtained by j boiling the vegetables in a very little ! water. Slice them thin, skin and all. and let them cook slowly till soft and mushy; strain twice through cloth. | The essence is made by putting an 1 ounce and a half of the cucumber 1 juice Into the same quantity of nigh- , proof alcohol. Put the essence and the soap in quite a large bottle, as the mixture requires much shaking. After a few hours the soap will be dissolved, when It Is time to add the 1 cucumber juice; shake the bottle till these Ingredients are thoroughly mix- , oa; then pour out Into a crockery bowl and add the oil and benzoin, stirring constantly until there is a creamy , liquid. Put the emulsion into small bottles, cork tightly and keep in the 1 dark. Always shake the bottle beforo uslnn; the emulsion. This milk can be employed instead j of the cream for the massage and at the same time it will act as an excel- 1 lent cleanser. Comfortable Style. The transparent guimpe with long | sleeves furnishes a very comfortable ! way out of wearing long gloves with the short sleeved frock of silk or heavy linen. Most often, perhaps. It Is in chiffon or net or other sheer stuff echoing the color of the frock, but one sees It, too, In sheer white or cream lingerie ma terial associated with a jumper blouse of darker coloring. Polish Tan Shoes Before Wearing. A dealer told me to always polish tan shoes before thsy were worn. It is almost impossible to remove spots from them, unloss they are polished before they are worn, thut» filling up the pores of the leather.-- •McCnll'i Magazine. MffiiATIONAL SUNDAYSCIiOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS, Director of Ev*iiins Department., The Moody Biblo Institute, Chicago,) LESSON FOR SEPT. 8 j THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE. I LESSON TEXT-Matt. 9:35 to 10:ir, and I 10:40 to 11:1. j GOLDEN TEXT—"He that receiveth ; you receiveth me, and he that rncelveth ] m« receiveth him that sent me."—Matt. 10:40. The first verse of our lesson is a j vivid picture of the life of our Lord. Going <:bout from village to village, I he taught, healed and preached the I good tidings of his new kingdom. | Why? Not only because of his com passionate heart as revealed in the second verse of the lesson, but also 1 as a proof of his claims and, "that be l lieving ye might have life through his name," John 20:30, 31. This does not, however, lessen the force of this sec ond verse, for Jesus as the true Shep herd was indeed "touched with a feel ing of our infirmities." Seeing the i multitude thus without a shepherd, so faint and weary as to lay down and knowing that his great work was to be carried on by others after he had | "finished" it upon Calvary, he makes special provision by choosing the twelve and telling them definitely how : to carry on his ministry. Jesus realized that no one man can minister lo all others except as he multiplies his personality in the lives of others. So it is that he gives the church of today a powerful example of how to answer tho prayer of verse OS by his practical method suggested iti ; verse 1 of chapter 10. His vision of I verse 36 is the passion of his life and he intends it to be the passion of our lives. Disciples Restricted. Following this introduction we find j a list of the peculiarly chosen ones I who are to be his vice-gerer.ts alter ; his passing, and from verse 5 on we : find the charge he delivers to them. There is in this charge, first, the note of limitation, verses 5 to 13; secondly, the note of warning, verses Ifi to 23, and thirdly the note of comparison, verse 24 to tho end of this chapter ! and including 10:1. True, in this les son we haveionly the first section, tho limitation together with tho final words of the charge which in reality amoitfits to a complete identification l of Ills apostles with himself and his life of ministry. Notice the grouping of the names : of these disciples. First the three j j who formed that inner circle, Peter, James and John, and with them An- ; drew, who first brought Peter to Je- j sus (John 1:411. After these the names are In groups of two, and it , was as such they were afterwards ; | sent out, Mark 6:7. So we today are j not alone. Matt. 28:20, Act 6 1:8. Pet us observe the restriction placed ! upon these disciples. They are to minister not to the Gentiles nor even the Samaritans, though Jesus did both 'during his life, John 4:4 and Matt. J 1 T>: 22, but not so these whom he now ( is sending, at least not till his work is complete and Israel has had its uay !of opportunity. After Calvary this re- I striction is removed, as we can see I from the book of Acts, i Another restriction Is in the mes sage and the method. The message Is to be the good news of the king dom. They are to "herald forth" that It Is at hand. That the Messiah has 1 come. We are told that they are not 1 to force the acceptance of their mes : sage. That in its proclamation they shall receive all sorts of opposition. That they must look well to their own character, they are to be as sheep I amidst wolves, they shall bo haled i before courts and potentates, but such j persecution shall be a witness against , j their persecutors for "his sake." Gearing of Disciples. What is to be their method? First, , i it is to be that of absolute depend | ence upon the Father. It is true that ! I Paul labored with his own hands, but at the same time he accepted tho bounty of the churches and urged that j such fruit might abound, Phil. 4:10, j ; 15. 17. Jesus is here teaching us the ! other lesson that the "laborer Is wor- j | thy of Ms hire." The disciple is to ' heal. The ministry of hospital, nurs- j ; ing and godly physicians is a marvel- ; | ous fulfillment of this command. Ob- j 1 serve well the ministry of medical i missions. There is no greater inspi ration to the Christian church. What j is to bo the bearing of these disciples? ' It is to bo that of dignity and self | respect, see Luke 10:5. i While It is true the disciple is to offer and not to force his message I upon tho people, yet for Israel tore- j Ject was indeed a worse state than j that of Sodom and Gomorrah. The ; overthrow and scattering of the Jew ish nation is a byword in history. As to the note of compassion, we should read all of this chapter. Remember the dignity of our work. Remember that we go in the name of One who came to "shew forth the Fa ther." Remember that as we thus "forth-tell" and shew forth our Father and that as we receive others and oth ers receive us we honor the Father. Social service is good, but let it be done In the name of a disciple and to the glory of God the Father. Such, Indeed, is the practical life of the called ones who follow In the steps of him who came to minister and not to be ministered unto JHBMLASDSS RECRUIT HASHED PLAYER ipf / / /I L , N ~T , L y t~l If / ->v^r I'; Wjif /a- > / • \V j / JV\ n% s I 1 I Outfielder Zlnn. Zinn, the recruit center fielder of tho New York Americans, is consld- i ered one of the finds of the year. He has been especially strong with the ' bat and has helped the Yankees win a number of what few games they I have to their credit through the force with which he has wielded his war ; club. HUB PERDUE ADMIRES BROWN ' Wonder of Boston Braves Would Have His Hand Mutilated Like Cub Pitcher. Hub Perdue, the Gallatin (Tenn.) rustic who is the pitching wonder of the National league now, is a "rube" right. Born in a small town, unlettered, uncouth, rather glorying in his rusticity, he has ever been a "card." One day when the Cubs were in Na«hviile on their Spring training ■ trip where Hub then played. Perdue walked up to Three-Fingered Brown in a hotel lobby and demanded to Eeo Brown's maimed mitt. Mordecai pushed out the mutilated hand and Hub examined it care fully. "Well, T swan," he finally ejaculated. : "How'd you do it?" "Ran it in a feed cutter, chopped off two fingers and broke three," said i Brown laconically—for it's an old story to him. Perdue didn't say anything for awhile, but, reaching to his pocket, he fished out an indeliblo pencil and drew a line across his pitching hanu that corresponded to the cuts in j Brown's fin. i As he walked out of the hotel brisk ly, he said, "I'm going right home I now and put my hand In the old man's I feed cutter, 1 swan if I don't." —At- lanta Georgian. ABOUND XBASES Jack Killilay Is pitching fine ball for Oakland in the Pacific Coast league. Brooklyn seems to have picked up an excellent second baseman in Cut ehaw. Fred Clarke has found a valuable man in Warner, the Brown university twirler. Bill Dalilen will be retained as man ! r.ger of the Brooklyns next year, Eb | betts announces. Manager George Stovall Intends to have an entirely new team in the j Mound City next season. Ty Cobb is said to bo thinking se riously of buying tho Indianapolis club of the American association. Harry Davis has picked up a com ing star, he thinks, in Billy Hunter, tho Southern Michigan youngster. Otto Knabe of the Phillies is now said to be the man Garry Hermann 112 wants for manager of tho Reds next | year. Kd Sweeney, the Yankees' star backstop, is hitting the ball hard and helping the Yankees climb out of the j cellar. Here's a sure sign. Connie Mack never could win a pennant during a presidential year. He drew blanks In 'O4 and 'OB. The Senators look like a real ball i team and are being treated like a ' real team for the first time in the history of the game. ] Ray Collins is now one of the lead ! Ing left-hard pltchtrs of the country. ; Collins is one of the few who have made good this season. A team that will play ten games without an error is one worth look ing over for stars. That's what the Lincoln (Nob.) team did recently. Griffith thinks Joe Wood of the Red Sox is <*ue for a slump before long and he has been waiting for It i in order to take his team into first j place. President Sol Meyer of the Indian apolis team is buying players of all klndf and degrees. He Is golns to j r.\ake tho Indians win it quantity l>s>« tnything to do • rlth It i STAR TEAMS OF BIG LEAGUE Recently Compiled Averages Giving Best Batting Players Favor Those of American League. j On the most recently compiled av- j erases of the best batting team in the j National league would be: Myers, catcher; Crandall, pitcher; Wagner, ! shortstop; Konetchy, first base; Doyle, second base; Zimmerman, third base; i Wheat, left field; Marsans, center j field, and Donliu, right field. Would J Konetchy of St. Louis. not be such a bad combination, either. Jhe premier American club of slug gers would be: Lapp, catcher; John son, pitcher; Harry, shortstop; La jole, first base; Eddie Collins, second | base; Baker, third base; Jackson, left field; Speaker, center field, and Cobb, right field. A series between two such teams would prove attractive. Non-partisan fans would fancy the j chances of the American league, ow- : ing to the fact that Johnson is a j vastly superior twirler to Crandall, and that the Johnsonian outfield trio ! would have a big edge on the Nation- ! als in all-around play and run-getting, j PLAN A BASEBALL COLLEGE Manager Carr of Kansas City and President Navln of Detroit Would Teach Raw Recruits. If the plans of Charley Carr of Kan- i sas City and President Navin of De- j troit go not astray, there will be a baseball college opened in the south next fall for the purpose of training j the recruits the majors draft and pur- J chase each year for the leagues, j The Idea is Carr's, and President Na- ; vin has promised financial backing | ' and his aid in organizing. Every j major league club will be invited to join the project. Stars of the past and present will be engaged to teach the fine points of the positions in I which they achieved greatness. Resembles Amos Rusie. They say that Tesreau, the Giants' pitcher, resembles Amos Rusie. Mc j Graw doesn't worry about that, how ever. If Tesreau can only fling like i Rusie, McGiaw will be satisfied. Appropriate. "That angling friend of yours c«l* tainly has a fitting physique." "In what way?" "I noticed ho has fishy eyes and • decided catch in his voice." The woman who cares for a clean, wholesome mouth, and sweet breath, will find Paxtino Antiseptic a joy for ever. At druggists, Hoc a box or sent postpaid on receipt of price by The i Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass. A Diagnosis. "What's the matter with your hus band, Mrs. Mixey?" "The doctor says he's got a bad at» i tack of ammonia." "Then I guess it's apt to be fatal, for It's bound to take his breath." Remarkable Financiering. "Figures don't lie." "Don't they? Here's an item from I New York that says a policeman there saved SBO,OOO in a month from hia salary of $2,800. Those figures must tie, for they won't stand." Too Much Renunciation. "How foolish you women are," said : Mr. Nagg to his better half. "You don't catch men doing such things as ' Joining 'Don't Worry' clubs." "Of course not," snapped Mrs. Nagg. j "Men couldn't give up the pleasure of | worrying their wives." Couldn't Happen to Them. Mike got a job moving some kegs ( of powder, and, to the alarm of his foreman, was discovered smoking at j his work. j "Je-ru-sa-lem!" exclaimed the fore man. "Do you know what happened j when a man smoked at this job some | years ago? There was an explosion J that blew up a dozen men." "That couldn't happen here," re j turned Mike calmly. "Why not?" j " 'Cause there's only you and me," \ was the reply."—Everybody's Maga/ ; zlne. Sparrow Sets House Ablaze. An English sparrow was the cause | of three houses catching fire at Law renceburg, Ind., recently, and had it not been for the prompt work of tlie neighbors and friends all would have ! been destroyed. The sparrow was ! building a nest under the eaves of the I home of Mrs. Mary Webber, and it | picked up a long cotton string from a ; pile of rubbish that had Just been burned. With the burning string in | Its beak, the sparrow flew to the roof of Mrs. Sophia Shafer's house, then j to Otto McCright's house and then to ■ the roof of Emanuel Wuest's home, j where It dropped the burning string. ; A fire started in the shingles of each ! building. Each was extinguished by | neighbors before much damage was : done. PUTTING HIM WISE. He —I'd kiss you if I had the sand. She —There's sand all about us. Help yourself. THE WAY OUT Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness. An ambitious but delicate girl, after falling togo through school on ac count of nervousness and hysteria, found In Grape-Nuts the only thing | that seemed to build her up and fur- I nish her the peace of health. "From Infancy," she says,"l have not been strong. Being ambitious to ' learn at any cost I finally got to the • High School, but soon had to abandon ! my studies on account of nervous pros ' tration and hysteria. "My food did not agree with me, I grew thin and despondent. 1 could not enjoy the simplest social affair for I suffered constantly from nervousness in spite of all sorts of medicines. "This wretched condition continued until I was twenty-five, when 1 became interested in the letters of those who had cases like mine and who were gtt» ting well by eating Grape-Nuts. "I had little faith but procured a box and after the first dish I expe rienced a peculiar satisfied feeling that 1 had never gained from any ordi> nary food. I slept and rested better that night and In a few days began to grow stronger. "I had a new feeling and peace and restfulness. In a few weeks, to my great joy, the headaches and nervous ness left me and life became bright and hopeful. I resumed my studies and later taught ten months with ease —of course using Grape-Nuts every day. It is now four years since I be gan to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mis tress of a happy home, and the old weakness has never returned." Name given by the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever rend lh« above Irltfrl A uf" ddf n«p"ir« from time to time. THt-y nre p-rnuiae, true, tud full of Itumna • uteres t.
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