TEDS CrriZKW, FRIDAY, DBO. 17,
SOME RULES
SHE FRAMED
"It seems to me," spoke up the girl
who had on a real Irish lace Jabot,
"that you have a peculiar way of en
tertaining company! You've sat scrib
bling at that desk ever since we came
In!"
"We're still here, you know," re
minded the girl with the neck ruche
that flaunted itself at the observer.
"I was finishing my list of rules,
with notes, for use of the girl who
wishes to be a social success," explain
ed the young woman at the desk.
"When I've read them to you, you'll be
glad you came. Listen!
"Itulo 1. Never twlno a blue rib
bon in your hair.
"I did it, and I know. I had ap
peared with black ribbons, pink rib
bons, white ribbons, twisted' coquet
Ishly through my coiffure, and noth
ing happened, signifying that a blue
ribbon would be fatal error. I thought
the evening I wore the blue ribbon at
dinner, when Jack McOUl gazed so
long at me across the hotel dining
room that at last I had mado an Im
pression. "Ho had held aloof all summer. And
when he asked mo to go for a row, I
considered that I was certainly a win
ner, becauso he 1b a lazy man, and
novor takes exorcise I was proud
and haughty as we walkod down the
pier, and smiled sweetly on all tho
other girls who had ever cut me out.
Then when wo got out on the lake that
man sat there In the gorgeous moon
light with the fragrance of the er
daisies and buttercups, I guess It was
being wafted out from shore, and
wasted two good hours telling me
about the first girl he had ever loved
ten years ago.
"He said that blue ribbon reminded
him of her. Note, please, he did not
say that I reminded him It was the
ribbon. He even told me the length
of her eyelashes, and once I thought
he was going to weep. He said I
the blue ribbon brought it all back
so vividly.
"Rule 2. Never let your amiable
desire to be pleasant betray you Into
any undue Interest in elderly women
of crotchety natures.
"Mrs. Piper happened to be sit
ting in that corner of the porch when
I went to look at the sunset. I
couldn't move the sunset, so I had to
endure Mrs. Pipe. Incidentally, I
picked up her ball of yarn and ad
mired the Afghan in construction and
made conversation, because I felt sor
ry for her, she seemed so soured on
life.
"The next day I heard her say to
some one: 'Humph! I guess I know
why that Dowler girl was shining up
to me so I'm not so dumb I've mot
a nephew here! Ha! Ha!' I wouldn't
have cared if tho nephew had been
anything but the pale, spindly, under
sized stupid that he was.
"It really hurt my feelings to have
my taste so impugned.
"Rule 3. Always pick out men with
sisters when you are choosing an as
sortment The sister fills an impor
tant niche. If you can make her like
you, she has it in her power to invite
you to d!nnervor to spend a week-end
with her and, incidentally, with him
and she can drop admiring remarks
about you before her brother, thus re
calling you to his attention if his
memory lags.
"It is convenient, too, to have her
remark at the family breakfast table:
'Oh, here's a letter from Ethel Dowler
she says so and so! The only dan
ger is the possibility of angering the
sister, for then the rule works the
other way just as readily. She talks
about you even more If she hates you
po it Is a good investment to take
her to the matinee occasionally and
not be sparing with luncheon invita
tions. "Rule 4. Never try to be nice to a
discarded sweetheart.
"What do you think I got for my
pains In the case of Alfred Easterly?
The affair was so long ago that I had
almost forgotten him when he reap
peared, and all I could do was to won
der why I ever had been insane
enough to fancy I liked him.
"But when I remembered how. hard
he had seemed to take my refusal I
couldn't help but feel sorry for him,
so I tried to be Just as nice as possi
ble, to show him there were no hard
feelings. The more I saw of him tho
more aghast I was at the thought that
once I might have married him. I
really considered the time I devoted
to him a personal sacrifice and then
what was my reward?
"I sat back of him on the suburban
train and heard him say complacently
to another man about like him that he
guessed Ethel Dowler wished she had
not been so hasty and could get him
back, but it was too late all her try
lng would do no good!
"Rule, 5. Never go on the principle
that the Summer men who ask for
your town address and inquire If they
may call on you will never think of
it again.
"The very nicest one at the lake
allod at 11 o'clock this morning and,
our maid being busy, I went to the
-door with my head all tied up In a
towel I was having a dry shampoo
and cold cream on one side of my
face. I had thought It must be a ped
dler." "Why didn't you have presence of
mind enough to tell him that your
sister wasn't at homer' Inquired the
girl with the Irish lace Jabot.
"I'd like a copy of those rules,"
said the .girl with the ruche. "I'm go
ing to tend them trouxd for Christmas
cards. Ill add to them la the mes
time."
Notes and
Comment
Of Interest to Women Readers
SHAMPOO SHIELD.
Keeps Face Dry and Permits the
Wearer to Breathe Freely.
Just at present the shampoo shield
designed by a New York man and
shown in the Illustration Is quite fash
ionable. It is much like the brim of
hats now in vogue and will doubtless
be popular with the ladles. It will
also find favor with any other person
who has ever gaBped and spluttered
during tho process of a shampoo while
the soapy water ran Into his or her
eyes and make them smart. This
shield Is of elliptical shape to fit the
contour of the head. It is placed on
the. head like a hat, with the difference
that thero Is no crown and the hair
comes through tho top. The sham
pooer can rub the head of the sub
ject vigorously while the latter may
be as much at his ease as If he was
merely having his head combed. The
flare of the shield brim sends the
water entirely clear of the face, which
Is kept dry, except for a few drops that
may trickle down Inside of the rim of
the shield. This device will eliminate
the annoying features of the shampoo
to persons who are short of breath.
ABOUT WOMEN.
T The average wage of the
5 working woman Is $272.04 a
X year.
? The United States had 1,000,-
1; 000 divorces In the past ten
years. Two-thirds of these
X were granted upon the demand
5 The women's federated clubs
T of America claim C.000 branches,
? organized in forty-six States,
J with an aggregate membership
? of 800,000 women.
f, The lack of direct political
3 influence constitutes a power-
ful reason why women's wages
X have been kept at a minimum.
Carroll D. Wright, ex-Com-mlssloner
of Labor.
In Australia, where women
vote, the child of a poor widow
ed mother, instead of being tak
en from her and placed in an
institution, Is boarded with its
mother at the expense of the
State.
The number of boys in the
jj high schools of the country in
X 1905-6 was 305,308; of girls.
T 417,384. Yet there are those
who say "that the ballot for
T women would but increase the
Ignorant vote."
According to an Ohio report
X for 1901, 6,920 women in the
? three largest cities earned $4.83
$ a week, worked 57 1-2 hours
T and paid $2.44 for 1,000 .persons
5 depending on them for support
u
Chance for Plain Girls.
"It is a great mistake to suppose
that beauty cuts a big figure In the
employment of stenographers," said
a business man of large experience;
"the 'pretty typewriter' Is a stock
phrase of the funny man and the com'
Ic papers of the present day, just as
the 'pretty governess' was In the 40s
and the 'pretty milliner' In the 60s
but as a matter of fact good looks
are rather a detriment to a woman
when applying for a position In an of
fice than otherwise. No one Is likely
to excel In more than one profession
and since being pretty Is a profession
In itself the general feeling Is that if
a woman has succeeded in that she
won't be good for much else. The
chances are that her brain will be
occupied with her pompadour and her
highly polished nails to the exclusion
of more Important things. Another
reason why the pretty stenographer
Is at a discount Is that most of the
large business houses employ a wom
an as head stenographer, and women
are even more apt to look askance at
a pretty fate than men are. They are
In the secret They know how much
or how little Is apt to be behind 1t
So, all things considered, the girl with
red hair and freckles stands a better
chance then the beauty when It comes
to seeking employment In a business
office."
Children's Bedroom.
Whenever possible white enamel
paint should be used for the appoint'
ments of the children's bedroom. It
shows the dust and allows of wash
ing off with a damp cloth. Screens,
K toilet tables, beds, furniture and
racks cannot accumulate dirt If con
Ununusly washed, sad the white e Ba
rn el allows of perfect cleesliaeis. Is
this respect.
1
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. PAVISON
Rutland, VL
A MESSAGE FOR TO-DAY
International Bible Lesson for
Dec. 19, '09.
We have nev
er been fond of
the company of
the pessimist and
the croaker, but
we must confess
that Buch men
have their uses,
and there are
signs abroad
which point to
Uthe fact that
America needs
tho voice of a
modern Paul,
sounding through
the palaces of tho rich, tho huts of tho
poor, the sacred aisles of tho church,
the courts of law, the marts of trade,
and tho halls of pleasure
For although this nation never
Btood at such an altltudo of prosper
ity as It does to-day, thoro are num
berless foes to her perpetuity that
need to bo watched and exterminated.
What are some of our perils?
Present Day Perils.
Materialism Is the Moloch to which
this age Is offering sacrifice.
Sunday is becoming a social day in
an unheard of measure to a past gen
eration. We are gradually but certain
ly opening the doors of traffic and
amusement on Sunday, our railroads
being the leaders In this regard.
Drunkenness among women Is in
creasing.
The laxity of the marriage relation
Is a nation-wide peril.
There' is a large Infusion, of the
gambling spirit In our commercial life.
There Is a race to get rich at all haz
ards. The increase in social extrava
gance is noticeable everywhere.
Nine-tenths of the law-breaking In
America Is hatched in the saloon. The
liquor counter Is the block on which
hundreds of our beautiful American
things are annually assassinated.
Spirituality is freezing to death In
the church.
The gulf between the masses and
the classes is growing wider, in the
church and in the State.
This Is a dark picture, but it is the
consensus of opinion of the wisest
thinkers in our land, men who see the
perils, and are "lifting up warning
voices everywhere.
Does it foreshadow our doom as
nation? God forbid. The fact that
the peril is so widely recognized Is our
safety. We have grappled with and
settled many, great issues In this
country, and what the fathers have
done the sons can do. To be fore
warned is to be forearmed.
Criticism Easy.
A person could go into a watch fac
tory and from the standpoint of a
complete watch find something to
criticise in every direction. It takes
time and skill and patience to make
a watch. And it takes time and skill
and Infinite patience to make what
the world will acknowledge as a rep
resentative man. Character is a thing
of growth, not of bestowment
Of course, there are people In tho
church who ought not to be there
But when a fisherman sweeps his net
around, and then pulling it into his
boat finds that he has a great haul of
mackerel, he does not pitch tho whole
lot overboard because he has taken a
few lamper-eels and snapping turtles,
No. He rows ashore, after he gets
through fishing, and sorts his catch
afterwards. So tho church in this
world is set to catch men, not sort
them. On the beach of eternity they
will be sorted out by One who Is un
erring in His Judgment.
Church a Factory.
Is not the criticism largely due to
the fact that tho objector falls to re
alize that no one church can be ex
pected to reconstruct tho world. In
this great mission there Is work for
each denomination. It is like a great
factory where many hands are em
ployed. It is the business of tho
Methodists, warm hearted and fiery,
to stir the blaze. It is the business of
the Congregatlonallsts, sturdy and
logical, to hammer the rivets. It Is
tho business of the Episcopalians, to
whom the beauty of piety appeals, to
make the exquisite case. It is the
business of the Baptists, having strong
predilections for water, to wash off
tho works. So that, after awhile, this
whole world disordered, run down, and
out of gear, will become a perfect
timepiece, ticking away the centuries
of millennial joy. How inconsistent
is that critlo who takes a single wheel
or rivet or case of a watch and finds
fault because It is not a perfect piece
of mechanism.
It Is all very well to criticise th
church for its coldness and indiffer
ence, and aloofness from the lives ol
men, but I notice that when, scarlet
fever puts its hot hands Into the horns
nest, and the roses In the chlld'i
cheeks turn Into the white lilies of
death, no ono wants to put away th
sacred dust without the consolatloni
of the church, and the benedictions oi
piety, No carping then! No soculai
songs! No acrimonious criticism!
Then we turn instinctively to the onlj
organisation which stands polntini
through the open portals, with, tin
emblems or piety m her nanas bjmUM
light of eternity in her eyes.
IBBMfSBBBBBBBBffM
it Made all the difference:.
A Thought StrUck Mrs. Mid gen When
She Returned Home.
"Oh!" exclaimed Mrs. Mldgeo. She
had been shopping aqd visiting, and
had Just arrived home when a thought
struck her. She clasped her hands
together in dismay, and in her agita
tion sat flat down on the cat. "What
ever shall I do?"
"I expect you will get over if said
Mr. Mldgon, testily. He was waiting
for his tea. "What is it?"
I took my diary out with me in
stead of that littlo price-book, and if
haven't been and left It somewhere!
Suppose somebody should get hold of
it and read It?".
'Ha, ha!" laughed her husband.
"That will bo fine sport How I
should like to see them reading all
tho rubbish you 'have written in it!
What's the good of going back? You'll
never get it"
"Oh, I remember now!" suddennly
cried Mrs. Mldgen. "It is my old one.
So it doesn't matter at all. I feel
quite relieved."
"What was In It?" sold ho, feeling
disappointed.
I used to amuso mysolf by copying
your love letters in it, and I Imitated
your signature at the bottom of them.
"What!" yelled Mldgen, Jumping to
his feet and grabbing at his hair. "Do
you want people to know what an idiot
I was, and mako mo tho laughingstock
of the parish just when I'm putting up
for the vestry? Go and look for It,
quick! And offer $10 reward for It!"
And If it hadn't beon found in Mrs,
Mldgen's bag at that very moment
there is no telling what would havo
happened to that household. The
Sketch.
An R. 8. V. P. Prayer.
Willie had not been a very good
boy that day, and In consequence of
certain Inexcusable derllctlons ho had
been sent to bed with the sun. After
supper his father climbed the stairs
to tho youngster's room, and throw,
lng himself down on the bed along'
side of the delinquent, began to talk
to him.
"Willie," he said, gravely, "did you
say your prayers before you went to
bed?"
"Yesslr," said Willie.
"And did you ask the Lord to make
you a good boy?" asked the parent.
"Yep," said Willie, "and I guess
It'll work this time."
"Good," said the father. "I'm glad
to hear that"
"Yes," said WUIlie, "but I don't
think we'll know before to-morrow.
You've got to give the Lord time, you
know."
"And what makes you think it will
work this time, my son?" queried the
anxious parent
"Why, after the Amen I put in an
R. S. V. P.," explained the boy.
Harper's Weekly.
The Judge's Loaded Inkpot.,
Few American lawyers go abroad
without visiting the Old Hall at Lin
coln's Inn, In London. There was a
gathering of English legal lights In
the Hall a week or two ago to listen
to an address on "Tho Law of Drunk
enness." The writer Is able to recall
the alcoholic propensities of tho fa
mous Judge Boyd, of the Irish Bench,
who so often sat in the Old Hall. He
kept a supply of his favorite "plzen"
on the desk before him in an ink
stand of peculiar make, and when he
wanted a sip he took It through a
quill pen, while counsel professed en
tire Ignorance of the little manoeuvre.
"Tell the Court truly," he oncb said
to a witness, "were you drunk or sob
er?" "Quite sober, My Lord?' replied
the man, and his counsel added, with a
look at the inkpot, "as sober as a
Judge."
A STARTLING HINT.
Gerald Some things go by fits and
starts.
Geraldlne I don't want you to have
a fit but' I wish you'd start Plck-Me-Up.
A Fearsome Threat.
From the classroom occupied by the
roughest boys in the Sunday school
came a great uproar. The secretary
in the next room went in to investi
gate. Complete silence followed the
opening of the classroom door.
"Have you got a teacher?"
"No."
"Do you want one?"
"No."
"TJien be quiet or youll get one."
Resdlt, comparative peace. Man
chester Guardian.
"So Say We All of Us."
"Alas!" confessed the pQnltent'
man; "'In a moment of weakness I
stole a cariiysd of brass fittings."
"In a moment of weakness?" ex
cjslmee the Judge, "Goodness, man!
what would yofi have takes if you
sad yielded la a Basest when ypu
tclt itmir
OLD-STYLE DOOR PLATES.
Not the Fashion now to .Have Your
Name on the Door Knob.
"Door plates are going out of fash-
Ion," said a man whose business It is
to make plates of all kinds. "Twenty
years ago every man of prominence
had his name graven upon a plate
and that plato affixed to bis front
door, that all might know who dwelt
within. The dally task of tho negro
houseman was to rub the door plato
until it shone. It took the place of
the lares and ponates of the Romans,
and was attended to just as carefully
as were the ancient household gods.
""Everything is changed now, though
I suppose the reason is that people
don't have homes as they used to.
They simply live in houses and apart
ments, and move around so much
that a door plate couldn't possibly en
dure tho porlpatotio existence. A col
lection of brass door plates screwed
to the portal of a big apartment
building would, I confess, look rather
odd."
Influence of Locality.
In a communication to the French
Academy of Sciences, L. Joubln re
cently callod attention to a remarka
ble effect aparontly produced by local
ity of habitation upon tho susceptibil
ity of animals to dtseaso. When mloe
were Inoculated With certain germs,
he found that the effects produced de
pended, to a surprising degree, upon
tho place of origin of tho mlco. Thoso
that came from the locality where tho
gorms were produced were more bub
rptlble than those which were
brought from a distance. This seemed
to him to Indicate that in some way,
geographical Influences might be more
potent than physiological likeness in
producing susceptibility to disease.
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