The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-19
HER POINT OF VIEW.

DR.. William Tod Helmuth made
very pleasing impression on the occa-
sion of his visit here the other even
ing. If Mr.. Il. II. Pratt parted his
hair in the middle all the way from
his forehead to the back of his neck
ne would bear a very close resemblance
to the distinguished apostle of home
opathy. In fact, DIR. Helmuth looks
very much like Lieutenant Greeley, al
though the latter is considerably
younger The doctor has such suaNe
and genial manner that the allopathic
physician who will not take him to his
heart must be a very hard-hearted
creature, indeed.
But it was Mrs. Helmuth who eXcit-
ed the most interest. A large portion
of the audience in the front of the hall
at the Albright library the other night
sat in a bias sort of fashion and made
itself nearly crOss-eyed in endeavoring
to catch a glimpse of Mrs. Helmuth,
midway down the room, and at the
same time pay polite attention to the
| elegant gentleman who was occupying
the floor. Now Mis-. Ilelmuth is "a
plump, round-faced lady of middle
height. with a certain grace of carriage
and a decided graciousness of manner
which people find most attractive. It's
| a trick worth cultivating to be able to
make each person who talks with you
| five minutes believe that YOU are eX-
| tremely interested in her. ] Cheerfully
recommend this hint to young men in
| society, who are rather prone to con-
| duct themselves on the plan that il
| isn't worth while to be agreeable eX-
| cept to the fair young girls whom all
| the fellows want to marry, forgetting
| that a little harmless civility to the
| matrons, who chiefly do the entertain
| ing of the season, may have it's COM
| pensation in securing friends at court
| as we'll as tending to provide a miracu-
| lous outfit of loaves and fishes indeti-
| nitely. Some young men, you know,
| seem to labor under the hallucination
| that the pleasure of securing them for
a dinner party or the satisfaction of
| having them within cali when out of
town girls are guests in the house, is
| as much bliss as any reasonable hos
tess has any right to expect in this
world, and that there the obligations
for Courtesies end.
! IjuI utdI NC. w iltlt was 1 fiN - ''i
| Mrs. Helmuth. And here | am saying
| unkind things to the young men, when
| young men never read this column
Well, she "has way" with her, as tho
young man said Of the fascinating
young woman in the ballad. It's a
nice way and makes you actually be-
lieve that inside her blessed head are
some such ideas as these, as she greets
you. "Oh, here is somebody who is
really interesting. I'm glad I came
We are quite congenial In thought
do wish the other people would stay in
| the background and let us talk to each
other" OF course. she doesn't say al
this. In fact. she says very little, but
she somehow gives you the impression
that she'd like to say something OF
the kind, and you reluctantly pass on
metaphorically patting yourself on the
head. 1t is so nice TO meet people who
send You on patting yourself on tho
head They are the Jugglers of tn,
world who can transform the hay, WOOD
and stubble of life into the rich lustr,
of Jewels and gold by the magica
alchemy of their deftness and tact.
know two such women in this city
There are others, but I'm only going L
mention these now, One is statel,
and magnificent i'm pose and aueeniy "