The morning news., 1899-12-31

and children would appear and when the
wife was asked for, %. she is just a stupid
thing, the loving husband would protest
"A woman has little control over her
life. She marries at the win of her faith
er or elder brother. often without seeing
her future husband till she is led to the
altar. The man. too, is governed by his
father, who selects the bride. But human
hearts are the same everywhere. and
there are some genuine love matches,
even in Japan
There is no furniture in Japanese
house-only cushions. A table for meals
Is so small it looks more like a tray. The
difference between the house of a poor
man ond the residence of a millionaire
consists in the timber of which the house
is built. You cannot find knot in the
wood of a beautifully built house. Then
the mating on the floor will be of the
finest and the sliding doors. perhaps. beau
b tiGully Aand-painted. The kitchens, too,
have no furniture except the stove; there
is not even a table, all the work is done
on the floor. AS YOU may imagine, ii is
beautifully clean. There Is Just one pc
kitchen floor must he washed with cold
water only. 1t is never actually washed.
however, but rubbed over with cloths
wrung from cold water. And il shines
beautifully, Ike the finest mahogany ta-
ble."
The New York Tribune has the follow
ing appropriate remarks on lie art of con-
/ versation: To talk well and entertaiuingly
/ is certainly a great art. and renders a per-
/ son 50 gifted very popular. To be interest
| ing, however, one must deal with the or
dinary everyday topics. An erudite flow
! of language is all very fine, but It is not
amusing. A dissertation on art, literature
or politics may be instructive. but it is
( apt to be tiresome. One must dip with a
! light hand so to speak. in current events,
/ and deal chiefly in personalities and ipci-
dent In one of the Instructive stories
/ for youth which were 50 popular half
/ century ago, wherein moral lessons were
carefully administered In the form of gen.
| teel fiction, a walk taken in the countrv
| by Harry and Tommy is described.
What did you see, Tommy" asks the
| fond parent on their return
J "Oh, nothing at all" answered Tommy.
( at was very stupid-only fields and some
| trees
A similar question to Harry, however.
ELECTED a different reply. He described an
| amusing encounter between their terrier
pup and hedgehog; he has discovered the
| first spring flowers, which he brings home,
and he has noticed the preparations for
! housekeeping on the part of a certain
bird. one of whose eggs he proposes later
on to add to his collection; he has en-
! joyed his expeditions; he is bright, happy,
| and consequently, Interesting.
Very different is he from duh Tommy,
who considers his walk task, and can
find nothing to say about IL. He certainly
will not shine as a conyersationalist later
on, whereas Harry will doubtless be a
charming companion. Although the art of
! converse ton Is undeniably a gift, 1t can
to a great degree be cultivated, first. by
acquiring a habit of observation, and then
by relating what has been observed
'You have not told me a thing about
Mrs. AS dance" complained lively
mother of her tacturn son. Cant you
think of anything to say about it?" The
/ youth made an effort OF memory, well
they had terrapin for super" he remark
ed at length. While his sister, with light
playfulness and sense of humor that were
quite charming, entertained the whole
family at dinner by her account of the
same function.
1T is so difficult" said a young wo-
man 10 whom the FOREGOING dissertation
had been addressed. 81 heard you the
other day comment upon Mlly Frivols
flow of verbage,' as you called 1t, and you
said she 'chattered, like a magpie,' and
/ Tessie Erudite you called 'monologist'
l suppose to be entertaining without be-
ing tiresome Is what you mean. but 1t is
too intangible and too contradictory.
really cannot tell what to do"
| speaking OF me necessity OF keeping IN
! line with the young, Marion HaFIand says
some interesting things in an article in
the CINCINNATI Commercial Tribune:
you can not put gray head upon
green shoulders" she says. The apot b
egen commands respect because of It's
antiquity and oppositeHess to the nature
and the needs Of youth Cool deliberation
before action is as alien to the soberest
of our young people as headless impetu-
osity to their fathers. The youth leaps,
ard looking backward, sees his blunder
Ii ne be wise ne lays Up the recollection
as a lesson for next time. Ah! those
blessed many next tines that are pos
sible to those who have got begun to cal
endar falls and failures by gray hairs and
wrinklesl
When we cease to believe and to hope
in next time for ourselves dry rot-the
foe to progress and the end of active use
fulness-sets in.
Senex-deadly conservative in opinion
and slow to act even when convinced that
an innovation is commenda ble-groans
pessimistically when lie Is left behind
Juvenus fights with both fists when he IS
held back and Juvenus has the right of
1t. But for his restiveness in former
ages, we should still be sleeping upon
leather hides, walking over rush-straW
floors, eating with our fingers from wood
en- trenchers, sit upon bare boards and
jenkins.
1 confess frankly TO a hearty sympathy
with the girl who wants to ''iive some-
what as other people live and with the
boy vino rebels at his fathers admonltion
never to swim without the corks "The
rising generation does not mean those
who are growing up so much as those who
are going on and upy"T The young fellow
who Is content to step into his father 5
shoes and shuttle for the rest of his life
at the gait kept up by his predecessor IS
lazy. or a dolt. The girl who never
evolves an improvement in the plenishng
or conduct OF the house her mother has
managed for forty years according TO the
notions IN vogue when she began life lacks
enterprise or energy. Change, action,
progress are the watchwords of the day
and this, too, is right. II we would keep
in touch with those of our children VINO
have arrived at mans and woman's es-
tate we must change the step at which
we have marched hitherto. We can no
longer regulate the pace at which they
move. The sooner we accept this truth
philosophicaliy the better for us and for