The San Francisco call., 1903-09-06

those whom they do not sadden. and
make II a rule and never swerve from It
in the slightest to only pass pleasant
things. Gossip, too, is really going out
of fashion. It's true that the cOzy din
ner board or just afterward, when all
are Laying about, is a great temptation
to tell the latest bit of news, but these
days an i'll natured criticism is a social
blunder and is not tolerated in polite So
ciet..
W natever you DO don't be the would-be
navigator and insist on taking the wheel
and then try to keep up your end OF an
animated conversation Really, you
aren't a Napoleon and the gift OF CAB
comes far more naturally to you than the
art of steering a craft you are apt to
get not only yourself but others into
trouble.
Nine out of ten girls have a great habit
of clutching fanatically at any and every
rope if the yawI gives a sudden lurch.
Now, that isn't a bit sailorish; IN fact,
it's the earmarks of a landlubber. The
sailor plants his heels down firmly, but
who could expect any one with those
ridiculous little high-heeled boots to do
anything else but WaVer and Wobolo
about They're smart looking on land,
hut when you are vainly striving for your
sea legs they are an abOmination OF the
" Orst kind.
If YOU really want to make yourself USE
ful begin first by remembering that you
are girl and that there are any number
of pretty feminine things always at
hand that you may do. It's difficult to
keep cabin spick and span when IL Is
used constantly and for all purposes, and
the man has never been born who has
the same knack of picking up here. put
ting there and with a few deft touches
strengthening things generally. His in
tentions are good and he often tries hard
enough. but the art is essentially wom-
anIy.
More than likely the chef is one OF the
bows. and it is the thoughtful girl who
lends a willing hand. She need not neces-
sarily cook or wash dishes, but now and
then a dainty salad or a tempting dessert
goes a long way toward making people
happier When there's nothing to do but
eat, drink and be merry every little
counts. no matter how trifng II may be.
And the drinking part reminds me.
Somehow or other a prejudiced notion has
been spread broadcast that yachters and
arkers, for that matter, are afraid to
drink water for fear Of typhoid, milk FOR
tuberculosis, coffee for nervous prostra-
ton. In fact, they cry aloud with the
schOolnaster who said to his class, Now,
let us have Little Drops OF Water again.
and do. please. put a little spirit into It.
Wherever you go these days there u
apt to be more spirit and less water; but
there is not shadow Of an excuse for
any girl imblbing freely Of the flowing
bowl. To be sure, her friends win urge
her-will go so far to laugh at her. but
secretly and In their heart OF hearts they
admire her No chaperon will refuse to
permit the serving Of wines and liquors,
and certainly they are sufhcient-at any
rate all that is wise TO take.
There are some people in this world who
are eternaIly and forever in the way.
They don't mean to be, but they seem to
possess the happy faculty Of always be-
ing in the wrong place at the wrong time.
If you want to read don't take all the
pillows that you can carry and the latest
magazines and so armed plant yourself
just where IT is the bOunden duty OF
everybody to fall over you. 1t never fails
to make one feel like raising the toe OF
their boot and landing you full seventeen
miles out to sea. Somehow 1t isn't condu-
Give to good humor-
And. girls. whatever else you are. don't
for heavens sake be the Objectionable
third party II don't pay. When once you
begin TO intrude your popularity begins to
wane; and. besides. some day you may
appreciate that "two's company thrSe's .
crowd"