The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-09-18
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~ magazine announces that re
~ Gently an interviewer called o.
four American literary womel
of national reputation Each of til,
four had by her own genius and perse
verance achieved enyiable financial re
suits. All were comfortably well off
all were distinguished, all ought t.
have been happy. To each the inter
viewer put the question, SO the maya
zine says, Which would you rather be
clever or beautifully And the answer
In every case was, so 1t is said, Beauti
full. Well, don't believe 1t. The story
has the earmarks of British invention
in the word Clever" Clever" does
not commonly mean gifted in the Unit
er States Again, am sure an Amer
lean woman Clever" enough to make
q national reputation for herself would
be no such fool as is here implied. The
Clever" American woman knows that
any one of her sex not actually de
formed or unnatural In face and figure
can make herself attractive looking
The means are all around her. They
are air, water, exercise, sunshine, righl
food and good temper cheap and plen
tiful, you see. Perennial youth and
good looks lie in these. There is beauty
of soul within and transcending all
That is In reach of every woman who
will recognize that all life is one; that
when she appreciates the good quail.
tiles in another individual and gener
ously grants them she manifests these
same qualities In herself. The gen
erous nature that sees the best in 9th
ers and Ignores or refuses to criticise
what seems unlovely that shuts ou
anger and envy as vipers, win in time
make the ugliest girl grow TO be a
beautiful woman. 1t has been proved
SO many time.
Two men. A and b, We're friends and
members of the same club. Both had
yachts, and A had a boathouse +
sailed into the harbor and anchored his
yacht fifty feet away from AS boat
house. A considered evidently that he
owned the ocean, and he roared at B
"Take that boat awayP The boat
could do no possible harm, except to
AS sense of ownership of the ocean
and b roared back. Guess notP' A
ran and got his gun. Take 1t away or
I'll cut your cable" making as If he
would shoot the cable In two. You
couldn't hit barn door," replied b
This insult was objectionable. A
whanged away and shot six times, but
his workmanship was worse than a
woman's when she tries to throw a
stone. B laughed derisively A sprang
on shore and b sprang on shore. and
they clinched and fought and fought
till spectators separated them. Then
B had A arrested and hailed before
magistrate. But it's only women that
become excited and quarrel over trifles!
Oh, yesi
A very gifted young sculptress, only
twenty-three years old. has come prom
inently before the art world In Vienna.
She Is Ilse Conrat. A monument to
Brahms. the composer. which she
made calls forth general admiration
because of its graceful proportions and
the wonderful expression she has been
able to impress upon the marble. A
great career Is before Ilse Conrat, Ger
man art critics predict.
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Miss Carmelita Beckwith, advertis-
ing manager for a large electric com
pany, edits and publishes neat month.
ly bulletin which is very interesting
Miss Beckwith herself understands well
the mechanical apparatus used in elec
trical works, so is quite capable Of edit
ing monthly Of this kind,
A young man and woman, Fritz Sage
barrow and May Godall, belonging to
the theosophicai cult. were lately mar
ried, themselves performing the wed
ding ceremony, somewhat after the
manner of the gentle Quakers. or
Friends. A civil contract. signed in
the presence of witnesses and a notary,
the legal ceremony. For the
rest, each took the other by the hand
and pronounced poetic VOWS, ending
with an invocation to the universal
power the theosophists believe in, as
follows; 20 my divinity Blend thou
with me. that from the corruptible !
may become incorruptible: that from
| may become perfection;
that from darkness may go forth into
lightr
Cultivate habitual silence, especially
II you are quick. nervous person
Don't even think talk You will find
silence infinitely restful and soothing.
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Those women who eyerlastingly nag
and NEEDLE with their children don't
deserve any children. There are won
en- who continually scold and jerk their
poor little ones for nothing at all, espe-
cially away from home. 1t seems as
though some evil spirit possesses them
and they want to show off their puny
authority. Anyway half the time when
children are reproyed or punished 1t is
the mother who needs the reproof and
punishment, not the poor child
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Once more let me say IT don't make
your ailments topic of conversation.
That style Of talk has quite gone out
of fashion.
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