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-apnroach with thrice the expenditure-and these, bear
in mind, are evidently the latteris end and aim.
Our good hitching post should know that marriage
and a family life are not for the man who magnifes
the importance of his personal qualifications, but are
for him who would go deeper into existence and ina
its wholesome substantials, who would crafty not
the small vanities but the whole man that Is III MN,
who finds, with his responsibility, n fuller freedom.
His capacity is developed, his relationships extended,
his range Of interests broadened. 1t is the complete
and deeper life and the only one through which to
touch therealities of pleasure.
That is a narrow, doubtful and. at best, ephemeral
happiness which comes with administering solely to
ones own erjoyments-not because 1t is 'selhshness
or vanity or any other reprehensible thing dear to
the sermonizers. but for 4 philosophic, if not a sci
entific, reason. Man has n very limited capacity for
exclusive enjoyment. Pursuit of his own pleasures
pals. In proof Of this observe that the cynic is al
most invariably a bachelor and the bachelor inevita-
bly, a cynic. But the man with the family has Il mui-
tiplied capacity for enjoyment. When his own pleas
ures fail he partakes of his family's. 1t is vicarious
enjoyment. No man is so selfish but that he rejoices
in the happiness of those dependent upon him. No
man is so self-centered but that he values their happi-
ness. That is essential to his larger life, his, if you
please, comprehensive selfshness.
For these and a great variety of other reasons. the
long suffering hitchinS post will not be allowed to
complain. His demurrer is overruled. with the rec
ommendation that he reconcile himself TO Mothers
popularity. Surely he cannot expect TO be prayed to.
His virtues are not of the sort to %enshrine. while
mothers should always be first among the lares and
penates.
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WRITTEN FOR II SUNDAY REPUBLI
l am afraid there are lady readers of The
Republic who are under the impression ,h,.
l keep a sort of Doctor Cupid's office for
consultations on questions of love and mat
rimony. ana who constantly write for aa-
vice.
l have many times repeated In the col
umns of The Republic that win on mo ac-
count answer privately any'letters which are
written To me havin. reference to the ar
ticles which | contribute to that paper.
10 TINS rule l make no exception. At the
same time. there are occasional letters
which contain a problem that interests me
ana Waich | think might interest the read
ers OF The Republic. Such letters | answer,
not Individually. but. as ii were. collective
ly-that ia to say. to ha!p or advise all those
VINO might find themselves iii the same pre-
dicarnent as my correspondents. but, | must
confess, far more with the object of inter
estiag my readers.
This week | have had a letter from a
lady. who writes: Il am mpdly in love with
a man whom | cannot marry, but whom [
nave TO see on business almost every day.
What should 1 do to be cured? Should |
marry another man who Ia now seeking my
hand, who can offer me q very good posi-
ton, but whom l do not love?"
Now. here is a problem. il you like: Can
matrimony be administered as a medicine?
II so, in what doses?
To tell you the truth, I rather believe in
hoineopathy-that is to say. in the cure Of
the like by the like.
You want to be cured OF your love for a
man; why, low another: it IS as simple
as possible. Yes. but the lady tells me that
she cannot love that other. Yet, she seems
inclined to swallow him as an antidotc.
At any rate. she suggests that she might
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WORLD'S-19O4-FAIR.
NoTzsUCH A BAD PLACE.


Too many young men are ~suiciding ''because'-one
because he failed to pass his examinations, another
because he Was Tilted. a third because he broke a tenn
perance pledge. another on account of financial dis
tress.
These Wertherlike sufferers. for whose misfortunes
there is uErestrained pity, were promising fellows
who made the common mistake of taking the world
at Its word. They accepted the first rebuff as con-
elusive. whereas they should have, every one of them.
appealed the decision.
1t is easy to prescribe what they should have done.
The philosophy for the students case is plain. while
that for the lover is of the proverbial household sort.
There was abundant chance for the young man de-
feated in his efforts at reform; and the remaining
youth should have laughed at his pecuniary strin-
gency.
But they were not philosophers Trouble attacked
them on the morbid side and they plunged into de-
spair. To their clouded imaginations the world be-
came a big, stern, forbiddinS sphere of defeat out of
which 1t seemed desirable to migrate.
They looked upon life not too sincerely or too
earnestly, but upon the world too seriously. They
should have known that while the world frowns it
laughs up its sleeve. They should have recalled
Horace Walpole's truth that while the word is a
tragedy to those who feel it is a comedy to those who
think. Youthful defeats are the very substance of a
lifetineis success.
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Studies IN Natural History: DOROTHY DIX

Whether the Club Woman Is desirable or
not as q domestic pet Is a point on which
there is a diversity of opinion.
Some timid men. fearing they may be
talked to death, fee at the approach Of one.
while other men declare that there Is moth
ing like having a Club Woman about tho
house who IL go Interested In SURPRISING
Polygamy Among the Sulus or Aboishing
Wax dummies in the Stores. that she IS
too busy TO notice what her owner IS do
ing.
The Club Woman Is most useful IN ex-
plotting fads and supplying audiences for
fake lecturers on dead subjects.
Some b~ack-number ladies' object to TIE
Club Woman having escaped from the
barnyard and think it should be shooed
back in the coop. but the people who have
attempted to drive a hen out OF a garden
are not applying for the job.
Copyright. 1898. by W. r. Heare. Great Britain
rights reserved.
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EVEN GREATER NEXT TIME.

The Worlds Fair Dedication was an event of in
ternational Importance and significance, that will long
he remembered. not only throughout the United
States. but il foreign countries. 1t formally brought
st. Louis into universal prominence and focused in
terest on affairs in this part of the country.
ST. Louis offered TO its guests an entertainment
worthy of the occasion. The Dedication parade was
a military display which we'll depicted the strength.
efficiency and excellent equipment of the regular
army and which did striking credit 10 the militia of all
States which were represented. The ceremonies were
of a high order. The most prominent men of the
United States and the accredited representatives of
the worlds Powers participated officially in the ex-
erciSeS.
The celebration has never been equaled in any re-
spect. in the whole South or Southwest. 1t was one
of the most notable that have taken place in the United
States in many years. That ST. Louis. having made
great promises. has entirely fulfilled them cannot be
denied. There is assurance, therefore, that the
Worlds Fair is more apt to exceed promises and ex-
pectations than go below.
st. Louis has proved that it Is equal to its oppor-
tunities and that it can appropriately take rank among
the great cities of the world. The Dedication fes-
tivities were eminently successful. Events of the fu-
ture will be even more attractive. even more inter-
esting, even more worthy. Lessons were learned on
this occasion that will be put to use for still greater
success. And the greatest success. the browning
event. will be the Worlds Fair, which will be. as has
been promised, the greatest Of all universal ex-
positions.
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Love and Homeopathy: MAX ORELL.

AID nrav why do you see the man on
business every day! ~ r.,,
10 ne your confessor, your doctor, your
music teacher. your dancing master rms
.",sI escanade of recent date. ike a
.pennv dreadful created a disturbance IN
vnrr otherwise well-balanced nina:
Ard why can't you MARI!
see. he is married ALREADY r T.
%oy are YOU aware that we never ran IN
1oyn madIv except with people whom we
cannot marry? You say you ui .ot h.o"
thai. l tell you, you have no idea nc" SIM
nHn yot1r case is, and now coIniho"-
Ey the way. would not perchahce tha'
man he tha Juvenile Lead VINO acts III lhe
romantic drama which is Being Played
every day in your city?
Oh, YOU matinee girl!
Are you aware that matinee girls ln'atia-
bly, love madly? Yes. as madiy ana as
idiotically as do in the play the hefoes
WON they worship.
Now, 90 not take tragicaliy. or even SER
ousiy, such little clouds as mad love. DO
not use big words for very little thihgs-
Mad love is the easiest love to cure
Change your doctor or your dancing mas
ter. or-if / have otherwise guessed rshs-
patronize another theater.
Go and see "Hamlet''; that Will cure you
of Romeo
Then look more carefully at that very
sensible male who offers you marriage anu
a good position. and If you realize that you
can make him happy. and you are sure you
are not madly in love with hlm-HlarrE
him.
discover in him qualities and attaininent3
that may lead you to fall in love with hin
madly. don't tell him; he might believe you.
Men are so silly
Rights Reserved
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RECENT coMmENr.
p.tchmen win Rule south Africa.

VT. Stead in Booklovers Magazine.
The Dutch are better men on the land than the English.
Mr.. Rhodes affirmed 1t as strongly as Benjamin Kidd.
Not only are they better men. but they are much cleverer
politicians. Doctor Gordon Sprigs, the present Premier
of Cape Colony, told me last year that the rough Dutch
farmers from the back country had such a natural in
tuitive genius for politics that. after three weeks in Par
Lament. they could give points to any British member who
had been in the House for months.
Not only are they better men all round on the land, not
only are they ADLER politicians all round in the houses OF
Parliament, but. what is far more important. they ere
better breeders OF men. The British colonist, following the
example of the Frenchman and the New Ensfander,
shrinks from the primal task Of multiplying and increasing
and replenishing the earth. The Dutch cradle is never
empty. If the hand that rocks the cradle sways the world.
1t is not less true that the race that fills the cradle will
possess the world. Hence the destiny OF South Africa
seems tolerably certain to be that of a fedIation of self
governing States. pre-eminentIy Dutch, which will or will
not be sheltered by the Union Jack, according to the readi-
ness of the Imperial Government to recognize that it has
no authority over Africandars
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away at the one subject Of Women's Rights
for thirty-fve years without making any
impression upon 1t. 1t will be seen how in
nocuous its little bill is.
In its habits the Club Woman Is extreme
iy strenuous, and is thought to be the My
living creature that never rests. or reiaXes,
or lets we'll enough alone.
From the moment of its waking until IL
takes off its stays at night 1t chases madiy
from subject to subject. and reform to re-
form. and undoubtedly only the fact mat IL
Is pigeon-toed keeps 1t from arriving at
some tangible results.
The attention of the earnest student Is
also called to the strange power that this
interesting creature has OF changing its en-
tire opinions. tastes and religious beliefs at
a moments notice, SO that If you capture a
intoxicating, orthodox Presbyterian. by
the time you get home with 1t It may have
become a vegetarian Esote-ic Buddhist, or
a New ~Thoughtist.
The chief characteristic OF the C1uo Won,-
ans is its enormous appetite. and the avid
ity with which it will swallow any kind
of a subject, no matter how tough or dry.
if only it is fed to it in classes.
Art, literature, civil reform, Ibsen plays.
Maeteriinck philosophy, De Montesquiou
poetry, village Improvement. any old thing
goes.
Unfortunately. though. Its digestion IS
not equal to its appetite, and the post
mortem examination over the remains of
many Gu Women have disclosed the sad
fact that they came to an untimsly end
through being gorsed with half-bai.ed phi
losophy.
Another popularity OF the Club Woman
is its curious way of amusing itself by lis
tening to ~long-winded papers dug out IF
the encyclopedia by its fellow Club Women.
This is a most painful ordeal, but as its
mates are required. in turn. to listen to it.
it gets even, but scientists have bnen IN
able to explain why even a fowl related to
the goose family should be willing to thus
voluntarily affiict itself. =
The manner in which these curious crea-
lures are caught is most Instructive.
Like the cider duck the Club Woman Is
generally worth plucking, and the fowler
who wishes to get its down to line his own
nest goes into an open space and begins to
cry out, "ReforEa! Reform!" when Instantly
the entire flock begins to fiutter about him
without ever stopping to inquire whether
the reform reforms or not 1t Is then per-
fectly easy to gather them into his net.
Sometimes he cries Culture! Culturer'
but the effect is the Eame in Turing the
birds to him.
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The Club Woman-We will now approach
the study of a bird that appears TO have re-
versed all the laws in nature. for whereas
in the usual processes of civilization most
wild creatures become tame and domesti-
Gated. the Club Woman, which was orig
inally a barnyard fowl. has gotten gay anu
flown the coop.
MANY theories rave been advanced TO ac-
count for this. some ornithOlogists contend
Ing that it is merely an unfolding OF the
wings which all females are known TO pos
ssss, while others assert that, ike the
plague of locusts, 1t 10 a judgment sent on
man for his sins.
The most reasonable hypothesis seems TO
be, however, thai the monotony OF slttihS
on a china door knob, trying to make nome
happy while it's mate was away enjoying
himself. finally got on TO the hens nerves
and she piked out to see II there was To1
something doing in the wide, wide world.
The Club Woman Is indigenous to the
fauna of both Europe and America. but 1t
reaches its greatest perfection ard is found
in the largest numbers in this country,
where it attains 4 strength of voice TN
known elsewhere.
The species is Of comparatively recent
origin. many people now alive being able
to recall when the first Club Women were
taken about and exhibited as the freak side
show to mems societies., under the title of
"Women's Auxiliaries.' but like the Eng
lish sparrow, and the Australian rabbit,
they have now become SO numerous that
they a crowded out the other attraction
and are 10Y the whole show.
The Club Woman belongs to the migra-
tory birds that are always on the Pullman
cars genus feminus hotfootibus,. and is
said to sleep with its bonnet on and its
latch key in its pocket.
1t is also exceedingly gregarious. always
going in fiocks. and this has led natrralists
to classify it among the chronic %joiners. OF
which it genus clubwomanis) is, perhaps,
the most highly developed species extant.
In appearance the Club Woman is inter-
esting rather than beautiful.
1t is inclined to embonpoint. with grizzled
hair and spectacles. and an enlarged crani-
UNI. but it need not be feared on the latter
account. as it never knows as much as it
thinks it does.
1t likewise possesses a severe expression,
but fortunately it is not so dangerous as 1t
looks, for. although It has a way of rufhing
up its feathers and flying at things to which
it objects. 1t seldom infiicts more than a
harmless peck. and az II has been peclins
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Golden Age of Opera noune.

May B0OKniaN.
1t may sound pessimistic to say that the golden age of
operetta is gone: but when, after considering the present
outlook of musical comedies and farces, one turns back
thirty years and sees how a former generation Jared in
this particular, the remark seems justified by the facts.
Thirty years ago opera bouffe was in its prime, and
Ofenbach and Lecocq were household names. Gilbert and
Sullivan had effected their collaboration in the first of an
inimitable series of operettas, included in which are Pima
FORE and THE Mtkado." Johann Strauss. prince of waltz
writers. had Just entered the dramatic field with Indigo"
soon to be followed by Der F1edermaus' and THE Merry
War" and Suppe was writing his melodious scores. of
which "Boccaccio" is perhaps best known. What a contrast
presents itself to-day! 1t is difficult to realize that the mod
en light musical works for the stage are related to the
masterpieces of ohenbach. Sullivan and Strauss, and vet
the change has come about gradually.
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resolution Of a number OF Chicago spirit
vendors binding themselves in security
against the ravages Of their own stock in
trade.
If a party of butchers should assemble in
an avowed determination not to eat any OF
their own meat, and the report should get
out. it would be the end of their business.
1t would be a blow more effective than
that which the Beef Trust dealt the local
s,aughterers of the village steer.
y scientist whose name Is not likely to go
down the chutes of time as a great discov-
erer has declared that alcohol Is a food.
particularly for the nerves.
1t may be a sort of food for tn, nerves
when the night before the nerves were
overfed with the same food, but alcohol as
a regular diet would hardly sustain an
army on the march.
Another dvanced thinker thought not
Tong ago that he had found a permanent
| cure for the drink habit-that Of cultivaung
a disgust; and, to foster this loathins, ne
established a sanitarium where everything
was cooked in whisky.
! The steaks were fried in alcohol, and the
| bread before brought to table was soaked
In LIQUOR that stood at 100 in the shade.
] The first patient was an old fellow that
had acquired q reputation of town drunk
ard.
As is usual in such cases. he had married
the belle of the community.
Well, he remained during six weeks at
the Institution and then he was pronounced
cured.
When he reached homo the neighbors
came around to encourage him.
To assure him that once more he had
become a factor in their affairs they re-
minded him that his taxes were due and
that he would have to restrain the natural
impulses OF his COW and keep her from
roaming at will in the streets. bavling on
the public square when the evening sun
was low and at nightfsll rubbing against
a corner of the Courthouse.
Thus encouraged. the town drunkard was
resolved to lead a better life.
But one day at dinner he said. to his
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LoNG-suFFER1Nc H1rcHrNG POST.

He has been working for thirty years raising his
family the best he can" and has given them adj
vantages which he never enjoyed. He hasn't taken a
vacation in twenty years, but he sends them to the
seashore when summer comes. He has saved a little
fortune. so that if any Of them should be sick he
would have something TO take care of them with"
He has indeed performed a noble. a heroic life
work. but he signs himself "a long-suffering father"
and laments that the children never come to him with
anything. 1t is always Mother" And he says he is
simply "a good hitching post. where the family can
stay hitched in good order" He invites discussion Of
his case.
Perhaps fathers in general should learn that It is
never well to be devoured with s~elf-sympathy. 1t
leads to m%orbidity and q good deal Of nonsense. At
best, the fathers Is a strenuous, tenuous career,
stripped Of indulgences and laden with responsibility;
but it is the best and the only genuine life, and the
father has carved it out for himself.
Nobody compelled him to become a father and he
ought sanely to make the most of his superior situa-
ton.
But II he frets and pines let him find Joy In a COM
parison with the bachelor. OF what use is the genus
eolus! Nobody knows. Humanity gives him no Sc
rious thought. Only now and then some philosopher
like Mr.. Roosevelt, pays him his due. As a matter of
fact, the confirmed or chronic bachelor makes no i'm
preston. is without influence and absolutely excites
no interest.
Ihere are put Two types. One is the unmannerly
being, bankrupt of interests, who travels a narrow
path with a snaifs ambition and 4 mediocre success
The other is perpetually active, trying to break out of
his shell and break into human affairs, to extend his
influence, to multiply his points of contact with So
ciety, to make an impress In law. politics, religion,
science. commerce or something else. Not uncom.
monty he will be found attempting to m~arry-when ii
10 too late. The lives of bachelors are sci; -pampered
fed with petty indulgences and small Qualifications
such as they are.
Better be the hitching post. Even from the stand
point Of Grass materalism his condition is preferable
For a thousand dollars a year the average head Of O
family enjoys culinary and household advantages
which the ignominous exponent Of selhshness canno,
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woman. Fondne.. for Talking.

MD
The so-caNed COMIC papers teen with jokes in which
womans alleged fondness for words, words. words" as
Hamlet says, is held up for ridicule. The men who write
cynical paragraphs for the press are continually harping
upon this ancient theme of feminine loquacity with such
remarks as this: "A man in Missouri hasn't spoken a word
to his wife In sixteen years. Perhaps he was unwilling to
interrupt" Or. 1T was said OF a certain great man that
he could be silent in seven languages. 1t Is rarely that a
woman performs one-seventh OF this feat" Funny? Per-
haps. but with a sting.
Let us see whether verbosity is a purely feminine char
acteristic. Preaching and the law may be regarded as chief
among the "talkatfve" professions, and these are filled al
most exclusively by men. Barbering. too, which is some
what Of a conversational calling, attracts many more men
than women. and who ever heard of a female auctioneer?
The truth Is. the power of speech was given to both men
and women for intelligent use, and one sex abuses the
privilege about as much as the other. But to lay the entire
burden of criticism upon. woman is the essence of injustice.