Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
Women

Women
Frequently have more courage than they
themselves know. She who is truly sympa-
thetic Is ever too courageous to desert q
suffering mortal
\ woman Of character is never coward
Wait until some danger threatens another
and observe how quickly self is forgotten.
In a terrible accident after the first natural
feeling OF revulsion she easily ignores the
effect OF the shocking scene upon herself in
her absorbing efforts TO render assistance
and comfort And there are many such
women.
The children Of courageous mother are
TO be congratulated. When Samuel Is car
Iied into the house injured and bleeding she
does not distract from him the attention his
condition demands by falling into a fit of
Mysteries and leaving the real work of help
to some neighbor or kindly stranger.
When
Your home Is In a village, country colony
or a crowded apartment house, see that
your household pets, your children and your
servants create no disturbance that can in
commode your fellow residents.
When you live in an apartment house and
wish to entertain with music or dancing,
try to regulate your festivity with due re-
gard 10 the rest and convenience of the
other occupants of the house.
If you must needs practice with your
voice, on your violin. or your piano, and
there is an invalid on the floor above or be-
low ask to see the sick neighbor or his
relatives. explain the requirements of your
arr and arrange. If possible, TO practice dur
ing the hours that will not interfere with
the afflicted persons sleep.
There is more than pure ciyility in this; 1t
is a tribute to unselfshness and to others,
and it shows that you have a true realiza-
tion Of the rights of the men and women
D. hon ffIr l1f * ST
Charm
Is not so mysterious a quality after all,
and one may be charming through the Gull
tivation of many pretty, simple ways of
doing and saying things. and by studying
how 10 show the sweetest and most graceful
side Of your nature.
Unless you are extremely beautiful, or
gifted with that wonderful quality called
personal magnetism. never scorn the assist
anCe of the toilet Gay, expensive and
elaborate clothes are not needed. They
must simply be eXquisitely neat, as becom-
ing as possible and wholly feminine. While
the masculine mind is often unable TO grasp
the details Of furbelOws, and is usually
frankly ignorant as 10 the delicaCies of the
fashions. il is always promptly and positive
~ alive as 10 the daintiness and aPoroprl-
atenESs OF woman's garments.
Here and there are women who make the
pathetic mistake of thinking that in order
10 strike admiration and respect into the
heart of the average young man, II IS both
becoming and necessary to assume proud,
cold and reserved manner. This manner
the heroines of many novels and interesting
short stories do preserve with good eff
feet, but in real life it is a most unpleasant
and Improbable demeanor.
The ordinary well bred. high minded
young man OF the day can and will face
burglars and the guns of his country's enc
mics without falterlng, but his courage is
apt to ooze when he IS obliged to appear
before an exceedingly stately, dignified
Young woman who behaves with the aus
ierity of young goddess.
Instead Of wishing TO break through her
reserve. he wishes to run away, and at the
first opportunity he will leave her side in
order to find a girl whose waist may be
thick and whose face may not be devoid