The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-14

randaS, had the fences taken down and
the lawns properly cared for. Then
she served tea every afternoon on the
veranda, and her friends thought it all
so nice that they went home deter
mined to do likewise. The fences came
down all along the street, and in other
streets the houses took on new colors
and the lawns doomed with velvety
greenness. The value, of property rose
and the municipal government, seeing
that there was financial profit in beau
ty, went in for pavements, parks, foun-
tains and drives. Now there is not a
more beautiful place in the West than
this same town.
The universal custom of putting the
masculine term first in designating re-
lationships between men and women
is one which Mrs. Lille Devereux
Blake is fond of protesting against.
There is only one brief and happy pc
Rod during which the feminine word
takes precedent of the masculine, Mrs
Blake says. We speak of the bride and
bridegroom, not of the bridegroom and
bride, but by the time the wedding
cards come out the bride has been rel
egated to the womans customary
place. The cards read Mr.. and Mrs. So
and So. Mrs. Blake always makes q
point of reversing the usual order by
speaking of sisters and brothers, wife
and husband, girls and.b boys, instead of
brothers and sisters, husband and wife,
boys and girls.
yes, they are dreadful" admitted a
shopkeeper quoted by Margaret DeIand
in Harper'S Bazar in reply to Gus
toner who wanted to know why GER
tain gift books" bound in gilded
plush, with painted ivory or celluloid
landscapes let into the covers, and all
ticketed So should be allowed to ex-
list. of course they are dreadful; but
what can / do? People want something
that shows money. You don't know
how many people come in at Christ
mas time and say: I want to buy a
present for SO; I don't care what
Then the clerk shows this gift book.
and they pay their $40 and walk out.
Half of 'em don't, even look inside; it's
the SO worth of cover they want"
Il am not quite SO infatuated with
the idea of personal service in philan-
thropy as some people seem to be-" OBJ
served the old-fashioned woman 1T
sounds very fine to say that the value
Of a dollar is doubled when one gives
ones self with it, but a great many
pCopiC hdNS IOluiliS Dul OOlldrS TO give,
and the best service they can do for
their kind is to give them and keep
out of the way themselves. To get in
sympathetic touch with ones fellows is
a difficult thing. even when they be-
long to the same social strata as ones
self. Where they are separated from
us by gulf of circumstances it is a
thing that very few are capable of do
ing, and / do not wonder that some
charitable organizations no longer ac-
cept volunteer service. Not that that
solves the problem either. There is a
great deal of superstition about the
value of special training. 1t has its
uses, but it can only develop what al
ready exists, and the inexperienced
volunteer worker may possess what
the trained, experienced and salaried
one has MOI, and never can have"
Fortunate is the woman who has a
beautiful nose" says a beauty special
ist. Complexion may fade and mus
cles sag and eyes lose their briliiancy.
but. short of accident or serious dis
ease, nothing will change the classic
contour of perfect nose II lis one of
the charms that age cannot wither nor
custom STALE