Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

than the "heap,ng up dust from year to
year"
She knows that the evenings. and the
Sundays. and the holidays ought to beons
largely to them together. to be used in ire
building up of the home which is so much
more than the home.
All this she knows. Does she also Know
that her constituencies is something to be
ruled mastered, governed. that her buoy
ant mood should vivify her husbands sui
lenness. that her good cheer should drive
away his dull care. that her mirth and good
humor should dispel his boorish quiet?
Let her master her husbands mood, let
her set the pace, and he will follow.
There Are
Few lovelier relations In life than that
existing between father and his daughter
when that relation has been developed to
its best extent by tenderness and honor
and affection on one side and by venera-
ton that amounts almost to alteration on
the other. the generation called forth by
perfect faith in the virtue and nobility of
it's object.
To each of these two people the love and
faith of the other put all the world in an
optimistic. rosy glow: the world is full OF
noble men to this grl who believes In her
who finds his young daughter excellent.
And any one who knows the sadness OF
some lives appreciates the blessings that
these two people confer upon eacn Other
by their mere existence.
A father may be without many things,
without money, rank. OF fame. or other OF
his hearts desires. but if he have daugh-
ter who satisfies his soul. he has that the
want of which makes some famous and
lofty mill!onaires poor.
And the girl who has an ador:nS father
can dispense with fine toilets. with lovers
and flowers. gay parties. and many or the
conventional joys of youth; her father Is
al all in all. staff to lean upon. a COM
pan,on. a hero There is perhaps no more
beautiful thing in Shakespeare's imagin-
ngs than the relations of Cordelia to Lear
And the older stories 'of Jephthah and his
daughter. and Agamemnon and lphigenla
are among the most precious OF all legend
airy lore. and. except in the days of callow
goslnghood. affect us far more deeply
than all the tales OF unhappy lovers that
were written.
It is the
Imagination which endows us with most
of the immaterial pleasures We enjoy. Are
we going to the play? He steps in and
makes the real thing tawdry in comparison
Are we going on visit? 1t is he who pic
lures that visit in lively colors. whereas It
may prove tedious interval: no matter
we have had our pleasure out Of 1T.
Other people, most likely, do not see the
attraction which our friends possess, for
the simple reason that our imagination has
qulckened our insight and understanding
Their plainness is iiiumined by it. their
commonplaceness has a glamour thrown
over 1t.
Some might question whether it were a
blessing to possess this quality which can
make d palace out of a hut, find beauty
in a trivial weed, and loneliness in a
crooked spine; but nay. it is good. 1t comes,
like hope to brighten waste places and
make the wilderness blossom as the rose.
Imagination Is a kind of genius who &C
companies us everywhere and makes pleas
ures open up beneath our feet where other
wise there were none. Like our shadow we
cannot shake him off IL we would. He be-
longs to the rich and the poor, the young
and the old.
The painter draws from his largess, the
musician lives in his enchanted atmosphere
and even the plodding everyday person
whose affairs look shabby and uninterest-
ing to us is often attended by this great
magician, who knows how to invest COM
mon things with meaning and splendor.
Happy are they who have a happy i'm
agination. For 1t is real clairvoyance. a
genuine insight into the nature Of things;
it Is a higher knowledge. a clearer per-
cepton an understanding of the real beauty
of things. unseen by the matter Of fact
eye. patent to the fine vision of the god
like imagination.
Never Garry
A cane. or umbrella. similar object
under your arm In public. thereby proving
a source of danger or at least Of annoy
ance to other pedestrians. Never point to
objects In public places, nor even In pri-
vate for that matter. either with your fin
ger or with anything else
Do not stare al people on the street nor
look after them. This rule especially is i'm
peratve in regard to persons who may
have peculiarlties.
In walking with Acquaintance do not
continually say "Oh, look at this or that.
Do not try to exchange greetings on the
street at unreasonable distances nor with
acquaintance driving past, unless they are
near enough to recognize you readily
woman should not bow to man whom
she may see at his club window En- pas
SAINT. it Is not good taste for men to stand
sit at the club window staring out at
paSsers.
Do not walk abreast with your friends on
a crowded sidewalk, to cause Inconvenience
to other pedestrians. If the crowd is close
WHO are walking together to fall into single
file occasionally: and for three or more per-
sons to distribute themselves across the
pavement where others may wish to pass
Is exceedingly i'll bred. II il is necessary
for you to push quickly through a lettering
crowd. do 1t with the least possible friction
A pleasant will you permit me?" or II beg
progress far more effectually than would
hundred shOves or pushes no matter how
vigorous.