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class-a class that in the oden times was quite
ignorant.
In these days, however, everybody, more or
less, has a smattering OF education, and conse-
quently the woman who takes the opportunity OF
improving her mind has a greater chance Of be-
ing fascinating than the woman who does NOT
do 30,
Ono mind unconsciously influences another,
and therefore mental attractiveness is more COM
pelling and holding than mere physical beauty.
Mental attractiveness, moreover, increases as a
woman grows older, and mere physical beauty
does not.
We have all Of lis met the woman who Is more
attractive than her daughter, and many OF us
are acquainted with some wrinkled old lady who
is much more fascinating than any other woman
we know.
Maturity increases woman's power TO chnrm
not only because her mind has expanded and de-
veleped with the years, but also because grow
ing experience has taught her the extent OF her
powers, and in addition the knowledge of when,
where and how to use them To the greatest ad-
vantage What would have been sef-conscious-
ness in young girl is, in the hands of an older
woman, very dangerous weapon.
The fascinating woman may be generally liked,
but the chances are that she will not be, Other
women are suspicious OF her, and men are afraid
of her Her power is too great to inspire trust,
and most people try to keep away from her, but
their efforts are seldom successful.
They try TO explain her power with lot OF
names that are as battling as she is. They call
it mesmerism, hypnotism, or perhaps, If they
are inclined to go as far as Marie Corelli, they
will say that it is the electricity around her body
which attracts people so irresistibly.
As matter of fact, there is nothing at all
about her which savors in the remotest way Of
the occult She is perfectly healthy, normal
being with personality that is little stronger
than her ncghpors, but otherwise she is con-
stituted just the same the rest OF us are.
Fascination depends upon personality, and
upon personality alone,
II is elusive for the same reason that person
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09
LII Is A MENTAL. QUALITY M
Mf1 WHICH ST1E FAeGCTNATEcP

somehow or other suggests the laneuor of a
Southern CLINE. You would think the person
crazy who would put this into words for YOU,
but nevertheless it is there in YOUR mind suh
consciously; and as the chances ara that nobody
will put it into words for you, her charm will
remain n mystery to you for oil time
Perhaps it is trick she has of throwing bnck
her head when she .laughs-a habit which plainly
reveals her sunny, good tempered hearty nature.
But you are not able TO analyze it in this way,
because you don't realize that it is her laugh
that makes her fascinating,
II she is a Frcnchwoman, she rrobably has an
expressive way of struggling her shoulders which
is really whole language in itself She often
won't need to reply to you in words at all; the
shrug will say all that is necessary.
She will also probably have a habit Of looking
at you over one shoulder and of carelessly shrug-
ging that shoulder in way which says, "It
doesn't make the slightest bit Of difference TO
me, when really, as a matter of fact, it does
make all the difference in the world A French
woman's coquetry is the most fascinating thing
imaginable. She can prevaricate with her shoul-
ders just as easily she can with her lips, and
she can also be most exquisitely polite with
them. She can insinuate all sorts of things with
them, and these things are generally of a COM
plimentary nature. But ono cannot help feeling
that her politeness is all on the surface
EXQUIsITELY FEMININE.
The English woman is sweet and lovable, but
as rule, she is not fascinating. You feel that
you can trust her; you know that her courtesy
is of the heart but she does not draw you against
your will. You like her because you want to,
and you do not seek her society because you have
to. She may have little mannerisms of her own
but they are gentle and exquisitely feminine,
rather than fascinating.
What constitutes the charm OF the American
woman is her splendid independence, She is
not so fond OF her home as the English woman
is, nor does she look upon marriage as an escape
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09

prove that he has common sense his side
that something than mere tradition is con-
trolling his course-Tn give in TO him; not other.
ing and ironing done on Monday and Tuesday il
l had good for doing them other
days Why Monday, ! should like to know?
Why not Monday? Well, l like your counter
question. I'm having my laundry work done
on Monday at present, for that very reason.
asked myself, why not Monday? and since dis
covered no immediate objection to that day
went on in the old groove.
When there's an objection I'll change, but
you see, don't care to change for the mere sake
OF changing Only insist upon better reason
for my actions than that everlasting old argu-
ment Everybody does it,
well, no, don't agree with you that it con.
stitutes a good argument in itself. 1t may
Something's have been decided, ] grant you, By
the united common sense of humankind, and
those things likely to stand, no matter how
formal and conventional they may appear to be.
I'm not quarreling with the formal and conven.
tonal.
II believe in lots of old-fashioned rules, old
ways of protecting young folks from their own
inexperience and hoadstronmess-chapc
and the like, OF course l do. Anything for IN,
that's got some horse sense back of it somewhere
even il impetuous folks can't see it. But why
should wo do fool things because everybody doe!
them or has done them? I don't care if They've
done 'om since the world began, and in previ
GUS existence.
"Take that Fourth of July business, for exam
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to sit in the bow, weighing she does $50
pounds. Nor is 1t pleasant to find that Harry
and Muriel expect TO be exempt from the un-
packing and washing up, that they appropriate
the hammock their lawful property.
OF course, there are exceptions but the aver
age engaged couple is by means remarkable
for unselfshness Looked at from point OF
view such state of things is altogether deplor-
able. Looked at from another more sensible
point OF view such state OF things is even de-
sirable. For what man and maid in love ever
saw the rest of the world except altogether out
Of proportion compared with the loved one, and
who, excepting the most carping critic, would
wish things to be otherwiseg
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from bondage, the French woman does. She
is Tree almost from the hour of her birth.
She does not diffuse air Of mystery about
her as the Spanish woman does, but is quite
frank and open in her intercourse with you.
she chums with men upon a footing of easy in
timacy that is quite shocking to her sisters across
the water, and she disdains the chaperonc as an
institution that has long since become barbarian.
The American girl is fascinating because she
has the courage of her convictions. Everybody
KNOWS that beauty is not Mt all necessary to
make woman charming A pair of big blue
eyes and soft complexion may catch the attcn-
tion, but without something deeper they will
never be able to hold it. Beauty is only skin
deep. while fascination lies several layers be-
meath the surface
All of us remember wondering, at some time
or other, what one Of our acquaintances saw in
an ugly woman. We, perhaps, knew her only
by sight or at the most, super6cially, and We
never could understand why he so completely
lost his head about her. If she had been pretty
we should have found all sorts of excuses for
him.
l once heard of man who eloped with an
ugly woman, alienated himself irrevocably from
his family, and later, when he found that she
was untrue to him, he committed suicide.
This woman was not pretty, she had no figure,
and she had absolutely not the slightest concep-
ton of how to get herself up becomingly, but she
was able to make men lose their heads for
her.
A woman must have some mental power in or
der to fascinate Too much beauty and nothing
else soon has the disagreeable effect of too much
sugar. Something a little more substantial must
be thrown in before the dish is really palatabe.
woman who has backed up her natural pow
erB by little education has better chance gen
orally speaking than the woman who has not
done so, because in that way she has strength
ened and improved her mind.
That education is not always necessary be-
fore woman can be charming, however, is prov
en- by the fact that often in history the women
who fascinated kings were from the very lowest
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09
On the Hill

{ yTS1 HE lights and shadows fly!
Ionder it brightens and darkens down
psrze-7S4 on the plain.
SssS9Ssl 4 jewel, jewel dear to a lovers
eye!
O, is it a brook or a pool, or her win
dow-pane,
When the winds arc up in the morning?
Clouds that are racing above,
And winds and lights and shadows that cannot
be still,
All running on one way to the home OF my
love,
You are all running on, and stand on the slope
Of the HILL
And the winds are up in the morning!
Follow, follow the chase!
And my thoughts are as quick and as quick, eve,
on, on, on,
O lights. are you flying over her sweet little
face?
gone,
When the winds are up in the morning!
Follow them down the slope
And follow them down to the wiudow-pane OF
my DEAR
And it brightens and darkens and brightens
like my hope,
And it darkens and brightcns and darkens ike
my fear,
And the winds are up in the morning!
-Tennyson "The Window
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09

long first phalanx on the little finger Gig 2-a)'
and long and well.developed first finger Cbl,,
good line Of Head (c), and n good mount OF the
Moon (e).
Smooth fingers generally produce fiction and
dramas. whereas knotty ones lean towards de-
scriptive and scientific literature. Also editors
as rule possess knotty fingers, particularly those
who love to revise, change and take apart; they
are better in rectfyng than creating
THE MECHANIC.
The person who wishes to follow mechanical
occupation should have the first phalaDges quite
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09

y. suet Of . woman's onarll,
ppSs1 ~ y, Of il. A charm remains )
~ r' ri ssly 60 long as we. we aanno' an,nsd
bfs 9p' = and once We have solved
''ss.as 49,, 7 !. ceases to have any e,, e1,
> Tt.T !, . 'tady Il the woman and and all all
b ! s' ,sr,iully until she has be-
|sesi =, 'us-supposing, of course r's
- ~ vac >, possible-nnd if we we dis. :.
~ s,;.s ss' eenrtltutes her charm y. Is
y ,.'.,,d ss't, voice, then we cease to
md for us her charm ceases
H.. not interest us, she
~ = TN The woman who is charm r,
Tins to us, whether we like
"a.t not only be interestlns'
s;.s NV We must search in vain
1Ss, y, charm and never be g. able
~, =. I,el that she herself is a
:. qua and that the more we seek
I. !. y i.s ilr:hsr away from us does Sss
= ..Ss. What really makes her
!. ,s.t thc is 50 elusive ,,
II W. :. Constitutes the charm
1, s',,s. Even away from their
.st ss # barred windows and Sc
s4, = ts,v y difuse an air of mystery
,...iu,ies you in spite OF your
y u th,t YOU cannot trust them,
3. =, 80 Are drawn against your Will
! 'Us ,su can, this mystery that SO
sA, usnnerism. little trick OF
and unconsciously you watch
4, vain, and unconsciously still,
3 rolues it again by some remark
4 hers, but you will probably
s.,a i, this that makes her 80
/ "a uouh laugh at anybody who
50 absurd
| ulIss A MYSTERY
Z.,u uy she has Of pushing her
4. rr,-s long, lazy movement that
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70 one Is supcrstitious in these
days, Our ureat,prand. T.
|k>l, .'seser, INV were made very diff
n - @ md II is interesting to read
~ !. ,Ss'ssno~ meanings they at.
!. 'lat b. was at all I'e,p out 'pS'oths of t%s
- q, 4, To- Instance, afforded ann,,
a y. y Superstition in the feminine
hsi,~ ,es was made the lid wa,
4 sap nj MINUTES, 1t was a sure sisr
i sSssatally Ss received two spoon.
- would be married within
3 i,,s,s & h the cup Of an vum,rr;.,
d uss ~ ne ne had an admirer. saw
V ID i a. ,au occasion the tea 'SS, ws,
saaIsa Ia' !. spoon, 70 beng then hei, mI
e 'po0n and elunr i, une - ~t "a iea ga
~. % Il. 70 call that day, but i
a % %, ,saS aS' OF the cup he wa
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n rkd a man he'd probably argue
\, Ma A Girl became engaged she
a Lln.li from her previous occu,
"a /, nan.hunting, and at last had
-sb i,7cte TO her girl friends. And
! hLr that since her girl friends
IA Dnked" to one man, and, there
a y imposed to have designs on
W. probably take her to their
= IN ever.
|Ilrsn knows about it.
n y we'd illusions about an engaged
Ibm jus how much worth he will
!. t.nss or evening party. And SO,
\ y! hr List for the straw ride
iF lrv and pouts her lips. "Henry's
y an a. 'hs draws a big pencil
" nlms.
~ nsana that a girl always wants
s 1 lcrs with her. Only somehow
hr7sning 10 waste ones wit and
Ia ths whole OF the straw ride
N una finds afterwards is Zen.
u, va probably thinking how the
Gfh up MuriePs hair, instead Of
E.i rintllsting epigrams,
\ ! hppsn 40 often myself. Jus,
tk sure the man was impressed
sn how hard / had worked TO that
lla forward and remark solemn
sA you something"
would think, us the man goins
M lts rather soon"-but the ex
\ ~ l!t no room for doubt.
nA . long for this opportunity
% response TO my blushful 81
~ lor II ever since l first knew
- wa a proposall
tHhs throat and gaze on the hori
T'tsuon, while my heart bea
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-09

long, thus indicating great ability to construct
Gig. 3.ay, also both knots well in evidence in
order to be able to plan and execute (b) The
hand should be firm to endure hard work, the
thumb stiff to ensure frmncss and application
(c), the head line good, showing calculation (d)
THE STAGE.
Those who have theatrical ambitions should
have comic hands Zig A., fingers flexible, good
stretch between the tip of the thumb and tip OF
first finger (a), high mount Of the Moon (b),
Head line slightly sloping (c), the mount OF the
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=7HE individual who shows leaning Tor
the army or military tactics is almost
- invariably possessed OF hand that mas
lNgNgDl a short. thick hard and fat palm (Flg;
II. The lower mount OF Mars is wen Tn
deyelopcd (a); the finger OF Jupiter (o)
,orc and strong for command and fingers con-
yentional for obedience,
Those who are fond OF the navy and have made
their mark in it have tho mount of Moon h'gh
and firm (c).
LITERATURE.
The successful htterateur always possesses
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Sun high (d), the ring finger spatulate at the
tip (c) and the hand firm to insure application
and withstand hardships. Head and life line sep
arated, for self-confdence (f).
THE MUSICIAN.
All great musicians have dclcately squared
hands, often leaning slightly towards the comic
type Zig o., To execute well, the first joints
should be very supple tali to compose, the mn
gers are mostly always flexible in the third joints
(b). the mount of Venus is always high Cc) the
head line slightly sloping (d).
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- Cane Of wo,a,

M i. !. VT, 70 give each guest a
Allow O'o 7. , January at the
= aatipe : ~ half hour and give
lsitsrs one sne Greatest number
ssa nsrns. contained "a in "Janu-
SsAhle ,ouva. = Consolation prize.
ea each asks s,ta charming prizes,
~ 4 ss broad sslsssss; s,sss;n The =. swsly;
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say that? For the plainest possible reason. You
are inclined to a certain course because every
body docs it, and if that's the way you think
of it, how can do anything with you? I'm not
evcrybody far from it, I'm just the other thing.
believe in making that old bugbear, everybody,
prove his own case.
"Why does everybody do II? That's the only
question that concerns me! II everybody can
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capital letters of the questions indicate the ini-
tials OF musicians name. What is the name
of musical celebrity of whom it is said:
/. That he Jotted down Sequences before
Breakfast? John Sebastian Bach.)
g. That his enemies called him Great Fat Hog!
George Frederick Hnndel)
g. That he Looked Very small, But was very
great? Uudwig Won Beethoven0
4, That he was Finished Musician when
youngY Felix Mendelssohn) -.
s. That he Was Also Musical genius in youth
(Wolfgang A. Mozart)
16 That many regard him Incompatible as O
Pianist? o. Paderewski.)
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ELL. my dear" said Aunt Katherine,
"if you ask me, shall advise you to
use your own Judgment, but you are
evidently determined not to make use
IL 4. n..lL., 1Ah. dn /
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ERE is a novel suggestion for musical
evening. OF course the guests must be
congenial TO the scheme to make it q
success. A clever hostess always suits
the method of entertainment to her
cnrnnanu Pnsa carhs with nennila The
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-21
G C0NCLUSION DEL
disCurso del At
tOrney
& debate sOhre el c. B. 81.


"Ha dicho 81 DR.. Barbosa que parece-
. ria risible en- los Estados Unidos un pro-
yecto asi, y he de de decir, que un gran
ndmero de distinguidos ciudadanos de ALI,
10 mismo que de otros puntos del mundo,
son contrarios al sistema elective, cuando
las lineas polfticas en- un sistema judicial,
necesariamente han de hacer corruptor tai
sistema Los funcionarios judieiales que
hayan de buscar el apoyo polftico de la CO.
munidad1en que giren, han de estar suge-
tos al peigro de esa Influenza. Elemen-
tos muy Iespetables en- los Estados Unidos
sostienen que los funcionarios de 10 judi
cial no deben estar sugetos en- absolute q
las inhuencias polfticas. Lajudicatura fe-
deral americana esta reconocida como la
mas habil institution todos sus hombres
merecen el mas alto concepto p6blico. Esos
puestos son cubiertos por nombTamientos;
no por eleccion. Los jueces, marshaIls y
fscales, son designados por 81 Presidente y
los secretarios por los jueces respectivos.
sHa sido, pues, mi idea obtener para
Puerto Rico ese sistema que esta reconoci-
do como Ell mejor merece la general apro-
baci0n. Entiendase bien, que 81 Sc trata-
ra de menoscabar los derechos del pueblo
de Puerto Rico, 20 no estarfa aquf para
sostener este punto. No pretenderfa jamas
guitar al pueblo los derechos que un go
bierno le concediera. Esas facultades son
conferidas por el pueblo mismo que puede
cambiarlas, el DR.. Barbosa ha hecho en-
su argumentaci6n un hombre de paia, pa
ra que caiga enseguida por el suefo. 81 el
pueblo no quiere esa ley el gobierno no
tiene atribuciones nj derecho para impo-
n6rsela
"En el afio 1902 el pueblo de Puerto
Rico dispuso una ley para la election de
jueces municipales por dos afios y no fn6
el gobierno quien trajo nj aprob6 esa ley.
En- 1904 ese mismo pueblo crey6 conve-
niente reorganizar el sistema judicial y
realiz6 las disposiciones que contiene Ia
ley para Ia election por cuatro amos de los
uncionarios que Sc refiere Ell bill que Sc
discute. Cuando bien 10 tuvo, vari6,
pues, ese pueblo sus disposiciones sin que
el gobierno tuviera intervention en- el
asunto. De manera que 81 ahora ese pue-
bio quiere enmendar el sistema, jpuede de-
cirse que el gobierno es el autor de esa
modification y que le quite ningdn dere-
cho?
@El argumento empleado por el doctor
Barbosa en- 10 de los cuatro amos he de re-
batirlo, hacienda presente que esos funcio-
narios, de acuerdo con la ley, han sido ele-
jidos por ese tempo. Y habfa de mostrar-
me respotuoso la voluntad popular que
flo ese t6rmino de cuatro aios acordandolo
On Ia ley, para dejarlo vicente debiendo
continuar en- sus puestos los funcionarios
elejidos por esos repetidos cuatro amos. No
hay NADIA maravilloso, pues, en- esa dispo-
sion que tiende respetar la anterior.
'sMuchos hombres importantes de esta
isla, personalidades pensadoras de las que
conocen bien Ell pals, y mi propia experien-
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1906-01-21
FL RETRATO
MAS ANTIGUA.

No fu6 Egipto la primera terra civili-
zada. Chinos indios Sc civilizarcn antes
que los egipcios; pero nj en- la India nj en-
China Sc ha descubierto ninguna antigiie-
dad que pueda compararse con la que aho-
ra Sc ha encontrado en- los alrededores del
temple de Karnac.
Sc trata de un busto de MADEIRA, endu-
recida por alg6n procedimiento qufmico
superior todos los que hoy Sc emplean,
que representa- 4 un hombre de mediana
edad, de facciones que diferen por COM
pleto de las que aparecen en- las fguras de
los monumentos de epocas posteriores.
Los ojos, Ia nariz y los labios del pre-
historico personaje parden pertenecer a esa
raza primitiva que pobl6 81 Africa, en- to-
dos los pafses de su litoral mediterraneo
cuando menos y que la etnografia quiere
que procediese de las regiones del norte de
Europa.
Lo que tiene gracia es que uno de los
fellahs que descubrieron el busto-que tie
ne seis mil amos de fecha cuando menos,-
exclamara al mirarlo:
-lToma! iYa le conozeol Es Ell Cheik-
el-atLed de mi pueblo.
La escultura Sc conoce, consecuencia
de la idea del fellah por Chesk-eLuEed Gel
Alcalde.) Y es la escultura mas antigua
del mundo.
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COnsejO de
un Portuguese.

Un portugu6s, padre de familia q. mnri6
hace POGO, dejo su hijo por testamento la
siguiente carta:
"Hijo, 10 mas decisive que un hombre
puede hacer sobre la TERRA es buscar mu-
jer. He aquf pues para este case mis- con-
sejos:
s'No te cases con mujer rica, porque ha
de llegar por fuerza el momento en- que te
10 eche en- cara; con mujer pobre tampoco
debes casarte, porque dos sacos vacfos no
Sc pueden poner en- pie; y no escojas mujer
bonita 81 no quieres yer en- torno de ella
un millar de adoradorcs; no busques una
fea porque te ayergonzar4s de que alguien
la yea en- tu companfa.
ssLa muier de NAL genio transforma la
casa en- IN inferno; Ia de buen genio re-
presenta 81 papel de vfctima resignada.
ST tn noyia fuese alta guerra siempre do
minarte; 81 es demasiado baja te quedara
ridfcula. No te cases con muier demasia-
do instruida porque guerra meter baza en-
las discusiones; 81 fuese ignorante te hara
pasar los mas amargos cuartos de hora.
La mujer demasiado vieja no puede nunca
hacer Ia felicidad de un joven. La mo-
"a tiene siempre momentos inconvenien-
tes.
Isl, empero, encontrases una mujer que
no sea rica, nj pobre, nj bonita, nj fea, nj
de NAL nj de buen genio, nj altas nj baja,
nj instruida, nj ignoTante, nj vieja, .........
no te cases tampoco.