The San Francisco call., 1906-06-14
PEOPLE AND THINGS
BY LOUISE WELLER.

woman subpenaed as a witness in
a Vfennese court gave her age as 27
A few days later the Judge received
an anonymous letter in feminine hand
afhrmlng that the witness was %.
warrant was Immediately issued for The
woman and she was arraigned before
the Judge to answer to a charge OF
perjury. The woman escaped with the
warning that a second such offense
would be severely punished
That is pretty how -dy-do, It has
always been hard to get a woman to
take the witness-stand and now a wo-
man is going to be compelled to tell
her real age. Well, subpoena servers
are going to have hard time of it.
| don't know why it is, but few wo-
men will confess TO their true age
When you find woman over-anxious
TO tell you how old she is you can be
sure of one of these two things: Either
she is very young and anxious to be
considered grown up, or else she rocks
much older than she really is 1t is
all very well and very nice to say that
woman is no older than she looks;
but, just the same, women don't take
any stock in that Men may not care
how old a woman is. They may Judge
her years by her looks But women
don't.
old she is than reveal the secret TO a
woman. II she tells man he may for
get it. If she tells a woman she might
just as well publish the fact to the
world. But she would sooner tell no
one. Perhaps it is the delightful mys-
terry that hoverS round the woman of
unknown years that causes them all To
wish to conceal their ages.
Her age is the only thing abou. her
self that woman does not tell another
woman. She will confess even explain
the mysteries of her toilet She will
tell the kind of rouge she uses. She
will compare notes on hair bleach. She
will show another woman how to pencil
her brows and carmine her lips. She
might even go into detail as TO how to
keep wrinkles away, but to tell the
number of years that brought these
same wrinkles-neveri Anyhow, what
would be the use of woman telling
her true age TO another woman? she
would never believe her
If that Viennese law is going TO be
adopted into our courts there had bet
ter be established a rule refusing ad-
mittance to women spectators in a
courtroom. Otherwise there is going
to be trouble.
The wife of a wealthy brewer of
Sioux Falls. S. D., has been arrested on
the charge of manslaughter in connec-
tion with the death Of young girl
who was employed as domestic in the
brewers home
1t is alleged that the girl died as a
result of beatings administered by the
brewers wife and that these beatings
were due to her mistress inability to
control her temper
Inability to control her temper, What
unmitigated NONSENSE. There is no
such thing as a person being unable to
control his or her temper; unless, of
course. the person is half -witted, an
lmbecile, or insane.
Temper is altogether a matter of
cultivation. Given a person of a live,
wlde-awake nature and he will be able
to develop "a temper" at short notice
All he will have to do is to fling self
control to the winds and steep his soul
in selfishness. Utter disregard for the
FEELINGS, tastes. comforts and rights OF
others are necessary adjuncts to the
development of "a temper" You can
not be Kind or thoughtful or consider
ate and have "a temper" Once "a tenn
per" is started it keeps right on grow
ing and soon becomes the stronger
part of the nature in whose soul its
spurious seed is sown. No care is
needed to keep it f1ourishing. 1t will
grow like weed, and, like a weed, il
is the hardest thing to get rid Of But
it can be got rid Of
TO eradicate "a temper" requires Wig
lance and care. You cannot forget IL
for moment. A temper is a danger
Gus thing. Ii for a moment you relax
your vigilance it is apt to break out
There is peril in a temper that has sud
denly slipped its leash. There is al
ways the danger of it's lashing itself
into fury.
There is no greater confession OF
weakness than temper. "A temper" is
usually the expression of weak
means 10 an end. People fly into a
temper TO gain priviIeses that other
wise would never be theirs They are
aiiowed 10 DO things and to have things
that they have absolutely no right to-
merely TO aueh their tempers. Nothing
SO unoignified as forcing favcrs
Nothing so humfliatin1 q avfrr ,.to /.