The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-16


pleusanter to deal with a polite maid
chan one VINO is the contrary.
But rs it wiJnu reason that house
malu Will not nerselt have quiet man
uers and courtesy it she does not re
Ceive the same? The woman who is
sculded at by an employer is likely to
answer back i'm kind. She is only hu-
man, you see. IT, on the other hand,
she is corrected quietly, she will hear
it in the same way. one may be quite
as stern with quietncss of manner as
by raising the voice.
The attitude of the average woman
shopper toward girls behind the coun-
ter is enough to dub American women
as hopelessly tmpolite. one rarely sees
courtesy between them, and the sales
girl antagonizcd by the dictatorial, as.
sertive manner of the purchaser, be-
comes in her turn assertivc-and I'M
pleasant. But the shop girl who is
not courteous and attentive when serv-
ing a woman who is polite, who puts a
please into her request and thank
you for the service OF showing what
she wants is the exception. A shopper
need only try this to be convinced OF
it's truth; and even if she fails to buy
because the article is not suitable, and
puts 81 am sorry" with her thank
you the chances are more than even
that she will receive a smile and a
word of regret from behind the coun-
ter 1t is pleasanter to be smiled up
on than frowned at, and the moment
airy courtesy helps the girl with her
next customer. That a shopper some
times runs across salesgirI who re-
fuses to respond to politeness with po-
likeness by no means dubs them all
rude. The latter are the exception.
g s. g g g
Prof. James H. Hyslop of the Ameri-
can Society for Psychical Research,
said in a discussion of mediums:
Genuine mediums being so plentiful.
can readily sympathize with those
who ridicule false mediums. heard
u t''' amusing incident IN TINS Inc the
other day.
"A medium, after evolving Lincoln,
Washington and other seasonablc spir-
it'' sad m thrilling voice:
4 see a man of middle age with
O''''N ii''' p'r'eu IN lhe middle Il biacF
mustache and a tip-tilted nose Hand
'oli''' "'S'li's ulsHeu' Sta'eIE' ne is nov
MS 's' ''''''''''.S 'lDou' you Sl'' Anu
- '', .,'', lol'e' 'o"''u an elderly
o,rbt, aIaan,,. a.s-.,
-, a...,1l,.,'. .,' 80 ,,''' '''0''
'i'' mo ''''iS o MS Ir'lilc
'''N'i's Win SoDS' lie crieu'
JoLH' Johh' why on, why did you
cave me TO the misery of these past
years.
You knew him?' the medium ask
ed gently
...Gy,,a,,. rt,,o, ,,,o,-,
man, "r ,a,,.,,,,,., -.
=, ,... nun ""'iS'
% '0l 81 "s"'i' why
''' "'" SOu nave 10 ule
Courage SAID the medium. calm
yourself Though his loss was a great
one you may yet find another friend
to fiji his place
No, no! Impossible! His nlaca is
filed
Filled? What do you meano' ask
ed the puzzled medium
"The elderly man SHAKING hi, 1o,d
sadly answered.
".L1o c.,.. ,,,,, ,,.ie,,. a.. ,-..-,
u u u u
ueIIhaOoloslst mas solved the mys-
terry Oh converting a faded society wo-
man INTO study in pink and white,
Inc beauty doctor has already made
se'ei"i successful experiments with his
uil'"iIi u youth lie simply tattoes
" piuS" On the cheeks without injury
10 lhe HeSh or SKIN He declares the
ooeS9 uoeS not cause paln-not even
vince because the needle only en-
q'' 'ie sNIh one-slXIeenth of an inch.
r0InrInp IN