The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-06-28
INFLUENCE OF THE
SISTER ON BROTHER
Lucky Is the Man Who Has
Broad-Minded, Gentle Fe-
male Relative.
LOOKS TO HIS COMFORT
Consciously or unconscioualy, shs
Erects the Standard by Which He
Will Judge the Rest Of
Womankind.
o TO HIS COMFORT
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
The girl who has a brother has a
heavier responsibility than h some
times knows resting upon her frail
shoulders. She can be either his good
angel or his evil genius Consciously
or unconscously, she erects for him the
standard by which he judges the rest
of young womankind.
In all RANKS of life it is comparatively
easy to distinguish the men whose
mothers and sisters are of the gentle
hearted, broad-Eainded and ever-helpful
type of ~wonlanhood, for they reflect in
their attitude toward women generally
the refining influence that has sur
ners are not, as people are apt to
imagine, altogether a matter of birth
n education. Inmate courtesy and
gentleness are as often seen in the
ho~rny-handed son of toll as in the man
clothed in purple and fine linen-per-'
haps oftener.
So the girl who has a brother need
not go far from home to find her mis-
sion, for it is waiting for her right I'M
der her own rooftree. True. it is not
| heralded by flaming posters and a brass
band. In fact. the less attention is d.
rected to it the more successful it is
likely to be. The girl who tactlessly
talks about h she has done, is do
ing or is going to do in this particular
branch Of mission work is not likely to
be very keenly appreciated, either by
her w brother or by somebody else.
The girl whose brother warmly avows
that she is 1.-The finest sister q fellow
ever had" is not one of the peevish,
snappY sort of feminines, whose good
behavior, like her hair, spends most OF
Its time in curl papers. On h on
trary, she shows all that is best and
sweetest in her nature to those whom
she loves most dearly, the members Of
her own home circle. Warm hearted,
clear voiced and merry eyed. she is her
brothers chum and c%ontidante, and she
listens just as interestedly to his
stories, some Of which are really rather
pointless, and laughs just as amusedly
at his jokes. most of which she bag
heard before, as if he were the cleverest
and w1ttiest or raconteurs. e
Personal Interest in Socks.
Then, too, she evinces a personal in
terest in the condition Of his socks and
the roll call of his buttons that cannot
fail TO appeal to any male creature
with prediction for comfort Also, she
aas a knack of knowing the precise
when a pocket begins to wear
thin that is nothing short of marvellous.
Nc danger of losing small change or,
a favorite pocket knife or an important,
key or any other of the Indispensable
furnishings of the masculine pocket,
with a sister like that around the house.
In other matters, too, this girl con-
ilNCS lultc i!oSlSIllallOuSIy 10 Spare
her brother little annoyances. She
does not for instance, send Bridget, the
hrawny maid of all work, alone into
his den on cleaning day to run riot
With broom and scrubbing brush and
buster among his treasured lares and,
penates. She sees that things general
ly are clean and neat, but she does
not keep the place SO painfully picked,
up" that the owner, feels, whenever he4
enters, as if he had just moved into al
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Wear herself out Strengthening up"i
the books and papers and pipes and
etceteTas that he loves to see in dis
order, and then reproach him with i'm
gratitude because he wishes audibly
that she would leave his BELONGINGS
alone. She doesn't-but there. The un-
pleasant things that she doesn't do are
nearly as numerous as the agreeable
things she does do. Which may not be
grammatical, but it is at least ex-
preGsive.
Selects Exclusive Goods.
Another excellent quality of this girl
who has a brother is her remarkable
FACILITY for picking up wonderful bar
gains in the way of shirts, ties and
other articles of mems wear. Not cheap
and hideous nlonstrosities, MIND YOU,
such as nc self respecting man would
want to be buried in. but high grade,
exclusive goods such as even the best
stores sometimes have to dispose of be-
~" Cost. 10 De quite candid, the
brothers own selections are apt to be
q little weird at times, and so the girl,
makes q point of suggestions in the
most tactful way that such and such
q thing would admirably become him.
she does not make the mistake Of
throwing her purchases at his head. SO
to speak, nor does she sarcastically in
tlmate that, his tastes being akin to
those of the noble red man, she con-
siders 1T an act of charity to take him
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polite society. Neither sister, wife nor
mother can ever hope to educate a
mans artistic sense by such crude
measures as these.
The girl who has a brother may find
it necessary now and then to set him
right concerning some point of social
usage or solecism Of speech. So that it
be done kindly and tactfuIly, when no
one is by to overhear, it is more sister
~ to do this than to let him betray
better informed, may not be well bred
enough to refrain from raising a laugh
at his expense behind his back.
Altogether, there are a good many
things that a girl can do for her broth
er. She can infuse sunshine into the
atmosphere of home so that he will
consider 1T a mighty good place to be
in. She can introduce him to the nice.
entertaining girls that she is sure to
know, and perhaps save him from
ililiS iie elliclOuS IT1eNOSh1VS IN q
social sphere outside of his own. She
can post" him as to the new books
that are worth reading and the new
plays that are worth seeing, and she
can offer her suggestions so cleverly
that they will even seem like original
ideas of his own. And there you have
the very acme of bright, resourceful,
tactful womanhood.
And with such a paragon for a. sister.
what man would be content with an or
binary wcnan for a wife?
Ever since we can remember boys
have been getting UP early the day
after a circus has been in town. and
looking for lost articles on the grounds
where the tents were pitched. But we
have never heard of a boy finding any