Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-02
Madame 5pedator'5 Observations
By Catherine Altman.

By Gather
 "I have A missive here, 1 hesitate tO call it q billet doux,' confidcd a business man to me, "that sounds n bit compromising. Would you advise me 10 show t to my wife when she returns home, or would you follow the suggestion of the writcrP'
 The epistlc, written on paper tinted delicate pink and ruled with lines of lavender hue, ran as follows:
 "Mr. Smith, respeckted sir: i got hear al rite by my cozzcn was sick. she mas electrick fits and had to hire a karrridge which was too dollcrs. My mother died last week. Please send me too dollers to pay my fare back. my little boy has skarlet fever and want 10 haste back 10 cook for you all again. Respectfully yours, Mary Jones. F. $. Burn this letter" In these days of race suicide large family is looked upon with awe, not 10 say dread, and matters don't seem to be growing better in that respect, despite the frenzied articles written by soeiologists and the rebukes hand. cd out by serious minded men who love to remind the weaker and inferi. or sex of it's duty to humanity. This reminds mo of tale told me by doctor not long ago. He attend ed vase where triplets were usered into the world. When the father learned of the generosity of Provi. dence he broke into no acclaimatons of joy. On the contrary, his counte. | nance assumed sombre hue. Later, when he was tacn kin to survey his three squirming ofrsprings, he poked n finger al the boy in the middle. and turing to the doctor said:
 "Well, doctor, they look pretty much alike to me; but 1 guess I'll keep this one"
 Editors of magazines, especially of magazines for women, receive vohl. minous letters from their subscribers in criticism or commendation of the contents of tner periodicals. Almost every one knows that the worth of magazne, from a base monetary stand. point, is determined by the quantity and quality of its advertising matter. Note the unconscious humor, then, contained in n letter to the editorial heads of certain woman's journal. advising them not to take out the advs, lest they lose the esteem of their country subscribers. The editors print the letters and haster to assure their fair correspondent that they will never, never, never omit the adver. tisements.
 As one man puts it: "God bless the women; they have no business in. stincts."
 The silly season seems to have come to tarry with many of the publica- tions gotten up for the feminine world Because one woman's publi. cation established "heart to heart" column, where fcminene mourners could pour out their griefs and tales of woe all others must needs follow. Pages that might be put to better but more expensive use are devoted to letters from misunderstood wives. dis. | gruntlcd spinsters and unhappy moth | CTS. It hatters the vanity of these poor souls 10 see their communic stions Tn print, but what of the subscriber who has troubles enough of her own and sufficient pride and sense of hu. nor to keep them to herselff It may | be fact, heartrending but true, that the husbands, children and sweet. hearts of these writers of weeJful let. ters are not all they should be, but can 1t be true that such mawkish stun appeals to the general magazine pur. enaserl As one woman expressed her. 'o" "th Vehement indignation: "Why should pay fifteen cents Git used to be ten) to hear about a whole mess of iamiiy jars, when I could go nome right this minute and start up one for nothing'"
 still another source of irritation to the average feminine reader in seareh or a magazine that appeals to her interests lies in the methods of saving or making money set forth in such glowing accounts in so many pc. rodieals. Some thrifty party has said there are n thousayd ways to spend money, but just one way to save. Most women, especially those who rear families, have ample opportunity to test that axiom and learn it's sound. ness, Any Womau whn ur.,,ll '