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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
THE BRIDGE NUISANCE.

Whether 1t be at the seashore AT mountain. country or lake, the bridge nuisance is to be found in all its glory these vacation days. And, be 1t stated deliberatively. 'it' is generally a wo- man! Man is sometimes the offender In this respect. but not often. Woman. though she is frequently censured for many things unJustly, deserves the brunt of this charge. Maybe mans disposition is more even, or perhaps woman takes every enterprise more seriosly than man. but the fact remain : that a female bridge nuisance is to be found at every summering place in the country Says a writer in The New Orleans Daily States.
 Bridge nuisance? You have seen her often. The chances are you have pIae- ed the charge already against soma particular woman with whom you have been forced to play at the summer re- sort where you now are in search ot rest and quitetude. You can't mistake her-she won't let youl
 She constitutes herself the sole and mighty authority on bridge at the place. Her deciSion. she insists. is final on every question of play. She herself never makes a mistake. IL is always the other fellow. She can't see why haT partner was unable to recognize her signals and follow her lead. Moreover. she becomes angry about 1t. Such stu pidity! Anyone with even one whit of natural card sense" would have under stood! It was as simple as A B C-to anyone but a stupid person!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
RULES AT FTREsIDE
 IN REALM or HEARTS
 FOR FoUNT or YOUTH

She forgets her manners entirely and filings courtesy to the winds. She simp- ly can't resist holding . 'postmortem' over every hand played s-d telling each player exactly what - or she should not have done. She Implies. and sometimes even states boldly, how diff ferent the result would have been if she herself. had been playins the hand
 And when her unfortunate. novtcf partner has made . glaring. tnexcus- able mistakei whew. She goes Tor him tooth and naill The ideal If hs knew anything about bridge at all. he would know that when she doubled a "no-trump make" he should have led her his highest heart! Instead of that he led his lowest spade, and the oppos- ing side just walked right in and made a. "littl-siam" while she discarded heart after heart. as helpless as two babes in the .woodsl Why will people who bridge insist upon piayingi
 She forgets that she was once ignor. ant of what she now knows She fails to remember that no one forced her to play. And she is. apparently. un- aware of the fact that while she would not make as giaring . mistake as that she Ss frequently guilty of other mis- takes that would be equally annoying to players who are better versed in the game than herself.
 She plays to win--rothlessly. She gloatS over her winnings. If she plays for uoney-she is heartlese. rude snd vicious!y mercenary. If she does not.
 She knows all about bridge--but she doesn't know that she is an nt-and -out nuisance. unweicome. unkind and un- womAnlyf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
OLD HANDS AND YOUNG.

Pink palms are the sign of youth. The girl of 1e has them, and the wo- man who wants to keep her hands from growing old shNald study methods for making them pink. The French woman rougheR them lavishly with a kind of rouge that does not come off on her handkerchief. Rubbing them with a rough Turkish towel is a safe method.
 little cologne rubbed on the palms will make most hands pink and per- fume them at the same time. A few drops of oil of jasmine diluted with alcohol and delicately mass;sged into the wrists will scent ones sleeve and make the arms more supple.
 The women of Europe display their hand to much better advantage than do the Americans. They express with their hands what the American women do with their eyes. Says The New Or leans Daily States.
 The ancients had the harp which al- most seems designed to display the hands. The Spanish woman has the fan with which she gives expression to bv means of which she shows of the whiteness of her hands. The French woman has her wonderful lace hand kerchief. The beautiful woman of Venice are never without their flowers. Along the Mediterranean women make free use of gestures. the graceful move menta of the hands, and in this des- criptive pantomime express their every mood.
 Tn far-away Egypt there Is the coffee cup. dainty and delicate. holding but a spoonful. but giving the Egyptian belle an opportunity to display her hands. Some appreciatlve man described his hostess hands as white doves futter- ing around the coffee cups. Does this sound like an American speech7
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19

!" Never press your lips together. but practice keeping them slightly spe This does not mean to sit wftn tns mouth open. but to let the lips merCIy touch. Don't gap. but don't press en' lips together.
 aOnee an hour or % at the begin iug. but afterward as often as it occuts to you, moisten the lips with coioEne A little experiment will tell you what kind of perfume to use. It is largely d question of taste and idiosyncracy. One woman likes roses. another ,as-
 "The dimpie spot in the chin Is a thing to tempt the ambition of any woman. There is an operation for making the dimple. A muscle is cut In. the chin 90 that there Is c slight Repression or scar. It takes e good surgeon. to perform the feat of making dImple, but 1t is pretty feature once established on a womau's face. It makes her look just 60 much more coquettish.
 II would advise the woman who wants a dimple to get one. Personal- ly. don't perform the dimple opera ton. but do sometimes furnish . dimple stick to woman. It is . lit- tl wooden implement. round on the end She sits with 1t pressed into her chin. and after a while, if she is patient. there comes q tiny dimple depressiop.
 T can't understand the reasoning of the woman who pencils her eyes and powders her face, and even rouges her cheeks. but lets her mouth So to waste. prefer e pretty mouth to pretty clothes"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
HOW TO LOOK COOL
 AND CHARMING

Neither extreme heat nor cold is conductive to looking one's best, but the uncured, flushed and shining look ing objects to which many of us are reduced at this season of the year are perhaps even less beautiful than the results of the biting blasts of winter.
 It is however far easier to keep cool looking than pretend to . com fortable warmth when half frozen Dress, of course, has much to do with it. A soft, light colored gown. guilless of starch. at once gives an attractive ly cool aspect.
 Allow yourself plenty of time to dress. Never furry. and you will so out not only blissfuliy conscious of looking your prettiest-which Is ever conductive to sweet temper--but prove as refreshing as e breath of sea air to all with whom you come in contact
 Before going out wet your face with a little elder flower water. dry softis and then apply just a soupcon of pow der. Powder is quite harmless if pure and a preventive against sunburn.
 Damp your hair slightly with eau de cologne before putting in curlers ana wear a veil or hair net.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
CONSTANT MOTION OF
 HANDS WASTED ENERGY

If you have not paid especial atten- ton to your hands. do so! Watch them carefully. See if you relax them when they are in gesture or use. If you keen them tense as though you were holding on to something for dear life. it only muscles on an unnecessary strain.
 Make a practice ot stretching them out . little and then relaxing them letting them fall Into place with all the muscles loose. It is said that wo- men waste nerve force to a great ax- tent through their hands. They may be able to keep the feet still. but the hands are never quite. never in repose never loosened.
 Good form frowns on the woman who never keeps, her hands still. but this is one of the conventions that is more broken than observed. If women only knew how nervous 1t makes another person to look at even the lovelieSt hands that are never still, they would certainly learn to drop them Into re- pose.
 Perpetual motion of the hands is the sign of a thoroughly uncontrolled na- In social life like a Iasping voice that nearly drives bystanders to flight
 Possibly you are not conscious Of how much perpetual motion there Is In your own hands. Take day off to watch them. If you ind that you twist and turn them. run them through the hair and over the face. rap the chair or desk with them as you talk. do---do give them . rest You will save yourself hours of energy and throw back all the force into your system to be used in more important things.
 Put these rules up on your dressing tabie-and imprint them in your mind before you so out among peoplei
 Keep yiur hands away from head and face. && 4
 Do not slip your rings up and down
 Do not pick up articles over the room and put them down again Rs you talk.
 If you carry a fan do not open and shut it all the time or tap your face or the furniture with 1t.
 Learn to drop the hands in the lap on the arm of the chair. or at your side. and do not move them unless 1t is necessary.
 Constant gesturing Is foolish. Don't think it is expressive to talk with the hands. unless you know how to do 1t. A few gestures, gra eefully done, are eloquent Fidgeting the hands Is stuDld--ExchanRo
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
MARRY FOR LOVE
 OR REMAIN SINGLE

The root of the evil lies in not mak ing different marriage laws. says a writer In The New York WoIld. Kew girls of eighteen who get ma ried are satisfied at twentv-ave. No girl should be all lowed until she is at least twenty-two. who can support her and also judge his disposition. This Is one of the main things in marriages good. even-tem- pered, devoted husband. not like many I know of, who never notice their wives except to be cranky. What man has a right to marry who has no trade in his hands? What man with s10 or SIP a week has the right to marry Q young girl, have children and have her worrying her life out2 What Is to become of her If he loses that e10- a-week Sob? Do you wonder that the young girls of to-day shun mArPlager Ask any poor. respectable. sober wife to day if she would ever make such q fool of herself to marry on nothing but a big guess. She will say never aKain-except in cases where lova on both sides Is the mainstay.
 My aSIice to girls is, stay the way you are; marry only for one reason and that love. and with a man who will provide for you with his whole heart.
 The right kind of good girl or wom- an asks so little. and unless you girls marry for love you stand a poor chance to be satisfied It seems to me most men like the kind who keep them gues- sing. who spend money foolishly and shun housework. Gentlemen. whom do most of you give your seats to In the car? Rat. paint and peach basket hatA How many men stare themselves cross- eyed watching such women'
 It seems to me the better. purer and more honest a woman is the worse she gets 1t from a man. once Q man owns anything. wife or house. he wants to get rid of 1t. Go to the city courts see the deserted wives with babies These poor women are placed in the worst position on earth. Who wants them with a baby2 They are handi- capped, half-starved. neglected, but married. Girls see this all around them even in their own homes; their mo- thers' faces tell the tale.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
THE LUXURY
 OF LONELINESS

Friends were condoling with re- gently beraved young widow because she was all alone in the world now. But her blue eyes glinted through a mist of tears as she reasoned: T have been in worse company"
 There are times when to be alone Is not only luxury, but @ necessity. Says a writer in The Philadelphia Tele- graph.
 We feel we must get off from every body to think 1t all out. like the little girl in the fairy tale who went to the we'll often "to wonder about the world" To get the right perspective on things and people we must see them from a distance. To appreciate our associates there is nothing like leaving them oncs and awhile. Seen from another angle, values depreciate or increase, accord ing to an honest measuring. The same air. no matter if 1t be one we like best to hear. played day after day into our ears finally has its sweetness and charm worn away; our favorite dishes served with unvaryfng regularity would is a short time pail upon us; so. too, the one we love best are un- profitable sources of entertainment un- less we go our separate ways occasion ally.
 Which of us hasn't waved the dearest family in the world-our own-away on a wonderful visit. and watched them disappear in a cloud of travel dust with feeling akin to rapture-the ecs- tasy of being alone! The house Is mine. and the emptiness thereof. the silence and the solemn ticking of the clock. Tomorrow I may be homesick for thom to come back but to-day I'll enjoy the luxury of loneliness.
 Alone? Why, nobody was ever less alone A blue and gold afternoon. a Ao aar ,,Nv lighted up with red lanterns of blos- soms and a novel about Juliana and Italy! Your prophetic soul tells us it isn't fair Juliana's step approaching; 1t is Mrs. Smith. the next-door neigh bor.
 T saw all of them going of and leaving you" she pants. sinking down In a chair. "so I just said to myself. if that poor child, Is over there all by herself. I'll take my buttonholes over and spend the afternoon with her"
 Life Is at best of paralyzing brief mesa Yesterday we were ten years old; to-day we are twenty five, sprint ing on towards 100. And one perfect afternoon that might have been irradi- ated by the light that never was on land or sea has crept on towards its melancholy twilight. T hate to leave you, my dear," Mrs. Smith rises at last some just call met"
 The guests of certain hostess made her a fearful farewell But an accident on the road that night. brought them all back to her again that night, with the prospect of anothVr week of her hospitality. Her husband found her dissolved in tears and finally located the cause of her grief. Way" he said. T thought you begged them not to Go.'
 back so soon." she sobbed. They didn't even give me time to set lone- some for them"
 Which all leads back to the original premise-there are worse things than being alone In Iife-occastonalIy. at least.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
GIRLS WHO LOSE TEMPER
 SHOULD NOT PLAY CARDS

After seeing girls play cards at sum- mer resorts I am almost tempted to write don't. But I believe in the breeding of most persons. and I think that because one losses her temper. or acts like a vuIgarian over q game. all will not But I do emphatically assert that unless a girl can play calmly and kindly she should never touch a card. More friendships are frayed and criti. cisms are aroused over bridge and eucl1re tables than at any other pastime during the summer.
 It is dangerous for two girls who know each other to criticize or com.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
BRAVERY AND THE GIRL.

What would you rather have than anything else in the world? asked the girl
 She knew perfectly well what he would like to say. but she wondered if he would dare. And he did dare.
 TWO good horses. wide stretch to the western sun, and you, most entrance ing of girls" was the prompt answer.
 "oh!" murmured the girl. rather taken abaSk. you musn't say thst.
 But I have." he said toyously. T have said 1t, and I'm glad. glad. gladf Please say that you are. too." he plead ed.
 And she caldwell, never mind what she said; that was their business. not yours or mine.
 But II tell you secret. This story ended something like this: And they lived happily ever after."
 Every girl has cantempt for the man who Is afraid to seize opportunities. Say The Philadelphia Bulletin.
 Don't wait for opportunities. young man, make them.
 what if she does refuse you? It Is no disgrace to be rejected. If you love her well enough to be patient, walt while, and then try again.
 have seen bold man carry gfrl off right under the nose of timid man whom sine really would have preferred if he had been brave enough to come forward and fight for his rights.
 Remember that the gis4 can only go a certain distance to meet you--fnore than that would mean running after you.
 Remember that an attractive girl never lacks for suitors. and your chance Is one of many. While you shilIy-shally back and forth. trying to pluck up courage. some other man may step in and carry off the prize.
 If you can't speak the words. write them. Don't for a moment imagine that the girl will be surprised by your declaration. She knows how you feel. and has known for ages. If you don't hurry up about 1t. she will either eat her heart out in suspense or her love will grow cold.
 You must plunge into, the subject. If you lead blunderingly up to 1t she will put you off through sheer nervousness
 Don't give her a chance to do that Make her listen to you and then do your pleading.
 You'll be amazed to find how easy 1t will be once you get going, and if she likes you she'll make 1t easy for you.
 Don't look at her as though she were a lion and you were @ mouse. She is far more afraid than you are. you know. And. after all, she's just girl you know.
 k She is just a girl. and she holds your life,s happiness ready to give 1t to you if you go the right way about asking for it.
 Don't be afraid. Isn't she worth be- ing brave about?
 If you saw her in physical danger you'd fight for her life. Why not fight for her heart?
 Her lips may say "No" the first time. but perhaps her heart means 'Yes."
 Make a second trial and And out.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
HOW TO MAKE A GOOD WIFE

"A girl should marry when she Is capable of understanding and fulfilling the duties of true wife and thorough aiousekeeper, and never before. No matter how old she may be.if she is not capable of managing a house in every department of 1t she Is not old enough
 to get married. When she promises to take the position of wife and home- maker the man who holds her promise has every right to suppose that she knows herself competent 6, fulfill it. It she proves to be incompetent or un- willing he has good reason to consider himself cheated. No matter how plain the home may be. if 1t Is in accordance with the husbands means. and he finds 1t neatly kept and the meals (no mat ter how simple) served from shining dishes and clean table linen. the hus- band will leave his home with loving words and thoughts and look ahead
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
PARrsIAN coIFFURE IS SEVERELY PLAIN

Whether or not the Americans will accept the severely plain coifure now fashionable in Paris is dificult to tell. but every day one sees less puffs. less pompadour and less waves.
 The Brittany fashion of doing up the hair has become A fixed thing abroad instead of fad and women are hailing it with giee because 1t will save them the trouble of curling the hair durins the warm months.
 It does not require more of ones own hair than have the cultures of the last two years. Braids are needed. They may be real or bought. One or two of them are laid around the head. pulled out to their widest dimensions and caught down with shell pins.
 There Is a fun of hair between the braids and the skin which makes for some softness.
 Just above the braid at the back a wide fiat comb Is tucked in the hair, This is usually she'll or of cut jet.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
FANCIES

When the skin burns and is harah to the touch 1t does not need water. It should be cleansed with cold cream ana wiped with soft cold cloth. then sponged with a mild solution of ben zoin and alcohol.
 The use of cold. fresh water on the skin IS inyigorating at times, but 1t ix not good for 1t except on occasions. It always hardens the suticie and gives U rough look that Is far from dain- ". All the rest of the body stands cold water better than the delicate skin of the face.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
4 New Political Frs. Harper's Weekly,

It is our belief that the 7.000-nniis journey of President Taft through the. West and South will mark the beKin- ning of a new era in the history of the Republican party. The real control of. that mighty examination from the days of Charles Sumner and Thad stevens tns the present of Aldrich and Hale and Lodge has rested In the East. Presi-s dents have been elected from Ohio and Indiana. one potential leader in the Sen-' ate hailed from Iowa, Hanna came out of Ohio and Cannon from Illinois. but throughout the entire fifty years the underlying dominance has been exer- cised with quiet effectiveness and firm hand from New York. Pennsylva- mia and New England. Apparent iead- CTS from west of the Allegh enies have been but as pawns, restive at times but invariably subservient In the end tos the stronger authority of a few men capable of yielding with skill the ad- hesive power of party unification.
 All of the grays are to be very fash fonahia
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
HINTS WOMEN
 SHOULD HEED

Blazing sun is worse than bitter winds on the skin. says The New York Times. A tepid or a moist simmer has an excellent effect. Ones skin gains lovely lustre under fogs. The mois- ture penerates pores. supplies the water necessary to s we'll ordered skin and usually whitens and softens ths face.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
WOMAN

ment on each others play. Criticism follows only after loss or implies that with differsnt playing. more might have been made. Very few individuals care for this tnsinuation. though those who take the pastime as . game will not
 But the sort that srouses the feeling of disgust in the breasts of look kers-on is shrilr criticism. and there is no dou bt that all of us who have stood by card tabies for any length of time have heard such comments. How often have disinterested watchers seen two bright red spots appear in the cheeks of players whose eyes grow keener. and volley of questions beginning with why. or now" that generally leads to defense by the person questioned. and this 10 often followed by rscrimi- nations. or both, and a strained feeling most unpleasant to others. as well as the two Involved follows
 girl who forgets that cards are game should not use them. They are solely for diversion but fail ot their over them.
 There are girls who should not play comment on our partners play when 1t doesn't suit should not sit at . card table.
 There are girls woh should not play cards, just as there are some men who should not drink alcoholics. The laty ter cannot take them in moderation. and in a not dissimilar way girls can not play the game, for they become controlled by the desire to win. and good breeding and kindness are lost in the excitement
 = Unless one can take 1t calmly. let pecialiy where one is likely to be call- ed upon to play with strangers.
 Read. sew or go out for a walk. do anything rather than be known as one of the disagreeable girls who. unfor- tunately. are always to he found among card players.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19
MxTHoDs BY WHICH WINNING WAYS or
 CONSTANT QUEST or

with sassrness to the time whom he :can return Let the girl acquire every accomplishment within her power the more the better. for every added accomplishment wtll be that much more power to bs used in making . happy home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-19

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