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The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
For the Schoolgirl.

n HERE are many little things that
the schoolgirl may do that viii
make her entry into social life
easier and less painful The little amen
files should never be lost sight OF. While
g girl Is IN school her cards should never
besr the prefix Miss" II is poor taste
After the SRI has been formally intro
duced into society Il IS proper for her
70 have the prefix engraved on her cards.
When girls 90 70 parties given by their
school friends they should always cal
on their hostess within & week after the
entertainment. and they should inquire
for and leave card for the mother as
wei as for the girl friend The mother.
OF course. uses her own discretion about
coming down 20 see the visitor. but she
should always be coEplimeEted By the
courtesy Of being asked for.
When girls are visiting st house they
must never take the Initiative and write
70 anyone 20 call without first asking
permission Of the hostess II a girl IS
visiting n a strange city aud constantly
meeting people that she would Ike 10
see more 0f, she should always consult
her hostess 10 this way many pitfalls
may be avoided and person who IS dis
tasteful 20 the hostess IS never thrust
upon her. No one wants 10 be placed In
the position Of heing compelled 20 invite
someone 30 her house whose acquaintance
she does not care to cultivate
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Earn1arks of Character.

ten carries his cane and wears hIs hatl
The latter fits bis head firmly. squsTely,
but Dot pugnaciously- Il rests sereneIy
upon his brow. The movements Of his
cane are slow, conventional, unobtrussve
and digniaed. z, carries It more for its
support than for show. He walks gravely
and the cane moves IN unison with his
gait
The young blood? The chap home from
college? You can SPOT him every tine
without trouble by his hat and his walk
ing stick. There is always a certain rak-
ishness about his headgear-a curve Of
the brim or the angle at which 1t Is
worn. Frequently be carries his stick BY
the reverse end, not touching the handle
10 the ground, but threatening TO do SO
every now and then More frequently II is
grasped in the middle. with the handle
pointing downward and the ferule end
snugly held against his elbow SIS he
swings along with g wide sweep Of his
arm
But the most marked thing about the
carrying OF canes is the fact that the
man who IS accustomed to carry one
locks at home with It, while the one who
IS just beginning is as awkward as z
village elout would be with a United
States Army swagger stick.
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yon know what q woman she IS for
every new thing that comes Up. When II
came out in the papers that New Thought
was the real thing for every weakness Of
body and mind she got a lot OF books
ana read them morning, noca and night
and tried the treatment, OF whatever they
cal t. on her husband who Is q good
msn but he VIII take bis drink OF nQuor
any tine he gets the notion. There was
something wrong, for it didn't take with
Mr. Jefreys, but when she heard Of the
music cure for boys she decided that she
would use Il as a means OF pulling her
little Edwin as a brand from the burn
Ing. She thought X over and finally de-
eided that she should have the base
drum from the village band and the
eymbals 10 kind OF tighten up the tones,
and she brought Mr. Jedreys' accordion
that be used 70 play az dances from the
garret and when Edwin did anything
wrong she would rig Mr. Jenreys I'D with
the drum OF his back and the accordion
IL his hands and she would put the boy
on the best chair in the sitting room and
would take the cymbals herself and ham
mer away, Mr.. Jefreys wearing himself
out and the boy sitting there grlnaing
for dasr life at all the antics OF course,
It didn't work with the boy. but Mr-
Jelfreys began 70 think his wife was go
ing crazy and one night he got real mad
and threw the accordion out Of the win
dow and gave Edwin good whipping
Mrs. Jehreys has never said anything
ab0ut music cure since.
Old fashioned folks won't pay much at
tention TO such fool idea right away.
They viii continue TO stick 10 the slipper
and the birch rod as they know from ex-
perience the proper quantities to ad-
minister
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thesei Aren't they perfectly gcrgeonsF'
Mr.. Justwed felt 1t incumbent upon him
TO make but slight moment Of his own
gift.
Yes" he answered. ''thsJ are rather
pretty"
'PrettyI Wei, 7 should say they srsI
ThsJ are-are-stmply heavenly! wen
der who sent them. can't ind the card
any place"
And Ms. Sustwed searched again IN the
box and emptied out the tissue paper IN
vain.
Mr. Us Jaw EEL.
Huh! she didn't know after aiii How
could she be IN doubt 4 single minute as
to who sent them! Oh, ve-y well, II she
took 1t that way, far be It from him to
step to the front and dutifuIly declare:
''I did Il with ny little hatehet, pIesse
ma'Rm-"
You'd better call vp the florist; per
hsps he can tell you." be suggested, quite
disinterestedly.
"Oh," exclaimed Mrs. Justwed, sudden
Iy, clepping her hands together in sheer
Joy. 81 know know. It's valentine: To
morrow's st. Valentines day and-and-
being Sunday, the stores won't be open, so
they had 70 be sent today. Isn't thst
just grand, and"
That's It." Mr.. J. agreed $50 It is-so
Il Is"
Yes. yea" Mrs. J. Eushed on. gasFing
for breath IA her excitement. but that
doesn't tell me who sent them. wonder.
thought maybe you had, but then, you
see, you'd have inelosed some little note
telling ne how much you love me and
and-I know now By your face that you
didn't"
There was wee shade Of disappoint-
u1ent and repTosch IN the last part ef her
eIusion, and Mr. Justwed was almost
tempted to step forth and declare himself.
But no, Not for a minute. She should
ind out herseif-and her humiliation at
forgetting that she had a husband. who.
at least. tried 10 be cOnsidersts always.
would be the more poignant That was
Just the trouble with the average married
woman. She IS always ready TO give the
credit for an unexpected kindness 70 every
last human being In the world but her
own husband!
II WONDER wonder" Mrs. J. kept
repeating. speculstively.
"0h, know. know." she cried sud
denly II know Albert seat themI'
ALBERT" Mr.. yustwed exploded clutch
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ners," and sre inclined 70 determine bis
station IN life and the refinement and
education OF his parents, as well, by
them To possess them, 10 know what 70
do and when TO DO II At al times is. in
S8e5, stock in trade. No one can take
such knowledge from the one who has Il
Though its existence IS rarely noticed.
verbally, because is Is taken for granted
that II does exist, its absence IS Ike 4
great, big. ugly fact that stares one IN
the face and from which one can't get
away. Aside from the real pleasure that
a gentleman finds in good form the OBJ
serTagce OF the niceties Of life Is a busi-
uess asset-espeeially in these days when
impressions count for so much In deter
mining a mans success OF failure
There are many little cOurtesies that
some men observe without giving a
thought 20 them-observe because euTt-
ronment and training have made them
second-nature. There are hosts OF others,
however. who sre irreprcaehable In the
fundamentals as the proper way 20
hold ones knife and fork-but sadly de-
fcient when It comes to the little refine
ments that distinguish the innate geE-
tiemaa. To elaborate all Of the little
things worth while is task, indeed, but
a few Of them are worthy Of note
A well-bTed man always draws out the
chair at the table for bis hostess OF the
woman next him, unless it Is dinner
where there are plenty OF servants 10
attend to the seating Of the guests He
does not. himself. sit down 70 the table
until his hostess and every woman pres
sent is seated.
in dining az e restaurant with lady
a man is frequently puzzled as to whether
be shall assist her in removing her wraps
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n ID IT ever occur to you that a great
deal can be told about 4 man by the
~ way he wears his lat and the man
ner IN which be carries his walking stick7
II Is an interesting experiment TO notice
the passersby or the passengers on 8
street car Of a morning on the way down
to the of8ce. Or, better still, try the ex-
pertinent on q friend a good bit Of whose
personality IS known TO you naturally.
It doesn't take = Sherlock Holmes 70
see that the man who wears his hat
jammed down tightly over his eyes and
placed squarely on his head is a deter
mined. hardworking Individual, who car
res his cane conveDtionaily, with & hrm
clasp upon Il. and occasionally touching
tito the ground firmly as be walks.
Notice the sport, OF the man who has
sporting tendencies. His hat is On side
ways and his cane swings jauntily.
debonsirly. He frequently feels to see II
bis hat Is on ct Just the right angle.
His stick Is elasped in the middle AID
twirIs and twists ever and anon. II he be
q professional sport or gambler. these
earmsrks OF bis character are extremely
pronounced.
Can there possibly be anything more
Indicative OF dignity than the way In
which the average old msn who has al
most lived his allotted threescore and
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Mr.. A. Good Fello,O On Peace Offerings.

II WENT 10 the tbeater the other night
with two friends OF mine" said MT. d.
, Good Fellow, In that tone OF voice
which usually presages something OF
deep mystery. and I learned a few things
about the tyranny OF women Both Of EN-
were married-One about 50 years and the
other about three weeks. In fact, they
happened 10 be father-in-laW and son-in-
law. II had evidently been some little
tine since either OF them had been Jut IN
the evening without their wives After the
show We adjourned, unanimously, 10 2 res
tauTznt for a bite to eat
Both Of EN- were mighty good company
after We once got started on the supper.
Along toward the middle OF Il the elder
benedict called our waiter to him, and az
ter consulting the menu. whispered an
order aside. A little later, after had
come back at them with my prize story,
the younger chap also called the waiter
and held a coniab with him over
the menu The father-inlaw was busy ex-
planning 70 me the marvellous qualities OF
bis new auto and he scarcely noticed his
son-in-law's spiel to the garcon-
Just after the bar closed, We arose 70
leave had asked them both to the the
ster with me and naturally felt obligated
20 pay for the supper But the father-in-
law beat ne 70 IL In a decisive fashion,
though the young chap tried 70 settle for
the damage. l got Up and put on ny
Jugs.
Wait a minute said Father-in-iaw.
Wait q minute echoed SOn-in-laH.
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not a second behind him.
'T waited.
Presently the aforementioned Earcon
came along on the hoP-skip-and-jump with
two packages wrapped IN white paper He
handed one 10 Father-in-law and the other
TO Son-in-Isw.
"Father-In-Iaw looked 81 Son-in-lsW
Son-in-law looked at Father-in-Iaw.
% What have you got thereT questioned
Father-in-Iaw.
What have you gOty sOn-in-lsS came
back at him
"a club sandwich the elder benedict
answered.
'' Oysters admitted the younger.
a That's nice smiled Father-in-law,
proudly, at the new acquisition to his
family; that's nice
I sort Of thought Mabel sEiIl enjoy
them-yOu know she's mighty fond Of
oysters. And she didn't want ne to go
out and leave her tonight. anyway. First
time since we've been married But since
you were along, Why
a. oh, yes. understand Father-fn-lsw
interrupted; your motherin-law didn't
want me TO take you. Said It was bad
business to set you in the habit Of being
out at nights, you know
a. 4 see continued Son-in-law, bis eyes
fairly twinklinE with enthusiasm; won't
they be sgreeably surprised when they
see what we've brought themr
Hal har laughed Father-in-law, giving
ne the wink. those oystersu be a pretty
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CANpLEsT1cKs POPLAR.

So great has the craze for csndlesticks
become IN ali homes that those who have
not the Eherewithal 70 own real antique
ones can purchase almost exact repr0duc-
tons Of them. Some OF these new ones
are very beautiful and are lot merely
copies OF old ones but rev designs made
aIong eld-fashioBed lines Cut glass. ST.
yer or gold ones are more suitable for
the dinner table. For decorative pur-
poses ones choice has wide range.
Brass ones are always n good taste.
Many can be found that have attach
ments BY which they may be hung on tie
wall Some are made Of q brilliant red
enamel. Many different styles can be
found once the purchaser seeks them IN
g thoroughly up-to-date store.
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Ing HIS throat 70 keep from choking to
death. ALBERT"
Yes. dearie. Albert" Mrs. J. respond
ed, sweetly; before was married he
was always doing nice little things Of
this sort. Isn't It Just ike himl Hes q
dear boy, even II I didn't marry him.
You know, really, miss him quite biz.
sometimes he always sent me yiolets on
the 14th OF February
-oh, he did, did her mOeked Mr.. J
How nice Of him. But If I may be per
mitted 70 intrude on your thoughts Of Al
bert moment ny dear madam, may 1
ask how you know this-this-er-er-
Albert sent them 10 your
Because. Homer, dear. whenever be
sent me violets-which was quite fre-
ouently. by the wsy-he never incloSed a
card. silly old boy, wasn't he7 But he
said that be knew that nobody eise's
flowers counted with me. and that would
know they came from him because the
absence OF a card meant that there were
no cards large enough. nor words sde-
quate enough to tell nee al he wanted 10
say. Just The Message Of the Violet,
you know. It was nice Of him to remem-
Der me today, wasn't it7 You know some
men Just as soon as a woman msrries
never even lOck-"
"stop! Stop" Mr. Justwed fairly
shrieked. Enough OF this Albert AID bis
ssinine, silly, mnshy violets. II you had
one graia Of perspicuity, madam, you
would occasionally attribute q few OF the
good things 10 life to your husband.
sent you those violets- You ought to have
known H. I'd Ike to see Albert or any
one else send you flowers. -"
''obr" Mrs. Justwed gasped. I'm 50
sorry, dear. II was just the sweetest"
Never you mind. row. You can't hand
ne a little honey and expect me 70 eat
It out OF your hand. You ought 10 have
known they cane from ne don't know
what happened 10 my card 1 gave the
florist one. but be must have lost Il. Any
man who Is idiotic enough 10 send violets
With the sickly. nausesting idea that a
card isn't necessary and-aBd-an the
rest Of your simpleton Albert's gouIasn
snd chop-saey slush-bur-r-r-Ti Don't
speak 10 me-
"oh, Homer. Homer, dear, please. please
listen: / knew ali the tine that-boo-hoo-
heo."
But Homer, dear had slammed the
door Of the apartment and gone down fr
the back yard 10 eat worms
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FEN1ININE EANCIES TfTNSa aIYTEPESTroWOYEN


- HoUGH al iuncheons are pretty
s much the same, here is suggestion
~ for valentine one that contains q
novel suggestion. II may be given at aay
tine the week preceding or the one Sol-
lowing St Valentines Day.
While not essential. It IS & very good
idea 70 give the luncheon in honor OF g
bride-eiect or young matron bat recent
y welded. II possible, have al the
guests recent brides or prospective ones
or members OF the bride-elect's wedding
party There can scarcely be any day Ct
the year when such an assembIsgs IS
more fitting than on ST Valentines Day.
Needless to say. the decorations Of the
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n HoUGH many Influences seem to be
working nowadays against the pune
~ tilious observance Of good form that
characterized our great -grandfathers, the
man who lets his manners" so to speak.
slide down the toboggan Is making q
grave mistake. The fact thst e fellow
isn't snob and is Z success 10 business
and is on the level With all whom be
meets IS q mighty fns asset. But II
isn't possible for everyone 10 know that
he possesses such admirable qualities.
People whom he meets-eSpeCially Stran-
gers-Judge him primarily by bis "man-
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good peace offering for voc. won't they.
SOM
The Son paused moment and the smile
on his face frOze as he realized that his
Pster was kidding him
oh, I don't know be handed out,
you haven't got anything on me. You've
been bringing home something as a peace
Offering for the last 30 years
"Fatber-in-law shut up instanter and
Son-in-lav gave ne the wink.
"As ] said goodnight to them st the
car they both looked sort OK sheepish,
especially when / called out to them,
The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

M Atkins coat round Mary Grace's
cloak and then stitched her hat TO the
tail Of the coat They mixed up the
rubbers ard the gloves and everything.
spd when they we're found out they were
taken 70 their father for a whipping.
and they do say that when Mrs. Smith
went down stairs 20 explain everything
TO the company. old Mr.. Smith never
whipped them boys at all, but told them
TO so to bed aad II they could ger some
sleep, that be hadn't been able 70 get
any on account Of so much noise and
foolishness. The last time Mrs Smith
was talking about the boys she said
that the music cure Is stiil on her mind
but that she does not know the proper
quantities 20 use.
Mrs. JeRreys Uses Music.
That Mrs. Je6reys that lives 10 the
oId Blagden place down By tse creamery,
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table must be in keeping with the day.
ANY number Of valentine novelties may
be purchased at notion stores, and RIB
bons, flowers and artistic arranging win
do the rest.
A little aftermath that Is really novel
and interesting is as follows:
At each plate have a place card. taste
fully drawn and lettered. somewhat a.
shown in the illustration, on heaxy.
white cardboard. such ss Is Used for
tally cards at the head OF each card
put the name Of the lady By whom tie
place VII be occupied. Arranged on each
card. each below tie other. are certain
questions
Explain 20 the guests that these ques-
tons all refer TO the bride-eIect, II whose
honor the luncheon Is given, and that
each question must be answered wita tne
name Of some noxer-an Of which
grouped II cluster naturally make '-The
Valentine Brides Bouquet" Allow a
certain length Of time for the guests ts
write their answers on the reverse side
Of their cards, then collect them. Award
one, two or three prizes 10 the ladies'
having the largest number Of questions
answered correctly. IN case Of q tie,
cut cards to decide. The answers u the
questions are:
l. American Beauu.
2 Phlox tfocks).
g. Aster asked herr.
4 Poppies (paps's)-
3. Orange blossoms
8. Brides roses.
I. Tulips two npsl.
8. Forget-me-not.
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A FaiIure Recorded.

Well Mrs Smith read about the music
cure and became awful interested She
talked Il over with the minister and
SO the meeting OF me Ladies Aid, but no
one could see where there could be any
chance for such a pair OF boys as hers.
She is a very tTuStfUl woman. however,
and she decided she would Try the music.
She didn't know Just how much 70 give
ar one dose. and she called the girls
into conference Il was agreed that the
boys, being so bad, there could be oaly
one method OF dealing with them. and
that would be 70 give them plenty as
starter until the effects became apparent.
The Grace girls, who sing so well. and
Mr. Atkins and Mr. White were called
IN to help the evening the first dose was
given. IN fact, It was & real nice par
lor social They sang hymns and old
time songs and somebody played 81 &C
Gordon aud Mrs Smith nsrer took her
eyes on them boys. Mr.. Smith had gone
70 bed When Mrs Smith finally went
out 70 the kitchen 70 get the refreshments
for the company, the boys saw their
chance and left the room without being
noticed. They went where the coats
OF the company hung and what Go you
think taey did? They tied the sleeves OF
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Music for the Bad Boy.

AHOULD you be fortunate enough TO
be the parent Of a real boy-one Ebo
sSloves 10 tease the cat, TO take your
ne;rhbcr's son out sad Hex him good ard
proper. to look on al girls as interiors,
10 see IN every dog only al opportunity
10 tie something to bis tail. 20 Wish 70
play tenpins on his fathers bald pate
be not discouraged al his eviIdoing. for
q professor has arrived With an idea.
and be claims It works out al right
The professor says that music cures
every badness TO which boy nature is
heir. BE goes further and elucidates-
Some boys need easy, slow, sinewy music
such as Isadore Duncan does her funny
dance to, but other boys, achi need Pi0-
roeh's maddening tone and the heavy
diapasou OF the base drum and cynbals
and the basso horn and then some more.
FOR. says the professor, you must grade
mIschievouS boys and here Is his value
70 the world. and hence he expects to
draw q sufficient income 70 keep him IN
creature comforts In other words. the
Herr professor says that be is the only
living thing n the wsy-up grade IN the
Boy Culture" Hne, snd. OF course. he
expects the Iongsufering parents 70 whom
be relstes MS plans 10 pay him for the
knowledge he possesses For be can. SO
he SAYS, take the worst boy that ever
played hockey, give him the proper kind
OF music cure and send him home 20
help wish the dishes and mind the baby.
Making Experiments
To some mothers and fathers IN the
world the new idea seems good and
some Of them have already started 10 ia-
vestigate on their own account the posi-
bfities OF this wonderful cure- Some
OF their experiences make interesting
reading
Ms. Joseph Smith. who IS an awful
good soul, has a musical family on the
female side-that is. her three girls all
play the psrloT organ, and Sadie. the
oldest, sings IN the young peoples quar-
tet in the church. and at one time wss
thinking Of joining al opera company.
There ere two boys IN the family, and
Johnnie Is worse than VIII and VIII IS
worse tka1 Johnnie. Between them its
mischief from morn TIL night. But then
the neighbors have always thought the
poor children are not 80 much 70 blame,
for their father made things pretty lively
when he was a boy, snd Il has been
hinted by them that know that he not
only does not 20 TO church himself, but
one Sunday morning ab0Gt . years ago
he was seen walking out OF the hotel
barroom Just as the congregation fled out
OF church.
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Simple Dry Cleaning.

HEoMEN who must economic iE
akS dress VIII ind that gasoline IS
~ preferable to anything as a cleans
Ing fluid. BY its use many pretty gar
ments may be restored 70 their original
freshness. Light colored laces, ribbons
and galloons have a faculty Of soiing
very easily. II they are not worn OF
frayed they may be dyed with OF psiBt
mixed with gasoline. The effect produced
Il this manner IS very good.
All kinds Of clotbing can be clesused
with gasoline By the careful bogsekeeper
OF course, nue. care must be exercised
IN It's use. If possible, the work should
be done oct of doors and never IN a
room where there IS q FIRE or 81 artificial
light For blouses. gloves, silks and neck
wear i is sn effective as well as an inex-
pensiye dry cleaner
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Coral manufacture is an important
trade in Naples. The tourist viii be
astonished at the number Of shops whiea
sell this article n al forms, 5eTeIry and
table ornaments especially. The low
price Of labor there is an important fac
tor.
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Magazine Editor don't ike your
story The CarbUncle-"
Ruyter's Kramp - Maybe you don't
now, bat it'H grow on you"
Magazine Ed;toF-I hope not ! had
q carbuncle once.