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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
LONG ENGAGEMENTS.

The question of the length of an en- gagement is one which can be settled only by the two people who are most vitally concerned. and. like everything else. must depend upon circumstances says a writer in The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
 However, there is a medium in all things, the moderation which St. Paul breaches applies to all relations in life and Is good here as elsewhere. IL surely is desirable that an engagement of marriage should be of sufficient duration to enable the two who are engaged to become acquainted with each other, to ascertain the temper. disposition, principles and habits of each other, at least so far as these can be ascertainsd during courtship.
 Still. engagements may be too long of Jacob for ages has been held up to admiration, but it does not of neo- essIty follow that the man of today who elects to wait fourteen years for marriage, when he just as well might have married at the end of one, also is deserving of approval.
 It doubtless is sad for faithful lovers whose marriage indefinitely Is post uoned for a cause beyond their con- trol but they at least have the mutual satisfaction of patient love and Nn- durance
 It is far aadder for a woman to feel that her youth Is passing. her fresh- ness fading. her faith and courage
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
KEEP YOURSELF YOUNG

Don't think you're old, because when you begin to think it you begin to feel and show It.
 Kittenish old age is. of course. abom- inable. but keeping abreast of the times and getting the best out of life means happiness for every one.
 Keep alive, awake and expectant.
 Never for a moment allow yourself to think you have outlived everything of interest In life.
 There are women who were old at Is; there are others who arc 80 and still in their prime.
 It is wholly a matter of thought and feeling.
 The most fascinating woman I ever knew was S6. and she attracted men and women of all ages by her beauty, her wit. her magnetism and charm.
 Her eyes were brilliant. her com plexion dazzling and everywhere she moved she drew admiring EIances: and when she talked people fiocked about her. She had kept the culti- vated sense of humor: she saw the amusing side of life. and she appre- oiated the new discoveries ip science and invention, and no one ever heard her say how much better the present time. because her day was always today.
 Her husband was her lover to the day he died. and both lived close to the four -score-Rnd-ten mark.
 No man ever falls out of love with a woman of that type.
 Whatever your age may be. begin now to think of yourself as in the dawn of new developments. Say tn yourself many times a gay that you possess more vital power. more men tai force. more magnetism and charm than before in your life
 Say also that you are better loved and more fully appreciated for nil your virtues and charms than ever before. and that your ability to give
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
WOMAN

slowly faiiing, while she waits for the man to whom she is engaged. whom she loves, and he makes no sign. Tn such case 1t is possible that the lover has grown . little weary of his bonds, but he has not the courage to say 70. It is his fault if her beauty is on the wane ana her temper less sweet than ft wns
 Nothing wearies like waiting. and if he regrets his offer and sees no pros pect of marrying he should honestly tell her co.
 He. perhaps. may fiatter himsef that she rather wonld be engaged to him than married to any other man. bu, if 50 his fauit only is the greater for making such self1sh exactions of one who loves him 60 well.
 Perhaps ft never occurs to him what may be said of his treatment of her
 The woman is deserving of sympathy but she gets only rfdicule.
 How she does hang on to himf and .He doesn't ears much for her but she can't see itr' are remarks which the idle and ili-natured sexes level at the woman who ts waiting weanly,. but who is denied the righ, to demand her due.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
CHOOSING RIGHT MAN

What would you do if you had i've vounsr men. both equally eligible from a social and money standpoint. paying desperate attention to you? They are equally eligible, as far as those two uuaIities go, but otherwise they are as far apart as the poles. says wrh- CT in The Washington Times.
 The girl in the question IS not rear : ly in love with either. but she could ha p,th one of them if she let herself go
 ,)ne of them she admires immensely She respects him and finds him inter eating to talk to. He Is intelligent. very popular with all men and bound to make a success of his lsfe as time goes on.
 As far as women go he lacks mag n4ttsm. isI girls like him. but few fall ir love with him. This particular girl on whom he has set hIs heart ap- breciAtes his brain, but she does noi care for the touch of his hand. Phys IcaIIy she Is not in the slightest de gree drawn to him.
 With the other man it Is just the opposite. He Is not at all clever; does not attempt to do anything but spend the money he inherited. and Is inclin- ed to be wild. But he has magnetism to a remarkable degree
 Tho girl knows that if she married him she would be made happy for | short time. and miserable the rest oi her life.
 He Is the sort of man that cannot help making love to every woman he meets, and he would not be true tc her for year. Just at present. be- cause she Is unattainable. he is fin mad pursuit of her. He is the sort
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
THE HEALING
 POWER OF WORK

Richard c. Cabot, M. D., in Good House.
 keeping Magazine.
 very well and healthy woman was speaking to me some months ago of her own experiences at the time of losing her husband. She was obliged by her circumstances to take up her husbands very responsible and extensive bust ness. She had to so to his office the day after the funeral and take up his work at once. In speaking to nae of this, she said. How much more nat ural mans, life is than . womsn's In these respects. That made me able to bear what I could mot have borne in any other way have never seen q woman whose life seemed more bound up in her husbands life. She certainly did not lack in feeling. but she had found the healing power of work in her misfortune.
 Another case that comes to my mind Is that of a young college student who was under my care couple or years ago for what he thought was serious disease of the stomach. It was 6 dis ease which caused hImSa great deal Of pain and a still larger quantity or wor- ry. His stomach had got into sucn state that 1t rebelled. and rebelled by EiSing him pain whenever 1t was asked to do any work, that is. to digest any food. The only time when he was real
  anything. Consequently he had cut his diet down to a very low point, taking ons article of food after another from his list until he was a miserable spec tacle, almost a skeleton. His case haa been previously well studied by anoth- CT physician, and the result of my own study was to confirm eatireiy what had been found. It convinced me that he had no organic disease. and the trouble with him was largely that he was starved. The treatment which l gave him was almost brutal. l told him that he must eat whether his stomach hurt him or not, and I assured him again and again. like phonograph. that he could and must force his stoh- ach to work. I cannot count the mum Der of times that went over and over the ground with him telling him that I knew he suffered but that the only way for him to get well was to push ouRh his. suffering to better nutri- ton because the pain of the part was inc health of the whole. in hts case as in so many others. This was two wears ago. heard from him the other day from a city In the West He IS radiantly happy and perfectly well, carrying A full college course and doing much outside work besides. He was gtvan no medicine; ha was given no nsvch otherapy. except the repeated m functions that I have recounted 10 you. If was the work cure--work TOT ms stoma oh --that did him all the good mat he received.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
IN MAKING A SCRAP BOOK

The scrap book habit. provided 1t ts rot carried to excess. Is invaluable. Eor reference nothing takes It's place, as if has an advantage over otheE oompilations of information that It IS usually formed along lines that pe- culiarly appeal to the owner, says The Philadelphia Press.
 A scrap book to be useful must be arranged with system. A hoige-podge Of information defeats the purpose of the book. It is well to have smaller hooks that are usually used, both because they are more easily handled and because e scrap book Is more val uabIe if 1t treats of but one class or subjects. that it opens out flat and is well bound. It Is a mistake to get one with a flimsy cover or poor paper that crinkles with pasting. Many books ready mucilaged can now be bought. but these are more expensive than ordinary kinis and sometimes eall to stick
 A good photographers paste is the best medium; mucilage is sticky and not lasting and flour paste sourS. Have a broad brush to apply the paste and put 1t on thinly enough not to get lumpy.
 There win be less danger of pages sticking together if after a clipping ia pasted in. a thick paper or piece of muslin Is put over 1t and pressed with a mo lerAtely hot iron. This makes the pages look heater and flat ter.
 Even where a book is devoted to one class of subjects the clippings should be grouped Tn subdivisions. and an idex should be placed in the front of the book If the scrap book ia not alphabeted anu paged. 1t should be done by hand. The alphabeting
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
WOMEN AND MEMS CLOTHES

A woman always likes to see a man well dressed. and can generally detect errors. though 1t isn't always advisable to point them out.
 When a man is well groomed he will look well dressed, though his clothes be old and shabby. If he but look clean and neat about the head and feet the rest of his person will generally pass muster. These two points usually catch woman's eye.
 When one sees the sort of errors in dress of which cdurting young men are guilty. 1t Is wonder they ever succeed in impressing any young woman. Unless, of course, the young woman decides that the man will never dress properly until she has married him and shown him how to. The awful searecrow in a heavy brown suit. with enormous boots. and a neck tie rueking up over the back of his collar. certainly seems to need some bodys aid to make him presentable.
 Mems hats change in fashion a good deal. but it Is always better to select the shape that suits you. rather than look guy in order to be in the iashion. Good boots, like good suits always pay. Excepting. perhaps, the patent boot. which is being rightly busted by the giace kid, brown boots are the most comfortable but must not be worn with black clothes. The but ton boot. too, hardly suits a manly man, being rather an effeminata article.
 The scarf pin is an article of adorn ment Of the. unobtrusiVe nature with the well-dressed man. A small pearl pin In black tie. or a turquoise pin in gray and lighter colors, Is the limit Enormous horseshoes and imitation diamonds on a large scale speak fo, themselves
 Incongruities are what make q mar look badly dressed. A Norfolk jackei should be worn with ,knickerboekeri and not with trousers. except in case of wearing flannel trousers fol tennis or boating. Colored shirts should harmonize with ties and the suit gen erally.
 1 Clean boots. well-brushed clothes. ( shaven face. white teeth. caredAor hair. trimmed nails. all go toward king a man well dressed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
LET CHILDREN SLEEP ALONE

Let our children sleep alone" pleads former President Loubet, the noted student of child culture. in The Wash ington Times.
 Tt saps their strength to occupy even the same room with older people, and they need absolute solitude for perfect rest The case of certain boarding school win illustrate. Ev- cry year. regularly, the boys enter rosy and strong. but leave pale and thin. We find that the little fellows are never an hour alone. Their plays and le.sure are superyised:no lonely strolls. no dreaming. all is done in groups of boys. accompanied by an under teacher. Studying must be in common: their privacy is not respected The boys mu7t sleep in dormitorie>; even their repose must be amid ter nado of human vibrations.
 ''Is 1t vibrations? This is the gaf' ting gun theory. Or do stronger boys absorb the vitality of the weak? This Is the vampire theory. :.
 Watch your Lttle boy or girl. IT they are really free You will ois' cover they take daily rest from 'hu' man contart
 "Ii Is true that 1t is not always the seemingly weaker who suner, put one or the other is sure to.
 The children neeing for rest in the country will take to the garden. woods or meadow--alone. or In little groups that do not hurt each other
 But in the cites their only refuge is their own bedrooms. Every child. when it is possible. should have it's own exclusive bedroom. lis den its own private place. It's reruge. pure and cool from the bombardments of allen vitaIities. Here, lying eight. ten hours each day alone. the child recunerafsf from the mysterious III of overeontaci with Its kind.
 "'Thcre are two varieties of sleep. further explaius M Lounet. "ProfeS' sor yaschide's long continued scien fife studies of the question show thai solitary sleep iR alone truly reparanv' and reposing. Tho child that sleeps IT the same room with grown people. th' ehi.d who must sleep with other rhii' dren. has a sleep that IS more super fcIal Jess continuous.
 "All the functions of the organism such as the beating of the heart. blood pressure. respiratory movements, pro auction of heat, automatically siacken- ed during solitary sleep, undergo nota. ble perturbations as 10 rhythm ana constancy in sleep that is troubled py human contact.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
RANCHES
RULES AT FIREsIDE
 N REALM or HEARTS
 FOR FoUNT OF YOUTH

and receive happiness is unlimited. Then use moments which you have been accustomed to idle away or to employ in melancholy thoughts. in improving yourself. Let this i'm. prevement be three-fold. until body and mind and spirit all radiate new briItiancy.
 Instead of bemoanins the fact that your hair Is growing thin and losing It's luster. give few moments daily to systematic care and noarlshment of woman's great glory; feed the hungry pores and brush and air and sun your locks. And always mentally see your self beautiful and radiant
 Give your complexion care: cleanse and nourish the cells which lie un. der the cuticie. Rouse the half dead surface to action. and breathe new powee into your lungs, which will send warm blood all over your stagnant system.
 Give your mind new thoughts. dive your spirit new aspirations. and feed your brain with some new purpose.
 Keep up whatever accomplishments you possess: cultivate new ones. Be- gin at 70. 50 or 60 even to study lan- guages and music and art.
 And instead of continuails thinking about advancing age. think about in creasinR qualities and charms: instead fo worrying over added years; rejoice over added occupations and means Of enjoyment Encourage the young to seek your society. Amuse and inter est them. and this can only be done by keeping in sympathy with thoir ideas.
 If you find your thoughts running along tho line of criticism or dis paraging comparisons of the young people of the day. with those of your own morning time. keep your ideas to yourself. Do not utter them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26

of man to whom the prise once att ta.ned loses it's value.
 Now. which of these two men would you advise her to take?
 Of course. there is always the chance of some man coming along who com pines brain. goodness and magnetism. but let us eliminate the unknown third and consider the two on hand.
 Some people would at once decide that 1t would be far wiser to take the first man. and so, of course. it would be on wisdom's side, but fn tr better to have perfect happiness for short time than lukewarm happi- ness for long time-that's the ques- ton.
 sentimentaIists would exclaim, Marry the man you love and know perfect Happiness if only for short time."
 The girl has few relatives and as earning her own living. She is tired of it and anxious to marry. When she came to me for advice advised her if she was determined to accept one of them to take the first What she feels for the second man is not real love: 1t is merely attraction and wiu not last N
 The first man she respects and she enjoys an intellectual friendship with him. He Is not goody-goody, nam by-pamby man: ne is . real man whom all men love and respect. He Is Tot an angel. but he will make an angelic husband.
 In time the girl will grow to care Tor him. IL may not be whiriwind, passionate love. but it will be an ar. lection based on respect and conEen. iality' and that is the kind that lasfs
 If she married the other man her life would be spent In looking after hiin and forgiving him. If she mar. ries this man, his life will be spent in looking after her and giving her the tender protecting care that every woman loves.
 The gay, debonair, magnetic men may be the kind that make a siri.s heart go pit-a-pat, but the steady, re. liable men are the ones who take care of her and make her the best husbands. There ia no one so easy 10 spoil as the good-loeking man who has personal magnetism Every wom. an succumbs to him, and the result ff thoroughly conceited. spoiled man,
 You don't want the man that other girls have spoiled. Branch cut for yourself and choose the good, kind manly man who Is not so sure Of his own Irresistible charms. He ss the man to make you happy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
DARKENrNa THE EYEBROWS

If chemicals are used to darken the brows and lashes the roots will be in- jured. so it really better to use the simplest means. Indian ink dissoivent in water and applied with camel's hair brush. is good application but not a drop should touch the skin; only the hairs.
 A bit of burnt cork literally charred is good and has the advantage or being perfectly harmless In order to make this stay on . drop of giycsr- in may be first applied. then the cssk and 1t will remain long enough for any purpose. Anything of the sort should always be washed out with soap and warm water at night and the tonfs give in my formula for darkening the brows may then be ap- piled.
 For very stubby eyebrows a for mula for c bandoline is 10 dissolve two ounces of powdered gum arabic in a gill of rosewater: add drop Of aniline dye and thls may be kept on during the day. as we'll as at night un- til the hairs are properly trained. Straight. level brows are very attrac- tive. as well as those that grow straight until near the end and then give the sudden dip of the wing of a swallow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
SEASONS JEwELRY
 OFFERINGS

shop counters are blazing with brti. iants. glinting with gold and silver ana the dull giimmer of jet and sig, mailing irresistibly to the woman ot fashion--and every other woman, foi that matter-with the twinkle of ling ling chains. the snapping of jeweies purses.
 Furnished silver Is in the lead in metals. but so far as can be discovered fhe popularity of jet has not waned in the least degree. It is used In bar rettes. bracelets, necklaces hat pins. purses and beaded belts. Though bslts will be little worn this seson. stnce the Moyen Age style defines no waisf line, chain girdles Gin more or less barbaric designsl will be worn with the evening gowns, in girth fashion about the waist. For evening use also is the new bracelet fan. This fan is usually a tiny affair. and twisted about the wrist several times, so that the fan may be unfolded and used at q moments notice, and when not In uGes Is not in the least in the way.
 Long neck chains, to winch may bo attached the little change purse.. lorge
 nettes. lockets, amnlets, or any of ths
 little trinkets a woman loves Co have | dangling about her. will no dowbf prove to be greatly in demand. The1s chains are shown in silvsr. or in . combination of gold and silver, tho nat link being used almost entirely. xn the better grades the chains are sci with stones the amethyst. topax and ,apis having the prefence. Ina French woman has adopted uniQua style of her own in wearing these neo1x chains. She carefully fastens the enda up. sometimes at the corgagB line sometimes at the waist.
 A new idea in brooches is the nne of platinum and white enamel Ms . mounting. One particularly attractive one seen in the shops was a large amethyst set in a conventional dias
 nond design of the white enamel backed with platinum.
 There is a growing insistenca that all jewelry shall match the gown it is worn with. and though this Id en expensive style. tt is a most effectivs one In earrings, this is particularly noticeable. though the revival Of ear- rings in this country has not been as widespread as abroad. They are now being shown extensively, however. Tn the long drop style, with the amethyst topaz, and lapis again preferred. The circular hoop of jet win be worn by the woman who Is inclined to extremes Something new in lockets has just appeared which should satisfy the de- mand for color scheme in Jewelry- They are of enamel in color. corresponding to the fashionable new shades. the eia- ameling being done on sterling silver. With the low-cut blouses and the Dutch necks dominating waist styles. women speedily discovered the attrac- tiveness of the velvet ribbon band about the throat. A distinct novelty embodying this idea is the band made over thin strip of spring steel. This 1 can be sprung around the throat on the same principle of the trouscx 1 guards that the cyclist used to wear. Most of these are ornamented with bows or buckles or tiny pendant tas+
 sells. and give a distinctive touch to the costume.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-26
SLENDER MAIDEN Is TYPE.


 If the hands are rather large. the sleeves should never be fitted tightly at the wrists. Let the cuffs be a little loose and the hands will look much smaller.
 The thin woman with q slender hgure should never make the rnIs take Of wearing Q tight-fttIng prin- cess dress unreiieyej by trimming in the front. If makes her look flat ehested and too much like a lath to be admired by any one. however partial
 The same woman appears a totally different creature if she wears a waist made with some fuIiness in the front Fluffy white waists are especially be- coming to the slender maiden. She is decidedly the type that can stand dres- ing up. A frock that would make a plump woman look oysrdressed and fussy will have an entirely different appearance on thin person.