The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-12-28
The Laugh Cure.

This story is one 1 will tell as my
cure which we have instituted as
regular thing each evening after din
ner. 1t is fine for the digestion and an
all round good thing. We all take Il
turn at producing for the occasion
something which will create laughter.
To make the effort worth while and to
introduce a sporty element into the
game we have an amusement fund,
and the one voted to give the most
amusing story has the privilege of Sc
lecting the entertainment for which
the amusement fund shall next be ex-
pended. The story can be either read
or told, or a series of funny pictures
may furnish the fun, or some one may
make a grotesque face and set US all
into a "fit of giggles." Perhaps this
sounds very silly, but in reality it is
part of the plan to relax entirely from
dignity and restraint.
About n glowing fire the trio, as
Dick calls Dorothy, Margaret and me,
we're sitting drinking tea the other
afternoon and eating the most delicious
new tea dainty, a cOncoctiOn OF Mar
garets. Before getting down to the
gist of the story let me say that this
same dainty was nothing more than
small round, rather thick biscuit plen-
tifully sprinkled with cream cheese, in
the center Of which alluringly reposed
maraschino cherry, but it was fine.
Suddenly one of us made a remark
about a certain pretty woman being
so fond of dress"
"And why shouldn't she be?" spoke
up Dorothy. 1T surely is one Of the
special and important duties of WON
an to be fond of dress and to exercise
all her faculties to make that fondneSS
obvious"
And /, supporting the cause, made
my little speech to the effect that Il
New York clergyman arrived In talk
from the pulpit recently at a sensible
conclusion about woman's dress. He
had the courage of his conviction and
denounced the dowd, and he had the
wives those girls whose gowns are
modelled after the latest fashion and
hats Of the newest shapes. Just think
of such Endorsement for the freak hats
of the season.
Now, according to my mind, this il
common sense. 1t helps refute the old
theory that If woman takes an in
terest in dress she is Il frivolous, brain
less idiot As a matter of fact, new
hat gown in which she feels she
looks well, has perfect tonic effect on
woman and no less on the people
with whom she comes in contact. Take
what is called a fashion plate" into
an assemblage of badly gowned WON
en- and watch the effect. They may
disapprove but they will feel their in
feriorlty. They may be younger in
years, but they instantly feel older IL
spirit. They realize that they haT,
missed something that can only be
impaired by the knowledge that one /,
good TO look upon, and, though won
an may be plain and past her firsl
youth. she may feel assured that sh'
Is this If her clothes are up to date.
The clergyman goes the length oi
pointing out that the woman who like
to be in the --latest fashion" is po
likely to be a dull housewife or a so
cial failure, while her opposite Is like
ly TO have Il dreary mind and manne-
and be narrow in her views.
Well, we broke up the tea fight by
concluding that we didn't want to b.
slavish limitations of each other sar
torially, but unless we kept up wiz