The Washington herald., 1910-01-02


tons receive because think r is better 10 stay at
home than 10 20 about feeling Ike poor relation.
Ny mother and i've on the smallest income you
can imagine two people could sibsist on, and would
love 70 increase II by dong work II some kind but
ny mother belongs 10 the old school" She thinks
u undiguited FOR geHtlewomen to work for money.
nor Will she Jet ne ACCEPT any cOurtesss cannot
return So rot having proper clothes and being un-
able to return ali & the hospitality offered 10 IL
kind am debarrsd fIOm the social life delight in
and ] am impatient with the circumstances OF my
life Il seems dreadful thing TO disagree with ones
ORn mother and yet I cannot help feeling that sha
sacrifices too much % appearances and TO no purpose
for deceive no one. Our makeshifts must Re
known 20 al q cur iutmatcs. I know. in fact, that
they are Known, for ere q my friends. very Tica
g1r offered me perfectly new dress the other day.
which She said she did lot ike. % course SIZE did
it because she knew ! needed II. and wanted 70 BE-
kind suTpOse I have a common streak il
Aunt Jane says haTe-bUt it was the hardest thing
ever did 10 refuse that dress. 10 vas offered ia
such lovely spirit and / did need IL So But I ana
writing JOG a book when ! culy meant 20 ask yol
question. fCa are always sympathetic, however.
and seem 10 understand things well that ! just
ee;lid not help H. a harry new year, dear VI. Az
bitter. from CINDERELLA.
Answer-Dear little Cinderella. that is a
sad tale you have told-a sad and famil-
lar tale, for I have heard many ike It.
My advice TO you Is to put on the best
frock you have and your very best smile
and go wherever you are asked, and once
there try to be so bright and witty that
your fellOw-guests viii not think OF your
frock. but only OF the interesting person
It covers. I recall at an afternoon recep-
ton at my mothers house long, long age,
when ! was hardly more than lad, TIC
visit OF young woman who at first
glance. thought the plainest most unat-
tractiye person I had ever seen. Shs
wore old-fashiOned, ill-fitting, unappro-
pirate clothes, but she was in my own
house, and 7 felt in duty bound to enter
ain her Dear little Cinderella, at the
end OF a quarter Of an hour I could not
have told what she had on; ! only knew
that hers was the most sparkling mini
I had ever met with, that her smile was
like the opening Of q rose, showing heav-
en- beyond" and that when she took Der
plain. little figure out Of the drawing
room. It was as though the sun was sud
denly eclipsed, and I-but that IS another
story. II / should tell You the girls
name, you would recognize her as one OF
tire most brilliant hosteSses OF the dav.
! So go and wear your shabby clothes
7 with as much grace and dignity as YOU
can. 1t is better that your gown should Re
shabby than that your mind should be dull.
( But, dear little Cinderella, don't be i'm
patient with the circumstances OF your
/ life" There is nothing to be gained By
such an attitude. except the circum-
stances. and make the most OF them.
/ 5 Question-Can you tel ne II Burns pens have
I ever been translated into French ] ar most aux-
ioJs 10 get good translation OF the Address 70 the
Devil ard being no rhymesteT cannot make one.
MONSIEUR FELIX.
| Answer-BUrns' poems have been trans
| lated into French by Monsieur Augusts
! Angeliier These translauons appeared.
I think. in the early 's0s, although it
was some time later that I ran across
them. I remember being much amused
! at the address 20 the devil It went In
/ this way:
/ Aliens. bon soir vieux Nick.
/ Je desire cue III reaochiszes eJ que u tamendsz
/ 1u Journals pedt-stre en- sais hen.
Avoir enCVTe Uue chance.
| Celia ne tait clagTln De pHser q &c trou
Siems pour tor.
| The original, you remember. reads:
But fare you well, aud NiCkisbel.
: wsd " tax thought and meat
Ye siblns night Dina ken
Stil has stake
I'm vac 70 think upon you den,
Eyn for your sake.
You will agree with me I think, that
/ the translation gives one very little idea
Of the original II is almost Is funny SIS
/ the rendition some French author made
/ of "AH Hail, Macbeth as "Bonjour,
! Monsieur Macbeth"
/ Question-The other day one Of my fe.losc,srks.
/ q man, Of course asked me IN 90 20 the theatar
/ and when ted him 7 could not 20 with him alone
! thst he would have 20 ask some older woman. "a
/ beesa5 very mad and said under the circumstances
he would not 90 az al, and since then he grcwls
/ ne every tine we PASS each other II the store.
/ am Cuy seventeen and ny mother has never let me
/ 60 10 the theateT with man alone but this IS the
/ first tine have worked in q stone and TIE other
girls tel that Tor a shop girl ] am too pqr-
ticulaT ] don't see Why being a shop gil makes
/ any difference in right and wrong. Al any rate 7
shall never disobey ms mother no matter If I an a
/ shop Grl. What shall do about this, I cannot
bear to have that man sowing at me all the time
/ BEATRICE Il.
! Answer-Do nothing. and let the man
! scowl. You were quite right TO obey
/ your mother, and trust you VIII carry
out your intention OF never disobeying
! her. If your fellow-Clerk was a gentle
man. he would respect and admire you
| for needing your mothers wishes.
| 5. QuestiCn-Iu your beautiful America there sra
many social Customs have 70 discovered that from
ours Of the Old World very difference are. I net
the other day at the house Of a friend q nice isdv
| Of some middle age and In nay parting I did kiss
her on the hand, as IS our custom 70 do. bit shs
| looked supprized that / most embarrassed was
| Was II bad figure to 50 kiss her hands
Il. K. Won s
Answer-We do not. as on the con-
tinent kiss the hand" but II Is not bad
| form 10 do so, and such a mark OF re-
spect should occasion no surprise TO
women veTsed in the ways OF the world.
e QuestOn-Is it customary to ask ladies 70 drink
a toast? l. o. T.
Answer-No; formal toasts have gone
out Of style except at Official dinners,
but there is no harm in touching glasses