The Washington herald., 1911-09-24
THINK TWICE AND
THEN DON'T SAY IT
Is a Good Rule for Folks to
Follow.
By KATHRYN HOWARD.

Beatrice has just returned from the
seaside with sunburned nose, five new
rreckles, and a new resolution.
The resolution is to discover to whom
you are speaking and then be careful
what you say.
have often heard the story Of the
man who at a reception turned to an
other man and remarked That hatchet-
FACED blond over there has been trying
TO firt with me the whole evening" to
/ nave the other man retort Sir, that Lady
Is my wife
Il have heard this story. I saw. but
have always considered ia little too
vivid to be perfectly true. Il didn't seem
to me that any one could be so foolish as
TO make remarks like that without be-
Ing sure that there was no connection at
all between the person referred to and
| the person addressed.
But alas, for my surety:
| You know at the little hotel where I
passed the summer, we had Saturday
night dances, at which the bellies and
beaux congregated. 1 am not so very
fond of dancing. but II you don't at
| tend these dances and have a partner
Tor every dance, you are pretty sure to
be pointed out as an unpopular person,
and that would never do at all,
well, II happened that at one OF these
dances l met very commonplace young
man who asked me for a dance, and as
you can't always select your partners
at a summer resort hotel-owing to the
scarcity of men-I agreed to dance with
him.
Talking to His Mother.
TT was just before the dance for
which I was engaged TO him that I
found myself sitting next to a very
charming elderly lady. and we were talk
ing OF the different people that were at
all interesting. Suddenly, saw my part
ner coming toward US.
oh dear" I sighed. Here comes that
frightfully ugly young man to whom I
have promised this dance-isn't It sad TO
have to dance with any one who looks
like that?''
The lady to whom I was talking stiff
fened.
Madame" she said, in frigid tones,
"a mother never sees imperfectIons In
her SON.
Imagine the tabIeaur'
Truly, Beatrice's experience was sad
and trying one. but 1t was such a
situation that might arise at any time
very charming maiden had an expe-
rience Of the same sort. when she con-
fded to a chance acquaintance her opin-
ion of another. girl who was visiting at
the same resort
I think she Is the cattiest sort Of a
person." she said. She never seems to
have good word for anybody and you
would think that she was one Of the
most attractive persons in the world to
hear her talk, when We can all see that
no one likes her the slightest bit"
Sister of "Catty Girl"
1t was only few hours later when the
communicative maiden learned that the
girl who had been the recipient Of her
confidence was sister of the catty girl,
and that she had not disclosed her iden-
tity did not make the situation any more
pleasant for the girl who talked.
Another maiden had a similar expert
ence. She happened to call upon some
friends who had a cottage at one Of our
local .seashOre resorts. Visiting these
friends was a relative. whom. the young
caller mistook for a boarder Therefore.
she begah her little story with great can
dor
"Oh. I know that girl we'll. and her
sister. too. They bleach their hair Just
terribly, and
But here the hostess stopped the con-
ndence with the information that the ma
ligned person was a relative, and that
her hair had always been quite light
The fact is that the majority Of US
talk too much and without any degree
OF caution. We will discuss our most
intimate affairs in street cars and public
places, and then wonder how in the
world any one ever knows of them
If We could only follow the advice to
think twice and then not say it, how
much mischief would be avoided!
Long tunic effects are much to be seen
in new separate skirts, while the pleated
insets at the seams give more fullness