New-York tribune., 1912-04-14
Some Ways of the World

Such a sadness as that child has" re-
marked the kind hearted German maid as
she watched the child who would not enter
into the games at the party.
yes. I don't wonder either" returned
the French nursemaid. Her frock is hor-
ribe, and she knows it-all starched that
way and standing out like a ballet dancers.
when no nicely dressed children have looked
like that for years"
People in whose heart nestles an under
standing Of childish sorrows and joys long
ago agreed that II is no less than cruel TO
send child into the company OF other
children who are likely to make remarks
about her dress. The country child who Is
sent to visit little friends in the city shodld
be provided with at least one fashionable
little frock. made simply. II necessary, but
cut and trimmed in the same way az the
city child's party dresses BY all means II
there is but one such dress. have 1t OF
washable material, for no matter how care
full Elizabeth herself may be OF her new
splendor there is no guarantee that little
Master Knickerbocker Will feel the same
awe Of IT, And II he spills ice cream over
her only blue satin skirt. what can the
country mouse wear next time?
pink, yellow, purple, Ny dear Laura.
what are all these awful colored pills? Your
medicine chest looks worse than a colored
supplement TO a Sunday paper"
That's very true, my dear" placidly
replied the woman who was packing 10 60
/,
life when / am III I'm a strange country
I have learned that even the most stupid
OF foreign maids usually understands the
words for the colors. and when am too
miserable to describe the pill ! want in
any other way feebly moan pink pill
pink-plnk' and don't get the rheumatism
medicine, because that Is brown. The only
color not on this list Is blue. and that is
reserved for powders. three different shades
for as many different drugs. All white
nowders are very dangerous because they
arc so easily confused. The colorins mat
ter is OF course quite harmless"
1.-THE trouble with your women's bazaars
and money making devices" said the man
who knows, lis that you do things In too
much of a hurry 1t Is slap bang. We're
so busy with our social duties that we
have no time 10 spare save the middle oil
next month. II we hurry we can rush II
through
"The result usually is tableaus, when
are all very well, OF course, but they are
Just successful enough to satisfy the man
ayers and to blind them to the fact that
II. Ja N
more by we'll organized fair
Beware OF the delicate child" According
to one thoughtful mother there is more
danger OF contagious disease In one wan
faced little princeling at a great hotel thah
In dozen poor children In public school
my little boy" she says. never had the
measles until after our stay at the Sea
View, and I am convinced that the other
children's diseases with which he has been
afflicted from time to time were the result
OF contact with children at the hotels we
have chosen for holiday trips Hereafter
travelling, or else have to put up with my
society alone at the great public cara
vansaries.
II have made up my mind that people In
general. when they have a sick child, take
him out of quarantine a few days before
the time is up and HE them to the best
places they know. as they imagine treat
OF a week or two at smart hotel Is
their just reward for the anxiety they have
gone through during the child's Illness.
Never word do they say Of any sickness
having been the cause Of the puny looks Of
John or Dorothy. but instead will drawl In
the most Indifferent way II reference is
made to their peaked little features. oh
yes, 10th my ohu9Es9 "a thin tAAI han