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The San Francisco call., 1913-09-11
The Girl Who Is
~ Tilted "a
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

swims under your feet at the very
idea that he doesn't care for you as
he did-you want to die-you pray to
stop living-just now
You think it will last forever. this
misery. this lonely gnawing at your
heart. Oh. no! Oh. no. It will not--it
will not-nothing lasts-nothing. not
even happiness; not just the same
way.
A year from now you'll have trou-
bic to remember the color OF his eyes.
and five years from now. when some
body asks you where he is. you'n
have time trying to think when It
was that you last saw him.
oh. yes. you will; you aren't SO diff
ferent from all the rest OF the world
you aren't the first TO crush out a
JOY from your very heart and live and
laugh afterward.
Others have gone through with it,
so can you.
Don't let any one know, don't let
any one dream what it is your suffer.
for. when all is gone. good old hon
est pride win come and say: Lean
upon me, little sister" and first you
know your heart will stop aching,
and then how glad you'll be that you
kept your own counsel
And the man-don't be too bitter
about him-he is in trouble. too.
1t is a bad thing for DECENT man
to find out that he has made mis-
take like that-don't make it any
harder for him-or for yourself.
Love, love-oh, yes. it makes the
world go round. all right-but you
haven't bid farewell to love just be-
cause one young man isn't writing
TO you every day in the week and
twice on Sundays.
And whisper-when you want
man to run after you-you pick up
your skirts and run-just as fast as
YOU can IL he has a particle OF sport
ing blood in him he'll take after you
as fast as he can-it's the nature of
the animal
WRITE TO HIM
Write this particular young man a
letter. kindly, friendly. puzzled-ask
his what is the natter-then II he
doesn't aswer that. or IL he answers
it in some sort of half way. maybe
and maybe not fashion-drop him and
drop him quickly.
That's the best way. that's the only
way-a girl who has to run after a
man never gets man worth run
ming after-an the decent ones can
run so much faster than she can
and they will do II, too-the minute
they even suspect they hear her little
high heels pounding down the road
after them.
For so they are made-be sure of
that If you are not sure of another
thing on earth.
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THE young man fell in love, dead
in love. or at least he acted as If
i that was what he was doing.
He never left the girl alone a
minute. He followed her from pillar
TO post and back to the pillar again.
He wrote poetry and he sang and he
sent flowers and he told her she was
the prettfest thing alive and he talked
about a bungalow. and a little gar
den and just they two together on tho
porch. and he bought ring-and then
-he went away.
At first he wrote-oh, such besuti-
sful .letters-silly, her mother thought
them but they weren't silly to the
girl. She smiled over them and cried
over them and hid them under her
pillow at night-and answered them
-and waited for the postman-and
. now he's stopped writing.
She noticed that the letters were
not quite so sweet as they used to be
then they were shorter, then they
came schooner and then-they stopped
altogether. She knows the man Is
well, for she took pains to find that
out. Now, then. what shall she do?
SHE was to write to him every day
-sshe does write half a dozen letters
a day-and tears them up.
SAD LETTERS
Sad sletters-letters that try to be
. gay and -alluring. letters with a sob
in. every line. letters that sound like
Il fit Of hysterics-letters that are an
.agoRg of appeal-calm, reasonable
0letters-frm letters-all kinds-tear
them. all up. little girl. tear them all
UP. except the friendly ones and only
!. send. one. OF those.
:: .:If:.you are really engaged to the
man m is your right TO know what
Is the matter with him. Don't risk
your. iife's happiness for a silly re-
.ssr've-write. him and ask him what's
the .,niatter-you could do that TO
.y'euf :..o2n brother, couldn't you?
THAT Will give him his chance. and
that's what you want to do-give him
: his. .cEance-and yours-to get out Of
s. .what:may be a disagreeable situation
for you both.
= No. don't appeal to his pity. don't
try TO bring back what he once felt
= for. you. That isn't fair; 1t isn't fair
to hirfl--or 70 yourself.
.If..he. wants to get away from you
row,.you can't let him 90 far enough.
If you caBthold him before marriage,
..::'what IN the world would you do once
.you were Just his wife? And then. 1t
isn't honest; it isn't square to make a
man actually break with you. Let
kim give you the chance to do that.
Whatever else you lose, don't lose
your pride. That VIII help you
through when nothing else on earth
!. will, oh. yes. l know the world
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Heard on the Pier

Johnnie-Awful sad. Charlie dying
suddenly like that. don't you know.
wasn't it7 What was the cause of it.
old man?
Algy-well, his summer holiday
came round. you know, and"
"Well?7
HE wore a new shirt and
"of course
He got hot"
Naturally
Well, that made the shirt shrink
and"-Aigy shrugged his shoulders
ito cut long story short, 1t choked
him to DEATH"
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and elbow high. knitted woolen
"toaue.' scarf for neck or waist, one
pair of wooden stockings to the knee,
and another pair that folds in a roll
above the ankle. boots of waterproof
leather, and the best of all knickers
OF waterproof cloth. When winter
comes bowling across the hills. even
II you have to forego the knickers.
the rest of it is rig worth trying.
Winter is no fun If you aren't comfy
and don't know that you look pretty.
NELL BRINKI.EY.
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was that when she was a girl every
time any man came counting her her
family would make fun Of him. They
would point out that he had a nose
like a beak. or a jaw like a bulldog,
or that he waddled when he walked,
or that he sputtered when he talked.
and, having been made to see him
in this absurd light she could never
again behold him as the hero of her
dream. The result was that she kept
waiting for the one perfect man. be-
yond family criticism. to come along,
and, as he never did, she drifted help
lessly into spinsterhood.
Another reason why girls don't
marry is because they have the mis-
fortune to have parents who are hink
drances instead of helps. Before yoG
can pull off a success at anything
you've got to have a good chance to
do 1t, and this is as true of matri-
mony as OF business. A girl can't
marry unless she has the opportunity
and It is up to her parents to pro-
vide that opportunity.
MANY WAYS
This can be done in many ways;
by letting a girl go TO places where
she will meet eligible men, by giving
her the best clothes that can be af :
forded, because her youth is the sun
shine in which girl must make her
matrimonial hay, and chiefly by max
ing the home such pleasant place
that men will like to come to it.
Yet there are mothers and fathers
who make every young man who
comes to the house feel as If he were
an interloper, or burglar, with the
very natural consequences that no
youth has the courage to encounter
such an inhospitable reception Sec
ond time and all the men in the COM
munity flock around some girl whose
parents give them the glad hand.
Believe me. mother and father have
just as much to do with making
Mamie and Sadie q belle as the girls
own attractions have.
Another reason why so many girls
are Ola ndlQc Is BcCduSC LACAA Pei
ents haven't enough sense to get out
of the way and give man a chance
TO make love. How can a fellow have
the nerve to make love to girl
when father is sitting by the drop
light. not six feet away, reading the
evening paper. and mother and Aunt
Jane are gossiping within earshot
and little brother is listening behind
the portiere? And how can a gif
play up her little arts and articles
with the family looking on, ready to
guy her about it as soon as the front
door closes behind the man?
THEY FORGET
Every man and woman must re-
member how they acted in thar own
courting days, and yet in spite Of
this you will hear father say that
he is not going to let Sally and her
fool beaux drive him out of his
own favorite chair in his own sit
ting room. Very well. Let him stick
to 1t If he wants Sally 10 be an old
maid and to have to support her in
stead Of her having a husband to
do it.
OF course. the architects that ar
range modern flats don't take love
making into account They crowd
the little winged god out. which is
perhaps one reason why there's less
marrying in cities than there is IN
the country and small towns
The moral OF all of which is that
if you want your girls to marry you
must give them chance. You must
help along the love game. not strew
tacks in its way.
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WV yHEN President Chauncey De-
M we're Appleton ascended the
~ platform TO preside at the one
hundredth and forty ninth convening
OF the Children's congress. called In
session Extraordinary, he did not take
a seat In the presidents chair. as was
his custom. but remained standing in
rather a constrained, unnatural atti-
tude.
THE thought will give you to
take home today" he began. the
weight of sad experience giving
gravity to his voice, is that none of
you must take your mothers literally.
Il am seven. and while I believe
that have reached an age Of dignity
and wisdom. my mother does not al
ways agree with me-
A groan swept over the house.
overcome with pain recently. he
resumed, 'at the slap l received from
my sister when l used her oil paints
in decorating my dog. l broke into
tears.
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Helping Along the
G Jame VI
Bv DOROTHY DIX

A GREAT many parents wonder
u why their daughters do not
4 a marry. They see other girls,
not half so pretty nor attractive as
their own. settling themselves COM
fortably in life with husbands and
homes. while their own daughters are
headed for the spinster's retreat, and
they puzzle their brains why this Is
thus, and why one maiden is called to
the altar and another left.
And it never occurs to them that
they themselves are their daughters
matrimonial hoodoo. They don't IN
tend to be. Good gracious, no! Far
from it, They are convinced that
matrimony is the predestined career
for woman, and that the wedding
bell is about the surest dinner bell
that ever rings for a girl. II you
would accuse them of trying to in
sure their Mamies and sadies being
old maids. they would Indignantly
deny the charge. Yet such is the
case. They block the love game at
every turn instead of pushing it
along.
Take the case, for instance, in
which the family constitutes itself a
committee of criticism that sits in
judgment upon every young man that
comes to the house and. tears him
limb from limb. Is any youth going
to subject himself to that ordeal If
he knows it? Is any girl going to
stand for having her men friends
vivisected if she can help 1t?
Not much We are all human and
we've all got faults and foibles. but
we don't care to have them dis
cussed and ridiculed. nor do we enjoy
having our friends made the target
for the near wit, even Of our own
family.
I know beautiful and charming
young girl who is much admired by
men, who are much puzzled as to why
she never invites them to call upon
her at her home though she evi-
IDENTIFY enjoys their society elsewhere,
and who wonder why. when they sug-
gest coming to see her, that she al
ways makes some excuse to prevent
their doing so. The real reason is
because her family consider every
beau that shs has as their game. Only
let a man come to see her and they
make merry over his every peculi-
arity. They initiate his walk and
his mannerism and turn him into
such a figure OF fun that It has made
the girl have a perfect horror of hav-
ing a man come to see her, and thus
Offering him up as a fresh victim.
The family think all of this a mer-
ry jest. but about 10 years from now,
when sadie's beauty begins to fade.
and they realize that she is still
hanging on the parent bough, the
fact that they kept her from marry
Ing. by making her afraid to have a
man come to see her. won't seem so
funny. But that's just what they're
doing. Family criticism explains
why there's many an old maid.
Then there's the family that kills
loves young dream by ridicule. A
maidens budding fancy is the most
delicate and sensitive thing in the
world and it can be blighted almost
by a breath. Heaven knows why,
but a certain poetry and romance
must surround a man before a girl
can fail in love with him. and if you
tear this away from him there is
nothing doing in the sentiment line
for her.
MADE Fun or HIM
I once asked particularly charm
ing old maid why she had never mar
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wv HEN the soft. tender months of
w Indian summer have slipped by
so stealthily. so dreamiiy
that, drinking deep Of their wine. you
find the bottom Of the cup before you
have scarce begun. autumn harkens to
stealthy sound-a breath from the
north. At the gate OF her rustling
golden woods she cries. who goes
there?" And back comes the answer
In a frosty. ringing voice. 1T Is =
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SHASTA
SISSON TAVERN

Three-quarters Of mile from SisSoo S..r.
Ing place for hunters md fishers ana the
ascent OF Mt Shasta trip. Fishing and hunt
ing. Fine lake close by. Table and accomno-
dations the best Games rowing and s]vln,
ming. MR.. and MRS. CHARLES WRIGHT
ProDrietors. Sisson, Cal.
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deep valleys. where 1t glazes into ice
on the uttermost slopes, where Il
sweeps from the home of the whiri-
wind and the snowslide, In mighty
toboggan ways fit for god or giant.
they do not ski. Some day they will
winter girls here will sport the same
fetching, sensible. easy rig they wear
in Switzerland. Bobsledding would be
a better thing than 1t already is II we
could do it In this-a sweater of
brilliant color. woolen gloves knitted
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CAMPBELL HOT SPRINGS

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unsurpassed for rheumatism. gout. liver and
kidney complaints and all stomach troubles; no
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picturesque drives; si2 to si4 Der week. Reund
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springs; auto meets trtins at LOyaiton; or round
frip To Truckee. stage TO springs: booklet on
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booklet write AL KUHN. Applegate. Cal. or
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MARK WEST SPRINGS

Trains leave s. F.. twice daily for Santa
Rosa where stage eonnerfS Round trip So. Is.
including stage: excellent table: hot mineral
baths; all kinds OF sports. NO MOSQUITOES.
Fine auto roads. NJ. MULGREW. SANTA
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the SPIRIT of WINTER" And the
gold woods turn to bronze-and they
rustic dryer and dryer. and soon the
ground is rout of flying leaves. and
the. trees are naked. And then the
and city streets and the far Rockies.
And the winter girl comes '.bobbing. .
skating, sleighing. snowshoeing, ski
ing, IL she is lucky enough to be in
Canada or the Alps. Out in my own
Rockies, where the snow packs in the
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NORTH SHORE
LAGUNITAS

Casa Madrona now open for season. Finest
board and accommodations. beautiful surround.
ings. tonic climate. magnificent scenery No
tuherculars Address MISS T. GREFF ,cn.
nltas. Marin Co. CaI.. box 1 - -
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BOYES HOT SPRINGS

Round trip fare $l.65. Swimming tank 1850
by rs feet. Send for booklet BOYES HOT
SPRINGS, Cal.
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President chauncey De-
M we're Appleton ascended the
Wv n1atfor,,, RI presfde at tha ore
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Medals of Our Presidents

to see that a medal was made of
George Washington, and from that
day to this each secretary of that
department of government has had
a medal made of sthe President in
whose cabinet he served.
The medal of Washington was
made by an engraver named Duviv-
Ter. the most expert in all France
1t is three inches in diameter and,
on its diverse side bears a bust OF
the father of his country in profile,
and the inscription, George Wash
ington, President Of the United
States, 1888.
On the reverse side appear two
clasped hands, one that of an Indian
the other that of a colonial officer
a tomahaWk and a calumet of peace
crossed; and the inscription, Peace
and Friendship" Numbers of these
were struck off and given to the In
dams as token of the white mans
friendship for them
The medal of President Lincoln is
particularly interesting and, it is
said, a remarkable likeness. 1t shows
his rugged features in profile ant
bears the simple inscription, "Abra-
ham Lincoln On the reverse side
enclosed in a wreath of oak leaves
set on branches of laurel and palm
crossed, are inscribed the dates o.
| his Inauguration, his assassination
and his death. Look at his likeness
on the next Lincoln penny" thai
comes your way and you will see {
replica of the likeness of him tina
appears on the medal.
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lie EVENT TOMORROW ON THE IsTHMUs.
TOMORRC

TOMORROW WILL witness the first act IN the marriage
of Atlantic and Pacific at the narrow shmu OF
Panama when Gamboa dixie which holds the waters of
blown up by the engineers and the water is al
lowed to rush great Cueba cut The blast that is to
dixie will be of earthquake proportions for each
of than will be exploded from 80 to 100
pounds dynamite With this feat the nteroceanc canal
will virtually completed and the dream of be fulfilled
As early 1920 the piercing of the sthmus proposed by
Angel Suavedr and thirty later by Antonio Galvao but
sansh enterprise gold discovery and the ootng
and natives If had been undertaken by Spain
native slave would been employed ghtful
sacrifice human life. 1t mercifuy left to humane
nation shmus its plague and
less of human life than other great
engineering What Spain unable do in
The empire this continent France undertook In
1879 Lesseps the canal took up
project which was capitalized at 6O0OOOO00 francs The
disastrous failure of the enterprise well known 1t then
ngng aside the restraint of selfish trans
railroad interests bought the French rights and
proceeded build the canal which and forever excu
svey United States property and part of coast line
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Do you know that in the vaults OF
the United States mint at Philadel-
phia, snugly enclosed in oil wrap
pings, are steel dies of medals bear
ing the likenesses of each of the
twenty-six Presidents of the United
states? And President Wilson S
medal is to be placed among them
very shortly.
Now, no doubt, you have seen
many pictures and likenesses of our
various presidents; also you may
have noticed they are not all alike.
Indeed, some of them would be taken
for likenesses of entirely different
persons. Naturally, Uncle Sam
wants to preserve the features of
each of the men who have presided
at the White House, so that those
who come after us may see exactly
what they looked like. But, mark
you. the likeness he keeps on file
must be absolutely accurate in every
detail
Hence through all the years he has
had a medal struck off of each of
our presidents very shortly after they
took the oath of Office. The set is
complete Not one is missing from
George Washington clear down to ex-
President Taft.
Great pains were taken in the max
ing of the dies for these medals, the
most expert engraver of the time be-
ing engaged to make them of each
OF the successive presidents. When
the first Congress of the United
States met it authorized the secretary
of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton
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I'VE have only just begun. When
| went to Alaska to study a little
mine in the lower part of the PENN
sula | made up my mind that the en-
tire Alaskan peninsula is saturated
with gold. Further investigation per-
suaded me of another thing. Ever
since began the study of the precious
metals, their location, their geological
formation and the manner of mining
them, have been satisfied that some
where on the North American CONT
nent the great mother lode of gold
existed and that some day adventur-
Gus prospectors and explorers would
discover it,
Here Senator Jones raised his hands,
and, with a great sweeping gesture
that was intended to cover symbol
ically the remote Northwest, he said
II am now satisfied that the mother
lode of gold lies somewhere in that
immense icy and dreary territory
which we call Alaska. 1t will be dis
covered some day, because there is no
difficulty of geography or climate
which men will not master in the
pursuit of gold. Furthermore, | tell
you that. am persuaded that CEN
turtles will pass before the world s
supply of gold will be seriously
diminished"
When Senator Jones spoke to me in
this way the other great discoveries
of gold in Alaska had not been made.
Copyright 1913, by E. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
Thomas l.. James's Visit to General
Grant"
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a jet black head and neck, with a
conspicuous white crescent encircling
the throat. The black on the neck
ends abruptly where the neck joins
the body. and the general tone of the
latter is gray-brown. Its neck is
longer. and generally more slender,
than those of other birds.
There are few warier birds than
the Canada goose. Unless the hunter
has much experience or exceptional
advantages he will find them very
hard to get. The number of birds
that still survive testify to the wari-
ness, the keenness of vision and the
good judgment of this much priced
bird. For this reason they will prob
ably long continue to lend their won
derful charm to our spring and au-
tumn skies, and to be an inspiring
index upon which the weatherwise
base their forecasts.
The Canada goose winters in
Texas. along the Gulf of Mexico,
and in the sounds and bays of Vir-
ginia and the Carolinas and goes
north early in the spring. In the
summer it inhabits the far North,
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GAME BIRDS OF AMERICA
"Learno One
NO. 4-cANADA GOOSE (BenicIa canadensisy
by The Association,

THERE is no more exhilarating
sound in nature than the sonor-
Gus honl1ing of wild geese. Who has
not at some time in his life heard,
far aloft, the well-known trumpet
"Honkl" and the prompt answers all
down the two lines as the N-shaped
flock winged swiftly forward? Usual
ly the geese fly in a broad, V-shaped
line; but this is not constant, and
one sometimes sees them flying in a
long, whip-like curve. This seems to
be when they are temporarily dis
turbed. as by some strong change in
the air currents: but it seldom lasts
long. as the birds soon rearrange
themselves in their geometrical angle
formation. In the raw, windy days
at winters end. as the f1oeks fly
north. the old gander's cry is accept
ed as guarantee of spring and
hailed with joy.
The Canada goose is the largest of
the wild geese of North America. It's
average length is about thirty-five
inches. and it usually weighs fifteen
pounds or even more. This bird has