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The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
Are Handsome Men
:: =: Vain? =. =:
The Vanes Woman That Ever Lived Is Modest
pared to the Average Man
By BEATRICE FAIRFAx

A RE handsome men vain-is that
~ what you want to know, young
woman-and you ask because
oh. know why you ask He is hand
some, or you think he is, or maybe
he thinks he is-and brother has
warned you against him and mother
says he thinks too much OF himself,
and you're afraid-and So
Well. now. 1 don't know whether
this particular handsome man is vain
or not-but il he isn't he's a freak
of nature-there never was a man on
earth, handsome or ugly. who wasn't
vain.
The vainest woman who ever kept
you waiting for an hour while she
settled her ribbons and dabbed on
just bit more powder is a modest
violet compared to the average man
ugly or plain.
Haven't you noticed that
Open your eyes, friends-open your
eyes
Look at that bow legged little man
with the faded eyes-lets see, about
so odd, isn't he? Pretty heavy to be
out in such a sun, don't you think ?
See him look at the ladies-old.
young, pretty, ugly-they are all Of
interest to him. and he thinks he's
OF interest to every one of them.
The Queen of Sheba could step
down off her throne and. tell the fat
little man that she was dying of love
for him, and he wouldn't be a bit
surprised-not he.
He'd just sparkle his tired eyes and
twist his faded mustache and look as
much like conouering hero as ne
could-and never wonder once what
asylum the lady had escaped from.
Once I lived in the house with a
poor little man-crippled. dwarf,
hideousiy ugly and so weak and i'll
that you couldn't look at him with
out pity.
There were several other girls in
the same house and we all felt sorry
for the poor little distorted fellow,
and we made it a point to be un-
usually nice to him till we found
out that he was worried to death for
fear some of us would commit suicide
for love of him.
THAT WAS ENOUGH
Since that time l have never
counted on the shrinking modesty Of
a man of any age, condition or state
of mind.
The forewonan in the factory down
there - she's handsome, capable.
clever, well dressed, good-she gets
a fine salary-as salaries go-ask her
about it.
She'll tell you that every other man
In the factory has asked her TO marry
him-young fellows getting half her
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
Used in the
Royal Nurseries

Savory & Moore's Food is made
by the we'll known and old
established firm of Savory and
Moore, Chemists to The King,
of New Bond Street, London.
1t has been in general use as
an Infants Food, with highly
satisfactory results, for over half
a century, and it has at various
times been supplied, by special
commands, for use in most of the
Royal Nurseries of Europe.
It's early use saves parents
much trouble, anxiety and ex-
pense, as even the most delicate
infants invariably thrive on it
from the first. 1t is economical
and easy to make.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30

r DON'T know whether 1 ought TO
admit to really seeking hus-
band But that's what it all
amounts to after all. Mother says
that every girls fate is written in
the stars
I wonder IL il is really true.
Anyway IT seems rather a risk to
comes to every girl but once. So 1
am not going to let my chances go
by, and 1t is safer to think of every
man as a possible husband.
1 have just discovered that 1 never
in all the world could marry Dick.
1t took me quite a while to find out.
doubts about the matter happened in
this way: Dick had asked me to the
first dance of the season, and / really
did look adorable. I didn't know him
very well at the time, but 1 did think
he might say something about my
appearance.
Going down in the taxi he said
rather impressiyely, Didn't think I'd
get here at all tonight. Had a bad
auto smashup last night and was TIED
up all day with it,
"Oh, what a shame" 1 said, bent on
being agreeable. Il hope no one was
hurt"
NO, we got the girls out of it all
right" he returned, "and 1 suppose we
ought TO be thankful for that He
said II with a world weary air which
was meant no doubt to impress me.
and I was just about TO make a horrid
retort when we drove up to the club.
AS we were going upstairs Marian
Collins hailed him from above
Hello, Dick he said as though
the two were on very intimate terms.
Some excitement or Broadway last
night. wasn't It? Hope you scolded
him well for it, Miss Dean" turning
TO me, and I laughed and passed on
into the cloakroom. Marian is all
right, but just a little forward with
men"
HIS EYES
During the first dance things
cleared up considerably. Dicks eyes
said indeecribable things, and, as
said before. did look rather we'll
! fancied he gave me up rather re-
luctantly, too. and / was really quite
regaining my spirits when 1 saw him
over in a corner with Marian. carry
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! Do You Know
That

After dancing almost continuously
hours a Pennsy lvania bride collapsed
from exhaustion? AS is the custom
with some foreigners a big wedding
celebration was started in hall.
and at these celebrations a man has
the privilege of dancing with the
bride upon the payment of 81. Some
of the prettier brides get enough
money in this way to furnish their
homes This bride was exceptionally
good looking, and it is said she was
demanded for upward of 700 dances.
The heart of standing man beats
81 times a minute, of sitting one Il
times. When the man is lying down
its beats are reduced to 66 per min
ute?
Miss Ruth Sorensen. who was born
in 1877, and who passed her exam
nation as a lawyer In 1900, has been
fest, Norway? She is the first woman
judge in Norway.
1t takes about SO tons of paint to
cover the 120 acres which the surface
of the Forth bridge represents?
The oldest royal dynasty in the
world is that of Japan. which goes
back unbroken $500 years?
A silver coin is usually in currency
about 81 years?
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:: Advice to the Lovelorn :
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

and accomplished. She has led me to
believe that she loves me. l am work
ing for my father now, and as soon
as / reach the age of 80 he will pass
over to me a lucrative tinsmithing
business. But there seems one draw
back. The girl is tall and stately.
while / am little more than feet
in height. Do you think that should
make any difference? c. d.
Love makes no reckoning of a mat
ter of inches. my dear young man. If
you are big mentally and spiritually
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
no1HER's GUIDE FREE

Much useful information on the Feed
ing and Rearing of Infants viii be fonnC
in Savory & Moore's booklet, "Tht
Baby" copy of which will be mailed
Free, to all applicants by Savory & Moore
Ltd, Chemists to The King, New Bono
Street, London, England.
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I THINK HE DOES
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
| am in love with boy of Is, the
same age as / am. j met him four
years ago. We kept company three
years and it Is one year since we
parted / love this young man very
dearly. but / don't know If he loves
me. He often comes around to my
girl friend and tells her he doesn't t
love me. only he would do anything
in the world for me. Do you think
he loves me? X. Y. u.
Denial of love is sometimes proof.
One can always safely doubt the word
make an effort to win him or to Sc
cure an avowal from him. He needs
waking up, and attentions to you
from another man will do 1t.
HE is RIGHT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Am a young woman, 81 years of
age, and am betrothed to a man two
years my junior. At present this man
is studying. striving to fulfil my dev
sire in becoming professional.
He finds himself in straitened
pecuniary circumstances and re-
fuses to accept assistance from me,
who am we'll situated. AMELIA. C.
admire his pride He will not ac-
cept a penny from you If he Is OF the
right sort. Don't worry il he has
few hard knocks. They will bs
good for him.
OF COURSE NOT
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been keeping company with
girl somewhat my senior. beautiful
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30

and have a heart that is of the right
size you are big enough for any girl
to love and marry.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30

rest so that when / am awake 1 will
be truly awake and ready to enjoy
life. Relaxation is a great tonic. To
learn to relax is almost as important
rule as to learn to enjoy. Given a
where If / am tired and in need of a
sleep tonic
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
CERTAINLY NOT

DEAR MISS F'AIRF'AN.
l am a young lady 25 years old.
and buried my sister six months ago.
AS | go bathing quite often, / would
like to know if bathing is as bad as
dancing, as some people think So
CLARA.
You do not love your sister less, or
mourn her less, when you are in the
water, do you? Moreover, ii is good
for you, making YOU healthy and
strong. and better able to cope against
morbidness. Go in bathing by all
means. The day is coming when COM
mon sense will sweep away this no
tion that one should make a fetish of
ones sorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
ANOTHER HELP

IF it is hard for you to relax. try
this. Lie fiat on your back, put your
arms at your sides and occupy your
mind with how rested you feel, how
you are sinking. sinking through the
couch that is holding you so lightly.
Forget everything but just your own
physical sensations of comfort. And
soon you will be comfortable and
rested
II believe / divide my idea of keep
ing young into three parts: LEARN
TO ENJOY. If you can't have big
things. want all the little things you
can have correspondingly hard
LEARN TO RELAX Get the utmost
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-30
ESCRIBED BY OLIVETTE

TVEN the ddies have the slim silhouette
demand for all feminine today
- Of cut
of this frock of dminu
half of
buttons the front with little abs-OLIVETTE. - -
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
Courts and Army and Navy.

Mr.. Roosevelt has made another at
tack on the judiciary, and again advo-
Gates many of the reforms which
formed the basis for the organization
of his new party, the Progressive.
In a way his contentious are sup
ported by the United States gov
ernment. which is a great stickler for
precedents. Uncle Sam has large
number on his pay roll, a great ma
jority of whom have to settle their
differences with his personal repre-
Sentatives.
When an army or navy man violates
any of the regulations that govern his
term of enlistment (and it matters lit
tie how grave his crime) the civil au-
thorities are ignored and a special
court composed of his superiors is
formed for the purpose of deciding
his guilt or innocence To the common
layman this is a reflection on the ju-
dietary composed of American citizens.
1t appears to them as class legislation
or, rather, that the United States does
not care to allow the men who COM
pose the army and navy to be tried
by a court composed of civilians. Gases
are even taken to the President for
final decision.
Verify, we do not wonder at criti-
cism by Mr.. Roosevelt or any one else
of our court procedure. Traditions are
strong, in fact they sometimes make
two wrongs a right, especially if some
century-old decision can be found to
back them up.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24

Court to settie-for it will shortly
come before them on appeal.
While it is without the province of
the lay mind to attempt to plumb the
deep seas of ratiocination wherein the
judicial intellect floats, dives, swims
and wantons with pleasurable ease,
it is yet permitted the ordinary plain
citizen to speculate the psychologist
processes whereby this Kansas justice
of the wool-sack discovered at the end
of twelve hours laborious thought
or troubled sleep, it may have been
that he had been only half as severe as
he ought to have been. Within the
twelve hours, he might have eaten a
lobster, which in Trego County, Kans.,
is indigestibly far from its native ele-
ment, and thus suffered dyspepsia.
The cook might have qut, the hired
man fallen sick, the good wife taken
the tantrums, the children accumulated
the measles. A mortgage might, have
fallen due Any of these fortuitous
evils might have served to inAame the
judicial intellect to unhealthful fever.
But whatever the cause, the Trego
County judges ire grew with the
speeding of one Henry Meyer to the
Jail and of Time toward the gates of
Destiny. Henry Meyers contempt of
the honorable court, in that he did
violate a liquor injunction of the
said honorable court, became a more
monstrous offense with every moments s
passage. At the end of the twelfth
hour the ermine of Trego County,
KanS.. was so rufled that only the
strong hand of refreshed judicial vigor
could smooth it. Hence Meyers re-
call from his cell to hear that he must
go back behind the bars for six, not
three, months.
The Supreme Court of Kansas, to
whom Henry Meyer appealed with all
the fervor of his own and the acumen
of his lawyers genius, declared that
the Trego County judge was power
less to set aside the first sentence,
which must, therefore, be served out.
But the defendant (Meyer) claims
more than that this judge, he says by
counsel, set aside the first and was
unable to impose the second sentence,
and forthwith. he asserts, he is free.
The saw, that a wise man changes
his mind sometimes, a fool never, is
heavy with sagacity. But when the
man happens to possess officially a ju-
dicial mind, changing it is of doubtful
iudiciousness.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
Congress Knows District Better.

The appearance of the District Com
missioners before the subcommittee of
the House Appropriations Committee
having in charge the District budget
last week is fraught with more sig
nihcance, and with more importance,
too. than any similar action in the past
The people of the District feel, and
with cause, that they may expect from
the President, the Congress, and the
Board of Commissioners cooperation
which will be most fruitful of bene-
fits to the Capital
The residents of the District, of what
ever section, have been granted full
opportunity to express their views OF
the city's needs; the Commissioners,
enjoying a seldom equaled confidence
of their constituents, have worked hard
and faithfully to prepare for Submis-
sion to Congress reasonable and just
budget; the members of Congress
themselves, informed as never before
of what the Capital is and ought to be,
are fairly and amiably disposed toward
the District; and the President, ap-
parently taking both pride and pleasure
in his residence here, has proved his
real interest in the administration of
local affairs.
Now, as always, of course, the en-
deavor of some members of Congress
to exercise rigid economy" in fixing
appropriations for the District as a
sct-off against generous allowances to
their own districts will be the main
obstacle to an approval of the Commis-
sioners' estimates. Yet this obstacle
should not prove so difficult now as in
the past While no definite campaign
OF education has been directed to the
individual members of Congress dur
ing this protracted SESSION which is to
he extended into the regular session,
the long residence of the Congressman
here this year has undoubtedly served
incidentally to inform many of them
as to what Washington is TO its own
inhabitants and what it means to the
people of the country at large.
1t can be expected, therefore, that
Congress will be more sympathetic with
the people of the District than in the
past, and that with full sense of its
responsibilities toward its constituents
in the ten-mile square who have no
other representatives, it will do its
part of the task of not only making
Washington a beautiful city, but ad-
vancing that inward civic beauty which
adequate schools, libraries, Fairgrounds,
and parks, clean streets, proper santa
ton, ample water, and the other mu-
nicipal elements making for the general
health and happiness alone cah secure.
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The Districts Greatest Need.
Ny GRIDLEY BEDE,

1t needs public spirit more than any
thing else. Not a single other city in the
United States expects aid from its neigh
bors in its efforts to clean up or to shake
up; not a hamlet 50 humble but that its
self-reliance has a lesson In IL for the
smug Capital City. Our reliance Is as
remote as that Of the Israelitish leader
who said, 81 lift mine eyes to the hills
from whench cometh my help" We lift
our eyes to the Hill for help. and II one
leans down TO ask us that we need or
what we want, our tongues are tied or
our voices confused. for we know not
what we need nor what we want first.
Our need is public spirit more than
anything else. Some say in relation to
Beautiful" Others whose lives are are
spent in service and whose hearts are
torn by the real misery and Ineffective
ness ana hopelessness OF some of our
population. white and colored. are more
apt to say Washington, the whited
Sepulcher." The stranger within our
gates is shown the things that please.
and it is well; for family skeletons are
family affairs: but We who know or
ought to know must find In the appalling
contrasts OF the city a call to study and
then to service.
Our need is public spirit more than any
thing else. This spirit must show itself
in a definite effort to bring together all
the casual and sporadic and disconnected
efforts for more human Washington.
otherwise we shall never know what We
need nor what we want. As II is. one
says: 10. here and few answer;
another says, 10, there" and a few
others answer. The efforts are as diff
fuse as oil upon water: we cover our
problem thin. Oil may lower waves for
a moment, but il gets nowhere in ar
resting the storm spirit Of a troubled
humanity such as is making itself heard
the nation over and in this beauteous
city among others
Our need is public spirit more than
anything else. We turn to the Monday
Evening Club and find II growing out of
its original purpose as a meeting place
for salaried social servants; and in its
growing and stretching IL has found
twenty-five or more directions into which
to divide its committee work with the
hopes OF attaining something needed. We
find in the Board OF Trade certain COM
mittees that have year after year report
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
Mr.. Bryan's Criticism.

While we are inclined to the opinion
that the Secretary of State employed
unnecessary emphasis in denying a
silly report TO the effect that this gov
ernment protested against the dispatch
ing of British ships of war to Mex
ican waters, we cannot but indorse
heartily his desire to add condemna-
ton of the publication of statements
of that kind without taking time to
inquire into their truth or falsity."
At the same time, we feel con-
strained to ask, Does Mr.. Bryan offer
his hearty cooperation to news writers
and publishers in preventing the pub
lication of such reports?"
We recall that on occasions Mr..
Bryan has met inquiries as to the
truth or falsity of reports with the
statement, q cannot discuss that" or,
less satisfactory still, 81 never discuss
newspaper reports" On the occasion
of the report that an ultimatum had
been delivered to Huerta, we know
that Mr.. Bryan refused to deny or
affirm the report before its publica-
tion, and that nearly twenty-four hours
later he issued a denial along with a
severe criticism on its publication. On
this particular occasion, the report was
inaccurate only in so far as the word
'ultimatum" was used instead of a
noun less final in its meaning. And
yet, but for the careful analysis to
which writers subjected the statement
of denial, the country might have go.-
ten the impression that the report was
absolutely unfounded.
Do these facts appear consistent
with the declaration quoted above from
Mr. Brysns denial of yesterday?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24

ed on certain needs Of the city. and they
are still needs. for the punch and power
of an aroused city has been lacking II
justification for this statement Is de-
manded, IL can be found in the futility
of the efforts in securing needed educa-
tional appropriations. We hnd in the
Chamber of Commerce a gradual forma-
ton of purpose; but few things brought TO
pass, though many things are talked
about We find a city-wide contentment
in talking about things that ought to be.
as IL to talk we're enough: but we find
no binding Of all these talking forces into
one compelling vociferation that shall i'm
press the public spirit of Washington
upon the men who send the men here
to look after our affairs.
Our need is public spirit more than
anything else. Citizens associations meet
in various parts of the city and now are
trying to make city-wide influence, but
leaders are lacking. Hospitals are looked
after, some with national help and some
without: and those on the outside look
ing in are apt to think that national aid
is best, whereas II is enervsting< The
battle for health is going forward with
varying results Houses that are bad are
denounced. but the power to remove
seems lacking. II, forsooth, some bird OF
passage in Congress thinks it well to try
an experiment on US. We needs must
yield. for he has nothing to fear from our
expostulations. We are 10000 human be-
ings without one idea of "Our city, right
or wrong. our city,
Our need is public spirit more than
anything else. Who suggested our So
cIal survey? A man from New York
Who wants the Gary school system
tried here? A man from Ohio.
Why not call for a delegate from
every organization of service or of
purpose in the whole city? Why not give
each delegate power to speak for the
body represented? Then shall We be able
to get at a full. final, impressive state
ment Of what are the needs OF Washing
ton. Then shall We be able to consider
each proposition on its merits as related
to all other needs and vote on the things
that must come first In other words
why not revivify the committee OF one
hundred, call on il to lead toward the
Washington that ought TO be. a city beau
tiful, because OF the high average Of hu-
man living and thought. and not because
of the mere externaIs of dead marble and
speechless bronze?
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
SUFFRAGISTS CALLED
ALLIES OF SOCIALISM
Mrs. William A. Putnam Warns Con-
gress Against Encouraging ''Votes
for Women" Movement.

Mrs. William A. Putnam, of New
York, prominent in the New York State
and national fight against votes for
women" is authority for the assertion
that woman suffrage is the promoter and
ally of socialism. Moreover, she warns
Congress that if it uses the Federal
government to encourage woman suf-
frage it also fosters socialism.
In a statement from her, given out
here yesterday afternoon by the WASH
ington headquarters of the National As
sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage,
Mrs. Putnam says:
when the members of the House
Committee on Rules listen TO the pleas
that will be made to them for woman
suffrage at the hearing December 5, they
should remember that every attempt to
establish the equal franchise is also an
attempt to promote socialism under the
protection and patronage of the Federal
government.
Socialism. and by socialism we mean
a definite, organized political party, and
not the universal brotherhood of man.
kind in which We all believe-a socialism
which has three times nominated for the
highest Office in the gift of the people a
man who two years ago called upon his
associates to Join him in a warfare of
riot and bloodshed against organized So
ciety IL the dynamiters of Los Angeles
were held guilty under the law-this So
cialism, ever alive to the advantage to
be gained through the adherence of
women, has taken under its care the
woman suffrage movement. Socialist
workers everywhere dominate the suf-
frage ranks. II is probably no exaggera-
ton to say that two-thirds Of the suf-
frage leaders are declared Socialists"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-24
Changing the Judicial Mind.

That Trego County (Kans) judge,
who half day after sentencing one
Henry Meyer to imprisonment for
three months and the payment of a
fine of $Ioo, recalled Meyer from jail
and made his jail sentence six months,
has made very pretty case for the
justices of the United States Supreme