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DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
A FEW KIND WORDS.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

bait with which a man goes fishing
for a wife, yet when he has caught
her he kicks owe the bait can Which
explains why so many wives wriggle
off of the hook, or else degenerate into
poor, flabby. floppy matrimonial fish
a man Interested in them.
Men excuse themselves for never
praistng their wives or telling their
wives that they love them by saying
that a woman ought to have enough
sense to take some things for granted.
FOR heavens sake, did they not tell
their wives, thirty years ago, hat they
loved them, and didn't they marry EN-
to prove It, and haven't they worked
IKE dray horses to support EN- ever
isince? What more proof of deathless
ueVoton can any sane woman wan
nan that! Isn't working your own fin
gers to the bone to give your wife
Injuries a lot better test OF love than
holding her hand?
All true, Nobody can deny It. And
yet a woman must have the conunu-
Gus assurance Of love to be able to
pelieve that II is still alive, just as
she must look at her baby a hundred
times a day to see that 1t is still
breathing. Nor has she the calm
philosophy that will enable her to de-
duce that as long as her husband isn't
knocking her personal appearance, or
taSsuk oN6T INC DlllS tndl ne is IllleQ
with admiration Of her beauty and
good management.
Words count more than actions with
women. They believe that a man loves
them so long as he tells them so, and
they doubt his love when he is silent.
Ihey are happy when a man praises
and they grow discouraged when he
6obbleS down the food that they have
spent hours preparing for him, with
out a word OF comment, or hen he
merely mumbles m-m-m when they
have executed some mastery economy.
Men forget that a husbands praise
or blame, or his silence, make success
or failure for their wives, and that be-
tween the vibrant, sentient, a~rticulate
love that assures a woman every day
II is still as fresh and vital as II was
IN the days Of courtship, and the love
that w gives one sign that 1t is
alive, there is the difference between
heaven and he'll for a woman,
A few kind words viii make life
worth living for your wife. Mr.. Man.
Say them.
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl +,
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that beat glarinEIy on the glass avn
Ing over the theater door. only excited
Estrelda, She was thrilled. She wouldn't
have left for anything! The confusion
and laughter, even the touch OF people
as they brushed heedlessly against her,
all pleased her. She felt part Of Il: part
of the gay crowds Of New York OF which
she so often read. So
I'm wait In the door" she said to
Freddie. Il don't mind Anyhow, II
won't take you very longi'
But II was about the half hour Fred
die had calculated before he was able
10 join Estrelda and hand their tickets
70 the highly ornamented doorman.
FreddleS feet We're numbed and chilled
from standing on the cold pavements.
HIS head had begun to ache from the
unShielded lights that had been beating
down upon him, But Estrelda. having
the strong animal quality. vas exhila-
rated. as such people always ARE, by
contact with her kind. She received
definite animation from the crowd; a.
passed that current which makes any
great number Of people so easy to lead
and TO control, by the man who keeps
detached from them and cool, his hand
on the switchboard OF their emotions,
Estrelda gave Freddie's arm n little eN-
cited squeeze as they passed inside the
darkened auditorium. And
"0h, F~reddie'' she whispered to him;
this Is a beautiful place!"
After standing another quarter Of an
hour they found two seats. near the CEN
ter Of the house and went to them,
Estrelda was lost In the picture. She
seemed able to follow its every detail,
In II Rlarge. well-built man, with great,
bold, dark eyes. seemed %eternally gall
Looping OF a horse to rescue a damsel
who displayed real genius In unearthing
ltmftless and extraordinary difficulties
for herself, Estrelda settled Mack In
her place and watched the picture and
hectic course of events with absorbed
interest. She had forgotten everything
but the filmed drama before her.
But alas, poor Freddie! He had
worked very hard Mt the office all day.
He had had no time for lunch, conse-
Questly he had eaten a heavier dinner
thar was usual with him. Immediately
after dinner he had been chilled through
While he waited to buy the thehter
Nckets. Now he was warm, very warm,
again, The place in which he sat was
eyes was well-nlgh mcomprehensible to
him, He could not feel any deep in
terest In the burly hero, 1t occurred to
him, too, that the heroine was utterly
lacking in ordinary common sense.
III Just close my eyes thought
Freddie to himself, "and rest them"
Five minutes later he was fast asleep.
He was awakened by a terrific pinch
on his arm on the side next to his wife, |
wake up!' she Missed In his ear. III
You can't stay awake while you're out
with me, I'll find somebody who CAM
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THAT P o FUND.

The plans which the war finance
corporation is making for the use of
the billion dollar fund allotted toeat for
the purpose Of financing the country's
foreign trade are reported to provide
for a Northumberland OF $50. OoO, 900
to any individual firm, corporation or
export association. These advances are
TO bear a rate of interest OF approx
mately So per cent, they are not to
u for more than five years, and are
to be secured by collateral equal to
stood that for the purposes OF this
collateral paper representing merchart-
disc in the process OF export will be
Observation-Disclosures Commercial
Museum
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"A man asks this question:
ia II proper for a husband, who
loves his wife dearly and admires her
very much, to praise her to her face,
or should he remain silent and keep
his good opinion Of her TO himselfg"
Ing which the two sexes hold diamet-
rlcally opposite points of view.
Every In the world hungers
and pines for her husbands commenda-
ton and the assurance hat his affec-
ton ls still existent, as the hart pant
eth for h water brook, and so every
woman would say that it Is not only
right, but n mans first duty to give
his wife the continuous glad hand.
The majority Of husbands, however,
apparently regard praising a wife as a
crime In the same class with lese mai
esty, sedltion and the kind of Bolshe-
vik talk, generally, that sends a man
TO jail. Therefore they carefully avoid
committing the offense.
Probably most men 10 love and adj
mire their wives, since the said wives
represent their taste and were the la
dies they picked out Of the whole femi-
nine herd for life companions, but IL
they do entertain any complimentary
opinions toward their wives, the wives
never find It out,
1t is literally true that while the
average husband grows eloquent and
fluent Of speech before his wfte's faults.
he Is stricken dumb In the presence
Of her Virtues. and while he may boast
OF her charms and good qualities to
others, wild horses couldn't drag the
admission from him, In her presence,
that be thought her the paragon of
her sex and considered himself lucky
to have gotten her,
The fret time many a woman, who
has starved for a little love and a~few
Kind words from her husband, ever
finds out what he really thought of
her is when her ghost returns to earth
and roosts on her tombstone and reads
what Is written there.
And Il is doubtful IL this post-mortem
appreciation squares matters up with
her, ever II It does justify the husband
TO his W conscience.
why men assume this callous and
u~nresponsive attitude toward their
wives is n Of the inexplicable mys-
tertes OF the masculine mind that no
psychologist has ever been able TO
fathom, For all men know that all
women love TO be loved and to be
made much OF, and to be praised, and
hen when nyone does love them and
admire them they want to be told so,
often and long,
Every man is perfectly aware OF this
elementary fact about women and he
uses II when he goes accounting. Then
he tunes his harp and sings the sons
of his lady loves projections and his
own devotion. and he keeps up the
serenade until she harkens to him and
marries him. believing, poor, deluded
thing, that she Is in for a continuous
performance OF adulation for the bal
ance OF her life.
otherwise there would be no wedding.
| No girl wants a husband so badly that
she would marry a nan who told her
lust once that he loved her and never
mentioned the matter again, Nor would
any maiden accompany a youth to the
altar II he was forever reminding her
OF her shortcomings and never ever
made a casual reference to her charms,
Soft talk and compliments are the
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Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure News
paper S%yndicate,)
BY HOWARD r, oARIs.

"Well, there Is no use In me trying
any longer! II can't be donel" ex-
claimed Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wugzy, the
muskrat lady h|ousekeeper In Uncle
Wlggily's hollow stump bungalow, one
AWhat can't be done?" asked the
bunny rabbit gentleman, who was read
ing the fly paper In the dining room.
PLEASE don't tell me you cant bake a
peanut pudding. or make me some
sassafras fritters!" and his pink nose
twinkled twice as fast, he was SO eX-
cited like,
"oh, It isn't anything like that, said
Nurse Jane, what | meant was that
II isn't any use for me to try to sweep
your bungalow any more with the old
broom. II Is worn out, and It makes
the place look worse, after ! have fin
ished, than when | started.
What do you want me to do?" asked
Uncle Wiggily.
Get me a new broom, II you will"
answered Nurse Jane with a hopeful
smile.
Get you a new brooml OF course l
will!' exclaimed Mr.. Longears, and
away he hoped over the fields and
through the woods toward the now
broom store. II was kept by a grocery
cat who quickly gave the bunny rabbit
gentleman Just what he wanted, and
Uncle Wiggily was Soon on his way
back to the his hollow stump bungalow,
with the new broom for Nurse Jane
over his shoulder.
There is no use talkingl" thought
Uncle Wiggily. Nurse Jane Is q good
h~ousekeeper, Some muskrat ladies |
know would use the old broom, no
matter how the place looked. But
Nurse Jane Is different"
So he hoped along, thinking Of @a-
nut sandwiches, and things like that,
until, all OF a sudden, he came to a
place where some new spring ferns
were growing In the woods.
But the pretty green clumps of fern
leves We're in n sad plight. Some OF
Them were trampled down or broken off
and many Of them were twisted so they
did not look nice at all,
why, ! wonder who has treated the
ferns like this" said Uncle Wiggily,
speaking out loud, and, somewhat to
his surprise, the clump of ferns an
severed, For they spoke part Of the
Language of flowers.
The bad old Pipsisewah trampied on
Jus and pulled some Of us up by the
lroots,' said the unbroken ferns that
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A FOOD FOUNDATION.

For a house It beats them all, saws
The national war garden commission,
Of Washington, SO plant so YOU can
can. 'N N""
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CHAPTER NO. "a.
Disaraced!
Copyright, 1919. by the Mcclure News
paper ~Syndicatel
without further comment Freddie
cav way 10 his young wtte's wishes,
And, by SO doing, incidentally once
again, strengthened her surmise that
he was lacking IN will power. She did
not know him. His apparent COM
plaisance was merely the habit Of a life
time. He had been brought up wisely
and gently to comply with others In the
less Important things, To insist upon
ones own way In trifles, he had been
taught. was both small minded and
selfish, But, beneath Freddie's pleasant
desire to see others happy. was a rigid
code that the opinions or opportunities
Of opposition never wOuld bend, This
Estrelda did not know, Instead, she
was beginning to say TO herself Of him;
"Oh, I can make him do anything. He's
Just like dad. If ! want anything, all !
have 10 do Is to raise a row and I'll get
itt' Some day, and some day soon, she
would learn her mistake, But for the
present
We'll" said Freddie, III you don't
want to 90 70 the theater, what moving
picture would you Ike 10 see?'
Estrelda suspected that she had just
made rather an exhibition OF herself.
She had flown at Freddie in a way that
was scarcely ~iusttfiable, He had sug-
gested the t~heater-that was all. APP
parently he was perfectly willing 10 give
up his form Of amusement for hers. II
she had angered her husband she re-
solved TO smooth that anger. And,
also, she never doubted her power in
this respect, any more than In any
other. Accordingly. she settled herself
beside him. now, on the couch, She let
her head sink on his shoulder.
what movie do you like?' she
asked him winningly.
"To tell you the truth, Sweetie,' he
told her, Il don't know an awful lot
about them. But that's because was
studying all last winter so | didn't get
anywhere, much; just a party some-
times"
Then" said she, do you care Il we
see this one?" She pointed to an adj
vertisement Ia the paper he still! held.
I'm just crazy over that actor h
added a little breathlessly.
Thus an hour later they were on their
way downtown TO the moving picture
fheater Estrelda had selected. And APP
parently she had chosen n popular film
A line Of persons, waiting to buy tickets
for II, wound its, way out OF the the9ter
door and down the street for han a
block.
Gee whiz." said o Freddie, hasti-
~ figuring that II would take him quite
a half hour to crawl with the other peo-
pie from the end Of the line TO the ticket
office. Gee whiz, Sweetie; isn't there
anything else you'd just as soon see?
] mean something we can get--intog
But the crowds and also the lights
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HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1919.

& '''~'NSSN' EFN'S W. w
copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate)
This il a day OF changing influences,
according TO astrologS. Early in the
4 morning Mars. Saturn and Venus are
al adverse. Later Mars Is friendly,
while Mercury and the sun are in BEN
etlc aspect, but the evening IL unfor-
tunate. After s o'clock Uranus and
Mercury are adverse.
Dfring this confIguration the mind
- likely to be waVering and depressed.
F~orebodings and misjudgments are held
TO be encouraged by this posting Of
the stars.
The sway makes for much criticism
concerning army affairs which will be
i proved undeserved and without founda-
ton,
Under this direction rumors win mul.
tiply and there may be restlessness
among soldiers and cause for anxiety
concerning their welfare.
The seers predict an era OF tremen-
dous business activity, with commercial
rivalries, and there will be such enor-
NOUS projects undertaken that a labor
shortage is probable.
This should be a lucky time for sign
ing business contracts or for assuming
new responsibilities. II Is an suspicious
I day for seeking new positions.
45& 6pllNH GoIuN ulutT ~ dlIttilpn tndt
may mean for them the meeting Of
serious business problems,
~ Is q forbidding sway for love af-
fairs and there is an aspect supposed
40 be conducive to poor Judgment and
fragic experience, The young should be
AAfeguarded.
saturn gives warning to farmers, who
mas have trouble concerning labor, for
the stars Indicate that conflicting aims
will be strong wherever ground is TO
Be TILED.
Tho stars are held to make returning
soldiers anxious to Iemain In cities, de.
snife Inducements in the country, and
iris tendency is increased, II Is pointed
OFT. By the liking for group associations
after experience In army service.
Persons whose birthdate Il is may
have a successful but troublesome yea,
iii business. Travel and change are de-
Noted.
children born on this day win be In
Htfaifious, intelligent and enterprisiug.
THESE subjects OF Aries are likely to
moff WITH c'fficuties In the way Of
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HE WAS from New York.
AND THE first time I saw him.
WAS IN San Francisco,
JUST A few weeks ago.
AND l was in a hurry
IN A revolving door,
AND lie was behind me.
IN THE next compartment,
AND IT hit his heels,
AND THE rim of his hat.
AND HIS hat fell off
AND HI= reached for 1T.
AND IT hit him elsewhere.
AND HE fell out of the door.
ON HIS face.
INTO THE lobby.
AND 1T was my fault,
AND l was sorry
AND HELPED him up,
AND AroLoaIzED,
BUT HE was so angry.
HE COULDN'T hear me.
AND HE Jus! glared at me-
AND ron a week.
WE WERE there together,
IN THE same hotel,
AND TWICE
WE GOT in the door.
AT THE same time,
BUT | never touched 1t,
l JUST went with it.
AND ONE morning.
/ RAN right into him,
GETTING OUT of the elevator,
AND HE dropped his paper.
AND | picked 1t up,
AND HANDED 1T to him.
AND HE didn't thank me.
HE KEPT on hating ma.
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BY NC. ID.

AND THE next veal.
! WAS at Santa Barbara.
AT THE Belyedere hotel,
AND HE was there.
AND FOR a moment.
HE LOST his presence of mind.
AND ALMOST spoke to me,
WHEN HE first saw mo.
AND THAT very morning.
WENT to the bath house.
AND GOT a bathing suit.
AND WENT In the surf.
AND SO did he.
AND THERE were Just the two of us.
ON a mile OF beach.
AND THERE'S IA runway there,
FOR a ~hydroplane,,
AND HE was sitting in the sand,
IN THE sun,
AGAINST THE runway. y
AND | couldn't see him,
AND STEPPED off the runway,
ONTO HIS bare foot.
AND l never stopped, .
BEAT IT to the bath house.
AND LAST Saturday,
WHEN got to New York.
TO THE Pennsylvania hotel,
AND STEPPED out to the street.
MES4TAT blew off.
IN THE gale that was blowing.
AND A man stopped it.
IN THE middle of the street.
AND BROUGHT Il to me.
AND 1T was the same guy,
AND We both laughed.
AND HAD lunch together,
AND NErF both all right
4 THANK YOU
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Dancing and wine drinking have been tabooed In p.rrn -
They have got to put up a hardluck front somehow ~
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SUNTUOSO BALE

la confeccion de flores artifciales pues
Son las tres de la madrugada. En- es-
tos instantes fnalizo el esplendido bal
lie que el Club de Damas'', Gle Camuy,
prcsidido por Ia senorita Enriqueta Mo
rell, con la cooperation del Centre Ca
muyano'', nos obsequio esta noche Ell
los salones del ultimo, en- donde Sc dio
cita 10 mas selecto de nuestro mundo
social.
Ell salon de bale presentaba un as
pecto deslumbrant6 bello, cual pocas
veces hemos visto EN- ell mismo. La in
tensa luz. que dimanaba de artisticas
liras de cristal, no podia empero rival
zar, con ser tan viva y resplandeciente,
con la luz natural que irradiaba en- los
ojos encantadores de tantas bellas, a
quienes tuvimos OCCASION de adnirar, alta
viadas con el gusto mas reinado. Una
infnidad de flores artiiciales, hechas
dos dias antes delNbaile po~ varias dc
nuestras mas activas muchachas, orla
ban las liras Y las paroles del salon,
contribuyendo darle mayor vista y
suntuos'dad la orquesta Progress
ta'', Gle AgUadilia, QUO sin duda alguna
cs una &c las mejc~es de Puerto Rico
nos deleito con su extenso bisn esco-
gido repertoire, 81 compass de las dull
ces notas n.asicalcs, nos dcc!izabamos
suavemen1c. las horas pasaban, p2-
saban
Oupido, siempre travieso estaba muy
atareado. iCuantos incautos habran cal
do al certero golpe de sus podercsas fc-
chasl
De los obse1uios. mo hay Que ha-
blar! Pero aunque no haya cue hablar,
no por ESQ dejaremos dc decir que res
pondieron efcazmente al impulse de l2s
damas que constituyon ol Club de Da-
mas, entire las Que, por su inusitada
act'vidad desviviendose por atender y
complacer a todos los invitados, Sc des-
tacaba Ia senorita Enriqueta H1orell,
Tresidenta, para quien, 10 mismo que
para sus companeras, pecariamos de in
iustos 81 al trazar este esbozo no le pro
digaramos un elogio muy merecido. Tam
bien merecen ser citados por haber ALA
nado difcultades y haber dado todos
los pasos necesarios para que ell baile
resultara, cusl resulto, magnifco. los
senoro5 Doctor Felipe A. Garcia Pre-
aidente del Centre; don Francisco Pc
relic, V ce-presidente, y don Toodo-o
M. Lopez. secretario. iAhl y tam
bien don Jose P. Rodriguez, ell infati-
sable "forcro', que, colaborando con
las muchachas, bati6 el record Ell
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Carnuy social

segiin informes, 6l solo. sin ayuda de
nadie, hizo treinta dos flores Para
q, pido un APPLAUSE cerrado, de csos de
encargo .
lie aQui los nombres de las damas q
concurricron al bale: Senoras Emma
Guerra Gle Olivera, Maria de Castillo
Pitlta de Machado, Sofia de Iturrino
Felcita Torres. Emilia Colon de Olive
ra Esperanza de Liz, Julia de Corbet
Sofia de Hernandez. Senoritas Emma
Olivera. Suntita Caballero. Josefa Cas-
tro, Maria M. Colon. Maria o. Matteu.
Monserrate Rivera Nicolasa Canela,
Carmen Maria Castillo. Herminia, Pa
quita. Enriqueta Fehclta Morell, Ana
A. Machado, Juanita Delgado, Paul,ta
Padin, Orosia Rivera otras muchas
mas que. per escribir a vuela pluma y
hallarnos fatigados, forceieando por TO
entreganos Ell les piadosos brazos de
Mo-feo que nos reclalna, omit1mos III
voluntariamentc, 10 cual de veras sen
timos.
Les "fcos" estabamos ell Ia proper
ci6n de cuatro por caaa much9cha; asi
os cue no habia mas remcdio que "ta-
jcal" para podor oaiial todos. Teniamos
una abrumadcra mayorla ESQ que di
cen que cada hombre nos toca cua-
tro mujcres una vleia de napa. ESQ
dicen
L. Comision de Recibo, que estaba
into grada por los iovcnes viojos jose
2. Rodriguez, Rafael Castillo. Jose Joa-
Quin Rivera Valeu il Trigo, "brillo
por su ausencia'' en los momentos cri-
ticos, ell que empezab ban uegar las
damas. Para euos pido IN benevolo vo-
to de censura (pero sin decirselo q ma
die. para que cstos macnachos no So en-
fadcn).
Fclicitamos 9 las q los) feiic9s ini-
ciaGorcs &c esta simpatica fiesta por he
borros proporcionado tan alegres ho-
ras. maialdo nueseo tedio, cxhorta-
mosle a seguir adelanta, como Auenos
gallos
A Ultima ho-a, por boca del prcsi-
gioso enthusiastic Presidente del Cen
tro, doctor Garcia, ncs enteramos de que
hay en- perspective Ia idea dc dar un
baile KOLCsAL', el dia treinta Y
uno cen objeto de celebrar con toda
porp2 el anivcrsar.o de Ia fundacion
del Centre. Para cate frturo bale Sc
traeran dos de las mas afamadas or
questaa. Mucho celobramcs que tai in
tcncion Sc wa cr.stalizada con cl ma
lisonjero de los eXitos reales.
Con motive de Ia fiesta que acabamos
de resenar, henos tenido el grato pla-
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Ger de saludar muchos estimados
amigos de la progresista Villa del Ca
pitan COrrca, y tambi6n al8unos de Bar
celoneta, y muy particularmente, Ia
simpatica c2norita suntita Caballero,
con quien departinos eXtensamcnte ell
amigable charia.
saben estos prest&giosos elemeatos.
cue mas dc ser roquetiaa indiapen-
sable 81 presencia para el bale en- ges-
eacion, para dazzle mayor rcalco ami
nacion, seria motive DC gran satisfac-
c on para los Que Qucdamos en- este
verjer horido lachando denodadamen
1o con lo. rudos embaces dc Ia e1isten-
cia
WILHORIES.
caa.uy, P. R. agosto {, 1919.
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