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Voice of Extravagance
Extravagance Among Women is the Moral Equivalent of
v Drunkenness Among Men, and It is Hard to Say
Which' Does the Most Harm in the World,
or Wrecks the More Homes
By DOItOTHY DIX.
. A man who is married to a woman who
Is a waster and spender want to. know
soma reliable recipe for reforming her.
-As well might the wife of a drunkard
. ask for some sure rule, for curing; her
husband of the drink habit.
E x travagance'
amonf women is
the moral equlva
lent of drunken
ness among men,
and It la hard to
say which doe the
most harm In the
world, or which
ruin the - . more
lives, tr wrecks the
more homes. '
We , hear . more
about r toe. curse of
drun kenness be
cause It Is ) more
obvious.--We' can
see for ' ourselves
the drunken '-man-
staggering h o m e.
ana pity the poor
wife, who Is perhaps hogged and hungry
. because tho money that should have gone
for clothes and food has been wasted on
liquor and barroom loafers. .
But no drunkard's wife ' is any more
entitled to our compassion than. Is the
husband of the woman who sees his hard
earned money frittered away on senso-
' less extravagance,, who tolls day after
clay, and year after year to pay milliners
and dressmakers: who Is hounded con
tinually by the bill collector, and Who
" sees' other men getting ahead of him in
the race for success, and knows that he
in foredoomed' to' be a failure because he
. can never make any headway against
.' his wife's spending.
- The sad-faced drunkard's wife, with
her weary eyes that tell of watching
through long nights for the drag of a
. drunken footstep . Is ' no. ' more . pathetic
and" no commoner sight than the tired,
hump- shouldered man with his anxious
' ryes that tell of long night ivlglls he has
kept, wondering how he was to met his
wife's bills on the first of the month.
The, extravagant wife and the drunken
husband have also . this . In common,
that their vices - spring from a com
mon root, and that Is, absolute and utter
selfishness, and disregard for- everybody
"eise'a happiness arid 'comfort." They are
willing to sacrifice their nearest ani dear-
Lt to gratify the' Impulse of a moment.
., How to deal .with these two vices is
sllll ' an unsolved problem, mostly.-, because-
through love" and pride we lack
' Ihe courage , to deal drastically with the
situation as' It deserves.. ... " '
If every woman had the courage to tell
her husband, the .' first' time' he came
honje -.intoxicated.; ;tha. . ahe , would"" trot
-'allow herself to be dragged down into the
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gutter with him, and that he must choose
between her and drink, it would start a
prohibition movement that would really
prohibit If every man had the nerve to
tell his wife that he would not permit
her to ruin htm by her (rsvuuu.
and that he would publicly refuse to be
responsible- for her debts, if she made
them outside of her allowance, there would
be mighty few women running up Insane
bills for things they cannot afford.
But most men and women lack the
courage to take the only, step that would
save ' them and the weaklings to whom
they are married. They hide the cancer
that is eating the very heart out of their
domestlo happtnesg until It Is too late to
cure It. More is the pity. '
So far as the extravagance of women la
concerned, men are much . to blame for It.
The first one at fault Is the father who
never takes the trouble to talk to his
daughter about mohey or teaches her how
to handle It. Indeed, the" average girl up
to the time she is married, has never hart
more than the price of a matinee ticket
Her mother has bought her what she has
needed and she has 'never had the actual
spending of money. Still less does she
know how hard It s to earn money, and
that every dollar Is dyed with the very
lifeblood of the hand that has made U.
Then when the girl marries It Is only
In exceptional cases that her husband
ever "Rives Tier an allowance, and makes
her 'responsible for her expenditure. In
his own business he Is careful about the
pennies, and he fakes pains tto drill his
clerks and .-bookkeepers along the newest
Ideas of efficiency! but he doesn't take
he trouble-to-try to teach his life part
ner how to make the moat of what she
spends, or Impress upon her that the very
corner stone of a home must be thrift, or
else it Is built on shifting sands. i
That women can '. be taught economy,
that, women are more Inclined to be mis
erly than to be spendthrifts when once
they learn the value of money. Is abun
dantly proven by the fact that In any
business house where .there are both men
and women 'employes' you will find more
women with savings bank account than
you will men, although women get the
smaller salaries.
This would be true of the home If
women were given a fair chance. There
are riot many women whose extravagance
could not be nipped In the bud If their
husbands wouldbegltt their married lives
Ight by dealing fairly, and generously
but firmly, with them on the money
question, and making them feel that they
are responsible for the prosperity of the
rirm of Benedict and Wife. .
( Where ' 4 woirian refuses to . listen to
reason, where she shows neither affection
for her husband nor a-sense of honor to
him, a man should, have enough backbone
to-assert himself.- He should refuse to
fet her rulnhlm with her extravagance,
and he should take legal means to cat' off
her credit. True, this would be a mortlr
flcatlon to a proud man, but it would be
less humiliating than to be a bankrupt
nod--failure. In life., .
"Oh, to Be Twenty!
Copyright 1914. Intern! News Service.
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Tien-Teh, the Chinese
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By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
Blx'ty three years ago, March I, 1851, a
Chinese peasant by the name of Tien-Teh
(Calestian Virtue), of obscure origin ami
with, hut a smattering of learning,; an
nounced himself -
the restorer of the
worship of the true
God, the monarch of
all' beneath the sky,
the true Lord of
China and of the
world, the brother
of Jesus and the
second son of God
and demanded, uni
versal submission.
Instead of putting:
the fellow into -. s
madhouse, or pros
ecuting --him' for
swindling, the au
thorities permitted ' him to remain at
large, the Ignorant crowd looking- .and
listened, and In -a very short time .China
bad on her. hands the biggest revolution
she ever had. to deal with the famous
Taeptng .rebellion.
The Taeplngs (Princes of Peace),
greatly, belied their name, since they
were a' lot of the grateet robbers, cut
throats and murderers that ever lived.
The ruffians ' turned China Into a hell,
and kept .It such for thirteen years.
Plundering, burning, mutilating,' killing,
the fanatical Horde moved on like a.
tempest.-. Town . after .town, city after
city fell before them. ' Laws were over
thrown, all Order vanished, everywhere,
little was to1 be seen save anarchy and
ruin. The imperial government was at
its wits end. Like "Chinas' Sorrow" at
Hood -tide, the 'great wave of fanaticism
rolled over the land, leaving behind It
devolution and death.
As suddenly as he appeared, . Tten-Teh
dropped out of sight, and 'at- the crest
of the great bloody wave appeared Tien
(Vang, who declared himself emperor
and the only., possible savior of his coun
try. Fresh multitudes', flocked to his
standard, and, he. went n overthrowing
all who attempted to oppose him.
And so the bloody business went en,
until the government. :n Its blank des
pair, called on Charles George Gordon,
major of the British Royal engineers, to
take charge of the situation. Gordon
took the. Chinese force that was given
him. officered It with ' Europeans and
Americans, and pitched . In. In, an in
stant aU was changed. AT man had at
last appeared- man whose military
genius was e brilliant as his oharaeter
was fair; and la two years the Taeplngs
were put put of business forever. De
clining the wealth and honors that the
rrateful government sought to bestow
upon Ma, Gordon tort China, "as poor as
when be" entered It," to die, at last, so
sadly, yet so gloriously, In far away
Khartom.
After aU. perhaps. It is well that China
;had, her big rebellion., since against the
(background of that monstrous affair
must ( ever shine the splendid fame of
Chinese, Gordon."
Oh to be twenty!" sighs twelve. "And have a real honest Prince
Charming 'stead of this one in a book, lean at my knee, with worshipful
eyes and read me "Launcelot Du Lake' (and some times not read me
Launcelot Du Lake' as sinter's sweetheart does). And she takes it all
with not bait the quakes and the glory that I'd feel.
"What's twelve? Nobody looks at twelve. Twelve can read ro
mance and splendor, but it can't have any! My sister's sweetheart pulls
my curia and then forgets I'm alive. Calls me Bub, and Bplder 'count
of my longlsh legs. One day I said, 'I wish you'd call me Gwendolln,
or, anyway, my own whole name and do you like my hair done un
like this?' And be said he said 'Bub's shorter, and more to the
point, and for heaven's sake and the love of Mike and all that, are you
going swimming, sister, that you've got your locks jerked up like that?"
"And then he went flylng-off with that funny, eager look in bis
eyes after my sister's done-up hair towering in the distance! What's
twelve? Twelve is the uncomfortable in-between place, when nobol
stops to see whether you know anything or not and if you do burst
right out with what's on your mind (and I do know things), they tell
you not to be forward.
"Twelve Is too long for short skirts and too baby for long ones.
Twelve in snubbed and paid to vanixh when it's in the way. Twelve
has to sleep in nightgowns with buttons down tho front and a high nock
that scratches, and no beauty to It. Twelve has to let Its none ehlne and
go to bed with the evening star, and do algebra; 'utead of dulling it with
powder, Bitting by the fire, being one of a brilliant company until
eleven, and doing nothing but answer love letters that come smothered
in long boxes of roses with gorgeous red ribbon wrapped 'round.
"Twelve has to pop right out with one eye shut, and its heart not
awake yet when it's called in the morning, and twenty gets to sleep an
hour longer with the blinds pulled dark! What's twelve? I wish I
was twenty right now!" NKLL BRINKLKV.
Madame Ise'bell
7.rs Hoio CarboLc Ac 4 May Be
Saf y U$4 and Ci s AJvict
as f Cars t . tern NaU
ani imparflaoat Hair
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The tare ef the Fret Part V.
The fcrt ore peculiarly susceptible to
Mood infection. Cutting corns with un
i'inn knlve. neglected bunions, unclean
nntl hailiy ilyed hose are all responsible
for serious foot
affections, for
loss of foot an I '
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V In the foot.
'--Y therefore, avoid
'"'T'rJi ' all possible
solute oleanll
llnesa and the
proper use' of
carbolic aelcf, or
an equally re
liable antisep
tic. . ..
Carbolic aclil i so dangi-roiis thst tnany
fear to have it In the house. H should
most certainly le put in a stieclsl bottle,
marked loudly "potnnn" and kept In i
lucked closet open only to the mistraaS of
Ihe house. Pome are afraid to use this
acid In a foot bath, for the reason that it
not mix esslly with water and by re
maining In Its full strength msy burn the .
skin. . .' ,-.
(I have never hnd any difficulty In mix
ing a few droits of this strong fluid In an
ordinary, foot bath. If anyone frara this ,
difficulty, however. the proper way to
avoid It Is to dissolve the acid in a table
spoon of glyverlne and then add U ts-the
hot bath.
Women who wear the most expensive
shoes and elaborate silk stockings', are
often curiously Indifferent of their, pedal
extremities. ' How few -women can re
move the stocking without absolute em
barrassment. Toenails are neglected.
overgrown with cuticle and discolored.
And I am going to touch on another deli
cate point In personal hygiene, the un
sightly growth of hair oa the limbs which
the thhi silk stockings and. short skirts
now worn oiien oeirar.- - -
Whether one believes In the use of de
pilatories on the face or not, there is no
poss'ble danger or discomfort , in remov
ing superfluous hair from this part of the ,
biWIy. If this Is not done. It is wise to
wear stockings thick enough te eonoeal It.
In spite of the fact that the? are In' a
measure protected, the aalla of the tees
are much easier deformed and discol
ored than me nans s me nanas. vim
colorations are very common, due to the
custom of wearing .black . stockings sad
at.poclally of putting there on before they
have been washed and the dye thoroughly
removed.- The nails are fed from the
blood, they are simply a continuation ef
the skin, and any Interruption in the cir
culation such as might come from a tight
shoe often result In ridged .nails er nails "
The health, as well as the appearance,
ef the nulls Is wonderfully Increased by
a thorough weekly manicure, and to keep
them In good condition a few minutes'
dally care after the" 'bhth 1s necessary.
Park discolorations may be gradually
romoved by rubbing them with pulver-.
Ixed pumice stone, mixed with, peroxide
of hydrogen. Toenails, unlike the 'nails
of the hands, should not be rounded, but
out straight across, leaving, the comers
square. The rough edges should be filed
away and In all other respects the sails
should be manicured as are the nails of
the hands, , ;
Do not even neglect the polishing. Jt
will not only Improve their appearance,
but by- improving .the circulation ..will 1
make the null substance more healthy.
Keep the skin In an unbroken ctrcl. so
the white moon shows. Even the' most
neglected nans will respond ' in time to
rare., and certalifly Well rared-for feet
are a mark ef personal daintiness and
good grooming.
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(To Be Continued.) '
Do You Know That
Dogs do not perspire. It' not weather
they regulate the temperature ef their
blood" by breath mg more quickly, which
produces a rapid evaporation of water
from .the surfaoeof the lungs.
The sacred number of the Mexicans
and the ancient people of Yucatan was
thirteen. Their week had thirteen days,
and they had thirteen snake gods.
It Is Illegal In Germany for physicians
to dictate prescriptions to chemists over
the telephone, as fatal misunderstand
ings are likely to result.
Advice to Lovelorn
ft BBATsVZOB VAXmPAX
'. Tfce Bride's Dowry.
Dear Kiss Fairfax: I am a young girl,
sngaged. and expect to be married in
about six months.
Will you kindly tail me what Is ex
ported of a girl la eattlng up a house
hold. In Europe a girl furnishes the
whole bouse aod has her dowry besides.
Is this -the i us torn hereT
The family of my fiance are a great
deal better situated, financially, than my
awn, my father being only a working
man. 1 have no dowry aud will have only
my personal trousseau and the household
linens. Do 1 require anything else?
This matter lias never beu discussed
between my fiance and myself.
ALMA V.
You want to follow the American cus
tom, I am uure. And Inasmuch as you
have your personal wear and linens you
have complied with tho "custom of the
country." Don't worry about a dowry
what your fiance wants Is your love
not money which It would strain your
father to give.
Vos Are Orer-Asnbllloaa. '
Dear Miss Kalrfsx: I hsve len keep
Ins steady company with a young ittdy
three ye.rs, she UUig Zi aud I 24, and i
nave toid this young lady, for whom I
care more than anyone else, that I
wouldn't marry until I had a start In
life, such as a house free and clear, to
give her, and that wouldn't be for a few
yurs. Now, do you think I am doing
the right thing not to bwiim engaged
to her. irarry sooner than I expeulsd
and strive for the house after?
GKORQB II.
If you have a good position and some
money saved up. It would be wiser for
you to marry the girl you love, start
simply snd work together toward the
goal of your ambitions.
Hew ) Attract.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Am a young girl
SO years of as, feu me of my frteuds con
sider me very attractive, as I have a good
f'gure, but I am not very pretty. I have
bren going out with quite a number of
young men, all of whom have treated me
nicely, but they never call on ine the
second time. Hhould I ssk them to call,
aud how am I to entertain them, as 1
am very poor. My friends have told m
to kiss the men good nltfht and also to
drink, both of whU b, I hate to do.
LONESOME.
Don't use such means as drinking or
permitting liberties to hold the Interest
of men. Your poverty will not Impede
you It you can rise above condition aod
prove so interesting and worth while that
people will be glad to know yoir regard
less of surroundings. , '
How To Make the
Quickest.Simplest Cough
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Made Klad and Von Save SJ.
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This home-made cough syrup is now
Used in more homes than any other cough
remedy, its pcoinptneiut, ease and cer
tainty in conquering distressing couKbs
t'iiettt and tUroat colds, is realty remark
able. ou can actually feel it take hold.
A dav's use will usually overcome tho
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couifli uukkly. Splendid, too, for bron
chitis, spasmodic eroup, bronchial asthma
aod winter cuuuua.
t.Vt from any druggist 2i ounces of
I') nex (50 cents worth), pour it in a pint
bottle and iill the bottle with plain granu
lated sugar syrup. This gives you at a
cost of only $4 cuts a full pint oi belter
rough syrup' than you could buy for 12 50.
'l akes but a few minutes to prepare, lull
directions with 1'iuex. Tastes good and
never spoils. ' .
Vou will be pleasantly surprised how
quickly it loosens drr, boarse or tight
coughs, and heals tlia inflamed mem
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the formation of phlegm in the throat
and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per
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1'inet is a most valuable concentrated
eomtKiund of geauine Norway piae ex
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ing to the tueoilsnea.
o. avoid diunnriintmAht tut'-imvA at
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and don't accvpt auytbinu clae.
j A guarantee of absolute satisfaction,
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1 V a.raa. lad.