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By OARRKTT P. SEKVISS.
"If the. planets in the heavens are
worlds like this one, does cur world
Rhine, to thorn as theirs do to us? And.
If so, what Is it that causes this planet
to shine to tho oth
ers and look so dark
to us only when
light comes from
somewhere else?"
C. M. B.
Yes, the earth does
shine to the eyes of
the Inhabitants of
other planets, If
there be such Inhab
itants, In the same ij
manner as x n o s e
planets chine to our
eyes. The sun. In the
renter of the plan
etary system, fur
nishes the light, and
It Is reflected from the nonself-lumlnous
surfaces of the planets, thus making
them visible to one another, as the faces
of persons sitting In a dark room are
rendered visible by the turning on of an
ciectrto lamp.
The relative amount of light reflected
to us from any planet depends upon the
size, of the planet: second. Its distance
from the sun: third. Its distance from
the earth; fourth, the character of the
planet's surface, which may he more or
less reflective for llfcht.
Among these causes the most striking
In Its effect Is distance. For Instance,
the planet Jupiter has a surface about
125 times greater than that of the planet
Venus; but Venus, when nearest, appears
much brighter to ue than Jupiter when
nearest, because Venus is then, fifteen
times nearer than Jupiter, and what It
lacks In relative size It more than gains
through relative nearness, the light In
creasing as the square, of the decrease
of distance. Venus also gains brilliance
relative to Jupiter In consequence of her
greater nearness to the source of the
light, which results In its surface being,
. i .1..L.11.. ni..miHnt a
area xor area, mure uiiBimy iiiuiuuiau:u
than that of Jupiter.
As to your second question, you appear
to be confused by the effects of night
upon the inhabitants of the earth. As
our planet turns rapidly on Its axis we
are about half the time on the side that
Is toward the sun and half the time on
tho side away from the sun. but the cone
of shadow that rests upon the night side
of the earth Is only about 8B0.00O miles
long, coming to a point and vanishing at
that distance. To an eye situated any
where outside that cone some part of the
earth would be seen Illuminated by tho
sunshine, unless the line of sight coin
cided with the axis of the shadow cone.
In which case th earth would appear as
a dark circle, either covering the gun or
forming a black dot on Us disk, accord
ing as the observer was nearby (as he
would be If on. the moon) or far off (as
he would be If on any one of the planets).
Consequently, when we upon the earth
are burled In night .our planet may still
be perfectly visible to the Inhabitants of
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the otner planets, Because tney are out.- i
side the cone of the earth's shadow, and
light is reflected to their eyes from parts
of the earth's surface which to them are
In the sunshine. But tho brightness, or
apparent size, of the earth varies to them,
Just as the brightness or apparent size of
their planets varies to us, and for the
same reasons, viz., variation of distance
and change of place resulting In a differ
ence In the amount of planetary surface
Illuminated by the sun.
An Illustration of what 'has Just been
said may bo seen In the case of the planet
Venus at the present time. That planet
is very brilliant In the western evening
sky, but if you look at her with tele
scope you will find that only about half
her surface appears Illuminated by the
sun, and she presents the figure of a I
half-moon. When she Is on the far side ,
of the sun fwm the earth she looks like !
a full mooiySli the telescope, but then her
total brightness is greatly, reduced be
cause of the greater distance. (
The earth looked at from Venusi ap
pears now as a mornin star of exceed
ing brilliance, and next winter, when
Venus gets between tho earth and the
sun and temporarily lost to our view
In the solor glare, the earth will glow
at midnight on the morldian of the sky
of Venus with a splendor far greater
than anys planet ever kbowi to us. be
cause It will then turn its fully Illum
inated face toward Venus at the moment
when the two planets are at their points
Df nearest approach.
If It seems strange to you that the sun
light reflected from the surface of the
earth should be bright enough to make
our planet visible millions of miles away,
you may reflect upon an experiment of
Sir John llerschel at the Cape of Goo
Hope. He observed that when the face
of Table mountain was illuminated by
the sunshine Its brightness exceeded In
Intensity that of the face of the full
moon.
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A full little foundation of yellow batiste
is Riven the- effect of greater width by four
Jolly shirred ruchings of the material.
Thin favored trimming of the past has
been revived for the coming season and
can be used effectively with the minimum
amount of time and expense. Almost Re
vere in its simplicity Is the little bodice of
this frock. A modest frill of lace finishes
an even more modest neckline, and three
more little frills break forth at the wrist.
Two Ways of Spending Christmas
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Lovely as the bordered cotton stuffs are
in the shops, they are Infinitely prettier
In the frock. AH of the beauty of the
border Is displayed in the frothy, skirt, the
fullness restrained somewhat over the hips
by the ehirrings. The little bodice Is en
tirely of the flowered pattern, ruffled in
lace at the neck and at the elbows. A yel
low taffeta girdle Is an effective connect
ing link. The raglan sleeve has been clev
erly adapted and marked by shlrrlngs.
The leghorn hat Is wreathed in old-fash
ioned poBles.
Effeminate Americans
If Our Men. AVho Have Acconiplislicd So Much, Aro Effeminate More Power to that Trait
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Out of which does he get more happiness? Do yourself a good turn and cheer up some of
own people this Christmas.
Buying Presents
for Men
"toy DOROTHY D1X
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One of tur very distinguished admirals,
and a lot of smaller bore craft, are very
much exercised over the fact that most
of our school teachers are women. This
horrible .state of-
affairs is declared -to
do violence to
the nature of the
male, because It
subjects boya at
an Impressionable
ago- to the effemi
nating Influence of
the female of the
specie.
The effect of
this, say these
authorities, can but
be disastrous to a
boy, and result In
making him namby
pamuy. and Miss
Llzryleh. In fact,
they assert that
the woman teacher
has already gotten
In her deadly work, and is responsible for
the effemlnte American man. There are
no women teachers In boys hol
abroad, they cry. and look at the English
man! Look at the Frenchman! Look at
the German, and then look at the Amer
ican and turn off your women teachers.
k...r.n mv views may be colored by
prejudice In favor of my own. but where
are these eiieminaio ni....
whose weakness and flabbiness mane
brave sailors weak?
unhrulv has ever denlej that the Eng-
ii.h .r flrat-class fighting men, but the
effeminate American men held their own
with them in two rather Important mm
wr. Admirals Dewey and Sampson and
8chley made no complaint of the effemi
nate American crews at their oacxs ai
Manila and Santiago, and I guess that
If you should tell the Spanish how ef
feminate our men are. they would hate
to go to war with a nation of real niunly
mn. Also. It is a matter of history that
no other such bloody battles are recorded
as those fought during the civil war,
when the effeminate American men en
gaged in a fraternal strife.
When It cornea to so-called manly
sports the effeminate American men are
among those a Wo present At the Inter
national contests the pussy-footed Amer
ican man has taken away the prises until
his discomfited competitors have shriekej
"foul pltey: to cover up their failures.
It was a sisaylsh American team that
won the polo cup against KnglamVs
crack players last summer. It wsaa
Miss Naucylsh American buy who ha4
gone to school to women teachers who
won the golf championship against Scot
land's pride. Jt is an effeminate man
who keeps the International yacht trophy
on thia side of the Atlantic, and even his
bost Is called "she."
It was an effeminate American man
who discovered the North pole, and an
other effeminate American man has just
been hire J. to go to England to manage
its greatest railway. 11 took two ef
feminate American men to bull! in
eighteen months the great municipal elec
tric plant at Manchester that English
contractors declared they couldn't erect
under six years, and all over the world,
when bridged are needed In a hurry, or
railroads, or tunnnels. or breakwaters are
to be built swiftly, it is the effeminate
Snap Shots
y A XX LISLE.
I can sing, every trouble seems sped.
Ko I can slug, all the darknoss is fl.cj;
I.pt all the sorrows of lifetime brood
long.
If 1-uut feel still the surging of song;
Fountains of hope In my heart ever
spring
So I can sing.
80 I ran sing, all the neighbors may go
Off where they peace and deep quiet can
know;
On from apartment to houses we move,
fo I may trill out the scales that 1 love;
Roused are the birds in the country in
spring
to I can sing.
The world Is willing to give you a
boost-after yon have shown ability to
climb alone to the top.
If overwork Isn't a sure enough road to
nervous prostration try overrest.
How can you criticise a man as a bore
when tie keeps you so busy listening to
his troubles that you baven't tune to
think of your own?
A woman must be desperately old or
desperately young when she doesn't care
who knows her age.
If you have - been doing nothing and
have found It boresome try doing some
thing. If you have been doing something
and have found It wearisoine-lry doing
something else.
Action and reaction are equal In oppo
site directions but the wive woman never
returns a kiss with quit the same (ervor
with which It U given.
American man who undertakes the Job
and gets away with it.
Iet it not be forffnttAn that It waa an
effeminate American man, aided by other
erremtnatc Americans, who dug the
Panama canal after France had failed
at it.
Nowhere else on earth are there so
many men who have started at the very
bottom of the ladder and climbed up to
tho top of It by their own unaided
strength as there are In this country.
Nowhere else are things done on so big
a scale, things that require courage, dar
ing, ability, sheer brain and brawn to ac
compllHh. and If thia be effeminacy, more
power to It.
If the American man of today is ef
feminate he certainly cannot go to the
men of other nations to learn manliness,
because he beats them at their own
games already. In a fight or a frolic,
at work or at play, at making money or
spending It. he can hold his own with
the best.
I Those who objoct to hsvlng women
: teschers for boys do not rlulm ih.i ih.
women are less capable of instructing the
boys In the text books. Their only fear
is that with the Influence of the teacher
will te to put prissy, prunet-and-prlsms
notions In the lads' heads, and that a
boy taught by women will Uke to doing
Battenberg embroidery Instead of playing
foot ball for amusement.
In reality. Just the opposite Is likely
to take place, because every woman se
cretly adores the cave man type of man:
eveiy woman In her heart put physical
strength In a man above every other, de
sirable quality; every woman s hero is
a hlg, bruwny. swash-buckling brute.
I.ook how little chance even the most
intelligent, refined and noble man has
with women if he Is puny of stature,
weak-eyed and engaged In some ladylike
profession. such as teaching which
women regard as no proper occupation
for an able-bodlod man.
Therefore. If you want anybody to In
spire the childish mind with Ideals of
valor, and manly strength, and daring,
look to a woman to do It. It Is she who
thrills to every high emprise and who
leads her s hole's by her enthusiasm for
what a man ought to do Into being the
sort of a man who does things.
Women place a thousand tiroes more
stress on strength and courage than Hica
themselves do, and perhaps the reasoa
that American men so notably poaseas
these qualities Is because they have been
taught by women teachers, and riot by
mm teachers. At any rate, as long as
our present edui atlonnl system continues
to turn out the seine brand of American
iiHU ws have, thcie U no call to worry.
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Ily HKATRICE FAIRFAX.
"I know a young lady to whom a
young man has been paying attention for
some time. I am anxious to know
whether It is proper for her to buy sev
eral' ties for him. They are not engaged,
and the young man has never given her
a present," writes Ardlne. 1
And I answer with fervor: Merciful
heavens. Of what Is the girl of today
thinking? She hasn't the gumption, tho
simple honesty, the economic Independ
ence or the sanction of custom to Justify
her In marching up to the man she ad
mires and asking him quietly and cheerily
to do her the honor of accepting her
hoart and hand. And she has lost the
coy and alluring sweetness of her grand
mother's day.
She balances precariously between the
determined and Independent seeking of
what she wants (which may be hers
some day), and the charming elusiveness
of olden days. And between future pro
posing and past seeming to run away
from a proposal, she tacks awkwardly
and ungracefully, neither quite daring
to come out and ask for what she wants,
nor yet knowing how to Invite Invita
tion for herself.
But of all the awkward maneuvers of
whl'h the girl of today Is guilty, none Is
more wantonly stupid than the habit of
giving presents to men.
It ought to annoy a self respecting man
to have even a girl to whom lie has given
gifts seek to make a return In kind. It
surely must humiliate him beyond words
to have a woman on whom ho has lav
ished no offerings make him a present.
But when that present takes the form
of wearing apparel, a man who Is worthy
of the title ought to feel a choice Inter
mingling of the emotions of disgust at
her poor taste, anger at her Impudence
and sarcastic amusement at himself for
ever having liked a girl who could he
guilty of so forward end bungling an at
tempt at winning her favor.
In the present state of society, good
taste demands that man shall be the
wooer and woman the wooed. The first
intimation of "serious Intentions" still
comes from the man. The first tokens
of affection pas from man to woman
not vice versa.
If a man has given to a girl friend
gifts of a simple and appropriately Im
personal sort, then, at Christmas, on his
birthday or on some special occasion,
siie may offer hint a little remembrance.
liut uninvited, unwarrranled and unex
pected git of wearing apparel from
wosns n to man are about as awkward a
method of usurping the wootng privilege
as I can imagine. The selfish, stingy,
self-seeking msn who would be glad to
eke out his wardrobe with dmuralions
purchased by a girl's salary or her allow
ance from an unsuspecting father, Is the
sort no sane girt wants to attract. And
any other type of manhood would be re-'
pellcd by a sudden shower of gifts from a
young person on whom he would have
lavished attentions had he cared to es
sume tender relations of bestowal with
her.
There Is no generosity In forcing your
gifts where they are not desired. There
is no appreciation for presents that
cheapen the recipient. And unwarranted
offerings from a girl to a man cheapens
every one concerned-
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice
Fairfax
Love's Townsr Dream.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am In love with
a young lady who lives In a distant city.
Kecently we have been dreaming of each
other a great deal. We are not engnKMl,
and both are wondering If this dreaming
haa any significance with regard to our
love. We are It. AND 7..
Hclentlsta insist that dreams come In
that twilight gone between waking and
sleeping, Just before nature sinks into
that deep, dreamless slumber that is the
counterfeit of death. In this tlmo the
subconscious mind takes hold and dwells
In fantastic mood upon the things
that have held sway In the moments of
consciousness, usually framing the dream
out of the last definite thoughts before
surrendering to slumber. Therefore, if
you have been dreaming of each other,
It Is but a proof that you were thinking
strongly one of the other Just as you
were going to sleep. ' Jt It shows anything
It is that you give each other a great
deal of pleasant but serious thought at
proper season.
Behave Yearself.
Dear Mls Fairfax: I am a young man
of about 11 yours of age, and have been
keeping steady company" wtlh a young
Jlrl about lb years of age. A girl with a
calous disposition has been circulating
a report around to all the younger girls
I was not tit for her or to keep company
with any girl, and by that way has tried
to "queer" me with all the glrs and
has stu-ceeded. I am no more a friend of
anv of the girls, young or old. Kindly
advise me what I can do to clear myself
with the girls again. X. Y. 7..
Pimply behave yourself and prove by
your conduct that the slanders you com
plain of have no foundation In fact. In
that way only can you win back the
friendship and respect you have for the
time being lost. You are young and have
plenty of time ahead of you In which, to
overcome the effect of any slanderous
story thst may now seem to affect you
so seriously, so do nut worry.
, Hold on tm Voir Job,
ln'ar Mist Fslrfax: I am a girl of 22
and I sing in the movies In a small coun
tiy tot;. I am tlreulv in love iln 11
yoi.ng man two years my senior. Hj has
a fine position as hark driver and he
rets I"' 5 a month, lie object to mv lng
ng In the mdvles. but wants me to wa.t
a year before marrying him. I need I lie
mm ey I earn In this wsy. so 1 auk
your advice us to what to do.
BANGS.
Keep your Job as a singer and do not
worry about the outcome; the young man
undoubtedly means well, but has a very
wrong Idea as to the dignity of a girl
earning her own living. His pay is far
from enough to provide for two ami you
will need all you earn In addition to
what he ran produce In order to live at
all decently after you are married.
what then? This world has In It lots of
chances for a girl to have a good time
with never a man around. Don't let
your heart be troubled over thia matter
at all, and don't 1st your desire for com-,
pany lead you Into anything you may
afterwards regret.
IletarnlasT Gifts.
Dear Miss Fslrfsx: Is It customary to
return the girts given you by a young
man when you quit going with him if you
are not engagei to him?
BLUE ETE8.
If the gifts are of any value, you ghoul I
send them back, in the first place, yon
should not have received them. It l
wrong for a girl to receive presents of
value from any man not a relative or
her affianced husband.
t)r All Drill Metasc Ills.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Will you please)
tell me If it would Im the right thing for
a girl to do. to refuse to go with a boy
because he Insists upon her ktssalng hint
good night. 1'EO.
The boy you refer to Is rude and with-
out manners, and doesn't deserve tho
friendship or society of a good girt Send
htm away.
SORE ERUPTION ALL
OYER CHILD'S
BODY
Keep oa Manillas;.
Dear Miss Falrf: I am a girl It
years of atte, and am considered good
looking. 1 am liked vry much down at
Hie office, bath by girl and boys. Now
one thing that I would like to know is.
i speak to the boys quite a bit and we
oft-n start a conversation, but the boys
never try to make a date witli me. I'leaae
give me sumo advise.
HEART BKOKEN.
That's nothing fur you to cry about,
little girl; keep right on as you have been
doing, meeting your friends and fellow
workers with a smile and e the sun
shine in life all the time and the first
thing you know, you'll have all the ad
mirers you want. And, If you do not.
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Could Not Sleep. Used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. In Three
Weeks Was All Healed.
Route No. 3. Box S7, IJttle rails. Minn.
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a sore eruption all. over his
body. We could get noth
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were largo and red and
bleeding. They started
with blisters as if he were
burned and when they broke
they would blosd and they
Itched so that he could no
sleep for some time. We
had him all tied up with bandages and then
we bad to soak them off every day.
" We bought a cake of Cuticura 8oap and
a box of Cuticura Ointmeat which soon gave '
lilui relief. We uaod the Cuticura Hoap to
wah hi in with and used the Ointment
afterwards and In about two weeks he was
able to sit up. Now he Is as well as can be
for In three weeks he was all healed by the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment." (Signed)
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For red. rough, chapped and bleeding
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finger-ends with shapeless nails, a one-night
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and wear soft bandages or old. loose gloves
during the night. Although OuUrsra Soap
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