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Why Women Lie
When They Do
The Complaint of a Mas
culine Critic Answered.
"Ignorance Is Bliss"
Why We Quarreled
Money in the Burden of This
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lly NELL r.MNKLKY.
Copyright, 191, V International News Service.
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A seemingly Intelligent man aks me
tha following question:
la thera a woman in America that will
ot willfully He and
deceive? A busi
ness man In Cleve
land, O., made the
remark to ma one
day that he had
been la business
twenty-eight years,
and In that time
he bad never met
a woman who
would not He (or
money or social ef
'eot and I say. Is
it possible? R e -ipectfully.
HOMER F.
When we come
down to the real
basis of things,
It Is pretty hard to find' a maa or woman
who is not guilty of soma small prevari
cation each day.
Almost every business man is obllg-ed
to be courteous and polite to callers who
bore him unuterrably and take up his
precious time. Ween they say. "I fear
I am trespassing on your patience" the
poor iaIvo of business Is obliged to say,
"Not at all," while In his heart ha Is
wishing himself upon a desert inland a
thousand leaguea from bores.
Again, ha finds himself obliged from
social consideration to accept a dinner
invitation, either at the home of an ac
quaintance or at the club, yet he does
not enjoy the occasion, bnt Is forced to
say that he has had a oh arming time on
taking leave of his host.
In large financial transactions, the man
who is absolutely truthful today would
bring a salary In any museum. The lit
tle lie In such situations Is called "busi
ness acumen" and "shrewdness," and
"cunning." and "quick wtb-any name.
Indeed? save its own ugly one.
In the hours devoted to gallantry and
love-making, man prides hlrrmelf upon
his ability to tell sweet lies which women
believe. As for woman's untruthfulness,
it Is a wonder she knows how to speak
the truth at all. sine man has so en
compassed her with false conditions, and
mado such unreasonable demands of her,
that she has never dared to be absolutely
honest and frank with him, or even with
herself.
I often wi nder Just when he began to
Impress upon her mind that she was a
being so utterly unlike himself In her
natural passions, her alms, her rights,
her obligations. Surely In the early,
primitive races woman was not forced to
such deception as the civilised world .has
made necessary. .
Man now makes It obligatory upon
woman to declare herself as emotionless
as a disembodied spirit, else he distrusts
her purity. I one knew a wife who was
unwise enough to tell her husband that
some years before she met him a man
had put his arm about her waist during
a promenade. She had rebuked htm and
never saw tha man afterward; yet tha
husband became morbid and Jealous and
unkind after thta lnoldent was related ta
him, and Insulted his wife with suspicions
of her respectability, declaring that sha
must nave caused him to act as he did
by her Indiscretions,
So long as men demand much more of
women that they give women must be
forced to lie and deceive. Only when
he is willing to overlook her errors and
follies as he expects her to be In consid
ering his will she become truthful.
Almost everything that woman Is man
made her. She la often extravagant be
cause he continually pays attention to the
fashionably attired women, even while he
scoffs at fashion. She frequently neglects
the domestic virtues for more showy ao
oompUahmenU because man pasaea tha
domeetio woman by with polite indiffer
ence. It would be well for man to ask him
self what he has done toward making
higher standards for woman before he
criticises her too severely.
Do You Know That
Roman soldiers used to drink vinegar
v. hen cn long marches.
In soma parts of Norway corn Is used
is a substitute for money.
Germany takes a census every five
years; England every ten years.
Christie's most sensational sale realized
(aST.000 In seventeen dsya
In Spain farm laborers earn about 11.50
a week. The women whe work In vine
yards do not get more than 18 cents a
dsy.
Investigation made by statisticians
(end to show that out of every million
of the world's population about sixty
'our are blind.
It Is estimated that in the civil lied
countries of ths world to per cent of
persons over 10 years of age have to work
for a living.
Don't Use Soap
On Your Hair
When you wash your hair, don't use
so p. Must soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali, which 's
very Injurious, as It dries ths scalp anl
.makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is Just plain
mulslfled cocoanut oil. for it is) pure an.l
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats soaps or anything else all t
pieces. You can get this at any drug
tore, and a few ounces will last the
whole family for months.
Bimply moisten the hair with water j
aid rub it in. about a teaspoonful is all
that Is required. It makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor-j
uushly. and rinses out easily. The hair
dries (juickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, an 1
nay to handle. Resides, it loosens en-1
ukis out every particle of dunt, dirt an I
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W hen There's a Rival in the Field.
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tCopyrlght. 1915. by 8iar Company.)
The matter over which my husband
.lid T quarrel flenet in money,
I have always supposed that this wst
he matter over whlrh most couviles quar
el. 1 have no money of my own, yet If I
ad. It might not make any difference.
have a friend who hns her own In
line, ai.d she and her husband squabble
bout It He does not like her to spend
. without consulting him, and he con
dues her extravagant. It is not that
a would touch a dollar of her money,
ir he wouldn't. Nor la there any need
f his doing so, as he Is a very rich
inn. Hut ha wants to be consulted
bout all her expenditure
In my or case, 1 have no need to talk
bout how to spend my money for that
I K negligible quantity. Qeonce hates M
esr me say this, hut it is true. I am a
lependent. He is a generous husband.
Hid Is willing to open accounts at tho
various shops where I want to buy
.Kings, and when the bills come In lie
vs them by check.
Doesn't that sound nice? Well, In
reality. It Is dreadful! When ths first
of the month comes and I see a sheaf of
bills laid with my husband's mall. I
sh'.iddor. I watch htm anxiously as his
eyes run down the column of Items and
figure for I am the one who has or
dered all the articles named.
To be sure, some of them were for ths
house table linen, curtains and so forth.
Once In a while it has been necessary to
replenish ' my ' stock of fine napkins, or
get a company tablecloth. There are also
occasions upon which I have had to make
some gift wedding present, or something
of that kind whloh has gone from both
of ua I always explain all these matters.
It la bad enough when George asks me
If all those things were really neceasary.
Tet as he la represented tn some of them,
and uses some of the others himself In
his home, I ran often reply calmly to
this question. But when the Items are
clothes for myself. It la a different mat
ter. Lsist winter I had a new wrap made
at home. I wanted to buy It ready.made,
but evening wraps are very expenslvs. I
consulted my husband shout the matter
and he agreed that, going out as often
as I do to little dinners and other eve
nings affairs, I ought to have a nice
cloak to wear over my light gowns.
"If you can have it made at home, set
the materials from one of the shops
where we have a charge account." he
suggested.
I did this, t longed for some nice fur
to trim the wrap with, but I stifled this
longing. Instead, I got Just enough
swansdown to go around the neck and !
sleeve For Hnlr , I got seven yards
of brocade, at a "special price." It would
not look Veil to have a satin coat lined
with cheap material.
Tet when the bill came home and John
glanced over It, I saw him draw Ms
brows together.
"Can this be right, dear?" he asked.
"Seven yards of silk at CM per yard? I
thought your coat was to be of satin,
too."
"The ether Is brocade for lining, dear,"
I faltered. "Really that wasn't muoh to
pay for it"
"Lining!" he exclaimed. uood gra
cious! If you spend that much for lining,
you'd better wear your eoat Inside out"
"You told me to get a handsome wrsp."
I reminded him. "And I thought yon J
meant me to do so."
"Certainly I meant It," he returned.
"But I did not suppose you were going
to have It lined with cloth-of-gold.."
"I am saving a good deal on It by hav
ing It made at home," I ventured. "The
garment from whloh it's copied cost Vtt
Just as It Is In ths shop."
"A millionaire's wife can sfford to
wear that kind of thing," he said
brusquely. "My wife cannot afford it."
Tet, later, when he admired my pretty
coat and I reminded him of what he said.
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he waa hurt to think that I "cherished
a grudge" against him.
"You know I am always glad to have
ysu buy nice clothes," he Insisted. "I
was not displeased at your getting that
wrap only surprised to find that the ma
terials coxt so muoh. We men sre Igno
rant of women's expenses, you see."
Tet he is not willing to let me have
money with which to meet my own ex
penses. Even In my charities It Is the same wsv.
I am one of the managers of a girls'
home. I like to give to this organisation,
yet to do this I would have to ask my
husband for the money for my gift, He
thinks me foolish to be so much Inter
ested In working girls. So when 1 want
to make a present to the home, I buv
table linen or bed linen, have it sent
home and charged. Then I take these
fow articles over to tho home as my contribution.
I suppose this would seem dlshonesv
wouldn't It to most people. But as my
husband tells me that I earn my living
and my luxuries, toe," may I not Indulg
myself In this luxury? I am housekeeper,
wife and mother-thus I do earn all that
I spend. He could not hire a woman to
do what I do for what It costs to keep
me.
Last month I tried to be brave and ask
him for money for a gift. I wanted to
send a poor cousin a bit of Jewelry en
her birthday. I asked George timidly
for lio.
"Whst tor?" he demanded.
I told him, although I know he dislikes
this cousin.
"Ilsve ll charged and send the bill to
me." he ordered. "It's all the same."
It Isn't all the same, but I can never
irake him understand this. Bo I did not
buy ths bit of Jewelry. . . .s
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice
Fairfax
Take a riraa ataad.
tear MWia Fairfax) I am a
young girl and have a good
horns. After going out with a young
man steadily for a year with the idea
that we could be married soon, he tells
me It will be a year and a half before
he can be 'narrled. My parents object
and wish me to see him only nco In a
while. Ho will not do this, saying It
must ho altfigMlhor or not at all. My
friends say to give him up, as 1 am tK
young to tie myself down, and rrpeclally
when he has no definite future. I have
many friend, but would like to do the
rlgnt thing by this one. Is he Justified
In his view point? APPRECIATIVE.
I think you had better respect your
parents' wishes since you are so un
certain of your own feeling and so In
clined to be influenced by the advice of
your friends. If the young man soea
thst you are determined he will probably
be willing to agree to accede to your
parents' wishes.
His Advloe la Good. (
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl of It
mildly in love with a young man the
same sun. Hs has been courting rne thwe
last three years The other night 1 asked
him what his Intentions were, since he
earns very lltte and has no future.. To
my astonishment he told me "to try and
forget" him and to look for another, be
cause he couid never support me, 1 felt
that I roulrl not part with him as
the shock will kill me, DISTRESSED.
Such talk, after three years' courtship
Is brutal, I admit, but there Is some
sense In It. He can't afford to marry. A
long sngsgement is unfair to you. so do
as lie says; forget nun. He will be more
interested In you If you make the effort.
talr Etleaette.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Should a man pre
cede a lady going up or downstairs, er
should a isdy precede a man? NEUU
In going upstairs the man goes first,
and the lady precedes In going duwn.
Science for Workers
By EDGAR LUCIE LA K KIN
Question "Please explain the pheno
mena of 'red balloons.' One suddenly ap
peared in the north as seen from here, on
the evening of November 26. 114, and
lasted perhaps as long as lightning, but
seemed to last longer. It was of beauti
ful colors and so bright that tha moon
was psle in comparison." Robert B.
Kennedy, No. 2 Second street, run
Krsnf!leo.
Answer The object Hue doubtless n
c.eor. f rhmliis matter ill the rtar; It
..as .uiiiing ' ht-sd-cn ' or directly towsrd
the observer. Meteor upon striking the
atmosphere of the earth with minimum
speed, possibly sight miles per second,
or mlxlmum possibly, forty-four and one
half miles pr second, almost instantly
become intensely hot on their surfaces
from friction sgainst air. Many particles
of white or red-hot matter, metals or
tone, are rubbed off and are left In the
rear as Mreamers of bright light, of
varying Irng'.h. due to the materials of
meteor and lhir velocities. Globular
liglitnins has often been mentioned as
hvh i bcn seen, but In u,in iae u.v
moon was shining, no rain, no electrical
storm, so that the red thing must have
been a direct, on-coming meteor; one
that started originally to go around ths
sun, but became switched off Its para
bola and hit our earth.
Questlon"By what method ts water
decomposed or separated Into Its con
stituent gases?" R. Let, as Vegaa, Nev
January ti. 1314.
Answer By passing a continuous cur
rent of electricity through It. An ordi
nary sine and copper voltaic battery
gives sufficient amperage and also volt
age to separata the oxygen and hydro
gen. Oxygen goes to the pole connected
with the copper plate and hydrogen to
the sine polo or plate. The volume of
hydrogen is doubla thst of the oxygen,
snj both are chemically pure, gteetn. If
paxeed oivr red-hot Iron, surrenders it a
oxygen to the atoms of the mtti.1. while
iiite,i li jiviii oif, pure und free.
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