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A Zulu Coming-Out Dance
Here's Proof That the Modern Ballet Skirt Is a Relic of Barbarism
ny GARHETT P. SKHVISS.
It la irry mirlmia how tnny cuntomii
and codtumta which civlllxatlon rhvrlahra
orlfinntpd among brtarlana or aavaoa
and hava undergone llttla uhanga .xc(t
In their accnaaorloa and Kiirroundlim".
Kvn tha ballet aklrt haa ben found, aa
tha arcompanylnft photograph ilinwi, In
lla moat rharacteriatlo form amonn tha
kafflra of Africa, and thry employ It In
n dance In which all the pnrtUlpanta are
"premlema dnnaetiaea." Aa practiced In
Zululand, thla. ballet la the "cnmlng-of-ate
dance" of yoting men.
In view of the peculiar dreaa worn by
tha Eulu dancera. It la Intereatina; to
know that at the ortirtn of our modern
ballet, in Italy and France, tha dancera
wore wljri, maaka and hoops, and their
pantomimic poaturea and motion were
not unlike thoae uaed In Africa.
According to thla, the ballet aklrt, hav
ing: appeared Independently among- Afri
can aavagea and European rlvl:ixad peo
ple, muat poaaeaa eome manlfeat advan
Uur aa a dreaa for dancing- hlch haa lad
naturally to Ita uae, and it U eal'y aeen
that ailch advantage exlata. In a cere
monial or apectacular dance to hide the
lower llmba would ba to oonceal the chief
actora in tha acene.
The three forma of dancing that hava
been practiced all over tha earth are
war dancea, rellaioua dancea and aootal
danrea. v All of them arise from tha In
born love of rhythmic motion, with or
without accompanying mualo, and thla
love of rhythm la aa deeply aeated aa
anything can be, for tha very exlatenca
of tha universe depend upon rhythm a
contrasted with disorder.
Soclnl dartcra are apparently a product
of relatively advanced civlllxatlon, but
they are not on that aocount any tha leaa
an expression of primitive Instincts.
Some of them hava been saved from
moral condemnation by tha strength of
their appeal to the unlveranl love of
beauty, which may be expressed In har
monloita motion aa well aa In fixed form
or color.
Household Hints
! Olive oil Is the best fattener for thin
," .. ; .
I Bait added to mustard prevents It dry
i Ing up.
0oap ahredded among stored blanket
drives away moths.
Bponges which are slimy should l
steeped lo vinegar and water for a day.
Science at the Fair
Toast and water la tha purest drink,
and non-lnfecttoua, ti e charo at of the
i burnt bread being the. purifying aen.
To clean a dark atraw hat amear a llt
tla butter on an old p'.eca of velvet and
rub tha hat, Leave the butter on for fif
teen mlnutoa, then polish with a dry piece
of velvet.
,
Here the young chap Pfttlee back after he' cried, "I know a
girl there!" and dreams. And why not? For the New York girl
is a thing that dreams catch fire on sure enough. A girl with a
piquant something, the pixy quirk, the cast of eye and hair and neck
fixings and hands and feet that cry aloud for black and white. She's
a gold-girl, sometimes, of course tut when I shut my eyes and con
jure up her image her eyes are dark-1 everywhere dark and soft,
with something of the Latin looking out each side of a nose that is
pure American. The New York girl makes me think always of that
lovely" thing, a thoroughbred horse so perfectly groomed that be-
caune of this she seems to never remember that she has a throat
ribbon, or a shell pin in ber soft, dark hair, proudly stepping, aa
haughty as the dickens, a bit languid, yet taut as a rac.g atui
putting to sea, a bit of femininity that carries the eyes of a wistful
child and the mouth of a nymph above the very smartest gown in
the world. The dark, oriental-looking, tender and cold, scornful
and worldly wise on Fifth avenue and fun-loving and childlike oa
the beaches, fine-skinned, smart little New York girl, with the very
latest on top of her proud little head and within. It! NEUL.
BRINKLEY.
Piqk Out Mate You Need
"Magic" of Wedding- Ceremony Will not Con
vert Parlor Ornament Into a Kitchen Utensil.
By DOROTHY DIX.
Thla la the second commandment of
matrimony:
Thou shalt not marry a pari"'" orna
ment la the vain belief that mat.lmony
wllt convert it Into a kitchen utentll.
There la no sup
erstition more com
monly held than
that tha marriage
ceremony Is a sort
of a 'conjLr,'', as
our coioreu -menus
say, and tbat when
Its mystic 4 words
are mumbled over
a man and woman
It changea their en
tire naturee, haMts
and outlook uion
life.
Millions of other
w isu sane and
sensible people take
unto themselves
husbanda and wives
that they know to
be utterly unsuit
able, ex-cept tl.at tljey are pinning theli
faith to thdf dark masle involved In
"getting married," that they have a
childlike belief will somehow, eome way,
transmute the baso metal of humanity
into the pure fcold of an Weal character.
Of couree, anyone who roaily noius 10
thla fatuoua doctrtne la a fit subject f'r
the investigation' of an alienist and not
the mlnmtratlons of av clergyman, for
tha most eurHory observation sU'jws that
marriage fat no miracle worker. What a
man and woman ,were before niair age
they are going to be after marriage, only
mora so.
Matrimony tdoej not obliterate our
characteristics' or change one set of
characteristic for another. It almply
r tntenslflea tralta that we have, so that
those who are noble and patient and un
selfish before marriage become mure and
mora aalntly, and thue who are mean
and tyrannical become more devilish in
the opportunities -offered them by tha
family circle.' .' ' .
Feverthelaas, ran so along picking out
they don't want their wives to be, blithely
trusting that marriage In going tu alter
the ladles' entire characters. Also, girls
continue confidently to march to the
altar with rojes and drunkards In the
fond belief that the noteo of that
McndelsHohu rug lays a spell upon a man
s that he never thirsts f -r a his'ioi1'
agnln, or l-.aa an eye for the fluttt r of a
pett'eoat.
Ncbody can explalu, thla I'.iicy. It
merely exists. We should think a man
crazy If he needed a good ai om i. l
truck in lit business and ho w. lit fo th
and deliberately bought a satln-paddtu
MmouHlnM and then complained that It
wouldn't haul t'r.H of m'.rchandlf. Ve
that Is precisely whut thoisands "f men
bnv ilono who corntilaln thHt murrls je
c failuru.
They hove picked out for wives wonier1
who were putterfMej; wornen who wet
fashtot: n;teni wonin whone iharm for
thunt was th very fact that lh:y w rc
so at-tUaa anv Ignorant, and then wtw
theac women go on -and follow their
'-:tJ:al bent their huand have the
nerve to consider thermiolvea 111 usod.
What rltibi has a nun who murries
for wives girla who are everything that a tungo-mad girl (o expect her to become want, and get it. They do not expect
any sleight-of-hand performance to be
worked In their behalf so that tha loaf
of bread they started with from the
bakery will ba converted Into angel cake
by the time they get home with It.
lint In marrlagu they do expect the
mlracl to happen, ao that tha silly will
turn mUe, the estravagant thrifty, tha
In ly industrious, the dull brilliant, tha
hlgh-temperd meek, and the Intemperate
sober and restrained. The miracle never
happens, and then the disappointed dupes
I vnai ngiu nns inu wumr.ii wno nua of their own folly beat upon their breasts
and lamrast matrimony.
The fault la their own. Tha man had
every rhi.nce to pick out the kind of a
wife that ho wanted In tha first place.
The woman had every opportunity of
selecting tho hort of hushand of which
he approved, and If they chose tu turn
tliolr buck upon tho safe course and take
a chance at the Improbable happenings
they have no one to blama but thain-
seiver.
Moreover, It Is playing the matrimonial
game with a stacked deck for a man or
woman to marry with the secret hope of
reforming, and altering, end olhcrwla-
making over the character of the pa.'.y
of the second part. Our vanity car not
survive finding out that, after al, wo
aia not our husband' ideals, or the
heroes that we thsught we were to our
wives.
o woman tan be happy uod-r the
drastic experience of having a husband
correct her faults. No 'man's love s ir
vlv( his wife's efforts to uplift hlin
l Domestic happlneea rests on nmUal nd
ir.lratlon. Both husband nc wife must
give satisfaction to insure ptaca and
comfort In tho homo.
Therefore, heed well the second com
mandment of matrimony: Pick out the
kind of a wife or huaoliui you want, and
thon you'll want what you huve. Kemr ru
ber that the days of miracles have
passed, and no special, rrovidence 1
going to Intel veno in your behalf. What
; your liusound or wife was bofore mar
! riage, ha or aba will ba to the and of tbt
chapter.
sedate housewife, more Interested in
raising bread than in raising Cain in a
cabaret? What right haa the man who
marrlos a woman because she was aucb
a good looker and ao smartly dressed
that he made everybody rubber to shriek
over her extravagance and berate her
for the slS of her mllllm ry bills? What
right haa the man who marries a braln
Itxg foo of a woman. Just because aha
haa a pretty face, to expect her to be an
Intelligent companlen tu him?
What right haa tho woman who has
married a drunkard to expect ua to
intiiffl" nor tears with her because she
has to drag her lord and nia.iter cut of
the puttor? What rgl.t has the woman
who has deliberately picked out a luzy
loafer for a liuxband to consider herself
a uiaityr when aire has to take In board
era to support lilin? Whut right has the
wontan who hS tied up with u brute, to
wli.oo over tho black evo that lia gives
her?
In every 'other affair hi life except
matrimony people uso common sense
and judgement. They have some rospect
for the luw ui cauae tint effect. Th'. y
pick out the thing that they need and
Advice to Lovelorn r.Stf
lly IvPGAIt LVCIEN I.ATtKlN.
In the palacoof mine therels on dis
play In profusion fine apparatus for uae
before clause In electricity In colleges
and universities. In 1M2 I wrote Con
cerning the electricity part of the exposi
tion that It would ba up to dato; In 1913
that all new discoveries to opening of
fair would ba there, and In 1914 that th
exposition of discoveries and usea of eleo-
trli Ity would surpass all previous achieve
ments. In 191a the fact Is here. The exhibits
of new things In eleottiolty are ao pro
phetic of greater things to com that the
very foundation lawe of all nature may
yet be dlacovered. And students of elec
trical englnoerlng, current manipulation
and intricate laws of eluctro-msgnetlsin
in technical college of th future may
well bo congratulated upon these new
things.
There are hundreds of apparatus that
can be put together and taken apart;
hut when aeaemhllng tha parts, students
can see the actions of th new laws.
Facta of electricity, as shown by the de
veloped mechanism, by a labyrlth of
colls, transformers, electro-magnetic In
struments, reveal dim laws as coming
nearer and nearer, like the outlines of a
ship coming out of mists. And at pres
ent these arc beyond Imagining..
Iluw would It do to say that variations.
In potential will change th entire science
of application of electricity to useful
work? For the poeslbl'ltles of the ef
fects of "variations In potential of the
field by means of the alternating current
are beyond all computation now, for
rapidly alternating potentials will en
able futur engineer to make machinery
at much lesa coat. '
Th very poor will be nblo to have
electricity In humble homes for nil pur
poaee. Wa live in a universe of change.
Incessant variation. Tho sun and all the
planets revolve In the eieciro-magnetlc
field of space. Tlut this field varies po
tential; then variations on all planets.
Including our earth, are result. But these
laws or not yet fully discovered.
I saw metals behave aa If alive In the
varying fields around tha poles of electro-magnet
today. This area or field
of energy in space near magnet Wiles is
indeed wonderful and beyond all value,
sine work can ba taken out of it b"
Induction and conduction.
I held metals In my hands within titU
magic flold and could feci the actlvtlow
of surglngs of mugnetlHm. I mutt re
peat, variations will be the watchword
of electricity in th future.
J.Ruhis
Wallingforcl
says,
the loaugrkt S.Her's Msnsxinfal.
dear Mitre Fairfax: I am 18 and am in
love wltn a man of II. who in return
la in love with me. tl asked me lo be
come engageit. Hut aa I have two sla
ter ol ior than myself don't think It
proper for me to rx-ome eng&ged before,
them. My friend dieen't think It right
to wait until my alsters ;et engaged,
and wants to lcom engaged. Lo you
think It would be wrong of me If I did?
My parents re not aualnat it- I. U.
There is no reason at all for you to de
lay your tngagfcinenl In order that your
elder sister may bo engaged before you.
Tour rotnaac will not either del or
hasten theirs. - In fact, as a married
woman you may b able to bring- a great
ueal of phsusure end many gsreeabl new
friend luto their lives
Dear Mi Fairfax- I a a young lady
21 and on Thursday last 'came an h. Il
ea; am deeply tu love with a young rra.i
vvrio iiiturn iuve me and dot not know
of my Inheritance.. To date Ve haa not
proposed. Ought 1 tell him of my good
fortune or not? iKi you think this will
make any difference, sine be la In poor
circumstances.' MAY.
It you are sure of this man's love for
you, the fact that you have gome money
to help flnanoe the matrimonial ship
ought to make it easily possible for you
to tell him of your good fortune in such
a way that he will know it la not Mini-
flet unless he shares It.
"We have had a dream. iSuppoe
you could invest a Loaf of Bread and jr
Make a Fortune in the Movies?"
Properly manipulated, 10c would
make anybody the owner of a share
of preferred stock, an equal owner
with 9,999 other investors. 1 myself
might undertake the management of
it In such an event, speculators
would not be wanted. This would be
a serious conservative opportunity to
hivn nv.r an Snvsilmsnt man v l!ml
its ex wtta, f mmf , i ,
Nearly everybody goes to see Moving Pictures. Now the idea is to
start a chain of co-operative theatres. If we got together 10,000 origi
nal investors of a dime for initial capital we could open a theatre here.
Each stockholder could be prevailed upon to bring two customers
which logically would give us 30,000 to start with, and with these
agreeing to bring two each and so on, the imaginary company would
make at least $300 a week profit on each theatre. Multiply this with
50,000 theatres, and we would have $15,000,000 a week. But to be
perfectly conservative and for safety sake, so as not to inflate expecta
tions cut this in half, and you have $7,500,000 a week. In a year this
v uld become $380,000,000 to be divided share and share alike among
the 10,000 original investors of 10c
N. Bv Surplus capital might be invested in a
Herring- Farm, Jitney uuiui, Mountain
Roads, Moving Picture Producing Co.,
Iiyocyamus industries, etc
Further development of the dream
to-morrow
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