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Five Rules oj
Grace and
Beauty
Br MAROARKT HALLAM.
A "Silver Lining" -for Somebody
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By Nell Brinkley
Copyright. Intern'l News Pervire.
Till; HKK: OMAHA, TITKSHAY, FKHMJAUY 101C.
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"1 should Ilk," remarked remela.
settling herself Into the easiest of my
easy chairs and arranging my latest
acquisition In the way of cushions a
delicious thing In purple shot with green
nr.d silver ornamented, !n one comer In
an irresponsible way with a bunch of
ell ken grapes behind her attractive
head. "I should like to start a bureau
for the sole purpoae of teaching my
fallow women how to make the most of
themaelvea. It makes me weep to eee
so many of my sex of all ages o much
plainer than they need be."
Pamela, I may here mention, la cer
tainly well qualified to fill the position
ha nmnnui. ai a Ctrl she wan the
plain one of four exceeningiy pretty sis
ters. As a young marnea woman Fa-
mpla carries off the palm for beauty,
though if you pick her quaint, expressive
face to pieces she haa not got a really
presentable feature.
Her hair is straight. Just mouse color,
her figure Is by no means beyond criti
cism It Is that she makes the rrtoet of
herself and yet appears absolutely nat
ural. "To begin with," quoth Pamela, warm
ing to her subject, "nine out of ten
women carry themselves very badly and
ere awkward In their movements. Every
woman should cultlvste a presence
whether she Is six feet three or five
feet nothlnpr, and Shell get the reputa
tion of being good looking.
"The best way I know to achieve this
is to lock oneself Into the seclusion of
one's bedroom, pull one's shoulders back
by placing a walking stick across the
small of one's back, and clasping the
hands In front; balance a book on one's
head and walk up and down, throwing
out the head well In front for ten min
utes at a time. It Is Impossible to stoop
or hold one's head badly after a week or
two of treatment like this.
"Hair is another pitfall. There Is noth-
X so hard in the world as to convince
woman wtlh naturally straight hair
that it suits her far better worn
straight, though I grant that hair which
Is undecided In Its movements Is all
the uetter for being encouraged to wave.
"As a rule, too, he moment hair
showed a tendency to go gray it should
be allowed to; many women are never
good looking till their hair turns; it
softens the features wonderfully, and
makes the skin look clear and delicate.
"Women are so quaint about clothes.
too; they either follow every freak of
fashion blindly. Irrespective of their age
and shape, or grumble at Ita absurdities,
whereas there waa never a fashion yet
that could not be adapted to suit the
individual.
'The present-day short full skirts, for
Instance, are piquant on a slim girl in
tier 'teens or early twenties, but exoept
for country wear no woman over 0 looks
dignified with an undue expanse of ankle
showing:
"Veils again,' either add or detract from
a woman's looks immensely; the short
veil scarcely reaching- to the top of the
nose Is charming where the mouth and
chin are either youthful or perfectly
moulded but the contours of the lower
part of the face are the very first to go,
ao that a veil long enough to be folded
under the chin is more becoming to most
women.
"The girt with a fat face should avoid
chokingly high collars, though they make
a fascinating frame for .the girl with an
oval or thin feea.
"Color again! Clear-skinned girts look
charming In delicate neutral tints, so do
grey-haired or elderly women, but In the
betwixt and between ages, brighter, mora
elded colors are much more becoming.
ns are rich materials than flimsy.
"There is, too, an especial pitfall lying
In wait for women who In the heydey of
their youth revel In rich nasturtium col
orings; the time when these are beconv
ing is fleeting and lasts only as long as
the hair is In full glory and the com'
plexlon Immaculate.
"By the way, a very common delusion
abroad is that If a girl la very pretty
she can wear anything in the shape of
clothes or colors with Impunity.
"This is as great a mistake as it would
be to surround a Botticelli painting In a
glittering frame studded with barbarie
Jewels. Nothing could be worn suffl
olently startling to detract from the
beauty of the wearer.
"A plain woman, on the other hand.
provided she has an eye for lines and ef
feet, often looks her very best In as
pttrel that has a touch of the blsarre,
"As to "
"Pamela, my friend," I remarked
kindly but firmly; "my brain won't take
in any more. Go home, start your bureau
and leave me to cultivate a presence.
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
Try to Do Right.
Dear Mips Fairfax: I am deenlv In lov
with a yum man two years mv auditor
We nave been going about for the laM
ear secretly on account of our differ
ent creed. I am xure that If my parents
knew of tills courtship they would com
pel me to break It. This would make me
iinliaipy frrever. Now, do you think that
we would do wrong to marry secretly and
.hen reveal It to our folks?
BERNICB B
(living up a lover never yet made any
one "unhappy forever," but making par
ents unhappy is very likely to cause
lasting self-reproach. Try to get the con
sent of your parents to this marriage. 1
any event do not make the mistake of
betpg secretly married. Secret marriages
n'ver come out well, and marriages be
tween people of wtdey different creed
are in themselves rather dangerous.
f'oaqaer Voir Iafataatlon.
lr Miss Fairfax: T am ft and il.-.rl
In love wtlh a physician fourteen years
omer. tia nu irtuiiea me tor six yea
or more and will not accent a. fee. Vou
ii be proper for me to give hliu a gift
"an you. Miss Fairfax, tell me any wa
to win his at fee lion vlthout beinx bold
M. WL
Vol might send this physician a plant
at Easter tlrat. This' is merely a trlflln
return of the services he baa rendered
Buttoo many ro mantle girls Imagine
themselves in love with their doctors.
This probably due to. the fact that
physician shows sympathy and under
standing to his patients in a professional
apar.ty, and that hightrtrung feminine
''ii'Hionaiiim reads something personal
it. Make up your mind that you are
I merely e.ie of many patients to this doc
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It' pretty "thick going" for the fellow
with a .stalled motor in three feet of
downy snow. The clouds are so thick
and dingy around him. what with the
smoke he's making himself with the fire
of a lurid and brilliant tongue, that there
la no silver lining anywhere for him!
His daughter's beau, the one she should
adore, plunges about with the ribbon of
bis monads flying in the wind, looks
up at the iron sky and offers an idea
about as live and, kicking as the atlff,
dead motor under Its cowl of snow.
Looking at him, the Man of the Black
Clouds discovers for the first time that
this favorite of his has too long a nose
and the general cut of his face makes
htm tired entirely! The fst and faithful
lady of his heart offers to do anything
she can. "But you know I'm not good
at bending, Jimmy!" says she.
The clouds press down. Pklns and
noses turn blue. The motor breathes In
the coaxcr of gaa, coughs, blows It out
again and lapses Into slumber! The down
of white piles in pillows on every niche
of the car. No sun; no sound; no light
In any cosy farm house. The chauf
feur takes on an air of, "Well 't ain't
my car." It's a heart-breaking plow to
any place where there Is a pair of horses
who will condescend!
But fit's an 111 wind," and there's al
ways a ailver lining for somebody. The
young "whlppersnapper" who haa lived
next door for twenty years, and whom
his girl Insisted on Inviting along, did
all he could like a man the Man of the
Black Cloud must admit and climbed
back Into the car. And behold the silver
lining for somebody! His girl haa cast
soft eyes at the "taboo" boy for years!
There always Is the gleaming argent
aide for someone somewhere in the
trouble you have. I know the remem
bering of that phrase doesn't help very
much when you are looking out on a
gray world with the teara swimming.
But If you'll say It out loud and smile
with all your might under the tears by
Just that much will the genii of trouble
edge back Into his bottle. And, soon or
late, you'll find the lovely lining of
your dark coat for yourself. And per
haps your heart will swell to bursting
with gratitude that you don't get the
very thing your anguished for a while
ago. NELL. BRINKLEY.
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Two Old Women
By ADA PATTERSON.
They should have been called Sun- 1
shlna and Tempest and I would so chris
ten them were It not that a pair of bon
nla young dancers, one dark-haired, the
other fair, appropriated that title.
Both are between 60 and 70 years old.
Both are working women. The last sum
mons will doubtless find them both at
their 'work, and J warrant each pursu
ing their life-time habit. Sunshine will
bo smiling. Tempest will be grumbling.
The grumbler- seems to have a little
the best of It. She is handsomer, health
ier, has a larger circle of friends. Na
ture was kinder to her than to the
other. Her vanity Is soothed by the re
marks aha hears on the street. "W hat a
fins looking woman!" "How well pre
served." "What lovely hair." That Is
ambrosia to her. The other woman never
heard such remarks about herself. No
one ever said It of her. Even the man
who married her could not riave said it
and kept his self-respect and his reputa
tion for veracity in bis neighborhood.
The first time I saw her I thought I
had never seen so ugly a woman. She
was little and brown and weacened, and
some one said of her that she looked
like a monkey, but acted as a squirrel
does. But years have flown since then
and I wonder how I could ever have had
such thoughts about her. Now she is
one of the most pleasant sights In all of
beauty loving and beauty showing New
York to me. While the woman I and
everyone else had thought handsome haa
grown plainer and plainer to our sight.
The difference between them Is mora
Inward than outward. It Is in their
habit of thougiht. One groans because
her lot has been that of a working-
woman. The other thinks It a blessing
vouchsafed by her Maker that aha waa
endowed with the strength and ability
to earn her living. She rejoices that she
was not a dependent. One aooepts the
bounty of rich friends and bitterly com
plains because she has not as much of
comfort, as much of luxury as they.
The other has rich friends and patrons.
too, and she glows with the pleasura of
her brief business visits to their homes,
at their kind words, at their Interest in
her.
Both are widows. Both had two chil
dren. Death made them both childless.
One laments that she is alone. The
other talks with brightening eyes of the
happiness her loved ones gave her while
they lived and when she returns from
a visit to their graves she smiles as she
tells how well the sexton cares for the
graves, and how beautiful are the flow
ers that grow above them. One com
plains that life Is hard. The other ad
mits that so it has been, but sha she is
grateful that her lest days are days of
quiet content. One scolds because she
has to mingle with the crowds in her
dally work. The other says tney are so
Interesting. One has a drooping spine,
the other an upright one. They know
each other, these strangely unlike
women. They are friends. I asked the
smller why she could not Infuse some
of her own blessed cheerfulness Into the
other. She answered In her chirpy lit
tle voice:
"I try. But I can't do much. No one
can do much now. You can make life
harder for yourself. Or you can make it
pleaaanter. It's a habit and you have
to form the habit while you're young.
The end Is not far off for both. Jt la
not their yes i s that tell us that. Year
may be burdens or playfellows, aoeord-
ng as we treat them. But a slow. In-
-idlous malady hovers over each. Both
know It. TIhe grumbler was In a temper
at death the other day. She railed
through half of a railway Journey at the
manner of It She worked herself into
a fury at the methods of the enemy.
The smller wages no suet futile and im
personal warfare. She will accept It as
she has accepted the other Inescapable
conditions in her world. The first will
die fighting. Sha will rail at her final
fate. The other, after s day's cheerful
work, will go tired but amlllng to tver
bed, and when they call her she will
not awake, but she will still be smiling.
Which kind of old womanhood are
we preparing for ourselves by our hab
its of thought?
Fashions in Lingerie
A charming' pink batiste envelope
chemise shows some very fine Smocking
on each shoulder.
One of the effective new petticoats
is made of white net with ruffles em
broidered in tiny black Ivy leaves.
To hold out the laoe ruffles on dainty
petticoats a little tight featherbonlng 1a
run into the edge of the lace.
Wide Hhbon. sometimes eight or ten
Inches wide, of a very soft quality, la
used for sashes n some of the night
gowns.
A dainty and at the same time warm
negligee of pale blue albatross Is lined
with thin, white silk snd edged with
swansdown.
Hand-embroidered batiste Is one of the
daintiest fabrics for nightgowns and lin
gerie of every description. Sleeves and
topa of nightgowns are embroidered.
Many of the nightgowns are made on
Empire lines. Sometimes these Empire
tops, which are semi-fitted Into a little
belt or sash, are made of embroidered
organdie or Swiss.
l6ome of the new lingerie shows pleats
pressed In. It Is very Pretty. this
pleated lingerie, but, of course, the
pleats must be very carefully repressed
after each laundering.
The woman In mourning calls for
black underwear and geta It In the
daintiest Imaginable form. Tt Is made
of thin silk, net. tulle, chiffon and other
fabrics now considered the proper ones
for underwear.
There is a waistline to some of the
envelope chemises, for they are held In
with tucks, shirrs and gathers. This
srrangement weuld make It possible to
wear them over the corset. In the form
of corset covers.
Many of the new nightgowns are with
out sleeves. The top part Is cut In two
Vs. one at the back, one at the front,
with two points on each slds to meet
over the shoulders. These points sra
very often scalloped. Bomettrnes they
are edged with Isee.
Do You Know That
The money with which Westminster
bridge was built was obtained by means
of a lottery sanctioned by Parliament.
Theie Is only one venomous snske in
(.rest Britain the adder. You may recog
nize thU by by the Mark slitxag line
down Ui hack, anil the Mark mark on
it head
Courage and Good
Cheer Are
Factors for Success
By ELLA WHEELER WTLCOI.
Copyright. 191s, Star Company.
Ns matter what your situation In Ufa,
you can find pleasant things to think,
talk and write about
Unless you can do this, be dumb, and
drop all correspondence. No ona wants
to hear a redtal of your woes.
You may speak of your sorrow, trial
or need ones to a friend, under certain
conditions whioh compel youk to ask
advloe, sympathy or aid; but let It he
only once out of ten times. The other
nine occasions, talk of other things.
Talk of pleasant subjects which will in
terest your listener. Control your face
and your voice as well as your words.
Keep the whlna out of your voice, the
droop out of youth mouth. I am not ad
dressing these words to those In sudden
great sorrow. If you have Just seen the
door of the tomb oloae on some one that
you worshipped, or been stricken with
some awful calamity, you cannot be ex
pected to smile and talk of cheerful
things until time accustoms you to the
thought of your trouble and softens the
pain, as time always does.
But the world Is full! of worries, cares,
griefs, anxieties and fears for all of us.
If we ohoose to dwell upon them, and no
life la exempt from these things; and If
we all talk continually about the trou
bles which come to vex us when we
create a current of inharmony which
will make a complete discord of life.
If you hold a pleca of black paper
olose before your eyes you shut out
all the light of day.
If you put that piece of paper be
hind you, even though you still hold It,
you see the sun.
Just so If you keep your worry of
poverty, sickness and failure before your
eyes, by thinking and talking of It, you
never see the light of hope, health and
success shining upon you.
Thrust these thoughts bark and look
for the sun and you will see It.
Each time I write words of this kind
I receive scores of letters of protest
from people who feel I would deprive
them of their chief pleasure that of
talking of their misfortunes. They say.
"It Is easy for you to give advlce-but
wait until you try the experience of mis
fortune yourself."
. Nevertheless, I must continue to re
peat the philosophy whlnh I know to be
as true as Ood's law of love. I know
that persistent hope snd courage, a per
sistent belief in the coming of better
things, and a persistent refusal to talk
about sickness, failure or despair, will
bring success threefold sooner than the
same effort without such thoughts.
I know that the power of mind, when
It comes from the Divine mind behind It.
can nerve the hand and brain to do what
no merely mortal effort ever achieved.
I know that a continual discussion of
ill health, poverty and misfortune Is a
crime and a sure way to retard and
prevent suorees for yourseif or others.
And I know that you can change your
environment by th Divine Power In
yourself. If you develop II.
All things are pon.-iihle to i'i i uwn
; Kinand eaiii uul Is that.
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The rich deliclousnesa of
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cor ar retained for you by the
Stockinet Corering.
Buy the whole ham end remove
the Stockinet yourself. If your dealer
cant supply you by slice or whole
ham. phone us his nunii
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