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Follow French Shoppers' Methods As
An Aid to Beauty, Says Gaby Deslys
By ABY DESIiTS.
I have had a good opportunity of Judg
trig the way tn which the American
woman shops, for this Is the fir! time
that 1 have seen Christmas shopping In
different American cities.
Oh, my dear renders, how lucky for
you that you were not brought up In
a quiet provincial French town, as t
was, whore shopplnc as you know It In
America, wab unknown And where
some older and experienced person held
one responsible for everything one bought
even If one had only spent one's tiny
weekly allowance.
H seems to me that shopping to the
American woman Is llko taking a drug.
They tell me that they hate It, yet they
all get the habit and do It constantly.
Some women shop Just as some men
go on what you call "sprees," and t must
say that one is as great an affliction to
the family an the other.
T should never think of buying In that
disorderly and crasy manner, and If I
did I could never for a minute keep
within my Income or maintain my repu
tation for srood dressing.
A friend of mine, a charming: Woman
whom I had met last year, asked mo to
accompany her on a shoppInK tour, and
she had a list with her of exactly what
she had to buy.
t remember the list perfectly-because
It waa pinned to the inside of the elec
tric brougham and was written out In a
biff handwriting Before somo stores I
waited in the car and read the list quite
oarerully. T alway Btudy American
handwriting. It Is so difficult to read.
On the list there was a gray Angora
sweater, some pink feather roses to so
with a certain irown, a new shopping
bag. uniforms for the nurse, and quite"
a lot of things for the nursery. Well,
my dear, we shopped until it was time
for me to go to the theater. It seems to
me wo went everywhere In town. My
friend got some wonderful new table Jlnen
and a queer new thing that was shown
her to burn up refusevjn the kitchen.
Sho got a new frock and a lot of books
and candy, and It seemed to mo she
stopped at all the novelty counters and
bought funny little things that cost a
great deal and were very- pretty, but
didn't have any particular use.
As we drove back wearily 1 saw my
friend looking at the list, still pinned to
the Inside of the car. The car ,wa
packed with parcels, though she had al
most everything charged nnd sent. ''Oh!
dear, how stupid .of mc; there Is Bobby's
sweater and the nurse's uniform. t
oughtn't' to go back without them, and
the" things for the nursery, too. Well.
I'll have to set them some other day,"
she sighed.
"What shall 1 do?' I've forgotten the
feather roses, and I absolutely need
them to wenr with that gown .tonight'"
Rho hadn't bought one of the things
she lntendodoburraahnTlfhb''HaTr?Bpent
a great Ileal of money.
The next day she went shopping with
mo; and she was aghast at what she
called my mercenary spirit. I had to
get a certain number of things, and T
knew Just about how muCh I wohld spend
for each one, and nothing coutd induce
me to spend any more.
I do not believe In buying Cheap things
merely 'because they are' cheap. Gener
ally they are not good and don't last
When I get a new dress I plan ex
actly what 'accessories have to go with
that dress, and I get those things and
nothing else. A beautiful dress should
be like a picture. It must be painted
In the mind first, then carried out skil
fully by soma one who understands her
trade, and. If It is u good picture It
fhould not be touched or changed In
any way.
I' usually buy my hats In Paris, of
course, but there are many beautiful hats
In America, nnd when I am buying one
NO CORSETS IS 1913 FASHION DECREE
GOWNS WITHOUT STAYS ARE AGAIN COMING IN STYLE
I iHLLLLLBLHSlBti Iti? f'MffMnstLtattttM
OL1ANG10 iOF FASHIONS FROM QUEKN ELIZABETH'S TIME UNTIL PRESENT DAY
"A. beautiful dress should be like a picture. It hiust be painted in the mind
flrsf. then carried out skilfully Photo posed by Gaby Deslys.
oyer here I go to some good shop, pick
out a saleswoman with blond hair and
blue eyes and k her to Bhow me the
piettlert thing shfe has,
I cho'isi! a saleswoman who Is as near
my typo as possible, liecausn I know
that she has looked over every hat In
the place, that she knows what hats
would be most becoming to her. and
those are the ones I want to look at.
A brunette saleswoman would Instinc
tively admire hats suitable to a brunette,
because It Is natural for every woman
to, know her own type!
I 'do not whop very often; If I did r
would .'ooii bo no longer, beautiful, 'for
shopping is one of the most tiring nnd
exhausting occupations. ,
Naturally, I have to buy a great ninny
things, but 1 try to be Just an business
like and systematic about my purchase
as I would be alKjut otla-r business af
fairs.. I make up my find oxactly what I want,
and get that thing or nothing else. Bven
when I was making a very modest salary
I would not buy cheap and tawdry things.'
1 had m Ideal us to how one should
dress, and I would not let others in
fluence me
lt Is the' woman who thinks out her
costume for herself, and who goes ahead
and gets It, who is vcll dressed, not the
woman who Is Influenced by tho bargain
counters and what alt the other peoplo
wear.
Ella Wheeler
Wilcox
ON
Character-Nothing Is More
Important Than Doing
Right by Those with Whom
We Associate Daily :-: :-:
Practical America is Land of Dreams
Not Fully Appreciated by AmiWcans
An Annual Injustice
I ' '. j
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
There arc very few girls over 10 these
days who do not have their own Christ
mas spending money.
Those too young to earn money aro
given ap allowance,, and this molting of
daughter an independent factor In tho
home begins lit many Instances when she
is little more than a baby, and is given
Haturday night her weekly allowance for
"helping mother" during the week.
Out of this allowance when a child, and
later out of the money she earns with
her own hands, she buys many little
luxuries for the home and for herself. I
not buy handsome presents for all on her
list. She puxzles over It with pretty brow
deeply furrowedi 8he would be ashamed
to give" an Inexpensive present to this
friend, or that friend, recalling the hand
some gifts she received from them last
year. No, she cannot economize there.
"They," she says, resting secure In a
lovo that knows too criticism, "will un-
put "the home" first for tho reason that
a daughter's 'generosity. 'Is proverbial.
When tho holidays approach, she gets
out her little More, and no one engaged j deretand,
m me great Dig snopping game at tins j So Bhe ,Jllyg of tl)e ,,u,t fop c
time of th year ha a list that Is longer. , wMed trIcnd. nml wKh tho ow ,
Ana te. a.as, nave pur.es mat are mucn , u.n Betn mother a black CQmb f)r . " to er nuanand In the econom-
She 1" young, and. therefore, .has a ; contains the kind nf .
enjoy.
By ELLA WniSELER 'WIIX'OX.
Copyright, 1H12. by the Star Company.
At this time of year nil good business
housus go over their books and make an
Inventory of the transactions of the year
which Is almost over.
And whe thrv see where they have
failed to score ' a success they change
their methods and start on a new bantu.
In the same manner each one of us
ought to' go over our books tho books
of the days and weeks and months and
note whore we have fallen behind In the
business of living to tho best of our abili
ties a wholesome and useful nnd good
life.
Many a man will no doubt reckon his
success in business as the only achieve
ment necessary to Jot down In his lodger
He has made money: he has enabled his
wife to dress well; he has sent his chil
dren to .faahlonable schools; he baa a
new motor oar, or several new motors,
and feels that hl year Is u Kreat
triumph.
Some woman may be quite satisfied
with having made sacrifices for her chil
dren; she haa tolled for them: she has
dressed plainly that they might dress
well, and she has Iwii in every pwmiuw
long list of friends. After sho is older
she will find that many plants she nur
tured in her, garden of friendship have
proven to bo weeds, but In the hopeful,
nc.fs of youth all look In her eyes like
buds of rare promise.
Some ono must bo sacrificed.. Hhe can
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oi delicate question about which every womin, single or married ought to kno
Has. Cornrr.
A little Bee want ad does the business.
Everybody reads Bee want ads
This h a form of Christmas Injustice
so often practiced that daughters got used
to this !ftst-inny' consideration for the
two who lovo them the most: and give
these little mako-shlft gifts without re
grets or a auulm pf conscience,
Then there is another form of ChrisU
mas Injustice Jum as tnexcuable.
Daughter forgets mother or father Is an
Individual, with liorVtonal longings and
necessities. Khe regards tho one, or the
other, or both, as "the house,-'
I "Tho parlor' she says, "needs a new
; chair. I will glvo one to mother and
' father for 'Christmas."
And there appears in the parlor a chair
. which adds to Its attronttveneos for
daughter's company. It is not. put in
i father's den whore he can sit in it, or
' In the comer whbre mother upends her
' few lelsuro moments. If It were, then
the ttplrlt of Christina would attend such
a gift nnd ijwike of the least expeniuW
article the most comfortoblo and com
; fortius of Its kind. Hut that the gift Is
for "the house" is obvious.
To consider mother an th- dining-room
! In urgent neejl of a new tabl$ cloth, jar
; father as the' hall nrj'lng for a new hat
rack Is to make of Christmas n painful
i Joke.
If, as daughter . urgu, "the house
really needs new ehalrs. table linen or
hall furniture, then let her go to her
parents and say:
"I.et me be tin- houf' this year, (live
I me a now mattress for the spare room
i instead of that set of film I want."
ISn Just, girls, and don't try to spread
leal method of using his Income for tho
best Interests of the family.
Hut what, dear sir or madam, ha bn
your dally deportment In, vow home or
tn your business?
Tour money Is not the important thing
to onwuder at this Urne of year. It Is
your character.
What progress have you made in th
last year toward developing an admirable
and lovable dlpoU(on7 '
What sort of memories ore you storing
up for those nearest to you-wlfe. bus
band, chltdren or buslnefw associates?
They may outlive you. and how will
they remember you?
Are you doing by them fxactly a you
would like to be done by7 That Is not a
now Idea, but It Is quite as well worth
your consideration as If it were.
You may be a busy man, weighted down
with matters of political or business lm
oortance. and you will think my qujs
tlon a trlval one, perhaps,
Uut nothing on earth Is of more Im
portance than doing right by those, we
tiJucH'laU) with dally.
Nothing here or hereafter can atone for
our neglfct to bring out the best In those
iftrwftt US.
If you aro cold. Irritable, Indifferent,
nagging, selfish, stingy or thoughtless In
your home or your office or shop, you
are bringing out the worst not the best
qualities In othcrsi You are spoiling
beautiful days, weeks and months for
others, and that is more criminal than
sKlllng their property; tho time des
poller, the happiness slayer, Is the most
cruel vandal on earth.
Besides wronging others, you are min
ing yourself In the recollection of those
wio outlive' you.
It is all very well to nay we remember
only the good deeds of people, hut the
we remember peoplo
I your spirit of generosity over too large a
' surface. If mm one must bo sacrificed trm)
. in your Christmas buying, don't let that j J1 U)(iy wrre
saerlfl-'e be the nesi menu. nvr. " S,C childhood I ,ae Ul"d to speak
earth-your father and your mother of a t.erU,n departed relative s virtues
and good qualities. Which I keuw ihe !"
sessed; yet, when 1 think of her, her per
petual irritability, her unamlabln expres
ilon and her sharp words always prefont
Ihrtmai-li'M tn mv linwllllnc tnemnrv.
...ui.i. .i... nt....i. .,..! while.
nirenKiii iiro mitiiiii'pt. turn ,,.,'
he proceeds to 'tell us frankly the lm-
By (JARRHTT 1. SURVIHH.
Wo Americans know that we are o
great people. We are conscious of ir
power and of our cnnaclty for growth.
We feel tho leaping blood of youth in
our veins, and, llko
all youth, we desire
and exix'ct admira
tion. Whenever a
thoughtful European
romes to p"r shotos
wo nsk him what ho
thinks ot us, and wo
anticipate, and usu
ally get, an answer
that flatter o u r
vanity. Hut g 'nor
plly ho given us vry
little Information
nliout li I n real
thoughts, while we
have no Idea of the amatlng problems
that we miggest to his mind.
Prof. Oimtlelmo Korrero, the Italian
historian and thinker. Is more outspoken
than tho majority of our visitors, and,
not deeming It worth his while, or our
to flatter a giant w.hose slse and
of mc dll of old In her presence.
1 hopo Hhe Is In heavon. reaping tho
rewurd of her best qualities, but she has
loft nn Ineffaceable recollection of dis
agreeable traits upon my mind. Just as
another who has naffd on has left a
memory as sweet and fragrant as a rose.
It seems to me wprth while to think of
the Impressions we aro making upon
thote about us, and not rest too well
content upon bur mere vlrtur and good
deeds.
If you are devoting your wholn time
and strength to making money for your
wife and children, or If you, aa th-lr
mother, are sacrificing pleasure and
youth to give them advantages, do not
Imagine you aro doing all that U re
quired of you. To bo agreeable to be
patient, to be companionable those aro
the qualities which Help to make life
worth living for thoe near us. It Is a
tragedy to Hpoll one day for another
human being by a lack of these qualltlev,
even though we bestow a fortune upon
that being when we pans on.
It Ik a tragedy to be remembered its an
uncnmforlablo and unornlable person,
even of large virtues.
How do you Imagine thoifl about you
will remember you when you are gone?
Advice to Lovelorn
ID' HKATHICK KAIIIFAX.
Von Are Turned that Wy.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I have been very
friendly with a certain young mai who.
at various times, has expressed himself
in such a manner that would make me
believe that some day he would marry
me- He has told me that he really loves
me. Now, there I a certain young girl
with whom we both come into contact.
This girl, repclally lately, has been hold
ing conversations with my friend in such
a manner its to try to attract my friend,
to her. There Is also another young man
whom sho would like to havu me Itecome
very friendly with, as she knows he
likes me. and I know that if I did turn
around to the other young man she, of I
course, would have the chance of her i
lire wnn my rnena. now, i am very
fond of my friend, and would not, under
any clrcumstancos, give him Up for an
other. A J. I. .M. a.
If you let them see that yoii are Jeal
ous, the spirit of perversity that controls
all at times will lead thm to give greater
prsslon that we make upon a critical
but friendly atnf deeply thoughtful ob
server brought up umld tho tradltlona of
tho old world. Imbued with tho spirit of
Inquiry nnd guided by the results of pro
found historical ond sociological ro
srnrch. The consequence Is that the series of
articles that Prof, Keriero la wrltliur
Pohschm an Intensity of IntereAt for all
reflective Americans which can hardly
bo overstated.
Tho question that we are always so
eager tn put to distinguished visitors,
"How does America strike you7" ho an
swers In an entirely new way, which en
ables us to see ourselves as wn should
probably do If we could cast off our
Americanism and look at this country.
Its people, It Instlntutlonn and Its Ideals,
with th ys and mind of a forotgner.
He Is not like Goldsmith's Chinese phil
osopher In England, continually picking
nt little faultn In the manners and cus
toms of his hosts, but he takes a broad
view of the American peoplo as a whole,
and tells freely of the astonishing prob
lems that our swift progress, our bold In
novations and our daring faith In our
selves and our ambitions awaken In him.
It Is the dissection of a people and of
thH mind of a people In many respects
the moat wonderful that the 'world has
produced that this Italian thinker has set
himself to perform, and the revelations of
his scapel are Immensely Interesting,
whether we accept them as iwlentlflcally
conclusive or not.
In the July number of the Hearst M
gazlne Prof. Kerrero makes the startling
suggestion that both we and tho world
at largo huvo been altogether mistaken
In thinking that our distinguished char
acteristic Is practicality. No. he says (In
unbalance), these peoplo who have made
ond are making, the United States aro ths
world'a ehlef drcamors. They aro Ideal
ists, nnd It Is the Europeans who, by
comparltuu, are tho practical people.
"With a frequency unheard of in IJurop
they (tho Amcrlcaha) will set out to slay
the Innumerable dragons of life, without
any eertnlnty of success, hut with the
Inspiration of n mystic' faith that all
things mutt somehow turn out right fu
tho end," '
And yet, with all our. disposition tu
dream dreams, we are so liractlcal that
Prof, 1-Vrroro Is driven back to tho old
charge that' our civilisation Is machlno
made,
Hut he puts It In a more philosophical
form- H Is. we aro told, the linment"
natural wealth of our continent, lyliitt
undeveloped, that has given us a maehlie
civilization, almost as a matter of neces
sity. What Is made by machinery Is
mndo rnpldly and In vo"t quantity. Ma
chines Increase the output nnd aim the
consumption. Tho cry Is always for more
goods and more 'customers. In a civilisa
tion whero tho machine dominates, say
Prof. Vorrero, men- force themselves to
llv In n. hUrry. producing nnd consuming
rapidly. They prefer to consunio mum
pieces of flimsy stuff to onn Hint is dur
able and of great perfection. The ma
chine, In short, sets up the Ideal of quan
tity agulnst that of quality.
But how, then, can the people who d
these things with an energy that Is t'e
marvel of the world bo called essentially
Idtallsta and dreamers? It Is, wo ar.j
told. In substance, because the American,
consciously or unconsciously, holds before
his mind the optimistic Idea that he chii
with his machine subdue nature,
straighten her out, and, by sheer fo:H
of brain and will, master hla continent
from ocoan tu ocean,
lie disregards the difficulties and oi
stacles that daunt the European, wel
comes the Inpouring of hordes of foi
elgners whose physical energies he cm
apply to the accomplishment of h(s pur
poses, and, with sublime and unquestion
ing faith, looks continually to the end,
HHPriflcIng himself and fearlessly run
ning alt rlsts for Its attainment.
There is, no doubt, a great deal of trutt
In these speculations, and they are worth
thinking over. It will bo a now thougbi
to many Americans that wo are tho rep
resentative dreamers of this practtcnl
ago, but when wo do look at our achieve
ments we have no cause to be ashamed
n f our dreams,
Elderly Folks! Calomel, Sate
and Cathartics Aren't for You.
Harmless, gentle "Syrup of Pigs" is best to cleanse your stom
ach, liver and 30 feet of bowels of sour bile, decaying
food, gases and clogged.up waste.
eaus-.
Han't Do It.'
Dear Miss Kalrfaa: I hare known u.
your.g man for tn last year, and he has
taken me to several places of amusement.
Is It proper to ullow this young man alter
AlnGr tne hnma to Uli me?
Among my 9 cqualntoncea Is a youngi
man who wiines to seep company wun
m and sends me gifts, which I have ac
cepted. As I do not rare for hla company
what would you advise me to do?
U. li I.
Save your kisses for your future hus
band, my dear. When the right man
comy along it will lx a source of pleas
ure to you to have no memory of havinu
kissed the wrong man
(teturn the second man s g'fts and a -cpt
no more.
You old peoplp, Hyrup of Pigs Is par
ticularly for you. You who don't exer
rise as much as you need to; who like
the easy chair. Toil, whose steps aro
alow and whoso muscles are less elastic.
You must realise that your liver and ten
yards of bowels have also become less
active.
Don't regai d Syrup of Figs as physic.
It stimulates the liver and bowels Just'
as exercise would do If you took enough
ofjt. It is not harsh llko salts and ca-
t.nrtlr-. Th hsln Which fiVTUU of PliTS
(gives to torpid liver and weak, sluggish
bowels Is harmlefs, natural and gentle.
' Wticn oyos grow dim, you help them.
Do the same with your llvrr and bowels
when age makes thum less active. There
Is nothing more Important. dontive,
clogged-up bowels mean that decaying,
fermenting food Is flogged tilery and the
pores of duels tn these thirty feet of
bowels suck this decaying waste and poi
son Into tho blood. You will never get
feeling right until this is corrected but
do Jt gently. Don't have a bowel wast
day; don't use a bowel Irritant. For your
aake, pleas use only gentle, effective
Hyrup of Figs. Then you are not drug
ging yourself, for Syrup of Figs Is com
posed of only luscious fig, senna huO
aromatic which cannot Injure,
A teasnoonful to-night wilt gently, but
thoroughly, move on and out of your
system by morning' all of tho sot(r bite,
poisonous fermenting food and cfoged
up waste matter without gripe, eausrn
or weakness.
But get the genuine. As your drug
gist for the full name "Syrup ot Fig
and Elixir of Senna." llofuse, with con
tempt, any other Fig Syrup unless it
bears the name prepared by the Collfo-
nla Fig Syrup Company. Head, the ikbel.
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