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The Art of Becoming Popular
Smiling as an Aid to Health and Beauty if Some Up-to-date Hints by Blanche Ring
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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
To be popular In the world of art la,
aoeordlag to tha canon of the "high
brow critic." to be a dweller outside of
the Inner aanotury.
Yet the sermon on
the mount la popular.
Whatever possesses
Kit the qualltlea of
real greatness must
be popular, even
though things which
ponces no qualities
of greatness may bo
widely popular also.
The large majority
of people may like
something mediocre,
d only few may
like something which
o on t a Ins many of
the element of
greatness s o m
thing loo fine for
the masses to comprehend but that
which possesses all the elements of
greatness must reach and grip the whole
race. For, among those elements, sim
plicity end sympathy must be counted,
those opening wedges to all minds.
The- human being who Is popular Is
sometimes accused of being all things to
all men. And there la a cant.ph.rnte much .
In- vogue among .the .unpopular about
"caring onjy for a few people and being
cared tor by only a few1." And this
eryes frequently as an--easy, exeuse for
Vfci unpopularity of the dull or the dis
agreeable. To be a popular individual In any corat
inanity of self'respeetlng and morally
disposed cltlsens, and to grow1 In popular
ity with acquaintance and time," calla for
nobility of. cha'raoler, purity of purpose,
and kindness of heart.
it calls also for tact, for discretion, for
good judgment, for unselfishness, for
generosity, for amiability and the power
to bring out-the' best In ethers. It calls
let a heart big enough to rejoice in tne
enlevements of -others. It' calls -for the
elimination of all jeelouay, . all tendencies
tv gossip, "(tit lnipulsea to be Indolent, p'r
indifferent,- or eelf-eentered. 1 i
Therefore, it would seem that an ambl.
tien to be popular Is at the same time an
ambltten to beeome a world-wide In
dividual and?fc nraetleal Christian.
The man who sets 'out to be a great
discoverer in science, or a great creator
in the world ipf art, , may not have the
time to b?eoppe a' "popular man- In his own
social elrele.' Butj if he. is decidedly un
popular, 'he is! sure to lack some of the
large elements oj . character which are
necessary to brlnj- him to the summit of
tha heights lie eijeks. Unless he Is liked
and respected by those who know. him
best something' is ,am's with the- man. '
There Is a cheap, .and' tempprary pqp
1 larity which come from thn ebillty to
emuse others, 'ff&m the 'propensity to be
eenerous, ten, the- 3lirj.lt 'JrSr ' extravagance,
and to be ever ready with unmeaning
flattery, but the reign of these social
leaders and lions Is always brief.
Sincerity and tact are two qualities
which make for lasting popularity.
Sincerity is thought and purpose, tact
In the application of that virtue.
The tactful person knows when and
how to be silent.
Many sincere Individuals think a brutal
tNpresglon of the most unpleasant and
disagreeable opinions is an evidence of
their sincerity. But the tactful man or
woman knows when to speak and when
to be still and how to change a toplo of
conversation when some one has trodden
on dellc.Ate ground.
The woman who desires to be popular
should first of all learn the charm which
lies In listening well; and she should
cultivate the art of drawing others out
or making tlioto with whom she Is
thrown shine to their best advantage
If a man tulks well, Induce him to con
vtrse; If he alnga well, Induce him to
slug: atid to bring" forth the most at
tractive qualities and accomplishments
of her woman fricndH Is a sure way for
any woman to tako a long step, forward
on the rond to popularity, ,
SUch a woinart, possessing no marked
acccmpllshments herself, and .'.without
beauty or grcnt menial' jtlfts, stands a
far better change of becoming popular
than the self-conscious Venus, Or the
ptbdlgy of hrllllaht attainments, who
only enjoys herself .when occupying the
center, of the social .stage and basking
In the glare of the spotlight.
unselfishness, then, Is the keynote to
popularity, as It Is the key to the highest
moral 'worth. But thla unselfishness must
be mingled with good sanse, with tact.
with delicacy and refinement. In order
to serve as an old to popularity.
Without these Ingredient.? unselflshnass
and generosity .sometimes become ob
truslvc, officious, and offensive.
Tht most perfect typo of popular
woman Is she who can shine llko the
sun when sunshine. Is needed; yet who,
like that orb, does .not always shine, but
tetlrcs behind the clouds and calls -attention
to the brilliafiCy of the stars and the
moon. On who can be entertaining, or
amusing, or instructive, as occasion do
mar.ds, but who can always put horselt
In the background In order to exhibit tho
graces and charms of others, and who Is
ever -ready- to rejoice in another's suc
cess Wlthobt any belittlng clause affixes
to praise.
One .who 'can be tolerant of tho ideas
and opinions of 'others, while hotdlng
entirely, opposite ones, and who knows
how to hold fast to her own Ideals while
understanding how others may fall to co
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The popular woman has- quick percept
tlo.r.s, and, however, great her vogue, she
Is nover blinded 'by-conceit to such, an ex
tent, that bd fails. to perceive her ou
faults ojr neglects cprrectlng'them orr?
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"When I smile, I smile, and thcre'fi .n
reason," said Miss Blanche Ring, wrink
ling up her face for me adorably. "Don't
you like the name of my new piny?
Every time I 'see 'When ClaUdl.i Smiles'
I reallle tha I have n reputation to live,
Ub to, for when Claudia smiles, Blanche
smiles, arid, ''as I aald before, there's a
reason.
"In these frolicsome days, when llte
seems to be composed of one tango. tea
after another, and when the athletic
glri Is hailed as she never was hailed
before, there Is a very grave problem
to be consldcded. Yes, Icaii really con
sider very grave problems when I wnnt
to, particularly when tho problems pre
sent a very serious drawback to smiles
of any kind. And to come to tho point,
I mean that too many people nro over
exercising. Isn't that a serious problem?
And yet I suppose you will call that
smiles away from a smile until I have
explained tho connection.
"Don't over-cxcrclsel 1 know we are
all doing It. All beauty doctors when
aaked for their secrets proclaim in
chorus, exercise, and wo are exercising,
and trylnft to be beautiful, but of course
we are overdoing It all. Now listen, for
I am going to bo quite concrete. Tako
any kind of exercise that we have se
lected for our special brand. Walking
Is perhaps most accessible, so why not
tako that? We walk, perhaps not too
far, but with grim determination we
havo heard that any normal woman
"TTJicn 1 emllo,
wi:o, tt1 thnre'n
rt i-BSBfla," Mays
"It K"MJp Wrti
fili CHS Ullttg tn
should bo able to walk five miles at a
tretch-we accomplish the five miles,
and then decide to cstubltsh-a precedent,
oo wo walk ten.
"We came .back tired, 'physically and
mentally, with the muscles of our body
easily rested, but with the mUBC'e.s of our (
face dragged and weary from too much ,
mental strain. But we continue, to mallei I
confident that wo are attaining beauty,
livery day we repeat tho same, wo gain
strong, healthy bodies, but by holding our
minds In' check, by allowing our minds to
dwell continually upon tho benefit we are
id derive -from tho hong of compillsory
exercise, we forget to havo- a good time
with our thoughts, we forget to rlcaao
them fro mthe bonds of determination,
wo forget to let our minds soar'nway
from our bodies, .In abort, In .forgetting
tho Ingrcdlenta of u smile we forget tho
omllo itself.
"Tired lines deepen over night In even
b youthful countenance. That means
under no conditions allow yourself to got
tired. Keep your body In subjection to
your mind, and, If possible, exercise both
at the same time. It not, then arrange
a play pcr.ud for each, although that
BRCins a dreadful waste of perfectly good
time, don't you think so?"
"I know that ninny people havo dis
cussed tho smllo question. It really isn't
such a ncaty. matter to have a character
istic smile, but. after alt, with a Uttlo
extra consideration, It an attraction."
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By Garrett P. Serviss
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The greatest triumphs, of photography
are In th .heive'ns. is not too -much
tc- say that many of the supreme marvels
of the universe would -have remained urf
known to us it, we
had been -compelled
to: deperid upon
(ibyes and-telescopes
In aatrbnd'my
photography Is not
only a revealer of.
the exact, truthi but
Jt Is also a d,lseov
e r e r of ' things
which but for 't
would be -com-
human knowledge.
.Art and photog
raphy are often
contrasted to Ui.
tlsadantage of the latter. A man would
rather have hia portrait painted than his
photograph made, and many will tell you
that the portrait' Is u better likeness than
the photograph, because the "artist puis
into It expression that the photographer
misses.
But in astronomy it Is just 'the other
way. There the photograph competely
distances its rlyal. No art can represent
t?e wonders of the 'starry heaVens, and
rio telescope even can show them unless
the photographic plate takes the place
of the eye to receive their Images.
' The pictures herewith tthown are con
vincing witnesses of this truth. Look
first at the two representations of the
Andromeda Nebula, an object so stunning
In' its strangeness that when the photo
graphs of It were exhibited suspicious
people thought that they were fakes. The
left-hand view ls.a drawing made, with
Infinite pains, and aftfr years' tf trial,
by the astronomer Trbuvelot flX the Har
vard observatory. The right-hand view
s a photograph taken with an exposure
of four hours by a modern pnotpgrapnto
telescope
Troouvelot's drawing of this wonderful
nebula Is perhaps the finest example of
an artistic representation of a celestial
object .that has ever been made. It Is
really surprising that he sudcefeded In
representing so much Irj his picture, but,
as you will see on comparing it with the
photograph, he entirely missed the. grat
characteristic feature of the Andromeda
Nebula, which Is its spiral form. Trouve
loi saw the- central condensation and the
' vast ball-like masses of shining matter
that seem to have been, flung away on
eh side, but he failed to perceive that
the two dark lanes which he di'ew are In
reality divisions between some of the
Spiral tings of which the entire outer
part of tha nebula Is made up. The dls
covery of thla peculiar structure by photo
graphy caused a revolution In our knowl
tdge of the universe.
"Then look at the two pictures of the
rneon. The one on the left Is a drawing,
made by John Russell, B.A., with the
Id of powerful teleiopes a drawing on
Which the artist labored eighteen years!
Qp the right Is a photograph of the moon
in nearly the same phase (a couple of
days aftjpf first quarter), which was taken
In a single second!
It needs only a glance to perceive how
imperfect iere the attempts of the artist
to represent' the lunar landscapes, which
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Oy KKV. THOMAS 1, GREGORY.
On top the left hand picture shows the Andromeda Kebula as drawn by the astronomer, Trouvelot, uhilo
on the right Is the reproduction of a photograph of tho Nebula taken in four and one-half hours; the bottom
picture on the left Is John KtifeseM'H drawing of the 1116011, which took eighteen years to make, while on the
right is a photograph in almost tho same phase, which wus taken in 0110 second.
in the photograph lie softly blended. '
mountain, plain, ringed valley, and
empty sea bed revealing themselves as
plainly as though the spectator were
hanging just above the moon' in a bait
loon.
It is the same way In the study of tho
Milky Way and the great star clouds and
star cldsters. Tho photogrtphs not merely
show plainly what no artist can possibly
represent, but they reveal millions of
stars and other objects that tbo mightiest
telescope In existence cannot eUovf dl
Voctly to the eye. It is for thla reason
that the mighty ono hundred-Inch tele
scope (100 inches In dlHme(er) to bo
erected in California on Mount Wilson
will be devoted exclusively to photograph
The Invention of the telescope gave
man an artificial eye thousands of times
mora powerful than his natural one; tho
application of tho photographic plate in
Mtronomy gave him an artificial retina,
Iwnmparably more sensitive than his
natural retina, to receive and record tho
Images formed b the lenses of his tele
scopic ey
It was forlysrvcn ycara Hgo, March
SC, IS67 that the first diamond wan dis
covered In West arlp,"land, South Africa.
The excitement that Immediately fol
lowed the finding
of the lltlli piece
of pure carbon ie
miltcd In the craze
that put the Cnll
forn'u days of 1S4)
completely into the
shade. From every
part of the world
men began the
mud rush to the
Urlnuuland settle
ment. In the mean
time a lurky dog
of 11 prospector
btumbtcd upon tho
'.Star of Bouth Africa,' a stone that was
Valued at something like a quarter or a
million dollars and the rush became a
stampede. The negroes thought that
''every white man on earth was coming
to South Africa," and that they were alj
possessed of the "devil of Insanity."
Mad with the diamond fever, .the gem
hunters spread themselves out all over
tho black man's country, and It was not
long before the rich mine of tha Trans
vaal were dlsroveredi Klmberley re
vealed Its undreamed of and well nlKh
Unthinkable treasures; and the region
suddenly tonic on the appearance of a
hiadhouse.
Well, to Klmberley there came a man
who did not partlclpato In the almost
universal Insanity a man wJth a mighty
brain, clean-hended and quite self-pos-
sensed, and with purposes that were al
most cosmic In their sweep a man who
cared nothing for diamonds or the wreath
they represented, rxcept as they might
be ut'lUed for the furtherance of his far-
reaching arms. That man, aa nil the
world knows, was Cecil Ithodes, the son
of a poor English parson.
As Napoleon strodo Into tho midst of
the mad melne of the French revolution,
commanded order and transformed the
l!d chaos Into empire, so Cecil Bhodes
laid his hand upon the mighty mob of
fiouth African diamond hunters, quieted
It took control, and turned millions upon
millions Into his strong box. The son of
the poor English preacher bwame tho
"diamond king," the rl'liest man In South
Africa, ono of the weslthlest men In all
the world.
With his 'pllrd-up millions Rhodes was
happy, not because hn was rich, for riches
simply as riches he drsplsed, but because
hn knew that his millions, I'.adc out of
diamonds, would nahle him to carry out
his great plans In the directions of em
pire, education and the general advance
ment of Anglo-Haxon civilization.
The mighty man one of the greatest
that has ever lived upon earth died In
his prime, but fortunatw not until he
had so arranged things as to assure the
consummation of his noble purpose. lie
died but he still lives In his blessed
achievement the globe-girdling Influence
of the "Rhodes scholarships," the "Cape-to-Calro
railway," which Insures British
emplreshtp from Capetown to the Mediter
ranean; and the Increased srlldarlty of
I feeling between the men of Anglo-Saxon
stock tho world over.
'Advice to the Lovelon-
By I1BATRICB FAIRFAX.
Ynn Are Old Kliongh.'
' Dear Miss Fairfax: T am 22 and tn love
with a girl of 18, who loves me. We have
been close friends thme years, but I had 1
Jri leave her on account of my parents'
objections, They claimed I won too young
tn keep company with a girl. I am again
anxious to ber-omn friends with her, but
my parents are still objecting tn It.
STEADY READER.
You are old enough to know your own
mind, and your fidelity to the girl pioes
this Is more than a passing fancy.
Impress this on your parents' minds; I
am quite sure your sincerity will win
thorn over.
Kite U niRht.
Dfar Miss Falrfnx. I am U years of
age and have a good future. ( am at prea-
ctn earning 1133 per month and havo a
Jegal education. A few months ago I
met h widow of ii years nnd ( havo
'fllncc learned to love her. She has throe
children, two boys and one girl. I ex-
prtsxra my love, nut she navisea me 10
give the matter du consideration on ac
count of the djffetencc In our ages.
n. it. jv ,
Nothing but regret for both of you
would .result from such n union. 'I
hope she will continue In her present at
titude of boM ifiim iijd refuao to mrry
jou, no matter how much you urge hci.
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The Manicure
Lady
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Dear Mies Fairfax: I am a younc man
of IP, deeply In love with a girl one year
my Junior. She reciprocates. My occu
pation is a salesman, nut l expect -to
open my own business. When dresned in
ner (uvonte color reu ann is attractive
and she Is a tegular flirt, which I really
do not admire, . Hhe tells me not to worry.
as it Is tit 1- nature. My parents object
to my going with this girl, aa I um too
young. I
You are only 19; at least two years too
young to think of marrying
THE
PROFESSORS
MYSTERY
B Y
WELLS HASTINGS 4S BRIAN HOOKER
STARTS
MONDAY APRIL 15T
THE BE,ES
MAGAZINE PAGE
Ily WILLIAM F. KIRK.
"There was romc nluy in town here
about a old I'erslan CUV that marin txnfa
and wna a wine booster, wasn't there.
ueorge." asKed .the Manicure Lady.
1 think 1 heard my wife envlnc iim
thing about It,-' said the Head Barber,
nut i flian't pay no parrtlcular attention
to It. Why?"
"Oh, brother Wilfred has gone kind, of
loouoy oyer It", said tho Manicure Lady.
"I think ho rccp it, or rend a lot about
It, or something. Anyhow, all we hur
About thrf house now Is Omar, Omar, or
Yine, wine. Alter he talked tho olrf
man deaf and blind about It, he started
In on the rest of us, nnd I don't know
where all, of It Is going to slop. Ilo was
telling ua more done about th nM pn
last night. He said that Omar not only
maae aomo perfectly grand tents to go
camping out In, but that ho wrote awelt
poetry too. He recited some of it to 11s,
but mo and Maymo couldn't make any
head or tall to It. Here Is one of the
verses ho wrote down. Listen and mo If
you can make any sense out of It:
"L'p from carih'tl center to the Seventh
Mate
I passed, and on the throne of Saturn
sate.
And many a knot did I unravel there,
But not the mastern knot or Human
Fate."
"Don't bother me with It." until h
Head Barber Impatiently,- "If you can't
talk anont something in this country,
don't talk at nil."-
"I knew yon wouldn't be able to make
no head or tall to it." said the Manlrur
Lady, "but I wasn't going to bother you
w.tn no more or the Persian feller's poe
try. I only wanted to read you some
verses of the same meteor, or whatever
Wilfred calls It. Ho wrote them hlmsolf,
and I know you will listen to them to
Please me. w'on't you. Qeorce? Thr.
ain't any customers coming along, and
you got an tne time in the world."
"I'auppose I will have to llstnn." M
the Head Barber, with desperate courage.
"Cio ahead.
'This Is them," said the Manlcurs
Lady. v
"Why should the people of the present
day
Want to read poetry written far away
Long years ago. by some Persian gept.
When I am writing poety that will stay!
I sometimes think that I will write no
more.
Although I hate to make my readers aore,
For every poem of mine my readers
read
I know that they would like to read a
score.
And that Is why I write and still shall
write ' '
Until the coming of the Eternal Night,
But oh. I wish that I could sell my
stuff
Because I have an awful appetite."
"I'm glad you got through reading that.
I waa Just going to stop you,' said tha
Head Barber. '
"I think it sounds Just aa good, as that
Teralan feller's poetry," declared the
Manicure Lady. "And It is a lot easier
to understand."
"The only hard thing to understand
about It," said the Head Barber,- 'Is why
ha wrote It at all. Ah, "here cornea a Hvi
one!"-
