Tllh Bhli. UJlAllA, THUKSDAY, ,ilA 23, 1U14.
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Behavior of Children
Unique Afternoon Gowns Seen at the Famous Grand Prix Races
There Is a Vast Difference
Between Liberty and
License
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By ISLIjA WHEKIiER WHiCOX.
Copyright. 1914, by Etar Company.)
America is old enough now, to know
that the word liberty docs not mean
license; that frtedom does not mean
lawlessness. Anlerlcan mother! have a
large duty con
fronting them, the
duty of teaching
thnlr children the
fine distinctions
which lie between
these words.
Ask any man or
woman who has
seen many lands
and many people,
and you will be
told that American
children are the
most lawless and
ill bred of all the
children on earth.
On any Bhlp, or
In any hotel, the
children who make
themselves obnoxious by their loud voices,
their Impertinent mannors, and their fail
ure to show courtesy to their elders, are
Invariably American children, it Is not
an unusual night to see American chil
dren walk or stand berore strangers,
staring at them rudely, and whispering
or tittering as they move away.
Two young girls made themselves so
obnoxious on one of the large ocean liners
by their Impertinent manners to passen
gers In the dining room that it became
necessary to ask the chief steward to
reprove them. These children were
daughter of a New York banker. Their
mother was on board wtih a retlr.u? of
attendants, but she had never taken time
to teach her children refinement or even
common decency of deportment.
"When such examples of lit breeding can
he found among tho rich, one cannot
wonder that the poorer classes havo not
leached a standard whore they under
stand the Importance of Including good
manners In the curriculum of education.
A' lady who employs boys for all work
at her country home, was surprised to
discover that children of Americana who
came to her for work were always lack
ing in the little polite habits which It
would seem every mother would teach
her boys and girls as soon ao they were
able to talk.
For instance, boys of 16 came into her
presenco without removing their caps;
and often wion reporting to her for di
rections, they! bolted Into her private
apartmenta w'llhout knocking or in any
way making their presence known.
It became necessary for her to teach
her employes good manners before ah
taught them their other duties.
Every mother' shouts train her children
to show good taste and delicacy in their
treatment of herself. Then it would fol
low as a matter of course, that they
would treat others wltji courtesy. Front
the time a boy Is able to walk, he should
bo taught to rap before entering a room,
and girls should be tnmcht tho same act
of courtesy.
There is too much freedom in most
American homes. 11 does not Indicate.
affection, or mutual understanding, or
good comradeship, when people bolt Into
the presence of another member of the
family with no word or wound to prepare
the way. it merely Indicates lack of
thoughtful consideration.
Tho refinements of life do much to
keep tho affections' alive.
A delicate code at manners, observed
between husband ari wife, helps to keep.
them out of the divorce court.
A gentlo tap on a door, oven If the door
la open and a ward Indicating who is
coming, makes the iadvent of a loved one
no less welcome.
The mother who does not train her
son to Bhow to rwr the llttlo courtesies
like this Is sowing vt&s of annoyance
for others who will be irritated by this
lack of thoughtfulaoss.
No matter what position a man occu
pies In tho world, -whether he employs or
In employod. whe'tlier he Is waited upon,
or waits upon others, good manners and
courtesy and polltnncss will be of incal
culable valne to htm.
A lady had oocarfon to call at the office
of a prominent lawyer In a city of col
leges. The lawyer warn absent, but his secre
tary wo present, a well educated young
man. of good American family. The lady
who called wan one for VJhom he un
questionably felt respect, yet he per
mitted 1W to stand fot five minutes in
his presence white she told her errand;
und he lounged comfortably In his chair,
with a cap on his head which ho never
thought to remove.
He seemed mash anxious to be of serv
ice and in overy way tried to help her!
no uoudi ne wouw De greatly astonished
and deeply pained If he know she thought
him discourteous, Suoh conduct is not at
all uncommon In America; It Is to be met
with every day,; and it is always the
fault of the mother.
The father, too. comes in for his ahara
of blame; hut It Is the mother who has
the child near nor hour In and hour out,
during those nutir years when habits are
formed; and It is, to the mother a child
should look for right training In deport
ment. Little girls, as well as boys, need care
fut coaching. They ahould never be al
lowed to enter rooms without previous
announcement; they should not bo per
mitted to break into conversation with
out apology, and they should not loung
or sit while their elders stand.
Teach your children these little refine
ments, good mothers.
It is better than leaving them a legacy
of hard earned money.
Folly of "Getting Even"
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
A girl wrote mo recently of a man who
had transferred his affections from her
to another girl, 'Til get even. Don't you
worry about that. I'll sacrifice anything
to be revenged on both of them."
I suggested that perhaps she ought to
ho grateful to the girl who had su.Ved her
from a fickle man who might have mar
ried her and then deserted her. It also
seemed possible that Lhe man was a weak
creature who ought to be pitied for the
unstable affections that would surely hurt
his life now and then and other persons.
"That may all be true, but they've be
littled me, and I'll get even. I'll hurt
them both just the way they have hurt
me."
And the girl is .going on stubbornly to
hurt no lesa a person than herself.
For no one can plan and plot rdvenge
nnd meanness and cruelty without having
it react most strongly on herself. Truly
we ourselves are the very ones to fall
Into the pits we dig for others.
When you plan to pay some one back in
their own coin for hurting you, exactly
what happens? You make your nature
just so much less sweet and lovable than
it was when you failed to hold their af
fection. You mako it just so much less
likely that you will be sufficiently llkablo
to win another and more lasting legard
than the one that hurt you or strayed
from you.
Every feeling you havo and every deed
you do works back to you. We get from
life and people exactly what we give to
them. Give lovnj and kindness and they
will return to yon. This Is not sentiment.
It is stern law. How?
If you rise above unklndness and conquer
hatred you become at once sweet and
strong. If you lire fine .and splendid your
face will show Jt In attractive expression
that comes from your lovable soul. Af
fection and admiration will come to you
as to a magnoti
Meeting hatrpd with hatred, giving re
venge for mistreatment degrades and
weakens you. It hurts your own charac
ter and nan your own face.
When you try to "get even" with some
ono who has mistreated you do you know
exactly what you accomplish?
Tou let thflm see just how they have
been able u wound you and so expose
yourself to eflther sneers or pity. You
lower your own character ao It will not
attract tho best from others. You en
courage bitterness to grow In your na
ture. Itevenge ) a boomerang. It will return
and strike you. Avoid It.
Meet hatrud with love and ypu will be
come, ao loo.ble that hatred will not often
dare come your way.
Care of the Hair
In European Countries
In Southern Kurope the very straight,
homely appearance of the hair of lower
class native women is due to Its exces
sive greaslness and could be ireutl Im
proved "upon by the elimination of all
excess oil. Throughout the continent
among the higher social classes great
i are Is taken to keep the hair perfectly
clean, not with soaps and makeshifts
hut with preparations made Just for the
shampoo and It Is probably for this reu
son alone that the hair of European wo
men Is considered the most beautiful In
the world. The much desired flufflnens
and softness of hlr which follow can-throx-shampoos
are the result of Its per
fect cleansing power. You can avoid any
had condition of scalp or hair by use of
this economical home-made shampoo,
whleh Is prepurcd very quickly by Just
dissolving a teaspoonful canthrox (which
every drug store carries) In a oup hot
water and pouring slowly on the head as
oti rub briskly. This makes a wealth of
rich, cleansing lather which will soon
restore the fluff and lustre to the dullest
hair and encourage a beautiful growth.
- Advertisement,
Advice to Lovelorn
By BEATRICE TAIBPAX :
iiimor lour miner.
Hear SHiss Fairfax: 1 am an only
daughter. 18 years of age. nnd enjoy the
oumpuny of a man of 20 very much, but
on accnt of religious differences my
father objects to iib being such good
frlands. He Is a very ideal young man,
well llkod by all who know him, Is very
gentlroatily at all times, and very kind
and coiislderate of all things, and he
feels v?ry bad to think he la the cause
of any (iissoualon between my father and
I, In ss:h a way. He is truly worthy of
my friendship nnd we enjoy each others
compaoaonsblp so much, only the one
obstacle In the way, religion, which with
us doits not affect our friendship at all,
only through my fathers' bitterness.
Whaft would you udvlse under the con
ditions and my being of age, havo I not
the r&gbt of choosing my own friends,
that is If they are of the right sort?
Lawftally have the parents any control
over a girl of eighteen? OtiIVK.
Yo'tr case is not a singular one, nor
very perplexing. Religious differences
have seldom been fatal to true love, nor
Is it likely your father will be so stub,
born, as to let a choice of faith interfere
with, his daughter's happiness. Be patW
ent, and let a little time run. You are
bot b too young to seriously think of mar.
riurre, and in the days that ought to
lapso before you are old enough for the
serious purpose of matrimony will surely
oooie a solution of your present diffi
culty Whatever you do, remember you
oWe a duty to your parents, and you can
scarcely hop to be happy without your
ftrther's loye and confidence. You are
of legal age, but morally It would be
ery wrong to defy your father In this
ipr other matters. Love finds other ways
pf winning.
This charming afternoon costume attracted favorablo attention at
the famous French "Grand Prix" races, where women vie with coch
other to wear the best and newest mndols of the season. It Is fash
ioned of heavy whie satin and embroidered net. It has a seamed waist
or basque that extends low over tho hips and shows the graceful lines
of the figure.
The bodice is cut in a rounding line that is turned Into a V by the
tie of black velvet that slips from under the rolling collar of plain taf
feta. A series of flat bows or tho velvet passing through mother of
pearl buckles extends down the front of the waist.
Tho long sleeves are similarly treated at the wrist. A fold of
satin is hemstitched on to the bottom of the basque in an irregular line.
Prom this falls a deep flounce of the net, with a double row of tho satin
folds. The underskirt is of the satin, with black and white buttons
at the side. -
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Why Waste Time on Calculations
Metric System flukes
Arithmetic Mere Play
With this was worn one of the now Irregular-brimmed black satin
Btillors, trimmed simply in a great white daisy and bud. OLIVETTE.
Navy blue taffeta whs combined with hand-enibroldared net In this
most original Fronch afternoon gawp. There was a ditlnty elbpw
sleeved blouse of embroidered not, tho deep, found collar of which fell
across an overblouse of navy blue taffeta, with deep armhole and
draped girdle.
Over the foundation skirt of plain blue taffeta was a deep tunic of
tho net, encrusted at its base with fine white linen embroidery and
inset with square medallions of the uot, A huge butterfly bow of the
huo taffeta was used to catch in the fullness at the back.
Tho black velvet hat, with a deep fronded plume of Nattier blue,
sounds a note of suggestion for the return or feathers to favor this
winter. OMVKTTE.
Scauiy Lesson
mjssom xi PArtr ix.
tiirr tit t'orreniinnrtrnls.
Mabel A wash cloth of Turkish towel
ing In too rough for any skin nnd on a
delicate skin will hne, n disastrous ef
fect I'se a square of noft linen and pas
It through bulling water dally. Soiled or
soap-caked wash clothes nre great ilmpl
breeders. Never Intjo sight of the fact
that the skin of the face U more delicate
than that of any other part of the body,
ami Hint, at thn same time. It Is exposed
to every change of temperature as well as
dirt and ust. Be careful to use alwava
a pure soap and rinse It well off tho skin
If the skin Is Inclined to bo dry and
rough, or to Inflame easily, dispense with
nonp entirely nnd cleanse tho skin with a
good cleansing cream or cold cream.
1.. A. I,, writes me that her eyebrowa
arc both thin anil pnlo in color and asks
m to advise her as to a dye. At any
druggist you enn get a cake of Ink called
Mascara, either In brown or black, and n
small brush with which tp apply It. This
Is not a permanent dye. but will come off
with walcr. I should not advise tiring a
permanent dye on the eyebrows. At your
age you can count on your eyebrows
growing darker with time. Apply yellow
vaseline night and morning and brush
them with an eyebrow brush. If you
cannot obtain thlf. ask your druggist for
a baby's tooth brush.
Ornee P. T. There are many causes for
pimples, Dried aosp left on tho fae will
clog a sebaceous gland' and finally so
Irritate It that a pimple is the result. In
digestion, which Inflames the blood or
Impedes Its even circulation, will cause
red pimples. For the hard, red swellings
you complain of, paint them with color
less Iodine as soon as they appear. This
will generally remove the Irritation and
they will subside; but remember never to
touch Iodine to broken skin.
In MaOiuno Iso'bell'a next lesson to up
pear In these columns she will continue
tho subject of physical culture, taking up
(Mtferont exercises to strengthen and lm
piovo the figure.
Do You Know That
The Ilrrtln postofftce authorities an
nounce that throughout tho summer an!
autumn every telephone subscriber may
for a cost of 2 cents Inquire of his ex
change at noon the official weather fore
cast for the next twenty-four hours. The
charges for "weather calls" wlU be col
lected by the postman, or the subscriber
may have a servloe at M cental a month.
1 for three months, or i for sir months.
Two houses at Karcet, nor Peterbor
ough. England, which were marked for
demolition, have been sold for a pint of
bear, the purchaser undertaking to pull
them down,
A novel method of scaring away birds
han been adopted by an Kngllah farmer,
lio haa killed a number of cats, bad
thorn staffed, and placed them in various
atlitudea among tho branches of tho fruit
trcen In bis orchard.
A orooodllo at the Frankfort Stoo haa
Just born fitted with an aluminum Jaw.
The croqodlle, which originally cornea
from tho dangce. fractured Its Jaw on
tbe rooks in Itn baaln, and every effort to
get tho bones to reset -proved ineffectual
Accordingly Eurgeon Major Marx dccldo-l
to operate, and succeeded In replacing
the fractured mandible by one of alu
minum.
Their IMmt I'lioDRhls.
Wine Drummor (to widow of dead
customer, a composer) Mu-y I ask how
old' your husband was when he died?
Widow Only . Who knows how
much more he might have done!
Wine Drummer Ah, ys and If w
calculated It at only a hundred bottles
a year' Kllegende Hlnetter.
Br GARRETT l SKHVIHS.
One of the greatest fights In the world,
one that goes on and on, ami shows no
sign of ending; one that It aa ridiculous
as It is fierce, Is the struggle betveen the
advocates of tho
metric system of
weights and meas
ures and those who
uphold the old Bri
tish system, which
has been discarded
by every scientific
body In the world
I see by the
KnKlIh scientific.
Journals that an
other hqt period in
this fight has Just
o c c u r e d, leaving
each patty as de
termined aa ever
It is a m a 1 1 ii g
what endless trouble men will give them
helves rather than break some lichen
covered tradition that has become an In
cubus upon them without their recogniz
ing the fact. People will fight for the old
moss-back as If it were their god! These
things waste time, squander money, ex
haust patience and use up braln-foroe for
nothing.
!et us look a few facts In the face.
There Is no doubt that the bitter opposi
tion to the universal use of the Metric
syetem In Great Dritalti (and our inherit
ance of'prejudlces of this kind is not yet
exhausted) Is largely based upon the fact
that the system took Its shape In France,
and was set upon its feet there, during
the revolutionary epoch. The mere
namen "French It evolution" and
"Napoleon" aro nlnos a red rag to the
IlrltJeli bull.
Nevorthblfj it appears that the sug
gestion out of which the Metric system
grew was born from an Kngllah brain
It Im said to have been first nffttred by
Jrimes Watt, In 17S3, in letters which ho
wiote to French envants and others urg
ing the adoption of an International unit
of weights and measuies for the etpeclsl
uk of scientific, men who found them
(.elves wasting a great deal of time In
tomlng their calculations from one sys
ti'in into another. The Idea was taken
up in France und pushed by the govern
ment, and Franc hud the hnnqr of really
creating the new system. If it had been
created in Kngland there never would
havo been any oppaaltlon to it and the
world would long ago have forgotten tho
cumbersome UrltlMi units, with thrlr
tase ratio of 12 (the duodecimal system)
and their absurd arithmetic complica
tions The metric system la taught In our
school books only ha a side IsJtue. Popu
larly, and In ordinary business affair,
wn still reckon In feet, inches yards,
rods, roods, acres; In pounds, ounces (two
kinds!), tons (of various kinds), nnd in
quarts, pints, gallons, pecks, bushels and
all the Inextricable tangle of wet and dry
measures, giving ourselves and Imposing
UjKn our ennuron u bhiuuik oi unncrw
nary Intellectual labor that would make
Ian Intelligent hore from the planet Mars
laugh at us'
Kverybody wi!o has read scientific
books, or to do busineia with foreign
people, other than English, must neces
sarily learn the metric system, In ad
dition to the British, beoausa scientific
men long ago discarded the latter with
contempt, and practically the whole civi
lised world, outside Angln-Kaxondom
user, or Is beginning to ue, the melrlo
system exclusively
It only requires a glanctt to show the
Inherent superiority of this system. In
the first place it Is baited on the decimal
ratio of numbers, ratio of ten, Insteud
of the duodecimal, or ratio of twelve.
As Alexander Hrmtns has remarked.'
"All people on arth who count, count
by tens." The ease with which calcula
tions made by tens, and multiples and
tub-multiples of ten, can be performed
Is evident to everybody. Arithmetic be
comes play In such a case. Then, the
tnrtrlc system Is so contrived that all Its
units, wether they represent length and
nirn or weight, are derived from ono
common base. Tills bote fa the meter.
By squaring ttie meter, oi its subdivi
sions, you get th unit measures pf sur
face; by cubing the meter, or Its sub
divisions, you gut not only the unit meas
ures of capacity but those of weight.
They are all linked together.
Thus, a gram, the metric basis of meas
ures of weight, is the weight of one cubic
centimeter (a centimeter Is lAOth of a
meter) of water, and all Uie other weights
are related to the gram by multiplying
or dividing It by ten, or multiples of ten.
'The fact that the French undertook
to make the mettr a precis fraction of
the circumference of the earth (one ten-j
millionth of the distance from the pole
to the equator), und failed, because no
body ho ever succeeded in making an
exact measurement of the earth's girth,
does not affect the practical value of
tho metric Bystem. bocause the length of
the meter Is now fixed by a standard
bur of metal kept under the rare of the
International Metric commission
It doesn't roully matter what the basal
unit Is so long an It U convenient to use.
The, meter Is hut little longei than the
yard, and both are arbitrary lengths
chosen for convenience. But the syatem
based on the ynrd Is complicated, con
fusing, Irregular, und mentally wasteful,
while that based on the meter Is simple,
straight-forward, consistent and mentally
economical.
Greatest Event
in Woman's Life
The' t.iioutry's Cripples,
With tht Incuuso In n.hnufacturlng en
ttrprlses and the carelessness of employes
and the lack of prupvr safeguards on tho
jNirt of einploynrs the number of crippled
persons In the rutted Flutes, not crippled
In wur, but in peare. now amounts, ac
coidiiig to Dr II. V. Qrr of Lincoln, Neb.,
to !sV?,TM. An Illustration of the concern
shown in the welfare of cripples has re
cently taken form in a paper devoted to
their Intel eats, the American Journal of
Cai for Cripples, published by an organi-
KHtlon lipftflnv tha namn nt Fo.1nt.fi linn nf
Afsnctatlans or Cripples. The journal pays I
special attention to the subjects of edu- ,
cation and Ind -xtrlal trulnlng of crippled '
children. There In now In Boston an
industrial school for cripples und de.
formed children, which Is dong good
work teaching various employments that
WlU fit the pripnled ones to employ their
leisure hours and to earn their own liveli
hood. Indianapolis News.
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All human experience looks back t
motherhood as the wonder of wonders.
The patience, the fortitude, the sublime
faith during the period of expectancy aro
second only to the mother love bestowed
upon the most helpless but most marvel
ous crcttlcn a baby.
Women are qulclc to learn from each
other those helpful agencies that aid to
comfort, that conserve their nervous
energy and yet are perfectly safa to us
and among these they recommend
"Mother's Friend."
It Is entirely an external application
designed ts lubricate- the broad, flat
muscles and skin that protect th
abdomen. It has been in favorable us
for nearly half a century and Is known
to mothers in almost evry settled com
munity In the United States who htehly
recommend It. You wilt nnd It on slo
in drug stores. "Mother's Friend" Js
utterly harmless, contains no deadening
drugs and yet Its Influence in tb skin
and muscles beneath as also upon the
network of nerves beneath tho skin is
very beneficial, very soothing and a
wonderful help. Th museUs expand
naturally and are not subjected to unaee
eisary sorface strain and pain.
Get a bottle of "Mother's Friend" to
day at any drug store aod wrjt to us
for our Instructive llttla book to ssothsre.
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