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Familiar Varieties of the
3. "Know-It-All"
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By DOROTHY DlX.
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Be very careful, my dour child. s you
Journey through the, highway and by
wsys of life, to avoid the "know It all."
Thla In the more easily done because you
will observe every
body elae making a
strenuous effort to
sidestep thla affllrt
I iix beaut. When you
rote an otherwise
pleasant and attrac
tive looking crea
ture flocking by It
sctf be warned and
approach not too
near II, for the
chance are that it
will prove to be a
know It all."
T h I t species of
boie is found In ev
ery country where
the foot of man has
yet penetrated, and
It has done more
than religion and philosophy to reconcile
us tothe shortness of life, for who could
wish to remain In the iale of tears when
he is tortured by one who knows It all
and tells It with Its tireless mouth.
There la an almost endless variety of
different species of the Know It All, but
they ail have, the same general charac
teristics. They have large, swelled heads,
abnormally long tongues and cast Iron
nerve, a mania for bulling Into things
that Is bod of their business, and a
vanity that makes them perfectly miser
able when they have not attracted public
attention ta themselves. To hear -anyone
make a statement, no matter how trivial,
act! upon the Knew It All like waving a
red flag before a mad bull. It ceases It
to throw a species of fit and foam at the
mouth, aa It falls at once upon the luck
less Individual and rends him limb from
limb.
Among the most common and most
ferocious species of the Know-It-All Is
the variety known as the I-Told-You-Ro.
This fearsome bore la always only too
plentiful, but Just at present the country
Is overrun with It. 1
This la always the case, however. In
presidential years, and Is the main reneon
why there la a growing sentiment in
favor of extending the term of the presi
dent to eight years.
One of the peculiarities of the I-Told-You-So
Know-Ifc-All Is that It lays very
at ill until after an event baa happened
and then It springs up and begins Its
unholy chortle that drives men to drink.
It to hard enough to have to listen to this
soul-devaatatlng sound when the matter
does not concern anyone more than
whether Taft or Bryan was elected, hut
It becomes excruciatingly painful when
one has to alt and contemplate one's
owa blunders and mlatakea the while thla
hideous monster feeds on one's vitals. Tet
nobody escapes, and probably nobody ever
lost their money In a fool speculation or
bought a gold brick In the matrimonial
market without an I-Told-You-fck Know-It-All
bobbing up and taking a few nips
t him.
Another dangerous species of the Know-Jt-All
la the corrector. This mean little
beast, which la closely allied to the
Skunk family, lies In wait until you make
an assertion or tell a story, and then
with a shriek of delight It Jumps In with
both feet. "Pardon me," It chortles . as
It proceeds to make mlnoe meat of what
you have Just said, "But you are entirely
mistaken about Weatmlnater Abbey being
located In London. It Is located In Hal
ted street, Chicago, two blocka from the
Flat iron building, as you would know If
you had ever read the historical works of
the famous German author, Wtifpgan
brauer Pardon me, also, for correcting
your statement that Ulysses 8. Grant
was a great general; on the contrary, he
was the author of those tender lines
that have so often brought the tears to
eur eyes. Throw Him Down, McClus
ky.' "
Quit as afflicting as the Corrector la
the variety of Know-lt-All that la called
the Accurate. This bores you to death
by amending everything you say. Its
methods are feline. It watches you aa a
rat does a mouse, until you make some
trivial statement that does not matter In
the least, and then It pounces upon you.
and sinks Its fangs Into you. Tou aay
that you saw Jan on Wednesday after
noon. "Tou ar mistaken." gurgles the
Accurate Know-It-All. aa It begins to
snjoy itself.' "It was five minutes before
1 o'clock that you saw her." You say
that you paid a couple of dollars for
your gloves. "Excuse me," says the Ac
curate1 Know-It-All. "you paid a dollar
and ninety-five cents." Tou aay that there
waa a bunch of Jolly folka over at the
Smiths' laat night, and you had a bully
tint. The Accurate Know-lt-All re
counts the names fcf every on who was
present, what they said, what they had
on. what they ate and drank In weari
Here's the Latest, the Ju-Jitsu Dance
Jllus-tratino; What is Facetiously Known as the "Kick-Little-Mnry Stop"
Why America Should Now
Lead in Deautv Cultart
and Fathioni Part S
some detail, until you fall In a faint of
exhaustion to the floor.
The female of the Accurate Know-It-AI1
variety of bore la sometimes known
as th School Ma-am, and Is far more
dreaded than any other known variety.
Thla one In particularly to be avoided by
those who carry split Infinitives about
their person.
These latter varieties of Know-It-All
belong ti what may be called domestic
eNte, and it is said to reflect that there
Is no fireslile, howsoe'er well guarded,
but one of these afflicting creatures la
almost sure to I there. Msny are the
heartrending tales that are told of th
suffering of some unsuspecting, warm
hearted man, or some sweet and Innocent
woman, who all unknowing of the awful
fat they were about to encounter, mar
ried and went to their new home, only to
find i Correstfir or an Accurate Know-It-All
waiting to nun them the minute they
put foot within the rioor.
Sometimes, after enduring the agony
as long as they could, the
escape and flee to the divorce court aa to)
a temple of rr(unr. but for the most part '
they simply sink Into untimely graves. I
When you see a worried looking man,
who sits up ss silent aa a clam when his i
wlfo la present, and Is the life of the i
puny wnen she In absent, you may be '
sure that he is being preyed upon by a
domestic Curie. tr, who nudlta hie i
grammar, and sits !u Judgment on the !
way he eats, and w hen you nbnerve a j
pale, crushed woman, with a frightened
expression In her eyes, you may rest'
connaetit thnt the 1-Told-You-So Know-It-All
la sapping her very life blood.
As a general thing, the Know-It-All
atnlka Its prey wherever It can. but Its
favorite hunting placo Is In the theater
and the opera. Then It licks Its chops,
and with a loud roar and an utter disre
gard for everybody present. It aeixea
upon a half dosen people nearest to it,
and gorgea Itself by telling the plot of
the play ahead of ech act, passing Its
opinion on the actors and laying down
the law on dramatic criticism. After
which. If It happens lo be at the oner
with fiendish cruelty it proceeds to hum
every air along with toe singer on the
stage.
Nothing has been done ss yet to abate
this nuisance, but it la understood that a
bill is to be Introduced into the next leg
islature offering a large bounty for the
acalps of the theatrical Know-It-All.
Further facts:
A very larre and fully developed sped
men of the Know-It-All has been roam
ing around the country of late. On Its
right shoulder It was branded T. R.
It's a queer thing why the people who
could hav told us all along how a thing
waa going to turn out never do tell us
until It has already happened.
Kvery man Is an oracle to himself.
Th world Is full of peoDl. with -rood
hind eight. What we need la a few more
people with good fore alght.
The critic on the hearth is love's chief
grave digger.
None are so tedious as those who re
st with accuracy an Infinitude of tin.
Important details.
Better a swift told He that goes to the
Point, than a dreary ma.-s of statistics
that never gets anywhere.
.In-Htmi aa a dance form Ml ry Hhilllng and Mr. F. A. Ieolle In
"Jn-no-kata," at the Kmplif, l.onlon.
Th kick movement A step rather risky After aupper.
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nineteen yean.
Advice to Lovelorn
Maay Points f Behavior.
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some games that will be nice, to play at
m rH, in v lima giria ana ooya irom l.'i
i ; wnii snouid a girl aay for yes
when a boy aska her If he may escort
her homeT la It sny harm to dance.? If
a person gives a birthday party and has
a birthday cake with candlea In it. should
you out it While th guests are there, or
wnatT la It proper or not to aay, 'excuse
me" when yoii are through eating and
leave the table when at homeT What
should a girl say when a boy asks her
If he may hav her company?
ANXIOUS.
I do not make a practto of recommend
ing game for people of any age. "Yes"
la the only word In the English language
that means yes; if you mean "no," aay
Assent or dissent can be expressed
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When dress art in America Is so de
veloped that It is the eual of that which
has been brought from E'nope let lis
hope thst American women will see the
Justice and ad-
van t a g e of
adopting It. For
many years this
fetish for things
Kuropean has
had ; reeson
. able basis: h
young country
: In which the
! Btruggle for ina
i terlal existence
j was the chief
factor in de
i velopment. was
: quite right In
i accepting artistic guidance from the old
world. But for two generations now'
; foreign tinvel has been general and a
certain amount of foreign education an
accepted part of all American rt train
tug. ! Aside from this all commercial design
ers, ouyers, business men connected with
! the producing of all higii clas goods, go
; to Kuropr. not yearly, but In some case.
' monthly, so closely has the connection
become between the two countries. This
; hes resulted In a broad dissemination of
European ideas in this country, which,
i grafted on our American Activity and en
' terpriNc. should make America the equal
of any country In the producing of ele
gant and high class goods.
.American silks have long been noted for
their eocd wearing qualities and lasting
i rohas. They are freer from adulteration
1 tt-.an many of the European lines anil,
j otic the demand :s created, there Is no
reason why American factories cannot,
i produce fabrics In the most beautiful de
i signs. And this Is true of most of the
materials of which modern costttmea are
! made up.
j There are esthetic reasons, too. why
I the ' American woman would do well to
' entourage a national dresa art. The
i American woman's mode of life is differ-
pnt from that of the Kuropean; It is more
I a. tivc. freer; she has more household ami
i misinem responsibilities n lcl
: neceesariiy should take on a more prac
tical character.
Being physically of a different tyiw
from the French woman, gowns that take
this quality into account suit her the
! best, and these are best furnished her
: In America.
Our climate is different from that in
; France. Wp have extremes of heat and
(cold that call for a particular kind of
I costume. The French who find "chic" In
daring oontraata have often worn fur
trimmed gowns in summer and tulle in
! winter to good advantaee, but the effect
is lost here and only becomes ridiculous.
These are only a few of the many reasons
to suppose that America stands ready and
able to produce dress designs and fabric
up to the highest standard of taste and
fashion.
(To Be Continued.)
The Frog-March as a dance movement "A well-placed knock iu the
ntnill of the bark."
Nursing the fatted ealf The next step after the kick "little Mary."
Mysteries of Science and Nature
Why It is Cold On a High Mountain, Although the Heat Comes from the Sun, and the
Mountain Top is Nearer the Sun Than is the Vnlley below.
! shun to find in reel life, wont It, deer?
i Ma anked her. H will be eesy to find
i enuff men that is 2-4 brute. A quite a
! few that ft 3-3 brute, but It la hard in
' reel life to find one who Is part brut It
part dreemer. Dreemers is usuany su
dreems & no strength.
I know Is is a rare tip, sed Ma's frend.
atua waa rested and ready to do its work ; her nalm la Miss Vane, but you are to
again. i bear in mind that this hero Is a rare
And the very aamo type of treatment
may he applied to jealousy.
hero. First I thought I wud maJK him
the captain of a sailing vessel, then
By CAIIKKTT P. BKUVISS.
no.
In many different ways, and exactly what
to say depends altogether under the cir
cumstances tinner wnicn it is to do saiq. ' poesn t It seem
Pome people consider dancing very harm- natural that If
ful; others do not. I think It a harm- th heat comes
less and pleasing form of amusement. ' txvm the sun It
Cut th rake after the randies have beenj should Increaae th
extinguished, and gtv arh guest a piece. ! MtLnx we get to
It ts quit proper to say "excuse me ; i,, ,un7 y.t av
when leaving the table at home; nowhere j ators will tell you
should you be more considerate of the
feelings of others than In the home cir
cle, and It pays to be polite wherever you
are. Tell him yes or no, as you feel Inclined.
"If our heat comes from the sun, why
Is It that as we ascend high mountains
w come to eternal snow at the summit,
whll in the valley below perpetual sum
mer Is reigning?
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Heal your skin
will' Resinol
NO matter bow lone you bava
been tortured ni disfigured
by itching, burning, raw or scaJy
skla humors, just put a little of
that soothing, antiseptic Resinol
Ointment on the aoree and the
suffering stop right there!
Healing bgina that very min
ute, and in almost every case your
skin geta well so quickly you feel
ashamed of the money you threw
away on useless treatments.
Haeiaal Otatasaat and Bssiaai Boas ar
at by ail Aruss-Ma
Obey Yoar lHotkex.
Pear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl of 17
and I am desperately In love with a
young man five years my senior. He
has told me he loves me many tlmea,
and he aeenis to very much. My mother
strongly oblects to his love fir me and
mine for him, but she still lets me go
wilh him. Please let me know would you
marry lilm without roother a consent, or
part? PATIENT.
Your mother la right. Tou are not yet
old enough to Judgre for yourself In thla
most serious matter. Whatever you do.
do not forfeit or destroy your mother's
confidence end trust in you. Tell her
all. and do not think of getting married
scorched the skin. The hard snow, a tlon of heat. It Is transferred from the
But th air Is
It Is less dense
their gasoline will
freeso If they go
too high. A 8teady
Header, Chicago."
The aunshine Is,
Intrinsically, a lit
tle hotter on a
mountain top than
In-the valley beneath,
riuch colder because
than some thousands of feet below. The
atmosphere acts as a trap for the heat
derived Irom the sun, playing for all
the lower earth the same part that the
gardener's hothouse plays for his plant.
The density of the air falls off so rap
idly that at a height of about five miles
the attnoepher la only liulf aa dense as
at th" earth's surface. Through the
light, rare air on a mountain the sun-
very poor conductor of heat, waa a white
shield, from which the blinding sun
beams glanced off like billions of tiny
arrows.
The sunbeams are not heat, but only
the cause of heat. They are vtbratlona
In the ether that fills all spar (accord
ing to th accepted theory), and which
have been set going by the agitation of
the molecules of excessively hot gases
constituting the globe of the sun. These
vibration, taking the form of mlnuta
waVes, are radiated from the sun in all
directions, with a speed of 186.300 miles
per second. Some of the ether waves,
on reaching the earth, produce the sen
sation that we call light, by their Impact
upon the nervous background of our
eyes.
Others, on coming Into collision with
the substances constituting the earth
and Its etnmsphere, produce. In the mol
ecules of those substances, a kind of
agitation like that which prevails in the
molecules of the sun, and which, as Juxt
said, causes the waves In the ether. This
molecular agitation generates the senna-
sun to the earth somewhat aa your
voice la transferred to your friend's ears
by a telephone. On Its way from the
transmitting Instrument to the receiver,
the telephone message Is not a voice, or
a series of sounds, but a set of electric
vibrations that have been produced by a
voice and that can be reformed Into a
voice on reaching their destination. So
the waves of radiant energy sent out
from- the sun are not heat, but have
been set going by heat in tho sun ana
can be transformed Into heat again on
encountering tho earth.
When the sunbeams fall upon anybody
capable of absorbing them In measur
able quantity, they give rise in that body
to the molecular agitation called heat,
and thlt again sets up waves In the
surrounding ether, wheh, In thlr turn,
produce heat In other bodies that they
meet. Rare air absorbs very little of
the energy of the sunbeams; dense and
vapor-laden air absorbs much mora;
solid bodies absorb more still, but In va
rious quantities depending upon their
constitution.
Pon t strain your badly focussed eyes i I thought that wud be too much like
by keeping them fixed on the things for ' one of Jack London's stories, so I have
which you might as well envy Susan deeslded to malk him a bralkman on a
Brown. Keep your tender feellnga out of . frenght train.
the cold blast of wondering If the person j A freight bralkman wuddent have
you love makes you a due return for much time to be a dreemer, sed Pa. The
your feelings or likes someone else be- I railroad cumpanlca doant want dreemers
yond all deserving. And don't feed your ! to turn thar switches. ,
poor emotional indigestion on scraps of x Newer-the-lees, sed Miss vane, this
suspicion flavored with the paprika of , hero in my novel ts to be Jest what I
what some spiteful gossip has Insinuated aed. a freight braikman. It is settled in
about your best beloved.
You don't have to sit around and brood
cn how abused you are, do yoj? Nothing
compels you to try to catch the people
you like In unfaithfulnes to you. There
Is no force that Impels you to try to trap
your friends into admission that are dam
aging to their standing in your affec
tions. You don't have to cynically re
mark that you "wouldn't trust the best
man or woman on earth," do you?
You do not.
You can get into the habit of choosing
sunshine instead of shudow. You can put
a smile on your lips and this sentence
In your heart: "My friend says he loves
me. He would not say It if it mere not
true. I am going to believe that in love
and trust In it more and more ell the
time."
Just don't even acknowlege t your
self that there Is such a poison weed In
all the garden of life aa jealousy, and
you can probably think it light of existence!
0 The Green-Eyed Monster 0
without her consent. You owe something beams pvnetrate wun utile onsiruction,
Uo her who bore you and nursed you and and the air Itself remains cold, but in
reared you that can only be repaid by
loving kindness, and it would b a wrong
you could never undo It you were to wed
without her sanction.
Let Her Ala.
Dear Vlss Fairfax: A few months ago
1 met a girl In a different town whom I
. took out several limes to amusement
places. The last time 1 was going down
to se ber I asked her permission by
writing and I waa refused (very coldl.
hinu then I spok to ber twlo tnsld
of two months, although I sm In her
neighborhood often. A friend of mine
kmW8 her well and I would ltks to
know whether it would be right for me
to call at her house without asking her
permission and give his regards to her
tih has no telephone, and I would not
writ. B. M
Let her alone. Why should yon pester
the girl, after sti has very plainly
showu you she does not car for you?
If you care for her, and wish her to car
for you, you will make a far better Im
presalon by acting the manly part, and
l-t i h., ftnt am, fnm hAMir m Kb t
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! she has lot la you-t
ths valleys, where the air Is both much
denser and raor charged with vapors
and Impurities, th sunbeams axe com
paratively obstructed, and the air ab
sorbs a great desl of heat from them.
Thus th lower air serves as a blanket,
accumulating en4 retaining th heat
If you are on a lofty mountain, like
Mont Blanc, with eternal snow all about
you, the sunshine burns like a blister;
but the heating effect is superficial, be
cause, owing to th rarity of th air, th
heat is radiated away again Instantly.
without obstruction. Thla la why th
snow does not melt If th air lylni
upon th snow were dense. It would
absorb and retain the heat, and the snow
would b melted, as It Is la ths valley.
Th fiercest sun-heat thst I hav ever
exnerlenced was on the top of Mont
IUanc, wher the snow (so deep that M
Janssen could find no rock on which tr
found ha observatory), la packed ss hard
and crlup ss salt in a' bag. It was t
the oppressive heat of the lower air.
but a raking furnace breath that simply
lly 11KATRICK FAIRFAX.
In all the world there ts probably no
characteristic that causes more unhap-
plness than Jealousy. Jealousy ends
friendships, destroys love and makes
faith snd trust and confidence slink away
from the knowledge of the human who
ta guilty of Jealousy.
Jealousy causes misery to the point of
insanity and dictates all sorts of crimes.
It destroys sll power of Judging and
weighing things it makes it Impossible!
to give the proper value to circumstances
snd It magnifies trifles until they seem
like events of the greatest importance.
Jealousy I like a weed in a garden.
And wher It is found other weeds spring
to meet it. Take th case of a woman who
Is Jealous of her husband. Sb rapidly be
comes susplcloue and distrustful and her
faith and confidence die and take all th
fin flavor of love with them.
Consider the girl who la Jealous of ber
friends. 8he is likely to feel abused be
cause they have more than ahe has. Bh
Is embittered at th thought that some
one she loves cares more for another
friend than for herself sad so she goes
through tho whole gamut of ugly emu
I tlons till bitterness and envy have
choked the garden of her nature with so
many weeds that there Is no room for
sweetness and fragrance and the bloom
of a personality that is worthy of at
tracting friendship.
The jealous person Is always looktug
for trouble. He rummages around to
find faithlessness fnd 111 faith. He so
persistently expects disloyalty that
human nature la at last fairly hypnot
ized Into giving' what is looked for.
'But what are you going to do about
it, if you have a Jealous nature?" aks
the possessor thereof.
Well, what should you do about It it
you had a tendency o tonsitttts or a
weak digestion? Bit with folded hsndt,
peering at print you could, not see, ot
assiduously put yourself la drafts, or
feed yourself on lobster and Ice cream
and hot rolls?
Not at all. For those ho' he ; some eyes
you would consult an ocnl rv, you'd bathe
the weak throat in cold water night and
morning and avoid damtcr toots and you
would live on a renkiWe diet until such
time as your refractory digestive sppsr-
Little Bobbie's Pa
By lVTIXIAM F. KIRK.
On of Ma's yung lady trends that bee
longs to a lltery club with Ma calm up
to th house last nit. She sed she Is
rltelng a novel, & she was telling us
about the kind of a man shs waa going
to maik the hero. I thought it wud be
best to maik him about 2-3 brute, ah
sed, & the other third a dreamer, a
ldeelist, a deep thinker.
That will be a kind of hard combina-
my mind, &. nobody cud chsnge my mind
now, she toald Ps. 11 Is to be a tall,
powerful, hanaum man naimed Jack
Darndon, & he is to fall In love with th
daughter of the President of the rail
road, whom he salvs In a wreck car
ries ten miles to a place of safety. At
first sh does not know who her pre
server Is, so she reeturns his luv, & he
sees her often at the little farm hous
war ahe Is con-vslslng. She wonders
who he Is ft what be Is, he Is so ctronR
& tall sc hansum, like a Greek god. .
at last, one day after she has told him
yes wen he asked for her hand, she
asked him what he did for a living, only
she dident put it that plain, ft he toald
her he was a bralkman.' I hav sum
vary pritty dialog there, sed Miss Vsne.
It gose like this.
Phlrley Dresden looked up ooyly. A
soft evening seffer tossed a lit eurl on
her white brow In the brlte moon lite.
& yure life work? she asked shyly.
I am a braikman, a freight bralkman,
answered Darndon.
A bralkman! she gasped.
Yea, he replied, a trifle unsteddlly.
& not even a passenger bralkman! ex
claimed the fair gurL
Not eeven that, lie answered sadly.
Perhaps one day I shall reach that proud
plnnaktl.
Shirley Dresden shivered, as If f a win
ter breese had struck her tcuy.
You may go, sh sed simply. My
dream la oaver.
Not that! h cried hoarsely.
Yes. that! was bersad answer. Go,
Jack Darndon. ft every time you turn a
switch think of Bhlrley Dresden, the gurl
you duped!
I doant know, sed Pa to Ma after Miss
Van had went. I think Bhlrley Dresden
was tb wlch did th duping.
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