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By Nell Brinkley
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.By GAIUIETT l 8EBV1BS.
The love of color in personal fieoo ra
tion u largely due to admiration rxdted
by certain brtlllaot-hued bird. Among
the specie that have contributed moat
to human garniture, .
both by the direct
contribution of feath
ers and through eug
geatlon given by
tholr beauty of col
oration, there are
few or ' nona that
take rank above the
pheasant. -
The pheasant owes
It a beauty not only
to aplendld comMna
tione of color, but
also to Pleaaln
forma of body , and
plumage.
The owl la a fear
ful etsemy of the young pheasants, at
tacking them with fury on their perchee
at night But the anceetral InaUncte of
pheasants lead them to keep upon, or
pear, the ground, ao that they are aWo In
riuiw at nlffht from amaU anlmala
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of prey and from fox-
The fame of the pheaaant in England
and weetern Europe reet upon IU qual
lUes aa a gme fowl, and the apecle
known there are not remarkable for
beauty. Pheaaant are not tndlgenoue to
America, and here the ruffled grouaa la
often mUtakenly called a pheaaant Our
naUre turteya are cloaely relaU4 to tha
pheasant family. '
The lue home of the pheaaant la Aala.
t flffr or alxty epeclee are known.
and aome of them are of eurpeaelng
Wutf. the renowned blrd-of-paradlae.
The Xmpeyan pheaaanta. which dwell
around the Vale of Caahmere and alae
where among the Himalaya mountalna.
are almoet enUUed to be called the moet
i beautiful Wrda In the world.
The golden pheasant of China la also
auperbty beautiful. Crowned with a
brilliant crest that glowe like polished
gold. Its body and wtnf feathers exhibit
dassltng combinations of scarlet, blue,
black and yellow. There la also In south
ern China a' silver-crested pheasant
hrly less beautiful.
In Sumatra there Is found a apedea of
pheasant which much resembles the pea
cock. The males of this species are from
five to six feet la length from beak to
tall.
Pheasants, notwithstanding their ar!a
tocratlc magnificence of
lie elta on the steps of his bouse of learning In the Innermost depths of the Wood
of the World.. Ills tongue Is of silver, with a tale upon its tip that is to all other luring
tales that be, as glistening frost beneath moonshine is to the. dust that lies In a city
street! And for all the far-awayness of Jits schoolhouse, seekers after the bittersweet
of his teaching, curious-eyed maids with the far rumor of his lore ringing In their ears,
find him out and sit at his fwt.
To some, Kove teaches tears so. that when they come to the end of the lesson they
cannot see the print in their books. To soma he gives a "oul here they had none before.
Some laugh all their lives after with tho Joyoueness of what they grasp. Borne never
lose the wonder that grew in their eyes when first they heard his voice. Some find his
brew all honey at the top of the glass, but death In the dregs. 1
One maid finda the face of Love a fire like the sun, and always after wherever she
looks there glows the golden image. A plain little maid may come away from his teaching
with ,the look of a traveler In Heaven In her eyes!
But no matter what one maid may tell another she learned there, stillvmust each -one
see herself from Eve, clothed tn the robe of her, swinging hair, through all the
ages half-wild woman In ekins and beaten metal armlets white-clothed Greek wlm-'
ple-boune Lady of the days of Knighthood, crinoline and ringlets the. Gibson girl of
later days in prlncens gown and high-built hair she of a year ago with the hip-ruffles
and ear-muff hair right up to little Mile. Rlghtnow, with her pasted-up locks and her
crinkled basque and "generous tunic they have clustered about the soft pink' feet of
the first teacher the first teller of faery-tales. NELL BRINKLEY.
To Love and Run Away Sometimes Is Wise
The 3Ian "Who Is in No Position to Marry Does Only an Act of Justice to
Ii4xtinguish the First Fla:
lare Up of Fancy
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The Manicure Lady
Dy DOROTHY DLX.
Copyrlghtv W14. by Rtar Company.
A young man who Is Just starting his
career, and who must succeed or fall
according as he plays the game of life
wisely or foolishly, has met a cftarmlna
young woman to
whom he la much
attracted. Ha
know that he wlU
tall i head over
heela In love with
this girl If he waa
thrown much ' In
her aoclety, and
he asks my advloe
aa to tbe dealra
tlllty of following
up the acquain
tance. Tbla young man
Is poor. He Is in
a o position t e
marry. It will be
years before he
should think of
such a thing as
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he should avoid
readily Interbreed with humbler kinds of
birds. Including the common ! barnyard
fowl, the guinea hen and the black grouse.
English pheasants are the " descendants
of Chinese birds which, long ago, were
krouciit to Knrland and crossed either
with grouse or with some unidentified n v-ti-c
species of pheasant, which possessed
no great beauty. The descendant . of a
male pheasant and a domestic hen Is
known aa a "pro." i
The renown of the pheasunt as a game
bird Is due to IU skill In hiding lUelf on
the ground, the fine shots that It offers
when driven from cover, and the oppor
tunities It affords to the line art of rock
T
ery
taking a wife, and.
avioh hetnK the rase.
the temptation of falling In love Just aa
easlduously as hs should the chsncca of
catching the smallpox.
Once upon a time, at a collcKe com
mencement in a small town. I met a
youth jrhom I knew all ting out in me
mnnnllsht alone, while all of his com
panions were dancing at the farewell
bop. I asked him why he sought solitude,
and he replied:
Oh. I'm sitting out here to keep from
making a fool of myself, because there's
a girl In there that I know I d propose
to If I went In. You aee I'm Just slosh
ing over with sentiment and this good-bv-to-the-old-dsys'
atut.f and aure as
appearanoe. ,hootl8- i d leave here an engaged man
presence of the beloved one.' The man
Mho never Intended to pop the question
finds himself on his knea, beseeching
tbe girl ta marry him, and he who had
aworn never to marry is led as a lamb
before the altar. '
There Is no truer adage than that "a
young man married is a young man
marred," and of all the pathetic fools
In existence, none la so pitiful aa tha
boy who marries without money enough
to support a family. ' '
He sella himself .Into the worst form
of slavery, for It Is the slavery that does
not even compel the master to provide
for his wants. He works for wages that
never quite meet the desperate and ever
growing -needs at home, and he Uvea with
the torturing tear ever sstlrur at hla heart
of losing his Job. however poor H may
be, and wondering what would become
of a wife and babies If he . were laid
off, or fell sick.
He has no earthly chsr.ee of risking,
because he cannot risk tho situation he
has to get a better ono, and besides) it
does not take but a fow years of sordid
cares and anxieties, of pinch. ng poverty
and hounding bill collectors, of fretful
wife and crying children to break the
spirit of a boy and kill within him all
ambition and Initiative. ,
The marriage of two poor young crea
ture, for It la as ,iard on the girl as
It lai on the boy. la as sordid a tragedy
aa ever happened, and there should be
some law that would prevent these poor '
little geese from wrecking their Uvea In
the very beginning. We need to prevent
early marrlagea aa well aa other forma
of suicide.
Inasmuch as the matter la left to indi
vidual folly, however, the only way to
avotd It is to keep away from sentimental
entanglements, and when a youth meets
a girl that he particularly likes to turn
hla attention In another direction, for
love la like other temptations It is
easier to keep out of than to get out of.
When a man finds hlirself thinking of
some particular pair rf eyes, and won
dering what some especial girl would say
about everything that comes up, and
speculating aa to whether she really l
aa cunning aa he thinks she is, then It's
up to him to give absence a chance to
do Its great and perfect work, or else
price wedding rings.
Those who play with fire are sure to
get burnt.
Marriage and the Pay Envelope
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HEADACHES
Taoeeande of bma and women suffer front
kuluM every 0r, oilier tnoutaud bate
tiruociMt eveif weckorevory iuouUi. audsuli.
elbfn bare arsdsbes oorakionslljr. but not si
ru!r tiilarvala. 1 bert Lx.cKT Monro uaaliie
Co bad tbe csuss of luauv ol tbese beuchre,
sue la mutt oilier cwri, knowing the uuw, be
ou But kaow hal W muoitlt, au sa to gtv
a iwraaueut our. AH be can do is to sn-arrlbe
Ihr uauai n nrlievt-ra. wux-e (Iva temporary
rrlivl, but keadavks Miiilii as usual, aud
trewimrnt Is agalu iMHwatary. if yuuaufft-rlroni
BfMi no matter what their Datura, laks
Auu-Laiuula Tabiru, sod tbe teauiis eul beaalte
fa'iorr lu ue Imr-wl dwaree, You caa vUtia
tiein at ail 4rut ta ui acr quantity, luo wonav
toe wvrUl or mora. AaS lor A-a iiiJcU.
SICICHEADACHES
Blck-beadacbe, the noat nlaerable ol sll sick
ae,s. its Wrrois when A fcv Tal.ku e
tanMi. Vt hra yoM ttJ an ui c muiu eu,
Uk two taua. sad hi mac? caM-s. tu auark
' w ill t. warded cfl. Imniis en aii-k taft oue
A K Tat'trt ever two hour. 1 ! t and coin-
lurt auica iuilow. caa b obtalucd iu IM olUrr
war
Cusi A-K TMutm iear tkt AC tnu
tf I took another look In her violet eyes,
. "Now. I figure it jut that, wtih luck.
It'll be ten years befoie I'll be In any
fix to marry, end it's never seemed to
me a auuere thing for a man to ask a
woman to alt on the anxious seat uia
ton. Besides. In ten years she will
chana-e. and I'll change, and we may not
want each other. Anyway. 1 m wise n
tha man who a , got to run the race I
have doesn't travel the faster for hav-
tna- the millstone of an enganemeni nans
Ing around his neck, sa behold me, Baint
inihrni realdtliul temi tulion.
"Oood by." I applaud. -d. "he who loves
and runs away will live and love another
k aav 1 aaaln to ery youth who
Is dsllying allh tlie.ihouKbt ot love
without the ability tu nke gool. There
are tinn's when the jmy aaiciy
fUKht. and when a man's oniy prot wn
from the arrows of Cupll Is to u-t wtth
gut their rsnge. Kor. praise be a merci
ful Providence, the arrows or in m
winged god are only ftitlv when fired
at short distances.
Love la like a lire. It is eay to stamp
out. but hard to ut oul when it has
nached tbe state of a conriarauon.
Therefure. the man ho Is in no position
to marry does only an aa ol jueiice to
rlmself and to the girl wuen ne vuia mo
extinguisher on the little flaie up of
fency that ahows him now easuy i
f.re of love could sweep bis bearL
Of course. It tekes courage to turn
one's back upon avetoerinitg lady, snd to
keep one's footsteps fioni tikmg on Irto
Ihs presence of the wo.i.an who draws
one with a thousand subtle faaiiialloi a.
but absence la the pure of palely. Com-
I.,. Ina words lay tbi maelves In ths
By IRENE WESTON.
One of the most prolific caueea of
matrimonial unhapplness la the question
ot finances. When .a young couple are
courting they rarely, If ever, think of
the obligations and responsibilities . in
volved in the state to which they are
both looking forward In such happy an
ticipation. They can aee nothing but
bright, perennial sunshine. They never
dream of the possibility of dull days, to
aay nothing about possible periods of
stress and storm. '
There would be far more sunshine tn
married life than there la If the parties
themselves took the proper means before
hand for Insuring it.- One oN the most
Important things. If not the - most Im
portant, on which to have a clear under
standing before marriage la thla question
of finance.
The man ought to be perfectly straight
with his future wife In regard to hla re
sources. Many men lead their sweet
hearts to believe that they are la much
better position than they really are. The
folly of creating such an Idea as this is
apparent to any sensible person, and the
dtoastrous results of it are easily fore
seen. Others give the lady no Idea at all
as to what their means are, and this
often leads to trouble.
It is not sufficient, however, only for
the man to let the girl know what his
Income Is, but he must also tell her what
proportion of that Income he la willing
to allow her for housekeeping purposes.
Ths question, aa to what tha proportion
ahould be la a crucial one. That there
shouU be such aa allowance goes with
out saying, for the marv who does) not in
tend to trust his future wife with the
control of the household expenditure
should never ins fry at all. Not only must same proportion might fsirly be allotted
the actual apiuuut of the household al- lo each party.
loasnce be sUled. but the question -of j These figures are not given to form a
what that allowance Is to rover ahoul.l hard sni faet rule, but merely suggested
a.io be selltled. The usual method sue-j as a bsala to work upon, and they may
ce fitfully adopted among the working I be vonsMeid fair and statible. .
classes, where the husband . is earning
less than $15 a week, la for htm to give
hla wife all hla earnings except, say, 7S
cents, which he retains tor pocket money, .
and the wire has to provide. out ot ner (
allowance everything that la required (or i
him. herself, their .famllyand .the home.
WhereNthls arrangement is carried out j
the amount the husband should keep for j
himself depends upon' his earnings and j
hla family. Where there, is a large family
ot young children he. ought to be satis
fied with a smaller proportion than this.
Where a man has a ' bigger income
than, say, tli a week, a , different - ar
rangement might be come to. He should
give bis spouse an allowance to cover
the cost of all food aupplloa. rent, rates,
taxes, laundry, washing and cleanlng'rt
penees, coals, lighting, Insurance and aay
other expenses necessary tor running the
house. The allowance should also cover
the wife's millinery and . dressmaking
bills. ...
This would leave the husband, to. have
to provide his own linen, clothes, hats,
socks, boots and tics,, and allow him
something over for pocket money. Where
this method is adopted, hat proportion
should the wife receive, out of a salary
of. say, S a week ? Well, she should
not complain if she got po from him.
Out of the tt he he left the clothing item
would be pretty heavy, as in all prob
ability he would have to dress well for
whatever position he helii. Then he
would alee very likely desire to save a
dollar in addition to anything hla wife
might be able to save. Besides. If a
woman caa keep a home respectable and
comfortable on tie a week, as thousands
of women do. surely another caa do tha
same thing on twice as much.
For Incomes of over 3i a week, the
By WILLIAM F. KUIK.
"Wilfred couldn't eat no breakfast this
morning," said the Manicure Lady. "He
was to a author's banquet last night.
However he homed Into that banquet Is
more than I know, because he ain't fitted
for that kind of going, not being much of
a author and having such a weak stomach
that he can't eat late at night But he
went, anyhow, and got home at S o'clock
this morning. He woke all of ua up sing
ing , 'Believe Me If All Those Endear
ing Young Charms.' and I guess ' from
the way he tumbled Into bed he had
been packing away some of that wine
that blteth like a serpent and stlngeth
like a adding machine."
"He has to sow his wild oats. I sup
pose," remarked the Head Barner.
"That expression and that excuse al
ways gives me a pain," declared the
Manloure Lady. "Every time a fool boy
goes out and overplays himself by taking
a few' slpa of Intoxicating liquid tha folks
nod their heads and say. 'He Is sowing
his wild oats.' TTou bet that excuse don't
go with father. You ought to have saw
him Ibok at Wilfred this morning when
he told Pa he waa sowing his wild oat a
The old gent told him that none of the
young boys of Wilfred's set knew what
wild oats was. Father was brought up In
a rough school. George, and he ain't got
no patience with the young crop, because
they don't show no real speed and make
out that getting lit once a month at a
banquet la going to the dogs."
"ft Is Just ss well that the young boys
now ain't such rongh .sailors," said the
Head Parber. "Times Is chtnglng, any
how, and the man that can drink It all
SUPERSTITION AND
. THE STARS
ain t the man that . is in demand any
more, except ' for a successful ' .wine
agent."
'I know that, George, said the Man!
cure Lady.' "and the old gent knows it
too. and I often hear him aay that he
ain' proud of the capacity that made
him the monarch of his crew. But I
started out to tell you the reason that
Wilfred got started on' the primrose path
of alliance last night. Ono of the authors
was telling how Lord Byron used to be
long to a club of hard drinkers, and
every one of .them had a empty skull to
drink their drinks out of. They was a
Pretty faat, wicked set, this author said,
and aa Wilfred has always been a kind
of bug on Byron he started right In
going to the wine at the banquet. The
only difference was that he had to drink
it out of 'a glass Instead of a empty
skull, though goodness knows his own
skull is empty enough. He waa one alck
boy thla morning let me tell you. I
guess, he will, eat most of bis evening
meals to home for some time to come."
"1 wonder wny It Is that so many
authors drink?" said, the Hear Barber.
"I knew a fellow once that was a re
porter on a big paper here.svnd he cer
tainly had steady habits. He wss drink
ing all the time."
"I guess they don't drink as much as
some people say they do." said the Mani
cure Lady. "In the old days it was
about all the authors had to do when
they wasn't writing, but now there la a
lot of them that plays golf and . pinochle.
1 1 guess the world is getting kind of ready
.-rKL' :7!r.- ..L- new era-the Aquarlanare
.",vt.1u,iii .cl Ufiwr,. .UUk p .
If It ever starts In again there will be
some splash."- - -
-y EDGAR LVCIEN LARK1.
Q.WUl you kindly answer these ques
tions: ...
When will the procession of the equi
noxes pass from Pisces to Aquariue? .
Does a new era occur at such passages
from one sign to another? Mrg. E. C.
eharpe, Merced, Cal.
A.X-I had not been up here very long
before questions relating to some looked
for highly Important event, soon to oc
cur, began coming. This, to the letter
writers, seemed to be of transcendent
Import the beginning of a new world
era A great change in all human events.
A now dispensation would soon com,
and the nations of the- earth were to bo
affected, governments change and a gen
eral upheaval come on suddenly.
A number of these letters came from
astrologers receiving money from . the
people for horoscopes. To aay that I
waa surprise i la to state it mildly. Why
write to roe?. Why do not astrologers
already know, when the crossing "did,"
"does" or "will" take place?
Here are the facts: There Is no such
thjag' as an "era." The Magna Charta
was a step Tf; advance of liberty In Eng
land, and the Declaration ot Indepen
dence likewise in America. The discovery
of the steam engine waa an advance, but
It cannot be said that we have an era of
the engine. The same Is true, of the dis
covery of thCy printing press, the pendu
lum, the telegraph and telephone, the
electric engine, telescope, microscope,
spectroscope. Roentgen rays, radium and
electrons. These are not eras, ao the
word may aa well be put away over into
the appendix tn the rear of the dictionary
like the thousands - of now obsolete
words.
The sentence, "Sun entering the sign
Aquarius,'- has no real scientific mean
ing. The main reason for this Is that
there is no such thing as Aquarius. All
questioners actually seem to believe that
there is such an object In the aky as
Aquarius.- The only scientific words in
the mass of letters nd in many frantic
pamphlets raving about the approach of
these:
Precession of the equinoxes. And these
few words are casually alluded to as it
they did not amount to much.
Advice to Lovelorn)'
y BSAYBltm VAZmTAZ '
Yes Meat Retsra tke Rlsg.'
Dear Miss Fslrfax: .Am a young girl
of IS and have been keeping company
with a young man three years my senior.
-We have been going together about
eight months. My people liked him very
much, tie called on me Hires limes a
week. He happened to eee a letter evhkh
1 received from a younc man ani argued
over this letter and never called on me
since. But 1 often see him on the avenue
with some of hla friends and he never
eema to colics me,
Before, this happened he gave me a
smivll diamond ring, which I wanted to
return to Mm, but he refused to take
It back and said I could have It tor a
remembrance. MARTHA L. H.
Write and tell the young roan that yo-j
have a serious matter you wish to talk
over w(jh him. and that you think he
will feel that he owes lt to the friend
ship he once felt to come to you. Then
tell him ,that you have always grieved
over his attitude toward tha letter that
you received and the lack ot faith In
you he showed. Tell him that If he still
feels angry and distrustful you cannot
keep the ring, since It Is a token of a
feeling thst is not kind or really
friendly to you. But. my dear girl, don't
you know that you should never have ac
cepted a Jewel from a young man to
whom you were not engaged?
tilva lire Cksset t Extlsls .
Dear Miss Fairfax: A young lady
friend of mine with whom I have'bewi
going out for some time has lately
liovoii very false to me. I have found
that she frequently 'taiks about nw to
other young men. I like ber veiy much
and am dialnrawed about thla
ANXIOl'8.
Aalc hep whr aha Is not loyal to friend-
lp and you. . '
Do You Know That : :
Hares, horses and giraffes are better
able to see objects behind them without
turning their heads than any other quad
rupeds. 'Angora goats hav been used with
profit to kep fire lines clear, of inflam:
mable vegetation on national forests In
California.. .. . ..
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Camel's flesh tastes live beef, though' it
is white like veal. ... The beef of the
camel's hump Is considered a great del
icacy by the Arabs.
The widow's cap is as old aa ths days of
Julius Caesar Aa edict of Tiberius com
manded all . widows to wear . the cap
under penalty of a heavy fine and im
esMloi
The origin of playing cards is uncer
tain, although It la probable that they
appeared in Europe in the year 1X0. A
duty waa first placed on them tn England
In lll It is estimated that from M.COO.COu
to 15.000,000 packs are manufactured an
nually In the United States.
The whale rarely. If ever, swallows
anything larger than a herring. Although
the head Is of enormous else, from one
quarter to 'one-third the length of the
body and the muth fifteen to twenty feet
long and sjx to eight feet wide, the open
ing of tbe gullet la not larger than
man'a fist .
A grownup person hss ordinarily twen
ty-eight pounds of blood and at each pul
sation of the heart ten ouwcea are sent
through tbe arteries and veins. The pulsa
tions average 130 per minute In infancy,
eighty in manhood and sixty -nine tn old
age and are rather more rapid in women
than In men.
gives natural beauty
to skin and hair
There can ba no comparison
between a naturally beautiful
complexion and one of tho defects
of which are covered up. Reainol
Soap helpa you to hava the right
kind of skin.
It ia a delightfully pure soap,
'perfectly auited to everyday use
in the toilet and bath. Yet to it
are added gentle Retinal balsams.
These stimulate the porea to heal
thy activity, allay irritations, and
prtrventor overcome the complex
V ion defects which are so often
caused by negiect, improper treat-
ment, or tha use of artificial aids
to beauty.
SoM by all dracsHata. For aampls fret.
Write ke JPepw i t. fiesutol, altioMra, lid.
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