Till: JJKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECKMHEll 15, 19U.
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TAKE YOUR PRAISE
SUPPLY OUT OF
STORAGE. :
& The Cost of Woman's Dress
Much Cheaper to Appear Well Now Than Ten Years Ago, Says Ethel Barry more
Odd Animals and Their Ways
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By ADA rATTERSOJI.
She ie a successful hairdresser. She is
w Ise. That In th reason she la tucceas
f nt. Rhi cam In to her neat and popular
little shop, breathless from hurrying,
i ' oriered her
aetstant to vet the
1 1 ushea and tonic
lead y, while she
fussed off her hat,
She ha reapect or,
and ! economical
of, the time of
n t h e r a Another
reason aha is suc
cessful. It It well
to clean tha uo
e a rules and
method r others
by tha way.
"I've Just come
from a dear little
woman whoaa hair
I dre mi every
morning," rho said. "She la 74 and Uvea
alone. She wm wearing a pretty little
houdolr cap trlmmod with old roue rib
bone. 1 told her how pretty the rose
ribbon look el against her white hair
and asked her to notice the Blow they
save her cheeks. She Is a strange, silent
little woman, but I saw she was pleased
at the compliment. They never get too
uld for that."
While tho hair dresser brushed my hair
with long strokes, burnishing It by the
magic of her skill, I thought as I have
i fien thought, how great Is her practical
wisdom. At least half the art of getting
hi centrists In treating persons well. I
was about to say "handling people," but
there are those who would object to the
phrase. It has too much of the savor
of hypocrisy In It. Truckling, cringing
nml t'rlah Heeplng are one thing, but
tlncero prnlse Is another, a very different
other. .
Don't keep your supply of praise In
cold storage. If you didn't take It out
with your furs for the winter, get it out
at once and give It plenty of exercise for
the rest of the season. The winter will
he far pleasanter for you and you will
make it pleasanter for others. Unwill
ingness to praise Is generally due to two
1 1 alts, tho fear of being classed with
flatterers, and a mental laziness that
makes us put off the compliment -to an
it her day, a day that somehow never
i omea. - I will not Insult any reader of
this by .charging him or. her as meanest
motive for withholding pralso, which is
envy. More persons withhold pralsa
through carelessness than through Un
klndnees, through, shyness than through
selfishness.
The words of praise that can be truth
fully spoken should never be withheld
On tha streets of the South American
cities this rule Is so sealously followed
that men as they pass beautiful maids
or matrons on tho streets inform them
of their admiration. The custom would
not be a safe ntw.ln North .. American
communities. : MT; would better place
that dangerous custom among the ex
ceptions, to be a vol led.
. But tha business man who comes home
at night and teUs bis wife of a coup of
hi that day. should be praised for his
cleverness. He Is as hungry for that
praise as the little boy of the family wh
has 'nicked" the school bully, even
though ha emerged from the conflict with
a discolored eye, or the little girl who
has made her first doll dress, testimony
f which she shows in a punctured little
loreflnger. For tha business world is 'a
place of many bruises so deep that
they have been killed by them. Bo, when
tha man tell you what he haa done
By KTIU.L BAIUtYMORL
I Ioe It cost mora for women to dress
well today than it did ten years ago?
No, It costs less and even with this re
duced expense woman can look better
gowned.
How much should a woman spend upon
dress Is a big question. What a woman
pends, or should spend for dress de
pends entirely upon her Income and upon
what she must spend for other purposes.
' A woman' today may dress wall upon
very little. One can get ready-made
.things so cheaply In the store nowadays
that It la much easier to dress well at a
modest figure than formerlysay ten
years- ago. 1'v been through many
shops lately, and I have been amased at
tho beauty of the display and the very
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This slrlklng iiliotonraph of ferrr w' taken Ju-rt as M omerjjtvl fnim rlMt hi4r.
By tJARKKTT V. MKRV1SS.
Thle striking photogisuli of a ferret
wss token .lust as It emerged from a
rabbit hole.
One of the latest application of photog
raphy la for the stcly ot animals amid
j their natural surroundings and In per
; rWrnance of their every-lay acts and
' tssks. The accompanying picture of a
j ferret. Issuing from the rabbit hoje which
ilt has been ransacking In the. service
of Its human master la an example of
the Interesting results often obtained.
No description and no Illustration made
by hand could give so vivid an Impres
sion of the life of the animal.
The ferret la on of the most peculiar
members of the animal kingdom. It be
long alao to an extraordinary flmaly,
that of the weasels. A branch of this
lamlly Is iulle' ' the 'polecats,'1 the
Ktiropean representatives of our skunks,
and the (eiret Is a species of polcrat
generally an ulblno, yellowlsli-while In
color, w Ith r'nk eyes. . .
Ti hunt a-. 1 kill mice. rats, rabbits
and other small nolnml.i is thtf ferret's
delight. It Is coldly methodical In Its
murderooa pursuits, find while It serves
Its master well, never tiring In the chase,
and never shrinking from an attack. II
exhibits no trace of affection, vr attach
ment toward Its trainers, as nobler ani
mals do. The ferret la a typical killer
and blood shedder. It bss no friends, and
apparently wants none. It cannot, be
trusted, and will sometimes attack amall
Children.
It likes to kill nut fur the sake of food,
hut for the s.'ike of Killing. The mere
Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice
Fairfax'
uowniown today he isn't bragging. H
Is setting up the milestone of his life to
iiskc some unusual effort and he will be
humbly grateful to you for a bit of
prxlse.
The woman of the comb and brush,
li.e tonic and the word of honest praise,
uttered wUidom. 'They never get too old
10 iikc a word of praise."
have add d that they are
young. The pudgiest newest hshir .n
understands that a smile is praise, and 1
reflects it in his toothless way. The child
t school works better for it. The woman
in her home, the man in his shop or of
fice, he who Is at the splendid summit
or life, they who are slowly slipping
down Into the shadows need it. It is a
need of the soul as great as tho body's
craving for food or the hearts famine
lor affection. Variety 1. a trivial trait
lnv of approbation is a strong and use
ful one.
He as lavish with It as (he earth Is
with food and nature with sunshine.
Do You Know That
The returns compiled by "Lloyd's" show
that, excluding warships, there were 477
vessels of 1.722.124 tons gross under con
struction in the United Kingdom at the
close of the quarter ended June .
.Sea fowls' eggs are almost conical in
form, so that they will only roll In a
circle. As many of them are laid on the
bar ledge of high rocks, this provision
of nature prevents them rolling off.
modest prices at which apparel may be
purchased.
Why, today one "may get a little dress
for 14 or to that would have cost f2S at
least only a few years ago," and- all tha
trouble and annoyance of dressmakers
and fittings Is obviated. You see a frock
tin the shop that you like, try it on. find
She might it's all right, have It sent home, then put
never too ' It on and wear it That's all there is to it.
"Lest summer I bought dress for
$1.60. I was going through one of the
Ethel Barrymore Seated at Her Piano.
shops, saw a pretty lllle pink thing I
liked ami purchased It. It waa JuBt what
I wanted, and I put it on and -wore It
about tho house all summer.
"But tc ssy how much a woman should,
or shouldn't spend upon her clothes la
more than I can tell. 1 never keep track
of how much I spend although I spend
less now than I did before I was married
and had two babies to look after. . You
know, I have responsibilities now that I
didn't have a few years ago.
It la Her I'rlrlleae.
! Hear Miss Fnirfnx: t am a young man
! of 2f, and am deeply In I eve with a young
; lady five years mv lunlor. When I am
! with her this young lady seems to csre
a good deal for me, out when J am mil .
.with her she giws around with otfec
I young met. While 1 am not .formally n
( gaged, there Is an understanding kiwerrt
' us. lo you think M. would he iiht mr me
! to ask. her to give up the company of the
i other young men before I hnve slven her
th rlngT - - - . IlOPKFl'L. l,
I 'Since you are not engaged, the girl you
i love Is not under fcny obllgatlona to give
! up the attention of other young men. If
! you want to be her one and only cavalier,
' you must first tell her pf your love.,,
j ' "Do Illmf"
; ler Miss Fatrfsx: I am a young girl
i of 'JO. I am eonsxiered pretty and am In
I comfortable circumstances. My parents
j wish me to marry a wealthy foreigner.
' He is seven yeara my eenlor and men
' tally my superior. Hi Is a man of excel
lent principles. Now. the question 'Is,
snnuld I continue seeing hun or give
I him linT . AI)R1,H.
It is your own heart that must answer
you. Certainly It dues not matter what
your friends think or whati foolish preju
dices they have against people who are
not of American birth. If you love the
man as much as you admire and respect
him. marry him. by all mean
Ills Mother.,
Dear Mlsa Fairfax: I am a girl of IS
"I think all wnmen tnrfu v rfreaa tortee
and look better .it less expense than they and have been kep!ng company with
ever did. There never were any more
bccoinlnkT fashions than the present ones,,
and never did women dress at as little
expense.
"I don't think the woman of today over
dresses or underdressea. There are ex
aggerations of the prevailing modes, of
course, but as a general thing the woman
of today is amartly and beoonilngly
gowned and more attractive than ever."
man two years my senior. -I love him and
he loves me dearly. When l e was a child
I Ia mothrr deserted him and bis father.
His lather whs grantoil a divorce, lie
gicw up to dislike bis mother, hut for
tne last year be goes to see her often. As
my i tarents, disapprove of this I have
askw him why he does so? Ho answered
hie that wule ver she aid she was alwavs
his mother. I' ara afra'd that If I marry
Mm hla. mother will itve with us
, ' rvzziKV.
'My Aesr girl, you -are certainly, going
out of" your way'. to ' borrow trouble. I
think rather well of 'this young man for
aeaklng out hla mother In friendship But
I doubt If he will Insist on his, ;hrtd
sharing. her hohie'ltH'. another woman.
Tbat 'never workSjWell.
Letters Often Miscarry.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I was Introduced to
a young man about three years ago. and
met In in again last winter. He seemed
verv much pleased. Then his business
railed him anar. He wrote, and asked
hie to write, whlr-h I did. 8oon afterward
I received a letter alalia how pleased he
was to hear from mo .and asked me to
write again. Blx months elapscdi and aa
yet ho haa not recognised my letter. Io
you think It would be proper to write and
ask him If he received It? Z. F. V.
Hy all means write to the young man.
In all probability he did not receive your
letter for lie naed not have written asking
you to correspond, and the fact that he
did shows thai he desired to hear from
you. Ho why should he have rudely ter
minated your correspondence?
act of taking the life of another creatur
Is a pleasure to it. How it got this blood-
thiraty strain in Its nature no ene can
tell. Its appetite for slaughter eerrea
well In ridding our houses of rats and ;
mice, but what use Is It t the frr to
kill those ires t urea? Its natur Is that
of a demon, and wherever It see the Ufa
Mood healing at a. throat Its brutal In-.'
rtlncl urges it to silt the throat with Its ,
keen teeth and lrt the lire blood out I
It It quite in keeping with tha abhor
rent character of the ferret thai on of ,
It a family relatives Is the skunk. The
skunk Is an American animal, possessing,
like the IJu rope's polecat, a woapOn or
means of defense that Is aa effective at
It is uncommon. This consist In a fetid
liquid which the skunk I able to project '
to a distant nf ten or flfteenfetrt and
which Is one of the mysteries of the ani
mal chemistry. Tha odor of this liquid
ran ht distinguished at the dlstano of a
mile, while objects, especially oiotbla,
that are one contaminated with It can
teldom lie treed entirely from It offensive
smell.
An interesting fsct is that other aal
mala find the odor of the skunk as In
tolerable aa we do, and all of them fie
from It. A horse ridden along a country
roud at night Is ns fearful of a akunk
as hla ildcr. Peculiar oonseqiienoe flow
from tho perfection of the odoriferous de
fense of the akunk. It ha becom on
of the moat leisurely of animals la sr.
slow moving and habitually fat. It "
doesn't have either to run or to axert
Itself violently when it is attacked. It
simply shoots out Its terror-breeding
liquid, and its boldest enetniea take to
their keels, . Consequently It Wads a
quiet, uuworrylng' life, raiding hen roosts
for eg-gs and chickens and growlac fat
In splto of the farmer and his docs,
cither of whom would make a jump and
a run on coming-, unexpectedly Into It
presence,
Curious again is the fact that the flesh
ot the skunk is said by persons who con
puratiade themselves to tat It to d very
sweet and palatable, while skunk fur has
of lute years been coming more and mar
into the market and commanding higher
and higher prices.. The raising of these
animals on "akunk farms" for th ask
of their fur haa become a recognised In
dustry. Cat wean the cruel, blood-letting" f arret
and his cousin, th well-defanded. but un
aggressive skunk, II Is easy t snake
choice.
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Are You a Successful Guest?
B7 JEANNE GASTON.
"he makes such a charming hostess.
It's a delight to visit her." You have
heard that remark a score of times, but
have you ever heard' anyone say of you
or your dearest friend, "She is a -charro
Ing a-uest It s a Joy to have her!" ,
I am afraid that we all are rather apt
to consider that a hostess has very
clearly defined duties towards her guests,
while the guests ere absolved of the
'Make yourself at home," ought not to much more polite it is to. assume a little
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be accepted literally. It Is not for in
stance, good taste to rush into the bed
room of the eldest daughter first thing
In the morning with a "do lend me some
hairpins, there's a dear!"
'And It la very tactless. Indeed, to In
vade tho kitchen, talk to tho cook,
criticise her making a beef olives and
constitute oneself domestic aide-de-camp
to the ktchen maid. J ., have known
women do these things, In all good-
nesneancKs, put an appaltng uncon-
one may share all the little familiarities
ot family life. The familiar phrase.
Suty of considering' tne wisne or tneir ness of the tactlessness of it all. Women
hostess. Always the most difficult point J are usually a little sensitive about their
In visiting people who are both very In-! domestic arrangements and resent the
tlmate frleda Is to know exactly how far, least suggestion of Interference; a visitor,
therefore, is always wise lit keeping away
from the sacred portal of the kitchen.
Perhaps the most irritating guest Im
aginable is the woman who haa no dls-
iltkee or likes. You make certain plans
I tentatively, ask her what ahe would care
! to do. and with anoylng inflcference she
replies. "Anything you like dear."
A-en it one doesn't feel particularly
enthusiastic over a certain plan, how
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warmth than to chill your hostess with
the "don't-mind-what-I-do" attitude. 1
know I should Infinitely prefer a guest
of mine to be quite frank in her dislike
of a proposed outing or entertainment
than to appear indifferent You feel that
It la quite impossible to please the In
different guest, for you never know what
she wants or doesn't want, and It is
something of a relief when she packs her
suitcase and says good-bye.
Only a woman quite Ignorant of good
form would make plana for tha visiting
or reception 'of friends unknown ' to her
hostess without first concultlng her. But !
if permission to do. so la graciously ac.
corded, it ought not to bs abused. If you
are visiting in a ton where you have ;
many frlenUe it is better to pay a series '
of rapid visits than to make on5 house j
your center ami do your visiting from !
there. i
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The great secret of U,:ng a su-eisful
guent is- k adapt yourlf as far ns pos
sible to thi habits of' th.- family. Don't
intrude where your sensi of lact Ulls you
you arc not wanted. A good pUu is to
make some excuse for remaining In your
bedroom for an hour or two In the morn
ing. This leaves your moetess free to met
Ion with her work and sh won't be 'worry.
The American Telephone
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In the United States the telephone has be'en extended to small
towns, farms and ranches much more generally than In "any other -r-- r
country. ' . ; "
In American towns of under 100,000 people, and on the f arms . ' ;; ..
and ranches, there is an average of one telephone for every 12
persons; in Europe there is less than one telephone for every 200
people." - ,.
Fine table linen never flavors a poor I v DS about entertaining you oil the time
If there is any littlo serrlr
cooked meat
Every election demonstrates that a lot
of ua do net vote as we pray.
All thlnga come to th on who -waits -In
tb right kind of an eating Joint
Bom glrU never seem to learn anything
at boarding school except to be snippy. '.
' When a fellow awakens from love's
young dream h eftsn wonders how lie
ever rams to sleep so long.
It Is about as welt to tell of your good
deeds on the torahstone. The world will
never remember them otherwise.
It Is seldom, when a woman marries a
man to reform him, that she is sjrc
whether she ha been successful or not.
j II la unnecessary to tall a girl that yoa
I are In love with her. r'he is gt-iiAially
, aware of the fact Ion? before you are.
any littlo service you ran do.
such as taking the children for a walk,
or doing some shopping, no doubt your
hostess wl.l be glad of your offer.
And after th visit It Is strange now
often the little not of thanks is for.
otten. Yet whether th visit Is simply
for a week-end or for soveral weeks, th
letter of thanks is. equally Important
Make your hostess feel that you really
have had a happy time, and that yo were
genuinely sorry to come away. A hur
riedly written "Bo many thanks for th
happy time, hope all are well," Is surely
an unworthy return for all th fforu
made by. one's hostess to give one more
than a merely "Jolly" time.
To b a successful uent require a
little thought, a good deal of tact., and
an tlllmitabltt amount -it sunny good nat
ure and fciacioueubaa.
nearly uoyo
of American telephone exchanges are Px very small
towns with less than 300 subscribers.. In the small towns and on
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the farms in Europe the telephone is a near curiosity. '
The private companies in the United States have given tho
American people the lowest telephone, rates in the world and hav
extended the service until this country now has more telephones
and mere telephone wire than all the rest of the nations combined.
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IIEBIMSKA TELEPHONE COHPiW
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