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What an
Accomplished
Girl Should
Know
Did Cave Women Wear Veils?
(Inrrett P. Serviss Writo on Tlioir Vso, Almso mill Charm
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Through Your Neighbor's Windows
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Tho American girl's veil and a Turkish woman's vil or yashmak.
At
ny nonoTiiv mx.
l
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Women nie the J.k of-all-trale of
life. To succeed a man must specialize.
H In enough for him If he thoroughly
masters om- htmlticrs or profession, hut
for a woman to ik-
eeea tin a woman
and being a woman
is n profession In It
Heir she must know
omftliUf about
rerything. and have
half a doscn differ
ent art and trade
at her finger' end.
We don't hear the
old-fashioned phrase,
"an accomplished
g I r 1," very oft -n
nowadays, but
there' Just as much
need for her as there
ever was, and this
brings up the ques
tion of what an e
eompllshed girl
should know.
First, I think that an accomplished
girt should know how to read not elo
rute. Heaven protect us all from the
young woman who arises in company
and recites! There are few greater pe.it
In the world than she, but, on the other
hand, thero Is nothing more delightful
than the companionship of one who Is
able to read aloud to you Intelligently,
and sympathetically a passage from some
hook or a news story from a paper. This
accomplishment Is a very rare one. Not
one woman In a hundred can read aloud
vo that you can understand what she Is
radlng about. She doesn't understand It
herself, and that's why so few have the
reading habit.
Second, an accomplished girl should
know how to write. She should be taught
to write a legible hand, and an Interest
ing letter. Nothing else in the world
docs more to predispose us In a woman's
favor than for hf-r to he a ready letter
writer, one who sends us a line of con
gratulation when good fortune comes our
way, or a word of sympathy when "or
tow knocks at our door: who writes us a
graceful little note of thanks for any
ourtcsy. and who shows that she kep
our memory green when she is away
frim tia by an occasional letter.
Most people are guilty of silences that
are nothing less than brutal just because
they have never been taught how to write
a letter, or skilled In the gentle art. of
notes. No attention is paid to this in the
ordinary school, and yet how to write a
letter Is one of the most Important things
that a woman can know.
An accomplished .girl should know how
to talk. Her voice should first be sand
papered and manicured or whatever Is
recesnary to make it agreeable to tr.e ear.
She should be taught how to laugh tn
Ktead of giggle, and then she should be
taught horn- to talk. Of rour.-e, In its
highest etsence, conversation Is as much
an Inspiration a poetry; fiere are two
three great principles that any girl
c.in master that will make her an Inter
esting and agreeable companion.
She can bo taught not to talk about
herself, her family, her Itttie amuse
ments, the place fihe has been, ani to
iilways talk to other people ubout them
i.elves and their amusements, and their
families and their interests. Hrtween
talking about my own golf score and
your golf record Is the difference be
tween being a bore and a brilliant con
versationalist. She can also be taught to listen in
telligently, and to think before she
speaks, bo that she will keep off of other
people's pet corns, and will not converse
with a divorcee about matrimonial In
felicity, or ask a one-legged man If he
dances the fox trot.
An accomplished girl should know
enough music to be able to play and sing
sufficiently well for parlor consumption,
which isn't high-browed in spite of all
that we pretend to the contrary, fihe
should also know how to play a good
game of cards, so that she will not be
the despair of hostesses, or Incite mur
der in the breast of her partner when she
has to fill In at a table of bridge.
Talleyrand . said long ago that every one
should learn to play a good game of
whist In their youth, so that they might
not pass a miserable old ago. livery
iflrl should learn to play a good' game of j
bridge nowadays, ao that she may not
pass a miserable present as a
flower.
L'id the cave women wear veils'."
There is no positive evidence in the
pictures on the ancient cavern walls to
prove that they did, but there is at least
one of thoae prehistorlo wall paintings
found In a Ppaniah cave and representing
nine women dancing around one lonu man,
where some d'-tails of th feminine attire
strongly suggest an t tempt by the nrtlat
to represent something resembling the
floating fabrics that the women cf our
time attach to their hai. nnd headdresses
with fascinating effecu upon masculine
eyes.
A complete history of veils would he
not merely Interesting, but also phlloaph
Ically important, since there is no article
of divss that lends Itself so much to
symbolism and Buggestiu.i as the Veil. Its
light and aemt-opacpitt texture, as well
as Its use for hiding the race, ihe most
openly expressive part of the human
physique, give It a certain mystic air,
which has been utlllied In many of the
religious nppllanccs to vhleh It has been
put.
There have been limes when It was fash
ionable for men to wear veils. St. Am
brose, in the fourth ontury, describes
the silken veils Interwoven with gold with
which rich and Idle Italian gentlement
adorned themselves in hift time.
The effect of half concealing nnd half
revelling, which Is peculiar to the veil,
makes it one of tho most valued of the
j personal adornment of Oriental women.
Kven the Moslem wonion who hide their
faces behind a kind of s veil, called yash
maks, in obedlance to a law of tho
prophet, ore often coquettish lit 'their
management of this equivocal vestment,
being well snare of the charm that it
add to brilliant eyes, seen by gllmp.se.
as through a curtain, and allowing It oc
casionally to make srmi-revelations of
their other features.
Tho celebrated mamiilu of Andalusia
Is simply a large and oxqulaltely wrought
lave veil, worn around the head and
shoulders, with an artful grace. In which
Spanish women are Inimitable. In Italy, '
Greece and other Mediterranean coun
tries silk veils and mantillas are. per
haps, the moot effective of female drees,
and the part Id which the greatest skill
In personal adornment is displayed.
The bride's veil Is a very ancient Insti
tution, and symbolical in Its nature, like
the veil of the nun. It Indicates the pro
tecting circle of a new nnd binding rela
tionship, which involves a certain degree
of exclusion. The nun's veil Is probably
an outgrow th of the bride s veil, since it
indicate the withdrawal of tho person
wearing it from the ordinary relations of
the world, and her union, a In marrlege,
with a symbolical brldogroom, represented
by the church.
The symbolism and mystery associated
with the veil have often been taken ad
vantage of by Impoaters and ambitious
adventurers to Impose upon the credulity
of superstitious multitudes. "yelled
prophets" have been common enogh In
all times,- but the most famous repre
sentative of the class was Mokannah, an I
Arab, who founded a new sect in the !
eighth century, and who figures in I
Moore's poem of "Lalla Rookh" ss "The!
Veiled Prophet of Khorassan." ' His fea-1
w'l tures were always concealed and he pre-
I tended that he wore a veil In Imp a. Ion !
Finally, an accomplished girl should of Moses, because the splendor of his
know how to cook and sew. Whatever ! fac, a, , daaxllng that his followers!
else a girl may need or not need to know, j wouW t stricken blind on seeing it. The
she is sure to have use for all the house-I fact wa, tmU he hail ,ost . ,ye anJ !
wifely accomplishment he can attain, j na(1 ,uff,.red otner mjurlen about the ce j
f she is rich she will be able to run . , bate whu.h n(lcre(, nl. countenano
her Mtabllshment better If she is a I . u. ,.a k-.. 1
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Hy AHA r.TTI"HSON.
On the crowded M.vul of .Minlmttnn.
houses a iv built h.i nnr c:n It nllirr Hint
the dwellers crfor.v hxk Into each
other's window s h-ther they w if h to
or not, New Yorker lead an Intimate
life.
Across the rem'
rourt of one's apart
ment luntse one
looks squarely Into
the windows of an
other (hie may not
always kiep the
Shades down, and
We see. whether we
will or not. the
evervrinv utiklni.
I ' -'
! of o I ll r I iives
throiiKh lnter etiing
space and glass.
We have Kllnip.c
f the soul proeesM
of our neighbor.
This )ictun shows how the Egyptian woman gets rid of her veil
inrougn our uacK wiinli.n every morn
ing for years I snw neli:htliors at break
fast. A stoutly built man w th thb U white
hair lirted his plate ior a helpni; of
the cereal or ni"a'! or pess.-d his coffee
cup across the tab e Tin vviuiiiin who si
oppiwltn Inn was while h iln il, loo, mi, I
active, for ( ucc i,, cither "i lb""'
(Mslies and Ix-gin vvasblmt Ihem befoiv I
her husband bad well f.uirhed il meal. !
Itlll fll.V llllil(.',:t,.,-l ..It,..,- - l.ll..
sv ncrasles and made allowance for them,
and there was never any ill tVcllnn. 1 am
sure of this, because the faces at tho
Window were nlvv n.vs seiene, save once.
One day the old womnn vvaw rendlnu a
lottrr, and when she had finished. It
droplH'd into In r lap. The man picked it
up and read it and when he bad i inlnhed,
and saw that his companion wis weep
ing, he patted her shoulder. I lien her
head, very Rently with his big bund.
One .May duy I m!ss-d my while haired
nelghlMits. The rooms were empty, and 1
missed them as one iiiIsms a tiea.Hiired
picture that hits fallen front the wall.
Hut In a few weks Bonn one else sat be
side the window. Kite sat nlvvnvs alone,
and sewed. Whenever I looked across the
courtyard, whether It whs in tho morn
ing its I went about inv ilicsslnn. or In
the evening, when 1 Klnured out at the
stars and the city light, and my neigh
bor's nearer one to sny good night, Hhe
was st ill there. She (.at alone sewinK. Mho
wit young and pretty, though her face
wa very white and nearly always looked
tired. And her dark heud was bowed from
habit. I should ruther have seen so young
a head held high, as a mettlesome colt
carries liK
After a year of this seemingly incessant
toll, anot tier face npteared In-side hers,
now nnd then, at twll'ght In the window.
!l was gbtil it was an nor.tst face, steady
!of eve, nnd with a smile that liespoke
I courage rnthrr than mirth. The face n.n
Ma ared theie ofteuer its the works passed
land I was pot enrpitsd to see t'it the
I woman's lace grew y i. inner and lovller
through Its presence. The soul's virtues
I loom bc-t in the sunshine of companlonl
i hip. One day. It was a Sunday, my dark
I Hired nelglitbor replaced her Ma 'k frock
with a dainty white one. She wore white
veil and while gloves and In Iter hands
was a tiny I isyerlwvok. She glanced across
the court Her eves ti a versed all the
familiar object that Inv between. Then
they sought mine. Th"te wn greeting In
them In mine 1 hope was shining the
;:odpeed there was ti my heart. That
evening she returned, .-he was still wear
ng the white dress, hut the veil and the
gloves nn-l the prayerbook were gone, lle-
sli'e her stood the visitor with the honest
eyes. His arms were about hrr WAJst.
Thereafter she hut seldom sat at the
window sewing. Hlnv w a no longer a j
fi a lust iff s. Tim man who met life with
a smile nf coinage was brave enough and
I strong enough to earn hi wife, a living
as well as his own. Hie was happy in
earing for her I it t In home. There was
ipine enough work for one pair of hands,
such lit lie hands as hers. Wlien tho
Do You Know That
An Industry that, though fairly new,
Is iili-iiidy assuming healthy proportion
Is the export of egg from New Zealand
to America. These are, kept In tho cold
storage chamber with an averago tem
perature of degrees and are packed In
cardboard fillers.
A list of leading religious denomina
tions In the 1'nlted States gives the fol
lowing figures: Catholics. 1.1.3X1.757;
Methodists, tt,Vr.0T: Kspttsla, r,KM.232;
rnbytorlnns. 1,!'N1.!U9; Lutherans, S,Sfv3,
".u2; IMsclple of Christ, 1.4!'7,fit5.
The number of passenger curried on
the railways of the United Kingdom lost
year was: Klrst- lass, 2ti,(f.',,O0i; second
class, U'.tiSN.iiflO; third-class, m.WN.OOO;
workmen, 2.i,i.'0r..00i
A r,i." rv I'llotis flower grows on tin
Isthmus of Tehitunteiiec. Its chief pe
culiarity is the habit of changing Its
color during the day. In the morning
It in white, when tho sun is at it senlth
it in red. and at night It I blue.
window were open I heard her sing, at
that work. Pho hd never sung at her
sew Ing.
A year after the wedding there w n
thirl form at the window, a wee one bald
an. I red. and enveloped in a long white
gown. The faces about It wero radiant
with the illumination of motherhood and
fatherhood.
Other eights and sounds came to sen
from other neighbor's windows. At mid
night I whs arouse,! by the sound of a
loud, coarse voice. A man not strong
enough to walk upright and steadily
across the floor, yrt was strong enough
t raise a mighty fist above, tho bent
bead of a woman who sot at tho table
weeping. The cry of a ihlld swerved
tho ttpndsed arm from Its purpose.
A little girl toddled across the floor,
turned hrr face upward In pleading, nd
through the still night came her plea:
"Pont hurt mamma. Don't hurt
mamma." The drunkard's arm fell to his
side. He sank Into a chair beside the
table. He bent his head upon it beside
tho woman's. His penitence poured it
self torts In drunken tears.
Tho next day the :ivrtment was empty.
The neighbors had complained. On
what tide or to what haven the weeping
woman was swept, or whetTier she
drifted rut to the open sea, I do not
know. Nor do I know what befell the
other woman at her husband's angry
bidding "got out" in the black hour be
fore daw n.
"Ton needn't go," he shouted to a man
who had come quietly Into the room. Ho
may have been a brother, a friend, a
fellow truant. Whatever he wa hi an
swer vvss In his honor:
"I'll not let a woman rut Into the
street at this hour alone." Together
they went forth, and whither none of the
startled persons in ghostly night raiment,
peeping from their windows, knew. For
New Yorkrrs do hot know their neigh
bors. Their acquaintance Is made a t
had said, perforce, through windows.
One cannot alwnv keep the shades down,
we must have sunshine nnd knowledge
of each other' nffnlr though the knowl
edge do come In that more or less ques
tionable way.
We see them. We catalogue them.
We moralize about them. And u7 What
of us? We hadn't thought of that. As
we measure them they are taking our
measure. .What do they think of us?
What do they know of usT Rven through
windows we can gather whetheT"a life is
strong and helpful and active; whether
It conserves Its power or waste them.
What are our neighbors seelns; through
our windows'.'
BJFT
ITS A CASE OF "HURRY" NOW!
THEN CHRISTMAS
ONLY TODAY AND TOMORROW
It you have been thinking that you must shorten your list of gifts hecauae of lark of roady money, It can all be easily ar-
t-
ranged at pur store. All you have to do Is to open a rharge account with us, and pay later.
Watch, or otasr handsome Jewelry, and never miss the money.
You can give a fine Diamond,
SVMWt
0tAMON
For Brother
i
A Diamond
Scarf Pin
You ca make bo mistake in selecting a Scsrl
Pia for brother. Thrv are always in favor with
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5MJ This Scarf l'in it solid gold, plat
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cut and very brilliant,
special
$85
Terms: $8.50 a Mon'h
practical cook herself, and she can come
the nearer to getting tho kind of effects
she wants from her dressmaker if she
now how to make the garment herself,
f he 1 ooor. her ahilitv to lcaon a rnoil
table and dress well depends entirely
upon her own skill and knowlelge of
how to cook and sew. It is art that turns
a stew into a ragout, and two dollars'
worth of diy goods Into a confection, and
no woman ha a right to consider herself
an accomplished woman who can't co
this.
If a great thing to be an accom
plished girl, and It requires much knowl-!
edge, but the result are worth the ef
fort. !
I
to permit It to he seen lest he should ev- j
rite more fear than devotion.
j The protective properties of modern
j veils against sunburn and Irritation from
wind and also against moderate degrees j
of cold, are well known, but In some '
rases there seems to be little doubt that
they produce deleterious effects upon the
eyes. This Is because of the disturbing
action of the lacework patterns upon the
muscles controlling the focus of the visual
lenses. .Sometimes, too. Injurious dyes !
have been employed In staining the fab-!
rlc. Whero there is trouble with the eye-I
sight a physician nay find that It has
arisen from the Improper uso of a veil.
mm
FflP lVlfP A Osmond
La V.Hlere
La Vallicres are constantly growing
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from. You cannot fail to find some
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Many a man wears gift-ring that he will
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oa -ow -Baaaw n FOR? TV &
m -f7rt?Ami
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lor llinaimaa prearata.
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A MONTH
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FOR SWEETHEART
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In-Shoots
Advice to Lovelorn
a 2 ATX ics rinrii
. . ... , .
Iar Mlf Fairfax: I Usee been going
with a marriod man for a year. He say
lie loves me iettcr than his wife, and I
love him tearly. Hut of late ho treala
rue very Indifferently and goe put with
lots of other girls. 1 want you to plea
advise me what to do, as he wo rirs tie
very much. L.OTT1E.
Some day you will be glad that the
fir also e of the maa showed Itself so
aoon and before it had wrecked yoi:r
deserts hi wife for a young girl always
tires of the girl and deaerts her In turn.
Hold up your head and be happy at your i there would not be so many matrimonial
scape. I failure.
The wlFe public official seldom courts i
newspaper notoriety after election. !
The off lie that seeks the man generally :
brings in mors honor than each. )
When a fellow has not much real talent j
the ability to hang on will often help
some. I
The man with a red nose is not always I
a soak. It 1 better to judge him by hi ;
breath.
The maa who ha the last word In an
argument I not always the winner. But
you cannot coll htm a quitter.
If young people could only distinguish
the difference between love and passion
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mous Loftis "Per
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rtna
Specially priced
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