THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
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Published Saturday Morning, Twenty-five
"Weeks in the Year, November to May, at
Pinehurst, Moore County, North Carolina.
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N1TUJIIIAY. DECEJIIIElt 341. lOO.
Vanity.
At five a maiden's wants are few;
A 6et of blocks, a doll or two;
A little place inside to play,
If it should come a rainy day;
A pair of shoes, a pinafore;
1 really think of nothing more.
Nor wants she overmuch at ten ;
A birthday party now and then,
A bit of ribbon for her hair,
A little better dress to wear,
Perhaps a pony cart to drive
A bit. more than she did at live.
A modest increase at fifteen;
A party dress, in red or green,
A room alone that she may fix
With bric-a-brac and candlesticks,
A parasol, a fan and, oh!
I quite forgot to add a beau.
At twenty she is quite above
All childish -wants she asks but love,
And dreams of Princes, tall and fair,
Who come a-wooing and who dare
All dangers; and she keeps apart
For him the castle of her heart.
At twenty-five her fancy goes
To bonnets, frills, and furbelows,
A country place, a house in town,
A better rig than Mrs. Brown
Or Black'or Jones, and just a wee
Small figure in Society.
At thirty well, a little tea
For the distinguished Mrs. B.
Who writes a Prince to entertain,
A long-haired Lion to make vain
With silly tricks, a horse show box
And Just a little plunge in stocks.
At thirty-five and forty well
There isn't much that's new to tell;
A little bigger country place,
A real good lotion for the face,
And some reduction made in those
One can afford to say she knows.
At fifty does ber fancy end?
She wants ah, yes, she wants a friend
To prove her years were not In vain ;
She wants those dreams of youth again,
When Princes-errant, tall and fair,
Lived, loved, and came a-wooing there.
At seventy she wants to know
Why Vanity and hollow Bhow
Tempt Wisdom from its lofty seat,
She wants but ease for gouty feet,
And peace to wonder what must be
The last leaf's musing on the tree.
J. W. Foley, in New York Times,
The Sim pi Life.
I'd gladly live the simple life
Could I but get a chance to live It;
I loath the dress-and-dollars strife
I'd gladly live the simple life.
But who would feed and clothe my wife?
Or turn my business on its pivot?
I'd gladly live the simple life
Could I but get a chance to live It.
TO A lilt TWAIN'S CIIMAX
Great IIumorouH Waxes Eloquent at
Notable Birthday Anniversary.
The dinner given in honor of Mark
Twain recently by his associates in the
Harper Bros., literary shop and by Ins
contemporaries, upon the occasion of his
Oth birthday, was the most remarkable
thing of its kind we have any recollec
tion of. He found himself surrounded
by the stars and lesser lights of the liter
ary firmament, above whom he towered
as the leader of them all, America's great
est and most subtle, as well as the witti
est, sage and philosopher.
His speech will live as the brightest
and sweetest he ever delivered upon this
delicate occasion. He closed it with this
subtle reference to the years that have
come and gone :
"If you shrink at thought of night,and
winter, and thf late home coining from
the banquet, and the lights and the laugh
ter through the deserted streets a desola
tion which would not remind you now,
as for a generation it did, that your
friends are sleeping, and you must creep
in a tip-toe and not disturb them, but
would only remind you that you need
not tip-toe, you can never disturb them
more if you shrink at thought of these
things, you need only reply : 'Your in
vitation honors me, and pleases me be
cause you still keep me in your remem
brance, but I am 70 ; 70, and would nestle
in the chimney corner, and smoke my
pipe, and read my book, and take my rest,
wishing you well in all affection, and
that when you in your turn, shall arive
at Pier No. 70, you may step aboard your
waiting ship with a reconciled spirit, and
lay your course towards the sinking sun
with a contented heart.'"
. Nothing more characteristic of the man
wras ever spoken, and we can well belie ve
ins friends found their eyes wet with
tears and their lips trembling with sup
pressed emotion as he took his seat. It
was a literal heart beat.
The Delineator.
The Delineator begins the New Year
with an attractive cover and a display of
all that is new in the fashion world, to
say nothing of the many features of
literary excellence. Of particular interest
is an article by Postmaster-General Cor
telyou, describing woman's place and
share or work in the postal service. The
article in the "Safe Food"' series is de
voted to a discussion of the real value of
glucose as a food product. Cecilia Loftus
gives ner impressions oi "upnena 7 a
character which she has acted with suc
cess, and N. Hudson Moore writes of
"Old-Fashioned Beds" "The President
of Quex," Helen M. Winslow's club story,
is continued, a serious note being intro
duced m the discussion of child labor,
"At Spinster Farm? is concluded, as well
as John Luther Long's clever story of
the stage, "Castles in Spain." The edu
cation of the child is the subject of i
thoughtful paper by Dr. Grace P. Mur
ray, and the pastimes for little folks in
clude the first of a series of fairy tales
by Alice Brown. The various depart
ments are filled with matter of interest
and value to the women of the home.
The Youth's Companion.
Few periodicals offer their readers
what The Youth's Companion does. The
contributors for 190G will include Mad
ame Curie (the discoverer of radium),
Luther Burbank (the "Wizard of Horti
culture"), Hon. Grover Cleveland, Helen
Keller, Margaret Deland, Capt. A. T.
Mahan. Lady Henry Somerset, Com
mander 11. E. Peary, Key. Dr. John Wat
son (Ian Maclaren), Sir Edwin Arnold,
Senator Henry -Cabot Lodge, Justice D.
J. Brewer (of the United States Supreme
Court), the Duke of Argyll, Justin Mc
Carthy, Rider Haggard, Robert Grant, F.
A. Vanderlip, Herbert Putnam (Librarian
of Congress), Bichard Whiteing (author
of "No. 5 John Street"), Pres. II. S.
Pritchett (of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology), Sir II. II. Johnston, and
Prof. L. II. Bailey (of the Cornell Col
lege of Agriculture).
It has been said that a year's reading
of The Companion, if not in itself a liberal
education, is a foundation for and a valu
able supplement to it. The special articles
The Companion prints are written ex
pressly for it by the men and women who
lead in material, intellectual and moral
progress; through them the reader is
admitted to laboratories where momen
tous discoveries are unfolding; to the
confidences of experts in educational
work of all kinds, and to a knowledge of
whatever is being sought for and done to
enrich the world of to-day and the world
of to-morrow.
The American Mag-azine.
The January number of the American
Magazine is particularly attractive with
an imitation illumined leather cover.
Among the stories of special interest is
"Crockodiling with a Camera," by Julian
A. Dimock, illustrated with some excep
tionally fine and exceedingly rare photo
graphs by the author. Among other de
script ive articles is a story on "Dr. Bar
nado's Work with the Poor Children of
London." In addition there is a wealth
of fiction, short stories and verse togeth
er with numerour illustrations.
JVfcCaU'n magazine.
The continual wonder about Mc Call's
Magazine is to figure out how so attrac
tive a publication can be issued for so
small a sum. The January issue is brim
full of things of interest to women, with
fashions, household hints, lictibn, short
stories and verse, all well illustrated, in
the lead.
Salmag-umli Party Toniglit.
A novel frolic has been arranged for
The Inn, tonight, in the shape of a Sal
magundi party to which a general invita
tion is extended. A large variety of
games will be played, participants pro
gressing, prizes being awarded for the
largest number of points secured. Play
will start at 8 :30.
Itlis Ilartman Sing.
Miss Madeline Ilartman, of Waterbury,
Ct., contributed to the pleasure of the
Sunday evening concert at The Inn with
two songs "O, Dry Those Tears," by Del
lliego, and "Till Death," by Mascheroni.
THE IfOllLE PHIZES.
Yearly Award for SUtlng-uUhed
Achievement Announced.
The yearly award of the prizes estab
lished some years ago by Alfred Noble is
a matter of international importance, be
cause these awards are open to men of
all nations and are a recognition of ser
vices in various directions which are es
sentially of international value. It has
been a matter of regret that so far no
American names has appeared in these
lists of prizes, and the proportion of Eng
lish prize winners has been rather small
in comparison with those from the con
tinent. These facts are not, however, adduced
as the slightest evidence of unfairness in
the committee of award, and there is
every reason to believe that their delicate
task is carried out with every effort at
impartiality. The live annual prizes,
which now amount, it is stated, to about
$40,000 each, are bestowed for the most
important discoveries in physics, in
chemistry, in physiology or medicine,
for the most distinguished work in the
field of literature, and for the best effort
toward the fraternity of nations and the
promotion of peace.
The peace prize is awarded by a com
mittee of the Norwegian storthing, and
the others by institutions at Stockholm.
The recipient of the peace prize this year
is Baroness von Cuttner, of Austria, who
was one of the delegates from that coun
try to the International peace congress
held in Boston last year, and has for a
long time been an ernest advocate and
efficient organizer in the cause of interna
tional peace.
Prof. Bobert Koch, of Berlin, re
ceives the prize in medicine for his re
searches looking to the prevention of
tuberculosis a recognition in which the
whole world will heartily join. In chem
istry Prof. Adolph von Beyer, who has
done remarkable work in organic chem
istry, is the prize winner. In physics,
Prof. Lenard, of Kiel university, is
awarded the prize because of his re
searches into the nature of cathode rays.
The Polish novelist, Henryk Sienkie
wicz, is the recipient of the prize for dis
tinguished literary work, and no one can
fail to admit that the rough vigor and
spontaneous genius of this novelist's
trilogy of Polish historical romances
have shown him to be a great force in
literature, even though he may not pos
sess that elegance and grace of diction
which might have governed the decision
had it been one for admission into the
French academy. American readers have
learned to admire the work of Sienkie
wicz through the admirable translations
of Mr. Curtin, and will be especially
interested in this award for literary
achievement.
A Merry Christina).
Miss Lorna Mallinson of New York,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. II. It. Mallison
who are spending several weeks at the
Inn, spent a merry Christmas, a surprise
tree, literally groaning under its weight
of gifts, being a feature of the day
for her.
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