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fiB0UTW0MEN.
Dorothy Dix Tells What Women
I.Ike and What They Don't
" Like -She Tell? Lots of Things.
A ni:in who finds women "un
certain coy and hard to please"
asks me how he can make himself
popular with the fair sex.
Thai is a dit'liaili question to an
swer, for there are many women,
wiih many minds and each of
tlum has a different mind about
man. No hard and fast rules,
guaranteed lo work in every emer
gency, can he laid down, but there
are, however, certain chords in
every feminine heart that always
vibrate harmoniously when
touched, and upon which the ama
teur may play with safety.
Generally speaking, all women
like flattery, but ihey want it ap
plied artistically with a brush, in
stead of being hurled at them in
solid hunks with a shovel. Not
understanding this often leads men
inio error. Believing women to
he vain, he plasters her over with
indiscriminate praise. This is a
mistake. It does not please a fat
woman to be told she has a sylph
like figure, or one that squints, that
her eyes are stars. They know
belter.
One compliment that rings the
bell is worth a dozen scattering
shots that go wide of the target.
Find out in what particular point a
woman believes she excels, and
then blaze away wiihout fear, and
soon she will laud you as the one
discerning and intelligent man
amidst the rabble.
Note well, however, that there
is one exception to this rule :
Praise an intelligent woman for
her looks and a pretty woman for
her wit. There was never a fool
who did not believe she was a
Minerva, nor a woman so strong
minded iiiat site would not trade
off her brains for beamy.
All women are doiy on the sub
ject of anniversaries. Send a wo
man a five. cent bunch of field flow
ers as a reminder of the time you
lirsi met her in the country, and
you shall gain more gratitude than
for a fifty dollar bunch of Ameri
cin Beauties at Christmas.
It pleases a woman to have a
man remind her that she had on a
white or blue, or black frock the
last time he saw her. It makes
her believe that he has been lying
awake of nights thinking about
I her ever since.
It pleases a woman to be told
she is the only person who ever
! understood the man who is talking
j to her. The man who can say
; this, and look as if he meant it, is
always a hot favorite in society
and has the run of the country
i houses.
It pleases the debutante to be
! treated as if she was an experienced
: womanof the world, while the girl
i whose coming out party is becom
; ing ancient history dotes on being
! asked, "Is this your first occas
' ion?"
i h pleases a woman to believe
thai she has an enormous influ
I ence over a man, and that she can
I raise him to heaven or send him to
i perdition. As at first aid to court
ship this simple device has never
been improved upon.
It pleases a woman to be thought
subtle, and to be told she would
have made a great actress. Few,
indeed are the women who do not
secretly believe that the stage lost
its brigh test ornament when they
decided not to wrest Julia Mar
lowe's and Maude Adam's laurels
from them.
It pleases a woman to be asked
her opinion about the political out
look and the stock market. Wo
men are used to being worshipped
j as deities and played with like toys,
! to be treated as a rational human
being is such unexpected flattery
that it goes to their heads.
A woman invariably delights in
hearing her bargains extolled.
Every woman believes herself a
financial genius and that she would
be Secretary of the Treasury if
she had her just deserts. This
form of flattery is commended to
all, except the particular man who
has to pay the bills. He should
use great prudence and caution in
extolling his wife's economy for
fear she may practice more of it.
It pleases a wife for her hus
band to tell her that when she dies
he will commit suicide upon her
grave. Most widowers do them
selves up by marrying again, but
she always believes that her hus
band will be the hundredth man,
whose heart will really be broken.
"TO THE WOMAN THAT'S GOOD" I ABOY'SFflREWELLKlSS!
"Ho ! gentlemen ! lifi your glasses up,
liach gallant, each swain and lover ;
A kiss to ihe beads that brim in the cup,
A laugh for the foam spill over,
For the soul is a lilt and the heart beats high,
And care haih closed iis tether;
Now drink," said the sage: to-morrow we die,
So, lei's have a loasi logeiher,
Swing the goblet aloft, to the lips let it fall,
Then bend you the knee to address her;
And drink, gentle sirs, to the Queen of us all,
The woman that's good God bless her."
"Oh ! youth is a handicap. Time a churl,
Pleasure palls, and remorse follows after !
The world hustles on in iis pitiless whirl,
Wilh iis kisses, iis tears and iis laughter.
But ihere's one gentle heart in its bosom of white.
Dear love with the tender eyes gleaming,
That has all the wealth of my homage to-nigh.,
Where she lies in her innocent dreaming,
And a waich o'er her ever, my spirit shall kee p
While the angels lean down to caress her,
And I'll pledge her again in her beautiful sleep,
The woman that's good God bless her.
"Ah ! Bohemia's honey was sweet to the sip,
And the song and the dance were alluring;
The mischievous maid with the mutinous lip,
Had a charm that was sweet and enduring.
But out from the music and smoke wreaths and lace,
Of this world of the tawdrily clever,
There floats the rare spell of the pure little- face
That has chased away folly forever,
And I pledge my last toast, ere 1 follow the rest,
(O ! fortunate youth, to press her);
To the dear tender heart in the little white breast,
Of the woman that's good God bless her."
Lesson Tor nvery Hoy Who
Blessed With a Father.
Is
THE ROCKING CHAIR.
The old-timey house with the old rocking chair,
And the liitle old lady that welcomed you there
With : "Walk in; good morning, and how-do-you-do?"
And made you sii down in the rocker, and knew
It was softer and belter than all of the rest
Ah, dreams, bring it back, with its dreams of the blest !
The old-timey house, with the lilac and rose,
And iis rocking chair, decked with a cushion and "throws;'
A spirit of welcome at gate and at door;
Dear shadow of sweetness in days gone before,
In ihe house with the rocking chair gathered and grew
The old hospitality, tender and true !
The old-timey house of the rag-carpet days,
Like a rose of delight it blooms down the sweet ways,
With the side-curley lady to welcome you there
To a seat by the fire in the old rocking chair,
And the old family album with portraits they took
Just to fit the round places cut out in the book !
The old-timey house, where the old lady smiled
As she offered her hand to the grown-up or child;
The house of the rocking chair down the green street,
Where the lavender fragrances kept the world sweet :
"Walk in and sit down !" Ah, I wish that I could,
In the old rocking chair where the harpsichord stood !
It pleases a wife to think her
husband is dependent upon her.
The reason a woman always hates
her husband's old friends is be
cause they told her how well he
got along wiihout her. She likes
to believe ihat if he didn't have
her to take charge of his pocket
book and tell him what to do he
would end in the poor house or
be run in by the police as mentally
incompetent to be out alone.
It pleases a woman 10 be told
that the children look like her side
of the house. We all know from
whom our children inherit all their
bad Qualities.
It displeases a woman to tell her
how young she looks. We never
notice youth until it is gone. The
list of thines is inexhaustible and
as far as man is concerned, wo
man is just dead easy to please
anyway. Witness the marriages
that take place.
OOODBYE.
We say it for an hour or for years,
We sav ii smiling, say it choked
with tears,
We say it coldly, say it with a kiss
KISSES AND WINE.
In the little Roumanian town of
Helmagen an annual fair is held
on the feast of St. Theodore. On
this ocrasion the place swarms with
newly married brides from all the
villages in the district. Widows
who have taken fresh husbands
remain at home. The young wo
men, in festive attire and generally
attended by their mothers-in-law,
carry jugs of wine, enwreathed
w ith flowers, in their hands. They
kiss every man they meet and af
terward present the jug to his lips
for a "nip." As he takes it he be
stows a small gift on the bride.
Not to take of ihe proffered wine
is regarded as an insult to her and
her family. She is therefore re
served toward strangers and only
kisses those whom she thinks like
ly to taste of her wine. The kiss
ing is carried on everywherein
the street, in the taverns and pri
vate houses. Chicago News.
ON HEAVEN.
I saw a picture the other day
which touched and thrilled me and
inched me yes, and made me
gladder than ever, more thankful
than ever before thai there is such
a sacred place as home and such a
sacred, tender tie as parent and
child.
I was on a Seaboard train going
to North Carolina and when we
stopped at Athens, I saw a manly
looking university student, dressed
' in the uniform of an officer accom
pany his father (a warm friend of
mine) into the Pullman car. The
train was started and I saw ihatstu
dent throw his arms around his
father's neck and tenderly kiss
him good-bye. As he wasi hurry
ing oft the moving train I laid my
hand Jon his shoulder and said:
"Bless your heart, my boy! I
would give a world like this if 1
had a father to kiss good bye!"
Then I turned to see the tears
standing in the eyes of that stu
dent's father, and he said: "Broth
er Upshaw, I would not take a bil
lion dollars for thai good-bye kiss
from my boy."
And here is a lesson for every
boy who is blessed with a father.
Was that young man sort of effem
inate "sissy" sort of fellow? Not
by a thousand miles. A more
splendid, vigorous young man
does not bless the college life of
America. When he was in the
Boys' High School in Atlanta he
won Tom Watson's "Napoleon"
as a prize for oratory, the Joseph
Habersham Chapter medal, and
gold prize for essay from the
Daughters of the American Revo
lution. He won another gold
prize from the "Daughters of
1812," and also the Upshaw
Ready Writer's medal for the best
essay written in one hour. And
because his victory was so evident
his modest father, who was then
principal of the Boys' High School
would not allow him to enier two
or three other contests.
I told this story for ihe first time
the other day in a chapel talk to
the students of Wake Forest.
There were a holy hush as they
listened- not because of the way
the story was told, but for the sake
of its sacred meaning, and when I
had done Prof. J. B. Carlyle, the
genial and eloquent Carolinian who
fills the chair of Latin in that great
institution, came and said to me,
"That story will be an abiding
blessing to our boys."
As I looked into the face of this !
college boy, saw his filial affection j
and then talked with his royal fath-
er afterward there came to me the j
memory of an experience in my
own life that I can never, never
forget. I was leaving home for
the first time for a stay of several
months after my seven years on
bed. Of course I kissed my moth
er good-bye down at the house,
just as you would have done, and
came away with a parting benedic
tion in my heart. We were wait
ing at the depot. A crowd of boys
and other friends were standing
around. The train blew in the
my mother. And I did, my boy. i
Sometimes I saw a critical smile ;
go round, but my heart was tran- j
quil in the sweet aftermath of love j
that had 'spoken.
One day I received a telegram
down at Jacksonville, Fla., saying:
"Come al once. Faiher is sinking
rapidly." I shall never forget the
meeting. He opened his arms to
me and said through his happy
tears: "Thank God 1 lived to see
my boy." 1 had tried during the
last years of his life to be a dutiful
son, but there lingered yet the bit
ter memory of times when, as a
boy, I had answered back in a tem
pest of temper. O God, forgive
me! I could not bear for him to see
the pain that was within my heart.
And watching my opportunity one
day when there was no one else in
the room, 1 dropped on my
knees at his bedside and said, as I
held his thin hand: "Faiher, if I
have ever done anything like ir
revolence, won't you please for
give me?" Lifting that dear thin
hand, in a gesture of deprecating
love, he answered: "Ah, my son
that is all right; that is all right!"
And I knew it was all right be
fore I spoke, but I could not could
not allow his tender lips to turn
to dust without hearing them speak
that blessed word "Forgiven."
Go to your faiher, my boy (of
course you will do your mother
that way), put your arms around
him and kiss him as you did when
you were a child, and say: "Fath
er, I love you better than I ever
told vou and from this day I will
try harder than ever to be what
you and God would have me be."
And everywhere be a gentle
man. Be tender. Then your
own heart will be glad, and you
will carry gladness to every heart
and life you touch. William D.
Upshaw, in The Golden Age.
QUEER CHINESE CUSTOM.
They drink wine hot.
Old men fly kites.
White is worn as morning.
Their babies seldom cry.
Soldiers wear petticoats.
Their eompnss points to the
HOUtll.
The family name commences
first.
Carriages are moved by suits
Seat of honor at the left.
Visiting cards four feet long.
School children sit with their
backs to the teacher.
Fireworks are always set off
in day time.
If you offend a Chinaman he
may kill himself on your door
step to spite you.
OLD NICK.
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to taks Carditi, (or your female
troubles, because ve are sure It
wiR help you. Remember that
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"If I could be out of physical
pain," said a lifelong invalid, "1
And yet we have none other word wuuij ask no other heaven." "If
than this,
Goodbye.
We have no dearer word for our
heart's friend,
To him who journeys to the
world's far end
And scars our soul with going,
thus we say
As unto him but steps o'er the way,
Goodbye.
Alike to those we like and those
we hate,
We say no more in parting at
life's gate
To one who passes out beyond
Earth's sight,
We cry as to the wanderer for a
night,
Goodtye.
Pneumonia Follows a Cold
but never follows the use of Foley's
Honey anil Tar, which stops the couli,
heals the lungs, and expels the colli
from vour system.
E. CLARK.
President Nicholas Brown,
for whom l'.rown University
was named, was fond of quiz
zing small hoys. One day,
while walking in the streets of
Providence, lie came upon a
little fellow who attracted his
notice. ''1 low do you do, my
hoy!'" said the president. "What
is your name?''
"My name is Harry, sir," re
plied the child.
"Harry, is it?" returned
i President Brown. "And did
has brought relief to thousands of
other sick women, so why not to
you ? For headache, backache,
periodical pains, female weak
ness, many have said it is me
best medicine to take." Try It I
SOU in bis vuy n
vou know the evil one is often
distance and I saw a tear answer i pnii(1,i 01,1 H.irrv"
EMERGENGY
I could be in a place where I might
know 1I1111 mv husband could
never be killed on the train !"
cried one of the gentle worries,
whose capacity for suffering is
neither understood nor respected
by the sanguine. "If I
could take my children to a world
where every time I hear a croupy
cough my heart did not stand siill
with terror," urged another, "that
would be heaven for me." The
mulatto girl who burst into joyful
tears at first sight of a marble bust
of herself, "because it was white,"
caught a glimpse of her heaven be
fore its time.
Heaven must be like any other
form of happiness, only 'more so,"
said a thoughtful man. "And the
conditions of happiness are three :
a clear conscience, something to
do, and some one to love. Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORIA
in my tamer s tender eyes, i
knew what was the matter. It was
hurting his heart for the son who
had been so long prostrate in the
home and under his daily adminis
trations of fatherly kindness, to be
going away so long. I'll tell you
what I wanted to do, my boy who
reads these words I wanted to
put my arms around my father and
kiss him good-bye, just as I had
done my mother at the gate. But
I was a coward. I was afraid
those boys would go down town
and say: "Did you see Will t 'p
shaw kiss his pa good-bye like a
girl?" That unmanly fear con
queredand I only laid my hand
on my father's shoulder and said :
"God bless you, father, and keep
you till we meet you again." And
then the train began to put dis
tance, distance, distance, between
my father's face and me. I saw the
unshed tear in his honest, tender
eyes, and something said to me:
"Yes, you know that your father
has heart trouble and for years
you have expected him to drop
dead at any moment. What if you
receive a telegram calling you to
his lifeless body?"
And I determined then and there
that if 1 should ever get home,
though a thousand boys might be
standing around the depot to laugh
and to jeer, I would always tell my
I father good-by as tenderly as I did
"Why, no sir," answered the
boy. "I thought he was called
Old Nick."
You are seldom ever sure how
much you like people; you are
never in doubt how you hate them.
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