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(ft "7 1 . Whv Girls .'Often S o" 3Gy Edith Joscelyn. Tims been remarked that when a woman says "Xo" it should Tiot by the man who loves her be laker, for a negative. There may be an element of truth in this statement, or there may be not, I, as a girl, who thinks that she knows what she is writing about, would enythat It all depends upon the character of the woman who utters the little word. If she Is a poor, weak sort of creature who is cer o 0 tain of nothing, and who likes to hear the same thins over and over again, much after the fashion of a young mother listening to her first baby's initial Utterances, she will undoubtedly say "No" when she all the time really means the very opposite . I have known a few instances, however, in which women avIio knew their own minds perfectly have been impelled to say an emphatic negative Avhen re ceiving an offer of marriage from a man whom they loved passionately, while conscious all the time that they would eventually say a cooing affirmative. It was this way: The men proposing were, so to speak, on trial at the bar. 'They were suspected of offering marriage out of pity, or out of pique, or from a sense of justice. A woman is frequently made the recipient of an offer on these grounds, and the trick of saying '.No" when the question is tirst put is the one and only way of discovering whether the man sincerely means what he says. The instinct of many of us women will clearly tell us when a man is mak ing an offer that is not genuine, but sometimes we dare not trust to our instinct; we hope against hope, and we play our fish with evasive answers until we see that he really means what he says from the bottom of his heart. .i.It is jiot long since that I met a man who "told me of a friend of his who vliad suddenly;disCovered that he would be better off in many. respects were he to marry. He straightaway went the round of a number of girl friends and proposed to four of them in one day! They each rejected him, as he thought, by saying "No" on the putting of the great question, But two out of the four WTote to him on the day following, accepting! In the meantime he had made a fifth proposal and had been accepted. When a girl has been courted for an unusually long period and has at last received the long-expected proposal she will feign astonishment and will give a qualified "No." This is only her banter, and she will follow it up by laughingly explaining that she punished him because by, his delay he punished Iter! Shyness or a different position in life are common causes for such delays on the part of many uiqd. As a rule, it'may be taken for granted that no woman says "No" without reason for doing so. .... . . A " One more instance: Two sisters recently fell in love with the same man, who was a close friend of their brother's. The man proposed to the younger Kister, and she said "No-" because she knew that her sister wanted him. Yet when, in course of time, .the man made the offer of marriage to the elder feister she likewise said "No" for the identical reason that she know her sister wanted him. The girls' love for each other has up-to the present kept the man a bachelor. , . - .' JZ7 The Girl and By W. D. Howells. HAT, then, is a good rule for. a girl in her" reading? Tleasure in it, as I have' already said; pleasure, first, last and all the' time. But as one star differs from another, so the pleasures differ. With the high natures they will be fine, and with the low natures they will be coarse. .It Is idle to commend a fine pleasure to the low natures, for to these it will be a disgust, as surely as a coarse pleasure to the high. Hut without pleasure in a thing read it will not nourish or even fill, the mind; it will be worse provender than the husks which the swine did eat, and which the prodigal found so unpalatable. .... Thence follows a conclusion that I am not going to blink; It-may be asked, then, if we are to purvey a coarse literary pleasure td the low natures, seeing t that .they have no relish for a fine one. I should say yes, so long as it is not ..'it vicious-che. But here I should distinguish- nudsay farther that I think there is no special merit in reading as an occupation, or even as a pastime. I should ' .very much doubt whether a low nature would get any good of its pleasure iu reading: and without going back to the old question whether women should be taught the alphabet, I should feel sure that some girls could be better employed .- in. cooking, sewing, knitting, rowing, fishing, playing basket ball or ping-pong than in'reading the kind of books they like; just as some men could be better employed in the .toils and sports that befit their se:;. " ' I- am aware that this is not quire continuing to answer the question as to what girls should read; and I will revert to' that for a moment without 'relinquishing my position that the cult of reading is largely a superstition, : inore or less baleful". The common notion is that books are the right sort of reading for girls, who are allowed also the modified form of books which we know as magazines, but are not expected to read newspapers. This notion is so prevalent and so penetrant that I detected it in my own moral and mental substance, the other day, when I saw a pretty and prettily dressed, girl in. the elevated train, reading a daily newspaper quite as if she were, a man. It gave me a little shock which I was promptly ashamed of; for when I con sidered,. I realized.. that she was possibly employed as usefully and nobly iie if she were reading a book, certainly the sort of book' she might have chose;:. " v-IIarpcr's Bazar. Three . Requisites fan Orator By Henry M. Bowling. IIREE great requisites speak well. .lie must be clear, he must be forceful, and he must please.- Clearness v ill be -secured by - translation ;":nd composition. How can we speak forcibly and in a manner to excite pleasure? Anyone, may avoid egregious blunders; it Li the ale orator who makes his speech sinewy in its strength, charming in its beauty. "Bold propositions, boldly and briefiy expressed pithy sentences, nervous common sense, strong phrases, well-compacted periods, sudden and strong masses of light, an-apt adage, a keen sarcasm, a merciless personality, a mortal thrust ihese are the beauties and deformities that now make a speaker most interest ing." . Nothing is more artificial than the adornments in a spoken discourse. . They do not necessarily arise from the peculiar attractiveness of the subject. ,Erskine cbuld throw a charm about the most repulsive causes; and there may ' be- speakers who, without strenuous effort, could render sterile and disgusting a subject boundless in suggestiveness and luxuriant in beauty. In all your com positions, oral and written, first outline the general plan of your matter, and ihen select portions to be embellished by. chaste adornment, not in the spirit ,jf th'e'pulpit orator who annotated his sermon, manuscript with stage directions such as, "Here weep!" but with a rational sense of the places where ornament may appropriately be inserted to clarify the thought, vitalize the argument, or - arouse new interest on the part of an audience. At one point, you will decide to . wje a bitvof vivid description of men or scenes; at another, you will mark, as a 'proper place to thrust forward a pungent antithesis, a picturesque metaphor; .at cnother, you will select, as affording an opportunity, a supposed speech of .your adversary or of a third person, or pretend to read from an imaginary dbeu--' .ient;'at a fourth, you will see to it that you express indignation and apologies to the audience for being overborne by ..Jljoli Into the Things Around Tou. Make.it a practice to look into the things wliivh surround you, and which you use daily; find out-how they are made: induce men to talk to you about the things that they know best; form 4i habit of studying everything whk-ii comes ia your way. lie who forms 1hlo habit nor only gains the power !ivhich knowledge ahvay, brings, but tfee First Time j2? are demanded of everyone who would your feelings. Success. also makes himself a very de sirablo liable. f-opipanion. Hamilton Wright in Success.' ' At the State Fair in Syracuse, there was a race between two N. Y, flocks j of geese, driven by women. The people who refuse to shar e their Her Reading joys are the first to lend their u 'oublcr, 'THE Our American Women. There is a charming blond young Woman well known to Philadelphia as well as Baltimore and New York City, who laughs when you call her "Sen-ora." A woman friend gave the story away, says the Philadelphia Press, and as she takes it good rutur edly,' there is no use keeping the joke from the public. You see, young as she is, she elected to marry a man who was a grandfather, or. rather, he be came one soon after his marriage to her. She has that deceptive, innocent type of beauty that gives the owner the appearance of being about eighteen. She was looking at the Cuban curios and souvenirs for sale at. a bazaar with a woman friend, and the old woman In-hind the wares called her "Senorita." "No. no," said the friend, "she is Scnora." The old woman shook her head and declined to believe. "No. senorita." she said. "She is a girl," she continued in broken English; "she too young and pretty." "Yes, she is a senora," said Mrs. G , wishing to tease the younger woman, and, remem being the birth of the grandchild, she added: "She's not only married, but she is a grandmother!" "Dios! But these Americaus are so progressive!" said the old Cuban. To Maintain Good Complexion. Here are certain plain, simple hints for the securing or maintenance of a good complexion, which can be carried in mind and practiced by the woman who can afford neither, the fees of beauty doctors nor several hours a day for grooming. Wash the face carefully, never with very cold water. At night it should have a warm soap bath to clean it, rinsing 'the soap off thoroughly, and drying thoroughly, with an upward movement. Learn al ways to tub up and never down, to counteract drooping lines and sagging muscles. Take at least one bath a day, rubbing the body vigorously. Re member that hot water is necessary to cleanse, and cold water to invigorate, and set the blood to circulating. Rose water and cider flower water are bene ficial in softening the skin. Lemon whitens the hands. Any good, cold cream, sold by a reputable house, is ex cellent for Hie face. It should be rubbed in, not hard, but thoroughly, after a warm bath. A little on the tips of the fingers is sufficient. It softens and freshens the skin. Remember that all rich foods ara enemies of a delicate skin. The roseleaf skin of the baby comes from its simple diet. Avoid pastry, pickles and pie. Candy is as bad -as anything ran be, and makes one fat, besides. Tea and coffee are bad, but cocktails are worse. Study the nose of the man who has imbibed for many years and see. Eat fruit and simple food, and drink plenty of water at any time except mealtime, es pecially on getting up in the morning, when it rinses ile system of the mucous that has accumulated on the coating of the stomach and other or gans during the night. A good com plexion comes from the same sources as health fresh air, exercise, correct food, bathing, sufficient nleep and proper activity of the internal organs. Women Wear Orrler?. The number of women esprrially American women wearing orders at flm recent coronation ceremony was a matter of much remark and has awakened' interest in the subject of orders in general. The American who is entitled to' wear the greatest num ber of orders' is Mrs. George Corn-wa'llis-West. She has been decorated with the Order of the. Crown of In dia." the Royal Red Cross and the Order of .St. John of Jerusalem. The last named honor she shares with a number of her spSt-koihc of the better known being Baroness- Burdett - Coutls and Lady Chesham. who was one of the chief organizers of the Imperial Yeo manry Hospital in South Africa, about which so much has bene written. The Order of St. John is the oldest of the four English orders to which women are elegible, having been instituted in the twelfth century. The three others are the Royal Order of Victoria and Albert, founded by Queen Victoria in 18G2; the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, Instituted to commemorate her assumption of the title of Empress, and the Royal Red Cross, founded in 18S3 to reward serv ices rendered in nursing the sick and wptmded of the Imperial Army. One of the latest recipients of the decoration of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India, which has the sovereign as its head, was Lady Curzon, the insignia consisting of Queen Victoria's cipher in diamonds, pearls and turquoise, encir cled by a border of pearls and sur mounted by a tiny jeweled and enam eled crown attached to a bow of light blue water ribbon ruth narrow white edge. She decoration of the Order of Vic U - 1 A I toria and Albert, which H of four classes, consists (for the first and sec ond class) of a medallion of the late Queen and Prince Albert set . In dia monds surmounted by a jeweled crown, the ribbon used being white moire. The third 'class has the medallion set in pearls instead of diamonds, and the fourth bears only an intertwined "V" and "A" in pearls. NTo this order be long the Empress of Germany, the Em press of Russia, the Queen of Rou mania, the Queen of the Netherlands, and many well-known women of lower rank. The Queen of .England Is the only lady of the Order of the Garter. The oldest of all orders instituted for women is that of the Slaves of Virtue, founded in 1002, by Eleauorc of Gon zagua, widow of Frederick III. of Austria, "to encourage in the women r ' her court the sentiments of wisdom and piety." The Bavarian Order of Elizabetn, founded In 37GU, and the Order of Queen Marie Louise, insti tuted in i7!2. each had an exclusively charitable raison d'etre and imposed habits of kindness and helpfulness upon their royal members. But perhaps the best-known foreign order to which women are eligible is the French Order of the Legion d'llon neur, of which Rosa Bonhcur was a member, as was also Mma. Dieulafoy, the well-known explorer, who is the only woman permitted by the French Government to appear in men's clothes. An interesting fact in connection with this order is that all wearing the little crimson ribbon are entitled 1o a mili tary salute, women as well as men. New York Mail and Express. fiM Chat Miss Ethel Smyth, composer of the recently produced opera, "Der Wald," is the first composer of her sex to have a work produced at Covent Garden. Mrs. Mariah Vance, a colored woman, who was for years Abraham Lincoln's servant, is still living at Danviilo, 111., and is learning to read, at the age of ninety-one. v Miss Duehemin, of Boston, has in her possession some china more than 200 years old, which was given to her grandmother by the daughter of a maid of honor to Queen Anne. Trincess Victoria, the Kaiser's ten-year-old daughter, is said to be the haughtiest member of. the German royal family, never for a moment for getting she is an Emperor's daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Silsbee Archer, who died in Salem, Mass., the other day, was an eye-wiine.s of the great naval fight between the Chesapeake' and Shannon off Salem, during the War of 1812. There are said to be excellent ,openr ings for American dressmakers in Japan, where all the high class women, are donning Occidental dress, with which the native modiste struggles helplessly. Five daughters of one Iowa family are practicing physicians. Alice Braun warth Halstead, Ph.B., and Drs. Jen nie S., Emma L., and Jessie A. Braun warth are established in Muscatine, Iowa. Dr. Anna M. Braunwarth is as sociated with Dr. Henry T. By ford, of Chicago. A fifty-acre farm in Indiana has for the last ten years .been successfully conducted by Miss Abbie Pefi'er, a niece of former Senator Peffer of Kan sas. Miss '.Pefi'er was for some years a teacher in the public schools. She has a thorough knowledge of agricul tural pursuits, and all the work in fields, gardens, orchard and stable is done by her own hands. FANCIES 9M' Siberian squirrel is made into charm ing hats. Tyrolcso crowns, it is whimpered, will follow the very fiat cticcts. Few dress silky have figured stripes'" of velvet running lengthwise. Sashes or wide girdles break the Jong lines of the newest priucesse model?. The ultra-smartness of squirrel fur is attained when' a touch of ermine is added. Many matrons have taken up the ear: ring fad, confining themselves to pearls. A handsome chatelaine bag is of golden brown walrus skin with frame and chain of plain gold. Wool laces are very much used on cloth gowns, and the grape pattern in clusters of rings is the favorite. Puff bags for carrying about powder puffs are in pink or blue satin, and gather up with dainty "baby" ribbon draw strings, or Avlth silver cords and tassels. , "Moleskin brown" is one of the novel shades for wool dress materials, which tints, advices from Paris state, may be appropriately trimmed with the skia of the namesake animal. Nothing is smarter for the woman with a perfecf figure than one of the new tight Francis coats. These are full three-quarter length and match the skirt when for promenade wear.- nr HOUSEKEEPING Heating Wears Ont It us. It is an excellent thing to keep the house or apartments always spick and span, but very frequently the house wife by too frequent and- vigorous . cleaning is apt to do more damage tlian, good. , The average American' house wife 'wears out her rugs by continual sweeping and beating. The plan of putting them upon a line every two. weeks, or-even once, a monthf aud there having them whipped, r-r'not to be commended if the rugs are of nny value. They should be cleaned withy a carpet sweeper, occasionally, put upon a lino and brushed and once a year sent away tar.be cleaned -in a proper manner, or else washed at home. I HOUSEKEEPING "Ways of Cookinx Beef. The homely bill of fare mnyiic- !n--definitcly varied when beef is used. Beef is the staple meat in most, house holds because of its supposed nourish--ing qualities. These recipes will bring out all the best llavors of the meat: Grilled Beef Cut some beef in half inch slices. Dip each in melted butter or olive oil and broil quickly over a . clear fire. In a small saucepan put two table.-poonfnls of hot water, two tablespoonfuls of butter, oiie table spoonful each of tomato and. Worcester -sauces, !a pinch of salt and pepper, one half teaspoonful of made mustard, a little juice from an -onion and one or two drops of lemon .juice or vinegaiv Dip each slice of meat in this; . Serve on toast and pour the remainder of" the sauce over each: , '. Beef Patties. Take underdone beof one onion, pepper and salt, some piep? -s crust. Cut the moat into small squared pieces, chop the onion finely and mix with the meat, adding salt aiid pepper Roll the crust rather- thinly, cijt it in-, rounds with a small saucer; put';i little of the chopped meat on ohe-.haK, fold the other over and pinch the .edges together. Fry the patties Wliot lard U till a nice brown or bake, them in a..' good oven; time, about twenty minutes,. Tips Foci lie Cook. I:i br.kir.g .bread it l& beticri'to' over--do rather than underdp the ork. To make a good digestible pie crust use cream instead of lard, aud.it wilt, be light and healthful. . If there is not batter enongli' to fill, tb? gem pan, put cold water in the empty space before setting' the pan ia the oven. - The rich cheeses, whicli ;have t he largest percentage of fat,':;'are those which blend well with bread.-iii: sand--wiches or with macaroni or rice. For a quick cake' beat' until thick four eggs. Add four tablesp'oonfuls of sugar, half a cup of Hour, a little cin namon and lemon rind. Be.at.well and: spread on a baking pan! Bake in quick , oven and cut out at one'er'-''1;. ' Sweet potatoes are. much ric'Upr twice cooked. Baked or boiledVrotely, this., vegetable is good, but wh'cn.thc'..bakin3 or boiling is followed by, .a ;'siliije!iuent cooking in the pan or in the'.bvVa they are far better. :: "'"'-' ' ''' A fine cheese pudding is made by grating five ounces of . bread and threo of cheese. Warm two ounces of butter -in a quarter of a pint of fresh milk and mix thoroughly. Add two well-beateib. eggs, salt and bake half au' hour. Lewiston Journal. . . . Hi Denmark Pudding Soak one cupful- 1 . I y I IV V. of pearl tapioca over night, in three pints of cold water; in the morning put it in the double boiler 'and' cook until clear, stirring often; r.dd half a cup of sugar, one teaspoon of "unit and half a. cup of any red jelly; turn into a mold,, stand on ice; iscrve witii sugar and: cream. . Cream Sponge Cake Boil a pint ot granulated sugar and half a. cupful of water until it spins a thread. Pour slowly on yolks of eight well-beaten eggs. Beat until cold. Add juice and. grated rind of an orange, half a pound of pastry flour and the stiffly beaten white of eight eggs last. Bake one hour.. Ice with plain boiled icing when cool. Cecils With Tomato Sauce Season one cup of finely chopped rare roaft-r beef, or steak, with salt, pepper, onions juice r.lid table sauce; add two table--spoonfuls of bread-crumbs, ope. table spoonful of melted butter, yolk one egg bcaten a little; shape' in 'the form of small croquette1? and pointed at ends. Fry iu deep fat or ln.th? frying" pan and serv.wilh tomato .sauce. When some people sing their -rClct- Jf' are not what they are cracked up to bat r
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