MORNING ENTERPRISE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1912
Good
form
A Girl's Manners.
There are many small and unseen
reefs upon which the girl seeking so
cial success may come to grief, and
one of the most dangerous is that of
broken social engagements.
In the present day old fashioned
courtesy and consideration seem to be
asleep or else to have left society en
tirely. The modern hostess only too
frequently receives a telephone mes
sage from some guest at the last mo
ment saying without the least com
punction, "So sorry, but it is impossi
ble." As a rule, this sort of thing is inex
cusable. Of course conditions may
arise under which nothing else can be
done, but the girl who usually sends a
message of this kind is of the selfish
type and rarely succeeds in attaining
popularity. She is thinking more of
her own caprice than of her hostess.
It is not an easy matter to 611 in at
dinner or luncheon or bridge. No mat
ter how well poised a hostess may be,
a disappointment of this kind is upset
ting, and the seltish or thoughtless girl
who is the occasion of her embarrass
ment is apt to have a black mark
against her name in that particular
hostess' mind.
The trouble Is that the girl of today
Is too careless in her acceptance of in
vitations. On the spur of the moment
she accepts and then frequently de
cides that the whole thing is a bore,
or something else comes up that she
would prefer doing, and she finally
ends by declining the invitation at the
last moment, thus arousing an. antago
nism that cannot help but handicap
her in her social career.
It is a simple matter to decline in
the first place. A declination of this
sort a hostess has no right to resent,
but once her list is closed it is another
matter.
Telephone Is One Caust..
A young girl recently remarked that
she accepted every Invitation which
came to her, then picked those she pre
ferred, throwing over the others. This
Bounds well, but sooner or later It will
result in unpopularity. Neither cour
tesy nor consideration justifies such a
course.
Naturally one has preferences. There
are certain things one would rather
do. A girl should make up her mind
what these things are and accept them
before everything else, but she should
not play fast and loose with invita
tions she does not want.
Let her decline them definitely the
moment they are presented to her and
she will find she makes fewer ene
mies, while at the same tine she
pleases herself.
One hears the impulsive girl say,
"Oh, that is all very well, but what
can one do in this- day when people
call you on the telephone and fire in
vitations at you point blank and your
mind is as destitute of excuses as an
empty birdcage?"
The best advice for this situation is
to learn to think quickly and decline
definitely if it is a thing one does not
care to do. One can always have an
engagement to sit at home and culti
vate one's mind.
Courtesy Always Pays.
The average girl will say that this
Is a trivial subject., and if courtesy
and consideration are trivial then it
Is, but it is the little things that so
often get us disliked and laiid us in
the lonely land.
The girl who accepts an Invitation
as an evidence of good will and treats
It with perfect courtesy will find het
social path smoother and her own
pleasures less complicated.
The Rolling Stunt.
Not known to the multitude is the
fact that almost every rich and portly
dame has a "rolling suit," which very
much resembles the small child's flan
nelette nighty or the unstuffed cover
Ihg of a rag doll.
When one of the aforementioned
dames climbs Into her suit it is very
much stuffed, and the extent to which
her avoirdupois has been reduced is
gauged each day by the fit of the suit
Worn with it Is a cap that ties on like
a bathing cap, for madam's hair Is
apt to collect dust from the floor space
where the rolling stunt is performed.
Fifteen minutes before breakfast
and again nt bedtime is the allowance
for this pastime, which includes 100
turns over and back each time. This
means all the way over and twice over
If space allows. Little or no effort
Is required for the turning, and if the
exercise can be followed by a hot
bath so much the better.
Those who wish to . reduce more
rapidly than is accomplished by rolling
alone have recourse to touching the
finger tips or palms of the hands to
the floor without bending the knees,
as additional efforts, and also to the
equally old and reliable method of
lying on one's back on the floor and
raising each leg straight up from the
body for fifty consecutive times and
(hen both together for as many more
times.
These natural motions and walking,
though slower and requiring greater
hope and patience on the part of the
robust one. are much safer than drugs,
for medicines powerful enough to dis
pel adipose tissues have an injurious
effect upon the organs of the body,
and too many cases of "heart trouble"
have resulted from trying some little
pellet recommended by a formerly fat
friend.
Blessed With a Wife. """
A former vicar of a country parish
not far from Sheffield was a gentleman
distinguished for his learning and for
the position he took at Cambridge.
One day a visitor to the village got
Into conversation with one of the par
ishioners, and the talk turned to the
vicar.
Tour clergyman," said the visitor,
"Is a very able man. Why, be is a
wrangler."
"I never heard that," was the reply
of the villager, "but bis missis Is."
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Why is mistletoe always hung In a
light place? Because its presence is
not necessary in the dark.
THE SALVE
OF LOVE
By SARAH W. CHAMBUS
Copyright by American Press Asso
ciation, 1911.
Every morning after my household
duties have been attended to I go out
to make my purchases of the day's
supplies. 1 pass a little brick house
in a window of which sits, sewing, a
woman whose expression I have often
studied, but always failed to interpret
It may be best described as the ex
pression of one who has been disap
pointed, but has accepted the disap
pointment philosophically. The most
surprising thing on the premises is a
doorplate on which are the words,
"Matrimonial Agency."
Now, I am a happily married wo
man and in no need of a husband, for
mine is the best man In the world,
and I am the mother of seven dear
children. In short, our family is a
loving one. But, having passed the lit
tle woman at the window many times,
my curiosity at last got the better of
me, and I went in. I thought the best
way to gain information would be to
personate a client. So I invited the
woman to explain her methods.
"To begin with." she said. "I don't
recommend matrimony to nobody. I'm
willin' to interduce them as is hanker
in' after it, but I'm honest enough to
tell 'em that it's a good deal like dis
sipationit's follered by a headache."
"I should think that would injure
your business." 1 remarked.
"Not a bit. My opinion is when peo
ple get the matrimonial fever they got
to go through it just like any other
fever, only it's wuss, because most
people git over other fevers within a
few weeks or months at most, but the
matrimonial fever usually lasts a life
time. Most times it attacks some fel
ler and some girl to onct. Sich cases
can't be stopped. The cases that I put
through are those where a man or a
woman pines for a mate.
"Now, you're a likely lookin' woman,
and I don't want to do you no harm,
but I advise you to let matrimony
alone. You'll only jump from the fry
ing pan Into the fire. You're used as a
single person to doin' a hundred dif
ferent things a day, none of 'em, meb-
be, of any importance. Just as soon
as you're married you got to stop
and think whether your husband will
approve of your doin' any one of 'em
the way that suggests itself to you
Or if he's with you he'll tell you that
your-way is not the best. If you think
it reely is the best, you got to argue
about it When you've had a scrap
over ninety-nine of these little mat
ters during the day, about the time the
hundredth comes up you'll be mighty
tired o' the argyment What kind of
a man do you want?"
She asked the last question appar
ently well satisfied that she did not
consider her warning would be heeded,
and having eased her conscience she
was ready for business.
"Well," I said. "I think I'd like a
man who would always give me my
own way about everything. When
I'm feeling cross, I would like him to
pet me, and if I receive his caresses
coldly or snap at him, I'd wish him
to still be as pleasant to me as a May
morning."
"Look a-here," she interrupted, "I
ain't in this business to sell a million
dollars worth o' stuff for 75 cents. If
you want that kind of a man you'd
better go to a heavenly matrimonial
exchange and get an introduction to
an angel. What kind of a woman be
you?"
"So far as haman nature will per
mit, I'm the kind of a woman as the
man I've described. I have seven
children and sometimes I tire meet
ing their requirements, but I rub my
tiredness with the salve of love and
it takes it right out of me. My hus
band comes borne disappointed at
some failure he has made during the
day; ten to one our boy Jim has fall
en into some dirty hole and ruined a
suit of clothes, so you see I'm ready
to slap at his father, and his father
to slap back at me, but before be
gets home I get out my love salve and
take a good rubbing, and when he ap
pears I am ready to cheer him up."
The woman followed me with a curi
ous glance while I was saying this and
when 1 stopped said:
"What kind of a fancy picture are
you givin' me, anyway?"
"It isn't a fancy picture; it's a trne
one. I'm really married and the mother
of seven ' children. In our medicine
closet we keep a big pot of the oint
ment of love, and my husband and 1
use it continually. As for the children,
they don't need to use It They are
born with love in their hearts for their
parents and each other. Perhaps when
they grow older a good rubbing with
the salve will save them much trou
ble, but while they are young their ir
ritations are self healing. From what
you have told me 1 think it possible
that you may have tried to keep bouse
without a pot of this ointment in your
house. Get your family together and
use the love salve freely."
Without any further remark or apol-
bgy for calling I withdrew. A few
days later, when I passed the matri
monial exchange, it was closed. I nei
ther saw nor heard anything from the
agent for a year, when I was surprised
to receive a call from her.
"1 came to thank you for that oint
ment you give me." she said. "After
you left me 1 give myself a good rub-
bin' with it, then went to see my old
man. He's with me. and our younger
children are together again. That's
powerful good medicine. We use It In
our family all the while now."
FRIBBLES OF FASHION.
A Smart Hair Decoration Vagaries of
Skirts.
Another smart hair decoration is the
band, which will be worn in somewha'
different materials and for theeveninfc.
It U made of lace net caught at the
sides wilb clusters of flowers.
Skirts at present are little plaited,
though if there is any plaiting on the
skirt it is better to have it stitched all
the way to the bottom.
The hat of parasol dimension shows
masses of gorgeous plumes placed over
GOWN OF OOBDUBOT
the crown. A fringe of fur Is used to
edge the shape.
Corduroy makes many of the hand
somest gowns of the winter. The com
bination of heavy, and thin laces on
this cordnroy frock Is most effective.
JDDIC CHOLLET.
These May Manton patterns are cut In
sizes for the blouse from 34 to 44 inches
bust measure and (or the skirt from 22 to
80 Inches waist measure. Send 10 rents
each for these patterns to this office, giv
ing numbers, skirt 7238 and blouse 70S9. and
they will be promptly forwarded to you
by mail. If in haste send an additional
two cent stamp for letter postage, which
Insures more prompt delivery. When or
dering use coupon.
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ODDS AND ENDS.
Fashion Straws Blown About In Mid
season.
A pretty hat for reception or evening
wear has a crown of gold lace encircled
bj white marabou and with a band
or the marabou across the top from
front to back. The brim is faced wit'!
black velvet.
A striking suit is of rough ffnishec
fabric in black' and white stripes with
Insets of black velvet on skirt and coat
The collar is of white ratine with a
very narrow edging in black and red
Smart shoes of black patent leather
have uppers of white kid,, which ex
FUR TBIMMED OOAT ANT MUFF.
tend at each side in, points in imitation
of gaiters. They have crystal buttons.
Muffs made to matcb the coat are
much used by little tots this season
The illustration shows a pretty fur
trimmed coat and muff.
JUDIC CHOLLET.
This May Manton pattern is cut in sizes
for children of six months, one, two and
four years of age. Send 10 cents to this
office, giving number, 7267, and it will be
promptly forwarded to you by mail. If in
haste send an additional two cent stamp
tor letter postage, which insures more
prompt delivery. When ordering use
coupon.
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Cologne Water.
The following recipe for cologne wa
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one dram of oil of bergamot, two
drams of oil of lemon, two drams of
oil of rosemary, fifty drops of tincture
of musk, eight drops of oil of cinna
mon, eight drops of oil of cloves and a
pint of alcohol.
A Mean Retort.
Clara (blushingi-l Just beard again
from Jack. Maud -He writes a sple'n- j
did love letter, doesn't he? Life.
M"M"M M I i't Il l 1 M-M-M-M-'
WHEN UMPIRE R1GLER BE
COMES LAWYER, M'G RAW
WANTS TO BE JUDGE.
Cy Eigler, the National league
umpire, hopes to be a regular
lawyer some day. With this in
. view he is pursuing the law
course at the University of Vir
ginia. "If I discover I can't get
the coin as a lawyer I'll go back
to arbitrating," is the way Rig-
ler views
the situa
tion. Rigler
was work
ing a se
ries with
the Giants
last sum
mer. 1 1
was one of ,
the most
1 m portant
series of
the season.
Close and
p ec u 1 lar
ct rtot.kh. p,ays were
cropping out with monotonous
regularity. A goodly proportion
of the rulings were being de
cided against the Giants. Mc
Graw accepted the decisions
without a kick for a time. Final
ly Rigler decided a play against
the Giants that looked wrong to
McGraw. Rushing over to Rig
ler, he yelled:
"Why is the man out?"
"Because I said so," answered
Rigler.
"The same old reason," said
McGraw, "because I said so.
Why don't you brainy umpires
think up some other excuse?"
"We would, only we fear it
might overtax the brains of
some of you managers," answer
ed Rigler.
"So you expect to be a lawyer
some day?" said McGraw.
""That's right," said Rigler.
"Well, when you hang out
your shingle," said McGraw,
"I'm going to apply for a seat
on the supreme court bench."
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JOHNSON AND GREGG COMPARE
Washington's Great Pitcher Has Nat
ural Advantage Over Southpaw.
"Walter Johnson, the great right hand
pitcher of the Washington club of the
American league, has a natural ad
vantage over Vean Gregg, the star
southpaw of the Cleveland club.
Johnson's arms are longer than
Gregg's. A long arm helps a pitcher's
speed. Gregg is one and one-quarter
Inches taller than Johnson, but has five
Inches less reach." Johnson's reach is
seventy-two inches.
Gregg is six feet two inches tall,
Johnson six feet three-quarters of an
inch. Gregg looks much taller than
Johnson because he is slim. He
weighs 168 pounds, Johnson 190.
ICE BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Promoters Plan to Form Circuit and
Have Men Play on Skates.
An ice baseball league will be organ
ized by Lake Erie island fans if lake
Erie freezes over to such an extent
that there is the least possibility of
carrying out a schedule that has prac
tically been arranged. Teams repre
senting Kelley's. North Bass. Middle
Bass and Put-in-Bay islanos will be
Included. Norman Elfers of Kelley's
island will be president.
Baseball on the ice was successfully
introduced at Kelley's island last win
ter when a diamond and outfield were
staked off on the frozen surface of the
lake and several interesting games
played thereon.
King Donates Chess Prize.
The king of Italy has donated an
honor prize to the Italian Chess asso
ciation, which has arranged to bold its
fifth annual national tournament at
the Palazzetto delta Farnesina. In
Rome. The program includes a mas
ters' tournament and another for play
ers of the first class.
Schaefer Expects to Be Champion.
"Young Jake" Schaefer, who is fol
lowing in his father's footsteps, says
he fully expects to be the champion
with the cue in this country before
two years more have passed.
: WINTER BASEBALL NOTES
Paul Cobb, tike most brothers of the
great, is only a fair' ball player, even
though he did get nine home runs in
the Western league last season while
with the Wichita team.
Montreal next season will have a
deaf and dumb battery. Luther Tay
lor, former star of the Giants, is one
of the pitchers of the Royal statT. A
laute catcher. Fred McKee, has been
signed from the " New York State
league. ,
One thing Hank O'Day, the new
manager of the Cincinnati Reds, ought
to be able to tell whether the umpire
Is rotten or not, for has be not prac
tical experience? But, then, remem
ber that old story about the difference
it makes whose ox is gored.
George Moriarty, third baseman of
the Tigers, is a great booster of "Slim"
Caldwell, the tall New York colt
Moriarty declares that' Caldwell has
more stuff than Russell Ford and that
he should prove one of tbe most sen
sational pitchers in the American
league in 1912.
The Credit They Give You.
"What is success?' asked the man
with a liking for the abstruse.
Success," answered the cynical
friend, "is something that impels your
old acquaintances to smile significant
ly and remark. 'A fool for luck.' "
' . Poor Proof.
The Judge You say you consider
your husband Insane. On what do
you base your belief? " The Wife On
the frequency with which he deceives
me. - The Judge "- Case dismissed.-,
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