The Minneapolis journal. [volume], July 14, 1906, Page 14, Image 14

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Few Judicious Observations *'Knocking*' that
Country Life and Putting in a Plea for the Pave-
mentsCareful Balance Struck in Favor of the
Bus in Urbe of the Suburbs.
WERE just about to write a nice story prais
ing city life and knocking the country over
the knuckles when a sand blast of asphalt
dust sifted in at tie windows and settled in a gritty
(layer over the copy paper. Asphalt dust, like emery,
is not recommended by lung specialists for breathing
puiposes, but if it is all the street commissioner fur
nishes, why then, we breathe it and shut up. So we
start all over again to "knock" this country life.
Taking pencil in hand to let you know that we
arc well and to express the hope that you are enjoying
tha same great privilege, Uncle Pease's Anoka paper
is b'ought in and we feverishly tear it from its wrap
per IO see what is doing. There on the editorial page
stands Uncle Pease knocking city life to beat tne
Bobbmsdale trolley cars. He says:
"Live in the big cities in the summer if you please,
ibut oxcuse me. Breathe fetid air, filled with smoke,
with dust, with disease. Walk the paved streets with
their ninety and nine distinct odors. Sleep in rooms
"where sunlight and good air never enter. Bidev in
iBtreetcars, crowded and bad smelling. None of this
ifor me. Give me old Anoka with its shaded streets,
yhere the trees touch each other. Where you can
Stave a- summer house, catching every breeze that floats
jalong. Where you can have a garden filled with fresl
ftnd toothsome vegetables of every kind. Where all
{feature unites in singing songs and praises. Where
gvery breath you breathe brings strength and health,
ffihat's life, as I want it and can enjoy it."
I Now, wouldn't that fill you with indignation?
lmost any pleasant day when the city is full of
rustle, when life on the avenue is one round of in
erest and excitement, the natty form of Unele Pease
seen strolling comfortably up Nicollet enjoying the
ightStsnd greeting his numerous friends and acquaint
ces. Here and there he drops into a store and drags
a thousand dollars worth of advertising. When
is tired of this gay round of pleasure, uncle goes
ome and cicy life.
i No, uncl doesn't really think so. Turn him
nto his Anoka pasture without any city within seven
miles, put up the bars and uncle would soon
nursing a severe oase of that lonesome feeling.
Why my goodness, boy, people gravitate together
because man is a social animal! Everybody likes to
pee bustle, movement life, things being done, new
buildings, theaters and amusement parks. The noise
bf the streets is a grander note than the roar of
Niagara. After you have been in the country for
ifew weeks the odor of the streets is a sweeter smell
than you ever inhaled from the blossoms of the linden
fcree. The grand old asphalt dust puts the grit into
our bones. Ton can get your politics ready made at
ihe corner cigar store. There's music and flirting
the lake. I have never noticed that the rush of
city life makes the smile of your best girl at all
erfunctory nor is her appetite for ice cream sodas
Sit all affected by the propinquity of the great centers
1o population.
Lonelyville is located 132 miles away. Sometimes
^he cars stop there so the conductor may step down
rand consult his watch officially. After the train has
jjralled out you can hear the clock tick also the wood
^ick if the air is still, the sheep tick, and at 9:15
p.m. the bed tick. The same groceries stare you in
the face at the postoffice that you noticed there in
2889. Same old postmaster, too. The postmaster's
dog has thirty-two more fleas than he had in 1889,
ihowever, and Henry J. Hanson has painted his barn.
Otherwise no change, not even for a $5 bill.
The library up at the house contains "The Royal
Path of Life," "Diary of Amos Lawrence" and "St.
Elmo"' in paper covers. It is restful and the cream
is pictty good and the berries are right, but we are
now dwelling on the other side of the picture. The
handsomest engraving in the place is at the depot.
It is one of several and reads "Lonelyville to Min
neapolis." It costs you $3.96 and is called a ticket
to town. What it calls for is quicker and easier than
walking, but contains less exercise. When you use
it and reach the city, they tax you, and work off
Texas berries on you, and cream that has seen better
days, perhaps murder you, but the excitement is
worth it.
SSuJw AUy
Of course Anoka isn't Lonelyville. It is a neat
little city, but it is twenty miles away from the Real
.Thing. One of the finest bits of well-beaten and
traveled highway we ever saw was made by Uncle
{Pease in his hurried rush to get into Minneapolis.
The ideal thing is what our friend Horace Q.
#laccus, the poet, referred to about twenty centuries
ago as the rus in urbe, country life in the city. Horace
"(had reference to one hundred feet in the suburbs with
a cottage on one corner and the rest of the lot de-
In flavoring puddings-, if the milk is
flrich, lemon flavoring is nice, but if
the milk is poor, no other flavoring
Will make it seem as rich as vanilla.
For graham muffins take one quart
ot water, one teacupful of yeast, one
jeupful of molasses, take a spoon and
(jnake a good stiff batter with graham
jflour raise over night. In the morn
i ng fill the dripping pan with muffin
Tings (all greased, of course), and fill
jjthe rings not quite full of the batter
$ak in ihe ovon they are delicious.
Salt and pepper added to meat while
tfmcooked not only draws out the juices,
|but toughens the fiber. The seasoning
should not be added to a roast until
^he outside is well seared, nor to
ibroiled meat-untU ready to send to the
able.
Candied mint leaves are a great deli
fcy. Select the desired quantity of
^perfect leaves, spread on an inverted
Slave BMA stand in the air until slightly
dry, but not crisp make a syrup from
ft up each of sugar and water and cook
tintil it spins a thread lift the leaves
with a fine wire, and dip into the hot
Isymp one by one then set back on the
I'-merve, which should have been slightly
oiled, dry in the warming oven. These
jare delicious served as after-dinner
I bonbons. To make mint sandwiches,
take lady fingers, split apart and spread
with creamed butter then oover with
ciystallized mint leaves crushed to a
poTvder put lady fingers together again
s.~sd serve with the punch and cocoa.
On a teatable in a certain studio a
FROM ELIZABETH LEE
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2f Becoming Colors.
Dear Madam i Would you please tell
?ie what colors I can successfully
tSfWearf Also what kind of jacket r
*wrap should I get for summer? I am
gfl0 years old, 6* feet 5 inches tall, bust
I v2S inches, waist 25 inches and hip 40
"i inches. Have dark brown hair, light
[^brown eyes and gray complexion.
Btatdenon, Minn. E. T.
Ton afcould choose deep, strong,
vrtetm oolors, as rich wine red, golden
brewtts, deep navy blues and warm
fpum, if you would look your best,
unng the AgMer, daintier -shades by
vnqr of relief only. White is clearing
about the face, and there is no reason
jity jrps fhotktt not wear as entire
ta
What the Market Affords
little dish of orange peel, fresh and
oily, is placed at the tea hour. The
artist shows his guests how to rub a
bit of orange peel on the lump of sugar
that goes into the tea, giving an en
tirely new flavor. Of course, no cream
is used.
Now that apples are in market a
good dessert can be prepared as fol
lows: Pare and grate into a mixing
bowl a medium-sized tart apple, add
the white of one egg, one cupful gran
ulated sugar and pinch of salt beat all
together thoroly until it is white and
light as down. It will take from thirty
to forty-five minutes to get this to the
right consistency.
In making iced drinks for summer
beverages avoid having them too sweet,
a tart flavor will give better satisfac
tion. To make frappe, use the juice of
one dozen oranges and one-half dozen
lemons, one can of grated pineapple,
and any kind of fruit juice to color it,
sweeten, add enough water to make one
and one-half gallons.
Soda has many uses. A saltspoonful
of soda added to the tomatoes for
tomato cream soup will prevent the
milk from "breaking": a safeguard
for all cream soups.Silicate of soda
is recommended for preserving eggs.
Use 10 per cent silicate of soda and
90 per cent of water. Keep eggs for
some time in this solution. One barrel
of this will do for forty dozen eggs.A
pinch of soda added to the water in
which dried beans are soaked will
hasten the process wonderfully, with
out injuring the flavor of the beans.
white dress, if you so desire. The
three-quarter Prince Chap coat model
would suit you well, the material
either black silk or one of the shadow
plaids. Either will require a relief near
the face, and for this, I prefer ivory
broadcloth and a little gold braid. An
empire Coat will be equally becoming
if you like it better than the model
suggested. The sleeves should be very
full, as you require a suggestion of
breadth. If I can help you further,
I hope you will write,
Elizabeth. Leo.
The queen of Greece probably dis
penses more of what may be described
as "official kisses" than any one else
on earth. Every lady presented to
her witk whom she is on intimate
terms she kisses on the cheek others
who have not the honor of knowing her
iwell she kisses tat. the forehead
The Crop Destroyer
(Pessimistica Eilloffthecropicum.)
This Pest Annihilates the Crop (in his mind) Early lit
July Bach YearNo Matter How Healthy a Con
dition the Grain May be inA Dangerous Speci
men, Watch Out for Him.
voted to lawn, flowers, trees and vegetables. You
are not far enough out to avoid friends or taxes, but
you escape the city air and the dust. Here it is an
easy matter to extract potatoes, tomatoes and cucum
bers from the soil and people who have little regard
for others have even risen to heights where they keep
a cow. If the work becomes too hard, it is possible
to take a car and rest up at the skating rink.
O, there is always something to be said on both
sides. A. J. R.
HE COULDN'T RUN OFF WITH IT.
HE freaks were forming a club. The elastic skin
man had the chair.
"Next in order," said he, "are nominations for
treasurer. Has any one
The wild man of Borneo rose.
I nominate," he said, "the legless wonder."
FOLLOWING IN FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS.
VisitorDo you think baby is going to resemble
his father?
MaYes, I'm sure he is he keeps me up every
night.
ELLEN TERRY'S MARRIAGE
Ellen Terry's jubilee has brought up
the story of her marriage to Watts, the
painterthe one thing in her life which
has always been more or less of a mys
tery. That the marriage took place
and that a legal separation was ob
tained by Watts many years after the
pair had parted are about the* only facts
known to the general public.
Miss Terry was only sixteen when the
then middleaged artist fell in love with
her golden hair, her dancing blue eyes
and her graceful form. A woman who
was at the wedding says it was a sight
never to be forgotten as Ellen Terry
walked, or rather skipped down the
aisle on the arm of the dignified, dis
tinguished man, she looking like some
fairy from the realms of the sprites as
the sunlight caught her hair and her
roguish glance flew from one friend to
another.
Watts lived in a big house with two
maiden sisters, who managed his simply
but stately establishment with all the
rigid decorum which only English peo
ple seem capable of maintaining in
their everyday existence. This was the
home to which Watts took his bride, a
sunny-faced, undisciplined, wayward
child, reared in an atmosphere of Bo
hemia and totally unable to comprehend
the serious people who undertook to or
der her life.
Watts had an abhorrence of the stage
as a fit place for his wife, but Miss
Terry had already tasted of the excite
ment and success of the theater and
was not at all prepared to give it up
altogether. She was now removed en
tirely from any association with it, and
her time was purposely filled by her
husband with a succession of visits
among friends as conventional as him
self, and by humdrum domestic duties
when at home.
Watts was a man of great nobility of
character, but he was not broad in his
sympathies and was inclined to be harsh
and stern in his judgments. He never
understood Ellen Terry and had very
little influence in restraining her.
She played pranks all over the house,
to the open disgust and amazement of
the servants and she horrified the two
maiden sisters every hour in the day.
At last matters came to such a pass
that she determined to leave the house
and return to her life on the stage. She
managed to get her clothes out then
.she arranged her farewell with the con-
The Journal by
Allen of Milwaukee.
No. 14-Playing Dummy on a No Trumper.
The suit which the adversary leads is ordinarily
the one you should not pursue when you are playing
the dummy, as, if they have the strength, it is not
often that you can take many tricks in it, and by
leading off your strength in it you establish their
length.
However, it sometimes happens that you have just
as many of Jthat suit- as the leader has, and occasionally
even more, with enough high cards to make the con
tinuation of it profitable. In that case you should
play to win the first triok as cheaply as possible in*
your own hand, reserving whatever strength you
may have so that either now or later you may lead
thru the leader's hand, thus placing his high cards at
a disadvantage.
Avoid above all things leading off the winning
cards of any suit and establishing the rest of that
suit for your adversaries. Keep those winners till
the end, until you have established and made your
long suit then, having made the length of your suit,
do not let the lead escape from either hand until you
are sure there is no good card left there to make.
Many tricks are lost thru carelessness at this point,
and the player suddenly awakens to the realization
that the lead is in the wrong hand with no possibility
of ever getting it back again.
Finesse.
The word finesse means "taking a ehanoe," and
the object of the finesse is to nullify a good card in
the adversary's hand at your right. If that adversary
has not followed suit, there is no finesse.
When you and the Dummy together have nine or
more cards in a suit, with ace and king, it is not wise
to finesse, as the remaining four cards may be equally
divided between the adversaries and have to fall on
your two leads.
With fewer than nine cards you will probably
have to make some finesse, unless the suit is fully
established or set up.''
Never finesse without considering what will be
likely to happen if you lose. If one adversary has an
established suit ready to make and his partner has no
more, it would be folly to chance any finesse which
might let the long suit in. Rather, play to lose, if
necessary, to the partner who has no more he will
have to open some other suit, probably to your ad
vantage. Always try so to play that if the finesse
loses you will lose to that adversary who is less
dangerous.
When holding a tenace, that suit should be opened
from the other hand and the lower card of the tenace
finessed. If, in the other hand, there is a card as good
as the lower card of the tenace, leadfthat and pass it.
For example: Having ace and queen at the head of
a suit, lead from the other hand and finesse the queen,
with jack in the other hand, lead the jack and pass it,
if it wins lead again and finesse the queen. If the
jack loses the ace and queen are made good.
With ace, jack and others in one hand and queen
in the other, lead the queen and pass it.
When holding actf, jack in one hand and king in the
other, or king, jack in one and ace in the other, it is
usually wiser not to finesse the first time, as there may
be development upon the first trick, which will sug
gest to you where the intermediate high card lies. The
fiist lead may come from either side, but play so that
the lone high card wins, then the lead will be in the
hand to lead to the tenace at the second trick.
In finessing, the lead should generally be the high
est card in the weaker holding to the length of the
stronger holding.
When you hold king and queen in one hand and low
cards in the other, do not lead the king to force the
ace, but lead low frqm the other hand up to the king
and queen. If the ace liesj^, the second hand you will
either force it out at once, making your king and queen
good, or you will make the queen, whereupon you can
put yourself in on another suit and again lead thru
the ace.
Hand IS.
DEALER.
A. e.
A. 10. 4,8.2.
O 9. 5.4.
A.4.
PONS.
tf 10. 9. 6. 2.
K. 9, 7. 6.
OQ. 8.
10. 7, 2.
LEADER.
?Q.8,4,8 0 K, 7. 2.
Q, J. 8, 6.8.
?K.7
*J, 8.6.
0 A. i, 10. 6. 9.
K. 9. fi.
DUMMY.
North, the dealer, declares no trump.
Where Feminine Fancy Lights
summate mischievousness which char
acterized her. There was a big dinner
party at the house, as staid and formal
as the circle of people in which Watts
moved. Every guest was in place, but
the young wife had not appeared. A
servant was sent for her and all waited.
Finally she came, audacious and dim
pling, her graceful figure outlined in
pink tights. She made her bow and
fled.
Watts never saw her again, but for
years he cherished the hope that she
would give up everything and return
to him. He acknowledged that he prob
ably was very largely to blame, and
he never ceased to care for her.
FOR SOCIETY, BY SOCIETY
The first number of a new society
weekly, the Throne, has appeared
in London. It is a luxurious production
and its motto seems to be: "For so
ciety women by society women."
It has a bewildering galaxy of women
editors, two of whom look after one
page. The portraits of twenty-seven
of these editors appear in the first
number, with a note saying that it was
impossible to include all in this edition.
The twenty-seven include a couple of
princesses and a duchess. The remain
der are countesses and other peeresses,
with a few honorables and plain mad
ams. The contributors are of like so
cial distinctions.
It cannot be said that the quality of
the matter is as high as that of the ed
itors and contributors. FOR THE PORCH
Veranda furnishings tho necessarily
simple, have become matters that re
quire thoughtful planning. Just what
to get, and what to avoid getting, for
this portion of the house is at this sea
son a pertinent subject for the house
keeper's consideration.
A first principle in treating the
veranda is to select portable, tho strong
pieces of furniture to avoid all bulky
things and all upholstered ones, and all
shaky things, especially all three-legged
thing, for they invariably topple over
at the slightest touch. They are in a
state of constant rebellion at their own
abnormality, for legs of all kinds come
in pairs, and never in three, and to
build a table or chair, or a stand upon
three legs is to imperil the safety of
anything, put upon it. Three-legged
1'
ArtistHow much for the glass of milk?
PeasantOh, nothing much! You might just paint
me a little picture for itl
TRICKS
Bart South
Dummy.
B. 6.....
West
Pone.
Leader.
3 7
a.... 9..
10 ii 12.
2
7 0
4-
5
North and South score nine tricks.
tables of bamboo or wicker should,
therefore be debarred from veranda serv
ice. If breakfast is to be served there,
or tea, the first article to be selected is
the table. It should be of plain, un
painted or oil finished pine something
that will withstand the rain when nec
essary, for the table is the one article
which must remain practically station
ary all season. A strong kitchen ta
ble of the necessary size will be suffi
ciently good for the purpose. An ample
table cover of tapestry cloth, or cross
stitched linen, or embroidered burlap,
should be provided, that might be re
moved at night and restored in the
morning. Rocking chairs are not ad
visable, the projecting rockers being es
pecially a menace ^to the muslin ruffles
or nets that are so pleasing a feature of
the summer wardrobe.
MRS. LONGWORTH'S NEW PET
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth has picked
up a mascot in England.
Soon after her arrival in London she
started from Dorchester house one
morning to do some shopping. As she
drove down Park lane she saw two
small boys with a black cat, which they
were apparently trying to strangle with
a piece of string. She immediately or
dered the carriage stopped and jumped
out.
"What are you two young imps do-
ing?" she asked.
"Please, miss^ we think 'e's mad,"
said the elder, and we are going to
choke 'im, so as nobody can't catch
idrofoby from 'im."
"If you don't give pussy to me at
once," said Mrs. Longworth, "I'll see
that a policeman catches you."
The gamins immediately handed over
the kitten and fled headlong.
Mrs. Longworth, before resuming her
shoppinff tour, drove back with the cat
to Dorchester house. She has christ
ened it "John Bull," and has an
nounced her intention of taking it with
her to America as a mascot. 'John
Hull" is already devoted to his rescuer
and is introduced to all the aristocratic
visitors to Dorchester house.
For washing finger marks from look
ing glasses pi|t a few drops of ammonia
on a moist rag and make quick work of
it. Mirrors which are fly-specked should
be washed with cold waTer wnn then
polished with a chamois dipped in alco-
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North
Dealer.
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2 0
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3 0
4.
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Comment.
Trick OneLeader opens his long suit, fourth best.
Trick TwoDealer having two suits, of equal length
and strength plays for the one shown on the table.
Both suits require a double finesse to establish them.
Trick ThreePone knows by the Eleven rule that
his partner holds queen and jack of spades and one
round will clear the suit. Always return the higher of
two. Dealer holds up in order to exhaust Pone of his
partner's suit.
Trick FiveDummy leads hearts, wanting diamonds
to come the other way in order to finesse. Dealer
takes no finesse, which might put the hand with the
established suit in the lead.
Trick SixDummy finesses, hoping to find the king
at his right if Pone holds it he will be obliged to lead
either hearts or clubs, as he holds no more of his
partner's suit.
Trick SevenPone sees he will have three discards,
if he discards two clubs he will then have to discard
from his heart suit it is better to discard all of one
suit and trust his partner to guard the hearts.
Trick EightDealer will be obliged to discard one
club either now or later he discards it now to conceal
his strength and make his adversaries think he will
play for hearts.
Trick NineEast must keep a guard on his queen
of hearts and, as dealer may finesse the jack of clubs,
he must keep his queen.
Trick ElevenPone reads his partner with the
queen of spades and either the queen of hearts or two
clubs, so it is useless for him to cover dummy's jack.
Dealer must take no finesse, as East has two good cards.
ALMOST TOO CRUEL.
ANNER1NG gritted his teeth malevolently.
"Yes,"" he muttered, "he wrecked my busi
ness, he ruined my good name, and he stole from me
the girl I loved. But at lastat lastI am to be
avenged.''
A fierce light glittered in his eyes as he went on:
The fellow's sufferings will be^ terrible. I have
advised him to spend his vacation at the same seashore
hotel I stopped at last summer, and heha, ha!he is
already packing up to go."
I
fl&ta* mmES* Art &*
NCREDIBLE as it may seem, and regardless of the*
pooh-poohs of the doctors, there are two young'
men in our town who, by careful economy and by
sharing expenses,, can get along on $10 or $12 a day***
apiece for their food and still keep in good physical
condition.
"We don't care for any notoriety or special creditrf*
for our system," said one of the young men, diffi-_
dently. "We really don't think it is wonderful"
enough to talk about but if our experience can be
of any benefit to other young men who are trying to
make both ends meet*-and strH eat enough to keep
soul and body together, I will gladly tell how Henry
and I get along without overstepping our fixed
allowance.
We never allow our evening meal to cost us more
than $12 or $13. That price, of course, covers a quart
of champagne. The effervescence of the wine acts af
a check on any heaviness after the meal, and so adds
to a man's capacity for high thinking.
"We have but one quart between us, mind you
never two, except possibly, on holidays' or on Henry'
birthday or mine. But we always share the expense,
no matter what the quantity is. That is the strong
economical feature of our living together. Half the
*VE DON'T CAT^E TOR,-ANY
rWOTORlHT's:*
price of a quart, for instance, is less than the price
of a pint bottle, which a man eating alone would bo
obliged to buy. So what we save on our kummel, our
sauterne, and our champagne alone amounts to about
$1 a day. That is $365 a year, and just the interest
on that is enough to pay for three or four good maga
zines, which otherwise one might not be able to afford.
Our system has not blinded us to the necessity of
a little wholesome recreation. Henry and I go to the
theater, but never oftener than three nights a week.
The physical benefit of beingentertained in this way
is shown by the fact that Henry and I are always
hungry after the performance. But we dont think
of eating a regular meal at that hourjust a bite.
Sometimes it is a lobster or a little flaked crab meat
or a rabbit, with a mug or two of ale. Ale is a splen
did sleeping-potion.
"We have been living this way almost a year,
and are healthier and more contented than we ever
were before. Our only regret is that we did not begin
sooner. But, like all country boys who come to the
city, we had to have our fling before we settled down.
I can't help thinking how foolish we were in those
days, when we thought we must have so many things
that we have now learned to do withoutbreakfast
food for breakfast, brain-workers' food for luncheon,
health food for dinner, and heaven only knowB what
else."Charles A. Selden in the Century.
IN SHORT.
takes 3,000 silk worms to spin enough silk for one
lady'B dress.
Persons bearing the same surname are forbidden
to marry in China.
A bath twice daily is said to do drunkards good
by increasing their self-respect.
The largest topaz in the world, now in the Vati
can at Rome, weighs seven pounds, and has carvings
upon it that occupied three Neapolitan lapidaries
sixty-one years.
An Australian flower of the Nibiseng species is
often used as blacking, the juice squeezed from four
blossoms giving enough liquid* to coat a shoe witk
a fine luster.
The Collie Dog Type of Devotion
By POLLY PENN.
Did you ever own a Scotch collie dog
who loved youf
A collie falls easily into the way of
loving. By and by you can't step that
he isn't at your heels. If you walk, he
is close behind you. If you have been
away, he dashes to meet you with over
whelming joy. If you sit down, he
snuggles close beside you and is not
content unless his head lies on your
knee and your hand on his head.
Ignore him and he looks at you with
dumb, appealing eyes^hurt, loving
eyes that are almost humanand
thrusts his warm head under your arm.
There are times when this mute affec
tion warms your heart, but there are
other times when it oppresses, even
annoys. There can be such a thing as
too much affection of the cloying sort,
and many a time you wish "Roger"
or "Shep" didn't love you quite so
well, or would be content to love you
at a distance. It isn't convenient to be
always caressed, to be always expected
to fondle.
Now, there are people who love ex
actly like collie dogs.
They love you so much that you
can't get away from them. Their af
fection is of the clinging, dependent
sort. They know no way to express it
except by being forever at your side,
touching your hand, gazing with mute
adoration into your face, reflecting all
your moods^making themselves, in
short, merely an echo of you.
This kind of affection grows tire
some after a while. We do not become
attached to people because they are
exact duplicates of ourselves. As a rule,
some opposite quality, something com
plimentary in the other which our
own nature does not possess, draws us
together. And when this difference
ceases to be apparent and the other
becomes merely a weak, shallow re
flection of ourselves, their society
grows monotonous.
Also, we prize best that love which
is not continually thrust upon us.
There are times when the most devoted
man in the world would rather read
.his newspaper than tell his wife how
much he cares for her, or listen to her
protestations of affection for him. A
continual diet of honey is sickening.
The well-balanced mind soon craves
the stronger meat and bread of a ra
tional existence.
It is possible for two people to mtve
great joy in the knowledge of a mutual
seldom. That each pursues his separate
cpurse, doing his own work, enjoying
his own pleasures, thinking his own
thoughts, need make no difference.
As a matter of fact, this independ
ence of mind and life is likely to in
crease affection, because it strengthens
individuality, and no tie of affection
can be more binding than that between
two wholly independent, strongly in
dividual, yet congenial persons.
The collie dog type of devotion may
satisfy for a while but soon one is
sated with* it, and one longs for an af
fection which is no less ardent because
less servile and less oppressive in its
expression.
FLOWERS INSTEAD OF CRESTS
One more fad has seized upon girls
who have so much pocket money they
can afford to spend it on stray fancies.
The new idea is to select a favorite
flower and use in lieu of a crest on sta
tionery and other personal belongings.
Miss Mathilde Townsend of New York,
has selected the violet, and to her
chums 8he indites notes on highly per
fumed paper of violet tint with a few
petals of the flower on its surface. Miss
Harriet Wadsworth is partial to moss
rosebuds, and these are seen on her spe
cial notepaper. Pansies, heartsease,
heliotrope, all figure in this new fash
ion. The fad should be encouraged, as
a step away from the all-too-prevalent
snobbishness and toward democracy. For
it certainly is more American to have a
simple flower for a crest than to copy
the family bearings of some lackey
or thief who was ennobled by some
complaisant king centuries ago.
TJSBFTJli HINTS
When ink is spilled on a carpet of
rug salt should be poured on it imme
diately. The salt will absorb it and al
most entirely remove the stain.
The most practical use for old corks
is to make a-low fire burn up. Empty
spools are also good kindling, and
neither should be allowed to accumu
late in any quantity.
Remove the stains of old paint from
cotton or woolen goods by first rubbing
over the stains butter or olive oil to
soften the paint and then using chloro^
form on them.
The best way to dust a room is to
use soft, dry cloths and shake them out
of the window or use slightly moistened
cloths and rinse them out in water
when you have finished dusting.
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