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THE BOY PUZZLE
BV J .S. KIRTLGY
BY J. H. H1HTI.F.Y.
Ouunrlron Hue*
Two or hi* indispensable pow ers are
Imagination and Imitation. They
awake early and stay on me job till
toe la dead. With him imitation is
not limitation; it ia lite and enlarge
ment. Me is like the i hameleon that
takes Iff hue* from Its environment.
At the start, it I* blind impulse, au
tomatic at that, as he bobs up and
down and sways around on his
springs; grasps at everything tn sight,
from hts mother to the moon. and
makes a specialty of foraging for re
freshment*.
Soon he gets to imitating and never
stops. Nature was wise in ordaining
It so. That is the way he grows, for
Imitation Is appropriaton. He an
swers your stale nth a smle, your
frown with a similar frown, your lov*
With love, your hatred with hatred.
Hie doe* this at first without know
tag It, then he does it purposely, and,
by this time he has the habit.
He walks because he see* other
folks walking, likes thehdea and de
cides to take over the diversion, at
any risk. And the risks he runs are
enough. If be were raised among
animals he would probably walk on
at! four* and chatter or grunt as they
do; and perhaps, would consider his
occasional impulses to stand or. his
pastern joints as a strange discom
fort. And when he is brought up en
tirely with grown up people, he is old.
while young, a grown up before he
grows up. He plays, becauset—no; 1
suppose he would plav anyhow.
He Is a reflector long before the
reflective age, the tones and senti
ments and mannera/of people around
Him finding an embodiment in him
and a second expression by him. Not
that toe Is just as echo* He knows
how to wake the echoes himself; but
h* also knows bow to echo and he
does H. He never went to a circus in
tils life without wanting to get up
one at home, and be succeeds. At
tending fires Is one of the solemn
duties of his boyhood, and If domes
tic sentiment was hot too much
agpriwst ft, he would have them at
home; but attending to the fire is not
in bis line. He teams to swim by
watching others, and from the frogs.
He plays church and school; sings
and scolds; yells at the smaller mem
bers of the fsmily or community in
the same terms and tones that were
used on him—all a matter of reflec
tion.
It la not contended that be has only
imitation. . He has Initiative, also
referendum. He is original. It whs
a boy who saw the steam lift the lid
off his mother’s tea-kettle and got up
an imitation that has lifted the life
of mankind. If we could trace the
history of aeronautics, we would find
that some body started the scheme by
making a descent from the barn loft
loaning a ucacem irorn me uar
Igt 'i with his father’* umbcrUa tor a
PHI R
i chute, or some ,man has done tt. with
the gift if imitation cultivated so
carefully in boyhood. He learns to
apply the most recondite knowledge to
the most common conditions. After
giving a definition of the word •'ran
som.” and using the case of Miss Ellen
Slone as an Illustration, the teacher
told the pupils to Compose a sentence
having the word in it. Utile Jack
Walker would never have shown tlie
"pome” he wrote had not his nearest
neighbor told of it. And it rend:
“Away out west in the town of Ra< ine
a Tom Cat sat on a sewing machine.
The wheels began to buxz and the cut
began to wall: for it took nine stitch
es injthoend of his tail; and the cat
ran some.,”
There are some things a boy natu
rally imitates with more or Ices ease
simply because he is a boy; then there
are some things he imitates at one
•(age, and others at another. %Ther«
may be an unspoiled, but not an un
solled, simplicity of boyhood. The
dainty little girl will keep her white
drees and pink ribbons up to the stand
ard of the angels whom she imitates;
f white the dirty riTtTe Coy
TiTTIe boy emerges
from the puddle where he lias had a
good time with his friends, the pigs,
whom he imitates, when he' can.
His words betray him—odd words,
big words, long words, lurid words.
They show -thetr-orlgtn.—me waiting
bey In the reception-room of a
wealthy and cultured Bostonian made
me feel that 1 was talking to the W.
and C. B. himself. A newsboy of Mr.
John £.. Sullivan's town, with only a
month's experience, wus heard to say
to another newsboy: “William Scott,
If you corrugate your brow at me in
that manner again. 1 will temporarily
deposit my papers upon the sidewalk
| - and cause the blood to coagulate un
%*' der your left optic. Hear me WU
f:' Ham:” Words that express strong
f. feeling, in a picturesque or acrid or
a* even profane way, appeal to him. And
|f; slang Is his favorite vehicle of expres
sion. He can remember alal he hears
- and reproduce it. ft is the objective,
the active, the large, (hat wins him
• at the first
< He imitates actions as well as
v word*; gather the ideals as well as
actions; most of ail feels the spell of
compelling personalities Those two
tads, sons of Jack Abernethy. United j
States marshal for Oklahoma, who
rode horseback all the way from Ok
lahoma to New York to serve on the
reception committee when Roosevelt
was welcomed home from Africa, en
.joyed that trip far more than if they
! had if aim Ina pataca car, because. their
' adored Teddy and their pa were
' Rough Riders. He la a hero worship
er from the beginning. It is the man
he imitates. He would rather be like
some fascinating man than be an an
gel— for a while at least. In the first ;
stage, from one to six years, it Is au
tomatic and Impulsive and what ap
! peals to thosP impulses ne imitates.
During the next stage the impulses
get diffreuRated. He is a natural in
surgent from eight to twelve. The
strain on him is lerrltis as his habits |
i get formed. It must have been of j
the boy at this stage that Carlyle is i
: credited with saying he ought to be
brought up In a barrel, and fed |
through the bung hole. But it was only j
Car.vle w ho said it. He never had a ;
boy, though his father did In this j
second stage he la forming habit.
In the first stage he Imitates ao i
lions; In the second stage words and I
the states of mind behind the words;
In the third stage, though he imitates j
less, he patterns after their ideals and j
! social habits.
Rack of all this imitation is the ;
' hunger and thirst for completing him
i self. It shows the truth of the old i
saying that example is better than ]
j precept, because it contains both and
! make* them practical. It ts better
; than punishment. If those In (Jiargt
j of him are wise they will: 1. Take ad
j vantage of his impulse to imitate and
give him the play that will develop'it.
2. in his next stage they will make
the play more or less dramatic, al
j ways accurate: w'ill awaken Interest
i as well as impulse; attract, draw .
! rather than drive; aim to give him
i what I* imitatlde in thought and words
' and character.
3. In the latter stage give him com
radeship that Will butld hi* character.
; Almost every criminal could have
i been saved from crime by a proper
appeal to hts instinct of Imitation.
I Words, actions and people must lie
'worthy of his imitation.
—
FIRST MOURNING j
MUST BE PLAIN
7,pa.at Polish in Material Employer
Would Denote Either lgnor
aikie or -Indifference.
i Some confusion seems to exist as
I to what white materials are correct
for first mourning. tie It said that all
; must be plain, and that those with
I dull finish alofie are proper. Shook
I there be the least polish in the An
1 ish, the stuff instantly ceases to he
mourning, and to choose it denotes
either ignorance or Indifference,
i There are two trimmings only, or
i three. Including hemstitching, if one
j calls that trimming, which may b<
worn. They are white English crept:
, And crepe Use, the latfer more com
j monly called "wash blond." This U
’ really wash Brussels net, and is en
j tlrely plain, yet thin enough to serve
I as a decoration, it may he cut Into
i strips of flat bands and similar scrips
j are gathered into ruftles, leaving the
(edge plain, it is extremely pretty for
summer, and launderi beautifully,
j English crepe is that used for mourn
j ing veils, and comes In w hite as well
i as black. Cords or bands of It are
, charming on dressy frocks.
Hemstitching is always good form,
and hands of thin lawn, hemstitched,
may be worn at collar and wrists, even
by widows in deep black. The width
of the hem denotes the depth of
meurning, those for widows being
wide, while slighter mourning takes
only a narrow hem. These mint ni
be trimmed in any way.
All plain materials are suitable in
! w-ash goods, but no embroidery, even
j of the simplest, may appear for Hr.it
! mourning, however light it may he.
j Lawns. linens and muaUnaara-correct,
pbift Tf those with black lines are sug
| (rested they at once become second
! mourning. Frist mourning must be
all black or all white.
Silk materials are made now in
white, with the same dull finish that
i sto be found in black, und is strictly
mourning goods. It. has the merit of
dyeing well later, when colors may be
put on.
A girl correspondent recently asked
me If she might near a white lace hat
in first mourning. Decidedly no, but
one of plain Brussels net, either white
or black, would be good, and also pret
ty, the material lending Itself to mif- i
Itnery.
HOSANNA SOUTHER.
The South Dakota pastor' who in-1
slated on celebrating Fathers' Day
made a great hit, • The papers are
taking up the idea. Why should not
Fathers’ Day b# celebrated as well
as Children’s r*ay and Mothers’ Day.’
Why should not the preacher, once a
year at least, preach of the angelic
virtues of the man who Is a long
suffering husband and a patient
father?
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NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD COX Al RMt> Rsttm*
Well Known Daughters of Famous Men
i Copyright. 1910 All rights reserved.
\ MISS ANNA STANNARD.
Several weeks ago. at the
Shaftesbury Theater, In Lon
don, a special matinee was
given one afternoon for the
benefit of the English Actors’
Church Union. There was a
goodly number of titled per
sons present, together with
many English professionals,
and scattered throughout the
typically English audience
there were here and there per
sons who were undoubtedly
Americans tvho had come to
London for the season.
To them the moat interest
ing feature of the performance
w'as the work of an American
aotresB. Miss Anna Stannard.
who gave the second act of
' Medea" with impressive force
and won golden opinions in
this trying role, which ha* en
listed the histrionic power of
many of the greatest actresses
in the world.
There were those in the aud
ience who remembered Miss
Stannard’a appearance in
America. She is the daughter
1-ouis, Mo., who was at once
time mayor of his city—a man
of marked originality and ex
ecutive force, it 1* from her
I ...
Brown Potter and Kyrle Bel- <
lew. She was also In the firat i
production of "Lady Winder- |
mere'* U’an.’
In January of 190*1 Ml»*
*8tannard appeared In a re
cital at the Waldorf-Astoria,
and aoon afterward ahe de
parted for London, where the
has lived ever since. She has
appeared there frequently at
drawing room entertainments,
her Koaettl recital at Leighton
House being particularly suc
cessful
In private life she Is the
Wife of John Hubert Robins,
the aon of a Birmingham sur- 1
geon.
Ulss Stannard Is a clever
writer. Her article on a re
markably carved crucifixion,
Which expert* believe to be
one wrought by Michael An
gelo and which mysterloualy
dlaappeared from the priory
at San Splrtto aoon after It
was presented to the prior,1
contains this admirbale eatl
mate of the great scutntnr:
“Michael Angelo'a chosen
Ideal was one of action. He
Invariably fixed upon some de
cisive moment which suggest
ed th one preceding and the
| father that Mias Stannard
■ thAflra which- makes her Fn effective on ITic
stage.
Miss Stannard made an enviable place for herself
__on* to—
on the New York stage. Among other play* In which
she appeared was the production of Dumas' "The
Queen's Necklace" at Daly's Theater with Mrs. James
Dressmakers Designs
Wardrobe for Seashore.
Dressmaker's Bureau;
Will you kindly- suggest the kind of
a wardrobe required for a two weeks’
stay at the seashore, and how to make
, MtltV *
I have a white rnessoline dreSS, em
pire style (slightly soiled), a white
duck skirt, a three-piece blue linen
’ suit, a white lawn dress, also two
cloth suit* and a long tan coat. 1
; am going to stop at a nice hotel and
w'auld like to know what else I shall
need. 1 am twenty-one years old, five
! feet six inches in height, slender build,
fair complexion, brown hair, shaded
; or drab, and blue gray eyes.
E. M. J.
i The white messallne must he clean
: ed and then it will come in for wear
! at hops and evening generally, (let
! two plainly tailored blouse* to go with
j the white duck skirt and provide your
| self with smart neckwear and belt to
complete a morning costume. The
I blue linen suit, when perfectly fresh,
! may be worn afternoons and may be
• finished out for mornings in turn with
I the white.
A skirt belonging to a cloth suit and
! a plain shirtwaist will be welcome on
a cool day; also for tramping and
! boating in the mornings.
| The white lawn drees is for after
noon, and you may add a pretty but
simple frock of cotton voile, mull.
I either plain or Jacquard, or any of
the thin *UJfy looking, fabrics.
You can add a dainty organdie or
dainty frock to the list if you choose.
Home girls leave home with lots of
pretty toilets, while others manage to
look well with only a few. I think
one should be. supplied, with smart
. and up-to-date accessories at the ave
1 rage summer resort, by way of belts.
1 neckwear and summer Jewelry. The
1 latest coiffure, if It is becoming, is
another factor that makes for suc
cess at these places, and it is far
more important than the latest cut in
gowns.
Would Make Over-Blouse.
Dressmaker’s Bureau:
1 venture to ask "you whether you
could give me some advice on the fol
lowing: I have a five-gored skirt like
enclosed sample which has two
flounces. I would like to know whether
I could take the flounces and combine
them with silk to match and make an
over-blouse, or any other waist you
would suggest. The flounces measure
seven and a half inches, tapering to
three Inches. 1 would like a fold of
Silk on the sfcjrt, to take fhe plain
look off. What kind of d guimpe
would im suitable? Also what kind
M&flQfc,.Should- J
how
are: Height, live (eat two Inches: bust,
thirty-four, an.l waist, twenty-five.
r. m. k.
1 am afraid if you take bottf flounces
off the skirl will look very platn. True,
you could trim with a band of platn
silk, but ae you are not very tall 1
am afraid you would find the addition
very unbecoming. I should feel in
clined to let the lower flounce remain
and use the upper for a small jumper,
' probably with waist and short sleeves
(cut in one. The neck could be cut
low and edged with a band of wood
brown silk, and where the sleeves were
possibly Joined the seams could he
covered with f<dds of the silk going
around the arm. The "belt could also
j be of the brown. The Jumper may
i be cut to better advantage in surplice
effect. In that case trim the edges
; with a fold and connect them with
black velvet strappings between waist
and bust line.
The gutmpe could be of lingerie,
seeing that there is white in the de
sign; but for more dressy wear {
should like ecru net or lace, the collar
and cuffs piped with pale blue.
One am) one-half yards of silk
should, be sufficient for remodeling,
and the amount of work is certainly
not a great deal. ■ ■ ■
ELIZABETH LEE.
SUNSET MEDITATIONS
Someapeopie are plunge^ to their
heels Inwthe sea of society—and they
happen to be hoels down. Their keen
est Joy come* when tn ,«p arms of
some foul-mout
la that oi
or a gentlemen, and' who will
lead them In a dizzy swirl of a B-cent
honk-a-tosg down In Jungletowtp
Keal society is the aristocracy of
brains and g< mines*. If you're out
side a kingdom like that, there's a
reason. - - - ow -I
Two zones in society—and a clear
boundary between them. The upper
sone Is a region where the very beet
are at east. The nether sone 1* where
the very worst are free. Should you
And yourself in a sphere where that
man or woman without ambitions, re
finement, a definite aim. Or moral de-'
cteton feel at ease, you get out—and
do It Quick!
To do one’s very beat and fall. y<
preserve one s faith and courage^ i
to score a triumph which'success -
tn* iokut ,. f k. _ i__av. »•
r “ wijicn
th^ co»t of honor known nothing a
1U sa ss t H J _ „ AS_A s •
Weal and perfect
tlonal. It Is utterly'
taken
(should be untrue. It believes and
trusts In spite of doubts 'and fears.
The fact Is. these very things fan the
coal Into a consuming Atmts. The
eidleweis Is an Alpine plant that Is
I a,) the more beautiful when nursed
j by the storms and tempests. It blos
soms In eternal snows and gathers all
Its real beautv from the storms. There
; Is one kind of love, and then there Is
another. .There Is a kind that gets
! grandeur and beauty in proportion
[ to the appeala that would make It
; doubt. Love le measured by
j fusala to accept an ary
. would make It disbelieve
The Jerusalem Ncwspapc
Remarkable changes have
I piece within the last eighteen momna
!in the newels ,»er press of Jerusalem,
j The newly accorded freedom of the
| press dittng from the fall of Abdul
Hamid and the establishment of con
stitutional government in Turkey, has
called Into being six Arabic and sev
eral Hebrew dally papers. As yet, no
dally Is issued in any European lan
guage: there are, however, a few
Herman weeklies and monthlies Only
those who. like our missionaries In
Beirut and other parts of the Turkish
empire, have experienced for years the
vexatious and often entirely gratuitous
Intel ferences of the censor, can
quately estimate the difference
tween then and now. This new
dom to print will surely have «
mendous Influence upon the future of
Palestine Let us pray that there may
be no yellow Journalism in the Holy
ToivwfT . ...&
- - I .. II I II, . , I MMT*e Ij
• ‘‘TT‘« t»T .collected^ fjronL saloons U
ortly |l675do per year; and It costs
(100.000 per year to polio# our city,
and the saloons get at least three
fourths of their attention," said Dr.
J. G. Poe, a physician of Dallas, Tex.,
to a representative of a Naahville
dally paper a few days ago. "We
have over, >00 saloons in Dallas," said
the doctor, "and they have kept our
new (17,000 Jail taxed to its utmost.
As a line business proposition some
of the taxpayers are beginning to aee
that the saloon la not a paying
sltion."
Points for Mother*,
ft valuable article of
me prevention of constipation, mean
fat is more easily digested than the
fat of butcher's meat.—Home Chat.
Sugar is a valuable foodstuff for
children, but It should he aaten with
moderation.—Hama Chat, v
mSSM-jsrSk «
Before They Go Fishing Girls i |
Must Guard Against Sunburn
Powder and Cold Cream Are Necessary and Protection for the Neck
Must Be Provided by Ty ing a Big Silk Handker
chief About the Throat.
Flatting, on* of the beat sports in
which a girl may indulge In the sum*
mer, must be arranged for, if neck,
face and hand* are not be aarcrifloed
to ravages of the sun. Not only are
powder and cold cream necessary,
but special protection for the neck
muet bfc thought out In flatting, one
bends the head so much as to leave
the back of the neck exposed to the
sun, and there will be a decided tine
of red unless one is careful.
The best way of preventing sunburn
of the neck le by wearing a big silk
handkerchief. Arranged with an eye
to effect. It can be made tw look very
well. It should be put on comerwlee,
the two ends tied in front In what
fishermen call a “square knot." Even
if a linen collar 1* worn, this should
be over It, but with euch a bandanna
an under collar la not required.
A face veil would be scorned by any
true devotee of fishing, end so the”
complexion must be otherwise pro
tected. I ltke a cream {nadeby mix-}
lng any cold cream with powder i
magnesia, forming a thick parte, i
Magnesia is cooling. In putting this!
on. not only is the face to be treated.!
but the ears also, the neck behind i
them, and under the throat.
Those who object to cream with
grease will like one that is made by
melting an ounce of beet Russian isin
glass in two gills of rose water, add
ing a tablespoonful of glycerine as
soon as the first two ingredients are
mingled. Thta is penetrating to the
pores, and there le not enough oil to
affect a greasy complexion.
Hands, being more exposed than
any other part of the skin, most be
correspondingly cared for. Nothing. I
I think, equala the wearing of cham
ois gloves. They will get soaking wet.
of course, but even so. If cream has
been put on, there will be’neither
freckle nor red afterward. Chamois.
has the advantage of not binding thei
hands and is not Injured by water. [
Before putting them on. cold cream i
Is to be applied thickly to the backs j
of the hands, and the nails should be ,
lilted until the hqllow they make has:
been brought up to a level with the ‘
linger tips. Too mpah cream can-!
not be put on. A grease is essential
for this, as constant wetting would
dry the cuticle badly, and cream pro
tects it.
On returning from the sport, all I
skin which has been greased should i
be wiped off carefully with a lotion
made from equal parts of cucumber
juice and tincture of bensoln. Done}
with cs -e. this will remove all tbe
cream, tnd a final application of the'
lotion way be made, for It la-aatrm*
Cent and bleaching _
MARGARET MIXTBR.
Grandn tocher's
I* had a perfec'Iy lftWly time
At Betttkin'e birthday feast.
It'wasn't because of mV clothes,
cause It rained.
And . wasn't dressed tip In the least.
But I think It was 'cause of the time
i that I spent .. ..._i
With (.tandmecher, dear, Just before
■, i went.
I
Tou ere, she told me 'bout "Sunshine
Bttb,”
To use when a thing goes wrong.
Right after a thing that’s unpleasant,
you know. .-.—
Is the place where the "Buts” be
long.
And she, asekd me If I wouldn't try
them soon,
And I promised I would, that after
noon.
So. when I found that the clock was
wrong.
That clock that stands In our hall.
I said,' “I am, late, 'But'—poor Gladys
has mumps.
And can't go to the party at all.”
Ann Jt s'prised me to feel so much
better. »o cutck.
Though, of course. I h-as sorry- that
Gladys was sick.
At the party, one girl had the
darlingest curls-,
‘ But” ‘twould hurt when the comb
went through!
And Elisabeth's sash was tots bigger
than,
“But"—mine was the prettiest blue.
And the prl«K for the game didn't
come to me.
“But”—Billy Boy won. and he's
lame, you see.
When nurse came for me. T hated to
go.
"Kut”—at home I should And papa.
It waa awful dark in the streets cut
side.
So I'm going to try them, the whole
f "Rut"—I eaw such a lovely star,
of the year,
These "Sunshine Buts" of grand
mother. dear.
—Selected.
■The conditions of a woman's Ufa
favor hysteria and aptte. say* a writer
In a contamporary. and it needa all
the aweetneas of woman's nature to
combat these unhealthy Influences.—
Woman’s Life.
PRETTY. USEFUL APRON
IIT MRi. TORO.
There are few women who are not \interested In aprons of some kind,
and when utility and beauty are so ewer*'* combined, as In the model of
fered, It is sure to prove attractive. T (tern Is cut in one sine only,
but Is so arranged that It will lit any v. ran whose bust measure is be
tween thirty-two and forty-four inches It can also be said In favor of
thla design that It Is most economical to make, and it require* only two
and one-half yard#-of
goods twenty - seven
inches wide.
After the good* are
cut. cut the apron 1*
Very little trouble to
complete. The body
and skirt portion are
finished separately by
binding, facing
hemming the cel;
and they are then
Joined at the waist
line under a belt of
the material. At the
hack_It.la_held In
place by a tie of the
goods or by ribbon.
Two good-slied pock
ets. arranged op eith
er side, add much to
its usefulness. An
apron, such as talked
of. could be made aa
plain or as elaborate
as desired, and which
it is to be should be
determined by the
purpose far which It
la Intended.
A fancy apron, to
be used for sewing
would be pretty devel
oped In fine linen,
lawn, batlatg or croaa
bar rouslfn. and fin
ished with an edge of
lace or embroidery.
Hie pockets would be
effective If composed
entirely of strips of
Inssrtlon, and the belt
»nd ties could be of
■vhits or colored rib
yon. A charming lit
tie apron that could Mi* f B 111 '111
be worn about, the t I '
house In the morning '/III All
and one that would ; *. I Je ■] 1H1
stand frequent rub- I B iH fill
hinge, without injur- I*4H R|||!
Ing U. could be made ^
Ginghams. chant- * "
brays 'and percales .. .■•■. . : . .
will give satisfaction Cl/f D
developed after this ■
model, and should one I wlWJ0
wish to have the '■ " ..
apron longer, a broad flounce of the- goods can be added to the sjkT.t at
the lower edge. i
VIRGINIAN PATTERN.
Name