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SNAPPYSHOTS
RUTH may be stranger than
I fiction. but you do get odorod
pictures in tho latter now and
4 . ,::Lill. . . .
it is funny that darkies should be
Mo to set the dance pulled the
finite world s-tingle with Joy. and
amt all the adorable lilt- are the
of the plantation.
O O O
« 'n with the prance and let Jay be
:7 rnt'flfi'ted.
O O 0
I'm- of the bitter tragedies of my
--.:.r‘,K life is that whenever the
. .(vrnlmz arrives. and I am due to
l lii‘il the 6:45 a. m. train up. I can
\ - ways turn over on my pillow and
Q . » on sleeping the sleep of any good
-- ,1 lsxvabiding squirrel who doesn't
:nicipate arising and greeting the
saving water until April's alarm
\ Hrk goes off—
l'ut, whenever I get the oppor-
ariziy of having a nice old lie-in.
pianist in bed and all. at peace
ill my conscience and my bones
am it! I'm always wide-awake
, uls a. m., and all the counting
of millions of sheep hopping over
.linas of stiles never gets me to
. . -il-VO'5 again.
i . . .
than: is a tendency to believe that
m...- women are concerned men
,r- ml wax.
Don't you believe it.
:i is only when they love that
swv nro pliable.
:m woman can twist a man
.rnund her little linger. as the say-
.l i; goes. unless he's her devoted
lure.
O C 0
Any girl who stakes her chances
married happiness on reforma~
“on. the magic of her wheodling
. mrms and Ill those faculties er-
mneously attributed to wives is
more than likely to have a very
l‘lfi" awakening.
'i‘lm beau who is an indifferent
wn, :1 disloysl pal. a moral slacker.
». not likely to acquire any sanctity
www.m«readoverhim.
Brutee and pigs of single men
never make anything but brutesand
“('0th
o 0 0
Some of us live a lifetime and
find no one to love. . .
. no one
to respond. ‘
And some of us live a. lifetime-
unlovable from the cradle to the
grave.
O O 0
When a woman falls in love and
sets her own copyright on a man's
heart she becomes instantly ob-
sessed by all the instincts generally
credited to jailere. Janitors, Chinese
torturex-e. and any other tyrant you
like to mention.
' O 0 O
\Vhy should it be assumed that a
wanna born into the world has been
badly cheated if she gets to the end
of life's Journey unloved and un-
married?
Are there any guarantees given
away with a female birth certifi—
cate?
If so, I should like to know what
my folks were doing when they filled
in mine and sent it up to the head
office of the Female Babies' Life In-
surance Company.
They must have signed along the
wrong dotted lines. for I don‘t seem
to have had half my love and other
rights up to now.
0 O O
People are still arguing about the
perils of the low birth rate.
Well. when people give up sky-
scrapers. flats. crowds. congestion.
and other horrors relative to cities.
A d spread themselves out a bit
more. we can put our heads together
and talk all we please about depopu-
lation.
in the meantime. its “has right
down the car." "Move on," "Don't
block up the gangway.” "Let 'em off
first." “Take your place in the
queue.” "Take your holidays early
and avoid the rush." "Shop between
lo and 4." "Post early." eta. etc.
. v- ’ln extra allowance of sweet rea-
wtilibloneas just because he has had
We seem to have about as much
population as we can handle.
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THE FILM
FLAPPER
SAYS—
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a
V7
“ .1. last we've ”guy got sonne- presently soldiers appear in the off-
ing. lie. of_ course. is a deeerter.
and is dreadfully frightened. Ho
hides in a huge wardrobe that stands
in the living room.
"The. soldiers appear. and want to
search the house; she tells them
that there is nobody there. but they
search anyway. They tell her they
are looking for a deserter. Finally
they decide to leave: then. lust as
they are about to go. they see the
wardrobe. The officer in charge says
that they must search that too. She
insists that there is nobody there.
but he is equally insistent. _
“At last. when she realizes that he
is determined to search it. she, picks
up a revolver and tires three shots
into t wardrobe to convince him
that no one is hidden there.
"Then. after they go. she gives
way to her feelings. A stream of
blood trickles from the wardrobe.
She opens the door. and her boy's
body falls out. She gathers him up
in her suns.
“it's tremendously dramtio. every
moment of it. It's tragic. of course.
but it‘s a. wonderful little picture.
And Lucille La Verne proves M
she's a great actress on the screen
as Well as on the stage." .
thing news—that is. fairly
new -- in pictures.” “I"
"H‘mrod the Flapper JuWfi-U-
’lt'a the one-reel pictures that
\i'lll Sigh. the director. is msklnt-
l .-..w the first of thorn the other
:llt, :lnii it was “In” smt- Tb.
win audience was crssy about it.
Tlv-so are straight dramatic pic-
‘ man, You know: this one we a real
:\ marl The name of it is 'Among
Mlssing.’ The star is Lucille
i l Verne, the woman who is star-
:n: in “Sun Up’ on the stage here
wnv. You may Wr her—:2:
tial‘ed the wick 0 warns
. .rinnpped Dorothy Gish in Orphan!
" tlm Storm.’
“it's a. war story—that makes its
.1, Pros all the more remarkable. be-
illm everyone keeps ”“3 2:13;
public doesn't want war I. ‘
«xwmloys.
., this old Punch
in this storm , l ing.
woman's son is .
rim is broken-beam yet Ibo 100'-
'ri:.t hr‘r sacrifice has not been made“
'- min. became. after all. be ’
Liven his life for NI country. H
"Then suddenly he 1w 9
' lls hor a reasonable enoulh “or!
account for his
presence But
“hrlughts: .1”. m It BI. m
uho wore it mentally. '1‘“ ”“1
~nrcwd in bum mm W .
..- z m the meiosis» It W its
‘- 'rlrvir from cooks!“ w
Today's natal It“. . m.t‘n~
v.';ols°. An Old W m 11' -.
i’ will creek as a were”! 0‘ ‘9‘
ivromrhing denser: also 03.8; it it is
living from a w I) M It “m
strike the side it the M “ will
s‘rik- the hour -
Today's lucky color I. .3..- 'w . fl ” is
bring; good high to M w b ‘ ‘h “I.“
.man : . . - h . he sensual-shim
'i‘mlity's flower h m m m ~- .
Hooch we pride ourselv- on
I our Northern and hetero civ-
ilisation, We 'covm- our feet”
after the manner of the topic
noses of Asia and Africa.
We fortify ourselves against win—
ter's blasts with for wraps that
would well tent ea Molina.“
Lyrics
of Life
THE DAY YOU MARRY.
The day you marry (you. the babe
Ibo bone.
A woman now. a babe. alas, no
more).
Your mother‘s heart is like the see.
in sprint.
Sunshine and cloud. a hit of every-
' thing! .'
So proud she is of gown and form
and face.
With mother’s look. a bit of mother’s
lace.
Sogladsheisfwallthe years you
had
Together—yet today a little sad.
For even with the sunshine comes
the rain.
The day you marry brings both Joy
and pain.
Yes. like the sea in spring a moth-
er‘s heart
The day a mother and a. daughter
part:
Glad with your gladncss. yet in
hours alone
kid with a sadness that is all her
own.
God will forgive a mother’s heart. I
sue-s.
At such a. time a little bitterness:
For even on this day a thought re-
curs
Ofallthoyearsandlaborthat were
here
To mould the woman that you now
bestow
Upon this stranger you have learned
to know. .
Then comes'the sunshine. comes the.
loving thought.
This. after all. was all she ever
sought.
Your happiness: and now again she
smilel.
Forgets “the days to sepsmte. the
miles:
And then across her
knowledge leaps
Of lonely years to come. and then
she weeps.
You may not notice (daughters sel-
dom do.
The day you marry means so much
to you),
But. oh. remember.
should blur,
The day you marry means so much
to her!
mind the
if her eyes
A Corner In
Cookery
BREAKFAST PBEJUDIUES
HERE is no meal about which
we cling to so many prejudices
as breakfast. We speak of the
poor benighted country folk down
East who eat pie for breakfast. just
as if the habit betokened hopeless
ruetlcity. A man might eat raw
oysters, or caviar, or onion soup
and be considered only a. trifle orig-
inal but if he ate pie you would
probably put him down as a hay-
seed.
Your friend from 'way down.
South comes to see you and you
say: “I suppose he will expect fried
chicken for breakfast." Just as if
no one else in the world ever ate
fried chicken for breakfast but
someone from Dixie.
And only imagine—French people
sometimes eat radishes for break-
fast.
Here we sometimes eat pige' feet
and fried apples, wathes. and quite
often griddle cakes—dainties that
many folk might consider amne-
ingly lumpy-late for breakfast.
If you drink coifee for breakfast
you probably look aghast at the
friend who drinks tea. You don‘t
see how she condo it. thought you
would probably not give a second
thought to what she drank for
luncheon. — V ’
We read that the buxom Anne of
moves. one of.Henry 'VIII'a wives.
used to drain several bumpers of
me and eat roast beef' and kippered
hit for her breeflest. How could
any woman—e queen too—«set so
disgustingly? But‘that was before
the days of tea. coffee. or chocolate
and few adults: drank milk." What ‘
could the poor lady do but drink vole?
sands of the «Inert—ea ‘ that
would have been none too substan-
tial for Cleopatra. the Queen of
Sheba, or Salambbo. -
We wear stocking as a. emulsion
to conventions: taste. but the shades
still sponsored by fashion are quite
frankly those that giVe theisugges-
tion of bare skin—~61” b." eun-
kissed skin of an Oriental.
The choice of fashionable women
for evening slippers seems still to
be for the sandal—that is. the slip-
per that is cut down to the solo at
the sides. These slippers are also
worn in the afternoon to the accom-
paniment of stockings of the sub-
stance of spider webs. To be sure
there are some smartly dressed
women who insist on the substantial
walking shoe for street wear. Many
women wear sport shoes for every-
thing but evening. But there are
other women quite as well dressed
and as smart rwho prefer the high-
heeled sandal type of 0c. in season
and out. however the ads of the
clock may turn. -
New and dignified is a sandal of
black velvet. with fine silver or gilt
leather odgings and strap. Silver or
gilt leather is also used to cover the
high heel.
Another black velvet sandal slip-
per shows an edging at the top of
the vamp of rhinestones. which con-
tinue along the sole of the slipper
under the arch.
Black velvet slippers are chosen
by many discriminating women for
evening. '
A two-strap black flipper shows I
heel and back of velvet with a vamp
of brocadod velvet in red and black
or silver and black. Bead embroid-
ered slippers for evening have been
well liked In Paris. Cut steel and
rhinestone head. are used. and in
one interesting slipper ‘ beads of
coral were employed.
Some women still take pains to
have their evening diners made to
match the frocks with which they
are worn, though for more are cling-
ing to slippers of metallic fabric.
s
WISE AND
illmflnElFVlflflBli
I! MARY MARSHALL
REPTILE WEAR
F course you know that the
O smartest sort of afternoon
shoes are made of lizard skin.
with crocodile a close second.
Crocodile being a. bit heavier is
chosen for sportwear. Sometimes
the entire pump or shoe is made of
lizard with trimmings of other skin.
notably green kid and sometimes
the lizard is used merely for straps
and pipings. Block patent leather
trimmed with lizard is a. smart com-
bination. ‘~
To add still more to the distinc-
tion of reptiles in the realm of "3;-
gear there are serpentine or an e
buckles mod on theft-out of black
satin slippers. They are made of
rhinestones. gracefully curved. and
so constructed as to look for allsthe'
world like dangerously brilliant
snakes of some sort. '
BUCKLE \ MY SHOE
"One two. buckle my shoe." say-
the nursery rhyme—and for many
years the idea seemed a quaint one.
booeuse, shoe buckles had gone out.
Strap , slippers and pumps had
somehow driven the buckle-trimmed
slipper .to the wall ”and there it
seemed ‘likely to remain. Unqual-
tionably the buckle trimmed street
shoe is a nuisance. Buoldes are al-
waye settled loose when one. wells-
much and a loose buckle is soon a
lost buckle. For evening .allppers.
however. the buckle is more prac-
tical. . . .
In the first place there are enamel
buckles. p‘defloe which 8,5 . ..
appeals to the Parisian. Americans
recently returned from France .all .
seem to havs. $11100“me
ing enamel‘ elm! buckles :tucked
away in their trunks. if they have
not actually brought a pure!
bucklevtripmed slipper-a
Itisaclever’ideabousotwo
small buckles on each shoe. The
small rhinestone buckles that can
be bought at almost any shoe store
will answer the purpose. One is
putstthehaseoftheinstspinthe
usual position. Ribbon or leather
straps go amend the-ankle endan-
oither buckle is placed where the
straps meet in the front of the
ankle. '
By way-of a buckle little fans of
in W colonvaae used on
wants I; will have none
“u-rrw‘”
"White glass candlestick and new;
smaau'af silver was and We
embroidered in rhinestones and
beads.
WORDS THAT ANNOY
UISTINGLHSIiED profeuor
A of English and or; authority
on word usage in one of the
largest universities confesses to a
decided disiike o-' the word “can-
pleuon."
It I“ (mo of the words in the
language which annoy him the
most. The wan? was ai' right in
”<hakesperircs day-«ill right sev-
enty-five years ago—but the writer!
of advertisements for talcum pow-
ders. cold creams and lotions have
'obbed it of its old vigor It is their
stock in trade. Skin would be too
blunt, too brief. for their purposes.
’n the mean time this professor of
English finds that this simpler
word "skin" or sometimes “face”
can always be substituted in his
own speech for the word he— has
ome to d'slike. 3 .
A well-known artist has a dislike
for the word “figure." If you know
him. don‘t ever make the mistake of
saying that a certain women has
"a. good figure." Say she is well
shaped. well formed or that her
body has good lines—say anything
but figure. The dressmakers and
writers of trashy fiction have ruined
this word for him—that is so far
as applied to the human shape.
What word annoys you moot?
Have you a list of words that you
avoid? .
Ask any group of persons this
question and nine out of ten will
be ready with a prompt reply. Men
are more apt to have strong word
antipathies than women. so it would
seem, from the response they give
to the question. ‘
Here are some of the answers
that this query drew _forth from a
group of young men and women re-
cently. “Swell."——“ball" as applied
to a dance—“affair" as- applied to a
social function. Another one in the
same group had the same antipathy
for 'function" used in this war. and
the conclusion seemed to be that
the only word you could use now-a-
days was simply "party."
One young woman says she fairly
shudders at the sound of the word
"lover” when applied to a male
admirer and another young women
said she has the same antipathy
for "swoetheart." . ,V
“Wealthy" as applied to people
who are rich. "home" instead of
house. "kiddies" for children. “Babe
bath" for Sunday, all bad place gm
the list. There were as my who
felt a violent antipathy for the past
participle "gotten." as others. who
felt antlpathetic toward the simple
"got." '
THE MAGPIE DINNER TABLE
LES set entirely in black
and white have recently scor-
’ ed a point with women who
eagerly take up with the new fade
and fashions in serving dinners. Of
course there is usually some mem-
ber of the family to protest when
you first introduce the fed. ,I
looksras if the dining room had
gone into half mourlng’. is. the.ua—'
usl' objection. not ' when the
lights are lighted and guests W9
assembled the eutectic really any;
thing but somber. ' - ‘ “ 7
To begin with the table itself
must be black. Some women have.
gone so far as to have 'the‘ top of
aw-rtable ,. painted "and *Weléd
black. Another womgn‘hi- 33%
the idea. of covering her tfi e wt
black sateen. She had a' piste-
glass top for her table and she
simple placed the-sateen between
the top of the table and this glass.
White lees dailies or runners
are used on the blaok‘tabloto
There are. charming sets of black
and white dishes. but these arenot
necessary. Possibly a. set of,serv-
log plates in black and white may"
be obtained. But if thinnest
of the question. then use pure
white or. white with sold. I'or
the table decoration. use mine
white; ornaments of , some sort;
or bowl may be usedwlth itinck
early
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W. “amateur-Imago“...
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you'renotgoing. tostopm'llcny
resorted.
Ilse Cunpion was a brunette. tall.
willowy. a charming girl. everybody
mill. Yet thesewere ms. Campion
andDickatithammerandtoogs.
whenever they met. .
For instance. there was the qua-
tion of moving. Molly wanted a
larger bones. Dick »didn't. m-
Campion was appealed to.
"I certainly think if you want to
take but house. Molly. you ought to
bag it." said Miss Campion.
"I suppose 1 don't come into this
discussion at all?" asked flak sar-
castically.
"I was speaking to your wife. Mr.
Ray " retorted Miss Compton.
“Well. i'm speaking to you. You
keep out of it and lot Molly and me
light it out between us."
“Dick. you are poatively insolent
to Miss Campion," said Molly furi—
ously. ‘l won‘t have her treated in
stub a manner."
“All .igh‘. you and Miss Casnpion
pick out the house and decide upon
the rent. and what furniture we're
going to need to an it. and I’ll pay."
said Dick.
are of seeing you hareagalnf"
"Only love spate.” said Dick. 'Yoc
she looked at him in terror.
‘153-:: it's true, she said.
"Of course it’s true. You knob,
we care for each other. and we qua"-
relall:hetixnejusttomakemr~
elves stop caring.” '
“Oh, my goodne-i" walled lies
That ended that. They moved into Compton. ”What are we going to
the large house. and Dick bought the do about it?”
new furniture. And M as Can-mien :‘Nothing. I guess.” mid Dick
was Just as constant a visitor there
as at the old houne.
"I don't mind. Molly." said Miss
Campion. in Dick's presence. "I
don-K take any notice of anything he
"That's why I'm always mean to
you. That's what wives' friends are
for. I guess. Run away and forget
t. Here comes Molly!” ‘
Molly was coming along the street.
She to in at .he house. “Why.
Iris. dear have you been waiting
long?"
“Just got here.”
"Com in. dear. I hope Dick hasn’t
been rude to you?
“Oh. I don‘t take any notice 1!
Dick," answered Ila Compton con-
temptuously.
"No.’ sold Dick. bitterly, “i'm no-
body at all—only the poor dub ~who
”pays the bills."
"Yea," said Molly. ‘and he's the
meanest man I've had the misfor-
tune to strike yet. He thinks I can
feed us on ten dollars a week. And
as for new clothes—oh, what‘s a
t
.______.s,' r. s.
0 other enemy that confronts
us in our endeavors. entangl-
us with difficulties. darkens our
vision. chills our order and ulti-
mately blights our lives, is compara-
ble to doubt.
Under its depressing influence we
become as helpless as a broken-
winged dove in the presence of e.
thregte ng hawk. We become cow-
ardly, n rveiess. incapable. depressed
and unable to stand up and do our
duty.
The fire of faith no longer lights
our way or warms our souls.
We dread to face the world or
take part in its latest thoughts or
activities;. we shun the companion-
'ship of progressive men and women.
lost their presence disconcert and
make us ashamed of our weakneu
and uncanny fear.
We are doubters. shirking our ob-
ligations to humanity. inconstant as
the weather-cock. the observed of
all eyes. moving in circles. but never
arriving at any fixed destination.
We are not sure of our own he-
liefs. which we change now and then
to conform ‘ with the opinions of
others. so that we may be relieved
from the tedium of thinking and de-
ciding for ourselves. -
We prefer the slough and ruts to
Something to Think About
— Away With Doubt
W
the smooth. open highway. sweet
with light. cheerfulnem and invig—
orating air.
Ifyouwinthinkaboutihyou
will find that doubt is darkneI. in
which nothing worth while can
grow. not even man. endowed with
power to discri' minate the right trap
the wrong. and who does not know
himself. except the outward part of
him.whlchhegeesinhlslooking
glass.
Allthedoubtintheworidisof
man‘s own making. doubt being born
ofman: allthefaJthonearthcomee
from the asured heights of heaven.
failing like the rains on the Juatand
unjust. awaiting man's acceptance
or rejection.
Lay hold of faith and we ever-
come our dimcultia; merely touch
doubt and we succumb to it. evi-
denced today in the unrest of society
and its flouting of ancient traditions.
Let us away with doubt. its de-
lection. heart-sinking and depressed
spirit. Let us go about our duties
with faith shame. and nothing on '
earth can keep us from rising to
the glorious heights. Let us seek
the beautiful. the ennobling. the”
beatitudes of faith. intended to
lighten our cares and crown us
with blessings.
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