Show i i I i j r ji f iL The Kind of Presents t That Men Give 1 i ml t I fATEATABLE TALK < J a At an afternoon tea on a shady plaza the cvcr Y the conversation turned to diverting Great Masculine as It sometimes I i some-times wJII when two or three femlnlnes are gathered together A girl usually divides the men who are attentive to her Into tvo classes t and to the glvies said r the stlngles woman as she a popular young J dropped another lump into her tall II glares of ten 4 Some of us looked bewildered andS and-S slip went on to explain e You see1 there aro some men who Lr j appear to be very devoted slaves They y wll come to tea with you as often as 7 you Invite them and swear that the 1 jdlvaniri your den Js the happiest cor ncr of t the earth to them They will dance with you at a cot llllon but they will never co-t you to t < one because that means flowers and a fr carriage Jh other words they are perfectly i per-fectly delighted with your society as long aa it docs not cost them anything I These are the stlnglcs r and their 1 I name IB legion On the othpr hand as a blessed offset j off-set are the sUics and they are just the rilcost lien In the world rm iYauarc aJmost afraid tomention a new book In thepresence of a givey PQr tt13next morning it will bo lying on tha halL table when you come down to breaktnstrvtle always waits to see If you have an engagement for the play before he makes his own and ho strews rap yoilr path wllh Mowers and candy mu But alas broke In a fairhaired Southerner with a faraway look rt there is such a fault as being too Utl h4 l giveyNever Ta Never marry a naval officer my sweet children said a married woman iD wo-man no matter how givey he Is Je unload yjau have a better knack of bear J m disappointment than I have When Jack sailed away to South America ahfcMeft me three months lit utur we were marrled I dried my eyes Irj with the thought of what lie would ZI bring me when ho returned Ill have forgotten what I hud particularly n t in ticularly set my heart on but when at tho end of five long months he came Cal home preceded by three huge boxes my hopes rose to the boiling point to Shut your eyes little woman he r Raid tearing away at the boards of the smallest box and guess what I have for you I could l hear the straw being pulled out In great iandfuls and I guessed everything from a hot of china to a livo South Sea Islander when In atone oC triumph I was told I might open my eyes They > rested upon a pair of horns taken from tho head of some wild South American creature or other Only his look of perfect and entire satisfaction and pride In the selection of a preaent for a young wife helped me to control my feelings and bay In a ncmlquoverlng voice Uhey will look lovely over the smokingroom mantel II But that Is not all he said pcr pectly oblivious to my struggling emotions emo-tions Once moro my hopes rose Once more I shut my eyes and guessed mHI0nce Once more I opened themto a pair of horns larger more hideous even ii than the llrst I felt as If I were losing I my mind Wherever I looked horns horns horns rose defiantly before me until they seemed to tilt the en the loom OW what do you think of those 1tN LZ x I I a r try d r mil r + nttYlf i r I r t r rr eta v 1 g I I Jill I y I t j i fI r t i w Sr f 7 I k t Gc r na 1 Dinner gown In Mance Crepe do Chine trimmed with applications of I guipure lace the waist is trimmed with a design in black velvet ribbon falloxvs ho said Monsters aint thy finest pair you C ItlaW oh T5 u Fine I echoed tfalntlx and made I a meek suggestion about the front hall being the proper setting for them But wait he shouted throwing off his coat and attacking the third It = and largeHl box You latent scan the blgg ci81 sur cnU1 n rlHe of All Noxv guc Bi I cnf Horns r murmured weakly for strength and Inclination to dissemble further had loft mo a i Jack dropped Ute hatchet and rose I 0 I to his foet i it Somebody told you ho wild furlS furl-S ously I know it was Ton lIn and Ill break every bone In his body fo being pt r such a nnmrt Alec < i IVVndlld you never cure him Mrs Norton asked tho quiet Bid Nevttr my fhlld WAN the answer f ten are dlHAppolntiiiKr orcfttur II hut when you reach my u 6cthe use oL JIIIIIIIIII loiU Illuslong you will nnd there Is one Ideal at leutlt l which may be rwil t o I lard dallya reed dint 4 qr i a s I 7T 5 f 1 S I j i I L > 6 r i4 0 h I O ti H 5 77 v X J j J U dc Iip7q cJ rr cl 1 t 1 t r l r r O 1 1 + J S r Ii p 1A A I This is a house dress of embroidered niousselfne trimmed with lace flounces The lower part is of niousao hue d6 sole with bands of lace upon it which aro very light and transparent in effect |