Show Perversity o 0 By Beatrice Fairfax Fairfax I Yet I am nm not more sure that thai my soul lives than I am nm that perverseness Is one of the tho primitive Impulses of oC the human heart one heart one of or the Indivisible primary faculties faculties fac fac- or sentiments which give give direction tion to the character of or man Edgar man Edgar Allan Poe VERY one knows bettor better than titan ho he acts EVERYone EVERY A girl who has been trained In E wa ways s of oC wisdom and discretion knows she sho should not u use se ie slang She knows a slang word is 19 the clown of or conversation and there Is no pia place co for forthe forthe forthe the clown In polite society She knows known that that to use Uc certain words will disgust her or hearers and weaken h her r statements Yet with this knowledge restraining h. h her the Imp of or perversity will wilt make per her ter say nay a that which she sho should not say xay Y She knows It itt is Js a n mark of at vulgarity to chew gum um in public und and Inexcusable to chow cheW It In private yet with a a. a perversity perversity per po that t Is almost l inexplicable she will give everyone eVerone the tho right to call calf her ill III bred by keeping her jaws going on every ery occasion She knows when shy she applies powder and rouge that she sho Is transgressing tb the border of oC good taste yet et every c plea that thai she Bho desist t causes her to apply a deeper coating on her face to venture from the retail to to the wholesale Her tier family because of the tho exa exasperated exaggerated fashion In which she does her hall hair and perversity leads to lo greater exaggeration A Mothers Mother's Comment It sometimes seems cem to me Ine said a mother r recently that I 1 have more In Influence In- In fluence with m my daughter when wIlen I attempt to have e no none non no at all She h Is s so 80 perverse that If it I tell her she Is Js on the wrong wron- path sh site takes another step farther and if I want her to turn back JJack I must urge her to KO go o forward ard The rho mother laughed when she said It It but there was wits a sl sigh I h back of or the laugh and the look in fn her eyes warm wan troubled What hat could she he do she asked The Thet e eis is nothing more she sh can cnn do than s she se e ehas has done It Is hs a matt matter I In which the daughter mu must t work out h her r own salvation Her mother mOlher hn has pointed the way If It girls look In the tho direction cllon their mothers point and then turn th their lr faces the other way thc they must not rot 1 sty lay the blame blam of ot the mishaps mishap's mishaps mis mis- haps hap's that follow tollo on their mothers mother's ders The little tUlle Imp of perversity is 18 so Quick quirk to suggest so ao speedy to act that It Is almost as If IC It is 16 something real and tan tart tangible gible sible sitting tI tint first t on a girls girl's rl's tongue ne next t tat at h her r elbow or p perching parching on her car ear or hiding In the thc corner orner of 0 her eye Her first impulse e Is to do the right thing an anthe and the little Imp of ot perversity per is ts quick to suggest est tho wrong thing and she acts upon his suggestion There Is only one thing thins to do girls and that is to give 1 a n sober second thou thought ht hta a chanco chance to strangle le the little Imp the Instant in instant In- In stant tant h he appears A Good Adage Think before you speak is the best 1 way ay to conquer him Think before you ou 1 act think you jou reject the good goodcounsel goodcounsel counsel counselor of your mother think how v many times you jou Olt have acted on the Impulse 8 and been punished for tor It ft think over what the little Imp of oC perversity suggests and weigh his su suggestion You will find It has bas Its origin I In selfishness selfishness self self- in stubbornness in self will In Jn thoughtlessness and In fn reckless disregard of oC the effect on others Is u. a a. a primitive primitive- a is the thc human heart In the de degree 11 you yield to It ft my dear girls you prove provo your primitiveness your jour lack of self ett control control control con con- and your jour our weakness s of oC will and char- char actor Docter |