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Show Woman's World, cZlt. Specially Prepared for Our Feminine Readers. ; ? "PERFECTLY LOVELY." Oh. here's to the lassie of sweet sixteen. Who views the world with a smile serene. Who speaks 1n an autocratic way And murmurs a dozen times a day, "It's perfectly lovely'." When nhe reuses the mimic stage to scan And lixes her eye on the leadmp man. ! She says, as she follows his every pose And notes the cut of his uraiiil-new clothes, "He's perfectly lovely I" She said that the mule with the waving ear And the ostrich, whose walk Is so very queer, : And the pickaninny with china eyes, '; And the pumpkin that won the state fair j prize t Were "perfectly lovely!" And we who hesitate to forgive i Her over zealous superlative j What wouldn't we give for the youthful 1 spell i j Which makes the world that we know too well Seem "perfectly lovely!" j Washington Star. "WHY DO "WOMEN DRESS? Do They Do It to Please Men or Ex- ; : cite Envy of Others. ; It Is an often expressed opinion that women dress to please men. Is this I ' ; really so, or is it more commonly the ' I case that they dress to excite the ad- ) miration, astonishment or envy of their isis t&rs ? One seldom meets a man who ad- i mires showy finery; yet women adorn themselves excessively; nor do we find i '. many of the masculine sex who love : j to see skirts trailing in the dust of : the street, or clutched frantically to : keep them from such contamination. ! Yet the greater proportion of women cling to long skirts for street wear. '. ' ' ! Xine men out of ten admire simplic- 5 . ' : ity in dress, but this does not by any . means mean that cheap materials satisfy sat-isfy their taste. Ask a man to look ! over a group of women and tell which j he considers the best dressed, and he ; will invariably pick out the woman i , who is clad in a faultlessly tailored . ; suit or smoothly fitting gown. He does I f not realize that the suit of the tailor- i ' made girl probably cost double the I ' apparel of the fluffy damsel. Fluffs and I ' ' ruffles so dear to the feminine heart I do not appeal to him. But if he real- ' jzed that the suit of the tailor-made j girl cost double the apparel of the I fluffy damsel, he would probably, if he J were a family man, discreetly culti- yate a taste for ruffles. a. writer In a medical journal has ad- ' vanced the theory that women's heavy I hats are responsible for their nervous i Irritability. He seems to consider it a foregone conclusion that women are quick tempered. Not really aimitting ' this last assertion to be true, we may I 'i say that if they are. it might easily 1 be traceable to their general mode of I i dress, and not by any means laid to I, , ! their hat alone. Corsets, tight gowns I . and heavy skirts are irritating and j ' wearing on the nerves. How often I one hears a woman exclaim, with a Eigh of relief: "Oh, I am so glad to i i get off my tight gown!" One never hears a man complain or 1 his clothing, simply because he does not wear garments which are unhealthy and irritating. The giving of wedding presents is an old custom, differing widely in different differ-ent countries. In Scotland penny wed-! wed-! j dings were an old-time custom. They f were called penny weddings, but the Invited guests contributed shillings and I sometimes half crowns, and out of J I " these contributions the wedding ex- I ; penses were paid. 5 ' In Germany there is a "pay wed- ; ! ding." The bride receives the guests , with a basin set before her, and in this the guests " deposit jewels, silver or I ; j coins. I ! . In some parts of Germany the wed- f ' '.. S . ding expenses are defrayed by the f, ; guests paying for what they eat and ! . i drink, f ' The prices paid for refreshments are I high, and sometimes the thrifty young f j couple make enough out of their wed- I ding to start them nicely in life. If ' When one meets a young woman who I ; is immensely liked by new acquaint- M ances. but whose admiration for her f geldom ripens Into enduring friendship. I i pne may make up one's mind that I jomething is wrong with her disposi- 1 tion. 1 I have in mind a girl having many excellent Qualities, and with whom I :' ' was much delighted upon first ac- ' quaintance. Yet she presumed upon friendship to give unasked advice, and nagged one so that It was impos-j impos-j nible to make an intimate of her. After ! j prew to know her I did not marvel at ' the coldness of people of whom I had , beard her complain with bitterness. Ad- ! vice and candid opinions should be ' i administered in very discreet and tact- j ful doses, even when requested, if we expect to retain our friends. The per-I per-I son who deals out these commodities I unasked is apt to find himself very : much alone. , ! Is there any more aggravating per- 1 ' f . eon to get along with than the one who Is "sensitive," and who, in the slang of the day, goes about ."looking for trou-' trou-' ble?" Nothing is easier to find, and the young woman who rejoices in a ) sensitive disposition, and who consid- ' ers it rather fine to show that her deli- , ' " -i cate feelings have been trampled upon, - ' " will wake to find the old adage, i ' "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; ? Sigh, and you sigh alone," r verified. i "People do not seem to realize that I 1 I " am a creature of moods," pouted a , pretty young miss to me one day. I was inclined to smile at the childish speech, but it showed a certain kind of. ' zselfish egotism, which, if indulged, i would ruin an otherwise sweet disposi tion. A "creature of moods" is. necessarily, neces-sarily, an uncertain sort of person, who may be interesting as an acquaintance, but who would be trying as a close friend. O I have in mind a lady who has lost I many friends by one unfortunate habit. "When she feels nervous or irritable she invariably goes about saying little irritating ir-ritating and malicious things. If there j is any particular question upon which I another is sensitive that Is sure to be 1 brought into conversation, and, even I with making all allowances for nerves, I one comes to the conclusion that this I lady is one to be avoided if one's own I ' , ; temper is to remain unruffled. J These traits which I have mentioned I above are small things in themselves. The possessor may have good traits to counterbalance them many, times. But ve are all of us more or "less selfish, and we ask ourselves why we should II be afflicted with someone who makes uB 1 uncomfortable. And so we avoid the , trying person, and she numbers few i friends. . "When we have our little grievances, I i our disappointments -and our moments i of ill temper,, we should remember that j we have no .right to unload those on I 1 our friends 'who, though they may show I - a cheery -front to the world, no doubt, I , have their own troubles to shoulder. i The world generally appreciates a : sunny disposition. It is a quality to be j cultivated. Sometimes even cheerful- ness : is misunderstood, however, by 1 : i those who cannot understand that it i ; may spring from a desire to make oth- 1 ers happier. ' i i ' - l', 1 s " . ! H ' i "I wish I had your disposition; you never feel deeply, so nothing ever troubles trou-bles you," remarked one girl to another in my presence. The one adddressed made a smiling answer, bearing no malice to the peevish remark of the other. She was accused of having no deep feeling, yet I knew that she voluntarily vol-untarily took the care of a crippled relative, and worked all day besides for the maintenance of them both. She is not over strong, and having none to look to, there must be moments when the future looks black to her. Yet in years of intimate acquaintance I have never heard her utter one word of complaint com-plaint or even of discouragement. Moreover, More-over, she is always ready with sympathy sympa-thy and comfort for others' woes, with the helping hand of friendship outstretched. out-stretched. She is beloved, admired and respected by all who know her. Such a character is sure to win its own popularity; popu-larity; Marie Rideau in Boston Republic. |