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Show Rome Circle JsJ WHEN I GET RICH. When I get rich. oh. many things I'll do For all poor folk whose lives are full of care. Their days, now drear. I'll make so sweet and fair, They'll know' no grief, no sorrow, no despair de-spair When I get rich! - When I get rich the friends I love so dear Shall know no more those weary, toilsome toil-some hours; I'll light their skies with sunshine, and the showers Will scatter on their pathway fairest flowers. When I get rich! When you get rich! JThos friends you loved , so well -""''. May not be here, but far beyond the skies. And never know the hidden love that lie3 Within vour heart ah! foolish, vain surmise-When you set rich! Wait not till rich, but haste to do it now! Tes. scatter sunshine dry the failing tear Light tip with hope the darkened heart and' drear. ' ' ' ' " That may be near you Oh, ne'er mind the year WThen you get rich! Rev. P. II. McCauley. Kolfe. Iowa. The Art of Talking Well. It is better to be frankly dull than pedantic. . .. One must guard one's self from the temptation of "talking shop" and of riding one's "hobby." Whatever sets one apart as a capital "I" should be avoided. A joke or humorous story is dependent depend-ent upon its freshness or appreciation. Some emotions will not bear "warming over." It is no longer considered good form to say a word against anyone. An ill- natured criticism is a social blunder. Gossip, too, is reallj- going out of fashion. fash-ion. True wit is a gift, not an attainment. attain-ment. Those who use it aright never yield to the temptation of saying anything any-thing that can wound another in order to exhibit their own cleverness. It is natural and spontaneous. "He who runs after, wit is apt. to catch nonsense." non-sense." . Talk that has happiness In it and the liveliness and sparkle, that come of light-heartedness and innocent gaiety is a fairly good substitute for wit. Offer to each one who speaks the homage of your individual . attention. Look people" in the face when you talk to them. - Talk, of - things, not persons. The best subject of -wisdom is silence. It is a provincialism to say "Yes, sir," "No. ma'am," to one's equal. Never ask leading questions. We should show curiosity about the concerns con-cerns of others only so far as it may gratify them to tell us. Draw out your neighbor without catechizing him. Correct him, if necessary, nec-essary, without contracting him. Avoid mannerisms. Strive to be natural, at ease. The nervousness that conceals itself under affected vivacity should be controlled, as should the loud laugh. Lady Florence Dixie's Hobbies. Lady Florence Dixie, who, noted as England's leading huntswoman. recently recent-ly created a sensation by announcing she would never kill another living thing, and that she henceforward would do all in her power to -protect birds and other animals, has addressed a letter of protest to President Roosevelt Roose-velt against child labor in the United States, which she declares to be "more repulsive than the negro slavery ended by the civil war." Lady Florence asks the president to use his usefulness toward the passage of laws prohibiting, child labor. Lady Florence is a daughter of the Marquis of Queensberry, who framed the prize-ring rules. She acted as war correspondent in the Boer war of 18S0. She learned to hunt in childhood and hunted every variety of game in nearly every country on the globe. Because of her expertness with the rifle she was called "Diana." Now she is one of the most active opponents of the sport, and a few months ago secured the cooperation co-operation of Queen Alexandra in a campaign to stop the killing of birds for fashion's sake. A RefresTling Summer Bath. A bath recommended for the stay-at-homes, which will prove refreshing and beneficial, is the acetic acid bath a bath well understood across the Atlan tic, but not so well known on this side. One tablespoonful of this acid added to a quart of water, in which a towel may be wrung out to rub the surface of the body, will be found deliciously cool and refreshing. As enjoyable as this is, such a bath taken daily will be j of even greater benefit in removing un- healthy accumulations and obstruc- 1 tions. It promotes circulation, relieves ! indigestion, . headache and colds, and gives a healthy stimulus to the nervous nerv-ous system. ' Becorne Your Own? Manicure. Every well groomed woman takes great care of her finger nails and her hands. We cannot all have pretty hands, but we can have well kept nails and white skin. Well kept hands and nails are an evidence of refinement. - For the woman who desires to manicure mani-cure her own nails all that is needed is a nail file, an orange wood stick and a set of nail emeries, which - can be bought by the half dozen or by the box. Som nail salve, pink nail powder for polish and a piece of chamois skin are also necessary. The art of manicuring is not hard to learn. You must -attend to your fingers every day. Never, never bite your nails. Do not cut the cuticle, for that only makes it grow thicker and ugly. Manicure the nails in this manner: First dip the hands in a bowl of warm, soapy water; castile soap is the best. Soak them for a few minutes, then wipe them, pushing the cuticle down- tie nail emery and carefully file the nails in curves, not pointed. Use the scissors only to cut down in the corners cor-ners of the nails, but never cut either the curve of the nail or the cuticle. Push the cuticle down softly with the orange stick. If any little particles adhere to the nail, wrap a small piece of cotton wool upon the orange stick, and dip it either in lemon juice or a bleeching fluid and scrape the nail. After filing, scraping and pushing down the cuticle, dtp the fingers in the soapy water again. AVipe them dry. Now comes the polishing. Put on a little of the nail salve and polish each finger separately with the chamois or nail polisher if you have one. Then dip in water again. Wipe and put on the powder and polish again. Be careful not to get too high a polish on the nail, for this is vulgar. If the skin around the nails has a yellow appearance, use more of the bleaching fluid. If the hands are chapped, use this solution: One-third glycerine, one-third bay rum, one-third rosewater. Shake the mixture well before applying. ap-plying. If the hands are red little can be done: but try rubbing with cold cream. Hands may be an index to character and to birth. The hand with long, tapering fingers is the hand of the woman who is artistic, musical and intellectual. in-tellectual. The hand that is short, dimpled and broad belongs to an indolent indo-lent person a woman fond of luxury. Opening and shutting the hand slowly will make the fingers stronger. Doubling up the fists and moving them increases the strength and flexibility of the hands. Fencing and club swinging will increase the muscles of the fingers and wrist. So will piano playing. If the hands are soft and white, the nails curved, pink and smooth, it does not matter so much about the shape of the hand. If. however, your fingers and hand are well shaped you are especially fortunate. Do You Breathe Properly? No woman can have, bright eyes, a beautiful skin or an elastic stop if she does not supply her lungs with oxygen. She can only do this by deep breathing. breath-ing. The indolent woman regains her lost energy when she learns how to breathe corrcetly. , The sallow girl, with the dark circles under her eyes, discovers that with correct breathing the 'congested 'con-gested veins yield to the stimulated circulation, cir-culation, the dark rings disappear and the luster.-reappears in the eyes. Deep breathing will help to make curves where .there are angles, and. it is-a potent cure factor in . the cure of emaciation, because it supplies oxygen to, the wasted tisues. and sets the machinery' ma-chinery' of the vital organs going, strengthening weak places, and supplying supply-ing 'red corpuscles to impoverished blood. - f It will promote digestion by quickening quick-ening the functions of the stomach and intestines, and promoting the assimilation assimi-lation of food. Deep breathing will cure round and stooping shoulders. ..It will fill out and develop hollow necks and deficient chests. To breathe correctly requires certain conditions. First of all. the subject must be free from tight bands or restrictions re-strictions of the throat, chest or waist. Then, standing perfecily upright, draw in through your nose the very deepest breath you can, and exhale it as slow-land slow-land gently as possible. Do this for five minutes twice a day, either out of doors or standing in front of an open window. fi Reflections of a Bachelor Girl. When men can't crowd anything more upon,a page, they turn over a new leaf. Many a woman freezes a man just to make him stop thinking he cuts ice. It all depends upon the man whether a woman's )ast word is her sweetest or her hatefullest. The fat man who tries a shirtwaist would better go the whole length and call it a Mother Hubbard. The stupider a man is the more irresistible irre-sistible he thinks himself among, women. lou can t blame a woman for saying "no" to a man who is dead sure she will say "yes." Some women only say "yes" because they can't bear to hurt anybody's feelings. feel-ings. A man has to keep telling a-woman he's fond of her, because she never really re-ally believes him. Some women know so little about men that they are pleased to be called "one of the boys." Many a woman thinks a man is all right because his diamond ring's true. Some men treat a girl nicely for a year or two. just for the sake of treating treat-ing her badly all the rest of her life. How Temper Affects Digestion. A physician is authority for the statement that family jars have Vis much to do with dyspepsia as unhealthy food. When one goes to the table worriedunhappy wor-riedunhappy or cross, the nerves disturb dis-turb the entire system to such an extent-as to retard digestion, he says. ThQis not a new idea, but it will bear frequent repetition. Early Rising. Begin the day well by rising early. The universal experience of the .wisest men of all ages is in favor of the habit of getting up early in the morning. The practice is closely connected with happiness hap-piness and activity. |