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Show Tact. t Diplomacy has won more battles than valor. Women should cultivate this qunltity, especially when with men. No woman can comoolT victor in wordy battles unlesa eho Is mistress of both iter temper and tier tongue. Site whose "tear bag" Ilea near tlio ourface 'must beware. Than toara during nn argument argu-ment nothing is uioro undiplomatic The girl who would like high placo in a man's tegard may congratulate hc-bcU hc-bcU if ho encourages his sisters to visit her. Diplomacy is never so valunble as in tho martial relation. The divorce court would find flfwer applicants if, by tact, men and women would bridge over differences dif-ferences that otherwise soon grow into chasm. When a man comes home tired from mental and manual labor tlio vIbo woman wo-man will see to his material comforts and give him time to eut, diink and breaiho, before rehearsing her household house-hold woes, or launching violently upon his attention somo pet scheme of her own. Hungry, tired men aro never agroeablo. Argument is a bad loser with which to obtain ones way. A woman who cultivates a silent tonguo acquires more Influence over her husband than ono who lifts up her voice to explain, nnd argues to distraction, dome men give 'n for "peace sake," but aftor a while comes strife ; end then the deluge. |