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Show 5 A Girl to Emulate RADIANT, HELPFUL AND INGENIOUS. W Prof. McKeever Shows What a Young m Woman Can Do Without Means by gi Her Own Personality. By Dr. Wm. A. McKeever. OK of the Mi(lnn' Ucit Knimn sociological socio-logical W rlter. sj HAVE met several tirhes re-I re-I cently " ollege girl nhout tX eighteen, who Is brlght-' brlght-' I mind"', quick-witted, graceful In (tearing and easy and direct In her lonveraatlonnl manner Thli smart rounp -"mn also possesses cfnu- tr, goodness of heart nr sympathy In bar thought fulness of others ghf prefers to serve raihor than to (L t,f serxrri And. withal, her np-pearnnce np-pearnnce Is most comely. A i (' Notwithstanding all this her H r fsther I a com pa ra M e 1 y po.jr man, W ' his small Income being scarcely Imorf than enough to feed the large family and keep the household together to-gether To make the situation IF ieem more difficult, this younsr I wornan whom we ahall call Sue- (I anna has no Income of her own I L and practically no mone to spend How does she do If you aek. 01 How can a girl maintain a comely, prepossessing appearance on an In-A In-A I eome of almost nothing per week? n personality. Ingenuity, soff-suprem- r)th.i' Is the beginning of the (answer. From childhood Susanna has kept up the habit of being a radiant soul, whether she had little m ! pr less And all the while she has If been practicing the fine art of mak-a mak-a j lng that small amnt enough, with A f aomethlng to spare But that Is v not Sh has been known to rummage B ' through the bureau drawer and II bring forth a few discarded ma-I ma-I terlals which she quickly trana-S trana-S formed Into a hat good enough to (deceive een the milliner More I than once, also, she has brought out of the back -lofet a few old L garments which the magic of her I nimble fingers, guided by her keen I' Ingenuity finally wrought into a fown of dainty attractiveness So I thoso who know her best are eager IE to testify I wish there were five million H I Susannas In this country, but H ' rtallv I fear such girls are far leM ' plentiful 1 wish K were possible 2 to make her an n-cepted standard HK of measurement for a true Amerl- 11 can tvpe of young womanhood No, J I i do not mean that the standard "American girl should be ho com- ! pletely skimped and denied the or-f or-f dlnary means of personal adorn-I adorn-I went. Perhaps the majority would i allnk away into seclusion, or "Just I give up and hale the world," If they I had to suffer such privations. HB What I especially desire Is that jjl the typical girl should learn to W rise above difficulties to meet every y disappointment with a smile, to z emerge r.er no om ( privation and humlllt.N. and. finally as a result of all thli. chastening, to rise to the A sel of a sort of life triumphant, yl And so. my young woman friend. VI you would-be Susanna, you can match this food girl If you try All Is not gold that glitters Those who have the most money to spend on themselves and who shine In fine garments, made, perhaps, by tired hands other than their own even these may have some cup of bitterness bit-terness to drink to the dregs. Their finery is no guarantee of peace and serenity within, nor is It evidence of a superbness of personal character char-acter and worth. There aro not a few of deeper Insight who will Judge you by the beauty of your soul rather than by the jrlce of our personal adornments. And, be not deceived This Inner poise, this supremacy of self, this radiance of spirit of which 1 am writing. It Is likely to bring you a I wooer of the same class and character. char-acter. Like begets like, and like I attracts like. It Is a law of heaven Very well, will you not test and try out this higher law of life For a da ? For a month? For a year Do It. for It may lend you soon Into the way of the life more abundant |