San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 70, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 1, 1911 Page: 6 of 12
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A Home Magazine Page for Women Readers of the Light
The Greatest Periods of a Girl's Life . 1
Oopyrtght 1»11 >r the Now toselng Jomal PublUilng aempany.
THE FIRST DOLL.
The "Keeping Company' Problem
One of the things that appear to I 1
greatly trouble the youths and maid- i i
ens of this community is the difficulty i
of establishing just what jurisdiction :
each has over the other prio»- to the
time when the young man pops the I
question and there is a dafinte be-11
trothal.
This halcyon period is vulgarly ' I
known as "keeping company." Thee- : ।
retically it should be ideal a time cf i
the fluttering wings and the golden |
glory of dawning love of the vague <
anticipation and nebulous dreams
when every day the pptental lovers
would discover fresh charms and j
beauties in each other and everything ।
would be untouched unmarred by any I
odious sense of duty and ob'igations. j
For once love would be free as it
never can be when across its patn-
way swings the noose cf the marriage
tie into which one knows one must
run one’s neck at the end of an en-
gagement.
Theory vs. Practice.
That is the theory of "keeplug com-
pany” but the practice seems to work
out very differently and to the filled
with heart burnings and bitter jeal-
ousy and impotent reproaches. There
Is not a day that I do not get a dozen
le/ters. calling upon me to arbitrate
the difficulties that have grown cut of
this situation where one Is neither
fish nor flesh nor good red herring
—where one is neither engaged nor
disengaged neither bond nor free.
A girl will write that she has been
“Weeping company" with a young man
for two or three or four years and
that he has suddenly quit coming to
see her and begun paying ardent at-
tention to some beauteous young
creature who works In the same office
as he does. Wherefore the girl feels
herself neglected and forsaken and
weeps bitter tears.
Or a ycung man writes that he has
been "keeping company” with a girl
for a year and a half but that when
he took her to a ball she denced four
times with another man and that she
also permitted this other man to came
and see her although he protested
against it. In consequence of which
he feels himself a much abused person
and -berates the girl fcr being flirty
ind frivolous.
It Binds Neither.
"Keeping company" commits a man
to nothing. It binds a girl to nothing
and the most elementary sense of jus-
tice should show both parties they
have no cause for complaint nc mat-
ter what the other one does. You
can’t break a bargain until you have
made one. You can’t lose a thing un-
til you have it. You can’t regulate
the conduct of a man or weman un-
less that invidual has given you a
legal right to do so.
It certainly shows nerve on th-- part
of a man to think that he has the
privilege of dictating to a girl what
other m«n she shall associate with
when he hasn't even asked her '.o be
his wife and may pcsslbly never ask
her. There is no other such monu-
mental self-conceit and selfishness ex-
hibited in the world as that shown by
the swell-headed youth who because
he Is "keeping company” with a girl
arrogates to himself the right to
monopolize her society.
The Price of Folly.
Nor has a woman any right to fee!
111-used when ■he man who has been
"keeping company" with her flutters
away. He nas never assumed any
obligation to her. She hasn't even the
THE FIRST SASH.
By Dorothy Dix
slightest hold on his coat tails and it ;
she has let Him drive all other men I
away and cut her off from .ill other |
masculine society why she's not no- ;
body to blame but herself. She's;
merely got to pay the price of her I
folly.
From a practical standpoint it is'
impossible to even imagine why girls j
should have little enougn sense to '
stand for the "keeping company” tus- I
tom. for a minute. They have every- i
thing to lose by it. and nothing to gab:.
A girl who permits a man to ccme and
see her two or three times a week
who is always seen out with him ai»l
who shuts her door in other young
men's faces puts herself absolutely m
this man's power. If he doesn't choose
to take her to places she must stay at
home. If he doesn't come to s-e her j
she sits up solitary and alone and if;
he finally decides that he doesn’t like j
her after all. she is left lamenting ’
when he rides away. All of her youth j
and good looks may have been wasted
in years of waiting on him to speak.'
And he never spoke.
Nor is the "keeping company” idea i
a good one for men. Many a man 1
who has been charmed by a girl at!
first finds out after a longer acquaint-
ance with her that he does not like'
her as well as he thought but if he
knows that he has kept her from mar- t
Tying somebody else if he is an hon-
orable man he feels constrained Io
offer himself up as a oacrif’ce tc her. j
Some Good Advice
It is a good thing for men and wom-
en to see and know many women and
men before they pick out their Hfo
mates. This Is impossible in the
monopolistic conditions imposed by
the “keeping company” custom which
limits a man to going to see one girl
and a girl to receiving the attentions
of but one man. Incidentally it has
a tendency tc. make people tired of
each other before ever they get mar-
ried and. Heaven knows the thirty
years of matrinmony give am-
ple time for the average man and
woman to be doomed to a restricted
diet of each others’ society.
My earnest advice to all young men
and women who are “keeping com-
pany" Is to break up the silly and
vulgar custom which by the way only
obtains in a most unsophisticated cir-
cle of. society. Don’t tie yourself
young sir to a girl’s apron string un-
til you have made up your mind
whether you want to be fastened
there for life or not and don't feel
that because you condescend to wear
out a kirl's chairs and run up her gas
bill you have any right to manage her.
The privilege of bossing a woman
goes with paying her bills.
And you. Miss Juliet. Don't narrow
yourself down to a single beau until
he begins flat hunting. Competition is
the life of trade especially the love
trade. For to her who hath many ad-
mirers still more shall be added but
from her who hath not shall be taken
away even the ope poor lone lorn
steady that she had.
For darning stockings use crochet
cotton. It is preferable to darning
cotton as it does not harden when
washed.
Starch for a black lawn or organdy
dress that will make it look like new
and will not show on the surface of
the dress goods can be made in this
way: Take black dye dissolve as
you would for coloring and keep it
bottled. Malte the starch quite thin
strain the dye and mix a little of it
with the starch.
THE FIRST LONG DRESS.
KING STOPS SUIT
' TO SAVE UNCLE?
Mrs. Thomas Atherton the settle-
ment of whose suit against her sis-
ter-in-law Lady Aubrey Den Paul
on the very eve of its hearing is be-
lieved to have been brought about by
the direct intervention of King
George who wished to save the Duke
of Connaught his uncle from being
dragged into an affair which seemed
likely to eclipse even the sensational
Stirling divorce tangle which shocked
all England a short time ago.
Mrs. Atherton who has been called
a "most fascinating disturber of Eng-
lish society" gave up a trip to Egypt
to press the suit but suddenly decided
not to do so after a hasty conference
with Lady Paul's attorney and some
officials high In English court cir-
cles.
M<n have more ways than one to
make women love them but there's
only one way for each woman.
For the cheese lover a simple and I
palatable dessert Is made from any |
good cream cheese. Work and mold
the cheese into round flat patties
putting a patty in the center of
each dessert plate. Scoop out the
middle and in Uen of the bar le due.
V'hlch Is expensive and not always nb-
ta'nabie. put In each patty a spoonful
of preserved red currants. Serve with
crisp salted waters and coffee.
When In need of a particular shade
of thread In doing darning or mend
Ing a thread or raveling drawn from
the material upon which you are
working will be found to be an excel-
lent substitute for thread and the
Hitches taken with it are almost in-
visible. One of the lengthwise threads
is usually better to use. and is' suffi-
ciently strong for all ordinary fancy
sewng.
When it is necessary to make sev-
eral cakes at once save yourself the
tiresome beating of the batter by put-
ting the reqlured Ingredients in their
usual order into a small ice cream
freezer. A few minutes of turning the
crank in a fine smooth bat-
ter necessary for a successful cake.
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
THE FIRST BEAU
Cynthia Grey’s
C o rrespondents
Dear Miss Grey: (1) How should j
fine meshed lace curtains be launder-1
ed? Should they be starched when I
dried on the stretcher? (2) What j
kind of white wool goods make the
most serviceable suits? Will they be
worn much this summer?—House-
wife.
A.: (1) Wash in strong hot suds:
by sousing up and down and squeez-
ing between hands. Do not use
board. Itinse well. Add thin starch j
to the blue water and they will be |
like new when dried on stretcher in j
the sun. (2) Alpaca or mohair as
it can be laundered.
Dear Miss Grey: (1) lam sixteen
and very fond of a fellow but my
father is opposed to his calling on
me. Do you think he is right? (2)
What kind of dresses will be worn
this summer? (3) And hats? (4)
Will colored hose be worn? (5) Long
silk gloves? («) Would it be proper
for me to go walking or driving Sun-
day evenings with my boy friend? (7)
What is the birthstone for March?
And flower? —Blue Bell.
A.: (1) Yes and you'll agree
with him when you are older and
have a little girl of sixteen of your
own. (2) One-piece dresees with
low cut neck and short sleeves. (3)
Hats are rather small now but it is
prophesied that they will be quite
large later In the season. (4) Yes.
the color of the dresses worn. (5)
Yes. (6) Why not go Sunday after-
noon? (7) Bloodstone. Violet.
Dear Miss Grey: Please give full
instructions about making bread —
even the minor details. —Mrs. A. H.
N.
A.: Put 2 tablespoons shortening.
1 of sugar and 1 of salt in large
crock and pour over It 2 cups boiling
water or 1 cup milk and 1 of
When lukewarm add 1-2 yeast cake
dissolved and 5 cups sifted flour.
Stir well. Add another cup flour and
turn out on floured molding board
and knead until It Is smooth and no
longer sticks to board. Put it in large
greased crock covered with clean
cloth and tin cover. Let rise over
night in warm place. In the morn-
ing knead down again. When raised
turn on slightly floured board and
mold into loaves place in greased
pans having pans about half full.
Cover let rise until double Its bulk
and bake in hot over 3-4 hour.
Dear Miss Grey: What are the
duties of a maid of honor and what
should her words of contragulatlon
be ? —‘Wondering.
A.: She precedes the bride to the
altar and when the ceremony is con-
cluded she takes the right arm of the
best man and precedes the bride and
bridegroom out of the church. If the
newlyweds are going on a journey she
assists the bride in changing her
clothing.
Dear Miss Grey: I am troubled
with a crust which forms in my nose.
What will relieve me?—G. M.
A.: Spray the nose thoroughly
three times a day with dilute lister-
ine. If the crust persists it is prob-
ably due to a chronic form of catarrh.
In that case consult a doctor.
Never wring linen from a clothes
wringer. It makes wrinkles that are
hard to iron out. Starched clothes arc
easier to Iron if sprinkled with hot
water half an hcur before ironing.
THE FIRST PROPOSAL.
PICTURESQUE EMBROIDERIES
SHOWN IN STAGE COSTUMES
Perhaps never before In the history |
of tire stage has the craze for local
color led a manager to go to the far i
off country where the action ol his
play was supposed to take piace in i
order to get costumes scenery and
even furniture that would make the
verl-simllitude absolute. Yet we will
have such an Instance here when tne
much heralded "Chocolate Soldier”
comes to the Grand Monday for five
performances and the wonderful
dresses of the Bulgarian peasants will
be shown in all their glory of daz-
zling color embroidery.
When F. C. Whitney decided to pro-
duce the opera which is based on
George Bernard Shaw's "Arms ar<l
the Man” made famous by the late
Richard Mansfield he went into the
Dragoman Pass of Bulgarin anl there
bought up dozens of the costumes
shoes headdresses coats and uniforms
upon which the peasants mep anl
Group of the famous singing chorus in the Chocolate Soldier showing the
remarkable Bulgarian peasant dresses.
women had spent years of toil and
which in many instances are the
trousseaux of the girls made by them-
selves. intending to lay them- by tor
the nuptial day. It took more than
three months for Mr. Whitney s agent
after the manager had left the coun-
try to complete the purchases.
Tn nearly every instance the em-
broideries gorgeous reds yellows
greens and in a few Instances blues
are made on a foundation of heavy
linen woven on hand looms and as
thick as cloth. The yare what the wo-
men and men wear at tnelr festivals
and dances. Every’ one is different:
each girl having worked out her own
fancy. On one occasion in New York
when one of the costumes was des-
troyed by carelessness the costumers
nearly had fits in their effort to re-
place it. No person here could be
found * who could even approximate
the work In the rest of the dresses.
Not only are the dresses of the wo-
men thus emblazoned but the clothes
worn by the men peasants are weight-
ed down with hand-embroideries. The
long closely fitting trousers of heavy
lamb's wool cloth the hand-woven
linen shirts with their flowing sleeves
the funny little jackets all are decor-
ated with fine set stitches of the 'most
By Nell BrirHey
THE FIRST KISS.
| vivid colors. The coats that these peas-
ants wear dangling coquettishly from
। one shoulder are no light weight by
the way; they are made of cloth that
is like iron and as thick as a board.
A gorgeous figure is the Bulgarian
peasant when he 1s dressed for a gala
occasion. But he works for it. During
; the long winter the whole family men
as well as women spent hdlirs each
! day doing the wonderful embroidery
on their clothes. Even the native san-
dals. of heavy buckskin and kid worn
by the men In "The Chocolate Sol-
dier” are hand-embroidered.
• “We picked up these peasant cos-
tumes here and there in the Bulgarian
i mountains” said Mr. Whitney’s agent
i i who came on here with the dresses.
> You will see that every one of them
। is stamped on the inside with the
stamp of the Bulgarian government
illt was not pleasant either getting the
I costumes there. One had to carry cash.
no checks or drafts for these people
and there are brigands in Bulgaria
don't forget that. At first when you
go to a hut the whole family de-
clares it has nothing to sell. But pres-
ently when they see the cash a father
will say: 'Where is that dress you
made for your wedding?' Then there is
a great bargaining over the dress;
they expect you to beat them down.
The girl weeps to see her trousseau
go. but what can she do? These peo-
ple work In the summer on the es-
tates of the nobles but in the winter
there Is nothing to do and they i.re
very poor. When you understand that
about 150 of the women’s dresses and
an equal number of men’s costumes
had to be picked up in this way some
idea of the work entailed may be
gained.”
Perhaps the most lavishly embroid-
ered garment in the opera is the wed-
ding dress worn by Grace Drew as
Nadina. With it she wears a wedding
bonnet a curious affair laden with
the fruits of the fields and hung with
long strings of coins.
If your pies overflow in the oven
insert a short piece of uncooked mac-
aroni in the top crust. This is bet-
ter than the paper funnel.
THE WEDDING.
i THE FIRST BABY.
the WOMAN
BEAUTIFUL
Harriet —Following is the formula for cold
eream:
White wax—44 ounca.
Spermaceti—2 H ounces.
Oil of aweet almonds—2l4 ounces.
Rose water —1H ounces.
Attar of rose—l drop.
Shave the wax and spermaceti with a
knife then throw in a kettle and
melt. After this yon add the almond oil and
heat slightly but on no account let the mix-
ture boil. When the kettle has been taken
off the stove pour in the rose water to which
you have previously added the attar of rose.
Beat the mixture until creamy and put in
jars.
Anna—lf you wish to reduce your hips
practice the following exercise for fifteen
minutes twice a day:
Walk rapidly around the room on tiptoe.
As you walk bring the knees up violently
against the abdomen.
Mrs. F. W. B. —Formula for the old time
dandruff remedy referred to in a previous
issue of this paper runs as followst
Bay nun—s ounces.
Tincture of cantharidee—l ounce.
Olive oil—l ounce.
An Interested Reader—lf yon will eoat
your hands nightly with the following paste
I think you will soon be possessed of hands
as soft and white as you could wish. As the
paste is apt to soil the bed linen it is
necessary to wear loose kid gloves through
the night. French hand Whitener:
Honey—H pound.
Expressed oil of almonds—44 pound.
Bitter almonds (blanched powdered)—
44 pound.
Yolk of eggs—S yolks.
Oil of bergamot—l drachm.
Oil of lemon—44 drachm.
Oil of elovee—44 drachm.
Beat the yolks well then add the honey
and oila last of all stir in the bitter al-
monds. If your neck and arms are too thin
to satisfy you why not try to induce flesh
formation by a daily massage with warm
eocoa butter! Progress will be slow but
sure.
Dora—Freckles are certainly great beauty
blemishes so I do not wonder that you are
anxious to banish them. I am giving here-
with a remedy which I hope will be sue-
ceasful. If not. write me for my heroio
freckle bleach which is only to be used ss a
last resort.
Horseradish root —I ounce.
Boiling water—l pint.
Borax—2 drachma.
Mix.
Test its strength on the arm before ap-
plying to the face.
0. E. B.—Following are directions for a
reducing treatment: DiMolve one pound of
epsom salts in one quart of rain water. Shava
fine three bars of white soap and diesolva
in one quart of boiling rain water. When
partially cool beatyjn the epsom salt solution.
Now add two more quarts of water and it is
ready for use.
At night rub the preparation on such parts
of the body as you wish to reduce and let it
dry in. When morning comes wash it off. Con-
tinue the use of the fat reducer until the de-
sired results are obtained. In addition to this
wash take the juice of half a lemon in a cup
of hot water three-quarters of an hour be -
fore breakfast. The average reduction in
weight is two pounds every week.
When troubled with dandruff it is a good
idea the night before a shampoo to saturate
the head with sweet almond oil. Tie the head
up in a heavy towel when going to bed. else
the bedclothes will become soiled. Next morn-
ing. after the hair has been shampooed and
dried in the sun you should find the scalp
free of dandruff.
Never use a sponge for bathing
they are filthy things at best. If used
at all. they should be boiled very fre-
quently. A cloth la far better •.'flan-
nel one being preferable.
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