Life — June 15, 1899 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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+ LEFE~ When? SING a woman's interesting Or Is it whon sho's young and girlish Who knows? Ask any man that's fifty. Ago, und only this. And pretty and all that, He clings to sweet sixteen, Is it when Timo, her looks arrosting, | When, like her hair, ber thoughts aro Tho youth of twenty is more shifty, Makes hor too old to kiss, curlish, From thirty up's his mean. Yot substitutes experiences, Intuitive, and pat? But when a man is in life's middle, And fits her well to be Or is it just between these ages Compunctions none has be, Tho master of all moods and tenses That, after all, sho's best; And 80 ho always solves the riddlo In femininity? When, half way through life's checkorod By clinging to all three, pages, Sho stands a riper test? Tom Masson, ————— vertible, that the surest way to spoila st child is not to give it what it wants.” Apologizing foran 4 .4_er—to state the case plainly, she Expert. hasn’t succeeded during three weeks of «€7 HAVE come to tell you,” unceasing labor in reconciling the¢wo said the old gentleman, statements sufficiently to allow her to as the editor of the Woman’* proceed. She would have written to you, Own waved him toachair, ‘that put she hasn't had the time to spare. I my daughter, Mrs. Knowital hope you appreciate the awkwardness of Youngchilde, will not be able to the position in which she has been placed, furnish her accustomed article and that you will not permit her depart: for yourpublication this month.” ment to be replaced by another—er—per- “Very sorry, I'am sure,” mur- — manently.” mured the editor. *‘ I trust Mrs. ** Have no apprehension on that score, s Youngehilde is not ill.” my dear sir,” said the editor, gra.iously. MRS. VAN astonBILT’s cooK aNnD notien mavino “No, she isn’t exactly ill," “Mrs. Youngchilde’s reputation as an Lert, TWO SUBSTITUTES ARRIVE IN Time TO Save uER guid the old gentleman, “but expert in all things pertaining to child RONAN, EARS E ASSES DREDCAN ERT: she is—I don't exactly know how — jife is too valuable for us to throw her to express it—she is—er—on a over lightly.” dead centre. The subject upon “It ds wonderful,” said the old gentle- which she was to write this man, with pardonable pride, “how month was, I believe, ‘The much she knows about them, consider- Spoiling of Children.’” ing that she has never had any of her ‘The editor nodded. own.” “Well, she began the article “Jt is nothing short of true genius,” with the incontrovertible state- said the editor, softly, as the old gentle- ment that the surest way to spoil man opened the door. a child is to give it what it David H. Tatinadge. wants." —— “Yes,” said the editor, sympa- *¢ WONDER if any of the bride's thetically. relatives are present.” “This she followed with an- “Oh, yes, Isaw some people in the ‘THE NEW BUTLER FINDS THE CooK Possesses some Other statement, also incontro- next room, counting the presents.” THEIR EXPERIMENT IN SOCIOLOGY. LITERARY TALENT. THE COOK AND BUTLER WERE WEDDED IN JUNE, AND IN THE THE COOK DISCOVERS THE BUTLER TO BE AN ARTIST cunrent NuMBER oP Scribdler's Magazine arreans Tux STORY oP abttity. “OUR SOCIOLOGICAL ADVENTURE.”