i NN N RLY LAY V7 77 =a \¥ THE "What Finer Reward Can a Girl Seek," GREATEST CAREER Jilted!-- Poor Pierrot Asks the Famous Writer, "Than Being Mother of a Family." By Beatrice Fairfax, Wha ples a unique position In the writing world as an author ity on problems of love, The Greatest Career of All HAT little girl" doesn't Wee to "make believe" she's grown up and a mother! Her chief delight is ex- pending a wealth of mother loye on her dolls, the family baby or even protesting Kitty dressed for the party! When girls grow up under edu- cational influences that encour- age their instinctive preference, motherhood remains their shin- ing goal, toward which education tends. t But, thanks to modern educa- tional methods, a thousand new interests enter a girl's life, all of which are more stressed in her course of studies than prep- aration for intelligent, successful motherhood. As a result many a modern girl considers the career of motherhood monoton- ous, narrow, and to be avoided by an "advanced woman." "I can't see this idea of getting married," said Carlotta. "You give up your freedom and inde- pendence, you cook. sew and wash dishes, you raise children, you grow dowdy, dull and unin< teresting, ' "You: can't leave your children 80 your husband goes about without you--perhaps with an- other woman. No, thank you, not for mine!" So Carlotta threw all her am- bition, all her charm and strength, intelligence and beauty into her stage work. And be cause she was fortunate as well as gifted, she made a success. An unexpected chance as un- derstudy, a Broadway appearance in just the right part, another lucky hit, following success with Success--and wonder of won- ders! Carlotta while still young, without sacrifice of ideals found herself a star! : Carlotta enjoyed her 'triumph, yot something in her nature re- mained unsatisfied. What that "something" was ghe learned when, "layoft" the 4 ' ful motherhood in these days of progressive youth, what a mighty hange would come over our standards! Why should there not be sys tematic high school and college courses on preparation for mo- therhood, covering intelligent phy- sical training, care and feeding of babies, raising of small chil dren. Fit yourgelf physically and men- tally to be a marvelous success at the "mother job" when love shall crown your life with wifehood and motherhood. Education of the intellect can be had at school. But only a mother's live can supply 'what is infinitely more needed--educa- tion of the heart. Life is being carried forward to levels far ahead. This period of abrupt change is but a ladder of transition, * You may accomplish much in life that's radiant and important. But what greater career can you or any competent woman have, what career more beaulfiil, more satisfying, richer in, love, influ- ence and all rewards of right liv- ing, than being mother of a family! SECRETS OF Former President of the American Medical Association. Habit and Prejudice In Eating. OU may be the parent of \ a child who is finiéky or cholcy about his food, es- peciully about his breakfast. The condition is not one to be treated lightly for the simple reason that the energy necessary for the growth and development, physical and intellectual, of the child is, to an important degree, telative to nutrition. In early childhood taste for different articles of food is no- toriously capricious. The likes and dislikes for food come from wholly unexpected and often un- subpected causes. Of course hunger is a demand for food, but the choice of food with which to muwet the demand is the result of taste. Most children like sweet things, for the very physiological reason AX rsa XJ ~ SPO wt 2) 0m i Fora moen e T ES ae "Pp PIERROT"--Your plaintive stringed strains are out of date. Youth does not seem, when it means romance, to speak of moonlight and mandolins any more. Once Youth sighed and sang mournfully gentle songs. In Romance's picture were white roses, garden-paths through purple and silver trees. Mocking-birds and nlghtingales. Lattice windows. Galloping steeds. Idly poled boats among lazy water-lilies. Glittering stars, only gleaming, in the lover's eyes, for the fate of girdling his lady's throat. Spring flowers with blue eyes. Skies of blue enamel with pussy- willdws brushing a girl's blue silk gown. Humility, Quiet hours vpder a grape-arbor with tea in the dappling sun. And Plerrot's eet and complaining et: the sweetest music for Love's and S$ 2 5 ail that--but they haven't any pepper. It's high noon and I feel like clicking my heels instead of smelling a white rose! dancing, and I don't feel sentimental, , "Soft songs are all right for palaces wifére there are ghosts of girls who liked them, or for country lanes, where the girls who do, still 'Poor Columbine!' they used ia Jay. But I'm poor Columbine no more, my friend--I'm GAY Oolumbine. I do mot die for Love--I dance! may be. But not for Columbine. one-time lover, Poor Pierrot! glve Columbine a littye jazz?" But Pierrot cannot change. Romance and he must stroll alone with {dle strings--or sit hobnobbing and reminiscing of more senti- mental times. White roses are not red enough. And moonlight is too pale--for modern youth. So it seems to Plerrot and Romance. Where once Youth drifted and dreamed---now it speeds and "sodps out of it!" Your tunes are out of date--my Couldn't you manage to CHANGE your tune--and DRAWN BY NELL BRINKLEY > Rg oS J 7 My blood's By BEATRICE FAIRFAX THE MAN WHO IS ALL FOR HIMSELF By Lucy Lowell. E goes through life at an oblique angle. But you can't run _sross-wise of everybody without barking your shins and bumping your elbows. So his going is rough 4nd very slow. You can't say that he carries a chip on his shoulder. He has no use for & chip of his own, for he's too interested in possible chips on other shoulders. If he sees one he knocks it off. If he doesn't gee one he assumes that he soon will and doubles his fist. He meets the world with a glare. He has a mind like a por cupine which greets all human contact with a warning jab or two. He is darkly suspicious of everything which he does not understand. And since he has shut himself away from every. body in his own bitterness, he does not understand the simplest social amenities. He seems to think that any who offer them is making fun'ef him. Of course he hasn't any friends. He makes acquain- tances, since there is something rather likable about him despite his belligerence. But inevitably he detects some imperfection in them which destroys his confi- dence and enrages him. And so the acquaintances drift away, puzzled. But they soon forget all about him, He doesn't forget, however. You'd say that he treasures every memory of human shortcoming as most folks treasure the re- membrance of kindness. "l don't bother with any of them," is his constant boast. "And, it I do say it myself, no- body annoys me!" Then his eyes gleam and a dark flush creeps over his face. "If I do say it myself" is one of his pet phrases, by the way. In- deed you'd be surp at how often the perpendicular pronoun falls from his lips, though his ver- bally expressed attitude is one of rare humbleness. Another of his watchwords is "I won't stand anybody 'running' on me." And watching from a little distance you can see him interpreting most attempts at friendliness as efforts to 'run' on him. shat dots he Bat am of lite? 8 tary re, sour and does a rie By Enetion y " Well, he treasures his reputa- Youth's ear. And the most appealing. "But young Columbine sidles up to him now, where, neglected and sullen, he sits with a hand holding his strings dumb, and sparkles at him. tion for "a terrible temper." Folks tread lightly when he's that sugar, as far as it goes, is 3 around, fearing the flow of vitu- the most of all foods. But sugar doesn't go far enough And Pierrot steinly wonders how long it's goin' to be before he gets his innings again? of Mother's lap and Maybe you'll have to learn to flip a jazz-hand on the strings, arms. when tired of or hungty for love, she . watched, Carlotta's with tears, , noted her sadness and asked about "Betty, dear, you have every. ing. Rhile I have nothing, said a I i g in if 5 w £3558 of #3 to make a balanced diet and for that reason children must be taught to eat other things. Most of these other things are found in milk which for this and other reasons is fiot only a more comprehensive, but the most Jumable single article of R during the early growing od at salMboud, om children, breast ire after being od, refuse cow's milk or goat's milk or any of the pre pared mi I have known chil dren who have been made ill by having milk forced upon them a CoRdItion, Shawn to physi- c as anap hy These constitutional antagoh- even "Good Pierrot, can you fling me out a little Jazz? I don't care so much for those pretty songs of yours. They're mighty cute and poor Pierrot, and kiss your plaintive songs a permanent farewell.-- Nell Brinkley. FASHION FADS AND FANCIES By Mildred Ash---- IRIENDLY RIVALRY exists between the small tailored hats: of bangkok and felt. Either, or both, are quite essen- to' the smartly hatted girl 0 closely follows the sports styles in Spring millinery. By way of showing that competition does not matter to them, felt and bangkok straw often combine their smartness in a jaunty lttle having a crown of one and a of the other. Traffic Regulations may estab lish "one-way" streets, but no style mandate can create "'ome- way" scarfs. There are as many new and effective ways of wear- ing the scarf as there are varying types of scarfs to be worn, but the latest Paris manner shows fit draped over the left shoulder and crossing quite high at the neck. Fishing for Flattery--The Pari- slan woman who wishes to at- ¥ a i 28 a erst * where the new-born ba wood has burned there, "TL, now long that log of 4 said Foxy Grandpa," Bobby, pointing to the fire. "That reminds me of the story of Meleager," I said. '"T'd love to near it," said Bob- by, and I began. «'Meleager was the son of Oneus and Althea, the King and Queen of Calydon. ~ "And to this king and queen a little son was born, whom they named Meleager, "The Fates entered the room FOXY GRANDPAS STORIES Patent ce. YDONIAN HUNT. "Then started the chase, Aroused by the baying hounds, the ferocious boar appeared and trampled down the nearest hunter. Jason threw his spear, but it was useless.\ Nestor had to climb a tree to save his lite. "No weapons wounded the boar until Atlanta shot one of her arrows and stunned him. Then Meleager thrust his spear into the infuriated beast and killed him. "All of the heroes hastened to the victor, and Meleager chival- rously offered the head and bris- tling hide of the boar to Atlanta, "The huntress accepted these trophies, but the uncles of Mel- eager were so indignant that a woman should carry off the honors of the day that they snatched them rudely from her. "Naturally Meleager was in censed at rude conduct and ties of kindred, he "Now as Althea, Meleager's mother, was going into the temple to give | for son's victory, she heard of this i Z 4 § ii fs [i 3 il 255s iE i ] . 3 ih i By Mrs. Cornelius Beéckman. A Gift To a Friend Going road. CORRECT MANNERS Ab EAR MRS. BECKMAN: D A girl friend of mine is going abroad, A few other friends ang ¥ are going to give her a ewell part; peration always at his tongue's end. He looks upon this ginger ness as the evidence of deep re- spect. And, so far as I can see, it's the bond thing in life that 1 - pl He's an exaggerated case of egotism and his own Waterloo. But there are more or less faith- ful copies of him wandering around everywhere, 4 Copyright. 19M, King Features Syndicate, Inc. and intend to gh ber & of gold. I am/a ted to the presenting and I am un: tain of what to say when do! 80. Will you please give me idea on what to say? AN ARDENT READER. T a lucky girl--a trip abroad, a purse of gold, and a group of loyal, loving friends! She must be a "golden girl"-- and I should, if I were you, make this idea the "subject of the Story." Say, perhaps, something like this: . "Dorothy, we are so happy at the ha has come to you that we just our' your fortune. We i all kinds of things for your conven on your trip, Song of the Twilight. IDING into the twilight, R into the fading West, into the dying splendor. over the low hills' crest, gladly the spirii One with Earth's transient beau- ty, one with its fading light, rid- ing into the regions made for the sea, and night. Keen is the up from the rest- - ges gifs Sesiis ----_. Re BE