you'll sleep well," and at once to fall asleep, her lips parted in a
smile? Maybe some specialist of the future will advertise Mind
Massage: "Warranted to remove from the most obstinate subject all
traces of hatred, envy, and malice."

And, when Science has done everything possible for women, there might
be no harm in her turning her attention to us men. Her idea at
present seems to be that we men are too beautiful, physically and
morally, to need improvement. Personally, there are one or two
points about which I should like to consult her.



WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO BE MERRY?



There is so much I could do to improve things generally in and about
Europe, if only I had a free hand. I should not propose any great
fundamental changes. These poor people have got used to their own
ways; it would be unwise to reform them all at once. But there are
many little odds and ends that I could do for them, so many of their
mistakes I could correct for them. They do not know this. If they
only knew there was a man living in their midst willing to take them
in hand and arrange things for them, how glad they would be. But the
story is always the same. One reads it in the advertisements of the
matrimonial column:

"A lady, young, said to be good-looking"--she herself is not sure on
the point; she feels that possibly she may be prejudiced; she puts