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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1916)
Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. A VERY PERSONAL QUESTION. What can you do ? That is a ques tion being thrust upon millions of women who never expected to be forced to earn their own bread and butter or to support children. There are thousands of pathetic cases of women turned from competence to want, of mothers with no money-earn ing experience suddenly driven to find some means of satisfying the hunger of their little ones. It is an appalling lesson that the world is witnessing, but its value should not be lost. Today you may have comfort and ease and even riches. What would happen if all these should be taken away? What one special thing could you do? Remember that in the world’s workshop many of the things you count of high worth have little cash value. Accomplishments are all well in their way, but they will not get you a weekly wage, and will not pay rent and grocery bills. Now the time for the home training to go strong on actualities. Every girl as well as every boy, should be taught to do practical work that can be turned into money if need be. It may be one of the domestic qualifications, such as cooking, sewing, or gardening, or a clerical efficiency in bookkeep ing, stenography, or typewriting that will have a definite value; but it should be something that will enable the possessor of the training to use it for dollars and cents. And what ever it is, more than mediocrity should be aimed at. The demand is I for expertness, and expertness pays. The tragedy of the day is the un trained girl left to shift for herself. The untrained mother with dependent children is a deeper sorrow of the same kind. Put the question straight to yourself and keep it there until you can answer it safely.—Woman’s World. Whatever the wage of the world may be At the close of the toiling day, For a task too slight for the world to see. As it measures men’s work for pay, He is rich in the tribute of rarer lands That reckon world’s wage above— In the touch of a woman who under stands— In the thought of a woman’s love. —Charlotte Louise Rudyard. ARE YOU? By Will S. Alkin. “Whilst walking down a crowded city street the other day, I heard a little urchin to a comrade say— ‘Say, Chimmie, let me tell youse, I’d be happy as a clam If I only was de feller dat me mudder tinks I am. She tinks I am a wonder, and she knows her little lad Could never mix wit’ nuttin’ that was ugly, mean or bad. Oh, lots o’times I sit and tink how nice ’twould be, gee whizz! If a feller wuz de feller dat his mudder tinks he is.’ My friend, be yours a life of toil or undiluted joy, You still can learn a lesson from this small unlettered boy. Don’t try to be a saint alone, with eyes fixt on a star, Just try to be the fellow that your mother thinks you are.” THE FATHER’S PLACE. “No matter what it is that cheats the father out of his rights and duties, the household is far from ideal where the mother rules and manages every thing. It is not the way to bring up boys and girls and there is no getting around that fact. The father is the head of the household, and if he is crowded out of his position everything suffers. “I have known boys of sixteen to announce calmly that they never in tended to marry simply because they thought every home had to be con ducted as theirs was. Not having suf ficient power of observation, and ab solutely no experience, they concluded that a married man was the silent partner in the home. “Since the children belong jointly to both parents, the joys and duties and worries and cares connected with rearing them to manhood and woman hood should be equally shared. The ender heart and biased judgment of the mother need to be corrected and held in check by the justice and firm icss of the father, if the boys and girls are to be well balanced and un selfish. Only in this way can the ideal home exist.”—FIxchange. At the end of three weeks of mar ried life a southern darky returned to he minister who had performed the ceremony and asked for a divorce. After explaining that he could not 'rant divorces the minister tried to dissuade his visitor from carrying out his intention of getting one. “You must remember, Sam, that you promised to take Liza for better )r worse.” “Yassir, I know dat, boss,” rejoined -he darky, “but—but she wuss dan I .ook her for.”—Everybody’s. TURNER-PERRY. On Thursday evening, January 27, 1916, Mrs. Maymie Jasper gave in marriage her daughter, Carrie Belle, to Mr. Warwick Turner, at her home, 2813 Cuming street. At 8:30 o’clock ,he victrola pealed forth the wedding march and Mrs. Robert Dixon, the matron of honor, entered wearing a beautiful dress of white embroidered voile with white satin trimmings and a corsage bouquet of pink carnations. Next the groom entered with his best man. They wore conventional suits. Mr. W. H. Coleman was best man. Last the bride entered, leaning on he arm of her mother. The bride was a picture of rare beauty in a shadow' lace gown with over-bodice and tunic of light blue silk charmeuse trimmed with pink rosebuds. She carried a bouquet of bridal roses. Rev. W. T. Osborne performed the ceremony. The mother was beautifully gowned in a handsome black chiffon taffeta w'ith blue trimming. The house was decorated in ferns and pink carna tions. The register was kept by Mrs. D. W. Gooden. There was a large number of friends present and the >ride was the recipient of many hand some and useful presents. t j II I I 1 I II I I I I I i I II I I 1 I I ' j ( I ' I II I There is a Lot of Satisfaction in Knowing that in Buying Coffee You are Getting the Utmost Value for Yrour Money. BIRD BRAND COFFEE is Guaranteed to I’lease You in Every Way. It Costs No More Than Ordinary Coffee. 35c Per Pound $1.00 Per 3-Pound Can. Ask Your Grocer Today. | ASK YOUR GROCER | FOR j iTip Top Breadj Best Bread Made j More Sickness and Accident insurance for Less Money Old line protection. No assess ments. No medical examination. Everything guaranteed. GET ACQUAINTED WITH LUKE A. HUGHES. Continental Casualty Co. 334 Brandeis Theater Bldg. Douglas 3726. CHAS. EDERER FLORIST Plants, Cut Flowers, Designs, Decorations Greenhouses, 30th and Bristol Sts. Phone Webster 1795. .... ORRIE S HULSK C. U T. RIEPEN Harney B2f>7 Harney 6nB4 HULSE a RIEPEN Funeral Directors Doug. 1220 701 So. 10th St. wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm SMOKE t Te Be Ce | THE BEST 5c CIGAR J WE PRINT THE MONITOR WATERS I BARNHART I PRINTING CO , jo M A H A | 524 South 13th Street Phone Douglas 2190 February is the Bridge Between Winterand Summer Under the snow soon will spring the delicate violet— We already have dressed up— new stocks all on hand. GLAD TO SEE YOU AND GLAD TO SHOW YOU. Thomas Kilpatrick& Co. We recommend the STATE FURNITURE CO. Corner 14th and Dodge Sts. as the most reliable, accommodat ing and economical furniture store to buy from. j NORTHRUP {letter DUPLICATING COMPANY I “LETTKROLOGISTS” ?TYPEWRITTEN CIRCULAR LETTERS I Phone: Doug. 5685 Office: < i He8. Web. 4292 506 Paxton Block | HENRI H. CLAIBORNE | ! Notary Public | (Justice of the Peace i HIK°8188 512-13 Paxton Block j t Established 1890 C. J. CARLSON I Dealer in • Shoes and Gents Furnishings J1514 North 24th St. Omaha. Neb. I Start Saving Now One Dollar will open an account in thoj Savinas Department * of the United States Nat’l Bank 16th and Farnam Streets EMERSON LAUNDRY l'\ S. MOREY, Proprietor 1303-05 North 24th Street Phone Webster 820 ..... Moving Vans and Piano j Moving, Packing, Shipping’ GORDON VAN CO. t 1 lth and Davenport Douglas 394 j IF^ TAKE PLEASURE*^ In thanking you for your patronage. I want your trade solely upon the merits of my goods You will profit by trading here. H. E. YOUNG Phone Webster 5i5 2114-16 N. 24th St, Macklin’s Bakery & Quick Lunch For 1 FRESH BAKERY GOODS Wholesome Home Made Cooked Foods. 2530 Lake Street. t..,..,......... ..