THE BEE; OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 10, 1912.
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SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT, "Keep Your Mind on Your Work," Says Rummy
Drawn for The Bee by Tad
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Hunting a Husband
tHaynes Cannot Conceal His Admiration for
Widow and She Begins to Admire Him.
By VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DEWATER. "
, On the way to the hill where stood the
Robbing house Helen explained that she
traq going .to stop at her home and five
Beatrice a cup of tea before taking" her
on to the bungalow which he was to oc
cupy for. the summer, .
"Pr. Haynea got here with the little
girl- In time for luncheon." she exclaimed,
"and as she was very tired. he has In
sisted on her lying in the hammock on
my-veranda until your , arrival, after
which . we will : take her over , to your
bungalow. I have ordered tea served just
as soon as we reach the house." ...
"That Is kind of you,", said Beatrice,
gratefully. It seemed suddenly good to
be here away from the noise and heat
of the city. They passed other equip
pages . fcontalnlnff commuters returning
from town. H having the jaded appear
ance common to those who have tolled
In offices all day In the heat.
The' wives, sisters and sweethearts who
had been t the station, for them were
fresh and cool, in their pretty summer
dresses. Beatrice glanced at her com
panion, -whose plnk jawn and white hat
trimmed with roses were In sharp con
trast to her ..pwn,jtravel sone appear
ance. A sudden misgTylnmade her
say:. .' " r '
"Really, dear, as Mary .and Jack have
gone on V the bungalow, I- think you
wouia oeiier ntntj wo uiwtj vw. a "
to make myself presentable before I am
seen by strangers."
But Mrs. Robbins wa determined. "In
deed, you look all right," she insisted,
"and there are no strangers at my place
Just now-only Dr. Haynee, whom you
know already. Besides that, we want to
have a little chat together, you. and I
For now that we are to be hear- near
neighbors for some weeks we must plan
for some good times." -
"Very ;well," agreed Beatrice.''" She
would not; let her friends guese how un
comfortable she felt at having Haynes
see her in her dusty traveling garb. And
yet,' after all, what could one expect of a
woman who ' had been for an hour and a
half on -a stuffy suburban train?
The doctor himself was on' the veranda
as the two women drove up to the Rob
bins home. ' " '
"All hafl!" he called out gaily, coming
forward to help them alight "Here is
the little princess lying in state in th
hammock and almost ready to go, home
and to bed." r: . 1 .
He did not ask how Beatrice had stood
the Journey. All his thought was for the
child. The mother bent ever her little
girl and kissed her tenderly.
"Are you glad" 6 "be out here in this
pretty place, darling?" , she asked. "And
will you be glad, too, to go witli me to
our own. little bungalow over there among
the ' trees? Jack - uid Mary are there
waiting for you." '
Td rawer stay here if Dr. Haynee
The Sign on the Bungalow
A friend of mine fell for the lure of the
bungalow this year, says the New Tork
correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star, i He engaged a nice little pitch pine
house en a particularly glaring strip of
white sand hardly more than three-quarters
of a mile from the ocean, and allows
that when the sea breese keeps the mos
quitoes away he is almost as comfortable
as he would have been if he had stayed
in town. , ," ' :
"I do not want, any more country com
fort." said "BUI" Kirk, who writes death
teas epics on contract ' "I have had it.
t can still show the seara" "
It Is alleged of Mr. Kirk that when be
went to the country he painted him a lit
tle name-board and suspended it over the
front door of the Kirk residence. - It was
a, small," brown house, so the Kirks called
it the Nut Shell.- Three weeks after Mr.
Kirk nailed that board over the door he
walked half a mile to the nearest neigh
bor and borrowed his ladder oyer again
and carried It back to the Nut Shell and
stood upon it at vast danger to legs acd
ladder and pulled that name-board down
ind walked to the river and threw it in.
"1 had kept track." said Mr. Kirk.' "In
the three weeks we were there every
fourth' man had gotten out of his buggy,
fish - wagon, 'automobile or -trance, as
the case might be, tottered up to the
floorwey of my humble cot, and when I
responded to his knock looked at me and
said with a sort of a grin Harry Thaw
wears In the morning papers: Is the
colonel tn?" ' ' - v . " ,
."And every eleventh man wanted to
know. If Mr. Worm was at home. - So
then I too that sign down. I'm a
professional humorist myself, and I
know bum stuff." . -
stays too," said the child wistfully.
The man laughed, well pleased. "But,
lioney, ne said gently, ' you want to
get to your own house an'd get a good
night's sleep. And I have to go back to
the city tonight,, you know. But I'll be
up often this summer. There Is a power
ful attraction here," he added softly.
The widow glanced at him, as she fan
cied she detected a new note In his voice.
Was It only tenderness for the sick child,
or could It be that he was beginning to
care for the child's mother?,
The arrival of the tray borne by
maid checked further- conjecture. The
tea was grateful to the hot and thirsty
woman, and She siged with pleasure as
She sipped it ' She found herself once
more fond of Helen Robbins, as she
appreciated that in spite of petty weak
nesses, she was a good friend and was
doing all in her power to make the
lonely woman's advent to a new place
comfortable.
John Robbins, Helen's genial husband,
wno nau come up rrem tne city in an
early train today, joined the party of
tea-drinkers, and the group was a merry
one; ' At' las't; the physician glanced at
hie watch. -
"It is too bad," he said, "to break up
this , happy party, but it is getting late
and that small girl should go home and
to bed. Mrs. Robbins, are you going to
drive Mrs. Minor and Jean home, or
shall I get my car?''
"Of course I'm going to take them
home," declared Helen, rising with
alacrity. "John, dear, please tell Mike to
bring the horse around. I had him tie
him under the shed to await our con
venlence. Then she turned Impulsively
to Dr. Haynes. .
"I say," she urged, "let's have some fun
this evening! Tou stay out here as late
as you can. I'll telephone down to the
Cedar Cliff hotel for one or two other
men perhaps Paul Maynard among them
and have them. up for the evening, and
Beatrice will join us as soon as she sees
the children into bed and has some din
ner and a little rest. Don't you think It
will be Jolly r she asked, appealing to
the widow. 7
Beatrice's eyes lighted with "anticipatory
delight "Oh, I'd love it!" she exclaimed
But the doctor shook his head. "I'm
sorry o put a damper upon your plana
dear Mrs. , Robbins. But I really do not
think that Mrs. Minor ought to leave her
little girl tonight The child will be in a
strange place and Is over-tired and may
be feverish and nervous."
Helen shrugged her shoulders Impa
tiently. "I think It's a shame!" she ex
claimed. "I don't believe that Beatrice
can do the child any good by staying
cooped up there In the house after Jean'?
fast asleep. .What do you say, Beatrice?"
"Apparently nothing," responded the
widow stiffly, "since Dr. Haynes has
settled the matter for me."
Her cheeks were flushed and Helen
Robbins thought that her vexation made
her prettier than usual. Perhaps the phy
sician thought so, too, for he looked at
her steadily for a moment. But his man
ner was that of the business-like doctor
when he spoke.
"As' I said before," he remarked
grayely, "I am sorry to have to seem
a spoil-sport. Rut there will be many
other evenings when you women can have
good times together, and my first thought
is for my little patient And it has also
occurred to me that Mrs. Minor wants to
unpack her trunks tonight."
There was a note of interrogation In
this speech which made Beatrice feel
that some reply was expected of her.
With a swift change of mood she deter
mined to make the best of what prom
ised to be an awkward situation. , Thi?
man should not have this chance to con
sider her a fool. He may have done so
once; she would not let him do so now.
"Really,", she declared with a laugh
that sounded almost natural, "that Is
what I was about to say myself. Be
sides, had I been ' consulted earlier 1
would have made the same answer that
Pr. Haynes made for me that I could
n&t leave Jean this evening. A. J
When I expressed my admiration of
your alluring plan, Helen, dear, I was
sincere,, yet what I Was about to add to
my exclamation of joy at the Idea was
regret that tonight I must decline. Dr.
Haynes spared me the trouble of making
that explanation. And now I really think
we must get my dear little girl over to
our own cottage."
As she bent once more over the tired
child, the doctor, watching, saw In her
the devoted mother- who would make all
things! subservient to what she consid
ered her small daughter's welfare.
THf BASES WE EE FULL WITH
TRIS SPEAKf R oP. OH WHAT
EXCITEMENT. IF HE H'T THE
TILL IT MEANT THE GAMC, if
WIN. HE BANfrED iT.n 6filLD
OUT TO LEFT PEtD. THe
FIELDER NIBBED IT BUT
INSTEAD OF SHOOTN& IT HOME
STOPPED TO READ THE PR IN T-
IN6 ONTHEOUT.Sinp it
IP CH CF ME vr D; Urrt.
EM HARD FOR THE MAntc. '
WHAT tS CHABLeV,pQoN
ALL UP FOR THE ..
LUOkY SPVFNTU RAVC.J
THIS MOCNN. I
CUT IU COEDS flP
WOOD CLFCMFh
THE STABLE THEN
HFTERTHrTn ftTE
MY DINNER THE
THE SMflLl TIME COMffDMNS
BOUNCED OUT UPON THE
6TB6E TO KNOCK THE AWOfENCf
SILLY WITH -WBlRJOKeS
AND D ANCFS . 'do YO U R EU
THE TAPER MUCH; ASKSTJ
Ml WE. NO PIPED FRIT2.V
only read it once.
bang! went thebis-druivi.
Sin! went the 3bse$
WHEN THE LEADSB J&Prts-
AND CHIRPE3 IN A THIN PALE
VOICE, I
' IP THE CHNESg HORDES
ARMED THEM SELVES WED
THE WESTERN HEMlSPHFPF-?
IDOntCARg.CaUrft COP))
50 I CLEANED THE 12
HORSES AND MlLKeO
44 COWS AND THPfi
I HAD 10 MINUTES R
eats. AFrersuPPr ,
A
JERRY 7AM WAS ON HIS FlB$T
TRIPTO EUROPE. HE KNEW
A WORD OR TWO OF THE
LAN 5 OASES. HE HAD HEARD
Vrtert iri THE .DIFFER (SWT
RESTAURANTS IN HIS MOMS'
TOWN. HE BLEW INTO MADRID
ONff DAY FUCL OF SPFD.
THE FIRST MAN HE BUMPED
INTO WAS A BI6 SPANIARD
WITH A LOT OF BRfff-HT
COLORED CLOTHES. THERE
WAS A 5ION fN BACV OF
THH ULLSPEARER AND
INQUISITIVE TERRY F) Ski ED
WHAT ITSAia THE PADRE
REA D,
" If IT RAINS PITCHFORKS
WlLt IT HA"- COLUMBIA.'
I MADE SO LOS- OF
BUTTER THEN TOOK
UP THE CARPET3
TO CLEAN THE
neT day. 1 hit
THE HrY AT 1
LUCKY DOVLL
S II M I V I I
Beauty Secrets of Footlight Favorites
Don't Try to Follow the Fashions of the Moment.
. Bj FRANCES REEVE.
I am going to give a little advice to
women' regarding the care of their hair.
I feel sure .that '. everyone will agree
with me that her hair is one of woman's
greatest charms, and I think It is every
woman's duty to take care to preserve
it There are so many women who are
not actually good' looking but who
possess beautiful hair, which seems to
make up for the lack of every other
charm.'
One Is constantly meettng"'women who
exclaim; "My ' hair (s simply coming
out in liandfuls. I cant stop It and I've
tried everything under the sun."
This is true. They spend lots of money
on expensive hair tonics and ointments,
which they have heard are wonderful,
but prove absolutely useless. I have been'
through that stage myself and nearly
worried myself sick.
It was only 3ince I came to this country
for the first time, two years ago, that i
discovered there was a treatment for the
scalp which was genuine and a very sim
ple and inexpensive one. The whole
secret of it is In brushing, I mean, so
that every hair seems to be . brushed
separately.
It Is almost impossible to do this your
self. If you prefer to have it done at
home, your maid or some one who knows
how to bruBh the hair thoroughly should
do it. A tonic should also certainly be
used, but it is the brushing that is so
beneficial and brings life and lustre Into
the hair. f , .
I can never understand why 'women
dread the approach of gray hair. I think
a young woman whose hair Is gray looks
charming, and I'm sure the average man
will agree with me. Most women think
it suggests age, but on the contrary, It
gives a more youthful expression to the
face, and lends a certain charm which
is Indefinable, I counted ten gray hairs
on my head this morning.
I must admit I prefer them to be on
the temples Instead of down the center
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parting,; nevertheless, there they are and
there they'll have to remain, because
nothing on earth would Induce me to dye
them. That is a mistake so many women
make. They admire a certain fashionable
shade for hair and promptly dye their
own that particular shade, forgetting all
about their complexions, which do not
blend with the new color of their hair
and make them sallow in consequence.
My advice, therefore, Is If you were
born a brunette. Just remain one, how
ever popular blondes or tHians may be.
I have never craved for masses of hair
reaching long past my waist. This Is not
a question of sour grapes, but because
people who possess It have told me how
difficult It is to dress, and how It often
is the cause of headache. No! I shall
be quite contented so long as my hair
continues to be moderately thick and
long, and shall not worry until get
really old and have no hair, because
without my hair I know I shall look
hideous. I do now, when It Is pulled
away from my face.
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What Has Become of the American Dude?
, Ry ELBERT
George Peabcdy, the great American
banker, had one thing which will make
any man or woman rich. It Is some
thing so sweetly beneficent that well we
call It the gift of
to
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the gods.'
The asset
which I refer
agreeability.
Its first requisite
Is glowing physical
health. The sec
ond 1 Ingredient Is
honesty. Its third
is good will.
Nothing taints
the breath like a
lie. The old par
ental plan of
washing the boy's
mouth out with
soft soap had a
scientific basis.
Liars must pos
sess good mem
ories. They are fettered and gyved by
what they have said and done. The
honest man Is free his acts require
neither explanation nor apology. He is
In possession of all his armament.
If I were president of a college, I
would have a chair devoted to agree
ability. Ponderosity, profundity and In
sipidity may have have their placai but
the agreeable man keeps his capital ac
tive, His, soul Is fluid.
I have never been In possession of this
social radium, so as to analyse It, but t
know It has the power of dissolving op
position arKl melting human hearts. But
so delicate and Illusive Is It that when
used for a purely sordid purpose, it
evaporates Into thin air, .and the erst
while possessor Is left with only ;the
mask of beauty and the husk of per
sonality,, George Peabody had agreeability from
his nineteenth year to the day of his
death. Colonel Forney crossed the Al
ls ntie with him when Peabody was In
his seventy-first year, and here Is what
Forney says;
"I sat one one aide of the cabin and
he on the other, lie was reading from
a book, which, he finally merely held In
his hands, as he sat Idly dreaming. I
was melted Into tears by the sight of
his Jove-llk tread framed against the
HUBBARD.
window. His face and features beamed ' '
with high and noble intellect, and his r
eyes looked forth In divine love. If J.'
ever soul revealed Itself In the .face, it
was here. He was the 1 very king. of
men, and I did not wonder that in the; -11.
past people had worked the apotheosis , ;
of such." " ' ' '
To the clerk who would succeed, I
say cultivate agreeability. Conrteoua't
manners in little things are an asset . v
worth requiring, Tou rise when a cus- N
tomer approaches; you offer a chair; ,
you step aside and let the store's guest'
pass first Into the elevator; these are j
little things, but they make your. work ,
and yourself finer.
To guy visitors or to give short, fllp-
pant answers even to stupid or Impudent
people is a great mistake. Meet rude- ":
ness with unfailing patience and poUte- ',,
ness and see how much better you feel. 'l'lk .
If your business Is to wait on eus-i
tomers,' be careful of your dress and ap-'1
peaiance. Do youf manicuring before
you reach the store. Dental floss is a '
good Investment. A salesman with a'?.l
bad breath Is dear at any price. Let 't'r'
your dress be quiet, neat and not too -.ft
fashionable. To have a good appear-
ance helps you inwardly and helps the .j
business. . ,
Give each customer Trour "whole atten-
tlon and Just as considerate attention
to a little buyer as a big one. If asked1"'
for Information be sure you haVe it
before you give It. Do not assume that'-',
the location or facta Is so now because
you once knew It so. Don't mlsdlrect.'iA
Make your directions so clear that theys..)
will be a real help,. ( - I
The less you require looking after,
the more able you are to stand alonei-A
and complete your tasks, the greater ' !
your reward. Then if you cannot. only yJA
do your work, but also Intelligently and ;s
effectively direct the efforts of others,:;
j our reward Is in. an exact ratio; and J "
the more people . you direct, ant the '
higher the Intelligence you can rlrhtly,U,
lend, the more valuable is your Ufa. 'A'
The most precious possession In life is""r
good health. Eat , moderately, breathe'';
deeply, exercise out-of-doors and get'j
eight hours sleep. And cultivate agree- 5-J
ability, as a business proposition. Copy-; J
right, 1912, International News Service.
The Manicure Lady
J
What has become of the American
dude, the dandy of yesterday?
The question has been brought forward
by the assertion, just delivered In; Paris
by M. Le Bargy, renowned upon ihe
continent as the best dressed man In
Paris. This great beau, actor and mati
nee idol, has announced that his mini
mum expenditure annually for clothes Is
S6.0CO. '. ' -; ' 1 ' A' ' 1 '
When the news reached Broadway and
sped over to the avenue thoughts ran
back at once to the heyday of E. Berry
Wall, Harry Lehr, and, of course, - John
Drew. But those who discussed the news
bad to confess tfhat a decade at least had
passed since the avenue and Boadway
had been compelled to botf to the dis
tinctive male fashion plate.'- !
An authority on men's fashion who
modestly declined to allow the use of his
name pondered at the question.""
"What has become of the American
dude?"
"Really, you are quite right where Has
he goneT' this man repeated. "The at
tire of our men seems to be gradually
reaching toward extreme conseratlve
taste. The dude, as we all liked to call
him year ago, has passed and gene. Of
the reminders of the one-time famous E.
Berry Wall, only those great spreading
collar wings still remain."
"The Frenchman's estimate , that the
correct dresser must spend a minimum of
16,0c annually is absurdly high. When
you consider that in Europe men's cloth
ing costs just about one-half what It does
In America, the figure is doubly absurd.
M. Le Bargy must have Included the cost
of his theatrical costumes In the Item.
"There are three tailors in New, Tork
who obtain the bulk of orders for the
best dressers. I am familiar with their
prices. Let us see what it will cost'
"The man who desires to be perfectly
attired at all hours must have four suits
dallyr In New York there Is rapidly In
creasing a set of men who spend their
time loitering and dread. -
"For such a man there must be a
morning suit, an afternoon suit, a dinner
suit and an evening suit. The- best tail
or will provide the evening suit for
tbout $126. Each of the other three will
cost $85. The best dresser will
ot Two months' wear out of each
suit is not at all unusual.
"Of course, there are other necessi
ties. Waistcoats are very popular, but
the man who possesses more than five
la-unusual. The price follows hi f.,;
The waistcoats may be bought from $10
w eecn, though few men would
pay more than $20.
"8hlrts may be tailored from to $35.
Bocks they buy from 11 to a m.
Underwear may be purchased in .n
quality and at almost every price. The
man wno Keeps in his closet a stock
valued at higher fihanj $150 would be dif
ficult to And, In New York.
"George," said the- Manicure Lady to
the Head Barber, "have you ever did any
crying since you grew up?"
"I might have sniffed a little." replied
the Manicure Lady's friend George, "but
I can't remember It. Why? What's the
ajiswerf"
"Oh, 1 war Just wondering if grown
up men ever cried much," said the
Manicure lAdy. "I seen the od gent cry
Ing last night and It seemed sort of
funny, because he had Just came home
frnm nrsanlzlnir a. now lodire with some
of his rother order joiners and usually,
George, after one of them sessions the
old boy is as full of sunshine as the
aurora parabolls Is full of colors.
"Ti maan h aurora boraclc." the
Head Barber said, by way ot correction.
"Parabolls . Is something tnat mey give
kids to make them go to Sleep.
'I guess you.couldn't sleep peacerut 11
you didn't et a chance about once every
ten minutes to air your knowledge, saia
the Manicure Lady, favoring the Head
-.. 1. .i , v. . ian.a nf nnrmt dls-
Dltruci wuii m Bwiv. - - -r-
daln. "But. anyhow, I ain't the kind - of
a girl that lets the vaporing of a whisker
whlttler's brain put me off my mental
. . . 1 -.... 4hv .all it. I
v-H' W 1 " 1 ' 7-
wanted to tell you about the old gent,
and so to ret back to h'-m.
"Father came home crying, and crying
actual. George. I don't mean none of
them stage tears. I mean that he was
sobbing on the level, crying like one of
them Yellowstone park geysers. I
thought at first that be was going to
choke himself to death with salt water.
And do you know what he was crying
for, George? On the level, I guess you
couldn't guess It in a million years. He
was crying because at this here lodge
meeting he had met 4 friend' of his that
had a friend that had went to Princeton
and had a friend In the same class with
Mr. Wilson and was afraid Mr. Wilson
wasn't going to be elected president, of
the United States, t suppose the friend
n. me Ann all the cnrlne first, but It
must have acted kind of sympathetic
with the old gent, because by the time
tie got home he waa weeping willingly
himself. .
'Tears Is funny things, George. If a
gent sees a lady weep'ng tears that ,
springs unbidden from her heart, he
pulls the old frosty face and same some-
...Ji
thing about the weakness of a mere
woman,, but let me' Whisper something, ai'
Ham Crane would say-that tears - that :
has been shed by all the women In the b1'
world ain't one, two, three with the tears
that Is shed by gents old gents and
young gems-after coming home for sA1
lodge meeting." , , A'
"I never cared much for lodges and ll
never cried much since I grew up," said
the Head Barber. ."What little I cried J ;H
always choked off kind of quick by
thinking of something funny, like musical
comedies." , , ,;
"You ' don't say sc4" exclaimed the r
Manicure Lady. "Thinking of most of !
the musical comedies that ' I have saw .
would make me cry all the harder.."
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Big Business as a Pioneer
For fifty years in all America there 4
was no more forbidding place than Death -
Valley In California. It was a seething J
desert, Insufferably hot. below the level '
of the sea. Its inhabitants were rattle. '"'
snakes, tarantulas and centipedes. Death ' ? '
Valley might well be called UW Valley' !
today for it has become ' a thriving".;!;
land. Business has taken, and Is already,'
taking, millions of 'wealth out', of it a
cleansing material that .finds a. market '
In every household. Not' far away from-" C
Death .Valley it was found that there
were clays that could be umA tn .,.'
w IUQ f r
making of tiling of the finest kind.
American business works best in coA4
operation. When many Industrie !
oomblne, as It were, and each reach out ';
me neiping nana to one another, there i
are achieved the best results. Thu , ''"
cleansing substance and the clays brought f,A
in uxeir train other things. , The demand- )
for water to make life
able in time Introduced irrigation, ana'r.
on me desert s very edge orange groves. "
and fruit farms commenced to blossom.'
Big business had scored
It had made habitable a region whlch-menjk
once mougnt waa created only to Increase
the mileage to the Pacific coast in th.
big eastern cities today, and abroad, may
"w -r .no,, miv iiavo Decome rienvMr
through the opening of this ne Umrf. A
though theye were not in the original eu.
terprlse. Harper's Weekly.
