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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1914)
TIIK Uftft: UAUW1A, TliUKSDAY, tXrmHttK 1, 1!M. O ... No Place Like Home Fall Costumes of Appropriate Design (XEPUBLISHED IT BPBOXAX iUUXOSKSHT WITH HAKTXBV8 BAXAB. 1 . , . 1 . - I Heavens in October 'in. J J By DOROTHY DIX. sstd the Thre Is no placet llk home, sentimental optimist. "And, thank hravrn, there ln't," ex claimed the bullous pessimist. "VVhafa a home? The last placa you Ko to at night, when you are turned out everywhere els. A place that la full pf work and worry and dyspepsia. A place where even the mir rors always give you hark an unflatter ing r e f 1 e c tlon of yourself and makes you look ten pr cent more like the original human shrimp than you do anywhere else. A place where you get brutal truths and less for your invest ment than you do anywhere on earth. Why, man alive, if we could get the home bug out of our system it would be money in our pockets, peace in our souls and digestion in our stomachs. "Talk about the comforts of a home! Did you ever have to get up of a cold, biting winter morning and make the fire In a stove that sulked and smoked and chewed and drank and did everything but burn, while the nipping air played coldly around your nude shins and the frigid iron stuck to your hand every time you touched it? "Did you ever on a hot summer's day have to shove a lawn mower up and down, up and down, around the doorstep that poets rave about? Did you ever sit down in your own house to take your ease, with pipe and paper and slippers that you weren't routed out and put to fixing the plumbing or mending a win dow screen or putting up a shelf or hang ing a picture? - "Talk about the comforts of a home. Why, It's a life sentence of hard labor, It's a tread mill, it's a first aid to nervous ' prostration; that's what a home is. ' "And the delights of home-cooking. Say, that hoary superstition about mother's bread and mother's pie has made everybody a millionaire, who has ever devised a purple pill for chronic Indiges tion, and has filled the cemeteries with heroic souls whose spirits were willing, but whose stomachs were weak. "Why, mother couldn't get a Job to rook In a third-class beanery. Under done bread and underdona meat, watery vegetables, soggy pie, dish water that masquerades as coffee, the same, old dreary round of the same old dreary foods, cooked in the same old dreary manner. Is what home cooking represents to 90 per cent of the people who keep house. "No wonder we are a nation of dys poptica. Jt's home cooking that does it No wonder that you can't pick up a paper without reading about half a doten men having committed suicide without ap parent reason. They were derived to it by home- cooking. The marvel is, that when the average family takes a look at Its breakfast table it doesn't rush out en masse and make a grab for the razor or the gas tube. 3ust look at the dif ference between the happy, healthy, cheerful people who live in hotels and the aenemlc, dlegruntled, starved, poor creatures who have to eat home cooking. Mark my words, It's mother's cooking that does itt "Talk about the freedom of home. Why, a home makes a penitentiary look like an open door. Maybe a woman has some freedom In her home, but any man who goes and blows in his good, hard-earned dollars In a home in the supposition that he Is going to be able to do a he likes, has gotten stung for fair. It doesn't take him long to find out that the only place where he cannot do as he pleases Is in the house that hla money supports. As be puts his key in the lock of the front door a voice floats out to htm: "Will, you be sure to wipe your feet on the door mat!" He is tired and throws himself down on the couch to rest, but he is warned off of it, Will-yum, don't muss up those sofa cushions, and, for goodness sake, look where you have got pour feet." "And, talk about the privacy of a home! There is no spot on earth so public as a home; there are no people who strip every garment of decent reserve from about you as do your own people; there Is no curiosity so morbid, so trying and to insatiable as that of your own family. If you want to live a life of privacy, if you want to keep your affairs to your self, if you want to come and go freely and unquestioned, then go and settle yourself in the midst of the biggest hotel you can find. You may live there for forty years, and as long as you pay your bills and behave with decorum nobody will ever even give you a second look. Vou are no business of theirs and they Vespect your rights to live your life In your own way. "But a home! There you stand for ever in the middle of the spotlight, with every one about you arrogating the right to police every single thing you do and say and think. You can't go down' town without having to give a minute account of every place you went and everybody you saw, and what they said, and you tald, and you thought they might have said If you had said something different from what you did say. "You can t buy a tooth brush without everybody In the house wanting to know Why you bought one at all. and If you did buy one, why you didn't buy a harder one or a softer one, or some other kind 'than the one you got. You can't get a letter without everybody having to know whom It Is from, and what are its con tents. You can't have a hope, or a sor row, or disappointment that is not vivi sected before your very face. "There le no privacy In a home. It is a place where the seven veils are stripped off of pour soul and you are not left with a single rag of decent secrecy. When you want privacy to nurse a wounded heart, don't hunt for It at home. Seek it in the midst of the multitude. "For discomfort, strictly Jail privileges, for fetters that chafe and gall, and for lack of consideration ond ordinary polite ness, and for having people (ell you things that you' don't want to hear, coin mend me to home. It's got a monopoly." "There's no place like home" repeated the sentimental optimist. That's right, but there are lots of better places!" said the pessimist. Advice to Lovelorn : By smATmxoa taxmxax ; Talk to Her About Her Blunders. Dear Miss Fairfax. I am a young girl of 18 and have been keeping company with a fellow for two years. 1 am going with a girl friend of mine when 1 am not with him. He objects to my going with her, as he thinks she Is an awful flirt, arid he does not think she is fit company for me. She le a good girl otherwise, and as I have been going with her before him I don't like to give her up. He and I quarrel frequently over the matter. K. K. No nice man likes to see a girl of whom he is fond associating with a girl whose ideals are not fine and high. If your friend flirts and In other ways brings her name Into disrepute she 1b not a good companion for you. Can't you try to in fluence her to act differently? Tell the young man for whom you care that you would like three months In which td try to help the young girl to better ways. If you cannot Influence her give up her friendship before she influences you to evil ways. "Appears to Be a Gentleman." Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a business girl of 17, and recently a girl friend who works with me and I took our lunch and ate it down on the drive. A young man passed and smiled at me, passed on, and sat down a short distance from us. He gave a note to a passerby, which turned- out to be his card. On the back was written: "If you would like to know me( hero Is my card. I would like to know who you are." I took no notice of him, but would like to know him. He lives In my neighborhood and anneared to be a gentleman. ANXIOUS. After all, you are only Judging the man who attempted to scrape acquaintance with you by his appearance. Some of the greatest rogues are handsome, well dressed men. ' Pay no attention to this man unless he secures a proper Intro duction. . . Fortune Telling. Dear Miss Fairfax: Being a very skep tical and not at all superstitious "oung lady, I wish to ask you whether or not you Put any faith In palm reading (In! this case It being read by a yy)- Palm reading Is like all other fortune tolling a mere idle superstition. Place no credence In It Kx WIM.IAM F. RKHiK. (Professor of Astronomy at Crelghton l.'nlverslty.) The days are shortening as rapidly as last month, when the loss was one hour seventeen' minutes, while now It Is one hour six mtniitea. the length being eleven hours forty-s'x minutes on the 1st, vles-en hours eight minutes on the IMh and ten hours thirty minutes on the 31st. The sun rises on these dates at 6:3. :M, and sets at :7, 5 44, 6:H. It Is ten min utes fsst on the 1st, as shown by a sun see the great sgusre or Pegusas almost overhead a short distance to the south east. To the went of the senlth we find Cygniis, the Kntn, a more regularly formed cross thsn the famous Southern Cross, although of course not comparable with it in brilliancy. Further to the northwest, but still high up In the sky, Is Vega, one of the brightest of the stars. Hotith from this -we have Altair, In the Kagle, almost midway between two faint er stars. l,ow down In the north-northwest Is the Hlg Dipper. Equally low In the northerns Is the fine star Capella, dial; fourteen minutes on the ir.th nrt', ,n , .outh-southeast la Fornalhault. sixteen minutes on tne ami. un sisnasr.i , n ,h autnerB nht jupiter in the time it Is. respectively, fourteen, ten and! npedR (l othrr mnrk of lnntm(.a.. e'sht minutes slow. On the 24th Him sun u , mlp0I.lor iu,tre. which Is enters Scorpio. Venus and Jupiter are still our bright evening stars. Venus runs very low In the southwest, it attains Its greatest brilliance on the 2M. For a week or more preceding and following this date It may readily be seen with the naked eye In a clear sky, if ono knows whore to look. In the telescope It appears ns a beautiful crecent moon. It Sets on the 1Mb, at 8:07. Jupiter comes to the meridian on the 1st at. :4rt, on the 15th at 7:51 ami on the 31st at 8:61 p. in. Saturn rises on the 15th at 11:28 p. m. Mars Is Invisible. The moon Is full on the 3d at one mln7 ute before midnight, in the last qiarter on the 12th at 3:HJ a. m., new on the liHh at 12:33 a, m., and In first quarter on the S.ith at 4:44 p. m. On the 10th It Is In conjunction with Saturn, on the Slat with Venus, and on the Kith with Jupiter. On the 15th at 3:06 a. m. Its waning cres cent Is only one-tenth of a diameter from the bright star Itcgtilus, the heart of the I-lon. , When the skies are clear and' we can shield ourselves from the glare of the aro lights, two conditions difficult to obtain In a large city like ours, we can enjoy the never tiring contemplation of the starry heavens. At about o'clock on the 1st, 8 o'clock on the Uth and 7 o'clock on the 31st of .this month we cun A new evening rloak Illustrates the uses to which the full circular basque may be put. For the flaring skirt of the cloak ns well as for the basque waist portion a wonderful black velvet spangled. In deeper iridescent blue is used. The sleeves are of Venetian velvet with wide sleeve bands of sable. A directolre collar of the sable finishes the neck. This may be copied with good effect in far cheaper materials such as broadcloth and oPl'Osum fur. The stunning Jlnes remain. The 1830 silhouette appears In this afternoon frock for the autumn days. IMiore Is a tight-fitted, short walsted bodice on Hpencer' lines. This is of black vel vet with self buttons. The underskirt Is of similar vel- vet. The guimpe, collar and sleeves are of golden brown velours de lalne, and this material in also used for the very full overakll't, which Is trimmed in three wide hand of black Velvet. About the hips it is braided in black, which gives the new yoks effeot. Science for Workers By KWJAU LVCIKN LAKKIX. Q "Where does the force of the steam that drives the engine go after it flows from the cylinder? What become of the force that we use In throwing up a ball after the ball reaches the ground?" Harry A. Brame, Brooklyn. N. Y. A. (1) The force of repulsion of the molecules of water in the steam, due to heat, Is expended in the work of moving the piston, of friction against the metal of the orifice where It escapes, friction on the Inside walls of the cylinder, of rais ing the temperature of the air and of friction ugalnst the air molecule. A. -(2) The ball ft instant of striking the earth surrenders Its momentum. A portion of this Is exerted In displacement of molecules of the ball at point of con tact, to rePprar In bounding upward If the ball Is clastic. And the temperature of these molecules Is Increased. Another portion of momentum Is exerted lnme chanlral' work of Impact on the' arth's surface. Its molecules at place of col lision are slightly moved and warmed. If the ball strikes a surface of stone or Iron, or any, say absoultely rigid, then this portion of force of motion Is used In increasing the temperature of the mass And this temperature slightly moves the molecule of the mass stricken farther apart. Home of the force stored in the ball by motion of f tiling Is rxerted as friction acnlnst the molocules of air, and this Increases their tempersture and dis tances apart. second only to that of Venus. This lat ter, however, will have set at the time mentioned. The Milky Way, which Is always the first to fade from view In thft elnre of the city lights and of the moon, as well as when there Is dust or moisture In the nlr, will stretch some what to the north of the senlth, and pre terit some of the richest fields In .the heavens. Pels van's comet riiay possibly be glimpsed under favorable conditions. It Is Just now very low In the northwest below the big dlper. and Is moving to wards far t'nmll. the brightest stsr In the Hunting Dors, and towards Aroturus. It Is about as bright as a star of the third magnitude. Hint Is, like the star Just north of Altair, and Is said to have a tail three degrees long. It Is very doubtful whether wo will ever get a good view of it In Omaha. The total eclipse of the sun of August 21 last was very unfortunate In regard to both time nnd place, since Its track lay across eastern Itussla three weeks after the declaration of war. An English party landed at Riga on August 1, and con sidered Itself happy In being able to return Immediately with its Instruments. Several German scientists In the Crimea were nmdo prisoners of war, and their , outfit confiscated. Only two expeditions were successful. One was at Minsk In Kussla under Prof. Jones, and the other at Hernosand In Sweden under Father Cortlc of Slonyhurst college. Crelghton t'nlverslty Observatory. Omaha, Neb. Be Pretty! Turn Gray Hair Dark Look young! Nobody can tell if you use Grandmothers' . simple recipe of Saga Tea and Sulphur. Almost everyone knows that Bage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray) also ends dandruff, Itching scalp and stops falling hair. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make It at home, which Is musay and troublesome. Now adays,' by asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get a large bottle of this famous old recipe for about SO cents. Don't stay gray! Try ltt no one can possibly till that you darkened your hair, as It does It so naturally and even ly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hall, taking ono small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair disappears, and after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy. Advertisement. --rT. J. it i ' ' '1 11 T( 1W. .J- s so n wonder is music popu is so Victrola VI, $25 Oak 1 . " lar perfect home dancing Victrola tr.va. Do You Know That The death rate among underground workers in the United Kingdom Increased from 1.26 in 1312, to 1.74 per thousand in 1M3. Fresno county, California, prdduc.es W, 000,000 pounds, or about 60 per cent of the California raisin crop, and nearly twice the quantity produced by Bpaln. The annual report of the Department of Mines for New South Wales for the year 1913 states that the output of metals and minerals is valued at fdO.OuO.OOO. The number of Germans resident In France Is estimated at 500.000; in Russia, l0O.OUD; in England. lrft.ttX); In Denmark, 6",a); In Roumania, (0,000; in Turkey, I5.0J0; in India. 60,000; In China. 4,200; In Canada, 360.000; In the United States. 2.667.000; In Brazil, 400,000; In Argentina, W.uoo; in Chill. 10.700. The following Omaha and Council Bluffs dealers carry complete lines of Victor Victrolas, and all the late Victor Records as fast as issued. You are cordially invited to inspect the stocks at any Of these establishments. 0Mt mm & lvmeiier PIANO COMPANY" - 1311-1313 Famam St. Omaha, Neb. Victor Department on Main Floor Branch at 334 BROADWAY Council Bluffs B -s. mm v IK Corner 15th and Harney, Omaha. Geo. E. Mickel. Mgr. in ti .jCJ Ask any Victor dealer for the Victor book "Three Modern Dances", illustrated with moving-picture photos teaching the steps of the modern dances. There are Victors and Victrolas . in great variety of styles from $10 to $200. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, N. J. Victrolas Sold by ;a. hospe'co., 1513-15 Douglas Street, Omaha, and 407 West Broadway, - Council Bluffs, la. ftrandeis' Stores Talking Machine Department in the Pompeian Room Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cattle, teacher ana greatest expo, nentt of tne modern dances, ute the Victor exclusively and superintend the makingof their Victor Dance Recordt. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle dancing tit Tang dance A' f A I 0