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No Place Like Home
Fall Costumes of Appropriate Design
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By DOROTHY DIX.
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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.
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Victrola
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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.
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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
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Corner 15th and
Harney, Omaha.
Geo. E. Mickel. Mgr.
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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
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