THE T1EK: OMAHA, SATURDAY.. KOVEM11KR 14, 1014. . r; 1.V Concerning American Wife Foreign Critics Like to Portray Them as Giddy Parasites, but Sucb a Viewpoint la Asinine. By DO HOT II Y DM. It ii the fashion among foreigners who write books about this country to repre sent the American wife as a gsy and ftlddy parasite, and the American hus band a s a p o o r , f t u pd, overworked drudge. The Ameri can wife Is depicted a doing nothing but flittering from gay ety to gayety and ' spending the money the husband makes, and the husband Is painted as bcing-so henpecked that he hasn't even enough spirit left to call his pocketbook his own. According to these critics, the American wife has no affee tlon .for her husband, no consideration for hlra, she makes no return for all . the money that he lavishes upon 1 . In a word, the American wife is represented as the champion confidence, artist, and the American husband as the softest easy mark in the world, and this picture has been printed so often that not only all1- foreigners but many of our own country people are beginning to bellevs that It la a real portrait of the American husband and wife. ' But I deny emphatically that It Is true, or that the American husband does more for his wife " than she does for him. t seems to me that in the give-and-take of matrimony, nowhere do husbands and wives come nearer let breaking even than tn this country It may bo true the American husband gives his wife more money, according to his means to spend than do the men of other nations. Certainly it Is true that with the solitary exception of the French an American woman can make more show on $1 than an English or German Italian woman can on $5. . But if the American man gives his wife money lie demands that she get results with that money. It Is the custom of the country for a wife to be her hus band's show window, the visible ba rometer, of his fortunes that all the world may see. Unconsciously we all estimate an American man's financial ability by his wife's looks. If she. la smartly dressed we conclude that her husband is prospering. If she Is shabby and dowdy. we Infer that her husband Is not one of those who know how to get along. Many an American woman would prefer to dress Blmpler, wear fewer jewels and less expensive hats, and give the money thus saved .to her poor old mother, or some tieedy relative,"' but her husband will not permit her. She's his walking advertisement of good business and equal to credit in the bank. - . If the American woman belongs to more clubs, and goes to more teas and lunches than the women In other nations Is less tied down by. her domestic duties it Is not because these duties are Reelected, but simply 'because she is a better man-ajer. or There are no homes in the world more cleanly, so sanitary, or better managed than American homes, and, In spite of all that Is said to the co.,rary, there are no homos In wlilch the avenge of cooking Is better. . You can rave over foreign cooking as much as you like, but how long would the American husband stand for the eternal boiled mutton and tasteless Joint, and watery potatoes, guiltless even of salt, and pepper, of the English house wife, or for the greasy dishes of the German hausfrau, or for the pasty macaroni of the ordinary Italian house hold? And even the French onion soup and pot au feu sounds better than it tastes to the American palate. The truth la that no men In the world demand so much of their wives as Ameri can men do. Abroad a woman is either a great lady of society or a housekepcr, and her hus band accepts her on one or Ihe other plans, and lets the other go. The Ameri can man expects bis wife to equally orna ment ', the parlor and the kitchen. A middle class Englishman does not expect his wife to be anything but the mother of .his children and a frugal housekeeper. The middle -class Frenchman expects his wife to be his business partner, the Ger man Is satisfied if his wife observes the three K's that the kaiser set down as the proper spheres of a woman's activities. But the American man expects his wife to be a thrifty housekeeper, a good mother, a business partner, and a fas cinator besides. And ' wonder of it Is fliat he so often gets a woman who measures up to all these contradictory specifications. American men are generous to women about money, but they require women to earn what they get by entertaining, them. The American man doesn't know It, but he's the grand pasha of society, and he expects every woman he meets to fig uratively dance before him snd amuse him. In other countries men try to please and entertain women. In this country women make all the social running. It Is women who talk their heads off trying to divert bored looking men end win a smile from them. It Is women who thrash their grains trying to discover topics In which men sre Interested, for it never even occurs to an American ' man to try to talk to a woman on any topic in which she is Interested. Look where you will at any couple, and you will see that It Is the woman who Is. pumping up 'the vivacity and' animation. Never the man.' He feels that he Is doing all tttat is expected of film If he suffers himself to be amused. Also the American husband, alone of all men, depends upon his wife to make and keep his position In society. She has to rear the children, alone and jinalded. She has to make the home, for the American man considers that he has done his full duty by his wife and children when he has paid the bills. All the bal ance Is up to the woman of the family. So. If It is true tltat the American man does much for his wife, it is equally true that his Wife does much for him. . No matter what 'is said to the contrary, the American husband and wife give a pretty good example of team work. Impending Reforms Smart Calling Gowns (Republished by Special Arrangement with .Harper's lttr.) 1 -a . -, V m i 1 c v ;n hi r ii t 1 ' , X' V The young matron may rejoice In a calling costume of dark blue chiffon combined with - black chiffon velvet. The bodice is brightened by gold lace and the tunic is studded with black velvet motifs embroidered In blue. The muff and . neck piece are of tete de ncgre velvet bound with satin and trimmed with long tassels. ' ' There Is a regal air , to vthis calling costume of cerulean blue Ottoman sllk.'Tbe black Otto man 'silk, 'underskirt shows only from the sides, as the front and back pabel are! of the blue silk. In the back a new effoot Is obtained by folding tho silk Hack to .form two flipping lapels, with the selvedge Wt as a finish. Woman arid Her Clothes Every Woman Should Realise that Clothe Which Do Not Express llf Mentally and Her Temperament Always Jar ' on the Kye of the Beholder. . Copyrlht. 19M, International News' Service. . Ky IXL.V WIlUKl.K.n WIIiCOX. ' Every woman, thould selec-t her clothes Mth referehce to her best ohaiei't!! tlc." rsld a thoughtful woman recently, "lind she should re Ue . the fnct that clothrs which 'do her her N the , he-' Kiwi "is ' " S it -"ir.-iV'i not exirfus menthlltv snJ tempei anient , ways Jar on eye of the holder, no matter hftw ftishUnsblc and expen'v they may be." Thlt; Idea tru-.y seem far-fetubed to the sv.-vsVn woman, but It Ms nevertheless triie. A womsn ab perod' st a gr dci'v pVrty (t'ttlred in the latest im portation f t o in ' , rnrls (before the wr All the ;detalts of tier costum were perfect, and tho Hearer attracted muolt attention. ' , , ' , But he'dld not attract admiration.1 In fc.iiyie seemlntly Inexplicable manner she' sectned to be a dissonance In the hsrmony of ,lhc sveiie. Kveiy.one no tleed iher, but not one ' ohnerver . said, "How', lovely, l "How exquisite,", "How hmint." a was said of 'many other vostumes ths a f ternooit. ' ', 'When the "csusVwcre analysed they prpved .to be ss follows:' ( . The woman's 'ssrments were ' fash ioned of ton colors Intended to express rere nnrt serenity; their cut snd drep lug were utilellc arid they breathed of beauty." ' ; ;. ' ; . . But the woman's face betokened a repl ies snd dlssstlHfied mind.' Slit was un wholesome, in Iter mental sine, snd she came -.from' a homo when discord and disorder reigned. ' ThelSfore even to the casual observer her eostuine sneivied incongruous. Clothes which have cost more, worry and, strain snd hearische are stirs to express some thing of (h"S-( unharrV qualities to the eyes of lxliol1ei-s; they will fall to fulfill the purpose for which they were pur cliasnd In some essential msnner. C'othea cry sloud oftllmes of dishonesty anil Hhsmc. 'ty and Iwidly made snd untidy gar mrnts worn by men and wonvsn who have means ud time to study the srt- of dieting speak loud teriofs to their welters. Since natm-o gave so much time and enr to tho apparel of forests and flow ers and Meadows snd marsh" It Is right that, human be int. h regard dress ss a matter worthy of consideration. But every tree and every plant and every bladfl of grass exprejses In Its at tire some areclal characteristic' of its ' ntr. . i ,' ' Their costumes are not bestowed tipon' thsin h'aphstrcl, but sic selected with great care. , ' ' "Ttr wmriftrr who says file earcs hoVIiIng for -dress, farther than to keep her.uMf comfortably protected' from the clement, and ,-lio rogsrds time spent on selecting or planning her. costumes as lost or wasted, is out of harmony with Mother Nature. ' The .woman who thinks of nothing but her apparel, and who sacrifices irooJ sense,", kihflness and even principle in procure,, rMilonnitc .garments, sins against nature, ,n hlch . Is .ever sensible, rensonsble and wise In her use of time. Clothes putihamd ' Hurriedly and with' no thought run never bo effective. No turo bestows ovlng-rare on each lenf snil twig. Clothea which sre worn but or.ee or .twice by silly, women who have more tv.cr.ey than brains . lack Individ uality.' As well might. the tnag'.ioUa tree pr l,l,i Itself upon discarding rVI Its leaves Snd flower eaoh day for woman to wesr her'gnWna but onf e. ' , The woman who dresses to her eyes or the tones of hsr linlr will find it a sim ple 't matter to be bscomliigly attired. More expensive , and elaborately' dressed women 1 will pass unnoticed where hr garments-will -seem a symphony. ' Study the best qualities )h yourself an 1 the best points in yonr, personality, ei.d dress . to .them. . But never Iress in a manner to inarm your horns, or jfur surrounding. . ' 1 Australian Mystery By OAinilHTr P. SKRV.SS. K , 0ns of the mysteries of tiie l)ttle lone oorttlnent of, Australia,' which." so full of soolC'Cleal pussies. Is the dingo. The dingo 11 a-wild doc.'" so like tho do mcaUcalei) dogs . of , ,,,, .. . Europe in msny jtsr- wavs that natural- -J? t, ' lsts have' to wondc he ' got on the fr-off in many J3'"'uM,yjt l natural- r'' ' been set' 'JCsi' ring how f ; i '','','' mar66ited ' f l'bi 'K.l - ' .:'r Household Hints By EDGAR LTJCIEN LARKIN. 'Employers shall dtvlde the gross profits of business operations upon the following plan: . The' wage , salary ; or emolument of each employe shall . be paid In the sura directed by the quar terly estimate of Living cost determined by the department of commissary. From the remainder, tho amount of six parts, lnt each hundred on the capital invested shall be set sside. This Increment shall be. Deducted, and of any sum thereafter remaining, one-half shall be Invested to provide annuities for sick or disabled, or assuranoe for the dependents of 'decease! employes. The remaining half shall be periodically distributed amongst the em ployes on the basis of their various com pensations. . "The whole of the body of employes is cftly equal to the superintendent thereof; Th superintendent is equal to all of' t"he underlings. Hence tmploycrs, when not themselves managers of .the .business, shall pay to managers a salary equal to the combined wages of the subordinates." Sections VII, VIII of Code of Laws of Ancient Atlanleans SO.000 years B. C. Tilts law is equal or better than, the I'ord plan, that Is, wages were adjusted by the government at Intervals, of three monttis, but with this most remarkable difference from modern times, the wage as taxed on the cost, of living. I would make a prophecy ha I I not ma!e auch a break in a prophecy written in 187. i published this away back In the efftto east. , It was: "In A. V. It OjO educators J11 ' detect differences" In the minds of Nilldren." ' In A. D. 1900 I i;an.e up here to the top of this peak and saw such advanoes In the study of mind that 1 published the prophecy tn "The .Examiner," cutting off fifty years, sot tins t!atc at A.' l. ia0. But diferencea Wti-v actually discovered by a teacher in laie, by Montessorl. I was out at first ' tight y-six, and again thirty-six years. But I am not dismayed by such little mistakes, so here are three more highly prophetic writings: - 1. Within fifty years a number of At lanlesn laws, and laws of Hammarobl, will b enacted in the United States. 2. And every court ou American soil wiU become a court of equity. J. And modern mind will become free, no longer controlled by corroding prece dent For the manager in Atlantis had to put ip half of his big salary, equal to all er.iileyes, for sick and disabled and life trsurance; and the other half went tn the general fund, he drawing his pro rata with all the others. The ptr centum was all the owners received, be causo they old not work. Tiie' Atlantides did not drive sensitive prisoners to Insanity and then discharge them as Imbeciles with reason dethroned for life. They did the exect opposite cured them.- And this by means of one of ..the, most - wonderful processes Within' range 'of all mental things: they killed the cells in the crime-area' of the brain, leaving all others in health. Note this: Human marriage was strictly base on the laws of nature. Funerals were based on common Dense not sickening, maudlin ritual to ruin of mind, nor upon barbaric "display at enormous cost, to ruin, mind and body financially. For human harpy. vampire, financial ghouls did not rob to right and left over dead bodies in Atlantis. I '. t- . ! Instead of boiling beet roots roaxt them In tho oven. The flavor wHl.be much Improved. Gold embroidery may be cleaned when it tarnishes - with a brush dipped ' in burned and pulverized rock alum. When washing saucepans be sure to lay them In front of tho fire for five" or ten minutes so that' they may dry thor oughly Inside, and so -prevent deteriorat ing through getting rusty.' " After use, all' pudding.. cloths .and jelly bags shoCld be washed liiAcry hot water, and When they have been well rinsed hung up to dry, where they arc exposed to' a good draught. 1 ,'. To .give a rich, creamy flavor to coffee, take as much mustard as will lie on a dime and the same quantity of salt, and mix with the amount of dry. coffee ,. lowed for every pint of coffee required. ' , A otouklng mending hint: Before darn lug stockings, hold the cerd or skein of wool ovor tho spout of a kettle full of boiling water. The steam shrinks trie wool, and when tho stockings' are again washed tho mended portion will ' not shrink and tear the other parts. ' To clean white or light colored feath ers, dissolve two ounces of -hlte Curd soap tn two pints of wsrm wsler, make Into a lather, dip In the feathers and souso up and down till clean.' ' To curl feathers, allow tliem' to become almost dry, then shake before a-flie till the .fronds curl. . t " To keep the air of a room fresh and Slightly perfume i, place a Jar hn.nnmn inconspicuous place In the room and put In the jar a small block of ammonia, over which pour sjjnie ordinary cologne water. This makes' a' faint plras'ant odor of which one Ih' scarcely conscious. To dye feslhers. place them In hot water, then allow .to drajn. Then p'.sce in the mixed dye. Shake out, dry and curl as directed above. . To clean nickel on store snd rsnses, icke a 'woollen cloth, wipe the soot from 4h bottom of the tea kettle and with It rub the nickel. If there Is grease or other dltsV first rernove this ' with a damp cloth rubbed well with sosp. ' In making buttonholes rub soap on the material before cutting, button hole In sergn or tweed. The . soap, holds , the threads together snd prevents them from I fraying during the making. j To make ( red tiles a nice bright, clear! color, rub, them well with a lemon dipped In fine salt,' leave for a few minutes snd then wssh Jn the tisusl wsy. . Thfs will ' rnrt.ft m .lain. ' j. Q. Can you ' explain why It seems easier to lift up a living body and carry It some distance than to carry a small, compact "dead" weight, such as iron dumb-bells A person weighing 150 pounds appears lighter than a pain of dumb-bells Or sadirons, weighing fifty to acventy-flva pounds. IJly , B. Fenlgsteln, Sparrow's Nest, Mount Vernon. A. Somebody several thousands of years before Snv art of writtntr wui tnvpnterf imagined this tiling, 'and told It to h1 next-door man. He told It and so all along the ages ant centuries. Pure hallu cination, along , with hundreds of others now Injuring this modern scientific age. If a persoji weighing 150 pounds appears lighter than anything weighing fifty or seventy-five pounds It Is simply because a distorted inind of some weak jnan Imagined it, maybe 100,(M years sgo. Haine origin for sll current myths. Q. (1) If a certain amount of alcohol be added to a given quantity of water, the volume of the liquid decreases. CD If a spoonful of sugar be added to a cup of tea, filled to tho brim, the tea dues not. overflow. Charles T. Cawley, 308 East Seventieth Street. New York. A All liquids are porous. Fill a box with shot and there are spaces between. A box. "full" of shot may also be filled to the top with wator. The word liquid In the question should have been plural liquids. Mix one pint of water and one pint of alcohol, but the mixture will not measure two pints. Heme fact with sugar and tea. But If the top of the cup I absolutely dry the liquid may be piled up above the surface of the cup's edge. Molecules of liquids cohere to each other with a certain specific force fur each kind. But If a surface Is wetted by a liquid, the molecules of the liquid adhere to those of the solid with "greater tenac ity than to tach other. And this Is the explanation of some kind uf liquid being heaped up allghtly above the thin top of a cup or g.ass. Water will hold large volumes of gas without increasing tn bulk, as in the case of that clftsle liquid, soda-pop and a certain noted liquid humpagnc wine. Th entile series of phenomena are based on spaces in be tween molecule. OUR ANTEDILUVIAN ANCESTORS! CopyrlghhvlUlt. Intern'l News IServlre. ocean-encircled lnd which.' lie now in hsbita! A erlou objec tion to the theory that the ancestor of the dingoes were domesticated dog carried to Aus tralia by early settlers Is the fact that it seems to be Impossible to tamo them. They can bo kept and ieare.1 In soologleal gardehs, snd st the homes of animal fanciers, but they never show sny sffee.tlon for 4 msster, and will bolt on thn least provocation or temptation. They will foregather, with ordinary dogs and plaV rough and tumble with them in the utmost good nature, but they are vsry quarrelsome among themselves. ,It la ssld that they never bsrk like a dog, but are fond of ttomllng llkewolf. Yet they look like dogs and not like wolves, snd ' they like to te petted by luiinsn hem. But they Show no' gratitude or attachment. . r ' i Tholr usual color la a dingy yellow-red. but Sometimes they ate pure. black. They are beautifully formed, and remarkable for their Ttst running snd high Jumping, ss well ss for their endurance. In sll of which they greatly excel ordinary dogs. They dlf burrows in the ground in whkh th-y fear their young, but they take au-vantsjlr- of cv and hollow . logs . for this purpose- when they can find them. In captivity they vlll eat anything Hist Is offsred them, vep rice pudding and cooked. fish. K what they like best is mice snd birds. - Mr. Laldlsy. a British naturalist, 1 who hss; raised dingoes and concluded ,tht they can never be thor. oughjy tamed, reports that he. ha seen them .carrying bird so ,hard to catch ss akylsrk. They stalk their pi :y' like catsnd' can Jump ' severs! 'TeetKcJesr from the ground with astonishing agil ity. ' ' v ,-- " - - "Mi"i I-(ldluy"reJects the thtorles which moko trie dingo either the deroemtant, or the'artcetor. of the domesticated dog, or a - near relative , of the, wolf, his Idea being that the dingo. Is a distant spec!. Mr, l.aulley has a fema'o coyote which has adowed "a litter of, six inso, pup pi.' and they sre very fond of their fosUr mother. . ' 1 ' . How to Make Friends ; t jr Is Should Be Un affected aud ' Prac tice (he Golden Rule By. ANN LISLE. , a.' .asT - " ' "'ssw ',l? "nr m. "That man is a fine runner!" -' "He's got to be! That's Professor Skinclothes. He's writing a book on 'Wild Animals of the Jurassic Period. It'll be a great work if he lives to complete it!" - 0 i Advice to Lovelorn f j Brurctcs j-Aixrax ' r-rU V'aaagrerlate.a Taeaahtfalae. -Dear Mts Fnlrfss: , I have been keep ing company with a young man for six month. I wonted to go to a- place ef amusement; to 1 asked him to lake me, s I thought it would hot be nice for me to go wild nny ine else. II said he had a in' with a mm frUnd. .Ih you think it fa: r-for him to go without taking me? Whsn I ;o,nut with this young man 1 do not Want him to srend til money. I o you think that this is the reaaun? Perhaps after golhg with him for six months he think I am too dead for him. '1 .': .' , '...' E. F. K. Perhaps you '' sre' too csrsful and thoughtful of, (hi young roan's finances. Often tKe girl who guards u man's In terest IS not' tully -appreciated because he Wiviits to, have more enjryment than her rar(ul nature dema wise, titill it Is pertectlyt possible thai th's man really 4iad! sn engagement and did not find It advfcabld to go with you.' hr the same token ,you ought to cultivate a few otlier frleMsh'ps Silifhot permityourself - to bec&mfe totally dependent on him. 7 Here Us 'little letter from "A Lonely Girl."' t think she voices the sorrow of many - lonely gli l from aed to sea snd from 'continent to continent. VI am steadily, emf loyed In s' department store. Business acquaintances seem to like me. butftcr bsslhess hours my sblllty to make friends seem to be lacking. This makes roe1 fool ; blue. - In fact, It makes me heroine so depressed that It causes many tear., I have tried reading to divert my, thought and to gain knowl edge. But what 1 need Is the knowledge to gain, happiness und friendship." The ability to make friends c,ome In twoways:'ss a nsttlral gift In the power, of a ,flne. i-srn.f magnetic, personality that make lto!f foil wneiever.lt may be, or as the, result of 'honest effort to under stsnd people and to be necessary to them. Now , very.) often tjiei magnetic person who sttraqts cosily has not enough power to k hold; whilew on the, other 'hand the fins, rare personality that would be wor. thy, of tnip friendship ; I too shy and modest to. project iuelf Upon tne atten tion of, thpso,. with , a horn It chances to Com Iff contact., .,,.', AVJiat the. little lonely girls need Is the warmth .of manner that will thaw the h e of "getting acquainted." and, the loyal flncsire and understanding that hold the affection it luts attracted. i . r . - "To have, a- frle nd.V said a sage., "you must first be-one." f .. "' Ard that Is 'the: rlmpie, ftrt ful as to how to make, friends. It applies alike to holding and, keeplpg. , , - - . , , ;- The girl who,! anej by her business seyualntsnces- probsbly meets them- an, tho ground ai common Interests. ; Khe Is not . thinking, of. hnrjetf snd the hnpres-. slon ahs .is, making so much ssof the. fac( that -theie are certain matters to be discussed, srrBnaed and adjusted as well ss aos.ilbln. She .meets people with a cor dial spirit lea coldness or the fear of seeming to later to them keeps her from msking a favorable' 'Impression", and so Interfere1 with her efficiency' ss a busl- ness woman.. , . . i , .But does rhe bring sny of this .same warmth .or ' manner, alert Interest and evident desire to ploase to her dally human ' social, contracts? ' . Many, glrls are straid of being thought "pushing,"- or - forcing themselves where they sre not wnnted that of making un aeletune advances to people who do not cave far thelrt.. Women have a, wsy of dressing to give more of friendship than they resolve. They measure it off In scantt yard-j snd give an linrresalon of being cslciilAtlng when they are only hy- . . m Bring waimth of manner to your social' life, liltl? If tioly girls. Never be afraid of saying kl-jj things, of offering a cor dial handclasp, of expressing desire to meet'sgsln the people who attract you.,- Be simple aud natural In your manner. Pori't giggle and (icee and try to create an .Impression .c-r being something other then you are. , Kveryone like Intelligent response. : " Bverytne, i raves understanding. And every personsllty lives en a little Uland of loneliness and longs to be discovered. Study the people you meet not coldly and analytically, but with warm human liking, with feeling that ,they are dis tinctly worth while. Give theni to under, stsnd thst you like them.. Tell them you Want to know them. Wouldn't treatment a cordial a this win your Interval? - The golden rule for making friend te a simple a thla: Treat people with the same Interest and uuderstandlng that you would like them to show you. ii i