THK HKK: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MAKC1I 5. IHIo.
Much Marital Misery
is Caused by Money
By DOROTHY DtX.
From time to time I have expressed
theCpplBlon that much of the misery of
I matrimony was merely. a matter of
j money, .and that If the financial ques
tion could 'be settled " -
definitely and fairly
(between a man and
a woman before they
lentered Into a life
p a r t n ersblp, as It
'would le nettled be
tween two men who
were going Ihto'busl
,n a together. It
would eliminate one
ever present source
iof friction In th,e
household, and make
i for peace, and har
imony. :- .
The avrage Ameri
can rru.-hand is not
ia tightwad. Al . a
,aneidl thing he
wants his family to
I have every . possible
thing thof ho can afford. to give them.
but no la et flgnlust glvlug his wife
inn allowance an he la against death. He
l does not want to let hrr have the hand
" I'nn of the' iiinney. lie wnnts, her to
mriM lo hi'ii fur every penny, and even
when he ti.etn'i mind g'v'ng her what
she asks for. he like to growl a bit
Bli-lUt It. ,
All, of this infuriates the wife. She
feels like .-beggar . rattling a tin cup
'every f.me she iisks 'her- husband for
money. .She "-writhe nndrr the Injustice
ior never- Hflvlrsr miy money of hev own
that i-orafu f. hcr. not at a gratuity, but
'as self rt -at Ttlntr morncy that she has
earned uy 'uci- own labor. It makes her
'envious to c working women with their
own po' ketbocks when she know thai
Shu wovkt, ton tli.ieg an hard a any of.
then,' uud ha no porketbook.
"Why1 men arc so opposed to granting
th'r wlvt-e the boon of an allowance no
body knows. ..It would even aave hus
banc's nionej; to do ao, because any
women could manage her affairs better
If she knew. how much rhe was going to
have to ?pi nd instead of .fust having to
, guess how big a Ml) her husband woull
stand for, or how mivh sh could Jolly
him cut' of. It Is a !ac however, that
most mei'are inHrtenvlil- ilxed in their
determination not to give tv.lfe up' allow
ance, or any money e' her own, and that
when you commence talking to on about
It, he Immet'latcly llirn off t a tangent
and grows self-rightf-ously indignant at
"what he calls woman's attempt to com
mercialize marriage."
One of these indlpnupt gentlemen has
recently written tne na follows:
"True love and affection, , the only'
Justifiable basis of matrimony,' cannot
be measured' by dojlars pnd rents any
more thnn' you can add together pnta-,
toes and pig lion- Whenever women, at
Read it Here See
Ey apecl.il arrangement fur lhl inur a
(pboto-draina corresponding to the install j
nn ot uunaway June ' may now be
seen at the leading movins picture the
' a tors. Br arrangement made with Uie
Mutual PUm corporation it is not only
I possible to read "Ri nawnv June" each
day. but also afterward to see moving
pictures Illustrating our story
(Copyright, 1315. by K-i is!
f'orcoisllf,:i i
PulMcntlon
, .'EIGHTH T;''HM:.
Her HushnnU's lOneiuin'!.
CHAPTER I. tConnnued.)
Again the everlasting problem the man,
Itha woman and the money. The runaway
i bride eat in the vacant cbalr at the little
idesh and pondered it all out. This per
I son waa nagged, who followed her hus
I band even to -the hospital to nag, and
whose husband welcomed . the hospital
I because. It was a relief from nagging
this woman was the outcome of the rus
Itom by which the man, earning, possessed
. all, and the money he gave, to hie wife
iwas as a gift. A selfish -woman and one
'without delicacy, such as this nagger,
i marie it her business to get all ahe could,
and the . pursuit had become a passion
with her. flie was like those ' beggars
who continue to beg after they have
become rich by It, begging from the force
of habit .and from the love of the art of
making people give and from the sordid
desire to possess. It waa wrong, all
.wrong, somewhere. June shuddered as
she remembered .this wife going through
her husband's pockets, and then she re
called her dream of herself standing be-J
fore Ned as a'plteous pauper, holding out
her hand for alms. She had been right.
' khe decided, as she had decided time and
again. She had acted wisely in running
away befoce. she had committed herself
to charity and before any barriers had
ben act between their love. She must
earn her own way
Mercy, June aprang from her chair
and ran to the room of the chauffeur
with a sudden violent wrench of her
conscience. Joe lay there quite cheer
fully wait the thermometer still In his
mouth, and he grinned aa well as he
eould after twenty minutes of this erer-
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; Baby, "California Syrup of Figs."
Mother, deddy and the children can al
ways keep feeling fine by taking this de
licious fruit laxative aa occasion de
mands. Nothing else cleanses the stom
' ach, liver and bowels so thoroughly with
out griping.
Yoil take a little at night arid in the
morning all the tout constipated waste,
sour-file and fermenting food, delayed In
the bom sis gently moves out of the sys
tem. When you awaken all headache,
indigestion, sourness, foul taste, bad
breat-h.-fevor and dizslness la jone; your
stomach Is sseet. liver and bo els clean,
and you feel grand
tempt to place matrimony on a dollar-and-cent
basis, they should bo treated
upon a strictly business basis, and be
compelled to give" Valu received, and this
value re.Kwl tuusl'.ba .estimated .b,y tt)s
standard which they, wish .to establish,
and 4n w.hlch they expect payment ts.,
cold, hard cash."f . "
What nonsenie". and. wtial a begging of
the question. . The real set vl.-e that-a
wife gives 'her. husband Js spiritual. Ft Is
a love and a tenderneM that cannot be
bought, a loyalty and devotion that ran
never be repaid.
Beyond that, though, "the average wife
could send In ft bill for vtoal services,
payable In -money, that would bankrupt
any man who. was not millionaire. Sup-poe-wife
sent in her KtUe account at the
end, of the month for cooking, for wash
ing, for Ironmg.'for sarubhing. for acting
as purchasing, agent, for nursing the
baby, for carina for th elder children,
for acting as sick mine, for entertaining
company, for . prcss'ng trousers, for
cleaning suits, and for acting as com
panion?
Cooklcg. tlexnintt. scrubbing, sewing
mlrslng, entortalnlnx rompany. 'tutoring
chlldicn. . are all elifferent. professions,
you know, fur which a man would hav
to pay If he had avfamily. and didn't
have wife ""ho lumped them all In her
day work. So you seo the wife does
renlly earn her hosrd.snd keep and a,
little, spending money besides.
Of course. It i very beautiful and Idyllic
to say (hat Do auestfqn of money should
vor come up between p husband an-1
wife. The trouble is, this Is a prosal :
world in which . we can't move an Inch
without paying our --way. Therefore the
mom y question - is perpetually ' with us,
srd It's because men don't settle It fairly
with the r wives that there la .eternal
conflict' between them on the subject
and It's golne tc- be there until men makj
up their inlndn to' "come across."
If a woman Is too bjg a fool to handle
a few dc'ilurs' Klie has not sense enough
to mnke a -desirable-wife. If she is si
d'shonest that h!k cannot be trusted- with
an allowance, she too .hi t a thief to
become the mother of a man's children.
If a woman is sensible and honest, what
c-xixse ean a husband give for dcpylns
her the. independence that comes of hsv
imr her own money?
There in no msn who would not feel
himself degraded by having to' ask-' even
the most' getrirrous of fathers' for monejy
every time he wanted a dollar, TV'omen
feel exactly -the sam way about It, and
if husbands only reallred this thene would
be very few mean enough to put hls
rmmiilrttiem upon their-wives. ' ;'
It's stiTrf and nonsense ib talk' shout
women trying ; te eommcroiallke matri
mony by asking their husbands for a llt
tlc'alloWHnRc of their own. It's men who
commercial!.-, 'matrlmotty, and drive a
cruel hard bargain, too. when they take
the .rk .;of t"a woman's .hand, and the
afevcitlon of her soul, and begrudge her a,
thlla.ot her'own. '"' "J ;. '
. '- -. : : . "' ' " .' " ' . .
ft at tire Movies.
else.- , When- June removed the ther
mometer that, j-ide of his face remained
twistccL.and puckered for some-time, and
tit achej, hut ho was perfectly happy.
Ho could be alone for twenty-four hours:
C'II. PTEH II.
There wss a consultation In Mia. Vfl
lard'a room. Tommy Thomas est at the
head of Mrs. Vlllard's hod. T. J. Ed
wards, the heavy man with the thick
lidded eyea. sat on the other side in stolid !
silence. Cunningham leaned negligently
on the foot of the bed. Before Mrs. Vil
la rd lay a picture of June clipped from a
Brynport paper on the day of her mar
riage tc Ned Warner. Tommy Thomas
had Just found It and hAA brought It to
her. Cunningham picked up the picture
and looked at it with twinkling eyes,
smoothing his white mustache com
placently. Gilbert J! lye, sitting In the
far corner on the window sill, with his
Vandyke in his long, lean, white hand,
suddenly rose and, walking over to Cun
ningham, took, the picture from him and
laid it on the bed. ,
The pretty nuree with the pink cheeks
opened the door presently and heard
these words in Blye's suave but forceful
tones:
"The thln to do Is to gain her con
fidence. There must be a complete change
of method."
The voice atopped abruptly. 'Edwards,
Cunningham, Tommy Thomas and Mrs.
Vlllard were ail listening Intently. Mrs.
Villa rd seemed troubled Tommy Thomas,
with deviltry in her eyes, was laughing
at Cunningham, who seemed uncom
fortable. The round headed Edwards
sat slowly noding aa he looked at Blye.
Mrs. Vlllard resched quietly forward and
turned the piece of paper on the bed face
downward. She seemed even sad.
"Beg pardon." said the pretty nurse,
noting tiie sudden silence, and, slipping
In, ahe put her hand under the sheet and
felt of Mra. Vlllard's ankle. The entire
group was motionless, and there waa a
strained tension in the room until the
nurse went out " She saw Mrs. Vlllard
reaching forward fos the piece of paper
aa she closed the door, and aa ah walked
away sue heard Blye's -smooth, even
voice again.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
"California Byrup of Fisa" la a family
laxative. Everyone from grandpa to
baby can safely take it and no one la
t-ver disappointed In its pleasant action
Millions Of mnthara l... 1- .k. !
Ideal laxative to give cross, sick, feverish
children. But get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a SO cent bottle of "Califor
nia Byrup of Figs," which hss directions
for babies, children of all agea and. for
crnvn-lira 'nn n k. -. . i ...
" toiiiw. nf lute Willi j
contempt the cheaper Fig Byrupa and
counterfeits. rWa that it bears the nsme
- vatitornia rig iyriip Company." Ad
vertise me nl.
Gran'mama Likes Us
I
, Shade of my little gran'mother hanging high there on the livinf
room wall, your face still rosy tinted through the. faded mask It has
become your hair like two smooth raven's wings folded each side of
your cheeks, the whole picture you are set in darkly colored like a
dust-covered gem, looking out as you do from the gay modern pictures
around you, Dulac and Pyle, and a pretty actress face I 'spect you to
lean out nny minute away from the paint, to smile and sparkle, and
say you are pleased! 'For the peg-top skirt is a broken toy that is
burled for good (so tbey say) and your own voluminous pettlsklrt that
stands out like a fan, blows like, a loose sail in the win a and sways
seductively when we do go out to walk or hesitation, la here. . . Every
time I have come clicking down the hill (you did like high' heels your
self, little Gran'dame) in a frock that nipped my ankles hard at every
strangled fetride, I turned my face up to yours palely 'gazing down and
imagined that you glowered! If Gran'mamag can glower. I saw your
delicate nose crinkle and crawl upward, your gently curved lips tighten,
your black eyelashes droop in sniffy scorn. And I skipped by with the
back of my neck turned pink! For I knew you didn't approve. You
Mysteries of Nature and Science
By GAKltKTT P. 8EUV1SS.
Can vou help a layman to an under
standing of the accepted meaning of mat
ter? I read now that 'matter Is eleo
trlclty,' a statement that confuses and
perplexes us P O o r
outsiders more than
ever. Will you kindly
explain the eubject,
provided It can be
grasped by a non-
c re.der?-J Ct 'A
sburgh. P- I j J J
on sense will V 1 - J
long w ay I ' 4
sclentlflc
T.. Pitt
Common
help us
toward an under
atandlng of these ap
parently myaterlous
things. Think for a
moment what jrtuu
curs-lf mean by X'
bv "matter." for the
meaning attached to that word oy the
average intelligent person is, at bottom,
the 'same that the "scientlflo man" at
taches to It You mean bv matter any
thing that you ran touch, or feel, or aee.
The scit-ntiric definition is "anything
that has dimensions and occupies space,"
lWMSmPXhl-' 5e- lU.!fcf,Ki.. '
Mi U&M&tW A
or "anything which occupies space and
possesses weight." or "everything which
can affect our senses."
I take these vsrious definitions from
standard text-books, and you perceive
that they all coma practically to the same
thing. The late Prof. K. K. Duncan put
the whole subject very dearly in these
words: "Wood, copper, oil and air are
forms of matter, for they evidently pos
sess weight and fill space. ' Hut light,
heat, electricity and magnetism we can
not consider to fill so many quarta, or
weigh so many pounds. They. are. (here
fore, forma of noninattar."
Bo far, then, there is nothing to puazle
anyone. Itut, as you say, when the as
sertion comes that "matter Is electricity,"
llu. scientific mind Is apt to get befogged.
For this seems a contradiction in terms,
Inasmuch as, by 1U very definition, elec
tricity is ori4 of the forms of "nonrnatter.''
Now, let us take another step. The
science of physics has long asserted that
there are two fundamental things, "and
only two, which have "an actual and ob
jective existence,", and . of which o"r
senses make us swsrc, and these two
things are outlier In virtue of which any
Now
never moved while the year nlneteen-fourteen pivoted by and the youth
in jur house pitted tiuder four fuded face in nobbiest robes, pulled
tight as a headache bandage around their hurrying ankles. You never
moved or smiled. (I loved 'em me myself!) ,
But look you now who stands beneath you! Almost what you
wore then! Mademoiselle Thirty-Yards-A round I Forehead showing,
smooth hair, demure, black velvet wristlets, little seamed basqueold
fashioned comb, ruffles, pompadour silk with tiny buds growing all
over, little short skirts that sway and swing and swish with a wide
generosity, and (oo!) pantalta! or a single slip that drops below and
loqkf like one with two "feeta" in it. .
Oh, Gran'maraa are you smllln' now? You wouldn't on the
little, savage of last year's fashion rbut t'other night whe hurried
by-you with a funny feel about the feet because they didn't Jerk up
at every step, I saw you stir and lean out from the old dark picture In
delight your dusky eyes lightened, your dainty finger crept' to your Up
in the way mother says you had,, and the lace over your- white breast
thrilled and whispered. Sure, Grandmother, little, and old, you like vs
now - ' ' NELL' B1UNKLEY.
definite portion of it (matter) . may be
nadi to effect changes in other delinite
portions." A briefer definition is: "En
ergy is the power 'of doing work." Evi
dently energy comes under the head or
nonmatter, although It la exercised only
through and upon matter. Then, If every
thing is either matter or energy,1 eleo
triuity. slpce It la not matter, must be
energy.
This seems to make it still more diffi
cult to comprehend .how anybody In his
sense ean aver that matter la electricity.
The clue to the mystery la to be found
In the new discoveries about the consti
tution of the InvlxlMy minute atma of
which all matter Is made up. There ia no
auch thing as an absolutely "solid"
chunk of matter. All kinds of matter
consists of atoms collected Into associa
tions called moleculea, while the atoms
themselves are composed ot minuter par
ticle, now named electrons, and neither
the electrons In the atoms, nor tho atoms
In the moleculea, nor the molecules In the
bodies,- or . aggregations, of matter,
whether that matter be In the condition
of "solid," a. "liquid' or a "gas," are
in actual continual contact. . They are
either In Incessant vibration, or In rota
tion, about and among one another, but
these electronic, atomic and' molecular
motions are only Indirectly made evident
to us through their effects, such as heat,
light, and so on.
One more step la required In order to
see what Is uoaat by the statement that
By Nell Brinklcy
l'op light. J!'l, la'ern I News Hervue.
(matter Is nothing hut electricity. Another
wsy of putting . the . statement: Is that
the ultimate unite of - which matter is
composed are the electrons In the atoms.
But what are electrons? 'An electron Is
nothing mora than a rtrtaln quantity, or
"charge," of 'eleetrloltv . In excessively
rapid motion.' . Here we hit' upon a very
strange thing.. Electricity, by def'nitlon.
Is not matter, aad yet in the form of
the spinning election It haa the charac
teristic quality of matter, which Is inertia,
or maar.
In other words, electricity In motion
poeserses the most fundamental property
of matter, and so may be taken aa form
ing the basis of matter, since the elec
trons are, as far as we can now aee, the
actual and only constituents of the atoms
of matter. When the atom ia taken apart,
so to speak, we find nothing in It except
these whirling electric charges. They
seem to acquire the property of mass
(msss Is not exactly weight, but for the
sake of getting s grasp on tho aubject
you may think ot it aa weight), from
their motion. It has been proved that
their apparent mass Increases with the'r
velocity of rotation.
: And so, finally, we get to the concep
tion that the very substantial thing which
we . know of as matter may be only a
form of energy,- and that instead of two
things, matter and energy, constituting
the universe, there la only one thing, en
ergy, appearing ia different forms and
states.
-I. II. I I is I I
Delinite Aim in Life
By MIIS. FRANK LEAKNKD.
Author of "The Ktiquette of New Tork ,
Today," "Ideals for Olrla." etc.
Life has a real aim. and la full of won
derful opportunities, and Is Worth living
at the very best of our powers. Each
one of us has some definite work to d.
In the world. The danger Is that In the"
Ignorance of forgetfulness of this trut'i
years nisy be wasted, and life Itself,
which should be full of Interest, be
comes aimless, listless, even unhappy. ...
If girls are taught to look put .en life
rightly, and trained . from the first to.
think of this life as a great and blessed,
gift, bound up with a divine purpose.' .
they would fin) it rich with opportuni
ties for noble actions and Joyous living.
"Grace will never be obliged to work. '
s.tld a gltl when speaking of a girl -friend,
"but she insists on having s eol
lege training."
"Who can tell what may happen
said some one. "Fortunes cTisnge.- 'er
ts'.te wings, and Orace, wmTse' future'
seems arranged to he lived In ease 'and
luxury, may be obliged to work 'eoma
day. liven If she does not work for self- '
support she will hae from her college
education . the advantage of a trained :
mind to bring to all sorts of needs In her -life
to help her to be useful In the lives :
of others." . (. . . -
The truth Is that Grace, who. her
friends think, will never be obliged ,te
work," and who la too Insistent -on ' a
college) training,' la determined net to
waste her gifts and talents, but ls.be-.
ginning to use them definitely. , ,v
Discipline in any work, any training,
strengthens the mind In habits of system,
perseverenre. ' self-control and patience.
Among the beat things that a college edu-.
cation can do for-a atudent is -to, show
how tools may' be Used. AVhaV. a, girl '
gains Is not a mere accumulation of
facts or a quantity of assorted Informs-,
tlon, but discipline, concentration, c-'
curacy and power. Knowledge should
he to her a means of growth and develop- .
ment of character or It will be worth ,
little. . ..w - '
The girl who hag discovered her true
vocation, and has aet before - herself af
definite aim, will flad happlneas tl she, Is .
earnest, loyal, brave andt conscientious.
Her training may he that of a teacher,
an artist, a Journalist, stenographer or
r.urae, or she may work In shop or facv
tor', or she may be called to stay'quleily
at home. If ahe grasps the truth that It '
Is her real vocation har life will be happy
and of use.
"The usefulness of a life. says ' a
thoughtful writer, "does not depend bn ''
the outward results which man be esti
mated In terms of money, or In external
works which can be tabulated and
counted up, or may be conspicuous ; In
(he annals of the world, but on "tne
realisation by each soul that life has for
It a real purpose; by the honest search
for divine guidance as t what purpose''
It, and the loyal and cheerful-acceptance ,
f It when It Is made knuown."
1 Many things worth knowing are not
learned In school of college. Some of
them are learned In the wholesome round '
of simple, every-dsy homo duties.
: Do You Know That
Glass windows were first used In private '
houses in England n 1U0, '
The superiority of French kid gloves
over all others la due above all to the '
perfection of tho skins, the kids being
reared In villages by peasants who own
only a few goats, and therefor take
great care of them. ' Another reason Is
that In Franc on workman takea tha
prepared skin and manipulates it him-'
self right up to the finished glove.
The so-called "death-watch," with Its
mysterious ticking at night time. Is duo
to nothing more serious than the furni
ture beetle. - The larva of this lneect '
burrows in the furniture, making the
pinholes which are often to be seen lit
old furniture. . -,.'-
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