THK BKIC: OMAHA. WKDNKShAY, APRIL .M. 191.V
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Marriage
Meaning and
Responsibilities
Tij ELBERT HUBBARD.
Marriage la the natural mating of a
rormal man and woman.
And there must b a mental mating as
well as a physical. If the relationship la
. to laat and thua
be worthy cf the
name of "mar
rlage." . The m a r r lege
rite, or ceremony,
l a proper form
ality whereby the
world Hi notified
of the relationship.
. But the ceremony
doea not constitute
' the marriage.
The- ceremony
la not vital, and
the particularly
form it takes la of
small Importance.
; The vital things
re the mental,
spiritual and phys
ical qualities of the
. man and woman.
' There can be no lasting love without a
sincere and honest respect.
Truth la the first requisite In marriage,
and unleaa truthfulness be present no
ceremony can sanctify the relationship.
They whom God hath joined together
no man can put asunder.
' The essence of marriage la companton
hlp. The man. and woman must sympathize
with each other's aspirations, and respect
ea-h other's ambitions and desires.
If this is not so the man will stray,
actually. ex else chase the ghosts of dead
hopes through the graveyard of his
dreams.
. I'ettiness palls, unless It ts backed up
by Intellect. : The merely clever woman
is nearly as bad as the astute man.
'Ware of these people who carry most of
their goods in the show window!
Brilliant men are but ordinary men who
at Intervals are capable of brilliant per
formances. Not only are they ordinary moat of the
time, but often they are dull, perverse,
prejudiced and abaurd.
' However, they1 are sometimes right,
and this is better than to be dead wrong
all the time.
Bo here Is the truth. Tour ordinary
man who does the brilliant things would
ht ordinary all the time were It not for
the fact that he Is Inspired by a woman,
r Great thoughts and great deeds are the
children of married minds.
When you find a great man playing a
1.18 part ot! life's - stage you'll find In
jslirht, or just around the -jorner, a great
yoma ri... Read, history! "" .'
!A man alone is . only half a man It
lakes the two1 to, make the whole.
' Ideas are born of parents.
' But life never did consist in doing "bril
liant things all day long.
Before breakfast- most men are rogues.
And even brilliant men are brilliant
only two hours a-day.
These brilliant moments are excep- j
tional. V ..... ' ;
i Ufa Is life to everybody. We must eat.
breathe, sleep, exercise, bathe, dress, lace
our shoes and use a toothbrush. We muBt
be decent, agreeable, talk when we
should and be silent when we ought.
To be companionable fit to live under
the ' same roof with good, people con
sists neither In being brilliant, pretty nor
clever. '
It all hinges on the ability and willing
ness to serve. No man can love a woman
long if she does not help tlm carry the
burden of life.
He wtll support her for a few weeks,
possibly years; then If she doesn't show
a disposition and ability to support hint
her stock drops below par.
Robert Louis the beloved used to tell
of something he called "charm."
' But even his subtle pen with all Its
witchery culd not quite describe charm
of manner that gracious personal quality
which meets people, hig or low, great or
small, rich or poor, and sends them away
benefited, blessed and refreshed.
Ellen Terry, turned 6, haa It. The Duse,
homely, positively ' homely. In features,
rests her chin In her hand and looks at
you snd listens In a way that captures,
vaptivates and brings again the press
ures of past years.
I met Sarah Bernhardt a year ago. She
Is TO but she had me going.
t am encouraged and delighted when I
think of how women everywhere are
learning to work, work with head, hands
snd heart, preparing themselves to be fit
companions for able men.
' The woman's club pas been or vast
benefit to men, for It has cut them out
a' pace. Woman is no longer a doll, a
plaything, a teddy bear; she is the In
te'lectual companion of man, and he must
prepare himself to be her companion and
helpmate.
..There is no sex In soul.
Men and women must go forward band
In hand single file Is savagery.
Every good man Is dependent on a
woman, and the greater he is the more
he needs her.
Tle only man who haa no use for a
woman ia one who la not all there one
whom God overlooked at the final In
spection. . A man wants a wife who Is his chum,
companion, a "good fellow" to whom he
can tell the things he knows, or guesses,
or hopes; one with whom he can be
stupid snd foolish one with whom he
can act out his nature. If she Is stupid
all the time he wtl have to be brilliant,
and this will kill them both. To grin and
bear it Is gradual dissolution; to bear
K and not grin ts death.
We are all just children ia the kinder
garten of God, and we wast playfellows.
If a woman Is pretty I should say it
ia no disadvantage unless she Is unable
to forget it. But plainness of feature does
not prohibit charm of manner, sincerity
honesty and the ability to be a good
housekeeper and noble mother.
' There are many degrees of Intellect,
but as a genersl proposition this holds:
A man wanta a wife v ho Is intellectu
ally on his wire one wbo. when, be rings
up, respmds. This is paradise!
HTU A 1 r'i H rT Ti w
j. nc -TY&iicviiie vjin otrange unarms a
After many seasons of anticipation,
the plaid costume Is an accomplished
fact. It appears . In all manner of color
combinations "and In checkered designs
all the way from the small shepherd pat
tern to the big block effects.
The sketch Indicates a conservative
frock recently worn at Ashevllle, N. C.
The, .material is of soft blue bengallne
crossed by triple line of white and eut
on the bias to- give a diamond rather
than a square-outline -to the plaid. -v
Other than the wodlsh flare . of the
skirt, there Is nothing special to dis
Read it Here See
Sv special arrangements for this paper
a photo-drama corresoondlns to the In
stallments of "Runaway June" may now
be seen at we leading moving picture
theaters. By arrangement with the Mu
tual Film Corporation It Is not only pos
sible to read "Runaway . June" eaolt
week, but alee afterward to see moving
pictures illustrating our story.
Copyright, ltlfi. by Serial Publication
Corporation. -.
VMOrsts -June,
the bride ot Ned, Warner, Im
pulsively leaves bar husband as their
hantivmaon because she beams to realise
that she must be dependent on him (or
money. Bhe aesires to ne uMepenuani.
. J una la mi railed by Qilbert Blye. a
wealthy married man. She escapes from '
his clutches with difficulty. Med searches
distractedly for June, and, learning of
Blye's designs, vows vengeance on him.
After many adventurea June la rescued
from liver pirates by Durban, an artist.
Bhe peaea as the "Spirit of the Marsh,"
la driven out by Mrs. Durban and Is kld
uud bv Blye and Cunningham. June
enrepes. tries sweatshop work and Is dis-
yossesaed by her landlady. Blye finds
une In her tenement home and drives
Cunningham away.
m-TEENTH EPISODE.
"At last. My UareV
CHAPTER II.-Contlnued.)
"Last of all I dreamed that I waar
oelng dragged home from the altar by t
ring In the nose, as the savages of old
dragged their bridew. And wrhen the
couldn't stand It. I threw down your,
money and ran from the train."
"To meet this man!" Interrupted Nd
sternly. "Gilbert Blye was waiting, but
for a New York train. I had been to oar
Tarnvllle factory. I saw thia beautiflul
girl on the platform and thought im
mediately what a good motion picture
aubject ntie would be. I was right. Hhe
screens perfectly." And he smiled ap
provingly at June.
"So you were strsngers." remarked
Ned, and there was an implied sntier In
his tone. "You helped her on the train,
and I saw you in the car talking with
her!"
"Oh, yea!" and June's brow ' cleared.
"I had sold my watch to a funny old
lady on the train to pay my fare. Mr.
Blye bought the watoh from her and very
kindly offered to let me purc'aaae It
whenever I found It convenient. He
gave me his card; that was allf
"All!" Ned thundered. "He classed you
from the train in a Utxi, and I followed,
but lost you both." t
"I did not!" Blye heatedly mtorted. "I
jumped in a taxi and tore straight for
Cunningham's hotel," snd he turned to
the whlte-mouatached man for cor
roboration. "We were due t a dinner
party that night and were ao atop at
Mrs. Ruaael'a. where all the girls of the
company afterward boarded."
"And I went straight to Iris!" added
the aggrieved June.
"'Indeed she did!" heartily agreed Iris.
"She told us she had left you beceuae
you had given her money ' And Bobble
Blethering was still prufoiifslly pnrplektxl.
"You remember 1 mine isr. to the hou.c
WW 1 aT m sjiss v 7v W n
tinguish that seotlon of the gown, ex
cepting perhaps the fact that It has
seams down either side and one down
the back to Impart a more graceful line
than la obtained when the skirt ts a pure
circular model.
The bodice takes on souave suggestion,
outlined with a narrow frilling of plain
silk. Rather unique Is the cuff, which
takes on a coll a Illy shape.
The trl corns hat is elevated slightly
toward the , back this accomplished by
the knot, of hair and it fa trimmed with
white kid flowers. The gloves and foot
wear are also of white.
It at the Movies.
for June's purse." Iris turned to Mr.
and 'Mrs.' Moore. "Bhe wouldn't even let
ns lend her money, because she had a
principle about being independent. When
you snd Ned chased In and drove poor
June from one houae and Ned found Gil
bert Blye's card In her glove, then it was
all off!"
"When I slipped out of Iris' window I
had my purse, but no clothes," June
pathetically remembered. "So I went out
home to Brynport and stole my clothes
and Marie."
"Why did he go to Brynport at the
same timer' Ned glanced savagely at
Blye.
'It was an Inspiration." Gilbert Blye
smllod suavely and stroked his black
Vandyke with his long, lean, white fin
gers, and his black eyes glowed. "We
had just formed the Blye Btock Company
at the dinner party. Mr. Edwards." and
he nodded to the heavy man with the
black thick lidded eyes, "Is our financial
backer. Mr. Cunnlnghom," a nod for the
white mustaihed man, "is our leading
actor, who has also on interest In the
company. I ahowed them the picture of
the beautiful girl In the watch. It had
given mo a great Idea for a mutton picture
play. 'The Runaway Bride!' They were
delighted with it, but we had no girl of
the type," '
"Wasn't I the jealous little party?"
daughed Tommy Thomas. "I was to be
the only leading lady of the Blye Stock
company."
Gilbert Blye favored the vivacious bru
nette with a pinch on the ear.
"I remember hearing Mrs. Warner tell
the old lady on the train that ahe muat
earn her own living. I waa certain that
ahe would screen well. Why not get the
original heroine of the Idea? Edwards
and Cunningham were enthusiastic. I
had her address In her watch. I jumped
In Cunningham's limousine and hurried
right out to Brynport.
"And we reached the cafe Just in time
to chase you!" He was piecing together a
punle which had baffled him. "When
Ned found your card and went to your
houae. snd your wife told us you wers
at thu dinner party."
"My wife ." and a shade of snnoyance
passed over Blye's dark, handsome face.
"And on the way In from Brynport my
taxi broke down." June went on. "Mr.
Blye appeared out of the darkness as If
by mslc. snd offered his limousine."
"I have a confession to make," Inter
rupted Blye. "I threw glaaa on the road."
And there was a general movement of
shocked understanding. All their cars
had popped tires on that glass, "ft was
my only opportunity to atop the run
away bride. On the way In to the city
perauaded her that she could earn her
Independence easier and quicker In mov
ing pictura work than In any other way "
"8o I became a temporary member of
the Blye Stock company. I wea to play
the lead In the feature which he elabor.
ated after I tuld him about my money
pi obit iii." added June.
(To llm Continued lumurrow
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it waa Inevitable that the great war
should brlnr many superstitious notions
to the front, snd especlnlly those relat
ing to lucky charm and guardian mas
cot. I find the two following, which are
new to me In detail though not new in
principle, reported from England.
$L 4.
No. 1, the "Uunpati," or god
of wisdom, to control destiny;
No. 2, a form of the "Swas
tika," nnd No. 3, tho "Swasti
ka" in its Hindoo form.
An Kngltsh aoldier took as s mascot a
button cut from his mother's weddtnar
dress. He has been In seventeen severe
engagements and many smaller fights,
but has not received a scratch "
An Irish soldier, before starting for the
war, pulled with his own hand. In a
field pear Dublin, a quantity of sham
rocks which he carried in a little green
beg," aus.ienoed from his neck. He firmly
believes that this charm haa shielded him
from all harm In his many desperate
fights.
England's Indian troops have, it Is re
ported, brought many mascots along with
thorn to turn aside Geinian bullets and
shrapnel. Among theee are some of a
very cuiloua nature, for Instance, min
iature Ivory Images of a white elephant
This is not regarded ss a direct charm
against death, but as a representative of
the god of wisdom, which will enable Ita
wearer to control destiny. Here we see
the eubtllity ot the Hindoo mind, the
Idea being that the protective power Is
one that acta through Inspiration, teach
ing the protected perwon how to escape
and avoid danger. Instead ot simply
shielding It off.
The famous swatstika occupies a con
spicuous place smong the ms scots
brought Jy the soldiers from the Orient,
for, although It la a symbol that has
been found tn all quarters of the world.
It la probably regarded with greater ven
eration In India than anywhere elae.
There la some mystery concealed In the
history of the swatstika. In the old
world It has been found carved on tombs
In the ruins of Hlasarllk. the legendary
Troy of Homer's Iliad; represented In
the ancient cemeteries of Ktruria; eut
on coins of Asia Minor; Inscribed on
Buddhistic monuments in India, used
among religious symbols In Tibet, and
worshipped In ancient .Scandinavia, while
In the new world, at the time whesj the
first Europeans arrived, the swatstika
was known among the Mexicans, the
Contrsi Americans, the Peruvians and
other. Indian nations and tribes. It has
been- exhumed from prehistoric graves
in the United States.
No universally accepted Interpretation
of thia strange symbol has been offered,
notwithstanding all tho study that, has
been devoted to the subject. According
to many it was originally a symbol of
the sun. Others think It signified the
planet Jupiter, but this appears to be
based upon the conventional figure- used
to represent that planet, and the pinion
is not a likely one. Tho shape of the
.swastika varies somewhat, but It la
always characteristic. It bears some re
semblance to a Greek vross. Sometimes
It Is enclosed In a circle, but the usual
form is that ot a cross with two equal
arms, which are bent at a right angle,
half way toward each end from the
crossing.
That this ancient and almost universal
sign ot good luck should be one of the
most popular In uve on the battlefields
of "Armageddon" is not a matter for
surprise. People who are not super
stitious in ordinary circumstances are apt
te become so la a threatening emergency,
and such symbols as the swastika have
the Indefinable power that antiquity gives
over the imagination.
Recent events call attention to another
kind of symbol, whose origin is as ob
scure ss that of soma of the masoot
signs. This Is the Mohammedan cresoenL
Do You Know That
At Lakeslda, I'lah, the mountain Is
gradually being cut away and dumped
Into Great Salt Lake to extend the solid
fill of the Southern Pacifle company's
Lucln line. The work waa begun In 190L
The fill Is now twenty milee long, and
in some places there Is a depth of thirty
five feet.
The use of lime ss binding material for
mortar originated In the remote past.
One suggestion Is that some savages
when using limestone rocks to confine
their fire noticed thst the stones were
chsnged by the action of the heat.
Since the war began Rngllahmen Inter
ested In the elMCtroplste trade have
ceaaed to describe their metal as "Ger
man silver" and have substituted for It
the term "nickel silver."
"Effendl" In Turkish has Ita equivalent
In the British "esguire."
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No 1 shows an amulet of two
boar-tusks' used for horses in
Asia Minor; No. 'J, a boar-tusk
amulet from New (hiinen; No.
3, an amulet of lion-elaws from
Uganda. Such amulets were
used aa a protection against the
"evil-eye."
The uaual explanation of ita origin Is
that the Turks adopted from the city of
The j$o&d to Mrumbles'
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sa sBgsS" sssSSsaaaaTaasi' SbBw f """r
1,1 in in .l-iiimiwJan i hi mm hi '
Constantinople, which hsd taken It for a
symbol In the day a 01' Philip of Mace
donia, heceuav the crewent moon had
thwarted, by 11a liirreavlns light, an at
tempt of 1'hlllp secretly to undermine the
walla of the city. A MohamniiMlnn legend
says that the Hultan Olhmnn adopted the
crescent for his stnndartt because In a
dream he had sen the lien moon expand
at ,
No. 4, the four-leaved clover, j
BUpjxiRetl to give luck; No. 5, a;
button from a wedding dress, i
and No. (J, a broken coin, the'
other half being left with a,
loved one. j
until Its honn reached from the eaat to I
the west.
Rut Trof. rtldpeway In Kngland haf
lately advocated rt new view. Recording
to which the Mohammedans not the Idea
of the crescent, not from the new moon,
but from the amint and long continued
use in Asia Minor of amulets made by
fitting two boar's' -tusks together at the
base. The figure thua produced certainly
bears a closer resemblance to a typical
crescent, aa it Is represented on th
Turkish flag, than does a new moon. Tile
wide distribution of these ('mulcts, how
ever, suggests that they may have had
a common origin In some symbol pertain
ing to the moon. They are found aa far
swsy aa New Gvlnes. while In Africa
they are in common use, made, however,
of llpns' clsws Instead of hoars' tunXa.
li! Epigrams and Sayings
I Hy Kl,l.. WIIKKU.K WILCOX.
Con right, li'lf.. Star Company.
It may lie true that whntever Is choir
Is nlw.iya exclusive; but whatever Is ex-
( elusive Is rot always choice.
As malice crcatrs mailer, so
generosity arot'fs generosity.
often
The world Is tu',1 oT gjod-hertd y'.
shnrt-slgt ted peorle who brand any man
ss nn lntilel whose Ideas of divine wor
ship differ from their own
We warn our sons with loud volcei
against the dn Hirers of the win 'cup anv
the gamine; tab'., but too many of us si'
rllent while - our Uaughtcia ' contract
habits of malicious sneaking and envloiu
criticism, which sre quite aa great etili
In society today aa Intemperance or
gambling.
Prayer H the key to heaven. H admits
us to the xacrament of angola.
Thounhtlessnesa Is the consort of
aclflnhness, and the two arc parents of
cilme.
Many a low rascal on earth boasts el
his noble sn.vMors under ground.
Men boast of tin Ir Infidelities,
conceal them.
wumer.
Many an oversealous reformer Imagine
thst h Is '.earhlng morality when hs It
really giving Instruction in vice. It ia
dangerous to describe n evil too closely
In order to warn against it.
Nothing flatters a man's ' vanity o
much sa being told that he Is not like
other meu.
loneliness Is sn all-pervading conscious
ness ot self.
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