TJ1M HKK: OMAHA, "WTWXKHlUY, JUNK , 1-Mft. .lee Bees bffle Magazine Pa 5r i ! V The Breaking of Chains By ELLA WHEELEH WILCOX. Copyrlirht, 1315, SUr Company. The thought of the world is 'waking; out of a slumber deep and long. And the race li beginning to understand how Right can roaster Wrong. And the eyes of the world are opening wide, and great are the truths ther ee; And the heart of the world is singing a song, and Its burden is "Be free:" Mow the thought of the world and the wish of the world and the son? of the world will make A force so strong that the fetters forged for a million years must break. Fetters of superstitious fear have bound the race to creeds That hindered the upward inarch of man to the larger faith he needs. Fetters of greed and pride have made the race bow down to kings; But the pompous creed and the things. The thought of the world has climbed above old paths for centuries trod; And cloth and gown no longer mean the "vested power of God." The race no longer bends beneath the weight of Adam's sin. But stands erect and knows itself the Maker's first of kin. And the need of the world and the world I hear, All through the clanging and clashing of bells, ibis wondrous time o' the year; And I hear sound like the breaking of chains, and it seems to say to me. In the voice of One who spoke of old, "The Truth shall make men free." - ,1 Schools Should Abolish Test Bogie I I - ' By WINIFRED BLACK. ' -The tests are comlns Main. ' ' I can tell tt by the color of the Little girl's cheeks, or rather by the lack of color, and by the hunted looH In the Lit tle iBoy" eye. We used to call them "examina tions" m my day, and how we did hate them! .No quaking mis creant ever - trem bled at the gal- lows' foot more miserably than I shook at the door classroom on the . morning" of exam ination day.' ' ..-I hated vithme tfu, and ' knew I wouldn't. "pass" In .that. : so I didn't . worry about It " ''The' W6rt 1st -always -bearable- when you know K 4s the worst and make up your mind It. k . ut history I liked, and language and spelling and literature and geography, but what boded thatT Not a thing In the world, not a thing. . . I could rattle off the presidents of the United Stales as glibly as the market man rattles off the names of the vegeta bles on his stand, but let there be some ' question In th ' examination about who came from where and I was almost sure to put Lincoln before Washington and , John. Adams down somewhere with - Rutherford B. Hayes. ' The capital of the Argentine Republic? ' I knew it as I knew my own name, but let the, .chief Inquisitor In the chamber of tortures ask -me to tell it and I was Just as .apt to say Valparaiso, lnd., as , anything else. And well do I remember spelling Nice, niece just like that at an examination, and getting well scolded for it, too. r what a farce It ail Is, the lest and the ' passing business. You know the streets In your own city, don't you? Stand up In a row with e '-lot of other people, who want to get ahead of you, and let soma one ask you auddenly "which, street, comes firsthand see what your answer will be. Missed, failed to the foot of the class '.or you! .... . And yet the dunce who answered right v knows Just about half as much of your -JO', really, as you do. "Teats are nothing but nerve wrack- - arn," said a very fine teacher to me tha ', other day. "They're splendid to tell you , Just how nervous a child , and that'll , H. "The cleverest children and the best. tod, often pass the worst tests, I've no , tlced that time and again. Of course, we have to have some system of mark ing or we'd never get ahead at. all, but I wish somebody would invent something to take the placa of tests." So do I. dear teacher; so do I. I've been in the newspaper business long enough to know just a few things about it, but I'd hate to have any one put me through a test as to heads, bank heads, cut lines and the rest of It, wouldn't you, Mr. Copy Header? How about you. Brother Business Man? Tou seem to set on rather well In the business world. How do you suppose you'd pssa a test on accounts ana debits and credits at an hour's notice? Tour record holds you where you are. Why should yeu go through an examlna- tlon every onca in so often? Don't twitch a germ-scat tering duster. Put 3-ln-One on cheese cloth and have a dustless duster. ausuess ouster. . y n Keeps home bright, clean, sanitary. J 1 li clean, sanitary Gives a fresh look ih look I Li .Tryit. y of a i W isea with ' sals. to everything, A Dictionary hundred other naea with every bottle. 10c, 25c, 50c all store Three-in-One Oil Co. J . 43 N. Broadway, N. Y. costly throne must yield to simpler wish of the world and the song of th I don't know a thing about it and don't pretend to, but I should- think a teacher could tell by everyday recitations how much a child knows and what grade she belongs In. Why not? The melancholy days have come, the test time for promotion. Be gentle with little daughter, mother, when she cornea home tearful and easily moved. Be patient with little son when he la sullen and doesn't answer the moment he's spoken to. He Isn't sulking. He's adding on his fingers under the table. When daughter starts and flushes at your voice she Isn't guilty of soma hein ous crime, she's Just trying to remember what to do when a greatest common de nominator doesn't act the way the great est common devisor thinks best. . , It's a matter of something almost like life and death to the little girl to know whether her paper Is marked 7 or. .75, and you can' expect, her to pay much attention -to little things' like food and sleep and light-hearted laughter. She's all alone in the dark, poor little thing, and there's a bogle after her, a great, goggle-eyed bogle, with big teeth and clutching hands. Pltlpat, she hears his feet behind her In the room, and his name Is "The Teat." I do hope she gets away from him alive. - Make a Study of Your Job Girls! Dorothy Dix Shows Ambitious Young "Women Workers How They Can Get Out of Mini mum Wdcre Class. Real, Burning Heart Interest Counts for Much. W I.K'l At- , Listen, girla. Do you want to get out 1 success and failure, between a ala-rva-of the minimum wage class and into one lion , wage and a fat salary, that gets a comfortable pay envelope on Do you ever stop and think that the Saturday night? There's a way. It's by ! difference between a to a week cook and studying your Job. and taking a real, burning heart in terest in your work. There' a lot of talk about women not being paid : a living wage, and about woman' work not being paid as well a man' work. -It's all very . sad, and the saddest part of tt is that it's tho relentless working out of the law of cause and effect, and the reason that women are '. ") r. poorly paid 1 be- . cause so often their work is poor woikt When a woman does good' work, when she puts Intelligence and energy end alertness and faithfulness Into her work, she doesn't have to grumble about her salary. For flrst-claas work" she gets paid first-class money. The great trouble with girls who go ou to earn their living is that they don't expect to work but a-little while, acd so trey do not take the trouble to learn their Job thoroughly, and they only feel the casual and perfunctory Interest In It that one does In a makeshift. They look forward to matrimony aa their real ca reer, and so they work with only one eye. on thoir task and the other roaming aiound In search of a husband. "What's the use in learning to spell,'' says th stenographer to herself, "when I won't be In this pesky old office prob ally more than a year?" "Wliat's ,the food of bothering, my head about learn ing all about gloves, or laces, .or block ings and all the details of salesmanship, when I'll be on the other side of the counter when I catch a husband?" ssys the ahop girl. "What's th need of speeding up or eultlvating my ear and memory so they are super-accurate, when I'll be cutting out all of tills 'hello' business when 1 get a home of my own?" ssys the tele phone girt. , And becaose they hope and believe that their work is only temporary they do it in a llstleas, half-hearted wsy that Teally isn't worth any employer' good money. They complain that they get llttlt pay. Ho would any man who turned oit the am grade of Work. I Believe me. girls, the solution of tle minimum wage for the worritm pr l)lem law. but yon can solve It by maklns o'ir- by The Seasons Garden Party Frock Has the Usual Ethereal Character A (Jrvat Deal of the Charm of Ensemble Depends Upon the Choice ,of the Hat. am Hummer wardrobe plans include at least one garden party frock,' which is uauntiy of an etherlal character almoat suited for the ballroom, except that the nock la high, the sleeves long aud the character istic train Is absent rash Ion Indorses lovely nets, organdies, sheer voiles and the revived cotton mar quisettes for the frock that one will wear when bidden to a lawn fete or for tua on the veranda, in color, white and cream are In the lead, but there are exquisitely flowered fabrics, dainty in coloring and which the young girl will choose In place of the all-white gown. The Illustration shows a French trock of cream net combined with allover Cm- selves efficient. That one word 'effl- ! clency" measures the dlstance between a 5,000 a year chef is Just the dlffe-ence between a bad cook and a good cook? The woman who never bother to learn even the rudiments of her profession, who takes no interest In it, who ha no idea of what degree of heat It take to cook a roast properly, who slams together milk and flour and lard and trust to luck a to what sort of bread it turns out, will be a cheap cook to the end of her days Advice to Lovelorn lave More Hrsnrd for Appearances. Iear Mla Fairfax: I am a young aid. rngaKed, and am employed aa a book keeper. 1 had occasion to go out of town with my employer on business, which took about half a day. He Invited me to take dinner wlrn him at a reatauraDt and I went. At another time, he was out of town and phoned m to come to him, as he wanted to uive me some business Instruction. 1 complied with his reifueat. Was It proper for me to take dinner at the one time and go out of town the second time at Ills request? Have been In hl employ for three years. He Is married. INNOCENT. If in the course of business you have to go out of town to meet your employer, you must regard it aa part of your work. But be sure to keep In the role of busi ness and not to act as a coquettish girl. It would have been wiser to avoid dining with your employer under the circum stance. Tell Her the Train. Dear Miss Fairfax: I iuii and have been keeping comixinv with a Kirl two yeara elder for the laat Jour yeara. I loved thla girl very much for the first three years, and now mv love la growing colder toward her all the time, and my salary Is small and I inuat give my parents part of it. because they are poor and old. o I ask you (or your advice about this girl, and what I should toll her and what excuse. G10OKOM. Your letter is proof of Mie tragedy a long engagement always brings to th girL If you do not love her, of course you must not marry her. So tell her what you have told me, end be sure yon never do such Injustice to another girl. Let It Kid. Dear Miss Fairfax: I mt a girl about two months ago and have thought the world of her. 1 am tf year of age and get tvW a week, with a very good future I fore me. Do ynu think I love her after only knowInK her so short a time? Hhe is 21. My folks discourage me. VOl'THFf!.. . Ton run t keep yourself on tvW a week. Vo'J hat in ! kniiMn I'.T Iiiiik enough. Your f Ikx Hi'o rlht i io lo worl, to till foi t. -t ll1! . ma k- a f Oull urnm mm broidery net. The latter is employed Tor the tabard panel of the front and back of the bodice, and this is elongated to give length of line to the figure. , At the sides the bodice is slashed, iid there are introduced .wide loops and float ing streamers of a cerulean hue whose intensity approaches that of the provcJ lal blue of the Italian sky. There Js no collar, since fashion has dona away with the neck .covering for ycuthful "frocks.. ... A great deal of the charm of the en semble depends on the sort of list choan to crown the garden party frock. one in the picture is a fine straw t a fluted brim of set. and out of a place half of the time. But the woiran who makes a fine art ot cookery, who understands not only tho science of baking and roasting, but In an adept In th concoction of soups and sauces, may name her own price and have people f.'ghtlng with each other for her ervlces. Why can one women get tin for makir.g a dress and another $100? Because on women has learned her Job she take n Intereet In it. She ha studied tha com bination of color and the effect of lines. Sha ha mattered the art of fit ting, and when a customer goes to her she knows that she Is going to get first class wcrk and that she will not have to se-id the dress back for alteration. Tho other woman Is a hack dressmaker, who has never learned her trade, and when a customer takes her a piece of goods only heaven know how It's going to turn out. Who are th women who have risen from salesgirls to heads of licpartmentji and buyers? The alert, energetic, wide awake girls, who took an interest in their work, who learned all about the particu lar line of goods they handled, and who were not afraid of doing a little mnrv than they were paid for. Who are the stenographer that rise to he private sec retaries in big bualnes offices? Every time they are the girls who took an in. tercat in their Jobs, who turned out letter perfect work, who charged their memories with office details until they became In valuable. Women talk about other women who succeed a being ''lucky." ' There' no auch thing s luck in bualnes It's Just hrd work, and being so interestid in your Job Unit you He down and rise up with It, and eat It and sleep It, and. therefoie, do It better every day. When we see a pcraon suddenly advanced to Home fine position, we exclaim at their luck, but It Isn't1 luck. It's the reward of weel.a und years of labor that haven't noticed. They've been getting ready for their big moment all along. . Wake uu. girla. Put the. Idea out of your heads that you are Just marking tlnw by working, while you wait for a hue bond and so it ian't worth while to do your work well. Perhapa you will marry, perhaps you won't Ther is no cer tainty In theae days that you will catch a husband, or if you do catch one that you will not need to work after marriage even more than you did before. Economic condition are more and mora discourag ing men from assuming the burden of a family, nnd it becomes more and more apparent that th wife of tha poor man in th tuture w1l have to be a wage earner also. It bthoove you, then, to be one of the well r-td Instead of one of the til raid workers, and It rests with you to which data vou belong. You can become on of the efficient who can always command a gi'od sultry or you can be one of the also run, wlm are not unrih evwn the Dooreat I wat' ' iUi' I'on'l fir t that we all write ll pi l lis--. Is There Such a Thing Many People Think So and Carry Netsukis By tJAimKTT P. SKUYISS. "I thi'ie lull s thins a link, li the common acceptation cf the term?" A. U C. V hat I tho c ommon acceptation of th tei ni? 'anuhtedlv It la that luck means the tnt-rferent e, for or against the per aon concerned, of some superior, super human or unenmpre hendad power, acting outside the ordinary laws or proceaava of nntura. Taken In that sense, I answer tli.it thrro la no aurh thing aft luck. But this li merely the statement of my per onal. reasoned hellef, and it art haprena that uat at this moment there la brought to my attention a remarkable aeries ot phnti.jfranha, nome of which are her re. produced, which represent. In material form, the contrary belief of a vart num ber of people, who think not only that there la uch a thing aa in Ik, hut that It can lie harneaned and controlled and car rled atx.ut In the prw-ket or hlTiig from a norkohain or watchchain In the shape of a little Ivory, store, wood, hone or metal Idol or linnet. The objects herewith shown are Jap anese "netaukla," or mascots, rarved In Ivory or bone, and thousand upon thous nde of such things have been made, aold, given away and faithfully carried and devoutly believed In, not merely on the Oriental shores of Asia, but In Europe and America. The belief in mascots is another form ef the belief In demons. Tou can see that by almpt looking over the figures. Many Of them, and eapefcally those t which the greatest power is ascribed (aa for Inirtnncc, the long-armed monkey and the monkey wearing a striped cap and hold ing a finger in his eye) are clearly In tended to rop-esent hobgoblin, like the monster that we see on mediaeval ra the rtm In, nnd which were supposed to be chained there and rendered harmless by their Imprisonment within holy precinct It Is an extremely perilous thing to be lieve that you ate lucky. It bra da "the Read nmosvonii EARLE WILLIAMS aa T&mmr Saxolay ANITA STEWART as The Oeddeas Written by Gouverncur Morrif (Oas f tae West aTotabla rtg nraa la Aaisrioaa Zaaaara) Dramatised Into a Photo-Tlay by CMABUtl W. OODOABS. Author ef Th rerOa ef Vaallas)" The Sxplolte of Blatas" (Copyright, 1010, by Star Company.) i Copyright. 1W5. by Th Star Co. All For eign Right Keaerved. Synopsis of Prevloaa Chapter. After the traglo death of John Ames bury his prostrated wife, one of Ameri ca's greatest beauties, dibs. At her duath Prof. Milliter, an agent of the Interests, kidnaps the beautiful 1-year-old baby girl and brings her up In a paradise where she sees no man. but thinks aha la taught by angels, who instruct her for her nils- aion to reform the world. At th aire of IM a he Is suddenly thrust Into the world where agents of the interest are ready to pretend to find her. The one to feel the los of the little Ameabury girl moat after she had been spirited away by the Interests ti round himself living amid luxurious aiir roundtngs as the adopted son of Mr. Bar clay. Time in Its flight brings manhood to Tommy and great expectation to Bar i nvs" vv ft tjr w x clay, who has planned to have Tjmm:f rod. hi thumb breaking th reel, marry Into wealth. Hut Tommy lack of lntereat In Barclay' business affairs changes matter. Barclay ineata with success In breaking up the match he had really planned. Turned down by the girl Tommy gues to the Adirondack to forget the affair. While there he meets by acci dent Celeatla. THJUl) EPISODE. "And 1 feel aa If my face were on fire, loo." she complained. "Feverish," thought Tommy with dis may. And then he maid: "Stand still a moment and let me look." He noticed for the first time the ex traordinary whiteness and delicacy of her skin. It was as If she had always been velU-.d from the sun. "You're "getting unbumt," he said with concern. "That' what' th matter." "Oh, the un!" a he cried. "The un! Ik show It to mo! I've bsard so much about It." "Ian't there any hi heaven?" "How you talk, why heaven Is so far cff." "Well," said Tommy, pointing, "that's it!" "Tnat?" exclaimed Celesttav but she could not look the lun In the face for nioro than a fraction of a second. "That! ' and she burst Into laughing. "Do you know what I thought that was?" sha said "What?" "Why, I thought, of course, that that was the gat to hell. And so that' th sun, and it' burning my face?" Hhe touched her face with her finger and then looked at their tips aa If expect ing that the burn had com off on them. "I've got una stuff at my camp that will take the burn out." said Tommy. "Look out for that gTeen stuff. It's got thorns and you can't afford to tear that dress." They begun to climb th eminence on which Tommy' camp wa perched and with every step Celeatla (howed Increas ing fatigue, lie walked a little behind and at on aide, now helping her forward and upward with an occasional touch of th hand between her shoulders snd now with a steadtlv maintained pressure. "Of (purse I'm not used to walking," if I if nasjiiiiniu ii i isi a i i mnmt.f S!KBBasrmmmamSG&A These neleukla are carved In bone or Ivory or wood. 8onts like theae above, are heirlooms In Japanese families. haughty spirit that aoeth before a fall' It tnvaiiably leads to disaster sooner or later, bocause if upercdcs activity and It Hdre See It at the man Picture Sena I and&tory ever crShertlj she said; "I'm sorry. X suppose I'll get used to It," . "If you are determined to puah on to New York vou will." said Tommy. His quick ear caught the sudden appe tising cluck of a partridge. "Let's see If wa can get that fellow, ho exclaimed. "You tit down and rest yourself, Celeatla. Nobody hunts much jn these woods, and the birds are tame as chickens." But Tommy's first move was really the opposite of a move, for he stood as still as he could and listened. Now a par tridge er a ruffed grouie, If you give him his right name, Is a born ventriloquist. First the partridge clucked to tha right of Tommy, then to tha left: then In front of him and then back of him. Tommy walked a few pace atu) ono more stood still and listened. Thl tlm th clucking cam from directly overhead, and Tommy looked upward In th dens branch of a young apruia irne, ana siwr ma iddiihi for a few moment auddenly amlled. And although ah did not know what Tommy wa amlllng at, Celeatla amlled, too. She eat down and leaned against th stem of a birch, her breath coming and going quickly, her great eye following i very movement that Tommy made. Having located th partridge. Tommy I "aaaembled" hi trout rod, and, with the end of the line, mad a running noose. Then he began very quietly to pok tha rod up among th branches of th spruce trU i .h.,ri, ..ti . th fact that mor eye than Celeatla' were on Tommy. Tommy, hi right hand clasping the butt ' reached gradually higher and higher until his arm was extended to lt full length. He added a few Inches to hi reach by standing on tiptoe. But even thl wa not enough. So Tommy bent hi knea a little end then Jumped. Before his feet regained the earth a frightful aqawklng and Tapping arcs in th sprue tree, and then there wa dragged from It what looked like a pin- wheel going at top speed. Hunger Is th moat cruel tyrant In the world. Tommy' thumb (ought and found th base of an egg shell; ther wa a sharp crutch, one laat wild whistling of the plnwheel, and then ther wa one cork grouse the less In th north woods. But Celeatla looked polned now, and troubled. "It 'lias wings Ilk an angel," ah said, "only darker." Tommy wa Just going to say: "It's got whiter meat than an angel," but stopped himself In time and changed to. "Even people who cotno her to make th world better, Celeatla, hav to eat." And be slipped th dilapidated bird Into hi pocket. A few minute later they reached Tommy' camp, and after ha liad given 'Celeatla a cupful of aprlng watar he cut fresh balsam botigha and made a thick mat for her to rest on, and rolled his coat and some other odd and ends into a pillow, so that she could watch him make th fire and do th cooking. In the midat of thla he remembered thiit ahe was suffering from sunburn, and he made her bathe her face In a lotion that smelt of camphor and nlUr and which burnt a little and then felt cool. For lunch they had tea. biscuits (on of Tommy's moat lamentable culinary failure) and the partridge. Cooked, ha no longer looked Ilk the victim ot mur der, but very beautiful and appetising. Celeatla at her ful aliare and then lay back on her balsam bough and watched Tommy fill and light a pipe. "Why do you do thatr aha aked. "Wasn't th patrldge cooked enough?' Tommy narrowed hi aw at her and for some momenta dida't answer. Then he aa(d: "I don't know what to make of as Luck? as Charms. Induces carelesmeas. On the other hand, the belief that you are unlucky Is a due ot mental morphine. Movies you at all. First you say you corns front heaven and act as tf you did. then you talk and act like a regular) girl, then you pretend that you never saw a man . smoke before. And then what ere you trying to do to me, anyway? Is that really the only dress you've got In tha world? Ih you always wear a golden band around your hair wita stage Jewels in It?" And then suddenly a light dawned on Tommy, and he smote his thigh In ap plause of his own clevornesa "I know what you are," he said. "You're tho queen ot th movies. You're up here staging a show, and you got bored and let me run off with you for a lark. Prof. Stlllltor has had something to i do with the arenajHrt. Tha heroin ! aim r pose(, u m ttlo ,oonrey. Xnfct., Celo.tla-nd you're practicing all th . tlm- on na. We thamk lt., , only acUng. Why. I really thought you ( wepB m, , hatter!" No," said Celeatla, "I'm not In the least angry. But I'm sure I don't know what you mean, but I Ilka you when you get excited and talk fast and your eyes smile. It rvsts me." Tommy shook hi head at her and amlled reprovingly. (To B Coninued Tomorrow.) WOMEN FROM 45 to 55 TESTIFY TolheMeritof LydiaEPink ham's Vegetable Com pound during Change of Life. Wettbrook, Me. " I was passing through tha Chang of Lif and had pain in my back and aide and was to weak I could hardly do my housework. I have taSen Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege table Compound and it has done m a lot of good. I will re commend your med icine to my friends and give you permis sion to publish my testimonial." Mrs. Lawrencb Mak 7IN, 12 King St, Westbrook, Maine. Mans ton, Wis. "At the Change of Life I suffered with pains in my back and loin until I could not stand. I also had night-sweats so that the sheets would be wet I tried other medicine) but got no relief. After taking on bot tle of Lydia E. 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