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The Bees Motne Magazine Pa
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How U. S.
Women
Met War
Situation
A Prehistoric Terror and a Present Day Horror
A Pterodactyl, Harmless, Though of Tremendous Bulk, and a Fly,
Ever-Present Danger, Though Insignificant in Size. : : : :
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The Pterodactyl restored under the direction of F. A. liiica.?, of the American Museum of Nnt-The common house fly, from n wonderful model in the American Museum of Natural History
urnl History, and Professor R. P. Ln'ngley,
Copyright, 1W6, Star Company.
Br ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Although there haa been no war raxing
In America, this country hu felt the
hock of the European struggle. Many
men who have been receiving large
revenues or moder
ate revenue through
Internatlonn! Inter
est have been
obliged to curtail
expenses and d I
lense with all se
1 h e necessities of
lif.
One In teretliit
feature of men situa
tions ha been the
manner 'n which
wives and daugh
ters met the emer
cency. Some, nlas,
rave met It' with
lo.ntlalnins and dis
content and that
lack of philosophical
reasoning characteristic of certain types
of womanhood, but then, again, there
have been shining examples of courage,
optimism and oravery on the part or
women which relieve the gloom of the
picture.
One young woman
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By OAK RETT P. SEHVISS,
rirr,Tirrr.7ivrar. ,
This Is the season for flic and the no
rompanylng picture Is intended to show
how the human race looka with indlflrr
ence on the small enemy whlrh is really
big, and would look with terror on a Wg
j enemy which is really sr.iall.
I On one sido is a dragon of the past, tho
pterodactyl, the greatest winged creatute
whose parents had that ever flew In the-earth's atmosphere
small fortune upon her musical with a spread of wings of not less than
sdu'-ation found them ereany wo.im mm ui nB
over the reduction of income. Endeavor- I tillan Jaws, for It was a genuine reptllw,
, ,.,. v,.,. musical acomplishments . which had acquired the ability to rly.
' nrnetlcal usage she soon discovered . Its membranous wings had the peculiar.
her Inability to instruct others in mui
Teacrers, iu. well as poets, seem to he
horn, not -nado; and this young woman
was not lorn to teach. Having this fact
forced upon her. she turned her atten
tion In othe;' directions.
Although vef.rcd. with tho Idea that she
....mr.iiahrd and. ornamental
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nnd o employ pcrple to do whatever she
iBhod to heve done, she stopped bravelv ,
Into tr are.. of life to fight her.battlej
v it.i d'.oit,j clrcumr'.anes. She took a .
,o-.,r.- 'n r'en-.raphy. after much,
ri vo;V concentratinon she ob-
...4-,t ."ri rklll to enable her to!
jointed stays of a bat's, a kind of splayed
fingers, and It must have presented a
terrifying appearance as ft swooped
through the air, close to the earth, hJdin;
the aun in passing with tlose huge, leath
ery sails.
It Is no wonder that any representative
of the human species seen In the picture
would flee in abject terror from thla mon
strous apparition if he saw It today!
Yet this would be the kind of fear In
spired by Ignorance. There is no reason
to suppose thf.t a pterodactyl would have
attacked a man If It haJ had the oppor
tunity to do so.
To be sure, it did not have the oppor
tunity, because our race had not yet
come into existence in the Cretaceous
age, when these winged reptiles flsw
eroaklng over the plains of ancient Kan
aas, but at any rate they evidently Ilvod
on a srrlnJl fish diet, and were more fear
ful In look than In deed.
On tho ulner side Is something quite
different, a dracon of our own time a
house fly which Inspires no fear what
ever In ignorant minds, but which, to one
Instructed in the progress of science. Is
a source of the only kiind of fear that Is
worthy a man. If a human being were
as small as a mite, a fly would look as
large to him as It appears In the picture,
and then he would fear It for Its slse
alone, although in that case it would
never harm him except by accident.
This picture Is a photograph of a won
derful enlarged' model of a fly, made by
Ignas Matausrh. and to be seen In the noon sometimes lulls as to slesp, as If
American Museum of Natural History In
this city. It Is a marvelous piece of
work. The fly la magnified In bulk M.OOO
times.
Kvery hair, every fai'et of Its wonderful
compound eyes 1 shown, together with
every detail of the sewer cleaning and
offal collecting apparatus with which It
is furnished and which makes It the dis
tributing agent of disease and death, of
typhoid, gangrene, diphtheria, yellow
fever, infant paralysis and other fatal
maladies.
But the doath-dealing weapons of the
fly are too minute to be seen except with
a magnifying lens, and the drowsy hum
ming of Us wings on a summer's after-
It were a little fairy attendant on our
slumbers, playing an aeollau harp. If
our eyes were natural microscopes, so
that we could see It as science reveal It,
and as Mr. Matausch saw it when he
made his model, we would fir from its
presence a from the gfgantic pterodactyl.
It is not big enemies that are to be
dreaded, or that Inspire reasonable fear.
The elephant eannot hurt the mouse. It
Is little foes that do tho damage, and the
smaller the more, dangerous. If tiles had
brains as complex a oura they might
drive the human race from tho fare of
the earth! They would Infect ue with a
thousand diseases. Rut, curiously enough,
while the fly Is, anatomically, one of the
most highly organised of animals, stand
ing In that respect at the head of the
Insect tribes. It Is, at the same time, re
markably lacking In Intelligence.
It Is not to be mentioned In the same
brtath with the bee or the ant As a
pander of death It doe Its repulsive
work stupidly, blindly, blunderingly,
without object-tout yet all too effectively.
It Is wise to fear a fly, Kill every on
you see. One single fly can lay 1 eggs,
and It takes only ten summer days, far
those eggs to be transformed Into adult
files ready to tay eggs In their turn. So
this monster can produce twelve, genera
tions In one season, and multiply his sin
gle self lntp pullulating millions.
Read It Here See It at the Movies
lion wWh yiemen "r (
. Thh rt'lte cut . her oft j
n" o'd rssoclatc. who had I
wealth and c- l-.l t-osltton.
:.. .-(.rii.-v.-bllo friends re-1
e'l-'trrNl l-cr courage
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, . . o!i l-.nvc taken i"'
n' lor.i" nn'i nbrnd. anl,
. oruo, r,r o-iip;ithn open
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By Gouverneur Morris
v and
Charles W. Goddard
CepyrigBt, Wis. Star Cesjpaay.
Synopsis of TevioiM Chapter
.,. ,.-n..-y wrn' thronged with falrj
i ..'fire the war crisis camo to
uprct tho ofitaVislx.il conditions of tho j
poclal and financial world.
Thi revival of the art -f dancing twnicn.
i.v tve vav Is ald to always precede After the tragic death of John Aines
hy tl-e , 1 n..nf-s. bury, his proutiated wife, one of Amer-
creat wars), has made a lucrative pioies lca.s erettUBt ijoauuss, die. At her death
lon for a sreat many youn women. A j Prof. StuUter. an agent of the interests
rotter from a young woman who has been kidnap jr-w-K
educated in Paris and who has traveled Where shs sees no man. but thinks she
for pleasure in many foreign lands lies la taught by angels wno instruct ner ior
before the writer,
She. says: "I havo Beeemc a womer
this winter and have. found how much
happier I am when busy. I am teaching
ball room and Interpretative dancing. I
have felt during the early months of the
war that I wanted to go to Europe and
help I thought I could not be 'die when
there was an much misery in the world;
but I finally decided It was better to stay
at home and do my work here, and In
crease my cowers of usefulness In that
way. I am really quite wildly enthus
iastic ahcut my work and In the thought
that I am accomplishing something for
myself." . - ,
With all the Innumerable and unspeak
able horors rnd calamltljs to this wsr,
many good things have really resulted
from It. One of thesj is tho awakening
In womanklr.d of the 'impulse of helpful
ness and self-reliance. We shall have a
stronger and a more efficient and a more
Interesting race of women in the next
generation in consequence of this.
No woman should be ashamed to work.
her iiiLm1ou la reform the world. At the
aiie of U she is suddenly thrust Into the
world where agents, of the Interests are
ready to preUti.d to find her.
The one to Xeel the loss of the llttlo
Amesbury girl most, atler she liad been
spirited away by tns lute rest, was
Tommy Barclay. '
Fifteen years later Tommy goes to the
AdlroadacKM. The Interests are lesponsl
ble for the trip. Bv accident he Is the first
to meet too little Amesbury girl, as she
comes form irom her paradise as celestia
the girl from heaven. Neither Tommy lur
Celestia recomilres each other. Tommy
finds it an easy matter to rescue Caleslla
from Prof. Stllliwr and they hlvte in
the mountains, later they are pursued
by SUlllter and escape to an island where
they spend the night.
That night, Ptlhlter, following his In
dian guide, reaches the . island, found
Celestia and Tommy, but did not disturb
them. In the morning Tommy goes for a
swim. During his absence SUlllter at
tempts to steal Celestia, who runs to
Tommy for help, followed by Stllliter.
The latter at once realizes Tommy's pre
dicament. He takes advantage of It by
taking not only Celestla's, but Tommy's
clothes. Htillller reaches Four Corners
with Celestia lust in time to catch as
express for New York, there he places
Coleatia. in Believus hospital, where tar
I sanity 1 proven . by the autborlttec.
Tommy reaches tsenevue jusi Deiorc oui-
Rtvt Jir.rif wmna n ahnliM tvjv aallAmed ta ! liter's d.ourtune
be Idle and allow an overburdened or un- 1 Tommy a first aim was to get Celestia
ee wie sna sjiow an oveiojraenoa or un , wBy fom HtiillUr- Arter they leave
fortunate men, whether father, husband, ! Bellevue Tommy is unable to get any
-vther or son, to support her. And: hotel to take Celestia In owing to her
respectable employment is more becoming J 'i".
and ennobling to a woman that such to the taxi h finds her gone. Sue falls
dependence. i into the hands . of white slavers, but
I escapes and soes to live with -a poor fain-
: ; j tlv by the name of Douglas. Y nen tht-.ir
j son Freddie returns home he finds right
In his own nouse. lemsiia. me gin lor
which the underworld haa offered a re
ward that he hoped to get.
Celestia secures work in a largo gar
ment faotory, where a greet many girls
are employed. Here she shows her pe
culiar power, and makes friends with all
her girl companions. JBy her talks to the
girls she Is sble to calm a threatened
ktrike, and the ' dobs overnesnng ner is
Advice to Lovelorn
f mnioi rAXKTAX
A Case for Fraakaess.
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Dear Miss Fairfax: A gentleman has I moved to grant the .reilef the girla wished
an appointment with a young lady. AT-1 ,nj Bimo to right a gr at wrong r.e had
most at the last moment the lady fin'ls done one of them. Just at this point the
viiixv sue win ur unai'ir .,,.: . laciory caicnes on lire, unn ir.m worn
lKjintment. The gentleman then calls on room is soon a blazing furnace. Celestia
another young lady who is willing to refuses to escape with the other anr(,s,
take up .the appointment. Tho second and Tommy Barclay rushes in and car
lady then finds, after keeping the ap- . rjea her out. wrapped in a big roll of
polntn.ent, that .te gentleman had the I cloth v
appointment with the first girl. Has the j After rescuing Celestia 'from the fire,
second eiti any 'reason to feel insulted? ( Tommy Is sought by lianaer Ba-tlay,
ALEX. BRiCE. i who undertakes to persuade him to give
Few girl, like to feel that they re J P "m JeTheV Tr.l-U "d StoVS
second choice. This is a petty feeling not do this, as he haa no fund's. Htllllier
th'.t might be eliminated by any man "rl Harclny introduce Oles'.la to a co
who would frankly state the case. The j '0 'fif r-
girl or whom you speak had no cause to ! After oelnK disinhertitd. Tommy sought
feel Insulted but you might have saved ' work In the eoal mim-s He tries' to head
l .r from this feeling of slight by starting I ZL.""'? "1?., '"""i
out wun ins assunapuon mat she waa a
good enough friend of yours to be willing
to go with you even though you had on
tnis occasion happened to ask another
girl first.
Thlak ( the Fatare.
ear.Mlss Fairfax: I am a young man.
in years of age. and have been kepelng
(cmpuny with a young girl one year my
juniur. but get ary of bor company
try no and then. Aft-r a short priod
I null to see heie agai.i. BLRNAKIi.
If ou the of tier now. how will yo i
endure her presence when bornd to
glher..b the tlos of nutrried life? For
her sake", as wen as your own, d I -.,).
fuses to llrtcn to them. The strike is on
snd Tommy discovers a plan or the own
ers to turn a machine run loose on the
men when they attack the stockade. This
sets the mine owners busy to get lid of
Tommy.
NINTH EPISOPE
Downstairs there wss an entrance ball
which contained a 1 at rack On the left
as you entered aas a room that was a
dining room when It
room and vioe versa.
a kitrhf-n snd loc tloeet.
one, and two closets. Above these there
was an attto with head room for a dwarf.
A faucet In the kitchen sink supplied
running water.
Similar mansions in Bitumen housetf a
dozen people. Tommy waa lucky to have
a whole room, however small to himself.
There was also In the backyard a' well
with a bucket, and nere, If a man really
wanted a bath and was willing to get
up so early that nobody would sea htm,
he could get one.
As leader of the discontented,' Guns
dorf ran an open house. There was al
ways talk and something to drink in tho
front room downstairs. Hero politics
were hatched Just as they are In the cab
inet room In Washington, and here drinks
of the most vile rye whiskey, could be hbd
by the Initiated for the asking.
From the very first Mrs. Ounadorf had
done her beet to make Tommy comforta
ble. Not a tidy, woman by nature, alio
put her houae in order for his benefit
and kept it ao. From the looking trlass In
the kitchen at, which you combed your
hair before meala she shrubbed the fly
specks, fhe bought a new. comb with a
f.ill complement of teeth to hang on tho
chain, she washed the roller towel, and
for the first time In her lifo book an in
terest In cooking, seeking ' Instruction
from neighbors who had reputations in
that line. But she managed for a time
to confine her amorous feelings toward
Tommy to deeds and attentions. Phe tried
to make her manner toward him Just
what It was to other young men who
came to the house. But when dtacussioit
was hot in the front room, and the whis
key was going, and nobody was noticing
her, she feasted her eyes on his brown
face and her ears on his quiet, resonant
well-bred voloe.
It waa a shirt-sleeve house. Direotly
you came In, you hung your coat on one
of many hooka In the hall, and it yo i
had been much on your feet, you sat
with them on the table after removing
your ahoes. Tnie last was a custom
which Tommy found himself unable to
adopt; but he hung his coat In the front
hall. with, the others, nnd got used to
sitting in a room in which, to use his
own phrase, the atmosphere was "chained
to the floor."
Mrs. Ounadorf was always coming and
olmr. Bhe would appear, silent as a
fchost, listen for a whll: to what the
men had to say, and as silently vanish.
Sometimes she "shoved in her par." And
she had a gift of hitting the nail on
the head. But slie spoke always witU
a kind of restrained, feline ferocity.
All the time her mind was filled with
thoughts and visions of Tommy. Some
times she would take his coat from Its
hook and strain it to her breast. Borne
times when he was out of the house shs
would go to his room, and sit by the hour,
feasting herself on day dreams of htm.
In her mind, at least, shs was already
faithless to her husband. ' But this did
not trouble her In the least. If she
ever had a conscience or moral scruples
of any kind about anything, all thetss
bad vanished with her first sight of
Tommy.
If Tommy had suspected her passion
for him. he would have felt very sorry
for her, and be would have chaaged his
lodging. But his mind was very Innocent
about women; and na -accepted tha
flowers which appeared on bis bureau In
a ra ked ahavlng mug Just as he would
have accepted the same lowers growing
In a wood.
It was some time l;-fore he even
waen't a sittm f lealled that she a.i very good looking,
l;nrk of t;i v I ,n sullen, smouldering way, that her
id
One day there was a violent socialistic
discussion going on In the front room.
MrsGunsdorf had appeared twice at the
hall door to listen, and gase. surreptiti
ously at Tommy, and had twice van
ished upon some household duty or other.
Having closed the door, softly, she
turned swiftly to when Tommy's coat
hung, and pressed It passionately to her
cheek, a paper ruatled In the breast
pocket, where she know no paper had
been earlier In the day, and after a
moment's hesitation, and Impelled by a
sudden unreasoning Jealousy, she
snatched It out of the pocket and ex
amined it
Thomas Steele, Bitumen, Pa.: Corns
home at once, must see you on Import
ant business. BARCLAY.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Economizers
By IRENE 'WKSTON.
We ar all striving to be as economical
as possible nowadays some In one way.
and others in another. A good many, I
have no doubt, are managing it mora
successfully a great deal than other.
Many are the little expedients resorted
to to attain the desirable end of "making
ends meet." A good many dtstlhguiah
themselves in the manner In which they
perform the desired feat
tan't It wonderful what a lot of thing
we find other people might do without
quite easily T When It eomns to ourselves,
however. It Is quits another ' matter. I
remember tha story of a couple who sud
denly found It necessary to "draw in"
to the extent , of $1,000 a year. They
thought the problem over, day by day,
tout Its solution appeared no nearer,
when the bright Idea camo to one of
them I don't know whloh that the hus
band should draw up a list of economies
his wife might effect by which she might
save $500 a year, while the wife did ditto
for her husband. There was tha required
saving at once. '
"You see, my dear. It Is so much easier
for snother to see one's extravagance
than It is for one to recognise It one
self." '
"Certainly."
The drawing up of the list of economies
the other matrimonial partner might
make occupied the two six evenings of a
week, At the end th buahsnd had a list
of suggestions by adopting which his
wife could save no less than ftto, while
the wife had a Hat of extravagance
committed by her husband things he
eould "do without quite easily and really
he the better without" which would save
no leas than CIS a year.
They did not speak to one another
afterward fur a whole week.
. "I can't make out" tald a friend to me
the other day, "how It is people who
want to save don't eat porridge for
breakfast. Nothing Ilk It, and so
cheap."
"But you don't eat porridge yourself,
do youT" I asked, remembering the mut
ton chop I had seen him consume only
an hour or two ago. '
"Well, you es," he replied, "porridge
doesn't agree with ms. I'm one of those
unfortunate persons with a peculiar di
gestion." When It comes to practicing economies
on ourselves, It 1 wonderful how many
of us hsven't the digestions to stand
them. When It comes to reducing our
little luxuries we discover we are pecu
liarly delicately constituted Individual
who really. couldn't do wlthbut them. If
we could only bring ourselves to practic
ing half of the economies we prescribe
so ruthlessly to other people, what a lot
of iMfferenca It would make In our bill?
But 1 have known many people who
have not found the slightest difficulty
In giving up luxuries to which they were
used "when the pinch came." A little
abstinence from them showed that realty
thaw had nn MusAti tt waLst monev On
them. They were Just as hsppy without'
them.
" I I. I I ' , . ' S. I I : 1. 1 1 VH. 1 1 J W.I.TT Villi
since told un how ws got a li'.xtirtou
habit, and how It enslaved us. In tha
first place, ha said, we tests tha luxury
and enjoy It as a new sensation. It is
delightful. In the second staga, w still
go In Indulging In It. but the delight I
gradually growing- less and las.- In the
third stags. It is giving us remarkably
little pleasure but It has become a habit.
Ws can hardly tolerate tha Idea of giving
it up. It I "the usual thing" with us.
and we "really don't know how we should
get on without It" t .
Retrenching expenses satisfactorily de
pends, of course, very considerably upon
cleverness, but much more upon tha
spirit In which It Is performed whether
ens regards It as a duty to be faced a
oheor fully as possible, or a hateful
necessity whk-h Providence really has
no right to impose on one. Tha last folk
"11 never do it comfortably.
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