THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, FKBRUAHY 17, 1916.
Woman's Work -:- Fashions -:- Health Hints -:- Household Topics
Hope
By ELLA WILEELER WILCOX.
A crimson rift that streaks the gray,
A deathless scent that still will stray
Athwart the years, the living strain
Of music heard through depths of pain.
A star ahreast a stormy sky,
A smile where tears are scarcely dry,
And eys that grief has rendered blind,
Reflecting light unquenched and kind.
A word that lingers in the still,
The strength of never conquered will.
The Joy that in faith's own hear lies
That life is sweet snd nothing dies.
MarriaOe in
England
A iter the War
. BY A HOPKFIM, BRITISH
IKSBAXD.
One of the few redeeming aspects of the
great war Is that It will entirely reform
the. status and labor bondage of hus
band.. rpsslmlsts often ask what scrap of ultl
1 mats good will come out of tills upheaval.
' Sociologists and stal sticians picture a
'trariady of perhsps two women of msr
risgrable age to ono man of marriageable
age. Opt'mlsts, of whom I am one, look
impatiently Into the husband's golden
The war has finally unmasked the
Krentcst of woman's ago-lonjt deceptions
of man. Ever since the first cave woman
tsent the first caveman out Into tire cold
wind to hunt the woolly rhlnoceroa whllo
h snuggled by the fire woman has de
ceived man that she Is his Inferior In
strength, courage, endurance and achieve
ment. For her own ease she tiaa flattered
him that his Is the dominating sex (mock
ery of the manacled wretch) and the
"directing sex (mockery of the laden
beast). Her cave ancestress said, "Go
out and hunt the skin, and I'll wear it,"
and woman has aald It ever since.
And then came this mighty upheaval.
Woman, forgetting In its stress all the
cret she Is giving away, haa buckled
up In her millions and shown that there
I hardly any- work of man that shs
cannot do. 8he is driving motor-lorrirs,
she la twirling -milk-cans into guards'
vans whlla ancient porters mop their
faces in amassment at new records In
bang and speed, she la doing the post
man's round, tha liftman's gate clanging,
the plougman'a furrow, the lamp lighter's
circuit, the sweep's chimney, the window
cleaner's mountaineering, the carman's
deliveries, the ' bank clerk's lightning
arithmetic. She is standing long hours
at the mechanic's lathe.
The 'women Insurance agent trips In
all weather down miles of mean streets,
the - woman dentist la following the
woman doctor, the janitors of all the
learned and lucrative profeeelotis are
trembling at her Hearing footsteps. She
la perhaps nearer tha House of Commons
than ever Mrs'. Pankhurat aould have
brought her. I can envisage even tha wool
sack in her future albeit that she will
want It recovered dally to match her
change of robes.
Shall man, then, looking: forward to ths
new world after the war, be anxious
and pesslmlstlcalT Not he. Shall he be
fearful that woman., the worker, win
henceforth take the bread out of his
mouth, when woman the worker, will go
forth to earn the loaves while he, the
priceless ' and' rare one, sits at home?
Woman has given away her secret and
sold her ancient brlthright of ease. It
la for us, the real tender sex, to see
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now that she does not regain It
At last there is promise of man com
ing Into his real kingdom. ' The curtains
ra rirawln aside of that reDOSe which
s his by right, nut nas always neen
usurped by woman. Woman has always
been credited with being the tender sex,
the Imaginative sex. the romantie sex.
Woman has been shielded from the world
because of her sensitive delicacy. Woman
has not gone out Into the hurlyburly be
cause the dust and clamor of the market
were thought unfitted to her. But ahe
has disproved all that In these daya. She
Is as good as the best of us. It Is my
own belief that she is far more com
petent than most of us. Bhe has more
determination, less sentiment, more en
ergy, more truth.
Man ia the romantic sex, the sensitive
sex, thq imaginative. There la no woman
in whose body there la aa much romance
ss in man's little finger. Woman Is the
directing sex, the hard, practical aex, the
rex that cannot be "blarneyed" or de
ceived. Oeorge Meredith, (who knew
more about woman than any man who
ever wrote on that difficult and thorny
problem), and that "the friendship of
most men Is purchasable with an air of
good-fellowship and a cigar."
But woman is Immovable, for hers is
the practical sax, .the aex with tenacute
common senses that we weak men pos
sess not. It Is the strongest of para
doxes that man has alwaya ridiculously
attributed ' to her all those softnesses
annaiHiHtljaa n hla ImIav-H V l
ruth., his beloved would scorn to pos
sess.
What married woman would not con
tend that her husband Is less, worldly
wise than herself? What husband has
not suffered thia Intolerable wrong of
being treated like an Infant by his wife
and yet compelled to go forth and work
for her?
A topsy-turvy creed, this belief In wo
man's soulfulness and tenderneaa. There
have been millions of love-sick Romeos
and never a love-sick Juliet; and in all
history there has never been one woman
who haa loosed at the moon and Sighed
(as we,, the soulful sex. so often do),
when no one Is watching her.
nut ' now comes man's emancipation,
his halcyon era. He can aettle down
now to his romances, his visions, his
arts. He can cultivate hla tender emo
tions, .sheltered from the rough -world
and unspotted from Us traffic. He can
dream dreams a futility that has ever
been repugnant to the common sense of
woman.
In-Shoots
The latch-string of misery Is always
fit.
The wages of aln are always promptly
paid.
Rluff seldom wins a victory over a for
midable foe. '
Cood manners sometimes put a veneer
over bad morals.
Prize Model
. of Black Tulle
The Winter Garden prize model, made
of black tulle, black satin and gold em
boidery. Again has the supremacy of exquisite
fabrlca and simplicity of line been
demonstrated in the ' world of fashion.
At the Fashion show, In which Fifth
avenue houses participated, held at the
Winter Garden in New York last Sun
day evening, the prize waa awarded to
a model made of black tulle combined
with blac.k satin and gold thread em
broideries. It represented the essence
of refinement in an American evening
gown made for American women.
As the sketch Indicates, the tulle Is
draped over a Velasques reed, which
holds the material well out from the fig
ure and supplies a picturesque feature.
The panel of satin Is weighted with a
fringe of gold, and the tulle of the bodice
Is mounted over cloth of gold at one aide,
the other side being composed of the
gold embroidered satin. One shoulder
strap is of black velvet, making an ex
cellent foil for the opposite strap, which
Is of rhtneatonea.
The model was ' worn by a modern
daughter of the gods, divinely tall and
most divinely fair, whose blonde beauty
enhanced the charm of the black frock.
its
of
.February Victor Records
include "Mother, a Word That Means the
World to Me," and M'CORMACK'S rendi
tion of "A Little Bit of Heaven." These are
far and away the best issued in some time.
Hear them at any of the Victor dealers
mentioned in this advertisement.
MICKEL'S
NEBRASKA
CYCLE CO.
15th and Harney Sts.
Omaha, Neb.
334 Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa
BEAUTY WINS Right to Left: Mrs. Gibson, the Misses Rock, Gibson, Smith, Herman, Beckwith, Teather, Wilson, Boyd,
J ohnson, Davis, Thomas, Herman, Germaine, Klos, Wright, Allen and Watt. In the annual Long Island bobsled race, a classio
in winter sports, the winners are picked, not alone for the speed of their sleds, but for the beauty of the fair contestants.
The accomapnying picture shows the prise crew.
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Parasols for Spring Wear
Parasols hav blossomed out Into new
shapes thia spring. It had seemed that.
while materials would change, the gen
eral outlines mould rvmaln the same, but
two 'decidedly new shapes have appeared
In the shop. One that has sixteen ribs,
each tipped wtth a tortoise shell, Is al
most flat, with only a slight curve from
the ferule point In the center to the edge.
The carved handle of golden-tinted wood
and the Intensely green silk of the cover
ing were distinctly Chinese In effect.
Some of these flat shapes have borders
of fringe, of the same tone, thus Increas
ing the oriental effect.
The other new parasol is decidedly
pagoda shaped, and, while a few have
been carried heretofore. It Is only this
season that they have become numerous.
A model In Inch-wide black and white
stripe Is so planned that a black stripe
Is In the center of each section, while the
black stripe on either side d tup pears into
the rib aa it curves from the top. The
mountings are all of black, and the white
handle la tipped with black for alx Inches.
Another dainty parasol of half-inch
black and white striped taffeta, with soft
changeable effect, not so flat aa the first
one described, but still rather leea curved,
than thoae of laat season, has the stripes
running crosswise: and the dainty floral
effect ao noticeable everywhere is seen in
the tiny blue and green motif which ap
pears at Intervals In the black stripe.
Spiced Crullers
One cupful butter or three-quarters
cupful manufactured shortening, one
half cupful sugar, one-half cupful corn
syrup, one cupful aweet milk, two eggs,
four cupfuls flour, one-half teaapoonful
salt, one and one-half teaspoonfuls cin
namon, one-half teaapoonful nutmeg,
three teaspoonfuls baking powder.
Cream butter and sugar. Add corn
syrup and mix well. Add well-beaten
eggs, then the milk and the sifted dry
Ingredients alternately. Toss on floured
board and roll out one-half Inch In
thickness. Cut and fry In hot fat When
done sprinkle with sugar.
The Victrola stands smpreme became
woedeFifiuil mmsical accomplis
ranaeis
Stores
Victrola Department
in the
Pompeian Room
The First Steps
Hy 4 AMDS J. MOXTAGt'K.
Oho! Here comes a pioneer: content to creep no more
Within the narrow limits of the droary nursery floor.
He clambers to his untried feot and, with prodigious care,
He makes the Journey all alone to yonder distant chair.
No more for him the laggard gait that hampered all his past,
What perils can deter him now? He's learned to walk at last!
Yet many a painful fall there lies upon the long, long way
Upon which, with a brave young heart, be haa set out today.
Full many a traitor stumbling block, shall trip his tiny toes,
'While mother runs for arnica to mend a small, blue nose.
For young ambition seldom thinks to keep upon hla guard,
And all the trails to all our goals are perilous and hard.
Aha! -One 111 considered step; a little startled cry,
A bump and all those hopeful plans have) swiftly gone) awry I
But try once more, and presently no frowning, nursery door
Shall bar those sturdy footsteps from tha path that lies before.
And heaven grant he never knows a harder fall than these
That make hm. so distrustful of those little wabbly knees.
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every voice
instrument.
genius, the
beauty of
and every
There are Victors and
Victrolas in great vari
ety of styles from $10
to $400 at all Victor
dealers.
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Camden, N. J.
A. Hospe Co.
151315 Douglas St.,
OMAHA
And
407 West Broadway,
COUNCIL BLUFFS
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Advice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
Be as Charming as Poasthle.
IVar Miss Fairfax: I am In love with
a yountt man. my senior. This younir
man Mis everyone else of his liking ftr
me. hut when ho is In my cmnpanv he
art very coldly. What I want know Is
whether I shall wait until he tells me of
hla alfoct Idii T VV. T. B.
There Is no reason why you should not
be aa sweet and charming aa possible to
the man for whom you care, pa?tlrularly
slnoe you have heard . from various
sources that he cares for you, too. ' But
It seems to mo that there Is something
almost too backward about a youth who
darea to tell everybody but the object of
his affection of his feeling for her.
When at Ulr! la of Ave.
Mnnr Miss Fairfnx: An acquaintance
who haa just passed her IMh birthday says
ill Is no luntior undor ptirtMitnl restraint,
Ahtle 1 say that ahe la not of aa until
he Is twenty-one, and that until such
time she Is subject to all reasonable re
strictions her parents may deem advis
able for her own good. M. H.
Legally joud friend la of sge, but
morally ahe owes her parents respectful
attention and would do well to give It to
them and rely en their superior Judg
ment. In any case, while a girl lives
under her father's roof and accepts from
him support and shelter of a home she
most surely ewes him respect,- and ought
to honor both him and her mother with
out any elaborate claims of legal free
dom from restraint ; . i ,
Yoa Were Cearteesa.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Iteoently I escorted
a young lady to the subway, purchased a
tlcaet for her and parted from her. Now
I learn that she Is hlhly nffmidcd at
my having purchased the ticket for her.
Do you consider thia attitude Justified.
O. W. O. I).
What you did was courteous Indeed,
gnd I think the young woman was not
only foolish but a little bit discourteous
to discuss the matter. If you were no in
a position to escort the young lady home
It waa very kind of you to take her as
far on her Journey as possible.
Victrola XVI, $200
Victrola XVI, electric, $250
Mahogany or oak
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The Deadly
Bichloride
By WOODS IIlTClllOX, M. I. '
A certain amount of risk Is Inseparable
from even the most prudent conduct of
life. The great game Involves the taking
of fairly frequent chances, which we
can meet In a cheerful, sportsmanlike
spirit: Indeed, take a sort of hardy Joy
and rxhllaratlon In living dangerously.
Tttit there Is one class of rl?ks in which
there is neither exhilaration nor profit
nor sense In running, and that la the
danger of taking poisons by mistake. .
Too often the public mind Is shocked
and pained by the serious endangering
of valuable human lives through the In
nocent looking but deadly bichloride of
mercury tablet.
This Is a peculiarly dangerous and
treacherous poison, because It la color-
lees, odorless, and unless held In the
mouth for severali ermdr before swal
lowing, practically ta iteless; even If dis
solved taste, scarcely stronger . than
m'ght be caused by water from an un
used metal pipe.
In tact, when made up Into Us usual
tablets for making antiseptic solutions,
there Is absolutely nothing to distin
guish these either by sight, smell, touch .
or the amount of taste that would he
got from them In swallowing them
whole or washing them down with a
drink of water from tablets f soda or
soda mint or digestive tablets contain
ing pepsin or pancre.atln. cr the ordinary
five or ten-araln tablets In which a great
many of our drugs, such as the salicy
lates, aspirin, phenacetln, formln, etc..
re now commonly administered.
Worse yet, when the fatal mistake has
happened, it Is slow In warning the vie.
tlm of his danger, partly because the
compact tablet Is alow In dissolving and
partly on account of Its trick of co
agulating , or clotting albumins and
other animal aubstanceS, -
Po that If the stomach happens to con
tain even a moderate amount of food
this will soak up and temporarily neu
tralise the poison aa It dissolves, so that
It will be half an hour or more before
It actually reaches and attaeka the walls
of the stomach Itself.
This may dilute and weaken the poison
and In the amaller tableta make Ita ac
tion on the; stomach lining ao gradual,
that serloue damage has been done be
fore sufficient pain Is caused to 'make
the victim uneasy.
F.ven g'PI'"?l"S that the victim has
been alarmed in time and the stomach
emptied either by emetlo or a stomach
pump before a sufficient smount of the
poison hss been absorbed Into the blood
to produce immediately fatal results, the
danger Is not yet over.
The pol"n may have paased Into the
blood In such amounts that,, to put It
very roughly, the system la quite able
to resist It so long as It Is diluted by
and spread out through the whole mass
of the flulrts of the body. But when the
poison comes to be excreted from the
body, aa It Is chiefly by the kidneys,
then a new danger develops, and that is
that It may be strained out of the blood
and accumulated In the kldneyr In suf.
flcient amounts to become poisonous to
their tissues',-
Indeed, !X Is Just at this point that tha.
greatest dftnger from' most ensea of cor
rosive sublimate poisoning occurs, snd
unless' sufficiently large amounts, have
been taken or the emptying of the stom-i
ach delayed so long that death occurs'
from the Immediate effects of the poison
withlng eighteen to thJrty-slg hours, the
chief risk which the patient has to run
Is that of a fatal Inflammation Indeed
almost literal corrosion of the kidneys
as It Is being filtered out of the blood
from four to six days after It la swal
lowed. , '
To put It very roughly. If a patient
who has swallowed bichloride of mercuryi
Uvea day, ha will probably . live 'a
k: If he lives two weeks, he la prac
tically safe.
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