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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1010.
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LITTLE SEKMON TO THE
Tan and White Tennis Dress
Things You Want to Know hr!
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Delightful .little frocks have appeared, on
the-tennla courts this-summer one piece
affairs, with loose, roomy bodices, and
gracefully cut skirts showing .snowy shoes
Brightside and His
' BY LAFAYETTE PARKS. v
"I see that the mayor of a. western town
has put his' foot down and will no. longer
permit-brides and-bridegrooms to be pub
licly annoyed by crowds of their friends
throwing all sorts' of. missiles at them in
the streets," begins Brlghtslde, as ils om
niscient offspring arrives, ready to .proceed
to the business of educating his parent.
"The bride usually, puts - her foot down
soon enough after the merry wedding bells,
so I don't, see. why any mayor should, butt
In," comments Bon,, exhaling a large cloud
of Turkish -smoke heavenward.'
;,"The throwing of "old, .shoes ,aftr, the" de
parting , carriage. Is 'a most, ancient and
honorable' custom." muses ' Father, ' who 1a
a lover or Trills of romance. .
"I'll bet Most' brides, after they'vebeen
married six 'months 'Wish the . rough-house
brigade 'had rhade It new shoes when they
chucked '., the v"Junk .in the open-face hack
that newlywcds .are supposed.- to go away
In,", retorts Son. "After the bride has. had
a. little 'experience .prying loose the' cuh
from the average hubby's pay envelope she
changes', her '.mind about , a . bunch of -the
wedding stunts , and ' the. good luck signs
they are' supposed to stand for." .,'
"Rloa that, is- always' thrown," ; explains
Father, "Is,' I ' believe, a symbol of "plenty.
Omission1 of that 'Important ceremony Mn-
dlciUe a .life of poverty." - .
"That's what, the wedding dream dope
look says.about. lt," Son-continues. , "A
fc vlrt might weep on her wedding day If
her friends happened ' to ' forget the rice,
but when the bloom begins to rub off the
honeymoon, she tumbles to the "fact that
the main, thing to get' is the price. With
the masuma coming in once a week from
hubby's Job, little wlfle knows she can buy
the eats ,whther the wedding guests threw
plain or boiled rice, tapioca, chicken feed,
breakfast food or tin cans." ' 1
"Scattering showers of confetti, is rather
a modern, , although poetic, custom," ob
serves Father.
"Except whan it lands in the bride's eye
and hubby has to call In an eye doctor and
cough up ten ' bucks to - have the Junk
swept out of the .lady's lamp," says Son.
"This city official who has made up his
mind to stop , wedding merrymaking," re
sumes Father, ."puts a ban on the decora
tion of the happy couple's carriage. What's
NOT THE SAME
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1 thought you Mid the bath
house had capacity for five hun
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and stockings beneath. The linen was used
for this model and collar, cuffs, buttons
and handkerchief pocket on the' waist are
of white linen.' '
Boy
"Side-Stepping the Old
Shoes," .Their Latest
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the' harm in' tying bunches of white ribbon
streamers on the vehicle?".
' "Or tin cans," ' Interrogates Son, "that
frequently send - a pair of. sleepy nags
careening down Main street as If they
were running in the Brooklyn handicap?
That, pretty little stunt always makes a
big hit with the bdys, ' especially, as fre
quently happens, when' the couple hit the
ground so hard that they land in the hos
pital for three weeks. When hubby comes
out he gets a bill for carriage hire that
Includes the cost of the hack, but . none
of the guests ever thinks of taking up a
collection to make It right."
"Well, of course," admits Father, "that
sort of thing is caryrlng 'the matter a
trifle too far.". .
"Another popular style of giving newly
married couples a big send-oft Is to kidnap
the husband and ride him around town In a
cage, while the bride tears off a mad scene
at the church," asserts on.' "That la con
sidered as the climax of wedding cere
mony humor and never falls to draw a
large crowd. Brides and grooms remember
little .attentions like that, especially when
they get pinched and the whole bunch
winds up at the police station."
"How can brides and grooms escape these
unwelcome displays?" queries Father.
"By getting hooked up in a Justice of the
squares the whole bUl," answers Bon. "The
squares the whole bill, answers on. "The
only extra frill the newlyweds can get
there Is a three-color lithographed mar
rlage . certificate, with twittering birds
perched around the border, that stings
hubby one more plunk. That's got your
church wedding beaten to a frtssle, and
me for It It your little Willie 'ever stubs
his toe."
(Copyright, 191 by the N. T. Herald Co.)
Diplomat.
"And how old should you say. I amr
giggled the golden-haired spinster, with I
coy glance at KJones.
"Ah. Miss Smiley," replied BJones, witl
a low bow, "I do not think you are old
all. Ask rather how young do I take you
to be."
- And she wss so pleased she- forgot to.
Harper's Weekly.
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The KiTlroimenl of the Soul.
Text 1:10.
There are two forces which are most po
tent In the formation of character. The
scientist has called thorn heredity and en
vironment. Every skillful biographer In
nrnsentinar' a rhnrirter takes thMte two
factors In consideration. He first presents
the ancestry and parentage, of his subject
and then seta forth trie circumstances of
birth, education and residence. Thus he
takes into consideration these two factors.
Of the two environment Is the most potent.
Given a food gift of heredity, and a bad
environment, the chances are that the
character will be bad, but even though the
gift of heredity may be bad, in the midst
of a good environment, a good character
may be formed. The Importance of this
subject Is . therefore apparent. One's ap
preciation of it is increased when he con
siders the true nature of the soul. We hear
people talk about having a soul. No man
has a soul. He is a soul, and haa a body.
Paul furnishes a definition of the soul where
he says: "Though the outward man dimin
ished, the inward man lncreaseth day by
day." "The inward man," as he uses it,
refers to what we call the soul, and It is
that part of our nature which Is to endure
throughout the countless ages of eternity.
How Important then that we should con
sider its proper environment. In our text
Paul says: "Ye are complete in Him."
This teaches the Importance of environ
ment. To be perfect means more than to be
sinless. A little babe may be perfectly
healthful? yet it la nat perfect until It
has developed to the extent of the possi
bilities of its nature. Even so, a charac
ter Is not perfect until it has grown to the
full measure of its possibilities. It Is in
environment that, character is perfected.
It is true that environment varies life.
The polar bear has a coat of white because
It lives In the midst of the eternal snows
of the frigid tone, while the grlisly bear
takes its color from the surrounding rocks
and shrubbery in the midst of which it
lives. Even so the character of men varies
with the nature of the companionship he
keeps, of the . books he reads, and of the
society in which he Uvea. But environment
does more than vary character. It sus
tains 1L In an organism Is found the prin
ciple of. life. In environment are found
the conditions of life. An organism is a
part, of Which environment Is the Counter
part. For ' Instance, in an egg is to be
Items of
. Feeding and sleeping are the two most
Important duties of infant life, but unfor
tunately mothers and nurses often most
unreasonably Interfere with a baby's de
sire to perform the latter. They have the
idea that sleeping In the open air is harm
ful, and therefore, when they take baby
out in his perambulator, they keep on
rousing him whenever he falls into a little
nap. This behavior of theirs is -very trying
to baby's temper and often results in quite
unnecessary crying. Baby wants to sleep,
! land he would be all the better for doing
so, and the only thing that should be seen
to is that he la laid in a comfortable posi
tion 'and covered with a rug or shawl to
prevent any chance of a chill. If this pre
caution be taken he may enjoy a refresh
ing sleep more refreshing, perhaps, than
in the house, where the air breathed might
possibly be close and stuffy. Mall carts
are not very suitable for very small chil
dren, for the simple reason that they are
not adapted for sleeping in, says Woman's
Life. The right sort of baby carriage is a
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found the principle of life, while the Incu
bator furnishes the conditions of life. The
life within the egg would lie dormant if
it were not brought in proper touch with
the conditions which the Incubator sup
plies. Chrst said: "I came that ye might
have life, and have It more abundantly."
This new life, we are taught, is the result
of a new birth, and as such, requires a
new environment. The one is Just as es
sential as the other. The moral man can
not be saved because of his morality. He
must have the new birth, but after one has
had the new birth he cannot be saved
without the corresponding environment. It
is necessary, not only to "put. off the old
man," but likewise "to put on the new."
Not only , "to cease to do evil," but . "to
learn to do well."
Every form of life requires Its corre
sponding environment. The fish must have
the water, the bird must have the air and
the beast must have the field. Even so the
soul of man requires an environment pe
culiar to Itself. An artificial environment
will not answer. No plant can Hve if shut
off from the light of the sun, though
planted in a flood of electrlo light Bo the
soul of man requires the environment
which is natural to it. Now what is that
environment? Our text says, "Ye are com
plete in Him." In whom? In Jeeus, the
Son of God. He is our spiritual father,
Interest to the Women Folk
cot on wheels, and in such a one, a herd
worked mother can put her baby to sleep
under the trees in summer, while she sits
by and .busies herself with the family
needlework. Many women ought to learn
to live more out of doors, and benefit would
accrue both, to themselves and to their
babies if they adopted this suggestion.
It is often difficult to know how to
brighten a room facing ' north. ' - " '
, I first,- in one of our .rooms that face
that way, tried banishing, curtains alto
gether, to let , the light in, but soon found
that It is not only light that is needed but
sunshine; so I determined that even if
I couldn't have the real thing I would get
the effect of It anyway, says Home Chat
I had the room tinted a soft yellow
shade, shading off to an almost creamy
tint for the celUng. Pretty, short, soft
yellow curtains framed the window, but
were not drawn over it In the least
I put a pretty brass flower pot with a
fern in H In a dark corner, and it quite
IT Tha tt T9Wt (VUKM THMTMI MW TOM HUW
in two senses of the word. In ii.ui iia not
only gives us birth, but sustains us after
we are born. We must not only be brought
In saving touch with him, but abide In
Htm. He earnestly pleads, "Abide In Me,
and I in you, as a branch cannot bear
fruit of itself except It abide In the vine,
so neither can you, except ye abide In Me."
"Apart from Me, ye can do nothing." Paul,
In his writings, likens conversion to graft
ing. In this process the new branch is
not alone brought In close contact with
the stock, but it is also bound there, with
the grafter's wax, so that it continually
draws the sap of life for its sustenance
Even so, the soul of man must be kept
in intimate touch with Christ, who is the
life of the world.
It Is true that Christ ascended into the
heavens from Olivet's brow, and In His
personal presence He Is now In heaven,
yet' He said, "Lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the age." His
spiritual presence Is with us now, and our
communion with Him is likewise spiritual
In its nature.' Yet it is nevertheless real.
In this day of wireless telegraphy, it should
not be hard for one to conceive of a
spiritual communion with Christ.
"The wireless telegraphy called prayer,
Needs neither ether, space or air.
Or which to flash love's n,utverlnf wave,
From him who needs, to Him who saves.
Prayer needs to instruments lone,
The heart of God, and tuned therewith
thine own.
With these two stations in accord.
Thou canst hold converse with thy Lord
Through land, o'er plain, beneath the sea.
For love Is heaven's electricity."
We commune with our distant friends by
means of letters. This is also a spiritual
communion. It la not the printed page that
we value, but rather the memories, and the
visions of the loved one, from which it
comes. Thus soul . communes with snul,
though separated by many miles of land,
or leagues of sea. God has written us a
letter, in the Book which we call the Bible,
and through it HIS life and His will are
transmitted to the souls of men. Through
prayer we talk to God. and through the
Bible God talks to us, and thus a perfect
circuit of communion is formed and sus
tained between the human and the divine.
Thus we can abide in Christ, and be made
complete in Him. This Is the glorious pos
sibility and opportunity which is within the
reaoh of every , man. How eagerly each one
should grasp It, and thus receive that life
which will endure.
transformed , rt Brass ' flre-lrons, candle
sticks, and ornaments also . helped to give
the room a cheery appearance, and soon
the dull room was dull no longer.
The best bred women do not fuss. They
take their, gowns and their furniture an. I
their Jewels as a matter of course. They
are unconscious of their veils and their
gloves, and they expect every one else to
be equally so. .If they see an Intimate
wearing a handsome gown they refer to it
admiringly, but they also preface their
comment withi an apology. ' Their differ
ences with their husbands are not aired,
neither' arc the domestlo upheavals. The
repose of the well bred woman is hot the
quiet of weakness, says Woman's Life. It
is the calm of trained faculties, balanced
so nicely that an earthquake may cause
a change of color, but will not bring forth
a loud cry. Well bred women are a boon
to the human race. They help the world
to maintain a high standard both of morals
and behavior.
WJ.-AJ
bjsjw Mffrrasj,
The revolution of 1S48 succeeded In forc
ing the king of Prussia to concede a con
stitution, but It did not leave the pnple
with sufficient power to compel respect for
It. The Prussian government permitted
the maintenance of constitutional forms,
Dut proceeded to act as If It were an
autocratic despotism. The Austrian govern
ment also revoked the concessions made to
the revolutionists, and the smaller German
states readily followed the example. Con
stitutions were withdrawn or modified and
there was great popular discontent. Dur
ing this period the German emigration
Increased rapidly, and the United States
received from Germany a great number of
sturdy German liberals who could no longer
brook conditions In their own country.
These Immigrants became a great source
of strength to the American union in the
trying period of the civil war and the sub
sequent era of development. The German
nation appeared to be dying.
But the dawn of a brlnhter day for Ger
many was at hand.' In 1857 King Frederick
William IV lost his mind and his brother,
the prince of Prussia, was appointed
regent. The prince at once eet to work t.
develop a scheme for the reorganisation of
the Prussian army which would put into
general use the military principles insti
tuted by Schamhorst. He had the power
ful aid of Von Moltke. The old king died
In 1861 and his brother succeeded him under
the title of William I.
As prince regent, William had attempted
to force through the Diet his expensive
army reform scheme, but as the money was
to be raised by a land tax, the prince was
deserted by his friends, the aristocrats, and
the measure was lost. A new Diet was
elected abput the time William came to the
throne, in which the liberals had a great
majority. The Diet was determined to end
the army scheme once for all. It also In
sisted upon many other liberal concessions
from the throne, and was disposed to be
extremely truculent.
The king had his heart set on the plan to
reorganise the army. It was at this stage
that, in September, 186J, he sent for Otto
Von Bismarck. In their Interview the king
laid before Bismarck his plans for abdica
tion, saying that his convictions forbade
him to relinquish his army program, and
that there was nothing else for him to do
in view of the attitude of the Diet. Bis
marck instantly said: "That shall never
be allowed to come." Bismarck told the
king that he could accomplish his desires
despite the liberal opposition. He then ac
cepted the ministry, without a majority of
the Diot and without power to form a
Budget. It was a bold thing to do, but
Bismarck was a bold man.
The next week Bismarck went into the
Diet and made what proved to be the
most significant speech ever delivered In
Germany. He told the deputies that liberal
ism was not for Prussians; that Oermany
admired Prussia for its power and not for
Its democracy; that Prussians were too
highly cultured and too hypercritical to
tolerate a constitution; that It was the
mission of Prussia to lead Germany, and
that to fulfill this mission Prussia must
consolidate its might He said that It was
well enough for Bavaria, Wurttemberg
and Baden to indulge in liberalism and
democracy, for they never could play the
role of Prussia. He told them that Prus
sia's boundaries were not conductive to its
integrity as a sovereign state, and In
timated that they must be expanded and
that Germany ought to be united under the
aegis of Prussia. He then said: "Not by
speeches and resolutions of majorities are
the mighty problems of the age to be
solved that was the mistake of 1818 and
1849 they must be solved by blood and
iron."
Bismarck did not regard either the
rpeeches or the resolutions of the Diet and
the army reforms were carried forward
In defiance of the constitution. The world
did not then know, but Btsmark the diplo
matic. Von Moltke the stateglst, and Von
Boon the organiser, were at that moment
engaged In perfecting the details of the
most powerful political and military ma
chine the world ever had seen.
The first opportunity to test the efficiency
of the new machine came in 18CS in a
quarrel with Denmark over the succession
to the ducal throne of Schleswlg-Holstein.
Bismarck craftily Induced Austria to Join
him, and in 1864 the Prussians and Aus
trlans together fought Denmark, and con
quered Schleswlg-Holstein and a portion
of Jutland. Bismarck Intended to annex
the territory to Prussia, Austria Intended
t keep it neutral. The Joint occupation
Types Ve Heet Every Day
By Bobble Baffle.
Thus speaks Bromllda wreathed in smiles,
The easiest way to see the styles
is Just to climb atop the bus,
And there, high o'er the crowds that fuss,
From lofty station calm and cool
Observe the new effects In tulle.
Chiffon or lace that pleases us
The place to see things Is a 'bus.
"Hera without rudeness on may stars
At modern ways of dressing hair
And gate at each huge pompadour
From vlewpolot never gained before. '
Here we guess how large the rat
That helps to poise each lady's hat
What fools the fashions make of us
Is seen completely from a 'bus.
"There goes th busy millionaire
In his machine to take th air.
As up the avenue he whirls
He tries to note the pretvy girls.
But ere his eyes and theirs can meet
His car goes racing up th street
Yet he finds time to glance at us
And smile at beauty on th 'bus.
"Her with a soft cap on his head.
With swinging stride and heavy tread,
Th college athlete lumbers by -And
greets me with a twinkling eye.
His dear mamma's advice he minds
To look not down, but up, and finds
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Daily Health Hints
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A few suggestions for hot weather:
Eat very sparingly of meats, and even
then only young and tender ones.
Fish and poultry should make up for
th deficiency.
When oofft ia taken reduo th quantity
of the territory by rruss'an ard Austrian
troops made Inevitable the qunrrol whlct
Ulsmarck was deliberately foMrrlnir an
which was necessary for the working rill
of his schemes, liurly In ism! the PnnMni
politely but firmly forced the AustrUe .
garrison out of Hulsteln.
Austria nppealed to the ghostlv Diet ol
the confoderat'on. Mttlnp , Frankfort,
to use the confederated army niraliiFt Prus
sia. On June 14 the Austrian mot on wai
carried by the Diet, an action which p'ovfi
to be Its lant, for the net Aav Prussia
wrecked the ennft deration bv decl.irinK wsi
against three of Its stales Hanover, Hess
and Saxony. There was no formal declara
tion of war against Austria, the Prusslnni i
simply notifying the Austrian commando) t
to get ready for a fluht.
Bismarck already had concluded a secret
treaty with Italy. On June 17. the Austrian
emperor published a manifesto of war, the
next day the Prussian king IssueM an ad
dress to his people, and two days later
Italy declared war against Bavaria and
Austria. Thus was begun the seven weeks'
war which was decided at Sadowa when
the Prussian army utterly defeated the
Austrlans. Prussia was prepared, Austria
was not. Prussia was organised. Austria
was not.
Austria renounced Its claims rn Ilolstetn,
acknowledged the final dissolution of the
German confederation and bound Itself to a
modification of the meaning of the word
Germany, by which Austria was excluded.
It also recognized the creation of the
North German confederation. PruHsia,
thereupon, announced that it had annexed
Schleswlg-Holstein, the free city of Frank
fort, the kingdom of Hanover, the elec
torate of Hesse, and the duchy of Nassau
to the dominions of the Prussian kingdom.
Saxony, the Mecklenbergs, the three Hanse
towns. Oldenberg, Brunswick and the
Thurnlngian states Joined with Prussia In.
the North German confederation. Added
to all this the southern states of Bavaria,
Baden and Wurttemberg, although not in
the northern confederation, agreed to pl4
their whole military force at the dlsfJTl
of Prussia in case of war, Prussia, In turn,
guaranteeing their sovereignty.
The. success of the Prussian program
greatly alarmed Napoleon III, then dream
ing dreams of a greater French empire.
Napoleon attempted to get control of the
grand duchy of Luxembourg, and thereby
incurred the enmity of the Germans. In .
this act Napoleon did more to cause the
south Germans to consent to the Prussian
leadership than Bismarck ever could have
done. In 1870 the Spanish cortes invited an
obscure prince of the house of Holien
sollern to take the Spanish throne. This
was construed by the French as a blow to
their dignity, and as in derogation of their
Interests.
Napoleon sent his ambassador to Ems to
see King William. The king granted him
a courteous Interview, but Bismarck edited
the newspaper account of the meeting so
that it apeared that the Prussian king had
Insulted the French ambassador. Tha tele
gram with Ita Blsmarcklan elisions and
emandatlons went out to the world, and In
a day all France was on fire with furious
hatred for the Prussians. Bismarck was
ready for a war with France. He had
been practically ready for' a decade, every
detail of the war plan had been finally
determined for more than two years.
France was not ready, but France declared
war.
Tti trrlh1. efftHanev rif the lriilnn
military machine again was demonstrated y
and within a few months France lay pros-"
trate under tne neei or. me rrussian in
vader. The absolute supremacy of Prussia
In German affairs was not questioned in
any quarter after' the victory over France,
and it was but a mere matter qf formality
to. unite the several states into an empire.
The king of Bavaria proposed to the other
German , princes that the - German states
form with Prussa a new German empire,
under a constitution, the presidentship of
the confederation to be a hereditary right
of the king of Prussia. On January 18,
1871, King William of Prussia, In the mir
rored gallery of the palace of Versailles,
formally assumed the Imperial dignity with
tha title "Deutscher Kaiser." Bismarck
had cemented the German states into
German nation and had founded a new Gar- .
man empire baaed upon the solid foundo.
na.
tlon of the German nationality, and not
upon the ghostly inheritance of the Roman
Caesers.
BY rUSlElO J. HASXIS.
Tomorrow faia Oermaa Advance. X
Tha Tariff as a T actor.
Beauty on the
Bus.
A snlle and greeting fall from us
Who ride enthroned upon a 'bus.
"An, happy student striving still
To train your body, mind and will;
How fortunate that you today.
When. passing thus upon your way,
Struggling with mundane things and real.
Glance up in quest of the ideal,
And so your eager eye meets us
Eternal Woman on th 'bus!"
(Copyright 1910, by th N. Y. Herald Co.)
you allow yourself to indulge to a
small cup.'
Fruit and cereals are all that many need,
for breakfast.
No I'lcknlrkcr,
He had to shun the cool retreat
And hold aloof from ruwtlo scrr.es
Because he could nut Uurn to eat
Hard tack and ollvat and sardines.
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