THE BEE: OMAITA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911.
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Tha Confirmed Commuter looked up from
hl evening paper with on expression of
Item disgust.
"I trust, my dear," he began with un
usual pomposity, "that If you should ever
fit to seek a divorce from me you will
not take the American public Into your
confidence to the extent of a three-column
Interview."
The Hopeful Housewife replied coldly:
"I feel very aorry for that poor woman!
If shed married the right sort of a man
shed be a nice, home loving, simple soul
wmi eight children, and a passion for
beaded bags, just like half the women we
know. Just because she married a crank,
he turned into one for the sake of peace,
and he has to go around spouting his
theories. Why. I'm sure that man will
forgive her for preferring another so long
as he gets such splendid advertising from
It."
"I don't see your point." the Commuter
objected. "Women are not parrots. They
have souls and minds of their own. and it s
only when they get in wrong In some way
that they put it up to masculine influence!
Did you ever hear of a woman who gave a
man credit for her ficcebsee? Not on your
life! It's only when she s made a mess of
something that the chorus goes up 'Find
the Man!' and shea always leading the
chorus!"
"But it s true!" the Hopeful Houswife
pretested "What Is the business of the
average married woman? What does the
marriage ceremony mean, anyhow, except
to bind her over to keep the peace of the
household? And she does keep it, if she
hat to make over all her hobbies and cut
her Ideas down to suit."
"I haven t noticed any change In your
hobbles or your Ideals since we were mar
ried," observed the Commuter dryly. "My
ldlosyncraclea have had no effect on you,
and yet you're not what I would call a
strong minded woman."
"Oh, yes. I am!" she retored sharply.'
"They call any woman strong minded who
isn't weak minded. What I mean is that
If the champion woman golfer should
marry a deaf, dumb and bedridden pinochle
player, sle'd be a pinochle fiend Inside of
aix months and wouldn t know a golf ball
, from a hyacinth bulb! And the change
' wouldn't be because she was weak, either.
She would be strong enough to yield her
own taste for the sake of harmony."
"Then your Idea Is that woman should
take credit for the good things they do
and blame man for all tha others?" asked
"DID YOU EVER HEAR A WOMAN
GIVE MAN CREDIT FOR HER
6UCCEfS?"
the Commutter acidly. "I suppose you think
this poor devil that has to get a divorce
so his wife can marry another f w is
to blame because she loves some one else.
Her Idea seems to be that if you don't
like your husband you can take him back
and get a credit rfieck for another."
"Well, you can, his wife answered.
"But that's all you can do. Fate gives you
something else something Just as good, but
It won't refund the purchase price what
you've paid in tears and disillusionment
and cynicism you can never get back."
"Tou talk like a divorcee already!" ex
claimed the Commuter in some alarm.
. "Don't worry." she answered quickly,
"divorces are not good form any longer.
They're too bourgeois, to long as a di
vorcee was a luxury of the very rich, so
long as it stamped definitely your social
position and your financial status, there
might have been something in it. But to
day any cook can get a divorce, and it e a
sign of a womsn's breeding, her intelli
gence, her social dlcriminetlon, to get
through life with but on husband."
"It's a sign of another thing," the Com
muter commented with a faint smile.
"A sign of what?" his wife inquired
eagerly.
"It's a sign." answered the Commuter,
"that her husband is just as sure as she
Is that he picked a winner and she's It."
(Copyrighted. 1911. by N. T. Herald Co.)
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How Hortense Was Cap tured by The Beast I
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Once upon a time there lived in Chicago
a beautiful young girl by the nam of
Hortense.
Hortense was so beautiful that she eould
appear before her best friends after a swim
in the lake without apologizing because her
natural color and her eyebrows had disap
peared in the water. All ahe had to do to
make another girl appear sallow and either
too tall or too short was to go and stand
next to her. When she wore ready mad
suit they didn't wrinkle la lbs back, and
at the end of an all-day picnic her escort
was still desirous of making another en
gagement. '
With all of these superlative charms it is
onky natural that Hortensa should b sur
rounded by a mob of infatuated youths who
desired her to sign a life contract. Each
of the young men had something In his
favor, but Hortense hated to give up the
constant attentlen of all of them for the
doubtful attention of one.
After Hortense had spent aeveral weary
months trying to solve the matrimony prob
lem enough to decide who should be first
choice she was Introduced to "Tee Beast."
Hortense nicknamed him thus because she
had almost run out of nicknames by that
time. The beast lacked several points that
are generally considered necessary to mas.
culln beauty.
Instead of the conventional six feet with
which -rnagasin heroes ara endowed, he
was about five feet five. The back of his
neck hung In accordion plaits over his col
lar., and his chin was a triple affair which
receded slightly. His nose was neither
aqullllna nor Roman, but mdre Inclined to
be pug. and flattened at that. Hit eyes
( were small and were further enhanced by
the addition Ot glasses, unci upon wmo
his hair had been long and abundant, but
the only way you could find that out waa
by having a long talk with some of his child
hood friends. His complexion was a cross
between a broiled lobster and tha stuff the
manicure girl puts on your finger nails.
His waist' line had long since disappeared
and he ' walked as If he were sorry he
hadn't waited for a taxi, but otherwise
there waa really nothing wrong with his
Nrxrsonal appearance.
At. soon aa The east waa introduced to
trVt1flt,lllnwt lMTiliwrlllitiHM mpn Snteina
Hortense h fell captive to her numerous
charms. He took her to the theater, to sup.
pers. sent her flowers and did all of the'
other things necessary to show that hit
Intentions were serious. And then one
night he asked her to marry him.
Hortense was a good sort and would not
for worlds have hurt tha feeling of her
acquaintances, least of all the feeling of
The Beast, who had been so kind to her.
But she looked at him and. sighed. "Dear
Beast," she said. ."I would love yea and
marry you if I. ould, but you ara too 1
ugly."
And then the miracle happened, for mir
acles are possible even In this day of dis
appearing furniture and ready to wear
clother. Tha Beast drew forth from hit
pocket a bundle of papers. "Hera," he said,
opening a small book, " this is my bank
account. Tou can tell by looking it over
that if you marry ma you won't have to
worry about making over last year s skirt
or mlpslng the latest musical comedy. On
the day I get married my wife will get
a nice little book of her own with six
figures in It. These papers will show you
the bonds that I own, also the real estate
that I am interested in. These cards show
that I have accounts at aeveral of the
largest department stores. The girl I
marry will have her own electric unless she
should happen to prefer a touring car. Do
you think you could marry me, Hortense?"
And Hortense, looking at The Beast
again, saw that the miracle had already
taken place. The Beast was no longer
homely. His color was now merely a
healthy bronse. His figure seamed to
shrink until he was lust slightly fat. Al
though no hair grew on his head, Horense
observed for the first time how really dis
tinguished a bald-headed man can be.
"And besides," thought Hortnese quickly,
"if I marry a handsomer man he'll prob
ably flirt with another girl in a. week."
Eo Hortense looked over at The Beast,
who was no longer The Beast, but Prince
Charming himself, and, throwing herself
Into his arms, she murmured the fatal
"Yes."
And Hortense was a beautiful bride.
Thyra Samter in Chicago Tribune.
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September, 13, 1911.
Nain and Address. School. Vewvr.
Peter T. Barber, 4152 Daveaport 6t Saunders 1900
Sam Beber. 1842 North Twenty-second St Kellom 1901
Cnsrlotte Bllllnger, 2712 Parker St ... , Long 1896
John D. Blue. 2720 Meredith Ave Ssratopa 1905
Dorothy Boyd, 2999 South Twenty-eighth Ave Vinton 1904
Scott Bukey. 2916 Fowler Ave Monmouth Park. . .1901
Violet Carlson. 316 North Twenty-sixth St Farnam 1899
Frank Coll, 8520 North Twenty-eighth St High 1896
Mai E. Evans. Merrlam Hotel Central 1902
Jessie A. Farrell. 3316 Ruggles St Howard Kennedy. .1905
Jacob Frleden. 301 Miami St Howard Kennedy. . 1903
Matzu Gasheda, 611 North Seventeenth St Cass 1890
Dorothy Goodman, 2424 North Twenty-fourth St Lake . 1S96
Dave Grossman. 1417 North Seventeenth St Kellom .1907
Olive K. Hansen, 310 Poppleton Ave Train .1895
Ralph Henderson, 3020 Chicago St ..Farnam ...1S96
Harry Hofmann. 2428 South Eighteenth St.. Pacific 1897
Kosie Horwlch, 318 North Twelfth St Cass 1898
Elsie Jensen, 2695 North Fourteenth St Lake 1903
Mary King, 700 North Forty-first St Saunders 1905
Kuth Kissel, 1808 Plnkney St Lothrop
Korinne Klein, 219 South Thirtieth St High . .
Florence Lewis, 1811 North Twenty-second St Kellom .
George H. Llndley. 1322 North Forty-first St Walnut
Fred Lundgren, 2922 Dupont St Dupont
Jessie McDonald, 2715 Hamilton St Long : .
Fach McFaggert. 2623 Sprague St Lothrop
Josle McKinney, 1040 South Eighteenth St Leavenworth 1897
John Macumber, 2306 Sahler St.... Saratoga 1899
Alfred Monaco, 2727 South Twelfth St Bancroft- 1902
Edward Nachtlgall, 2020 Dorcas St St. Joseph 1901
Florence Otto, 2208 Nicholas St Kellom 1S97
Howard H. Over, 1314 South Twenty-eighth St High 1894
Jennie Peterson, 2406 North Thirtieth St Howard Kennedy. .1896
warjorie Ribbel, 3567 Howard St Columbian 1902
Werner Rispler, 1812 North Twenty-first St Kellom 1895
Marie Russo, 901 Pacific St Pacific 1901
Roy Sandberg, 707 South Thirty-ninth St Columbian 1903
Albert E. Stephens, 1420 South Eleventh St Lincoln . .1905
Margaret Theller, 1413 Bancroft St. . ! St. Joseph 1903
Mike Theller, 1412 Bancroft St St. Joseph .1901
naiyu vois, ooo soum iainy-iaira bi Farnam 1905
Constance Wiginton. 1314 North Twenty-fourth St. ..Kellom Il899
Ktnei K. Wlthrow, 2505 South Thirty-fourth St.
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f Child's Notion of the Va lue of Money j
In $t. Fauli Minn., arid Knoxvllle. Tenn.,
the seh6ol boards consented to have an
Investigation made in a selected school, to
find out the child notion ot the value ot
money. To get at the facts, a list of Ques
tions was prepared and they were an
swered in writing by the children aa In an
examination. Thee were the questions:
"If you ara given money, ataut how
much each week?
"If you earn money, about how much
each week?
"What do you do with your money?
"If you ever found money, what did you
do with ll?
"If you had a dollar to spend as you
like, what would you buy?"
To five a better idea of the child's In
telligence, and that a study ot the an
swers might be of greater value, each
child was asked to give also age. school
grade, location of home, and occupation of
parent "The children thus examined were
thote in the third to the eighth grade, ana
their agea ranged from t to 14 years. An
swers were made to the questions by boys
and girls In both schools. 1.2S3 papers being
returned all told.
An Interesting sidelight on the honesty
ot children is shown by the fact that ti
per cent ot thosa who found money said
they had tried to restore It to Its owner,
and that St per cent of thosa who had
found no money said that it they did they
would try to find the loser or "put it in
tha paper." or "give It. to the teacher" or
principal to be restored to Its owner.
. Of the MT children who gave a specific
anwef to the question as to what they
would buy with a dollar If they were al
lowed to spend It aa they pleased. SO per
cent said they would Invest it for useful
things. Including clothing, books, etc.; 12
per cent would buy articles not .useful; S
per cent said they would use It tor benevo
lent purposes, while S per cent' said they
would buy present for their friends.
Comparing the results of the two
schools. It was found that M per cent ot
the Knoxvllle children made useful dis
position of money they earned or that wa
given to them. In Bt. Paul the percentage
was 69. Ot the Knoxvllle children i per
cent and of the 6t, Paul children 39 per
cent put found money to good uses. Ot
the Knoxvllle children M per cent would
spend a dollar In useful way, while the
St. Paul percentage was 81.
Tha difference between the two schools
was explained later when It became known
that in the St. Paul schools a plan ot
provident savings is conducted in the
schools under the direction of tha Asso
ciated Charities In that city, and that a
large sum was on deposit to the credit of
the 'children, who draw It as they desire.
In Knoxville no such plan waa in opera
tion. This difference is taken as proof ot
the advisability of encouraging tha saving
ot money in the schools.
No striking difference were shown in
the tendencies of children of laboring or
professional men to spend their money,
but the percentage of those who made
useful disposition ot the money Increased
steadily from the loweet to the highest
grades, which wa taken to show that the
child S understanding of money value in
creased and that children of prodigal ten
denote often dropped out of school before
the other.
The most practical disposition of money
waa shown to be mad by children who
had to earn it, while money obtained mor.
easily was spent with the least thought for
the practical side.
"Do com again toon. It has been sucn
a pleasure to have you!"
A you say tha words, you are executing
a kind of sidestep toward the chair in
which your guest sat. Bhe sees the half
sickly smile upon your lips. But she also
tees the sldewiee glance in your eyes.
Warm as the words are, they lack thereal
hot water bottle soothing, something that
should mark them. Tour eye and your
crablike movement are coldwaterlsh!
At least, at eh make a few parting re
marks, you reach the goal of your desire.
Tour hands close over the back of the
chair. You shove it gently to the exact
spot where it was when she arrived. A
consciousness that she had dislocated one ot
your domestic members overwhelms her
with a sense of discomfort as painful as
tight Shoes on a hot day with corns sprout
ing. You have no sooner restored the chair to
Its accustomed place en the very pattern
In the carpet, where It 1 beginning to
wear a hole, than your- anxiety ajsappear.
Tou repeat your effusive wifhee for more
of her society. You insist that the shall
not regard the formality of call for call.
You urge her "Just to run In" any time.
You emphasise that your bouse la right on
her way downtown. You ask her to keep
Its location in mind, and drop in often.
The only location she has room tor men
tally at the moment is the spot where that
chair ha been replaced. You could talk
till you had paralysis ot the vocal cord and
suffered with an acute attack of suffoca
tion before you eould convince her that
She would be welcome If she happened to
get the chair IB which she sat an inch out
of line! She hat a definite impression that
you are such a fussy prude tht you are
not desirable as a friend. 6he resents your
extreme attention to detail. Instead of to
her. Your "divided duty" has gotten over
balanced, and teetered so far toward the
chair that you cannot impress her with
the belief that she counts when your uphol
stery is In question.
Anyway, If she ever does come again
I should not in her place' she win be
afraid to rock, even. A long breath will
fill her with poignant dread, lest she move
the chair an lotum of an Inch.
You cannot have friend andr continue to
have such an overwhelming and obsessing
desire for precision. It' terribly uncom
fortable to feel that the instant on Is out
of your house, you are actively at work
removing all trace of a foreign presence.
No on want to entertain the idea that
they have "mussed up" things. It gets
In under their pride and ttlngs like salt In
a tomato can cut.
Does It strike you tt being a very pleas
ant memory to carry away? The departing
guest object a to feeling that the ha left
tracks which you hasten to obliterate, as
If they actually smelled bad, or looked
dirty.
It isn't any wonder to me. or to the
guest, that you have the unsavory reputa
tion of being "too nice for anything." That
means that you are considered a fussy
crank. If the guest get a chance, she
retaliates by calling you names. Maybe,
she is too well bred to get any vocal exer
cise out of the operation; but you can take
the word of one who ha felt her feeling
that her brain convuiaaone are echoing
with the unflattering name the thlnkt.
Eh begins with deciding that you are
one of those "nlcey-nlce" persons. She re
tee your hand stealing out toward the
dislocated chair. If you have added the
crowning affront to your performance by
turreputlouely wiping the mahogany w;th
your handkerchief to remove the trace ot
her touch, she hurls her revenge at you
in the form of the most obnoxious epithet,
the thinks you are "nasty-neat!"
(Copyrighted, 1911. by N. Y. Herald Co.)
Things that Are "Bad Form" for Girls
Many gl: Is axe "bad form" without sus
pecting It. says a writer in the New York
Times. Here are a few things little con
sidered, that are popular, but not In good
taste.
Inqulsitlveness Have you never pried
into personal affairs by questions?
Boisterous Noisy fun, especially In pub
Ho, l common In both senses of the word.
A girl can have a good time without laugh
ing and talking at high pitch.
Practical Joking What seems pur wit
to the perpetrator, to the victim Is stupid
horse play or downright malice.
Intrusion Some girls have no respect
for privacy. They burst into a closed room
without knocking. Offer, their society un
asked, and will interrupt the most earnest
conversation without a perfunctory "I hs
your pardon."
Disloyalty It Is ill-bred If nothing else
to run down those to whom you owe fealty
or to betray a friends confidence. Even
worse Is It to discuss family affairs with
outsiders.
Bickering Girls may not mean anything
when they argue before a third person, but
the listener is jst as uncomfortable as
though the dlsputanta were at daggers
drawn, especially poor taste is it for one
to argue with her fiance or husband In
public.
Bragging What If you are a bell, have
hosts of suitors and trunks full of fin
clothes. The girl of good taste allow the
world to discover her popularity and good
fortune, eh doe not thrust them upon It.
Clang There 1 a big reaction In favor
of the girl who can enjoy life to the full
yet keep her respect for good English.
Sponging Some girls have the notion that
the world owea them a good time, and they
snatch pleasure at the expense of their
friends with no thought of return. The girl
who is always out ot change, who proposes
gayetles for which others pay, who accepts
favors and la 'churlish about favoring. Is
worse than bad form, she Is almost dis
honest. Fibbing Truth Is right, likewise well
bred.' The girl whose word Is worthless,
who wriggles out of every uncomfortable
situation, who tells you one thing and her
next confident another, it bad style.
.Windsor
. . .1901
Roy V. Young, 1802 Corby St Lake 1903
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Ideas from Orient for Fall Styles J
Trouble Along the Border
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NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-M the swift pas
sage of time the seasons follow so hard
upon each other that the modern woman
scarcely has her summer sewing well out
of the way before the necessity Is thrust
upon her of planning her winter outfit.
Already the windows are full of winter
novelties, and dress goods, furs and mil
linery vie with each other In their appeal
to feminine Interest. It need no sooth
sayer at this Juncture to tell what I going
to be the leading thought of the coming
style.
The bordered material are prettily Illus
trated In this figure, the tunic being made
with the border at the lower edge. The
border may also be used In the construc
tion of the shawl collar and cuffs. Made
thus of the new rough goods the costume
Is extremely chto end up-to-date. The de
sign Is also suitable for any of the plain
woolen materials tor fall and winter wear,
specially if trimmed as here pictured, with
the striped goods, which bids fair to be
very papular throughout the winter. The
panel effects Still bold their own In the
liking of the feminine world. As applied
In this costume the front is strictly a la
mode, without suffering by comparison
with other models.
The oriental styl holds sway In the popu
lar fancy. Not to long ago w were domi
nated by Russia. The advent of the Rus
sian dancers In Paris gave excuse to the
fashion makers for tha Russian blouse, the
Cossack turban and other characteristic
modes of the land of th czars. Then Tur
key claimed a place In bur regard, and the
harem skirt, of brief vogue, was intro
duced. Now w have penetrated still fur
ther into the heart of the mysterious east,
and Hindustan, the horn of the great mo
guls, is tlngelng th thought of the west,
rn world. Consistently with this eras,
we are told that th opera of "Lai la
Rookh" 1 being revived in Pari.' while
there and In our own country popular danc
ers are familiarising the public with the
life of India, email wonder, thn, that the
new fall fabric accord with thla Idea.
Bayader stripes are seen, sometime
woven In the goods in two colors, some
times maa for a part of a costume by
sewing inch-wide strips of one' color at
regular Intervals apart on a white or liCit
colored ground, to simulate a striped ma
terial. Deep rich colors prevail and many
Webster Was Wise
Preniled fmanc' 1 not exclusively a
habit of recent year At th Rlggs Na
tional bank in Washington there Is care
fully guarded a proof of th foregoing
assertion, says the Popular Magasine.
Regarding the proof, there la told this
story:
One winter morning Henry Clay, tind
lnd himself In need of money, went to th
Biggs bank, and asked for the loan of
S250 on his personal not. He wa told
that, while bt credit wa perfectly good,
It wa th Inflexible rule of th bank to
require an Indoraer.
The great statesman bunted up Daniel
Webster, and asked him to indorse th
not.
"With pleasure." said Webster. "But I
i.ted some money myself. Why not make
your not for tM and you and I will split
It?"
This they did. And today th note is
In th Rlggs bank unpaid.
pleasing combination of dark blue and
purple, purple and brown, blue and brown,
are seen, as well as the old-time favorite
with many people, navy blue and cardinal
red.
The newest goods are rough in effect,
camel's hair cloth apparently in the lead,
probably because of our association of the
camel with the far east. They ara beau
tiful and offer a wide range of choice to
th most fastldous taste in the selection of
the winter suit. The shawls, characteristic
of oriental dress, are suggested In the
richly colored borders seen on many of the
winter goods. Borne of these borders are
Striped, In two harmonizing colors, while
som pattern have a line of large duks
placed borderwise on the edge of the ma
terial. A pretty fancy for a more con
servative taste is a soft black camel's hair
with wide border of .diagonal, self-striped
black satin, the Inevitable touch of coloi
appearing In a narrow stripe of Bt. Pat
rick's green, or the still popular puxplt
outlining the border.
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