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T1TE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1912. rhe ee np afazir f)af e LEAP YEAR IN LOVELAND Coprtgbt, liU, National -es Asaoeiaiieu By Nell Brinkley Tlie strip-pics of little love babies in riotous love-making with the Dans proposing are out for this year. Things are all twisted about in Loveland. No more for this year will you see the little dames with a Psyche knot at the crown of their heads, and scolding locks at the napfl of their necks, with ti fat fistie . planted in some insistent Dan's fyce while he struggles to whisper in her little red ear. If you are one of the folks who see something where another ran Bee nothing; if you have the eager ear and the soft step that you need to run upon things that are only imagined, but are there just the same, and the kindly eye for faery things, just perk up your head and take a little slant up at a bare winter tree-bough and see what you will see there. All in a row, like fat snow-birds, you will see the wee 'infants that kick up such a row in this old world and, being as it's Leap year the maids it will be who are pressing a tiny heart that goes "thumpit" and rolling a dewy eye. And the Duns it will be who are squirming an em barrassed toe and screwing a pink forefinger into aa also pink mouth. And also you may find on the end of the bougti, with her small curls knotted under a little tin hat and a fine scorn "setting upon her," yet with a worried glimmer in her' eyes, a little spinster Cnpid who hasn't any Dan! r Fable of the Wise Dame By DOROTHY 1HX. One upon a lira there m a man who wi universally regarded ae being s bad Indian from the head waters ot Bitter creek. Personally he waa a email and Insig nificant looking In- dividual, but he al ways showed hla teeth when he talked and cave It out that It would be all day with any one who stepped on hie corns. People side-stepped htm with cere. Alee ae be always growled when he wee epoksn to. It wea assumed that he was very rich, because It la only;' the wealthy 'who can afford to hay such punk manners. a. :,- J. '$&ty:. drove hie employes so that he got the last ounce ot epeed out of them and he had hla clerks so bulldosed that they hurt heart (allure every time they saw hie picture Ih the papers. In society he had things bluffed to a standstill, for he opined that he was the' whole works, and that If others did not like hla wey they could get off the earth. At the dub every one flew to do his bidding, because he eu the champion kicker and raised the roof every time anything' when wrong. It wss. however, aa a tall talk artist that he took the dilapidated linen off of the shrubberr. No matter who was pres ent be took tbe floor and held It. and contradicted every one who ventured en opinion, and at he bad gotten every one buffaloed Into thinking him dangerous the whole crowd back pedaled every time, be hove In sight. 'We do not understand why, nor wherein, he Is so great." said his ac quaintances to one another, "but be must . be a wonder, .because he tells us so. and ( we know hint to be of. Indomitable cour age, because he bullies tbe head waiters In cafeaT and we have seen even a per oxtded cloak model treat him politely. Therefore It Is safest (or us to get out of bla way. for be la a fearsome ciea-1 ture." I For many years the man remained a bachelor, because he could not find airy female whom he thought worthy ot be ing his wife, but at lent be met a beau. teuus young thing, who seemed to fill the bUI. . She waa a large, soft, blonde creature. with a gentle, timerous air about her that did the business for him. , "I perceive." said the man to himself, "that I am displaying my usual good Judgment In picking out a wife who Is of a mild and gentle nature, and whp will be -easily led. It will be no trick at all to manege her. and there will be no ques tion about who Is the head of our house." , But, alas, the man who was not hep to the fact that you cannot form any cor rect guess at a woman's disposition from the samples of It that she publicly ex hibits before marriage, and It waa not six weeks after the wedding before he waa speaking of "our trousers," and playing up the hoary exuues of extra work whoa be wanted to use a latch key. Ae his erife was a discreet cerature who never discussed her li us band's little ways with her dearet friends, It did not get out that she had him coming to. her fur car fare, and as the man continued to go about looking chesty and to spiel at the olub about how to manage a wife, lie WM still regarded with fear and awe by hla acquaintances. It chanced, however, that one night the man toyed a little too long with the Demon Rum. and In consequence two kind friends offered to assist him home. and as they also were married men they were filled with dark forebodings ot com- ng trouble "Lucky creature," they cried, "you are so courageous you are not afraid ot your wife!" Yep," replied the man. "In my house there Is only one boss." "That Is true." responded his wife as she opened the door, "and I am It," and with that she grabbed the man and yanked him IA, and as the friends fled down the street tbey beard him begging for Ma life. ' The next day the man appeared down town with a bead so shrunken that his bat fell over bis ears, but never more did be Inspire fear and respect. Even bis office boy whistled In hie presence and called him Uxsle. Mcrel: This fable teaches us that We never get a man's real number until we know Ms wife's opinion of Mm. - Little Bobbie's Pa s ' . Br WILLIAM V. KIRK. I got a swell offer yesterday from the greatest tbeetrical manager la tbe coun try. Pa sed. He wants me to rite a lot ot lyrics for him. lie -knows jliiat I am full of idees, sed Ta, he knows, too, sed Pa. that than leant a sua liv ing that can rite t:ie kind of verses that I can. Tou doant say so, sed Ma; you doant think that you are a reel poet, do you? Let us hear sum of your efforts. Well, eed Pa, here is one of the poems that I have rote. I thought It wud make a awell song. It la called WEN LOVE IS DEO FOREVER. This Is tbe way It It goes, sed Pa:, wen love ib dkd :" forever: Wea Love la aed. grata tears unshed Make brite eyes lose there luster, . With muffled drum sad mssnrtee cum at round toe soul thay cluster. The nart Is but a haunted hut,' ' The sun of Joy eaa newer . Shine thru the door et warm ft o'er When kevs Is dead forever. WeB. eed Pa, what do you think of It? I think it is vary feercev sed Ma, If yoa want to know it, I fed vary sorry to think' that your trend had so much faith la human nature aa ta make you a swell offer to rite lyrics. Fa gulped k nd of hard. Maybe you dideat like thaat lyric vary much, aed -"a. but I am sure that yoa will like this comic k one. Then Pa sang: The litee was suing kritely In a awell 4 btltyaat beam. The faithful husband with a rake was vwJrieo; up the leans. Why d iaiu you cum inside, deer? the wife then did Implore, I never sen you rake so much before. Tee husband raised hla tired face et faced his iuvly wife, et unto her did say .For bevings Balk, aed Ms, do you think that kind of Junk ta going te nieik a impresahua with a tbeetrical maaager? How do you expeek to matk good with that kind of stuff, aed Ma, wea men like Vlnce Bryant BUty Jerome Har ry Williams ta oa the market with there wares? Diaent you think ft waa funny? sed Pa. Then how would you Uke ta bear a reely aad song: Ute of my life, the shadows fan. ' ... - The shadows that ever are frying; ' Lite af my life, thia ain't aw stelA-i- I am dying. Egypt, dying. You poor old boob, aed Ma. you can't rIM lyrics. ' Nature Intended you fijr to be a grocer, aed Ma. Now go aa ta bed. If yeu talk In yur sleep doant can yor self Lord Byron. Stick to the good of eommerahul life, sed Ma. Tou are too fat m tbe head ta be a geecus. Then pa tore up bis lyrics. It's better ta be able ta pay your bun than to be a model citizen- How to Keep Young and Pretty care the Hands "We wash oar fcaaia tee much, ee peelaity ta winter, "Waver wear tight sieves." "Wisrs rata their heads by eejaeeelsa them lata (lares also tsa assail." Uass Isle will whites the haeda reallderably." "It Is belter Is keep the heads per. feeUy atlU than Udget." "Hemes her ysar flnaere axast look Istelttaest sever flabby." m enTVTiTV vm n -- IwgyifgW '" , W ' -' .'. - I .imliL , V ) "7 si e Sij-s-. . ;V:i'f I V ' ' 4 J,-'', J' '. ' . s- ni'iilliLi vie . l. . v s'.':'. , " t .at,r.v7 -: i , 4 Vs - v-' y CtSsr-? & J ' " x " TU ft r .... ,v i Vr tf, 4"f ( "V.." ter""'' ' ' .sits4r llibtU, AlltJ CEKTA1N KLXt FUlt TliK CAKE OF Tllsl ilANKH WHICH Bjr GABY KKHLVS Aitii VII ITS aiMfU Some ane asked me the ether day If all French women la real Ufa made aa msay motions and gesticulated witb their bands as much aa they seem to oa the stags. I said. "Tea, when their bands are pretty aad wea cared for." And If aba k at all vain,. aha sees te It that tbey are. It la Impossible ta ear too murk en this subject, because) while every face seeds Individual care, and It M Impossible to advise people how to drew, unless one ases them, there are certain rules for the care of tbe hands which are quite simple, aad which all people can follow. In the first place, t think we wash our hands too muck, especially ta Winter. It would be a great saving ta the texture at the skin if every woman waa had to handle-dusty articles weald wear gloves. A pair of large, soft nisda gloves are the best. Tbe woman who wants to keep her bands soft and wblta si sat not expect to oss them to do rough work with aad then think she cms wattes them at a mo ment's notice. Hiring rehearsals at the theater, when everything Is dusty, I do not remove my gloves ualess absolutely aeeesearv. and 1 make H a rule to wear huge, comfort I rhla. It Kay be aa effectsaloa, but It Is oiievj an esrweac see re m seep tne nance small than by doing hpuiework. and I am white. The hands eaa easily e taucta """ins insi no is rignt ngiit gluvee atsturb the circulation and make the hands red Beetdes that. It seems to me. It Is ridiculous to see a Woman with her kesd sqaeesed Into little bits of glovei and the flesh putting out at tbe opening of tbe buttonhole Many people wear gloves spread with cosmetic paste tn'flde, putting them on over night and keeping them on during the day when they can; but, on tbe other hand. It makes one very nervous, and you can get almost the same effect by tub Mac a good cream oa your bands before going to bed It Is st night that the beads should be most Jhoroaghiy cleaned. They should be washed with a good soap and then rinsed la clear water and thor oughly dried. If they are chapped use thai: Boa half a pound of oatmeal hi about a quart of warm water over alctit; then strain aft Ute water aad add a bttle Mvs etl, a little glycerine and a tesspoon ful of diluted smmocle. Rub this Into the skin before warning. - Lrmon Jutes usually ,wtn srhlten the to move gracefully, but you iul think about It a rood deal. I frequently people oa the stage who meve their anna about vaguely and keep their fingers clo-'e turetbsr.'aad bare ahmlutrtr ex prersumless hands. Th-!r gesture are meaningless. You can cultivate pretty gestures ot the. hand by Imitating those you have seen on the sUse, or la pictures, snd by trying hard not to be awkward. But H Is a great deal better as Keep yout bands perfectly still than ta fhteet. 1 notice that many women with pretty hands never keep tbmn still a moment, end that finally becomes Bust Irritating, at least to roe. because, tbougb It first calls atteatioa to the hsnde. It finally shows the effort to do so. Women with large hands should keep them aa quiet as possible: bat tbe little, dimpled, chubby bsad Is always charming, even if It Is , constantly waving about like a butterfly.. The test of grace Is the way In which yoa see your fan.' Now. that M the thing that you must study out for vourselr. The Battle of Eylau J. Br REV. THOMAS February , IRT. One hundred and five years ago today -February s. llui-was fought the Rattle of Eylau, Between the French under Na poleon and tbe allied Prussian and Rus sians under Bennlagsoa. It was aa ot the 1 (- hands censidsrabiy, and, of course. If rou aeie gloves even in the aummer time oit , now tne hands up and shake shea you (as no two bands sre alike, and consv- V www, sin ivtit w so wiinvw uem, aa matter how warm tbe weather Tears ago a gloremaker toM me If I wanted to have pretty bands I mast never wear tight gloves lie said that man asaes rotnee) the shape of their hands t v squeezing Ibaa late glove a ana toe can for a few mem eats make them mats I ouentlr don't handi i ik. whitei but the Mood will surre back again Remember, though, thst your fingers ass they will be as red as ever It youimuet look Intelligent end animated and let them bang dewa. That's why you will I never flabby. ootle. (list kXe-Bf women wBi Inverts I ' ... - hold their bend, up quite high, keepln VhU the last of the arUdej U- Mile them about oa tbe level of lb cheat orj0by m,. U eaagutnar battles ot which wa have ' any record. Whole . regiments were swept away at a breath. The car aags waa fearful enough te make the very devils laugh for Joy Be- If.i i is , ginning at aayllgkt R txt ,tSli in the midst cf a t' H furious snowstorm. 1. Y I f I which raged all -JlCTl through the day. the mortal atruggta bald oa until a early nightfall; and when the storm eleuaa rolled away, and the cold stars stole out Into the sky, beneath them oa the blood stained snows lay Jim dead and wounded mea. Eylau derives Its historic Importanoe from the fact that It mark the begin ning of the end st the Napoleoale glory. It wss at Eylaa that the great snips! or, for ths first tuna to any considerable extant, found himself up against the Mar, whose brute courage and wall-eyed Im perturbability were ultimately ta destroy aim. The man who does not know when he la beaten, especially If be happens to be a physical giant aa well aa the possessor of a bulldog grit, ta dangerous fellow to meet. Kyle proved this, for, not- B. GRIWORT. withstanding Ue fact that Napoleon esnuaanded there la sorsep, tbe battle was a draw. The Rueeaxn simply wotus act be beaten, aad ths leaeT series af Napoleonic victories was hroksa. After Eylau, It la true, came Frledlsna. followed closely by tbe treaty of Tilsit, wltb Napoleon at the highest paint el bla renown; but the aharm that waa broken at Eylau waa sever restored. After Tilsit came the series af disasters la the Spaatah aeeaasulu, whioh war only aupsrfloislly ,toeed for by ths glory of Wagram. Thea followed the awful tragedy of Moscow, ths annjhrhstloa el the grand army, ths great humlRatlon at Letnslc. and tbe abdication aad exile at Elba. It la perfectly correct la say that the actual deathWaw waa dssR Napoleon at Waterloo by the English and Prusslaan but ths Initial blow, ths stroke thst aiade ths first Hp In ths hitherto tmpermeabis armor, was delivered by the Russians at Eylau. Had the French eagles been at all prescient on that oar of fats thay might have sees through the Iheok falling snow the doom that awaited thasa a tew years later la the midst of the still mere terrible snows of ths great white empire of the north. , ' . It Is mere thaa likely thai the woader ful man, af whose power and glory thee eagles ware the amWem. did see It. ea plainly as he aaw the cold white stars stinking at him from ths midnight shy above bm baffled If not beaten army. We may be sura that midst tbe horrors of tba Ruaafaa easnpaign aad mutst tbe final gloom at Waterloo ths great em peror thought to himself, "It all began at BylBB." f- ... A Misnamed Mountain . v i J By GARRETT P. 8ERY1S8. mil The board of geographic aames la Wash ington baa seen asked ta reverse aa astonishing decistoa. given by It twesty yeara agk wham tba name of a Brills naval officer, who bad asver dons anything to - win distinction of any kind until he fought to perpetuate Brit ish rule, snd ths srttie Mea. la America during our revomtssaary strug gle, wss officially fixed upon that crows of American mountains, the glor ious, - white-robed Taosona. whose vast farm;- rising ma jestically, out af lbs great forests about the bead of Paget truly to be what Ha In I tap ties, "Tba Heaven Toucher." When Vancouver, at the end af the eighteenth century, sailed atone the north west coast, he caught eight of this spies- did peak, although he never went wlthm hundred miles sf it. aad promptly, la the all-grasping British fsabioa. affixed the name of aa Englishmen ta It the Bsme of a person who never saw K, a mere friend ot hla la tba aavy, an Rainier. Afterward, when, at the snormoaa) coat of Mood aad treasure and sufterlag. America patriots had won that part et our country for thetr flag, the old Indian name, Tahkoma, or Tacoma, was re covered for the aisuatam. Then, aafer- tsnetely. two asjattlsus, thriving cities. Tacoma aad Seattle, grow lag up aa tne shore of Pugex Bound, became jealeue' of each ether la the race for prosperity and population and the people of Seattle, 1 sisaply because It was .thought that the maasnvs a ecrtaa prasttga h their rival. uns rtook to deprive the great peak of that same, and Is restor afd- deny tba British dsstgnsrioa. Unluckily thetr efforts. amwMasd with soma ridleu leas aatloae abewt tb "right" sf Sj wan dering "dlecovsrar" to rename according to his rsyai will any Brommsnt object which happens to attract hla attention, prevailed wltb the beard st gsesjraiililo names and Moss Tasssaa becamo m of ficial maps ."Moust Rainar." Na true Asaerlcaa. proud at the natural wonders of bis country, and appreciative of tba auphnoioaa niris waicni tbe aboriginal . Inhasitaau . biataaid upon them, has ever been eon teat with this derieion, aad now that ths rTTfli baa been reopened Ptattla berng '.'-fl-d with tne lead tn popuiatloa wbsah it has ab-talued-U la to ha hoped that tea uajue uf labia action taken twenty yeara ago will be reversed and that this, hsavaa expiring peak, which astaasafasa tba eyes and elevates ths thoughts of every be holder, wilt be at last permitted as bear Its original aad beautiful sauna. Buppeee some Xlng-aod-lord -worshipping Kncusb man had renamed Niagara "Georgia a Falls." boer long would the American spirit bars submitted ta that? Tbe eaa of Tacoma la equally flagrant. '.; . j f weosiveaMSBslltlss. "I know wall aasugh I'm sjot teosiog you this moory. Wagasa; I'm crrlixs it to you." "If you could drop la noma time whea yea hadn't so long te stay, Mr. Pssodles, s sboumi ba Had to sea yss" "My saly raassa for lailirass veer aets, cUaoaa. kt that I bavea't saytiussj "Keap oa taikbsK. Uaaia. Ovna- t si,.. ta sea yoa, sash year ssoth ssov up and dswa." . wvw PCSDsaj hUi nose lata ether peepie's haalines. - wws c naa to baveyea come snd see as today, Mrs, 'I've come 'to you. Mr. 8ii ai,. vau i sum u employ a lawyer.-