THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2D. VM2.
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SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT
Judge Rumhauser Rebukes au Officer of the Law
Ccryrtiht, IS. National News Assn.
By Tad
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Married Life the Third Year
Helen is So Hurt by Warren'i Letter that She Returns the
Check He Sends
1)7 MAIUX HERBERT IBXER.
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Th mill. ir.a'sm." laid Delia, coming
back from th door.
Helen took the two letters and th pott
card. On was from Warren a thicker
envelop than uual. It wai the flrit let
ter aha- had re
cti ved front liim
sine hla curt tele
gram aaylng he waa
returning the check
and that It was
"no time for hero
ic." Quickly sh tor
It open and th
check fluttered to
the floor.
Dear Helen For
Heaven ssk try
to hav some corn
mon sense. Whi
ten'! a men tell
In wire that ex
penses must be cut
uuwu. and aak her
to make th check
he la sending go a
far as n can?
What was there
about that to make you get up on your
hind legs aad paw tin airT . .
You prate a lot alwut having "tried so
hard to bt economical!" Well, what of It T
The -wit of a man In my posi
tion is supposed to be economical isn't
slieT And I didn't say you hadn't bean
What I did say and what 1 ssy right
her again Is that we've got to cut down
somewhere. But what in that to make
you hysterical'.'
And your letter about "earning mcny '
yourself, and paying your have ' the
t-spenses" was a lot of rol. I didn't
say anything about wanting you to work
did 1? you've got your Job right ther
tending to the nous- at"l lni!it.
What you need la more cutnnion sense
and less hvstertn. That's what you've
always needed. You'r oonrtsntly going
off at some wild tangent about soma
blooming thing or other.
And this last fool Idea of your about
working.'' You couldn't make enough
to ears your salt. Now get all such nun
sens out of your head. As 1 wired ou,
this Is no time for heroics.
By George! II I waa marrying again
I'd be mighty darn certain that th
woman had one thine common sense.
Hut It's a quality most woman hav pre
cious little of and you ve none at all.
Now 1 ve got all I can handle eul here,
without being bothered with any more
hysterical melodramatic letter from you.
Uldn't even read all the last on. Got far
enough to know that you'd sent the check
back because you went up In th air at
what I said about cutting down eipenses,
and about my not being able to take up
an offer out her because of you and
VNo'wI never said anything about you
being an "unwelcome burden." You re
always putting words In my mo-ith. 1 H
waiter you got that phrase out of some
fool novel. What I did say wa that i ,
couldn't take any chances.
men een. If 1 was alon I'd go Into this
Henlngton deal so quick It d make your
head swim. But what of It? Jut be
cause 1 made a statement of facts was no
leason for you to fly off the handle.
Now I'm returning the check, and I
ssy assln. make It go "
And I'll say. too. Just whst I said before
that I've got a dfvillsh lot of expenses
out here and we've got to cut down tome
whero. Now mull this over.
s for coming home. 1 told lOJ II
along 1 couldn't tell when I'd come, i n
got to put this rnlng through and I m
going to stsy till I do. In th meenUm
you keep things going ther as well and
asVoZnlcaliy a. you i can. That a your
inb And to do It well Is a darn slrhl
betier thsn a lot of hot air V"'
independent." lour, etc, WARRi-.
Just as Helen finished reading this
Jjrlta came to the door.
"Does you want ma to Iron that drees
of Winifred s now. or will I clean th
ailver first?"
Helen looked at her vacantly. Oh
yes-yes. you'd better do that" she nn
wered mechanically, not knowing what
Delia bad said.
And Delia went tack to her work won
dering what was In the letter to bring
that look to Helen's face.
Left along again Helen crushed the
letter In her band. Sometime In the
most Intense moments an absurd thought
will flarh through th mind, and so now
the thought cam to Helen that Warren
would call that "melodramatic." In
novels and on the stag they always
"crush th letter." cV h smoothed It
out with a harsh laugh which sounded
:urioualy strange and artificial in the
nil room. And that. too. was melo
dramatic ah thought-! hey always
laugh har-bly." Ob, why should sh
Uitnk of such things now?
Sh stooped and picked up th chock
from th floor where It had fallen. She
haa sent back the other on. But ah
tare not send back this. Sh needed it
too desperately. Delia bad to be paid
tomorrow and th milk and Ice bill were
both overdue.
A sickening sense of her helplessness
possessed her. She must accept this
rheck and the letter that came with It
each word of which waa a lash to her
pride and self-respect. Warren had
written her many curt letters but never
Was this th fat of other wives?
Must they endure such humiliation almply
bees use they were dependent upon their
husband for their support and th sup
port of thslr child? Did many men tak
such brutal advaatag of this depend
ence aa to write such a lttr?
And Helen knew sh must answer this
letter. She must acknowledge the money
and the letter with It And she would
answer it now. To wait would only make
It harder.
"hall I warm up that creamed chipped
beef for your lunch, ma'am?" asked Delia,
again coming to th door.
"I don't want any lunch today, Delia.
And don't Interrupt me for a while now
I've some letters to write."
When Delia had gone out grumbling
that "people should cat their meals,"
Helen tat down at th desk and wrote.
Dear Warren It Isn't good for eithe
of us for you to write me a letter Ilk.
this. It Is never good for any on to b
humiliated aa much aa thl humttlab
me. Such feeling can't make for hapi
nese. 1 don't ssy It haa killed my love I
you It seems nothing can do that, lit:;
anything could It would be this.
The check I must keep bemuse I n.
It so desperately. You probably knew i.
or you wouldn t have sent with It ui.
letter. And you are probably right In a
Ing that 1 couldn't earn my salt. Ti..
may he tru now but Warron, It won t
be true long. I am going te learn how
do something by which, If need be. 1 can
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support mvseif and Winifred.
riven If I never have to do It th know
ledge that I ran will not only restore my
self-respect but will make you respect
me more. You would not hav written
such a letter had I not been wholly de
pendent upon you. Kor you know m well
enouah to know that If there, wa any
thing i could do ( would not accept IMs
cnecK.
Possibly you may call this letter "mors
heroics." but I think you will find It la
something even more then that. And In
the meantime. Warren, don't writ ms
another letter like this one. I will take a
great deal from you I think th past
hss shown lhat But there Is a limit to
what the most abject woman will endure
from the man sh loves so don t make It
too hard.
Winifred I well and I am running
things hare on juat as Uttls money aa I
possibly can. I am working at my "job.
as you delicately expressed It, mud I
shall not neglect It. but from now on I
am going to prepare myself In some way
to be self-supporting. And I know that
with determination and untiring courage
any womau can learn to do that.
HKUEX.
TWAIN'S OUTBURST OF
PROFANITY RIVAL BAND
Among ths Virginia City Enterprise
compositors waa one by th nam of
Stephen E. Wilts ("Steve." of course om
of th "fighting ailllsea '), a email, fear
less young fellow, handsome, quick of
wit. with eyes like needle points.
demons was fond of Dteve (31111a from
the first. The two bees me closely as
dated In time, and were always bosom
friends; but Btcve wss a merctleea Joker,
and nvr a long aa they were together
could he "real at th temptation of mak
ing Bam swear," claiming that hla pro
fanity was grander than any music
Led by Steve Ollli. the Enterprise fore
used to derts trick to set him gotng.
One of these wss to bide article from
his dssk. He detested the work necessary
to th care of a lamp and wrote by the
light of a candle. To bide "("am a
candle" was a sur way to get prompt
and vigorous return. He would look for A
a little, then be would begin a slow cir
cular walk a habit acquired in pilothouse
limitations nd dis denunciation of the
thieves ass like a great orchestration.
Now. among hla Virginia City acqjualnt
ancea was a young minister, Mr. Ris
ing. Now and then he cess to the office
to call on him. Unfortunately h hap
pened to step In Just at th moenetrt
when. Infuriated by th latest theft of his
property, Samuel Clemona waa eruraged
in bis rotary denunciation of th crimi
nals, obvious to every other circumstance.
Mr. Rising Mood spellbound by ten. to
him, new phase of genius, and at last
his friend became dimly awar of him.
He did not halt In hla scathing treadmill
aad continued In th slow faonotene of
apeech:
"I know, Mr. Rising, I know It's wicked
V talk 11 k this; I know It Is wrong. I
know I shall certainly go to hell for It
But If you had a candle, Mr. Rising, aad
thoa thieve should carry H off every
night I know that you would say. lust
as I say. Mr. Rising, may f.ie.r Impenit
ent souls roast for a million years."
"Maybe I should. Mr. Clemens." be re
plied, "but 1 should forgive them, for
they know not what they do."
"Oh. well, it you put It on the ground
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Venus Unveiled
Bjr GARRETT T, HYMXIM.
Venus lost nothing ei ar oaquetry
when ah waa transformed from th
rlrcl of Olympus to th eelectlal spheres.
In th character of a planet sh la still
th sly goddess, luring her admirers with
charming dcp-
lions and fascinat
ing half-revelations.
Never aloe th
Invention ef th
telescope hav as
tronomer been able
to pentrat th
"spangled starlight
sheen" of Ih pro
voking veil which
sh drops over her
face, and conse
quently th ques
tion I perpetually
recurring: "How
doe sh behave
wllh regard lo th sun doe shs look
him boldly and continually In th eye,
or doe aha, after th manner of more
frankly modest planets, turn round and
round, thus escaping part of th ttm. th
searing efforts of hi too ardent gase?
for a quarter of century. In con
sequence of th persistent assertions of
Bchlapanlll and Perotvsl Lowell, Ih be
lief has been growing that Venus la to
tally unllk th earth In this respect, and
that ah has no such motion of rotation
an an asla aa I needed to afford Ih
agreeable alteration ef day and nlgbt
One side of the planet, say these observ
ers. Is perpetually burned by the sun,
wlill the other side Is continuously
plunged Into an endless night of un
imaginable frigidity.
Hut lately th magle-working apectro.
cop haa been applied, with unpre
cedented success, t th solution of th
myatery of Venus, and at last It begins
ta look aa If her veil ha nee 1U ted-by a
sort of flaufe attack. The result, achieved
by M. Blgourdan. th French astronomer,
shows lhat Venus Is almost aa careful ef
her complexion aa la her twin atsur th
earth, and that sh turn round one
about every Ihlrty-flv hours, so that her
days and nights are something leas than
hair aa long again aa oars. Thl re
establishes Venus at once as K Pceslhl
abode of life resembling that of th earth.
Mac thl peculiar use of th spectre
scops fur solving otherwise unattackabl
problems la continually widening It la
worth while to explain briefly how th
thing la done. It depends upon th
shifting of th speotrsl lima In th light
of a heavenly body when that body hi
sithsr approaching to or needing front
th f th observer n th earth. i ,
If a star la flying away Its spectral
lines ar shifted toward th red end of th
spectrum, whll If It la approaching they
ar shirt sd toward the blue and. Th
same prlnrlpl applies to th opposite
edges of a relating plan. It Is only
nsceaaary, than, to place th spectre
scop so that It will anew only th light
coming from, first, on edge, and thra"
th other dg of th planet la ardor to ;
the ray shifted In an case toward
th red and In th other cess toward,
ins hlus, and by dellcat measurement t'
the amount of shifting It Is poaslbt t
determine the speed of the planet' rota
tion This prlnrlpl spotted to the roe- '
lions of the star ha In recent years
revealed the most astonishing facta cos
nsrnlng the mobility of th constitusnt
parts of the universe. The stars ar fly
ing about Ilk th atom of a gas owe.
Ing not only across our line of sight, but
toward and away from ua.
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Little Bobbie's Pa
Br WILLIAM V. KIRK.
Pa took Ma A me to the ottomobeel
how last nits, he aed that he knew every
body down there A he wanted Ma to go
with him A meet them.
Ma toald Pa that she d.dcnt see any
reason why sh shud go to a ottomobeel
show. We are lucky to git by at all, aed
Ma, doant see why you want to go A
t'K?t at a lot of ottomnbeels that I can
newer buy no matter how long I live.
salssman for on of th finest can In th
Harden. I'a shook hands with him -A
sed. This la my wife my littles chin.
Well, well, sed th fat man, yea have,
quite a family. The fat man newer
looked at me, be waa looking at Ma all
th Urn.
Tou see. sed Pa t the fat man, I am
thinking of boring one of yur cars. The
only thn.g I am In doubt about. Pa aed.
BE THE SPECIAL CARE OF THE L "AFTER DINNER COFFEE SHOULD ADILS OF THE HOUBK '
that tb-y are damned fools, that alters
before one like this. It seemed almost as the case, as I am one of tnst class r;'-
i bough he had wordd It Kith the de-ieir. come In and well try to forgive
l.uerats purpose ni humiliating her as j them snd forget about if '-Albert bige
luaca s te could Para ta barper i,
It la strange that ther should b so
little really good coffee.
To a great extent bed coffee I due
to carelessness In preparing It, though
I admit that tastes differ, and as there
are eo many brands of coffee It Is dif
ficult to find the one which suits the
taste nance I have been her I have
experimented with many hundreds of dif
ferent kinds of coffee. To dad one with
a perfect flavor is always hard, but
vea the ordinary coffee. If k k well
prepared, can be made delicious.
Of con re there are many wonderful
new fangled coffee pots with more labor
snd time-saving device. A good cook
can make coffee In any kind of a sauce
paa. They make wonderful coffee tn
the army, where the freshly roasted
coffee ta put Into a pall, ground with the
butt of a gun and then pure water
poured on It and boiled tip ever the
camp fire.
But since we are speaking ef pots,
tbeer Is one Important thing which a
chef does not have to think about be
cause hut utensils ar cleaned by ex
perts, but th ordinary housekeeper,
whose maid la none too perfect, must
remember that good coffee depends
upon the cleanliness of the coffee pot.
For that reason I do not care for pots
which cannot be thoroughly cleaned and
which hav crannies and crevices thst
retain tiny particles of the coffee despite
the best of washing.
The coffee pot too. must b verv well
ventilated when not In use. Cleanliness,
a perfectly ordorie-s pot, care In se
stctlng vux coffee, aad ut water to
Bj KMILK HA ILLY,
pour over It, that is tre secret of per
fect cuffce.
When the coffee is served st the table
in a silver or metal iiot. another pos
sibility Is added, for the odor of lite
silver or the ta-'te of the metal will ruin
the delicate flavor of the lieveri'tcc un
less It Is absolutely clean and free s
well from any tree of the cleansing
powder and polish.
The after-dinner coffee should be lhe
special care of the Udies of the house,
snd ss no good dinner Is quite complete
without It. the coffee should be ss nearlv
perfect as possible. Kor that reason the
hostess should understand the working
of her percolator or pot and the aroma
which comes from it should gratify the
sense of smell as well as the palate.
It takes positive talent to make bsd
coffee in some of the new pots which
require only coff-e, water end alcohol
and a match, and do their sork really
without further guidance.
But freshly roasted and ground cuffe
will give an especially delicious flavor
even to coffee that is already perfect.
One of the standbys of the French
kitchen Is French soup. The Idesl of good
King Henri IV was that every French
family should be able to boll a chicken
in their Sunday soup pot snd to a large
extent that remains a sort of culinary
tradition, yet the modern family lo not
rely on soup aa they did in olden times
as the mainstay of the meal, n-jr I- th
soup as good or as nutriou.
Msny people who tindratanl tne art
of eating kavc soup cuUrtly out of liieir
bill of fare, yet when it Is good and well
made there Is nothing more nutrltiouf,
wholt -lne. liirlit. satisfying to tbe ap
petite and giving tone to the digestive
organ?.
Wlet veselsl!. muiaioni. barNy or
other sedition ure msle tn a pliiin soup
of beef rttak it Is called 'n Kremh a
polage.
POTAMB-KOR KOI'R COVER!.
81x pounds of mutton bones, preferably
of the leg or ssdflte.
One medium slxe carrot.
One medium slxe onion.
One-h-ilf laurel lesf.
Two brancht" of paisley and a iittle
thyme.
Two grains of clove-.
Twenty-four grams of pepiier.
Two eoupspoonfiiN of pearl barley.
Two soupsfoonfuls of peas.
Half-pound mutton tmeat of the leg
without fati.
Put the bones In a caserule and brown
them. Then add carrots and onions cut
in quarter, brown them with tb bones,
briiiKinK them to a rich brown color.
Now a4d two and one-quarter quarts of
soup Mock, and the barley and peas and
mutton. Put the celery, the laurel, par
sley, thyme, cloves and pepper In a fine
muiltn cloth, tie it up and drop In the
; soup, lt It boil for four hours. After
: ward- strain carefully, put It back on the
' fire. S'ldinc; one sounspoonful of arr-;w-1
root.
Iet it con:- to the boiling poult Add
t three spoonfuls of good Madeira, wine and
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Jev. a mlnnlt std Pa, I know what I
am dclag A I want you to let m p'ay
my own alitem. I am going to Tx It so
that you A me A llttl Bobble can have
a nice long ride tonlte. A all tor nothmg.
Ketn o'f. now. std Pa, A doaat worry
me.
I cud er all th time that Ma dldcat
want to go te th ottomobeel show, hut
she thot H waa better, I gusss, to be Peer
Pa downtowa than te be uptown A be far
away from blm, so we all went.
All the way down town la th Subway
Ta waa telling us how b had It fixed up
for us tu git a nice long ride. I will g)
about It this way. sed Pa. I will walk rite
up to ess of them big salosmea A I will
say to him. "Wet I wish to purchase a
car."
Us wont belccve you, sed Ma. Why
a bow lite car will -tend up In wintry
weather. I wa thinking you mil talk
us out for a whirl.
I wud wit pleshur, sed th fst man,
only I hare no time. I will be glad to
see ou here any time. Come aggena A
bring yure family.
That Is some fellow, sed Pa. some claas,
I dldent Ilk him vary much, aed Ma, h
kept looking at me all th tlm kind o(
fresh. I,ta go hoem.
No sed Pa. Pa went oarer to a other
salesmsn A sed Her Is my card. I am
deeetrous of purchsslng a car. Fine, sed
th man. I hav been standing here for
two daya A I am dee-slrou of seeing
sum good money. Pay me a thousand
down A the car Is yure becfoar I seven
look you up In fnraa.
Then Ma started for to laff You doant
need lo look my husband up In Duns, sh
not? sed Pa. Look at this swell young
fur overcoat that I am wearing. Dosent
it msik me look like yellow bills? P sed.
Oh, I doant know, sed Ms, you must
bear hi mind that ther la a lot of actors
out of a Job that has ate fur verceata.
I doant Ilk th Idee of it all, sed Ma, let
us all go to th Hoppodrome tasted. Tharc
we can see a alee show A It will pleese
little Bobbie moer than a Joy ride on a
winter nit.
But Pa Is Scotch. A wen lie ma Iks up
his mind that he Is going for to se a
thing or do a thing, he is going to do It
So we went lo tbe ottomobeel show, as
I started out for to say at th beginning
of thl artlkel.
The first man that Pa took Ma A me
uaver M ac was a fat man that waa th
sed lo the man, be glta duns enuff. Cum.
uie oi ray use. sea sia, m ua no noan
In Mister Belmont a ottomobeel.
So we dldent git a ride hoam at all, ex
oep In the Subway.
Where la the InewasMawf
A tall young tcaa sat carried a suit
case hurried Into Bellerue hospital a -,.
few nights ago and said I th doorman:'
"Pteeee show m where the baby Incu- '
bator is, quick."
"We haven't any." said the dorraan.
"Wliat'e up."
"Oat a baby In this auil case. ttor.
half an hour ago. Doctor told me to
bring It here. Little girt-, very l!tt e
girt. Hfts to go in an Incubator."
So, Eel lev ue hospital bnproVaed one
and the baby is aUU aalve.-.Nw Turn,: