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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1912)
THE BEE: OMAIIA. TUESDAY, APRIL P. 1912. 11 The: $ee jnp MaazJrP f) I ! HI l ' ' I H SS SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT -:- And the NumsWere juchNke Girls, Too .:. Drawn for The Bee by Tad I HEUCft A Sir I Vi!Jj WlU-WAUe" y-.A t 00 'L4 MLKinnnOCR( I swogc I SWpi! nWI Alii " 5oi ismJ i!"","! n2tW . , W-y . . i 3w,i BCCQwja i.ii - M3fi r. ii l ai - i I. i: i i ii rrrr-r m, srniia ; vtswa ia?-"!. irrtn i - t t iw if i . rr jSLal H '1 Miasy s ail I I I rrrrr fVWS fiSL3ai ' viil rsy" yVfiV.-?:'" 1- - 0 1 f Enviable Art of Holding Your Friends. J By DOROTHY DIX A girl who U unusually pretty, nua- lly Intelligent, well educated u4 of tin eocisl position complained to m th other day that aha TO lowly; that aba bad neither friend nor beaux. Mi eaid. and truly, that it rang er were alway at .traded t her, ant that In a Utile while her fell away from that other :rla cordiality to bar was abort lived. nd that men would all on her onoe or twice and come no more. The girl wondered ,ny. It w a a because aha possessed the. sift for Inspiring liking, but ahe doea not understand the i tkt nmanrvth' It. that 'la beautiful. and rosy and luscious .to look at. but that you find to be bitter whea you eoma to taat It. Tha an deal in Ufa wher w get ab solutely what la coming to ua la In the matter of friendship. People ar liked and loved In Juat the rati that .they de- Sl la Uk a peach . M fassmg of Billions. I By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN. If you' were asked the distance from San Francisco to London, you would pot aay eo many Inches, but would glv It In mil. If asked the dlitanc from tha earth to the aua, the answer would ah In million of miles. If asked the die Atanca to the neanat star, the answer would not be million or kUllooa, but nkrilllons of mnea. Eren this reply would J be too lone- Twenty-Ova million million 1 mile (twraty-flv trUlion) axs too tnany f words, so It la shortened to lif ht-yaara. ,Tha yardstick for space 1e wot MIHon pr trillion, but on llht-yer. ,Thls la tha dliunce trTered in one ajidereal year. ta.S6(.l aeconda. by light mrvln( with Hr set" and fixed speclfl kped of MM mile per second. DUtaa itt traversed by Paco-energT. given by tiro a la minute, boor or day, would Laai' ntm Into cumbersome trillion, a hat the time Interval used In physics. sSn second. gey on second. Then while you are peaking radiant energy ha traversed a distance nearly equal to a Una long wnonfh to rekch around the equator of th earth eight time. Twenty-flT thousand billions, the dis ,tac of th nearest kaowa star, eon densed la ii light-years, ThM U the jaln( of mile, for th mile la space about equal to th one-millionth part pt th thickness of a spider's thread in comparison with the length e the toom yon are ta. ! Draw a aeal with th dlatanc in b tweea th earth and th. win equal to three meries; then th dlstatac of th tiearest star would be thirteen nulea. rSpsca traversed by miles par aunut Would be almost without meaning, for to go oat to th nearest atar-aua, at on mil per minute would require DMM ears, not days. related raewLaprapha. ITh do erring poor do aot always de serve to be. if a gin raauy wants a mans tore return H. O V ar vowel that have caused any a man s downraiL I Alway remember to be a gentleman ateaa ye are a woman. ! Ambitloa Is goo thing, but don't fly higher tha yoa can roost. What th world need I lea good ad Tio and amor good example. All thing ar for th best end every ana of ua Imaain he's th best. Many a man la dissatisfied with hi toti 0 because It ta too near his nelghbora. Attar symparhsing with people who ar in trouble many a man begins ta teal . Ilk a hypocrite. A young widow has one Important ad y Tsntsge over th Inexperienced auld sh can act a her own chaperoa. Chi cag News. A Lara Hair Ik Balder. Mr. Nagget I watched your slater fix ing ber hair th other day. and I .mast she's aot th most refined person la the warla. Mr. Nagget To don't approve at bar. . Mrs. Nagget-Well. you've never sees I Pre with my mowfa ma of belrpm. Mr. Nagget Of course not. What would yoa want with a many nafrptna-Carh-Jm Atsndard and TisMa rerv It; and a I wonld ask that gtrt. who bemoans th fact that she had no girl . friend, what sh does to attach other glrla to her? , To be honest, my dear, aren't yoa a good .deal of a calf Don't you give th other girt a sly clawing whan they com around! Don't you bay. 'Xh, yes, hUrata Is aueb a wat girl and vry pretty, but ah gets .hr campessMa at tha drug tore, and anybody could Ml that her hair was peroaided, and as far bar being o much admired by mo, anybody eould have beaux If they would rua after me th way h does." And ueh being the case, h) there any particular reason why th Mamie of your acquaint one should yearn for year society T And aren't you tha envious thlngT Don't you belittle everything that any body det that yoa can't dor Whea Bally goo ta a party that yaw ar not In vited ta 'and shs tells yoa what a gosv geoua tlma ah had, don't ye rwiark that th peopl who gave th party ar not In society, or (hat you wouldn't go to a public hall, or omathlng else that Ukes th gilt oft of Bally' gingerbread? Don't ye invariably knock every Uir girl' clothe, espeolalty if they ar better than your, and do your level beat to malt her tt cheap and neaa beside youf And It yo do theee thing, aont you : think' that the girls could do very well without you? And don't ye rather pride yourself upon ape king th truth to your friends? Don't yoa (eel called wpaa t tell Bally that bar hat a) unbecoming, and Betty that she I looking sallow, and Hattl that an Is getting fat, and Henrietta that her old dress mad over so Well that anybody who didn't know would think It nr one? If yoa do, can you think f any really ood reason why any on should seek your presence la order to be told th things they don't want t heart And are yon on of th hind of peo- pl that doa't mix with other people? Ota eVtVXeV PdlfsVr CLSktUlnkiS H fOX ncrf 1, 00OiJ rti AaETT To IMfOiSI BIC . TtKTJMoT OVT rwM TMC triAAvaU. JLdTyvTW AMP) sffH mfPmJKP OAKl THal AWatO UawdwafOte 1MB MftU rVIVAM frtfMtU TTtC TBWf COf V AS All- A WwrrD, TO TMC KCB ttOOtt tlivn. Of ira Alprat IMA HONUE CAtlOtT . JUJI Urv VVAJ ASOwTtO TttM AftOMfO WE IFWOUArtE HE Ii JAi-OMR? QVtCK VA750N f adP. f JfWW Mf AT A-M OPEN THE . fTWAi A 5PKML OtUJNeCTbV lJBTTCTc AtA-THCwiAS PrOh OtKO -twWl tHrfiPC VA5. VaipWTTEH TJtOM ILL AA04 M ONViz Leau- iriteu- Ai TMOUtrri TMCIE WAS KALE IHtiOe. AMtsWat LOST NO TtMaS OraeN-rva-THf THr '' WAt A LAVaJOAy CAOt Awft Of TMC OACK. ITArWt IP All fool tvty Fcu. ON Trie. JA08ATH VAOULP lTfiAlV(r SUHVAE? DOKIWMwrrH "WAT" GtZTTHE MAit AND JofC JrVKB AU-THtT ORAU tAUAfvoiHiPCAlti. Th-HA-HA- JIA-rlA M TAMld-Mft-3CHNJ0N A PAU Of MINC KAD AvRA OUt9 OPCIOENCdt LAST Jt'MraC. lafTaTrUOOtTOl- rlOW'i THAT." TAMM-HC VBTONAviir TO IXELAHO. AMD TrteV rVTHM in the cooio. pok. iHTttfrn CeMMirAWt-PCP- IHTELIO Curst. WTH INTENT" T9C0rVMrrMUtpeX". TAMeo-vti THBY SlO HE '"aWT TO KIL fSHH V . IkT- f'U. MAsL vo AP TTftE PiNtSH . HO TUB Vf AWtfc. TXrlrf CO fXJbVrtANfJ AaAiAiCTMAiw. TV'S trwT A wAwO Aag ICUVSA iATC OK?IX THOv IA4BVSA nkVV UMrtMJ fiarr Rah . R tV Jsavall at tf 4 HOTHrV TOCOTILU Seek, Believe, Work and . Wait'1 By ELLA WHEELEB WILCOX. When a bots start to make out her Invitation Hat, do ah pause whea ehe ooraee to your ham, and cay to herself, "Well. I'd Ilk to Invlt Caroline ami th ere, but If I do sh will get Into an rgu- merd with avaMbody and I'D bar to pour oil or th troubled watar of conversa tion, ar ah will be rude to some body, ar drag la a forbidden topto, by th head or th heel, that will hurt ombody elee'e feelings, and so I'll Just tear her out, because It gives me nervou prostration Id spend three or four hour keeping tli pac between ber and my other gueetsr" A far your fallur U be popular with men, that's your own fault, too. Look yourself tauamy la th face, little girl, aad aee wher th troubla He. Ar you on of th mlffy girl who al ways trie to make a man think that he's a sort of fairy prtncoag and that no matter what he doe tor ber sh s condeacendlng to accept Itf If a man take yeu to th theater do yoa aay that yoo'r aocuetomed to a box at th opera? If a man take you to ride la hi runabout do you spend th ttm-dlaoou raing about six cylinder high-powtr French oars. If a man treat yoa to a beer-and sandwich upper do you mak thins pleasant for him by tailing about th cham pagne and terrapin that aom other maa set np for you at a nttb avenue restaurant T When a man com to aee yoa do yoa begull th Urn by being aaroa. Oo and trying to (now biro how mach smarter and Wittier yoa ar than be Is? if you do, why should ho com back again? Do yeu suppose he gU sny pleasure out of being mad to took small and foolish? Or do you think that being stabbed In one's vanity ta auoh a delightful sensation that a man would car to repeat th performance? When a man oall do you spend tb time talking about yourself? Ah, my child, no man on earth was ever enough Interested In a woman to bo willing to listen to th story of ber Hf or what sh think ah thinks Th on and only subject that fascinate a man I blmwlf, and yoa need never expect to see a man th second tint If you let th conversation stray from this ab sorbing theme. It takea work and troubla and self denial to make n' self sopalsr, but It ana be done. , Cess wondering why you cam; Stop looking for faulta and flaws; Rise uk today hi your arid sad say. "I am part of tha first great causa. However full th World, There I room for an earnest awn; It had need of me. or I would not be I am here to strengthen th plan." Th memory at a tired young girl whs took her own Hf because ah saw noth ing ahead of bar but poverty sad bard. Ill-paid work ha been over m all day. I never aaw th girl In lit; never knew her nam un til in was num bered among t n suicides. But . th thought of her frequently some to m with Inslstenoa. Perhaps he hereelf oomea, drawn by sympathy which hi strong In my heart for and all Ilk bar. Perhaps It is wtah, rather m y own thought, that Impel m to aay today ta every tired and heart-sick toller to drlv away all thought of eul ld as yeu would drlv away a wild beast from aa Infant' oradle. We did aot mak tb universe; we did not bring ourselves Into life. Borne power greater than w did both. Bellev tn thl power. Bellev It la a gnat friend, and that, despite all th sorrows and hardship and ml eery which hem you In, It standi ready to help yoa out Into better and fairer conditions. If you are patient and keep on trusting and praying and working. - Do not eipect this Power to do all th work for you. When you went ts school and found your lessons hard your parents did aot learn them for yon. . Because If they had don so you would When Cupid Nods Copyright, mi. National h'ewi Ass's. By Nell Brinkely till hv been left In Ignorance. Eiactly thla Greet Power doea net perform th work given yoa .to do. Tour parent urged yoa to keep on studying, end told you th leeoo would be learned it yoa did. and that th hard hip would pass and yoa would com home radiant and glad, and they would rejoice. Bo thl Groat Power stands wan ing for you to do your work, 16 study out th problem Hf gives yoa; and It will weleom yoa with love and pride when you aaocaed. ' But never forget (or oos moment that th powr to ,ther, Near you. ,yVing and courageous and faithful. Thar I a such, thing a fallur ft say aoul that ha thl faith and thii knowledge that It must Itself be tb Hun Toon Kaidi listta to Old Xea'i Wooini;. Just eo sur a yoa work and believe sad keep your lit worthy of uoo belief at tha lavjalbl balpara, Juet m sur you will's, abl ,tcf ovartotps'lhe moot adverse cwvjatrwtaavw :adVom forth Inl 'th light f awsose ,aaw la dapendeno. Uttaa to a maa. no matter It be la th greatest genius oa earth, i a profound Scholar, U b Mis yoa there are n Invisible helpers, no great power that balps tbaa who hHv aad ask tor help. Turn away from html h oaa nevei girs yeu what you need In your dark hour of dleooeragement. . He dors sot know. He can only Bay what h thinks Oo along your owa way, and seek an you ehall flod. 1 Knock and It shall be opened. " No man ever made a unlvereel no man can mak th ton Dee or set, or hinder It from doing either. . ' Mo man can bid th billow at the ea la fall ar wrt. No man oaa axplaln any of the na tertee sitlsfeotorlly. Rely upon the unseen power that made II things. It mad you; there wa need of you, of yoa would not be. Pray. seek, bellev. . . Wark and wait; mh ','.' ' And an thing (halt b given wblok yoa i ' April in Town Br CHESTER FIRhJ.B ; MAN: .f. ' .' T pril, tell ma, bow did yoa -j Ivor get Into the city ? ". Wht I there for yoa to do, ;;' : ' Hera, wher pave ar bleak and gritty?. Howll yoa tun tho robin's dltty. ; Where no robin vr tlwt : - How can you earn praiee or pity, , - Wher no flowsrg vr grwT ; , . j i t. , APRIL: . UiA Man, Qay eat rIOt my ,eospJng7l.v, J4 t. wKMy-wrtBiflw.-.T-Tr - Prom the euremacsibeatiO; iptafnf , ; loul and bony both' aonuatbl Cowardl Cretan ciflia wUh""in -ff (Though you' a only nll lt luomlrg"r I will show yoa thinks to aee. H-V-.eit MAN; c Aaeil. do mat sbaks wi STeile.'1.-" Ton belong In country places -'-J rarest dell or wooded lele-r. Braaking front th snow's. mbracs.9W Oh. why waau your trwasrired' graces , Bore, where yoa ar est of urle?.wj-'v till, since you are mak tag taasawMJ-r: 'U go with you-for a whHa. 1 '" ' : :-.' "'. APR1L4 .t.j r. Here w are, then, stubborn man; 'J'- flM that tenement that tower?,', Help m touch each pot and ua' V..: , Where th children plant their flowers. Changing window si Us to bowers. " -."! Tor thorn wsntul ye t caa; Cost a lot of sua and shweri,".V-.r.. But If worth H, by my plan. -' .i v. There! Bnwgh of lain .today.; , ''o Come, old suns H atha for shinrac! . Let thoa youngsters ut to play. AU th wiataf UMy'v been pfojnr' There agalnt th bloomy lining Of the wall so grim aad gray, i ; Man, go oa now. with your whining;'. ; Tell m. what have yeu toaayt - -' - :- . " . -. . ::iusi' ; : April, all my whining' through, , .-. I have sees your brlghteat graces n. Better than all thing yoa do In the MBpty woodland placea. , s , , Tea, and as your touch atfaaa lns v Winter's grime I gueea L too. Probably weald atlas your trae; , Com again, good Apru. dot -.':.' Why It Wa. atsurked Pieeaat.- "And Why ar yoa writing VeriJOev on that envelope?" '-it. "I want the man wife to read, rat leUer."-Ctvetnd rials Doaiax.