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SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT Married Life the Third Year Warren Breaks Into an Empty ing Kitten. By MABEL HERBERT TOMER, It m ao empty basement (hop. A i faded red and while pole and some half erased lettering allowed that the laat 'tenant had beea a barber. The window waa smeared over with 'soap, as Is the custom In empty stores, i to keep the by from seeing the j bareness and dirt within. But these details Helen did not no tice. She saw only the head of a army kitten lyini acainst 1 1 h e glass from (which It had rubbed off enough of the i soap to be i There was thins In the war I the kitten lay that made her hurry I down the three ateps to the win dow.. Was It de-ad? i Helen tapped against the glass, but there I was no motion. Bhe tapped Main with the metal clasp of her purs.' This time jits eyes half opened and It raised Its head. But when Jt tried to struggle to Its feet It teU back weakly with a soundless "mew." The situation waa plain. The kitten had .been shut up In this empty store. How I long had It been there? Its starving condition told of many days. Helea shop the door, but It waa looked, lot course. Bhe went back and gaaed 'through the clear plaos of the smeared Iwlndow Into the empty room. There were a, Jew boasds, some old shelving, a I broken chair, and soma rubbish la a oor ' nor nothing else. 1 Again aha tapped an the window and .again the kitten raised Its head and looked 'at her Dlteously, but this ttrne made no effort to stand. How could she get it eat? She ran Into the next door, a dingy locksmith shop. An old man waa filing a key. He could hardly speak English and only shrugged his shoulders at her excited questions. He didn't know anything about the eat one it had beea vacant. And when Helen asked frantically for the Janitor or care taker he answeraa suuemy that were .wasn't any. The grettng sound of the Iflle and the man's indifference was more jthan aha could otand. On toe other aide was a cheap saloon. She couldn't go la there. She looked around la despair. It was a poor aaigh jborheod, mostly Italians. Bhe had com .over In search of th place where Mrs ! Stevens bought her olive cIL And It was in looking for this place that Helea had 'chanced to see this wretched little klttn. ' What could she doT Th kitten must be gotten out at oac or It would be too j late. Even now It might be too weak to live. ' If only aha could find a poUcemaa. But there was none In sight. She ran up to 'the next corner and then on to th next, but there waa atlll no officer. 8h hur ried on still another block, and then saw ,000 farther on In the center of th street. When she rushed np to him and breath llesaly told her story, he answered stolidly: "Sorry, ma'am, but I can't leave my beat I guess the cat ain't starvta'; It'.'l et all the rats It wants." "Oh. but It's a little tiny kitten! It's it tna vounr to eaten rats. "Well, I'm sorry, ma'am, obstinately ."but I can't leave my beat." Fiercely Indignant. Helea atarted back I to the empty shop. On the way she passed a drug store wtlh the familiar blue toto- phone sign. For a moment she paused wa certaln before the door and then entered determinedly. The phone was on a counter la the rear. Quickly she called np Warren. "Dear, are you very busy?" she asked excitedly. "Well, I'm not exactly twirling my i thumbs. Why?" "Oh. couldn't you come up here? There's a wretched little kitten locked In an empty shop. It's so weak It can't stand. I I cant get anybody to help ma get It out. Oh, can't you comer "Leave my work oa some wild goose chase for a stray cat? What do yon take 'me tor?" "Oh, but Warren. If you could only see 'It oh, I know you'd come. It's so weak lend so Dltlful It tries to drag Itself to Its uet and then falls back and looks at me so piteously. "Oh," with a sob In her voice, "think of that poor little thing being shut up there for days without food or water! And It's s helpless: Oh, if you don't come," with a sob, "I don't know what I'll do. I can't leave It to die like that." There was a pays aad then he said gruffly;' - - , - - r The Jeeg np MacfaZiiT l AxQTMQL (WW 1 verv ME Shop and Resales a Starv Ton' re always letting your feelmg run away with yea. Where Is this ptaeer Eagerly Helea told him where tt was and that the elevated would bring him within a couple of blocks sod that ah would wait there until he came. "But what oa earth are you doing b that neighborhood?" "Why, dear. I came ever to look up that plau where Mrs. Stevens get he. olive ell." "But, see here," as the thought Just occurred to him, "If that plac Is empty If must be to let. Why can't you tele phone to the agent Isn't his name on the sign?" "There urn t any sign. It's a Uttle eM building and tiwre Isn't any Janitor or car taker, or anything. Oh," qotvertngly, "Warren, yon Just said you'd corns." "Now. there's nothing to get worked up about" as he detected trars In her voice. "If I said I'd come, I will be there la twenty minutes." Just what Warren could do when he did come, Helen did not know, but she waa sure that somehow be would get the kitten out She went back and waited before the shop. Ths people passing by her fated at her curiously. At length sh caught sight f Warren striding up th street Eagerly she ran to meet him and brought turn dwa to th shop win dow. "Jove, that 18 a weak tittle beggar!" aa he stooped down aad peered through the clear spae Jo th glass. That's aa outrage. Wherea the doorf H tuned and shook It soundly. Thea with a curt Tou wait here," be strod into the locksmith shop. But, evidently his interview with th old man waa no more satis factory thaa had been Helen's, for be cam out with aa angry: "Can't get anything out of thea peo ple. Tou say there's no pollcemaa a this block." "No, the nearest one Is firs blocks be low, and be won't leave hut beat." "Well. I'm not going to fool around bare. I'm going to get that ktttea out -aad there's only see way to do tt. Her hold this. He thrust his can la her band and crammed his gloves la at pocket "Oh, Warrsa, you're sot going t break pea the door? as he put bis shoulder against It "Nothing else t do. I'll have this rickety old door opea la a Jiffy." "But th people who own it oh, dear, won't you get Into trouble?" "A few dollars for a new lock. Que they can't do mote thaa that," and with a sharp wrench be had the door opea. By this time a small crowd had gath ered, but no on mad any effort to help or to Interfere. It took only a mo ment for Helen to dart In and peek up the kitten and bring It out, carrying It very tenderly. "Now, Where's the nearest place to get milk?" Warrea asked briskly. "I think I saw a deUcateesea In th block above" The delicatessen was small and amelly. but there was a stout, good-natured look ing womea behind th counter. "Can we get a saucer of milk." de manded Warren. This kitten's about starved w found it down th street" Th woman got out a bottle of milk and poured seme In a wooden dish. As Helea put the kitten on the floor to drink tt. th woman gave a startled. "Why. that's that a Minnie's kitten. Where'd yer find It?" Helen explained about the empty shop and then the woman told them the alt tea had been missing for over two weeks sad they thought It bad been stolen. "Mlnaie. Minnie." she called. "Come aad see whet's here." A Uttle girl sc about tea years, very pretty aad very dirty, came running in from a room at the back. As soon aa sh saw the kitten, which waa weakly lapping the mux. sh knelt down beside It wtlh a Joyous cry. When a little later Helea aad Warren left the shop, Helea slipped her hand through bis arm aad pressed dose against htm. Oh, didn't It all come out beautiful? To think we could get that poor little kitten out et there aad lata Its own home. Oh. it was dear of you to come, loerre always so good to nrsi't. aad "Koaseaa,' iaterrupted Warren, who always hated praise. "Here, you'll have to hustle If we get this car." Staying at hem I a virtu few people try to calttvata. The hot ah- treatment tor financial His Is seldom a curative. Don't tax your friends overmuch whea you try to make a touch. The higher 11 Ilk. lams of the drama usu ally corns from the gallery gods. TILE BEE: HA Hlrrho OH St 6WtlM MOW eSfet&2a3&--. OUT IcaSS-.. - WCVrT7ntW KAVcTRS WfPROOfXAMS AAAV AvQ 0AV wnnfluiex uii&eifr pen. yovNfr man SEVMAm P1ApSD Ofvf AFTtTt rO JeTW f 'AT POWv IrVQ TOOK A t4a0 C mS F&5T' IkrCN HC oven thc t a to or Slant at tv uhs.p But n-wAirf.Tre- w aeo TV'S fl JAiTj. rTMAi .. rVNSTAltOHJ TO MAKfA MArV " n-0Ntv7vEs one BAer t MAKE A QatTPK jKVOUwMrV SIPS1. . ATTX6 BAu, feOunOJ HT.OtTTrtgTie AT J cvrTMe(,osiaN(;p TV)EAU PAfKTTHE Foot Wwtn viTW MHiTE- hOOUMO OWE. v,rM TtC RAXe.THEN I 0fc VSkmni f HQ fall 7X6 yjS-l Cooking Secrets By EMILE BAILLY. This country Is so remarkably fertile that all kinds of vegetable that can be made to grow twice aa large aa thee do la other lands where a smaller crop Is raised at th price of ceaasleBs toll and care. A friend of mine, who owns a large garden, tells me that French beans brought over from France aad planted la his garden here sprang up aa If by magic and grew to twice their ordinary bum. That was the first year. Next year, when he planted them again, the boaas were smaller, and the third crop waa very poor and of small sise. Probably the ground has not been worked enough, as hss every Inch of my own land, and the first enormous crop exhausts the ground. Thea, too, there Is such a desire for big fruit, big vegetablea. of mammoth growth and beautiful to look upon, that the average person doe not realise the tact that vegetable of smaller sis are often better la quality and flavor. Vegetablea must be absolutely fresh to be good, and any house keeper, even of modest meana, can get fresh vegetables It she will take the trouble to do her owa marketing and do tt early. la France the mistress of the house doe not disdain going to th market with her cook, who carrlee home the LOBSTER SALAD (This Is easily prepared If M. Bailly'a recipe in this article is followed.) day provisions In a basket or net Pro vlwone are bought fresh daily, as th ice box Is only found m the houses of the very rich. I believe this is one of the reasone why you find good cooking In the humblest French borne. It Is hard for even a bad cook to spoil strictly fresh vegetables, but It is equally difficult for a first class chef to do anything with wilted greens and foodstuffs that have been kept on ice for a long time and have lost their delicate flavor. Most peole cook, their vegetables too much, this takes away the delicate aroma and la disadvantageous, both from the point of view of appearance and taste. Aaparagus, for instance, should never he served boiling hot It Is to be eaten Just a Uttle warmer thaa tepid. Served ad this degree. - after being cooked, it OMAHA, TUESDAY. APRIL 16. 1912. His Honor is Hard on Mashers caoyrUM. BU. KaUoaai Ni Aasa. - HA - HA, TW.6 lDvme SB encwAj JbMffrMf'tgv cp J WAJ 4CMCM TvVAJ OWc APTTrt D 8TiKitAft TlAte FOTr(hAMK StfTAVvCT WA PLACU HAD JmOwn Hi I ct TVtCrMos wHimro anp re(o vxo men OAgrccT A"0 FirxAI-W TVft mAnwTH tWCMEOAeaeOMt AapB,60 we AteNce vai ceadw. 16 tienro THE tv t HOW IFTVCVrYlAKfi. CAK vvMXt J OUTi rK. ynu wuQuLQMr MAuaT MOuU vow? SntlKETUH'-" Ne wojuvifr want v. non AT PtC SrVTC PfOM 1 T7tC t Tew f .ote cujmi oi rE N THC At VAAT.11 BwClCCri. Ta! PtAKTJ AmO AAt ttrew COO rT T ( I tXi TILL . Afire Tie AT TuTHE tAPETJ Anp flTMiONIgj-enT TXt 1AVJ AulM THE 7Mfl jcooe PfoM rwe fzeSl nhrHOTOTrte KoHEOoajro AfrTV.THe OA Me I ligf - OftK U FiraiJeeEO of a Famous Chef tt li "J Vv- l-Or-V. I1 1 f ys A8PARAGI B pBead M. Bailey's directions for cooklogand serving this popular delicacy.) Is delicious. It should never be kept In the boiling water after It is tender. ASPARAGUS "EN BRANCHE." Scrape and clean tbe asparagua, wash thoroughly, but this Is very important, don't let them lie or soak In tbe water. Water toughens all vegetablea. Dry the asparagus and tie them together, putting the beads together and cutting off the ends to make tbe buncbea even. Have ready a pan of salted water, and when tbe water Is boiling, put in you asparagur and cook from twenty-five to thirty minutes. On cannot tell exactly how long It will take, aa this depends on the quality of the vegetable and tbe season of th year In which it Is picked. If a vegetable cooks quickly It Is proof posttlv of freshness and good quality. LOBSTER SALAD (Four Covers.) Lobster salad la not a formidable dish to prepare. Boil two lobsters, each one weighing not less than two pounds. Let them eooL Slit them down th back, removing- the black or dark vein, which most never be eaten. Take th meat out carefully and cat In round pieces of uniform sise. Take out the meat from all the email parts, claws, etc. Bisson with salt, pepper, oil and vinegar and let It macerate for several hours. Place In a aalad bowl, arranging It la the shape of a dome, and cover with a stiff mayonaise. For decoration use a hard boiled egg and boiled beet. etc. and hedge the dish with heart of lettuce leaves, according to taste. In America, It Is customary to us chopped celery with lobster salad, but this Is usually done for the sake of economy. Celery baa a very strong flavor aad takes away tbe delicate taste ot the lobster, which le its chief attraction. Personally, I prefer. I to use lettuce to Increase the q'xmtlty1 count- rnr fX 1 rU Av, TO VHetfl.AlA TMAlt-OTl . tAHO'lTTiOoivo UXXAH3ME. NO TM VerfO TWX T. OVCt, 6MT ,MTMC aSAUieffJ. AOOKJTVJ StMfAL GKAOIQ KNOCSWT (JAxe Ot Out tetMAjA rtw FO-CDMim MCMcNT AtNaS AFTC11AWM1L6 AuOoTVl tOOK ' A WAeVT AT Trtfi. flU. TO iffi ff, IT wAi AiruLrR aelAXrCE (4U.' fMEE AtAf Ji THS- u,MfTC tCATMOL ir JAiTj levwr liltf'iJl aoc rjiltt aealUC Corns 4N ftowl GT vow a. tllCH 5AN0NitfiS.j;. A"" VfATSft NOTrv 10 00TM.I IDMOfUflsV I The Proper Method far Cewfctaa; Vegetable, aad PJ eel pee tee As paraaes aad te baler Salad. "EN BRANCHE." of the salad. The lettuce should be cut with a silver knife "ciaeler." as they say In French, or carved. This la done In order that the flavor and wu.in may permeate more thoroughly. A thick leaf of lettuce without thaae cuts, keeps the drsulng and flavor away trom tna rsst of toe contents ot the dish. r Questions Q Was copper once highly tempered, and what waa the largest piece ever found? A. This Is aa Interesting question in metallurgy, and one not yet settled. I have had In my hands a number of very ancient copper Implement, but they could be easily nicked and cut with an ordinary steel penknife. Hard utenalla have b.u found in ancient tombs, ruins and quar ries; but aom ot these have beea ana lysed and found to contain proportions of other metals. And this natural mixture of metals baa been found native la th earth. It waa vary hard. This threw i light on this ancient .question: primitive people may have used this endurable nat ural product It doss not ssetB to be rea sonable that tbe early races ot the earth could have surpassed modern science la metal work. But then th problem et Damascus steel arises; we do not asem to have equaled that nor the huge iron pillar at Delhi, India, It has not rusted down In 1,000 years. Q.-Could a person get rich oa perpetual motion? Would It be a good thing? A. The accrued dividends would he missing. Suppose that man could finally perfect a machine that would rua Kae:f; r s If SiCTT I K AinJ I l. ir r Mtwtiitocier a jier.lp-ggg ae -:- Drawn for vtf homo. Mit ss A JOUiM LAOV I (. NevCY er v T Girls Who Stay at Home and Why- Some Seek Ily DOROTHY MX. A great many people are yutaled to know why girls are so anxious lo leave horn to go to work when often their services are so badly needed In their own homes. They point out that by doing the house work the girls could really add much more to the family exechequer than they can by being shop girls er stoneg. aphers, aad could, at ths same time, be saved from the rough contact with the outald world. Th picture of a girl helping mother In sweet household tasks and being kept safs In the soft shelter of her own home Is always one that fires the Imagination. So tt seems to these peo ple who deplore girls' mania for ruablng Into outsld Job that It Is nothing but pur contrariness and lack of good sense and final affection that make young women crowd Into business and Isav hired help to do their work at home. The reason why girls win not work at horns tt they can help themsetvss Is con tained In the following letter, which 1 commend lo the consideration of all par snts who at trying to solve this Im portant problem. The letter Is a genuine one, written out et bitter experience, aad tt says: "I am a young woman 5 years old. I llv at home and work for my parents. I do general housework In the morning and clerk In tbe family ators In the after noon and four evenings a week. "For this hsrd work I receive K a week, with which I am oompelled to clothe myeelf, pay for my little amuse ments aad make returns for social ob ligations. I advise every girl who haa to work never to stay at home and work for her parents, because no boss or em ployer would dare to work you aa bard or speak to you In ths manner In which they do.' This young woman haa undoubtedly a harder lot than falls to tliat of most girls who work at home, but ahe speaks no more than ths truth when tbe says that no other employer la so tyrannical to an employs, or shows o little courtray end politeness In dealing with one as does ons's parents. The mere fsct ot the relationship In which they stand makes the father and mother feel that they can do aa they pieeae, and speak as they please to John or Mary. Tune Is a constant complaint amour, falters thst their sons are seldom wllllt to go Into business with them, but pre fer to work for sny other man. The reason, however, it plain enough for any one who has the courage to face the truth. It is because father expects John to work for leas thsn anybody else would give him. and also because father consldera that he haa a right to boas John In and out of working hours, and to say Just how John shall spend every penny of bis salary. Likewise, because every father having once known more than his Infant sun. never gets over the illusion that his in Science-And Their Br EDGAR LUCIEX LARKI.T. The entire force would be employed la the running. It would have to he free from friction aot nearly, but absolutely. This man can sot accomplish. a-Please give la the science column of Tbe Bee the true massing and origin of the common Indian sign called tbe swastika. A.-Th swastika Is perhaps the most widely spread, very ancient symbol, a has been found la sesulchers, tombs, tem ples, crypts aad tumuli!: and on pillars, pilasters, cornices, entabtaxuree, porches, faced ee and doors; snd engraved ea stone, bronse, copper, granite, porphry sad gems; and scratched en hark, leaves, feathers, saprrus and other surfaces. Every ancient cult religion, ceremony, rite, rttual and type of worship and esotario Initiatory formulas In the moat remote mysteries made constant us of th swastika. Tbe symbol has repre sented Deity, sacrifice, prayers, good and evU, winter and summer, darkness and daylight, heaven and hell, sunrise and sunset male and female, posltiv and nagativ aad the Uk symbolism. All con tinents and hug inhabited Islands have forntshsd their quotas et swastikas. rr r-rv yy. X.sr--.---'!''- um 11 The Bee by Tad 3-0-U-N-Gr M-A W Aaj CVAu at IB CP- VOJ ' ru. ft vou iwjmcis Outside Employment. Judgment la vastly superior to san's. and that soa remains an Inexperienced child even though he la past th aVyear mark. Th case la even won with the girl who stays at home to help mother be cause she doesn't get any salary at all. She may cook, and sweep and wash, sad dust, and sew, and do the work of tws hired girls, and save three times their wages by her Intelligent economy, but her services are not considered worthy of a definite money return. She Is "supported" by her parents, and they feel that It la Impossible for her to do enough to show her gratitude. She may have good clothes, but her father gives them to her grumMlngly and com plains about what an expense girl are. Bh may possibly be permitted to bay things oa aa account, but ahe never haa any money ot her own that comes to her as her own, because sh ha earned It In a werd shs is nothing mora thaa a slave, working for her board and clothes, and her spirit revolts at It. and the result Is that some tine day she rolls down her sleeves and goes out sad hunt a Job that has got a pay envelop to tt oa aaturady night. Aa a matter of tact, th position of th grows daughter in th hem Is gener ally a very trying an. If th girl stays at bom and trie to help her mother ahe I subjected to endless asgglng, be cause th mother la determined that everything shall be done exactly her way, and shs can never realise that bar daugh ter may have a better way. I ano heard an old maid who was sixty year old and a most wonderful cook and housekeeper, say that ah had nevsr startsd out to make a avenge eake even, although she had made thou sands of them, that her mother didn't call her back and tell her how to do It or stand over her aad direct very move ment No woman would dare set thst wav with a lured girl, who would give nottre and uult. but because dauehtw ru'i mother feels that she can Interfere with her at every turn with Impunity. Now, Undoubtedly It la a eal rdfi that more I trie don't stay at horn sad work Instead of going out to buslaesa. With modern SDOllancea housework la much less wearing than standing behind a counter or pounding a typewriter all day. Moreover, if you take Into consider, ell on the amount that any intelligent girl vitally Interested In the matter, could save In th food supply ot a family by careful buying and skilful cookery, th money return would be greater than th amount the average woman earns la store or office. But ao such capable girl Is going ta rork la her father'a kitchen mr .i. where without a definite salary, mirf i. real money. Nor Is sh going to stand i or impolite treatment, even trom her parent. Nor will she put up with con tinual nagging from her mother. So It parents want to keep their girls at home they must make the domestic Job a real situation, with a salary and must en.i the work attractive. The question Is ua ta metha asJ hi,. At present there's aothlna la tt in in. peal to tbe fancy ot any sensible girl, aad that's the reasoa that Mamie and Sadie are answering all the advertise ments for typewriters, while mother haunts the Intelligence office looking for somebody to help with the housework. Answers j 7 ney Into tbe Interior of CataUna kuand to study ths vanishing traces at prehle- . torio swastikas In a cava temple for solar worship. The symbols were ta the entire world's ancient sacred paint, deep vermilion: aad were painted ea the rack walls In th rear, opposite the opealnc: I printed three columns at the time, giving a full account Th origin of the swastika cross Is aoubtleas to denote the -tart of the sun's croasmg the equator fight handed swastikas to commemorate " the crossing at the vernal or spring equinox, aad th left ot the autumnal equinox. O, Did th unusual number ot comets la mi produce tna hot summer at hut rear and the present cold all eves th . United States A. The eight comets seen la UU had . nothing to eo with anything en earth. No scientific proof at sny asflueaee what- " ever ot any comet, however large, has , ever beea obtained. Q- to the climate of th world really ' ebanging? A There Is no proof at say change. Periods et cold and heat have beea her ' before. Every cold or bet span ts always colder than aay kaswa to the "very ejaV " InVSlhSiaMj IjlW-: j II.. I r ... . ri' '.' ! '..I 1 " 4 I