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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1912)
SILK HAT HARRTS DIVORCE SUIT -: WELL CussNvJ I OswE UrlU A VOUM ON Tru Wit NOW l'LLETV0U A evuc MEfcTMA.6 AN OOft j.itsflcQ. AN Hli THELD TMt LAST NUMBS? iE pf -J 'p L, : : 1 I : -l ; Ll ' J I " ' I - s0m oi m 1 r ? A Trial Courtship J Umkf A Little Blue Frock J?t Br DOflOTHT DIX. The newspapers contain aa Interesting account of 4 young couple who have en tend upon trial coaruhlp Kith a view to getting a line on each other's quail' ficatlons for making a desirable husbaad or wife, and to as certain before mar riage how they are likely to ault one another Instead of waltlnc to find this out when It la too lata, aa moat folka do. Aocordtng to the tory, the youag man haa (on to spend three day In the borne of the rtrl'a mother with the full understand Inf that be la to pop the question at the and of that time If he la utte red with hie. ob- , aarratlona of the young lady, and, that (he la to accept Mm If ah u atlll pleaeed with him. Otharwlae no iredlng belle for them. '. .' ' " He la to watch her method of keeping house, samp!" her cooking, and atudy her way. She la to observe If be la handy about the rimiee, If he Is a goad provider and to take note of little manner and perullaritlaa that will tip bar off u W bta desirability aa a Ufa partner. Tre theory of te atrial courtship la Little Bobbie's Pa 4 By WILLIAM r. K1BK. VLaat nit Pa waa reedlnc a work by a grate German author, It was called The Bkyology of Dreema. Ma wanted him to reed eusi of the funny etuff In the daily Basara. but Fa ad No, No, let me fin- let Utla grata atory about Dreema. When I am reeding funny tuff, Pa sed, you always want m to reed Pilgrims Pro gress, It wen I do git weertus by any cbanet, you alwaya want m to reed Khymo. the Monk. Now, pleese, aed Pa. let me fit thru with this tree-Uae. All rlt. aed Ma, Bobble k I will Uasen to yon, What la the Mee of M ell? This great German, Herr Von Pratael ateln. Pa sed. Is of the oplnyun that anything w drem at Is a thing that happened to oa aum time during our life. A be la olao of the opinyun that If we think during the day that we ar poeta. w will dreem of poetry during the nit. I have spent the left hour. Pa aed, think ing that I am a poet, dt I wlah Too wad do me favor. Pa aald to Ma, I wlah that arfy poetry that I may say la my aleep-eod - -taken' down, ao that If you happea to be awake wan I talk Peetry In my Bleep, plets fit a pencil. A talk ft all down. - - All right, deerest, sad Ma, I ahall have sharp pencil and a pad of paper all reddy for you. Go shed Ac a no re awhile, jnw deer Lord- Byron, aed Me. A wen you beegu for to aay sumthlnk poetlck. I win note 4t down. Maybe w eaa sell It to 'a publisher, aed Ma, who kaowa? Ma waa winking at m:. Then Pa west to bed A went to sleep. Bobbie, -Md Ms, this pencil wick I have la aharfr enuff, I doant Imagine that tt will gtt worn down much rttetng the. poe try tot father psesM. -4a fact, sad Ms, I have ftValnt Mee that yur father haa took the' coiait until ' morning. " Sum thing tela ms that be haa passed away until the perly dawn. Ma sed. But ma was wrong. I was reeding my History of Orate Men. A Ma was reeding a fashion maaseaeen. wen ail of aod den we herd Pa' voice from the Bjrxt room. Pa was dreaming, A thia la the first poem Ce rented: lleep la a very hardy thing; tiip is a very handy thins; To haw about the hsuse. It keeps a man from pain A aeh. It kp a man from staying awake. It makes him silent aa a mouse. Bobbie; aed Ma, bear Sir Walter Scott talking m hie sleep. 1 think I pust Y dowa this poem, sed Ma. so MA went A sot the pencil A the paper rots down what Pa bad Jest sed to hi sleep. Then Pa snored awhile, A then we herd him aay. - I tea' mf overeat tread on earth. Few peepol . know her starting worth. Of gurls like her there la a dearth In life. I toast the sauUui't ef them ail, I toast the neatest of them all. rlere'a to my ewestbart, raegal tall My wife! Bobble, aed Ma.' leaf yur ruber a porfeck deer? I wish he end dreem oa forever. Did you beer the perfeckly keU tul things ha waa saying about me !a bta dreem? 1 dldnent say anything, hut from whara I waa setting I cod aee that Pa was wide wake all tbe time. Wtanmea t hard to tool axes wen yon prase them. 3 . 1 i "i 1 r ... - , i , V I I I I i i - i l mjct nufi i i i : ii hum iu run is good, but M will fall of real results be cause th exertion will be faulty. Con sciously, or unconsciously, both parties to tt will be hyprocrttee, aa every man la when he goes a courting, and every girl b) when she la trying to capture a man. Nature make them put. the beet foot foremost and to exhibit to each other the moat charming Bide of their charac ter, Just as It makes the mala bird atrut and phime Itaelf before Its mat In aprlng. It' dollar to doughnut that the gin In this caee, aware that her sweet heart' appraklng eyoa are upon her, will come down to breakfast of a morning In th neatest and trimmest ahlrtwaist that aha has, and with her hair marcelled to the roots; thai aba wilt work her finger to th bona eooklng up everything oa th place, and give a life-like Imitation of ft household angel that would capture any man' fancy. It I also a cinch that th man on trial will go throagh his bast paoes; that he will ewear that be adores helping to wash th dishes after a hard day'a work; that he will declare that ha last par ticular about hi food, and wouldn't want hla wife to bother much about the eook lng. and that he will exhibit th patience of Job and the amiability of ft saint when mast are not oa time. ' . Thea ante-nuptial exhibitions of an gU diepoettloaa. however, are not fair eampras w u Teai thing, and If any young ooupt I really In earnest about trying to And out beforehand what they are likely to get in matrimony. Instead of followlaw the general custom of tak ing two grand nk with eyes shut, they could make a trial engagement of eome actual value. ,. If, dor Instance, a girl wants to test the. quality, ef ft tmts'e affection for her, let her appear at breakfast with her hair nmeej sacs in i a anot, the aiae of ft walnut, and with a loose comfortable working dree on. That' the way ah looks at home Whea there's no company, and tha way shs will look when she' married and ha to wrestle with teething hahiea, and eooklng atove that won't ook. Any men that will pop the ques tion when ft woman la looking her worst hss got the kind ef leva that's all wool and a yard wide, and that won't ihrlnk tat th wash of everyday Ufa. Agata If aha want to find out what sort of dlepoeltlon ha has got, let her alt Mm dowa to meal of heavy bread, and watery potatoes, and overdone meat, and let her observe wbetber his amllblllty aader auoh ebvamstsnces haa a natural, spontaneou ring or la forced. Thar th wy to judge whether be all heart or mostly stomach. It aba wanta to test his patience let her keep him waiting for three-quarter f an hour every time they go anywhere together. Jf hs can calmly compose him, sett to reading th paper while aha pin oa her has la forty eevea differ! way. Instead of charging up and down the Parlor floor Ilka caged hyena, she wHI know for aura that he la philosopher, and aa optimist who will alwaya be Httle sunshine la th home. If a man wanta to find eut bow much a girl really thinks at htm. let him ap pear aeior ner with a three days' beard oa hla face. Amy woman who oaa aee a romaatie hers la aa aashavsa man has gut the m-e-erlaung brand of affection tnat aotaing wtu kill It ha wanta to ascertain what sort of ft diaposltloa ah has got. let him re frain from telltng her that she Is the most wooderful sad beautiful creature oa earth, and oall her attention to some of her faults. Any of ua can be amiable when we are bins tanned with hot air, but It takes a lot of fortitude to have ear weakness k necked and SOU keep a strangle hold aa oar tamper. as. If I were a me a. before I ever undertook any lady'a beard biU or life rd give her a' sample of my real dls-pealtloa-th things eke s got to put ap with fee about tare hundred and, stxty-J zow.aaya or the year. I'd go to see her when I was tired, and nerve racked. ahd grouchy, and disagreeable, and then rd watch now ah handled me. if ah had enough erase and tact to get me Into the chair I liked beat and not speak to me until after I had my dinner, and If she'd ooasst me. and pet nr. aed iut.y aaUl I felt all good, aed comforty. and that It didn't make aay differeaee to her haw thugs want at the office so 1 1 had bar to eosas home to, why I'd marry her a th spot for fear I might mm bar. But if she'd never aoticad my mood;. If ah wore a stnpM h began tejitcx' her own troubles, wbea I lad more than I could bear T bbjt own; tt ah was so saltish ah wasted to dreg me out to parties' whea I needed rest and quiet. by. tnea Td grab my net and run aa fast aa I could to get away from her he tare aa rseud lure me to the al'sr. On. a -trad coortaMp might be most useful tastllutka. it it worked rtgaU . HIE BEE: asaa I V a a 1 AT a fab. a I I I -". . "W m m v r -eg m r- II. V rrrl I Pfctl -Li I ; I J .BLI I I i irv-viuj , - wii r-ir ii jo a mau.es ts nut, evy PhOeANAMKi XAJ ylftApPlWu- ' MtMJCt AboomO TMC roOOa.lt. in C00tV MERdy MVt4lAfr6 OAKf MfiWAi Ai tUWAl A ONE APMED PAPEt-KAM -WfTM THt HlVBi sMCfVTMrMA LOVSUV UWTlL. A CAfUOr IbPPCO KIO iTUtlCMlC MrUX1 IN THE OOOCWaw Ant fiPEw. BN THERE fcUft F A GAkJ. AT? THE' POSTMAS TEf- VwowLO VOUCAUeiT S.P.M 1 M Kft$6frr of hsu-is . 1-MAifStAfc 0f MA DAMIC Mta. AT..rA OPEN AO. THaTPOOtTAKf; .' AttTxeioow our N CAaotn-TMecotnmiBO CMEUiATTMG COJriF JCAH 9 OrHQt,Wewc.TD WOOWAOHAHo-AltoUAfO TtU. rtA. ArTWWATI biirrue Kaaw .. Beauty Secrets for Girls Did You Ever Bealiw How the Expression of Your -sjw f:i? W Mr f m - vv r I Asia AM I lit ' IHe HIGH-IIKIZLKD SLITPEB BESTS la spring a joaj.x sirt's fancy EfhUy turns to ibouxhts ut Ireu Not mmantk. la it? But ao true. I m aura vou feel vour own pedal extremities chins and you wonder what you can do for them Perhaps you haven't noticed how many OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1912. His Honor Lost Cooyrlchu But. Natloaaj HAATJttttafSt Hm A tios wmsrsEUniN atmu Wfrfcrfi C0TTfr. NR. SvtO&Si HAP BES TliMM) W k 6AJU WHILE Trie MM HAS A JCA Hfftrl TMerWOMAf AIETT Ooot. Gloom peume aheo tmc ArojpHefteH.wrrrto jp0 fOftfutoy If minuTES. PflTN ir vMHoetitn IF rwE AMifwe M-At wwn iMfyrvrirwofowe CARttJESJW FUrrwfA BAd- of Goto TO TH6 MIS STEEO AfrO AWAV NTS rrE HI6-MP- I ..... . , -n. a toot of mt ooom rMiurfE fju. 1V)C fr WCIi-J. AfO AgelarJ5eAOwN0 Wd IfTAvOft VMATUf THB FOOT, ALTHOIGH IT SHOrttP , Ey LILLIAN LORRAIXC ( people scoal and errinkie up their faera just because their feet hurt them. My jfout doctor says that aching feet causa 'more wrinaJes than achlns hearts, and Imuch deeper oscs, too. Both Ways K.w Aaaa, 1rSMfmAbJaJ 0AOtrN9 TrhlrAthVaT IN TtrC IsVX k30 en rrtt MWAfAOM p4VswfCr TrfflaNeTTTCt. M.WClOOf Afo Wetly TtjPPCD JAM JMRtS rVAAHirf TW MCTAlLr HHKV.THt i A tXOUC T THi OOOIt Pink. w"iS:ETQ rrhyCKS Oava-C0 SrshLtMiLV OWC. AMO AlKEO Mttmr WAh , MAKrsu. aocnt mt a HAiAH rrAtPWOtCl ffffiP. IF F8AHK PO ftTetlS AAC iAUAtVfa IS ABRAHAM? --ess MttrC coas we Jouf SKr1 HOTHr 1000TJU The and WouftrZl AtvQcy I ' V. Face Depends Upon the Comfort of Your Shoes? MOT B ISEU WOU WAIKIM :et even the beat martyr suxtragetto rou' smile If she were gooteore all the tlme. and I oft re think bow much hero ism te girl behind the oooator displays who beo to Und up all say oa her pour, tired, tis'ollea feat and cpatlsu to be amiable t ejuaperattnc customers who -:- Drawn for Br WINIFRED BLACK. Bo job want tha blua Area en today, do yon, little gtrtT The anew has gnns At last and tha wind la hi tha south. Toil heard a field lark thia vary morning, and yon know It la apring and time . to forgst winter olotheet Weill - I suppose I aught not to let rsu do It. X sun. poas tt I were ft reeUy wis mother, Uka th kind you 'A- read about la the heart to heart oar ners. I would brush . up your Uttls win ter frock, put a freeh collar la the neck, a new bow at tha meeting of " the oollar, and make th aid track da for a while longer the aid dress that's keen with you through tha now and cold tilt you hata thai sight at th braid It' trimmed with. I suppose I aught t aava tha pretty blue dress yon want to wear tor beat. second beat, or something else that t frugal and oanmlnal aad wsll manased. I ought not to drsaaa of letting ya Cause of Wrinkles Their Cure . . ' don't know what they want Tm going to give you ft few proUoBl - rulea for taking care of the feet during th aprlng and warm summer weather- - things that you can do yourself, and a most of my learning CO ir.ee from tha aforesaid doctor, you can be sura It I good aommon sense. ' la ths first pises, aay the doctor. ' th foot I ft kind of barometer of the nervous ajstem.' If your system, nerve . or digestion ar out of order your feet show th effect at One, and very often when ths feet swell considerably yoa should hav a doctor's attention. However. In warm weather they are ant to await somewhat, and the discomfort will yield to home treatment Laxative food, plenty of vegetables, aalada and trull, and lass meat should be eaten. Comfortable and wall-fitting (hoes should be worn. Thl does not necessarily mesa ' expensive ahoe. Many of the cheaper shoes are wan made, aad the mala thing la to gat a style and last that flu you. People suffer torrtbty from flat toot or a breaking down at the arch of th Instep, due to wearing the wrong kind of shoes People with high arched Insteps need hoes with heels, hut that doesn't mean Kronen heeua, but with a heel suffi cient to give a good arch to the ahoe. High heels on sHppars are all vary well for the house, but naturally they shouldn't be worn for walking. Pump are bad for the feet They cramp th toes, and erear- hig them enriches the chiropodist. But I know my word ef wisdom will go un heeded by you. especially as I can't re sist the charm of pretty pump and wear them myself. But a to Mocking. There I am very sensible. I get my Blocking at least halt a aiss loo large. Abort stocking Imply ruin th feet They are ss bad for one a short shoe, bees use they cramp the toss and get them completely out of shape. Then stockings need to bs changed very often, particularly In summer time- White stockings are coming bark Into fashion with black pumps and allppsrs, ana l recommend every girl to hav a pah- or two for resting ths feet In the ev-ealng. Whit stockings, becsuse they contain no harmful dyes, are particularly grateful to tired test , If your feet trouble you bs . vary care ful about bathing them once a day la absolutely necessary, and a Bight and ' morning bath la even better. A little alt In the water la vary cooling tor tired fret and on part of alum to two parts rock sslt and ths same quality of borax makaa a good ton to if sprinkled Into a foot bath of warm water. It the feet smart, rub . them with a piece at cut lemon, still better, tt yoa can get some one to massage your feet far you with a Uttls sweet oU or cold mam. Rub each to spa-aid. that at, always toward ths ankle. Ton oaa rub them fairly wU yourself, - oaly. at surs. a second person can do It mors easily. ' When you nave bathed your feet be vary earful about drying them, snd especially bs sure to dry them between tha toam Dust th feet well with talcum powder before puttiag n your stockings. A sareful pedicuring should follw the bet toot bath at night and all callous plsoss hoald be gaaUy filed dowa with a til or A ptoos of pumice stone. By do- The Bee by Tad swing that Mb Skirt as Jauntily as v robta preens th red aa hla breast to.! ,( this wsathsr. I ought to hasp that Man hangtag In tha etas aad let tt'1'; grow faded and Queer sr sank tag asa rather than to 1st you wear It bow that it I pretty aad aw. , , Welt I ahan't de tt. I ahall take thag,jn : very blue drsaa down out of Its dark y closet thl very hour sad I shall atip . tt right aa aver your curly bead. Why ;.' not, hi th name of common sense? How many times will you bs a P-yeer. old with your heart wiapped up In tha blue of a new frock? How many tlmea" are you going to fsel th spring la year "V veins as surely as any violet getting ready to blossom feels Itt a ( Why, you can't keep from atngtng right aaw to aava your Ufa Plow many times vs. am t going to be able to make you blissfully happy Just by letting you wean , frock you tore? Tou don't know why you want to treat that particular drees, but I da. . 4 Tou want to wear It because If sky I . color not ths aeiir at the gray aloud-" that hav hidden the kindly sua for an ',1 long, hut tha slur f tha aky that smile ,1. abev th rosea when they buret mtor "' bloom. It's summer that's coming-, ' glorious, generous, kindly summer aart H' ' you want to wear a area that k Uka tt ' Wall, you shell.. If I had my way T4 ; put brand saw frock n every Utile .. girl la th world thl vary day and turn 'J th dull atresia Into flower sards ns. Nlns year aid weetheart. years.' old. Tour teeth aren't aa pretty as they might be: they'U be all right soma day, maybe, but just bow bow horrifying bug " they do look la your pusxled Uttls fas, r And. dear ma bw long the saga of your ar sit at one. I believ they've ' ' stows Inches sine yesterday. Shs-t Tou must never mention less tram this " out Tsstcrday you might but today you "4 haven't any. Always remember that, Mill t-yaar-old. ... Want ta braid your hair, da yoa?--- poll all the pretty curt we're so pnud of. fust Because the Mol at year heart -r she who I In th grad above you, aaif, wear a real Irish oUar braids here? Well, braid away; braid tt all up, tha ' pretty, sen hair. Braid tt so tight yi oaa hardly sas out of tboss marry ay oC . yours. Tib It back tlU you look aa tt you'd been drawn through that knotbole wa used to hear bs much about whea I -waa your age. Wear a great hew that t. make yu took top-heavy-why not It If make yen nappy? You'U never to t years oM agata. Nine.; Why. I caa make yoa blissful with ft assf ribbon; I aaa send you Into aa eoetefy ., 4 of delight with a red belt and R won't cost more than a quarter, either. I eaa bring tbs dreema Into yaur ays wtta 1, ; hut aa old-fashioned fairy tale. -'' Who will you be today. Oliver Hair at'. Oolden Locks? Choose, shoes th day Ilea fair before you. )i Bom tun I may wtah I could tear th heart out of my breast to comfort you-e and I can't do a thing bat stand by and 4 love you and pray and hope. Today I'll! make you happy. Come out of the cloeet Uttl track of blue-just thb color of s-year-old eyes, 1 aren't you. only not quit eu blue? There,' sow oh. heart of sorrow, what would, you gtvg to bring a rails Uka that to ' the face you love that Is ao longer P" years old. , Always Brash Tear Rat. ' . Before placing ths hat la th box. It" Is si wars best to brash carefully with soft brush aU ths portions which have been exposed- A velvet bat should be cleaned with a bit of velvet The tea- there should be shaken thoroughly tev ' free thea from dust aad flowers and -L leaves straightened and put ta place. A' wire hat stand la easily mads and will" bs found very useful la keeping th hat ' ' fresh aad dainty. Patent leather belts art linen, glnghsm. etc., frocks. foe big thia regularly yo.i sen avoid having corns and ugiy callous places. Nails',, should never bo trimmed down too elSM,' to the toe. but should b cut square and krpt Just at ths leagth whsr they protect , the toe, yet where no shoe can press. ( against them, Whenever you can net ysur feet by putting them on a footstool or by lying , down, bo that they are aa tbs saass level ,- ss ths rest of ths body. This help the-'"' dreulattoo by auallslng It aad resting,, to this may hi much mora aatlsfartory '.. than sit tin- ap with ths feet haasuut. ' -lit The comfort of the feet depends an.' their absolute rlssnllnsas. and you can- - not overdo the bath habit Th Japanese) wash their feet to every running brook. they pass, so I'm toU. aad they alasr ; - massage them aad file tha hardened cad. . sed places. Their feet are ttsually ' perfect. t at