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THE BEE: OMAHA. "WEDNESDAY, MAY 1. 1911
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What Love
The Peasant Girl,
always loved by a duke.
f The Longest of Days 1
Ily BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
"What! Keep a week away? Seven day
nd nlghta?
Elghtscore eight hour? and lover" ab
sent noure.
Mora tedious than tha dial, elghtscors
tlmfl'
O, weary reck'nlng!" Shakespeare,
v in MMint of the following letter:
1 have Imn keeping steady company
about five month. Whan wa nrst mn,
o.TT.. thraa ntaht a week. About
three weeks ago wa had an argument
about how many nights a young man
ahould tail to see hla lady Wand. H
claims Wednesdey and Sunday! are tha
proper night. But I thin aurerent.
How many nlgbta. and what nlghta are
proper? A Patient Girl."
My dear girl. Love recognises no calen
Aar iinu.nla. When these who love
, are together, tha clocks fairly rend their
mechanhnn la making their nanae ny.
When thoee who love are apart, the
nail la no longer tha emblem tor the
aloweat traveler. It la the hand ot tha
clock.
The wisest (lock maker never made a
timepiece that waa satisfactory to thoee
who love. Tha wise men ot old marct
lesaly divided tha month Into four week,
and tha weeke Into eeven dsys, were not
conalderlng tha rights ot the lover In the
di vlilon.
Had they remembered the long, long
daye that Intervene between the atated
perloda for a lover's call, there would
have been two Sundays In a week.
For, my dear girl, your lover la right
In demanding Sunday evening aa hla.
From time Immemorial thli haa bean
a day eet apart for Jovers. It la a day
of exaltation and peaoe for the devout,
and In a way that la not leea glorify
ing It la a day ot exaltation and Joy to
thoee In love.
It la the day when something Intangible
get In the blood ot thoae who love and
make them confuse ' earthly worship
with the divine.- And It la my honest
opinion that they axe none tha woree
for thia confuting ot loves, and that the
Great Spirit that' made them and or
dained the manner of living and loving
abaolvee them of any aacrllegloua mo
tive . -
Two evening week are not too many.
If, he la a working man, and aometlme
haa other demanda made on hi time. It
la probably a many evenings a bs can
well spare. '
Ton owe many evsninirs to your parents.
I wonder fome times If girls In their pur
suit of amusement and company of their
own age realise the loneliness of their
parents evenings after evenings T
They went tha young folks to hava a
good time, and when they ars made to
feel that this good time consists hi being
away from them their tragedy ot parent
hood begins.
Arrange to spend a number of evenings
ovary week with your parents, and with
. them alone, Don't demand as a reward
for etaylng at noma that you hava some
May Astronical
This I a quiet month la tha heaven.
The) days are continuing to get rapidly
longer from thirteen hours and fifty-twe
minute on the first to fourteen hour
and twenty-four minutes on the 14th, and
fourteen hours and tltty-sU minutes OB
the list The tun enters the twins on the
let. It naea on tha 1st at 5 5. on tbe
Uth at iA and on tha (1st at iM. and
eta at 7JT. 7: and T:L The sun Is
between two and one-half and three and
three-quarters minuses fast throughout
tha month. Noon occur on tbe 1st and
glat at 11JL and on tha 15th at IMS.,
Mercury, . Venaa and Saturn are too
near-the sua to b seen at any time.
Mar le la the evening twilight. It sets
job the fifteenth at midnight-
Jupiter, although technically still a
morning star, rises aw the lath at l-M
p at, and thus promises to become a
caosplcioas object during tbe summer.
It Is. however, rather far sooth.
Tha moon Is tuH oa tha 1st, m the
jut quarter oa lbe th. new on tbe 1Kb.
In first quarter an tbe no. end full again
ea the' 1Kb. It la In conjunction with
Cretghtoa t'nlvarelty "observatori.
Stories Are Made Of
The The
Stenographer Society GirL
need you and want you. Olva them a
little more of your time, and. If It would
make them happier, give them some of
the time demanded by your lover.
The hours are long when you are away
from him, I grant, but tha beat way to
make them shorter does not He la gaalng
at the moon. It Ilea In being a helpful
and happy daughter; In raising yourself
to the plana on which your parent
tand.
In this wsy, and In this way alone,
they get a better understanding of your
longings, your little troubles, your little
ambitions It la an exchanging of sym
pathetic understanding, without which no
girl can be a success aa a daughter, or
aa a wife.
TOO MUCH OF GOOD -THING
1 Hundreds of cases of homes broken up
by tile absence ot love hava found their
way Into the court of domestle relatione,
but the other day waa the tint time
Judge Goodnow wa asked to decide a
caae la which too much affection bad
caused a husband to flea In terror.
John Recklnger, a grain dealer, living
at 4807 Oakland boulevard. Chicago, was
compelled to leave home because his wits
loved him too well. He didn't object to
being loved, but be wanted a few minute
spare time In which to eat, sleep and
earn a living. Mrs. Becklnger, on the
other hand, loved her spouse so much
that she couldn't bear him out of her.
sight.
She followed him like a shadow. When
Recklnger waa at work his wife would
suddenly bob up and shower him with
affection. When be leaat expected It he
would be encompassed by her arm and
a smacking kiss would resound on his
cheek. On tha street, In street cars, no
matter, where Becklnger went, ha could
not escape the love of his Wife, so he
finally left home.
When arraigned on tha charge ot con
tributing to the delinquency ot hla two
children Recklnger asserted that he wa
willing to support his wlfs and family
and even live with them, but that his
wife's lnfautuatloa for him made It Im
possible for him to do either.
But, Judge," exclaimed airs. Recklnger,
clinging affectionately to her husband's
arm. "JL want my husband. Judge you
don't know now I lore that man. I
don't want him to leave me tor a minute.
I couldn't stand It If b did."
1 cannot force any husband to live
with his wife." said tha court. "This
seems to be a difficult situation. No wife
ought to Interfere with her husband's
business by following him around. On the
other hand, a husband ought to Jolly hi
wife aa much a possible."
Recklnger waa then ordered to pay hla
wife CM a month and tha couple left tha
room with Mrs. Recklnger still clinging
fondly to her husband.
Whew." whistled Judge Gwodnow.
"that a the worst problem I've tackled
for some time." Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Happenings,
MOOJC IK FIRST QUARTER.
Jupiter ea the Id and loth, and with
Mara oa tha Nth.
WILLIAM F. RIGGS.
Omaha, Neb. , ., .
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These ud a
of Bomuee,
The
Athlete.
The Simple Little
' Country GirL
Married
Warren Leaves
They had gotten np lata that morning,
and everything seemed to go wrong;
warren waa mora Irritable than be 1
been since his return from the west.
In raising a blind. ,' .',
It had slipped from
hla hand and flew
up around tbe rol
ler. And when ho
tried to jerk It
down, the roller
cams too, bringing
with It a lot of
dust. Fortunately
Helen was la an
other room and did
not hear hla em
phatin ooraroenta
Then It did not
add to hi amiabil
ity to have a shoe
string break a he
hurriedly laced up
hla shoes. And
when b started to
put on a collar and found It rough and
frayed on tha edge with a rasping oath
ha tor It acroas and threw It on tha
floor.
"How many tlmea hava I told you not
to put ' any frayed collars In this
drawer?" he demanded a Helen came la
"Oh, did you find a frayed one? I
thought I went over them all before they
were put away."
"Well tha time to go over them I be
fore you send them to the laundry.
What's tha use to pay M4 cents to have
a collar laundered and then tear It up?
Now hero," hurriedly going through tha
pocketa ot a suit and throwing It on
chair, "this la to be pressed. I'll stop
by the tailor's on my way to the oar.
Ana that light gray .overcoat
pressing-you'd better give him that'
When ha hurried away after a hestv
oreaaian, Helen waa aonactoua things
had gone worse than on any morning
since hi return. 8 he felt guiltily at fault
about tha collar; she knew nothing Irri
tated him mora than to gat on that waa
frayed.
Always Helen had striven to have his
cwthes In order. Evan though ah had
to neglect her own and Winifred', aba
never put his laundry away without first
seeing that there were no torn button
holes and no button oft At least that
causa for Irritation ah could prevent
It waa Just II o'olock when tha phone
rang. It waa Warren and hi voice wa
plainly hurried and anxious.
"Haa tbe man com for that suit yet?"
"Why, yes. dear," woaderingly. .
"How long ago?"
"Why, about Oh, soon after you left."
"Might hava knowa It-Just mr luck.
Left a biu book with some papers and
about m la that coat.'
"Oh!" Helen gasped bar dismay.
"Now you get an your thing and go
down there as quick aa you can. Bay
yon made a mistake that you sent the
wrong suit. Oat It back before as press us
It tf he's not already dona K. And call
ate up as soon aa you get back."
It took Helen only a few moment to
put oa bar hat and allp oa a long coat
over her boose gown, ana almost ran the
tw blocks to tha dingy little tailoring
shop. Oa an "A" shaped board before
the door waa tha usual sign of:
Suits sponged and pressed las
Paats Uo
Ladies" suits no
Inside was an unpleasant odor ot damn
dolth. The tailor, a small swarthy for
eigner, wa pressing a pair of pant from
which a faint steers arose aa he dam
pened them with a sponge.
"Oh, I I made a mistake. I gav yoa
the wrong suit this morning. Ton you
haven't pressed It yet?"
"There 'tis ma'am," nodding to a row
of suits that kung behind him. AU eon.
Want to take it now?"
Aa be took It down Helen stepped for
ward and felt tha coat out there waa
nothing fn It
"Why-Mr. Curtis said he left some
thing In feto pocket Did you find ttr
Thouaaad Other Types Dwell in the ieaimi
bat OSS MAS Would So for All Fiction.
Copyright Oil. NutoMl New Assooiatloa.
The Mysterious
Creature. .
Life the Third Year
Some Papers in the Suit He Sends to Be Pressed.
By MABEL HERBERT URNER.
Tha man shook hi bead. "Nothln' la
pocket." .
"Oh. but Mr. Curtto waa quite ur that
ha left a billhook. "
"Nothing In packets," stolidly, a ha
clumsily wrapped Ui suit In a aswspaper.
Not knowing what else J.o do, Hslsa
took ths awkward bundle and hurried
home. There aha searched every pocket
but they were empty except for a sub
way ticket aad a tobacco stamp.
Then aha called up Warren.
"Thought so," when ah told him. Fn
see him oa tha way home. He'll find ha
can't get away with thla aa easy as h
thinks."
"But Warmn, be didn't look guilty or
Belf-oOMCtoua He seemed vary natural.
"Oh, he's shrewd enough to hoodwink
you. Tou didn't thing be d give himself
away, did you?"
"But dear, are yew sura you left it In
that coat? Have yoa looked everywhere
clear
"Of course I'm sura. Beceuee you're al
ways forgetting where you put things
don't think I am. I'll settle with that
man tonight
It wa almost I whan ha earn home.
In a glanos Hslsn saw that be had not
recovered tha bill book.
"Did you go to ths tailor's? ah
aaked cautiously.
"Tea," curtly.
Bh knew Warren always hated to be
questioned, that ha always wanted to
wait and tail thing in hi own time. But
now she could not refrain from asking:
"What old ha say, dear?"
"What aid he say?" Irritably. "Bald
there waa nothing In tha pocketa, of
course. But -he looked guilty as ths
devtL He'll find be can't put across any
monkey business with me. I told him if
ha didn't hand ever that bill book by
o'clock tomorrow morning I'd hava tha
officers there. And by George I will.'
"But dear," hesitatingly. "I don't
think ha looked guilty."
"Huh, what do you know about It? Ha
oould fool you without half trying. He
put up a pretty good bluff with ms, but
I could see through him ail right I can
always tell when a man's guilty. Never
been wrong on that yet And thla man-
hub. It's el nob. I bad him dsed up be
fore r been In that ehop two minutes.
He'll hand over that kill book la the
morning don't you lea any sleep about
that"
Lota that evening aa Helen folded up
the counterpane and turned down tha
bedclothes for the night aha happened
to move back tha chair en which War
ren had thrown hla suit that morning.
And there on the floor waa tha bill book.
"On, Warren, Warren." Joyously. a
she ran eagerly bate the front room.
"Look, dear, bar It la!"
He turned sharply. But there waa aa
answering Joy In hi face.
"Where did yoa find ttr he demanded.
"Under the chair ea which yoa laid the
suit this morning."
"Suppose It never secured to yoa to
look there before?" sarcastically.
"Why, Warren, yoa said yoa were sure
" and than, as she saw the gathering
scowl en his face, she (topped.
Bhe bad lived with Warren long enough
to know that one of tbe things that mad
him moat furious was to be proven In
the wrong. And ah stood there with the
bill book la r hand, that be would
rather have loat K than to have her find
It In thla way.
In a flash she thought of at! Die thing
he bad aald, of his sauraao of lta be
ing In bia pocket and of hla positive
repeated assertions that tbe tailor had
looked guilty. But for the sake of peaoe
en must make him teal that she waa not
thinking of these things. Even tbe secret
realisation of hla own eockaursneas when
be had been wrong always Irritated him.
And thla wa aot tbe only time Helen
bad found It expedient to smooth things
over to this way. Ovsr and over again
there bad come up Incident la which
she bad to pretend that be bad aot been
wrong, even when the facta ware aa ab
surdly dear as they were now.
Moat men, when tbey hav teen go
Drawn
The Untamed
Mountain Girl
The Heroine of
Orient.
positive, bate to admit that they were
wrong but Warren never admitted It
And It alwaya threw htm Into a rag
if any one tried to prove him wrong, or
even let klm know that they thought he
waa whatever the fact might be.
And bow Helen with quick tact said
laughingly.
"Well. dear, yea are right; the bill
book was In your coat pocket and It
must bare fallen out when I went te
give It to the tailor."
His positive assertions of the tailor'
guilt she could only Ignore, but she
went on lightly aa though she bad en
tirely forgotten it. ' ..
It wa so stupid f me aot to see that
today. And Delia swept in there too that
prove she never moves things. Tou
know, dear. In aomewaye Delia la gat
ting very careless. If ths deesnt do bet
ter I shall have te (peak te her. Bh
really must dust mor. carefully than aha
haa in the last few weeks."
And Helen tactfully s verted the threat
ened storm.
THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH
By JAMES RAVENSCROFT.
Simpson's limb are getting shaky,
A an older person's will.
And their Joint are often achy
And Inclined to tlttness.-8tlll.
When the home team makes a homer
He bop up and swings his lid.
And It Isn't misnomer
Te refer to him as "kid,"
For bs execute a hoe-down
And be bugs himself with Joy,
He's all there at such a show-down.
Just a aottv a a boy.
Simpson' role hag quit a 'quaver.
Which he vainly trie to cut
From hie language, which la graver
When hea ArAnm htutnM
When tha umpe make a decision
Detrimental to his team.
Then In tone of wild derision
He emlta a vocal stream
Thai's aa robust aa appalling.
That's aa Inety-lunaeil aa
Bet you. when It comes to bawling
out tne umpire, he's not eld.
Also falling seeing powers
Sometimes make blm fume aad fret
During long aad tsdleu hours
At bis office desk. And yet.
From the last row In the grand-stand
Down to second be can see
If the runner beats the ball-hand
And la safe, or ought to be.
Kor can yet any pitcher eyes
Get the nearest near-by strike by;
He may fool the umpe, but never
Simpson's fifty fan-power eye.
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Fast Is. Slmpooa la another
Sore when living through a game
Scarcely weald hie wife or mother - M
Recognise blm for the same.
Waxing year and work and woniea
sup delightfully away
When be leave the grind and huniee
To the diamond land at play.
Where a romping, red blood boy-part
Changes place wit the man.
Ah, tha alwaya bubbling boy-heart
Lives forever In a FuV
for The Bee by Nell Brinkley
the The The
Bathing GirL Princess.
Back to
Br ELBERT Hl'BIURD.
B. F. Harris la president of the
Illinois Bankers' association,
Mr. Harris Is slso a farmer, and helne
a man ot common sense, kaowa perfectly
well that bankers
can enly do a safe
and sound business
where the farmers
are prosperou.
Mr. Harris to tha
Inventor and Inno
vator ot farm dem
onstration by the
aid of experts.
Tha plan provide
for the employment
of field demonstra
tors, a he ro among
the farmers In each
vicinity aad discuss
tbe farmer's nar
tleular problem with
the farmer and hla
family. This expert
Uvea with the farm.
er. asts with thsm, works with them.
The federal government he Mans of
giving advice te farmers, and la certain
neianors lecturers ars sent out and
atareoptloon v!ew( auiiplled.
It seems that the Farmera eluh tn
Champaign, III., spoiled for tha aervtoea
of one of the government'a expert. The
man waa a little alow In getting around,
and so these Illinois farmera with the
help of Mr. Harris, Just went ahead aad
maoa a young man from the slat agrt
cultural collets to go out and Instruct
Inspire and eneourag their farmers.
This young man waa horn oa a farm,
attended the little red school hniu
had gone to college and studied the farm
rowem irom every poasiDl aspect.
Further than this, be owned a farm. Ha
waa able to animate other and be be
lieved in his mission.
Bo they hired thla rouiunter end he
went from farm to farm and opened up
ma magnetb it waa found that In every
vicinity there were farmer anxious to
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The Manicure Lady.
"I like them gloom that Tom Powers
draws," said the Manicure lady. They
lock so kind of glum. I wsa showing
soma of them to the old gent last night
and I thought the poor old fellow waa
going to burst Into tears. Tou
Oeorge. tha old gent waa In a fair way
to be gloom himself. Ths mortgage en
the house waa due, or thereabouts, which
wsa bad enough In Itself, but to make
matters woree. brother Wilfred hsd a
poem that he bad bad accepted by one
ot our worst young msgssines, and ths
minute the old gent got Into the bouse
the kid had to grab him by the button
hole and read the whole two st antes to
father. It wa a fierce bit of eompoat
Uou, too, kid you can bet your Ufe ea
that It want something like this:
"I long for Ufa I do not with to die
Beraues the seasons all too swiftly fly.
And, Ilka a ehooting eter at last ws sink
Into tha earth and aea no more stare
wink.
Tls true that now and then wa bate
llfea plan
When pestered by a dellratasen man.
But. Just tha same, of death I'm kind of
ahy-
I tona for Ufa. I do aot wish to die."
1 don't blame the old gent for being
a glom after hearing that kind ot versa,"
said the Head Barber. "I can't say
that I blame blm for being a gloom
anyway. Think of all the game that
tbe Qiante and Yankees are liable to
lose thla year. That ought to be enough
to make anybody sort of gloomy."
"There s a lot more than bass ball to
make the eld gent gloomy," said tbe
Manicure Lady. "Mother haa brought a
whole lot of bar new neighbors np to the
house, and oa the square, George, of all
the old ben yoa hav ever seen, thee to
the went I think that tbe eld man la
having hla proud spirit broksa by it alL
He never was no hand for strange lad lee.
anyhow, which I think to a mighty good
trait to discover In a married man. Good
ness knows, George, Boost of tbe married
The Modern Little
Broadwayite.
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the Farm
get the skilled advice and counsel of thla
able outsider. '
And so the good work waa continued
and thla man aad ether were hired at
fixed salary, clear beyond what any bank '
cashier receives. ....
It baa been found that thla re moaet ra
il on farm movement ltk the aid of ex.
pert, haa given a tremendous atlmulua
te the bullosas of the farmer wherever
it ha been employed. It tends to la- J
crease land values, brings tha farmer :
together, makes them think, (uppllee I
them friendship, inspiration, encourage.
mnt consolation.
Thla la all apart of tbe gnat move off
"Back ta the Farm." It will result 'n .,,
agriculture being taught la every puMte -'
school, and eventually la every county '
of every state of the unloa there will be
agricultural high schools.
Mr. Harris believes that the farmer, of
all men, should bs happy, prosperous and
Intelligent Tha trouble la the past baa"''
bora that tha farmer haa lived eieoei -that
ha has been Isolated from bis kind! -that
he ha felt the pressure of economlo
needs, and much of the time be has been
able to hear the mortgage gnaw Bight .,
and day. - , .
Now thing are changing. Tha farmer '
la Interested la government quesUene.
He Is absorbed to many theme outside ot '
bis own particular work. He baa A
broader outlook and bigger hope aad
a firmer faith than vr before la bis-
tory. , .
On great and Important betterment A
which will grow out of thla "Back ta the
Farm" aaltatloB la the matter ot good. -'
roads. Whea the farmera ee operate- ;
with tbe banker and owner of autoroeu ''
biles come la and Jota bands with bath,
then thia matter of good roads will act
remain a mere question of theory. The j
good roads wilt coma.
Political plans, beautiful and benefl-'
cent that contemplate turning water Into
wine, kerosene Into s rater soup, and
boulder Into bread by use of tha ballot. .
or tha red flag, will all fail.
It I work and only work that count '
-(Copyright UU. International New
Service.)
men that come In bare te have their nelia
did, la men la which the trait to sadly
missing In, as the poet sera. Don't try to !
tell me different George f know!" i
"There's a lot of married men that
never thinks of anybody except thetrf
wtvea." declared tbe Head Barber. "
know com ot them, tor that matter, that
hardly ever doe that much thinking. But .
I don't guess that your father la a bad '
old scout around the house, because
man that can rear such a beautiful J
daughter aa you, kiddo. I some man, and ,
I ain't telling that to Bwney." ,
"Ton was awful good to tn alwayavtt '
George," said ths Manicure Ledy, "btrt
I think you are getting too old bow to be
all the time banding out that hot-ale ,
Oetting back to the todies that called ear '
us. this to he way they pestered poor,
father: ...y
"One of them asked father If be knew '
that woman's greatest and purest auafloo,
was to vote. ,.r
"The greatest and purest woman I knew
in all my Ufa waa my mother,' said the ' .
old gent 'and aba never west tot a,,
voting place. 8he might hav want into '
some place adjacent thereto, aaid the '
old gent to sea that my father got home,
but ah never voted."
"That made them an aort at bitter ti-V
ward tbe old gent George, and before
the algbt waa over blm and Wilfred went
out Into tbe dark to wait until stark time'
a thsm todies left, no matter If sue -
time happened to be morning. There"
oomea a customer, George."
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A Barke lew's Reflewtioeui. ". '
What makes a maa hav to smoke
good clgare la aot te be able to afford-.
them. u
Being agreeable to people vow doat
cere tor is sbouVJje moat disagrees t -
Uiing.
A woman never entirely loses faith nv
her huebanra brains till she heara him . .
argue politics. ..-..,..