SILK HAT. HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT
Husband Hunting
Tha Wldeer Brews Rmutai
at the Kutkatkin kkmM
By Ttartate Terhame Yaa tto Wsrwr.
Mrs. Robbla, at who home Beetrte
Ulnar and Robert Mtrey was s
, confirmed, If unacknowledged, matck
Xmaket, . (lit had often told Beau II
"actually mad her own heart ten to see
bar Irving tuch a lonely life.
She. therefor, considered It a delight
ful coincidence that the widow and (he
widower should appear at her llttla after
noon "at home" at the tame time. Rot
art Marcy. waa one of the few men who
attend afternoon tea. During his wife".
Utrtlm he had dona eo only very od
raalonally with her, and alwaya. under
vigorous and strongly ezpreeeed protest
wrfcili fiMMmM ha hraueht
tear to her ayes.
While ha looked tat Beatrice
aha aeted especially hi flashing trail
aad fine, regular teeth, and remembered
that . Toea'a amata had always bn
homely, aad that his teeth had been dull
Irregular. That waa why she had urged
feln to wear a mustache, which, of course,
be declined to do. But It was only her
unconscious mind that recalled these
facta, tor she waa chatting meanwhile
with her new acquaintance and with her
hostess. " , . . . v .. .
Then severe! other people cams In and
the pair drifted to different parts of the
room. Nor did they meet again inttll
Robert sought out Beatrice to bid her
good-bye.' " ' j'
" It had beea pleasure ta swat you."
he said. "I have been very lonely, and
I feel grateful to our dear hostess for
Inviting me to dine' here with you nest
week. I hop that nothing will Interfere
with your coming." " ' " "
T H A mMhlne af the ffir "
aid Beatrice. "I may very possibly Be
engaged for every night next week."
8ha felt a chill at resentment that
Helen Robbtna should make an arrange
ment with any maa to meet her at dm
her without first oeoeulttpg her. In fact,
ha contlderad It omewhat of aa Imperti
nence. Of coarse. Mr. Marry could not
know this, bat she would tell Helta what
ho thought of It-
Mt wad not delicate, (he thought, and
she wondered if the man In question did
not suspect what Helen was about, and
If ha thought that ska. a wktow at entr
' two years, was party to the plan. Even
though aha had decided la her inward
aoul that If she over met a man who was
worth while she might marry again, that
Waa her sera affair; km for soot her
woman to think such a thing of her,
and to go so far as to show that ehs
was thiaklng It. waa most Indelicate.
She was roused from her reflection by
the voice of her hostess, saying:
yl course, yoa know that poor Boh
Mercy ta a widower, and baa gone no
where for months. That Is why you have
at heard ma speak of hint-a he has
kept hlhwelf shut away from an his
former aeseelatea. I was very glad to
sea him Hera today aad o notice how
bright and cheerful ho was when ha was
talking to yoa. Tea, he hac beea sad
ad lonely, for he waa ewe or the aiea
Who lovo their wives devotedly. 1 al
amy say such men make the boat feiav
bands to their second wives."
"What has all this to da wtth wis,
Helen." she asked with saperfiy. '1 did
wet haoir that Robert Mercy was a
widower, nor do I cere whether be ta or
tot. only I should tfeiak - he might be
silo wed to taut ' ta a aromaa without
anybody thinking that ho la planning
to marry again. Perhaps bo may find
same gul.wtrh so tittle eeeee that aha
stay ha satisfied with him. I, for my
part, caaaot comprehend how any one
who has beea happily wedded oooe would
ever nuke a second attempt. But wid
owers are different from widows motet
the pity! But I do net consider It In good
sate for Mr. Mercy's acquaintances to
plan for hie second marriage. Toa were
his wife's friend, weren't yes?"
Helea widened her pretty hi us eye la
unaffected astonishment at her guest'
wobemenca.
"Why. dear." she said, "what la the
utter? Yes. 1 was X wife's friend,
and because I know haw good ha la I
Want him to ha happy agala. But I do
aot anderatand why you should resent
my mentioning the matter. Tea actually
talk as If yea did not Hko bus. and I
fellow. He hi tartatalr pentlomeo
srea If he Is a widower." she added
taasingiy.
Aa Beatrloo walked homeward see ac
knowledged to kerself the husatilattng
fact that she had beea angered because
Helea had wpekaa put her own thooghi
of a ascend marriages M eras ana thing
to confess It to) oaCs self: it was tHt
another to. have one's trlerd votes It
' Aad, nawooiot. mirttored Beatrice, she
would aot have any maa. least ad at! a
widower, throws at her head. Ho.
would aot go to that dinner
Bat sa her heart of hearts aha knew
they sfMiuw she would writs
of acceptance of the hrrttarJea. K
thelsse. aatil then, eho would, evea
. hero if. keep ap the Brtte guns of re
i
L; . 1 , n i , 1 i - I 1.
ap! IsasUeraaca, .
"he (gee;
The. Lovers of
, . By KEU. BRINKLEr.
"Holen of Troy" Do we ever hear ar
read that asms without toe dresms coom
thick aad fast
Dreams of fair country-sides, blue sea
sad tod-scoured skies, temples made
blue and white In light and shadow by
the strong south sun. tan maids with
andsls fcubed on their high-arched feet
running' In the games, or listening td
whispered hove stories, with black beads
leaned against cool marble and shoulders
Biettlea with shsdows of siow-swaytng
resa trees; dream of . whistling
word and the sun glinting on brist
ling fields of spears, the thunder of
chariot wheels, aad the singing of cloud
of arrows leaving the bow aa the wlad
singe In a mighty forest When the rata
K aot far aft the clang of sword oa sua.
smitten shield, Oreec ' youth, gold
mand. war-mad or crumpled 'Death the
restless, lend-crylag waves of hauls;
auuiy colored dream of love aad It dor-1
lag, the heart a haras out and the youth
who tallows Its fetal catling; dree aa of
the fair women who live only la the dim
corridors . of on' thoughts: ' the on
drsesi of that goMen aomaa, Helen at
Troy., whose snap bj but a dim aad
gltmmertng glory ta on' mmd because
of tu splendid beauty lust a a handful
of marvellous gems held tn the sua ere
bidden by their owa glitter aad steam.
dreams of the drowsy shepherd who left
tit happiness behind en the wild Milt
f Ma: and thea maybe. If you are a
man, and dresjrtlng Is st)U sweet to yea.
that draasa a 1 thin a dream, comas the
aoiusa to-be, whose face, for yon, "would
launch a thousand ships and hura the
topless towers of Ilium."
. Listen aow to the tailing of the happy
days of Parts, the shepherd, of bis foi
lowtng love's fateful calttng ten late
pparta hntd, hss ti tela, of her Bight wteh
Helen, of the ending of his dream, of
hn death oa Ida atopea. aad of the
Bvtng os of Helen, natoncatd hp
tragedy.
Paris waa the son of Priam, king of
Trotr. aad when he eat horn hi mother
dmmed a dream from which tha omelet
foretold that through this prtaea should
rpia (all oa Jttoa. 6s thea his ssataw
THE BEE:
the World
Ofle ij fhaM tro
loved 'htm more. Aa4 Priam. hM
father, sent Mm. en one of Ms ehep
berd. to bo test ppoa the Mile pf idd.
But the rain nd the dew aad tha wind
and the na of flv mng days hroeght da
death-sleep ta .the tiny Orsak. kt tht
blood Into hi cheek and the laughter
Into hi dyes, tn the aMphMs heart
armed, and be kntw. laid be. "that 0i
pods never meaat Mm t die." aa ho took
hi in ta hat hearth tor hi aera. -
As he grew he aw swart M and atrsag,
tnd knd ahd beautiful, aad faithful with
the fleck;- ha was skilled la go aad
hi music waa a tstna w Mnssr lor.
for kmt; year he droe the sheep oa
the wild hfimald of Idd. dad filled On
deep pin torest with hi atnglog. Thea
sue day. hi fathaklag, waa habaved
his tittle prima saf dead, though a most
kind thought! M would give a feast to
the god so that pear Parts might bar
peace la the dark country of hades, go
he sent to the si ores pf Ida fcr d hull
from his herds, t give to tha victor at
lha games. And eho aa they cheat era
that owe wtdch pejis hsd sseda hi twit
tnd loved the best. . .
So, la bM wsath aad tsar, tha sturdy
boy f el leered Ut eertaat aad fcar pet
to Illon. sad blind with rage, he fought
A Cbhrififtde's Tribute
Memory takes me back boss twenty
year to the Baa Fraud Art school.
herd Hosnsr Dow aspect first tmtd kb
aereer of drawing. He waa that a UIL
tails boy. the earmarks of BBvartoiC Ore
gon, eh J t lag hi every tlaa tf Bgura and
saiment.
HI gueer. dry ItsMr aad farm Made
md him a favorite la a vary ah art
dm. ' '
Me wtaef sever pay atuntioa to th
sisaur. hut la out-of-the-way osratra
louad stmt casts sf animals. These be
would draw very psinstakingly ia pea
ad Ink, entirely Ignoring the matter,
whs naked him to work e sjaiplar sub
lect with charcoal.
H left lh art school to )cta tha aat
OMAHAi TUESDAY, MAT
p iVJaaz. i rg f) a g e
You Can Never Tell by the Shadows
CapyitjfM. OtX KtUnI Nw Am
Drawn for The Bee by Nell Brinkley
tet lowft tit loeki ta tad blue wtttr,
Is to gain td-wnt MU brother trhi
a Mil mat, but.Mt Mtdr ertaid that It
wee farm who had beea loft to di
Id, and when fit knew hit atory. tht
htphard s hatft toraed black, with grief
wlthia him, and hack ha want with hi
seals woa pet at ha) Reels, to tht flock!
ad the pia fseest of Ida. r , :
And when the gHef washed a little out
f hi heart aad the sna wu good to hint
atain. a dreeai tell upon hist, for b
hd Wooed tnd waa Oaaeaa. tha daaghttf
of tha river -od Oehrttrua. And this ni
tht hepslnas of Paria Xow dowa la
Phthla thsre wae greet feasting of god
and men. for Peleat had won Thstis. d
ill of the deep era, for Ms wife. And
all tha tods War there but Discord la.
Aad bar agty tare thty didn't went wher
tbert was aH atnghtsr aad beauty.
thtt piqued tgly oao thought hard,
aad thought a' way sf jraageaao. Int
the adsst f the feast aha Bung a golds
spplt, tnd tcroe tht ahoea was written,
"Ft the fsjresl." Aad here thea was t
vproar Three gdntn stretohed a whit
band fsr ft tad qutrreheT. Mleerra do
sired IV awaa coveted It ahevo all thing.
Vtrfss Bttngty took K far her right,
"fsr say -ehe, "th- stars -daaced la
begvea whoa I wt bora, for my very
Br JAJtXf 8W1WXERT0X,
PrajKtaco Eaamlasr, belonging to Mr.
W. R. Mait. There he startad arawiag
horst. sod u raotng was ta t heyday
eo th coast t - that timm. there wa
plenty f ealla for Ma wrk.
He want to Chicago for a while, wher
a aaest had besa piaaulag hte advanee
BMnt, and did mot horsed aiid animal.
Thea he appeared amons na aia I
tern rtdad. still grwplng fpt kid rest
Has of work.
At last It cama He wa triad aot oe
some poriticat wertt eaitoaalag. tnd per.
traits, aad th Taamtaor afterward kept
him at that exclusively. He made an tra
ined lata hit, and Mr. Hearst trtoafrrHd
hUt to Ksw Tart, la Wa,
21, 1912.
and OTtr tmt k.
boaaty." But Jupiter thundered hi order
-that the three goddesses tska the gold
apple to th hill of Ida. and here. Peril
th ft! rest of all sin, ahould give It to
whom he would.
"80 her begin tha trials of Paria Bo
to the kills at Ida and to Pari with hi
flacks came these royal throe. Juno
offered him power. Mlotrva gravely
offered him wisdom and atrength tnd
happy day. But Tenu (lipped close to
to shepherd sad bribed him with "The
tatraat or tl dauchtdrr of men for a
wife." But Pari laughed aloud at this
"I. need aot that." ho said, "for a fairer
wife than Oeaona cat no maa have. Ttt
thou art the fairest daughter of all tht
Ooda, and to I grr the tha apple of
gold.' So do lay oa tttoa tha wrath at
Juno. Minerva aad agty Discord! ,
Now far away hi Sparta DUoordla
brought famine tad dark day. Aad th
Ood told Men el u tha king, that aot
until th bone of the children of Prome
theus were brought from Illon would
there ho plenty. Bo to Priam's hlngdom
cam Meaalaut aad there ha saw Pari,
whom ho straight lowed for hi beauty
and atrength.-
Rich ho pro mined t make him If be
would go with him to t parte. Bs PtrtJ,
to "Davy"
H -waa a dittlnet Character. Th dty
ever tueplamed th lev of th big
etarcs. He wa tlwsyt farmer at hetrt.
Whaa ho fen hi tome tint ago he
wrote t am ta thd Coloradd desert, toy
ing how (ltd be would be to Join me la
a long bunting pad Sean ping trip. Other
thing Intervened and he dealed himself
ft trip for th eeke of hi work.
He waa a great atmpis hoy to th lst.
senMtlmet too easily beguiled by
tqliimtr and mddlrp-put stacer end
hrava aad autopofcea-a maa eoe would
he proud to H "partner."
As suck w knew each ether, wd It I
hard to realise that my aid "tard ' has.
as wa any ant la tha westers deawt, out
hi Mat card ti
Drawn for The Bee by Tad
tha shepherd princa. betievad, tnd kissing
hi smiling rlrer nymph goodby, be sailed
with Menelaus to Mparta land. Aad there
h taw Helen, Helea of Troy, the wit of
Menelaus,
Oold and whit h waa and deep-eyed
and full-lipped, her face as great a mar
vel that mea forgot all other things but
ths swestnee of living within tight of
her fluttering, gold-bordered rob. And
Pari forgot the slope of Ida and ths
pins wood, and th flock, and h forgot
Oenoao and all hi loving of bar. do
Vtnu and Dltcordla wova round bit
heart a tangling Web of kw. And on
day when Menelau Wat ton far tor a
little while, three two. Helea and Pari,
tht (hep herd, fled dowa the rock to th
blue water and over tha ae to Illon. And
there they lived m tha hous of Priam,
th father of Paris. Paris' spear and
shield hung Idle and unbumlthed oa th
wall. And high- wo tha htlht of td
0na w ate to her bright tears slip Is to
the water of Cebranu. 80 dowa apoa
fair Ilkm fell the great hotta of Mon
lau; th at wa black with hip; men
crawled In twtrma over the high whit
wall of Troy. Priam fall under th
(word la hi wa great hall: hn Hector
died. Juno and Miuerva loomed mighty
In tha army ef Menelau. and for Troy
cama Do help from Tenu. th merry
maker, pari took dowa hi spesr tnd
shield aid went Into th battle, hut hi
heart and hi body had turned coward,
and bo gar no help to th wry Tro
jans. Troy died under the sword, her
white towers rumbled and boiled la dust
to th sky, tnd la th fir of her burn
ing fell to naught th dream of Paria
Th shepherd fled and as he ran an
arrow of PSIoctotea winged It way
Into hi aide. He plucked It out tnd
flung It far, but h poison spread, and
he hurried with Umbo trembling aad
breath trowing short and a coldness
creeping tn him to th hllltld of Ida,
where b had watched his sheep. And
bar Oeaonc held hrta close till ha had
died. Ss gee th way of men tad maids
svsa tw.
Aad bark to Pparta with Jlenelaus
went Helen, the perfect toldee and
white, tubiamtd, untouched, unrtmcia-brio.
agaarassaai ,-
Some Questions
in Science
By KOOAB M'CIBI LARKIX.
Q. Art township tnd section tur- '
veyed perfectly aquar: aad. V tot, by ;
rhat method are they mad to cerree-
poad with th Hnet of longttad which '
omwsrgo toward th poles?
A. That It ta important problem, and
eae which early la tur national history x
waa aaait wilt y congrae ia taa oegis
amg of th alntnth contary. A United
State bureau of aurvtyort wa tttts- i
Itsbed and thalr dull wss regalated Hy
law. The failed itstee eoaat and geodetkl
survey is aew tarn plating U eratat work ?
of minute aurvey of the national area, '
Th treublreome etnvargenca of to
MtrMlana from the equator ta the polaV
waa allowed for hy ooagroaakmal -enact '
ment. Tha United Ktatee survtyors flrtt.,
laid out atandard meridians with great
accuracy by gstronomlosl method a, prs
eiaery aorth tad south. Then they
martlet by ttsnes aad menumesta They
asat draw bass tins don cast and wett 3
at sxart right angle to th mertdltne. 1
Ntxt they rurveyed towneklp test and
wast of the meridian, north and aouth
of th hat Hue, each Us mtlea quart,
and further divided Into thlrty.tx qure.
on Ml to etch tide, tnd then Into
halve and quarter. Each north and
outh tin, tn would thtnk. would ht one
mil from hh neit; hut ll af tht north ;
ana SOOia unee on term mm m m-i .
continually drawing nearer and aearer. -aa
Prsnclsce IB betwoea tha 17lh and
nth degree of Ittltud. A degree ef loa-J
Htud oa the 17th parti 11 It VI mile
nd la th s)th. Kiel mile, or .TH mil or
the rt hrtr. Bine township must
be between north and tooth Ho, buyer f
of th top north ertlont IB th Mth. .
would get IV feet lea land than those oa ;
th ITth. To dtvld th Ion th govara
Bitnt rdrd tht ht th be hn th
aeerldlane should be tt at a llttla mor '
thaa 00 mlbi apart. Correetloa line, t
and west, war t al flv mile apart, Th
distance between north aad sooth nneo
oa the baa were than at marked In ei
cess of on mil that th am Unee flv
mile north on the correction line would
b one mile tpart Thea only (light ef. '
rort would tppear an tha Hn an mil
farther north, or th north line of th .
lownthlp. H"'. thl fifth mil corro -lion
lino doe not overcome all th dlt- '
creptney: to the law I that th "short- ,
ag or xcess thall b placed In the north- (
west tootlon -of etch township.- Tit
escee mty happen from errors or sur- r
vaysrt not provided with aeaurat tnetru- ,
menta, ar from other cause. So It will ht .
noticed tht curvaylng: I high-grade
science. ,
Q. Ia flit Pacific ocean higher than
tha Atlantlef If li I, what I ths caussT 1
A. No; tn Ptdfle lvl I not higher
thtn tht Atlanti. All barometers, tit '..
mountain heights ar referred to standard .
sea levtl.
Q. I tht level of tht let it tht P
clfla tnd of th Ptnama canal htghet ,
thtn tht tvl tt th At It n tie end? -
A. Th twrart toa level of the Ptctrte -
ocean and tht Caribbean sea, at eppoette .
side of th Itthrout of Panama, I th .
am. Thl It tht mean or avartg level
of th twt witer during tn dty of tn
year. But there It a great difference In
tides. Tht Caribbean Odea are faint.
rarely exceeding two feet; whll th Udet
ta th Pacific tt Panama art Pot paoifle.
for they tt time fit taa feet aad tak
ten fact below normal undisturbed pea
level. Without tlda locks, currents would
alternately rush In th cacti from touth
to aorth nterlng, and front aorta ta
aouth escaping. -
Q. Kindly tat In Th American :
whether or, not psrstl! line Will moat
if extended to Infinity.
A. Parallel lines could never meet.
evtn Is Infinity.
Pets teg Parasnrapha.
Th world W a trsadmia for U ex
cepting the driver. - "
Happy ta th men who doesn't want
what he can't gat .
A hay cm m a IMng tf his father
refuses te do H for him.
Old people have lived ta vata if thty
haven't teamed patient.
If a girl reelly alct to being kissed
wall, onion ar cheap. - ;
Kvry married maa la beat la hi awn
heme when his wife's away.
Business is Improving. Th elect mak
er are putting on mor hands.
litta of men fellow the limi probably
bacaaas they can't get ahead of then. .
Toe oftenrr a base hall player goes oil
a hat th lower hi batting average
srfn be.
Bvea If a woman ha aa aa far a maa
the can be fia tiaras) U he pnteada to its
jealous of her.
Every time a nauTled maa loatd moner
he he a ehanee ta regrac that his wile
didn't speed it feteal Chicago Kewi.
Tha Oaly Key.
"And where, ray ftllew cltlaent." ap- :
pled th porttieat speaker, "caa wo
find an Instrument so fit, as deUcata. as '
adluttabte.-and a th ssjne Uaw so an- -atsumlna
ad popular that h will a
lock every department at- atat tor the '
heneflt of the atopic""
"The hairpin.." ehrteked aa cnthind
atUo aulfracitt ta tht eKlleea,-Wus
