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THE BEE: OMAHA; MONDAY, JULY 1, 1912. : 1 " rTie Slriocko the Monk TheMTentnrecf the Empty Eeservoir Copyright. 1912. National News Asa'n. Drawn for The Bee by Gus Mager AM, tww & e tAsr J j nmnp rTOWT ss- Fn- '" 1"' i I If - . r .-. : ...... ' I I in W If I arried Life the Third Year Helen's First Impression of an Ocean Liner as the Ship Leaves the Dock. : .J By MABEL HERBERT URNER. .. "Hera we. are!" and ;Warren threw open the cab door at they drew up., as near the gansplank as the crowd would allow. With the assured ir of the exper ienced traveler, he quickly paid the driver, saw to the trunks, gave the. ' hand baggago to a white-coate'd etow ard with orders to "U!t thorn right on In to stateroom -B. joe' . . ... Helen looked . oni In bewilderment. All . around was confusion and hur ried.' excitement. A steady stream of passengers pushed'. I their "wa thrdugh ." the;. row4. .' getting .their- baggage on I "Come on now keep right-in' front f Jme,"" ndl 'Warren .'took he? ..by.thej.arm ,and guided ber through to. the- gang plank. - ' - ! Above them towered the ship, its five decks already black with, people. As j Helen went up the plank a thousand, .(aces seemed to looking down over the 'j railings. - $ , A band was playing, flags were fiut- Itering and over everything was that air ,of holiday festivity that always accom jpanles the sailing of a great vessel. 1 The passengers were everywhere sur irounded by little groups of friends and .relatives who had came to see th'em off. 'Everyone 'was "ladened with' flowers,"' ahd Stewarts were rushing through to the staterooms loaded down with boxes of iflowers, fruit and other "steamer gifts." - The stairs ' ' and passageways were Mocked with people. "With difficulty Wa'r 'ren forced' his way through, while Helen ifollpwed close.behind. When ' they reached their stateroom the baggage ' was already : there, and there were also two boxes of flowers, . a basket of fruit and a white paper package, all addressed to "JJr. and Mrs. W. E. Curtis, S. S. Belconia." "Now, . don't stop to fuss with those," 1 commanded Warren, as with a little cry . of surprise' and delight Helen started to , open the packages to find the cards. 1 'You'll have plenty of time for that. Come up on deck now and see fcer pull out that's worth while. I only came down " here to be sure they put in the baggage." "Qh, but Warren!" in a. tone of dis. may as she glanced around and realized the size of the stateroom. "Are all the rooms so small?" Small" This lsn t small for a state oom. What did you expect? Large and Bpacious quarters with a private bath?' "Oh, no no; but, dear, we can hardly turn around! Where -will, we, put our things? Why, Warren, how can we both live in here for a week?" "Hump, other people manage it and are glad of the -chance.,' Helen was still looking around in gen uine distress. - She had never been in a stateroom before.' and it seemed in credible that " two people could b . ex pected to. live In so. small a place. . "But- dear, there isn't a place to put ' anything!" : "Told you not to bring a tot of? trap pings. Tou're not expected to carry a .vanload of truck on board ship. Now are you coming up on deck or not?" As they went up Helen caught 'glimp ses of other -staterooms, but none of .them were any larger, and the card on many read "Mr. and Mrs." " Still her mind was filled with doubts and fore, bodlngi aa to how they could manage. And If she would be seasick! The stairs and passage ways and decks were still massed with people. But now everyone was saying ''good-bye." I The- first whistle for all butthe,passen-. gers to leave the boat had just blown, jand the air of festivity was clouded by the final farewells. On every side iwas heard some such parting message: "Now take' care of yourself!" "a pleas ant voyage!" "Cable me wben you land." "I'll send you a wireless." But there were many more silent and more pathetic leave-takings. A grasp of 'the hand, a kiss, or a lingering embrace, and someone . would hurry away with bowed head to hide the tears that could pot. be kept back. t Warren drew Helen over to the railing just above the gangplank by which the visitors were leaving the boat One af ter, another they -would hurry off, then turn and wave their handkerchief in aaus uncertainty, trying In vain to dis-. rififit, .T.-l-. v t'. Your Husband Another Viewpoint of Matrimony of the right kind- concentrates appre- tinguish " the- face they sought among those' leaning 'over the rails' ri , ,,0 woman, in clack was now Jnjrrylng down the plank, drawing her veil close elation, thoughtful' about her face. Even from the deck, j r.uss, and unselfish so far above, Helen could see' by the ! ness. May I ven qulvering shoulders ..that she was sob- "jlture;?? to"" request bipg, , . . Dear .Winifred Black It"; would benefit many Jf you Would explain why novelists and others underline . "Study your hus band." It must be a sorry love that needs, , to go to school after marriage. Mutual affection. Now a couple came down together, but evidently the woman was. to sail, for the man was , gently forcing her back. Oblivious . of the '. many ;. spectators the woman clung weeping to his arm. At last he broke away and almost ran off not trusting himself to look back. For a moment the woman stood gaslng help lessly after him, then' turned and came slowly . on board .again., ,, ... jna neien, looKing aown-'upon one pathetic, little scene after another, won dered if It was always like this when a ship sailed, or had the horror of the re cent ocean tragedy made the" - partings harder.-.'- 1 ..,.'.. v'i- - "Oh,, there they atethere,' Just beyond that, post, and a stout ; middle aged woman, who war leatfnffvOveTUhe rail beside, "Helen, waved her bunch of roses at 'some one tta the' "dock? below.;." "Can't you- se them?" .anxiously, ...to. . the man who Stood behind her. "There's Belle, too and Howard." And she took out her handkerchief and waved it with the flowers. . . . Helen though she could distinguish in the e$owd .Jbalowtha littla group that wera waving backbone of, them trying to shout up some ''last message through a megaphone hastily improvised out of a newspaper. "Where Is he? Oh, if we could only see him," and a young woman with reddeaed eyes was trying eagerly to find a place by the. rajllng. ; . . , Warren stepped back to give her his place, and then he drew Helen away. "Come, let's not stand here.", And Helen understood. There.,, were oth ers who had a better right,, who were leaving some one near and dear, to whom they were eager to wave a last; farewell. "Dear, you are very thoughtfulj press ing lovingly against his arm, for she was always quick to appreciate his slightest act of thoughtfulness or courtesy. IKS rout approval In print?, Faithfully yours, DREW DONALDSON, 210 Wyoming . Street, Syracuse. ' 0,'. you are Just . a wee bit tired of being' told to' "study jjour-husband," are' you Drew Donaldson? Well,- f don't blame 'Tou very much. I hate the whole cut and dried, planned and schemed, added and subtracted viewpoint of matri mony anyhow. "Stody your husband." If you love him you-won't have to study him; you'll know him better than you know yourself. And lfivfou don't love him all the study In thg'world won't do a thing but make you see every fault he has and think it's twice as big as it really la. B7 WINIFRED BLACK. , What is there so very mysterious about husband?- He's Just a man, Isn't he- good hearted, quick tempered, unreason able, extravagant fellow perhaps but a man for all that? The very man you fell n love with at your friend's wedding, and he hasn't changed a bit. nave you 7 .Are you just the aame sweet tempered, quick wltted, big minded girl you were when you made him like you by admiring the other girl's frock, or have you narrowed down into some thing so small and so narrow minded that the most amiable creature in the world couldn't keep in love with you If he tried with all his might? Are you as fond of him as you used to be when you couldn't hear his voice without a thrill of delight, or do you Just look, upon blm as a good person to pay your bills and that's about all? "It must be a sorry love that needs to go to school after marriage," you think, little woman, who's tired of being told to "study your husband," when nobody tells your husband to study you. No, I can't agree with you there. Life Is a school, every minute of It. We begin in the kindergarten and we keep right on through the first grades. where we learn to tell the letters. How many times did you cry yourself to sleep, little woman, before you learned that a-b spells ab, and not the r.ame of some-' thing great and good that was to come to you without study? Seoond grade up, where you find out about figures. Odd things, figures. They are so stubborn and so hopelessly matter of fact. They don't care how pretty you are, or how good your hearing Is. What they want to know is how much Is two and two, and If you don't add two and two right there's trouble for you. Fourth grade geography-How big the world is and what an astonishing num ber of places there are, "bounded on the north by this" and "on the south by that," and they keep right on being bounded, too, by, the same things, though you can't remember their names to save your Ufa. ' Eighth grade-Big girl now, aren't you? Hair In a braid, dresses getting longer; but the same old facts waiting for you around the new corner-only they wear different clothes. Algebra now Instead of the multiplication table, the history or England instead of the history of the united States. High school sororities College, and at last the great degree, graduated with honor or without, aa you have choaen to have It. All a school, all a school the whole of life and marriage Is Just one grade in It, the hardest grade of all, some say? and some go through It without' st mo ment of Joy and trust and loving kind ness. It depends so much upon the rea- Warren always ignored any such com ments; they irritated rather than pleased him. And now he said curtly: ,'1 want to go down and see tf there's any mall." " (' He guided her down to the saloon deck. to what seemed like a regular hotel office, with two clerks assorting the malls. "Curtle W. E. Curtis," said Warren briefly. "Oh, dear, did you know we would get so many?" whispered Helen delightedly, as the clerk handed out a number of let ters and postcards. "And there are two telegrams!1" ' '-- :Warren tore one of them open and she read It over his shoulder. ' "Pleasant voyage. Don't hit an ice berg. Mr.' and' Mrs. L. E. Stevens." ' "The Stevenses!, Wasn't that nice of them?'" "exclaimed Helen, as he tore open the- other. s ' "Best wishes for a pleasant trip and safe return. J. R. CURTIS." "Your father! That was very thought ful," murmured Helen, although at heart she felt rather indignant that none of his people had come to see them off. A sudden blast of a horn! A long, deep whistle. Then a faint throbbing of ma chinery and a curious, trembling shudder of the ship- ( Warren thrust the unopened letters into his pocket and grasped Helen's arm. "Here-over this way. ".. We want to see her put out." But, the crowd was so great they could not get near the railing on that deck. and he hurried her to the one above. "Oh, how wonderful," cried Helen, as she caught the first glimpse of the cheer ing mob below. For by this time they were opposite the open end of the pier to which the crowd had . rushed. .. There were hundreds of upturned faces, and the mass was alive with waving hand kerchiefs, hats and flags. The band was playing a lively march, and the five decks of passengers were waving back their farewell. Helen was thrill with It all. and as she clung to Warren's arm her eyes were wet with tears. Perhaps there was something In the scene that stirred Warren also, for be drew her a little nearer to him. When she turned and looked out over he harbor, past the Statue of Libertv the , sun-Ut waves beyond. ; Helen thought of the great ocean, that lay be forefore them and wondered if this trip might not bring them closer than they had ever been. To be alone together in a strange coun-try-what possibilities of nearness and companionship might that not hold? July Astronomical Happenings The sun enters Leo on July S2. It rises on July L 15 and 81 at 4:M. 8:06 and 6:1, and sets at 7:69, 7.M and 7.41, the lengths of the days being therefore, tf hours, I minutes; 14 hours, 49 minutes, and 14 hours, 22 minutes, a decrease Of 41 minutes during the month. The sun is H minutes slow1 on the first, and Vi minutes on the last. . Although Mercury reaches an elonga tion of 27 degrees west of the sun on July a, It stands a poor chance of being seen on account of the long duration of the twilight Venus is In superior Conjunction with the sun on July I and hot visible the whole month. Mars also can hardly be picked up In the evening twilight. It sots at 9:48 p. m. on July , 16. , Saturn is morning star and rises on July 15 at 1:39 , m. Jupiter Is rutins planet of the month. It crosses the meridian on July 15 at :08 m. It Is still retrograding, that is. moving westward among the stars until the beginning of neit month. Jupiter Is the largest of the planets that move about the sun. In fact, it weighs more than all the other planets taken together. Its diameter Is eleven times the earth's and Its bulk Is 1.3V) times as large. In spite of Its enormous else, it turns on its axis in less than ten j hours, so that while a point on the earth's equator moves 24,000 miles In twenty four hours, or 1.000 miles an hour, a point on Jupiter's equator has a speed of 24,400 miles an hour. The centrifugal force thus generated Is so great that It throws clouds on the planet in parallel lines. These, as welt aa Its four moons, may be easily seen through even a small telescope. - The moon is in last quarter on July 7, new on July 14, In first quarter on July 20 and full on July 28. It may be useful to know that all these changes of the moon occur on Sundays, except that of the first quarter, which takes place very late on Saturday, 11:18 p. m. The moon is In conjunction with Saturn on July 10, with Mars on July 1 and with Jupiter on July 23. ' . ' On July 4at about $ p. m the earth Is at Its greatest distance from the sun, (4,452,000 miles, that Is, it Is 1.&S5.000 miles farther away than when at its mean distance of 92,897.000. On January i it Is that much nearer. It is In this way that the extremes of summer heat and winter cold are wisely tempered for us In the northern hemisphere by a kind Provi dence. In the southern hemisphere th great excess of water produces the same effect. 1 WILLIAM F. RIGQE. Crelghton University Observatory, Omaha, Nebraska. son you entered that particular grade In his care-free, confident youth as you and who it Is that sits beside you through love htm now? How many times he has the term. Lessons! A dosen a day hard ones, too, some of them. Lessons In patience, and trust, and forbearance, and generous forgiveness, and openhearted confidence. helped you over a hard place In the day; how many times he has looked at you with eyes full of love's comprehension when all the rest were blind! Tour mate, yours, the one of all the and true-hearted love the kind of love world who will stand by you in trouble that grows brighter when the day Is long- and keep faith with you under the weight est and when the lessons are hardest to of woe. learn. Study him. Why. you know his every Love! Why, you didn't know what it mood by heart, you don't have to learn meant when you sighed In the moonlight, it anew. But you're In school just the you and the one who sits with you now through all the lersons of all the schools day In and day out. Tou just Imitated some one you'd seen on the stage or read same, and will be till time ends for you in the school together all the long, long term we love to call life, you and the man you love, you and the man who about in a book, but now, why, you know loves you, schoolmates till the long vaca- that mate of yours. He's foolish sometimes, Just like you, sod stubborn, too, just as you are, and j short-sighted and dull of comprehension all just as you are and he gets tired and forgets. Dear, dear mate, who ever loved him tlon and then? Who can help but hope? u . Much of a Good Thing" 1 i- r. i i ; Copyright. 1912, National News Assn. ; By Nell Brinkley TOO MANY BANANAS. : I know a little girl, and I bet you know many a little girl like this, who. wherever you see ber on a landscape, is plum surrounded by Billys, in vari ous stages of love and Jealousy, spooning and-scrapping, ' glaring at one another and. the girl, and once In a while there's one of them picks up his coat and hia doll ragg and goes over the hills and far away and out of th TOO MANY BEAUX. game. And once or twice the chap that went over the hille and far away: was the one of all others the girl I know wanted to have stay. But she waj trying to handle too big a thing trying to make a sugar pie! And you know what a mess you'd get there.' Trying to eat all the bananas there are , Just because she-loves 'em! And I know, what woe there Is in that For I did It once! ' . A Home of Dreams 1 J By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. "The heart of a girl In spring is the home of dreams." Meredith Nicholson "There comes a time to a girl when, without apparent cause, she likes to go off by herself, and dream. It Is not of a lover, her family avers. because not only does she have none, but she la too young to have one. But one doesn't have to have a lover to dream of one. And one is never too young to dream. Those who have known disillusionment, who have found that the taste at the bottom of the glass Is bitter, though it was sweet at the beginning, will say in some bitterness that "She will soon wake up." Perhaps, who knows? Perhaps she may never wake up. The happiest folks never do, and some wouldn't wake up if those I who are bitter through experience didn't take pains to awaken them. But because she is happy In her dreams encourage her to dream. It is all there Is to life. The dream part. : If a. girl dreams, she is living a life that is her ideal. In her dreams she Is knowing every joy that she has longed for, she Is realizing every secret ambition. ., She knows no fear of sorrow. When that fear reaches her, she will ceate dreaming.' - -,. A dream is the magic of youth, - and those remain young who can dream long est .' The real troubles are easier to bear If one can occasionally slip back Into dream life where troubles have no ex istence. - Because of the dreams troubles be come vague and shadowy and lose their vitality. And are soonest forgotten. "The heart of the girl in spring is the home of dreams." 1 Don't scoff at the dreamer. Don't tell I of that alarm clock whose name is Trouble. 1 Let her dream on. and it will do those who are older much good If they will occasionally slip away from things that have an uncompromising, material exis tence and embark with ber on the dream boat ' " ' : For it touches on tha shores of a land - called Hope. . A Bachelor's &tfIeotle)M. , Playing politics is a higher develop ment of card sharping, bunko, and past: I games. ' " . From all the preparations a man makes to go fishing two miles away you'd think I he was starting on a. trip around tin I world.-Nsw a'ork Press. 4