THE BEE: OMAHA, TITTTiSDAY, FEBRUARY 0, 1913.
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DOROTHY DIX TELLS OF
A Legal Ruling Marking Chalk Line
for Mother-in-Law
My MOIIOTHY DIX.
Supreme Court Justice Craln of Brook
lyn lias Just settled the domestic problem
of the ages, and laid down the law for
mothers-in-law. It Is, In effect, that
tho mothor-In-law
must preserve a
strictly hands-oft
attitude when she
lives with her
ohlUren. and es
pecially must she
bo careful to keep
fingers out of her
daughter - In
law's pie.
,ih tho case be
fore him a woman,
who had left hor
husband because he
Insisted upon hav
iS his mother
live with them,
was suing for sup
Port. Tho man was
Poor and unable to
women except undor
'I
maintain the two
one rnnf If. r
iuFta to turn his feeble and helpless old
mother out of doors to please his wife,
so she packed up und Jeft.
After considering both sides of tho
question the judge ruled that a wife has
a right to leave tho home of her hus
band if her mother-in-law causes friction
lp the household, and In rendering this
decision he mapped out tho chalk lino
that all mothers-in-law must follow. II
said:
"She can havo nosay whatever regard
Ing the management and control of the
home; this belongs to tho wife, and If
the husband's mother makes discord
where there should be harmony inter
feres with the wife's control and man
ngoment. oven at the request of her son.
or by her own Improper conduct and
thoughtless langtiugo makes the home un
pleasant and distressing to the defend
ant. then tho wife would bo Justified In
leaving her husband and requiring sup
port from him rlsewhere."
This is nn. admirable and Just decision
that would cause the dove of peace to
flutter book and roost again over many
a tempestuous household, If it could only
be enforced. But all of the laws and
the statutes over promulgated fllnce the
beginnings of courts could no more stop
an Interfering woman from meddling
with hor daughter-in-law's affairs and
handing out unsought advice than a
child's dike of Fand on tho seashore
would keep back tho ocean In a storm.
Nor can any Injunction restrnln a
daughter-in-law's Impatience with her
mothcr-ln-law. or make her moro gen
tlo of speech and considerate, or give
her the Intelligence to perceive that age
and experience, of, themselves, bring wis
dom, nnd that no'mutter how much more
education in lwoks or better advantages
socially she may havo had, that the older
woman can teach her many things that
hho needs to know, and that new ways
are not alwnys the best wayB.
Life Is so short, and all that we get out
of It Is Just our dally happiness, that It
neems but Just and fair that this should
not bo spoiled by our being compelled
to live In tho house with those who an
tagonize us at every stop, and who aro
an ever present thorn In tho flesh. This
is what the presence of his mother-in-law
In tho home means to many a man,
and what her mother-in-law Is to moat
women.
In view of that, no one can dissent from
the Justice of the Judge's decision that a
man or woman Is not bound legally to
Hvo wltji Uiu pr her mothW-In-law unless
it Is agreeable to do so.
B".t the law of the land is curiously 1m
potciit to kettle this most delicate and
tragic of "all domestic problems. A woman
may- force her husband to send the old'
woman who has borne him away from
his home, but no edict of court can keep
him from hating her for doing so. A
man may lefusn shelter to his wife's poor
old mother, but no law can give back
tho respect und honor that he has for
feited In his wife's esteem when ho
does it.
It Is' a strange thing that men and
women never seem to realize that tliero
Is nothing else on earth that they could
possibly do that would so crown them
with a halo In their wives' and husbands'
eyes as Just to be good and kind to their
mothers-in-law. A woman will take the
gift of diamonds and automobiles from
her husband as no more than her right
and with scarcely a "thank you," but
Just let him do something nice and
Women who bear children and re
main health7 are those who prepare
tholr Bystema In advance of baby't
coming. Unless tho mother aldi
naturq In Its pre-natal work tho crlsli
finds hor eystem unequal to the do
Biands made upon it, and eho Is oftcr
left with weakened health or chronic
cllmenta. No remedy to so truly i
tolp to nature as Mother's Friend
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nature Is expanding, prevents numb
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being thus prepared by Mother'f
Friend dlBpels the fear that the crlsli
may not be safely met. Mother'!
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tender toward hor mother and she can't
tell you about It without hor eyes filling
up with tears of gratitude. A woman may
work her ringers to the bone for her
husband and he won't notice It, but let
her bo sweet to dutiful to his mother and
slvo tins forged a bond between them that
not all the sirens extant could break.
It Is a pretty poor, mean, disloyal man
or woman who doesn't love Ills or her
mother, nnd who hasn't an appreciation
of tho sacrifices, and tho toll, and the un
selfish devotion that that mother has
given tn make tho man or woman what
he or she Is. It Is ono of the noblest and
most ltierndlcnblo sentiments of the
human heart, ojid the wonder Is that any
wlfo or any husband ever dares to
trample upon It.
As a matter of fact wc do trample
upon it at our peril. No man but whoso
affection for his 'wife Is blighted by her
111 treatment of his mother, no woman
but whose love and respect for her hus
baud aro hurt beyond repair by his In
sults to her mother.
, A curious phase of tho eternal quarrel
between the mothers-in-law nnd dnugh-ters-ln-law
Is that they never seem tj
reallzo that tho real victim In the eas
Is not either of them themselves, but the
poor unfortunate man who Is trying his
best to do his duty by both wife and
mother. It Is he who suffers nnd It 's
the Irony of fate that not his great
est enemy could do him bo deadly a harm
as the women do who love him best.
It would Bcem that when a mother ai
to Hvo In her son's house she would
have affection enough for him to refrain
from meddling with the housekeeping, or
criticising his wife's management, or try
ing to dictate how tho ohldren shall b?
raised. But sho seldom does. One would
think that when a wife has to live with
her husband's mother she would be
anxious enough for his happiness to tako
the trouble to use a lltle diplomacy In
getting along with an old and crochety
woman. But sho doesn't and so the mis
erablo man Is ground to pieces between
the upper and nether millstones.
Tho In-law question causes more unliap
plness than anything else In tho world,
but It will never bo settled by law. It Is
only lovo that Is wise enough to solve 't
Daily Fashions
ffeaote setae t yusoe- ooecoi.t
Ily IjA HACOXTKCSK.
Evening gown of amethyst "velvet."
Tho fullness of the back Is given by the
width of the upper part, which is cut In
one with the fronts; are straight and
bordered by a band of ermine, which fin
ish drooping sleeves and falling, gath
ers In the fullness of the back, which Is
finished by a 6mal train bordered by a
band of ermine.
MuslnKS of a Cynic.
Most of us know when to stop after
It's too late.
A practical Joke, like most things, Is
only funny on one side.
Many a man who Is afraid to take a
chance loses his money on a sure thing.
A married man seldom has as much
respect for his .wife as he has for his
wife's husband.
It is quite possible for a fellow to bo
continually broke without shattering unv
traditions.
The fellow vho heps his head ubove
water Isn't the nno who lets the gnus'
grow under his feet
After a)l there tint a great deal of
difference between belux moky and hav
ing a bit of c-o in own sense.
It's" a poor rule tha-. wjn't work both
I ways, but drinking to n man's health
Isn't going to Impriyo your own.
You can't always tell Is appearances.
The weakest sometlmis arr-, .iround the
1 1 g ft op nljlia t h -nidges New York
Timu
Utilize
Woman Editor Tels Maxims
Ily MAUOAItKT HlHUAKl) AY Kit.
Fourteen years ago a woman set out
to provide for herself nnd her two chil
dren. Sho hnd only iSO In money, but she
did have an Idea.
Today Mrs. Elizabeth Towne Is th
editor of a successful magazine, "Nau
tllus;" Is a writer of books translate I
Into all languages: Is n mighty Hevcr
business woman and one of tho hlggos
lights of the Now Thought Movement
and the leadership of tho Federation of
New Thought Societies has been offered
her.
Mrs. Towne has demonstrated her Idea
In a practical way and sho has taught
millions of other to do the some Klic
has taught them to use the great tin turn
forces to help themselves. Her philoso
phy helnn people to overcome obstacles
because 'she has proved It and overcome
those obstacles herself. It Is not n mattr
of mushy meditation. She teaclicf
courage, self-reliance, work and success
Elizabeth Towne looks exactly like
what she Is. She simply radiates health
and oneigy, magnetism and enthusiasm.
She gives you a pleasant warming,
humanizing sensation like a nice open
fire on a bitter cold day.
A slight abruptness Is an agreeable re.
lief after the go ey saccharine mnnnor
affectea by so many of our best known
upllfters
She was born In 1&6S, so you can figure
out how old she is not that It matters
with her. Her complexion Is as fair ns
a girl's and her eyes twinkle with merri
ment and kindliness.
AVe were having luncheon together as
Mrs. Towne has come from Holyoke,
Mass.. for h few days to deliver a lec
ture and catch up with theaters, exhibi
tions, etc.
I had asked Mrs. Towne to tell me why
so many people In the world seemed to
be forced to do the very thing they don't
want to do, no matter how much they
set their minds on the work they want.
My illustration was a young man. u
trained violinist, who had been forced to
I give up his caroer and become a clerk,
for lack of Influence and money.
"Did you ever learn to play the piano?
Well you had to study five finger exer
cises, didn't you? Hnd to do them for a
long time, so that when you finally got
a piece your fingers would not stumble,
well, the work we havo to do against our
will thnt Is llfo'a five finger exercises."
This was Mrs. Towno's crisp answer.
"All "my life, though. I've had the
work I am now doing, or going to do,
as an Ideal In mind, but I've, had to do
all klndB of other things. As soon as I
learned to do one thing well that was
taken away, and I got another set of
five finger exercises. Finally, I learned
that these are our lessons and that wo
must do them over and over again In
tho same or In slightly different forms
as long as we hate the lesson and do It
badlj.
"Only when wc begin to tako a real
Joy and get some satisfaction In doing
that work artistically, that Is, perfectly,
will we find the door to other and greater
work open to us. As for your violinist,
ho will play the better for his lesson In
the shop.
"New thoivrht Is old, though Bur
banked," Mrs. Towne explained later,
"What Luther Burbank did for the cac
tus, making It edible nnd consequently
useful, that Is what New Thought has
done for Old Thought. It has vitalized
it, made It forceful and real.
"As a matter of fact the name New
Thought was used ns early as 1900 when
certain thinkers were seceding from the
strict Calvanlstlc and l'resbyterlnn
churches, and before tho Unitarian
church had been established,
"The same namo has been given since
to every new religious movement before
f
The Best Dressed
Hy ADA I'ATTKIUSOX.
The secret that overy, woman wants to
Iknow has become mine. A woman who
knows has told mo how to dress well on
a very small Income.
I might have listened with a faraway
gaze and a fara
way mind wero It
not that tho woman
who told me was
the one' unques
tioned authority.
Tables on how to
save 4,r0 of u
15,0 Income, how
to build from what
you have saved
of an already
stretched to the
L'Vnlt salary, and
how to dress on a
trifle moro than
nothing a year.
awaken little more than derision, cer
tainly not Interest. But tho woman who
held the key of the secret was the woman
herself, the one who dressed well on tlu
very small talary. I had admired her In
variable stepped out of a handbox ap
pearance'. No one with a woman's eye
In her head could fall to see that her
gowns were always doubly becoming, for
they suited first horself, then the occa
sion. That they were always fresh and
dainty. That they were individual, rather
than modish, but never so far from the
mode to be conspicuous. 8he alwayj
looked well, which U a valuable point In
drearing. Too many women are content
to look badly at one time and make up
for It at another. A woman who pins up
the braid on her walking spirt because
she Is "Just ruehed to death" may wear
a spotless white lace the next evening,
but the memory of the pinned up. but
dragging braid will remain. The low of
averages will not hold In the matter o(
dress.
But that Is merely my observation.
Listen to those of the circle, the womln
who can and does: "I think It may be
because I have developed my gift of
management. My mother had It. She,
being the wife of a poor clergyman, had
to 'manage.' I studied her methods and
got a start In the right direction. My
first lesion In economy in dress came
when mother and I were paying a visit
to a relative. Mother had worn a travel
ing suit and carried a little bag with u
change In it A relative drove up J-ist as
Nature's Gifts to Better
MBS. ELIZABETH TOWNK.
It crystallized Into a churoh."
Mrs. Towno Is immensely practical.
She haB particularly strong, well-knit
hands, and there are few things that
he 1b not capublo of making with them,
from chicken coopa to clothes. Those
nice, white hands, on which sevurnl
handsome lings sparkle, havo had their
lesson to learn, and they have washed
arid scrubbed nnd studied arid" baked, and
are none tho worBo for It, either. But
those lcsBons uro done.
"I believe In education through the
hands, and I think that moro emphasis
will bo put on manual work In future In
tho training of children. A child that
learns how to make a straight lino or
put things In straight lines will be able
to direct his thought in straight lines,
too.
"Wo don't mako thoughts. We man
axe them, and it Is In managing tlui
thoughts that come to us that wo d'rect
our lives. People don't get thliigs by
wishing for them; they got them by work
ing for them."
Mrs. Towno has taught people to fight
agnlnst adversity In terms and In ways
that they can understand. Several mil
lions of people have written her slnco
she began writing, nnd ono of tho most
Wo man I Know
J
mother was busy with the dusting. Bho
disappeared. Mother never hurried, nor
rHn, as other women do. She was too
serene and dellherute for thnt, She Just,
disappeared. I watched her with ad
miring nwo when three minutes later,
she camo downstairs. When sho van
ished sho had worn tho ono gown she
brought with her, a hluo broadcloth.
But that was the duy of basques and she
had worn a severe one of dark blue
trimmed with black braid. When she
came downstairs she looked quite a dif
ferent mother In a basque of bluo hlnad
cloth to bo sure, but trimmed with won
derously becoming broad rovers of blue
and gold plush, that threw her jiale, fine
face Into charming relief. Her cheeks
were qulto pink, doubtless partly from
the excltment of tho rapid change. In part
from tho consciousness of looking well,
for she had no acquaintance with the
rouge pot.
"1 rosolved thon that I would do ns
mother'- had, buy n broadcloth suit of
dark color and durable quality, so enab
ling broadcloth to Hvo up to Its reputa
tion of wearing for three winters. But I
would makn It, as two frocks by ordering
two. blouses, one for plainest wear and
one fpr dressier use.
"As I grew up my clergyman's daugh
ter allowance taught me further economy.
I found that the coat and skirt I woro
for best one winter, could be cut down
or up as desired, for storm wear for the
next. If the hem were wearing white It
could bo strengthened by a braid. Worn
spots on the sleeves could be covered
with braid. Shabby buttons could be
cheaply replaced. Ono of tho left-over
blouses could be freshened by covering
It with chiffon of tho same or a con
trasting color.
"I learned never to throw away a
particle of trimming that could by any
chance serve. The tiniest partlole of
good lace could work In as the motif of
a combination of ombroldory or applique
or ribbon. Some strlpH of fur that hnJ
bordered an evening cloak was trans
ferred to one gown after another, finally
to a lace blouse for ten years."
I reminded her that It Is possible fur
everyone to drew economically, but how
to dress economically, and always well,
was what every woman wants to do,
"TIih nub of the matter Is that I made
a record of a gown or suit that was par
ticularly becoming. I trusted not only
t' my own taste, for Hint may now and
then play us tilcks. It being moody, but
Yourself1"
for Success
remiirltubln Illustrations of her xwer of
her work was given by a brakoman who
had his legs cut off lu a wreck. Tho doo.
torn had to tell him that ho would not
live. "I will live,' ho said, and ha did.
Then ho said that If you mailo up your
mind to do a thing you could do It If you
didn't give up. Kllziiheth Towno. had said
so, tud ,hu bollqvcd. hor. . , . -
Ono thing Mis. Towne believes In, and
that Is that no ono can do another's wor't
for him. Sho does not teach an easy way
of evading tho consequences of one's
acts, but shoulder tho conscnuenoes, lean
tho lesson and work out of those condi
tions Into better ones.
Mrs. 'Towno Is u woman of very wldi
interest. During the luncheon almost
everything from tho latest thing In sliver
droning devices to tho newest "Futurists"
and his painting was discussed with
equnl enthusiasm film told of a dcllcloui
recipe for colling bannnas sorved with
Btealt, of the evolution of tho "demo
emtio gown" good enough for tho very
highest and Blmplo enough for the hum
blest, of her work anil some of her bat
tles. The abundance of good will, magne
tism and energy of her wholcsomo per
sonality was like a fresh and Invigorat
ing breeze.
to the consensus of opinion. What all my
friends voluntarily told me was becoming,
I know was a success. I was wary of the
npparul which I had to nsk them about
and which drew from them only a grudg.
Ing 'Yes, It Is pretty.' Or, 'Yob, I think it
qulto becoming.' Ono must allow for the
politeness Uiat covers the llo. When 1
found n)l my friends particularly liked n
garment I made, a sketch of It. I drew It
ns well as I could, front and back view,
In detail, In a lurgn notebook I culled 'My
Book of Dress.' Beneath the skotoh 1
wrote a brief description of It, tolling Its
color and naming the fabric ami price.
So of hats and cloaks. I had there perma
nent models. I knew that whenever thefce
styles levurred, and styles do recur with
remarkable regularity, I need not trouble
about their being becoming. I had only to
copy them, modifying them a trifle, lest
my neighbors should say. 'Jennie's wear
ing that bluo dress sho had three yoara
ago." To pruvent this I would have It
made In a very different Hhade of blue,
or, perhaps, In brown.
In my 'Book of Drees' I made notes
now of my decision and excrlence with
dress. I find there, under 'For Bummer,'
'Always havo a dress of dark material,
say. blue pongen or black china silk or
brown linen, that will be ready If tho
washerwoman falls you.'
"And here's a warning drawn from ex
perlenoo: 'Don't depend on a loft-over to
carry you through the winter If the left
over Is of soft silk. When they go, they
go fast."
"The secret, then, of dressing well on
little Is:
"Management," said tho oracle.
"ThoAjght, fore und hind," suM I.
A Hurrt I.UI1KBXK.
"English and American uro not the
samo language at all," said Qoorgq Ade
at a dinner. "What American knows any
thing about toad lu the hole or bubble
and squouk they ore not guinea, but
dlshttg, or singlets, winch are unoervests,
or beer, which Is never Ixjer. but always
ale or stout? If you want beer In Eng
land you must ask for lager, you know.
"Draughts in England are checkers, and
a black draught over thero means, a dose
of soothing syrup. But they don't know
their own language themselves, It seems,
"An Englishwoman, for whose huatxind
the doctor had ordered a black draught,
came to the surgery In the middle of the
night wringing her hands.
" 'Oh, doctor, Qtorge U' much worse,'
she faltered.
" 'Did you give him that black draught
I ordred?"
" 'No, sir; I couldn't find a black
draught, but I gave him a double-six
domino, und lies been going steadily
JuwnMll cur since,' ' Chicago Post,
It"
Scientists' Recent Descent Into
Fire-Breathing Vesuvius Nobler
Token of Heroism Than Win
ning a Battle.
lly UAUKKTT 1 SKltVIKH.
Tho most thrilling story that 1 have
read recently Is Prof. Mallardra's ac
count. In the Cosmopolitan magazine, of
his descent lutu tho flre-brenthlng wens
and of Vesuvtous. It Is a bit of de
scriptive writing
which hardly needs
tho aid of tho
startling p h o t u
graphs which ac
company It In order
to fill the reader
with sensations
that arn not llkoly
to oome to hint
many times lu his
life. It Is very
aptly compared to
Dante's story of
Imaginary descent
Into Inferno. But
It has tho very great advantage of being
it recital of nrtual facts.
Why did this man and his devoted
assistant take their lives In their hands
and let themselves down, with the aid
of tarred ropes which might at any
Instant bo burned off. s. vertical distance
of 1.275 feet, to tho vary bottom of the
gullet of one of the most powerful and
dreaded volcanoes on the face of the
earth7
it was done solely for the sake of
science. Prof. Malladra knew perfectly
well that Vesuvius In preparing for
another outbreak. It was for that reason
that ho made the descent. He and his
compunlon saw on every side of them
evidence of that preparation.
Tho throat of tho volcano Is growing
hotter; Jets of fuming, poisonous gases
uro pouilng morn and more abundantly
from cracks and vents; sttdsja of dust
nnd ashes shaken loose by the trembling
of the monster leap roaring down the
steep sides, hem and thero rod-hot lava
oozes out, the Immense pressure bulges
up tho floor of the crater In the center,
"tlku an enormous plum pudding," and
everything Indicates that, at any moment.
a tremendous explosion may ooour that
will blow the entrails of the mountain
miles skyward and yet these men wont
on until they had plunged their, thermom
eter Into tho very lowest of tho reeking
ventricles, and loft their flag there to
shrivel In the hot blasts an the moun
taineer leaves his to freeze an the al
most unscalable summit of some hitherto
uncllmbed peak!
What science gained by their adventure
was it closer knowledge of the Inner
mechanism of a great volcano when It
It Is gathering Its forces for a new out
break; what the world at large gained
was a keener appreciation of the hero-ilamiof'man'when-hs'masters
his timidity
and suppresses his fears In order to ex-
rr-
Marrying a Girl Who Lives on Gaiety
Ily THK (1I5NTLKWOMAN.
There Is a great deal too much con
sequenoe attached nowadays to the-stage
as a seriouatfoctor In tha life of the day.
The majority of people are heartily tired
of the constant discussion as to whether
this or that school of playwright should
be encouraged or denounced, a discussion
which has, unhappily, been Instrumental
In making what Is usually an extremelv
superficial class assume the role of Im
portant member of society. And this as
sumption of Importance runs through all
ranks of the dramatic profession, from
the too, too serious persons who mouth
the inconsequential absurdities of hat
most gifted of sslf-adverttsers, George
Bernard Shaw, down to the stupid, friv
olous llttla creature who nightly sings in
a more or less flat or sharp key the sug
gestive banalities of musical comedy
The authors themselves, Instead of being
content, as their somewhat more illus
trious predecessor, William Shakespeare,
was, with being regarded as providers of
amusement for the people, arrogate to
themselves the position of keepers of the
conscience of the nation, and the empty
headed type of a girl who Uvea on gaiety,
breathing the spirit of Importance as
sumed by the authors In question, and,
unfortunately, by too many actors and
actresses, regards herself as a very con
siderable asset In the matrimonial market,
to be knocked down to the highest bidder
Far be It from mo to suggest a revival
of tho act of Parliament, a statute not
yet repealed, which places all and Bundry
tn connection with the stage tn the
category of rogues and vagabonds. A
large section would no doubt rejoice in
the appellation because of Its distinctly
Bohemian flavor and because of the
truthfulness of the appelation. Btlll It
would be grouty unfair, In pandering to
the tastes of that section, to Include th
many thousands of conscientious artists
who nightly fulfill their vocation with
great ability and with a true and modest
sense of the exact jwaltlon they occupy
In the world's eye. The one Justification
for the revival of the act would be to
put In their places that small army of
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has proven lU value in thousands of case, like the fotlowfailj
doae for me. I hare
and rvneral weakness
me has
uoa and Dldn
was dlaappotatad to
toe good weak of
KU MiSTIM.
tend his knowledge. It was as If two
mluroscoplc beings. Inspired by tho desire
to expand their Intelligence, should boldly
explore the sputtering fuse of a bomb,
knowing that It might touch tho explosive
before they could escape.
It seems to mo that the Vesuvius ob
servatory, which Is the only one of Its
kind In tha world, tho only ono that Is
continually Inhabited, and that Is necr
deserted even when a tnrrlflo eruption
Is lu progress beneath and around It, Is,
In rrmny respects, the most imposing ex
ample of human heroism In existence.
I havo twice visited It. once in the
time of Itn founder, Prof. Palmlorl, who
astonished the world by plucklly staying
up thero among his Instruments while the
went eruption of JS72 was terrifying
Nuptes.
And again soon after the mighty
oruptlon of 1WM, when Prof. Mattouccl
was In command of the little band of de
voted scientists who refused to desert
their posts while the village on the
mountain slopa beneath them were be
ing overwhelmed, ono after another, by
clouds of ashes nnd torrents of molte i
rock, and while tho mountain about them
seemed all In flames, and tho observa
tory rooked with the explosions until the
Instruments, In some cases, were shaken
from their pedestals, and the entire
building appeared doomed to destruction.
During It nil they remained cooly, mak
ing photographs, measuring the height
to which the vplcanlo bombs- were shot
around them, studying the courses and
progress of tho fiery rivers that flowed
down on all sides of them, and, when
their telegraph, frequently broken, could
be operated, telegraphing to the fright
ened cfty, ten miles away, the latest state
of the eruption. Sometimes for days atvt
nights together they were cut off from all
communication, and then, when thoy had
been given up for lost, a oherry telegram
would oome down from Matteuocl telling
the anxious hearts below that ail wan
well and thnt human Intelligence was still
In command on the raging mountain
topi
After all, these aro the things that glvn
the brightest hope to humanity, not tho
wars, not tho slaughters by sea and land,
ilot the piling up, of millions of treasure,
not tho contrivance of (running method'
of getting the better of ono'n follow men,
not the Invention of thousands of ways t
make life easier, and moro selfish, and
moro grasping, but tho illncovery of new
knowledge and tho widening of the field
of intelligence. The a raves of Daphne,
where luxury, pride, and proflgaoy
reign, have multiplied all over tha world
since the pleasure-loving Antlooh sank
Into ruin, but tho man who turns hts boclt
upon-thenvand-glves his life to science
Is atlll the greatost of the earth's heroes.
ridiculous people who swarm our musical
comedy stage, who consist for the most
part of girls who want to be women and
women who want to be girls, and whouo
nearest approach to the real thing Is
fair Imitation of the average wax-work
bvat one sera In a Bond streot window.
They constitute a menace to the society
for a number of reasons. There Is, un
fortunately, a type of glided youth wh
Imagine that one of the principal condi
tions of life In town la to loiter outside
a stage door In a gaudily equipped motor
In order to take aboard as a necessary
appendage to himself a golden-haired,
short-skirted girl. He thinks that by
doing so he is earning the. to him, en
viable dlstlnotlon of "seeing life." His
callownesn cannot see the mockery of it
all, that what h'e conceives to be the "real
thing," as he sportively calls It, Is but
"the seeming truth that cunning time
put on to entrap the wisest;" that he Is
wasting his time, his energy, his virility
and his substance. Some theatrical man
agers are known to boast of the number
of girls they have been able to unite to
families of distinction. One is known to
have called hU precious theater "the -brett
matrimonial agenoy," There In
much to be allowed for in the sowing ut
wild oats, but the nation, and especially
our mothers, cannot but gaze with con
siderable anxiety at the spectacle which
frequently presents Itself of girls an-t
women drawn from the doubtful atmos
phere of the musical comedy footlights
lu order to become the other of our fu
ture manhood. As a rule the girl who Uvea
on gaiety Is the moat selfish, superficial
and insincere of creatures, and If he be
lieves In the principle of heredity ner
frailties will Inevitably be handed dowi
to her children. If such unions do noth
ing worse than reproduce In the children
the Inane, dentist-displaying expression
which the majority of girls who tive by
gaiety exhibit In their photographs, which
oertaln of the picture papers and the shop
windows show ad nauseum, a llfe-Ioiie
wrong Is done to their progeny. Fancy
angels of children having a mother whose
chief distinction was that she was famous
for her "postcard smile!"
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xxtil thn for thirty yaara for faoiale ttoubW
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MdkA Lnacurvy and t&u thca tea-otter. Ineva
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