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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, mil if rfh e ee'g jme jVfaga z 1 P 8 & 1 ale Value of Gray Hair By Khia WIIKKIiKIt WILCOX. Copyright, 1913, by Star Company, An occasional sr&y mood comes to th sunniest of nut won; J lint an ti gray day comes even In the tropics; and If wo use this gray day wisely,, we will bo all the better for It. . When the brlirht sun of troplo lands Is Veiled by clouds one can see farther, nnd the landscape, Is more clearly discerned, because there Is not the blinding dazlo o' the sunlight. cfo when our hearts are clouded with n passing mist of trouble or worry, we some times see Ufa more clearly, and look forward, and about. and beyond with a larger vision. 1 think It Is a good thing now and then to grow utterly sick of ourselves, and t sit down and pull our minds and heartt and motives and actions and ambition, to pieces and dust them out as a watch maker cleans a watch, and then put then together again with caro and resolve ti begin all .over and do better and then t' do It It Is never well to rest too long In re grets of the past; for that Is over an i Kone.Nind can not be remedied. But It U well to remember the pnut enough to make It net as a gtildo nnd warning for the future. But moods of retrospection and regiri and melancholy should be kept as lux urlous, and mutt never becomo a habit. Indulged In rarely, they may serve as . tonlo. but regularly followed they beconn n poison. When ypu are walking and carry! m; heavy burdens, and you grow uttcrli wearv and fatigued. It Is not well to liet staggering on. It Is better to alt down nnd rest a bit. evon If you foel us you pause that you can never go on again. After a little while you will feel moir mourage and wll will go on. But do not sit too long. i Arc you wean with trying to do your best, and have you about decided that you will give up tho battle? Do you feel that nothing mnttrn very ' much that whether you succeed or full ' Is of small account to the world? ' o you begin to think that you am a ! ery sman unit in tho universe, and tlint the best thing for you to do Is Just to tako life as It comes, and to moke no ef fort to attain any special goal, elUier hi tellcctually, morally or financially? Are jou sick of the eternal effort to be and do. and a,re you contemplating a re nunciation of all ambition? Well, stop and think a bit. Bup'pos Columbus had yielded to such a mood be fore he discovered America? What If George Washington had mado such a decision In his early youth," or Henjamln Franklin, or Shakespeare. ,r Milton? Whet If Morse or Edison, had given up the struggle to accomplish anything? And Cyrus Field had said he was weary of trying to gain his goal and so had let the ocean cable die a dream of Imagin ation? What losers wo would all be by It I It Is not merely you. yourself, who Is to be benefited or harmed by your succoss or failure It) life. You are to leave an Influence on all who know you, no mat ter how humble your position may be. Throw a pebble Into tho sea and wutch the disturbance of the water: largor nd larger grow the circles? as they fade away Invisible to tho eye they are felt by the waves beyond our sight. It la so with each one of us. You are affecting every life you encounter on life's journey to some degree. You wl effect lives of beings yet unborn In wlvat way and through what sources It Is Im possible ttf tell; buf, nevertheless, art- In visible Influence Is at work connecting you with other destinies as by an unseen cord. Thliik of this when you are discouraged and disheartened and push ajnead. If all the end of this continuous striving Were simply to attain, IIpw poor would seem the planning and contriving. The endless urging and hurried driving Of body, heart and brain! Hut ever In the wake of true achloving Therp shines this glowing trail ' Bomo other soul will be -spurred on, con ceiving. New strength and hope, In Us own power believing. Because thou didst not fall, s Not thine alone the glory nor the sorrow If thou didst miss the goal; Undreamed of lives In many a far to morrow 4 From thee their weakness or their force shall borrow On, on ambitious soul! Trasiedlcs Told In Headline. "Xew Ileporter. on His First Assign ment, Meets Holdup Man; Is Writing His Btory In Hospital." "Affair Droken Off; Mother of the Young Woman Disliked the Things the Young Man Smoked." "Angry Janitor. Smarting Under Com plaints, Turns on too Jiucn neat; iosa Kstimated at WO," "Living Skeleton Takes Dose of Anti Fat by Mistake: Appalling Result." "Flatlron Was Too Hot; New Gown Will Cost Laundryman (10 and a Cus tomer." "Ice Not Thick Enough to Bear; Pul motor Arrives Just In Time." Chicago Tribune. Sprains Sloan's Liniment is excellent for sprains and bruises. It stops the pain at once and reduces the swelling very quickly. SLOAN'S LINIMENT is penetrating and antiseptic. Mr. S. K R JlKrr . of JW7 Codsr SL. Cast. tijo6ga,Teim)rs " I rpralued my sn. klf.it pained ineTery much and to biully strollrn. After a few Applications or HkMn'4 Unlmciit my nukle vm relieved, ijvi a no omiroiy n 18 tttim. TtU lit . 9f . 6 SI 09. I J5r. gorl S. Sloan - Boston. Mass, Oh, "Wad To See "Tlio Milntly, who Is outwardly perfection and dreams to herself, If the lookingglnsa would reflect her as tho world sees her, would homely drab-colored Mold could hco herself as one, and perhaps many see her, alio would hco on angel with such wings as never were." Thlb picture Isn't alwuytt sot You mny break any rulo and you will. But the little quotation above lb a good thing to wish for desperately. No matter what a porfect blue stonq you aro, there Is most always a bit of a scratch on ono of your facets that "It might do your soul good to boo. A Bcrntch that is plain and deop to tho oyo of your dourest neighbor. You and I know women lovely of skin and oyo and flair, whoso hoart-coros aro as swoot and lovoly In tox ture as tholr flawless surface. Thoy are what thor scorn to bo. Tho faithful Imago of 'the creature that their amorous mirrors gtvo'Them back Is tho self-same ono the world about thorn knows. rr DON'T TAKE CHANCES AND GET MAREIED ON IMPULSE Hy DOROTHY 1HX. Tho ono subject on which a girl and he" parents will never agree, Is, whon Is the love time of life. In the girl's opinion the psychological moment Arrives whenever some good-looking youth, with n wlnnlug way with him, puts In an appear ance on- the scene. On the other hand the parents contend that a maiden should not think of love and marriage until sho has prepared her self for the respon sibilities (hey en tail, and that there Is no hurry about getting mar ried, anyway, be cause when you are married you generally married a very long time. A father who Is arguing with his daughter this eternal problem that comes up between , every girl and her pa rep t a asks this question: "Don't you tlifnk that the average girl pf 19 or 99 Is very apt to mlitako In fatuation for live, and that to become en gaged at that age would be cheating hiTself out of the happiest years of her life? Do you not think that her Judgment j In choosing a husband would be much Some Power the Giftie Gie Us Oursefs as Ithers See UsBy Nell Brinkley DOROTHY-DIX SAS: "A young girl Is apt to mistake Infatuation for love, and by an early engagement cheat' herself "out of the happiest years ofher life. Men nnd women aro more apt to run straight after marriage If they're had. their sharo of society boforo marriage." lies apt to bo wrong if she would wait : until she was 24 or 25 years old?" ' I am no believer In eHrly marriages. I think that If no woman married before she was 26, and no man before he was SO, It would materially reduce the amount of domestic misery In the world. There are enough risks in matrimony ! anyway, without taking any chances on 1 what you nro going to be yourself, and the kind of a wife or a husband you aro going to wnnt when you come to ma turity. And that's what people do who ' marry before their tastes have ripened. I Tho girl that fired a rounds fanoy when j he was St or SI he wouldn't look at a I second time when ho Is 30. The youth I that set a girl's pulses a-flutter M 19 1 puts her to yawning when she Is 25. There Is no experience tn life more disillusion lug than to meet a lost love after five rears of absence. Ntnety-nlne times out of a hundred when you see a conspicuously mlsmated rouplo you wilt find out that they were married when they were very young," and one of the twain has gone on growing and developing, while the other has stood stock still. Just what he or she was when the Immature. Judgment of the other one picked htm or her out for husband or Wife. ( have also been Interested In noting tlds other fact that In almost every case of marital infidelity the one with tho roving fanoy married while he or sho was very young, and before he or she had seen anything of society, or kne-v anything of the fascinations of women or Copyright, 1913, by Journal-Anicrlcan-Exanilner. You and I know mediocre people colorless in soul as thoy aro In form and face. They, too, aro what thoy Boom to bo. As their mirror gives them back, so they aro to tho passorby. But you and I, too, know tho, Milady who is outwardly porfoctlon, and dreams to horself that It goes all the way through, but who, if her dressing glass could by bo mo sorcery reflect nor as her world thinks her, would see a horned demon, envious of eyo, unkind and selfish, bitter of heart! If by some magic she could see herself as others see her! And the homely drab-colored maid at her back, pa tently drawing a jeweled brush through a cloud of hair l men, A man, for Instance, marries when he 20 or 21 the first girl he has ever really noticed. He. knows nothing , of rtaya close at the fireside. manners, and tn the great majority of cases at middle age he becomes an easy mark for - any adventuress that happens along. A girl fancies herself In love with the first man that makes love to her and marries him. Pew husbands continue love making after nTCrrlage and when she finds out that marriage Is mostly prose. Instead of poetry, she Is very ai t to go back and hunt up the apple of which she had only taken" a single bite, and which Is now the forbidden fruit of romance to her. I once knew a very flighty niarrlod woman whoso conduct was excused by an old family servant In these words: "You sco, MlssNMary married when she wasn't anything but a child, and she missed her pgal time, and a woman has got to have her gal time. If she don't get It when she's young, she takes It when she's old." I think this Is true, arid that both men and women are much more apt to run straight after marriage If they have had their fling before marriage. There are no such domestlo husbands and wives as those who are satiated with society, with flirtations, and dancing and theaters, and who.Xhavtng had their nick of many other men and women, hav chosen the one face that they want to see continuously on the opposite side of the hearthstone A girl, then. In my opinion, baa a muca you and I have known her, too. If sho could turn and find tho mirror magic for her, too and see herself as someone maybe everyone sees her a snow-white angel with such wings as never were, radiant' of hair, lovely of face! v 1 Maybe if you will slip up on your mirror some day, little maid, when It doesn't know, you may find the face of yourself, that other folks know, a-gazlng back at you! Maybe you are a plain little mouse who yearns for looks and love, and you will see tho girl that you aro to your friends a glorious tearing beauty. Maybe you aro a dellclous-seemlng bit of femininity and the girl you will see will need a lot of making over! better chance of being happy when mar ried If she waits until she Is 21 or Ku years old before site weds, because she It then mature, with settled taste, and knows the kind of a husband she really necJn and wants. Also because sho is ready to settle down and make a home. Instead rf wanting to bo' forever gadding about t? places of amusement, and feeling herself Ill-used because oho Is tied down to hut band, home and children. Certainly, too, tho girl who rushes from tho school room Into matrimony cuts hoi self out of her playtime for life. No mat ter how well a woman marries, nor hutf kind cud good her husband Is, marriage Is no picnic. It Is a state of serious re sponsibilities, and grave duties, and no married woman can ever be carefree as a girl Is. Those who favor early marriages tuik beautiful poetic nonsense about a young couple growing up and developing to gether, hut this Is foolish talk. It Is a.i accident, a miracle, when It happens, just as much as It you should plant an o-iK and a rose together and they should both attain the same size and strength. ' As a matter of fact, very young people are always selfish, always Intent on their own way, always opinionated, nnd they' quarrel because they lack the expert- ence, the knowledge of life, and the- self control to get along together. It takes ago to teach us tact in handling other people, and patience and forbearance to ward them, and that Is another reason why people who marry later In life stand a better chance for peace and happiness. Undoubtedly, a girl of 19 would be more apt to mistake infatuation for lovo than a woman of 24, but, alas, neither age nor wisdom enables us to solve this problem, which Is the crux of the whole domestic question. It we could distinguish In fatuation from love there would be no more unhappy marriages, for misery only comes In at the door when infatuation files out of the window, but love always slays close to the fireside. t see a horned demon, while If tho 4 Tert nnd Sermon. I had a little lesson several weeks ago," ibmurkcd the man with the gray mustache, "and It called me In good shape." "Qo ahead," said the stout man. I Wll s In tho (rnraira tuK... T i.AAn M.. car. yniw nuypeneu 10 ovcrnear a conver lon among the boys. A etrtiLin man sat had been injured while traveling abroad- very oaaiy injured, it was reported and one of the boys was telling the others about It. 'The story In the paper says he can't get well the youngster went on. 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If your stomaoh Is In a continuous re voltIf you can't get It regulated, please, for your sake, try Dlapepsin. It's so needless to have a bad stomach make your next meal a favorite food meal, then Annexation of Algeria Uy HKV. THOMAS 11. (SKKfiOKV. The annexation of Algeria to France, proclaimed eeventy-ono years ago today Februury 8. lS13-was, with the exception of the llrltlsh rule In the cxtremo south nt Cape Town, tho beginning of the "White Man's Hur den" in Africa. A burden Algeria has unquestionably been to Its French cdhquerors. II u n -drcds of millions of dollars were spent a n d hundreds of thousands of lives wcro lost beforo the "pacification" was brought about. It was In 1830 that tho trouble between France and Algeria had Its start, and behind It was the "almighty dollar." The French government ovcd two Jewish merchants of Algiers a considerable sum of money, nnd tho dey of Algiers, having a personal Interest In the matter, had made repeated applications for payment, but without success. Annoyed at this and Nnt what he considered Insulting language on the part of tho French con sul, he slapped thut official's face In pub lllc. Of course, French honor hnd to be vindicated, and the result was war. Atter two or three battles nnd a fierce bombardment from tho French fleet. Algeria surrounded, nnd the dey took himself off to Naples. Once In Alders, the French, of course, remained. Their honor had been amply vindicated, but they remained. And then came Abd-el-Kader, one of tho purest patriots and bravest fighters that appear upon tho stage of history. Noted fnt nnd wide for his modesty, gen tleness, learning nnd piety, this extraor dinary man left the retirement In which he had voluntarily kept himself, and swore that ho would do what lay within his power to drlvo the Invaders from the soli of his natlvo land. Insplilns his fellow Arnbs with his own courage, ho took the field and fought tho French for twelve years, from 1S30 to 1812, Proof nlllte against threat and bribery, unafraid of French jjeglons and uncorrupted by French money, Abd-cl-Knder hurled his naked, Ill-armed Arabs time and again against tho serried lines of tmr invaders nnd beat thm oftener than he was beaten, displaying a cour age that was sublime and a generalship that was worthy of thc greatest of mili tary geniuses'. Worn out at last in the unequal strug gle, Abd-el-Knder surrendered, and the French mastery of Algeria was prac tically cpmplete. With Abd-el-Kader crushed, the proclamation of annexation of 1812 was made good. Notwithstanding our anmlratlon for Abd-el-Kader nnd for the brave and un selfish fight he put up, it was well that tho French prevailed. For generations tho Algerians had been a pack of rob- Hers and pirates. Every nation about the Mediterranean had felt the scimitars of their "sex wolves," and every dungeon in Algiers was full of Europeans held for ransom. As a rule they had but little respect for the rights of individuals, or nations, and were a menace rather than a, help to the progress and prosperity of tho world. Algiers, noted In old Itoman times for Its surpassing fertility and beauty, had become under their fatalistic and slip shod rule but little better than a desert, while there can bo no shadow of doubt about the fact that, since the advent of tho French rule, tho country has In every way Improved. Tho rights which had been taken from tho Arabs were largely restored with tho establlsh-ient of civil jPvernment in 1871, and there is much to Justify us in tho belief that Algeria, with Its 150,000,000 square mile? of territory, beautiful climate and Im mense natural resources, has before It a bright future. Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIIiFAX. Dou't Play with Fire. Dear Miss Fairfax: I nm a young girl ana deeply Infatuated with a young man who Is the sunshine of myviife. But I am duty bound to another, which ho knows. He tells me he will be my friend W2 '"me between me and mine What shull I do? I can't hardly give up my new found happiness. To livo with put him would mean a dark, dreary Ufa is It so very wrong to keen him 7 Interest nio? P. W. It must be one man or neither. Vox are playing with fire if you try to keei both. 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