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TIIK UliK: OMAHA. 'ITKSIUY, MAIKMI IS, 11)13. age Br. Friedraann and the Medical Ethics wrxiFiiKi) iilack. So they didn't want to let you show whether you could cure the poor consutiip. tlvos or not, did they. Dr. Frledmann? Th(y didn't wntft you to try to turn fonie poor desper ate wretch's mis ery to half In credulous hope. They couldn't think of allowing you to try your consump tion cure for noth ing, or for money, cither. What, let a for eigner come right Into N'p'v York and make people well! Not It the New York doctors could holp It, and they made It unpleasant didn't they, lir, Frledmann' And bo you had to wait, and you had to keep the sick waiting, while the llttlo doctors of New York fought and squab hied' and hemmed and hatred about "let ting you practice." Well, are you surprised at that? We're not, we Americans. We know our doc tors and aro used to them and their funny' little ways. ,A few- mars ago a great surgeon came west demonstrating a new way to make certain kinds of cripples walk. A poor little fellow who crawled out to sell pa pers every day went to the great doctor and asked If his was the kind of case the 'rreat surgeon could help. He could .s-arcely bear to hear the answer for fear, but the answer was yes, 'and the little crippled boy crawled -to his den In a dirty hole In the wall and could not sleep all night for joy. There was a chance for him, an even chance, the great surgeon said. Maybe ,sqme day he might walk like other boys, might even run. What If ho could play ! ball,, too, somo time? Oh, rapturous thdughtt Tint -he talked, the little cripple, lie told someono of his hope, "and somebody told' Someone else, and In tho morning when he crawled out, with his face shin ing, to get his chance, the local doctors wore there and they would not let the great surgeon operate. Ho did not belong to tho llttlo one-horso medical society of tho western state. And tho llttlo cripple cried and begged, but the doctors stood firm. They would not let humanity come between them and their "medical ctletuette." and the little lame boy crept to his den and cried, and $0011 after that he died. Some thought his poor little dlsapointed !lcnrt,,was broken, but the doctors laughed nt that Idea. Anyhow, he died, and not ono of the doctors who took his hope away from htm even went to his forlorn liitlq funeral, and for his humble grave there was no single flower Bent by any of- those who were so afraid a "foreign 'UrgeonV might help him to live and be Happy. And. In that very city not six months after all this happened, and was blaz oned 'abroad so that every one who could i fad knew all about It, I heard one of those very doctors make a .beautiful hpcech, In which ho deplored the lack of confldenco of patients in their physicians and expressed himself as deeply grieved h'y ' the rise of what he was pleased to call "all kinds of superstitious revolts against honest medicine and the men wio practice-it." That's just It, gentlemen of the medlcat profession we don't revolt against honest medicine, but wo do revolt against doc tors who think more of some little trumpery "medical ethics" than they do of saving a human life, and somehow wo Greek Dances Gave Maidens Their Grace and Beauty Story by Margaret Hubbard Aycr. Sketch by Michclson. Dress MATERIALS Number Not alwayi do the cottliett material and lb mot npuulfe dr cum alter turn out tha mart rtt (own. Dutlnctlon in drew depend far mora on Information than on Incoma. With woman who know. It la not the cot that count but tho teneral ttjl; the alight nxxUU cation, tha Incidental little thing. To theae important "little" thine, tha Draaa Malarial Number of Vogue n dedicated. NOW ON SALE Hy MAUGAHET HUUUAltU AYKK. HE fair maids of. Grceco did not have basket Tball or tennis, but they had similar games and playod thorn with expert grace. The ommelela was. a sort of Bcarf dauco executed by the young girls alono and danced with long vellB to the music of their own songs or the flute of ope of their number. These 'scarfs were waved In just the same man ner as wo see tho dancers manipulate them today, but the- Greek girl was physically perfect and she waB trained In athletics and In tho grace of move ment. She had tho advantage over the modern girl who tries to Imitate these dances because she had never worn a corset or high-heeled shoes. All well formed people, who do not wear shoes, walk better than the most graceful woman who does, because few people have shoes that fit them, In the first place, and a shoe that Is tho leaBt bit tight or too loose throws tho body out of poise, placing the weight somewhere else than on the ball of the foot. The Greek girl had no tight clothing, and little of that, though she was not dressed as chilly as she looks. Tholr garments were generally of a warm wool material, and they soon became export dyers, buying beautiful colors from the Phoenicians. So you can imagine them dressed in glowing shades of all kind. Thoro was no stiff forms of etiquette in those days, and that made a great deal of difference. Girls are so often awkward because they are not sure of the dancing master rules of deportment, that camo long afterward as part of court eti quette, and which drifted down to all peoples, and made them afraid to be natural because they might be set down as ignorant. The maidens who danced tho emmeleia on the green lawns were graceful because they were un conscious of anything but the Joy of the dance, that celebrated the coming Spring. Of all the descriptions in Homer's OdysBey thore Is none more beautiful than that of Nausicaa and her maidens playing ball on tho shore and finding tho shipwrecked hero among tho bushes. You remember that tho lovely Nausicaa was the daughter of the King and went down to tho water's edgo early ono morning to wash the festival rai ment with her maids. They accomplished their task anil then bathed themselves, rubbed them selves with oil and ato their luncheon. Then they started to play ball on tho sand whore thoy had left tho linen to bleach. One of the girls threw tho ball Into the bushes and when she went to get It Nausicaa, tho King's daughter, discovered the cither King, Ulysses, who had been tossed about for days on the ocean and was finally washed ashore by tho god Neptuno to be saved by NauBlcaa and her dancing maids. Tho ninldeiiB tlancliiK the Knimcloln on the Krcen lawns were craopful nnil unconscious, of anything but tho Joy of tho dance that celebrated the coining Spring plain, everyday, unscientific" people can't' help seeing that doctors are Just about' as human as anyone else, sometimes a llttlo moro so. This Frledmann business, now. Doctors, honestly, aren't you Just a little bit in the world ashamed of the way you have acted? Are you all burled so deep in some fusty old tradition or other that you don't see what such a performance aa that does to your credit, in tho eyes of plain people who don't always quite know what you mean by "ethics," and who would rather hear you talk less of "etiquette" and more of human suffering: and how to relieve It? What is It you care about anyway human life, human happiness, or Just money, Just position, Just "medical ethics?" Three nurses went on the stand In a recent murder trial and testified that they left a certain case because they be lieved that the doctor in charge was pois oning the patient and not one of those nurses has had a single day's work at her profession since. "Boycotted," they say, by the medical association of the state whero they live. I couldn't believe that, I wouldn't be lieve it. Hoycotted by honest doctors be cause they would not stand by and see a patient poisoned as they thought. "Why, there must be some mistake, some rea son we don't understand. A man told me he stood In the hall outside an operating room In one of the big hospitals and heard two doctors Jok ing as they washed their hands, because a woman they had Just cut half to pieces turned out to be absolutely healthy after all and not In the least need of any kind of operation. Funny, they called it, and the woman died and her little child with her. And the man who heard their "funny mistake" was the woman's hus band. I thought he was half crazy when he told me that story, but now somehow, after this Frledmann affair, I begin to half believe him. And the nurses who are "boycotted" by the profession be cause they showed more Interest in the patient's life than in the doctor's repu tation. I shouldn't bo surprised to find out that they really are boycotted after all. He careful, eentlement of the medical profession, remember the old. old story of the dosr that dropped his dinner to grab the shadow In the water., ahadows are abroad In tho land. Don't clutch too eagerly at them, you may lose something that Is worth havlng-the love, the con fidence and the deep respect your noble profession should Inspire In the heart of every decent man and every fair-minded Undrraalnir the Chlelcrna. A little slum child was enjoying his first glimpse of pastoral life. The setting sun was gilding the grass ana roses or tne oia-fashloned garden, and on a little stool he sal heilde the a,iii3i a mii-, Willi was piUCKing U chicken. He watched the operation gravely tot aome time. Then he spoke: "Do yer take off their clothes every night, lady'-Youths Companion. .'i Women Most to Blame for Money Madnes (Copyright 1913, by Star Co.) Ily ELLA WHKKLKIt WILCOX. Do you know what moves the tides Ab thoy swing from low to high? 'TIs tho love, love, love Of the moon within the sky. Oh, they follow where tho guides. Do the faithful-minded tides! Do you know what moves the earth Out of winter Into spring? 'TIs the lovo, love, love Of the sun, the mighty king. Oh, the rapture that finds birth In the kiss of sun and earth! Do you know what makes sweet songs Ring for mo above earth's strife? 'TIs the love, love love That you bring Into my life. Oh, the glory of the songs In the heart where love belongs. Are men striving for fortunes because they want to make those they love happy, or is the contest with the, world exciting and stimulating like the smoke of battle In the nostrils of the warrior, urging thern onward? Do they love money because It calls forth their ener gies to win It, or because It gives pleasure to others' There are men, without doubt who enjoy the strife and excite ment of business, in tho street and market and shop and factory. Just as the old fash ioned warrior loved the fury of battle aside from any prin ciple involved. To win a fortune gratifies a man's lave of power. It gives htm the opportunity so dear to the human heart of occupying a place of precedence above his neighbors; of being looked to as a man of Influence; a .nan of parts; and If the man Is wholly ma terial In his tastes, it gives him the abil ity to gratify all his physical tastes and appetites. Men of this class (a largo class In America) like women of opulent tastes; they want their wives to dress better than their associates, to entertain lav ishly, to be observed in public places, and when the wife of such a money-mad man Is simple and old-fashioned in her tendencies she is usually replaced by a younger woman, more companionable, an affinity of finance. Yet thero are thousands of good men In the land, who are longing for a simpler life than the one they lead; men who would be happy to live In a quiet country or suburban place; to read and rest, to play outdoor games with neighbors, and to reduce the number of domestics and Increase the wholesome pleasures of life accordingly But their tastes and wishes re submerged under tha unhltloiis of Friendship wives and daughters, who long for tho flesh pots of Egypt, for opera boxes, dia monds, hotel life, and fashionable winter and summer resorts. Only tho most selfish and mercenary woman would say to her husband or her father: "You must make money for mo ono way or another. No matter what risk you take, 1 must have It." Hut thousands of women, by thoughtless words and actions, suggest tho necessity for such a course to the men who sup port them. Thousands of others fall to give the word of admonition, or to make the small or largo sacrlflco which would arrest .i man In his Insane race for millions. Silence may make a more insistent d mand than speech, The woman who must take a trip abroad euch year ami chooses the most expenslvo resorts for her. health or ner pleasure; the woman who must lead the fashions, and who must have an army of attendants to look nfter her com forts, the woman who hnd no word of disapproval for tho successful speculator fellow nnd only smll ng admiration for tne schemer who escapes prison to lead society, is most assuredly guilty of feed Ing the money fever. If you, madame, koew that your Iiiih band or son was suffering from a fever how nnxlously you would look after his bodily welfare, and how uni emitting would be your efforts to bring him back to good health. Why. then, aro you not equally so iirltoim when he Ig suffering from the money fever, which Is driving so many of our men today Into early graves or asylums for the Insane? What ore you doing to control this fever? Aro you wishing for a larger house, more Jewels, vehicles and Journeys? Are you wondering why other men have more success than those of your house hold, and do tho men of your household hear you admiring comments upon others who have the means for greater display? Were you to place before a fever patient that food which would Inflame the disease you would feel like a crim inal. Just as criminal Is the conversa tion, or demand which drives a business man Into speculation and mud scheme for acquiring money. The attention of tho whole world Is focussed upon America today because of tha money mania whloh has seized upon our men. Many foreigners who visit us lay the blume of this condition upon our women. Before they deny the accusation it might be well for oacli one to ask .her self Jut how guiltless she may be! Tlie Influence of women In Amcrloa Is almost limitless. Iet her use It for mak-. Ing our Country a better place for men to be reared In than It has become in the last quarter of century. Iet her talk more and think more of quieter and she will find man following in her wake ox he has sine time befun. Copyright. 1313 International News Service. Ily KLIiKItT IIUIIUAIM). Most generally, whon I travel, 1 go alone this to Insure being In good com pany. To travel with another Is a ter rible risk; It puts a great strain on the affections. I once made the, tour of Scotland with a man who was traveling for his health, lie had lung trouble or Im agined lie had. I hnd known tho man In a casual way for several years, a n d wo started out the best of friends, antici pating a good time "We were gono three weeks, and when wo got back I hated thor- v. m oughly, nnd I have every reason to be lieve that lie fully teclprocated the sentiment. Am: yet ho was nn holiest mun-nnd I am, too, although not an extremist There was nothing to quarrel about; It began at Huston station, where I bought thlrd-claB tickets. Ho said he preferred to rldo first-class, or second, nt least there wus such a thing as false economy. I asked him why ne hud not said some thing along this lino before I hud purchased tho tickets. He retorted that 1 had not consulted his preference In the mutter. I brought in a mild rejoinder by moving the pre vious quBBtlort, and showing thut he, him self, had proposed that I should take entire charge of arrangements, using my own good Judgemont at all times. lie said something about his error In supposing lie was traveling with a dls. cernlng person. Just thon the guard camo along, slamming the doors, and we were pushed Into a third-class carriage, where he enjoyed an nil-day Journey together. At Edinburgh my companion wished to ascend the Hoott monument, visit a friend at tho university and buy a plaid rug at ono of the shops In Princess street. I proposed tn look up the footprints of Bobble Burns and John Knox. He said. "Confound John Knox!" I answer!, "You evidently think I am referring to Knox the halter." He grew mad us a hatter, and I had to defend John Knox and later had to do the sanio for Hab and his friends him! Christopher North. And so It went ho pooh-poohed my heroes, and I scorned the friend be wUhed to find at tho university, smiled uutrotilzlngly on the Scott monument, und said "Hoot mon" at tho Idea of buying a plnld rug In Princess streot. And tills wus many years ago; fince then I havo been very cautious about entering Into any Anglo-American al lances. Yet to travel alone often seems to bo dropping something out of your life. When tho voyage Is rough, the weather bad and tho faro below par, my spirits rise. I say to myself; "Sonny, thl is certainly a bit tough but who cares. Just Imaglna tho number of peo pin who actually suffer for the neces sltles of life. You can stand It. You havo had this wuy right along year after year but Just Imagine your plight If there were somo ono In your charge ex pecting a good time." Then 1 drink to Boreas and all the fiends of Gehenna, and urn supremely content. But suppose the night Is rosplcndcnt with stars, tho waves tremulous with re flected beauty, and us tho great ship Kocs gliding across tho deep proud, Strong nlli! tlrnlnxn thnra tnn. j thoughts sublime and emotions such as Wagner knew when he wrote tho "Pil grims' Chorus." You aro not happy simply because you want to tell some one how happy you are. What Is tho starlight for, save to call some one's attention to. nr th,. phosphoreecent sheen except to bo pointed nut and enjoyed by two? Kx. qulrite beauty, as revealed In music, painting, sculpture or beautiful scenery, ufects mo to tears; and there always comes creoplng Into my life a profound, sadness, a droud homesickness, to think that In this wealth of peaeo and Joy 1 am alonu alone. Cun you stand by yourself on a hill. Hide and look ucross a beautiful little lake to the woods beyond, or walk through h pine forest, whero tho needles sink us u carpet boneuth your feet, und the air Is full of pungent odor of tho pine, nnd tho gently Bwaylng tree tops ocorhead croon you H lullaby-can you enjoy all this without an exquisite tnelun oholy and a Joy that hurts, piercing your soul, ifs homesickness, that's all; ou want to go home and tell some ono how happy you are. Olve me solitude, sweet solitude, but In my solitude give m stilt ono friend to whom I may murmur, solitude Is sweet. The Grand Commander Ily IMiV. THOMAS It. (lUIXiOIlV. The denth. .187 vears ago-March J, Yj'.j -of the grand commander. Don Louis of Itequnotius, Alva's Miceessor in the Neth erlands, whs fruitful of such tremendous results, both Immediate and remote, that It is drtibtful If It ran bo duplicated In history. For somo time before llonueseus' death thero seemed to William the Silent but ono way loft to exeludo tho Spaniards forever front Holland nnd Zeelnnd and to res run tho Inhabitants from Impending ruin The Prince. had long brooded over the scheme sas tho Historian Motety. and tho hour scorns to havo struck for Its' fullnilllmcnt Tim project was to collect oil tho vessels of every description, which could bo ob tained throughout tho Netherlands. Tho whole population of the two provinces, men, women nnd children, together with all the movable property of the country, wero then to be embnrked on this great fleet and to seek a new homo beyond tho seas. The windmills wero then to bo burned, tho dykes plorced, the sluices opened In every direction, nnd tho cdun- try restored forever to the ocean, from which It had sprung. - Such was tho scheme, good authorities assure up, upon whlchfWIIllam had about settled, but the desperate resolve waa suddenly and unexpectedly forestalled by the death of Itoqucsous nfter brief Ill ness of only two or thro days' duration. The grand commander s death gave William tho Silent tho rosplto of which he was In such need, with tho result that the Netherlands were saved from tho ulHiut-to-be-lnvlted waves of tho ocean. But that wns not all. To use thn en- thuslastlc 'words of Motely: "Look at thnt narrow tongue of half-submerged earth. Who could suppose that upon thnt slender sand bar, JK5 miles In length, Bnd vnrylns In breadth from four miles to forty, ono man, backed by the popula tion of a hnndful of cities, could do bat tlo nlno long years with the master of two worlds, tho domlnator of Asia, Africa ond America, tho despot of tho fairest realms of Kurope, nnd conquer him at last!" Yet that wns what the death of Ite queseus made possible. Hnd ho lived another month, or, possibly another week. Holland might havo been committed to tho dcop In the last desperate resolvo of Its peoplo to bo free. Not only so. but hnd Holland and Zco land been given to the ocean and their Inhabitants embarked upon tho seas, tho chances aro that thoy would havo turned westwnrd for tho, new world, and in all likelihood have sought their fortunes In what Is now tho United Stntes of America, anticipating by,-lu1f n-century the Cavaliers of Virginia and the Purl tans of New England. Fancy Is frea to revel nmong the pos sibilities or probablltles, that would havo been attendant upon such movo, but wo aro suro of one thing, tho Dutchmen would havo established a republic with fico institutions, with tho largest pos slblo guarantee of liberty and with every possible provision for progress In tho truo civilization. It turned out that Holland was not flooded, and that tho Dutchmen did not embark upon tho Beas to search for a now home, but that, fifty years later, Englishmen settled upon tho soil of the great republlo-to-be. It Is well that th glorious land fell to the Englishmen, but It would havo been, In every respect, Just oh well had It fallen to tho Hol lander. Englishmen and Hollanders nr brothers, loving tho same great Ideals ond principles, devoted to the samo "priceless possession" of liberty, ani mated by tho snme desire for science, humanity nnd Justice, and together they ore working with equal eal for tho things that make for progress. 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