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15 ."he ee; ne aazire p)a "All of Which I Saw and Part of Which I Was" By nell bkinkley Their Conditions Force English Suffragettes to Violence, Says Doris Keane Copyright, 19H. by .lournal-Amcrlcnn-Kxaiulner Til 10 BKK; OMAHA, SAT Lit DAY, MARCH 2, 191,1. 8e Bib Cir Presents A Beautiful Face to Ad miring Eyes Let Her Guard her Reputation Hy KliliA AVHKHIiKR WILCOX. Copyright, 191S, by Star Company. Tho girl In the business block Is an Im portant factor In modern life. When the 5 o'clock wtstle blows, or when banking hours are over, ono may tee h beauty show on any of our great thoroughfares In th blK cities; for then the stcnog taphers nntl the bookkeepers, anil other assistants In business offices set forth to obtain a little fresh air and exorcltc, or to do shopping. Itarely on the fashionable drives can so m a n y beautiful faces be seen as theso busi ness girls present to admiring eyes. And when wo real ize the continual close association into which these girls are thrown with men, day after day, and week after week, and month after month, we can only wonder that ho few scandals occur In our land, In which the business girl Is the un enviable leading lady. Nevertheless, many tragedies occur in the lives of these girls which are not known to tho world; and more than one wife owes her peace of mind to the good sense and strong will, and high Ideal of s-onio business girl who refused to act the affinity role for a weak man. Again, the haughty and disagreeable wifo or daughter who calls at her hus band's office and treats the business girl as If sho were a fly upon the wall or a speck of dust upon the desk, "lias been known to arouse In tho girl's heart a budden Impulse of retaliation. Perhaps she has seen In the eyes of the employer a too great appreciation of her youth and beauty previous to this Incident, and has ignored it. But when ho pays her a compliment the next morning upon her attractive ap pearance u little thrill of gratified van ity, not unmixed with a sensation of re venge upon the wife and daughter' who Ignored her, takes possession of her mind. When he asks her to lunch or dine with him, It seems to her a step toward Eoclal advancement a peep Into the fairy world where his cherished ones dwelt. But, instead, It Is a step down and uway from dignified and lovely woman hood. She Is entering the common arena of the vulgar adventuress the ante-room of the divorce court, where the awful role of co-respondent may await her. Tho moment she accepts gallant at tentions from married men r.he Is start ing on the road which nine times out of ten lands all who tread It in the ditch of disgrace or In tho hospital ward. No married man ever pays court to a young woman with the Intention of be friending her, or helping her socially. He knows his attentions are compromising to her. He knows that every time she apprnrs with him In public she Is jeopardizing lier good name and Injuring her chances of marriage with an honest ami earnest lover. No matter what he may tell her that contradicts this assertion, he knows that what I stale here Is true. lie knows that his Interest In her Is selfish and dangerous. Kvcry Blrl. however young or unso phisticated, Is conscious tli at she Is doing wrong to her own best Interests of true womanhood and lowering her moral and i social standard when she permits a mar- j Kvcry mother of several children Is Wed man to escort her about. 1 qualified to serve on any grievance com- I konw that hundreds probably Hums-j mittce. nnds of girl stenographers do not need theso words of mine. They have Just as The old-fashioned Ionian, when her lofty standards of conduct as any 'iidy ' husband Ill-treated her. told her tro.i li. the land, and adhere to them wltii J -',''r ' tIle rd' Thp more n,0,,e,n as much dignity. woman tells them to a lawyer. Hut I know also that scores of young ' women who road theso lines do need the warning, and I send them forth to the vast nudlcnce It Is my privilege to ad- dicss, hoping they may help all such to leslst the alluring temptations which be set' them, and to Miinrnuii all their host qualities to the rescue of name, fame, honor and peace of mind, IJo not for an Instnnt, my dear girl, bcllevo that you have been placed In tills, peculiarly tempting situation through your personal charms and ' fascinations. Stop and realize how many such affairs ou have read about In tho dally, papers they arc exceedingly common. The average man la weak, morally, and so ciety has oucouraged him In the idea that he Is privileged to Indulge this weak ness. Nature has made the close association of man and woman dangerous, unless both possess a fine cense of honor or rn absorbing occupation or an engrossing paealon outside of each other's society. liven then the situation has Its dan ger. Many a man who really loves nls w!IV, and who has principle und refine ment, Is susceptible to a magnetic at traction of an hour, which, if the woman Is vain, mercenary or silly, may lead to a llfe-tlnio of regret for both'. In your peculiar iosltlon you should If constantly on your guard, and save not only yourself, but protect the man against himself. 'Weaker sex" that she U oalled, yet this In a woman's work In her assocU lion with men the world over. , There are thousands of fine, manly, dignified employers In America, who Heat their "tenographcra with the ut most rgot. But Into their offices other mm ftrqiieilly co-no who ale Ics con siderate wf the value cf u woman's uu-suPtc-U name, men wiio jievrr look upon an attractive young woman save with the "Anil when you seo a Man and his Once upon a day, an old-tlnio chronicler of events to show that ho knew whereof he spoke, appended to his Bto,ry the sentence: "All of which I saw and part of which I was." In the, story of the world Cupid Is the prize mover and the prize his torian. He knows more about" the inner causeB of great wars, why king doms rose and fell, why boundaries were changed, why great victories were won, why the names of men have come bounding down the centuries, why humble. .lives were filled with sweetness and the wonder of living and great lives jvere, a mockery and a nightmare for all of their greatness 'cauBO he was and is responsible for nearly all that goes on in this old world of ours. Cupid is a youngster alongside of some of our gray.bcards, but he is as old as human nature 'and human nature really becomes nature through eye of selfishness and with the deBlre of possession.'' The silly girl who believes that she has made a sudden romantic Impression upon the mind of a casual caller learns frequently, when too late, that she Is only serving her day as a human toy to amuse a restless rogue. I realize that often In your position you are called upon to act as a comforter to an un happy husband. But remember that the profession of a stenographer dues not In clude that role as a necessity. Let the unhappy husband learn to be a philo sopher and keep his troubles to himself. It Is always an evidence of weakness of character when a man complains of hts wife to his employes. Attend to your business, and let the man attend to his own domestic affairs. Respect your work yourself, and compel the world to respect you. The Ways of a Woman Hv KHANCHS GAUSIDK. When a woman has a poor figure, the j other women wlllx do this much: Thoy will admit It Is natural. Kvery woman who does all her own work knows what It means to exceed the speed limit. . ' f, Olvc a woman a rocking chair and a handkerchief and she Is prepared to wetp with the whole world. When a woman talks beautifully of her faith In her luihbmid, It is a pretty good sign she has never been trailed upon lo lieu It. Occasionally a woman looks at her husband and wonders If she wouldn't have been happier If sho had remained single. Then I she remembers the chil dren, and decides that she wouldn't. When a woman has more babies with her on the street than sho can well man age, she usually also has a feather on her hut which the wind has blown Out of Place. . It takus a strong woman to saj that it come irom me, DaKi-r s when a guest prulses the cake. After a woman has been married a few years she doesn't hae any. more respect for the men than a good cook has for a hotel dinner. Womon Jut-t natural1 like to linger around the love-making uarts of a novel and pictures of a man lidding a woman in his arm. A religious womun's Idea of being broad Is to speak well of some church not her own. If a woman's voice rounds sweet to her family, depend on It. bhe Is calling them to dinner or lo get out of bed. (Copyright, 1913, by Journal-Amcrlcan-Examlner.) Sweetheart you can know Cupid is on Iho job adding another story to his long . By NKLL BRINKLEY. Woman's Search By M AUG A HUT IIUBUAH1) AYKH. Miss Jane Cowl was explaining at con siderable length to Miss "Anna Mai hie, the cleverest of publicity agents, that certain phonographs of herself, whlcn were not good looking at tall were ex cellent likenesses and how this Idea of her. Miss Cowl's being beautiful was an error of belief and a delusion. 'And the funny thing about that It .hat sho really believe It," said Miss Marble to me In nil audible aside. . .Miss Cowl coudu't say anything because she was answering her cue on the stage at the moment. Hut I took the matter up with MIsr Cowl later, when sho sat beside her own hoarstone while the light from an open fire played over a face that Ameri can audiences have acclaimed beautiful and that Is oven more It Is full of vary ing Bhades of expression and Interest and Intelligence. "You see." explained Miss Cowl. "ov?ry ono has a favorite typo of beauty and I am not my own typo. No, J admlro tut woman with red hair, a very whlto skill and- thin, thin almost to attenuation." f .war. thankful .that Mlstf Cowl's ad miration for another type did not make her loan sight entirely of what wa8 d.n her own. and that she had succumbed to a pair of long corrsl earrluxs just the color or Iter lips ami ino omy viviu spot on r, dark, rainy day costume. Miss Cowl looks cvon younger off the stage than on II, and her manner l so flank, ho unaffected, she Is so genuinely (molested in things, that have nothing to do with the theater or her o.wp person tl Ity. that you. have lo. remind youmtdf that this Is next season's star, and tho same - girl who kept you sitting villi your mouth open nnd you eyes starl'i out of your head with excitement in U.iy ard, Volller's play. "Within the Law.'" Naturally as Mlsr. Cowl plays the ,ia;t of a. shop girl wo began to sptak of Iho lrrttv girls wlin nnUr Into shnna mill (offices ovory morning. "The girls who work, for their living seem to he getting better looking all time:" ''said their champion. "So much hns been written on the sub ject that Ihev have learned ti take care of good looks is much higher than It hi ..is if fcr- "put while J think tlicrn arc more pretty girls, there scorn to be fewer great bpaulles. No one yet has taken Lillian Uussell's place or has outshone Maxlno ISIllott:"; I night here I might have mentioned that people expected n groat deal of a certain Miss Jano 'Cowl, both as an act rem and as a beauty, but Miss Cowl wears both her Iriokh and her succesM with such unconscious und happy in difference that ' one does not want to insist, or spoil the charm. "Think what a blewlng it has been for women to realize that It Is not abso lutely necessary to remain as natuie made you." she contlnutd. "Not so very long ago the average woman If she were very fat or homely could do nothing him. He has been in on everything and most of all does he influence tho lives of those who live today. Tho crusty old bachelor or the angular splnstor may deny his powor, but most times those who deny tho loudest know his sccrot influence over their lives, and their conduct bolter than those who are avowedly his de votees. He makes of this earth a paradlso for the man and the maid and when you see a young man and his sweetheart together you know' that Cupid is on the Job whether they bo poor or rich of low estate or of high and he is adding another little story to his long list of chronicles which show why the world and the race really continue and ho sayB that with true love comes peace, content and a broadening human sympathy and understanding. for Beauty Ends in Exercise, Diet and Rest, Jans Cowl as Mary Turnr In "Within the Law." but lament her fate or lien I It with clashlc calm, uccordlng to her ago and temperament. Now sho has learned that sho has herself to blame and not nature If she is not fairly presentable, or healthy, at any rate. "Women have begun to reallno that all this search after beauty comes back to a few simple thlhgs, proper exercise, diet, rest. "A woman. If she wants to, can vir tually make herself, ovei, and she docs It to suit the style of the moment " "Who sets the fashion In beauty. Miss Cowl?" 1 Inquired. "Well, It depends; sometimes It Is an aitlst, like Gibson for Instance, who took tho broad shouldered athletic girl and made her the fashion. Hut where Is she now? It's the sloping shouli and not an extra ounce of flesh this season, tllrls like Ilessle McCoy have a lot to answer for. Kveryono admired hor typo and she made us all long for the 'rlbloss effect.' a very slim, straight up and down figure. Women worked, dieted and exorcised themxolvos to the door of the hospital to get ns thin as that. Just the same. It has heeli a good thing, because while women may est too little now, they certainly ate too much before. Anything Is better than right meals a day." "This desire to bo beautiful has really been a great stimulus to women. Thev have learned something about hygiene. I suppose wo are the if-rubblest nation in the world, for soap and bathtubs are not the prlvllego of the rich alone, as they are chronicle of tho world." v Says Jane Cowl ubroadr Then women tiro paying co much attention to their children's health, he cause the foundation of beauiy Is laid In childhood. Kvrii the craze for dancing goes back to the beauty question, for dancing novel was quite sj.much tho tag before women took to It Is a form of physical exercise, liiMeml of ordinary callsthonlcH. "It Is men and not women who eat the great big heavy dinners now. The women have learned bettor. The desire for beauty' taught them that. ' "Thero Is much loss drkng, both by men or women, and that Is another good thing. No woman -an keep her looks mid Indulge In any kind of alcoholic drlnkr. "No, It norms to me that through the craze for beauty Is oftr'n followed to silly extreme'. In Itnelf It Is a good thing And It certainly has taught many winner certain fundamental rules of hygiene und common const that they would never have learned any other way '" Iy MAKOAKKT III'IUIAUD AVKIt. "Thoy say that every woman mnirbij for some ulterior motive. If I marry Tin I sure It would be with the secret hope that It would make a better actress "f 1 me." 1 Ami so you may be perfectly sure th.it Ml Hulls Kenrnx, who. voices this roll blooded sentiment. Is a young worn who hasn't the slightest notion of marc, lug- at present nnyhow. Since Miss Konne dawned upon the town as the fascinating heroine of Slu-I-don's play, "Homnuco." playgoer ha' e been rubbing their eyes at the transfor mation. Can this be the pathetic little girl who had to sit for hour crunched, up on" stiff stage fnrnltme while all the characters In the plays told us that the wns more sinned against than usual? hi , tho temperamental .Madame Cavnllnl. with her Inimitable wiles and gnue. her bursts of bad temper and her mormosrtne her sweet, seductive charm and daz zling lieuuty. and relation to the lltt'i gray moth In the "Hyproci ltos?" "You have no Idea what a relief It Is to get awny from the kind of part t I have been playing. If any playwright wrote a part for it girl who has gone very fnr astray, that part was destined for me. I got fairly Mick of them. It's much moro satisfactory to play tli temptress than always to bo templed. "Isn't It n wonderful time to he living In, especially for us women? And It's universal. No. 1 can't Hike an active part In, suffrage work; one has only ho much itrength anyhow, nnd I think we ran do tho most In making the best of individual selves. In doing better wor'c and developing and expressing our own Individuality." Thus tho daughters of Ibsen, whoso strong and determined spirit and delicate physique mako her so es sentially and delightfully feminine. Miss Ken lie's sympathies are with tho militant suffragists of JSnglnnd, many of whom sho knows. "One cannot understand tholr tactics over here because the American man Is an entirely different creature from the Englishman. Tho American, oven if he Ik opposed to granting t lie vote to women, will at least argue courteously, nut over there the very subject makes the otherwise perfectly stolid men froth at tho mouth. They won't henr woman's suffrage mentioned. And women have to use violent methods to get them to pay attention. Tho militant surfruglstfl' for tho most part nro Intelligent women filled with a spirit of Immolation to the cause. "Last year, when T was abroad, I met Mrs, W. W. Jacobs, a beautiful and charming woman, wife of tho author, and the mother of several children. Hhe, like most of tho otheis, tried all quiet methods of suffrage propngnnda and failed, Then sho made her plans. Went to London, to the postofflce, sent a tcle grom to her lawyer telling him that sho Woud need him at once and to come to her. After that sho went outside and broke two windows with a hatchet, To tho crowd that collected sho made a speech and distributed suffrage leaflets, In a perfectly quiet and dignified way, Sho was arrested and taken beforo a Judge whom she happened to know per sonally. Enormous Wase Crossings is Crying for Hy fiAHIU'2TT I. SKItVISS. It will be universally conceded that one of the most Inspiring sights In New York Is that of a traffic policeman at some busy corner, uplifting his white gloved hand and stilling the maul- stroni of the crowded h t r o o t with tho Install taieousnesa and Incredibility of a miracle. Where can you find so vivid a symbol of the reign of law ns that commanding, mo tionless hand? From It radiates, llko un electric beam, tho concen trated will of &,000,w) people Away back up the line of the htrect on either side tho glittering uiitos come to rest and pack themselves silently In waiting rows, pressing closer each mo ment, like the banking flakes of a snowstorm At tho same moment an other torrent Is lot loose, flowing at right angles to that which has boon ar rested. Then it sharp whistle, a wave of the potent hand, and the runhlug currents are reversed again. Hut tills wonderful view of the life arteries of a great modern metropolis suggests certain thoughts relating to the details of the scene t which call for care ful consideration. Ono of theso thoughts I find expressed In the current number of tho magazine rallud .Motor. It concerns the groat ag gregate loss of tlmo that tho oxlstlug system of street traffic control Involves. Where, the vast currents Intersect there Is Inevitable delay for ono of tho othor. Huch must wait In Its turn. Hundreds of ,foot passengers must lose manx valuable minutes while the Impenetrable, torrent of vehicles flows across tholr way. They take their lives In their hands If thny attempt to traverse It beforo tho artrstliiK baud is raised. Then, when the valves are closed on ono side and opened on the other, tho hurry Ink' autos. In their turn, must los an equal amount of time, every second of which has Its valqo. either In money, ron teulence or pleasure. Various suggontlons are made or means i f avoiding tlds double loss. One much advocated plan Is to huv? certain thoroughfares devoted specially to auto tramc, but autos, like other vehicles, DUltlB ICE A NIC, WHO 18 PUA.T1NQ IN "HOAIANCK." " "t am surprised to see you here, Mrs. Jacobs. Why did you do this??' said tho Justice, " lu order that I might bo brought be foro you that my case would be given publicity In the papers that tho' people and lawgivers might understand the de mands of the sillfi'aglsts and that Inter on my girls might have the same rights and privileges under tho law that my boys will onjoy, was her quiet rejoinder. " 'Madame,' said the purpling Judge, T Mlinll hnve you tukun uway and your sanity Inquired Into.' "Now, do you wonder that the womon have resorted to anything to shako up the l-:ngllsh men?" finished Miss Kcane. Unwillingness to accept a new Idea must be Miss Kruno's Idea of dullness of a completely uninteresting porson,x She herself fairly vibrates with a tense In terest In things, but feels a constant war between tho desire to overdo, to over work, ovcrstudy, and the knowledge that sho must conservo her forces for the theater, where her groat achievement lies. "1'vo been a toriiblo hookworm all ray life, but that doesn't muko red blood, does It? Now I dream of Joining In for nil tho outdoor winter exercises, but dreaming la uboiit us far us I gtt. I have to practice tho gentle itrt of elimi nating everything but tho essentials that's n great urt, too and the essentials to mo Is the theater." . of Time at Street I Great Problem Solution must go everywhere In order to meet tho needs of their owners. Another suggestion is to change tho grades of streets, or to span them with bridges, so that tho conflict of crossing linos of travel muy be avoided by carry ing them on different levels. Tho diffi culties, in either direction, are sufficiently ivldent,'nud I liavo no Intention of offer ing it solution. A great deal of human wlsdQin will have to bo concentrated on the problem beforo It can bo disposed of. lMit It presents ono of tho crying needs of the day, and everybody ought to give Hiuni) attention to It. Another thought suggested by the scenes at tho greut crossings relates to tho qualities of the men In control. Forty yenrs ago, In tho days of the old Broad way stage uoaches, when Now York was hardly more thnn a vlllngo compared with what It is today, and when autos find not been dreamed of, there was an oft-repeated story of a country magis trate. This magistrate, upon visiting the me tropolis, declared. In dismay, that It re quired more Intelligence to cross Broad way than to be a Justice, of tho peace In a country town. Think, then, of the quick Intelligence, tho prompt Judginont, tho decision of character, required of the policeman who places himself In tho center of a street roaiing with tho multiplied traffic t thu-0 days nnd undertakes to control It all at his will and with a motion of his hand. A thousand opposed wills meet his, mutteied curses are flung at hlmj ho Is the center of a moral hurricane, but he must stand there Immovable and master all opposition. ' Theie Is no Imago taken -from Mm physical world that truly represents him. The lighthouse defies the storm, And nends out Its warning bourns through the flying scud, but It cannot arrest the rushing surges. This blue-clad tlght l.oie of the- street not only warns, but protects, governing the tempest and di recting the waves. lime. nHild all the storm .of condemna tion that haa recmitly fallen upon the police system, appears th Ideal represen tative of that system at Its best, firnft duos not touch lilin; ho would have no lime to ho dishonest If he had the wish; his courage equals that of the soldier, and his power of instant, decisive action rivals that of the general on the battle field. New York has reason to be proud of its traffic policemen, but It may be still moe pioud of Itt-elf when It shall I have i endued thrlr hard Job no longer necessary. i