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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 27, 1913)
THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION n ho, to his knowledge, seen a portrait of her. Not withstanding which, he says: "A night or two afterward, as I was sleeping with my wife, a lire brightly burning in the room and a candle alight, I suddenly awoke, and saw a lady sitting by the side of the bed where my wife was sleeping soundly. At onee 1 sat up in tho bed, and gazed so intently that even now 1 ean recall her form and features. I remember that I was much struck with the careful arrangement of her coiffure, every single hair being most carefully brushed down. "How long 1 sat and gazed 1 can not say; but directly the apparition ceased to be, 1 got out of bed to see if any of my wife's garments had by any means optically deluded inc. 1 found nothing in the line of vision but a bare wall. Returning to bed, 1 lay till my wife, some bonis after, awoke; and then 1 gae her an account of her friend's ap pearance. 1 desci ibi'tl her rnlnr, form, eli .. all of which oartl tallied with my wife's recollection of her. Finally 1 asked, "Hut was there any special point to strike one in her appearance' 'Yes,' my wife promptly replied, 'we girls used to tease her at school for devoting so much time to the arrange ment of her hair.' This was the very thin?; which 1 have saiil so much struck me." In former times there would have been no alterna tive between accepting such narratives as the above as actual evidences of supernatural activity, and re jecting them as the fabrications of a diseased imagi nation. Mat modern psychological investigation, and especially the investigation of the st. te of the mind during the transition period between sleep and full wakefulness, has made clear the fact that it is quite unnecessary, in seeking for an explanation, to resort to either (lie by pothesis of fraud or (he hypothesis of spirit actum. "The boy may lie;" but if bo is telling the tiuth, there is a modem psychology sees it, no need of leaping to the other extreme and rais ing the cry of "dhosts!" At most, it is necessary to postulate merely telepathy between living minds. More frequently the solution of the mystery is at hand in a certain well-established peculiarity of the hypnoidal state, as the transition period between sleeping and waking is technically designated. This peculiarity is that the hypnoidal state is very apt to permit the emergence, from the depths of the sleeper's "subconsciousness" of memories which rise above the threshold of consciousness in the form of unusually ivid dreams or of hallucinations that may readily impose themselves (Coiilniintl tn I'nge IS) EVES TVT0R5 Reviewing Some Kindergarten Days in EDEN By CAROLYN WELLS Drawings by Elizabeth Iritis Jones O W. 1 X II K w younger days, Kve w a s quite e o n tent to be Adam's Little Know - Nothing. She was the same sort of child-wife as Dora Copper field, oniy she did n't call her husband Doady. Adam, being a man, well liked her to be that way, and loved her for her docile, trusting, adoring nature. lie didn't want a Cultured Highbrow or a Suffragette for his mate; he wanted the gentle, ignorant little girl that was bestowed upon him. And Kve loved Adam most exceedingly; she de ferred to him always, with a pleasant meekness, and desired greatly to learn knowledge of him. Hut of a truth, Adam was all unable to teach her ninny of the traits she wished to acquire; and much lore that she could have welcomed, he was at a loss or unwilling to impart to her. So Kve wandered about the flardeu of Kden and pondered right mournfully on tho vastness of her ignorance and her woeful lack of worldly wisdom. And as she strolled, there came and strutted by her side a great Peacock, dignified, yet flaunting of mien and vastly beautiful. "How wonderful you are!" said Kve, admiringly; "I am not of such beauty." "You are beautiful," returned tho Peacock, ''but you are ignorant." "Too true." wailed Kve, in most sad accents. "Hut I have no Tutors to tute me. How may I acquire worldly wisdom in (his Garden?" "There are many Tutors about, Oh, Kve!" replied the Peacock; "but you fail to recognize them as such. Many of the creatures in this (Jarden have traits and knowledge, which, learned by you, would be of inestimable value to you; and so, to womankind for over." Kvo's eyes sparkled, and her countenance grew bright in anticipation of this coveted knowledge that might yet be hers. "Kxplain, Oh, Peacock!" she begged of tho beau tiful bird. "I, myself, will teach you vanity," ho responded, and ho proudly flaunted his gorgeous plumage before her eyes. "Vanity is one of the most useful studies in a woman's curriculum. Ho vain and you will be happy. Ho convinced of your own beauty and you have already convinced others of it. He vain of your own accomplishments and you have already forced men to admire them, and women to bo jealous of them. Vanity produces little arts and graces hitherto undreamed of; it makes you charming, alluring and altogether desirable." ' The Peacock twisted his neck proudly, and the sun touched with gold the blue-green sheen. "I am accounted beautiful, yes," he went on; "but mostly am 1 so accounted because 1 am vain of my beauty. Vanity brings haughtiness, scornful demeanor nnd supercilious ways, all of which are useful, even indispensable, to the worldly-wise woman." Now, Eve was of a fine receptiveness, and the words of the Peacock fell on fertile soil. Vain she became at once. Proud id' her own beauty, she twined her long tresses with wild flowers, and stuck poppies coqticttishly over her ears. She chose the lincst and best shaped fig leaves for her new apron, and bordered it with a fringe of bright blossoms. Vanity became an ineradicable trait of her nature, and she besought Adam for extravagant expressions of admiration. Adam, poor man, was a bit bewildered. He had never seen a vain woman before, and he did n't quite know how to treat one. He did his best to please her, and at last he exclaimed in baflled astonish ment: "Why, you're as vain as a Peacock!" Then was Kve full content, for what more may one ask than to equal one's teacher.' Next, turned she to the Tiger for enlightenment and wisdom. ".My child, you have much to learn," said the great beast, looking benevolently from 'nouth shaggy brows af the beautiful woman. "Vain you are, but other feminine traits should be yours. Learn, then, of me. Acquire my soft, velvet-padded caress which yet conceals sharp claws. Acquire my purring, indolent manner, which only masks a most alert attention. Learn my stealthy, secret mode of approach, oven while all prepared for a sudden, deadly spring. This is tho spirit of tho lore I would teach you." "DKADILY, Kve understood. Even tho treachery of the Tiger's nnture was imparted to her, and stored away in her waking brain for tho use of the Kternal Feminine. Then came a Lamb, gamboling. "Oh, pshaw, Tiger!" called the Lamb, gaily; "you 're teaching Eve too much of your de ceitful nature. Look here, Madam Kve; Man admires in woman the meekness and playful ness of the Lamb. A merry gentleness und docility doth at times please him greatly." "Teach me," said Kve, tranquilly. "All of these things I fain would learn, that I may use them at mv discre tion." So, from the Lamb, learned Eve all gentle ness and docility of manner, which, of a truth, well became her. Now, when that Eve exploited theso newly acquired traits in her home, the house cat looked at her eriticallv. "Much hast thou learned. Oh, Kve!" she spake, oracularly; "but more yet can I teach thee." So Kve learned from the eat. She acquired an elusiveness thai was most tantal izing. She learned to walk away when called, and to sidle up unexpectedly. She learned to select the best seat, and she learned thoroughly the vice of curiosity. She acquired slyness, secret vindielivo uess, and other catty attributes, which she stored away in her brain against the time when there should be other women in the world. AN'U more yet. learned Eve. Of (he Donkey, she acquired a line stubbornness ( this she determined to use with great moderation, hut with decided effect). From the Hen she learned domestic science, and a cerlain very feminine quality known as hen-miiid-edness. From the Chameleon, she discovered how to lake color from her surroundings, which is a flue art. Kvon the Crocodile taught her a pretty trick. "Eve," said he, "weeping is a great thing to understand. Not for a real sorrow such tears need no teaching. Hut tears for a purpose are among a woman's best weapons, in the unequal light she must wage against men. It's mighty handy to be able to shed tears at will." Eve greatly thanked the kind Crocodile, and soon learned to perfection the art of letting her beautiful eyes fill with big tears, and then rolling them in pearly drops slowly down her pink checks. Now, the Serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field. Anil when that the others, of their love, had taught Kve much, then glided to her the Serpent and finished her education. He imparted to her the secrets of his sinuous grace, bis mysterious, insinuating charm, and bis persuasive and fascinat ing allurement. So, Eve learned the wisdom of the Serpent, and now was she wise indeed. Of such a wisdom was she that she templed Adam; and by the inheritance of her wisdom, the daughters of Kve have ever possessed Knowledge, Wisdom and Power all unpar alleled by that of man. ILL Eve wandered about the Carden of Eden and pondered li.ht mournfully