THE BE IS: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MAY 0, 1913
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f Dorothy Dix
By DOROTHY DIX
A telling blow for box eauallty lias Just
been struck by Supremo Court Justice
Kelly- of Brooklyn, who has ruled that
the right to change your mind Is not
the sole prerogative of woman. Mere man
has.- the. .. same.
privilege.
In a breach of
promise case. In
which a fair lady
was outng, a faith
less swain for re
negging on his
promise to marry
her, Justice Kelly
made the follow
ing rule':
"Inthomodendays
of sutfr'ago agita
tion," ho said, "wo
must not be too
severe with the
men as long as
no unfair advantage
has been taken
of the women.
' "I am not going to let this young man
rot In jail because he has changed his
mind about marrying this girl. We must
remember that the lady always reserves
to herself the right to change her mind
at any moment, and It seems to mc the
man ought to have tho same right."
Good for Judge Kelly! That decision Is
based on good sound sense and Justice.
Moreover, If proves what wo suffragists
have always contended, and that Is that
equal rights for women will mean equal
rights tor' men," and be just as much to
men's advantage as they will bo to wo
men's. The breach of promise stilt has never
been anything more or less than black
Imall dlsgulescd as sentiment. No woman
whose heart was really hurt would drag
her wounds before the public for tho
sake of a little money. No woman with
a vestige of delicacy or refinement In
her composition would try to forceia'tnan
to marry her who had tired of lier and
was trying to get rid of her. .
It Is an absurdity to contend that a
proposal of marriage Is In the same class
with a business proposition, and that a
man should bo held fnlancially respon
sible for not carrying out a matrimonial
engagement as ho would bo for fulfilling
a business contract. Tho very essence of
courtship Is tho emotions of love, attrac
tion, fascination and desire that a woman
rouses In u man's breast, arid' when these
are. gone when he no longer loves her.
Stork and Gupid
Cunning Plotters
Many a New Home will Have a Littlo
Sunbeam to urlgnten it.
There Is uiusIIt a certain decree of dread
In every woman's mind as to tbe probablo
palo, distress and danger of child-birth.
But, thanks to a most remarkable remedy
known as Mother's Friend, all fear Is ban
Ished and the period Is one of unbounded,
Joyful anticipation.
Mother's Friend Is used externally. It
Is a most penetrating application, makes
the muscle of tbe stomach and abdomen
pliant so thpy-eipand easily and naturally
without pain, without distress and with
none of that peculiar nausea, nervousness
ind other symptoms that tend to weaken
the prospective mother. Thus Cupid and
the stork are held up to roneratlon; they
ire rated as cunning plotters to herald the
omlng of a little sunbeam to gladden tbe
hearts and brighten the. homes of a host of
Vappy families.
There are thousands of women who have
used Mother's Friend, and thus know from
txperlence that it Is one of our greatest
contributions to healthy, happy mother
hood. It it sold by all druggists at $1.00
tier bottle, and is especially recommended
a preventive of caking breasts and all
Mher such distresses.
Write to Bradfleld Regulator Co., 131
Lamar Illdg., Atlanta, Ou., for their very
Valuable book to expectant mothers. Get
bottle of Mother's Friend to-day.
to Be Married
Writes:
On Breach of Promise Suits Every Man
Has a Right to Change His Mind No Wo
man Who is Really Hurt Will Drag Her
Wounds Before Public for Money. : : : :
when she no longer attracts or fascinates
him nnd he hits ceased to wnnt her her
claim upon him Is forfeited, and as a
matter of fact, it .would bo ft nice point
of law to decide the woman who can no
longer deliver the goods Isn't the one
who has defaulted on the contract, and
not the man.
Moreover, Cupid Is no piker. He Is a
dead game sport, and whenever a man pr
a woman sits down to the love game he
or -she must play the limit and take the
risks. In addition, this Is also to be mild
that although women generally get a
cold deal In matrimony they hold the
trump hand In courtship. For It Is tho
custom of men to wood maids with flow
ers and candy, and books and theater
tickets, and restaurant feeds, bo that
Romeo has paid his score as he went
along, and even If he balks at the altar
the account still stands In the woman's
favor. Truly, tls better to have been
wooed nnd Jilted than never to have been
wooed at all.
In deciding that a man has a right to
change his mind about getting married
nnd ennnot bo assessed heavy damages
for doing so Justlco Kelly has done n
notable service to humanity. The breach
of promise case should be thrown out of
court and a man not only given the
privilege of withdrawing from a matri
monial engagement It ho decides that for
any reason It would be best for him to
do so. but he should bo backed up by pub
lic opinion In doing It.
Thousands of men. carried nwny by the
Impulse of the moment or some wave of
transient sentiment, have popped the
question to girls that they knew were un
fitted to bo their wives, and rued their
folly before the words were off of their
Hps. Thousands of other men havo hon
estly thought themselves In love at the
time they became engaged to women,
but found themselves disillusioned long
before their wedding clay. Thousands of
men nre so completely out of love nnd
disenchanted with their prospective
wives that they would rather face the
hangmnn than tho preacher on their mar
'rlage morn.
These men would give ten years of
their -lives to unsay .the words they have
uttered, to tako back the promise they
have ,g.ivenv to bo free of tho women that
they know will hang like millstones about
their nocks, but they lack the courage
to., break their engagements. Many a
man does everything to force the girl to
Jilt him. He picks quarrels with her. He
neglects her. Sometimes ho even tries
tp tell her 'hat he doesn't love her any
more, but the morn he attempts to break
away (he tighter she clings, 'and the
more she weeps, and In the end he gives
In and lets himself be led like a lamb
to the slaughter because ho hasn't the
nerve to hurt her or to be branded as a
quitter.
Let no man think that he Is doing a
ncblo and heroic thing to marry a woman
after he has ceased to love her. He Is
doing her the most cruel wrong that one
human being can Inflict on another, and
It would be a kinder act If he killed her
than It Is to marry her. He Is sure to
neglect her, to let her bee how she bores
him and what a burden she Is on him,
and to break her heart with a thousand
littlo evidences of his indifforence.
He takes his martyrdom out on her,
L and she pays' every day of her life for
his having been coerced Into an unwill
ing marriage. The affection of a man
for his wife cools down from tho boiling
point to sub-normal even when he's
crar.y about her when they got married,
but Heaven help the unfortunate woman-
whoso husband's love was at the zero
point on their wedding dny! Relieve me,
j she knows what a long, cold winter Is
. like.
Therefore, In Justice to himself and
I kindness to the woman, any man should
take the advantage of his right to ehangq
his mind If lie decides that ho has changed
I his heart, no matter how many engage
ment rings he has given, - nor how many
vows of constancy he has sworn. Iet
him duck and run, though he were at
; the very foot of the altar. It would save
J his life, and be a blessing to the woman.
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' eellcnt for cleaning wall paper. It Is also
I better than soap for the bathtub and fur
' tho neck, face and hands nothing Is bet
, tcr, It Is as cleansing, for clothes as
for the body Boiled and the water used
'hi sumo a soap suds. It Is as satlsfar-
- for denote fabrics as soap, and
dots not Injure the color.
CopyTigU.191J,lnternntIonal Nows Service
Secrets of
the Sphinx
My OAHBKTT V, 8EBVISS.
Tho secret of the sphinx, the oldest
puzzle In the world, Is once more the sub
ject of Investigation. Not long ago It
was reported that a little temple, dedicated
to the sun, and supposed to be about 8,000
years old, had been found concealed m
tho huge head of the crouching stone
figure which for uncounted centuries had
defied the abrading sandstorms of Kgypt;
but this Is now denied.
It Is not the first time that similar re
ports of strange discoveries In the body
of the sphinx have been spread abroud,
but Invariably the expected revelation uf
a secret which was kept even from the
ears of the Inquisitive "Father of His
tory," Herodotus, Is disappointed, nnd the
sphinx remains aH enigmatical as ever
The work that Is now actually being
done by explorers consists of excuvatlonH
by Prof. Kelsnen representing Hurvard
university, among the mortuary templen
associated with what Is usually called
tho third pyramid, or the pyramid of
Mycerlnos, of other excavations by Dr.
Borchardt. the German nrcheologlst, In
the rear of the sphinx, where a number
of underground passages have been dis
covered. Roth of these explorations In
dicate some connection between the
sphinx and the pyramid of Mycerlnos.
Rut tho sphinx was also connected with
the great pyramid, or pyramid of Cheops,
by similar concealed ways. Long ago It
became known that a system of laby
rinthine passages existed between tho
sphinx and the great pyramid. ThlB Is
shown by a curious extract from an old
manuscript, quoted by E. L. V'llson
twenty-five years ngo:
"In a tomb behind the sphinx, from
the mouth of a mummy pit eighty feot
deep, the echoes, prolonged, of a gun
fired In the heart of the pyramid wero
heard. wMTe the gun fired at the base of
the pyramid wnB hardly audible. This
fact proves a hidden labyrinth beneath
the tableland."
This recalls the legend of Queen
Nltocrls, "the beautiful one with the
rosy cheeks," who, according to the
stories that Herodotus heard, avenged
the murder of her husband, the king, by
Inviting all who had been Implicated In
the assassination to a banquet, held In u
great underground hall, which she had
constructed. At the height of the revelry
she had the gates of passages connecting
with the Nile thrown open, and all her
guests wero drowned. Herodotus also
says that she enlarged tne pyramid of
Mycerlnos. The Arabs, yet today, have a
legend that the spirit of .Nltocrls haunts
this pyramid In the form of a beautiful
woman who lures men .away Into tho
desert, where they go mad and perish.
At any rate, the rocky tableland on
which the pyramids stand Is undermined
with many chambers and connecting pas
sages, some of which are now being un
covered. Prof. Relsner's work Is con
cerned specially with a vast burial
ground, lying west of the great pyramid,
where, it is believed, members of the
Egyptian nobility were Interred during
tho porlod of the kings rnlled "the
pyramid builders." One of the accom
panylng photographs shows a gigantic
stone sarcophagus being raised from an
excavation In this ground.
Rut what was the part that the sphinx
Played In the stupendous assemblage of
structures collected together on this
focky platform? That question remain
unanswered. Why did the great con
querer Camhyses, nearly !,m years ago,
Here
By FRAXCKH U. GAIMIDK.
When a man and woman announce their
intention of getting married, don't get
them Into thinking seriously by asking
why.
Shortly after the glrrsets the date, the
man gives the distress signal to her
father. He doesn't want a parade wed
ding, and will the father assist him In
rebelling? Rut the fathor knows the
strength of the enemies' guns, stud re
sponds that It Is no use.
One reason tbe bride insists on a church
wedding Is .that she realizes It Is the
last time she will ever get tho man she
marries out to church.
No person, man or woman, who can't
look on the bright side should be per
mitted to enter the marriage state.
When a man walks down the aisle of
a church stepping on flowers which little
The
of
Hern la shown tho removal of a. hug stnno sarcophagus from one of the sub
terranean tunnels recently discovered, and below Is an Illustration of how
Queen Nltocrls trapped her enemies In one of the underground passages by In
viting thorn thero to a banquet, during which she had Rates connecting tho tun
nels to the Nlb thrown open, drowning tho feasters.
mutilate the face of tho sphinx? Did Its
countenance express Its purpose nnd did
he wish to destroy Its supiioaed Influencu?
Tho Arab numo for tho sphinx Is "Uhe
Father of Horror." Is that a mere play
of Oriental Imagination, or does Is com
Comes the
girls have scattered before him, he must
look like a fool, but no one haw even
looked at him close enough to sec.
A man und woman going on a wedding
tour try hard not to look happy, und on
thcr return they try just us hard to
look happy.
At a church wedding the girl at the
altar all in white looks us If she had won
the head prize, and every woman present
who has been married as long as a year
looks as if she had won tho consolation,
When It is said of n bridegroom that
he has money, every woman present re
marks, "And yoj bet she knows how to
spend It for him."
There Isn't as much honey In the honey
moon as reported, much of It being lost
In thn ordeal of wiping on new towels
after they have gono to housekeeping,
and breaking in new shoes.
Drawn for The , Bee by, George McManus
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Tunnels
Death
J!
memorate an all but forgotten tradition?
The excavations ot tho next few years
may yet give us light on tho age-old
questions that this gigantic figure, cut
out of the solid rock, suggests to every
thoughtful onlooker.
Bride
JJ
They long endure their engagement to
go somewhere after they are married,
where they will bo ulono. On tho second
day after they havo been ull alone, the
brldo says, "Wouldn't It bo nice If some
friend should coino along?" And tho
groom sighs, "Yes, or even un enemy!"
About three months after u bride has
left her old home with her noso turned
up scornfully at the suggostlon that she
take her old clothes with her, she comes
huirylng back for them, and la mad It
one garment Is missing.
As a rule, a woman has to wear her
wedding clothes so many years It Is u
wonder tycr great-grandchildren don't find
rice In them.
The longer a woman lias been married.
1 the greater her wonder that she ever
1 thought fine (lollies would, cut any figure
Jin her happlmss.
To a Wronged Wife
llyWCA WHKtiliKK WILCOX
Copyright, 1913, by
Ainerlcun-Journnl-Kxuinlner f
Relluvu me, dear mnduin, the woman
who ts nn absolutely wronged wife dop
not nsk nny one for sympu'lliy or udvuv,
because the woilnd is too deep to bo
probed by vvords,
and It Is hidden
from sight. It is
only tho surface
scratch which lies
open to the gaze
of every eye.
You say j'our
trouble has de
stroyed your ner
vous system nnd
made yon Irrltnble,
crosa and Irrespon
sible In yotl'r uc
tlutiH. Are you qulto
suro you were not
afflicted with some
of these peculiari
ties before ' you
were wrougod?
Thero was unco a wlfo who believed
her husband to ,bo loyal and true in a
sex sense; but she continuously nagged
him ubout small matters.
She woa Irritable and fault finding,
and ho ' wus a poor housekeeper nnd
careless In hri-'porsonul habits. I.lfo under
the same roof with her was purgatory.
Suddenly, when both husbund nnd wife
were middle aged, she found him In
fatuated with another woman,
Then she lifted her volco nnd cried
aloud thnt sho had been such if .id
wlfo. so faithful; so self-sacrificing; so
devoted; so loving; nnd here was her re
ward. And no one could inako her believe sho
had been the ono who hewed the wood,
and shuped and built her own crops,
Hometlmes the nbsolutely good nnd
noblo wife Is neglected and misused. The
most adornblc womnn tho writer of this
ever knew wns a tnlsiised and noglccl'-d
wife,
Hhe had suffered every Indignity possi
Charles
Uy. RK.V. THOMAS 11. UltKfiOUV.
It wn j.hlry.threo yenrs ago May 3,
1RS0, that thn famous battle between
Charles lirudlaugh and the Rrltlsh Parlia
ment began.
In lSKO BradlaUgh
was elected to Par
mi'tit by tho North
amrton constllu
ency, nnd, being all
atheist, he asked
that ho be allowed
to "affirm," Instead
of taking the oath
In tho usuul form.
The prlvlloge was
denied him. Offer-
UK. then, to take
the outh, he was
declared to be dis
qualified, was or
dered to leave tho House, und upon re
fusing to do so was placed In custody.
His scat was declared vacant by tha
courts.
In 1SS1 his constituency returned him.
Upon his again presenting himself he
wns denied the privilege of taking tho
oath, was again ordered from tho House,
and upon his refusal to leave was forcibly
ejected.
His Northampton constituency stood
faithfully by him and returned him In
THE SECRET OF iLON LIFE.
Do not sap the springs of life by neglect of the human mechanism, by tHowini
the accumulation of poisons in the aystem. An imitation of Nature's method ol
restoring waste of tinue and impoverUhment of tho blood and nervous strength is
to lake an alterative glyceric extract (without alcohol) of Golden Seal and Oregrn
grapo root, liloodroot, Stone and Mandrake root with Cherrybark. Over 40 years
ago Or. fierce gave to the public this remedy, which he called Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. He found it would help the blood hi talcing up the proper ele
ments from food, help the liver into activity, thereby throwing out the poiioni from
the blood and vitalizing the whole tyitem at well as allaying and soothing a cough.
No one ever takes cold unless constipated, or exhausted, and having whh wo
Has. Doxif. then In good health.
ble from n smnll-Rouleil bruin of a man.
Yt ho lindmndo. her home n heaven
for Jicr children; ami she hnd developed)
the most wonderful poise nnd strength)
of clinrneter which made her tho ad-'
miration of all who know 'her.
, After lur children were grown, nnd in'
homes nf their own, she left tho man
but she had bollevod It to bo for the best
to snv.o her children the scundal of a do
mestlc onrthquako while they were small.
And no one ever heard her mention he
(husband, snvo with dignity. Whllo n
woman remains under n man's roof, shd
should follow tho old saying;
"If you nre going to put up with a
situation, thou shut up." If you find tho
Munition Impossible, then get out; and
when It Is necessary, talk; but qnly when
It Is neccBsnry.
If you find yourself obliged to remain
under the roof of the man who hn(
wronged you, try to occupy yourself
every hour of the day with work nnd
duties and detractions which keep you
from brooding. Take nn Interest In your
personal appearance; surprise him by
.growing In attractiveness, nnd Increase
your clrolo nf friends,
Do not for an hour let him seo you
looking llko n martyr,
Kemnle mnrtyrs nre never attractive
to men. Keop busy, nnd never allow
yourself to bo led Into quarrels.
Think about othera us much as you
can, and ns little ns posilblo of your
own "sorrows.
Sorrqw well borne Is n friend and a
teacher, Imparting a sense of kinship nnd
sympathy. Put nwny any Idea that you
havo been specially selected by fato for
a crushing woe. Consider, rather, that
you have been made ono of God's Intl
mato family by being shown Into tho
chamber of sorrow.
1'Vel yourself kin to all the sorrowing
world, nnd cast out bitterness. All this
I say to you, knowing you havo not
reached a stage at suffering which pur-1
alyzcs thn faculties and makes words
useless. For if you had you could not
have asked for sympathy or spoken ot
your trouble. The womnn who really
loves and hits really been wronged can
only talk with (Jod. .
Bradlaugh
lSKi and 1883, whereupon the same scenes
occurred in the Parliament. In the mean,
tlmo ho bruught suit ngulnst the sor-gtant-at-urms
for unlawful ejection andl
won. but later on the Invulldlty of hla
tltlo to a seat In the House was reat-t
firmed.
In 1WH he was ngaln returned to Par.
llament, when the same old tactics were
resorted to, with tho same result, but
upon his being returned In tyi he waa
permitted to tako tho onth und occupy
his sent. The man o.f the rqn will ami
unconquerable spirit had worn them out.
Ry und by both the House and tho
country learned thnt UradlauKh was as
honest an., ho was courageous, as grand
a man ns ho was a fighter, und beforo
lie died. In January, 1S01, the House voted
tJ oxpunge from its Journal all tho ugly
resolutions that had boon passed against
him. It was a double victory, a victory
for Rradlaughr nnd a victory for tho
members of the. House of Commons, for
when that vote to expunge the resolutions
provulled. their good sense und finer
human sentiment triumphed over their
Inherited ignorance and bigotry.
Hrai!laugh wns born In Lonflon in
1KM, of tho poorest of parents, nnd at
the age of 1Q began ns an errand boy.
Ills education, such as It wus, was self-acquired.
can roai-nuiniion i wnicn is aiicuucu wiui iinporcnincu oiuuu
and exhaustion of nerve force. The "Discovery" is an all
round tonic which restores tone to the blood, nerves and
heart by imitating Nature's methods of restoring wast
of tissue, and feeding the nerves, heart and lung on rich
red blood.
"I suffered from pain under my right thooldsr hUde also a Wry
severe cough' writes Mas. W. DosM. of New Brook Und, 8. C. to Dr.
U. V. Pierce, Butrolo. N. Y. " IUd fvur different doctors rod m dtt
roe any rood. Some said I had consumption, other sail t woukt bare
to have au operation. I was bedridden, unable to tit up for tlx taosths
and waa do tiling but a live skeleton. You advised me to take Dr.
IHeree'a Golden Medical DUcovery and Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
When I had token one bottle of the Discovery' I could sit up for aa
hour at a time, and when I had taken three bottles I couU do my
cookhur and tend to the children. I took fourteen bottles la all vol waa
UrwlgbtUaowl6T pounds.
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