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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, l!Ul.
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Dorothy Dix
Writes on a Pretty Girl's Troubles
By DOROTHY DIX
A young woman writes me""a letter In
which she says;
"Will you Please tell nie whv It Is !
that a pretty girl Is Insulted at every
turn? I cannot work In an office without
my employer fall
ing in love with
ma. I cannot walk
on the street with
out being followed
by men. Isn't It
terrible:"
If certainly would
be awful, Mabel,
If It wero . true,
but. methlriks you
flatter yourself,
The reptile of the
masher species Is
far" too common
In ' this city, but,
tho entire mascu
line portion, of tho
community does
not belong to that
loathsome family. Tho flirtatious em
ployer Is also unhappily still found In
our midst, but ho Is a rather rare bird.
Most men have all thoy can do to hold
their own with their competitors, and
have to hustle so hard in business hours
that they havo no time for flirtation,
and are more Interested In whether their
stenographer can Bpell than they are In
the size and color of her eyes.
Likewise the statement that a young
woman can't walk ' the streets without
being followed Is not convincing as they
say In the law, because pretty girls are
far too common In this city of beautiful
women. Any maiden whose pulchritude
would draw a train of Johnnies after her
could afford to be whisked about in a
taxi, because she would have all the
managers of musical comedtes fighting,
to see which one could pay her the most
money as a drawing card for his show.'
Of course, I am not denying thnt there,
are leering, ogling men on the street that
do spealc to pretty girls, and who are as
offensive and Insulting as possible. In
every such case It Is a woman's duty to
herself and every other woman to turn'
the offender over to tlje nearest, police
man, and appear against him- In court
so that he may get the prqper punlsh
meh'tSit'hls course of procedure'' .would
sowuextermfnate thet- street -masherj breed J
of vezuin. - . -
Also, occasionally, tilt not very "often,
a working girl has, the 111 luck to get into'
the employ of a man who expects her to
throw hor soul along with her- w.ork.i tot
hold her Job. Fortunatoly there aro not
many monsters of this caliber, and when a
woman finds herself In the clutches of
such a one her only safety Is to flee, as
she would from any other danger.
However, all of theso perils to young
womanhood aro not half 'as menacing as
they sound. The street masher Is a cur
dog with a yellow streak In him, who
qualls't beforo the1 contemptuous glance,
of a steady eye, and who slinks away at
the slightest intimation that ho Is going
to be punished for his offense. As for the
flirtatious employer, any girl with an.
ounce of discretion In her head, can side
step his obnoxious attentions, or, It this
can't be done, she can put on her hat
and go out and look for another situation.
Beauty doesn't havo to be sacrificed to
the beast unless she Is Willing to bo a
victim. Nor does she have to be contlnu
ally crying, "Unhand me, sir!" as the
persecuted heroine in the melodrama dpos
when the villain pursues her. There ore
plenty ot ways by which, without speak
ing, every woman gives every man to un
derstand Just exactly the sort of a wo
man she Is, and how far it is safe to go.
There aro exceptions to every rule.
Occasionally innocence Is betrayed, and
virtue is persecuted, but, generally speak
ing, the girl, whose employer makes love
to her, and the young woman who Is
followed on the streets, have only them
selves to blamei They have at least looked
willing.
The girl who is always rolling her eyes
at her employer, and looking sentiment-,
ally at him, and who sits on the desks
and swings her feet, and gives the office,
as far as she can, an atmosphere of a
boudoir, hasn't any right to cqmplatn
when heA employer chucks her under the
chin and calls her by hor Christian name
and begins the day's work with a kiss.
She has brought it all on herself. If she
had been strictly businesslike, and con-
Ml OF PHYSICIANS
k Doubtless many who have'read our an
nouncements have said? "They were not
genuine cases or UrlfchfsDlsease." Then
how about cases like tllls7
II. C PelL corner of Broadway and Bat
tery atresia. Is the manager of one of
Han Francisco's big fcorpefrattona, He
had a son.who had Bright1 s" Disease, Hs
was greatly swollen with, dropsy and a
'United-States Army surgeon was called
.in. lie reported the case Bright's and
.-.Incurable. Although FU had great con
fidence in the physician he called an
other After,. careful .examination he
'corroborated .the Army surgeon's report.'
They told him be could, not raise the lad.
He thereupon put the patient on Pul
sion's Renal Compound. He began to
.tnend and In six months was well; but
the. .father could hardly credit It, He
.took a sample to a third physician. He
reported it normal. To be absolutely
certain he called In a fourth physician
for ft last analysis. He also reported it
normal.
Aa to the permanence of the results
obtained in this case, this was eight
years ago and the patient, now a young
. man. is in business In San Krnnelnen
There is no escape whatever from the
fact that Bright's Disease Is being cured
by Fulton's Itenal Compound. If you
have BrlghVs Disease you owe It to
RenalCornwund before givlne
oan get it at Sherman &. McConnell Drug
For DamDhlet on ou
lht" nuimm nwVi-
thft CUrAhllllv nf Tlrlfht'A T)1aua nrvlfa
latin J. Fulton Ook. San Francisco,
cerneil only with tho work In hand, ho
would havo taken tho cuo.from her, and
their conversation and -conduct would
have been kept down to brass tacks. You
arc not Inspired to demonstrations ot
'an affectionate nature when your thoughts
are settled on hardware, or law case?.,
And what jARht has the girl who dresses
flashily and 'conspicuously on the street,
I and whoso cycs are roving hither nnd
thither In search of admiration, and who
i giggles und laugns loudly In public
places to complain If some man mis
takes her for tho sort of woman she
looks llko Instead of the kind of woman
she It? Tho girl who dresses quietly, and
I who conducts herself with dignity, who
j keeps . her eyes steadily before ' her and
J goes sedately about her own nirnirs, can
go unmolested from one end of tlio
rountry to another.
There arc a. few Sir Galahnds In tho j
j world that try to protect every woman
iney mevi. inure uie uiau ic a4v.,ii..v.-,
that have no contclenco toward any wo
man, nut the great majority of men
take a woman at her own valuation ,and
they would rather help her than hurt
her. If a girl Is foolish, and flirtatious,
and weak, they wilt tread the primrose
path with her, but If a girl is straight
and strong, and honest, and good, they
will respect her for It, and, back hor up
In her effort to lead tho right sort of
Ufa instead of try to pull her down from
It.
In bewailing tho danger that a girl la
In from the men she .meets my corre
spondent' overlooks tho fact that this peril
Ms frequently Imaginary. There Is noth
ing more common than far a woman a
vanity to make her think that men are,
In lovo with her when they arc not, and
that she is pursued by those who. In
reality, have 'never given her a second
thought.
Therefore, I advlso my correspondent
to pluck up her ,'courage. Perhaps. sho Is
not as beautiful ns sho Imagines, nor so
ravlshlngito the masculine fancy, and she
may even exaggerate tlio danger that sl"
Is In when sho daljy takes her walks
abroad. At any rate, I will warrant that
If she will dress .sensibly and act sensibly
men will not further molest her.
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By LA RACONTEUSK.
Afternoon gown of "brick" supple moire
with coat giving the "bolero" effect.
The skirt hangs on five rows .if braid,
is .caught up, at half length In a draped
effect making a pannier- It Is fatten!
in ironi ana has a cross orrtt una Jo
very tight at the hem. '
A scart giruie or diock siik liiiiMin is
trimmed with Bulgarian embroidery.
nangs on me sue, ,olluw.n mo ...m
of the. drapery,,.
silk rrmnllji and Bulgarian einb'rnldury.
The bolero, half loose 'In Its lines, has a I
, low arnihble whlchshows three-quarter
sleeves. It has small revere ot black
silk muslin, with plaiting of black and
White silk muslin.
Shawl collar ot black silk muslin and
ma hlto w,th abot n one i
finishes the ne-k The bolero Is fastened
'In front by an omatnrot of Bulgarian
r
SSBBBBBBBB
ills f;J I
1 f "'idery Its f rs.i is tightened at'thc girls all look out to see him pass
i the waist line by two rows ot saute.
T?4.t 1 Tl.r TPHoi
LjULll JLPdJLJL
"it sho as prcttty off the stago as on?"
haven't you often wondered that about
your favorite star, or even some of the
lesser lights who Uuzzled -your eyes with
their lovellnefs?
I know one stage beuuty who Is far
lovelier In her little dressing worn than
all the glare and tinsel of stage Illusion
pan make her.' Kthel Harrymorc's won
derfully expressive gray eyes ,flowcr-Ilke
white throat and gracious manner are
llttlo private lovelinesses so flno and
rare that you must miss them except at
closo range. And she Is modest. That
modesty adds a charm to her beauty such
as little Miss Belt-Satisfaction would do
well to study.
"You want me to talk about beauty,"
saia .miss mrrymorc. rjjeauty means
Maxlne Elliot to mo. Maxlne ElUptt. .with
her wonderful faco and figure, uhd the
splendid brYUh that animates It all.
Brains, hraln! they aro tho Inspiration
and real spirit of true beauty,
"It 1b stupid not to know hov to bring
out your points or to let your prettlness
fade.
"A frilly black ruff back of a long
white thront and a sparkling face ant
mated by brains, will bring out tho charm
of the foreground. If you nre wishing
to look tho prettiest, and look tired und
drawn Instead, plenty of cold water will
bring the becoming flush of color to your
face.
"You know there Is nothing Immoral
about beauty, though some old fogies
seem to think so."Think of making laws
about tho width of women's skirts, and
whether two Inches or two Inches nnd
a quarter of white throat should be shown
i by tho low-cut blouse!
"Good cold cream will do n lot toward
'a'sturing you of a whlto throat. Good
taste will tell yeu where to cut your
blouse. Women ought to study these
things, so men (won't need to come out of
there sphere and agitate about them. I
told one fat old hypocritical mayor out
West, who when forced, to have a vlco
crusade In his wicked town, began by
making laws about the width of women's
skirts, that what worried htm was not,
having those feminine skirts wide enough
to hide behind any more,"
The star who Is "headlining this week
In the Palace theater, laughed merrily,
"You Interest yourself In dlvors
causes?" The Interviewer was laughing,
too.
"Oh, yes. Women must. Interest your-
Go A Voyaging"
By WINIFRED MLAOK.
A 111 tirvu lu ucuvUf aim wicu iu u"."n
and I know what I'm going fo to do,
I'm going a visiting.
Hurrah! I'm going to Germany to
morrow without
gett 1 n e seasick.
Won't It be a
lark?
Why, It Isn't far
Just a mile or so
the other side of
town. Yet I've
never seen the
street even I do
hope 'they'll havo
a piano and a mutter-kin
who knits,
and Unter Frits,
j wno plays the fid
! j e somewhere,
j and( on; )t they
i jlaV(J hUcen for
dinner and roast goose on Sunday, with
, h nImme,rll nd l,fe 8 Joy
MfiUD M ftt iiiuiq wt viiaijk'
Not an- ad from Italy In the wholo
paper.'' 'Let's see. I'll write one mysolf.
Wi
Wanted, room and board In respectable
Italian family; references." There, my
ship's at sett already. Oluseppe, filo into,
what a ptr of eyes, and whoever tho'lght
teeth could flash so, or his. brother, Tonl,
. what a wmstio .nas loni. uiyi wnat a
I liKht heart and light step, too, np wonder
) bpaButtU, rlsutlo, and on feast clays.
y lilt X 11D
"If you think about
self In 'things outsldo yourself, for if you
think about yourself you will bo Hclf-con-clous,
and that means awkward and un
beatable'.. "Now, I nm shy;" Think of that, you
little blushing girls whose self-conscious-tu-Ks
worries you to the rolnt of tears.
Beautiful, talented Ethel Uarrymoro Is
"shy." And her cure for Bcltconsclous
ncss Is to be Interested In things outsldo
your own petty little self.
"On tho stage I am my part. .1 lose
myself. In society I am .one,' pf the
guests, and I forget Ethel Uarrymoro.
But If I am asked at a dinner to get up
and recite; or If In -a publlo place people
stare and force self-consciousness, I urn
not happy, One never Is happy if think
ing of self. Posing and acting uncon
cerned won't help It; brains and hard
work will.
i "This brings mo to the beauty of ' a
happy homo life. , Now. I have my hus
band, my two children, my tasks and
duties. The glaring restaurant life doea
not bring out contentment, self-forget-fulness
or a consequent sweet expres
sion." "For beauty brains, modesty, selffor
getfulness, happy home life and good
taste," I mused,
"Brains cover It all. You have to be
perhaps, raviolis. Who Bald I had no
appetite? Oh, that brown sauce, nnd
oh, that spiced fragrance and the little
bottle of red wlno In Its wicker cradle!
Or to sunny France here's a row ot
thorn at the top ot the column. "Quiet
French family desires.'.' Are there any
quiet French families, 't 'winder, "Re
fined family -from Frnpce wishes to learn
English." ... '
I'm the very Amerlcalne for you.
rnadame and Me'damcs and Messieurs.
1 11 tell you things about tho Stars and
Stripes you never even dreamed ot ther-j
In pretty Paris, and you shall teach me
how to 'save, how to dress a salad, how
to serve a bowl ot soup that costs half
a cent as If It were a banquet, how to
make a Joke when the sky Is gray, how
j to wear a rose that will make your
thirty over Into sweet sixteen. Oh, I'm
glad I came to llvo In France a while.
I Tired, bored, down In the mouth!
I How can we 'Americans be that when
all we have to dp to get nn eh tiro change
of scene, environment, ideas and food,
U to put a little ad in the dally paper
and follow one of tho answers Into new
land?
Rent ' the flat, send tho Key of It to
your cousins in Jersey, who are oraty for
a month in town, and can't afford the
hotels lock up your lovo Utters, pack
a little trunk, forget the old you-the you
with the worries, the tired nerves, and
sore heart shut that up in tho storeroom
with the, old-fashioned trunk and ithe
moth balls, wave a gay good-bye to care.
nd go nvoyaglng- right here in our own'
bis town la tU United States of America.
rt:Ac YU -
VJ 1113 YYlly
yourself you will be self-conscious."
wisp enough to brink out your good points
and to cover your poor ones until you can
overcomo them. You must huvu brains,
and study to develop them, if you want
to bo more than a pretty Picture that peo
ple .glnncc'nt und forget". .
"Haven't you sum .personal beauty
secrets?" I inked ' boldly. -
"I? Beauty secrets?"' in a tone of hon
est amusement.
"Yes, you Indeed."
'Oh, no, I study a- lot, of course. I
read twcnty-flvo books up In Toronto last
week. I am always reading and study
ing music And I guard my health."
Miss Uarrymoro laughed and took an
earnest nibble at the lemon sho is rely
ing on to help her overcomo a threatened
case of laryngitis. "A simple life! Not
too much rich food high thinking. I've
Just one pet theory two glosscH of cold
jwatcr morning and evening. That Is
such a gentlo stimulus to the physical
well-being."
Over on tho mantel Fhelt, noxt to the
picture of tw'o dear llttlo kiddles, stood
a, bottlo of mineral water..
"Has thnt a special medicinal value'"
I asked.
"No, I Just try to bo sure of clear, rnro
water, I am not sure In the average
theater so I drink bottled water, But I
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Washington's
lly REV. THOMAS II. GREGORY.
C
The United States government Is 12i
years old. On April 3). UK), nt Federal
hall, corner ot Wall and Nassau streets,
Georgo Washington was duly Inaugurated
first president of
tho United States,
and tho great ex
periment of self
government ' o n
these v e s t e r r
shores was fairly
begun.
The beginning
was most ausp'
clous. Than Wash
ington no finer
man ever stood at
the forefront ot n
nation's life, Of
Washington Ameriea Is eminently proud,
.and ot Washington America has
the right to be proudt for the "Father
of His Country" was, .hi every sctwe of
tlio word a wholo man. Time has some
what disturbed tho halo that for a long
while held tho -place" about' the great
inan'n lad. It lis?, ieen proven that
Washington wan human, and all the
more thanks for that. - Hut after the
closest scrutiny, from every part' of the
world, for a century a!hd a quarter, It Is
still to be proven -that anything moan,
or mercenary, or dishonorable or un
patriotic ever came near' the head or
heart ot our first president
WpNhlngton loved his country with
whole heart 11 was a liatrint lo tu
,core. liu first, last and vnty ambition
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r II True Modesty Is a
Real Aid to Beauty
never omit my boforo-golng-to-bed drink
ot water. i
"I diluk r.itllt, too. Though It is not
sufo to tako much of that if you are
'threatened with an accumulation of
pcunds. You see, brains coma In again
about not growing, fat In theso days of
sylphs. Don't let fat accumulate. For
In tho process ot losing It violently, you
are likely to get a drawn and haggard
look. Thut means you are going to ap
pear old. Soft facial contours guard
against tho appearance ot age."
1 looked approvingly at Miss Barry
moro's smooth, facial contour and won
derful skin. Sho smiled shyly,
"If you know you are thin and ema
ciated or If you overhear a fat creature
ot about va pounds net weight, remark
ing: There's Ethel Barrymore at the
next tabic, John. How stout shea
grown dear me, she Is stouter then
am!' why, then, In either case you are
likely to become self-conscious.
"So, you sop, I have to avoid an ema
ciated faco and over-welghtedi body as
the modern Scylla and Charybdle and so
should nit girls.
"You see, It Is all a perfect circle, your
'sentinel brain' must guard you against
tho necessity of self-consciousness and
that is the best beauty secret I know."
Inauguration
was to do what ho could to promote
the high ends to which the republic was
dedicated. Politics, ns defined by Arts,
totlo, Is the "science of government."
Washington was not a learned man, and
probably knew very little of Aristotle,
hut his head was clear and his heart
was ur, and hn, too, felt that politics
was tho science of government, and (that
the result of the government should be
t' "greatest good to the greatest num
ber" Vof his fellow citizens,
From thnt high and sacred conviction
Washington never once swerved', and
when ho quit Ills exalted office he did
so with clean hands and unsmlrched
seems like a dream rather than the
solldest of historical facts. The Romans,
after fighting "tooth and nail" for 3M
years, found themselves with a territory
no larger than thnt comprised within
the limits of Greater New York. In 1J1
years the Americans are the owners of a
territory In comparison to which the
Roman empire, when at the height of its
glpr)', was but a small affair a terri
tory wherejn aro operant the greatest In
dustrial, economic, moral nnd political
forces thnt this old planet ever wit
nessed. Sot Only "flo," hut "Stay."
Its all right to have plenty ot go. but
y... a si want to have some staging
qualities.
1. fame,' leaving behind him a name whleh
' Is probably the most Illustrious In the
annuls of the race,
I llapld and phenomenal has been the
progress of Washington's country! It
Ella Wheeler
Wilcox
on tho Stage It is a Pain
frilly Hard and Monotonous
Lift Actress Meet Man?
Adventures, but Few Real
Scmptntions-
I. J
( lly EMjA WHEELER WILCOX
Copyright, 181J,
by Amerlcnh-Journal-Examlncr,
There was a young woman who longed
to go on tho stngcr,
Her mother objected seriously, she felt
the lire was full of temptations ancT her
daughter would not
bo strong enough
to resist them.
Finally, however,
the young womnn
secured nn opening
and became a mem
ber of a road cam
pany. Having heard so
m u t Ji of the
temptations of the
atrical llfo, sho be
gan to look for
temptations to re
sist; 11 ltd . much to
her uMorltshmcr,(.
not one was pre
sented to her.
No alluring young
man stood at the stage doors, hiking her
to dlno where champagne flowed llko
water.
No bouquets with dlainomls hidden In
the center were tossed at her feet; and
no one said or did nught that wits open
to rebuko In her presence. But tho Ufa
was painfully hard, drcnrlly monotonous
and absolutely comrriontilce.
Sho was obliged to take trains at mis-
ernbln stations In all hours of the night
nnd In all kinds ?t weather; she wns
obliged to. stpp nt wretched hotels and
boarding houses; nnd she found the re-
henrsals tiresome, and the plays were
very wearisome, nnd the life Insupport
able, after j year.
So sho left the ranks of the ambitious
with a vacanoy, and went home to ljve
disillusioned nnd disappointed and un
tempted, This little talo Is told as a preface to
the letter which has been received. The
letter soys!
?'Would you advlso mo to choose tho
career of an actress? I havo talent, but
hesltato about going Intothe life, know
ing tt'tb be so full of temptations."
Tho girl who feats for her good be
hnvlor under the stress of temptation In
any walk of life had better nvold that
path. '
Without doubt the youngiS unprotected
actress ,1s subjectod'-to mdiny unpt&sant
experiences not encountered by thoso In
private life. Vet, from suph accounts as
I have received personally from theso
young women the experiences would
hardly come under tho head ot tempta
tions." To my mind a temptation Is n
subtle, fascinating Interior, emotion un
less the thing offered appeals to us It la
'not a temptation.
Tho average young actress encounters
brutal, rough and coarso adventures,
which shock and hurt and nngor her, but
not tempt her.
Men speak to her familiarly, nnd vulgar
nnd mercenary propositions aro often
made to hor In a purely buMnoss-llkn
manner, which only servo to disgust and
dlsllliislontxo her.
All asplrantsNfor a theatrical, career do
not encounter such experiences, but
many do.
A girl of any refinement could" never
bo "tempted" In this way. She would bo
far more, likely. to meet real temptation
In a ballroom or In a score of social 'situa
tions. The question of deciding Whether to
become nh actress or ndt does hot seem
lo me to bo one of morals so much as
ono of final satisfaction.
Unless great succos results, the Ufa
Is one 6t dreary results, .the life Is cne of
dreary drudgery and awful monotony of
experience. Bond life and one-hlght
stands destroy nil tho pleasure, In exist
ence, (i0 I have been told by scores ot
men and women of experience In that
line.
And, at longest, tho trumphal career of
the greatest actress Is usually brief.
Then she passes from the public eye. to
give- place to a new star. Still, the soul
born for this destiny will seek It If It Is
to be, It will be, and udvlce Is wasted.
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