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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1013. The gee' J-jrre yagazire p)ajf e M 1 1 All Members of This Club Copyright. MX International News Bcrvict. Drawn for The Bee by George McManua LOOK DEARIE ) TORE THHM -lr4 THE ILL HAve -r SEND THEM TO HO INDEED -DON'T THJ?OW tviONEY HAT -I'LL MEMD THEM' I COULDN'T 5ET THE EYACT KIND OP OODt-OUT THEY LOOK ALL. K1QHTJ TOURE A - THE HCED OS SOME C.O.t PACAES MADAM! ovi: q! DEARIE - LET HE HAVE RFTT OOLLAtSi v , ' 1 j : ' . . mni -,ll varp-n fit&raur ( ' J A a r ' LOOK AT THE PATCH T VE POTS ON MT TROUSCRi ANb THEN iPCND FIFTY DOLLAR'S ON HEtELF! PH! LOOK AT MY ET! A MfrRED MAN IS LOCK TO. HAVE A PAm op TKOOSEftS: r rAARfVtD f)t?ts CLUB YOORE HAPPY COMPARED TO MEJ Might and Mystery of Radium Sourci of Power Which Enables It to Hurl Projectiles a Hundred Thousand Miles Per Second Fully Explained By GARRETT P. SERVI8S. I have often wanted to ask you to tell us something about radium In a special article. I mean tell us In such manner as a lay mind can understand. No en cyclopedia does. What, for example. Is the meaning of Its power; whence de rived? "What Is radio-activity? What are these emanations so much dwelt on and how do they act? Please tell me, are these emanations a disintegrating of the countless particles composing a parti cle of radium? If so, Is it because the compression in the particle is so great, so Imponderable, that the molecules be ginning to escape 'emanating,' as 1 Imagine can continue to escape or to emanate for years and years and years with no sensible diminution of the partl Wnn't vnn idndlv resovle the whole theory and mako it plain as possible? How is It powerful for anything in par ticular? Would a, particle of gold or some other metal give orr emanations, ema nations be what J.. imagine., namely, dis integration? r - ,.J. M. w. The answer to these questions must be almost as compressed as the Inquirer supposes a particle of radium to bet Radio-activity Is a recently discovered property ot the atoms of matter which cause them to send off con tinuously and of their own accord, streams of radi ation, some of which consist of almost infinitely small particles (very much smaller than the average atoms themselves), while others are apparently only vi brations In the ether, In which respect1 they resemble waves of light and of elec- trlcltyl One result of radio-activity Is that the atoms of matter affected by it gradually disintegrate or disappear. Only a few substances are known to be radio-active, but it has been conjectured that all substances may possess this prop erty In a degree at present Imperceptible .to us, and thus the universe may be slowly dissolving. The known radio-active bodies are the substances called "uranium" and "thor ium," together with certain elements de- rived from them, the .most famous of which Is "radium." All of these sub stances are remarkable for their great atomic weight; In fact, they aro the densest, or heaviest, in existence heavier than lead, gold or platinum. Three kinds of rays aro gtven off by these substances. Those cajled "Alpha" rays consist of particles of about the rr- Modes of the Moment Described by Olivette Hooray! Baby To Rule the House mass of an ordinary atom of hydrogen (the lightest known atom), and moving with a velocity of about 20,000 miles per second. Those called "Beta" rays also consist of particles, but much smaller than the others, and moving with veloci ties of more than 100,000 mile per second Tne third kind are called "Gamma" rays, and these appear to be, not streams or particles, but vibrations, resembling the X-rays, and propagated through the ether In the same manner as light. All ot these penetrate solid matter In varying degrees. The Alpha rays have the least penetration, being stopped by a single sheet of paper. The Beta rays have about a hundred times more powe or penetration, while the Gamma rays are ro piercing that they have been sent through o-foot of solid Iron. " i ' In consequence of the disintegrating ef fect of radio-activity, a bit of radium, left to itself, gradually disappears, but. so minute are the particles shot off, and so great is the proportion ot them that simply hang together in the atom without immediately escaping, that it has been estimated that about 2,500 years are re quired for the complete breaking up of an atom of radium. Yet the energy set freo by this slow process Is so great that a single gram of radium compound emits, In one hour, sufficient heat to raise Its own weight of water from the freezing to the boiling point. "If we could get un limited supplies ot radium, instead of having to be content with the one or two grams that exist in all the laboratories put together, we might look with perfect Indifference upon the rapid exhaustion of the coal fields. Now, whence comes this mysterious energy? It has been found that the heat is probably derived from the internal bombardment of the radium atom itself' by the Alpha particles? The only an swer possible, at present. Is that there Is a gigantic store of energy locked up, In some unknown way, In the atoms, and Is held In suspense there until the automatic disintegration of the atoms sets It free to act .In other ways. It then sends the particles flying, and their collisions pro duce heat. As far as potential energy is concerned the mightiest explosive ever Invented by man Is pitifully weak com pared with the explosive force contained In everything about Us. The problem of the origin of the Inter atomic energy Involves the whole ques tion of the nature of matter. Suppose we look at it in this way: Matter is energy in a particular form, but energy implies motion, or the ability to produce motion. To create an atom of matter energy must be locked up. Ap parently it disappears in the atom. As long as the atom exists, as such, the Im prisoned energy Is Imperceptible to us. Some think than an atom resembles a minute solar system. In which Infinitesi mal particles are In swift revolution around the center of the atom as tho nlanets are In revolution around the sun. Something, In the case of 'radio active , substances, Interferes with the regular No Longer Do Women Fear The Great est of All Human Blessings. i motions of the particles, or electrons, or It Is a Joy and comfort to know that I" transformed into a new atom of a those mach-talked-ot pains and other dls- different kind, and a great amount of energy u reieuseu. juore siowiy, me same Your Daughter's Friends Ella Wheeler Wilcox Writes to Mothers on a Very Important Topic By ELfcA WHEELKtt WILCOX Copyright, 1913. by Star Company. Vtn vnn know nil nlinllt vour daugh ter's friends? About their social pleas ures? Tour daughter may bo attending school; sho may bo em ployed In an office, or In a factory, and she may tell you some morning that Bhe will stay all night with one ot her girl friends. Do you investi gate the matter and know Just who this girl friend may bo? Do you toko suf ficient interest to find out what the entertainment was whloh these girls attended, and just where they went after the moving picture or the vaudeville show was over? You sar you trust your daughter. But can you also trust overy friend the daughter makes? The verv innooence of your child may I lead her to place her confidence in those who are seeking her downfall. She believes "Mollle" Is as good as herself. And she goes to stay all night with Mollle. But Mollle has lost her standards of right living; she has become obsessed with the demons of extravagance and TdtRmanL and she has docided that It is an old fogy idea to work day in and out, and earn only a small wago and spend her evenings in a dull flat or cneap boarding house. Mnliu has already sold herself to the people who give her moro than she can urn bv hard work. And shot tells I your daughter what liberal people they ore, and what a good time uiey can nave. If your daughter will stay with her and go over there for the evening. And xtbten your unsuspecting child returns to you, she, too, has entered tho path which U so long in turning. This Is not ii n Imaginary tale. It is happening continually in ever largo city and many smaller cities o America. It ooours mora frequently in America than elsewhere, because of the stupid rind senseless confidence parents have In the discretion of their daughters, and ot Hie utter lack of careful guardianship thoy exert over them. If your daughters tell you they ar asked to stay over night anywhere, m dear siro or madam, make sure that yoi know all about it, tho people with whom they aro to stay, and all about the places ot amusement where they aro going. Tho working girls aro particularly in dangr, but school girls In good homes are not exempt from these dangers. ' In ono of our lesser American cttles l certain high school was obliged to closi Its doors last year because ot the well founded scandals Which were circulated ooncernlng the pupils. A largo percentage ot these young girl had become corrupted by associating with one immoral young woman who had led them into vicious paths, unknown to thi parents. AVhen the unsuspecting fathers end mothers were told by their offspring that thoy were going to attend a party at the home of ono of the pupils the former made no attempt to learn the nature of the party, or to know more ot the host ess than sho was a friend of their daugh ters. Nor did they ask afterward for par ticulars of the entertainment until it xvoa too late. 1 Tho most important duty life holds tor you Is to keep in touch with your chil dren and to know all about their ptea. sures and all about their friends and ,to Kuldo them over the dangerous paths ot youth by the light of love and knowledge. By OLIVETTE. tresses that are said to precede chlld-betr-lng may easily be avoided. No woman need fear the slightest discomfort It the will fortify herself with the well-known and time-honored remedy, "mother's Friend." This is a most grateful, penetrating, ex ternal application that at once softens and' tnakes pliant the abdominal muscles and ligaments. They naturally expand without the slightest strain, and thus not only process may affect all the matter In the universe, and, in" the course of time, every world now in existence may dis solve, but the energy locked up In these worlds reappears in the formation of new ones. The "emanation" given off by radium appears to be something different from any of the three kinds of rays that have been mentioned. 6ome regard it as being The left-band Illustration shows a gracefully draped evening gown in blue brocade. Tho bodice and Blooves are made of pink voile de solo out lined in single pearls, The corsage is formed of rich embroidery finished off with a Jeweled celnture. The skirt la cut with a rather ample train. The central figure Illustrates a useful walking gown In blue serge with a slightly draped skirt; the small rolled collar and the entwined bandB of trimming are made of coq de rocho silk; the white collar Is of embrolderod linen. A simple morn lng frock is shown on the right-hand side of the picture, which is carried out in leaf green cachemlre, Tho long sloeves are cut with large arm holes, and a soft lawn fichu and frills finish the nock and sleeves. The doep waist band is a new feature. Ho owes no duty or gratitude or lovo to his parents. Ho Is injuring himself every day he remains In such a norao, and la of no benefit to them. I would urge him to leave, though marrlago wore not the alternative. How much moro emphatically I urge it when it means a home where love is? He may have to work hard; thero wt'l hn manv hardships and privations for hnth. but so long as they love each other, little elesn counts. Witn luxe peace he will have a chance 10 grow mnrniiv and inlritually and mentally. The best in him will be developed, and he will be more of a man at Z5 yenrs in such an environment that jhe would be at 40 years if he remained at home. When a father and mother discover thv no lnnser love each other, a dls- rnvurv that Is made traiclcally often. their first thought should he of how this discovery will affect the lives of then children. If they are brave enough, strong enough, and broad enough to go on liv ing together in outward peace, making the happiness of their children a greater consideration than their owrt, the child- ren will grow up loving and .respecting them, never suspecting that tftb two they love more man all otners in me worm do not love each other. It Is a fearful price to pay, but tne rewards are commensurate. If on the other hand, the parents find such condltlous Intolerable, divorce Is Pe next alternative. Better an open rupture than to live under the same roof and wrangle and quarrel. Better a breaking tip of tho homo than the farclal sem blance ot one. A divorce is decent, dignified and re spectable compared with living like Kil kenny cats. Children may love their par ents though they are not living together as man and wife. They may respect them and undoubtedly do, Dut tnere can be no respect for them when they bicker and wrangle and dispute and quarrel, losing in their uncontrolled hatred for each other every mark of decency. This young man cannot respect his mother or father. Unless he leaves home he will learn to have no respect for any one else and will loso all he has for him self. He has a chance to make an ideal home of his own. May he take it speedily, and may there remain with him only suf ficient Impress ot the hell he is leaving to save him from Introducing any ele ment ot It in the heaven that lies before htm. ...i.i. "i. m ,K.vn. i a Kind or gas. it has the power of im- pells, but there 1. an entire freedom from a"""fh.rh,fhr fhf ,-act,ty . , , . . . any other substance that happens to be unset, discomfort, sleeplessness and dread I a wt of rad,um M fw ,nt that so often leave their lmpres. upon the the huliB an(J c,otne of the exper,. menters. But this Imparted radio-activity The occasion is therefore one of nn- I does not last long. One ot the most won I bounded, joyful anticipation, and too much ! derful things about the emanation la Ttress can not be laid upon the remarkable Influence which a mother's happy, pre-natal disposition has upon the health and for tunes of the generation to come. that it has been(found to change, ot its own accord, into helium, an element en tirely different from radium, as If na ture were giving us a hint that the dream Mother-. Friend 1. recommended oni, fo, ZZSZZ the rtllet and comfort ef expectant mothers. f0Uriaaj.on. thousands of whom have used and rtcom- The tendency of alt things to give off mend It Tou will find It on sale at all drug emanations, of one kind or another, la Herts at 11.00 a bottle. Write to-day to the, I not a new discovery. There is probably Sradfleld Regulator Co., 130 Lamar Bldg., I nothing that does not thus affect its sur Atlanta, Ga., for a most inttructlre book on I roundlngs, in weys unguessed. Living Cats greatest of all subjects, motherhood. beings radiate emanations upon every thing around them. The dog follows his master , through all the Intricacies of a crowd, and because of his perception ot some enanatlon not perceivable by human senses. Dr, Le Bon has suggested that tha power of some animals to see in the dark Is due to the existence of emanations. Thus the cat sees us in the darkest night by virtue of some halo produced around our bodies by vital action, and photo graphs made in the dark are almt'lary explained. What was once known as "odlo force," producing an alleged lumi nous nimbus around a human being, would, by this hypothesis, be accounted for as the result of an emanation. When this subject was under Investigation many years ago it was remarked that relatively few persons exhibit the phe nomenon in visible form. They are lk gold, which shows no perceptible radio activity, although the property may exist in It, while those who exhibit the nimbus resemble radium, which pours out an abundance both of rays and of radio active emanation. Driven from Home By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. My .father and mother have not spoken a kind word to each other in fourteen years on account ot some trouble he made by seeing another woman. He lives In the front of the house and she lives In the rear, and they hold no communication except when they want -to argue or quarrel. I have several brothers" and- sisters, and they are always quarreling with each other. Naturally they would be with such an example. I never go home in the day, and only at nights when the house. Is dark and every one in it Is asleep. It is the only way I can insure peace for myself. There is no such thing as love in our home, and I can't remember when there ever was." man of 21 who says he la. In love wjth a girl of 24; they have kept company for eight months and are to.jM married In the early fall. He will not be In po sition to support her for a few years, and she will be compelled to retain her position downtown. This she Is willing to do, but he wants to know It under the circumstances he will be Justified in marrying her. Ordinarily, I should say no. But this girl understands what a hell his home has been and loves him enough to long to use her hands and brain to make htm a new one, He can never develop in the home of his parents. If there is any manhood In him It cannot grow under such conditions, and the sooner he Is transplanted the better for him and for This extract is from a. letter ot a youngthe girl who loves him. "Wliy Women Are Not RICH. Man le tUksa-Jxo many tines ore in tho possession of blood oeQ. worn in la not Qko so rich, Jo r scientists have proven tbt the norm! man has fivo mil. lion the woman oaly tour aod a half mllMoo to a cubio miHtmetre of blood. A doore&M in number of red blood corpuscles and a person "looks pale la (tot. Is ancmie, the blood doae not get the ri.ht food and probably tbo stems oh is Dr, R. V. Pleroo found years ago that tlycerto extract of golden seal and Oregon irape roots, qvoea's root and blood root with bUolc oberrrbark, would help the assimllatloa of tbo food in the I tome oh, correct liver ills and in Nature's own way inorease the red Diooa oorpuso.ee. ims ncaicuia no ceiled Dr. P.eroete Gordon Medical Discovery. By assimi latin, the food eaten tbo system U nourished and the blood takes ea rich red color. Nervousness is only "tbo cry of the starved aervee for food," and when the nerve are ted on rich red blooi the person looses tho irritable fee! las, sleep well at night and is refreshed la the uornin., "I mi attacked with a twran narnias dtoMM, which was Gawd by a (Hsotdarad stomach and liver," wrttas Ma, Jas. D. LrvstT. UViuiy turn. Twin, Rmita Z. Box S3. "An my frtands thMiiht I wjakl JU and the bt physicians bit im to. I Was adrU-td to try Ur. Plate s GoUta Italic DtMorary, and datind mnch benefit from sama. My mm had ma so kuig. it had baouna so chrouk that notatna' wooU Sl a araiaaaQt coraput Or. Vtoroa's medldna has doe much for ma and I Iilfhly racoramaod It. I bcartllr adrU its uaa as a spring tanle. and --H- -llinfr njnnl. ti t.V- TYr lH-n-Va mAvilolnM bftfora thaw J. D. Lrrat.T, Tm. dluasaa hare run so long that ther is no chine to b cured. Or, PiercVs Medical Adviser, 31 (tamps, to p&? for wrapping and muling" only -