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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1913)
Xi.il J Thtl yagaz.ire age f How to Be Comfortable f By VIRGINIA T. VAN DB WATER. "Lovers of Dickens remember -with amusement, mixed wun Jimpmnj, i;i Boffin's heartfel exclamation: "Lor"! P- It'a be comfortablat Now that the heated term Is to be -with ua for some months to come. It would bo well for the wife ana mother ! 1 to chose as her motto ono containing1 some such sentiment as that expressed In Mrs. Boffin's ejaculation. This motto should embrace In its application not only herself perhaps herself least of all but those with whom she has to llvo this summer, especially the male members of the family, her husband and sons. It Is not always easy to keep one's, temper in hot weather, not to endure patiently tho countless little disturbances that fret and annoy, such as flics, mosquitoes, and last, but not least, the messy state of affairs Incidental to the presence of men and boys during vacation, leaving; their books, magazines and newspapers tossed about In the living room or on the veranda, and plentifully sprinkled- floors with tobacco, ashes and burnt matcheV I deprecate carelessness In housekeep ing and In the management of the homo. but I no InslBt that there are things that are more Important than absolute order In every part of the house and one of theso Is the comfort of the In .mates. Women are prone forgive me. slsterst to nag and to suggest to men that cortaln things should be attended to at once. If tho weather Is hot, let the little task go undono rather than ask a man to disturb himself to perform It when ho Is tired and warm always sup posing, of course, that tho omission does not mean discomfort or Injury to some person or thing. . I was Impressed with tho advisability of this course the other day as T sat on tho veranda' of a country cottage, At one end or tho porch was a' largo tulip tree from which some of thev bios- soms and small leaves had blown. These were strewn on tho veranda floor. The day was perfect, and wo lay back lux uriously in lounging chairs and ham mocks. Near us sat the man of the house, and at the other end of the ver anda was th? son of tho family a lad 14 years old, oblivious to his surround lngs and absorbed In reading "Cardigan.'1 Alfred," his mothor called, "run Into the house, dear, and ask Norah to give you a broom, and como sweep off 'these fallen leaves; they look so untldyl" With a sigh the lad obeyed, and the mother took the broom from him, while wo ono and all moved our chairs as she did the sweeping she decided not to trust to her offspring. Then sha sent the broom back Into tho house by the boy; U may add that at tho pnd of an hour, 'more leaves were on the veranda, and that they might all have been left there until the following morning with no - harm to any 6ne.' Ten minutes later .the housekeeper turned to her husband - who was placidly watching ' , rings smoke from his cigar float toward the roof of,the veranda. "Ned, flear' sho said, "there Is a larg. clump f plantain on the lawn right ,.Vhere In front. There are .many .others )h the grass, but thja. la, Especially: biff ana ugiy. won',1 you go and dig it Up, or call- sJohn to come down from th stable and do it? If I do not speak of ' It now.Kam afraid ltr will' be forgotten." f.l found It In my. heart to forgive her .liusband when ho muttered: "No. danger of It being forgotten; you'll .see that It Isn't!" But he laid down his cigar, took up a spade from the corner' of the house, sal lied forth and made tho suggested raid upon the plantain Then he returned, to dux group, hotter and less comfortable than before. Was It worth U7' Whatlharm' were the leaves, the tulip buds and the plantain dolngT They may have been "matter out of place," but surely when a boy and aman were happy iand lary they may have considered, themselves as "matter out of place" when "they were compelled to. sweep and dig at that particular time. Had the woman had the patience and consideration to wait, tho veranda would have been swept the next day by tho maid whose business it was to do this, and. the man-of-all-work could have been told, the' next time he camp for prdcra, to rodt up lha't' offending plantain. '.'What perfpjt . condition your' sister's house Is always in," remarked a visitor u she viewed a neighbor's veranda and living room. "Yes, at the expense of the comfort of all the rest of us," exclaimed the orderly housewife's brother. "It Is nag, suggest and direct from morning to night I won der how her husband and boys stand It. A dozen times a day I hear her at It. It Is: 'John, lower that blind!' or 'Shut that floor! or 'Put that book away!' or 'Wipe your feet before you come Into the house.' In fact, there are so many orders given that the weary males In this house hold feel as If they would camp out In the woods for the sake of a little peace." It was an unkind and, perhaps, unfair criticism. The sister, wife and mother was keeping house for her family and, In fussing about things, felt she was doing mem service, nut. again was It worth It? Would It not have been better to set the house In order each morning, and then, If keening Jt Immaculate meant the sacrifice of the comfort of others, let It be untidy? The woman who breaks Into ah interesting conversation to aetzo a cloth and wipe from a chair-rung' dust seen by tiobody but herself, is selfish In her seal for cleanliness. Other people are, comfortable then, let them alonej The Magnet 9 t Irresistible Alike to the "Fresh" the Vagrant the Blase Fancy! By Nell Brinkley Copyright, 191S. International News Service. Nell Brinkley Says Just a "bit of a falling It ls-7-our' most beloved weakness to atop and smile at a baby's face. Crabbed, life-worn old man his shuffling feet waver and halt and a smile crinkles hlB wlnter-faco. Heavy, shiny old lady, her mind lost these many years In dulled things of memory and the aches of present "rheumatics" she glows down upon the bit of pink life with a ghost of her old girlish beauty on her broad face. .... The handsome wrotcn.or a young cnapwjin-nouuns .on m uuuu uui a smart, soft hat and tho fact that It Ib good to Uvo In tho spring time ho alows his Uvoly feet long enough to flash down an admiring grin, mutter "Keen little beggar," and go off with an odd stirring in hla mind of a latent dream. ... The chic little peach of n girl with a dream of a chapoau atop her curls, a hint of rouge on her cheek bones, taking her abbreviated llttlo steps In tight swathed silk, stops dead, digs her smooth whlto fists In her hips and stays a very long time her mouth curved In sudden sweetness a brooding understanding In her oyos, lost In what is probably her first un conscious poso that day. A slim, aristocrat, alrlnvp her toy-dog, lingers with protty dragging foot, her. foeea mixture of half-delight, half-envy and all sadness. I imagined I caught tho glimmor of tears In her fine eyes but tlion I havo a livoly imagination moybo it was the sun or I wanted to boo them there. And up at tho top of tho curving park walk the. big blue "cop beams down at tho little mother and tho slow-moving whlto baby carriage Ho cannot see that far what'a In it, but ho knows it'o tho keonest thing ever and his heart pulls that way all by Itself I Just a bolovod weak ness of ours to show our naked soula in our eyes to slow our busy feet I -to smllo when wo seo a baby's face. ' J . 1 1 i i If H I II Wives and Fibs By WINIFRED BIjAOK., I Today's Beauty Recipes . By. Mme. D'MUIe. "Dry or powder shampoos may be all right at long Intervals, but needless to say -they' do not remove the dandruff scales which, when permitted to remain on the scalp, cause faded, brittle and falling Jialr. If you want hfcAUtiful. Iut. uriant and glossy hair use a shampoo. umi uiiccujr ttiuujcB me aanurun pant Bites. Mother's Shampoo does -this. It leaves tna scaip clean and refreshed and the hair soft, fluffy and lustrous. "An aotresa friend of mine, whou beautiful complexion Is envied by all who see ner, i;ever uses iace cream or pow der when off the stage. A simple face lotion.. made by mixing an original Dock age of mayatone with a half-pint of witch hazel, applied dally with the, naJm of the" hand' to face, neck, and forearms Keeps ner stun amamn, wnue, soil ana lovely Mayatono protects against frec kled or - aunDurn. ana u prevents the CTtfwtii tit hair. "Cutting wild hairs merely encourages their KTowth. To remove superfluous hair, make a paste with a little water And powdered delatone, cover the hairs for two minutes, then remove and wash the ,sxia AQvertuemeni. He's told you a fib, all about where ho had been to dine, and you found' It out and never can you believe him again, never, never, neverl And, oh, what shall yon do with all the faith and love and trust gone out of your little dark, lonesome world, and where shall you turn tor com fort, and, oh, "Ain't- It. ain't it perfectly awful?" Why, yes, o f course, it Is" awful for you both Just now. Get out of the "now" Into the "pretty soon" as quickly as you can and you'll find that' It isn't half so aw ful as you think after all. Of course he was a dunce to fib to you about the dinner; h" might have known you would find It out. No fib ever really deceived a really loving woman for very long. , i And, of course, there was aomeimng foolish and Ill-advised about the truth or he would not have tried to keep It from you, but did you never do anything fool ish In your life and Jry.to get out of con fessing it? Now, to be sure you can't pare for any onj who" fibs' habitually. Who could? A fibber Is a bit of a coward. But then, what's th use of making, a fuss about it, now that It Is done? Tou can't unflb the fib, can you? Once I saw two little boys tied together with a strong bit of linen twine and, when one moved, the rlwst of the other stung and burned and neither of the two had any peace till some, one came and cut the twine and set them both free. I never see a woman tearing her heart out with . suspicions of her hus band without thinking of the two little boys and the strong; twine that bound them so closely together and made them both suffer. Cut the strings, dear little, woman, cut the strings now, today, be? fore It cuts ao deep that you can never be happy again. Either your husband la a man to be -trusted or, he is not: either make up your mind to trust him utterly, or make up your mind that you do not care what he does, and show him quite plainly that he can never deceive you again, because you are not- In the least interested In' what he cares .to .tell you. Don't watch' html Don't "keep tab" on himl What's tho use? Be happy. "'Let him go hla ways, and you go yours, both In peace and friendly trust If he Is the kind of man who does things he Is ashamed of, how can Vou be enough interested In him to worry over him and his doings for one fleet ing moment? If he Is a good man, what a world of quiet and peace you are giving up, Just because you will not cut the string of watchful suspicion that Is making both ao miserable, and let him go free a. man about his man's business. Snip, snap. There, that's better. Why, what a deep ragged hurt 'the hateful string was making. I'm glad- It is cut aren't you? Little Bobbie's Pa By WILLIAM F, KIRK. Thare was a yung man calm to our house the other ntte wich haa Jest gradu ated from Vftei Point He Wa a- nloe yung man. , He wka aa strata as a arrow St hla clothes fit him fine.. He Is a trend of Ma's uhkel, wich also 'went to West Point & was shot in the back -.yeera ago in a Injun campalru ' Ma never ' likes to talk much about her unkel, beekaua Pa Is all the time wanting to know how It was, that he got shot In the baok. The naJm of the yilng man was Gal bralth Denton. Ills nalm was like the nalms of the army offlfera In plays & stories St he was vary handsum. The only thing I dldent like about him was IT Poor Little Blind Bat By BEATRICE FAIRFAX A young girl writes me: "There la a young man In love with me, but he la rather homely, and I do not care for him very much, aa I have lota of handsome admirers. He thinks the world of me and haa promised me a awoll and happy home If I will marry hlnl. But I don't like to marry a homely man." Poor little blind bat of a girl! She wants to marry a pretty man, one of those pink and white affairs that affect a purple tin and purple socks. She wants a husband who will spend all hla spare time in fropt of the mirror, and all his spare cash in a photograph gallery. Well, I hope she will get him! The wife of a pretty man must make many sacrifices if she desires to keep Intact the qualities that attracted her. Even masculine beauty Is enhanced by a fine raiment, and the pretty(man must have socks that match hla tlesiew hats In and out of season, and clothes that set off his manly form though 1ila wife wear garments that wouldnH ba con sidered good enough to pack" in a mis sionary barrel. . There la Just ao much wear juid. tear on the couple trotting In -matrimonial harness, and by rights It is equally di vided, the wife and the husband' growing stiff and old and lame and. halt together, but when the husband ia a pretty man this division knows no Juixlce. The pretty man selects the best travelled aide of tho road; he shirks the worry of avoid ing pitfalls and mishaps, and falls be hind In the pulling of the burden. He thinks aolely of himself, and of the beat way for preeervtng hla beauty. That which attracted the girl he mar ried at tract a other women (every pretty man proving by hla conquests that the proportion of births of female fools is one to every half minute), and hla wife must make heartbreaking efforts to keep lilm that are unknown to tha wife of a homely man. He la conceited; he la spoiled; he Is ar rogant; he Is petty and narrow, never rising to consideration of questions higher than the selection of colors that match his complexion; he Is selfish, and he Is rarely a financial auocesa, since it la obvloua one cannot deal clearly with buslnesa problems while mentally ap proximating the value of foods. The beat husband la the homeliest one. The boy who haa reached manhood wth the reaJltatlon that be la squint-eyed, apeckeled like a robin's egg, haa hair like that In the wlskers of a walrus, with a mouth Ilka a cavern, and ears like a palm leaf, ia so humble because of hla unattractlveneaa that this humility re sults in a lasting gratitude for the girl who will look at him without laughing, and a love and devotion that never die for the girl who will marry him. Humility, a sens of his own unworthl neas, my dear little blind bat. la the most desirable attribute In a husband, and a pretty man doesn't know what humility means. Marry a pretty man, you foolish child, but do It In full reali zation of the fact that tome day some particularly homely masculine relative will be called upon to help support your prise beauty and hla family. that he was all the time broglgng. Ho la the only Weat Point man I ewer saw that bragied. MOust of them knows bet ter wen they git thru school. I havent. the faintest Idee ware . they will send me, he toald Pa & Ma, My pnly wish Is to bo sent to. some post ware thare la plenty of nation & danger. Danger Is my' rolddal.nalm, he sed. Tho direst peril In tile world Is Ilka; that much custard .pie to me. I think I ferow .taller & broader on a diet of danger, ho sed. Doant you fee t.that way? be ooked Pa. ' I think Pa was going to say Yes, hut he saw 'Ma grinning at him & he aed Well, to tell you the truth, I am not su full of flrn & recklessness as I was wen I was a yung man. In those days, Pa sed, I cud put my hand In a mad dog's mouth, with a, smile, or face the chargo of a en-raged mull without batting a eye, but my advanced yeers have sob ered me down a bit A made me think of other & grater things than fltclng. Well, sed the 'yung man, Mister Den ton, It Is the way with me, he -sed to Pa. I do not ' Imagine that I sha! grow less feerlessfwtth the added yeers. In fack, I beeleeve thfcC when r ain ' a old man I will be'teven moar dauntless than I am now, & wen the grim reaper cums he will find me in the hour of Deth as I ever was In life, unafralJ. This Is a fine way to be, aed Pa. Tou will find, sed Pa,, wen you go to the front many thing's In acktual war fare to try yiire currag'o sorely. In the dark days of the Ilebelyun, Pa sed, the days that I dred to recall to any grate extent eeven now, I went thru hardships St faced dangers that wud have kelled any ordinary m;n or mode him croiy. I wonder now St. then, sed Pa, that that terrtbul war' dldent molk1 me reely In sane. Doant you. wife? Oh, I suppose' so, sad Ma. Sum'tlmes I think you are a little dippy otthat , Pa got kind of red In the face, but he kept on talking. My boy, he sed to blister Denton, wen you have! gone thru a baptism of fire such as me St my bralv comrades went thru at Mlsahunary nidge or in the battel of the Wilderness, or at Shlloh or ChancelloraylIe, Pa sed, you win snow men now reeiy qraiv you are. One night I was surrounded by a whole company of rebel cavalry, Pa fed. newer lpst my auperb nerve. Talking advantage of a gray' mist that hung oaver a gray landscape, I mingled freely with the gray-clod troops & thus made my escape. i I auppoas yure face waa gray with feer, sed Ma. Mister Denton beelteved Pa until Ma sed IJsssn, Oalbralth; ihls, deir hu band of mine was never in a. ws,r oxcep with me. Egmont and Horn By RKV.. THOMAS B, GREGORY. The execution In the great square at Brussels, of Kgmont and Horn, H6 years ago Jun 6, 1668 was one of the minor tragedies of history out of whlcb, some times, there come tremendous conse quences. Egmont, apart from the fact that he had Very blue"' blood and a whole lot of "rank" and money, amounted to but llttlo as a world force; while Horn wns at brst but a mediocrity,; "yet on account of the fla grant Injustice of the charges that were trumped up ngalnst them by old Alva and the oold-btoodod fashion In whloh they were executed, there resulted a state of mind In the Netherlands that waa to work mightily for the good of hut inanity In all lands and ages. The story of ICgmont and Horn la too long to tell hare, 1ut those who do not already know It may find It told to per fection In Motley's ''lUaa of, the Dutch Republic." It la enough here to note the fact that In consequence of thn Judicial murder of Kgmont and Horn there came about h political unification of the Neth- erlanda which enabled William tne Biieni to lay the foundations for the llttlo re public, which, bna. written Its name ao large and endurjne'la. tha annals of the racs. "Like Ihlnga of Kndther world," wrote a distinguished ' contemporary, "seem tha cries, lamentations and just compassion which all tho (people, of Brussels, noble or Ignoble, feel 'for the barbarous tyranny of thla Nero of an Alva;"; and out of that feeling was born the opposition to Philip and hla henchmen which, mad posslbla tha Dutch republic. v In his iniquitous attempt to throttle th liberty of the' Hollanders. Phlilp over, reached himself, permitted hi favorite, the Duke of Alva, to gratify his personal spire by tlio murderf Egmont and Horn, and In bo doing played Into the hand o( the very cause 'ha hated and, was trying to overthrow. Thus may we see Mow trus it la that oftentimes in tnis woria gooa comes au.t of evil, nnd out of the ashes ot Ignorance and bigotry tha flower of free dom and progress. Advice to Lovelprn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX Hp I,lka Yon. Dear Miss Fairfax; I am -17 nnd are very much 'for a young man ot 29 with whom 'I work. When he sees me talking to other boys he gets very Jealous, but still when he meets me he never says more than "Hello." He Jokes with the other girls, but he never gets Jealous of them. Now, do you think he cares for me and la too bashful to say so, or that he doesn't care fore m?, ahd therefore thinks the others should not BO SB. He likes you very much. That Is plainly evident. But you are too young, my dear, to bother your little head about Jove. Try to be happy and heart-free a few years, longer; I arti sure you .will never regret It Certainly Not, Dear Miss Fairfax;: Please trll me If you thlpk It pioper for a widow of two months to go for an auto ride with a man who baa not yet secured a divorce? X. Y, Z. She shows no respect for the memory of the dead, and, what la more fatal, she shows no respect for herself. 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