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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1913)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1913. Three of Dame Fashion's Latest Every Man's a Boss-Somewhere The dainty gown Illustrated on the left landlsldo of the picture 1b made of white linen" wjtli broad bands of embroider'; through thlH can be seen the pink silk t the foundation. The embroidered bands are carried out on the bodice, which has lone Sleeves; the partl-colored belt 13 novel. Blacfc Chantllly lacp drapes the evening sown In the center, the Ions lines being very graceful. The gown Is made of pink channelise, the drapery of the bodice being of pink nlnon. The right- hand model shows a chic little glace coatee, high-walsfed, with a full basque, and finished with a bow and long ends of velvet ribbon. A lace collar and cuffs make a pretty finish. Carried out In hydrangea, blue, over a skirt of blue and white, this Is a most effective costume. r Why She Kept Her "Girl" for 20 Years By ADA PATTERSON The' servant problem has been solved. Its solution has been found by a white haired, brownreyed, soft-voiced womin who lives In an unfashionable block In New York. The rm m ESI 0 t -.1 smmmmam neighbors say sho Is "mighty feeble," which Is their way of expressing the fact that she had not the gift of ro bust health. Sho Is not rich. The city flat In which sho lives la a long way from Fifth nvenue and Instead of twenty-four serv ants of a famous Fifth avenuo home the keeps one. But the famous Fifth wenue homo has trouble" w 1 1 h peryantr. Tho white-haired woman has kept her "hired girl" for twenty years. There Is a reason for everything nd you may be sure there Is a good reason for this. She wasn't quite sure of the reason herself, but It peeped out )f the story she told me of their twice 'ent,years together, "I took a fancy to Lena when my hus band brought her home from the. employ ment agency," she said. "She didn't ipeak a word of English and I didn't peak any German, but there' was some thing that 'cqUnted more than words. While my husband and I were talking slip went over to that corner by the win dow where you see the cat asleep and sho picked up some knitting I had laid down mil begin to knit. She told me when we began to understand each other that her mother had said to her before she went ut to service 'Don't wait for your missus to tell you what to do. Do Jt without being told, .She's always been that way and it's a great comfort "The missus never fussed at me." but n the maid who has been called Into the room for the conference. "If I didn't dust the piano right she didn't come nfter me and make a path with her finger through the dust. "I though 'Maybe next time sho will do better,' " and if tho second time wasn't better I was suro tho third time would be," returned the mistress. "I don't be lieve in talking much. There too much talking in the world and most of It is a pretty poor quality. But Lena's always been kind and thoughtful to, me. I suffur a great deal from headaches and she's as anxious when I have one of my head- I aches as my "husband' and spn are." I "But when the missus goes out for a walk of a street car ride sho often takes me," persisted the maid. "And she don't give me the leuvin's. I get as good meats an the family, and I have as good a place to sleep as they have themselves.' "But Lena never insisted on having Ijer regular Sunday or her Thursday evening off. If It suited us, to ask her to stay In then and take another time she did. And she never complained about com pany." "Sure I didn't kick," said the maid. "If the family enjpyed having company I wanted them to have it. It's that way If you're Interested In your family." The maid vanished because her ear had caught the ominous sound of something boiling over In the kitchen. "She a good girl." The mistress" eyes followed that squat, sturdy figure. "I like her next to my own family. There Is was, the solution of the prob. lem that has worn some women oUt of their homes and Into hotels. If not Into their graves. She had kept her mad for twenty years because she "liked her" and by the same token the maid had re mained with her, The maid liked her. The solution of the servant problem Is the ditty of Mary and her lamb applied to labor In the household. They liked eaph other and for that rea son Lona "was worrrled" when Mrs. Jay had a headache and Mrs. Jay did what no other mistress In the neighborhood did, took her maid out for a walk or a street car ride. They liked each other, and Lena didn't care when the family had company, and Mrs. Jay gave Lena a diamond ring from which her own finger' had per manently shrunken. They liked eac)w other, so neither "spoke a cross word to the other in twenty years." They liked each other and Lena has no expectation of ever leaving Mrs. Jay and Mrs. Jay gave a party for Lena on the annlveralnary of her coming to her and 'picking up the dropped knitting, twenty years ago. "It's a good deal like marriage," I suggested, and Mrs. Jay nodded her gentle white head. "It li," she said. And perhaps that Is the solution of the happiness in the marriage problem, too," tq like each other, and with that excel lent start, to be "reasonable and considerate."- Reasonableness and considera tion with the liking at the beginning, would bring more' couples to a celebration of their china weeding and make th patronage of the divorce courts slender. FRECKLES Rouge, Powder and Burlesque of Sex . By REV. T. A. 1IICKKV, Rector of St. Brendan's Church, Brooklyn Every young woman should scorn those compact, extravagant styles of dress which orp calculated to Incite the evil and attract- the vicious. Rouge and cos metic, which detract rather than add to her beauty, she should carefully avoid, Gentility and modesty those womanly traits which manly men most admire should characterise her way. 8he should be well dressed. The world admires the modest woman prettily and becomingly gowned, but recoils at her sister who burlesques her sex by the adop tion of costumes which merit the con demnation they receive. We wish to see the young woman so attired a to reflect the dearest and moat Wholesome of her charms modesty and to continue to hold the admiration ot clean-minded men, the only kind the Christian girl should wish to know. Does the girl who adopts extravagant prevailing gowns ever stop to ask who conceives them? Does she over ask whether those persons are actuated by mere mercenary motives? It Is well to ponder over theie ques tions. Any parent cherishing the future of his daughter should bear In mind thin jlact: There Is a moral value fn-modrsty TJon't Hd Them With a Veil; Bemor Them with the O thins Prescription. This prescription for the .emoval of freckles was written by a prominent physician and la usually so successful in removing freckles and giving a clear, beautiful complexion that it Is sold by The Beaton Drug Co., also any of Sher man & MoConnell Drug Co.'s stores un ter ah , 'absolute guarantee to refund the none- If It falls. Don't JiIiIq your freckles under a veil; Tot an Ounce of othlne and remove them Hven tho first few applications should show a wonderful Improvement, some of he lighter freckles vanishing entirely. He sure to ask the druccst for the '.ouWc strength othlne; It Is this that is ul we" a" rfal "harm. told on tho money -bai-k guarantee. Jt 13 immeasurably Immodest to mae Drawn for Tho Bee by Hal Coffman. Looking Pretty All the Time By WINIFRKD BLACK one's self conspicuous by the face-smear-ing process. But "A. llttlft powder now and then ' Is relished by the best of them." It Is in Its utility that It should be relished. It banishes a gosp that Is uh attractive. But this coating of one's com plexion so that nature's charms are con cealed Is silly and marring- It is not modest. It Is a girl's duty to herself and to so ciety to keep herself as pleasing In api pearunce as pottlble. There (ire many girls who paint and mean no wrong. They are good girls, They tee no harm In it-and then it Is stylish, you know; and mother and father thoughtless mother and father do not dlscourace her. I want to tell th lrl' this: It may not be sin, but It may be the occasion for sin. Don't play with fire. I want to tell the parents this; There would be no social evil, so-called. If ftmlnlne modesty wer? more carefully treasured. A final word to grl and parents Young women of today don t stem to differentiate between conspiUousneB and attractiveness. The girl whoso nat- oral complexion Is disguised by a coating of powder or paint and who Is attired In one of these disgracefully suggestive gowns of today, may le conspicuous. She tan n-cr be attractive. "Dear me," raid he prttlet girl, "I do wish Miss Marie Corelll would learn to sing nTV tong. She's been doing that otd 'What am I going to do to make you love me?' tor no long. I'm a bit tired of It, and I should think the men would be tired of It, too." "Well," said the cleverest girl, "the sting Is welt enough, pnly she doesn't Ing It right. That' the old fashioned version. Wa don't use quite the same words nowadays. Ours runs more like this." The clervertst girl threw herself bsek in the swinging chair, assumed a questioning and, It must be confessed, a rather nagglsh ex pression of countenance, and chanted satirically: "What are you going to do to make me love you?" "Thafs the right refrain Just now It's the one I'm olng to sing anyhow, ahd all the girls In my class," and she threw the very clever magazine with Kiss CorelH's latest article en the "Created thing In the world and how to get It" Into the farn-and wouldn't hear of picking It up again, When are these cleyer people who write things for magaztnts gong to wake up?" she said. "We don't need articles un how to catch a husband these days, or how to keep him when we've got h!m-not a bit In the world. The thing we need Is. 'How to take an Interest In matrimony as a profession when there are q many other Interesting things to do.' "My mother would have had an awuj time If she hadn't married fancy living with Upcle ulck all your life and being a maiden sitter. But It's oifferent with me. "If I meet Just the tight man, I'll marry maybe but I'll think awhile be fore I do It. I'm going to get a rather good salary In my line of work. I can do a lot of good in the world, and oh, what a lot of fun I'm going to have. I'll have to bo awfully In love with a man to give all that up Just to be Mrs. Some body I love being myself it's so Inter esting. I'm afraid I should hate awfully Just to be somebody's wife without ovun my own natpe to go by." And tho prettiest girl Joined right In with the cleverest girl and the things they said the average everyday man would have horrified Miss Corelll to the verge of madness If she had heard them. They would horrify me, tqo only I know It's Just their heads talking now. Some day their hearts will begin to speak, and then we shall hear a different side of the story. But, all the same, I read Miss Corpll's article on the greatest thing In the world and how to keep t, and I really did wish she hadn't gone back to the ancient days of superstition about men and, the way to make a man stay In love with his wife. It Vas all right for people who belevc In the dark of the moon Idea and who wouldn't sit thirteen at a table for any thing, to say and to believe when they say It, that no man could love a woman unless she looked pretty al the time, but In this day and time, Miss Corelll. really now, why don't you look around you? Who's the man the most outrageously In love with his own wife thit you know? Is she the prettiest woman of your ac quaintance? I don't believe It. She Isn't of mine. A pretty woman Is the thing for a short conquest, but for long race give me the average looking woman every day In the week. Why? Well, she's apt to be more Interesting for one thing; and then, sis ters, men are really not all such blither ing idiots as some would have us believe really they are not. I know men who love their wives because their wives are good women and true friends and Jolly comrades and good fellows and gentle sweethearts honestly I do and I've been acquslnted with several men who stayed In. love with their wives after they had seen said wives with their hair twisted around a comb and mouth full of hair pins such was the Incredible folly of the Creature. Tut, tut, Miss Corelll! What an odd lot of men you must know, really! Are they all such absolute dunces as you try to make us think? I don't believe lt-l' can't believe It, How m, earth have they ever accom plished all they have In the world If they are sOch absolutely blind, unreason ing creatures as you say they are? "Look pretty every minute or you'U lose him." Good gracious! Whatever would becomo of the world If all tho married women In It Agreed with you? What would happen to tho babies? Who'd run downstairs In a heavy dress ing gown and make husband a mustard pluster when something he'd eaten had gone wrong with him? And then there'u husband what would he think of us If we should turn around and say tho same sort of thing to him? A woman did say It In Chicago the other day a very clever and well-known woman she was, too. She declared that she left her perfectly good young hus band because she hated the way he looked with his collar off, shaving. AnJ the world re-echoed with gupty laughter of the godsl I wonder why? Just as I was finishing Miss Corelll's article the prettiest girl was saying; "I wonder If It never strikes these peo ple who are so busy telling us how to keep a husband that nine out of ten of the divorce suits are brought by women and not by men at alt. To Judge by statistics It Is the men who need the advice on how to keep a wife." And I kept wondering what she'd say when sho fell In love really and truly :n love and whether she wouldn't pity every one who wasn't In the same state, and whether she wouldn't be right to pity them. And the cleverest girl-why she's the very one who'll be crazy about some one some day, and not auch a very clever some one, either, and perhaps not such a Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX Don't Try. n.ir Miss Fairfax: I am k boy li years f of age. As I was walking on tt.e street the other day I saw a glr whom I hadn't seen before, out I fovea ner very rnucn the moment I saw her. What I want to know la how to get friends with that girl. ALBERT. Love at eight !a such a pretty dr&m It Is a pity to spoil It by getting acquainted. You are IS years ojd-the age to be de voted to making a man of yourself. Bend your energies In that direction, and let love alone for a few years, Under no circumstances should you attempt to form an acquaintance with a. girl ypu happen to meet on the street. very good some one. Poor, earnest, hon est, deep-hearted cleverest girl and she'll never really live till she is. Still, all the way back to tho cottage I kept humming. And, do you know, the words that I hummed were thoso odious ones the cleverest girl had chanted so defiantly "What are you going to do to make ma love you?" I wonder If they do mean something. Just now, those words? JAnd I wonder If what they mean Is something sane and wholesome and well balanced and Just and reasonable and good for the future of the whole raco of humanity In some grfat, noble, far-nrachlng way, or If they are Just a sudden outrbeak of silly vanity and overweening self-esteem, brought about by tho sudden change In tho mysterious tide that has for so many centuries controlled tho destiny of the mothers of men? Rise up, Mr. Plain, Every Day, Ordi nary Man, with the plain, every day. ordinary wife, and tell us what you think about t-honcstly and truly. CURED ITCHING HUMOR ON FAC Very Embarrassing. Could Xot Sleep. Used Reslnol Well in h Week. Pittsburgh, Pa., May 3, Wis-'i had a ringworm on the aide of my face. It be gan like a cold blister a small red mark. Each day It became larger until It waa a round ring about the size of a quarter. It burned and Rolled me terribly, and was very sore. It was also swollen and caused me a great deal of discomfort as I could not sleep at night. It waa very embarrassing and I didn't want any of my friends to see me. I used several rem Mies such as and some kind of a powder, but they did no good. I us,ed Renlnol Soap and Reslnol Ointment for one week and oured It" (Signed) Eleanors D. Shekels, 30S North Sheridan Ave. Reslnol Hoap and Ointment are speedily effective for eczema and other Itching, burning eruptions, pimples, dandruff, burns, old sores and piles. Prescribed by doctors for eighteen years. Sold by alt druggists. For free sample write to Dept. 6-R. Reslnol, Baltimore. Md,