THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST I, 1913.
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The Song of
By LILIAN LAUFEKTY.
Oh, I tasted of pleasure and liked It,
For tho flavor was sweet to my Hp.
"Life 1b Joy," then I crlod, "and my sea'a at full tide;
Life's a garden each flower I'll sip."
But a atlng lurked In overy bright flower,
And tho waves of Joy's sea broke In foam,
While tho luro of gay Pleasure's floet hour
Boro mo wandering far from my homo.
Then I tasted of sorrow 'twas bitter,
And tho talons of pain tore my heart.
VLlfe Is torture," I cried. "Must I linger and bide
All my losses In Cruelty's mart?"
But a message was hid In tho tangle
Of these noisome and bitter dark weeds;
From the sound of harsh bells all a-Janglo
Pealed a chime for the door of deeds.
"There's pleasure to taste, and there's sorrow
Take from one, from the other you borrow;
Sun today may mean storm-clouds tomorrow;
All your life you muBt still mark the measure
Of sorrow attuned unto ploa6uro
Tho heart that Is wise still will treasure
Ita joys tho more dear, for its sorrow,
Its pain as a wonderful measure
Whence Joy brighter radiance shall borrow."
To Make a Hit
with Women
By DOROTHY DIX
A' lovelorn youth writes me a pathetic
letter saying that he Is persona non grata
with tho fair sex, that girls do not care
for. his society, and the ungrateful minxes
turn their backs
upon him and talk
to other men In the
very- Instant they
are devouring the
candy he .bought
them, and wearing
wearing the violets
on, which he
squandered h 1 s
good money. This
stato' of affairs
greatly distresses
hlrrtand he wants
to 'know why he
isn't popular, and
how ho may be
come a winner with
women.
Let us see If we
can help him.
Women differ
fropi men In thls-respeet that looks do
not Count. It does not matter whether a
man is handsome or not Indeed, very
few women care for beauty in the 'oppo
site sex. It Is a poaching on their own
preserves that they resent. Also It re
quires them to become flatterers Instead
of the flattered, for the vanity of the
vainest, wfcman that ever lived Is as water
unto wine compared to the vanity of a
man who is a living picture, and who
knows It and expects to be told of It.
Itjls worth bearing' in mind that almost
without exception the men who were the
great heart Btnashers of history were not
only plain of face, but some of them
grotesquely hideous. So no man need de
spair on account of his lack of pulchri
tude when he wants to take a hand at the
game of hearts.
But while mere regularity of feature In
a man counts for little In attracting a
woman's fancy, a man should pay much
attention to' his clothes and his groom
ing. Nothing on earth, but the grace of
God. keeps a woman In love with a man
with a two days' stubble of . dirty beard
on his face. Married women stand this
because they can't help themselves; but
no girl wants a slovenly, untidy man, who
looks as If ho needed to be run through
the laundry, hanging about her. All tho
knocking about the word "dude" comes
from masculine lips. No woman Joins In
that chorus. On the contrary, sho feels
that the. man who comes Into her presence
lllclothed, dirty, neglected looking, not
only shows disrespect for her, but Indi
cates that he lacks Judgment, Industry
and progresHiveness. For that Is ex
actly what being Ill-dressed now meanB.
Another thing that women like, and It
Is an attraction that any man can ac
quire. Is a certain savolr falre that makes
him equal to any situation. A woman
likes a man to know how to offer her a
chair, to help her on with her wraps, to
order a little dinner. And she bates with
unspeakable lothlng. the fellow who Is
always making scenes In public, who gets
in rows with the theater usher over a
mistake about tho seats, or the street car
conductor about the change, or who sits
up like a graven Image of wrath every
time anybody drops In while he Is calling,
"Chump," says the girl to herself, "he
hasn't got enough sense to know only th
Ignorant have to fight to get their
rights."
Women like generous men, but even
girls have a contempt for men who spend
mor! than they can afford. It Is not the
youths who waste all their substance on
bonbons, and theater ticks, and violets,
FRECKLE FACE
flan and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots,
How to Semovs Easily.
Here's a chance, Miss Freckle-face, to
try a remedy for freckles with the guar
antee of a reliable dealer that It will not
cost you a penny unless it removes the
freckles; while If It does give you a clear
complexion the expense Is trifling.
Simply get an ounce of otlilne double
strength from The Beaton Drug Co.,
ulso any of Sherman & McConnell Drug
Co.'s stores, and a few applications
hould show you how easy it Is to rid
yourself of the homely freckles and get
a beautiful complexion. Barely is more
than one ounce needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othlne as this Is the pre-Bf-rlptlon
sold under guarantee of money
back If H falls to remove freckles,
Joy and Pain
who are the most popular with the fair
sex. Every girl has what she calls hoi
"candy beau." but she seldom marries
him. The best way to touch a girl's heart
Is not by upsetting her digestion.
An Important point to remember here le
that the mon who would curry favor by
means of gifts must gIVe discreetly. A
woman would rather have a present that
cost 5 cents If it represented some espe
cial taste or fancy of hers, than one that
cost t50 it It was something that had no
personal significance.
In conversation, cultivate a happy me
dium. Be neither a continuous monologue
performer, nor yet a clam. Before you
take the floor and devote hours to ex
patlatlng on how you can keep books, or
play ping-pong, or take snapshots, be
sure the girl is really Interested In you.
After a woman 1b In love, she can sit
entranced for days listening to a man tell
about the kind of collar button he wears,
but If she isn't In love, a steady stream
of personal reminiscences gets on her
nerves, and she wants a change. Besides
she desires to talk about herself.
For pity sake, though, help out with
the conversation. From the time a girl
Is old enough to understand anything she
la taught that her chief end In life is to
entertain man, and everywhere you go
you can see her conscientiously at work
trying to do It' Every mother's raughter
1 of us knows what it is to labor, and per-
spire, and toll, trying to make conversa
tion with some man, who is Just as un
responsive as a store dummy and as
silent as the Sphinx. It isn't a fair di
vision of labor, and if a man wonts' to
see true vgratitude let him chip In and
help roll the conversation ball along.
"Bo bold, be bold, but not too bold."
Women hate a timid man, and they de
spise tho one who takes It for granted
that he has only to throw tho handker
chief to have every girl scramble for It.
Learn how to pay compliments as It
you mean them. Don't apply flattery
with a trowel. Few women are fools.
Don't tell a woman the first time you see
her che Is tho ideal you have boen seek
ing for many years. Seven hundred other
Idiots havo told her that before.
Don't quote sentimental poetry to a girl.
It always makes her want to giggle.
Don't give In too much to a woman. It
she has good sense she won't wont you
to sacrifice your taste or principles, and
If she Is unreasonable, she will respect
you for mastering her.
Finally, beloved and If you forget all
the rest remember this don't stay too
long when you go to call. More men
queer themselves right here than they do
anywhere else. No living human being
is entertaining more than thirty minutes
at a time, or endurable for more than
two hours at a stretch. In that time
every man can say everything he has got
to nay worth hearing, and if hb lingers
along until the clock begins to yawn in
his face he Is simply defying fate and In
viting disaster. Many a good Impression
Is spoiled by ton much of It
And when you get up to go, go aa If
you were fired out of a gun. Don't linger
for tender farewells and last words. Most
girls wear shoes three sites too small for
them, and when a man keeps one stand
ing on the doorstep while he makes his
adieus she isn't saying, like Juliet: "1
could say goodby, goodby, 'til It be morn.
Ing." On the contrary, she Is regretting
that all the stories about papa's boot
and the swift waft out are fiction Instead
of fact, and she would be willing to pay
out good money to anybody who would
accelerate Romeo's descent of the steps.
Of course, no general rules can be laid
down for winning the fancy of the fair
sex. What has been said pretends to
be no more than the most elementary
facts, but a guarantee goes with each
suggestion that It will work.
Advice to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
I
That's niariit.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am In love with a
young girl usher In a local playhouse and
would like to meet her. I do not know
her name or any of her friends. Tell me
how I could meet her without flirting,
as I would not care to meet her that way.
AMtlUUUM,
I am glad that you have too much res.
pect for yourself and for her to flirt with
her. It speaks volumes for your good
sense.
Have you a sister who could contrive
to meet her? Or could you not Induce
the manager to vouch for you with an In
troduction? You deserve her acquain
tance because of the respect you show for
her.
How to Acquire a Beautiful Figure Through Dancing
By LADY CONSTANCE STEWART
RICHARDSON.
Copyright. 1913, National News Service.
Dancing Is one of the most character
istic and characterful things I know. It
expresses the Individual and tho nation
in perfect accord with the feelings and
customs that characterize him or It.
Take, for Instnnce, the Hungarian
Czardas, tho Italian Tarantolle, or thn
Tango of Argentina each Is character
istic of Its place and clime, and however
well the peoples of another nation do tho
dance that Is not their own they still
must modify it to suit their own tempera
ment If we take tho best of tho moderns and
idd to it the finest steps of tho ancients
tnd teach our result we will get an many
variations as wo have individual tern,-
leraments expressing the dance wo have
Jiade.
If people will stop to think what a
.vondcrful mode of expression the danco
iffers them, and will study It. its music
and the effect of this expression on their
own temperaments, they wilt no longer
'onstder the dance and tho body thot ex
Tessas It as something to be despised,
but they will give to the body, which Is
capablo of beauty, Its due of admiration
and its right to beautiful expression,
which will mean that one step toward W
lifting Instead of degrading the human r
body will be definitely taken through
me worship of loveliness.
To help you all make your bodies n
perfect in outline, In strength and in
power, to respond to your desire to ex
press emotion through the great safety
vmivb oi movement Is my desire.
vvnen dancing, look happy as if von
were dancing because you love to.
If you were dancing because you love the
particular step you are taklng-not doing
mo laanionaoie thing some dancing
teacher has assured you was the "proper
way," Make qne or, two steps your own
and through them teach your body to ox-
press anon wunout shame of cooeclous
nees In perfect happiness and rhythm.
uancing is a safe and sane form of
self-expression, and It is good for body
as well as soul.
In figure 1 the body Is poised on the
ball of one foot while the other Is raised
with the leg thrown slightly backward
from the knee and the toes polntlnr
downward. A straight line from flexed
knee to the tip of the toes seems to be a
favorite Idea of grace, as depicted by the
sculpture of the ancients, and as It adds
to beauty of line the benefit of strength
ening instep and ankle, it Is one of the
little separate movements that I often
Incorporate In my dancing steps.
To return to figure 1. Bend slightly at
the waist toward the uplifted leg and
raise the arm above the head so there
Child Toil of Present Age Worse Than Ever
History Has Never Known a Slavery So Blighting as That of the Young
Victims of Modern Commercialism Money Spent in Pure Extrava
gance Would Soon Relieve These
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
If one half the energy that Is wasted
upon impracticable schemes of social re
form and one-tenth of the money that Is
thrown away in pure extravagance were
concentrated upon the solution of the
problem of en-
f r a n chtslng the
children of the so
called civilized na
tions from their
bondage to giant
despair, whose dun
geons echo to the
pitiless grinding
of the money-making
machines, there
would go up, within
a year's time, such
a paean of re
joicing childhood
as would warm the
pockles of the
world's great heart for the world has a,
heart, If you can but reach it!
I have Just been reading an article on
"Children In Bondage," in the Good
Housekeeping Magazine, which ought. In
Itself, to start a revolution. And It has
recalled an experience of my own bearing
upon this great question of child slavery.
Some years ago I went on a lecture
tour In the south. I stopped one night
in one of the busiest of those industrial
cities which have sprung up within a
couple of decades In that wonderful part
of our country.
The next morning the owner of a great
mill, who was one of the chief promoters
of the local lecture course, and who took
great satisfaction In his connection with
so commendable an enterprise, and gladly
spent money to keep It going. Invited me
to visit his mill.
It was near noon when I approached
Its formidable walls, and was admitted
within 1U guarded gates, and I stopped
amazed at the first sight of human life
that my ey fell upon there, '
It was a long row of little boys and
girls, pale-faced and haggard, and clothed
In the fllmsleet and poorest garments,
with tin palls on their arms waiting In
line to carry their dinners to their
By Lady Constance
will bo a continuous curve from elbow
to toos. A flexible waist wnltB upon the
earnest practice of this exercise.
From elbow to wrist the arm is bent
above and toward tho head, while tho
other arm, stretched lightly out from tho
shoulder and parellel with it, terminates
In loosely flexed wrist and hand, 8 way
lightly from foot to foot, and seo what
easily controlled muscles of the waist
result
Figure 2 pictures for you a walking
brothers and slBters who were haltered to
the treadmills within. Some of them
glanced quickly about at tho least sound,
with a scared expression, as if they ex
peet a lush! Evidently there was
The Manicure Lady
By WILLIAM F. KIRK
"I was listening to a fat gent coming
down In the subway this morning," said
the Manicure Lady. "He was. talking
about how he had worked for years and
years, and now he was rich and happy.
He was telling how ho had his floe coun
try home and his city home at;il his cars
and ull the rest of the things that weulth
brings, and how happy ho was, and what
a good world this Is."
"He had a right to feel that way wiien
everything was so rasy for him," said
the Head Barber.
"That ain't the wuy I figure It ut all,
George," declared the Manicure Lady, "I
may be wrong, but It seems to me that If
I was rich and fat, that would be Just
the time I would feel saddest for all the
milllns of people that ain't rich and fat,
and them that Is fat and poor. I don't
see how that man could be altogether
happy when he knows that In tho city of
New York alone thorn Is over 100,000 hun
gry folks every day, folks that ain't able
to buy nothing good to ratify or deplease
their hunger.
"If I had $1,000,000 I would try to limit
myself to Just enough for a nice, com
fortable living the rest of my life und
scatter the rest of It where It would do
the most good, I would care for all the
needy I could, and every time I heard of
a poor little shop girl trying to live right
on U a week I would be one of them there
Lady Bountlfuls, and from that time on
she would live happily until she was mar
ried, I often like to lie awako and dream
of all the good things that I would do If
I hud money. I suppose I'm a kind of
nut for wasting my time that way, but
It makes mu feel ulmost as huppy soinu-
Stewart Richardson
Two Posw by Lady Richardson Illustrating Her Tolntn
exercise that has a Wonderfully benefl-
clal effect on the whole body. It Is a
natural bodily expression such aa you
have often seen little children drop Into
quite unconsciously.
Tiptoe along from foot to foot with the
raised limb flexed at the kneo and held
with down-pointing toe.
Bend tho body well forward from the
waist, nnd sway it toward the lifted foot,
stretching the arm over this foot baok
and down the other arm forward and as
Children from the
no time In that busy place for human
being to stop to cat otherwise than as
tho overworked dray horso stops ut 'the
edge of tho pavement to have a bag of
meal hung over his neck, with his nose
V
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times as If I really had the money and
was doing all them good deeds."
"I think you are a mighty good girl to
have them dreams," said the Head Bar
ber, "but, of course, dreaming don't do no
good, You have to have the millions
first before you can help the poor. There
Is so many of the poor, too many. Things
ain't the .way tho ought to be In this
world, klddo. It makes me kind of snd a
lot of times when I nm on the way out
to Coney Island and look at some of them
little hovels not far from one of the big
gest bridges In the world. In them hovels
there must be misery and' discomfort that
you and me could never stand one week
and yet them people have to go along that
way, not for u wcok or a month, but
for all their lives, The trouble with you
und mo Is that, like a lot of other good
hearted folks, we never have enough at
one time to help the really poor. All I
had this morning was carfare and lunch
money, and the guy that Just went out
paid me 110 that I never expected to get
In this world."
"Ain't that queer?" exclaimed the Mani
cure Lady. "Brother Wilfred paid me
back Jig this morning that I had kissed
goodbye to long ago, I felt so good about
It that I went and bought me a new
summer lid, which makes three bonnets
I have all at one time. What are you
going to do with your ten, George give
It to the poor?"
"It wouldn't go far enough," said the
, Head Barber, sheepishly. "I Just sent out
trm minute to cover a bet on Cruel Cora
In the fourth raae. She's due to win, and
I got three to one for my sawbuck. But
Just the same, klddo, If there was more
good-hearted folks like us, the poor would
bo happier,"
you would do In feeling your way along
a solid surface In the dark.
Leg, arm and waist muscles are here
brought Into play and when such simple,
pretty, little exercises as this become
Indeed play you may feel sure that you
are on your way to a, body beautiful and
graceful.
After all, Just such dance movements as
this are normal, simple, human expres
sion, and out of them we can evolve
natural grace of body and movement
Grasp of Despair
J)
thrust Into Itl
My Interest In the sights that the mill
might have to offer was already chilled,
but nevertheless, I went In, I remem
bered how delighted the owner had been
to see so many of "his people" listening
to a lecture on astronomy the night be
fore I
I shall not try to describe what I saw.
No doubt it was a sight that ought to
have made me thrill with admiration tor
the practical applies tlon of the great
principle of "efficiency" whloh I saw be
fore be, but In fact It only made me sod
and depressed,
I could not admire the marvellous ma
chinery, could pay nc attention to the
wonderful statlstloa that wtro poured
into my cars about the Incredible number
of this, that or the other things that
could be turned out In a single minute,
for I really saw nothing by pale, drawn
facts, bent over the machines, not dar
ing to look up for a moment, and white,
bony flngerse doing perilous feats with
the darting shuttles, and I heard only
the Inhuman hum of the meohanlcal
monsters that were devouring those
young lives!
I have always regretted that there
was an occasion when I had not the
courage to say what I thought. But we
all meet many such occasions. One
reason why the world does not Improve
more rapidly U because vre axe too
often moral cowards. However, I never
think pleasantly of the name of that
town, although it had listened vory flat
teringly to what I did say but that was
about the stars, and whn you talk
about them you can hurt no man's "busi
ness." Of course, auch things are not confined
to the south. In fact It Is to be feared
that New England taught the lesson.
Head the article to whloh I have re
ferred If you want a host of other facts
about this nefarious business of killing
off tho young of the race, killing them
soul and body, on order to swell the
bloated carcass of mamonl Then think
seriously about what you havs read,
and, having thought act; for modern
civilization Is doomed unless this un
holy thing be destroyed!
A Theological Rationalist
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
One hundred and sixty-five years ago a.
clergyman of the Church of England
published a book entitled "The Free In
quiry." The name of the clergyman
was Conyers Mid-
dleton, to whom
belongs the honor,
or dishonor, as you
may choose to put
It, of having been
the first modern
theological ration
alist. "Tho writings of
the Fathers," says
L c k y, "contain
numerous accounts
of miracles which
they allege to hav
taken place In
their own day and under their own
notice, and which are of such a nature,
and are related In such a manner, that
it seems scarcely possible to avoid the
conclusion that they had really Mkeri
pl", or else that the fathers delib
erately palmed them oft upon tho
credulity of their readers."
Mlddleton, in his "Free Inquiry," me
the difficult)' by an attack upon the
fathers, which was so eloquent, so un
compromising and so admirably directed
that all England soon rang with the con
troversy. Mtddloton showed that the fathers had
"applaudrd falsehood, had practiced tho
most wholesalo forgirlcs, had habitually
and grossly falsified history, had adopted
to tho fullest extent tho system of ploua
frauds, and had continually employed
them to stimulate the devotion or tho
people."
Among tho laity the "Free Inquiry
met with great acceptance, and the land
mark of English theology were, com
pletely wiped out. The traditions on
which that theology had rested were
rudely shaken If not destroyed. K tho
old views ware to be maintained resort
was needed to new arguments.
"But." to quoto Lecky again, "beyond
all this there were other and gravtv
questions suggested. Under what circum
stances was it permitted to reject tho
unrlmous and explicit testimony of all
ecclesiastical historians: What was ths
measure of their oredulity and of their
vtracltyT What, again, was the degree
of the antecedent Improbability of mlri
acles. the criteria separating the true
from the false, and the amount of testi
mony required to substantiate themT"
Buch was the muddle raised by Mid.
dleton's "Free Inquiry." Tho book wa
the forerunner of tho long lino of die.
putants. from Humo down to th latest
contestant, pro or con, In tho groat field
of theological rationalism.
f Habits of Speech
By MRS. FRANK LEARNED
Author of "Ths Etiquette of New York
Today."
Culture Is the result of tho constant
choice of everything that makes life
beautiful. In manners, habits, thoughts,
books, words or conversation the culti
vated man or woman alms to choose tlia
best It one has been negligent In thesa
tnattars a now start may be made.
It may be a surprise when wa realize
how very limited Is our vocabulary and
how we havo been satisfied with It A,
good vocabulary may be acajuired by
reading books which are worth reading,
aa well as by talking with those who ex
press themselves In the speech of edu
cated people. Thought Is back of
speech, and those who think accurately
have a discriminating sense of language
and try to use the best word to say,
what la In their minds.
It Is neither pedantic nor la It af
fected to use well chosen words. It Is
not desirable to use long, difficult words.
The simplest most direct, most vigorous
words are usually convincing. We may
choose a descriptive or a beautiful wcrd,
expressing ourselves In clsar, terse
speech without using expletives or exag-.
gerated terms which are weak and with-;
out using Inappropriate, ordinary lan
guage. The habit of using slang destroys the.
taste for good English. A slang phrasa
may seem crisp or condensed, but It is
not wit. Uusually it Is coarse and cheap
and may be compared to a counterfeit
coin. If we were as anxious to add a
descriptive or beautiful word to our
vocabulary as to add the latest slang
there might be hope for Improvement In
our speech.
We should be as careful to choose
correct words as to be careful In dress.
Women give much thought to the select
tlon of becoming dress, yet there ara
many pretty, well-dressed women Tho
seem unconscious that their attractive
ness suffers an ecllpee when they speak.
The pleasing Impression they have mads
vanishes when the voice is harsh or
nasal, when words are clipped, or incors
rectly pronounced, or gramatlcal mhw
takes are made.
RESINOL MAKES
ECZEMA VANISH
Btops Xtehlng and Burning- Xnstaatlyi
There Is immediate relief for akin
Itching, burning and disfigured by ec
zema, ringworm or other tortnentlnue
skin trouble, in a, warm bath with Real
not Soap and a simple application ot
Keslnol Ointment Tho soothing, heal
ing Iteslnol balsams sink right Into the
skin, stop itching Instantly, and soon,
clear away all traoe of eruption,
even In sovere and stubborn cases whore
other treatments have had no effect
After that the regular use of Keslnol
Soap is usually enough to keep ths akin
clear and healthy.
You need never hesitate to use Iteslnol.
It Is a doctor's prescription, that has
been used by other physicians for year
In the treatment of all sorts of skin
affections. It contains absolutely noth
ing that could injure the tenderest skin.
Practically every druggist sells Iteslnol
Ointment and, Reslnol Soap. Trial free;
Dept 1-P, Reslnol, Baltimore, Mfe
Works wonders for sunburn.
