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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1913)
fflK BEE. OMAHA, MONDAY, At OUST 11, 1913. he (g ine tagazire p)a IT Y Stitches in Time When the Whistle Blows By Nell Brinkley Copyright, 1D1J,- International News Service. 10 ee' ge By WINIFRED BLACK. Tall and straight and fair they stand, the margueritos blue and pink and pur , pie and yellow and green. Oh, no, they are not real marguerites, they couldn't bloom In such 1 colors as tha They are Just embrold ' wed posies on the curtain at the fair 1 -window. Just a lone. 1 straight, mmPl I row of them; headw I tip, stem straight . and prim, some thing puritanical about these flow ers. I wonder who I did them? Some one In that home ' there where the ' window Is, I'll be bound. No one ever ma inem iui they're too full of character for that. One, two, three-why tliire'a one missing from the perfect line. There. I said; they wero never done for sale, two up and two down nnd three plntc and three blue; there fancy about these flowers, and Imagination and wlstrul hops and a kind of quiet resig nation. la shn old and tired, and calm nnd set tled, the woman who did thoso flowers, and did she dd them Just to tpend th long, happy hours of peaceful age? Is he young and restless and, full of high hope and surglnr discontent, and did she do those flowers to keep from quar relling with some one? Oh, yes, they're a great safety valve, flowers are, when they nre embroidered I know a woman who gotu .to her room, locks the door and chews gum as fast aa she can when she's cross, and she has the reputation of the sweetest temper on earth, and she desorves It. The takes her fury out on the gum. Embroidery Is the finest kind of temper kilter. "It'a unjust, it's cruel, I'd like to" one, two. three, four, then a cross stitch "I wish I could" one, two, three, four -"how pretty that blue Is going to be' "How she can thlnV-one, two, three, four! "dear me, It's prettier than I ' thought It was!" ! "I'll show em" one, two three, four . "there, what sweat flowers!" "How pretty those flower fields were up there In the mountains last summer, l blue as the azure of the sky, and acres of them, acres and acres, and above ) them the snow peaks, and the water laughing down Into the green valley be 'low. "I suppose It's all snow up there now J deep, deep, quite, pure snow as white us as snow, and so calm, so restful. Just 'the green, green pines and the great rocks and the snow. How far away all these- little things that bother me do seem- &o far, so far, and so little of ac count; what-do they care, up there In the hills, whether he did right about the party. "How- fast the' little rabbits run over the snow and the chipmunks, too, what bright eyed little rascals they are, to ho sure! I don't believe they know what worry means, and yet they seem Just as happy aa It they did. "Sc-r-e-a-ra, ecre-am, there's n magpie; 'what a handsome, cynical fellow to be sure; so knowing, so sure of themselves, but the old gray cat got the one who came to visit us; for all his wisdom, he tv a wiser than he the old gray cat. "I wonder If the coyotes are crying up there In the rook back of the cottage? J saw one playing with his own shadow In the moonlight last summer, one fair night In June. 'Woof,' he barked, and nprang at the tshadow'a throat. Over and over he rolled, the coyote puppy, playing there. In the moonlight so gaily. "And the sweet breere sprang up and the light clouds floated across the silver moon, Heigh, ho! How far away It all Is. how far away! "Gone the angr-taat the folly of rage quite gone the Irritation of the little mind over ltttla things, past us the clouds pass, high up there In the "Mountain. One, two, three, four, here's another flower growing under th needle; .Who will look at these, I wonder, and dream what they meant to a heart so ;re disquieted." Tall, straight and fair they grow In the soft white curtains at the fair win- tdow of my neighbor the marguerites pink, purple, blue and green. Oh, that's 3uet her harmless Joke, the green one, I rattier like-it, don't you? Peace to your gentle heart, you who made the fair flowers to grow there In the sweet cur tains you made to keep the eyes of the curioua from the quiet secrets of the borne you love. One, two, three, four. Where's my embroidery needle? And that bo ft gray thread for the lichens, and the brown for , the tree bark; no, that isn't the right blue for those flowers, something a thought deeper and yet light, too; there, that's It; one, two, three, four as, theyt grpw. the flowers, under my busy hands. One, two, three, four come, this Is better than Idle anger at what can never be helped. One. two, three, four spring UP. sweet blossoms, and brighten my heart, and th hearts of those who look upon you the work of my hands. SPLENDID HOT WEATHER FOOD You should eat meat very spar ingly during hot weather meat heats the body. At the same time, you must eat nutritious food. Try Faust Spaghetti. It is a nu txItlouB, non-heating food. Mads from Durum Wheat, the cereal that overflows with gluten, a muscle, bone and flesh builder. A 10c package of Faust Spaghetti contains as much butrltlou as 4 lbi. of beef ask your doctor. Write for free recipe book and find out how many different ways Faust Spaghetti can be served to tease the jr4Jte. Bold In 5c and 10c packages. HAT7LL BROS., f St. Louis, Ho, . " " J ;. 1 . -r 'mmmmmmmmmmammm 1 1 mmtmammammmmmmm ft , - , ,77 T r i -i i i i i n in 1 ' ' -n - - . , - . Nell Brinkley Says: You lift your eyes to the great clock In 'the white towor and boo 6 o'clock marked with wide spread hands. You hear Trinity's mellow bells clamoring over all tho choked streets that empty a seething crowd into tho narrow throat of tho sub way, Six o'clockl And the girls who smllo all Mysteries of Science and Nature The Sun is a Variable Star and Its Changes Affect the Price of a Mans Dinner What Science's Latest Discovery Means By GARRETT P. SKHV1SS. The recently announced conclusion of Prof. Frost, the head of tho Yerkcs Ob. servatory, that the aun Is a variable star Is In accord with what has been said re peatedly In these ooiumns. It is a tremendously Im portant fact, and Its demonstration Is mainly due to the labors of Meiwra. C. O. Abbot and F K. Fowle of the Smith sonian Institution, Their statements have been con firmed by observa tions ot astrono- man In Europe. The sun has nut suddenly bee ome variable; It has been variable for ages, but not until now has any measurement ot Its variability been obtained. It has taken ten years to eliminate all the pos sible sourceB of error In the work, one of the principal difficulties being to dis criminate between the effect ot changing conditions of the earth's atmosphere af fecting Ita ability to transmit the radi ation from tho sun to the surface ot the globe, and changes occurring In the sun Itself. It seems now to be certain that the In tensity of the rays which the sun sends to the earth often varies at least aa much as five per cent In periods of only a week or ten days. These variations, of course, directly affect the temperature and the character of the weather. Then there are variations of a much longer period, and of greater general extent. Indicated by the waxing and waning of black spots on the sun's disk. When there are many and large spots on the sun Its radiation is not diminished, but Increased, and when they are few and small, aa at the present time, the radia tion, In general, falls off. But at all times, apparently, minor changes are going on In the sun. which produce quite sudden alterations Sn the temperature of the earth. As has Just been said, we are now at a (period of minimum In the sun spots, but In about four years from now thy will be numerous again, and then a general Increase ot the solar radiation is to be expected. It takes, on the average, about seven years for the sun spots to decline from a maximum to a minimum, and about four years for them to rise again from a minimum to a maximum. Mean while the radiation is not steady at any time, except for a few days The practical importance of the recent studies of these things is seen In Prof- Frost's announcement that the time Is IbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVP'' near at Jinnd when it will be possible to foretell the general character of the sea sons long In advance. - He thinks that that may be achieved within about twenty-five years. Then, It the' present promise Is kept, It will be possible for farmers and grow ers of all kinds. of crops to know In ad vance what they have to expect, and to govern their sowings end plantings ac cordingly. The sun will he recognised as tho great dictator In agricultural affairs, and they will be the most successful cultivators who heed the hints which It gives of Impending changes In tta humor, They wll watch Its face, with the aid of the astronomers, aa Nero's 'courtiers watched the play ot their tyrant's features. nut the mere fact that those who have been conducting these researches think It possible to foretell the -varying effects of the solar radiation upon the earth shows that even in Us most variable moods the sun Is subjected to a law which It cannot violate. It Is only neces sary to find out exactly what that law Is and how It operates In order to foresee rr- Y Wellington in Spain My REV. THOMAS 11. GRKGORY It was 105 years agoAugust I, IMS that the "Iron Duke." then meroiy "Sir" Arthur Wclcsley, landed at Mondegu Hay, Spain, to try his hand with the Marshals of France In the battle for supremacy in the Iberian peninsula. At the time In question Blr Arthur wu,s the possessor of but meagre fame. He had filled certain minor poslUons, and filled them to the complete satis faction of his su periors, but he was to a large extent unknown. The prospect, as he stepped ashore at Mondego Buy was not a rosy one. The Napoleonic forces had been on the ground for some time, and hud achieved some Important results. Napoleon's brother, Joseph, had been declared.' king by the "Master ot Europe," and the greatest marshals ot the empire wqre there with their veteran soldiers to see to It that the matter's will was carried out. But there, too. was Wellington, mudest. patient, long-suffering, doing hla duly in a quiet way. taking what come In the spirit ot true philosophy, and biding hla day long as steadily as any chorus girl is bidden to do, who haul down enough yards of stuff in a day . to tie a Boah around this vain old world, who try debutante dancing-frocks on fat rollcs who've seen forty summer moons or more, who get down end less "middles" for loan little girls, whoso too flat pay envolopo is sometimes tho fortune of the fam ily, all thoBQ who need and earn a thicker pay en velope and electric fans, all these bits of woman hood who go to make up the bravo army that work Its effects. Much MM depends upon n better knowledge of the earth's atmos phere, for when a sudden change takes place In the solar radiation tho effect Is rot immediately felt on the earth. The atmosphere acts as a kind ot buffer, and takes up the shook, afterwards distribut ing it In a more' gradual and gentla manner. A graphic Illustration of the Importance of this matter to every human being Is given In a remark ot Prof. I.angley's, which Prof. Frost has quoted; "Though the most unformed nebula msy hqld the germs of future worlds, yet for us these possibilities nre but Interesting conjectures, for every nebula might be wiped out of the sky tonight without af fecting the prlco of a laborer's dinner, while a small change In tho solar radia tion may conceivably cause the ckaths of numberless men In an Indian famine." Prof- I-ingley's forecast .has been fully Justified by tho recent investigations, and we may now cay that the price of every man's dinner Is affected by changes In the sun that had not been discovered ten years ago. time. He wns harshly criticised by those "higher up." but he threw no vitrei nt his would-te traducers. When defeat came to hire In the field, he took It with the grace that cornea of the conscious ness ot duty nobly done, and when fate smiled and victory crowned' his standards he received his honors with gratitude and .meekness. In the meantime, through it all he was learning how to win battles. Defoat did not rattle or demoralize him, but only served to ahow htm his defects, which he Advice to the Lovelorn By BKATRIOK FAIRFAX. There la si Wmy. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 'JO and In love with a girl or 19, and It I don't win this gin I'll go cruxy. I pio- rosed, but her parents object becuuse am of a different religion. The girl loves me, but she waits for ner parents' consent. Will you pleuse help me to win this girl, because I think of her all the time? THOMAS. She will not marry without her parent' consent, and she Is right You say their objection Is based on your church. You do not say what your church Is. but do you love the girl so much you would charge It? I do not advise It. 1 simply suggest that the means of overcoming the ob jection to iou lies In ourtflf. You must nut demand that the lri make the sac rifice There Could He !o Objection. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 1. and have a friend two years my senior in shops pour out' of the employes' door and out under the clamor of "6 by the clock." The blonde hat model, In her sleezy, slippery, litle black gown, tho close-tailored girl who sells suits, with her crinkly hair and big, black purse like a baby kit bag, all there and happy! Have you noticed that? And pretty! Have you noticed that? They have many good excuses not to be tho .first but they laugh and laugh and you hear little things like this: "He said to her and she said to him." Marriage and Happiness By DOROTHY DIX. Is the happy way to be married the scrappy way? Is the real emblem ot domestic felicity the prize , fighter's mitt, and not the dove of seace? Can husbands and wives really be too polite, too considerate and too amiable? Is the perfect husband and wife not to be desired, after all? The average mar ried couple would answer theBe ques tions by saying that nobody knew, because no man or woman had ever achieved his or her Ideal mate. He or she might have thought he or she was getting this wonder at the time ot the marriage, but later on say five years afterward well, that's a different story, and a sad one, friends. Undoubtedly we are all In the way of thinking that the reason that marriage Is so often a failure Is because the high contracting parties are not only shy on a large proportion of the domestic vlr- took care to remedy before the next fight, and In that way he grew in mllttury prowess and skill from month to month and from campaign to campaign, until at last he was more than a match tor the best ot Napoleon's generals. One after another they bit the dust before him, and when the time came to pick out some one to look horns with the great emperor In the life and death struggle of the hundred days. Englaifd settled upon Wellington as the man to do the work. His birthday la quite pear and I would like to know If It Is proper lor'me to send him a birthday card, so as to let him know 1 think of him. ANXIOUS. A cordial little note, wishing him many happy returns, will prove your friendship. You are so young; will you promise me to regard no man us more than a friend for a few years longer? There U One Way. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am In love, with n young girl of 1 years. I am 13. I love her so much that I wouldn't forget her for anything In the world. I never told her that I loved her until last Sunday night, when she told mo that she, had to give me up on account of a difference In religion. She said somebody told her mother and she was told to glvo me up. Can you tell me how I could get her back, for I am almost heartbroken? I. A. C. Have you thought of making a changt to her chunh" Do you love her enough tl make the sacrifice yourself Instoaa of demanding It of her? But you are only I). I know It seems lucredlble to ou now, but If you wait a few years you may find comfort In a gtrl of your own belief tail "Isn't that great?", and "What are you going to wear?" and "I had the time of my life!" Ami pretty thoy'd have a heap of excuses not to be that, too what with trying to stretch, a bill longer and greener than It Is, and, standing on their two feet all day long, and smiling long and sweet at grouches. But they are. Among them you find the trimmest girls In town. And oomo of their faces make a society belle's wish It could go back to heaven and get made all over again. tues, but they are also short on patience, and 'civility, and tact, and the most ele mentary regard for each other's rights aVid personal liberty. When we see the way In which most husbunds and wives treat each other we are not surprised at the sound of breaking and rending of matrimonial bonds that we hear all about us. We are amaxed that any couple re main tied together. It appears, however, that you can overdo a good thing even In matrimony, and that a husband and wife can be too perfect, as witness the case of a promi nent young couplesat actors, who have Just separated because they found an Ideal marriage too dull to be endured. This young man and woman weeo of the kind of people who take life serloosly. Before they were married they had long heart-to-heart talks In whch Ihey dis cussed the duties and obligations of Hus bands and wives, and formulated a plan for making matrimony a grand, uweot song. They drew up a list of things that theyy would do and would retrain from doing and pledged themselves never to speak a harsh word, never. to answer back when the other spoke "Impatiently, never to provoke a quarrel, never to be Jenlous, or unreasonable, or moody, or grouchy, but to be always tender, affectionate. considerate, patient, forbearing and so on. In short, each was to be a pin leath ered angel, and their home was to be a heaven on earth, but Instead of this iisner lng In a domestic mlltentum as they an ticipated, each Boon began to be hored stiff, and to long to make a few dants In the perfection of the other. Life be came Insupportable. It was like living on a diet ot nothing but chocolate creams, or In a climate where there Is never any thing but sunshine, and so the victims of the too much perfection In marriage are petitioning the courts to divorce them. This case can hardly be considered In the light of an awful warning, because there 'are not many people who err on the side of being too good. But un doubtedly hard as the faulty husband or wife Is to endure, the perfect oho would be still worse, for there Is nothing In heaven or earth that Is more exasperat ing than the individual that Is always rlghjv unless It is the person wio re mains cool, calm, and collected while you are a seething volcano. It Is not In humanity to endure per fection, especially In Its mate, and that Is why the wife of a man who is an ex ample In the community always wears a meek, dejected look, while the husband of the superior woman Is a sight so a'bjtct that it brings tears to the hardest eyes. It Is also to be observed that tho women who are the happiest and the best loved wlv.es are almost Invariably poor, weak, faulty creatures, who waste their husbands money on fine clothes and good times, whereas the wives who do their duty by their families by econo mlilng and gvorking, and going shabby, never get any thanks for It. It Is also discouraging to masculine lrtue for men to observe that the most adored hus bands are those whose wives are kept busy forgiving them things. As a matter of fact, most ot the theories about married llfo don't work out ltj real experience. For Instance, wives are ad vised that the way to keep a man nailed to his own fireside Is to be always amus ing and entertaining, and dressed up, and to chat gully with husband of an evening, and to sing and play for him, and keep something going all the time. Can anybody Imagine anything more horrible than such a home, a horn 2 that was an understudy or a music hall, and a wife that Jeapt nimbly from vaudeville stunt to vaudeville stunt? What you want with a home Is a place where you can take off your coat and your collar, and sit on the back of your neck, and be quiet, without having to talk, or to be talked to, or to have to listen with a polite expression of an In terest you don't feel. Certainly to bi married to a woman who would read aloud to" you. or render a few operatic selections when yqu were dead tired, ought to entile any man to divorce on the ground of cruel nnd uusuhI punish ment. And equally objectionable would' be a husband who was such a perfect gontle man that he always made his wife feel as If she must have on her best frock and her company manners, and before whom she could never permit hcraelf the luxury of appearing In a kimono and saying what was really on her mind. The real psychology of the domestio quarrel Is that nature is trying to Infuse a little ginger Into domesticity to keep it from getting too monotonous and so cloying on the domestic palate. A good round quarrel Is tho thunderstorm tnuc clears the atmosphere and brings fresh ozone Into the family circle. The moral ot all ot which Is that It Is fatal to try to be too good a husband or wife. RESINOL INSTANTLY RELIEVES SUNBURN Reslnol Ointment, aided by Bcstnol Soap, Boothes and cools sunburn in stantly, and quickly restores the skin to perfect health and comfort. This earns simple treatment Bpcedily heals summer eczema, heat rash and Ivy or oak pois oning, and stops the itching of insect bites. You need never hesitate to use Heslnol Soap and Reslnol Ointment, rhere is nothing in them to Injure the tendereat surface. 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