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Laziness is the Root
"I Should Worry"
By Nell Brinkley
of Most Misery.
Copyright, 113, International News Service.
By DOROTHY DEC.
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Among my . acquaintances Is a young
woman who. ten years ago, was an extra
ordinarily brilliant and beautiful girl,
talented In half a dozen different dlrec
tlona. This girl had
Hie misfortune to
marry a drunkard,
tr, to tell tho aim
llo truth, she did
marry a drunkard
In spite of all that
' her family and
friends could do to
prevent .her. i
The marriage
turned out as such
marriages almost
Invariably do, and
after enduring
teen . or , eight
years of untold
misery she di
vorced her hug
band . dnd went
back home to live
'with her two little
children.
. This woman Is. still young, She is only
33, and in all probability' has thirty or
forty years more of life left to her, and
that's a Jong time in which to be happy
or miserable, and to make yourself a
blessing or a curse to those-about you,
.And. she has accepted her misery. She
baa- enrolled' herself 'among tho human
tragedies. She Is tho most haggard
flguro of woo that you ever saw. She
has permitted herself to .turn Into one
of those cynjcal. .bitter, disgruntled
women, with a tongue with a razor edge.
irom wnicn ine ooreeswiee.
Her family . Is lit ,very- moderate cir
cumstances, not able to support hen and
her children, though they willingly dl
vldo what they have with her. Her
poverty is another goad In her side, but
ste accepts this, as she does her other
sorrow, as just another drop of bitter in
her cup, and another thing to wall over.
This ,wkoman has Just one pleasure In
life, and that is that she lives In a per
fect debauch of" self pity, Blie ' koeps
herself; drunk on her .own ' teara. and
drugged with the thought- of her own
troubles until she Is Just as dulled and
lethargic as any man that ever wallowed
In a gutter, or lay stupefied in an
oplum'Jolnt.
None, of her- friends ever speak of her
except as "poor Sadie," but for my part
I always feel like screeching "Coward!
Quitter! Deserter!" at her, for In my
eyes there Is no more contemptible figure
in the world than that of the man or
woman who refuses 'to fight the battle
ot life, who surrender In the very first
skirmish, and before the fight;ls really on;
Of course, It's a terrible thing to melee
a mistake in' marriage. I am not minim
izing that sorrow,, though it has Always
seamed to me that a woman who married
a, maii! knowing thai ho drank was in
honor, bound to stand for a drunken hus-.,
band, but In this enlightened age peopte
are not bound forever to the cross' of
their matrimonial mistakes. "
Divorce is also unpleasant, but It Is
like a surgeon's knife that cuts away a'
festering sore, and tho clean wound It
leaves is a thousandfold more endurable
than the dally nagging and. gnawing of,
a sorrow that feeds on your heart' like' a
worm on a rose.
At any rate having made an unfor
tunate marriage and having divorced an
unworthy husband, the Incident is
cloned so far as the woman Is concerned,
and she should put the affair out of her
life. She certainly does herself no Jrbod
by sitting up and brooding over what
might have been. That Is with tho past,
and her business Is with the. future.
Bhe, can't change what has been one
lota by thinking .about It, or weeping"
&ver It. or regretting -it. hut she can
make what Is to be tull of happiness and
content, and brightness, it she will.
Nobody need. M. .perpetually miserable
unless' they really enjoy It and unless
they get more fun out of crying than
they do out of laughing. Plenty of poopte
do. They are built that way, especially
women who are most naturally of 'a sort
of half mourning complexion.
This woman of whom I am writing -and
there are thousand like her has
accepted misery, and dependence, and
poverty as her lot in life. And' she
needn't endure thin melancholy existence
for another hour If she has tho backbone
of a fishing worm, she's strong, and
healthy, and young. She Is Intelligent
enough to learn how to do anything 'on
earth if she'd put as much energy into
It as she does to mourning over Her fatn,
and as much -thought as Bhe does In
dwelling on her troubles.
AIV that she needs Is to say to herself,
"I am not going to be miserable I am
not going to have my life wrecked by
cne mistake, that X made when I was n
foolish young girl. I am not going to be.
a dependent. I am not going to be poor.
I am going to roll up my sleeves and go
to work, and fjll my life so full of- fresh
Interests, and occupation that I won't
even have to remember that I've got a
past. I'm going to make money to buy
the things I want, and to give my chll
dren the advantages they would have had
if they had had the right sort of n fathir,
and I am going to be happy because T
am going to be of some use to my fellow
creatures.
Just the grit to make the fight Is all
that stands between this woman and hap
piness, and between every woman of jhe
weeping willow type and the sunshfne.
The time was when there was nothing for
the unhappy woman to do but to sit
down and weep and lament, but that
time has gone by, thank God. It a woman
mlsseii the trail to cpntentment in one di
rection now, she can face about and go
the other way and arrive at the same
goal.
The reason most people are miserable
Is because they are lasy. They are too
indolent to make an effort to secure hap
piness fdr themselves, and this is es
pecially the case with women.
Women are sick because they are' too
lazy to take enough exercise to keep them
healthy! they are deDcndent th
are too lazy' to tctt un and hnti. fP
themselves; they are poor because they
,w v uu . uiuu went i mil
it takes trt rn mAnW. :
Happiness is for ij all If we have only
the energy and determination to reach
out ana take it. and for us to succumb
misery la a eonfeulon of vmVium
which wu deserve to be ostracized by our
li Unas tnste&a or. being pitied by them
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Nell Brinkley Says:
"My beaux are many! Back of the clutter oflittlebot
tles and ivory things, vinls of orange' scent from Arabia,
and Poudre de Ei? from Paris, their pictures stand, wor
When I first stir under my silk-und-clown coverlet I can
shining every timq I look at my pretty eyes -in tho- glass
hear the rustle of paper and I know that means my
morning consignment of love-letters, so I turn over, bury
my nose in the curve of my arm and dream, a little longer 1
After my chocolate I gather ray letters, my candy, gold
labeled and ribbon bound, my flowers in their tall and
long boxes, and I rip them all .open and rovol. ? sol
emnly absorb""tho, praise in tho' missives. I tuck away
bits of noptar-fillcd chocolates in my checks.- I put my
face down in the gloomy, dowy coolness of the fragrant
flower nests, Aid then I shake out my hair, yawn a bit
and smile, 'I should WORRIT "
Don't Send Inebriates to Jail; Cure. Them
Alcoholism is a Malady, Not a Crime; It is a Disease, as Tuberculosis is; the State Farm
Method is the Humane. One.
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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
work appeals only to warm-blooded men'
who wish to 'help the)r feltow beings. In
spite of this knowledge, we had hoped
that he would allow the bill to become
a law.' Those hopes being groundless and
the veto power having been exercised, it
simply means that we must wa.lt two
years and hope that at that time we shall
have a different governor. '.'
It is. a matter for universal' regret that
the governor of Connctlcut has .so limited
a vjew. of this great subject, and that he
has allowed the old-fauhlohed Ideas of
early New England to prevent a larger
and more humane Christianity to be put
Into practice In dealing with unfortunate
fellow beings.
Alcohdllsm Is a disease, precisely as
tuberculosis Is a malady, resulting from
broken laws of life mental first and phys-
i leal afterward. No man who thinks right.
breathes right, cats right, drinks right
and exercises right ever has tuberculosis.
As" 'well punish and Jail a victim of that
malady as th& drunkard.
Just as the consumptive Is sent to na
ture and shown how to restore 'bia. nor
mal, natural 'self, so should the victim
of alcohol be sent to the arms of the
great universal mother.
Just as the sick man has nurse and1
doctors to Bee that he has the right food
Copyright, Jil3i by Star Company.
The state farm bill was presented to
the legislature of Connecticut last winter,
asking 'for' an 'Inebriate hospital which
would be an Institution' maintained by 2
per cent of the
license money and
the work of the
Inmates. Jt- would
be an institution
where : treatment
would be given
people who are In
temperate and
have lost control
of themselves, but
who are not in
sane. There wouia
be requirements
that they should
work while there
and that they
should be required
to -remain there a
certain length of
time and then leave on parole, reporting
to the- Institution from time to tlmo
There Is need of such an institution,
and H. It. Spooner also had a bill for a
similar one, but his Institution would be
started by the state of a cost ot $50,000
and used as custodial institution for the
treatment of the rounders who are con
tinually coming before the courts. Such
men are stnt to Jail, but that does them
1 l. n 1 1. .t mwmamaj In.lllllHnn I
hi iw., -.. mi ... ;"'"""""""'"' go oaver to see Mister Crowley at his
thy could j cared for and kepi there CTU boam 0. j
for long periods and made to work and , wanted to Ma hu C0Untry hoam, & this
earn their living. will bo a fine day. Mister Crowley will
Dr. H. M. Pollock, superintendent of the Jad to Mc ug
State hospital, spoke strongly in favor of So we went oaver Pft WM ,
the bill: and It would have passed but for on tha ,WBy how hl, .frM(j enter.
the veto of the governor of Connecticut talned , ,rendl- He thlnk, tl)0 worJ o(
Ot h!o action the Connecticut Citizen me Pa & u pleaM blm t0 SM
ays; me at his estate to-day. He has a llttel
Practically every newspaper in the wn namej aeorge. about yure age &
state welcomed It as good legislation, and .hejr have a pony that you can ride,
then Governor Slmuin K. Baldwin set his jjister Crowley Is working on the new
Judgment against the rest of the state arivt around his house ft 1 guess I will
and vetoed it when It. was too late to watch him work awhile & give him a fewj
takoit back and; pass It over his vetq.( euggestlons.
We had,, knownthat bis tendencies warp ' They have a-'vary nice place rite on a
toward tho old. line punishment, Jdetui J g lake. Weii we-, got thare,-two of Mis
that he would not favor any bill which tr Crowley's brothers was braking up
seemed to have anything of the "sentl- 'atone with big hammers to malk the
mental' in it, that he would not give any aones llttel for the driveway. He wa
weight to the reforming or saving Ideas boating Ills two brotheru.
of the proposition bectueo that kind of j Here he srd to l'a. after (hey had
and drink, and exercise and rest, and that
he does not' fait In doing 'all the cure de
mands, should tho alcohol Invalid be
looked after and guided and helped to
find himself.
Solitary confinement, und Jails, and
punishment destroy" man's hope of the'
future,, kill self-respect and foster re
vengeful and cruel emotions.
Work in the open, with God's earth
below and Clod's skies above, and the
m0v) ng winds about, gives' a sick soul op
portunity for self-communion and for
communion with ministering angles.
The day will come when all wrong
doers will be treated as other invalids
aro treated and helped back to moral
health by constructive methods, Instead
of being driven down to chronio- sinful
ness by brutal ones.
And before that day comes alcoholism
will be universally regarded as a malady
which must be cured by natural" and
scientific means Instead of being punished
as a wilful crime.
It is to be hoped that Connecticut will
put itself into the line of progress at the
next election, and that when the "flute
aTarro bill" Is presented to the legislature
it will meet with a prompt approval by
a 'human-hearted and broad-minded gov
ernor. "
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Out-Flanagan Flanagan
Bf BEATRICE FAIRFAX
"I am keeping company with a pretty
girt about my own oge, which is 28,"
writes James, "and there is a man in the
way by tho namo of Flanagan. Now, this
glil thinks, a lot about me, but what this
man Flanagan says, goes
"By telling me what to do, you will
take a great load off my mind."
The situation Is exciting, and one that
calls for prompt action. "What ho says
goes," proves that Flanagan Is no or
dinary rival.
Ho Is not the sort of a man that can
be pushodout ot the way by looks of
scorn. Thol frcexlng-out process wouldn't'
nip oven the nose of a man like Flanagan.
And I am quite sure, from his name, that
If the old-time test of physical strength
were applied, the ambulance would be
called, buL when It drove away Its oc
cupant would not be Flanagan.
- You must out-Flanagan Flanagan by
excelling htm In every art which has
won the girl. If Flanagan respects tho
sartorial touches and woos with a purple
tie, get one for yourself that will make
Ills look Ilk a sun-faded tanner In com
parison. There Is always a collar higher,
a' finger flng with a larger set, a stick
pin that Will command and hold attontlon
a little longer, and a cane a little more
unique than tha last one.
It is always the man who tells the last
story who tells the best one. Let your
attire bo the last sartorial narrative, and
Little Bobbie's Pa
'Bjr WILLIAM P. KIRK.
Bobble, sed Fa, to me, y6u and me wl
shook hands, you are a big husky, why
doant you grab a hammer and help me.
Certainly, sed Pa, you A I will show
the boys how. Get thare two hammers
& give them a rest. Now we wilt work
like this, sed Fa, you brake ten big
stones Into quarters & I will brake the
quarters Into eighths sc then you brake
1ie eighths Into thlrtj -seconds, sed l'a.
Let Eddie do that, sed Mister Crow
ley. No, sed Fa, you have got to work
If I do. Eddie & bis brother Art hav
did enuff work for one duty.
But I doant care to swing a hammer,
sed Mister Crowley, I was meerly over
seeing them.
Welt, Bimon Legree, sed Fa, Ialnt
tanned dark enuff yet to look like Uncle
Tom, so I guess thare wilt be nothing
tlrrlng ormy part until you spit on yuie
hands Si show fne that you, too, are not.
afralde of honest labor.
You brake up the big ones flret, then,
ned Fa's frend,
No. sed Fa, I am better at braking
i up quarter stones that, whole ones. 1
.euil malk the cutest eighths out of quar
ters you ewer seen, sed Fa. Go ahead.
So Pa's frend started in, but I cud
see that ho dldeni want to. After he had
j worked awful hard for nearly halt an
kflll Via mA in Ttl . .1.1 wt 1 ll Jb
hour he sed to Fa, row gq ahedd &
finnlsh this Job.
ft then it beegan to rain hard. Now
we will all go in out of the rain, sea
Fa.
We doant mind the rain a bit, sed
Mlatre Crowley, You go rite ahedd now
& do yure share.
I newer malk llttel stones out of big
onui in a rain storm, sed Fa. Why, they
wuddent ask a convict to work in a
Morm like this.
But I Insist, sed Mister Crowley,
No, sed Fa, I am a very large pow
erful man & if 1 shud git neumonla I
mite as well malk my will 4. leev all
my- debts to my 'creddjtors. You know
what neumonla wud do to a gent like
me, sed Fa.
By all meens, sed Missus Crowley, Cum
rite In out of that rain, all of you.
Bo Fa dldent have to brake any rock.
Fa is a good skeerfter about work
f 1
Spartaous j
you will moke him look like a missionary
barrel, and his heart feel lllco a flag at
half mast.
If Flanagan, like many men, depends
upon the generosity ot lils purse to win,
hero again you must out-Flanagan Flana
gan. Never let this girl, have .opportunity
to compare your five-pound box ot candy
with a ten-pound box that' cable from
Flanagan, A difference of five pounds
has turnod mora gtris from Smith to
Jones than either Smith, or Jones, or tho
girls themselves realize.
Study hec likes and dlsllkos and -whim
and fancies, and when you have found
what Is her ldnl man, mako yourself
over into that creaturo of her dreams
though the transformation may mean you
will become a double of Flanagan.
"What ho says, goes." Indicates that
Flanagan Is a masterful man, and be
lieve mo, my dear James, a masterful
man Is tha kind a girl likes best during
a courtship. After marriuge,, she pro
ceed!) to take all these qualities which
won her out of him.
Be more authoritative. Demand and
command occasionally, and make your
demands and commands felt. Have a
will of your own, and opinions that will
not sway like the branch ot a tree In a
wind storm before her moods. Make
what you say go, and make it go surer
and further than it It came from thoj lips
of that man Flanagan.
Don't be faint-hearted. Flanagan isn't.
Don't let another man outltno the con
duct of your girl. Flanagan doesn't.
The girl thinks a lot about you, but
even this regard for you will not win
her if Flanagan has a more dominant
influence. Some girls have to have their
minds made up for them. I Judge, thla
little girl is or that kind, and It is not an
undesirable trait la woman for the man
who Is kind and loving and better fitted
to control.
She likes you better than she likes
Flanagan, but Flanagan is making up
her mind for her to learn to like him
better, and the first results are evident
in her obedience to him,
"What lie says goes," and your cause
Is lost unless you act promptly, You
will' never win her so' long as the wishes
of Flanagan have any influence on her
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xoumusi out-Flanagan Flanagan. It
is your wU, you Influence, your chalice.
Against his will, his Influence, his chance.
The contest mny be a long one, but it
will be worth all tho wear and tear ot
finance, all the agony ot high collar, and
all the effort of patience, will and dlplcp
nittcy, if )'qu win.
By IU5V. THOMAS p. GREGORY
Ahmi tliLn limn nf 'thu vmy. V r
73, a handsome young Thr&cton,' wltli
Willi) iovuiii-iivu juiuvr jfciwmnu.ir, utuiv
out' of the training1 school' at Capua and
tore away nice aeer
for the burnt-out
.crater of Vesuvius.
That Thraclan's
name was Hparta-
cus, one,' ot the
grandest charao-
tore in history.
sIn f!J B: C. they
did not know how
to spell humanity
much less live up
tq the spirit of the
word. Blavcry" was
universal. Aristo
tle, the greatest
man of the ancient world, declared that
tho majority of men were never imenaeu
for anything but slaves.
In Romo the finest and bravest ot
male slaves (largely prisoners taken
battle) were trained as gladiators and
, fi.k. .i-h nther In the Coll-
seirm, where they were "slaughtered to
make a Komon nouoay.
snnrtnrus (desplto the fact that the
blood ot kings ran In his veins) was
destined for the urena ana, not iiKins
tho idea,, he escaped with the handful
of prospective gladiators, enlisted an
army of slaves, raised the black flag
and threw to the breeze his motto
"Liberty If possible, but vengeance any
way." Claudius was sent out against him with
an army and was beaten. Variniua wept
put with another army and was ail
nlhllated. Later on two consular armies
were destroyed and Home trembled.
Bpartacus was doing finely, when, all
At once, the Gauls; and Germans drew off
from him, and were cut to pieces, - Re
treating wllh the remnant of his forces,
Spartacus was overtaken In the Calebrtatt
mountains and annihilated. The -revolt
of the Slaves, during which two consular
and three pretorlan armies had been
wiped ou,t,. was now over.
Before the battle, says the historian
Bpartacus stabbed his horse; aa lh pros
perity and adversity he' had faithfully
fitooJ by his men, he now, by that act,
showed that, tho .issue, for him arid for
them w.as victory or.;4eB-U- In tjxe last
brittle he fought with, tho courage' of a
lion. Two centurions'' tell by hla-band,
Wounded and on his knees, he. still
wielded hts ponderous spear against the
foe. Thus the great captain and his com
rades died the death of freedom and hon
orable soldiers.