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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1913)
10 THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. rr g e If" Marrying for a Home Br BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a widow with two children ; thre Is a man who Is pay ing me attention. lie says he haa plenty of money and will tako care of my children and me, but when I try to set the day h la never ready. He write lovely letters, but when I ask him ques tions about his affairs he never irlves mo any definite answer. Last year we were to be married and no to Honolulu on our wedding trip, but when I got all ready he put It off for another year. What do you think I ought to do? WIDOW. Bo you are a widow with two children and you aro thinking of marrying a man, Just to be supported what ought you to doT Tou ought to be ashamed of yourself my good madam. There Is sometimes a vaguo shadow of excuse for the silly young girl who marries a man for his money; she doesn't quite know what sho is doing; but you, you do know and you're willing to do It, to keep from going to work. Tou are young, strong, healthy why do you want none man to work for youT Why don't you go out to work for yourself and be Independent? How do you know what sort of a man this stranger would be after you mar lied him? If you are willing to take such a risk as that, how about those little helpless girls of yours? Tou know what sort of a mother you re: how about this strange man for a father? Plenty of money-what does he mean by that, anyway; plenty for himself for hi own selfish pleasures and none at all for you and what your children need. Some, men are like that, you know; what makes you think this man Is different? Bo he won't give you any definite Idea about bis business afalrs? Well, perhaps be haa no affairs to be definite about, and then, perhaps, he's disgusted with you for showing him so plainly that you want his money and don't care, particu lar about him at all. What are you going to give him for his "plenty of money and his good carol" What do you suppose he wants of you an your girls? Just some one to spond his money for him? He la probably per fectly capable of doing that for himself. He wants a wife, a home, so mo one to love him. some one to think he Is a treat man, a good man, a clever man; he wants love, appreciation, gratitude, rest, peace; are you ready to give him all these things to him In exchange for hts plenty of money and his good care? I don't suppose there Is anything so wonderful about you that the man would be willing to take three people to sup port just to look at you, la there? I've seen your sort before, dear woman, many, many times, and I've wondered and wondered about them a dosen times. Always looking for some man to tako bare of them, never willing to work and take care of themselves, and when they ! get the man, cine times out of ten they wake him perfectly miserable and wish they had never Men him. What do you think marriage Is, anyhow, you poor foolish woman you, a business propoal- An you for sale to the highest bidder, you who have held little helpless babies In your arms and oUght to know what love means Iots la all its Joy and all its misery? If you are, then those little girls of yours are In the wrong keeping. Borne one ought to tako them away from yon and put them In an asylum somewhere where they mtsht have some chance to grow up modest, loving, sincere women, who are willing to tako car of them selves, even If they have to work to do It till the right man comes along to take care of them. "Plenty of money and win take ear of you," never ray that again, little widow, to any one you want to have reaped you. Better make a fool of yourself over soma man who Isn't worth the price of a wed ding ring than to sell yourself and tell people about It right before these little girls of yours; go to work, little widow, go to work; get a Job somewhere, any where; sew, mend, economlro. cook your own little diners on your own little gas Plate; keep your own little girts with u, lovo them, make them happy; for get all about tho man who says he will take suoh "good care of you.", unless you fall In love with him and have some thing to give him In exchange for what you expect That's my advice; think It over. The Motor Bus j Br MINNA IRVING. "When summer eves aro close and hot Within our little flat, s I say to Mllly, "Come alone And never mind your hat. For though expensive auto cars Are not, alas I for us, Tet we can both afford a ride Upon ft motor bus," We sometimes perch upon the roof. And from Its height look down Upon the moving picture gay, Of old Manhattan town. But when the clouds obscure the stars, And thunder threatens rain, We lt within and there rehearse Our courtship days again. My arm goes stealing round her waist. Just as It used to do When at her father's garden gate We lingered in the dew. Her little hand slips Into mine Confidingly, and thus We dream of future limousines And bless the motor bus. LIVE CHEAPEIl CUT DOWN SIEAT DILL DOWN Tou can cut down your moat bill two-thirds and get more nutritious food by eating Fault Macaroni. A lOo package of Faust Macaroni con Ulna as much nutrition as i Jbs. of beef ask your doctor. Faust Macaroni la extremely rich in glutea, the bone, muscle and f(oah builder. It 1 made from Durum Wheat, the high protein cereal. Delicious, too. You can serve Faust Macaroni a hundred different way to delight the palate. Write for free recipe book showing how. in air-tight, moisture-proof pack tCM, 6 and 10 cents. maulij Roa St. Louis, Mo, On Her "Way ' "jTv . ! ' '. ff ' y " . ' , I ' .',.' vS ... v. i Nell Brinkley Says: When tho soft, tender months of In dian summer have slipped by so stealth ily, so dreamily that, drinking deop.of their wine, you find the bottom of the cup before you have scarce begun, uu. tumn harkena to ' a. stealthy sound a breath from the north) ' At the gate of her rustling golden woods she cries. "Who goes there?" And back comes the an- When the Arabs Left Spain By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. By an Imperial edict Issued by the royal Imbecile, Philip HI, 301 years ago, August it, 1609, Spain banished tho Moors from her dominions, and In so doing com mltted national sui cide. - The Mortscoes. numbering about a million and a half, were given Just three days to get out of the country. Of course, they wereunable to com ply with the edict so rapidly, and the government, with s&vago energy, pro ceeded to expel them. They were hunted out like wild boasts. Thousands were lain, and the rest shipped to Africa. In niany cases they were butchered like sheep and oxen ind thrown Into the sea. Out of one consignment of HO.QOO. over 100.000 suffered death In Its most fright ful forms, and after the most excruciat ing agonies. from the foolish and fanatical expul sion of the Arabs. Spain datca tho be- I swerrln-a-frosty. ringing voice. "It Is I the splijt.of winter!" And the gold woods turn to brorue and they ruutlu dryer and dryer,-arid "Boon the ground Is a rout of flying' leaves, and tho. trcca aro naked. And then , the wool of snow blankets the meadows and city streets and the far Rockies. And the winter girl comes "bobbing." skating, sleighing, -snowshoc- rig they wear In Switzerland; . Bobsled ing,, skiing, If she is lucky enough to holding would be a. better, thing than It al In Canada or the Alps! Out In my own J ready Is If we could do'lt In thls-a Rockies, where tho snow packs In the sweater of arlllla'rit'color, woolen gloves 4 ginning of her ruin. The Mortscoes were tho finest part of her population. They poBBeased the brain, "learning, and In dustry of the nation; and when they were thrust out of tho realm there wafc nobody to take their puce. Arts and manufacturers, either degenerated or wiro wholly lost, and vast regtons of Arabic lamt wore left to perpetual barrenne8.( UVeut reas were suddenly , uenuripu, una o mis uay mey nave never I bn repeopled. The . wonderful agricul ture that made the Andalualan plains a erltable paradise vanished, never to re turn. Tho silk manufacture perished, Tht splendid. Irrigation system went to pieces. Tho land that had been on' Eden of de light became a Sahara. Intellectually the results were equally disastrous. The science that conquers naturo and tames her powers tor the service of man, and the general Intelll gencQ which refines and softens the pas sions and makes for brotherhood and progress, were of Arab origin, bo far as Spain was concerned, and when the Arabs were expelled along with them went these mighty agents of civilisation to make way for the superstition which is humanity s most deadly enemy. Greatly did Spain sin In driving out the Mortscoes. and greatly has alio been punished for her monstrous crime. By Nell deep valleys, -where It glazes Into Ice on the uttermost slopes, , where It sweeps from tho home of.. the whirlwind and tho snowstlde, in mighty' toboggan ways fit for a god or a giant, they do not ski, Borne day they will. Perhaps when that day comes the winter girls hero will sport the same fetrhlnr. nnnlhi ,n.v : Ca'nopus Uy EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN "An Australian friend writes that Canopus Is more brilliant than 81rus. Please state if this la true. In what part of the world la It visible? Has Its parallax been accurately, determined?" A. Flrst-I fear that your, friend Is In error. The results oj that instrument of precision, the meridian 'photometer, are that Slrtus le seven-tenths of a magnitude brighter than Canopus. which easily teaches that Canopus Is brighter than any other star. ' Second Canopus, next In brilliancy, la visible from all that portion of the world south of north latitude 37 degrees, since Its declination Is south 63 'degrees, and 63 la the complement of Fl it, therefore, never rlaes abovo the south horlson of any point ,S7 degrees north. The latitude of this observation Is 3t degrees 17 minutes, hence Canopus rises very nearly thre degrees above the watery wastes In the Pacific sea. Its low altitude makes It much fainter than higher Slrtus, as the light must traverse layers of dust and water vapor near the earth's surface. Still It Is mag nltlcent, especially when standing over a calm ocean surface. Third Canopus has no parallax that the highest-power telemlcrometers that can bi made are able to measure. This Is one of the most overwhelming facts within the entire range of human expe- Brinkley knlttedjand elbow, high, a knitted woolen- "toque,- a.scarr lor neck or waist, one pair of woolen .stockings to the knee, and another pair that folds tn a roll above the ankle, boots of waterproof leather, and Tthe. best of all, knickers of water proof cloth. When winter comes howling across '.'the hills, even If you have to forego tho knickers, the rest of It Is a rig worth trying. Winter. Is no fun If you aren't comfy, and don't. know that you look pretty. and Sirius rlence. This means that If one roea tn Canopus with the most powerful telescope oyer made, turns and looks back this Way, the base line, the entire diameter of the orbit of the earth-lSS.7S4.000 mli -dwindles to, minute point too small to bo measured by any microscope. Some lejea may bo had of. the Immensity of, the universo by thinking of this fact during each spare minute. Better to so think than to waste the precious mo ments. Maiden Meditations By LILLIAN LAUFKRTV. Don't be sure that a man Is In love with you Just because he runs after you; reserve judgment until he gets so agita ted about hts cherished "freedom" and "Independence" that he runs away from the little girl who la threatening them. Now that ships that fly In the air and pictures that talk have come true, some genius may discover a way to make Platonic friendship work. Be careful about your "innocent flirta tions" It is easy to start something, but not quite so simple to stop It when you have hod enough. The party of the sec ond part may want to keep on going. Men Slaves to Beauty, Women Are Not By DOROTHY DIX. In Berlin, where a man's a man and a husband's n husband and hard to get, no matter what eort of a face he has on him, Flauleln Derben has organized a society that Is called "The League Against Beauty." The members of this organization are all young women, and they have pledged them selves to marry only ugly men, on the theory that handsome husbands make moro unsat isfactory life part ners than fctfmely ones, and Unt In matrimony pretty Is as pretty does. American girls will probably not find it necessary to form a protective league to guard themselves against youths who are cursed with the fatal gift of beauty, Apollos not being overly plentiful In this country, however com mon they may bo In Germany. Indoed, tn America the living picture man finds scant favor either with his own or the opposite sex, and wo do not exalt the dandy who la the glass of fashion and tho mold of form to a pin nacle and Imitate him. We throw bricks at him and laugh at him. Strangely enough, it Is men who are slaves to beauty and who make fools of themselves over it not women. When you tell a man about a woman the very first question he asks you Is, "Is she pretty?" He never Inquires whether she lc intelligent, or talented,, or agreeable, oi good, or what she haa done to merit the approval of her fellow creatures. Tho thing that he Is chiefly Interested in is her looks. He places moro value on her complexion than her character, and con- sldera the outside of her head of more importance than the Inside. If a girl has yellow hair and blue eyes. and a pen,"s and cream skin, and a willowy fie she may be the dullest. the stupidest ibeclle that ever lived, her heart may be "hard as a rock and ' alio her'aolf nothlng-but a clothes horse to hang fine drtsaes on, but men- will flock around her like bees around a honey pot, and fight with each other for a chance of marrylrig her. On the contrary, when you tell a woman about a man In whom you wish to in terest her, she practically neyer asks a question about his physical . appearance. Ills looks, provided he Is not a deformity and has the appearance of a gentleman, do not count with her. What she wants to know is whether ho is Intelligent, and strong; whether he knows how to talk and entertain her, and particularly what ne has achieved, whether he has made somothlng out of life, or is one of tho "also rans." Of course, beauty Is a gift of the gods. and if a man can hoy that in addition to alt the other desirable qualifications he Is Just that much to tho good. A woman would naturally rather contemplate an Adonis than otherwise, but a man's looks cut a very small figure in her estimate of him. Let him bo charming in manners, glib In speech, a good dancer, and es mm The Manicure Lady- By WILLIAM p. IORK "I seen a Item from Washington tho other day," said the Manicure Lady, "that tells how tho wife of Vice President Marshall la a baao batl fan. I wonder who got that In tho paper for her." "Why?" asked tho Head Barber. "Why?" echoes tho Manicure ' Lady. 'Gee, George, you can be thicker somo morning than a Russian serf, or what ever It Is they call jaspers over in Rus sia. Why, don't you know that the wlfo of a vice president, or the vice president himself, or any of his folks la supposed to be dead ones so far as newspapers Is concerned. When I read that Item I noticed the heading In the paper, and It Bald: 'Mrs Marshall a Base Boll Kan.' I says to myself 'Marshall, Marshall, where have I heard that name 'before? Honest to goodness, George', if-1 had asked you qnlck, would you have been able to tell me the name of the vice president?" "I don't think I would." admitted tho Head Barber. "Of course you wouldn't,"- said- the Manicure Lady, "and neither would thre. other people out of four. You., sen, George, the vice president of a great na tion is like the vice president of the Audu- bun society or the vice president of thr New Tork Giants, or the' vice president of anything else. They have .to wait till ' tho main squeeze croaks before they go ' to the tailor for a new wardrobe. Every body hopes they are well and happy, but nobody sees their name In the paper and wouldn't know who it was if they did see it in print. 'A treasurer is some guy, GeorgV, whether he Is the treasurer of the countr or the treasurer of a dry goods .firm There. Is something kind of solid sound Ing about a treasurer, and hts name look cute on a check. You may not think him as great as a president, but you always see something beautiful abou hts rugged features on payday. A .id a secretary Is a kind of important gink too. He has to read the minutes of'thf last meealng and attend to the corres pondence. A secretary may not be so much la a firm, but he can make more noise dictating to tho stenographer than the president makes." "Yqu seem to know a whole lot about the business world for a simple girl that never had to work nowhere except In this shop." said the Head Barber. "I ain't as learned M a barber," said the Manicure Lady Icily, "but a read more. When I pick up a paper I start In at the front page and skip the racing dope. It's Just the opposite with you. Girls of United States Won't Find It Neces sary" to Forin Protective , League Against Hand some Men, Says Dorothy Dix. - -J pecially know how to take caVe of a woman, and do' the little things Just right, and tho man with carroty hair, M eye brows, a snub noee and' a stUmpy' figure can back the elnsslcal fentured six-foot tailor's dummy off o'f the. board'tany day. In pro6f of 'this observe tho' bbVlous pleasure wltrr which glrla'tceetve'the at tentions of- bald-headedv bay-wlndoWed men who break every rule of physical pulchritude but who are clever and bright and overflowing with the graces of mind and soul. But con you imagine a fat, dumpy, bald-headed woman ever being a belle, or men deliberately seeking her out as a partner for the danco and rejoicing In being seen in public with her? Never. Such a woman might be the most gifted creature on earth and a perfect angel of goodness, yet no man would ever tako the trouble to look beyond her homely face and see the superlative beauty of her soul. Tho opponents of woman suffrage are always saying that when women vote, the one and only qualification that a candidate will need to swing the feminine ballot will be a handsome face. They are dead wrong there. Women won't care a rap about a man's looks. Indeed, they are always suspicious of on who Is overly endowed with beauty, but Ileavon help the country when we have femlnlno candidates for office and a Lillian Russell takes the stump! The men would vote for her enmasse, without ever stopping to Inquire which side of the political fenco she stood on. In reality, it Is not too much t( say women rather resent than admire beauty In a man. It la a poaching on their own preserves, tho Invading of a field they hold sacred to themselv going to bo admired, a woman knows who ought to be It She wants the tributes jam at ner reet, and not to be compelled to scatter roses before a man and tell him what beautiful eyes he has got, and how exquisitely his hair grows, and what a magnlfltent straight front figure he possesses. Faugh! Th6 very thought of such a thing knocks romance out of the ring with tho average girl, nor docs the Idea of being the ordinary looking wife of a handsome man make any hit with her. If there's going to be any beauty-and-the-beast business In her family she wants to qualify for the role of beauty. That's the reason that you often see a pretty woman marry a grotesquely ugly man, but very rarely a handsome man married to a homely woman. Another reason why women do not care for a superabundance of good looks In a mat) Is because a handsome man Is In variably Inordinately vain, with tho vanity that makes the vainest woman seem humble and self-deprecating. He has a vanity that requires to be contin ually fed on flattery of a warmer and more piquant kind than any domestic brand. It seems a pity to him to waste so much charm on any one woman, and that one a more wife, so he roams abroad to give other women a chance "for to see and to admire" him. An instinctive sense of self-protection makes women choose homelv man uu hna. bands. They may like to feast their eyo occasionally upon a matinee hero, but when thev co home thev want something more than a living picture In the house. They want a man, and If he's Intelligent arid good and kind and generous they don't caro a button about his looks. Georgo. And If you know anything at all, you know I am speaking true lines when I say that a vice president Is like tho letters 'gh' In 'straight.' A vice presi dent that gets his name In tho papers to any extent must be somo press agent" "Oh, I don't know," said the Head Barber. "Tfeddy Roosevelt got his name In the papers a lot when he was vice president and after he was out of it alto gether." "Yes, but Teddy Is different" said the Manicure Lady. "I often wonder what ho would have did If he had been emperor of Rome whon there wasn't no news papers at all. I'll bet he would have Jumped In the Tiber." 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