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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1(5 1013. 9 he . i Thoroghbreds East and West Little Bobbie's Ad By Nell Brinkley Copyright, 1913, International News Service. f) a g e By WILLIAM V, KIRK. Men has sot lota of pet nalma for thare wlfes, hjiit lots of times thay doant choose tho calms very good, i have herd sum of tne married men wlch cuma to our house call thare wlfes Llttcl Pearl & the wife wud be bis; & dark, or sum of the other men wud call tharo wife Orate bis butlful doll & she wud be skinny & hoamly & little. Hut the funniest nalm for a husband to use for & pet nalm wen It doesn't fit Is The Kid. Mister Homlhgway calm up to the house last nlte with his wife. I dldent see her at first, bekaus I was In the library wen Pa brought Mlitcr Hemingway In, he-was talking to Pa & getting- a cigar wile his wife was In the other rooni talking to Ma. Ves, sed Mister Hemingway, wen a man has traveled the pace & had all the variety thare Is, he decides that thare Is. nothing like a butlful hoam life, so ho marries sum good llttel gurl that Is his pal & comforter. Now, sed Mister Hemingway, wen I married The Kid sho knew I was a man of the world, & she took me as such. The Kid & me Under, stand eech other perfeekly, & ahc leens on me 6 reel leg on my strong arm for proteckshun & suppoart. thot to myself that The Kid must be awful llttel & helpless, beckaus Mister Hemingway wasent vary strong looking, lie only wayed about a hundred & ten pounds, ti he was kind of oald & feeble looking. The Kid understands me, he sed to Pa, She knows that even the wildest of men malks the best husbands wen they git married & settel down. I suppoas yure wife Is the satm as The Kid- No, sed Pa, thare leent vary much or that clinging trustfulness about my wife. It Is truo that I used to sport around a lot wen I was sing!, Pa sed, but my wife newer took It for granted that I changed Into another man the mlnnlt I got mar. rled. To be perfectly candid jtbout It, Pa sed, she watches me up a llttel to this day, & every onst In a while, wsn I have been out too Ia.lt, I have to use all my elloquens to malk her beeleeve that I was rite at the lodge rooms all of the time. Oh, The Kid wud newer think of tell, lng me anything about my conduck, sed Mister Hemingway. Now that we have ilnlthed our clear. I want you to meat her. Bo we went In the other room to meet "Mister Hemingway's wife. I thot she was going to be a llttel woman, but wen I looked at her I was surprised. She was big & fat & she looked as strong as Pa. Her chin was ?9ure, ) block, -fit her Hps was thin & she Jest barely opened her Jaws wen she talked. If she wud have been a man thare wuddent be any cullurd champeen. War have you been? she asked Mister He'mthffway. Oh; Kid, that Is all right, sed Mister Hemingway. My frend & I were Just In thare having, a cigar A I was singing youre praise to him. I was telling him how nice a temper you, had. You, mite have spared yourself the trub. bel, sed The Kid, I think my temper Will speok for Itself. All rite, Kid, sed Mister Hemingway, You bet U Is all rite, sed The Kid. That Is the way she acted all the evfn. Ine. & after she was gone pa beegan to luff. She In Hum nurrltiL- hiltxn. Idri't she? sed Pa. Who, sed Ma. The Kid, sed Pa. Life Before History Began is a Great Study By GARRETT P. BERVISS. I have Just ben reading a remarkable book written by one of thole rare men of science, who, like Humboldt, recognize the fact that .knowledge which Is nbi communicated and made Attractive to a multitude of minds Is about as valueless as gold and diamonds at the bottom ot ihe sea. The title of this book, which is wrlttsn In Frncht Is "La Prehls'.olro a la Portee de Tous," w h c h, freely translated, mean i "Prehistory for Everybody." Its author Is Maurice Eieteens, a Eel erian. who has him self delved In the drift of ancient river and under tho floors ot primordial cav erns' In March of the earllst relRa of tho race cf man on this plan'- bo1 Is the first clear and complote summing up that I have icen 'f the entire subject of human beJlnrinB "Prehistory" dea'a with men before they had begun tt Invent and record stdries about themselves to amuse and astontth rostfr'iy. The recordi that thej !ef were uncrns loi sly made, and on squentlv they tell the exact truth, ai far as they go. When w.itlng was tn Easy Way to Round Out a Thin, Scraggy Throat (Fton. Pilgrim Magaslne.) A thin, seiaggy neck Is due to shrink, age ot thH muscles and fatty tissues, owing to Iom of proper circulation and nutrition. The thing to do Is to supply that whloh U lost. The best woy to bring a good supply of nourishing blood to the flabby tissues Is by applying par. afined plaatoid Jelly (procurable at any drug store). 8pread liberally over tha throat; In the hollows, behind the ear and back on both sides to where the hair begins. Also smear It under and wall up dsr the chin, that the Jelly when dry may form a better support tor the loose tissues. Kjep this on at least fifteen mtnutts, then remove with plain water , . The tightening and solldfylng effect ts remarkable, and the Increased circula tion, shown by the healthy pink flush, telle you the results are not entirely of a temporary nature. Use this harmless parafled pfastoid Jelly three time a week and you'll be Immensely pleaded with the steady Improvement. Advertisement i i The horsewoman of the west (you meet her on a bend of a high mountain road you ask your way of hor on tho; prairie trail tn New Mexico and Arizona, across sage and pine, over mild farm land of the middle west, over the placid rivers and the mild, gentle hills of the far east over all that lies between them) tho horsewoman of the west looks into the oyoB of the horsewoman of the east. And they smile! For they are Ihe pick of tholr kind and thoroughbreds, and, can afford, to be gracious, as beauty can afford to -the sweot to beauty. In the euBt and the west alike the Nondescript rider fills the bridle paths, rigged out more or less alike, though perhaps 'you will not believe that. You can scarcely tell one from tho other savo in their degree of bad riding. But tho thoroughbreds, horso and rider, eaBt and west, tho crack players of the riding game, stand as wide apart tn looks and -manner as the poles. Only in these things are they "blood"- their perfect "form" of so different a kind, their oneness 'the girl and tho animal between her knees, the fear they never know and the hearts that beat beneath shirts and chestnut hides! ...... East has her shor-backed pony with his threo-quarter bobbed tail; her slippery little eggshell of a saddle, hor short stirrup almost as delicate and clean-cut as an engagement ring, her thorough vented truth retired behind a curtain and "hletsry" began. I can hardly Imiglne anything morn fascinating than the six great chapter! of "Prehistory" that science has dug out of the alluvion ot old valleys and brought to lixht from the darkness ot abandoned caves In Europe, Asia and Afrjda. These chapters are respectively en titled "The Chelllan Epoch." "The Acheullan Epoch," "The Mouterlan Epoch," "The Aurignaclan Epoch," "Thi Boiutrlan Epoch" and "The Maidaleniat, Epoch," all of these names coming jrorr, these of places In France where the flrsv rellci of the men who lived In thot mystefceus asei were founi. The reader would do well to fix thesi nanus and the order of their succession In his memory, for "Prehistory" Is des tlned to play a great part In future edu. cation, when men have thorough y got rid of absurd prejudices agnlnkt the facts of their own origin. Jn read'ng Mr. Eieteens' book. I have had a day-dream 0' the cloudy m rnlng ot humanity. 1 have seen passing before mo "Homo Prlmlrenliis" man In . tho earliest type cf his klnd-stooplna Jlke an apo. with his erhe Inclined forward and his legs brck-ard, In the terrible attitude of thi muiche en flexion, "walking with bent I ack.' So walked tho Chelllan man, and the Acheullan man, and the Mousterlar, mm, or hundreds of centuries. Ho man) ages were required to straighten thi human spine and glVe It a backward curvel Yet this crook-basked Homo Hrlml gonlua had A glimmer of light In his flat brain, In the Chelllan epoch he began tc pound flints and shape them (nto rude tools and weapons, same of Uirm sc crude that It Is doubtful whether naturt or man did the most In forming, them In Chelllan times he lived In a tem perate) climate, out In the open, seldom Venturing Into caverns, as his successor habitually dd. In the Acheullan epoch the olimata hod turned cold and damp, and he took more friquently to caves for shelter, although still preferring the valleys of rivers for his dwelling places. Among the animals he knew and feared were the huge elephas antlquus (ancient elephant), tho hippopotamus major, far greater than the hippopotamus of today; the big cave bear, larger than the gristly, and tht cave hyena, another momter of primeval times. With the dawn of the Mouterlan epoch when the climate was it'll cold and damp, came andther form of elephant the elephaj prlipljenlus to take thi place of his predeceHor while the rhlnoc eious tlchorlnus, with manc.llke hair and bsny bulkheads In Its stout horns, also appeared to keep company with Home Prlmlgenlus. Ho had by this time madt same progress In fashioning tools and weapons from flint, but thos' were still ery crude "ecraperB," "smoothers" ami rude spear and arrow heads. The Aurignaclan epoch showed furthet advance In the ehaplne of stone tools Homo PrlmlgenUs was growing lntc. Homo Faplons (intellectual man). Hit bran was larger and better shaped, hit lace was lets brutal, and ho began tc think about something else than his next dinner. Art now made Its appeurancu and, having begun regularly to Inhabit caverns, from which ho could now drive tho animal, with his Improved weapons man began to adorn his home. Ho made rude engtaVIngs on Ivory ,and reindeers' horns, and avon attempted prlirltive statuary representing the Vetiuscg of h'.s time. ' Then came the Boiutrlan epoch a verj wonderful age ot relatively brief dura tionwhen ait languished and war and the ohase came to the front. Bolutrlar, man Invented a new weapon, which k:ems t3 havo do delighted htm that he could think of little else. He made tools ar.d weapons of flint that are often ox dulslte In their shapes and workmanship but especially he devised tho "polnto a cran" a flint spear head with a sharp point and keen cutting edges, and fur nJ.sl.ed with notched butt, which renderel It easy to attach the shaft of a tpear oi arrow. Yet thete fierce Boiutrlan warriors and hunters also showed their ingenuity by Inventing bone needles with heads plercDd for the thread. With their "polnte a cran," the forerunner of the bayonet and tho pointed projectile, and their "eyed needlet," the predecessors of the mod ern sewing machine, they made their short age one of the most Interesting In tho whole career of humankind. Tre last chapter of "Prehistory" Is oc cupled by the Magdalenlan epoch, whor. the art spirit once more asserted Itself although progress In tool and weapon making continued. To engraving and sculpture, painting was now added, a! thovgh there had been rude atttempts at this In th Aurignaclan epoch. Hut tht large paintings In fevcra) colors that have been found In nnt-lent caverns oc copied by Magdalenlan man are often ol genuine artlttlc merit, showing that at last the human rase had begun to ap. predate and use the sacred (rift of tht Imsg nation. In running over this brief .tery of primeval man It is essential to remembu that all these things, al this slow and gainful progress, took place long before there wa any history. The six epochs that have bean deicrlbed occupied al together probably several hundred thous and years. This long period In man's growth cannot yet l dated in oonturies and probably never will bo, but the proof of Its Immense antiquity is too overwhelming to bo questioned. mouthful of bite, reins held taut but with fine feeling, and slvo to her hand and tho cruel curb a trifle more lax than tho kinder snatflo. Over her shoulder she carries her mallet, pointing to the misty bluo heaven of the east. She wears outing shirt, gloves, jockoy-Uko cap with Us bird beak, whito breechos, a short, bIoovoIosb coat and d un finished boots. Sho is a perfect picture, shorn of useless ornament, a clean sllhouotte fitted to tho bald, green lawns and white balUB trades of the eastern country, whose coloring Is qulot, rich and cul tured. Hor hair is close and sleek like the lawns and as the mano and forotop of hor brainy pony are shaven. West has hor long-headed, slim-legged pinto, with his hint of tho Arab-Spanish horso who turned wild, bred In the far weBt when it was now. Forotop and mano aro long as banners and wind whipped. The girl's hair whips in tho wind to match. Her brldln Is as simple a thing as the IndianB, with a trace of tho ollvor and Jingle about it that tho red man loved. She has ono bit a surb that, under a hand fino in feeling, is a double one tender snafflo and subduing curb. Sometimes you will find her with bridle hung to saddlo horn, the pony's mouth froe, traveling in halter and slnglo rein. Her saddle is tho "chair saddle" of knighthood. Thoro is much loather and comfort about it and sho hugs it like a cavalry Why People By DOltOTHY DIX New York Conservation Commissioner B. E. Klttenhouse.aske, "Why aro thero moro than teventeon million unmarried men and womon In tho United States? "Never," ho says, has a nation been so prosperous, or so within reach of the comforts and luxuries of life. Yet people do not marry. There Is something wrong. What I It?" Thro are many reasons why people do not marry. One Is the high cost of living, for while tho nation Is un doubtedly prosper out, the golden stream doesn't wash by every man s door to an extent that enables him to support a family In any decent comfort. The main reaon, however, that there has been what Mr. Wegg called a de- I cllne and fall off In matrimony Is be- cauto people have begun to Use thelt heads, Instead of their hearts, In de ciding the matter. Cold logic has super seded tho matting Instinct in dealing with tho problem. In former times men and women mtr rled simply because they were attracted to some member of tho opposite sex Whether they could feed or clothe a family, or whether they were likely to bequeath some terrible Inheritance to their offspring did not enter Into their calculation. They went It blind, without regard to consequences to themselves or any one -else. Now Intelligent men And wo,mcn comlder before marriage whethei they have a right to marry and bring Into the world deformed and diseased ch'ldren. or children that they will hav to sell Into child slavery because of pov erty. Also men and women are bacomtns afraid to marry. They see that nine, tenths of the marriages In the world aro are failures, so far as bringing ah) happlnes to either husband or wife, and so they decide that single blessedness It better than doubled wreti-hedness. Only a few days ago a brilliant young physician, who has already achieved suceees. said to me that nothing on earth, after what he had seen of matrimonial misery through the practise of his pro fusion, could ever ltduce him to marry He rerognized that the Ideal marriage was the happiest lot on earth, but the rhan-cs against It were too great He Don't Marry was playing no hundred. to-one shot at happiness. And the same theory hold good at the other end of the social lino. The other day a largo manufacturer sent me a letter that was as curious and Inter, estlng a human document as were the letters of Grace Drown. This letter had been written by a little untaught mill girl, who was only 17, but who, In some way, hod fathomed the depth of the philosophy of modern life. It was written to her sweetheart, breaking off her en gagement to him, and It fell Into the manufacturer's hands through one of his stenographers having written It for the girl on the typewriter, and a car bon copy of It having been left lying about The letter, In part, ts as follows: "I have wanted to tell you that I cannot marry you, and you know the reason. I hope you will not think hard of me, and will understand why, under the circumstances, I must refue. We both have our living to make, and you know we could not get along on what y6u make now, the way living oxpensns are. It was different when our fathers and mothers married; people then wera satisfied with less, and there were not so many things to soe, and go to, and to buy. "I know you think you could do with out somo things, and I believe you would try, but, after a little while you would begin to wonder if you aro getting enough to make up for what you had given up. You know our friends are nol all married, and they would still he able to go and do things when we could not. You and I would still be young folks although we were married, and I think wet would both feel bad when wo saw the good tlmei our single friends were havlnf, and which we used to have, and could not have any more. Why cannot we still bs good friends and sweethearts, and wait until you can get Into pome little huelnesi where I could help, and we would have more to work on? "I am writing this to you so you can not Interrupt me until I am through. I know you love me, and It Is nice to be loved, and I think you know I love you, but wa cannot marry now. It would make us both miserable." In this letter you have the reason why most of the lT.OOO.OOO men and women In this country who are unmar ried don't marry, They love. They would like to marry, but they have faced the fact that it takes bread and butter at well as sentiment to keep a house going. The girl at work can make a decent living for herself The man at work ran mako a decent living for himself, b : the man doesn't make enough to mako a man. Sho wears soft hat, with wide brim and three dimples In the crown; soft skirt, gloves, broad bolt of loather, skirt shortand di vided, and tho tan of tho desert, sturdy boots, heavy t sole and broad of foot. Hor ropo swings llko a coiled snake against her knee and sho doesn't llko it now! Desido her the tall blossom ot tho Spanish bayonet points to the vivid bluo of the woatern sky. Hor tans and golds, flowing mane and tail of hair1 match the orlllldnt yet thinly loVeiy coloring pf tho West tho sago, tho singing hills, tho othercal distances, Far apart they look bot,h thoroughbreds, craok players, har monious, in porfoct form with the lands they aro tho flowers of. On tho polo field, wild mano and tail, loose hair and soft gray hat and muoh saddle loathor, would vlolatq your eyes. In tho -vasty moun tain and pralrio land, wrapped pony legs, shaven forotop and tall, ring stirrup and polo coat would smash tho pioturo into blta. Bach in the other's domain would scorn flapping with usoloes trappings. In tholr own thoy aro fit and trim. Only In those things are thoy of one blood tholr perfect "form" of so different a kind, tholr oneness tho girl and tho animal bo twoon hor knees, and tho hearts that beat boneath shirts and chest nut hides. NELL BIUNKLEY. decent living for the girl and himself, both, and .tho children that they may havo. Bo thoy stay single. Also the standard of living- has been raUod. AS tho little mill girl fays, "When our fathers and mothers married people were satisfied with lest, and t,hero wart not so many things to soe and go to and to buy." It's folly to Ignore this, and to talk about going bock to tin simple life, We can't do It. W can't no lack to tallow dips after electrlo light, or rldo on a stage coach after wa art usod to steam cars, it's unromantlc, but true, that It's easier to do without a husband or wlfo than It Is to do with out the comfort to which we aro ao customed. All of which makes It rough for Cupid, but It explains tho. ever Increasing num. bcr ot old molds and old bachelors, Uy KEV. THOMAS 1J. GHEGOHY. Ono hundred and thlrty.seven years ao Boptembor 17, 1778 It was decided by tho American congress that the United Col onies, which had Just declared their n dependonoeof Great Britain, should bo repre sented In Franco by Dr. Franklin, and about a month luter that remark able man set sail for tho gay capital to muke for him self a,fame unpar alled In tho annuls of diplomacy. Tho plain demo crat from Pciin's woods took Purls by storm. It was something to ecltpsn th popularity of such men as Llcbniti, Newton, Frederick the Or eat and Vol talrv, but that was Just what was done by tho brown-couted printer-diplomat from Philadelphia. It was said by John Adams that If a collection could be made of all tho gazettOB of Europe for the latter half of the elKhteenth century a greater num ber of complimentary paragraph! upon "the grund Franklin" would appear than upon ftny other man that over ulved Symbolising the liberty for which all Franco was yearning, ays Flske, Frank lin was greeted with a popular enthus iasm, such us nu one, except Voltaire, has over called forth. As he passed alo.ig the streets, the 'shopkeepers rushed to their doors to catch a glimpse of him, while throngs crowded the sidewalks. The charm of his majestic and venerable figure seemed heightened by tho republican simplicity ( of his plain brown homespun coat, over f , Franklin in France tho shoulders of whloh his long "Brown hair fell carelessly, innocent Of Ueue or powder. Ills portrait was Iihiib; In the shop windows and painted In miniature on the covers ot snuff boxes. Gentlemen woro "Franklin" hats, ladles' kid glows were dyed of a "Franklin" hue, and dishes fa la Franklin" were served at fashionable dinners. And yet all this glory failed to turn the great man's head, He kept right on about his business, undlstracted by tho plaudits that were showered upon him like the summer rain. Ballasted by his. great common sense, he soiled through the waters of his unprecelented popularity with an even keel, and safely weathered al tha dangers that beset him. Itefus lng to bo Intoxicated by the glamoUr ot his environment, he kept his head level and cool, and from the master diplomats of the old world won the substantial victories for which his eountrymen had sent htm across the seas. Wonderful Dr, Franklin. It is no won der that his famo grows wth the advanc ing years. It ts no wonder that his story Is still an Inspiration to the youth not only of America but of all the civilized lands of the earth. 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