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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1913. 11 ( V Chance For a Girl ttf'Livd and Grow "J By WINIFRED BLACK. nVanted- -Rural teachers for Mnntnnn: salary, J0. Business men's Clearing House, Chamber of Commerce Building." I naw It In a paper the other (Jay tho strange, old-fashioned advertisement. "Wdnted - nural teachers." D 1 d you peo It; little girl, t there, with tha .. big, wistful cyesyou who had studied so hard to pane the dreaded examination? Yes Well, what did you do, an swer It? You thought It too far from home and ihe life too wild"? Coma come, you must have seen the west from the mov ing picture stand point tho 'west of the gunman and the lariat, the posse and tho holdup, the west of the wild gulches and .fearful ravines, Bless you, child that Isn't tho real west at all! Cono on out and we'll show you. How many electric lights are there In the lit tle Village where you visit Aunt Etllta? Just, a dozen on the main street. Comr out west and "I'll show you a thousand in ono little, wild west .street, and auto mobiles. -one to a family, almost, and fife lets cookers and Iceleus Iceboxes and wire, less. -stations and, oil, all sorts of things you'fthlnk, are Just In your big titles. AVjiere do you live, you honest little, soulf you In some tenement, ,with win dow in an alrshaft and a janltof Who'll speak to you If you give him 'the 'right tip,' and an Ice man who yells at you ae It'yqu were tome kind of a slave to hU ring? "f "Who are you living withBrother John, and his wife? Does Brothar-John's. wife, hfnt.'that there would be lots jmorc, .roomj in tho flat If you had a position and. are you and (Brother John trying to - get; a "pull" to "get one" trying so hard fhat tyOiKdtd.your best to smile crookedly 'at thjoarso'creaturo who controls the ap pointments In your district, even after, ho had "frightened you ha!f-'tb death by tho way he' ldoked at you 7 ' '' V,, Or do you board out in the suburbs; somewhere, with tho tralnaj booming 'by ov)eify'" half minute and' the 'People In tha house furious if you call It a flat and not nn apartment? Come west, little woman, come west, and pjow up with' Montana. Come-west andTldea "cayuse it's" easy you won't need ,a riding habit, just a blouse and anpjola. skirt' "will' do, and If your hair haiujs In a thick, braid down your back, why, so much the better, i Cg'th .west, dhd -bo 'a -person. Stop, being ia5ii3niber be a erflonf- A person wh' feftunts, not Just "the school teacher on !The third floor," but achool marm down at the comers admired of all admirers, the glass of fashion and the mold of yfpnn. .ThaJ, old 'dress of yours will le jjjst thethlng at the-corners nobody will jltnow and1' nobody wltl 'care If it Is a yjear behind the times. 'They see you first and your clothes af terward. It's a way they have in Mon tana. They'll like your bright eyes and 'your honest ways, and your laugh, aqd jtlpe way you Blur over your R's. They'll jirganeuver to get you to say "thold" when (you mean third, and when they laugh It will be a kindly laugh, not a cruel one, jattd they won't .care whether .you know tho Astors arid whether you were ever 'invited to a patriarchs' ball or not. The' njore fools they for not knowing you that will be Montana's verdict, income out west and be 'an American, a Vjeal American with real American Ideas, 'aVreal American with something in your head besides who- was In "Society Notes" jjjtSls week: e. real American with, real friends, real feelings, real loves, real ' Ijates, real ambitions, real Joys and real sorrow,s. They wear so much better than tEe Imitation ones. "''Smith's boy didn't come to school to "jlay. Wonder what's wrong? Get on your jpony and rldo over and see. What I down jwlth the meailes and Mrs, flmlth worn 'out?" Stay all night and help her take jare of tho boy, jTlred? Of course you will be tired. iYou've been tired after a dance many a jtne, haven't you. and lived through It? tto tired? good 'jond'tlred, over something yprth while and see how sweet your first ftleep will bo afterward, .Mary; Brown has run away with the ' Jaw-puncher. Go and see her mother and tell her 'the cow-puncher isn't such a bod brt after all, and you hear he's quite alfhustler when It comes to work, and ,Mary is sa bright she'll soon get him steadied down. :;'Take your place in the little world, the ; big world, the real world, and be part of It not Just a looker on from a Beat fit the movlts. g&JWanted Rural Teachers, JW a month. fifSr Montana. Come on out west, little HgTrl, and grow up with tho country you rafted t and the country needs you I The Well Dressed Girl Stylo, Neatness, Simplicity and Economy By Fannie 'Ward -5 Accompanied by Beautiful Pictures Exclusively Posed for Ti; is Pago By FANNIE WAItl).. (Leading woman In "Madamo President," at tho Garrlok theater.) Copyright, 1913, by International News Service. Dressing well Is an art. No woman wants to bo a clothes-horse on which garments aro hung. Instead, we all want to bo pleasing pictures In which every de tail of face anil form and clothes molts into ono perfect whole. "Isn't she a picture?" You have thought: "Lucky girl! How I wish 1 could look as attractive as she does!" Well, why not? You art not laxy and stupid, are you? If you are willing to give a little thought to" yourself and your ap pearances, If yqu will proceed on that old plan, "Know thyself," you may be a pic ture, too. There are certain things that" wore Just meant for you; there are certain things you can wear; there are still other clothes that fairly cry out to you, "Try me! Try me!" Let us go on a little voyage of discovery. Let us find out what Is our type and style. Let us not "render unto Caesar tho things that are Caesar's," but render unto ourselves the things that aro distinctly our own. Today I shall give you a little chat based on the three,'gowns you see'ptctured here. An evening, an afternoon and street dress, with hats to correspond, will be tho subject of my theme. On top, in tho center, we'have a black velvet street gown of very distinguished lines. Tho wide girdle may be of corbeau blue, or old rose, or metal green. It must bo a shade that will harmonize with Bkln and hair and eyes, even though It is at your waist line. Modify the width of tho girdle accordingly to your figure. For tho very slender woman a wide girdle gives a line that softens angularity. The stout woman, however, cannot afford to have a wide girdle of contrasting color at her waUt. ' About tho neck and continuing down to the top of the girdle Is a band of slturfk. This widens a bit at the back and has tho softening-affect always -found In. fur and the amart line of tho upstanding Medici collar. Further becomlngness Is due to tho little crossed vest of soft Chantllly lace over flesh-colored net. :A wee piping of the flosh-coiored net (or tulle) Will eoftcrf and whiten the throat. The skirt drapes In' BOft lines and IbJ slit at the back 16 sh6"w a wee pettlcpat of. the black Chantllly lace. By modify-; Itur the width of, the girdle and choosing Its cofbr carefully, with due regard for your complexlohand'"po'un4s, you will 'bej bon. Modify tho shape according to Complete, your picture with shoes' of patent leather with white tops. Tumps for the warm days of early fall and'shoeu for winter's cold. Arid top the whole confection with a hat of black velvet. Now, if you have a short nose and round or oval face you may follow the hat In the picture. This tilts up in the back and tips ' over tho eyes, and , fastens under the chin with ojatrap-iof, black- velvet-ribs bon. Modify the shape accordingly to the contour of your face. But, In any case, blacU velvet covered with shaded roses, In shaded red tones, will be a do' ltghtful companion piece to this dress. On the right I am showing you a little 'frock that Is suitable for the afternoon tea or bridge of Madame the Society Lady. And It will make a very service able party dress for tha dear little girl who wbrks. Soft "brocaded' silk of'charmeuse for the foundation - ot the skirt and the girdle, which continues down to it with one sash end. For the simple waist of sur plice cut and the Mousing pannier use MISS WARD is acknowledged to be one of the bct drested tconifti on the stage, and off. As the chooses her own coifutnfs, and supfritiKtid the making of them, there are Jew periods bitter fitted to inidtict yhU and women on houi to look, to their bat advantage. Incidentally, tin co$ttimt thoxen in the pictures contain many Ip;I hinttto the girl cho wou'd ulicay 6 in tlylc- KD120R. chiffon cloth,' A long lino ot applique Ilqwers, at the neck, with a vest of tullo for becomlngness, and out ot Just "scraps" of material you have fashioned a pretty little dress. If you aro a bit .too stout for tho ''blouse" pannier, let the chiffon hang soft and 'loose aver the charmeuso. Out of a ;blt of velvet and an upstand ing cockade .(.If Paradise, (s beyond your means) you may fashion a turban, whose becomlngness will Just depend on your clover fingers to shape It. And for evening what Is more becoming than tho scintillating robo of Jeweled net hanging In soft lines over a petticoat ot chiffon? Styles may Come and styles may go, but the embroidered rpbe Is always with us. A soft glimpse of 'chiffon and Wee at the ankle, a soft touch at the line of the neNjk and your gown Is dis tinctive and graceful. Tho square-cut neck Is pretty and be coming to the girl with pointed. 4chln -tho girl who has to forego tho universally popular "V." If your shoulders ar white and round, you may broaden the lino of your deoollctage to show, them a bit. But don't wear a round neck, unless you are very tall and slender. Bound nrss anywhero suggests tho short and dumpy. The wee- turban of silk Is bound with wee lace frills on either side of -a cord. Three rows of pearls surround the base of the nlgretto. which adds helghl atul dignity, while tho turban gives piquancy to the face below It. If you are (tolng to adopt this headdress, arrange tho ha!r more carefully than ever; for whutevc half reveals and half conceals must show charm and neatness. And absolute neatness Is the secret o dressing that goes hand In hand with T.lio other gown Is for evening -wenr. AH thrco are fully described by .Mi Ward In tho nccoiiipanyltig article. jjlj J iy I pnA,l Inat ' Vv JT . ' tlLV f a 1ft In Throe Beautiful tiownn. Fishers of Men My BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Wnrfl 11 Do You Know Your Trade and It's History? -For Sallow, Blotchy, I i ous or Grzasy Skins -41c (From Woman's Tribune.) j.Home sklna require constant grooming Itp keep them from becoming oily, muddy Julotchy or rough, or If such condition 'ha developed, to overcome it. In such Vdhronlc cases it is particularly Inadvis--.sable to keep piling on cosmetics which ValPS the pores, collect dus( and dirt. jJijiiklng the complexion worse than ever, tTIt'fl a lot more sensible to use ordinary Smercolized wax. which literally absorbs la bad complexion. Apply the wax, like limpid, cream, before retiring; next morn Tftng. In washing It off. you'll wash away 3llne, Hour-like particles 0f the unsightly tjutlole. Itepeat for a week or more and fyou u nave an entirely new skin son, Gatlny, upotleas and beautiful as a ipniiu p,, one ounce of merooiUed wax. procurable at any druggist's, is all i'ouii need. If the skin be wrinkled or flabby. Itre's the bust DOkSlble remedv. Mix u. uln.t wltcli hnitl and i ounce powdered spltte .ahd Bee. a fsce bath. It work like a uliriHe Vei is entirely l.ai i. -less.- Ad ertisemtnt. By GARRETT T. "8ERVI88. Llvlnp for a time In France, a few mlleg from the old city of Dijon, the an cient capital of tho famous dukes of Bur gundy, I, have found myself In the midst of some of the autumn maneuvers of the French army, which every year studies, in a practical way, the problems that will confront It In case of another Invasion' from Germany. At such a time the roar of artil lery, the rattle or musketry, the gal loping of cavalry, the rush - hither and thither of bodies of Infantry, and the flight of military aero planes exclto the astonishment and ad miration of the country people, marfts out the course of the roads with lines of floating dust, and transforms hills, fields and parks Into the image of a vast bat tleground. At night every farm, barn and chateau shelters, "In the name of the law," on the order of the' mayors ot the com munes, large numbers ot soldiers, troop-' ers, horses and officers. A company of Infantry takes possession of your barn yard, starts Jts fires to make soup, and passes the night in your haymow. At i or o'clock in the morning you may 'e awakened by a renewal of the noises nf battle caused by a night attack- Tb,e whole scene Is picturesque, and, for patriotic reasons, nobody makes any ob jection to the Inconveniences Involved. The other night I entertained three of ficers In my homo. J w .Impressed by their polite bearing and tholr Intelligence, and. thinking that they would neces sarily be Interested In the subject and might enlighten me upon It, I men tioned the fact that the region where we were had been the scene of one ot the most Important of Caesar's campaigns In Gaul, and (hat one. of Jils most dra matic and declslvo battles with the great ; Gaulish chieftain, Verelngetorlx, had I been fought on some of the very hills and plains that they had Just been traversing. I To nay i:vpr1.e nfi one. ot tb,efn, a j though they were ''men ot the country," - . . - - -- Caesar, Napoleon, Aslor, xsdison and Ail the Groat Men Learned Every Detail of Their Trades It la 6nly ' by This Method Young Men Can Succeed knew anything about It. One of them remarked: 1 "II y a longtcmps d'lcl a Jules Caesar." (It Is a long time back to Julius Caesar.) Only one of them exhibited more than a polite Interest In the subject. When I gave him a book upon It, written by one of his own countrymen, and "crowned" by the Academic Francalsc, he showed some eagerness to trace tho topography of the ancient battlefield on his ordinance chart. But still his fellow officers were little Impressed, and It was a great surprise tor me to find myself Instructing a French officer In some of the most Interesting military annals of his own country. The lesson of this Incident seems to me to have a universal application. These men undoubtedly know well the Uehnl calltles of their trade; they are good officers; they would lead their men on a desperate charge and win medals for bravery; they know how to handle email bodies of troops and how to obey the dfrections of their commander-in-chief, but they Svlll never become such com manders themselves. No matter what a man's trade Is ho must see more than that which lies Just In front of his nose It he wishes to rise to the top. If you know and care l(ttle about the history of your business you cannot become great In it. , Can yon Imagine Napoleon fighting a battle on a field where Caesar had fought before him without being aware of the fact, taking the liveliest Interest In It and perhaps deriving advantage from It? Do you think that Edison is unacquainted with any of the great things that his predecessors did in electrical science? Whether knowledge of this kind bears directly upon the precise work you have in hand or not it always broadens your view, offers valuable suggestions and en larges the field of your operations. A. T. Stewart knew the history of 'all the great merchapts before him. Thr original John Jacob Astor had the story of the fur trade In America at his fin gers' ends when he organized his expe dition across the continent to found Astoria. It was only the employes of these great men who knew and cared for nothing except the daly details ot their business who remained employes all their lives. The moral for the young man -Just making his start Is; Learn your trade thoroughly, do your work with conscien tious care, but beware of stopping there, for If you do you will stay there all your life. Other men have fought battles nn your ground long before your time,, and If you know what they did you may profit by both the'lr mistakes and-tftetr successes. Don't neglect and forget the Caesar of your business because -.'they lived a long time ago! ' - Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Misfortunes Are You Not Better for ThemV If Not You Have Failed to Learn Your Lifo's Lesson in Self-Development : : : : : ; : By ELTiA WHEELER WILCOX Heavens in October By WILLIAM1. KIOGE. The days are shortening 1 hour IS min utes during the month, being 11 hours 46 minutes long on the first, Jl hours 6 min utes on the fifteenth and 10 hours SO min utes on the thirty-first. The sun rises on these dates at 6:21, 6:36, t:U, and sets at 6:07, 5:41. 6:24. It Is. 10 minutes fast on the first and If minutes fust on the last day of the month on local time, but in standard time sundial ntfonoccurs at il:14 and ' 11:0$. respectively. On th twenty-fourth the sun enters the Scorpio. Venus is as usual the brightest object In the morning sky. Its brilliancy will remain the same the whole month, Mara, la coding into better position. It rim, on the first, fifteenth and thlrty- first at 10:CO, 10:24 and :4S p. rn. v Saturn will soon be a fine object'1 for evening study. It rises on the first, fit teenth and thirty-first at t:l2, 8:17 -'and 7:1 p. m. Jupiter Is disappearing from the even ing sky. On the second It Is quadrature, that Is, at right angles, to the sun,' It sets on the first, fifteenth and thftty first at 1:S4, 10:04 and 9:11 p. rn, The moon Is In first quarter on the sixth, full on the fifteenth In last Quar ter on the tvyrnty-second, and new on the twsnty-nlhth. -It Is jn conjunction with Jupiter on the sixth, Saturn on the nineteenth, ara on the twenty-first and Venus on the twenty-seventh, Creighton University Observatory, Omaha, Ne fcctlon In your last Incarnation, you will be deprived of these blessings for a time In this life; but If you glvo freely, even though you do not receive, nnd If you de velop every loving Impulse, and ask for no return, and It you refuse to think of your misfortunes, nnd persist In think ing of your great privilege In being al lowed to do for others, then love and af fection shall come to, you eventually. Remember the words ot the great Master, Christ: "I came not to be mlnlsterpd'unto but to minister." ' We are all fishers of men. and by "we" I mean every ono of., my f ex. And It Is not .to oijr discredit. The lord Implanted In every girl's heart a longing tor love that Is not satisfied In the lovo. of fothe'r, mother, brother, Bister or, friend. It Is a longing that, grows with her years, showing tint In her emlltnici overtures as a baby to some boy and nover 'ending till It finds satisfaction In 1 the lovo of a husband and child. She may grow old and gray In spinster hood: she may Judgo- mail's love by the unhappy experience of some Alster and docry It; the may despise the dependence that comos with love and dsny It, but to the end of her days, thpugh .her, tongue mny scoff and. her cars .refuse. to hear, thoro remains al tho bottom of her heart; a longing for It that la never stilled. Apdl no woman Is normal until, she has known Wo aro nil fishers of men. To deny It iM to deny the plan of nature. The only' difference In In outward mtnlfestatlons of this great Inward dcsiro'Some''of us stand for life looking wistfully at the water waiting for the fish to Jump out I at our feet, and others secure poles early,, change the bate to suit tho game', and) fish assiduously. We all wnnt love. We have always been told that It fs most maidenly to, wait till It comes to us voluntarily. But! fish to rarely Jump out of the water, and the years come and go, each one' taking with It tomo charm that should by all rules ot the game have served as bait. and we find ourselves threatened with &i lifetime of loneliness and heart hunger. It Is fair then, considering, how much, love means, ' and the desolation, oC life! without It, to suggest to nice little girls, with their, hearts beating fast with alter-l nato hope nnd despair, how they may use, a little bait modestly and effectively. Tho finest man In the world in a vale,n,i weak creature, and It 1 always tha finest) man In the world who Is blindest abouti the opposite rex nnd needs a guide to reacn (lie auar. Jt was never necessary, to make an effort to win the arfmUatlbnl of a worthless man. Very often lie lnakesi love-making his business, and cone-l qutntly never has a business that Will, support a wife and child, ' A nice lltt'e girl named Mary, who wants to 'win a husband and cdnf esses' tp this most normal and most womanly. desire, writes me: "I am a voting girl of twenty-two, andi meet a lot of nice j'oung men and go! out a great deal with them. I have oi host of gtrl friends, and while In .their! company I carj converse with ease, op al-j mptt any. topic, but Just as ebon Ae, l am dlpno In .a gentleman's compiinV Itj seoma I have nothing to talk abojiti which! Is a Very awkward position. Please advUaj me what topics are mostly" to he dts- cussed sfnd whether talking- about b.us nessls.a boring one. I rput arid, that D am n6tp"i'oJth9-tfcVntwokV,;HJl con sequently cannot talk about them." Thank heaven you can'tl There Is a blsl score In your favor to start with, for the) g!rl who says pedantly to a man, "Have) you read Maeterlinck's 'Pelleas and MellJ sande?'' or "As Ilyron says: 'You rtn member that .quqtatton, 1 amatire,' etc.,'1 and lookB with a surprised superiority! when he confesses lie never reads morel than his newspapers and (he base ball snores on .the bill boards,- Is doomd to stay on the bank forever v Business. It he Is worth while, he dotes) on It, and Is ah enthusiast onranythlng) that pertains to It. Don't be a,trald oE results of you show an Interest In the) most vital Interest he has. And a bettetl topic, the bett of all, Is to engage him ln( conversation about himself. It Is honey on his tongue and mutlo- in.'hls ears, and if you can hang entranced, on his account of his first skates, and grow breathless with delight oyer his fdvorite way at cooking fish, yqu haye ls)m on your lino and, coming slowly and surely out of tha water. Do a good listener. The man who waJ won by being talked to death Is too weaW to be ranked as a man. Let him do tha 1 talking. Believe me 'Mary dear, the best) of them like appreciation of the words of 1 wisdom that are afways dropping from! thelrJIps and turn' oftenost, stay longest, and think most, of tho girl who listens to ths'r most commonplace talk as If she! .were hearing the music qf the angels. Wo are all flehers of men, Mary, Bud I remember always that it Is wise tol consider the good and bad' points of thflj fish before casting In a line. Take card that your longing doesn't magnify Into a whale a fish that is only a minnow. I Of a'l His sayings, this Is one of the greatest and one least quoted by His foli lower. Wo all seem to fell refentment that We are not ministered unto continually. And how few of us mlnliter as we might to others. Gray hair; however handsome, denotes advancing age. We all know the advan-i tages of a youthful appearance. Your ha)r is your charm. It makes or mart the face, When It Jades, turns gray and looks dry, wispy and scraggly, Just aj few applications ot Sage Tea and Sulphui) enhances Its appearance a hundred-told Don't stay gray! Look young! EUhejJ i Known. i prepare me ionic at nome or get irorn 1 1 value moit, and most praise Clod for . any drur store a M cent bottle ot Want, Loneliness and THRBE FRIENDS, Of all the blessings which my life has LadieslLookYoung,. Darken Gray Hait Use Grandma's Sago Tea and Sul4, iihur Recipe and nobody can tell. Brush it through hair. , Copyright, 1913, by Star Company. Yqu who complain bitterly of your troubles and sorrows turn your gaze In ward for a time and see what these ex periences have done (or you. Are you not stronger in soul, braver In mind, and more self-reliant because of your mlsfor tunei? Have ,you not a deeper understand ing of human nat ure, and a larger sympathy for your fallowmen through having known trou ble T If you ask your self these questions, and if you answer in the negative then rest assured more trouble will be sent you. Just as the scholar who has not learned l- I 1 - . 1 - I ( . I . i . . i. MA lessons over and over again, so will you Have proved less worthy than this trio. Jl fl-S e no one can possibly tell, a be given sorrow after sorrow and trouble Want 't"-'t.t m ,e, W(, ... " u., u after trouble, until you learn the great , M ste.p 1 m r' Ied WS UP the I mo,"n "pn,, or ao" brU8,h lesson of sympathy First of all In thinking fortunes, remember you have brought i tlirue them on yourself. Not In this life, per-'And yet press on until the heights ap hap. but in former lives. Wo have all ftneilness and hunger of the heart lived many lives, and by our thoughts Sent me unpreachlng to tho realms of and deeds and desires we have fashioned f,pa..e' A our bodies and our circumstances. "J "V, ."V'V!" 'iu?.ni. If In other lives you were wasteful and selfish and Improvident and Idle, you come Into this life poor and without friends or Influence. It Is limply your life lesion of self, development given you again to learn Industry, self-control, economy, are the next lessons. By patient persistence you will learn them all, and then Independence and use fulness and happiness will be yours, It you did not appreciate love and af- Paln, these com- i raaes xruei (Who inusijuerunrd In the unrh of foes . Kor many a year, and filled my heart with dread. ' Yet fickle Joys like falee, pretentious "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Hem edy," Thousands of folks recommend this" ready-to-use preparation, because It dsrki ens the hair beuutltuly and removes dan-t druff, atops scalp Itching and falllnc you learn the great i steep t " and compassion. LAnd toilsome paths to hills of pure de- I drawing this through the hair, taking! linking of your mis- ,Trod only'' by the feet that know t "m' 'ttand Bt a t,me- Bjr morn,n, . I 1 UOU ?"'. ,n ,COt ,llUt KtlOW fa I th wrav li.lr i1l.linn.An- ati.r .nMh.il And all 'their loving forcts hailed me the gray hair disappears; after anothefl application or two,' ts natural color li restored and It heeomes thick, glossy and lustrous, and you appear years youngerj Last, l n. taught prayer; placed in my hand the utaff Of close communion with- the over-soul. Th5 I "i1"1 ie?n uPn K to the end. And find myself made strong for any strife And then tneto threo who had pursued .... my steps, Likq stern, relentless foes, year after vear. Unmasked and turned their faces full - - - - And lo" they were divinely beautiful, ! HB OMAHA BEE Kor througWUiem shone the lustrous ( THE.HOMEBER I - i Wfiose Children's Birthday Today? Tho Boe'g 'TJttlo Folks Birth, day Book." answers that question twery day for your boys axtd glrla.