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THE BEE: OMAIIA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1913.
fr
The Grind
ill a Gilded Cage
By Nell Brinkley
Oopfrltbt, Itll, br lnterulltm! Newt BerrleM.
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
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It Is not tho patient labor of the man that tills the soil,
Though his muscles slowly stiff on after years of steady toil.
He must creep away to slumber ere tho darkness shrouds the earth;
He must start anew his plodding when the birds hrst thrill their mirth;
But no blight is casTupon him at the moment of hln birth.
It Is not the rough endeavor of the men that salt tho seas,
Though great Neptune's home Is latticed with the bones of such as these.
Qod can blow them with hie bellows from a long expected coast . .
Out to meet the flying Dutchman, captained by a glbborlng ghost.
But they are not doomed to failure, even they who suffer most
No. The grind Is In the city, whore too many beings strive,
Where the weak, all unconsidered, drop like dead bees from a hive.
There the grind is grim and ghastly; there tho herd must squirm and shove,
Trampling on tho weaker mortals God intended theyvshould love. "'
Yet the strongest swimmers linger, glad to keep their heads above. -
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
on Protecting the BirdsBoys Should Be
Taught Not to Shoot Them, and Schools
and Mothers Should Combine to This End
By ELLA WIIKKLKK WILCOX
Copyright, 1913. by Star Company,
"frrar Friend: Please permit u to call
your attention to great and serious
"evil now menacing our lnsecteatlng birds
Million of imail bird In migration are
destroyed yearly by
the people of the
outhern states and
used for food. This
destruction, now In
creasing; is having
serious effect on
the numbers' of song
birds in the north.
Negroes are armed
with riuns. and
many are proficient
ht other means of
destruens. In the
north, ata, lance
number t foreign
laborers oemlm
frsnt Buret kill
AmeJl birds for food.
It Is only recently
tut tUtlA kMi wbm mU In lir nimntl
ties In New York City, ana they are still
eM by thousands In the south.
'The Audubon societies, which have
already checked the ktHIn of native
tolrd for MMllnery purposes, rfow pro
py te see the slaughter of sonar birds
for foed In this country. This la a stu
p4u task. It mut be -dono by edu
caiiiHt the public through the schools,
d mm and the elerrr. and by securlM
better Jaws and bettor enforcement1 of
the laws now on the statute books, xno
scarcity of robins, bluebirds, and bobo
links la becoming noticeable over wide
areas. Will you not help us to the best
of your ability to, stop the slaughter
which la now depleting our fields arid
wood of feathered' songsters? A word
Of encoursirsetfc wttl bo appreciated,
Tours sincerely,
T. 'GILBERT FEAUSON.
8ecreUry."
This fetter ousAt to reach the heart
and the brain of every man and woman
of common sense and common sensibility
in our lactd.
It euffht to reach the hearts of mothers
of young sone who havo arrived at an
m where they want to express their
mety ejuaMtles by using a gun. , '
Air gtms a only a decree lees iwsnac
Inc In th hands. M young lads than
welrers In the hands of gunmen.
ttvery yr ltreg accidents are re
ported In the daHy press from the use of
these toys" by boys. Companions art)
Winded or crippled and the precious
Uvea of beautiful birds are. sacrificed,
iwhtls the killing Instinct In .growing chit,
dren la. cultivated and fostered.
All because women believe themHve
to be "to& mothers." and consider they
or cultivating the manliness in their
little boys by providing them with guns
for amusement.
Meantime. If the mother began as soon
sis her little boy could talk, or under,
aland, to awaken in Ma heart a love
and sympathy for Wrds and beasts, and
if she then stipulated that his gun p.rac
tlce should consist wholly In target shoot
ing under proper guidance and Instruc
tion, her boy would grow up skilled as
a good marksman and yet humane and
kindly in his Instincts.
Kvery man should knoV how to uso a
gun and revolver.
There are occasions when such .know
ledge is Important.
But there Is no part of a youth's edu
cation which needs a more careful and
1se preparation, and guidance, than this.
LIVE CHEAPERCUT DOWN
MEAT BILL BOWN.
You can cut down your neat bill
two-thirds m& get more nutritious
food by eating Faust Macaroni. A
10c package of Faust Macaroni con
tains is much nutrition as i lbs. or
beef ask your doctor.
Faust Macaroni is extremely rich
In gluten, tke boas, muscle and flesh
builder. It is" mad from Durum
Wheat, the klgh protein cereal.
Dellcles, too, You can serve
Faust Macaroni a hundred different
ways to delfht the palate. Write
far ttf recipibook showing how,
7b sr-tiht. molstura-prvof pack-
I, s and 10 csatsX
MAULL HOS
SBJpj'BBJK
IUsVJMmHH
Not one boy In a thousand receives this
preparation and guidance
The average boy teases for a gun, and
receives It as a birthday or Christmas
gift! and proceeds to use It "after being
told to "be careful" by tho "loving
parent," who goes away and leaves him
to his amusement.
At one of tho resorts not far fom New
York: City, a woman made herself un
popular wlrh her neighbors (mothers of
sons of the air gun age), by telling the
boys they must not aim at or shoot birds
of any kind on her grounds. ,Her action
ws considered unnelghborly and her
words of advloo to tho boys to study
bird lore and learn kindness were con
sidered Impertinent.
There is nothing our public schools need
mora than to Include this education whloh
tho Audubon society ofters In the school
course. If you, dear madam, who peruse
these lines, want to help make this beau
tiful world mora beautiful and less sad,
It you want to aid In forming higher
Ideals and kinder Instincts In the' rising
generation, In ordering or trimming your
auiuiuli hat try and Use good common
seme, and a little individual tost, nn.t
wear a hat which Is becoming and beau
tiful snd "entirely devoid of spy part of
a dead bird. Humes from the ostrich
do not mean the destruction of
bird, for the ostrich Is a robust
that
fowl
and tho plumes grow while tho ostrich
exists, just as the goose grows now down
each year. Hut beside plumes, there are
exquisite grasses and flowers, and lace
and Jots, and velvets and ribbons and
other trimmings which can ' make head
gear attractive.
Use your good taste and ask your mil.
llnor to show some original Ideas in
building you a haU.
Remember the 6s prey ana aigrette mean
tho death and torture of the mother birds,
and tbo slow starvation of their young
as 'a rule.
Any refined woman should be ashdmed
to bo seen Wearing an aigrette. . Spun
glass and Preserved rrajuiea an.i f-.
Jsroduco quite as artkKlo affects.
Help tit Audubon society saVe birds.
' i ii i s s v i " r'"n vvvt'a nvt ssCTva3 jgioi miu iipr mekiti Mciii tnfuj iitu 9MnMitnaa ' '
.The Janioure Lady
lly WILLIAM F. KIKIJ, j A
"I got a .swell set pf Mark Twain last
week.'" tald the Manicure Lady.
"Set of whatr asked the Head
Darber, ; .
Mark Twain." said the Manicure
Lady, t"You poor simp, don't you know
who Mark Twain IsT"
"No," admitted the Head Uarberr
"You ought to be aiham,ifn Vrtmit
It," "said the Manicure Ladi-. "Whv
Qeorge, I ttiought everybody knew
about Mark Twain and Oliver Dickens
and Marie Corelll .and all them grand
auwonties. ir i thought I would ever
get as old as you and be as dumb. I
would get sick abed right away and
stay there till the final .summons, had
ame. Mark Twain was a great
writer, the greatest American funnr
man and sad man combined, it said In
the circular. I -haven t read none of
his stories- yet, because the set Just came
ana I nave been buty going to the new
shows the last week, but as soon as I
have saw a few more of the latest plays
I am going to slay home nights and read
. 1. 1 .. . . i . . . . . . .
mii bci rism - rvin une cna 10 me
other."f
Whit did he write about?" asked
the Iliad Barber, not In the least
ohtmiof his .Ignorance.
"Yhat didn't he write sboutT" retorted
the Manicure Lsdy, "He wrote about a
lot of things, Qeorge. As I Just to)d you.
I ain't .had a chance to read any of
II Vet. but I, am train r to aaon I
get settled down. Then I will let you
take any of the books you want, and
maybe after you have read them you
won t be so dense. '
s ' t don't see that you've got any.
thing on me," declared the Head
Iiarber. "You can't tell ma a single thing
that the man wrote, snd you nearly have
a fit when you find out that I don't
snow any more than you do. vhat
time did he live and in what country,
it you are so acuter"
"I believe he was an .Englishman."
nald the Manicure Lady airly. "Nearly
all of them great authorities was Eng
lish, pee Oliver Dickens and Charier
Goldsmith and this Mister Twain. Tie
1 si 1 9
L'tlA X11AM "ht kAm ttlA Wnnifln Iim Ini'dBsn linfilrwl hafss In A crtlAnJ mm 1 -nu l.BM1. Mt- 1.u . l U.l. juJi J '
wrote all these books that I have In
this new set about the. same time that
Mister Shakespeare wrote Ms plays. I
suppose the reason there was so many
great writers then was because they all
chummed tosether. Ml.t.r Tw.in
take lunch with MJster Shakespeare ond
ir.i mm an ne Knew, and then Shake
peare would ro somewhnra with Twain
and give htm DolnUr. That v tt.
could ' help one another. The reason
uromer warred can't get no greater as a
writer is because he Is kind of alone In
literature now and can't find nn tvm.i.r
minds to associate with."
"Mark Twain didn't live when Shakes,
peare did." said the barber at the sec
ond chair. "Ho wasn't an Englishman,
either. Ho was an American. No Eng.
ltshman could have written Twain's
hUmorOUS stOrUs. And h rilaut nlthln
the last few years. Shakespeare has
been dead two centuries or so.".
"I don't know who asked you to horn
In," said the Manicure Lady, freeslngty
"Me and George was talking about
something that you ain't supposed to
know nothing about All the literature
you ever read la the 'form sheets and
the ttps to bettors After this 'when me
and Qeorge is discussing art or lltera.
ture I don't want no flap-eared wop
like you trying to disturb the chain of
our thoughts. Let' that filter through
your brain, Tony, and don't declare vfcur
self In no more."
Advioe to the Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Certainly,
TKar Miss Fairfax: X am lS.yssrs old
and have .been keeping company with a
young.gentleman. tx years of age. for the
last three months. As bis birthday Is
near, I would like to know whether It Is
proper for me to give htm a gift If so,
kindly give me a few suggestions.
ANXIOUS.
Your frlsndshtp warrants a remem
brance, but you must piake It simple and
Inexpensive. A book, a pen, or, what la
Just as highly treasured. Just a little
note wishing him mshy happy returns.
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The
By DOROTHY D1X
Who get the most real pleasure out of
life, rich people or poor people? Is happi
ness for salo over the couhter, like a peck
of potatoes or a diamond tiara, and can
only those pur
chase it who have
tho price? v
. The other day
iwo clerks, strong,
healthy young fel
lows earning fairly
good salaries and
on the way to do
better, were dis
cussing the an
nouncement that
Mr. Vincent Astor
proposed to fly
down t o- town
every morning In a
hydroplane from
hjs place up the
Hudson. They were
falrl;' shocked at
the thought of a
millionaire taking
such risks with his
precious life. It
seomed almost sacrilegious to them for
anybody with that much money to even
take a chance at getting killed.
"(Joel" exclaimed one of the youths,
"If I was as rich as he Is I'd be so afraid
Of getttug. hurt I would go about In a
goat cart surrounded by a steel cage.
You wouldn't catch me doing any death
defying leap ,ln a hydrpplsne. or aero
plane, or even an automobile."
"You a re right" agreed the other young
man. "If I had as much to live1-for as
he has I wouldn't even cross a street for
fear of being run over by a perambu
lator until they had stopped traffic both
ways."
Thereupon the two young men, .feel
ing that there wasn't any particular pur
pose inexerclslng anjr especlat-precauttoit
In preserving the 'lives ol 1)0 i week
clerks, proceeded to divert themselves
bv riding motorcycles and engaging In
other dangerous amusements in which
!
Price of Happiness;
Only
they found the keenest enpoyment
And It never occurred to either of Ihem
that In so doing they were disproving"; in
the most conclusive manner, their" own
theory that wealth brings happiness, and
the more money people have the .more
fun they get put of living. For the mere
fact that we are poor enough and tncon.
splcuous enough to do as we please with
out Its making a particle of difference to
the. balance of the world, or colling for
a headline In a newspaper, means liberty,
which Is the very foundation-stone of
happiness, and that Is a luxury that the
poor rich man never knows.
We are continually called upon to wep
over the .pathetlo fate of poor children
whose home Is the street and whose play
ground la the gutter. We might as well
shed other tears over the sad lot of th
mulU-mllllonsire baby whose cradle la
guarded by armed detectives, wh'ose food
Is regulated by a high-priced doctor,
whoso toys are sterilised, who has only
a bow(ng acquaintance with (Is parents,
apd who never knows what It ts to havr
one single hour of natural, untrammeled
freedom.
Poor children ore happier than rich
children, and they have a better chance
In life, for It Is the curse of wealth that
It kills ambition and numbs effort Some
one said to a very rtch self-made man
once that he had given his son every ad
vantage of education. "Tea," replied the
wise old man sadly, "every advantage
but the greatest advantage of all pov
erty. I couldn't give my son the chance
in life I had myself."
Certainly, however, the vast majority
of people believe that walth brings hap
piness and that a young man as rich as
Vincent Astor, say, gets more real fun
out of living than does the youth In
moderate clrcumstancesMhe young man
who, by his own efforts. Is making a
comfortable Income. -
Not In physical comfort. No matter
how rich a man may be he cannot eat
more than one good dinner at a time,
and that has to be of plain food habit
ually, or else he acquires dyspepsia.
the Poor Have It
which is no. respecter of pocketbooks. He
'cannot sleep In but one bed. He cannAt
wear but one suit of' clothes at a time.
He can enjoy no more .heat in wlntor.
nor breeses In summer; use no more light,
nor more bath tubs, than any man of
moderate means. At Jer you reach a. cer
tain not very exalted point of wealth in
these days of modern conveniences the
purchasing - power of money - Is nit
in, bringing you 'any physical com
fort. How dp they figure this outT
' Wprkt That's not a misfortune, but ,a
blessing. Work Is excitement. thrlu
never-dying Interest. It Is tharoost ab
sorbing game on earth,, and the man who
gejs up every morning with the know),
edge that there'a going to be a fresh deal
or cards, and that he's got to pit his
'skill and diplomacy and Intelligence
against the champions of his eornmunlty,
has got something to live for. Besides,
no other people on earth work so Hard
And so drearily as those whose sole oc
cupation Is killing time.
Vanity T You think It must be delight
ful to be kovrtawed to because you are
rich? Perhaps so. If you have been poor
and made the money yourself, because
that means that you'va fought the fight
and won put But there's nothing to
be chesty about no thrill of gratiflej
vanity In money that you have Inherited.
It takes luck, and not talent, to be born
with a bank book In your mouth.
Friendship? That's the choicest pleas
ure In lite, but it's reserved exclusively
for the delight of the poor. No rich man
has any friends, because experience of
toadleS and sycophants has taught him
to be so suspicious of everybody that he
trusts nobody and believes In tleslncer
lty of no one.
Love? A paradls before which Cupid
stands with a golden sword and turns
the millionaire away. No rich man may
ever even hope to be loved for himself
atone. Ha is the Vrcy of the adventuress,
of the avaricious, the scheming' woman j
who Is willing to sell her soul for money
'.(gjsV
arid position. How Ittle domestic happi
ness Is found In the homes of the very
rich the divorce court records prove.
Tho truth Is that money doesn't buy
happiness, and the man with a moder
ato Income can get far more pleasure out
of living than the millionaire can. Which
Is a comforting thought for the vast ma.
orlty jof us who are engaged in the excit
ing and pleasurable sport of chasing the
wolf from the door.
Grandma Used Sage
Tea to Darken Hair
She made ap a mixture of Se Te
and Sulphar to bring back
color, gloss, thickness.
Common garden sage brewed Into si
heavy., tea with sulphur and alcohol
added, will turn gray, streaked and faded
half beautifully dark and luxuriant Ti
mor every bit ef dandruff, stop scalp
itching and falling hair. Just a few ap
plications will prove a revelation if your
hair la fading, gray or dry, scraggly and
thin. Mixing the Sage Tea and 8ulphur
recipe at home, though. Is troublesome.
An easier way Is to get the ready.to-use
tonic, costing about SO cents a large bot
tle at drug stores, known as "Wyeth's
Bags and Sulphur Hair Remedy," thus
avoiding a lot of muss.
While wispy, gray, faded hair is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our youth,
ful appearance and attractiveness. Br
darkening your hair with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it
does it so naturally, so evenly. You just
dampen a sponge or soft brush with It
and draw this through your hair, taking
on small strand at a time: by morning
all gray hairs have disappeared, and
after another application or two, 0ur
hair became beautifully dark; flossy,
eft aad luxuriant '