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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1913)
THE BEE: OMAILA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1013, I " 1 Glory of OldAge By ADA PATTERSON1. Two paragraphs In the news have oiled attention In far different ways to the twilight Joys of life. One brought ft smile for It told how a couple, of the respective ages of K and -78 years had danced the tango at the, celebration of the sixtieth anniver sary of their wed ding. !Jts .show tho youngsters how' youngfwd are, ma,1' sold ifie nonogen garian (nearly), as ho led the partner ofCO years of his life Into the tenter of tho long room while she lifted her bl'ack .satin slip pered feet daintily from the waxed floor. That olghty-nlne of their descendants filled the big hall seemed to add no weight to the lightly carried burden of their ages. The other was read In different mood for It recorded the passing of a sweet faced, silver crowned portrait painter who was killed by a speeding automo bile that dashed within eight feet of a street car that waited at a crossing, despite' an ordinance forbidding It Her prayer book fell from the gray gloved hand as the vehicle struck her down. She was returning from church In Sun day morning, going back to tho studio near the park to rest on tho seventh day from her pleasant labors of six. Her face was composed as they bore her away. "Content with life as she saw It, was written upon the softly outlined,, gentle features. ."It was a tragic passing," said ono of the' friends who looked a last farewell at) the neatly ordered studio where the north light fell upon walls crowded with the pictures painted by the patient hands that hod forever laid down their busy brush. '.rBut It was swift," sold another. "I grant you she would rather have fallen asleep here among her work and with her memorines. but ehe needed no time for preparation. She was always ready for. .death, as the good housekeeper Is always rea'dy fo?"a guest.""" ' '.'It is , strange that none of her family regained. Ho was 'qui to alone." f But .she hoa riiany friends." saldj'lhe comforter! l'and her life was' filled With thoughts of them and of her work. She was always Interested." ihat last .worjl gathered the truth about the dancing forbears of 89 years, and about the aged solitary who carried a jjulver full of the sweetness of life to heir grave, and flung It Into our mem ories, there to lodge. They remained yqung of spirit because they were In terested and it always follows that those who are Interested are Interesting. Be Interested In others and they will be interested in you. The reason that age lsometlmes a sad spectacle Is that it allows Its Interests to narrow. It draws the walls of Its house of life closer and closer around It, shutting out more love of' those persons more concern for that object, until it lives in a grsat loneli ness, and the closing walls draw closer and closer until they all but suffocate it. Age Is full of twilight Joys. A time for, more reflection than action It can shed a rich radiance a long way K thero by. a radiance within, and that radiance from within, has been described by many names, but 1U true name Is Interest. Keen. klndl; helpful Interest in tho persons and affairs about them, flavor the hours "of age with sweetness. Tho dancing pair knew tho lives and loves of all the eighty-nine branches of which they were the root and stem, They re joiced In .their son John's growing for tune and were proud that It was self made. The fact that their granddaughter Jennie had become a successful singer was as great a Joy to them as to her. That Grace, their great-granddaughter, was the day before betrothed to a ' likely young chap of good character and family," filled them with memories of their own boy and girl courtship, so Ifoollsh. so tender, so sweet. George, their nephew was an alderman and that he was so far an honest one was a source of ' pride. That Mollle was the best house keeper In her block caused "pa" to praise "ma" for her bringing up and "ma" to tell "pa" Molly's husband, like her own, Is a good provider and that helps In housekeeping. "Pa" beside being a good husband and father and business man had a sideline of Interest which everybody needs, to become a well rounded Individual. Wo must not be too much this nor a great deal that, but satlsfytngly most things to be- harmonious individual, and a com fortable person with whom tb live side by side for sixty years. Politics Inter ested him. He liked to talk It and moderately to practice It. Ho followed every municipal campaign with the lively Interest some men give to plnochlo or chess. And "ma" belonged to two clubs and was too busy talking about extended housekeeping and how the streets of their city should be kept clean and lts mar sis mended, to think unhealthily often of herself or of the fact that so far as years go. sne was growing old. Pa had forgotten, too. and when other old fellows reminded him of It he laughed at them. The gentle old artist had her work and her friends. "She worked to the ltst because she wanted to," said the friend who closed the door of the studio and softly turned the key in the lock. There need be nothing pltable in old age. Pitiable old age Is a state of mind. It is narrownejs. the lack of interest, and Interest can be freshly pumped up a we pump water from the well, not once month or week, or day, but many tiroes a - - " BBBBBBB 9BB) The Advantage "Make the most of your By JfAUDE MlfcMJR. "Today marks the advent of the tall and slender maiden. All things combjne in the "adoring of her beauty, the pjresent 11 . ode Is Instrumental In enhancing her inarms, and so my message is one for her alone." says Miss Elsie Ferguson, who Is playing 1n "The Strange Woman." Miss rgjJBon Is tall herself and very slender. She wears 'her golden hair 'drawn softly back and caught loosely, so that It waves entranclngly over her cars and droops low against tho nape of her neck. She smiled at me quizzically as she talked, and her ideas seemed to fit In perfectly with her looks and her Gurroundlngs. , "The. tall, slim young; girl, 'who gives one the impression of a strong, slender By CONSTANCE CLARICE. "Oh, Is that the way you make them, Mary?" "Sure, an' MUs Peggy, how did you think you'd be makln' them?" "Oh, cut a hole out of the middle of each round thing, and fill It up with Jelly, and bake It" Mary interrupted with a burst of hi larious laughtir. and as I patted and pinched (he crust for .tho tarts, I decided that It must be harder to be a cook than a nurse, "You put the jelly In afterwards," said Mary, as. she shoved the pan Into the oven.' And I, full of pride that I was doing my first bit of baking for Dr. Ham mond, who was coming down to dinner, settled back In tlie big kitchen chair to wait for the. tarts to bake. Mary .busiled around the kitchen In the most businesslike -way, and I sighed and looked reflectively out through the glass door of the laundry. It was raining, Just the kind of a steady rain that made me long for the cool pink and white couch up in the den, and that book that had Just come up from the library, I tugged absently at my apron, and then with my thoughts still far away I woke to the fact that Mary was speaking to me. ( sure, an jiibo i TEfiy, wny uun i jou run uuaiuira ttnu lei me lane care 01 me tarts? Who's to know the difference, child?" ' - But I said decidedly: "No. Mary. I must do It my own self. Next time I'll know Just how It's all done, and Or. Hammond Just loves tarts." Tho tinkle of the telephone, and I few upstairs. "Hello, yes, tills is Miss Dean; O. Dr. Hammond? Yes. I'm very busy, I'm ex pecting company for dinner." "You're not coining? Why? O, of course, you can't In a case like that Why do people have to go and get hurt anyway? Yes, of course I understand; don't you need me to help? I wish 1 could." "Do you really? Well that helps some. Anyway I needed you 'to help me cheer up, It's such a horrid day. Oh, yes, and we're going to have tarts for dinner. Yes, I knew you'd be sorry. Next time? Well, maybe. You see I'm making them, and-" "Of course I can cook. Please don't Jolly. Oh, no, j ou won't, you'll be too t busy to rplss even the tarts." "The tarts, perhaps, not you" the 1 words sang across the wire, and I sat down on the stairs in (he dark and re flected. He really did want to come. And the thought that he would miss me even In the rush of an accident case, and the deepening of his voice when he said those last words my face burned, and I put my Mixers up over my eyes and wondered what had come over me. Just then, I wanted to be a nurse more than anything elsj In the world, because I wanted to be where he was. Then I allowed myself to dwell upon the delights of being a hos pital nurse. The fascinating smell of the place, the restlessness and rush of It alL And then as It all came back to roe that afternoon when I had first met him, the shine of his hair under the electric light and the funny Uttje impulse I had to rum ple It up, I smiled and thought it a good thing that men do not always know what ..,(- -f -V . . Weeding a Husband we women are thinking about. ecgyWi of the Tall Girl charms." "Sho tree, has. In the first place, a great many advantages over her shorter sister. Both long and short lines are becoming to her; i-he may wear dresses with stripes run ning lengthwise or around, whichever sho pleases, and they will always bo be coming. That Is, unless she Is too toll, and then, of course, stripes must bo used with discretion. There Is such a thing! as exaggeration, which can always be detected no matter 'how modified. "The tall girl has a perfect Fairyland at her finger tips and she can make her self' positively irresistible If she Is care ful about choosing the right kind of gown. She roust accept for her motto, "Nature may be aided, but not contra filcted;" and no matter what she may decide- upon she must be careful of her color schemes. I myself am in favor of dear, you are learning, everjf day you to be a nurse, Peggy," I scolded severely, know a little more, and yet you're a little as I pulled out the smoking pastry from frightened, you -might as well foss up. , the ovnn. "but It strikes me that you'd Things are so very, very strange, nnd ' better learn to bo a good cook first" But you don't know yourself as well as you 1 lo;t a whole iot better when Mnry, thought you did, do you? laughing at my dismayed face, said good- "Miss Peggy. Miss Peggy." came Mary's i naturedly, "Sure an" Miss Peggy, you stentorian tone from the kitchen. "Your never know yuur not mo yu'H tarts aro burnln', miss, you'd better tb havln' better luck with your tarts, tendln 'to them." I too." Mary Is a natural born phlloso. And X flew to the rescue. "It's all right I Phcr. A Charming Costume Posed Especially Tho simplicity, of this cos tume in design is none the less of fashion significance, hero is n for becoming adaptation of the minaret tunic, above n narrow skirt drawn into draperies in tho front. The combi- nation of blue JbbbbbibbbbbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbs' Sliss EmlJy Sterens of "Toduy" Theatrical Company. V Beauty can malco herself irresistible." a ono-toucd color scheme. That Is, hav ing tho hair, complexion and gown match in tono If not color. Learn to blond colors perfectly, or to contrast them with the eye of a connoisseur. Only a practiced eye can use contrasted colors properly, so, perhaps, It would lx wise to stick to the blending process. "The tall girl may havo nil tho draperies and frills that she wants. Sho may wear the daring minaret costume wttliout fear of making tho hips seem too large. It will but enhance tho fragility of her appearance, particularly If she has her skirt long and soomlngly Intrlcato around the feat. Often this ap pearance of Involved dressmaking comes without an Ifort, although It seems most Parisian and Impossible - to attain when seen on other people. for This Page duvetyne and beaver fur In Hiilt and muff is softened in color 4 combination by the white sntln revers and tho white net Burn Ice. The striking effect of a long cord und tassel to Increase the figure line Is here shown. A Delightful Talk "J fnvor i "The slender girl may wear ns ninny soft drifting frills at her throat as she l:kes. Frills seem a part of her and trills aro always adorably feminine and bewitching. Ono Is sum to Imagine all kinds of faint, alluring perfumes hidden In their laoy softness. "Now" that scarfs are so much In voruc, let the slender maiden use them profusely In her costume. Have tho scarf match the costume, or else have It fashioned of somo contrasting color, hut have It soft and very sheer. Chiffon trimmed with fur makes tho most won ferlul scarf, nnd now it Is qulto per missible to use scarfs at all times of the day and with any kind of a gown. "This is surely the era of tho tall girl. I wonder If sho Is making the best of her opportunities. 8he must havo tho Guard Against England's New Monster Battlsshlp Carries Guns Especially to Combat Enemies In ths Air, and Has a Deck Xads of Heavy Armour' Fists By GARRETT 1 HEHV18S. Anybody who still has doubts about tho practicability of using aeroplanes and dirigible balloons as machines of war would do well to consider the preparations that have been made to guard against their at tacks on Kngland's monster new bat- Itleshlp, the Queen I Elizabeth. , I This tho first ship of war that has ever been planned to use oil Instead of coal for Its en gines, the first to carry guns Intended specially to fight enemies in tho air, and the first to be provided with & deck armored for defonse against tombs dropped from above. It Is not too soon that these innova tions in naval construction have beon made, for the reader can turn over a page of his paper containing the account or the launching of the Queen ICllzabeth and find descriptions of several kinds of aerial bombs that have already been per fected and ure only waiting for the out break of a great war to prove their abil ity to do wholesale murder. Imaginative writers describing naval battles sometimes liken torpedo boats at tacking a battleship to so many angry hornets, but the description will havo a new force and appropriateness when It comes to be applied to a fleet of aerial war craft darting and hovering over a Advice to the Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIHFAX. noa't Try. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am M and deeply In love with a young man one year my senior. Home time ago 1 said something I should not have said to htm. 1 have written him an apology, but havo not heard from him since. How may I regain his love, as I love htm dearly? HLONDY. You offended and you apologized and he has refused to accept the apology. There la nothing more for you to do but try to forget him. I am sorry, my dear, but I cannot let you go on your knees, and that Is what any further attempt on your part toward a reconciliation would mean. Of Course, Dear MUs Fairfax: I am 1?. and In love with a young man two years my senior. We are both employed In the same plaee, and he usually takes me home and to lunoh with him, and always appeared to like me verv much. He asked me for one of my signet rlnirs. nnd I gave It to him. and In re turn he gave mc his ring. About two weeks ago I" came in and ho didn't bother to say "good morning," and seemed cool . .....i iw,. , jw i.v uueu( even pay attention to roe when 1 pass his .desk. Do ypu think I ought to ask him I for my ring? SOIIUY. I Oct your ring, and never again make such an exchange unless u marriage en gagement warrants It. oisaaaaaaaaWSK. with Elsie Ferguson ono-toncd color scheme." fact borno In upon her constantly when sho sees how utterly. Impossible It is far tho short maiden to appear fashionably gowned In some of today's models. Un less sho Is falryllko In proportion almost everything will combine to mnko her look first overdressed and fussy, then fat and dumpy. The short girt must be satis fled with straight lines with little or no accessories. At any rate, not any of tho dear, dullghtful feminine fripperies, such as ttillo boas or loose waists with very wide girdles, can over be hers if she would bo modish. "o, you ieople of tho tall and slender variety, don't miss tho opportunity of making tho most of your charms. That would be a dreadful stato of affairs to look back upon afterward, don't you think sor Aerial Bombs huge steel monster that wallows in the waves below, and shooting their stings down upon It. Hut It Is not only battleships that will henceforth havo to bo armored and oth erwise provisioned against attacks from overhead. The Inventors of tho aerial bombs, which the war departments of more than ono nation nre now experi menting with, aim at tha destruction of land fortifications and encampments ns well ns of naval forces. The third di mension of space will enter ominously into all the- calculations and operations of the next war, and battles will no longer bo fought, or campaigns conducted, In two dimensions only. How serious the situation really Is may be Judged from the facts that have re. cently come to light concerning the pur chase by a government, supposed to be that of dot-many, of a iuantlty of aerial projectiles, manufactured in England and known as the Marten-Halo bombs. A description of these bombs Is not cal culated to encourage those who have heretofore been disposed to look upon aerial warfare as the more dream of en thusiasts and romance writers. The bombs In question are twenty-one Inches long, five Inches In greatest dia meter, weigh twenty pounds, and contain about four and a half pounds of ex ploslvo (trinlthotoluol), and 3W lltUe round steel bullets, which are scattered In every direction by tho explosion of tho bomb. With tho chargo of powder Just men tioned the bombs aro particularly In tended for attacking entrenchments and fortifications, which they would render utterly untenable unless strongly defended overhead. For blowing up bridges and covered magazines, and for the destruc tion of cruisers and battleships another model of the same bomb has been pre pared, charged with about seven pounds of high explosive. Tho bombs can be launched by hand or by means of a short torpodo tube, which, experiments have shown, gives an unex pected aureness of aim. The aviator, hav ing sighted his Intended victim and ob tained a good position over It out of reach of Its guns, first pulls out a safety key to disengage the automatic machinery of tho bomb, and then sends It on Its way. As it falls, two little wings near the handle begin to revolve under the action of tho air, thus unscrewing a catch which, white In position, prevents an accidental ex plosion. When the catch has been un screwed tho bomb will explode the Instant It strikes any object, even the surface of the water. The turns of the screw, actuated by the little wings, are so num bered that the bomb must fall at least 260 or 300 feet before the mechanism of explosion Is released, and thus the aviator Is protected against an accidental ex plosion occurring before the bomb has got a safe distance away from him. We in America can look upon these things with simple curiosity, but It is dlf-ferent-ln Europe, where a potential enemy stands armed behind every frontier. A Frenchman says In regard to the alleged purchase of aerial bombs referred to above: "I am no coward, but this thing makes me shlyer! If war with Germany should break out tomorrow, the very sky would fight against us, and we should be over whelmed from the heavens, as In the world's last day." V Survival Value By ELBERT HUBBARD A new phrase has been added to our vocabulary. H Is the, expression, "sur vival value." Actions hnve survival value according to tho degree of good that grows out of them Tho act of plant ing a trco has a aurvlvnl value. Tho man who planted the tree adds to the value of his real estate, hut tho tree will exist long after the man has turned to dust A d v e rflscments that Increase good will possess sur vival value. litera ture that contains wit, valuablo In formation uplift posfssrs survival valut. All worthy acts. nil honest work, all sincere expressions of truth whether by pen or voice have a survival value. Civilization Is a great, mavlng mass of survival values, augmented, Increased, bettered, rcllnod by every worthy life. Man dies, but his Influence lives nnd adds to tho wealth, the happlnpss and thi wolfaro of the world, . Art .distinctly has survival value. The artist appeals to tho ago to come. What ho produces Is dedicated to time. He does not look for a iulck return. xlate, revenge, Jealousy, doubt, nega tion, havo no survival value. Courtesy, kindness, good-will, right In tent all add to the sum of human hap piness. Not only do they benefit the in dividual who gives them out. but they survive In various forms and add to the betterment of the world. All deeds, whether work or play, should bo Judged with the Idea of survival value In mind. Tho difference In men Is lareelir In the vay they uso the hours that aro their own. Tell mo what a man does between 6 and 10 o'clock In the evening and I will tell you what he Is, Also, I will, tell you where ho win be ten years from now. In America Is a vast army of com muters who ride book and forth night and morning between their country homes nnd tha places whece they do business In the city. Tho majority of these commuters ex pend this hour, night and morning, In skimming the newspapers. Some sit and talk, 'others simply sit, Others tere be who Industriously play cards. For the most part, pard playing has no survival value. I know commuters who have played cards for ten years. These men are no wiser, no better, and their lives are bo fuller than they wero ten years ago. Out of every hundred commuters you wilt find, perhaps, one man who car ries In his side pocket a copy of Emer son's Essays, Carlyle's French Revolu tion,' Duckle's History of Civilization, or some other good book. He may not read very much of It, but the book Is his companion. If he merely peeps ihto it and reads half a page a day, In five years he will be a trans formed Individual he will be differ entiated from the "bunch." Emerson added to tho wealth of tha world when he gave us the expression? tho "rw of Compensation." Horbert Bpenoer did tho same for us when ho referred to tho "Low of Dimin ishing Returns," Ernest Haeckel did as much when ho spoke of the "Daw of Pivotal Points," and the unknown man who flung out the worlds "Survival. Value," made us his dobtor. Thoughts are the result of feeling. 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