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 - - "
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
The recelpe for, good wrltliur Is write
as you eel. but be sure you feel right.
Hut before you write you must have an
equipment a literary kit of mouth
flllbiK, expressive, far-reaching words
and phrases.
Through language we touch finger tips
with the noble, the great, the good
the competent, living or dead, and thus
are we made brothers to all those who
make up the sum total of civilization.
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