8
The
GOING.
Aboro Is tho
Yictlm "taking
Interest" ia the
merciless clock
that Is slowly
hut surely grind
tag out tlio in
evitable (oil.
llelow you sco
n exact nor
trayal of a tax I.
cab fiend taking
a closo look in
order to ntako
sure that lilt
ere do not de
ceive hint. Ho
, finds out- as
many of hs hate
f o h h d t hut
net deceive him
the "clock" prob
ably docs.
He should
"khkiblbblc."
f Flla WIipaW WiIpay on "The, Age
T EMjA WHKKLKlt WILCOX.
(Copyright., 1913, by Star Company,) ;
The old, old question Is again,., pro
pounded; When Is a woman capablo of
)M deepest affection? 1 - '
YYhea arc her emotions nt their ripest?
Wataan ht always a dlfflcult-nnd;compll-CRM
subject to analyze, and nt: tho best
we CR only generalise.
Om fact Is toe obvious to need' roOro
than merely .Mating the girl lundfcr 20
M wfcafly tneapablo of forming a lifelong
attachsaent.
If at does form one, which lasts
threuch all tho vicissitudes of maturer
years, It Is merely a happy chahco of
her ripeaed Judgment, fine Intuition or
matare emotions.
Oae, howayer, might let this statement
vr all ajtachmtnts-at whatever ago
lnce marriage la "so (evidently u lottery.
Ar engagement of seven years, where,
tha lowers saw eafch other almost dally,
ha been known to end In separation uf ter
year ot married misery
Nevertheless, as a rule, a woman ot
S6Xta better abjo to fornt.a correct Idea
ef wan'e cljaraotiV than a g'ltl of. IS,
asa she-is' capable of atjeeper lore' and
a .mora practical expresslouof It.
So far as tha fear Intensity of
woman's affections aro concerned thoy
ara rarely at, their strongest before 9) or
. A woman of that age Is to ull r
earner age what, August Is to April,
Mar or June. Rhe craves affection
mere than she craved Jt In her adoles-
ceace. and she Is better able to appreciate
aa t reciprocate.
This ia why so many seemingly happy
raarriages result In a climax of disaster
ia middle ltfo. This Is why so many
KOflMm of SS or 10 figure in the scandals
a tut divorces of the day.
Men who delight in assuring us' that
the? are our mental superiors In all the
jelances and arts, men who have devel-
o4 their brains and grown great and
and wonderful In every direction
ve oat. havo yet to learn that a wlfa of
1 mMala e wjilch is tha very zenith of
U(a Is no more ready to "settle down"
lata the dull commonplace of "under
' atoaa'' affection than is the sun at mid
day ready to set behind the western hills.
livery day we meet bright, Intelligent,
iataslectual men, whose lives are tilled
w4tfc worldly' alms and ambitions, and
-wfee are supremely unconscious ot or In
MtUrmt to the fact that tbelr wives are
Waning for expressed affection. ,
We nave all heard men laughingly re
fer to sentiment as a tiling outlived' or
reed In the sea of riiallly. and usa
tural, indicating that ' they believed
ftfca aHtion was mutual, when we knew
t Mm aama lmt ottne heart hunger
l a Hs discontent CI the wives who
taeludei. in this plural reference.
Tlnwes.n of Atetricun men today be
lty tfatr are Um wear unselfish and
Taxicab Face
GOING FABT.
devoted' vf husbands because , th'ey aro
slvlniT brain, mind and body .to business
Ylt! theldca j)f -bestowing luxuries. uion
their fuinllles. -
They1 hnVo no liour for culling, no tlmo
lbr: recreation, no evening for Social life
or- entertainments, nnd no Impulse for
lovrr-llko attentions to their wtes.
They return home tirou, nervous, irri
table or sleepy,' and think the-wife un
reasonable who complains; since they
are giving nil their energies' .for her
comfort and pleasure.
Yet her comfort and pleasure would
he tenfold If tho husband were to escort
her about ocMMonally with the same
Ibvef-llko attention of his' days of' woo
ing and If ho wero able to talk, to her of
other thins than business and finance.
The middle-aged man may bo satisfied
with his ambitious aim', but It' Is tho
middle-aged woman who craves and feci
the deepest love. -
Fortunately, this Is tho era of the middle-aged
woman; It Is her hour of action
nnd achievement.
Hy KKV. THOMAS U. UUKGOHY.
On this da1 of tho month of December,
Tl f !M l vhi. la 'unu Aalntlf TilrkAV
.'. Vii- iim ,irtiv lmMi. ,.f
history. At Carrhao the Parthlans killed
U Homan nro-eoh-
sul, annihilated a
Roman army and
precipitated the ri
valry between the
two Roman citizens
'which was to end
in tho overthrow of
the republic and
the establishment
of the empire.
And all this was
brought about by a
lot of semi-barbarous
nomads, who,
as the Romans
thought, had no military ability, what
ever and were not even worthy of serious
consideration. '
Crfssus, who, with Caesar and Pompey.
formed the "first triumvirate,' being, am
bitious of renown and desirous .of flu-.
creaa'nff his store of worldly goods, set
out with an army of W.WO nicnto", con
quer the Parthlans. I Je thought .th. 'Job
would tie an easy one. The leglonsVwere
Invincible, and while they had 'never as
yet met the sens of the desert, no fear
was frit as to the outcome of the ex
pedition.
Striking- boldly Into the desert. Crassus
camo up with the enemy a little to the
eastward of the Kaiphratts and there
iegan at once one ot the most remark
f . . . ' -The Fate of Crassus - '
TILE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER
of Woman's Greatest
The-last decade has shown .a marked
progress for the woman 'of- maturity, to-
iunl.1 n tiMnrlAH Vitcrlui iklfilfn. tlf tl Has fill.
tlmn .!, hn- nvor l,fAr necunlikl.
1J,v .l.v ,tnor nrVfliincr oi.rn
for women whone homeo are disappoint- ,
Ing and whose hearts 'arc. uttbatlnrird;
doom which lead to agreeable occupa
tion, to earnest endeavor and to the
happiness which comes from busy days
well employed.
And this larger outlook for woman Is
making her a better comrade for her
husband and other men'' and lessening
the chances of her occupying' the unenvi
able position of a neglected wtfo as the
years go by.
It Is helping her understand men bet
ter and perhaps by this better under
standing she will como to realize just
wherein she failed of old to keep his
affection.
For when all Is said and done, this
fact remains
No absolutely lovable woman ever goes
unloved through life.
able fights of history. The Parthian
fOtye, composed entirely of cavalry,
formed about the Romans In a circle,
which was slowly drawn tighter and
tighter as the struggle wore on. Riding
closo up to the legionaries, the Parthlans
would rain their deadly arrows upon them
and then suddenly rldo away. The
Romans charged with splendid courage.
II Antiques .
11V COXSTANCH CLAHKE.
Up lu tho attic under the eaves
Pattering rata drops rustling leaves,
Tell where tho little old trunk stands,
Hidden awuy by ghostly hands, ,
Treasures dear neuth the lid closed down,
Gloves and a brocade evening gown:
Slippers small and a cap of laco,
A mlniaturo of a dimpled face.
And underneath all, a cameo
Cracked down its length of roso and snow.
Dreams ot the past como floating wide,
Hiding tho misty world outside;
Hushing tho rush ot whispering leaves,
Dulling the rain on tho attic eaves.
Dear little maid of long ago.
Did you break your heart with your cauieo,
And hide It away that none might know.
Up where tho attic earea hang low?
HAS IT EVER HAPPENEO
GOING
TMOYOJZ XNT&IEMfVZlOrlVb
GOING FASTER.
Tabloid
What. Mother Dear, Is a divorce? It
la thut form of inurltul ' separation,'
ri'roclous One. that u generation ago was
a. disgrace and now Is u habit.
'' Mother, do you always FCOld tho
hOiiiHi Jor carrying p.o .ro.n m.
uWo
You havo so much to learn, My Daugh-.
ter. Tho child that carries Its plo from
tho table so as not to miss anything
going on In the games outside, will some
day be a man ' and eat on the. run In
order not to miss his share of business
life. And, believe me, my dear, what he
might miss' when ho Is older Is not much
more Important than what he might miss
as a child.
Is thero anything in tho world,.
Mother, that could take tho conceit out
of a man?
Marriage Is one remedy, Child. An
other effectual way would be to 'let him
look back into a room two minutes after
he has made a call: Every woman in
It yawning.
What, Mother, would you - regard as
but they might as well have charged the
wind or the flying clouds ot heaven.
Closer and closer",drew the death circle
and thinner and thinner, grew the legions.
On tho ono side there was no surrender
and on tlo-other no mercy. Slowly, but
remorselessly the .wo"rk of destruction
went on, and presently Crassus was dead
and his army annihilated.
110, 1913.
TO YOU? XX
.J
GONE!
Uclow wo seo
a picture of Mr.
Tnxicnb in tha
tliroes of a "cold
sweat." Tho
clock seems to go
twice as fast as
tho wheels do on
tho tnxlcab. Each
tick seems to say
'ten cents
more," and its a
long way to
the end.
Above we come
to the final, last
and dreadful
btraw. There is
tho clock beam
ing maliciously
and victoriously
at its victim.
And tho vic
tim? Oh, he's
just a shilling
out and all ho
has and perhaps
a little bit more.
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the most Important qualification In tho
wife of a politician? A knowledge of
statesmanship?
" I regard 'as a more Important qualifica
tion, Child, tho nbllity to cook well
onough to bo rrcparcd to keep boarders
for a living.
Why, Mother, does the woman spend
so much tlmo looking for things at tho
grocer's which aro the quickest to cook?
She wishes to save time, Little One,
In order that later In the day sho may
have more of It to waste.
What, Mother, Is meant by being "tem
peramental?" Any ' woman. My Child, Is . tempera
mental .whose mind. Is. so lightly balanced
that' It Is .never the same after she has
slept under a crazy quilt.
.Why Is' It, Mother,' that all worthless
men marry? N
Because, Child, worthless men always
have time to make love.
What, Mother, la a masterful man?
It Is a term used In fiction which In rat
life Is expressed by the term "bossy."
Is there anything. Mother, a woman
may do, Which a man cin't do?
There are two, My Child:- No one but
a woman can look at a 'woman without
seeing her, nnd no. ono but a woman
can see a woman without looking at htr.
What, Mother Mine, Is meant by "the
force of hahltr
I can tell yoi bst, Little One, by giv
ing an Illustration: If a man marries a
woman who has taught school a feat
many years, when tho school belli ring
she will act up like the horso at the fire
department when the tire whistle b ows.
What, Mother, Is meant hy the Dear,
Dead Past?
It Is any prlod. My Child, that ante
dates the justhutlc lime when our ma
ternal ancestors put a piece of red flan
nel tn the bowl of a coal oil lamp for
pretty's sake.
What. Mother. Is Conscience Mone1
It is something, Child, which news-
papers tell about, but which no wife
ever sees.
Why, Mother Dear, docs every one
make so light ot those who do a great
deal ot visiting? (Hai hospitality be
come a lost art?
I am afraid It has. My Child. Ot
recent years visiting has become like
gambling a sport In which everyone
claims to get the worst ot It.
Do you know. Mother, ot any reliable
confidant In tlmo of trouble?
Just one. My Child; Your pillow. And
always take rare to look under the bed
wc vmi confide in that
before ou confide i in i mat
r IVA.V. a3 VI a-'
"The Woman Thou Gavest Me"
Great Novel by
Published by
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Beginning on .Monday. January 5, The
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tho year, "Tho Woman Thou Gavest
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noted author lias ever aroused tho dis
cussion that has followed on the appear
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subject of Intense and Intelligent criticism
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Tho Installments wl)l appear from clay
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"Trie Woman Thou Gavest Me" Is not
only.: the latest, but also tho greatest
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contemporary English novelists.
'Hall- Calne was born on the IbIo ot
Man. in 1853. He stills lives on tho ltttlo
Island, , which ho has made famous In
his writings, In his beautiful home. Castle
Oreeba".'
Ills earliest wrltlncs did not brine hltii
eminent success.- but In 1SS7 at tho ago
of si, his novel, "The Deemster," created
a 'great sensation In tho literary world
and placed him In the front rank of Mo
tion; writers..
Little Bobbie's Pa
, -By, WILLIAM P. KIKK
Thare was. a man here this afternoon
selling a fine book, eed Ma. I toald hlra
to cum back tonlte' wen you wero here,
so' you cud see It Misses Jenkins bought
ono & all the other nabors. Tho nalm
ot the book is Beekun Lltea of Llteratur.
I hoap he doesnt cum back, sed Pa. I
am sick & tired of these book agents
with thare chop whiskers & thare nerve.
I have a noshun to give him tho gate
beefoar he gits a chanst to show the
book at all.
Jest then the book agent calm. He
was a tall, fat man with rosy cheeks &
a nice fur overcoat. He looked like a
man In a show wlch I seen onst. Git Rich
Quick Sombody. Most of the book agents
wlch cums to our house looks as If they
was Jest working at It long enuff to git
sumthlng to eet & then git a better Job,
but this man looked vary prosper-us.
Ho dldent wait for Pa to ask him to
et down, he sat down in the biggest
chare & started In.
Monkey Shines.
An elderly and very dignified clergy
man arrived at a hotel one evening and
said to tho clerk tn a voice loud enough
to bo heard out on the piazzas that It
was late and he wished a quiet room.
He was told that the new addition to
the house had Just been finished, but
that none ot tho guests had been put
Into it. and that they would Ktv n'm
a room at tho extreme end and high up,
where he would be assured of quiet.
With a warning that ho did not wish
to be called In the morning, but to sleep
as long as nature desired, he went to
hThenelxt forenoon one of the chamber
maids reported In great alarm that there
was a crazy man in .the room. A bat
talion of porters wasent to that part or
the building and on of them knocked
M.iiiAii.tv d , thj, Annr.
"Is this a den of thieves?" roared the
Inmate. "Every stitcn or my ciouuhb
KAn Atnlen!"
After a little Investigation the mystery
was cleared up. A pet monney n
nnrf rlimhlne one of the trees
in front of the hotel, had walked along
. 4vmam4 h js mtnlatAF'a tftnm
thro iTgh the open window and taking his to git rid of them, he sed. I bet I know
clothes, piece by piece, had hung them moar about the reel Beekun Lites of lit
on tha branches of tho tree and the iron cratur tnan tnat muttt but j wuddent let
Bellhops rcacutd the garments, and the
preacher hsstily shook the dust of that
ungodly hostelry from his feet -National
Ifontlilf
Hall Caine to be
The Bee.
Calne.
Since then he has published many suc
cessful novels, among them being "The
Iiondsman," "Tho Scapegoate," "Tho
Manxman," "The Chr.stlan," "Tha
Eternal City," "Tho Prodigal Son." "My
Story," "Tho White Prophet," "The Bis
hop's Son" and tho "Eternal Question."
Tho last named 1)0 first wrote as a play.
Of his novels, "Tho peemBt.cr" was tho
flr3t to be dramatized. Jt. ' met with
such success that it. has been followed
on the stage by "Tho Manxman," "The
Christian. "Tho Eternal City," "Pete,'1
"Tho Rishops's Son" and "The Eternal
Question," all successful plays and still
popular.
Arrangements have been mado for tho
dramatization of "The Woman Thou
Gavest Mo" nnd It will soon b'o seen
on, both tho English and tho American
stage.
Hall Celine has two sons who are now
growlng,'lnlo-.carly manhood end iflucii
of htpr-itme is Bpent with thchl. as ho
has his own ideaa about 'training ot
phlldrens His wifo Is noted; for her
charity among tho people of tho' Island,
who look upon her as a- patron- saint.
My good man, ho sed to Pa. you' havo
within yuro grasp a wundcrful oppor
tunity to delve Into tho ded maatur
minds of the ded past. Thay are all In
yure reech, to borrow from or disagree
with, these wunderful minds. You can
chat with Shakespeer, Milton, Byron,
Dickens, Thackery a thousand noabul
men. lou will be enchanted to read
nltely the perls of buty and wisdom that
are contained In this marvelus volume,
Beekun Lites of Uteratur. It Is butlfully
Lound as you can see, In mocca & Java
binding with a page marked In the up
per rite hand of every leef. Tho book
opens eeslly, & Is printed in English,
malklng It eesy for you to reed It. This
marvelus volume I am offering on this
trip only for the rldlculusly low flgger
of fifteen dollars. Beekun Lites of Llt
tratui, the moast compre-henslve work
of that title wlch la in the market to
day. Fifteen, dollars buys It the works
of the masters.
Has It got the records of the titers In
ItT sed Pa.
Thare la a grate descrlpshun of the
battle of Waterloo In it, sed the agent.
& allushuns to Caesar & other grate
titers, yes, sir.
Has It got Packy McFarland's record
sed Pa, & Battling Nelson's career?
I do not understand, sed the agent. f
Has It got Ty Cobb's batting average
for WIS? sed Pa, & how many bascJ
he stole? I bet It hasent. I bet It hasent
eeven got the life of Kid Broad In It. '
I am afrade not, sed the agent lie
was looking at Pa kind of funny.
Then I doant want It, sed Pa. Any
book that doant 'have the record's of tho
grate prize fltera and ball players In It
Is no Beckon Llto for me.
I supposed that was calling upon
a gentleman of Intelligence and reettno
ment, sed the agent I see I was mis
taken & .1 will bid you goodnlte.
Goodnite, sed Pa. After the agent was
gona Pa began to laff That Is the way
him know it
Husband, sed Ma,
' . brltc.
aumtlmcft you tceia