THE RUE: OMAHA, 1TKSDAY, DKCBMBER 30, 15)13.
A Charming Dinner Dress and a Brocaded Wrap i
TXTXAT DESCRIBED BT OLIVETTE 1
RAinfr Cecil Cunningham Tells Gi
UCatliy How to Sleep Correctly
Girls &
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
OK
"OPERATIONS"
By MAUDE MILLER.
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Try Everything Else Btfore Re
sorting1 to the Knife Wot More
Than On' Operation la Beore
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By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
"t wont to tell every girl qf today who
has an Imagination of any kind to lo
very careful lest sho over-exercise It."
says Miss Cecil Cunningham of tho "Oh,
I Say" 'Musical Comedy company, 'Tcr
haps this will sound struugo to those ot
you Who havo always thought an
Imagination nothing less than 'a gift from
heaven, but 1 liavo Wdn many pretty
Shis lose their lookB from nothing mora
Copyilght, IMS. by Star Oompam nor loss thnn )mngnK tMnKH that had
If you. sir. or mudnme, are thinking ' not occurred, nor wore ever hkoly to hap-
about undergoing a surgical operation lcn.
It: order to diivo away uncomfortablo "lmnglnatlon 1 will admit that It gives
feelings or to euro maladies which you us all an Insight Into tho higher Ideals
Tho accompanying picture on tho left shows a
dinner dress that has a fetching and effective
simplicity not often attained in garments uiado
for such formal occasions. Two very popular tex
tures are used in making it "Crale" taffeta and
silk muslin.
The bodice is a small bloused effect of taffeja
with short sleeves finished by a band of taffeta.
The yoke is made" of a band of Nattier velvet. A
ribbon of "Crate" taffeta is disposed in ruching at
the belt, giving a most effective finishing touch.
A Louis XV bow of Nattier velvet is draped In the
middle front, and is finished by one end holding
up a small basket of Rococo flowers. Tho other
end is draped over the hip and falls at tho back,
holding up a wide band of silver laco. Under the
lace bangs "Craie" silk muslin, giving the fash
ionable pannier effect. Tho skirt is tightened at
tho bottom by a narrow ribbon of "Craie" falllo
trimmed with Rococo flowers. OLIVETTE.
are confident you
possess and which
your surgeon sayn
can only be cured
by the knife. waU
a bit. Try fasting
for a whole dn
drinking o n 1 y
water; then 11 diet
of barloy water
for a few days.
Then take a course
of osteopathy, and
llvo out-of-doors us
much as possible
and eat nourishing,
simple food,
After two
months. perhaps.
you will abandon your idea of an oper-1
atlon.
Baths, external and Internal; violet and (
-ruB, ucrp ureuuiiiiK nnu rrKviur out
door exercise (with tho persistant .belief
that you will avoid the 'kntfe)' avlllT.do
miracles for you. .
Hero are some true stories Which are
worth perusal by all who contemplate
Lurglcal operations:
A -gentleman In KnRlaud became ill
through worry over his wife, who had
undorgone four hospital operations, His
case was diagnosed as "pernicious
nnemtu," whatever that may mean.
i Finally a surgeon was called and said
there must be an immediate operation for
duodal ulcer. This is a dangerous I
malady, and the man says: 1
"I was told that the only alternative
was to go on being 111 until I hhd tto '
strength left, so I submitted. The caso j
having aroused great Interest, -six ddo-1
lore pui m appearance wneu ino.ppera-,
tlon was performed. It got so hot that j
we were afterward told by the nursoa
that one of them had to spend her .time
mopplns tho face of the opepitor. What
em I to say as to the result of tills j
operation? Finally, the doctors fct unite !
certain that 1 should not survive for J
more than forty-eight hours. (The sur- j
geon soma months afterward told my
brother thliU , ! ' ' !
"Wp wore, beforo all, given to ..'under
stand that ho was ffolng to perform a
thort circuit" operation, and afterward
I had been told that this had been done,
but my wlfo and friends were told that
they had found a duodenal (?) ulcer, and
that It was as large as half a crown, but
that It had hoaled Itself, undoubtedly
undor the gastrla ulcer treatment of a
few months earlier, hut that they had
found that my appendix was "peculiar'
so that It had been removed.
"Imagine me lying In bed and feeling
this pain at my side, and continually
telling the nurses und my friends that I
was sure I was going to have appen
dicitis, and think what' an Idiot the doc
tor was not to allow them to tell mo
what they know I
and meanings ot life, that without It life
)vould bo hardly worth living.; but don't
nvordo It, or harm will surely como of It.
For Instance, every girl known how neces
sary long consecutive hours of sleep aro
ti beauty and good health. To lcep wo
must first tclax, first tho hands and arms
nnd then tho rest ot tho body, until every
muscle- Is resting, and then wo must relax
thu mind. Wo must forget that thcro In
anything clso In the world but sleep, and
almost Immediately slcop will como to
claim us, Uut now take the Imaginative
girl.
"Bhfi goes to bed weary of body, but
Ten Rules
of Life
n
Pirst Woman Doctor
By DOROTIIV DIX.
To be a human being first, and a
womar afterwards.
To learn how to do some one thing
well enough to make a living by It, so
that I need never
dependence.
To regard loVe us
the sugar on top of
the cake of life, not
the v ho'- substance.
To srvo faithfully
and well those of
my own household,
but not to permit
myself .to become a
ilava id them.
To .evelop my
sympathies In every
direction so that I
may truly be a lit
tle sister to all the
world.
To c o n t inually
i each out for resh
Interests In my life, so that If one falls
mo I shall not bo teft bankrupt of
resources of happiness.
To work always and (o reallre that
It Is as much of a shame for a woman
to be a parasite as It Is for a man to
3e one.
To let no human being go from my
presence without giving him or her
a happier thought and a brighter
outlook.
To bear In mind continually that it
is just as Important to lay up affection
for ray old age as It Is to lay ui
iloney.
To keep my heart sweet and young.
Purged of the bitterness and narrowness
OT nIH nv nnn ,n tn trmw ,.11 rrm 1 .. i
und bcautlfullv
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
It was sixty-four years ago, December
I?, 1819, that Elizabeth Blackwell, a young
Englishwoman who had made America
her home, resolved that she would enter
college with a view
ot studying medicine
nnd surgery.
In endeavoring to
carry out her reso
lution Miss HlacK
well met with hor
c u I ean difficulties.
She was told in
emphatic language
by her best friends
(hat It- was highly
Improper for a
woman to study
medicine, and that
no decent woman
I would think of be
coming a medical
, practitioner. As for a lady practlclnu
surgery, that was absolutely out of the
question.
In addition to all this was the very
much more serious obstacle of prejudice
among the medical school people. Where
would she find a medical college that
would admit a woman to Its lecture
rooms and laboratories? The young
woman applied to more than a 'dozen of
thu leading medical schools of the coun
try, and was Invariably turned down.
They had no use for her. They greeted
ner appeal with the most derisive laugh
ter Finally, however, she received word
from a small college In Geneva, X. V.,
announcing that her application had been
'avorably considered, and that she would
bo admitted as a student whenever ahi
should present herself.
The students treated Miss Blackwell
with kindness and respect, but the
.vomen of Genoa were "shocked." They
"stared at her as though she had been a
, curious animal," und declared she hub
"either a bad woman, whose designs
would gradually becomo evident, or that,
being crazy, an outbreak of Insanity
would soon manifest Itself."
The Conqueror
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.
We watched by tho side or a tired soul
lu' the darkest hour of night;
And we prayed that a respite, swift and sure,
Might come with the morning's light.
And the throbbing black of the darkest hour
Was cut by a struggling breath J
And Life seemed cruel as it lingered there,
When we prayed for the touch of Death.
And Death reached low with his kindly hand
For the Life that must quickly cease;
And, Ured, we bowed at his chilly feet
And prayed for a swift releaso.
Then dawn burst forth In a flame of rose,
That over the pillow crept;
And Death drew back with the shades of night;
''or behold, tho sufferer slept
1 -
i from 1eei
Miss Cecil Cunningham.
with a mind alert and wide-awake. She
"To cut a long story short, I did get pians the uong ot tho ext dfty, ho re.
sufficiently well to go away, but when members with a start a telcphono mes-
"Tho person
who goU tho
moat benefit
from sleep
never dreams,"
snyn MIsh
Cunningham.
"Tho imaginative
girl goes to
bod weary of
body, but
alert in mind.
Slio tosses
from sido to side,
and finally,
when ho does
ftlecp, drcnins."
the heart action, and. tnakos the breath
Irregular. And when wo don't breathe
properly wo havo hollow chests and sal
low skin. I remomber how I disliked
having my gowns cut to show my neck
and Bhouldors when I first went on the
stage, but naw I realize that it la simply
roveallng the results of a good breathing
apparatus, and I am proud to bo ablo to
show whut I havo dono for myself.
"Exercising tho vocal chords Is splen
did for developing1 tho neck and shoulders
never mind about yoi)r voice peoplo are
not expecting to' find In you a second
Tctrazzlm Just because you have 'discov
ered a way to round out tho ugly hol
lows In your neck nnd to regulate your
entire breathing apparatus,
"If you can control your Imagination, I
can think of no more delightful thing to
possess. It wilt help to while away many
I got home again I was soon as til as sage that she has forgotten to deliver to ' gets the most benefit from sleep never a long, dreary hour; but bo careful, It Is
ever. This time I found myself under some member of thn family, sho decides (It cuius. A counlo of nlnhtu like this, and , ho ant to control vou. and when von hv
another doctor and he naturally wanted to have a gown mode over, and wonders the .girl's nerves will be nil on edge, she
to know all about the first Illness. Then whether or not fur trimming would bo j will be half Blck, and all becapso of an
a cool Iotter came from the surgeon say-! appropriate. And every minute sho Is
Ins when he operated he found that thoro 1 getting wider and wider a'wako. Bhe
was a small wrinkle In the peritoneum, tosses restlessly from aide to side, nnd
over-exercised- imagination.
"Imagination has everything to do with
lost tho upper hand, to lead you Into
paths whero your excitement holds sway,
and whore your nerves are liable to play
all sorts of tricks on ypu. J hope a great
one's proper breathing, and I will tell many or you will recotrnlze thn truth in
which nt that time he attributed to a ' finally whon sho does fall asleep her rest you why. Imagining any kind of an ex these few suggestions and benefit hv
duodenal ulcer, but he now thought that . Is filled with dreams. The person who porience piays on the nerves, stimulates them."
It had no significance! I was aghast, I
and could only say what a lot of liars
they were.
"The whole thing, you can see, was a
plot. Firstly, I think that my case so
Interested them that they could not re
sist the temptation to open me up and
have a look to satisfy their curiosity,
end then when It was done they decided
that I would not survive It, to that all
they had to do was to fatlsfy tho anxiety
and curiosity of my friends, so they made
up these lies and persuaded my wife
that it was best for mo not to know the
truth (which I am afraid I never shall),
but I do know that I required no sur
gical treatmont at all, and that they
lied when they made up the utccr-tho-slze-of-a-half-crown
story.
"Why my appendix was taken away
for being 'peculiar' I don't know. Any
way, I am rather glad It was, because It
would havo been an excuse for Another
operation If It hadn't been, when I was
111 again.
"This time another consultant visited
me, who advised arsenic Injections and a
diet of sour milk only, and tn ten weeks
I was about, and since havo been keep
ing fairly 'well.
"What was and stilt perhaps Is the
matter with me I don't know, but the
second specialist said It was pernicious
anemia. T only wish I had tho money
that I wasted owing to tho curiosity of
those Infernal surgeons, to 'say nothing
of all the pain I suffered."
I thought It was funny they never
seemed to think It was grand to save
any one from the agony of such a fear
ful operation as the one they wanted
me to have. A lady who was not so III
as I was underwent It, nnd' died three
months afterward.''
Another says; "My sister has Just had
an operation, and the surgeon found a
perfectly healthy organ after ho re
moved It, She will probably be an In
valid for life."
The range of vivisection has made
surgeons more rabid to operate upon
human beings. Doctors and nurses all
become more or less under the Influence
of this modern medical mania, nnd ex
citement and love of experimentation
take possession of their minds to thu
exclusion of human sympathy.
Because wonderful operations arc per
formed and lives saved and health re
stored by the skilled use of the knlfu
(and surgeons crowned with wealth and
fame) the doslro to operate has becomo
a menace to motherhood and o life It
self. There aro malignant growths which
only tho knife can cure (and usually
these operations oven have to be re
peated, and qulto frequently the patient
dies within a few months after tho sec
ond one).
But there are numerous growths which
yield absolutely to tho X and violet ray
treatment, and slmplo blood remedies,
and tho building up of tho bodily strength
aid vitality.
Tho writer Intimately knows a lady
who suffered from two Internal growths
for a period of years; nnd they vanished
after a time through treatment of nour
ishing food, baths, massage, and a
course In a school of physical culture.
Tabloid Tales
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
I see tho expression, mother dear,
"harbinger o( spring" What Is the har
binger of sprlnd?
Tho poetical answer, my child, Is tho
From the same country 'comes thia ' violet, the- first flower to tell that j-prlne
letter from a lady, She says;
"I was told when I was bothering with
a critical period that I would dlo unless
I had a major operation. At last I found
a human doctor who attended me for
somo time, and am thankful to say that,
as regards that matter, I am perfectly
sound now In fact, I am better than for
fifteen years back, all without such u,
fearful operation, which I feel certain
would have killed me In the weak condi
tion I was In at the time. You see I
got better without the agony ot an
operation.
"I think a great many doctors and
nurses have too little patience and per
severance to try alleviating the suffer
ing first and resort to the knlfo Immed
iately, 80 many of tho trained nurses
I had did not take much Interest In my
case because It was not an operation,
and told me they hoped I would soon
have done with them, as they liked 'a
grand case' It was worth talking about
1 Is coming, but a more correct definition
Is the tornado.
Do you believe, mother, that woman
will even be fitted for every calling tho
men now fill?
Heavens, no, child. Think of a woman
surgeon, will you? and then reflect whut
It would mean to fear, before the chloro
form is passed, that you may be mended
with a halrplu, We have much to be
grateful for, my child.
What Is hospitality, mother?
It Is that virtue we write poetry about
and extol, and thought of which leads us
to say, when one asks us If wo have
guests. "No, thank goodness."
What Is meant, mother, by calling a,
man a "bird?"
It means, little one, that he flies high,
and the bird Is slandered every time the
word Is used.
In what way mother dear?
The man who Is called u "bird, niv
child, Is seldom a credit to his family.
The bird, little one, leaves his home
nest, builds a nest of his own, and
never takes his family back on long kin
visits, or for his father to gupport. The
man really like the birds Is absorbed In
taking care of his family and Is never
called a bird,
What, mother. Is predestination?
It Is that form of religious belief that
leads us to know our neighbors will be
damnrd and we will be saved. It is most
comforting, my daughter, to believe In
predestination.
Why, mother, does every one crowa
around the brldo and groom In such
hastn to congratulate them?
Because, my child. It Is too late to
congratulate them after they have been
married long enough to realize what they
have dono.
What, mother, Is meant by "Matches
840 made In heaven?"
It Is an attempt, little one, of thoae
who marry to lay the hlamo on High.
Matches are really mado at a bargain
naln without tho privilege of taking the
goods to the light
Ten yearn have passed since they dis
appeared and tho lady Is In perfect
health.
A woman who found a small growth
of a similar nature was advised to have
it removed, and went into a famous hos.
Pltal for that purpose. She and her hus
band were assured that It would be a
most simple matter. Yet the physicians
performed a major operation on this
woman, without consultlnff her hus
band, and she died the third day after,
ward. The physician now admits that
similar growths have been known to be
come absorbed and vanish without
treatment.
Yet this woninn was killed, by an un
necessary operation, and the husband is
unublo to obtain any reparation because
the phvslclans belong to' a regular school
and the hospltul U a famous one in
Pennsylvania. The woman who was
killed was In the prlmo of life and had
never suffered any pain from this slight
growth, but was advised to have It re
moved before It made her any trouble.
With such cases ns these occurring
continually all about us. Is It not time
that women called good common sense
to their command, when suffering from
maladies peculiar to their sex; and be
fore they put themselves In the hands of
surgeons that they should decide to use
all of nature's simple methods first?
And then turn to the light and It
bneflclcnt rnys and to the sensible
sane treatment of the spine through
osteopathv; and with all these that they
should learn tho vast power which lies
In their own minds?
Scores of women' turn to the hospital
operation as a means of diversion! They
are disillusioned with life In some way:
they are lacking an object, an aim, 11
purpose: and through worry and self
centered hablte of thought, they grow
111; soon the thought of an operation pre
sents Itself as an escape from monotonv
Afterward, It Is thflr delight to talk r-f
what they have passed through,
But frequently "afterward" comes 00
nnother plane; for tho percentage ot
women who die within two years after
an operation would astonish us were
wo to know the statistics,
Not more than one operation lu .1
score In needed.
Be sure your case Is the exception be
foro tilt-) add ono more to the foolish
women who rush upon the surgeon's
knlfo.
