THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1014.
IWif e's Time at the
Out of Yesterday
By Nell Brinkley
Club Not Wasted
Copyright, 19H, International News Service
By ADA rATTERSON.
'ot.my friend of the lowering brow jwd
nap'filhp llpa and profane vocabulary, the
mcf.your wife spends at trio club Is not
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nb. And there arc
many right kind or
uba In theso on-
a r it marching
Uavm Cnra clubs.
immrriMratiiif in.
dulged In I grant
you-aretlpo wnst-
Mi Hut thn rlllho
that- Justify, their
own existence tire
not, jricro soclat or
ganisations. They
are-- aggregations of
women with some
worthy purpose.
The roster of the
'ew York wo
men's clubs. lies on my desk as I write.
Their, titles tell their story-Society for
Political Study and organizations for the
preparation of Women for citizenship, If
they eocuro It In that state, as they ex.
IKict, next year! tho Hound Table, a
literary club that reads the classics and
tries to Inject u bit of poetry Into tho
prosrf of everyday living, a great Im
provement on the cheap modern novel,
that ' absorbs the klmono-clad reader
while the dishes wnlt to bo washed; the
Pure Milk league, which knows that milit
Is a Wood' supply and seeks to make the
milk-supply pure, so that tho blood will
bo -richer In red corpuscles and the men
and'yromeh stronger and more efficient;
thd Untie Mothers, who seek to make tho
condition of tho overburdened oldest child
lritlje, families of tho cast side, always
as largo as jopr, more llvable--tho list Is
long Sand convincing.
..Tho chances are nlnoty-nlno to one that
tills Club of your wife's, at which you
storm, though you havo but a vague Idea
offtand that a prejudiced one alms to
to. - help you In tho town housekeep
ing. In which you havo been a more or
fcssf.dlsgrnceful failure. It Is tho custom
ofnjen wo think they think to rail at
Women as falling In their centuries-long
job ' of home management, Theso men
wlho', think they think, say that women
tftilL do their housework bungllngly; that
they, still lack system, which Is Intelli
gence actively applied. Assume this In
part., true, -we can turn about and bring
n stirdng Indictment against men for
having failed In their centuries-old Job
oicommunlty housekeeping.
iThiy havo managed their towns badly
clso,lhere would not cxlBt tho open sores
of Institutional vice in them. They have
managed their countries badly or there
viquidn't boi graft and exorbitant' tax
rates.. ThAy-Miavo manajred the state
ajlcounti;y. ba'dVy pr big , concerns
Wnl'dn't be grushlpg little - ones and
p3jUi.cs would riot be regarded as so
dirty that vyomen would soil their lily
white; fingers by dlpnlng Into it. Men
lin-'vo tried to help women in their house
keeping by inventing household appli
ances ,that will make their work easier.
Wonicn measurably grateful, aro turning
aboul and offering to help men in their
municipal and national housekeeping.
That' is what women's clubs mean.
Thn record- ot what women's clubs have
been .doing Is Illuminating. Not one straw
in th'e stream 'points to any but a help
ful, .constructive tendency. Tho record
is incontestable". Tho women's City club
of Chicago has persuaded the city coun
cil to appropriate J10.000 to establish a
municipal lodging hoiiBe for women and
chlldrr-n. Woman's quick eye and warm
heart' 'have shown her tho need of a
Fltcltqr for child or women waifs from
tho Jnfernq -of cJty streets by night.
The-club women of southern California
nrej asking for a. compulsory education
WlC and a reform and industrial school
for .girls. Mindful of tho nameless abuses
tifr sometimes occur in institutions they
kye asked for the- appointment of
women on the governing boards of the
statednstltutlons.
Thero arises the- great masculine objec
tion; . Will Ihcy .forget their homes In
tkese'.' larger interests? Not at all. For
Instance, tho Graduate Nurses' associa
tion" Louisville, Ky., has taken up the
subject of home economics, Instructing
w'timen In tho care of their household.
This '.was done in responso to the urgent
requests of the womeji's clubs of the
Bt'atc. Securing1 furids for a medical
scholarship of 112,000 In trie University of
Pittsburgh, an lncrcaso In library cxten
stonework, and tho efforts to lower tho
cosj of living, cncaceil the Western Penn
sylvania Congress of Women's "clubs.
Nq waste there.
Mother's Advic
To Her Daughter
A Real Lire Doll to Fondle ItWomaa'
ureatest Mappiaeis.
One of the most Important matters about
Which women concern themselves U their
future sums as a grandmother. And she
Is wisdom itself who knows of er learns
of that famous remedy, Mother's Friend.
This Is an external application for tho
abdominal muscles and breaats. It cer
tainly has a wonderful Influence, allays all
ar, banishes all pain, la a moat grateful
encouragement to the young, expectant
?Jner. ud Permits her to go through the
Ph.?.0 hppf la mm(l re n body and
thus deitlned to anticipate woman's great
eat napplneas as nature Intended abe should.
The action of Mother's Friend make the
touicles free, pliant and reaponatre to ex.
panalen. Thus all strain and tenaten upca
the nerves and Hraments Is avoided, and,
in place of a period pt dlicomfort and con
sequent dread, It Is a season of calm renoae
end Joyful expectation.
There is no nausea, no morning sick,
neis, no nerroaa twJtchlnr, none of that
conitant atrain known to so many women,
, hence Mother's Friend la really one t the
gresteat blessings that could be derlaed.
t iu Kpieoum aau certain remedy can be
Lad of any druggist at 11.00 a bottle, and
ll aure to prove of ineatlmatle value, not
only upon the mother, but upon the health
and future of th child. Write to Bradfleld
-Regulator Co., 132 Lamar Dldg, Atlanta,
!., tot their boek to expectant mothers. Z
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Tho white old man drowses In tho chimney corner his shriveled
chin sunk into his breast, his weary, quiet feet turned solo to sole In
slippers that flip when ho walks, his hair in a remnant of tho black
lock that onco fell over his brows in a wave that shono. liko a bird's
wing, his spectacles slipped down on his pinched nose, a strange little
smile in tho wrinkled corner of his lips, And sometimes ho lleavoa a
soft sigh under his chin and smiles and nods his head gayly.
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
Fir,st
Philip Anson, a boy ot IS, of good birth
and breeding, finds himself an orphan
and in dire poverty, his mother having
Just died, A terriflo storm sweeps over
London, Just at this t(me, and tho boy
saves tho lit of a little girl, but is
abused and cuffed by a man, who says
he Is tho girl's guardian, and whoso name
Is Lord Vanstono. Philip returns to tho
place where his mother had died, deter
mined to commit sulcido, but Just at
this timo a terriflo flash of lightning is
followed by the fall of a meteor In tho
courtyard of Johnson's Mews, tho home
of the boy, and he takes it as a sign
from heaven. lie picks up several bits
of the meteor and takes them to a dla
;i ond dealer, named leaacsteln. The
iroker recognizes tho bits as meteoric
ait inonds, and has Philip taken In charge
ly tho police. At tho prlnon Philip gives
tho namo of Morland, having Botten that
from some letters his mother left. Lady
Morland, dining In a restaurant, reads
of the, boy's arrest In a paper, und sets
about to discover his antecedents.
Philip succeeds in establishing his own
ership ot the diamonds, and makes
friends with the magistrate. On his re
lease ho enters Into an arrangement with
lsaacsteln to sell the diamonds for him,
and then establishes himoelt at a first,
ciaes hotel, from where lie arranges for
tho purchase of the property of John
son's Mews, lie has an adventure thero
that results In his making friend with a
policeman named Kradley, a green grocer
and an old Junk dealer named O'Brien.
Also, he makes an enemy of a desperate
criminal named Jocky Mason. After he
has arranged for an interview with Mr,
Abingdon, the police magistrate, he goes
for a stroll, and encounters Hradley and
his wife. A few pleisant words with the
policeman left Philip free to call on Mr.
Abingdon, where he told the magistrate
his story in full., and asked him to take
the responsible position of guardian. Mr.
Abingdon was Interested, and that night
Philip received a telegram from lsaac
steln that his mission to Anisterdam had
been successful. This closes the first
epoch of the tale. Now opens the story
of the mature Philip Anson.
A tall man, whom a policeman spotted
as a tlcket.of-leave man, visited the
Mary Anson Home for Destitute Boys,
which occupied the site of Johnson's
Mews and the old Junk store. Ha was
shown around the flno building by an
aged veteran ot the Crimean war. O'Urlen,
for It was he, explained tn the strange
bow the home came to be bultt, but was
disgusted when the man cursed violently
at the mention of the boy who had be
rome Klngif diamonds. Philip A noon 'n
bis homo that night confessed to Ablng-
don that ho knew himself to be nephew
of Sir Philip Morland.
Now Read On
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(Copyright, 1901, by Edward J. Clode.)
"Do you mean to say that you learned
this fact for tho first time today from
Bharpe & Smith?"
Philip laughed. By this timo they wero
seated at the table and their talk de
pended to a certain, extent on tho com
ings and goings 6f servants at a dinner
en famlcle, tho presence of a ponderous
butler and solemn lackeys was dispensed
with.
"Oh, you lawyers!" ho cried. "That's a
nice sort of leading Ueetlon, But, mar
velous as It may seem to you, I must
answer 'Ves.' My mother's maiden
name was Morland. Her brother was
much older than she, and It appears tho
dear woman married to please herself,
thereby mortally offending the baronet."
"Why the offense?"
"Because my father's social position
was not equal to that of the aristocratic
Morlunds. Moreover, her brother had an
accident In his youth which rendered him
Irritable and morose. From being a
pleasant sort of man which. Indeed, he
must have been did he share aught of
my mother's nature ho grew into a inls.
antlirope, and gave his life to the class
ification of Kxmoor beetles. He treated
m' mother very badly, so vilely that
even sho deur soul, during Ijcr married
life held no further communication with
him. and rover mentioned him to me by
name. Now, ono day on Kxmoor be
found a lady who alao was devoted to
bedllea. At least, ahe knew al that the
Encyclopaedia Brltahnlca could teach
her. She was a poor but handsome
widow."
"Ah!"
"It Is delightful to talk wth you, Ab
Ingdon. Your monosyllables help th? nar
rative along. Sir Philip married the
Widow. She brought him a son, aged S
years. There were no children born of
my uncle's marriage."
"Oh!"
When poverty overtook my dear one,
slio so far obliterated a cruel memory o
to appeal, not once, but many times, to
the human coleopterua of Kxmoor, but
And the two lovers wito peep in at him on their way to tho frozen
pond look deep into ono another's eyes and whisper, "Ho'd novor un
derstand!" But ah-h, wouldn't ho? How can thoy know that his ghost tho
whlto littlo wraith of a girl drifts from tho flames of tho hearth and
the droaniB in his own whlto head, and nods and bockons and calls his
name hor hair still gold after all these long dead years, her. chin an
softly curved as a baby bird's breast, a bit of velvet ribbon about her
swiftly-moving wrist as she winds tho yarn from his outhold hands?
she was Invariably frotcn off, either by
Lady Louisa Morland or by Messrs.
Slmrpe & Smith."
"Did they ndmK this?"
"By no means. I am telling you the
facts. I am still on top of tho Pyrenees."
"Then how did you ascertain the facts?"
"I have had in my possession even since
my mother's death the letters they wrote
to her. They are fresh In my memory
when you and I first-met In the Clerken
well police court. That Is why thn namo
of Phlll Morland was glib on my tongue.
"So, I havo only heard historical
events, events prior to the last ten
years?"
"Exactly. My uncle Is now CO years of
age. Lady Louisa Morland's son is
24. Her ladyship's whole aim In life 1ms
been to secure lilm as the baronet's heir.
Tho title, of course, he cannot obtain.
But, most unfortunately, ho has no pen
chant for beetles. Indeed, Lady Louisa's
researches have long slnco diminished
In ardor. Her son's Interests are divided
between the Sport's club and the coryp
hees of tho latest musical comedy moths
are more in his line, apparently. My
untie, who la preparing a monograph on
tho fleas which patronize Exmoor wild
ponies, camo to town last week to visit
the British museum. Unhappily, he heard
something about his stepson which dis
turbed his researches. Thero was a row."
"Why do you say 'unhapplly.r'
"Because I am dragged Into the
wreched business on account of it. After
a lapse of more than twenty-five years,
ho renumbered his sister, went to his
solicitors, made a fearful hubbub when
he hoard or letters recefved from hor
and nnswered without his knowledge, and
ascertain that she was dead and had
a son living. At any cost, they mutt find
that son. They have guesned at my
Identity for some time. Now they want
to make sure of It."
, "And what did you say?'
"I told them I would think over the sit
uation and communicate with them
further,"
"Where they satisfied?"
"By no means. They are exceedingly
anxious tp placate the old man. They
probably control a good deal of money."
"Urn!"
"Of course! You see the delicacy of
their position. After playing Into the
hands ot 1-ady Ioulsa for nearly a
quarter of a century they suddenly find
tho whole altuation changed by tho
baronet'H belated dlscoverv that he once
had a sister. ' t
"You havo not. told 'me all this without
a purpose Do you want my advlco?"
Phltlp's face wan Clouded, his eyes
downcast.
"You understand," ho said, nftcr a.
long pause, "that somo one, either the
man or tho .woman tho woman, I think
Is morally rcsponslblo for my mother's
death. She was poor wretchedly, hor
ribly poor tho poverty of thin clothing
and Insufficient food. Sho was 111, con
fined to a miserable hovel for, wenry
months, and was so utterly unprovided
with the barest necessities that the
parish doctor was on tho point of com
pelling her to go to tho workhouse In
firmary when death came. Am I to be
tho Instrument of God's vengeance on
this woman?''
Mr. Abingdon, who hnd risen to light
a cigar, Placed u kindly hand on tho
young man's shoulder.
"PhltlP," he said, with somo emotion,
"I havo never yet heard you utter a
hasty Judgment. You have prudenco far
beyond your years. It seems to ine,
speaking with nil tho reverence of man
In face of tho decrees of Providence, that
Qod has already provided' a terrlblo pun
Napoleon and the Army of Italy J
Uy ItBV. THOMAS U. GIUCGOHY.
The "Little Corporal" wus mado commander-in-chief
of tho "Army of Italy,"
US years ago, March 2, 1790.
Ha lacked five months of being 71
years old, and only
twelve years had
passed since he was
it charity student
at Brlenne.
In the meantime
lie had kept himself
In the limelight,
and at Toulon had
won tho distinction
which ho knew would
give him the oppor
tunity ho wanted
The oppo rtunlty
cams when the di
re c t o r y commis
sioned him to si'C what he could do
against the Austrlans In Italy
When tho littlo corporal took chnrgo
of the army ot Italy It was composed of
some 30,000 -rugged, half.starvsd soldiers,
but ho breathed Into H his own Invincible
spirit nnd buckled himself down to busi
ness. At hi achievements the world will
never cnuse wondering- In a brief cam
paign of wonderful dash, daring and
brillancy he ruined an army of (0,000
Austrlans commanded by the greatest
generals of the age. Five arml'-s, one
after another, all of them under accom
plished commanders, were sent out
How can thoy know that when ho sighs in his drowso she has turned
her bright hoad to ono side in tho old, old trick and said, "In that how
much you love me?" How can thoy know when ho smiles that hp has
beggod again to drop her palo blue yarn and use his hungry -arms for
"better things," nnd she has wound faster and 'faster and denied?
How can thoy know that ho winds again' tho soft blue wool for a girl
whoso nllkon curls and slim whlto hands and tonder mouth have Ions
ago fallen Into dust?
Ah-h-h, wouldn't ho understand? NELL BRINKLEY.
ishment for Lady Louisa Morland. What
In tho namo of her son?"
"1 do not know, I forgot to ask,"
"I have a wldo experlonco of tho
Jeunesso durco' of London. Hardly a
week passed during many years of my
llfo that ono of his typo did not nppear
before mo In the dock. What Is he
a roue, a gambler, probably a drunkard?"
"All these I gathered from tho so
licitors." '
"And If your mother were living, what
would sho say to Lady Morland?"
"She would pity her from tho .depths
ot her heart. Yes, Abingdon, you nro
right, My unclo's wife'-has chosen her
own path. Blic must follow It, let It
lead where It will. , t will write to
Messrs. .Hliarpe & Smith now. But step
Into my dressing room with mo for a
moment, will you7"
In a corner of tho Bpaclous apartment
to which ho led his guest stood a largo
safe. Philip opened It. Within wero a
number of "books and documents, but in
a large Compartment at the bottom stood
a peculiar object for such a repository
an ordinary leather portmanteau. Ho
lifted In onto a couch a took a key from
against hliri by Austria, and Europe was
amazed, at thn skU and rapidity with
which they were met nnd overthrown-
To tho directory the nudaelous young
general paid no particle pf attention.
Its orders were treated with contempt.
' Tho directory has- nq concern with my
plans. I do What- 1 please," waa his
I reply to those who found fault with hs
Insubordination. As to how campaigns
i Mumld be planned and battles won he
was to be his own Judge. From the old
yxt and ablest generals of tho republic
'lie took no advice und permitted no In
terference. Ho held no councils of war.
By the Intuition of supreme genius ho
saw at a flash Just what was needed,
and his victories were as rapid as his
thought. "In our days," ho declared,
"no pne has conceived anything great.
It falls to me to give the example."
And he gavo It. In fitteon days six
nlmost perfect victories, following one
another with the rapidity of lightning,
completely staggered the Austrian rule In
Italy. Beginning his campaign on April
10, by tho 28th he had tho convention of
Cherasco In his pocket. Crossing the Po
on May 7, ho won the "terrible Bridge
of Lodl" on tho 11th, and on the 15th
entered Milan, with all Lombardy at Ills
feet I'tterly beaten. Austria cried for
peace, gave up to Franco the Netherlands
and all northern Italy, and, covered with
the glory that IiIb soul loved, hp went
bark to Paris, the ideal of tho nation and
thn center of the amazement of a con
a drawer in tho safe. -
"Tills. In ono of my treasures ' which
you hove never- seen," Vc enid, w'lyi a
sorrowful smile- "It has riot been In the
light for many years."
He .revealed to his frlends (wonderim;
eyes the tattered suit, the slipshod boots,
thn ragged, shirt and cap, the rusty door
key, associated with that - wonderful
month ot March of a decade earlier. He
reverently unfolded some of' his mother's
garments, and his eyes wero misty as lie
surveyed them.
But from the pocket of the portman
teau .ho, produced a pucket ot soiled tet
ters. One by ono ho read them alond,
though ho winced at he remembrance of
tho agony his. mother must have endured
as ahe experienced each rebuff from .Lady
Morland and her husband'a 'solicitors.
Yet he persevered- to the end. '
"I wanted ft. model for' aj' brief com
munication lo Messrs. gha'rpe & Smith,"
he said, bltterlyt "I thlnktle general
purport, of thojr correspondence ;wJU servo
my. needs admirably." '
As l't closed thn dlads(ounei bat; his
stern mood vanished. , : .
"Do you know,"- ho sajdj-'.that this
oM-lo6klrlg portmanteau, af allocked
and always reposing In' a.' sale', mjg, puz
zled my valets' considerably?' ,,'OAif man
got It put, on.4 Jr.led to" open If-Iaught
htm In the act. I .honestly believe "both
he and the .others were under he Im
pression that I kepi- my diamonds in It."
"By the way, -that reminds me of a
request from .lsaacsteln. A all the
fimaller diamonds . hava . jioV- . bcn dis
posed of and there vcmanls ohly the
large stonca, Iolth,lnkir that sonic of them
might, bo cut Into sections... They are un
marketable at presqriV .
(To Bo Continued' TomoVrow.)
)
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All women agree, with the world's most
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Presolated buttermilk emulsion la little
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