THE BEE: OMAHA, Tl'ESDAY. APRIL 21, 1914.
9
Character and
Credit
By DR. CIIARhK8 It. PARKIIUnST.
rr-
Take Care of Your Feet and Lose Those "Worry Wrinkles"
An Unusually Instructive Beauty Talk with Lois Meredith, Whcso Hobhy Is Shoes
The fallowing extract from a letter Just
received will serve n good turn as text
from which to speak 3 half doien frank
sentences to It author and to any other
young man IJke-
c
1
minded with him
self: Dear Sir. In your
article (n a le
cent Issue of The
Bee, I ' not what
you say with tor
erence to suocrssf I
men and the won
derful posslb'l't.'s
for young, lnen to
through honesty.
nnd not Willi any
disrespect for you
or the youthful
Scotchman whom
you quote, for 1
admire him ery much b- t tho fn' tliAt
ynu say that any younj m-n has iti
equal chancn to succeed nowada; a
most absurd.
"How much .Pullman or teel g-oclt i
you Suppose this youthful Andy wo Id
he able, to add to his credit -with a ras I
capltaPor $600, and then beln? fortunat
enough to borrow 'It? How many transar.
011s of that kind' occur nnwptlays? Is
here any banking Institution that will
,lnd the most deserving young man of
hr country the smallest amount with
honesty alone for their cccurity?"
It Is the last paragraph which ape
dally -deserves attention. Honesty and
stolidity of characKr are worth a great
deal more" "In the estimation of practical
men thp.n our correr:iondent Imagines.
He appears to suppose that because
"Andy" -could secure a loan with nothing
offered in security but his, character is
no sign that such a thing can be don to-
ay; lit fact that It cannot bo done today.
ow, . pur .correspondent has been pre
sumably' embittered by soma experience
which he has had, and bases hU opinion
on that embltterment without any" per
sonal 'knowledge of things as' they are.
The truth 1s' that in all tho fundamentals
of life and experience business Included
things remain exactly what they werj
wheti "Andy" was a boy and aecurcd hla
loan of :M simply, because, he had tho
reputation "of being a sound boy.
The author of the quoted letter prob
ably, never encountered that remarkab e
utterance ol" the late;J.P. Morgan, that
"Ct.araotcr-ls the .basis 'of credit,' w.upii
mcahajthat,rln.th& estimation pf the roost
successful financier of our time, and
perhaps of all" times, there Is nothing
that cap be .offered as secur.'ty equal in
volue-tq personal soundness of character.
To .this our correspondent tnay reply
that liBt 's wflll though In thory,'.Kut
thnt It as a principle, this -Is not prac
ticed Vlop.. iow, there Is - where he it
wns nnd where he ( satisfies hlmse.r
wlthi'snSp judgment Instead of gol.ig.
to. tt'or'lc'ftpd getting, the .facts In the case.
There are banking Institutions In tpls
ctur.trj'. In Germany, France and ltnly
that, arc, distinctly admln'fltered In "the
reeogpltjon of principle. Just at this 'tlm
there, t. being Organized a hanking cor
poration with a capital ,of $S.0Q0.0C0 to do
exactly this kind of business, and some
of the largest .capitalists n New York
City have taken stpek In It to large
amounts,
'I Never Have a Red Nose.
Dy MAUD MI1.M2R.
"Havo I n hobby? Oh, yes, I think you
might call it that T call it a mania." And
Lois Meredith leaned back into the depths
of the big cretonne armchair, smilingly in
viting mo to ask hor what it was.
And this is the tale she told mo of a
hobby and. the" train of results that follow.
"Perhaps you may call mo vain but if
. there is one thing in the world I am proud
of it is my foot. I feel thatliey are just
as important as be'auly, and oven, more im
portant la health than aro my hands and
-so I treat them well and dress them well,
too. And now you have tho whole secret
o.f my hobby slippers.
"""Why, it -nearly breaks my heart to
rhavo to wear old shoes in 'Help Wanted.'
J donH mind wearing an old dress, but if
I might only go on in a presentable pair of
shoes, I'd be tempted to send a letter of
thanks to the management.
' ' Every time l go out for a walk I seem
to pass a shoe store and then in I go and
have a real buying. Pretty ones, comfy
ones, useful ones boots for tramps in rain
My Slipper Mania Keeps My Skin Clear, My Temper Even,
and My Digestion Good."
Perhaps You May Call Mo Vain.
and storm, slippers for dancing and shoes
for climbing and sneakers for tennis.
"I havo the right sort of footgear for
every occasion. I am extravagant about
shoes.
And sometimes when 1 think about tue
three-headed result get I feel . satisfied
that my one extra vaganco saves mo a lot
in health and comfort and satisfaction.
"My foot are always smooth and free
from callous skin and painful foot troubles
that might call mo to tho chiropodist. I
never have to forego a cross-country
tramp, or for a stimulating walk in tho
rain.
"I never have a red nose or a feeling of
norvous indigestion from shoes that pinch
or are run down at the heels and so throw
me into an uncomfortablo position in stand
ing or walking. No matter how tired I am,
1 can go out for an invigorating littlo
tramp in the fresh air for I always havo
a fresh, cool, restful pair of shoes to chango
to.
'So vou see my slipper mania keeps my
skin clear and my temper even and my di
gestion good.
"And, honestly, 1 do feel well dressed
and sure of mysdlf when T don a dainty
pair of slippers that make me feel trim
from head to toe."
THE PROFESSOR'S MYSTERY
WELLS HASTINGS BRJAN HOOKER
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS by HANSON BOOTH
COPYRIGHT 1911 t THE OOIiBA MERRILL COMPANY
You Can Begin This
Great Story To-day
by Reading This
First
rrof. Crosby, waiting at a tuburban
station for a trolley car to take him Into
Boston, where h I'H" f i"""'"1 c"""
Ir
Easy
Rid of
lies
(
u
By Using
Ciiticura
Soap
exclusively
and a little
Cuticura
Ointment
nitnt, encounters MUs Tabor, whom he
das mot the previous winter at a social
.arty. They compare notes, and find
they are bound for the same place, and
walt.ng for the same oar. While waiting
thty talk to themselves In a causal way,
and Croiby imagines he has touched on
spi.iethlng clotely personal to Miss Tabor.
They start on the trolley Journey, and
the car Is overturned. When Crosby re
covers consciousness, he finds himself
unhurt, but with a fair, strange girl In
hla arms. The moturman and the con
ductor leave Crosby and Miss Tabor In
thS'lXVi'J"1 tht about to restore
the girl to cansclenesa. When sha re
rr.vers she teemed rather annoyed At
the conditions. Crocbv fnds hi Dockets
nave been emrtleri hut .......
.?: )fM Tttbor flhcj all her articles
but a fine gold, chain she wore around
rier necK. Crosby finds this, but on It
hanss a wedding ring, The girl suggests
they leave her, but they Insist on seeing
her sSfely to her' hnm. lrrluA.1 k.
Tabor home, Crosby Is given a fulsome
"Biccime oy .ura. rauor, and a somewhat
mixed reception by Mr. Tabor They
Insist on; his remaining- over night, and
he retires, Before he falls to sltep he
hears vo'ces In the hall near his door,
and rltlns hurriodlv finH. h i. i,,-!,. .
the room. Before lis could learn the rra
ron. he W8.j asked by M'ss Tabor to dress
" -w"o uuwniirs. inen ne was asked
to leave the house snd not to come back.
-u cxwmmuun is given mm. lie spends
the night nt the Inn, and the next day
Mr, Tabor visit" him and tells htm no
man of his past has any right to know a
girl Itko Mi Tabor, Crosby hotly de
mantis to be told what Tabor is talking
about, hut he gets no satisfaction. Tabor
forbds him ever tc come near his home
and leaves. Crosby follows and again
stes the stocky Italian who had run after
the trolley car, thin time In animated de
bate with Tabor. Crosby talks to the
man In Italian and learns he Is u sailor,
who fancies Tabor a former employer
who had defrauded him. Crosby goes on
to meet the Alnslles.
Now Read On
CHAPTER V.
liar a hard future cut out for him. an.
Indeed for three days I led him a llfo
that must havo nearly killed him. Per
haps he may have sctnted eomo trouble
behind my unusual energy, for he Btuck
to me like a man, losing to me at ten
nis, beating nio in long games of golf,
bathing with me In the morning, und
taking an oar as we rowed Mrs. Bob
about in the uvening.
MIsb Tabor had spoken of a coming
visit: but of course after the disturbances
in her honie sht would have abandoned
all plans. And I certainly did not care
to start the bantering flood of questions
whloh I knew Bob could not restrain
should I show even the mildest curiosity
about her coming. And yet she came.
I had come over prepared to drag Bob
to the altar of another strenuous day,
and I found her sitting alone on the ver
anda as quietly at esse aa though noth
ing had happened. I was not even sure
that she looked tired; certainly she looked
serene. She stood up and shook hands
with me smilingly. 1 thought the blue
veins throbbed a trifle In her throat, but
her manner was frankly free from em
barrassment.
"You are getting a very seaside color,
Mr. Crosby," she Raid, '"Your vacation
must be agreeing with you.'
I could not answer for a moment; then,
aa she drew her hand from mine, "Wh
have I done?" I stammered. "What was
It all about? Old you really believe
I stopped, for she was looking coldly
past me, her face blank and her eye
brows raised,
"I beg your pardon," I skid, taken ut
terly aback. Her silence seemed to strike
across me like a blow. "I beg your Par
don, Miss Tabor," and I swung upon my
hcfl.
When I reached the steps, she called
after ma.
"Mr. Crosby!" I turned. "Bob wants
to Hnow why we shouldn't all play tennis
together. He thlnk-s that he and Mary
Orslde the Sujumer Hca-rAn Inter- can beut us."
(Continued.) I .Ung,y7 UaVe"o, i K0- l0 ln lh
M T T 1t.- .tilbu . . . - , - - I A U.I, 11.11 1 ... .1. ...... . I . I I . - .1 " ' " " '
tl Vba lUtHf MS iu, msut UVV, SVft few, It, tiuiil me Vliat luuncu
had met Miss Tabor last Christmas,'1 said
Bob. "1 call that rather cool. I Just
mentioned ou last night, and she asked
all sorts of questions about hpw long
you had been here ami how long you ex
pected to stay. Kor my part, 1 think
you must havo mado qultu an Impres
sion." "Indeed he lias," laughed Miss Tabor.
"Do you know, Mary, Mr. Crosby Is tho
only thoroughly frivolous institution of
learning 1 ever saw. Ho never spoko a
word all Christmas that added to tho
party's fund of Information, except to tell
us of a 'now und a more Indigestible wuy
to inako Welsh rarebit."
Evidently Christmas was to be thy last
und only time that wo had met, l
thanked fate and my own discomfiture
that 1 let fall no word to the Alnslles
and we went off to our tennis. Wo won
our game rather easily. Mies Tabor
played a shado better than the avorago
woman, covering her court with a fore
thoughtful euie that did the work with
out wasting exertion, fiho seemed not
athletic, but to do outdoor things us some
other woman might muvo through a ball
room. When we had finished playing,
Bob was u dripping ruin, and Mrs. Ains
lie and I vigorously hot; but Miss Tabor,
vho had dons no less than her share, laid
aside her racquet us coolly as sho had
taken It up,
All the way down to the beach she kept
the three of us. In such a shout of laugh
ter that stalder people glanced aside at
us. I made the change Into a bathing
suit with abandoned haste, yet I found
her walling. The sea was evidently a
passion with her as It was with me. Her
ys were shining with excitement, her
head thrown a little back, and all her
slim body, tender In every graceful line,
was vibrant with the thrill of tho salt
air. Sh gave me her hand as a child
might have done, and we turned up the
beach, running lightly until the volets of
the bathers died behind us. ,
Suddenly she stopped. "Do you feel
that wuy about It, too?" she asked.
"What way7 As If the t'Wt plunge of
the year wera a sort of sacred rite?"
"Yes," sho answered. "There Is some
thing about It you feel as if It were such
a splendid thing that after .all your wait
ing for it now, when the wutcr U there
before you, you must wait a little sacri
ficial moment. 1 didn't feel like going In
Just at first among all those people. Do
you understand what I mean? I suppose
It's because 'on the first day 1 have al
c
Get Out of the Way
are until you fl
btd. Bet t can beat
croquc: and civ you two wick-
occasionally If'51 wb?ra
. , . tho bbc dccnt b
that It IS a : - croqun and e
PltVnOttodO I .-,,. f-ttonlmr. Indolent nsrson."
crs in ill ricM rf nlmnlM. 1 aJ5- "WhaLI waft, 'and : what you.
u.i m w. jv.., ,tia,ln Win, hd or, Is oxor.lse." and?
redness, roughness, ltcn-' 1 1' arw H-m f? u tn. ho.. unmi
'l ' J courts; .' '. '
ings ana irritations.
Samples free by Moll
Ai'irtt -Cutlcurs." Dept. int. Boitoa. CfiU
fliaiBotp sad Otaunsat sold thiout&su IMvtril.
frankly Into mine. She moved mentally
too fast for me. f could read nothing but
the end of our friendship )n her look of
a moment ago; and now she spoke tla If
no shadow of mystery or misunderstand
ing had ever fallen -between us. Of
course, the surface of It was that I had
blundtrad. and that she had taken the
count.' j only -way of showing tne that my raemor-
i t v.-tM very sure in my own uJnd that1es'ot her troubles must b really forgot
' I wanted ti-.e scuffling salftude at a. hotel. ! ten. The -last few days were never to
My temper fol unstiUd, and the lat I nave been.
people in the ' worfd 1 wanted to meet The Alnslleo came out of the door to-
were , lut of conversational visitors. Bob .pet her. "And you never told us that you
1 nodded, for that had been my austorn
also. Without a word we turned together
and went slowly down to the wutor.
When it reached her waist, she threw her
hands above her head and dived, swim
ming under water with long easy strokes
I looked after her a moment, then fol
lowed We came to the surface together,
drawing our breath deep and shaking the
salt water from our eyes. We swam
slowly back to the more crowded beach.
mutually glorying in our pagan rite of
baptism.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Uy DOUOTIIY MX.
Kvety day you meet the man who
stops on the steps of tho subway, or In
the doorway of u theater, or un tho nar
row pint f oi in of n rullroad station, to
leisurely light u
cigarette.
Behind him In tho
whole crowd of hur
rying, bustling pcuplo
with Important en
gagements to keep,
wltlj trains to make,
with business to do,
But they aro all
held back by the
human obstacle In
their pathway. Thry
can't get by him.
nor around him, nor
over him without
killing him, which
they would dearly
like to do If murder
didn't entail so
many u n pieiiLiini
consequences.
You know the woman who. in iro
midst of looking at goods at a counter,
stops to greet an old friend and tell her
the story of her life, and just exacny
thH state of health of every particular
member of her family, and what sho
said to John and John i-ald to her. It's
nothlmt to her that she's taking up u
dollar pr two of the clerk's time and that
there aro dozens of other women wan
ing Impatiently to be served. Sh doesn't
care that she's disarranging the day's
srheduln-'for a lot of busy men and
women und putting u stumbling bloc
In the way of their success.
All of us. aluas, have friends, charm
ing friends, who have homing '
themselves, and who never realise that
anybody else has anything to do that has
to be done at any particular time They
feel an affectionate Impulse towurd you,
and they call you up over the telephone
to have u nice, long, leisurely chat at tho
very moment when you have Just reached
the high note of your morning's work
that cajla for every bit of concentr f in
and foreo and enthusiasm that Is In you.
Or clee thy happen to b passing by
your office, and thy drop In to pay you
a visit, though a blind peron couiu see
that your desk Is piled mountain high
with work, or an Important customer Is
wsitlng to ste you. and that nothing on
earth Is so Inopportune as the rods! call
in worklnR hour.
Now If I was n reformer, which, praise
heaven I am not, the first thing that
would do would be to exterminate theee
breeds of pests. 1 would smooth the path
of progress for those who were traveling
forw'ard by removing from It all those
alrrlers Indlv duals who stund In the
overy youthrul mind would bo this: If
you nro not going anywhero In particu
lar yourself, get out of the way of those
who are.
One of tho most puthctlc and exasper
ating things In tho world In that people
who do things Hpontl nine-tenths of their
strength In fighting the people who don't
do anything, und who don't want any
body olso to do anything. Nearly every
bit of the criticism you ever get Is de
structive, not constructive
The very men und women who are
must Insistent on telling you that you
mustn't do things the way you aro doing
tlinm liuvo no suggestions to mke re
garding tho way you should do them.
Constructive criticism Is a boost up the
ladder, hut destructive criticism Is the
weight of the universe pulling you down.
Probably nobody Is so lucky as not to
havo had somo near and dear relative
who was one of theso Standing Objec
tions, who conceived It to be his or her
mission In llfo lu stand by and throw
cold water on every project that waa
broached In the family circle,
Hometlmes the Standing Objoctor Is a
wife, who Is always sure that her hus
band shouldn't conduct his business in
the manner In which ho Is doing It.
She's certain that every trade will turn
out disastrously, and so euro that any
changes will be for the worse that she
takes all of the heart out of him, and
he either gives up or learns to keep his
plans to himself.
Bomutlmes the human obstruction to
happiness Is the husband, and he knocks
everything hla wife does, not because he
really objects, but because he's Just built
that way. Ho doesn't like tho way sha
dresses, nor manages her household, nor
ralsrs the children, but he hasn't got any
improvements to offer.
Not long ago I met a boauUfuI und at
tractive woman whom 1 hadn't seen for
n long time. "No," she said, "I scarcely
go about at all now. My mother and my
husband are chronic objectors, and by tho
thno I have had an endless argument
with each of them about why I accepted
that partloular Invitation, why I was
gclng, why I wus going to wear a certain
dress, and so on, I was too exhausted to
go. I can't put on a low-neck gown
without bolns warned that I'll catch my
death of cold, or a high-neck drees with
out having a lecture on the folly of cod-
Idling up your throat. Believe, me, I'm
bruited from head to root with comoating
objections that even he objectors don't
objeot to Iji reality."
Sometimes the objectors are parents
who have not been wise enough to plan
out any successful carvers fqr their chlU
dren, but take out their Interest in the
matter by objecting to everything th
boys and girls want to do. They don't
vant John to be a men hart or u dot. tor,
fitadame, Iselelhs
-Scanty Lesson
l.KS.SON VI PAHT It.
The Neck nnd the Chin.
(I) Cover the neck with massage cream.
throw hack the head, Inhale and puff out
thn cheeks and the muscles of the neck.
Bepent five time.
(S) Throw back the head, taking caro
alwnys to keep tho back straight, to
urlnktcs will not form behind the care,
nnd turn the head from side to elde. Be
pent fixe times.
(3) Hold tho head erect nnd put plenty
nf cream behind tho ears. Place the first
and second finger of both hands back
qf the cars at the hnlr line, one at each
side of the skull bone, and draw the
flngors firmly down tq thp base of the
neck. Hcpeut ten tlmea on each s c!e.
These exercises nro for all hecks,
whether too fat or too thin, the idea
being to strengthen the muscles.
If the skin under tho chin Is loose and
wrinkled do tho following massage daily,
using all the cream the skin will absorb.
Throw back tho head and anoint the first
three fingers of the ' right hand with
cream. Beginning at tho chin and using
a rotary movement work over tho flesh,
from tho chin to tho hollow of tho
throat. Ttepeat, starting a little to the
left, and so on, until the entire part of
the neck boncath the Jawbopc has been
treated.
(1) Tlaco the first two fingers of tho
right hand on tho left side, one above
nnd one below tho Jawbone, and brln
them briskly across to the right side of
tho face. Do this six times. Now place the
two flngors of tho loft hand on the right
side of the face and draw them to the
left aide, repeating six times.
(J) Throw buck tho head, take a bit of
the loose flesh between tho first and sec
ond fingers and roil It slightly five or six;
times; continue this treatment over the
parts or tho chin that show superfluous
fat.
Do all your exercises before a mirror,
so you can nolo tho effect on the neck
and avoid making new lines, or increas
ing tho old. Be careful of your carriage;
hold the back erect, the chin up and In.
Bemember that muscles ' can only bo
strengthened ' by exercise, and, whether
th4re Is too much or too little flesh, w6
get Improvement only by toning up tho
muscles and feeding the flesh. Be gen
erous with your cream; chooso a good
massage cream and give tho skin all It
will absorb.
A pupil writes mo asking about "cold
cream," nnd, If It can be used for mas
rage Anything may be called a cold
cream, hut the general custom among
tlfc manufacturers of toilet goods Is to
label an "cold cream" r toilet cream in
tended only for lubricating, protecting
and oleanslng the skin. Such creams
havo their value, but they do not feed
the skin.
A "massage cream," or "skin food,"
contains fats that the skin can absorb.
A "bleaching cream'' contains some prep
aration to whiten the skin. In some
cases such a preparation Is added to tha
massago cream so It can be used for
massage and bleaching purposes.
Mme. Iso'bell'a next lesson win deal
with the effect of colors on tho skin and
hair.
want their girls to marry, neither do they
want them to go into business. They
don't like tho young man who comes to
ceo Sadie, but they don't know why, and
by the time the girls and boys have gotten
through fighting their parents' objections
their own flower of enthusiasm has faded.
The objectors aie tho wet blankets on
efforts that account for many failures.
Heaven keep us from belonging to tho
tribe! It wo can't do things ourselves,
let us at least not stund In thu way of
those who can achieve. l!,et us keep out
of the way of those who are marching
on and give them a clear path.
Baby of Future
is Considered
middle or tne roaa anu . ic i
Furthermore, the one lesoon that I would but they don't provide him with eomo
Impress more firmly than any other on other career or business. They dont.ef Co.. 4U Lamar Uldr- Atlanta- qa.
Much thought has been given In lato
yean to the subjeot of maternity. In
the cities there aro maternity hospitals
equipped with modem methods. But
most women prefer their own homes and
in the towns and villages r.ust prefer
them. And since this Is true wo know
from the great many splendid letters
rrltten on the subject that our "Mother's
Friend" is a, great helo to expectant
mothers. They write of the wonderful
relief, how it seemed to allow the
muscles to expand without undue strain
and what o, splendid influence it was on
the nervous system. Such helps as
"Mother's Friend" end tho broader
Unowlcdge of them should have & helpful
lnfluenoe upon babies of the future.
Bcienoa says that an Infant derives Its
sense and bultds its character from
cutaneous impressions. And a tranquil
mother certainly will transmit a mora
healthful influence than if she is ex
tremely nervous from undue pain. This
Is what a host of romen believe who
used "Mother's Friend."
These points are more thoroughly ex
plained In a little book mailed free.
"Mother's Friend is sold in all drug
(tores. Write for bonk. Bradtlehr Itrula-