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9 Did Grandma Have It Easier Than We Do? The Dolly Waltz and How to Dance It :o: Article 2-The twm and sk, steps WriHon from n description by the Dolly Sisters of Jnrdin do Dnnsc : THE BEE: OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1914. By DOROTHY BIX. "Somebody hns called this the women's century," said tho woman of 50 years, "and we women bo about beating cymbals and emitting whoops' of joy and con gratulations our- solves upon tho pro gress our sex has made, and on how much better off wo are thnn our grand mothers were. "Poor grandmnma couldn't go to col lego, and sho couldn't vote, and she couldn't engage In gainful occupa tions, and her con versational range reached from the kitchen to tho nur oory, and sho was old at DO ycara. Dear nie! What a sad lot was grandmothers; And so, whenever wo though of her wo wont out and dropped a tear on her grave. "But thore aro times when I'm In doubt about whether pity, like charity, doesn't begin at home.-and whon I'm inclined to think that grandmother had a cinch, and '"'Hhat we poor, modern women are tho ones that stand In need of sympathy. For if grandmama didn't havo many op portunities, neither did sho havo many responsibilities, and she was beautifully and gloriously selfish. "She hadn't assumed tho burden of the world as we have. Sho did not feel re- sponslvlle for society, nor posterity, nor anything In tho wide world. As long as 1I rlirtit. with her house hold, the balance of the unlverso might go hang for all sho cared. ' "When grandmama fell In love with grandpa sho married him right off the bat without being bothered with any eugenic doubts. Sho didn't trouble her head with any Investigation Into tho an cestry of his family or her family to find out what congenital traits or diseases their possible children might have. Nor did sho Inquire Into grandpapa's morals. For a man to have a dark past was con sidered rather romantic than otherwise in those halcyon days, and If later on she was called upon to help htm harvest his wild oat crops she called It all a mysterious dispensation of Providence that she could never account- for, and so escaped all. heartburnings and' regrets. "The modern girl can't marry that way. She knows so much that she is torn with a thousand fears and doubts, and sho goes into marriage burdened with the sense of her responsibility to her possible children. That's the reason that 'there are fewer love Idyls now. Hygient has sore of blocked Cupid out of tho ring. "Then grandmama never had to bother her head about keeping grandpapa fos clnated. Probably men were Just as much Of a roving nature then aa now, but nobody had Invented the theory that In order to retain a husband's love a wife should keep herself young, and slim, and beautiful, la addition to raising a family, and that she should be able to be a whole vaudeville entertainment upon such occasions as grandpapa elected to stay at home. "Grandmama could read whatever sort of flubdub she liked, because nobody expected a married woman to know any thing except the cook-book or to be able to talk about anything except her babies. She didn't have to be conversant with the latest scientific discovery, the new est political scandal, the most-talked-of picture, the biggest book of the day, tho last development In the latest war. Grandmama could get fat as she liked, or scrawny as she pleaced, because hav ing caught her man, she had no further use for bait, and nobody noticed whether she was pulchrltudlnous or not as she moved sedately around her sedate little Circle. "Grandmama didn't have to keep up with tho fashions nor bother herself about the latest Paris croze. By the time a woman had gotten to 40 years she was supposed to be so old that she was done with all earthly vanities, and to have turned her thoughts toward heaven In stead of the milliners. ' "Grandmama didn't have to worry any about how things went with the world, because It had never occurred to her that she had any responsibility for any human being outside of her own home. If her daughters walked in silk attire It was none of her affair that other young girls perished in sweatshops or were driven by want upon the streets. If her children had contagious diseases It was not her business to keep the scourge away from ther children. "When grandmother's babies sickened and died from sour milk bottles and lack of sanitation and from the ministrations of ignorant nurses, grandmother never laid wide-eyed through torturing nights, as the modern mother does, blaming her self. Oh, no, grandmother meekly bowed her head and said, 'The Lord loveth HEALS BABY'S ITCHING SKIN flestnol a Safe, Speedy Treatment for Hashes, Eczemas and ChnfiiiKs. Reslnol Ointment and Reslnol Soap are absolutely free frpm anything harsh or harmful, and can therefore be used with confidence In the treatment of babies' skin troubles eczema, teething rash, chafing, etc They stop Itching Instantly and speedily heal even severe and stub, born eruptions. Doctors have pre scribed Iteslnol for the past 13 years. Keslnol Soup and Iteslnol Ointment clear away pimples, blackheads unl dandruff, und are most valuable for bores, burns, bolls, piles, etc Every druggist sells them For trial free, writ to Dept. 10 II. Reslnol, Baltimore, ML Beworo of worthless "imitations!" No 1 A The second part of tho Dolly "Waltz begins, as did the first, with asimplo waltz stop preparatory to tho Dolly Twirl, which is accom plished by one girl waltzing under the raised hand of tho other. If tho girl waltzing under twirls two or three times, rather than just once, a vory graceful effect is gained here in a very simple manner. After tho twirl one girl puts the left hand back, takes tho other's right and turns back to position. After this we hold hands and come forward with the inside feet, as shown in picture No. 2, in a little hopping Btep, then step back again and then forward again, describing a little circle in the move- whom He chasteneth,' and went on bringing other anaemic little creatures Into the world to die. "Oh, believe me, our grandmothers had a cinch," said tho woman regretfully. "Now I'm 60 years old. When my grand mother was GO years old she had already attained to a special chair and a chimney corner and a black silk dress and a lace cap and no corsets and flat-healed shoes, and had become a placid onlooker at life. "And look at me, worked to death try ing to keep young, doing without things to eat I like to keep my figure, giving more care to my clother than I did when Are You Investing Your Life Forces Well? By ADA PATTEKSON. Click, whirr, dot, dash. Tho cable sent the brief message that a man had shot himself In London. He was 60. He had spent the last ten years of his life en joying himself In London and Paris. The reason for tho self-murder was unknown, but It was suspected that he was in financial difficul ties. The story briefly told of a bad Investment of the life forces. Ten years spent in sim ply enjoying hlm-et-lf. What a hole in a man's life. Ten years of enjoying himself. And llfo rushing away from us with a wlnd-llko swiftness. Galloping away from us with the speed of a Mareppu ride. I wish every mother would tuke her child, when It has reached the age ot comprehension, to an hour glass and while he wutches the sands slipping away with their incredible swiftness, tell him that life is escaping from us with the same rapidity. And what a time that would be to tell him that as life was slipping he must Invest well all those seconds represented by the little brown specks of sand In the hour glass, for they are the stuff ot which llfo is made. The fiftieth year is a time to pause and reflect. It is a time to stop and breath In the race of life and see how far we have gone, and to make plans for the rest of the race, which Is so rapidly shortening. The man of CO Is not old, hut he should be thoughtful. The man who killed ' himself had reached that point in the race, and doubtless he stood for a moment to take breath and con sider. Looking back, he saw a fifth at least of his llfo wasted in what? Tho pursuit of pleasure, whleh Is only the fold world quest for happiness. In another guise and at a madder gntt Happiness ' nought by that route no one over over- 1 took, The pleasure road is the wrong cut to haprlness. It lead's to a different I coal, to satiety, to disgust, to viewing ycud&TJmaM nient forward. This clrclo dancing is tho bucccss of this step. It Is HilifcfeV fnr I,rotllor (,ono tn'8 wn" lttU ,l would ho dancod forward in tho A, BfcgKPN, swaying of tho body forward, as though one were actually skating kPSP .HHf t! V Jew BVwIm' 1' done properly this stop, which is, in very truth, tho simplest Ir wSmSri v VJaiOs. Graceful Effect. I was SO years old, because a middle aged woman Is so dependent on her dress, snatching every moment to read and study In a vain attempt to keep up with the times, rushing from ono board meeting to another because my heart Is torn with all the miseries of the world, and I feel that my solo salvation depends on my doing my tiny bit to help human ity! "And that's whyT say that our grand mothers had the best of It We'vo got progress, but they had restfulntss. They had a cinch, those dear, placid ladles whoso world was bounded by tho family clrclo." J tho world as a vast emptiness. Mental nausea follows such survey. T have a genulno liking, a profund at tachment for that old-fashioned word, with the dsep significance "sense." A man may bo well gifted with brains, but not have tho "sense" to uso his brain power well. Sense Is a discernment, good mental capacity, but above all and be yond all, correct Judgment. Than all those others a young mother could better Imploro tho fairy that presides over the births for the gift to her boy or girl of "sense." Sense, tho gift or tho experi enced forco acquirement, bids us mako good investment of our llfo forces. Tho man or woman who tries every situation at the bar of good sense may bo ac counted "cold" by some, "calculating" by others, but that person leads a well or dered llfo. The sum of his endeavors is that there Is more ot some good thing in the world tha,n there would have been had ho not lived. Money? It is well to havo plenty of that If It be honestly gotten. It does a great many xood things, best of which, It provides more schools, and so goes a long way to solve all the problems of nil lives. For whorv we are truly educated we will have learned to put the soft pedal on this quality and to play that fortissimo, we will regulate our lives, we will Invest which Is to expend sanely our life capital. The sum of another man's efforts may not- be a large amount ot money. His talents may be of a different sort. A woman may sing so well that she will carry a soul to the gates of Paradise and leave it there, for a song or a pic ture may take, and the memory of It may keep us nearer heaven. Or the man or woman may have organizing talent. The power of directing the abilities of others, and with them the building of a great enterprise, be It a railroad, a general merchandise store, or developing a farm Into one of those places nearest Eden on earth, a paying and homelike farm, are all groat talents. The man who has employed such power has Invested his llfo force well, and when his energy, having slipped away from him, he Is weary and Ccclares dividends on his life, It will be found that he has been a good Investor. The contumely of h I failure will not be upon him. His life ( will pay dividends. No. 2 Tho Hopping Tho stop itself starts with tho right foot forward for tho ono count, and the heel is tapped twice on tho floor for tho two, throo count. So, it is forward ono, hoel clicking twice on the floor, two, threo. Remembor to count one, two, throe out loud tho first two or three times you try this, to got a swing of rhythm firmly fixod in your mind. Tho music for tho Dolly Waltz should bo vory carefully choson, particularly for this skating step. Wo prefer a waltz with a vory decided emphasis to tho waltz tempo. A Hesitation waltz is vory good, for the beats are firmly emphasized, and tho oven tompo can rr- Dog Danger By GAHltKTT P. SEHVIBS. The dog danger once more threatens this metropolis and Its suburban towns. As the weather grows hotter tho peril will increase in more than a correspond ing ratio. There Is no more terrible disease than tho rabies thut re sults from the bite of a mad dog. It Is a disease that prob ably will never bo entirely eradicated. Pasteur's discovery of a treatment which is capable ot saving tho life ot a person bitten by a dog has greatly de creased tho mor tality from this cause, but still every year wo hear ot human beings, and es pecially children, dying In fearful agonies through tho effects of tho poison intro duced Into their systems by tho teeth of raging dogs, which, sometimes, have been the favorite pets ot their own vic tims. When a mad dog runs amuck through a community no other dog Is safe, and in his track ho may leave a chain ot envenomed brutes, which will gradually develop the Infection, and, In their turn. Infect others with tho maddening poison. After a mad dog has passed no one can be sure that his own dogs, If he keeps such generally useless things, have not become potential centres of deadly porll for himself and his family. The law requiring tho muxzllng of dogs and forbidding their presenco unchained or unrorod In the streets Is constantly nnd habitually disregarded and violated, as anybody who takes a walk ot observa tion about the city can see for himself. 1 know from personal experience that In the borough of Brooklyn great numbers of dogs are allowed to run In the streets both unmuzzled and unrestrained by chain or leash. Often I have met per sens (and most frequently women, some of whom seem to havo a curloua passion for appearing in public with dog com punlons) holding In their hands dog leashes while the animals which should have been attached to them wero run nine un and down tho sidewalks and driveways in entire liberty. Only a few Weeks ago I was met at tho door of my house by a stray dog, which, with loud barks, snarls threatening sturts and ehowlng teeth, undertook to hold possession. On Brooklyn Heights, lately, I havo several times seen a group ot children at play Interrupted by the arrival of one or more strange dogs running at large. If the laws forbidding such things can not be enforced, then It Is the duty of Individuals to protect themselves and their children. Even the attack of a vici ous dog not afflicted with rabies may have very serious and even. In the case of small children, fatal consequences. Everybody who walks the btreets In the Step Threatens All Children "dog-days" ought to be prepared for self defense, and t)iereuro certain precautions, which may appear self-evident to some, but might not be thought of In a sudden emergency by others. One thing to be rcmemborcd in caso of nn attack by a dog Is to keen tho hands and other uncovered parts of the body out ot reach of Its teeth. A blto through a trouser leg, or a thick stock ing, may not break the skin, and even If It does, may fall to result In Infection through tho wiping off of the venom from the teeth by the cloth through which thoy pats. On the other hand, a wound Inflicted on an exposed part of the body Is extremely dangerous, and In the case of genulno rablos may bo incurable by any effort ot science. A person bitten by a dog, or cat, should never undertake to treat the wound with ' home remedies." Go at ouco to a doctor. If possible, or to a drug store, and then to tho nearest hospital where the Pasteur Little Bobbie's Pa By WIIiMAM l' KIHK. Pa's Aunt Ellen calm to soo us last nlte, sho sed that she was going to stay a week, but I guess atter the way Pa talked last nlto she maid up her mind that she Issent going to stay vary long. The trubbel all calm on account of her son Jared, ho is 20 years old & she brot him with ner. Ho Is going to be a tem peranco lectur-cr. Pa dldent know that Jared was going to bo a temperance lco-tur-cr at first. Pa's Aunt Ellen Sc. her son Jared both sed wen thay got to the house that thay felt awful thirsty after thare long, dusty ride in the trane, so Pa went out In tho kitchen L brot In sum bottles of bter. I cud see the way Ma looked at Pa that he had made a mlstalk, but Pa thinks beekaus beer talks all tho dust out of his throte that other peepul likes it too. Ma newer liked it & I am too yung to drink it. so Pa is the only ono that drinks It, but ho Is always willing to share It with anybody wloh cums to see us. This Is vary fine lm-ported beer. Pa sed to his aunt & Jared, I can vouch for Its nu-perlor quality. You need not go to tho trubbel of doing any vouching, sed aunt Ellen. I newer tasted the vile stuff In my life. Nor shall I ewer taste it, ahe sed. All rite, sod Pa, that Is a matter of taste. Hero, Jared. grab a bottel of this bully brew. It will malk you ferglt that you aro living under a Dcmycratlck ad mlnlstrashun. &. two bottels of it will malk you feel like running the country yureself, sed Pa. He shall not touch it. sed aunt Ellen. What, sed Pa, do you mecn that you will not permit yure son, who Is aa big as I am, to have a glass of beer? No. 3 Tho Skntlng Step. bo rollod on for a steady prop. From tho skating steV the dancers may go directly into the next Btop, or thoy may broak tho two steps with a waltz for two or threo beats More if desired. Tho next stop Is tho Flirtation, which, wo think, is quite the prottlost innovation in tho entlro danco. Wo will describe it in tho next artlclo, but it must bo romomborcd that the flirtation step as well as the skating slop, doponds entirely upon tho interpretation of it by tho dancers. A poor interpretation would spoil tho enttro danco. treatment Is given. Remomber that In this matter time Is everything. Delay may allow the venom an opportunity to becomo so thoroughly established In the system that euro Is Impossible. Tho records of the Pasteur hospitals show that even the worst cases may be cured If tho patient places himself under treat ment In tlino to allow tho remedy to get ahead of the venom In Its race through the circulatory and nervous systems. Let tho wound bleed freely, and cut off tho circulation of the blood away from the bitten part, as In tho case ot snake bite. Tho best precaution of all Is to keep out ot the way of (.11 dogs in the summer time, and nover permit your children to play with them, even though they may be iamlly pets. Dogs were tho favorite ani mal companions ot cave men, and prob ably It U nothing but ancestral influence that makes so many intelligent people ot today retain strange dovotlon to the cuvo mm's kind of pet. I wnd sooner see him ded at my feet, she sed. That Is bum loglck. sed Pa. If he was ded at yuro feet ho cud newer cum back, while If he has a llttel of this brow he will feel like a new man. How about It, Jared? By no meons, sed Jared. My drink Is sweet, butlful water. No true man ovvcr drank anything else, he sed to Pa. I am going to be a temperance talker, he said to Pa. I am going to praise water, the way John Uoff did. I am going to say with him: Sweet, butiful water, brewed in yonder mounttn top, whose granlt peek glitters like gold bathed In the morning sun, sweet butlful water. As It sings In the rain shower & dances on the hall drops. It Is distilled In tho golden shadows that paint the west & pink the east. Sweet, butlful water. That Is what Mister Gott sed & that Is what I am going to get out & tell the peepul won 1 get a llttel older, sod Jurod. Wen you get a llttel oaldcr, Jared, sed Pa, you will have a llttel moar brains, I hoap. You will not say then that a man cuddent be a true man unless he drank only water. You are vary yung, Jared, ic thare la a wholo lot of things that you ought to know. One of them things, Pa Bed, Is that a halt baked kid can't get out on tho temperance platform & malk anybody talk him seerlus. It was all rite for John L. Sullivan to warn the yung of our land aggenst whiskey after he had drunk it hard for thirty years. & peepul lissened to him beekaus he knew what ho was talking about. Drink all the sweet, butlful water you want to, Jared, sed Pa, but doant try to tell other peepul what to drink, I shall now have sum sweet, butlful beer, Pa sed. Advice to the Lovelorn Uy DEATH 103 FAIRFAX. Don't Trifle with Him. Dear Miss Fairfax: There Is a youns nan whom I havo known a couple of luu.ulir, ud m,..tf tin iiMi iiro.i-Ktei to love me. Now I don't lovo him. but am vory fond of him. Now In older to re tain his friendship whut answer can I give him, as he wants one. But I do not wish to encourago him uselessly. BETTY. lou are evidently a girl of character, as you show by your honest wish not to hurt this man who loves you. 'Love be gets love," they say, so perhaps If ho cares sincerely enough for you he will be able to win you, since you are already fond of him. Toll him Just how you feel. Give love Its chance, and If you continue to remain Indifferent, be honest. Don't trifle with a man's heart because you en Joy his attentions. Insist on nu Understanding;. Dear Miss Fulrfux: I have been en gaged to ii young lady since January and we were to be married In June. Now she tells mo she loves me more than bhr did when she promised to marry me, but I can't get her consent to give up single life. Then, again, she nays she can t live without me, and will marry mo any time. What would you advise me to do? I lovo her dearly. We are both of marriageable age. X. Y. K. I would advise you to assert yourself and not allow your fiancee's whims to have their foolish sway. Insist on set ting a definite date for your wedding or on breaking your engagement. Firmness Is what you need. Wcdillnir Iiivltntlona. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am engaged to bo married, and would like to ask your advice in regard to sending my invitations. Is it proper or not to send Invitations to ray fiance's mother, father, sisters and brothers, also when you address them do you put Mr. and Mrs. on the outsldo envelope. S. W. Tho bride always shows her fiance's family the courtesy ot sending them In vitations to the wedding since it Is her parents who are giving the function. Address the envelopes and mall them Just as you do In tho case of other guests. Aunt Sally's Advice to Beauty Seekers K. C. F. says. "My skin becomes so greasy every summer, and this so attracts dust and dirt, I have an awful time keep ing my faco clean looking. Can you aug- f:eat anything." The method mentioned n reply to Elotse will overcome this con dition. D. N. 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