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THK PKE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUOt'ST 10, 10U. TD - ' TTJf T JT o IT) Marital Promise to Obey Birds of a Feather By Nell Brinkley 'ony-rlght. 1M4. Tntem'l News Service. No, 1 The Peacock Ry DOROTHY DM. 8 (OS i .iTn - A young woman who In Kens to he 5 married aks me to define the meaning ; of the word "obey" as !t la used In the marriage cermony. She says that she la willing to swear to be loyal, faithful and helpful to lT , husband, but that ahe experts htm to defer to her v.ihs and judgment as ahe expect to .lefer to lila, nnd she bus no Intention o f blindly obeying him. so she hesitates to make a vow that (he cannot keep. ( Therefore ahe Wants fey rf. 4 ? .".. . ' II winti to Know whether the word obey' I o be token literally, or nicrciy figuratively. in the inerringe aervlrc. The word "olwy" hna no meaning what ever In the. marriage service. It la noth ing but a lie, vrhlrh ahould be eliminated, for It forrea ft woman to rommlt perjury at the moat solemn moment of her life, and at the moment that ahe ahould moat Intend to keep the vnwa that ahe la mak ing When the modern girl swear at the altar to "obey" the man ahe la marry ing ahe hug no notion whatever cf doing ao. Her heart may be running over with Vive for her 'rjitbaml; rhe may be giving him a boundless devotion, and pledging him every aervlce of brain and hand, but '! the one thing that ahe haa no xpecta- tlon whatever ot doing la to obey him. i And the man knows thla. Whatever elee he expected of hi wife, hi dean t ex poet obedlenee. He doein't even arrogate to himself the right to be mas'er to her. She la neither a rhlld nor a slave to be ordered about and subject to hla com mands. Why should an Intelligent woman, old enough to get married, be made to promise to obey? If she haa not aense enough and sufficient judgment to knew how to conduct her own affairs, and what to do under the -stress of life, Mr place is not at a mtn'i aide In a house hold, but in some Institute for the feeble minded. If marriage is the right sort of mar riage it la a partnerahlp of a man and woman, who unite their fortunes and their Uvea, and establish a home. Each partner haa everything that he or she hius In tho world Invested In this venture, and both thould have the same authority. When two men go Into partnerahlp In "business there la no queatoln of one obey ing; the other. They confer together; they discuss ways and means together, each yields certain points to the other, and In thla way they work out harmoni ous plan of action. And thla plan prevails In arery house hold that Is a success. The wife respects her husband's judgment and follows his advice along certain lines. The husband readily admits that his wife's opinion on certain other linns is of more value and weight than his, but neither blindly obeys the oth-JC. There Is a theory that In the eld days when women were more subjoct to men than they are at present, the word "obey" In the marriage service literally meant -what It says, and whn a woman look that vow upon henaelf she Intended to kerp it I doubt this being true. It haa ever been the privilege of the alave to deceive the master, and our meek look ing grandmothers probably had their tongues In their cheeks, juat as much as we have when they humbly promised to obey the husbsnd thy meant to hood wink while they did as they pleased. At any rste the independent. Intelligent girl of today Is not going to give blind obedience to any man just because he la her husband, Hhe hails from Missouri, and haa to be shown that his way la a better way than here, his judgment clearer than her own, before ahe accepts It. , The old Idea that It waa necessary for a woman to venerate her hut band aa an oracle to prove her affection for him la an exploded myth. A man doea not ueccsrarily have to be a Solomon In order to be lovable Indeed, many of the most sympathetic, agrocahle and faect natlng nien In the world are In no danger of setting brilliancy, judgments. tho river on fire with their i wondfrf,, ,tory of Anne nutchlnaon? iof Pln-. " without doubt the Puri and they have wabbly enough wh,t Uy ,t ,h, bottom ot the deep and ! Un Amjn defined. In the fullness of In many a family the wire la the clear headed one who runs things, and she j dies It without loss of dignity to her b unhand or Ions of affection for him ' In the fare of the uctual conditions of modern society It Is ubsurd thut woman ahould still be made M promise to "obey'' the men they msrry when neither the women Intend to do It. nor the men ex pect them to do It. t'ndoubtedly It does away with the solemnity of the marriage service for It to be handicapped with thla vow which both patties take In a Pickwickian sense. WHY SCRATCH? RESliiOL WILL STOP THAT ITCH The moment that Reslnol Ointment touciies Itching skin the Itching stops lid healing begins. That Is why doc tors have prescribed It successfully for nineteen years In even the severest rases of ecsema. poison ivy, tetter, ringworm, rashes and other tormenting, disMgurlng skin eruptions. Aided by wsrm hatha with Heslool Soap. Reslnol Ointment ' reakes) the skin or scalp perfectly healthy, t,utckly. easily and at little cost. Kesinol - Ointment contains . nothing r.arnh or 'Injurious and caa be used ou (he tendereat or most irritated surface, tactically every druggist soils Kesinol Ointment 4Me. and II ). and Reslnol rB t&cl. For free trial, write to ltpt-::-JC iceaonll. liaitunore. Md. The lovely gardens of the world are unfinished bits of Jewelry without a pea cock, the high-headed bird, in hla aigrette, his splendor of dregs and color, hla glimmering, his pride, moving like a laub of Maxfleld Parrluh color across the Anne Hutchinson Copyright. 1914. by Star Company. By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY. One of the "men who made America" happened to be a woman, and her name waa Anne Hutchinson. This remarkable woman was the daugh ter of a London clergyman. Marry ing In London, ahe came to Boston In 1631 along with her husband, a man who was destined to be totally ecllpaed by his bril liant spouse. When Mrs. Hutchinson reached Boston she was about 44 years old. Alt tho evidence that we have goes to show that she wss a woman of ex traordinary Intellectual ability and un usual charm and sweetness of tempera ment and manner; and her bitterest enemies were never able, with all their Inquisitorial problngs and searching, to find a thins: aaatnat her wnmanlv nurttv. What ih.n i tha .vni.n.tioM n iki i bitter hatred that the parsons and mag- Istratea felt toward her? Why waa ahe persecuted and finally driven forth Into the wilderness to perish? Simply because she waa Anne Hutchln- son a bright, brainy, progressive person ality In the midst of Ignorance, fanatic lam and superstition. Anne Hutchinson was ahead of her time, and ahe had to pay the penalty of her too early ap pearance upon the atage. Justice to America's first "new woman" compels the additional statement that there appears to have been no little per aonal jealousy at work against her. In brain power, diplomacy and eloquence Anne Hutchinson waa bead and ahouldera above the leaders of the little theocratlo colony, could out-thlnk, out-preach and out-draw the regular prearhera, and It was determined to put her out of busi ness. For, observe the fart that right In the midst of the Puritan stronghold Mra. Hutchinson had established a "woman's meeting," at which the hapeninga of the dsy were treated in a most fearless and original way by the organisers ot the meeting, and by such others as had the desire and courage to apeak out. Let It not be forgotten that among the other thlnga discussed at the woman's meeting were the mlniatera' sermons. Thu discussion seems to hsve been free, and not always favorable to the minlatera' effusions, which ; fact was, of course, a downright Insult in their eyes. Not only so, but the woman's meeting steadily grew In numbers and Influence. One by one the slaters began dropping out from the Sunday congregations to find out what might be the new and strange pabulum that waa being dealt out by Mistress Anne Hutchinson. Clearly, the ministers were losing their power and prestige, and something had to be done. mm j lawns, and down the garden stairs. And even though you may hold it of little use, still is the world without a bril liant note in its song of life if there were no Peacock Lady gorgeous of hue crested and filling her setting satisfy ing the hungry eye that roves and delights and done quickly. Hence It came about that Anne Hutchin son's woman's meeting waa declared to be a menace and ahe was arrested. There la abundance of evidence to ahow that the proceedings were a complete "frame-up," In which the prisoner had not a ghost of a ahow from start to fin lali. The loaded dice were thrown, the mock trial came to an end, and the un fortunate woman waa found "guilty." And thus. 277 years ago, did the Puri tans excommunicate Mistress Anne Hutchinson, emptying upon her head the vlala of their hottest wrath, and casting her out. as they thought and purposed, from tho compassion of man and the mercy of heaven. The outcast, having nowhere else to go, went to Rhode Island, the only spot In thla land where Christian s loved one another enough not to want to persecute for honest ellffcrence of opinion. She llvd until 1643. when ahe waa captured and murdered by a band of Indians. Anne Hutchinson deserves an exalted Place In the hlatory of the country. She was the mother of the "woman's move ment" which is today one of the greatest forces of the world. In the work of eman cipating woman from the senaeleaa slav. ery to which she had beep so long sub jected, Anne itutchlnson waa the nlnneer ln,e- come into her own with flying colors. Does Time Really Pass Away? Ry EDGAR LUCIKN LA UK IX. Q A IneUta that Infinite time Itself never passes away. The term "passing the time" la commonly used, out really time always remains stationary. H main tains that time pasres away. Please set tle thla dispute, according to science. R. KG. A. All that science Is now able o do la to watch by night and by day .vitl.out ceasing, and high-grade humans are new doing this very thing ach hou.- of recti year in the laboratories around the world inching the exact o,crallon cf the laws of nature. Every law discovered 's Ins'antly .lven to the world and reordtel In bonks. Fev eral hundred rigid laws have ben dls rolvered. These are compared with nil of the others In every conrolvaSle way. If each will not agree with all the ethers It is not called a taw, but a theory. A discovery must ran a fierce gantlet, and he attacked on all sides, and by mathematics, before t can e printed in the list of laws. With all of the research maae ty telescope, tele-tamers, tele spectroscope, blolometer, thermopile ther mometer, pyrometer, ultra-ultra micro scopes, ultra-micro-photogrsphy, photo graphing the invisible, Roentgen ray analysis, researches In radiant tnergy and higher researches within 'he rnlrd mase, laws have been discovered; hut a yet no hint, suggestion or traoe of any rail V. i Kami. .J w "a urivvtp. in beauty a gem. And though I have given her a polished mirror, the dictionary (so it does) says hotly that the peacock is no vainer bird than any other. And yet when it puts all this after the name "gorgeous of hue, radiating and pulsing with . the moving England's Royal Bird Ry GARRETT P. SERV1SS. In England swana are crown property. They are tho king's birds, and no subject can legally own a flock of them without the royal permission. Formerly to steal a swan's egg wus to risk a year's Im prisonment. By the old English law a special "swan mark" must be cut on the bill of every bird owned by a subject under the king's permit, and this marking, or " s w a n-u p p I n g " takes place on the Thames at a fixed date every year, the 1st of August for the old Idea of the king's exclusive ownership survives at least in form. Thla seems a great deal of honor to Pay to a bird, but the swan is worthy of Its distinction, for all over the world It Is the recognised type of grace, beauty and dignity In the feathered kingdom. There Is an air of legendary myatcry about the swan. Some swana are mute, bu1; most have sonorous voices ot sur prising power and reach. Poetic tradi tion declares that the swan sings in dy ing, and no we have the familiar phraseJ 10 indicate me laat errort of a poet 'awan-song." Othello exclaims, "I will play the swan and die In music" And My own pet theory that I am row ad vancing throughout the world is that, mind Is the OEly cause In existence. i cannot prove It to others, h-ncj I am careful not to say that it is a law fiat nilnd Is the sole cause. IVrtonullv, the theory to me Is ao firmly Ingrained in my being that It cornea near being a law. - - u..- wm nav t0 ..,, nl, question to a ferentlal calculus. or tho calculus f , h,gh-salaried metaphysician, not a acten varlatione. and the author was explaining I llflc . For f that great writer on the set Uwa of variations and rMes of calculus did not know, who Is r.ble to I se cnange, am values or Innnlteslmal differ ences of consecutive states of moving entitles. He waa within a wilderness of changing things In nature. Suddenly tlia mighty sentence appeared: "Time :s the only constant." A thunderbolt from blue tky could not have startled me more. But thla author did 'tot say a word as to whst time is. He rvas certain that t.e did not know. The waning of the word time is a sensation due to the rotation of the earth on its axis and to ts revolution around the sun. Should both motions stop, we would be without anyth'ng to detect time. v Many curious essays have been written on this obscure subject. Thus men could make docks with marks around the dial and start the pendulum, liut the iiottona of the hands would not orrespon l with anything In nature. I cannot answer R. L. O. I i'o not know what time or any oth-tr cnUUy is. Portia says, In the Merchant of Venice, "He makes a swan-like end, fading In music." A hundred other poets have used similar expressions, and yet naturalists 'declare that the swan does not make any music In dying, though it may make a noise. And these same naturalists aver that the great vocal powers of swans are due to a I special sounding apparatus formed by I "the colling of the long trachea (wind pipe) within the sternum" (breastbone). The crane, whose trumpet-call, when a flock is setting off for a long, high flight, an be heard from above the clouds. i after the birds are out of sight. Is fur ; nixhed with a similar vocal Instrument. The swan la famous for Its longevity. It ia said to live 100 yeara, and there la at least one recorded Instance of a bird In captivity living seventy years. It Is longer-lived than the raven, but, according to some authorities, the goose keeps well up with It In the race for length of years. There are no birds that live longer, but elephants and whales are credited with a century or more of life, while pike and carp are said to attain 230 yeara England Is now the only country In the world where large flocks of swans are kept. The wild birds are found In many lands, and those of North America fre quently have a spread of wings of eight feet, and a length from Mil to tail of five feet. ' Those seen along the Atlantic coast breed far north In Canada or Labra dor, and winter with wild geese In Chesa peake bay and the North Carolina sounds. There are only about ten species of swan known, and they are all large, beautiful, eraceful, grave birds with great power of wing, which enables them to fly high and range widely when once they quit the water for the air. The presence of wild swans In America waa a delightful surprise to some of the earlier settlers, and they inspired what many have regarded as the most beauti ful landscape picture in American poetry, Perclval's lines on "Seneca . lake" be ginning: On thy fair bosom, silver lake. The wild awan spreads hla anowy aall. And round his breast the ripples break As down he bears before the gale. and explain? But the calculus in'.y yet discover a cause, for it is n w known to be infinite. From Bitter Experlewee. There waa a scare of smallpox In Tommy Tucker's village. In consequence of which there waa a hasty rush for vaccination. Tommy waa one of the first of the vic tims. After the deed waa done the doctor proceeded to fix a shield over the sore tlace. "Can't I have It on the other arm, doctor?" he asked eagerly. "Don't be silly. Thomas!" said his mother. "But I'm putting it over the place where you have Just been vaccinated, my boy, so that your school fellows cannot hit you there," exclaimed the dot-tor. "I know that, doctor, answered Tommy. "But. you see, you don't know the boys at my school; I do. So please put It on the other arm."' tints of the rainbow, green and gold, and blue and bronze, carrying a train of feath ers that are eyed In a black-like velvet and rustles with the peculiar sound of stiff silk" why shouldn't they be vain as Narcissus himself? - , . NELL BRINKLEY. Advice to Lovelorn - Mr Uatiiob rinriz U : T UATBXCa XAXMTAX : Yoo Need t'oaraKC. Desr Miss Fairfax: Please give me your advice and help, as 1 look upon you as my dearest adviser. I am a young girl and have been keep ing company with a young man for some time, but lately he has been rnailm ma j"u in iiimirau me, 10 wnicn 1 OD- to this h,wtocinikweii!S, with me any longer and not get anything pui love out or It. I have more respect for myself than to let him mislead me, ana please tell me, should I quit going with him, or what should I do. I love him dearly, but don't you think that if he loves me he will forget about that and act like a gentleman? I do not wlah to stain my name with anything like that and would rather give him up before con- sentlng to anything of that kind. My S lentil .r.Hy.US ld.v.!ct " ' .m ii r-j ncry I am away from home now on a visit. nnoum I write to him or not? I do not feel like It beoause of his conduct, but for love's sake, 1 would like to. Please auise me. A PR END. ...... r rw r.. 1 1. You do not need advice: you need cour- age and common sense. Vou surely know this man only means you harm, and you know when you are doing right and when you are doing wrong. If you want to keep your soul pure, have nothing to do with this msn, until he can treat you with respect and . honor you for your purity, Instead of seeking to destroy you. Try to Cwre Her Silliness. uesr juiss ralrrax. I am 19 years of age and go out with a girl two years my Junior. This girl, in an effort to gam ii wtn senaing me mvstert ous letters which are supposed to be sent by a boy friend of mine who is jealous of me. I will quote a few lines from one of these letters: "Who Is the beautiful, sweet, blue-eyed girl I see you walking with so often? How lucky you are. and unfortunate am I." and other words in tending to make her more desirable than I really think she Is. I have found that It positively was this girl w ho wrote these letters. Before I received these letters I thought I might learn to love her. but now I am puszled and ask your advice In the matter. PUZZLED. Thla girl has been doing sn absurd and if she signed someone else's name a dishonorable thing. Suppose you tell her that you have discovered what she has been doing and are sufficiently her friend to grieve over such action on her part. If you are a fine enough boy you may have a god Influence over this girl and prevent her developing Into a very emo tional creature who will do all sorts of unworthy things to gain her ends. Te the Awkle. Dear Miss Fairfax: T an. a .-i-i it old I am five feet three inchaa and a half. I am old looking for mv v- i'vn-. one thinks I am 15 or IS. Will you please tell me how long to wear mv rtrese. GEORGIA K. Ankle-length sktrte are the proper thing for you. Talk the matter over with your mother and let her determine when you are to go into long skirts. Qjhirtlfjrburth tUnmet zamt aZ&arit (Wnue.Ufaj5rJk "WALTOK H.HAJVHAIX, Manager. An Meal Hotel with an Weal Situation , Summer Twites' Beauty Lesson LKSO. XIU PAHT It. nearlme for the Thin Woman. Oct at least eight hours' sleep every night In a well aired room. On awaken ing sip slowly a glass of hot milk or cup of chocolate. Throw the windows wide open and go through the breathing exer cises In Lesson X. Follow these by the wand exercises In part II of this lesson. Bathe and dress and you will have a rood appetite for breakfast. For breakfast eat ail that appetite de mands, but chooso food easily digested. Take no fried food, hot cakes or strong tea or coffee. FVult, cereals and cream, eggs, bacon and buttered toast make a nourishing and not too heavy meal. Hot rolls, graham muffins, stewed fruit, creamed potatoes, creamed flaked fish, broiled f.fch are all suitable breakfast, dishes. No matter what the weather or your occupation, spend a part of the morning out of doors. Make the early part of the day the busiest. Lunch at 1 o'clock should be light, but nourishing. Soup, preferably one made with cream, a vege table with cream or butter sauce, a light dessert of stewed fruit or custard and a glass of milk make a satisfying lunch. . I should add here that milk should not be drunk with a meal that Includes meat. For this reason It Is suitable for lunch, but not for dinner. After lunch He down for an hour and sleep if possible. With a little practice sleep will come. Two hours before dinner take a glass of hot milk, malted milk or chocolate with a few biscuits or light cakes. Follow this with a walk or some form of exercises. Dinner should be the Important meal of the day; If practical, have It served in courses, in pleasant company and eat slowly. Dinner should Include soup, fish. if one likes It, chicken or a little grilled or roasted meat, several vegetables, salad with olive oil dressing, pudding or fruit. The only beverage is cool (not Iced) pure water, but the . meal may , close with a small cup of black coffee If this does not Induce sleeplessness. Before going . to sleep sip a glass of milk with a. dry. biscuit. This regime gives you nourishment five times a day. I Do not eat more often. Lesson XIII to be continued. TQJe, Household Hints. An oven that !s constantly in use re quires to be kept scrupulously clean. It should not only have the tOielves scrubbed I OU with soda occasionally, In addition ""ve houId be Ptntd wl,h ou,cte lime two or three times a year. An oven . ...ari In thla wav never heromea caked with grease, and there is no unpleasant emell when it is being used. All wooden buckets and washtubs, when not In use, should have about two' I inches of water left Iri ' them. This if I especially necessary when they are made Iof Jointed wood. a. It prevent, them from becoming too dry, and the wood from shrinking so that they leak. Brown boots and shoes that hsve stains and spots on them may be renovated by . - rubbln them vlln Pece of """"'l dipped in methylated spirits, leaving them to dry before polishing. To remove stains from white flannel shirts and similar things, smear with equal parts of yolk of egg and glycerine. Leave for an hour and wash In the usual way. Should an extra polish be required on an old grate, first rub the barn with a piece of lemon, after which they will take black lead better and polish more easily. Allow cabbage water to get quite cold before pouring out. You will find It will leave no unpleasant amell behind, as It does when It ia poured away hot When boiling green peas add a lettuce leaf and a tablespoonful of sugar, and they will retain their color and have a much better flavor. The more water used in boiling cab bages, greens, etc., the less objectionable will be the smell given out by them. A piece of bread, tied In muslin and boiled with the cabbage, also mitigates the smell. It should, however, be removed after fifteen minutes' boiling and burnt. It a room becomes filled with smoke, a towel dipped in vinegar and hot water and wrung out, then taken and thrown above one's head through the room, will remove all amoke in a few moments. A small portion of vinegar In a little water Is sufficient for the purpose. Grass stains may be removed from white clothes by first of all rubbing the soiled parts carefully with a little fresh lard before washing In the usual way. After being treated in thla manner the stains will have entirely disappeared. r