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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.
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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 ?
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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