TJ1K HKK: OMAHA. KAITHPAY, IK TOUKU 10. li)14.
"The Last One Off the Beach"
By Nell Brinkley
WAy America Should Now
Lead in Eeaulv Culture
and FashionBPart 4
Copyright. 9U. Intern'l News Service.
H I, ! - It H H i It! J 1 ,-i KH. ,M I.VSI! !! I tltll 11111111 !IifSlll;t!LI-iil!t::J-5ii
iji ill ill 1 ft Itiilii ,
111
sSssf88:: fevk -
1 0zm 0m
" o "... r
1
Poor Dan! Vou might be calling him the "Lest Rose of Summer,"
too, for he's "blooming alone" these crisp, frostly fall days with their
Skies that Maxfleld Parrish might well have dipped h'.s gorgeously
eyed, faery brush in the paint-pot to make (for they're as blue as the
deepest blue you ever dreamed into a magic sea, and the big, billowy
n
Little Bobbies Pa
. By WILLIAM P, KIRK.
"Ma. had a visitor last nit,' ah was a
lady that rite sum for tn magaaeena.
Her main waa vary long ao Ma JeM
called her Clara.
Clara wanted to talk about literature,
but Pa waa reeding the standing of the
dub and aumthlng that- a roan bad rote
bout Walter Johnson beetng the grateat
pitcher In the wurld. lie atnt any greater
than Matty, aed Fa. He may be aa grata,
but he ain't any grater. Ia heT Pa Bed to
Ma's Trend.
I am sure that I cud not be considered
a competent Judge, aed Ma's frend, aa I
.doant know a thing about eether one of
the gentlemen. I waa reeding aura moar
of Kipling laat nite. I think Kipling la ao
atrong and convincing, doant you?
Ha
newer atrong enuff to throw a 1
r I
Start the Season Right
by providing yourself with
silk hosiery thgf will prove
as satisfactory as it is good
looking. . '
McCallura Silk: Hosiery is
as dependable as fine silk
hosiery can be made. Its
better grade of silk, strength
and evenness of weave
make it worth far more than
the slightly higher price
which may be. asked for it.
For evening wear get McCallum's
No, 326 or No. 1201 for men;
Na 113 or No. 122. black r-
fine thread silk hosiery r -
for women.
Sold
at the Best
pZT Shops in Town -3
iHrCaHtun ftaiinp Co.
Nortbamptoo, Mass.
' 11 v. .
WS. i - - I
. -
r aV
ball like Walter Johnson, aed Pa. or
Matty eether. He rpay be atrong, beckaua
I newer aay him & doant know, but thoae
two men are yung gianta.
"You may talk of gin & beer wen yore
aafely quartered here," aed Misaua Clara,
that ia the nalm I have to call her. That
la Kipling all,oaver, ahe aed. The words
are ao powerful, ao vlreel.
Yea, cd Pa, gin & beer la powerful at
convincing, all rite, but I cant git oaver
that statement that Johnson la a grater
pitcher than Matty. I muat read sum
moar of hla argument
A Kipling says, aed Missus Clara:
"The tumult St the shouting dies." I
think that la auch a deacriptly line, ahe
aed. .It migftwats noise, aumhow. a leeat
to the ear of one with any Imagination.
It doea, wen you cum to think of It, and
Pa. I newer notiaed that at flrat. Thle
feller says that Johnson has a better
curve ball than Matty. Maybe he has.
but Matty haa hla famoue fadeaway. A
lhBt food aa any curve ball that
ewer sailed oaver the plate. I wish I
cud fcoe that feller & give him an argu
ment. You are alwaya giving aumbody a argu-
, ment, sed Ma. Why doant you mit ud
that eternal aportlng page A talk sea-
I elbel about Kipling? So pa put up the
paiper.
I doant know about Kip. aald Pa. Per
aonally, i think h la a llttel overrated,
but aa I haven't red all that he ewer
rote I doant auppoae I atn the beat Judge.
Oh, you ahud reed hla Plain Tales of
the Ullle, sed Missus Clara. They are ao
strong, ao real, so graft! o.
I red aum ot there, sed Pa, ft I liked
them prrtty well. One of them waa Called
The Fall of the Houae of Usher. I ree
member well the time that he role It
I doant think you do, sed Missus Clara.
That atory waa rltten by Edgar Allen
Poe. Kipling waaent a riter when that
waa rltten. But Kipling cud have rlttan
It. He ia ao masterful. I think that la
why all women adore hla rltelngs.
I know one thing he rote that the
women eUdent adore, sed Pa. He rote:
A mllyuu surplus Maggies
Are willing to bear the yoke.
A woman ia only a woman,
A a good cigar Is a smoax.
Then MUaua Clara atarted talking about
Longfellow,
Do You Know That
When writing Confucius used a amall
brush, like a camera-hair brush, for a
pen; and ao did his ancestors for cen
turies before his time. The reed came Into
use for writing In the marshy countries
of ths Orient It was hollow and rut in
short lengths.
A prominent phyalclan of Cleveland la
making arrangements with Mr. A. Lee
Ktevens. the balloonist, for a balloon hos
pital for heart disease patlenU. The
doctor thinks that sending patients with
weak hearts up In balloons at night to
gether with supplementary treatment on
solid ground In the daytime, will prove a
sure cure for heart dlaeaae.
The aon of the famous Admiral Togo
waa recently In England investigating
market gardening. He waa struck by ths
disregard of some of the finest of all
fertilisers. Irge quantities of fish are
now being exported all the way from
England to Japan.
-We know the value of It and the Sng
llsh don't!" wss the Jap's verdict
A rperlrs of white ant attacked the
country home of an Indian farmer, and
In a short time ate many of the sills and
floors of the house. These ants, accord
Irs to the entomologist have no eyes,
can live only In darkness and their food
Is wood.
white clouds drift orer them like great broken puffs of cotton).' Sure.'
the mornings are nippy, and the air Is Icy and the bather's nose Is long
stnre pink and his arms goose-flesh when ha lifts his wet body out of
the warm soda water Into the Arctic wind and Dan is "blooming
alone" on the beaches. He's always .the "last one off !" He stays 'til
he rubs his ears to keep them warm, curls his toes fast and . smiles
Awful Examples
of
There's Jenkins and Brown and
By DOROTHY D1X.
"The reason that more merr do not get
married," said the bachelor. "Is because
of tho terrible warnings they get against
matrimony when
they go to vtalt
t h elr
ra a r rl e d
friends.
"Now there Is
the case of Jen
kins, my old chum.
A better fallow
never lived. He la
warm hearted, and
companionable, and
Intelligent, and cul
tivated, and broad
minded, and every
thing that Is lov
able In a man. He
isn't rich, but he
has a good posi
tion, on that he
fore his marriage.
enabled him to Uvs
like a gontleman.
'He dressed well, at good food, prop
erly cooked at good restaurants, was able
to take In a good play every week and a
little opera, and had a oouple ot bachelor
rooms that hla landlady kept as neat as
wax, and where he passed many a pleas
ant svenlng with hla books, or In chat
with an old pai.
"Well, poor Jenkins on day mot up
with a pretty HtU fluffy-beaded girl.
who waa aa awet and pink, and whit
as peaches and cream, and she bowled
Mm over, and he married her.
'By George, It brings tears to my ayes
to think how, in tb days of their en
gagement the dear old ohap used to
maunder on about what a lucky dog he
waa, and how happy he was going to be.
and what a home he was going to
have. Hla mother had died when he was
a kid and he had been batted around the
footstool ever since, and so there waa no
experience or facta to Interfere with hla
dream about home. H sentimentalised
over It until he actually had m so
worked up that I was ready to do any
thing desperate even commit matrimony
to get a home for myself.
"Liooklly for m my guardian angel
was doing double duty about that time,
and t didn't hut Jenkins good angel
must have . been off 00 a strike, for
nothing saved llm. aad be 14 the pink
and .white little doll-baby up to tb altar
and got his Uf entene. all right.
"Tou should see Jenkins now. He's
shabby and slouchy, with seedy clothes
that have ne speaking acquaintance with
th pre seer or tb cleaner, and he wears
a hang-dog and delected look to match
tbenu
"Now aad then, wnea f feet especially
noble and heroic, I go up and have din
ner at hla home with him, but It Isn't any
mora the hom hla fond fancy painted
than a chsap aad garish' chroma to aa
old master.
"The pretty IrMl wife isn't pretty now.
Bh la a shrewtsMooklng little vixen In
a dirty wrapper and dorn-at-th-hel
slippers, and- with frowsy, hair. And ths
bouse matches her, as a house always
does tb personality of the woman who
llvs In It It ts dirty, disorderly, un
tasteful, ' a plac' of hubbub and confu
fISi
Matrimony
BmJthkins and Scores of Other
sion and complaints and whining re
proaches. . "And the meals are an Insult to your
palate and an irreparable Injury to your
digestion, Th, bread ia. like lead, . the
meat Is tough as a shoe sol, the vege
tables tasteless and watery. Furthermore,
there's a sickly and howling baby or two
that add to the din and confusion.
"The pretty -little wife doesn't know a
thing on earth about managing or cook
ing, or how to run a house, and so Jen
kins' money ts wasted and his wife Is
discontented and peevish becau she
can t have things that shs sees other
women having, and the poor old boy's
spirit Is broken because he doesn't, see
any way out of th dUanuna. and knowa
that aa long aa be (Ives tie has got to go
on slaving Just to pay tradesmen and lis
tening t crying babies and his wife's
reproaches, and getting worse and worse
dyspepsia from her cook inc.
"Not much In that to make a man want
to get married, ts there? -
"And there my friend Brown, to whose
bouse I also go ooastonaily whsn he
summons up the oourag to rnvtAcvm.
I don't mean by this td-lmpty that Brown
Is a coward. Far from it He la as brave
aa a Hon before everybody but his wife,
but she has got htm reduced to the
similitude of a whipped cur. .
"Brown's wife is a good housekeeper
and manager, but Brown wouldn't dar
to enter his own front door without wip
ing his feet on ' the door-mat and he
would never dream of doing such a fool
hardy thing as taking a friend home with
him without first telephoning up and
asking his wife's permission.
"Brown Is an Intelligent fellow and a
good talker, and men listen to hla opin
ion b with respect. Mr a Brown doesn't
Bh contradicts him flat at every state
ment and treats him as If h war a
small child, whoa rightful plae was In
a home for the Innwrabi feeble-minded
"She buya his clothes for him and at
the table tells him what he may at and
what he may not. 8h refuses to let
him have a glass of beer, because she
has temperanc principle, and she won't
let him smoke because stu thinks it bad
for his nerves. x
"The house Is always full of her fam
ily, and when tb guest rooms overflow
with thorn poor Brown Is driven to sleep
ing on th library sofa- Furthermore.
mother-in-law piles on the agony by al
waya being on the aoena and sitting in
judgment on everything poor Brown
does.
"Is thre anything In that home to In
veigle a man Into putting his own neck
under the yok of matrimony T
"And there's Amltbklns, who wtf Is
so jsatous that h do not dar to speak
to his own sister, and Jobson, whose
wife make yss at you. and Williams,
wtios wife U so extravagant that he
spends his Uf dodging th bill collect
ora, aad th 8mlthrs, who are alwaya
fighting, and who hexna la about as
peaceful a plao to go 00 as a prlzs
fight.
"Is there anything ia th Itva of these
people, and tbey ar not exosptlonal
cases, to mak a man think longingly
of matrimony T Not much. Th reason
so many men don't marry ' ta bacaus
their married friends hang out too many
red danger signals. It scares them off.'
through the cold tears. And when every man and maid has flown and '
the beach is long and bare, and the sky cold and gray, and the spray
that sends In on the sand drops like an Icy diamond on bis Dare neck, '
he is still there hoping for a stray love affair, with a bit of a blase to
warm bis blue fingers over, made of driftwood from the dunes. NBIL
BRINKLEY. ' ' .
Wolf Girl of India
lij OARHKTT P. BERY'-SS.
If we should junge tiy the Insane rush
Into war whloh we have juat witnessed
in Europe, so boastful of Its superior
civilisation, we must conclude that It Is
a very easy thing
for men to return cj-x
to barbarism.' It Is
as simple as sliding
down hllL
Curiously enough,
at this very In
stant' there comes
to light an Indi
vidual example of
life!
the Ineradloabl K !.
tendency of human
nature swiftly to
descend the slope
whos slow ascent
haa required ao &2mt
SasuT"
DMury thousands of
years. Th English
scientific Journal
Nature publishes an account of a "wolf
girl" found wandering In th Jungl near
Nalnl TaU th summer capital of the
united province of Agra and Oudh, In
India.
Her ag Is estimated to be about
years. h Uvea on grass, and la unable
to eat any of th cooked food offered her
except the natlv griddle cakes called
ehapatia. Her head Is orowned with a
huge mat of hair, and a thick growth
covers th sides of her (ace and her spine.
Tot she bears the marks of vaoclna
tlon, proving that ahe muat once hav
lived among clllsed people. Her capture
waa due to the fart that she was suffer
ing from an uloeratled foot, while her
head were marked with deep scars.
Nothing can he learned of her concerning
her history, but It Is believed that she
strayed Into th jungle when an Infant
Possibly she was purposely abandoned.
This ts not the only Instance of the
kind. Nature avers that there ar many
cases on record of "wolf children" said
to hav been found In th jungle of
India.
A thorough scientific Investigation of
this particular caa Is promised, hut cer
tain conclusions can be drawn already.
Wild men and women hav occasionally
been found in forests, swamps and moun
tains In various parts of the world, and
there Is a singular likeness In the phys
ical and mental characteristics presented
by all of them. Invariably, I bellav.
their bodies ar more or less marked
with an abnormal growth of hair, as If
that anatomical peculiarity of the lower
animals were the first to reassert Itself
In the human creature reduced to a
primitive environment. Their mental
characteristics show a similar regression.
It Is th rapidity of these lapses that
daunts the observer. They show that
human nature. In Its highest qualities,
must continually combat a gravltattv
fon- drawing It downward. Uk a tree.
It derives Its strength and Its upright
ness from this unoeaxlng struggle against
a relentless deprssslng force, and If once
the perpendicular Is lost, abasement fol
lows. Mnat f Rsellemeat.
"What do you mean by putting your
head out of the window and calling th
po!loT" aaked th agitated offloer.
"There's nothing tb matter and you'r
blocking th street
"Ye, ther Is," replied the posltlv
woman who wss running an automobile.
"I hav forgotten th traffic regulations
that apply to this particular crossing and
I am pausing for Instructions." Wash
ington Star.
Advice to Lovelorn)
By asATBioa rAimrAX '
Oettlna; Acqnalated. .
Hear Miss Fairfax: I am a young man
a little pat 1. Do you think I am old
enough to havs a steady glrlT How can
I get acquainted with some nice girl? I
have been In Omaha only a few months
and find It hard to meet any of the fair
1AM LONEL.T. "
Uon't worry, my boy, you hav th
best year of life before eu, and p)aty
or time to meet nle girls. Bh your
self, avoid bad company, go to church
and church entertainment so which the
public Is Invited, and will soon find
yourself with an ever-widening clrcl of
worthy acquaintances, both male and fe,
ma!, j
Training Wife,
To "K": Your letter Is too- long for
1 publication In this column, it Is my onto.
Ion that you should employ, as you. cao
wen arrord io do. If your income la as
much as you say, a good housekeeper
and let her tska the fetalis of the house
work off your wife's hands. ,Th tour
children are quite enough to tax th
car of th mother. With a good house
keeper, and competent servants to asslsj
ner, you find that things will be cared
for as you flealr they should be. and
your hom will be made a place of com
fort for you. Thn th rest of it should
d quit easy to accomplish. .Whatever
you do, don't quarrel. .
Visiting Yoar Flaare.
Dar Miss Fairfax: I hav been keep
ing company with a young man of my
own age for the last tour years. But re
cently I hav moved 1MW miles from him.
M was nere, wttn my parents' consent,
for two weeks. Now he wants m to visit
nun, wim nis parents' consent, and said
he would pay my railroad fare If I Would
only come. Would thla be proper for m
to do? And would It be proper for him to
writ a girl friend a postal while, visit
ing m. as ws became engaged while b
was here. 1, B, B. H,
If your engagement has been mad
public, and your own parents consent,
there la no reaaon why you. should not
visit your fiance. However, It would not
be proper for you to permit him to pay
your railroad fare. Aa for the postal your
fiance wrote nother girl, that la a mr
trifle, and you should not permit yourself
to become jealous.
Father Interested In His Daughter.
Dear Mies Fairfax: Should a father
always be In the same room -with his
daughter when she Is entertaining a
young man? 1 believe In father talking
with them fifteen or twenty minutes, but
my father spends th whole evening talk
ing with my friends on subjects of which
Don't Blame the Butcher Cat Less Meat
Yes. msst is high. But ws eat to much meat under tb mistaksss
impression that it ia needed to nourish us. Est less naest ubUtttta
FAUST MACARONI
It entslas fss bmt NtrlUea thaa ! Easier
diseeted slso ask veer aeatar. Yu eaa nsk
many rtea, savory dUbes with tsi sansllesl iuea.
Try u swsile you'll feel totter. .
& amf 1 9c pkn. Btattdmr. -
MAUIX MOT tlC. ft. I.sisi. Me.
With the wonderful advantages that
1'bj I p f-K.-fH In the procuring ot wo
men's clothes, how Is ny country to x-,
eel or succeed her? .
Kor seme time
wo have ' brm
conscious of
j growing ' crltl-
I clsm'' of I'arls
faMnna Ha p-
plted to AfneTl
can women. -The
mornliM
who rppuro
them ss .sin
fully extrava
gant and in
I many cnaes
; Immodest, ' has.
I perhaps had the ,
J lotidept voice In this criticism, hut It hav
j not been confined to him. . . -
There atw many thoughtful woman who,
1 while wishing to drees attractively and:
I In conformity with the mode, regret th
! waate of time, energy and money that
such rapidly changing fashions entail.
Bren the Importers sre beginning to ,
spesk of Paris models as uncertain ven
tures. They are obliged to buy them
I but In many rases they are left on, their.
haa. Is, for their American customer,,
after satisfying their curiosity by seeing;
them, refuse to purchase them. , ..
Thl growing dlstriist.'of I'arls authors
It v. coupled with the fact that lh Bur
ten war la crippling this Industry A
that w can hardly expect anything Ilk
lh normal . amount of Importations,
makes this th moment for America to
show Us readiness to take up this do- .
minion. Are w prepared for It? I think
we ar.
For years the AmerWn manufacturer .
of textiles have bemoaned the fc that ,
the American market would take nothing ,
from them sav Inferior lines ot goods.
'or a long time they havs professed, their
ability to manufacture a artwtlo a stock
'of silks and woolens as Lyons or Bel
I fords could, know, and wer only pre-.
'vented from doing so. by the . American.
woman s nener in tne superiority 01
forolgn-made.
An the American ready-made garment
Is the best In the world there ls.no rea
son to doubt but what America cau .pro-
vide cutters and a certain kind of good, ...
designers. Otr art acboola. wblcn .turn v.
out excellent illustrators, fashion, draw- ...
ers and. adverting artists ars undouM-.
edly. abl to provide us . with men and ,'
women who can furolan original designs. -,
Indeed, there 1 every reason to. believe
that the well .educated American com
mercial artist who often has soma sxp..
rlence in the I'arls or Munich schools In ..
addition to hla American training Is Only -waiting
for a chance to develop an AmrU.
can costume sr aa Bakst and Poire;
hav developed It In Europ.
American dressmakers say their great- v
eat difficulty, la .to get efficient needl -women,
especially those that can to haOd '
I work as th Frnch women can do-It
Th trad schools," In thsrfr turn, prof
th1r ability to furnish ' worksrs of thlsr
kind as soon as thr shall to a demand -for
them, and ballv that th American
Born girl f Italian and other European
stock' rlll -becom mpt-T-uplls-- "
T evidently come down to this. Will.- -the
- American' woman ncourag - and "'
stand behind th development of ' an ' '
American" dress artf ' Ther ar many
reasons why shw could do so to tier own- .
advantage. . '
7?Jn.
tTo be Continued.)
I know nothing, making a wall flower of ,
me.
Will you pleaee tell m how tat you
think a caller should stayT . . X.
It is not . unusual today for fathr ta
remain In th room with hi daughter's -callers,
and Impatient yoqjlh probably re
sents It But X Ilk th atUtnd of Inter
est that If. show,, Ar any of th young
mn who call en you worth hurting your ,
father for? And think, how you would ...
hurt him by auggeatlag that you did Tot
appreciate his . Interest In you and jroon
friends. Th young men who ar stiff!
clsntly Interested to want , to br aln ,
with you, jwlll probably tnrlt yu wut
Th hour of 11 Is abut as lat as a wall
bred caller should stay. .
. H sfast Hav Dlselpla.' '
Desr Miss Fairfax: I am a mother of
seven children. On of iny eon is. 17
years old. He will not work, he keeps bad .
company and no amount of Scolding
seems to do sny good. rtnc th last lew
months he has stayed out all night at
times. I'm broken-hearted because of hla
behavior. People have advised m U
send htm from home, but i have a '.
mother's hesrt and 1 can't do that. I
will patiently await your answer, but
plaase don't keep me waiting long, be- '
cause, bis actions grow worse every dajt,
A I) KOK EN -HEART ED MOruEa.
Suppose you try pleading Instead Of .
scolding. Tell the boy It is his own life h'.
will ruin If he I not ambitious ftnough t "
make an honorable living by his own
efforts.
I
I
Be Fraak with Ills. ...
Desr Miss Fairfax: A boy love m.
but 1 only Ilk him as a friend. Ha t a
nlre boy. and my parents like him. I -don't
want to hurt his feelings. Coold
you give me some advice. . VIOLETS.
Be frank With him. It Is far setter to
hurt his fseltngs a Uttl now thaa a
bole lot after awhile.