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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1914)
1'HK HEN: OMAHA. WUDXKSDAY', (KTOlSKW J1. U14. To Miss Indifference By ANSI LISLE. The purple mists rest on the. hilt And tbe furse Is of molten gold; The purgent air li althrob atbrill, But the heart of the autumn's cold. Tou eyes are a purple-hued mist. And a tangle of gold is your hair, Tour lips of coral were shaped to be kissed But I know love la not there. The winter will mantle the hills. When the blasts of the north wind blow; But I've neTer a garment to fend my heart From a maiden of ice and snow. . That Awful Bore The Whiner By DOROTHY DIX. Chief among the dangerous animals that are to be encountered as one wan ders through the vale of tears, ia the Whiner. Thta unpleasant brute may he readily distinguished at eight by Its long tat of woe, which It wags eont 1 n u a 1 1 y and by its having the curious peychlo power of filling the surrounding air with - gloom. "' This enables It to -he recognised at a great dlatanqe, hut . ', unfortunately, u .' matter bow far away, you -amy -see'' the "Whiner.. it 'has al- wars eeen you first... and U - coming for-, you at. a lope. In Tain 4a you at tempt to dodge or ' run. Before you can wink an eye the Whiner has seized upon you, and after seasoning you up with, a few salt tears, its down and begins to feast upon your . tenderest feelings. ... The origin of this awful pest of so ciety is loat in the traditions of the past, i but it Is generally conceded, that it is the lineal descendant of the skeleton that the , ancient Romans Introduced at their feasts ' to remind us not to get too chesty, and , that worse is to follow. Nor has any one'ever yet been' able to ' .discover what purpose this creature ' serves In the economy of nature. Bom ; hold that, like the mosquito, its mission ' Is for the propagation of profanity. Oth jers contend that, . like the snake in the , grass, Its object is to keep. us from over , confidence, while .the most sdvajiced stu ; dents of insectology bring forward much convincing data to support the theory that the Whiner, ilke the gad fly, the tick, the red bug, etc., etc, ia part of the mysterious dispensation of Providence to ' reconcile us mortals to the brevity of life, , for it is' observable that the minute a r Whines, attacks even the most robust tnan, he. throws up his hands' arid appar , ently loses Interest In the subsequent pro 1 seeding. ' But- whatever the purpose of ' the - Whiner, it is undeniably here, pervading aa otherwise peaceful and happy world, . and doing its humble and conscientious ' best to make it unfit to live in. The Whiner is of both sexes and tbe . males and' females bear a strong outward .resemblance to each other. They are . nearly always thin and gaunt, and dys- - peptlp-Jooklng, and of a bilious color, I with mangy coats that need ' brushing, and a lack-lustre eye that only brightens up whan they seise upon a victim. The' two sexes differ In this notable re ' spect, though, that while tho male Whiner merely bunts for the sake of money, the female hunts for the pure love of the . sport.. You sometimes save yourself from . being entirely bored to death by a male Whiner by throwing silver at him, and, ' although he will Invariably return and ; attack you -again and again, you gain torn respite from your sufferings. On the other hand, the female Whiner Is not ' to harried away from her quarry by any ' known means. 8he will take all that you will .give her, but she is bound to have your life blood Into the bargain. " ' -..' The most familiar variety of the male :-Whlnea Is the common ' panhandler on ; the street, who springs upon you out of a doorway, with a story about being out of 'work,' -and having seven small children ,' Under I years of age. This Is an lnaocu . yvm creature that you can easily drive away with a quarter for beer, and while , it ia unpleasant is not dangerous." -' . ,' Ths ferocious one of this species is the kind known aa the "Hard Luck" variety. Don't Merely "Stop" a j S Cough ; tethe Tklesr tkat Caasea It ' ? mm the Ceoa-h will - - h "teg. Itself, j '.' A cough is really one of our best friends. It warns us thst there ia in ' flammation or obstruction in a danger ous place. Therefore, when you get a bad cough don't proceed to dose yourself -with a lot of drugs that merely 'stop tbe cough temporarily by deadening the throat nerves. Treat the cause heal the Inflamed membranes. Here is a home made remedy that sets right at the cause and will make an obstinate cough vanish more quickly than you ever thought possible.- Put tM ounces of Pine (50 cents worth) in a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated surer syrup. This stives ou a full pint of the most pleasant and effective cough remedy you ever used, at a cost of onlv 54 cents. So bother to pre pars. N full directions with Piuex. It heals ths inflamed membranes so gently snd promptly that you wonder - -how it does it. Also loosens a dry, hoarse Or tight couth snd stops the formation of fblegra in the throat and bronchial tubes, bus ending the persistent loose cough. Plnex is a Mjrhlv concentrated corn . Tuiid of. Norway pine extract, rich in graaiaeol. snd is famous the wni-1,1 one . lor its healing effect on the membranes ", To. avoid disappointment, ask your drurgist for "2V ounces of Plnex," and don t accent anvthlnv ilia . 1 migrants ol absolute satisfaction, or money prompt-1 If refunded, goes with this preparation. The Pinex Co it. Wayne. led. I This is a creature that Is of most sloth ful and Indolent habits, and that appears to have been pickled In alcohol until it has only on ray of energy left, and that Is the Impulse to bold up people and live on them. It also has a most violent tem per and foams at the mouth when a man attempt to protect himself from It. The Hard Luck Whiner Is cannibalistic In Its tastea, and feeds chiefly on Its own family, because they are eaay and have no way of escspe. It will eat up its poor old mother or Its hard-working slaters with the greatest relish, but it !s quite content' to devour strangers If, ss occa sionally happens, an energetic female rel ative takes the broom to It and beats It out. of the house, for the, Whiner la at heart a coward wtth a yellow streak in It seven feet wide. . ' 1 '' ..Tbe Hard Luck Whlner'a method of at tack ts es sneaking es that of. a cur dog that cringe up to you, but that you can't shske or lose. The first you knew of its presence It has fastened on yeu like a leech and Is emitting doleful sounds that have been translated to mean "I am a poor unfortunate fellow. Everything Is against me. The world Is down on me. Nobody appreciates me. Subsidised man agers won't take ray play. Venial editors won't buy my stories. Tyrannical em ployers turn me off for no reason. When I opened a saloon In Kentucky the state went dry. When I started a skating rlhk In Massachusetts, strawberries ripened in the epen at Christmas. When I took a boatload of red flannels to the far north, open-worked shirtwaists were the only things that were de rlgeur with the Arctic Circle ladles. Woe! Woe! Wos Is me! I never did have no luck, nohowi" This the Hard Luck Whiner repeats ever and over again in a oracked-lce tone until women scresm with terror and strong -men turn' pale and give up the ghost.. Once there was a very brave man Who tried to save himself and his family from a Hard L.uck Whiner by interrupt ing Its moans and telling it that it grew Its pwa tale of woe, but the relentless creature only started again and told it all Cver the second time, which killed the man Instantly, and since that time no body baa. ever dared to even say "scat" when one gate going. The chief characteristic of the female Whiner is that she loves to weep end throw flu. Just) let her soak the prem ises in brine end tear off a few epileptlo stunts and she Is perfectly happy, but, unfortunately, ahe does not enjoy turn ing on the water works or howling unless she has an audience. , This leads her to covertly insinuate herself Into people's homes when they are not watching and attack them at their own fireside. Sometimes, whole families are slain thus In a bunch, and although the cor oner's certificate may give the cause ,ot death as "heart failure," it is perfectly wall known that they have been bored to death by a female Whiner. The best known variety of the female Whiner Is the one that Is. known aa the "Been Better Days" variety. It la scarcely necessary, to describe this pest, as there is probably no one so fortunate as not to have been bitten by one. The favorite habitat of this particular apectee is about women's exchanges and boarding houses, where they ere so common that all. prudent persona draw a dead line abot such places. The "Seen Better Days" female Whiner always has a fam ily tree branded, upon her forehead, and emits a peculiar1 piercing and continuous wall that sounds like "My grandfather, the governor. My grandfather, the gov. ernor. Oh, I never expected to come to this. I never expected to come to this." This gets on the listener's nerves in time and causes him to wish he was dead. Without doubt, however, the roost for midable variety of the female Whiner is ths "Unhappily Married." This Is the most ferociously merciless creature on earth, the one that is by universal co Ur gent the most avoided. Well is she called the Queen of Bores, for once sbe tastea blood ahe never stops until her victim is writhing in death agony before her. Her favorite prey is woman, and she Is found infesting lonely places, especially at twi light or bedtime, whea sbe springs upon her victim and, with wailing, aad weep ing, and gnashing of teeth, gorges herself upon her own miseries, unmindful of the fact that she is killing the woman and perhaps robbing an Interesting family of their chief means of support. There is also another curious variety of the female Whiner known as the Be reaved, who rushes upon perfectly inno cent and unoffending strangers and as saults them with her family tombstones. But this species le sometimes cured of Its rabies by a second marriage. The chief pleasure that most people have in life ia telling their troubles. Women never feel really, well ac quainted until they have bad a good cry together. Hard luck is the mantle of charity that failures spread over their Incompetence and laziness. Nobody but herself knows tbe pleasure a woman gets out of having a drunken husband, or a atlngy one, that she can talk about to her friends. If we talked aa much about our joys as we do about our sorrows, the world would be a cbeerfuller place to live ia. . The only people we are really justified 1n telling our troubles to are the police man, tbe doctor and the preacher. They are paid to listen. We are all thlevee of ether people's happiness whea we burden them with our woes. . j , . . , i It is the coward' Id "us all that makes us whins. Dancing Frocks of the Latest Models I (f r v& j .; I mjh ipll fi sV Madame Isebell Btmoant Complexion 111$ That Follow Summer Holiday "Where Are the Fair Botome of Yesterday?" c 1 However simple the gowns of this year, each one has some distinctive feature that stamps it as Indi vidual and new, or It fails to carry out tho idea that . American women are now taking up, 1. e., that the mart woman . must no longer look exactly like all her smart nelghbore, but like a distinctive human who fa not a mere member of an Institution.. For ita note of distinction, the little gown on the left has a deep blouse, almost like a girl's middy, of white satin embossed In silver. This fastens with a little knotted sash at the right hip and his an over blouse of ecru lace In kimono effect. Ecru lace covers the lower part of the satin aklrt. and ia again veiled-ln.net bearing a double band of iridescent embroidery which matches the tassel at the aash : ends. ' The other gown haa a deep "jerkin" of black vel vet laced over at the side with cords In Roman ef fect. Tulle sleeves and ruche finish the waist and four super imposed flounces of the tulle are set above the aatln underskirt. A second note of the new season is sounded in the scalloped hem of the underskirt, which permits the silk clad ankles to be definitely In evidence. RITA BTUYVE8ANT. A lot if a-lrla ar returning from their vacations lth a nice Uttlo V of reddleh brown flesh dlsplaytvi at the opening of their dreentopa. My mall Is already heavy with request for "something to take tan off the neck." and I prophesy that when the danc ing season be gins and these girls wish to put ..-i low rut g-nn that the fl f wall win ne ..T' "And her bos- Vta-j.' om a a fair aa the harthorn bud That oies In the month of May." Where are the fair bosoms or. yestor davT Shall we ever find them agnln un der their mating ef sunburn? A few years ngo, when it waa the cus tom to go without hat at the seashore and at the mountains, the majority of girls no abused thl fashion thHt at the cpd of the summer their face mere aa rnnth as we would expect to find in a foot ball player XI took months. In some caea a year's treatment, to get .kin Jn a normal condition, and In the cae of older women I doubt it the skin ever recovered from so severe a burning. The hatleasi erase seems on the wane and girla have learned that sorrow fol lows long exposure of the unprotected face. Hut they have evidently to lern this leaaon all over again In regard to the throat In the first place there Is nothlrax to shade the throat and neck, the hat brim la too far away. Tbe skin of the' neck Is so fine and delicate, naturally bo white, that I hate to see it exposed, as I have een It croeslng the ocean tnis summer or going down the Rhine, to the steady, constant effect of the sun's rays. I no ticed some few wise women wrapped thin scarfs about the neck and snouiaers when wearing a thin blouse in the sun shinebut it is foolish virgins we are considering now. imrtiinatalv. the action of skin shed ding is always going on, and there are whiter 'ng creams and eootnuig toiiei io .in. t will lubrioate the dry area of skin that the sun has too 'warmly ca ressed, and, little by little, the whiteness snd moist softness of the natural akin will return. But don't let the, lesson be forgotten. Sunburn, as has been sold over and over again In those columns, can be very largely avoided, or Its bad effects at least mitigated, by probsotln the skin with a good cold cream and a covering nf rwwdr. . Now for a little advice In regard to the condition of the scalp and hair.; The natural ahedillng of the hair continues all the year, but It seems to be more heavy in the autumn. This natural falling should not oocaslon any alarm, but make sure it Is the natural' falling and not due (o any diseased or torpid scalp condition. The girl or woman who has passed the summer In town, subject to excessive heat, la particularly exposed to scalp trouble now, for the acidity In persptra tlon often produces dandruff and even ecsema. A dandruff-Infested scalp will not only causa the hair to fall, but pre vent new hair from growing, a moat dan gerous condition at this time of the year when we expect to start a crop of new hair. Tr nrl ti ff that nMM fmm s4ve perspiration Is apt to be of the flaky oily kind thnt leaves the scalp red and Irritated when removed. In treating this remember never to scrape the dandruff away with the fingers or a comb before thoroughly softening It with vaseline or sweet oil. The night before a shampoo go over the calp It Is better to have someone do this for you and rover all the dandruff spots with either of the lubricants men tinned above. Let this remain all night and In the morning shampoo with pure white rastlle soap, using a fine bath spray vigorously afterwards, not only to rinse the shampoo mixture from the hair, but to Invigorate the scalp. When the scalp Is perfectly dry apply a tonic containing either resort-In or bichloride of mercury; these are both specifics for dandniff. It there are any Inflamed red spots cover them with dry boric arid. The hair should be well brushed dally. shaken out and the scalp well aired. Take care that the brush and comb are scrupu lously clean. If the dandruff la of the kind that Irri tates the .scalp. I do not think much scalp massime advisable. Cure should 'be tnken not to l:rltate trie scalp. Tho head should be treated to a aham- oc as often as the dandrtr: collects, and. rememlier ,to keep tho scalp always aired and clean.. There la another form of scalp trouble prevalent now that la the direct result of the drying effect of a hot sun, or of eea or fresh water bathing when the hair has been allowed to become wet. The scalp Irx kn white, is covered wt a dry white sevrf, and the hair begin- to lose color cr.d appear lifeless, When the scalp Is in this condition it calls for dally masnage with' the finger tips moletened wtth vaseline or sweet oil. A shampoo once a fortnight ia usees- sary, followed by a thorough spraying of the hair with, the bath spray, using first very warm and then cold water until the scalp Is pink and glowlpg. If the dandruff la heavy, use a dandruff specific anea tloned above, If not, frictlo with eau. de cologne or bay rum. Brown bands are the Inevitable result of a summer spent out of doors. . .With young girls this condition Is not serious, but with older women sunburn means a drying of the skin and preparlng.lt for premature wrinkles that mark age an the hands as quickly as they do about the Hps or eyes. , ' ... ' Healthy, Wrinkle. Free ' Skin Eaty to Have "A dull, drab; muddy complexion, or an over-red, blotchy, pimply or freckled skin, can by a quite simple, harmless, and In expensive; method. be changed to one of flower-lfke radiance and purity. One ounce of common mercollsed wax. sold by druKglsta generally, will remove the most unsightly complexion In from one to two weeks. By lu remarkable absorptive power, the withered, faded or discolored layer of thin fllm-akln which hides the healthier skin underneath, la gradually flecked off In tiny, almost Invisible parti cles. This Is done so gently there Is no inconvenience, and no trace Is lerft on the skin except that of enhanced beauty. The wax la smeared on like cold cream before retiring, and removed In the morning with warm .water. , If the skin be wrinkled or saggy, a face bath made by dissolving os. . powdered saxollte In H pt. witch hunt, will be found ' most " effective. Combining, both astringent and tonic propertlpa, thla tightens the asln and braces up Its sup porting muscles. AdfvertiMement,1 . That Bubble Reputation ABy BEATRICE FAIRFAX. gome years ago I spent an afternoon in the woods with a crowd of girls of my own age. We had alt brought our fanpy work and contributions of candy and nuts and vtre prepared for an afternoon of simple enjoyment. Suddenly one of , the glrl - I mentioned a - certain pretty .girl named Orape. All ,but one. of us knew her aad presumably liked, her.' Bald the first speaker: ' . , . "Oh, Grace Is well enough If only' she weren't se affected." - "Is she affected? I didn't know that, but of course sbe is awfully selfish about sharing her good times with her younger sisters," excalmed the second girl. "Really t Well bo wonder she has good times," added girl number three right eously. "She runs after all the Influen tial rich people who will entertain her." Then up spoke the fourth. "I didn't know she bothered to cater to any. one but the men, and goodness knows she is forward enough with them." And each of us bad learned some new, unpleasant thing abc" Ors.ce te add to any personal criticism we might have made ef her in the silence of our own hearts. But in addition to all this, the girl who had never met her waa preju diced agalnat her, and those of us who liked her best could scarcely help wonder ing if all this smoke could be without any fire. Bo easily is the bubble reputation pricked. And aa lightly as a good repu tation Is destroyed, so easily Is a had one created out of mere bubbles blown by idle and thoughtless people. The malicious soul who deliberately slanders' another is fairy a murderer. He takes a good name, and whether It be mere theft or killing Uiat he Indulges in to pass the time and satisfy his own spiteful nature, the result, of his woik is equally cruel and harmful. ; . But people who do this are ao despicable that they destroy their own Influence. Everyone fears them. No one trusts them. Consequently the person of whom tbey tell their evil tales is In some wise protected, because every one knows how little faith can be placed In the word of a scandalmonger. But words are such dangerous weapons. They lodge somewhere and work harm when their presence Is almost forgotten. Borne day you may . remember what you have heard. breathed against some one, even though you have forgotten whether or not the person Who said It is reputable authority aad to be trusted. . : , . Don't get the habit of insinuating things sgalnat people. Don't tell of the weak nesses and follies of the people you know. Each" time you call a new person's atten tion to a fault n a mutual acquaintance, you definitely hurt their standing in the community. Lightly and' easily people destroy good nsmes that they can. never restore. For lack of something better, to talk about, we .destroy ope another's credit and standing In the community.' And what doea it profit us to take away a reputa tion? People begin to doubt and question us as gossips and ill-natured individuals of whom it would be well to beware. And we have nothing gained except a sour and warped view-point that enjoys bear ing the worst of human nature and think ing more evil than it has heard. Advice to "Lovelorn lr By BSATBXOB TAXXrAX - Ask for mm Kaitlaasvtloa. Dear ftliss Fairfax: I met a young man In the early part of this summer, and since then he has paid ine very marked attention and I have seen him almost constantly. A few weeks ago he saw. m out with a friend of the family whom I have known all my life and care for In a brotherly way ouly. Since then he has treated me very coolly when we niet I am sure he cares for me, but I do not like to offer an explanation which haa not been asked for. I love him very dearly. rVZZLJCD If you value his friendship at all, write him a m.te and ask him If you have done anything to give offense. Say you en joyed Ills friendship too much to let it slip away from you without making any effort to keep It ' Stops Headache, Pain, Neuralgia You can clear your head and relieve a dull, splitting or violent throbbing headache In a momtut with a Dr. James Headache Powder. This old-time headache relief acts almost magically, send someone to -. the drug store - now for a dime package and a few moments after you take a powder you will won der what became of the headache, neu ralgia aad pain.' 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