Mlh Mhh: OMAHA. MONDAY. OCTOHKU L'fl. 1!M4.
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A Dream
, of the
Universe
"The Silent Partner"
Copyright, 1!H. lutern'l . Servi.e.
By Nell Brinkley
By GARRKTT P. EERTMS.
In (he drop of water that ws cavil the uni
verse, nun. planets, onrrmts and rtebulse
ai distributed like corpulscle In an
atom. An Inhabitant of a corpuscle re
volving in an atom
would look out at
In the "Im
mensity" of atomic
nc around Mm
and conclude that
there via nothing
byond the limits
f his atom be
cause he could see
nothing.
U might never
occur to his little
mind that there
were other atom
outsine hi own.
each with its-multitude of revolving cot.
P'iscles, but all Invisible to hltn slmplv
hrcsu.se hla vision could not extend be
drid the atomic limita.
He would rail hie atom the universe.
Just aa we rail our atom the universe.
Me look down upon him and aay: "llow
absurd tlila Infinitesimal feature I. Why.
there are countless milllona of atoma In
a single (train of sand."
Hut might not an Intelligent vastly su
perior to our aav the name thine of ue.
because that Intelligence would know that
the rtatry system w-hlrh our telescope
lcveal, and lieyond which, thejr show noth
liif la aa Insignificant In Infinite spare a
drop of water In the ocean T
There) waa a lime when men thought
the earth greater than the ami. Then
there waa a time when they thought the
aun greater than any atar. nut long ago
astronomy began to tearh that the earth
la a apeck beside the aun. that the aun
la only a member of an Inferior rank of
eta re, and that the eolar ayatem, whlrh
consists of the aun and Ita planets, la ao
Insignificant a part of tha atarry "uni
verse" that Ita destruction would be aa
unnoticed In tha great acheme of thing
aa the extinguishment of a xlngle liny
candle In tha combined blase of an II
Ruminated city. "" ' "
; Hut aa astronomy progresses It
thought are atlll widened. We must
climb to a yet higher point In order tp
get tha full, aweeplng view that la now
etfferrd to u. Tha atarry Universe. In
ila turn, aloka Into relative Insignificance,
and becomes but an atom tn ' a mightier
creation. Wt have found lte limit; we
hare touched bottom; wo have glimpsed
Ita Inat and fartheit atar; Ilka traveler
through a forest, our telescopic vision be
irtna to perceive where tha mas la thin
ning ahead, and where tha edge muat b.
Instantly our thought leaps to tha un
known, mysterious beyond. It becomes
the business of astronomy to concern lt
elf about that beyond. Tha astronomer
rlaes to a higher level. He muat treat
what ha has hitherto called "tha unl
fcerse" as the chemlnt treats a molecule,
ire must look at It from the outside. Hi
must boldly asauma an attitude of de
tachment; that of aa Interested, but In
dependent, observer. If he Is Intellec
tually great enough ha can substitute the
xnieroaeople for tha telescopic method,
and deal with tha star-filled atom at
rt of an Infinitely greater Whole.
For tha present the outer universe, or
limitless system of "universes," can only
be known to us by tha method of Infer
ence. To make this clear, let us
Imagine ourselves the Inhabitants of a
corpuscle tn an atom of radium. Looking
around us we perceive the various mo
tions of all the corpurlee composing our
' atom, and we see nothing beyond them.
Tiy paying close attention we soon ob.
serve that some of the corpuscle are
moving with such speeds In such direc
tions that they evidently must eventually
scape from the "confines of the atom.
Immediately we begin to picture to our
selves what we had not previously
though of. namely, a "beyond;" some,
thing-. If only empty space, lying outside
our atom. The moment this Idea comes
to ua wr ran no longer look upon that
atom ss the whole universe. We see that
It I emly a part, though we may not nt
Unit coniprt h-nd how email a putt. We
then begin to reason about those i ur
ua.Jes which arc plainly flying out of
th atomic boundaries, and wonder
whether thry are going to Join other
atoms out there, and whether those other
ktome have been Influential In earning
their departure.
In a similar way the astronomer ee
in the starry system In whlrh we dwell
a. trrtalu number of atar. such at the
celebrated "IK flroombrldge," or the gi
gantic Arct'trus. which are shooting
through apace with velocities so liiish
that he cannot account for them, and
whkli must, apparently, finally escape
from the lallle universe to go where?
To Join another '"universe," or to wan
der Independently In Illimitable space?
Thrse "runaway suns" sre like the cor
puscles escaping from aa atom of ra
dium. The tatter come out Into our
world of human sense, an 4 we study
them curiously. Into what kind of a
vor'd do the fugitive stars penetrate,
and to whst experiments and theories
d ; their emergence there give use.
Madame Ise'bell
Say "Ma$$agm Aching
Feet and Change the
Stockings Daily"
Boraetlnieg tucked away behind the work-worn meaning of this pair of word.
"Hlleot partner." t one that aayg "a small, wide, fat person a old as mythology and
ii h young as a new moon or the flrnt aand-llly In the aprons, covered with Innocence
and yet with a le look In his regtlesg eye." who Is the unsuspected third of a
firm that la composed of a young, and successful man and the girl who labors for him
at licking stamps and writing; tactful letters and keeping track of all the things he
means to do and has done.
If you care to see him. search for the maa who yearns over his shoulder at the
trmi black figure behind him ana cries with his eyes as plain aa day, "I cannot live
without you and that curl on your neck and the order that you bring out of my
chaos this, and the girl who sometimes drifts away from the routine under her
elbow with an answer in her eyes to the call in his, if only she was turned about.
Here you will find the "Bllent partner" the chubby gentleman of-this definition.
And out of the curly gold head of him float mists of dream aiarvels!
Do Not Be a "Sob-Brother"
By ELLA WHEFXF.R WILOUX,,
(Copyright, 1814. by the Htar Co
The writer of thla artkle received aome
time ago a letter from a young man who
had become despondent and unhappy
through reading "Burning Lsyllht," by
Jack London, lie
HEADACHES
Toooiands of it's asd womea suffer front
t-iiw.-. rvery day, other thuotaixls have
every week or every tuomb. and fUU
uuH-m haee oad'-he occaeloaailr Imm not si
Jvriiat liiicrrala. 1 s- beM r IsoKeu unahla
t.ud (A cause ol niaoy el these beads:,
sud lu inut (Hiier ru.1. knowlug lbs csusa, oe
C'tm ut'l know wbai mux iviuof It, so a to give
a penusneui eura. All be ru do is to p"i-crtb
twr u.uoJ pais n-llevvra, wm B give Wtntwisry
rriti-l. but the bradaiiie tvturu ss usual, sod
ti.-uiw ut li xtu wwmrr. II yuu suSvr lnu
I. !. bo usuer wtist their Baeuiw, lake
Aiiu-ksuinls TmMrta, and tb lesulia wui bessus
1iort hi Uilutit4eie. lull MO l4.la
tuna st sM drug t tele In soy qasutity, tuo wurUt,
Soc won or luore. Ask lor 1 k IsUeu.
SICK-HEADACHES
K-k-besdsche. tb most mberahle nt all stsk-a-M-a,
l-..e tu Wrrurs wues A a IsUrts e
lifo. m yon l-rl aa arts, k c"uiuj on,
t -r iwotauieu. aod to Biaoy rtm, Um sUs'tt
: I I wsitlod oil. lnirlug go sua- k laks oue
A k 1 aljfcce every two boun. The ttu sod com
I't liuM luuuw, csa be ubUUicd In au ottisr
Ceaeste A K TM hmr las M .run
f- At alt JrmttUU
asked for some
mental tonic to u
lst liltti in getting
back to h normal
atate of mind.
Knowing Jack
London to be the
most optimistic and
rharmtng of men
personally and a de
light to all his
frlen.l. the letter
wss forwarded with
the suggestion that
he write the young
man a clieerful word
and shake him out
of his desuondent
mood. This brought the following reply
from Mr. Ixmdon:
"The unfortunate young maa whose
letter you forward, is a weak brother; he
Is a sob-brother. He Is hysterical. If he
Uvea to be a hundred he will spend his
existence leaning on tha breast or chest
of his stronger sisters and bruthrra.
Neither you nor I nor tlod Himself can
help the sob-brotliera and sisters, because
they do not help themselves,"
Mr. Ixtndon has ruined a' new term,
which Is veiy eipresslve. and which de
scribes a targe class of human beings.
Here Is another letter front another
sob-brother.
This young man of 30 says Ills whols
lumoj uy ine noti'uie or tils asso
ciates, because he happen to hsve a fslr
complexion and handsome features, in
stead of a ruggr appearance.
Ilia associates refuse to treat him with
respect and hla buelnes Injured.
Then he adds:
nae such a hatred for human na
ture that I do not aeek the companionship
oi manor woman. I hate anyone to speak
m me. Mrs use t would not trust anyons
I had the mUfortune of being bora poor.
i suppose ir i ma ant ha.a to work for
ray Uvlng I could be more Indepen.W-nt.
things hsve come to uu a state of af
fsire I ran Juat barely ink a llvlns
ss It seems there 1 little proi-pe t ahead
er me.
urely we
brother.
hee here another aulc
If the young man will analyse his men
tal condition he will find weakness and
self-consciousness and a . eelf-oentered
tendency, and he will understand why he
has become the target of the Jests of the
thoughtless.
The msn who lias amotion, courage.
huiie, will power and Mg Ideals csn never
be put down rr pushed aalde by others
merely because he hits pink cheeks or a
Ureek noae.
The best thing this sob-brother can do
Is to enter into training as an athlete.
Let him take a course of lesnons with the
glove and then rrply to ridicule by a
challenge to a boxing match.
After a few such erpertmcnts- he will
find the attitude of his acquaintances
changing from ridicule to respect.
It In unfortunate for a man to look like
a woman, and equally unfortunate for a
woman to look masculine.
The woman who 'is afflicted with such
an appearance should cultivate all tho
feminine rrnoee with more earnestness
even than her normal appearing aletera:
and the femlnlne-faced man should bend
all his energies toward the aim of being
In every respect manly. . .
A womanly woman; what can be more
charming on earth and whut more adir
able than a nmnly man? .
To whichever sex you belonti. cultivate
the qualities which belong to it.
And of all things, avoid being a sob
brother or sob-sister.
Look In your own tjfind and soul for the
courage and strength which lie there; look
up to the Great Source from which you
came, nnd be and do that which you de
sire. . We can be what we will be.
Advice to Lovelorn
Walt Till lie tosses.
Ieur Miss Fstrfax: Several weeks sun
my sinter's brsu came in a car to aee her. I
bnntfln with hltn another yuuSg man. It
wa already dwrk when my sinter Intro
duced us and we rode for severs! hours,
meanwhile Pecoiulng real well aci-ttalnud
Now what 1 wunl to know la this: I
have fallen deeply !n love with this
young man and though I ant sure I
would not know him were 1 to meet h'm
on the street, would It be proper for me
to make a date with him by mall, so that
our acquuinlanoe may prog reus? I am
very inucli In love, but feel 1 need some
competent advice. I'lease answer im
mediately, as 1 cannot wait long before
1 do something. -UVKUjK.N 1ASSIK."
You would better wait, until you see
tlm .young man before you decide that
you are in love with hltn. Whatever you
do, don't write. What do you know about
hla feelinga towards you? Are you allly
enough to want to make yourself the
subject of his sportT If he has any regard
for you, or cares for you Id tha least
he will aeek you out himself. Until he
dues hold your little has it In eheok.
Haw te ylm We Mask.
Ib'er .Mt Kalit.x: 1 am a young man
of Zt years. me been in love with a
girl for four vtaie and now she quit m
an vttwtfj tu go with another xotuig
man. but he soon quit her. I would like
to win h r brail uln un I k'ndly ask
y m for Inl 'rmsiion 11. K.
No royal rule for winning a woman's
heart hsj evr beea ulco. cred. If, after
you had been close friends for four years
she sought someone else, it Is quite plain
ho did not especially care or you. Maybe
h. litis changed her mind again, aa she
has a i)erfoct right to do. Your course
T.oul.1 srtent to bo to go to her and ask her
for yourwlf.. flie will be better able to
tel! you the answer than anyone else.
aiatloaery aad Blaaaera.
ler Miss Fairfax: Mv brother's girl
friend if alwsy using a pencil und poor
stationery in hi r letters, although he is
slwavs ii iliig a pen. Would like to know
whether 1 u-e good Judgment In advising
hlui to use a pencil in his letters to her.
lunt you thirk thst a toy makes a fsr
heiter ltnpreskioii on u ciil bv actins
Independent or even a little cool, than by
trying to do an thing to please her to
gain her love. Thanking you In advance
for your advloe. BRUTHKfW.
The choice of atationery Is a matter of
personal taste, as la dress; some are much
more fastidious than ether. Good sta
tionery, like good clothes. Is more apt to
make a good impression, but it is not
always wise to base Judgment solely on
exterior appearances. The young woman
in question may have a good reason for
not using expensive stationery. Kinoertty
of purpose limy easily be expressed by
writing with a lead pencil on soft paper.
A gentleman is always exected to con
duct himself In a chivalrous and obliging
manner towards a lsdy under any and
all clrcutnstsnces. To "act Independent"
or "cool" may be mistaken for boorish-
lies, and reault lu the young man rinding
himself without friends among the op
posite sex. It is as true now as ever
that more flies are caught by molasses
than by tinrssr
Science of Weights and Measures
Uy KDGAK LUCIEX LARK1X.
A number of modern sciences are based
directly on the one fundamental science of
measurement for weighing la ' really
measuring. The Ineffable splendors of
modern science, with Its train of such
blessings as the telegraph, . telephone,
microscope, teleacopo, spectroscope, mov
ing; pictures, electric light motor, dy
namo, railways and ships In water and
air these and many more could not now
be bad without measuring.
One cannot enter the doors of the
buildings of the I'nlted States national
buresu of standard in Washington with
out the almost unconscious feeling of im
pression that he Is In the very presence
of superior humans. Work done within
these walla has awakened the admiration
and unbounded confidence of every per
son -In the world fnmlllar with recent
science.
These constants at the foundation of
rcience. are length. mu, volume, den
sity, weights, measures, the marvelous
units if electricity, of resistance, current,
electromotive-force, absolute energy of
electricity, conductivity, rapacity, Induc
tance, fundamental units of magnetic
fields . of force, of lines, of potential,
ohms, amperes, volts, rlectrolyci. elec
trons. Ions, thermometry, barometiy. heat,
thermo-electric currenU, Induced cur
rents, ra liatlon. radiant energy, activity,
light, photometry, spectroscopy, light
pressure, tension, reflection, refraction,
the labyrinths of micro-photography,
ruling engines, micrometers that measure
millionth of a centimeter these and
hundreds more, enough names and titles
to fill a column are as common as
houaehold words In these now classic
buildings. x
Tlw good genii of the "Arabian Night."
.the magi of wise men from the east, tha
hlerophanta lu the vast temples nt Atlan
tis. Meroe. Thebea, Tentyra, Arabia
Patrea, Kphesus, Babylon and Nineveh,
never revealed nor even imagined greater
wonders. They will measure aa luch, foot
or yard for you, If you desire; but they
much prefer to measure in the rational
measurement millimeters, centimeters,
decimeters, meters and kilometers, or In
milligrams.
This bureau Is in. possession of copy No.
n of fee world's universal standard meter.
Freeldent l ainot of France picked It up,
gave it to a man and told him to carry It
to rremdent Harrison, in Washing-ton,
and hand it to him. And President Har
rison took It from the man's hand and
placed it In the Jlood-earthquake-flreproof
vault lu the bureau of aUmdsrds.
On July 28. 186. the congress of the
United States defined the legel meter of
all that part of the earth's surface be
neath the I nlted States flag to be S.38083
feet, or 35.47 Inches long. And No. 27 is
of this length wHhla a mistake of less
than the thickness of a spider's thread.
Kvery meaaure, from Maine to the Phil
ippines and to the remotest Aleutian
inland In Alaska, must agree with this.
It not the user may Inhabit a Jail. All
weighta are also based on this meter.
Thus, the unit of weight is that of a
cube of distilled water whose side Is one
decimeter, and w hose weight is one kilo
gram, and capacity- one liter. Then,
since the original meter and also Its
copies, one for. esch nation, are kept in
constant - temperature rooms, their
lengths are ronstant. Then all measures
referred to them are constant.
All substance known to science have
been weighed with an accuracy beyond
hope of imagining. Thtia. all forms of
matter kr.own are referred to a volume
of one cubic centimeter and every weight
Is known and catalogued.
These weights, at constant volume, and
constant temperatuie at constant dis
tance from the center of the earth, and
therefore at constant gravitation, ara
Indeed nature's grand constants.
Do You Know That
The kauri pine, which was discovered
in New England in 1772 by the explorer
Marion du Fresno, has, according to
botanists, a long and honorable . lineage.
One specimen growing at Mercury Bay,
with a trunk twenty-four feet In diam
eter, Is said to b 1.300 years old.
Prof. Otto Lumrner of Brest an baa
melted carbon. He enclosed a large arc
light, formed of two carbon rods. In a
heavy glass container and exhausted the
air. By using a powerful electric current
he produced such a heat that drops
formed at the tips of the carbon.
A rope railway seventy-five miles in
length Is to be put in operation In India.
It will connect the rich country In the
Vale of Kashmir with the plains of the
Punjab over toe Himalayas. This line,
it Is claimed, will be the longest In the
world.
The earliest work ou shorthand writ
ing waa compiled by tr. Timothy Bright
of Cambridge in im. He dictated It to
Queen Flixabeth. under the title of "An
Act of hhort. Swift and Secret Writing
y Character."
The Care of the Feet Part I.
Admitting that the average woman will
not rrske any radical change In the foot
wear how ran she best care for her feet
so as to minimize the trouble caused by
poorly shaped
and un ventilated
shoes?
American seem
t a suffer more
from foot trouble
than any other
nation, If wc csn
jtinge irom ine
number of chi- p.. .
ropodists to he D
found in cities of I .. ' .
any Importance.!
There are also on'
the market lunu-
m e r able lotions
and powders for the relief of aching feet,
corn plasters', bunion shields and any
number of mechanical appliances for the
aid of sufferer from deformed or sensi
tive feet. Undoubtedly tho climate of the
t'nlted States with Ita extremes of best
and cold and Hie uneven pavement of
many of our cities are re'ponsihle for
much ruffering of this son.
Excepting cases where there Is some
deformity in the foot structure most
cases of aching feet can be divided into
two classes, dry." nervous, feet and feet
that suffer from excessive ptrspiratlon.
Feet that perspire unduly ara apt to bf
scinitive and callous spots form easily.
Theie are some powder which applied
to Ihe feet will check such perspiration
without -cheeking the nataral flow of tin
snrat gland, and will also neutral!-
any unpleasant odor arising from it. r.u
any remedy should he used In conjunc
tion with proper hygienic care.
Changing the atocking dally Is a strong
tep lit foot comfort and. Incidentally,
will make the stockings last twice s
long. Soaking the fet in hot water will
reduce Inflammation, but as a rule the
over hot bath will render the feet unduly
sensitive. A treatment often successful
U to bathe the feet at night In fairly hot
water, rub away with the hands or a
flesh brush the dry skin, powder with
talcum or a special powder, and In the
morning immerse them for a few minutes
in cold gait water. This treatment w ill
harien the feet and tend to make the
perspiration normal.
Nervous, dry feet are often benefited
by massage following the warm evening
root bath. To do thla anoint the fin
gers ana pa-ms of the hands with vase-
line, or aome soothing lubricant, and
gentlv' but firmly massage the entire
foot, beginning with the toes and work
ing up over the ankles. Five minutes
massage on each foot will often have a
wonderful curative effect.
Not only should stockings be clean, but
make sure mat mere are no rougn u ant
ing or knots that may press on a sensi
tive nerve. Sensitive feet are generally
more comfortable In cotton stockings
than tn lisle or silk, and white stockings,
are preferred to colored or black ones,
the dye In the latter sometimes causing
discomfort.
(To Be Continued.)
Houusehold Hints
Cayenne pepper is excellent to rid cup
boards of mice. The floor should be gone
over carefully, and each hole stopped up
with a piece of rag dipped In water and
then In cayenne peper.
It is not generally known that boiling
fruit for koine time and skimming It
well without the sugar and without cover
ing the pan Is a very economical and
excellent way, because the bulk of the
scum rises from the fruit and not from
the sugar. If the latter Is good.
To prevent the skin from discoloring
after a fall or blow, take a little dry
starch, moisten it with cold water and
lay It on the Injured part.
esses e4e e e
I Try
this easy
way to clear
your skin witfi
ResinolSoap
Bath your face for laveral min-
utea with Resinol 8oap and hot
water, working tha eraamy lather
into tha akin gently with, tna On-ger-tipa.
Wash off with Resinol
Soap and mora hot water. Finish
with a daah of cold wator to cloaa
tha pores.
Do thia once or twica a day, and
you will b astonished to find how
quickly tha healing, antiseptic
Reeinol medication aoothea and I
clean ea the pores, removes pim-
plea and blackheads, and leavea the
cemplexionclearfreghandvelYety.
SeM r all druggist. Fr ssjagis free,
write te lxsU VS. 8 ij HatMsjera, Md.
muni imiits
