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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1914)
-J m? ii --jr. pine jyilp$w jragg THE BEE: OM.tHA, HI I DA V, DECEMllEU 11. I'M 4. I Novel Reading By MRS. FRANK LEARXKD. V Indiscriminate novel reading la a posi tive injury and danger to girls. When we advance thla Idea we are mot some times with astonishment or Indlfcrence on the part of our friend whose girls are growing up. A few reasons may bo given for this manner of meeting our remark. It may not have dawned on these friends that their irlrls are read ing much that comes' within reach, and that girls have the right to be protected from harmful or trashy books and to have good literature provided for them. It may be that we are told that a girl does not understand the evil In a cer tain novel; or. It may be that the excuse la put forth that girls read everything In these days and It cannot be helped. That excuse seems the most futile that can be offered. We must stop to consider that a young girl has the right to be helped In her choice of books. It has been wisely sold that "the rights of no class of beings are defended until It haa Us wrongs." There is no doubt that a girl's rights in regard to what sho should read arc not fully understood or appreciated. It is a posi tive wrong to let her spend her time on evanescent literature and to be unfamiliar with that which Is lasting ani worth while. Between tho ages of 16 and 18 her tastes are being formed. Those who know the world and life should guards her from injurious novels as they would from harmful friends. Novels which give false Impressions of life will never help hor to learn the true dignity, grace and charm of a pure, strong womanhood. It would not be wise to thwart her in her reading or to veto some of the novels of the pres ent day. Some of thse may give an In sight Into motive, characters and vital subjects which may bo of value. A novel may help which shows temptation, sin, folly and their consequences In such a way that a girl will hate wickedness, baseness and folly and will be attracted to all that la noble and good. But the point Is how to choose a work of that sort. There are quantities or senseless sen sational novels, not necessarily of a vicious nature, but they destroy the taste for good literature. Novels which en courage false emotions, false sentiments, aro sure to blunt the Imagination. Prob lem novels, dealing with all sorts of deplorable conditions of life, are most undesirable. An Intelligent girl, who Is wishing to cultivate the best things In life, will not care for trash. A girl with fine instincts and a wholesome mind will not be interested In the morbid books. But she needs to find the way out from confusion. Parents themselves may not have a taste for reading, nor any discrimination. They may have good principles, average Intellect and ordinary education, but a limited acquaintance with good literature. They read the new novels with no other reason than because they may be the "best sellers," or Just to be able to say they have read them!. ' Often they leave novels about which had best not come into the house, and then they are surprised to find their young daughters reading them. Then they cay, helplessly, that girls read all sort of things now. and it is useless to try to direct their reading. When we are met by this attitude of Irresponsibility it f Mm a desoerate task to reply; but the responsibility rests with parents when ti.ty jet girls dr. ft along aimlessly In novel reading. With a little care, or the advice of someone known to have experi ence, cultivation and Judgment, a girl :an be started In the right way, x Making Things Worth While Eleanor Painter Says That Exercise of the Mind Adds to Pacini Beanty A TAILOR SUIT may seem a far cry from the Watteau shepherdess gown, but modern fashion has suggested that picturesque costume in this smart biscuit colored suit. S - , a J . . ! V: .-. T -St-- - . 4,' . 1 f t t ,4, t Irely selfish motive, Isn't that reason enough for thinking? But after all, that Isn't my second reason for thinking. This is It. One should think because of the outward beauty M brings to the faoa. It Is as though the entire countenance were lighted from within. The expression that thoughts leave ran never be attained In any other way, becauwa tt la a lasting, worth while way at seeking beauty. "There la mo elaborate problem about It We simply acquire simplicity, and that bearing to show In outward thing, too. We arrange ear garments and our persona the way our mind dictates, and if the mind dictates simplicity how von 4ei fully fortunate we are. "To my mind, when I see a girl whose ere are rm edo fathomable, I recog also her trtmwdlatery aa a ktndred spirit. I know she thinks. I feel that she la pondering on the mysteries of things and they are reflected from within alt over her countenance. She Is Just a little more remote than are other people, but ever so much more Interesting. "Her mind is a study, revealing In out ward things traits of character. Her clothe aro an evidence of the simplicity ' yv Avi. . . . ' I - - ' - i . - - ; ' fs , j i-i 1 ' f - ' , " -i ' " If.V.Ji-'ifi k- j " n ,. Ill ' ':' V l,"f y jl - t . .... IK v4 X ELEANOR PAINTER, THE STAR IN "THD t-TT AC DOMINO." By JAXK r LEAK. Household Hints The Importance of a thorough airing at clothes after Ironing cannot be over. emphasised not only on the score of health, but on those of abpearance and rconomy. Clothes put away damp do not look smooth and well-finished when taken out for use, and there Is a danger t their becoming damaged by mildew. When scissors get blunt, sharpen them oy opening and moving backwards and forwards cn m piece of glass. Verdigris and staims may easily be re moved from brass and copper of rubbed with vinegar and salt. . .If new potatoes are put In water with V 4 a little common soda two hour before ' they are wanted they will then scrape quite easily. If tar should be split on any article, plaoe in a saucer the part of the article that Is spilled and pour pure olive oil over it. Let it soak all night, then wash in the usual way and the tar will have disappeared. To cool water without using Ice, get a slender glass test tube from any chem ist Half till it with nitrate of amonia salts, fill up with water, cork tightly. Shake till the salt is dissolved. Be care ful to wipe the outside of the tube dry In n order that all trace of the nitrate may be V X' 1 removed. Place this tube In a glass of water and stir as you would with a spoon. The water la rapidly chilled. The nitrate of amonia salts can be bought of tny chemist "What do I like to do best in the 'world?" said Miss Eleanor Painter, who Is singing her way to fame in the "Ldlao ! Domino" at the Forty-fourth Street thea ' ter. "If you want a truthful answer, I like to think. "Whenever I am not busy I think long and deep about things, things I want to know about and have never been able to learn, things that no one has ever de termined, anything worth while. Is an absorbing topic to me, and I think It should be to every woman, for two rea sons: "For one thing It helps not to hurt oth ersto appreciate their thoughts for un less we have thoughts of our own, how can we realise that the intensity of other people's thoughts? It Just simply cannot be done. "Thinking brings so much satisfaction In is wake. Personally and from an en- of a great mind. Oreat minds are never fussy. By fuaay I mean occupied with a great many little things that are not at all serious. Big minds have breadth and depth, and are capable of doing great things In the world. "How wonderful, then, If we all thought more than w do. Hew many mistakes would be avoided, how many more really great characters there would be In the world, and how much more worth while It would be Just to live." The Value that Men Place Upon Women's Cbthes It's for Men that Women Dress Husbands Are Proud of Wives Who Are Stylish and the Value They Place Upon Finery is to Blame for Woman's Extravagance. 0 Jlfillk I p ifM 1 illilift i ills 1 Little Bobbie's Pa ' Hy WILLIAM F. KIRK. The ladles of our new club, tho Social listers, has got a kind of a treat for our deer hush nils, sed Ma to Fa lost nlte, I bet you etui newer guess what It la. I doant know, sed I'a. unless you aro going to disband. I doant se where that wud be a treat to our husbands, sed Ma. No, deer, wo are going to have a prograssiv dinner. Tou mn are to bo our guesta for tho evening & we have got It first red so careful that It will only cost you IS a plate. That Is vary noabel A thoughtful of you. sed re. but what Is the nator of this pro-gresalv dinner? I hoap tt hesent got anything to do with progreaslv euker or pln-nuckel, beekaus I am so sick of playing cards that I shake every Unto I hear the word pasteboard. No, there are to be no cards, sed Ma, This la the Idea. This Is how the dinner Is to be served: Wo are going to start tho dinner here. I shall serve tha soup. Then we are all going to walk oarer to Musxtis Thornton's, across town, ft sho I going to sorvo the fish. Then wa all walk back about a mil to the Jonea house. MIskhs Jones la going to servo the roast From there we go up town to Missus Dodne's Js thare wo will be served with the sherbet A salad. Tho coffee tt desert will be served oaver on the West hide at Missus Hlake's. tt that la to bo the end of a Jolly eovnlng. I have herd of a lot of nutty things, sed Pa, but I think that Is about tho looniest way for a lot of grown op peepttt to have a dinner that was ewer planned. Nobody but a bunch of club wlmraoa wud ewer have thought of such a rldtk lus tdee. Why. thare Is about six miles of walking oandwitohed In with that din- r. How In the world wud poor old Thornton stand It. sed Pa, He ways oaver three hundred pounds, it wen ha walk a block his wind Is all gone tt ho oan hardly take another step. Missus Thornton sed that stte was affrade her husband wud objeok to It, sed Mi Wuddent you objeok to tt If yon wayed oaver thro hundred pounds? sed Pa. Tou mite have toald Missus Thornton that yure husband also objekted to any anch silly stunt I know a lot of ways that I cud enjoy a fin five dollar a plat din ner better than to chase all oaver tha oily oc grab It up In dabs, sed Pa. X shall not go. Then what la the use of us gurts trying to do anything with you, sed Ma. Wo flggered that aa long as yon bad all been so deer A put up so much munny for us, w ought to repay you by giving you this little dinner. It asm like a par feokly loglkal Idee to me. It la about aa near loglkal aa tho dear ladles ewer git aaythlng, sed Pa. Tako it from mo, wife, tho nlte you hare that hop, step A Jump dinner I ahall git oald Thornton A him A mo will dine alone down tow, ware wo can have everything: from soup to auts rite In tha salm room. I doaa't think you shud ret that way about It, sod Ma. Bum of tha husbands Uioughht It was a perfekly splendid Idee. Then let them go A walk thare toot hods off, sed Pa, but aa tor mo, wan I dine. I dine aft one table. A any road work I do 1 Intend to do between meals. That's tho kind of a progiea I dlaor X am, dad Pa. WHY SCRATCH? RESINOL WILL V STOP THAT ITCH The moment that Reelnol Ointment touches Itching skin tho Itching stops and healing begins. That Is why doctor havo prescribed It successfully for nine teen years la oven tha severest casea of ecsema. Utter, ringworm, rashe aad other tormenting, disfiguring skin erup tions. Aided by warm btths with Res in ol Soap, Reslnol Ointment makee the aia or scalp perfectly healthy, quickly .nslly aud at little cost. Keslnol Ointment contains nothing I -rsh or Injurious and can be used on ll't tenderest or most irritated surface. Practically every drug-gist sells Resinol O.ntment (itic and fl), and Realnol Eoap C&r). Pi Bj DOROTHY DIX. It I the custom when the subject of woman' many weaknesses and Inconsis tencies la broached, and the question Is naked, "Why does she do thus and so?" for man to , throw up his hands and answer, "You may search me." This Is particu larly the case when the discussion w a x e hot - and furious over the fact that the ma jority of women spend nearly all of their money, ani most of their time and brains on clothes. When you think of it seriously there is nothing on earth more pitiful than that wo man's whole hori- tun should be bounded on the north by a tailor-made frock, on the south by a chiffon evening gown, on tho west by a fur coat, and on the east by a Paris hat. and that all the intermediate spaces should be filled in by the flub-dub ends of finery. The chief object aim and ambition of ninety-nine women out of a hundred is clothes. To get clothes women steal and sell their very souls. To get clothes' they work their husbands and fathers to death, or plunge them Into ruin. Clothes clothes clothes! They dwarf every other subject every other Interest In the avers ge woman's mind. Their possession makes one the envied of her sex. Their lack la her bitterest loss. For them sh willingly, nay. gladly, sacrifices health and comfort and risk death Itself. There Is no other such unworthy altar a which such a oostly offering is daily made, ,and any one dispassionatsly view ing the matter may well ask why are women so mad on the subject of dress. And woman may truly adopt the old Adamite excuse snd answer, "The man thou gavest ine, he did it." Men will deny this. Mea will say that the simpler a woman la dressed the more they admire her. They will aay that they have long belabored woman for her toUy In lacing herself up In tlaht corsets aad perching herself up on French heels, and that they have pointed out to her that the Ideal dress for females Is a looso, warm garment that bangs from the shoul ders, and the proper shoe Is a broad, flat heeled affair 'that brings the support for tha body In the right place. Therefore, j they will contend that woman ha no right to lay her coronet braids, and puffs, and merry widow hats at their doors. These are fine, fair words and every man who utters them means them in the abstract. But not for tha womankind with whom he associates. That la another pair of sleeves entirely, and it Is a solemn and Incontrovertible fact that the most ardent advocate of dress reform for ' women would be caught dead In preference to being seen In public with a lady garbed In the fashion of his theories. Woman' business In life for centuries has been the study of man. Her whole well being ha depended entirely upon pleasing his tastes and whims, and tha consensus of the experience of the whole sex Is that man values woman according to her looks, and her looka depend upon the way In which she adorns herself. A woman may have the wit and wisdom of Aspasla In her head, but if the hair on It U grizsled and cropped short you will sea every man turn from her to the brainless little doll whose golden locks are perfumed and coif fu red In the latest style A woman may havo a heart that over flow with tenderness and love and gen erosity, but if It beat under a frowsy, ill-mude frock every man will pass her ; by for some selfish and narrow woman who Is a living fsshlon plat. A woman may be the moat lively aad Intelligent of companiona, but sho will scintillate In vain If she appear In publlo in a gown of the vintage of 1100 aad a hat that la a laat year's bird neat Mea who are honest say right out that they like to take women out who aro "swell dressers." and thla Is true whether the woman is a man's own wife or some other man' daughter. Men are proud of wives who are stylish. They like to take them about whereas a wife who neglects her personal apptarance and goes shabby, even when she Is animated la so doing by the laudable desire to save her hus band' money and help him, sovn find that aha la left at home. She doesn't know why, and perhapa the man never admit It to himself, but the real reason la bo Is ashamed to be seen with a woman who isn't smartly dressed. It Is contended, and with Justice, that the Mother Hubbard wrapper In the fam ily circle is responsible for much of the divorce evil; for man, who is enamored of the trim and trig and neat. Is not al ways able to bear with fortitude the com parison between the untidy, blowsy, un glrded wife that ha left behind him and the aptck-and-apan shlrt-waisted stenog rapher that he finds at his office. Hence, It hss become an axiom of do mesticity that a woman must dress and take thought of her clothes If she wants to retain her hurband'a love. One of the first things that a business woman finds out is that ths better she dresses the better she gets along. Cus tomers modulate their tone to her In strict key to the styls of her gown. Of fice boy, clerks, policemen, take on look at her clothes, and turn her down gruffly or speed her on her way with civility, accordingly. Ifer appearance Is the key that unlocks or shuts door, and tha loss she apparently needs to have things done for her the more she gets them. Is It any wonder, then, that when men place such a value upon women's clothes that women, who must pleas men either aa sweetheart, wives or workers, learn to put dress above everything else? It la tha loglo of the situation, for If men are going to Judge woman by her gowns it la up to her to put her best Intelligence and her supreme effort Into the thing that means success or failure for her. Therefore, men may talk until their tongue hang out about the Idiocy of woman' foolish, unhygienlo and expen sive clothes, but as long as the girt with the smallest waist Is asked aftenest to dance other girls are going to lace: as long as women ace that It Is always a high-heeled shoe and silk stockings that are permitted to trample over mea no woman Is going In voluntarily for bro gan and woollen hosiery. It' for men that women dress. It' men who are to blame for women' ex travagance, because men demand an at tractive appearance of woman, and clothes are an aid to beauty when you have good looks, and a pretty fair sub stitute for pulchritude when you haven't got it. In certain of the fashions of the mo ment one notes a combination of the styles aboul to depart and those Just coming In. Strange as It may seem, thsre Is not wanting an attractiveness about such model that will, undoubtless, tide them over the trying In-between season when womsn are tired of the fashions that aro offered In purely a tentative way Such a model Is the costume shown In the sketch. It Is made of biscuit colored cloth In the popular covert weave. The skirt is short and wide. Skirts, by the way, are getting wider by the day one could almost say by the hour. The cir cular cut 1 favored, but a sort of coin promise model hss the front snd back In panel arrangement and the sides with the modish circular flare. The long, pointed basiue. such as the shepherdesses of Watteau always wear, is Introduced as the salient feature of tho model. It Is slashed on either side to disclose a sort of eton decorated with braid eunbroltforias, and In this combina tion of eton and basque la found tha be-twoen-saason style to which allusion ha already been made. The sash Is used In a comparatively new manner In thla model. By way of accentuating the white note Introdused In the buttons, the chapeau worn with this Interesting oostum I of white velvet, smell ,Jn shape and posed low on one side of tho head to show tha close-bruslied trehses of tho opposite aid. Tho trimming consists of a fur fluff at tachod to the side, wh'ch adorns, with out marring, the simple and excellent lines of tlio hat. Fur thoBe of coimervutiv tastes tho model could be reproduced In tha ser viceable navy serge, with button of bluo velvet or smoked pearl, and the fiaah of dull plaited taffeta. In this case the hat would be black or dark blue velvet, with the fur ornament left Intact or replaced by one of dull gilt. TOOK PRINCE FOR BOOK AGENT When It was annouaced that Jama J. Hill had donated I2B.0U0 for tM sufferers In Belgium his personal friends reman bered tho close friendship which h had with tha king of Belgium. Before his accession to th throne tho young prince visited this country, and while touting th northwest was tha gueat of Mr, HUU traveling over tha Northern Pactflo railroad in tha snag nate's own private oar, and aooom panted by Hill himself or hi son Saw As the train was approaching Ana conda, Mont., the Hilla were eompallod to make a aide excursion, and told Prince Albert that he would be well taken cam of If he would look up Editor J. H. Eua ton of ths Anaconda Standard. Mr. Duston, who bad been at hie desk until 4 a. na.. was awakened at a. m. by a continuous ringing of his doorbell. Throwing on a dressing gown, ba went, growling, to tha door, and whan b saw a alight, modest looking young nan the book agent Idea flashed through bis ' head. "Well, what la itr" he grumbled. Stammering slightly and much embar rassed, the young man. now kins of Belgium, produced his card. For the next few minutes the editor waa by far th mora embarrassed ef tho two, but th meeting resulted In a most enjoyable day spent In the Standard of-, flcs and th mines and oluba of th Mon tana clty.-New York World. Advice to Lovelorn 67 Bettrka Fairfax I I-ook for Other Work. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young man 25. i have kept company with three dif ferent girls. Now I iiave a girl li.mi I . think the world of, but ae will ni go 1 a 1th me unless I give up my uoMition. as she dues not ilka it. 1 have no other v.a. II le means of suppurt and also love the girl. 11. II. J. In these times when positions and money are scarce, it would be rash to give up one place until you have an other. But why not look about and See what other work you can fit yourself for? If the girl you love is ambitious for you. so much the better for both of you. Try to find work that will satisfy her and the best In you. Walt n Few Years. Dear Miss Fairfax: I aro a girl of 23 and deeply in love with a young man of 21. My people make fun of rue because I am older than he is. He wants me to marry him. but I am afraid to say yea to account of those that laugh. We love each other dearly. Is he too young to marry? Or should I wait a couple of year? Io you think the difference In our agea will make any difference In our lov? KL'TH ROOfcRH. A man of U la rather young for mar riage, so perhaps It would bo well to wait a year or two. The difference In your ages Is not worth considering, so don't be affected by tha silly laughter of lople who ought to be attending to their own affair Instead of to your. A aaaaaaer Flirtation. Iear Miss Fairfax: During the summer I im-t a young man whom I have grown to like very much. When he went away he promised to write to me and come to see me often, but I never received but one card from him, and that was nearly (wo weeks after he left. I answered him by letter, but have never received an answer. Now do you think if he really cared for me as much as he shewed he would act this way? EDITH M. Indeed I don't think this young men cared for you seriously or merits any more thought from you. Just dismiss him from your mind as soma one who you met In passing and enjoyed tempo rarily. Is Ha Cadt Dear Miss Fairfax: I hava been keeping company with a young man I love dearly, bi t ti.re is one thlna we cannot see tha aame view in. Ha says that If I love hint 1 should give him something to resjiember m. by rlnt or watch or money. How there never ran be anyth.ng between us. lie writes this request aad though I da not think It honorable I feel that. 1 would like to do anything for him. ANXIOUS. A man who asks a girl for a nraasat either has no pride at ail or la Just ona of those cads who prey upon women for support Iiave no aaora U do wUJk hiso. j Quickest, Surest Cough Remedy Is Homo-Made Bestir Preyorad In a Few Mla ntea. . 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