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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1914)
i " ' ' - ' " " y -i m , , IMm. ! . i ,, , TllK i.KK; OMAHA, 1 Ktl)Al, lM'A,.litj',U 1?. 1HU. - - - """ " ...... - - . - . .. . , . , . ji i i . i. i ,i , ...... i. L I . n rr i ii i i ii in ' . r mr SB 1 1 J tt- ii i : & i rr ' i"-U-- ' . , , , , Why My Husband Left Me wo t. trllO v . - a shy. riorbld myself, slwnys By DOROTHY Il.X. I loit my husband," said the eighth woman, "because I wss over-sensltlve. "In poem and novels th woman who is all quivering sensibilities, find shrinks under a touch aa does the mimosa, Is an alluring and romantic figure, but, believe me, she be longs tn a book. She has no place In the Klve--end-tak of do mrstlo life, where I h e chief .'requisite for happiness la po srsflng an epidermis tlilrk enough to turn off famlljr Jabs as I lie hide of a rhln i ' pros tilrns off spoar I h rusts. "Now I am the neat original human sensitive plant. As .a child i was a cry Isby. As a girl lwss rcst'ire,- dlstruRtful of l.nuslning that 1 was being passed over, nl fancying slights In every careless nord and look. "I married a man who was Just a man. He was a fine fellow In every wsy, but I', was a purely masculine way. Me was r holesome, and practical, and commnn-M-iislcal. and the least subtle and psychic ! rnon that I have ever met. "Why he picked me out for a wife I do i.it know. Perhaps women of the shy m.'I retiring violet type appeal to men of lis kind. Perhaps It was my very differ ence to hmv that . attracted him before marriage, 'a ' It bored him afterwards. Many men, . fancy, marry women In a vain attempt to solve a feminine conun drum that piques their curiosity, and whore answer . they; never guess, and of ulilcJh, after, a time, M they weary trying io unriddle. . .'. ' Well, wo Were married, and instead of f lulling that. I was the gentle little house hold pet that ho had supposed I would ' my husbgnd discovered that I bristled with 'feelings' as a porcupine does with, 'uills. and I'was'Just about. as tooth ing and. pleasant as a., companion. :-, He nr-vei- could know how' I was going to take anything, or when he was going to wound my precious sensibilities, or when nt some perfectly Innocently Intended word or act on his; part X. would burst Into tears and fly to my room. VI used to be sorry for myself. I now I'lt'jj myNpoor husband. Living with me must have fceen as nerve-wearing a pro ceeding as trying to walk on eggs, for my feelings were spread out all over the place, and to keep from treading on them required more than mortal skill and agility. "My husband was a busy man, hard worked and full of cares, and having as sured me' a million times that he loved me, and assumed my support for life to prove it, he naturally supposed that the question was settled and that he might a about his other affairs in peace. Hut my sensitiveness would not brook this. "If a day passed that he did not swear that he worshiped me I Imagined myself neglected. If he failed to kiss me when he hurried off In the morning I saw In that an unmistakable Indication that he had wearied of me and had fallen in love with some other woman and by nJght I had worked myself up. Into such a state of hysterical Jealousy that It took hours of persuasion and asseveration of his undying affection to culm me. "Such scenes were a frequent oecurr rence in our home and while they grati fied my morbid vanity, for that is all that sensitiveness Is, they gradually killed my husband's affection for. me. They made love duty and obligation. Instoad of a gift. They mad' him know that ho was under contract to deliver a kiss every morning as long as he lived or elite pay for the lack of it with a scene and when a woman forces that Issue, she has lost out. "My accursed sensitiveness also, killed all confidence between my husband and myself. We could never discuss A he most trivial affair without my getting my feelings hurt. If he said that we could not afford this or that, I would immediately become furiously angry bora use I imag ined that he Intended a covert criticism of the way I managed the household, and I would say that if he thought I was too extravagant, it was a pity he hadn't married some woman, who was a better financier. '"Ami sn it went. I made any, comrade ship between .lis impossible, for how can you chaim with a woman who goes about with a chip on her shoulder always look ing for' offense1, always suspiciously the worst, and. with whom any frank conver sation Is absolutely impossible? "After a while my husband "grew tired of trying to handle me with kid gloves I and sidestepping my supersensitive feel- Ings. Instead of inviting me to weep on! th. second button .of his waistcoat when! I burst into .tears at nothing he slammed j the door behind him and told me not to ! act like a fool. And that was the end. ij lost him through coddling my sensibilities I instead of trying to act like a rational human being." . To Every Mother for Every Child Republished by Special Arrangement with Harper's Bazar l A Kussiiui suggestion; white, edged in ennine. I). The wee gillie eoaeh uian's euH is 'delightfully (inint. The Hoft felt lint of laniioniziiiif coloring is banded in Mnck velvet. The Untrained Girl '"Hy IRENE WESTOX1 ' "A social problem that Is faced too late." That, it seems, is the stage at which tha i ii trained girl has arrived she has be come a "social problem." There are numerous counts In, the in II finent brought against the modern girl by her candid friends In the newspapers that she is aimless, thriftless, obsessed by n craving for new sensations, spotted for work, spoiled even , for, pleasure, and xitolled for marriage. But all . these count in the Indictment coma back. to the point that she Is untrained and undisciplined lor the life that lies before her. Tha pessimist sees the modern girl chiefly in relation to the matrimonial market and ths conventional avenue through which she ought to approach it, making too little allowance for, and see ing only evil in, the call to woman from the wide sphere of the world's activities. It is too, late to quarrel with this drift ing away of the modern girl into the -activities of life into positions side by side with her brothers, and where she may even yet find her future husband. The real lesson In this tragedy of the un trained girl, over whom social tears are shed at the thought of what may become of her in the matrimonial market, is. not that she is spoiling herself aa a woman, but that she is apt to let go the old moor ings before she is able to swim. It cannot le said that her educators have done nothing for her, but they have not taught l.er how to respond most effectually to the spirit of the age, which is calling i pon gltls and women to share in the work of the world, aide by side with men. There Is always hope for the untrained lioy In the labor markets of the world, for there Is always someone who-sees the potential man within him, and for that i rospect is willing to taku a ifttle trouhlo i "lick him into shape." for the chance of his becoming a useful, permanent worker in the concern.. For the boy, there Is no "social problem." Not so for the business girl who "goes to the city," for xhe must go with her credentials ready tallied, and be fit to tako up skillod work required of her at once, and very often handicapped by her "social problem" which has Imld back cot.sent for her to t,i-t the fitness. it is Just here, in the difference be tween the start of the boy and tne girl, that one is brought up against this little nagtdy of the untrained girl, who by (Uucallon and upbringing has been al lowed to drift and to "face the aoclal problem oo late." Ther are many girls' brooding over their inactive life,' and , possibly other reasons why they would like to be "doing something" to itdd to i the family exchequer consoling them- j selves with the thought thst tiiey can ! "become private' secretaries" if things j come to the worst'and simply and solely j on the strength, of their social upbrlng- j lng as a recommendation. , U TO CLEAR AVaY PIMPLES Kathe your face for several minutes with Resinol Soap and, hot mater, then apply a little Ileslnol Ointment very gently. Let this stay on ten minutes, vand wash off with Resinol Soap and more hot water, finishing with a dash of cold water to close the pores. Do this once or twloe a day, and you will be astonished to find how quickly the heal ing, antiseptic Resinol medication soothes and cleanses the pores, removes pimples and blackheads, and leaves the complex ton clear and velvety. Kcainol Ointment and Iteainol Soap rtop itching Instantly and speedily heal akin humors, rashes, wounds and chafing. Sold by all druggists. Doctors have prescribed Resinol for nearly It Is not that these things family con- -j nectlons, etc. do hot count for sdnwthtng i In a girl's chances fof confidential work: ' they do, but to put them first is putting the cart before the. horse. Without hard : work and hard training no amount of : social recommendations Is of any avail, i and the untrained girl must not expect ! that these alone Will gain her the open I sesame to the position of confidential j clerk or private secretary In a big office. ' It remains for the hardest taskmaker ; the metropolis with Its eternal treadmill j of work and its dally ebb and flow of ' Its great tide of human workers to en- J force its stern lesson upon Oi untrained girl, wnen me Business man iirsi was Inclined to have his letters written in the new way, he was ready to take the first who came along qualified to write those letters on the typewriter,, with often but little regard to other considerations af fecting the credit of that work. He could not afford to wait until he had trained a girl In his business, for he wanted, her services for a definite piece of work and at once. The vague notion of twenty years ago of what was meant by "some knowledge of shorthand and typewriting" was re sponsible for the invsslon of offices by an army of young girls, and for a time the sudden demand attracted the wrong I class of girls as rejgards general educa- j tlons. Blnce that time there has been ! a great change In the training of girls j for the better class of appointments, and , In the business man's appreciation of the better educated girl and the big business offices can fairly claim to have among ita girl and women clerical workers some of the finest all-round woman clerks and secretaries In the world. There are still, however, too many entering office's with either inadequate education or Insuf ficient training, in technical skill, and the lesson for the untrained girl Is still one upon the learning of which much of her welfare as 'a worker must depend. It Is not too much to say that the trouble of the business man with tha un trained girl would have been greater but for the good offices of the business train ing schools, and the sifting agencies of the employment bureaus run by the lead ing typewriter burea'Js. lletween these two agencies the employer gets a better trained girl than formerly and one better suited to his particular needu. In the manager's office of the employ ment bureau of one of the leading type writer companies recently the writer found the manager surrounded by a small crowd of applicants, chiefly girls of vary ing types and ages, and he was engaged in the process of selecting the most suit able for filling particular vacancies en tered upon that morning's register. ' Weed ing out the unfit," he called It, and he added as a reason for this process: "Employers are 'now prepared te pay a better salary than formerly, but thay want a higher class of work. We still have too many come to us who, although they can pass our test in shorthand and typewriting,, show a want of good fcoms training and, general-education." What la the remedy for the untrained girl In business? On this point we gath ered that the schools should be careful not to admit girls for technical subjects with defective general education. i mrn tester cvS" ''L ' '' ls ...... . i a. ('M'tea . kTJ. Like a picture-book coat JifSiJJm.-lf-i is-this model, in greea golfine, pUffitfc iSpk with yellow nnd black buttons i-S J;-' and white fox collar, and cuffs.- LtA . tSti PPiSl1 mti&l ;:liB Mysteries of Nature and Science IS,- ..4 A. A dear little snowbird is tho lassie in her white broad cloth coat the fur edging1 of collar and cuffs tailless ermine. " E.-This "bestest best" coat is of pale jiink peau do Boie with the cape outlined in mink fur. A frill of lace frames the little face nnd the soft civwn of the hat is of peau de aoie.. ' F. A pimple little model which nay be developed in linen or cloth, tlie bolt being of patent leather. ' " ' ' ii. This is a new cut to the trousers of this Dickens suit of imported poplin, achieved by a short ening .of the seam on, the outside of the leg. The shirt is of the poplin. II. Ruffles just like mamma's flare from the skirt of fine net on this party dress. Pink satin rib bon, matching the silk foundation, runs through net' shirring at the waist line. -Yellow embroid ery and smocking lend distinction to thU gown of striped mad ras. To carry out fur ther the color scheme, the belt, collar and cuffs are of' yellow linen. K. Bi g 1 si ster wil 1 wear to the party u blue crepe de 'chine dress, with, a plaited skirt, saucy . lace basque ruffle, 'black velvet girdle, laco gnimpe, and little vel vet bows: Is There a Life After Death on This Earth? By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, (Copyright, 1914, by Btar Company.) The editor of the Christian Common wealth of London, England, has sent out thn following list of -Questions tn be an swered by -thinking people, and - hs solicited earnest mi. answers: 1. Do you wish to live again, or for ever T '.j Do you hope to, or are you confident that you will survive bodily death? If you are uncertain, on which side do the prob abilities to ; yo seem to He? 2. On what ground do you base base your belief (or disbelief) In immor tality? . 1 Do you think the Individual will persist and Indefinitely',' or' forever as a entity? 4. Can- you form any conception of the nature of life after -"death?" e. g., shall we have form, substance, senses, local relation, etc?-What shall we det I. Shall we renew early relation and acquaintance? ... & Can you .suggest any Answers to the obvious difficulties In the way ef believ ing in the -eorslaf nee of the Individual? 1. Have ..you. asvjr personal experience, or can you adduce 'evidence la support of ths view that the so-called dead are still llvtag and aetiveT .. ' . 1 Do you tulnk belief la personal Im- continue separate mortality Is growing or declining? . Finally, If the life of the individual ends with his earthly career, and ths life of the race ceases when the earth is no longer habitable, everything being as though It had' not been, would you' say that "the game was worth the candle?' Will you kindly reply as early as con venient? 1. Yes, I certainly desire to live again and to live forever. I fully expect to live on. Kverythlng that I see, hesr, think, believe or know strengthens this belief. 2. On the ground (hat whatever is, must always have been and must con tinue to be. It is Impossible to think of a time when nothing existed. If there was a great void that void must have con? talked alt the principles and all the ele ments and all the powers which made the unlverss afterward.- Io those prin ciples, elements and powers the Immortal me of me must have existed at that period. ,liav)ng. existed o long.lt cannot perish. - ' . ' 1.1 think the individual who has used hra mind, actively and Intensely in any way, will live op through many realms and slpirtual planes after death as aa In dividual People find Just the kind of haven or hell which their' thoughts have aisds. Thoughts are things and we are creating every moment and hour of life tbe conditions which will surround us fhtn we leave this earth plane. The very Inert and JeOyfUh sort of mentality Is not taking any place for Itself la a future life. It will disintegrate and go back. -1 I form a very clear conception of the nature of life after death en the premises already stated.-, The ntaa who thinks of mttxliiff1! tals World; ' better,', helping his fellow men, developing the best within himself, beautifying his personality and his surroundings; that man will find a very beautiful heaven awaiting him, and ha will be surrounded with beings llks unto himself, who have thought similar thoughts and lived similar Ideals. He will find work awaiting him and useful ness without end. Advanced souls given the task of awakening those who have dlud in Ignor ance, who have disd without sny spiritual development or understanding to a knowledge of their situation. Hundreds of thousands of human beings reach the spirit world and It long periods of time are unconscious that they have died, be cause they find the conditions surround ing them quite like those they left on earth. The first step toward their ad vance in spiritual life must corns from making them aware of the experience of death. 5. Yes, we should renew earthly ac quaintances and relations whan those relations have been on the same spiritual Plane. The mere act of death does not ohangs souls.- The difference between the spirit realms and the earth plane Is that each soul in the spirit world will be attracted to his own kind, and It will be Impossible for him to associate with other i kinds save as he goes forth on benevolent journeys All social life In the spirit realm will be that of elective affinities. I. With my positive belief and. to trie, perfectly satisfactory evidence of the ex istence of the soul after death, I can con ceive of no difficulties which can be called obvious in this belief. T. Yes, many experiences, satisfying, conclusive, impossible to give In a brief article, convince me that the ''so-called dead are still living." t. I think "bel!f in personal Immor tality" la growing at tbe same raUo la Advice to' Lovelorn r By aBATmxoa tax-xtax "Manning" a Debtor. Desr Mies Fairfax) Will yo( kindly de cide the following question: A says if a girl owea him morey he has a perfect rlxht to ask for ssme. B ssys he should wslt until the girl in question gets ready to pay It back. W1L1AM. - A girl should not borrow money from a man. If she does, he is free to treat her as he would any male debtor. Ask once for your money, but do not herrasa your debtor with duns. Marrlrd Woman as a Wage Keener. Dor Miss Fairfax: Is there any shanMb or harm lor a woman to work after she is marriea.;.. I mean Just for a while to' get inings susiglitoned up. lisve a nice position and wouldn't know what to do at home ull alone anvwsy. A CONSTANT READER. -Married 1 ly (JAKHKTT V. HKKVISH. n J n ! "i.'an voti kIo me "y Information about the l".aa tree, which was used 'tnf' j gum? by the native tof Celebes?) to en- j venotn the bamboo darts (of blowpipes?)?, , Mow wns the poison f ; ohtalneil ' How far, approximately, could ' the nntlv-s shoot. If they dlil use blow Mlies'.' lint deadly H the poison? M. M. T. ' The fame of the l'pas tree was first HreHd nbrosd by a Dutch physician nameil Koersrh In 17. He wrote a wild story about Its wonderful properties j In the narrative- of j his travels In Java. Ho did not invent I the fable, which, seems Io have made a Icrp Impression wherever It was read, but based his sccount upon the assertions of the natives of Javs, many of whom, it is said, still believe It to be true. This story, or tradition, is to tha effect that the mere prcsenre of the t'pas tree is fatal to both vegetable and animal life because of n mvsturlous emanation or vapor laulng from It. Foeraoh, describ ing the tree as growing ip a valley, said that not another tree or a blade of grass, wis found In thst' valley or on the sur rounding mountains. "Not a beast, or a bird, or a reptile, or any living thing. I lives In the vicinity of the tree." Foersch's narrative had an extraordi nary success, and the t'pas tree almoptj Immediately passed Into literature as a symbol of anything , baneful In the moral, world. The lines of" the poet larwln In- dk-atrf this: "On th IiI-(mH lk..ifh Fell I'pus sits, the hydra-tree of death. In th mldillo of the last century a specimen of the Ill-famed tree was taken to England and cultivated In the Keat, j bolaniu gardens, where the falsity of the I slots- pf . Its deadly Influence upon Its i surroumllngn wss quickly demonstrated'.' It Is true, however, that the vlseld, ycM low ssp that Issues from the extraordlf ' uarlly thick bark of the Upaa tree when It is cut. and which stiffens Into a brown gum, U poisonous.' , From' this sap the natives of Java and other parts of the Malay archipelago and! peninsula make a poison for their arrow tins, which kills by tetanic convulsions. t. l U also true that wbsn the hark Is' much injured in cutting down the tree a ' noxious exhalation comes from It which is cupuhlo of producing cutaneous erup- ' tlons. Ilka those caused In some person by exposure to the common "poison Ivy."' The smoke from the burning tree (s said to nro.duce similar effects. ' Yet the wooe' Is Innocuous, end is used for making fur nltur.e, til .. poisonous properties, belmf confined to' the nnrk. i "' The Upas belongs to a family compris ing trees. . shrubs and climbing vines which Is related to the nettle family. It is Included In the order, of the I'rticales, "stinking" or "burning" plants. ' Tbeylarts, or small arrows, used by the savagu who employ the Upas or other' poison lure usually shot from blowpipes, a species of weapon found in many parts' of the' uncivilised world. The best de scrlptlon of one of these curious guns with which J am acquainted ' may be' found in Mr. Bates' book. "The Natur alist on the River 'Amazon." In Soutli America 'the poison used is called vari ously urars, curare, woorarl or wooraltl' It Is extracted from a plant of the" Btrychnos genus, from which we get the. ordinary strychnine. . . The Amason blowpipe, Mr. Bates says. Is nine or ten feet long and made of 'I two lengths of wood, each scooped out" to form one-half of the tube, and than firmly bound together by spirally wound strips of palm and finally covered and . polished with . black wax. ' The produc tlon of a good, accurate shooting tube re' quires an enormous amount of painstak ing labor. The tube tapers toward tlttt outer end, while the heavier end la fur- nliiheH with 'ft enn-uhnndwl wmm maii4I. I Piece. . The whole-enearatua la e heavw (hat It' requires strong and practiced arms to poise It steadily. Young; boy. practice with small, light pipes. women are more and more coming to see the wisdom of working and help their husbands bear the financial burdens. Keep on working and" try to Isy ti something for a rslny dsy. Let Her Alone. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am s man of about ar. years and am decpiy in love wlh a girl fifteen years my. Junior. I have ben keeping company with her for ovr a year and attempted to kiss hr good night recently end when I ssked her if I could come bsck she turned me down end refuses tn speak when 1 meet her on the street, i'lease advise m at oiu what to do to win her love again be 'auso I cunnot live without ln r. ' . . 15UOKEX IIBARTKD. ' According to your statement, it Is quite apparent the young lady does not cars for you. You did -wrong in trying to kiss her agsinst her will. At your st,e, experience, if pot philosophy, should have taught you there Is little daager of dying from a broken heart. , That often happens' In story books,, but' rarely in real Ufa. which theology Is declining: I. No; the game would not be worth the candle. But life does not end with this brief earth career. It goes on and on through many wonderful, beautiful and Inspiring realms until the spirit If agala called to reincarnate In earth form, until ail the lessons have been learned which this one .realm can offer. Thee will come a period of contemplation and supreme bliss, and then new cycles will occur snd n universes will be formed, and new adyenturea will await the lm- j mortal spirit of man. 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