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Earning Wife on Home?
'Hitch Your Waaon to a Star' By Nell Brinklcy
O t'op tight, ll'l.'i. lutein I News Service.
LENTEN GOWNS must observe the idea of being chic
without being conspicuous. The high girdle the full
skirt are being tried out. They seem to be the advance
idea of the spring mode.
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By DOROTHY DIX.
The real problem Involved In the ques
tion of whether a wife should earn money
nuUlde of the home or not is the effect
that It has on her husband.
If a man la poor.
and the wife has the
ability to make
money It would seem
nothing hut reason
able that she should
do so, and thus add
to the family com
fort and prosperity.
If a woman has
fitted herself to fol
low gome trade or
Profession whereby
she can earn a pood
salary It seems noth
ing more than Just
for her to eontln'ie
to follow It instead
of being put to doing
the work of a
maid for whl
ha neither training
nor aptitude.
If a woman elect to follow after mar
riage gome work outside of the home is
emg nothing but fair that she should
lay her own way. as she gives to her
husband none of the labor that a wife
ordinarily performs In the home.
1'ufler present economic and social con
1itlnng there are a thousand good and
valid reasons why the woman who has
followed a gainful occupation before mar
riage should continue to follow It after
marriage, If he marries a man who Is
poor and struggling.
But there Is one tragic objection to it
and that Is that It almost Invariably
ruins the man. Also In some way that Is
utterly beyond feminine comprehension it
seems to kill a man's love for his wife.
I leave It to psychologists to explain
this phenomenon of the mascullng tem
perament. I can't, but t merely state it
as a fact that the more a woman tries to
help her husband, and the harder ahe
laves for him, the less he cares for her.
and the legs consideration she shows her.
If you are inclined to dispute this
proposition remember the long line of
dressmakers and hoarding houne keepers,
and every other class of money earning
women you have ever known and try to
recall one who had a husbnnd that was
ven ordinarily decent and kind to her.
On the other hand the more no ac
count, and demanding, and exacting a
wife la, the more her husband cherishes
her and Indulges her. The Ideal wife
from a man's point of view appears to
re a mlUatone about his neck instead of
a ladder by which to climb.
Perhaps the woman who can earn as
good salary as her husband, and who Is
perfectly capable of taking care, of her.
self. lacks something- of the clinging vine
that a man associates with femininity,
and so she does not make as strong an
appeal to his affection.
Perhaps her vsry ability and com
petence to stand alone arouse In him
ome vague sense of rivalry and an
tagonism. At any rate It doeen't endear
woman to her husband for her to make
Read it Here See
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photo-drama corresponding to the install
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ators. By arrangement made with the
Mutual Film corporation It ia not only
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day. but also afterward to see moving
j not urea illustrating- our story.
(Copyright, 1915. by Serial Pulblcatlon
Corporation.)
KJGHTII EPISODK.
Her Husband's Enemies).
CHAPTER I.
"There you ar"' snn screamed, and as
her gaze nettled from its swift roving:
into a fixed direction, one man came to
life and rose the black Vondyked Gil
bert Ulye. "There you are:" she screamed
again, and aha started to twist her way
tmniuf the tables toward her long lost
mate. "You will stay away from home,
'h! Tou will run around with other
avomen! Tou will"
A door In the corner opened and closed,
and Gilbert Ulye was on the other side
of it! A fat man laughed, llonoria Ulye
turned on them all and began to tell
them just what she thought of their club.
A half dozen attendants regained con
sciousness snd crowded round her. One
of them, indulging in soothing talk, ac
ridentally laid his hand on her sleeve,
and she left four red linos on his face.
(For the first time in. Its dignified history
that rlub resounded with the shrill
Have Dark Hair
and Look Young
Jhin't stay gray! Xololy ran tell
when you darken gray, faded hall'
with Kane Tea and Sulphur.
Grandmother kept her hair beautifully
darkened, glossy and abunlant with a
lnew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. When
ever her hair fell out or took on tl at dull,
laded or streaked appearance, tills simple
mixture was applied with wonderful ef
lert. By asking at any drug store lor
"U'yeih'a Saae and Sulphur Compound,"
- oil will get a large bottle of this old
time lecipe, ready to use, for about 60
cents. This simple mixture can he de
pended upon to restore natural color and
beauty to the hair and is splendid for dan
druff, dry. itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist says
everybody uses Wyeth'a huge snd Sul
phur, because It darkens so naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell It has been
fippllea-lt a so easy to use, too. You
simply dampen a comb or soft brush and
craw It through your hair, taking one
s'rund at a time, liy morning the gray
hair disappears: Mri. r another application
l two. It is reMored l,, its natUlHl ii 1 lr
and looks glossy, soft and abundant.
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money, and if sr.e expects him to be
grateful to her for helping to support the I
family she will find herself very much I
disappointed. It never works out that I
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Another unpleasant effect of the wags i
earning wifo on her husband Is that she '
kills In him all sense of responsibility for j
a family. The wife who can support her- i
self almost Invariably has to do It and i
th rhlMrn inta thm harffaln whit tha '
man spends his wasei on himself.
This Is a common phase of human na
ture. We are all Inclined to sit back and
let others bear the heat and burden of
the day If they are willing and able to
do it. The man who Is married to a
helpless woman knows that he has got
to get out and hustle to keep bread In
the mouths of his family, and he does It.
but if he knows that his wife will go
forth and earn the family living, he la
mighty upt to spend his money In the
corner saloon. The statistics of mill
towns, where the women work In fac
tories, show the men to be the most
worthless of the world.
The evil goes even farther, and the man
whose wife la a capable money earner,
oftener than not becomes a worthless
loafer. The danger of pauperizing a hus
band Is really the greatest one that the
business or professional woman faces.
She don't want to give up her work, and
yet ahe does not want to see her hus
band become a contemptible male para
site. For If a man lacks energy and ambi
tion, or Is fond of his ease, he Is almost
certain to drift into depending on his
wife, and letting her support him if ahe
is a money earner. The wife keeps the
pot boiling, there's a comfortable place
to stey, and plenty of good food, whether I
he works or not. so he gradually quits j
working, whereas if he would either have
hAd to labor or starve, he wnulri hav I
worked.
The problem of the wage-earning wife
is enc that has coma to stay. Women
must oil her help earn the family living
or else be old maids, because the aver
age man does not earn enough under
present financial conditions to support
u family In comfort. Also the millions
of girls who have been trained to gain
ful occupations are not willing to give
up their good Jobs and the work they like,
to go Into a poor man's kitchen when
they marry. These conditions necessi
tate a new adjustment in the whole atti
tude of men toward the wage-earning
wife, and so the solution of the problem
is up to the husband.
The trouble with the whole matter Is
that while we have a new woman, man
ia still the same old Adam. He must be
made to see that the future marriage
must be a financial parterehlp as well as
a union of hearts, that it is no more
affront to his dignity for his wife to help
lilm by miking money than It Is for her
to cook his dinner, and that the fact
that she Is willing' to go out Into , the
world to work for their mutual good
should be an Inspiration for his redoubled
effort, Instead of an Invitation to sit
down and smoke while she does the work
of bcth,
it at the Movies.
echoes ot a confirmed scold. The chuck
ling fat man achieved an Inspiration. He
came up and said confidentially.
"Tour husband is slipping out of the
basement."
When Honoria reached the imposing
entrance she was Just In time to see
Scattl slamming the door of the luxurious
limousine, and as that brilliantly lighted
car sped down the street with Gilbert
Blye reclining comfortably amid the soft
.cushions a peal of laughter filled the
block.
llonoria sprang Into her electric coupe
and, turning on all the "Juice," wheeled
down the street In mad pursuit- But at
last she gave up the chase and went
home.
A. nurse wiili pink c!teoas awakened
June In the morning, and as the patient
opened hor eyes the two pretty girls
smiled their appreciation of each other.
"How are you this morning?' aaked
the nurae. preparing to put a thermometer
between June's red Hps.
"Perfectly well, thank you," laughed
June, tossing her waving brown hair
back from her shoulders as she raised
up. "How Is Mrs. Vlllardr
"A slight sprain." explained the nurse
brightly. "Hue will be able to go home (
In time for dinner this evening. My, but
you folks had a lucky accident! Tou
must lie down until the doctor comes."
"I'm going to get up." announced June.
"Against orders. My dear, you cust
stay in bed until Dr. Kemert says you
may get up."
"Is he the one with the funnv rH IH.
j burns?" and June looked down over tho
Plain, coarse white nightgown In which
she had been put to bed. "Where are
my clothes?"
"You're not ready for them." and the
pretty oursc smiled In triumph. "Come
In!"
This last was in answer to a knock on
the door, but before it could open June
had hopped back Into bed with ono
siring, ."lie snd the pretty nurse were
luughinh- at each other In the sheer light
lieiited-ie.s of youth when the dni tor
with the funny red sideburns came In.
lie was a Jovial doctor, and a very nice
doctor Indeed. He felt June's pulse, and I
looaed .it her tongue, snd prodded her a '
few times, and examined her hones, talk- Judgment? What is your honest opinion
Ine to l.rr all the while as if she were b' yourself? Are you a failure or a suc
a little gli about 10 yesrg old. jcees? Have you done the things you
"Now I am going to get up." pro-; started out In life Intending to accom
claitnrd June as soon as the doctor had 'Pl'shT Have you held to your own Ideals
gone away, and ahe swung her pink feet a"J lived according to your own convic
out of bed ugain. "Where are my,tlon ut right and wrong?
cllhes?" i Take honest stock of yourself. Make
"I'll get them for you." And the pretty' Inventory of your vices and virtues.
u turned cheerfully to go.
n. no, wait a minute! June's big
eyes were sparkling. "Please let me try
on one of your uniforms."
The pretty nurse dimpled ss she ad-j
mired her patient. June would look!
"fetching" in nurse's tlothlng. There j
could be no question ef that, but she j
shooK her head.
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An old bit, and a fine bit of advice this is, mel
low and yellow, and pointed, and not very KorBe
ously embroidered, but worth wearing over your
heart. In plain American it means, don't walk too
much with your chin in your chest and your eye
turned to the earth! Look up, with your chin out
and your eyes wide open, and tie the reeling ribbon
of your fate star, even if you stub your toe on the
clouds below. Tie to some star!
But there are stars and stars! And that's why
your mother worries about you, young chap; so
try to understand that; for she knows that there
are woman-faces that belong to star-drift they
lead nowhere they have no path, but whirl loose
and changeable, unfixed and whimsical, through
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i The Value of Courage
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By BKATItICK KAIIU'AX.
"I have often wondered how It Is that
every hian loves himself more than all
the rest of men, but ye,t sets less value
on his own opinion of himself than on
th opinion of others." Marcus Aurellus.
How do you measure In your own eyes?
Wnat Is tho erdlct anenl yourself when
oyx brought to the bar of your own
your achievements and failures, your ef-
forta and your lazy aepileacemna with
"fate." Judge yourself-Ju.lge yourself
according to your own standards-end by
them set down your verdict axalnst your
own soul.
After ell I- .w em, ,t mutter If you are
a pillar of the church ..,d resiected by
s. II nwn If v,.u !.. n v..,,- i
" ,r ' nypo. r.ier n l
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the star-spaces; stars that "do not matter" in any
thing; Follow the star that blazes true, a fixed star,
that pulsates with lis own white fire, a star with a
core, aud its own place in the Brent, great scheme.
And it may be, for all this plory, a simple nort of a
star winking away .in a modest place. Don't tie
our precious ribbon to star-drift if will trail you
through all the by-ways of the Milky Way sure
enough, and you will leave a staring trail of diamond-dust
that will show in the nigh-ky above
Broadway dimming its glitter.
There are thousands of men who have reached
a hand into the magic bag of heart's desire because
there shone on their trails the star-light of the
right woman's face. NELL BRINKLL'Y.
it surely will not be written down to yoi
as success if you have nmile a fortune in
money and have in.ule your loved ones
supremely unhappy in a life stuived for
alfecilon and generosity.
The old Iloman who thought kliully and
well about life back In the mc nnri ren-
henll"'y ,U"''' "b'11 when lie expressed
me iiiuumu nn w.iicn I nave pieraced
this little talk. If you love your neigh
bor s yourself, you have accomplished
the greatest beauty of true religion. To
love others as well as yourself Is the
high epitome of righteousness. Then why
exult, their opinion of your deeds and
their external notions of your worth
above your actual knowledge of your
self? "What will the neighbors say?" Is ths
fetish of American life. The fear of being
misunderstood keeps people from daring
be kind to some social pariah who
may be but wanting a little human kind
ness to make himself ail over into a de
cent citizen. Criticism prevents many
people from expressing themselves hon
estly In word or deed.
The rules of bo. let y were made to pro
le. I sorely and must be oluserved Hut
the laws of conduct are not at stake In
iiiiiM little ski lal dci Imiiiih where people
linse their actions on wlmt a few gossips
might murmur rather than on the feeling
that it vvuiiiil lc ritilit to ail in one cer
ium wuy.
He tuii' you re right and then go
abend." If you uie dealing; with some
special subject ill which you have no
knowledge anu in uhbh there is expert
opinion, yours for the taking, don't ba so
silly as to match your guessing against
actual knowledge. If you need a lawyer,
or u doctor, or au efficiency expert or a
minister, call him hy all means. If you
need the w!er, saner Judgment of your
elders, take it.
lluve faith in yourself and Justify that
faith. Get In the hai.lt of deciding things
for yourself snd not weakly asking some
one elae to work out every problem that
J comes into your life,
Self-reliance is a magnificent character
istic. It can be cultivated by any one
who has the mental and moral stamina
to work out his own Judgments of life
honestly and to cling to them until
equally honestly convinced of their Incorrectness.
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So tiinttiT what fashion may dictate,
women are loutli to pert from the long,
strklglit lines which convey a youthful
contour to the mature figure. Among
l.entLii moUuld la a gown that Inturprcls
the straight line In a new way.. It I
nr.adn or l-'renrh gruy cnnihlned with
Tv ill I r- hut In showing a black coin spot.
n depleted In the t ketch, the skirt la a
retfuluUnn wide affair, and Is sur
nHiiu.tcd by it circular frill which length ens
the iliemlse-llke tunic comprising thu
blouse. The border hand Is of coin-spot
sutin and toe material Is duplicated in
Origin of
lly- KIKMK LUCIEN LARK1N.
A number of iUrlen alao cgncernlng
the origin of the Germans. The name
Oer mania was given by the Homans to
the northern region bounded by thu
Danube, Hhlne, Vistula and the North
ern ocean proper; but at tunes this name
was given to the VH4L area Included In
the modern countries Hweden, Norway,
Klnlund and lenmark
In ancient times large portions ot this
expausg was covered with dense forests
and swamps. The people of Italy, when
thsy first visited these cold forests In
wlntor, could not Imagine Ihut the In
h&Mluiilg would have vr migrated from
ths beautiful climes of mo south, so the
l.ntn folk said "they must havt lived
thl from the lieK.nnlng." Then they
culled ihcin Indlgena; -natives.
The word Herman has been ilirivcd
rruni "Were," war. an I "man." i man,
ilci.i.t.r.u lrnve ami warlike mn. Tlie
Itninnn aiphii'uet huvinn no w. thU lette;
wn.a finally converted Into g; and there
fore, wllh a latln lonnlnatioii. tlio name
tieiame Oermaui, and tl.at of their coun
try Uerinaniu.
Ilut tlie name these ieople gave them
salvcs was Teu tones, derived from the!.'
national god, Tent. Tucitus und otlu r
Konian wrileiM. opon ibservints Human
prlHuners brought to Home by the 1-atlu
le-;l lis, say: "A null- n free from any
foreign Intermixture, aJ i proved by
their peculiar national physiognomy. In
habits the countries beyond tho lllune
with fierce blue eyes, deep yellow hair,
a robust frame and :i gigantic height,
Inured to cold and hunger, but not to
thirst and heat, warlike, honei-t, fa.thful,
friendly and unsuspicious toward triends,
but toward enemies cunning a:id dis
sembling: scorning evrrv restraint, con
kiueiliig Independence as tlie most pie
cioi.s of all th!ngs. mi therefore reauy
to fclvf up life Hither than llbi r-y
"l na uualntttd wiili-tho aits of chiliza
lion. ignorant of agrlcull ui . and of the
uc of metals and letters, the liermau
live.i In bis loieaia aud pastures, sup
portsd by the chase anl the products ot
his her Is and flocks, his life being di
vided between Inaction, sensual pleasure
and great hardships. In time or inace,
l.tp and Idleness, by day and night, are
the sole ploasuies of the ludolent. dlboon
trnted warrior, who longs for war and
manly, isngeroua adventures. Till theso
arrive he surrenders himself, with all
tho passion of unrestrained nature, to
drinking and gaming. A beverage, pre
parod with little art from wheat and
barley, indemnifies him for the absence
of tho Juice of the grape, which nature
has darted him, and exhilarates his noisy
feasts."
This sluft must have been the precussr
of modern beer. Hut then Tacitus may
have been a little prejudiced on account
the long, (lo-flltlnjr sleeves, with a
flan cuff of the plain mnterial.
An Interesting detail la the demi-girdle
of black velvet ribbon introduced on
either sli!n of the loo so front and tied In
a bow at the back.
The neck lias a V opening, while at the
back there Is a collar of fine white or
gandie, lightly boned to maintain the up
r i;ht position.
Completing the costume Is a brnnd
brimmed hat, whoso crown Is of gray and
white nmnlng-atripcd canvas linen and
the brim of gray satin.
Germans
of the wars between all of Italy and the
northern yellow-haired hosts. "The
Itomune callej several German princes
kings, yet tlvse rulers had not so much
ss the right of punishing a freeman with
death or Imprisonment or blows " "The
sun, moon, fire and earth ware their
deities, whom they worshiped, with some
linuglnniy beings, and whose will the
prlesla pretended to divine by secret
arts." "The Romans first became ac
quainted with the Ocrmana In the time
of Julius Cuesar. Arlovlstus, a leader of
that nation, who had formerly lived on
the south of the Danube, formed the de
sign of settling In Qaul, but was defeated
by Caesar and compelled to retreat over
the Rhine."
This woh the first hnttle between Latins
and the Germans; but tho line was not
3i miles long, us at present, and they
had no 42-centimeter guns.
The Humane made several conquests
and established colonies In Germanic
forcM.i. Augustus put up forta along the
Hhlne and sent his stepson, Drusus, to be
commander. He was victorious and ad
vanced as far as tho Kibe.
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