TI1K I IKK: OMAHA. WKIl.NKNllAY, MAlicll 111. I'M.
Good Work
of
"Widowed
Mothers'
Fund
Br ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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Copyright. li'13. Star Company.
Were half the power that fills the world
with terror.
Were half the wealth bestowed on
camps and courts.
Given to redeem the human mind from
error.
There were no need of arsenals or forts.
Do rou know
that New York
state has more In
stitutions and less
family life real
home life for the
child than any
other stHte. In the
whole world?
More than 34.000
children are at
present In New
York state institu
tions. The large ma
jority of half or
phans are there
only because the
mother In, wholly
against her will, repulsive to every fiber
of her mother-love, forced to part with
her own children because she is too poor
to maliitnlr them! No other cause. No
crime !
Thus the children are swallowed up ,in
the pauper, institutional or foster homes,
and mothers are weeping for their chil
dren "rcfusliiK to be comforted because
they ere not."
It costs approximately 11 to house and
board a child In an Institution for one
week .
That institution frequently farms out
tho child with a foster mother and pays
her the foster mother for its keep.
Heretofore more money, energy, time
and attention have been devoted by the
federal and state governments for the
conservation of the streams and forests,
for the protection of fish and frame, for
the treatment of diseases of the horse.
the cow and the dog. for the care of
epileptics, feeble-minded, insane and the
more unfortunate beings totally bereft
cf reason, than has been Riven to the
willing and waltliiK. sane and susceptible,
eager and bright little children hungering"
and longing for the mother-love, and
some one to help until they can help
themselves, and afterward render more
than an equivalent to their benefactors,
to aoclety and the state. Now the coun
try Is beginning to awake to the needs
of a." widowed mothers' pension law.
Illinois, under the leadership of Henry I
Nell of Chicago, was the first to bias"
the way in 1912, and since then twenty
states have followed. Why should Nw
York, the greatest state of all. lag behind?
This bill Is now before the legislature, j
and If passed will take effect October 1. ,
lido. !
It is not a fight against Institutional ,
homes!
It is nut a protest against private char
ities! It is a supplemental or comparative
proposition working on harmony and co
operation and not against real charities
Instead of giving the child and pc
week or any other sum. to the Institution,
localities are empowered at their discre
tion to give the 13 direct to the mother
and not tear the child away from her
affection often a !t has transpired to
the previous disaster of both mother and ,
child.
But while we are waiting for the wise j
men of New T irk state to paaa this bill,
and for It to go into action, there is an
opportunity to assist a private organisa
tion, banded together for the same pur
pose, the assistance of widowed mothers
and orphans.
This is the Widowed Mothers' Fund
association. This society has strong
names to sustain it. Mrs. Simon Baruch
and Mrs. Munroe Stern being among th
number. It has exlrted six years, and It
has spent t.wn. Of this amount 123,000
win used directly in giving relief to
widowed mothers. U.000 only being em
ployed In expenses Incident to the organ
ization. .V greal many of our large charities use
three-fourth of the money they receive
to pay for expensive quarter and to pay
salaries to their officers; therefore, it Is
rather unusual to find an association
which can show sin-h statistics as the
Widowed Mothers' Fund association
Only thone who try to ussist the unfor
tunate women who have been left wid
ows with email children and with no in
come realize the need which exists all
about us.
With all the., charities which can be
named there is no one more worthy than
this association, organized by a few :
women who realised the tremendous!
amount of good that could he accom-1
pli.hed In this particular field. Throusu
the efforts cf this association hundred!
of worthy Lut destitute niothert and their
little children have been eared for. This
(.rsnnization derives Its support from the
general public by voluntary contributions
and annual membership dues. Its
sphere of psefulnes Is limited only by
tin funds at its disposal. It is a worthy
organization, and should he maintained
and strengthened.
The Lady o"". Lent &
Copyright, ll"'. lptern'l News Seixlce.
By Nell Brinkley
ye
1 -roHCiM YOU DANCE OAhP'lSV'e-
ra w Q
.so
She forgets her dance card for short seasons, even though her
heel and toe ache for the ecstasy of the hesitation.
She cuts her old friend Danny on tlie street, 'stead 'o makin'
ftoft eyes at him as usual. j
She plasters her flying hair down, St. Cecilia fashion, to rebuke
the vanity that looks from her eyes.
f sbe's chubby, she holds uj her baud and turns her eyes up
in vov of abstinence wlicn chocolate nrc offered.
She speaks no evil and keeps her temper, even though the col
ored stars fly out on cither side.
She burns up the face of the handsomest man she knows so.
she may not think too hard of him. Xe'.l Hrinklev.
Read it Here See it at the Movies.
By special arrangement tor this paper a
photo-drama corresponding to the Install
ments ot "Kunaway June" Diay now be
seen at the leading moving picture the
aters. By arrangement mad with the
Mutual Film corporation It la not only
peaslble to reJ "Runaway June" each
day, but also afterward to see moving
pictures llluitratlng our story.
'Copyright, 1916, by Serial Pulblcation
Corporation.)
MXTII EPISODIC.
Kidnaped.
CHAPTER II. Continued
Through the trees the moonlight glinted
on distant water, and the shadows of the
trees lay In fantastic, twisted patterns on
the hillside.
Dawn, the red glow of the sunrise,
filtering through the midst of the morn
ing, stole in at the open door of the VII-
Stomach Fine! Indigestion, Gas,
Sourness Gone Pape's Diapepsin
lard garage and found Marie, with her
fists folded under her arms ami the tip
of her frosty nose in her elbow, loudly
snoring.
She limped over to the house, plodded
up to her room, dressed herself with
numb fingers and after half an hour of
dull-eyed thought si lawleil this note,
which she laid on June's bed:
Dear Miss Junle I am feeling better,
thank you 1 hope you will excuse me
If 1 take a few hours off. I will be hack
lor lunch. HopiiiK von are the same. I
remain, yours affectionately. MAKi R
She tiptoed out and hurried down the
I hill to the station, where she caught
the first commutiter'e train. Arriving at
the city, she sought Cf fleer luwd and
prevailed on hlin to phone Ned's friends
and June's parents that Ned had been
kidnaped.
June in a pretty little morning role was
busy among the flowera In Mrs. Villard's
boudoir window conui vntory and sing
ing softly when she heard a fooutep be
hind her. Turning, she saw Vlllard tow
ering above her, his hands in the pockets
of his lounging robe, and he was grinning.
"Oh I" exclaimed June, startled. "Good
morning.
"Really does" put bad stomachs In or
der "really does" overcome indlgeitlon.
dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and sourness In
live minutes that Just that makes
i'at e s Diapepsin the largest selling stom
ach regulator in the world. If what you
i at lernier.ts into stubborn luinns. you
W 1c h gas and eructate aour undigested
food and acid; head is dizsy and aches;
breath sour; tongue coated; your lnsldes
H ied with bile and Indigestible waste,
n nietnUr tho moment I'ape'a Iilapetwin
cr.mes In contact wlih the stomach all
iliitrcsa vaniflux. It s truly astonishing
body through the room, and then, with
an oath, Vlllard released his hold on this
fainting girl. Houreer! He had sunk his
tooth Into Vtllsrd's arms, and now hu
was a whirlwind of canine fury.
The man turned palu with fear, kick
ing ii ml striking at the enraged animal.
"Houncer:"
Thu cry from June saved Villard's life, j
tor tne nog. wun a yeip oi joy, wm
springing for his throat as he fell. Tlie
man lay back. The dog stood still, motion
less. The man's hand moved nervoUHly.
Tho collie moved precis ly that same
amount. Vlllard did not twitch a inusclo
from that time, except to spesk.
"Call off the dog!" he ordered.
"Watch him, Houncer," said June
quietly.
June rose from the chair Into wiilch she
had limply sunk, but a cold anger had
come to replace her weakness. Khe
walked from the room and, going to
the house phone in the hall, called to
the kitchen.
"Has Mrs. Vlllard returned?" sue In'
uulred of the muid who answered.
"Not yet."
"Do you know where to reaca her?"
"Any one down at the cottages will
hunt her up and give her your message."
"AK her to come home im mod lately,
please. Tell her It is qultu Important."
She walked back to tho boudoir and
glanced In at the di.or. The two statues
were as site had left them. At the sound
of her footstep Houncer wagged the tip
Little Bobbie's Pa
Woman's Sphere
Why It's Growing
I' 1 T j
ny Ki.iiKiiT m iunn.
A lecturer once iftrd: "Wlist Is wo
man's sphere?"
Then he paused lo tske a sip of water.
land got his answer from the gallery, thus;
' W oman g sphere is
n thing she csn
. spear."
Woman's work is
any useful thing she
1 enn do wcM
! The advent of wo
men Into the w.irld
i o f business has
(worked a cnccftil
ind beneficent reo-
1 liition.
I I'p to the time of
the civil war a wo
; man school teacher
i was a curiosity..
W j
The typical man
schoolmaster, with
Ids handy birch, can
yet he vividly re
membered by many.
W o m e n teachers
sine In as an Innovation, and they have
brought beauty, gentleness and love
where before there were fear anl force.
"The- teacher la the child's other
mother," said Frocbel. ' ' ' ' .
We didn't believe It at first, but now
iv. accept It.
By WILLIAM F. KIRK. ( him over to play with your Intel an.
j Then they can be ad together, he 'sed.
,, ,, , If IVItx wants to be sad he will have
Thare was a funny old Ccrman calm , , (y ,
up to our nouse .e.i m-. .... ....... .. , ,m , offo (J be ,
Ilerr Mans lie looked kind of sad A rllM1,,any for hll , too ,hort fof
ta.Kcu Kimi or a.n a.. ...c ...... ..... - that , , hBppy of ,h , ft ,
.. . - I .. . bind f u ut irimA m n I
- " - ".tninK it is a grate wurld u live In. I 1
ne weni, occkhub . u.-.-.a.. .v, .... .., m away, ,Q
j About lii the discovery was msiVs'thst
; women could serve as clerks' In the gov
jernment offices at Washington. Women
w tin ne husbands, fathers and brothers
had gone lo the front took the piecee r
the men at Washington, and lot the work
w-ent on hist the same.
Huy 1870 women were acting a clerks
and saleswomen In shops and stores.
At the Centennial exposition the,type
wrlter was ono of the Wonders of. the
lime.
In In'SS I pent a manuscript to a pul
llaiier and got It back with a note saying
they respectfully declined to read any
manuscript thst was not typewritten.
I lifted a wall that could be' heard a
m'le how .ould 1 ever learn to use a
typewriting machine!
I thought typewriting was a most dif
ficult and complex bustnesa, like pro
ducing a harmony on the piano.
The typewriter makers ' could not sell
their machines unless they supplied an
j operntor; and so they Inaugurated a
I special branch of their business to edir
'catc women In business methods and to
I ue a typewriter.
Rut In a short time business College-.
I sll over the land began to blossom and
j their chief concern was teaching stenog
raphy and typewriting. ' . .
' The typewriter ranks In usefulness with
: the electric car. ,
Itaptd methods of writing are aa neees
'. sary ai quick Iransixirtatidn. '
MriTncn receive w'aites IrJ Anierlca now
! of over eTOO.Oori.noo a year.
It is said that the lady typewrltlst has
I at times disturbed the domestic 'peace;
! but trolley cars, too, have their victims.
I And I am told by a man who married
i his typist that such marriages are quite
sure- to he happy, because the man and
j woman are not stranger they "know
j each other! ' ''..'.'
I The woman who has looked after a
man's correspondence Is familiar . with
I his curves. Bhe Knows the best about
him and the worst; and he knows hr
tastes, habits and disposition. .
This Is better than the old society' plan
of getting married first and getting-acquainted
afterward. ,
No longer do you hear men talk of
making their pile and retiring to en
loy It.
The man who falls to get enjoyment
out of hi business will never enjoy any
thing, and. what la more., will not. suc
ceed In business. ,
Good men enjoy work, and wise men
know that there la no happiness outside
of systematic, useful effort- The Intro
duction of the one-price system haa been
a leaven that has worked Its Infjuenea
through the whole lump. , '. '.
Honesty as a business asset la every
where recognised. If the good are part
cotton and look like wool, you are now
f lankly told that the article may.be a
yard wide, but It is not all wool. .
We keep faith with our customers. ".We
make our money out rf our friends our
enemies will not do business wIO. -
Thus, lluough the- conservation "of
I friendship in business, we are gaining an
education and evoMng qualities. " V1
And the lac t that honesty In btln'e
and truth In trade arrived with the ad
vent of women Is no mere coincidence.
too.
He . aim imam with ra. ra nan i.een ; f(tUlrr , hap,y hB u o j tQJ
all the afternoon at a cluli meeting & , ijcn. iau.
l . M . I . - - 1 . ,.u II 4 .. . , f .. 1 , UU,I '
ne .e.i .a ..ol-j , Vf.ll are rile Hhh.
; He did everything ne cun io cneer up
I his friend, & he acted so cheerful that
! Ma was looking at him vary close.
till, lite Is such a sadnea, sed Ilerr
Manx. As 1 1 t-ir (Joel he onxt lute
When Winter coiihh and I
see my father
mother happy too. I newer saw
my
ed Pa, I ant
pose k (s tin
call of the not far d'stsnt spring, Pa sed
but in any event I am falrlv imrti,- I
, .
IS rt i.. no. i O
wis t I'iKTKiy oiip a a
&V t'niinh . W
Stoa the Thing- that fiuM It
S ..d Ike Coog. will
Q Mop Itself g
"-. .1
w ins
Life Is sadder ss everything.
I Kut winter is almost none, Ilerr, sed
l"a. pattiiiK hlin on the back. Winter Is
here ' for but a short time longer.
aV then we shall have spring, the
Joyous Hiring, sed Pa. rprlng, with Its
flowers A Its green shoots shooting up
everyware. & the song of the fust robin
,u"" II cud march throu Oeorgy. without get. , , " r"lly T. 011
lids lake . . . . . ; ft" ! fnonils. H warns us that there
ting out of wnd. I feel that full of life, flammntioii or obstruction in a d
he sed
Kring the good old busle bov. .ri i.
" ' " A 1 . -..11 t
our nest.
ia in-
oii or obstruction In a rianoer-
Olis place. I licrefore. w I. en vnu net a.
How niiiili birn.Ms did you transack at 1 ' ,'""sTn l,l"'t pr-eel to dose yourself
yure dub. ed Ma iwith a lot of drugs that merely "stop"
.,,. ... ii'"" cuugli tempororilv bv desdeninff the
guite a lot, quiie iut, ed ,.a MV i throat nerves. Treat the cauwv heal the
frend ben-, Her- Maus. will agree with 'inflamed membranes. Here is a home
me that it was one of the hardest after- j mile reme.lv that pets riiflit at the cause
noons that we ewer put In at the cluh; "nJ will.make an obhtinate cough vanish
ut now It I. over. 'and here in I ??T ulMy t,,an vou W thought pos-
"8o this Is friend wile's pretty new ' tail, but not for one fleeing In-
almost marvelous, and the joy Is Its
harmless nesa.
A large ftftv-eent case of Tape's Pia
pepstn will glye you a hundred dollars'
worth of satisfaction, or your druggixt
I uinds you your money bsck.
It's worth Its weight In gold to men
and women who can't get their stomachs
regulated. It belongs In your home
should always be kept handy In rase of
a tdek. sour, uoset stomach durli.if the
day or night. It's the quickest, surest , hT shrieks muffkil, but one pair of ears
and must harmless stomach doctor In n Bru ' "rrn "' Khiis, the
the world - Advertisement.
companion. observed vlllard. "Well,
friend wife has excellent taste."
June moved away.
"Don't be In a hurry," lie chuckled.
"We must ge acqainted. ' and, suddenly
reaching forward, he ut bia band under
hsr ohln and turned up her face, tone
Jerked away, but he closed tho door
toward which she darted and, gathering
her in his lung arms, i ru. bed her to
him. ruining kUs aft?r kiss ui.ii her
suddenly cold cheek. I.ls light gray eyes
flaming. June struggles were futile and
j flush ut a long, lithe, while au, brown
slant did he remove his fiery eyee from
the pale gray eye of Bert Vlllard
Mrs. Vlllard hurrying . up the stairs
within a few momenta, found June In the
landing alcove white, shlverli.g as If with
cold.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Vlllaid, but 1 am go
ing at once," she said before the older
woman had even a chance to spt-ak.
"Why. child" Mrs Vlllard s face was
full of concern, but a a she sLarl at
June her brr.ws knitted and a flush
crept i.ito her cheeks "w liat what Is
the ii.uUer'.'' she faltered.
To Be Continued Tomorrow .
In the tre.n fields. .4 Its little trout j buxxum of mv Hr..i f.i,iu .... .1
.... 1 . . - - ut, !
flashing in tne purimg nrooas. spring, i arive dull csie away
spring, etirnal spring, sed Pa.
my glorus country.
Pnf 0 ii nnn. r r;.. ' in -.....
Three cheers for , worth) in a pint bottle and All the bottle
Pat Sfd. A " thraask ' U'lth tilain crrn itlilatwrl guuur ivrnn 1 liial
Ana men in ine spring we s.ian ,..avc , cneois toi tne dear Fatherland of Herr K'ea vou a full pint of the most pleasant
aln, rain, sed Herr Maus. My poor; Maus. and effective cough renu'dy you ever used.
brother August, once It rained in tlie
Wen Pa sed Fatherland 11.. r v..,,. .
spring and rslned and rained, so that a gan to cry. Ma looked at Pa lafflng and
great sadness made Itself his heart in , n,.rr Maus crying. ad yes Indeed 1
and when he to the barn went with a j w(lll i,,, of yo(I u . nl'
roiw out of it did he come no more on have been a hard afternoon at the . bin
his two feel A. h. the spring, too Is sad,
L..H llTr Mat.u A all thft iMHina .M Ihf V ' ".""-m.
a. ... iv,. .. ...... r . mAA- I Isilrsellaa R. ' I
' "III Ofc S l 1 1 J ' v . m'... ,.
Hut you have yure fambly to comfort "What are you going tu tell your con
you. sed Ma. yure wife A child. ! uJnlm w'"" h"nie?"
Th.y. too. are .ad. my wlf and child. . . "l U ," ,h '"ything."
. . .'.. u T..... L... . f rep.ieu rwnail.r curgnum. ul OUT Way
se( lerr Maus. They know aa I know
thut In this life is not much Joy and oh.
so much aorn w. My lltte son Kiits lie
is the asddes littel boy' t have evvor
saw. he sed. Tomorrow, maybe, I bringing.
the people used to expect a statesman
to rie Instructive discourse. Now they
require hlin to keep quiet while they
tell him a few things.' Washington
at a cost of onlv 54 cents. No bother tu
prepare, lull directions with Pinex.
It beats the Inflamed membrane an
f'entlv and promptlv that you wonder
iow it does It. Also lootiens a drr, hoarse
or tight cough and stops the formation of
hlegra in the throat and bronchial tubes,
litis ending the persistent loose cough.
Pines is a highly concentrated com
pound of Norwav pine extract, rich ia
guaiacol, and ia famous the world over
for its healing effect on the membra.
To avoid di'spnofntruent. aslt Tour
druggist for "2 ounce of Pinex," and
don t accept anvtliinv else. A guarantee
of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
lv refunded, goes with this preparation.
Th Tine Co., IX Wayne, Jad,
