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TTTR V,KK: OMAHA. MONDAY, APHIL 2fi, 1915
"o o THY. ri N,
Center
of the
Universe
By GARRETT P. SKRYISS.
Tt Is possible thtt the' renter of the
universe has at In ft been found.
It I a great tr that lias been selected
as the probable heart, or hearth, of the
aldcreal system, which contain! at least
hundred million
other ilin. The
thonen a tar la
t'anoptie. In the
southern hemi
sphere of the heav
en, only visible
from the extreme
muthrrn portion
of tli I'nited Pistes.
Although very bril
liant and exceed
ingly blititl ful.
annpm la not a
bright aa flrtun,
the glorious "Dog
f t r," which
I VV"'- ?
flaahea with diamond radiance In our
alnter heavena. But It la only the de
ceptive effect of relative nearness that
give SMrlus Ita apparent auperlorlty over
Canopna.
filriue la about nine llght-yea-e dls
tant (a light-year being the dlatanre
that light, traveling IK.On mllea per eec.
ond. would go in twelve month), and
if we were aa near to It aa we ara to
the aun It wotild give ua thirty or forty
tlmea more light and heat than the aun
doea; In other worda. It la a aun thirty
. or forty timea greater than oura.
f'snopus la at least Soft llght-yeara
dlatant, and If ha were aa near to It
aa to the aun It would pour upon ua prob
ably S.Offl tlmea aa m;ie hllght and heat
aa we now get from the aun
Thle meana. of course, that the earth
could not exlHt at all In auch proximity
to Canopu. it would almply be puffed
away In a whiff of hurlng baaea. At a
dlatance of a little mora than KO.OOO.Oii
rollea from the aun the earth find a
temperature and an Illumination which
are' both quite agreeable, aa teated by oar
aenaea. That dlatance would have to ba
Increased to about forteen thousand mil
lion mllea from Canopu In order that
simllsrty temperate condltiona ahould
prevail for ua under the dominion of
that tremendoua aun!
It la not almply because of the enorm
oua calculated magnitude of Canopu
that It ha recently been selected aa the
probable centor of th whole universe.
... nnio IINUI.IIKT7 Because me on-
frrved motion of the atara aeem to In- I
dlcat that they circulate about that
point which la occupied by Canopu.
Even our far-distant and insignificant
aun appear to acknowledge by a. alight
Inclination of tt path through space the
oomlnance of the great maater aun.
Hut If Canopu really la the enter
of th aldereal unlvera it doea nut gov
ern It with tha aboute power that th
un axerclaea over Ita planet. It owea
Ita pre-eminence rather to Ita noltlon
than to Ita energy. Tha unlveraal ayatem
of tha atara la. in a aanae. federative
nd self-goveratng. That svstam hu
center, becauaa of tha mutual attraction
or th million of bod lea composing It.
All ara maater and all servants. In their
degree. They ara Ilk tha revolving
electron In an atom. It I tha unlveraally
law of orbital revolution, affecting thorn
all. which keep them in motion about a
common tenter, and not almply aa over
manuring fore emanating- from that
center.
Yet. Canopua muat make Ita power felt
upon the aura circulating around It, how
ever deliberate their movement, and
however great their dietancea from tha
center. If w suppose that th brilliance
of Canopu. area for area, la tha saw
aa tha aun'e, then tt diameter muat be
about ICO timea that of the aun. It sur
face .ono timea. and Ua maa. which
measuies It attractive power, 4,000,000
time!
Put thl aaumra that ita mean denaitv
la the aame aa the aun . In fact, there la
reason to believe that tha denaity la far
less than that of the aun. Ptlll. If w
ahould artitrarlly dlmlnUh tt 1,000 time
the attractive force of Canopua would
teniatn 4.009 time greater than th aun'.
Canopu I not the first star that hae
)een choaen a the probable or calculated
enter of the unlverae. In th middle of
the nineteenth century a almilar honor
ii paid to the tar Alcyone, the bright
est member of the Pleiades group, be
cause the motion of th atara In varl
c.u pa ita of th aky, aa far aa thay had
leen studied at that time, seemed to lu
oti ate a common center In the mldat of
tha pleladea. But It waa long ago dis
covered that the observations on which
the primary had been aaalgned to Alcyone
were erroneous and It ia quite pose I Me
that tha preeent choice of Canopua will
prove to have been equally Illusory.
Sec;
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Ueutfy smoothly.
Lends wings to treadle,
needle, shuttle. End bard
foot pumping. A EHcUob
. SMAlaltUfulMAlhM
naes with, every toU
Ua. 10c, 23c, 50c All
If stores.
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If I
"Balm
to you know. I am very luckyT Til tell
you why. Because men let ma Into tha
things they really thlnUn,. in wmi
Because, you see. I'm In a sentimental
business. Danny and I h.v
and we deal in that! And the "atuff we
Mna out ia a reflection aa faithful u
w can make It of what miwi in abii
a lot cornea In! You small girl, who aie
living tnatead of reflecting what other
people live you lean your little eara to
listen close, but you aeldom hear what
men reaiiy tnink. Bumetlmea It Is rv
good that you don't, and some tlmea It I
very sad that you doift. And this that
t oemg very lucky heard win nnik.
th sore heart of a wallflower! A wall
flower who can t understand wfcv
ahould be, and drops tear thinking about
It after a dance, where (he spent most of
her precious minutes leaning her ahoul
derblade against the wall! A m.n ..i
beside a bright, open fire In the offic of
ianny and me and told ua thia:
"Do you know. I have a theorv about
wallflowers"
"Oh. gee!" Danny busted out; "tell it
very quickly, because that aubject wor
rlea me sick upto death!"
"I have a theory about wallflowera."
quoth the man. "and It waa finished tha
other day wbea I met a girl I hadn t
aeen for six years. A ad when I knew her
those moons ago ahe waa a wallflower.
She waa ry shy and quiet and plain;
and. though her dear mother made fur
her darling little frocks snd fixed her
hair aa pretty aa possible, and lod her
much, and taught her gentle manners,
be stood against the wall at a dance'
And the pink slippers that her dad aiaved
to give, and the dainty little dress that
for the Wall-Flower!"
her mother sat up nights to put thou
sands of little stitches into went for
nothing at all and that fan that ahe
kisaed before ahe started never unfolded
at all! And the few dances ahe had were
nightmare for th partner who took her
seemed to fly away In relief when the
dance waa over. But ahe never batted
an eyelash, though her heart waa ao ten
der that every footfall that trod over It
Advice to Lovelorn
Re eatalale.
Dear Mlsa Fairfax: I am a girl of H
and am deeply in love with a policeman
fourteen year my aentor. I apeak to him
frequently, out 1 do n"t think he knows
of ray love for him. What shall 1 do?
r-KHPIJCXEP.
Of course he doea not know of your
love for him. unleaa you have been very
silly and forward. For all you know thia
man may be married. Don't idealise men
of whom you know nothing. And don't
for a minute imagine that at 1 you are
capable of a lasting love. What you feel
la a ailly Infatuation. Try to eoewuer It
The t ! Mtrrlast,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a girl of
forelsn birth and suing to be married at
the consuls of my nation, kindly in
firm me what is a correct attire, and tf
I shall remote mv hat or coat if wear
ing thlai, under the ceremony. My husband-to-be
alii be weanns his business
sun, and no wltnesars will be present.
H 8.
Wear either a 'suit or a dark colored
left a mark. I didn't look much at her
myself. I remember that. But, goodness,
she must have been busy all the time.
Hhe had a soul and brain. And they made
their mark. I've always believed that a
aoul and a brain did mold and shape and
make pure beauty and charm in some
fashion, but I never had it proved till
now. The other day I met the wallflower.
(And I'm crazy to meet her again.) She'a
By Beatrice
Fairfai
cllk or cloth dreaa for your wedding. Re
tain both your hat and toat (it you are
wearing a suit). What you want to wear
U exactly the aort of good looking street
attire you would use if cu were lunching
at aome formal downtown hotel.
Tell Iter eC Veer Love.
Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am 22 and in
love with a girl one year my Junior. We
have been playmates since childhood. My
brother, four years my senkir. has been
abroad for many yare. Now he has re
turned and he ia trying to win the gtri'a
love. I ain making a fair aalary, but
could net yet give to this girl all the
comforts she is used to. I am desperate.
BROTtltH
Why aot talk th matter over with
your brother? li may mot realise how
much this means to you. If he cares too,
you muat each tail her of your feel
ings, and when ahe haa choaen. feel that
the bet man haa won and that the other
ha no grievance
-
By Neil
Copyright. 1915,
lovely. She's clever and pretty and gay
and bright. Phe'a a magnet! The aoul and
brain have been working. And (wall
flowera won't believe this) her very hall
and eyes and akin are beautiful.
And the same day. Dan. I met a girl,
who danced every dance in that time aix
years ajo. Foe waa a flower light out
in the aun ahe was! I wondered end the
wall-flower must blttexiy have wondered
Do You Know That
It take twelve seconds for the projec
tile of a twelve-Inch naval gun to reach
Us point of impact when firing at a
range of five mUea. Phells for twelve
inch guns cost MM apiece.
Last year Germany launched six
steamers of over 10 000 tons, the largest
being about K.OOO tons gross.
For every million ton of cosl mined
four or five are killed and from iwO to
0 Injured.
Fishermen in Ireland who use a salmon
rod and line must pay a license duty of
Si.
Floating mines have figured in naval
warfare for nearly l'e) year.
From deep water to deep water th
Panama canal la fifty mllea In length.
Thirty years ago a drouth in Australia
destroyed lo.oot.oot sheep.
The kaiser'a visiting cards, measuring
is Inches by four, are the largest known.
Brinkiey
Intern 1 Newa Service
why it was that ahe, who neither loved
beauty or saw it. who had very little
soul and no brain worth snicking your
finger at. should be so rich In the very
tl'ing that the wali-flcwer longed for and
only helj deep In her heart. It looked as
if what waa deep in the soli made no
difference In the flower that came to the
surface. But it does by George! I got a
sliock. The girl I had circled around
then with a'l the otner moths waa Just
a plain rtrl: Her beauty waa gone in
some mysterious fashion that you lou'dn I
fasten onto. She waa right where we'd
left her in brain, and the beauty with
iDihing to 'eed on was withered. An4
her old-time chatter bored me to death.
Tne shine in her eyea waa gone the lur
ing curves the quirk of an eyelid the
color under her cheek.
Ar.d my theory la proved Men know
that In their hearts. Drain and soul work
silently tl.cr are rirh soil. And they
are boun to tin: and ahape the flower
that ixuwa out of them. T.i the girl with
these things years are magic. Fa' I.
time you aee.her ahe is lovelier. And ahe
acquire tl'e very things that ome she
longed for and so lacked. If wall-flowers
with thjse things beneath the surface
only knew that they'd wait and be
busy and harpy. For it's enough to
burst the heart with Joy, I ahould think,
to know that beauty and power wouli
grow with the years instead of riirstlng
Into the glory and fading soon. For that
little wa.l-ftower I knew is lovelier now
thar. ever the other flower waa. One haa
finished blooming and the other haa only
begun. Her, s balm for wall-flowers,
Dan and I are telling you about it-Nell
Brtnklej
Butterflies and Girls
Who Count
Br nEA TRICK FAIRFAX.
"l am a westerner, but have lived In
New York for aome time and througti
tonvcraatlon with yomg married men of
thta rtty I have formed the opinion that
the main object in life of New York girls
lx to have what they call a good time,
no matter what the cost to their moral
In- flMmlal ,(.nilnD
"It Is a common sight to aea younaj
married women going off in tha evenlnoj
with friends of hubby- who la working;
overtime that he may have more money
to spend on a wife who he thinka loves
him. And there are other young men
and their number is legion who would b
only too glad and willing to get married
and have the means to do so hut they
are afraid to take a rhnnre after they
acc other failure," writes Frank M.
And I am sorry to confess that there
is some truth In what he says. But ha
states only one aide of a many faceted
case.
There Rre many women and glrla who
live only to enjoy, nnd enjoy only the
fevered pleasures of expensive artificial
excitement. There are Birls who ive a
vampire attitude of taking all of devotion,
of consideration, and of sacrifice aa fit
ting tribute for which they have paid
and paid well If they lavor their victim
with a smile. But to tvery such woman
there are half a dorcn, at the very small
est estimate, who are splendid, norms!
women with the fine instincts of home
making, motherhood and aelf-iacrifica
pulsing in all their being.
Unfortunately thia quiet averagn
woman is passed over by the pleasuro
loving, beauty admiring youth of our
modern days in his dazzling admiration
or denunciation of the more brilliant llly-of-the-ficld
woman who tolls wot nor
spins. The gorgeous array and witching
wllea of the woman of whom he disap
proves blinds the average man's eyes
to the presence of her quieter sisters,
who are like shadow a of evening and
merge into the atmosphere, while the
more brilliant and dashing if unscrupu
loua woman ia in tha blinding glare of
the "white lights."
Unfortunately the brilliant plumage
that a bird wears when he would a-woo-ing
go ia paralleled in the human race
by the gold that a wooer offers his lady
love In order that she may dazzle all
eyes after marriage, even aa she has
won a wooer by the brilliant plumago
that contrasts so strangely with my
ladybird'a quiet, demure coloring.
The girl of today Is making a sad
blunder when she decka herself in gay
clothes and works out her destiny in
dancing and singing and rushing about
to one place of amusement after another
with any available cavalier, be he sonv)
one else's husband or be she some ona
else's wife.
But the man of today la making a
sadder blunder when he supposes that
these silly little butterflies with draggled
wlnga or vampires with beating; pennons
compose the sum total of the feminine
world.
There are countless splendid girls at
home, In offices. In stores and on the
stage itself girls who are forced to earn
their own living and who muat look well,
an that the men to whom they apply for
positions will give them a chance to
prove their ability. And what do you
think these girls long for most In all the
world? A home. A home and the pro
tecting care of a man who will love them
kindly and tenderly and so sincerely that
they won't feel they must keep them-.'
selves up-to-date and beautiful and stlnv
ul sting In order to hold his jaded fancy
Just stop looking at the gay birds of
plumage who flutter about you in the
artificial light of high powered burners.
Turn to the quiet places and you will se
countless doves and wrej. and nightin
gales who have sweetness and meeknes
and fidelity and ability to work and help
you make a nest.
There are a lot of butterfly and dancing
men in the world and there are vtlliana
and thicvea and crooks and scoundrels
and homebreakera and all the motley
crew, but no woman ever denounced the
whole masculine sex therefor.
MRS. WILLIAMS'
LONG SICKNESS
Yields To Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elkhart, Ind.: "I Buffered for four
teen yeare from organic inflammation.
xemaie weakness,
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creased by walking
or itandinfr on my
feet and I had auch
awful bearing down
leelinjrs, was de
pressed in spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
evft I Via1 bit (tu
tors from whom I received only tempo
rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair
trial and also the Sanative Wash. I have
now used the remedies for four months
and cannot express my thanks for what
uey nave acme lor me,
"If these lines will be of any benefit
yon have my permission to publish
them." Mrs. Sadie Williams, 455
James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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contains no narcotic or harmful drugs'
and to-day holds the record of being the
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we know of, and thousands of voluntary
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