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THE TEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY. MAY. 1 1 r 101.". 9. v toe "7 TT ifiio Magazl tie ae: Jiee 6 I 1 l! What is a Good Woman By ELLA WHEKLKR WILCOX. (Copyright, 1515.' Ftar Company.) There are good women;, there are bet ter women; there are best women. There are comparatively good women, positively Rood women and superlatively pood women; and v .USS" The Tuxedo Girl all these . defini tions are modified by time, place, climate and tem perament. Good women a.p pear ' In publlo places and before mrn here in Amer ica with imcov ered faces and shoulders; but In Turkey no good woman could do this, because It Is not the custom, and would offend. The good woman doea not offend pcirpoely or wantonly. 8ho submits to the Ineonvenlenres and discomfort of tradition until she oan see some reasonable prospect of bettering the race by defying the conventions. " The comparatively good woman lives a ha.mtess life, avoids wounding any one, and submits to all manner of injustice ! at the hands of society because she dls- i likes to make a fuss or attract attention j or disturb existing order!", j The positively good woman lives an actively good life, under -the same enndi i tlons, putting herself te great trouble to 'help others and trying -to overcome the i results of inlustlte without "essaying to j remove the cause. ! The superlatively good woman doea all : this and more. She attends to the near est duty ftrV relieves distress' and be stows sympathy, but she is brave enough i to attempt an attack on established Vtrd!tiongwhen they stand In the way jot the prqgress of the human race, even I though the attacks bring suffering and pain upon herself. Mary Uvermore, Julia Ward Howe', Victoria Woodhull. I.ticretie Mott. Susan B. Anthony, Elisabeth Cady Stanton and nil superlatively1 . good v women. , "Refined, sensitive and beautiful souls, they suffered from the brutality and Ignorance of the world when they gave their lives to the destruction of moss-grown traditions which had become breeders of pestilence, and undertook the i I construction of the great, broad edifice I where women dwells today. I The merely good woman does no evil.- i Hhe keeps the Commandments, and is : happy In being harmless. The better woman does no evil and J strives also to do good where It comes in her wajr. The best woman does no evil, does much goed and goes out of her way to Iryplre and encourage those who have been doing wrong to new aspirations and tndeavor. The good woman never -speaks ill of th absent. jHlic I nJUM, When-, others con demn, - w ta.'C.l .iva-;;:' ' The better weinan speak well of the nbcnt when lt-fcv jngssfbte to'.do so. ' The best wemun ..Aelcnda the absent, even o the risk pt effending those per sons who are prone' tor condemn. -. ' The good woman is satisfied with being Rood. 1 '. f :" . .'" :. 1 ... : The bet uoinuivis. cpntinuallly at work upon her character. to make bet ter. ' ' The really good woman Is a good daugh ter, sister, wife, mother and friend. She may be, jtimplu, humble, uneducated and poor! yet If eho fulfills her duty la all these relations she Is the heat of women, for they Invariably carts Torth; ttie ' high est qualities t the' hilman rnatiire, and often demand self-denial, ' self-sacrifice and selfccntrtr. There sr.. chaste scandalmongers , who were neighborhood assassins slavtna 1 characters-with their adder togues. J There are" ; Inodels of virtue who are reckless spendthrifts, , wasting hard . "artlflH mniintf In hmHIm. ... , The good- .women knows how .to curb, her temper.' hpw to be charitable In speech, how to economize her expendi tures. ' ' i ' , It requlres-courage.v self- control and unselfishness for a woman to practice common seue economy when surrounded by extravagance and folly. In the heart of fashionable society', some such good women may. be found. It requires the same virtues and faith and trust In God's wisdom added for a woman to be cheerful, kind and patient while but, heart is starved all her life for the refinements and pleasures of ex istence; yet many such women are to be found In homes of poverty good women, who rejoice In the success and happiness of others while fated to live a life of hard work and loneliness from the cradle to the grave. In shops, factories and kitch ens, there are good women doing distaste ful work patiently, and cheefully, using their earnings for. othera dependent upon them. i There are gcod women who stand by bad husbands." because they believe it their duty and because they hope for ultimate reformation. There are v Kd women who leave bad husbands because they realise that, self respect, of the salvation of their children, demands It. e Any woman who lives up' to tier highest I understanding of duty Is a good woman no matter how others may differ in their f uiwi vi w net constitutes amy. ; The girt Who gives up her-ambition j for an education in order to remain at home and care for aging parents Is a good girl., but another may prove a bet , let- gin wno pusne ahead and secures her education In order that she can give . her parents a more desirable borne eventually. The highest unselfishness must some times suffer from the misconstruction of the world, which regards It as sel fishness. ' We are, all a little better or a tittle worse than we were last year this time I a little stronger or a little weaker; a lit tie wiser or Utile duller. There Is no such thing as remaining stationary. The world turns on Its axis the sun. stars, planets, all revolve. Ec-ven the rocks arc composed of millions of ever hoving atoms, ho the mind of the mortal Is always doing Its work and making or unmaking the character. It is for yoa to decide a you analyse your own DC- whether you are a good woman or not, whether you are a good as you know bow to be, and whether you are better this year than you were int. I i i 11111 I'll ft I1U WI If I I I 1 I 13 Iff ; I I 1 I B I I I II 11 U V WW Mill ! B ' 7 ' ! VV- HA M ' I H ft v I I v i yy www 1 v im Shootingf Millions of Miles How the Astronomer Aims at Stars He Cannot See After the rush of winter social activ ities and before the summer season at Newport, Narraganwtt Pier and Bar Harbor begins, the wise girt seeks the comparative quiet of. Tuxedo to recup erate from the one and prepare for the other. But no matter how well laid her plans for rest may be, there are always some aocial affairs that require correct gowning. - - A simple gown, of white taffeta, which bore . the signature of Premet, was In cluded Ira 'the.. .wardrobe 'of .a-recent ar rival at 'Tuxedo. It might be usei for a smart function, for afternoon tea or even for an Informal eyenlng affair. The skirt was In two-flounce arrangement, the upper somewhat wider than the under, and bordered with novelty black braid, which in turn was edged with a narrow box-plait . quilling of the taffeta. la lines the skirt was one of the most youth ful advanced this season. The front draping of the bodice was reminiscent of the basque effects of al most ono yenr ago, and which this same designer had the honor. to introduce. Of particular Interest was the poke hat, a sor ot modification 'of. the jsao scuttle shape, with Its tall trimmings balancing the bell outline of the dress. . Greatest Gift in the World , . ''-.''-, 1 r 1 . I ' 1 . Br GARRETT I. 8KRVISH. They were tilling tie tbe other day of a new Herman gnn cat-able of sending projectiles across tbe channel Into rkg land. a distance of wenty-flve or thirty miles. We have also heard much ot the marvellous shooting the artillery ot the Allies, which hits marks that the gun ners cannot see. The run ! et at an elevation determined by previous calcula tion, based upon the known distance and direction of the Invisible target, a signal from an aeroplane tells when to shoov and the great gun drops Its projectile on the selected point, shatters a trench, and reveals Its hidden quarry In the form" of flying fragments In the air. There Is a close analogy between this work of the big guns and that of the astronomer with his gtest telescopes. The scientific gunner In the observatory aiso finds his Him by calculation, in stead of by sight. What he Is "shooting at In the sky la geneiauy someimn that he cannot see 'before he hits, It, People whoso ideas a bant telescopes are bssed upon the use of spy-glasses have nd comprehension of the-way the astron omer goes to wdrk with his huge optical ordnance. He does not peeo out of tke observa tory dome, fix the direction or a star with his eye and then turn his telescope) upon It. on tne contrary. yri"- very much as the gunner behind the lines in France or Flanders proceeds. .He be gins by getting the direction and the range out of a" bonk or a paper, ne doesn't even glance at the sky; ne iooks at the fjgurer, and then he turns thumb screws and handles ana aumnis mrui.au microscopes fixed over sliding scales and graduated circles, until lie has swung the great telescope tube on Its noiseless bearings, which are as delicate in assign ns they are powerful and rigid In ma terial and construction, to the exact pointing in "right ascension" and "de cllnatlon"required to bit the spot in the starry vault for which he is searching. That done, he puts his eye at the eye piece, or Ocular, of the telescope and the object that he Is after leaps Into sight before him. whether It be a new comet, or a double star, or a variable star. r one of those marvellous spiral nebulae which crawl In the proCoundest deeps of stellar apace like luminous cephalopoda, spawning the glittering germs of new suns and solar systems. The astronomer doea not see ,the sky when he is In his observatory, working with his telescope. He Is as Wind to the universe as Is the steersman of a sub marine to the broad surface ot the ocean. The narrow silt In the observatory dome, through which the long tube ot the tele soope almost emerges, . high above hi head, is his only, periscope, and that ho rarely uses, for his tables of figures and his graduated and movable circles are ail that he needs for his sub-celestial navl gatlon.' Often when he comas out from the confinement of the dome Into the fresh air, under the vast star-apaagled vault of night, he looks up with admiration, and sense ot refreshment, and of in spiration, at the eight of all that spark, ling multitude, as ft It were to him a novel spectacle. In the Increase of range the telescope Is again 'like the cannon. The great gun shoots farther in proportion as It Is able to withstand more and more pressure from the powder gases. .The gieat tele scope reaches deeper Into universal space In proportion as Its lenses or Its mirrors are able to collect and bring to a focus more and more light. Br BEATRICE FAIRFAX. It Is, with time' that we buy all the good that comes to us in the world. It is by a . wise use of time that we get wisdom and riches and happiness and love and health. And the only reckless spendthrift in all the world is the man or woman who wastes and squanders time. The only thing In the world that is freely and without handicap-, the -possession of us all. Is time. Evtery day every one of us has all there Is. Every day each of ua has precious hours and min utes and seconds to spend and the free dom of choice as to how we will spend them. And, if at" the end of the day, you measure nothtn but "waste on the credit side of your ledger that marks the one and only absolute waste. A broken friendship may be renewed, a' lost fortuno may be retrieved, .a waste city may ls rebujlt There la nothing fatal about most loss In the world. But at p t of sun the dsy is gone it will never come again It, is over.. That la an awe-Inspiring thought, and a true one. ' There is plenty of (tlmc in the 'world but none to throw away. IJfe la for work and patient attempt t understand and accomplish. Idleness, grieving, re grit,, useless pleasure-seeking, gossip all thane are inefficient thefts from your own treasure of hours. You deduct them from the grenJ total of your own life. The day l yours yours fully and freely. What will you do with it? Ufe Is tor work and growth, for kind neas anj inve. it at the end of every twenty-four hours you have actually done something on -which you can look and aay, "It li mine, and it ia good," you have made a worth-while use of your time, i Work doesn't necessarily mean marching along ateadlly at one Job it takes In interruptions and deviations from the cnurso you have mapped out for your self. It Isn't the plan that counts, It Is the effort and growth and ability. Suppose you start out one day with a definite Idea of ( leaning your china closet and silverware. A messsge comes from a rick mend who longs to have you come and read, to her. If you go with a feeling of irritation because your scheme for the day has been interfered with, you are wasting your time. Hot if you do the particular thing whi li lies before you cheerfully and amiably, your dav Is not wakied. Tbe actual s heme of things Is much bigger than ycu and your P'TiihI designs It takes In more th -"- lit tle wne woman perspective permits you to ee. , In reading to a sick friend there is cheer- and eoxifort for her and growth' and unselfishness for you, snd for both. oi you tne cnance or Knowlnoge to ba gained. Your time wasn't wasted at all- It was simply spent differently from what' you Intended. There lies the distinction snd the differonoe, . i , livery day a mental Inventory ought to be taken. At nlghtfull ask yourself ques tions like these: Have I grown today? Have I given : something to life "and learned something from UT Have I ao- tunlly used my time, to advantage? Have I the right to a warm feeling of content mcnt over my accomplishments for the aay.' or navo I frittered my time away idly and uselessly, seeking amusement and (Jlvernion-'"kllling timer' The thirst for amusement grows In proportion to your placid Indulgence of It. If you get to a state of feverish un rest or your one desire Is to go dashing; about madly seeking all sorts of forms of Idle amusement that "appeal to the sur face of your consc loustiess only, you are wasting your time badly. To be taken out of yourself at the end of a hard dsy's work through amua. ment is a very sane proceeding. If you have been leeching a class of geometry ail day lone, and have arrived at the state of nervous tension where yop are likely to lie all riitrht on a sleepeas couch figuring out squares of hypothenuses and radii of circles, ycu are on your way to a scholarly waste of time which ought to be spent In the recuperation of slumber. And so a little harmless, diversion that will rest your tired mind Isn't a waste of time at all. It Is a prime necessity of your being. .Nothing constructive. nothing that builds up your life and that of those with whom you come in contact can be waste ful. Seize upr.n work. Make up your mind that it occupies your mind, your body, y.u heart snd your soul. Be sure that It s individual and suitable, that It Is legitimate and vital. Gather in all its opportunities with s feeling that It la aa imperishable part of Nre, do It thoroughly and well. Turn your attention to your family re lationships, tirn twat you are being fair to tliem and tr. them. slake sure that your ambitions are not overshadowing your affections lilve jour attention to the tend. in. y ej owe to your friends and to aII who tote you. .See to It that tl.o common ilHc of your life are being attcn 1 4 to. MiJiy yur. ofti- talents and develop. Ilievt tp the. -utmost ul y.jur ability. I your duty by iour V"S '. - - v-iii- ... i ... j. . : -- ' if ' : I " 711 T. v ,f J '""'' J i" - . B r T f 7.. I te m f 1 i -... i ;i I I L - ,. 1 r '. ,r; r i . v- v' 4 1 ' Science for Workers By KIKtAR LVC1K5 LARKIN. j Question "If it be true that the repro id notion f life l entirely a chemical pro jeess. 'merely a chemical reaction,' as seems to have been ormonstraten ny Jacques l.oeb and Pr. Kastian and other eminent scientists, does not this estab lished fact explode the theory that noth ing exist but electrons and that thev were created by mind?" Alansn Rlker. Answer Has no effect on the theory that sil matter In existence Is composed entirely ot moving electrons. If life Is a result entirely of a chrmlesi process or reaction, then this has nothing to do with the origin of the enemies!. My theory thst mind created electrons Is based on the fact that mind la the only at present known entity In all that part of the uni verse within the range of man that has force to create that is, to add to itself by thinking a thought that had never been thought of before. At the present advance of science it has not beea proved that life Is the result of merely chemical processes or reactions. Nono knows what life Is. Hut creatures i-oduced by chem ical methods, if they are living cteatutes really, hsve not been able to produce young creatures. That is, it hss not been proved with absolute scientific rigidity that is. beyond the faintest trace of doubt, as to whether the motions and growths In Ixieb's and nsstlan's, also Burke's, products, were aetua'ly caused by life. To become scientific this mutt -be proved." Question "I have read that the human body sustslne an sir. pressure of some thing like fourteen tons. Suppose a pet- . son were placed in a compartment which . had been rendered as near a vacuum as possible and tbe person . breathing through a tube from the outside. What would be the effect oh the body' R. Kelly. Answer The person would soon die. The pressure of air on an average, with normal' conditions at mean sea level. Is , 14.7.55 pounds to one square ihch nearly fifteen pdunds. This force in the delicate tissue of the tungs would destroy them and death would follo.v almost Immedi ately. And blond easels In all partes ot the body, or at least near the surface would be Rreatly distended. If hot rup tured. Dire results would follow the re lease ef air pressure from a living body. A photographic refractor frith object glass thirteen 'inches in diameter. The observer is holding tbo switch connected with the driving clock. ' ' . . ' . ' j "How, fa can a telescope see?" la a question often asked. In order to give an approximate answer we must make cer tain assumptions. A sixth magnitude star Is the faintest celestial object visible to the miked eye. Now, It appear that the average sixth magnitude star is at a distance of about JTP light years, or say. In round numbers, , 2.17S t million-million miles. Let us take that distance, then, as representing the utmost range, In an astronomical sense, of the unaided human , A telescope wllh a one-Inch object glass will snow stars down to the ninth mag nitude, but tho average ninth magnitude star is about l.ono Ub'ht-years distant, or aay 5,800,O0O,000.fJOO,O0O mllea. Accordingly the "range" of the one-Inch telescope is more than two-and-a-half tlmea' that of the naked eye. A ten-inch telescope will perceive stars down to the fourteenth magnitude, which rarrlcs the range up to t . . 1,000 light-years, or say 4.u6.KO,Ctt,OQO.OM miles. With a forty-Inch telescope, like thai of the Terkea observatory, the' range goes up. to S5.A00' light-pears, reacting seventeenth' magnitude stars, and with a hundred-Inch telescope like the giant now under construction for Mount Wil son. In California, the range should theoretically extend to stars ot the nine teenth magnitude', which are on the aver age W.OJu light-years, distant A. llght- vear is the distance which a ray of light, traveling with the known speed of 1M.S30 milaa per sicond,, woilrt go In one year. It only needs to be said that the dla tonces shore stated for atars of various magnitudes am based upon the assump tion" of a roughly regular average lumin osity ot the whole body of the stars, and should not be taken as representing exact facts of observation. . The results arrived at however, are not. in a broad sense. Nothing to Eat ; but Shredded Wheat" and tho richest man in the world could not buy anything more nutritious or more easily digested. Happy is the man or woman who "has learned through stress of stringent economy the real goodness of IiFedldled. t It means good digestion, physical and mental vigor the power to do' things that are worth while. A daily diet of Shredded Wheat will put the weakling on his feet Try it for ten days. Made in America - Two Shredded Wheat BUcuita, heated in the oren to restore crisp nesa, terred with hot milk or cream, make a complete, nourishing, tatufyinar meal at a total cost of five or six cents. Also delicious with fruits. TRISCUIT is the Shredded Wheat Wafer, eaten as a toast with butter or soft cheese, or as a substitute for white flour bread or crackers. ' 1 , Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company Niagara Falls, N. Y. Advice to Lovelonil ay maaTmxca vasavAX n Do Not Iletarn It. ' Pear Miss Fairfax: A voung man who ras been calling on me gave me a 'sval- ilere for Christmas snd I gave h'm a present in return. He had very bad ha hits, which he would not try to break, so I thought It best to give him up. I wrote him about it, saying he should re turn my pictures also,-, but have not heard from him. Now I am going out with an other young man who I know I really nam for, but he teases me about this otner yoims; man and the lavalllor. le you thiuk 1 aught to return the Isvaller? FUZZUSD. . Tou should not have accepted a gift of Jewelry from a man whom you were not engaged to marry; Neither has this other man a right to criticise your ac tions unless you are engaged to bin). Keep the gift, but be eharjr about ac cepting valuable presents, ' Go to See Her Relatives. Dear Miss Fairfax: Am golnfc out with a young la.'y and love her dearly. Bhe , has l o parent and s boarding with r Istlvee. They object to me for no reason at all. rshnuld she stay with them or -board somewhere else? J. AND . Why not ask her relatives frankly what they have against you and assure them that they are misjudging you? 'Tell them you admire the young lady, and would prefer to see her at their home. The Shredded Wheat Company . kW&TM'' -?X - 'yZ' W Niagara Falls, N. Y. jfir ' t W'f Sill .....i.i.i . 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