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Selfish Women Often Make
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Praise Day
Hy ELLA WHKKLEIt WILCOX.
(Republished by Permission "Good Housekeeping. ')
Let us halt now for a space in our hurrying,
Let us take time to look up and look out;
Let us refuse fdr a spell to be worrying,
v- Let us decline both to question or doubt,
If one toes caviling,
Hair-splitting, flaw-hunting, ready for strife,
All the best pleasure is missed in the traveling
Onward through life.
Just for today we will put away sorrowing.
Just for today not a tear shall be shed;
Nor will we fear anything or go borrowing
Pain from the future by profitless dread.
Thought shall go frolicking.
Pleasuring treasuring everything bright,
Tasting the joy that Is found just in rollicking
On through the light.
Just for today all the ills that need bettering
We will omit from our notebook of mind;
All that is good we will mark by red-lettering;
Those things alone we are seeking to find.
Things to be sad over.
Pine over, whine over, pass them, I say.
Nothing is noted save what we are glad over
This Is Praise Day.
Public Schools Should Teach
Good Manners
' Weed of Instruction Wfcioh Will Kak Refined, Courteous Man and
Woman of Omaha's Cosmopolitan Army of Children.
By - ELLA WHEELER WIIXXJX.
(Copyright, 1915. By Star Company.)
' Our school rytem needs revolutionizing.
The community. Is taxed heavily, to sun
port -school Institutions. The Introduction
of tho drawing- master, the murle master.
the district nurse,
the 'visiting dentist
and doctor, all mean
Increased taxes . tor
the people. Most of
thaseln novations on
the sfM school system
(whivk consisted of
tea.cbingtlve'.v.Thrao
R'o'Weadihg," "Wrtt
l a . aid .VTtthr
mettc.")- are of -value
to the .children the
com lng generation
of men and women.
It is, however, the
opinion of many
thinking people that
the time and money
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expended on the teaching- of art In our
public schools, might well b reduced
to a minimum. .Not one child In 100
possesses sufficient talent in this line
to make it worth while to continue the
study after school years. The child who
does possess such talent would bo dis
covered, were not a whole community'
taxed and the time of an entire school
taken a portion of each day, which might
well be devoted to something- of more,
universal value.
One of the most important things In
the education of any man or woman is
good manner. Manners which do not
offend In dally deportment A man may
know nothing of art and nothing of
music and yet not offend his neighbors,
though he live to be 100 years old. But
the man who knows nothing o the nice
ties of good manners at the table, or de
portment in public vehicles, or places of
entertainment. Is a xontlnual annoyance
"and irritation, to his fellow beings.
To eat noisily, to display a tooth pick
In public, to use the knife where the
fork 1 Intended, to crowd in front of
women and children, to talk loud In pub
lic, all : these habits interfere with the
general! well being. It Is In the early
childhood life that right habits should
be taught.
It would be of great importance to the
world at; large were the public schools
of Amerita to Institute a "good manners
department" in the kindergarten, the pri
mary and intermediate departments of
all schools. Ten minutes each day given
to instruction by short talks and dem
onstrations on these subjects would ac
complish miracles of good. Tho right way
of manipulation of the knife and fork at
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the table, the right attitudes, the proper
use of the napkin are all matters of much
greater importance In the education of
the average child than Instruction In
drawing or In dissection of dead animals.
Our country is a smelting pot of every
nationality on earth. Our schools are
composed of children from all classes and
all climes. Many people come to us
whose lives In the old countries have
been passed in remote places, far from
centers of civilisation, where no knowl
edge Is obtainable of the niceties of life.
The children the reared by these parents
In the same habits which characterised
their early environments. A large ma
Jority it .these children will grow up to
he Intellectually brllllant.men and women,
and many ot them will occupy prominent
places; industrially and politically.- It Is
Important that they should be trained In
good manners in the small things of lite
as- well as In intellectual development.
If, your children are made, to. realise
thai good manners are regarded as a
part of education -they will use their
Influence upon their parents.
At any . one of our seashore resorts In
the summer, or our winter resort hotels,
ono may encounter men and women by
tho score who have been successful In
the battle for worldly wealth, but whose
early education lacked training In this
special direction of refined manners.
Men who tuck their napkins under their
chin, men and women who partake of
their soup audibly,' and who flourish
toothpicks at the tabic. In the corridors
and on the verandas, and even men and
women who convey food to the mouth by
means of the knife, forgetting that, the
knife is only appropriate tor cutting and
not. for carrying food, are to be met with
everywhere In our land.
Many of our early Puritan fathers were
very Indifferent to these matters a they
vcre opposed to all things ornamental
sod beautiful In lite. They taught only
the stern virtues, and principles, and an
avstcre religion. The ornamental, the
gracious, the courteous sides of life they
considered of no value.
The New England world has changed
many of Its ideas In modern times, but It
needs to change still more, and to carry
Its modern ideas still further, by intro
ducing instruction in good manners into
our school systems.
It Is only the exceptionally well-bred
littlo boy who does not rush ahead ot
older people, thrust women and children
rsldej and force himself Into public con
veyances in a hurry to obtain a seat.
NVt one small boy In 1.000 ever rises and
cqfera an older person a seat; not more'
tnan one in i.uw nas oeen taught to rise
when' a woman enters a .room. These
small courtesies mark the well-bred mau
when he Is grown and their absence
marks the boor.
The world would be a more agreeable
Dlace. and men and women more ucre-
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10 imroaucc a aepanmeni ror teaching
good manners.
In-Shoots.
The book with a flashy cover Is often
dull. And It is that wav with m.nv nrr.
sons you meet.
Much
as mo may admire these lady
It would be letter for their .th if ,h.
would chew p!;g tobacco.
When a man looks woe-begone enough
to excito the sympathy of a professional
iharlty distributor he might as well be
turned over to th undertaker.
lxiok st the record of the men boss
and you will find that he was once the
prince of fawning employes.
When tho landlord and tenant can
agree as to the quality of the wall paper
needed for a room there is something
millennial In the air.
It la well to be suspicious ot the man
who offers the tame volume of laugh
for every Joke.
Ability to escape from the fool killer
has often put a loan in the hciu class.
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By GARRETT P. BERVISS. .
A bright boy . after hearing read the
account of Genesis of how Ood made all
the animal Inhabitants or the earth, one
after another, exclaimed: "What fun
that was!" Ha was rebuked' for trrever-
ence, but he declared that he meant
nothing wrong; he only-thought what a
delight it would be to actually make new
animals the first Hon, the first tiger,
the first elephant, the first alligator, and
so on.
And . the naturalist, studying the in
finite variety of animal forms, often, no
doubt, has a similar Impression of the
pleasure that must underlie the act of
creating- something that has never before
existed. ' He meets many animals which
seem to Mm to have been made of a
kind of "rule of thumb," or as one whit
tles out a nondescript figure - from a
stick of wood, following the fancies of
the moment, and changing the shape to
suit the new Ideas that are suggested by
accidental strokes of the jackknife.
There is no apparent reason why the
creatures living cn this earth might not,
just as well, have had forme entirely
different from these which we see. If
we could visit Venus, which Is of about
the same size as the earth, we might
find It crowded with Inhabitants, every
one of which would be a complete novelty
to our eyes, and what was there re
garded as the acme of beauty might seem
to us monstrously ugly. Yet, these diverse
forms, existing in a world otherwise like
ours, would merely represent different
ways of meeting the conditions of life
from those adopted on the earth, nature's
Jackknife on Venus having turned out
different modola from similar materials.
These thoughts are suggested by some
pictures, which are herewith reproduced,
of one of the strangest of our snimal
contemporaries on tho earth the snsp
ping turtle, a "strictly American family."
The turtles, tortoises and terrapins are
all very curious creatures, such as nature
only could invent, and, while they are
found, In one species or another, all over
Advice to Lovelorn
Breach of Promise Soils.
Dear Miss Kairfax: Kindly answer the
; fnowi,,g question
A couple nave oenn
vear. After a slight
i engsgrd almost a
HLaiicrmrnt the man immediately mar
ines knottier girl (apparently for money)
I without the previous engagement hetng
broken or giving any explanation what
ever. The first girl, feeling that she has
been treated vary unjuktly and desiring
I to in some way punish the man for his
rieiestnDle action. Is coniemiuaung a suh
' 'or nreah of promise. Would such an
1 Ltln ' her .part in any ay reflect on
her character? O. O.
A breach of promise suit always reflactj
" lhe t""" ot th lrl wh0 Mn
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c wounos wun money is noi
a particularly fine organ.
Ask HI into Accompany Yes. ,
Dear Miss Fairfax: I receded an in
vitation to attend the party of a friend.
It was adilrntsed to niynlf and escort.
I would very much like to go, but have
no escort.
flu re Is a young man that I would like
to ask to accompany me, but do not
think It proper, .as 1 have always xpokt n
to Mm on business terms only. He Is a
nice young man and respectful as fsr as
that goes, and my folks know him well.
Do you think H right for me to ask him
to accompany me sifti do you think he
might consider me running after him'.'
A riEADEIV
Since your people know this young
man, and since you have had numerous
dealings with him, I see no reason why
you should not ask him to go with you
to the affair to which you were given
permission to bring your escort- .'.
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the world, they appear, as a whole, to
have, been dying out for many ages.
They were once much more numerous,
and a great number -of their species have
become extinct.
They are traveling fortifications, like
Jules Verne's '"steam house." Each car
ries his fort, or his blockhouse, on his
back. ' If you meet a small land-turtle,
or mud-turtle (and there are many about
Omaha), you' will see him ' draw his
head and his tall into bis hard,' horny,
queerly carved box, ad .there ha is In
visible and 'as Safe from attack; from
any of his ordinary enemies, as If he
were Inside a sleel fort. Even a wagon
wheel running over that stout domed
back will not lu-ays crush of even
check it.
The snapping turtle, or alligator turtle,
as It Is also called, is not so perfectly
protected by its box-fort as are more of
the species. This Is because Its neck and
legs' are too long to be completely with
drawn luto the shell. But, on the other j
hand, the snapping tut tie Is very ag
gressive, a tact which perhaps partly
makes up for the Incompleteness of his
defenses, and which has given him his
popular name.
If approached ha will attack fearlessly
with his claws and .laws, . the latter.
however, being destitute of teeth, al
though very strong, so teat a large snap
ping turtle, and the the ordinary variety
sometimes weighs fifteen or twenty
pounds, ran snap asunder a stick half
an Inch in thickness. This fierce animal
also believes in noise ss an aid In fight
ing, and makes a great hissing all the
time the battle continues.
The name alligator turtle is applied only
in tho southern statos. where the crea
ture grows much larger than in the
north, often attaining a weight of fifty
pounds. In the lower Mississippi valley
it Is regarded as a. delicious article of
food, resembling terrapin. It has been
remarked that the snapping turtle seems
to partake of the nature of both the
turtle and the Heard (or saurian) famine",
By Beatrka
Fairfax
Gifts of Jewelry.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young
man. 21. and am in love with a girl three
yeara my Junior. Although she never
told me that she loves me or hlnti-d any
thing to ma, I think that In time 1 can
win her love.
At her eighteenth birthday I gave her
a ring as a birthday gift, which she ac
tepted. although she hesitated at first
Also a few months ago l gave tier a
watch as a token of friendship, which
also she accented, but at first hesitated.
As I am well able to make these gifts Is
it not Proiier for the young lady In ques
tion to accept these small tokens of my
affections. I am not enraged to the
young lady, but am merely a friend.
R. O.
Don't set about winning a girl's love by
gifts of Jewelry this is buying It not
winning it. It Is not at all proper for a
girl to receive such gifts from a man.
Give her flowers, randy or b'voke.
Waltlac for a His,
Dear Miss ! sir fax: Mas a fellow a
right to keep ateady company with a
girl, when he Is not In a position at the
present time financially to marry, pro
viding the tiirl Is willing to wsit until he
Is In better circumstances? Tho fellow
loves the girl dearly, and the girl likes
hint better than any fellow sho knows,
f-tiould they become publicly engaged or
net? b. C.
I do not bellete in engagements last
ing over a long period. Hut If a tnan
feels sure of his love and of his ability
to make good more quickly for the In
centive of a woman's plighted troth, an
engagement extending over a year would
not be unwise. '
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and It Is from the latter that ha derives
his fierce character.
The great green turtle, r who has given
his name to green rurtjo . . .
mightiest representative of tho faiuliy
now living, as far as aise goes. It runs
in weight from 400 to 1,500 pounds and Is
sometimes over eight feet long. It lives
in Shallow wsters along tropical coasts
and may be seen feeding In herds like
cattle, on the seaweeds. Often It floats
on tho surface, basking In the sunshine.
It lays its eggs on shore during moon
lit nights, in soft sand, where they are
hatched by "tho sunshine.' When caught
on shore and turned on its back one
of these turt.es cannot right Itself and
thus they are easily made prisoners.
The hawksbill turtle, another species,
furnishes "tortoise shell," which consists
of horny plates, constituting the outer
part of the shell and these plates, for
some reason, are particularly beautiful
In this species, both from their delicate
mottled colors and the translucency of
the material.
Turtles are famous for longevity. It Is
said that Individuals have been known to
live a century or more.
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!j DOROTHY DIX.
Is love often a curse Instrad of a Mess
ing? Can a wife love a husband well that
her affection works him a greater harm
than the malice of
any enemy
could
Invent?
This question has
Just been answered
In I'srls by one of
the most traslc
romances ot all
history. Captain
Mortal of the
French army ass
married to a
woman whose de
votion was so
great that she
would scarcely let
him out of her
sight. In times of
peace she Insisted
In going with him
everywhere h
went. even to
army manoeuvres, and although this In
convenienced him and hampered him In
his profession, It could still be manured.
When war waa declared, however, the
nit us I Ion was different.
General Joffro gave orders that no
woman must enter the army sone. Mme.
Herlal disregarded IMs order end Joined
her husband. He Implored her tii return
to their home and. their children. She
refused to go. Ills superior officers or
dered Captain Herlal to send his wife
away. By every means in his power he
attempted to Induce her to leave. Fhe
still refused.
The husband was placed under arrest,
deprived ot his promotion fee an officer
of the Legion of Honor, and menaced
with dismissal In disgrace from tho armv
on account of his apparent dlsobedlonce
to General Joffre's order, and still the
wife reiterated her determination not to
leave his side, and, goaded Into madness
by her sttltude, Captain Herlal drew his
pistol snd shot the woman ho loved dead.
Madame Herlal Is sn example of a not
uncommon type of wife the woman who
becomes obsessed by a selfish passion
for a man thst makes her want to mon
opolize him utterly. Phe resents every
thought and Interest that he has apart
from her. She has no' regard for his
honor, or his ambition, but Is perfectly
willing to sacrifice him and ruin his
every prospect In life to gratify her
selfish affection for him.
We see this blighting form of love
exhibited about us every day. It begins
with the girl who. Is so In love with a
young men that she hurries on the wed
ding day snd forces him Into marriage
before he Is ready for It.; As a single
man he could work longer hours, he had
a hundred chances to get a. foothpUl lp
' the ''world to, where the poor young mar
ried man has one.
Nevertheless, because sho loved him
and Is afraid In some way he might get
awsy from her, she ties the millstone of
a wife and family about hie neck, al
though she knew how almost Impossible
It Is tor a man to climb who Is carrying
that weight on his back
As we see the wife who ' blocks, her
husband's opportunity in life by standing
In his way and holding on to his eoat
tall, Perhaps some good business open
ing Is presented to the man, but to take
It will require his being away from her
part of the time. She will not hear of
such a thing, and when he talks of leav
ing home for even a few weeks she has
hysterics.
"1 don't care whether we have any.
thing or not, so thst I have you," she
walls. "I don't want riches or honors, I
want your love," she moans, snd she
never stops to consider that she may he
blasting her husband's ambition and
keeping him from .doing tho thing that
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And there I the wife of the profes
Monul mn. wlme devotion puts the ex-
tlnmilsher on Ins career. Sometimes the
wife's selfish affection takes the form
of Jealousy. She sees in every women
who comes to h rchuibnnd'e office a
rival, and her evil uusplolons ultrlbute
to them dlNgustlng intrigues. She drives
swny clients end patients, and badgers
her unfortunate husband Into an apathy
that kills effort by her ceaseless nag
ging and con.lct ture and distrust.
Or her exacting sffo-tion requires hei
husband's constant attendance at her
side. She won t go an a vacation with
out him. She won t n to the theater
without Mm. or a psrtv without him.
Of an evening he must alt up and enter
tain her, because she never gets enough
of his society, and the result Is that he
falls behind men of less ability because
he has no time In which to study or
read or think.
I have known more thau one oast
where a wife Induced her hVsbsnd tc
give up a good place for a bad one be-e
cause it would leavo him "more time at
home," where a wife has kept ner hus
band from going on a vttually Import
ant business mlssinn because she wasn't
feeling well and wan.cd him with her,
and where clerks nave leen dismissed
because their overly devoted wives were
always hanging around under foot In as
olfiin or store, or tuado themselves such
nuisance calling their husbands up s
doxen times a day over the telephone.
Such love is this and It's a very com
mon feminine brand is mora hurtful
to a man than any hate could he, be.
cause you ran fight hate and defy It,
but you are helpless before mushy senti
ment. You can hit oack, blow for blow,
but what man has the courage tu tear
from around his neck to cllnglna arms
that are smothering him and dragging
him down to defeat?
As long as a woman feels that she can
not exist without some man's presence,
she feels Justified In Imposing on him,
or tyrranlslng over him, or handicapping
him, because she thinks she loves him;
but the feeling she entertains Is no more
real love than pinchbeck Is pure gold.
The very essence of teal love Is un
selfishness, and until a woman it able
to put her husband's interests and pleas
ures before her own and to efface her
self. If need be, for his advantage, she
knows nothing of love.
Heaven help the msn whom a woman
loves selfishly. He had better have her
hate. It would be less disastrous to him.
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