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9 Eh e Be ome Magazine Pa niK BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. .1ULY 2. 1015 The Unknown By JANE M'LKAN. A road in a straight Una- clean and white, That ends In the wide horizon's bow, Bordared with fir trees, touched with light. And footsteps hurrying to and fro. Tet what pulse Quickens along the way Where thousand of people pass each day? Another road like a ribbon dreams Its twisting way in a narrow line. And yet so garnered with Joy It seem To glint with a wondrous starry shine. Who knows of the mysteries yet to learn On the crooked road Just beyond the turn? Shakespeare and the World War Ti 4 4 The Most Imposing he Uoddess Story Ever Cre,ted osing Motion Picture Serial and Read It Here -See It at the Moviei Br ELBERT HUBBARD. f ' -a"' hf Thraa hundred and fifty-one yea.ii ao today Shakeepear. was born. Two hundred and ninety-nine years sgo today Shakespeare died. On April 28 tha great Ufa cum and Um treat lire passed out of sight. Jt seems a lour time no, for Shakespeare lived in the time when tbe not so very good Queen Boa was heir to the throne of her father, who also waa not so very good. A king's reign waa once interest eating' or not, de pending upon the women of the court. This waa true of the reign of Henry VIII, and he gave opportunity for queens aecond to none save Bolomon. These women claimed the attention of poets, artists, historians, couriers and courtiers, and the world. The social and political center of inter est In England in Shakespeare's time was the king's palace. It was the hotbed where the seeds of ambition germinated, grew, flowered, fruited, died. It was also the culture bed where vault ing ambition forced eventa to a prema ture birth, an early and tragic death. Shakespeare never lived In the palace of the king, yet he knew better than any one Inmate could what happened there. He heard all the aervants' gossip," as well a the no less Interesting gossip of the attaches of the court who came to the theaters. e More than all and better than all, fihakespeare knew the human heart. It was 3S1 years ago today that Shakes peare was born. This la not the same world into which Shakespeare was ushered. Mary Arden Shakespeare had few com forts and no luxuries to give her babe. The first porcelain dishes were not made until 1762 by the Wedgwoods for Queen Charlotte. Although Mary Queen of Scot- and her cousin, Elizabeth, were both considered artists In their use of the awoid, yet each ate Indelicately, and with her finger Even In kings' palaces there was no steam heat, no furnace fire, no electrio lights, no gaa lights, no stoves even for cooking. There were no steamships nor railroads, automobllea nor airships, neither tele, etraph nor telephone, no science, no busi ness organizations. Tbe seas were Imperilled by pirates, and the land Infested with robbers. Might made right He was the richest man who had the strongest muscle and the most cunning brain Honesty, was not tho best policy for those who wanted success. Justice was something dreamed of by a few idealists. Kindness, tenderness, patience, affec tion, courtesy, gentleness, were Ideals far. far away. It waa a rude, crude, barbaric world in J564. "A mad world, my masters." If the "Thousand-soulod Shakespeare" were to come back today he would surely be a stranger In this physical world. His own Ariel could be a reality In stead of a fairy dream. He could fly through the air, skim over the earth, dive under the water, ride on the curlid cloud, drink the air before him and return, or ulse your pulse twice beat. Voices in the air. Illusions of beauty, everything Shakespeare told of In "The Tempest." has been made real. The poet could do al his Ariel aid, and much, jnuca more. Hla portrayals of the wealth of rich men would be aa painted shadows com pared with the wealth of rich men to day. What material this world furnishes for this master brain! what plays he could writs I What words he could make, and what word pictures! How rich In color and uctlon would be the scenes of life he would set "between the morn of laughter and the night of tears. " now bis players would "body forth ihe false, the true, the careless shallows und th tragic deeps of human life." What a place for fchakeapeere this world Is now I And although .Shakespeare was born 21 yeara ago he would find himself at home in this new world for one leason: Me knew the human heart, its multitudin ous manifestations. Man's brain has developed. It has in vented that which has annihilated time and space. Man's braiu has subdued the earth to his usee. Everybody lives longer now than did Methuselah. And it is man's brain that has worked the miracles of the eaxth. Hut the human heart remains the same. lo you think It has no? Read Shakes peare. lime t lie ml tare bcls of "vaulting sm- Liuon" been n-moved from king' pal aces? They have multiplied. The seeds have been sown in other places as well. That is alL "Vaulting ambition" Is not confined to kings' palaces. The original bed, however, has never been removed. The possibilities for power, world con quest, are still great in the palace of the king. See Kuroue. Then read the play of "Macbeth." Shakespeare says that "vaulting am bition'' met Macbeth in the day of his success. It whispered to Itliu of great conquest. Success came, not singly, but in bat talions. And then began a system of organized espionage, preparedness for war. Hliakeopee.ro presents dramatically the progress of tho war spirit, the tragic, bloody path to vktory. He counts the cost. "It will have blood, they May; blood will have blood." "We'd jump the life to come. But in three cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, whkh being taught return To plague the Inventor." "From this moment The very firstlings of my heart shall be The flreUings of my hand. And even now. To crown my thoughts with acts, be It thought and done; The castlo of Macduff I will surprise. Seise upon life, give to the edge o' the sword His wife, his babes, and all unfortunate souls That trace him In his line." And one soldier speaks: "Alas. roor country! Almost afraid to know itsalf. It cannot Be called our mother, but our grave." This was war in Shakespeare's time. How does it differ from Belgium's nowT Tour castlo Is surprls'd; your wife and babea Savagely slaughtered." Then Macbcth'a brain reaches a point where he gives this ss argument to himself: "I am In blood Stepp'd so far that, should I wade no more. Returning were aa tedious as go o'er." Later Macbeth said: "I have lived long enough; my way of . ... f . vv r i ; t . V . " ' 'ii' - sir i'''V;"",::H-' awk - 1 . ;i.-"--i. jr life Is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf. And that which should accompany old age. As honor, love, ebedlence, troops of friends. I must not look to have; but. In their stead. Curses, not loud, but deep; mouth-honor. breath. Which the poor heart would fain deny. ana aare not. Three hundred years havo had their entrance and their exit from the sage of time. Men and women hava, each In turn, played many parts, and the only strange thing In that people of power have not yet learned that "vaulting ambition o'erleaps Itself and falls on the other side.". War writes in letters of blood so plain that every wayfaring man should understand. "Tills even-handed justice commends the Ingredients of our polson'd chalice to our own Hps. What war forces to the lips of another must ultimately return, and he who forces must himself drink. Shakespeare told the whole world the story and he consequences of war, One might almost think that "all our yesterdays have lighted fool to dusty death," and will unless we learn the les son now. "Nought's had; all's spent." Do You Know That When crossing rivers the Cosssyks, to avoid getting wet, throw the left atlrruD ltather across the saddle and the right stirrup leather In the opposite direction. Then, placing their feet In the reversed stirrups, they stand upright, Vour salary Is your "salt money," Sol diers once received salt as part of their pay. When the salt was commuted for cash the latter was cslled "salerlum," salt money, or "salary." The Greeks held that the red rose de rived Its color from the blood of Venus, when she trod on a thorn of the white rose while going to the assistance of the dying Adonis. "Sweating coins" Is tbe practice of shaking gold coins in a bsg until some portion of the metal Is worn off. In this way a considerable amount of gold dust can be collected. Maine was the first state which, by an act of its legislature, prohibited the sale of Intoxicating drinks. When first introduced into Ungland, umbrellas were used by women only. Cycles are often used for drawing Maxim guns. King George has nla hair cut once a fortnight. j Warm buths are good for billiuusreM. .., I . Jt '.. 1 (s -SM ; ssssW" : J RS 1.5 II;: , , .'.. .' 1' 'r Does Beauty Handicap the Business Girl? Professor Stilliter Hypnotizes the Coal Magnate Into Giving Away Money. By Gouverneur Morris and Charles W. Goddard Cspyrlibt, 1911. Star Ceases. Synopsis of Fevlous Chapters. After the tragic death of John Ames buiy, his prostrated wife, one of Amer ica's greatest beauties, dies. At her death Prof. Stullier, an agent of the interests kidnaps the beautiful 3-year-old baby ftlrl und brings her up in a paradise where she sees no man. but thinks she is taught by angels who Instruct her for her mission to reform the world. At the age of Pi she ia auddvnly thrust Into tbe world where aaenta of the interests are ready to pretend to fiud her. The on to feel the loss of the little Amesbury girl most, after she had been spirited a ay by the interests, was Tommy Barclay. Fifteen years later Tommy roes to the Adirondack. The interests are responsi ble for the trip. By accident he is tne first to meet tlm little Amesbury slrl. as she comes forth from her paradise as Celestla the girl from heaven. Neither Tommy nor Celeatia recoKnlxes each other. Tommy finds it an easy matter to rescue ceiesua from Prof. SlUllter and they hide in the mountains; later they are pursued by Stilliter and escape to an island where they spend the night. That night. SUIilter, following his In dian guldv, reaches the island, found Celestla and Tommy, but did not disturb them. In the morning Tommy goes for a swim. During . his absence Stilliter at tempts to steal Celestla, who runs to Tommy for help, followed by Stilliter. The latter at once realizes Tommy's pre dicament. He takes advantage of it by taking not only Celestla s, hut Tommy s clothes. Stilliter reaches Four Corners with Celestla lust in time to catch an express for New York, there he places Celestla in Bellevue hospital, where her sanity is proven by the authorities. Tommy reaches Bellevue Just before Stll liter's departure. Totnmy s first aim was to get celestla away from Stilliter. After they leave Bellevue Tommy Is unable to get any hotel to take Celestla In owing to her costume. But later he persuades his iathar to keep her.- When he goes out to the taxi he finds her gone. She falls Into the hands of white slavers, but escapes and goes to live with a poor fam ily by the name of Douclas. When their son Freddie returns home he finds right In his own home. Celestla. the girl for which the underworld has offered a re ward that he hoped to get. Celestla. secures work in a Urge gar ment factory, where a great many girls are employed. Here she shows her pe culiar power, and makes friends with all her girl companions. By her talks to the sirla she Is able to calm a threatened strike, and the "boss" overhearing her is moved to grant the reiler (he girls wiBhed. snd also jo right a great wrong he had done one of them. Junt nt this point the factory catchea on fire, and the work room la soon a blazing furnace. Celestia refuses to escape with the other girls, and Tommy Barclay rushes in and car ries her out, wrapped In a big roll of cloth.. . . SEVENTH EPISODE. "Take it to the light." said Stilliter, and ha followed Kehr to the nearest win dow. Barclay nudged the man nearest him, and winked one eye "I am not rich." said Stilliter, quietly, "but I will give you a thousand dollars if you can find a flaw or an Imperfection-or any sort in that crystal." Kehr brought the crystal so near hla eyes that they had to cross to see It, and he began to turn It slowly this wsy and that. Stilliter kept up. a running fire of comment in the sains quiet even tone. Last, he said. "Why you must have had a bad night. You can hardly keep your eyes open; better lust let 'cm shut and have a little nap." Ha reached around Kehr from behind and quickly took the crystal away from them. Then he turned to Ms audience. "Did I hear someone say "put up Jobr I hope not. It wouldn't have been worth while. Why, he was easier to pTynotlse than a chicken. Tell the gentleman how easily you were hypnotised. Turn and face them first, make a little bow. That's a fine fellow. Now then!" Kehr spoke tn a dull monotonous voice: "Ladles snd gentlemen." he said. 'I was easier to hypnotise than a chicken." "Spoken like a man"' exclaimed Still iter. Tears of laughter were running down Barclay's face. He wiped them away. "Some of us do think this is a put up Job, Stilliter." he said. "Make him di something more Important " t a'c Milliter, "we all know I .Mr. Kelu- fo;- a linn who in money mut ters Is conspicuously backward about coming forward. I might make him dance for you, sing for you, eat soap or stand on his head. Still you would think that it might bo a put up Job. It wouldn't cost him a cent." He turned to Kehr and in a . voice of command said: "Sit down at that desk In the first position of writing," Kehr obeyed. "Take a aheo': of paper. Ink our pen. Prepare to write. Write as 1 dictate : Dear Professo.-, I. O. U. ten million dol lars." Kehr finished nnd there was a craning of necks to hee what he had written. The t. O. 17. was passed from hand to hand. Suddenly Sturtevant broke the silence. "This." he s-id. "Is only a scrap of paper. It hasn't cost him a cent yet." "True." said Stilliter, "well then," he turned to Kehr. "Have you any money 'with you?" "Yes." "Say, ves sir." Kehr did this, and then produced from un Inner pocket a thick roll of yellow- toacke surrounded by a broad rubber band. "I think it would be pleasant If you distributced them among the gentlemen present." He began to do so. When, suddenly Stilliter waked him. Kehr looked at what remained of his great roll and his Jaw dropped. He stammered. Then bis brows knitted and tho sweet came. Stilliter handed him the L O. V. "There is no hurry about this." he said sweetly; still If you could let me have a couple of million on account." "It'i my writing," said Kehr, "but I don't remember writing It." He was in agony. "And still you don't believe In hypno tism?" "That crystal 1." He turned a pained astonished frace from one to another. "You may tear up thst I. O. U" said Stilliter grandly. ""But we shall keep the actual cash yoa have distributed as s i-ouvenlr of the occasion." Just then a door opened quietly, and Barclay's private secretary ushered Celestla into the room. The capitalists rose as one man. It wa their homage to dignity snd -beauty. Barclay stepped quickly forward. Thank you for coming," he said. "We sie busy men. snd it Is difficult for us to get to hesr you. But from what I have gathered it seemed to me that they ought to hear you. And now," he smiled a kind of gentle old fashioned gallantry, "I am sure of It." (To Uo C'oritinuod Tomorrow.) Advice to Lovelorn By Beatrice Fairfax Give Hlia TJp. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 30, and have been keeping company with a gentleman three yeara my senior for the last two and a half years. He says he loves me, and also promised to marry -ne. but lately when making an appointment he never keeps It, and stays away for weeks at a time, without letting me know what reason he haa for doing so. Do you think his intentions are very good if he treats me that way? I love him and would like to know how to act in the matter. M. A. L. Plainly his love has grown cold snd any attempt on your part to revive It will only hurt you more. Be proud and refuse to stand for such treatment. Don't write; simply ignore his existence. He Is 7(ot for Yoa. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am U and am keeping company with a young man two years my senior lie Is s very nice young man, but at times I dislike him very much and at other times love him ex ceedingly. R, t. J. If he were the man to make you happy you will love htm all the time. Ily BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Is beauty a handicap to the business woman.' Does a share of pulchritude interfere with a woman's efficiency In business? Docs feminine loveliness get the preference when out seeking employ ment, or dors It go about sadly looking for a Job while plain, practical-looking persons get most of the available posi tions? For the society girl, for the sheltered woman, beauty is generally an asset either at the game of tociai success or in the popular pursuit Of husband hunting. ' But when the "poor working girl" I considered the world Is likely to talk about "the fatal gift of beauty" aad to murmur something about Edna's being tor too pretty for her own good, and loule's seeming much oo ornamental to be very useful. Benuty is an sssct to the business woman until she trie to make it one. We arc all under the spell of beauty. Our Interest goes out In response to healthy good looks In man or woman. No man In search of a stenographer, no woman who Is looking for a secretary. Is so stupidly narrow-minded aa to sup pose that it follows ss the night the day that because a girt is pretty she cannot be an efficient worker. Beauty is hot always a pink and white rimper and smirk, nor Is It an exotic btiarreneaa of form and feature. True beauty is harmony and health and intel ligence and charm and normal good features in pleasant combination. And all these things are as likely to indicate a harmonious nature and a sane mind in a healthy body as they are postulate the presence of less plessant characteristics. Of course, when the pretty girl wants to be a silly fool and to stroll down tn business In a Fifth avenue oostuma of glased boots, sheer silken hosiery, fluN to ring short skirts and elaborate blouses topped oft by white fox. and with the final self-conscious silliness of a velvet hat In defiance of the seasons, she de serves criticism and gets It. Common sense is not a monopoly of thu ugly. Nor are brains, nor business ability, nor willingness to attend to work during working hours snd to extend them at necessity. The hardest worker, the "most willing worker" in a large office which employs twenty girls and as many men, Is its beauty, she is an unself-eonactous young person with an ambition to work up In the world, and no matter how hard "she plays when she plays," no one In the office ever sees her do It. She docs not flirt nor powder her nose at anxious intervals, nor angle for Invi tations for lunch. Sh attends strictly to business and Is at the same time a re freshing sight for the eyes of anyone who takes a moment's respite from labor. She no more Interferes with tho discipline of tho office than did a great mass of red roses she brought In one day from her home over in Jersey. Beauty Is restful and refreshing snd a panacea for tired spirits. And it nsver will be a handicap to the woman who works unless her Idea of working is thst of working othera ' Between beauty and self-conscious pos ing there Is sn unbrtdged river: Whole some loveliness is as weloome In' the business world ss It Is all through lite. And tinsel, tawdry, self-adulation will always bore people and be' one of the things they do not take willingly Into thtlr offices or homes or hearts. The Food for Human Beings Dr. Wiley is America's greatest authority on foods and food values. In a recent magazine article he said: "I think you can live on wheat alone in the form of whole wheat products, but not on white flour alone. Milk is the wheat of the infant, and wheat is the milk of the adult. Indian corn, because of the amount of zein it contains, is not so well suited for growing animals as wheat." But be sure you get the whole wheat in digestible form. All the muscle-making material in the whole wheat grain is made digestible and deliciously palatable in Ifoireddledi Wlheaft the food that is full of gimp and go a vim-maker for the Summer days. Try it for breakfast with milk or cream, or for any meal with berries or other fruits. Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
