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THE BKE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, AUOUfiT 11. 1015. he Bees Home ine P Pin Money Frocks Republished by Special Arrangement with Harper's Bazar Parents and the Child Magaz age r , Life & j i By ELLA TVHKELEIl W1ICOX. . On bleak bold bill, with a bold world under, Tj dreary world of the common-place, I have stood when the whole world seemed a blunder Of dotard time In an aimless race. With worry about me and want before me. Yet deep In my soul was a rapture sprint That made me cry to the gray sky o'er me, Oh, I know this life Is a goodly thing. I hare glren sweet years to a thankless duty, Where cold and starring, though clothed and fed. For a yonng heart's hunger for Joy and beauty Is harder to bear than the need of bread. y I have watched the wane of a sodden season, Which let hope wither and made care thrive, And through it all without earthly reason I have thrilled with the glory of being alive. And now I stand by the great sea's splendor, Where love and beauty feed heart and eye, The brilliant light of the sun grows tender As it slants to the shore of the By and By. I count each hour as a golden treasure, A bead time drops from a slender string. And all my ways are the ways of pleasure, And I know this life is a goodly thing. And I know, too, that not in the seeing Or having or doing the things we would Lies that deep rapture that comes from being - At one with the purpose that makes all good. And not from pleasure, the harp may borrow, That Vast contentment for which we strive, Unless through trouble and want and sorrow It has thrilled with the glory of being alive. Epicurean Episodes : Tho flentlo Art of Dongh Making 3 t. lV"- SV.!.i mm f mmk f'.v'.-'i m) w By DOROTHY DIX. There Is much complaint nowadays among- women because their husbands do not know how to make dougli like father used to make. Nor Is this to be jwondered at, because there is nothing which Is such a comfort In a home as plenty of dough. Therefore, It Is naturally a source of keen disappoint ment to a girl who has been brought up In a family where the head of the house was an' expert dough maker to find out that she has mar ried a man who Is totally unskilled In this useful domestic a e c o m pllshment. 'upon which rests so much of the peace and happi ness of matrimony. Before the Introduction of. golf, and country clubs, and especially before the middle-eced men took to tangoing, prac tically every American man was a good jdough maker, and dough making; was the great national pastime. Men found thelr chief Joy In making dough, leav ing It to their wives to distribute It as they saw fit among Jewelers, milliners, idressmakers, etc., etc.. and so the divi sion of labor In the family was complete, and peace and harmony reigned In- the home, and we heard little of divorce. Unfortunately this happy stale of af fairs .Is changed. Even the older men eem to have lost much Of their slight of hand at dough making,, and the pres ent generation of young men, especially city bred young men, seems to be totally Ignorant of the art, and to lack the tieoessary energy and bustle that are re quired, to turn out even a passable article of the staff of life. They ' prefer to live upon father's" dought or to marry a girl with enough dough for two, Instead of making their own as their fathers and grandfather did. Indeed, some of our glided youths, especially such as have traveled abroad, turn up their noses t the ancient and honorable pursuit of their forefathers, end declare that nothing would Induce them to soil their hands with such menial occupation. I Poets and other men afflicted with the artistic temperament also peak con temptuously of dough making. These seldom have any dough, -but it Is to be observed that those who most I, despite dough making have the least compunction In subsisting upon that i manufactured by others. People who live upon the dough made by other people re called spongers. I Every man who is a good dough maker has his own special recipe for doing It. These differ In detail, but the secret of all successful dough making Is work. No matter how you start If you'll Just work It hard enough you can turn out sn article of dough that takes the prise at any pure food show. ! The kind of dough which has always been our national boast has been the famous American brand known as self ralntng. To make this, take a poor young boy, preferably one who has been raised on a farm, or In some small hamlet, and mix him up throughly with a Job. It doesn't make any difference what that Job Is. Any kind of an old Job will do. for this kind of a lad amalgamates slly with work. Then pour in a concentrated yeast made up of ambition, a grim determination to get at the top, and a hungry desire Tor money and the good things money buys. Knead these well together, and before you know It, It will bubble up aver the top of the pan. and you will lave the old-fashioned self-raising dough that our fathers used to make, and on ablch so many American families have irown fat and aristocratic. It takes tune, labor and Incessant tatchfulnees to make dough, and many nvn lack the Industry aud Patience for his, so they attempt to hasten the iroceas by injecting a lot of water and tot air Into it, thus making what Is known as aerated dough. This, however. Is not nutritious, and seldom' keeps for any length of time. - The only wholesome doug-h that can be recommended for dally consumption Is made by using a mixture of honest brain and brawn, that Is set to rise in the warmth of opportunity, worked until it Is light, and shortened by plenty of elbow grease. Dough that is sweetened la called cake. In the making of this American men excel, and they delight to feed their families upon It, although Its effects are most injurious, for It almost Invariably gives the. children the swelled head, and the wife hardening of the heart, com plicated wtih social aspirations and symptoms of oulturine, , which carries her off to Europe or fashionable health resorts for about eleven months of the year. To make cake dough American family style, take a large amount of dough, the more the better, add to this a barrel of unselfish devotion, mixed In equal parts with loyalty and pride. ,and flavored with a desire to give one wife's and children all the good things In the world. Work this mixture through winter's colds and -summer's suns until you. are ready to drop with exhaustion, and then bake It brown by long- hours in store or Office, and serve up either at the family table, or send by express to the wife and children where they are enjoying them selves away from home. The making of this usually results in the funeral of, the husband and father, but the family can still make many full meals on what remains of the dough, . Occasionally. ' when the wife and chil dren are particularly unaDnreclatlva nf the cake that Is served to them, the dough maker gets careless and let th dough sour, or else he turns to making dough for some other woman with a sweeter tooth, but this does not happen as often as might be expected. Probably, the most exoert nmfMiknii dough makers In the country are to be xouna on wall street. Here the dough makers sometimes have' mlmlo battles In which they throw dough at each other, but this Is very naus-htv conduct i i. sternly discouraged by the attorney gen eral at Washington, who Is always be laboring them with a big stick. All wives should tncauru thai. ,.. bands In dough maklnr. it. kma out of mischief and promotes domestic lencity. fv i I v sis! (. 1 jv, u m w - . V -J v i ; . j i . . . . v JUL.:-, .i-,,v Materials for the school girl's tailored suit of serge or velours may be procured for (21.60, and the suit made to the meas urements of the individual may be pur chased for 1 40. This negligee in crepe de chine requires five yards (7.60), and in cashmere five yards ($6), and $1 tor satin and embrold- T r ery Bilk. Made to order in silk, $26, and in cashmere $21. The evening frock requires 2 Vi yards of taffeta for drop skirt ($3.75), AVt yards of chiffon ($4.60), 7 4 yards of taffeta ($11.25), yard of shadow lace (67 cents), taffeta for sash (50 cents), and in cidentals ($6), making a total or $26.57. Made to order, $50. ll Virginia Tcrhune Van Ie Water. CopyritM. f15. Star C.rnipnny. "Sho.n1 rare i s n: . utaun or ciirt a child's ambition?" A Bee rendr-i has -written Mil mienlcn. It In not an osy one to answer. Much may depend upon what the ambition la. We remember the vwrlous ambitions of our childhood. They were wonderful. I faikcy there are few smill boyi who have nt determined at some stage of their ear'y caret.t to be engine driver. Many of tin m at one time or another have pianned to become soldiers. Parents have no nee.1 to cur such am bitions. As years pass, wild fancies are replace.! by dreams of other kinds. "I hate to see my boy making a fool of hlnwlf," complnlnfd one fslher. "Ha la planning a career that Is absolutely Impracticable. His every thought and ef fort lend In the direction of ons Idea." "Is the Idea one that Interferes with his uaefulneJr asked an elderly friend. "Well, no. I'll lell you what It Is. He plans to make enough money In his regu Isr line of work to buy a ranch In tn west snd settle out there to spend the rent of his days by the time he Is "I think It s a mighty good trlng." tlvi friend remarked gravely. "Can't you. e thnt everyone works better with some objective In mlrd. with some cherished Idea for which he works? Let the !sd aUme." "It Is not unworthy ambitions that I am afraid of." a certain mother declares. "But I'm afraid of losing roy child." She Is a widow with one daughter, for whom she has sacrificed much. Th mother has always hoped that she and tho girl might spend many years to gether. Now the young woman wants to follow a certain line of work that wilt put thousands of miles between the psr ents and herself. She Is a loving daugh ter, yet she Insists that she has a "career" before her. The mother will bo left at home alone. "The girl Is selflaht" disinterested rela tives exclaim. ."She owes a duty to her parent. Think what that woman has suf fered snd renounced for hcr "But." the girl pleads, "mother may live for years and how about my career? When she Is gone It may be too late for me to take It up. I must live my own life." "The mother must not be considered lit such a matter," said one woman to whom 1 spoke of this esse. "She has had her youth and her life. Would she dwarf her daughter s existence?" Yes, we echo, and try to keep a note of sadness from our voices It Is the rule of the agi-s. Do You Know That Turkish baths are unknown to the Turks. Bulclde la most frequent In large cities. Tho Palvatlon Army originated fifty ' years ago. The Great Well of China Is oved 1.400 miles long. Read It HereSee It at the Movies By Gouverneur Morris and Charles W. Ooddard Ceanlgfet Wis, Ms Advice to Lovelorn S Br aUTUQI WAXMTAX - Make No Apeloales. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 22 and the only support at home. My home Is ex tremely humble and for this reason I never Invite my friends there, as I hava been told a man doesn t care about a girl unless she has a nice horns. I you think I ousrht to tell thern my home la hmnhls K r , u. .. " ' . r i uivna mem, or should I let them find out for thenv T. i f2'n? cln mna neat. but. as I said before, very poor, and I am very sensitive about it. M. tT Don't have any false pride about a home that has the two great qualities of being clean and neat. Pri.ia .h so snobbish as to value you less because rou a mere rtrl v, taken up the task of keeping- up your .... are decidedly not worth having-. Don't be sensitive about it x. worthy of the brave little wage earner who to worthy of admiration. Invite your friends horn unH ... ... -..ww invm in true spirit of hospitality that offers what ...... .apecia courteous appreciation of its best however "humble." enJ'rniT" r-un. girl. ranee, li h'0T uTWiVln, Would von aiivUa . habit? : A. CXNtJTANT RKADER. A bit of powder dusted ever your face to take fiway the slightly unpleasant "Sloee" the natural oil gives to many kins Is perfectly unobjectionable. Use either a simple rice nom-rt.r and do not coat your face with It In the jnineuui way many girls do today. If you do not need even a little talcum, by all means give it up; In sny case do not use it conspicuously. To bs inconspicuous is to bs In good lasts. bjmopeu of l evlous Cliapt-era. John Amesoury is killed In a railroad aoclUanl, and his wits, one oi Ameriua's roost beauiUut women, oiee troiu uie shock, rovin a -yta-old oaugmer, who is taken Dy rror. euituer, aaent ( vne interests, tar into the AdironuuCM, wuere sne is reared in me seclusion ot a cavern. i ifuten yeais mler 'ioiumy Barclay, has just quarreitid Willi - nis aaopied tainoi', wanuois mio me wouuw ana .un covers the girl, now known as Oeiesua, in company with Prof, tttllllter. Tommy takes the girl to New York, where sne talis Into the clutches ot a noted pro curess, but is able to win over tn woman by her pecular hypnotic power. Here she attracts ft'redais the rerret, who becomes attached to her. At a big clothing laciory, where she goes to work, she exercises her power over the sirla. ana Is saved from being burned to deaUi by Tommy. About mis time KUUiter, Barclay and others who are working to gether, decide It Is time to make use of Celesiia, who bas been trained to tnlnk of herself as divine and come from heaven. The first plsce they send her Is to Bitumen, a mining town, where the coal minors are on a sirtke. Tommy has gone there, too, and Mrs. Ounsdorf, wife the miners' leader, falls In love with him and denounces him to the men when h spurns her. Celeatia save Tommy troro being lynohed, and also settles the strike by winning over Kehr. the event of the bosses, and Barclay, sr. Mary Black stone, who Is also in love with Tommy, tells him the story of Celestia, which she has discovered through her jealousy. Kehr is named as candidate for president on a ticket thai has -miller's support, and Tommy Barclay Is named on the miners 'ticket. Htillltsr professes him self in love with Celestia and wants to get her for himself. Tommy urges her to marry hlin. Mary Blackstons brines Mrs. Gunsdorf to try to murder Olestla, while the latter Is on her campaign tour, traveling on a snow white traiu. Mrs. Ounsdorf ie again hypnotised by Celestia and the murder averted. THIRTEENTH EPISODE. Oue thing; was sure, rreddle mustn't be discovered in the morning. 80 he made his way forward to his own quarters, his teeth knocking together with fear ot Prof. BUlleter, but encountering nothing more dangerous than a number of negro porters sound asleep. ' The next morning Prof. BtUleter re covered the leather case which he Imagined to contain what was now his ose remaining pair of extra glasses, and without opening It slipped it Into hie alstcoat pocket. The glasses themselves were, of course. In the Ferret's possession; throughout the day he kept his ear open In the hope that a reward would be offered for their return. None was, end presently. In his usual hsppy-go-li.cky wsy, he had for gotten all about them. f Through the night, now standing by the hour on sidings, now at water tanks, now crawling forward, the snow-white train had covered the few miles which separ ated Its last stop from the chief city of the north woods, which was to see the finish of aCelestla's "upstate" cam paign. An energetic tramp walking the ties could have covered the distance In about a quarter of the time. Less than midway between the last stop of the snow-white train and the chief city of the north woods was Tommy's old stamping ground, and the cave In which Celestia had been brought up. Tommy, traveling through the night, at first on a bicycle, along the ties, and then on foot, knowing- now that there was a cave to be found, and about where to look for It, had discovered the entrance thereto. Just at dawn,. and had penetrated deep enough to discover certali traces of human habitation and deceit. . Of thaaa last three he select a tap. nlshed metal star that had once shone like gold, and put It Isj his pocket. Further Into the labyrinthine avuem at caverns he had not dared penetrate, for fear of being lost "When I bring Cel estia." he said, "to show her the proofs. 1 11 onng a bail or twine, like people In fairy stories, so that after exDlniinir wa can find our way out." All through that night another person had been Journeying through the north woods; but With a different motive. Tommy had hastened toward something which he hoped was ahead; Mrs. Ouns dorf had been fleeing from something which she feared was behind. Having made a great circle, aha out en the railroad track, and walked the lies. But she did not reach that city to which all were bound until tha miH.u r,t the afternoon. Then Inquiring the way. ana niaing her right hand (because of the blood stains which ehe hail raI hjMn able to wash off), she sought and found a certain quiet hotel of which Mary BiacKstone nad given her the address. It Was to this same addreaa h Tommy, fresh from his discoveries, had hurried for a bath and rest. The rest turned Into the same kind of rest that a fallen tree enjoys. Ha afoot uwa in. on his narrww bed, and was aroused late in ine afternoon by a sound of voices. The partitions of the little north woods' hotel were of thin pine boards The oc cupants Of room No. 1 could hear tha snorlngs of room No. four rooms away. Mary Black stone had the next room to Tommy's, and to this room came Mrs. Ounsdorf with the hand she dared not show and her story of murder done In the night. To Tommy It did not nutiM wh murdered t'elestla. She was dead. Ha listened In a kind of trance to tha story of the killing. Il heard Mr Ounsdorf , rejecting the pearl necklace, and he over heard a violent struggle In which Mary Blackstone prevented Mrs. Ounsdorf from killing herself, and got the knife away from her and a little later he heard Mary saying, "Take this, tfe only a quarter of a grain. Tou'U sleep and forget." Then he left his room and burst open the door of theirs, and In a voice so weak with passion and horror that It could hardly be heard, he whispered to them the things that they were and was gone. A moment later he was running at full peed toward the railroad station. And a few minutes later the two women, in an automobile which Mary bad com mandeered, were fleeing, as they Imagined, for their lives. To get away to hide In the woods to escape to Canada anywhere for a respite nothing else seemed to matter to them. Borne man tried to oppose Tommy's en trance to the observation end of Celes tla's car, only to be thrown so violently to one side that he realised he had en countered a force with which he could not cope. And Tommy, half dead with grief and rage, burst into the car and found himself face to face with Celestia. She was standing and, appeared to be j in tna beat or health; but she had a daaed look, or rather an Inattentive look. 8 he did not seem to resent Tommy's violent Intrusion In the least, nor to be sur prised at It, nor to express any other emotion. The clock In the car Indicated a tew minutes to I. During the day Celestia had spoken to half a dosen audiences. Many who had heard her first speech had heard the other five. And the culmination of l.er upstate tour had been a triumph. "It's so wonderful!" exclaimed Tommy, "I heard hut you're not even hurt, are you V "I am going for a drive." said Celestia. In an expressionless voice. "1 the ear there?" "Tee, the ear Is there," said Tommy. "I have to go at o'clock." She neither looked at Tommy nor spoke to him, but as the clock began to strike I she hurried out on the rear platform, de scended to the ground, and crossed tha down track to a large blsck touring car that was watting at the side of the road, the engine turning slowly. Ths driver of the car, a dark man, heavily goggled, sprang to the door for Celestia. Freddie, the Ferret, who was hanging about, also sprang te perform the same office, with the result that this mall service for their Goddess fell to the lot of Tommy. At least he was ths one to get his band en the dorknob. But he did not at once open the door. Celestia' s behavior was so strange that he thought she must be III. While he hesi tated, ths driver said, "Here one side!" M Surprise the ramily Serve the best maca roni you ever tasted in the most appetizing way you ever tasted. It will be something new for dinner and a welcome sur prise for the whole family. 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