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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1915)
11 leBees Mo m e Maaz i n e P a Why We Quarreled Love the Wild Bird r Copyright. IMS, Intern 1 News Service. "Thou Shalt Not Flirt" WSSSSSMSBSSBSSHMSMSBHVHSWSllSBHaW Mandate for Wedded Dalliance of Those Who Find Matrimony Doll Leads to Disaster. No. 6 The Man's Side The Husband Who Antag onized His Wife by Attention to His Own Mother Tells His Story. sf 1 , "IL, g 1 -" ' ' ' " ' " ' n I.- 1 1 1 ., il By VIRGINIA TKRHVNK VAN DK WATER. One of my fond dreams has N-en that my wife and my mother and slaters hould love one nnother. It haa never been realised. On the contrary, my mother ard my sisters have brtn the cause of heart-breaking torublo between my wife and myself. Until after our marrlagts Helen phowcl BO signs of a jealous disposition. Even Slow she Is not jealous of any woman except thaae that are In my own family. She and they simply cannot understand one another. The first quarrel my wife and I ever had was when she wanted to Rive a little muslccJe In our home and did not name my sisters among the young; people she Das Inviting;. "You have forgotten Mary and Anna." I reminded her. "No." she said. "I have not forgotten thtm. Dut we cannot have thorn at every affair we give." "Why notT" I asked. "We have had them at everything so far." "Tea," Helen acknowledged, "I know wo have and we cannct keep that up al sre.ys. The longer we defer entertaining without their assistance and presence, the harder It will be to begin. We would have to do so sooner or later, anyway." "But they are always helpful." I argued. "You have often said how nice they are about advising you." "I have not said they were 'nice' about advising me," she corrected. "I have said they often advise me." "Well," I suggested after a moment's thought, "suppose we do as you propose and lepve the girls out of this affair and ask mother and father Instead." "That would never do," she explained, "for this Is a young people's muslcale. There are to be no elderly persons pres ent." I felt very uncomfortable about the matter and could or.ly hope thst my fam ily would not hear of the function. Hut a few dayo later when I stopped In, as was my frequent custom, to see my mother on my way home from busi ness, she asked me bluntly 'how It hap pened that we had given a young people's pnrty and left my sisters out. "They were surprised and hurt," she remarked. I had felt all along that Helen was making a mistake, yet now I found my self championing her cause and speaking from her viewpoint. "Why mother," I said, "you see we know a good many people, and I do not think that the girls ought to expect to be Invited to every entertainment we give." "Why not?" I asked, Just as I had done In my dispute with my wife. "Well." I replied tamely. "Helen Is a young housekeeper and naturally she likes to run her own house unassisted at least she likes to show that she can do so. And if she has some of my people on hand all the time, it looks a bit as If he depended upon them for help and ad vice, doesn't It?" "I see," my mother said slowly. "Then Helen resents our desire to help her. The girls and I will try to be more care. ful In the future. We meant only to be kind." That was the beginning of trouble I knew that my people had, as my mother sold, meant to be good to my wife, yet I could not make Helen see th's. Little by little the gulf between them grew wider. I protested with both sides. I nppealed affectionately to my sisters, but they said loftily that they preferred not to argue about the matter, that, of course, I would take Helen's side. Then, one day. I deckled to talk no more of a painful subject and not mention Helen to my family, nor my family to Helen. I saw that for a while my wife was relieved by this arrangement. And I became uncomfortably aware that my mother and sisters hnd bored her; that she had social aspiration above theirs, that as she would have put It ehe wanted to live her own life. I also became convinced that she thought I, too, was drifting away from my own people. I could not stand this and I forced myself to say casually to Helen, one evening, that I had stopped In to see mother, as usual, on my way home from the office. "As usual!" Helen echoed. "You go there Just as. often as you once did? "Certainly," I replied with dignity. "I go to see my mother at least twice a week, , as 1 have always done and al ways shall do." "In spite of the fact that she snubs and dislikes your wife?" Helen asked. "It Is not her fault that there Is a breach between you and her," I said. "It is not of her making." "Oh.." she exclaimed. "How can you say such a thing.. Just because I showed that I had a mind of my own, and would not be directed and ruled by your mother and sinters, they have let me severely alone. And all this time, when I thought you were on my side, you have been go ing to see them. You, my husband, love them so much better than you love me that you stand for that kind of thing.." "Helen.." I chided, "I love nobody better than yon.." "Then stop going to see your people.." she demanded. I said nothing, but went out of the room and left her alone with her wrath. Since then I have never again told her when I have been to see my mother or sisters. I know, and she knows that I know she knows. Yet the matter is never mentioned by either of us. It stands between us like wall a wall that can never be removed because It Is built of a man's loyalty to his own and of a wife's jealously of that loyalty. In-Shoots If in the form of flannel cakes, chew ing the rag' la not so unpleasant. Simple diet will swell man's pocketbook even if It does not prolong his life. The unkissed girl generally has a face that no one wants to kiss, anyhow. . Any ordinary cuss can make a speech, but it takes a big myi to fire oratory. Enger Twin Six $1095 This is the world's first popular priced Twelve. It gives you a degree of flexibility, power, silence and speed which we absolutely believe can not be obtained in anything but a twelve cylinder automobile. A demonstration will prove this once and for all. Yet the price of this Twin Six is only $1,095. The Enger Twin Six is backed by one of the strongest concerns in the automobile business. In brief the description of this wonderful car is as follows: Twin Six Motor Electrically started Valve in head type Electrically Lighted 115-inch wheelbase Four inch tires Cantilever springs Brewster green body Real streamline body Weight only 2,485 lbs. Orders placed now receive first consideration. Demonstrations going on every day. i Deliveries start very shortly. To Denlerc Tho Enger Twin Bis ha opened up nn entirely new field for twelve cylinder rars. And we are in a position to dQ Immediate business with live, responsible dealer. Write or wire us today. Literature on Request. Fothier-Enger Company, - - Omaha, Neb. 12th and Farnam Street "The wild hawk to the wind-swept sky The red deer to the wold.' t nvo la a wild-bird bright of feather, va grant of heart yours most when he Is free. Oh, " jutu, if you knew! And knowing, If you could take your knowledge bit by bit and pave your -way with It! But though you have a magic talls uan, wisdom, that makes colorful and Joyous and content your road, you forget that you have It at all and toss It Into the bushes; while you stub your toe in the ruts and chuckholes and the frozen rides In the trail. And hero In the opening of the "Gypsy. Trail" Is wlnclom deep and true; "The wild-bird to the open sky !' Out of the golden cyo of the wild bird never goes the wild light that longs an J fights to be free. You may feet, and caress, and whistle soft, and plead; but an inch of the open door will send ihe heart under his soft breast stirring, light the fire In his heart, and hey' what are your soft persuasions, where is his gratitude, the softness that has come Into bis tameless heart for youT Nowhere, and forgot ten! The blaze of the blue sky and the dream of a soaring wing have burned out the memory. Dehlnd gold bars be Is never yours for one , lieath even! Kiss your hand to the bird on the wing or swinging low on the conifer bough, give Mm crumbs and a cheery whistle or two, and he Is yours In the best and realest way. Dut, the little girl longs to knit mittens for the chlck-a-dee and hug him to death, and the big girl clothes Love In dreams and binds him tight with a thousand smothering ties. And lo! the chlck-a-deo says, "I thank you, small human, but the storm doesn't trouble me pee-deu-dce!" fnd Love comes within reach, but looks away over his shoulder for the open sky! Remember this, youth and take your love in his golden rage to the open moor and open the door wide-wide! Back he will come to your shoulder for your sweets if you give him the whole world to play In! NELL BHINKLEY. Ity POKOTIIY 1)1 X This In the eighth commandment of matrimony: Thou alialt not flirt with other women. or roll thine orb of the man with whom thou fox-trototh, for Jealousy la cruel as the crave. ' and the short cut to fUio. One of the fa vorite kmuarmrntt f both men and women, who find matrimony dull and monotonous, is to en ic a ire In what they eall harmleM flirtation. Which Is aa If one exploited an in nocuous stick of dynamite or ' a frollcaome viper. Now, the mar ried ftrta are not nocessaiily oon- mestlclty. which robe married life of all Its Illusions, strips from it its pink chif fon, and leaves It bare and common place. In hi heart a man may still think his Matilda Jane a model of all the vir tues, and the pattern of what a rood wife and mother and housekeeper should sclrnccleas V 1 1 - Inlm. Neither are they always traitors. or even really untrue to the partners of their bosoms. They are merely bored. They ar vlctlma to the cure of do be. If he had to marry, tie would marry her over Main. Hut Well, there Is no allure In making- love to your own wife when ah llatens with half her ear to your Impassioned vows and the other ear and a half cocked to hear the baby cry. There's no thrill In sending; her favorite flowers to a woman who would rather have the price to go on a new pair of hoe a. There's no clamor of romance In havlnr a little din ner somewhere with the lady who haa the legal right to face you aeroea the table S65 morn Inn and evening a year. And the woman who la bored with the eternal roast beef and boiled potatoes of matrimony, and whose palate criea out for something with a little more pep and ginger1 In It, Is tempted along the prim rose path of flirtation by pretty much the same Impulses as her ho band Is. She, too, la a-hunitered for romance, and. more than that, she Is beset by a devil ish fear that torments her and will not lot her rest. Household Hints To remove fat from soup pour the soup through a cloth saturated with cold water. A trap baited with sunflower seeds Is one of the most effaclous means of catch ing- rata, To remove marks on paint mads by scratching; matches thereon, rub them with a out lemon Bilk stocking should never be Ironed. Wash thero In soapsuds, made with good white soup and luke warm water, and rina '.n clear water of the same tempera ture. Rough dry. When baking- flth. nevef fortft to line the pn with waxed paper; then there will be no dlagreeahle sticky dlh to wash afterward. Hlack" stockings should never be washed In water which has been used for other flannels, or they will be cov ered with shreds and "bits." Here Is a Quick hnd easy way In whl.-h to clean and polish furniture and paint work: Put a tablespoonfiil of vinegar In Her husband has quit making- love to her. He has ceased paving her compli ments. He treats her with a little -ni of her be I nx a woman as If she were a feminine mummy of the time of the Ptolemies. This raises a horrid r.isplolnn In her breast. "Am I old and ugly al ready? IX I no longer attract men? Have I thrown away my bait cr lost It?" she questions of her mirror. Whatever the re anon of the flirtations of married folks, however, there Is but one end to them, and that la disaster. Tou cannot play with the fires of pas sion without getting burnt. This Is especially true of women. A woman's flirtation may not be ekln-leep In sentiment. It may have been in spired by the most fleeting Impulre of vanity, just a whim to see if her eyes had lost the goo-goo trick of her girl hood. She may have merely written and received a silly note or two or had a cup of harmleas tea at a restaurant. Her soul and her slate may be absolutely clean, and In reality she may still hold her husband as far above tho mnn she Is flirting with as the stars are above the earth, ' Nevertheless she Is running the risk of wrecking her life and home. Thousands of women have been damned for lust so I'ttle. , She la miring the hem of her gar ments, and there will not be lucking those who will point out the stain and call her husband's attention to it. And she can never, never, never explain. And nobody will ever, ever, even believe the truth. I,oast of all will her husband believe It. When a married woman flirts tt gener ally ends In divorce for her. When a married man flirts it doesn't end so often In divorce, for neoesalty forces wives to forgive things in their husbands that hus bands do not have to forgive In their wives; but It ends tn broken hearts, just the same. There la no safe flirtation in which mar ried people can indulge. All the ways of dalliance are closed to them, and they stray ever the bars at their peril. There fore, say to Cupid when he comes whis pering In your ear, "Oet thee behind me, Batan, for I partake no more of romance, except of the well-known domestic brand that la made at horns." Thus shall you keep out of trouble and safe within the fold, for this is the eighth commandment of matrimony: Thou i shalt not flirt with other women, or roll thins orbs at the man with whom thou foxtrotteth, for Jealousy la as cruel as the grave, and the short cut to Iteno, 1 1 ' t Our October Sale of Lace Curtains Begins Next Monday, October 25 It's the time of all times to Buy Curtains and Curtain Materials All the Lace Curtains Go on Sale Monday All the Curtain Materials Go on Sale Tuesday Be our windows bow aid oar advertise meat la Sunday's paper. J Big Sale of Choice Standard Picture Frames The kind to stand oa mantel, table or Piano. 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Cork the bottle tightly, secure the cork with tight cork and set ths bottle aside for about six hours before It is opened, it is then ready for use. Htalns caused by sewing machine oil may be removed by using a lather made of soap, cold water and a tablespoonful of ammonia, but In tho rase of colored linens snd cottons ttie smmonla should be employed cautiously, as It Is apt to make the color fade. Sweetnd' Specials 7 Oar Homemade Opera Cream Caramels, chocolate and vanilla, full of pecan nuu; - pound t)C Extra Fine Jordan Almonds, regular 40c grade; Saturday, pound LsC An assortment of Freeh Maple Confections every Sat- 'JCin urday; pound UC We are showing a beautiful line of Hallowe'en Novelties for table decorations and parties; all kinds of candy and nut cases and baskets, pumpkins, Jack Horner pies and noise makers. Pompelaa Baeta. Our Delicious Pompeism Choco late Bitter Sweet and Swlaa Style Milk Chocolates, not and fruit centers; special. 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