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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1915)
TIIK HKK: OMAHA, TIIUKSOAY. XOVEMRMT? 25, 1015. The Bees Home Magazine Pa 4 s tr Antidotes for Cariosity The Stenographer and the Bookkeeper Discuss Nag ging Wife and the Cure. Let Us Give Thanks By Nell Brinkley Copyright. 191 Intern'l Ntws Service. ( ft if k KB V w r, Bj DOROTHY DIX. "I pee," observed the Bookkeeper, "where another martyr has gone to his reward." "Who's that?" asked the Stenographer. "A man out west," replied the Bookkeeper, "who d'd his humble best to. elevate the female sex by sup press In (r the vice of curiosity In It. hanged him for it, but It has ever been the fate of the reformer to be misunderstood and persecuted, and some day I shall Journey to his lonely tomb and shed a tear above It." "What did the gentleman do to win such a round of applause from you?" Stenographer. Inquired the "The evidence at the murder trial showed that he was married to a wife "who was a human terror, and that he could not go to his dally work without having her put him on the rack on his return and drag out every trivial thing that had happened during the day," re plied the Bookkeeper. "He testified that the minute he put his foot on the door mat she'd begin a regular catechism that would go like thin: " "What girls have you seen today V " "Who were they?' " 'Were they pretty r " 'Do you think they are as good look ing as I am?' " 'Would you marry one of them if I died? "Would you commit suicide if I died?" If you married again after I died would you love your second wife as much as you do me?" The poor simp," murmured the Sten ographer sympathetically. "Well," continued the Bookkeeper, "the unfortunate fellow stood It as long as he could. n even did the best he could by trying to reply In a vay that would please her, but he never cou!d guess the nnswer right. No matter which way he lied It was the key for wlfey to go Into hysterics, and so one day he ended the domestic civil rervice exam'natlon by taking his gun and blowing off the lid of the questloi box. It was a funeral for wlfey alright when he got through an swering her last kind inquiries." "That was no way to treat a lady." said the Stenographer, "but I am willing to admit that as a discourager of curiosity ne was a headliner. "And yet they hanged him for It." sorrowed the Bookkeeper. "I wonder why the poor gink d'dn't demand his consti tution rights to be tried hy a Jury of his per a Jury of mmrled men, for I'm wise that no married man would have brought In that verdict. "Do you know what drives a man to drink? Tfs when he gets home at night, tired and worn, and hungry, and nerve racked to have his wife begin to put him through the third degree before he gets his hat. off. "You know how she tears it off: 'Where have you been? WHBRH have you been? Where HAVE you been? Where have YOU been? Where have you BEEN?' The wonder Is to me Is that this oman In the west Is the first one that's gotten murdered for It." "Oh, I don't know," replied the Steno grapher, "when It comes to wanting to know where the partner of your bosom has been, women are not the only Inter rogation points. There are others, but the trouble Is that men don't have to answer unless they want to, but a woman has to be always ready to prove an alibi. "But you are all to the good when you say that women's curiosity Is forever getting them In trouble. Lot's wife Isn't the only fresh lady who has been turned into a pillar of salt by looking back at the wrong time and seeing what she was never Intended to see. There are plenty of other women who could have been packed down In brine In the tears they have shed over the things they had no business peeking Into. "And the questions women ask their husbands look as If they had bats In their belfries, don't they? If a man meet, a sweller looking doll than his wife is. what does she want to know It for? And what makes her ask him such k fool question aa whether he will marry again or not If she dies'; If he Is a gentleman he is bound to lie to her." "The less we know the leas we have to worry about," observed the Bool- keeper. sententlously. That's the idea." agreed tne eteno- rapher. "curiosity lor we singio, credulity for the married, oeiore a woman la married, she should Investigate a man with a search warrant and a pot light. After she Is married she should wear blinders." "Rlght-O," said the Bookkeeper. A FINE TREATMENT FOR CATARRH A8T TO SUn AJTD COSTS X.XTTX.B Catarrh Is such an Insidious disease and has become so prevalent during the Last lew years that its treatment should understood by all. r.li,ce has fullv nroved that Catarrh la a constitutional disease and therefore requires a constitutional treatment. Kttravi. Inhalers malves and nose douches eldom if ever 'ftvt lasting benefit and often drive the disease further down the air passages and into the lunid. If you have Catarrh or Catarrhal dea' ress or head-noises, ko Ui your drux gist and get one ounce of Farmint (Double strength. Take this home and add ta it V Dint of hot water and 4 ounce of granulated sucsr: stir until dissolved, take one tablesj oonf ui 4 times a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing, head-noises, clogged nos trils should open, breathing oeeome en y ilia mucous stop aroppuig into the tnroat. This treatment has a sU wht tonic aellon which makes It especially affective In cases where the blood has bacuma thtn ami weait. It Is aaay to make, tastes pleasant and costs little. Every person who wishes to be free from this de uuctlve disease should give this treat iff ' 4'f -I ment a uii. AOYtrUaement. . What Shall We Do with It is a Question Which Each One Should Ask, for the By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. "What shall I do with my life?" asks j Eleanor. "For three years I have been j In love with a young lawyer, who I thought waa In love with me. lie went up to the city to make enough money to be able to support me, and now that he has met with success I feel that ho has outgrown me. He Is all I care for In this world, and I think perhaps I could hold hlra if I tried. What shall I do?" When a woman has to "try" to hold man's lovs, her best chance of happi ness Ues In not trying, to my honest advice to Eleanor is to send the man firmly and one for all about his business and then set about her business that ot making the most of the brains and talent feel sure she has from the clear and sympathetic way she expresses herself In the letter of which I have quoted only a part. But I doubt very much if this honest answer is what Eleanur wants. Most normal girls hav- a normal. human craving for love. When they find the man who gives it to them and to whom In turn It Is possible for them tj give affection, almost all women cling with a desperate fear that life will ofur ihern nothing more If they resign what they have. Women are not what is known as "good sports;' 'they am afraid of taking chances; they hold fast to what they have, and they endure all sorts ot unhappy, uncertainty -ather than Lake a firm sup in a direction that may turn out to be the wrong one. Almost every Individual cornea fairly soon to the cross-roads of life and imagines that there la only one path of the lour It would be safe to take, and desperately fears taking any one of the three that are wrong. Now, as a matter of fact, life does not offer auy such minimum of opportunity as that. There are probably three paths that would be rUbt and safe to take. - I( Eleanor and all other Eleanors were bravely to resign the love In the very clinging to which they find suffering, there are undoubtedly at least two and possibly three paths to bappinesa open to them. First of all there Is honest, earnest work. That U sura to lead to a gain In self-respect and power, and is even likely to lead to position and place In the world. Then theie Is service In others. On this second path Eleanor would find that In ignoring bed own desirea ar longings and in creating happiness for others, she made an atmosphere of Joy which reacted on her and let her share In It. And the third cross-road leads to another love a bigger, braver, finer j thing. Every woman who Is an idealist longs to many her first love. It would. In deed, be beautiful and splendid If when first one gave one's heart one were sure home and family and the permanent Joys of life were to be budded on that gift of love. But this Is not so. Too ften Eleanor stays In the coun try and la forgotten by the young lover who has gone to the city, or she and he develop Into totally different directions and have no great basia of congeniality to Insure thorn permanent happineaa In Thanksgiving By PERCY SIIAW. Thanksgiving, bold your beacon high! Strike off our fetters, ball and chain; Rescue our memories 'ere they die ' And with them make us young again. Bo shall the years like wraiths roll back The while we find our childhood place Where once with heedless thoughts and slack We listened to the mealtime grace. Thanksgiving, then your beacon glowed; Then was the future writ In flame; Then hopes came true In dreams that flowed Through vales of gold to hills of fame. These pass and from the far away Our mother's voice sounds subtly near "We thank Thee for Thanksgiving day, And oh, we thank Three to be here." Thanksgiving, hold your beacon high For us who need the childhood heart, In crowded streets where passerby Know but the call of trade and mart. Give us the wlah to kneel and say, Like that stilled voice, how sweet, how clear "We thank Thee for Thanksgiving day, And, oh, we thank Thee to be here.' Our Lives? Answer Rests with Each. 1 life together. This la no one's fault It Is Just on Inevitable principle of, growth. If Eleanor wants to hotd to her dream of love and marry the man to whom she gave her first affections, a blessing on her, and may she be happy. If Eleanor wants to do the safe, sane and sensible thing she will go frankly to her fiance and tell him of her feeling that they have grown apart and all that holds them Is a delicate bend of youthful dreams. If he agrees, she will give snd tske freedom proudly and lire wilt still He be fore her a splendid, wonderful thing If she but choose to make it so. There Is no heartbreak In this world. There Is only pain and longing, which, when encountered and endured, permits one to evolve Into greater strength snd power. Buffering has a value and makes rather than breaks strong souls. There Is no such thing as the oft-repeated sentiment that comes to me In let ters: "I cannot live without lilin. What shall I do with my life If I give him up?" Deprived of I ho love one wants, any human being still hss before her a choice of the roads ahead service, work or other love. Why grope Idly up end down the path over which you have come and over which you mayjiot go again? Why cling to illusion? Eleanor and all the Eleanors In the world, I beg of you go bravely to the man whose love you feel Is no longer a free gift. Offer It bark to him freely. If he takes It your uncertainty is over, you know the worst and can face It. If your fears are wrong, how happy you 6M Indies' Dia mond It I n g. Ilk solid gold. l,ofii lerfectlon mounting. . . S50 a a Month. 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