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Lord, Speak Again
ny ELLA WHKKLKR WILCOX.
Copyright, 1915, Star Company.
When God had formed the universe He thought
Of all the marvels therein to he wrought.
And to His aid then motherhood was brought.
"My leaner self, the feminine Me,
She will go forth throughout all time," quoth He,
"And make my world what I would have It be.
"For I am weary, having labored so.
And for; a cycle orrepone would go
Into that silence which but God may know.
"Therefore I leave the rounding of my plan
To motherhood; and that which I began '
Let woman finish in perfecting man."
Thus having spoken to Himself aloud,
His glorious face upon His breast He bowed,
And sought repose behind a wall of cloud.
Come forth, O God! Though great Thy thought and good
In shaping woman for true motherhood.
Lord, speak again; for she has not understood.
The centuries pass; the cycles roll along
The earth Is peopled with a mighty throng;
Yet men are fighting and the world goes wrong.
Lord, speak again, ere yet it be too late;
Unloved, unwanted souls come through earth's gate:
The unborn child is given a dower1 of hate.
The world progresses in all ways save one.
In motherhood, for which It was begun,
Lord, Lord, behold how little has been done!
Children, are spawned like fishes In the sand.
With ignorance and crime they fill the land.
LQrd, speak ago, till mothers understand.
True motherhood is riot alone to breed
The h,uman race; It Is to. know and heed
Its holiest purpose and its highest need.
Lord, speak again,' so woman shall be stirred
With the full meaning of that mighty word,
True motherhood. She has not rightly heard.
They Wreck a Lucile Gown for Forty Feet of Film
In Murder Scene in "The Strange Case of Mary Page" Edna Mayo's $1,000 Lady Duff Gordon Creation U Ruined.
"Fight!" Yell Director, and Ash Can Yawns for Ball Room Dress as Silk and Silver is Ripped and Trampled Upon
Will Power in
Children
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Shame of Debt
" By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Copyright,' 1915, Star Company.
Whatever else you may wish to do for
your children ana auinoi uu, jou iwi,
at least, impreaa ".strongly upon their
young minds the shame of debt
Tou can make them realise by precept
and example how much more admirable
it is to po without things or pleasures
than to possess them at the cost of self
respect and at smother's expanse. There
can be no greater benefit bestowed upon
a child than to have these ideas im
bedded In the mental consciousness until
they become fftundatlon stones of tha
character.
A woman in New York, mother of two
lovely young daughter and wife of a
good man, was ambitious to shine In cm-
tanl intellectual clubs. Bhe waa admitted
to one of them and Invited friends to be
her guests at a large social function,
where an expensive luncheon was served,
but when the bills for her dues and
luncheon ticket wera presented she ig
nored them., ...
The same woman, purchased expensive
material in which .to clothe her daughters,
nd Ignored the bill until a lawyers
letter frightened her into paying it
She is only one of hundreds of women
who are dressing, dining and driving on
other people's money. Bhe had not been
rightly trained by her parents or aha
could never - have descended to such a
level. She had, no doubt, heard her
mother speak 'admiringly of people who
shone in society and who wore fashion
able garments, more frequently than she
had hear her praise the people who re
futed to run Mlla or incur the taxing re
sponsibility of debt.
The name of an eminent professional
man chanced to be mentioned in a mar
ket whore a gentleman was making pur
c liases. Ti e purchaser apqka highly of
the professional man's Intellect. "Yes,
he has Intellect, all right," said tha mar
ket keeper, "but I haven't much use for
him.
"He has owed trie $28 on a meat bill for
five years. Of course, I have stopped
sending him the bill now. He gives hi
patronage to other markets, and he play
the same game on each one after a time,
and he is that way in everything. He
owes everybody, and they all grow tired
of sending him bills, and so he comes
out the winner of a few dollars with each
party, but he loses the respect of every
body he deals with."
,Thls Is a shameful record for any man
to have. It is open theft and nothing
Hse. There is no Intellectual achieve
ment, no social honor, which can com
pensate a man or woman for such a repu
tation. It is sometimes impossible to
avoid running bills.
People who earn wages, salaried men
and women, and even those possessed of'
comfortable fortunes, are, at times, placed
in a position where immediate payments
are Impossible. But payments at stipu
lated times can be made when the im
portance of such a proceeding la firmly
fixed In the mind of the debtor.
A fixed purpose always biases a trail
toward achievement. When It is abso
lutely Impossible to make payments it is
always possible to make your creditor
know that you mean to pay. There are
people who have carried the burden of
debt for years, yet, never for one mo
ment, did anyone doubt their Integrity
or their ultimate success.
To be careless, indifferent and thought
less tn thM matters; to postpone pay
ment when you could lesn-n you indebt
edness, all savors of a criminal tendency
of mind. Yo'j may as will enter the
house of a tradesman or merchant and
take money from his poekets while he
k ' i'- iu vuicr ilia uktr u& uuvim-av
fLke what you desire and refuse or neg-
ie i to pay your bills. .
If yoti look about you yoit will see that
not only the respect -of thlr fellowmen,
but go-xl luck end good fortune follow
Hie people who have hlth and sonxlhl,)
ideals in the matter of dt-bt. There Is no
more admirable reputation to merit than
that of being honorable and conscientious
in money obligations. Teach your chil
dren this and teach them that It Is a dis
grace to neglect a payment until it calls
forth a dun. Re ashamed of debt, but do
tot bo ashamed' to wear last year's gar
ment" or 'to be' obscure socially If this is
necessary In order to clear yourself from'
debt. -
.Brush your-old clothes well and walk
forth proudly, happy In the consciousness
that you Can look your fellowmen bravely
in the eyes and that you have earned the
reputation of paying your bills promptly.
It's no crime, to wreck a motor car or
a passenger train In tn moving pictures.
It'a expensive, but It doesn't cause women
to wring their hands and try "For
shame!"
But suppose, with all the savageness of
your wanton soul, you utterly destroy a
beautiful ball gown, cost 11. 'WO. designed
by Lady Puff Gordon (Lucile). the fam
ous modiste! Suppose, Just to please your
desire for realism, you annihilate a Luctle
model!
That, In the mind of the average
woman. Is a unforgivable aa destroying
a famous palntmg or throwing atones at
a great statue.
Well, It has been done. Out in the
Essaney studios tn Chicago, where they
were making "The Strange Case of Mary
Page," a moving picture series In which
Henry Walthall, the famous hero of 'The
Birth of a Nation," and Edna Mayo ara
to bo starred, (they have Just tossed Into
obltvon a Lucile gown. For an hour It
was given the homage due It. Then It
was trampled upon and torn in a murder
scene. Now the wife of the ash cart man
probably is wearing it as she washes
windows.
Lady Duff Gordon designed all .the
gowns for Miss Mayo In "The Strange
Case . of Mary Page." One particularly,
was Lady Gordon's pride. She doca not(
know thai this Is the one that Edna
Mayo, as Mary Page, wore to thai ban
quet in the first episode of tha tale. At
this banquet, given for Mary, who la a
great actress, she ia lured into a private
dining room by tha man ahe hates and
fears.
There he attacks her. She fights bark,
drawing a email revolver she carried. She
faints. The hero (Henry Walthall) rushes
In and finds Mary on the floor beside a.'
dead man. Her revolver, with one cham
ber empty, lies between them.
That ought to be enough tragedy to
satisfy almost any moving picture di
rector. But J. Charlos Hay don, who is
directing "Mary Page," went farther. He
insisted on a resl right. Tha villan was
destroyed In the struggle, and so waa the
gown. It appears In about forty feet of
film, it la torn and trampled .upon, and
then Is seen no more.
I.ady Duff Gordon has provided about
$10,000 worth of gowns for Miss Mayo .to
wear In "The Strange Caae of Mary
Page." (The press agent says the prica
was S2S.0O0. so 110,000 probably Is nearly
oorrect.) ...
The llust rat Ions herewith show tha
"murder gown" and a coat. The evening
gown Is cut only shoit enough 'to ba
comfortable for dancing. The light train
la made so that it. is easily carried. The
gown Is of white and silver tulle, with
a draped overdress of white ' and silver
broctde, faced with flesh satin. The sash
of pale green goea round tha back only
and is finished on the side with a dia
mond buckle. Hand flower In pastel
shades are employed both la the skirt,
underskirt and bodice.
The coat of blue taffeta, trimmed with
Edna Mayo. Ess a nay Star
CHclow), In Coat She
J fears In "The Strange
Case of Mary Page" a
Photo Play Series In IVbkb
She Co-stars With the
Famous Henry Walthall,
Hero of "The 'Birth of a
Nation." The Coat Is of
Blue Taffeta, Trimmed
With Sable. It Is Cut
Very Full and Has Portia
Sleeves.
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Photograph C by Ira U HIU. Gown and
looat dsalgnad by Lady DuS Gordon (Lu-
sable, is cut very full. The arm holes are
low and point towards the back. When
tha arms are allpped into the sleeves the
material is pulled -toward the front, giv
ing a great fulness In front with the
cloth pulled Into a comfortable tit across
Photograph C by Ira L Hill. Gown ds signed by Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile).
EDNA MAYO, IN "THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE"
IVh'tU Wtaring This Gnun in "Tht Strane Cat of Mary Pag"
Edna May; th Ilertim (S tht "District Attorney Charges J,
Murdered a Man. This Photograph Was Taken Tefort the Mur
der Scent Wat Filmed. After tht Strugglt, In Which tht Victim
Wat Slain, This Beautiful Creation Over Which Lady Duff Gor
don Had Labored Was So Torn It Wat Unceremoniously Sent to
tht Rag Bag,
the back.. The sable Is high In front and
low at the back.
Mr. 1 lay don wanted Miss Mayo to wear
the coat, as well as the dresa, in the
murder enene. Women who love Lucile
gowns wll he relieved to know that Miss
Mayo refused, point blank, to.be a party
to tha ruining of more than one of Lady
Gordon's creations In one picture.
"The Ktrange Caae of Mary Page"
will be published In The Doe In serial
form, starting next Tuesday.
In-Shoots
The amateur sinner always attracts the
most attention when he starts out to be
devilish.
While the grass widower should ba dif
ficult to land. h is usually the aasiast
mark of all la tha matrimonial game.
The poetical lover
a prosy husband.
Is liable to become
When a girl kisses another girl we
always wonder if ahe enjoys It as mdeh
as wa would.
Prick tha skin of the pleasant-looking
man and you will often find him steeped
In pessimism.
Because a woman appears Indifferent
to flattery It. is no sign that she does
not enjoy the taffy.
Tha chickens that come home to roost
are seldom of the blue ribbon class.
. When a man attempts to ateal Into the
house at . night without a light he is
always surprised to find what a lot of
furniture one room can contain.
Some fellows want to make hay at
a time when they should be cutting ice.
The snorea of many men drown the
knock of opportunity.
When a young man wants to sow wild
oats there are always lots of chickens
around to pick them up.
The stunt of the fanatic la usually brief.
A little peroxide now and then will
often trip the wisest men.
Rome men are nice during business
hours so that they can retain all of their
Ill-nature to exhibit at home.
ill li'ird. ciirvli-s ttlt it the rnfr.ehlemc.it.
even (r not ', hr wrecking, o man's entire
r vnien- si.d liincirler: I inem the v IM.
' Hy ci!iirn;lnn Is generally underrtootl the
trnnii'B of the fncultv by which we il
1 1 u t , ::iltln?
! Thnf I' what the r honls and cnlletre
o ci. p themec'.v es with. Parents s-lv!
j Uu I- ihlMien tn Si hool In nr to hive
I them l.rn thrlr lessons snd those lessnni .
I urn estircieil to innke the children clear.
he;ir!d and strong-minded. Very good,
i There Is nothlnit to be said aga nst ths!.
But very little attention Is gfven s
Iioimp or si school to the cultivation of
the einnllonnl nutur, to the strengthen
ing and enriching of the ch'ld'a capacity
for teflned feeling and ennobled passion,
nrl n grent deal rs to ths discipline of
thit inrntei i.is pnt'-cr by which we aha-
pi" ileter,n lent Inns snd our resolut'on i
nnd which w cull the will.
The will is to he thought of aa th
piece of machinery that la set up In the
eiulne-inom cf otlr being. It ia part :
us without which the rest of us dnei
not go, rr If In Imperfect order tho res'
of us goi-s only spasmodically. When
the will moves decisively It draws every
th'ng else after It.
Whon a man, full of reluotanca. but
whom I had heen trying to persuade tn
abandon a certain evil habit earn to me
finally and said: "I havw made up my
mind lo bend." What he said amounted
simply to this: "I will." When his will
moved he moved. When it acted the
wholo of hlin acted, just as giving a good
a'nrt to tho engine starts every loom In
the factorv.
No matter how correct our thlnkina
and our feelings, the motion thev mI-
will not pass till the will seconds It. And
the reason It Is difficult to bring a ma'i
to the point, of making what he Vnow.i
to he a good resolution I because hli
will Is weak. - It has not been trained.
He has simply been drifting along tin
line of least resistance. He has, as (t
child, probably, been allowed to have his
otvn way and never born taught to gather
himself together Into an attitude of strong
and fine determination. And so he tum
bles down .lust as a little child tumbles
down because Its legs are weak.
The man who haa not acquired will
power hy having strong tension given him
by the Imposition upon him of will other
than his own. Is Just where government
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menu nt, ii iv nnu m. it?Bmi.irq ,iiti a-
Judlclary, hut no executive. The wilt la
thn executive, whose function It Is to
take duty aa affirmed by the Intelligence
and appreciatively applied by the moral
sensibilities, and execute It.
Children Ih these days -are generally
allowed to do what they want to do; and
simply doing what one wants to do re
quire exercise of the will. The children
of today aj-e disciplining tha will of their
parents, but the parents are not disci
plining the will of the children, and con
sequently the children grow up flabby
willed, Incapable of rock-ribbed datrmi
nation; and so when.lt Is urged upon
them to strike out upon a more manly
r womanly course, there Is lacking the
will-power or what I have called engin
erysufficient to set the machinery of
action moving In that direction.
I have only grased the edgea of a mat
ter that la vast in IU scope and prac
tical Import.
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