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THE REE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, FF.r.IUWKY 1!1.
Woman's Work -:- Fashions - Health Hints -;- Household Topics
Motherhood
Greatest Career
for Women
By ICLLA WHEF.LK.R WILCOX.
Copyright. 11, Ptar Company.
Here la an Interesting letter that comes
all the way from New Brunswick. It la
from a woman, and she aaya:
Through tha wrong-headed Ideas In
culcated In my youth I have nude an
awful mesa of my life and nearly ruined
toy husband's life, but at last we have
Won back our Eden. When I was a little
Ctrl I ueed to dream of my children. I
planned that my first little Kir I waa to
b named Alison, and I panned many
Jiappy houra thinking how I would dreaa
bar and care for her.
'1 married at n. I wat then studying
at an art school and my parenta objected
i to my marrying, as they desired me to
I liars a 'career,' but as my health broke
' down In ths school they finally gave con
stant to have me leave and I waa married.
Z was Ignorant and Innocent and my
parents were so unwise In their ideas of
tlfs that they considered it Improper for
ma to visit a young married friend who
I nourished her baby In nature's way. They
I thought It an 'Indecent' thing for ma to
"When I was expecting my first child
I waa in a state of rapture. But a a soon
aa my condition became known my
friends regarded It aa a calamity; my
mother waa angry and my mother-in-law
said It waa a pity. I tried to apeak
of my happiness, but, no one would listen.
But I found a number who were anxious
to discuss morbid, unwholesome and dis
tressing conditions with me.
"When my second child cams there waa
a great uproar. My husband and myself
had to make apologies. Tha opinions of
my friends pressed upon ma, embittering
and spoiling my Joy. My husband grew
to dislike ths atmoaphera of our home
and I was far too nervous to make a
pood wife.
"Wi lived In sorrow for many years,
'but gradually cams to a simpler, truer
Understanding of lire. In my heart I am
so happy in my new-found womanliness,
and I am writing to tell you that many
things I have seen in this column have
helped to strengthen me. I have found
It very hard to be a real woman in these
flays. I get very angry when I see how
E wasted my anergics and vitality at the
rt school.
Mr relatives talked of my 'glff and
I lowed me to waste my inheritance of
health before I knew ita value. Then
when I wanted to be happy with the real
Iglft of motherhood they made It ao diffi
cult for me. My little dream-child. All
ton. Instead of being my first child, waa
Juy fifth. She beara that name.
"I would like to know why a girl of 17
in not old enough to decide for herself
kvhether shs will train for a career In
(which she has little chance for real suc
gess, or for the career of wifehood and
Snotherhood toward which her whole na
ture turns.
"It seems to me the tendency of ths
Eay is away from nature's method, don't
ou think so?"
Ths writer of ths letter explains also
hat ahe waa allowed to marrr without
roper knowledge of what wifehood and
otherhood mean. Ths world la full or
recks which have resulted from this
Ind of wrong education by stupid or
bjelflsh parents.
It cannot be laid to the fault of ths
modern Idea of progress that girls ars
not taught mors on the subject of wife
hood and maternity, because in the days
bf our grandmothers ths sams conditions
prevailed.
Girls were, to be sure, taught to be
pood housekeepers, cooks and seam
itresses, but the vital problems relating
to marriage and maternity were kept
trom them until they faced them.
Children were, perhaps, more "fash
ionable" In those daya than they are
now, but an understanding of tha rare,
ihe feeding, the dressing of new-born
;hlldren. or an understanding of prenatal
In
Dl
nfluences are mors familiar to young
t'omen today than they were in ths
Iden days.
All tha progressive ideas of all the
centuries can never change the laws of
life and substitute any career for women
which is so wonderful, so beautiful, so
freat as motherhood, when it is under
itood and appreciated and desired.
Household Suggestions
To renovate a shabby serge skirt
fcponge it over with hot vinegar until all
the stains and grease marks disappear,
then thoroughly press on ths wrong slds
(with a fairly hot Iron.
It is a great mistake to believe that
tea
higher ths gas is turned on ths
eater ths beat.
GOOD WORK
FOR SICK WOMEN
The Woman's Medicine Has
Proved Its Worth.
L1 When Lydla E. Plnk.ham's remedies
era first introduced, their curative
towers wers aouoiea ana naa to ds
- - . a mm .
proved. But the proof came, and grad
ually tha use of them spread over ths
whole country. Now that hundreds of
thousands of women have experienced
e most beneficial effects from tha usa
f these medicines, their value has be-
e generally recognized, and Lydla
Pinfcham'a Vegetable Compound la
a standard medicine for women.
Tha following letter ia only one of
a thousands on file in tha nnkbam
fflee, at Lynn, Mass., proving that
.ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable torn-
Is an article of great ment as
own by tha results it produces.
i Anamoaa, Iowa. "W ben 1 begantaa
png Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound I suffered with a displacement,
and my system was in a general run
(flown condition. I would have the head
iche for a week and my back would
jtcht so bad when I would bend down I
could hardly straighten up. My sister
jwas sick in bed for two months and
jdoctored, but did not get any relief.
lbe saw an advertisement of your med
dne and tried it and got better. She
told ma what it bad dona for ber, and
tea I had taken only two bottles of
jrea
'pound
,ycaa tu. ring nam s vegetaDie uora-
my bead began to feel better. I
continued its use and now I don't have)
Wny of those troubles." Mrs. L. J.
IIaknan, R.F.D. 1, Anamosa, Iowa. .
Decidedly Smart Are the
Gs "V . ,m v t a rvy w
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w ' . i' ii ' .7 . . - -j ' ' JnV - - 4 A - i
Plnlr hrAAftlMli faAa thA ertllar
of this suit of twill navy blue
gabardine; $39.75. Hemp, tur
ban with faille silk crown, $9.50.
Staying "in College a
Problem jor Youngsters
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
President of Brown Vnlveriatv.
Thouaanda of young people ars asking:
"Can I set into colleger It would be
well for them to ask: "Wll I be able to
stay in college after I get there?"
About X per cent of thoae who enter
each year drop out before they are
graduated. In aoms small, compact col
leges only 10 per cent drop out.
In large, loosely knit inatltutona some
times 60 per cent disappear before the
coveted diploma la reached. They enter
college full of life and hope, and they
fall out baffled and dejected. Why is
this?
It may be for excellent or unavoid
able causes. It may be because of ill
health or financial disaster or the pres
sure Of home obligations. It may also
be because of pernicious friendships or
falss Ideals formed In the freshman year.
It may be because the college itself neg
lects ths individual student and leaves
him to sink or swim alone.
But the chief trouble ia that the average
boy ia not "prepared" for college. He
doea not stay in college because he haa
no staying power, no capacity for atten
tion, no ability to concentrate.
I met in the college library a atudent
from one of our beat New England fam
ilies, bending over a book, weary and
bored.
"How are you getting onT" I asked.
He answered: "How in the world doea
a man spend a whole hour looking at
one book? After ten minutes I find my
self looking out of the window!"
"How old are your'
"Nineteen."
"Nineteen and cannot conoentrate for
ons hour?" You ought to have learned
that." I eald, "when you wers 13 yea re
of aa-e."
Boon after he "dropped out" and is
now wandering over New England look
ing for a Job where success can be won
without attention and there la no such
Job.
The trouble with many boya when they
enter college is not that they have bad
habits, but that they have no habita at
all. Not that they are going wrong, but
that they are not going anywhere.
They are versatile, attractive and aim
less. They are dlatracted mtnda, bundles of
scattered energies.
TUey know a hundred things on tha
surfaee, nothing down to the roots.
They have ten times as much informa
tion as their father had at the same
age, and yet do not know ths meaning
of work.
They can tell the name of svery auto
mobile that whlsses past ths front door.
.but cannot solve any problem that de
mands twenty minutes of honest think
ln.
They are charming young fellows to
know, but nearly useless In any college
or any business office.
aVfcX rsLtf Heralding summer is a blue Jfh
2
They are not "self-startera;" they must
be cranked constantly by aome employer
or teacher, or they cannot move.
It would be an immense gain to Amer
ican colleges it about one-quarter of the
students now in them would Immedi
ately be excluded and their places filled
with the eager outsiders who are longing
for a chance to study but who la wise
enough to select the men that are not
worth while? We shall have to depend
on the clumsy examination system for
a long time to come.
But two things ws can do. We can re
mind every one who wants to enter col
lege that "preparedness" is vastly more
than cramming down the languages and
mathemaUca.
To be prepared means to have acquired
a real ambition. It means the power to
say "no" to foolish things snd "yes" to
the big things of life.
It means to possess a backbone that la
more than a "chocolate eclair." It
means getting done with "klddlshnesa"
and resolving to play ths man. He who
la at 111 a child In fickle purpose and
flabby will should stsy out of the col
lege which will treat him as a man.
The other thing we can do la to insist
that the college Itself shall take better
care of the freshmen. AH the colleges
are now waking up to the waate and
wreckage of the freshman year. In dif
ferent ways we are all attacking ths
sams problem.
At Harvard the remedy la offered
through freshman dormitories, practi
cally segregating the freshman class. At
Princeton the remedy la found in a sys
tem of preceptors, each one having a
aquad of five or alx students under his
personal guidance.
At Amherst it is proposed to open to
the freshman courses In economics,
which will lad them out of the 'prep.
school studies" Into the discussion of the
fundamental problems of modern so
ciety. At Brown we shall require all new
students thla year to take a course of
one hour a week in what we call tha
'orientation of freshmen" instruction In
the origin and purpose of the American
college, the meaning and value of the
different departments and studies, stu
dent standards of honor, the use and
abuse of fraternities, student activities,
etc.
Thus we are all trying In different
waya to aave students from blind grop
ing, stumbling snd dropping out. But
we can not save them unless they want
to be ssved. i
Ferns pe 3).ono young peopls entered our
colleges in September, to write after
their names ths magic figures, " '13."
Borne of them will be out of college
again in January. "Can I get in?" That
la not tha real question. The queatlon
to be asked now Is: "Can I stsy? Csn I
survive ths sifting process and prove
that I was worth educating."
"V f j V CVJ linen frock with wblta bair cora J- j ,
New Sport Suits
Heralding summer is a blue
linen frock with white bair cord
collar and cuffs embroidered in
blue; $18. CO.
v.iv.imk snorts autts in lovely pastel
shades are among tne smarteat and new
est sporting toga ahown ror tne raiss
Harper's Basar.
Imagine such a suit built of pals yellow
velveteen, with the collar and cuffs of
a brilliant shads of glased Dtue aia, ana
you have a mental picture of the costume
r thl. mure. As the coal is ununoa n
may be url throughout the summer.
Tki. nn.n,... lao comes in pals blus.
palo pink. Copenhagen blue and old rose.
In each Instance the collar ana tuui
are of leather in a contrasting color.
Mnv anortswomen. although liking
knit material for their tennis and golf
aulta. have found the material hitherto
uaed for these costumes too heavy for
southern and summer wear. To meet
thi enndttion suits sra now being devel
oped in a new light-weight knit fabric
Not having the rough surface or tne
Hue material and being very thin. It
Is most agreeable to wear in warm wea
ther.
Tha colorinss are exquisite old gold.
shrimp pink. Nils green, rose, purple,
Copenhagen blue and whits. The trim
mings are glased kid in contrasting tone.
The velveteen model, already described
comes in this new knitted material. The
woman who chooses either of these cos-
tiimei mv enlov the comfortable cer
tainty that her suit Is the last word in
smart sporting toggery.
Lanvln has designed a suit of navy
Change
my JAJCZS J. UOWTAam
When Brother Tommy shines his shoes with very special care
And Htands before tha glass to choose tha tie that be shall wear,
When he discards tha little caps that perched above one ear
And says that all tha other chaps are wearing hats thla year,
When he invests in scarfpina, made of Imitation pearl
His mother's mortally afraid that Tommy's got a girl.
No more he sneers at light gray spats or coats with swallow tails,
Nor calls the fellows sissy-cats that clean their finger nails.
He doesn't think it's wasting time to brush bis tousled locks.
He doesn't hold that It's a crime for boys to wear silk socks.
And viewing with extreme alarm bis newborn fear of dirt.
His mother seeks the magic charm, and finds It It's a skirt.
And though she bravely makes believe it brings ber happiness
That abe no longer has to grieve because be hates to dress,
And though sne says that she is glad that he's so trim and neat
Kar more Indeed, than is bis dad when he goes on the street.
Her eyes grow dim, for well she knows that nothing ran restore
Her little smudgy boy to her the way he was before.
"bw
'1. '."".
blue serge, ths Jacket, trimmed with
blue silk braid, being short, as all the
new spring Jackets promise to be. The
narrow belt waa formed of links of gold
braid held together with blta of black
patent leather. '
The collar and fronta of the' Jscket
were faced with pink broadcloth, and
a corresponding facing of pink broad
cloth made a amart, wide, girdle-Ilk
belt in the skirt.
This model can bs copied In the ms
terlsls snd colors of the original In
whits serge with facings of cherry-red
broadcloth, and in the new fine gaber
dine known as Point twill.
Ths white serge, with its cherry fac
lngs and belt of black patent leather
and gold links. Is striking. Tha hst
worn with ths model shown here is a
turbsn of blue silk with a flaring bow
at ths side.
The tsllleur, copied from a Bernard
model. Is made of the new gaberdine in
navy blue. The over-collar of dove-gray
broadcloth la an excellent feature. For
morning a charming little frock of blus
linen Is shown. Th colls r and cuffs
are of white hstr cord embroidered in
blus. Ths tie Is of black sstln. Htraps
of white kid trimmed with black buttons
are effectively introduced in the belt.
This frock msy be had In linen of any
color with collar and cuffs embroidered
In corresponding tone.
Republished by Special Arrange
ment with Harper's Bazar.: :
Quits demure is
this , spring suit
of navy gabar
dine with gray
broadcloth
collar; $39.75.
A dvice to Lovelorn
By Beatrice Fairfax
Herover 1 oar Health First.
Dear Miss Fa'rfax; I am lo and at
tending hlnh achool. Only last month 1
thouulit i waa the happiest glr in the
world, but I was told by a physician I
hail a weiik heart. 1 have an ambition
to write and have bean ativcessful with
four or five short stories and playa. I
expected to attend college. Now I see
I can't, because of my heart. 1 try not
to worry. Can't you please tell me vhat
to do? LNHAPPV OIHL.
My dsar child, there Is no r-sson on
earth why a alight affection of the heart,
or even a vary serious one for that mil.
ter, should prove fstsl. For the present
why not make your ambition center
about strengthening yourself and re
gaining your health. Both overwork anl
worry are bad for you. With care you
will probably be able to overcame what
ever difficulty thre may be, and In
time you wilt undoubtedly bs able to go
on with the work. It la splendid that at
your youthful age you have already mads
a atart In writing. Now devote your
common aense and talent to freeing your
self from worry and recovering health
and men'al poise.
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
Let Me rrove Frew That You Can Get
Jild or It I'oslUvely, Without
I'aln or Injury.
Free Coupon Itoings Voq Quick Help
For rases I ni la 4aaiir baoauas .1 a sl4aous
gmwia at Suaariia.ua Hair. I hml a ntuUr
mouataofaa ana baara a Blr aorarta on mr
ran. Afiar aaaklog rallal far rars ta raia. 1
sacurad Uaroutk aa Oftluar la Urn bntlaa Armr.
cloaalf auanUS aaoral ut iba Mlo4a aallflaa.
vblch h4 Ml Kuperrlaaus lialr uskaava auxiaa
lbs null's wetae oi lulla. a faat wkioh Im wall
aaawa. It waa aa winaarnl la air m
maa tkal i aa loafar baa Iks
uSBiasi uaea of suaarfluous
nair ssa I anaii ba (las to
ana4 Kraa la sarone. lull Is
format loa a4 oaaislala in
atrwulaaa an that im aaa tol
ls B) .uain aaa compute-
lr Aaatrer ail Iraca witbaut
feaTtsa lo rsaitt ta Iba 4aaar
mm alaauria airSla. Sa mum
vastlM raw amf aa vurtklaaa
aaaluusry sraearauoaa ao
writ mm taear. gmf
roar msi aa4 s6
raaa. tui ll ft I I I C
wkarhar Una ar Hue.
All I aaa- la. tkat vaa
aao a d sua tor
ratura taalaa. Al
raaa Mrs FraaarteA
Huaaoa. Sulla an C
warn SolSwr-Uviabaaa'a
arm vary Saaurarl Iba Ha-i
eras Hindoo Sacral. 1
Km. I Nortb Mala Ktraal. Attlabero Maaa.
THIS nui OOL'PON, If aaot with a la
aUmp for ratura postae. aallilas ear roa
to Mrs. Hudeoa'a Irrsa InatrucUana Va Saalab
auparlluous Hair. QeoS for launaulata uaa
aoir cut aut eouasa aa4 via ta yuuf totiar.
Adaraaa sa balaw.
loags to a tuisa faWy, klga la aaigUak
ooiaayi see ta euaaii w. i'ns
efflolals there aaa is the widow f a
promtaeal Offlosr ta. the SrttUh Araay,
so yon oaa write ber with satire ooaU
aaaoa. a be baa epeaeS aa efftoa la
America for the baaem of sufferers
from Bupai-nuoa stair, Kar fall address
ia, Mrs. rrsdarlea WnSsoa, (suite ess, O.
sro. S slortb Mala Btrasv, Attlsbore, Maes.
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How the
Grip Spreads
. PART 1U
Mr WOODS III TllllXilO, M. O.
But chcr up. So long aa the Tfiffer
bug in roaming at large and in the open
all over your system, making you feel
like a combination of a half-di owned
kitten and last year's brd'a nest, when
every little muscle has an aching all I'
own, you are quit safe.
It la only when he begins to "play f
vorltes" and settles for keeps In s.Mrt;
nook or corner of your ncrvou. cardia ;
or muscular system that you are In any
serloua denser.
And he will seldom do this unless you
put It Into his head by working or ch II
Ing or overheating or straining In some
way that particular nook or corr.er be
fore you have got him completely out
of yoiir system or r ell under control and
hamluuffod.
Cllve up, "plav dead." act Just limp
sry and aooi-foi -nothlns as y u f-e!.
until life really belns to feel wort') liv
ing aaaln. and you mill avoid t'.irce
fourths of the mil 1 suiter of the grip.
Sul-mlMlon Is on of the lenjit frei rut
duties of man. but this Is o-ie of th
times when It . Is resl'y llfe-:svng .ml
Judicious.
H la like the arvh e In the old P. is'.'o
folk atory as lo what to do when mi
meet a bear out In th foret 1 rltbt
down and pretend to te dfad. and e
may ronie pp and sniff at ,v.-i or pilie
St you curiously with Ms pnw, but he
won't eat you.
The test and onlv mellc'ne f t t!ie
fcrlp Is to Veep still and warm and as
nearlv eomfrrtsMo as pos-l'l.
Aa for the cure of tie grip there i
none, but there are sevetnt fliltua wh'c'1
can bo done both to render your s'tPi
leaa likely ti rateh. the Infortl.m I' e i -posed
to It. and lo enabln It to Mr' t
off qulrkcr and mote completrly If ll
does gain S foothold.
First and foremost, of course. Is fres'i
air; cold or balmy, wet or dry, diy o
night; externally. Internally, eternally.
It la dlfflct It to catrh even Ue grip In a
wtl ventilated room
Moreover, the fresh air should be e ol
half Ita virtue' depends nn that: t
tonea up and hardens the akin: braeet
up the mueoua membrane of tue nose an1
throat, and keeps It perpetually fl ishlif
Itself by a rhythmlo flow of hea'lhy
mtlctta.
Cold air. except In excessive an1 p-'-longed
exposure, will An you no hart
whatever, does not cause cold, an1 I s
nothing to do with colds, ekcl't .ll '
sense of precipitating sn exploe on a I ttl?
earlier.
Or when you are recovering fi t a
attack, and your tissues are Still re? tin?
with tha germs and their prisons, i hll -Ing,
particularly wet chilling, of ar.'; pa-;
of tha body may produce a local e.t I :
of the poison at that point, though even
this does not happen half as often Ss yiu
would suppoae.
And remember that night air is Just si
pure as day air; in fact, by actual ana
lysis, slightly freer from dual, terms a-; X
ether Impurities. The polaunntsa and
deaCliness of ths n'ght air Is a tedioulu
myth.
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH i
T Bow To Get Relief When Head i
I and Nose are Staffed Up.
Count fifty I Tour cold In he.d or c -tsrrh
disappears. Your c ogged nos'tls
will open, the sir passages of your hr'il
will clear snd you can brestno f ely.
No more snuffling, hawking, mu-ous dis
charge, dryness or headache; no 'strug
gling for breath at night.
Oat a amali bottle of K y'e Cream Ba'm
from your druggist and apply a li'tla ef
thla fraarant antise.pt c cream lit your nos
trils. It renetrates through every sir
psaaaga of the head, soothing and h'&lljg
the swollen or Inflamed mun-tis mem
brane, giving you Instant relief. Head
code and catarrh yield like niajU Um't
stay atuffed-up and mlseiatl). F.cli f is
sure. Advertisement.
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