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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1916)
THE BEE: OMAHA, FIJI DAY, MAIU'II '24. 1916. Health Hints -:- Fashions -:- Woman's Work -:- Household Topics ( Qommou Sense Mothers r ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. Coprlght, 1M, Star Company. In a collet town lives a beautiful young Ctrl whoee mother la gifted with the unusual asset of common tense. When the telephone rings It U the mother who enswers, and when a maacullne voice aska for her daughter, the mother Inquires who wlahea to apeak with her daughter. If the name la riven and the mother knowe the apeaker the daughter In allowed to converse, over the, telephone In the mother' presence. On, at leaat, a half dosen oceaalona, tha namea have been refused, aay simply, "Oh, Just tell your daughter it la a friend wishes to apeak with her." But, aald the mother, "unless you are willing to jive your nam I do not car to have ou speak with my daughter." On these several oceaalona tha name his been refused and tha mother vary aenalbly has hung up the receiver, greatly to the daughter's amusement, be it aald. Remember thia girl la only IS, and quit possibly, mora than probably, the voices of th apeakera belong to boya not many years her aenior. Nevertheless, the situa tion ia purely American and indicates on what free-and-easy lines the average girl la educated. Thla mother haa been called a crank, and her rulea ar considered very strict. She la told that among all the girl'a ac quaintances no other mother Insists upon knowing who Is talking to her daughter over tha telephone. Then more la tha pity. In two high achoola, not many miles removed from the little town wherein thla girl reatdes, tragedlea and acandala have occurred which have marred tha lives of many young glrlai Statlatica ar in the writer poaaeaalon regarding these high achoola. Btatlatlca ao appalling that they mak one wonder ther not more casea like that or Marian j-.mDen ana llllam Orpet. you have daughter or sons attend high achool or public achool, dear madam. It would be worth your w.ule to nay a llttl more attention to th tele- ne call which your children are glv- ng and receiving out or scnooi noura. It will b worth your while to know were your ahtldren go at th noon hour and the receaa hour, and if they do not come horn directly from achool to know where they have been and who have been their asaociatea. Of vast importance la It for you to keep in very close aympathy and touch with your young daughters If you live in a college town. Th average youth who ia sent away to oollege knows nothing of th aacredneaa or th danger which 11 In aex attraction. William Orpet, th youth now awaiting trial for th murder of Marian Lambert, was a freshman sent away by hi par enta without th least Instruction on this importsnt subject. It wu hi pride and boast that he oould win th con fidence and overcome th prudence of any young girl. Marian Lambert' mother never asked who was calling her daughter over th telephone. If her daughter had told her It was William Orpet, th father or the mother would have found, it necessary to look up the character of William Orpet. Th fact that a youth attend some well known college seema to aom allly mothers and father to be considered a certificate of character. They do not realise how colleg boya under th In fluence of drink or In th intoxication of youthful conceit boaat of their aueceaaea with girla and beamlrch their namea by freauent uttranc in public places. is much better for you to ds cauea crank and to win in reputation 01, over-caution as a mother man ior you o the risk of ever ecoupying the poet of Mrs. Lambert before the world Impress your young daughter, as thla sensible mother haa dona, that it is little short of an insult when any boy or man rails for her over the telephone and re fuses to aiv his nam to you. Such ex periences cheapen a girl, and sh snouia make it known to all ner ooy menus that she so understands the situation. Hope for the Leper vyiw rJft By WOODS HrTCHISO, M. I FART II. When Uncle Ram, aa the result or tha war with Fpaln over Cuba, found him self most unexpectedly and unwillingly loaded with his sher of th "whit man'e burden," tha wardship of back ward and child races, on of th first prise pad n gee which he fished out of the bundle waa leproay-10,000 raaes of It! This, of course, offended the sanitary conscience and model housekeeper sens of our public health service doctors vary much, for by one of the curious contra dictions of human nature we give our colonies and ssvage or half-clvlllsed dusky wards, whether in Luaon or Porto Rico, a much better, mor efficient and up-to-date sanitary servlc than w have ourselves in most of our hom counts and not a few of our states.' So Dr. ltelaer and his colleagues pro ceeded to do something about it a ia Panama, after making a complete census of all lepere and a thorough study of th disease in all th islands, and finding ht it was rertalnlv holding Ha own, If not Increasing. They picked out an Island well wooded. well watered, fertile and attractive, sur rounded by a wide enough belt of ae to be aafely laolated and not eaay to scp from In a canoe, and yet central enough to be readily accessible from all parte of the archipelago. Here they laid out and built two beai- tlful model villages, eac with Ite pretty harbor and landing stage, patm-shaded streets and public flower garden and the perfection of water aupply, sewer age and drainage. Gardens and email farms were laid out, herda of milk buffalo and beef cat tle provided for the occupation of auch lepers as were physically able to do light work, end a weekly steamer line established. Then the lepers were Invited to come over and be made comfortable, and en couraged to bring her healthy relatives with them to see whst the place waa like. Such flattering reports were spread by these relatives on their return, aided by steropticon views with which they were supplied, that It wasn't long before a steady stream of lepers was flowing into the island, faster even at times than we were really prepared to accommodate them. With the gratifying final result that In about four years' time-practically all tb lepers in the Philippines, except a few scattered cases In the remoter districts, and a few of the wealthier class, who were properly cared for by their families in Isolated houses or private asylums, were gathered together upon Oullon Island. And this without any us of fore or the strong arm of tha law, save in a few homeless and Irresponsible cases, but simply by kind treatment,-persuasion and sanitary education. -' It was a wondesfuli compliment, not merely to our medical officer and dip lomats of science, but also to their na tive wards. Who dare aay that the child races of the world are not amenable to reason? and that even the backward peo ples have their full share of sound sense and right feeling, when given a whit man's chance T As Sir Henry Johnson, on of England' ablest colonial admlnlatrators, aald: "The only thing needed to mak a savage be have like a gentleman 1 to treat him like "Old FlaniP?" -lorelei- By Nell BrinJdey 1 lUFflVO . QopyrLht. Hi. Intern! New. Service. Advice to Lovelorn By Beatrice Fairfax ' Don't End Voar Friendships. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young fel i... i vr l4 and am at present at' tending the Bushwlck High, school, tlrnnbkn It HI)Knd B f 6W OSiS SgO that l met a few girl friends and we got on the same car ana sianea ior n. . - I . , .4 .n ...... Ih.lr 1 SS a gPmiWIIIIl, U.M- IW fare, but they so obstinately refused that the whole car was aoon looking at us. Hut finally they gave in much against ihir wtahes. Now I think that they treated me meanly and wish to dtscon tinu. their friendship. Amrlgbt I am sure these girls meant absolutely no offense, but labored under the foolish mlsapprshenston that they oughtn't to take advantage of the accident of meet ing you and permit you to go to any ex- on their account. They snowea lack of knowledge of the proper thing to do. But I think there la no reason why you should drop their acquaintance merely becauae of a little blunder on their part. Write " Espial. Pear Mlaa Fairfax: Was stopping with a friend for a few weeks and had my mail sent to that address. A letter tame for me and being that I was not at home it waa returned to the mailman as a non-resident. I expected a er from a gentleman and I think that letter that was returned came from him. Would you advise me to write to him and l.iake him understand why It wss returned and give him bv present address, or keep him waiting? ANXIOUS. . If th young man does not know your present whereabouts ha has no way of communicating with. you. go If you value his friendship more than a chance to act as a coquette write and explain the matter to him. He Is .Not Trustworthy. Iiesr Miss Fslrfax: I am dearly in love with inv employer, who In return ahowe his affection for mi, Recently 1 have heard that he la engaged to an other young woman. I have questioned him to this effect and he told me he would break th engagement. Ho kindly advise me if I should keep no friend ship with him. T. B. K. jrrnls man had no right to show his ffectlon for you while he was engaged to another girt and alnce he ia so fickle sni heartless as to be ready to cast ailde this girl for you, how can you ever feel secure in his affection and safe from being given up for the next girl who happens to appeal to' his errant Jancy. The Man Who Wanted to Be Sincere "l will be sincere." I said to myself. "No matter what It costs me, I will say exactly what I think at all times and all places. I will have nothing to do with shams and pretense and conventions." So I went out and tried It. To the first man I met I stated my posi tion and my Intention of speaking my mind. Th man grasped me by th hand a though I waa hi long-lost brother. "You are the man for niel" he declared. "I'm sick of the conventional humbug of the world. We will be friends, you and I, and we will always say exactly what we mean to each other and tell each other our real opinions." "We will," said I. "snd as a start I should like to say that the color of that tie you have on doe not suit you at all. A man with your complexion should never wear a red tie." But my 'new-found friend was a socialist, and he felt aa though he was saying his creed every time he caught sight of his red tie in a ahop window, ao, after a slight argument, he remembered a previous engagement and vanished. I was somewhat pusiled, but went on my wsy, and presently met a nice, pretty girl, snd to her I unfolded my philosophy. "I'm awfully glad you've told me," she said. "I get so tired of all the silly things people say to one, and I have so often longed for a friend who would tell m what he really thought of me. Tou will, won't you?" "I will, I promised. "I'll begin now. You say you get tired of people who ssy silly things to you, but really you like them. But it happened that she was a girl who prided herself on being sincere, who ex plained tc herself many times daily thst she only did conventional things becauss "one had to," and so she was not at all pleased. She told me in tones of perfect, politeness thst I wss quite mistaken, snd went 'off to talk to another man who told her what a relief It was to meet someone who was not afraid of calling a spade a spade. But, at last, I found an old lady, a beautiful old lady, who waa not In the least ashamed of being old and looking old. To her I made, as in duty bound, my declaration of absolute and uncom promising truthfulness, but Instead of composing odes in my honor she sat up and shook her finger at me. "Now, now," she said. "That won't do with me, young man. All the men who want to pay the most outrageous compli ments begin like that, and I've heard too many of them." And the more I pro tested my complete sincerity, the leas she would believe me. So what was I to do? To try to b sin cere with myself was about the only thing left. After a few more experiences of the same sort, which Invariably brought the aame results. I decided that leal sincerity didn't occur y a very perma nent place in this worlds affalis. 75 How To Make the Quickest, Simplest Cough $ Kemedy Meek Defter than the Beady. siaae nine ana l save , Fully One. renter This home-made much sttod ia now Used in more homes thsn any oilier cougli remetiy. its promptness, ease and cer tainty in conquering distressing coughs, chest and throat colds, is really retnark- ble. ton ran actually feci it take hold. A dav' use will usually overcom the ordinary cough relieve even whooping rough quickly, fplcndirl, too, for bron chitis, spasmodic croup, bronchial asthma nq winter coughs. Get from any druggist 7 ounces of IMnex (50 rent worth l, pour it in a pint bottle and till th bottle with plain granu lated sugar syrup. This gives you -at a cost of only 6'4 cents a full pint of better rough svrup than you could buy for $2. oil. Takes but a few minute to prepare, full directions with l'lnex. Taste good and never spoils. Yon will be pleasantly surprised how quickly it loosena drT, hoarse, fir tight roughs, and heal the inflamed mem branes in a painful rough. It also stops the formation of phlegm In the throst and bronchial tubes, thus ending the per sistent loose cough, i'inex is a most valuable concentrated ' romnound of genuine Norway pine ex tract, rich in gualaool, which U to heal ing to th mem'snes. To o avoid disappointment, be sure and ask your druggist for "2 V4 ounce Pioex," and don't accept anything else. A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, tor money promptly refunded, goes with hie preparation. ' Th Pines Co.. Ft. Wayne, tod., This was where June'i sway reaching out from a far place and for years lifted me out of a slough and set me on the high places In the sua again. I was there where ambition was working. me hard, tut I rested on my oars sometimes and cruised in strange water, around strange isles. And the isles were lovely and strange; and their strangeness, the languishing air, the brooding odors, the Clrce muslc that rose from them drew my eyes and ears wide to be filled with the intense, the unusual. And 'round and about in the labyrinths of this still sea I floated when I had time away from the busy, commonplace little harbors , where I traded and labored and laughed. There were bound to be Loreleis in the purple sea rocks. And one sang and my ears heard every soft and conjuring cadence. We'll call her Lorelei eh T A slim, regal woman with hair like melted-down gold sombre gold, with glints of fire catching in the light. Her eyes were gems intent gems with a flash now and then as though in the quiet current beneath a thought-creature bad flirted and flickered and caught the light of a subterranean sun. She was tragic, and wound about with a thousand superstitions, aa they who do not live in the wholesome sun must be. She never hurried, could do nothing, watched a game with a curious calm. She was eternally young neemed to me caught in the net of something fascinating and new but young with the uncanny youth of a story of a mummied queen the story never grows old and the queen seems always lovely. She never shouted and romped. She moved like a soft dream ' she played deep and gloomy roles (did I tell you she was an emo tional actress?). She wore queer garments fastened with queer stones. The mental, sea she swam in was a dark, Intense wast ao thick that on a healthy day I came to long for the thin, wlney water of Joy and sanity. Just her I grew two lines 'longside my mouth, and my temples were rising painfully from the receding waves of my hair. I almost deserted my busy harbor for the purple' Isles for , ' the dally worship at the altar of a tragic muse a Circe with the lure of the unaccustomed. And I worshipped well! And now I know that I was just one laughing one of many sailors 'who sailed past. ' And then one day, sitting In the amber light of her Jeweled lamps, listening to her too sweet voice singing a French chanson. (June's French was poor and happy), I remembered June, wholesome, laughing June and the open canoe and the wide, fresh sky, the air, the sun and the things wt found Joy in; and before her, all the child-women my mother sweet, sane women with clear, wide eyes, who bad helped me build my Ideals and Ideas! And straightway If smotherd. The rooms too rich too beau tiful too shadowed too enchanting -closed in on me. I hated the flowers that leaned close to my face gardenias from a hothouse; I hated suddenly the wild honey flattery of the woman who sang, with a whit wolfhound Jeanlng against her ' though he, too, longed for the wide sky and the sun and to unltrnber his racing legs on the plains where he was born to be and I rose and said good-bye for good! And I cruise bo more in the haunted isles. I am busy in the homely little harbor where I trade and laugh and labor. And since then I have found two later flames that burn for me steafl'y ana clear. Guess who? NELL BRINKLEY. A Litila Dlosscni To Bdlehi tha Ilcma ' "When It la known that In the near future the home is to bo blessed with a new arrival th trrt thongbt should be Mother's Frlsad." This Is an extents! remedy gently applied Dvr th stomach mus cles. It makes them Arm and pliant, they expand naturally with out endue strain. It remove from the nerves those tnflix enees which ar re sponsible for much of period of expectancy. ! for this reason thst much of the distress such as morning Sickness Is avoided. All prospective father Should see to It that the expectant mother !s provided with a bottle "Mother s rlend." . Tbe direction ar simple, fief. It at any drag store. It Is applied by th expectant mother herself, It penetrates deeply sod if fords quick aad splendid relief la a moot (ratifying manner and reflects s physical betterment to the nervous disposition of the baby. Dont fall to get a bottle of "Mother's Friend today and then write Bradoeld Reg ulator Co., l I-amsr Bid., Atlanta, Oa., for a pretty little book brimful of Informa tion for expectant atothers. It is a delight to read It. . , UP I. I " .... -'.' n" , , ' ' ' ' ' ' l". ' : .. - ' - .. ' ' '" - jr '. The wealnaVJ !OuilJ Kartifij Beta" .V Prompt Relief from the all-toocommcrn ilia of ' the digestive organs weak stomach, torpid liver .and inac- -rive bowels-is found in the always safe, 6ure. quick-acting. BEECHAM'S PILLS Isms Bale el Aay Medteln In She WarU. iM everywhere. In bease, lev, IS. The Homely Virtues By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. We live at a very high rate of speed and tenalon today. Thlnga flash by us as scenery seems to whirl past a rapidly moving express train. And we have so little perspective on events that we com placently feel thst we are fairly stable and stationary and that it Is the world that Is flashing by. As a matter of fact, most of us have hurried our lives into the express train class and we are flashing by the world without taking time to examine it care fully and Judiciously. The only things we really notice in life are those which projeot themselves from the man. The qualities In human nature that make for peace and comfort and home-loving happiness do not stand out as high peaka gilded by the aunllght at least, they do not ao project them selves upon our feverish and hurried consciousness. What we notice la the tinselled glare of ahams and posses. Brilliancy and ability to pun. a tendency toward clever witticism, a flash y tendency to turn moral queatlon upside down, scathing critic ism, sarcastic undervaluation of true fine nessall these things have a tinsel at traction for us and make us Inclined to pass by real worth and stable, unpyro te?hnlo mental qualities without noticing them. We think in hrudliuts snd do not stop to read the srticl'-s Lack of the head- lines, whether they be on a printed page or serve as human documents. If a physician cornea forward and flaunts a miraculous curs for anything or everything before us we are likely to honor him and pass by the good old family prsctltloner who saves more lives esch month that. the quack remedy will ever conaerve through the eges. Goodness and humility do not Impress us at all. They vtesry us. They have no showy virtue, no brilliant charm. Loyalty we sneer at. Truth and honor we thrust aside as Impractical for busi ness dealings. And these very homely virtues good ness, humility, loyalty, truth and hon estyare the only stsble underlying prin ciples to make human Intercourse happy or even tolerable. , Goodness Is not showy; humility surely csnnot flaunt Itself; loyalty tnust of ne cessity by silent, and truth and honesty have to be accepted without self-advertisement. Ho we pass them by and note instead the seml-vlrtues which act aa thtir own press agents. For goodness we substitute brilliancy; for humility, proud success at sny price; for loyalty, self-interest, and for truth and honesty, cleverness and shrewdness. And sve all have rather an uncomfortable scramble In trying "to do the other fel low or he'll do you first." -Hasn't th time come for a comfortable and comforting revival of the old-faab- loued virtues? Facts About the Famous Theodor Roosevelt Is noted for his forceful expressions. "Coffee, biscuits and a pipe" Is the breakfast menu of Hlr wouglaa haig. Prinoe Henry of Prussia is one of the most skillful fencers In Germany. The queen of Sweden has visited the German empress three times sine the outbreak of the wsr. lxrd lerby's signature is Just now more In demand srnong autograph hunt ers than that of any other man In Eng land. Bonham Carter, who recently married the British prime mlnleter's daughter, Is one of the best Judges of old English furniture in the country. The king of Bpaln haa lately Inter ested himself In the condition of Ppsnlsh prisoners, snd haa been visiting the chief penal eatabllahments In his realms. A good anecdote told of James Welch, who must have made a fortune out of "When Knights Were Bold," concerns him when a young man. He was play ing in a part whloh Involved the wearing of a heavy mustache. A he appeared on the stage some one called out: "Come out of that there mustachs! I can tell, you by your feet!" A good story Is being told by lima. Vaudervetde, wife of tbe famous Belgian orator. 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