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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 30, 1916)
fHE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, JUKE 30, 1916. Health Hints -:- Fashions -:- Woman's Work -.- Household Topics Is the Honeymoon a Failure? That w4. perhaps, a sensible bride groom, after all, who, when the mar- , riage was over, presented his bride V with the key of the house, and, part ing from her on the porch with. "Jen nie, my girl, I'll be home to dinner," went back to his work. He was. at rate, wiser than the ather bridegroom, who, feeling the wedding trip to be a correct and or- thodox institution, hut not being able to afford traveling expenses for two. went dolorously and sorrowfully alone to Paris, while his wife remain ed at home. But, seriously, a wedding trip means to a good many people some what of a trial. It is a holiday that can ill be spared by many a busy man; it costs very often a great deal more than the young couple can or should aiford, and, to conclude with, it is often anything but an un mixed joy. Because it is supposed to be fash ionable to go somewhere out of one's usual surrounding for the honey moon, hundreds of luckless young people who don't care for traveling, and who are burning for the delight of beginning housekeeping in their new home, find themselves driven in ko uncomfortable lodging, or strange hotels, among surroundings where "they feel neither happy nor at ease, Ho spend i time together in which jthey are thrown entirely upon each other's society, and have none of the interest! of their everyday life to oc cupy them. Is the honeymoon a failure? Not the honeymoon itself, if it is properly treated. The sweetness of the first month ought, to last through the whole of married life, no matter how long that life endures. All that trie honeymoon meant is not a failure, but the carrying of it out into prac tical detail very often ia. After all, how many married people can look back upon their honeymoon and confess that they thoroughly en joyed it? Perhaps if they had had the courage to spend it at home in an un conventional way, and had had not felt obliged to sacrific themselves to the notion of a honeymoon trip, the result might have been different. Science as a Nerve Detective BY GARRETT P. SERVISS. i fvTKELjBATE 1 ' ' ROAD SUMMER TOURIST TICKETS Saturn and Variable. Reuttt, Chicago la Nw York and return .............. .f 31.70 Chicago to Boston and re- turn ....... t . . . , . . . . . 30.50 Chicago to Buffalo or Ni agara Falls and return.. 18.35 And many othor points Throo Trains Daily From La Salla , Station. OBSERVATION' CAR TO NEW YORK Writ A. B. B. Burrows, " ; d.p.a. 787 Brandoia Bldg. Omaha, Nab. A quick, sure eye; steady nerves, which act swiftly but do not jump at shock: muscles which keep at just tin: right tension to respond instantly Co demands of the brain, and an evenly nourished body which, like a well oiled engine, acts with the minimum of friction or fatigue such are the main elements required in the make up of a fighting "airman." On account of the supreme impor tance of knowing, in advance, whether candidates for the aeroplane service possess these requisites, the French army authorities have adopted a num ber of testing devices, one of which is shown in the accompanying photo graphs. Three of these instruments are used simultaneously. One of them is the "pneumograph" (breath marker. It records the rate of the respirations, which varies with both the degree of fatigue and the nervous tension. It is actuated through a girdle around the breast which responds to every move ment of the lungs. Another is the "doightier" (finger piece), which grasps the first two fingers of the left hand, and records the heart-beats. The third is the "trembler," which is held in the right hand, and which registers tremors very much as a seismograph, or earth quake recorder, indicates the slightest movements of the ground and the un derlying rocks of the earth's shell. The special purpose of this last in strument is to show the degree of steadiness of the nerves, and their con trollability under the impulse of a shock. All three of these instruments are connected with styles, or recording pens, which, acting simultaneously, trace each separate curve upon i tingle revolving drum, or cylinder, covered with a film of lampblack. The curvet are waving, or oscillat ing, lines, and any unsteadineaa, or, irregularity, in their forms it a sure Testing the Nerve of a Prospective French Airman. 1 " i f ''' V p it 43 i f i r. is ; t'4-ih O ? ' ' a 4 si l '2) " ) . r-vfT rtj r 4 . t f "7- t ill 1 Ai II If lit" vir l! m . C ) ms i i U .ia-AJit, I 'I I J a second around which travels swiftly a revolving pointer making one com plete revolution in a second. The candidate holds in his right hand an electric grip, by squeezing which he can instantaneously arrest the pointer. The examiner sets the pointer in revo lution by an electro-magnetic con nection which makes a loud tap as it starts. The candidate is required to stop the pointer by squeezing the grip the instant he hears the tap. The distance which the pointer has traveled round the disk before the candidate arrests it measures the time taken by him to respond to the sound. In the same way his quickness of response to impressions on the eye and on the tense ot touch it measured. An acceptable candidate stops the pointer within 15-100th of a second in the case of touch or hearing, and within 19-100ths in that of sight. Re jected candidates run from 17-100tht to 33-lOOtht for hearing, 20-100tht to 39-100ths for touch, and 22-100tht to 48-lUUths for sight. Still another test is that of fatigue of the arms and hands, which it de termined by the "ergograph" 'work indicator) of Mosso and Camus. The candidate lays his right hand, palm upward, on the table before him, in serts a finger in a finger-stall and by Pending the linger lilts a weight at tached to an apparatus in which i self-recording pen traces on a revolv. ing disk a curve that gives a graphic measurement of the number of bind ings and the time elapsed before the linger it tired out. Of course, strength and endurance of arms, wrists and fingers are of special importance for the airman, on account of the incessant demands made by the controlling levers of an aeroplane. If such qualities could be transmitted from generation to gen eration, together with a gradually in creasing severity in the selective tests, there can be no doubt that "race of airmen" would be developed, endowed with many ot the instinctive powers of birds. It is, perhaps, as much superiority of mechanism that gives the bird its pretent advantage over the aviator. i U I. (TV COeXERYI BKCMEANGBIE JCENCl PeoplerJon't like to buy from unknown merchants, or unknown goods; adver tising makes steady cus tomers. . lilMlllllMtalilWllWWSallllll'li lllilll t II ijCTMEaWfrlrTiiW WW The While cross indtcoles the moment 0 the revolver shot. The top line of curves shows variations in respiration, the next thoie ( ( ' ... . . of the pulse, and the third the trembling of the hand. Evidence, of. Steady Nervet: the Effect of a Revolver Shot Tell-tale Evidence of Untteady Nerves: the Effect of a Revolver Shot on i . a Bad Candidate Recorded in Lints and Curves. of Steady Nervet: the Effect of a Revolver Good Candidate Wat Clearly Recorded. indication of a corresponding defect in the action of the heart, the nerves or the lungs, f Since the curves are independent, though all are traced on the tame drum, their indications may be read separately, and thus the relative re liability fjf lungs, nerves and heart can be analyzed. The source of the shock administered in this triple test is a revolver fired close by the ear, the sudden flash of a magne sium flare-light, or a cloth dipped in u:water clapped on the bare skin. . The examination, of the physical qualities of candidates for the air service does not, however, end with the tests just mentioned. A good airman must posses one of the prime requisites ot an astronomical observ er, and that is a reliable, unvarying, "nersonal equation," by which is meant the promptness of response to the impressions received in the brain through of the various the nerves senses. To determine this the' "chrono scope" (time-measurer) of Dr. d'Ar sonval is employed. This consists of a dial divided into hundredths of OA Insist That Your Ticket to COLORADO Reads "Union Pacific" Prepare yourself to better enjoy the wonders of fered you in a Colorado vacation by specifying the -route that is direct, double tracked, Sherman Grav el ballasted and protected by Automatic Electric Block Safety Signals. ' Three Splendidly Equipped Trains to Colorado Daily departing from Union Station at convenient hours and timed to arrive in Denver to connect with side trips to other points of particular inter est in the scenic sections of Colorado. 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A., 1324 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. Phone Rocky Household Helps Sprinkled on the carpet before sweeping, salt will lay the dust and revive the color. To clean tin mix some whiting into a paste with a little spirit and apply it with a rag. When dry rub it oft with a soft duster To cool jellies or blancmange in a short time, take a handful of salt and the same of soda; put it in a bowl of water and stand the jelly mould in it. For cleaning white kid shoes, a lather made of pure white soap and milk is excellent. Brush off as much dirt as possible before scrubbing with the lather. French Fried Potatoes " By CONSTANCE CLARKE French fried potatoes, crisp and golden brown and piping hot, served with broiled chops, ham or bacon, hot buttered toast, home-made jam, a plate of pancaket in which the but ter meltt away, and coffee served with yellow cream comprise a substantial breakfast, perhaps, but a perfect one. Peel the potatoes and put them into cold water for twenty minutes. Dry with a clean cloth and cut them into ribbons a half-inch wide and the length of the potato. Dry them in a clean cloth; lay them in a frying basket (but not overlapping each other) and plunge them into hot fry ing fat, which must cover them com pletely; cook tilll tender, then take up the potatoes and allow the fat to boil again; then plunge the basketful in if the fat is enough to cover, till the slices are crisp and a golden brown color; shake from the fat, season with salt and serve very hot. (Tomorrow Green Peas in Ramekins.) Tips on Summer Styles Shoet have long, slim lines. Parasolt are hand-painted. Low thoes will show buckles. Large neck frills are ttill popular. The newest reticules are very small. Dresses of wash silk are very fash ionable. Pastel blue is charming over petal rose chiffon. Hand-painted floral designs are still seen on hats. White silk gloves will be worn again this summer. Bottle green and beige make a pleasing combination. Delicate shades of horsehair are still in favor for hats. Sports coats of taffeta come in del icate blues and pinks. Square cut necks are finished with white aeroplane collars. . Black brastieret are either plain or trimmed with lace or net. Blazer ttripes are used as trim mings on children's hats. A great deal of ribbon is used on the fashionable nightgown. White gauntlet gloves of kid, em broidered in colors, are smart. A fashionable fantasy is a tulle frilled cape for summer -wear. The wide petticoat is coming into its own at a very rapid rate. Flesh color is often used to trim navy blue', with excellent effect. Smocking on the hips carries out the idea of fullness of the skirt. Fashionable spring frocks are trimmed with coffee-colored laces. Bands of cretonne make pretty trimming for the little girl's dress. Straw and flowered linen make a pretty combination for a child's hat. Mole fur is a favorite for summer wear, partly on account of its neutral color. A fawn-like brown paper is a pop ular shade for a spring or summer dress. Not only do they use beads in em broidery on frocks, but they are us ing small beans and seeds to make interesting color combinations. FASTER SERVICE TO ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS On and after July 2, 1916, Great Western trains for St. Paul and Minneapolis will leave Omaha and Council Bluffs later, make faster time and arrive as heretofore : Lv. Omaha 8:30pm 7:40am. Lv. Council Bluff. ..8:50pm 8:00am. At. St Paul........ 7 :30am 7:45pm. Ar. MinneapolU 8t05am 8:20pm. TO DUBUQUE AND CHICAGO. Schedule of Great Western No. 6, night train for Chicago has also been shortened leaves Omaha 3:60 P. M., Council Bluffs, 4:10 P. M and arrives Dubuque 2:55 A. M., Chicago, 7:35 A. M., 35 minutes faster than heretofore. For full details about schedules to the East and North, ask P. F. BONORDEN, CP.4T, A., 1522 Farnam St r Omaha. Phone: Douglas 260. Dougla l.-r r-1! goataaj "We Have With Us This Morning" BY WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D. When you sit down to your break fast table one of these warm summer mornings if they ever come you will find an uninvited guest. His name is Musca Domestica, Dutch uncle, or, rather, Spanish stepfather, to the mosquito ("little fly"), and though he has no sting, he can raise a blister on your angelic disposition and a bump on your Christian forti tude as if he were the original Spanish fly itself. Don't wait to be introduced to him, or even address him by his common name, "Shoo Fly," for if you do he will be all over the butter and into your coffee, but shoot him on the spot as though he had hauled down the American flag! Why should we treat a friendly visitor, who has simply invited him self to breakfast, in such an inhos pitable, not to say ferfcious, fashion? First, because he himself like Artemus Ward's Injunjs, "pizen wher ever found." Second, and even mre importantly, because he is the forerunner, the po tential ancestor, of all the swarming millions that will buzz and crawl and blacken our food all through the sum mer's heat. It does seem at first sight rather cruel to advocate killing at sight, every chance we get, a teeble, harmless-looking little insect, buzzing hap pily from plate to plate and from nose to nose. Especially as it was a part of the sentimental training of the young in kindness to animals to be particularly merciful to flies, fishing them out of the milk jug, or the honey jar, and placing them on the sunny window-sills, where they could dry their wings and fly away rejoicing. We even used to be taught a tag of moral Mother Goose, "'Tla Ood hath made the little tly. And If you crush It, It will die." But modern science has discovered the true nature of the fly, what a pestilent, little filth-carrying reptile he is, and entirely declines to recognize him as one of God's good creatures, to whom it is our duty to be kind. It is much more inclined to agree with the Mohammedan proverb, which de clares that "Flies are the sweat of the devil." Furthermore, if God 'created the fly, it is man that has made him dangerous and furnished him places to breed in, by his dirty and untidy habits. The fly is one of our domes tic animals. We have created him as he is, and it is up to us to wipe him out. To paraphrase Kipling, "He was not made with the mountains, He la not one with the deep. Man, not Ood, hath made him. And men not Ooda must aweep" him oft the earth. From the point of view of cruelty to animals, it is a positive kindness to kill the early fly, for by one swift, painless swat you prevent the myriad slaughter and agony of his hundreds and thousands of future descendants by hunger in fly traps, by agonizing thirst on sticky fly paper, by drown ing, by poisoning, by burning. The best way to prevent flies in their dog day swarms is to put a stop to them before thev haDOen by killing the yatriarchs of all their tribes in early une. The strong probability is that tne scattering handful of flies which first put in an appearance about now in your dining room and kitchen, or on your back porch, are not strangers or newcomers at all, but household pets, guests of the family who have spent the winter under your hospitable roof. Insects have various ways of surviv ing the winter and securing the con tinuation of their species. Most of them hibernate through the period of frost and cold in the form of eggs, 01 larvae, or chrysalises buried deep in the ground, but the fly, like the bum blebee, takes his chances on getting through the winter in the adult or i winged form. YOU NEED to aid nature occasionally when your liver it sluggish, your stomach dis ordered or your bowels inactive. Let j this safe, mild, dependable remedy regulate these organs and put them j in 1 aouad and healthy condition. BEECHAM'S PILLS Unaat Sah of A w Medici., la tt World. labciM. 10a, aaa. Advertising is the pen dulum that keeps buy ing and selling in motion J