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.
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SUMMER TOURIST
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Throo Trains Daily From La Salla
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Your Choice of Gateways to
Mountain National and Estes Park
Arrangements have been made which enable visitors to these beautiful Rocky Mountain
parks to select diverse routes from Denver through the various gateways. For instance,
automobile all the way from Denver to Estes Park village and return; by rail to Fort
Collins, Greeley, Loveland or Boulder via Ward, thence by automobile; the route from
Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland passes through Big Thompson canyon; trip from
Boulder via Ward lies through the St. Vrains canyon. Visitors also have the option of
varying their trip by entering via one gateway and leaving via another at no additional
expense.:' "if v.. . - -. ; :; .:
Whichever gateway you may choose to these parka, be sure
that your trip to Colorado is routed via Union Pacific.
For bqautifully illustrated booklet, "Colorado for the Tourist," and further information
about train service, routes, rates, etc., please apply to
L. BEINDORFF, C. P. & T. 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.
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"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.
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regulate these organs and put them
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