.THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1918.
Adelaide Kennerly
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Office Flirtation Man
and Woman Stuff
Rose Nelson had long eye-lashes,
pink cheeks and white teeth. When
she was counting over her aids to
success she figured-ihem right in with
' her ability to take 125 words a minute.
Rose was wrong, as a year or two
of experience proved to her. She
lost her first position because the
head bookkeeper always took a min
ute off to lean on her desk when he
passed it and he passed it a great
many times a day.
At the time she lost her job Rose
couldn't figure it out and the manager,
who dismissed her wasn t brave
enough to tell her the truth. He num
bled something about losses and ter
rible expenses and cutting down the
force. But Rose wa the only one
to go.
In rapid succession Miss Nelson
was dismissed from three other po
sitions. Then she got into the em
ploy of the Rainesworth bales com
pany and she almost stayed awake
nights plannipg how to make, her
work so good that there wouldn't
be any reason in the world to diS'
miss her.
But one morning the blow fell.
Mr. Rainesworth himself summoned
her and spoke his verdict: "Miss
.Nelson you are a good little stenog
rapher. You take dictation quickly
and your letters are accurate. But
I've got to let you go. You're too or
namental for this place."
Too Ornamental.
"Too ornamental 1 That can't count
against me," gasped Rose.
"It can't I But it does. You're put
ting my whole office force out of
order. Every clerk and bookkeeper
in the place is vying for your favor.
I figure that six of the 12 men in the
office waste an hour a day talking
to you or trying to get a chance to
talk to you. I'll have to let you out,
Miss Nelson."
"But is that fair? I can't help it if
I am good looking!"
"No, I don't suppose you can help
it or would if you could 1 But you've
cultivated the sort of helpless 'baby
stare' that appeals to the men around
here and you don't act like a busi
ness woman. I don't care how much
the men like you outside, Miss Nel
sonit's the fact that you seem to
expect their tributes right here in the
office and manage to get them. I'll
have to let you go."
"But that's cruel you've jdst said
I can't help my looks. Now suppose
I lose my next position for the same
reason that will be beyond my con
trol, won't ft?"
"No, it won't. Don't start out by
letting the salesmen take you to
lunch. Don't coyly ask the office boys
to sharpen your pencils. Don't keep
reminding the men around you that
you are a woman. Think about your
job, Miss Nelson. Dress like a busi
ness woman with the accent on busi
ness. Forget you're a pretty girl.
That will help the men around you
forget jt, too. Do your flirting out
side. It's up to you whether you hold
your next job or not Don't waste
the dDllar-making minutes of your of
fice. You've been costing us one
man's full time per week!"
Work Must Be Done.
The work of an office has to get
done. Either a woman ms a spntrib
uting cause to the efficiency ana suc
cess of her office or she is a stum
bling block. And no matter how
pretty a girl a -stumbling block may
be, your sane business man recog
nizes her for what she is.
Most of us were taught in our early
childhood that there is a time for
everything and everything belongs in
its place.
Translate that teaching into busi
ness and it reads like this: "An of
fice day is not the time for flirtations
nor the place for anything but work
and honest efforts for the success of
the organization.
The woman who improves upon of
fice methods and stves a few hours of
time is worth $5 more a week. The
woman who steals a taxi ride or a
lunch with the head calesman is worth
dismissal.
Friendliness is necessary to the
health and happiness of an organiza
tion, but that means a general friend
linessamiability toward all fellow
workers.- And flirtation is an exclu
sive, snobbish, selfish thing that
flaunts itself, disregards the rights and
feelings and criticisms of other peo
ple and eats up the most valuable
thing in the business world time.
Many Ways to Ask
"Will You Be Mine
Have you ever used a cake for a
love letter?' Don't smile. That is the
accepted form of love epistle among
the wild gypsies of Galicia. A coin
is baked into the cake, which at the
first opportunity is flung to the fa
vored oEject. The retention of this is
looked upon as a virtual "accept
ance;" its forcible return an intima
tion that the "attentions"a re unde
sired. If your dearly beloved came a
wooing would -'you throw rocks at
him? Don't smile. That is the cor
rect idea of courtship among the semi
savage tribes in the Arabian desert.
The lover tries to seize the girl while
she is pasturing her father's flocks.
She pelts him with mud, sticks and
stones, and will be held in lifelong
repute if she succeeds in wounding
him. Once driven into her father's
tent, the lover is reckoned to have
won her and the betrothal is pro
claimed. Among an Indian tribe a rather
pretty courtship custom obtains. At
the annual "love feast" a girl will hid-j
a pitcher by the reeds near the river,
and then pointing toward the youth
with whom she is in love, she will
whisper, "Fair youth, findl" If the
maiden seems as fair to him as he to
her, he searches, finds and places the
pitcher on her head, and the two are
husband and wife.
The Eskimo Plan.
The Eskimo smitten one goes one
Jietter, inasmuch as he marches
openly and without any beating about
the bush to his loved one's abode,
seizes her her long, strong hair or
her fur garments, and drags her to his
lair of ice. or tent of skin.
The maiden of Burma lights a
"love lamp" in her window when the
desired one passes at night, and if he
be willing, he speedily conveys the
Bright Spots in
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CHARLES BURGESS.
A detail of 64 men from Fort Crook
is invading the city today in the
interest of "A Day of Military Life,"
to be given at the Auditorium Feb
ruary 20. Each man has been given
a section and unless you keep mov
ing they surely will get you for at
least one ticket. Indeed, who could
reftise the boys in khaki anything
they ask I
Two well-known boys. Charles Bur
gess and Douglas Peters, took charge
of the advertising. Already they
boast $1,675 and the officers laugh
ingly admit that perhaps nobody but
Burgess -and .Peters could have done
it so easily.
A Day ot Military Life promises
to be the big event of the Lenten sea
son. The patronesses are:
Meidames Mesdames
C. C. Allison, F. P. Klrkendall,
H. H. Baldrlge. Charles Kountze,
Joseph Baldrlge, Luther Kountze,
Joseph Barker, ' John L. Kennedy,
Daniel Baum, T. P. Kennedy,
David Baum, A. V. Kinsler,
Charles Beaton, T. J. Mackay,
John 8; Brady, J. J. McMullen,
K. iohn Brandels, J. M. Metcalf,
George Brandels, Arthur Metz,
Francis Brogan, Charles Metz,
Ward M. Burgess, O. A. Meyer,
Samuel Burns, Edgar Morsman, Jr.,
victor waiaweu, a. JNasn,
Clement Chase, Louis Nash,
H. H. Clark, Jr., Charles Offutt,
Louis S. Clark, M. C. Peters.
Ralph Connell, Ralph Peters,
John Cowln, William Plxley,
L. F. Crowfoot, , W. a. Poppleton,
J. C. Dahlmah, George Prlnz,
B.' B. Davis, GeorgeRedlck,
T. L. Pavls, O. C. Redlck,
Gould Dletz, W. A. Redlck,
Harry Doorly, A. L. Reed,
John M. Dougherty, J. DeForest Richards,
E. M. Fairfield, Victor Rosewater,
H. H. Fish, Arthur C. 'Smith,
A Rich Woman Asked to
Sell a Pearl and Buy a Beet
For Her Ill-Nourished Baby
Ignorance and carelessness are
often to be found in the most unex
pected places. Thus it often hap
pens that the poor immigrant woman
is found scrimping and sacrificing to
give her children tht best food and
care, while wealthy and presumably
well-educated women are found grum
bling about the high prices and cutting
down their children's supply of food.
The other day a child welfare expert
after listening to a rich woman mourn
the high prices of beets and the fact
that her children had to have them
finally became impatient. "Why don't
you nake one of the pearls off your
necklace and buy some beets?" she
asked.
Foreign Women All Right.
Curiously enough, most child wel
fare workers will tell you that their
hardest work does not always lie in
the foreign colonies of the large cities.
Here the women will accept any new
suggestions as a part of the American
glad information to her. When the
Sumatra girl has reached 25 and her
life up to then has been passed in
strict seclusion and no one has come
to ask her for her hand, she attends
to the matter in her own way, dresses
in red and goea ouftwice a day until
successful to find a husband.
A remarkable custom prevail
among the Dyaks of Borneo. When
one of them would woo the maiden of
his heart he chivalrously helps her in
the hardest portion of her uneasy
daily toil If she smiles upon him,
ever so sweetly, he does not immedi
ately tespoond, but waits until the
next dark night. Then he steals to
her house and lightly awakens her as
she lies beside her sleeping parents.
The parents, if they approve, make no
sign, but sleep on or pretend to.
If the girl accepts she rises and takes
from her lover the bettl and sweet
meats he has brought her. That seal.-)
their betrothal and he departs as he
came, neither , speaking nor bein?
spoken to.
Military Life
DOUGLAS PETERS.
E. F. Folda,
C. C. George,
Harold Glfford,
C. W. Hamilton,
W. W. Head,
George Hoagland,
Wllliard Hostord,
R.. B. Howell,
George Joslyn,
Frank Judson,
C. B. Keller,
T. L. Kimball,
Misses
Carrie Millard.
Floyd Smith,
William Archibald
Smith.
Luolen Stephens,
J. T. Stewart, Id,
David Stone,
Ella 'J. Squires,
Edwin Swobe,
Frank Walters,
Glen Wharton,
John T. Yates.
Misses
Helen Millard.
Reserved seats are on sale at the
Auditorium and tickets are being sold
at Beaton Drug company. The Owl
(Sherman-McConnell) Drug company
and Merntts drug store.
List of Events.
Reveille The awakening of th camp. An
early morning scene.
Callsthenle Drill Direction of Lieutenant
Milne. The early morning setting up ex
ercises, Mess Call "Come and ret It" Watch
them eat.
Close Order Drill Direction of Lieutenant
Wiggins. The disciplinary drill that creates
perfect obedience to commands.
Outdoor Physical Training Period Direc
tion of Lieutenant McReynolds. Running
Igam'es, jumping, hurdling. The American
play which interests.
Bayonet Training Direction of Lieutenant
Nellson.
Grenade Training Direction of Lieutenant
Boughton. Games and exercises in bayonet
training. Methods of training for accuracy
in grenade throwing.
Gas Mask Drill Direction ot Lieutenant
Hickman.
Litter and Rescue Drill Direction of Cap
tain DeLanney. The use of the gaa mask.
Methods of rescue used by hospital corps.
Machine Gun Drill Contest Direction of
Captain Randolph. Contest between two
picked Colt squads. This must be fast, ac
curate In detail.
Rest Period Bugler demonstrates th va
rious calls used In the army. Explanation
and Vord parodies by Lieutenant McNally.
ization process. They want to be
Americans and so they care for their
babies the way the Americans tell
them to. The woman who presents
the great difficulties is usually the
American woman of the type that
works hard, reads little and believes
that the ways of her grandmother are
good enough for her. She is always
slow to adopt new suggestions.
Conserve Babies.
Even this woman will not be able
to escape the information dissemi
nated on the care of children during
the next year if the plans of the wom
an's committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense are carried out It is
now a matter of national pride. Great
Britain laft year by consistent efforts
nearly cut its infant mortality rate in
two, while New Zealand already has
an infant mortality rate only half as
large .in proportion as that of the
United States. We no longer have
any excuse for lagging behind. If
we can conserve food we can con
serve babies.
Heiress Reported Engaged
to Wed Von Kuehlmann
Frau von Freidlanderfuld, whose
father is thj millionaire "coal king"
of Germany, is reported to be en
gaged o wed Dr. Kuehlmann, Ger
man secretary of foreign affairs. She
is the divorced wife of Hon. John
Mitford, son of the late Lord Reds
dale, a British peer. Frau von Freid
landerfuld is said to be worth $25,
000,000, and is the second richest wo
man in German.
It is said that the government is
considering the employment of
women as grain testers.
Tlan's Nb Su&fcie (or Bs&r
or djre. For Ust color by oolr
Seed (tamped addressed emretop far
FREE SAMPLE to D Law Mfg. C.
4J1 S. Dearborn. Cascacc.
Advice to
By BEATRICE
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
Very Disrespectful.
Dear- Miss Fairfax: Do announcement
cards of weddings require sending the party
present T
A certain husband's brother died re
cently and the following week bis wife at
tended th theater several times. As her
husband was In mourning, was that the
right thing for ber to do? She Is devoted to
her husband In other ways. The husband's
family were much provoked and thought It
waa. a lack of. respect for the departed
brother. Were they right T BELLK W.
Wedding announcements "demand" noth
Inf tn return. The punctiliously proper and
courteous call If an address Is given or send
at least a note of congratulations. Sending
a gift or not sending it Is an entirely per
sonal matter. Very often people use wed
dtng announcements Instead ot wedding In
vitations, largely In order to free people
from a feeling ot obligation In regard to
gift.
I think It a bit selfish and thoughtless
for th wife to attend theater so shortly
after th death of her brotbor-tn-law. I
da not believe In elaborate periods of mourn
In; or In a deliberate seeking if misery or
la any effort to add to th (loom of th
world. But naturally no man would enter
Into th spirit of gaysty and excitement just
after th death of his brother; and while a
wlf need not make herself sad and gloomy,
It I kinder and mora dignified for her not
to flaunt In th face of th world Jir In
difference to her husband' sorrow.
The Age Question.
Dear Mis Fairfax: I have been going
about with a young man for about six
month. W both love each other dearly.
He ha asked me to marry him and be can't
understand why I always keep putting It
off.
Th rimpt reason I this. I'm about 19
year older than he 1. I know that he
doe not realise that there 1 any difference
In our age. Ha la going to Franc In two
week and want a decided answer. I even
lov him more dearly for being abl to serve
hi country.
Do you think I thould tell him my agT
In fact he ha never aiked m about it.
I know that I look much younger than I
am. J
Tht I a queer and difficult position.
Generally I approve ot marriage In which
These Are the Days
When It Pays to Compare!
Pim9s UDonlter Soinils Mimd
$20 to $25 the Former Price
A great many are medium weight ma
terials that can be worn for early Spring.
We are just as desirous of closing out our
Overcoats and Suits
before the Spring season, and we hafe reduced
them so they will move quickly, and at the low
price of $14.75.
There are plenty of Blue Serge Suits, Pure Worsted Suits, Young Men's
Trench Suits, English Suits, Belted Backs, snappy styles and conservative models.
Take your pick Saturday at $14.75.
ADVANCE SALE OF
SPRDNG -DRESSES
Charming, inexpensive Dresses designed to
meet the demand of the hour, Serges and Silks. The
very latest tunic effect skirts with long sashes, such
pretty models you will have to pay $5 to $10 more
later on. Saturday
$12.45-316.45-322.45
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When Buying Advertised Goods
Say You Read of Them in The Bee
the Lovelorn
FAIRFAX.
the man Is at least as old or older than the
woman. A boy of 21, for Instance, and a
woman of SI are likely to have Ideals and
viewpoints so different that thMr marriage
will necessarily prove uncongenial That Is
not always the case, for three of the mod
successful marriages I know are I hoe In
which tho woman Is from nine to 12 years
older than her husband and has a generous
maternal attitude which pleases the eternal
"little boy" in man. For tho salo of your
own peace of mind I think you lml bettor
tell your sweetheart that you are very much
older than he. If you don't you are likely
to make yourself miserable wondering what
he would think If he knew and '.c worry him
by th pettine? and Irritability that come
from your own worry. Perhaps there Is no
high moral obligation at stake, for you
may find when jon tell him thnt ho knew
It all along and Ulu't think It the least
bit Important.
A Fickle Girl.
Dear Mies Fairfax: I had been going
about with a young lady for two years and
volunteered my services at th outbreak of
the great war. After two weeks at camp
I heard she was engaged. After substan
tiating th rumor I severed our friendship.
Now I hear that she ha broken her en
gagement and 1 anxious to return to me.
f SOLDIER BOX.
Th girl seer to be a rather fickle
young creature, but perhaps through her
temporary disloyalty she really 'discovered'
the depth ot her own afteotlon for you.
Don't let rumors affect you so strongly. If
the girl Jilted you for another man and
now has jilted him for you, this much ought
to be demanded ot her In order to teach
her th lesson she needs to learn: It should
be she who should write and seek recon
ciliation not you, who must hold out the
olive branch of peace.
Is It Real Love?
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am raployed a a
stenographer. For the past year my em
ployer' son ha been dictating to me. He
also has called at my home.
The last time tte called b told me that
be loved me and ha wants me to be his
wife. He said that his fsther agrees to
our marriage. I love him dearly.
16th Street Opposite
But my parents think that I should not
marry him as he Is 20 while I am 11.
LENORB J. S.
On year's difference In age is not a very
vital amount. Tou are both young and
while you are almost a woman, the man
In the enso Is still only a boy. Vo you
really cut for each other or Is It Just pro
pinquity that hue caused you to make up
a little romance for yourselvesj
A Sense of Possession.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am deeply In love
wllh a Rlrl two years my Junior, with whom
I have been going about tor several years.
I have taken notice that when I mi- un
able to visit her goes out with otlirs
and o this ha left me In doubt as rn
whether she really cares. I may be called
away on a !4-hour notice and this puxsle
has kept me worried. B. M'B. J.
Tou don't need a sharp rebuke. Tou sim
ply have that sens of possession which
makes many of us long to cut oft th one
for whom we care most from any Interert
which shall Interfere with our own suprem
acy tn his or her life. It would probably
be at once a sign ot generosity and of faith
In the girl you lov for you to recognize
the fact that sh I young, full of the Joy
ot living and that she may enjoy the friend
ship and attention of other men, even though
you hav her love. Don't try to narrow her
exlatenc and deprive her of everything you
cannot five her.
He is Far Too Young.
Dear Mies Fairfax: My brother, II, has
become engaged to a girl ot 20. He ha not
a paying position. IV feel that th girl Is
too old for him and that he I too young
to even consider an engagement. W want
to do what Is right to all concerned, so
would appreciate your advice.
A CONSTANT READER.
Indeed, a boy of JJ should not be con
templating matrimony. He needs to work
and make himself, to get experience and the
education of life, to grow In knowledge or
himself and what be really want. When
I advised a boy to marry a girl two year
older than himself he was sufficiently mi
tur to choose a wife. Jt your brother were
planning to marry a girl of 17, that would
be just a bad a la th present situation,
but If he wer 25 and planning to marry a
girl of 17 there would be no obstacle In the
difference In age. Tou see that, don't
you 7 .
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