THE OMAHA SUNDAY. BEE: JANUARY 19,1919.
7 A
SEX OATTEOS TO
; BE KEPT -FROM
T!!EJSllLDilEfl
. Senator Sears of Omaha Intro
duces Bill to That Effect in
; the Nebraska State i
" Legislature. !
"I am against any campaign of
education or any public propaganda
which will permit the indiscriminate
imparting of sexual knowledge or
discussion of social diseases o chil
dren of the 'dangerous age," said
' Senator C. W. Sears, Omaha, author
of a bill prohibiting this practice.
The bill was introduced ill the
i Nebraska senate on the closing day
of the week and Imposes drastic
penalties upon any one, other than
a parent, a guardian or person espe
cially employed for that purpose,
who imparts information of a sexual
1! nature to children under 16.
The "Dangerous Age."
, 'lost of the children who'enter
- liigh school- are 13 years of age.
They havenot yet developed men--'
tally or physically and it is the phys
: ' ical and psychological piriod which
, ' is characterized as the 'dangerous
age-'
"At present there is" a movement
in the country, while it may not be
. designed for that purpose, yet in
- practice, permits the public and open
, discussion of sex matters and social
diseases under conditions highly per
nicious to the young. '
"Sex matters taught in mixed
classed in the public schools and
: other institutions have a' tendency
to break down the natural barriers
of convention and modesty which
s;' ordinarily are a protection to rela
tions of the sexes in their younger
, and more tender years. Ir opens up
a new field and because of the li-
cense it gives to the discussion of
: v matters which' have heretofore been
taboo, would bring about freedom
from .convention in these matters,
; and make it easy for the vicious and
w -perverted minds of older.persons to
corrupt the'minds of the young and
f .awaken desire in those who are yet
too immature to be responsible.
-- Dangerous to Morals.
"Fropinquity bet ween young per
ons of opposite sexes with a vehicle
of this kind and all its prurient sug
gestion would make our public
; schools dangerous to morals.
"A condition of this kind would
j help panderers to sow seeds which
would result in a harvest of vice
and help the very evil the over-enthusiastic
social reformers seek to
. end.
Teach These Matters at Home.
, 1 "I believe the home is the place
for the teaching of such matters.
The home is a sanctuary and the
parent, er guardian, could, impart
this knowledge to boys and girls of
16 or over, in a manner that would
, not .violate conventions of sacred--
ness or modesty, nor awaken a dan-
gerous and prurient sex curiosity. I
cannot believe that this can-be suc
'J. ,cessfully done, without-, dangerous
Consequences to ocicty where it U
taught to boys and girls together,
in classes where the sexes are sep
arated or even where they are classi
fied in mature ages. It becomes a
" matter of public conversation, can
-', be i corrupted into lasciviousness,
and opens a perilous gate to evil.
"Experience has taught that there
are always plder persons who de
light in imparting knowledge .the
voung should not know in a manner
which has caused this to be. a foun
tain head of vice."
Federal Reserve Bank
Society to Buy $2; 166
InW.S.S.Durmgl9l9
' O. T. Eastman, manager of the
Federal Reserve bank, has received
acknowledgement from the state
V War Savings headquarters that the
society in his institution is the first
-, to definitely show its intentions for
the year by filing a report showing
die number of War Savings and
" Thrift stamps each member of the
sodcty has pledged to purchase dur-
'' 'in - 1919.
, Mr. Eastman feels that, every
member of the society is entitled to
credit for their persistency in this
savings work. He especially men
tions the work of Miss Margaret
Carmen, secretary of the society,
who sees that cveryoneremembers
their pledge.
, Beginning January 1, this society
has agreed to buy $180.50 worth vf
stamps each month during 1919,
, a total of $2,166 for the year. They
have a membership of 58. This rec
ord explains why C T.. Kountze,
Z late director for Nebraska, was able
to report to the Treasury depart
ment the sale of more than $33,
- 000,000.00 worth of War Savings
, stamps during 1918. ' , '
' Two Burglaries Friday Net
Robberts Fair Sized Sum
A .enaV-.ttiipf fraininc entrance to
,". Mrs. J. Whitney's residence, . 3708
ortn nignieen street, uy a. ucu-
room window, ransacked the dresser
drawers and escaped witn 5nu.
Thf TamhQ-Le druir store. Eieht
eenth and Douglas streets, which
nnlirf rirnrHd show to be a favorite
with burglars, was robbed again last
night. Thirty-nine dollars was taken
t irom the cash register. The robbers
. entered the place by breaking a win.
dow in the rear ot the stoie.
Virtuous
Wives,
L
llilfS
(Continued tram Fc One.) - j
waves, washing its precusor further i
up the island and further up the
social scale, founding, in the tenacity
of the national instinct, "Little
Italy" and the great Yiddish gheuo.
Other waves have rolled in. The
first colonies of Italians and He
brews, always driven upward, have
seized possession of the outskirts
of the Bronx and overflowed across
rapidly multiplying bridges into
Williamsburg and into Queens,
while below, on the lower East
Side, the swarming immigrants still
land bv the' hundreds of thousands.
their fortunes on their backs, oc
cupying the lately relinquished tene
ments in that great cellar to oppor
tunity which .. lies below Grand
street. This stupendous march of
four nations completes the investi
ture of bid New York by piercing its
left flank, cutting it off from the
river, and crowding it more and
more against the eastern boundaries
of the park.
VVliat has Happened f just as me
discovery of gun-powder destroyed
the social state of feudalism, and
the invention of the printing press,
by the democratic dissemination of
knowledge, made possible crom-
well and the French revolution, so
the configuration of New York,
which has, mad, the skyscraper a
necessity, has determined an Un
relenting conflict between the past
and the present!, a war visualized to
the minutest military comparison
which goes on day by day before our
eyes. Below this material destruc
tion and reconstruction, a profound
change has been wrought in the soul
of the society in night.- in ioyu,
New York was a citv of homes; to
day, it is a wilderness of transient
hotels. " " " '
When man had achieved the right
to" live and Jiad' conquered political
liberty, there still remained ahead
that ultimate human goal toward
which all his efforts throughout his
tory have tended, m search of
which he has tried every form of
government and attempted every
code of morality the pursuit of hap
piness, the final realization of which
lies in ethical and spiritual domains.
It is the final judgment on society,
by which it stands or falls, for
which it has created its forms and
established its traditions. Man does
not seek to live under a republic, a
liberal kingdom, or a beneficent des
potism. Instinctively he seeks his
individual happiness, but as his soul'
is not the soul of an ox, to acquire
complete happiness he must have
the consciousness of freedom to
think, to soeak, and to act. The
conquests of these rights (which we
call history) are visible and material.
There remains the future of human
speculation, that pursuit of happiness
which is the inner lite- ot the man
himself, in quest of which he has
created the symbol of the home and
attempted to perfect the convention
of marriage.
The most terrifying emotion
which he can feel is the sense if de
tachment which oppresses him when
he finds himself unrelated to the
progress of the multitude, either by
marriage, by the ties ofa home or
by intimate association with. his
fellows. Man is not a solitary crea
ture. His instinct : is to associate
himself with others in the partner
ship of his joys and his sorrows. His
sanity and morality depend on some
responsibility toward others. io
him, home is not merely four walls
and a roof. It is a, symbol.' -To
suoolv the need of his imagination,
it must have the permanence of a con
tinuing tradition. I he two protound
est instincts of-which he is capable,
which direct , him in all his course
through life, are the instincts of acquisition-
and, possession. To ac
quire, to add, is to progress, io
oossess a home is to give perman
ence to this progress which extends
its consoling significance to its pos
sessor. But to have that sentiment
of permanence which is attached to
the symbol of- the home, lie must
have his feet planted in the soil.
Man does not possess one hundred
cubic feet of air sixty feet above
the ground.
Three additional developments in
New York have been insidiously
corrupting the old institution of the
home the telephone, which has lev
eled its walls; the apartment hotel,
which has torn it from the soil, and
the automobile, which has finally
transferred it to breathless wheels.
The modern wife finds the privacy
of her bedroom invaded by. a swarm
of acquaintances who call her up at
all moments of the day and night,
interrupt her conversation, disturb
her sleep, summon her from her
table. Her automobile rushes her
forty miles away for dinner in a pop
ular restaurant, and she changes her
apartment every three years without
a memory or a regret. . ..
A new and, restless cosmopolitan
society has formed, always in mo
tion, without relation to the past or
attachment to the 'present, without
definite object ahead except the ex
igencies of pleasure. In this so
ciety, maternity consists in dele
gating to governessess and board
ing schools 'the education of the
children, while matrimony is little
more than a legalized method of
circulating in society in couples.
When one. realizes in the shifting
tireless city of New York the disap
pearance of the old-fashioned home,
the slight authority , of the parent
generation, the confusion of social
standards, the relaxing of religious
discipline. v one can see that each
marriage is to its participants a fact
apart, wherein two bewildered mor
tals are suddenly compelled to es
tablish for - themselves in their
search for happiness" and mutual re
spect, some code of standards, re
sponsibilities, and concessions, as
though'they were themselves creat
ing the institution of marriage.
The one patent social fact today
is man's injustice to woman in the
sentimentalization of her education.
'As a child, she is taught an excessive
value of her own preciousness. As
a debutante, 'she is'displayed with
barbaric luxury in the marts of so
ciety, and the crowded years of ser
vitude to pleasure, leave her tired,
disillusioned, and restless. She mar
ties, and the acquired thirst for
sensations tends naturally,,after the
accident of motherhood, to send her
back to the freedom from responsi
bilities and the need of admiration
wjiich was her life as 'a young girl.
In ptac"e of a" consecrating ideal of
titity, which alone can satisfy her
spiritual longing 'for happiness, she
1 - - . j -1- - ,
of her privileged existence as the
pursuit of pleasure.
In narvnll cftriltv fwhicll
...... j - j . v . -
finds its reflection m certain social
sets throughout the country,) the
unmrn have cheated a society of
sensations never deep or lasting
sensations which must rapidly suc
ceed one another and be-constantly
intensified. Man to them is a mul
tiple animal;, the flattery of the
crowd replaces trie adoration oi me
inii-irtn-jl Thv are capable neither
of great passions nor great wicked
ness, and tnereiore easuy cuuvimc
themselves that, despite luxury and
pleasure, they are the most virtuous
of wives. ' It is a transitory society,
for it is a society profoundly dis
contended and tragically inconse
quential, which will disappear as
humanity continues to move rest
lessly onward, re-establishing its dis
cipline and harking back to old
landmarks in its eternal pursuit of
happiness.
(First chapter tomorrow)
"BENSON
' Mr. and Mrs. George Adams have
returned to their home in western
Nebraska, after a visit with relatives
here.
The Woman's club hejd a short
session at the city hall last Thurs
day afternoon.
, Mrs. Charles Tracy is visiting
with relatives in Saybrook, III.
Mrs. W. A. Wilcox entertained
at dinner for the Tri-City Birthday
club, at her home Friday, in honor
of her birthday. Covers were laid
for twelve guests.
- Mr. and Mrs. H. Rivett leave soon
for the south, where they will spend
the remainder of the winter, for the
benefit of Mr. Rivett's health.
Mr. an Mrs. I. Wood have re
turned to 'their-home -in Kansas
City after a visit here with their
daughter. O
Miss Vera Marshall has been con
fined to her home -the past wek
with an attack of blood poisoning.
Rev. and Mrs. A. J. McClungJiavc
been visiting at the home of the for
mer's parentsvHe has been called to
St. Joseph to accept a charge, i
Mr. John Sherk cjf Vermillionyl S.
D., and Mrs. Roy Brenning of
Douglas, ,Wyo., have been recent
guests at "the E. E. Paddock home.
The funeral services of Mrs. John
Martig, who died Sunday evening,
was held Tuesday morning at St.
Bernard's church and interment
made in St. Mary's Magdalene
cemetery.
The Community Center held a
meeting at the cityhall last Thurs
day evening. '
Mr. and Mrs. John Speedie are
now living in Lincoln. Mr. Speedie
was for years 'superintendent of
Benson schools and has been ap
pointed deputy state superintendent.
Mrs. C. M. Brookman entertained
ten guests at a week-end house-party
last week.
Miss Gladys Babcock will enter
tain the Queen Esthers at her home
on Monday evening.
Lt Tom Donnelly has been
honorably discharged from Camp
Dyspepsia-
Spoils fkaofy
Maket the Dark Rings Around Eye,
Cave ia the Cheeks and Ruin
' the Complexion. How to
Get Rid of Dypepia.
"Take My Advice and Ute Stuart' Dytpep
ia Tablet If You Want Pretty Skin."
DiK-stiv trouble ruin the connex
ion. The our, fermented, eassy content
poison the blood, draw the corner of the
mouth, rob you of sleep, give the face
that hungry, haftgrard, mournful expres
sion in the morning and you are tired all
day. It is not what you eat but the fault
of disestion that hurts. Eat anything
you like and let Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
let digest your food, tone your stomach,
upply your blood with nourishment, then
good look, a healthy appearance and
k.l.h, ....... :u .. . l. .
60 cent box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
at any drug store. They are real health
maker. Adv.
Pike. Ark., and arrived here last
Friday to join Mrs. Donnelly at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. D.-Bcllis.
The men of the Methodist church
are to have a banquet at the church
next Wednesday evening to rally
for the centenary movement. Dr.
Ishain will stive a talk .and miss
Wyatt will sing during the evening.
Mr. Irank Killian spent last week
in the uakotas on a ousiness trip.
Messrs. Vernon Lessard. Harry
Gravert and Louis Campbell, who
have been home on furloughs, have
returned to their camps.
The banks here held their elec
tion of officers Tuesday. The of
ficers of the Bank of Benson are N.
H. Tyson, T. T. Fickard and Carl
Madsen. The. Farmers and Mer
chant officers are B. C Ranz, H. O.
Wulff, T. A. Drejer and H. Hutton.
Mrs. Otto ,Boyce has received
word from heir brother overseas
that he was ordered to a seaport
and would be Rome soon. ' Her par
ent's Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weather-
ill, who have been ia Seattle, Wash.,
during the war time, where Mr.
Wcatherill was employed as a ship
builder, are now at tlie Boyce home
to visit on their way to W'aterloo,
Ia., to agaift open up their home in
that place.
Miss Alta Calhoun entertained
her class of Sunday school girls at
her home Thursday . evening.
Games and music was had and re
freshments served . to about, twenty
guests.
Hugh Armstrong has received
his" honorable discharge from the
service and. now is at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. Q.
Armstrong.
Bank Loans Reduced, f
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Re
duced demand for commercial loans
is indicated by the federal reserve
board's weekly statement showing
$161,000,000 less bills on hand at
The 2 federal reserve batiks last
week. .
Trinity Cathedral Guild
Help Armenian Relief Fund
For Armenian-Syrian relief, the
young women of Trinity Cathedral
guild, under the leadership' of Mr.
Philip. Potter, have made .themselves
responsible for the saving of one life
for a year. A check for $26 has
been forwarded by the treasurer ot
the, guild, Mrs. Fred '" W. Thomas
to the state treasurer for relief in
the near east, John C. Wharton.
i i
" " " -. -lir - a, 1
v I i tlsjTt '' '1:1
1 . ' - ff
M
1
V
I
Glass cf Hit Water
Before Breakfast
a Splendid Habit
. "Ni
Open sluice of the system each
morning and wash away the
. poiionout, stagnant matter. -
Those of us who are accustomed
to feel dull and heavy when we
arise; splitting headache, stuffy
from a cold, foul tongue, nasty
breath, acid stomach, lame back,
can, instead, both look and feel as
fresh as a daisy always by washing
the poisons and toxins from the
body with phosphated hot water
each morning.
We" should drink, before break
fast, a glass of real hot water with
a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in it to flush from the stom
ach, liver, kidneys and ten yards of
bowels the previous day's indigest
ible waste, sour bile and poisonous
toxins; thus cleansing, sweetening
and purifying the entire alimentary
tract before putting more food into
the stomach.
The action of limestone phosphate
and hot water on an empty stomach
is ' wonderfully invigorating. It
cleans out all the sour fermenta
tions, gases, waste and acidity and
gives one a splendid appetite for
breakfast A quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate will cost very little
at the drug store, but is sufficient
to make anyone -who is bothered
with biliousness, constipation, stom
ach trouble or rheumatism a real
enthusiast on the subject of inter
nal sanitation. Adv. -
J!
The Many Claims of IJgbt Weight
Call for the Scales alp
uestions
Q
1 x
i ;
IGHT WEIGHT in; an automobile
is a correct basic principle, else there
wouldn't be such a noticeable
change of front in the industry so many
claims, where only one existed before.' .
But the next time this : statement' of
light weight comes up, get on the scales with
it, and see how, fair the qlaim goes. Is it an,
actuality or just words ?. If it makes good, ; :
then ask, How did you get it? ;
That's important, because light weight -must
not sacrifice strength and safety.
xjne rranKim is me original ana oniy
light weight fine car. It weighs today
2445 pounds. '
It began 16 years ago with Direct Air
Cooling, one of the principles which per
. mitted logical light weight, sturdiness, resil-'
iency and economy, instead of the preva
lent heavy weight, rigidity and expense, ,
This difference has appealed so
strongly to the American people, . especi
ally during tjic last three years, that heavy
weight, massiveness ; and 'rigidity have
changed to statements of light-weight, trimW
ness and flexibility. ,The statements are
in the right direction, but gU, on the scales
with the weight and on a rough road with the
flexibility and see if the practice bears out
the statements. - . : " 7. .
Then try the Franklin in the sanie way.
From Statement to Performance
Franklin Light Weight anp! Flexibility carry through from statement to
performance, and the results are worth knowing about. '
T ECONOMY. Franklin economy is the T C0MF0RT' You cannot realize
' logical result of its light weight and , v. Franklin comfort unless you ride
flexibility, and it consists of two parts
economy of operation and economy of de
preciation. In gasoline and tires, the
Franklin gives a daily delivery of
20 miles to tht gallon' of gasoline Instead of 10
' 10,000 miles to the set of tires instead of 5,000
' And in economy of depreciation, the
Franklin, owing to. the fact that it does not
pound itself to pieces over rough roads,
depreciates 50 slower than the average car.
O SAFETY. A car that is too heavy is
an unsafe proposition on rough or
slippery roads v And a car that has
dropped off weight . unscientifically, may
have sacrificed safety in so doing. The
Franklin's light, . weight and flexibility
enable it to follow the bumps of a road
with safety, and Franklin construction and
materials mean strength."
in the car over a road that would mean
hardship in another and heavier car.
Franklin light weight and flexibility give a
remarkable degree of riding-comfort over
all the roads. " : '
A FLEXIBILITY. Here is the great
aid to. Franklin Light Weight.
Franklin Flexibility, as opposed to rigidity,
comes from the use of full-elliptic springs,
instead of the compromise type; and chassis
Yrame of tough, resilient ash, instead of the
usual unyielding steel. No torque' bars
or strut rods and braces. 7 ' ..
C SIMPLICITY. ' Fewer parts "mean
less trouble as well as less weight.
Direct Air Cooling cuts out jhe 177 parts
incident to water-cooling and with them
go 'the frequent annoyance, bother and
repairs common to radiators. Dines, water-
jackets, etc. Nothing to boil or to freeze.
a
HI!
i!
1 1
ill
These are the points about Franklin Light Weight that indicate the care-"'
fulness with which it is arrived at. Note what they mean in each item of '
performance of the car.
Remember these points when next you hear claims of light-weight. For
they are. important to you. as distinguishing between mere claims and actual
scientific facts of construction.
Y
ill
!
' ? - If
Will - . ' - . - ' il
m 2019-25 ' y ' ..fe Phone : ' .W
sdh Farnam St. , -Zyaa - Doug. 1712
WV y CARr OF CMAMcrar '.''
'fr'T'"' i' '. ' . " - 1 " -' -1 i-r'"V;'"v'-i".in"1 -I. w - '" ' "C-'vV