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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1919 What you can da, or aVaana you can do, bfla ltj Boldaaaa baa (anlua, powor and mafic in It) Only aniace and than lha mind grows haatadi Bef la, and than tha work will bo eamplatad. 1 pray tha prayar of Plato old Cod mada thaa baautiiul withla. And lat thina ayaa tha food bthold. In avarythlnf aavo aln. Beatrice Fairfax's Lovelorn Advice ' ' ' I VI. I 11 T 13 f When the Baby Needs a Laxative No one knowi better than the ever-watchful mother the natural doctor of the family In 11 the small ills that when the baby is out of torts it is usually due to Indigestion or constipation. It is always well, in any of its illnesses, to look for this cause. The diet may have to be changed, but before good can result from it, the bowels must be moved. ' The mother has the choice of many medi cinescathartics, purgatives, bitter-waters, pills, physics, etc. But the little body doesn't need such harsh remedies for they wrench the system and -do only temporary good, so often followed by an unpleasant reaction. A better plan Is to employ a mild, gentle laxative of which only a little it required.. There is a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin sold by druggists under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin that thousands of mothers havs used successfully for baby's constipation and its accompany ing ills, such as belching, wind colic, rest lessness, sleeplessness, etc The nursing mother will also find it ideal for herself, and it is especially important that the be free from constipation. Syrup Pepsin is guaranteed to do as prom ised or the druggist will refund the money. Thousands of cautious families have it in the house, secure against the little ills. Dr. Caldwell' . YRUP PEPSIN The Perfect Ji Laxative PRICE A3 ALWAYS In tpltc of f natty Incrtaafd laboratory mat du to the War. by tacrincing proftn and abaorbinf war taxes we have maintained the price at which th;a family laxative has been told by dnigglita for tha past 36 years. Two aiita 50c and $1.00. FREE SAMPLES tf you have never used Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pegein send for a free trial bottle to Dr. W B. CaUwttt, 4M Washington St., Monttcello, 111. If there ar babies at home, ask for a copy of Dr. Caldwell's book, "Xba Car of Baby." I 0)111 Ui iLjl; I 1 Mi si I i II I KILY ni aWMaWaa 'ssaWasaalsV atata fcttMaaaS tn mono U J i i V- -S Jl J L. ras. -i (AefuUraaf.1, 3, Pit. Office) leeiiiiiieoS lotpfaeSery Made only by the M SCI1ULZE BMIHGCO. OUR BOT OUR SEAL w4 Why Telephone Bills Are Paid in Advance Suppose we charged your account this month with 10 cents more than your regular telephone rent. Then when you asked about it we told you it was a part of the telephone bill Jones or Smith or Brown did not pay. That might seem unfair, but it is practically what we would have to do if we did not require prompt payment of telephone rent. If we did not collect telephone rent in advance some people never would pay. Thus we would lose the rental and the cost of installing and removing the telephones. And, in addition to losing money on those who did not pay at all, if we did not require advance payment, we would have the ex pense of carrying "slow" accounts on our books. It is the practice of all business houses who do not require cash down to add enough to the selling price of their goods to cover "bad debts." In order that one subscriber will not have to pay indirectly a part of the telephone bill of another, we long ago adopted the pol icy of requiring payment in advance for telephone rent NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY ROVSZHOID ARTS VZPT CXJVTJTAZ HIGH SCHOOL The Family Pocket Book It is a far cry from the man who asked his wife "What did you do with the last nickel I gave you?" to the man who puts half his income in his wife's name as soon as it is re ceived. Down that long vista we find the stage at which the man gave his wife a set allowance and then, nearer, the stage at which the man and woman decided together what allowance she should have. There are all too many families at that earliest stage where the woman is absolutely dependent on her husband's generosity for every penny. As a system that practice is 'entirely too archaic to admit of ar gument. It belongs to the dark ages when a woman belonged body and soul to her husband. We smile today at the discussions of the early church fathers as to whether a woman had a soul or not. We all know she has a soul and a mind and a body of her own. Then why not a purse? The allowance System of handling household finances has many adher ents. Compared with the preceding plan it has so many excellent points that it can be highly recommended. It is definite and business-like and tlie wife is spared the humiliation of asking for money. But the very fact that a limit is set sugge.ts that the wife's interest is not com pletely her husband's. The allow ance does not usually fluctuate as the income fluctuates (in the case of a nonsalaried man). If the income goes down, then it is a hardship on the man to provide, the usual amount; if the income goes up then the wife should share the increa-e. The Co-Operative Plan. The family finances can be run on a thoroughly democratic plan, as has been demonstrated by numerous families. The family referred to at the beginning of this article divides the income exactly in two; also the expenses are divided into two parts as nearly equal as possible.. Then each is entirely responsible for his share of assets and .liabilities. An other working out of this same principle is the meeting of all com mon expenses, including savings, out of the monthly income, the re mainder being divided in two parts for clothing and other personal ex penses. Husband and wife each handle one of these two parts inde pendently. A third working out of the princi ple is the common banking account, upon which each draws as necessity arises. This third idea is perhaps the most idealistic and least practi cal. It depends on an exception ally fine cense of fairness in each partner, since no definite limit is set on either. The argument offered against the co-operative plan of handling family finances is the old, familiar one that most women cannot be trusted to handle money. I have heard women themselves make this statement. There are two answers to that ar gument. There is no way of learn ing half so thorough as doing. Give a woman the handling of money and she will learn to do it. The second argument is more of a retort if a man can trust his wife with his children, he surely ought to tn t her with his money. Where do the children come in, in these plans? Their share will be discussed in this column Friday. Limit the Family. Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: Have been an Interested reader of your page for some years and 1 think you have a wonderful oppor tunity to do a world of good, es pecially concerning the questions that perplex young girls. Your answer entitled "Hopeless," Daily We Discuss Our Af fairs and Bring the Sad and Gay Together for Sifting, Assorting and Untangling of mind and body? If women would realize this more, It would put an end to the many deplorable condi tions we are forced to contend with today. Men demand In the mother ot their children chastity and purity, and It Is right that they should, but isn't it equally right and important that women demand as much ot ... nmai women uemana as mucn 01 answering a question by a girl slgn-Vyou don't read of some poor girl orYthe fathers of their children? Oh, Omaha Musicians Will Give Organ Recital Sunday Afternoon Mrs. E. R. Zabriskie announces an organ recital for Sunday afternoon, March 16, at the First Presbyterian church. This is one of a series of organ recitals which Mrs. Zabriskie is giving at the church. Her se ries of recitals last year on this large organ, and those which have been given this year have made these recitals a popular musical fea ture of the season. No admission is charged, but a collection is taken for the benefit of the Red Cross, a large auxiliary of which organiza tion works in the parlors of the church. Mrs. Zabriskie will be as sisted by Mrs. Jensen of Council Bluffs, violinist, and Mrs. Louise Jansen Wylie, soprano. Use The Bee Want Ads to Boost Your Business- j life : M GRAND PACIFIC HOTEL Jackson Blvd. at Clark St., Chicago Ideally located for merchants, buyers and tourists. Near the - wholesale and retail district Rooms wtth Private Bath $1.0 and Up per Day 1 Fashionable Nancy So sweet and young our Nancy seems No smitten, suitor ever dreams She Jcnows how others rant when she , Appears in gown of Fan-ta-si For, quietly and simply dressed, In smartness she outshines the rest. (Copyright Applied For.) ine her self "B'ourteen Today." about holding hands with strange men at the "movies" seems to me a little bit too severe. Words of reproof. If spoken too condemningly, are apt to do more harm than good, and besides you know it is human nature to want to do forbidden things and young girls are no exception to this rule. FrotH" 12 to 16 most girls feel themselves strangely attracted to ward men in ways oftentimes aw fully hard to resist. When I was her age I did these very things myself, and so did most of the girls who were my chums. I will admit that conduct of this kind is very indiscreet, but girls do in dicreet things and yet seem to grow up into lovely women. I am 22 now and have a nice little home of my own, and I sure understand how hard it Is to resist temptation, be cause I was that age myself once. Dear Miss Fairfax, do you think it is right to limit the sire of one's family? I have two lovely kiddies, but I feel that we an not properly rare for and educate more than this. I know this ia a "ry dH"Ua quota tion, but I want your advice. Sin cerely, MARGIE. You are entirely right, but there are times when the origin of these letters leads an experienced person to believe they are written more as a Joke than In a serious vein. Too, the writing Is often "out of propor tion" to the age given as it was In this case. Such letters we treat lightly. There are cases where It seems only fair to the children to limit the size of the family, but the happiest people In the world are the parents of many children. Life is so much more full, so much more bright, so much more worth the liv ing. Two are not many, remember. Most any couple can provide and educate four If they are not too close together. Why not regulate their ages rather than the number? Boarding School. My Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a constant reader of your Advice to the Lovelorn and seeing your good advice to others, I am now coming to receive some myself. I am 13 years old, and a graduate from the eighth grade in June. Some of my girl friends are going to boarding school next year and I would like to Join them, but fear my parents are not able to send me. I am very talented, being able to play the piano, sing, tat, knit, crochet and many other things. How may I help them to send me? How is my writing? Please advise me and print your answer In Tuesday's Bee. ANXIOUS. P. S. I am also good at my studies and housework. i Tou are It seems a talented Miss 13-year-old and evidently have an added talent ambition, but If your parents can send you to high school at home why not be content with that and leave boarding school for a later year? You could sen your fancy work, but It would be a long, long, road to gain enough for school days. Tour talents will Increase with "use" and a 13-yer-old miss can wait Just one or two years before trying "an-away-from-home" school, can't she? Between Us and Others. Dear Miss Fairfax. Omaha Bee I have read and reread your advice to the lovelorn and I think your ad vice and criticism Is wonderful. have often wondered whether you were a man or woman, but I am really convinced that you are a real "nonest-to-gooaness ' woman, or how could you answer such silly men as C. O. A., the one with the wife that forgets her wig. and , the one whose wife has a cancer on her nose, the way you did. Only I think beast or brute la being too lenient. Why do men have to be so mean? There Is hardly day passes that woman's life being wrecked by some man. I took special notice of Miss Eighteen's very good and sensible letter, but tell me why does the poor girl always have to be the one to look out? Aren't men supposed to be the strong protector of the weak er sex. Perhaps the men do admire the girl clean of thought and mind, but the poor man wouldn't have much chance for admiration If It should be reversed. Goodness me, the meruwiro read this will think I am a regular man hater, old maid or suffragette, but I am not a man-hater. I will con fess to such terrible things. I use powder and rouge and occasionally a lip stick (when dad isn't looking) and I wear my skirts just as short or as long and narrow as dame fash ion demands. I do all this for no other reason than to please the men. Because they certainly like it and if they would be honest they would ad mit It Now don't be bashful, C. O. A., you are among friends. ' A. D. T. I don't know why It Is always the girl who must take care except that mtrw Jlitvi b& ,i.a.! iiiaaa v ior.s that they are man laws. Man's opinion of himself has made him the stronger, but as I see it he is only stronger physically the mother sex is the stronger in every other way. You speak sneeringly of woman's suffrage. I am won'ering if this very phase of progress or evolution or whatever you wish to call It, isn't going to do a great deal toward bringing about equal purity of sex and help straighten out many knotty problems. I am not referring alone to the vote, but isn't the vote a land mark of progress of women and the world? Character of Men versus Women. Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: I wonder if you'll allow me space to express an opinion? I was inter ested In "Miss Elghteen's" letter interested but not greatly Impressed by the way she handled her subject. Doesn't her letter typify the attitude of many, many women on the social standard? I think that attitude should be changed. Dear ladies, please don't throw up your hands.and faint! To quote Miss Eighteen: "Don't men think .more cf a woman whether married or single, if they allow no privileges and be clean of thought of mind?" Verily and un doubtedly, they do. But Miss Eighteen, and other girls, also: Do you require In men those same qualities of decency and cleanliness Straight Lines Prevail in the New Suits Saw Mm More and more, thoughtful women are de creasing the cost of living by increasing the variety of their home baking. They have learned to bake the Royal way with fewer eggs. They have found that more baked foods mean less meat They have further discovered that their baking keeps fresh longer when made with Baking Powder Absolutely Pure In many recipes, only half as many eggs are required, in some none at all, if an, additional quantity of Royal Baking Powder is used, about a teaspoonfiil in place of each egg omitted. Try it with your favorite recipes Royal Contains No Alum . Leaves No Bitter Taste t By GERTUDE BERESFORD. One of the newest spring suits is shown in the willowly lines of this blue tricotine model, whose only trimmings are the essential ar row head embroidery on the pockets, and black bone buttons. The line of the reveres is very effective, pos sessing as it does the man-tailorei! look that conforms so well with blue tricotine. The edges of the coat, reveres, sleeves and the pockets are bound with black silk braid. The skirt shows the narrow line characteristic of spring" suits. A smart black sailor completes this strikingly severe costume. Ma says Dad is a lot more cheerful morninrfs since weve nau P05TT0ASTIES can't you see U? Another remark of Miss Elgh teen's I take exception to. She re marks that a fallen woman loses her life, name and friends. Quite true. Hut she adds: "It la her own fault." Sometimes, perhaps, but not always. I honestly be lieve there are few girls, compara tively, who go wrong deliberately. 1 never could understand why the man in the case gets so little blame, they are so often and often at fault. You see men never take tha responsibility. It is true a girl sets the pace. But how many, many girls are sent out in the world with out that realization. And through ignoranre comes their downfall. Mothers are realizing that fact more each day, I think and hope. I do not think men ever take that fact into consideration, or at least few men do. As I said before, thev shift the responsibility off on the girls' shoulders. Wouldn't a man's sin In a case like that be double the girl's? and yet, who suffers? Oh, I know this sounds like old stuff, hut there are so many people who never seem to think about these inings. Girls and women, don't be too harsh on the girl that goes wrong. It wouldn't hurt you very much I think, to at least be kind to her, and your smile, your handshake, will mean more to her than you may ever know. Give them at least the same chance you give a man in the same place. I know I do not write forcefully nor well, and my punctuation Is al mostrotten, but I feel deeply on this subject. You may think me fanati cal, but I try only to be Just. If I may not demand in my hus band the qualities he demands in me, then I shall be forever AN OLD MAID. F- s- Miss Fairfax, may we heat from you on this subject? You are entirely right Every time I hear or read of "how women mav attract men" or how a woman "should keep her husband at home and straight" I almost lose my rea son. If women would cast aside the centuries-old -Idea that women should be devoted slaves, the sola prop for the family virtues, men would have to change. There Is no more reason why a woman should be chaste than a man and there Is Just as much. If women demand ed more of men, menwould try to reach the mark. Instead, women have depended upon husbands for support (while they were at home slaving for the family for nothing) until men have come to believe themselves privileged characters, and when they are libertines, moral degenerates, (and that is exactly what the world would call women of the same caliber), the world only says: "Oh, that's the man of It" There la so much to be said on this subject that It would be an endless discussion. LITTLE BROWN EYES. Take calomel for to tell you. Miss Fairfax, that she has three brothers n-hn . unceasingly. Now. Miaa irai.. t dearly love this girl and can't part Tirv . J kuch a little max tsns.il i ao thing. Answer in Saturday or Sundav paper or I won't get to see It " for love. Please don't request an answer on any certain day. Be glad mac i una space for your letters when there is such a rush. Lova at 14 isn't dangerous just diseust- ing. Brace up, run a foot race, bathe your eyes in boracic acid and you will see life differently. The Butcher's Bad Habit. My Dear Miss Fairfax. t think it is proper for our family butcher who is a married man and has two children, to call my aunt w, .., a marr'ed woman, 89 years SWi" lf not what can 1 d HER ANXIOUS NIECE. It la not proper for any married man, butcher or baker or candle. stick maker, to be so familiar. He may do this through ignorance, how ever. Mention ,to your aunt that proper folks do not take such liber ties with each other. Just Five. To overcome a file name, ignore the oerson whn n. i. and they will soon remember your given name. A basket hall eam i pleasant way to spend the evflnf ni- and I see no harm in it. Leave the sleeveless gowns for your older sis ters and dress in as youthful a man ner as possible. Try to talk of other things besides your boy.friends and people will soon note that vou other ideas rather than Just a good time, jjo not attend nub ic ilanroa and try to be as Inconspicuous as possible while on the street Inquisitive. A hope chest shonM contain the necessities for a home, including sheets, pillow slips, towels and table linen. Dainty undergar ments are usually made for the hope chest, too. Ii. F. E. Tou are Indeed In des perate straits. Join some church in your town. You may meet soma nl- girls in that way, or if you can come to Omaha there are manv sorlnJ clubs where young people can ba come acquainted. Worried Friend. I fear that tht case is hopeless, your friend is evi dently popular with the bovs. and she is no doubt very well satisfied witn her circumstances. Make other friends of your own type and do not worry about this butterfly. Helen I cannot determine whether your friend is indifferent or Just rude. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander and would have other engagements for awhile when he called. Ho not quar rel with him, but be digniiled and nrm. Blue Eyes A cool letter written In hot ink is unusual to sity the least. My opinion is that the young man could not find any black writing fluid at the time. Do not worry about "the other woman" or the rei ink cither. Your envelopes uuoxLt always match your paper,