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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1919)
5 B What is It to be wis? Tit but to know how little can be known; To M all others' faults, and feel your own. Pope. Wisdom and Goodness are Iwin-horn, one heart Mutt hold both sisters, never teen apart. Cowper. Promises Easily Made Are Easily Broken Either to Soldiers or By Soldiers and Maids The Graduation Frock Try to Live With Your Child in World Who Can Guess What the of -Imagination and He Will Be Easier to Guide o Doll's Face Registers THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 22, 1919 I I I aMaWW" " "" aMsissis 4' 0 By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. When Johnny went marching off and the bands played and the flags fluttered and everyone was keyed to the highest emotional pitch, it was very easy to imagine oneself in love with Johnny and swear eternal loyalty to him. But it was another matter to keep that promise in the dull re action of the gray days that fol lowed. It was so easy to whisper "yes" and vow you'd never go out to the movies, theaters or dances with anyone else while the regi mental band was playing "Tip perary" and the hooraying was going on. But it became terribly hard to keep that promise when no bands played, flags fluttered and every girl one knew was going out and having a beautiful time. You promised, but what you really fell in love with was the drama of the situation and not the actual sol dier boy. And what the soldier boy who has forgotten fell in love with, was not the actual Mary Robinson, but the idea of a girl praying for him at home and keeping a light burning before his image in the inner sanctuary of her heart. You see, perhaps, he did not love, the actual Mary at all, but just the figure' of that waiting girl and when he came across the real girl, he forgot all about the lay figure at home. She was just a peg to hang a few grand-opera emotions on, anyhow. Love Versus Fancy. The real tragedy happens when one loves and the other only fan cies he loves. And it is better to walize this first as wel) as last, and get the remedy adjusted accord ingly. This theme, and variations upon it, are the burden of a good many letters that come to me these days. She fell in love with someone "over here." and shows no jov when Jcrmny conies inarching home. Or he fell in love with someone "over tl trc" and displays a marked lack of enthusiasm when he meets the girl he left behind him. This is a highly unpleasant situa tion, but it is not necessarily fata! unless you attempt to make good your promise and marry someone you no longer love. This is fatal, the most fatal of situations, along side of which everything else may be lived down, ameliorated,' reclaim ed, rectified but only this, to marry someone you no longer love. Then, indeed, you have a very genuine tragedy on your hands that will demand all your stoical quali ties to get through your daily 24 hours. So before it is too late, con fess and get your release from a mistaken promise, give" in good faith, no doubt, but fatal in its con sequences to both it kept. If you find yourself in this kind of a plight, do not lose a dav in ex tricating yourself and do it truth fully and frankly. But please do not from moral cowardice allow the situation to drift and imagine that time will adjust things. This COUNCIL BLUFFS SOCIETY NOTES Miss Emma Peterson and Mr. Clarence Ingraham were quietly married on Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Anna Peterson. Only the immedi ate relatives were present at the ceremonv which was performed by Rev. Field of Atlantic. Miss Pet erson was formerly private secre tary to J. J. Hughes. The groom is a former resident here. Mr. and Mrs. Ingram will visit relatives Jn Spokane before going to California to make their home. Harmony chapter Kensington so- cietv met on luesday atternoon at the "home of Mrs. H. J. Geise, 202 Grace street. A few matters of busi ness were arranged and a short pro gram followed, in which Miss Neva McComb. Miss I.eona White. Miss Kathryn Cheyne. Miss Dorothy Fer guson and Miss Dorothy Hurd took part. The hostess was assisted in serving by Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Lau strup and Mrs. Gillaspy. A quiet wedding took place on Tuesday at 3 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Slover, 623 Sixth avenue. The contracting part ies were Free N. Tallman. whd -rtt-l-. in iUm ri r r 11 1 a r i n or rl cna rtrnn t nvma iii nit v.. u. ., . I f.i v I l I - I ot tile Aonpariei ana -uiss .Margaret Slover. oldest daughter of Mr. and ' Mrs. Slaver. Rev. J. Frederick Cat lin used the ring service in perform in? the ceremony. Only the two im mediate families were present. After a short honeymoon the couple will makj their home in the western part of the citv. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. David, who have been the guests of their daugh ter. Mrs. W. F. Shirley, for several weeks, returned to Marshalltown on Wednesday. They were accompan ied bv Mrs. Shirley and Mr. Shirley will join them about July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley will then go on to New York in time for the summer ses sion at Columbia. The Ideal club held their annual picnic luncheon at the Boat club on Tuesday. Thirty guests were seated at one long table under the trees. The feature of the afternoon was a talk by Mrs. Anna Steece Richardson, the well known maga zine writer, who told of her trip to France and her meeting with Colonel Tinley and Capt. Van Or der. Mrs. Hunter and Miss De Vol then gave some very interesting re ports of the state federation meet ing at Ames. The program com mittee then distributed the new year books, which outline a study of cur rent events and Iowa history for the coming year. Mrs. Richardson was formerly a resident of this city and society editor of the Xonpar iel. She has a host of friends here who are delighted to have this op portunity to talk over old times with her and to congratulate her is as untrue a it is cowardly and cun only he productive of the great j est unhappiness to everyone con j ctrned. A young soldier has written me i a pretty bitter letter regarding treat jiiKnt of this ort at the hands of I a girl to whom he ius engaged. She continued to write him deeply at j fectionate letters, even after she had j married someone cKe. and she neg i It cted wholly to tell him of her mar ' r'age. The boy returned home ex ! pecting to marry her almost imme diately and he went to her home, only to discover her a married wom an. She wrote him an abject letter after a pretty stormy scene, saying lie had been too terrified to write to him Ijefore. The young man en closed her letter to me with the re mark: "I am done with women." Perhaps he is, or perhaps he is not. Sometimes a woman hater is i made in this fashion, and again in six months' time the young man i lives to thank his lucky stars for a j most fortunate escape. There is j only one solvent and one remedy, and that is time, j Over-Conscientious Girls, j Sometimes girls have made' nrom . iscs to young soldiers and, though the boys have not written nor kept their word in regard to fideliiy ' some of them even marrying their ! over-conscientious sweethearts re- gard themselves as bound by these I past promises. Such a letter came in my mail a day or two ago: and i why any girl should fail to renlizi ; that such an arrangement tormi- nates automatically with the break ing of the word of one or the other of the parties I don't see. And still another letter that game to me revealed a highly amusing social comedy in which both parties "Johnny who went marching otT" and "the girl he left behind him" had both been faithless, yet neither were good enough sports to realize the humor of the situation. These are the facts of the case. Johnny fell in love with a French girl, and she came to this country as his war bride. The girl he left behind him had an almost similar experience she married a young soldier who did not manage to get across. Neither of these young peo ple knew of the marriage of the other until about three weeks ago, when all parties concerned met face to face at a war camp community dance. There was Johnny and his French bride and the girl and her soldier husband. Johnny and The Girl, though each had treated the other with the same measure of infidelity, were furiously angry. Each berated the other and talked witheringly. and it was only when the French wife and the American husband of the parties of the first and second part, introduced themselves and de cided to dance, while their respec tive spouses fought it out that any thing like peace was restored. In, the meantime the latest var romance became known to the as sembled company, and the entire room shouted with laughter, while Johnny and The Girl continued to accuse each other of a want of faith. Oh, it is a merry, merry woild! upon the success she has made in the literary world. Mrs. W. J. Barrett entertained the South First street chapter of St. Paul's guild on Monday after noon. Plans were discussed for the picnic to be held at Manawa on July 7, at which the families of the members wrll be guests. Mrs. Bar rett was assisted in serving by her sister-in-law, Miss Barrett. Announcements have been re ceived of the marriage of Miss Mil dred Vogeler. formerly of this city, and Louis A. Mahncke. A very pretty ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Vogeler. The bride is a graduate of the Council Bluffs high school and of the College of Puget Sound. She has been teaching for the last two years. Dr. and Mrs. Donald Macrae have been attending the convention of the American Medical association. The picnic of the Council Bluffs Woman's club has been postponed one week and will be held at Fair mont park instead of at the home of Mrs. W. G. Rich, as was planned. The change was necessary on ac count of the condition of the roads. Misses Mary and Ruth Wallace left Tuesday evening for Goldfie'd. Ore., where they will spend the summer. Enroute they will visit their brother at Sacremento. Miss Marie Svantner of Primrose. Neb., and Miss Wilma Garwood of Carroll, Neb. are guests at the home of Judge and Mrs. Walter I. Smith. Among the most interesting events of the week was the reunion of the class of 1878 of the Council Bluffs High school, held on Satur dav evening at the home of Judge -md Mrs. Walter I. Smith. The program of that date was repeated as nearly as possible. Rev. Criss man delivered the opening prayer, taking the place of his predecessor. Rev. S. M. Walters. Mrs. Hattie Gardener Shephard read the salu tatory for Mrs. Katie Blaxim Pow ers, who was unable to he present. Mrs. May Baker Restrick, now of Honolulu, sent her essay to Mrs. F. W. Houghton to read. The pa per of Mrs. Laufa Cacv McBridc, now deceased, was supplied by her daughter and read by Mrs. Effie Patton Wead. Mrs." Walter I. Smith, Mrs. Carrie Thickstun Bai lenger and Mrs. Alice Mottaz Coop er read their essays as on the orig inal occasion. Those of Mrs. Mary Reese McMillan. Mrs. Ida Noack Frazier. Ida Harris Beno, Mrs. Effie Patton Wead. Miss Betty Graves and Walter Tostevin could not be found. Mrs. Smith read the valedictory for Miss Delia Thrall, who could not be present. Out of the class of 14 seven were able to be present, and the essavs of four others were produced. The chorus which was sung by the student body in 1878 was rendered by several members of the class. Mrs. Smith affd M iss Grace Smith. Mrs. B. O. Bruington played the oiano solo F ' S irt -7'- .77 1 1 i ik a, vi i Either of these white organaie frocks from Good House keeping would be charming for graduation or for summer i wear. Fine tucking and fluted ruffles make the one at the I left particularly smart. Embroidery and lace trim the other. ! Summer From the time the earliest seed is put into the ground to the har vesting of the last crop, every home vegetable garden may be expected to suffer from the attacks of the army of insect pests which annually creep from their winter quarters, hungry from their long fast, to fat ten on the carefully nurtured seed lings, riddle the grown plants, and multiply to countless thousands dur ing the days of midsummer. The careful and far-sighted gardener may most readily demonstrate his skill through the adoption and cor rect application of the remedies best designed to control this horde. Colorado Potato Beetle. Wherever a small plot of potatoes is grown, the Colorado potato beetle is likely to be found. The mature or "hardshell" beetles, which have spent the winter safely buried in the ground, begin to come out about the time when tfie plants are a few inches high. First they hungrily devour a part of the young and tender foliage, after which they be gin to deposit, on the undersides of the leaves, their clusters of orange colored eggs, of which 1,000 or more may be laid by a single female. Effective work may be done at this time by hand-picking the beetles from the plants into a can of water, with a little kerosene over the sur face. The eggs may be crushed be tween thumb and finger. Care at this stage will prevent the appearance of the fat, shiny red larvae or "slugs," which are much more destructive than the beetles, frequently stripping the plant en tirely if left without attention. When first hatched, these feed in groups, but as they grow larger, they spread over the plant. When growth is completed, they descend to the ground, into which they burrow to a depth of several inches. When in the course of a few days they again emerge, they have taken the form of the parent beetles. The Colorado potato beetle is one of the pests most easily controlled. It feeds readily on poisoned foliage, and the well known treatments of spraying or dusting with arsenate of lead or Paris green should be familiar to every grower. The spray given by Mrs. Carrie Atkins Phil lips. Refreshments were served at the close of the program. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Wead and Mr. Edgar II. Scott of Omaha were the only out-of-town guests. About 35 guests were present, among them many friends of the class, who were in the high school at the same time. y'!1l!!IIII!lH'l!:i:li'hKi:l;;;l:tflll!fl!ffl!lll!ilK ELECTRIC WASHERS : With Swlnslnr Reversible Power Wringera. Special price for limited time. ' 5 $125 Cylinder Type for $110. Other models in proportion. ! E. HODGE I I 24th and Fort St. Colfax 2184. J UliSI'Ullllllliilll.Jli;.; j!,,;.ililMittl!;jr::!!!!;lilMIil:.iJJIIM IPDL who have DR. E. R. TARRY. 240 Gardens mixture may be prepared in small quantities by mixing two-thirds of an ounce, or 10 level teaspoonfuls of powdered arsenate of lead with a gallon of water. (This should he ap plied with a sprayer capable of throwing a fine, misty spray. A good atomizer will do effective work on a small scale, at a cost of $1 or less. The upper surfaces of the leaves should be well covered by the spray. A simple method of dusting is to mix thoroughly the same quantity of powdered arsenate of lead or a heaping tablespoonful of Paris green with a quart of air slaked lime or lime plaster. Dust this over the plants by shaking through a cheesecloth bag. Garden beets are attacked by a leaf spot which materially injures their growth, but it so easy to make a new planting of beets that it hard ly pays to spray, especially in the very small garden. This is practic ally true of a large number of dis eases. By keeping stock solutions of copper sulphate and lime on hand, a little Bordeaux mixture can easily be made up and applied with a cheap spray outfit that can be pur chased in any seed store. Where these sprayers are not made of brass or copper, the Bordeaux mixture should not be allowed to stand in them, and they should be thorough ly cleansed with clean water after using. The secret of combating any of the diseases is to keep the plants in a healthy condition, and where !t is feared that the various leaf spot diseases may appear, it is a good plan to spray the plants early in their period of growth and thus pro tect them against the invasion of diseases. Eelworms Work in Dark. Nematodes or eelworms belong to the class of pests that work junder ground and do their, mischief be fore the gardener is aware of their presence. They workupon a large number of crops, causing large cork like masses to form upon the roots. These pests are distributed widely, especially on the light, sandy loam soils of the southern states. No practical remedy can be applied "to the growing crop, and great care should be taken that plants pur chased from seedsmen and plant growers are free from any small knots or other growth upon their roots that would indicate the pres ence of nematodes. This, of course, does not apply to peas and beans and other plants of the legume fam ily, on which the nitrogen bacteria nodules are usually present. FISTULA CURED Rectal Diseases Cured without a aevere surtricaJ operation. No Chloroform or Ether used. Cure guaranteed. PAY WHEN CURED. Write for illus trated book on Rectal Diseases, with names and testimonials of more than 1,000 prominent people been permanently cured. Bee Bldg., Omaha, Neb. By Harriet Frances Carpenter. While visiting a school I over eard this dialogue between an un imaginative teacher and a small boy wlto was helping to remove some cobwebs from a cabinet in the class room: "Spiderwebs are very beautiful, aren't they, 'Miss Andrews?" "Hold the pan higher." "All spiders aren't bad spiders; some spiders are good spiders, aren't they, Miss Andrews?" "Watch what you are doing" "I know a story about a spider. Miss Holmes told a story to her class about Robert Bruce and the spider" "When?" severely. The child hung his head. "It you loiter at her door again. I'll keep you in." A sullen look appeared on his face and the work was continued in silence. After he had left the room she turned to me and said: "That boy gets sulky spells. "Oh, he likes nature work and stories, but I never could tell a story." Upon my suggesting that stories stimulate the imagination, she held up her hands and with a look of horror declared: "Imagination! You don't have to stimulate chil dren's imagination. The trouble is they have too much!" She was unable to reconcile her adult mental attitude with a child's outlook. A little girl, as she ran up and down the steps of a broad terrace surrounding a house in the country, kept saying to herself: "It's just like an old castle! It's just like an old castle!" 1 "Nellie," commanded her father, "don't do that! You'll fall." "She is always falling," he ex plained to his hostess. "Does she hurt herself?" asked the lady. "No, but she might, she is so awk ward. She gets worse all the time." His little daughter manifested a lively imagination, but he did not understand how to make it of use in developing restraint and poise. Live with children and one lives in a world of perpetual imagination. In no way can we more easily con trol the child's acts, form his habits, mould his thoughts, than along this avenue of approach to his mind. Re Monday we enter the final stages of the June White Sale. Perhaps the most inter esting feature is our sale of the Belated Shipment of Muslin Underwear, which be gan Saturday. A big lot of most desirable merchandise, which was secured before the recent market rise, offered now because of delayed shipment, at prices much under pres ent value. Grouped for convenience of inspection. 1 NIGHT GOWNS Crepes, Nainsook, Longcloths, White, lacy styles and plainer tailored vari ety, also in flesh tints and printed fig ures $1.35, $1.98 and $2.98 ENVELOPES In the exquisite modeling of Paris style. A wide variety from the wide, soft lace trim to the buttonhole em broidery. Prices $1.59, $1.95 and $2.49 PETTICOATS The cut that is most unobtrusive, short, figure-fitting, nowr shadow, splendid materials $1.49 and $1.95 WHITE DRESS MATERIALS Sale prices while they last: $1.00 Fancy White Skirting 79c $1.25 Fancy White Skirting 98c 75c Plain Voile 75c Poplin 59c 65c 42-inch Longcloth -..;,; 75c 42-inch Longcloth 59c proof may adroitly be given by a playful appeal to the fancy. "Poor Tatsey," murmured a fath er, shaking his head as his heedless little soil, a sturdy boy of 5, stum bled and fell repeatedly during a short ramble in ameadow. "Poor Patsey! One would think to look at him that he had nice bright eyes, but they arc just beads." The next day, running impetuous ly to meet me, this same little fel low stumbled over a stone, fell and got up, saying good-humoredly "If daddy was here he'd tell me I had beads for eyes." His heedless ness was soon corrected by this jest. "The flowers are asking why Pat sey doesn't take his feet oil and leave them at home when lit comes to sec us," I suggested one' day when he trampled my snowdrops. "What do the flowers say now?" h; whispered as he quickly removed the offending members from the bulb bed and looked wistfully into my face. "They say. 'Thank you, Patsey.' " I replied. '"If you keep your feet on the paths you may bring them with you when you come to the garden.' " And so a rebuke attained its end without creating antagon ism. Sometimes it happens that chil dren lose the sense of discrimina tion between fact and fancy. Then we should clarify their ideas with out implanting a sense of guilt. It was discovered that a hitherto truthful child was beginning to make misstatements, evidently not for the purpose of deception, but entirely through confusion of thought. I had read him an account in a news paper of a dog that put his paws on the steering wheel of an auto mobile while his master, sitting-beside him, changed the gears and saw to the .essentials of running the :-ar He made no comment at the time, but his imagination seized upon the idea. A couple of months later he told me that he had seen a dog running a car on Fifth avenue. "His master was with him," I re sponded. "No, not that one: this dog was alone. He changed the gears him self." The following incident shows his manner of applying my careful defi- To Our Friends: We heartily appreciate and wish to acknowledge the many kindly expressions that have come to our institu tion since the announcement of Mr. CoweWs retirement. Joined with this is a deep sense of appreciation and delight in the many glowing tributes to Mr. Cowell per sonally. To preserve the high standard which he has done so much to give to this business and to deserve your contin ued good opinion is a purpose very solemnly resolved. THOMAS K1LPATRICK & CO. THOS. KILPATRICK & Hatred? Fear Amazement? It's all in the way you look at it. for. Vivian Martin's doll, in her expressions, follows this new school of acting, where everything is left to the imagination of her audience. Our office boy claims she is trying to look like a base ball, while the janitor insists she is trying to look like the office hoy: a sentimental stenog sees love clearly portrayed on the doll's face. There is no mistaking the expression of Vivian, however, in her pose of old-fashioned innocence. nition. He told his aunt that he ' had seen two squirrels running toward each other on a branch of a tree. They had their mouths filled with nuts, and they ran so fast that they "bumped heads" and knocked the nuts out. After an effective pause he added: "That's a joke. I made it up! Now this is real" and he repeated a simple incident ! of a squirrel carrying away the j walnuts that he had laid on the grounc to dry. i Some children naturallv make the. distinction between fact and fancy without assistance. One of my -.1:ld companions usually explained his CURTAINS and CURTAIN FABRICS Madras -by the yard 98c, $1.89 and $2.39 Marquisette Curtains, hemstitched borders $4.50 numbers .$3.39 $6.00 numbers $4.98 $8.50 numbers $7.39 EMBROIDERIES LACES CAMBRIC EDGES and INSERTIONS for UNDERWEAR 3 to 7 inches wide 16c and 35c i: 1 Matched Sets: Val Laces, yard 10c Filet Torchon (cotton), yard. . . . 12ic Cooling Offerings from the Basement $25.00 Electric Fans $19.00 $3.50 Ice Tea Glasses $2.58 Electric Irons make Tuesdays cooler. representations where . they might not be obvous, so that we lived in a world of "pretend" without any feeling of deception "1 can't come to see you. 1 shall be too busy tak ing care of my horse (you know, my toy horse), and my automobile (you know, my bftycle)." "Ride over on your horse." "Oh, he is' too wild." "Then come in your car." "It costs too much for gas and water." Natal is expected ' to break its sugar producing record this year with an output exceeding 140, 000 tons. II CO.