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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26
By Margaret Daw

- HE much vaunted institution OF
American husbandhood was cruelty
attacked in recent Call article by
a disconnected American wife ON the
ground of failure to provide the little
attentions and observances so dear to
womankind. They do these things much
better in Europe. she claims, but the
American husband is afraid of the soft
ening, emasculating influence of inter
est in feminine affairs, so he remains
immersed in business and politics while
the American wife is left alone in her
pedestaled glory, an adored but neg
lected femme incomprise.
To the rescue of the maligned, ye for
tunate wives in your padded luxury and
boundless freedom Let us examine this
astounding charge and vindicate the
prince of good bubbles.
First of all, the complainant should
be disqualified as one out of harmony
with American life, wherein the glory
and significance lie in acts-acts-acts,
concrete, substantial material acts
Life to her is not acts nor thoughts, but
sentiments. In a superref1ned world of
secluslon she cultivates a little garden
patch of "feeling''-tender green's, sensi-
tive plants and perennial forget-me -nots
which require hot air. climate, fire.
Quent showers OF attention ana the
eternal sunshine of tropical admiration.
Without these they droop and pine and
when a big, needless, masculine boot
chances upon them oh. how cruelty they
are hurtl She is one of those intro
spective, self-centered wives like the
heroine of Frank Norris Pit" who
demands all the loverlike attentions Of
courtship days and would maintain at
the temperature of passion the feeling
that should develop through marriage
into a calm and steadying affection. She
is miserable If he forgets the anniver-
sary OF their betrothal or their first
meeting. On each special day in their
lovers calendar she looks for love let
tiers under her pillow, presents under
her dinner plate. flowers and f1attery at
every turn She weeps and will not be
comforted when business engagements
interfere. Everything in life must
stand aside while love is put to the
test. Her egotistical thoughts maunder
on round this eternal theme of love-
Iove-love (Which being translated
means bat self-self-self).
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By a Woman Who Knows His Value

cility. can WELD her fan. unfurl her
parasol and cater to her slightest likes
and dislikes with lacksylike solicitude.
In this effeminate atmosphere OF half
tones and delicate perceptions, defer
ence to moods and emotional romances.
the American husband IS not at home.
Like Gulliver in the land OF the Lilli-
puts, he stalks through these petit
nesses- He Is doer OF deeds, not a dill
letante phrase monger; a mans man.
crude and rough hewn. with no hnesse
nor little graces nor polished veneer OF
manner" nor trivial hno speeches. Like
Harry Hotspur. he would say to the ex-
actions and tormenting love plants OF
his Kate:
Away!
Away. ycu trineri
This is no world
To play with puppets and to tilt with lips
we must have bloody noses and crackfd crowns
And pass them current, too
For the Americans world OF stern en-
deavor and throat cutting competi-
tion is a world OF warfare, too. whether
his battlefield be the wheat pit or the
floor of the. senate chamber or the labor
unions or the unmapped wilderness OF
the invading engineer. And the true
American wife is she who, stout OF
heart and strong in self-sacrifice, girds
on his sword and bids him godspeed
with stirrup cup OF CHEEKY enthusiasm.
She doesn't sulk because on the eve OF
battle he forgot to admire the fit of her
new tailor made or the beconnin gness OF
her latest coifrure- She doesn't sit home
nursing her lacerated feelings when the
exigencies Of war compel him to dine a
lot of imp6rtancies at the club She is
too proud Of his achievements, too alb
sorbed in his ambitions. to be analyzing
the exact degree of his love or his So
licitude for her petty personal wants
Like Enid of the Arthurian legend,
rather would she send him forth to
fight his way in hostile world than
keep his attentions all to herself and
see his manhood molten down in mere
uxoriousness-" And though 10 meant
separation, loneliness and heartbreak
for her, yet would she urge him to go
where his own work called him, even as
Norris Lloyd Searight sent her explorer
husband back to the frozen north and
''the work God Almighty cut him out
for
Woman comes before and after; she
is inspiration and reward But mans
big tasks must be his alone. unham-
pered by her presence or participation.
undistracted BIZ her emotional demands.
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sands OF men to pass before the priests
began to como again. gave one time 70
marvel at tho strength and power Of
the Catholic church In this day OF
unbelief no other church could muster
such an army to give public testimony
of such faith as was indicated here BY
the solemn murmuring OF prayers in the
open. with what was left OF the world
looking on
Then came the priests with their
treasure and the monks and the arch
bishop, and last Of all the little red
chest with It's few yards OF linen that
could not be bought for a hundred
times the value Of all the treasures OF
gold and silver. And before this chest
every head was barred and many kneit
on the pavement as IL passed by. AZ
II disappeared In the dusk OF the
church the doors swung shut and the
septennial celebration was at an end
There remained but the final exhi-
bition OF the relies above the tomb OF
Chariemagne, which was preceded by
magnificent choral service by massed
choruses and the procession around the
church to the treasury. where the gar
ments were locked away for another
seven years.
Always there be those who would
ask the why and wherefore. the
whittier and whence.
There are those in Aix-la-Chapells
who believe that q woman OF that
country travelled to Jerusalem and
acted as nurse to the Christ child, and
on her return to her home brought
these things with her.
And again one hears that In ths days
when Venice was Queen Of the Seas
and had her ships in every port OF the
known world. she found IL vastly
profitable to scour the Holy Land for
relics OF the Christ's life and death;
and that these things she sold for
handsome sums TO the church at AK
la-Chapelle.
And the priests are ready for the
doubling Thomases with the fact that
once upon a time a small sample OF
the linen from the Virgins robe was
sent to a noted antiquarian, a recog
nized authority on antiques OF various
kinds. He was not told what the piece
of linen was or where 1T came from.
and he announced positively that it
belonged to the early part Of the first
century.
The church records bother with
nothing earlier than the sos, when the
relics were first exhibited Some time
during the eighteenth century, when
Aix-la- Chapelle was IN the throes of
a revolution, fear that the relics might
be stolen or destroyed led to their
being removed to Paderborn- When
peace settled down again the relies
were brought back with great cere-
mony and placed in a treasury built
especially for them
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art Of wooing them part of his Inherit
ance, and he polishes and perfects It
through years OF assiduous gallantry
till it becomes a fawless thing OF
subtleties and suavities. While the
American youth has been rubbing
shoulders with big brutal realities or
spending his leisure In manly outdoor
sport the foreigner has devoted much OF
his time to drawing room combats OF
wit, conversational battledore and
shuttlecock and coquettish fencing
matches with the fair sex. And In
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Defense Of the American Husband

Even if he had been very busy, this
is her birthday, though he had lost mil
lions'
Love only existed; let her husband 5
career faili"-
Such a feverish little clod of griev-
ances and egotisms is type of woman
hood out of sympathy with American
life and unworthy to be a true helpmate
to the man who does things" who
aims to be a man among men and one
of the sharers in the worlds work.
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very courtyard OF the cathedral near
the door from which the procession is
to come. During the interval OF wait
ing bands of nuns march into the court
yard and say their prayers. sometimes
ushering schools of boys and girls. But
they have no part in the procession, and
they file out as Silently as they filed in
before the great cathedral clock tolls
out the hour of 2. AS the sound still
trembles on the air the big bronze doors
open and bands of priests in festal
robes come forth, each bearing in his
hand some object of the vast store of
treasures of the church. First comes a
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-26

by the movement and color before the
canopy emerges from the darkness of
the church that heralds the coming of
the archbishop. and beyond the canopy
that protects the chest containing the
holiest of treasures.
This canopy, it seems, is only used
because rain threatens, and as the sun
struggles through the clouds the canopy
is withdrawn and the sacred chest is
borne along open to the gaze of all.
II the procession of priests seemed
long, 1T was nothing to the procession
that an hour later returned to the
cathedral court On it's march the pro-
cession of priests was augmented by
hundreds of vereins and societies of
every escription-thousands and thou
sands of men In formal dress, carrying
gorgeous banners. And now, as they
returned to the cathedral, all were
chanting ritual and lingering their
beads.
The hour that it took for these thou
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silver gilt image of Charlemagre; then
busts of some of the kings that fol-
lowed him. Then by the score the
golden receptaeles which hold the relics
of various saints, not only those of the
cathedral itself. but of the scores of
other Roman Catholic churches which
Aachen boasts. The brocade and gold
and lace OF the priests are thrown in
relief by the brown habits Of Capuchin
monks and the equally somber robes OF
other orders, which on this great day
contribute their treasures to add to the
splendor of the procession
The eye is dazzled and almost wearied
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

gines and coal bunkeTs. There is a GER
tain percentage of people who are always
In a hurry, but we do not believe that this
percentage is large or that it is increas-
Ing. To the ordinary vOyager a day more
or less spent on the journey is not a mat
ter Of supreme Importance. but two or
more additional knots an hour is a matter
Of extreme Importance to the operating
company"
In an effort to discover where the race
for supremacy in size may eventually end,
some interesting calculations have been
made. These show that If the rate OF in
crease I'm steamship dimensions be main
tained for the next hundred years at the
same ratio that It has increased In the
last hundred years, the ship launched at
the end of the present century would have
a speed of 6,627 knots a day and would be
able to cross from New York TO Liverpool
In about thirteen hours, The vessel would
be nearly a mile long and would have ac-
commodations for 1900 passengers!
A sister vessel TO the Olympic IL also
under construction In the Belfast yards Of
Garland & Wolff, but the work upon his
other is not so far advanced as il is on the
Olympic. sui maintaining the clicking
"icI as an ending to the nomenclature OF
It's vessels, the name Tutanlc has been Sc
lected for the other vessel. Each will have
accommodations for 1000 passengers and foi
a crew Of 600. Many OF the state-rooms
will be arranged In suites and such passen'
gers as feel inclined can go TO sea in a
floating flat. Among other features will b,
a swimming pool fitted with diving boards,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
BIGGEST SHIP ON THE STOCK
Work of Construction on One Seventy
Feet Longer Than Any
Now AfIoat.

some time in the year 1911 there will
cross the Sandy Hook bar the greatest
steamship that ever drove past that point
vessel that exceeds by seventy feet the
length of the giant Cunarders. When
these great vessels came out a little less
than two years ago man Of those who
looked at the majestic sisters felt sure that
in these two the last word in marine con-
structlon had been reached.
But the olympic, now under construc-
ton at Belfast for the White Star line, eX-
ceeds these two in size by almost as great
a margin as the Lusitania and Maure-
tania exceed the old Lucania and Cam
pania. The newer Cunarders arc 100 feet
IN length. The length OF the White Star
g~iantess is $50 feet. The Cunarders have
a beam OF IS feet; that Of the olympic Is
80 feet. In displacement the new vessel
exceeds the older ones by 1900 tons.
But although of greater length, wider
beam and larger displacement than the
Lusltania and the Mauretanis, the olympic
will not be endowed with the high speed
Of those two limited trains Of transatlantic
travel. In an interview which the writer
had recently Bruce Ismay, general man
ager OF the White Star line. told why ex-
traordInary speed would not be sought for
In this vessel
we have he said Our own good rea-
son for not filling up the ship with en-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
HEART OF CHRIS MAS ToYLAND
Activities of q German City in Sup
plying the Demands of
santa CLau us.

Nuremberg, In Germany, seems to be the
very heart OF the Christmas toyland, For
many years Nuremberg has been the CEN
ter of the toy trade of the world, the prin-
clpal products being metal toys OF infinite
variety, tin soldiers. toy engines, W
boats, cinematographs, magic lanterns, mu-
steal toys, swords, rattlea, and, to some
extent, also wooden and pasteboard toys,
blocks, puzzles. etc.
AboLO 1900 people arc employed in this
industry in the twin cities of Nuremberg
and Fuerth, about one-half of the number
being women and girls.
The women earn about ~ cents per hour,
and the men not quite twice as much. The
work is done largely by machinery, and
pretty nearly every factory has IT. own
trade secrets" which are most jealousy
guarded.
The wages these poor people earn are
very directly dependent on the pleasure
American children find in their Christmas.
II the American child is to have a Christ
mas OF lots OF presents, the Nuremberg
child Is likely to have plenty to eat; but, II
not, then It makes hard times I'm Nurem-
berg.
Last Christmas. which was rather a lean
one in toys for children here, made a poor
Christmas in Nuremberg, for we Ameri-
cans had little to spend, and the Nurem-
bergers had to go on short commons with
us.
The total value of the toy output Of this
district for 1908 is estimated at about 81 co.,
900. which was perhaps 70 per cent under
that of 1907. The toys we're exported 10
every land on the globe, but considerably
more than one-third Of the entire product
went to the United States.
During 1908 the toy Industry in the Nu-
remberg district was disturbed by neither
strikes nor lockouts. Wages remained tho
same during 1907, but I'm most factories both
working force and hours OF labor vera
more or less reduced. The effects Of thS
disturbed financial conditions In the United
States were little felt until the second half
of the year. but continued well into l9O2
The toy makers began to report some inn
provement in business, but the Leipzig
! Before Easter Messe, which Is regarded as
a fairly reliable business espe-
clally In the toy and china trade. was en-
tirely unsatisfactory to Nuremberg manu-
facturers. orders from the United States
were few and small as compared with nor
mai years.
II is something 10 remember that the
cheapest, simplest toys, which usually give
most pleasure to our own little ones, are
the very Christmas gifts that mean food
and clothing for thousands OF other chill
dren across the sea, In Nuremberg.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Getting Best Results in Home Building
Arthur I. cuaussn, Architect

large country home recently built at Lake
Minnetonka had an unsightly marsh on
each side of 1t. One of them was slightly
above the lake level, 1t was therefore filled
in, drained into the lake and sodded, max
Ing q beautiful tennis court. The other be-
ing too deep to drain, was connected by a
short channel with the main lake, dredged
six feet deep and makes a beautiful inside
harbor for boats. At a point on 1t nearest
to the house, and farthest from the lake
was built a large stone boathouse which
adds materially to the attractiveness Of
the situation. Neither OF these improve
ments looks in any way artificial. A care
full study of the surroundings Of a home
will always give it distinctive character.
1t often happens that the lake or garden
is on one side of a country home while the
principle approach from the public road is
on the other. A house in such a situation
is essentially all front and should be so
designed. In fact. the rear OF any house,
whether in city or country, should be
given careful consideration. The day of
back yards is past. 1t is the popular
custom nowadays to sod the yard in the
rear, plant shade trees Cor fruit trees) in 1t
and make 1t a secluded garden spot for
the pleasure and comfort OF the family.
Such a yard is a delight to the children
and saves the mother many worries, for
small children who have an attractive back
yard to pay in are not so apt to roam into
the streets and their playthings are never
left scattered about on the front Sidewalk.
The writer knows OF three %neighbors who
bought two lots in the rear and turned
their back yards and the two lots into one
little private park or pleasure ground.
There are seats, arbors, swings. and a
tennis court besides considerable shaded
lawn. A young man in the neighborhood
is hired to keep it in order after school
hours. The distinctive character to these
three homes by this little park must be
seen 10 be appreciated. Since the addition
of This little pleasure park, two Of the
%neighbors have added dining porches to the
rear of their homes, and the third has re-
nodded the rear Of his home to make IL
more attractive. Even on a smaller scale.
a little family park or Japanese garden in
the back yard will add both a distinctive
character and a homelike aspect at small
expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
MARVELLOUS WILL OF WOMAN
Gives . Farewell Party Before Un-
derEOinE Operation that
Caused Death.

Something of the stoicism and philoso-
ply OF the ancient Greeks, who made
feasts and festivals when they knew death
was near, was illustrated in the calm
preparations Of Mrs. Alma Dodson OF
Springfield. Mo. whose funeral was held
December 3.
Mrs. Dodson was the only woman lawyer
i'm Greene county. Social and club work
occupied much Of her time. A few days
ago Mrs. Dodson was informed by her
physicians that she must submit to an
operation. No secret was made Of the
fact that the chances for recovery were
slight.
Mrs. Dodson did not resign herself to
useless repining. Calmly considering where
in her duty lay, she remembered that she
had a large number of social obligations
which she had not paid and would remain
unsatisfied If the result OF the operation
was as the doctor feared. There we're also
many friends she would not be able to see
individually before she went on the opera
ating table.
Considering these matters, Mrs. Dodson
resolved upon a card party and reception
to which all her friends were invited. rhe
invitations were Issued for the day pre-
ceding that set for the operation, and the
attendance was large.
Smiling and calm, Mrs. Dodson played
the hostess admirably and allowed no note
Of sadness to creep in and disturb he
pleasures Of her guests. When the last
caller had said goodbye Mrs. Dodson went
to her room and arranged her personal
effects In order. Clothing in which she
wished to be attired in case Of her death
she laid carefully to one side. Her task
finished, she went to a hospital for the
operation. Death was the result.-Chicago
Record Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

home has a splendid opportunity to dis
play his genius. The country home has
many advantages over the city home,
it be large or small.
The natural surroundings can always be
made to add beauty to the home by the
careful planting of trees and shrubs or the
pruning and arrangement of those al
ready grown. The planting of the prem
ises, however. should never be caEried
to excess, There should never be a decided
contrast but rather a blending and har-
mony between the natural and artificial
surroundings Of a country home. Drives
and walks should never be too regular.
Artificial lakes, ponds, brooks, etc, should
appear to nave always been there. An old
marsh in close proximity to the country
home can always be mad into an attrac-
tive lily pond by careful dredging. A
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

clothes. and pretty near the whole bunch
fell on his neck. all talkin' at once. Jerry
SO nsbbergasted he couldn't get out a
word. and before he could find his tongue
old man. Who looked like he might be
Judge Of the supreme court or something
like that. grabbed him by both hands.
" Never mind about eXplainin' now.
my boy says he. The ceremony's
an hour late already and Mary's almost in
tears. Get up to your room now-HenryI "
snow you-and hustle into your clothes as
fast as YOU can
" But I must explain. Jerry blurts out
at last. This is all a mistake. I'm not the
man you think I am My names smith, all
right. but / never saw any Of you people
before in my life
what! everybody cried, and then they
all looked at one another and back at
Jerry, with their mouths open, and their
eyes sticking out. Before anybody could
say q word a pretty girl in a white dress,
with a long. white veil and orange bios
SONS on her head. rushed into the hall
and threw her arms around Jerry's neck.
"'Oh, Tom. Tom she cried, I'm so glad
They tried to hold me back, but l just had
to see YOU
and Jerry was standin' there like a fool,
tryin' to swallow his Adams apple whom
The big door was burst open and three men
bounded in.
Then the Bride Tainted.
The girl raised her head, looked at the
man who was first in, looked at Jerry, and
then tainted dead away in his arms.
Arrest tibet mani! shouted the leader
Of the three to the two officers behind
" - a - 80 1000
bile.
"Thc two officers sprang forward and
put their hands on Jorry's shoulders. And
yet nobody else in the hall could say a
word. They just stared at Jerry and thea
at tho newcomer in wonder. For, indeed,
they were as much alike as two black
eyed peas, as the saying goes. And when
Jerry's excited double got around where
he could get q square look at Jerry. he
too. opened his mouth and stared. II
seemed just that way to Jerry, too, and
he was as much astonished as any Of the
rest. But his double was the first to break
the spell.
"'Who are your he demanded.
If someone answered Jerry, with q
smile. viii take charge of this poor lady
! will tell you
"At this. the old gentleman shut his
mouth with a snap. picked up the girl ant
laid her tenderly on a couch.
Now says Jerry. throwing back hi'
head my names Smith-Jeremiah VI
Smith, l live in st. Louis, Mo, and
That's as far as he got. With a vel
his double threw his arms around him.
Its Jerry, it's Jerry he cried. M
twin brother
land that's what it was, gentlemen,
concluded the clothing drummer. "Afte.
twenty-five years Of separation the twii
brothers, Tom and Jerry. came togethe.
In that strange way. and all because Jerr!
was so absent minded
Gee! said the red-hea6ed man in tn,
corner, something about that comblnatio,
makes me thirsty. Push the bell for tn,
porter, won't you?'-St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

Mondamin lodge, No. ILL., FraternaI u.!on
An1erIca held an enjoyable meeting
Wednesday evening. The committee on en-
tcrtainment announced a grand nasquer-
ooD,ber % at Fraternity hall. Invitations
sTe in the hands Of the members, together
with a list OF the prizes to be awarded 10
the best costumer. on "Wednesday evening,
Ionnsrv Z Mondamin lodge will install he
incominC officers for the new year Su-
nreme Officer Il. r. McKelvey will be pres
emf on that evening. The committee, MIS-;
cvya rtont and Mrs. Johnson, have arranged
a cantata 70 be presented on that OCCASION
with refreshments afterward, 40 the mem
hers are requested TO be present and ENJOY
tbemselves and give the new officers the
opportunity 10 form their acquaintance