Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06

In an express wagon, wouldn't you think
your uncle the best ever9
And then. when to the admlrlng and
envious obs and Abs of several girl
friends, you found that the hat was trim
med with thirty duck wings, so lumber
some that 1t required four assistants to
place it on your dainty head, and that it
was more OF a hoax than a hat, wouldn't
you suddenly conclude that this same uncle
was about the meanest man extant?
Miss wanlyn Carswell of the fashionable
Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles
probably can answer these questions better
than anyone else. for she experienced both
Of these emotions recently,
But the hail
Never did monoplane. biplane or multi
plane have more wings, Thirty in all
wings Of mallards, wings of teal and wings
Of pigeon, trophies of her uncle's deadly
aim with the fowling piece.
The hat was delivered at the school in ar
express wagon, encased in a box six feet
square When unpacked II required the
services Of four of Miss Carwell's friends
to carry It upstairs,
Marriage and Longevity.
Marriage and longevity go hand in land
says DIR. jacques Bertillon, the great
French statistician, who takes exceptions
TO London Punch's advice to those about
to marry, which is Don't" After dem
onstrating by figures that the married mar
or woman has three times as good a chance
to reach a ripe old age as the bachelor OIL
spinster. DR.. Bertillon also warns the
widow or widower that their chance for
years OF usefulness would be nhanced
II they were again to assume the marriage
relation. He argues as follows;
Married people live more regular lives,
They are more surrounded, and therefore
more controlled, discreet though this con-
troll may be, and 1t must be discreet to be
useful. Their physical life is healthier,
quieter and more natural"
His opinion, supported by statistics, Is
presented in the following advice to young
men:
Marry; you will do well even from a
selfish standpoint. But watch carefully
over your wife's health, as even from this
egotistical point of view her loss will be
a terrible misfortune, for your life depends
in a great measure on her own"
Addressing himself TO young women, he
says:
ITO you I give the counsel to marry In
your most selfish interest, as married
women hRve less mortality than spinsters
OF the Same age, at least after the age OF
20; but the difference is less for womer
than for men. The mortality among
spinsters is much greater than among
married women. but It Is not twice as great
as in the case OF men,"
DIR. Bertllon does not take a cheerful
view OF the lot OF the widow. He says:
The mortality among widows is dis
tinotly much greater than among married
women OF the same age. The sweet STATE
OF w~idowhood Is. on the contrary, fatal L
young widows. Their death rate from
20 to IS years Is twice that OF marrieC
women at the corresponding age"
What IL the Proper IneOms.
Els al income OF S2,4Ss enough to MARI!
ong' The query is propOunded BY Goo,
housekeeping, which. for It's Marel
number has interviewed 800 bachelors
purporting to learn the cause o
their deplorable condition. The an
swers and explanations raise two mai
issues. comments the Boston Transcript
Many young men seem TO doubt whethe
they have the price" which is fairly ex
pressed by the sum named. this being IN
average OF the amount that different cor
respondents mention a. requisite, A fey