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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
our Great PrIvIIeEe.

Heb. lOl9-E: Having therefore. breth-
rem, holiness to enter into the holiest by
the blood Of Jesus, by a new and living
way" etc.
Life Is a game which has been played
for untold ages: every man and woman Of
us bring one OF the two players in game
Of his or her own The chessboard Is the
world. the pieces are the phenomena Of
the universe the rules Of the game are
what we call the laws Of nature.
The player on the other side Is hidden
from us We know that the player Is al
ways fair, just and patient, but we know
to our cost that he never overlooks mis-
take or makes the smallest allowance for
ignorance. To the man who plays well
the highest stakes are paid, with that over
flowing generosity with which the strong
shows delight in strength. And one who
plays III is checkmated. without haste, but
without remorse."
! such is the idea Of the meaning Of life,
OF the hope for it, Of a distinguished
/ scientist
! Life Is a puzzling, unhelped game, with
! no chance for an upward look in It. You
must play your wisest; you must win or
! lose; YOU must grasp your triumph or en-
| dure your defeat as best you cam but
you must do il all by yourself. No God,
or II possibly a God, He is certainly out OF
all relation toward you; of call and an
swer. Of interfering and benignant aid
II cannot be denied that such. iron, somber
heart-quenching viey Of life is by no
means unusual in our day.
| But the Scripture tells Of the besettlng
God. His presence enwrapplng; His care
unwasting; His vigilance unsleeping; His
love alert; His help steady as gravitatOr
and quick as the flash of thought; and OF
the open and wide and easy way of prayer
from any least and lowest soul, straight
and up and into His brooding and in
finitely tender heart.
Nay, my brother, you are not taskeC
and helpless and hopeless soul, set a
wrestling the best you can from vast anC
heartless forces. You are a son of God
held in a Fathers clasping, and with thu
Divine ear bent for your least cry, an'
with the Divine arm, the strong, swift
servant of your cry. II you will have 1t so
that is, the teaching of the Scripture. fl
all time of our tribulation; in all time 0
our prosperity; in the hour of death and Il
the day OF chastisement, let us draw neal
is the constant exhortation Of he Scriptur
and for the drawing near the Scriptur
1 before us is crowded with incentive
Here is our incentive: Let us draw nea
because we may have holiness to do Sc
e Having therefore, brethren. holiness {
3 enter into the holiest by the blood Of jesus
by a new and living way, which He ha
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
the Butch
BY AMERE NAN.

The Amateur wife had been listening
TO Her husbands voice lifted in arg iment
for some time.
Coming out on a late Saturday train the
Post Graduate Husband had absorbed Of
the evening paper, which on that day %
the week included detailed quotations Of
the prices Of butter. eggs, meats and vege-
tables In the New York markets.
Every Saturday, thereto, he became con-
vinded that the tradespeople Of Mountain
vile were ruthless robbers.
In the evening he would interrupt some
subtly emotional crisis In his wifes French
novel TO inquire what McGuffey charged
her for loin lamb chops, or TO comment on
the extortionate demands OF the butter
and eggs man
,'Yoji- don't take any interest in h1uGe-
bopi matters" he said. accusingy you
don't know gooseberry from a pate de
cole" gras, The butcher realizes II and
uehtAEyou accordingly! why don't you
consider IL worth your while to learn some
thing about the different cuts Of meat? II
you had even theoretical knowledge Of
such matters you wouldn't be imposed Upon
constantly. as you are now!"
Bot, nay dear!" protested the Amateur
Wife with amazing moderation, where IN
earth no you expect me to learn such
thingsq You've lived a good deal longer
thanI haye" Cribs was always Parthian
shaft1
And you don't know any more about
cuts OF meat than 1 do" she added spite
fully.
Il don't, en- Numbered the Post Gradu-
ate husband There 'sn't anything about
outcherins that | don't know You forget
/ was brought up on a farm! What do you
think you married-a paper pattern ex-
pert?"
The. Amateur Wife smiles good ma
turedly.
you know dear" she said. I'm not at
all tenacious OF my houscwifely privileges
II you want TO order the meat and gro
ceries ri he ticked to death"
But at the mention Of such practical
duties the Post Graduate Husband. as he
always did SHE'D from the subject.
'Thsre you co. ne exclaimed, "flaring
up nj, the least suggestion | venture tc
maiSer
Little did he wot that the next day would
put his arrant boastng to the test,
Z sunday dawned, or rather refused tC
dawn-gor II was 10 o'clock when the
Amateur Wife arose, and the sun, its heaC
tucked Under heavy fleecy blankets of fog
spelt laer han she.
When she descended the stairs to ligh
the coffee urn she found the Helpful Hand
maiden
Really, ma am" said Mary who pos
sessed a choice and varied vocabulary, e
dont 9know how to impart to You wha
has happened! The butcher shop refuses
to answer the telephone Last night yol
said you might like a porterhouse steak
SO I've been ringing all morning trying e
order It. but / can get no answer. In
afraid they're closed"
And al that moment the Post Graduate
Husband In all the majesty OF the mod
ern. staaa- or dressing gown-appeared OF
the scene >a.
"Dorft worry, baby" he said, condo
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Ths Taxi
Chauffeur

ing on his head; he said afterwards he
thought he looked more tidy like that way
up. which was silly. seeing that the seat
OF his trousers was out, and 20 was the
soles OF his boots Then 1 took my lady
home, and she Just sat down on our chair
and talked as natural like as anythink:
my mother said afterwards as she did
think she was a pleasant spoken person
almost like one OF your own. II was quite
right about the trousers. for she didn't
know nothing about making them; she said
II had never crossed her mind but now
she should always think OF H. Before she
went she said-but forgot that's q secret
Only II dad do get regular work won't Il
just make a difference all round.
When we got out an organ was playing
and everybody was dancing, and It looked
that nice and lively, she says again, Il
never thought Il WAS like this never" l
asked her whatever they did all the time
In the street where she lives. and when
she said the children didn't play there, and
there weren't no skating. or dancing. or
foot ball thought It must be terrible duh
and quiet: there wouldn't be nothing 20
put into diary. lsAstwsys nothing what
would win . prize like mine You should
have seen how slow my lady walked away
ahe Eept stupPIog and i1sEtuE- Peter said
ne reck0ned she NEE utFhiug she lived
down our way, but my mother said no. Tor
home was home and the place you liked
70 hNe IN wherever Il happened 20 be.
AAL9'r9 AA1acAstls IN Co-nhtu MaSAzanS
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Divorce at Home and Abroad

What is the matter with the Americans
that they do not have more happy mar
riaRes? asks Rheta Childe Dorr in an
article in the January Forum Why are
marriages IN Europe more successful than
they are in this country? That is the real
problem we have TO solve, as she views it,
and she contends that divorce is no more
an evil than headache is a disease She
holds both are but symptoms.
, Late statistics show that divorce Is COM
paratively rare in Europe. England, Scot
land and Wales had in 1900 a population
about half as large as that OF the United
States. In that year 743 divorces were
granted in the United Kingdom. not in
GLIDING ireland, where there occurred only
one divorce In 1900 our annual average
of divorces was $500. Perhaps, II we ex-
anine into the reasons why only
74s divorces were granted in Great Britain
in 1900, we may get some light on why we
demanded and obtained $500.
In Great Britain a man may divorce his
wife for a single act Of infidelity. A
woman may divorce her husband for per
sistent infidelity, provided that in addition
he has brutally assaulted her-and she can
bring witnesses to prove it; or II he has
been guilty of unnatural crime-and she
can prove II; or II he has wilfully deserted
her for at least two years.
Divorce on these conditions may be OBJ
tanned in Great Britain, II the parties have
money enough to go to London, where the
only divorce court in the kingdom is held
II they can pay costs amounting usually
from $500 10 $500, and, in case the suit is
defended. II they can give security for the
opposition's costs. Pending the trial Of q
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
ca LITTLE SERMON FOR THE WEEK ENDS

the city wallis. There. within the holy
place and Concealing the most holy place,
hangs the mighty veil, unstirring as s its
wont
But listen Look Yonder. on Calvary.
the sufferer utters the majestiC-'lt is
finished" See. His head falls; death has
smitten Him. And just now. at the very
time Of the evening sacrifice and Of His
dying, that vast massive veil is seized, as
by superhuman hands and rent. not from
bottom to the top. but in twain from top
downward. And that most holy place, Sc
cluded for so many centuries, is flung open
to the common light and for the common
gaze and entrance
Having, therefore brethren. holiness to
enter into the holiest by the blood Of
Jesus, by a new and living way which lie
has consecrated for us through the veil
that is to say, His flesh-let draw near,
Yes, through the rent veil Of His flesh We
may draw near boldly. No longer in the
single and difficult way Of ritual NJ
longer through a human priesthood. n,
longer in a special and consecrated place
Anywhere at any time, concerning any
thing, the least prayer OF the lowlest sou
E may march boldly along the way conse
! Grated by the blood Of Jesus. into the cen
l trail and hottest shrine Of divine presence
AGAIN, we ShOulu draw near because
e in the unseen holy there is for US an In
e teTceding priest. And having an higl
e priest over the house of God" let us draw
, near. 1t has been beautifully said '"rher
n arises from all parts Of the world at tn
j morning and the evening, and through tn
I labOrs Of the day, a perpetual incense o
e alteration and OF petition; II curtains tn
( sun Of the deepest wants of the huma
y race, in it's fears and hopes, its angus
and thankfulness; II is laden with sighs
r with tears, with penitence, with faith wit
d submission; the broken heart the bruise
e spirit, the stifled murmur, the ardent hops
h the haunting fear, the mothers wish, tn
IS child's simple prayer-all the burdens q
4 the soul all wants and desires, no wher
t else uttered, meet together in that SCUM
5. of many voices which ascends into I'll
Is ears Of the Lord God Of Hosts ant
r mingled with all these cravings and uttel
e ances, is one other voice, one other praye
e their symphony their melody, their AZ
d cord-deeper than all these, tenderer ths
, all these, mightier than all these-the ton'
e Of One who knows us better than we kno
e. ourselves and who loves us better than v
n love ourselves, and who brings all thei
h myriad fragile petitions with one Prev
" lent intercession, purified by His own hol
H. ness and the hallowing power OF II
,r work.
Let us draw near with true heart
d, full assurance Of faith. having our hear
is sprinkled from an evil conscience and Of
lie bodies washed with pure water"
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riddle, why is husbandette?' the conun-
drum in the case is usually gallopinE
around the kitchenette at home trying to
make a meal on a can Of sardines and a
package Of patent nearfood."
These very women complain, and with
justice, l think" AYERS Father, that their
husbands prefer TO have them confine their
activities to the kitchen rather than to
the sphere of mental Improvement"
The smarter the danes get" asserts
Son, the longer they seem to think a
common or hired man can go without eat
ing When Wife gets 80 wise she forgets
how to play a -and-eggs obligato on
the gas range or to wash the dishes it's
time hubby organized himself into com
mittee Of one to hand in a minority report
protesting against the high cost OF up
Mt"
Women need to broaden and develop
and ! should regret to know that man is
an obstacle to such progress" mourns
Father.
Bending over washtub Is one of the
classiest little ways / know of 10 broaden
married woman" suggests Son
THE wife that can intellgently discuss
politics with her husband" pleads Father,
will prove a far superior companion to
the woman who is slave TO the washtub
and the cook stove"
Take it from me, Dad" advises Son
there are about a million husbandettes In
this city who would rather have a clean
shirt once in while and a square meal
than to listen 70 the finest female mono
iogue on why women should vote that was
ever sprung on hard working married
man"
Copyright 1911, by the n. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Some Silhouettes Of the Sidewalk
BY BOBBIE BABBLE.

Oh. the taxi chauffeur is a dandy,
= He's there on the job every time.
Ills fame-who would dim ~
lie has no speed limit.
lie travels one inch for dime,
Ills manners are gentle and winning,
IIfs smile Is both open and bland.
OF course, he's no cheater,
81 But somehow his meter
Knows how to mount up something
grand
He knows his machine to a finish
4 chauffeur is he. above par
He used to be faddy
When he had a rich daddy
And first learned 10 run his own car
Oh the taxi chauffeur IL q wonder.
In old college days. like as not,
When his creditors worried,
To his motor he hurried
And got out of reach like shot.
And note how his car with a sneeze
starts humping and humping
And gayly gaIlumping
TIN Il beats any forty-mile breeze
But. when you've no time to be loafing,
And are late for opera; OF course
At that nervous tunoture,
Puff! There goes q puncture.
You must walk or else hire a horse.
Perhaps in the sweet by and by
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
UndOing Of Mr.. UpIift
BY LAFAYETTE PARKS

'Unqueslonaby l view with alarm the
fact that some of our more progressive
women have begun to call their helpmeets
husbandettes," remarks Mr.. Upllft when
young Mr.. Uplift has indicated his desire
to engage in conversation designed for the
general betterment of mankind,
THE guys that don't want TO get in that
class will have to make noise when their
wives are around like Simon Legree driv-
ing the slaves out to work." decides Son
II am yet somewhat in doubt" puzzles
Papa, " as to the exact type of man meant
by this characterization"
ITS zap who has about the same kind
of a job in his wifes flat as the chain has
on the dog" explains Son
1T seems to me as If that might indicate
term of almost reproach." reflectively
resumes Father
zone of those cloth covered hammer
knocks, eh?" surmises Son. Well leave
1t to these New York danes to put across
those highbrow raps. There's a bunch of
skirts here that only keep a husband to
pay the rent, ward off the gas collector,
carry notes to the janitor and do other
chores they don't like to be bothered
with"
Instead of bringing ridicule upon their
husbands, such women ought to try to
show their appreciation for services per-
formed" argues Father.
They're afraid to pat him on the back
for fear he'll get uppish and want to eat
at the same table with them" retorts Son.
Give some OF us rough men an inch, you
know, and Wen take an ell"
From various women who have talked
about this subject" says Father, 1T APP
pears that they regard the so-caled hus-
bandette as a man who is narrow in his
ideas, caring nothing for the great uplft
wave that is rolling over this land of the
free and home Of the brave"
They are sore on the chap who would
rather stay at home and eat beefsteal
smothered with onions than be cooped uE
in Parlor AK of some big hotel cheering
like mad when a squad of suffragettes gel
up on a platform and tell how mean the
men are" declares So My notion OF
no kind of a job for a mutt who has Il
work for a living is trying to be among
those present at all the foolish skirt clut
stunts in this old town"
Il contend that every husband should
encourage his wife In any effort she makes
to become more familiar with political ant
economic subjects" argues Father
! Believe me, Pop" urges Son, the kline
! of skirts that like that sort Of thing don
need to be encouraged in beating it from
the flat at all hours Of the day and night
including meal times. While wife is ask
ing her suffragette sisters TO solve tn
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Rose with a Thorn

Recently a box addressed to General j.
w. Keller was delivered in the office Of
the house committee on appropriations.
When General Keifer opened the box he
beamed. On top of American Beauty roses
was a card saying the roses were from old
friends in Ohio.
There" said he. proudly. as he lifted the
roses, 81 may have been defeated but by
George, 1t gives a man some satisfaction
to be remembered by his friends in this
fashion"
There seems to be some other message
for YOU" said a member OF the committee,
examining the bottom Of the box
General Keifer picked up the box and
read this inscription:
May he rest in peace"
Back to the box went the flowers, on the
floor went the card and out the door went
the general while the members laughed at
the generals failure to recognize the hand
writing OF a fellow committeeman.-New
York World
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21

divorce suit, even when brought by wife,
the children of the marriage are placed in
charge Of the husband. Even after it is
proved that a man has been unfaithful,
brutal, or unspeakably evil enough to war
rant giving his wife divorce, the children
may be awarded to him part of the time,
This is a fair sample OF the divorce laws
OF Europe Everywhere, with the possible
exception of Switzerland, the laws are
VIGOROUSLY in favor of the man and against
the woman. There Is hardly a country in
Europe which does not legalize the double
standard of morals hardly one where it
is possible for a woman to remove her own
property, her earnings her children, or
her person from the possession Of a man,
however unfit he may be to live with. In
fact, It is impossible for the woman to pro-
tect herself unless she is possessed of great
wealth and great influence, and the mans
offenses are OF really scandalous nature.
In the United States, except in Texas and
North Carolina, the laws make no distinc-
tion whatever between the offenses Of a
husband and the offenses of a wife. In
the two states mentioned, adultery has to
be aggravated by desertion before a woman
can divorce her husband. This is a curious
leftover from the European tradition.
Everywhere else in America the laws are
perfectly fair TO women.
Nowhere in the United States is divorce
so costly that only the rich can buy Justice.
Nowhere does divorce mean to a good
mother the loss OF her children. A COM
parison of hte laws of Europe and the laws
of the United States invites the question,
on which side Of the world is a loftier ideal
Of marriage shown? Where are the rights
of women and children the better pro-
tected?
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Rev. ". ". whitman, Pastor,
Hirst Memorial Church, Omaha.

consecrated for us, through the veil; that
is to say, His flesh" 1t hung before the
most holy place. 1t at once hid it and
hindered access to it. Behind that rich
and massive veil. in the ancient taber-
nace and in the eldest temple, stood the
ark of God, overswept by the wings OF the
golden cherubim, and upon which fell. like
a fragment Of celestial light, the warning,
miraculous Shekenah. And though from
the latter temple the ark was gone and
the strange radiance was vanished, still
the most holy place remained, and before
It fell the guarding curtain 1t shut off
the whole Of Israel from the most holy
place-one man excepted.
Once, and once only. in the round year
might the high priest lift the veil, and
passing beyond 1t with the blood Of the
atonement sprinkled over himself and with
the blood borne in a golden vessel in his
hands kneel in the directest presence Of
Jehovah Then for another year must
steadily hang the curtains barring folds.
It is the third hour after midday. II is
the precise hour when crowds Of eager
worshipers are thronging the temple
courts. and when all are preparing for the
evening sacrifice. In the holy place and
I'm the court without It and around it, APP
! pointed for their ministry. the priests are
busy with tho various duties Of the time
A singular darkness has been flinging down
its pail from noon till now. And though
the priests are doubtless awed by it, they
are also doubtless in a kind OF exaltation
fo~ the day has been one of triumph fol
them.
The trouber Of Israel has been seized
tried and sentenced. Even now He is
hanging on a cross on Golgotha outside
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scendlngly. "McGuffey lives over his store.
Give me a cup OF coffee and III go down
and get him TO open the ice box and cut
your steak for you" g..
The Amateur wife cast an adoring
glance at him Mans Wanted superiority
after all was not an entire myth.
After breakfast the Post Graduate Hus-
band departed on his errand. But reach
ing the butchers abode he found the en-
tire McGuffey tribe had gone TO church.
Only a butchers boy who welded the
cleaver with the ruthlessness of a copy
readers pencil remained
The Post Graduate Husband, who knew
the boys inexperience, commanded him to
open the ice box.
While the boy looked stupidity on, the
self-constituted butcher sawed and hacked
at the side of the beef.
It was fifteen minutes before the Post
able 10 his ideal.
But his wifes enthusiasm when ht
brought it home was reward enough foi
his perspiring efforts.
You certainly do know all about meat
she admitted admiringly during dinner
81 don't think l have ever eaten such &
thick. tender, juicy steak before. l wisi
you could get the meat every day.!
well, It ought to be goodN' Her Hus
band pridefully admitted. II sliced off five
steaks before l was satisfied It's th'
choicest cut Of the whole cow
The Amateur wife did not smile. sh'
was enough Of a suffragette to maintain
that cows furnish the best porterhouse.
And the Post Graduate Husband was too
Innocent or too polite to enlighten her.
The butchers BILL however, told a diff
ferent story.
ITO four pounds porterhouse steak, Slip
'To seven and one-half wasted, unstable
meat $40
Total bill rendered. $322"
1T was cheap at any price" His WIFI
said consolingy. -
Copyright, 1871, by the N. Y. Herald Co,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21

Senator La Toilette was talking about a
corrupt politician.
He is plausible" said the senator. "All
such fellows are. They have, like the mo-
tor cop the most striking excuses for the
most execrable deeds. A magistrate said
sternly to a certain motor cop:
why, man, you ought to be ashamed OF
yourself! You actually admit that you let
a burglar go in order to arrest a speeding
automobiist.'
Yes your honor, and why not? said
the cop The automobiles, paying a large
fine, adds to the resources of the country
but the burglar goes to prison and the
state has TO pay for his keep. New York
Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Polly Hitchin-Her Book

The Terror was teaching another boy 10
turn wheels up against the wall; Chris Is
the best anywhere about US. and he cobld
turn them a treat time as most boys 10
only siearniug. The lady didn't art laugh
at him. specially as he would keep stand
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21
Wife Called the Bluff

A New England farmer. noted for his
uncontrolled temper, attended a religious
revival in the neighborhood and became
converted.
A month later he was holding forth to
number of friends and relatives gathered
at the Thanksgiving dinner table on the
subject OF his religious principles his en-
tire change of character and his kind and
forbearing disposition. Finally, growing
enthusiastic in his description, he called
on his wife TO uphold his assertions.
Jane" he shouted, you haven't had an
unkind word or deed from me since 1 got
converted-now, have your
There was a dead silence then came in
meek, yet reminding tones, from the other
end OF the table:
jerome, jerome, you've forgot the time
you bit me."-LlppincOtts.
The man who rides a hobby must eX-
pect to get his bumps.
When a woman asks for rouge il should
bring a blush to her cheek
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21

The man who rides a hobby must ex
pect to get his bumps
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-21

When a woman asks for rouge il should
bring a blush TO her cheek