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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
The Manicure Lady

Isn't II awful. Gsorgs." said the
Manicure, Lady the, way lot Of people
let's their talk over the phones"
II never keep on talkins to thems' said
The Head Barber '1,hs ninuts anybody
starts gettins sassy with me 1 simply,
lay off, What's on your miud7s
oh. thars Iwas the freshest Guy In
the world called me up this rnorning and
he tried to tell me something about a tip
on race. The way he talked wasn't
sure whether he wanted to talk to Jack
Brown about Brown Jack In the second
race. Or Loose Luke In the tenth race.
And the nerve Of him, osorgel Ny gseds
mess. he was that insultinE that was
praying for him 10 get onto = street car
and cone down 10 the shop. where Z
could bounce one Of your hair tonic bot
ties off his bean. Do you know what
he said to mef'
Il wouldn't have any idea" said The
Head Barber, guardediy
We'll" said the. Manicure Lady, .this
is what he said. after had tried three
'of four times TO get the name that he
Was trying to tell me. he said that he
wcald IKE to talk to somebody that had
q little intelligence. Can you beat that.
Gsorsef Get II? He wanted to tax 70
SOMEBODY that had a little intellissnce,
Honest 10 goodness. I Just wish I
knax who Il was. The mean rat. He
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
Questions in Science s
ny EDGAR LUClEN LARKIN.

ouestion-what would be the appsrent
path Of the earth around tho sun II
viewed from the star Campus, or the
stsr-san that our sun encireiesg
Answer-,W Our sun doabtiefs could
not be seen from the star canopus hy
means OF any telescope now IN existence.
The loo-ineh mirror now being made IN
Pasadena for the Mount Wilson obser-
yatory. IL taken into space 10 distanee
equal to that OF the giant sun Canopus.
and turned back this way on a dark
night might SEQ our sun &c the point u
very fine needle; or n Invisible, Il
might be photographed by long exposure.
Our sun Ia classed a. q small star. and
rs light at the distance of Campus
would DO exceedingly small and faint. or
course. tho earh and hundred million
more worlds like II. banehed together
into g cluster, would be invisible by 70
fiected sunlight But II the sun and
earth and the earth's orbit could be sser,
then tho trsok Of the earth would be q,
SPIRAL around thai Of the sun. Go taies
q sroomstick. and wire around II Ike
thread on spool, take oist the stick and
stretch the coll until tho spees between
each turn Is. say. one-third inch. and make
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

wanted 10 talk to- semsbody that had 4
little iptelllxencer'
You don't need 70 repsat." said the
Head Barber What ala you say To
him7-
oh. I didn't Wy much" replied the.
Manicure. Lady 4 jusl laid THAI had
intelligence enoakh. but. fhst l nishea /
could talk to somebody thai TALKED q
little iess Ike KID broad or Dummy
Taylor. There IL certain lengths. George.
10 which no man can 20 with ma and
set away with II, When I boil. boil
You don't need TO b slarins at ma"
said the Head Harher Il nsver talked
raw 70 yoa. over the phone or any othsF
way"
7 know that. George" said Tia Mani
cure Lady. You've always been 4 psr-
feet dear 70 me. That Is one of the
things that I always admired ahont you.
You never called me = peach, or SAID
anything about that you would like 10
marry ma and settle down IN one Of
them sineyeiad Wisconsin cotfages''
Z never said Il because I wolldnt
want to- said the Head Barber
''You wouldn't want to what!' snapped
the Manicure Lady.
Il meant 1 wouldn't want 10 Get fresh
with you" expiaineS the Had Barber.
oh, see," said tina Manicure Lady.
"You better not had. anyhow.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

10 tssrns 70 tho wire. Then this sgirai On
Tcph would repressnt the track oe tn
'eatth through spscs dsrsax 100 Year,.
The sun Moves toward the star v<Ss
M q SPEED Of twsivs miller. PEI second
ana carries earth. III TIN piansss and
their moons sicng. But thsy I'll move
around the, sun al the. Same tisss sn1.
thsrsfore traverse spifsls, repssssutsd
fairly by sxtsn6<d coils Of wire.
90 n b not knowa whether tina. sxzn
IN moving aronnd ano<her - = oent>r.
AL prohah1ii<iss me- suainst ne ~.
since TIM inversion Of thu tslsscopH ana
'ricremsssr no tnrntng 10 TIN rixhk or
IAN has been detected. r. - far -
known. seens to b nnoving, along On =
straight line. But Anaaegy II ayaAnxt this
also. Milttens of other susx attract ours.
and the path seysnd q doubt bends this
why and thss like tzns. 90 BE- IN :
swarm. bit the curvature cannot ~ nos
Heed. Draw csvele ten n>llss N, dlsue-
ters out out ons- inch. ard you wosid sAx
the Inch 10. q straixht line. Th~ svnE
bath tsss~ssed during tho lAst ~ years
az twelve miles per second 10 about In the
proposition Of this ost cut iaeh.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

have friend who lives in a haunted
house. The friend Is mana great big.
warm hearted high souled man--and he
Is married to q little. meanspirised. petty
minded being who labors under the de-
fusion that she is a woman.
She's the sort of woman who turns
green If you mention any other woman's
name with praise. You can't speak Of
anything or anybody with appreciation
without calling the thunder clouds to
that womans brow. Her heart is so full
Of petty jealousIes and mean economies
that is must be fairly whitening in her
breast-and J defy any human being to
speak natural word. or even think a
natural thought In the house where my
poor friend lives with the woman he
chose out Of all the world TO make him
happy. because che had pretty pink ear
and a dimple In her ohm.
The ear 10 red now, and there are 10
many chins mat there isn't room for a
dimpls any longer. but the same small
spirit lives IN that house that entered in
It the day the man know brought home
his bride. Haunted I'd like to know why
not.
Haunted. How queer you fslt vhsn
you stepped Into the living room over at
the smiths yesterday. The Gun shens
outside and the spring wind sang IN the
budding bushes at the gate. but the
moment you entered that room the sun
seemed 70 go under q cloud and the wind
stopped singing and began 10 moan.
when Mrs. Smith came In TO SEQ you.
was there something forced about her
smile. or did you Just imagine TT Why.
even the dog on the hearthstone looked
as II he had the blues
Don't You know what was the matter?
The Smiths live IN q haunted house. and
the ghost was walking just as you rang
the bell The cruel. haunting ghost Of
jealousy and distrust. and all her as
sumed smiles, could not keep your blood
from chilling.
The house where tho two sisters lived
one OF them 10 beauty and she laughs
st the other. who Is very PLATA. And the
other Is clever and she sneers at the one
who Is stupid And a misery old father
watches them both with kind OF sstiric
and biting humor. Haunted. all haunted,
every house that 10 Inhabited by hate
and anger and envy.
And the lightest minded child knows
II - soon a. he steps across the threshold
and shows that he knows 1t in every line
of his childish Face
The woman who comes for the laundry
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
BY LILLIAN LORRAINE.

While almost every woman wards TO
be pretty, l don't believe girl exists
who does not long 20 be charming. l
have often wondered Just what charm Ia.
Only little while ago 1 was dining
with some people at a restaurant, and
We had been remarkins on the dread.
full assortment Of ugly looking people
badly dressed and most depressing to
contemplate.
At the table next TO Us there was q
group Of five people. three men and
two women. One women's face was com-
pletely hidden by big bunch Of car
nations which stood in the middle OF the
table. We could only see the gestures
Of her hands, and the nodding plumes
OF her smart bonnet. and the general
outlines Of the wsli-dressed figure Of a
woman. ! should Judge. between thirty
and forty. She seemed TO be telling a
story. At any rate. she was keeping her
friends In gales Of laughter and she
managed the conversation 30 that every
one had a share in II, though che seemed
to dominate. We watched her for a long
time without being able 70 see her face.
and we all decided that she was very
charming person; but then we couldn't
tell why, because We could neither hear
what she said nor, hear her. We could
only Judge by her gestures and the way
the bosblng hat turned from one nerson
to the other. II seemed so interested and
% gracious and we knew the person be-
meath was the same.
Charm is 50 iIlusive that you can't put
real definition on II. Being unssifish
does not necessarily make on charming.
though person who Is obviously selfish
never has charm I think the secret Of
charm 10 to make the most Of yourself
both physically and mentally. in order
10 please others. and incidentally TO be
agreeable to yourself, zs IS
No woman with "A ugly speaking voice
can be really charming. though lots OF
women with ugly faces have thls enyisble
quality. Nov. q pretty speaking voice
can be cultivated. snd there Is no reason
why every one Of US should not speak
In low and musical tones. II b entirely
. question Of having your attention called
to Il. and remembering not 10 scream
and talk loud. and not to talk IN the aw-
full nasal twang that ruins 70 many
Pretty voices The beat thing 70 do 10 70
Ind some one with pretty voice and
initiate her. Be sure you choose an
eESyapie whose voice Is about the same
range az yours II your voice Is natur-
ally hixh you don't want to initiate
Ethel BarryHere. And II you have q
low vo.es. don't Try to speak high Me
Bile Bake. for instance.
When y,u think Of charming person
you natmal'y picture to yoursesf one who
Il scrupuiousiy clean am sure 4 Il
,<rre q man I would sooH be sissustsa
with the me beautfful woman In the
world II the lz1-- sround her neck sud
siessss mas soiled. ,nd II she had the
misfortune always "a look un4dy. a.
many women DO. The ri whose waist
doesn't fsstsn properly 10 ~ hsck end
who hasn't had intelligence ene-.f 70
iind eut now 10 kesp mr. siiTtwaists 10
proper trim. making perfect connection
with the band q the skirt. vhA<e rlacks<
& never fsstezsd securely and whose
skirt says at the back and hikes up u
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

and look Of your love. this preference for
her society for so long time Il q proof.
She has accepted your attentions for
two years during which tina Judge
there never has been any inclination to
se with any other man. Ny dear young
man. these facts alone prove 10 her that
you love her. and should prove 70 you
that you come first in her heart.
Tel her you love her. II will be the
easiest thing you ever did in all your life.
You need not outline nor rehearse what
you VIII say or DO nsxt.
No writer Of poetry or prose can tell
YOU that which viii help you during the
next half hour.
Love scenes. 10 seaaine." said Louisa
n. Alcott ARE indescribable; for to
those who have enacted them. the mos.
elaborate description seems tame, and 10
thcss who have not the simplest picture
seems oyesdone. So rornanees had bet
ter let imagination paint for thsm that
which h above an ART. and leave lovers
to themselves during the hsppiest min
utes Of their Iivss.a
You are young, but I Judge you are a
steady. reliable young man. and your
description Of the girl indicates that.
though she b only IS she has the
theashtfuine~s o. . woman some years
older. Under the Circumstances I do not
believe you are too young 70 breach the
subject Of matrimony.
An engagement Of . year or two Is
not too long when beth the man and the
woman are ss faithfni, A. reliable and
a. much IN earnest a. you and this young
woman seem to be-
Ak her &c marry ySz. TIE ASKING viii
be eaxy. But deH't ask bar snlsss you
have made up your mind to so conduct
the rest Of your life thar you may make
her happy and be worthy Of her.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

front: well that girl could have the most
divine features IN the world. eyes As big
as teaeups. lips lIke cherries. and teeth
like pearls but II were man she
weald not tempt me.
Being tidr is = habit that Yen have to
cultivate as yea do broad a 10 sssak-
ing Same people dsn't want 10 cult
waite the a. and sthsrs dos't want 70 BE-
tidy, but mark my words. II you Eapt 10
do either. 80 that Il seems natural. be-
gin when you are young.
Dress 10 enc ef tie priacipal Items Of
. womsn's charm. n doesn't have 10 be
expensive. but II must express her own
feminity and essential daintness. You
can wear the prettiest dress IN the world.
nut II you are not really dainty, soma
how that quality rs going 70 show. The
net that you hare on new and fresh
LESS doesn't hide tha lack Of physical
clss illness and Retirement and some
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
Lillian Lorraine's Beauty Secrets for Girls
The Definition Of the Charm.

where this lack In going, to proclaim
itself IN the soilcd ruffie Of a .potticoat
that draas. or In . down-trodden heel of
a shoe IN hair that needs shampooing
and nails that need manicurins.
Most people think that being beautiful
40 an expensive process That isn't so Of
|aiL Heal beauty doesn't come out OF
shops. and while II means constant care
and attention. Il does not require spsnd-
ing much money.
Neither does charm.
A woman does not have to wear a
Paquin gown TO appear absolutely charm
Ing In the eyes OF her household. But she
can't come 10 the breakfast tasie In
curl pagers, or a frovsy head Of hair,
even II she's wearing a dressing gown
designed by a famous French cossumer
and DO attractive
The woman whose face was hidden by
q bunch, Of carnations and who Inn
pressed US all by her charm was evil
IDENTITY trying to please her guests. Al
the same time she did not seem TO b
gushing over them. or 10 Be saying q
lot Of nonsensical. insincere fiattery.
yov NAV ,h,uk Tor : ,,ar,.rt ,b., .
nsrsor vino flatssr. Won 4 srsat deal a
r..uv ,harr,,rg m, an saoord ,houvh,
vou krow "a, IN. ,h,ns. wh,cb ~era
"a oo.,d ~, hsv. r., ,,ua tn. ~,
vino s,a,,.r. 1. not n. ropuul.r .,rl for
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v,v.. Wv - ,.t .ro,n., nerson ,hlns
49,. -, =. 80. ,~,.,s "a -, IN,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

along the walks 80 stood the haunted
house. 4
Yea said I. 1T does look bannted-
and believe II H."
Ane than ] heard the history Of the
gsunt house on the hhl knew that
what ] fen when looked OF II was true,
and that II must be Haunted, really
haunted. too. -
For the woman who built Il was
haunted. haunted With the terrible ghosts
Of hatred, and revenge. ana envy, and
small ambition. and cruel bitterness Of
heart.
She built the house 10 haunt Il ana her
wealth In the face OF her own sister, who
died alone and friendless IN the very
shadow of the haunted house.
And IN me haunted house with the we-
man who built Il lives sycophants and
tcadis and cowardly kchsmsrs. who
fisttsred the owner Of the house and
made . silly dupe Of her. with messages
from what they called the spirit world.
And the woman who built the haunted
house died IN . sanitariua, driven there
by hsr swa bitter hatred Of mar own kith
and kin
Haunted! ! wouldn't live in house
with a history Ike that until had every
brick and every stone and every bit of
wood in II scrubbed and deodorixsd and
disinfected-from the cellar to the last
beam in the garrett.
I'd open every one OF those suffered
windows fling wide the barred doors.
and fairly saturats that house Of misery
with the clean. wholesome sunshine. and
even then I'd take . little house without
. story 10 II In preferences, to that one
fpr my eusllins plaes-
Haunted, Why, Of course. IT is haunted;
II was bound 10 Be haunted from the
very first day the first foundation stone
vas laid IN hatred tlil the hour that the
poor creature who built II died in de-
lirious bitterness ef heart.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
The Art of Love Making
By REATRICE FAIRFAx.

'IovemakinE. how simple Q matter
depths 10 explore.
No heights IN = life TO ascend Ne dis
~ ssssrseaias ssfsrs -,
be loye evermore.
So felt 10 keep silence were felly.'
all languages above. ] made love.
Robert Browning.
Il am deeply in love with Esther e."
writes Lester. and we have been keep
ing steady company for the last two
years She n my ideal Of a Eiri-auiet.
rsfined and euItures. But she Is enly u
and / am u. feel a little timid about
hroaching the subject cf matrimony. al
though think 1t would be all right. as
have a very good position. Kindly sd-
wise me how to 80 about making love 10
her and what n bsst for me 10 Do
Said Eden Philipots: no man ever
yet failed to make love from Ignorance
Of how % Begin Z
In days Of old. . knight went down on
his knees. and did an sorts Of ehivairous
deeds to win his isdy's favor.
He need not 50 on his knees today.
and IL he attempted any Of the feats OF
his early love-iorn ancestors. his siri
you'd refuse 20 have him. for that u
esassed as .fooIhardy' today.
All the World asks Of him 10 that be
Is honorzeaa stesdfsst. faithful, persist
est. confederate aud kind in his love
making u ~ y . man Of limited means
IT, does not lsspscs any lavish sxpsnSi-
tsres as procs Of his love. II the girl
10 the nice sensible siri she shsuid Be,
sac win nst accept any gifts which are
TeinIy beyond man Of his income.
Love making. granted that the si-i 10
refined esa cultured" IS = the ssri 81
year dreams. "a % simple that 81 would
Be an easier task to tell how TO avoid II.
You have been going with her two
5ssrs, II you never told her in word
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

The reason clothes are moth eaten Is
because the moth has laid eggs In them
before they we're peeked away. Clothes
put away In carefully closed trunks.
boxes or bass witheat moth eggs In them
viii not be eaten. moth balls or no
moth eaiik n moth egzs are already in
the clothes n Will do no possible good
TO use moth bsits. eamphor. or am
OF the other bad-smeIling things. The
only valne Of moth balls Ia to keep the
IL you have made certain that there are
no EGGS already In the clothes and they
are not protected in sealed boxes or
bags
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06

the little runaway
brook that was
talking at the top
Of its voice. telling
all who would list
en- that spring had
really come. up to
the top Of the wind
swept hill-where
the haunted house
stood.
Tall, gaunt, lonely,
the windows shuts
tered. they looked
like hasssrd eyes
closed In death:
the perl<cfed porch.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
The Two Ages
Dy ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

On great cathedral window have sesn
AS summer sunset swoon and sink away
Lost In ths splendors Of immortal art.
Angels and saints AMI all the heavenly hosfs,
With smiles undimmed By half thonsand years
From wall and niche have met my lifted gaze
Sculpture and carving and ilumined page.
And the fair lofty dreams Of srchitects
That speak OF beauty to ths eenturics~-
All these have fed me with divine repasts.
Let In my mouth Is left bitter taste,
The taste Of blood that stained that axs of art
Those glorious windows same upon the black
And hfdeous structure Of the guiffotine
Beside the haloed counteuance Of saints
There hangs the multiple and knotted hash
The Christ Of love, benign and beautiful
Looks at the torture-rack, by hate conceived
And bigotry sustained The prison cell,
With boodstaned wallis where starving men went mad
Lees under sarrets matehisss In their grace.
God. what an age. How Was 1t that you let
Colossal genius and colossal crime
Walk for an hundred years across the earth
Like giant tyinss How was Il thea that men,
Conserving such vast beauty for the world,
And such large hopes Of heaven. could entertain
Such heIlish projects for their human knf
How could the hand that, with eonsummate skin
And loving patience, ffmned the luminous page
Drop pen and brush. and sieze the branding rod,
To scourge brother for mis- differing fath?
Not great this age in beauty or in art;
Nothing wrought today thai shah endure
For earth's sdornmsnt. through long eenturies
Not ours the feryid worship Of God
That wastes Its splendid epulence on Z glass.
Leaving but hate for hungry human arts
Yet this great age; ts mighty work ID man
knowing himself the universal life
And great cur faith. which sheus isself IN -aEka
For human freedom and for racial good
The true religion lies In being kind
No age is greater than its faith b. broad.
Through liberty and lore men climb 70 God
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-06
Haunted Houses
BY wINIFRED BLACK.

There. said the woman who believes
in signs. 1T does look haunted, doesn't
itr" a
And locked up from the tinid green Of
the new grass. up to the clear brown Of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-22
A HAPPY LAUGHING
CHILD IN A FEW HOURS
Ii Cross. Irritable, Feverish, Tongue
Coated and Sick, Give De-
licious Syrup Of Figs

Your child isn't naturally cross, ir-
ritable and peevish, Mother EN-
anime the tongue; II coated. it means
the little ones stomach is disordered,
liver inactive and its thirty feet Of
bowels clogged with foul, decaying
waste
Every mother realizes after giving
delicious syrup Of Figs" that this
u the ideal laxative and physic for
children Nothing else regulates the
little ones tender stomach, liver and
bowels so effectualIy. besides they
learly love its delightful fig taste.
For constipated bowels. sluggish
trer. hiliousness. or sour disordered
f1mach. feverishness. diarrhoea, sore
hroat bad breath or to break cold.
i've one-half 10 a teaspoonful Of
syrup of Figs, and in few hours
Il the cloesed up waste sour bile.
Edigested food and constipated mat
! r. viii gently move on and out OF
be system without gripping or nausea,
| nd YOU will surely have well,
tappy and smiling child again short
| ~
With Syrup of Figs you are not
irugging your children, being com
| y sed entirely Of luscious fgs SIENNA
I'd aromatics it cannot be harmful
Full directions for children of all
res and for gr1wn-ups plainly print
d on the package
Ask your druggist for the full
name, syrup Of Figs and Elizir Of
trnna," prepared by the California
jg Syrup Co This is the delicious
a5ting, genuine old reliable. Re
Use anything else ocered -Advt.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-22
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