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Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

reason for my present denial and APP
preaching doom;
Appealing to impenetrabie hearts.
The harp whose note scars highest
throbs In vain,
For kindllness, when genius comes, de-
parts,
From lesser talent, that itself would
reign
While often culture teaches mean dis
Or sraces that but gloss. and who shall
The voice OF verify. by woe made wise,
When pride proclalms the priest and
Ensender song that sinks and art that
mods,
Though my songs be now disregarded,
yet will they live hereafter With the last
ing glamour OF death.
THE AMERICAN POET"
There car be no question regarding
the literary merit OF Mr.. Gardeners verse.
There Is just one criticism which can be
passed upon II. II is too much In one
tone, However beautiful and grand a
strain II music may be. II an entire COM
position is written In that one strain IL
soon wearies the eur OF the most enthus-
iaAtc music lover.
MIR. Gardner needs TO vary his music
and to study different methods OF ex-
preston. and he needs TO entirely recon
struct his mental methods OF thinking
about himself. II Is quite right that each
individual on earth should take himself
seriously; each one OF US Is an express
sion OF Divine power, and we should
not cheaper ourselves by undertaking.
our Importance In the great universal
scheme.
not mean being morbid OF pessimistic.
both OF which Appellations can be ap-
piled to Mr., Gardeners attitude. The
laughing cure would be a very good thing
for Tho American Poet" TO try Let
him stand before the mirror fifteen min
utes every day and laugh at himself.
Then let him try and develop more SYM
| pathy for editors In their troublesome
and burdened lives and less sympathy
for himself instead of insisting that the
world is going TO be flung into the
| depths OF shame and humiliation for
| having refused to recognize his talent
Let him declare every day OF his life
! that his hour Is approaching when he
will be read and appreciated by multi
| tudes. A man with such talents pos
sesses the power to bring about theiI
recognition II he uses the right mental
weapon. Mr.. Gardner should avoid think
! Ing or uttering such sentences as tbs
following. which he sent to a newspaper
last February:
Before my coming there had appeared
among the seribes OF America but ons
true singer. Edgar Allan Poe. Him they
virtually murdered. Now have they me
with as great gift for the long poem
as had Poe for the shorter lay. ana be-
hold, l also am doomed
This Is a very foolish way for SC
gifted a young man to talk II places
him in the list OF those whom JACK
London has dubbed Sob Brothers. Yes
the laughing cure IL what Mr.. Nelson
Gardner. The American Poet" needs.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

anxiety, they soon fall out Of love and
begin to reproach each other for having
brought this disastrous fate upon them
We Are all familiar enough with the
sad spectacle Of poverty wrecking
home, but we fail to take into account
that wealth is often just as much
menace TO domestic life as poverty.
Yet, such is the case, especially among
those Who acquire money suddenly and
whose prosperity seems to carry blight
upon family life with it, At any rate 1t
is one of the sardonic jests OF our times
that a new-made millionaire always re-
quires a new wife to match the new FUR
niture in his new place.
A poignant illustration OF the fact that
wealth can be as dangerous as poverty
to love was afforded by a divorce case
that recently came up for trial. In her
plea for divorce the wife told a pathetic
little story OF how she and her husband
married when they were young and had
only a little money, and of how they lived
above the store and she did her own
housework and kept the books at night,
and helped with the shop when she had a
moment TO spare and of how they worked
and hoped and planned together.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

II am So years old and deeply in love
with a man 20 years old" writes Jean
cite, His father will not sign the
license on account Of the difference in
the age. He wants me to elope, but am
asking your for advice"
His father is quite right,
c. f. NJ. sends me this letter: II am a
man Of % years and love very pretty
woman of So years. / would like to be-
come engaged OF her. but thought that ]
would ask your advice before deciding.
Do you think there is enough difference
between our ages to interfere with future
happinessT
Don't do it. All the facts Of life for
bid.
When May mates with September II If
the man who must have the added weight
of years and experience. At 80 years g
man is young and vigorous. The greater
physical strength OF the masculine being
plus his wider interests and his accepted
Independence In life keep him young
even up to 90 years. A man Of 50 years
may marry a girl OF 20 and hold her love
and respect through his wider knowledge
OF life and the veneretlon she feels foI
the mystery OF all he has seen and done
SO women admire their lovers for "the
dangers they have passed"
Women mature far more rapidly thar
men, woman who has the full-biowT
charms OF autumn TO offer her loyel
when she is between IS and 70 years viii
be approaching age in 9o years, when hel
active young lover will be full OF the Jos
OF living.
A boy lie often caught by the pois'
and knowledge OF a woman much hii
senior. First he appeals to her maternA
instinct Then she is flattered TO thinl
that she Is still young enough and pretty
enough to appeal TO youth And 20 she
comes 10 care for him deeply and 20 mel
low into the golden beauty OF her IndiaI
summer. But winter is coming. Wher
she is s. or 90 years old. Jeanette viii
hardly want TO froiic around and enjoy
! springtime Joys OF sweet-and-twenty
But her husband viii be boy OF 4
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

Through guise most humble is his glory
seen.
Not proud in his approach, nor yet ser
enc,
But like a martyr. bleeding doth he
march,
With only heaven for triumphal arch,
Till high as Calvary he dares 10 climb
Where sorrow makes his utteranoe sub
lime.
In each one OF his numerous letters to
the public press Mr.. Gardner signs him
self THE American Poet" and INDUCES
in much dramatic and melodrsmatic ut
terance anent his verse Here are two
extracts:
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

He has written a great many letters
TO the newspapers, calling down pun
ishment upon the heads of the blind
critics who failed to appreciate his gifts.
Here 10 one example OF his prose and
poetry which he recently sent to an
American newspaper:
"A poet of the highest rank now Is
living, aud ]. that am he, write to pro-
test against tho prolonged denial Of my
work. As some slight evidence OF the
lyric gift I claim, the following frag-
ment, selected from a poem containing
seven and seventy stanzas in all, forth
with 10 presented;
And do the gods no answer give to
Shine not protecting deities above?
Naught hold for man to worship or to
Yet, and We learn devotion from each
dove
Whose wings like snow are white; for
Likewise are sacred. and the heart hath
strings
That stretch unto the stars. Then kneeI
once more,
II am prepared TO appear before any
literary tribunal and prove in one hours
recital how excellent Is my art yet do !
feel that never will such hearing be ac-
corded. / must pay with my life the
pFophet's debt TO envy. and not while ]
live will my song be accepted"
Here are two more Of Nelson Gardner
really fine poems which have been re.
fused by the editors:
The dying spirits dance. and likewise
drink
And perish OF their own fulfilled desire
For revels vice upon distractions brink,
And out OF pleasure builds the fool his
The very stars be instruments Of ire
Whereby Is darkness evermOre reproVed,
And man, though far from orbs so far re
moved,
stu must revere those hierarchs OF light
That. while they garnish, also govern
night.
When, after many mediocre years.
BY reigninS Scribes and Pharisees made
mean.
The poet that is prophet too appears.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

"All the false hearts under heaven
cannot prevent the coming OF the day
when the entire creations from which
above quote will fairly be placed before
the great world.
Bitterly It reflects on prevailing con-
ditions when verse so dlgnifed must be
offered In manner so aggressive. For this
will the literary authorities that long
have denied my work themselves be
judged anon
Again he says:
I'm the following stanEa l convey the
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

inouTAble without an operation, but this
Is rarely resorted to. There are several me-
chAnical devices for this trouble and shoes
shaped 10 correct the turning In of the
big toe can be obtained SO II this trouble
cannot be entirely corrected II may be
largely mltlgatod.
A bunion begins as an inflammation on
the Joint, increases to a swelling which
may develop little corn In the center.
Bunions are very painful IL allowed to
continue and as they indicate the joint
II more or less out of correct line. the
first step In the cure Is to adopt a shoe
OF a size and shape that will keep the
big toe in a line with the side of the
foot. In order TO preserve this straight
line II Is sometimes advisable to bring
the first and second toes together with
a strip OF surgical plaster and some
times an appliance made for this purpose
is adopted, Local treatment is also nee
essary.
Begin treating the bunion by a ten min
utes' soaking in a small foot bath to
which teaspoon OF baking powder has
been added. Dry and sorapo the spot
gently witH an emery board. rubbing
away all the dead skin possible II the
corn has formed. take the cutlcle knife
and remove Il or as much as can be ex-
tracted without pain or drawing blood.
DO this every few nights.
II there Ia inflammation over the entire
Joint apply hot applications OF witch
haEen until Il disappears. II the inflam-
nation seems caused by the pressure OF
the corn and tie joint Ia painful TO the
touch. paint the sore part about the corn
with tlnCture OF iodine, remembering not
10 apply this on any broken skin. Dust
the place with a little dry boric acid and
cover with n little dry borlc acid and
cover with a piece OF soft linen wet with
carbolated vaseline. II Il Is necessary
10 wear shoe. put over this a bunion
protector which can be procured at any
large drug store which will prevent the
pressure of the leather on the sore spot.
IL pus should form, as sometimes hap
pens. apply hot lamentations until the
pus has gathered In one spoti then press
II out and wash well with peroxide OF
hydrogen After the soreness and In
flammatlon has departed the dry bunior
can be treated.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
Advice to Lovelorn
z2zns.. 1eRkA
~ sHATnECH xAxnrA1


Dear Miss Fairfax: nave been keep
ing company with young man for the
Last year. When we are alone he 10 very
attentive, but when In company he gives
people the impression that he does not
care for me.
VIII you kindly advise me how to treat
this young man, as think a great deal
OF him and do not want to Give him upY
N. a,
Possibly this young man IL shy oil has
some hesltaney about publishing his af-
fections to outsiders. Treat him as you
always have and don't worry about what
society thinks of his affection for you.
You must measure that by the respect.
kindness and affection OF his attitude
toward you when you are alone
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
Love ana Faith.

Dear Miss Fairfax; l am a girl OF %
and am consi ED good looking and at
tractive. l am In love with a young
man two years my Junior, and he In re-
turn says that he loves me.
Now. Miss Fairfax, how can tell IL
this young man Is really In love with me?
EDITH NJ.
When a man says he loves her, the girl
who cares for him ought not to doubt
him II he treats her with absolute
respect and never suggests that she hide
their affection from her own mother.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright. IsiG by Star Cob
She rose up in the early dawn,
And white and silently she moved
About the house. Four men had gone
To battle for the land they loved,
And She the mother and the wife,
Waited for tiding from the strife.
How still the house seemedi and her tread
Was like the footsteps Of the dead.
The long day passed; the dark night came,
She had not seen a human face,
Some voice suddenly spoke her name.
How loud It echoed in that place,
Where, day on day, no sound was heard
But her own footsteps Bring you word"
She cried to whom she could not see,
Word from the battle-plain to me?"
soldier entered at the door.
And stood within the dim freight
II bring you tldings nf the four"
He said, who left you for the fight"
God bless you, friend" she cried, speak on!
For can bear it. One is gomez"
"Ay, is gone" he said. Which one?"
Dear lady, he, your eldest son."
deathly pallor shot across
Her withered face; she did not weep
She said at is a grievous loss,
But God gives His beloved sleep.
What of the living-of the three?
And when can they come back to me?"
The soldier turned away his head:
Lady your husband, too, is dead"
She put her hand upon her brow;
wild, sharp pain was in her eyes
my husband! Oh, God help me now!"
The soldier heard her shuddering signs
The task harder than he thought
Your youngest son, dear madam, fought
Close at his fathers side; both fell
Dead, by the bursting of a she'll"
She moved her lips and seemed to moan.
Her face had paled to ashen gray:
Then one is left me-one alone"
She said, "of four who marched away.
Oh, overruling, All-wise God,
How can l pass beneath Thy rod!"
The soldier walked across the floor,
Paused at the window, at the door.
Wiped the cold dew-drops from his cheek
And sought the mourner's side again.
Once more, dear lady, must speak:
Your last remaining son was slain
Just at the closing of the fight
Twas he who sent me here tonight.
God knows" the man said afterward,
1.-THE fight itself was not so hard"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

with hunger, peo-
pie do not bother
about the state of
their hearts. Shah
biness chokes sem
timent to death,
and the bill coll
lector Stays ro-
nance.
To be successful
q marriage must
be adequately fl
nanced. A husband
and wife might
love well enough
to die for each
other, but when it
comes to the strain
of living together
in a poverty that
keeps every nerve
strained taut with
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

very nlBn oroer OF
talent. His ideas
are. lofty and his
method of express
sion at times almost
Shakespearian. but
N e son Gardeners
poetry has not gained
the public ear. He
has sent many strik-
ing poems TO var
Ious 9 editors and
publishers and they
have been refused.
This has caused tho
young man to be-
come extre m e | y
melancholy, pess l.
mistic and self-cen-
=
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
Disloeatsd Joints and Bunions
the Penalty Of Two High Heels
and Tpo Short Shoes, says
Madame Ise'bell

The Care of the Feet--Part VII.
The most common affliction that comes
from wearing a too short shoe Is dis
located Joint and high heels used in
walking will add to this trouble. A dis
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
BY DOROTHY DIX.

We are all familiar with the old adage
that says, when poverty comes in at
the door, love flies out of the window"
1t is true. When the stomach is pinched
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

located ioi n I
means that the
big toe bone. in
place OF form
ing q straight
line with the
side OF the foot
IL turned in so
that the Joint
sticks out In
unlovely FASH
ion and inflam-
nation is apt
10 set up. A dis
located Joint Is
supposed to be
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright, 1914, by The. star Company
There lives in New York City, No .2S4
East Eleventh street. a very gifted poet
whose name Ia Nelson Gardner. This
poet is unquestionably possessed of a
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

The wife Of a Bulgarian rarely goes out
without her husband. does not receive
callers In her husbands absence. seldom
appears In a restaurant. a cafe or a place
of public amusement and never goes to
any such place unless her husband Rc-
companies her
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02

II IL estimated that % per cent OF the
ocean floor is entirely devoid OF plant
life.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
e Laughing Cure for an Aspiring Poet
The
, Ones

Should o
erosyD Does No Mean Being Morbid esimidi
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-02
Do You Know That

The postmen in Portugal save them
selves much walking on Sundays by de
iivering letters ct church
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
WEST SHORE NEWS
Patriotic Americans Form
New Camp at Marysville

Marysville, Pa, March IA camp
of the Patriotic Order Of Americans
was organized in Marysville Friday
evening in the Castle of the Knights
of Pythias. Fifty-nine charter men,
bers were taken in. The following Of
f1cers were chosen:
President, Mrs. Minnie Leonard; as
sistant president, Mrs. Frank Rupley:
vice-president, Mrs. Fred McNeeley;
assistant vice-president, Mrs. James
Allan; conductor, Mrs. Harry Canister;
assistant conductor Miss Jennie Flick
niger; recording secretary, Mrs. Sam
uel Mace; assistant recording secre-
tary. Miss Hazel Nipple; treasurer,
Mrs. T. w. Whitmyer; treasurer, Mrs.
w. H. Roush; chaplain, Miss Barbara
Roush; orator, Miss Gladys Rupley;
guard, Miss Edna Sellers; sentinel,
Miss Mary Kocher; trustees. Mrs.
Archie G. Eppley, Mrs. w. H. Kocher
and Mrs. Margaret Bratton.
A handsome large altar Bible was
presented to the new order by Senator
Boies Penrose. Along with the Bible
he sent the pen with which he signed
his name. 1t was chanced Off and
was won by Miss Hazel Bower, of
Harrisburg.
Clara wilkinson, State president, of
Philadelphia; George w. Shaffer, State
secretary, of Reading; Harriet Wat
kins, district president, of Altoona; |;
Flora Elbright, past president, of
Camp No. 1870; John II. Nugent. of
Camp No. 1856, of Philadelphia, with
the degree team of Camp No. 23, of
Harrisburg, were present and helped
initiate the new members.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
WHAT TO DO FOR NEURALGIA

The one great symptom of neuralgia
is pain; the one great cause Is lack OF
nutrition for the nerves. in plain lam
guage-starved nerves.
There are two things to do for any
form of neuralgia. Apply heat to the
affected part to soothe the pain. and
feed the nerves by taking q tonic con-
tanning the elements needed by them.
Heat, as afforded by hot flannel. hot
water bags. ETC., lulls the infiamed
nerves into temporary quiet. It does
not cure. Not until the nutrition Of
the nerves Is restored will the infiam-
nation subside.
DR.. williams Pink Pills furnish TO
the blood the needed elements and
the blood conveys them to the nerves.
The only way of getting food or medi-
cine to the nerves is through the
blood. Remember that.
Neuralgia is general term. It
means Inflammation of a nerve. It is
given different names according to the
nerve affected. Sciatica is neuralgia of
the sciatic nerve. Application of heat
will soothe the pain in all forms of
neuralgia and DIR. Williams Pink Pills
will correct the condition that caused il.
Your own druggist sells DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills and the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, n. Y, will
send you little book on "Home Treat
ment of Nervous Disorders for the
asking. ng.-Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
Recent Deaths in
Central Pennsylvania
Special to The Telegraph

Hockersville.--H D. Shaffer died
Saturday night. He had been in the
harness and saddlery business here
for about fifteen years, and In the
same business at Derry Church for
about thirty years previous. He is sur
vived by two sons, Harvey and Israel,
both of this place, and two daughters,
Elizabeth Shaffer of town, and Her
man Ober, of Mannheim.
Carlisle.--Word has been received
here Of the death of Colonel Gibson
Hunt, Of Carlisle, which occurred Sat-
urday morning at st. Augustine, Flor
army officer and is survived by one
son, Gibson Hunt, a daughter. Miss
Sallie Hunt, and a sister, Mrs. Fanny
Gibson.
Greencastle. - Thomas Hicks died
on Saturday from paralysis at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hicks, South Jefferson street.
Mr.. Hicks was veteran Of the Span
ish-American War. He was in his
thirty-sixth year, and had been suf-
ferer from paralysis for the last four
years. His mother is afflicted with
the same disease, and is lying critically
i'll from the effects of a stroke Of par
alysis which she sustained last Sum-
day.
Warwick.-Mrs. Mary Ely, 73 years
of age, died on Saturday after an ILL
ness of six months. Her survivors are
three children and two sisters.
Marietta.--A. B. Herr, Of West Lam
peter township. died Saturday after
an illness of over a year. Ffe served for
thirty years as a member of the school
board and was about 67 years old.
Two sisters and one brother survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
Snavely-Baker Wedding at
Matamoras Saturday Evening
Sbecta[ To The Tclegrdbh

Halifax, Pa, March 9.--On Satur-
day evening at o'clock pretty we'd
ding was solemnized at the home of
Jacob G. Baker, of Matamoras, when
his daughter, Sarah E., was married
to Abram B. Snavely, of Elizabeth
town, by the Rev. j. c. Pease, pastor
of the United Brethren church of
the Jacksonville circuit. The bride
was beautifully attired in a gown Of
white brocaded silk. The only attend
ants were Miss Ivy E. Hoffman, who
served as bridesmaid and Elias B..
Flowers, of Steelton, who served as
best man. A wedding dinner was
served to the following: Jacob j.
Baker, H. c. Baker, j. J. Baker. Mr..
and Mrs. J.. M. Wolfgang and Mabel
Potteiger, of Harrisburg; Elias Flow
ers, of Steelton; Mrs. Martha 1. Hoff-
man, George 1. Hoffman, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. III. Eisenhower and Mr.. and Mrs.
e. M. Sweigard and daughters, Kath-
ryn, Miriam and Evelyn, Mrs, Ara
bella Sweigard, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Wagner and daughter Esther, and
Misses Ivy Hoffman, Alma Coulson,
Elsie Grim, and Mr.. and Mrs. SnaVely.
Captain G.. I. Huffman's calithumpian
band gave them an old-fashioned sere-
|nading,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-09
MAY USE MECAPHONES
ON CROSS RIVER CARS
MotOrman, if System Is Adopted,
Will Call Out Stops
Along Line

Lemoyne. Pa, March 9.-Mega-
phones on street cars with which to
call out the stops is new step which
the Valley Railways Company is plan
ming to take In the near future. AL
though nothing definite has been done
as yet, the officials want to make some
improvements in their cars for the ac-
commodation of patrons and electric
bells on the cross river lines are not
considered adequate. A passenger
riding on one of the cars at night
and left to ring the bell for his stop
Is at loss to know at wilich time to
push the button because of the dark
ness. In the city the streets are well
lighted and passenger can see at
what point the car is. Through the
rural districts, however, conditions are
different. Even the conductor at times
is at loss to know where to pull the
houses and objects which during the
day tell him at what point to signal
the motorman.
Motorman to Use 1t
If the company does not adopt the
megaphone system, 1t will be worked
by the motorman. The small end Of
a specially constructed megaphone
will reach to point just in front of
the motorman's face, the big end
opening into the interior of the car.
The motorman, because of his posi-
ton. Is the only person on the car
who knows and Is able to see the cars
exact location at night and for this
reason the car company believes the
megaphone system would be the most
adequate and that the motorman
would be the proper man to call the
stops. shouting into the small end of
the megaphone.