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Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
Marriage On
So a Day
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

"can a man afford to marry on salary
~ tsi n week? am q years OF age
have a good position, with a splendid
outlook for the future. The girl l ad-
mir edoes not appear to DO extravasant-
still I do not wish 20 take the step un-
lea. I secure tho advice of some one who
IL In a position 10 figure out II dare
marry on my present salary7 HENRY.
Henry. I appreciate your faith In ask
ing me II you can live on 81 week ana
include In your schedule the maintenance
Of A wife and home. But you have como
20 the wrong person Tor advice this time
The only one who can give you a really
satisfactory answer Is the girl you want
to marry.
whether you can marry and be happy
on tsl a week depends largely upon her
ON general principles. I will assure you
that a man who IL earning your present
salary, and who has the promise OF
bright future, has every right TO ask
girl to share his life with him. His posi-
ton mstlfies MIN in taking unto himself
a wife-but Il also requires that he inform
the Eiri he loves OF his financial eondi-
ton. Unless she Is 80. blinded by tho
glamor of love that she will promise any
! thing she will In all probability stop and
|
and her ability TO go without
When woman loves man in the fun
| sense OF the word. she is generally happy
to make sacrifices for him. Washing
and baking and cooking and sorubbing
are not drudgery when they are done Tor
some one n true woman loves.
Climbing the ladder of success together
brings a oloseness OF interest through its
very "toEetherness." Going without. so,
that your beloved may have most OF the
things ne wants, has In Il an element
OF happy martyrdom and Is likely TO ap-
peal 70 the greet maternal instinct
that all women have.
So oven an oxtravagant and worldly
woman may DO willing to marry a man
In moderate circumstances and happily
take her place at his side as partner and
helper and sweetheart and wife-an ideal
companionship. truly.
And then there are the prospects OF a
brilliant future" What woman would
not glory In a chance to have some part
in making her husbands dream OF sue
soss come true and in feeling as II did
not come true that he had done better
with rer at his side than he could other
wise have managed 10 do1
You must not selflshiy 60 in search of
pleasures while your wife Ia at home
stretching both ends to the meeting
point You must cheerfulIy keep up your
end OF the burden and not feel that when
you provide" TO, the best OF your ability
you have donc your share.
BY all means marry on tn week
and prospects and ambition and deter
rninaton-if you bring to reinforce them
love and patience and unselfishness and
common sense and understanding and
mutual forbearance. But II you hav,
this sextette Of aides your marriage viii
not go astray no matter what the con
tents OF your pay envelope.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
Value of Moral Muscle in Fight for Happiness
Copyright 1914. 1nternr Nows Service.

Don Cameron. Yes" replied the wise
old man, but haven't been able 10 give
him the greatest advantage OF all-pov-
erty."
Little os these foolish mothers realize
II the poverty that brings with It the
need TO work, the need OF self-control,
the need for each Individual TO stand on
his or her feet and rise or fall by his
or her own efforts, y the greatest adj
vantage Of all. II IA what develops In
itiative. and spurs On ambition, and
forms character
II takes hardships and a struggle and
self-denial 10 make soul muscle, just as
much as It takes exercise and work TO
make body muscle. Nobody Is idiotic
enough 20 train an athlete for prize
fight by inducing him TO lou about on
silken cushions and gorge himself on
chocolate creams. Everybody would
know that the man who had followed
such a regiment as that would 10 down,
like a feather bolster at the first tap OF
his adversary.
Yet women are mad enough 90 think
that they can pamper and indulge their
children and shield them from every
care and hardship, and that they will
still be able 10 stand up ana make a good
fight in the battle OF life. No wonder we
have so many wcaklings, so many EN-
bezzlers, 80 many divorces, so many
women that take the easiest way to
crafty the extravagant tastes bred in
them. They have had no moral muscle
developed IN them. How should they
have the strength 20 stand the gruelIlng
tests OF life?
for their children are generally heroic
mistakes. II sacrifices are to be made.
II is far better TO let the children par
| tieipate In Their. II work IL to be done.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
Men Gossips as Numerous as Women
1t is Mistaken Belief of Most Women that Men are Their
Best and Most Liberal Minded Friends

Of studying the directory Of the town
from which she came. and investigating
the history OF all families bearing her
name.
Each day he made new report upon
the possible identity OF the young woman.
His listeners were amused but no one
was frank enough to tell him how de-
spicable he seemed in all eyes.
Meantime the very worthy and tired
young woman, who had left an excellent
position among the worlds educators,
and chose to avoid any thought OF her
duties while resting was all unconscious
of this espionage. Liked and respected
by her own sex, she was not prepared to
find a would-be spy and gossip among
men.
II is a mistaken belief of most women
that men are their best and most liberal
minded friends.
Men demand more OF women in the
way of conventional behavior than other
women demand
Men are much more critical than
women.
A man will not hesitate to be seen in
public with a woman whose name rests
unuer shadoWi out he Will be very
firm in forbiddins his wife or sister or
mother to be seen with her.
That is not friendship or defense.
A woman hiss been known to declare
her belief in the innocence of one who
was the subject of gossip, and at the
same time to announce her intention to
stand by her. And she has been pre-
vented by the men Of her family. Yet
these same men were regarded by the
victim of gossip as loyal to her. because
they spoke to her In public places while
women held aloof.
Men believe, themselves to be more
liberal and Just in their estimate OF
women than our sex; but they are not
They deceive themselves.
Women are growing more liberal
minded. more just and more sympathetic
with each decade They are growing less
prone to gossip.
But men are keeping up the average.
When next you hear a bit of gossip
look up its source. Ten TO one you will
find 1t started with a man.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
A House and Its Personality

stored simplicity enclosed more than
three rooms. but longed to see those
rooms 1t was n low green cottage
painted such a green as blended with the
sward of the perfectly kept little lawn,
such a green as was a background for
the glory of the flowers. that changed
from white to pink and yellow to reds
and puppies az the summer days melted
into the autumn. 4 careless oYner
would have made the complaint Of the
incompetent"
Il can do nothing. l have nothing with
which to work"
But he or perhaps she worked after
hours watering and moving the lawn,
planting flowers and wedding them,
shading them from the midday sun by
an impromptu tent. He may have done
without new suit, she may denied her-
self summer silk, aud, lace hat, to
paint the house its fresh green. A care
less owner would have said the smoke OF
the closely passing trains would SOL the
paint and he would have left the boards
to warp drunkenly without their cohere-
ing coat OF paint. Vigilance, foresight,
pride of and love for home, spoke IN
sweet jnsistent voice from that little
house and Its garden I'll warrant those
three rooms were sweet with the air OF
the out OF doors, that their floors were
as clean as the tables that plucked
flowers from the garden frightened them
and that IL there were any pictures they
were good prints or photographs of a
good subject.
As stroll IN communities visit among
the homes I stare fascinately at the
houses. The windown are eyes revealing
what is within The curtains are the
closed eyelids behind which the person
hides with his secrets. The color Of the
honse Is as a persons complexion faded
houses as faces being faded either through
age or neglect. Houses like persons are
neat or slatternly, quaint or modlsh, at
tractive or repellent.
II is the lives lived in them that counts
as the character OF the persons is what
counts.
DO sweetness and eraoiousness, strength
and industry and high ideals dwell within
those houses? If the occupants fall be-
low their ideals do they scramble back
again? Are the houses the home Of
peace, OF order,of activity, of considera-
ton? Do love and tolerance dwell within
those wallsr Are hatred and fault find
ing, idleness and choas banished from
beneath that roof?
Wisely spoke one who said "I have
/ seen many houses, but few homes
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

stead OF having an electric ruuabout as
Louise Grabit has
Worse still, these mothers pour their
lamentations over The hardships their
children endure into the tired ears Of
their poor. overworlSed husbands, and
thus goad the family beast of burden on
into making the last desperate effort
that breaks the heart and kills many a
man who is already working far beyond
his strength TO provide foolish and I'M
necessary frills for his children.
1t is the pathetic phase OF the situation
that these women. who are so filled with
bitterness Becauss they can't give their
children everything that milllonaires
give theirs, have such short vision that
they cannot see beyond the moment. For
II they would look few years into the
future they would see that the very
things that they count as misfortunes
now are what make for the real stability
and success Of life.
or course. there Is me dire and dead
ening poverty that brushes all but the
strongest but the moderate poverty that
merely leaves one with unsatisfied de-
sires Is the greatest stimulus that there
is to effort and ambition. No man goes
after things so fiercely and with such
invincible determination as the man who
has wanted things In his youth and been
unable 10 get them.
How did you cone TO get richY
once asked a trust magnate. because
when l started 10 school | wore a little
jeans coat that my mother made me, and
rich boy laughed at me. | wasn't but
years old. but / sWore 10 myself then
that I'd be rich man when I got grown
and have all the fine Clothes In the
world" the millionaire laughed.
What wonderful advantages you've
given your son." somebody once said q
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

is the vital fascination of a house. 1t
piques our wonder as to what kind of
lives are lived within it.
Always when train missed, or be-
lated leaves me with a quarter or half
hour OF my own 1 spend II not in loung-
ing in the stuffy station with a pink or
green magazine. or in sauntering about
the shops. but in survey of its homes
The splendid homes interest me very
little. They are, after all. alike. They
all have stately port coohers and ostenta-
ton garages and gardens trying TO make
The grounds look more like little Italy
than great America.
The goal OF my search is always q
group Of the home Of the busy. happy
workaday folk by whom the United
States is SO plentifully blessed. Among
those homes there is a marked individual
ity. Save for those rows of character
less houses. the many childrened archi-
tectural family whose last name is
Economy. that bore the eyes in cities,
we see the stamp Of difference, which is
originality, in those homes.
On my daily rides TO the city from the
seashore last summer. the open car
flashed past a wee house that was the
admiration OF all on board A mere bit
of a house. I doubt whether its one
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

far better let the children share In IT, II
anxiety is TO be borne, far better let the
children shoulder their part OF the cures.
Responsibility Is the greatest steadier
in the world and the knowledge that
somebody depends on him or her. that
somebody needs him or her. and that his
or her work and counsel count In the
family, will do more to keep a boy or
girl straight than any other influence.
You can develop moral stamina In the
young Just as surely as you can develop
physical muscle. and the pity of It Is
that these poor, grieving mothers, SO dis
tressed because their children can't have
motor cars and diamonds like the rich.
have not wisdom enough 10 see that their
boys and girls have something infinitely
better than anything that the young mil
llonaires have.
Also-and / say this for their comfort
in the shifting OF fortunes In this country
II is almost choice OF whether you
would rather be poor when you are
young and have plenty when you are
middle-aged. or be rich when you are
young and poor when you are old.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
Don't Merely stop" a
Cough
stop the Thing that Causes II
and the Cough will
Stop Itself

A cough is really one Of our. best
friends. IL warns US that there. is in
flammation or obstruction in a danger
Gus place. Therefore, when you get a
had cough don't proceed 10 dose yourself
with a lot of drugs that merely stop"
the cough temporarily by deadenlng the
throat nerves. Treat the eause-heal the
inhamed membranes. Here is q home
made remedy that gets right at the cause
and will make an obstinate cough vanish
more quickly than you ever thought pos
sible.
Put 2h ounces of Pinex $50 cents
worthl in pint bottle and Mi the p9 2tt.s
with plain granulated sugar syrup; Ihis
gives YOU a full pint of the most pleasant
and effective cough remedy you ever USED,
at cost Of only 81 cents. No bother 10
prepare. Full directions with PineX'
II heals the inAamed membranes so
gently and promptly that you wonder
how IL does II. Also loosens dry boar Sc
or tight cough and stops the formation OF
phlegm in the throat and bronchial TUBES
thus ending the persistent loose cough
Pinex il a highly concentrated com
pound of Norway pine extract, Tieh ~
glaiacol, and is famous the world oyel
for its healing effect ON the membranes
To avoid disappointment; ask YOU
druggist for "2iS ounces OF Pinex, ane
don't accept ANYTHING else. guaranIsa'
Of absolute satisfaction, OF money prompt
ly refunded. goes with this preparation
The PiRex Co, Fl. Wayne, Ina.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
Household
Suggestions

To keep cheese from moulding or from
drying wrap IL in a cloth damped with
vinegar and keep in covered dish.
To store silver while on holiday place
in cardboard box a layer of ordinary
flour then lay the forks and spoons upon
IT, and cover thickly with flour. They
will remain quite bright for any length
OF time.
Blankets which are not In use should
have small pieces OF thoroughly dried
yellow soap scattered in the folds when
they are put away. This will keep moths
out.
To olean white enamelsd furniture, use
a solution made by dissolving one table
spoonful Of baking soda in q pint Of
warm water. Saturate a soft cloth and
wash the furniture.
The best way to warm up a Joint Is
TO wrap II in thickly CREASED paper and
keep II covered while in the oven. BY
having Il covered thus the steam will
prevent the meat from becoming hard
and dry. and the joint will get hot
through In leas time.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

themselves utterly miserable because
their children can't have everything that
the rich children about them have.
These mothers wall ceaselessly to me
that II IL just terrible because their Bill
lies can't have ballbearing steel roller
skates such as little Billy Richman has
or that their Johnnies have to ride their
old wheels when JOHNNIE Doughbags has
1915 model; or their Sans can't go To
Harvard when Sam Croesus is going; or
their Mamies haven't got real hano EN-
broidered petticoats as Mammie Bullion
has; or their Saddles can't go off to
live-thousand- doliar-a-year finishing
school as Sadie cashAway does or their
Lulu has TO ride on the street cars In
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

mirers will protect their names against
the whole world.
Yet over a stag dinner" or over the
club table, the story of these indiscre-
tionS Is freely told.
The names are possibly, or probably,
withheld; but II is a simple matter for
the listeners to locate the character in
the story of the play as related by the
proud Lothario.
Under the influence of wine and good
fellowship" men who have been trusted
and believed in by weak women have
more than once shown letters and boasted
of their conquests.
Woman has been accused of being
jealous in her treatment of her own sex
The arrival of a new woman in her
circle is supposed to awaken her to a
sense of rivalry which leads her to do
petty acts.
But ii was a young man who carried
off the palm for petty actions at one of
the summer resorts
Because an attractive young woman
came to the place without bringing a
detailed account of her past life, the
young man set himself the noble task
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

are quite as nu-
merous as those
of the fairer sex.
In mems clubs
many O scandal is
set rolling, which
gains momentum
as II proceeds upon
its way and
wrecks names and
homes before 1t
finishes its course
Foolish women
risk their reputa-
tlons by allowing
men to compro-
mise them, and be-
lie We implicitly
{ h at their ad-
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

all OF the luXuries
of life, but they
are not wealthy.
So far IS they
Individually
concerned. these
are not
discontinued with
their lots IN life.
They can walk
happily and see
the Ilmousines OF
millionaires roll
past without a
pang Of envy. but
where their chill
dren are involved
they let covetous-
ness poison their
Of. hole c4istenc
and they make
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright 1914. by Star Company
Women have been accused of gossipinE
because she lacked occupation. Man,
with his manifold duties, is supposed to
be too busy for gossip, But men gossips
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
ny DOROTHY DIX.

Among my acquaintances are a number
OF dear, delightful women, who are in
moderate financial circumstances. They
have good homes, good clothes, good food,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18

oIlS KNOWS what Il
woman's house is to
her." Whenever you
see a woman looking
with longing admira-
ton at a house you
may be sure that
s h g is imagining
herself as it's mis-
tress. She is fur
nishing it and en-
gaging its staff of
servants and order
ing its first dinner.
She is peopling 1t
with her family and
fri G n d Is. She Is
breathing her own
spirit into IT, Therein
Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-18
by ADA PATTERSON.

house has always possessed strong
fascination for me. 1t is, no doubt. be-
cause of the deeply feminine instinct for
homemaking Kipling has said: mo
The Washington herald., 1914-09-08
WASHINGTONIANS find
IT HARD TO GET MONEY
Rev. Earle Whitley. Pastor of Vermont
Avenue Christian Church, Gives
War Experiences.
HEADS PARTY OF TOURISTS

few war experiences which brought
home very fOrcibly the remark Of Gen.
Sherman. were told by Rev. Earle VIII
fey, pastor Of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tan Church, who returned to Washington
late Tuesday night.
Mr.. Wiifley was leader of a party of
eleven tourists, four of whom were from
Washington. They reached Rome August
l. and by August . travellers checks could
be bought by the basketful for cigarette
money.
The tourists took up a collection among
themselves and paid their hotel bills,
moving on to Naples. At Naples the
gentle art Of banking had been suspended
also. but DR.. Wiliey's party included one
member who was a fluent speaker of
Italian. They slipped in the back door
Of a bank and persuaded one Of the off,
cials to cash a small travellers check as
an accommodation.
They stayed at Naples from the 4th to
the 18th of August. and in the meantime
the emigrant steamer San Giovanni was
overhauled, fumigated, and made ready
to carry passengers third-class for a first
class fare.
I'VE were on the ocean sixteen DAYS
said DR.. Whitley and three SUNDAYS
occurred during that time. We had re-
ligious services every Sunday and on en-
tertainment on deck every afternoon.
Before we left Naples, we formed a cit
izen's relief committee at a mass meeting.
I presided over the mass meeting and
then they made me chairman OF the
relief committee
While We were on the water the
wireless operator made futile attempts
10 get in touch with other ships. We
LEARNED rumors by wireless to the ef-
feet that Mrs. Wilson and the Pope had
died, but outside Of these brief items we
had no news until we reached New
York"
The Washington herald., 1914-09-08
PANAMA CANAL CHANGES
COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY
Sections Best Benefited" Are West
and East Coasts of U. S.. East Asia.
and Pacific Islands.

The National Geographic Society yes
terday issued the following statement on
the probable effect of the Panama Canal
on the commercial geography OF the
world:
1T seems that the Panama Canal will
carry most of the freight passing between
the eastern coast Of the United States and
the western coast OF Latin America, and
that the shorter distance and lower rates
which ii offers will greatly increase that
trade. The trade between the eastern and
western sections of the United States will
be greatly increased and transported at a
much lower charge per ton. and the canal
will sufficiently shorten the distance to
Japan. Northern China, Australia, and
New Zealand to increase steamship serv-
ice and materially increase the traffic
with those countries. European countries
will use the canal in most of their traffic
with Western America and in exceptional
cases with Northern Asia, Australia and
New Zealand.
THE sections Of the world which may
be considered as probably within the
sphere Of influence of the Panama Canal
are the eastern and western coasts OF
America, the eastern coast of Asia and
the islands Of the Pacific. All of Western
America is nearer to Europe than for
merry, and all of Western America and
most Of Eastern Asia and Oceania are
nearer TO the eastern coast of America"