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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
Mysterious Rubber Tree

quandary over the question why nature
ever did make rubber, anyway!
A more generalized name for rubber IL
'Iatex." Latex is n kind OF viscous, or
thick and sticky, Juice contained in Ger
tain plants, in addition to the sap which
all plants have. II flows through a set
OF vessels Of its own. independent of the
sap. In the rubber tree these vessels are
in the inner bark Just outside the cellular
network that carries the sap. Any boy
who goes to a country school IS likely to
know what latex is, though he may not
know its name, for he gets 1t on his
hands every time he breaks a milk
weed"
India rubber is simply another kind OF
lateK closely related to the milk" Of the
milk-weed
The botanists understand very well
what the sap in plants is for, but they
are not sure what the latex is for, ana
especially are they puzzled by the rubber
species OF latex
But however ignorant botanists may be
concerning the uses that rubber serves
for the plants that contain II in their
veins, all the world knows exactly what
II is good for when II gets into the hands
OF man. 1t not only makes his life far
more agreeable and luxurious, but it
helps on the material triumphs Of civil
ization in a hundred ways. A few years
ago a kind OF shudder seized the riders
on pneumatic tires when some pessimist
predicted the approaching exhaustion OF
the rubber trees. II was this that set
the scientists at work 20 see IL they
could not make an imitation OF rubber
while at the same time plantations OF
rubber trees and plants were started in
various countries
The best rubber Is the product of a tree
growing in the Amazon valley. and this
10 known as Para rubber. For several
years the export from the Amazon dis
triet has averaged about 1900 tons.
There are native rubber plants of diff
ferent species IN Congo. Mexico and else
where, while plantations OF the true rub
Der trees are now flourishIng in Ceylon
and the Malay peninsula.
There does not appear 10 be any danger
now OF the exhaustion OF native rubber
nut the demand is continually Increasing
80 that a first-class artificial rubber
would be another boon from science.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

proud and independent. and high spirited.
wouldn't you have thought that any
body with sense enough to be permitted
TO roam around loose in a community
would have had sufficient intelligence TO
drive woman like that with a light
hand, and to give her her head, knowing
that that was the only way to keep her
from getting FESTIVE in double harness
and boiling?
But l didn't I set out-God forgive
me-to break her spirit, to make her give
| the obedience of a child to me. She was
never to question my august will. but
only to acquiesce in my decision. You
sec, fool that was, ! was strong for the
archaic Head Of the House business, and
determined that l was going to be the
boss in our establishment.
81 began by taking the attitude of a
little tin god 1 never told my wife a
word about my business I never con-
suited her about anything or asked her
views or considered her taste / simply
announced my decisions to her. and from
them there was no appeal.
Soon after we were married I decided
that l would like to live in the suburbs
and l went out and rented a house, and
the first thing that my wife knew about
it was when / told her that the fur
niture men would be around to move us
the next day.
But, Tom. 1 don't care to live I'm the
suburbs" my wife exclaimed. You are
away at your business all day. I am at
home. Surely is it more important to
the woman where she lives than it is
to the man. You should have considered
my taste in the matter, and at least
have let me pick out the kind OF a house
1 want"
81 have decided the matter" I re-
piled graudly, land that ends the dis
cussion." 1t did end the discussion, but
it drove also the first nail into the coffin
In which our love was to be buried.
II also refused to give my wife an al
lowance for the house and her personal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
HOLU To Get Rid of a
Bad Cough
A Homemade Remedy that VIII
Do IL Quickly. Cheap and
Easily Made

If you have bad cough or chest cold
which refuses to yield to ordinary reme-
dies, get from any druggist 21s ounces
of PineX (50 cents WORTH, pour into a
pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain
graduated sugar syrup. Start taking
teaspOonful every hour OF two. In "a
hours your cough will be conquered or
very nearly so. Even whooping cough is
greatly relieved in this way.
The above mixture makes a full pint
"a family supply-of the finest cough
syrup that money could buy-at q cost
of only 81 cents. Easily prepared in 8
minutes. Full directions with Pinex.
This PineX and Sugar Syrup prepa-
ration takes right hold of a cough and
gives almost immediate relief. It loos.
ems the dry, hoarse or tight cough in a
way that is really remarkable. Also
quickly heals the inhamed membranes
which accompany a painful cough, and
stops the formation of phlegm in the
throat and bronchial tubes, thus ending
the persistent loose cough. Excellent for
bronchitis, spasmodic Group and winter
coughs; Keeps perfectly and tastes good
children like it,
Pinex is a special and highly concen.
trated compound OF genuine Norway pine
extract, rich In guaiacol, which is 80
healing 20 the membranes.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for '21z ounces OF PineX, do
not accept anything else, A guarantee
Of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt
ly refunded goes with this preparation
The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

at the doors OF modern chemistry. Not
more than the first step toward that
triumph has yet been taken. but Judging
by the history of all previous advances of
practical science, its complete achieve
ment is only a matter o. time, and per-
haps of a very short time.
Rubber is one OF the strangest products
Of nature. 1t possesses properties which,
until very recently, could not even be
initiated. IL its full usefulness TO man
could have been foreseen a generation
ago. IL would have been regarded as a
special gift OF Providence. just as it used
to be thought that the 'bTeadfrult," the
cocoanut with its milk and other
similar ''read-made foods Of the tropics
were specially designed for the main
tenance OF human being who lived in
climates too hot for daily work
Whatever view one may take Of the
theory that the earth was deliberately
furnished as a nome for man and filled
with things that would come in handy
for him. II is certainly a remarkable fact
that II there had been no rubber trees the
bicycle and the automobile would not have
been developed.
It was India rubber that made the pneu-
matte tire possible. and we should have
to give up the pneumatic tire today and
go back 10 the jolting lOcomotion Of our
fathers in case the rubber trees should
suddenly fail-unless the creators ct those
artificial rubber tires in Germany or other
chemists still more skllful could greatly
improve their product and enormously in
crease it's quality and decrease its cost.
But even the chemists would never have
thought OF such thing as rubber II
nature had not first produced It. And the
botanists, on their side are yet In a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
Advice to Lovelorn

snArRIcH YArRFAx

Gratitude.
Dear Miss Fairfax Three weeks ago
returned from n business trip in the
west and learned that during my alb
sense my mother had suffered "a serious
accident and was nursed by n girl
neighbor and her mother. | am going To
return 20 the west shortly. Would IL he
proper and manly for me to extend an
Invitation TO the girl and her mother to
live with us, as my own mother needs n
companion and ! Will be called away very
frequently? Would IL also be proper to
give this girl and her mother gift?
ED. X.
You must consider your own mother
first of all. II It would have her happy
10 have these kind nelghbors join house,
holds with her. ask them by all means,
You might very properly make some
little gift TO each OF the two who took
care OF your mother I'm her dime OF
need. | like your spirit OF appreciation;
II shows the depth Of feeling Cor your
mother.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

ing to DR.. Duis-
berg, in Dlberfeld.
Ii does not appear
whether this labor
atory rubber is as
good as natural
rubber or not. but.
at any rate, the
cost OF its produc-
ton at the present
time is prohibitive
from a commercial
point of view.
The facts above
mentioned suffice
TO call attention to
one of the great
est triumphs lying
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

Dear Miss Fairfax; Is II right for a
girl employed as a stenographer TO ac-
cept Invitations from her employer 10
spend a day on his yacht? lie has ofen
asked me 20 dinner, but always refused.
Ite Is keeping company with a girl and
expects TO be married this fall Can
you advise me what 10 do? l.. Il. ;.
strongly advise you against accepting
invitations from any engaged man, par
ticularly when that man Is your employer.
You must not dream OF spending the day
on any mans yacht unless you are chap
eroned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
Tale Bearers.

Dear Miss Fairfax I am 20 years old
and expect TO he married sOOn. My fiance
lives out OF town. Lately I found out
that the letters which l sent him are
opened by his family. ] wouldn't want
him 10 know that / was told OF this
nor do / want 10 send any more mail to
mis- home address. He always gets angry
at me when he finds out that listen TO
ANNA H.
Go on sending your letters to your
fiance's home. Try TO put in them moth
ing that you would be ashamed To have
other people to read, As a matter OF
fact the tale-bearer who said that his
people opened your letters is like all
gossips, not worth listening TO or be-
lieving. Get ready TO meet the family
OF the man you love with an open mind
and don't listen 10 tales against them,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
BY WILLIAM +. KIRK.

I asked Pa last mite what is a Dick
tator. Why? sed Pa 1 jest saw the
word in the paper, l sed, & l want to
know what 1t meens.
A Dick-tator, sed Pa, that is a vary
simpel word l am surprised to know
that you are not familyur with that word,
Bobbie. You ought to have Termed that
word long ago at skooE
Well, tell the child what it meens, sed
Ma, befoar 1 begin to think that you
doant know the meening of the word
yureself
Certingly I know the meening of the
word, sed Pa, & of course L will tell our
litel son what it meens. A Dick-tator.
sed Pa. is one who Dick-tates. Suppoas
you are my stenograffer. Bobbie, & l
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
The EXPLANATION.

George Conan. at luncheon at the
about a millionaire banker of 3d. whose
wife threatened 20 divorce him on ac-
count OF his ward" a beautiful chorus
girl OF II.
Home" said Mr.. Conan in his quaint
way home is whore the heart II. Well
some of our grand old millionaires are
have several homes. York Globe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
BY BLANCHE RING.

Who is Playing at The Palace in ooh,
Papa" a Tabloid Farce.
Show me the man or woman whose
smile begins in the heart and is re-
Elected on the face and I. will tell you
without asking that doctors and medicine
play only unimportant parts in that
persons life.
The dyspeptic. the idle woman whose
only occupation is enjoying poor health,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
BY GARRETT =. sERVISs.

The German emperor, II is reported,
of synthetic, or artificial rubber. Two or
three years ago artificial rubber tires were
in regular use on an automobile belong
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
Why My Wife Left Me
No The Man Who Was Domestic Tn Tells

the measure of the two generations OF
women. and it's a cold. hard fact which
we men will do well to sit up and take
notice OF.
Il married beautiful young woman,
with whom 1 was head over heels in
love, and with reason, for she had every
quality calculated to make her, under
proper conditions, an ideal mate for a
man She was intelligent and highly cd
ucated. college bred: she was keenly alert
and alive. and interested in everything
in the world; she had been in business
before we were married. and had COM
manded q good salary, and she was
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

Q. kindly inform me whether the
same projectile propelled by the same
power viii travel farther on a horizontal
line four feet from the ground than IL
projected vertically. Boas. San
Francisco Stock Exchange.
A. Farther vertically. Thus a bullet
fired vertically with a velocity of. say.
100 feet per second will ascend to a height
of 1853 feet; while IL fired with the same
speed horizontally. four feet from the
ground. VIII strike the earth at distance
OF fifty feet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

my mother
endured
her
prosecutions
without
a whimper
or a
protest.
My wife
went
to Reno"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30

OF an automobile or motorcycle
maintains a speed OF. say, sixty miles
an hour to hold its momentum on a 100
foot saucer-shaped track with a s5-degreS
slope, would the same machines hold their
momentum on a mile saucer-shaped track
with the same slope, 20 degrees. and at
the same speed?"--C. r, Austin, Union
OIL Co. OF California.
Ayes. Momentum equals mass multi
piled by velocity.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-12-30
The Smiles the Best Doctor
Blanche Ring Declares

The recipe
of this
popular
actress
for the
preservation
of good
health
is one
which every
woman
can afford
and
should not
be so
foolish
as to
neglect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Mrs. Lions Song

We are very glad % tell you Ia.
another % our readers who has .rs.
very hard has won a prize this VIE
1t is Percy Daycy-Syc, nine year,
old. OF 2l8 West ojd St. New Yr
City. Percy has been send.
drawings faithfully ever since 1.
lessons began. lie even seat TIC
III summer IRON Babylon. L0,
Island, where h. was spert-,
his vacation. The other prize W..
ncr this week /, Leona Koblish. ,a
years old. She did not put her 4
dress on her drawing. but ii she VI
send it to US We will be glad to e,
her prize.
We received other drawings b.
Hester Gleason. Essex Cor
Elizabeth Dctvill,r Jersey CO.
Nicoll f. Brown New liari'r
Conn: Marguerite Dgtwiiler Par
hcld. \. J.; Sol hauimau New Y@|
City; Helen Hacker Jersey %
and Helen White and Ruth Vh1|
..,., p-,,,L Y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Wonderland People

40,
ne'ru MIN say 0"' my ''"'' anu
"hiShefS' no" Ia'e II $ getting l"a'
is just what he says in the picture. In
L-o vollow letters underneath the rab.
.-,
urc is printed little quotation from
the book to help you remember There
t. oven q n.cture of the Caterpillar Sit
.... .....t..... ....r.;,a
''''7 90 ''P W '
MS long-Stemmed pIpe' ana under IL Is
written. AT last the Caterpillar took
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
By ROYAL DINON.

THE tall grasses have turned brown
Il and the leaves are falling, falling
everywhere. The squirrels are pre-
pairing their COY, warm nests in the
hollow trees. Here and there one
crosses the road with a nut in his
mouth. seeking 4 suitable place to
hide il for the winter. over the hills
is gray haze, and the early morning
grass wears a silver gray bloom OF
dew. Out OF the silence comes the
voice OF Mr. Robin. sitting high on a
branch of the wild hawl tree, teaSting
for his long Journey 10 the South.
The wind keeps pulling the leaves
from the trees and whispering.
You'd better he gone, Mr.. Robin,
October is here
Mr.. Robin hates to leave, for the
appleS are red, red, red, And wild
berries and fruits are everywhere.
October is 4 wonderful time in our
woods. Look at the mountain ash
bending with its scarlet fruit These
are what Mr.. Robin will feast on as
ne travels to the Gull States, and il
he grows too fat and becomes lazy
he can afford to take his time in the
woods, for Mother Nature has pre-
pared plenty OF berries for him.
Look how he Shuffles his feathers
That is because il is a chilly, windy
day. He keeps calling out TO his
neighborS i'm the nearby trees to get
ready if they are going with him.
There is a good deal OF talking among
the other hirdS-chirping, soft, hur-
rying notes. Mr. Blueiay acts as if
ne were going TO stay with us. Away
away in the north see a V-shaped
string OF wild geese flying toward
the South. Mr. Robin had better he
gone
But we are especially interested in
leaves. and their shapes and colors,
and what they dc. This is the red
season. and If We wish TO study them
we must hurry before they blow
away.
Most people believe that Jack Frost
turns things red and rirenS the nuts;
but he does not He Turns things
either dark brown or Black, and puts
an end to the rich scarlet colorS.
Leaves turn red when mineral matters
flow into them. In no other country
are the colorS SO rich and beautiful
as they are in America. Look At the
magnincentlv tinted oaks, naples,
dogwood>, hawlS, elms, tulips and
poplarS-al these with myriadS Of
others show us their varied and Won
derful color>. from deep rich puppies
10 dark crimSonS and oranges. And
even the ground is covered with q
gorgeous carpet OF leaves
Nature has been very careful IN
distributing her colorS. Look at the
sugar maple. We admire its rich
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

stands out so that il makes her look
quite fat
She sleeps with me at night-that
IS to say, she is in my room-but l
believe she doesn't sleep a wink all
night. Tor she is always scampering
about after q piece of paper, and
keeps me awake, too. can see her
big bright eyes at night glowing like
fire as she plays away at her mis-
chievous tasks.
She sits in my lap and purrs almost
as loud as rumbling cart.
wish that you could see her
you surely would be fascinated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

started them that we think YOU do
not need them any more. That, Of
course. does not mean that YOU do
not need to practise. You should
keep right on drawing pictures OF
anything YOU want to. And when
you have made one you think is
particularly good, send it to us and
we will give prizes for the best. We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

week. 1t is by Irving Shlel>tcin,
1900 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn.
He tells lis that ev ry afternoon
after ne comes home from school he
draws. and then il there is any time
left before dinner he plays baseball
or basketball. The boy in his picture
is drawing, So we wonder ii it is
supposed to be a picture OF himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

/OU all know the story OF Allce III
Wonderland, don't you-and all
the queer people she saw after
she followed the rabbit down the hole,
and after she went through the looking
glass? And you never get tired hear
inc about them. But wouldn't you like
70 wake up every morning and see
Cheshire Cat grinning at you from your
wall. OF the Mock Turtle singing his
song? And if you saw all these won
dcrful people on the walls around your
room you wouldn't have to ask mother
to tell YOU the story, or read II to you,
for YOU would remember it all yourself.
Now, there is store in New York
NlcHugh's. on AID st.-where all these
lectures may be bought. The figures
are shown on a tan background and are
stcncilled in nice bright reds and blues
and greens that can be easily seen.
Each picture is about ten inches wide
and fourteen inches deep. They are
fastened together in book form, but
may be easily taken apart and pasted
around the walls of the room in the
form OF a friezc, and some Of them are
shown below.
The first picture is of Mr.. Rabbit
himself. When Alice first saw him 'he
was looking at his watch and mutter-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

colorS rs much as we do its sugar.
Its color makes US happy; 1t heals
our mental blues, and We find a JOY
and sweetness in its very presence.
Every leaf has its peculiar color and
shape.
And if We wish to We may get a
wonderful picture of the leaves he
fore they blow away. "A photogra-
pher:" YOU ask. Oh, no The Leaf
takes its own picture for any one who
will give it a chance. What fun ii
must he for the leaf
Take any leaf, old or Young, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
MY KITTEN
By Helen Rice. Stockbridge. Mass.

! have the most cunning gray
kitten Her name is Sparklette. and
she lives up to her name, for she
sparkles everywhere. She is an An
CORA kitten. with beautiful soft gray
fur. which is 50 thick and long and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

WYE ARE going to tell you
w something which perhaps
some OF you will be sorry
to hear, and that is that we have
discontinued the drawing lessons.
Our reason, however. you ought to
be glad TO hear. It Is because you
have progressed so rapidly since we
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Drawing Contests

are going to give prizes for the bes-
stories. also, for many OF our read
ers send Us very good ones. We
think it might be good plan tor
you to try to illustrate your own
stories that YOU send us.
We arc printing one OF the best
three drawings we received this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

lection OF prints that will show all the
different kinds that grow in your
neighborhood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Sleepytime at the Zoo
BY LAURA 4. KIRKMAN.

BY LAURA A. KIRKMAN.
Mrs. Han.
garoo's Song
AT OW that you're asleep, my baby,
~ may softly sing
OF the bush in far Australia
OF the bush in Spring!
Yet, CULVER of your eyelids
Warns me not to start;
Lest you hear, and die in hearing,
With a broken heart.
Mrs. Sea
Gwll's Song
7 ONG ago, when there were oceans,
IL And great cliffs and sky,
There, among the golden sunbeams,
Mother used to fly.
But my little round-eyed birdie
May not use ner wings,
She may only blink and wonder,
While her mother sings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
MRS. Cancels Song

uUSH, my baby, go to sleep
Il Ere the suns last ray
Carries mother gently off
Miles and miles away
Carries mother gently off
To another land
Where great pyramids loom up
On a sea of sand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

Mrs. Badgers Song
THOUGH the wild hyena laughs
Very near our bed,
Though the lions awful roar
Echoes through our head,
We can snuggle, yawn and stretch
Unconcernedly:
o, my babe, they cannot come
Near to you and me!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04

Mrs. MochimG
Birds Son,
YOU shall have the robins 500,
4 And the phebe's cry,
And the cuckoo's gentle note,
For your lullaby.
[ can give them all to you
From the whippoorwills
To the thrush's evening song
With its haunting trills!
Mrs. Lions Song
YOU must learn to go to ,l..,
1 With a regal grace:
For, remember, you are born
King Of all our race.
Proudly must your head repOs
On your tawny arm;
Fearlessly your lips must ,ml.
Challenges to harm.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-07-19
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