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Consul Suffer Protests.

Ny. Suffer. the American consul at
Acapulco made protest against these
seizures. and for this was made the
victim OF certain indignities. A MeNi-
car assaulted him in the consulate with
stones. ana was shot and wounded by
Mr.. Suffer For this Mr., Suffer was
arrested and confined in Municipal Hail
and proceedings instituted against him
in the criminal court Later. owing to
i'll health. and upon recommendation of
a ply stefan. Mr.. Suffer was released on
bail
ION May :, 1877. Rear ADMIRAL Alex
ander Murray. commanding the United
states north Pacific squadron. with the
United States steamships Pensacola and
i.ackawauna, then at Acapulco. demand
ed q: the authorities that, in reparation
for the iudisnitcs committed against the
American consul. they should haul a
piece a. artillery in front of the con
Sulate AMI firc Il consular salute with
the american lag hosted on the con
syliar flagstaff after which the civil and
military authorities should pay the con-
sui visit of ceremony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13
BOYS FINE NEW WASH SUITS.

nsibge and Satisfactory Summer Clothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13

I'm Knitting and Crocheting.
all splendid OF the best
warns all weights and in plain and shaded coors
making any kind OF garment during the summer months
Columbia Warns are widely known for their
| excellence
Germantown and fold hank: box OF 10 hanks
and fold 1oc hank: box OF 10 hanks S2,5
| Shetland Floss ISc hank box of hanks SI.35.
Wool, hank: box of s hanks. Sis
Spanish Knitting Yarn e'e hank: box of 8 hanks IS
Knitting Yarn. $50 hank box Of hanks, SI.45.
Angora Wool. SOC ball
| Iceland Wool balls. each
| KNITTING NEEDLES OF wood. bone rubber and amber
ranging lowest price wood amber sc pair
CROCHETJNG NEEDLESS steel, wood, bone amber from
&c each
/ nl Coon r.IM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13

Brlgnter EffecTSs AND UTLe wEIIUe TIau w I'M FTSVd
originated and created that possessed
more beauty outline such refined the
showing. The variety practically limit
fashion hold u and many most
charming which expression are exclusively our
The Dainty White Hats i'm shapes and styles for
street and dress havesprung into unusual popularity;
each ONE has features that mark it as individual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13
Bows Base Ball Suits.

Suits made Of good quality material II gray. trimmed
with red or be consisting of shirt pants cap belt and hose,
priced each Other base ball suits at 81 50 and 5000
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

that the mistress should require that
certain work should be done by a certain
time, but after that why not leave the
maid free to do it I'm her own way with
cut interference? Every one of US know
that the most aggTavating and nerve
wearing thing in the world. is To have
someone stand over you while you work,
deluging you with IA continual flow Of
suggestions.
Yet that's the way many women treat
their maids. use the kitchen spoon for
this" Put pinch more spice in
Beat the eggs TO you instead OF from
you, Dust the bookcase before you do
the piano" So runs the chorus OF the
mistresss instruction to the maids work,
It is enough TO drive enc crazy, aud
there is no wonder too many cooks spoil
SO much good broth
Then why should the mistress arrogate
to herself the right TO pry into her maid =
private affairs, and chaperon her more
carefully than she does her own daugh-
ter? Nora's love affair with the police
man IL: her own affair. u she goes to
the movies instead OF to church on Sun
! day, it's nobody elsa's business IL she
spends her money for silly finery, instead
/ OF putting il into the savings bank II ID
| her privilege No man. employer attempts
! to regulate the affairs OF the people he
hires outside Of working hours, but o
woman feels that because she pays 0
maid six or seven dollars a week 1t gives
her a perfect right TO run the girls whoi,
! life,
! Believe me, the one recipe for keepint
/ a good servant IS TO keep out OF Tho
kitchen as much as possible. Try II
ladies. Concern yourself with results
Iirstoad " means. Just remember thai
every woman In the world has her way
OF doing things to which she is welded
with a deathcss affection, and that yol
interfere with this at your peril.
Accord to Bridget the right TO cook II
her own way so that the cooking is good
let Mary clean up in her own way 81
that the house Is tidy and you VII
never have TO haunt The intelligenc'
agency.
Try minding your own business as th'
best way Of keeping a servant
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
A Joke on Verdi.

Giorza the composer. who died recently
al Seattle used to tell the following
story:
once Verdi and l had apartments
opposite each other in Milan. The street
was narrow 1t was warm. and our win
dows were open. Verdi was writing one
Of his operas, ana after writing one aria
he sat down at the piano and played it.
decided to play Joke on him, so ! closed
the shutters, and when he got through !
sat down at my plano and played the
same thing Then l peeped through the
blinds and saw Verdi hanging half way
out Of his window, looking in all direc-
tians ] heard no more from his piano.
That evening. as we were walking
together. he was much preoccupied, and
1 asked him what was the matter.
Wei. GLORIA, he replied, Iwrote a
song this afternoon that was positive
was original, and yet as soon as ! played
IL some one else I'm the neighborhoOd
played the same thing. II worries me "a
think that I should believe anotheT's com
position WAS my own
Then told him the truth, and he was
happy"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

party Cheerfulness,. courtesy, kindness,
industry. health. patience, economy.
There are two ways to live-just two
one way right and one wrong. II your
life benefits humanity you are on the
right track; but II you are a bother a
worry. a menace and a burden to the
world you are on the wrong route and
will soon be up against it,
Everybody and everything will have il
in for you, because you will have it in for
yourselfs Then, when you begin 20 re-
pine, your bodily health will wane, and
inertia and weakness will seize you hand
and foot.
Weakness is the only slavery. Free
dom is the supreme good-freedom from
self-imposed limitations.
II is the law OF nature that the world
helps every person who is trying to help
himself. II you want TO be well and
strong and TO keep so, barring collision
with a benzine buggy, nature is on youI
sioe il you prove that you are on hers
We should all be in partnership with
nature.
II you are sincerely trying TO do youi
share OF the necessary work Of the world
nature will reward you in honors. money
and power
Keep goOd-natured DO not look fol
sights or insults. IL you can't get the
Job you want then take the one that yol
can get. The only way TO get a big place
is 10 show that you are not ashamed Il
fill a little one.
The world needs more commonsenst
men and women-just plain everyday
folks who belong 70 the commOnSe ens'
party.
The motto OF the new party is this
DO unto others as II you were the others
Commonsense folks when in doubt
mind their own business and II they d'
not know what to say, do not say II
When they speak OF their neighbors the,
mention only the best concerning them
for commonsense folks know that nom
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

I manage a hundred employees in my
store with less trouble than you do one
cook Why, I've got people that have
been with me ten years, and you have
such procession of maids through the
Kitchen that l never get to know them
by sight" witn which men greet their
wives announcement that Nora or Hilda
or Dinah has left, and they will have TO
have a picked up dinner. and begin a new
search for servant.
The man cant understand why his
wife is forever changing maids. The wo-
man can't comprehend why she can
never keep a servant. She tells you,
with tears in her eyes, that the work is
light, the maids room comfortable and
she pays good wages
Apparently the situation is highly de-
sirable, yet nobody remains in 1t long,
and the only way she can account for Il
Is by attributing it to some inexplicable
Vagary of "girls'-as II they belonged Ia
a different human species from mis-
tTesses.
Yet the real explanation is simplf
enough, and II consists in the fact that
the average woman is constitutionslIy
incapable OF attending 10 ner own Dusl'
ness, and she NEEDLES and interfere,
and nags at her servants until it gets OF
their nerves so they can't stand it.
Whenever you find a woman who at
tends to her end Of the work and let,
! her maids attend to theirs you will find
| . household in WHICH servants stay
on, happy and contented. year afteI
year
! IT'S a womans mama for having hel
| finger in every pie that's at the root o.
the servant girl problem. In trying [,
run her house she attempts also TO run
her servants affairs, n the house anC
out Of II, and no flesh and blood will
bear that. At least It won't in fire,
! America.
! When man hires clerk or book
keeper he permits him freedom to d,
| the work, within certain lines, IN hi
own way, and pretty much as he pleases
| II he accomplishes satisfactory result
! it is all that is necessary. His system Il
his own. No one frets at Him continually
or aggravates MIN with petty and inhn
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
COmmonsence Party and Its Platform

of us are so very good-certainly not
good enough to be put in a glass case.
The commonsense man knows that he
must get eight hours sleep; that he must
not overeat that he must give out lood
will IL he is to get it back; that he must
exercise In the open-air every day II he
is to keep well; and he realizes that II he
does not keep well he will be more or
less of a nuisance TO everybody in his
vicinity. and that he will fail utterly in
getting his share of health, wealth and
happiness.
Commonsense folks do not borrow
trouble or small sums of money, anticipat-
ing payday. They live within their
means, pay their debts. accept what
comes and are thankful that things are
not worse. Oh, %
They are cheerful loserH and cheerful
losers are always winners.
Folks who belong to the commonsense
party are healthy. hearty. happy and al
ways have all the money they need-evon
&c not all they want They attract con-
fidence, love. success and they succeed
because they just can't help it,
Commonsense folks know that every
QuLY wen Abnt llldhNb Aht aANNN NNNd
easier to DO. They also know that those
who never DO any more than they get
paid for never get paid for any more
than they do.
Come, get m line and join the common
sense party BE one with the people
Kipling tells of, who do their work ane
hold their peace-a part OF the tims al
least
Are you with US? II So, open savings
bank account and deposit the dues Of tbs
commonsense party-a dollar week n
more-to your own credit and watch th'
account grow. IT is yours. Remember
you are the center Of your own local cen
ter, also its president, secretary ant
treasurer, You are the captain Of YOU
soul. However. you are always to give
| the high-sigu and cooperate with al
other commonsense party centers, know
ing full well that you can only help your
| self as you help others.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
How to Spoil a Housemaid

tesimai hsir-spnttms details about the
way he does IL -f
When no is in ths midst Of making cut
bill, or adding up column Of figures,
the proprietor doesn't rush in with sug-
cestions or take "a napd IN the work just
long enough tn knock the other fellow s
System silly On the contrary the en-
ployer knows tLat 90 would simply put
the clerk out. end he attends to his own
busire ress and let's the clerk attend 70 his.
but do women allow their servants this
liberty" ..-.....
They do not No mistress would think
that she was doing her duty II she pet
mitted her cook To arrange her ldtchon
in her own way, with the pes and pans
where they were most handy to her nor
would she dream OF lctt,nS maid plan
out her work and follow her own plans
or have chance TO Use such mind and
Judgment az the Lord gave hen Yet
servants have their own ideas ami way
of doing things lust as much as any fine
lady. f.s.....
Nor is there any reason why servant
shouldn't he treated on the same plane
as any other cmploye. II is but right
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
The War at Our Doors

was greater. This Is why John Ruskin,
speaking TO u body Of young men in
training as officers OF the British army,
said to them:
You fancy perhaps. that there In a
severe sense Of duty mixed with these
psacocky motives? And In the best OF
you there IL. But do not think that L.
Is principle. II you cared 20 do your
duty to your country in a proAaic aud
unsentimental way. depend upon il, there
Is now truer duty to be done in raising
hsrvests than IN burning them: more in
building houses than in shelling them.
more in winning money by your own
work, wherewith to help men, than in
other peoples work. taxing for money
iwherewith TO slay men more duty,
finally, In honest and unselfish Twins
than IN honest and unselflsh dying
though that seems 20 your boys eyes
the bTsvest."
! Let MS do honor to the worlds noblest
warriors-those who battle with human
stupidity. Huxley wBs as gallant a
fighter for life and libertyjas ever tossed
his hat into the rims and followed It with
a cry OF Joy. Yet when he contemplate,
the age-long stupidity of the race his
psssimlsm is 50 pessimistic that. like the
Egyptian darkness. IT can be felt Her,
llt is:
II know no study which 10 so unut.
torably saddening as--that OF the evoiu
ton of humanity. as 1t is. set forth in tht
annals of history. out Of the darkness
oC prehistoric ages Dlan emerges with
the marks OF his lowiy origin stropG
upon him. lie is brute, only NOR,
intelligent than the other bTutee; a blin'
prey TO impulses which. as often. as not
lead him 10 destruction; a victim o
endless Illusions which make his lnenta
existence terror and burden and m
his physical life with barren toll AM
battle
"He sttains n certain degree OF physi
eel comfort. and devlops more or les
workable theory OF lie In such fayorabl
situations az the plains of Mesopotamil
or Of Egypt. and then. for thousand
and thousands OF years. struggles, witt
varying fortunes. attended by intnit
wickedness bloodshed and misery. Z
maintain himself at this point agains
the greed and ambition Of his fellow men
He makes a point Of killing and other
wise prosecuting. all those VINO first r.
to get him TO m9ye on, and when he ha
moved on a step. foOlishly confers post
mortem dedication OF his Victims. II
exactly repeats the process with al VIII
want 10 maye step yet farther"
II Is simply not true-not true in spiri
and Ia prophecy Against stupidity tn
gods themselves fight poWeriess," sal
the NiFe ancients. but they were wrong
or n they were right. men and wome
have done what the gods could not DC
For we are winning in this war. Every
body may have a share In the Victory.
The fighting Is good all along the line
From the president OF a state universit
To the kindersarten teacher and fror
the editor With his million readers TO tn
man In the smoking car who knocks
lntue common sense into the stupldes
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
by REV. c. f. AKED, DID,, LII. ID.


The world divides its admiration be.
tween the persons who destroy life and
those who spend their days in efforts 10
save II.
The soldier has been the object OF all
mems regard. In any city In the world
whose streets are crowded with monu-
ments 10 heroes those erected to the
memory of fighting men predominste.
In any country the soldiers uniform ls
the badge Of honor. Century by century
our race has awarded the prizes of life
and pomp and power TO the man whose
business Il is 10 kill men.
But the world honors also those who
live 10 save men-the phllanthropists OF
all the ages The wealth and learning
and. influence OF q great city pay homage
10 d citizen whose name is Synonymous
with practical philanthropy and bene-
flcent public service. Prophets, apostles,
martyrs the poet laurel crowned, the
man of science with calm gaze searching
the depths OF infinite being and the mis-
sionary who himself repeats creations
primal word, Let there be light" are
enshrined In our hearts as the makers
and masters OF men.
It Is curious. Why should We honor
him who kills und him who makes alive
Can we not distinguish between them7
Are our minds built. indeed. in water
! tight compartments and our souls. too?
Are our instincts chaotic? And our emo
tions, are thoy founded In unreason and
90 they lead but to folly'
Human nature is, indeed. compounded
Of complexities and contradictions, but
4 for this apparent anomaly rational
/ basis may be found In the ultimate
analysis theTC is one ideal for the fighter
and for the phllsnthropist. for the mar
whose business II IL TO XIII and for him
who lives 10 make alive
The ideal IL sacrifice for the common
good. In the case OF the fighting mar
the ideal is often wretchedly obscured
is. at times. totally lost sight Of Never,
theless the ideal OF the warrior remains
as an Ideal
And the world has agreed 10 pay houul
to the soldier. not because he Is read,
20 kill. but because he Is ready 10 die
The world has agreed to pay honor e
him because Il understands that with M,
and youth and health and Joy and wifi,
and home, and little ones. and all tina
makes life worth living behind him, to b,
won and held by retreat, with torture
wounds death Ia front OF him, he vii
scorn liberty ans life, choose death ant
honor.
This is the soldiers ideal This IL IN,
warriors glory,
The soldiers honor and the warrior
ideal are not the highest and modest con
ceiyable, The ancient systems OF Indli
placed the priest above the warrior An,
for good reason The ideal of the war
rlor is 20 die for men The ideal OF III,
priest Is 10 live for men. And II Is no
bier thing 10 live for men than 10 die 70
men.
So those ancient systems thought. an,
they thought truly, \ death OF self-sac
liince seemed great; life Of self-sacrlflc
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
Earthbound
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.

BY CONSTANCE CLARhE.
! did not choose the valley road
The way of ease was not my choice.
! longed to bear a heavy load;
/ sought pain in the winds cold voice.
l longed to feel the breathless chill
OF stranger countries on my brow.
God knows It has not been my will
That am untried now
But since / may not scale the heights
Whence fellow souls have climbed to fame,
I'll linger near the valley lights
And lave my tired feet in their flame.
! did not choose the valley road;
/ eyed the beekoning peaks above,
! did not choose my own abode
God wlled that I should dwell with love.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

e | hical, commercial
and religious.
Women and chill
dren are eligible and
vote the same as
men. No one is too
old and none too
young TO join. Your
past record will not
count against yo u
unless you are too
boastful OF il.
There. are no rites
OF initiationAno An
goras to ride = and
you can never be
put out of the party
unless you hand in
your resignation 70
your cosnic self.
Here Is the basis
- 4L q.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

W. EAAlNSEH y dAAl
had been e. dauKh-
ter OF Eve, instead
Of n sor, he would
never have asked:
Am ] my Brothers $
X c g p c r2' II c
wouldn't even ! ave
raised tn . point.
lie would have been
So perfectly sure
that he had a right
to manage all OF
Abel's affairs, and
regulate his COM
irgs In and his GO
iugs out.
Perhaps few re
marks are more fire.
Quently heari in tho
Family circle than
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

'nan he ever met in his life. !" we All bAvs
our chanae,
Besides, there Is oneself Does not
Carlyle cxhort US: Arrest your knayes
and dRstsrds. Arrest yourself! Make
yourself an honest man. and there win
he one rogue less IN the worldl'
Think OF what each one OF us can do
to reduce the sum Of our natural iSnoF-
snce' THIS is the war which Is At ouE
doors,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
Nadame ke.bek
Beauty Lessoo~
OhesIty-CsntInued.
LESSON Nu-PART ~.

Obesity-Centinued
Some systems can take care OF mors
food than others. due 10 some peculiaritN
of assimilation. Some natures work off
Fat easily The dangerous cases, how
ever. and. unfortunately, the most com
mon are those that gain flesh slowly but
surely, the first gain heing 80 small that
the subject Ia hardly alarmed over it.
IL is stated by specialists on this sub
iest that the deposit of one-fourth Of an
ounce OF fat daily viii increase the
weight flfty-seVen pounds In ten years.
So, Il is easy TO see that, II you start in
with this little increase at the age OF 20,
so Will probably find you a very stout
person II is far caster TO get ria OF the
excess flesh at 20 and by a judicious diet
and system OF exercising keep the weight
at the same figure than Il would be TO re-
duce fifty-seven pounds ten years hence.
That would require really heroic treat
ment.
| As have stated before. the kind Of
| food eaton as well as the amount governs
! the increase OF fat. Some years ago when
this idea obtained general recognition
( those who wished TO reduce lived on a
/ diet entirely devoid OF flesh h-malSinE
/ foods. This was called "Banting'' after
the name OF the English doctor who ad-
/ Nised II for his patients, The regime
recommended by DR. Banting and his
! followers In as follows:
! For breakfast two soft boiled eggs,
toasted. unbuttered bread, weak tea with
| out sugar.
| For luncheon lean meat. either beef,
mutton or chicken green vegetables
served without butter. cheese and fruit
! Dinner the same as the noon meal with
if desired. the substitution Of a salad in
| place of the vegetable
This regime excludes any liquid at all
from tho noon and evening meals Fresh
water or unsweetened lemonade may be
partalen OF freely between meals, prefer
ably an hour before or an hovr after
oatlng.
Lesson MI TO be continued
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

Advice to Lovelorn

NIIacI,irf NIakpra.

Mischief MRkera.
Dear Miss Fairfax; am q young man.
p years OF age, and engaged TO a young
lRay three years my junior. j love this
girl with ali my heart. and know that
she, too. loves me. But some OF her girl
friends are doing all In their power to ger
US apart. much to my misery FIRST
they come and tell me things about her
which | know are not true (even ~ they
were l wouldn't care as truly love heE) (;
and, when they sec that I don't listen TO
what they have 10 say, then they 90 back
and tell her untrue things about me
sometimes my friend believes what .they
tell her about me. which makes me feel
very badly Please let me know IL yoh
think she loves me truly when she be-
lleves what these girls tell her I know !
could never live without this girl
You. as a man have the stronger na-
ture in regard 10 gossip. IL IL too bad
that these mlschief-makers can influence
your fiancee: but they probably play on
her feelings oleverly. ! am sure, how
ever, that love as sincere as yours means
much TO her Teach her how false these
gossiping friends. are. and urge her to
give them up.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
BY DOROTHY DIX.

one Of the reasons why the servant
question is IA perpetually acute one in
most households is because the average
woman never learns to mind her own
htse{peEe ftagp
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01
BY ELBEKT HUBBARD

Here is the outline of a new party. The
truths it expresses are the oldest known
to man.
1t is at once political. social economic,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-01

Dear Miss FairfaN: ] ann a man g
years old and | dearly love a LADY 81
years old. She likes me as a son, but she
says she is too old for men, but as long rs
l love her. ] know / will make her y
good husband. Don't You think I am old
enough. Please advise Inc what TO do.
L. V
The lady is right She might love you
as a son. but as a husband. never. Look
around for soineOne nearer your age.