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This the young man considers shock
ing, and he opines that the reason that
so many men don't marry is because they
cannot find any of the sweet, old-fash-
ioned maldens who agree with the poet,
that love is enough. and who never ask
for Bradstreet's blessing on their mar
riage.
think this matrimonial cynic, like a
good many other cynics. doesn't under
stand the situation at which he SCOTS.
In the first place. there were never so
few mercenary marriages made as are
made today. The woman Of the past had
TO marry for home and a meal ticket.
Also she had to marry to escape depend
ence and to have any individual place In
the world.
In our grandmother's day the only gain
ful occupations open to women were do
nestle service. factory work, sewing
and teaching. All were miserably ll-paid.
and so II grandma wanted decent living
she had to marry II. Also an old maid
was a figure of fun. despised, put upon,
the fringe on some family that didn't
want any appliqued edge Of poor female
relations.
So, IL grandma desired home OF her
own, and position in society. and 70 be
admired and respected, she had TO marry
an establishment, no matter what sort OF
feeling she had about the gentleman who
produced the wherewithal.
The net result Of this was that women
shamelessly married, whether they loved
or not, because marriage was the only
open door TO career and livelihood.
Without doubt a thousand women In
the past made a sordid. mercenary mar
riage, literally sold themselves in mar
riage. where one woman does now. For
the first time in the history Of the world
women are free 70 follow the dictates OF
their own hearts in matrimony. because
with all the avenues OF gainful occupa,-
ton that have opened up before the
feminine sex. the modern girl can sup
port herself as well as the average hus-
band Is like to do.
The girl with Job can afford to marry
for love, and the man that she says yes
TO can rest in perfect satisfaction that he
Is loved for himself alone. and loved
greatly, because the girl OF today thinks
long while before she surTenders her
Individual pocketbook ana freedom The
girl doesn't marry 20 get somebody 70
pay for her hats and gowns. On the
other hand. she expects TO renounce most
OF these friy0ls by marrying, for observa-
ton has taught her that the woman who
earns her own clothes generally has many
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14

That is all the Creator demands OF us
and lie demands II OF all OF us.
There Il no injustice IN the fact that
somo are given marble and somo are
given wood; that some must spend
their days among vegetables and some
among flowera
when we begin this life we receive ex-
aotly that whiah we have earned IN other
incarnRtions. IL depends entirely upon
ourselves what use we make OF the ma
terials given US
Instead of looking with envy and
jealousy at our neighbors who have bet
tor materials than we on which TO toll,
we should utilize every hour OF our lives
In making the best use OF our own ma
terial. Just as each railroad train has
It's own track, so each mortal is given
his own life path, or. rather. he has Sc
lected his own life path. by his deeds In
the past, even though he may have for
gotten those deeds
Imagine the chaos and confusion which
would come II one train tried TO leave
It's track and jump over upon that Of an
other. because that ono led into pleas
antor scenery. Keep to your own track.
follow your own headlight. and you win
eventually reach the station where you
belong.
Life pay" when we can look back
across each year and feel that we have
made some progress in the development
of character.
Life pays" when we realize that we
have tried honestly and uns6lfishly 20
help some one. No matter II we have
failed In that effort. and the one for
whom Il was mnde has not appreciated
our act. the fact that we have tried
means growth.
When we stop trying to be helpful we
stop growing. When we want any re-
ward for our efforts at helpfulneSs. even
a reward of gratitude. we may be sure
they are not wholly unselfish instincts
which guided us.
To do good for goods sake-that lie the
only right ambition.
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man can support family or not. instead
of waiting till after marriage to find out
that he can't
In poetry and novels romance is all that
young couple needs to start housekeep-
ing upon, but In real life II takes bank
account. and unless that IL forthcoming
the romance melts away like mist IN a
morning sun. Nobody Is sentimental when
he Is hungry. and cold. and shabby And
when the bill collector begins pounding
on the door Cupid beats 1t out OF the
window, 1t takes full stomach. as we'll
as a full heort, to inspire lovemaking.
These arc trhsms as old as civilization,
and II doesn't kill romance. II promates
romance TO bear them In mind OF all
disastrous marriages none more quickly
ends In misery and disillusionment than
those which are not supported by an ade-
quate financial plank. and II girls have
acquired enough sense 20 inquire into the
state OF mans pocketbook. as well as
his affections, before they marry. it's go
ing to do more than any other one thing
to stop divorce.
II this Is what the commerciahsation OF
matrimony means. then the commerciali-
zation OF matrimony meets a long-felt
want. Let's have more OF II.
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lection Of such utensils, and he had 20
have a considerable supply on hand. be-
cause great numbers of guests were ac-
customed to sit down at the feasts given
in his hall
Servants carried around basins TO each
guest and poured water over his or her
hands from the mouth Of some grotesque
figure, like those shown. Then a napkin
was used TO dry the hands This opera
ton was repeated more or less fredunetly
during the meal, according to the nature
of the food consumed. Later on II seems
to have become customary TO perform
the preliminary and the final washing OF
the hands at the entrance OF the dining
hall There servitors stood with basins,
aduamanilles and napkins.
The aquamanllles. and their predeces-
sors, the ''gemellibus," which were less
convenient ,bowl-llke vessels. were made
of brass, bronze or copper. and sometimes
OF silver. In the inventories of the house
hold plate of some OF the French rulers
particular specimens OF aquamanilles, or
aiguieres. are described with considerable
detail. Thus, John II of Bretagne had
IAN aiguiere Of a man sitting on a SER
pent with gilded and enameled wings"
and another Of man seated on an
enamelled clock, besides "a square
aiguiere supported on the backs of three
young lions" This was in the thirteenth
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
BY ANN Isle.


There was once q girl who was very
unhappy. Life had hurt her cruelty by
showing her the promised land OF love
and happiness and then taking from her
at once the prophet who had led her
there. and the knowledge OF how TO find
the path--And leaving with her the
memory OF her one glimpse into ell tho
loveliness that was denied her.
All that she wanted It was impossible
for the girl to have. And she could not
bring herself TO want any OF the things
that were within her grasp. She could
find no measure of happiness in any
thing that happened TO her. When her
great goal Of desire was taken from her.
none OF the little goals OF every day mat
tered to her. All her days were quiet
and drab. And the girl found no con-
tentment In the quiet that followed her
DAYS OF lovely melody.
There was a black spot in the girl's 3
heart. And every day she unlocked tho
door OF her heart and took out the ugly
black spot and looked at It, ana showed
II TO other people. And soon she began
TO feel that in her heart there was moth
ing but that ugly black spot
The girl hated love and feared II. be-
cause once love had made her suffer so.
And when other men came into the girls
world and tried TO cheer her or even
thought OF loving her. she sneered and
sent them away, for she knew how love
could deceive.
She remembered all she had suffered
as a dreadful warning against putting
herself In a position where she could
again suffer so. She deliberately remem-
bered all she had suffered.
''Loyei" she laughed. THAT is a far
cical name for the most despicable sell
fishness OF man"
soon there came a hard look into her
eyes. Il was cupidity coming into her
soul She remembered that she was
pretty and young. and she wondered if
she could not use these things 10 buy
herself a little forgetfulness. So she
made herself pretty in new gown and
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
By Gouverneur Morris
and
Charles w. Goddard
synopsis Of revlous Chapters.
Ossvr,sAs. lsiS. s.ar Company.

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John Amesoury is killed in q railroad
accident, ana hls wife, one of America
most beauttfut women, dies from the
shock, ieavlns a 3-yeai-0id daugnler' Mno
Is taken by Prof oJiIitIers agent Oh the
interests. far ,nto the Adironoaeks, i's, wnere
Fifteen years Iater Tommy Barclay, VINO
has just quarreied with his adopted
caus iasnT tss Ssr imSS noW @ Known as ceestia,
in company with Prof Stilliter. IoHIny
takes the girl to New York, where sne
falls Into the clutches or noteo pro
curess, but Is able to win over the
woman by her peculiar hypnotic power.
Here she attracts Freddie the Ferret,
who becomes attached to her. AT a oiB
clothing factory, where she goes 70 work'
ana Is saved from being burned TO death
by Tommy. About this time Sti!liter,
Barclay and others who are working TO.
gether, decide 1t is time to make use OF
Celestia, who has been trained to think
of herself as divine and come from
heaven. The first place they send her Is
coal miners are on o strike. Tommy has
gone there, too, and Mrs. Gunsdorf, wlfe
the miners leader, falls in love with him
and denounces him to the men when ne
spurns her Celestia saves Tommy from
being lynched. and also settles the strike
by winning over Kehr, the agent OF the
bosses, and Barclay, sr. Mary Black
stone; who Is also IN love with tommy. Ton ny
has discovered through her jealousy.
Kehr is named as candidate for president
on a ticket that has Stilliters support,
and Tommy Barclay Is named on the
miners ticket Stilliter processes him
self in love with Celestia and wants to
get her for himself. Tommy urges her
Mn. Gunsdorf TO try to murder Celestia.
while the latter is on her campaign tour,
travelling on a snow white train. Mrs.
Gunsdorf is again hypnotized by Celestia
and the murder averted.
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knifo that he carried against his mortal
fear Of Stilliter. he drew a deep breath
and followed after them up the noun
tain side, on feet that made no sound
In far New York, the triumvirate dining
at Gordon Barclays house, received the
following telegram, so sure was he Of
outwitting Tommy. from the village in
which he had intended to marry Celes-
tia;
Wayside, Adirondscls.
To Gordon Barclay, Esquire:
Sure now that the cause for which she
came to earth will triumph. Celesta tne l
shall never see her any more; more ,,,rv,t,
Said semmes: 1.-THE blank of a blank
has abducted her himself
said sturtevant: What the devil does
he meanr
Gordon Barclay, after thought said:
''Her work is over. We are going to win
There is no doubt about that. 1t is
better for humanity that she should go.
And vet 1t is very horrible to thtnk-to
think what 1t is possible to think.
hope to God that It wasn't bungled-
that she didn't suffer"
He was silent for a moment. Then,
his voice STRENGTHENING:
THE gospel that we have taught her
to preach has more to 1t than we thought.
Let us speak bluntly. Many years ago
the scheme was convicted by greed and
the lust of power. With the years, these
passions fail in me. 1 would like to
do good to humanity Our scheme-the
gospel which we have preached through
Celestia is a weapon with a double edge
philosophy to use-or abuse. II 1 am
elected president, gentlemen, l shall dc
what / may to-to-oh. you know what
mean, . thought 1 wanted
power. To hell with powerl want to
be great"
He shut his mouth on the word like a
steel trap and, deeply moved, sent for
his butler, and told him to bring another
bottle of wine.
Celestia and stilleter came to the door
of a little log hut
THAT" said the psychologian. "is the
gate to Heaven--enter. my angel
AS the beast was about to force heI
into the hut the silence of the night was
broken by a twig cracking sound that
might have been made by a cautious foot
pressing gently on very dry twig
Stiileter faced sharply about, and list
ened.
His eyeglasses and his strong white
teeth, the upper lip being drawn back
with a kind of snarl of apprehension
cleaned IN the moonlight.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
THIRTEENTH EPISODE.

Freddie the Ferret had not given
warning for the simple reason that Prof.
Stilleter had not reached the cave by
the trail along which Freddie was cut
ting balsam from the shrubbier trees.
He had come up from a different direc-
tion, ana entered the cave by its other
mouth. He had expected to find Tommy
and Celestia somewhere in its depths
As we know he had found only Tommy
Having, as he' thought. disposed of
Tommy, he had now to find Celestial
who was. as he imagined, somewhere
near the outer entrance to the cave. And
there. just within IL, he found her,
rommy's coat about her shoulders
Come" he said.
The driver told me to wait for him. -
Il tell you to come with me. You are
no longer TO obey the driver. He Is a
dirty hound
She rose with kind Of reluctance.
The driver is a dirty hound" re-
peated the professor. Say It yourself. %
''He is a dirty hound"
He is dead. Say you are glad"
II am glad"
you want to come with me-,
II want 10 come with you"
up the mountain there Is a minister
and witness We are going to be mar
ried tonight. I have telegraphed the
triumvlTate that. your work done. YOU
have gone back to heaven. Soon you will
De In heaven. Say that Il will be heaven
with me-my bride"
1t win De heaven with you"
Nothing colder or more automatic than
Ielestia's voice can be imagined
Kiss me-
she kissed MIN. And as to what has
been said of her voice the same may be
said OF her kiss. And at that moment
1t may be said that Prof stilIeter earned
whatever fate might befan him.
Grinning like a satyr. his pulses thun-
dering with passion. the Beast took
Beauty by the hand and led her 70 the
mountain side toward a little hut that
was known TO him.
At that moment Tommy cropping IN the
darkness, half dead with dread and
anxiety. had not yet found his candle
but was Just going to-too late to be OF
any help.
But. at that moment also Freddie the
Ferret. coming up the trail. with his
usual luck. perceived celestia and the
professor la the moonlight.
He dared not shout to Tommy I'm the
cavs He laid down the great double
armful OF baisam boughs on which his
divinity was 10 have rested. and. weigh
ing in his unbalanced mind the little pen
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
Try 10 win Their Consent.

Dear Miss Fairfax: / am 10 ana have
known a young man three years my
senior Tor six months He has told me ne
he means II. Lately he asked me 10 marry
him, He has met my people, but they
don't seem 10 like him. I love him
tell them after. as i can't give him up.
lie has a good position. TROUBLED.
Your people may come 20 like this young
man when they know him better. Be a
little patient II he has real worth and
there is no objection to him tbat Is worth
your consideration. your family will
surely give their consent 20 your mar
rage in time. You are young. Don't do
anything rash
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
The Bees Home Magazine page
The Idol
BY JANE MLEAN.

quaint, squat idol, carved and old.
Cut from a piece of jade,
With eyes that, looking inward, hold
Long thoughts that never fade.
II speaks of dynasties and powers
Now crumbled into dust;
OF ruined minarets and towers,
OF faded Joy and trust.
OF mummied figures, thickly bound;
OF scents Of Araby,
And ancient time forgot, unwound
Abreast a sapphire sea.
OF winds spice-laden, honey-sweet,
OF blistering desert sands;
OF fronded palms and languid heat,
And far Egyptian lands.
OF rugs barbaric hued and soft,
or silks in gorgeous strips,
OF skies gemmed thick with stars aloft,
OF songs and scarlet lips.
A SQUAT Jade Idol, quaint and old,
With jewelled eyes aflame.
Hid in an antique shop, unsold.
Dreaming OF whence he came.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14

uon Oh maulnony.
We says scorn-
fully that in these
alys girls do not
marry for love, as
their grandmothers
did. but that they
regard marriage as
a business PROPOSE
ton, and that un-
less a man can
offer them a com
Portable living they
will have none of
him. He further al
leges that when a
man asks the mod
ern girl to marry
him she actually
has the nerve to
ask him what he
makes. and what
hia nroanActa are.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14

mcnt. IL meane
taking the rough
stone or marble
and chipping away
at it until you
bring forth the di-
vino statue.
II means wedding
your garden of all
noxlous plants and
unsightly q h ru BIS
and making II a
beautiful spot to
please the eye and
rest the mind. All
statues and all
gardens may not
bo the same. We
arc not all given
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14

marble, nor are we all permitted to cui-
tivate flowers. Some of us must use COM
mon stone. or oven wood. and we must
cultivate vegetables. instead OF flowers.
But OF that material which Is given 70
US, we must mako the very best use.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright 1915. by the star Company.
II one poor burdened toiler DER lfes
road,
Who meets us by the way
Goes ON less conscious OF his Calling
load
Then life. indeed does pay.
II some despondont soul to hope is
gain
That lies always In loss,
Why, then, we too are paid for all the
pain
OF bearing lifos hard cross.
In some despondent soul to hope is
stirred,
Some sad lip made to smile,
BY any act OF ours, or any word,
Then life has been worth while.
brilliant man, occupying a high posi-
ton in life, said TO a friend; what does
the game of life mean. anyway What is
It for. and does It pay7"
The game OF life means self-develop-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
by DOROTHY DIX.

A young man, who AYERS he is OF a !
sentimental nature. complains bitterly
about what no calls the commercializa- |
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CTo Be Continued Monday)
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0I personality Ite strawberry plant. he
throws nuf suckers 'o absorb new experiences
and so to enlarge and enrich his personality.
and the object OF bis ART is the uplifting and
the enlargement OF life % is the warm. evolv.
Ing ne which interests tIe poet the corpse
az life which Interests the philosopher. for
strictly speaking. philosophy a. the antithesls
OF poetry.
Philosophy isolates certain aspects OF life
that o., cuts them on from the body OF which
iu reality they form an inteHrai part-and in
this artificial condition analyzos them 10 is
concerned with Intellect ulfh lDFic. with the
construction Of a certain dosiEn. and since % e
hf.ed on past cNpDii.uce. lia business On Win
He CASTOR slough Of Ifo.
TIDE poet ON The other hand deals with the
arrangement Of Ger ain selected facts into
warm. overovolvinF facts of lfo indeed IN.
HHmuch na Do creates emotion. Do creates life
ITSELF The philosopher le The student. the
rnn' ia ihc athlete AZ "a matter rf actual fact
.. uTIo.0rH. which nHe had influence on
wan.Ird 'a rerucH'rf rifN fho ariri' 1f poetry.
'ncrcd philosophy pare ard unsllcyef Ie ur.
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OF outlook on the whole range Of life The
writing Of poetry is simply the consequence.
not The cause Of bis outlook A mans poetry
is Tho expression Of his religion. In the truest
sense Of the word
Poetry. az ! understand ~. attempts 20 make
OF iife pm ordered and beautiful thing. % .a
Tho impulse .oward perfect sanity. toward the
complete. possible seifknowledEe and self
control. not. as seems 20 be- generally believed
among those not Interested Boo the arts. kind
~ hloodlese and wistful iunacy 7 hasten to
admit That fIIa latter tioU docs not spring
entirely from ignorant prejudice. The un-
kompt. absent minded poet o. palnful-though
fortunately not r. very frequent fact aud
moves Futureilko through our midst Dol fo
fnr ar those pecuiarflcs OF bite are uninfcn.
tional. De is 10 be pited. but whether They
are roEroftable accidents or carefully studied
Hlufnmruf9 me fact thar hc Possesses them
proves him In those respects failure na
trTn poet
frn aspect NJ ifa which Interests no no.f
Z Z aciCe cmoiionsl sI6s The ceyslo gmsnts
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and a Poet

thinkable. for the mind OF man is not divided
into alright compartments. and therefore
each thing which q contains Is interpenetrated
by everything else. u might also be asserted
with equal truth that the nuest poetry Is per.
meated with the spirit OF philosophy
A poem is first and foremost an expressed
emotion. 70 A. an attempt 20 catch and make
permanent an intense sensation. vivid eHperi
cnce Without emotion poem ls impossible.
but 50 long a. Us essence ls emotion-that be-,
30 LONG az 90 is deeply felt truly experienced
and not onl thought and reasoned 10 may be
philosophical scientific. didaCtc. anything
which the poet chooses.
Whatever form it takes o. VII be warm and
alive. being fundamentally an emotional thing
Don THIS Characteristic poetry a. Identical with
music. for piece Of music. n % is % Justify
ts existence a. all. must. On the hrst place
appeal fo the emotions. n 20 does not Thea
We have mo- use FOR 10 On the realm % art
though 81 might possibly ind accommodation
H fIn realms ~ science But once 90 has
raurf fh' tribunal Of emotions 10 can take
sny form whatever Prom double fueuc n
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mathematical exactltude To- the freest tone
poem. The test Is always the same
Poetry. In is original sense OF al. artistic
creation, is the central impulse Of civilized
lie. 10 Is the poetic impulse which impels
men % make life worth living. more ORDERLY
more happy, 20 enlarge their personalities. 10
create a little world Of their own around them
u is In obedience TO this Impulse that the I'm.
habitant OF wretched slum puts q geranfuus
pot IN ner window or sacrifices a few 9encs
for en- old table cloth for her table. Roth are
useless from a practical point OF view. price.
less from the point OF view Of the soul for
they appeal 90 some underlined ideal In her.
% her they are bcautifui-new space FOR bef
cramped personality 10 stretch its wings IN
Pm her attempt % change her room from q
hoVel OF mere necessity 90 a home pleasing 70
her imagination. she o. Just as much making
a poem as tho poet who literally writes ono
~ enthuslasn' at doiight on the pressing
toward some cherished IDEAL A. ne r,s,ffe.t..
ton ~ the poetic impulse and NJ fhe mo
ments when these things take strong hold Of ne
20 are poets