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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-03

firmly established herself as q musician
Of high rank through her work. both As
- an artisuc concert payer. Sne -
looking forward 10 an unusually busy
season, as her present enrolment OF pu-
pills n already large
. Miss Cieve Il member OF the Clef
club and Of the Tuesday Morning Mu-
sicale club. and win appear on this clubs
December program at the Fontenelle.
She recently gave a program at the
Clarkson hospital
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-03
"christensen ststem."

"Chrfstensen system."
Testimonials from Omaha pupils
II have now completed the course OF
twenty lessons and / wish TO say I am
delighted with your Snetlrods OF instruo-
ton. when I began hardly knew one
note from anotherj now ] am playing a
number of up-to-date pieces that cause
my friends 70 sit up and take notice. ]
will be glad 70 recommend your method
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

I'll don't -thinkII mean. it'S too
late for funeral" said the girl, turn.
ing away listlessly.
Suddenly the man dropped Pee
Wees hand and bent over the Kiri.
talking fast, and. to Pee Wee, unin-
telligibly.
1T isn't-it isn't" he insisted. Then
they ignored Pee Wee entirely.
"Are you going to have . funeral or
aren't you?" Pee Wee demanded
Grossly. after . period Of strain.
The man turned to her.
mo, we're going to have q resur.
rection;" and he helped the girl to
her feet
Pee Wee was deeply cut at his
treachery. But somehow this time q
steely pride supported her. She Get
her chin and shook out her curls.
"An right" she said. AL right"
When she had put . few steps be-
tween herself and them, she said
again IAN right. But you can't
have my mouse in your resurrection. I"
Then she dropped It into crevice
OF two rocks and went back to the
hotel to beg . cookie Of the China.
man. leaving the lovers to their resur.
rection and the foxtails to the wind.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31


Nervousness may not be catalogued
a. q disease. but II It IL not. It Ger.
tainly should be.
The mother who 10 nervous will al.
ways have q nervous baby. and unless
that baby Is treated in the proper
manner the nerves will develop most
troublesome habits. to say the least.
Take. for instance, the case Of a
young mother who cannot sleep. we'll.
her child will not sleep either: he will
not grow as much az he should, nor
in the way he should. His food will
not agree with him. in the first place.
and unless this trouble Is corrected
early in his life, chronic indigestion
will certainly be his inheritance.
The lack Of sleep and poor assimila.
ton Of the food he takes will produce
all sorts of ailments, undermine the
health and arrest the natural devel-
opment.
II the mother does not nurse the
baby-and it is better for the nervous,
anaemic mother not to attempt it
then the selection Of proper food is
q great problem. Cows milk modified
with barley water, is the best substi.
tute for healthy breast milk, but
sometimes the little stranger cannot
take the cows milk. Then the best
thing to do is to consult the doctoi
and let him suggest whatever he may
think is wise 10 use, instead.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
HONEYMOON HOUSE
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

"Of what use is my success now"
sighed Robert Loring, when Elsie
cannot enjoy 1t with me?"
At thirty-two years of age Loring
had suddenly become well known as
an architect. 1t was his work on the
Municipal building, q subsidiary part
Of which had Unexpectedly fallen to
him to design, owing to the death Of
the original architect, which had
brought him fame. And now he had
been commissioned to build a half-mil.
lion dollar house for John Merivale.
IN elderly banker. known a. the rich
est, most eccentric and most kind.
hearted man in the state.
Loring had known Merivale slightly
when he was boy, but no doubt the
banker had long ago forgotten him.
He had had Q hard life. Born in lux
ury, he had been cast into poverty on
the untimely death of his father. At
twenty-five he had married Elsie Foth-
eringall, reputed the prettiest girl in
Baltimore society. Then came the
crash and years Of bitter poverty. cul-
minating in their separation. Elsie
had taken her maiden name again.
and for six years he had not seen her.
Their Quarrels had been due to his
poverty. Elsie, accustomed to every
luxury, could not understand living on
SIS a week. She had no idea of the
struggles a young professional man
must undergo. She thought Robert
idle. And he had been too proud to
go to her when his income began to
mount, first to two thousand year
then to three thousand-now to eight
thousand dollars!
He sighed, for he still loved Elsie
and made his way down to old Meri
Wales Office. The same pride which
had led him to shun all his acquaint
ances now forbade him to remind the
banker Of his former acquaintance
with him. And evidently Merivale
had not the least remembrance Of
him.
i am going to build myself man
sion In my old age" he chuckled, "and
I have seen your work on the Munich
pal building. It is splendid, sir. And
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

ton. An old man drowsed IN the
carpet.seated rocking chair, snoring
with exasperating nnality. Hong, the
Chinese cook, was scrubbing the din.
ing room floor. and his weird singing
doated out through the window from
which Powered curtains fluttered
gaily. But neither peace nor industry
was welcome to Pee Wee, 90 she
turned from their vicinity and ram.
bled around toward the dust barrel
where she was accustomed to find
dead mice that Hong shook out from
mouse traps.
To understand her reasons for this
ghoulish prediction one must take
her age into consideration. She was
just old enough to be feeling the birth
pangs Of personality and too young to
resent them. Burying something was
beginning to be an emotional indul.
gence already. Having 40 yet no past
sins nor dead affections to bury, she
found satisfaction in objective funer-
ais whore the role Of corpse was play
Cd BY anything ranging from . stick
Of kindlinG to . gold nah. At present
dead mice were In favor, and Just b.
yond the barbed wire fence she had
an artistic graveyard. the extension Of
which was one Of her dear desires.
30 Pee Wee rummased through the
dust barrel. There were three mice
In ito depths. but one was too tiny
and the other rather untidy looking.
Finally she decided on the third, Q
plump. brown fellow who deserved q
respectable funeral and promised to
make . good-sised grave. She knew
where poison berries grew. and with
their luscious redness for decoration
she would have . masterpiece Of q
funeral.
Yet stay. what fun was Q funeral
without participated The only other
email girl In the establishment had
left yesterday. There would BE- no
one but her self to enjoy the artistic
mournfulnsss Of II all. That would be
. waste Of talent. But the mouse
would not keep until tomorrow, and
perhaps she might never again flnd
one % satisfactorily deceased. Az.
suredly some mortuary accomplice
must b found at once.
Perhaps some one was upon the
hill. Optimistically she waded
through the foxtails, holding her
mouse firmly by its tail. Her skirts
ballooned with the wind, and she
breathed deep. After all. how good
1t was to walk In short dresses. When
she reached the top Of a knoll the
glimpse Of = blue skirt arrested her
attention.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

Merivale. and asked him to come and
see It
You've finished It just in time, be-
cause we are to be married next
MONTH" answered the banker. And
what do you think, Mr.. Loring? l
haven't told my future wife a word
about it! My! Won't she be pleased
with it,"
He looked critically at the photo
graph which Loring had just handed
him.
Its a dandy honeymoon house." he
said. Now, Mr. Loring. I can't make
q definite engagement to 60 out and
look at it, but I'll call you up when I
have q morning to spare and arrange
to meet you there"
II was some I'VE days later that
Loring received his telephone call.
Merivale was to motor out to the sub
urb and meet Loring, and he would
take him back in his machine.
|. Loring found that the banker had
not arrived when he reached the
place. Az he stood looking at the
house the bitter thought would intrude
itself upon his mind that It would
have made just the place for Elsie
and himself. He had been thinking
Of her a good deal lately.
Then It was that he saw her.
She came round the house, and for
the first time in all those years they
stood face to face. He gasped. 1t
was the same Elsie. but more woman
ly. more matronly, and with look of
maturity upon the beautiful face.
Robert" she cried.
"Elsie!"
And in that instant all the past was
forgotten, and they stood clasped in
each others arms. Merivale was as
completely forgotten as though he had
never existed, never come into their
lives.
It was not for several minutes that
they remembered. And Robert, re.
leasing her, looked into her face in
doubt and terror.
"You are to be-married again!" he
whispered.
II hate him, Robert"
Robert Loring's eyes suddenly per
ceived the banker standing in the door
! way Of the new house. There was q
! look on his face that startled Loring
! It was the expression Of a man who
was amused!
He came down the wide steps brisk
ly and planted himself in front Of
them.
so you've made up again, have you
(; voting p9ople?" he asked. laughing al
though it were the greatest Joke In
the world. Then I win my bet"
"Your bet!" cried Loring.
Eyes. I bet myself new hat
against this house that 1t would come
about. You see, young people," he
explained IT knew that you loved each
other. Mr.. Loring, when, after sever
al years Of wooing. Miss Fotheringal
agreed to become the wife Of an Ole
man, l was the proudest old man II
the world. But realized, though sht
did not know 1t. that she still loved
the friend I had made when I was {
younger man and you were boy.
hadn't forgotten you, Bobby. though
you seemed to have forgotten me. AND
so-well, I laid q little plot, and, al
I've lost my bet, the house il for YOU
second honeymoon"
Copyright. 1915. by W. q. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
PEE WEE 0FFIcIATEs
How an "Abnormal'' chiId's Fu-
neral Resurrected Love.
Dy ORA N. M'pERMorT.


The wind whisked through the fox
tails on the unpretentious hill and set
them to conciliatory bowling. Above.
on the crest Of the low browed noun
tain. It tainted the pines into deep
throatsd grumbles ~ they strained
their shaggy tops toward the cloud.
strswn sky. The world slumbered in
. blue and gold base. but Pee Wee
was Ut outs with the scheme Of
thinea
In this little health resort where q
shuttsred hotel and natural hot
springs sumeed to satisfy al ex-
DsAditurs Of energy which the sum-
msf visitors felt inclined toward
making. there was . minimum Of en-.
ploynent for . small giri's activities.
Maternal edict had boxed up her
dolls ct home. and only . green dan
mel rooster had managed to be SNUG.
gled with her into this pocket Of the
world.
But there II certain lack Of tenn.
permanent in green flannel rooster.
- Pee Wee had been forced to &C
knowledge after certain moods had
revealed him entirely inadequate. To
day he was banished under mothers
bureau, where he lay catching the
dust in his green glass eyes, while
Pee Wee took her restless little spirit
forth to hunt adventure and let the
wind blow through the curls that
crowded holly upon her shoulders.
Mother was asleep. It was usually
so. OF course this was due to moth.
er's being delicate, but 1t made life
often lonesome for Pee Wee, whose
sleeping hours were short and fleet
She had sat at the foot of the bed
and told excited tales about the red
dragon and the blue princess today
until mother had pleaded with her to
| please run away-somewhere." In
the black mist of gloom which had
swept down upon her at this deprecia
ton OF her flction's charm she had
rushed out to the porch for consola
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
Did Service to Humanity.

Captain Hutchinson, the dockmaster
at Liverpool. is credited with having
originated the rejecting lighthouse in
1853. and another great improvement
In the invention of light for light
houses was made by Lieutenant Drum
mond. who was the first to suggest
the using of oxyhydrogen light To-
day there is no danger rock or point
along any of the navigable coasts but
has its modern lighthouse.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
EXCELLENT WALL STREET TIP
Purchaser Of Securities Should Not
Fall to Keep an Eye on
Earnln0s.

have noticed during a quarter Of
Q century's observations, that when
all the financial writer's are proclaim
ing the merits of a particular stock,
and, at the same time insiders, who
are supposed to know all about 1t,
are pointing out its good points, in
creasing earnings, etc., somebody
stands waiting to sell. Jasper" writes
in Leslie's. l have also noticed that,
when stock advances, day by day
or week by week, without anything be-
ing said in explanation, or without
any effort being made to attract at
tention to 1t, there must be something
worth while" going on, especially II
transactions In that stock be large.
Perhaps some of my observant read
crs have noticed the same peculiari-
ties Of the stock market.
1t Is perfectly natural that when one
wants to sell his goods he must ex-
toll their merits and that II he wants
to buy property he should go about
It quietly, and II he has knowledge Of
its merits should say ~ little - pos.
sible about them until he has COM
pleted the purchase. The same mo-
tives and principles that move men
to buy and sell commodities Of any
kind inspire men and movements In
Wall street.
For this reason I have advised my
readers who wish to be successful In
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

I want you to do something equally
good for me, because"-he paused-"I
am going to marry again, and it is
for my bride, Miss Fotheringall."
Loring could hardly repress the cry
that trembled on his lips. There was
only one Miss Fotheringall.
He sat in daze during the remain
der Of the interview. 1t was evident
that Merivale knew nothing about the
divorce. But how was that possible?
Perhaps he had not associated him
with the name Of Elsie's former hus.
band.
Then, could he afford to refuse the
offer? On the regular commission ba-
sis 1t meant q sum of $4,000. And.
apart from the money, there was the
certainty that the work would bring
him numerous commissions from per-
sonal friends Of Merivale and 9th.
ers.
When Loring left the ONCE he had
accepted the commission. He heard
the bankers words ringing in his ears.
I'm not going to hamper you with
any instructions, my boy. Just build
the house as II It was your own, and
as II it was for your own honeymoon"
Loring decided that the chances Of
his meeting Elsie again were very
slight. Undoubtedly. long before the
foundations had begun to be dug Meri-
vale would have mentioned his name
to his future bride. But the CHASTITY
irony Of the situation Knocked him. It
was certainly dreadful situation.
And because Of its biting irony he
set to work to build just such q house
as he and Elsie had often planned, In
the days when he looked forward to
the success which had now arrived.
The time came at last when he had
the contractor at work.
81 don't want to see It until it's I'm
ished." said Merivale to him. "Never
mind worrying about my opinions,
young man. Just you get busy and
build house that's weather proof and
has some stairs in it, and kitchen
and parlor, and I'll let you do it in
your own way"
A little more than q year after the
plans had been completed the house
was ready. Not ready for occupation,
but ready without the plumbing and
other "fixings." And then Loring told
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

Our moral codes were invented. not
to prepare men for heaven, or for
Utopia: they were invented by men
who were none too good themselves
for people who were not much worse.
There are great differences in human
beings as to the amount of knowledge
and wisdom which they possess. but
there is small difference in regard to
the amount Of goodness or rascality
that they manifest.-Mowry Saben, in
Forum.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31

"Hoo-hoo. you in blue-oo." she shout
ed and raced toward It. waving the
mouse In the air.
Mercy. child" cried the wearer Of
the blue skirt, "throw away that
nasty mouse"
"No-no." breathed Pee Wee, "Tm
going to bury it. You come help me-"
Bury It? Why. how disgusting"
the girl exclaimed. you're not nor
NAL, child"
1t mattered not to Pee Wee that
she was unacQuainted with her mega
tive quality. She accepted it, alb
sence Notwithstanding.
mo. but I'm lonesome" she walled.
please come. You needn't do any
thing but watch me-"
I'm lonesome. too" said the girl
with . catch In her voice, and lean
ing her head upon one hand she began
to tear 1t some foxtails with the other.
well. come on then" Pee Wee
urged with logical conviction. But
the girl shook her head and silently
bent lower.
The silence grated on Pee Wees
restless little nerves. She could not
choose between pleading and raging.
% she decided on neither. Hurt and
disappointed. she finally turned and
rushed blindly up the hill again. where
she flung herself down by the side of q
rock and shed a few acrid tears. Aft
er more refused to come she lay kick.
ing her heels in fierce meditation on
the whyness Of rocks and winds and
: mice and mothers.
Whats the trouble, kiddie?" q
mans voice asked suddenly.
Pee Wee sat up, one curl in her
mouth.
I'm lonesome" she explained.
so am l." he announced gravely.
Il want some one to help me bury
, this"-and the mouse was produced.
"O-ho," he said, Il see. Well, will
do?"
Pee Wee rose at once and took him
trustfully by the hand. while smile
fought its way across her damp face.
"Hm-hm. You be minister" she
said coyly.
well. But-er-what religion did
the mouse profess before he passed
into the Great Beyond?"
She stared at him uncomprehend.
ingly.
! s. mean. where has his soul gomez?
he elucidated.
Pee Wee speculated. A great
orange butterfly lunged by, striving
against the wind. With inspiration
Pee Wee waved her fingers toward it
That's his soul It hasn't gone any
place yet He died just today, you
know" she beamed.
! i see," he remarked seriously.
During this time Pee Wee was lead
Ing him toward the girl in blue. With
feminine barbarism she wished to ex
hibit her capture. Perhaps even the
girl in blue might be moved to joir
them and increase the pageantry o.
the occasion. Before the man hat
seen the girl they were upon her. ant
Pee Wee asked patronizingly:
would you like to be At my funer
al now! I'll let you be chief mournel
II you want"
The girl looked up. and the mar
looked down. Her eyes we're rec
from crying. and his had weary cir
cles under them.
"Oh." they both spoke at once, ant
she stiffened.
I thought mean. I have beer
chief mourner," he said confusedly.
mo. you're minister" said Pet
Wee. s,ome on With the funeral"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
Had His SueplcIons.

A subscriber Of an Atchison news
paper sent the following to the editor:
Il don't know that Ben Hurley took
It, but I know have been missing
wood and loaded several sticks with
powder last Sunday night; and I know
that Ben Hurley lives near me. and
that early Monday morning he drove
hurriedly to town and bought q new
stove"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
Microbes That Eat Rubber.

II your automobile tires or your rub
Der boots don't wear so well a. they
should, It may be because microbes
are eating them. When perfectly dry
commercial rubber IL not capable Of
furnishing nutriment to any form Of
microbe. but when sufficiently moist
It is frequently attacked by certain
bacteria or molds which feed on the
albuminoids, resins and sugars 1t con-
tains. The red, yellow. brown and
black spots which often appear on rub
Der are able to assimilate the hydro
carbon of rubber and by so doing de-
stroy its value.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
f1do'o Future.

What II F1do would go madl" a
claimed the woman who wastes afIeo
ton. Don't worry" answered her
husband. THAT dog hasn't enough
sense to be sure Tough mad. The
most he'll ever do is to 60 peevish."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
History Of Linen Manufacture.

The Scots in Ulster first established
linen manufacture during the reign Of
James the First. and from this begin
ming has the business of the present
day developed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-31
A IA PsImisfrs.

II the lines of the hand really indi-
Gated how long . person win live, In
sur,nce people would have adopted
palmistry long ago.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-05
Aunt LOuisa'S
Burglar
Midnight Intruders Are
Warmly Welcomed
By cLARIssA c

The milkman told the exciting news
to Miss Louisa Dodge.
"Yes'm," he said as he dipped her
customary pint into the ancient crac-
kleware pitcher, Jest as Constable
Smith was walking past the ~postofice.
1t was nigh about 3 a. M, and
Three O'clock in the m~orning?' in
terrupted Miss Louisa in a shocked
tone. what under the sun was Tad
Smith doing out at that hour. Id like
to know? Why. his Wife
How in Sam Hill do | know what
he was doing out at that hour? amt
no mind reader".' bawled the milk
man rudely. for he was anxious to