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Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
ga Lady OF Japan" rare Japanese print-much priced
possession of the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts

were wadded at the bottom. The sleeves
were long and loose and were used as
pockets.
Today the kimono ends above the
ankles and the sleeves are short. Styles
In colors vary from one season to
another When Mrs. Anderson was there
blue was the popular shade.
True beauty in the land OF the mlkadQ
says the writer in the December number
of Harpers Bazaar. consists OF a mar
row forehead, high arching eyebrows. a
small mouth. red lips and pale cheeks,
The Japanese have praise for only the
delicate and artificial types. COM
plete costume for the woman consists of
a set of three klmonos worn one outside
another.
Indoors the feet are covered with
"tabi" Of white cotton. Outdoors. the
feet are slipped into wooden "geta" or
clogs. Ladies as rule wear crepe
kimonos with their crests woven upon
them.
Black is used on ceremonial occasions
White Is the color of mourning. a
gelsha's clothes are much gayer than
those worn by ladies' and are more ex-
pensive, often being designed by artists.
The social position of the women OF
Japan, is revealed by the way they wear
the sash or obj" and the style in which
they do their hair The Yoshiwara girls
tie the "obi'' in front The geisha girls
knot their sashes behind, but In style
distinctly different from married women.
The latter twists he hair In one fashion,
girls in another and children In third
Yoshiwara women and mako" or
little dancing girls. dress their hair with
flowers. the former often using lacquered
sticks or ornaments arranged artistically
as headdress.
Women do not take their hair down al
night. In order to keep II smooth they
rest their heads on little wooden stands
instead OF pillows But even with this
care, every woman must have hair
dresser at least once a week.
Consequently, hair-dressing is the IA
vorite form OF employment for the wome'
of the lower classes. Many OF them arr
very proficient. To excel In this protes
sion, woman must know at least twent!
ways OF arranging the hair, to meet tn
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
Household Economy
How to Have the Best Cough
Remedy and Save - By
Making IL at Home

Cough medicines, as a rule contain a
large quantity of plain syrup. A pint of
granulated sugar with II pint of warm
water, stirred for 2 minutes, gives you
as good syrup as money can buy.
Then get from your druggist 21h ounces
PineX 100 cents WORTH pour into a pint
bottle and fill the bottle with sugar
syrup. This gives you, at a cost of only
"a cents, a full pint of really better cough
syrup than you could buy ready made for
S2.50--a clear saving of nearly 81. Full
directions with Pinex. 1t keeps perfectly
and tastes good.
It takes hold Of the usual cough or
chest cold at once and conquers it in "a
hours, Splendid for whooping cough,
bronchitis and winter coughs.
It's truly astonishing how quickly Il
loosens the dry, hoarse OF tight cough
and heals and soothes the inhamed mem
bTanes in the case of a painful cough.
IL also stops the formation of phlegm in
The throat and bronchial tubes, thus end
Aig the persistent loose cough.
= Pnex is a highly concentrated com
round Of genuine Norway pine extract
combined with guaiaeol, and has beer
used for generations TO heal inhamed
membranes of the throat and chest.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for - ounces Of Pinex," and
don't accept ANYTHING else. A guarantees
of absolute satisfaction, OF money prompt
~ refunded, goes with this preparation
The Pinex Co, TT. Wayne, Ind.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

need Of actresses. Yoshiwara grils and
mako"
The women OF Japan are hard workers.
Most of those In the lower classes be.
come servants, but many earn n meager
pittance by coaiing ships or working In
copper mines. OF late wears some have
learned typewritlng and the use of Eng
llsh for business purposes. q
Large department stores have only re-
Gently taken to employing salesgirls.
Many women are becoming trained
nurses. At first only low-class women
took up this wor'-, but now those Of
higher rank are going into It.
80 much has been written about the
geishas the professional women enter
talners Of Japan" says Mrs. Anderson
that l will simply say that they are
we'll educated. especially T. the art of
pleasing, and good onversationalists and
musicians. They are hired. as rule. to
help make dinner parties a success, either
in private houses or in restaurants. The
pay OF the geisha varies from 20 TO 80
cents an hour"
Wives and mothers OF the japanese live
n secluded life. Even the well-to-do have
few amusements. finding their pleasure
In arranging flowers. composing p5etry
and making excursions to view cherry
blossoms or maple leaves. Occasionally
t.ey attend the theater. Some enter
Buddhist converts. A sister OF the en-
peror did this and her example has been
followed by several Of the nobility.
In spite of their seclusion. the house
keeping women seem happy and con-
!. .ented. As a wife, the Japanese woman
implicitly obeys her husband and her
1other-in-law. Later in life, however,
she has her turn at authority, when she
Is old and therefore respected. Self
control is one OF the earliest lessons. No
ltter how III or unhappy she may be,
she must always smile.
Marriages are generally arranged by
the parents. with aid OF a friend or a go
between. Divorce is common. Chi dren
that behave oadly are disinherited and
others adopted in their places.
In America, one seldom meets q
Japanese lady except on rice paper in q
museum. Yet, In spite Of dainty wayI
and fanciful gnrb. she Is very much Z
woman says Mrs. Anderson.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
Keeping
Appointments
Too Many Men Regard
Them Lightly.
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

Il have been going about with young
man for the last four months. We have
quarrelled Several times and once we
went so far as to see nothing of each
other for weeks because my friend failed
to keep appointments, writes Worried" !"
He begged me always TO give him an
other chance. and faithfully promised to
keep every appointment in the future.
Il gave him another trial and for
awhile he kept his promise, but now he
seems to have forgotten that he ever
made a pledge TO me. He processes TO
love me and claims that II 1 were to
know why he does not put in an APP
pearance I would excuse him, but when
he does make explanations the excuses
he offers are not satisfactory. / am fond
of him. but / doubt him."
The sanctity of engagements is a thing
too many people fail to realize. It does
not seem to come home TO them that
when they say they are to be at given
place at a certain time they have pledged
their word and that not being there rs
actually dishonorable.
Probably your friend would not lie
about anything he regarded as vital, and
1t does not occur TO him that when he
tells you he Is going to come to see yot
or TO meet you at a certain hour and
then fails that he is lying TO you. No
matter whether his excuses be good oil
III, the point Is they should be made ir
advance. not afterwards.
Many men regard social engagement:
lightly and those concerned with bushes.
seriously. Quite right as far as Il goes
But any obligation and pledge Of ones
word, whether It be to meet a friend a
the movies or TO be present at a meetins
Of bank directors. the point is that one'l
word is at stake.
When a man invites a girl TO tn,
theater and finds that his sick mothe
wants him to stay home or that his en-
| ployer needs him. It is right and sam
that he should choose family ties or bust
ness advancement in preference 10 pleas
ure. No reasonable girl ought 70 ALLOW
her inclination for pleasure to make he
interfere with filial duty or the best in
terest Of man she Hikes.
No woman. be she reasonable or other
wise. likes TO have her own personslit,
valued so lightly that a man lets her 81
around waiting for him and IN lordl
wise neglects to explain.
The man or woman who makes an en-
gagement and fails to keep II. falling ais
20 make explanation. stamps him or her
self as one who does not believe either z
the sacredness OF a promise or the right
OF another Individual
We should all form the habit OF listen
ing patiently to reasonable explanation
We should never get into the lordly an
selfish habit OF falling 20 keep appoint
ments and calmly expecting the othe
person to sit and wait.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
Defective in Some Way
is Every Person
Discipline in Daily Life

are to the body-not decorative but con-
solidating.
In the investigation of the labor COM
mission in its relation to the Williams
burg fire it developed that of 3,Tlt or
ders for fireproofing stairways OF fac
tories in the metropolitan district VLly
246 had been compiled with and no prOse-
cutlons had been begun. That could not
have happened in Germany. The entire
genius Of that country would negative
its possibility. There is no spot in the
empire where law does not touch. and
where It touches it grips
There is a certain griinness about IL
all that prevents It's being altogether
fascinating. but 1t produces stuff that
does not bend when the strain comes IT
Is what is bothering the allies and makes
the Germans possible match for the
quadruple entente. Willows are more
graceful than oaks, but they are thrown
into greater confusion when the storm
bursts upon them.
Obedience Ia lesson the learning OF
which needs to commence early and to
keep pace with the physical hardening of
cartilage into bone. In the discipline of
the home and Of the school II is less
vigorously enforced than formerly. and
that accounts for the milder forms of
anarchy that we find so much of among
adults. Undoubtedly in earlier days the
suppression of young people was unduly
stringent.
The story is told CT the head master of
one OF the great English schools (Eton, il
l am not mistaken). that eight OF his
boys came into his study unannounced.
He took it for granted that they had
been sent TO him to be whipped. as that
was one Of the important functions of
his office. He went directly to work, had
finished off the fourth and had placed his
hand upon the fifth, when the latter
plucked UP courage to say. please, sir,
we were sent over here with reference
to joining the confirmation class" They
were all property confirmed and became
good Anglicans
Such discipline is unnecessarily harsh
but, nevertheless, whipping is more
wholesome than mollycoddling. and a
touch of parental despotisn preferable to
unrestrained license. At any rate. out Of
Eton and other English schools OF Sim
liar character have graduated many of
the men that have been masters of
events and given splendid shape to English
history. pE -s,s . u.
4 THIS Is not an appeal for the use OF the
lash, but only for the exercise OF deter
mined governmental restraint
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

Tot. Men may be very backward in cer-
tain directions of mental activity, but
correspondingly forward in other direc-
tions. That is not what could be called
normal, but 1t is about as good as what
we usually find.
l once had as a pupil in the high school
a young fellow who illustrated that con-
dition in quite a striking degree. He was
tho son of a college president. His mind
waE so slow in Latin as to show almost
~ sign of activity. 1 kept him on one
20 Aesop's fables the entire term in order
that he might make respectable appear
ence in the presence of his distinguished
parents on examination day. But he was
as bright in natural history as he was
dull in the classics.
He could not properly be called de-
fective. He had brain enough, only its
activities we're massed on a single side
instead of being distributed all around.
Geniuses are of that order. Genius is
another name for immense mental one
sidedness.
That is the disadvantage that there
is in putting all pupils through the same
curriculum. They all have to give the
same amount of attention to each OF the
sScl' uOWn lOT Wftnt4 no
special opportunity allowed for discipline
in the special branch for. which they. may
show. special aptitude, and in which, ii
such opportunity were afforded, they
might attain to great distinction. That
father undoubtedly did his son great
injustice when. upon being asked whether
he was going to send his son to college.
he replied. God forbid that should
O-cent boy"
It is unfortunate that children have 70
be educated in droves instead OF individ-
ualy. Agriculture instructs farmers to
study the character Of the soil before
deciding what seed to put in. And be-
cause a particular piece of ground will
not yield peaches it is not at once con
cluded tina. 1t is a defective sand lot tc
>Se turned over to thistles and hardhack
Respect for authority is a moral ele
ment that cannot be omitted from char
acter without leaving It more or lesl
mushy. Whatever may be our sympsthiei
in the present war. it must be conceded
TO the Germans that they learned 4
obey. Whether among them authority II
carried to an extreme, and too narro '
a margin Of self-determination left I,
which I have no purpose of entering
into. But they obey. They do as the!
are told.
The obligations of law and government
press upon them without any intermis
sion. Each man has his place and expect
TO be found in #; has his duty and cal
be relied upon to discharge It, Whethe
It is due TO fear. to conscience or L
training, the fact remains. and it mean
stability in the individual and strength
to the government.
It is the prime secret OF Germany
year Of achievement. Its Importance 1
recognized In Scripture. which teaehe
that Ito obey is better than sacrifice.
Jesus taught His disciples that obedienc
was the nourishment that fed and sus
tained His soul. 1t Is what iron Is I
the physical constitution. 1t is what
plumb line is to the laying up OF a brio
wall. II Is what spine and verebra
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

hands to without previous knowledge OF
preparation, whereas. in truth, II is one
Of the finest Of fine arts, requiring both
intelligence and trained skill.
Undoubtedly It Is because cooking and
bed.making have been regarded as
menial trades suitable only for no-wits.
instead of a learned profession in which
genius can have It's full scope. that they
have been held in such low esteem that
girls have preferred TO starve behind
counters rather than fatten before gas
ranges.
therefore. n the Montclair ladies can
convince young women that the kltchen
offers a fine and almost unexplored field
for their activities. and that masters
/ deRroe In sauces and soups will draw
down a better pay envelope than
masters degree In philosophy. they will
have bestowed an inestimable boon upon
their dyspeptic day and age.
The first way 70 elevate any calling
"a 10 differentiate between good work
and bad work in II. and to reward the
good by good pay. and one OF the prin-
cipai reasons why there are 30 many IN
competent servants Is because mistresses
are not willing to pay for skill.
A hired girl to them Is hired Eiri'
II Il good luck II you get one who u
faithful and honest. and knows how 10
cook n In bad luck II you get one who
"a arunken and unreliable. and burns
tha notatoes and roasts the meat 10
cIraer but the mistress expects to pay
the aanne amount of wages 70 the house
hold treasure that she does to the house
hold Jinx. ...
Yet that very woman pays. without
rro,est. ten times as much for hat that
4, a creation as she does for one mace
ty the laundering fingers OF the htue
milliner around the corner. and her nus
land rays his employees absolutely ac-
cordinR TO their skill and ability ne
dc esn't expect to get an expert DOCK
Eeeper or a crackeriack salesman for the
same price that he pays to less oompe-
tent mon.
When domestic service is standardized
and paid according TO its merit. as Is
dono IN every other occupation much
viii have been done toward lifting II to
n higher level II will inspire ambition
and stimulate effort, for every cook VIII
know that every new dish she ADDS to
ter fepertoire means her ability TO COM
nand that much more salary and that
the more she improves her technique the
quicker she graduates from being COOK
into chef.
And Il will be equally advantageous for
the housekeeper TO get cook whose
WAGES are proportioned to her ability TOT
Il Is a simple matter of mathematics to
demonstrate that the servant who never
smashes things. nor wastes good food IN
the prer airing is worth many dollars more
month than the Journeyman kitchen
mechanic who leaves ruin in her wake
and fills the garbage can with her un'
eatable handiwork.
The suggestion may be made that Il
servants are to be certified. mistresses
should be certified. too; but this is un-
! necessary, In those households fortunate
, enough 70 have a Jewel of cook she II
, not only treated as a member Of the fam
ily--she Is the boss of IT,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
HOW To REMOVE
DANDRUFF
A Hair Tonic Which You Can Make
At Home Removes IL In a Few
Applications.

Dandruff and scalp eruptions can be
removed in from one 10 five nights by
the following simple recipe. which you
can mix at home or have put up by any
druggist at very little cost. II does not
color the hair and Is perfectly harmless.
Water..,....' .'..'........... ,One-half pinl
BAY hum.. ounce
Texola Compound. 90. One-quarter ounce
Glycerine. e..............,.O .One-quarteT ounce
A half-pint Is all you will need. Rub
II into the scalp well at night and after
a few applications the dandruff and
scalp eruptions win disappear and the
hair will stop falling out and become
soft and glossy advertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

WIN a AONNAg wiz
and beautiful chill
dren Installed in
that home. You
are. no doubt. try
ing to lay up a
bank a C c o u n I
ready for that oc-
casion and you
hope to be the pos
SCISSOR of great
wealth to bestow
upon your family.
But what are
you laying up In
the way of good
m orais. g o o d
habits. good health
and pure blood to
bestow upon your
cblIAnono
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

desuetude, a n q
they propose to
settle It by having
certified C o o ks
along with certi-
fled milk and certi-
fled eggs and the
o I h er certified
commodities that
are brought into
the kitchen.
This Ia a step in
the right direction.
The trouble with
domestic service
has always been
that Il has been a
sort of Jack-leg-
ged trade that Il
was popularity sup
sed anybody
could turn their
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

the words of Mrs. Anderson throw light
on this fascinating subject.
For instance. all kimonos look much
alike from color and texture. yet in
Japan they are subject to changes in
fashion just the same as the apparel of
the modish Parisienne. In the old days,
kimonos trailed upon the ground and
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

P'rom the Christmas Number OF Har-
per's Bazar.)
Mrs. Larz Anderson, wife of the former
ambassador to Japan. has recently been
induced to put in writing her impressions
of Japanese women. Little is known in
the western world about the intimate
family life in the Flowery Kingdom. and
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright, 1915, by Star Company
II you are an unmarried young man
you probably have an ideal of marriage
and fatherhood before you, You imagine
yourself at the head of a happy home
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03

an unusual degree
OF deficiency. The
only point ! want
TO make is that in
the general sense OF
the word we are all
of us detectives. Not
one of us has a
mind that is not
more or less lame
in somC one or
more OF its fac
ulties.
There is no hard
ana fast line that
can be drawn so
that those on one
side OF the line are
detectives and those
On the other side
Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-03
BY Or. CHARLES II. PARKHURsT.

Those who give special attention to the
uSI.:-ay Of human intellect are having much
10 say these days about detectives. The
term is lin tied to those whose minds show
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
THE VICTORIA.

mo. sir" exclaimed Miss Marie
Dressler, whose new photoplay, It'll
lies Tomato Surprise" by Acton
Davies, will be presented at the Vic
toria for the last showing today.
mo one is going to get a synopsis
of my new play, not even II they
offered me ten thousand dollars. The
only way anyone can find out what
Titles Tomato Surprise is all
about, is by buying a ticket and com
ing to see it for themselves. And let
me tell you something" laughed Miss
Dressler, mo matter how great its
success may be. will never, never,
never allow the management to
charge $4,000 for a seat I think it's
only fair to warn the public of this
fact, for at the present pace prices
of admission TO movie shows are go
ing up so fast that millionaires will
have to pawn their crown jewels to
obtain the price of an admission
ticket This will not be the case
with Marie Dressler and Titles To-
mato SURPRISE l assure you. But on
the subject of refusing 20 allow
synopsis published in advance, I must
stand firm. What's the use? It only
spoils the climaxes, kills the sur
prises and spoils everyone's enjoy
m mt"
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Human primitiveness as shown in
the battle of the Marne, In the Lusi-
tania catastrophe and at Warsaw
was unconsciously anticipated and in
directly forecasted by Elsie Janis, the
world-famous comedienne, when she
wrote the story Of her latest screen
success, Twas Ever Thus This
delightful comedy proves that men
make love the same today as thou
sands of years ago, but the very
things in human nature, her keen OBJ
servation fastened upon to support
her point. are exactly what have come
to the surface in the present grave in.
ernational crisis. Mans blood boils
at much the same furious speed in
love as in war, and as one sits watch.
ing the romantic working out of the
various characters in "'Twas Evei
Thus" one is almost shocked at the
uncanny similarity between theii
elemental motives and those Of par.
ticipants in the tragedy abroad. This
comedy will be seen at the Majestic
today and tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1915-10-19
Save YOUR HAIR!
Is Cent BOTTLE
STOPS DANDRUFF
Every bit of dandrufi disappears and
hair stops coming out
Try this! Your hair appears glossy,
abundant, wayy and beautiful.

Thin, brittle. colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; OF dandruf-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive TO
the hair as dandrutf. II robs the hair
of its lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching Of the scalp. which
I il not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast A little Dander-
inc tonight-now-any time-will
surely save your hair.
] Get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter. and after the first ap-
plication your hair will take on that
| life, lustre and luxuriance which is so
beautiful. II will become wavy and
/ fluffy and have the appearances OF
abundance, an Incompatible gloss and
softness: but what will please you
most will be after just a few weeks
use. when you will actually see a lot
OF fine downy hair-new hair-grow-
inc all over the scalp.
Danderine Is to the hair what fresh
showers OF rain and sunshine are Ia
vegetation. II goes right TO the roots
invigorates and strengthens them. It's
eXhilarating and life-producing prop
critics cause the hair 10 grow long
strong and beautiful.