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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

and out of a place half of the time.
But the woman who makes a fine art
OF cookery. who understands not only
the science Of baking and roasting, but 10
an adept In the concoction OF soups and
sauces. may name her own price and
have people fighting with each other
for her services.
Why can one woman get $40 for making
a dress and another 500? Because one
women has learned her job-sEe takes an
interest in It. She has studied the COM
binations of color and the effects of
lines. shs has mastered the art or fit
ting. and when q customer goes 10 her
she knows that abe is going to get first
class work and that she will not have 20
send the dress back for alteration The
other woman Is hack dressmal1er, who
has mover learned her trade. and when a
customer takes her piece OF goods only
heaven knows how it's going 10 turn out.
Who are the women who have risen
from salesgirls TO heads OF departments
and buyers? Tho alert. energetic, wide
awake girls, who took an interest in their
work who learned all about the particu-
lar line of goods they handled. and WIN
were not afraid OF doing a little more
than they were paid for. Who are the
stenographers that rise 10 be private sec
retares in big business offices7 Every
time they are the girls who took an in
terest in their jobs, who turned out letter.
perfect work, who charged their memories
with office details until they became in
valuable.
Women talk about other women who
succeed as being lucky" There's no
such thing as luck in business It's just
hard work. and being so interested in
your job that you lie down and rise up
with IL. and eat II and sleep e.. and.
therefore. do II better every day. When
we see person suddenly advanced 20
some fine position. we eXclaim at their
luck. but II isn't luck. It's the reward
OF weeks and years Of labor that VIC
haven't noticed. They've been getting
ready for their big moment all along.
Wake up. girls Put the. idea out Of
your heads that you are just marking time
by working. while you walt for a hus-
band and so il isn't worth while 10 do
your work well. Perhaps you will marry.
perhaps you won't There Ia no GER
tainty In these days that you will catch
a husband. or IL you do catch one that
you win not need TO work after marriage
even more than you did before. Economic
conditions are more and more discourag-
ing men from assuming the burden OF a
family. and 1t becomes more and more
apparent that the wife OF the poor man
In the future viii have TO he a wage
Garner also.
II behooves you, then. 10 be ono Of the
We'll paid instead OF one OF the IN Paid
workers. and Il rests with you TO which
class YOU belong. You can become one OF
the efficient who can always command a
good salary or you can be one Of the also
rans. who are not worth even the poorest
wage Don't forget that We oil write
our oHu price tags
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
Is There Such Thing as Luck?
Many People Think So and Carry Netsuks Charms
BY GARRETT T.. SERvIss.

Is there such a thing as luck, in the
common scoeptation ct the termg'-A
l. G.
What is the common acceptation OF the
term: .s~;oubtedly II Is that luck means
the interference, for or against the per
son concerned, OF some superior super
human or unoomprehended power, acting
outside the ordinary laws or processes Of
nature TAKEN in that sense. answer
that there Is no such thing as luck. But
this Is merely the statement OF my per
sonal. reasoned belief. and II 50 happens
that lust az this moment there Is brought
TO my attention remarkable series OF
photographs, some Of which are here re-
produced, which represent, in material
form. the contrary belief OF a vast num-
Der Of people, who think not only that
there is such a thing as luIk, but that Il
can he hsrnessed and controlled and car
ried about In the pocket or hung from a
nookchain or wstchchain in the shape OF
little Ivory, stone wood, bone or metal
idol or image
The objects herewith shown are Jap
snese 'netsukis." or mascots. carved In
ivory or bone. and thousands upon thous-
ands Of such things have been made,
sold, given away and faithfully carried
and devoutiy believed in, not merely on
the oriental shores OF Asia, but in Europe
and America.
The belief Ia mascots Is another form
Of the belief in demons. You can see that
by simply looking over the figures. Many
OF them, and SPECIALLY those 60 which
the greatest power is ascribed (as for
instance, the long-armed monkey and the
monkey wearing a striped cap and hold
ing finger IN his eye) are clearly in
tended u represent hobgoblins. like the
monsters that We see on medieval ca
thedrals, and which were supposed 20 he
chained there and rendered harmless by
their imprisonment within holy precincts
1t is an extremely perilous thing TO be-
llove that you are lucky IL breeds "the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

selves efficient. That one word 'effi-
cheney measures the distance between
success and failure, between a starva-
ton wage and a fat salary.
Do you ever stop and think that the
difference between S a week cook and
a $500 year chef is just the diffe -ence
between bad cook and a good cook
The woman who never bothers to learn
even the rudiments Of her profession, who
takes no interest in It. who has no idea
of what degree OF heat 1t takes 20 cook
a roast properly. who slams together milk
ana flour and lard and trusts to luck as
TO what sort Of bread 1t turns out, viii
be a cheap cook to the end OF her days
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

you Mt all. First you say you come from
heaven and act as IL you did. then you
talk and act like n regular girl. then
YOU pretend that you never saw man
smoke before. And then--what are you
trying to do TO me. anyway? Is that
really the only dress you've got in the
world? DO you always wear golden
band around your hair with stage jewels
In itT'
And then suddenly a light dawned on
Tommy, and he amote his thigh in APP
plause OF his own clcvorness.
II know what you are" he said.
You're tho queen Of tho movies. You're
up here staging a show. and you got
bored and let me run off with you for a
lark. Prof. Stilliter has had something TO
do with the scenario The heroine Is sup
posed TO be little looney. That's you.
CelestlR--and you're practicing all the
time ON me. Well. thank heaven. it's
only acting. Why. really thought you
were mad as hatterl'
MOI said Celestial, Tn not in the
least angry But I'm sure don't know
what you mean, but like you when you
get excited and talk fast and your eyes
smile. 1t rests me-
Tommy shook his head at her and
smiled reprovingly.
mr. Ila Coogr,tad rra,.o-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

testimonial. 4" - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. cat the Change of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until / could not stand. also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet / tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound / began to improve and /
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
a different woman. l know have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since. - Mrs. M. ]. BRoWNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
The success Of Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered BY .
woman, and held in strict confidence.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

Summer wardrobe plans include at least
one garden party frock, which is usually
of an ETHEREAL character almost suited
for the ballroom. except that the neck is
high. the sleeves long aud the, character
istic train is absent
Fashion indorses lovely nets, organizes,
sheer voiles and the revived cotton mar
quisettes for the frock that one will wear
when hidden to a lawn fete or for tea on
the veranda. In color white and cream
are In the lead. but there are exquisitely
lowered fabrics. dainty in coloring and
which the young girl will choose I'm plsce
of the all-white gown.
The illustration shows French frock
OF cream net combined with allover en-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

The worst IN always bearable when
YOU know It Is the worst and make up
your mind To IT, g. $50
But history / liked, and language and
spelling and literature and geography,
but what boded that? Not thing in the
world, not a thing.
/ could rattle off the presidents of the
United States as glibly as the market
man rattles off the names of the vegeta-
bles on his stand. but let there DO some
question in the examination about who
came from where and was almost sure
to put Lincoln before Washington and
John Adams down somewhere with
Rutherford B. Hayes.
The capital Of the Argentine Republic?
knew it as I knew my own name, but
let the chief inquisitor in the chamber
OF tortures ask me TO tell il and was
just as apt to say Valparaiso. Ind. as
anything else.
And well do I remember spelling Nice.
niece-just ike that-at an examination,
and getting well scolded for it. too.
What farce It all Is, the test and the
passing business.
You know the streets in your own city,
don't you2 Stand up in a row with a
slot Of other people, who want to get
ahead OF you. and let some one ask you
suddenly which street comes first, and
see what your answer will be.
Missed. failed-to the foot OF the class
Cor you!
And yet the Ounce who answered right
! Knows just about half as much Of your
aity. really. as YOU do.
Tests are nothing but nerve wrack-
ars" said a very fine teacher to me the
other day. They're splendid to tell you
just how nervous a child IL, and that )
ell.
The cleverest children and the best.
too. often, pass the worst tests. I've no
ticed that time and again. or course,
we have to have some system of mark
ing or we'd never get ahead at all. but
/ wish somebody would invent something
10 take the place Of tests"
So do I. dear teacher; so do /.
I've been in the newspaper business
long enough to know just few things
about it, but "a hate to have any one
put me through a test as to heads, bank
heads. cut lines and the rest OF it,
wouldn't you. Mr. Copy Reader?
How about you. Brother Business Man?
You seem TO get on rather we'll In the
business world. How do you suppose
you'd pass a test on accounts ana debts
and credits at an hours notice?
Your record holds you where you are,
Why should you go through an examina-
ton every once In 50 often?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

broidery net. The latter is employed Tor
the tabard panel of the front and back
OF the bodice. and this is elongated 20
give length of line to the figure.
At the sides the bodice IL sleshed, l>ld
there are introduced wide loops and float
ing streamers of oerulean hue whose
intensity approaches that of the proves
ial blue OF the Italian sky.
There Is no collar, since fastion has
done away with the neck covering for
youthful frocks,
A great deal Of the charm of the en-
sembie depends on the sort OF hat chosen
to crown the garden party frock rae
one in the picture Is fine straw ,<eh
fluted brim Of net.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
Copyright. 1915, by star Company
Copyright, 1915, by The Star Co. All 70
eign Rights Reserved.


Copyright. 1915, by The Star Co. All For
eign Rights Reserved.
Synopsis of Previous Chapter.
After the tragic death OF John Ames-
bury his FRUSTRATED wife, one OF Ameri-
cas- greatest beauties. dies. At her death
Prof Stilliter, an agent of the interests,
kidnaps the beautiful 3-year-old baby girl
and brings her up in n paradise where
she sees no man. but thinks she ~ taught
by angels, who instruct her for her mis-
sion to reform the world. At the age OF
IL she IL suddenly thrust into the world
whore agents OF the interests are ready
TO pretend to find her
The one to feel the loss OF the little
Amesbury girl most after she had been
spirited away by the interests was
Tommy. In a few days, however, he
found himself living amid luxurious SUR
roundings as the adopted son OF Mr.. Bar.
clay. Time in its flight brings manhood
TO Tommy and great expectations 70 Bar.
clay, who has planned to have Tommy
marry into wealth. But Tommy's lack
OF interest in Barclays business affairs
changes matters. Barclay meets with
success In breaking up the match he had
really planned. Turned down by the girl
Tommy goes TO the AdirondAcks TO forget
the affair. While there he meets by acct
dent Celestia.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

cause so often their work is poor works
When a woman does good work, when
she puts intelligence and energy and
alertness and faithfulness into her work,
she doesn't have to grumble about her
salary. For first-class work she gets
paid first-class money.
The great trouble with girls who go
on to earn their living is that they don't
expect TO work but a little while. ard 50
Trey do not take the trouble to learn
their Job thoroughly, and they only feel
the casual and perfunctory interest In II
that one does In a makeshift. They look
forward to matrimony as their real ca
Teer, and so they work with only one
eye on their task and the other roaming
around in search OF a husband.
Whats the use in learning TO spell,
says the stsnographer 70 herself. when
l won't be in this pesky old office prob
ally more than year, WHATS the
good OF bothering. my head about learn
ing all about gloves, or laces, or stock.
ings and all the details Of salesmanship
when I'll be on the other side OF the
counter when l catch a husband?" sayI
the shop girl.
Whats the need of speeding up OF
ouitivating my ear and memory so they
are super-aceurate, when I'll be cutting
out all Of this hello business when
get a home Of my own?" says the tele'
phone girl.
And because they hope and believe that
their work Is only temporary they do II
in a listless. half-hearted way that really
/
They complain that they get little pay
So would any man who turned oat the
same grade OF work.
Believe me. girls. the solution OF th'
minimum wage for the wonish problem
/ IL UP TO you. II viii never be solvad b,
I law, but you can solve It by making your
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

bbu0yAii6 yOoA JOb.
and taking a real.
burning heart in
terest in your
work.
There's a lot of
talk about women
not being paid a
living wage, and
a b ut woman's
work not b 9 i n &
paid as well as
mans work. It's
all very sad, and
the saddest part Of
It Is that it's the
relentless working
out of the law of
cause and effect,
and the reason
that women are
poorly paid is be-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

pains IN my back
and side and was so
weak / could hardly
do my Homework.
! have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
Of good. I win re-
commend your med
icine to my friends
and give you permits
sion TO publish nv
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02


We used to call
them "examina-
tong in my day,
and how we did
hate then1l
No quaking mis-
creant ever trem-
bled at the gal
lows foot more
miserably than 1
shook at the door
classroom on the
morning of exam
inatlon day.
] hated arithme-
tic. and knew L
wouldn't "pass' in
that. SO I didn't
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
By DOROTHY DIX.

Listen, girls. Do you want to get out
OF the minimum wage class and into one
that gets a comfortable pay envelope on
Saturday night? There's way. It's by
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
BY wINIFRED BLACK.
tnata ma coming anaIn.

The tests are coming again.
L can tell it by the color of the Little
Girls cheeks, or rather by the lack of
color. and by the hunted look in the Lat
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
WOMEN FROM
As to S. TESTIFY
To theMerit of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Westbrook, Me. - al was passing
through the Change of Life and had
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02

Dear Miss Fairfax: met a girl about
two months ago and have Thought the
world Of her l am 10 years Of age and
get $3.50 q week. with very good future
before me Do you think / love her after
is ~ Ny folks discourage me.
YOUTHFUL. -.
You can't keep yourself on $50 week.
You have not known her long enough,
Your folks are right Go 10 work 10
make "a man ~ yourself ana forget her.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
Make Study of Your Job Girls!

Ambitious Workers
Burning Heart Interest Counts Much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
TeII Her the Truth.

Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 20 and have
been keeping company with a girl two
years older for the last four years.
loved this girl very much for the first
three years, and now my love Is growing
colder toward her all the time, and my
salary is small and l must give my
parents part OF IL. because they are poor
and old. So / ask you for your advice
about this girl. and what / should tell
her and what excuse. GBORGH.
Your letter is proof Of the tragedy a
long engagement always brings to the
girl.
II you do not love her. OF course you
must not marry her. So tel her what
you have told me. and be sure you never
do such injustice to another sirl.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-02
Advice to Lovelorn
- aaATa1cH RAnFAx :

Have More Regard for Appearances.
Dear Miss Fairfax: ! am a young girl,
engaged. and am employed as a book
keeper. / had occasion TO 20 out OF town
with my employer ON business. which
took about half day. He invited me
10 take dinner with him at a restaurant
and l went. At another time he was out
Of town and phoned me to come TO him.
as he wanted TO give me some business
instruction. / complied with his request.
Was IL proper for me TO take dinner at
the one time and go out OF town the
second time at his request2 Have been
In his employ for three years. He is
married. INNOCENT
II in the course of business you have
to go out OF town to meet your employer,
you must regard It as part of your work.
But be sure 70 keep in the role OF bust
ness and not TO act as a coquettish girl.
II would have been wiser TO avoid dining
with your employer under the circum-
stances.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26

len Iu9en. label bat lie eineu
fleinen EeufeI I'M Seib. Sic Miro mir
bcIicn Die TrilntsmelIer olisumiid)eu.
lno lcet. .uenn g Cir rcft lit. toun.
ten mir mohI aIeih cin paar 9el.i-
DC MAIDEN Snmlt ma uiier Auto
NIT Wu6e b%cluun0ern fam"
~Setr eiHUerltnnoenl @o ian8t9
mir aH?~
Bel Sen Netteiten: @r1icnberes.
Nini miro obnebin idon nor HGu-
aicroe breruerL su erfabrcn ipie mir
Eari$ augeidlagcu bat"
~Sd0n. &aroSepIae A." riei III
freS Dem Chauffeur Su mn idJpong
Iidl nit gIiidIid)er Mieue IL has Into.
(Sortlceuna foIgt.l
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26
s QnbiteI-

Iud @eroa lamb oas. Is tporeu
aani onnebmbare gebingungen, un-
Ter 0enen lie Gnoe SitIi i'll Den Che
itar0 frat.
auf Der SodSeitsreiie, bic nod
Goris eing ltnb brei @8oden oniicrte,
iteute es itf ouberbem beraus, oaB
IIfreO ous9e3eihnet 5u iGr paBte N
ieoer ge5iebung.
,Gob gu Elm tiidtiqer Sffi3ier
Bit. bot Gapa ihon flitgeitcqt," iaate
fie Iddelno. nober bdB gu oud, Elm 10
Hotter Menid1 fein forni., babe ID
erit Jest entoedt! Sd Oenfe, mir pal
fen pirfIid) gut 8uionn1en uno mol
len oas 2cben MIN 70 redlt bon 8runo
aus genieben. gisber hatten mir
beioe nidt pieI oanon."
,Gs lit mabr," nifte GIireb. bera
bieie Satiad)e crit Jest sum geruubt
iein fam. .Nan merit crit mas man
oaes e%ntbehren muBte. mcnn man
iiebt. mic Die Menifen bier Ieben.-
aber oGiir 1T es chen Gnris. &iI
Iii Is in Gribuspeilcr aniteaen
iUiuit
n2ab mir" murmeIte @erS1 ma
nctelte fif 5drtlih in feinen Nrnl
.fHon fam cuh IN Srlbu3iDeiler
nacrIei ihafieu. gisber iealtc mir
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26
Dr.. Thacher's Magnetic Shields.

nit Ianasm Sci d 6. nit einsr
Grille ansetban uno ielber Elm
nerp0ies W d, ms aranten'
thinner 10 pir6 er idledten @rfols
ersielen. aUmmt er ba9egen fute
Elm Strabl BON Sonnen6 ein
oober. itrobeno BON O ennbbeit
uno po1 Wa9uetismus une
|9ebenstraft. 70 wirft biss aI'
lein Ibou bireft beIebeno out
ben arnnten, BON Der IDnItigen Be-
banolIns gong abgeieben!
2ein @unoer!
3dB Or. 9bnder 9anje Blder
pol BON 3eu9niffen bat, nit
aenouen Rnmen uno Nbrefieu unb
iebeS @ort oaoOn ebrIid uno trsu,
BON 8atienien Die ourd feline n9tag'
netic Sbtelos" esbeiIt muroen. BON
YaratpltS, u beumo. u rs
entranbe iten, Wterens,
.qebers, so gem uno 8arm'
Beihmeroen, Heroofttdt
unb nlen moslidsn anoern uebgIn,
1T tetn 8unosr. Dteie auren oa'
tiren iiber pisrSis Sabre bar,
uno 8etorbs onuOn iteben 3soer'
mann irei 5u 3ieniten.
8eiItebenbs Bttber inuiiriren ei'
men 9beil bieier masnetiiher Or
mGn6er, Die nod in pielen nnoern
1ormen III bnbsu limb, is nod Dem
6a(e uno beiien grfor6srnis.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26
Ter Healiit.

S6aufpieler MSis Sic
pifen. mein lieber 0err 9irettor.
bin i'd fir Sen botbYten RedliSmus,
hesbaIb mub id audi oarauf beiie.
ben. bob bel Der 2afe!i3ene mirtIi.
DIES Giien i~erpiert mirbl
Otrettor: go, Damn miro Is
Sbnen aud Iieb iein, lpenn ib Sbnen
in Der groBen @iftf5ene pirtli6es
Gift reiden laiIs2
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26

per gum fonbsrn! 2rontbeit
uno Siehtbum m6gen. unter
umiiGnoeu, q Il edeno isiu, nber
aonS gemtb lit o eunbbeit bies
crit reti, Melher Msuid miiBte
IS ni6t, baB Die Bsse8nuns zines
q ranten uns # / m t,
pdbren6 elm @sunber uns nit
qebensIuit uno nit 6reus
D 9ieit e%riilllt. @enau basieIbe
BrinSip gilt aud bel ben
aer5ten. aommt Der Doctor
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1915-02-26

8oitioe Betpeiis oouon Iissen
nitt nur hunoerts uno SebnsI
auienbfnb Dor, ionoern See
Der fam iih Iolhe 8etueiie ielber
leiIten. Ritt nut ipiirt CT Die on'
aenehme uno lebenipenoenoe Wir'
tuna ( o o ri beim u nlesen oie'
fer mdsnetiihen @elpdnoer, uno
biele 8irtune nimmt beim 3rnssn
berielben nod Su, ioncern er brnubt
iih nur ia Ssmano bin5u eben,
Der elm lolfes @ewano nnbat,I
uno er fublt iih Iofort in 9ebo'I
bener uno lebens rober
Stimmuna. 3r. 9bnher pflegte
ieine @emdnoer ielber aud su tra'
oen, i'm CONNER ben 2etbgur'
tel ooer Die Qesstn9s uno i'm
9inter bic W tie, oles iebr be-
auem Su irageu uno io9ar ele9nnie
Sormen liherno. 3as tonnien ieine
8otienten nniiirlth niht miien, aber
wsnn CT iih sur Coordination neben
iie aui ben 9iuan iebte. 10 fam io'
oleid ME neues Qebeu iber
iiel Sic borien ibm fule einem
OrofeI Su, Die matten @u9en
belebten lid. ibr GA uno
@ E b itiensn fe fat sons ueraei'
fen I'll baden, uno neuer 9ebens'
mutb mar iiber is setommen.
rnb oues oaS unr gang notnr'
lid, elm ir6men BON
M n9netism . BON einem aDr'