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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-14
By Eugene Rat

Less than forty years ago the first
telephone message was transmitted
over a wire forty feet long in an attic
on Court Street, Boston. The lnven-
tor, Graham Bell, at one end of the
line, called to his assistant, Thos. Wat
son, at the other end of the line, Mr.
Watson, come here, | want you To
the surprise of both parties, Mr.. Wat
son heard the command through the
instrument at his end of the wire.
\ few days ago the President of the
United States, sitting in his Office in
Washington City, talked with the same
Mr. Watson, who at the moment was
in San Francisco at the end of Trans
Continental line of the Bell Telephone
SYSTEM three thousand and four hun
dred miles long.
The world is so accustomed to the
mavels of the age, it may likely pass
unnoticed this latest great achieve
ment. SO often the luxury of today is
a necessity tomorrow. The telephone
in use today has become vital ne
cessity.
On Thanksgiving day of "a late year
a dutiful son in city of the South
| west talked to fond mother at her
home far up the New England coast
| What other incident could be more
| touching and more marvellous? To
day party in New York does not say
to another as far away as San Francis
co, Come here, | want you," but sim
ply says stay there, | just want to
talk to you"
That this Trans-C Continental service
in telephoning is an actuality is no less
was the original invention to the great
genius of his day, for it was not made
possible by the invention or the mere
finding of one essential piece of appa.
ratus, such as the Pupin coil; but was
made possible through the cumulative
effect of improvements in every piece
of apparatus used in the successful
transmission of speech by wire-in the
transmitter, in the line and tne cable,
in the switchboard and in the plant it,
self 1t is the work of more than a
decade, extended by staff of more
than five hundred and fifty electrical
engineers and scientists, who have
come from more than one hundred
and forty Universities to the employ
of the Bell Telephone system.
The national government has in nine
years expended about $31O,OOO,OOO on
engineering work in connection with
the building of the Panama Canal. The
average man looks aghast at these
figures, expressive of dollars ant
cents; yet there has during the same
period been spent on engineerinl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-14

tion of a speaker for the house. Eff
forts have been made to "smoke out
this Maori Adonis, but they have been
in vain
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else does I'm dead certain OF one thing
Anybody who thinks he's safe in that
grove will be making g, great big mis-
take" 80. ,.AA- trH
But why?. A bullet can't 30 through
a stone wall or q big tree"
do YOU know what q blast iss''
~ think so"
Well, suppose the strikers occupied
that grove in number and began to fire
lon us. Suppose just then every tree in
the grove blew TO pieces and fell on
eni. and the stone wall sailed up in the
air and fell on EN-. and the earth they
stood on opened up and swallowed 'em,
and shuts its mouth on 'em afterward
and wouldh'tilet 'edn out7''
rs that what it's for?65
II don't know, maa You asked mo
what it's for, and don't know. I'm only
telling you what 1t might be for. What
It would be for II / was old man Kehr"
How would he make II all blow up1"
asked Celestial
by electricity He'd have a switch
somewhere that connected up all the
detonatorS in the grove"
What is a switch
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

man had never been nlgsardly, women
would never have become mercenary, And
meroenary women are few
Men are far more stereotoyped In mind
than women. Therefore their ideas re-
garding the grand passion are more uni
form.
whilo almost every woman likes dra-
matte element In a mans love for her,
the normal man has a dread of the dra-
maticaily disposed woman. especially In
the role OF wife. THIS is the reason we
find so many phlegmatic women who
are wives. Intensity Worries a man I'M
less Il IL kept we'll under check. and the
tragic he finds insupportable in daily life.
Less romantic than women by nature
and with less ideelisnn, yet somewhere in
his heart every man hides a dream OF
that earthly trinity father mother and
child--in which he imsgines himself the
chief element r
| Sooner or later. to greater or less de-
gree. every man passes through the ro-
mantle phase.
Unfortunately for women. his idea OF a
sweetheart is essentially different from
his requirements for wife
/ The average young bachelor is attracted
by the girl whom others admire He
likes to carry off the belle OF the season
before the eyes OF rivals Hc is amused
by her caprioes, fiattered by her Jealous
exactions and grateful for the least ex-
precision OF her regard for him. He Is
lavish with compliments and praise, But
sentiment in man springs wholly from
unappeased appetites. The coveted, but
unpossessed woman can manifest her love
for -him in almost anys manner and Il
win be agreeable and pleasing.
Whether she II shy. shrinking; coauet-
| tish or. playful. administrative or reserved
his. imagination will surround her, with
every charm. A mana imagination Il
the flower OF his passions. When those
passions are Gained, the flower fades
Once let him possess the object OF his de-
sire. and his ideas become entirely
changed. He grows critical and dis
eliminating and truly masculine in HIS
ideas Of how he wishes to be loved
We all know the story OF the man who
compared his courtship to mad race
after a railroad train. and his married
life TO a calm possession OF a seat with
the morning paper at hand. lie no longer
shouted and gesticulRtod. but he enjoyed
what he had won none the less for that.
II was q very quiok-witted husband
who thought OF this little simile TO ex-
plain his lack OF sentiment, but there are
few wives who are satisfied TO be consid-
cred In this light. for the soul OF the
wife has all the romantic feelings which
the soul OF the sweetheart held
A we'll timed compliment. a tender
caress given unasked, would avert many
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
Supreme Beauty Of Serenity

Self-control and edusninnity would have
told us to wait--but q wild impotence OF
unbalanced emotion drives zig all 20 hurry
the adjustment OF circumstances.
An unhappy aud lonely girl once said
TO me u lose all OF my friends sooner
or later some little Enlargement arises
and instead OF waiting stubbornly for Il
20 blow over ! write lettef-put my
whole soul on paper and stil lose my
friends, whyr'
Who ever knew that a letter would le
read In the same spirit in which 1t was
written? Who ever. in the grip OF emo
ton, could put into letter the humility
and simple love, proud ane unafraid
which they felt? One wrong word-writ-
ten and imperishabIy set on nlemory-and
a tiny quarrel grows to the breach OF
misunderstanding.
The girl who lost her friends through
her propensity to write emotional letters
probably exaggerated her sorrows 10 hit
ter grievances and frightened off her
friends by exactions OF cioying oversenti-
mentality. s
No calm, serene woman would put her
whole soul on paper over SOME little
disagreement" That proceeding presups
poses a lack OF sweet tranuuility--and an
oversupply OF excitabllity OF the sort that
does not make It's posressor wear we'll
IN any human relation. 20
strong. calm people are always loved
and reverod. A sweet-teEnperod. we'll
balanced individual, 10 10 comfortable to
know that he or she is sure TO win friends
and to keep them. s'h
Serenity and tranquility are the natural
dover OF some thrice-biessed souls. but
most Of u must work and struggle
through effort and failure TO attain the
mental poise that brings these Towering
to life. The best way to go about acour-
ing than IL 20 cultivate the habit of snil.
inR at small annoyances and or facing blg
ones with the philosophical ATTITUDE OF.
Now. what can do about tRis7 sohnS-
thingr or nothing? n something-thnn
something wise n nothins-thsn patience
| TO see how the thing adjusts itself -
Keep your hand on the helm. Steer
your boat quietly and as efficiently al
possible. Feel that you are your own
sailing master and can be a splendid
one II you choose. Ware hidden reefs
and shorten sail in, storms. You can
make an interapting game OF conuueriug
your own fllghty. ard excitable tendencies
and of gaining the beauty and poise OF
an eauable temperament. hfst.
Difficulties faced calmly, stink away.
Quarrels analysed sanely dwindle 10
nothingness, Failure ignored sinks under
the determination TO build success on the
ruins or previous effort,
| Self-control ls strength and calmness
is power, Seek them and YOU shall surely
find. And finding. you, have the greatest
| OF iife's iewela-serenltv 10 face aorrow
and purpose to conquer itl
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
BY Gouverneur Morris
and
Charles w. Goddard
C.sy4sst. ssls. star os-s..,.
synopsis of Pevious Chapters.

After the tragic death of John Alnes'
bury, his Frustrated wife. one of Amer
lcas greatest beauties, dies. Al her DEAN
Prof Stilliter. an agent OF the intesetNI I,
girl and brings her up IN 2 peraaisse
where she sees no man, but thinks sne
taught by an Tssarn %h ths anS warid the
age Of Is she 8 suddenly thrust into the
world where AGENTS OF the interests are
The one TO feel the loss OF the little
Amesbury girl most AFTER she had oeen
spirited away by the interests. was
Fifteen years later Tommy goes to the
Adirondacks. The interests are response
bic for the trip BY sSeiaenT ne as Is l as she
the slrt from heaven. Neither Tommy noT
ALE an sosH stt eSon 10 Tescae cssstis
from Prof. StilliteI and they hide IN
the mountains; later they are Pursueo
they spend the night.
That night. Stlliter. following his In
dian guide, reaches the Island. found
them. In the morning Tommy goes for a
swim. During his absence Htlliter at
tempts 70 steal Celestis. who runs TO
The latter ut once realizes TomnY's pre-
dicament. He takes advantage q II ny
Liking not s,, Hny G rssshsa Four HS Smsrs
With Celestia lust In time to catch an
express for New York, there he places
Cslestia In Bellevue hospital. where her
Tommy. reaches Bellevue just before Still
uter's departure.
away Ts@ from E st f w 1st e s sss
hctsi to take 6elsstis in owing TO her
fSsr 70 s sssp f Ssr When Re goes
into the hands Of white slavers. but
~ ~ the p nS%s t Sf pOu Esn tSS
son Freddie returns home he finds right
In his own house: Gslestias The girl for
ward that he hoped to get
Celestia secures work in a large gar
ment factory. where a great many girls
cWiar power. and makes friends with all
her girl companions. BY her talks to the
girls she is able 70 calm a threatened
moved TO grant the relief the girls wished,
and also to right great wrong he had
done one OF them. Just at this point tho
room L soon a blasina furnace. ceIsstiS
refuses TO escape with the other girls,
and Tommy Barclay rushes in and car
ries, her out. wrapped in a big roll Of
After rescuinE CelSstia from the fire
Tommy Is sought by Banker Barclay
who undertakes to persuade him 20 give
wants Rim 10 wed her dlrsctiy. He can
not do this. as he has no funds. StliliteI
ana Barclay Introduce Celestia 10 q co
terie Of wealthy mining men. VINO agree
10 send Ceiestia to the eolllaries.
After being disinhertted, Tommy sought
work In the coal mines He tries 20 head
off a threatened strike by taking the
mineFg leaders to see Barclay. who re-
fuses TO listen to them. The strike IL ON.
ana Tommy discovers a plan, Of the own
ers 70 turn a machine gun loose on the
men when they attack the stockade This
sets the mine owners busy 20 get rid Of
Tommy.
The wife Of the miners leader involves
Tommy In an esca pade that leads IN,
from the mob, but turns nom him am
goes to see Kehr.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

lenses began just inside, For twenty feet
the ground was pitted like a sieve. in each
pit a pointed stake had been planted.
upright. Within this ring Of nrischance
were vicious entanglements OF barbed
wire. .s~'ir
In Mr.. Kehr's plan Of defense the
stockads would be surrendered after a
mers show of resistance. the strikers
swarmins over the top would become en-
tangled among the staked pits and the
barbed wire, like files in q spiders web
and then l<ebr could make them sorry
that they had ever been born. He had
two ma chine guns placed on an enninence
from which they could sweep tho whole
inner ring OF the stoclkade. Hc had plenty
OF rifles, plenty Of ammunition, and what
was more important he had plenty Of
men who could be relied on to shoot
down their fellow men.
If by any chance the stoekade and tho
entanglements were carried, the. assail-
ants would be confrinted by an. inner
stcckade, higher and stronger, built
around a spring and we'll stocked with
provisions. But the attack, Kehr felt. II
It ever did come to a head. would end
bloadily and ingloriousiy in the barbed
wire. Labor would have had much
needed lesson, and whatever the con-
sequences 10 himself, he would not have
lived in vain
-Four feet from the top OF the main
stookade or the inner side was shelf
like walk of heavy planks, from which
sentries could look out upon the world
belond.
Celestia's first act Of exploration was
TO climb ladder which gave access to
this narrow way and start along It. Al
most instantly the white apparition was
challenged by sentry.
Celestia gave gave the pass word and
made the man tell her what his hours
and duties were.
"Do you really mean, she said that
IL you saw a man out there and asked
him his business. and got no answer
that you would try TO shoot him.
IF l saw him in this light" said the
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
secret Marriage.

Dear Miss ITairfaN' I am 20 years old
and In love with q young college graduate
who cannot make both ends meet at the
present time lie proposed to me a few
weeks GRO.
want 70 marry him secretly and keep
on working until he has establiahed a
practice. He wants me 20 walt two years
for him.
l am a private secretary and enjoy ny
work. Ny parents are very fond OF him
also. / put the question Of the secret
and she thought II very proper r.
do not heiievs ia secret MARRIAGE
nor do think the love OF a man IL worth
having Il n viii not survive two years
OF waiting. However. IL your parents
do not object hardly tank my opinion
ought to sway you.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

sentry. he'd be 80 clear that wouldn't
have to try. couldn't miss him"
And he might be a deaf man who
didn't hear your challenge. 1 don't think
you'd shoot him. would your Wouldn't
you just shoot homewhere near him TO
friEhten- himY' .--,.
She ioked than man steadily in the face.
Wouldn't your
i've got no business talking to any
one, when I'm on duty"
Wouldn't your
The man made a snuffling noise.
III hear you fire. said Celestia, II
shall know that you didn't shoot TO Kill,
shan't II"
The sentry. an ebert young fellow to
begin with, seemed now 70 have fallen
into kind OF trance.
'T guess" he said, "I'l do anything
you said, II you looked at me while you
said it,"
Celestla smiled and passed on. She
made the whole tour OF the stockade, in
stillinE .nercifIil feelings into the heart
OF each sentry that she met. At last. just
as the moon was rising and flooding the
world with light, she came back to the
first sentry. 1t was easy to see that he
was glad she had come back. He drew a
long breath and his eyes frightened.
why" she asked, have almost all
the trees been cut down.
SOS we can see tho strikers long
way before they get to Us" .
Then why have they left that one big
grove, 10 near the stcckade7 They could
take shelter In that. and II they had a
small cannon"
but they haven't"
But they haven't"
They ought TO have. oughtnt they7
II it's 20 be a fair fight But there won't
be any fight. will there? still you
haven't told me why all the trees have
| been cut down excerpt that one grove
sec, it's got a fine old stone wall around
Il. II were the captain OF the strikers
1T was left standing especial" said the
sentry, by Mr. Kehr's orders And he
knows why It's been LEFT, even II nobody
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
Let Ynur Mother DecIde.

Dear Miss Fairfax: have been keeping
company with a young man three years
nv senior for the last five months. Az
first 4 ala not care Tor him, but my
friends ali thought him an ideal man.
until really learned to love him MY
mother likes him. and CONSIDERS MN
gentleman in every respect, OUT my
father objects because lie does not earn
a living In a professional manner. nut
can give me as fine nome as ! hsve been
accustomed TO. l am sfrald 70 marty
him because my father would always
biting II up to me u J went against ms
wishes as he does 50 With my other
sisters. who married good men
Your father seems to be unduly pre-
JUDGED: sometimes fathers are. 10 why
not talk II over with your mother? II
both OF you cannot bring your father
around TO your way OF thinking then do
as your mother says.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
Talk 1t over with Her.

Dear Miss Fairfax / have been keep
ing company with = young lady for the
last six months and really thought
10 her feel 81 times as though l don't
care for her at ali. I have enoouraRed
her for all that length Of time and really
am undecided what TO do. hate 20 give
her up and stlll am unhappy with her
DO YOU think that the feeling will wear
off in tlme2 HEARTBHOKEN.
Perhaps your uncertain feelings are due
merely 10 the thought OF losing your
freedom and entering upon a new rela-
tionship. But YOU would be- wise to talk
the matter over with the Girl for whom
you have such uncertain affection. Better
grievs for her a little now than marry
her and come to be q cold. unloving hus-
band.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
By BEATRICn FARFAA.

Calniness Is the result Of long and
patient effort in self-control. II indicates
q right understand Of cause and effect
and cures ali tendency 60 fuss and fume
and worry and grieve. As soon a. you
have learned 90 be calm you have at
tsined the wonderful Eift OF poise and
your soul IL on IL way TO ateRdfast
serenity.
The calm soul has learned how to
severn itself--and 40 can adapt itself to
others. People reverence and revere
those who are masters OF themselves. And
whether man remains tranquil and un-
ruffled Ia emereency and acts with iudg-
ment or be serene and calm in facing
the petty snnoyances OF life. he still
gaina admiration for the wise sanity that
prevents him from wasting himself with
out self-control or Judgment.
II Ia a sad question whether the most
OF the unhappy people we meet have not
ruined their own lives and marred and
defaced their happiness by nothing more
unavoidable than lack of control. If
Fate and Circumstance twisted and
warped lives out OF shape. az least there
would be something awe-inspirinR and
magnificent about the tragedy. But
quick tempcrs. hastily spoken words, rash
deeds, irrevocably lead TO most Of the
bitter changes that cut lives off from
happiness.
Humanity surges with uncontrolled
passion, Life " tumultuous with UNI
governed grief. Anxiety and doubt blow
us all about--and carry some of us upon
uncharted reefs And it Ia all so I'M
necessary To me that is the ultimate
bitterness OF most tragedy--it need never
have happened-we did II ourselves--a
little patience and the storm would have
passed-but we munst fly out TO defy the
lightning and to be drenched by the rain
we stupidly forgot hpt. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
Holding a Man by Love

a correspondent case II husbands were
wiser,
Al the same time many woman Ia
mourning over the loss OF romance In
her welded life. all unconscious that the
fault lies In herself A girl, noted for
her beauty. was won by a wealthy sutton
who was madly infatuated with her
charms For the first two years the
young husband sent his wife bouquets
and Jewels and other gifts on every an
niversary
After that the occasions were frequently
forgotten until before five years had
passed even the wedding day was not re-
membered. The husband became absorbed
In business and romance was a sealed
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
TENTH EPISODE.

kehE must have had a military an
cestor from whom he had inherited a
talent for making defensive warfare as
nasty a. possible. From the outside hts
stockade surrounding several acres Of
ground presented no great obstacle 70
an attack In force. Il Vas not a. high
as Il might have been. nor az thick or
strong. The TOPS Of the logs OF which il
had been built were no. even pointed. Il
did not seem 70 have been pierced Eieh a
sdfficiency Of holes for rifles. Indeed
Mr. Kehrs stcckade was not 90 much a
aefense as a temptation His real de-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
In-Shoots

The political boss recognizes no ability
that cannot deliver the votes.
No one cares for political recognition
that is not in the form of lazy job.
4
The, Joys OF Ignorance are apt to be
more enjoyable than those Of knowledge.
The older we grow the safer and saner
we become on the Fourth of July observ-
ance.
When the average girl arrives at the
age of 1s she is usually surprised TO find
out how little her mother knows.
II is possible for n girl 10 seat soup
gracefully ana not be able TO make a
palatable article,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

chapter in his book Of life,
The wife who stated these facts might
have read the explanation had she studied
her own face in the mirror. sin hand
some Il was cold a. ice, with sever
Tines about the mouth and eyes. A spoiled
beauty, she lives with the thought that
everything is due her. that she should
receive, not give. One who studies her
can readily understand how quickly she
would exhaust the romantic reservoir In
a mans nature and fail TO supply Il with
new waters of love and sentiment.
In ninety cases out OF 100 the develop.
ment OF tho romantic tendencies in the
masculine nature lie wholly with the
woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
You Were RiEht.

Dear Miss Fairfax: I have known .
i took her 10 q dance At which / met
three OF my sisters and cousin,
II was ] a. M. when we started nome.
l told her that / would have 20 escort
escorts ana asked her 70 so home with
me as she lived a block away from my
house Instead OF going with me- she
persisted In STAYING out with other frienos.
Justified in escortinG my sisters home
under the above circumstances tt not:
what should do to regain her frtendship'
NJ. B. d. 8.
You did everything that was proper and
considerate both Of your girl friend and
Of your sisters. The girl was very petty
ana unwOmanly in her attituds-so you
can all the better afford TO be magnani-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

-
loves us.
This was more
witty than true,
for every woman
loves. has loved or
expects 20 love
some man.
Man has a horror
Of being loved with
a mercenary mo-
tive SO great ia
this horror today
that e amounts 10
morbid expectancy.
Nine young men
out OF ten speak OF
a wife as a posses
sion only to be pur-
chnsed Rmt IL a
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
,NlG
BY ELLA wHEELER WILCOX.

Copyright, 1915, by Star Coz
cynioal Frenchman has said. The
woman whom we love is only dangerous
but the woman who loves us is terrible ="
to which greater cynlc added. Forum
ately she never
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

colored cording of batiste may outline
the collar eaulettes and cuffs Of this ba-
tiste blouse costing IS. For 1t are required
two and half yards OF batiste (t1.26), half
yard of colored batiste (26 cents), and but
tons 10 centsl.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

An unusual blouse for So made to individ-
ual measurement. This attractive blouse re-
quires two and half yards of white batiste
($1.25), a half yard of colored batiste for
vest and buttons cas- cents), and linen but
tons and moulds I'll cents).
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20

blouse OF striped handkerchief linen
made to individual measurements costs IS.
1t requires two and half yards of striped
material (s2.1S), one yard OF plain linen for
collar, cuffs, tie and bands (75 cents) and one
eighth Of a yard Of batiste (15 cents) for vest.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-20
Advice to Lovelorn By r. s;is'''

nous ana seek a reconciliation /: you
feel that she IL worth caring about.