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The Washington herald., 1916-01-23

II Is uu-CuTlSlldu, II 10
wrong, It is immoral, it is reprehensible;
the very devil himself has gotten in to
you and is using you for his own pur-
posesI' storm the preachers and the other
guardians Of New York's moral and spir-
itual life in a vain effort to stem the tide
flowing strongly orientward. ...
But 1t is so necessary" smile the
wealthy New York ladies with sweet for
givingness and bland indifference as they
snuggle back in their robes on Turkish
divans, heck the ashes from their cigar
cites, and gaily kick OF their red Morocco
slippers. ...
I'VE have been overcome by the war"
they purr. I'VE have tired ourselves out
in the unprecedented round of balls and
teas and receptions infinite, for the Red
Crosses Of the nations We have ex-
horted privately and publicly for Bel
GUM. for Serbia, for Poland and all the
other suffering little nations We have
had all these sorrows on our minds and
spirits for so long we simply must get
away from them at times Pardon, but
it is so necessary" and the smoke curls
up from the cigarettes just the same.
Fortune tellings and seances are the
order of the day. Nearly, every fashion
able entertainment that is held has its
oriental fortune teller, sorceress or mind
reader Most of them are professional
charlatans, but many are society girls
who have studied the art and help along
the illusion and the charity incidentally.
Still society insists upon the real thing
and mind reading by suggestion and palm
readings have exercised fascinating hold
upon old and young alike.
All in all it recalls the brilliant days
Of decade or more ago when Cheiro,
most brilliant of palmists and mind read
ersy held sway for profitable season over
the elite of the east. Cheiro. the pub
Usher of many books on these and allied
subjects, held exclusive society of the
east in such a thrall as only exclusive
society OF the east is able to enter into.
His sanctum sanctorum, a studio on
Fifth ave, was for many months the
sourcs from which all cosmic blessings
flowed. In a long lavender silk robe he
dispensed the future at so much per, with
many dim lights around him, with a SOFT
voice and with many antiquities.
In the midst Of his popularity and of
his disciples who actually amounted to
dsyotees a cloud settled over him. He
LETT New York, and behind him he left
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The Washington herald., 1916-01-23
Gorgeous Hindu
Temples PRESIDED
Over by
Charlatans of
Every Hue and
Brand of
Mysticism
Provide Rctur-
esque Setting
for Smart Set
Festivities.

w YITH characteristic perverse-
AN ness New York society this
season has turned pagan.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

points Of beauty. A broken nose might
as have said, be estimated at 100000.
But for injury to my lips or the loss OF
my teeth l would not take a million
dollars.
mo toothless woman, however lovely
her skin, cleaning her eyes, and perfect
her outline, could ever be happy The
consciousness OF beauty, of excellent
physical condition, is the light from
within that Eliminates beautiful WON
an. CLEANS from her eyes, smiles from
her lips, irradiates from her countenance.
The mental consciousness Of perfection
distinguishes such a woman from others.
The light that shines from woman's
eyes comes from a glowing conscious ex-
istence in being adorable. That light
could not shine effulgently from the eyes
of a woman. however fair, who realized
she had imperfect lips or false teeth"
Then a woman's beauty must be
valued according 10 the admiration it ex-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
Brains Worth
Less Than Beauty.

The actress shrugged her shoulders.
Small boys usually don't like long
curly hair. Gee they tell the barber,
shave It all on They prefer to have
the hair shaved, because IL looks boyish,
rather than look sssylike. Hair has no
value to small boys. But who could esti-
mate the value OF Samson's hair? There
is all the difference in the, world between
the value of the hair of the small boy and
that of Samson 1t is likewise with
women. The loss Of her hair to a beauti-
full woman would be as serious as the
loss of his hair was to Samson"
(Which is the most valuable kind of
hair to a good looking woman-black,
brown or golden?'
That depends upon the type of woman.
Some women who have black hair might
be more becoming with golden hair:
others wis have naturally light hair
might be more beautiful with black hair"
But many women dye their hair" was
suggested.
"Ah. that destroys the intrinsic valued
Hair should be natural in color"
But some general distinction can be
made-which do you personally consider
the most precious-black, brown or gold?
Or, let Us compare the value Of golden
hair and graz hair"
Gould That's OF Athens have inspired
the burning OF Perseopolis if her hair
had been gray instead OF gold? When
Phryne, during the Eleusinian festivals,
went down 10 the seashore and bathed
before 10000 Greeks, she entered into
history. That was four hundred years be-
fore The Christian era. The spectacle in
sptred Apelles to paint Phryne as the
gohden-haired Aphrodite Anadyomene ris-
Ing from the water. The vision OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

ing a beautiful woman should suffer In
jury to her skull. What would be the
loss?"
well, let us say it was very, very
minor injury. We might say the damage
to a piece of her headbone might be
placed at minimum Of $1,000"
Then if you place the temporary loss
Of one-fourth Of your hair at $4,000, and
damage to the skull at $1,000, you con-
slider the loss of hair more serious than
a hurt to the head?"
81 do" said the actress.
Then the outside is more valuable
than the inside-beauty is more desirable
than brains?"
What woman would choose to be in
tellectual rather than beautiful" the
actress laughed. I'VE would consider it
terrible catastrophe to be merely in
tellectual women"
Then a wOman's exterior appearance
is of more importance than intellect?
Damage TO her beauty is more undesiTa-
bic than a confusion OF the brain?"
81 consider that a perfect woman
EllOuiu nave DOLu DldluS dnu BCduIgs
Aspasia would not have won immortality
if by her intellect she had not held Peri
cles. But to be merely brainy l certainly
consider less desirable than to be re-
spIendently beautiful"
Miss Beverage was asked to approx
mate the relative value of the beauty
points Of woman. What about the loss
OF limbs? Which would be the more
serious loss-hands or feet? Arms or
legs? Miss Beverage showed the band
ages about her injured ankle.
"Can you imagine a Venus with an
ankle like that?" she asked. "Bandages
and swelling certainly spoil the lines OF
the ankle. I do not know how long it
will take to get we'll, but If that ankle
remained permanently swollen and if l
permanently limped | should ask at least
100000. The value OF hands and feet in
the profession Of acting is incalcula6le.
For in our profession success depends
upon our fingers and legs as much as
upon our brains.
values, as l say, are relative. If Sarah
Bernhard had been compelled 10 ampu
tate her leg and adopt a wooden one In
the early days OF her career she would
not have become the worlds greatest
tragedian. If a laundress lost q limb it
would be entirely different"
Then" Miss Beverage was asked,
the value of beauty points in a woman
depends largely upon the fame that
beauty wins"
"Assuredly" she said.
Il was pointed out that the missing
arms have not dimmed the fame of the
Copyright 1915. by the star Comps
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
What Would
Most Damage Woman?

Which would be the more serious loss
the loss of an arm or a leg? The loss
or a hand or a foot? A broken nose or
a broken lmb-which would she regard
as the more disastrous? If her teeth had
been knocked out and she were COM
PEELED 70 wear false teeth what would
she have claimed in a lawsuit? What
money could compensate a woman for
the loss of her pearl-like teeth? In what
way would false teeth seriously spoil a
woman's career?
Is a man less liable 10 fall in love with
a woman who wears false teeth? is a
tOotnless woman's chance of matrimOny
impaired Which would the more cruel
ally deface a perfect wOman-a broken
nose or torn lips? Which could woman
least afford TO lose-the lines Of her
neck OF the contour of her waist? What
II she lost her hair?
Miss Beveridge suffered from shock In
her accident that befell her. If she re-
garded being bumped physically by an
automobile worth 10000 what damages
would she ask for a hump TO her heart?
Being a perfect woman, which would
she regard as the most serious-bruises
10 her body or bruises 10 her emotions?
Miss Beyeridge began the interview
by discussing wOman's GROWING glory
her naf-. Miss Beverage wore a long
blue silk gown. which concealed her
ankles. AS she walked her limp was OBJ.
Vious. Upon her head she wore a silver
bonnet through which only oonny, golden
curls Deeked.
i do not look seriously damaged. do
II Well. have been really badly hurt
how badly l have not realized until re
Gently. Ny ear has been hurt. My
ankles have been hurt. II these hurts
were permanent ten times $4,000 would
not compensate me. or course, the dam
age % 3 wOman's ears would not be so
grave as damage TO her nose. lips. hands
end other inevitably visible parts OF her
body. She can cover her ears with hair
Cleo de Merode. you know. was
famed for her osSucy-espeoially her
eyes and hair. But Il r. said she always
drSped her hair low over her brow and
SAT- n order TO hide g disagur1ng scar
A soar. wherever Il might be would
really mar ones psrfsctness-but the
saTtOssness or On injury 70 Q beautiful
woman would depend upon its bsing con
spicuoos. Now her hair Ia truly vcman's
crswnins SloU. Il is the kAio taAt shs9s
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
Venus in the Louvre.

Venus in the Louvre.
'Ah, that Venus is in stone. We can
imagine her arms as they might be in
life. But what about a living woman?
could not act without arms. could I?
Would a man marry woman without
hands? Between legs and arms in
living woman / think the loss Of the
arms would be the more detrimental"
II suppose a broken nose would hardly
be compensated for by 100000. II
Cleopatras nose had been broken or in
jured, or if it had been knocked out OF
shape, would Antony have fed from
Actium?
The value OF a beautiful woman's
lips?" Miss Beveridge continued. Lips
are associated with the most expressive
manifestation of love-the kiss. A
womans lips are more sung about by
poets than any feature of the body. Dam
aged lips might mean damaged kisses
the humiliation of all romance for a
woman. Think OF Juliet with lips
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

cites, its reflection IN the eyes Of de-
lighted beholders, and in the woman's own
consciousness Of 1t. The value OF the lips
exists, therefore, not only in their form
alton, curve and color, but in the ro-
nance they may inspire. Helen Of Troy
was known in her time as "the worlds
desire" The worth and fame Of her
beauty must be approximated not by in
trinsic beauty, but by the admiration 1t
inspired, the love aroused IN Paris, and
the power it exercised over the men who
fought. With damaged lips or false teeth
a woman, says Miss Beveridge, would
cease to be a perfect woman living
Venus
But what Of the heart? What is the
value of a perfect woman's heart? u
bruises to her body are worth $4,000, at
what figure would Miss Beveridge esti-
mate damages to her emotions?
my heart did happen to be bumped in
the automobile accident" admitted Miss
Beverage. my heart is a well trained
heart. and It stood the shock But II It
had been bruised in its affection, if any
one rejected Newell, should certainly
not live to place any value upon that
damage. l should die.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

One-tOurtn Is gone
Over the injured ear the physicians
had shaved away one-fourtn of her hair.
The effect was uncannily disfgur1ng.
Think what 1t would mean to me If
that hair were lost permanently" de-
clared the actress. at would deface my
entire appearance. Could any money
compensate me for that? For the hair
have lost l would place a value Of
$4,000"
That is for one-fourth ?" she was asked.
"If all had been shaved off would you
place the value at $12.000?"
Eat least-that is for the temporary
loss merely. II lost permanently no money
could compensate me. To lose her
Growing glory would mean the loss Of
one of woman's chief assets. Could you
love a bald-headed woman? She would
suffer in her own estimation. You know
how sensitive women are when their
hair begins to fall out! 1t must be most
crushingly humiliating. Twelve thou
sand dollars would be a very modest
value, indeed, upon the temporary loss
Of my hair But as say the value of a
womans hair depends upon the woman
and its quality"
Then a stout woman's hair is not so
valuable as a slender woman's?"
Would you think so?" asked the
modern Venus, smiling.
cor say long, fine, beautiful golden
hair crowned a woman with an ugly
face? Would that hair have any in
trinsic value?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
"a Bruised
Heart Above Price"

What would a woman's beauty-per-
feet as that of Venus-be worth If her
heart were TO be bruised in the end?
Nothing All values would fall Why
should a woman desire 70 be beautiful
save that her hearts desires be realized7
Yes, above the fame of beauty. above the
fame Of acting, a beautiful woman de-
sfres a perfect romance. If she is made
for that and misses it, all her perfect
ness is in vain. II Juliet had seen
Romeo going of with another and had
lived on would she place any value on
her fairness? If Cleopatra had failed 20
win Antony, and had seen him make
love TO an Egyptian woman Of lesser at
traction, would her own incompatible
charms not have lost all worth in that
they failed 10 enchant the man she
loved?
"A beautiful woman may approximate
the value Of points of beauty. A bruised
heart is above all compensation. Bruises
to ones limbs and head may perhaps be
recompensed by $4,000. But ten mill
ion times ten million dollars would not
pay for a bumped heart. The woman
who suffered thus would care no longer
about being beautiful She would want
10 die"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Phryne has re-
m a in e d in
mems memory
for twenty-four
hundred years.
Would this be
so if her hair
had beeu speck-
ed with gray,
or if it had
been short and
coarse, or III,
say, il had been
dyed? | do not
think So"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

sewed up after a
fall. Who can place a
value upon a kiss?
Who could estimate
the approximate val
ne Of woman's lips?
1t simply cannot be
done. Such damage
would be above all
compensation. The
value OF the lips OF
Venus in life would
be inestimable.
Teeth! If m =
teeth had been
knocked out what
damages would l
ask? That Is too
horrible for a wo-
man to think about.
A tOothless woman,
as well as a hair
less woman, cannot
fill the standard of
perfection. With
false teeth or false
hair a woman ceases
to be perfect. Com
paratively, a leg or
arm, a hand or ankle
are not so valuable
as the features OF a
woman's face. 1
would lose any one
rather than suffer
DETACHMENT 10 the
countenance. T b e
countenance is the
most precious OF all
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

a lustre about her.
It's value, Of course,
depends upon the
woman and the de-
gree OF her beauty;
also upon its In
trinsic quality -
color. length and
texture. Now, look
here"
Mis- Beveridge
removed her silver
bonnet. over three
fourths OF her head
rioted a wealth of
curly golden tress-
es. In the sunlight
flooding her apart
ment her bair scin-
tillated and qulv-
cred as with dust
of gold.
" Y gu consider
your hair worth its
weight in gold?"
she was asked.
Its weight in
gold would not
pay for il. she re-
Dlied "But look
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

W various points or beauty IN a.
" perfect woman? II a woman
lived to-day as admirably formed, as
exquisitely fashioned as the prototype
OF the immortal Venus OF Milo. upon
what aspect Of her loneliness would she
place the most value? Which, above all
others. would she regard as the pre-
dominant feature OF her beauty? Which
lineament or member II injured or lost
would mean the most marring damageG
The celebrated Venus In the Louvre
lost both her arms-yet does the alb
sence of arms and hands mar the lowell
ness that has enchanted the world?
That figure. despite the missing limbs,
stands as the supreme criterion Of femi-
nine beauty to-day. What IL the nose
had been split or the lips SCARED. or an
ear. broken of? Perhaps a single acct
dent TO a particular feature might have
destroyed the component charm OF the
figure. In a living woman, therefore,
damage to what feature would be most
serious?
Ray Beverage, the American actress
who won renown, especially in Shake
spearian roles. in Germany. has been de-
clared by art critics to be no less perfect
as a living woman than is the Venus OF
Milo in stone. Miss Beveridge is known
in Europe as 'the American Venus" She
has been nmmortalized in stone also.
Famed as the most beautifully formed
woman in America, Miss Beverage
might above all women be considered an
authority on the relative value of the
points OF feminine cOmeliness. Unwit-
tingly, she found herself in this position.
Miss Beverage met with an accident
IN New York in October. While cross
ing Riverside Drive one evening, an auto
mobile knocked her down. The side OF
her head was cut and bruised. one ear
was lacerated, one cheek was scratched.
and her ankles and lower limbs were
bruised Miss Beverage sued the owner
OF the car for $4,000 damages
II Miss Beverage estimated the dam
age OF a lacerated ear and bruised limbs
at $4,000, at what would she fix the
damage to other parts Of her body?
What il her nose had been broken?
Or her lips torn? Or her cheeks per
manently SCARED? What II she lost
limb in an accident?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Now, suppos-
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23

Our Enemy's Spy," Eagle hall, Thursday. Friday night, thrilling sensational leap for life Marie Walkamp. William Clif. ford.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23

that if he failed, the failure would be due soley to the mighty wa, fleet which forms Britains bull wark of defense Bereft 'or her magnificent fleet there is little to doubt that the Teuton would today be dining in London or stamping his booted heels within the bomb riddled ruins of Buck ingham palace. And yet England had a trained army over five times the size of the one congress expects to provide for the United States in spite of all the lessons of the war. If England was un- prepared with an army of nearly three quarters of million trained men backed up by navy treble the size of any other, how re-
 markedly we'll provided will be the United States with a huge army of one hundred and thirty five thousand men and powerful artillery division of something like twelve or fifteen hundred guns, a couple of dozen aero
 planes and powder and shot
 enough to last week or so pro- vided our army had not been shot to pieces before that time. Oh, yes! We have a war fleet that can lick the navies of the earth
 if it catches them one ship at time. Truly Edison is right and Northcliffe is right. especially the latter. We will never get any sense until it is pounded into us. What we need is a good thrash ing to teach us to look out for ourselves. Like England we will refuse all warnings of the fate to come and like England we will some day weep in the bitterness of regret, while making frantic efforts to repair the follies that led us to our doom.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23
MEETING NOTICE.

THE NOME eARTsNpea's UNION Local sss. B. L L. of A. (Ami,ateo with the A E. of L.) meets every f,rs, sunday In each month M n a. m
 AL NJcHOT .aON Ere.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23
STORMS; BL|zzARDS
 VISIT MIDDLE WEsl
A. P. A. Service

A. Y. A. SA VASS
 . CICAGO. March a3.--1llinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri have been swept by storms and blizzards for the past wenty four hours. Rain, sleet and snow have followed each other accompanied by heavy gales which have de veloped cyclonic velocity.
 So far no considerable amount of damge has been reported but four persons are known to be dead in Indiana and Missouri as result of the tempest.
 Traffic is slightly hampered and traffic in most of the large cities in the storm belt is seriously hindered. A curious incident of the storm was the cutting out of three coaches from a moving Cleveland passenger train at Ma rion, Ind. According to reports arr irving here, the cars, all of which contained passengers were swept from the rails during a particu- larly intense period of the gale. A number of passengers were in- jured by the overturning of the coaches but none seriously.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23
OVER 800 HURT
 IN AIR RAID
A. P. A. Service.

AMSTERDAM, March a. According to advices reaching here today from accurate sources, the great allied air raid on Zee brngge Monday not only resulted in the almost complete destruc- ton Of the town but was also re- sponsible for the death and injury of nua- s:---- -i.....drAd Dersons The reports say that two Hundred persons were killed by the bombs of the air squadron and some thing over three hundred and fif- ty were injured in the raid and fire which followed. It is indi- cated that the damage was SO ex- tensive that the Germans may abandon further attempts to use the town as a submarine base ow- ing to its position making it an especially easy mark for repeated attacks of that character.
The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-23
THURSDAY, MAR. a3. 1916.

The evident intention of con- grese to vote down any and all attempts 10 increase the military forces to any considerable degree, suggests .Hst thomas A. Edison is It far ois the mark when he prophecies that America will never adopt preparedness until It is too late to prevent some other nation from walking all over us. Indeed, Edison is not the first to -A------:A~--A:--- ...:+b re- spect to the future action ot this country on the preparedness is sue. Something over three months ago that somewhat er- ratio, though undeniably level headed and far-sighted English man, Lord Northcliffe, wrote long article for a leading New York newspaper in which he voiced an opinion identical with that of the famous W izard of Orange" Northcliffe said that America was very much like Eng
 land in that she will never learn her lessons until the hand of an enemy IS at her throat and the very existence of the nation hangs trembling in the balance There are few of us who have not at some time diparagingly crit icized Britain for the utter ab- sence of all military precaution disclosed by the war. Yet if we remember rightly the so-called Home army" of Great Britain exclusive of the reserve forces, totaled something over one hun dred and eighty thousand officers and men. Back of this was a reserve force known as the army reserve" of eighty thousand and a territorial army" of three hun dred thousand-a total force of seven hundred and twenty four thousand men. England also had something like two thousand and seventy odd field guns, nearly treble the number credited to the United States at the present time. And yet we are prone to call Bri- tain an unprepared nation; are even inclined to laugh at what we are pleased to term the ab- surdity of calling her mighty England" Yet England had over three fourths of a million trained men at her command when the first gun of the great war was fired and the mightiest war fleet the sun ever shone on. Had We, of the United States an army of such dimensions we would un- do.btcdly consider ourselves ab- solptely imptcgnable against the assaults of the mightiest foe. Yet withal England was as weak as an infant when it come to the shown down and there is every reason to believe that, had it not been for the remarkable fighting capacities of the Belgian nation, the German would long ago have flung his legions against the chalky cliffs of Dover. Whether he would have been successful in securing a foot hold on British soil is something no one can guess but it is undeniably true