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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1013.
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The Changing Kaleidoscope of Fashion
Copjrtiht, till Vy JwriMil-AmfriwnBmlNtr.
By Nell Brinkley
Tills would crcato a sensation on
Broadway now, but when "Knights
Woro Bold," It imi deemed Just tho
proper thing In hoadwoar.
Here's a man's nifty little pal, Just
as sho looks when she comes In from
n hike. Her little cloth hnt makes
her more bewitching.
IF
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on
Independence of Wives
Failure to Allow Better Half to Handle a Dollar No: Ex
pended Fer Instructions Leads to btraying raw;.
Hy ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
(Copyright, 1913, by the Star Company.)
We talk much of woman's Independence
lit America; of the generosity and unsel
fishness of American husbands, and of
the wonderful privileges enjoyed hy wives
In all classes of society in this land of
the free and the,
homo or the brave.
Cut there Is an
other sldo to the
picture, not fre
quently shown to
the public.
In every city and
" town n America,
even to a certain
degree In our larg
est metropolis (and
second and third
largest), exist iwo
irita tiito diesis
wet, lhra well, and
'.o:iata r generous
smns , lii charity.
yet who never have
the handling of a dollar without asking
for It and without saying to what pur
pose It Is to be dedicated.
"' These women uro the wives of well-to-do
men: many of them are tho wives of
men of large wealth; and such a condi
tion Is reputed to exist In tho homo of
one or America's most midcly known
multl-mllllonalrcs.
Knowledgo of the humiliating position
of these wives comes to tho public through
the secretlvo methods by which they
endeavor to possess themselves of a few
dollars of their husband's money, without
having to submMt to fils catechism. One
woman asked her French teacher to make
a hill of dotiblo Blze, and when lie cashed
the cheque to give her tho amount re
maining after his bill was paid.
' vAnothcr follows a slmllur course with
a dressmaker; another with physician
or. dentist."
"in every case tho husband has the
superficial reputation of being a most
generous provider and a good husband.
In almoBt every ease the man Is proud
of having his wlfo and daughters dress
well and entertain lavishly.
Quite frequently this genous provider
is extravagant in the matter of expensive
foods, wines, garments and Jewels; but
while he pays his bills without comment,
and asks no retrenchment, he becomes a
miser and a, slaveholder the moment his
wife asks for a purse of her own, or a
regular allowance for her personal needs.
U seems almost Incredible that such a
condition can; exist today In our land of
opulence, and among people who are sup-
, posed to bo cultured and in-ogrcsstve. and
whore woman Is considered to be queen
In her own realm.
Yet this condition docs exist In an
alarming extent. It is one cause of tho
growth of the l&iu.il Franchise party,
and Invariablj, win- it exists, the men
who are the home u.:fis are violently
opposed to allowing woman tho vote.
These men are relics of an old-fashioned
system, which must give way before the
maroh of progress.
An old system, where woman was re
garded as a oross between a child and. a
grown person of arrested mentality, and
where, instead of being man's helpmate
and comrade, she wbb merely IUb legal
chattel, and upper servant of his lie
hold.
With the lncreaso of wealth and (no
changed conditions of living, he has
ceased to think of her In this light; but
while he regards her with sufficient
prldo to wlBh her to be well cared for,
well nppareled, and well waited on, bo
has not been nblo to understand her
nature sufficiently to trust her with
money r to realize the Indelicacy of IiIb
treatment of her In this respect. The
dally humiliation which many refined
wives endure In the matter of money
makes the position of their servants seem
enviable to them.
There can be no romnnce. no senti
ment, no happy love life and no mutual
respect between man and wife without
financial Independence and complete truit
In money matters.
It a woman shows a tendency to use
money unwisely. It should be the duty of
tho husband o train her In business
methods.
Thero Is no better training for a woman
is this matter than having an atlowanre,
and understanding that all her personal
needs must be provided for on a stated
sum.
Once supplied with this allowance, she
should ask no favors beyond It; nn '.
should be aHked no questions regarding
her use of it.
Tho man who compelB his wife to ask
for every penny she tiseB Is not a credit
to any country; and Is undeserving tho
name of a good American. .
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'Ik lfe I u t ho! '
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fl' .'flHVKftSlV -fl sill Lr-lA it. .. f "2? M. :y S I I
4i. JB i mb wav rr w ' ssssi y.x n u
mm i Ewi
Hero Is hat worn by Hetty's
grandmother, when Mto was a tray
yoniiK chit of a girl In 18(18. Hetty
snicker when who ftees this picture,
and wonders how grandpa ever pro
posed to a girl who wore such a hat.
Daily Fashions
with mm of thoso "nl nniev illumes" In It In tho olden days It or a hat somewhat slml
wits worn by the pages, who served My Lady on bended k nre. Hetty of TViday has
taken tho old-time hnt and has changed It to suit her taste, added a fea
ther, and calls It "a doll of n hat."
This Shampoo
Helps the Hair
Correct shampooinc goes
far toward preventing 'alt
Ins hsir and oncamlne btlancu.
U-y .brittle, dull and faded
ban can be restored to a
iich.eloy flufly condition
by the correct use 01
FR'S.
HAMPOO
fiTH
Palling hair and
baldness ate caused
by aparasite. Moth
er' Shampoo direct
1 . attack these par.
aitc. It is a scicn.
tllir (omula wr.h
';iai.d nd itentle
k inj, yt pfiMe-kM
....... .U H3ninp
Li -ii I. j Wtlutmfeo.
Mo'her't SEHdl(t Co.
Chicago, 111., U.SJ.
II?!
TSie CMn o! District Attorney Whitman
Shows Why He .is the Terror of Evil Doers
In It the Police Grafters Read Their Fate, for It Spells Disaster to Them, Jaws Such as His
Show Moral Firmness and Character and Determined Will Power.
All "Can Develope the Same Qualities.
Hy GAHHETT P. SKHVISS.
When a man makes up his mind with
nil his force he "sets his Jaw " He brlnps
IiIb teeth firmly together, nnd thrust
out Ills chin, and thero Is no mistaking
these outward phy
sical Indications of
an Inward harden
ing and bracing of
tho spirit.
V I - ., . 1. .-. ...
I that the physloiog
I leal and anatomical
reasons for this
I fact have ever
been worked out,
but about tho fact
Itself there can be
no doubt
But, more than
that, when nature
Rives a man an
nil who have recently been as much tmr
prUed as gratified by the rapid uncover
ing and punishment of Iniquity In this
metropolis. He has ,a magnificent max
illary development that spells disaster for
wrongdoers, nnd tellB why be can obtain
c iiifcrslons and procure convictions with
sut ii extraordinary facility and rapidity.
J havo not seen. In any public man, so
l oworfnl a countenance as his slncn,
jeurs ago, I looked one night at tho body
of General Grant lying In state in tho
New York City Hall. No portrait that
1 bud ever seen had conveyed so strlk
ng an Impression of the vast forco of
resolution that the great general posses
sed at did the sight of his mighty chin,
vitl' Its close-trimmed, granite-gray
beard. Ivlng in the light of the torches
One could see In a flash why the genius
of Ie went down before that tremendous
battering ram of human energy and reso
a ter when we choose our public officers,
and especially those whose functions aro
ti bo eminently executive. History has
abundantly demonstrated that no man
with a weak, receding chin should
ever be placed In a position of great re
sponsibility. Mere Intellectual brightness
Hs not Sufficient. A man may have tliu
and yet lack decision of character. Of
course, he may have a considerable shar
of both, and still be morally rotten, bu'
liy LA HACOXTUrSK.
The Grecian drapery has been adopted
by Paquln as that most fitting for simple
young and graceful evening gowns.
Over, a foundation of pale pink char
meuse Is draped a soft yellow silk mus
lin blousing over the high waist line,
which Is glrdlfrt by a band of pearl pas
Famenterle. y'llalow the girdle a small
tunlo hangs full to the hips and then
falls lutck caught up In a slantwise drap
rr Prom thre it tipples to tb bottom
nli, n it is turned back and caught to
the cliarmeuse foundation
The sleeves of vellcw muslin exemplify
oiiranrilinarv decree of moral flrmntss. ! lutlon.
n.ul nf what wo ordinarily call executive i It Ib quite posslhlo that we make too
ability, it always furnishes him with a i little of these outward Indications of char
strong Jaw and a square, chin, uecision
of character, when horn with the man
who potsesies It, Invariably proclaims its
existence by these facial characteristics
If there 1b a low mentality behind It yoil
get a bruiser." a hero of the prize fight
ring. If. on the other hand. It Is accom
panied by great Intellectual power, yon
get a Napoleon, a Caesar or an Edison
men who bend their fellow men, or na
turu herself, to their wills.
If you look over a Berles of portraits
of all the great executive genluseo that
the world lias known you will, without
exception, find that their moral force Is
shown in their Jaws. It may be that
there Is a direct connection between firm
ness of mind and the action of the maxil
lary muscle and the consequent develop
ment of the Jaw. for in Its outward mani
festations the mind has to act through
the body. It Is apparently tho action of
tho same cause that gives the man of
decision a firmer step, and surer motion
of all his muscles, than the weak-willed
person possesses.
These things have u special Interest
Just now in connection with the hlntory
that New York City U making. The po
lice gi afters may easily read their fate
In the countenance of District Attorney
Whitman I have never seen the man
at
I believe that a truly decisive characte
generally. If not Invariably, Implies n
straight moral grain. If the grain Is not
straight the reHult will be mere obstinacy,
not real firmness. Tie principles of char
actcr reading ought to have a wider ap
plication In politics than they get
present.
Thoso of us who havo not been marked
by nature with Indicia of the possession
of a moral musslvenoss as Immovable x
a pyramid need not despnlr, however.
for lmnian nature, fortunately. Is Im
provable. Form tho habit of setting you
Jaw when you aro opposed In what you
know to he right, and the physical act
may react upon the moral nature and
strengthen It. It may be that an adult
person cannot Increase the size or the
permanent set of his Jaws by such an
exercise, but he can improve his mental
tone, and the new science of eugenics
may enable the race to grow stronger
and stralghter In charucter.
Still, nature has. perhaps, arranged
these things ubout right, for If every
body were equally firm and decisive no
body would give way to anybody else
and the world's affairs would go to rark
through the ceaseless conflict of oppos
ing anil unyielding forces. Hut there could
' no harm In having a few more men
with ohlns like Mr. Whitman's, backed
by clear heads nnd Indomitable moral
principle.
railroads where courtesy toward the
public Is practised to a degree that doe;i
not always prevail, nnd which certainly
did not exist lu the good old time, when
If you nsked a railroad man n question
ho was apt to snap your head off.
No good railroad man now Is "fresh"
toward passengers, nor does ho give an
uncivil answer to Imybody.
Tho snmt) question may be asked over
and over again, but It Is his business to
reply with unfailing patience. ICsPeoJally
does n good railroad man look after
tho welfare of elderly people, foreigners,
"buckwheats." children and nil of thoso
who seem to need a little protecting onre.
Most of the railroad men lu high places
today, nre men who enme up from tho
rnnks, and they were advanced simply
on account nf their superior ability In
w.n,i.-iiii' n nervlco to the public, "run
nowadays, iloea not count.
Tho ouestlon Is. "How much business
can you divert to your road, and take
good caro of 7"
The arc very few lines of railroad today
that have a nionooly. Peoplo can us
ually take their choice of routes, and the
public Is pretty sure to travel by the.
route whero courtesy, ninuness. ;
and tho smile Imblt provall.
i ,nmiliet' mice, on a western ronu.
ibout thirty years nRo. of a trainman
Who got Into an argument who n.
... . . .... ., rr r. l.'na Vf Tl'
sengcr. no aonm in !"
trying, and the rnilronu man
hat ho deserved-that won im.
slap in tho mouth.
Tho railroad man reported mo c.i
...i-.. ii.. ... ii.., ,oniluctor and
soiuowmii jiumitiivj -
said. "I gave Win Just what was com Int..
and 1 bet you we never see him on this
railroad again!
Tho conductor replied: i - ...-
just what will happen, o nave
customer."
x in tie klndnoss and diplomacy wo.....
ave made that crap .mnece.sary
The passenger as e. u
and tho raiiroaa ohm.
and the tho passenger made an Insulting
-1 ifnl fttllPtl.
romarn ...... r,,?,,,,i,(
No doubt tho tnunnm..
.... . w nnv other route
man woum w-i
than that then-after.
.-..n. lu derails neve. '"
thine. Ilallroud men who wnnt to fight
- " .... ii-i mot rn
..i i.i iiti iitn nrniv. in h" "
.....nm wi iiuii inn ui"M"j
Kangaroo Is us good us anybody's, and
monn y Is a necessary factor In maintain-
im i-nllrnudn.
Good railroad men. In dealing with the
nubile, when they pro-nit themelves for
Luslns aro well-dressed, hut not too
u.'itll.lrrMftf d
I can remember when somo railroad
.. ..ivn m i rttroius. w
men wn.e iia.m...
i nl nnd wondious Jewelry,
also sl.lewhlMkors. And these men had n
f muWInir love to the pretty lad
'. . ,.,i 'innvimr nil old women
paw.tll.hr. n ......
i.-uiiiirniiv lii the lurch.
Any special attention to any passenger
.. mil of Place, as every good rail-
road man knows. If you have any oxtn
courtesy to pass out. give it to hose who
need It most, and let the chiffon and
Ixjinbazliio Ko "aso . ,
very passenger spots a trainman whn
Is trying to lay a cornerstone.
A good railroad man carrlos a certain
degree of dignity.
Above all things, he s personally agree
able. He knows the usi of a toothbrush:
but ho does not carry his toothbrush, a
pipe and six lead pencils In the northwest
corner of Wh vest.
Ho Is manicured; his shoes are shlned,
his necktie is of a modest hue; he does
not roll up his trousers to show that his
Hoeks match his tie.
He gets hlH regular sleep, mm re ioe
A Retreat ,to Victory
Hy HKV. THOMAS H. OKKOK.
The last lap In General Nathnnacl
Gieene s famous ' rotreut" was iniutn "i
yearn ago Kebruury 20, 1871.
The year I7S Is well called tho "yenr of
disaster." It was
The Railroad Man
a time full of gloom
for nil who loved
tho patriot cause.
The shallow of the
tcrrlhlo affair at
Camden seemed to
reach all over tho
colonies. 11 looked
as t h o u g It tho
whole south was
gone, nnd, with
tho sunt h con
quered a n d I Ii o
Hudson In posses
sion of tho enemy.
thus enabling Win to Isolato Now Knp
land from the mlddlo states, tho cause
seemed forlorn Indeed.
Hut fortunately, whilo Washington was
looking out for tuifttern In the old do
minion, as well ns farther north and cunt,
tins patriots down south had with them
Morgan and Greene, soldiers whose
hearts wero ns courageous ns they were
true.
Still bravo and hopeful, notwithstand
ing tho disaster brought on by the In
competency of antes at Camden. Mor
gan and his compatriots dealt tho nrlt
IbIi ii staggering blow U Kings Moun
tain, nnd, tutor on, another nt the Cow-
pens, and ,tho year 17S1 oponed with
happy nugurleH for tho cause of liberty
Hut Cornwallls was still holding on to
tho south nnd Grcono conceived the Idea
that If ho could draw tho Hrltlsh stnoral
far enough to the north ho might bo ablo
to compel him to glvo buttlo under dis
advantageous circumstances nnd nt a
great distance from his baso of opera
tions. Accordingly, near tho end of
January, Grcono pulled out from hl
cnnip on tho Pedce and started out on
his trick of leading Cornwallls northward
across the Carolines. Vailing Into
Greeno's trap, Cornwallls took after him,
trying, hut always without success, to
draw the American Into a battle.
On February 9 Orceno reached Guilford
Court House, North Carolina, but his ex
pected reinforcements not being up, he
continued the gumo of "retreating" until
March U, when ho pulled up again nt
Guilford Court House resolved to give
Cornwallls battle. Tho fight came off
next day, and while It woh tactically a
defeat for the Americans, II. was strate
gically a ileclslvo victory for them. Corn
wallls was so badly handled that lie
dared not seok another fight. He did not
dare to march back to Houth Carolina,
o, abandoning his wounded, ho headed
for Wilmington, the nearest seaport, nut
upon reaching Wilmington he found him
self lu n quandry. To'transport bis army
by sea to Charleston nnd begin all his
work over ngaln would be a confession of
defeat. I In could not do that, bo ho re
solved to inarch Into Virginia.
After following Cornwallls for fifty or
sixty miles, Greene turned licl to begin
the work of redeeming Houth Carolina,
while Cornwallls kept on toward YorU
town, where be was to end the strugcln
hy surrendering his sword to Washington.
All honor to the name of Nathonacl
Greene! Shrewd as u fox, yet brave,
when the occasion came, as a Hon, and
always the unselfish, modest, incorrup
tible patriot, he did more, perhaps, than
any other inuu In the field, Washington
alone excepted, toward the establishment
of our national Independence. If Greene
has any living hlood.rclatlvoH, it goes
no have the yellow forefinger of tin without saying that they are Immensely
liui iiu'1 " ' . . inulld nf bin Kiilfndlil chi-pap.
Hy KLHKItl HI7HHAHI).
Copy rights 1013, lnternat'1 Jews Hervlce.
Once ujmjii a time thrre waa a sailor
man who told big stories about the coun
tries he hod visited.
One day a man asked him this: "Have
you oven been In Australia."
"Indeed I have,"
was the ropoly.
"And did ou meet any of thoe kan
garoos ?'
"Sure 1 did." und here the sudor was
slightly up in an aeroplane. "Sure I met
but I have been looking with great In- I lots of kangaroos and tehlr money s
in. new angel shape brought out by Ia- j terest at his portraits In the newspapers, Jjust as good as anybody's"
' in J and I commend an luspeUlon of them to j Let every business man remember that
the grouch's money 1 Just as good us
anybody's.
It takes money to meet the "overhead,"
to take care of the terminal charges, l,j
maintain the upkeep.
No railroad can shut down and tako a
vacation. A lockout on a railroad Is Im
possible. The railroad has to keep trains
moving, whether passengers and freight
come or not. To stop means bankruptcy
fur stockholders, landholders, employes
and the public
Travelers expect safety and servlee.
To meet these cxectatlons Is the bust
nets of a railroad man.
I have noticed that there aro tome
plmrettn smoker. He has a good breath
and u bright eye. showing that ho Is mi
good terms with himself nnd with tho
world.
A railroad man should bo proud of his
position. It Is a wonderful thltg to epeoi
tin, public on Its way. to pass out kind
I'tss, good cheer and help moke the world
a better place beonuse you are het.
Travel Is tho great edueator; It Is th
great clvlllimr.
Good inllroud men are sane, kober mid
they take no chances In tho line of "pe -nilsttlbU
blocking."
"I havo traveled on railroad trains for
forty yeare, somo years half the lmtf
being spent In day coaches or ln sleepars.
And. behold, lu all that thno 1 huvu
never lost a grip, an umbrella, a hat, or
my tenuwr on tho right of way!
I have not Iwon looking for trouble and
no trouble has been pawed In my dlroc
tlon. Tho Intent of railroad men. 1 believe. Is
toward courtesy and kindness an nev.r
before In all history, and to a degree tin
equaled by any other class of business
men,
Stiff Neck
For any .stiffness or lameness
Sloan's Liniment gives relief at
once, it acts like massage
I quickens the blood and limbers
up lame muscles and joints.
re.
LINIMENT
is good for any kind of pain.
" I had a severe naln between mvthoal.
der, and notletne your a.trertUement In
iue street ears x got a ixuun wuicn quicaiy
rellered me "It. D. llfKOOvm, Mays
Title, Kentucky.
AttlWuUn. frfta too 11.0t,
! Dr. Earl S. Sloan - Boston, Mass.
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