Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1915, Page 9

THE BEE Mother Come to Judgment By ADA PATTERS She Hves in the Bronx, more or leas wooded suburb this wise mother come to § Recently the new: y dening spectacle of an unwise widow, one who permitted A man to squander her more than half a milifon dollars in injudiclons invest- ments, he cloaking the crooked trans- actions \with his love-making. In agreeable contrast the news holds up to us the wise widow of the Bronx who asked 4nd recelved an lowance of $3,000 4 year from her husband's entailed estate. to support and educate her 13. Year-old daughter. It will be a double- edged sharper who will secure a second thought from this widow. He need not tarry in hope of a dollar. It 18 thus she strikes the keynote of ‘her plan for rearing her danghter. “I belleve in bringing up the girl of today with all the sweet old-time virtues, but with the self-dependence that goes with our mod- erh ideas of womanhood." Very good so far, and this is as good, or better: "'I realize that I am only do- ing part of my duty when I wisely look after the spending of her income. A mather's greatest duty is guiding the de- veloping of mind of her child. “My little girl was graduated very young from grammar school and is now taking a preparatory course for Vassar. She thinks that she would like to be a lawyer. Perhaps she will. I have suggested that she might take & teacher's courss, which would give her a profession much in demand, that she could fall back upon if she should lose her property. . I think that a woman who has property ought to have a vote to protect it. But I believe sincerely that a womans place is in the home. To be the homemaker for her husband and children is the highest happiness of a normal, sensible woman, and she {s ful- fHing Ner greatest duty to the state and to_soclety. “But before ‘martiage, or in the event of" her not marrying, If a woman.is es- pecially dbrilllant, I do not see any reason why she should not devote herself to a 'profession. A good education cannot be !taken away from you, though you may 'lose every cent you have. ., “My ‘daughter is Interested in art and mysic and 16. 8 Kreat; reader, Uy T am taking pains to teach her housekeéping nnd homemaking. I asked the court for B4 a year for clothes, but it pleases me that she 1fkes to design Her own clothing. We make her dresses ourselves here in the home. "Sh. was born in the ety and likes best to- live here, though I have besun to travel with her. I have taken her through Canads and the south, and this year we will go to the Panama-~Pacific exposition {to broaden her education.” All this is the essence of homely wis- |dom. Here is a flash from the mind of sage: n guiding her mind I hawe tried to Five her all the useful knowledge of the world that & woman of 25 ought to have. and to give it to her wisely,ag she is en- {ering her - ‘teens. The old-fashioned mptberk brought up thelr daughters in an igmorance that was criminal for the mothers.” I would stop there to let this nail of wisdom enter where it belongw, but her |budget of expenses 1s too valuable to |orpit. Here is a good apportionment on & remote and of New York; udgment. s afforded us the sad By GARRETT P. SERVISS. The United States once possessed & distinctly American bird, belonging to the great family of the pigeons, but dif- |ferent from all other species of that family, and so remarkable for fts vast numbers and its peculiar habits that it became renowned as one of the greatest marvels of the new world. It was called the passenger pigeon. Its singularities marked it off from wis distant relatives in the old world as sharply as the Ameri- can red man was distinguished from the European. It was so comspicuous a feature of American life that, like the buffalo of the plains, it passed into our Ifterature, | where it plays a part unitke that taken by any other bird in any quarter of the world. Other hirds have been sung by poets for the beauty of their songs, or !the aspiring ldeals which they seem to symbolize. ‘The ‘passenger pigeon foroed itself upon the attention of American historians and descriptive writers by the simple countlessnesa of its hosts. When they passed they changed the aspect of the landscapes; they covered the sky and grain per day. This was not an oxoep- tionally large flight of pigeons, for Audu- | bon had often seen them In equally great numbers. Alexander Wison, the ornithologist once saw a flock of passenger pigeons whose aggregate length he calculated at 240 miles, and the number of Individuals contained in It at 220,272,000, about twice the total human population of the earth At that time. Wilson's estimate of the dally food supply needed for this tre- | mendous host avas 17,444,000 busheis of : OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL # A Vanished American Bird & | { Not So Long Ago the Passenger Pigeon Darkened Our Skies The Passenger Pigeon as It Looked in Life . shielded “off the sunlight; they broke down forest trees when 'they alighted for the night. Usually observers ‘of ithe flight of the passenger pigeons abandoned as hopeless all attempts to count, or to estimate, their numbers, but we have at least two enumerations made by competent observ- ers which serve to indicate the almost incrdetible numerical strength of the flying hosts. John James Aududon, the natural- ist. computed the number of pigeous in a stream which he saw passing at not less than 1,100000. He calculated that this host must consume 800,000 bushels of P el ——————— we could spend much more than that, but I want her to study economy). “For general expenses, too many to de- tall, $1,400. “For clothing, $400. ‘For summer vacations, $00. “‘For music, dancing and riding lessons, “Birthday and Christmas gifts, $50. “For amusements, candy and pocket money, $50. (That is less than $1 a week.) “Tuition fees and books, $300.” A final word of the wise widow's: |the scale of $3,000 a year that may be |adapted on a greater or less scale: ‘We live quietly here in the Bronx be- cabise T do not want her to grow up in a |section of the eity that Is too crowded. My estimate, which the court approved, % how to spend her yearly $3,000 is this: {Rent of spartment, $360. (Of course “Money ls Importan., but it is not the main consideration. “The most impor- tant is the development of a child's char- acter and individuality.” A compendium of material wisdom. It is enough to overturn the advice of Bammy Weiler's parent: “Beware of widders. Read it Here—8See 1t at the Movies. By special arrankements for this papef & .photo-drama. co! ding to the in- |stallments of “Runaway June" may now be seen at the leading moving Dpicture theaters. By arrangement with the Mu- tual Film Corporation it is not only pos- le to read '“Runaway June” each {week, but also afterward to see moving pictures illustrating our story. | Copyright, 1915, by Serial Publication Corporation. SYNOT i ot ne, the bride of Ned arner, . :l‘:'v‘-'\y Jeaves her husband ' on th oneymoon because she begins to realise it she must be dependeut on him for She desires to be independent. June is pursued hy Gilbert Blye » wealthy married man. She escapes from his clutches with difficulty. Ned searches distractedly for June, and, lu-rnm,‘ of Blye's designs, vows vengeance on him. After many adventures June Is rescued irom river pirates by Durban, an artist She poses as the “Spirit of the Marsh - drnoen out by Mrs. Durban and is ki naped by Biye and Cunningham. Jume escapes, tries sweatshop work and is dis- possessed by her landiady. FOURTEENTH EPISODE. In the Grip of Poverty. CHAPTER 11.—(Continued.) “That will do, Mary,” sald Mrs, Bawyer, quietly. “You may go." She stood motionless until the nurse walked out. “Will you hold the baby, Harry?" “I'l bet you. Come here, Buster.” And he gazed down fondly, not at the baby, but into the eyes of his wife, a8 he took the tiny, burden. She smfled up at him. There were tears trembling on her lashes. She caught wp the curly headed little girl, took her over to.the washbasin in the corner and vigor- ously serubbed that chocolate begrimed oountenance and kissed it; then she stooped down by the boy and put her arms around him. “Mother doesr’'t want you to say naughty words like that” And there was heart- break in her tones. A tear dropped on the boy’s upturned face. He snuggled his head on her shoulder, and & chuliby arm stole about her neck. Elizabeth Sawyer was half laughing and half crying as she sat at her desk with the curly haired little girl on her lap and the boy leaning against her. She took up the telephone, “Edward Jones, please.” “Betty' There was such a ring in the voice as neither the man nor the woman had hears for years. She held up her hand to him. His lips were twitching and her eyes were swim- ming, but she could not speak. She wpoke clearly, however, when a tap on the tele- phone bell announced her call, “This is Elisabeth Sawyer, Mr. Jones I've been looking over your proposition of purchase.”” A moment of silence. She turned her eyes ypon her husband. There Was & new softness in them. “I might be tempted if you made the price high enough.” Another silence. “‘Now, now, Mr. Jones, you'll have to come higher than that. Make me your very best offer” Her face suddenly glowed. “I'll take it. I'll fill in the contract, sign it, and you may give the check to my secre- tary. I'll send it over Immediately." Her husband's arm was about her as she filled in the amount which had been agreed upon and wsigned it Bawyer's other arm was the baby. The four members of the Sawyer family were clustered in an unsually small spsce for them. The husband witnessed the agree- ment With great joy. Mrs. SBawyer's sec- retary signed went away. “Betty!” The man's face was agaiust ber cheek. ‘‘Sweetheart!” Ehe kissed him and rose briskly. took the toddlers each by a hand ) In Harry | it with notarial seal and | grain, which, it will be noticed, is in ®ood accord with Audubon's caleulation of the amount of provender required by the pigeons. 4 . One cannot but wonder how the birds succeeded in maintaining themseives in a wild country, but it is explained that they began to eat grain only after the settlers’ farms furnished it for them, and that their natural food was berries, soft- shelled nuts itke Mhnfi,lmm and wild fruits. Their ordy migrations were simply movements in search of food, and not seasonal changes of resi- dences llke those of reguldr migrant birds. They gathered wherever thelr natural food abounded at the time and, when it was exhausted, moved on, Their invasions were as erratic and sudden as those of the Goths and Vandals, and as well calculated to exeite astonishment concerning their place of origin. The region of the great lakes seems to have been a favorite place of congrega- tion for those strange hosts. There they found many of the natural productions on which they rellfed. But how they ever at- tained such jncredible numbers, and what special ciroumstances favored their de- velopment, are standing mysteries. The beech forests and the vast numbers of native berry bushes appear to have nour. ished them, In Fenimore Cooper's story of 'The Plonners” will be found a thrilling de- scription of a flock of passenger pigeons ‘Which “‘extended from mountatn to moun- tain in one solld blue mass, and the eye looked in vain over the southern hills to tind its termination. The front of this ltving column was distinctly marked by a line, but very slightly indénted, so reg- uler and even was the flight.” These columns of birds were attacked not only with shotguns, but even with small can- non, as Cooper tells in his story, his statements being based upon actual facts. By the middle of the nineteenth century the flocks of passenger pigeons had be- come very rare. A series of cold winte and springs from 1560 to 1570 is sald by & lTet's go to the house and The office was empty except for the forgotten little figure near the window, and from that corner there came a low moan. June Warner rose unsteadily Something dreadful had happened. The rock to which she had clung had crumbled under her grasp. Was independence, too, e fallure? Nothing could have been more perfect than the mutual esteem in which the Sawyers had held each other, and in treir love had existed no taint of obligation or of beauty. Yet through all these years they had missed something which now, for the first time, they were to find. June was dazed as she hurried to the bare little room. She had left Ned to achieve her independence, as Ellzabeth Sawyer had done, but June had not taken motherhcod into her calculations. CHAPTER 111 Scatti 1 the deserted bank vault stood with his eyes lowered for a moment, while the pursuers of the little runaway |bride crowded about him. Presently hé {lifted them to the céiling, but they dia not look Into Mrs Moore's on their way up, and he hegan to edge slowly along |anger from New Warner. “T'Il beat It cut of him'" and started for the extremely silent chaufteur, who jumped into the corner and lowered his hedd and covered his face with his arms. He was afraid of fists, though not of knives or revolvers, declared Ned (To Be Continued Tome - the wall again. There was a growl ol' writer in the “Encyclopedia Americana’ to have hastened the dlsappearance of the birds, and now' only & few small | tiocks remain at best, and indeed it has been questioned whether a single rep- resentative of the genuine old race is in existence. A card of the Natlonal Asso- clation of Audubon Socleties says: ‘“This bird is now believed to be extinct. Many other valuable species are threatened. with a like fate. We are trying to pre- serve them.” | \ The passenger pigeon bore, in many ways, a resemblance to the messenger pigeofis, or homing plgeons, of Burope. It wa large bird, much more graceful {in form than the ordinary pigeon, and very powerful in flight. The upper parts of the body were of a bluish color, with metallie reflections about the neck. Un- derneath the color changed to a brown- i=h or reddish purple or viol A costume of extreme beauty has been devised for the girl who contemplates a trip to the Panama-Pacific exposition. And since the old idea, that good-looking clothes are not compatible with the ex- igencies of travel, has been exploded the assoclation of good lines, good fabrics end good style is found in the suit de- pioted in the sketch. The skirt s a box-plaited model, In length reaching only an inch or so be- yond the shoe tops. The piaits are not stitched, but hang in loose, pressed form from band to hem. Very jaunty is the short jacket, which is indeed more than an elongated Eton belted across the back and showing the fulness of the front drawn into plalt- folds, which are confined beneath the en- velope pockets. Of course there must be pockets, for the fair girl will want to carry small change in one and a dainty liven moucholr in the other,. and thereby dispense with the necessity for the regu- lotion wrist bag. The shape of the neck should prove very becoming, because it is cut down to reveal the white of the tallored blouse Leneath. At the back the high collar is Science for Workers By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN, | I —— | Q. Will there aver be one univers:! Tanguage ™ A.~This s indeed an imporiait que tlon. Commarce (n the mreat civillzer o mankind. Ffficlency {8 the watchword ommerce, and least cost of fund: of mental. Now when the wireless telepts o ja in hourly use betweon all of the i1 {zed races of the earth, and of races nu now, but to becsmo civilized. fthem th ‘vu, basic ideas—officlency and lesst co will rise into world importance as neve { betore. { Whelers asriala will rise by willn {in all parts of the world, to remote places { whers commerce axtende. Then &tfizlency |at once dictates that the smployment of thousands of Interpreters must be dis- pensed with and one common language be substituted The buiden of expense will Tompleted overthrow loast cost. We will soon talk {to Wurope: koods will be ordered, mer- | chants will be in communication the day A A {long, and tne expense of interpretation b Lt e | will become intolerable. Then it will be | cheaper to have one language Therefors this one apeech must cote. And all'ean see that the one world language must be the English -1 am _very anxious to find oul w$ her & ship zlll sink if the bottom of the ocean i» at t dopth, or, at least. m the h‘*l'thh(r «;'f“tg: than e enip. Tt Ta the optnion of meny (hat at @ certain depth the ship would remain suspended instead of sinking to the bottom. Please oxplain the exact trith of the matter. A.—~Any mase that will entirely sink below the surface of the ocean will sink to the bottom of any sés Or) ocean on earth. This is because water! ix aimoat incormpressibie ‘Enormous pressure in hydraulic presses has been made upon distilled and also upon sea water, and the diminution of volume—that s, increase of dgensity—is only 0.000044 for ocean water for emech atmosphere, 1. e, each addition of fifteen pounds to esoh square inch. The water- noaked wood would be inereassd in den- sity by very nearly the same amount. Hence, 1f all of the wood in & wooden ship sinks below the surfece it must go to the bottom. The question of reaching the bottom of the ocean la decided for any kind of matter of any ship or hoat by Its behavior at the surface. If all of the material of the boat stnks at all be- 10w the surface, then it will fall to the bottoms of any sea, there being such A dlight incres.e in density of water at the bottom of the deepest oceans, turned back against itself and decorated with small motifs done in blue and tan embrofderies. The sleeves have a slight bell outline at the wrist, Do You Know That In order to encourage the erection of beautiful residences in Paris, the author- itles award three gold medals annually to the designers of the most = artistic dwellings, The owners of thess homes are relleved of half of their annual taxes. During the first six months of every [tuck avenue, , Cal. s year London draws the bulk of ita sup-| A.—If a ship should be hit by the plies of shrimps from Holland, twenty-two-ton meteor on Aisplay. fair at Rortland, Ore., several years it would surely sink. It is barely possible that ships have been sunk in Q~—'Many vears ago, whle on the lookout of a ship bound for Australia, I saw a meteor pencil a line of vivid light across the sky, and fall into the kea. 8o that 1 was disturbed, pondering the blotting out of myselt and mates next meteor should strike our ship. it not posaible that some missing ships i swift i : ‘ | Serbin's Parllament Is known as the “‘Skupstchina.” i One-sixth of the land surface ot the &lobB 1s oocupled by the Russian empire. During a recent year 34,91 tons of bulbs ‘were exported from Holland. humans have been killed A meteor half a mile wide falling the sea & few hundred milos fornia would be too small to have Yy appreciable effects on the coast. A sitive rument might ripple or wave. Bachelors were taxed in England in the saventeenth century. A Youngster at Fifty The man who wants to be young at fifty must stop digging “high-protei vegetables i | { soft cheese, or as a substitute for w! { Made only by The Shredded Wheat Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y. his grave with his teeth. He must cut out the diet” and eat cereals, fruits and fresh tead of heavy meats. Shredded Whea e contains the greatest amount of tissue-building, strength-giving material in a digestible form — the maximum of nutriment at lowest cost. brain clear, muscles strong and supple and the bowels healthy and active, Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits, héated in the oven to restore crispness, l::etlwkbhuflkcraun.-nhtmphh. meal at a total cost of five or six cents. TRISCUIT Keeps the Alos deleioes AL Trats is the Shredded Wheat Wafer, eaten as a toast with butter or Y’ crackers. hite flour bread