Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1915, Page 9

I — THE BEl: ( Meaning and Responsibilities { By FLBERT HUBBARD. { Marriage is the natural mating of a rormal man and woman. And there must be a mental mating as well as a physical, if the relationship is to last and thus be worthy of the name of “mar- riage.” The marriage rite, or ceremony, is a proper form- ality whereby the world js mnotified of the relationship. But the ceremony does not constitute the marriage. The ceremony s mnot vital, and the particularly form it takes is of small importance. The vital things are the mental, spiritual and phys- ical qualities of the man and woman. There can be no lasting love without a sincere and honest respect. Truth is the first requisite in marriage, and uniess truthfulness be present no ceremony can sanctify the relationship. They whom God hath joined together no man can put asunder. The essence of marriage is companion- #hip. The man and Woman must sympathize with each other's aspirations, and respect | each other's ambitions and desires. If this is not so the man will stray, actually, or else chase the ghosts of dead | hopes through the graveyard of dreams. Pettiness palls, unless it is backed un} by intellect. The merely clever woman is nearly as bad as the astute man. | 'Ware of these people who carry most of their goods in the show window! Brilllant men are but ordinary men who at intervalg ‘are capable of brilliant per- formances. Not only are they ordinary most of the time, but often they are dull, perverse, prejudiced and absurd, However, they' are sometimes right, | aud thig is better than to be dead wrong all the time. R0 here is the truth. Your ordinary man who does the brilliant things would be ordinary all the time were it not for the fact that he is inspired by a woman. tGireat thoughts and great deeds are the children of married minds. + When you find a great men playing a Lig part on 1ife's - stage you'll find in| sight, or just around the vorner, a great Mowan. Read history! & A man alope is only half a man; it takes the two to make the whole. ldeas are Born of parents. But life naver did consist in doing bril- flant things all day long. Before breakfest most men are rogues. And even brilliant men are brilliant only twe hours a-day. H These brilllant moments are excep- tional. i Life is life to everybody. We must eat, | breathe, sleep, exercise, bathe, dress, lace | our shoes and uee a toothbrush, We must be decent, agreeable, talk when we should and be silent when we ought. ‘To be companjonable—fit to live under the same roof with good people—con- sists neither in being brilliant, pretty nor clever, it all hinges on the ability and willing- ness to serve. No man can love a woman long if she does not help Lim carry the burden of life. He will support her for a few weeks, | possibly years; then if she doesn't show & disposition and ability to support him her stock drops below par. Robert Louis the beloved used to tell of something he called “‘charm.” But even his subtle pen with all its witchery could not quite describe charm of manner—that gracious personal quality which meets people, hig or low, great or small, rich or poor, and sends them away benefited, blessed and refreshed. Ellen Terry, turned 6, has it. The Duse, tomely, ‘positively ‘homely, in featur: rests her chin in her hand and looks at you and listens in a way that captures, | Cunningham away. captivates and brings again the Dr!la-' ures of past years. I met Sarah Bernhardt a year ago. She is 70-but she had me going. I am encouraged and delighted when 1I think of how women everywhere are learning to work, work with head, hands and heart, preparing themselves to be fit companions for able men. The woman's club has been of vast benefit to men, for it has cut them out & pace. Woman Is no longer a doll, a plaything, a teddybesr; she is the te'lectual companion of man, and he must prepare himself to be her companion and | belpmate. There is no sex in soul Men and women must go forward hand in hand—single file is sa‘agery Every good man is dependent on a woman, and the greater he is the more he needs her. The only man who has no use for a woman is one who is not all there—one whom God overlooked at the final spection. A man wants & wife who is his chum, companion, a “good fellow” to whom he can tell the things he knows, or guesses, or hopes; one with whom he can be #tupid and foolish—one with whom he can act out his nature. If she Is stupid all the time he wil have to be brilliant, and this will kill them both. To grin and bear it is gradual dissolution; to bear it and not grin is death. We are all just children in the kinder- garten of God, and we want playfellows. If & woman is pretty 1 should say it is no disadvantage unless she is unable to forget it. But plainness of feature does not prohibit charm of manner, sincerity lionesty and the abliity to be a goed housekeeper and & noble mother. There are many degrees of intellect, but a8 @& general proposition this holds " A man wants & wife who is intellectu ally on his wire—one wiho, when. he rings his | i in- | in- | | | After the plaid costume fact. It appears in all manner of color combinations and in checkered designs all the way from the small shepherd pat- tern to the big block effects. many seasons of anticlpation, is an accomplished The sketch indicates a conservative frock recently worn at Asheville, N. C. The ,material is of soft blue bengaline crossed by triple lines of white and eut on the bias to give a diamond rather than a square.outline to the plaid. - Othér than the wodish flare of the skirt, there 1s nothing special to dis- Oy By ] arrangements ol thllnlnf 'to the In- -drama correspond! nts of "Rmvfin:um‘n" may now theaters. B: it with Mu- Film Corporation it is not only pos- sible to read “Runaway . June” each week, but also afterward fo see moving plctures illustrating our story. h by Serial Publicatinn SYNOrs1s une, of N ‘Warner, im- A oneymoon use. be dependent on that she .1.1:.\1-! - wealthy married man. escapes his du{cm with difficulty. Ned searches tedly for Jume, and, learn of o's deslgns, vows vengeance on him. After many adventures June is rescued from river pirates urban, an artist. 8) as the “Spirit of the Marsh, s driven out by Mrs. Durban is kid- naped by Blye and Cunuingham. June escepes, tries sweatshop work and is dis- ssessed by her landlady. Blye finds fina in_ her tenement home and drives FIFTEENTH EPISODE. “At Iast, My Love!" CHAPTER 1L—(Continued.) “Last of all I dreamed that I oseing dragged home from the altar by ¢ ring in the nose, as the savages of old dragged their brides. And when the |couldn’t stand it. I threw down yout | money and ran trom train.” “To meet this man!” interrupted Nod sternly. “Gilbert Blye was waiting, but for a New York train. I had been to our { Tarnville factory. I suw this beautiful | girl on the platform and thought bo mediately what a good motion pictare | subject she would be. I was right. She screens pertectl And he smiled ap- provingly at June, “So you were strangers,” remarked Ned, and there was an implied sncer in {his tone. ““You helped her on the train, {and I saw you in the car talkng with { her!” “Oh, yes!" and June's brow cleared “I hed #old my watch to a funny old lady on the train to pay my fare. Mr. Blye bought the watoh from her and very kindly offered to let me purchaase it whenever I found it convenlemt. He gave me his card; that was all?™ “All!" Ned thundered. ‘‘He chased you from the train in & taxi, and I followed, but lost you both.” “I did mot!" Blye heatedly retorted. “I jumped in & taxi and tore stwaight for Cunningham's hotel,”” and he turned to the white-moustached man for cor- roboration. “We were due &t & dinner party that night and were so stop at Mrs. Russel's, where all the girls of the company afterward boarded.” “And 1 went stralght to Trig!" the aggrieved June. Indeed she @id!" heartily agreed Irie. | “She told us she had left. you because | you had given her money. "t And Bobble Blethering was still profoupily parplexed You remember | came g to the hous added up, responds. This is paradise! was | | to chase you! | puzzte which | Ned found your card and went to your tinguish that seotion of the gown, ex- cepting perhaps the fact that it has seams down either side and one down the back to impart a more graceful line than is obtaimed when the skirt is a pure circular model. The bodice takes on zouave suggestion, outlined with a narrow frilling of plain silk. Rather umique is the cuff, which takes on a emila lly shape, The trl corne hat is elevated slightly toward the back—this accomplished by the knot of hair—and it 18 trimmed with white kid flowers. The gloves and foot- ‘wear are also of white. Read it Here—BSee it at the Movies. v Loilllan Hostor for June's purse.” Iris turned to Mr. and ‘Mrs. Moore. *‘She wouldn't even let us lend her money, because she had a principle about being independent. When you and Ned chased in and drove poor June from one house and Ned found Gil- bert Blye's card in her glove, then it was all off!" “When I slipped out of Iris' window I had my purse, but mno clothes,” June pathetically remembered. “So I went out home to Brynport and stole my clothes and Marie." “Why did he same time?” Blye. “It was an inspiration.” Gilbert Biye smiled suavely and stroked his black Vandyke with his long, lean, white fin~ gers, and Lis black eyes glowed. ‘““We had just formed the Blye Btock company at the dinner party. Mr. Edward and he nodded to the heavy man [with the black thick lidded eyes, “‘is our financial backer. Mr. Cunninghom, white mustached man, actor, who has*also on interest in th g0 to Brynport at the Ned glanced savagely at the beautiful girl in the watch. play. ‘The Runaway Bride!' daughed Tommy Thomas. “I was to be the only leading lady of the Blye Stock company." Gilberi Blye favored the vivacious bru- nette with a pinch on the ear. “I remember hearing Mrs. Warner tell the old lady on the train that she must darn her own Mving. I was certain that she would screen well original hervine of the idea? and Cunningham were enthusiastic, 1 had her address In her watch in Cunningham's limousine and right out to Brynport. “And we reached the cafe just in time hurried had batfled him house, and your wife told us you were &t the dinmer party.” “My wife " and a shade of annoyane Ppassed over Blye's dark, handsome face. And on the way in from Brynport my taxi broke down,” June went om. “Mr Blye appeared out of the darkness as if by magic and offered his limousine.” “l bave a confession to make,” inter- rupted Biye. “I threw glass on the road. And there was a general movement of shocked understanding. All thelr cars had popped tires on that glass. “Tt was my only opportunity to stop the run- away bride. On the way in to the city 1 persuaded her that she could earn independence easier and quicker in mov- Ing picture work than in any other way." 0 T became a temporary member of the Blye Stock company. I was to play ated after 1 told him about problem,” added June. my money (T Ee Continued Tomorrow.: & nod for the | gradually ‘Is our leading |into Great Salt Lake to extend the wolid company. 1 showed them the picture of | Lucin line It had | The fill is now twenty &lven me a great idea for a motion picture | in some places there is a depth of thirty- They were |five feet delighted with it, but we had no girl of | | the type.” “Wasn't 1 the jealous little party?’ 1 jumped | He was piecing together a | “When | her the lead in the feature which he elabor- IMAHA, WEDNESDAY, ‘ By GARRETT P. SERVI | | 1t was Inevitable | shoulg | bring that the great war mAny superstitious notions [to the front, and especially those relat- ing to lucky arms and guardian mas 1 find the two following, which are new to me In detall though not new in | principle, reported from England & 4 E No. 1, the ‘‘Gunpati,’’ or god of wisdom, to control destiny; No. 2, a form of the ‘‘Swas- | tika,’* and No. 3, the *‘Swasti ka’ in its Hindoo form. An English soldier took as a mascot w button cut from his mother's wedding |dress. He has heen in seventeen mevere | engagements and many smaller fights, | but has not received a scrateh.” | An Irish soldier, beforo starting for the war, pulled with his own hand, in a field pear Dublin, & quantity of sham i rocks which he carried in a little green bag, suspenaed from his neck. He firmly | belfeves that this charm has shielded him trom all harm in his many desperate fights. England's Indian troops have, it is re- ported, brought many mascots along with thom to turn aside German bullets and shrapnel. Among these are some of a very curfous nature, for Instance, min- iature ivory images of a white elephant, This is not regarded as a direct charm against death, but as a representative of the god of wisdom, which will enable its wearer to control destiny. Here we see the subtility of the Hindoo mind, the idea being that the protective power Is | one that acts through inspiration, teach- |Ing the protected permon how to escape and avold danger, instead of simply shielding 1t off The famous swatstika occuples a con- {spicuous place among the mascots | brought by the soldiers from the Orient, for, although it is a symbol that has jbeen found in ail quarters of the world, it Is probably regarded with greater ven eration in India than anywhere eln‘ There 18 some mystery concealed in the history of the swatstika. In the old world it has been found carved on tormbs in the ruins of Hissarlik, the legendary Troy of Homer's lliad; represented in the ancient cemetories of Ktruria; eut on coins of Asia Minor; tnscribed on Buddhistic monuments in Indla, used among religious symbols in Tibet, and worshipped in ancient Scandinavia, while in the new world, at the time when the APRIL first Buropeans arrived, the swatstika was known among the Mexicans, the Contral Americans, the Peruvians and other Indian nations and tribes. It has been: exhumed from prehistoric graves in the United States, 4 No universally accepted interpretation of this strange symbol has been offered, notwithstanding all the study that has been devoted to the subject. According to many It was originally a symbol of the sun. Others think it signified the planet Jupiter, but this appears to be based upon the conventional figure used to represent that planet, and the gpinion is not a likely one. The shape of the swastika varies somewhat, but it s always characteristic. It bears some re- semblance to a Greek cross. Eometimes it is enclosed In a circle, but the usual form is that of & cross with two equal arms, which are bent at a right angle, half way toward each ond from the crossing. That this anclent and almost universal |sign of good luck should be one of the most popular in use on the battlefields of “Armageddon” ia mot a matter for surprise. People Who are mnot super- stitious in ordinary circumstances are apt to become 80 in & threatening emergency, |and such symbols as the swastika have the Indefinable power that antiquity gives over the imagination. Recent events call attention to another kind of symbol, whose origin is as ob- scure as that of some of the mascot signs. This is the Mohammedan creséent. | Do You Know That | | At Lakeside, being Utah, the mountain fs cut away and dumped fill of the Southern Pacitic company's The work was begun in 1901 miles long, and | The use of lime as binding material for |mortar originated in the past. |One suggestion 1s that some savages | when using limestone rocks to |their fire noticed that the stones were remote confine | | changed by the action of the heat | Since the war began Englishmien inter- |ested in the electroplate trade have |ceased to describe their metal as “Ger Why not get the |man silver” and have substituted for it | Edwarde | the term “nickel sflver.” | 3 “Effendi” in Turkish has its equivalent in the British “esquire | | | { | i { | No 1 shows an amulet of two hoar-tusks used for horses in Asia Minor; No. 2, a amulet from New (Guinea; No. 3, an amulet of lion-claws from Uganda. Such amulets were used as a protection against the “evil-eye.” The usual explanation of its origin Is that the Turks adopted from the city of boar-tusk | Constantinople symbol in the donia, becuuse crescent thwarted, by its Incres | tempt of Philip sec walls of the olty. A Mohamied | says that the Sultan Othman a | orescent for his standard |@ream he had seen the which had take Philip it for a of Maoe haa an at retly to undermine the days of the moon ng lght n legenid ypled th n A becay new moon expand 8 . 3 - No. 4, the four-leaved clover, supposed to give luck; No, 5, a button from a wedding dress, and No. 6, a broken coin, the other half heing left with a loved one, l\||||l‘ its horns reached from the east to the west But Pro Ridgeway in | 1ately advocated a England view, secording to which the Mohammedans got the idea of the croscent, not from the new | but from the | use in Asin Minor fitting two boar's base. | bears a closer resemblance to a ! creacent, as it 1a represented new moon. of amulets made by tusks together at the on the wide distribution of these cmulets, how ever, sugkests that they A common orlgin in some symbol pertain Ing to the moon. They are found as fur away as New Guines, while in Africa they are in common use, made, however, of lipns' clawa Instead of hoars' tusks 1 t Star Company. It may be troe that whatever fs cholce s always excluglve; but whatever ls ex clusive s not always cholee. A8 malice croates malic s often generosity arovses generosity 1 is full of good-hearted ted people who brand any man ideas of divine wor yat shor as an infidel whose | #hip differ from their own We warn our sons with loud volces against the dangers of the wine cup an | har may have had | the gaming table om but téo many of us sit daughters vontract speaking and envious ellent while habits of maliciou which are eritictam, quite as great evils in soclety today as iIntemperance eor gambling Prayer is the key to heaven, It admite us to the sacrament of Angels Thoughtlessness is the consort of scMishness, and the erime two are parents of Many & low rascal on earth beasts el hle noble ancostora under ground Men bomst of their Infidelitien, wome: anclent and long continued | conces! them Many an overgealous reformer imagines The figure thus produced certainly |that he is teaching morality when he ft typical | really giving imatruction fn vice. It In dangerous to describe an evil too closely Turkish fag, than does & new moon. The | in order to warn against it. Nothing flattera a man's’ vanity so much as being told that he s not like other men. Loneltness is an all-pervading consclous- ness of self. CIAX VgMrUxCaAX OMrEICAX