Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 22, 1915, Page 9

e S 3 [ / as an Asset By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. All minds ought to be trained to mct quickly. No matter how great your power of logically reasoning out big problems, no matter how capable you are of slow constructive thinking, your mind is thoroughly useless to you unless it can grapple .quickly with the sudden problems placed before it in everything living. All through life emergencies arise. They demand almost instantaneous action, They have to be met and faced on the second. And the mind that cannot adjust itself to & maw set of circumstances and react on them promptly is rather useless o its owner. One of the storles that delighted my youth was the tale of a little Dutch boy who was walking along the dikes of Holland and beheld a tiny hole through which the water was trickling. While he gazed the trickle became a stream. He realized at once that before he could get help the stream must become a torrent So promptly the little Dutchman put his fist into the hole and stopped it. Of course he saved the country, for though it was hours before any one came along the lonely road, and though his arm was numb from the cold water, the living plug had stopped the hole and the coun- try was not fluoded All life Is full of accidents that need 1.ever have happened if the first person to become aware of their danger had acted promptly The tandency in ~ase of ‘sudden emer- gency is to rush about madly screaming and lamenting and seeking gome bifnd way of escape. In useless action energy i« wasted. If there fs a minute or two to spare in emergency, a wise way of meeting it is to sit down very quietly and think over ibilities for action. But if there are only twenty seconds, and those twenty are spent in quick thought and not in blind manifestations of fear or excitement, the emergency will e better met. All sorts of decislons are put up to one and immediate answer hecomes necessary. . If you are incapable quick thinking—or rather too lazy to exert yourself to hard, careful thought —you will follow the idle line of desire or impulse and lead your whole future astray. “Oh, yes, that's all very well, but I'm naturally slow and none too clever,” says James. Well, James, when you took to lasting. in_the shoe shop what was your daily capacity? Your output is about twenty time what it was then, fsn't it? And that is because you found it im- portant ‘to “‘speed up” if you wanted to make a deeent living. g Do you know of any reason why you can't ‘“speed up” your thoughts? The reason you can't think quickly is prob- abiy because you aren’t in the hahit of -thinking at all. You look at things ‘ully andd with no more observation than, the beasts of the field bring to life. . You 100k and do not take the trouble to ¢tudly out what things are about. You 160K or listen to what 18 presented to lask. Do you ever try to reason about it? Get in the habit of cbserving carefully everything that is put before you. Sup- pose you were riding down in the sub- way and:mcross from you sits a man reading a Greek newspaper. Don't grin to' yourself derisively because he is a liftle different from vyou. But stop to notice how he is different. Observe the character of the Greek paper. Get the feeling of patriotism as deep as your own. Wonder about him. Try to im- agine how our cold northland must im- press him and what he thinks of the aifferences between our progressive ma- chine-made country and his own land of omance. Observe everybody about you; T:uhlnlu about le and things. Imagine their .?e- n‘::pthelr actions. Wonder about courself, too. Form and dismiss ail sorts 5f “snap judgments” about things until you have worked out one that is ‘worth keeping to. T:l habit of thinking and wondering about things and reacting to them, the téndency ‘to cultivate your imagination wiil serve you well all through life, for once you have forced yourself into the habit of thinking you will be able to think more and more quickly. And so you will be armed against emergency wnd able to act wisely and well on short notice. . i{e:d It Here—See It at the Movies Runawgy June By George Randolph Chester and Lilllan Chester, By speclal arrangements for this paper | a photo-druma, cerresponding to the in- | stallments of “Rynaway June' may Le. seen at the leading moving picture theaters. By arrapgement with the Mu- tual Film Corporation it is not only pos- vble to read “Runaway June' each week, but also afterward to see moving ti‘tures illustrating our story. Copyright, 1915, by Corposation. FTEENTH EPISODE. “At 1ast, My Low CHAPTHER IL—(Continued.) “That was a great idea!" very enthuslastic. "“The man, the woman ahd the money! It will appeal to every cless and condition of people. We're spending a fortune in advertising it. Leok at this new twenty-four- sheet poster.” And, moving a plece of scenery, ie displayed a big lithograph of “The Runaway Bride. By Gilbert Blye. Por- trayed by the Blye Stock Company.” Why was it necessary to bind and gag me and leave me all night in the woods the husband .demanded. ed, what do you mean? Did some one do that to you?” Jume was half sob- bing, and there was general surprise on the part of the Blye Stock company. ‘Oh, Miss Junie, I didn't mean it to &° 80 far!” the high-cheek-boned maid, Marle, cried, and she was pulling her thumbs in rapid successiom, while Aunt Debby glared ferociously at her. “You!” June cried. “Why. And she looked in fright at Ned Was & sneer on. his lips. “Well, Bouncer found Mr. Ned in Mrs. Villara's garden, and I knew you were hiding from Mr. Ned until make some money, so I told the chauf Mariet" There you of | Sertal Publicatiun i Blye was | could | By GARRETT P, SERVISS, It is a curious fact that the far north | and the far south each has a sea bird | peculiar to itself, and in both cases these | birds, although unlike one another in general appearance, are among the oddest looking members of the bird family that | the world contains. | The characteristic bird of the Antarctic | regions is the penguin, whose strutting | companies, gathered on an ley shore, look like assembiages of little men, in long- | tatlea black coats and - spotless white | walstcoats, walting to sit down at cere- monlous dinner. The characteristic bird of the Arctic re- glona is the auk, a thickset, awkward creature, fond of fishing, like the pen. guin. The largest member of the family, the “great auk,” or “‘garefow],” has been driven into extinction within historlo times. Another member, which the Audu- bon socleties are trying to protect, is the queer-looking, laughter-exciting, and yet very grave and earnest native citizen of the North Pacific shores and fslands, called the tufted puffin, When the tufted puffin is looking his {best (which s, of course, during the |courting season) he wears a big red beak {and a white mask, through whicn his green, red-rimmed eyes gleam strangely, | |and shows a pair of bright vermillion legs (and feet. From the top of his mask, on |each side, over the' ear, curls a long |golden-white “‘feather horn.” It seems that no description is able to convey the ludicrous impression which these birds make upon the beholder. Sailors seeing them for the first time break into guf- faws of laughter. They call them parrots,”” and on account of their drolly grave manners they have also been nicl |named “quakers.” Says Mr. William Leon Dawson: ‘It is difficult to exaggerate the gravity of {these tranquil birds, always absolutely silent, save that, when caught and har- asgéd, they may emit a low, hoarse groan. They epend much time standing demurely {at the entrances of their burrows, their nodding like tassels on so Like all the auks, the puffins are es- | pectally remarkable for the great size of their beaks, and the changes which their heads undergo at the breeding season. Some of the horny plates of the big beak fall away at the end of the season, the white mask on the face, together with its nodding plumes, disappears, the red eyelids fade and the whole head becomes blackish. Naturalists are a little puzsied to ac- count for the size and stoutness of the Joke of the Arctic Seas : THE — " - —— . A7+ . B puffin’s Lesk. If the bird were fond of clams its beak might be of use as a shell-breaker, but it seems not to be employed In that way. Neither is it used to dig the tunnels or burrows that the bird forms for its nest in the hard soil of sea-fronting cliffs These are ex- cavated to a depth of three or four feet, and apparently the only tools used are the sharp-nailed claws. In some places it is estimated that sev- erdl thousand burrows exist.on a single acre of gloping shore. The rabbits and puftins engage in a lively competition for the possession of burrows on the Faral- lones Islands, but the big, pyramid- pointed beak gives easy victory in these Contests, Mr. Dawson says a frightened rabbit will sometimes plunge hastily into & burrow without stopping to consider to ‘whom it belongs, and when he comes out again, with more haste than ever, he is a subject for laughter. ‘The natives of the North Pacific islands depend largely upon puffins for both BEE: OMAHA, Here He Is—the Puffin. To Look at Him is to Laugh TITURSDAY, food and clothing. The Aleutian “‘parkas,” or feather coats, are ‘made of the skins of puffins, with the feather side turned inward. Forty-five of fitty wkina sewed firmly together make a garment which | 15" said to be nearly impervious to cold ‘The birds are often caught in flight by means of nets at the ends of poles, handled like butterfly mets, Unlike hirds that are more skilful and agile on the wing, the puffine fly ‘straight ahead and are unable to dodge quickly. Strange as the statement may appear, the puffine, ko the auks generally, spend the winter at sea. At that season they are to be seen on land only when driven ashore by some restiess tempest which strows the beuches with their battered forms, many dead and many hopelessly lamed. With the advance of spring and summer they approach the shores where they are accustomed to breed, and then the remarkable changes In their colors, forma and plumage that have been already described, begin to take place. L ———————— ———_— "o, ——— feur and the gardener not to let Mr. Ned #ee you or speak to you, and the next thing: I knew Mr, Ned was gone.” “I s&w no cameras as Mvrs. Villard) that night. . And #low he turned spow| ingly to Orin Cunningham. “Yet I saw this man distinctly making love to my wife. And 1 saw Gilbert Blye doing the same thing!" ‘‘“We were rehearsing, Mr. Warner," ex- plained Blye quletly. “Yes, Ned!” June was crying: but, though Ned saw her, he pald no atten- ton to her, “We were to take the actual picture the next morning in the studio, and we were working out some scenes. It may help you if I tell you that Mr. Cunning- ham is the pursuing villain in ‘The Run- away Bride.’ I have been directing the pictures. T have taken the liberty several times of showing Mr. Cunningham how desorted groom.” His Black eyes flashed. Ned 'aughed, but thore was no mirth in it." June shrank under his contemptuous gaze, and her mother patted gently the band which lay in her arm. “I'll swear it was not a moving picture rehearsal the night you dragged my wife out,of the New York cafe and took her on board your yacht!" Tt was the heavy and he was bobbing his round head vigorously. “A contract is a contract! ‘When your wife saw you she wouldn't go on board the yacht; she wouldn't finish the pictures; she couldn't do anything! My heavens, man, do you feature? And if this girl quit we couldn't get another one to take her place, could we? So we dragged her on board the yacht!” And he glared his defiance at all of them. Money was money. now 1 had already spent §75,000 on thisg Househ_o_ld Hints ‘To remove egg stains from table linen, soak the stalned parts In cold water be- fore washing In warm. If placed in hot ‘water the stain sets and is much harder to remove. To remove match marks from paint rub them with a slice of lemon, and then wash with soap and water, Drink a gl of cold water before standing over the hot kitchen stove, and another directly the cooking in finished. It prevents that coarse, red appearance of the face that continues heat brings. Bhould moths get Into a plano, the'best means of destroying them is to make up & mixture of turpentine, benzoline and oll of lavender, and squirt this inside the I wished scenes enacted. I also play the (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) instrument, The motor season has set In with & |the better to insure proper width to the vengeance and those who go in for the |askirt. sport consistently provide themaelve: with the proper kind of- apparel. Chief among this s the enveloping coat of Donegal tweed, Introducing dustproof tones. of dull_brown, tan end . white in the nub weave. The newest models are not more than three-quarters length, as this gives ample protection to the fair motorist without burdening her with su- perfluous material in & on when ad- ditional weight is not desired. The sketch Indicates the smart lines with loosely box-pleated back and front, As Indicated the underarm sections are in oval contour where the front and back are cut away to give a graceful line. From elther side of the front the fabric belt i started. It ts carelessly looped directly in front and the ends are bor- dered with Pekin silk In tan and brown combination. P This silk contributes the muffier collar, which Is so shaped that it may be turned back on o warm day or wrrarnged to com- pletely envelop the throat and back of the. head in case of inclement weather. At the back the fullness of the pleats Advice to Lovelorn Ry BEATRIOR FAIRFAX Meeting Mis Parents. Dear Miss ty A young at a bail Fairfax: | whs introduced man about five months ago Singe then he has iahc.i m dta out quite a number of time, but not Introdice me 1o his PATENts yo.. s | though I have introduced him to A It he cared for me, don't you think he woudl have done (hat aiready” MARY © | "You ‘ape coxactly the right kind at ‘» £irl to have your parents meet the men vou know. In the case of & man the same necessity does not arise, as he feela more Independent about making friends | Withowt the sahetion of his parents. Cus tom has made this so, and yet I, too | like the |dea of a man wanting his par- | enta to meet his girl friends. HMowever etiquette does not demand this intre | duction until the man feels that he le introducing his future wife, ter and Sweetheart, Dear Misa Fafrfax: 1 have been ki« company with a young fellow for th three months, and last week we came to a full understanding—that s, he h askod my parents for my hand in_maf- riage. and they have given thelr consent When 1 arh mlone with him' e -treats me with the greatest courtesy, but when ny slster accompanies Us he PAys aAbso- Iutely no attention to me, but seems to give hor all. He has gone so far wsk lier to lunch with him on his off. and she has accepted. He fnt | taking ‘me out.in the evening. 1 am not of a Jealous disposition, But what I desire to know this: I8 it proper for her to accept his attentions, or should she have refused it7 MARION. The man to whom you are enguged has shown His love for you in the form. ef the greatest compliment a man can show A woman—that is, he has asked you to be his wife. What 18 move, he has gohe about his woolng hamorably, by asking your parents’ consent to the .marciage. Don't you think you belittle your love by worrying over the interest he shows in YOur. sister? Perhaps he feels that she v hia sister, too. However, T think thers 18 no reason why he should invite her to luncheon without including. you-n faat, the proper course would be to_luvite you to be his, luncheon guest and suggest that he would like to include your aister. Go on Working. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am & pretty widow of 35 and am the mother of thwe children. 1 am desperately fp love' with & man who I8 ten years my junfor and he cares for me. The dnly things that stand in my way are his youth and the act that he make very meagesr sala , having & mother and sister who a dependent upon him, I feel that it is an injustice to him to allow Hm to take upon "his shoulders the support of four more, [ am abusiness woman, but am tired ' of workfm PUZZLED. He In far too young Yor you. Indeed: It would be an injustice for you to pei- mit one poor, youns man of % to Atrus- gle to Aupport A mbther, a sister, a wité and three children who are not his own. 1t will be for the happiness of everyone conoerned If you don't yleld to a lazy desire to be supported—for von might have (o turn. about: aRe . support ! even your poor, broken-doiwvn “Provider” sdme cay soon. e o s il Is confined by a demi-belt decoratod wih gun metal buftohs in bullét’ stw slash pockets are interesting beca thelr groat depth, indicating convenionce and comiort, o The wise motor girl will adopt one of the close-fitting hats. and’ as the latter nre very much in evidence now even: for wear With the street suit, she will' not 160K untashionable in wny of the numer: ous smug little chapeaux which the mil- liner will doubtiess offer her. The motor vell is a necessity and ir many (nstances it really adds an. addi. tional charm to the smart motor garb. I # | | lishments. 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