Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1915, Page 9

Trade w By DOROTHY DIX, Mr. Henty could make every criminal in Sing Sing into a decent citizen by turning him into a first-class mechanic, capable of earning %o0od pay, Is the most eensible reform pro- Peganda that has ever been put forth, The gospel of work is the salvation of the world, for it is not only true that satan finds work for idle hands to do, but the majority of peo- pie who go wrong &re crooks because they dong know any straight way of mak- ing a living. Mr. Ford belleves, 4nd rightly, that the best wey to reform a criminal ts by giv- fng him fairly paid work to do. He might well have gone a step farther and have said that the way to prevent people from Dbecoming criminale is to teach them, while they are still chil@ren, some trade by which théy can earn enough money t live on honestly It is a pathetic and a terrible thing that most of our criminals are so younz. Go into any court and you will sec that the thieves, the pickpockets, the gangsters, the sunmen who commit murder for hire dre just boys. Look at the painted faced women on the streot any you see that they are young girls, ‘hardly more than Children G course, there are some unfortunates vho are born physically and morally de: formed, and who would be criminals un- der ,any circumstances, but the great majority of those who hecome criminals | f1v more weak than viclous. They are those without much intelligence, any initiative of their own, who | the line of least resistance any direction in which they and and girls*of this type do not do t schgol. They have not what komely people call “hook sense,’ and they fall behind in. their studies. The teachers. scold them and their fallow rupfle ridicule them, and they become "troants, and drop out of school altogether ©t tle first poesible moment. These bovs and xirls’ have not been tought one eingle, solitary thing by which they can earn a decent living. They have to take the loweet paid kinds of | labor, They cannot carn enough to live | o n any sort of decent comfort, and 8o the bov is drawn inevitably into the ‘rimingl,gang, and the girl takes to tha stroeta; o A vt 17, along’ with_ their “a, b, childromahad beencd o ughe; some- Whici theg would have become suf- ficientiy " éxpért to comyhand a living wage, 'L believe thet 90, per cent of them could haye heen saved from ever becom- ing erimipals. . M the first place thelr >ride and self-respect.would have been Teach All Children Ford's assertion (hat he | StTORE inechanical sense. The boy whi | are | ith Alphabet saved even in school, for very often peo- ple who have little intellectuality have 3 can never lemrn the names of all the presidents may be able to do things with | ship 11 the sight of his fellows, and thus | keep him interested and eager to go to | | school, instead of making him a truant. | Nor should we forget this most impor- {tant fact that the habits that we form in |childhood are practically unbreakable. They follow us as long as we live, and it {15 & sate assertion that no child who | has the habit of industry, of doing some sort of particular work accurately and efficlently, Ingrained in him or her, will ever develop Into An idler apd a loafer. It 1a perfectly possible to teash every gitl and boy a good trade, to turn them | inte expert workers capable of earning a living wage by the time they are old enough to take out their working papers. If we did this we should remove tempta- |tion to & Jarge extent from their path- way. We would have formed the habit of industry in them, we would havée taught | them the Joy there is in doing good work, | |in being efficient. and that Is about the best thing. that apy human being can | | xnow | The real reason that most people hate to work Is because they are bunglers at | their jobs, and they mre ashamed of the |results they turn out. They have never {been taight sHentific management or how |to do their work artistically. Women hate |to cook, because they dom't know the | first principles of cookery and the results | of their 1abor are adamantine bread, and | watery vegetables and leathery meat thut | would kil an ostrich. But find a weman who is an expert cook and whose ples and cakes and sauce are celebrated among all who know her. and you'll fihd a woman who delights in cooking. The jackleg carpenter, whose work ia clumsy and fll-done, hates his job and lays off'' as often as possible, but the jexpegy carpenter, the real mechant whose work is a/joy to behold, thinks carpentering the finest occupation on | earth ang wonders everybody doesn't fol- | | low it ' | For, guod work of whatever kind, is artistry, and it commands recognition and |pay and it fills the one who does it with the sacred joy of “achievement, The, Manhattan trade school In New | | York has shown that girls who are taught ia definite trade can command from the | very ocutset a living wage so that they | need to be under no temptation to eke out the pitiful pay of unskilled labor by wrongdoing. his hands that will redeem his scholar- | Burely our educators should not be blind to the lebson this teaches. Surely it | is time for them tu abandon some of the theories and the fads of the “higher oftlicad . down 1o {he. veal ne: eseitiod af. NP SwWiieh om, first, by which the poor boy or girl can | make a living and then afterwards such | culture as the individual can assimilate. | The way to stop criminality 1is -m\[ work, and the place to begin is in the | first grade of the public ‘school. Read it Here—Se By e By special arrangements for this paper a photo-drama_corresponding to the in- stallments of “Runaway June'' may now Le seen at the leading moving picture theaters. By arrangement with the Mu- tual Film Corporation it is not only po sible to read “Runaway June"” ea week, but ‘also afterward to see moving rictures illustrating our story. Copyright, 1915, by Serial Publication Corporation. SYNOTYIS June, the bride of Ned Warner, im- ulsively lea her husband on th honeymoon because she begins to realize that she must be dependent on hi) or money. She desires to be independent. June ‘{s pursued by Gilbert Blye, a wealthy married man. She escapes from Lis clutches with difficulty. Ned searches distractedly for June, and, lel.rnlnfi of BEiye's designs, vows vengeance on him. After many adventures June is rescued from river pirates by Durban, an artist £he poses as the “Spirit of the Marsh,™ s driven out by Mrs. Durban and is kid- iared by Blye and Cunningham. June ¢+ apes, tries sweatshop work and Is dis- jcesessed by her landlady, Blye finds June n he- tenement home and drives Cunningham away. FIFTEENTH EPISODE. “*At 1ast, My Love!" CHAPTER 11.—(Continued.) Ned Warner had been |sitting on the of a table. Now he sprang to his feet, and his eyes flamed. He caught his wife by the wrist and pulled her away irom her mother. “Here's one thing you can't explain! He dropped hér wrist, -and she stood swaying with half closed eyes, but there was no mercy in him. “I saw you rush from a house in a filmy stage costume!" There was a strained tensity in the group . which surrounded them. John Moore started to come to his deughter, but Ned flercely waved him back. “It | moving picture work. Very well Hut tell me this: How could any girl who | ould mot endure the humiliation of a epling money from her husband consent 10 appear on the street for any purpose n such a costume?* Ned!" she cried. “Oh, Ned!" And she ing upon his.arm. He held coldly rigid Forgive me! You can't know how I've suffered! You csm't know how I've loathed it all! T was so mistaken, ®o wrong! [ thought T had such a wonderful jdeal. When 1 had achieved my independ- nce, when I need no longer look to you for money, 1 was to return to you, and we were to walk hand in hand through life in that love which can be founded only pon mutual respect, which asks love for | love and nothing more. 1 meant our love 40 be without a flaw. No man can un- derstand the hurt to a woman when after marriage she becames absolutely de- pendent on his charity.’ Why, Junie!” The small, mild voice of Mrs. Mogre, and she stepped forward with deep concern on her gentle face What is all this talk about a husband's charity?’ And she turned with wonde to Father Moorg A husband makes nly one gift to his wife, and that t the altsr. After that everything ho ha e 1t at the Movies. l | | | H | |1s hers, if people will only remember the marriage service. Your ring is a symbol | of it. ‘With all my worldly good I thes| {endow!" ' | Gilbert Blye clutched Mis black Vandyke | and looked at the cefling; then he smiled suavely. | “That's a great idea! I'll work it into |the feature!” But ne one heard him. There was an audible sniffje from Iris Blethering, afid Tommy Thomas w, {looking intensely sentimental. | '“Apd you, my son!" She turned with subprising severity om Ned Warner “Have you forgottén that you promised to love, cherish and protest my daugh- ter?” There was a cry from the little run- away bride and & s0b from Neb Warner as, oblivious to all around them, they { cla¥ped each other in 3 solemn embrace. rom that loving olasp the heautiful wife of Ned Warner. raised a radiantly heppy countenance to her mother. “And' I have no problem,” she laughed apd then she cried. And Irls Blethering and Tommy Thomas sobbed together and formed a lasting friendship. And -every- body was happy, Including Marie and | Officer Dowd, who hag becomie nervous at the mention of the marriage service, and Aunt Debby, who Wes praising her Redeemer {n an unctuously audible voice, and Bouncer, who was leaping and bark ing indiscriminately for the benefit of | erybody and anybody. { | “Where are they? Where are they™ | |screcciied a shrill voice{ and Houorla | | { | | young men on your disengaged evenings. Blye blirst inte the group, Gilhert Iye walked serenely over tol meet her | "“You' may go home to your D!\rrot‘! Honoria,” he advised her quite happily came & cold somberness in his | black eyes Xou' can't interfere with my businces this time, as you have done ever since we were married, and yon can to longer assume a dominance over me | | With your movey." Suddenly the glow! | returned to his Ylack eyes, and he looked | to June and smiled his puave smile. “I! have worked out my Independence. ! (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) == ts ‘* | | In-8hoo | The real nice girl who knows too much |does not give herself a good recom- | mendation by publishing the fact | We should not criticise the loud | preacher. The Lord is not deaf, but a | lot of sinncre about us seem to be, Because & man fails to attend the con- | cert 18 no indication that he does not un- | derstand classic musio. It may be a proof that he knows what {s coming. When a fellow is short on brains it sometimes helps a little to have hig hair it 50 that his Lead looks !ike a chrys {of whom you kmow nothing oldef, on one side gives character, & The Bride and Her Bridesmaids # Republished by Special Arrangement with Harper's Baszar The Waid of honor, particularly if she be may wear a white satin gown, decrees “Jeanne Lanvin. The skirt should be short Ad very full, the corsage simple, a narrow walst ribbon adding a touch of primness. large flame-tinged yellow rose embroidered TN Rt R o BTR rawit Jeanne Lanvin makes her ideal wedding gown of layer upon layer of tulle, shirred very finely to give great fullness to the skirt, The uppermost layer is shot with a very wide, but A very sheer, band of silver embroidery, which also appears on the shirred corsage. Even to the veil it is vaporous. For the lttle flower girl, Jeanne Lanvin drops over a foundation of petale de romes satin & frothy shirred skirt of white chiffon crossed by narrow bias bands of old blue vel- vet and studded with pink roses. The white straw bonnet has a cluster of old blue s and velvet ribbon streamers, Advice to Lovelorn By EEATRION FAIRFAX The Dog in the Manger. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am 18 years old and have been in love with a man of 21 for two vears. He soema fond of me, but is ess about keeping engagements witi ur’r'ie He a good position and is able to marry, but does not say & word about getting married. He knows 1 have to work hard, but he takes my evenings three y8 out of the week and doesn't want me to -see other - young men. the other four evenings. ROSE I doubt thet you are-really in love with this young man. You seem (o re- gard him as a possible “good provider and to look on marriage as an escape from uncongerial hard work. Under the circumstances I think it would be as well for you to see other In this way both you and your hesitating lover may ‘come to kuow your minds. Have & little talk anll. tell him you do not #ee why he is unwilling for you to have other friends. He secems to be like the dog in Aesop's fable in that he neither wanted you nor wants another to have you. Don't Let Boys Kiss You. Dear Miss Fairfax. A short time ago 1 met a young man, and after going out with him a few times he wanted to kiss me. I refused to allow Lim to do it, for | which he got angry. 1 have nnt heard | from him since. 1 love him dearly and hate to lose him. Did I do wrong’ Should 1 write to him? I am sure he cares for | me. . HELEN You /did just the right thing, Helen If this boy cdyes for you in the right way he will surely like you all the bett for being too dignified to permit your selt to be kissed. If he is one of those | scamps who insist on making love to every girl he meets, you are well rid of him. You did the right thing: now don't lower your standard by writing. Tet him choose whether or no he will know & fine girl like you MAG—Butterflies and girls who count There are thousands of the latter if you look for them. Be Sen: . Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am a girl of ¥ and am deeply in love with policeman fourteen years my senior. I K to him frequently, sut I do not think he knows of my love for him. What o7 PERPLEXE Of course he does mot know of your 1nve for him, unless you have been very silly and forward. For all you know this man may be married. Don't idealize men And don't | for & minute imagine that at 1§ you are capable of a lasting love “What you feel = & silly infatuation. Try to conquer it Science for Workers By EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN. Question—"Are Cirv.cs sguated, and for what purpbse® ' —Inquirer, Bres, Cal Answer—No: the circle has |esactly squared. They have beontr Lduring. 6,000 yoars, and have not yet found the length of the aide of & square cqual ih aren to any given clrcie. Th cason for thi€ Is hecause the aren of a cln has never been found, and this, te | | [ be jcause the ratia of the riameter to the i e A B don The first cieven figures of ‘thé ratie | 310002585, & mere beginning. The | Inave Leeu puted out to Wb fizures | without the aechinal coming to an ond Jthat s, the (igures representing the | 1enith . ot - the cireumtetence and of the {dlamcter are Anown. Lo be Incorpmon- surable, or Ampossible 16 express by g0 whole number s 4 The enormous labor. of \lvnvn, out this dividing of 65 integers could h.)o 1as well been saved, bepauss the higher | mathematics has proved that the ratio {eannot be expresded In a finite pumber of terma Heace, the work of attempling to square the cirele in wasted, Likewlss the uscless lobors of perpstual motiin seekers, scarciors after. the square root of 14 ard overthrowers of the, law of gravitation, Q. '"Please give loeations of the earth's mognetic poles.” ~Subscriber. S A.~North mugnetic pole ‘Is In latitude 70 degrees 5 minutes, and west longitude 95 degrees 16 minutes. The south mags netic pole 18, in latitude 72 degrees .30 minutgs, und 1n east longitude 15 degrees 5 minut WA atra‘ght ?Lm‘ drawn from polg to pole hrough fhe carth would pass at & distance of miles from the center. 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