Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 15, 1915, Page 13

THE BE't OMAHA, WEDNESDAY DECEM BER 15, 1915 15 { The Bees Home Ma in Public By CHARLES H. PARKHURST. Whéh & qitestion keeps arising notwith stifnding all efforts that are made keep it .down, the mecessary inference | that it will have to be dealt with and con structively answered sooner or later. Suc fuestion is that of religions In school which has again emerged to the surface in conmection with the discussion of the Cayy system. it appears that the idea involved In thit system is, so far as relates to re liglous training, to classify the pupils ac- cording to the religious affiliations, or betler perhaps, according to their de nominational afffliations and to train in off {nto distinct groups to be sever- ally instructed by religlous teachers, clefgymen,. priests or rabbis, according to the. distinctive tenets of each group. Now, not only on religious grounds, but fedm a statesmunly point of view any method “of “dealing with this atllestion which creates in the minds of children digtinet lines of cleavage is viclous. \ Prom a_relteious standpdint it s vicious, | for the rason that it necessarily creates i the young mind the idea .that re- igfon. in and’ ot fteelf. ia not o=~ b manifold three-fold at least, ar this too at a tiig when there is a general mové ment, Atey from the diversity and m tiplicity, faward unity 1t is sifflarly open to criticism from a civic and 8totegmaniy w Religious dlvergonces and antagonisms ate more divisive than perhaps any other. Religlon purely concelved so touches the deep plages fu our nature that rivalries ine that kphere, especially if they reach | te the pdint of antipathles, work inhar- mbny of the most irreconcilable kind and it‘engendered in the minds of the young can have no other ‘effect than to issue firther on in cleavages serlously im- perilling civic unity. ft' is-difficuit to see how such cleav- ages gan be more effectively and disas trpusly ‘started than by the method of frgnk and emphatic segregation proposed #¥ the Gary system. Now religion is one nrm: and Protestantism, Roman CAtholimism, Judaism, or if you please, Mohammedanism, is each of them a dis- | tifigt thing—distinet so far as this, that thy each of them include differing elo- menty of their own, and yet at the same time tHéy are of one with each other in s far as-they participate in the one universal conviotion cf a Divn: bcia T say universally because in the com- phrison the exceptions are so few as to be. negligible. Now therein is furnighed a cammon basls. So far forth we stand to- geéther. To'that extent we have a 'dom- ity of religious belief. Any thres most conservative representatives of the religious bodies just mentioned can come tagether on that basis and most sincerely traternize ‘And not only that, but this ® bellef in God is the fundamental afficle; ofi faith In each of the three dom: mions, Tt is that upon which all other articles are founded and from which they ive their theoretical or their practical ificance. he introduction: of religion to that ex- tdnt ppn have alleged a e not it ik v prigd | objections. But such introduction need not at all iivolve the idea’of mak- ing religlon a distinict branch of study— a policy which almost fnevitably degen- int sometht uh k theology. But the Divine Being stands in vital relation to man and nature in all thelr aspects. He stands behind nature af its.Creotor and e the ac'{ve ~nerge nature and operant there. He is a ruling ctor in life and history and in making them subservient to His purposes. It is His will that we jrespect when we do right and His will that we resist when we do wrong. ‘Now, any teacher who is 1 bellever in God can make those ideas effective in the pupll's mind while working along the line of usual secular instruction and thus the idea of God and of His relation to every- thing that is of common earthly con- cern b6 ‘made intelligible to the pupils and of influential interest to him without tres- passing by so much as a hair's breadth upon territory that is distinctively Fro- testant, Catholic or Jewish. A letter has just come to me from ‘ a man in Brooklyn, suggested by a state- ( ment recently made In this column to the . effect that sufficient leisure time should be allowed to the working classes to leave them opportunity for self-'m- provement. In such matters a practical example works more effectively than | precept or theory. A difficult thing be- f \ erat very \ comes casy and an. impracticable thing possible when once we ! done. It Nds seemed, therefore, that I should have seen it 2 Don’t Merely “Stop” a Cough Stop the Thing that and (he Cough will Stop Itwelf A cough is really one of our best friends. It warns us that there is in- flammation or obstruction in a danger- ous place, 'Therefore, when you get & bad cough don’t proceed to dose yourself ot of drugs that merely “stop” y by deadening the throat nerves. Treat the cause—heal the inflamed membranes. Here is a home- made remedy that gets right at the cause and will make an obstinate cough vanish more quickly than you ever thought pos with a the cough, temporarily ( sible. Put 2% ounces of Pinex (50 cents worth) in a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plain granulated sugar syrup, This Denominational Teacting of Religion | Schools doing a good thing and a stimulat- one to men young or in middle life, 1 circumstanced as the writer of the ntioned letter has been circumstanced. 1 to quote some portiors of it | About fifteen years ago a good many 1°n working at the trade at which I \ employed were laboring ten hours a | At the present time, thanks to the | union of which I happen to be a cmber, these same men are working 1zht hours per day. Under the ten-hour em we had littie time for educational for when one deduets time taken up by golng to and from work, plus meal hours, there is little time left study, and after a ten—hour work- | day o man has very little desite or en- ergy to take up intellectual improvement mprovement i 1 1 \ i i | Since we have been having an eight- hour day 1 find.that I have more in- clination to improve myself mentally, morally and phys'cally Then follows n statement of the lines | of study that these two extra hours of | lelsure have given him opportunity to prosecute “In the last few vears 1 have studied | grammar, biology, geology, mathematics and physiology, as well us hygienc.' Naturally enough, attention to' such varlety of subjects has been the occasion | h's gathering together quite a little library. He goes on to specify some of s contents | ‘In connection with | in my small library ““The Letters and Ad- | dresses of Thomas Jefferson,' ‘The Life | of Abraham Lincoln,’ Emerson's Essays,’ | ‘John Ruskin's Seasame and Lillles,' and other the above 1 have saveral large Webster's dictionar One might infer from the wide area over which his studies have extended themeelves that he must have been a superficial rather than a thorough stud- ent. That appears not to be the case, for he indicates that he has been indulg- ing his scholarly tastes for several years he is now vears of age. Unless we have given special to the matter we cannot realize into how large an ‘aggregate a steady accumula- tion of littles will amount up. Were one to read, for example, but tive pages a day the year's end would show as result the perusal of elght fairly sized volumes. And if each of the elght was thoughtfully written and thought- fully read it would give the reader a stock of information that would put him quite outs'de of the circle of such asso- ciates make ho honest and earnest use of lelsure moments, and five pages a day s not many and a year Is not long. I trust that some of the readers of this article will find in it something that seems worth taking to heart. £ood books, among which | are ‘Crabb's Engl'sh Synonyms,' and a | | and states at the close of his letter that | thought | gazine Dage New York’s Stage a Mirror, Reflecting Fashion's Fads A type of stage drees that finds ready adoption on the other side of the footlights. Miss Else Alder wearing a gown of rose-spangled chiffon, with bodice and scarf-train of jet, ation. Women Must Combat Age with Charms of Love.::::: 8y ELLA WHEELER WILUOX. Copyright, 1915, Star Company. As we grow older the natural impulse seems to be to grow more. critical. We vall It growing more discriminating in our ideas. We imagine we have a clearer perception of the right and wrong of conduct, and actions which we once passed by without giving them a second hought we now regard as sins and fail- ings which should be condemned by ight-thinking people. But let us beware lest we are simply siving vent to a very disagreeable human propensity to find fault with our fellow belngs. This propensity usually follows forgetfulness of our early youth, its ! faults, follies and idiosyncrasies. Were we to hear our own conversation repeated in a phonograph, the conversation in which we had indulged what amazement, humiliation and even shame would envelop us. Cou'd we trace our early years through {imy paths back to early youth how as- tonished we would be at many of the scenes in which we then figured. critical of the present generation and less words and actions? It is especially unfortunate when a woman who has passed & develops this tendency. to criticise and condemn. Until 1+ woman is 40 she may, If she possesses many attractions, mentally and physic- ally, keep a certain popularity and a coterie of friends, even If she is inclined to be critical, and is quick to the flaw in the armor of others. But from middle age onward woman cannot rely upon her physical charms or her outward accomplishments to interest and entertain the rising generation, or to hold her place among people of her own age. She must add the agreeable and the spiritual qualities of love, sympathy and faith, n order to endear herself to others as she goes toward the westward slope of the mountain. She must have love for the creator and all creative things; she must have sympathy for the weasx and the erring, and she must have faith in | worlds and beirgs invisible, and she must have charity and patience and kindness in her heart. There are few elderly women in whose soclety the young find pleasure. There see gives vou a full pint of the most pleasant and effective cough remedy you ever used, At a cost of only 54 cents. * No bother to wyrepare. Full directions with Pinex. It beals the inflamed membranes so ntly and promptly that you wonder ow it does it. Also loosens a dry, hoarse or tight cough and stops the formation of Fhickm in the throat and bronchial tubes, hus ending-the persistent loose cough. Pinex is_a highly concentrated eom- und of Norway pine extract, rich in acol, and is famous the world over or its healing effect on the membranes. To avoid disappointment. ask your druggist for “23% ounces of Pinex,” and don't accept anvihine else, A guarantee of absolute satisfaction, or money prompt. are few In whom men find pleasure. Men are like children in many respects. Men like to be entertained apd amused, and however much they may be inclined to carping criticlsm themelves they dislike that quality In & woman, especially in a woman who has no glamor of youth or seductions of beauty to blind them to her faults. Time is a marauder who belleve him- self invincible, and he strides over the centuries intent upon destroying youth, beauty and attractivemes. - But if we guard Jove, sympathy, faith, gharity, cheerfulnes, kind speaking and good will toward all, we defeat time; we retain and make - friends, and we. blunt the Iv refunded. goe ith this tion, The Plnex Cor . Wayne, Ind. sting of a in early years, | And might we not find ourselves less | severe in our own condemnation of their | By GERMAINE GAUTIER. Anyone in search of good ideas on which to model dresses, wraps and hats | could find no better school of informa-| tion or Instruction then that found in| | certain of the plays now running at the New York theaters. Every one knows that ever since that far away time when women wero permitted to play feminine roles In place of men who attempted to | interpret those parts, the stage has been as & mirror reflecting the fashions of | the past, the present and even projecting | | those of the future. | Thia condition s o thoroughly appre- | | | ! clated that the stage has very often been used as the medium for introducing new styles, whereby some hitherto unknown artist has become famous, There was a time when less publicity .was given to the designers of stage costumes than is permitted today. Now it is conceded that | the laborer should be worthy of his hire, and the artist who designs stage cos- tumes has quite us much to.do with the success or failure of a play as the libret- tist or the composer. Of necessity stage clothes are apt to be exaggerated m style, particularly when they are intended for & musical comedy | |or an extravaganza. Nevertheless, they always convey ideas for dresses that may | be worn by the average woman either in the street, in the boudeir or at the opera. In many instances dresses are literally copled with, perhaps, & mere change in color or in some minor detail to distin- | guish them from the stage original. This | | 15 not so much a compliment to the ac- | tress who wears them or the des.gner wio thought them out as to the taste and sartorial judgment of the woman Who | sees In them exquisite knowledge of lines {and colors that she may adapt for her self. Bveryone thinks she is more or less fa miliar with what the term “pannier style means. As a matter of fact, there is no | present. truer pannier type extant than the littie Iro-v.u-u- worn by the “Around the Map" the latter with ostrict fan termin- There is vivity ing effect in the show-girl dresses of shades of red, subdued a bit by the black collar and arm strip passing from the neck to wrist. chorus in act two. The panniers are real baskets, made, it is true, of lavender satin, wired to extend the top yond the hips, and from this top floats long scarf-like draperies of pale blue chiffon The original inspiration for the pannler BOwn was taken from the baskels at- ts hed to the saddle of the mules or horses owned by peasants, who brought well b Il).elr wares Into market places im such baskets, and 'wWho returned home with the panniers filled with the things for which they had bartered or exchanged the orig- | fnal contents. Advice to Lovelorn_l X BREATRION FAIRFAX Make the Change. Dear Miss Fairfax! For the last cight months my volce has been under train ing and my sole amdition Is to g6 on the stage, though I am obliged to commence as a chorus girl. Do you thi Don't at 24 1 am starting late? am pretty and youthful-looking and ‘take the utmost care of my health. [ like stagecraft and with hard work feel come. My parents are opposed, say it is now too late. They say it would b foolish to give up my goof sition for something uncertain EVELYN B You are not too old to start over in ¢ new profession, but it Is not wise to give up your good position, especlaly just at You probably have no ides how difficult stage beginnings are. Once you have secured a position, the long hour uccess is bound t 8 of rehearsal and work may strain you to the breaking point. Chorus work will not help your volce. own work and strive st the same tim to secure a church pesitien or to get ew concert engagements’ In a cholr your wvolce would get work It would get & far better chance prove itself than Ip concerted abllity are as complishment Why not keep 4ip your church | aditiona! | training, and either there or im concert | 0 chorus work, where beauty, charm and dancing | important ms vocal ac-|tacl® Players a 8chool of Instruction in What to Wear and How to Wear It—Latest Models Seen Behind Footlights Refined In its simplicity of lines Miss Gegrgia O'Ramey. gold sequins, The wrap is ot yellow blue satin. - Showing a charm- ‘ing combination of black, gold a%l red are customes i worn by members of the chorus. The skirt drapery offers worth-while sugges- tions for afternoon frocks. The nearest approach to tlose which ¢« have had have been the frocks nched up at the sides, but without any By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. fe and fabric is the frock worn by "’rf_v P;'_ yourselt a_stronghox, White tulle embroidered in crystal beads and |yt ©och Part Yith care eart ean velvet and white fur, lined with make 't 7 Put all your troubles there Hide n ¥ all thoueht of your fa'lurea And each bitter cup that vou q aff; Lock all you heartaches within jt— Then sit on the lid and faugh " It never did people any good to talk about thelr troubles. But how many peo- ple do you know who fail to zet a morbid sort of delight out of living their troubles over and over naain? 1t rems To me that it s rather an lgnoble thing to want to bother other people with your sorrows. ‘It ought to ittle you in your own eyes to find yourself fovever weakiy. sharing with otliers your most secret sorrows. To be denitied at all, sorrow ought to be secred, and the minute you oan talk about it, is becomes rather a petty thing, such as well may be despised by large a folk, and worry-are weeds that ought prooted from the garden of your | #oul and not watered by the salt of tears attention. 1t you have A your life, and focus your nt- it grows as your sense of proportion shrinks. 1f that sorrow were hidden away from stght and ignored, it wonld actually wither in the uncongenial dnark of forgatten things and come at jast to be only the weak little ghost of the great live pain it once was. Laughing at trouble lsn't as hard it sounds; nor are the people who sug- gest it utterly hard-hearted and unsym- pathetie. It is fost a philosophic and utiitaran principle suggested by wise follk who know that a tooth always achea most when you have nothing better to do { than to think about it. It you ean resolutely fashion for your- solf o largo chest of forgetfulness and, paying the game with yourself honestly, ean consign to It all your regrets for the lost yesterdays and all your sufferings because of mistakes and unkindness and mischan in a falr way to live fii the hapry possibilities of a oright to- morrow rather than in the bitter mem- otfes of a gloomy yesterday. What posaible good did it cver do any- body to sit and remember how painful the convalescence trom serjous iliness was? In fact, when did it ever fail to yetard convalescence for the pat'ent to recall and recount all the painful horrors of hix sickness? Life s very frequently a convalescence from paniful operation or serious {liness and getting well is closely related to ceasing to be sick. Forgetting the un- pleasant aymptoms and concentrating on posetbilities of joy s alot to do with recovery. And why any one under the sun should wilfully and wantonly retard the per'od when he can go out into the sunshine of life and be happy is nlmost more than any sane person can compre- u¢ to b | and constant sorrow In tentlon on it s, YOUu are Little Stories of Big Men By H. H. STANSBURY. Benator Ollie James of Kentucky % telling this one during the idle hours. Hg wag traveling through the mountain- ous section of his district: recently and | hend. had to put up over night at the only | To forget, first of all make up your hotel the rural community afforded. He | mind to forget. Then look your troubls sald to the clerk when he “Where shall 1 autograph “Autograph?" queried the clerk, “Yes, slgn my name, you know." “Oh, right here.” As he was signing Ister In came three vhorn mountaineers. vanced to. the desk. “Will you autograph?' asked the © ontered: square in the face and say to it, “‘You aren't so very bad after all! Anyway, you are over and done with. And you're certainly not important enough to rve- member.” After that has been sald a few' times, you will belleve yourselt and the un: wanted and neglected memory of what was once so painful will slink away into oblivian, his name in the rey- roughly clothed, un- One of the trio ad- r :l:',.'lr‘.'.’...‘ll,,‘\l,ll\‘.\v with the consclousn: ek i S S e O L “Cortainly," mald the mountaincer, i« | the good things 6f.1ife. and beckoned 1o facn mo o radiant than that of th. | them in friendly fashion,.you will actually oo B yeesk be able to lnugh honestly and simply— not at what hurt yon onece, but with a full faith in the fact that it can hurt you no longer, Money can be made honestly If a fol- low s modest in his desirs, Buy Christmas Presents Without Wasting Your Time By visiting the Church Fair In the court of THE BEE BUILDING Where ladies of.24 chur¢h have a large and beautiful tion of useful, ornamental and fancy articles suit- able for all purposes. «+ MOTHERS AND SISTERS Always have and always will know how to make and se- lect the best there is in Christmas Gifts—let them do it for you now—save time, money and disappointment by buying from them, this year as thousands did in past seasons. Satisfaction guaranteed is their slogan, sele | cal basket or pocket service. Then therc | 18 the hoop dress, worn by Miss Alder, and | made of pale blus velvet, trimmed with white fox over pamtaleties siiver |cloth, Already the pantalette dres has ound Its way into soeclety off the stage | 1ts endorsement ‘will doubtics lead to | sreater- vogue, “which will ripen, intg. & | natural fashign before many weeks have | pussed | Mis Gegrglas O'Ramey, (he #diseons |tented Lulu” of the play, wears her | clothes delightfully, if lazily. One of | her gowns 18 of white ma very sim |ply made in two-flounce effect, em- | brotdered in white crysta nd gold sequins. With this is worn a gorgeous vrap of yellow velvet, bordered with r and lined with imperial blue satin The counterpart of such a cloak may be een almost any night at the opera house the theater. There were whole oce f ges- tions in the hats, the scarf odd antlet gloves, with the wealth of oldery, and the jewcled trimming; nd, above all, the woman looking for an ddity that s net tc bizarre will be glad to adopt the train idea expressed in Miss Alder's final costume of rose satin, and sequins, with bodice and scarl un of the jet. The traim hangs from one side of the ck, and its unique feature is the fringe f long blaek ostrich plumes ¢ aual ength shaped to look W"e a half-open fan. Whén the train is caught « the w by means of the attached loop it ickests the easy use of the fan-tailed end to keep one cool and happy, wiether {at the dance, the opera or the stately reception. It is something of satisfaction to the | woman Whose slogan is America first!"" to know that the wonderful array of clothes that form so gorgeous a spécs at this particular was de- slgued in America. play This Incomplete List Shows the VARIETY OF ARTICLES FOR SALE Home Made Cundy Home Cooking, all kinds Comforts Mince Meat Embroidered Towels Pin Cushions Fruit Cake Aprous, fancy and plain Underskirts Jelly Corset Covers Dust Caps Stuffed Dates Doll Clothes Stocking Bags Cakes Leather Goods Washable Rugs Doughnuts Funcy Bags Doily Rolls Pies Handkerchiefs Napkin Cases Table Mais Infants' Wear Children's Muffs Hand Palnted China Preserves Dressed Dolls EVERY DAY THIS WEEK IS A Bargain Day at the 1915 ,CHRIST)‘MAS FAIR