Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 20, 1915, Page 8

The Law Copyright, 1915 Star Company By ELLA WHEELER WILOOX. Your path may be clouded, uncertain your goal Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul. And though it may lead into darkness of night, The torch of the Builder shall give it new light, You were, and you will be, know this while you are; Your spirit has traveled both long and afar. It came from the Source, to the Source it returns; The spark that was lighted eternally burns, From body to body your spirit speeds on. It seeks a new form when the old one is gone, And the form that {t finds is the fabric you wrought | On the loom of the mind, with the fiber of thought Somewhere on some planet, sometime and somehow, Your life will reflect all the thoughts of your now The law is unerring: no blood can atone; The structure you rear you must live in alone. You are your own devil, yon are your own god; You fashinned the paths that your footsteps have trod. And no one can save you from error or sin Until yon shall hark to the spirit within OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1915. in Hindu Poet’s Works | By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, (Copyright, 1915, by Star Co.) Alfred Bernbard Nobel, chemist and physicist, was born in Stock- holm in 1863 and dfed in Italy In 1894, Nobel left his fortuno [ found e prize fund, the annual Interest . of which to be divided Into five | equal par! ach amounting to about $40,000, the sum available) to be distri- buted every year to the persons who, |l during the year, had done best in (1) | physical sclence; () chemistry; (3) phy- #ology of medicine: (4) idealistic. litera- ture, and (5) the advancement of uni- wversal peace; In 196, the prize was awarded President Roosevelt for his in- ftistive in the peace between Russia and Japan. In 1913 the prize was awarded to Rab- indranth Tagore, the Bengall poet, whose works both In prose and vorse, rank among the great classics. Tagore wrote his poems In Bengall and translated them {nto English, The father of the poet was one of Indla's great spiritual leaders and was decorated by the people with the title of Mabarshi ( t sage), Rabindranth was the youngest son and' began writing poetry at 11 years ol age. He lived the life of & high-born youth of romantic temperament, until suddenly the “Divine Beloved" reveased Himself to the young man, In his own words he says: “A vell wrs suddenly drawn and evrything I saw became minous. The whole scene was one per- fect music, one marvelous rhythm.” Jlte in ita beauty and perfection which of Indla endures, fragrant from one of Tagore's poems: ¢Infinite wealth mother dust. You us Is never The that you hould 1 desert you Your smile which pain Is sweel to my r to my Why vour eyes mre ever wakeful and ’Dn{ ot ur heaven s built, bul n{-n' 1‘: sad suggestion. over e m tears. T ¥hiodit 'and my lovs fnie Jour love. -nfl""mm you with labor. have seen your tender your mournful dust, And here are (wo more: R S T R R A uh. SO et sita sunbeam - carpet 'Ilfi' the stars of mid . Thus my songs share their sea heart of the world with the u?‘IM clouds and forests. hes, your wealth ha musi But, you man o n of t K _moon. thot of the all-embracing dnupol it. h Sdlee appears, oo :Im.- and erumbles into dust. At midnight the woud-be ascetic nounced | is the time to give up my home T.hl:«k for God. Ah, who me so long in delusion here? whispe: ¥ me so long sald in, “They are God." a i not. Real Religion Found a Swedish of $9,200000 to -{saken and forgotten of their Father in | 1t brought to the poet the fullness of he had endeavored to give to the world in his lyrics. As a part of Indlan na- tionallsm, it is believed that his national songs have made such an indelible mark on the life of the nation that their in- fluence will be felt as long as the name Tagore devoted his noble prize money to the development of a model school at Bolpur. Here is an exquisite lttle i not yours, my patient usk “ ST (he. mouths of your chl a .'J‘" f s _moarce. Pt The gl gladness .:tu you have foi toys make for your chil- fragile. You apmot aatiuts aif our hungry bopss. but sl or tha is shadowed with eyes. ¥ which knows not fulfilment heart. ¢ breast you have fed us with '&u at hot ~immorality, s For akes you are working with color ur creations of beauty there is i fnto your mute 1 and 1 love flh'r Earth.” udlence hall, the simple | NADPen to pass on the street! on ‘h:nd..m‘ pormit in the | chose f ric no the simple grandeur of | undignified and the san's glad gold and the mellow | true enough. has held which ¥ know anything, could produc‘l such & man,' said Mr. Horn | "It was announced that Billy Sunday will come to Minneapolis.' The Messenger, Theosophical maga- zine, says “Hindulsm has produced its Tagore, Christianity ita “Billy” Sunday—a case of cause and effect which speaks for itselt.” It Is well-night incredible that in this enlightened age and progressive hour of thought so medieval a state of mind can exist as in the case of the Mev. K. C. Horn. Ohristianity s not helped by such utterances. The Methodist church is not helped, God save the world if such great souls as Tagore are all to be “‘converted” and merged into “the little end of the | Horn" of Methodism. Henry Biroth privately printed and published in 1913 a very interesting book Wwith the interesting title ‘“Tolerance in Religlon,” which can be recommended to the Rev. Mr. Horn. Its toreword says: “'An elevation of the whole race to a | higher social conditions can only be attained by religious toleratfon.” Again it says: ‘“There are people who from mere ignorance of the anclent | religions of mankind have adopted a | doctrine more un-Christian than any that could be found In the pages of religious books of antiquity—namely, that all the nations of the earth before the rise of Christianity were mere outcasts. for- | Heaven, without a knowledge of God or | & hope of salvation. Bigotry and its hor- | rible descendant, fanaticlsm, have long Possesseq this beautiful earth. It has filled it with violence, drenched it with human blood, destroyed civilisation and sent whole nations to despalr.” If thore is ever to be a universal re. lgion, it must be one which will be in- {finite, Wke the God it will preach, whoso | sun_shines upon the followers of Christian or Christ alike; which will not bo Brah- | min or Buddhist, Christian or Moham.- | medan, but the sum total of all these, | and still have infinite place for develop- ment. Tt will be a religion that will have o place for persecution or intolerance in | {its polity, which will recognize a givin- ity in every man or woman, and whose Whole force will be centered in aiding | humanity to its divine nature. | | | | | By BEATRIOR FAIRFAX. Don't filrt! Don't risk ehaned acquain- :Ane-! Don't encourage what you take | or admiration on the part of people you | strange men to talk to you, or oven to imagine that they might it they The girl whe flirts lays he: | raelf s |10 & number of oharwes. That she fa ! lacking in modesty |ll But she may sacrifice dig- nity and modesty because she 1s desperc ately lonely and has no better way of making acquaintances. But thers oou?fl’ b6 no worse way of making acquaintances | —and it means that hardly ever wil she d | make friends. The girl who flirts gives the man with but the ears of the | WHOM she flirts what he considers a right to §o on belng free and easy with her, lay Nl!lllw. that is how he began to know her | She classes herself In with women of no dignity or even moral standerds. She fairly brings upon herseif unpleasant fumiliaritics which the man she has s { Ughtly met cither imagines she will wel- fome or uses to test her. She cuts herself off from knowing fine men, since they would be almost ashamed to have as & friend a girl who other men can sneeringly claim they met through fiirtation. whom you you have of two dan- t be knows you and knows you % 1o demand ‘dignified treat- chance in a million % r £ : 1 i > the iguana, the: manatee, the West In- books and on the borders of maps. person” can | lshment seems weak enough to ..,.;to the opossum. The description of the your life by way|Su. given in an old book, is highly amus- reputation | one | untamable wild beast. When the hunters who meets her lightly and| that desire her akin set upom her, ihe And to gratity the fancy of a mo-| , or| ones upon her back, and covering them | with her broad tall. Now, for so much|aand his succassors. There was always i fl This Gayly. Caparisoned Creature is Meant by Aldrovandi (1637) to Represent the Nine-Banded Arma- | dillo. \ By GARRETT P. SERVISS. The pictures made by primitive men on their cavern walls to represent the ani- mals of their time Are often as good like- peases as are the more claborate draw- ings and engravings produced in Burope in the sixteenth century of the animals of America. In both cases the imagina- tion has necessarily played a large part. Mr. Charles R. Bastman has oollected in the Journal of the American Museum of Natural History a considerable num- ber of such pletures to illustrate what he calls the “beginnings of American nat- ural history,” and some of them are re produced on this page. It is very interesting to know that Co-| lumbus .was & 'eareful ohserver of the strange animals and plants of the new world he had discovered, and that, with his own pen, he deseribedq the alligator. dian dog, together with many species of birds, trees and plants. But it was more than 100 years after Columbus' discovery that the srtists and engravers in Burope begnn to pioture the American animals in Then, too, long and somewhat fancitul descriptions of the strange beasts of the new world began to appear, and were read with much wonder. The animal that excited the most aston- o have beén the “Su,” a name which, it now appears, was applied ing. f ‘///:' [ 1 i [ IRV i il g 'W i 1 HY | i Il oAl | \ |ilillflllillfiflfllllil!i!EPJA\!M\\\‘II!‘M" \‘ \ it N I A',n AONRER ] \ \ AR \\ & The Seal, Somewhat Conventionalized by Van Brussel, and Passing a8 no dog or man dareth to approach near unto her (because such s the wrath thereof that in the pursuit she killeth all that cometh near her), the hunters dig several pits or great holes in the earth, which they cover with boughs, sticks and earth, 80 weakly that If the beast chance at any time to come upon it she and her young ones fall down into the pit and are taken.’ Compare this with a modern description of the opossum from the American Ency- clopedia: “The opossums are arboreal, omnivorous animals, ranging In size from that of & cat to that of & mouse. The young are numerous, and remain with the mother until well grown, clingh to her fur and being carried about as she scram- bles among the branches, with their tails tightly wound about hers, or about her limbs or neck. “On the ground the movements of the opossum are slow and awkward.' To this add that they counterfeit death when threatened with danger, and you will see how the old writer, Just quoted, “It is of a very deformed shape, and| cor fact and fancy thoroughly mixed. monstrous presence, A great ravener and fiyeth very swift, carrying her young But the same thing happened with al- most all the descriptions and pictures of American animals that wers put forth in Earope within two or three bundred years after the discoveries of Columbug ¢ Under the Guise of “Sea-ldon™ (1799). substantial basis of truth, proving that an effort had been made to ascertain and record the facts, but exaggeration and | falsitication inevitably crept in | The tendency to see a monster in every- thing that departs from the forms that the eve is accustomed to is universal. Even in the time of Sir Walter Raleigh | people in England, and on the continent of Burope, spoke with bated breath of | the terrible animals believed to inhabit the wilds of America. It was though that the old world had nothing to match them, but it required centuries to bring to light the real fact that America is relatively laeking in beasts of prey of the first rank. It has Do lions, no tigers and no glants like the elephant Its glzzly bears, which might contend | successfully in battle with the fiercest of Asia’s or Africa’s carnivora, are not hunters and slayers of same, and re- mained unknown until a late period. But it they had been encountered by the early expolorers, who can tmagine the fearful descriptions and drawings that they would have given rise to? Yet there were some among the new animals that America introduced to the world’s attention which were so extra- ordinary in appearance that it was prae- tcally almost impossible to exagmerate their looks. For instance, the toucan, Drawn for The Bee ulosis by Hal Coffman How Tuberc Cost New York City $10,000,000 a Year (Prepared by the Bureau of Public Health Education, of the Department of Health, City of New York.) Tn order again to remind the public of the fact that tuberculosis is still the most pressing health problem of the day nealth authorities throughout the United States, alded by the various anti-tuber culosis socleties, are now observing “Tuberculosis Week.” That such a reminder in needed is not open to question, for it is generally rec ognized that a period of apathy has fol lowed on the tremenduos enthusiasm | evoked by the anti-tuberculosis cam- paign conducted some eight or ten vears ago. Despite the strenuous work of these ten years, and the annual expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, one- seventh of all persons who die, die be- cause of a tuberculosis infection. In the city of New York the deaths {from all forms of tuberculosis have varied but little froia 10,000 a year. Deaths rom Tuberculosis 9,658 2 803 10,200 Thoughtful students have long realized that more must be done to strike at the Z underlying cauvees of tuberculosis. In this eity, particularly, we must continue to work for improving housing conditions. Our transit problem has a very definite relation to tuberculosis, and we will be measurably nearer our goal if we can provide decent suburban housing condi- tions accessible to the business centers. | We are still far behind European citles in intelligent city planning. The eondi- tions under which many of our people |labor add greatly to the difficulties in the way of a solution of the tuberculosis problem. The increasing cost of food also deserves serious consideration. On the basis of over 3,000 recognized cases of tuberculosis on register with the health authorities in New York City, and assuming that every 500 cases mean a loss of half a milllon dollars to the community, we have the appalling total of $35,000,000 lost to New York City be cause of tuberculosis. Inasmuch as most authorities agree on from three to four years as the average duration of the disease, this means an annual loss to the city of at least $10,000,000. 8o far as the consumptive himself is concerned, we need above all to provide employment under conditions which will not only conserve his health and stpength, but will protect his fellow-workmen. Moreover, a method must be devised by which remuneration in such employment must be proportionate to the patient's needs and not merely to his earning ca pacity. A few experiments have been made in this direction, but no compre- hensive plan has vet been inaugurated Here is a splendid opportunity for one of our far-sighted millionaires! 7 77 Advice to Lovelorn | BEATRICHE FAIRFAX Be Strong. Dear Miss Fairfax: In soclal life and at business I have been made to suffer because of my disinclination to flirt and be “‘a good féllow.” Invitations to go out | with married men seem far from res spectable to me. Also the silly methods ot some worldly girls in calling up on {the "Dhone this tybe of man and “jolly- {ing"" them for a half hour. Both my brother and young man friend tell me to be broad, and very unfeelingly tell me I think my morals” better than those of others, I am a sociable girl naturally, but all this has changed me sadly. They say 1 am & dead-head and not a real girl! 8 G E. Don't let any would-be clever people who think lax moral standards distin- guished influence you. Your own ideals are well worth preserving, and all really fine men and women will care far mere for you because of these very good quali- ties which you now think are keeping your life from “being soclable.” A girl who naturally has high standards and who willfully lowers them is sure to suf- fer torments of reproach from her own conscience as well as from the knowl- edge that worth-while people despise or pity her for her weakness. Take a firm stand for your principles and when you Opossum and Family on the |, fine men you will find that they March, This Slender-Waisted Crea | respect and like you. If your stand is ture is Called by Thevet and Others | strong enough you may have the joy of the “Su,” and Characterized as a |Influencing the very people who now . | sneer at you. P2 Ferocious and Ravenous Beast. | (From Thevet's “Singularites,” Be Firm. 1558) Dear Miss Falrfax: I am 22, with an . income of §100 a month. May 7 of this {year T had & serlous operation. The sur- with its absurdly big bill, was fairly well | geon told me not to work for at least two drawn, as one of the pictures assembled ‘:Tn:s, o 1 am nr;t ll)le’ to -undmun' S » - Boms o {kind of a strain am in love with & by Mr. Eastman shows. Some of the | R 0 8 B i, b e than 1, and she detalls are wrong, but the general aspect i{ojd me if 1 did not go to work in a of the bird is reproduced so well that |few days she will not marry me. T have one recognises it at a glance. explained to her, but she says she w. 80 the prehlstoric cavern artists, when- |“"‘“" our engagement it I do not werk ever they bad animals o draw that Pos- | By 4\ means do as your doctor bids sessed some atriking pecularity, like the | oV B0 OFTCE fiak your life forea girl curved tusks of the mammoth, made | "o " oititude seoms to be wickedly their representations so true that we can | SR ROt uaey. e o " on |stubborn and unylelding. You must take rem to reco cenes of the : |a firm stand in the matter, and unless :y“rf"’b:‘ft‘,“' ‘:":;"r:'j’:‘:d:;““ before his- | .10 shows heart and feeling enough to . | consider your health rather than her own = = wishes you had better break with her at | once. At the age of 15 years a bog is more decrepit than & man of %0, THE | Vinpersir Horer i THIRTY FOURTH STREET AT PARK AVENUE NewYork The most conveniently situated hotel in New York At the Thirty-third Sireet Subuwey When harmony exists in a xmllllsll‘ party there are no offices in sight As a rule & man pever forgets the spot where his hatchet has been buried. Most of us would make a poor show- ing in the bootg of the people we criticize. The dog who wears an expensive collar | Is generally the most unfaithful of all The handshake that seems like warm | friendship is often but the preliminary of & “touch.” Love In a cottage should not be con- founded with existence in & shack during courtship days. The boy who seems wiser than his pa never exhibits a disposition to get out and hustie for himself, WALTON H. MARSHALL. Monager 4 -