10 THE OMATJA DAILY BEE ; SUNDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1803HSTXTRKN1 TAPES.
'Discussion ' of Both Sides of the Domestic
Rervico Qnostlou.
HOUSEKEEPING THE BEST JOB IN OMMM
TVImtSpocint Colon IniJIcnte An Old llnch-
* lor' Opinion llownrn of fniU Faih *
Ion , I'nnrjr nnil I'lna Art * far
thn
The never ending , nlways Irritating ,
seemingly unsolvnblo question of how to
obtain and rotnin n good servant Is one
In which all women arc Interested , all
women who keep IIOUBO at least. It Is
Buoh a nuisance that It hatnTomo to bo a
mutter of dobnto with many ladles If It
Is not bolter to quit trying V havp n
homo and fall back oir the boarding
house hades. *
In the Interesting and Instructive sta-
tlHtlcs presented by Helen Campbell in
her notable articles on "Women Wage
EarnorH , " now being published in one of
our loading magazines , it is shown by
replies of girls from nearly every state
in the Union that It Is not because of the
Boclal ostracism or anything of the sort
that'girls prefer to work harder for loss
pay in any other kind of employment
than housework , but because of the
longer hours and lessened liberty of do
mestic service. After all this Is Amor-
lea. The hours are in most cases about
fourteen and the liberties non est. Of
course if people keep late hours the
servant must also bo on hand to the end
of the late hours to attend to the duties
which must bo done and which only she
can do. This'is to some extent unavoid
able and Is all right if a contract la made
to that effect when the servant is em
ployed. The trouble is women seem to
think that If they succeed In getting an
oxtrahour'a work out of asor van t they are
just so much abend. There is a constant
strife between mistress and maid and the
mistress foi'gots her position of toner than
the servant. For instance , a woman
will engage another to come one day in
the week to wash. Perhaps the woman
is a strong Gorman and in the summer
time especially she prefers to got at hoi-
work early in the morning , about 5
o'clock , thus putting in about half a day
before the regular legal day begins.
Does the w oinan who hires her remem
ber this in the evening ? Not sho. It Is
easy to find cleaning and scrubbing
enough to keep her busy until 5 o'clock ,
and if not she can got in a little ironing
to got in a full day. Or if the lady of
the house does consider the washer
woman's day's work done when the
washing is on the line and the cleaning
of floors finished she expects the woman
to consider it a great favor and she
poses as a saint in human form if it is
not quite ! > o'clock. It is just such gross
injustices as those which are at the bottom
tom of all the trouble in the employment
of servants and have made it practically
impossible for a woman to obtain efficient
help and has made American housekeep
ing the worst kind of slavery.
If you are a working woman and em
ployed by a man , how does ho treat you ?
If ho wants any extra work done ho asks
it as a favor , in most instances expect
ing , of course , to pay extra for it. And
then when your work is done his claim
on you is at an end. A woman , on the
contrary , thinks she has a mortgage on
the body and soul of every servant con-
nootod with her establishment. Now , it
is really no one's business what a girl
docs when her work is done and a full
day has boon put in , even if she goes to
any extreme of evil , so long as she keeps
"in bounds of the law. At the same time'
any thinking woman will look after a
girl who is loss intelligent- has had
loss experience than herself , and will
always advise her for good , and it would
no doubt bo her duty to discharge her if
the girl refused to heed. But it all
depends on the spirit in which it is done.
, It scorns to the writer as if the cant
and slush of treating a servant as an
equal' and all that is merest rot. What
the girl wants and should have is recog
nition as a good servant , if she is one ,
tied an appreciation of her efforts as
auoh. The servant girl has her own
friends and associates and it is to them
she looks for pleasure and happiness in
a social way. In fact it would bore her
tremendously to be obliged to undo'rgo
one-half of the conventionalities and re
straints to which her mistress is con
stantly subjected. She does not uudor-
atund them and don't want anything of
the kind in hers , in which she shows
herself to bo the more feonslblo of the
two.
two.If
If all _ women every where wore to
establish a certain number of hours as a
day and have it understood when the
contrast was made just how many hour
qaoh day the girl was to work and what
work sho.must do. and then keep the
contract , in the spirit and the letter her
self , ' the girl would gladly keep it on hoi
part. Insist on first-class work and the
servant will bo first-class , especially il
she receives first-class pay. A fern
years ago , any girl who coult
write a little shorthand and hammoi
u typewriter could got a job , oven if slit
had to wrobtlo hard with words of out
syllable when it came to spoiling.Moi
would not put up with' anything bul
good work , and now any girl who ap'
plies for a position of this kind must Lx
thoroughly equipped or she knows slit
cannot hold the job , for there are plenty
who are competent who will gladly take
her place. What Ifnro women dent
under the same circumstances ? Thoj
have wept and wailed and told thuii
husbands or their neighbors what hare
times they had with the last now eorv
ant , gave bur a good recommendation
discharged her and hired another jus
llko hor.
If housekeepers would all insist 01
having only the best , and pay for it , tin
servant question will solve itself L
time , upd a short time , too. It is mono
working people want and if they cai
got It by giving poor service they wil
not trouble themselves to make the faorv '
ice better. If they cannot obtain era
plpymoht unless they give good sorvic
they will do that. All servants' wage
qhould be paid on the ratio of th
quality of the work done in their pai
tloular stations. Lot an incompetent
Impudent servant understand plain !
that you will employ her If you can d
no bettor , but that you will only pay ho
ouo-half as much as you would if sh
would attend to her work and do he
full duty in all respects. Then you d
yours. Houbowork and especially cool
lug is the host job in Omaha today an
a 'competent woman can obtain a pos
tion in five minutes at her own prlc
In what other line of business is th
true ? What is to prevent housokcouoi
and servants , mistresses and maid * fro
forming borne sort of a louguo for mutu
benefit and improvement in which tl
rights of both shall bo considered ?
" 1 saw something in the paner tl
other day about the different kinds i
women who wore different colors , " sa
the Vnssar girl , ever the dinner tabl
according to June Shore's roi > orts in tl
columns of the Now York Uecorde
"and I thought it just about as inlslea
ing as it is to judge uion by their nee
ties. "
"But can't you toll something abe
men by their nooktics ? " asked tl
woman In pinkorepon.
"I think a man who will wear a brig
rod nccktlo will write bin nnmo on the
Washington monument or oven carve It
on Grant's tomb If ho can got a chance , "
sntd the lieutenant.
"Oh , ho would n't slop at a little thing
llko that. Ifo'd inurdor his grandmother-
on small provocation , " added the real
estate man.
"No : I don't think you'vo made a cnro-
fill study of him. lie's not bloodthirsty.
Uo' only wenk-mlndod and vain. "
"I've soon mon who wore neither
weak-minded nor murderous wear rod
neckties at the seashore and on yacht
ing excursions and they looked just
stunning ! " put in the Vasinr girl.
"Oh , well , all sorts of pranks are ex
cused In the summer man just ns they
are In the summer girl. I've seen
these men wear orange colored blazers ,
too. Hut I wasn't referring to that butterfly -
torfly existence. 1 meant * men about
town and at their work , " said the Hou-
tcnnnt.
" 1 always think a man has n certain
Inborn love of daintiness and cleanliness
who wears in summer those pretty light
cotton ties with little sprigs and bars.
I believe ho haa considerable HOlf-ro-
spoot , too , " said the woman in pink
crepon.
"And I can't help thinking the man
who nlways wears black four-ln-hands
Is either very stingy or "very Bolf-dony-
Ing. "
"Don't ' you know they nro very becom
ing to some mon , especially those who
are fair and llorid ? The knowing men ,
llko the knowing women , wear what
they look boat in , " observed the re
ligious editor.
"Woll , I nov.or supposed men studied
their points that way , " Bald the woman
in white , with an innocent staro.
"They. d.o , though , every time , "
answered the editor , with convincing
emphasis. .
"A man uho wears n < bright blue tie-
that light , brilliant blue , you know-
always seems tome to have something
feminine in his nature. "
"A sort of Miss Nunoy. "
"He's more likely to have just come
up from Podimk or Ilnyscodvillc , nnd to
bo viewing the clopharit < He's a shinIng -
Ing mark for the bunco man every
time , " put In the real estate dealer.
"And perhaps his 'girl' likes that
color and wont with him when ho bought
the tie. You can't judge a man by his
tie whon"
"Ho comes from the rural districts.
"Novor " added "tho
, the lawyer ; niry
fancies , erratic notions , and go-as-you
please styles which prevail in rustic so
cloty as to neckties are never reliable
data from wljloh to generalize. "
" 1 think there's something in the
colors a woman wears ; I really do , '
mused the lady in green surah. "Now ,
I never can have any confidence in r
womnn who is devoted to mauve.
"Miss Mary Lo Voro , the actress , was
tolling mo the other day , she had had i
similar experience. 'Kvory woman ' .
ever know who was addicted to mauve ,
she said , 'was a wuman not to be trusted ,
and .sho wont on tolling mo over so man ;
instances. "
' 'I am very fond of the color , " said the
aunt from Philadelphia.
Horrors ! Her gown was mauvo. No
ono had noticed it before.
"Oh , but you know elderly ladies al
ways wear that color I I didn't mean
them , " stammered tbo woman in grcon
"I didn't suppose that ago was mentioned
tionod , or was ono of the necessary qual
ideations , " retorted the mint , in an loot
vinegar tone that made everybody shivo
except the Vassar girl , who smiled ox
panslvoly behind her napkin to the roa
estate man , and socmecl to bo the only
ono who thoroughly oujoyqd her salad
If you have a taste for'emulating th
' rainbow in gorgeousuoss , so far as ma ;
be , the glovers have .done all , in thoi
powoy this'scnson to aid you. Gloves o
every shade of grocn , from sea foam t
apple , dangle before your eyes. Glove
of pink and gloves of purple lie in the !
cases , wooing the lover of color to buy
them. Gloves of lemon color and
gloi'os of orange are not lacking.
There are gloves as thick with em
broidery as the old-fashioned christen
ing' robe used to bo. There nro gloves
that glitter with steel and gloves that
gleam with bronze. There are gloves
with silk of divers hues worked up the
back. And these are all gloves that the
self-roapecting woman will avoid.
It is" almost unnecessary to remark
that they are vulgar. Sometimes with
a gown of grcon or heliotrope it is per
missible to wear crlovcs of exactly the
same shade , although oven then quite
as good an effect could have boon gained
by carefully choosing a shade of gray or
mode or tan that harmonized with the
gown. Anything that makes the hand
oven though it bo a beautiful ono
remarkable , is to bo shunned.
Put into your glove box sorao black
suede gloves , which have a happy
* faculty of being appropriate with almost
any costume. Put in sorao soft gray
glove t and some modes color ones. Add
a pair of heavily stitched reddish-brown
gluce kid to wear with your severely
made dark walking suit , u couple of
pairs of white washable kid ones for
wear with your gingham dresses and a
] pair of driying gauntlets , and you will
always bo well and correctly gloved.
*
*
A sweet-faced maiden , who still has
hopes , sat beside a bright little follow in
an olovntod car the other afternoon mak
' ing friendly overtures to his pleased par
ents by complimenting the boj on his ;
accomplishments. She had asked him n
good many. questions about everything
she could think of us they speeded to
ward Harlom. To these the li Uo chup
had replied with frank eoriousnu&s peculiar
liar to children.
d "So you are going to the park this af
- ternoon ? Do you love the park ? "
, "Oh , yes , " ho'replied ; then added aftot >
st a pause , "but papa don't llko it. "
"No ? And why don't ho like it ? "
l'I I papa says It bores him , and he
10 don't llko it. " '
in People in the vicinity smiled at the
uy ; father's expense , and the maiden lady toG
in pcared to bo greatly amuhed. The chi" G
Haw this and followed it up :
'V- "Papa \vuiittocomo.butnmnunt
m- said " '
mCO
CO What mamma said was cut short by t
03 vigoruus shako from that individual ' 1
he who had all along rogat dod the strange
ir- lady with disapproval and now frowned
The passengers lopkod'disuppointod. Th *
mnidon lady looked a trlllo malicious.
door "How old are you ? " aho finally in
or quired with her sweetest smile ?
ho " I'm 5 how old are you ? "
ler Mamma smiled this time and the gentlemen
do tlomen opposite elevated their news
kml papers to conceal their agitation. Tin
ml maiden lady gazed out of the wlndov >
isl- thoughtfully. Maybe she was trying t <
co. figure it up , but she didn't answer tin
liis child's question.
ors
0111 Beware of fads , They are ulway
ual dangerous , but they are worse , like ill
the dlBoabos , in BUinmor. Listen to ho
story qf Anna's disappointed hopes , a
roveatod by one of Anna's friends over
the social glass of pineapple bodu. Sho- i
of the fiToud was a very muoh tanno
aid young person , and she had announce
ilo , gayly that nho was in town for a da
the only. Her companion was pale and wa
or , evidently in town for the season , bu
ad- they both found Anna'a fate amusing.
ok- "You see , " said the tanned glr
"Anna took up with modeling. Sh
out made little plaster or putty or BOM
the kind of Btatuos of the cats , * nd the oat
weren't ublo to express their rosen
Jht mout , BO she persisted. She did he
mother , nnd you know mothers never
mind , though I should th'nk ' Mrs.
Urown would have objected to bolflg
made ono broad , benevolent smlloj when
she's really pretty and sicmlar. Wolf ,
then Anna thought she would try Mr.
Martial. Everything had progressed
beautifully between them until then.
But when ho saw himself with a cast in
his eye , nn awfully hooked nose nnd a
Bortof Mephistophelean leer , ho was a
little startled. Ilo asked her In pained
tones if ho really looked like that , and
Anna had got so puffed up by that time
that she told him sillily that she had re
produced his face as it seemed to hor.
So ho wont nwny with hia $3,000,000 , and
now Anna is modeling the consumptive
clergyman who's there for his health. "
So far this summoAhc Now York girl
has faithfully followed the fashions of
her brother. She wears the vest and
four-ln-lmnd with easy grnco , and It
should be recorded to her everlasting
credit that she is learning to tie the
latter with Homo skill.
Her brother has evened matters by
wearing her bfond-brlmaiod sailor hat
and by appearing in the most brilliantly
colored shirts.
Tho" gentlemanly girl will bo glad to
know that the craze for masculine at-
lire will continue into the fall. The
young lady in the ulster is not
yet a reality , but the garment has
boon made nnd .a cortnln Now
York girl Is considering it. It , is n copy
of ono worn by her lingllsh cousin.
There is no apparent difference , between
it and the ono which every man owns ,
if he can afford it. The hnt is supposed
to bo n fashibnablo walking hat , but
you couldn't toll it from a mnh's derby
if you tried. Shooting jackets und
capos have also made their appearance.
Fashion alone knows why. They tire
strictly masculine , eVen to thqlr , in
numerable pockets. " , "j'
If n thing Is good ; say BO !
Whether it bo nn entertainment , a
glass of soda , a nowly-mado gown or a
book. If you llko it giVb 'pvi80 whore
it can bo hoard or hcnrd'of by the
person or persons who are responsible
for it.
Of course there are persons who can't
digest praise. *
It makes them conceited , and at times
overbearing , but they are of tlie empty-
headed minority , who qughl not to bo
considered.
I went into a little country shop not
long since on a vei\v warm day , lured by
the sign. "loo Cream. "
I didn't expect much.
Something moist and c6ld would have
satisfied mo.
A thin , worn , haggard-looking woman ,
carrying a young baby , camp for my
order. .
There was no choice. It was straw
berry or nothing.
She brought mo the cream with ono
hand nnd clutched the child with the
other.
The cream was surprisingly good
home-made , with the real strawberries
thickly strewn through it.
When I paid her I said :
"That's the best ice cream I've eaten
this summer , nnd I'm from Now York
too. "
You ought to have soon her face ligh
up.
up.Sho absolutely looked ton years
younger.
Thofo was u little quaver in her voice
as she replied :
"I'm glad you like it. I used to make
good Lee cream when I was a girl , but'
don't got much time now. "
AndtSho sang to the babv as I loftjho
shop.
' Mr.2A mado' '
Mr. - - , a newly millionaire
'
lias''distinct social aspirations ; , andIdoos
not particularly care to own up to wlia
ho thinks is his somewhat plebeian line
ago. Notwithstanding this little weak
ness , however , ho wns ever on. alToction
ate and dutiful son to the plain oh
farmer and his wife , who toiled nnd
mailed to give him his first start in the
world. Ono of his inheritances , when
they died , was a pair of portraits , doiu
by a rural painter two pictures with nc
merit whatever from nn artistic stand
point , but atartlingly like as such daub
often are , with the homely Sunday
clothes of the wearers roaliaticali ]
represented. Mr. , meanwhile , hai
become quite celebrated for. his "art col
lection , and his first impulse on receiving
ing these staring and unmistakabl.
bourgeois portraits was to rolegat
them to the garret.Filial affection
however , pleaded for the familiar old
figures , and In the midst of his per (
plexity a brilliant idea struck him. Hn
sent for Mr. A. , a famous artist , and induced -
ducod him to dross up his old parents in
the most _ aristocratic garments of" their
day , leaving tno dear'out fifcos intact ,
but even going to the length of arrang
ing the old lady's hair , sothat when the
picture was hung in his magnificent hall
she might have boon , taken for a
auuhess , BO regal , were- her attire and
surroundings ; wnilo the * old gentleman ,
fondling the head of the setter between
his knees , looked like "a'roai' ' Id En
glish gentleman all of the olden timo. "
, . .
"If I must become iv martyr to mid
summer days I want to sutler like a
lady. "
The speaker rocked back'and forth in
ono corner of her town piazza , looking
in a * trim little toilet ns if slio had dis
covered the socrot.
"Am not n bit warmer , " she continued ,
"not a bit , dressed up in n'do'ce.nt fitting
pair of corsets and a regulation gown
- than I wouldbo if I were trailing about
in n sloppy wrapper minus corsets.1 I
always have on hand nn interesting piece
of work , und when this becomes- trlllo
r wearisome a good book , so that the
warmebt days of the season hold but lit
tle terror for mo. I don't ' incline to iced
drinks , fans aim the like. I believe that
this kind of pampering is all nonsense. "
Have you ever thought how much the
mind has to do with your comfort and
' discomfort , especially during tbo warm
est days of the year ?
I know any number of women who
actually Bond their pulses up to fever
a heat by simply talking ever the warm
weather situation. The very best rule
,
to follow is to ignore the question. II
! asked if you are warm , do A little fibbing
on your own account and BOO how the
thermometer-will fall. I have actually
- become an object of envy to the suminot
grumblers by merely carrying this rule
into practice whenever given an oppor
- tunity.
-
Concerning that muoh-talkod-pf enter
w prise of the fair , the Woman's Dorml
tory , of which much was hoped by sa
of slender purses , one who has person ri
ally experienced its advantages and dls
advantages speaks as follows :
"Tho building itself was exactly whal
was promised , rough , plain , but excellently
lontly planned and with Irroproachabh
as sanitary arrangements. There all praisi
asa ends. The management Is in a state ofn
chaos , and as there scorns to bo a complete
od ploto lack of system , you may imagine
10at
od the discomfort and inconvenience tha
ay wo and many others experienced. Tin
aa matron who assigns the rooms appean
mt to hold no communication whatever witl
the secretary , who communicates vritl
the Btockholdors. thm
homo - "Persons like ourselves , who hod engaged
could mnd
mo gagod rooms months ahead ,
its no possible accommodations of any florl
tit. Any remonstrance at the olllco was lOt
ior with a most unnecessary dlscourtoaj
which vrrvs nifwlro.Uio tnnro conspicuous
becnuso it wtis ttlfVonly Incivility Hint
wo oncountomFWmio m Chicago. Altogether -
together , the doWrttriry Is n tnostdlsmnl
nnil oxasiJoratinir fnlluro , and especially
HO when ono ronli/ws the possibilities of
the plan had it Iwnn carried out by prac
tical , reliable pdrfttina. "
, „
The causes ot "L'onjugai ' infelicity nro
llko the stars inmfttibor , but seldom imvo
they boon so curious in character as
these onmnoraipd ! . by n witness in a
dlvorco court , m
Witness consider ? ) ho was the Injured
party , as the potlll6nor wns continually
ohjoctlng to thn shnttO of his foot.
( Lnitghtor. ) ' f
Ho further said that when Ii2 had his
haircut It wns never donu to please the
petitioner. ( Lnughtor. )
She also used to say his upper lip did
not milt hor.
She was continually blnmtng him for
leaving1 out hit * h'u in spcakinir >
Ho wns not so wrill up Ih theological
subjects ns hin wlfo.
And there wjissomotitncsadlvorgonco
of opinion when they wpro talking about
the sermon they had hoard.
Ono is not surprised after this to hoar
that ono of the nllcgatlons against the
respondent is that ho had struck the pe
titioner with the Mothodlst Magazine.
Westminster Gazette.
' *
Dignity of donioanor marks the lady
everywhere and' ' though a very witty
speech may have' to bo strangled at its
birth it Is bettor to do sd than to indulge
in a style of cbnvorsatlor. that hurts
those who nro made the subject oHt nnd
also olTenda" thosoi who , inay not Tib per
sonally intot'ostod in It.
After nwhito the Illppant young per
son will bo avoided by these who know
the quality of what she calls her wit
nnd the friendship of these worth culti
vating will bo given to the girl who in
every way bhow a deference to those
older than herself nnd who in her com
munication with these of her own ago
does not try to bo funny at the oxponbo
of others. Life is too snort to stand any
Bitch nonsense , and though she may
think borsolf something above the avor-
ace in mentality the great majority of
people will dub" her flippant and imper
tinent and have no wish to continue nor
acquaintance.
A traveler newly returned mot In the
oddest way an old woman on the wind
swept moor of Caithness , who , though
not ono of the COO , Wns the heroine of
Balaklava. Hoi' ' niuno is Elizabeth
Coull. She is the wife of John Coull , a
sergeant of the Ninety-third Highland
ers. Kinglnko tells 'her story in his
history of the Crimean war. The
Ninpty-third , that "thin rod line , " was
drawn up to repot an attack of Russian
cavalry. It was Biippor.tod by a regi
ment of Turkish artillery , which , ns
they saw the Russians approaching , be
came panic strioli'en'iartd ' Hod. As they
ran between tliorHijthlandors and their
camp , says Kinjjflako , they mot a now
and terrible foo. A wom'an came out of
one of the Scottipli .Aenta . armed with a
stick , and with'Mitjl6 - s , invective beat
every Turk witnii reach. The High
landers wore driv w. | ) up to receive the
charge , but , although staring' death in
the face , they word so amused they burst
into laughter. Tho1 Turks , confronted
by this now foe , 'fritted. The .Russians
wore repulsed , J'i'Ub Highlanders cov
ered thomselve's w'jfh glory * and Mrs.
Coull was t known , , far and wide ns the
woman who thfasJMi'l.'m ' army.
Date oatinff i3tftftftatcst' frtiit craze.
Among the now foil.hats ; aro. ilors oj
broad brjm.andilqwyjrown. , . ,0jj , . „ ,
' Derby-glove's of charnoia liave-ihp ! big
gest of red billions and are bound in red.
Some of ; jtfio 'mosti.elTeftive'cotton
gowns owe jmuch- 'Iho use of white
braid.
' Violet and orris make the best com
bination for bureau and chiffonier
" " *
sachets.
Paris is advocating flesh-colored suede
gloves for evening wear in place of the
pure white so long worn.
A correspondent writing from Paris is
enthusiastic * ever n young girl's bet
draped with white luce over rose-colorot
silk.
silk.Tho
The raw silk couch covers now offeree
very cheap in the shops make gay am
useful portieres , and wear oxtromel ;
woll.
woll.A
A sleeve which Is stamped with th
approval of Felix Is made of frills o
three-inch lace from the shoulder to the
waist.
It is a tenet of the1 dressing of a Paris
ian woman to wear , first of all , a becom
ing gown , and , second , to make that a
stylish ono.
It is now quito the fashion to make up
the pretty bcmi-diuphanous muslins and
French lawns ever light foundations of
batislo or sateen.
A now lamp sbado , presumably in
tended for a bride , is of white silkj gar
landed with orange blossoms arranged
in prodigal profusion.
Pretty clusters of horsechostnut blos
soms appear upon ecru colored round
hats of "nutmeg" bralil , trimmed with
russet brown velvet ribbon.
> A pretty necklace for a young girl
consists of daisies , the petals in silver ,
the hearts in gold , forming a flexible
circle to fasten about the throat.
Worth , it is said , abhors tailor made
gowns , calling them "stable clothes , "
and turning his artistic eye in another
direction when they are in'viow.
Hammock chairs have long filled nn
acknowledged summer want , but in
their newest shape , with movable canopy
attached , they are moro desirable than
ovor. *
This season ha brought n largo im
portation of Japanese and Chinese cot
ton and jute rugs , uml they can now bo
boucht at nt least .jinjj-thlrd below their
valuo. nuut
Spanish yollow' Vdlvot ribbon ia a
fashionable trimmliAjV'for ' cream tinted
nuns' veilings , cropons , clairqttos and
similar sheer woq\vfabrips \ for young
ladies' wear. . j , nii
A lovely summer J-Hbbon Is of waved
gauze , in cream tint , plain and half
illumined by electric , ' * blue , nile green
and purplish pinkjftln stripos. It is
eight inches widouj Bi
r White duck hammock pillows em-
broldored in eomo sUotohy athletic de
- sign , as tennis J-Hiuots ( , golf clubs
crossed , or a huntlMjiap and whip , ir
colored flax are miuthjin yoguo
- The dross parosiflsvof the season arc
like small touts , hud" although in st
cases mudo of .tullfc lace or not , Ir
largo size and ugly Wtvndlos suggest the
utilities rather than , ' the ornaments Df
dross. }
Mrs. Arthur Stannard ( John Strange
Winter ) has founded an anti-crinollm
league counting 11,000 mombors. Ant
now the question before the league is
"What are wo hero for ? " For the crln
- olino has never come. u10
The prettiest waists now made by thi
modistes , and turned out of euoli fao
tories as keep up with the changing
etyios , have long ehouldor seams ant
slouvcs that fall away from the shouldoi
line of the armholes.
Pink , yellow and palo blue Indii
- muslins , with tiny flowers scattered pvoi
their surfaces , are made up ever foundu
. tlons of silk-looking batistes of plait
pink , blue or yellow and black volvo
rlbtxm bows , -and 'quantities of ccn
pulpuro Inco are the most popular dec
orations.
Drossy bodices for day wear have
cross noams low on the hips or around
the waist line , attaching n circular or
coat shaped ploco curved to lit very
snugly , thin about fttx inches ( loop and
softly lined with sUk.
Frlllod curtains , a frilled spread nnd
a round bolster finished with big
rosettes converts the plainest bed Into n
delightful object , and , when ndilud to
ono of the popular white and gold sort ,
means n very dream of glrlllku beauty
and freshness.
A collarotto that Is coming forward In
cotton gowns and will bo repented in
wool later on , is a three-quarter circle ,
shaped to fit smoothly around the
shoulders and folded to points in front.
It is effective In the still linen nnd in
heavy cotton goods.
liotldos the linen ducks , piques and
similar fashionable materials , the many
sheer wool fabrics used for tailor
costumes nro uncommonly elegant in
tone nnd texture this season , and if
artistically out. which Is essential , they
are the perfection of summer wear.
The parasol which is bo.U < suited to
gingham and white outing suits is of
Indian pongou in the original cream
color. Thn handles nro of carved burnt
ivory , The rains may descend and the
Hoods come , but they nro us little
alTcotod by them ns are cotton um-
brollns.
With the now Imskot-plaltod Eulnlla
coilTuro n high Spanish comb is made
usd of Instead of ono or two long jewelled
hair pins. The Cop of the comb is sot
with Irish' brilliants and the comb Is
often sot in nidowny.s in the coquettish
inauuor that is very bocomimg to seine
women.
A costume that did not present a
"sproad-onglo" air in splto of Its colors
was a gingham , with wtripos an eighth
of an inoh widein rod , pale blue and
whitoi The skirt was made in three
wide llouncos , each edged with a narrow
band of ted ribbon. The bodlco wns
made In surplice style with a bertha of
the goods , aUo'triiuiricd with a band of
rod ribbon.
At a recent wedding the somewhat
unusual array of nlno ushers nnd nine
bridesmaids assisted. Five of the brides
maids wore pdlo green and the four
others n delicate shade of pink. All had
short veils matching the hue of their
gowns. ThoV came down t ho aisle from
the chancel to moot the bride , walking
first two , then ono alone , repeating the
order untibushors and maids wore all in
line.
Etyrfggod luwns make the daintiest
possible morning dress. They come in
white with tiny pink rosubuds. little
'
clusters of bluo'forget-iuo-notb , slender
vine olTects in green , scattered yellow
cowslips and "everything that pietty
boon. " They nro made with a simple ,
milled skirt , n surplice waist edged with
narrow lace , full sleeves and a wide
crushed bolt of white silk , and are
charming.
The nowoat bonnets are now in a sense
of freshness , but not as marked novel
ties. They still appear in prlr.cosso , capote
pete , Huh wife poke and toque shapes ,
and are made of tulle , eropo lisso , or
exquisitely wrought Indian tissues with
lace garnitures and iridescent bead
gimps and crowns to match. These bon
nets rqprcMint foreign "dross" styles ,
the delicate rush bonnets and luce braids
being relegated to a secondary though
still very fashionable placo.
In a summer cottage recently scon
quite the effective feature of every bed
room was the washstand splasher. A
wide .piece qj cottage drapery , shirred
on a slender gilt rod nnd" suspended by
white ribbon bands , formed the back
ground of the toilet stand , falling to the
floor and coming well out on both sides.
The protection of the delicate wallpaper
was perfect , and the graceful banners
imparted nn airy effect that added much
to the prettiness of the rooms.
Among the importers' samples of now
silks for autumn appear a laruo variety
of stripes of corded silk and velvet on
very handsome arrangements of color ,
the silk being , .in most cases , of the
lighter hue. Among the harmonies and
contrasts-are those of mo&s green velvet
on silver blue , rosedaonlilucand nmbor ,
a rich 'Venetian brown velvet stripe al
ternating with a silk ono in rose pink
shading to silver ; another of dark pe
tunia with a bhcony stripe of almond
changing to sea green.
The predilection for gold millinery
crowns , edgings , galleons , ornaments ,
etc. arises from the marked partiality
of the duchess of York for it. A lovely
bonnet of cream white tulle , with-a Per
sian pearl-dotted crown of gold and pale
preen passementerie , has un aigrette of
golden thistles nnd daisies with velvety
brown hearts sot into a plaiting of airy
lace , that gives the finishing touch to
ono of the prettiOSt bonnets for a rosy
blonde that over loft the hands of a Par
isian milliner.
A nlco young bachelor confided the
following comments to his neighbor a
dinner the other evening : "I do like i
woman who sticks to ono or two becoming
ing dresses. She and her dress then become
como Identified with each other , and om
gets a distinct idea of a girl in ono' ,
mind. Butifishe is ono day in blue , and
another in 'yellow , and the next in
rod , the individuality of the wearer ii
quite subservient to that of the gown ,
and it is just like looking at so many
fashion pjutos or a kaleidoscope.
I'emiiiliiu NimtH.
Mrs. James Brown Potter will sail for
Calcutta this month for a six months
theatrical engagement in India.
Two girls i'econtly walked from Muskegon -
kegon , Mich. , to Chicago. Another
woman is walking from Dallas , Tox. to
Chicago.
There seems to bo no lack of openings
for female medical practitioners in this
country , for the Indian bureau announces
seventeen vacancies for women.
An advanced school girl in Morrison ,
111. , wns n lfod : "What are the carniv
orous animals of the tdrrid zone ? " She
replied : ' 'The equator , cow , horse , wolf
and goat. "
The "Jlenry Borgh Circle" of King's
Daughters , composed of eight members ,
reports that last year it chloroformed
4,089 cats , 71 dogs , 0 wounded sparrows ,
1 rabbit and 1 "possum. "
An economy of waste Is to throw the
-
salt water loft In the ice cream freezer
-
ever the weeds on the garden paths and
the suds from the washtub around the
roots of the young troos.
Mrs. Jorusha Lusk , a Connecticut
charcoal burner , llvoa in a sod hut , bnt
that doesn't ' kill the homo decorative in
stinct. So she has hung un things and
is as cosy as yoil please i , with a bookcase
and a carpet.
Mrs. Eva Wilder McGlasson , whose
writings are as delicate and artistic as
the frostwork ono finds on the winter
window pane , confesses to her impossi
- bility to produce moro than six short
stories in n years' time.
Mrs. Albert Darker , an English elo
- cutionist , Is said to know us many pieces
r as there are days in the year , She Imi
tates many voices of nature , from the
thrill of the canary to "tho awo-insplr-
iug howl of the hurricane. "
Cigarette smoking by throe lady
visitors in full evening dress was ono of
- the attractions on the terrace of the
Hpuso of Commons recently , while the
Russian government has just issued o
decree isaklnt ; It compulsory on Russian
railway companies to provide smoking
carriages for ladies.
This paragraph appeared in nn Eng
lish parish magazine : "Tho mothers'
last mooting of the season will bo cele
brated by a tea. to take plnco on Mon
day , May 15. Tea and shrimps. N. U.
Mothers bring their own shrimps. "
MM. Sarah IJ. Cooper , who organized
the first kindergarten in San Francisco
in 1830 , has received moro than $1100,000
to onnblo her to carry on the work.
There are now sixty-five kindergartens
in the city , and moro than 10,000children
have been trained in them.
It Is an undoubted fact that absinthe
Is becoming a very favorite tipple among
smart womnn in England. It Is sup
posed to improve the complexion ami
give vivacity to the conversation , but
American women , fortunately , require
no stimulant to ; nako them vivacious.
Jane Hading , the French actress , is
said to bo moro beautiful off the stage
than on. She almost nlways wears blacken
on the street , being probably quite well
aware that It sots off her wonderful rod
gold hair , laiig.ilshlng eyes , and pale ,
mobile face advantageously ,
Mrs. U. II , A. Bench of Boston , who
composed a jubilate for the Columbian
colouration , is authority for the statement -
mont that between the years 1015 and
lS8f ) women composed 153 musical works ,
including fifty-live serious oporus , six
cantatas nnd lifty-thrco comic oporas.
An effort was recently mnuo to secure
the admission of women to membership
In the Lnryngologicnl association in
England. Although the attempt was un
successful the women regard it as nn evi
dence of advance that the question
should have been debated in the society.
A suggestion to campers or other folk
who are really roughing it is how to Bo-
euro cool butter without ice. Fill a box
with sand to within an Inch or two of
the top. Sink the butter jars in the
sand ; then thoroughly wet the sand with
cold water. Cover the box a3 nearly air
' ' Ight ns possible.
The English girl seems to bo busy no-
ulring knowledge. Miss Mary O'Brien ' ,
> r instance , has received a hcieiitillc ro-
lenruh scholarship , worth about iS7 0 a
car , for two years. She has decided to
ovoto herself for that period to the
itudy of the nitrogen supply of logum-
nous nnd other plants.
Miss Minnie Rushn 21-yenr-old young
vomnn of Lakovillo , Ind. , ia the agent of
he Vnndnlia railroad at that place. The
ocoipts of her office nro about $10,000 a
nontli. Last fall she surprised the rail-
oad officials by organizing excursions
, nd sending out several hundred people
, t n profit to the company.
Every year , on the 17th of Juno , Miss
t\.llcp Longfellow provides a special car
ind invites a party of working girls in
Boston to spend the afternoon at the old
Longfellow mansion in Cambridge. Dif
ferent girls are invited each season and
ill the art treasures in the place are
hrown open to the visitors.
Miss Dudley , nn English bicyclist ,
lolds the record for long distance rid-
ng by women. She made the distance
if 100 miles , between Hitchin nnd Lin-
oln , in a little more than seven hours ,
ir at an average , speed of nearly four-
.eon miles an hour. This , too , in regula-
ion petticoats , not the now style of
rousors.
Miss Lillian Bell , the Chicago girl
who wrotn "Tho Love Affairs of an Old
laid , " is a member of Chicago's 400 and
.s by no moans an old maid herself , al-
liough she has boon announced as
0 years of ago. Mibs Boll is young
mough to laugh to scorn , for many years
t'ot , the "all-over cloth shoo" epoch ,
which she designates as the beginning
f old muiddom.
A French authority on cooking gives
hose rules for testing the heat of an
ivon : Try it with a piece of white
lapor. if too hot the paper will blacken
ir blaze up ; if it becomes a lighter
jrown , it is fit for pastry ; if it turns dark
fellow , it is fit for bread and the heavier
cinds of cuke ; if light yellow , the oven is
ready for sponge cake and the lighter
kinds of desserts.
It is so rarely that a woman , however
musical , composes a good song , that the
iiiccess in that direction of Miss Mary
Knight Wood is the more significant ,
tier host known work was inspired by
Mr. Richard Watson Gilder's oxqui.sito
verses , "Thou , " which she has sotin the
nest moving of melodies. The composi
tion is so arranged that there ia oppor
tunity for the 'cello , as well as for piano
forte and voice.
The first stained glass window ever
designed by a woman is in Grace church.
It is well worth a visit from stranger or
resident , not only for this fact , but as
well for its wonderful beauty of design
and color. Its subject ia "Jacob's Dream , "
and its author is the Miss Tillinghast
whose attractive studio in Washington
square , whoso $30,000 tapestries for Mr.
Vanderbilt and whoso other equally
remunerative and artistic achievements
have won her deserved honor both in
this country and abroad
' The handwriting of Ruth McEnory
Stuart , " said a young womnn who has
made a particular and practical study of
graphology , "has the strongest tendency
to the artistic of any that I over saw.
Such beautiful , unexpected curves and
graceful lines ! There isn't a ainu'lo char
acteristic of her charming litorar.y work
that her chlrography dousn'tbetray. " It
may bo added that all her stories , her
books oven , are written upon ordinary
loiter paper. She opens the shoot and
writes across it hori/ontally , using the
two middle pages as one
A physician advises:1 : "Learn how to
rest. Don't ' wait to make a separate
businoHS of It ; let it become part of the
dally routine of occupation. Above all
begin relief , however slight , at the lira
moment its need is indicated. Stop work
at your desk ; lean back and close the
eyes ; relax the frame so far as possible
for liftoon minutes ; lie down , if convon
lent , for the same length of time ; in any
way relieve the tension , however briefly ,
but promptly , nnd the result will bo a
largo ratio of gain in endurance. "
A romantic story of constancy in ad
verse circumstances comes from Vir
ginia. A pretty girl was beloved by a
youth , whose auddon loss of fortune
caused her parents to forbid the match.
The young people resolved to olopo.
The lever arrived at the appointed hour
under the lady's window. Unluckily ,
she had boon looked in her room , but ,
rather than give up the plan , she leaped
fifteen feet to the ground , dislocating
her ankle severely. The young man
curried her to a churchyard hard by ,
called up a surgeon , who sot the ankle ,
carried his fair ono to a vehicle , which
took them to the house of n magistrate ,
who duly tied the nuptial knot.
READY MADE MUSTARD PLASTERS
Wa were the first manufacturers on tuts
Continent. Our latest Iraprovonieiit surpoiuel
anything over before pro
per tin. Bo sure to have
for tUem epreud on cotton clulu.
SEABURY'S SULPHUR CANDLES ;
Prevention li better than euro , by training
those candles bad amolli In basements , plonoU ,
Ao. pro destroyed , anil tliU3contatlousUl eaJcs
are kept sway : also useful Ior expelling mo * ,
qultos and Irrllatlns Insects. Price , 'ffxi. cock.
To pnrlf r sick-rooms , npartmen te , etc. , use
HYDRONAPHTHOL PASTILLES ,
vrbtch In burning , disinfect and product ) a
fragrancerefrethlnffanl Invlgorutlat' . iiio.ptc
box of 12. 8oto Manufacturers ,
OH
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ATTENTION ,
Physicians and Chemists
Lndlos nntlftontloinon : Mmo. M. Yale ,
that most wonderful womnn chotnlst , hns
discovered a n.edtcino that will roinovo
Krocltlcs froii any faro In throe dnys. Hnrlc
jo , doubting Thomases , cvory bottle is
Kunrnntccd and money will bo promptly re
funded Is case of fnlluro. It removes tan
and sunburn In ono application. It matters
not If the Freckles have boon Irom chilu-
hood to old ape , Lx VYockln will i-loar them
in evury case. Price f 1.00. Sent to any
part of the world.
Address all orders to
MME. M.YALE
. . ; ,
Uouity and Complexion Ppuolullit ,
loomsr { > 31-2 ICnrbnch lllooic ,
Cor.lOtli and Dauglas Sts. , Omito , . Nab.
Ladles llviujr In the city plc.iso call at
Toinplu of Uc.uity ,
INFANTA.
The latest out. Pretty , styl-
sh , nobby traveling hat in
white and colors.
Selling1 all summer millinery
at cost and less.
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MAKES
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baa without doubt treated and curul more cnncn tlun
; lilanuccosiJaiutoniMilnj ; . Wa
Ho imbllahtantoluaMo worUon tbli diieafo which ho
icmlj H Hit n larj-o liotllo cf liii absolute curv , f rip to
any ulIcrcr hoiiiiyiiciKthilrl',0.onilKxrcs ] ) ] ) aJ.
dtcn. Wo mlt If o niiyono wishing a euro to aildrcea.
Prof. W. H. PUIiKR , 1' . D.,4 CcJarbt , New York , v
Jr.n. Out U'o. HIM kinr
nf C'liliii'M ! mumulm , can
tnily l > u i-ill < l th" klnirof
miKllrliiu IxKMiioi ) nf lit *
wuiut'-rfnl Hklll anilcurii *
of all kind illKciiHoH , llii
Mum In Iho medical
of Ulilim and linn
luanie'l tl' " ncllonu of over
filiDO dlffi-runt ( 'htmmn
iriu < ll-'b. ( Ho IirtH itcqtilrivt
imulikJiovurdiru nut took
jturH of hard andmrtwuti
Htudylu nrcumplUli. ( Hit-
llt'Hlt imdldUUtf 4fU 81IIH1 *
rlor liw.'msu of thHr purity
[ nut tttn nifth. Tlioy an )
roou , b.irUH , hurlm , tlowiirH ,
budii , utu. Ho makdu u
cf IUIMI'B prlvuUt dUrtitiHM , lo tinnn-
liood , caturrb , nurvuiikiwui , clironlo dlut4 wi and
all ft-'iuattt weakuunsi'H , I'iitlrnU ut u UUtanuu can
bo In-ati-d by uorruopoiidHiicu. Tim tloctur li.m
hunclrcxlH of tnulliiiuiilulH. Bond 4 ciMitHHl.impa for
frcu book of tuHlInionluU and ( iiiuHtluu bl.iiiku. DC ,
0. Guu Wo , lUlli and Cullforulit htrooUt , OmiUiu ,
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WH huvn lust rwjdvod a lot of
OKNUINK PAItlU/JH from 18MI
OF J'INJJS , wjik'li uru tlii ) U > * t of
ull Cuban pirrotn , tulutf muoli
lurirur , thort'foru Htrunicvr and
lii'.illhli r.il ii liner In | > lunur >
/nut ' lHitl rtallciira. pmelal price
'fur tin ) uvxt 'M daJ'B. ONLV iCUM )
BACH. Knob ( urrut Hold with u
n rlttuii KUnrnnK' " to talk. Solid
parrot cui < en * I 00. Orders for
IparrotH ullhout cai'tn * nxiulru
tuu extra for Hhlppluir boxes.
GEISIM'S ' BIRD STORE ,
Omaha , Neb.