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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1903)
IEW Tear's Is Retting to be nearly N as great a gift day aa Christmas. As a result each year finds an i J Increasing' multiplicity of gifts ' i suitable for the first day of the year. To the superstitious may be sent paper weights of rabbits nibbling a four-leafed clover; a stork standing beside a little thermometer, back of which grows a grace ful cattail rush; a horseshoe, guarded by one's favorite animal or bird In bronse, or a pair of mounted Jockeys in the midst of a race. In dainty bronse fancies In the way of Inkstands and ash receivers of the cheaper variety are rabbits. In costume, holding ash bowls; little gnomes playing under toadstools, whose tops lift and disclose Inkwells, and dainty bird and butterfly fancies In bronse, each suggesting: a. fad of the person to whom the article may be sent. The sentiment of a fresh candle and a fresh seal for the New Tear Is a pretty one. Desk candlesticks and seal handles of silver, bronse, gun metal or china are always acceptable gifts. They should be accompanied by candles and wax of a color known to be preferred by the re cipient. Handsomely mounted desk blotting' pads are also suitable presents, suggesting the turning- of a clean leaf for the imprint of the New Tear. A gift for a coquette represents a heart shaped pincushion of sanguine hue, held by a bright little Cupid; while the con vivial young man is made happy by an artistic silver stand holding four glasses, enameled with diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades, the whole standing; In an orna mental tray. The same young man would appreciate one of the new holders for cordial glasses: Tho tray consists of a narrow strip of carved or stained wood, with from six to twelve silver pegs standing along the center, and finished with a graceful metal handle. The bottoms of the cordial glasses fit over the pegs, so that there is no danger of their tipping over. The sentimental young man Is no less delighted with one of the Imported double miniature frames. These do not stand separately side by side, but rest separately at the bottom and lean together affection ately at the top, under the constraint of a sliver trua lover's knot. In remembrance of tho once universally observed custom, of entertaining lavishly on New Tear's day comes a handsome gift to a housewife of a large tray of beaten copper, the edge fo ncd of bunches of grapes, and standing on little feet, in the style of the reign of Queen Anne. In the center Is a superb bowl of coppsr, rimmed with grapes, holding a bowl of glass. Twelve, similarly fashioned copper cups hold punch glusses. Something useful to man and maid alike Is a desk scale for welching mail. These appear in so many dainty fashions and are so suggestive of New Tear resolutions, when one determines to weigh all deeds In the balance, that a calendar with one of them would form a useful present. The sort of a calendar that d 'lights a child represents a boy shooting1 the days of the year out of a cannon. Another scarcely less pleasing depicts a mechanical arrangement by which pretty children, in a holly wreath, roll a. snowball around the months of the year. For those who love art, a handsome cal endar, In four panels. Includes four of the most fa mouse Madonnas known to art painted on a dull gold ground and having three months to each panel. The butch tile calendar, whose name suggests Its decorative plan, la particularly pretty. All the new decorative ideas are charmingly exploited on the wall calendars for the coming year. In the way of desk cu'endars there is a limitless selection of artotic " objects hi metal. Jewels, leather and paper. Novel ties In the way of purse and curd-case calendars are also provided for that absent-minded person who so often Inter rupts others with the question, "What day Is itr Quite a novelty of the season Is the "gift cloth." It Is made of a heavy sort of silk and satin weave, la framed in gold braid auad has a strap by which to hang It on the wall of boudoir or bedroom. One such cloth has a peacock. In white and1 gold, worked over the center, the wing of the bird forming' a catch-all. Another such pocket at the top Is a white and gold em broidered heart, while an open fan, worked In the same colors, terms a third pocket at the bottom. A dainty calendar Is set on the white and gold heart. Trained Woasea Plaao Taners. ANT young1 women earn a liveli hood by tuning pianos. Sis have graduated from a school located M U ---J I I I V. 1 nAnAM Af Vl 7, illi.i ai w iiviui v. 11. v n . i j state. The school is operated the year around and has already turned out upward of 200 men and women tuners. This class of instruction originated In Valparaiso, and has drawn students from almost every state in the union. The other day a young woman returned to her home In Wichita, Kan., after having taken a full course that fitted her for the work. Iowa sends a large number and so does Illinois. Men of advanced age have app'led to the school for Instruction In this calling, and some of them have become clever workers. A minister whose health seemed about to fall him learned to tune Instru ments, and Is now following the business in preference to the calling of clergyman. A county treasurer, now In office, but who may not be elected again, has taken a course and Is. now able to bring an Instru ment up to concert pitch. It requires a hundred lessons and as many dollars for Instruction to fit a man or woman for the business. It la not neces sary for the pupil to be musically Inclined. He need not be a performer on the plana at all. but he must have a good natural ear. The first lesson In the course treats of ih9 unison of two chords. They are struck while the Instrument Is in tune; then the chords are thrown out of tune and the key struck again, so that the pupil may dis tinguish the difference In the sounds. The next lesson drills tho scholar In tuning ths chords of an octnve. The construction of the various makes of plinos la explained, the instruments being tnken apart and put together again that the pupil may under stand the mechanism. There are twenty five pianos in the school, all of different makes and dates, some of them dating back a quafter of a century or more. Some pupils fall to learn the art and are told that they do not possess the required car qualities. An spt pupil may take two or three lessons a duy. tie may take th3 whole hundred In seven weeks. Some of them learn the art in five. At times the whole school takes the train for Chicago to visit a piano factory in a body. The factories are glad to have them do so. Here the different movements are studied, as Is every detail of the work of building an Instrument. Some of the fac tories have presented the school with a movement, and many lessons are afforded by the use of this single piece alone. Teaching tuners is destructively wearing on a piano. It must be thrown out of tune so often that the screws are worn and twisted off. froehetlna; Again la Faahlna. I " I swung back In favor of home si I miiitn rrnrtit,wl tViliiira u nil rnn. sequently, crochet hooks, yarns and threads are once more con sidered patrician. Women sit in the sun parlors of country clubs and hotels and chat and gossip as they crochet daintily colored floss. Nn woman's wardrobe is considered com plete nowadays without a sweater, and if she makes If herself so much the better. This garment has evolved by degrees from a long, tight fitting masculine affair, donned by way of the head, to a decorous up-to-date blouse, which, is stylish enough to wear anywhere. There are green and red golf sweaters, white tennis sweaters, red automobile sweaters, and all colors to wear under the coat to give added warmth. Each sweater has Its own style and may be fashioned simply or as elaborately as the maker chooses. One of the most popular styles is known as the blouse, and It looks much like shirt waist. It has a yoke, the crocheting of which runs cross-wise, and gives the brond, sloping shouldered effect so much Bought for. Tho sweater blouses slightly front and back, as do the newest shirt waists, and ftts snugly at the waist line. The sleeves for this garment are full and pretty, bagging well at the elbow to ac commodate, without mussing, the volum inous waist sleeves worn underneath. They are finished with a snug fitting crocheted cuff about five inches deep. The crochet ing of the sleeves and blouse runs length wise. The collar, also. Is high and fits closely. Nine largo crocheted buttons close the sweater in front. Three of the same buttons close the cuff of the sleeve. This particular sweater requires a pound of Spanish yarn, a small bone hook, an Afghan hook and an unlimited amount of time. Those who have made the garments, however, say that it Is astonishing how much may be accomplished In odd moments, which would otherwise be wasted. With the revival of crocheting comes the fashion for crocheted button covers, not only for sweaters, but for shirt waists nnd gowns. Some of the patterns for these covers are beautiful, and, in spite of tho intricacy of their appearance, they uro easily made. The foundation is an ordi nary button or a button mould of the de sired slse; the covering is of crochet silk, cotton or yarn. Shoe buttons make exce'lent foundations for the tiny black silk crocheted buttons, which are made In star pattern. There buttons are either simple or elaborate. White silk Is used. Crocheters have open to them still an other field of opportunity In crocheting the medallions which are so fashionable for gown decoration. These are made of filmy silk thread, crochet silk, linen or cotton thread, or even of yarns, since wool me dallions and laces are in vogue. These me dallions are not only in black and white, but in colors as well, since colored laces have become the rage. Toboggan caps, with pompons, such as were worn ten years ago, with a few modi fications, and rainbow scurfs and shawls, ure among the other crocheted things that are once more In style. Tatting, the old-time fancy work of fifty years ego, is also quite the fad, but It. , takes nimble and delicate fingers to do It well. Exquisite work, beautiful as cobweb lace, often original In design, can be made with no more expensive materials than a Bhuttle and a spool of finest cotton. 1 .What Woman Owes to Man. RS. CKAIGIE, known to the liter ary world as John Oliver Hobhea, may make herself disliked by the advanced women If she Is not careful about her public utter M ances. At a recent dinner given by the lord mayor of London to the Society of Journalists she replied to the toast of "The Ladies." In the course of her reply she The Most Welcome Wedding Gift Cut Glass The World's Best Its brilliance, color, exclusive designs and superior finish have never been equaled. We have suitable pieces In a great variety of exclusive new designs. Vases. Bowls, Loviug Cups, Carafes, Flower Centres, Punch Bowls, Comport, etc. Tht mtjfl)fpfj tvery fieet tuarMt f quality EXCMHIVH AUKXT FOR OMAHA SAMUEL BURNS. said many charming things about the ac complishments and tho achievements of woman, and then dulled the edge of her praise by declaring that woman owes all she knows of the rts, and nearly every thing else, outside of domesticity, to men, citing Angelica Kaufmann, Oeorge Sand, George Kllot, Charlotte Dronte and others as examples. She even went so far ss to usfltrt that women would not go into the Intellectual professions and public life but for the support and praise of men. Warming up with her subject, Mrs. Crulgle asrerted that "the reigns of great queens hove nleo been the epochs of great statesmen. The famous ladles of great his torical rrlres owe their celebrity to the classic descriptions written of them by men. Great actresses, great plnyers on musical instruments, great singers, great scholars and great writers were all, without extep tion, first trained and taught by men." And then, worst of all, in her peroration she said as to woman's position in tho world: "We do not understand half of It or nearly half of It. We think of other things. Rut we do as a rule as we ure told, and when we are commended for doing it pretty well we are Just ns happy as though we were masters of the situation. We know we are nott which la clever of us, and we do not wish to be, which la cleverer still." "It would take a bold man to utter such sentiments as these," comments the Chl CHgo Tribune, "and he would be hauled over the coals .more effectively than was Bartle Maasey by Mrs. Peyser. Fortu nately It was not a man In this case. It remali.s to be seen how the emandpaled women, the advanced women, the club women and murtlul spinsters will accept this feminine definition of the feminine re lation toward the masculine tyrant. Of course there are women who will agree with Mrs. Cralgle. but they are the women In humble life, the old-fashioned women, the domestic women, the tame-spirited women, who usually do as they are told and are glad to have someone tell them what to do They are the vines clinging to the oaks. Hut, on the other hand, there are many who are not dingers and who are reveling In the Joys of freedom, the pleas ures of the club rooms, and have a door key of their own. They are not the kind to rest patiently under the accusation of doing as men tell them. It will b interest ing to hear from them. What does the Social Economics club think of John Oliver Hobbes?" Her View of It. Wonderful Woman Henry, if I were you I would not take out thut (10,000 life Insur ance policy. Her Husband Why not, dear; suppose I should die? Wonderful WomanWell, $2,000 would be quite sufficient to provide fur me for a year, and by that time I could marry again. Philadelphia Telegraph. 1318 FARNAM 22