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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1904)
i i Strep on the Porch. ITH the temperature at nearly scro. Miss Margaret Dwyer of Al bany, N. Y., again occup es her w M23 cot on the rear piazza of her home on Ten Uroeck stre-ct. . When asked the all-Important question Why? Miss Dwyer responded: "First, be cause I cannot sleep well Indoor and can in open air. When 1 returned from last Bummer's vacation It wan very waim in the city, so one night when I could not sle;p at all I got up and went out on the porch, where I easily fell as'eep on a co.ich. After that I Just drifted Into the hibit. TnN ha been a pretty cold winter, hut 1 have not been at all cold in bed on the back rcrt and have spent several of the coldest nlhts out this winter. I feel tine In the m rn ng and did not have a cold until my uncle in terfered." At this point Miss Dwycr's uncle, John J. Jansen, explained tl.al own ing in one bllzzardy night, with hi clothes covered with snow, he ubs.dately refused to let his niece sleep In her cxi o cd bed. A few days after thttt she developed a tod and the uncle regretted his interferon e and believed that had he allowed Mi s Uwyer to pursue her own course she wo.ill never have had her one cold. The bed that Miss Dwyer sleeps in Is an ordinary cot, with woven wire springs, sit uated against the partition which separates her uncle's from his neighbor's hack pirc'.i. Iler led 1'ng c ns sis ef a pair of llcece- IneJ sheets, a rose blanket, a comfortable and a pillow. She disrobes In the nous.', dons a nightdress, a bath robe, a pair of knitted bootees and a hood, which, whllp It pro tects her ears, leaves her face entirely ex posed. Thus attired, she seeks a couch al most under the broad expanse of the heavens. Tier fancies are somewhat ixietlo and she says It It the most sublime sen na tion to watch the myriads of slats over head until sleep closes the eyes. Function for Washington's lllrthelay. ralTQt'K card party for February Is a military euchre. Uuff and 1,1up decorations are profusely Iy"V)l UBpd in draping doors, for ar Ym I running fan effects above win dows, trimming light fixtures, columns and balustrades, und otherwise, brightening up the rooms with the colonial colors. Flag! representing tho original thirteen states fig ure about conspicuously also, waving over mantels and from dmirway corners, with balls of tiny onis swinging under chande liers, in nrchwa.vs; or wherever a project ing Ht of woodwork offers a place to sus pend them from, says a writer tn the Feb ruary Housekeeper, Tho Moral adornment consist s of the old-fashioned February UowerH of blue hyacinths and gay yellow daffodils growing In buff and bhto paper covered pots, while th same htopsoms cut are placed in antique vasea and bouquet holders and dlrtrlbuted In such a way ua to show to the best advnntnre snd brighten thinr with their cheery presence. Candle light is tho proper lllumrnatlon 'or . a colonial affair, and if convenient to have enough of candles should be the only light In evidence, and the older the candlesticks and candelabra containing them the better It la from a svggestlva standpoint. A few revolutionary guna, ewtirds, bayonets and other war relle-s are prominently displayed to lend a martial flavor to the environ ment. A bust of Washington crowned with laurel, or a picture wreathed with It, should have a conspicuous place, also some pic tured scenes of colonial days. The paying tables are covered In nlter nate buff and bluej the commencement of the game snd the table change are an. nourced l.v bugle colls sounded be lli page gotten up In powdered hair art0 V colonial ntIre. A pair of colonial makls In whitrt wigs and princess gowns are rele gated to the role of keeping tally, which Is done in an entirely original style. They are supplied with Innumerable wee British soldier dolls, which they deliver Instead of the usual punches to the players who win points, and who are furnished with small rood.- forts of cardboard for keeping them In until the game Is ended. e A. NarrlsaBM WrdAUg, NARC1SS17S wedding is described in the February number of The I lousekeepor. Kvery corner of the house was filled with branches of pussy willow, which had, aa the children say, "taken Its gray bonnet off to show its golden curls." Tall vasea and mose-covered bags were filled with it, and wherever n sufficiently springlike. Mck ground was provided, there was a vase or a bowl of lovely Narcissus blooming. Iussy willow branches were tied with white satin ribbons all the way down tho balustrade, and the door Into the drawing room, instead of hclmr garlanded, was outlined with wil low branches, while u bunch of Narcissus was fastened at each side. In the drawing room Itself, the willow branches were mingled with heajis of moss and delicate- green ferns, which gave a sweet background for the frail white blos soms placed everywhere, and out In the dining room the table had a lace scarf stretched over pule green down the renter of the long table, while Narcissus blossoms were scattered over the cloth, and thrust here und there, delicately, through the meshes of the lace. There were no candles on the table, for the old French idea of closing out the sunshine to have an artlll clal light did not seem to suit the spring flowers which gave the keynote to the arrangements . On the contrary, every win dow wrs thrown wide, and the balmy spring breeze came dancing in through the window. The ceremony took place In church, where the tapers on the ultar, the white and gold draperies of tho sanctuary and the heaps of Narcissus blopsoms, made a most beautiful picture. Instead of white ribbons to enclose the pews, there was a long feathery green vine, fastened at each iew door by an unlighted taper, which, however, was lighted by a toreh boy as soon as all the guests were seated, and the group of choristers In the sanctuary, each holding his lighted torch, nnd wearing the purple gown and lace surplice of ancient Rome, added no little to the le.auty of the picture. Iuty to Mothtm-ln-Uw. kill? Tnlnnn Blinmnii fOlirt RI1 --.l"" . I I nouncea the doctrine that a A I mr.thcr.ln.lw is of rieht entitled to dutiful conduct on the pirt of her son-in-law, and especially when she trusts him as a sou. The decision was rendered in the rase of Mrs. Eme'.lne K. Casper of Noble county against Don K. Hitchcock, her son-in-law, whom she had intrusted with money which he was to lend for her. Mrs. Casper charged in the complaint that Hitchcock bad loaned her money to a fellow lodge man, more on the strength of the Fee-ret order relations of the lender and the borrower than on knowledge of the lat ter's ability to pay, and did rot take reasonable precautions to learn whether the borrower was embarrassed ftnancially. Acting on the advice of Hitchcock. Mrs. Casper deferred pushing the borrower to re cover her money until eight years' titer-st bad liecome due and the borrower hail lost his farm through a mortgage foreclosure. Hitchcock then denied liability, ami she sued to recover from him. The court holds that the loan was made on worthies s? curity and, aa Hitchcock's mother-In Uw bad trusted him implicitly and through lis advice finally lost the money, she was en titled to recover the amount from him. Being her son-in-law, says the court, h owed her a duty, and when she suffered through bis carelessness he should make the loss good. ftorbcr's Plan mt CampalKn. lAYOK POllBER of Oowrle, la n M town of l.tUO Inhabitants, Is de termined to accemipllsh one nf B.'fa two things to Insure for himself 11 rT""' rV niche In the temple of fame I ve to re tho yeur 1904 shall vanish Into the Ir retrievable post. He Is. to use the language of our city hall, about to "play both ends against the middle." He wins no matter which way the game goes. Mayor Sorher has issued a proclamation that every woman of marriageable age, whether he has had experience in matri mony or not. rind provided she Is now free to make a choice. Must take advantage of the privilege afforded her by leap year nnd propose to some eligible man. or be lined nt the end of the year not less than i nor more than $H. On the other hand, the ba'heler or widower who refuses a fair proposition of murrlage during the year will be deemed guilty nf a misdemeanor, nnd on convic tion shall be lined not less than flO nor more than $'.fi for each offense. He will not be permitted to plead Indisposition, want of affection or poverty as a defense. The fact that he Is eligible, . that he has been proposed to. and that be Is unmar ried, will be regarded as prima facie evi dence of his guilt. If he shoidd prove stub born and he convicted of two or three of fenses of this rharactcr he Is liable to be regarded as an habitual offender and be subject to even more severe penalties. There Is a resonable probability that the maids, young men. widows, and widowers of Oowrie will comply with the terms of the mayor's proclamation, bui. should they fail to do so, the fines collected will be used to establish a public library. In any event, therefore, the mayor will have achieved something for which he will al ways be reroemlered nut always grate fully, perhaps, but nevertheless always re membered. The alliances formed under the condi tions of his proclamation may not le the happlfet In all cases, and the public library project may give rise to discordant feel ings among the inhabitants, but nothing can prevent the name of 8orber from standing ont In local history for genera tions to come as that of a public man who tried hard to do right according to his light. Chicago Inter Ocean. 'Mbtton Hair Ornaments. E. j-.ivt numnii lion iiirinni vtw iit I menta for the hair, more or lesa LI, V . .. L. .IV.I casion on which they are to be worn. Ialnty rosette of long loops are made nf a number of loops of gause ribbon, in soft colors. The Idea In wearing so many of these ornaments Is to get a note of becoming color to the face to offset the effect of a white gown, for white gowns are worn morning, noon and night now. The flush of a pink rosette, the glow nf a reel one, the bright gleam of a yellow ornament or tlie warm tone of some other color, lends a brightness to the wearer of a white frock; und the woman of taste selects the color that will best tiring out the beauties of her complexion, the luster nnd tint of her eyes and the warm or bright lights In her hair. 8otne of the ornaments are of numbers of short ends of narrow satin ribbon with tltiy bows in tho top of each end. They an1 crowded together and give something of thi' effect of a cluster of fragile flowers anil something of that of little butttrliiea. Annthir ornament has loops of narrow ilbbon tied in a knot In the tip of each lo ,i. This hns the effect of a novelty and Is pretty, ton. Iteslries, It makes the loops stand out as they would not do without the ktait. These loeped effects are newer, but scan-rly more popular than the tloral ef fects, where the green cup of a rose In tir.'il to hold the fold of a bit of s-itlu that represents Indiscriminately the bud of u red rose or a blue one. These buds are wlrd. and (.arrow ribbon W loosely twisted abi ul the wire, giving a caieless and graceful appearance- to the ornament. A fad of the day Is for flower effects win re 'evv..l small loopy of narrow rib bon are gathered on the tips of ribbon ends and tirte.l Into a green rose rap, where the ends eif the loops .loin e ich other. Home of these little loops arc knotted In the middle, and as little like flowers as these loops are, the I ITect Is of Mowers with a little air of eirlglnnllty and light ness which the solid satin flowers f last season did not possess. Large roses and half-blown buds of the solid satin flowers are In vogue, to nestle uniting curling locks, anil these are usually spangled with gold or silver or rblne stones. Feather aigrettes are usually decorated With Jewels, and antique Jewels and bur ettes are worn in the hair, as well a frame buckles of rhlm stones and other Jewels. . . (i - - WOmen in Various Aclltlilrs. Women are now bring substituted for men In the It-iltan postal service. Slg. tla lin liertl. minister of sirts and telegraphs, la responcihle for the change. The highest salaried woman at the tcn slon bureau Is Miss Annie Shirley, whom Commissioner Ware has promoted to a po Hltlun which pays tl.fcUl a year. Barah Hoe IVarpon. who dlid nt la Valle. Wis., thv either day at the age of H7, leaves ninety-eight dirie-t dese-endants. Mrs. 1'etarson wiu Kngllsb by birth und set tled In Wisconsin in 1MK. "Cranny" Iiggtns. the oldi st woman la Oeorgla, has just passed her I3i!h birthday. She is now epille ill at her home In liills vllle and fears are entertained thut she cannot long survive. Mrs. Cornelia Osgood Tyler, wife eif a re tired eiftlcer eif tne 1'nlteii Stale army and prominent in Washington society, tias com pleted a comic opera, CHlled "A Venetian Koinane-e," which is soon to la- produced. The German empress has a very larga and valuable collection of Jewels, but la said to prise above everything the diamond which wss found in Napoleon's triangular hat, under a tree, after the bait e of Waterloo. Women in Kutsia are to be; glve-n the chance of taking up agriculture as a regu lar profession. The government Is found ing an agricultural high schesd for women, whose students will adiuiulster the crown domains on eipial terms with men. Mrs. Caroline I'urdy of Chicago makes a good lining baking eekifs. She began by making three dosen a day and soon had orders for KI disten a week. According to her own calculation she has during the last eight years turned out something like 1,500. IK. Mips Ijivlnia Mi Council, daughter of James 8. McVinnell of Chte-ugo. and a niece of Kdwerd H. Conger, I'nitrel States minis ter to China, la living at present with Min ister Conger und his family in the palace of the American legation at Peking, and has been received into exclusive diplomatic circles of the Imperial city. Dr. IJlian Hamilton, one of the first F.ng lish women to take her medieval degree, afterward became famous by her apimint inent as medicul adviser to the ameer of Afghanistan, to whose court she went, principally to teach the ladles how to wear Kurope-an dress. 1 r. Hamilton has now given up medicine for the time Ix-lng and has emigrated to Hon in Africa, where Hio Ih'i-iiiIs to rear males on a large ncjle.