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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1904)
THE ILLTJi I1EE. The Illustrated Bhe. 1'nMishcd Weekly by The H I'uHnh tij Comppny, I.) li.:lld!ig. Omal.u, Nt-b. J'rlop, V: lvr Copy Per Yiur, $..U). IJnterc.il at tho Omaha Postotilco ls Bicond Class Mail Matter. For Advertising P.ales Address Publisher. Communications relating to phuti graphs ir nMlelp for publication fchimhl rt ! ad dressed, "Kdltor The Illustrated fc' e, malm." Pen and Picture Pointers .KVING K. HAXTKK, who has Just been appointed to li I'nited States attorney for the IMstrlet of Ne- ItVl'JTI&l r:tHk:i . is n native of Now York, I TlV and IciiM Just turned Into his forty lust year. Ili- was graduated fr-'hi the high si boot of Syracuse, li 1m native town, unci rrml law for five years In tin' nlliri' til Senator Frank lllcok, bein;? admitted to (In- luir Isr tin' supreme coin I of New Yolk in 1SS7. 1 1 - initio to iimnlia In Hint year and became a iiionihcr of tin tlrni of Greene, Murple K Maxtor. Mr. Mirplc Withdrew not long alter, ami the linn be came Grci no k l'.axti r. In IWJ Mr. ll.ixt'T Wan elected attorney for the Omaha Hoard of Kdiicaliou, hiuI the in xt year he was UD.'i iilmoii.-ly re-elected. In 1 -;! he was fleeted county Judge on the republican tleket, and twice wan re-elected to the name oftl'e. In li was chosen to be one ol the district Judges lor Imugias county, and again In W'-i he was elected to the mime position. Proposal Turned Down Itccaiisc (if a (old medal won at (ho lu cent dressmakers' convention, Mme. Anna richuhtrt of Chicago has iccoivcd a pro posal. "If Iid'iI Ih'cii a tailor, Id have taken lilin," wild Mine. Schubert. "1 ned a tillur In my business, hut I don't want a shoe luan. lie travtls fur a Chicago house. "I'vn known lilm for iinlr awhile, and two or three yeurs age hv Siiggised 111 -At it would he a good Idea for u to Ret mar tini, hut I found out he expteted me to go on working, and that Isn't my Idivi of gelling married, so 1 didn't cncouriigu lilin, and ho never came right ait with u pro posal. Hut after I got this gold medal he came uround to congratulate me, and then he proposed to roe. "No, I'm rcit going to take hlari. (let married ami keep on making gowns to help make the living? I supisise he thoiiKht When I Kot that medal I'd he worth that much more. It's funny what a difference a little old initial inukcM tu no.no jwo ple." A little point d'esprlt kowii slipped off the Ixu'k of the chair on the corner of which m. illume sat, and she interrupted herself to pick it up and shake out Its rosy tlutllueis. "That's Koing to a lox party tonight," nhn said, udmiriugly. I'or a inonient she forgot the shoo man In the Joy of the artist. "If he'd Is'en a tailor," she tntixtM, let ting her eyes wander from the pink gown In her hand to it pale chumpngne cloth gown that was almoKt ready for church, "of course that would have lieeii different. I ci u hi have used him In my huslness. "1 told the other dressmakers about It, Iitcuuse I thought It might encourage them. You do good work and you get a medal. You get a medal and then you Itot a proMWHl. The lircssmakers' associa tion is a great thing. I can't hegin to tell you of its advantages." With the Old Masters liryden had jotted down the title "Alex ander's 1'Vast." "If the intelligent compositor makes It Alexandra," " ho snickered, "the gentle reader will think I'm alluding to that 9 cent meal." I'nalde to restrain hi mirth, he laughed loud and long. Kihlller wild completing the second act of "The Rohbers." "I don't want pcoplp to Imagine." ha said, "that this is a slup at my friend in the city hall." Greatly perplexed, he looked for a way out of this complies tloti. Blemvr was showing a friend the manu script of "The Faerie Queene." "Her real name is Ann," he explained, "but you see she doesn't want people usk ing ahout her age." Trotting out a decanter, he did the honors.-Milwaukee Sentinel. A Bachelor's Reflections A girl is well seasoned when she cull blush if I here Is no occasion to. When a woman will trush her hair with lier best friend in the room It la a sign it Is all her own. The same Idiot who thinks he Know Low to manage a woman also thinks he can' make a garden pay. Whin a woman Is comfortably married h has a hankering to consult n 'ortuna teller to sco if it is guiiuj tu happen again. Naw Yoik I'rea What the Women of Japan T la hrmnn- ef what w call yamuto daaiashl. or the Jnpnese rplrit, that I think we will wla. This yurnato damanhl la some thing foreigners cannot undor- stand. It Is not only love of country, but love of honor. The Japanrse fire small of tiodjr hut largv In spirit. Kven the policeman on the street, whone pay Is very small, does his duty well I -cause of his j amato d.imasht. Rod would lie Insulted If offered a t:p. HecHijse he is full of yamnto damashl the Japanese holdh r man lies away to w ar, ringing the songs that already the Japanese y. tuts have written for th" war with T'us klu; nor do the. wo.ucri of Japan shed tears when th- men icanli away, nor even If their hut-hands and suns and brothers ore brought home ib nd. H is not only nn honor and a pilvlhge to tight for Japan, but a (reenter honor, n greiter privilege, to die for Japan. If an only son falls a mo'her might weep, not because he ban falli n. but beciiuse she has no other son to take hit place. The women of Japan do :iot go out sml fight loil iy as they have done on rare oc cudoiis In the past. We had an em pre s once who led an nnny into Corea find fought at the head of her soldiers. And even In the last century, when the Rhofrun tninle his list stand Hgntnst the Mikado, nearly a thotivand women anil girls l ong lng to families attached to the Khogun foimhl behind sml upon the castle wa s, and many were killed. It is different now. Only the men gr out. Hut there Is much left for the wo men to do, and there Is not a woman In Japan who will hlrk her duty. Not only must he take core of the family whilo tho men are awny, but she must work for the soldiers. Our empress herself h the patron of the Japanese Red Cross so ciety, whose president Is always a prlnee of the royal house. With her own lunds the empress prepares bandages and cloth ing for the men In the Held; and so great was her personal interest In the men ski fought In the war with China that at th close of the war she gave an artificial limb to every man who had lost one on tho battlefield. More than 10.0UO women have already Odd Fashions in Screens O HAVK a touch of the antinuo I 1 about the put lor Is the corrert av I tiling nowadays. Old samples are brought and mountnd harmon iously on screens. Cretonnes, the patterns of which are good or old-fashioned, are more modish than the modern designs, and these, too, are brought into requisition for the screen. The lower part of the screen should be covered with strived cretonne, drawn per fectly smooth und tacked Into position with fancy, brass-headed nulls, which are driven through an ornamental braid. Em broidered panels, worked In linen. In colors to harmonise with the lower part of the screen, are sometimes tacked above. In other cases stamped panels take their ilaee. Screens decorated with colored prints, etchings or photographs, which arc In serted In frames at the top of each screen panel, may be had at reasonable prices, (llasa rovers the pictures, which vary lu size. Screens Atied with photographs the amateur's best efforts are suitable for a sitting room or library, but are scarcely In place In a formal part or. The screens for picture mounting must be flat ouea, ribbons crossed and Interwoven forming the supports for the cords. One of the modern Ideas in screen build ing is the use of panes of glass In the uper half of the frame. In this way the light is allowed to pass through, while the glass forms an effectual barrier against draughts. The upper port of the screen la mailo much like a window frame, the glass Isdng of an especially fine, quality. Itoso color, or a combination of orange anil blue, green and orange, or violet and orango are some of the color combinations adopted. Frosted or even stained glass may be had for the purpose. A pleasing screen has an arched Gothic top to the glass of which paper used In Imitating stained glass is applied. The wooden panels below and the frame are in antUiue finish with weathered oak stain. There is u useful arrangement which Is called a sewing screen, and which is a necessary adjunct to a sewing room. It Is a substantial three or four panelled affair, and Is used not only because It Is handsome, but to shut off the sewing machine mid work In the coiner. On the back are pock et of all sorts, for scraps of cloth, draw ing materials, needle cast a, a thread rack, and all the accessories needed by the 'am strcss. Another usi ful screen, which Is low, has small shelves attached. These are for the accommodation of books, pots or vases of tlowers, or bric-a-brac. It Is called a cabinut screen and comes lii many styles. It Is fonvrnlent for the afternoon tea cup, the e. I'ply lev cream dish or the punch i n i I olunteerr-d to RD to tho front to act as nurses. I cannot understand why the should be needod at the front, for there ar so many men nurses. It is very cold In Manchuria at this time of year, uud tho Jnnanese women are not strong, and I should think they would be more hin drance than help In the lield; tint all who can leave home are anxious to go. The women who act as nurses mut lay aside their kimonas and wear the regular dress of a hovpltal nurse. Roth before and sine the war with China the women of Japan have attended the horpltnl train ing schools, where instruction is given by American and European nurses, and there are now no better nurses in the world than those of Japsn. Ulany of these nurses, as we!l as the women pliytl eians, are widows of generals and other officers who were Killed in th:it war. Others are very young girls, for In Japan the pirls marry at from is to Jo, and after they tnnrry they have i o much to do to take care of th'ir families that they cannot give the time to study. W hen war comes along, however, they llnd time to work for tho Red Cross. It Is a common thing to see at the head quarters established In all the vl'lages women 75 and 80 years of ace wo: king i Id--by side with girls who have just begun to go to school. And of course then- are wnrmn of all ages between. We do not have many old maids In Japan, for m: r rlape Is regarded as a duty, and as imv:i aa a girl Is old enough she is urg d by her relatives to marry; bat wliat few old maids there are, are generally cither dot-tors or nures, and they always volunteer. Nor are the acts of patriotism and e!P sacrif.ce confined to any one c'na- of women. Kven as all class dis.lnctlon Is put aside by the men In the urmy, which la composed of not.lernen, merchants, stu dents and common laborers, to It is with the women who do their part at home. The empress, whom I have met and who Is a very clever woman, may be cen fre quently visiting the military hospitals, often accompanied by a party of cojrt ladiea; and the society women of Tokyo make quite a point of giving up some lux ury, or saving money they might otherwise spend upon new kimonos or fine Kur.ipean gowns to add to the war fund or cantt Unite New Furniture PAHTMENT house and flat dwel lers who have grown accustimied to folding beds that masquerade lu all sorts of guises will welcome & diversion. Several new Inven A tions shown in all the furniture stores point to economy of purse as we as space. One of the most useful pieces of furniture which is coming into use has three different aliases, each one of which can be easily assumed in the twinkling of an eye. Its most dignified mission is to stand against the wall of the hall or living room ae a settee. When In thia position no ooe would ever dream that an Ironing hoard and a card or library table are combined in this substantial looking settee, but such Is really th rase. As' a settee It looks like any other hall eat, except that at each end the oval back extends several Inches beyond the aWes. A simple twist of the wrist and the back Is pulled forsard over the arm rests and a green leather covered table, tor reading or playing cards, appears. Another arrangement Is a large weathered oak chair which fits in a comer of the den or living room. The back of thia chair has a door which, when opened, reveals a tea service with all the para phernalia. For a man's den where cigars and wines are not desired to be in evi dence, this easy chair helps to solve the problem In lieu of a cellarette. Aa to cellarettee, there, are plenty of these aceeaaorics which masquerade us telephones and grandfather s clocks. When the receiver of the telephone is taken down the door flit's open, and nimble lingers- do the rest. A handy writing desk, which may be purchused or made for u song, is simply a board twenty by thirty-six inches. Two screws in the back of the top und two brass chains suspends it from the ceiling against the wall. A brass hook on each side and a brass chain attached to the wall will let it down, uud hold It in position when in use. Another writing desk Is made on the principle of a table. It Is of weathered oak and plain. The center is divided lengthwise by a partition about eighteen Inches high, each side of which Is fitted up with compartments for stationery, stamps, pens and blotter Two persons can thus write at the desk at the same time, each without disturbing the other. Gown tsixes are shown with all the para phernalia for upholstering In a few moments. Including the pillows. Kven steam radiator book shelves and draperies are shown which fit over the coils and look exactly like a bookcase, nt the same time covering the radiator. Four colls can be made to look as well as fourteen by having a longer board made with the cur tains attached. Are Doing to thr- Kcd Cross treasury. Kven the geifhas, who would seem to be too light hearted to thlr.k se-lnusly of unyth'.ng, give much money nnd sometimes spend time sewing for the enldlers. As for the peasant women, there are none more loyal In the empire. l'erhapa you have heard the story of tht )icasant woman who sent her only son to tight for the emperor in th" war with China. She had always Worked hard and saved sll the money she could earn thnt her son mli;ht have nn education, for you know we think rrtjch of education in Jap in. He had served his term In the army, as all Jnpunese must who arc of certain h Ight and physically strotifr, and h id then bcirun a biisit.eas career, when the war broke i ut. Although it meant that she must go b:ic! to hard work lu the fields, the inollier bndi her boy Join the army, and his was one of the first regiments to reach tho front. Kvi rv morning nt dayllitht th? womnn went to the temple near hrr home to offer prayers to the god of war. not for the sufe return of her son. but that he might prove worthy of the honor of lighting for the glory id his nncestors and of Japan. one morning as she was ret limine from tin i-hriue of (ijln she met n nmn who had come to tell her that her boy lind been killed in the att.ick on l'ort Arthur. With trarlii's eyes thr mother turned nnd. Ftnrled In the direction of the shrine. J'lm man. thinking she had not unile-ft od. called after her and told her again that her son was dead. "Yes, I know," said the woman. "I go to thank Ojin for the honor he has con ferred upon me. Would that I had anoMivr son to send to take his place." Mere again was the yamatn damashll I tell you of. Are there many women in th world who fed like that? Yet that Is tho fee'Iag of most of the women, and not only the women, but the men. of J:ipin. It is what makes of every Japnneje a sol dier who fights to win. It Is what til's every Japanese woman with a passionate longing to do something to help, not only by parting with her loved ones, but by per sonal sacrifice and, if need be, braving the dangers of death and disease wltii those who are nt the front. Mrs. Sadazuchl Uchida In Harper's Weekly. Parasols for the liabics 1 1 liTM ihn slit'lncv rluvs rnniQ fltifl IllA baby carriage or go-cart Is ' I lironirlit fprmi th utnpuriukm If will be necessary to think of the parasol r protecting baby a eyes. Many mothers no doubt know that dainty parasol slips can be purchased for lesa than they can be made for at home, so they struggle with the problem of cover; lug old foundations. TheB covers come ready to attach to the framework of any parasol, and are well mada. A representative one is of point d'esprlt and has doulae flounces of the same. Kach flounce Is edged with three row a of white sntln baby ribbon. The fad for Madeira or cut-out work has also invaded the baby parasol realm, and these covers cun bo purchased In any large store. For the mother who has time to do the work ut home there could be no more pleasant task than to embroider a dalntr pieco of sheer India linen for a parasol slip. After the design Is stamped the pattern is run with embrol lery cotton. In the open-work portion of the design the ma terial Is partly cut uway with sharp scis sors, enough of the fabric being left to give requisite firmness to the edge. The satin stitch is invariably used throughout in the real Madeira work, but some women prefer to use tho buttonhole stitch In the open-work portions, us It Is simple to do and Is strong. One mother made an entire suit of cut work for her layette. Kven the flannel sacque, the long klmona and the shoes were embroidered In this manner. The shoes were made of heavy white loulsine silk, and were lined with pule blue silk, which showed through the cut-work. The shoe was then joined In the back with the wrong Bide out, after which it was over handed to a soft, white kid sole. The small girl as well aa her brother must have at least one Bailor suit with a patriotic insignia on the blouse. Here are a few hints for the mother who has never done embroidery of this sort. After the design Is made, place over It a piece of tissue paper or tracing muslin, which should be accurately marked. Make of this a pattern of cardboard which must be perfect, If symmetry of design Is de sired. This light weight cardboard is then stitched to the material and the embroid ery done over It In raised effect. Paste board can only be used on flannels. l'apler muche letters, monograms, stars, flags, anchors and other designs can be purchased for this purpose. These are plerc 1 with holes through which the needle readily passer. Ordinary paper Is often used on wash fabrics, ss even this thin substance gives tho raised effect and serves aa an outline.