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6 THE 0MAI1A ILLUSTRATED BEE. December 11. If. For and A Bridal (')(. I HAT Is pronounced "the mo w beautiful bridal gown wen In New York," was worn by Mica Eleanor Jar at ths Iselln-Jar nuptial a few dar ago. The foundation wna tulle, which wai veiled with - point lace and a very llttlo chiffon and had a weeping satin court train, while a price lee point lace veil was worn. Her coiffure was done at the front and Idea In a moderately high and full-waved all-around pompadour, and the veil waa caught Juat back of Hi fop by a trailing cluster of orange blonsome and Jasmine. Around ber neck waa a double row of hT mother' pearla, to Which a diamond cross was Suspended., Tl.ll ornament Is a family heirloom. The bridegroom' gift, ft diamond tiara, and other Jewels were not worn. The veil was an unusually large, long, -end wide one; It came well forward, cov ering, but not concealing, the sides of the frock, extended down the back nearly to the end of the gown's skirt, but not the train. This veil waa Brussels point, the center being the dotted variety and the border of the heavy work. It had been worn by both the bride's mother and grandmother. The bodice of tulle had a high stock of point lace and a scarf, to whlch ft short gulmpe of the same lace was attached. This gulmpe wss perhaps , Ave Inches deep and wss overlapped by a scarf of priceless point, draped to form the upper part of the corsage and edged at the upper line by a narrow ruffle .of filmier lacs, through which an almost In visible ribbon was run to draw the edge into the proper shape. This lace scarf formed & deep round yoke that covered the bust and extended almost to the top of the deep-pointed girdle of white satin; that latter hsd points running up as well ss down. The skirt had three ten and twelve-Inch flounces of rare old point on the lower half, and ths upper was formed Qf an exquisite piece of old point of fabu lous value gathered In a deep scant flounce effect; this was nearly twenty-four Inches deep, and below came the first of the three lacs flounces, then two two-Inch tucks of chiffon; next came, ths second flounce, followed by three two-Inch chiffon tucks, and then the bottom and widest flounce over a foot ruffle of tulle and chif fon. Ths tremendously long court train' of satin had a silvery sheen It was so purely white. It was narrow at the shoulder, where it was secured Invisibly, and flared very gradually to the bottom, where Its fullness formed two graduated ptalts turning toward the outside not fastened plaits, but formed naturally by the cut and arrangement of the train. The train waa bordered with a three-Inch ruched plaiting of white tulle. The sleeves of the frock were puffs and falls of the point lace, and Instead of a bouquet she carried a small Ivory-bound prayer book. 1 A Remarkable 1,1 fe. The most remarkable existence of a human being one whose surviving parent died at her birth, who lived 111 years, and who has just died In Sharon, Minn., leav ing not a single descendant Is that of Mrs. Pureheart Wakeley. By her death the oldest woman of Minnesota has been removed from the scene of her remarkable life. i Mrs. Wakeley was 111 years of age. De spite the fact that she was married three times and became ths mother of fourteen children, who all lived up to the age of 20 years or more, and many of whom mar ried and became fathers and mothers, yet all of Mrs. Wakeley's husband's relatives died before she did, and at her ceath she left not a relative to survive her. 'Three months before her hlrth. on Jnlv .1. I79B. her father, one of the Imperial guards of the person of the dauphin of France, waa killed by the Jacobin shoemaker, An toine Simon, to whom the young prince waa given in charge by the revolutionists. Her mother, who was English by birth, died in giving birth to her only child, and a distant English relative named her Pure heart. Her father's name was Isadora Pumourelx. , At the sge of 16 Pureheart Dumourels was married to a captain in the English army, who, two years later, was killed at' the battle of Waterloo. The young widow, shortly after her bereavement, came to the United States with a party of emi grants, and four years later married a man named Edward Gray, who enlisted In the army and was the first American soldier killed by the Mexicans, August 19. 1847. In the first attack on the City of Mexico. She then went to California with a party !'"--r kind the eternal sameness of women of gold keekers In 1380, and there. In JR60, and even to be satisfied with their slmlll marrled Oscar Wakeley. a successful miner, tude. Two years later the Wakeleys removed from California to Johnstown, Pa., where their numerous descendants lived, anl where forty-three members of the family, all. of them except Mrs. Wakeley and one son. were drowned In the flood of May, 188. With this son Mrs. Wakeley went to Minnesota and bought a large farm near Ltiverne. Six years later she and her son ranted the fsrm and moved to Oalveaton, Tex., where the son lost his life In the tidal wave that overwhelmed that city. Mrs. Wakeley escaped and went hack to the . Minnesota farm, where she resided until her death. Knows When to !(. "I can shine and entertain for Just fifteen minutes, but sot for one second longer," was the naive admission of a well known club woman the other day. Ths statement came as a surprise, for her vivacity and ready wit have long been the envy of her friends. But that she was wise In her knowledge of her limita tions and the strain her reputation for brilliancy placed upon her Is shown by ths fact that she has reduced the matter to a system. "I apply a time limit to my social oolls, as well , as my dub addresses," she Serene old age may be cc ntent with pipe , and book unless you mention About snys, "and 1 should hesitate for my repu ta;lon if I truffled myself for longer than fifteen minutes. "No matter how much I may feel like talking, no matter how bard I am per suaded by my hostese, I always leave house at the expiration of fifteen minutes and then proceed to the next pines with a new stock of entertainment ready for the next aet of victims. To following this method alone I attribute the reputation for vlvacly which has been accorded me." Wen en la Folttlcs. Mrs. Rose Snyder, a well known poli tician of Denver, tuts been arrested. Bhe is charged with buying the votes of other women at the recent election. Two of ber own sex have sworn thajt she gave them 15 each to vote the ticket she waa working for at the polls. Mrs. Snyder has been active In the prose cution of election frauds, and Is complain Ing against one of the opposing party charged with intimidation of voters. Al- lowance must be made for these facts. Furthermore, she Is, of course, entitled to be deemed Innocent until proved guilty. ' However, and wholly aside from Mrs. Snyder's Individual case, that it should be possible to bring such a charge against any personally decent woman reveals a most de- plorable social and political situation. Nor Is this case at all singular In Colorado. In the election scandals that have af-fllcted-4hat stats for several years women havs been about as unpleasantly conspicu ous as men. A woman confessed forgery of returns that materially, contributed ti the apparent election of the Hon. John F. Shafroth to the seat in congress which he resigned on discovery of the frauds, from a sense or personal nonor. v omen nave figured before as both buyers and sellers of votes at Denver. These cases are Interesting, outside of ' the criminal courts, chiefly because of the light they throw upon the constant argu ment of female suffragists, that to grant the suffrage to women would purify poli tics. The visible effect of female suffrage in Colorado has not been a purify politics, but rather to spread Its corruption to those hitherto exempt, and to muke that disease more destructive by proving that even the higher purity conceded to womanhood could not resist Its ravages. The Idea that women by mixing hi poll tics completely will purify It rests on the delusion that when two Institutions, each having its own reason of existence, are brought Into close contact the result will bo to elevate the lower and not te degrade the higher. The actual result Is just the opposite. Dirt cannot be removed from water by adding clean water to It. The filth is still there. Nor can bad politics be purified by adding womanhood to it. The corruption Is still there and it soils woman. Chicago Inter. Ocean. , Christinas Gifts. The buyer who really puts some altruism Into her Christmas gifts makes out her list several weeks In advance. If she be a canny somebody she has kept her list of the year before, and Is able to see what, were her gifts the preceding season, and thus avoid the risk of repeating herself. Still more canny Is she If she has made mental or written notes from time to time of various articles for which she has heard a desire expressed by friends. Such note taking will greatly lessen her labors. For It Is no light thing to choose Christmas gifts Judiciously. The whole secret of their acceptability lies in their appropriateness. Not only must they be appropriate to the person from whom they come and to whom they go. But to the circumstances In which the latter Is placed. For an Instance, there are few housekeepers who do not welcome an addition of fine table linen to their store. But lf t0 a housekeeper who lives plainly in simple surroundings one sends a superb loce-tiimmed tea cloth or dollies that throw all her other possessions Into the shade, there Is an unsultablllty about the gift that robs it of. much of its charm. Harper's Baiar. Sameness of Girls. Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. There were deceivers ever. One foot on sea and one on shore To one thing constant never. . Though sung for centuries these cynical reflections on the tendency of fickle man to wabble In affections ore not strictly, true. As characterizing the masculine half of the world until they have "come to forty year," they may perhaps be accepted. But when a man has reached years of discretion he Is apt to havq realised through vain search ing for tho something different from other women that must mark his Ideal among When, therefore, ho has reached this conclusion and has confideded his some what battered heart to Jane or Anne or Mary, as the case may be, he is not likely to seek to transfer It, since he knows that Jane and Anne and Mary differ not from one another in glory, but are all fine, whole some, commonplace raw material for the mills of matrimony. When a ery young man, on the con trary, has taken Mary to the theater for a space and paid her tribute of flowers, candy and ice cream soda, taking subconsciously the while the narrow measure of her mind, he Is apt to believe that the transference of his heart to Anne or Jano may lead to an experience more like the mystic com-, munloii which he holds with the fantastic woman of his day dreams. And It is only after the experiment has been made and he has heard Anne chatter and twitter of girls and clothes and other fellows and the attention they lavish upon her, even as Jane and Mary, that he makes up his mind that matrimony Is a blind pool in which one runs an equal chance of picking a 100-to-1 shot or the favorite, and chooses, blindfold ss love himself. But such Is man's desire to believe htm- self most blessed among his kind that It is uana lly not long before he ceases to make Ghocolaes They melt in your mouth. Those-sort and creamy center never grow hard or lumpy. Delicate Flavors. Dainty Boxes. Packed and Haled in our Spotless Candy Factory. Sold Everywhere in 10c, 30c and 60c Boxes. Omaha Candy Go. the Women Folks any comparison between the Ideal of the real woman of his heart, or if he does, he makes them favor the actual Incumbent. The fact that all women are or seem to him alike, though at first disappointing, becomes an accepted and not unpleasant truth. There can be but on model of perfection surely, and since he has It what Is the use of further search? Tet perhaps women's characters ftra not really any more alike than their faces, and It Is only because they art all molded by their mothers and aunts Into outward conformity with a fixed Ideal of social grace that they seem so Inevitably the same. "I have been calling on girls ever since I was It," confided a bachelor of 80 to me the other day, "but I've never yet seen one I wanted to marry. They all seem so much alike that I don't see how a fellow ever makes up Ms mind to a choice between them." - But, women may protest, men are very much alike, too. But It really seems that though a great many men are uninterest ing enough, they somehow manage to in fuse a certain originality even Into their manner of being bores that prevents the eternal sameness that marks conformity to the feminine Ideal. Nlxola Oreeley-Smlth In New Tork World. A Woman Reclame. Ijtke county. California, posspsses a woman recluse In the person of Miss Frances Ruppert. Bhe lived an outdour life and may be seen dally driving a team, herding her stock, chopping wood and per forming many other laborious duties re quired on a ranch. About seven or eight years ago a fierce forest fire ragpd clot? to her father's home and It was while fighting the flames, which took several days and nights of almost un- ceasing work, that Miss Ruppert was over- come by Wis smoke and heat, which resulted In a long Illness and from which she en tirely lost her power of speech. As site grew convalescent she took exercise in long rides upon her favorite pony. On one of these trips she rode to the sum mit of the high mountain which towers above the Ruppert home, and to her great surprise and wonder her voice came back to her. She hastened home to tell her pa rents of her great Joy, but found to her dismay that she could not speak one word after leaving the high altitude. Her visits to the summit became of daily occurrence and while upon one of these ex cursions shs discovered ft spring of cold mountain water and decided then to make that mountain fastness her future home. Suiting her actions to her thoughts, she procured an ' ax and saw and began the erection of a cabin which has sheltered her for more than five years. Thiers are no roads leading to her home and only an occasional hunter gazes upon her handiwork as a homomaker. Records by Women on Typewriters. Think of pounding out over 2ti,O0O words a day of seven hours on a typewriter. This means that 3,771 words must be writ ten each hour, over sixty-two words a minute, or over one a second. The average word consists of at least six letters, so that the speed at which the operator's lingers must fly is little short of marvelous. Such ppeed has been attained by Miss Mary E. Pretty, a Philadelphia girl, who Is employed in tho patent office, at Washing ton. She is modest about her performance 'and thinks It Is not worth public mention. At the same time she has seized the laurels In a remarkable speed competition In prog ress for a considerable time In this coun try of speedy movement. Miss Pretty established the first speed record of note on the typewriter. Only ft few years ago typewriters In the patent office the criterion at government work were only required to maintain an average of 5,000 words a day. This standard was later increased to 10,000 words, and it was found that In an emergency nearly twice that amount of work could be turned out by the more skillful operators. One day Miss Emma O. Braaheara made what was termed a wonderful record by writing several more thousand words a day than had ever been written before. Then Miss Pretty applied herself to the task of beating it. Some months ago Bhe found, at the end of a day of rapid work, that she bad recorded 22,000 words on her machine, ft great many more than Miss Brashears had been able to do. The gauntlet thus thrown down was not allowed to remain undisturbed. Miss Olive R. Cameron of Tennessee, also employed in the patent office, pegged away until she wrote 23,000 words a day, and thus eclipsed the record of Miss Pretty. This work was all the more remarkable for the reason that it consisted In copying a long specification, with all its technical terms and legal phraseology. The depart- ntent chiefs were aetonlshed and warmly commended tihe fleet-fingered girl from Tennessee. Bo the laurel wreath reposed upon the brow of Miss Cameron until it waa snatched. In October, by Mrs. Margaret Cunningham, a stenographer and type writer in the office of the supreme court of New Jersey at Trenton, Mrs. Cunningham wrote Il.OTO words In six and one-half hours, and was not at all fatigued by her work. The matter upon which she labored was Justice Pltney's opinion In a litigation that Involved many millions of dollars, and it waa of the utmost importance that no error should occur In tho transcribing. Eight manifold copies were needed, and they made the work slower than if only on aheet had been demanded, aa consider able time was required for fixing the extra paper and the carbon sheets. Mrs1. Cunningham learned typewriting In evening schools of Trenton, and per fected herself while serving aa a ste nogrupher In the court of chancery office. She writes by the touch system, and Is so well acquainted with the maohlne that she Is not obliged to look at the keyboard to find the letters. She is able to transcribe rapidly and correctly while talking about ft subject altogether foreign to the matter before her. The loas of championship thus wrested from her by two) fair competitors stirred Miss Pretty to a determination to do or dleV A few days ago she sailed In, won back the laurels and established a new world's record that will probably stand for some time. Bhe wrote 26,400 words In one day, beatjng Miss Cameron by 1,400 words and Mrs. Cunningham by substantial margin. Some of the clerks about her desk say that she did pot appear to work very hard at that. Miss Pretty asesrts that rapidty Is only a question of praotlce. She was not In convenienced by her burst of speed, al though extraordinary efforts at the patent office frequently result In the temporary crippling of fingers and wrists. I .eaves from Faaklon's Netenowk. Tartans and checks retain their popu larity. Real laoe la enjoying a new reign of pop ularity. Ostrich and marabou plumes adorn the picture hat. Broad collars In canvas weave are out Hi ed wl(li laoe. Gray fur la muoh In evidence this season, caracul, astnuhau. fox or squirrel dividing attention with chinchilla. Vests, collar, cuffs and trimmings of soft leather are used with smart tailor suits and for motoring the leather coat Is a well tested experiment. Aigrettes are used as ornaments on smart turtvura and toques. A fonr-ln-hend tie of taffeta Is worn With the collar and cuff set of leather. Dull colored flowers are preferred to crude, garish, shades for hat trimming. Inlaid hair ornaments are selwted this sa.on in preference to the mounted va riety. Ootd flowers, leaves and fruit are seen on some of the newest hats from exclusive hou.es. All shades of brown, from mode and beige to deep golden and chestnut, are worn tliis season. One manifestation of the butterfly vogue is a butterfly decoration on the front of the evening slipper. Raspberry-toned cloth Is employed for aft ernoon gowns, likewise are old rose" hue and some deeper tints of red. Kvenlng gowns of white chiffon are trimmed with applications and bunds of rib' ton In beautiful funcy weaves. Knaravrd cU sIktis In a dull finish on pat ent leather, Mam or colors, are good in the smaller articles of leather for women. In suit cases a novelty shows the cover fitted with glove or tie box, a holder for the whisk broom and a tan-shaped receptacle lor small articles Ulassware allowing all the tints of the rainbow in a most Harmonious blending Is conspicuous In the holiday exhibits. Vases And Jardinieres In this bright-toned crystal are exceedingly handsome. By exercising a Utile ingenuity a bed for ner aouy that ninny a small gin win nna satisfactory may be, made from the paste board boxes that find their way into most homes. The lid Is stood on end and firmly attached to the box proper. Any soft, pretty fabric will serve for curtains and a valance If desired, and the customary bed furnishings may be as pretty as Miss. Dolly or her little mistress could desire. Chat About Women. While women are Invading nearly all of the employments heretofore belonging to men, milliners, both here and abroad, re port a growing difficulty In finding girls willing to devote themselves tu the art of making hats. Miss Annie Mittelstaedt, daughter of a Prussian omeer, recently received the a Serg.He'r dlairutton was""1-? he' War of l!t&9, Bismarck, and Public Opinion In Ger many. An organisation has been formed at Leds, England, known as the Anti-corset league. It is composed of both men and women, who agree Jointly and severally neither to wear corsets nor tu marry any who do. U lie staying power of such an association will need to be considerable. Miss Blgrld Anna Lagergren, recently ap pointed professor of Unman and given charge of the Gorman department ot the John B. Stetson University of De Land, Fla., Is a Swede, the daughter of Prof. Carl Q. Lagergren, dean of Swedish theo logical seminary of the University of Chi cago. Miss Ldgcrgren waa an honor gradu ate of Morgan Park academy, claas of 1&SW, and University ot Chicago, lif03. Brilliant as nas been the success achieved by American duchesses and countesses in England, few women from this country wield as much Influence In London society as does Mrs. Anthony J. Drexei of Phila delphia. Her tact and charm are more potent than strawberry leaves and ermine In luring royalty to her Mayfalr receptions. Indeed, there are members of the reigning family who regard It as a privilege to be her guests, while as for the peerage It puts on no Hlrs with Mrs. "Tony. Yet with all her power and In xpltc of tho overwhelm ing attention shown her, Mrs. Drexei re mains a gooa American nnu expresses as much scorn for the permanent expatriates as if she never had visited the other side. The first monument In recognition of the heroism of a woman In the civil war Is to be erected soon by the veterans of Illinois at Uulesburg. It will be In honor of Mrs. Mary A. Jleckerdyke, known to the soldiers as "Mother" Beckerdyke, who endeared her self to the members of both armies by lier work as a purse on the battlelleld and In hospitals. The monument Is given by some of her "boys." It was "Mother" Becker dyke who instituted the "cow and hen" mission, through which she was enabled to send 100 cows and 1,000 hens to the hos pitals of the west. She took charge of hospitals in the south and followed the western armies through Vicksburg. look out Mountain, Missionary Ridge and Chat titiioogu, tending friends and foes alike. The monument is the work of a woman, Mrs. Theodore A. Ruggles Kltson of Bos ton. Cannon for the Meltings Pot. Fifty-two oannon loaded on twelve freight cars arrived in Philadelphia on one train from the south. About as many more are on the way here. Their destination la the Philadelphia Roll and Machine company, at Twenty-third street and Washington avenue, where they will be melted up and converted Into rolls for rolling mills and other large machinery. The company has bought these old can non because they are made of very high grade charcoal Iron, which is suited for ma chinery castings requiring great strength and toughness. These guns weigh about 15,000 pounds each. William Wharton, Jr., president of tho company, said: "The greater part. If not all, of these cannon were coast defense guns. While their history Is not altogether certain, it is believed that they once belonged to the southern confederacy, and that some of them were made in England, and others at the Tredegar Iron works, Richmond, Va for use in the war of the rebellion." Phila delphia Ledgor. SAVE YOUR FACE Age. llckneis. overwork, trouble those deadly enemies of woman's dearest treasure (her beauty and complexion) are. rendered well nigh powerless Dy MRS. 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