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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1905)
I rui ,S. , U rON the passenger Hat of aertnin outgoing steamship Jon win c trie time of a smart society woman. Hut If you were to search the (bin, the decks, and the staterooms of the liner you would not Mid this woman. More than that, when the fleet ocean greyhound reaches the other aide, thla smart society woman win nor ne round in the lint or pas sengers aboard. For, thnuah honked to anil, ahe did not Ml); and though expected on the other side, she will not be there. She haa an engagement In thla country. It la a secret inf. She la taking the tent cure. Ami. though ahe has several friends who olso are taking It. the story hits not until now been told. She has pitched her tent In a low lying range of the Adl tondacks. and she Is living In the open air. She la taking the rest cure In a tent, for this la New Tork society's latest fad. This woman's baggage was carried to the tenting ground by a native guide, who pitched the tent, unotrapped the trunk, aet It within the flapping folds of the new "home," ond withdrew. But before he went he took care to see that he had lo cated near a spring. He also pitched the tent so that It ve ft?' AlLh :) A uv , I .4 a i the was open to the south breeaes and the eastern sun. He set It strong and high and firm, ao that It would not get damp underneath ami would not blow away, no matter how hard the rain or how fierce the bllxsard. Iater he returned, and. with the assistance of another pulde, he arranged a wind break toward the north. Then, after cutting a large quantity of fresh pine twigs for a bed and after laying In a supply of hardwood for the kettle, he went away, taking with him all signs of human life except the solitary camper out. The society woman, left alone, unpacked her baggage. I conststtd of two short flannel skirts, a sweater, a warm jacket, a flinnel hlouioe, a little peaked cap, and some warm underwear ami big shoes. These, with a bottle of some thing to take In case the wind ,blew cold, made up the necessaries. , Well Equipped for Camp Life. Tint one mu?t nut forget to make mention of the food, which niiict also be counted aa a necessary. In the luggare there was a long pneklog case, which, op being set on end, proved to be a wirt of cupboard and storeroom all In one. Hire were strips of bacon, boxes of eggs In sawdust, driAl fruits by the pound, cherries, currants, raisins, applet, tigs, dates, and prunes. Here also were dried vegetables by the quantity, dried ns. btans, lima, beans, squash, and corn, and all other vegetables that could be preserved by jrylng. A kettle and a spoon and pan constituted nearly the whole" of the cooking outfit, which, with a bug of sn.lt and a bag of corrnncal, flnlstjed up the supplies for the depart ment of the Interior. She had no pepper, for she had heard that It was bad for the complexion. She had no coffee, for It made her aleepy and brought liver spots to her face. She had no butter, for she was reducing and had to cut rait greese. She had no sugar, for Biigar put on flesh, and she wanted tc get thin. . And she had no pnstry of any kind, neither crackers nor Indigestible breads, for she knew that they would hold her back Just so much longer from her self-appointed task of becoming beautiful. TMs woman, whose bodyguard wns a ferocious bulldog, went to bed that night upon pine twlga. covered , by pine bougha, with a blanket spread over and under them. And she slept as she had not slept in weeks. " It was because I was o tired I could not keep awake," said she. But that did not explain how she came to rise early In the morning as bright as a dollar and as frisky as a deer. " Fou do. not feel your tired muscles In that quiet, bracing atmosphere," she declared to the bulldog. Goes "Back to Nature." This woman's work the second day Wns the cutting of pine boughs' for a bed and the splitting of wood for a fire. She gathered her twigs, hung her kettle, and set the fire sinking with the pot boiling above It. It was tier ambition to walk many miles. But she had come to take the complete rest cure, and she took It. For hours and hours she lay upon the boughs and studied the swaying trees overhead. And for hours and hours she slept in her tent, with the bulldog keeping watch outside. She took the rest cure, and for ten days she enjoyed It every minute of the time. For ten whole days she did not see a llvlne soul, and for ten days she rested her nerves, her mind, and her brain, "The majority of women get worn out talking," her phy sician had said to her. " You need the complete rest Cure." And she took it. At the same time, only a mile nway. another pntbnt was taking the complete rest cure. Four of .Vow York's most prominent society women had gone to the mountains In a, body, and all four were tenting, all within pistol shot of each other," and all enjoying the complete rest and soli tude cure. , , Here are the self-made rules which they laid down and which they enforced, each member living up to her ow'n part ol the agreement. Not to communicate with each other for ten days. Not to fire a rifle unless In distress, the rifle shot being a signal for assistance. Not once for ten days to make a perfect toilet, but to live In the short skirt and blouse or sweater all the time. For ten days to speak to nobody and nothing, except to the bulldog, which accompanied each woman as a. com panion, guide, and protector. .. . . v v -. . 1 1 i r KM! A .-,4A V . WW W Y Hv:,.:;;-; .Society women go 14fs t J A (Jtt&eii to iiaicttire For ten whole days to eat no randy, pastry, nor sweets For ten whole days to be quiet, roam the solitudes. M I cot. No reading, no sewing, no card playing, no garrcs of any kind. . , , For ten days to try to reduce, if too stout. To rct If too ,h"For ten days to live the life of a backwoods hermit and to endeavor In ev.ry way possible to return to the primitive, wholly healthy state, which Is the delight of the girl who lives In the countrv. but seldom of the girl who live In the c'.ty. A nervous country girl, a nervous girl of the woods Is unknown. For ten days the members lived In this manner, not seeing each other, though within rifle shot. And for t?n days the Tent club was the moet contented feminine or- ganiratiou in existence. Lift Brings Health and Beauty. On the last dav the guides put In on appearance, pulled LP stakes, strapped the luggage, and brought their fair backwoods guests back to civilization. Their Improved ap pearance was the subject of much comment. , The result of the ten days' stay waa remarkable. All lit- V ' V'- . I - 1 ; ,-' r ft- -fl -all alone X A ' Af, J -fur len &rys I- X. J jtf? latching "her own. tent Each camper out pledged herself to prepare her own meals. To keep the fire burning and the kfttle bubbling. To gather twigs for a fresh bed of boughs every d ly. a'l assistance from the guides to be refused. Not to rend one line or syllnble of any kind In any langunge whatever. Under no circumstances to communicate with the out side world. Not to write letters, to receive letters, to read news papers, nor to allow such to be sent to the camp. For ten whole days not to look In a looking glass. The hair must be loosely braided In schoolgirl fashion. Ce9SSS9S3SSSSSSSSSS9SSSS90eeee9CCOS0S39SSS03S833ee39S33SSSSS3 of the women had lost In weight except two, who, being too thin, had taken the pure air lung cure, and had put on extra flesh. All had Improved In complexion and all were wonder fully benefited In health and strength. They had taken the rest cure, and, Instead of going to Kurope to live the life of fashionable women In Paris and London, they had gone Into the wilds and lived the simple life, which brings the plow of health to the cheek. One of them, the most famous society woman of them all, has returned to the woods for another week of tenting. The tenting out scheme Is not a difficult one for any woman to carry out. She needs only the time, the tent, and the inclination, and to this may be added the courage. C5SSSSSSSCSSSSS5S35SS3S5 THE REAL CARMENS OF SEVILLE. Why Fat Husbands Are the Best. mm WORK HARD BY DAY AND FLIRT IN THE EVENING. KVIl-I.K. Spain, la the borne of the real Carmen. Here In the great clguret factories, where 4,iHKt or 3,000 girls . and women are employed, one may find without trouble many counter parts of the fascinating maiden whose loves and aorrowa have been sung to half the world by Calve and the other favorites of the grand opern. Here, working by day at the table covered with tobacco and paper and flirting gloriously through the long, soft Spanish nights, Carmen may be found In real life. Sometimes her name Is not Carmen. ' More often It la Anita, or Mercedes, or Lola, or Dolores,- or even Carmen cltu, but the name whereby the maiden is known matters not. She Is the real Carmen after all, the Carmen of the stage and of the little, saucy shawl, which she twirls so seductively. She is like the Carmen of the stage in all things. She Is quick to love, quick to hate, and Uvea In a world of pleasure and Joy, where the word " tomorrow " suffices to smooth away many of the difficulties of life. A daughter of the sun and the soil, hasty in temper, variable In mood aa an April day, careless, Indifferent, and withal kind hearted, save where bulla and horses are concerned, Carmen makes the best of life with accessories that would be the despair of her more fortunate Bisters. Sober, Steadfast, and Demure. In the factory itself she Is nejtrly always sober, steadfast, and demure. As she passes along the cool stone corridors on her way to the room where her work Ilea, she finds time In bend before the tinseled image of the Virgin that is to be found outside the door, and sometimes she places a few flow ers before the little shrine. In the long rooms where the girls work finery la laid aside, the mantilla Is folded carefully, flowers are taken out of the hair and placed In a bowl or saucer with water. There is comparatively little conversation. Outside the posters an nouncing the next bull fight ara shining in the sun, and bo fore the clgarreraa may hope to enjoy the corrida they must accomplish their set tusk. It Is all piecework; they can come and go as they please within certain Jlmtts, but they are foully IndustrlouB. Naturally the factory's discipline Buffers from the Incursion of tourists, and at seasons like the Se mana Santa the clgarrrrua reap a rich harvest from stran gers whose habitat lies across the Atlantic. Strive for Beauty After Day's Work. The elder women are not too shy. They appeal volubly for gifts, sometimes In the name of the little children lying In the cradles at their feet, for the Sevlllana who haa no body to look after her baby brings baby and cradle Into the factory. Nobody seems to mind. With the end of the " hours of tire" the work Is -laid aside and the clga'rrera remembers her personal appearance. I.lttle glasses are consulted care fully, all the dust of tobacco and snuff Is brushed away, flowers are taken from their resting place and returned carefully to the hair, all who boast mantillas resume them, and one kind friend gives the flnlsliln, touches to the costume ot another. Then, with the rec-ord of a day weM spent and a few pence earned, the girls troop down the atone staircases into the big osurtyard. and thence to the gates where the tribes of men are assembled. Nearly Every One Has a Captive. The elderly women and a small percentage of the others go off, looking neither to the right nor to the left; for the great majority of the younger girls somebody la waiting. Throughout Ike evening the otgarrera Is much In evidenoe, from the Alauieda of Hercules to the Oardens of the Alcasar, In the cafes of the Blerpes and Oenova, and on the river aide road that leads country wards from the Torre del Oro. She walks with an air, her ekithea fit her admirably, she smokes with distinction, laughs with dlecretlon, andvcsrrlea im on of Spain captive for all the world as Carmen held Don Joe. Her ciHjmpllhinents Include singing, with n voles often pretty und never trained; she can pluy the guitar and dunce like a " wave o' the sta." THE FATTER THEY ARE, THE BETTER THEY ARE. TYPES OF THE C1GARET GIRL OF SEVILLE. av AT husbands are the easiest to tame. Fnt men F make the most docile husbands in the world. I These opinions voice the sentiments of married I women the world around. It is seldom that a fat man makes a poor husband. Why is it 7 In the first place, a fat husband seldom troubles himself about the management of the household. He trusts everything to his wife. He pays her bills ungrudgingly. He doesn't worry over the children. He doesn't mind noise or confusion. On the other hand. Hie ban husband's nature is to worry over trifling details. He is apt to Insist on running the household to suit himself. Generally be lays down tlie law. His wife Is his servant. He is exacting, critical, sometimes fault finding oftentimes domineering. To prove these contrasts look around In your own circle of acquaintances. Jones Is fut and Brown Is lean. B'lth are married and have homes of their own. Both ore In well to do circumstances, with money In the bank. Consider Jones, for Instance. Oo'lnto Jones' home. You see no furrows on Jones' brow, no look of care on the face of Mrs. Jones. The dinner Is late Jones smiles nnd says he can eat all the more when it does come. The steak la burnt-Jones says it makes him think of his camping days in the woods when he broiled his venison In the fire on a stick and It was always burnt The children race up anil down the hull, beat drums, blow tin horns, laugh, shout, cry-and Jones, with a placid smile, murmurs, " Bless their hearts." He never complains of the children. The satisfied Mrs. Jones arranges tier household adorn ments to please herself. She chats with callers nnd lets the work take care of Itself. When bills come In she takes them to Jones without trembling, for she knows that he never grumbles. She doesn't hesitate to ask Jones for money. In fact, his pocketbook usually lies, on tlie dresser and sho helps herself; and If she takes all there Is she knows JoneB will only laugh. But as for Lean Mr. Brown. Now. go across the street to Brown's house. Brown Is lean. He has a worried air. In Brown's house the furniture Is placed where he wants It. The pictures hang where he wants them to. It Is plain to be seen that Brown runs the house. He fixes the hours for meals. He hires the cook, lie orders the groceries, lie counts the laundry. Brown, the lean husband, goes around the house In the evening to see that the gat Jet are not turned too high. He prowls uround to see that closet doors are shut, that bureau drawers are closed, that windows are fastened, it Is Brown Who compels the children to keep quiet in the bouse. He objects to some of his wife's cullers. Others he forbids her to see. He finds fault with Ills meals. He makes himself dis agreeable although he hasn't the slightest idea In the world that he does. ' Brown loves his wife fondly-but he makes her account for every pe'"y K,H' H-I1 f"r dresses and rlblsms. He admlrea her when she puts on a new gown or u new hat, but he always wants to know how much either one cost. Yet. when all Is said and done. It Is not the lean plan's fault that the fat man excels as a husband. The fat man seems to have been o-peclully designed for an easy going, domestic life. Nature has endowed him wlih many qualities she has denied to the lean man. She has made the fat man naturally Indolent, both as to exertion and temper. He likes to move slowly, to rest. Reslfulness of the Fat Man. It la the restfulness of the fat man which makes a girl tolerably certain that if she marries him she will make him contented and be contented herself. She feels that he will be likely to give her that liberty and freedom that murried women delight In. She feels that in marrying him sho will not be giving her Indt 'ii.lence with his keeping. She knows that if she goes out to buy a spring lionuet her fat husband will not raise Miiy objection. Flie knows that if her relations visit her fourteen times a year he will at the most protest only feebly. Best of till, she will know that as long ns she studies her husband In respect to his likes and dislikes, and does r.ot pester him to be constantly on the move, her career will be a happy one. There Is, of course, fine drawback to tho fat husband. If goaded too far his usual good nature will have a relapse and then your fat husband becomes sullen. He will not ex plode and fiee his mind In one burst of wrath nnd have It over with. Not he. But he will go around the house as sulky us a bear. He will be glum and gloomy, and make himself generally disagreeable. Grow Fat -and Laugh. The wife of a fut in in knows how to bring him out of these rare llta of sullen gloom. She knows of experience that fat husbands are' as susceptible to laughter as children are to the measles, und she does not find It difficult to guldo him from the abyss of household gloom to the brightness of sun shine. It will be well for young women who are contemplating matrimony and what young woman doesn't? to bear the comparative merits and demerits of fat and lean husbands in mind before making a choice. There are advantages and disadvantages to be noted In both fat and lean husbands. If n young woman has made up her mind that Ehc will wed one or the other she may tell by the way they propose whether their dispositions will be " fat or lean." The young man whoso tendency to be lean all through life will make a quick, nervous proposal and Insist on having a prompt " yes " for tin answer. He' Is likely to bo a bold, Im petuous wooer. His proposal Is likely to be made unexpect edly. Th! girl In not likely to have any warning that It is even coming. All at once when she may think be Is going to ask her to go to the Ihenter with him, she discovers to her surprise that he is asking her to be his wife and expects her to say " yes " the next minute. f When the Fat Man Loves. Willi the fut wooer It Is different. He goes about his loveiiiaking with a ponderous ostentation that lets everybody in the neighborhood Into the secret. He stalks his game as a hunter would a frightened deer. Ho makes no conceal ment of his Intentions and seems to take an aggravating de light In showing the young woman upon whom be has fixed bis attentions that he has selected her for his own, but that he Is In no hurry to claim her. His wooing progresses slowly bill methodically. The young woman generally knows several weeks In advance the exact date upon which she may expect a proposal. When that date comes her fat wooer calls with ostentation of man ner ami placidity of demeanor. He Is deliberate and unruf fled. The younu woman Is not permitted to become flustered in the least. The f it man's proposal Is as deliberate as has been his wooing Generally he makes It something like this: " Miss Smith, I think you have observed for the last year that 1 have been willing to make you my Wife. Having made no concealment of my Intentions I-now tell you that I love you and ask you to marry me. But I do not wish to hurry you. You need not answer me tonight. Next week will do just as well. Then, after thinking the matter over carefully, if you decide In your heart that you love me, I shall be 9110 of the happiest men In tho world; but don't hurry." She Will Do Well to Ucept. When the young woman receives a propositi of this kind she may look upon lit 1 self as singled oufc for one of the blessed of eurtli. for she may be certain lliut If she answers such a proposal In the affirmative she will secure a husband easy to manage and a home of quiet, comfort, and sunshine. There may be some in this world who will not agree with the theory that fat men make the Im nt husbands; but If .u will look rloMcly at the men who dispute the theory you will find they uru Kan und have u worried look.