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TITE OMAIIA ILLUSTRATED REE. June Cr.. 100.. Four Pertinent and Timely Ideas of an Ideal Summer Vacation t ft- s r . V; ..lS l.r.-.ry' !j "1 i v ' V """ - f ' 1 ' v f,r v .'.'jBaracw ' , .. ., 1 . . . r v - ft 57v "A 7 .! v, r t - ; li ii 1 Mi t 1 " . r r-i v 1 . If -v' V .'.!" .""l ; , V 5 V " ,.ffc :i::, , " . . - HEACIIINO THE DEFOT COMES. FIRST. t tIFK In the corrrnpondence of fac- the soul. If I could flee as a bird to tha IT ultles with envlronmpnt," This mountains I would take to the wins one of I "-' I dollnltlon, trlvon by one of our thetie fine mornings and find mysplf perched modern phllosopheres, Is, I think, upon one of Its topmost domes, and In that a vcrv nood one. The real tnir- Valley of Enchantment I believe I could pose of a vacation should be to obtain life write a book on "The Ideal Vacation." more abundant life. To renew or recreato the organs of the physical being, to stimu late and Inspire the mental and moral fac ulties, to concentrate and give new power Instead of dissipating the energy we already possess. From this premise I conclude that the placo chosen Bhould be so environed as to give this new full life to body and soul. Some people vainly Imagine they are hav ing a great vacation when they resort to the fashionable watering places and c.row.1 the overcrowded stifling hotels. I have In mind a few days spent at Saratoga and Newport. Standing on the outer rim and looking into the maddening maze of that great moving sea of humanity arrayed In Its best clothes fairly made me dizzy with wearlnens and I exclaimed, "What are they all after anyway?" A friend sitting near answered ostenslvely, "They are after a drink of water," but really they are here to show the(r fine clothes. If I had known Mark Twain then as now I should have said, "Well, what are some people without their clothes, anyway?" Nothing! But there are people who chose these environ ments and seem to be happy In them. That is their right and privilege.. What a relief, what a blessing that there is room In Mother Nature's spacious realm for all her weary, world-worn children. There Is the sublimity of the ocean, the grandeur of tha mountains, the solitude of the forest, the restfulness of lake and river, the peaceful quiet of valley, of glen ever Inviting us to come and live with them. To me there Is nothing so magnetic, so Inspiring, as the life-giving power of nature. To her fair works did nature link The human soul that through me runs. There Is that which appeals to every fao As The Bee Is kindly arranging this en tire vacation for me, without any cost whatever to myself, I should expect a most commodious state room, wherein I could open my trunk without backing out Into the hallway. Moonlight four hours each night. Good books. A few congenial friends. Upon landing, " no customs in spection nuisance. I should like to visit Ireland, To go a whole day wtihout having to carry an We should start from home """"" "u " ""- inai 1 naon 1 neeaea 11. (out, pernaps mis, in Ireland, is asking too much.) Then I should like to get a ' "car" and MAKY GARARD ANDREWS, President Omaha Woman's Club. Y Ideal of a Summer vacation? Somewhat a difficult problem, However, let me Bee pretty soon having rented the house, for the summer, at a profitable price, to a very careful and trustworthy old couple (without either children or pets): a friendly automobile waiting at the door to take us to the station, where -we would find the train starting on time, here becoming members of a Jolly, party In a private car tendered to The Bee, of course, for the occnslon, we would speed without accident hot box or otherwise and arrive In New York in about thirty hours. Flno hotel, with conspicuous sign, "No tipping allowed." Leave New York harbor about noon, sun brightly shining, sea, pleasant. Just enough wind to keep the flags flying, an ocean liner which would land us at Londonderry In seven days. GATEMAN POINTS THE TRAIN. that the bill 'was almost reasonable in re turn for the accommodations, and to find, also, to my grief, that the "boots-bell boy-chambermald-porter-trunk lifter-trunk carrier-trunk unllfter" and so on, had gone to a cricket game. Just before my time to leave, Instead of being lined up against the front railing. Then I Bhould hope for a train that would run smoothly and tnke me to Belfast (and I would not be disappointed here, for they have them) in a very short time. Then a rest complete, comforting and delight ful at Bangor, the ancient and beautiful watering place. To laze away the days at The ii-e s exicitc and not foci at all hurt In the mutter. THOMAS J. KELLY. IBS OME years ago, when reading an account of the, Harrlman expedi tion, I was Impressed with the Idea that one of the most delight ful ways of spending a vacation intercourse with our friends. THROUGH Tlffi GATES TO THE TRAIN". and profitable time If we plan to do some thing that we have always wished to do, but which we have little opportunity to enjoy while we are encaged In our regular vocatlcn. There are two pleasant pastimes which are generally lacking In the dally program of the busy man or woman enough out-of-door exercises and enough It usually nook with a pleasant book, perhaps. Thorrau says: "I nevpr found the com panion that wixs bo companionable as soli tude." IMt every one will admit, I think, that Thorcau's tastes were not those of the agorage person, and 1 am of the opinion that, although we may not choose to play with the same persons that we are obliged to meet in business, there is nothing more with a certain young "ldeaf of mine (a and weeks watching the changing lights real one, too), who always tramps with me on my rambles on the shore and by the aea, go hunting the beauty spots of the Emerald Isle. What a dallght! The old ruins of abbeys and monasteries and cas tles, the woods, and the parks, and the rocks, and the cliffs, and that magnificent road system, and then have the' "Jar vey" protest that I was paying him too much! Then to Portrush and the swell hotel, where, of course, "tips" are taken. Golf on the finest of links (which they are!, and a stroll on the coast. At the hotel I should, of course, expect to find on the glorious bay, to hear the morning call, "Fresh Herr'n! Fr-r-resh Herr'n! Merr'n alive!" to see the white sails of the Royal Ulster Yacht club yawls, sloops and what not, to dream on the dock of the "Sllove Bearhaugh" in its tour of the coast and hear the music of the band playing on the pier no, I will stop right there, for the last time I heard It the band was playing "Bedella." I wot not If this may strike The Bee as an ideal of a summer trip, but if not, and The Bee so feel disposed, I should be right merry to try a trip of some other kind suggested by The Bee and is to travel leisurely, under favorable cir cumstances, with Interesting, cougenlal companions. Now, few people are able to charter a steamer to Alaska, pay all expenses and plan such a delightful trip that they can beguile three artists and twenty-five men of science Into spending a vacation of some six weeks in their company. But th Har rlman expedition is a conspicuous example of a delightful sort of vacation, and It rhall serve to adorn my- tale, for In a hum ble fashion most of us may arrange to do what we prefer during our vacation. The aim of a vacation, I tako it, Is to give us rest and recreation, so that we may return refreshed to our work. Of course the moans which will produce this result are as various as the tastes of different In dividuals, but We may put it down as a happens that when we are not busy at a Inspiring and that gives us more lasting particular time our friends are, or vice 1'ieasure tnon leisurely intercourse witn versa. I venture to think that a comblna- agreeable persons. tlon. In proper proportions, of these two So- for an ldeal vacation I will vote for sorts of exercise will make any holiday out-of-door life spent In good fellowship memorable. If we have all out-of-doors at our disposal, and friends to enjoy it with with comrades. As for literature, I will take mine at least during the summer us, the particular object and the mode of vacation-In the form of travel are of secondary Importance; but whatever we decide upon, camping or travel, must be carefully planned. Br. Edward Everett Hale says in regard to a vacation that "there is sure to be too little of It. So you must make sure of all there is. And this requires system." Besides, on the spur of the moment we cannot always get our friends to play with us. Books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good In everything. BOOKWORM. w HO, when a child, has not longed to go to the end of the road to see the new and strange country to which It might lead? We have all wanted many times to go to the top of the next hill and look over Some people who are actively busy in a to see what was beyond. Men and women city during the greater part of the year are only overgrown children. When they forget for a time the cares of maturity Gossip and Stories About People of Prominence born In Cambridge, Mass., where he still resides. He has a wife and two children. "For a lender of a great union," says a writer in Harper's Weekly, "Shea is any thing but inspiring in appearance or In story the other day of the most demeanor. But he has a hold upon his severe arraignment he ever heard in a followers, who, at his behest, have been An Tngersolllan Roast. FREDERICK TREVOR HILL has gathered many anecdotes during sixteen years' activity at the It i'Oll New York bar. Heboid a good ST- M n palace is steam heated and electric eleva- member of the state legislature from Man tors are placed at frequent Intervals. Chester. At that time the legislature used Bronzes, paintings, statuary, all Imported to meet in midsummer, and one day Sul and worth many millions of dollars, are loway, wishing to speak in opposition to scattered throughout the royal dwelling, a bill that was before the house, rose and addressed the chair In his shirt sleeves, Benedict Arnold's Snub. having removed his Prince Albert coat ow- Lord Crawford, ono of the two Brltonu g to the great heat. Immediately Sam court room. "It was uttered bv Colonel idle for eight weeks. Even the employers Robert Ingersoll, who was usually the concede to him the possession of a rare tlnK Part In the ocean race for the Uals- Page of Haverhill rose to a .point of or- ulty of the soul; the exquisite touches of soul of good nature," he said. "In a case shrewdness and knowledege of human na- tr " tuP ls one 01 llle "osi lamous 01 der, 'that the. gentleman was en dishabille." which aroused his indignation he requested ture. His method is undemonstrative, but -" y"-uimen, wou i mrneu me eulloway slowly unfolded himself and said: the Jury to study the defendant's face, none the less effective; He merely squeeios burgee of the Royal yacht squadron into -Mr. Speaker, that Is just why I took the I mark out in him,' he exclaimed, the his hands Into his pockets and ties up an- every corner the maritime universe, floor-to dish a bill." The house laughed, meanest man I know-a man so mean that other industry-the lumbermen or the box- "Pending many months in the sciontlflc ex- the speaker ruled the point not well taken. beauty and harmony revealed to us the perfection of the Infinite. My Ideal place for a vacation of all that 1 have yet tried Is the Yoscmite valley. Shut In by the fastness of forest and moun tain range, with muslo of the waters as it falls In sheets of foaming whiteness over o. ..rf w tin., in matin him. maker, or the .tone iealerand the men ploration of all the Islands of the South- anj tne "lall pine of the Merrlmac" con- and the dirt of which he Is composed would walk out. Then he goes to the federal er" Pacific and the sreat-grandson that tlnued in his effort to defeat the measure. the1 towering mountain peaks, the rippling grave of some other such man, if such an of the sparkling Merced river, the placid other ever lived.' " have been better employed in filling the court and jousts successfully from the witness stand with Levy Mayer, the keen, resourceful attorney for the employers, lake, the sweet-scented air, the long ram bles alone or In company with a few con genial spirits, the delicious meals at the quiet little hotel, all afford rest, recreation for body and mind. Oh, that was life! Oh, that was peace! In imagination I often Hve again In the fullness of these lire-giving environments of thla very Paradise of The Tea ulster Doss. President Shea of the Teamsters' union. Chicago, Is a little, rotund person, with a round heavy face, a keen gray eye and a who rakes up Shea's police record In Bos ton, and with devious questions seeks to convict him of responsibility for the reign of violence. Last week Shea wriggled out of the net, while two of his associates were twenty-third earl of Crawford who, on be ing Introduced by King George III. to the American General Benedict Arnold, put his hand behind his back and exclaimed that Colonel Vllna and Ills Hotel. WilllRm Ii VIImjj. former TTnitH Stated he had no Intention of shaking hands with Benator from Wisconsin, former postmaster a traitor. Of course, Benedict Arnold chal lenged him and a meeting, took place. Ar nold won the first fire and missed the earl. rumpled mass or brown nair prematurely ncI(j ln contempt of court. That night Shea shot with white. To the best of his knowl- was carri0i about the union headquarters edge, he says, he is 33 years old, and was on the shoulders of his followers, and since then he has been a bigger figure than general and afterwards secretary of the in terior In the first Cleveland administra- flenjitnr from Wisconsin, f.irmep iViHtmn strr The latter, deeming that he granted the Uoni Uvt,8 , Madlsoni wls. Ke ls a mll. i.mn su.uci.-ni Bttumacuon, mereupon lionttir, n,,w. nnR nf hlst Quaint Features of Current Life The Mournlui Rose. , upon her descent: ENNIS TAPLEY ls an afflicted a wonder a widow woman cannot young man of Bavannah, Ga., P"t on a Pair of pants and do a little work who has for years, though bowed around her own house without a riot call and bent by disease, sold key rings K'ng ln." in one of the squares, stamping rffT , , . wmmm kjavtvcu otwravrv nuu .- IDI upoi the rings the names of those who Falling from the eleventh story of a new ever. , "Without a trace of the imposing or even the swashbuckling elements of his leadership. Shea has nevertheless a due regard for the dramatic value of things. There is ln him a certain glimmering of that genius to arouse, which has always swayed masses of discontented tollers." An India Crnrioa. It is believed that Sayajl Roo, the rajah of Baroda, Is the possessor of wealth equal if not superior to that of John D. Rocke feller. He was educated ln an English walked away. "Why don't you Pre?" ci;led Arnold. "At you?" exclaimed Lord Crawford ever his shoulder. ' N j sir. I leave you to the hangman." This Lord Crawford. Jy the by, was one . cf the English generals at the battle of Tlconderoga, where he re ceived no less than thirteen bullets through his coat. Freedom Known stnd Unknown. General Nelson A. Miles says that no in cident in all his travels impressed him more than one which befell while he was ln Si beria. "It was on the Fourth of July," said the general, "thut our party chanced to be ln northern Siberia. The convict life have a fancy that thoy yearn for some safe rule that we shall have a pleasant region remote from society some leafy and seek an Ideal summer vacation they should choose thoso pursuits that will bring the most happiness and good health. For myself, perhaps a drop of gypsy blood transmitted through the centuries since our ancestors all were wandering tribesmen, or It may be only the child's desire to see the end of the road, makes it ideal to tour the country with an automo bile. It makes little difference ln what country the tour Is taken In England, France, Germany or any part of the old world, in the eastern or New England states or even across our western plains they all have their peculiar charms. Of course, the roads in the old world are al ways good; then the hlstorlo objects and places, the new and strange Bcenes, the country life of the working classes, all combine to make a foreign automobile tour the keenest of pleasures. But ln the eastern part of our country many of those same advantages may be found without the cost and to me unpleasant experience of an ocean voyage, while in the west the roads are generally good ln summer and many familiar and enjoyable scenes may be found. The first requisite for a successful tour Is a congenial party of good fellows; whether men or women, they must be of the kind that will laugh when It rains and bo Jolly and good-natured whether the machine goes or not. Of course, a good machine that will pull through all kinds in which he was successful. to address a public gathering, at once com mands attention. His father was a poor surveyor In tho parish of St. Lin, where Sir Wilfrid was born ln 1811. This is a Scotch settlement, and from a schoolmas ter and merchant of that nationality tho youth learned regarding the achievements of the liberal party ln Great Britain. Ho frequently declares that much of his suc cess ts due to the lessons drawn from what he hoard from these two men in his boyhood days. Perspicacity of n Policeman. Mayor McClollan ls fond of relating this experience which befel him when a con gressman in Washington: "One night when I was walking down Pennsylvania avenue," said Mr. McClellan, "I saw a big policeman standing on the corner act ing ln a Buspicious manner. He held one hand behind his back, as If he were con cealing something. Just fur the fun of the thing I approached and asked him: 'What have you there? For an instant Duy- steel framed skyscraper in course of con He suddenly has sprung into public no- .,.-, . n.,,T,hi T-nnnio strnnd fnr tlce by hia assertion that he has discovered man o( the piumbmB forceg of the Seldon & university and his people are well gov- was very interesting, but little did wo think tne a secret mat nas Deen conceaiea irum Breck Construction company, was hurled erncu- aiuch 01 111s vui rn-uea is in win naturalists and florists for all ages the sc- Bt.erningiy to sure death, but lives to tell form of Precious stones. His wife owns cret of growing a coal black rose. Tapley tne tale of a most remarkable accident. tne moBt famous diamond necklace In the declares he has perfected his method and Stroud lost his balance and fell through world. It ls worth $12,000,000 and ls made that he can raise a rose as black as the the elevator shaft. His companions hurried UP ot 200 "tones, each the size of a hazel raven's wing. down, expecting to find a mangled body, nut. She also has a collarette of 600 per Thls, ho asserts, he does without tho use but. Instead, Stroud arose to his feet and feet diamonds, none less than twenty of chemicals. He has named his rose the exhibited three broken fingers as the sum carats. In the treasure chamber Is a car Mourning rose, and says he expects to sell total of damage. pet four equate yards ln surface, made the secret for 110,000. holdings In his home town is u hotel building of an ancient typo of architecture. Madison is a city of pretensions. In summer It Is a resort. In winter the legislature holds sway. On several occasions some of tho other capitalists of tho town have agitated the proposition of erecting a hotel building commensurate with the state capital's pride. Whenever the proposition has been made Colonel Vilas has met It with a counter proposition to erect a finer building for hotel purposes. The patronage of the town ls not sufficient to warrant two big hotels, consequently it has none. Colonel Vilas Is master of the situation arid the old hotel continues to do the business at old stand, Colonel Vilas being the beneficiary. he looked startled and, then, quickly bring' Ing hia arm around in front of him, said: of roads an(1 hnrdly ever brenk down a(lda 'Its an apple; have a bite?" 'No, sir,' I said sternly. 'Don't you know who I am?' 'Don't know you from a lamppost, j sir.' 'Well, I am Congressman McClellan. Hint nu ; j t.en itiKB nan 01 mis I suppose if you were a senator I'd have to give you the whole of It!' much to the pleasure of the tour. With such a machine and such a party to start out, with no thought nor care as to where I" they go or when, within the limits of the pple. vacation, they come back, to my mind Is an Ideal way to spend a summer vacation. Gl'IlDON W. WATTLES. that these exiles knew of the holiday of our great republic. As we passed along the cells of the prisoners the bars were decorated 11 not a few Instances with red. white and blue ribbons. We asked them frequently referred to as perhaps the great w EDM 19C0 to 1902. was married at East Barrington, N. H., to Miss Sarah E. Moore, formerly his stenogra pher. Miss Moore had worked for the law firm If they were acquainted with the history of the United States of America, and several of them nodded as much as to say, 'We know where freedom reigns, and would we 'nontary usage. Tall, thin and straight as an arrow, wun countenance miia, seri ous and sympathetic, and a large, well- Canada's Premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurler, premier of Canada, is of which former Governor Stlckney Is a member, and their marriage ls the result of a romantic wooing. She has recently been studying music at the Boston conservatory. Mr. Stlckney is 47 years old. est statesman ln all the British emplro, regarded either as leader of the people, public speaker or authority on parlla- . A Child Phenomenon. A phenomenal case of control over ani mals has been developed ln La porta county, Indiana, by Edith Decker, a child of 10 years, the daughter of well-to-do parents living on a farm a few miles southeast of Michigan City. Three years ago Mr. Decker owned a vicious ram which none of the farm hands was able to control. The little girl would calmly enter tho field, place a strap about his neck and lead him to the barn. A rldo upon his back was a romp which she greatly enjoyed. A Shetland pony which wss practically unmanageable she readily brought under her control and taught to do many clever tricks. The cattle and the hogs that pos itively refused to be driven she led about as easily as she handled the other farm animals. She brought to the house full-grown rab bits she had caught single-handed In the open field, and repeatedly came In with a meadow lurk perched on her hands. A few days ago she entered the woods near ber home, and seeing a bluebird alt ting on the lamb of a bush, stepped up to the bird and took It in her hands, where it nestled unrestrained until she saw fit to place It on a bush an hour later at her humt, e) - Jaetlltatile India-nation. Mrs. Mary Callahan of Cleveland, O., was leit a widow when Michael Callahan was cruihed under tho wheels of a train. Money was scare, and when she rented a little ramvhackle old house on I-ake street Mrs. Miles and Mrs. Btmpvon went to live with her to help defray the rent. The hind lord was a hardhearted man and when the roof began to leak ha did not heed tl'ir requests fur repairs. Finally Mrs. Callahan decided to do the Job herself. Donning a pair of overalls and a Jumper he ascended a ladder te the roof. Mrs. Milts passed op the nails and Mrs. (Simpson the shingles. She had nearly finished the job when the neighbors noticed her and a crowd sunn congregated. She refused their proffers of aid and dellverd herself of the following A plank which extended across the bot-, up entirely oC ropes of diamonds, pearls were there to enjoy its blessed privileges.' " torn of the shaft, resting on timbers, served and rubles. It required J4.000.000 worth of as a Burin board and undoubtedly saved Kerns and three years of labor. The long He Dished the BUI. Stroud's life, as It broke the force of the corridors of the palace are lined with mar- About eighteen years ago Cyrus Bulloway, rnlnd and resourceful of purpose, the fall. bles and onyx of Incalculable value. The congreosman from New Hampshire, was a Canadian prime minister, when he rises A Prince with a Will. Previous to his marrlaee tho other d:iv developed brow, indicative of strength of the German crown prince had shpwn a will of his own ln affairs of the heart. On two occasions he gave evidence of Infatuation Omaha Amateurs to Give "As You Like It" as an Out-oNDoors Play In Hanscom Park fe ' Jf . I if $ u I h r hi 'iff; 4 s v . . . j - i - v 7 ffxtjr: WK. GEORGE T.IOGETT AS TOUCHSTONE. MISS UAZfcU liKOWNU AS AUDREY. MISS FANNY DIETRICH AS ROSALIND. Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid Weds Ills Stenographer. for American girls, ono of thorn an opera MLLIAM W. STICKNEY of Lud- singer who won celebrity at the Royal low, governor of Vermont from opera house In Berlin. Both of those affairs wore gnll and wormwood to hi father, the kalnor. Even worse, tho young man posi tively refused to fall In love with the first royal partner picked out for him, Princes Thyra of Denmark. The emperor peremp torily ordered him to betroth himself to the girl. "Not for the whole German empire," sturdily replied the youngster. "Bo silent, sir; It Is my royal will. "Your royal will shall not bargain my heart to a woman I do not love." That ended the, Denmark project. Matter Herself and Loses. As a result of the loss of a wager In which the stakes consisted of the promise of her hand ln marriage provided the Oko- lona base ball team defeated her home town Miss Beatrice Jamison, daughter of Colonel A. J. Jamison, postmaster at Hous ton. Miss., finds herself the lawful wife of Joseph S. Williams, a popular young man of Okolona, Miss. The groom met the bride for the first time when the Houston team played at Okolona recently. They formed an attach ment at once which ripened into a proposal. Both are base ball enthusiasts, and when the Okolona team visited Houston Miss Jamison agreed to the proposition to wager herself that Houston would win. Okolona enjoyed a decisive victory and the nuptial knot was tied after the game. The African "Mitten. A dusky damsel of Namqualand Jilted her swain. A wife out there has a certain flnunclal value, and In a short time she re ceived a letter from tho youth's lawyer threatening an action for breach, of prom ise, tiho replhd In tho following conclusive terms: "Nchabeep, February Zi, 19)5. Mr. G. W. Mallet. 8lr: To enswer Just an few word you on Klam C.'loete words what he came to Mr. Mallet for, of me what I can answer on these words Is that the love what I did had for Klaas Clocte did break of my heart from lihn that Is the only reason I got to nay amilimt Klaas Cloete and to breuk the love I God ln heaven and what Hod done I can't help, so I don't wants Mm for an man. I am, yours truly, ' (d ) Margaretn Aekkers." When tho letter was read to Klaus, adds "The Cape Owl," he replied, philosophically, "Plenty more nice girls." A Matrimonial Tanale, A man In Texas, arrested for embezzling the fun.ls entrusted to him by a woman, has rounded out this department of crimin ology by stealing the complainant's heart in addition, and the two were married In Jail pending the trial. Justice, however, Insisted upon continuing the trial, and tha complainant now wishes that the defendant had simplified mailers by aluaUiif bar veart Irsb :-7,.' i. Hang there, my veree. ln witness of my love." XI li. GKOHOS B. PHELPS AS ORLANDO.