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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1907)
TTTE OMAITA STXTUT BEE: MAT 2 1007. r U Temptations in Seasonable Feminine I -JHr.nEVER te line r"? r-ckw8.r I l'f the -sor is ln -i there U , dire t'TTiUik i ! in it fir l;J every kn-s dainty 'rr. N ev f'T 1T n eur mmory fcav there b--n such f i.r.i. :.1 variety In let: ii r :.wkfir-on ! nf.tr hat It been pr.!r.). to i;r,! s.ieh i:r.i f r drfu acceRoris of this class. C'f coutse, there are cheap copes of the &&tnty collars and tie anl rabMa. etc, cple wo keel out in 00:1 rr-- i o-r an 1 . eoers J.jc-p, marl.tn. erj.br"' J'-ry. but tl !' lion ipt:,ari. ra'i r w. ar t w go wtlho.t. :.t0 it is !.arl to o with out when f.n iry sil t!.. re ar t;r.pta- fcioriB to COVeTOII-,e".F The turnover l.arcl rr r"'Jf-d collar f linen hih r n ilistievtly c' tc ar one Of the expei.si luxuri.-s. Theri- ar do mestic co'lars embroilore.1 by hand, and J V " r fur bettei than ary ir.achlr.e m 1 broldered collar, but ar ry no means ev-iii to the French collar, and for th , Frenr h collars the importers ask dis til 'tresslne prices. JEven th simplest arils for n and th VYy pretty on' ar i ri-ed at from KM to fc Mi. There ar others still more ex pensive, but on may bur embroidered collars attrac'tv enough to suit any woman lor tl.e jTices mentioned. By tii tin a woman has enough of the 'collar to meet hr r.d provided b intends to weir them often-'ie bag pent considerable nvney; b.:t at least she has obtained finn-ih!;:i which 1 a must deltx-table conciliation of trlnmtst and oquetry. The old-time l'nrn collar u Heat, but uncompromisingly mannish. The new style linen collar Is frivolously fi-m-tr;lrie to the last J. gr, jt ull tr g and Beat. Hand embroldt-ry ia, cf course, th -ntial d ti.il in a majority cf t:ieae collars. Handson.e collars, With the usual lirin uppirt. but th the Urndown iart In fine Inah lac, ar modiaJi ai.d look well With a d-lk-at!y colored acarf dran round them urifier th lac and knottd tr front; but the cnf e woman i'rfra a '.and embroidered collar. Here, too. she .il find many ofnwc.rk effects, and the Once Despised Rocking Chair Now Bids Fair to Iw l HAT lary person flirt conceived the idea of applying cradle rock ers to chairs, which had for ages been of an upright severity cal culated to mortify the fieh? What humorist discovered the merry thought of making a stubborn and stiff backed generation into a set of grown-up babies? Nobody new seem to know and the wisest cf antlquarle car.net tell. WhT. ueftloned by soine curious Edmund, "Oh, buoyant ruining chair! Whence come youT' nh rocking oi.air 1 a silent as the sphinx in regard to origin and merely re plies: I sway. I swing. I rise, I fall In countless rJuctuatior s. I surge, J siecktn; free to all My flexible vibration. Noi&etaa, 1 stir on carpets soft; On boards with cherry r y aeiking. I tremble with emotion oit. 1 lull with drowsy c-eaaing. . And tosRing, ifs-tle., to and fro Or stayed TUnugh met aVlil I ro 1. is no i Or stayed to gentle quiver. n may come and men may go rock on forever. idle boast. It seems. The rock- chair, like the broc k, has grown apace im it ur.known source till it bids fair rweep round the world. From being despised abroad as the tm-iusement of a crude people the American .eking chair is now only another name or grateful ease with all civilized races. 1 making excellent progress with the half civilised and is the pride of many a r aga hut. A curlou tribute to Its popularity 1 found In bji advertisement in one of the English magazines. It la that of a deiler In antique who presents a picture of what be call "one cf two old carved walnut rocking chair" which he ha for sale. The photograph shew a piece of furni ture with a wonderful pair cf high carved rocker from, which spring a span of sea horse to upport the arm. These raa pant steed each have a cupid driver who curb it from the point where the arms Jobi the back- The seat Is very wide, quite wide enougti for two, and the back is a elaborately carved as the rest, but with an Indefinable difference of style. The piece la dustinctly in the tjie of the Italian Renaissance. But fur from proving an artlstocratlc link in the uncertain ances try of the rocking chair it is pronounced either wholly purlou or spurious in part. The photograph wa taken to a famous TVth avenue house whose husines Is deco rating and whose specialty 1 period fur nishing and it expert said at once that rjcklng chair were nfit known til! the Second half of the e!ghtenth century and that thla piece if genuine at all wa made tip from a baby' cradle. Where every thing 1 mysterious, this )uMi all. that the rocker cf a cradl w Inch were In ut- from very early times should sot have sooner suggested the rocking; chair. In ChJppcndalc-'i "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's LHreetor," tiiere la not o touch a the suspicion of a rocker. Mr. Lock wood's opinion, which seem to be shared by moat authorities on old furni ture, 1 worth quoting. He la ronservative and doe not commit himself entirely, which 1 well, for there is alway a chance that In excavating the uttermost depths of ancient citle th progenitor of th rocking chklr may yet be found. At present the um of knowledge Is a follow: "We do not find a sir-gle reference to rcxkiiig chaUr in r:y of the early oknial Uiventorlea Th opinion Is that FLAKES The Highest Grade cf Toasted Corn Flakes. Largest package for 10c. 50 per cent, more of delicious Corn flakes for the money than any other Maker offers. AI9 Grocers' 10c. fl gv 4 ? 1 ii rfhr?w POME NEWEST AND DAINTIEST NECKWEAR AND ADJUSTABLE FRILLS. numler cf collars with rry ornwork Many of the Frnch collars are xtremely embroidery and with Inset Valenciennes high and even the loweFt are a trifle high coTiblned with embroidery 1 on the In- for the short-necked woroan, but domestic craj. collar may be found in lower models. In one ciclusiv shop, where the how- The hirher collars are usually made with they are of comparatively rcent date and we have nver seen one which could with any decree of certainty be jilacd earlier than rvoluticmary times, for In our ex perience without exception the piece of earlier delg:. have had the rocker added where It i possible to trace within l.K' yetiTs. "The rocking chair 1 probably lrrdsigenou to thl country and I called an American idiosyncrasy. It is often difficult to deter mine whether a piece wa originally a rocker or not- We have never found a genuine rocking chair earlier than the slat back and the common varieties of the Dutch. They had no distinctive style end were merely adaption 0f the prevailing ones, the Windsor being the commonest." Though thej are now treated more re spectfully, a many year ago American ldiofcyncruit-s were not much In favor. This particular absurdity, the rocking chair, was spoken of by the average for eigner with a sort of amused oontempU An Englishman, especially, wa con vinced that American women were pretty, over-dressed, possessed tf ridiculously little feet and that tbey pent nearly all their time swaying lazily In rocking chairs. Martin Chuxalewlt on hi very first visit to a pleasant American household encountered thla English obseasion. "There were two young ladies, one 18. the other 20, both very slender, tut very pretty." . l ichens goes on to describe the member of what is supposed to be a typical Ameri Mrs. Pearson an Extensive Breeder of RB. KATHERINE PEARSON of Phoenix. Aria, and Havana, Cuba 1 not onry the ostrich M queen of the western hemisphere, but of the world at lerge. Her oiricn farm near Phoenix 1 the largest breeding ranch In America, and the farm r.sar Havana, on which "she has Just et tled forty-five bird, is the largest of its hind In Cuba. 6he own more bird than any other won. an ostrich farmer on the face cf the tartli. In 1S her husband, the late A. V. Pearson, had a concession at the Transmtssissippi and International ex position at Omaha. "To begin at the beginning of my ex perience with ostiiche I must tell you that my husband first bought a farm and a few blrcia near Jacksonville, Fla." said Mr. Pearson when talking to a reporter the day after her arrival from Havana "Mr. pvarson was the manager of the theater on Union square now known a Keith's. "Shortly after our marriage he developed consumption and we hd to gi south for M healtli. After a few year, th climate not having proved beneficial, he decided to go to Phoenix. We old out in Florida and started breeding ostriches on the Phoenix farm with 30 blrda "My husband w becoming more feebl very day. I trtd to do my duty and a a result I learned all the Inn and out Id broedir.g bird and selling feather. "Prce my hurtnd's dth I have in creased th Phoerlx Cock to V) breeders and the acreage to Z.W1Q. making It the largest breiir.g farm in America Cm th Havana farm there ar at present only twenty-seven acre and forty-five bird It is only an experiment, and I do not think It wise to g-et more birds until after these lure proved the healthfulnes of th cli mate. "While In Arlson and Florida we never lost a grown bird except threwgt accident. The climate ct Cuba may not "prove, good for them. There ar the long rainy sea sons and ostrich ar not fond of too much rain. We never sheltered the grown birds In Arisen or Florida, but during the rainy season in Cuba It may be ncssary. Th food. too. Is another rrotlem that must bo '!v4, OTri-he mate when thy r about H year old and. 111: pigeons, remain to gether, entirely fa'thfuL until they die, At least I bare been told that they mate for life, ard sn far a I know It 1 true, thonglt. a I all befor. I nevr knew one to die a natural de.ith In case of an accidental deth I have known the widowed bird to I accept a eeond mate, but not until after I eve-rtl year. "They usually lay two neat of eggs ef 1 from twelve to fourteen each, and you can ) count tu getting aa increase cf from ten to ' twenty-five chirks I have often known a i ph of gd breeder in a good season to j hatch every egg and raise every chick. I Then agi.tn I bv known lea than a ejuar t tc r of the (tn to hatch and aa few of the 1 ehlok. to re-.'h rr.rurltv "While I advocate using Incubatcr to a certain extent I am convinced that It would ; not prove beneficial to a flock to use then altogether. So far a my experience ha 1 gone the bird do not lay any mor eggs. I and when their nests ar robbed tt cln li of lrrt-orted collars and Urprrle Deck wear txcvls IKat of ary other shop In the city. rr.tKh stress Is laid upn collars -' .' turn down or soft jart is entirely err.broil r0 In tntlisi. eyelet hoka 7h-se bclea. however, ar not of uniform size rior et in j.r lse dslpns. but ar of assorted ' and rfitterd all over the surface uniform rVsnp cf srrouiw-d, l ut no defi. tilt lines. A collar of this sort, like th Irish lac model, looks particularly well with a colored scarf or tie. '1 7 P5 can family, but "Martin could not hlp tracing the family pedigree from the two young ladles, because they were foremost In hi thoughts, not only frcam being, a aforesaid, very pretty, but by reason of their wearing miraculously small shoe and the thinnest possible silk stockings, the which thir rocking chair developed to a distracting extent." It must be confessed that the rocking chair is a necessary stage property In all the scene of the domestic drama and it is likely that the eerven ages jf the American woman could scarcely run their course from infancy to decrepitude without it. Neither used we to deny th soft Impeach ment of tiny American feet In this association of ideas, where all i o dark, so buried In mystery, as In the case of the origin of the rocking chair, may there not be found a glimmer of light? Who know but that some j-e-revolution-ary belle with a foretaste of that charming audacity which afterward made her country women famous, who know but that she. In one flash of geniua Invented the rocking chfiir so that the aristocratic, fairylike little feet, in which she excelled ell other women, should receive the full aha re of attention to which they were en titled? Womea in Basin. Mr. H. C. Wright, widow cf A. G. Wright, for the past quarter of a century publisher of Milwaukee' city directory. they seem to lose all deatre to 1t "The irojer cse of an Incubator on an ostrich farm is an adjunct in case of emer gency. Where there is danger of the eggs getting chlUe-d from (Hit cause or another K la better to take them at once to the Incubator. "Sometime in spite cf the care of the beat breeding birds a bevy r:n will aoak the grovnd in such a way that the r.e&t I filled with water. Then, again, the male bird comet lines rfu.-e to do hi share Of the iuirig. and a the fer.aW never re turn to the nest until he r appointed hour, something baa to be done, or the whole nunc la loet. "lf they behave a tbey should th fe male ilti ou tt neat during the day aud the male take Li turn durit.g the night but If for a&y reason bis lordship get uiky he ftjtm off ca strike, ai the fe- :;,' 14:41 two tuttonlioles and Caw often found In thfm ll In th fact that t!. collar is as large at the top as at the bottom In til of slanting to fit the Deck, and Wing f)rm:y l.eid by th vj-per buttonhole cannot Ik drawn ever. lYcsumably the crr.brold crrs art resioiiaibl for tils sliaj-l'-ig. Ue cauM thy warjt to do tl.elr crr.troidry l e szi.s u;n straight piece of linen, but the result Is often trying, and In order to get a collar to fit many women find it neces sary to get ore smaller than their usual siae. In this way they secure well-fitting tc p line and t'uen slit the buttorholes over at the bottom to as the collar there. It is not difficult to rework the buttonholes and the tie hide any 3 fert at the base cf th collar, while if the lop cf a collar is too large it Hands out from the nxk In most urbecotn r.g fashion. Another tl.irg to be rTmber3 In con nection with the French collars is that they ar spjarertly worked without any regard for their actual sise. A woman with.. small neck may blithely purchase a IZt. take ft home and find that it is a sU and half too largo for her: or she may buy a thirteen arid find that It meas ure twelve inches. And, by the way. only a few collar come in a s'se o small a twelv; but upon measurement many of the twelve and a half col.ars prove but tw.:ves, o the woman who wears a twelve net-J not despair. The part "of wisdom is tj find exactly how many inches lor.g one's collar should le and then have every embroidered Trench collar one buys measured at the counter. When one comes to the subject of ties, ixiws. rabats, tc, any edequat descrip tion se-ems a hopcl'-ss task, so grreat is the variety and so much does the charm de pend U!n the embroidery details in many of the lingerie models. Among the silk ties the soft scarf of greater or lefcs width is the favorite and is tied in an ordinary bow. Very narrow, tifl llttl ties of silk, usually in strip or plaid, ar worn, tid in a prim little square bow, and there are many varieties of the made bow which ar not looked upon with corn, as are ready tied cravats for men, and which often giv better effect than will crry on th work laid down by her husband, managing In detail all the in tricacies of compilation and publishing, loyally supported by her late husband entire force. Fpr many years Mr. Wright ha per sonally uperintended the work of compil ation, working from May 1 to July 15 of each year, handling on an average of 875 name an hour and working often from eighteen to twenty hours a day. with her corp of women assistant. In order to keep ahead of the mechanical side cf the work. Concentration, accuracy and a well trained mind are requisite In thi work, where the name as they come from the canvasser are sorted In alphabetical order, not or.ly according to occupation, initials ana first letter of the surname, but on through the entire length of the name When such name as Grusicrynski, GregTosewski and Krysytnlak are to be kept In mind, some idea of the enormity cf the task may I gleaned. Only experts of long experience are capable of handling what is known as the "finals" the final work In the sorting of names, and this task Mr. Wright ha never hared with any but her daughter. No mere man ha ever borne the reFponsIbillty. The Milwaukee directory stand next to that of Boston In accuracy and general perfection, a outlined by the Association cf American Directory Publisher. Mr. Wright, who died while on a vacation trip male being equally Independent the nest 1 left to take care of Itself. "But, a a rule, I think they try to do their duty ty the nest. When the chick come, however, it is quite a different mat ter. The parents seem to be perfectly In different to their fate. Unless the young bird are taken from them a oon as hatched there i great danger of their being trampled to death. "This lack of parental feeling is not o much a falling cf the heart a of the head. I am convinced. The ostrich la as sense less a bird as entts. Bo far a I am able to Judge they ate absolutely and entirely without traits. "You can teach them nothlrg, and It n likes no difference buw lorg you feed thera or tow kind you art. tbey never ven get to recognise you. They know their male, and that la I believe, a far a their power of recognition goea While I bv beard th men on th farm ay they didn't even hve ene enough to follow a leader, I bav notk-ed that If a bird In on pen began to run, pretty oon every bird an the frrn was, runiiir.g for no apparent rciri. Just run ning When they are In full feather they mak a pretty .ht In runnir.g. aa tbey bold out their w.r.gs and so fchow th f-atuful (ilume unaen.1 -'X CShvKuV';;- Vr-T '.r -J .... U. : V. SI 1 1 i 1 Neckwear th tie which gc around the reek and must t tied eai h time. TV simpler the made bows ar the better tl.cir air. a a rule, and one cf the most naiisfactory is formed of two x ceedli.gly ticy bows cf taSf.a set il'Scly, one above the other. A bar pin lioMij.g the two aid of the collar tlosely together and passing between th two knots fastens the bow securely and give a trim finish to th neck arrangement It sc-ns almost necessary to w-ar some kind cf fancy pin to keep the ceillcr from rpreadlrg cr:d to hold whatever bow or tie is worn in place, end a large borsethoe has been very generally adopted for this purj'se too generally. Indeed, for the taste of the fastidious woman. One or two dainty bar pins may be effectively used, and if a pin of this kind will not go througrh the center of the bow one may be placed above and one below the bulky part of th bow. Eryptian pins make good pin for th purpose, and we have seen many fashion ably di?d women wearing them. Another idea whose development w have noticed recently is the use of an enameled or Jweied dragon fy pin for hclding th ;de cf a collar together over a rabat tab which has no bow. These pretty lingerie tabs ar slipped up vr.der th collar quite to the top and pinned invisibly there, and any kind of fancy pin may be used to hold the collar side, but a dragon fly with the straight line of his spreading wings near the top cf the collar and the long slender body ta perirg downward 1 most effective Lace and lir.gerie bows of all shape and sizes are fashionable and exceedingly pretty, but many of them have to be ripped entirely apart for launoerinc. Loops and ends exquisitely hand embroidered ar In sorr of these bow and many of the fine plaited rabats have bows to match, at tachedas is the case, too, with many of the frill for blouse front. A whole chapter might be written en the pohSiMlities in these frills and the methods of making them. At first almost all of them were finely plaited, but this to Scotland last umroer, wa first vice preldc-nt of the association and a charter member, and the undertaking of Mxa Wright ha the hearty Indorsement of that body, which ha elected ber to member ship. Mrs. Wright Is promlnect In both club and social circle. Rnlorlnc Lost Yontb to Women. The British Medical Journal tells thl story: A German doctor discovered a means of restoring lost youth to women which 1 more potent than Caglioetro farnou pentacle rejuvenescense and advertised that he could in two day rejuvenate the mciFt decrepit hag. This brought a crowd of ancient dames to hi home. At the first Interview after a careful susculation he invited each patient to write her umame and Christian came and age on a piece of paper. The age to which the women fleaded guilty varied, but all ruled high. The doctor undertook to give each patient the promised elixir the next day, but ome tlm. he said, wa required to adjust th strength to the Individual power cf reslstence. On the appointed day the women called egain, but th doctor expressed regret th9t he had unfortunately mislaid the paper containing 'their age. For this reson a new set woul 1 be required. He added casually that they ought to know that the oldeFt of them must allow herself to be "Tbey do take pride In their plumage. When they are first plucked they become very sulky and eee-m to wish to hide them-selt-ea If a plucked bird 1 turned with the ur.plucked they fall on him tooth and nail and the poor fellow la made to euffer for hi losa "Ostriches are plucked every eight months. I use the word plucked, though the feathers are seldom pulled. When ripe they are cut. and later when the old quills bave become perfectly dry tbey are orawo from th socket by mean of a pair of taeexer. T! is Is not Uie i!ghtet bit painful to the bird and there 1 no blood drawn. "A healthy ostrich, and I never saw a grown bird that was not healthy, will )'itl 1 from tJu to 4 worts f toUiari a I fT jfK CI fa thought and aspiration of the mother $tjf N! U H L bending over the cradle. The ordeal through I P II n li n bich the expectant mother mast pass, how iJ XmJ M f-1 evtr is uJl of danger and uftering thai he looks forward to the hour when she shall feel the exquisite thrill of motherhood with indescribable dread and lear. Every woman should know that the danger, pain and horror of child birth con be entirely avoided bv the use of Mother' Friend, a scientific liniment for external use only, which toughen and render pliable ail the part, and nn assists r.ature in it sublime work. By it aici ihoj9r"? of women hare passed this great crisis in perfect aafety and without pain. Sold at $1.00 per bottle t y druggists. Our book of priceless value to all women sent free. Address BfiAorao rttwukTom com Aim. roused laundry problems, and now on f.nds many tinpla'ted frill of lac and embroidery or entirely cf lace with tiny rclievii.g knot of narrow ribbon. Prattle of the Ycuagsters Johnny, I hop you don't play with little boy who f.ght?" "No'm, not lessen I kin lick m." Sunday Pchool Tacher Tommy, can you tell me what caused the flood? ' Small Tommy Tes, ma'am; It ralnod. The Parson Well, Tommy, how ars you getung along at choolT Tomnyj Fine, I've got so I can writ my own excuse now. Tommy Ma, Willie J one es he saw Mother Hush: Tommy, you Interrupted me while I wa FpeaJxing. Tommy Well, ma, you et lnfrupted ma, so we're even Dorothy, aged . tu to be taken on her first king trip. She aeemed mat Inter ested when told that he waa on a ferry boat After a few momenta her mother Conquer burned for the good of th rest, a the basis for the remedy waa human aah. The next day the women brought back papers with their ages inscribed. It was found that each had taken many year oft the age previously admitted. The doctor, pretending to have found the first papers, called them to wltnes the success of hi invention. Comparing th lists, he howed that he had kept his word In regard to rejuvenation, because In forty-eight bemr tbey bad all become many year younger. Leave from Faabloa Hot Book. The skeleton chck voile, with em broidered yokes, make charming blouse. Among th Cower used foi bat garni ture are clover, sweet peas, bore chest nut blossom and pansiea Charming etop design are noted for ftemoon occasions, and here a wide oope in toe way of garniture is allowed, and many clever combinations are the result. Nothing new 1 to be seen In veil ar rangement, and the draping of the tnll and of the lace must be done In a manner most becoming to the individual bride. New gown are soft and rich, while em broidery is even more In rog-ue than even It is rich silken or dull metal work. If sequin are used they ar dull and of dif ferent shape. Footweur shows mary novelties, the most noticeable is the patent leather tie, with a top of embroidered linen in white only. It is no longer considered necessary to have the footwear match th gown, but there are many fastidious women who claim that it is in better taste to have It so. Linens, nainsooks, fine lawn and thin muslin are nearly all being mad up to Ostriches year. As year-eld bird are now selling in Arizona for CtKi apiece for the South African breed and t3l more for Nubians, you can judge th yearly profit on a pair of good breedera "The ideal food la alfalfa, with a little corn at night. For the chick before they are able to pick for themselves alfalfa leaves are mixed with w-heat bran. Until the chick are ;x month old they should be boused at night and kept out of th rain or damp. After that tune they ar aa hardy aa any one could wish, and two month later are ready for their flret pluck ing. "Of course thi first growth of feather is not first class, but it ha a good market value. And every plucking thereafter becomes more valuable until at maturity; when the bird is about three and a half year old. or th mating time. Until thi time it I difficult to tell the male from the femalea "When full grown the male bird are black with white wings, while the female are brownh gray, or what I known Is th feather trade a natural. Th Nubian bird differs from the South African In having a pink neck. It Is larger and also much handsomer in general appearance. "If my farm la Havana prove the suc cess that I expect I shall add a good many Nubians during the next season. The one that are now In Cuba are very handsom and have been very much admired. Tbey were h!pf.ed direct from France and were upward a month on the way. Although the voyage wa unuslally rough not a bird w lost and none of them Injured. "My farm In Havana 1 a beautiful old Spanish castle quite near the bouse oc cupied by General Lee when he was sta tioned In Cuba and alsi near Camp Co lumbia. While I Intend to have it aa a sort of a show farm at first, if the bird are healthy, I shall go in extensively for breed ing. I see no ra'n why it should not be - success, but still Nubian birds at H,5fK) a pair are too great a risk to take until th climate ha been teeted. . "So far a th quality of the feather 1 concerned I ara ure It will mak no differ ence. Commercially ther er ten or mor gracV of feather, but quality depend on the breed of th bird nd th wy tby have been handled mor than on the cli mate. "The ostrVh plume a seen on bat bat gone through many washing Meachlngs and curllrg after leaving the farm. On the South African tire's the plume are perfectly straight, but the Nubian have curled plume by natwira Ttl 1 the chief reason for their great beauty. "I bad at first a great deslr to make a pet of an ostrich, but arter investigation gave It up When I found that trey could not be taught to rroos the road and that th ode we ee la btmee have to be driven between two line of Wire fencing to pre-ent them from bolting I was con vinced ther was no ux in trying to train them for the house. "A a business 1 understand and enjoy raisitig feathers, but so far as th person ality of the ostrich 1 concerned why, tbey haven't ary aense; they are utterly illy. H'W can they bav a personality Tbey are Just big, baalthy Idiot In th afcap of Uida- It ttie joy cf the lou-chold, for without it no happiness can le complete. How weet the picture of motl er and bale, nrel mil at and commend tlx 0 lit noticed a lock f disappointment com over her little girl's face. Asking th reason. Dorothy aaid: "Where are they, tnothr? 'Whio? ' akd tier mothr. "Why. mothr, you told me thla waa a fairy-boat, and Tv looked and looked and can't find a icgl fairy," igbed dear lltUe Dorothy. Mamma Why, EShel, what In the world I the matter with you? Tou keep Jumping up and down all the tlme. LltUe Ethel I rue it's that epring tonio th doctor gave me, mamma. Small Ed ear Grandma, when I'm an angel wrlil I have, wings? Grandma I auppose so. dear. Small Edgar Huh! I don't like wlnga I d rather have an airship. H It was little Edna' first new of an opera gown. "Tou ought to hre Been Aunt May In ber long, white, short dreaa, she said. "Why, dftar," queried her mother, "how oould It be both long and short ?" "It wa long at the bottom and short at the top," explained Edna, the World ftu at th back, and en prince, and th nainsook are so fine thev cn be nwP .ihrouRD wedding ring. Nearly ail of them have lace Insertions let In. or lac motif a and the work upon them mak their prioe a consideration. Among the newest silk materials 1 taf reta with hairline cord, a revival of an old favorite, but one which will be in great request, a will be plain taffeta marquisette and satin foulard. Th nhc.t f"'vkT oid tiacit chiffon Eiti! e'T attractive evening rovr.i, aud Jf materials but handsomely embroidered are very lashlonable .iTi."11" eu,t' ln spite of It almost overwhelming vogue at present, will f1"" ' oloe nvtii m tb Unen suit once w summer run deign to remove some of thi. unseasonable chill from the air for Hi?, v ,haniuiig and Tuaaah, prettv and rvlceabl a they are. cannot quite take the place of fhe dainty, freshly laundered linen ooetume. which i at ouce so cooL comfortable and attractive. r..JL 1t'l?st model In linen ar fj by any mean, in fact! if ST verX oonapicuou showing of faltey weave, stripes, checks and figures, JuwfVt1 tbem U Wve, and only deueats colors ar seen. There is a tin rf.t1 ."S"' Hiat U ver" Motive; t hi hau-un stripe of two shade on a white fr"ld wary stripe, and an Infinity of check The figured linen, are usually mad op wiLH trimming, of plain linen or filud rUrttcUr 'lh aimple biai band piped wiia a plain linen of tie .trip What Wsmes Ar Dolaa;. A London firm that advertised for a repUeiL tJ JW,rnler t75 'ek got SH7 Th queen of SUdagascar ha a stat bath once a year. Sum U eecorted to a richly decorated tent, and whUe i,e is per forming ber abluUon prayer are said, gun are fired and arum ar beaten. Mr' Clara Oottachalk Peterson of Asbury rr,"' ,I- J" ot Loul Moreau eJotts- chalk, has preseaUfd New Orieati with a En marU butof the great pianist and composer and some of hi most prised deco rations. Mr. Lottl Thompson, a ric h widow "of Grand Junction, Coio., baa adopted a young It Indian aa bor son and heir. 6he saw the lad recently and waa struck with hi Intelligence, lis had no parent and the widow oflered him a home. The boy i known under th nam of Earl Ienni and 1 U year old. Th council of the general federation of women club wbi mt jun arid 6 at Norfolk. a- June f tavlng been ret apart a "feeisratiejn day" at lte Jamestown x PpaiUou. on aeteioa wtil be held there, Tii Lynbaven hotej, which ha a larc assembly hail tl.at seats )0 peouia, wU pro bab 1' be oouncll bcadquartars. Miss Lucy Broad of Cornwall, England, b traveled tlirough th i.arid of th Pacific and apent some urrw in the Fiji islands, and aio rode through Madagascar on ber wbeel and bad an arnusii,g uim, for when the neared a town the men, women and children formed a line 00 either side, but did not approach very near lor fear she might be a plnu Mi Broad wa kindiy treated bv the iiatlvea Mother Stewart, the four der of tha Woman Christian Temperance union, has Just celebrated ber aist birthday anni versary. Soe wa postnuatres under Oezi eral Jackson, the Orst woman known to bold a federal office. She was the first woman to aek for police matrons. i,e be gan the temperance cruaad la Springtleid, O.. in ItCi, aiding and p,aUig in in as loona Sue ha wrtttun four book, th last one ln bar Vih year. Mrs. M. J. Kendall of Nashua. N. H ha been appointed deputy iinfl of Hlil boro in order that she may have mor power to enforoo the lw against cruelly to nimala. and her Nashua friends have presented her with a goid badge of office. The badge 1 of solid goid. and on the front ther Is a laurel wreath encircling the ta' eal. Above 1 black enamel is a bar In scribed leputy Sheriff." On the reverse 1 li follow ing inscription: "Leputy Sheriff M. Jennie Kendall, Nashua, N. H. V Tom friends of th cause she represents." New Tork women are showing a strong Inclination to revive the erase or Panna hat and Fifth avenue mlniiirrs are stnj trig orders fur big supplies cf the t,ne weave. Mr. Roosevelt was responaibi for first move. WT,en she ntirncl rom tn itnmus last summer she brougig a genuine Panama and her hrst apprar aate in it was a aigiiai to ttm do-likewise can. Her is trimjiied with a tush of t iow and brown ii.a with frlngl edge and a stiff aij!Ttte of grass end. Mr. L&Tigworth is wearing or U.at carries a band of plaid ribbon wiih a quill, while Mi.s Lthel RfK't-e-i elt n.ay seen any day rldlrg ln l"rijr. quilled like her Uter and held ln place w .th a long wmdirf veiL THAT'S ALL IniAirSi ''-V a-V Hj.iiff 3