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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1907)
TIIE OMAITA SUNDAY TVITE: JTTNTi 2.1, 1007. Formed Her Own Orchestra EW TORK, June 21-One of the women to spread In Europe ths American reputation for enter prise and initiative la Mrs. J. Clinch Smith, who la well known to New York society. Mn. 8mlth used to represent energy to New York during the fmn sh lived here, a she came from Chicago and Imported with her much of the hreealnesa and self-reliance of the West. Her husband la a member of the family which halls from Bmlthtown, L. I., and a brother of Mrs. Stanford White. draft on all nations to supply them. The names of the women are scarcely suf ficlnt Indication of the cosmopolitan, char acter of the orchestra. The first violinists are Bene Bhlrmer. Fergent Ttrval and ndree Faure; the 'cellists, Marie Oahry and Llna Mexzapo, and the pianist Is Almee Oahry. Among the other players are the three women whose pictures are shown. 80 soon, as Mrs. Smith had rehearsed her cohorts into what she Considered ef ficiency they made their appearance at a concert to which she Invited her friends. I women to spread In Europe the yi'-V VN. V i fef V;,:vf ! c ; . i - y . r ! , -'.-rim r 1 ."-U ' ! i I ; ' , V J1 1 ? i i. i '"i J, ti 1 -l --smmU ..Jlt . Sr-A- E" " A' . -v SH'l ,... J-; .y..l k' i.SL"TiK A y " v.i l'V'.. ? VW sj- xSI- 'i ! I 1 A :iyy'3 I ' i J L1 I I! v 1 JVZCt. TOMATO He and his wife have lived in Europe for the last flv years. Mrs. Smith was Miss Bertha Barnes of Chicago. She has always been fond of music and after she had settled in Paris Mrs. Smith published two of her compositions. These were a "Reverie" and "Pensees Fugi tives." Like composers who publish their music from other motives than the mere love of composition, Mrs. Smith wanted to enjoy the pleasure of hearing; it played. Her works were suited to a small or chestra, but as It happened no orchestra mall or large requested the right to play her music. This gava Mrs. Smith the opportunity to give Europe a taste of the American woman's enterprise. Since no orchestra had offered to play her music, she decided to form her own orchestra. This artistic idea was followed by another. As an or chestra primarily Intended to play her own compositions, she decided to have its mem bers all of her own sex. Mrs. Smith sum moned to her apartment all the women musicians she knew and before long she had the formation of her orchestra under way . The new of her enterprise created great amassment in Paris. AU sorts of theories aa to her intentions were told. She was going to form an orchestra of women to be twice as large as that of Colonna and en gage th Trocadero for these musical A ma sons. , Tha wealth of this fair and musical American, so tha stories had It, was in excess of all other American fortunes. Had not her gradfather received by grant from the Indians tha entire state of In diana with its prosperous cities and fertile fields T True, for many years ha had been kept by litigation from tha enjoyment of this vast do main, but the president of the United States had Just decided In his favor and part of these millions' were to be used to form the great or chestra that Mme. Smith was to maintain for her own amuse ment. These were soma of the stories told In Paris. They spread through Europe and before Mrs. Smith had brought the organisation Into existence it was fa mous. As she wanted a string orchestra with only the wood wind instruments to form (v background, Mrs. Smith was not compelled to look for women players of the brass in struments, who are so hard to find and are rarely as efficient as men. Critics agree that in the string, and wood wind choirs women players may accomplish re sults pleasing enough to compensate for the lack of vigor and force that men Im part to their playing. Mrs. Smith there fore confined her orchestra of twenty-four members to these instruments. Aa It was, the task of finding players was not easy. Violinists and 'cellists could be found on all sides. It was tha players on the oboe, clarinet and flute that were harder to find. They were secured after a while, however, although it required a They had previously played In private and rehearsed diligently every day. Mrs. Smith allows nothing amateurish to interfere with their orw. Rehearsals are held regularly every day, Mrs. Smith's own compositions are not, or course, sumclently numerous to keep me ore lies tra busy, nor would the director allow that. Their repertoire Includes thr works of Haydn, Handel and Mozart suited to a small orchestra, and they draw on tha gems of older composers, such a Gretry, L.11IH and Cheruhlni.; Then th modern- French composers occasional! supply apmposltlons that seem suited tu this small orchestra of women players. It has repeatedly been announced in the foreign newspapers that Mrs. Smith was to carry her orchestra through the Euro pean cities, but no such idea has ever en tered her head. The players are solely for her own amusement, and she maintains the orchestra just as Prince Esterhazy and other rich men ot the past did. The support of such an orchestra In Europe does not need the wealth of all the state of Indiana. In tha prevailing rate of play ers' salaries a much smaller sum would do it are too much occupied to play with any other organizations they have time to teach and thus Increase the incomes they receive for playing. The so-called 'Damen-Kapelle" . from Vienna are numerous and there is scarcely Sail, 3 Arm Rocker, like cut, solid oak, finished In weathered . oak, with slip seat, upholstered In genuine Spanish leather ,for 7.25 7 Arm Chair, like cut, solid oak finished In weathered oak, with slip seat, upholstered in genuine Spanish ' leather, for .6.00 & In order to clean up all our ODD MISSION CHAIRS AND ROCKERS wc have decided to make a SPECIAL SALE for MON DAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY of this weekf and to make this a quick and successful sale we have not taken the matter of profit in consideration, giving.the customs cr the benefit of the manufacturer s price si $9.00 Weathered Oak Arm Chair, Spanish leather seat, for $9.75 "Weathered Oak Arm Chair, Spanish leather Beat, for 6.00 6.65 $10.50 Weathered Oak Arm Rocker, Spanish leather seat, for. . $8.00 Spanish Leather Seat Sewing Rocker, for $7.25 Spanish Leather Seat Sewing Chair, for $12.00 Spanish Leather Seat Arm Shair, slip seat, for. , $1275 Spanish Leather Scat Arm Chair, slip seat, for $17.00 Spanish Leather Seat Arm Chair, slip Beat, for a ' a 5.60 5.00 .8.25 ...8.75 11.50 Miller, Stewart & Beaton 41345-17 South Sixteenth -1 A Rocker, like cut, made substan tial and of best quality oak, finished weathered, with slip seat, upholstered In Spanish leather, for. 7.25 I a . . . fl Ify flu W . . h J , Arm Chair, like cut, made very substantial and best quality oak, weathered finish, with slip seat, upholstered in gen uine Spanish leather, for. ?. 6.65 3 lace trimming, the embroidery note being useful for an infinity of purposes. They perhaps introduced as in one of the models are possible both for afternoon and morn shown in the sketches, in the form of me- ns wear and may even appear in the even. , ... , . ing wherever hlRh-nock or round-neck dallions or motifs. As a rule, however, Irock, are ln orar. Many of tnem ar8 applied medallions and spotted, detached made with the Ehitch neck or are collar effects of heavy trimmings are to be ! In order to be comfortable for sum shunned In the child's frock. Fine lines of mer' dainty trimming are more youthful and In p!,te, ' tn fa, that 8om" of h so-called tailored waists are now embel- effactive. ltshed with Marie Antoinette frills and minings of various sorts, the lingerie waist Leaves from Fashion's Notebook. shows decidedly a lack of them. They Tha hrt akirt that ha hn ami aim have beautiful losettinirs of lace and mul- While the members of the orchestra ? rf""?PL' h ..mu.c.h t,"".ln.?.U" f"JSl SSLST! WLJSt lowara DrinKing nooui inn ifenrrauy yuuiu- . . . ful appearance which fashion has taken on. J" berthas; all the trimmings, no matter For lingerie waists batiste is the favorite hw elaborate thedeslgn, are flat, fabric. It has been found to be more ef- A new Japanese dinner gown has made fectlve as well as more durable than the ltg appearance In Farls this seaeon. It handkerchief linen which had such a vogue cut 0 a pont in the neck and the point for use ln fine blouses last year. )s outlined with oriental embroidery. The Chiffon Studded with rhlneatnnpa mnlr., ateavea are verv short. Immensely wide a city ln Europe without one. .They have a "uprb evening gown, but only the tiniest and very big ln the armhole. They," too, never been accented however aa anvthlna: rnlne"tonea must be employed, and these are outlined with Japanese embroidery, never ocen accepted, nowever, as anyxning mx,.t mil nrnr.i .1 rr-v, v,i. 1. ki-v, it .i.oiki gown will be too gaudy and theatrical to around the waist. There is a long chiffon be in r,ood taste. scarf which is tied around the neck and Lace blouses are very attractive and are made Into a knot upon the bust so that the streamers hang almost to the ground. This is very picturesque if one can wear it. Bolld colors are endorsed In half hose, the clansy products being of silk with lisle feet and self-clocked. , Jr'or day wear one may choose sage, tan, orange or cardinal ln the knowledge that fashion lends Us sanction. To accompany the evening Jacket half hose are of gray and with formal evening dress they are black, both self-clocked. White dress gloves are now lined with silk, which permits of slipping on without difficulty. Chamois gloves are for day wear alone. of a meeting held at Kokomo. Tha new society already has about fifteen local clubs affiliated with It, and. with a very strong ottlclul board, the outlook for growth is most promising. It wss organ ized by Dr. Frances Woods, organiser, and Mra. Harriet Taylor Cpton, treasurer, of the National American Woman Suffrage association. Mra Mary Kenney O'Sulllvan sleeps ln the open air on the roof of a tall tene ment nousa ln Boston, of which she Is tho agent. She does It winter and summer, "not becauHe I am ill, but because I intend not to be 111," and the practice la a suc cess. Her living is gained, and her chll- but the adjunct of a beor garden or a turn in a variety show. There are two women's orchestras playing In the continuous thea ters ln this country. One of them was originally situated in Boston and has been very successful. None of these, however, plnys serious music. There arc two women's orchestras ln New Tork, larger than Mrs. Smith's, al though neither of them Is maintained by a private individual. One ty composed of professional talent, while the Symphony club, as It Is called, gives its concerts in private, and the audiences are admitted only on invlffctlon. The Olive Mead Quar tet, which is the must successful of all musical organizations composed 'of women, takes its place on the same footing as the men's organizations. It makes its money by Its concert engagements Just as the Kneinel Qaartet does. The only musical organization In New York supported by one Individual is the Flonzalay Quartet, which Herman de Coppet maintains for his pleasure. What Womeu Are Dots In tha city of New York the registered dr.n'"- b managing estates and occasional club women number upward of U.OOO. wming. wnue ror me love or the cause Miss Louise. Cheatam makes her living organizes women In trades unions, by raising and training native song birds In China wages of womon operatives ar; near the popular winter resort of Aiken. "'JY th van shlng point. It is said B, C that in the silk mills at Shanghai there are Mrs'.. Marshall Field, widow of Chicago's wo'"ke"' among; whom are children merchant prince, is to become an Inspector Jhat worlLat ?..c.nt". a 9ay "na women at of milk, a visitor to the tenement houses 6 tnilm. The highest paid get 16 cents for of Chicago, an angel of the hospitals and thlrteen-hour day. In the Shanghai cot rival for sociological honors of Miss Jane ton mills the best women workers get 14 Addams and Mrs. Potter Palmer. cents a day, the poorest 6 cents, the houra A state woman suffrage association was being from 6 to 6, with thirty minutes at recently organised ln Indiana aa a result noon tor dinner. For the Small Girl's First Frock HE small girl's party frock must conform to certain prescribed laws of tast. It may be costly, but the costliness must find its excuse in daintiness of material and exquisite delicacy of workmanship rather than ln elements mora pretentious and spectacular. The smartest of little heiresses must have an air of simplicity, even though that air is a delusive and misleading thing, and Indeed childish simplicity may ,b of a moderately expensive kind and yet pre serve Its smartness if taste and skilful home needlework, are called into play. Lingerie materials of one sort or an other ax tha accepted thing for the child's party frock or dressy summer frock, but there Is wide latitude for variety even within such accepted limitation, for a wealth of needlework may be lavished upon a little frock ot lawn or batiste or llnon or mull. Naturally, hand work is tha touohstone of modlshness in such a . frock, and "hand embroidery la the highest and most extravagant axpresalon of this ( hand work. The flaest and most exquisite of em broidery ornaments, the yokes and sleeves and skirts of many of the pretty frocks. delicate tralllngs. garlands and wreaths and sprays, combined with inset Valenci ennes, real yalenclennee If expense Is not a matter for consideration. Or perhaps there la embroidery only upon the yoke a,1 1 A wholesome atmosphere of refine ment is radiated by the well groom ed woman who, after the bath, ap plies a few touches of dainty "Lv ersweet." It Instantly PREVENTS ODORS rsoM PERSPIKA1ION or any other cause, without check Ing tha secretions. 25 cents at toilet countara. TEH If your dealer does not sell "Kversweet," send us his name and we will send you a free sample box of this perfect, smooth, creamy, white, enuaeptlo application, to gether with a beautiful decorated metal srt souvenir. th a. rin, 00. 1 MIS Ceatrel Ave. ClevelaaO. O. and the rest of the trimmings depends upon tiny hand tucks and Valenciennes. English openwork embroidery is the dis tinguishing feature of some of the frocks belonging emphatically to the deceitfully simple class, suoh a frock, for example,' as Is pictured ln one of the sketches. Blouse and skirt are of allover embroid ery, not of machine made, by the yard, embroidery, be It understood, but of finest llnon embroidered all over by hand In dainty openwork design. The skirt bottom Is finished In em broidered scallops, but bordering tha square neck and short sleeves Is a line of narrow real baby Irish Insertion, Joined to the llnon by a line of velnlng. The rather long blouse and the skirt are Joined by a wide plain band of llnon worked In button-holed slits through which pink liberty satin ribbon Is drawn, finished with a knot and ends at the left front. Around the square neck also runs a similar band, the ribbon being knotted at the front loft hand corner. Nothing phe nomenal ln outline here, but a charm and originality far Surpassing that of the more fussy and pretentious little frocks shown with this model and leaving an Impression of perfection In its own line. ' A simitar effect might be obtained by using one of the very fine batiste or linon openwork Bouncings for material, the scalloped flouncing edge finishing the skirt bottom, and the model would be pretty even if carried out in plain materials with tucking and lace or a plain hem at ina skirt bottom, for the arrangement of em broidered slashea and ribbon around the square neck and at the waist line would give cachet to a frock much simpler than the original embroidered model. All the seams and Joining, save the skirt gore, If such there be. must of course be set together with velnlng and preferably by band and every line of lace or embroid ery Is also set ln with the narrow velnlng. The narrow velnlngs or headings for such purposes are indescribably dainty this year and the narrow laces, not only In valencjennea but In cluny and Irish as well, are remarkably pretty. A very narrow real Irish edge, set on flat of course and forming merely a sharply Indented finish Is used In connec tion with very narrow baby Irish Insertion upon many exquisite little frocks but is usually softened by a mixture of Valen ciennes, though this was not the fase in the embroidered model already described. Minute hand tucks will do wonders in the successful trimming ot a lingerie frock and often hand embroidery in the form of a line of pastilles proves effective though requiring lVltle tabor or needlework skill. An Instance In point was furnished by a pretty mull frock sketched here. On the skirt bottom was a group of small tucks beaded by a line of valenclennes In sertion set ln by hand, and Just above the insertion ran a line of large embroidered dots placed at inch intervals. The blouse, cut ln V form front and back and filled ln by a guimpe of valenclennes Insertion put together by hand, had a line of valen clennes Insertion running from shoulder to waist line. On the Inner side of this lace was a two inch band of mull edged with hand em broidered scallops and with a pastille em broidered In each scallop. The outer edge was finished ln the same manner save that here the embroidered piece ran out over the shoulder in collar fashion and nar rowed toward the waist. Where hand embroidery Is not practic able and any great amount of tedious hand work Is too troublesome dotted Swiss is a nice choice for the little girl's party frock. It is not so delightfully dainty as the very fine and sheer plain lingerie materials, but it requires less trimming and is very pretty in its own way. Tho exceedingly small dots closely set give a more childish effect than the larger dots and are usually chosen for the child's frock, while a little good valenclennes In sertion set In by hand and valenclennes edgings are the accepted trimming. Oc casionally one finds a more ornate frock of dotted swlss. as In the case of the little French model shown among the sketches. This modol had the short walsted line which has echoed ln the province of chil dren's dress the marked tendency In dress for grown-ups. A number of very smart little empire frocks have been ln evidence among children's outfits during the last year, altliough the popular French blouse and skirt, with the waist line nearer the natural point than of old, la still first favorite. The dotted swlss frock In question was of the finest plnhead dot description and the skirt was trimmed In many alternating lines of narrow valenclennes Insertion and plain bands of dotted swlss. On the upper edge of each swlss band was set a narrow valenclennes edging very slightly fulled and falling over the swtss band. A Utile bolero and a wide collar were entirely of valenclennes insertion set to gether by hand and finished on the edgs by valenclennes frills, and tha yoke and Uleeve cuffs were also of valenclennes. Often one sees a frock with the skirt composed entirely of fine embroidery flouncing and the blouse showing very lit tle of the embroidery and almost wholly HAND-EMBROIDERED LINGERIE FROCK