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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1912)
12 THE SEMI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE SECTION The first Derby made in America was a C&K KNAPP-FELT soft hats and Derbies are fine examples of Ameri can skill and experience. Each hat bearing the Knapp-Felt trade mark represents the knowledge gained from more than fifty years' search for the best in methods and ma terials; the honest effort to give to the man who wears the hat the same satisfaction that is felt by the organization which makes it. THE prime recom mendation of Knapp Felt hats is in their notice able elegance of style a rare combination of ex quisite taste in design, trained instinct in fore casting changes in fashion and the ability to embody these qualities in worthy merchandise. The man who owns a Knapp-Felt hat may feel a pride in its possession which no for eign mark can give. He has the best the world can produce. KNAPP-FELT hats are sold in this city by hatters whose desire is to give to their patrons a full return for their investment. Knapp-Felt DeLuxe soft hats and Derbies are Six Dollars, Knapp-Felts are Four Dollars and the C. & K. quality is Three Dollars. Write for The Hatman THE CROFUT & KNAPP CO. 838 Broadway, New York Authorized Makers of Dobbs & Co.'s Fifth Avenue Hats PRESIDENTIAL LIGHTS THAT HAVE FLARED AND FAILED (Continued from Page 4 ) voted but once, and then for James Bu chanan. Tyler, Buchanan and Lincoln saw some slight military service, but not enough to have any weight in politics. The Spanish War made Theodore Roose velt President," though he had been in public life nearly all his manhood days. But not from Battleship '. In fact, no one can read the history of our country carefully without conclud ing that one direct road to the White House leads straight from the battlefield. That it should lead from the battlefdii and not from the battlesiip is one of the oddest facts in history. For, while we make popular heroes of our great naval commanders, we have never elected one of them to the Presidency; not one has ever been even seriously considered in that high and honorable connection. Why is this? Probably for the reason that the commander of a battleship or the Admiral of a fleet is necessarily auto cratic, ruling and living in a world by itself, a world of which the average citi zen has at best a very hazy conception. Life afloat, furthermore, does not afford opportunities for free and unlimited com munication with a fellow-citizenry, as does life ashore. This opportunity of mixing with the rank and file, coupled with the forensic training, the studies, and the habits of thought engendered -by the legal profes sion, accounts largely for the fact that twenty of our twenty-six Presidents have been lawyers, thereby demonstrating that the most certain road to the White House runs from the Bar. No lawyer, however, has ever risen high, enough in his profes sion to be elected to the Presidency with out having had more or less experience in public life. Indeed, the circumstances seem to show that they are not elected because they are lawyers, but by reason of their public careers, made possible by their profession. President Taft incidentally is the only prominent member of the judiciary ever elevated to the Chief Magistracy of the Kepublis. Most of the twenty lawyer Presidents were never very busy with their profes sion, as Sam Jones once remarked of cer tain church members whom he knew; but while no President, with the possible ex ceptions of John Adams, Franklin Pierce, Benjamin Harrison and Judge Taft, was, when elected, rated as a great lawyer, it is safe to say that some of them would have been so considered had they devoted their time and energies exclusively to the law. Jefferson, Madison, Van Buren, Lincoln and Garfield would most likely have been pre-eminent at the Bar, hail they eschewed politics. We have never had what might be called a strictly business man for Presi dent, and the reason probably is that the bigger the man in business, the more en grossed is he in his own affairs and in promoting the material interests of him self and of his friends, to the practical exclusion of public affairs. A Slippery Stepping Stone A question that is more or less puzzling to many people concerns the comparative unimportance of the Vice-Presidency. It seems to have been assumed originally that the Vice-Presidency was a stepping stone to the higher office. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren all traveled by that route; but since Van Buren, no Vice-President has reached the Presidency except through the death of his chief. Being Vice-President was of direct as sistance to Jefferson in becoming Presi dent; but he reached the highest place chiefly because he was the head, virtually the creator, of a great political party, as well as the author of the Declaration of Independence. Without going into de tails, it was the mistrust in which Jeffer son held Aaron Burr that prompted the greatest of all our Presidents to change the order of succession from Vice-President to Secretary of State an order that was consistently followed for sev eral administrations, beginning with Madison and Monroe, both of whom were Secretaries of State before reaching the White House, and both of whom turned instinctively to the Sage of Monticello for suggestion and advice. The chances are that never again will three neighbors, close personal and political friends, hold the Presidency for six consecutive terms. An extremely old gentleman of Char lottsville, Virginia, told me some years ago that he remembered seeing as a child the three ex-Presidents standing together on a street corner, on county court day, discussing crop prospects with the farm ers of Albemarle a sight worth a jour ney across the continent to behold and one that in all probability will never be duplicated in this world. That men henceforth may attain, or fail of attaining, the Presidency by the same ways and means that have hitherto obtained is a serious and interesting ques tion of the hour. There are growing and clamoring indications that party candi dates will never again be nominated as at Baltimore and Chicago; but that four years hence our Presidential nominees will be chosen directly by the people, and that the great party Conventions will simply resolve their functions into a rati fication of the voice and choices of the people. i Speaker Clark' m s econd article will appear in an early iiiih. ) NEW WRINKLES It is usually a difficult task satisfac torily to clean delicate embroidery work. The following plan is excellent: ror pieces that are too fragile to be washed in soap and water, make a thick paste of French chalk. The chalk should be quite hot, and be sprinkled thickly over the em broidery. Then, roll the latter carefully, so that the chalk is inside. Leave it in a dark place for a week or ten days. Then, shake it out and the embroidery will be found to be quite fresh again. If the em broidery is wanted in a hurry, rub the hot chalk through it and repeat the process several times. If any dirt remains, use a little more chalk and leave it over 'night if possible. Miss L. M. H., Gloucester, Mass. Here is a "New Wrinkle" tnat will appeal to all lovers of home-made fudge. Every one who makes fudge knows the vexation of having it turn into a hard, grainy mass, or of its "sugaring," when beaten, instead of "fudging" smoothly. This will never happen if a small spoonful of cornstarch is added to the other in gredients, before cooking. I have tried it time and time again, and it never fails to fudge deliciously smooth, firm and creamy; and the cornstarch does not affect the taste in any way. Mrs. T. T., Clin ton, la. For those who do not store their furs, it is a good plan to pack them in tobacco, instead of moth balls and the like, as the tobacco keeps away moths and leaves no permanent odor. I buy a five-cent pack age of fine cut, and sprinkle over the furs, then wrap in newspapers. Mrs. 0. B., Somerville, Mass. Pillows, much more acceptable for sum mer use than are the ordinary feather pil lows, may be made by filling a ticking bag with silk, clipped very fine. These pillows are both cool and soft. It's an excellent way to utilize worn-out petti coats, bodices and bits of ribbon. M. H., Lexington, Ky. Good Butter Makes a Good Breakfast Here is a typical American breakfast : Oatmeal, with Butter or Cream) and sugar. Soft Boiled Eggs, with a lump of butter. Toast, buttered. Griddle Cakes, with butter. Millions of men begin their day's work on SUCh a meal But ter with every course. If the butter is not first class, the meal is spoiled, because the butter is everything. AH the other good things depend upon it to make them appetizing. Meadow-Gold Butter meets every require ment. Its fine flavor never fails to tickle the palate and you know it is pure and wholesome, because it is made from good, rich cream that has been pasteurized. Three times wrapped in air-tight, water-proof papers to preserve its goodness. Makers and Distributors : Eatt of the Misaittippi River THE FOX RIVER BUTTER COMPANY Chicago, III. West of the Mistiisippt River BEATRICE CREAMERY COMPANY Lincoln, Neb. Distributing branches in principal cities. To Dealers: Meadow-Gold Butter Is fast becoming the Butter of the Nation. Trade grows naturally. Write for address of nearest distributing house. Addivm the Ai Spring Grove Ave. Write for a Sample Cake For 2c we will send you a sample cake, enough to last over a week. In this crystal clearsoapwe have lauylit the real (rairrance of fresh violets. Write to day lor your sain ple;smell it. hold ' it to the litiht. Ire Jemens Co., Dept. CI, Cim-iiiuuti, O. 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