liS -, pn M?M522 I V i$ w An April Party. My narao la April; and I Often laugh, as often cry; And I cannot tell what makes- toe; Only aB tho fit o'ortakca mel I must dimple, smllo and frown, Laughing though tho tears roll down. But 'tis nature, sir, not art; And I'm happy at my heart. Wo are all happy "at our hearts" these days, and nono moro so than tho llttlo mother who planned this party for tho children of tho neigh borhood, her own boy and girl being tho host and hostess. Tho,usual In vitations were sent out, save that In ono corner woro tho words "Soap-Hub-b!o Party." Tho decorations were urn brollas suspended from tho celling. Under each was a small tablo holding two pipes ornamented with bows of rnlnbow colors, a bowl and a bottlo containing soap-bubble" water. This xnlxturo was soapsuds with tho addi tion of a tablespoon of glycerin In every pint of water, which gives luster and stability to the fairy bubbles. Prizes wcro offered for tho laigcst bubble, for tho ono remaining longest in tho nlr, for the ono with the most vivid coloring anil for tho ono soaring the highest. A pretty garoo was arranged by Btrctchlng a board ribbon acrosB tho room llko a tennis not, providing fans to blow the bubbles. TIlo contest was to seo which side could blow the great est number of bubbles and get them over tho ribbon. Two persons plnjrwl at a tlmo, or four, as In tennis. Tho tablo wns gay with a circle of candles in tho soven prismatic colors around a largo crescent-shaped cako. Tho flowers were hyacinths In delicate pink, lavender, whlto, yollow and pur ple. Ono stalk in a tiny pot at the plates made a beautiful table. A Five and Ten Cent Shower. This lolly affair was given for a girl who gratefully and firmly declined all parties known nB "showers," ns slio eaid sho considered tliPin too great a X upon long-sjffurlng irlends. In vlowof JMtf, oTio of tho girls who was a leader in tho crowd 'phoned about thirty of the "crowd," both boys and girls, and told thorn her scheme of limiting the Rifts to tho "Five and Ton," and all wero instructed to send their offerings to hor (tho hostess' house) on tho day beforo tho party. Then on tho day sot for tho event, af ter all had arrivod, tho parcelB, each securely wrapped, were brought in two great clothes baskota. Then all woro seated in a circle, a atop inddor and tablo brought in, and tho pack ages wero auctioned off to the highest bidder by tho funny man In tho bunch. When all tho articles wero bid In thoy wero bestowod upon tho bride and Ijrldogroom-olect and the rest of tho evening was Bpont In watching thorn open their "goods." Two April Showers. Did you ovor hear of a "Troublo Showor?" Well, if not, try ono on tho noxt brldo-olect you wish to honor. On tho Invitation notes pin down ono corner with a needlo nnd tho other op posite with a pin, lottorlng tho follow ing nursery rhymo prohecy across the top: "Needles and pins! When a maid marries her troublo begins!" Tho Idea to bo carried out Is this: Tho hostoss provides a dainty work baslcot or bag, 'as sho may prefer, and the guests supply tho contents to lit it out completely. If tho favorite color of tho brldo Is known It Is a pretty compliment to carry out that color acliomo throughout. Tho shower I hoard about had all In yollow. Tho basket waB a gilded one, lined with yellow satin, nnd tho ncedlobook of yollow satin, tho. scissor caBo of pig akin. Thero was a tapo measure thimble, emery, ribbon threaders, pin cuBhlon, spools of thread and ailk, but tone, aafety plna, common pins and cases of needles. To mako moro fun, these articles wcro donu up separately in whlto paper tied with yollow ribbon nnd hidden nil ovor tho big living room. Tho llttlo brldo-to-bo had a tlmo Large Ornamental y$2? Uwbs&N fUc Lfir IXEMFQ mSBFm Accompany Modern Coiffure Great importance Is given to ornamental combs by tho Inci easing Mm--pllclty of tho present day coiffure. As curls and thu chignon havo glum way to tho Bwathlng of tho hnlr lound tho fucq nnd over tho cars, eo tho comb bo comea moro necessary as a form of decoration Thcso combs nro moro often In a square or horseshoe shapo, some with big knobs on thorn, nnd others having high gallery studded with Ltcel or pnBto nnd coloted stones. The Jattcr ahapo la especially coincident as u means of hiding the bRSe of tlw pigrettcB or paradise plumes which aro now do much worn gathering all her possessions into her baskot Tho hostcsa know Just how many parcels thero wero and they all had to bo found beforo "eats" could bo served. . Curtailments. Many of tho young readers of our department lovo puzzles and contests of all kinds. I wonder how they would llko to wrnck their brains over tho following which 1 am assured "Is bully good fun." Qo to work on it right now. The word "damo" answora the first. Curtail a woman and leave a bar rier. Curtail a alight depression and leavo a lair. Curtail a pair and leavo a bevcr ago. , Curtail a conflagration and leave a tree. Curtail a trade-mark and leavo husks. Curtail a four-footed animal and leavo a serpent. Curtail ono vohlclo and leavo an other. Curtail an organisation of men and leave a limb. Curtail an orchestra and leavo n prohibition, Curtail a building and leave an ob struction. Curtail a fissure and leavo part of one's faco. Curtail a vcgetablo and leavo an In sect. Curtail a thick shrub and leave a public vehicle. Curtail a ayatem and leave a fish. Curtail a garment nnd leavo a head covering. Curtail a ringing bound and leave a trlbo. Curtail a circular vessel and leavo part of a' ship. Qurtall a sound and leavo a weight. Curtail a brcezo and leavo victory. Curtail an organ of tho body and leavo to listen. Curtail to color nnd lenvo a bodily suffering. Curtail a camp and leave n num ber. Curtail n club and leavo a bever age. Curtailments: Dame, dam; dent, den; team, tea; lire, llr; brand, bran; boar, boa; cart, car; army, arm; band, ban; barn, bar; chink, chin, bcot, beo; bush, bus; code, cod; capo, cap; clang, clan; bowl, bow; tono, ton; wind, win; heart, hear; paint, pain; tent, ten; team, tea. A Poem for Each Month. Soma ono has very carefully com piled thla list of poems, ono for each month in the year. I am sure all our readers will wIbIi to cut Jt out to bo UBed as occasion domandB. It will givo a touch of novelty at a birthday feast to havo a poem for tho month rend aloud, and equally fitting to Bend to a friend who has a special anniver sary in tlm month, January "Tho Evu of St. Agnes," Kenta. February "Afternoon In February," Ixingfellow. Mnrch "A Morning In Match," Wordsworth. April "Welcome to April," Tenny son. May "An Evening In May," Wal ton. June "A Day In Juno," Lowell. July "Italn In Summer," Longfel low. August "Forest Hymn," Hrynnt. Soptombor "Hymn for September," Georgo Horbort. October "Pleasures of Autumn," Keats. Novombor "Death of tho Flowors," Ilryant. Decomber "Tho Holly Treo." South- ey. MADAME MERRI. Novelty Spoon. Convenient for tho fomlnlno trav eler who uses only a special brand of tea Is a spoon with a cover that Is perfoiated tdmilnily to a lea ball. This spoon works on the prlnelplu or a pair of aclsBors, being governed by a spring nenr tho root of tho hnndle, which BendB tho base of tho contriv ance. In ono direction nnd tho lid In tho other. Ry wuukiiiK thin hiiuuu ot (solld or plated silver In the cupful of not water wnicli railway portora are always ablo to provide tho traveler who is a bit "fitBBy" about tho quality of tho choorlng hovorngo may have it precisely to her liking. Quilted Silk Mufflers. A pretty notion for femlnlno wear la a quilted Bilk inufllor cut soinowltat on tho lines of tho man muiilor. TIipbo aro mndo of pink or pnlo bluo, bro cado lined with quilted whltu silk, or thoy may bo ordered to match the opera cloak. Thoy pro perfectly Hat, and nro bordored tbtstr entlro length with marabou matching tho brocade, Heady mndo thoy eoat $2. CO ench Comb , i ,-T..-.. 1 1 IJRsjwv Jl Ja'JL NOVEL GRAVITY FUEL FEEDER Invention Simplifies Work of Coaling Furnace or Stove No Back- Straining Labor Needed. Tho labor of coaling tho furnace or stovo has been simplified by tho Invention of a North Dakota man. This Invention 1b known as the gravity fuel feeder and iho coal merely flows Into tho stove ns a valvo Is opened. To do this, of courso, tho coal bin or hopper that holds tho fuel must bo located above tho furnaco or stovo. A plpo then leads down from this source of supply into the back of tho stovo Gravity Coal Feeder, and tho weight of tho fuel nbovo keeps thla pipe always filled. A cut-off at tho bottom of tho valvo holds back tho avalanche, but when moro conl Is needed thla cut-off is opened and thero Is a rush which fills tho furnaco In an Instant, with out tho back-stralnlng labor of carrying shovelfuls or scuttlofuls to It. PAPER CLOTHING IS INVENTED English Inventors Hope to Be Able to Produce Garments Costlnc No More Than Laundering. London, which recently announced tho discovery of economical wnys of making artificial rubber, la tho scene of experiments in paper clothing. Pa por garments havo been mndo and worn as curiosities, but they wero pasted together and they did not commend themselves to a cllninto whuro ralnB fell from tlmo to time. Paper napkins, towels nnd handker chiefs hnvo been offered to the pub lic, but their Introduction has been Blow. They do not look onough llko tho articles thoy aro designed to ro placo. Paper garments will not dis place cotton nnd linen until thoy re bomblo them In texture. That la tho promising fenturo of tho London ex periments. It Is Bald that a process has been perfected wheroby paper can bo produced thnt will deceivo tho eyo and puhh for cotton or linen fabrics and will hold buttons, scams nnd buttonholes. Tho Inventors hope to bo ablo to produce garments that will cost no moro than tho prlco of laundering. Howovor, cotton plant ots are unlfkely to take alarm for tho present. USEFUL DEVICE FOR PAINTER Does Away With Necessity of Man Stooping While Working on Scaf fold or Side Well. Tho painter working on a scaffold or side wall must stoop to dip tho brush In tho paint pot. To do away with this stooping, I built n pot stand of ouk barrel staves, ripped to ono and ono-half Inches In width, writes Aug. Meyer of McCloud, Cal., in the Popular Mechanics Tho cross pieces aro 12 and IS Inches long, to sprcttvely If tho paint pot Is largo. A Paint Pot Stand, the bottom rests on tho top pleco nnd ngalnst tho wall. Thla iitand nlso comes handy many times as a step luildor to reach high places in gables. Spikes aru fahtened in tho lower unds to ki'op them fiom slipping. When moving the scaffold tip or down, thu stnnd Is hung on tho guard top'o or vail Value of Oil Fuel. Engineer nlllcers of the United States navy mo apparently most fav orably Impressed with oil fuel, and this aa tho ret.uK of their practical exporlonco on shlpB thnt nio equipped for Its usn. Llout. Com Allen of tho Nebraska estimates that, weight for weight, fuel oil will carry his ship one third farther than coal, and nt much U'bh cvpenBo, tho aavlng of course varying with tho local market price of tho oil In thnt ship, ono thousand tons of oil can bo cnrrlod in tho dim bio bottom, over nnd nbovo that which could bo stowed In tho bunkor spneos, nnd this ono thousand tons would be sulllclont to carry tho vosboI about live thousand miles. HI m t tiBaaBaUaBlJ T TTIIT II I I 1 1 Y -J-- T1 -Tl Artificial Saltpeter. Thorlakhavn, tho heat nntural har bor on tho south const of Iroland, has boon acquired by a French company, along with neighboring wntorfnlls jloldlng about 200,000 horsepower, nnd n plant will ho erected at this placo for manufacturing nrtlllclnl saltpeter tho utilisation of utmosphorlc nltro rpii according to tho Hlrkoland-Kydo process. s MOVING PICTURES IN HOMES Film Will Be Displayed In Picture Room of Future Dwellings An other New Industry. A prediction mny safely bo mado that in tho very near futuro provision will bo mndo for moving pictures in tho home. When a man decides to build a hoiiao to cost, say, $25,000 or moro, tho architect will plan the pic ture room in which the family and their guests can enjoy a select pro gram of latest productions. It may bo In connection with a dancing room or It can bo accommodated In much less spnee. A projecting machine suit able for the houbo will not bo very coBtly, nnd the films will doubtless bo dellvured each weok by companies organized for that special purpose. Travelers returning from abroad will find pictures of cities nnd scenes thoy havo visited a wonderful help In re citing to friends and lelatlves Inci dents of tho places they havo vis Ited. Another now Industry which will soon como Into existence In all tho larger cities will bo film photography, II. II. Windsor writes In Popular Me chanics. Children's birthdays, gar don parties, weddings and other func tions which in later days or years re call pleasant memories will bo thus perpetuated by the film photographer. Ho will eventually bo considered aa much a necessity ns tho orchestra. Undoubtedly ono of the most accept ablo wedding presents In days to come, from parents to brldo nnd groom, will be a set of progressive films Bhowlng tho children as they advanced from Infancy to high school days. As a feature of tho wedding festivities these pictures would afford both amusement nnd entertainment. DEVICE FOR PiEASURING ROPE Machine Works Automatically and Wheel Registers Lengths In stantly Useful In Store. Rope Measurer. A Kansas man hns invontcd a de vico for measuring ropo that might well bo called automatic, inasmuch as the ropo Is measured as It pnsses over a wheel and tho lengths instantly reg istered. This whcil Is pivoted with in a casing that can bo fastened at some convenient place. In tho upper portion of the casing is a spring arm that presses tho ropo against tho wheel with Just enough force to make Rope Measurer. It engage the cogB and turn tho wheel, yet not forcibly onough to impede tho movement of tho ropo. This wheul is connecetd with a rpglstering mechan ism, and each revolution represent so many Inches, or foot, as tho case may bo. As tho rope passes out, there fore, the length la recorded at tho same tlmo. Such a devlco would bo useful In a hardwaro store or other places where ropo Is Bold Moro than half of tho lako ship ments consist of iron ore Missouri In 1912 produced 3.C05, 013 tons of sand nnd gravel, valuod at $1,012,074. Tho Increase in tho cost of plat inum haa forced tho chemist to look for a cheapor substitute. Hy January 1, 101-1. there will bo ono automobilo in use to every 7f In habitants of the United States Alaska broko another leconl last year b producing minerals valued at $21,850,000, an Incronso over tho year beforo of $1,200,000. If rubbor tipped rcrows bo placed near the ends of tho rockers they will provent a rocking chair upsetting if tilted too far back. Ab far back as 1791 a gas englno similar in many ways to tho Internal combustion euglnoB of today, was patontct tn Rnglnnd Final tlgures on the lead production of the I'nlted Stntes last year, re cently Issued, show r record output of -IHl.iiTt'. short tons Lessons In practlcnl sheet metal jwotk and metallurgy are Included in n couif" ior hnidwaro ealesmen in an English technical school. ! A fortunate landslide In China re- ! cently uncovered a rich deposit of j coal inanv inlleB from whero any coal had been known to exist. I Aluminum can be blackened by 1m i morslng it for a few moments In n l boiling of 30 per cent, solution of i caustic soda, drying It nnd polishing witn a plumbngoed brush. In the -IS years that records have been kept moro than $1GO,000,000 worth of sowing mnchlnos hnvo been exported from tho United Stntos, The brick mado In tho ynrds along tho Hudson river, In Now York, since 1901, if laid flat, would mako a side walk 20 foot wldo around tho world. A speclos of treo of unlimited growth In Nntal, herotoforo regarded as worthless commercially, has bcon found to yield a Juice that contains I lubber lu largo quantified. 1 So that machine oil may bo usod to I lubricate vohlclo wheels InBtond of I giease, a Seattle man has invented a hub In which a channel is packed with wool, nnd with nn oponlng to ad I mlt tho point ot on oil can. GIRL TEESTIF1S m JERRY HOWARD ACQUAINTS THE LEGISTURE WITH FACTS. SALOONS ABE VERY INDIGNIT Lawmakers Express Indignation; Re port of Investigating Com mlttca. Lincoln. "Can tho beef trust defy all law; can that poworful comblno ntono for tho loss of work taken away from a poor girl simply because alio testified beforo a leKlslatlve investiga tion committee?" woro tho worda burned into tho minds of members of the lower house when n letter from Jerry Howard waa read in con nection with tho Losey report on fe male working conditions nt tho South Omaha packing plants. Tho letter followed disclosures of tho fact that a girl who had testified beforo tho commlttoo had lost hor Job wholly on that account. Two scoro legislators applauded tho sentiment expressed In tho Howard letter. Many moro than that number said, "Shame ful!" "Awful!" and other words that would not havo sounded soothing to tho keen cars of tho packing barons. Representative Foster asked that inasmuch as tho entire delegation from Douglas county had been re ferred to as "porch climbers" tho com munication bo disregarded. "No, sir; it's to go in the records of the investigation," indicated Chair man Losey of the committee. "Tho lottcr will bo taken cognizance of," nssorted Speaker Kelloy, aa ho rapped tho Douglas county member to his ec at. Losey Committee Report. That 1,257 girls out of 4,750 whoso wages and working conditions wero investigated hy tho legislative com mlttco chosen for that purpoao or moro than ono girl of every four is working for compensation entirely in adequate to keep hor soul from tho squalor of Immorality la tho aubstanco of a report made to tho house by Chnlrman Losey and associates, who conducted the investigation. The report follows a personal re port mado ten days ago by Represen tative Losey, In which conditions aur rounding tho work of fomalo employes of the South Omaha packing houses wcro laid bare to the people of tho atato. Tho committeo reported that, ac cording to the ovidenco given by the female employes, a girl who had no home cannot livo respectably on loss than $ or ?9 per week. Tho employes, however, sworo .that the female em ployes must servo an apprenticeship for a greater or less time before they are qualified to earn those wnges. Of tho conditions under which girls work tho committee said: In Lincoln and Omaha. "Wo find that tho sanitary condi tions under which the laboring girls aro working in most of tho leading manufacturing and business houses of Lincoln and Omaha aro good. Wo would recommend that tho labor com- mlssloner Investigate the sanitary con- .1111... .3 il. tad11 l,tiflHlnn a4f 41ia UlUUUb ul nio aiimu muiiuiica ui iiiu state. The conditions of the larger laundries is good. "Wo find from the evidence that tho girls and women employed in tho pack ing houses recelvo smaller wages than thoso employed in any lino that wo In vestigated, and in a number of cases nre working under extremely unsani tary conditions. "Tho committeo investigated tho weekly earnings of 4,750 female em ployes Their wages ranged from $1 50 I to $40 per week. Of thoso receiving the latter wage thero were but three; ( bKtct'ii lecelved $25 a week, twenty threo received $20, thirty-six received , $18, seventeen received $17, fortj-four received $lfi, 111 received $15, fifty re-1 eolved $11, forty recoived $13, 131 re- ceived $12, 332 received $5, G14 re ceived $0, 311 receded $7, 292 re ceived $S, 420 received $S.50, 210 re ceived $9, 273 received SO 50, 331 re- !,.. .,1 tm 11Q rnnnll'nrt 11 nnn rrlrl received $1 GO, ono received $1.70, one $1.80 and ono $2 17, forty-sovon re ceived $3 and ninety-two received $4." Tho committee further usstTted that it feels under obligations to tho com. mittett of Omaha women who helped in securing information, 'and especial ly to Mrs. D. G. Craighead. Tho busl nebs men of Omaha and Lincoln were commended for assistance In tho gath ering of data. Insurance BUI Favored. After BometUitiK over four days' dlu. ciiBHlon of tho code Insurance bill, tho senate- recommended tho measure for passage. Passed by the Senate. Tho following bills woro passed by tho senate: II. It. 3, bv Fuller of Seward County ownership of telophones. S. T. 39'l, by Tnlcott of Kno--Nlne-hour day for womon. S. P. 250, by Shumwny Releasing stiito claims on school lands of Dixon county. S. T. ISO, by PlaceU Provides that riparian owners must clear streams along their pioperty. S. T :tti2, by Clrossninp of Douglas Non-partisan judiciary bill. Sunday Ball Bill Signed. Governor Morehead has sent word to tho sonato that ho lind signed Sen ate Wo 2S, tho Ilartlliitf bill relating to basoball. 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