^ . ^ “There never would be a pick or shove! in my regiment, if I had my way.“ declares Major General Bell, and from this speech one may read the character of the man. "A soldier’s weapons should be rifles, not intrench ing tools. The minute an army stands •till and begins to dig intrenchments the enemy takes courage and begins to attack. The only way to fight them la to keep them on the run." General Bell was recently assigned to the command of the Second divi sion at Texas City, Tex. Jam-^s Franklin Bell was born in ShelbyviHe. Ky.. January 9. 1856. He graduated In 1878 from West Point, but didn't reach the rank of first lieu tenant until 1890. In 1881 he married Miss Sarah Buford of Rock Island. 111., who had attended finishing school in Chicago Bell served on the plains with the "Fighting Seventh” cavalry during the Indian wars of 1878 to 1894. and - » l Dam* of v\ots£d*d k.\«*e the iufct yreat fi^ht of the red men. Ha became a captain In the regular army in March. ISM, and seven years SMar reached tba txattloc of chief of the staff of the army. On January 3, t**7. be egg appstated a major general He rose with exceptional rapidity, b*' * «' Jumped ■ • rr the heads of 1.0J6 officers at the time he was appointed brigadier general is a Ut* g*r.i»l, whole-souled man Asked if it were true he had Mai a let at am nrttb his sword, he replied: That is a fantastic lie. All wa> to ! it a poor devil in the arm 1m tired of being described as a batrbsr ~ Major General Hell's recreation is that of a soldier. A'bai do yon do for recreation?" he was asked. ”1 sleep.' was tbCTacoale answer WIFE OF FRENCH MILITARY ATTACHE Though some of the largest em baeaies are presided over by American ho*esses who are wives of foreign minuter* and ambassadors, the great er number of women in the diplomatic corps are foreigner*. One of these »b« doe* nog as yet speak the Eng -'-*h tonga* ssd who lias been in America only a short time is the Coer.!*** de Rertier de Sauvlgny. wife of the t: tap attache of the French embassy at Washington Count and Countess de Rertier came to America last November, bringing with them their little son Armacd. a lad not five year* old. aDd hi* Indispensable English nurse, who. when toe countess Is simply coin t—tled to converse with some person who doe* not steak French, acts as Interpreter It 1* not often, however, that Countess de Rertier needs the service* of an interpreter. Ask her how the keep* house In Washington wit hoot >[•*»»!:.{ the English tongue ..... - - ' . p' * . r .a norrur, as §ne says in rrencn: * ' '1 ' f,*’!Jse Why should 1 do what Is so stupid to st* I let others do th* housekeeping*’ " 4'*— h" « like? Is she interested in the question " * *' ” ” interviewer asks Here the expressive hands of the * ' * rji^ed In a gesture that bespeaks protest The vote for - *' * »’.crest her. Indeed, she is convinced of one fact with regi--; ■ • Ti. i# that it would bore her to extinction. * 4**r ' e fountesi de liertier likes very, very much. That * a ’■pit • h t* Hiding, she explains, is her favorite recreation. " MRS. POINDEXTER’S BREADTH OF VISION Mrs Poindexter, wife of Senator Poindexter of Spokane, Wash., is one of the women in the congressional set at Washington who has voted and in tends to vote again for a president of the United States. In politics, she agrees with her husband. All Mrs Poindexter's friends will tell you that her most characteristic qualities are an abiding sense of hu tnor and that especial brand of moral courage known as "backbone." She watches life at the capital with a twinkle of the eye, and Is not one bit afraid to give you her impressions of it. Her viewpoint and her frankness In stating It are typical of the un conventionally and the freshness of vision of the western woman Perhaps the constant reading of the newspapers of the country con tributes to this breadth of vision. Senator Poindexter's wife is an invet erate reader, not only of the news papers published in Washington and ii. -*r »tair I Wa lston, but througnout the entire nation. She pr-jt»ik!) keeps as close tab on the pulse of public sentiment as does any suit. n national p< iiura She likes political debate, and Is always an Inter «r-tr ; :-!«-n.-r in tin- senate gallery when a big issue Is under discussion on ?!.*■ r r All of afaiih sounds like the most advanced type of new woman. MISS SUMNER, STATISTICAL EXPERT “Eei-nomy trust and will become the watchword of our national life." ear* Ulw Helen Sumaar. statistical eipert for the children’* bureau, su perintendent of agents for the United Slate t commission of Industrial rela tions at Washington. and a woman who is Internationally known as an authority an labor conditions as they affect women and children "Thrift, as a national Ideal." con tinued Miss Sumner, "will need to have Ms Inception In the home It win have to be taught at the mother’s hnee before It can become a principle of American living The American woman baa never learned It. The European woman knows and practises M instinctively, for It bss become In herent Is her after generations of thrifty people that have gone before her In due country, ss was perfectly natural for aay nation of tremendous resources, and at first of sparse popu lation. our people have lived with extravagance Now it is different. w« are coming to realize that conserva tion la not only aa expedient but a necessary thing. "This roc •erratic* applies not only to the physical and material aspects of 1st-, not oaly to forests and rivers. It applies In ever Increasing degree to human U?e and to things of the spirit. We are alive and sensitive as ne'er before to conserving chlldlife and tc providing opportunity for the ebLUiren eorserved We are coming to believe tn conserving the health and strength of our mother, and our potential mother workers. Hence our in our industrial commissions, our children’s bureau and welfare e f-om the t'nlvers*ty of Wisconsin, became Interested In a study •f tabor condition* while still in college. * ’ | Green Serge and Taffeta for Afternoon ON'E of the prettiest models for an j afternoon gown has been devel oped by Green of Paris. It is unusually plain and it is unusually shapely. Yet | it is strictly in the mode, and the mode started out to be very fussy. But Americans would not have too much fussiness. Hence it is a quieted and much-chastened mode exemplified in the model shown in the picture. The skirt Is draped in plaits folded over toward the left side, with a short split at the hem. It hangs in at the ankles and out a little at the hips. The underbodice is a separate gar ment of silk and lace. The little coat is cut with kimono sleeves and shaped to the figure at the front by folding it in from the swell of the bust downward. A short basque is shaped into a semi-fitting hack and short rounded end. A dou ble ruffle, widening toward the back, is sewed to the edge of the coat and gives the effect of a shaped overskirt. There is a smart. finish of military cord and silk tassels across the front. The sleeves are three-quarter length, terminating in a ruffle trimmed to a point. There is an underruffle of silk and a cord finish. There is no coat collar, but a tie of plaid silk makes a pretty finish at the neck. But in the matter of the neck finish there is latitude here for the use of any of the modish collars of lace or net which the makers of neckwear have provided for the prevalent styles Taking it altogether, this is a cos tume which is far more satisfactory to the possessor of a good figure than most of those furbelowed and full, hanging or bunchy effects to which fashion gives countenance, but her devotees give a rather wide berth. Designed for Youthful Wearers HATS for misses and little girls do not noticeably reflect the modes that are In the ascendant for their grown-up sisters. The sailor shape for misses, like that shown in the pic ture, the poke-bonnet shapes and wider brimmed droopy hats, almost cover the field of choice for the miss. But these few dominant ideas have been so variously developed that there is no monotonous sameness. For little girls the bonnet shapes, the sombrero and some small replicas of the simplest shape worn by their elders, provide a wide enough choice. For the copyist who finds it worth while to trim the children's millinery at home, the four hats pictured here are excellent models to follow. It is no more difficult to trim these shapes at home than to make dresses for the same young wearers. A quaint, easily-trimmed poke bon net of bemp, shown in the picture, is trimmed with a wreath of forget-me nots and a plain sash of No. 60 satin ribbon. The underbrim is faced with the ribbon, shirred on. A ruffle is sewed to the underbrim about a half inch in from the edge. It is turned over the edge and tacked down in a cascade on the upper brim. Satin messaline is the ribbon cho sen, in any light color. It is tied in a four-looped bow at each side. Finally the wreath of forget-me-nots is ad justed. It extends about the base of the crown at the front and along the edge'of the ruffle at the back. The small and wonderfully artistic "sombrero” in the next picture is trimmed with a cord, very appropri ately,^ and finished with a ribbon ruffle*about the brim, headed with the cord. Loops and ends of this cord make the finish. One of the hats, for an older girl, is a sailor shape with oblong crown. There is a collar of fancy silk braid in rich colorings and a fan of satin ribbon in the color which predomi nates in the braid, at the front. The remaining hat is a sailor with a round crown covered with overlap ping rows of narrow ribbon over the top. There is a wide band of braid about the side-crown and six small fane of satin ribbon, doubled, set about the base of the crown at intervals. By following the copy one runs no risk of turning out an amateurish-look ing hat as the result of painstaking ef forts in home trimming. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. NEW CROSS-STITCH PATTERN! Treatment of Rosea Embroidered on the Usual White Linen Background. Among the fashions in needlework for spring and summer is a new style \ cross-stitch idea. The popularity of cross-stitch pat- | terns 1b so decided and long-lived that it has resulted in producing new ideas about the treatment of it, which are most interesting. Among these a design for a rose pat tern is embroidered on the usual shade of oyster white linen. But contrary to the accepted method, the pattern iB not worked. The background is Ailed in with the cross-stitch, leaving the flower and its leaf formations in re lief. The effect is charming and the labor much less tedious than the old way. For towel and pillow case borders, or even for table scarf runner bordes, this method of woking cross-stitch patterns is especially commended. RILL OF ODDITIES Channel Islands Queerest Part ol the British Isles. Owing to Its Remarkable Climate Flowers and Plants Indigenous to Southern California Will Be Found There in Winter. London.—The Channel islands are fuller of oddities and anachronisms than any other part of the British Isles, which Is saying a good deal. The yery climate is an anomaly. You fiqd there In winter the flowers and plants that you see In Florida or Southern California—pampas grass, palms, euca lyptus, magnolias. You may see three story houses hidden beneath blossom ing vines. When London and New York are deep in snow or slush, you may see acres and fields of jonquils and narcissus, tossing their golden locks in the breeze. This remarkable climate arises partly from the Gull stream, and, in the case of Jersey partly from the configuration of th« island, which slopes from high cliffs on the North down to sea level on tht South, shutting off cold winds and making of this little territory a kind of forcing bed. Jersey is famous for five products— cattle, fruit, flowers, potatoes and cab bages. The Jersey cattle need no one to speak their praise. The fruits and flowers you may buy, if rich enough, and if not you may admire through the windows of the exclusive shops oi Regent street and Bond street. Most of the "bashful young potatoes" of W S. Gilbert's "Patience," that arrive in time to go with the spring lamb and green peas to the dinner tables ol Britons have filled out their jackets In the warm Jersey soil. 6ut like most other things, the Jersey potato is de generating, if I must believe the old ! Jerseyman whose cozy parlor behind the Pomme d'Or was my usual evening house of call. "They'm not what they used to be, sir, not since they use the vralc on 'em. Why, they did use to - I The Devil’s Hole, Guernsey. One of many caves in this rock-bound coast. be that rich they'd eat like chestnuts. Cheap they was, too, tenpence or a shilling, may be, the cabot. But the rich Lunnon folks do get 'em all now, and it ain’t for the likes of us to put fork to ’em.” As for the cabbages, what does the reader say to cabbages on stalks eight or ten feet high? He will probably say that they cannot be the ordinary rotund vegetables that go by that name; yet they are. I suppose it is the climate and soil that make them go to such lengths, or perhaps the vraic. Whatever It is, I should like to bring them to the notice of Luther Burbank, and he might evolve a cab bage tree say 50 feet high and with a head In proportion. It would be mag niiicent for shade purposes, too. BEAUTY HEIR TO $10,000,00c Mrs. Frances Skinner of Boston, For mer Shop Girl, Receives Hus band’s Estate. Boston.—By the death of her hus band, Francis Skinner, on the 6teamei Caronia en route from England tc New York, his widow, formerly Miss Sadie Carr, a Boston shopgirl, becomes heir to an estate valued at $10,000,000 Mr. Skinner was a prominent Boston clubman and yachtsman, and a nephew of Mrs. “Jack” Gardner. Mrs. Skinner, who was a very^beau tiful girl, was one day at Marblehead with several fair friends, and with i them was admiring the yacht Constella tion as she lay at anchor in the har bor. Mr. Skinner invited the then Mise Carr and her party aboard, and the- acquaintance began that resulted in marriage. t For several years Mr. Skinr.ar's matrimonial alliance was frowned on by members of his family, but a reconciliation came about in due time. CHILD MUTILATED BY A HOG Baby Sister Runs and Tells Mother, Who Is in Time to Save Her Son’s Life. Fallon, Cal.—Climbing into a hog pen to play, the three-year-old son of L. C. Ayers of the Harmon district was attacked by a sow guarding a lit. ter of pigs and cut and torn almost beyond recognition. Unless blood poisoning sets in the boy wrtll recover, but will probably be scarred for life. Most of his injuries were Inflicted about the face and head, one scalp wound that extended to the skull be ing four inches in length. His face and mouth were also badly torn and bitten. A baby sister informed the lad's mother of his plight and his immedi ate rescue saved him from a horrible death. Alleged Footbath Causes Trouble. SL Louis.—Alleging that her bus band took a joint footbath with a widow and that he gave her engage ment and wedding rings to the woman, Mrs. Walter E. Barth sued for divorce . Why the Haynes develops more than its rated horsepower The Haynes motor is built in the Haynes factory. Elwood Haynes, President of the Company—inventor, metallurgist—passes on all metals used in its construction. The crankshaft, camshaft, cylinders, and, in fact, all vital parts are made by Haynes experts; each part is sub jected to the most rigid test and inspection before being built into the car. All moving parts on the Amtrita V First Car including the pistons, connecting rods, crankshafts and flywheel, are accurately balanced. The scleroscope is used to test all parts that have been heat-treated, to insure the proper degree of hardness and to detect defective material. Every magneto, every carburetor, every starting motor and lighting generator—every unit of the car—receives a careful, scrupulous test. The transmission shafts are mounted on Timken bearing#, which give a sturdy construction and reduce friction to the minimum. The axles likewise are designed ^ to overcome friction without sacrificing strength. The design is so well balanced that the car weighs practically the same at each wheel. That’s why the Haynes develops more than its rated horsepower. That's why it has unusual hill-climbing ability. That’s why the Haynes has enjoyed uninterrupted piccess for twenty-one years. Tk Barits "Fur," 48 foanMMttr bcrstpoKi, 118 i,ch vrhetllas*...$l78SandS19S5 Tk Hants ‘'Six,” 65 4yBlIna■)eia, boreqa.tr, 130 inch wkelbree...$2500ud$2700 Tk Harare "Six,” 65 dyuaoaein konqw.tr, 136 inch wbttl but...$2585aid $2785 "The Complete Motorist” bj- Elwood Haynes, Father of the American Automobile Industry, fully describing the Vulcan Electric Gear Shift, will be mailed upon receipt of ten cents in stamps. Write to THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 36 Main Street, Kokomo, Indiana Builders of America’s First Car The Haynes ear is handled by the Haynes Motor Sales Co.. 2032 I arram St.. Omaha, Neb., The Missouri Haynes Motor Car Co., 1 *08 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo., and by dealers throughout Ne braska, Missouri Kansas and Iona. Hpalm* Haynes sells readily because of Its mechanical l/eaiers. features. Yen may be in open territory — send for cat alog and four pages of detailed specifications, giving over 600 items which comprise the Haynes. Write as right cowl THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE CO.. 36 Main St.. Kokomo. Ind. Enclosed find 10 cents In stamps. Please send me Elwood Haynes* Book, “Tbe Complete Motorist.” Name.. ■■■■■—...*..... Address... I expect to buy a car abcut. This Man made a free offer to Farmers, wives a few weeks ago and still has a few of those valu able articles for your kitchen to send for the asking. This proposi tion is furnished and guaranteed by Byers Bros. & Company Commission 151 L. S. Ex. Bldg., So. Omaha, Neb. j— REDWOOD 8UPPLYAND TANKS — LAST A LIFETIME— CAN'T RUSi OR ROT—NO KNOTS TVe manufacture the celebrated Cali fornia Redwood tanks. They neither shrink nor swell and cannot rot. Our tanks are held in perfect shape by a patented appliance, not found in any other tank made. Redwood tanks have been known to stand 68 years without decay. Cost no more thaa others. Send for price list and men tion size of tank wanted. ATLAS TANK MFG. CO., 219 W. 0.W. Bldp., Omahi Embarrassing for Rector. A reetor of a certain English church *s a somewhat portly gentleman, and a little inclined to be pompous. He Owns a small terrier called Rags. On one occasion last summer Rags escaped from his guardian and wan dered Into the church just as his mas ter was facing the congregation, hold ing up the alms basin in both hands. That was Rags' opportunity. He made a bee line for the chancel, and pausing before his master, whose eyes were piously elevated to the ceiling, he sat | up and begged! Delight of the wicked and horror of the pious! Justice Is the Word. Church—I see the New York Le gal Aid bureau for a fee of ten cents furnishes a lawyer to assist immi grants and poor persons in obtaining justice. Gotham—Now, just look at that! And I know men who have spent thousands of dollars to get Justice— and they’re still out of jail The Weapon. "This letter plainly envenomed my father’s mind against me. How do you suppose the writer did it?” "1 suppose, to be In the fashion, he used a poisoned pen.” its Place. “This is a rasping sort of letter Where shall I put it?" “On the file, of course.” Maw Has the Last Word. Willie—Paw, is there a man in the moon? Paw—No, my son. ^t is a woman. Willie—But maw says there is a man in the moon. Paw—Your maw Is wrong. If it was a man It wouldn’t change so often. Maw—You go to bed, Willie. Attractive. "What's that crowd of men after?" "You mean the tough mob over there?” “Yes.” "They’re trying to get Into our new uplift jail.” Linus CAN WEAR SILOES One site smaller after using Allen's Foot-Hare, the Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoe:*. 1% makes tight or new shoes feel easy. Just the thing for dancing. 7leftist 8ub*titutr». For FREB trial package, address Allen S.Olmsied, Le Uoy. N. Y. Adr. A Necessity. "Do you think this cat show will be a success?” "It must come up to the scratch.” Those Foolish Questions. Blx—Hallo, old man, shaving? Dtx —(lathering his face)—No; just doing a little job of whitewashing. Ten smiles for a nickel. Always buy Red Cross Ball Blue; have beautiful clear whits clothes. Adv. Dor the man with a chip on his shoulder—get an ax. COLT DISTEMPER hCkn b« hudted Terr Tb« rtck fje eared, and .11 otKm ta Kbe tongue, or In feed. Acte on the blood and expel* germs ad all ton ns or distemper. 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