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Gayly Colored Shoes Popular Craze in Paris Lecturer Regrets Lack of True French Type in Portraits —Objects to Riding Breeches. By Associated Preos. Paris, July 7.—Women's brilliantly colored shoes, such as appeared last summer In America, have blazed forth in Paris. So far, however, they have appeared only In show windows, at balls and at the races. Baby blue, gray, pink, purple and orange, with an Irregular border In a shrieking contrasting color, are most prominent. One style has a sewed seam In white running from the Instep to the toe. The chief value of the new styles has been In at tracting crowds to the shoe store windows and furnishing amusement to the “window shoppers.” True Type Is Rare. “I have been unable to find a sin gle portrait In the combined salons of a man truly representative of French masculine elegance,” deplores ' Andre Defoquleres, the lecturer. M. Defoquleres does not believe that modern "dandyism” Is at fault, but rather the artists who seem madly attracted towards men whose clothes are badly cut, with the coat collar either too high or too low. He admits that the modern male costume, outside of those for war and sports, cannot Inspire artists, many of whom arc glad, therefore, to resort to mod els wearing the open Byronic collar. He asks that future salons show some counterpart to the feminine elegance they now display. Protest Riding Breeches. Paris rarely offers objection to "at mosphere" as a costume for chorus girls, but some critics here recently have been generating large quantities of indignation over the appearance of young women In riding breeches along Avenue du Bois. “Self-respecting Parisians,” pro tests one critic, “demand that the per fect of police put a stop to the brazen practice of women who want td, at tract attention. If the police do not irterfere. the outraged public will.” The public, however, remains un moved. Crowds along the avenue watch amusedly the few' women who j prefer to ride astride In breeches and afterward get their “land legs” back by a stroll along Paris’ chief prome nade. Those who frown on the practice. Its devotees retort, are usually very fat or vety thin. Motormqn Halts Car to Give a Speeding Auto Right of Way Customer Makes Kick Oh, for the life of a motorman! Many complaints against the men who run street cars are received at tho Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway headquarters, but here is tiie queerest one ever re ceived, according to officials: "I wish to enter a complaint against motorman No. 1426.” writes the irritated passenger. “At about 5:08 p. m. tills motorman stopped his car at Twenty-sixth avenue and had started to cross when he noticed an automobile coming from the west at full speed. He immediately stopped the car, al though the automobile was 50 yards away. “This crossing Is In no way ob structed and the driver of the auto mobile could not help but see the j street car. By stopping the street car the motorman permitted the bumb bell at the wheel of the auto mobile to cross ahead of him, un harmed, instead of hitting the car and knocking the driver’s bean off. “I take tile position that the motorman would have been doing a service for humanity if hr had let this Insect, driver hit the street car and kill himself.” Olgarets in Germany cost 100 marks each. ADVERTISEMENT. Stop Stomach Trouble In 3 Days Amazing Improvement Secured in a Few Months by a New' Scientific Treatment. Stomacli trouble and ronstipatlon is responsible for most Illness and falling health. If you are a sufferer from acidity, ga,s, bloating, heart burn, ronstipatlon. sick headaches, etc., to prove that you can stop these trou hies in 3 days with the pleasant, scien tific, Bac o Lai Treatment, I will send jou a $2 bottle postpaid and free of charge or obligation. If It cures you tell your friends and pay me what ever you think la fair, otherwise the loss Is mine. Merely Bend your name today for this free Introductory offer which Is good for only 10 days. W. Donald, 305 Jenkins Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. ahvertihkmknt. FRECKLES Girls! Make Harmless Lemon Cream to bleach away Tan, Freckles Mix the Juice of two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White, which any druggist will supply for s few cent*, shake well In a bottle, and you hove a whole quarter-pint of the most wonderful freckle and tan cream, and complexion beautlfler. Ma*sage till* sweetly fragrant lem on cream Into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see bow freckles and blemishes naturally bleach right out and how youthfully clear, roft anil rosy white the skin become*, j Gus Miller Put New State Prison on Map ykdc Donat'd. - UriC0l~N - Lincoln, July 7.—This Is a story of a short, rotund Omaha man who has been successful In putting over a big idea against great odds. He is Gus Miller, former Omaha paper salesman and organizer and first friend of newsboys and oth-^r poor boys in the city of Omaha. He is now superintendent of the Nebras ka State Reformatory at Lincoln. When the legislature voted an ap propriation and passed a law two years ago calling upon the state board of control, composed of Kath erine Worley, L. C. Oberlies and A. E. Allyn, to select a site and estab lish a state reformatory for young men, it had one idea in mind—to re lieve the congested condition of the state penitentiary at Lincoln. The ordinary legislator believed it would be a junior penitentiary. Board Wanted youths Segregated. The state board of control had a different idea. One of the board’s first acts was to obtain passage of a law which opened the doors of the reformatory to young men and boys between 16 and 30 who are serving their first terms. No one guilty of treason or a crime against the per son is eligible. Right now it may be well to state that this law has been terribly abused. Lawyers with hardened criminals on their hands who stand convicted, have by one means or an othcn influenced courts to commit such men to this institution. Only two weeks ago an Omaha man with •i series of penitentiary sentences to his credit appeared with a reforma tory commitment paper in his hand. Holdup men have been sent there os well as men guilty of other crimes cainst the person. Sooner or later, this abuse of the law will be stopped by a ruling of the board of control. The next problem was to select a site. An abandoned military academy situated on a high hill four miles southwest of Lincoln was chosen as the location. Man Sought for Place. Next problem was a man for the place. The political woods of Nebraska were filled with former sheriffs who urged their own appointment to the position. They had mfluenee, repu tations as "hard men" and their overtures were difficult, to refuse. Hut the hoard of control wanted a different sort of a man. They wanted the reformatory to be an Institution different from the penitentiary be cause It was to house young, first term men who were different from the hardened criminals housed In the penitentiary. The w'ork of Gus Miller In-Omaha had attracted attention. Gus Miller was requested to call on the board. He was offered the position and he accepted It. Miller soon found he had a real Job on his hands. The first quota of prisoners was selected from the “first termers” by Warden Fenton at the penitentiary. For months Mil ler operated a penal Institution with out a bar or a cell. A man's honor was all that kept him from freedom. Such an extraordinary condition cnllsd for extraordinary handling of men. Honor System Attacked. Miller treated his men with consid eration and bestowed favors on them that Instantly called for severe censor ahlp of a hostile, anti-administration preas. He was charged with “cod dling criminals.’' The Omaha man turned this criti cism Into a victory. He told his men that his liberalism was the subject of criticism and If they misbehaved or escaped It meant a return to rigid dlaclpllne. Suffice to say, In all of the montha Miller controlled these men without an outside guard, a fence or any other physical barrier, he loat no more than five men. The board of control stood firmly behind Miller at all times. Meanwhile, the military academy was gradually being transformed into a state Institution. A high wire fence was placed around the building. Barbed wire was placed at the top of the fence. Hers were put Into the windows sod iron doors loathe cells. "To begin with, this building was never Intended for a penal Institu tion and anyone can cut out of the brick cells,” Miller remarked recently. Those In close touch with the work at the reformatory have noticed the psychological effort on the publlr mind growing out of erection of a ; high fence and placing of barred No. 1: Nebraska State reformatory,. near Lincoln, as it appears. No. 2: Class of prisoners pursuing their studies in the school room of the institution. No. 3: Group of reformatory offi cials and four prisoners who assist in-class room instruction. Gus Mil ler, former Onialia man. now super intendent of tlie institution, is on the extreme left of tlie front row. windows in and around the building. As soon as this had been done there was no more criticism, although re formatory escapes occur periodically just as they did before these physi cal suppressors of liberty appeared. Problem of Employment Came. For more than a year this work of transformation and the tilling of 160 acres of farm land, purchased ad Jacent to the Institution, occupied the time and attention of the 180 Inmates. Then came the employment problem Overtures of commercial concerns, anxious to install plants in the In stitution, have met with a rebuff from the board. Miller and the board have different ideas of a reformatory. All during the months of prepara tion Miller took cognizance of the fact that a relatively small percent age of the Inmates had a good edu cation. "Fully 8 per cent haven't even a primary education." Miller said. At least SO per cent have never flnlshed grade achool. A well balanced program of man ual and mental training for Inmates was discussed for months by Miller and the board. The following courses of Instruction have resulted: Iiarber ing, brick laying, motor car mechan ics, farming, electrical engineering, painting, laundering, baking and numerous other trades. In addition, an Instructor has been employed who teaches regular gram mar school classes. Any inmate who cannot pass a regular eighth grade examination must go to school. If he Is lacking In the fundamentals of education he must attend six hours of the day. If not, he attends three hours. The remainder of his time la apportioned to various Jobs, i Four of the better educated prison ADVKKTIHF.MKST. FRECKLES Now I* the Time to Get Kid of Those Igly Spots. There's no longer the slightest reed of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as Othlne—double strength—is guar anteed to remove these homely spots. Simply get an ounce of Othlne— double strength—from any druggist and apply it little of It night and morning and you should soon see that oven the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is seldom that more than an ounce Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. Ho sure to ask for the double strength Othlne, as this Is sold under guarantee of money back If It falls to remove freckles. n 'i / After Shaving Use Cuticura Talcum After ahaving with Cuticura Soap, the healthful up-to-date Cuticura 1 way, Cuticura Talcum la an India peneable adjunct. It la aoothlng cooling and rtfreahing to the moat tender akina. Cuticura Soap. Oint ment and Talcum promote and maintain akin purity, akin comfort and akin health. HihIm riNfefllill Addrau "OsWuriUksf sums. D#*4 ltd. M*)d«n 41, Mom." Hold «v»ry wlfrg Htmpflt OlntmdfltStandTaltnimlAf imTl ulicurs Soap ahavaa without mu*. MacDonild Photo. Lincoln, erg assist In Instructing the men. There are cases of truancy and lack of Interest, the same as In any school. Yet they are learning and a majority of them appear to appre ciate their opportunities. Each prisoner, when he enters, Is told of the various kinds f work available. He takes his cti e or Is given labor to do along hb* chosen line of work. Miller says motor car mechanical work Is the favorite occupation. Everything poesihla la done to teach the men this trad*. Stale Trucks Could Re Csred For A mile distant from the reforma tory Is a bit of stale land filled with trucks nnd motor cars owned by the state department of public worka. This equipment admittedly is receiv ing only mediocre care by political appointees of the governor. The men 1n the Institution ar« clamoring for an opportunity to rare for this equipment. The cost of up keep of this equipment would be negligible If this were done, the political appointees would be forced to disperse and the young men In the institution would get actual training in one of the most rapidly growing industries in the country. In many Instances prisoners are obstinate and refuse to divulge the work they would rather do. They are placed at nondescript labor and are watched closely to ascertain their natural bent. Several months ago a youth with a nasty temper, prone to brainstorms In which physical destruction of the object of his wrath was attempted, entered the Institution. One day a guard Informed Miller that he had caught the youth sharpening two knives on a whetstone. Miller sent for him. "What were you planning to do with those knives?" Miller asked. "Whittle," was the defiant reply. "Well, I'll give you two days to whittle something for me," Miller re torted. Two days later a neat bit of wood carving was presented to Miller. V^OU, too, may be more at •* tractive. It is the blood that circulates thru your body and comes to the skin that makes the "glow.” It is the rich blood that clears away pimples, skin eruptions and makes the skin youthful and «le*r- ItJs rich blood that '**“• the flesh and rounds out the body naturally. Then why not use this sim ple reasonable way to have more strength and more vital, tty and attractiveness that fol. lows? >• S„®ne »be greatest blood-cell builders, body. and blood-cleansers of all time. Its medicinal in gredients are purely vegetable. 8. S. S„ because of ita blood wi‘ dLn®, Power,« « remark able builder of firm flesh. It fills out hollow cheeks and beautifies the complexion as thousands of men and women can testify. s. S. S. la laid at all *ood sto'e* ill two altaa. The 'tftr Bite is mor« e< if. C C World's Brat | *»•»« /flood Medicine. j Now the boy is allowed to spend all his spare moments in whittling wood objects, which are to be placed on display at the state institution exhibit at the state fair in Lincoln In Sep tember. Time for Work and Play. Thus does Miller handle his Institu tion composed of three prim* re quisites, plenty of play, plenty of physicial exercise, plenty of mental exertion. Every man Is kept busy during working hours, which are an nounced by the notes of a military bugle. There is plenty of play time. Base hall games and other amusements are enjoyed there, the same as at the penitentiary. Outside buildings are now being erected by the prisoners and in time the reformatory will outstrip the peni tentiary In size and numbers, because of its better site and the Increasing number of first-termers being sen tenced by the courts. Such, to date, are the achievements of Gus Miller, an Omaha man, at the new state penal institution. Chinese Business Men Uphold Honesty Repute Shanghai, July 7.—Charges voiced in an address by John Johnstone, head of one of the oldest and what has been held to be the largest for eign commercial house In China, Jardlne, Matheson & Co., that Chinese business morality In the present age swiftly is growing decadent, and that the modern Chinese business mao has fallen away from the old Idea of Chinese honesty, has brought a reply from H. Y. Moh, who Is perhaps the leader among the Chinese cotton mag nates. / Mr. Moh declares that Chinese busi ness morals have not deteriorated but, In all responsible quarters, have been kept to the high plane they al ways have enjoyed. The fault, he said, was with the foreign merchant in choosing more or less at random those with whom he dealt, and in failing to investigate properly the characters of newcomers if! the busi ness World. Animals Think Village Lockup Maternity Home Yorkshire, O., July 7.—A setting hen occupies the ground beneath one corner of the town building here. lTn dir the opposite comer a dog is car ing for a litter of pups. The town votes of April 24 on a J30.WM) bond issue for a new building, the state having condemned the present struc ture for use as a lockup. Novena Masses to Be Held at St. Anne Church Annual Rites for Saint Start Wednesday Morning—Will Continue Nine Days. The annual novena masses In honor of St. Anne will begin at St. Anne church, Twenty-fourth and Pop pleton streets, Wednesday morning, July 18, at the S o’clock mass, accord ing to Rev. M. A. Stagno, pastor of the church. Masses during the novena will be at C. 7 and 8 in the morning. In the afternoon and evening there will be prayers, veneration of the relic of St. Anne daily at 2, 7 and 8. The services of the nine-day public profession of faith will be conducted by Rev. A. T. Schott and Rev. Oeorge Sunday. Redemptorlst fathers from the Holy Name parish. During the past five years the aver age daily attendance of the novena services hgs been 2.500, said Father Stagno. In his possession are let ters from many persons living In and outside of Nebraska which declare that the writers have been cured of disease which medical science ap parently could not combat. "I don’t care to publish these let ters,” said Father Stagno, “because It would look like sensationalism, but they are here for any one who cares to read them. Only the larger cures are kept. Many letters which tell of favors received, are not saved. “The purposes of this novena is to get persons to think a little more about their dependence on Ood. In this age of mechanical development, we are likely to become more like a machine than thinking human be ings.” “Non-Catholics are invited. During past years many have attended and. according to letters I have received, havs been benefited.” New York Firm May Get Naples Port Job Naples, July 7.—Proposals made by a New York firm for construction of port defense equipment here probably will be accepted by the government, it is reported. Final plans will be pre sented shortly. Payments would be deferred over a period of years. AH disabled war veterans will be removed from contract hospital* dur ing the coming year and placed in gov ernment Institutions, Director Frank T. Hines of ths United States veter ans’ bureau, has advised Joseph Sparks, chairman of the American Legion national rehabilitation commit tee, according to Information received by the Douglas county post. One former service man has been paroled from the state penitentiary and two others have been discovered whose release probably will follow the next meeting of the state parole board, due .to their physical condition, as a result of an Investigation of state penal institutions by N. N. Wheeler, liason officer of the Douglas county post of the American Legion. Membership of Douglas County post No, 1, world's largest American Le gion post, has passed the 2,*00 mark, according to Hird Stryker, post com mander. The post expects to rearh a membership of 3-,000 before the na tional convention in October. Application blanks for Illinois, ADVERTIKKMKNT. NEW METHOD HEALS RUPTURE Kansas City Doctor'^ Discovery Makes Truss or Operation Unnecessary. Kansas City, Mo.—(Serial'—A new discovery which, experts agree, has no equal for curative effects In all rup ture cases, Is the latest accomplish ment of Dr Andrews, the well known Hernia specialist of this city. The ex traordinary success of this new method proves that it holds and heals a rup ture. It only weighs a few ounces. Has no hard gouging pads, no elastic belt, no leg-'etraps, no steel bands, and1 is as comfortable as a light garment. It has enabled hundreds of persons to throw away trusses and declare their rupture absolutely healed. Many of these had serious double ruptures, from which they had suffered for years. It Is Dr. Andrews’ ambition to have every ruptured person enjoy the quick relief, comfort and healing power of his discovery, and he will send It on free trial to any reader of The Ree who writes him at h!s office, 537 Koch Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. He wants one person in each neighbor hood to whom he can refer. If you wish to be rid of rupture for good, without an operation, take advantage of the doctor’s free offer. Writs him today. Iowa, Kansas and New Jersey stat* bonuses are available at the tffice of the American Legion at the court house Mail for Orville M. Hunnel, Harry Armstrong, H. W. MacDonald and Frank C. Meyer haa been received at the office of the Douglas county post of the American Legion. Household Necessity Keeps the Family Well tad Fit , Honey Nuts ara unroaated Spanish nuts purified and sweetened, mixed with suit ana seedless raisins. A resi food and confection, contains rltamlnes and val uabla mineral salts for ths hiood and tis sues A natural laxative. A faw aatea every day will keep you healthier in every way. Great for children, keeps their bow-eip normal and promotes a ttxrlf t ^ growth 6 lbs . 12 00 east of Denvsr. 12 21 west, post paid everywhere. Satisfaction absolutely guaranteed or money refunded. BYRON TYLER. 107 Gibraltar Bldg., Ksrnas City, Ma. ADVERTISEMENT. CHANGE OF LIFE LOSES TEBBOBS For Women who Rely upon Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound Greenville, Pa. —“ I took your med icine through the Change of Life and it did wonders for me. I was down in bed when I started to take it and weighed 95 pounds. 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They are sincere ex pressions from women who describe as best they can their feelings be fore and after taking this well-known medicine. \ *r You Can Now Try^ This Newer Form Of Iron At My Expense I First Compounded This Remarkable Remedy For My Own Neighbors And Their Praise Of It Has Spread So Rapidly That Now Over Four Million PeopleUse It Annually And It Is Regularly Prescribed By Able Physicians—Read My Unusual Offer Below. YEARS ago I began to wonder atthe great num ber of my own friend* and neighbor* who were always ailing, complaining ami doctoring, without rverseemingtoget&ny better. Both working men and their wives were freqoentlyall tired out in the even ing. and a great many were weak, nervous and run down. One had pains in the hack and thought he had kidney trouble. Another had painsaround thebeart, palpitations and dizziness, and was sure he was suf fering from heart discaar. Still others had severe headaches, floating spots before the eyes, tender spots along the ipme and a great variety of alarming symptoms. For years I made a special study of this condi tion. consulting a great number of physicians and chemists. An immense number of investigations by l>hysicians all over the country showed that three people out of every four you meet lack 100 % iron in their blood. Lark of Iron in the blood isthegreat rst of all devitalizing weaknesses. It is the iron in your blood that enables you to get the nourishment out of your food. Without iron, nothing you eat does yon any good. Your heart, lungs and kidneys and all your vital organa get their nourishment from the blood stream, and when the blond larks iron and is thin,pale imd watery,you may suffer from (be symptom ofa great number of diseases when the real and (rue cause of all your trouble ia a lack of iron in the blood. In the old daya people often took metallic iron, which tome physicians claim is not absorbed at all. In compounding this newer form of iron which 1 call N'uxatcd Iron, I employed a special form of iron.which is like the Iron in your blood and hketbe iron in spinach, lentils and apples. Unlike the older forms of iron.it will not in jure the teeth nor disturb the htom.ion,and itis ready for almost immediate * absorption and assimilation by the blood. It if the people whose blood is neh in iron / who possess great strength, force and energy. f. If you are not strong or well you owe it r to yourself to make the following test: (. ut out trial coupon and go to any druggist and get vour first trial package of Nuxated Iron ; then see how long you can work or how far you can walk without brcommgtircd. Nexttaketwo5-gr*in tablrtsofNuxated'lron three times aday aftermeals for two weeks, thru test yourstrrngth againand see how much you have gained. An astonishing number ot nervous, run-down people who were ailing all the while have greatly improved their health and in creased their strength, energy and endurance simply by taking newer form of iron. NOTE! TV above romrany U known tn |t>* thorouanltr reliable Ov*r 4,000.t\>> pa.kaaet of Nit a a ted Iron are aoid annu ally, and It hat b*en uard and highly rr.ontmetided hy former U. S. Sena!on. Member, o! V earn., Iud«*t of UdS. ^ Court and many phvaklana. 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