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'.Jlli1: ! lH Vi. 'r?;S MP vS 3 -. lW?-.- T -15 $- x - y - .. if K I PE2 !4mLv9uI mM&?ittt &U HV m&zh ffM? in 1 z erf :i 3 && 1 '?'r li ; c - "r x 7&vw$? ' -A? V1 kS' ' 8 Bill wOTIy -yi iDDSfo mmjy 7 m$yjvAti GOULD JQWl j'jV vsbgs I lawEgalSSSKI I diversion for our children to en- I f0 n fffi i?WTffiWfP!i I courage them in athletic sports. rr i VQ llPEaHiB 1 We hare a polo-ground, and a S HSfa JMwg I riding-ring, and tennis and xv m ' t9 .lCTP I squash-courts, and the children M fpj3feSIfc. HK1 I nave their ponies and ride and III I e$&iWmk WStaBlplplt dr,ve a sreat deal. The hoys iff lsmy H rTJPPHI wcre I)art5cillarly interested in Ml timrj. i p)89il po!o' and KIasdon. ray oldest m I it'MgfP'Sx. I wwBSHPSbIPiI on at 15 v,as considcred one of 111 l - 'C I flJPWfcfflplWI the best polo-players in tho V4 l-cjv- If 7 ae8-! country. Jay was also a fine vS3Ks?53j aBBT MM3SSwmtsr3SMm i-SSJlS Z'lV-.-mmni .' MKJBMMHMKWMariW.ll '"''WHWA'MWMDOBn iJS'JCT,tv3LWty .. VViiMtf'..VU ?lm5d 4 ?? .j'".. .- v -,T.Mk JV?'K TO-a EOJIEAlSSimO. L. KflE0aD?ETI13IIllB M ? KPWL AA2) Miss GLORIA "3 LEARN from the scientists of the" census bureau and others who have made a -,tudy of that interesting but .rratic bird, the stork, that ts favorite habitat is in the of the poor rather than in the palaces of the rich, and that in no W p f-: 5 COPYRKH7 BY im-fMtATto'At. rifiCKHNECOtirANY Before they were Lc - I look every care or my ovrn health anu .iwd as much as pos sible in the open ai. Uerore Edith was born I spent months oar yacht cruising around, as it vas su .-, in fact, she was born at sea. Then I . . :.-;,3d my babies myself, except tv.icc a i.;uxs rendered it impossible for me to co so. I do cot be lieve in sterilised mi 'i nor patent baby foods. A baby is like a little puppy. If you want it to grow fine and strong and fat, you must give it the right start, and nothing has yet been discovered that takes the place of the food that nature intended for a child. "In raising my children my plan has been to bring them up to be simple and hardy. Not obc of my children has mm HX32 N other place in tho world is it more sel dom seen than along Fifth avenue. The homo of Mr. George J. Gould, however, is an exception to this rule. jSeven times the domestic bird has vis-, kted and blessed that abode, each time (leaving a baby so strong and lusty, so' ig and beautiful, that it fully justified the fond parents' declaration that it was the finest child ever born. Bet ter still, the Gould children have OTOwn up to be almost perfect speci mens of physical health, and they are eo intelligent and so natural and unaf fected in character that it seems worth while to tell how this result lias been accomplished, and how a wise father and mother have enabled their children to lead the simple life in the midst of millions and a luxury that makes that of the fabled Sybar ites look like a makeshift with which one could get along if one had to. Vhen you want to dive to the heart of a mys tery the French shrug their shoulders and spread out their hands, and say: "Cherchez la femme." If you desire to find the key to any family situa tion and know why the children of the household are what they are virile or weakly, sturdy lit tle men and women or flabby jellyfish, potential citizens t)f worth or mere cumberers of the ground you must act as if the old French adage read: "Cherchez la mere." f It is the mother that counts where children aro l concerned, and so I sought cut Mrs. George J. Gould, and asked her for her recipe for bringing . up a family. I found her in their magnificent suite of apartmonts at the Plaza hotel, surround ed, like Cornelia, by her jewels. There was her daughter JIarjorie, a lovely, slim slip of a girl, one of the debutantes and belles cf the season, come In to tell of the delights of the ball of the .night bofore. There was Edith, a sturdy little miss of seven, hanging upon her mother's shoul- i,der. There was George, a shy lad of 12, poking ,- his head in between the portieres from time to lime. The other children were absent, and a mo tor was being sent to her sc.jol for Vivian, and another to Columbia university for Kingdon and Jay, for the day was bitter cold and snowy. Baby Gloria, who is only two and a half years old, was spending the winter at Georgian Court with her grandmother, and trinkets were being got ready to send to her there. The room itself was a very temple of mother hood, for its empire tone had been ruthlessly sac rificed before family affection and love of things homelike, and everywhere on walls and mantles and tables there were photographs of the chil dren Jay in tennis flannels when he won the championship of the world, Kingdon with his first . mustache, marvelously like a young edition of the kaiser, Marjorie in her debutante gown, and baby pictures innumerable. Ih the midst of all this evidence of a mother's brooding love sat Mrs. Gould, a radiant figure in trailing pale-blue silk, as young looking-almost as tier own daughter, and I thought that if I were an artist I should like to paint her as a triumphant modern Madonna, a woman to whom motherhood bas brought nothing but joy, and whose children are her crown of happiness. She has had all that women crave, has this woman who is a darling of the gods. First she had success and fame, which she won by her own genius; then she was given love and marriage and enormous wealth and high social position. She has beauty that is Btill undimmed, but the best that life has given her is her children, and it is good to hear her Bay so. "My acquaintances have sometimes pitied me," she said with a smile, "because I have had so many babies, but I have not one child too many. I have never had a child that I did not want, or that has not found a warm welcome waiting for it I think that is one reason why my children have all been so strong and have had such se rene dispositions. "I have felt the responsibilities of motherhood. too. and have tried to give my children as good a start as possible by giving them sound bodies. I tx g:?0?j'iii5s'y W ToewssEsiDimAiw gloria ever had on a stitch of flannel, not even a flannel petticoat. They have warm wraps when they go out of doors, but in the house they wear little socks and low-necked and short-sleeved cotton or woolen clothes. They live also on the simplest and plainest food cereals and eggs, tender steaks and good roast meat, with plenty of vegetables and fruit, and the simplest sort of dessert when they have any at all. No pies and pastry, and no nibbling at candy all day for them. I also put great stress on absolute regularity in eating, and no matter who else waits, the children have their meals exactly on the stroke of the clock. "We are a very domestic famii3 and the children have their breakfast and lunch, which 13 really their dinner, with Mr. Gould and myself, but until they are 1G -years old they have their supper at a little after six o'clock, and only have something very light to eat They never come to dinner, unless upon their birthdays it is permitted as a great treat. Why, Marjorie never came to dinner regularly until last year, and she is still so attached to the nursery tea that when we are down at Georgian Court she often eats with the children by preference. "Of course I have so many other duties that it is not possible for me to be always with my ba bies, and so I kept a trained nurse for each one until he or she was two and a half years old, and past the teething-time; but there is never a night, even to this day, that I do not go into each room the last thing before going to bed, and tuck the covers down with my own hands, good and tight around each child. And I have nursed every one of my children with my own hands when they were sick. I had trained nurses, of course, but I sat up with the sick child, too. When Marjorie had that fearful spell of scarlet fever in France the summer before last, and when it seemed ut terly impossible for her to recover, her father and I never left her day or night for weeks. The doctors said that it was the most malignant case they ever saw, and that nothing but her marvel ous strength pulled her through. They said that if she had. been a French girl she certainly would have died. "I believe that the chief thing about raising children up to be well and strong is to bring them up in the country where they can have plenty of fresh air and room for exercise, and freedom. It was for the benefit of our children that we went down to Lakewood and built Georgian Court. The second floor of the houseJs devised especially for the children, and the sunniest room in it is for the baby and the next sunniest for the ex-baby; and we's always had great times and ceremonies when the reigning monarch had to give way for a new king or queen of the nursery and have his or her 'little belongings packed up and moved on. "Everything has been sacrificed for the good of the children. For ten years we lived at Georgian Court only in the winter, and took the babies every summer up to the quietest and dullest little place in the world in the Catskills, ten miles from anywhere. "At Georgian Court we provided every sort of vf.; s g '. ; ??& t "&' . 'eAajuL. 4tVi; ; !$? -v-'&m'-n . ..-.-.. j- .. -s yemjir-i .: & , f3?.;j:- .:$ & . - Kg.-.fxl,;;:v'-- A.V-..J i J.Y -v CJC kju. b . xi-' . y- " '"" ..?: v:j??.k MBHiaivWtaMBfWMa MRS GOULD AND THE ffS3S EDITH AM) GLORIA player, but after Kingdon went to Columbia the game was somewhat broken up; so as there was a fine professional tennis-player at Lakewood he took up court tennis instead. It is a game that re quires unusual strength and quickness of motion, but he soon became so expert at it that when ha was 17 he won the American championship, and when he was IS he' carried off the English cham pionship, which is, of course, the championship of the world. "Neither Mr. Gould nor myself Is an advocate of boarding-schools. We believe that the very best associations that children can have during the formative years of their lives are home associa tions, and that no guardianship Is equal to the loving watchfulness of a father and mother. There fore we have kept our children right In the home nest, and have had them educated by tutors and governesses . "In educating the children we have tried to de velop each one along the' line of his or her own natural bent. For Instance, Marjorie adores read ing, particular poetry; and romance. She is a good musician and, as I said, speaks four languages; but she does not care for what you might call the drudgery of study, and I have not afflicted her with it. But Vivian has a profound mind. She loves to study and to delve into deep subjects. "I am very proud of my two big boys. They are clever, and they are strong, manly boys, and best of all. In a mother's eyes, they are good boys. Neither of them has ever caused me a moment's uneasiness or a single heart-pang. Kingdon is 21 and Jay is 20. and neither of them smokes or has ever tasted liquor. Not that I am a prohibitionist at all, or have ever tried especially to keep such things away from them, but they just have no de sire for stimulants. And that, I take it, i3 about the best indication of their health and strength, as well as a vindication of my method of raising chil dren, for after all, it's the healthy body that gives a healthy mind and healthy Impulses, isn't it?" FdDr tttoe Hottg: Cfcat on Topics of aiy Kinds, by a f&ecogi)?ze4 Authority NEBRASKA Tl FACHFRS PREPARATION FOR THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER. NOT k HOLEOAY GILE38ATI0N An Autumn Leaf Party. An exceedingly novel party has just been brought to my notice and will soon be in season now. In the coun try, where leaves remain much longer on the trees than In the city, a hostess noted for her original ideas, conceived the idea of turning the clearing of her large lawn of the autumt leaves into a frolic. Over the telephone invitations went cut to six congenial couples, all good friends, to come the following Satur day attired in warm clothes, with heavy gloves. Partners were chosen by rakes tied with ribbons, two of each color. Then work began. After each couple had a big pile the hostess asked that a specimen of each variety of leaf be brought into the house. Then there was an impromptu contest to see who could name the most varie ties. A picnic luncheon was served and great bonfires of the leaves were built after dark. Afterwards all gathered round the fireplace, told stories, roasted apples and chestnuts and begged to be In cluded in next year's "leaf party." "Next" year is now this year, and I know several people who are planning to have just such jolly parties when the fall weather lays low the brilliant red and yellow leaves. The hostess had made dainty autumn leaf place cards, done in wood brown with gold lettering. By the way, this same host ess told me she was growing cunning little Norway pine trees in six-inch pots for Christmas gifts. Capital idea, don't you think? was that there were 24 fine speci mens. The hostess first' tied one on the honored guest just before the chafing dishes were brought in; then one by one each guest tied or pinned on her offering until the bewildered little bride-to-be was literally en veloped from head to foot In aprons. They made fudge, then cocoa and wafers were passed. "The Home." This wonderful bit by the late Ed ward Everett Hale I want to put in our department, as its sentiment car ries out the idea I wish every home maker would adopt and endeavor tc carry out in her own immediate homo circle: "Home and home life must never become commonplace. The little sur prises, the remembrance of the birth day, the unexpected treat, the pleas ure earned for one by the sacrifice of another all these belong under oui head of spiritual exercises. Nor i there any scene of our life which sc demands such exercise as this fa miliar scene 'of home, which has to be reset every day. MADAME MERRI. (Copyright. 1000.) The Case of Thos. Majors Before ths Supreme Court. Other Matters at The Capital of the State. Early Morning Bird Party. A hostess in a near-by suburb gave this party, which was novel and huge ly enjoyed by those who participated. The hour was half-after five in the morning, and the invitations contained a time table with the train marked that those who accepted must take. At the station they were met by a bus and conveyed to the house where coffee and rolls were served on the porch. Then an hour was spent in the woods adjacent to the grounds where the birds congregate for their early matins. The hostess had a book describing birds, their habits and their notes, which was used as reference. A prize was awarded to the person who know the names of the most birds, one to the person who discovered the great est variety and one to the guest who counted the most nests. An hour was spent in this way and then all return ed to the house, where a perfectly de licious breakfast was served, begin ning with fruit and ending with waf fles and maple syrup. fN TOQUE To Find Partners. At a card party the hostess passed English walnuts which proved to be candy boxes containing the tiniest of bonbons in many colors. There were two of each color and partners were found by matching the candies in their nuts and then they had them to eat afterward. There were just seven tables and all the rainbow tints were represented, the chairs at the tables were tied Avith a huge bow of tulle of one of the seven colors. The effect was very pretty and added to the gay ety, for every one loves color when used to good advantage. An Apron Shower. Quite the jolliest and most practical shower that has come to my notice lately is an apron "shower." A friend of the bride-elect planned it all for an afternoon affair; each guest was invitod to bring an apron, large or small, fancy or plain, so the result Folds and fischus over the should ders are quite a feature of evening gowns. Except for an occasional scant flounce, all trimming is put on in lengthwise form. Figured as well as striped Henriet tas are seen in the shops in all the newest colorings. Shirring over cords and in tiny puffs will be seen more and more a& the season advances. The scarf which matches the gown is becoming one of the familiar fea tures for the light wrap. The winter promises to be a season of extra long, narrow coats over plain, striped or checked gowns. A gay Beau Brummel frill at the throat transforms the tailored suit into something dainty and feminine Black embroidery upon brown is smart when the brown is not too dark to afford a contrast with the black. Hats of dark material, lined with something lighter in color, are among the dressy types of midsummer wear. The coarser weaves of tussore, which have the preference just now, look at a distance like a piece of rough canvas. Sleeveless coats with a color con trasting with the gown under them are in growing favor as the season advances. Among the popular fabrics are tha new two-tone changeable satins, the face being of one color and the back of another. One of the oddities of the season la the introduction of the metallic and spangle effects among the cottons and linens. Glace kid gloves are imperative for full dress, except in very hot weather, and may be worn with almost any cos tume. Glace kid is expensive, "but it wears and cleans well. Pear-shaped pearls or jewels, or strands of platinum threaded with dia monds and pearls, are fashionable. Colored net or tulle sleeves have z lining of gold net. This gives just a charming shimmer through the outei mesh. The Case of Thos. Majors. The right of Thomas Majors to hold a position on the new state normal board wa3 argued before the supreme court. C. S. Allen appeared for Ma jors and in defense of tie act, while Attorney General Thompson attacked the new law. The argument was not different than that previously presented in briefs. Mr. Allen de ended the valid ity of the act as raesed by the last legislature and upheld Majors' right to a position on the board on the grounds that he was not a beneficiary under the act directly, inasmuch as the appointment of the normal board was changed only, tfce governor being given the apo-ntment and no other material change being made. The legal side of the matter was taken up especially In connection with the man ner in which the attack on the law was made. It is alleged that the act was uncocstitutionil and that Majors was holding an office in v'olation of the law. It was argued that if the law was unconstitutlona' that there would be no second cause of the ac tion. The a'toraey general attacked Mr. Majors' appointment on the ground that he was a benelciary of the legis lature whl-h passed the act. Other wise he followed the line of attack: previously laid down In his brief. Sachet Covering m'Sc " - S 'fiv &! The State Teachers Association meets in Lincoln on the 3rd, 4th and Bth of November i009. Last year's splendid attendance demonstrated the wisdom of fixing an earlier date than the winter holidays and a date when all teachers, school officers, and patrons are most inter ested in education. The Association fs not a holiday celebration it is a meeting of earnest men and women for mutual help and inspiration in tho work of making Nebraska's public schools the most effective in the world. The executive committee, the local committee, and the Lincoln Commer cial Club have given the most careful attention to every detail of program and local entertrinment required for ten thousand people. A splendid program cannot benefit those schools whose officers and teach ers are not in attendance. Where school boards have not al ready granted their teachers the three days on regular pay. the superintend ent of the town and city school, and the teacher of the country school, should place the matter before the board and give positive assurance that the time asked will be devoted to im proving the work of the school. If necessary dismiss school and make up the time later. You are engaged in a great work for a great state. Be patriotic. A. L. GAVINESS. For Executive Committee. Not a Big Sum After All. About fifteen hundred corporations have paid the state corporation tax. according to 4ecretary of State Jun kin. Secretary of State Junkin now estimates the total income from this source, if the law is held to be good finally, to be about $C0,000. When the legislature was considering this matter some estimates of the amount of money that would be brought into the treasury ran as high as $250,000 and $300,000. Tho number that has paid is thought to be perhaps half of the total number of corporations in the state. Union Pacific Appeals. The Union Pacific has again ap pealed to the federal court the dam age suit of George Robinson for $25, 000. Robinson was motorman on a Lincoln Traction company car which was struck by a Union Pacific train. After finding his case carried away to the federal court the first time Robinson thought he could keep the matter in the state courts by includ ing the engineer of the Union Pacific train as a co-defendant, but the Union Pacific carried the case into the same court again despite this attempt to forestall the act. There Is something particularly attractive about the idea of dainty mus lin as a covering for glove and handkerchief sachets, and we give, in the ac companying sketch, an idea that will be found of value. Fewer Arrests Made. The number of arrests registered at the police station during the first fifteen days of the month of Septem ber this year shows a marked de crease from the number of the corre sponding days in previous years. There is a decrease of thirty-five from 1908; a decrease of 119 from 1907; and a decrease of eighty-two from 190G. ftjljX1MVWI-l-l " J .. J...-r - POINTS ON AUTUMN MILLINERY COUNTY OF A THOUSAND KEYS Monroe County, Florida, Is All Islands and Everglades, and Very In ' teresting. Monroe county is the most unique county in the state, if not in the United States. The larger portion of the county is made up of a group of islands, or, as they are called, keys, both on the east and west coasts. The only 'pert cf Monroe county oh the mainland Is the Cape Sable country, the extreme southwest of the United States on the mainland. The larger portion of this land Is what is known as the Everglades, and but a limited number of acres are now under cultivation. In the vicinity of Cape Sable there are large bodies of rich alluvial land and a considerable quantity has been under cultivation for several years past. All kinds of tropical and semi-tropical fruit trees grow luxuriantly on the keys and bear full crops of fruit each year. Every key is surrounded, with water and the great portion of them have clean white sand beaches with bluffs varying in height above high water mark. Jacksonville Times-Union. Sugar a Valuable Tonic A medical journal gives particulars of experimental cases In which sugar was employed as a tonic and invigora- tor. One patient, subiect to the most violent headaches from hunger or lac of food, discovered that the pressun in the head was considerably relievei when a few lumps of sugar dipped ii water were eaten very slowly. Fui ther experiments are being made witJ a view to demonstrating the value o lump sugar as a luncheon where othe food Is not to be had. It would be i simple and easy matter (the write points out) to carry half a dozei pieces of sugar in one's pocket, to tx indulged In with no other accompanl ment but a class of water. Some Features That Are Distinctly New Will Mark the Headgear of the Coming Season. Chenille Is very prominent and shown in exqiuite colors of velvety softness. Often it is interwoven with silk braid, forming crown plateaux and trimming bands, and in this in stance offers splendid possibilities for novel color blends. A remarkable feature of the autumn models Is that the pronounced and dis tinctive outlines which prevailed in a great many of the midsummer hats had to yield the palm to unusually soft, undecided ones. This is due to the fact that there are very few blocked shapes employed for the truly exclusive chapeaux, those that are softly draped with rich, supple ma terial being In the lead. Calla lilies of velvet are shown and represent the latest fashion In the new floral offerings. They are equally lovely when In fancy tones black, dull blue, purple or rose as in their natural pale, creamy white, and In every case their chalice is filled with the subtly curved, deep yellow rod of stamina, which is the charactersitc part of this flower. Tulips are very good, and so are large petaled, clus tered anemones of lustrous heavy satin or soft velvet, especially so when accompanied by velvet foliage in nat ural hues. Vogue. Fall Dresses. The highest point of simple perfec tion is delineated in the dresses for early fall wear. Apropos of materials one always sees the staple qualities and expects them, but attention is di rected toward the newer and more ex pensive fabrics, even though they are are of a well-known cloth or voile, yet distinctly new in color or markings. These made into dresses of the se verest models are exactly what are meant by the simple perfection of these newest models. Soft satin will again bo used in making evening gowns. Some of these dresses are trimmed with Brussels net, and the working in of gold or sil ver threads enhances the beauty of those satins in the darkest colors. Women in Convention. The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention is to held in Omaha October 22 to 27. The executive committee and official board will hold meetings on the 20th and 21st. One evening will be given of the demonstrations of department work, and the closing night, October 27, will be devoted to a "jubilee" by the states that have now a place on the program of rejoicing over state gains In the temperance movement. Six hundred delegates arc expected to be Inattendance and their work is locked forward to with much interest. Echo of Mosher Crash. C. W. Mosher, of evergreen mem ory, was named as defendant in a suit instituted in district court. The plaintiff is Susie Broadwater, who al leges that she became owner of lot 233 in the village of Waverly. In 1SS3 this property belonged to Harrimon C. Rose, who borrowed $200 from Mosher and gave a mortgage on the lot. For some reason his wife did not join in the4 instrument and later she gave an other mortgage to secure the same debt The mortgage was paid, but Mosher neglected to release It. 1 5rscvt5 JJgTSfr"l!'-efW"r. -
