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I 10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ? BUl + IliY DECEMBER 1 , -S1XTEEN PAGES ' I - CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER I' H | Bluff Tom Rood of Malno Dooan't Hi Blarney Anybody " ; . | BY SHEER FORCE OF . BRAIN ; hotrllo Mnlntnmw 111 * l.cnrtorslilp In jf * tlio Howie MoKlnloy Jlim thn-Goii- PHi Iiih nr Common Hcnsr lieu HH > ( lernii nnil Utirrmvs iMI I " Tim Entries for tlio Kix-nkcrstnii. PH' ( raiivHghffillSSt Jti/nfltibff. tVirprnkr ) pH' Washington , , Nov 2S. [ Special Corrcs- PHT pomlcnco of Tun ISkc.J Tom Hend say lie PH1 felt during his flr .t air months In congress PH' llko n llj In n bowl of tuolasscs there was pH' ' ptontyof sweetness , but no light " His con PH tlitlon Is about tlio snuio totlny ns to tlio PH speakership , and this Is the situation of his PH competitors Tnffy flows from tlio tongues PH of McKlnley and Htirrovra , anil Hcmloraon PH nbd Cannon nro moving about the hotels PH smiling on friends and etiomics nllkc , with PH , all thu enthusiasm of a cat chewing wax H Promises nro plcntlcr thnn blackberries in PH August , and committeeships ate bolng nr * PH ranged on the basis of the successful con PH tcstnnt J , r Who will it bo ! H' This is where tho-lnclc of light comes in H ( I dent pretend to say I glvo you pen pic- H \ turcs of nil of them You get the lot for u H , nickel Vou pajs your money anilvou takes Hr ' J our choice R Major McKlnloy of Ohio Is one of the ' ' Hi' finest looking men In congress Five feet Hl seven Inches in height , ho Is ns straight as Hf Michael Angclo's stn'tio of David , and n B ; line ( hopped from tlio crowu of his jot black HB bead would Just toucli the heels of lila pol- - ished hoot * , liroad shouldered and well HJ $ padded , his form would servo as n model for PH the Washington Atblctto club , and tils HJ' classic , smooth shaven face v ould not bo HJ out of place among the signers of the do- HI ? clarntion of indpoendoneo m the palnl'ifg ' HJt which bangs In the rotundaof ihocapitol 1 Major McKlnley undoubtedly looks like HJL Napoleon liotinparto , though ho once told BML mowthut ho did not like to bo reminded of HJf the resemblance ; Ho has the same grave , ' dlgnillcd mouth , the same high , broad nnd HI full forohcad , nnd the sumo heavy lower HJ ! > jaw Ho is a hotter looking man than was HI v klS'apolcon , and his oright , dark eyes shine ' out under brows which nro less lieury thnn HI those of lloiiunnrtc , nnd his frown is bv no . menus so terrible us thai of the Llttlo Cor- poral Ho appreciates , bowoicr , the vulno of , dignitVi always dresses in a double HB breasted trock eont and crowns his classic head with a tall elk ' hat Ho generally walks un to the capitol , and - . ns ho goes nlong with his chest to tlio front ' • and bis tail hat in the air1 he Is ono of the HI striking figures on Pennsylvania avenue It HI was"during" suchli walk that I once passed • t hnu in the tnet car In company with two fl Maryland congressmen 1'hcso men were ' frco traders , and they naturally disliked Mc- . Kin ley As Vto wi < ut by him ono of them ' , pointed to thu street nnd said in a most slir- flf nifloanttono : * Some men nro born great , and omc are * born In Ohio " Tlio other two congressmen laughed and , . laid , Just so , " nnd tlio two continued to HB ; Rigglo over the remark for the next tnreo HB' ' blocks HJ , ' McKlnlej' was born in Ohio , and no made HHt ; his first speech ono cold l uorunry morning HHI just forty-llvo years ugo , Whotlicr horn HHf great or not , bo has succeeded in maklne Bt- himself so In the eyes of the pcoplo Ho is ; not a man of extraordinary natural ability , I but ho is possessed of the genius of common jf " * Bonso Mo knows how to take advnntago of ; HH n good opportunity , and ho never make ? a 1 HJ i { mistake Iludues not speak often In uon- ; gress and his speeches cover but few sub I' facts He prepares himself well , however , > v and when ho docs rise the house nnd tbo 1 H country know that ho has something to sav , • ' lie is well posted on the rules of the house , ' and ho would multe u gooa speaker His 1 t' > election might bo looked upon ns n dcclarn- Hf tlon to tlio country that the republican party H proposed to run its campaign on the protec- Bt tivo taiift basis , and ho would bo Just tbo 1 voppositj in every respect of the former B ] u. speaker , Mr Carlisle Ho would in many BBt - ' ways make n much greater speaker than | BB | " ' Mr Uced , and the partv it is urged , could 1 Bb y much easier spare him from the lloor than 1 BB | i the bright-eyed , vltnol-tongued genius from ' BB ] Maine H , Tom Heed Ls a genius His brain weighs BB | more than thnt of any other man in nubile BB | . life , nnd it is of the llncst intellectual tex BH" turo Ho can say moro bright things in tno BB } / spare of ten minutes thnn any other man in : BB | congress can get olt in the compass of an ' BB | • hour Ho knows what ho knows too , and ho BB | is not afraid to say it Ha has the Bnlno con BB | Jldonco in hlmsolf as ho had vvbon be wan a BB | ; ' boy teaching school nnd applying forudmls- BB | ' t i sion to the bar in California , Tom Uced [ BJ- ; tolls the story hlmsolf His admission oc- BB | ' > currci ) ut the time when thu constitutional BBit ! " ity of the legal tender act was being dls- \ BBV cussed by the gruatcst lawyers of the state BB/ / of California The first question the Judge BBp ' asked me " says Heed , was : * Ih the legal l BB | * tender act unconstitutional or constitu- BBli . tionalt' I didn'thesitntoa moinont but ro- BB | lilicd coolly and omphutically , 'It is constitu- BBt , , tional ' ' 11ns ended my questioning , 'Vou j BB | ' can pass , 'said.tho . Judge 'Wo always pass BBjf'a man Hho can settle great constitutional l BB | > f . questions offhand ' " Tom Ucod has boon BB ] , settling constitutional questions from that : BBi * | day to this Ho sottlcd his cases well BBa ' enough to make a buccoss ns a lawyer , and 1 BBgt lus self-conlldonco added to Ids romarkatilo , BBf , ability has made him the republican leader BBmll of cougruss _ _ _ _ _ f Ko ono disputes Heeds loadcrstup Mo- _ _ _ _ _ _ Kitiloy , Cannon , Honderson and Uurrows all BJi follow him and when the light is on in the B _ BH bouso it is Hood who watches for mid Is pro BB | pared for every surprise His long term in BJB * congress has umply lifted him for ( ho posl- BJB&i tlon Ho Is iiostcd on all publio questions w B _ B5 and his reading has coveted nearly every BBlK Hold of knowledge Ho Is a line Trench B _ B : ' scholnr , nnd his Slmkcsponro is hotter B _ B' , thumbed than his bible , though he knows the B _ B latter well Ho has an annlytio mind , and B _ B < when ho gets hold of a fui't It arops into ono B _ B. x of thollttlo plgeon-lioles of his brain , ready B _ B _ v to slide off his sllppory tongue at u seconds BJBJt l iiotko Helms the bump of humor lurgoly BR 1 developed , and ho cant resist saying u s&r- Bin castle thing oven it does cut the man at BBVlwhom It Is directed It Is this elctnout of his BBBk iDtellfcUuul n at nro that will hurt him in tils B _ BP candidacy for the speakership Man v of the BBmp sharp things ho has said in the past are rs- : B _ BJL . memherod now , and some of tnosa have lost B _ Bp him votes and Irlunds I rcmombor ono in- B _ B& stance rcsoectlng u prominent member of ; BBhL ono of the committees of the Fiftieth con [ B _ By grcss The man is dead now , and I will call ' B B him Mr Blank Hoods _ , as remark concern ' " B Bj" inglilm is not crodltablo to his memory , B BJ Hoed was asked his opinion of the committee BJBJ to which this Mr Ulank belonged Ho ro- ' BJBJ , tilled ; " 0,1 llko tbo commlttou very wall BBBf t It is composed , lu the main , of good follows " ; B' 1 "I llko them all except that little squirt of a BIBJt Dlcklilank , who is good Tor nothing In Gods BBB ; ' world but to bo stood up in a corner and spit ' B BjV upou " Of course tbls created a laugh ut B BjV * Blank , but Blank was by no means a non BBBf entity The story was repeated to him , and BBBL ' Blank never forgot nor 1 oreuvo it Ills ox- B BJ > \ perionco Is similar to mauy others in the BBB ; bouso of rcprotcntatlves , though they are BBBb mainly on tbo democratic side Tom Ucod is BBW' nothing of n diplomatist , and bis leadership BBBf \ lias not been gamed by tbo obstinacy which 1 BBBft Kayo Kundull Ids rank umong the tlouiocrats , BBBlr' ' or by the Oily Gammon actions which made I BBBF Morrison a leader Ho maintains his posi- j B _ B _ < tloa by sheer force of brain , courage and elo- BBB qucuco Tom Heed looks unjthing butthotradl- | BJBJm i tional leader He has tbo frame of a J np- BBB' , , , nne o wrcallor , und his head might Borvq for BB I that of a Chinese giant Ho is fat aud tall I , B BJi und his bltr-bonod body is padded ut every BB jiolot with muscular llesb 1 have never BB Been bim strike , but his Ost , under John BBS fiulllvun' # traluiug , would fell an ox ; und B _ Bk ho has n foot which would make himouoof BIBjr the greatest ; football play era of the world , BBp > His face is broad , fair and fat ; the checks B _ B | . - . I'ttfi outh und a pair of half-almond eyes BB , fchmo llljb diamonds under a broad forehead , BBW' ' I tvlnch goes on and on upward until It fades BBS * way ioto a fuzzy baldness about three ! Inches In front of Heeds crown Kced's mouth Is n strong one , nnd ho has n slrngt gllng red musthcho on his upper lip contain ing about enough bristles to tnnkon camels lmlr ' brush Heeds hair Is thickest at the sides nnd nt the back It Is not luxuriant at any place , und ho combs the sandy locks well up nnd back of his nnrs , so that the ends of them Just touch the collar of his coat This big , round head is pasted down ufion Heeds broad , fat shoulders with n fat , wnfor-liko neck , and when Heed sits In liis chair in the bouse , with his hands tit * under his chin nnd elbows leaning on his desk , you wonder whether ho has nny neck nt nil , ncd you can nardly Imunlno him to bo the gront- cst man ataoug all the members surrounding him ' him.Lot Lot a discussion coma up nnd you wonder no longer Heeds evet begin to twinkle , a queer stnlto hovers nround thnt blir mouth , nnd n moment Inter yon see turn throw his J six feet into the arena of debate , and in a dhari ) nasal twang ho pours suruism nnd ar gument , outnt friend and foe As ho goeson with his speech his checkschnugafrom white to red , his soml-baU pito becomes the color of a boiled lobster , and ho gestures violently with his nrms , nmphnsl2lnir every sentence with n shako of ills bond , Ilocnrei but lit tle for nppenrance , nnd during the quieter part of the session he wains about the bouso with his hands in Ills pocket , stooping now nnd then to tell n Btory to a crowd of brother J members , and making laughter wherever ho goes Ho is always ready with n story or n snecch , He novcr writes out his Bpccchcs for I the Record , und seldom corrects the proof j of them us tnken down by thu sonoftrnt pliers J Ho can innku ns good an nftcr-dlnticr speech ns n congressional ono , nnd ho enjoys the good things of this life us well as any other man in congress Tom Heed Is , however , simple in his hnb- Its | lln is not n money savor norn money accumulator i , und bo would bo a richer mnn li I ho had remained out of congress During his ' past career ho hns lived very simplv in Washington His quarters wore nt the Ham ilton I house , n private hotel frequented lnrgo- lv by New Hnglnndcrs Heed had u couplu of j little rooms up near the attic , and ho worked away nt his desk against the wall nnd undur n , gas-Jet. The only plcturu In the room was n : print of Abraham Lincoln , whom Ucod ndmircd j greatly You never found him lonllng ' nbout the hotel , nnd ho has spent tbo chief ] imrt of his leisure in study 'Jhis\cnr ho has changed his quarters , nnd ha willlivo ntShoroham , , which is moro comfortable , but 1 which1 will bo quite its retired ns the Hamilton His quarters hero are not far from these of , the Hnu Joe Cannon , Who is making a . ; lively fight for tbo speakership , nnd who thinks ho Will got it Cannon Is n3 uncon ventional in his appearance aad habits as Hoed , but ho is an entirely different kind of man Of medium height , ho is lean and wiry , nnd his fnir , rosy fuco with n pair of bright bjuo eyes looks out from under a slouch bat , which ho pulls uoivn over it Ho is a wostorncr in nnpearance , and , llko Heed , ho frequently moves nbout with his hands In his pocket . , Ho is n great smoker , und is seldom seen without a cigar in his mouth , the end of which is always well chewed Ho does , not weigh as much as cither McKitiloy or , Heed , but his frame has bceomo Iron through oxcrclso , nnd It has been bis custom , to tuko a horseback ride every dav during hi9 stay in Washington Mr Canuon is now flfty-thrco years of nge , nnd ho has been in conirress for the last sixtcon years Ho has always held a good position on tbo lloor , nnd ho is noted ns n iichtcr His favotlto attitude - tudo in speaking is with ono foot on the chair nearest him Then leaning over ho shoots bis words nt the rate of 200 a minute at the opnosito sldo of tbo bouse , gesturing as ha docs so by slinking his linger at the democracy , and by now and then violently throwing Ills hand nt them Ho Is u good speaker , is welt po3tcd onthoiulos , and ho has many fnonas There Is nothing snob bish about him , and everyone knows him as Joe Cannon Mr Cannon has not as many enemies as Hoed , though bo is'by no moans so mealy mouthed us ono of his Illinois constituents Mr Cannon told the story of tbls muu the ether dav When talking about the habit of tatty giving , " which so largely prevails at WusUlngton , said ho : "I have in my district out in Illinois a mnn who ought to have been \Vasbington society woman Ho has a good thing to say about every man nnd . everything , and ho comes in especially strong at funerals , I will call him JOnes for short Tboro is never a funeral in the country but that Jones is there , and In talking about the vlrturcs of the deceased there is no praise so protuso nor tongue so glib as Jones Ho can Ond virtues in the worst of reprobates after they nro den d , and ho is packed full of the milk of human kindness from the bottom of his flat cowhldo boots to the top of his bald crown This peculiarity of his has become a matter of county talk , and two young fellows - lows of Dnnville made a bet upon the death of a roprobatoof thocounty that Jones could not find anything good to say about bim , This man seemed to be altogether bad ; ho ! bad been a worthless , good-for-nothing , lazy follow during his whole life , und ho was oao of those Idiosyncrasies ot nature which scorn to have no good in them At tbo , time of the funeral the young follows rauk- lng tbo bet stationed themselves in the ' window near which the procession going by the coflln must pass , nnd waited for Jones Ho came along In good time with his handkerchief in his hand Ho stopped the | procession as ho stood beside the coflln and looked down on the reprobates foco long and earnestly At last with a sigh ho ox- clairaed : Well , any way , ho had good tooth I" Tlio two other candidates for the speaker ship are Henderson of Iowa , and Burrows [ of Michigan They nro both reaching out i their bands after the gavel , und tboro maybe r bo some dark horses which may como in at t the last moment Burrows and Hondcison i are both built on the Brutus order , though 1 Burrows hns been christened by his parents 1 Julius Cfcsar They are plain , blnnt mon , and a largo part of tueir camtal lies In the | open-hnnded , hall-foHow-well-met style pos seasfcd by each Burrows Is a Ponnsylva- nlnn by birth , and a Michlgandcr by adnp- tlon , Ho has been In congress from Michi gan for ten > ears , and ho thinks the sun i rises und sots in the great northwest He is ii n man of moro than ordinary ability ; is a coed spodlcor and n good stumper , and I am told that the campaign which ho has Just finished In Virginia nas inndu him very pop ulur with the republican element of that l Htato He talked to the people of the back counties us though ho were teaching u km- dorgartcn , and gave them their 111 u plain understanding of the tariff , Goncral David Brenner Henderson is a ) Scotchman , who.was brought to Illinois at thu ace of six years and got his education iu Iowa Ho was only an ordinary momberot congress until about three years ago when ha made a great hit in bis defnnso of Colonel 1 W.V. . liudloy ns prison commissioner , Henderson does not look unlike Dudley ; ho has the same dark hair combed tip from a high forehead , thu same dark complexion J which turns to the color of the moss rose as bo talks , and the same halMImp wait : duo to the wooden log roplaclngthnt which ho , like DuUloy , lost on the buttloflold Hondorsonls a good speaker , ho gestures well , nnd has lungs equal to those of tbo famed bull of Dastmn Ho Is a lawyer by profession , and ho lives nt Dubuque Ho is ono of the hand somestinun ot tbo house , and ono of the welt-drossed members Ho wears a slouch hat and a cutaway coat , and notwithstanding his wooden log ho walks well without crutches Ho is a man of great Industry J and unlimited ambition , - " All of the speakership candidatOK nro mar rled Mrs , Heed is a llnoly educated woniuu , nndtho daughter of liov S. II Merrill , ono ot the noted Congregational preachers ot Mai no She is of medium height and has dark hair and eves She is possessed of much Boclal ability , and she will be a lit lender for the ladles of tbo congressional cirelo Mrs MclCinloy has not been able to go into society for some years on account of her health She Is a very pretty woman I , and Is , like her hutbaud , of Ohio birth Her fathur was ono of the oldest newspaper men or that statu , and the founder of the Canton Repository , Mrs Cannon comes from Ohio ' Bha is noted as a society leader , and she will ; bring to her aid two daughterswho are very well educated as well as very pretty Mrs Burrows met bcr husband when the two were at school tocetacr It was a case of , love at first sight , nod Julius Cioiar inarriod her as soon as be came out of the army , Mrs Burrows is tall and slender ; she has sparkling eyes and a rosy comploxton She Is fond of society and society is fond of her The same may bo said of Mrs Henoorson , , who is a pretty , enlertainlnglowa lady ; and j' however , the light for the gavel ends it Is certain that the house social circle will not lack an accomplished leader FlUtKK G , CV.f'M&U. ' . GOSSIP ABOUT THE FAIR SEX . - Modjoska and Other Aotrosaos Toll Why They Dent Wear Ooraots WOMEN WHO WEAR TROUSERS " " " " " Itosn Itoiihcur and n ruinous I'oninlo UolciitUt Are AiitmiRttio Nil nil ) * r niiglnntl'ft Future Queen Sue gostiuna for Girls _ _ _ _ _ Those ActrosHrn Ilnn't MVnr Contot * . Corsets upon tbo stngol" oxclttlmoil Mme j Modjeska the ether dny Why , no womtvn can bo prucoful in a corset " 1 ii o\er wotir ono in a pitrt Lot mo show > ou whnt I tlo wow ; Its mi tnvon- tion of my own " Cnrlossly throwing tisido her loose . morning wrapper , nn exceedingly llus- sinn robe of whlto cnshincrc , with trimming t . of black fur , she showed a tightly fitted bodiuo of buckskin that came up to the armpits und well down over the hips ' "Vou hce , " said thn uctrosi , as she swayed her bo y to and fro , that wliat- ever pose I nssutno tlio contour ot the body 1 ts proscrvod I utn supported without . being restricted , as every ono is in a cortiot " The buckskin garment was laced on cither sldo , and lilted tlio llguro per fectly I , yet there was no suggestion of stiffness "I wear this iu all my parts , " con tinued I Modjoska The Idea was sug gested to mo by wearing an outer gar niout of buckskin in my role of Rosa lind 1 I discovered that 1 could move with grcator case , and also that I made a boUer appouranco thnnin any garment - mont L Had ever worn " The preservation ot whnt is known as the line of beauty is a great fad with some > ot the loadinir stars Mtiry An- dorsou < , in her statuesque roles , mnkes a great point ot this particular "I think a corset is an instrument of torture , " she said onuo , when nslcod to give ' an opinion lam perfectly mis erable ' if I put one on for half an hour All my dinner dresses are made to bo worn without corsets , und they are con sidered ; by good judges to be \ cry ar tistic i " . What do jou wear Instead ot a corset - set ? " asked the correspondent ot the Philadelphia Press • Noting when oft the stage , but in my parts 1 wear this , " nnd she hold up a i roll of stout linen , cut in a bttip nbout four inches wide It lookotl ex actly like a surgoon'a bandage , nnd she puts it on exactly as a bandage is put on , rolling it round and round ncrbody , high enough to support the breast and low enough to cover the torso I ventured to remark that I should think it would bo very still "It Is moderately so , " said Miss An- deison ; "it needs to bo in order to sup port the body , but it is not like the bar riendo of whalebones " In some of the dilllcult rnovomouts which she executes upon the stage Miss Anderson says that this bundago is so 1 much of a support to her back thnt she could not do without it in such parts as the in The Winters Tale " Then It is not so easy as it looks , " I sucgestod "No , " said Miss Andersen , with a ' smile ; very few things are " Mrs Potter wears neither a corset nor any substitute for ono "I wear just four things , " said Mrs Potter "A union suit ot heavy white 1 silk underwear , a broad bandaga round the torso knitted ot heavy rod wool , a | ilannol Bkirt and my dross Inovor were a corset in my lifo , nor did my mother " . Mrs -Langtry says that the idea of going without a corset or of/substitut ing something else for it , is all non souse There 'is nothtng , " she says , 1 "so easy as a perfectly mudo French 1 corset Talk about the 'lino-of beauty , ' there it is , " and she turned her body just enough to show the curve of her superb hip Miss Jessie Millword , the English ' actress who has just como over , does not wear a corset on the stngo and sub ' stitutes only tight bandages worn below ho waist Sara Bernhardt wears a tightly-lltted waist of ilannol , not as a i. support , " she says , only because it is 1 comfortable and healthful " Mr Bouclcault says that the aspect of ' crnco is UoponQont entirely upon the ' movement of the oody at the waist , VWutch the Oriental dancing girls , " says this gentleman You will observe ' that all their subtlety of graeo is the ' swaying of the bodv by apoculiar move mont ot the hips There is nothing else ' in the world sd seductive nnd so on- trancing It is very sitnplo , and yet there are hundreds of wontou with al- moat faultless figures who move like wooden images " 'llioy Wear ilm Ahum Tremor * . The wearing of masculine dross by > women is , when ono counts up the number - bor of woman who do it , not such a very uncommon performance attor all , says the New Yorld Another famous foinalo sclontist und explorer , Mmo.-Diculufoy , a Fro noli woman , always wears coat nnd J trousers whllo she is journeying in strange lands She substitutes a skirt J for the trousers when she gets back to Paris , nnd the savnn ts assemble to listen ' to the results ot her travels , but the ? cent she retains , with its nttondantshirt and waistcoat , and she does not allow [ her hair to grow She declares that woman's dross has done moro to hamper ' woman's energy and brains than all the scoldings udministorod to Independent women by it ion from the time of Isaiah , the prophet , to the proiont day Our own Dr Mary Walker , with her trousers - ors , her long braids and her high silk hat , is familiar to every American who has nvor boon in Washington Rosa Bonliour , the palutor of the "Ilorso Pair , " wears trousers while working She has a thick mop ot short hair that hangs in confusion ever her { square , masculino-lnokitig brow , and she wears a pair of wide trousers " linen in summer and tweed in wlntor - with coat to match , when she is tramp ' iug about her farm and in the holds wutohlng and sketching animals She also wears this costume when painting i for she says that whllo standing before tbo canvas so long the weight of her skirt tires her , nnd , as she usually paints such big pictures tboro is much walking backward to bodono to obscvo itho olfeet ot brush strokes , and that hoie again her skirts hamper her She always returns to skirts in the evening when her days work is done , and never sits down to dlunor in trousers Any ono sooiug her tramping about the Holds in male uttlro with short hair • and a wide , soft hat pulled oyer her eyes would never imogino her a woman , so strong aud heavy tnodolod is her fuco 'Loulso Lawson , the seulp- tress of "Ayacanora , " also wears trousers and coat when she works , for her labors io tlio oluy with her big statues would bo much interfered with by skirts A well-known European courier , Louis Herman , fell ill the other day , and the doctor discovered that "ho" < rVh } it woman so to epoak She confo9JoW that she had norn male clothes for forty years , and the truth hud 1 never been suspected by nny ono A IhMiAr'lfar ' tlio Completion The patron is seated in nn ndjustahlo chair and a hand glass placed on her lap 1 , writes a Paris correspondent ot the 3t Now 3 Yorkg Jro s. By degrees the shndo is rolled down from the window and tnndnmo looks her customer ever nnd t knows Urn , things to bo done in nn ' instant j A greasy , gray face is thoroughly washed by steaming it to open , the pOnrVt and eruptions Blotches nnd soronossi'of the lips are trentod with \ swcot oil and crcaim In Untried lids 1 are nnointod , lashes nro combed and i clipped , eyebrows shaped to dc- scribe pretty curves , nnd whuro there is a ! tendency to moot , the brldgo of the nemo Ib cleared of struggling hairs by nn electric ncodlo She trains the hair j to grow about the tomplcs in the t 1 miinner i most becoming to the fuco nnd scolding ' locks and oar pieces uro olToctually ' dealt with A poor completion is mndo the sub ject of dioloctio philosophy , nnd if necessary - ossary j she will make out a bill of faro which , if adhered to for a your , will certainly < provo bouollclal not only to the j fuco , but to thn gonoml health of the body She lias great faith in pros1 pi ration , and advises long walks , oven in the hottest weather , with the face houvllv veiled • Kitchen work is also prescribed Not long ago a lady in so ciety ' who pa\u.'t cook Sli.OOU a > cnr , was told to go into the kitchen niid , shell pens , mix a cuko or knead btead for an hour every day to freshen up her com plexiou Mtulnmo is an enthusiast on the subject ot cleunllness , and argues thnt there is a degree of porsonul neat ness equally nsjnsoi tin ting as beauty Kiilllnml'rt future Quern I hear from a high English source , says J a Paris letter to the Now York Tribune , that the Princess Feodora ot Sehleswig-Holstcin , who did the KlITol tower the ether day , chaperoned by her elderly maidou aunt , Amelia , of the same i house , is in all likelihood the coming Princess Albert Vietor of Wales She is a sister of the Gorman emprossnnd ' a niece of Prince Chris tian , the dull old husband of the best of Queen ' Victoria's daughters , is going on sixteen , loulcs a good sort of girl , and is almost pretty But she is not likely to improve when the bloom ot youth de parts , and she wants winsome graces , hvidotitly Hhu has not como to her full height When she does she will proba bly bo as tall as her imperial sister The queer would like to secure her the crown of Great Britain , because she is descended from her majesty's mother , thu duchess of Kent , ' whoso lirt hus band was Prince Loinlngon Princess Feodora has been a great deal here with a party of aristocratic English frlonds , bomo of whom uro connections of her aunt-in-lnw bn the maternal side , Coun tess Gloichuiil Count Gloiclion aban doned his highborn Gorman status to marrv Laurnr'Soymour , and is a profes sional sculptor , high iu tlio queens favor Agnliibt German etiquette she has been latterly styling thorn both pcreno highliusbcs An objection to the proposed royalimalch is thnt the young lady's ' mothcr'ls in a inadhoti- . There is already more 'thnn a touch of insanity in the royal family of England I ; H Sunsgstjons tn our Girls , Girls should bo taught to cook well Much misuryjcoines from bad cooking , writes "An Old Bachelor to an ex change A jfouilg man marries a girl who cannot coolt a dccontimcnl Then mlschiut begins lie works hard , earns inonoy , gives moat of it to her She takes the monoytbuys victuals , cooks them badly Ho nnd she oat thorn The victuals are so badly cooked that they will not sustain * the liros of indus try Ho books stimulants , drinks She , poor and ignorant croatdro , gets consolation from the nearest sewing so- cioty She cant undorstaud the chnngo that has como ever him no knows it will do no good to acquaint her with the truth ; it would bo stranger than fiction to her There are thousands of ensos em braced iu this outline , all caused by the prevailing inability to cook well Boys uro trained for practical duties of lifo Girls need a moro comprehensive edu cation , They should be taught how to I cook a decent meal , ono that sustains i the Arcs of application , without which no man can succeed in the battles of i lifo Every girls school should have 1 among its faculty a competent cooking teacher - Itoynl tSkflotons " The queen , it is known , is very par ticular in many matters of dross , nnd it ; seems that the princess of Wales and [ her datightow are no loss so Low necked and short-sleeved toilets nt the 1 proper time have never como under royalty's frown , but the queen his always - ways insisted on a bona ildo sleeve , and I no princess handover been allowed to ) withstand this verysonslblo regulation ' In the matter of high-heeled shoes , too , some slight tribulation has risen at times , fashions rcqiiiromont and the queens moderation being very dilllcult of reconciliation The princess of Wulos hns not to con t cern herself much about the dress of these nround liorsliico she is to a great extent tno nrbitross in the highest cir cles of what i . * correct She ulwiijs dresses well , and yet wo loai n that not till the last minute docs she dccldo what her toilet shall bo The princess and her daughters have ouch their busts and dross stands , the former mouldod.exactly . to their figures These ' skeletons " royal are of wire i beautifully padded , and covered with brown hollaud.tho uaino of the original I being distinctly wrItten on each shapely ; back This takes considerably from the dillloulty of dross-building at nigh pros , sure Princess Victoria of PriioSia hnd an accurate • Tntodol of her llguro made during her rftufertt stay ut Windsor , • " ' ' CliliH-Hp Olrlrfooj to fltnrrylne ; . English aiia'Winorlcan girls occnslon- ally commit Sjljiydo through disappolnt- mont nt not grftt'nir married ; but it will surprise thcnutalcarn that the Ghincso young ladieaii ' uivo such a drond of the matrimonial fchiiin that they frotjuontly prefer death toifnarriago "Of nil ij6ulo [ | , " said Confucius i , "woinon nro llio most dilllcult to man ago If you , pro farnilinr with thorn they bocomoorwnrd | , and if you keep [ thorn at a disdojico they become discon- tented " U bi So many nru the disabilities of mnr- . rlcd womoii'"thnt ' „ many girls prefer going into Budliliist or Taulst nunuor- ies , or oven committing suicide , to trustlug their future to men of whom they can know nothing but fiom the in- torestod reports of the go-botweons. Archdeacon Gray , in his work on China , states that in 1878 eight young ; , girls residing near Canton who hud boon nlllnncod , drowned thomsolvcs In order to avoid marriiigo They clothed themr > elves } n their best attir ' o , and at li o'clock , iu the darkness of the night t , having bound themselves together ; , they throw themselves into a tributary stream of the Cunton river " , Home Women'a Ueoupatlone At Martha's Vinoynrd a dumD noman owns and manugesu schoonornhd earns i a living as a fisherman , says the Now Orleans Picayune Botweou times she poddies threads nnd buttons nlong tlio coast At Cincinnati there is also a boat I woman who earns her nving on the t watox1 . In Maine many women nro fnrmors f , working from two hundred to three t hundred ncros nnd , of course , finding | time to road the Atlantic Monthly j At Louisvlllo a Mrs Shelby is i sexton of St Johns cemotcry At Gnrdlnor ( Mo , Mrs Problo is a marble and i grnnito cutter , employing ton or twoho i mon In Now York city Mrs Gill ( is a shoemaker The best of her work i is cobbling Also in Now York , Mrs i Emma Yowdoll gets nlong fnlrly well \ kooplng a 11 very stable San Fran cisco ( nnd Brooklyn hn\o each a woman blacksmith 1 Mrs Lena Selgfrled , of Now j Orleans , Is n bird h mi tor living on ( her fathers schooner , nnd nblo to kill | , clean and prepare moro birds to the i hour thnn nny male hunter along the | coast In Now Orleans , moro than iu i any ether city , wo have woinon en gaged j in occupations unusual to the box Hero are to bo found woinon edi tors i , merchants , Horlsts , dairy farmers nnd i niantifiicUirerri in grcnt numbers , all i earning good sumsot money IIONHV roil THIS IiAIHES The small'bonnet Is moribund All slcovcs nro loose nbovo the elbow Waists grow shorter und less pcnltcd The bnsquo waist Is almost a tiling ot the past 1 past.Tartans Tartans and stripes nro in higher favor thnn over Skirts grow longer In the buck but shorter in front Old rose nnd Ulack are n titihioiitblo com bination Table covers no longer lung all ever nnd all urnund the table Clognnl sashes are made of passementerie finished witli deep fringe 'Ihocru7ofor antique oak and whlto nnd gold furniture is on tuo increase Urown , tan , gray and black gloves nro the correct wear with all out-of-door toilets Panels remain a fashionable and popular feature on most gowns for street or carriage wear Ostrich feather tippets in colors to match evening and dinner gowns nro seen In the best houses All waists have surpllcus , brotollcs , plastrons , waistcoats , or rover3 of ono kinder or another Do not purchase n seal cap unless your features uro regular In BUeh enso ouu will ho very becoming Tartan shoulder capos In triple folds , with long , stjuaro fronts , also triple folded , are seen atnoiic the utility short wraps for early fall wear The capo-sloovod jacket , simulating a capo and waistcoat in front nnd u jacket in the hack , is n now and favorite light wrap Mr.ntel lambrequins of delicately tinted China silks fringed with varicolored sIIk tassels or with gilt bangles nro the latest fancy in mantel drapery fads A pretty skating costume would bo of eiffel tower red plush , trimmed with fur Chin chilla would look well , and sbould he set on ns a bnutt around thu skirt uud trim a half fltiing jaclfot Dove nr Quaker gray is the most fashion able and almost the most becoming stiado of tins try ng color It combines well with Eiffel , pule rosj , blue , water green , canary yellow , llunimjo red nnd other shades of brmht and posltivo color , with cream , pure white , bluck , silver and gold , copper and steel Combination costumes nro in rcmaikablo fntor Among recent ideas is that of n skirt made wholly of sldo pluitings in alternations of two colors which appear of course on the corsage , in some ono of the many different methods nt present In vncue On the subject of corsasro adornments , moreover , a modiste can hardly go astray , since they are still more Intricate and lavish thnn during tlio summer The old-tlmo method of closing oy buttons is almost abandoned In consequence quence , and the fastenings on sinuous wind iug , often provo u trial to the patience of any but devotees to the cause , Conbinntions have extended to cloaks which never were so fanciful or In such vanoty of shape The use of clcirant brocades is marked , whllo garments - monts of thick , sort camels hair woven In largo , flowered patterns , are offset by addi tions of fur , velvet , silk or ribbon Turned-up collars aru in tiuth particularly stylish , in view of whica some are ready wired , but the greater number may stand erect or lie Hat ut the wearers option , nnd as a consequence seal cups nre being pur chased to un unwonted extent The uniting of two furs in ono garment is , moreover , iu cording to Lord and Taylor , an especial feature this winter and is seen in mugs , which , although for the most natt small as formerly and of ono fur , nre sometimes vuried by tiimmings of another sort 1 rim ming furs nro cither black , quito dark or quite light ; the medium shades are not in dotnnnd , and it can bo added that fur as a gncnituro is notonly iu oxtruordinury voeuc , but is often combined in the same garment with trimmings of quito opposite nature , as for example , lace or uasscmontcrle , this being true not only lu respect to cloaks , but costumes where fur trimmings and even combinations are a feature Long , Huffy boas were never moro fushion- able and the same can he asso ) ted of fur caps Either nro suitahlo for ladles of nny ago , provided oulv , that the wearer bo not too stout ; where the llguro is well developed , ono like thn other is ill advised and both should glvo way to the short seal'wraps which como in jaunty shapes for young ladies , and for matrons , In becoming styles short at tlio back und having lone point pcUs Elegant long garments In seal , displuy also such chntiues in cutns may render tnom sult- nbls to different persons , whether stout or slender and for the former , show bIoovos beginning - ginning at the bucic seams , whllo for the lat tcr , como these which llttod or half-fitted , huvo sleeves Just lartro enough to udmit the arm easily and commencing at thu shoulder Seal jackets do credit to the makers skill , by reason of oxquislto lit and tills season nro rendered novel from tno use-of natural or nr plucked otter or astrakhan , whIUi is plated in V shapa at tlio back , appears ou the cuffs und lines the collar that may bo turned un to exhibit such couibinntluns THE FIGURE " 9" . The ffguro " 9" in our dates is with us and hns como to stuy No muu or woman now Hying ' will ever date a document without usiug the llguro U. It now stands on the extreme right lbbJ Next year it will bo In the third place , where it will romuiu ten years It wilt then move up to the second pluco WOO nnd there it will rest ono hun dred years , There Is another " 0" which has also como to stay : it is called the Nn " 0. ) > It Is not llko the llguro " 0" in-our dates in the respect that It will have to wait until next year for thli d pluco , or ten years for second place , ns it has this year stood Id first pluco , and it will not move trom there ; It Is the new ' No 0" High Arm Wheeler < fc Wilson Sow ing Machine ' 1 ho No l > " is not nn old style of machine havinc some slight change made In it und then called now unproved , " but It is nn entirely - tiroly now machine It was Invented bv thu best mechunic.il exports of the ngu What bettor proof is wanted of that fact than tlio following cablegram direct lrom the Paris Exposition , which was published in nil the Chicago newspapers of Octobor.udl KxpoHirios Umviiiii.i.I : ! , Paiiis , October I. [ SpecIal-1 Tno hlghekt possible premium mill the only graudpil/u tor sewlnu muihlnes was uwurded thu Wheeler and Wilson Mumtfac , turlng Company , The No O1' ' has taken the hrst promlum this year at the Btr.to fairs of Iowa , Minnesota - seta and Wisconsin , and tbo first premium nt every county fair where It has been ex- hiblted iso woman , If she desires to bo happy should be without a No 9" No man should bo happy until ho has purchased the lightest rnnning lock stitch pinihiue in the world , the Np 9" for his homo No agent is happy unless ho sella the "No , 11. " No dealer will bo happy and prosperous in thiu ago of progress unless bo furnishes his custo- mors with the only perfect sowing inachlno mechanism for family use , the "No , V. " Wo are buppv , for our trade has moro thau doubled since the birth of the No tt " WHEELER & WILSON M'fCl CO , , 185 uud 187 Wabash uye . Chicago / s Vytwwitij V * OMAHA BUSlKKBa QLLECe The Largest and ltest Equipped School In tbo West Thorough Practical Department , 1 BEND roll colleui ; JOUIlNAL t I ( lf * - & • IFTTTTi \ , 4AT * l • " SET \ OF TEETH ON RUBBER I For Five Dollars IB DR R. W. BAILEY , Dentist , I . PaKton Blok , 16th and Faruaui Streets j | VVtJ-ti.ltJ TTfvpp - LU SJfmr months and hnvln9 Inrgoly within lncrcrtsed the past two out H H oTrioo , room , nro now better pro jdred to turn out the best class of 'i ' H work , and much more rapidly thnn hcrotorore Wc make a fUllsot H orteeth on rubber for F1VK DOLLARS , gunrnnteod to bo ns wol M mndo | as plntes sent out ornnydentnl orrico in this country Do not H lot others . influence you not to come , but make us n cnll nnd see for ! H yourself H > j Teeth extracted WITHOUT PAW , nnd without using ohloroTorm / i M gns , ether or electricity Filling nt lowest rates Remember the lo- V V _ _ i cntlon DR BAILEY , . Dentist , Pnxton Block J ; | Open evenings . until 8 o'clock Tata . elevator on 10th stteet Kith and lannni I ! _ i : Cut this out Mention tlili pnprr i r _ _ H | • < . WOODS . 1 1 WRITE FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES M JAMESM02&T0N & S03ST , Agents , M Telophonc 437. 1511 Dodge St M m carloTTDSbeFco ; , I _ H u Manufactui ers nnd Wholesale Dealers in il' _ _ i Ycalloi r Plnet ] m To dtalors onlj Mills Southern Miisourl ltooins 1.2 . Rnrtll V , S. National Bunk llulIdliTg J > _ H 'Xrluntione 1:107 , Omnlia o ! • * _ H • • diH ] i ARTIST SUPPLIESjfta Bill mHFP O-ICLMBALL , p _ ll MOULDINGSg 1 UllfJl MZePlANOS ORGANS i H 15J3 Douglas Street , Omaha , Nebraska i. | Dewey & ; Stone , LI Furniture Company m A magnificent displny or everything useatl and ornamental in the ' _ H furniture makers art at reasonable prices i H E.PINKERTeCO.J < PRACTICAL FURRIERS l4 ! South I5th St , Next to P , 0. OMAHA , - NEB Mnnu facturors of Sonlsklh and Pur Garments I3oas , Muffs , Glees , Caps , Robes , Mnts , oto , nhvuys on hnncl Old Seal Garments rodyod , refitted and rolincd Plush Clonks ropatrcd Hit 'hest prices paid for fur skins Health is Wealth I . EC WKSl'H NfinVB ANIl HllAIN Illl'AT- MKNT BiiaraiitiTj Hiieclllo for ll > Mnlii , lllzil- ness Convulsom , Ill * , Nenons NmiralKltt , Ht-aaacho. Nervous I'rubtrntlon - ciiusoil by tlm use or ulcoliol tolincco tVHlcofulncbs , tfonlal Dupri-isloii.SoftPiiliiirof the llrain , itsiiltln In 1 ufiwiltyinKlli'Hillii ! 'to Hilary , decay ami Month l > remnur Olil ABe , llni-ii'uurss. 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