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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TTIUHSDAY , ATJG-TJST 17 , 189J ) . 9 Bnpentition Mildly Rampant Among Hew York's JEWELED AMULETS WORM FOR LUCK , i I'rlcelcufl Collection * of I.ncc Ouncil liy American AVonipii I'ortnncn r Invented In llntiil-Mnilc NEW YORK , Aug. 14. To say that only the unlettered and vulgar are euperstlttouu 1s to enow Ignorance of the wide-reaching power of this mysterious force. Superstition li , for example , mildly rampant In our politest society , and a fair amount of very genuine credence la held by the maids and matrons of fashionable society. This Is proven first by the fact that a goodly pro portion of debutantes and their mammas wear various comforting little amulets , carry luck pieces , put their wedding rings on with a wish , and take certain precau tions against the ill will of any possible enemies. The Neapolitan charm against the evil eye wad first worn as a pretty ornament by Mm , Bonkard , who ordered nno of cold. It Is la tha form of a tiny human hand , the left hand , and has the first and fourth finger pointing like a pair of horns , wblU the second and third arc folded Into the palm. Mrs. Bcnkard's golden charm Is bound by & wco bracelet of brilliants at the wrist , and these who saw the trinket and heard of Its supposed virtues bought copies of her watch charm , moro for hard everyday serv ice , however , than ornament. One of the most uniformly luck-bringing charms Is highly valued by Miss Richard a bit of mosaic jewelry that has been blessed by the pope , and the young duchess of Marlborough - borough attributes no small amount of her married content to a llttlo heart of gold she ordered made and cut half In two. The day before her wedding- ono halt of the heart was given her fiancee , the other , halt she hung around her neck by a fine gold chain , and from that day the young couple have worn their portions of the gold emblem In the belief that to lose or mislay ono of the parts , would bring them dlro distress. L But -wearing efficacious tallsmcns is not the ' ( , whole of the fashionable woman's supersti tious creed. Her sharp eyes look out for accidents that might cross tier luck. She will put herself to Infinite pains not to let any of her hats turn upsldo down , to thereby Indicate she will never walk abroad ft gain ; It sbo dreams of fishes she will refuse to cross the water for a twelve-month but most carefully docs she guard against the common blunder of turning back after her < foot has crossed the threshold. If on her war to a ball , she finds she has forgotten a fan or gloves , or whatnot , she will either go boldly on Without the desired articles , or , on turning tack , enter her own homo and deliberately remove her toilet , or sit awhile In the hall , in order to pretend to the Potca that she neyer really started : out at all. 'It Is not uncommon In New York for an elaborate dinner to slowly burn to a crisp while some unlucky guest sits sol emnly a whole precious fifteen minutes In a distant hallway , doing penance for the ; , crime of turning back in her tracks. Famous " \VnHrcrn. , t Whoever loves to eeo exqulslto dancing can satisfy their appetite at any ono of the / cottage colonies where New York women " congregate , or in New Y.ork Itself during the i. -winter. ' There Is , in fact , not another city In tuo world ) except Vienna , perhaps , where. < j so many faultless waltzera can be found , and , - ' the peculiar long , gliding step of the fash- , ionable.jwgman _ from the big ctty on thor f ' " ' " r Iluaaoncan"b'o Ido"nUfle"d''ioT""onc9 in a ? ' crowded room at Hamburg , Newport or In < London. ! * . ' The smnrt New Yorker waltzes with her . : delicate feet and supple ankles , holds her t body erect , with eraclous Btatellness , her head Is so carried that her eyes glance freely around the room , her left .hand is poised , not leanlne on her companion's shoulder , and ono of her peculiarities is that when she dances she never talks , and when her dance is over she is no moro flushed or breathless than if she bad slowly crossed the room. The very finest art of the New York rules . . . of good waltzing are displayed by Mrs. Oak ley Rhlnelander. In her set she is 'famous for her beautiful poise , and a swan gliding down stream moves no leas majestically than this tall , slim young woman , whoso expression when she dances is ono of a dreamily content. Ilka that of a musician listening to perfect harmonies. She Is somewhat less lancuorous than Mrs. Tom- ney Taller , a trifle moro stately than Mrs , Grenvlllo Kane and her closest rival Is Mrs. Jack Astor , who , however , Is not fond of this form of exercise. To waltz with divine deliberation Is what the Now York woman chiefly prefers at a ball , but she has taken kindly enough to the balmoral schottlscho because the men like it. and the most elaborate cotillion 1s invariably concluded by a vigorous Virginia reel. That , too , Is because the men like It , end though the New York mpu docs not dance so welt as the women , there are those , llko Alexander Haddcn , Langdon Irving and Harry Lchr , who do this gay exercise with wonderful finish. They arc the men who have made It n rule for their set and sex to carry two pair of while gloves to a ball and never approach a delicately arrayed woman save in kids as Immaculate as new fallen snow. They , too , have Introduced the now and very greatly Improved method In dancing of taking a woman by her right wrist Instead of her right hand , and In variably holding her arm nt length , but only a few Inches away from her body. With her hand thus left free to carry any small be longings or her train , a woman Is com fortable aud yet feels quite secure as she moves. Hare polloi'tloiiM of I.rtcc. To walk In silk attire Is not wholly satis fying nny longer to the woman whoso hus band has siller to spare , and ono of the KEEPING HER LUCK FROM BEING CROSSED. feminine ambitions , old as the hills and never lull/ satisfied , Is to possess rich lace. Mrs. John Jacob * Astor made the first great collection of. valuable laces In America , and for many years the Astor laces , now an heirloom In that family , were unrivaled. Mrs. William H. Vandorbllt made the next best collection that on her death was di vided among her children ; but since Mrs. Aster's anil Mrs. Voanderbllt's day , New York society has become possessed of some much moro valuable and beautiful examples of rare and antique needlework. Not very many years ago Mrs. Wolf sur- THE NEW DANCING POSITION HOLDING THE LADY PAR AWAY AND BY THE WRIST. Sf -i i V prised her lace loving friends by $1,000 in Plorenco tor an nntlque flounce , and then shn willingly pnld prices In prq- portlon for any rare antique piece cho could find. Old lace was her centlo mania , but her limit has been easily overtopped by Mrs. Victor Newcomb. who cares not If lace bo old or now provided It is the most perfect point d'Alenson In the market. At one pur chase she secured the whole set of mar velous laces owned by the Princess Clotllde , and under that princess' matchless Alcnson wedding veil Miss Newcomb was married. The hearty admiration of all lace lovers F.oes out to a remarkable set of three deep flounces of the richest Venice point owned by Mrs. Thome. Whca In Italy Mrs. Thorno found and paid a big prlco for the lovely pieces , draped them over a silk gown and wore It all triumphantly to an ambassadorial function In Home. Lovely as her gown was , It excited something more than mere ad miration , for all at once a guest at the re ception fell on his knees before the aston ished American lady and began to bestow humble kisses on the rich ornamentation of her g < r\n. 'In the commotion create J , ox- 1 planattons came forth to the effect that Mrs. Thome's lace had once been precious church property aud worn by a famous Italian car dinal and therefore in the religious Roman man It Inspired as reverential emotions as If ho had seen a famous relic. Thereafter , when In Home , Mrs. Theme forbore nny use of her lovely lace. One of the few New York women who makes practical use of her laces is Miss Lena Morton , ex-Governor Morton's daugh ter. Her knowledge of lace is very wide , her love of it sincere and her purchase ol both antique and modern pieces very fre quent , The majority of her evening dresses are draped -with flounces , shawls and berthas \\orth many times their weight in gold , for this decoration she prefers to any modish .In vention in frills and panels and lapels. Mrs. George Gould Is conceded to have the most remarkable collection of lace handkerchiefs in the United States. Cobweb-like mouch- oirs owned by Louis XV and his queen , by Marie Antoinette and the Empress Eugenic are lu her possession and she never makes a trip abroad without adding modern duch ess point , Bruges , point d'Angllterre and Honlton hondkerchlefo to her lovely hoard and $500 Is paid without question for a handkerchief that Mrs , Gould's lace-trained glance approves. TIIIIEE HEPOIITISRS * STOIMES. Wlint They Told AVlillo Waiting to Interview a Mairnntc. It was -warm evening , relates the New York Tribune , but the three newspaper re porters who -were sitting around a table In a large , airy drawing room uptown were congratulating themselves upon their corn- fortablo quarters. "I don't care If he doesn't show up for an hour , " remarked one of them , lazily , referring- the prominent railroad official who had made an appoint ment to talk -with them here ; "thla is the coolest place I've struck , and I'm not in any hurry to move out of It. " "Rather better than going around and chasing people at all hours of the night , nn/way , " observed one of the others. "It seems to me I've had the lion's share of those assignments in our office lately. By Jove ! aren't people cross when you rouse them out of bed to ask them some fool question or other inwhich they are not especially Interested ! I've been sworn at till I felt like an Italian laborer taking or ders from the foreman , and I've had pitch ers of water , bootjacks and such things thrown at me , aa If I were a dog or a cat , I tell you , you never know -what's In store for you when you ring a door bell after midnight and venture to say you are a reporter , "But I had one expxerlence the other night * nhen I think I come out on top. The announcement came to the office ol the death of a man whose name was al most exactly the same as that of B , the millionaire , Tbo night city editor sale I'd better go up to B 'a house and make sure whether or not It was be. It was nbout 1 o'clock "when I got there , and ol course I rang the bell u long tlino before I got an answer. Finally , a ntco looking old gentleman stuck his head out of a second story window and Inquired who was there and what was wanted. In on In stant I jumped at the conclusion thai this was the man himself , very muchallva , " 'Are you Mr. B V was all I said. " 'Yes , ' be replied. " 'Good night ! ' cald I. and lifting my hat I walked briskly oft down the street. "Well , the old gentleman must have been paralyzed with astonishment , for ho never said a word , but he was still looking out of the window after me when I glanced back , a block away. " The others laughed and the speaker smiled remlnUcently. "Oh , and there wai another time. " he continued , "when I cer tainly didn't have the worst of U. But I made things rather hot for another reporter A young man had committed eulcldo one I was sent up late that night to hU parent * homo to try and get some particulars aboui it. As I got near the house I saw there were lights In the windows and thought THE LOST CHARM. hat , ns the people were evidently up , I was going to have an easy job , at least as far as setting an Immediate answer to the bell , lut I was mistaken there. I rang and ranger or ten or fifteen minutes and everyone In ho house might have been dead for alt the response It brought forth. Then I made up my mind that the best thing for mo to do vas to go to the ehop of n certain uudor- alier near by. where It wet ) said that the iody had been taken. But , just for luck , and BO the people In the house wouldn't feel neglected while I was gone , I stuck a match ri the electric bell so that it would keep on ringing all the time. Well , I got the whole story of the suicide from the under taker , but. of course , I went back to have another look at the house and ECO how things wore going there. They had livened up a good deal. The bell was still ringing away to bead the band ; three or four heads wore stuck out of different windows In the louse , and the owner of each of them was calling down all kinds of wrath on the head ) f a reporter from the , who was stand ing on the steps of the house looking as 3ewlldered as a man In a maze. I saw it was no place for me and I sidled off around : ho corner. I never heard how the other fellow got out of It ; f suppose he had to run away finally. " The lazy reporter , who ( had expressed his satisfaction with the room and hisdisin clination to move , i was aU last stirred to relate an experience of hls'dwn. "I haven't had'to'make many nigtft ctylf ol that Kind , " lie said , "but I had onelast winter that I shan't forget very soon. It was on. ono of the coldest nights wo had , with the ther mometer about down to zero. Iwas sent up after .midnight to got an interview with Mr. S , and you know It's about impos sible to cet him to talk for the papers at any time. " The other two nodded. "After I had rung the bell a few .minutes , down ho came to the door himself , In his pajamas. He had to step out Into the vestibule to un fasten the storm door , , and , while ho was doing that. the , inside door slammed shut behind him. By George ! Wasn't ho mad at flrsti I thlnlc he started In to give me an awful calling down fjr coming , but he made an effort , restrained himself , and merely begged mo to keep on ringing the bell , so that someone might bo waked up to lot him In. You see. if he had got ugly and abusive I should have just walked oft and left him. Then ho would have had to stand outside on the steps In his pajamas , with the temperature at zero , and ring that bell. I guess ho realized that himself , nnd calmed down on account of it. As It was , we stood In the vestibule , where it was com paratively sheltered , nnd though his teeth were chattering , ho told mo all I wanted to know. Every few minutes or BO I'd step outside and punch the boll. At last a servant came down and opened the door. Mr. S gave mo a rather grim 'Good night * nnd dived Inside. I had never got au Inter view with him before , and I have never been able to do It since , but I had him at a clear disadvantage that night nnd he yielded to the circumstances as gracefully as he could. " Up to this point the third reporter hadn't said anything. ' His companions almost jumped , in fact , -when he finally opened his mouth. "You fellows , " ho said , "don't eeem to have been welcome -where you've gene at night. Now , listen to the way I was treated when-1 Tvaa on the eamo kind of an errand. Some prominent woman had died suddenly abroad. Wowanted a good obituary notice of her and dldn'f have much material , so ] was sent up to the house of a young woman well known In society , who was supposed to bo an Intimate friend of hers , to get all the Information I could. It was nearly S o'clock in the morning and you .can be 1 didn't llko my job. To make things worse still it wan pouring m iorre.nus. My ringing brought the master of the house to the door and I told htm my errand. He seemed to be sorry for mo instead of angry. " 'Step in , ' he said , 'don't stand out there In the rain , I don't know whether my wife knows anything about the lady or not , but I'll go and ask her. ' "I .hated to go Inside , dripping as I was , but he Insisted , eo I did. I began to won der whether ho mightn't be Ironical in hla politeness. Presently ho came downstairs again and said that ho was eorry , but his wlfo didn't know anything about the case. I started to go , when he said : ' " 'Walt a minute ; you're awfully wet. 1 ADORATION OP THE HOLY LACE. Como Into the dining room nnd have * drink of whisky.1 "I looked nt him hard , being Buro that hp was 'nibbing It in' on rae then , but bo wasn't. Ju t hospitable ! that's nil. Wo each took n drink nnd then ho nskcd me two or three questions nbout my work. Presently ho said : "Let's have another drink , ' end wo did. Thou wo talked tame more and had another nnd , to the best of ny recollection , wo kept up that process until daylight. I haven't nny very clear dea ns to how I got anny , but the last thing I remember distinctly Is guiding him ip the staircase ho seemed to bo n llltlo worse thnn Ins nnd placing his hnnd on the banister rail , so that ho could got up all right.No' hard feeling nbout that In terview , I nssuro you , Well , hero comes our man , " nnd the three rose to greet the magnate for whom they had been waiting , .MAIM : A MUCH VMC.VI * IIOOTKII. Contribution of nil limit ( U-nluH to tin- Horror * of War. "AH sorts of freak devices ha\o been sub mitted to the government since the begin ning of the war. " nald nn olTlccr lately on department duty nt Washington to n Now Orleans reporter , "but the nuccrest of the lot was undoubtedly the 'mechanical hooter. ' You never heard of It , of course , but you would If you had been within half a inllo of the War offlco nbout n month ago. The liootor la the Invention of nn Iowa gcntlo- n.an and consists of a wooden tube about the size of a four-Inch section , of a bologna sausage. Stretched across the aperture Is a piece of perforated rawhide , nd when blown Into it emits a strange nnd blood-chilling liowl something absolutely Indcscrlbnbla In words a sort of cross between the shriek of ft buzz saw when It strikes a nnll nnd the lower register of nn adult steam calliope. It Is the sort of noise I Imagine a hippopota mus might make during an attack of mom- braneom croup , "But the scheme of the Inventor was really not eo bad. Ho pointed out lu his letter thnt the yell plnycd a very prominent part In all military operations. The demoralizing effect of the 'rebel yell * was freely admitted by nil northern generals during the civil war and history has repented itself In the recent campaigns. U was the yell of the Rough Riders nfl they went up San Juan hill that scared the Spaniards out of their trenches and the Kansas jell has spread more terror among the Filipinos thnn all the Galling guns put together. Prom these facts ho ar gued very logically that a. mechanical hooter , augmenting , magnifying and supplementing tho-'natural ' voice would greatly Increase the efficiency of our troops. A company on a charge , suddenly hooting In chorus , would strike dismay Into the henrta of the bravest foe. An American soldier humping aud hooting over n rice field would cause any Filipino allvo to immediately lose Interest In the sacred cause of freedom nnd scoot fpr the far end of the archipelago. At least such was the claim of the Inventor and after hearing the machine tried I am Inclined to agree with him , A clerk was instructed to return the sample and say that In the opin ion of the department it would bo o. cruel and inhuman weapon and a violation of the rules of civilized warfare ns laid down in the conference of The Hague. You may think this is a fairy tale , by the way , but It Isn't. It's cold fact. " LOA'S STllKAM. Recollections of the FrlRlitfnl Erup tion of Forty Yearn AK < > . In'1855 I spent a night at the end of just such a How as this may become , says a writer in the Washington Star. It was a mile wide , sluggishly eating its way through a dense and lofty forest. Out of its irregu lar , billowy front line of black tongues of rock among the trees fresh red tongues of molten ro ck were hero and there pushing forward , 'wrapping In flame the lofty cu- genlas and Jjroad-fronded trco ferns. Ono broad tongue slowly crept down ix brook channel , licking up the water pools with loud explosions. In half an hour we could step n cross the congealed Invn , although It bent like Ice under the weight , We bolltsl our coffee on the hot , rounded ends of a tongue , as on n stove. Our breakfast fin ished , the rock opened nnd emitted n fresh stream. It rnn sluggishly like pitch , It was forty miles from Its source , whence it had como through a few covered tunnels , where U ran swiftly , near the end ramify ing Into n multitude of streamlets. The general rale of ndvnnce averaged pcrhnps 100 feet a day. Much of the Inva wns ex- irnded In piling up behind to nn average lepth of ten feel or more. The whole formed a cruel , hldbous , te rmless monster , slowly but urely and sol- dly creeping townrd Its prey , the beautiful : o\sn on the bay. 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