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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1902)
The Illustrated Bee. Published Weekly by The Bee Publishing Company, Be Building, Omaha, Neb. Price, to per copy pep year, 12.00. Entered at the Omaha Poatofflce aa Second Claaa Mall Matter. For advertising rates address publisher. Communications relating to photographs or srtlcles for publics tlon should be ad dressed, "Etiltor The Illustrated Bee, Omaha." . Pen and Picture Pointers THE ILLUSTRATED BEE. February 18, 1002. M jlSS ALICE ROOSEVELT, who has been more In the public eye dur ing the last few weeks than even her distinguished father, Is de scribed by those who know her best as a remarkably sensible young woman. In this respect sensible is not to be as sumed as meaning affected, stuck up or In tellectually bumptious. It simply means she Is gifted with that good common sense that is a part of the mental equipment of well bred American men and women. Just past IS -her birthday failing on Tuesday of last week she Is the object of attention that would easily turn the hesd of an older and more experienced person, but she has not exhibited so far any trace of vanity or conceit In her position, traits which cculd i j i ! i f i sgo, or even a few decades, would stand aghast at the performances of soma of the moderns.' For example, down In the Union Pacific shop yards one day recently a single crew of alx men put down 120 plies In eight and one-half working hours. This Is at the rate of one pile every four min utes. As the pile must be hoisted Into place, and In this rase a "follower" was used, the piles being driven In a pit four feet below the level on which the driver stood, necessitating a stop for each pile, and the machine must be moved as each pile Is sunk, some notion of the speed with which the wcrk was pushed can be obtained. The men are necessarily all experts at the business, but the engineer is the real wizard. He has the ability to hoist and drop that huge hammer almost as fast aa a blacksmith could tap the pile with hts fore hammer. To do this he opens wide the throttle and drives his engine at top speed, sending the hsmmer with a rush to th top of the slide. Just as the clutch lets go and the great weight drops, the spin ning drum la reversed and down goes the clutch, so quickly that frequently it catches the hammer on the rebound. Instantly the clutch la secure on the hammer the engine Is hoisting it again. Thia takes skill al most marvelous, for the engineer must have absolute control of his machine and perfect Judgment of speed and distance. Should he fall for even a second, he could wreck the machine. He doesn't fall, though, and all day long he hammers pile after pMe, wh'le the others clamber around the driver, adjusting beams, sticks, ropes and the like, and perform feats that only the constructing engineer can appreciate. Call It what you will, sliding down a smooth track on a middling steep hill Is a Joy that never grows stale. It Is peculiarly A - ri z H If f '-Mr. - - mi niisfcA r i i W. O. 8HRUM, FRE8IDENT OMAHA CENTRAL. LABOR UNION. easily be forgiven her under the circum stances. Her mother waa a Miss Lee of Boston, one of the old families of Massa chusetts. When left motherless Alice was given to the csre of the president's sister, Mrs. Cowlea, wife of a commandant in the navy, whose home Is In Washington. Here the girl grew up, developing much the same as any American girl under like conditions. Between niece and aunt there la said to exist an attachment much warmer than common, their congeniality In taste and habit adding to the ties of kinship in this regard. Misa Roosevelt goes frequently to Boston, where her .notber's parents still live, and where she has a large circle of friends. She Is particularly popular at Harvard, having always taken a lively In terest In the affairs of her father's alma mater. Her coming-out party on January 3 this year was a most notable social event and waa soon followed by the Invitation from Emperor William of Germany to christen his nsw yacht, soon to be launched. These two affstrs drew to her the close at tention of the whole nation and the regard of poltta society all around the world. In a certain sense the affair will take an In ternational aspect, aa It Is a most tangible expression of Germany's good will for America and la done with auch circum stance that It must be noted by all the wona. Mlsa Roosevelt In personal appearance partakes of characteristics of both her father and mother. She la above th me dium height, erect In her carriage and graceful In her movements. Her hair la blonde and waves back from a broad fore head that la marked by arched brows. Her features are regular, her ncse being slightly "tlp-tllted." Her eyes are large and blue and become animated when ah engage In conversation, lighting up her whol faee. Her manner la frank and open and her ad dress Is easy and pleasant. Her taste, hav been developed along the lines of oui door sport by her father, riding, rowing, tennis and golf being features of her life In sesson. . It Is admitted that Frlncs Henry will meet an excellent representative of American maidenhood when Introduced to Mlsa Rocaevelt. Pile driving hasn't progressed very fsr In theory beyond th original methods. It Is certain that th first piles driven by the anoleats, after they had discovered the uses of hug timbers sunk Into th ground, waa sent home by heavy weights dropped from hslght. That la still the custom. Her and there w are told of plies being sunk by som particular process, such as ths vatr Jet In the sand, th water loosening the sand through which th pil could not be driven and allowing it to gently settle Into place, and similar stories. But th gocd old way of sharpening one and of a log, suspending It and then battering It down to th required depth has never been super seded. It la still In vogue, but th di rector of a pile driver of a few centuries "TOM THUMB" WEDDING AT A KOUNTZE PLACE (OMAHA) CHURCH-Photo by a Staff Artist. joy tost never grows stale. It is peculiarly is accordingly given every chance to de- union Is made up from delegates from all Is to bear the confidence and respect of sacred to Toung America, In fact one of the velop them under the direction of someone the recognized bodies of organized labor In the members, first brushes between the colonies and the learned In this branch of science. In the the city, no matter what occupation the $ King occurred over just this very thing, new Omaha High school the gymnasium Is members may follow. It if the embodl- William O. Shrum, who Is serving a sec- ie trouble committee Is of the opinion that the ex its credit erclse should be made compulsory. An the red other gymnasium for girls In Omaha Is that in their of the Toung Woman's Christian assocla- menerence wun ine coasters. But the urn. me director or which. Miss Helen M. of sincerity that is not to be denied. Par- zatlon through" several terms His election incident didn't tend to make the fu.lin Woodsman, rontrlhni.. .n n,.t .,ti.i. u...,, imiuu inrougo several terms, his election . - i""ito o uui always oDservea, to the presidency first was to nil a varanev oward the soldier, any more cordial. How to this number on physical culture for little for the member, are more skilled in han caused by the resgna7ion of Asa Taylor '7 .bK frMh". th8 COa,t,ng b0y' ""-w M'B" Wood",11 eP"'ence en- dl.ng tool, than Juggling words, but the re- and so acceptable was hll .dmlntoX and the authorities had clashed 1. not ables her to write knowingly a. well as en- suit, aimed at are none the less effective Hon of the office To the majority of known, but probably ever since the begin- tert.lnlngly on thUtoplc. and are achieved with a directness perfectly the member, of the union that he n.ng. At sny event, the feud ha. been S .atlsfactory to those concerned, even It they was efeTted a second time securing h.nded down along with the custom. It Wh.t to devUe new in tie way of enter- may not be brought about In strict accord- more than two-thirds of the total vot of the customary thing even yet. whenever talnment that will not be costly and still ance with written rules. Central Labor the society on an Informal baUot H h. Arf'L0' tD1e,I"w'phel!bjr",n"n "111 serve to lure money from the pocket, union represent, the .talw.rt men and been " resident ofOmTha fc many yea" clothed with a little brief authority, for of otherwiee reluctant people 1. a perennial ctlve women who compose the great army and reside, with hi. family utaS the wearer of the star denoting police problem with the church women. For what- of local tollers, and to be Its reoresentatlv. !,.! i.7. .:!. ' W" power to Interfere ;th the boys on the ever the cause, the fact Is that on the hillside. "And Just as regularly the boye women devolves In a very large measure go to the mayor and secure permission to the duty of securing the sinews of war to elide on some designated hills. This per- carry on the organized conflict against the mission is elastic enough to be adjustsd host, of .In. One of the method, that hss u in Doys convenience, ana tn result proved popular In Omaha during the present usually Is that the boys slide wher they winter U th "Tom Thumb Wedding." In Told About Noted People EWIS Nixon the new Tammany n the far ease, where he commanded the leader, a hard worker himself. m. . M . . . . j " " - urr i iu. iuiu luuaiD weaaing. in I r i , .. . , . '. uwii-iuhbw muuiiur jnooaanoca. tie like, while the constabulary look on with this a suitable' number of children are rTPrTl - 7 . orr of IMjBon'" entered tho navy drat as a volunteer dur what grace they may. Wherever in this drilled In th details of a fashionable wed- t41"- ii "urtnr: A fond parent, who was ing the civil war and has a record of more country hills abound, during the last three ding, and when each has mastered the part w hl g, Btlck,er for punctuality, than sixteen yeara' sea service. M" mere nss Deen roasting, umaha assigned a public exhibition 1. given e.ecirician. has not had such a season of sliding down Gowned and tailored In the height of fash- , .be,0.r,.e ,aT,ng be "k!d Mr' Ealon Senator John Kean of New Jeraev h.. hill in many years. Tumultuous Joy haa Ion. with all the appointment, and accom- w K,Te the word of advlce- become known to , wJahh,...! - . relgnrd among the young people In thl. panlment. pVe-cr.bed,yonv.nUonaTc7.- .?",d the ntor. "never look ,t th. 0 "Ing TlUtU h.".d nhf "'""r.' WrtvWoliWB b3r 0,d tom f0- th ""o"' ""I. pe.pl. ap- C,0ck- while ago he aoughtTut a popular resort Boreas hss not .ervedtocheck the sport. Jr.rt,,t the circumstance, attending Lyman j. 0age.nT. Just relinquished tor U cooking and e.pecf.tfor th. Physical cultur."lotTrrl. h.. . n.. ?mu t V n 9 th enrrtlp of the treasury, served Mr and excellence of it. method. In the fsd suae anS I dmWt5 nn! il . from .t! , l ,he ,onger l the hed of n' 1-partment than up oysters. To the waiter be un- necessltv l Mil r . , .. i . f? m .k, phi0RTpn u,ed for n ny of the secretaries, except Alexander burdened himself thus: Zr mU,," 1 Mr ,Ph" f Re" A,,m,r, "H-Farenholt. United S the unt.7 they' curfup XT' " .Ch"ng.ed ' ,8te th' Cen,n un,on ta name frequently State, navy, who wa. Inspection officer at Then I want th oyster Uken out and girls of the home are In a large measure appesrlng In the news columns of The Bee, Charlestown navy up to about a year ago served in a nankin Now v,, t.n JSls deprived of m.ny of the opportunities their and from the report, of the meeting, pe a who I. now on th. retired list. 1. t to do m iold you and r ,u.t u T '.u" be that ntl0n" b '0n" un"unted with the object, might only officer In the .ervlce who reached the each a dollar" altered with the times. At any rate, it haa gather the notion that it Is a body organized BTde of rear admiral from the position of And the wsiter went haek th- .n.vm come to be accepted that a girl Is Just as for the purpose of wrangling. This Is far "listed man. Admiral Farenholt is now tub? . n.7 . I , t f P f much entitled to musde, a. to nerves, snd frm a correct conclusion. Central Labor "ring In Ma.den. Mass. His I.st du't'y w.. .SlSiSaS do'wn the 'teW! JUSTpBEFORH THE STT-TTPICAL SCENE ON OMAHA HILL STREETS DURING LAST THREE WEEKS- John Redmond's recent Ironical tribute to Joseph Chamberlain In a Parliamentary de bate, "You ought to be made king," re calls th fact that this Is not the first time the colonial secretary has been recommended for a higher post than he seems likely to reach. The first recommendation, however, was not made In irony, but in the good faith of perfect tlpslness. It was at the time Queen Victoria visited Birmingham, fifteen years ago. Chamberlain's carriage was blocked for aome minutes and be found himself the object of a fluent and somewhat disordered harangue from a member of th crowd who had fortified himself extensively against the labors of the dsy. "Yer ain't In office now, Joe," ran the peroration, "but I'll tell yer what I sees In tho future. I sees Hengland and Hamerica unlonated into one republic yus, and you'll be the fust president." "The family name of the new president of Cuba ia Estrada, and not Palma," said a Cuban visitor to a Washington Post re porter. "Estrada was hla father's family nam and Palma hi. mother'.. Following the Spanish custom he writes It Estrada Palma, but he should be addressed as Presi dent Estrada, and not as President Palma. The old-fashioned way of writing it would be Tomas Estrada y Palma. but only th highest and oldest Spanish aristocracy and the lowest and most Ignorant class now us the y. The mass of Cubans hav a ban. doned It. and those who have much busi ness with Americana are either placing their mother's nam flrat, according to the American su.tom, or dropping It entirely. Palma, by the way. Is pronounced Pal-ma. with the 1 sounded."