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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1903)
TITE OMAITA DAILTl BEE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1003. K $1.00 CORSETS at 48c MONDAY JEWELRY SPECIAL HIOH GRADE BTRAIOHT FRONT CORSETS best quality French but lit with hose supporters attached medium length all alzes worth $1.00 at ' 48c GENTS ELOIN OR WALTH AM MOVEMENT WATCHES 4 ounces German nickel silver cases, screw bezel back and front Jeweler s pries $10 Orrery special at 4.98 12 n i i 1 1 1 i .ill vj LI ' J ij vi Splendid Display of New Dress Goods and Silks Sjowiig" tho Afost Hcnutlful Smartest Novelties iti Dress Goods 39c 29c 49c Linens for Waists and Shirt Waist Dresses ; Linen etamlne embroidered, plain 46-Inch FrencD linen (or dress and for shirtwaist S..":?!"' 49c, 65c and 85c Fine French Veiles, 45 in., all colors, at $1.00 a yard Mistral Etamine at 75c Silk and Weol Voile Crepe $1.50 Mohair Fancy Tailor Suitings, 50 in. at $1.25 Scotch Tailor Suitings, 50 in., at $1.25 EXCLUSIVE STYLES FOR STREET COSTUflES-Scotch worsteds, mohair suitings and cloths or the extreme rash ions for start waist a reuses 50 HU.Cl 1 75 BLACK DRESS O.OODS The best voile In the market, 45-lnch, per yard $1.00 Mohair silk luster, $1.60 quality for, (( Mohair Sicilian, M-tnch wide, $2.60 f Cf per yard a.W quality, per yard IOvl ilerccrlzed Walgtlnga-elefcratit and choice designs at, per yard 5 White riercerized heavy Vesting y Q 511k rioiissellne-all oolori-60c regular 7oo vrde. yard 4"C quality, yard Vesting striped, fancy, Persian stripes; light and dark effects 75c and 11.00 qualities on Monday, per yard Qfj , 50c and C9c Silk Walstlngs plain colors and creme, dots OQ III DfJUlN and fancy stripes, checks and fancy new spring styles, at OVC SQUARE colors, ppr yard 39c Fabrics for Spring Wear Lattst Styles of High Grade Silks flUR display of spring silks is now undir headway in our tilk department. We show the lattst New York and Lyons styles in the popular seeded effects and glace hair line taf fttas and new pin checks in changeable and boucle effects, all t7 inches wide. The new silks for shirt waist suits predominate for spring wear and our collection is superb. 15 different styles In hair Una stripes, 20 different styles In pin checks, bouole seeded effect taffetas, bond, strip, tat- ftfc SaThlacVa "d'whC effe 'e. p'ri".' .. 98c-1.15-1.25 prrcyr!r...:.....69c-85c-98c Black Taffeta Silk Sale . 100 pieces new black "Bonnet" taffeta our own direct Importation this taffeta needs no introduction every piece is stamped ''wear guaranteed," C. J. Bonnet & Co., Lyons, France. Thousands of yards hnve been sold by us the rast year and are claimed 10 do mv dcbi dibcji laneia on me mantel z specials for Monday, 24-ln. "Bonnet" taffeta, 69c and 27-ln. "Bonnet" taffeta, 75c positively worth $1 and $1.25 a yard NEWEST FOULARDS CO ploces extremely pretty blue and whit, and black and whit. Lyons printed satin and twilled foulards, mostly spots and small designs especially adapted for th. popular shirt waist suit. the above are new styles just arrived the past week. We place the entire lot, Monday, on On Bargain Square at 25c All Wool Dress Goods plain aod fancy blaoic, and all colors 50c and 75o ry C grades, yard DC On Bargain Square at 49c 60 -Inch mohair, cheviots, prunelle, suitings, serge and fine henrietta new suitings , 65c and 11.00 grades-rgo at, A C n per yard kzsi On Bargain Square at 371c 3,000 yards fine French black nun's veiling, regular price 60c and 75c mm 1 go at, yard O J. 2C On Bargain Square at 69c The highest grade imported dress goods, English granites, mohairs, armure. ch- ri ots, r rencn novelty suitings, black and all colors, yard . . . 69c special sal. at, yard, 59c, 69c, 75c, 98c Embroidered Pongee Silks New arrivals of embroidered pongee silks, , all exclusive patterns and Including a number of swell semi-made pongee robes this 1. the finest collection of shantung, (pongee) silks ever shown in Omaha over 30 different styles special prices for Monday, yard, 75c,98c, 1.25,1.50 VS If J IX V VUTJ 00 V jCHI BUU SSI V 69c-75c White and Black Silk s Special for Monday 21-Inch white and black Japanese OEn silks, per yard 21-Inch white, cream and black Wnshftnn VT7 Taffeta, per yard 27-Inch white Taffetas, per yard , . .....75c 22-lnrh black Rustling Taffeta, per 50c 21-lnch black and whit. Moire, per yard .' 39c 49c W-lnoh whit. Wash Silks, per yard 20-lnch new Corded White Bilks (28 lOr. different styles), per yard Jzf 2C-innh double faced I'eau de Sole fC (black), per yard OVC 2-lnch white and black Crepe da fiC Chine, per yard OVC 20-lneh new white all silk Corded Pongee, per yard ,48c GRAND SPECIAL SALE Laces and Embroideries 4 large bargain squares with many thousands of yards of all kinds of plain ond fancy laces, Valenciennes, torchons, point d'esprit, Norman die vails and a great variety of net top laces, in all widths, worth in a regular way up to 23c go in lots at, yard, 3c, 5c and 10c Striking Display of Embroideries Immense lots of very fine embroideriees and inserting8, nainsook, Suisse and cambric, in neat and dainty patterns, also wide showy embroid eries, many worth up to 35c a yard, go in bar gain squares at, yard, 7c and 15c $1.25 Kid Gloves at 39c A New York im porter's sample and surplus stock o f odd and end lots of fine kid gloves in mostly all colors and all sizes many worth in, the reerular war $1.00 and O O $1. 25 a pair on bargain square at f P 1 Great Sale of Wash Goods 50c Mercerized Waistings at 19c Yard 1 big bargain square of fancy mercerized waistings, damask patterns basket weaves, in light and heavy weights. These I Cj sell by the piece at 50c a yard go at 15c 10c percales Q 1 02C . 8iC 60e mercerised sateens In black and colors, double fold go at per yard .-. 25 0 wblt. goods, such as 40-lnch lawns, India llnons, nainsook, and fancy weaves and laoe effects, etc. go at, per yard Ue. India llnons, 40 Inches wide go at per yard ' : 62C On. big counter Brandenberg worth lBo go at, per yard .... 15c French and Scotch ginghams, corded madras, etc. go at per yard , WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT 75c 25c No. 200 Long Cloth -12-yard bolts for........ AH our 35c, 39c and 00c quality Nainsooks, go at, yard 30c white welt Piques go at, yard 1 ,000 pieces flay Flower Batistes in all the newest floral designs, yard 15c 10c Monday's Bargains SHEETINGS 7- 4 Oneida Bleached Sheeting, 12$C 8- 4 Oneida Bleached Sheeting, 1Ar yard "w Rochdale Sheeting, 24 yards wide, bleach ed and unbleached, good heavy t quality, go at, yard itJW 8-4 Lockwood Bleached Sheeting, 18c r-4 Lockwood Bleached Sheeting, 19 J C 10-4 Lockwood Bleached Sheeting, 21 iC Pillow Casings Anderson Bleached Pillow Casing, 42 in ches wide, good heavy quality, 71r go at, yard a V. 43-Inch Ickwood Pillow Casing, IOC 4S-lnch Lockwood Pillow Caalng, Jfjc sPecio1 Bargains in Table Damask 50c quality ail pure linen, silver bleached table damask 2QC 65c quality all pure linen, fine rrade silver bleached table damask go at, per yard .... 75c quality, an assorted lot of German, Irish and Scotch table damask, all pure linen, 64 to 72 in ehes wide, go at, yard, $1.00 quality all pure linen, heavy weight, 2 yards wide, silver bleached table damask go at, SQr . per yard Jz7 11.60 quality all pure linen, extra heavy, full bleach ed table satin damask, new and very attractive designs, go at, yard 98c 39c 49c Large Size Napkins $2.60 quality, one big lot of large size napkins, heavy weight, half bleached, silver mm s-v bleached and full bleached, go at, I vJ dozen 1KJZ7 Fringed Table Cloths l.OOrf Fringed Table Cloths, red and blue borders. from 2 to 2H yards long worth $1.60 go at 85c Huck Towels All the balance of the 25c towels, large huck knotted French damask, all go Monday- each 15c SPECIAL SALE VALENTINES FROM ONE CENT UP ,(,.-. 'A fortunate purchase enables us to place on sale tomorrow, an entire stock of Valentines at special sole. This purchase includes every novelty in Valentines, as well as almost every grade. There are Valentines for the serious folks, Valentines for the merry ones, Valentines for grown folks and Valentines for little ones. Valentines enough to fill every demand, no " nna nani matter what kind you ask for. They are on sale in the basement at prices from, upwards -Iv UUC CCnTI Of all the great sensational SHOE SALES ever held none so great none so astonishing Don. so sensational as this) $60,000 Worth Fine Shoes mad. by th. most celebrated shoe manu facturers of America, on sale now At Half Price At Less Than Half Price -And Just a Little Over Half Price On sal.. Including $22,000 Wtmen's Fine Sh.es mad. by John T. Latteman, Trlraby ft Brewster, Ford, D. Armstrong Co. of Rochester, Thomas Plant of Boston, Wolff Bros, of Cincinnati, eta. All this spring's new styles, made to sell as high as $f, go on sale at 98o, $1.50, $1.98, S2.SO and $3 This includes the finest hand sewed and "hand welt, .light and medium and heavy sole shoes. In Imported Ideal kid, patent calf skin, enamel calf, patent colt, sur pass kid, vld kid. willow calf. In button and lace, plain tips and patent tips. In every kind of heel. $7.00ft MOLONEY'S CHILDREN'S SHOES made to retail as high as $3 a pair, go on. sale at 69c, 75c, 89c, 98o. $1.29, SI.SO, $1.79 and $1.98 The name of Moloney will recall to many of our customers the sale we held sbout two years ago of this same make of shoes, which created a sensation all over the state. The shoes that w. put on sale now made by Moloney Bros. wer. designed for the most exclusive trade of New York City. Among them are MISSES' and CHILDREN'S bHOES, which wer. mad. to sell is high as $4 and $5 a pair. W. offer this entire lot of $7,000 worth of shoes at less than cost to manufacturer. This Is absolutely the greatest sale of Infants', children's and misses' Sne shoes ever held anywhere. Mor. than $18,000 worth Men High Grade Shoes mad for up to $9.00 a pair Go on sale on our second floor and In th. basement at $1.90, $1.99, $1.98 and $2.50 Men's $3 Shoes for $1.98 on sale on our second floor. Men's Kruger calf shoes, men's enamel shoes, men's patent coltskln rhoes, men's box calf shoes, all on aal. on our second floor at $1.98 Men's $5 Shoes for $2. 50 on sale on our seond floor Men's genuine Goodyear welt sol. shoes, In Imported enamels. Imported ratent colt skin, patent calf skin, genuine box calf, imported vlcl kid and velour calf ektn, in cluding Worth's $4 Electrlo Cushion sole viol shoe., at $2.50 IN THE BASEMENT. 1,000 pair of misses' dongola kid and box calf shoes, sizes 12 to 2, light, medium end heavy, at 98c and 890 1,000 pair of children's dongola kid and box calf shoes, sizes 8 to 11 V4. go at 89C 600 pair children's' dongola kid, spring heel shoes, sizes 6 to 8, go at 59c J. L. BItANDEIS & SONS. BOSTON STORE. J. L. BItANDEIS & SONS. BOSTON STORE. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. BOSTON STORE. J. L. BRANDEIS & SONS. PICTURES OF FAMOUS MEN fr Diffioo.lt to Takt with the Camera Than lablss or Bridts. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN . THE STUDIO Peeallarltt.a Displayed by Notable. Wkti GaalBsr lao the Mnsale f the Plctere Maa'a . Gam. : As th. celebrity closed th. door r.tter him en his way out, th. photographer breathed a sigh of relief. "These big men," h. said, with a touch f Pity, . mingled with soma scorn, "are harder to photograph than spoiled babies who won't listen to the btrdte and bashful country brjdts who persist In making eyes at their husbsnds just when It's high time to press th. bulb. "There's President Roosevelt, for In Stance. H. It on. of the hardest men to photograph satisfactorily that I've ever tackled, and, as I'm distinctly a celebrity photographer, traveling the world over In search of proper subjects, that's saying a good deal. "Th. president Is a bad subject for the Imple reason that he doesn't seem to be abl. to keep still twenty consecutive sec ends. You'll get him posed to your own and his satisfaction, h. submitting good naturedly to It all, and ar. just ready to do th. business when, suddenly, an arm or a leg will begin to move energetically and It's begin all over again. Tvs photogrsphed the president at least a doien times and each tlm. I'v. had much trouble, but on. experience with him atands out mor. clearly than all th. others lumped together. '.'Shortly after he had succeeded to the presidential chair I got him to assent to It for m. In th. chief executive's office. Vy appointment wss for 10 o'clock and sharply at that hour I waa ushered into the president's presenc. and waa greeted with th. cheery remark: 'Delighted to aee you; and I'll promise te keep still for you, so we'll get through quickly, for I'v. much to do today.' "As I put the csmera together h. recalled several previous times when I had photo graphed him and he had worried ma halt sick by hia constant wrlggllngs. When I began poalng him he again said earnestly! " 'Yes, I'll keep still for you this time, sure.' . "Did he?" The celebrity chaser glanced scornfully at his questioner. "Say, I dare say h. tried his best, but h. kept m. two hours, and out of the twenty exposures ; i maa. I got only two aecent negatives. Admiral Dewey Shy. "Then there's Admiral Dew.y," the man j el pletnrea continued. "The admiral's all rtgnt. enly be s as shy as a weet-oia nriae, who has come to be taken In her wedding own. from the fact that be persists In getting himself Into ball shape when before the earnera, I take It that be wanta to be In evidence In a photograph as little as possi ble. I said to him one, after be had rolled up about the fifteenth time at th. same sitting: . " 'Admiral, If you don't keep straight, I'll havo to prop you up.' All right, he said, meekly, 'but just now I feel as It I need an entirely different sort of a strengthened' "I'm not saying whether or not th. ad miral got what he thought he needed, but I did finally succeed in getting a splendid negative, and to date I've made over $5,000 selling copies of It throughout the country. It's astonishing how well th. photographs of celebrltes sell. The demand for them Is constant, even though they vary from $1 to $5 apiece. And, queer thing, the Europeans are steady buyers of likenesses of America's big men. Only th. other day I got an order from a St. Petersburg pho tographer for copies of my negatives of President Roosevelt, several members of his cabinet and our leading army and navy officers. A Strenuous Time with Count Caaalnl. "And that remlnda me of the time that I invaded the Russian embassy at Wash ington In order to get Count Cassinl to sit for me. The count sat quietly enough after he had asked advice of the young countess, bis secretaries, the military and naval attaches and who not around the legation. Everyone had a different sug gestion to make, and, would you believe It, the count actually changed his clothing four times In an effort to suit himself and the host that he had called In to give ad-vlce-.' I daresay that he'd be changing clothes yet it the countess hadn't finally shoved him Into the chair and said: "Now, alt there do to please me." "And the count mopped the perspiration from his brow, smiled sweetly Into the camera, and It was all over In a second after a two-hours' fuss that had upset the legation from cellar to garret. A Prince Henry Anecdote. "Prince HenryT I should say I have- about f00 times. I have no heBtltation In aaylng that h. Is th. most photographed man of his day, and th. prince also feels sure of this distinction, judging from the conversation that. I had with him while th. special train was coming east, for I was on the train during the entire trip. "It was after the prince's experience in Chicago, where every man, woman and child in alght seemed to have a camera, and where the prince literally had to make his way at all timea through a veritable lane of black-boxed, clicking Instruments. The prince walked up to me and said: " 'How many times do you think that you've photographed rue?' " 'On a rough guesa, J should say 500,' 1 replied. "The prince pulled out a note book and busied himself writing something for a few minutes. Then he turned to ma and said, and there was much wearnesa in bis voice: " 'lsing your figures and my Chicago experience as a starting point, I've hastily csluculated that, since I've been In Amer ica I've had 4,600.015 cameras pointed at me with a grand total of somewhere be tween 10. (K, 000 and 15,000,000 photographs taken. And despite this fact, you'll be In sisting on photographing me at the next atopplng place.' " MeKlnley Aeeomnsodatlaa; and Easy, "The esslest of all big men for the pho tographer? William MeKlnley without ex- ceptlon. He was accommodating, polite, 1 affable and thoroughly patient at all times. I never had any trouble poalng him, and th. way be cut through a lot of red tap. that had been bothering me for a week I shall not soon forget. 'At the time that he and Mrs. MeKlnley and several of his advisors ware recreating on Lake Champlaln several years ago I was commissioned by a big New York pub lication to secure a new photograph of Mrs. MeKlnley., I went to the resort and tried to get th. president to Intercede for ins with Mrs. MeKlnley, but the men sur rounding the president kept me from him and refused to deliver my messages. I had about given up hope, when, on th. day that the president's side before his guards were aware of my presence. The president party left the resort, I managed to reach recognized me at once and, as he gave me a hearty handshake, I explained my mission. "Why, certslnly, I'll help you all that I can,' be replied. 'Why didn't you com. to m. before?' "I told him. He laughed. " 'Ah, they're very zealous and jealous over me,' he replied. "Then he beheld Mrs. MeKlnley just about to step on the boat's gangplank. He called to her, asked her to face him and to stand still, adding: " 'A friend of mine ws,nts to photograph you.' "Mrs. MeKlnley . turned full toward me, smiled, and click went the camera. " 'Now,' aald the president, as he held out his hand in goodbye, 'all I ask In return for my services Is a print of ths negative.' "I lost no time In sending It to him and, In due season, I received a note from htm thanking me for the photograph and prais ing It as one of the beBt ever taken of his wife." STORIES STIMULATE READING CimCB SCORES AGAIN. A Preparation that Will Destroy the Dandruff Germ Discovered. Finally the scientific student has discov ered a certain remedy for dandruff. When it first became known that dandruff Is the result of a germ or paraslt. that digs into the scalp and aaps th. vitality of hair at the root, causing falling balr and baldness, biologists set to work to discover some preparation that will kill the germ. After a year'a labor in one laboratory the dan druff germ destroyer waa discovered, an1 It Is now embodied in Newbro's Herplclda, which, besides curing baldness and thinning balr, speedily and permanently eradlcatea dandruff. "Destroy the cause, you remove the effect." File. Deadlier Than Ballet.. In a lecture at the Philadelphia academy of natural actences on disease being carried by Insects, Dr. Henry Skinner declared that the common houaefly was responsible for more deaths during the Spsnlah-Amerl can war than bullets. "There were 461 soldiers killed ia the late war with Spain,' aald Dr. Skinner, "and 5.277 died of disease nearly all succumbing to typhoid fever carried into camp by houseflles. This desth rate could have been consklerably modified by protecting the tents from ths Dies and proper aanltary arrangements." New Plan of Work Adopted bj the Public? Library. AIDS CHILDREN TO DEVELOP TASTE Mies Tobltt Explain, the Aim and Method of 'the Scheme that la Now Bhowlns; Good Result.. In the children's department of th. city library Miss Tobltt and her assistants, es pecially Mlas Alice Egbert, the children's librarian, and her co-worker. Miss Kate Swartzlander, have been this winter try ing the "story-telling hour" for the Im provement of the children who frequent the library, and feel that they are meeting with success. The idea is not new and in some cities has been worked out to a degree and scope far In advance of that at tempted here. Nothing of the kind has been In the Omaha library before this sea son. The present work Is to some extent experimental and will be so until the sum mer puts an end to the talks; then next fall, with the knowledge gained, work can be taken up systematically. The Idea of the story telling Is to in terest the little folks In meritorious books on various subjects. After listening to a talk on some subject they are sure to show Interest In regard to one or another phase of th. topic and the children's librarian can thus supply them with good books, which they Ilk. and in reading which a taste for standard works Is formed. Topics Already Covered. The first -of these story tellings came late In the autumn and dealt with giants; soma of these being real giants steam and electricity and others the ficticious mon sters of the fairy tales. Next, shortly be fore Christmas, came "The Story of the Other Wise Man," and other Chrlatmas stories. Th. third of the series wss a talk on birds, during which the speaker Imitated the calls of the flying creatures and told of their interesting habits. Last Frldsy waa devoted to the little children, and Kate Douglas Wiffgln and other writ ers of stories for small people were drawn on. Two weeks later there will come a talk on shells. Illustrated by the shells from the museum. At the first two story hours forty children were present, but at the third and later meetings about ninety heard the stories. The children hsv. evinced an intereat by repeated questions as to the time for the next meeting. The sub ject and time of the story telling is made known by tickets which are given out to the children coming to the reading rooms during several days preceding the meeting. These are held In the afternoons shortly after the cloalng of school. The stories so far have been told by patrons of the library who have been Interested la the work and ethers have volunteered their services. How the Plan Work. "Our aim," aald Miss Tobltt, the librar ian, "is to gradually bring to themttention of the children the best claas of literature and also te introduce to them objects of In terest In the museum. We have, for in stance, a collection of shells, which' is perhaps the best in the transmlsslsslppl country. We Intend to bring these down to the children's room where the small people can look at and handle them while they are being talked about. The poem of the 'Nautilus' will probably be recited, and we have hers a good speclmen,"whlch Is cut away so that It chambers can b. seen. In Brooklyn and some ether cities they have children's museums and story telling rooms, and even compact circulating col lections, which are sent about to th. pub lic and parochial schools. W. can under take nothing so elaborate, but will still be able to teach much In regard to theae things and cans, a healthy Intereat In the museum. I often think that children form a distaste for Dickens and Scott because they try to read these books before they ran understand them. We hope by our stories to prepare for such reading. "It is our intention to have theae story telling hours on alternate Fridays until summer, or such time as the attendance shall fall off enough to ahow a loss of In terest. In some places the subject is con tinued from week to week and, say, the Norse tales or other chqjce bits of litera ture continued through the winter. We have made of each meeting a complete subject, not knowing whether we would have the same children In attendance on consecutive days. We hope some time to have alternate classes each Friday, having different subjects. In this way we might, say, devote every other meeting to the history of England, giving the Intervening houra to other topics." tU'AINT FEATURES OF LIFE. Judge McEwen of Chicago had recently to pronounce sentence In a most novel way. The prisoner was Bassett Rologer, a col ored man who was deaf and dumb, could neither read nor write and did not known the usual sign language. In order to tell him what he was to expect as a result of his conviction for manslaughter a picture of a man behind the bars wss shown to him, then by means of a calendar and many algna the knowledge was conveyed to him that he would be behind the bars for four teen years. The following, marked "Stolen," Is pub lished In a Missouri paper: "How dear to my heart is th. stesdy subscriber, who pays In advance at the birth of the year; who lays down his money, and does it quit, gladly, a,nd casts round th. office a halo of cheer. He never says 'Stop It, I cannot af ford it,' nor 'I'm gettlDg more papers than now I can read,' but -always ssys, 'Send It, the family likea It; In fact, we all think It a real houaebold need.' How welcome be la when he steps In the sanctum, bow h. makes our hearts throb, how h. makes our hearta dance. We outwardly thank him, we Inwardly bless bin), ths steady subscriber who psys In advance." The cabmen of Evansvllle, Ind., recently formed a combine and advanced tbelr prices for taking a couple to the theater from $1 to $2. This led to ths formation of a "gum shoe" union on the part of the society girls, who wslked rather than pay the price demanded. The business of the onbmeo fell off and they had to go back te the old prlcea. Th. girls are now rejoicing aver their victory, to which they were helped by the support of the traveling men, who were affected by a corresponding Increase of other rates and had arranged to ask the city council to pass an ordinance estab lishing a uniform price for cabs. One kiss, bestowed on an unwilling girl, cost Charles Erlckson a $50 fine In Justice Doyle's court in Chicsgo. For good meas ure Erlckson also was allowed to pay the costs. Florence Richardson, 14 years old, was the complainant. As she was passing near Union park, she says, Erlckson threw his arms around her neck, gave her a hearty kiss, then backed away, and asked: "Now, how do you like thatT" Miss Rich ardson answered by calling a policemen. The pains of being a dignitary In an an cient country with a tradition of splendor is Illustrated by this anecdote from India. It Is related that the viceroy's eye lighted one day upon a dish at which he gazed for a moment with incredulity. "What Is this?" he demanded it last.' A trembling retainer gasped that It was rice pudding. No less a personage than the viceroy's con sort had ordered the bumble pudding which eminent statesmen may be seen eating at their clubs with undisguised enjoyment any day of the parliamentary session. But the viceroy frowned. "Take It away,'' he said. "Never let me aee such a thing again." This is how the Orient differs from the Occident. Rice pudding might have ruined the dignity of the viceregal ta ble In native opinion. The editor of the Highland (Pa.) Vldette Is going to be married, and thla Is the wsy he makes the announcement: , "There Is but one more week of single blessedness for the editor of this paper. A young woman has consented to take our name and share with us the burdens and joys of Ufa. She is Miss Elsie Kltzmlller, youngest daughter of Mrs. Lavina Kltz mlller. Her father was Frank KItzmlllor, a veteran of the civil war, who died one year ago. Th. time set for the ceremony Is next Wednesdsy at 2 o'clock In the after noon at th. home of Mrs. Kltzmlller. A number of friends hsve been invited, but not nesrly all. The bouse would not hold one-third of all those 'we' should have been pleased to see present. (This is not the editorial we 'we' having assumed a new significance.) But there will be enough, we hope, to fill the house and see tbst the job Is well done. There will be no at tendants. 'We' will be the whole show. There will be no tears every one will be glad to see us (editorial us) finally mar ried. "This will be a happy, handsome couple, the handsomeness being contributed by the othsr half. No one's life is complete who lives alons. No, of course not. To develop Into a surly, crabbed, soul-ahrlveled old bachelor, or dwindle away an old man full of vinegar and tool notions whst unbsp pler fate? To form, a complete and useful marriage Is a necessity as well as a luxury. Yet these considerations are mere aide Is sues. The first consideration is to find ons you can lore, respect, admire. Love Is apart from logic. It la capricious. It frowns upon wealth, tramples over differ ences of age, breaks down any established rules of precedence and astounds ths coolly systematic We are It. Time passes slowly." SUMMER BLOOMS IN WINTER Odor of Boiebnda Wafted from Texas to the Snowbound. BITS OF LIFE IN THREE LIVELY CITIES Ban Antonio tho Quaint, Houston ths Hustler, and Galveston tho Storm-Tossed Progress and Prosperity. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 1. (Corre spondence of The Bee.) To one direct from the cold blasts of winter in the north ths change to this balmy climate Is very agree able and Inspiring. When you see roses In bloom In the .gardens In January It la hsrd to realize it is winter. I have a bunch of La France roses at my elbow, by th. open window, plucked directly from th. bush this morning. n San Antonio has been often described. Its quaint architecture. Its narrow streets, the prevalence of Mexicans, the adobs buildings scattered here and there pre sent the appesrance of a foreign city. The city of over 60,000 Inhabitants Is growing, many large four and five-story buildings being in course of construction. Yesterday the new depot of the Southern Pacific railroad was opened with appropri ate ceremonies. A banquet was spread In the waiting room, at which were present the officials of the road, representatives of the business men's club and Oeneral Fred Grant and his staff from Fort Sam Houston. The building Is a fine oue, beautifully decorated in Spanish atyle, light ochre In color and really one of the most attraetlve looking depots In the country. The citizens are very proud of It and It marks an era In the railroad history of the city. Hustle in Houston. , This part of Texas la In a very flourish log condition. At ' Houston, where I visited last week, there had been a meet ing of the "Rice Association of America," attended by over a hundred delegates from Louisiana and Texas. The rlce-growlng Interest here Is a promising one and there was much enthusiasm over the future out look. Then sugsr csne is grown here, near Houston, and there is a large sugar mill. These varied Interests have given to Houston an Impetus which Is manifest In the extensive building opersttons all over the city and the Increase In the price of iesl estate. Prices are double what they were three years sgo. A run down to Galveston enabled us to see some of the effects of the great storm of nearly three years sgo. Where th. greateat destruction wss, however, th. ground wss swept bar. and left a barren plain, so that no evidence remains. Ths fleet of Admiral Dewey Is expected to rendezvous st Galveston about February 17, wben mere will be excursions from all parts of the state to enable the people to vSew our grand American navy. It will be an event of great Intereat and afford Infinite pleasure te the visitors. H. C. VAN GIBSON.
