The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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OMAHA, SUNDAY MOUSING, MAliCll 13. 1004.
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THE New York World,
the great nwsj)apt?r of
New York City, has hit upon
a clever plan for increasing its
circulation. In its Sunday edi
tion, on the "Funny Part," it
prints a Green Trading
Stamp Coupon. If you cut the
coupon out and bring" it to Pre
mium Parlor, second floor, you
will get worth of Green Trad
In? Stamps for it.
The New York World, Sun
day edition, containing this
coupon will bo on sale in our
Stationery Dtpt after Tues
day the supply is limited.
Price, same as all first-class
Sunday papers 5c.
rTirrcs pon tk wf.f.k.
Crockery Dept.
Special ourchase of fancy Candle
Shades, all colors
value 20c to 25c, for
Monday, choice. .. .
Johnson Bros. English Porcelain
100-piece Dinner Sets, two
patterns of pink and one of
crreen. neautuui rrencn
transfer decora'
tions, regular
s?16. 50 value...
10c
C7T3
nnra rr?r
m
mm
lui r iciiLii
8.98
Ten Green Trading
Stamps for one on
Fancy Wedgewood
Ware for Monday
only.
OUNCE
..18c
COMMON EIGHT
TAULE TUMH
LEHS, per doz.
1IAVILAN1) & CO. 100-PIECE
DINNEK SETS, the well
known wbite Hanson sh.ape
one hundred f Q
pieces .
largest line of Ilaviland,
white aud decorated, in the
city.
Watch wladow and papers for
cbmIIob.1 sale of Import
Suraplra f Fire China, twnlljr
erirrd from on of fm York's
lirnril rhln Importers.
Sale- fur Krhltr, March JHth. On
that day only.
Remember the date, Friday,
1Mb of Marrh.
Women's Etons and Blouse Jackets
on SaJe Monday.
Wnrk Silk. Kton ami Wo two Jacket, neat lr1uiiiiinr. nil black and Murk
ami white, tint- inercvri.cd lining and an extra utility j QC
of p'HU elt client' silk. tin1 best value ever oPiVrvel T. J
Ilia ck ami Navy Wnue nntl Kton 'Jackets Fine wool cloth, neat trltn
nilut; f silk and braid, wiling by other dealers 'Z Q C
nt our price ' J,JD
New Kaln Coats Cenulnt Crave nette Haiti Coats, very best quality of
cloth, deep cape, strapped shoulder, metal buttons, belt and new cuffs,
fancy piping, colors olive and tan only. f A C
Value Sl'iUNt. for , I'TtiD
TWKNTV-F1VE DOLLARS IN TRADINO STAMTS 'WITH EACH COAT
Monday. ,
Women's Wash Waists on sale Monday, nearly five hundred doxen, Mark and
navy polka dots, white with dots and stripes, fancy colors Cfl
and oil white, our Challenge waists Jt
COI.ORKD DRESS GOODS,
5 pieces of Crepe do Farls, In the ne w jrown, champagne, biscuit, pearl (tray,
French bine, navy blue and cream. A regular fl f
$1.50 value, Monday, at, per yard 1,
to pieces French Voiles, all the new shades. This Is positively the best value
ever offered In Omaha, (this Is saying something, come and agree.) Sold every
where at $ 1 . 50. Monday's price, per
yard, only.,
40 pieces Kgvptlan Crepes, Voiles Eta mines. Mistrals, French Crepes, Light
Weight Orunltes, Canvas, Veilings, ell Wool Crush Suitings and
Katlste, only, per yard
S' to In. ehevMs. Granites, Voiles. Etamlnrs, Mistrals. Canvas, flasket Cloth
fancy mixtures, Hrtlllantines, fancy Mohairs, checks, plaids, polka and fancy
dots, Mohairs, Henriettas and Batistes, wurth per yard 75c, .
Monday, per yard
Black Dress Goods
1.00
75c
:et Cloth
id fancv
50c
46 to 64 In. Voiles, Etamines, French Crepes, Creponettes, plain Hoxlnna Shark
Skin, novelty Itoxlana, Panamas, Cheviots. Diagonals, Granites, Armuiv, I'ru
tiellar, Melrose, Nun's Veiling, Wool Taffetas, Anawas, Canadensis, Basket
Cloth, Sicilians and Mohairs. Worth up to $1.73 per yard, all
go Monday, at, per yard
42 to 48 In. Crepes, Tamlse, Egyptian Crepes, Hrllllantlnes, Mistrals, Cheviots,
Prunellas, Panamas, Ofeponotte ad Mohair, good value
for $1.(10, Monday, only, per yard
A FINE LINE OF HIGH FINISH FRENCH CLOTHS at $1.00. $1.2S. $1.60. $1.75,
$2.00, $2.60 and $.1.00 per yard. AN INSPECTION WILL INSPIRE A NEED.
1.00
Jhevlots,
75c
Silks! Monday Special! Silks!
SILKS FOR WAISTS AND WAIST SUITS.
Choicest new season styles on sale (at the price)
Monday, only , ,
$1.00 for 75c Another lot, elegant designs, reduced
frrm $1.00 to, for Monday only .-
$1.60 for $1.00 Another lot, exclusive Imported patterns,
all worth $1.50, Monday, at
59c
75c
1.00
Taffeta Silk Sale Monday Three Lots
LOT 1 IB In. Taffeta, for ,
I-OT 2-39 In. Taffeta, for
LOT 821 In. Taffeta, for
30c
39c
75c
In Muslin Underwear Monday
29c
WITH
nla onrl
12ic
ill Bites,
25c
Stationery Dept. for
Easter Novelties.
Fancy Decorated Easter Nov
elties at 15c, 10c, 8c and 5c
each.
Large assortment of Easter
Cards and Booklets at prices
right.
Wf'rt making a sale of Corset Covers, Chemise, Petticoats and
Drawers, goods worth up to 60c, at
AND ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH OF GREEN TRADING STAMPS
EACH GARMENT.
100 dozen Children s Heavy Ribbed Cotton. Hose, fast black, double heels and
toes, sizes fi to 10. worth up to 20c per pair. On sale
Monday, at, per pair.....
uaaiea reprtng weight i nciervests and Drawers, whlta and cream, all sizes.
worth up to 4fe per garment. Monday on sale,
t, per garment
Another Lace Sensation for Monday
ONE DOLLAR'S WORTH OF GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH EVERT
YARD.
About 150 pieces Black Applique, Irish Crochet, Chantllly, Point do Paris, Es-
curtala and Point Venice, goods worth up to $1.00 per yard,
Monday morning at o'clock wo put them on sale at, per yard
AND ONE DOLLARS WORTH OF GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH
EVERY YARD.
Wash Goods Department
850 pieces of the new French "I,arlHsa" Suitings In light and dark shades, very
pretty and sheer, worth 35c per 1 f Q
yard, Monday, at, per yard IOC
New Suitings Just received, a large shipment of the very latest, swellest and
most up-to-date suitings, worth from 25c to 85c per yard,
on salo Monday morning at, per pard
Spring Millinery
Opening
Tuesday and
Wednesday
We want every woman In Omaha to visit
our enlarged and Improved Millinery Sec
tion Tuesday and Wednesday and see the
magnificent display of Pattern Huts from
the most renowned artists of Paris Vlrot,
Madam pouyanne, Esther Meyer, Madam
Josse and others whose fnme and skill in
artistic millinery reaches around the world.
The patterns from our own work room are
remarkable for elegance and style but
ccme and see them.
An Astonishing
Special for
Spring Opening
A Dress Hat Toque, tnado of clmblnatlon
of chiffon and braid, trimmed with flow
ers and satin rib
bon, or all chiffon
and flowers,
worth eight dollars
yjurs for
5.00
DOl'BLE GREEN TRADING STAMPS
WITH ALL P1RCHASES AT OL'R
SPRING MILLINERY OPENING.
Pictures! Pictures!
Gallery Filled Wtih Pictures.
high as
.1.98
OF
25c
15c
Excellent values, manv worth as
$4.00 and fc.no t limit one to a
customer) good large ones for...
AND THREE DOLLARS WORTH
GREEN TRADING STAMPS.
300 small neatly framed pictures, big variety
of subjects (limit i to a on
customer) 6r&
AND THREW DOLLARS WORTH OF
GREEN TRADINO STAMPS.
Pyrography Bargains
Monday Only.
Thoto Boxes, regular 90c, for TRc
Handkerchief Boxes, regular 00c, for.... 4Sc
Panels, regular 75c, for 69c
Frames, regular 2Dc. and 35c, for 19c
Free Instruotions wtih all purchases.
Outfits, up from.tl.lkS.
WANTED 20 ladles to Join class of In
struction In burning, water coloring ajid
wood curving. Apply Mrs. Leslie, In Art
Department, second floor.
COME MONDAY
No previous Monday wns ever plugged fuller of bar
gains ami OH KEN TKADING STAMP events. Shopping is
always a pleasaut affair at Heiinett's. The store is no large,
roomy, airy, fresh and inviting. The' main llnor is now
ideally arranged and every department stands out eonspicu
ous and accessible.
This advertisement carries some of Monday's sensa
tional offerings, but not nil. Prices have been gone over
most carefully with your interests at heart. Uesult : ('renter
money saving chances than ever.
Bennett's Clothing Dept.
Hats for men and boys Monday, worth
up to SI, at 50c and S5 in Green
Trading Stamps
Furniture!
"We've doubled our stock in this department, hence
greater variety, insuring easy and satisfactory choosing.
Here are a few of the many money saving possibilities.
LADIES' SEWING ROCKER Brace arms, hand caned seats Q8C
ENAMEL IRON BED All colors, substantially made 1,75
FOLDING OO-CA RT Green enameled, stel pear, rubber tired -J Cm
wheels, Willi rubber hub caps, light and serviceable, at 'j.kjt
STEP SAVING KITCHEN CABINET J separate bins, 2 drawer! A Hfi
and 2 moulding boards, hardwood frame, at
ENAMELED IRON RE1 Heavy continuous post and fillings, fin- A QS
Ished with best hard baked enamel, In all color combinations, at
Carpet Department.
BRUSSELS RI'GS 6x9, Handsome designs and colorings, particularly U OS
appropriate for balls and sleeping rooms, at
KASHMIR REVERSIBLE RUGS 9x13 feet. Oriental designs and f O AO
colorings, Ink and wear like Brussels carpet, warranted fast colors, at.
BRUSSELS RUGS 9x12 feet, best grade, pure wool filled. Oriental 4fZ CfJ
medallion and floral effects, at ,u,uv
Drapery Dept., Third Floor.
Phenomenal Sale of Table Covers
Tomorow we place on sale our entire line of Table Covers at prices never
before beard of. This sale will be for one day only. Come early and get
best selections.
Note The Following Prices Carefully:
Grocery
OCR SUES ARE LARCH NO
CHANCE KOI1 CTALE GOODS. SMALL
1'KoCITS. tjUICK SALES.
1KETTH KOII (iltorKRIK.
Slnnd.iv, sevt nil hundred pounds of
EviiporrUcd Ring Apples, pT pound.
Il:iked Beans, can ....
Oil Sardines, can
C.Miimeal, wlilto or yellow. lrt-lh sack..
Oatilornla 1'runrs, per pound
Rice, brlgbt and clean, per pound......
Full Wetht Milk, ran
Table Salt, sack .....
l'ure Fruit Jellies, glass
Tomatoes, three-pound can. ....
Maple Cream, fxickago
liuui Pudding, cjin ....
Best Laundry Soap. R burs
COKFKK KHF.SH HOtJTBD DA1UV,
Bennett's Breakfast CotTee, very deli
cious. 2-poiini! can
Bennett's Capitol Coffee, a great favor
ite, jiound package 2o
Miinualbo Coffee, pound 16c
He
4o
Be
(So
lo,;
4c
1V
(Hi
5c
l'o
'Jfto
TEAS.
Itest Unr Krer OBereil t ke
Public. Three Hollars Worth
of l.rrrn Trndlnsr Mutpi
nllh Every Iotind ot
Ten nt from Wc
Imperial Japan Ten, per pound. m JSo
Tea Sittings, per pound luC
Pure Ground Bhick Pepper, 4-U can. 12o
rilKKH I : M OMM Y H (MDtY,
TWO DOLLARS WORTH OF GREEN
TRADING STAMPS WITH EACH
I'OCNO OF OUR FAMOUS NEW
VORK CHEESE AT PER POUND.. 20c
HI TTKIl KKOM THE HKT DAIRIES.
Fresh Country Butter, per pound loo
Bennett'! Capitol Creamery, st pound 27o
1'AMIV.
Crowded to toppling over with Euster
novelties. All the fancy cxuidloa at esy
prices.
Candy Eggs, ten for lo
Candy Ekks, six fot f.o
Novelties, e.'M-h, lr-. 1M an. I Re
Tonsteil Marshmiillows, piokagn B-
Choiradute Creams, -r uiunl lhc
Mixed Candy, per pound 8c
3l)xM-lneh worth 75c
special, each
8lx3fi-lneh worth SKc
special, each
8Gx3-lnch worth 11.48
special, each
8dx:w-lnch worth 2.5o
spc-elal, each
64xi4-lnch worth $1.50
special, each
S4s5l-lnch worth 2.5C
special, each
ftxM-inch worth $.1.50
special, each
..48c
..69o
98c
1.29
80c
1.39
2.45
Mx54-lnch worth $5.dn
special, each
72-72-Inch worth $2.2o
special, each
72x72-lnch worth $3.2r
special, each
7272-lneh worth $4.60
t peclal, each
72x"2-lneh worth $5.75
special, each
72x 72-lnrh worth $7.50
special, each
.3.21
. 1.19
.1.80
2.38
3.98
4.69
Big Snap in
PURSES
And Dollars on Dollars in
Green Trading Stamps
lies' purses
29c
A manufacturers close-out of ladles' purses
some full chamois lined,
leather handles, values fully
$1.50 at 4c, Wc
and
AND TUREE DOLLARS IN GREEN
TRADING STAMPS.
And a lot of purses, real seal and Saffian
leather, blacks, reds and blues. leather
handles, swell shapes, purse
and card cse fittings, worth
1.C.'. $100 and V2.50 on aula
at 7'Jc, We and
AND FIVE DOLLARS IN GREEN
TRADING STAMPS.
Ji:Wl;l.RV llKPAilTMKXT.
mt len t nor
59c
PAINTS! PAINTS'. PAINTS!
Taints
Enamel of every color for nil iniinn or of woodwork. Iron beds, etc.
Hint rotHln color.
-pint ran (Icrstendorfer's EnaniH 17c
i pint van riorstendoi fcr s linamel 24c
l-jiut can OorstPiHlorfcrs Enamel 45c
riHSTCl.ASS rUltNlTUKE VARNISH.
-pint rurnituro Varnish 15c
1 pint 'rurnituro Varnish 22c
1 quart Furniture Varnish 40c
HARNESS DEPARTMENT.
FINE WALL PAPERS
Monday and Tuesday you can select from our complete
Ktock of line Wall Papers, artistic designs for parlors, fin
ing rooms, bed rooms, etc.. at prices tl-.atxwill pay you to
invest and get the benetit of the greatest Wall Taper
Sale ever given in Omaha.
Three thousand rolls of White Wanks, up frpm 3c
Fifteen hundred rolls of good (Jilts, up from 7c
lloorti Moulding, up from 2c
Wall Paper Departme nt Third Floor,
Wagons for Fort Crook and Bellevue WEDNESDAYS, to Walnut Hill and Benson, South Omaha and Council Bluffs EVERY DAY. 'Phone Your Orders.
ASES OF C01SG 10 WAR
How tba Brigade of Oorrefpondents Gets
I'.eelf Organised for Aotion.
NEWSPAPER FORCES MOBILIZE AT T0K10
QMir Kins lTl Glvra (Sraphlr !
DBtrrlalnla v Arcoupt of the Ad
Tturr ot tht Prarll-Paahrri
ad t'amrra-Mnapprr.
(CopyrlKht hy Nrw Voik Hi-rld Co., 1!KI.)
ToKlO. Jmphti, Feb. IS. (En.m a Staff
Correspondent of the New York Herald
Kp Ul to Tlio Hi e.) UoIiik to wnr has
Y.iiloii ph.u-c., some if them amiiHlng a
Will as atrt'iiuoiiK, unj not ull UuiiKeruua,
txri pl lo t'inpiT.
it U alWK.VM the name. lt. fore (he cain
pitlKn artually 1kIh there la enough ex
mlKuio of effort ami nervous enertty to
Uk a regiment through. Then ou no
lid promptly H"d that you huve wasted
most of the atrenisth so put forth. You
throw away a pood share of th kit you I
have eontiived with mueh labor, thought
ami expense, and settle down to the nn
avoldalde har.lshlp' and diwomfort. and are
mazed to hurt that In some way you net
your work done, not n" well, perhaps. a
you had planned to do It. certainly not as
conveniently, tuit nevertheless done.
Then you come huek and forget all about
the lneonvenleiice, and remember all tli
fun and Jokes and even Ret pleasure out
Of the reeolleetlon of the things that were
not pleasant when they happened. Some
times there are thirds that are amusing
yen while they are vexatious, and you art
the fun out of them as ynu nn along-
There was a man at Palatnanca. I
hoie he owns the road some day, for he
knows how to run It. He has a vocabu
lary and know a how to use It. The
train was late, very late. It had lost rue.re
than two hours In the first '.') miles, and
Mas losing more at about the same rate.
There was snow and wind and cold
weather. The three hours ttween the
t heduled time of arrival In C'hleaga aud
the scheduled departure of the train for
Fan Francisco that must 1 caught In order
to arrive before the steamer sailed, was
already more than Pst. The only ehanre
seemed to lie In making up some of the
lost time.
The train stopped at Pilamanea. Py
TnA frr It s'arted There iu vault and
jerk, then It stopped again with a bang.
Then silence, blank, staring silence, ah
aoluU and Impressive U iUUnes of
the vasty deep. For a long time we lay
thus hours, millions of hours, a perfect
eternity. No one did anything; no one
said anything. There was no sound or
motion.
Tnen along down the train came a sub
tie electric ripple that foretold the ap
proach of tho man. The ntmospher
changiVI from depression to hope. Kxpcr
tancy revived and then assurance.
The Man rrlven.
The man arrived. Itefore him proceeded
his great voice, and thrro was In It the
urge and Insistence of the rush of a great
wave at sea. The sound of It was like the
onromlng of a great torrent. As he drew
nearer the volume increased, but there be
came distinguishable slight variations of
Inflection and tone, with certain pauses,
rhetorical and emphatic. The mnnner of
his speech was llrm and commanding. Its
character penetrating.
The choice of his words was matchless.
Objurgatory, adjuratory. Irnprecatory,
damnatory, the style of his eloquence
shifted rapidly, yet each had Its complete
demonstration.
One glowing fact his wonderful language
revealed a draw-head bad been pulled out.
It became perfectly clear that It was en
tirety owing to the unutterably condemned
stupidity of a man desilned of a crt ilntv
to sit forever frying over uniiuenchable
tires. Then it became equally plain that
It was entirely owing to the eternally un
enlghtened Ignorance of another man
whose fate wrs surely recorded In the
devil's big ledger that the break had not
been repi.lred.
Ten marvellous minutes this ceaseless
flow of white hot anathema proceeded, and
then smnth'y and easily as the dew falls
on a summer's night the train rolled out
of Palnmanca. a mighty tribute to" the elo
cutionary ability of this unidentified mas
ter of linguistics. Here's to the Man at
Salamanca. Long may his tongue wag
with Increasing power, fervor and facility!
When he wants a vote for office let him
come b me! I care not what It may be,
my suffrage Is bis!
That man at Salamanca would live In
dethless Jun e If mine were the power to
so decree. There la more In his perform
ance than the mere amusement of a spare
ten minutes. His was the very pith and
marrow of execution. He could not only
do things himself, he made others do thsin
for him. He Is the type of the masterful.
He may have a turn up nose and bandy
legs, or rlgeon toes and a bald head, but
I'll wager he hns a square Jaw and a
straight mouth. A thousand times he ba
recurred to me since the steamer be tried
to help me pitch land.-d me In Japan. And
many another restless war correspondent,
helpless in Ui clutch of Japanese unyield
ing regulation, would give a year of dear
life for fifteen such moving minutes from
tha Salamanca man.
Japan's Heapert for Holes.
This la a country of regulations, and
respect for rule Is very high. When a
thing Is determined by regulation that Is
the way In which It must be done or not
ot oil. For Instance, take cabling. The
telegraphs of Japan are owned by the
government. For years It was the rule
that nil messages must bn prepaid. No
arrangement for sending messages col
lect was possible. Consequently when a
newspaper aent a man here to cable stories
he bad to have credit large enough to
enable him to put down the money for
every message he sent.
One of the inot surprising changes ef
fected by this war has been an arrange
ment by which telegrams may be pent to
newspaper and paid for by the receiver.
This wua effected only on the guarantee
by the nable company which receives the
messages from the Japanese government
wires that It would be responsible for the
charges.
Hut here comes In the wonderful regu
lation. A press telegram Is a message in
tended for publication, and the rule Is that
It must be published In the next Issue of
tbe paper after It is received and a copy
of the raper sent to the delivering tele
graph office. For such messages a less
rate Is charged than for ordinary commer
cial, messages.
There la also what Is known as the
"urgent" rate. If a man is In a great
hurry to get through an Important mes
sage, he may pay the urgent rate and
hive If take precedence of all other mes
sages on the wires except urgvnts filed be
fore bis, or government business. The
newspaper men out here have been in the
habit of taking advantage of these three
rates as circumstances warranted In order
to catch editions of their papers. The
time occupied in transmission by a mes
sage at press rales la known to them, as
is that of a message at "full rate," the
ordinary commercial price, and at urgent
rates.
Iiy taking into account the difference of
time between here and New York a man
may gauge his chance-of catching any edi
tion of his paper, and if the importance of
his news warrants he will send It at full
rate or urgent.
Hut under the Japanese regulation there
Is only one rate for a press message, and
that Is the press rate. Messages to news
papers will not be accepted, aven If pre
paid, at full rate or urgent. Accordingly,
if a newspaper man wishes to send such a
message to his office, he must direct It to
a private address and prepay It.
No amount of argument baa btn able to
effect a reconsideration of this decision.
The Japanese government la unable to com
prehend the fact that a telegram for pub
lication may be sufficiently valuable to war
rant a newspaper In paying threo times
the commercial rate for it.
Censorship Tlmt ( nt.
Something of this spirit of regulation has
been met by the newspaper men In their
efforts to get to the front with the Japa
nese troops. Itefore the actual outbreak of
hostilities special regulations Were issued
forbidding any menti-.u of the movements
of troops or ships. .Simultaneously a secret
censorship was established over telegrams
and all references to such movements were
cut out.
For some time nothing was said nhout
such action to the men who had filed the
messages, but recently, and nfter consid
erable criticism. th system was adopted
of notifying the senders of messages that
had b-en excised of the words that had
been cut out. These notices rnmo In
bunches sufficiently old to prevent any at
tempt to get out the thing that lias been
excised In a different way.
All that rare was und oubtedly Justified.
The Japanese could not afford to have the'r
enemy obtain any Inkling of what they
were doing In the way of preparation for
war. and at the earlier stages of the prepa
rations their movements might have be n
Justly construed by Russia as ttnfrb ndly
acta and have precipitated what both sido
then professed to tie hoping by diplomatic
means to avoid.
I3ut the declaration of war removed that
reason. I'p to that time the correspondents
here had Wen unable to obtain anything
definite from any official source as to what
their movements would be. or when they
would be allowed to move at all. It finat'y
was said that there were no regulations
to govern the correspondents. That led to
the Information that In due time such reg
ulations would be Issued. Meantime thrt
correspondents possessed their souls In
what peace they could, and worried about
It. Incidentally more steamers arrived
bringing more correspondents, and those
who had come early in order to avoid the
rush saw themselves overtaken by Increas
ing numbers of their fellows, and all In pe
of "early bird" advantage vanished.
Preparing- to "Hike."
The delay, however, was not merely vex
atious because of the inaction due to it.
One of the most important considerations
of the well-regulated war correspondent
on starting out for a campaign Is bound to
be his outfit. If he is not properly equipped
for the hardships of field service there
Is great danger that he will play out and
have to give up.
To equip himself properly, therefor, It
is essential that the correspondent should
know something about where lie Is going
nnd what sort of travel he will have to
make. Not a breath of that hns been ob
tained from nny official Jnpanese Fouroe
yet.
The first essential for "hiking" Is good
transportation. Food of some sort can al
ways be obtained, but if you do not have
the means of traveling when you set out
It Is extremely unlikely that you will bo
able to pick it up on the march. Conse
quently the correspondents here have been
doing some tall speculating about whnt
the movements of the Jnpanese are likely
to be. In order to prepare themselves to
go along If, when the time pomes, the no
tice, us seems quite likely, should be very
short.
To begin with, one thing Is certain. The
weather Is going to be plenty cold. The
fighting will be In either Corea or Man
churia, and both are much colder than this i
place, which Is but one degree removed
from the North Pole. Therefore, warm
clothing must bo provided. We cannot go
wrong nhout that, unless and there be
gins to be a fearful suspicion on this point
It should develop that the Japanese do
not lnjend after all to make a winter cam
paign; and we should be kept kicking our
heels here In Toklo until the warm weather
sets in.
The preparation for Arctic temperatures
has been varied, but continuous. Burely
among so few men there were never so
many minds. Every one wants thick cloth
ing, but each one bus his own ideas of
what it ought to be. At first this resulted
In u multitude of devices. Hut gradually
certain articles have been gaining more
favor, until now almost every one has
about the same kit.
First Is Mreplna- Has.
First to occur to each was a sleeping bag
It was undoubtedly the only certain means
of keeping warm at night, and no one can
sleep If he is cold. Without sleep no work
can be done. Therefore sleeping bags are
essential. Bo far, so good.
Now up speaks the Klondiker, he who
has made, the winter trip Into Hawson.
and says the sleeping bag be damned, or
words to that effect. If a trltle more vigor,
ous. It Is a contrivance of the devil to
tempt men to perdition. Warm It Is. of a
surety, and too warm. Not only does It
make the sleeper perspire and thereby
subject him to almost certain colds and
perhaps pneumonia, but It cannot be aired
out on the march and becomes altogether
detestable. Therefore, says the Klondiker,
the sleeping bag for those who know. noth
ing about it for me the fur blanket.
Thus the first division, for there are tho
whom no argument will convince that
sleeping bngs are not the very thing, und
they have them now. stacked up In the
corridors of this hotel like bales of hay,
heavy waterproof duck outside, and thick,
long, fleecy wool Inside, hot enough to
mnke a ninn think of his hereafter.
He who scorns the Bleeping bag naturally
devises a substitute, and they were at first
many, all tho way from rubber blankets,
which no one can buy out hore, to tar
paulins, which any one can get if he can
make a sallmaker understand how to
fashion It. T.ut best of all was the fur
blanket, a good generous extra-sised car
riage robe, long enough to reach beyond
your feet as you lie on it and wide enough
to wrap around you. If you renlly meun
business you have It made of badger fur
that will shed water and snow, so you can
roll up In It and sleep out of doors, no
matter what the westher. But if you are
determined on a tent, come what may, you
have It of beaver, or weasel, or monkey,
or some of those soft, delicate things that
will not stand the rough usage tho badger
likes.
Of course. In this no attention hns been
paid to fur coats, because they are not
really part of the 'hiking" equipment.
F.verybody In Toklo wears a fur coat. It
drags down to the heels and has a big
high collar to turn up when a breeie is
blowing.
No mutter what the direction of the wind
here, It always comes straight off the
snow-capped summit of Fujiyama, the
spectacular show mountain of this region.
With such winds as blow here, whistling
around. It Is no wonder the snow never
melts on Fuji's top. The real wonder Is
that there !s anything which Is not frozen
up.
It was an artist from London who di
vlsed in Innovation on the native fur coat
by bringing out an ancient buffalo robe
from the states. It was another Iindon
man who deviled the second Innovation by
having; his great coat lined with chamois
skin Instead of fur. This Individuality be
gan to creep Into even fur coats, and now
there are all sorts and conditions of them
on dally exhibition.
Question of Tentsitr,
Then there cornea the great ejuestlon of
tentage. Y'our old experienced campaigner
scorns a tent, and de-clan-a emphatically
that he can go where u soldier goes with
no more shelter than the next mun. Your
next old experienced campetlgner swears
by the tent. He must have It. no matter
what else Is thrown away. He ran never
do his work without It, It Is the only sal
vation of life, and all that.
Meanwhile a poor chap whose expe rience
Is Unjited to the tropics, and the tropica!
1 eat of a North China summer, won-dt.-s
what the devil he shail d j. If Le
finally decides for a tent, the next ques.
tlon is harder, what style shall it be,
and what size. There In as much argu
ment for a dog tent, so small that when
he has crawled Into It and Just lle-a on hla
back, the rjdge pole Juat clears hla nose,
as there Is for the monumental edifices,
erected In .the hotol yard by some of the
Bouih African "hikers," who boast their
fourteeen campaigns, and which sre built
as If they expected to let rooms In the
uplr story.
I Shall It be wall or round or the old-fashioned
A tent? SIihII It have collapsible
; poles or bnmhoo? Iron pegs for the frosen
j ground or oak? hhall It he of heavy duck,
I sure to r.hevi water but difficult to roll ami
handle, or shall It be of light material, easy
to manipulate but doubtful rui to teeing
waterproof? Shall there be n fly, n doublo
top, or Just u single, thickness between its
occupant and tho heavens?
These are weighty questions for the vexed
mind of the agitated war correspondent,
waiting for his pass to go to the front.
There is a consolation, however. In having
them to worry about. If it were not for
them he would have only to hate himself
end try to write letters from Toklo when
he knows there Is something of Importance
ge.lng on on the fighting ground, which hu
cannot descrllm because he has not seen It.
Hoots of uv Maker.
Also theie U line matter of boots. Tim
Klomllker has a wonderful pair which bo
In ought out from t lie ' states. They are of
noose-hide-, soft and pliable! ns kid, and so
full of oil and ureas, that they surely will
not let any water through for a long time.
But neither will they let It out. There was
a captain iii tho l'hlllppliiea who had Ju.it
such a pair, and one day when he was
"hiking" up a stream. h- stopped forty
times an hour or less to lie down on his
bark mid wave his heels in the air while
the water ran out of his boots.
The limloi.er with the! Kalaer William
mustache, who has campaigned In India,
talked a lot on the- way over about the
glories umi beauties of the wonderful Yar
kand boot. This must tee the conception of
true genius. It sec-ins to be made of thlc k
felt and it covers most of the leg, a sure
guard against cold and a first recoplucle
for all sorts of stnail luggage you may want
to stow. He wus so much enamored of
their bciauty and serviceable nesa that ho
skirmished around Toklo and Yokohama
and finally dug up a treat sheet of felt half
an Inch thick. This hu took to a boot
n nker, with designs of his own drawing,
Hiid the retsult Is so fearful and wonderful
that no man has dared to risk a camera on
them.
But no sooner were thc-s amusing bo,,u
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