TIIE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE.
January 28. lOOrt.
For and About Women Folks
Camtaa? TVliH. Hoaee Weddlnsj.
VKIITTHINQ relating to the sp
proachlng wedding of MiM Alice
Roosevelt and Congressman Nich
olas Longworth fit Cincinnati,
scheduled lit the White House
Xel n,.try IT. cltes keen interest In Wash
ington and scarcely a degrre less through
out the country. Oosslp about the affair la
Increasing and accounts of the bridal trous
seau are varied and Interesting. It Is mild
there will be ten of these wonderful gowns,
made for the most part In the empress or
prlnreeae styles, as the moat becoming to
the youthful bride, and lending themselves
tha more readily to the rich oriental weaves
of whlrh nearly all of the trousseau Is
made. Tor most of ths material Miss Roose
velt has chosen ths rare fabrics of China
and Japan, gifts from the dowager empress,
from ths mikado and Japanese princes, not
to spsalc of tha filmy materials of the
Philippines, embroidered linens from Can
ton and rare brocades. Then there are
European ailks of exquisite design and tex
ture. One authority says tha bridal gown Is
not being made In Washington or Balti
more, as reported, but In New Tork. The
material Is fine satin, woven In Patprson,
N. J., secretly, from a pattern that has
been destroyed to prevent Its being dupli
cated. The material combines the stiffness
and flexible quality so long striven for by
weavers of satins. It la of a pure Illy white,
without a suggestion of cream or Ivory
tinting. The luster can only be likened to
that produced by moonlight shining upon
new snow.
There are twenty-six yards of material In
this wedding gown, over which will fall a
full court train, to consist of a like number
of yards of brocaded satin In a graceful lily
design, exquisite In texture and one of the
many sumptuous pieces of brocaded and
embroidered satin presented to Miss Roose
velt during her trip to the Philippines.
Draped In princess design the wedding gown
will fit closely to the waist, then sweeping
away In a long train. The gown is built
up over a soft silk lining, which Is finished
at the bottom with many frou frou ruffles
of chiffon and lace to hold the satin out
and keep Jt from tangling. Tare finishes
the upper part of the bodice and the short
sleeves just below the elbow, but the de
cision has been reached that no more lac
shall appear n the gown.
The small amount of lace to be draped
upon the bodioe is under discussion. There
Is a fairylike web of point lace real Brus
sels point and one of Honlton. the royal
llonlton that England has wrought for her
brides In Devonshire. To the careless ob
server one will look the same as the other,
for both are filmy and transparent In char
acter, but to the lover of lace the difference
Is great, and llonlton has graced the brides
of England and some of those of Europe
since before the time of Victoria. To ft
clings the sentiment that we attach to
myrtle and orange blossoms. Jt will be In
teresting to note whether Miss Alice will
cast her vote for the rare Brussels point
lace, with the romance of centuries woven
In its mesh, or for the other, whose almost
Invisible threads seem tangled In unseen
wedding bells.
Among the afternoon-gown materials In
the trousseau are crepes embroidered In
hawthorne, wistaria, morning glory and
chrysanthemum designs, and satins repeat
ing the first three patterns In Japanese
workmanship, with silks showing Chinese
embroideries, the gift of Tsl An, empress
of China, exhibiting the mingled colorings
of roses, chrysanthemums, Iris and lilies,
blended to form a harmony of color. There
are embroidered silks and gauzes for even
ing wear, with French chiffons and Ameri
can satins and lace from Germany, Eng
land, France and Malta to put In as trim
ming on necks and sleeves.
Petticoat sets of soft silk and batiste,
hand embroidered, are being purchased and
made very elaborately, sumo of the lingerie
petticoats having as many as four and
five lace-trimmed flounces, one above the
other, the two upper flounces entirely cov
ering tha under ones and the whole form
ing a foamy mass of lace at the bottom.
Nearly all the underskirts have double and
trlplo flounces, Blnce so many of the
gowns are rrepo and pongee, and these re
quire considerable fullness. The general
term pongee covers a number of different
styles and thicknesses of soft silk pre
sented to Miss Alice on her eastern trip,
that range In color from creamy white,
moonlight blue, faded rose, water green
and pale, dull gold, Into the peculiar shades
of roso red and hyacinth known to ori
ental silks.
One of the pongee dresses Is made with
a sort of wide girdle effect, drawn around
the waist line and falling Into soft, full
princess lines, supplemented with a short
walsted bolero finish, to the upper part of
the bodice, the silk being drawn In drapery
to fit the figure with an effect of looseness
upon the fitted princess lining. Embroidery
embellishes the lower part of the dress,
the bolero, vest and sleeves, and narrow
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Cor. 6th Ave. and iUl U Council
Bluffs.
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knife-plaiting la arranged to give outlines
to the bolero drapery.
Practically all the trousseau gowns are
made with short sleeves, except the even
ing and carriage wraps, which have loose,
flowing sleeves only a trifle shorter than
those worn last season.
Teacher's Wit Won a Fortune.
Knowledge of geology, combined with
rluck and enterprise, has brought wealth
to a Minnesota school teacher.
Time out of mind, up to two years ago,
there has lnln next to the village of Men
tonne, In the central part of the state, a
marsh containing a square mile of land,
snd so surrounded by elevated plains for
several miles that It would cost thousands
of dollars to drain It.
It coincides almost exactly with the sec
tion lines of a section of land, and for
thirty years or mora belonged to an estate,
the heirs of which live In Maine. They did
not value It highly enough to pay the taxes
on It. and as no one would buy It for the
delinquent taxes, the title never passed
from them except to the extent of the
state's lien thereon.
Miss Gwendoline Murphy, a pretty school
teacher, who has made a special study
of geology, geography, mining and allied
sciences, astonished her friends two years
ago by using an Inheritance of tl.OuO In
the purchase of the squnre mile of marsh
and In clearing up all the taxes on It.
Then, as scon as winter weather had
froxen the marsh solid, she began digging
a well, six feet In diameter and 107 feel
deep, through the ' strata of yellow clay
and blue clay underlying the marsh to a
stratum of sand and coarse gravel which
her nature studies had led her to hope to
find about that distance below the surface.
The top of the well was then surrounded
by a porous wall that would permit the
water from the marsh to flow through,
but would exclude mud and refuse.
When spring opened the entire marsh
was drained dry, the water that had
flooded It and had been supplied by peren
nial springs on the edges being conducted
through channels to the top of the well.
A Woman of Mystery.
Since her arrival In Philadelphia nearly
fifty years ago, says the Philadelphia Press,
the "Countess de Beetancourt," found dead
and supposed to have been murdered on
Tuesday, has established a record as an
adventuress as Inexplicable as it Is un
equalled. She has run the gamut from
a dishwasher In a cheap boarding house to
the friend of emperors and presidents and
back again to grinding poverty. But there
are several mysterious steps In the trans
formation which will probably never be
brought to light.
She was known as "Mrs. Folsom of Bar
celona" when she first landed In the
Quaker city with her two children, a
beautiful, black-eyed woman, who seemed
oddly out of place In the kitchen of the
Rose street boarding house where she com
menced her conquest of social Philadelphia.
Here she met John McMurrow. prosperous
sallmaker, who married her and took her
away from boarding house life.
One of the missing steps which never
came to light follows here, for she next
appeared several years later In an elegant
mansion down In the aristocratic quarter
surrounding Rittenhouse square, with serv
ants, Jewels, carriages and Influential
friends. There are rumors of a career In
New Orleans at this time, but only the
dead woman herself could tell by what
process she climbed from Rose street to
the social prominence of her palmy days.
Bhe now styled herself the Countess de
Beetancourt, heiress of the great Spanish
family which early In the century had emi
grated to Cuba. The estates had been con
fiscated by the Spanish government and
she had a bill against King Alfonso for
something like S3J,O0O,0Ou. On the strength
'of this claim she is said to have secured
hundreds of thousands of dollars from Phil
adelphia and New Tork capitalists.
Finally In 1SSS the Spanish ambassador
nt Washington, Senor Rarca, discovered
that he had entangled himself and certain
government funds with an adventuress and
committed suicide In a New York hotel.
Generals Grant and Sherman, President
Cleveland, and other high officials of the
time, were frequently seen In Mrs. Mc
Murrow's elegant drawing-rooms In the
late 70's, and when Bmperor Dam Pedro
of Brazil visited the country for the cen
tennial celebration In 1A76 he was her guest
for several weeks.
Just when or how the decline In her
fortunes commenced is almost as much of
a mystery as the process of their sudden
rise. She gradually became Involved In
financial difficulties, her story of distin
guished lineage was scouted, and her
palatial home was sold to satlafy creditors,
and the career which began In poverty
ended In degradation.
Why Ha Mas Cheerful.
"No man." said James IC. Jerome, "should
marry unless he Is by nature a 'good pro
vider unless without a twinge be can
hand forth money right and left.
"Some men can, in a sunny, cheerful
way, spend 110 or $1S on a dinner In a
fashionable restaurant, while they become
morose, sour, and fearful for the future
when they are obliged to give their wive
a dollar or two for the day's meat.
"These men should remain single. Other
wise they will make such husbands and
fathers as my old friend, Crust.
"Crust's daughter said one afternoon, in
a tune of unutterable surprise:
" 'Pupa went away quite gay and cheer
ful this morning."
"Mrs. Crust made an exclamation of
annoyance,
" 'That reminds me,' she said, 'I forgot
to ask him fur any money.'
Japanese Women Always Happy, .
"Why are the Japanese women so
pretty?" asked one woman of another, who
had Just returned frum the Orient, says a
writer in the New York Bun.
"There's a reason," replied her friend,
"And If you go to Japan you will not bs
long in finding It.
"The Japanese woman, to begin right at
the foundutlon of things, never worries.
She never nugs and never finds fault. She
eats the right kind of food.
"The Japanese bachelor girl is a curious
product. She is as pretty as she can be.
She realises that beauty comes first in all
the world. She must be handsome or die,
and she docs not die.
"She takes lulu of lima 0 dress, and such
a thing as a hasty toilet Is unknown to her.
When she has a little spare time she makes
experiments upon her hair, trying to dress
It more becomingly.
"Each day she brushes It, smoothes it.
oils it If necessary and makes It shine gen
erally, it ) her Idea of beauty that her
hair shall shine, and shine It generally
does. It Is extremely heavy, and she wears
It over a big. hard, stiff roll, which forms
tho pompadour which she so dearly loves.
"The Japanese woman never does un
womanly things. She does not work unless
compelled to do so. She would consider It
a very sad fate If ,he were compelled to
go Into an office and toll, and she would
bemoan her fate sadly If .ho were obliged
to get out and do a man's task.
"The Japanese woman never makes her
body uncomfortable. envied her (he pair
of nice, soft, loose shoes she wore, without
heels, and ths wMe and comfortable belt
and the loose u WM mnv.nsely
pretty, too, and showed her nice, smooth
neck.
"They don't have Indigestion in Japan.
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This sale seems to have struck the chord of popularity from the response of last week and we have for this week greater
inducements. Those who seek something different in FURNITURE, CARPETS AND DRAPERIES -NEWER IDEAS,
CHOICER PATTERNS, GREATER DEGREE OF EXCLUSIVENESS IN DESIGN-wiU be more than pleased with the im
mense stock displayed at our store. We have planned to make this a week of value giving so unusual as to attract every one
of the thousands of PRUDENT BUYERS who regularly study the newspapers for savings which may be offered for needed articles.
FURNITURE
DRESSERS
Call on us and we will show you BARGAINS which
you must admit nro not values usually found.
$8.25 Golden Oak Dresser, 24x30 French plate C 7 C
mirror, for J m
$10.75 Golden Oak Dresser, 24x30 French bev
eled mirror, for
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aod two small drawers, French
Plata Mirror, for...
I2S Mahogany Dresser,
swell front, lop draw
erg, with ehned
mirror, for ,
6.50
120.75 Mahnuran Dresser, larfe
oval mirror, French plate bevel,
for
double I 12 quarter-sawed oak. highly polished 1 127.75 Bird's Eye Maple Dresser.
i.resser, r-rencn pmte trit, e swell front.
$20
mirror, t larite drawers.
I small ones, glass knobs,
for ,
$22 1
brass trlrnmmes,
shape mirror, for.
8.00
15.00
aple Dresser,
19.50
15.70 five-drawer solid oak Chiffonier
for
17.60 five-drawer golden oak Chiffonier,
for
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brass trimmings,
with mirror,
'iwieip beveled edge, for '. .'
112.25 solid oak very large Chiffonier, with five drawers,
large plate mirror, for ,
$13.75 solid oak Chiffonier, full swell front, brass trlmminiis,
French plate mirror top, for
-1.75 quarter-sawed oak Chiffonier, full swell front, brass
trimmed, French plate, beveled shape mirror, for ,
rX0O Itlrd's-eye maple Chiffon lor. French plate, ovnl shape,
mirror, beveled edse, brass trimmed, for
$117.36 swell front bird s-eye maple Chiffonier, with oval
mirror 18x2D, for
$JS.75 Bird's-eye maple Chiffonier, very best make and tlnlsh, oval mirror,
four large drawers and two small ones, "2t 00
$X.0O genuine mahogany Chiffonier, with claw feet, top drawers swell,
oval mirror, French plate, bevel edge, size very O A
fine, for 6''""
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DRAPERIES AND LACE CURTAINS
We make a specialty of made-to-order Drapery Hangings, and we
furnish estimates and original designs which are adapted for special pur
poses. If you have a window, a cozy corner, double door or archway and
you wish it artistically draped, come nnd see us. We have men for that
purpose who will show you the materials and assist you to select what is
proper for the place for which it is intended.
50-inch Damask, suitable for drapery or furniture covering, regular
value $2.00 per yard; sale price $1.00
Mary Antoinette Stripes, appropriate for chamber hangings, regu
lar value $3.00, sale price $1.50; $2.00 quality : $1.00
A number of odd lengths of Tajwstry Furniture Coverings, both
foreign and domestic. These goods cannot possibly be duplicated.
CARPETS!
CARPETS!
It ia really your duty, aa a matter of economy, to sen the immense atock
of beautiful carpeta before you purchase) elsewhere. We can save you money
on every article.
TO CLOSE $1.50 goods tQQ
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TO CLOSE $2.50 goods
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TO CLOSE $2.75 goods
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TO CLOSE-$3.50 goods
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TO CLOSE $4.00 goods O
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$1.2 J Wilton Velvets 97c
$1.10 Wilton Velvets 75c
$1.00 Brussels 70c
90c Brussels 60c
QOc Brussels 48c
75c All Wool Ingrain
Carpets 55c
65c All Wool Ingrain
Carpets 45c
60c All Wool Filling
Ingrain Carpets 40c
50c Ingrain Carpets 35c
45c Ingrain Carpets.... ..30c
35c Ingrain Carpets 25c
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It is on account of their food.
"They are not exactly vegetarians, but
almost. They eat Boup and fish and chicken
and rice, and they are very fond of lobster,
which Is too dear, however, for them to
have much of It.
"They eat vegetables and have a way of
fixing them up with sauces; and they know
all about cookln things so that they taste
just right.
"The Japanese woman eats a great many
sweets. Sweets do not make her fat; on
the contrary, they keep her strong. She
eats them as muscle builders.
"She takes sweets as you take a cracker.
When hungry or tired she eats a piece of
sweet stuff, usually a very nice kind Of
home-made candy.
"The Japanese woman has a perfect skin.
It Is rerfect because she devotes a great
deal of time to It.
"The Japanese woman works, but she Is
always pretty when she works. Her own
personal appearance comes first.
"She will put on a spotless kimono, and In
the daintiest way Imaginable she will set
her table. Bhe will bring out her dishes
arranged upon a tray, and carry the feast to
you. Her methods make it possible for her
to be very neat In her looks.
"One thing that contributes very mater
ially toward the good spirits of the Japanese
woman Is her home. She furnishes her
house with plants and she decorates It
with flowers, and her home Is like a per
petual garden. It is a must satisfactory
way to live.
"No wonder the Japanese woman la
pretty. Her muscles are so strong that she
Is always handnomo and smiling.
"In her childhood she tukes the Jiu-Jitau,
bu( as she grows older she drops it for
muscle-kneading. Bhe walks, kneads her
muscles, bends and sits down until she
grows strong from the exorcise.
"When the American woman goes out to
walk she has on a pair of very tight, stiff
sliues or at leaat I do and gloves that ab
solutely stop my circulation. My waist is
strapped into something two Inches toj
small and my hips are bound in as though
they were in a vise. I am not comfortable.
"liut the Japanese woman when she goes
out to walk Is as free as a bird. When she
meets you she bows low, almost to the
pavement, and she passes along happy and
comfortable, smiling and bowing right and
left.
"The Japanese woman Is always warm
enough. Her climate is about the same aa
ours, but she never has the shivers. Bhe
dresses with sufficient warmth.
"If she feels cold in the house she puts
on something more. Bhe believes In dress
ing until she takes the chill off. If she
Is still cold she drinks hot tea, very weak,
until she is comfortable again.
"The Japanese woman washes a great
deal. She tukes more baths than any
other woman under the sun. Her buth
ought to be called beuuty baths, because
she takes so many of them and is so par
ticular about them.
'When a Japanese artist points a picture
he loves to show a pretty Japanese girl
seated In front of her little dressing table
making up. Bhe Is putting powder on her
face or is touching her lips with a dash
of red.
"She knows how to rouge her lips to per
fection, and site does it in the most artlstio
manner. Just a little dash of rouge In the
middle of the mouth to make the lips like
a Cupid's bow Is her rule."
Novel Job (or m Woaa.
Amanda Clement, a charming young col
lege girl who resides in Hudson, If prob
ably the only girl in the country who Is an
umpire of professional base ball games. It
Is duubtful If a woman was ever known to
handle the indicator to the extent of Miss
Clement.
Thoroughly convinced that base ball Is
the great outdoor sport, Miss Clement, who
has played base ball with her brother and
his friends, has taken much Interest In tho
game for years and this summer she offi
ciated at twelve or fourteen games between
the professional team of northwest Iowa
and South Dakota, a number of the towns
having hired base ball teams with salary
lists of $1,M.
Though the task of umpiring a base ball
game between teams representing rival
towns Is particularly dlsagreeaMe In a dis
agreeable profession, Mlfs Clement not only
has succeeded remarkably, but says she
like the work. She knows the rule by
heart and It Is Impossible for any player to
make her violate them. Bhe has reoelved
pay for her services.
The ball players, though gallant toward
women, frequently criticised her decisions
quite as decisively as they would those of
a man. On such occasions she has hud no
hesitancy In talking back and on half a
dozen occasions has unceremoniously or
dered players from games.
Those who have seen her on the diamond
this year, dressed In a natty blue suit, short
skirt and blouse, with her hair tucked be
neath a jaunty cap, declare she Is an In
spiring sight.
From girlhood Miss Clement has been a
follower of outdoor sports. She Is a fine
tennis player and at Yankton college, where
she attends, she was last year captain of
the women's champion basket ball team.
Bhe has played base ball nnd. In a contest
with other girls last summer, threw the ball
179 feet, a very good record. She Is 17
years old, strong, healthy and attractive In
appearance.
One Ilrave Woman Failed
A woman's wit and courage, displayed at
a time when men were loath to leave their
homee to fight a desperate bund of bank
robbers, has given Miss Hattle Cheeseman,
telephone operator at Hagerstown, Ind., the
name of heroine.
While the gang of ten bold and daring
robbers were breaking into the First Na
tional bank building at Hagerstown a week
or so ago, Miss Cheeseman, seated at the
telephone exchange In her room, immedl
atoly above the bank, pluckily stuck to her
post while several explosions of nitro
glycerin shook the floor beneath her feet,
Bhe was the first to give the alarm. If
her efforts had been rewarded the robber
gang would never had esoaped with their
spoils, $J,8oo in cash and a note for $1,000.
As It was her conduct was so admirable
as to win the plaudits of the entire com
munity. Not for a single moment were her
thoughts turned toward herself. Bhe was
thinking only of the safety of others and
of the disaster that would follow the loot
ing of the safe in the bank below. Bhe was
thinking of the people that would be mode
penniless if the burglars succeeded.
As these thoughts passed through her
mind the plucky girl made heroic efforts
to arouse the slumbering clUxuns and
spread the alarm.
It was shortly before I o'clock that Miss
Cheeseman, all alone, was seated at the
telephone switchboard. Suddenly she was
Btarlled by hearing strange voices below.
Investigating she found that robbers were
at work In the bank.
Whispers and the noise of breaking glass
greeted her ears and presenting a tine op
portunity for her to faint or go into hys
terics, liut she did neither. Although the
dread and anxiety which she felt beggars
description, she coolly and calmly went
back to her switchboard and begun to cull
up the local subscribers. Her conversa
tion ran something like this;
"Hello, Is this Mr. B."
"Yes."
"The bank Is being robbed by about a
dozen armed men. I am callling up all
the subscribers. They do not know that the
alarm Is being spread and you can catch
them if you hurry."
With that Miss Cheeseman would discon
nect Mr. II. and Immediately call up another
subscriber.
Her duty accomplished, the plucky young
girl, almost In a frenzy, peered through the
otilce windows and breathlessly listened at
the cracks In the door to ascertain if the
citizens were coining to ths rescue. Just
as breathlessly she waited to hear the wel
come sound of (lilng in the street, the sig
nal that the citizen of the sleeping village
had rallied to the support of their property,
liut no sound Indicated that her warning
had been heeded or her exhortation obeyed.
How long she wailed Miss Clmesenian
dots not know. Minutes drug slowly under
such suspense as she was enduring.
It was but a few moments Ister that she
felt the floor beneath her feet shake and
then a roar like thunder burst upon the
midnight air. The tirst charge of nitro
glycerin had been fired. Then for a mo
ment all was still. Bhe still remained at
her post, hoping that the citizens whom
she had awakens would cum to the res
cue. In another moment a second explosion
followed. This was stronger than the first
and seemed even to shake the building
from its foundation. Evidently the safe
was proving stubborn. But more nitro
glycerin was used and more explosions
followed until a total of seven had torn a
path into the inner vault where the money
was stored.
The citizens did not heed her warning,
however, and the robbers were successful
in their work. Although some of those
whom she notified did hurriedly dress and
come downtown, they were too frightened
to get together and put up a desperate
fight. Besides, they evidently thought that
the issue of an assault on ten desperate
and well-armed robbers would be exceed
ingly doubtful.
After looting the safe the robbers made
good their escape, carrying with them
more than ..WU of the people's hard
earned money which could have been
saved for them if every one In the little
town had displayed the bravery and
dauntless courage that Miss Cheeseman
did.
Even after the escape had been made
and before Miss Cheeseman had been re
lieved from her perilous and nerve-racking
duty to her telephone company she
had succeeded In calling up Muncle, Cain
bridge City, Newcastle, ltullanapolls and
other near-by cities, notifying the officers
at these places of the bold robbery at
HagerKlown and tolling them to be on
the lookout f6r the bandits.
This Is not the first time that Miss
Cheeseman has shown herself to be pos
sessed of unusual courage and discretion
In time of danger. Once before she heard
men attempting to force an entrance Into
the bank and, giving evidence of her
presence and of her knowledge of their
Intentions, she caused the gang to dis
perse empty handed.
Again, only a few weeks ago, she de
tected the odor of smcme and, stepping
into the hall which leads from the ex
change room, she saw a glare of light In
a nearby dentist's office, located In the
bank building. Giving the alarm, she suc
ceeded in having the Are extinguished
without serious damage. Chicago Chronicle.
Gossip About Wvmea.
Aa Miss Alice Roosevelt Is to be practi
cally a Valentine bride, one of her gifts Is
to be a corsage pin showing two hearts to
gether, set with diamonds, pierced with an
arrow of yellow topaz. It will be presented
by one of her nearest and dearest friends.
Provision has been made by the trustees
of the Pittsburg Carnegie institute fur the
creation of a school of domestic science
and ai t for women, which will be called the
Margaret Carnegie School for Women, as
a mark of honor to the mother of Andrew
Carnegie.
For gowns to be worn In the evening and
for blouses no silk equals rudla. This
soft siiiiuinery, pliable material is beauti
ful beyond most other fabrics on the mur
ket. i he silk comes In bolli twenty-four
and forty-elghl-lnch widths and is not very
expensive.
Miss Kdlth Wetmore, daughter of the
wealthy Khode Island senator, is ono of the
most consistent music loveis among fash
ionable folk and hus been an earnest worker
in the effort to establluh a national conser
vatory In Washington. Bhe has aided youni
artists both of Ilia stage and the conceit
platform.
Dr. Alice H. Duoe, who graduated from a
Maine high school In IHttt and later from
S ellesley, is at the head of a school in Ber
lin for the higher education of American
young women. Sue got her degree of doctor
of philosophy at Heidelberg and before go
ing to l.tiiin was dean of the women s de
partment at Oberlln.
Dr. Mary Walker would not go to the
men's gallery of the asaembly at Albany,
N. V., when an usher who did not know her
pointed the way. He did nut know that
she enjoyed privileges of dress and was not
In the habit of silting on the mini side,
bhe wore a Milk hat, a long coat with a fur
collar and lisatly creased Irouiers tihe
came to attend the reception at the execu
tive mansiun.
Miss Katherine Williams of I-Agrsnge,
Ind x after years of faithful s.rvic. as an
emplo). of the ltgranue National bank, in
which she has risen step by step, has been
the distinction of being the youngust, If not
the only, woman lo occupy such a place In
the west, Mies VYllliains eluclu n tame to
her as a compliment 10 her ability as a
financier and a reward for her long service.
Bhe entered the bank as an employ year
ago.
Miss Maud A- Titus of Newark is one of
the Carnegie . hero fund recipients, receiv
ing $J,5ou because when a numUtr of young
folks were tin ta out of a boat in Casco
bay, In July, lifts), sh swam to a friend
whose head was under water, lifted her up
and held her until resuue cam.. Miss Titus
wus only 1 j.ars old, knew how to swim
and did It even though sh had a heavy
mackintosh on. But, as She said, with sim
ple beauty of expression, "1 didn't s-e how
anyone could have done differently." And
there were several tueo around to a Lout
that never occurred. Miss Titus deserves
the bronze medal which she hasn't yet re
ceived for a cool head and a warm heart
together. And with the $i5on she can leave
the high school on her graduation to take
her four years at the Woman's college of
Baltimore.
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Leaves from Fashion's Notebook.
The new foulards are most alluring. The
old sharp satiny finish of these Bilks Is
a thing of the past.
Some men's gold signet rings have secret
locket tops, and the same idea Is applied to
frold sleeve links, with oval tops opining In
ike manner, to hold a tiny photograph.
Instead of using any sort of veil case
which requires the folding of an already
mussed veil Into still more creases, use
a toy rolling pin and roll your veils
around It, smoothing out the mussed ends
as well aa you can.
The popularity of the old-faBhloned
locket, which Is suspended from a neck
chain, is the occasion for the introduction
of something new in this line, which has
been seen In the shape of a golden ball
locket worn as a charm on a Jewel set
bangle.
Women who wear other than lace cuffs,
as a combination of linen and lace, have an
Interest in the revival of cuff links, which
are of course of a variety of styles of the
plain or decorative order, aa conventional
flowers with a pearl or diamond at the
heart, or fancy knots of dull gold.
The princess skeleton waist Idea has been
extended to the provlnoe of linens, and a
lace and linen model of this class has its
blouse of lace and skirt of antique linen.
The box plait front of the skirt continues
up the front of the blouse and over the
shoulders, giving the princess suggestion,
and is heavily embroidered, while the snort
sleeves combine both linen and lace.
A hairpin has been said to be a woman's
weapon and her tool as well, for the uses
to which tills modest little article of the
feminine toilet Is put are many and vari
ous. It has been known to pick a lock, and
act aa substitute fur a safety pin, a hat
fastener, a picture and a buttonhook, a let
ter opener and a corkscrew, but it has now
rlren to the dignity of a sculptor's most
favored tool.
Going to the opera In mourning Is now ad
mitted as a social propriety in New York,
although (here is still a question as to
whether one may sit In the boxes or other
conspicuous parts of the theater. But there
is no doubt shout the galleries. Beoltislon
In the boxes may also he possible and not
to be seen too conspicuously seems to be
the test of this new ruling In good form.
It Is the same underlying principle that
niado It right when in deep mourning to go
to tlie German theater.
Religious Notes
Billy Sunday, the base ball evangelist, re
cently was paid for six weeks1 work In
holding a revival at Aledo, 111.
Toronto, Canada, has a Jewish population
of about 7,0(io; total population, 207.971. 1's
first congregation, Holy Blossom, was
formally organised in 1862.
Four Chicago clergymen of different 'de
nominations, believing that four heads In
the preparation of a sermon are better
than one, will henceforth get together once
a week to work out Ideas a sort of sermon
trust.
Ilev. Washington Gladden celebrates his
7"th birthday February 11, and he is still as
firm In his convictions and for his Ideals as
in his youth.
Nearly 2oo volumes of the Vatican library
at Home have been received at the St. Ixiuls
university as a special mark of favor from
Pope Itux X.
Sun Francisco has the first Hindu temple
In the western world, and the resident
irlest is 8 warn I Trigunatla. The society
las a membership of fifty.
The will of P. n. Kemmern of Assump
tion, III., which has jiiHt been tiled, gives
practically ull of his $lo.u00 estate to found
an orphans' home at Assumption. The In
stitution is to be under the control of the
Presbyterian churches of central Illinois.
A clever New York minister bus secured
admission to a labor union on the ground
that he. represents a closed shop, to which
only tliuse with proper (Presbyterian) cre
dentials are admitted. In which there Is no
over time work and from which, according
to Matthew xlx:2l, plutocrats are, as a rule,
excluded.
From the loneliest mission station In the
world, on an Island 7(0 miles broad in the
remote Arctlo regions north of Lsibrador,
Bov. li J, Peck has reached Kngluml after
a perilous voyage In a fifty-ton schooner.
The missionary's tlrst church at Itlackleail,
Ha 111 n I.und, was made of sealskins, and he
has translated the New Testament and
Genesis into Baffin Ijind dialect.
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.Wheeler D. Wilson
Sewinrf Machines
for more than fifty years
ithe standard type of ro
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If or making the lock
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