TIIE OMATTA DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER S, 1006.
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Holiday Book Sale
Now Is the time to make your selection of books for holiday gifts. Lines are complete
at 3c ' neVer ,0e We yvouUi P?I1 attention to our line of popular copyright
A complete list of titles shown
In tills lot of regular $1.26
and 11.60 editions 3)t
New 91.ftO Fiction $1.0". The
largest line or new copyright
fiction in the city, and our
price the same for all. $1.50
,,stBt Sl.OS
Illustrate Edition of the
World's Famous Hooks 4c
Fine paper, good type,
beautifully Illustrated, size
64x8V. each book In neat
box, regular $1.50 books,
t 490
Such titles in the lot as
"Ishmael," "Self liaised."
"Thelma," "Treasure Island,"
"Hypatla." "First Violin."
"Uncle Tom's Cabin," "A
Window In Thrums," "Pil
grim's Proereoa." "The Wide,
Wide World," etc.
Books for the Little Folks
We are showing a complete
line of picture and story
books for children.
lie Hire and sec the Tainting
Hooks.
7.V Stationery at 2.V A
large box of cloth finished
bond stationery, 60 sheets
of paper and 50 envelopes, a
pretty gift, at 23
Men's Undemear Specials
From the Great bankrupt Stock Purchase
Men's Shirts and Drawers In fine
wool or silk and wool, in plain
or fancy colors, values up to $3,
sale price $1.50 and 08?
New Fleece ' Lined Underwear,
heavy quality, plain or fancy
colors, 75c value, at 43
Men' Underwear Silk or wool
fleeced, worth $1.25 garment. In
thl sale at 75?
Men's Fine Cashmere Hose In
heavy wool mixed, worth up to
50c, at, pair, 25c and...l2
Men's Shirts We wish to call
your special attention to our
unusually lurge and attractive
display of men's fine Shirts
such brands as Griffon. Mon
arch, Cluett, Lion, etc. shown
In all styles at $2.00, $1.60
and $1.00
Our
TOY
Depl
0PESS
Monday
Everything Imag
inable to gfoden
the hearts of the
little ones shown
Splendid Saturday Specials
In Our Wants' aid Children's Department
Mothers owe it to themselves to visit this new depart
ment and see our complete and elegant display of Children's
and Infants' "Wear. You'll find the quality of our Saturday
offerings even more pleasing than the very low prices.
Children's Coats In bearskin, trimmed
with combination colors, regular $4 val
ues, at $1. OS
400 Sample Coats In friezes, kerseys,
velvets and bearskins, in reds, blues,
greens, grays, brown and fancy mixtures,
sizes to 14 years, made to sell at $7.60.
Price $2.98
215 Sample Coats $10 to $15 values,
made of very finest materials, In all the
new styles, plain colors or fancies, now
on sale at .'.$7.50 nd $4.98
Infants' Crochet Bootees, regular 60c val
ues, at 19
Infants' Knit Sacques, regular 75c values,
at 29
Infants $1 Hoods and Bonnets, Saturday
at 39?
Infants' Long Slips, regular 50c values,
Saturday lf)
Many Other Specials in This Department
Saturday.
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THE RELIABLE STORE
Great December Millinery Clearance
flO, 913 and 918 Trimmed Hats at $1.98 The greatest bargain
opportunity of the season Is now offered you In this sale. Hand
some Trimmed Hate, in all newest shapes and colors, trimmed
with plumes, wings, foliage and flowers the season's most at
tractive styles that sold from $10 to $18,' choice in this sale
at $4.98
INobby Trimmed Hats which sold regularly at $4, $5 and up to
$8, in Saturday's sale, choice $1.98
$1 Black Plumes at 50
$1.25 bunch Tips, 3 In a bunch,
all colors, at 75
Sample Line of Braids, in all
colors, at, yard
Sample line of Wings and
Fancy Feathers, all colors,
at 10
60c and 75c Foliage, all colors.
In this sale at 29c and. 15
60c and 75c Velvet and and
Silk Hoses, in all colors. lgt
$2.50 untrimmed Felt Shapes,
Peter Pan and Hood styles. In
all colors, sale price Satur
day Q8
Sale of Holiday Ribbons
Our line of Plain and Fancy Ribbon is by far the largest, best selected
and lowest priced line ever shown in Omaha. We guarantee to save you
money on any line from the tiny Unby Kibbons to the superb wash widths.
Saturday we will sell all colors of Silk Satin Gros Grain Ribbons at the fol-
lowing prices:
No. 1 Kibbons at, yard
No 2 and 3 Kibbons, at, yard
No. 5 and 7 Ribbons, at, yard. . .2l,c
No. 9, 12 and 16 Ribbons at 5
No. 22 Ribbons at, yard 74
No. 40 Fancy Print "Warp Ribbons,
jrer yard lOt?
No. (JO Fancy Print "Ynrp Ribbons nt,
per yard 15t?
e are sole agents for Hall Borch-
ert Dress Forms.
Our Great
BARGAIN
ROOM
will be converted
Into a veritable
Toy Fairyland
Monday
fr'ng Ins Children
and Itl them enjoy
(he beiullfu dUpay
Ladies' Underwear Specials
From the Great Bankrupt Sto:k Purchase
Ladles' Silk and Wool Vesta and
l'ants, regular $1.60 values, rale
price, per garment 9Sc
Ladles' Heavy Wool Vests and
Fants, In scarlet or gray, worth
up to $1.60, at 75C
Ladles' Vests and Pants, heavy
fleeced, worth up to $1 garment,
at 50c, 89c and 2oC
Indies' AH Wool Union Suits In
Saturday's tale at $1.50
Ladies' Outing Flannel (iowns,
heavy quality, made extra long
and full, great value at 9Sc
and 50c
Ladies' Knit Woolen Skirts regu
lar $1 values, In Saturday's Rale
at 50c
Special Holiday Display of Traveling
Bags and Suit Cases
A great stock of Manufacturers' Samples scores of
styles no two alike.
NOW ON SALE AT SPECIAL BARGAIN PRICES.
A nice Grip or Suit Case Is always an acceptable gift, or you may
need one for your own special use. If so, now is your 6pportunlty to
secure a bargain.
Put Grips and Suit Cases on your Christmas list and see our stock
before buying.
Special Sale of
Pictures
A sample line of pictures, all In
perfect condition, on sale Saturday
at about 23 per cent less than whole
sale prices. A splendid opportunity
to secure pictures for presents at i
great bargain.
Slightly damaged pictures, which
sold regularly at $1 to $2, will go
on sale Saturday In two lots, at
46c and 20J
CORSETS
The La Greque Corset, for
slender, medium and stout
figures, choice models,
from $5 down to.. $1.50
Kabo, Warner, R. & O.,
Royal Worcester Corsets,
in all the newest models
prices up from. .. .$1.00
Dainty Silk Ribbon Girdles,
in pink, blue and white,
at 98
75c Corsets, with long hip
and hose supporters at
tached, all sizes, white or
drab, at 49
Furs Are Always Acceptable as Gifts
You'll find our display a remarkable one-not only in variety
but in low price. You'll find the quality the very highest at the
price. More appropriate gifts for wife or daughter could not be
selected. '
i 200 New Coats, In the popular swag-
4 ; ger styles, maae 10 sen bi w
Handsome iaiior nuim, m "-
cheviots and chiffon broadcloths,
worth up to $20, apeclall priced Sat
Fur Coats from $350 to.,
Fur Capes, from $85 to. . .
Fur Scarfs, from $60 to. . ,
SHE THESE SATURDAY SPECIALS
Genuine Alaska St-al Coats, good value
at $250, sale price $190
$00 Southern lleaver Coats, remark
able values at $59.00
Women's Genuine Krimmer Coats, reg
ular $55 values, at $39.75
Fine Astrakhan Coats, regular $40 val
ues, at $29.75
5 Opossum Scarfs $2.98
$2 Sable Scarfs, In Saturday s sale
at .-9S
Women's Coney Scarfs 49
COATS. COATS. COATS.
Hundreds of garments In the most
handsome new styles and materials,
specially priced for Saturday's selling.
Women's IBS and $0 Net and Taffeta
Waists, in white, black or colors, spe
cial Saturday at $2.98
Women's $0 Silk Taffeta Underskirts,
splendid quality, most remarkable
bargains at $3.98
urday at $9.90
Women's $4 Waists, In nuns' veilings,
Sicilian, linens and lingeries, special
Saturday at $1.50
A splendid line of $15 coats Just re
ceived by express from our buyer
now In New York. They come In
loose and seml-flttlng styles, In great
assortment of plain and fancy materials-
specially priced for Satur
day at $3.90
SPECIAL HOt'R SALES.
From H Till to A. M. Women's Waists,
$1 values, at, choice 39
From 8:30 Till 0:30 A. M. Women's
75c Sateen Underskirts at....3Q
From 0 Till 10 A. M. Women's $1.50
Eiderdown Sacques at 69
From to:SO Till 10:80 Women's $1.25
Long Kimonos, Saturday at. . . G9
Headquarters for
Ladies Kid Gloves
The finest line of Imported Kid Gloves
shown in the city, all colors and styles, in un
lined, silk lined and fleece lined, at
$2, $1.50 md $1
Kid Glove Special We place on sale Saturday
100 dozen 8-button Kid Gloves,
in all colors, $2.00 and $2.50 val
ues, special, at, pair
1.50
Wool Glove Special The entire sample line of
the greatest glove house in the U. S. men's,
women's and children's, in the fin- f
est Saxony, worth up to 75c, on f
sale Saturday, at, pair A
Buy Your Xmas Grocery Supplies Now
nc lining uuarameea to ue ADsolutelf Pure and frtsh
II IDS. Beat Pura fana llr:.i.iilil
6uar ii.oo
1-lb. pkg- Condensed Mince Meat. 8 Ho
Fancy Seeded Raisins, per pkg:. . . . jOc
Lemon, OranRe or Citron ic.-il, per
Pound 25c
Fancy Leg-horn Citron Peel, per lb.30c
Fancy 1-crown London Layer Kaihlnn,
per pound 25o
Fancy 4-crown London Layer Ualsins,
per pound 2sc
Fancy 6-crown London Layer Raisins,
per pound , iOc
Fancy 7-crown London Layer Raisins,
per pound fin
Fancy Cleaned German Curranls, jjci-
Pound 12Vo
Fancy Vostlsza or Patrao Cleaned
Currants, per pound Joe
Fancy 3-crown Raisins, per lb.,..10n
Fancy Cal. Seedless Raisins, per lb. 10c
Fancy Imp. Sultnna Raisins, lb... 15c
Fancy Mulr Peaches, per lh....l2Hc
Fancy Yellow Crawford Halvia, per
pound lbo
Fancy Cal. Prunes, per lb 6c
Fancy Italian Prunes, per lb....7Vc
Fancy Pure Spices, In -lb. tins, as
sorted Be
4 pkgs. Uneeda Biscuits 15c
The best Soda or Oyster Crackers,
per pound he
Bromang-elon, Jellycon or Jello, per
pkg IHc
1-lb. Cans Assorted Soups 8 He
Fancy Stuffed Olives, &er bottle... 9c
H-lb. cans Walter Baker's Cocoa. 20c
H-lb. cans Walter Baker's Choco-
Inte i9o
10 bars best brands Laundry Soap. 25c
8 lbs. best Rolled Oatmeal 25c
BUTTEB AND CKEESS TOR ZUA.S.
Fancy Separator Creamery Butter,
per pound 2Dc
Fancy Full Cream Cheese, per lb loo
Fancy Brick or Llmberger, per lb. 15c
Fancy Domestic Swiss Cheese, per
Pound 17 He
fancy Imp. Swiss Cheese, per lb.Soc
Neufchatel Cheese, each Sc
Miller's Canadian Cheese, per jar. 9c
Sap Sao Cheese, each 7 'c
rXESH FBUITS 1XS TXOETAJBI.ES
Bushel Boxes Fancy Washington Ro
man Beauty Apples, without a blem
ish or worm hole, for this sale, per
hot H.9J
Fresh Carrots, Heets, Turnips, Ruta
hRgas or Parsnips, per bunch.. lc
Fresh Parsley, 2 bunches for 6c
2 bunches Fresh Lettuce Be
2 bunches Fresh Radishes Rc
New Honey, per rack 120
T arge Grape Fruit, each Jo
Fancy large Florida Oranges, per
dozen 25c
Fancy Navel Oranges, per dosen,.15c
Fancy Cape Cod Cranberries, per
quart , gc
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, per quart. .5c
Omaha's Leading Money Sav
ing Meat Section
Shoulder Roast 5W
Shoulder Steak 5Ht
Sirloin Steak '. 8
Veal Roast G
Pork Loins 10 H
Big shipment of Lard, Hams and Bacon Just received.
Hardware, Stoves and House-
furnishing
Specials on Stoves.
No. 8 2-hole Laundry .$2.93
No. 8 4-hole Laundry. $4.40
$6.00 Airtight Oak.. $4.49
$9.60 Airtight Oak.. $6.95
$11.60 No. 8 Cook. . .$8.93
A car of this beautiful
Brand Steel ltangeg Just re
ceived. We can sell you a
6-hoIe Brand Ilange, with
high warming closet, large
20-lnch oven, a regular $40
range, for 833.50
Specials in Hardware
No. 8 Granite Tea Kettle
for 43c
Large Oranlte Wash
Basins IOc
Large Oranlte Dipper. . IOc
Enterprise Food Chopper
for 89c
12-qt. Oranlte Pails... 39c
lOrqt. Dlshpan, granite. 19c
Fry Pan, granite. 12c
Mop Stick 7c
All kinds of Harney &
Berry Skates, the best
made, up from 49c
Holiday Hosier
Display
The greatest line of Silk
Hosiery in the west over
100 styles to select from.
Ladies' $1.00 Silk Hose, in
plain and' fancy colors,
special Saturday . 98
Ladies' extra quality Silk
Hose, in black or white,
worth up to $2.50 pair,
special, Saturday ..$1.50
Ladies' extra quality Silk
Hose, elegantly hand em
broidered, prices $5, $2.98,
$2.50 down to. .... .$1.98
Ladies' Fine Lisle Hose,
plain or embroidered, spe
cial value at 75c, 50c. 39
HADE SCARES FOR A LIVING
Experiences of a Parachute Jumper at
Various County Fairs.
MONEY IN IT, ALSO EXCITEMENT
rbllo Easrerncsa (or Thrills Compel
Isaiaal Risks Flakes d
Fakes Resented br the
Crowd.
Thirty years a parachute Jumper is
a life more venturesome than alls tu the
kt of most men. That' anyone who at
tempts it should end his days a sound
In body and health as when he began is
remarkable, and yet one may Hnd many
paj-achute jumpers at the Aero club's ex
hibit at the automobile rhow In New York.
They usually gather around the flying nia
eulnes. where they spin yarns and talk
about "next season."
Alexander Wilson of Bar Harbor, Me.,
la dean of the fraternity despite the fact
that he has given up an exciting career
to settle down to tlie daily grind of an In
ventor. Wilson Is 60k but supple and strong
a when ha was leaping from the clouds
a a drawing card for county fairs and
farmers' picnics.
Ha took to parachute Jumping when an
ngineer's apprentice, btcaute It offered
him more money than he could make
pounding rivets. Besides, he wanted funds
to help him secure a patent for a fly'ng
machine. That was in '6, and today
Wilson has his device perfected, the pa
pers) In his pocket and his creation is on
xhlbition among the ' heavier than air"
machines. It looks like the skeleton of a
Square dry goods box, with two wings pro
pelled by a motor within the framework.
The popular idea of a parachute Jumper
Is a spectacular sort of person, loud In his
talk, dress and manner. Wilson is the op
p.lte. Uke many other Inventors, he
tuts his eccentricities. He is slow In his
sieech, careleea as to his clothes and has
the -down east" drawl. One might easily
mistake him for a fisherman.
Wilson can fly. His longest horlsontal
progress through the air has te. n l,Ti
feet. Perpendicularly, he has made sev
eral hundred times that, but this he d en't
count, for, according to him, "anyone can
Jump from a balloon."
Old Has4 " Daslaeaa.
r 'I began solng aloft lu lS;-ny way. It
s about that time." he said. "It was the
y-ar of the Boeton Peace Jubilee, when
tli. y had a captive balloon in that city. 1
aed with the balloore until '7J. when
I made my first Jump out in lows, and
aftt r that I stuck to Jumping. Mors money
In it. W hen a town Is getting up a show,
w a fair, or a piculo and want a croad.
you contract to deliver the goods. That's
all there is to It. You're paid to give the
people a scare, and your Job la to keep your
end of the contract.
"It's easy money! Sometimes the peo
ple are unreasonable, and then you have
to rink your neck or be called a faker by
the local newspapers. If It Is bad weather,
or your balloon catches Are, or the wind
Is too high, and you think you have a
good excuse to stay down, the crowd hol
lers that you're a coward, the newspapers
say you're playing a shell game, and that
hurts your business. The next town won't
hire you, so after you are advertised there
Is nothing to do but go up, windstorm. Are
or anything else. Give the people their
money's worth.
"The most dangerous thing In these sit
uations Is fire. All Jumpers' balloons are
Inflated with hot air. and often catch Are.
But the Jumper mustn't back out. He must
cast off and go up with his bag ablase,
taking his chances on Jumping before the
balloon burns enough to drop.
"At Buffalo once I was billed to Jump
from a height of 1.700 feet, and because
I shaved &00 off the first day the manage
men cried frsud and held up the money.
Next day there was a mob on the fair
grounds and those nearest the balloon
Jeered at me, I made ths longest drop In
my life that day. After I cast off snd went
up I hung to the balloon till I lost sight
of Buffalo, and then cut loose. The wind
carried me beyond Tonawanda. I had my
mad up that day, and if there hadn't been
a duty on balloons I would have crossed
the lake and dropped In Canada.
Jumpers Tied to Trapese.
spectators St a rair wno come to see
a paracnute jump get tn impression tnat
the man depends entirely upon his hands
to hold to ths trapese. This Is a mistake.
The Juniper could not afford to do this,
because he has use for his hands. I always
strapped myself to the trapese bar while
going up, and then turned my attention to
the folds of the parachute. You see It Is
neceBary that they do not become tangled,
but ara perfectly free to open the minute
the Juniper's weight stretches them out.
Then again the Jumper has also to think
of his balloon and where It Is going to land.
His object is to tip the bag over and
throw the opening at the bottom "upwards
as he leaps, so that the smoke and hot air
may escape quickly, allowing the balloon
to drop . somewhere near himself and the
parachute. Otherwise it would sail off
for miles and be lost. Balloons cost money,
and we can't afford to buy very many of
tbem.
' "Every parachute is fastened to the side
of the balloon with the trapese bar tied
close to the seat of the operator. There is
also a cord by which It may be detached,
and whea the Jumper Is ready to let go,
ha sees that everything Is clear, and then
swings to one side so he will pull the top of
the balloon over. Here Is where his hands
come into play. As ths baliocn turr.- he
pulls the cord that frees him and the para
chute, and both shoot downward. The para
chute should open in 100 or 160 feet, but
I've known Jumpers to drop twice that
distance before the canopy inflates and
checks the descent This check at times
Is sudden, and often the force rends ths
parachute in twain. Nothing can save the
Jumper then. To guard against such acci
dents I always had a round hole sewed
in the top of my parachutes to Berve as a
safety-valve. This hole, I think, also
helped to straighten oft the canvas more
quickly.
"With the parachute open, the weight of
your body shoots you through the air at
a rate of from eight to ten miles an hour.
That is fast enough to Jar you when you
hit the earth, and, besides, Jumpers have
to let go their parachutes and fall twenty
feet with nothing to aid them this to pre
vent them from being smothered by the
folds of the canvas. I have often hit a
house, or a barn, or a tree, and tumbled
thirty or forty feet, but fortune was always
with me. Parachute Jumpers control their
course by tipping up the edge of their
canopy and making a plane, down which
they slide at a longer angle and also much
faster.
I Sla-Shootere In the Snathweat.
I "I could always get down some way.
i There Inn't any doubt about your hlttlna
the earth in some shape or other. That
never worried me. 1 don't mind barns, or
houses, or trees half so much as I d'd curi
ous people and particularly the people In
the southwest. Excitement always brings
out the wlldness In a man. and down there
the spectators get worked up to a groat
pitch over a parachute Juniper. Their
pent up feeling has Its effect on the Jumper,
too, and tends to rattle him. Jumping Isn't
the pleasuntest occupation In the world and
It Is a large sight more unpleasant to hear
bullets singing past you, either coming
down or going up. A balloon ascension In
my early days out west wouldn't have been
natural without the popping of six-shooters.
It was all done la rlay, of course, but when
a man gets red llouor In his system and a
aim In his hand It's no place for a bal
loon. The old saying, 'You can't hit a
balloon' Is all bosh. I know better. I've
spent a good many hours sewing up bullet
holes In my apparatus.
"Another disconcerting thing was to look
down as you . ft-U and see a string of
mounted men come riding 'cross lot at full
Jump, shooting as they rode and yelling
like Indians to see who would be Arst to
get under you as you neared the ground.
Usually these clt liens would have a small
bet up on the result of the race. Add this
little personal Interest to the excitement
of the Jump and the result was enough to
make you want to keep on going right
through the earth and never stop on ton.
The wild look of excitement In some of
those eyes I'll remember to my grave. As
many as could would get their hands on
me ths moment they came up. They would
slap me on the back, punch me, pinch me,
offer me tobacco, whisky, guns, everything
they had, uttering ylpping yells In shrill
staccato to let their exuberance of spirits
escape.
"tady Nature If You Would Fly."
"But my Jumping days are nil over. I'm
spending all my time now, and money, too,
trying to fly. Parachute Jumping, besides
bringing in money, helped me with Ideas
for my machine. Sometimes when I was
Jumping the fair management would give
me dollar bills to throw down as I went
up, and the slgsag movement of those
banknotes as they fluttered down gave me
one Idea, The movement of a clam shell
when thrown Into the water is the same
as it sinks. It is a gliding, shifting move
ment, and the wings on my machine have
Identically the same movement reversed.
There Is also a tail and a head on it which
largely control Us flight. I got that idea
from watching pigeons. They use the bal
ance of their heads and the movement of
their tails to guide their course and to
alight. The longer the neck and the larger
the head the faster the flight. No bird can
touch the swan or the goose for long and
strong flights. If you are going to learn to
fly you must study nature." New York
Post.
TOILET BETS-Frensr. 15th and Dodgo.
Hack-Arllou Proverbs.
Fine feathers ne'er can make fine birds,
'tis true, but what would become of the
peacock if he was dressed like a frog?
A stitch in time to save nine Is a patch
Just the same.
Money saved is money made, but you
always have to make it first.
Talk may be cheap, but the telephone
companies have got mighty rich handling It.
The early bird may catch the worm, but
It's not exactly a square deal for the
worm.
All things come to him who waits, but
It takes a lot of hustling to And the right
place to wait..
If It is true that riches havs wings, it's
hardly right to howl because rich people
are high-flyers.
A soft answer may turn away wrath
some times, but generally It Is poor pro
tection to your face if the other fellow is
a good hitter. Judge.
Costly t'llpplasrs.
During the siege of Klmberly ths editor
of the only dally paper there was often
hard put to And news. One day In a club
room he found Cecil Rhodes reading a
fairly new paper from Cape Town. He bor
rowed it and rushed to his own office,
where It soon appeared as a special edition,
selling Ilka hot cakes. That same evening
he met Rhodes, who Inquired: "Where's
I my Cape Town pair?" "Oh, I cut it up
i for the printers," was the reply. "Please
don't do that again." said Rhodes, mildly.
I "That paper came through my native run
J nerw and cost nis fl.uuu,"
WINTER JOYS AT STANDSTILL
Dancing; Masters Start a Ruction that
Shakes the Palladium of
Liberty.
More power to the elbows of the dancing
teachers of the country over; more stiffness
to their spines. And, by the same token,
more suppleness to the knee-joints and
more grace to the(feet of their pupils. At
the last convention of the dancing masters,
leld a few months ago. It was decided to
discourage the popular style of dancing,
which is a combination of muscularity and
automatonlsm, in favor of movements that
had quietness and grace to commend them.
The two-step was to go to the scrap pile.
The young man who moved rigidly for a
few step and then darted down to the end
of the ballroom carrying disaster In his
path, was to be seized by the ear and led
firmly from the floor. There were to be no
rag-time ecstasies and no Bowery manners.
In their place the old-time waltz was to be
revived in all its languor, seductiveness and
grace.
The dancing season is now on in full
' force. Every night the public halls are
crowded and though bridge has largely dis
placed dancing In the swagger sets there
are still occasional private parties. But
no returns have come In. We are In a
I fog as to the results of the contem
plated action of the teachers. Kave tliey
carried out their wise promises or huve
they weakened at the last moment? Do
they control the situation or are they con
trolled? The old-time dancing master was a marti
net. More than that, he was a tyrant. His
school was one of manners as well as mo
tion. One learned courtliness there with
his dancing. The romping ways of the prev
ent generation would dlBinay such a
teacher. Rather, they would not be allowel.
The first time a young man infringed the
stern code, he was warned. The second
time he was given his hat. And he went,
not even protesting, for he knew his sen
tence was Just, though stern.
Different times make different manners
and the ungraceful two-step has come In.
The young man of the day was too hurried
to learn to dance properly, so some foolish
master devised a dance that needs little
training and no natural grace. A bear
could be taught It In two lessons; a walrus
In five.
If the man who pays the piper can call
the tune and then dance to It as he wishes,
the two-step will remain. Money will not
only talk but also command. And If such
be the rase the waits will have to stay In
the old hair trunk in the attic. It will not
be taken out of the moth balls. This will
be a pity. It la the most graceful of danns
and the accomplishment of gentlemen and
ladlts. Blunderers could not conquer it nor
hoodlums master It by brute force.
The music, too, which went with it baa
never been equaled. The waits is the most
delightful of musical rhythms. When the
good fairies wished to make a man famous
and well-beloved they brought the art of
waits-making to his cradle. With all our
advance In musical education, the world
over, there has never been another Strauss.
One measure of "The Blue Danube" is
worth a thousand two-steps. The new
Strauss has not arisen because he was not
demanded. Let the dancing masters restore
the old-time, graceful, refined waits and
the composer to gild It with his muslo will
follow. Cleveland Leader.
IN THE BAY OF PANAMA
Dottrel with Plctnreaqoe Islands and
Pelicans Basil? Catch.
- lag; Fish.
"In the press dispatches describing the
president s tour of :ne isthmus," said a
Wailing '.on tourist, who lias recently re
turned from a trip In that region, "men
tion was made of a sail around the Bay of
Panama, which the president declared to
be one of the most enjoyable features of
his trip.
"Residents of northern climes hsve little
conception of the tropics, where life in all
of Its phases la so different from our own,
and from my point of tKw I am not
cntmored of it, except aS something to
see and pass through: hut the Bsy of
Panama is strikingly beautiful, and the
waters of the Pacific take on an exquisite
deep cerulean tint which Is a revelation to
the eye of those who have seen only the
blue of the Atlantic.
"In the event of war with this country
the fleets of the enemy would make Pa
nama one of the first objective points for
capture and occupation. The bay affords
a safe and deep anchorage, end Is dotted
most plcttuesquely with small islands. The
land fortifications could be easily shelled
and bombarded. There Is considerable of
an elevation back and to the south of the
city of Panama, the streets of which slope
up from the very edge of the waters of
the bay. But It would seem to me, though
I am not a military man, that fortifications
to be of actual service against a sea at
tack would have to be of the most formid
able natue.
"As ths sanitary condl Ions rf the Isth
mus are better now than formerly, better
time Is now made on the trip from San
Francisco to New York than in past years.
On one of my trips we had to lie outside
In the bay for several days on account of
yellow fever, and then we were hurrl'd
ever the Isthmus on a special train direct
to the steamer at Colon. During this en
forced quarantine we nrrerved with d
light one of the features of ths Bay of
Panama, and a sight which Is never seen
n the north.
"Large flocks of pelicans make their
abodes on some of the islands In the bay.
The days are clear snd sunny, the sky is
cloudless, the ocean calm and Intensely
blue and the trade winds from the orient,
which blow With almost a measured steadi
ness all day, seldom kick up even so much
ns white caps, except in the tempestuous
seasons. The pollcans, which grow to en
ormous size In the tropics, hover over the
surface of the water In search of fish.
When the wonderful keen eyes of these
monster birds discern a Ash, though they
usually fly several hundred feet from the
surface of the ocean, they drop and make
a dive, head foremost, with wings closed
tightly to their bodies, that make the dip
of death of the diver In a circus look like
SO cents,
"They drop through the air with the
rapidity of a cannon ball, strike the water
with a tremendous splash, sending the,
spray flying as If a real shot from a
cannon had struck the surface, and in
most Instances It seemed to us that they
secured their prey, for we would see thrm
rise In the air with the Ash In their huge
bills. As In the case with all large sea
birds, however, their rise from the water
Is as awkward as their dives and subse
quent aerial flight are graceful, and tlieir
mammoth wings beat the water into a
foam in their powerful strokes to gain
the Initial momentum. Bom times two snd
three and even more pelicans would make
the drop and dive almost simultaneously,
and when they would all land in the wat-r
a few yards from another, probably In a
school of fish, the sight was one of the
most remarkable and interesting that could
be brought to a tourist a eye in a trtn
around the world." Washington Star.
Maslnaa of the Gentle t'ynle.
At a wedding the best man can't always
prove It.
A safe bet is the one you were going to
make and didn't
He who realizes his own folly acquires
just that much wisdom.
The fool and his money are generally
divorced without alimony.
The kitten has Its eyes opened In nine
days, but ths fool has to wait longer.
Many a man looks everywhere for his
worst enemy except in ths mirror.
Soms fellows never know when they are
licked, and others get so used to It that
they don't mind.
When a man would rather go to grand
opera than a foot ball game he doesn't
know how to tell the truth.
Some men's Idea of giving to the Lord
Is to buy a cushion that will make ths
church pew more comfortable.
The great trouble with the artlstlp tem
perament is that It generally wants to
borrow money for breakfast.
You can lead a horse to water, but you
can't make him drink. On the other hand,
you ran lead an actor before tho cuituiu,
but you can't keep him from making a
speech. New York Times.
