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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1906)
THE OMAIM SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 16, 1!0. 3 For and About Women Folks 'T thr's on thing." f V 111 h"ervant bf-n!i,.t, "ll,at LJ the dirrvronre Utwwn the Prrpai-ednts of AVntnrii. rvM the t fhowi tnHHr'i . line and ft-mlnlne mnkfun it's th 1.1V (hit . . " " " "n vrnmrn ap- J., """ '"l preparation for them 0 Zr . " W,th h,,r- "' h rt nok T WR": "rher'',, J""1 'hat I HH J" AU,U M0,,y;' 1 remark! lfe looked at me scornfully. 'Why If I now- rtYvn'F n,r n,r",m"s now. she replied, 'wh.ire would I he In l.e.? .k" rnak'nK thlne": ' S , 0rtlen are ' "kin, hivT "7 ,H"t,er eloped than we IVJr. ' n"W What nd. . rnor' "ey et upon the knowledge. ,n .f S?d mnT m'n rriend. I ' " o .ay. and I .uppose I know their Uste n a general way. but I'd be .cared to d.ath to buy thin, for any one of them. They feel th .am. .bout m9 , rJM fcut mT lf. know. jut the thin, for each on of the relative, or wom-n friend mat ah remembera-at leant that', what they all ay Vi their notee of thanks. "It a tenius. that's what it Is. this faulty of gin mkng. The women hare It and w haven't, that's all. The few davs before Christmas are like a nlnhtmar to me. and fd be lost entirely at that festive -aon If I hadn't my wife to help me out. There's one thing, though, ln wh'ch sl.o snt be of any a.-sistance. and that the Kitting of a prenent for her that will be Just what ehe wants and a mirprine to boot And my effort, to tret this desideratum aren't helped nny by the positive knowl edge that ehe has had my present decided upon and pirked out weeks or months Hhead." Advice for Hurheliir l.lrl. A Boston girls' club ha. formulated tlu-se rules for tho guidance of the girl who Is not married: Don't be aggressive alout It and Insist that you never yet met a man you would dream of marrying. Even If this is true, your vigorous assertions will leave the op posite impression on the mind of your hearers. Oon t belittle your present mule zicqualnt Mnces by building day dreams with a per sonification of all the virtues as hero. Tn't drop vague hints about a secret engagement which 'line alone will dlvulif. Don't pret, tul you don t t lieve In love; no one will hi lieve this, either. Don't try to Rive the impression thai you are wavering betwixt a number of brilliant offers and can't decide which to accept. And don't, nbove ..11 t hints, make trans parent remarks aboul a girl's i0B,,K hfl. freedom if she marries under :j. Such an c.Ncuse is for glrU In tlielr teens. Hotter decide to say nothing r.bout it at all. If some one comes at you with the unpardonnbly blunt question, "Have you ever met a man you could care for?' don't east down your eyes and give a sentimental slffh. Look your outrageous questioner straight ln the face and unswer cheerfully, "Hundreds of times," and tho chances are you and your affairs will be left In peace by that person, at all events. Hndenvor to show people that you really enjoy life as you are not by miking about it. but by a cheerful, sunny demeanor and a busy lire with lots or friends and ft tcusonuble amount of amusement. Uunrier of a Million for lothes. Miss i; ul Ha Uumsinl, daughter of a New York banker.' Is regarded a the most sumptuous dresaei' In tho metropolis. She spends nearly $i.utK a year for clothes. "I dress the very best (hut my taste and my fortuine allow for two reasons," she said In a New York World Interview. "The flrft Is the woman's reason, though 1 feel iLShamed when I say It. I like to look well. All women do. The other reason and there are people who are unkind enough to criticise mo for It is that it la the best way I know of to do amid with tho money which fortune has so kindly bestowed upon me. "I can he frank about it. I try to spend us much as 1 can upon my clothes. Every year I try to spend more than I spent the yosr before. This year I am planning to spend lAiy.oui for my clothes, and 1 don't think for a moment that I am a bit ex travagant or wicked. "How can I manage to spend so much for clothes? Islest thing in the world. There are plenty of ways nowadays in which women can make the thousands go for dress. "Where I buy many of my dresses there are hundreds of young girls employed. When It comes clone to Christmas lime, the very time when It should never, never happen, many of them are dismissed. Why? Simply because the women of New York who have so much money they don't know what to do with It. won't order more than ten or a dozen dresses for a season. They prefer to keep their money and tuke It "ith them afterward, though it won't do hem any good where they are going. "A woman can't have too many gowns. "A thousand dollars for a dress Isn't such a grest price to pay. I've had plenty that cost more, and I'm glad of It glad tliat I eould pay that much. Of that ll.Wi. tomtyhing like W0 lias gone to people all over the world who work for a living. 1 am glad that I have the tl.Ouu u share with lllliUI. "On the other hand, it would be sheer nonsense to spend J1.00 for every dress one wears. The best reason Is that many women make a practice of never wearing he same gown twice during a season, and never more than three or four times." "They are not worn out then. What to do with them? I give mine away to other women not so blessed as I am. What do some other women do? They sell their gowns. I have tried to make it a practice t buy, never to sell. "Today the well-dressed woman must have absolute harmony In everything fhe wear Her shoes, Blockings, hats, gloves, everything must match her gown. Tor each gown ahe must hsve its own pair of shoes. My shoes cost JJo a pair. The X Skin of Beauty . joy rorevr DR. T. Felix Oouraud's) Oriental Cream or Magical feteautlfler Irt.fU ki .it V. can Ms, us bum btt Wkitr. fc&4 it diftLtian. n itm Hswd Lft m w 67 U14 M K Lit .i.flf Wf TMIflt lr thur!l ! pn rrlr s.mI Aecep! buet-unirt ivit ststutf Jm. Pr. L. J. ... si t ljf cf tn fctui I- ts pvierti A yo Wi.m w ul um luce ('read's frifia' tta tt4 strain.! ot i.l Um 5 frlnmonl. .-r Mil t.y ftll drutfg: aaa Fft. r "w lUim la U Dii4 luia, Cu-sa ss4 Etuuye fLJLT.bCPLX3. t;iK V S -I Jmk tIMt HU y J, j m n:l bather is lmi)rtel. Tt is colored to match the shade of my drees and tben made by hand Into a pair of shoe. Ttdnk hnw many peisons bare honorable employmert before that pair of shoes is finished and delivered to me. "I can't see why tJ.(r) Is t o much for one's shoe bill a year. That only allows for forty pairs. "Oloves? Just as Important as the dress itself. They soil so quickly that one must have many, many pairs. They must match the costume, of course. A thousand a year seems very much for gloves, yet there are many women who spend that much for their gloves alone. Handkerchiefs are Just as necessary and they will oust as muoh la a year as gloves cost "No, no; I am not the best dressed woman in New York, nor am 1 anywhere nesr It. Neither do I spend more money than any other woman. But If you most know It, I do try to dress well without spending a dollar, and I think that other women should try to do the same thing. If they have been blessed by fortune as t have." w Trlek la Kwr Sell la. Two men, about 28 and 38 years old re spectively, affecting an English accent and the dress of petty officers, visited Abraham Greenberg. a lawyer, who has an office In the Pulitzer building, relates the New Tork Times. They wehe ccompatned by a negro who carried a large sailor's grip. The men represented themselves as hav ing Just returned from a trip through the Baltlo provinces of Russia. "I've got some fine furs I wouid like te ell to you," said the spokesman. "Tve a lot of bargains too." Then, looking around the room, he added In a whisper: "I brought the stuff myself to this country you understand?" The lawyer said he was not Interested In furs, but the man persisted. He displayed a handsome bearskin rug which ha said he would selj far 175. Qreenberg didn't care to purchase 'nny furs, but the rug Impressed him so much that he finally offered 135 for tt. This was refused, but the man pro duced a fine silver blue fox muff and collar. "I'll let ynu have this for SWO," said the linn. Qreenberg bargained with him and event ually bought the set for X.He thought he had a prize. Just as he was about to hand the money to the strnnsrer he found that the muff was damaged. The man readily agreed' to ex change It and took what looked like a sim ilar muff from the grip. This looked all risht and was accepted. Wlien the lawyer examined the muff and collar more carefully, however, on rubbing Ms hand gently over the fur dt began to fall out. Oreenberg took the Karments to an expert and learned that they were made of hnlr dyed and pasted crudely on a foundation. The value of the garments was about 11.6ft. Plrroe then the lawyer has heard from other victims of the plr. Their game, which is a new one, Is Wing worked suc cessfully In many parts of the city. Trials of Woman Monmnlii Climber Miss Annie Peck, who climbs mountains for fun end who has probably been higher up In the world thnn any other American woman, is back In New York from Peru, a knnwledgine herself repulsed, but not beaten by tho ieak Huaacan. Twice ehe attempted to reach the summit of this, the loftiest of the Andes, and twice she failed. She says she will try agnin. To climb this unexplored volcanic peak, which bears the name of one of the Incaa of the ancient Peruvian empire, relates' the New York Sun, lias been the ambition of Miss Peck since she made her first trip through the Andes several years ago. l ast May she left New Tork determined to Place a little silk American flag on the aiimmll of the patriarch of the Andss. With an outfit chosen through her ex perience as a mountain climber, Miss Peck mad her way into the Hlalus valley, which lies at the foot of one of Huaecan'e spurs. Choosing two South Americans to act as guides and five Indians as porters, the young woman set out in the early part of July to climb the more than 30000 feet to the summit of the cone. Mies Peck began to realise the frailties of mere mart before the first 8.000 feet were achieved. One of the Bouth Americans ehe had solected to accompany her was cruzy-just crasy. as Miss I-eck puts it and the other was a coward. When the party found themselves far up In the wil derness of snow and glacial Ice the man who was a coward quit without shame. Tho woman and the six remainln, men pushed on up the white flank of the moun tain. Troubles came In assorted lota. The snow blindness began to affect the Indians. Food ran short. The crazy man lost the barometer. At last the Indians struck. On the third day of the climbing, when 13,000 feet had been scaled, the Indians de manded three times the amount of pay Miss Peck had promised them. She refused and then all five of the porters began to take the downward path In long strides. The one woman there alone with the crasy Puruvlan citizen In the cloud of waste called the Indians beck and agreed to their terms. The upward march was again commenced, but before an hour had pissed Miss Peck thought she discovered the cause for the Indians' belligerency. Six quarts of raw alcohol brought along for the purpose of heating the canned food had been absorbed by tho five Indians during the progress up the mountain. Raw alcohol at the elevation of n.liyo feet began to have an effect. There were devils In the air. the Indians said, and If they gained the summit, whers no man hud ever set foot and where the spirit of Huascan slept, they would all be turned lo sloue. The woman gave it up. She could not go on alone and her porters refused to go on with Ijer. Back down the mountain the party took its wsy. In August the American woman surprise! the natives about the village of Yungay at tho foot of Huascan by announcing that she was going to go up the mountain again. This time she chose iihw porters and she took double precautions against their fail ing her In making her choice. But all Indiana in Bouth America, are alike, says Miss Peck; they are sll Just as bsd as the worst of them. The second trip ended like the first. In failure. The portere were lasy, superstitious and sullen. Each Insisted In eating as much as three men and they were prone to lie abed late In the mornings. To complicate things the snow waa very dangerous and there were some plicee that had to be crossed that would have tried the courage of a better man than an Indian. After 15, Mo feet had been climbed Miss pick again gave it up and came down the mountain beaten. "I hope to climb that mountain before I give up," she said. "I belisve I mill It H not absolutely unscalable, but I will have to get better guides and porteis than I had. With bwibs I can do It." is Adaasless l4ea. An Adumles KJen In Texs Is the dream oi' Mary F. Haydn. the Chieagj noxtlUt. who is arranging to establish a colony of l.M womeu tu Hef jgio county. Texas. She has acqulmd title to S.O0O acres and la at work on the plana for ber colony. Woman colonists may have husbands' If that condition cannot be avoided, but the males muat be a ware notch on a stick, so tar as the affairs of t!.e oolony are Con cerned. The founder will endeavor to pro cure from the Texas legislature permis sion for women to exercise the right of suffrage In her colony, and all homes must be la the name of the wife, Everything that usually la undertaken on Texas farms will be attempted, truck farming, fruit raising, beekeeping-, dairying, poultry rais ing and other kindred farm and ranch pur suits. Mies Hayden was an Intimate friend of the late Frances E. W 11 lard and waa as sociated with hef for a number ot years In temperance work. A "Jew Kaglaw Trlkate. No man who waa bred and born In the rural sections of New England, exclaims the Hartford Times, can fail to have Joy ous memories of the mince pie of his boy hood days. The dish Inspire delightful recollections. But It doesn't taste quit as good now as it did then. Perhaps the rea son la sufficiently indicated ln the line of the classic western poet: ' The mini's meat mother used she made; Such meat you cannot buy; She never had a cook book when Hhe mixed things for her pie. With raisins she was liberal; Big, juicy raisins, too; She'd smile as I devoured pie. And a my belt line grew. No substitute for the old-fashioned minoe pie of the country home has ever been de vised. Nor Is any ever likely to be. Be ware of any boy who ha no fondness for real mince pi. He need careful and con stant watching. Kerres Cared by Knitting. That knitting should have a beneficial effect upon the nerves sound rather absurd to those of u who are outside "the pro fession." yet It ia advised by many phy sicians nowadays. A woman wh was on the verge of some serious nervous illness was told by her doctor to knit for two hour dally, and though she was most unbelieving, she obeyed his orders with satisfactory resulta Just why the process of putting threads over and under needles should M soothing to the Jaded nerves cannot be told unless there is something hypnotic ln the same ness 'of the action and th shining glitter of ths swift-moving needles, but the proof of the pudding is In the eating. It has cured others and there is plenty of testimony to prove that It has), why not try it, you who are threatened with a nervous breakdown? Of one advantage you may be assured and that Is It la cheap. 4 Tee ok CkUirts te Lot Daejrs. The child who Is taught to love animal and to have a dog as a companion la In troduced to a friend of the truest ami best klnd-lh kind of friendship that lasts. Have you aver had a dog? Then you don't know what pleasure oan be had in his com panionship in ramble, ln hi quiet pres ence in your room, hi unobtruslvenea when human company would bore yon; a "chum" who alway adapts himself to jour mood when man or woman would Jar upon you. By all moans cultivate In chil dren a love of animals, especially of "man's best friend," the dog. New Tork Herald. Leaves from Fashion's Notebook. The newest hat pins have large heads and are used as hat trimming details, In addition to fulfilling their original pur pose. Hat covered with baby lamb are much worn, this fur being thin and supple enough to be handled as milliners handle velvet. Patent leather or dull kid pumps with around their tops inch wide bands of cloth to match the frock are shown in many of the popular oolorings and made to order to match any cloth frock. In the matter of footgear, high heels are no longer favored. Those who are looked up to In the art of drsss wear heels which measure about an Inch in depth. The most fashionable boot shows the new heel, which recedes slightly from the line of boot at the back. The automobile bog Is the latest thing In handbags and la a cross between a dressing case and a shopping bag. It is made In all the fashionable leathers and fitted with all the little toilet articles which a woman may need even after a short spin ln pursuit of luncheon or dinner. Figured plush Is becoming popular again. It is mainly used for the creation of blouse coata Another new fabric Is putting ln an appearance as a trimming for gowns, blouses, coatees and boleros. It is known as Paisley velvet, the beautiful colorings of the Paisley shawl being daintily repro duced. One of the prettiest of the new face veils to be had at modest price Is a fine mesh net with chenille or velvet dote at wide intervals and a border of velvet ribbon an Inch or an Inch and a half wide. This Is far mor chic than the cheap lace veil and a good lace veil Is rather an expensive luxury. A charming evening dress for a young girl was made of muslin, on which pale pink oematione were printed. The full skirt was finished at the hem with narrow lace flounces, headed with small pink car nations, while the little, full bodice, and puff sleeves were also bordered with the same flower. Terry velvet has recently been added as a millinery trimming. It Is now frequently seen combined with moire, and it is to be had In lovely tones of coloring. Ostrich and pheasants' feathers ana paradise plumes are much In vogue now, all the smartest bats being trimmed with one or the other of these beautiful feathers. Paisley velvet Is also much used for hat crowns. One charming example is worn with a cloth gown of mole color, which boasts of a smartly fining watstcoat of Paisley velvet, fastened with small silver buttons. The brim of the hat Is composed of mole velvet. It Is trimmed with one long feather, shading from deep gray to pale pink, and a silver buckle. Hint for the Hoasrhold. A piece of ftannel dampened with spirits of camphor will remove stains from mirrors or window glass. y Twenty-four hours before shampooing saturate the scalp with warm olive oil. Careful grooming every night with a brush will encourage the hair to be good. When linoleum begins ot show wear paint the surface with a good quality of fluor varnish and allow It a longer time to drv than would be necessary for wodn boards. Bad soap will Injure the skin, ro will poor cosmetics. The Lightly application of some pure, soothing cosmetic to overcome the wear and tear of the weather Is absolutely neceasary. Napkin ring of white embroidery, with buttonhole edge 'and Initial In the centes, are among the new gifts for Christmas. They are easily made and take little time compared with other pieces of embroidery. Red hands and red noses are often caused bv unwise diet and by th use of Impure soaps. Tight clothing is another c.u Wear your belts and collars very loose. Keep your hands out of hot water as much as possible. Kat lean meats, fruits and ves.stables and avoid all pastry, salads, t :eaay foods and strong coffee. Christmas without holly would nof be Christmas at all. Let your dining room he bright and cheerful. If there is a chande lier have tt bung with evergreens ami holly, and from that . loosclv carry long rois of evergreen to each corner of the room, thus forming a canopy for the table. Place a bunch of holly over the corners of all large pictures. Either one or two sprays in a vaae is very bright and attrac live. If your dining room has a fireplace remove all ornaments from the mantel exceat the clock, end at each end place buncnes of holly. Fasten wreaths of green or holU' at all th windows. Uhe use of ribbons will be a decided Improvement and will brighten the decorations. Women who do a great deal of sewing will tind a little stand to hold spools ot cotton a great convenience. The onlv ma. teri-Ua required are s solid piece of wood perhaps an inoh thick and either round or outre, for the base, and either a knitting needle or a round piece ot wood some six. inches long for the upright piece. If the need.e is used it rsn be forced Into the wood ul the base, but In case the slender, round piece of wood is preferred it can be kept In place w'th a screw or long tack This holder has places for three or four spools of cotton, which revolves freely when you take hold on an epd of the thread and begin to draw It off. The point of the holder makes a convenient resting place for a thimble. Of course. If you are of a decorative turn of mind you will sand paper your wooden base and thea pac et For Mother jyilRA MUSIC DOXES ARC THE. BEST rofV- TONE an ITI i. 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