n Five English Women Famed for Their Beauty ANNOUNCEMENT Wheeler Wilson Sewing Machines arc now being sold exclusively by the i - - - if . . ,i TTIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 10, 1P07. tJlf V'.'-'"I :- I '.. -'A ' ;,-V vif,. . ' A '.' ... , VI;, -rnrrm uux mh.?j?ice . n.u jiii n mi iijili iimi nrsfa3r-5cr-. .... , S 1 l" 1 I 1 V ' f . 4- ill 1HF fliBcriminatlnB cltlzona of In don and tho wiburns tnereawiui. have decided through a plebiscite tliat there are six beautiful wonwn In Great Britain. These are Lady Beatrice Pole-Oarew (pronounced Poole-Carey), Indy Helen Vincent. Frln cee Henry of Plens, the durhesft of Suth erland, Mlse Julia Neilson and Miss Evelyn Millard. The choice of the London beauty judges u made through the columns of the Even ing News, a ha'prnny paper. Lady Bea trice Pole-Carew won by a great lead over the other contestants, whose names are given In the order of their popularity. The Now say that there were many other women's names voted on, but since the crown of beauty was limited to the six highest contestants much of the second rate beauty of England Is condemned to ah onymlty for the present. Aside from the four members of the no bility whose names were chosen by popu lar vote, there are two from the massed named as beautiful. But Miss Neilson and Miss 'Millard are on the stage. Tho commentators on the beauty contest ; kave It that Lady Pole-Carew was a Sure winner and that Lady Vincent and the' Princess Henry of I'less could have been picked beforehand for place and show. Lady Beatrice Is the - daughter cf the marquess of Ormonde, tweny-flrst earl In Ills line and also twenty-seventh hereditary chief butler of Ireland. Aside from his titles Lady Beatrice's father's" name Is James Edward William Theobald Butler. Beatrice Frances Elisabeth Butler waa married In 1901 to General Reginald Polo Carew, nicknamed "Polly Carey" by his brother officers In the Indian and South African services. General "Polly Carey" was over 60 and In command of the Coldstream Guards V..-.v.V : . I- At". - t V .J 'V 0 Mil U llll H III II Mlrir 2iKUH II llil II when he wed the daughter of the marquese bride was the most beautiful girl In so- contest, Lady Helen Vincent, Is the wife of Ormonde. He was considered one of ciety. It was distinctly a match. of Sir Edgar Vincent, K. C. M. G. She Is the dandy officers In London society; his The place winner In the great beauty the daughter of Lord Dunuombe, first earl or KevcTsham. Like Ijidy Beatrice Pole Oarew, l.ady Vincent hns been always high In London's social circles. The Princess Henry of Pless. wife of Prince John Henry XV of Pltss, also Graf von Hochberg and Frelherr zu Fursten steln, was one of the daughters of Mrs. Cornwallls-West before her marriage in ISM. Her mother was a reigning beauty In the drawing rooms In the early 'SOs, and still retains much of her charms. " A sister of the Princess, Miss Shelln C'orn-wallls-West, became ttie bride of the duke of Westminster a few years ego. Her brother married the widow of Lord Ran dolph Churchill, who was Miss Jennie Jerome of New York. At the time when gossip had It that Em peror William Intended to appoint the prince of Pless ambassador at Washington there was much taik among the legation people there of the revolution the princess of Pless would make In Washington so ciety. She was known to be smartest of the smart in London, Berlin and Wiesbaden It was whispered over legation tea tables In our capital that the princess of Pless would give to Washington society the much needed tone of European courts. But she did not come to Washington. " The duchess of Sutherland, the fourth noblewoman to win In the beauty contest. Is famed as much for her wisdom as her good lookB. 81n was Lady Milllcent St. Clair Ersklne when the duke of Sutherland took her from the school room and mar ried her on her seventeenth birthday. IjRdy Milllcent has never been an enter tainer, though Stafford house, her hus band's London home, Is such a house that Queen VIct(rla Is said to have remarked once when she vlalted It: "I have come from my house (Buckingham) to your pal ace." Travel and sport occupy most of Lady Mllllcent's time. A play, "The Con- Singer Sewing Machine Co. These machines have been for more than fifty years the standard type of rotary shuttle-movement for making the locK-stitch. The Wheeler & Wilson factories will continue to make these machines as heretofore, the change simply means that you will always be able to get these well-known machines at Singer Stores, also Wheeler & Wilson needles and parts. They will not be sold to dealers and we are not responsible for machines of fered by other than our own employees. SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 1J514 Douglas St. and 323 8. 13th St., Omaha. 41 1 X. 2tth St., So. Omaha. 33 S. Main St., Council HlufN. queror," which was a failure, Is the must ambitious piece of literary endeavor that fhe has attempted. Sho has written much of travel and mountain climbing. Julia Neilson, one of the actresses to receive the honor of election at the hands of the London critics of beauty, la Mrs. Fred .Terry In prlvato life, having mar ried In 1W1. Her Orst appearance, on the stage was In a company of amateurs play ing "The Yellow Dwarf." under the man agement of Lady Bancroft. Miss NuIIboii's success was Immediate, and for the lat llfteen years she has been playing leading parts In many of the new London . pro ductions. In 1896 she played Mis. Eddxmlth with Hare In New York. Paul ICester's version of "Sweet . Nt.ll of Old 'Urury," produced at the Haymarket, London, In 1900, gave her one of her best opportuni ty. Evelyn Mlllaid, the wife of Robert Porter Coulter, a London merchant, made her first professional appearance on the stage in ISitl. Her first years were confined to vaudeville. In she appeared ut the Comedy theater with Cyril Maude and Win ifred Emery in "Sowing the Wind," later played Princess Flavia In "The Prisoner of Zenda," and made her first great success as Lady Ursula in "The Adventures of Lady Ursula.'' Glory Quayle Bhe created when Oaine's "The Christian" was pro duced in 1899. Her most notable achieve ment was In the part of Cho-Cho-San, which she created In the first London pro duction of "Mine. Butterfly." She tem porarily withdrew from the stage after her marriage, but returned two years later, and has been playing steadily since. There is no Immediate likelihood that there will be an International beauty con test between Great Britain and the United States, much as the International sports competitions may grow in favor. Probably tho chief deterrent in such a Behenie would be the wholly different types of beauty an 1 the clash of standards for gauging bluo ribbon material. Tho English Ran toward the lean and stately, the willowy and the frail. A beauty of Albion must ba a tender thins. Her face must be purely classical, her . eyi s must have a Burne-Jones detached look, a haunting tenderness. There mum not bo too much of the earthly In the English Rosamond's face; rather should the spirit look shyly out of cold eyes und draw to a Junollhe firmness the overred lips, Plq.uar.cy and dash, which have b.oii said by foreign critics to constitute the reign ing charm of American beauties, are not favored by Englshmen off the stage. Tho faces of most of the prize winners In tho News' plebiscite show calm severity, at least, detachment from anything approach ing the tolllcking or the unbred. An Eng lish beauty may be a lily, but never a sun flower. American women who become the brides of English noblemen are sometimes con sidered beautiful before they take the step. But Invariably the American bride puts ntr hair up In a bang ever the forehead, after the fashion set by the present queen, and draws the corners of her mouth dowu to alt aristocratic dip, expressive of a little hau teur and much good breeding. Then sho may be accepted by tho Englishman aa beautiful, but she could never enter a team of American beauty champions under ama teur rules. Lace Coats Increase in Favor m 1 rim wraps or ine coming season I I are putting In an appearance and ...ir. ln ni men' phases, from the traveling and automobile coats of silk or tweed to the elaborate confections In lace or Ilk which will add beauty to elegant toilettes. ' It Is evident that the fanciful wraps of this last mentioned class are to be more popular and more extravagantly handsome than ever, and the advance models shown by exclusive houses are In many cases priced at figures calculated to make the average woman gasp. The laee coats of the finest grade are perhaps the most costly of Jhelr kind, though hand embroidery brings some of the silk and lace trimmed coats to the level of the lace models In point of price. For that matter embroidery Is combined with the lace of some of the handsomest lace models being Introduced In elaborate designs upon rif-t and so mingled with tho lace that It is hard to tell where the lace ends and the embroidery begins. Irish lace la still first favorite for theso beautiful coats; but often It Is combined wth soma other bold lace such as filet or antique of darned In pjittern. The long coats of tho sketch for exam ple, was formed of alternating wide bands of superb Irish crochet and hand-darned ntlque, the bands set together Rnd run ning vertically In the loose half length gar ment. The sleeves were of the type so universally used that one wonders whether they will not be too common to be truly mart by the time the season Is well under way. The lace Is so handled that coat and leave seem cut in one at the shoulder. Big Irish crochet ornaments are set on the fronts as fasteners and also appear upon the sleeves. A loose lining of chlfTon Is iccordlon plaited. Such a coat as this is the acme of ele gance for summer wear over airy frocks, and short coat models of similar character re equally desirable In their way. Most of these are loose little paletots with quaint long shoulder lines and sleeves often fall ing so Indefinitely into the coat folds that the little garment looks almost like a cape. Occasionally an embroidered collar la used upYin the lace, the embroidery done upon velvet or silk, or In Tome Instance Upon clotb of silver or of gold: but, most Often the lace Is left to be Its own trim ming and this Is the wise thing. An attractive IrUh lace coat of beautiful quality was a loose paletot cf hip length. The bottom was rounded in shallow giol lops, one In the back, one at each side, and two in front. Around the bottom, up the fronts, aad Indeed on all the edges of the coat, was a two-Inch band of white broad cloth embroidered In a fine white line of tiny flowers and foliage. An odd unllned collar of the white broad cloth, jaboting slightly at either side of the front, had embroidery matching that on the borders, and in addition an fmbroidered 4eslgn of floral sprays picked out with gold through the center of the collar. Exquisitely embroidered little coats and wraps, vague of shape but piquant of line, are made of white lln'n or even of fine handkerchief lluea or batiste, the material almost entirely hidden by the heavy em- The shape of the sleeve and the big orna- broldery which sometimes combines open ments and cords, matching the pongee In and blind embroidery and sometimes is color set along the silts which are opened entirely blind. up each sldo of the front, are noticeable Often these little vogue boleros are bor- features of this little coat and the neutral dered by fringe of tiny balls, and In many hue of the model Is relieved by a very models Intricate soutache braiding Is mingled with the embroidery, adding to the richness of the effect. These wraps are designed for wear over sheer lingerie frocks and are sometimes accompanied by sunshades and even by hats en suite. . Oarments of like description are iwifl" little vivid green rajah gold embroidery and black taffeta In the nock flmth. Fanciful little coats of black or colored chiffon taffeta almost covered by selftone braiding In finest soutacho and with big soft knots and scarf ends of black taffeta ribbon on each side of the front at the. throat are useful and there are charming natees In broadcloth, wn'ic or colored. ne of these last was l.i l.ydrangea blue oadcloth soutacned end embroidered and 11 In loose short paletot liPf. An odd little flat hood was lined with (ilk of the same blue and finish by a huge ilack chenille tassel, while black satin icarfa, starting from satin choux, fell lown the fronts And had tassels like that f the hood on their ends. Capes of all Kinds, many of them following models already de scribed In these columns, are be ing brought for ward and It would seem that at least one long. ample cape cf llght-hue'd broadcloth will be included in every woman's summer wardrobe. They are most useful gar ments to throw on over airy muslin frocks on summer evenings and they up In pongee and In chiffon taffeta, and ev-n In crepe, the crepo coatess be ing frequently man ufactured out of embroidered crepe shawls such as many a woman hm long treasured. We have seen a delec table little pelerine wrap made fiom such a shawl in a delicate mauve, the embroidery in self tunu almost entire ly covering the sur face of the ma terial, and deep knotted silk fringes finishing the bor ders of the pet(e Vetement. Such models are. of course, extreme. but such coat aa the pongee model of the are as becoming and pretty as they are cut miKht be useful to any woman, pro- useful. I I TWO LITTLE WKAI's. ONB O? WHITE API 1 IQUE ON NF.T, THE OTHER OK PONGEE BRAIDED WITH BOUTACHH AND BOllUERKD WITH LACE. vlded she could afford to pay the price asked for It. Here again we find compli cated soutache braiding In self-tone and self tone embroidery uniting in elaborate enrichment of the material, in this caae a natural lined pongee of soft, heavy quality. Some of the new models have broad, handsomely embroidered straps of the cloth starting from the shoulders, crossing at the bust and drawn around to fasten in the back. These hold the cape securely with out lis being fastened at the throat and are effective when they show between tho open fronts of the cap-i, especially when gleams of contrasting color are Introduced Into the embroidery of the wide, waistcoat-like straps. Other deep, full capes are cut down in surplice V fashion ln front, the right side crossing over to fasten with a handsome ornament on the left front, and a deep flat collar In three overlapping layers of broadcloth, the lowest in the color of the cloak and the two others In harmonizing pastel shades. Is the only relieving detail. One might multiply descriptions of the capo models, and the tailored coats present many novelties, but their story must be told at another time. Leaves from Fashion's Note Book. Chine ribbons will be worn a great deal, and they are very pretty. Many shades of tans, silver grays, blues, heliotropes and vluux rose are seen in loulsine silk. The empire style still prevails, but very few figures can stand this without some modification. Long streamers of velvet or ribbon hang from the shoulders, and berthas and fichus soften the bodices. A good many of the dresses show a mix ture of color. Coarse meshed nets, chiffon and gauze are trimmed with bands of vel vet or rich embroidery In colors In har mony with the gown Itself. Soft chiffon velvets and pannes in very light colors yellows, blues, msuves and pinks make beautiful evening dresses, with embroidered satin berthas. While panne and chiffon velvets are having a great run. For evening a great deal of satin is be ing worn this year by young girls. The skirls are made perfectly plain, only they are rnarvelously cut,' and the satin can hardly be soft enough. The rich makes of satin are embroidered with gold, silver and iridescent paillettes, soft ribbon em broidery and chiffon flowers. Drop fringes are asserting themselves quite a little if one is to be guided by the trimmings that appear on Imported models, In gold or silver ball and acorn designs that are decidedly attractive and are being much used abroad to edge the fiat flounces and the false folds that are used In such profusion upon the new skirts. For spring wear the little cape which can hardly be distinguished from a full and fussy bolero at tlrst sight will prove a useful addition to the wardrobe. In pale cloth, with a tiny waistcoat of Lralded velvet, the braid repeated on the cape, the whole kept to one tone of color, it is pretty and youthful looking. A becoming veil for those with a pale complexion is a very delicate shade of pink chiffon or a light shade of blue. The long automobile veil which is so very popular with the people who enjoy auto mobiling. is no longer confined to them only, for one of the latest novelties in veils for street wear is the long chiffon veil with a pleated border. The little sets of embroidery ' collars and cuffs that are displayed in the shops argue tle speedy return of the full length sleeve to favor. They are most usually In either white linen or exquisite sheerness or of col ored batiste equully fine. The collars are of the stiff band variety with a soft turnover that completely conceals the stiff part be neath, while the cuffs are unmistakably of the wrist variety and by no stretch of the Imagination could one picture them tolng duty upon an elbow sleeve. A well-known and influential New York politician has attracted no small degree of attention to himself by the persistency with which he has worked In favor of the plea of the women school teachers that for the same service they should receive the same pay as men. A friend asked hlmt "Why do you make yourself so conspicu ous in this movement? You can not gain anything political by It. Why should the women teachers receive as much as 'he men?'' "Let me tell you one thing that will explain the whole business" was the answer. "After we were married my wife taught me to read and writ. That's why." Gossip About Women Folks Domestic Service Problem. LTiTISTIPil. Virr r tnlntnsr SI figures with the suggestions of I inventors, sociologists and talk ers for exercise in an effort to solve the great problem of do mestic service. The subject is a fruitful one for noncombatants. Like the home strategists In war time, they think they know how the battle could be won better than the )usekeeper. Their observations and suggestions afford some diversion with out touching the vital question of remedy. Statisticians figure out the cause readily. Thtjr say the population of the country has increased 95 per cent since 1870; that the available number of girls for domestic service has grown only 47 per cent, and that the number of families that can af ford domestic help has Increased at a greater ratio. This is merely an exposi tion of facte and it doesn't tell us what we are going to do, about It. To the aver age housewife perusing figures affords mighty little consolation when she Is con templating the cheerless prospect of hav ing to wash the dishes. "There isn't much mystery In the ser vant girl problem, after all," comments the Kansas City Journal. "In the first place, aa stated by the statisticians, the tide of prosperity has enabled thousands of families to hire help that never could afford It before. Now this same pros perity has struck the homes of the more humble families from which the army of domestio help Is recruited. In hard times the girls of the humble families find it necessary to go out to service. This neces sity does not exist today. Thus prosperity is responsible for the increased demand for girls as well aa for the decreased sup ply. "There are several Interesting aide lights on the domestic service problem apart from the main issue referred to. There are more women ' employed In stores and factories today than at any time In history. The great commercial establishments absorb young women about as fast as they come to the cities. The more capable girls are employed as stenographers, cashiers, etc., while the great department stores and fac tories take the rest. These girls believe business careers are easier, more dignified and offer greater freedom and more leisure. Under such circumstances it cannot be wondered at if the supply of domestic help Is growing less. But atlll the remedy aex-ms as far off as ever." nilud, bat mn Active Worker. Totally blind for twenty-four years, Mrs. John Crossen of Bay City, Mich.. Is still able to perform all the duties embraced In housekeeping. Mrs. Crossen Is blind as a result of spinal meningitis. Direct rays of the sun or the waving of a lighted lamp before her eyes make no Impression upon the optic nerve, their func tion having been entirely d- stroyed by the disease. Yet there la nothing Mrs. Crossen cannot do. Her husband leaves his home at 5 a, m. dally for his work and Mrs. Crossen lights the fires, cares for a coal stove, pr pares his breakfast, packs his dinner pall and sees him off every morning exactly a If she were endowed wlti her sight. Bha bakes her own bread, cookies, cakes and pies and Is famous in her neighborhood as a cook. Mrs. Crossen does her own washing, can do plain sewing, although she admits that sometimes the seams are a trifle "crooked," and mends her own and her husband's clothes, including socks and mittens. When housecleaning time comes Mrs. Crossen takes down and washes her lace curtains, rips up the carpets and relays them, stretching and tacking them herself. For years she did not attempt this work, but one time when her husband was un able to help her she attempted It herself and has since performed that duty. Dust ing, sweeping, trimming lamps, etc., are Included In her everyday duties and her home is as neat as a pin. In the summer time Mrs. Crossen attends ' to a little garden of flowers, of which she Is passionately fond. As she cannot enjoy their beauties of appearance, her flowers are nearly all those having fragrance. Mr. and Mrs. Crossen have ben mar ried thirty years, her Illness coming after she had been married six years. The cou ple have two grown-up sons, neither of whom lives at home. "A hired girl was out of the question," she says, "so I started to do my work my self. It didn't take long before I found that I could do everything. I go about the house as easily and quickly aa If I could see." To demonstrate Mrs. Crossen walks dl dectly to any object on the floor or walls namd by her guest, placing her hand upon It without tho least hesitation. She never misses by even an inch the smallest ob jects about the house. To Build a Town Hall. At Monrovia, a little town of probably 500 Inhabitants In the northwest corner of Morgan county, Indiana, Is a little band of women associated in an organization known as the Commercial club. This town Is like many other Indiana towns of its size; it has no place suitable for public gatherings aside from the churches and school houses and these energetic women have attempted to remedy this condition. With that purpose in view they are striv ing bv every honorable method to raise money with which to build a town hall. The name Commercial club is usually ap plied to a body of men organized for the purpose of obtaining factories and other public institutions for their cities and at first blush It might seem Inappropriate when applied to a club of women. Not a man is permitted to Join. The club now has 1423 In the bank to Its credit and it hopes to have $500 by March 23, at which time the club proposes to in corporate and sell shares. Business men of the town have promised to add several hundred dollars to the fund when the $U mark Is reached and three of the business men will be on the board of directors. If possible the club will build this fall. The women will either erect a second story to some business room or buy a lot and put up a structure with a basement, so that they can put In a dining room and kitchen, and an auditorium 46x feet, with piano, gasoline lighting plant and very- thing up to date. The club was organized in the school house March 11, 1905, with Mrs. R. T. Marlettc president, Miss Ina Henley and Mrs. C. F. White vice presi dents, Mrs. George Conant secretary, Miss Sadie Hubbard assistant secretary and Miss Anna Clark treasurer. Helps for Housekeeper. Dampen a clean cloth with kerosene and rub Hie nickel on your kitchen range. Before being used soap should be kept for some time In a dry place, such as pantry shelf, for soap, if used when new, lathers too much and runs to waste. When a baking dish gets burned in using it should not be scraped; simply put a llttlo water and ashes In it, nnd the burned sur face will come off easily without injuring the dish. A Blmple way to avoid Iron rust on towels and washcloths Is to paint the hooks used with white enamel paint. The same holds good with the hooks In closets, for damp weather causes these to rust. If your wash boiler should rust make a lining of unbleached cotton to fit It. Uso cover to cut puttern of bottom piece. Tins Is a splendid way to keep clothes from getting spots of iron rust on them. Decanters or dulled glass bottles may be made literally as bright as new by cleans ing with raw potataes and water. Scrape the raw potatoes into the bottles, (111 with cold water and allow tills cleansing solu tion to remain In them for several days. One method of washing eolnred embroid ery is to put a handful of bran Into warm water, leaving t lie article, to be cleaned In the water to soak, pressing It gently from time to time, but not rubbing it. When It Js clean hang it up until It Is nearly dry and then stretch It on a frame' or Iron It. Ttiere is nothing so economical and satis factory for the bedroom closet floor us table oilcloth. Jt comes In all colors and can be purchased to harmonize with rugs, carpets and other furnishings. A damp cloth will wipe It up in a few minutes with little dust or trouble, and It always looks neat and clean. Indian meal Is very good for cleaning matting. Sprinkle the meal over tho floor and then have It thoroughly swept out. Benzine and French chalk will remove grease from matting. Cover the Sst thickly with chalk and moisten by sprink ling the benzine on it. When the benzine bus evaporated brush off the chalk and the spot will have disappeared. To save labor and at tho same time kc r the household silverware bright without constant polishing camphor Is valuable. If a lump of it Is placed on each shelf of tho closet or cabinet where the silver is kept a thorough cleaning and polishing is neces sary only every few months. A lump of camphor the size of an egg should be kept In the drawer or chest with tho flat silver. k 8kln of Beaiuty is a jo Forever iR. T. Falls Oouraud'a Oriental Craam or Magloel Beautifler. Xk, 4 Skis !).. ana tvary Din.l. ta beat!?. u4 d Jt dc-Mtu a. P C 67 vtf. hn U to kra.'.M twloll I, Wiurtll Iff fTf lATlj Oiil A0tJb4ubli,ltr frB tit ftiull nst. Dr. L. A (! .4 te I U'ir ef it Lw Ks ( tUii yuti bullet rUl it thtm oums)fc alesrass's Crep m' n IhS fcwn.fui ii tn .io pr.p.-i.ofti.r' 1 r Ml tr all dmgj : st4 Fucr Uooot iiw.ua h tha Va-iJ liaua, Oain.ia sua Xun ILUT.riflfmfrvK V Brat km bd ImY1 n