THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 12, 1903. 8 Fancy Neckwear a Mania T UK vogus of fuicy neckwear has reached the proportions of a mania, and the amount of money spent en neckwear by the modish (urnnitr girl li cal culated to make serious Inroad Upon any ordinary dress tUowtnra Of tourm some of the tittle collari. bowa, jabota, etc.. ara mod. rate In price, but on needs many of them In order to look dainty and fresh, and moreover the prettiest of these accessories ara often surri-lslngly ex pensive, thanka to tha real lace and the handwork bestowed upon them. Concerning the high turndown collar of embroidered linen or lac little remaina to be said. Such collar are till worn, with bewitching fluffy bow and frllla to keep them company; but there li an Increasing tendency toward atork Idea, and the French designers are putting out a sur prising variety ef pretty thlnga In the stock line. There are, too. new collar of embroid ered linen, or of linen and lace, which ap- goM braid, only the tiniest edge of the plaited net being allowed to extend abore the bottom of the atock la another bend of the narrow gold braid or ribbon tying In a atirf lUUe bow In the front. A Parisian fancy dictate the wearing of high atock made of folded ribbon drawn tightly around the throat and held In place by aome klod of boned support. At the top of thin atock 1 tbe modish deep frill, and perhap there I another at the base of the throat. The ribbon Is tied In a ooe,uottlah bow at alJe, front or back. Similar to thl atcck are the neck ruche, which axe the erase of the hour. These ax usually formed of several upetsn.llng plslted frills of net or lace and several down falling frills to match, with a wide oft ribbon dividing the two, and tying In a bow at side, back or front. Consid erable variety of det&ll Is Introduced Into these ruchos, and they are to be had In all colors, but the Parisian particularly likes creamy net or lace or lingerie and lace with black ribbon. Irish lace Is much used for high socks with bows or ra- bats to match, but real Valenciennes and real cluny are quite as popular In the province of neokwear, and even the good Im itation valenclen aes gives excel lent results. With iho opening of this store tomorrow morning will bo launched our ANNUAL JUL YCL EARANCE It's OVR WAT of adjusting stock of getting rid of each season! goods In their season. There 11 be bo Spring designs on the HarUuan floors hen the Fall season opens. So we launch this sweeping clearing sale and begin right at the outset and CUT PRICES 25 PER CENT TO 33 PER CENT These reductions mean big savings for you one quarter to one-third on every purchase more often a full third. Eery Spring design In furniture and every Spring pattern la rugs and carpets is marked for epeedy removal and with these most extensive reductions we further ofter CREDIT ON OUR WELL KNOWN LOW AND EASY TERMS. FAKCT ROCKERS eg. Price. Sale Trice. $1.10 Handsome Rockera 80.99 I OV Handsome nocaers ...... i.so 4 00 Solid Qak Rockers I BS 4 3$ Solid Oak Rockers .. 8.85 10 "olid Oak Rockers l it 8 00 Fxtra Larae Rockers.... 4.18 18.25 Kxtra Large Rockers .... 8.48 18.60 Elaborate Rockers 8.S5 Peal to those young enough for the somewhat Tout hful effect. Thene collars, one of which appears among the sketch es, are mounted on a band, but are much deeper than the ordinary flat turndown and spread a little, run ning down almost to Eton depth In front, but with sharper points and narrower openings than the Eton models show. Where this collar Is becoming It Is very smart look ing with a tailored blouse or plain morning frock. Other colmrs, much closer to regulation Eton lines, hut mounted on a band which, whll" not hlKh, brings the collar up more closely around the throat than the Eton, are much worn and are comfortable things for hot days, though they are essen tially of youthful character. They are lnadn In embroidered linen of varying soft ness and sheeiness, ranging from the stiff, boyish collar to sheer collars exquisitely hand embroidered and Inset with lace. Bowa to match accompany many of these collars and pretty sets have the collar, turn back cuffs to match and a front frill for the blouse. Dainty and comparatively Inexpensive sets of this character are made up In striped batiste or lawn, white with fine stripes of pink o' blue, or brown or red; the collars, ruffs and a band for the blnure front being made plainly of the material, with narrow bordering frills of plain ccilcr match'ng the slrlpo. Bets somewhat similar to these In gen- . ral character are made of finely plaited white lawn or mull, with narrow borders cf color, and a Jabot frill of the plaited ma terial tak.es the place of the flat band with bordering frills. The liking of wide frills about the throat Increases sten. Illy, though this fashion Is not generally becoming. Parisians go with thronts swathed high In fluffy frills and ruches, a concession to the dlrectolre modes of the day, and the beat New Tork shop echo this Parisian note by displacing much of this frilled neckwear. Por the woman to whom It Is becoming It Is most piquant and clinrmlng, hut length and slenderness uf throat are absolutely essential to suc cessful wearing of such neck ornaments. High, clone collar of finely tucked net or lingerie or of lace are cut down In front and run up to exaggerated height behind the earn ami In the back. The top Is such a collar Is finished with a rather wide plaited or shirred frill, which stands out around the n'.n and droovs more or lees over the collar. Sometimes a corresponding but wider frill finishes the bottom of the collar as well, the pUitlng falling downward over the blouso. Sometimes a narrow cravat Is tho bottom fmlh. and this fay be a nar row tie in silk, knotted In a stiff little or la a bow with donglea In the front, or It may be a narrow tie of fine lawn or mull em broidered on the ends and tying In a dainty little bow under the chin. ' Other stocks have no cravat passing around the throat, but have a delightful bow or frill st on the front and match ing tha atock. Home poit attractive stiff stocks In linen hand embroidered In color axe shaped at top, but without a top frill. At the bottom of the collar In front two wide eyelet silts are embroidered and through them Is clipped a tie embroidered to match the collar and hanging In two flat tabs, on a little longer and wider than the other. Rows and cravats of silk or velvet and lace are numerous and are worn with any straight suck to hlds the Una of Joining 'twtxt stock and blouss. For lnstanoe, a narrow oravat oi silk running round the base of the throat will knot carelessly In front and fall In two ends, four or fire Inches long, each end being finished with a tassel-like frill of lace shirred up very tightly. Or a wider, folded cravat of silk may encircle the thnxut. knot la front around a fluffy lingerie and lac bow and fall In two ahort ends, eaoh finished with a plaited tab of the lingerie and lace. Roth the silk and the lingerie cravats are Illustrated among the cuta, as la a Ohio little French stock of finely plaited brussela net, At the top the fine plaiting u held olosaljr la plaoe by a narvow band of tine NEW THINGS FOR THE NECK IN NET, LINEN AND LACE. though It la wiser to avoid Irish and cluny If one cannot afford ths real article. I 25 4 35 8 20 12.00 4 20 11.00 12.21 14.75 20 no an 0. 80 1.00 1 60 1. T5 too 2. SO 2.90 S.00 S.25 4.00 4.20 SI. 60 84 SO 40.no 84 00 65.00 60.00 87.00 40.00 SO 00 52.00 60.60 70.75 RATTAN" ROCKERS Lfarge Rattan Rockers.. Large Rattan Rockers . . Klegant Rattan Rockers Elegant Rattan Roclsera MORI US CHAIRS Morris Chairs Morris Chairs Morris Chairs Morris Chairs , . . Morris Chairs ......... Morris Chairs DINING CHAIRS Dining Chairs Oak Lining Chairs Oak Dining Chairs . c .. . rw i W, N.I . .... Cane Seat Chairs .... Cane Seat Ckalra .... Extra Fine Diners .. Extra Fine Diners ... Leather Seat Diners Leather Beat Diners ealher Beat Diners .. 1.9 8.49 4.95 e.&a . S.49 . 5,90 . 8.75 . 8.60 10.49 .19.89 .49 .69 .88 .98 1.89 1.38 1.60 1.78 1.98 8.18 8.39 STEEL COUCHES ale Frlee. Mtr. Vriee. 4 sanitary r-ieei toucnes . 8.45 Banltary Steel Couches 8. B0 Fteel Davenport Beils ., 18.00 Pteej Davenport Reds .. 17.60 Steel Davenport Beds ., 14.50 Bteel Davenport Beds ., BRASS BEDS Brass Beds, .... . Brass Beds, Brass Beds, Brass Beds, Brass Beds, 58 60 Braes Beds, 62. SO Brass Beds, 64.40 Brass Beds, 70.00 Brass Bads, heavy posts 2 -La. posts . . handsome . . handsome .. handsome .. 2-ln. posts . . 2-ln. posts . . 2-ln. posts . . 2-ln. posts . . 8.98 8.69 4.99 . T.38 . 9 80 .11.494 .16.78 .19.40 .91-89 .84.60 .99.79 .39.40 .30.79 .39.79 .44.80 PARLOR SUITES 8-Plece Suite S-Piece Suites 8-Flece Suites 8-i'lece Suites 3-Flece Suites 8-Piece Suites 'lece Suites 5-PI B-PI Piece Suites 5- Plece Suites 6- Plere Suites B-Plece Suites Germany's Dreaa Ralatlons. The oberpostdirectlonsbeslrka revlsor otherwise a district Inspector of the Post office department of Germany on a tour of Inspection found a telephone operator m a small town "wearing a white silk waist, cut low at the neck. Instead of the blue uniform waist," and reported the offender to the chief of the Inspection office. "Not only," said lie, "were the regulations of the service violated, but tha slllc garment was cut very low." The ohlef office di rected the immediate discharge of tha tele phone operator and gave warning to other possible offenders that women In tha im perial service must "dress In keeping with the service regulations." Leaves from Fashion's Notebook. Among the novelties ara tha suede pumps, whioh are trimmed with tiny bowa to ex actly match tha shoes. One of the smart things of the season U tha all linen costume whioh consists of many pieces, all made of linen and em broidered in the same design. Bordered linens ara having a great vogue. They can be made up with tho border arranged in panel shape down the front or with the border used In tunio da sWu The big hats which attained such vogue In the spring are being worn this summer nd will probably last over Into fall. But the big hat, -ven should It go out of 'style, Is no extr wagancu, tor It can so easily be cut down. I Rose pink stockings are worn with rose colored canvas ties, whioh match tha rtve foulards, pongees and summer silks. Silk stockings are woven In two or three tone to match the girdle. Brown and greej ilk stockings are fashionable. Hand embroidered linen girdles, with tha work all done in soft pale colors, are seen. They are fastened tnvfolbly with hooka and ejes, making the girdle appear as though It had no opening. This gives the waUt a very round and youthful effect. Handsome summer dresses are made of tan colored linen. Borne of the prettiest of these are of natural linen, striped In gay stripes, showing all the beet colors of the season. The stripes are small and Incon spicuous, but they lend a smart touch to the otherwise plain linen tone. The gulmpe of net holds Its own In the fashionable world. It Is so becoming that It will be a long time before It Is driven out. With this net gulmpe there are long wrinkled net sleeves that extend right down to the very knuckels. These mitten sleeves ars worn a great deal by the woman ef fashion, who finds that they make a welcome change from the elbow Sleeves of many seasons past. One of the new trimmings Is that of the fllet net banding, which comes in various colors. Insertions of fllet lace from one to three Inches wide can be obtained for waist and skirt trimmings. The fllet Is In soft pink, In light blue, in corn or green. White lace of fllet design can be embroid ered In colors and used with charming ef fect upon the fancy summer waist. For late summer and early fall wear there are foulard dresses with cloth coat to match. The Coat le three-quarters length and lined with the foulard. A hand some drees was made of leaf green foulard figured In brown. A tight fitting three quarter coat of green cloth waa Buttoned with brown enamel buttons. The coat was lined with the bright foulard and the hat was In tha foulard tones. A suit of this description can be worn uutU It Is time to put on a fur coat. 6-Ploce Suites COUCHES 14.00 Velour Couches 17.60 Velour Couches 21.78 Velour Oouches 22. 00 Nantucket lea. comb 25.00 Nantucket lea. comb 26.00 Velour lea. comb 29.76 Nantucket Lea. Couches .. 86.70 Genuine Lea. Couches .... 40.00 Genuine Lea. Couches .... 45.00 Genuine Lea. Couches .... 67.80 Genuine Lea. Couches .... IRON BEDS 2.75 Iron Beds, fancy designs 4 00 Iron Beds, fancy designs 4.25 Iron Beds, fancy designs 6.00 Iron Beds, very elegant .. 8.25 Iron Beds, very elegant 8 00 Iron Beds, very elegant .. 11.50 Iron Beds, extra fine .... 15.25 Iron Beds, elaborate 17.50 Iron Beds, elaborate 20.00 Iron Beds, elaborate 20.50 Iron Beds, about half .... 25.00 Iron Beds, to go at ...... 31.60 Iron Beds, now cut to . ... RUGS Smyrna Rugs, 18x36 Inches .... Smyrna Rugs, 26x62 Inches .... Smyrna Rugs, 86x72 inches .... Brussels Rugs, 27x54 Inches .... Velvet Rugs, 2754 inches ....... Brussels Rugs, 8VtXl04 feet ... Brussels Rugs, 9x12 feet , Brussels Rugs, 9x12 feet Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet Seamless Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet Seamless Velvet Rugs, 9x12 feet Linoleum, per running yard Linoleum, per running yard .... Linoleum, per running yard .... DRAPERIES 1.78 Tapestry Portieres 8.00 Oriental Portieres 4.26 Tapestry Portieres 6 75 Brocade Portieres ....... 7.00 Brocade Portieres .18.78 .19.48 .83.38 .97.98 .88.00 .39.39 .19.89 83.50 .86.48 .89.88 .33.80 .41.60 T.BO 9.69 11.49 11.60 13.79 13.89 19.39 19.79 84.78 88.40 83.69 1.68 8.19 8.98 8.39 4.89 4.99 7.49 8.79 9.80 10.99 11.60 13.40 18.80 .98 1.90 3.75 1.60 9.36 11.79 14.99 18.78 19.89 84.78 88.98 , 1.36 , 1.38 , 1.75 1.88 1.90 8.78 3.60 4.80 DRESSERS IS 95 Solid Oak Dressers 7.89 18.00 Elejsant Dressers 8.60 18.28 Solid Oak Dressers 9.90 21.50 Solid Oak Dressers 11.60 22 60 Elaborate Dressers 18.78 24.60 Extra Fine Dressers 13.88 27.66 Extra Fins Dressers 15.38 SO. 00 Extra Fine Dressers 16.78 32.75 Extra Fine Dressers 18.48 37.25 Magnificent Dressers 19.78 40.00 Magnificent Dressers 83.60 20.25 Princess Dressers 10.49 11.00 Princess Dressers 18.48 27.50 Princess Dressers 14.98 30.00 Princess Dressers 18.88 86.60 Princess Dressers 19.40 CHIFFONIERS 6 25 Handsome Chiffoniers .... 9x69 8.00 Handsome Chiffoniers .... 4.38 8.40 Solid Onk Chiffoniers .... 4.78 10.00 Chiffoniers 5.96 10.80 Chiffonier 8.98 14.25 Chiffoniers, bev. mir 7.50 17.60 Chiffoniers, bev. mir 9.68 22.00 Chiffoniers, bev. mir 11.40 25.60 Chiffoniers, bev. mir 13.89 29.75 Chiffoniers, bev. mir 18.80 EXTENSION TABLES 6 00 Extension Tables at 3.78 9.75 Solid Oak Tables at 6.43 14.00 Extension Tables at 7.43 16.26 Extension Tables at 8.66 19.00 Kleirant Tables at 9.48 18 00 Pedestal Ex. Tables at ....10.99 2S.75 Pedestal Ex. Tables at ....18.70 27.50 Pedestal Kx. Tables at ....14.95 35 40 Pedestal Ex. Tables at ....19.80 42.60 Pedestal Ex. Tables at ....94.50 40.00 Pedestal Ex. Tables at ....85.78 SIDEBOARDS 19.75 Solid Oak Sideboards 19.78 21.75 Solid Oak Sideboards 14.98 23.60 Solid Oak Sideboards 16.38 30.00 Extra Fine Sideboards ....16.40 31.60 Extra Fine Sideboards ....17.50 36.40 Very Elab. Sideboards ....18.95 87.00 Very Elab. Sideboards ....84.50 39.75 Extra Elab. Sideboards ...87.40 40.50 Extra Elab. Sideboards ...89.85 45.00 Extra Elab. Sideboards ...38.50 80 doses handsome Blockers. Made In nlcelv pollshe.il golden oak finish, high carved hack and high arms. Price was 1M0 1.49 He. 8 DO 7 it 10.25 12 00 15 75 17 00 20 00 2175 29.00 36.00 8 SO 40.75 49. SO 60.00 18.25 21.00 28 SO 2 00 30 50 33 75 36.00 89.00 85.45 89 40 4S.38 60 26 LIBRARY TABLES Price. Bala Library Tables Llhrarv Tables Library Tables Library Tables Library Tables Library Tables Library Tables , . Library Tables s... Library Tables ......... Library Tables Library Tables Library Tables Library Tables ......... Library Tables CHINA CLOSETS China Closets China Closets , China Closets , China Closets , China Closets China Closets China Closets China Closets China Closets China Closets China Closets China Closets Fries. .$3.35 . 4 60 . 8.95 . 6 79 . 8.90 . 9.79 .11.99 .13.99 .15.70 .19.80 .89.70 .99.50 .33.78 .86.00 , .10.78 . 11.98 . 13.75 , 14.95 . 16.80 . 17.60 . 19.90 . 93 75 . 96.80 . 89.60 . 38 78 . 69.00 12.49 for solid oak Prin cess Dressers. Su perior workman ship and finish. Extra largo oval French beveled mirror. Price waa 820.00. 10.75 for thess elegant 818.00 Combination Book - Cases and Writing-Desks. Made of solid oak and have large French bev eled mirrors. BUFFETS 28.25 Handsome Buffets 14.75 34.60 Handsome Buffets 18.49 40.75 Elegant Buffets 81.60 42.00 Elegant Buffets 93.80 43.75 Extra Fine Buffets 86.50 43.50 Kxtra Large Buffets .... 87.45 59.50 Magnificent Buffets 33.80 KITCHEN CABINETS 12 00 Kitchen Cabinets, now .. 6.50 14.20 Kitchen Cabinets, now .... 7.0 17.60 Kitchen Cabinets, now .... 9.79 21.60 Kitchen Cabinets, now ....11.79 27.40 Kitchen Cabinets, now ....14.40 29 55 Kltehen Cabinets, now ....15.65 30.00 Kitchen Cabinets, now ....17.30 35.00 Kitchen Cabinets, now . ...19.b0 41. SO Kltchon Cabinets, now ....34.30 61. SO Kitchen Cabinets, now ....99.70 68.76 Kitchen Cabinets, now ....83,50 DAVENPORT SOFA BEDS 8100 Davenports, veL cov 17.95 37.50 Davenports, vel. cov 19.85 40.00 Davenports, Nan. Lea. ... 91.60 41.00 Davenports, heavy verona 81.68 45.00 Davenports, Nan. lea 86.78 47.00 Davenports, Imp. Span. lea. 87.60 65 00 Davenports, Nan. lea S1.75 60.00 Davenports, gen. lea. .... .39.75 70.00 Davenports, gen. lea 44.80 CENTER TABLES Center Tables . .78 Center Tsbles .89 Center Tables 1-30 Center Tables 1.78 Center Tables 8.30 Center Tables 3.75 Center Tables 6.90 Center Tables 7.48 Center Tables 8.60 ROPE ORTIERES 4 00 Rope Portieres to go at ... 8.98 6.75 Rope Portieres to go at .. 8.88 7.50 Rope Portteres to go at .. 4.50 WRITING DESKS eg. 8. oi) 9.76 11 50 15 40 17 65 20.00 22 no Fries. Ladles' Ladles' Ladles' Ladles' Ladles les" les' Desks, now at Desks, now at ale Price, I, mil Lad I 4.38 . . 5.79 . . 6.75 . . 8 SO . . 9 79 ..11.90 , .13 80 . .15.75 .8 6.78 . 7.49 . 9.78 . 1160 . 18 70 . 14.80 . 16.78 . 18.90 .w :j i Xir -r grKC 1 W ' -sir I, k-i r (i.-: x w, M. WMM 22 Great Stores ThroughOTit tta U. S. Hi Desks, now at . Desks, now at . Desks, now at . Desks, now at Desks, now at . 27.60 Ladies' Desks, now a , LIBRARY CASES Library Cases to go at Library Cases, now Library Cases, now Library Cases, now Library Cases, now Library Cases, now Library Cases, now Library Cases, now HALL TREES 8.:S Hall Trees, solid onk .... 4.80 11.00 Hall Trees, solid Onk .... 8.95 12 60 Hall Trees, soll.1 oak .... 7.80 17.50 Hall Trees, solid oak .... 9.66 21.85 Hall Trees, solid oak ....19.90 22.40 Hall Trees, solid oak ..,.14.80 29 75 Hall Trees, solid oak ....16.40 86.00 Hall Trees, solid onk ....9X90 TABOURKTTES Oak Tabouret tes, go at . Onk Tabouretti s, go at . Flegnnt Oak Tnbourettei Elegant Tabourettes . . Extra Fine THbourettes PEDESTALS Solid Oak pedPStals ... Mah. Finish pedestals .. Mah. Finish Pedestals .. Solid Oak Pedestals .... Mah. Finish Pedestals . . Solid Onk Pedestals PARIOR CABINETS 10 90 parlor Cabinets, go at .. 13.60 Parlor Cabinets, go at .. 17.45 Parlor Cabinets, ro at .. 19.00 Parlor Cabinets, go at .. 19.75 Parlor Cabinets, go at .. 21.60 Parlor Cabinets, go at .. 37.40 Parlor Cabinets, go at .. GO-CARTS Folding Go-Carts Folding Go-Carts Folding Go-Carta Folding Go-Carts Folding Go-Carts ...... Folding Go-Carts Folding Go-Carts Folding Go-Carts REFRIGERATORS Refrigerators, now at Refrigerators, now at Kefriuerntors. now at 17 fill Itefrlueratora. to s-o at 21.60 Refrigerators, to go at . ...13.T0 27.60 Refrigerators, to go at ....14.40 ICE BOXES 9.76 Splendid Ice Roxes 6.35 10.60 Splendid Ice Boxes 7.95 LACE CURTAINS Nottingham Lace Curtains .89 l.ace curtains ,BB Lace Curtains 1.15 lce Curtains 9.75 Lace Curtains 3.35 Lace Curtains 4.75 7.80 6.25 9 75 18.50 17.60 1.60 2.75 2.95 3 K6 6 75 6.95 6.25 9.00 11.20 11.75 16.50 17.20 19.75 21.60 10.60 11.75 13.25 4.90 4.90 6.79 7.50 845 .89 1.60 3.95 9.73 8.79 3.9S . . . 8.78 . . . 7 90 . .. 9.78 ...10.30 . . .19.60 ...14.76 .. .81.80 ... 8.79 ... 4.89 . .. 6.79 . .. 6.99 . .. 8.79 . .. 989 . . .11.70 ...18.60 ... 8.78 ... 9.90 ... 7 60 7 mm 1414-14164418 Douglas Street, 1.20 1 50 2.00 4 20 5 75 7.20 Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham Nottingham NottlnKhnm CAIU'Kl'N Fine Brussels Carpets, per yard .87 Fine Brussels Carpets, per yard .64 Extra Fine Brussels Carpets, yd. .78 Superior Brussels Carpets, yard .90 Splendid Velvet Carpets, yard 1.08 High Pile Velvet Carpets, yard 1.08 Extra Fine Velvet Parpets. yard 1.80 COUCH COVERS J. 00 Tapestry Couch Covers ... 1.68 4.20 Tapestry Couch Covers ... 8.60 7.60 Art Room Couch Covers .. 4.78 OIL CliOTHS Oil Cloth, 1 yard wide, yard 85o Oil Cloth, 1 yard wide, yard 45o OH Cloth, lH yard wide, yard ...65o OH Cloth, 14 yard wide, yard ...68o Oil Cloth, 2 yards wide, yard ...,75o Oil Cloth, 8 yards wide, yard . ...90o N Activities of Women in Various Walks of Life "BAMYMffNIEr hvery mother dreads the pain attendant upon the most critical period of her Hfe. Becoming a mother should be a source of Joy, but the suffering incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of dread. Mother's Friend Is the only remedy which relieves women of much of the pain of maternity; this hour, dreaded as woman's severest trial, is not only made less painful, but danger is avoided by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervous ness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, and the system is prepared for the coming eveni vy ine use oi nmiamr w naaw vi it inn iiJin gold, 6ays many Utfd it. t'-"" who have at dm I eflalaraette all minority flJQA l Hli tl Professional Man's Greatest Ilelp. ITH amusement as well as wtth Tl a sense of tha hopa'-essness of ff I expecting women to stand upon ... U . V 1. . U . .1 M .1V.1JJ...'. people," says a writer In Apple ton's masaslna, I heard tha mother ef a daughter who had been grad uated with dlfctlnruished honor In an un usual profession for women, tall, wtth no apparent feeling of Inconsistency, that her daughter, Just married, waa studying her husband's profession, with a view to adopt ing it and abandoning her own. Here waa a woman who had chosen her awn pro fession a strong-minded woman, men would call her, and a masculine profession had fought against hea.vy odds In college and beyond to establish her right to pursue it and straightway upon marrying did tha characteristically feminine thing, threw her profession eut af doors, and dedicated her fine mind to her husband's Service for are. "When women who are leaders make suoh sacrifices gladly, can one believe that tha rank and file will ever establish their claims for consideration as Independent In telligences T "While on this point, something might be said of tha part that many women play In supplementing, even In supplying the Intellectual resources of their husbands to make them what they are In their prefea slons. A wife behind tha scenes does often times more to advance a man's worldly atatton than a whole library of Bla-k-tones. If brilliant women got half tha mental assistance from husbands and brothers that many men get from wives and sisters. It Is quite probable that I should be here explaining why professional women succeed, Instead of why they fall. Many great men have not been the greatest stockholders In tha luarllal menial co partnership, though they draw the biggest dividends. Women ara nobler than men In this respect." "Oeur Biibaal." Tha editor of tha Emporia (Kan.) Times is Mr a Mary McCrsary Parkman. She la a loyal democrat and hus served two terms as county superintendent, elected by her party, or parties, aa the euse may be. Her husband la Harrison Parkman, republican county aerveyor, and candidate for re nomlnaUon. It la one of tbe rules c-t the Times office that Mr. Parkman's name ahall not appear In the paper. When a news Item requires mention of him, he appears as "the county surveyor." ' This policy of blacklisting her husband has caused soms comment In the town, and. la her own defense, the Emporia Oagetis authorises Mrs, Parkmaa to print the fol lowing editorial: "We have been asked frequently why are keep our husband on the blacklist In the Emporia Times. Now, ordinarily, what we do w,Ui our husband la our own busi ness. And It would seem In all fairness that If we put up with this man morning, noon and night wa shouldn't have to ba putting him In the paper all the time. We and our husband, like all married people, have our agreements and our disagree aneuta. We agree oa Uteratuae, religion, art. tbe nebular hypothesis ,the proper method of poktoar the firs, the value of breakfast food aa a tva)a builder, paving, aunlcUaU owuatakrp a4 Uw facta In the Csnnrmes eaae. But we disagree oa poli tics. We think our husband baa a good deal of eense-for a mere lua-ea lots of aubjecte; but oa poUUca, ba doeao't knpw much. He Is a republican a black repub lican, a mean black republican, and as such has no claims on us either aa a molder of public opinion, a fcllow-cltlzen, or aa a wife. We will cook for our husband; we will mend our husband's clothing; we will darn and brush him, and keep him up as our husband. But as an officeholder of a vile, venal and corrupt or ganisation, an emissary of Wall street and as an oppressor of the poor, our husband has only our unspeakable contempt. Ha should thank his lucky stars that we do keep hU name out of the Times. "We know enough of our husband, should he attempt to press this matter too far, to make his vote In this election little more than scattering. But up to the present we have said nothing. We have believed that our duty as an editor. But a word to the wise should be sufficient, and If our husband has learned a lick of sense from past experiences with us, he will take a grand Immortal tumble to himself and call off- his dogs. This newnpanor la a free and untrammeled organ of special privileges to none and equal rights to all, and If our husband thinks he belongs to the privileged classes he Is mighty badly fooled. "We think a good bit of our husband, first and last, and In one way and another, but we will permit of no foolishness from this republican county surveyor. He Is a had lot and we withhold certuln matters In this affair, on account of the respecta bility dt the parties concerned." Typewriter Girls Doomed. The day of the stenographer Is about done. A new invention has made them un necesary. Typists will still be needed, but they may be any kind of a looking old inld, fur llieir employer will r,ever see them. The machine which is responsible for the passing of the fair young woman Of the curves and curly-cues la now on ex hibition In New Tork. It looks like a phonograph, but is a combination of tele phone and phonopraph. The office man wishing to dictate a letter, now takes his telephone In hand, talks into it what he wants and a few minutes later the letter Is on his desk ready for his signature. He never sees the nimble fingers that pourjded It off on a typewriter. The pro moters expect to eo,ulp many of the large DO "irOUFO SHOES HURT Don't biaro tho she It'p ytVir CACTUS CORN CALLOUS COMPOUND till can Corni, Cilloaiw, Bunions III Ul !uj Fot Powders, 23e CAtfTUS SIMEDY CO.. KANSAS cuY. MO. building wtth the machine, the tenant who does not wish to employ a stenographer Imply furnishing the central office with letterheads. When you want a letter writ ten you telephone It to the central office. The machine records It on the steel disc Then one of the typists In the office pounds the letter off at her convenience and It 14 sent up to you. 4 Itosy-Cheefced Dutch Woman. At all International meetings held In Eu rope, writes Ida Husted Harper, much moro time is given to social festivities than Is allowed In the United States. Perhaps this Is not always earrled to such an extent aa at the last International peace confer ence, which In The Hague is referred to aa the "eat congress." But then, what Is so conducive to peace aa plenty of good din ners? As a rule sessions here are held only mornings and evenings, leaving the after noons free. Foreign women have confi dentially told us that when they went to conventions in our country they were sur feited wtth work and famished for food. Well, our hustling proclivities must Indeed seem a little strenuous to them, and It Is also true that we do not give them aa much to eat aa they get at home. At these meetlnga the women of all coun trtea loOk more rosy and solid than the Americans, and they declare that U is be cause we are underfed, but we prefer to think it Is the difference In climate and the temperature of the houses In Europe that gives the ruddier, healthier appearance, and also the fact that they live much more out of doors. Our private opinion Is that American women are more apt to carry their youthful figures in middle age than are those of other countries, and this Is worth some sacrifice. We are all, however, deeply appreciative of the cordial hospitality which we receive at tiu-Ke congresses abroad. It gives us glimpses of a home life that even a long sojourn as tourists would not afford, and this differs widely among the various na tions. The most elegant residences In Am sterdam are situated upon the banks of the wildest canals, some of them facing the street, with the garden at the back sloping down to the water's edge and protected by denso shrubbery; others separated from the canal by the paved street and a row of tall trees, with a walled-ln garden behind; and In either rase a complete privacy Is assured which seems Impossible for American homes. Home Sonsblee. Of the 259 graduates this yesr from Smith college, between seventy-five and loO designate their work for the future as "sunshine In the heme." Some of them are going In for art. for missionary work, and for music. A few are considering matri mony. None will be schoolmarma But the largest percentage loik forward to being "sunshine In the home." The Vhrone Is explained as being college slang for a return to the parents, to brighten their declining days with the aid of the acquirements of the four years at collide. Ths old folks sent awsy their daughter for a time. Now they recall her, and she goes gladly back to renume her place In the family circle. It la a pretty thought, and aomething more, observes the Detroit Free Press. A college course la not a cheap thing in these daya It la likely that these parents paid out 82.000 at least for tha training of each ef tbe daugtuare. la tbe oee of tbe aeventy-flve or 100 aunshlners, It Is an In vestment without thought of profit. It represents a payment of from $1jO,000 to 8300,000 of Idle capital. Probably most of the girls will be bring, lng sunshine to another home before many years for that Is the way of nature, but It Is pleasant to think of them, for a time at least, repaying some part of the mother's solicitous care and the father's willing self-denial by their sunshine. Deliberations of a Debutante. It Is so hard for some people to live down their relations. If you must tell someone, talk to your aelf. When In doubt, do It. Lave is dead when he lets you alt on a chair while he sits on the sofa. The hotter the fire the more ashes. 1'oung love Is the rhampigne of life; middle-aged love Is the claret. When a woman has no lovy she In sists that she Is true to her first love. Society doesn't care how you got your money, but it is deeply Interested In how you spend It. Joke oa Boston Woman. The Boston women ae telling a good stcry on themselves, now that the General Federation has come to an end. For weeks before the meeting they primed thcmselve on every historical toint Imaginable, af they expected to be asked lnnimerabl) questions about Bunker Hill and Paul He vere's ride, to say nothing of who was who in the old burying grounds about town. Imagine th.lr surprise to find that most of the women had been there before, or, at any rati.-, d d not care a thing about points of historical Interest. They were only asked questions about receptions and such every-day things, mid necdiess lo say they were a llttlo disappointed. Sure to Make Vp. Miss 1,1 da Bridges of East St. Iiuls. ths "dream girl," who sltpt four days l.ist fall returned to consciousness with a vivid description of heaven, will soon marry Raleigh Taylor, a young railroad man of this city, who sat by her side during the time she was In a comatose state. Miss Bridges fell Into her sleep follow ing a long illness. Afterward she told of rambling through the groves and meadows of heaven, and repeated verbatim conversation with her grandfather and four brothers who are dead. After a Loag Walt. After a postponement of their wedding for forty seven years, O. P. Blames of Johnson exunty, Texas, and Mrs Woolaver ct Arc'iiif, Tenn., have been married. They haw cone to Oklahoma tn their honey ir oon. The br'de was formerly Miss Mary Faley and 11 :d In Qre?ne county, which aa also i he brlue proem's home. They were to have been mauled In '.he summer of 1t1, but at the outbreak of the civil war Mr. Blames enlisted In the confederate army and the rrarrta-e was postponed .At tie battle of Mission, rv Ri Ige th prospective bride rroom waa critically wounded and left fur dead on the fielo. Reports that he bad been killed reaohed Miss Faley and In time she became the I ride of Robert Woolaver. Btarnes saw Kirs. Woolaver but once after Ms reoovery and left for Georgia, where he waa mar red. Hi subsequently moved to Texaa. lift .era taoaiL ago Mrs. Btamea died and the husband recently ascertained that liis fo--rr;er sweetheart In Tennessee was a tstdow. A correspondence was begun which resulted In tha consummation of tha pledges made ;t.irs ago. Reducing; Bnrplna Fleea. Mlsa Lillian Russoll spoke her mind re cently about a very vexing question, and incidentally she gave some very wise hints which women In genera, and stout ladles In particular, will not Inwardly digest. The other day one of tbe New Tork papers printed a picture of tha fair Lillian with fifty pounds of excess weight literally cut off her figure. This aroused Miss Russell's righteous Ire, and she Instructed her law yers to bring suit for damages. "Imagine me sitting down and allowing any butcher," says Miss Lillian, "to curve fhTty pounds off my figure.. I am a fairly good natured woman, I think, but nothing that was ever published about me, whether It was true or false, ever made me bo angTy. Then, besides, thrse articles do an Incalculable lot of harm. It's all very well for men to laugh at women's fear of growing fat; but tholr horror of becoming ungainly amounts In many Instances to a tragedy. Thousands Of women menaced by thla horror read of some prominent woman achieving allmness by one of these freak experiments, and Immediately begin to try the same sort of 'stunt' on themselves, very frequently with dlssstrous results. Take It from me, a woman who knowa what she Is talking about on thla aubjeot, at leajtt: The woman who Is going to win back symmetry can only achieve It by sheer self-denial, exercise and bard Work." What Women Are Doing. Mrs. M. E. Balkwlll has lately been elected a burougii councilor of London. No onu was found who would ruu agaiust her. Miss Balkwlll la a well-known social worker and, as the Kugltsh press reports, "had the support of men anod wuiuen of all sorts and conditions." Bhe represents the Kllburu ward of llampstead. Journalism Is very popular with Smith college girls, as two yoais ago two grad uates of the college applied for positions on a Boston newspaper and were Imme- ' dlately accepted. '1 nis yeur there are two vacancies, the young women having married numbers of the newspaper umtl. The eultor now has made application for two of this year's graduates and will have no trouble in getUng llieru. A woman In Maryland has a melon farm and plauts from seventy-dve to luu acrea of them every year. She sells to New York, Philadelphia and Ualtinnre markets and says the work la vsry nice for womun and la more or less remunerative, too. Of course the melon culturist must "hold hur breath" once In a while for fear of blight and other accidents, but the same Is probably true In all sorts of planting. Mrs. Potter Palmer Is one of the most remarkable women of her geneiat:on, hav ing rot only kept tace, but led the pace of the grnt-iatluii. fc'ne was the ftrst woman In Cuxfaso to rass cigarettes to her women guests and she was the first American woman to entertain King Edward, and In many other things quite as difficult she haa been accounted first. Moreover, she la said to be a good mothr, a good cttiaen, aud, above all, a good friend. A novel feature of the election held at Bellevue, lihihn, was having a nurse at the polls to attend to the babies while th mothers voted. The wealthy won. en of the community are said to have exerted themselves to furnish their poorer sisters with every facility In their power to enable them to go to the polls. Those possessing carrlsges si-r.l tlu-m around to bring wmnca who would otherwise have had lo walk. In many Instances women ater ca:lng their own ballots would hurry to the homea of other women and care for their house holds, thus allowing then Lo voce without tiislit of Uiei daUoa,