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THE OMAHA SUNDAY- BEE: OCTOBER 4, 1908. D WHAT CLUBWOMEN ARE DOING Omaha Woman's Club Holds Itt First Meeting of Fall Monday. K1ZDLEW0SK GUILD TO MEET i ' Clarkaon Hospital Association Com. letes Wark af Raisin- Money Kuan May Serve on Com mittee la Fntar. The flmt meeting ofthe autumn ofthe Omaha Woman"! club will be held Monday afternoon In the club rooma at !: o'clock. The program will Include the address of th newly elected president of the club. Mm. Kdwnrd Johnaon, and reporta of the biennial meeting of the General Federation. held at Boeton last June, by the delegate! who represented the club at the meeting. Mre. C. E. Sumner will report the litera ture and Industrial sessions; Mlsa Jeanctte Jessop the art, civics and forestry sessions; Mrs. N. H. Nelson, household economics nd civil service sessions; Mrs. Edward Inhnunn hualnesa and social sessions. A vocal solo by Miss Callle Lenhart will con elude the program. Hospital Association Throngs. With the raising of CO.000 for the hospital fund, the Clarkson Memorial Hospital asso ciation haa completed the work for which it was organised and Is now privileged to ' dissolve. A meeting of the chairmen ot the teams that participated In the tag day Soliciting Ond of all who have had a part la the work of the organisation haa been called for Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Bishop Williams will be present and a'reportwtll be made of all the work. II la expected that the association will then be resolved Into a committee that may be called upon for future assistance In the work of the hospital. Needlework Gnild. The local branch of the' Needlework guild will hold a preliminary meeting Wednesday, October 7, at S o'clock, at the residence of Mrs, R. C. Moore, 1069 Park avenue. All section presidents and directors of all the departments will be present for conference regarding the annual collection and distri bution of garments to be held nest month. Every year the guild solicits and distri butes among the charitable Institutions of the city new garments, bedding and other necessities. The contribution of three new garments makes anyone a member of the guild and each year, this collection la made In November. Membership Committee. Preceding the meeting of the Woman's club Monday there will be a meeting ot the club's membership committee for the pur pose of passing upon a number ot applica tions that have ooma in since the last meet ing. , It will be to the advantage of bit women expecting to join the club this year to have their names presented at Monday's session of the committee that they may be received into the club and so be privi leged . to attend the sessions of the state federation convention to be held In Omaha October 1, 14 and IS. and the others are or equal prominence and ability. Twenty-four classes a wwk will exercise In the gymnasium mis year, in win be groups of 'he buslnej men, young men and boys' stlons. ,The nrst will meet at noon and 1 p.' m., Monday. Wednes day and Friday and the s.-cond at t p. m. The Junior classes come In when school sessions ere done. Omaha led the whole world Inst year In the number of men using the physical de partment, this including gymniislum. baths. etc. The average uaiiy count was d,.si, ana next In Una waa the Buffalo Central, with I.M5. This city also led in the number enrolled in gymnasium, clashes, having a olal of 1.679. rittshurg coming close, with 1.600. " The figures for dally attendance at the building Is, for Omaha, 2,250; Chicago Cen tral, 1500. I Since the attendance here Is taken only on dull or average days. It la probable that the Chicago mark waa really eclipsed. The counting Is .done by a bov. who sits at the main doors and with a push register tabs every entrant. An attractive program has been arrangvd for the Sunday afternoon meeting. The Williams Jubilee singers, about the best .In their line, will be heard, and an address on "Our Mlaslon In the Philippines"" will be given by Judge Norrls of the court ot the first Instance, Philippine Islands, a nine-year resident of the archipelago and a prominent resident. I! his E&mt 20 Msstal ExteissiM U mm Only Terms $1.00 Cash. 51.00 Monthly Terms $1.00 Cash, $1.00 Monthly PAPER WITH A WAITING LJST SOCIETY RESTS ONCE MORE (Continued from Second Page.) Omaha people; "Mre, Anna Le Moss an nounces the engagement of her daughter, Nannette, to Mr. James nrthur McCulley ' of Omaha. The wedding will take place Wednesday, October ,11. at the homo of the bride, 111 West Twenty-ninth street, and Mr. and Mrs. McCulley will be at home after November 1 at 2230, Poppleton avenue Omaha." ' ' , The wedding ot Miss Hester Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Beach Tay lor, to Dr. Charles Richard Lockwood of Chicago will take place Thursday evening. November 5, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor. It will be a small house wedding and after a trip the young people will be at home after December 16 In Kankakee, 111., where Dr. Lockwood has recently lo- rated and where he Is building a new home. A quiet, but pretty, wedding took place at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hey wood. 2S North Twenty-sixth street, Tues- ' day evening, when their daughter, Miss Anna Heywood, was given in marriage to Mr. William ,D. Beamau of Holsteln, Can ada. Rev. David R. Turnbull, pastor of the First United Presbyterian church, of' flclotlng. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs, Seaman left for Cheyenne, Wyo., their fu Jure home. Mrs. Charles Hungate, Icatlu r-craft; firing dally. china decorating, 894 Brandels bldg. Y. M. C. A. OPENS UNIVERSITY It la for the Blind ana the It Circulates the More It Loses. Mc Of the 80.000 sightless persona In America about 85,000 are able to read , blind printing. The fact that they are blind lessens In most instances their earning capaolty, and Inasmuch as the making of reading matter for them Is a coHtly operation it ia practloally impossi ble without aid from wealthy people to supply them with literature. The oldest newspaper for the blind is published at College View, Neb. It Is called the Christian Record and was founded at Battle Creek, Mich., In 1900 by A. O. Wilson and hie wife, who are both blind. Wilson did the editing, hla wife the printing and binding. Wilson has alnce engaged In other business, but his wife is still the composing room force. Four years ago the plant was moved to Ne braska, It began with a circulation of "100 copies. Today 2,000 copies are printed each month,' and there are 6,000 names on the waiting list These persons would like to subscribe- and are willing to pay the subscription .price, but the publisher is In the position of losing more money the more subscribers he gets. One sheet of paper can carry but one page of reading matter, since the mat ter printed Is read from the opposite side from that upon which the printing Is done. When the magaslne or book is bound It must be padded at the back to allow for the raised or embossed print ing. Blind printing has been In the process of evolution alnce 1784, but only within the last ten years has invention made it possible to place the results, either In book or magaslne form, at a price that many of the blind could afford. A num ber or printing establishments exist in the United States, the largest being that of the Matilda Zelgler Magazine in New York City, which ha the largest circula tion of. any pyjbi'd. Thlfl t$ made poesl- oie vy me laci that Mrs. Zelgler Days the, excess of cost above the selling price, about 820,000 a year. Id . most establishments -the work done by blind people. The editor writes hla obpy with a little machine built on the principle of the typewriter, but so small that it. can be held on one knee, which embosses the letters. This- copy is turned over to the compoHltor.and the writing is reproduced on a machine simi lar to the one used by the editor except that It Is larger, about the size of a sew. Ing machine, and it makes the impression on thin copper plates. A foot' lever is used to force the points into the metal plates. In soma of the small shops the impression la made by a tap on an awl like piece of steel. When the metal sheets are finished the compositor or the editor does the proof reading. If an error Jb detected It ia necessary to smooth down the surface at that point, or. if, that be Impossible, the plate must be made over again. The me chanlcal difficulties Involved make changes from copy very Infrequent The metal plates are next put In the printing press on rollers. These rest against other rollers holding rubber mats. The paper runs between, and at eacTi rev olution the copper plates force their lm- yv .r-v -v r-v e jr v r-v r r rs r f ' r ' r r T f r ? " r : ? r . i ; i : l o o o o o o o o o o o o Q o o o o o o o This handsome Pedestal Extension Table Is exactly as described and is accurately illustrated. Positively the great est value ever offered in a high grade Pedestal Extension Table. A most notable example of the unequaled values that this store continually presents to the people of Omaha and vicinity. At no former time has there been offered to you such an opportunity to obtain a high grade Pedestal Extension Table at the price ordinarily asked for an 'ordinary table. This low price we are able to quote only due to the fact that thlg table was made especially (or ui and we bought them In carload quantities. This "table. 1b constructed by expert workmen and every part receives the most detailed atten tion. You never had an opportunity before to duplicate this value. Just think of what other itorea offer you at $18.00 'and $20.00 and you will certainly recognise thlg as a most extraordinary value. 1 ' ' , IOO50 Buys a Guaran teed Gold Co n Base Burner Term ft. 10 cssh, S1.60 Monthly OOLDCOIN Base Burners, represent tSje highest typa of atove manufacture, . they are, by actual test, the moat economical base burner construct ed. They have a large patented fire pot, spe cial air tight maga slne. They are beau tifully nickeled trim med, and every one of them bears a positive guarantee of satisfac tion. They have all the latest patents and many other features not found in other Base Burner. IS) . These 'handsome Pedestal Tables are constructed of solid oak of a specially selected beautiful grain. They are fin ished in a high grade varnish and have a beautiful golden oak finish. They have oasy sliding extensions of a patented design. The entire table is rubbed and polished to a piano finish and will add grace, elegance and luxury to any dining room. The pedestal or base is of very substantial construc tion and is of a very characteristic design. There ia no man, no matter how small his salary that cannot afford to have one of these tables, as the terms are very excep tional and apply only to tins table. Remember this table is actually worth $20.00; special sale price only ; Rooms Furnished Complete for $"7 -150 Terms 17.00 oaah, $5.00 Monthly. This Is our new M .. . and preatiy enlarged three-room outfit and must not be confused with so-called outfits offered elsewhere. necessary for furnishing the home. as it comprises everything $0 050 Secures One 0 of Cur Spe cial Steel Ranges Terms $2.50 Cash $2.00 Monthly . The best "value in high grade Steel Range ever offered- you. Haa a large square - oven, patent oven .. Ao6r. Large -upper- wanning closet' ' The entire range Is madcraf extra heavy cold rolled steel that Is absolutely guar anteed. ' Full asbestos lined, large fire"' box with duplex grat. The entire range is' hand somely nickeled trim med and with ordinary care should last a life time. 1 " lift n 1,1 1 'Scliifi' Special Money Saving Prices ON CARPETS AND RUGS gome extra special values for this week. 1NGRAIX CARPETS Good wearing qualities, 60c values, per yard 39c. Ingrain Carpets, strictly all wool 75c, quality, per yard 59 Brussels Carpets, an extra heary quality, worth 90c, per yard 69 Velvet Carpets, worth $1.60, per yard.. 08 Axmlnster Carpets, large assortment, worth $6.50, special $3.08 Tapestry Brussels Rugs, size 9x12 feet, fine quality, $20.00 values, special. .. .$11.75 Velvet Rirgs, 9x12 size, very pretty patterns, $27.60 values, sale price .$18.75 A -V'T '' '" 3 V''ej 'IS QyO .5050 for this Solid Oak 0 Oresser Terms, $1.00 Cash 80c weekly. Made ' of solid oak, highly polished and has French bev eled plate mirror, best of construction. WE SELL GOODS OUT OF TOWN ON EASY PAYMENTS. WRITE VS. FREIGHT PAID 2O0 MILES. 51 075 for (his Beauti It--ful China Closet Terms, $1.00 Cash; 50 cents Weekly. Made of solid oak, highly polished, bent glass ends, grooved shelves. An extra special value. !4 85 for this Wonderful Soft Cosl Heater o o o o o CD O O O o o Q Q (O O O O O O oooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooc ' ISrIl teshs bo cuira rzm vnx Has All the latest improve ments, constructed of pure Bray iron, and haa a apeolal steel drum. . Good else fire pot, shaker grate and Is handsome ly nickeled trimmed. Heavy ornamental base. Is a splendid heater and uses very little ooaL 5Q7S Buys this Guar vanteed Cook Stove Terms i $1.00 Cash, 00 Cents Weekly This ele gant oook stove . Is made - of pure oast gray Iron, and is g-uarantnod to be a first-class baker. Haa four large 8-Inch lids, large size fire box with special grates. Good slsed oven, nickeled trim med apd Is easily worth $15.00. o o () () o o o () o () C) o o () () C) () o o o () o o () o () o o o o o o o o o C) o () () C) o o presslon through the paper, turning out printed pages. In the papers and mairazlnes printed for the blind very little fiction is' found. Some short stories appear, but seldom any serial. While most of the papers have a religious tinge, they aim to give con densations of current events. The College View publication has a wide range of circulation. Nevada Is the only state not represented on Its sub scription list, and copies go to Canada, England, Australia and Mexico. . core in 111k Auto Race.. ' BRIGHTON BEACH. Oct. S The score at the end of the sixteenth hour in the twenty-four-hour race, after a greater number of accidents than ever occurred In a similar race, was: No. 6, 810 miles; No. 5, 802 miles; No. 2. 742 miles; No. 8. 738 miles; No. 11, 679 miles; No. 9, Sftl miles; No. 15, 233 miles. Previous record, 766 miles. Boy Killed In Explosion. SIOUX FALLS, S. D Oct. S.-Two pow der houses southeast of Sioux Falls ex ploded today with a detonation that was heard twenty miles away. One boy was killed, and It is feared that two others also perished. The powder houses belonged to the Larson Hardware company. The financial loss is not heavy. Will Best Elaborate Coarse Stadr oat Monday Night. of Work of such extensive scope that it rivals a fullfledged university will be In augurated at the Toung Men's Christian aiso:iatlon Monday evening. Members of nil the score or more classes of the ed c i t'onal department will assemble in the audi tirtum to henr the year's prugtam ouU ned by the Instructors and brief remarks by F. L. Haller of the Llnlnger Implement company and other business men of equal prominence. The newly organised mando lin club will give a few number. At the same time the first young men's gymnauluni class of the year will begin winging dumbbells and .practlc ng setting p exercises and the evening will leally see the start cf fall and winter work in the association. An Idea of Just hew extensive thext endeavors are to be can be gained frotn reading the list of courses offered In an fducatlonal way. The curriculum In cludes inmanshlp, business correspond ence and spelling, buslmss arithmetic,, al gebra. geometry, bookkeeping, shorthand, typewriting, mechanical drawing architec tural drawing, elementary English, ad vanced English, business lw, advanced business law, bojs' school, vocal music, show card writing, electricity (boys' and . men's), telephony, English for nonspeaking, glee club, literary club and zpandplln club. ' The above list Includes the courts al ready definitely settled, but sections In or thography, rap.d flgur.og, advertising, pub lic speaking and Latin are also assured, while .Interest In the subjects of free-hand drawing, esperanto, photography, real es tate and salesmanship is large. , The staff of instructors gathered by Edu catlcnal Director Miller la a stellar affair. The faculty Includes graduates of the best technical schools and colleges In America and men who have proven their worth by , rising to the highest professional poeiUcns In Omaha. There Is, for Instant e, H. A. Holdrege. general manager ot the Omaha Electric Light and Power company, who Will conduct the course in telephony. Mr. Holdrvgo was seven years with the Chicago Telephone company before coming lo Omaha. Another la Mr. Frederick H. MU leoer, M. V.. E. E., chief electrician for the Union Pacific company, who Is now engaged In running heavy trucks around the shops by wireless applications of power. He gives the course In eleetrlclty for boys! nd N. R. Stanael M. M. E., a United glalee government Inspector, and F. Q. Falrchlld. government electrician at. Fort Crook. Will teach the men's electrical courses. This la to Baane ouly three of th faculty : r I t A Bright Auroral Display ' The finest display of the Aurora Boro- gradual and silent reunion in the shape of m. or me jNonnern ugnis seen ny the Us detached pieces appearing like floating wmer, in umuna, auring me- last twelve years, took place last Monday night, Sep tember 2S. The sky at the time was calm, cloudless and most transparent. The au rora was first noticed rather suddenly at 9:50 p. in. It then appeared as an arch ex tending from the northwest to the north east horfsnn, "and was about elsht de grees high on the meridian. Below the clouds. They slowly drifted higher in the sky, until they seemed to form parts of a broken arch which extended from the west to the east horizon. While these detached portions floated away, there seemed to be po streamers, as If streamer and broken arches could not exist together, but of this the writer is not certain. He himself observed the aurora for an hour, until its arch waa a well d.flned bluck space of gradual return to its first appearance; the ..., ,i, inn, wiJICl. IIUKIIl CttHliy nave been taken for a bank of nlouds. The arch Itself, was of a beautiful, soft silvery whiteness and seemed to be ahout five de grees in width. Its upper limit was not quite as distinct as Its lower one. At this time there were no streamers of any kind, nothing but the arch. There was no mof'n to interfere with the display as It was seen from the observatory. And the city lights also were sufficiently' far away not to blind the eyes of the observer. At a few minutes after 10 o'clock, the scene changed. A few dtached streamers row began to make their appearance, like the softened beams of search lights be low the hcrlxun. They were of various widths -and lengths. A lane passed visibly through both the dark and bright portions of the aurora. The short ones seemed to come directly out of the ground. The beams did not seem to have any perceptl- dylng out ot the beams and the drifting of the ium.nous remnants of the arches gave him the Idea that the display waa nearlng Its end. But a friend ot his kept up the watch for a second hour, and reported that the various stages described above repeated themselves after various intervals, and that some of the luminous clouds drifted as high as the senlth. How long the display lasted Is not known, but the next morning at 5 o'clock the sky was com pletely vacant and there was no sign of the aurora. On the following night, Tuesday, there was another display of the aurora. It was noticed as early as 7:16 p. m., about an hour after sunset. The air was not as transparent as on the preceding night, be cause the wind had been from the south all day. The arch was about the same, except that it had shifted bodily twenty degrees to the right There were a few tilo liitArAl mti,in hut llmv nil HI reeled to the Same vanishing point, which """ -vu. ...s"'.. waa estimated to be about M degrees be- out ulL-kIr- CIuua l orn. n vy v.ov uiv wuum m.y waa uvcnn, Alio aurora could, however, be seen to some extent through the clouds, and appeared like the lights of a distant city reflected from the clouds. It was still visible after 10 p. m. But there was no sign of It the next morning, although the sky was per fectly clear. What la the nature of the aurora? It la generally said to be a discbarge of elec tricity. When the sun's heat evaporates the water all over the earth, and espe- The arch gradually spread along the daily in the hotter regions about the horixon until It covered 120 degrees or equator, the vapor becomes charged with more and at the same lime ascended the positive electricity. As It rises and Is meridian to the height ot 15 or 20 degrees, formed Into clouds. It may rotaln Ita alec Then there were two parallel archea sep- trio charge, when, it Is surrounded by dry aratcd by a dark space. But through the air. These clouds may unite and combine brightest portion of the aurora, as well aa their charges of positive electricity to such through the dark space, atars of the first an extent tbat a violent recombination with three magnitudea could be distinctly seen the negative electricity of the ground may almoat at all tiroes result in a thunderstorm, with lightning The upper rco then gradiaUy broke up. thunder. There may also be a more low the horizon and on the me ridian. The Urgent and broadest streamer was in the northwest at the very end of the arch. It was about 4 de grees broad, that t, broad as eight full monns In a row. and about 30 de grees long, and of a decided blood-red tint. A few of the other beams also showed the same tint, but the most of them were of a faint silvery whiteness. They lasted from a few minutes to . sev eral minui'S. heat lightning and the aurora. The aurora is always seen by us in the north, and is therefore called the Aurora Borealls, or Northern Lights. There Is, of course, a similar display in the southern hemisphere. The clouds charged with positive elec tricity drift very often from the warmor regions of the earth to the frigid sones and when there is an unusually heavy reunion of their positive electricity with that cf the ground we see an aurora. It Is exactly the same principle only on a much grander scale, as what we tec in a Oeissler tube. Such a tube contains a rarlfled gaa and when It is connected to an electric machine that generates a high-potential current 'the tube Is bril liantly lighted with the color appropriate to the gus. The aurora Is best seen in higher altitudes, and is quite a common phenomenon In the arctic regions, where It furnishes a very welcome light during the long night of six months. Some of the recorded appearances have been extremely beautiful, as the various drawings shown In works on that subject lead us to infer. Sometimes there are so ninny and sucU bright streamers that the aurora looks like a huge fan, which then quite noticeably turns about Its Center like the spokes of a gigantic wheel. The aurora Is very sel dom seen as far south as Omaha, although I have seen a splendid one In Kansas. The appearance on last Monday night was very exceptional, although of course It could not compare with appearances seen farther north. Auroras cannot be predicted. We know that very often when a large spot breaks out on the sun that there is a magnetic storm. on earth and a display of the aurora. We know also that auroras are more fre quent when the sun la more spotted, and that they run through the same 11-year cyclu as the sun spots, and that therefore there must be a casual connection between auroras, magnetic storms' and sunspots. But we cannot as yet predict any of them. There Is absolutely no danger whatever In aa aurora, nothing to the unprofessional observer but a beautiful sight well worth the sacrifice of an hour's sleep. To see it well, however, we ought to get ' sway from the glare of city lights and have an extensive view of the northern- hortaoa. Auroras are no sign of rain. They prob ably take place very frequently, but clouds and daylight prevent ear enjoying all of them. WILLIAM F. RIQOB, 8. J., . , Creif bloa University Observatory. ' 1 BHmJ IfM ID Klsr . 1 K . ' ' . I . H u 1 i 111 n i Lw Fair.es -to the- akotas and Montana Ann " n For the round trip from UfabiDU Omaha and Council Bluffs to Lemrpon, S. D., tllettinger, Bowman and 'Marmarth, N. 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