THE OMAHA SUNDAY- BEE: OCTOBER 4, 1908.
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WHAT CLUBWOMEN ARE DOING
Omaha Woman's Club Holds Itt First
Meeting of Fall Monday.
K1ZDLEW0SK GUILD TO MEET
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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 ' ' ,
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Term ft. 10 cssh,
S1.60 Monthly
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Burners, represent tSje
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are, by actual test,
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base burner construct
ed. They have a large
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cial air tight maga
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the latest patents and
many other features
not found in other
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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
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lined, large fire"' box
with duplex grat. The
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somely nickeled trim
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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
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.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.
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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
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shaker grate and Is handsome
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ornamental base. Is a splendid
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5Q7S Buys this Guar
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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.
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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
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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.
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