TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: .TAXtTARY 10. 1000.
Gossip for
The F.rm Wife, Then an Wow.
.miiixt i inr iimire hit oi inw
w
wives of western farmer It
'" eteiday and la tody,
Sarah Comstock relate In
vomer a -.my now me am-
comforts and inconvenience of
the struggling days hav changed their
form without greatly relieving the mental
and physical strain on the housekeeper.
J ne old and the new ways, and tha
troubles of both are thus pictured:
It was somewhere before that first set
ting hark of the watch which marks the
beginning of Weaterward-Ho that I caught
my lust glimpse of the farmer's wife of
yesterday. The train slackened; for mo
mentii the picture hung still, singled Out
fmm alt the whining theatorlura past and
to come. It waa In that flrat clammy dawn
when there Is barely enough light to work
by; a tall, lean houae, devoid of temper
ament and paint, stood at the top of a
sloping patch, and below. In the patch,
was a woman at work with a hoe. ,The
sky waa gray and the house was gray and
the woman waa arav. She tnnn.fl- rt
with her shoulders alone, but there waa
apparent In her that stoop of the spirit
which It takes many flogging years to
produce. Both woman and patch were
Jaded as if they had borne to exhaustion,
accordlng to ancient lights regarding the
woman and the patch. There were chugs
and whecxes and the theatorlura began
again. A day and a night more brought
mo to the farmot' wife of today.
Kverywhere the mistress of the modern
farm house Is found in the midst of .,,h
luxuries as she never dared dream of In
those years when she was fighting her
way through the west' famine. Piped hot
wa'.er, gas, hot water heaters equip her
house she used to break the ice In the
pitcher for her bath, to read by a shade-
less oil lamp or a candle thrust into a
poUto, to w-rm her hands over a rickety
stove. Now she gossips over her own tele-
phone; she rides forth sometime veiled In
blue chiffon, sometime unbonneted In
her mutor car; she travel from Mexico to
Maine and often to Europe. She telephones
about to the town and country people to
come to an Informal little affair; she sends
out engraved Invitations when Lizzie comes
home for the winter. But with living
tun d to this higher pitch she Is enduring
a strain such as that one-time struggle
never caused Confronted by the servant
problem, her prosperity threatens to break
her down where poverty failed to do so.
"It's my nerves ache the worst now" one
of them said. "It used to h nnthin-
my bones
"I sometimes think It was easy times
back in the little old shack kitchen where
there wasn't hardly any cooking to do be
cause there wasn t hardly anything to
cook, and where I didn't have to spill elbow
areasp Iteenlns- a m -
hlnJd ,,r a u ranK
wuniiing was owner. and Diooa can stand, writes Thomas J.
light because we wore dark blue calico six The meaning. of the word amethyst Is Lyons, commissioner of Industrial nnd
days of the week. It's all very well to -not drunk," and, according to the Greeks, labor statiatics of Maine, In his annual re
talk about our prosperity and the way us it was a charm against the evils of Intoxi- port. "A long workday Is unnecessary, be-
larm ioiks live In such fine houses; but
i m nere to toll you a fine house Is a white
elephant without you've got help to keen
....
Now wouldn't you think a girl would
rather, sharo this work with me than to
..,.m u.. n.-i kti mi uiiy selling nooK and
yes and hairpins In a hot store? Or hold-
ing Ducket under the lard spout In a pack-
Ing houae till she was ready to droD? Now
wouldn't you?
"Sniffing to wheat-laden breee which
aucked thiough the clean kitchen, I aa-
sented v.lth fervor.
"There ain't a girl'a willing to do it,
though. Now and then one comes to try it,
and she slays yulet about a week. Then
she commences to fidget around and atand
at the door and look out, and I know the
slgna. The last one stood gazing out that
very door while the pica were burning.
nd at lurt she groaned and she said: 'A
place wherv tlierf's something doing for
mine!' Her iia.i.e was M-a-y-m-e, and she
waa mlglily particular about that 'y.'
'Something doing " 1 uald. '3tiiUea me you
can see plenty of excltivueni hereabouts
with those ch" en calves all hollering for
this skim milk at once and the arpurator
neurly bust'ng Itself tryhig to keep up with
their appeiitea, and the boss bring fed and
the clilckrna uml luikeys being ahut up. I
tiever thought the farm lacked ometlilng
dolng.' You ought to have seen her look
nt me! 'Our tustea diffah,' ahe aald, with
her chin pointing up like that. 'When I
speak of excitement 1 reffr to such lltlla
Should know that the purest,
sweetest and most economical
method of preserving, purifying
and beautifying baby's tender skin
lies in warm baths with
GUHCURASOAT
And gentle applications of Cutu
cura Ointment. For eczemas,
rashes, itchings and chafings o
childhood and for the prevention
of the same, as well as for the
sanative, antiseptic cleansing of
ulcerated, inflamed mucous sur
faces and other uses which suggest
, themselves to women, these gen
tle emollients are Indispensable.
sM tkroustxrat tlx world. Depots' LoaaVm. tt.
rarurtouM Ha ; rtM. I. B 6m l Pall. Auatnv
ll. R. Towns i Co.. div.; India. B K. rani.
rleiM: Tiln. Hoo Kuo Iirus .:
lUruva. I.U.. Tulito; Atru. Launoa. tiavfP
nw. ; ' a . , tn a a Owi,
W fmn, IU Columbu tt-vtoa.
MfiuwitrM. Cuuuua Bout aa Ui al U aat.
jOUNG
Mils
and About the Women Folks
diversion a electric p.rk. and phono-
inpn parlors and sk&tlnr ri.a. .,4 n,-
drama. Gawd!' she raid uddon, like ome-
thing Inside her had buated loose-yes. will
you believe It. that iri -.,.-n.. -.ia
- uawd!' 'Excuse me when It cornea to the
aoclal whirl of turkov. ini .i t.
th packing house and my own true skating
Tn ticket!' that girl said and the left the
vrry next da .. '
.
laTery.
"Mrs Charlotte Ferklna Oilman has said
A married woman la a slave, not a wife.'
o many times," says the New York Trlb-
une, "that we begin to suspect she takes
It quite seriously. The women do not seem
to mind, however; they keep entering Into
lavery Just as If Mrs. Oilman had never
warned them about It, and continue to feel
orry for all of their sex who fail to be-
come slaves.
"Perhaps it la becausa rhotorlciana like
Mr. Gllman have worn the edge off the proposed. I should not be gushing to you bw,,,,, 0f the demands of the atrlk
word 'slave.' Who Is not called a 'slaver about It If he had. Ha haa plenty of pr- w.. that tne Western Union and the
Tn uffragista and suffragettes agree on
Bothln "t that all women without the
b'"ot Including even Mrs. Oilman's 'higher
famed,' ar slaves. The socialists pro-
c'alm from every street comer that all
mankind except the rich capitalists are
"lave. The moralists say that the rich
capitalist are slaves, 'slaves of wealth.'
Th critic declare that the preachers and
moralist are laves, 'slaves of creed.'
"Who I not the slave of some convention
which he value more than his own soul,
the alsve nf some hahlt which Is an In-
telloctual' labor saving device essential to
hi peace and comfort, the slave of some
Institution, ome custom, ome belief or
ome Idea? Almost everybody In comfort-
able circumstances Is a slave of some kind
or has been called one by some slave of the
hortatory temperament. You oannot use a
'word like thi and expect It to retain the
poignancy of It original signification,
'Slave' will oon come to mean anyone too
comfortably circumstanced to be aroused by
the clamorous voice of agitation, and
'avery' will be synonymous with plethoric
lethargy. Anybody might be willing to ex-
change his slavery for the slavery of Mr.
Andrew Carnegie or Mr. John D. Rocke-
feller, but to exchange the comforts of
lavery for the arduous agnegatlon of free-
dom hardlyl"
Toe L"ckr Stone for 1909.
Tno Prophet Zadklel has Just assured u
that the arnethyst 1 to be the "lucky
"tone" for the year 1909. this conjecture
ui'uih yuKwi wo an uneuitu BuiferaiiuiMi
that two nines In the flgurea of a year sig-
niry an access of great prosperity In all
manner of things. Particularly In love and
friendship Is luck to prevail for the wear-
er of the amethyst, since that gem Is said
n .irw.t., iinra.it 4n - hn mi ( mn.
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P8ed to brln unklni1 happening upon Its
cation, a point whloht in 1909, will cause
It to be of more Interest than ever, alnce
the new president, Mr. Tart, haa "turned
down his glass." It Is not an expensive
stone; and the purple-violet hues of ame-
thyat gems are commonly known. The
coior m nun w I"-'""'" " "
gem Is found In India, In Ceylon, in Brazil
nd In vaat masses under ine waters oi
Lake Superior.
Among many nations a particular gem
worn b th ureratltlou during each
month. The garnet, for example, 1 worn
In January and signifies Constancy. The
amethyst t worn In February; the blood-
tone, eignlfylng Courage. In March. The
sapphire denotes Repentance, and is worn cunne matters una pomicni conventions uwn price; aim m inai miBiiea witn
In April. Winning love Is betokened by and army maneuvers. Therefore it 1 a what 1 left over .from the household ex
the Emerald. In May. In June wear agate good deal of a curprlae to find that the penses and will forego her tooth powder
N apt0 0f the vogue of the hort
waistline and girdle, the belt
has flourished mightily this
eaaon and haa taken on al-
most unprecedented variety,
Possibly this Is the result of
the des'gner trugglo against advern
conditions, but, what-
ever the cause, the
fact remains and th
belt counters Just be
fore Christinas were
attractive and busy
placea.
Now that the leather
workers accomplish
audi remarkable
Ihiugs In color and
finish, even the plain
leather belt have
taken on added
beauty aud it Is posnible among
them to find something matching almost
any of the modish colors. Shades of rose,
medium blues and the fashionable greens
are conspicuous among the season's
leather belts and are not only represented
In the plain belts, but In fanciful design
as well.
Bt.me particularly smart effects of the
nore elaborate type are perhaps fitr
Inches wide and have embroidery In very
fine soutache ornamenting the leather, the
braid and leather being of one color. The
large square or oval buckle la covered
with the leather and braided, but mer
touches of gold thread appear In the em
broidery designs of the buckle, and the
prongs of the buckle are gold.
Thl belt, In a soft dull blue. Is exceed
ingly attractive, and In tla olive green
and smoky grays Is also very successful.
Combinations of fine brsld and leather,
interwoven, are made in one tone coloring
and In bluck with color, the leather and
braid being woven In and out to form
squares, or the braid being run through
slits In the leather and passing lengthwise
on th belt.
Much 1 dona with braid, chiefly of the
outach kind, through the province of the
belt, and many of the effecta obtained are
far more attractive In fact than In the
description. One especially good model is
a rather wide belt of closely braided or
Interwoven gold and silver soutache, with
a finish ot black patent leather at each end
and little strap of the patent leather fast
ening through small (old buckles.
Black patent leather also trim many
belt of colored leather and a narrow belt
which ha been quit popular la In alter
nating square of black patent leather and
dull finish colored leather blue.
roae.
arreon. arav. brown nr ,!. Th. ...
' " " " ma Ills
model In black patent leather and black
dull Tlnlnh U.lh.r I. -..,1. m. ....
T
er w b'- buckle offered for use on belt the task or entirely in metallic colorings.
ru. T'f'.j, ' would prove a hopeless one, for th va- Satin girdle of one kind and another
Black leather with a H:gl band ot patent rlety la endleaa and th level of beauty have rivaled the belt this winter, and.
Hu Un roun(1 ,h miail ' the hu,n. Among the simpler buckle which hlle It I well to have such girdles made
belt and passing through brass-bound eye- ar distinctly chic ar round or oval shape to order and adapted carefully to the figure
let make a good looking belt, and col- of .t dellcat character, ln gold or ot the wearer. It is possible to buy very
ored leather, wide. oft. cruahabl and ,iVer. deeply tched and without other awd girdle ready made and either In the
studded with graceful deatgn with tiny cut ornament. These, when sterling, ar by no ha o( Puin t'rf w1th 'ringed end
teel bead. I. finl.hed with beautiful buck- , che,p, but they nav, . T ot d. or In a draped girdle with aoarf end.
Us of cut steel or of le.ther beaded in tlnctlon without pretentiou.neM and are w'hte1 by taal. ball, or fringe.
",,e ' not likely to go out of tyl with passing lao of Fringe
In the .teel .tudded model, elastic web- .ea.ons. Ther wd re,urn UM
blng U more generally used than leather Another buekl considered very .mart 1 fringe of all width, on indoor gowna In
and among theae elastic models are some a perfectly plain burnished oval of sliver, other daya It wa used on street frocks,
which bring extravagantly high prices, brass or gold, very moderate in sise and but U ' to l hoped, for the sake of con
On. such belt wa. of .uede leather lu ahaped to th wal.t curv o that It will wUl '0?''" " lW t'""
for Hlth: In July the rornella for Con-
.tm...,. ir .. i a. ...
wear a sardonyx f.r lurk. It never falla.
they say. If you fear that your mind la
rivinir wav n..r -h.-v.,.iit in Ri,em-
her. Bcwsre of tha opal In October, but
wear a topaa and win aood friends In
November. If you desire proaperity, sport
turquoise In December.
$ .
Her OTernowerlnc Jar.
ller Overpowering Joy.
A bewitching young woman who resides
In Kansas City and haa friends In Chicago
wrote to one of them, a' young matron.
recently concerning a great Joy that had
come irto her life, reports the Record-
Herald.
"My Dear Grace." the fair young writer
aald. "I know you will be greatly lnter-
estcd In this happiness which ha come to
me. You always were kind enough to be
deeply Interested In my Joys and disap-
pointmenta. No, Mr. Wsddlngton has not
money and a good family and all that,
but to tell you the truth I don't like him.
I suppose It would require a good deal of
moral courage on my part to refuse him
If he asked me to marry him, but I think
I should be able to rim to the occasion,
Really, I am very happy, and I should not
be happy at all If I were engaged to Cad-
walader Waddlngton. The world seems to
have a new glory to possess beaulle that
I have never dreamed of In the past. I
suppose you are dying to know what It
Is that has brouaht me so much haDDlness
nd wondering why I don't com to the
point at once. I shall do so only I wlh
I could be there to tell you In person and
permit you to see. There are some things
that It I o hard to write about I csn
fancy you Bitting there with my letter In
your hand as you try to guess who It can
be. After I have assured you that It is
not Mr. Waddlngton you ar probably con-
vlnced that It must be Harry Belden, but
you ar wrong. He asked me In the fall,
If you care to know, and I told him that
I would always think kindly of him and
all that sort of thing, and I meant !t, too.
He 1 a dear only not Just the kind of a
dear that I could be happy with. And I
haven't seen Tom Annlston for months. If
you are thinking of him. But all thl Is
silly. In truth I'm o happy that I fear
I'm disposed to be foolish. Have patience,
dear. You would be foolish If you were In
my place. The truth la I have a peach of
a corset that I can almoat alt down In."
Too Mnch for Flesh and Blood
"
"After giving the matter careful study,
we aro 'uIly convinced that the ten-hour
any for women In our manufacturing estab-
Hshments, under the present system of
htnh SDeed and the larsre number of ma-
- -
chines to be tended, Is more than the flesh
cause of the well proven fact that the
ten-hour day. with preaent condition of
machinery and speed, produce more good
than the thlrteen-hour day of sixty years
ttgo. and it la Juat as clearly proven that
the ten-hour day of the present time Is
vastly more detrimental to health than the
thlrteen-hour day of former times."
Manager of Telegraphers' Union.
When strike and black list and busl
ness agents, that new and more approprl
ate term for th old "walking delegate,"
are mentioned they are Instinctively class!-
fled by tha average reader aa purelyma-
Elaborate Belts of Many
dellclou pinkish violet which wa exactly
tourmaline color.
This leather was finely studded In teel.
The buckle was of cut steel, but set with
cabochon tourmalines. Another belt In
blue of lapis lasull tone had borders of
steel studding and the buckle was a single
nv armm nssnsl
SOME N-EW BELT DESIGNS.
ni nt 1ar.la lfianlt w.rffr1 hv thteklv
' . . -- . -
ssa I B-kf,A m ass tk&sttaa t 9
If nn. Ia tM.mnl MK.Inllnn rt Ik.
. " - ' ' "-
active business msnager of a local that
weathered a strike of national Importance
la a woman and a slender attractive young
woman at that. For such la Mis Hilda E.
Bvenacn, secretary-treasurer of loral No.
1, Commercial Telegraphers' Vnlon of
America. numberln close to Ann men and
women employed In New York,
The fact that Miss Bvenson was rhwn
for this position, say Human Life, was
mora than an ordinary tribute, hrran.n
most of her fellow mfmbtTi are men, and
this la the first time In the history of the
union that a local consisting of a majority
of men baa elected a woman to such an
office. In this, moreover, the election was
unanlmoua. And the reason for It Waa that
when the great strike of telegraphers was
railed laat year. Miss Svenson not only
"walked out" with tha beat, but through
the weary months of waiting did picket
dlitv In front of the Posts.! Trlpffmnh
hlllMn, SVl. .. tiBu,,n. t. tor ih
eaue th worker evervwhereN
postal pay equal wages to men and wo-
mfn instead of the present rate of 120.35
a8 the maximum for men and $14.85 per
week for women.
From all parts of the country Miss Sven-
son's sister workers have sent her mes-
sages of congratulation on her election
which they regard as a recognition of her
efforts. She Is a member of the executive
committee of the Woman' Trade XTnlon
council and In that capacity distinguished
herself even during the stress of the teleg-
rapners sinae vy succesBiuuy Hims
strike of shirt waist makers. Her militant
attitude on labor questions backed up by
her executive ability marked her for the
"black list" according to her friends.
Hence It Is not as a novice that Miss
Svenson haa been elevated to her present
position. She looks after virtually all the
business of the local, which Involve the
nandIlnt. ot about $10,000 a year. Her office
m tne gT9Rt ginger building I one of the
busiest labor union centers In New York,
Atllj one future of Mis Svenson' work
there brlnga into play her womanly tact
arid diplomacy for she keep track of the
membership cards and thus Is frequently
called upon to find employment for
members,
Saying of Mr. Solomon,
An alleged confession of King Solomon's
seven-hundredth wife, translated by Helen
Howland, Jab a bunch of hatpins Into
ancient notion of the domestic order and
suggests modern Improvements. Listen:
Now, In Tyre there dwelt a woman, my
uaugnier, ana ner iiuBuaiiu w yuncui
devoted.
And j ,ad unto her marVellng: "This
Mng rea, iovej..
And aha replied saying: "Nay, It Is real
fear, por mny a man I a good husband
. , ., ,
Decause no aarein nut ue uuicrwiic.
-Beloved, matrimony Is like unto a drive
and I took the whip hand at the start.
Yea, marriage Is a thing in which but one
holdeth the rein and I grabbed them at
the altar. I quelled him with mine eagle
,v. n(1 returned him
bluff for bluff.
verily, I have made him to believe that
t ot,..w,.M..t.rK"i
And x questioned her, saying: "Where
doBt thou ,et the wherewithal for thy
pari gown?"
And she made answer: "When there Is
none other, I take the rent money. For I
have caused him to think that what I want
I must have. And he worketh overtime
that my desire may be fulfilled; for
thoughts are thing and my thought are
expenaive things.- And he knoweth
not
that ha hath been hypnotized.
"Lo every man Jaketn a woman at her
Kinds
fit nugly. On thl plain urfac a mono-
gram is engTaved and the belt should be
a narrow, plain band of ribbed webbing or
elastic
Very effective, too, and another example
of that deceitful simplicity which cost
,nore than much that 1 elaborately osten-
tatlous are the buckles of enamel on gold
or silver large ovals or circles formed by
half-Inch or Inch bands of the enamel In
pale blue, rich red, green, etc., with harrow
bordering line of the gold or silver.
Nouveau art buckles In many beautiful
designs, set with semi-precious stones, are
numerous, coral, topaz, chrysoprase, mala
chlte, Jade, clouded amber and a host of
other atone beautiful In coloring being
used for the purpose, and clever imltationa
Of these atones being used for buckles less
expenaive but almost aa effective.
Coral Is particularly charming in com
bination with dull sliver or steel and gray
leather, and there are, too, some unusual
and most artistic scheme worked out In
topaz, dull silver and gray leather.
Handsome buckles of rhlnestone on paste,
sometime very ornate of design and some
, times - of simplest
line and depending
upon the brilliancy
of the stones for ef
fect, are In every
collection of buckles
and occasionally one
finds colored brilli
ants and rhlneatones
combined, but these
buckles are more at
tractive in the even
ing than In the day
time, and, as belts
re not usually a
detail of evening
dress, these brilliant
buckles are not ao
practical as they are
beautiful, u n 1 e a s
they are put to other
than belt uses.
The ribbed web
bings or band
which are woven es
pecially for belts are
made In many lovely
colore and combina
tion of color, and
such bands In heav
ily ribbed black and
gold buckles. Us
ually tha band has a
black or plain color
center with an Inch
border of gold on
each side or alter-
Hittt. .!,.. n u i - .
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wiaa on the belt, but occaaionaliy ani finds
tha h. nil. m,t,u. in .. n .. i , . . i . .,
"'iui uesigns
Hfflf
M viM,lli;7.H' II SJJ""
nil r . i- k. i . i m m i 11,1: ;i : , . t. . n mi
I I Ik 111 -f-' - asrl mm
President Roosevelt had his most successful Bear Hunts in the vicinity of Alexandria, Loui
siana. Here the canebrakes and woods abound with bears, deer, turkeys and smaller game.
A winter home for the Sportsman, Northern Tourist and Pleasure Seeker, who may
here find Health, Recreation and Repose. This is a region made proverbially health
ful by the equable climate and invigorating breezes of the surrounding Pine Forests.
Guests will find every amusement that will add to their pleasure: Golf, Tennis, Fishing, Hunting,
Driving, Tramping, Horseback Riding through the Fragrant Pine Forests all make life worth living.
For furthtr information mrtto J. F. LETTON, Manager
r
to buy the baby's shoe shall be made to
do this for the rest of her days.
"Tea, a husband accepteth thee at thine
own valuation, and he cherlsheth anything
that cometh at a fancy price; but a cheap
wife ho holdeth In contempt even aa a
thing bought with trading stamps.
"Verily, verily. In wedlock there Is but
one throne, and she that climbeth thereon
at flrBt shall rule always. But she that
becometh a doormat shall be walked over
withal. And a little bluff worketh won
ders where great devotion faileth." Belah!
Chat About Women.
Mrs. Nora Stanton Blatch de Forest.
granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
titan ton, la said to be equipping a factory
at Newark, N. J., for the manufacture of
thVlcWCl.Cengmee7ing School of rnXi-
verslty, and since her marriage has been
studying electricity.
Brldicet Touhcy. 81 vears old. haa worked
for Mrs. J. Hood Wrlaht of New York Cltv
for fifty-one years. "She was more a mem-
Der ot tne rami!" than a servant, says
Mrs. Wright. "She waa the fir3t maid I
empioyeu niter my marriage, and from that
day until she left us, a year ago, to enter
the House of Divine Providence, she had
been a faithful servant and friend."
Miss Eva It. Shorev of Brldaton. Me., has
Just submitted a report to the Maine labor
bureau In regard to her Investigation of
the work of children In the mills. She says
tnat with families of six and ten children
fa rents, straining every nerve, cannot do
.HS,mpo,."i'ib!rt.-'nd ke?? .thf'r Chk"dren ,n
achool until they are 14 unless they have
some help, which should not be In the na-
ture or a charity.
Miss Mary McDowell of Chicago Is very
Indignant that any judge ahould think that
a man may not marry on a aalary of K a
week. New York needs to get a better
judge, she says. There are lots of men
marrying who earn $ a week, and alio does
not see how a man who earna a small sal-
ary Is any more excepted from the mutual
responsibilities of life than a rich man
would be.
Miss Helen Varlck Boswell is appealing
to the women of the country to help the
proposed children's bureau In Washington.
The purpose of the bureau as to get the
real facts about the children before the
people of the country, and she begs that
every woman would a!sk for facts as well
as sentimental reasons for her interest In
children. Miss Boswell Is the chairman of
FederiunifwSnffgaub.' VU,'ral mind to carry the Joke ns far as possible, the purpose of entertaining bridal couples.
Anna Wermuth, a woman who was known not nly "" her real name, but also This building contains twenty-two rooma,
for many years as the laundreas to the Bending along her picture, which, to her Including the bridal chamber. He Is now
emperor, died in the Home of the Aged In surprise, the paper "published. She re- past 75 years of age, but 1 UH active, be
fact"1 thart"Cshe waf'a boVn 'washerwoman! celved hundreds of letters from men ing enthusiastic about hi unique bualness.
In the revolution of 1848 she took part In who vowed that they were already in love He meets all trains from Virginia and ear
th wouVidSel8o'u"lonli "cl8 hur"h f' wltn Uie C0lnely nurse and could not live rles on his arm from three to four urn
she directed the work f the" organheed ''thout her, while some of the aspirants brellas as a means of accommodating his
washerwomen, and for years, on occasions for Mrs. Kmerson's hand went to Brock- patrons with shelter in the event of a
various guuus purauea, always
lrl Thi) wnniAn rf lir ....lll.iiv L
Ten years ago two eneraetlc vounar wmiipn
decided to open a tea room In Welleslev
vlllatte, where the college students could
get luncheon if they desired or take after
noon tea. It wa so successful that a cor
poration was formed, outsiders putting
money lino i iih enterprise, xsow the cor
poration nul
'tU'Tudit u'quUelour.i;:
Inn curnorat
Ing business. It Is now a college club
house and the women at the heud of the
organization are very proud of its success.
Leaves from Fashion's Notebook.
Cameos mounted In filigree gold make
popular armlet, ao does Chinese Jade set
in silver or guld, and its rival atone, the
chrysophrasc.
Some pretty new back combs for hlonif
hulr have tei th of very light yellow horu
or amber and carved toi s of a darker
shade of the same material.
Tne girl who muHt have several white
wash waists during the season will find
choice. It saves laundry bills, for it doca
not need Ironing.
Morn and .more bewildering grow the
way and mean of arranging the Bcarfx.
alluring! especially asVliey gTve" a 'ugg"
tion of youthf ulness.
The new harness collirs of white fox
are exceedingly pretty and constantly worn
by smart women over evening wraps.
They run to a point in front, and ire
croHsed with heads and tails .tt the back.
The sutln-flnlsh cloths, particularly broad-
cloth or prunella or Venetian, which have
taken on added luster, are utilised for
tailored nuita, and very largely fur after-
noon dress, while thinner materials, as
cai-homire de sole, cachemlre crepe, silk
yuiiv. t.m.i... limn, uiiuin.il un, iiuimaui,
mirolr. reop and innumerable tissues.
chiffons. mouKHelines and tulles ln various
states and atages of elaboration are used
fur more formal gowning.
Never has there been more natural look
ing made flowers, or a greater variety of
them. In addition to the ever present rose
and chryaantuemum are violets, orcnids,
rarmttions. maidenhair fern and many other
kinds. They are freeh and almost dewey
in appearance, and It would take an expert
to discover that they were not real. In aome
cases. Perhaps the most successful and
novel of these Imitations -sre the cirna
tlons and orchids, the coloring of which
is exquisitely copied.
When gld cloth waa lntndiiced Into
fashion foi frocks some years ago It waa
fcunil harsh and unlx-comlng. So It fell
out of favor. This season the weavers
have learned how to turn out wondrous
cloth of K'lld that is as supple and grace
ful as gauxe. It can readily be worn for
The ultra smart thing is to own such a
srown cut on straight line in mediaeval
fashion, for. this Is what the new empire
U rapidly becoming.
At (be Crossroads.
"Why do you object to Mrs. Brown for
postmistress?"
"I object to her 'csuse I know she'd
delsy the distribution of th' malls."
"How o?"
"Yml know 1at tt a well T rti 4h
she'd have to read every postcard that
came into ttr orrice; an- ahe uiways
iMtalur.
'ii.
AkfJuttly Firmproof. rcti ml m cost mf $780,000.00
TWO HUNDRED kana.osaely furnl.heJ room, sing I or
en salt; 175 with private bath. Hot and cold rwnnjng
water in oach room. Every convenience that appeals to
; a inn
r tn
rt n a Bjc
Fint&t A7n-o7
Hunt Bears in
Curious and Romantic Courtships
ewlyveda tn Iteality.
New
BORQE M'MANUS, the
G
York artist who created the
Newlyweds, Panhandle Pete,
the Jolly Jolly Girls and many
other comic series, was mar
ried December 23 to Miss Flor
ence Bergere, the original of "Mrs. Newly
wed." The ceremony was performed at
the Hotel Belleclalic In New York City.
Mr. McManus had been keeping his com-
Ing marriage a secret. He had planned to
"T. 7 .7 ? 1
Clellan, but, learning that the secret was
out, he decided to wed at once.
Mr. McManus said he was 27, an artist,
and that he lived at the Hotel Bayard.
Miss Bergere said she was 22 and lived at
224 West Forty-ninth street. Both said
they were born In St. Louis.
Mr. McManus met Miss Bergere four
year ago when she waa appearing aa one
of the Jolly Jolly Girls In the original
"Panhandle Pete" company. He got her
o nose for him and as a result he crnatori
? Tor - ,, ' "? , he created
l" vmi, a .cue. wnn.ii ran
with success,
Inspired by this success, McManus had
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her pose for him again and this time Mrs.
Newiywea was tne reauit.
$
Joke Win 'Widow n New Hasband.
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An advertisement Inserted as a Joke In a
Boston matrimonial paper recently won
Mrs. Fannie Eleanor Emerson, a nurse,
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of Brockton. Masa., a well-to-do husband,
The marriage ceremony waa performed
n Groton, Vt., In the parsonage of the
First Baptist church, and the bridegroom
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wa orK I-amphere. The romance be-
gan about four months ago, when Mrs.
Kmerson accepted the dare of friends to
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ln8ert t,,e advertisement for a husband,
She waa at first Inclined to sign an as-
n,,m nnma i.i.t finaitv m.ii i.r.
ton for a personal Interview.
K Matrimonial Mlsun.
Bewildering relationships among members
of two East Finley, Pa., township families
have resulted from the marriages of a
fa.ther and hla two sons and a widow and
her two uht'r.. The three ceremonies
ncie crifurjiru wiiiuu mr mm iwu iihiiiiiih.
Henry Dillinger, an aged farmer, whose,
second wife died nearly a year ago, en
gaged Mrs. Maria Richmond aa his house-
keeper. It was agreed that two daughtera
of Mrs. Richmond, Lucy, aged 1, and
Jennie, aged 19, should live In the Dillinger
home with the father and his two sons,
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Afler Ul"e the aged farmer married
I.uey Richmond, and the two families con-
tlnued to occupy the same house. A few
weeks after the first marriage Mrs. Rich-
mond bpo,e ' wif ' David Dillinger.
the older son. Jennie Richmond and
Charles Dillinger next were stricken with
the matrimonial fever and we e married
last e('k- Tne thr famWe now live
in the East Finley township home of the
elder Dillinger, all, apparently, happy and
contented. '
. BahMl ...
i.ongooni t-orniuaen to vea.
There i a hitch In the preparation for
Tom I.ongboat'a wedding, which was to
have taken place amid spectacular tea-
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tures ln Mj3s')r hall. Toronto, December
2s- before 6,000 people. It was discovered
mat me inuian sprinter is still a heathen
that is, he lias never accepted Chrla
tianlty.
bo arrangements were made to lead
hi 111 Into the Christian religion through
Anglican portals chosen by Canon Creeg
gan of Deseronto, the church to which
longboat's Indian fiancee, Lauretta Mara-
cle, belongs. But Archbishop gweatnian
takes the ground that Longboat has given
no evidence of conversion to Christianity,
and therefor Is still a heathen. His grace
haa forbidden the clergy from many Ing
Longboat at Masscy hall pr any other
place.
The predicament I unpleasant (nr Long
boat and his fiancee, for at rernt na
minister seems Hilling under the clrcum-
stances to undertake the Job.
l"goot and hi manager. Flannagan,
were hustling about Toronto looking for a
parson, for Flannagan said:
"Tom must be married.'
Winning Sailor Welshes.
Because Anna Dugan ot Denver, aged II,
made use of an ancient plan to determine
which of three suitors should become her
husband, Andrew Yutsjw, upon whom her
choice fell, refuse to take her, and Annie,
through her father, ha resorted to law,
Fur some time Yotsuw has been paying
th most exacting natron.
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Ideally titaated )
in mm ramoat rjfic.
BELT OF LOUISIANA
Coif Coar in th South
Louisiana
court to MIb Dugan. But all the time six
would not give him an answer, until finally,
several weeks ago, she told him that she
waa going to have a birthday party, and tt
a certain thing happened she could be hi
wife.
All their friends wa there. Girl friends
of Annie and male friends of Andy. There
wa much giggling a Annie drew forth
three candles, lighted them, and placed
them on a board. She wouldn't tell what It
would be, but declared that there would
be " t0re ff '0me M'
The candle burned and the girl gig
gled, and three of the boy all looked
glum, for each one of them had something
big at stake, although not one of them
knew it. Finally, one after another of th
candle burned out, and only one remained.
Then Annie announced ' that under each
candle wa the name of a certain young
man, and she would marry the one whose
name was under th candle that burned
the longest. Andy' candle had survived
them all
Yotsow did not see the Joke, and de
clared that he did not want to be herded
together with a lot of other suitor. When
th wedding ceremonies were arranged ho
did not appear. Now Annie haa sued him,
and will force the wedding.
Record of a Marrying Parson.
Rev. Alfred Harrison Burroughs, known
aa the "wizard parson," of Bristol, Tenn.,
because of the remarkable record he ha
made at marrying people, closed the year
1906 with a record ot 2,811 ceremonies in
eighteen years. This represents the number
who have eloped from Virginia and West
Virginia to be married In Tennessee, where
the laws are more favorable for the mar
riage of minors.
Mr. Burroughs had a hotel erected for
shower.
I'll ATI I. K UK T11K VOl MtiSTKHS.
tine day at school small LiOla waa calleu
upon to explain the difference between cli
mate and weather.
"Climate," answered the little miss, "l
what we have v.lth u all the time, but
weather only last a few days."
Helen's mother passed her the cake, and
when the little one went to reach across
the plate for the largest piece her mamma
ald: "Alwaya take the piece nearest to
J'ou, dear."
"Well, then, turn the plat around," was
the answer.
"Mamma," said little Elsie, "do men over
o to heaven?"
"Why. of course, my dear. What make
'u ask?"
"Because I never seen any picture of
angel with whisker."
"Well." said the mother thoughtfully,
"some men do go to heaven, but they get
there by a close shave."
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Ma"t'r Wnr- "" '" th .oft
portion of Ms toast t breakfast and plied
the crust on hla plate. "When I wa a
little boy " remarked his father "I always
te the cruat of my toat "
inn irmii ui my loasi.
-Did you Ilk them?" asked the llttl fel-
low, cheerfully.
"Ye" reDlled the narent
"You may have these," replied Master
Walter,' pushing his plale across the table.
The Delineator,
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Hold It where It la, or take off om
You can do either without disturbing your
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get one uf the extra Urge case of alif
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these statements are not to be dnnlod, fur
the tablets are an exact duplicate of th
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Oi.e-half ounce MurnioU. S ounce Fluid
Extract Cascara Aromatic and SVt ounce
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wiunr lo ft tUasa.