THE BKE: OMAIIA, "SATUKDAY, JULY 3, 1909.
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M)w High Grade Women's Suits
Worth up to 560.00
on Salo Saturday at OlllUff d
Now comet the final clearance of Princess Cloak & Snit Co. Ws will
not ko into details describing tbete tuiu. It Is our first season in
Omaha, consequently we have no old styles to dispose of. Remember
it la the Princess Cloak & Suit Co. that makes this offer, and the thou
sands Of women with discriminating tames for dress and unfaltered
Judgment of values will uke advantage of this sale, and if you want to
be one of them rou must come early. Extra salespeople to wait on you.
.Remember your choice of any suit in stock at
BUSTS
formerly priced up to $60.00.
Princess Cloak & Suit Co.
Management Goodyear Raincoat Company
S. E. Cor. 16th & Davenport
STORY OF THE MOCCASIN
Meaning of the Patterns of the In
dian'i Footwear.
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SIQUITICAIICE OP THE SYMBOLS
DiMTriM of GTraiiit Solawtleta
BMk Vm.tr mt XwwmIu Telle
s- Its Owm ttorr, hat It Is
's Of tea But te Bead.
Government scientists have been study-
mg the toMslnf of the pattern worked In
bead and qui Us upoa Indian moocastns
and have learned some Interesting things
about them. It fca long been known that
. , r early all nattv Indian deooradoa la aynv
'; bollo m WH e ornamental, but tt was
only lately thai the wncMtn patterns
were 4iaooered to hare special airnia-
ceaoe. .
The India artist's largest canvas was a
buffalo rob. Ja his tneooaaln decoration
ha waa oonflned to the space of a email
piece of buckskin. Cpon this the picture
story, or the signs which stood for the
picture story, bad to be shown to quills or
beads, a not very free or plaatlo medium.
Classes of symbols had ' to be irrvented
for the mocassin, and the Indian decorator,
who even In his freest field only tndtoeted
the whole by a part, was here reduced to
his least dimension Nevertheless, he con
trived to represent upon the humble- field
of the foot covering- his favorite deVtoes
aad emblems, ranging from the sun, moon,
clouds, man, eto., to the unostentatious
worm.
. Bach pair of moooasln tells Its wn
story, for no two pairs, If they are oC na
tive Indian design, are exactly a Ilka The
student finds among" the moccasins of'ths
" Anpehoe the dragon fly, the crawfish, the
scorpion; the worm, the caterpillar, the
oentipede. the butterfly, though the ordi
nary observer would never think these ob
jects were Intended to be represented.
Deetpherlnar in Hems,
florae of the designs puasle even the ex
po ta Thus there are three separate and
. .distinct slwns for the bear's foot, ranging
In appearance to the uninitiated from
an oven to a three-pronged fork, And It
further Appears that theee symbols of the
bear's foot are found only among- the Aran
ahoee, and are all different from the em-
blems 6f the same object In use among the
tribes of the northwest coast
Many persons have aeen the painted
geometric effect of alternate oolor squares
on a moccasin front and have probably
. thought the design merely jreometrlo. But
In so doing they would be following a
white man's rend of thought and not an
Indian's. The latter la designed to convey
the idea of the coating of the buffalo's
Intestine or stomach. The moccasin sign
for the buffalo that Is, the entire
animal, among the Arapahoes la simply a
plain, solid colored rectangla
For depleting- the human eye upon his
moccasins the Arapahoe had his own Ideas.
One of his methods for representing the
windows of the soul upon his shoes was
a solid colored restaogls In a larger open
ona 6 till another was something re
sembling a small flight of steps, and etui
another was Just a plain rectangle with'
out any bother at alU Bometlmeo boo the
eye In inflicted by a rectangle,
The triangle Is a much need symbol. Two
triangles Joined mean a woman, or It may
mean a butterfly In some of the south
western tribes. The signs used to Indicate
man among the Arapahoes alone are varied.
Thus the lord of creation alone be repre
sented by a loeenge shaped figure, a cross,
a cantaetio delineation suoh as a youthful
pupU might employ to Indicate his teacher,
or erven merely a dot.
ome Aehltrssry Kesalsga
A triangle with the point downward
stands for the heart! with the point up
ward It may mean a tent, a tepee or a
mountain. A series of triangle or notches
may stand for clouds. A simple cross of
straight lines may mean a etar or the
morning star. ' I
lA line of little squares means tracks,
Whldh may be buffalo tracks, deer tracks,
or what not When the Initiated one reads
an Indian moooasln story be reeds a short-
hand In whloh the characters are synco
pated pictures.
What makes the task mere difficult tor
the scientists is the faot that the abbrevia
tions vary among- the different tribes, and
sven In the eame tribe. Aa one of the
ethnology bureau eevperts esidi
"Wei are willing; te put eurservee In the
frame of mind whloh we entertain when
we visit a Chinese theater. We are per
haps able to feel when the chief aotor
makes a sweep of hie leg- that he is after
that on horseback. Bat we demand of all
Chinese theaters that this horseback sign
shall be the same, or at least It mast al
ways be the same In this one theater.
.'"We Instinctively ask that theee sym
bols, these thought condensations shown on
Indian moccasins, shall be the same la all
the tribe. Even with our experience we
oannot rid ourselves entirely of our white
methods of thought"
The Sioux, makes one m none tin sign for
buffalo, elk. bear or some other simple ob
ject. The Indian of the northwest coast
makes a simple wavy line to Indicate the
hade of the forest or of a tree, but a
double wavy line lndloatee lightning-- In
.many tribes east of the Rocky mountains
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FLAG
Silk and cotton flags in all sizes, mounted on sticks or with
metal grommets for flag C . flifi A
FLAG BUNTING, by the yard 40
Ail in. namznocxs
iwwtb. up to HQ.
11.60. at.....yoc
All the I Ham
mocks, at.....
50
All the $1.60
Hammocks, at.
'4TH OP JULY" SALE OP HAMMOCKS
All tbe H.I5 Hammocks,
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All the $S. 60 Hammocks, j
198
350
TimEE SPECIALS IN BASEMENT SATURDAY
Men's summer un
derwearshirts and
drawers, worth up to
76e..25J nd 334
lien's and Boys' Neg
ligee shirts, worth
;tt,.0.... i9c
Men's 11.00 shirts tn
basement, , 1Q
at, each TeC
In Sheet Musio Desarimertt East Arca.de
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Extra flpeclal for Batur
day, "Red Wing" f f
song for 1UC
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Yen Kid Catchiest pop
ular song of the day-
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Mow I Have TooA new
somi-classlo ballad. Hear
it sung Saturday, JCg
IThe new Indian song bit shines above all the others.
The original melody accounts for Its Immense popu-
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BRAWDEIS STORES
The heat makes no difference, crowds
attend dally the great clearance sale at
Kflll trfc 'S'tfolLrCS Where room is rapidly being made for the workmen. Lime' and .dust
lllijPllI O does not improve dry goods. As we near the end of improvement sale
Price cutting goes deeper
We will make merry with the mens
Saturday we will sell SUITS. If you need anything
line, take a tip from us.
COME IN THE MORNING EARLY.
Linen Coat Suits and Dresses, sold up to $22.50; Sat
urday at $12.50.
Linen Coat Suits and Dresses, sold up to $16.50; Sat
urday at $9.90.
linen Coat Suits and Dresses, sold up to $10.00, Sat
urday at $0.50.
Linen Coat Suits and Dresses, sold up to $8.50; Sat
urday at $4.95.
A lot of fine Tailor-made Suits, man tailored, splendid
workmanship which sold up to $37.50 will go Satur
day at $14.75.
Just a few Silk and Wool Suits not the very latest
Btyte pleated skirts, will be found worth more than the
asking price for the suits. They did sell at $35.00; Satur
day at $9.50.
A lot of lace, silk taffeta and Covert Jackets sold
away up to $22.50; some will go at $7.50, at $5.00, at $3.98
and down to $2.98.
Stylish new summer coats, made of nets, laces, em
broidered taffeta silks and pongees; marked one-half and
less for Saturday. ,
You can take away for $L50 eton, lace or braided Coats
which were at one time $16.50.
One lot of Children's Linen Coats, 6izes 8 to 12 years,
values $5.00 will go on Saturday at $1.50.
Lawn waists a little mussed, some slightly soiled
worth up to $2.50, will go Saturday at 95o.
Take your pick Saturday from our high grade Panama
Skirts, and voiles worth up to $13-50, at $7.45 each.
All the made-to-order
skirts went out in a cou
ple of hours. And the
wool dress goods is going
rapidly. If you have an
account, and wish to buy
for early fall, upon re
quest we will charge
dress goods, bought at
this sale as August 1st,
making bill due Septem
ber 1st A reasonable de
posit paid on any pur
chase and we will hold
goods for any buyer until
later.
Remember the en
tire Dress Goods
Stock is offered for
sale without any reservation.
goods Saturday, five entire lines of
mens shirts and drawers, all sizes,
formerly sold at 50c and 75c, on Satur
day, one price, 35c
$L00 Union Suits, 79c.
S1.50 Union Suits, $L15,
$2.00 Union Suits, SL39,
Fashioned Suits, $L69
Long sleeves, short sleeves, knee or
ankle lengths, the Shirts will go on salcj
Socks will not escapej and there will be
a merry scramble for the Neckwear
One section given over to a sale of Women's Vests:
120 quality at 8y2c; 19c quality at 12c; 25o quality at 19c;
35c quality at 25c; and the 50c grade at 39c
A lot of handsomely trimmed lisle and mercerized
Vests, sold up to $1.00, on sale Saturday 59c
Saturday we will offer for sale a splendid line of wo
men's gauze mercerized Stockings in tans, pinks, skys,
lavenders, niles, navys, roses, oxbloods, at 25o a pair.
Again, we beseech you for your comfort, and ours
also trade in the mornings if you can.
Flhiomas IrKilpatrlcIk . Co
Uie single wavy line means soaks, whloh
again may symbolise wisdom and power.
The original symbolism of the moocesln
has been considerably modified In resent
times. The Indian has abandoned much of
his aoolent symbello art and has followed
the white man's patterns, flowers, erosses,
rosettes and soroUs. The half-breed'a In-
fluenoe and the mission school tnflueocs
extend deeply Into the native art of every
tribe today, although Miss Da Costa, the
native teaoher ef Indian deooraUve art
at Carlisle, Is endeavoring to revive all
the ancient aymbollo designs,
II e liaflewtn tVaseo.
It your meeeaslne, probably bought on
soma reservation, or at some collec
tion store, show a Dower pattern,
It Is certain that they are not of anolent
design and are not typtoal of Indian art.
The Indian woman might represent the
intestinal treat of the buffalo, tout she
never Imitated the prairie sunflower or
the wild rose.
It has been an interesting feature ef the
moooasln studies to dlsoovsr If among this
most varied and abbreviated type of In
dian symbolism there are any signs of uni
versal significance among the different
tribes. There iave not been found many
uun sign, ingvfa mere mrm mvmm iisuree
or symbols which appear to have a widely
aceepted meaning-.
Perhaps your pair of old mooeastns may
show a straight, narrow line in quills or
beads, extending from the toe to the up
per portion. This decoration may be found
In a Cree or Blackfoot or Cheyenne or
atoux. Crow or Arapahoe shoa It will not
ooour invariably, but will often appear.
This straight line seems to have about the
same significance In alt the tribes, mean
ing the path of the sun, the path of life,
the way to a destination. It seems also
to he the sign of departure of going
somewhere.
Possibly the owner of a pair of mocca
sins has noticed thereon, as upon many
decorated buffalo robea, certain cross lines
done in beads or quill work. These lines
ty mean different things, but In proper
relations to ether lines they seem to in
dicate among many tribe the eame thing;
that is to say, paths or trails usually In
the older specimens, of the buffalo. Even
after the practical extinction of the bui-
fale the symbols indicating that animal
signified abundance and plenty, and raw
moooasln signs occur more frequently.
The figure denoting the four winds, or
four cardinal points, usually takes the form
of a cross with llrrrbs of equal length and
ems not to be confined to any one tribe.
At ttmee the cross takes the form of the
swastika
Iadtaa Interprets Pletare.
One of the government scientists asked
an Indian to interpret a certain piece of
decoration. The latter said that the
straight lines meant straight paths, a good
life, and that the cross shown meant the
morning star. The streak of red at the
edge meant the rising of the sun, the little
tittle uianglee along the bottom of the pat
tern indicated clouds, etc.
The thunder- bird, or eagle, swears here
and there In the moccasin patterns of
nearly all the plains tribes in ths form of
a more or lees elaborated figure based on
the double trlangla A few sharp lines at
the bottom of thla flsure change It Into a
swallow, that being the simple method of
denoting the stiff tall feathers of ths
latter.
The eagle figure has almost aa wide a
elgnlflcanae ee the rows of squares indi
cating animal tracks or the transverse
straight lines which mean patha The
Arapahoes denote the bird of the sun upon
their moccasins by aa Inverted pyramid,
a figure like a carpenter's square, and
across of which each arm la formed of
double linea
It la a notable fact that the esperts of
the Bureau of Ethnology bow know mare
about moccasin signs than do the Indians
themseivea Indeed It is said that if you
took your moccasins back to ths tribe
which produced them eoaroeiy two Indians
would be found to read their symbvltam
el!ka "Ah, It waa s woman of another
tribe, who married here, made them. She
make them like her awn people'," U
at-ut all ths satisfaction to be expected.
The color symbolism la moccasins has
pusaled the scientists not a little. The
arbitrary establishment of symbols seems
never to have contemplated any sort of
universal color signification. Red in many
inoes denotes life. man. braverv. ths male
child. Tellow Indicates the sun, green the
verdant earth, white the arid plains. The
Pawnee n-redlaJne ' man wore black mm.
caelna to denote wisdom and power. -
SETTLING FOR A MAN'S ARM
How tbe Unsophisticated Victim Was
Victimised by I ademn.lt y
Company.
A tregleatly true and pathetle story is
published In the July American Magaslne.
It Is an account of a man a Dane who
lost his arm In a tannery and of how hi
employer treated blm afterward. What
lends particular Interest to the Incident is
that it la told by the lawyer employed by
the indemnity oompany with whom the
crippled man's employers were insured.
Toe following Is ths story in part:
"He was a Dane and had been in this
oountry but a year. In Denmark he had
been a master butcher earning the equlva
lent of It per day. With his wife and one
child he had come to America In tbe hope
of bettering his condition, and had taken
tbe first work offered in the olty to whloh
he earn a This work was manual labor at
a meohlne used tn a tannery for removing
the hair from hldea Tbe hldee are treated
in vats, then removed heavy and dripping,
and thrown over the machine whloh la In
ths form ef an inclined plane running down
and away from the operator. Baok and
forth over thla plane, whloh is flexible,
runs a knife roller, revolving rapidly,
whloh cleans ths hair from the hide. This
whirling eylinder Is controlled by a lever
near at hand, whloh stops, starts and
chances Its direction.
'Dans had worksd at this machine sev
eral month swlthout accident One day he
saw a lap in a hlds as the cylinder came
upward, he reached for the lever and so
est It that tb, cylinder should have
stopped. As bs qid so, and relying on Its
proper action, he reached over to
straighten ths hlds with his left hand.
Ths maohlne did not obey the lever, the
eylinder armed with its swiftly revolving
knives, cams upward and in a twinkling
had chewed and deetroyed his arm to ths
elbow. The surgeons saved part of the
stump of arm which remained.
"Ths man was taken to ths hospital.
thence to his horns, and was treated by
the employer's physioian. His wages were
oontlnued, and within six weeks, though
scarcely able, he returned for work and
waa set to piling bark tn ths yard.
' Matters went on as usual for a few
months, then, at the request of the lia
bility company which insured the employer,
the superintendent of the factory asked
Danet In a matter-of-course way, to sign
a paper releasing ths employer from all
liability for tbe loss of ths arm. Hs re
fused, asked for time; friends had advised
hire not to do so, hs said. Ths liability
oompany then asked for a full Investiga
tion by their local attorney.
"The evidence was Investigated, ths
frleuds and fellow workmen acre Inter
viewed and statements mads by them re
duoed to writing. Tbtn, It being the policy
of thes concerns to buy claimants off if
it can bs done cheaply enough, their at
torney was authorised to pay blm UA
less the arret nt already expended for his
doctor, hospitsl bills, and wagea wbils not
working. These Items amounting to ,17150.
It left the mugriricent sum of l 77.50 to bs
paid to this man as ths net price of his
arm.
"I am ths lawyer In ths case, and I con
fess It with sbama I mads the offer, but
he refuted It, saying that he had seen a
lawyer who advised a suit, offering to
accept as his fee one-half of all that was
recovered (geuerous soul!). After several
interviews he offered to accept 00 as full
payment. His offer, of course, was laughed
at most scornfully and promptly refused
as ulterl absurd. I told him of fhs great
resources of ths company, the attorneys
paid to fight such claims, the law's de
lays and expense. lie did not know or
the liability company's interest and sup
posed the settlement would come from his
employer. He became silent and reflective,
and his eyes held a fugitive gleam, it
was then that be said, as he raised his
face( 'Mister, dese t'lngs go hart on the
wlnimln.
"Th llahllltv eomDanv meantime had
iibmI hn last arguments, had reduced the
offer, and had Instructed the employer to
thraivtan Dana with discharge unless hs
eooepted a settlement promptly. He came
to me again, and, hardening my neart, j.
tnlii him bluntlv that the offer was now
toOO, whloh means dsduotlng what had al
ready been paid out for blm, that he would
reoelve $157.50. I thought he paiea slightly
aa I spoke to him, and as hs sat with face
half averted.
"He finally accepted the aum offered,
signed a full release, and his personality
and troubles passed from my Ufa
"His employers should have seen jonn
Dane's helpless look and heard the sigh
in his voice as he rose to leave me and
get back to the work that made his
shoulder ache, for his last words werc(
No, we can't go baok to Denmark now if
we had the fare money. I found oud
since I wass heer that cripples can't coma
unless dey are rich.' Meaning, I pre
.,.,r,a that bonds must be given or de
posits made to protect tbe country against
the danger of their Decerning puuue
charges.
"Tss, truly he had abundant cause for
being depressed. In this land of freedom
and hope to which he naa come wnn
buoyant heart he had been driven to sell
ono of the arms with whloh he had aup
ported wlfs and child for 1.50. In ths
name of God, have we forgotten that
greatest of commandments, 'Love on an
other r "
Toraado'e TerrlOe Force,
Bach day brines to llht some new freak
of the tornado which caused death and
destruction in Georgia a few days ago.
As an evidence of the freakish force of
the wind a big pine tree and a large
plank on the property of the Hon. S. la..
Koberts, about twelve miles from here,
are now joined as if done by an expert
carpenter.
Although the tree was a large one, ths
plank was pkoked up and driven through
the center as neatly as If shot from a
gun. Not only was ths plank shot through
the tree but It went through without
tearing the trea
The plank was picked up In the yard of
Mr. Roberts' sawmill, and other planks In
the pile were not molested by the wind.
Bo singular does Mr. Huberts consider this
action of the tornado, that he has posted a
notice telling how the plank, was driven
through the big pine and ordering that It
ball not bs cut down. Atlanta Georgian.
RUSHING""THE CAN CUT OUT
Steel Mill Employes Pat ea tbe
Water Waa-oa Darin Work
Hoars.
The United States steel corporation has
taken a determined stand against Its
workmen drinking liquor. Within the last
woek there have been posted In all the
big mills of the Pittsburg and Ohio dis
tricts notioes that workmen once entering
the mills to work will not be allowed to
leave until they are through their day's
work. Thsre Is no reference to "boose,"
but the managers and superintendents
speak their minds plainly.
Ths corporation has found that much
time has been lost dally by the work
men leaving for a few minutes to go
out and get a drink, perhaps several
times a day. In addition to thla, thoas
In dlrsot charge of the men say they
do hot do as good 'work when they are
allowed to fill themselves with drink, and
so ths order Is Imperative.
The order permits of but one claaa of
men leaving the mill. Thoss who live
near the works and who have been In
the habit of going home for their meals
will be permitted to continue this, but
thsy will be allowed to go only at meal
time, when they will have special per
mits issued to pass guards posted at all
line exits. Quietly, too, tbe men who
Uke their meals at home have been
approaohed and asked not to take a
drink while they are out for their meals.
The corporation appears to want to
ran the mills hereafter on a striotly
temperance basts. Numerous instances
of spoiled work tn the last few ysars
have been traced to workmen who have
been in the habit of going outside for
their drinks at any time thsy feel like
It Until now nettber corporation nor
mill bosses have objected.
Many man havs been discharged in the
last week on being found carrying liquor
Into the nulls In bottles. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Quick Action for Tour Money Ton get
that by using The Bee advertising columns.
LONG WAIT FOR PAY DAY
Checks Promlalnar a Ghost Walk Sev
eral Thoasaad Years
Hence.
Checks that are not payable for 17,101
years are the objects of contention In a
suit brought tn Oakland, Cel., by A. S.
Gotthellf against Andrew 3. Bowman, ai
administrator of the estate of his wife,
Barah E. Bowman.
The checks were signed by Gotthellf and
made payable to Mrs. Bowman. The first
of them Is on the First National Bank of
Oakland for U.M0 and bears ths date
March Is, 190g. It Is endorsed as follows:
"Payable March 1, 19010." Tbe rest of
them are as follows: Ootober , U0S, 1800,
payable October , 19010; November t, uos,
11,000, payable November I, 19010; January
1 190S, $1,000. payable 1011; January 11,
1809, $1,009, payable January 11, 19011.
Besides these checks, there ie ooe given
by Ootthellf to Mrs. Bowman for t&OO, bear
ing date February I, 1909, but ne mention
of waiting 17,000 yeara for presentation.
Another check that Is Involved was given
by Gotthellf and his wife to Mrs. Bowman
for $1,600.
Gotthellf, who is proprietor of a cloak
house In Oakland, wants these checks sur
rendered to him and canceled, as hs says
be paid Mra Bowman the money they rep
resent, either In cash or services. The
checks were placed In two envelopes, one
inside the other, and on one of them Mrs.
Bowman wrote: "This is the property of
A. B. Gotthellf. No one is open to It but
himself." But Bowman got possession of
the checks after his wlfs's dsath and listed
them among the assets of ths sstata Mrs.
Bowman died April 13 of this year, Gott
hellf contends that the checks were can
eeled by delivery to him. He asks the court
to issue an injunction forbidding Bowma
to negotiate the instruments and for aa
order that thsy bs delivered to him ens'
declared void as obligations against him
Mrs. Gotthellf mads a soene in the pro
bate court when Bowman offered th
checks ss assete and cried aloud: "May th
curees of God fall upon the man who falle
to respect the wlahee of a dying woman. "
6an Francisco Call,
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ment plan ef home loans is surest cbeapi
est Quickest Nebraska Bavlna-a and Lass
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