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What the Women Are Doing
r. Itobert Wwl Prmry
N a nrrsonal sketch of Mn.
1.1 penry. wife of the polar ex
I I I plorsr. Margaret B. Downing
I 1 tell many Incidents of an Inter
esting career, and quotes the
Joyful sentiments expressed
over the attainment of the goal of her hus
band's ambition.
"I coma to Washington," Mrs. Peary said,
"with a feeling of relief after any kind of
adventure through which I have passed.
Getting back to jour old neighbors, to your
old friends, to your own Jevel, as It were,
gives a restful sensation. Every one here
knos all about mo, and I feel free with
that sense of speculation which agitates
every stranger one meets when one's name
IS on the lips of many. I must confess to
becoming a little ,weary of this publicity
and somtlmes I ask why I belong to this
affair at all. Allowing that every right
minded person desires fame, or. at least
tolerates It when It comes, I must plead
that nearly every woman would prefer to
have her home, her husband and her chil
dren more her own property. The rol of
the woman who waits In agonizing sus
pense has been so often assigned to me
that I begin to think that I fill it actually
InHtead of by the graco of those who sketch
my character. I often ask what could I
do but wait. I went one to the frozen
north, but such an experience as that twice
In one short lifetime waa not to b con
sidered." Mrs. Peary wields a graceful pen, and
her graphic account of life In the north
has passed Into the literature of that
region, and, besides recording a record of
absorbing Interest, It has a scientific value.
With a thorough training in letters as well
as science, Mrs. Teary Is la the position
which the wives of few explorers
have been. Not only can she sympa
thize with her husband's aspirations, but
she can fully comprehend all his difficul
ties, compute his labors and appreciate the
measure of success which ha come to re
ward his patient efforts. Though she mod
estly disclaims any expert knowledge of
polar explorations, Mrs. Peary devoted
much time to a subject which only from
an objective standpoint can have any In
terest for women. She has read practi
cally the entlro literature on the subject.
She can narrate all that prsvious explorers
accomplished In the far north, how far they
went, what new land they discovered, their
adventures and their modu of life. Natur
ally she has absorbed all that relates to the
native customs and to the sparse plant
life, and her conversation Is often enliv
ened by little touches of the domestic
methods among the . Eskimos and the pe
culiarities of nature.
She is frequently Invited to lecture her
self, as she has a fine delivery and easy
conversational way of bringing Interest
ing facts' to the front. She belongs to sev
eral clubs and has always been gracious
about contributing her part to their enter
tainments. Personally Mrs. Peary Is a
pleasant woman, with a frank countenance
and a direct, bUHlnesslike way of getting
at the bottom of things. She is Immensely
proud of her husband, but she prefers not
to have him the topic of conversation at
every gathering where she appears. She
Is tactful about avoiding this without of
fending her questioners. She Is fond of
her home and takes untold pleasure In the
family union which she cow enjoys. A
more capable housewife cannot be Imag
ined, for she was reared by Industrious,
practical parents of the old school and of
German descent. She can cook and sew
and do everything about a house which
may be necessary to do, and she can do all
this well.
She takes a deep Interest In her cull
nary department and few women can show
more successful results where her varied
avocations permit her to perform these
wonders herself. Mrs. Peary takes a pro
found Interest In the education of her chil
dren, and, owing to the nomadic life she
has been compelled to lead for some years
past, she has given It a personal super
vision. She has also been the teacher of
her little son.
.Million for Feathers.
There Is testimony that one commercial
plum hunter In Florida boasted of having
In one season made a kill of 125,000 birds,
saya a writer In Everybody's. All the col
lections In thla country and Europe, caged
or stuffed, do not embrace as many skins
as are sold for millinery in one London
auction and there are several London auc
tlona In a year. Do you know that Imports
of millinery feathers to this country are
valued at about $11,000,000, while the valua
tion of diamond imports at the last census
was only about $12,000,000? Of course.
hawks, crows, owls, black buzzards kill
other birds or cat their eggs, or young
The dog, the cat, the alligator, the mon
geose and the fox must be found guilty,
too, along with the pot-hunters; and woods
men, sparing few trees and neglecting to
provide for new growths, have been un
wittingly accomplices. Storms, catching
birds over great waters in migrating sea
son, destroy great numbers by exhaustion.
fiut plume hunters are at work all over
the world. Not long ago a band of Japa
nese 'raiders were captured by an Ameri
can war vessel on one of the Hawaiian
Islands, with a billion skins In their camp,
accumulated for the Parts trade. When
TV, Alan son Bryan went to an outlying
Hawaiian Island he discovered that that
little speck on the sea was yielded 60,000
kins every six months to traders.
In one recent Instance a physician and
his two sons had been busy trying to
"make a record." They had not killed be
cause they could thus earn more In ten
hours than otherwise In a month. They
had not killed to keep breath and life in
their beat beloved. They had killed just to
relieve a tedium. The tedium must have
been entirely relieved; everywhere lay the
dead bodies of the victims of the holiday.
Rediscovering- the Home.
With the coming of the apartment houses
In cities, little is left of the old-fashioned
home. Even domestic arts sewing, cooking
nd housework have ceased to be. Joseph
lie in the December issue ofThe Survey
ays that:
Even in the matter of physical care the
school doctor and. school nurse have, at
first alght, apparently taken over what
used to be function of the borne. Now
'cornea the question of sohoel feeding. At
. present the proposal ia chiefly that of glu
ing on meal a day; but a child without
' breakfast or supper la atlU underfed, and
the question of giving all the meals is not
far distant. Pur air la aa asentlal to life
and vigor aa is good food, and publlo pro
vision of sleeping quarters must follow
logically.
. This progressiva transfer ef functions
from the bom t tb school has resulted
from our determination that the child shall
have the beat poaslbl chance; that he
hall, if ws can bring it about, grow up
straight and strong and fitted to live a
noble and successful life. And it all looks
on tb face of it Ilk on process. The
child neds education; he needs' Industrial
training; h needs playgrounds, protection
from disease; he needs food; if we can
utply on, why not th rest? Why indeed
must we not supply tb rest to make th
one th cocoeaed or.o, popular ducatlon
effective? The question sema simply how
far a single principle shall be carried. Ia
It auch In truth, or Is there somewhere
an Invisible line beyond which we are no
longer doing what we started out to do,
but something else, or are we undoing It?
Obviously there must be somewhere such
a line If the existence of the horn la of
Importance to our purpose. For If we de
prive It of all Its attributes the home must
cease to be.
American YVaimea.
"For us Europeans there certainly exists
a physical typ of American woman," says
Marcel Prevost, the great French psycholo
gist, in the January number ot Harper's
Bazar.
"In vain do I say to myself that I have,
with my own eyes, seen American women
of small stature; others with brown skin
aial hair like that of Italian women; atih
others endowed with a rather generous
plumpness; In vain again do I say to my
self that as the population of th United
States recruits itself In all countries ot
the globe It must naturally contain speci
mens of every size, of every color of face
and hair; In spite of everything th two
words, 'American woman,' vok before
my mind a tall person, rather slender,
though vigorous looking; with rather light,
auburn hair, a complexion agreeably, but
not excessively, colored. I am think'
Ing at this moment of a real American,
Mrs. S , who the season beore last. In
1908, was Indeed a 'lion' In Parisian society.
A very, fair blonde, tall and slender, with
the most beautiful complexion In the world
and eyes of a delightful blue. She danced
so perfectly that, oblivious of all else, one
could have watched her for hours. Im
possible to win greater popularity than she
enjoyed that year. She eclipsed according
to many Frechmen the most celebrated of
our professional Parisian beauties, Mme.
L , whom, by an amusing coincidence,
she resembled slightly. Well! that Is how
I Imagine the American woman, taking Into
consideration, of course; all th differences
which would separate an 'ordinary' woman
from an 'exceptional' one Ilk Mrs. S
But even with less brilliancy, grace, and
real beauty, It would be a privilege In it
self, to be compared to the fascinating Mrs
a .
"When I sit down at table beside an
American woman of Paris, she Immediately
asks me: 'Have you Seen such and such a
play? Have you been to such and such an
art exhibition? What do you think of this
novel or of that philosophical or historical
book recently published?' And
am forced to admit that I have not seen
the latest play, that for more than ten
years I have not set my foot inside the
annual 'salons,' that I read slowly and
carefully, and am therefore forced to read
but few books. And I know my American
neighbor feels great disdain for my ln
culturr. . . . Still I have Infinite sym
pathy for her charming and universal In
tellectual curiosity; only long experience
has taught me that man's head cannot con
tain too many ideas at once.
"There is consequently an abyss between
the way most American women I have met
conceive Intellectual culture and my own
way. Far from me to pretend that I am
right! And I give thanks to' heaven, which
sends us, In the American women of Paris,
the most wonderful publlo f o books or
theaters or lectures. But If I had the
honor of being professor of French to young
American girls I would begin with the fol
lowing truthful anecdote:
'A compatriot cf theirs, speaking to the
poet Francois Coppee, asked.
" 'Do you speak English, monsieur?'
"And Coppee answered, modestly:
" 'Non, madame. I am still learning
French.' "
Concerning the Breakfast Table.
Referring to the alleged "Degeneration of
the Breakfast Table," a writer In Every
body's Magazine relieves his mind In this
way:
"I am aware that, according to the latest
edition ot the revised statutes, eating pie
at breakfast Is now a penitentiary offense
punishable by hard labor on the farm for
a period not exceeding eighty-fiv years;
but It one shared with early rising the
reputation of a virtuous act. There are
people today who are well thought of In
the community who even 'dress for din
ner,' bless your heart! who have,' none the
less, eaten pie for breakfast and have
tipped back on their chair's hind legs when
the broom was passed, and sat thus with
such a smile upon their faces as spoke of
peace with all the world, themselves in
eluded.
"But nowadays merely to talk of so much
fried stuff, pork and eggs and potatoes
and pancakes and so much sweat stuff, mo
lasses, fruit preserves coffee cup a puddle
of sugar, pie, and all that, sends us who
hear It to the kitchen cupboard where the
cooking soda is, first aid to the indigestive.
To eat such a meal seems hardly less bar
barons than wearing feathers in a scalp
lock. But remember that we didn't work
nil day' yesterday from before daylight till
after dark. We didn't tumble Into bed and
fall sound asleep ere ever our beads had
touched the pillow, so anxious was the
night-shift of the body's repair gang to get
on the Job of tearing out old tissue and
putting in new. We didn't waken In the
morning to find a hurry order for more
raw material hanging on the hook, and
we didn't put an edge like a broken bottle
on that hurry call by stirring around at
fifty-seven kinds of temper-snarling chore.
We haven't before us a whole long morn
ing witli a mall and glut, splitting rails,
or breaking up new ground with a balky
team a morning so long that It becomes
a young eternity about half-past 10 o'clock,
wnen the rront of the body below the
waist begins again to chafe and grind on
the backbone In spite of all the fats and
sweets that can be put in between at break'
fast to act as fender.
"1 do not look ahead Into the future,
which I verily believ belongs to those pure
spirits who save their appetites till lunch
eon time, when they regale themselves
upon a water-cracker and a glass of but
termllk. Nor do I peer still farther into
the yet-to-be when we shall all fast two
or three days at a time, doing the world's
work meantime with that quickening and
clarified Intellect which comes with free
dom from the shackles that fetter our as
piring souls to anything so gross as grub.
I rejoice In spirit over that coming triumph
ot economy when mind .11 hav at last
got In th solar-plexus blow that shall cause
matter (the low-down whelp.) to tak th
count. I shall not live to see the day. but
I know that now the password Is: "A cup
of coffee and a roll," and he who says
breakfast is his best meal, but lags super
fluous on th stage, already set for a new
scene."
Aa Abdicated Mather.
A mother whoa daughter has taken to
Interior decoration as a business gave a
deep sigh, suggestive of regret.
'There waa a time," she said, "when I
selected my own wall patterns, chose the
rugs and draperies I admired, picked out
my own lamps and bric-a-brac, and bought
my own furniture.
nut it doe not seem possible any
longer. Daughter is happy In giving me a
service for which she charges others. She
says, -Oh! mother, that tint Is Impossible!
'That sofa don't you se it never -snatches
msmstmia
Tho Thirty-second
Beginning
MONDAY,
DEO. 26th,
At 9 A.M.
Handk'rchief
Tuesday
The Tailor Suits,
Coats and the
Silk and Wool
Dresses at Hall'.
H The Tailor Suits, Hill ft
An immense lot ot Ladies'
and Children's Handkerchiefs,
slightly mussed or soiled by
handling we will close at
HALF THICK
Cc Handkerchiefs at . . . .S'it
10c Handkerchiefs at ... .5,
15c Handkerchiefs at... 74,
25c Handkerchiefs at . . 12
50c Handkerchiefs at ...252
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Wednesday
Children's and
Infants' Coats,
Dresses, Caps and
all other Outer
Garments at H
Blanket Sale !
Clearing out all winter Blankets at
very low prices In some cases cut
In two.
All Cotton Blankets will go at
$1.00 quality 73o
11.25 quality 85c
S1.50 quality 91-13
Vim quality 91.38
WOOL BX.AXKXTS
Were sold up to $12.50. at $1.00.
$1.25. .88. $1.47. $2.00. $2.24. $2.48,
, $2.86. $3.60, $4.00, $4.50 and 95.00
SPECIAL Olf COKTOKT3
$1.00 Comforts 8o
$1.25 Comforts 88o
$1.50 Comforts 88o
$2.00 Comforts 91-36
$8.00 Comforts 9310
And bo on up to the highest.
the rugs?' 'No one ever saw a piano put
In a corner like that.' So I fold my hands
and obey. But sometimes I feel a real
sorrow for myself as a helpless victim of
art."
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Mrs. Taft'a Social Aid.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman will be the un
official social arbiter of the Whit House
this winter. She has long been a par
ticularity close and intimate friend of both
the President and Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Taft.
contrary to most of her predecessors, has
no social secretary.
Her long residence In Washington, which
has covered most of her married life,
placed her much more familiarly In touch
with society personages and usages pe
culiar to the social life of the capital than
any of the first ladles of the land who
have graced the White House In a genera
tion. Miss Boardman Is a'slster-ln-law of Sen
ator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Board-
man, are wealthy. Their home In Wash
ington has long been renowned as a meet
ing place for Interesting persons and for
the warm and boundless hospitality dis
pensed there.
Mr. Taft. who is president of the Na
tional Red Cross society, interested MIbs
Boardman In the work several years ago,
With energy. Intelligence and tact char
acteristic of the American girl who starts
out to do things. Miss Boardman virtually
breathed the breath of life Into the Ked
Cross society after the confusion into
which Its affairs fell during the Spanish
war. Mainly through her efforts the so
ciety was reorganized and placed upon a
highly efficient and prosperous basis.
When the news of the Messina earth
quake reached Washington Miss Boardman
within half an hour took prompt action for
the relief of the sufferers. In recognition
of her work the Italian government deco
rated her with a reproduction in gold of an
ancient Roman civic crown. It was be
stowed through the Italian ambassador in
Washington.
Miss Boardman has a desk In the offices
of the Red Cross society In the War de
partment In Washington. Except for a few
weeks in summer she la there dally from
morning until all the work in sight is dis
posed of.
It was Miss Boardman who got up the
white plague Christmas stamps, 25,0 0,000
of which were sold last year. Their sale
was conducted by the Red CroBs, which
expects to sell many more millions of
them, of a new design, this season.
Woman aa Factory. Loas
After the death of her husband In 1905,
Mrs. Ladew, who was made executrix of
his $2,500,000 estate, took charge of his
enormous leather business and continued
to supply the country with leather belts
for machinery. From the first she showed
marked ability, relates the New York Mall.
She has increased the firm's business al
most $1,000,000. Mrs. Ladew was her hus
band'a business confidante; she came to
know from blm all about the most Intricate
kinds of machinery; like Mrs. Penfleld, she,
too, shared a secret a tanning secret In
use in his string of tanneries through Penn
sylvania, Virginia and th Carolina; and
at his death ah knew more about leather.
especially about belting leather, than nearly
anyone else In the country.
Th only woman among 800 men, Mrs.
Ladew'e personality stands out all the more
remarkubly. She dominate them all. Her
Indefatigable energy gives Inspiration the
Inspiration which has made tne Ladew
factories famous. "My husband waa prob
ably the first New Yorker who found Glen
Cove to be an ideal summer resort," said
Annual Half
and Our Pro-Inventory Clearance ot All
The Greatest
Garment Sale
of the Year
the Very Opportunity
Yon Have Been
Waiting for
Never before have such complete assortments of charming; new garment styles been shown In a Halt
Price Sale. Yon may select from December 1st assortments at Feb. 16th Prices with the distinct understand
ing that if yon are not satisfied alter making a purchase we'll cheerfully refund to you the purchase price
of any garment.
Holiday Ladies' and Children's Coats and Ladies'
at Half and Less Regular Retail Prices
All Ladies' Coats that sold at
$50 and $60 at $25.00
All LHies' Coats that sold at
$4C tnd $45.00 at. . .$20.00
CHILDREN'S COATS - Best stock in
Omaha for your selection. All newest
stvles, prices- and colors, all sizes
at TJUST HALF PRICE
$1.00 Waists
Monday . .50c
A FEW OF THE MANY DELIGHTFUL BARGAIN OFFERINGS
Our Great Pre-lnventory Clear
In
ance
Marvelous Bargains Monday in Our
Pro-lnvontory Silk Sale
All odd pieces and short lengths must be closed before inventory
and will be marked for quick clearance regardless of their cost.
Plain and Fancy Silks, actual values to $1.50 yard, thousands of
yards, hundreds of patterns, both plain and fancy, black and colors
for your selection
59c Black Satin 20
inches wide, just 10
pieces, at 35c
You'll Never
High Grade Wool Dress Goods Sale
All Dress Goods must go before Invoicing. We w ill make some
severe cuts to reduce stock AI,X SAT.
All $1.00 Goods, black or colors .. 680
All $1.25 Goods, block or colors 880
All $1.50 Goods, black or colors SSo
All $2.00 Goods, black or colors ...81.38
All $2.50 Goods, black or colors . ."r- 81.88
All $3.00 Goods, black or colors 83.34
AH $3.60 Goods, black or colors 89.68
All $4.00 Goods, black or colors 93.13
All $5.00 Goods, black or colors 93.94
Ail $6.00 Goods, black or colors 84.68
All $7.00 Goods, black or colors 93-30
Extra Bala on Broadcloth These are colors only (no blacks)
All Broadcloths at Exactly Vi Prtoe
All the remnants and short lengths of the Chrlxtmas sales will
go at, yard 15c, 19c, 860, 390, 45o, 69c, 790 and 9 80
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1 Don't ?! rk .9 m n mr ia r" ri i i m r -a- 11 a
1 forget " u bust mbsj m m a m -v rays I
Mrs. Ladew proudly. "Twenty years ago
we bulk here first, and both of us grew
to love the place.
"We had never thought of making It a
factory center, however, until the fir In
New York. Then Mr. Ladew decided to
bring the business her, and I encouraged
him. At first the greatest trouble was
In getting places for our employes to live.
Old-fashioned Glen Cove had only the
houses where lived the people whose par
ents and grandparents had lived before
them. To overcome the difficulty we built
over 100 pretty little houses, most of them
cement cottages, So now, you see, we have
a little city of our own here in th valley.
In the factories we even have our own ma
chine shops and repair shops, and every
thing needful for carrying on the business.
It is too far from New York to send there
every time anything is needed, so we are
Independent."
Wasted Tears.
Mrs. Newell Dwight Hillls, wife of the
eminent Brooklyn homllete, loosed a boa-
constrictor In the camp of the Chicago
suffragettes the other day by advising
them to go home, fall upon their knees and
give thanks to Heaven for sending them
such excellent and long-suffering husbands.
"You talk of your wrongs," said Mrs. HUUs
"but I tell you that your husbands have
wrong! a thousand times more bitter. They
must work hard while you are Idle; they
must find the money to pay for your vani
ties. No wonder the death rate among hus
bands Is greated than that among wives.
No wonder widows outnumber widowers
In our cities." So saying, Mrs. Hillls re
tired from the rostrum, and the assembled
suffragettes began an Indignant cackling.
The affair still engages Chicago, and will
do so, no doubt, until the next carnival of
crime.
Leaves from Fanion' Notebook.
. Black velvet Is very much In vogue this
season and this fancy finds expression in
black chiffon velvet, nilrolr velvet, silk
velvet and velveteen.
Never has blue been more In favor for
Jewelry than this season The woman who
can afford turquoises, sapphires or aqua
marines is reveling in them, whether the
color is or is not especially becoming.
Tailored dresses of velvet occupy a niche
by themselves. They are not so formal In
appearance as the long gowns, nor as in
formal as the tailored cloths. Hence they
are most appropriate in the darker shades.
For the evening white cloth Is trimmed
with brown fur, skunk, sable, mink, etc.
The linings are very often the color of the
dress, light blue, light green, light pink
satin and white linings being less in favor
man heretofore.
There is an art in wearing- all colored
Jewelry. It must not only be becoming to
the wearer, but must harmonize with the
color scheme of her clothes to be In good
tasto. K(ually Important ia it to wear
Jewels at the proper time and place. The
up-to-date woman recognizes this need by
having totally distinct sets tur use with
her tailored costumed and evening clothes.
To wear with a brown frock or blouse,
a smart handbag can be msrtn n ecru
Brussels net of fine mesh, covered with
a double scroll, two loops facing In oni
aide like a flultened out W, ttien carried
over by a diagonal line to form a similar
W on the opfxiHlie side facing toward the
other loops. The design was developed in
brown satin cord, the color of the frock.
One of the beat of the simple designs
for an afternoon costume of velvet in walk
ing length shows a gored skirt with a
panel front ending In a double box plait at
tho kners. At thee points velvet orna
ments are placed. The bodice consists of
a urjica wniBi wiiii mv iruiun vruMiu
over a tunic yoke of embroidery below a
square yoke of dotted net. The sleeves arc
cut with the bodice.
An evening gown for a woman of mod
erate meanM has to be a more or lea
versatile affair that will appear equally
well under a dozen different conditions
and circumstances, says Helen Berkeley
I.oyd in Uie LXTTnetitur. It must go to a
dinner one night and the opera the next.
It has to answer invitations to theaters
Price Sale of Women's
WWDEEJ.
THE RULUDLE STORK
All Ladies' Coats that sold at
$25.00 and $30.00 at. $12.50
All Ladies' Coats that sold at
$15.00, choice at ....$7.50
$1 Underskirts--1 $1.00 Dressing 1 $2.00 Children's $5 Dress Skirts ' ,
Monday ..50c Sacques ..50c Dresses ....$1 at $2.50
Beginning Monday
in two lots
$1 Black Taffeta, 36
$1.25
inches wide, 15 pieces
yard 59c
36 in.
yard
Find These Monday Bargains
Grand Clearance
Pure linen, 7
clal. yard .
-Inch
and restaurants and card parties. It must
be sufficiently smart looking to make a
woman feel well dressed, but not too pro
nounced In style or color to attract atten
tion to the fact that It Is doing duty for
half a dozen dresses. Satin charmeuse is
an excellent material for a gown of this
kind, for It has more endurance than any
of the chiffons or tissues. The annuncia
tion or Delia Robbla blues with black
Chantllly lace answer admirably for an
all-round evening gown.
Chat Aboat Women.
Mrs. John Worth Kern, whoso husband
was th democratic candidate for the vice
presidency at the last national election, ia
In favor of woman suffrage, and In a talk
at Indianapolis recently she said that ex
periment has proved the fact that women
are qualified to hold political office.
Miss Ida Louise Young, sporting editor
of the Trinidad (Colo.) Chronicle-News, en
Joys the distinction of being the only wo
man in all newspaperdom who makes a
specialty of writing sports. Miss Young's
especial line Is base ball and she Is thor
oughly versed In all of the details of the
big American game.
Chancellor McCracken of New York uni
versity, at the recent annual luncheon of
the doctors of pedagogy, at the Hotel St.
Reffis, said that the registration l;i the
two schools of pedagogy at the New York
university had fallen off this year from
10 to 15 per cent "There are still enough
students to occupy the Instructors," he
said, "but there Is an undoubted diminution
in that department. The other departments
aro full."
Mrs. Phillip N. Moore, president of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs, and
the biennial chairman, Mrs. Phillip Car
nenter. mi hmltted the nlan of the biennial
meeting of the federation, which is to take
ploce at Cincinnati In May. to the execu
tive board meeting at Washington last
nrfk. Tb loeal Cincinnati committee con
slats of fifty members, with Mrs. Lawranee
Maxwell as the chairman. Mrs. Moore was
alao prexent at the Cincinnati meeting a
week earlier.
Lucia Ames Mead says tlt the noble
ariry of doctors, nurses and health boards
is doing incalculably more than all our bat
tleships to defend the country from real
foes, and to thene should be added the
women with the brooms making war on
dirt. Our women cannot take up arms, as
did the Boer women In the trenches, she
savs, but Just as truly as mon they can
defend the country from its only real ene
mies, illiteracy, crime, dlHease, poverty, in
temperance, unthrlft and that blindness to
real Issues and genuine dangers which
mark the beginning of national decay.
Tho wife of a Bedouin sheik In the prov
ince of Fayum. Kgypt. has made her ap
pearance as the pioneer suffravist of her
country. She has been working on the
subject for a number of years. bi:t always
under a pseudonym. Recently she disclosed
h'r Identity by glvir.g at the headquarters
of a newupcper a lecture on the woman
qui Ntion In Epypt. She demanded monog
amy, reform in the divorce laws, higher
education for girls and equal rltfhts for
women before the law. Sh Is said to have
Un.n llHtened to bv more than 200 women
from the most distinguished families of I
ttif capital.
To Die on the Scaffold
is painless, compared with the weak, lame
back kidney trouble cauzea. Electrio Bit
ters is tho remedy. 60c. For sale by Bea
ton DYUg Co.
Adventures of Panama Pioneer
(Continued from Page Two.)
ch'o, where I might succeed In making my
self heard.
(Ml sTsa Alligator.
I found progress terribly slow. I sank
above my knees at each step, and the place
r u.,
full of little channel, and runlets
bull full of water. In some of thes runs
the water was almost upto my neck. I
was also in momentary terror of stepping
on an alligator. Then as I plunged for
ward I presently heard a soft patter, pat
ter behind me, and knew what It was. U
was an alligator at last, coming right after
me. '
I Judged that he was about fifteen yards
fff-f-i jjig.
and Children's Garments
Classes ot Herchandise
So Large Is the
Stock That We
Find
It Necessary
To Divide
It Into Lots
Capes
All Ladies' Coats that sold at
$10.00, choice at $5.00
All Ladies' Coats that sold at
$5.00 and $7.50. at ...$3.75
OPERA AND STREET CAPES Choice
styles' and materials in matchless assort
ment, values from $15 up to $125, all Mon
day JUST HALF PRICE
50c Embroid
eries 25c
Fine 18-ln. Skirt Flouncings,
18-in. Corset Cover Embroid
eries, beautiful wide Matched
Sets, AUover Embroideries, fine
cambric and nainsook Edges
and Insertlngs, actual values to
50c, on sale Monday 25
Rare Value You Must See
to Appreciate
48c and 35c
Black Taffeta,
wide, 8 pieces,
79c
Surpassed.
is Our High Grade Linen Dept.
Damask, worth per yard $1, Monday spe-
750
Grass bleached heavy 6atln Damask, good value at $1.60 per
yard, Monday V1'??
Huck Towels, large size, heavy quality, very absorbent, worth
39e, Monday, each
Huck and Turkish Towels, good size, worth 3 9c each, slightly
mussed, Monday, each . -. . ...100
Heavy knotted, fringed Bedspreads, full size, good value at $2,
Monday, each . ; 81.60
Grand heavy hemmed Crochet Bedspreads, full size, worth M.
Monday, each ;"" ,?
Three special lines high grade seamless Sheets, size 81x90,
slightly soiled, worth $1.15, Monday, each 8O0
Hundred dozen Pillowcases, size 45x36, extra heavy muslin,
worth 20c, Monday, each l
Kail Orders rilled "While Goods Last.
behind. I confess I waa genuinely scared.
I have heard of men who never know what
fear Is, but I hav more admiration for
th man who knows what it is and yet
survives and lives to fight another day.
It was pitch dark. I could not se my
hand except by th phosphorescence of th
water as I struck It I thought at first I
would try to escape without shooting at
the beast in the dark. But the mud was
so sticky and miry that I saw It was vain.
The alligator had the advantage of me by
reason of his long body sliding on top of
the ooze.
Then it occurred to me to follow his
methods, and I began to crawl along alli
gator fashion. Even then he gained on
me, until at last I decided to try to
frighten him, and turned the gun In the
direction of the pattering noise he was
making and pulled th trigger. I think he
must have been hit or badly alarmed, for
he stopped and I heard him no more. Then
I went on.
After foundering along in this vay for
mote than half an hour at last I came up
to where the river narrows and began to
call to the men on the other shore.
"Santo Domingo!" No answer.
"Eduardo!" Not a sound In reply.
"Juan!" Probably drunk after the usual
Sunday spree.
"George!" He is old and bard of hear
ing. .
Then I let loose a hurricane of yells and
shouts. After a while in answer to
"Amlgo" In I do not know how many
tones, I thought I heard a faint answer.
I have a voice which has done duty under
conditions requiring some carrying power
and It was well tested. I redoubled my
efforts. Then a light moved among the
bushes on the other side and a voice de
manded what was the matter.
I explained and Federlco came on a trot
to the beach and began to look up a canoe.
With what feelings of relief I watched
that boat start across the water as the
moon rose above Cabra mountain the
reader may well Imagine. When It came
to where I stood shivering on the bank
Federlco gasped In astonishment as he
looked at me. I was one mass of mud
from head to foot.
We soon reached the other shore and I
hurried to a small brook which was near
and took a bath, washed my clothes and
got the mud off my boots and legslngs.
Then I .went up to where a charcoal kiln
was burning and allowed myself to ste:tm
a while, and never did a fire feel better
to a ( half frozen mariner Just In from
fighting a nor'weBter on Lake Michigan.
How I almost hugged that black smoKo.
and how delicious was the tarry odor from
the glowing mass of thickly covered coals.
Trail In the Woods.
Needless to say the village was soon up
In astonishment, and many were the com
ments. The decision on all sides waa that
I was a lucky man to get out alive, and
as it was the first of November net
morning It was decided that since the
"Fiesta de todos los Santos" (ivas to begin
at midnight I was evidently under the pro
tection of them all.
I started on my four mile tramp with a
light heart. There was no hoise any
where, for mine had got tired of his long
wait and had broken his bridle and gone
home.
The trail was rough. It passed through
woods In which may have been lurking
puma,' Jaguar, howling apes or serpe.it
of many a fold and horrid aspect. In
fact, on my search for the home next day
I actually killed a boa right In the path
over which I had passed the night bi-fui-e
which measured eleven feet long and aa
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Thursday
Ladies Suit and
Dresses, Waists
and Silk Under
skirts at . .Hlf.
Friday
A Grand Half
Price Clearance
Throughout the
Entire Depart
ment. Domestic Room
BKXHTiNGs, lrusxxzrs, uarains,
Eia, raou e to 10 a. m,
1 case of 10c bleached Mualln. yard
wide, fine for the needle, 10 yards
limit at, yard Ho
TOB ALL BAT
$0c Sheeting, 9-4, bleached, yard, 90o
85c Sheeting. 9x4, bleached S4o
$1.00 Sheets, 81x90, on sale 75o
76c Sheets, 72x90, on sale 560
190 Towels Ho
16c Towels lOo
Towels, 8c. 5c, 7'4c and 8Ho
Amoskeajf Flannelettes, 36-ln. wide,
sold at 15c lOo
Amoskeag Outing Flannels, 7tto, lOo
l2Hc Percales 7Ho
7 Ho Apron Checks 60
I,onsdale ....$Ho Hope 84o
Fruit of the Loom lOo
87Vs Per cent cheaper than elsewhere.
thick as tho calf of my leg. My heavy
shoes had not been benefitted by their
salt bath and one side of the left shoe
gave way completely after th first mile,
allowing th shoe to tak up a load of
gravel which ground my toes until they
were raw. Occasionally some of th
fiery red ants would vary th monotony
by getting in through th split and crawl
ling up under my leggings. Once a great
vampire bat flew across the road over,
head plainly showing his hideous head In
tb pal moonlight
At last th sound of cocks crowing for
midnight announced that I was near th
hacienda, A few hundred yards of th
road now seemed lined with rubber aa I
trudged on, but there was th light in the
western window, showing that a midnight
vigil was being kept for th wanderer.
The babies had lonff ago gone - to sleep,
but their mother was still up and keeping
calm with that wonderful strength which
only the wife of a pioneer can fully under
stand. ' A strong dose of quinine went down with
the belated dinner, and I suffered no worse
effects from the experience than a day of
extreme lassitude. The horse was duly
recovered, the boat was found where X
had left It In the swamp when the water
admitted of its being taken out, and the
native all averred that AH Saints' Day
fell on an occasion of great good fortune
for the Americano. S. P. VERN Kit.
DplBetj FBajuy.
Sanatorium
This Institution is ths only ona
in the central went with separate
buildings situated In their own
amule grounds, yet entirely dis
tinct and rendering it possible to
classify cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to the
treatment of noncontagious and
nonmentai diseases, no others be
ing admitted. The other. Rest
Cottage, being designed for and
devoted to (be exclusive treatment
cf select mental cases, requiring
for a time watchful care ana spe
cial nursing.
Be a Trained Hurse
S25.00 a Week
An opportunity ! offered to yonn$ women wbo wUti tm
txMKim triiivl it 11 raws t enter On of tb bt Traluliitf
toiioct 111 CtklcftKO KtiKlBLend iiurr rrriv tA 00
weett, Ormdute( tbls tliHtl n riilUI to mnitMMh1r
In Ml I and National Aaocllioii of NurttM. Tl oourt
eompnasa t ytan of train intf in trrtlrl and ttieoratteal
lareinii and i thorough In mil hrnetiriof tUm work. Tu
Uom. board and laundrr frra.anti u-l rmnnratlonftr
vnnd month. The pby1-al. in m I and inilal welfa of
ludenu ai- carefully guMcd. i'r particular, aJdrcat
Miss Caroline Socllner, Supt.
Ukuldt Hospital Training School lor NurtM.
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