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THE BEK: OMAHA. THfKSPAY. MAY 12. 1010, t3 jpjtf KE'S HOME MAGAZINE PAGEQ SIDELIGHTS ALONG WASHINGTON BYWAYS If Pecretary of War Dickinson had bc!i In tho cabinet In the previous adminls tratlon he would have given Clifford Pin c hot and "Jimmy" Garfield a hard run for th'ir money In being boon companion of T. It. The two former government of ficial were especially dear to Colonel Koosevelt not only for their official ahlllty, hut also because they were of the strenu ous type which did not hesitate to start off on a long Jaunt hlch might end up with a plunge, through the chilly wateis of IlfM-h Creek park. When It comes to walking, neither Gar- tary. "When that raaor slipped thla morn ing 1 reproached myself vigorously, and I do not believe I will offend again." republican Insurgents In the house are enjoying a new experience. It Is not so long ago that wlveli an insurgent got up to niakV a speech on any subject except the rules he received scant attention from the otd-timers. It was not unusual to see the leaders of the house machine retire to the cloak rooms to enjoy good cigar. Thing are changing In tho house as well as In the senate. The leaders have f eld nor Tlncliot has anything on Recrc tary Dickinson. The war minister of the Tsft administration Is the champion pedes trian of the cabinet. The government furnishes him with a smart carrlsge and s pair of thoroughbred horses, and some nf his subordinates are enabled to take numerous Joy rides lu government owned automobiles. Secretary Dickinson enjoys neither an HUtomoblle nor carriage ride. His big frame never darkens the door of a street car. When he wants to go anywhere he walks, except, perhaps. In th evening when he attends a formal receptlom EAVh morning Mr. Dickinson may be seen walk ing down Connecticut avenue In the direc tion of he War department with a stride which would give Joy to the heart of Colonel Roosevelt. He takes his consti tutional at an hour, too, which would In come to rfHlixn that It Is pretty good policy to listen to what the Insurgents say. Holding the balance of power, as they do, a speech from an insurgent In these troublesome times Is more than likely to swing enough votes to defeat some pet project of the house organization. U was not long ago that the regulars were wont to poke fun at auch Insurgents as Norrls of Nebrsska and Murdock Of Kansas. That day. apparently. has parsed. Murdock had some views on the long and ahort haul clause of the railroad bill, and he desired to give the house the benefit of them. As soon as "Vic" got on hl feet the word went around the corrl dora and the cloak mom. Pretty soon the absentees began to stroll In, and be fore Murdock had got well started In his speech members were standing around his desk listening attentively to every word an tra rTttfiy ow OubHT TO 0AYt ) Noc Brew. rilcate that It Is not safe for his subor dinates to get onto their Jobs after 9 o'clock. Mr. Dleklqson evpldently does not believe In enjoying the luxuries which are dear to the hearta of many statesmen In Washing ton. For Instance, ho has no use for a valet. As he walked down to the War de partment recently a friend noticed that a piece of paper was fastened to his chin, Indicating plainly that a raaor had allpped. "You ought to teach your man to bo nigrc careful when he shaves you In the mr-rtiing," the secretary's friend volun tftrcd. "1 agree with you," answered the secre- he uttered. "You are getting to be something of a drawing card," remarked a member to Murdock, when he had concluded hla re marks. "It- Is not Murdock," remarked the red haired legislator from the plaina of Kan sas. "It merely means that some folks who have been terribly sleepy are waking up to the fact that an Insurgent Is of some account, and that occasionally he has some views which are worth listening to. Bear In mind also that these views do not al ways have a bearing on the rule Of the house. We are coming along. Just watch our smoke." General 3 VlIW I. e.. very i Methods ot Preparing Meat for the Table. The advantages of varlty in the meth od , of preparing and serving are to be considered even mora seriously in the cooking of the cheaper cuts than In the cooking of tho more expensive cuts, and yot even In this connection It is a mistake to lose sight of the fact that, though there Is a great variety of dishes, the proetases Involved are few In number.' An experienced teacher of cooking, a woman who has made very valuable ecu Irtbutlons to the art of cookery by show ing that most of the numerous processes outlined and elaborately described In the cock books can be classified under a very few heads, says that she tries "to reduce the cooking of meat to It lowcat terms' and teach only three ways of cooking. The first la the application of intense heat to keep In the Juices. This is suitable only for portions of clear meat where the fibers are tender. By the second method the meats are put In cold water and cooked at a low temperature. This Is suitable for .bone, gristle and th toughest portions of fee meat which for this purpose should be Jvlded Into cold bits. The third Is a com bination of these two processes and con sists of searing and then stewing the meat. I I M i,', i '1,1,1' , This Is suitable for halfway cuts, those that are neither' tender nor tough." The many varieties of meat dlshca are usually only a matter of flavor and garnish. In other words, of th three processes the first is the short method: it alms to keep all the Juices within the meat. The second la a very long method employed for the purpose of getting all or most of the juices out. The third is a combination of the two not so long as the second and yet requiring so much time that 'there is danger of the meat being rendered taste less unless certain precautions are taken, such as searing tn hot fat or plunging Into boiling water. ft The Onlooker J I n Colonel Roosevelt, while ruminating at i:ilnore, might have remembered thai "The rest Is silence" la also from "Hamlet." City employes are to lose the private telephones to their residences. Pretty hard. How I a patriot, reduced to the neeenslt) of oi king for the city, to learn, withoj going to the office, whether his pay U! h been signed? Surrogate says referees are too expensN and he will appoint us few as possiir, Somebody been overcharging? Thought t;rr got 10 per cent of the bill. same as waiters. Mr. P. V. Yoakum, chairman of the Krlsco railroad systoin. tells the farmers tho middlemen cause high prlceJ. If there is anybody, av, of course, the right per- i son, who has not been accused of respon sibility along this line he will please stand up and be counted. Male convicts In Floyd County. Georgia, to promote their comfort and prevent es cape, are garbed In mother hubbards while laboring in the street. The custom ha not yti induced the fair sex to make noticeable reprisals. VELULL VAITA LITTLE WHILE BY ED.6WNHAM COM OUYeNNP HAVE A fct ) YJA i - I HAVE V'H WITH ) 1 COUPLS OT CWNKS LfO-k i i) JA S fl I OS. I rCVO MY WIFE I CtFORt WE GO ' J S ' Two hrs) I A UTT Lt WH I LE J V v UfI UTTWE J vzii - Things You Want to Know Kiilrlf niillifti anil Mairir I' MrilluniM ami Their McUhmN. I COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY. THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD CO.). Al Rkjltta Reserved. Brightside and His Boy "Pay Days for Busy Housewives,' Their Latest Tabloid Sketch. BY LAFAYETTE TAIlK?. "English suffragettes have started a campaign to compel married men to pay thlr wives a . regular weekly salary." Brlghtalda begins, as his world weary off spring drops into the easiest chair and ap plies the torch to, cigarette. "What'a the use they get it anyway?" queries Son In a sadly pessimistic-tone of voice. "They e?m to have the Idea." continues Father, "that homes may be made hap pier by such an arrangement." "Perhaps, for the skirls," comments Son. "but where do the poor ginks come in who toll six days a week to dvag down the cush? Far be It from me to knock the bright-eyed brigade, but merely because she cops off the pay envelope unopened Is no sign the flat will ring with Joy." "Complaints are made by' some wives that whenever they want money they have to ask for it," Father explains. "The poor little things!" exclaima Son. "Nobody ever heard of a dam getting a sore throat from asking hubby to come across with the aimoleons. It they can pry loose the coin by simply peeping for it, my tip to them la to leave a good thing alone. As long as they don't have to take a sandbag to us rude men to coax forth the long green, I don't see where the kick comes In." "They contend that woman cannot main tain her self-respect when compelled to run to her husband for funds," Father says. "A ten dollar note will make an esay on self-respect look like a Coney island trolley transfer after it's been used twice," Son declares. "When she runs to the home plate does she gel the money? That's what 'makes the pork chopa hurry across 70S1TIVELY NO ADVANCES ON SALAR the butcher's counter and the new pota toes shoot up the dumbwaiter. Whether wifio had to make a spiel to get hubby to produce doesn't worry the grocer." "One woman said every time she wanted to go down town she had to ask her hus band for ten cents," resumes Father. VThat was a most annoying condition of . house hold economics, according to her story." "I'll gamble none of 'em ever walked, at that, to sidestep the touch," volunteers Son. "And the English dames are there with, the heel-and-toe game, too. ' It's their long suit. But rather than miss a chance to fuss with hubby to separate him from a pieoa of change, they take the tram car, don't you know." "Another claim the women make In their calupalgn for wages for housewives," Father proceeds. "Is that they can be more economical when they know exactly how much they can count on each week. They like to know they have a certain sum to spend." "They'd spend It all right and then be there with the mitt out for more before the next pay day came around. If they started that game in little old Xew York hubby would have to put up a sign, 'Posi tively no advances on salary before pay day.' Every Harlem flat would soon look like the cashier's cage in a printing of fice." "The women seem to think they would be much more contented if placed on a salary basis," asserts Father. "The scheme would give the skirts Just another thing to kick about," argues Hon. "She'd be putting up a howl for a raise every other week. Every boss' nightmare Is the "Please give me a raise' chorus from the sons of toll. If Manhattan married men began to pay their wives salaries a ragtime tune with fifty-two verses, one for each week In the year, would start up a continuous performance, each stanza ending, 'Just another dollar on the pay roll, hubby, dear.' " "Well, I believe that wives do their share of the work and are entitled to con sideration," declares Father. "If I had a wife like some chaps I know have that's Just what they'd get consid eration," answers Son. "As for the coin, if they got away with any of tl.nt they would have to go through my clothes with k Jimmy and a dark lantern. TUere'd be only one salary In my happy little home and your own Willie would keep It tied In his Jeans with a padlock and chain." (Copyright. 1D10, by N. Y. Herald Co.) UNSYMPATHETIC ' ft' -' n 'SlJGL "IVf- - ...7 ...vc-ors came here nirh 200 years L ' ,VfcY.nd they kcP' mighty quiet 7 " V That there's nothing new under the sun Is i 'deuced b flie senate today w restlir.g with I cis and Jf'.,. l haul problem, something lit tti thieshe out in the days of Cdm o.lore Vanderbt- r'ureign performer Is being starred as the .. ;u.licst worr-tn on the stage. Why Is the tiuv:-.'li.atlj:t to be bounded by the stage? Uo 'Vi ,'i.nlt and find something worth while. Got some world beaters around here. Massachusetts State Commission absolves the tariff of any connection with high prices, attributing advances to the Increased gold eupply and extravagance. If the gold J supply Is increased sufficiently we won't say any more about the prices. Court has decided that you're a passenger even when awaiting a train. Itapld age. Tima may come when as soon as a man pushes the swinging door of a saloon he Is drunk, disorderly, disturbing the peace, has assaulted an officer and Is being yanked along to the night court before be has had time to order anything. Senate has passed the bill providing for the raising of the battleship Maine, in lUvamt.t harbor, and the burial of the bodies of the sailors lit the wreck. Well, wnlle we're going back to the days of ', let's have it decided, once for all, who was "the hero of San Juan Hill." DAINTY CLOTHES FOR SMALL CHILDREN . Tmtv m-A tic In m-nvressive riavs. a rpvn- i hmmmmbhmmh lution having been wrought in the realms of children's clothes, commencing wlih baby. And the l!nf taken have been so essentially on tne aide of sense and suit ability, allied to an artistic presentment, that would have confounded our grand mothers. A frock suitable for a baby Is replete with fine tuckings, a panel front of fins brodtrla anglaise meeting a round yoke of lace the whole set off smartly by a frilled silk foundation. A first short coat, expressed in ivory satin, ornamented with motifs of real Irish lace and hand em broideries. Is worn with a bonnet en suite a model that will serve for many a subse quent summer expreHaion in pique or nain sook. Completing the group are a pair of knickera of fine Indian longrloth, the frills of fine spot muslin, set on with a ribbon run beading. I Jaat Another Mat. Some with a sand bag stilly nut To take your wtallh away, liut w Her people go abuut Aimed with a molng dray. T. E. M. Gather it rosebuds while ye mav, Old Time is still aflviug; And this am flower that siullfs today, Tomorrow wl 1 be dying. -R. HEKR1CK. sm; -;ufHt :.':;7;yF0 j Mi 41. T W -r :l it l mil in iimiii w inn rsw-ri ! glirBilBBajWflQaBMiKsJaiaaaiiasi isiali While there are some things connect' d with the phenomena of a few of ihe world's grrate.t spiritualistic mediums that cannot j be dismissed with a wave of the bund and a declaration of fraud, on the other hand. there Is no fact better attrsted than that at least W per cent ut all commercial spiritualism Is unmitigated fraud. Fort unately the literature of exposure is large, authentic and largely written by those who have been mediums themselves. In this series of articles It Is the purpose to give a synopsis of the tricks and deceptions cf commercial spiritualism and magic. This will not embrace every trick, or even many of the most recent, for as soon as one trick Is exposed some brain evolves an other method to do the same thing, and the brotherhood of spiritualists Is a clear ing house In w hlch the discovery of .one medium is made the property of all. But enough w ill bo shown to make It plain that one calinot always believe his eyes. To begin with, it Is Important to get well Into tho mind the fact that there is a brotherhood of spiritualistic mediums, 'and that what one knows they all know. As Oun and Bradstreet are sources of full Information about the financial responsi bility of every man who buys or sells In the commercial world, so the spiritualistic blue bonk Is filled with Information about people with whom the splrltualisttDo, or hope to do. business. That this blue book Is comprehensive is Indicated by the fact that there are 7,000 names listed for the city of Boston alone. This Information Is by no means limted to generalities. Indeed, the aim Is to get spe cific and Intimate details of family life. Mich as one's love affairs, marriages, be reavements, and the like. There are many ways by vhlch this accomplished, but the basic idea of the plan is an actual canvass of the cities and towns where the mediums aro located. The mediums them selves do not fare forth undisguised to learn family history and to pry Into pri vate affairs. It is more productive of re sults, and not at all harmful in conse quences, that these things should be done by canvassers for articles which take them Into the homes of the people. It Is called "planting" a town, and Is done as care fully as the census taker or the directory worker does his work. Photographs often are secured, family Bibles peered into, cemetery lots visited, the newspapers care fully read, and if any confirmed habitue of the spiritualistic seance thinks to long escape being listed in the blue book, to gether with his full pedigree, let him once for all abandon that Idea. They are as sure to get him as Dun or Bradstreet Is sure to get the man who sets up in business. Of course this blue book is not a list, of the names of all the people. The spirit ualist cares nothing for Information except about people who have the seance bug. And thla enables the descriptions to be full and complete. Even the style of the clothes of the departed relatives is listed, and any particular marks of Identification or phy sical peculiarities of deceased persons likely to be Inquired after are noted. By the use of thla information the mediums. In the darkness or semi-darkness and the sup pressed excitement ot the seance room have made thousands of credulous persons identify the materialized spirits of dead men. , Thef act of "materializing'' the dead is regarded as the highest attainment of the spiritualistic medium. Doubters who have stood out against every other form of phenomena unconvinced have been con verted when they have beheld these ap paritions of lost loved ones, have been made to repent of their former doubts and have been firmly anchored to the belief that there is all truth In spiritualism. Honest and highly Intelligent men have been unable after serious Investigation to explain these phenomena. Yet when It Is axplalned It becomes aa clear as any magician's trick. To Illustrate how com pletely puzzling may seem the material izing seance and yet how clear and plain the fraud when laid bare, one needa only relate the confession of a medium who brought into a room not one, but seven ghosts, one at a time, and then, crand-llnale-of-the-circus fashion, all seven to gether, the while he himself was strapped to a chair and the sitters examined him between each act of the ghostly drama There were thirty-five Hitters In the room. The cabinet was a large wall closet with a wooden celling. After the medium had been strapped and tied to his chair and the chair duly nailed to th f oor, the sitters were arranged, the lights were put out and a music box set going, Shortly there appeared on the floor near the curtain ot the cabinet a spot of lumi nescent light. Gradually It grew into shape and form until there stood before the startled spectators the apparition of a pretty young woman. Diamonds spar kled In her ears and also at her throat and on her) fingers. She moved around in the room for a while and then rapped for light. A dim red light appeared and the woman of mystery went over and held a whispered conversation with a well-to-do, benevolent rdd man among the sitters. While she did so she gae others oppor tunity to giasp her tianil, which was found to be a warm hand of real flesh and hlovd. Then the lights went out, the woman of the diaphanous rchrs and bright Jewel gradually faded back Into a spot ot light, which In turn disappeared. At this Juncture the lights were turned on ami the sitters examined tha medium, only to rind him still strapped to the chair as firmly aa ever. Again the lights were put out. and shortly another little spot of ghostly light ap peared. It grew, and while it was expand ing Into the form f humanity still an other spot appeared, and In a short tima there appeared before the audience, in stead of two little spots of light, an aged man and a young boy. who, in the dim red light were recognized by one of the sitters as his father and his son. There could be no longer any doubt; he would swear on tho Bible that they were hla father and his son. Did not the elder ghost have the same heavy eyebrows that characterized his father? Did not the son have the same light curly hair and cherubic face, and also the silvery volcfi of his own son? And was he not clad la the same clothes in which his son had been burled? Could his eyes belle him In this? Conversation with them confirmed tha vision of his eyes; they told their names, when they had died, and a dozen Ultimata things of purely family concern. Then they ordered the lights out, were trans formed again into spota of light on tha carpet and returned to their "spirit world." Four more appeared In turn, with an ex amination of the medium between times, to see that he was still firmly strapped and bound. Each was duly recognised by some sitter present as a long lost friend, with whom a convincing conversation ai held. After they all had disappeared as mysteriously aa they came the grand finale was given. In which all seven spirits returned again, conversed with their re spective friends and then disappeared. Not one of the thlrty-flva sitters went away unconvinced. Now for the explanation. In the celling of the cabinet there was a trap-door. While. the music box played the spirits descended the ladder conveniently let down. Tha diaphanous-robed lady was bare-footed and attired In a night gown. When she not to the bottom of the ladder she pulled a vast length of the finest net from a. pocket In her gown. Ona of her hanfls was painted with luminous paint. On putting It out from under the curtain the spot light ott the floor appeared. The filmy white net which she waved around as she gradually crawled from under the curtain and rosa to her full stature, represented the cloud without form out of which she finally materialized. Spots of luminous paint rep resented diamonds in the dark, and when the dim lights were turned on cheap atonea glittered where the paint had shone before. She disappeared aa she came. All the others came as she did and disappeared In the same way. The conversations wera made up In advance from the medium's blue book and his personal investigations. Mediums find that the most profitabla sitters In the world ara the Impression able old men who love to e hugged and kissed by spirits and who under such In fluences become willing to part with their cash more quickly. When the aplrlts. by their tales of soul mates and such, things, worlt these old gentlemen up to tha point where they cannot restrain their dosira for permanent materialization any longer the daffy old fellows are sent far away to keep the tryst, while tha medium finds It convenient to operate somewhere else. There are cases on record where such old men have spent 120,000 In such seances. Of course, they never "squeal," Who would under suoli circumstances? Ot courso, all materializations are not accomplished in the manner related above. Sometimes the splrlta have confederatea among the spectators, sometimes they crawl Into the room through a secret panel. Sometimes hands or faces appear in the shape of simple masks or clay hands oovered with luminous paint. What appeara to be only a lead pencil n tha hand of the medium at the beginning at a seance Is in reality a telescoped rod three feet long. A pair of tongs can easily be concealed and they may lift-the lum inous head or hand out over thd audience In a startling way. Sometimes tha me dium herself playa the ghost. She may be as big and fat aa all outdoors, but a black, robe thrown over her shoulders may hlda all the white except that sufficient to rep resent a petite figure. Anyone who Is tempted to carry hla In vestigations to the point of grabbing tha ghost and suddenly striking a match would better be warned. It has been tried, and sometimes a blow over the head with a blackjack or some other uncomfortable experience nas neen the reward. Thla story of the waya and means of "ma terialization" might be extended through, many columns without exhausting tha subject. But however mysterious tit "materialisation" the explanation always Is as simple as those here outlined. By rEDEio j. HABxnr. Tomosrtw Spiritualism and JCaglo -H. Slate-Writing Tricks. Of Interest to Women. Daily Health Hint. Men uf affairs, no matter how over, burdened they mav be. should never bt loo busy to lake Vine for exercise. Don't Marry the Man. T impair his ubllity to support a Who is selfich. Who is a pessimist . Who ia a fpendthrift. Whoe word you cannot ttly uron. land n Who ta so dreamy or Impractical tt to I 'Who seriously la ml I y. Who never works unlens he has to. Whose highest ambition ia to become rich. weak and (tfem- Who is namby-pamby, lniie. Who Iihh hi sympathy with your liipniv plrat'ons. th'nka that a comfortable home and plenty to cat and rar thould satiety any w urns n. Who is u!was mxkiiig excuses for not meeting engagements. Who believe thnt all courting hould be done before niair...ge. Decidedly the most popular belt is the oi.e of clastic, and a woman may buy these at all prices from 25 cents to ):'. A nice looking bell for mourning is lu black chif fon elastic. It closes with a dull buckle and costs only 60 cents, while for $1.60 an excellent model can be secured. Embossed clastic belts are much In de mand. These range in price from fl up ward and in all colors to match or hur monlze with gowns made in amnthvst, taupe, brown, gray, floial effects, Persian designs, black, navy, cream and white. Among the seml-ready-for-wear dresnes in one popular shop is a pretty f-ock. It differs entirely from the so-called tob Towns because It Is In princess effect, yet can be finished to suit any figure. The material Is batiste, the princess ef fect gen by moans of two rows of wide embroidery Insertion edged with lace era on down the front, which overlie a deep flounce of the material tiimm"d on the bottom with tucks ii ml a row of lace. Material for the soke, back of waist and sleeves Includes two and one-half yards of fortv-lnch wide batiste, two and ono-quar-t' r tardu of embroidered Insertion, lit yards of lace insertion and an extra panel Pi Ice. - ;. T he band portiere Is a new lda In sum- Tapestry bands In a va and tassels, one color predominating so the drapery may be chosen to harmonize with the other furnishings In the room. One set of portieres will answer for two rooms, as the bands are alike on both sides. They are made to fit doorwaya six to seven feet wide, and seven feet six Inches high, the longest cord reaching to the ground. The prlcea are 13.36. I4.&0 and tl.75. according to the quality of the cur-talns. POOR POETJ Who Is domineering and arbitrary snri t?-raimlzrk nwr the weak mid all who air' m,., furnishings, uncer mm. mine .r'nges bcfuie the rletv or color combinations aie arranged rich and pci'Atifiil.-Home Chat. alternately with gioups of velours coiris i ne roet i ve written Efcat de on th death of Swinburne. Candid Friend Pi ty IFTsn'l the other way round