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THE BEE: OMAItA. MONDAY. MAY 16. 1010. 4 RE'S HOME SIEDLIGHTS ALONG WASHINGTON BYWAYS Things You Want to Know"', and Mafic ortralturrs. M&dAZJME "PAGE Ohio is represented in the house by two veterans of th civil wur who records In the Wnr department show them to liave beer, conspicuous on tnore than one oc casion for tlielr bravery during that etrug !.. Or.e Is General Joseph Warren Kelfer, republican, cf Springfield. The otiir Is fleneral Isaac R. Sherwood, democrat, of Toledo. Kach veteran li a stauncn cham pion of the men who fought In that war. Wli.n lilrvtr arc dull around the house fun loving member are certain tv Bet plenty of action for their money by telling jk if the Ohio generals that the other 'mis a new scheme on foot to Increase the pension of Old soldiers. The general who Is Riven thin alarming Information sUits on a Mill hunt to find out what the other I up to and to beat him to li. If possible. Uer.eral Kelfer want to help the old sot dirt, .but he does not want to do II in General Sherwood's way. Geneial Sher wood has a pet echeme to give old soldiers a dollar a day pension and he cannot tol erate any other plan fathered by General Kelfer. Uvt.cral Kelfer has a little the best of the argument at nil times because ha Is a member of the appropriations commlttoe and I chairman, of the subcommittee in charge of the pension appropriation bill. I'nlike .General Sherwood. General Kel fer does not dovoto his energies entirely to pensions, lie Is one of the great de fenders of the constitution. He shares with Judge Rartlett of Georgia, tho honor of taking up more of the time of the house to explain wthat the framcrs of the constitution Intended than the moat talka tive of constitutional members of tho fnlted States senate. Whenever Oeneral Kelfer gets started on the constitution the only "thin that can stop him is repeated reps of. the speaker's gavel calling time. nedacluB the Expense for Meat In the Diet. . The expense for meat In the home may be reduced in sverl way, end each housekeeper can best Judge which to use in her own eese. From a careful consid eration of the subject It appears that the various suggestions which have been mads on the subject may be grouped under the following general heads: Economy In se lection and purchase so as to take advan tage of the varying market conditions; purchasing meat In wholesale quantities for homo use; eervlng smaller portlona of meat than usual, or using meat less fre quently; careful attention to the use of Pineal, bone, fat and small portions com inonly trimmed ef f and thrown way and the utilisation of left over portions of cooked meat, and the use of the less ex pensive' kinds. The choice of cuts should correspond to the neodB of the family and the preferenoe of its members. Careful consideration of marfcp.t conditions Is also useful not only tu make sure that the meat is handled and marketed In a sanitary way, but also to take advantage of any favorable change In price which may be due, for Instance, to a large local supply of some particular kind or cut of meat. In towns where there Is J'fcpprtunlty for choice, It may some tlrflli bo found more satisfactory not to give all the family trade to one butcher; by- going to various markets before buy Ing the housekeeper Is In a hotter position to hear of variations lit prices and so be . A" Ci position to get the best values. Order n.i hy telephone or from a butcher's boy at the door may be less economical than going to market In perron, as the range - of choice and prices hi of course moro Borne Superstitions. A' great" many cduntry people believe th-t the sci'oeclilng of an owl Innk-atoj Imper.d ing calamity. . To dreem pt a furtcral is a a g i of a wcddlcg. To droum of a wedding is a alg i of a funeral. In Dal.uatia It is an exceedingly susp -cioim omen for a 'cat to rneii when a trid cutoia the hous.. When you find tea grounds floating In rour cup you know that you are pc-ing to lave company. If tho grounds are toft it XI 1 1 1 it vie tsar' i . . i. 1 I -i II . 1 C V. ' I 1 ',Jiy don't you turn over a new lefr "For economical rauvxuk' I ionl It takes one page of the Congressional Directory to tell the hlatory of General Keifcr's life, while Oeneral Sherwood wor ries aloud with hl wer history tn about ....... . i , v, , isf n ii re "Gordon Runell can no more keep of f j the bench man pipi ---- kept out cf the hou-e of representatives, .aid a member of the Texas delegation today, referring 10 the report that rreil doht Taft I to appoint Mr. Russell as fed eral Judsa in one of the Texas dlfctrlots. "It Is a curious thing," continued the Texan, "but It Is a fact nevertheless that this particular district In which Russell Is slated for the JudgNhip Is perhaps the only part of the t'nlted Stales where the ad ministration cannot find a republican who Is qualified to fill the Job. Hence the president's reason for appointing a demo crat In the place." Being Judge runs In the Ruiseil family. Mr. Russell's maternal grandfather was a Judge and Mr. Russell himself was a Judge on several occasions before he came to congress, so that If he accepts the presi dent's offer he probably will be more at home than In his present position as a member of the house. He wa elected Judge of Van Zandt county In ISM, but served only one term.' In 1M2 he was elected district attorney of the Seventh Judicial district of Texas snd was re-elected In 1S94. The call of the bench . became strong again while Russell was serving as dis trict attorney, and In 136 he was a candi date and was elected district Judge of the Seventh district and was re-elected to the same office four years later. He became a member of the house in the Fifty-seventh congress and has served continuously ever since. Mr. Russell la prominent in univer sity fraternity circles, being a member of the Delta Thcta and Phi Kappa. i.i arii . ( " i obvious when the purchaser sees the goods and has a chance to observe market con ditions. Each housekeeper must decide for herself whether or not the greater con venlenca compensate for the smaller range of choice which such ordering from de scrlptlon entails. No matter what the cut, whether expensive or cheap, It can not be utilized to tho best advantage unless It is well cooked. Poorly prepared meat dishes are almost inevitably wasted at the table. As an Illustration of the losses arising through unwise selection and poor cooking may be mentioned facta observed tn die tary studies carried on by the office of experiment stations. In many families where the Income was fairly good the tabid and other conditions were far from satis factory. In such cases the mat kiting Wss quite commonly done by a child or some on without knowledge or experience. In a particular instance the selection was ex pensive steak, which later was so badly cooked that It was hardly possible to eat It. A cheaper cut wall cooked would have been much more satisfactory a well as more .economical. Is a woman who is coining; if hird, a man. If the grounds are long the peison coming Is tall; if fchovt, the visitor w.U he short. The last Friday of each month Is the al manac Index for the next month. If the weath-r be fair the month Will be Ike wise; If foul,-so will the month be. Have you white marks cn your it li? Put your hands together and lay this rhyme while In succession you touch f ngor tips, beginning with the thumb: "A frnd, a foe, a gift, a beau, a Journey you go." Notice oh which finger na U the marks are and you wlil thus gain some ,Jnk!lng of your fortune In Wales it is believed that if any one kills a wren he will fall down and break a buns before the end of. the year. Blow out the candle, and If the wick continues long to smoulder, look for bad weather. Jf It goes out quickly the weather will be fair. When a person Wills a snake he doea well to consider what kli.U of weather he would Jlke. If he hangs the snake up. It will raiu; If he buries It the weather will be fair. Wheii you have rheumatism "carry a po tato In your pocket. The potato wtll be come hard after a time and believers in its virtue nfflim that this U because of the rheumatism It has absorbtd. If you dream of falling end are awakened by the fancied Jar of landing It U a sign that you are going to be ill. If, however, you awake while still in midair you may be assured you Will continue In good health. It Is a favorite auporstltion In England that t'.ie bacun of swine killed In the wanning of the moon will waste away In tho process of curing or cooking much more than baeon of hogs killed whjle the nioou Is growing, - - - . WPM A "SOFT" OMC AWAKC.K ME TROtt f Ja x yi VJtr 'T,s M06"p i ctCAM Z, I ui (1 3 ' tliLir'j IUEaA HAVfi ESCAPED I HAVt MK1 T Ok V JMKO ONIH BS) iTHC. BEAJltST CMktitK A& Of fiOMt TfeOUBLt , WW $ wat Hf ATTTMor At CAe.c vc$ , "reei. A A-, wcrk reau-i awy- MTE.$ai ! TbRTBOMMGi CpOiV1 BiHJ COtaA TIjlU THAT AT THAT OOA TUtRtlU Mk' Vt AGUAAcr!! COPYRIGHT, 1910. BY.THE The Tired Business Man BY WALTER' A: SINCLAIR, What can- ttie-wsa-derr feed that fastid ious convict Who complained because he was a vegetarian and couldn't get a vege tarian diet?" asked Friend Wife. "Might feed him an Jailbird seed," said the Tired Business Man. - "We have to be very particular about the way: we care for our fortunate brethern who can stand up the state for board and lodging, s'teady Jobs and protection from criminals break ing in at night. Tou couldh't cow this man with a threat of bread and water diet In fact, he'd probably hall it with de light If it was all-wheat bread, prescribed as the panacea for every trouble (see ad vertisement in ail eating and health publi cations). The only way "they could scare that fellow would be to put him on roast beer, fried chicken a la Maryland, Patsy De Folgraw, Virginia sugar cured ham and mutton chops for a week. By the end of that time he would be yelling for his break fast bran and promising to be the best little prisoner in the pen. "Back when Charlea Dickens was wring ing the imagination with his novels padded out on the horrors of prison life he would dilate on the lack of good rashers of bacon and meat puddings In the pen, and tell of the cornmeal mush and beans which were, handed out for food. To Charles the most awful punishment that could be Inflicted on an Englishman was the editing down of his five meals a day. And, somehow or other, his characters were always getting into Jail and being put on diet. If Dickens couldn't have filled out his novels with eatings we could have a vest pocket edi- Briglitside and His Boy BY LAFAYETT6S PARKS. I see they are holding a third election for the Hall of Fame," Brightside begins, as the heir apparent rolls In to unlimber his usual cargo of chatter. "Hanging medals on another bunch of dead Ones, eh?" queries Son, nonchalantly puffing a cloud of Turkish aroma toward Father. "This year's list Is the largest they have ever hod, there being forty altogether," continues Father. "More than two hundred names have been suggested for the honor." 'Some of them sure to get the hook, then," comments Son. "The ginks that gi'l the marble mitt won't bo able to contest ffJE INUDitufc Of THE GtN the election anyway. If they get the count they're down end out, with no comeback. There won't be any libel suit or bribery Inquiries Just to get their names lu the paper after the big contest closes. Thai's what X like a'.out this Hall of Fame dope." "Among the four famous American men NEW YORK EVENfNfi TELEGRAM (NEW YORK HERALD J "BRAN." t tion of his works and be able to talk about the characters Instead of skipping through the volumes to see that the leaves are all cut, after the Installment man has been paid. "If Dickens didn't pad freely from cook books, he at least had a wad of menus at hahd when he was turning out his Immortal works. Whenever he found himself shy on a good situation he had his characters sit down and cat. And, believe me, that was some eating; for, no matter whether they were heroes, vllllans or comic reliefs, they always laid away a side of beef, or a leg of lamb, or a mess of kidney puddings, or a skllletful of -sassingers, washed down of foreign birth nominated I see that John Smith Is on the list," remarks Father, looking over the entries. "John Is there with the fame all right,'" admits Son, "but I don't see where they get away with the foreign trade mark on fmith. They may have him in other coun tries under different names, but when they spell it S-M-l-T-H, take is from me, hM comes from the U. S. A. The guy that first Imported the makings of the name might have been Signor Spaghetti, iierr Vou Smierkase or Smlthowlskl when he landed. It doesn't take 'em long to chop oft the extra letters, though, for nobody wants a handle It takes a suitcase to carry around." "John Brown Is mentioned in the roll of famous American men of native birth," In terjects Father. "After that, It they don't put BUI Jones in the entries It's up to him to make u howl," declares Son. "Jonesy runs those other two a good second in the city direc tory, sometimes taking up three or four pages of small type. Smith may put over a page or two more, but Jones Is further In front in the book, and that ought tu count some. Everybody knows Bill Jones, and It that isn't fame they've gut to show me." "A candidate, to be eligible, must have accomplished some real service to his country, 1 believe," Father explains. "Then the guy that Invented the gin rlcjcey ought to get by a couple of lengths In the lead of the field." airti Bon. "An other winner able to canter In under wrap Is the boy that came across with the neai food dellcatetuen emporium, thus enabling every female manager of a Harlem flat to tlwow together a six-course dinner while liubby Is scraping off his wl.ikers." "There are a great many restrictions that might make it lmposnible for such prisons to he nominated," Father heol- taiingly offers. "Nix on putting up the high bars on a stunt that ought to be meant to encourage the youth of the land U Invent some use C0J..AI Right! Reserved. Tells Friend Wife a Vegetarian Con , vict Should Have Jailbirdseed. with several peWster pots of nut brown ale. It appealed to his readers' Stomachs if not hearts. If some bowdlerlser tried to reduce Dickens' works to the plot and action he would take all the meat out, and there'd be enough to fill a cold storage warehouse. "But prisoners are daintier nowaday. A poor but honest man, or one who hasn't been convicted, can starve for the lack of his favorite boxed chopped bran, Chawa- bowlowmush, Eatabalahay, Roasted Snow Flakes and the expensive fresh vegetables, but the man In the coop must have them of he'll write a poem to the editor and rhyme out. Evidently from this scream they don't serve anything but sausage and cold meats in the free lunches at prison bars. "I wouldn't be at all surprised but what the cruel prison keepers don't give the In mates time to Fletcherize their food morn ing, noon and night. Probably a biped in snappy striped clothes Isn't allowed to stop breaking rock every hour and take ten minutes of rhythmlo breathing. There are no vegetarian food bazars In prison where a convict can have those Imitation steaks made of ground beans and. nuts, no rice and raisins, spaghetti, spinach and musclefude. He has one advantage, though no peddler awakens him in the morning yelling 'Veg-at-abo!' " "If he hadn't broken the laws." ruled Friend Wife, "he might still be having home cooking." "Maybe that drove him to it," retorted the Tired Business Man. (Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) "Candidates for the Hall of Fame." Their Latest Tabloid Sketch. ful thing that would prove a blessing to posterity," explains Son, throwing out his chest like a Fourth of July orator. "Some kiddo there with the gray matter might think up a patent collar button that a chap could Jab the ends of a collar on without twisting himself Into a knot like a circus contortionist. You never can tell. Pop." "The man that built the Brooklyn bridge is on the Hat," Father says hopefully. His cosey corner In the Hall ought to be next to the guy that sprung the first rubber plant," Son urges. "Why is a rubber plant like the Brook lyn bridge?" Father asks, with the peculiar Innocence of old age. 4u.uuic one er.u of both. Is planted In Brooklyn," asuerts Son. (.Copyright, MO, by the N. YHerald Co.) HAD A REASON. "Doea the keep on the right sido cf her husband r "No, the left. Hc'i blind on that No other one feature of medlumlsltc work may be used with such convincing effect as spirit portraiture, especially when in connection with other spiritualistic iianifeiutallons. Tills was Illustrated in tne experience of a wealthy cuUea of Illi nois. He had attended one seance anci another, and while still an honest inquirer, had not bven sufficiently Imprested to ac- ipt the doctrmce of spiritualism without question. While in this state of mmd he as referred to a group of spirit portrait painters in the city of Chicago, and he went to see these picture-taking mediums. When his turn came he was asked to write a mesKugs to some dead person, fold it along with two blank sheets of paper, all taken from his own writing pad, and to place them In a sealed envelope, which, in turn, Was to be placed In a book oil which he Was to rest his hiWid during the remainder of the seance. He did this, und while waiting for the reply of his messuge to uppear, he engaged In conversation about - spiritualistic phenomena with tin- medium. When a sufficient time had elapsed, he was asked to remove his en velope from the book, and open It and read the reply. He had asked his mother, who had been dead for many years, whether she would sit for a spirit portrait for him. The leply wus written in Ink and covered both sheets that he had enclosed with his message. She announced that at a certain future date she would sit for the portrait He went away from the seance very deeply impressed, and completely m sti fled. On the appointed day he returned selected a canvas from among a number of blank canvases and had It plaoed upon an easel. While he sat there looking in tently at the bare canvas lights and shadows began to appear, and In less than twenty minutes a completed picture of a woman about So years old stood out upon the canvas. It resembled the sitter's mother When she was about that age. The man was so Impressed by this marvelous exhibition of what seemed tu him to be supernatural power that he more than willingly paid the S40 for which the medium had agreed to produce the picture. Jn another case a woman, although a pro fessed doubter, called on these spirit paint ers and asked for a spirit portrait of her dead son. She, too, was given a message from beyond the veil, declaring that all was well with the son and thai he would be delighted to sit for his picture. In this esse a number of calls were necessary be fore the portrait could be completed, but When it was finished she decided that she would like to hkve his name on It, and lo! the name Immediately appeared, without any seeming natural explanation. She was completely converted tu the doctrines of spiritualism. Another Instance of the mysterious art of spirit portraiture was that of a man who had asked for a portrait of his. daughter, who had died In Infancy. He, too, Was a doubter. When he visited the place the second time he was told to select a canvas among the dosen or more lying loosely, upon the floor of a room adjoining the seance room. He did so and the canvas was placed in a Window. In due time a picture of a beautiful girl about 14 years old appeared oh the canvas, all in broad daylight and right before hie skeptical eyes. After the picture was delivered to- him be expressed the wleh that there might be a flower in her hair. The medium told him not to worry, that In due time such a flower would appear. He took his picture. That evening a flower did appear in the hair of the child In the portrait. No one can conceive of a combination of circumstances that would be mone com pletely mystifying than those In either one of the foregoing cases. And yet the ex planation Is not difficult even for the un initiated to understand. In the first place the messages written and concealed In the books were obtained and read by the medi ums and the answers written through a process of substitution such as Is used in the sealed letter and pellet tricks. The data about the people whose spirit portraits were desired was obtained partly through the medium and the runners who had sent the sitters there and partly from conversa tions with the sitters who unconsciously revealed some of the . things the medium needed to know. When the sitters selected their canvasses Race track men protest against increased taxation, which is proof positive that race track men are Just like other human be ings. The comet Is now backing up, dragging its head behind It. Evidently the tall does wag the dog at times. Notice the claim that men reveal them selves in their autographs. Cm! More often in the figures above the autogiaph. Official statistics from Kansas show that one marriage in eight is a failure. No wonder they raise Insurgents and things other than corn. With suburban passenger rate boosted m per cent on the one hand and train hands talking strike on the other, the Job like local commuter Is rspldly qualifying far a place In Fox's Book of Martyrs. See a proposition to syndicate all navies In the Interest of world peace. Immense. Always did admire that quotation from "Bombastes Furloso;" "We'll all be equal. And I'Jl be your king!" Bit unkind for an esteemed contemporary to recall that another former president of the United States made a world trip thirty odd years ago and that, although he cov ered more or the earth than Colonel Roose velt, fewer persons heard about It. Well, lhat was General Orant, somewhat known as a soldier and also as the silent man. Then Main, the press agent had not been developed as now. Msyor of Woodbury, N. J., has ordered the police to watch for the appearance of the comet nightly and notify all citizens who have so requested of the feet. That's all right. They strive to please. A citizen here desiring to go fishing should simply have to notify the policeman on post, who would call him at I o'clock in the morning and have a tomato ran full of freshly dug worms all ready as well. Governor Fort of New Jersey has do. dined to ask for Mr. J. Ogden Armour's extradition on the ground that there Is no proof that defendant was in the state alien the so-called conspiracy to create artificial scarcity in beef was effected. Of course not. Besides, a man couldn't be In The Onlooker all of those available contained the iam.. Picture in hidden outline.. They were pro duced by any on n ......, .y either of rehi,h .Z"V""m?aam- "t.l develooed t, 7 ""r''" ,nvbl ,,,.... . . " , toe oase or or dlnary photographic paper, except that in h is case light would not destroy1 fh. hl' do" nhi i u m oiowii, set- o?V: , ?"0JurVb: nitrete ..... viouuee yellow. With theaa three chemical. . lne -it Invisible wZ can '.'a wi,nm,Re ' "P,r he ' canvas with pruss ate of i,,ik invisibis plct U. Pleted portrait. Sometimes th. spray,ng done by a confederate, sometimes it is ac- thTw riV' "crrt '". . in, fi. ,J flywer appear- T -"-""'prVZX.'n -no treated with a very slow developer bv .. 8" of tne "ft of "forcing " Not only i- the canvas led to bear false I ;u."n ,h,';oush u,e "-"'puia.ions of : , natural mnn ,ki..i. s.rcrVerrHxi experiments show conclusively t"a "en n-dleKnnS0'wrJa'ur.p, inere wero a number of old mat. hih he was ordered to wash and to coat or u ure use as negatives. He did sTbut he failed to get some of the old plates thor oughly clean. A bearded gentleman in a broad-brimmed hat came to have his pic ture taken and the resulting negative showed him true to life, but in addition to Ms portrait there was n ghostly outline of a woman In white with ffowlng veil and orange blossoms. The stranger was shown the negative and was tremendously im pressed with It. He thought that he had been honored by some spirit from the be yond sitting with him for his picture. At last the photographers decided to embark in the field of spirit photography, which they did with wonderful success until the secret of their art was discovered. There are many methods of surreptitiously treat ing photographic plates before exposure. But even after they are exposed they msy be changed by the skillful use of the re touching process, by Interposing a magic lantern slide between the plato and the light before development and by many other methods. But still other means may be used for inducing the photographic plate to declare that which is not true.. For Instance, a tiny picture may be taken on a transparent film, muoh like-the image on a moving picture film. This small image In outline may be pasted on the lens with trans parent paste and thus reflected upon the photographlo plate when the exposure for the principal figure Is made. By systems Of double exposure one may be made to stand face to face with himself, cut off his own head or do any of Innumerable tricks that are possible only In the realm of the fourth dimension. The spiritualistic portrait painters and photographers manifest a genius worthy of a better cause. They use the secrets of chemistry, apply the principles of acoustics, electricity, psychology and of every other art that will serve to mystify the people. Even now they are looking tdward Wire less telegraphy and telephony as an aid In the practice of their profession.. They be lieve that If Instruments suited to their needs can be produced the length to which they can go In the production of unex plalnable things will be almost limitless. T TSZDXmiO 3. XASKUT. Tomorrow Spiritualism and Magle. VX Kaglolans and Kind Seaders. all the states affected at the same time. Why not have some sort of a Tom Tid dler's Ground, free from all interference, where .gentlemen who do business on a large scale may meet and plan things without later on facing Immunity baths and kindred unpleasantnesses? Further Interest la lent to the momentous question, "Do they ever come back?" by the fact that In St. Louis, which is In the state of Missouri, Colonel William Jennings Bryan was met by a reception committee of the Farmers' convention, a tout-Vsy not extended to either President -Taft 'i r the secretary of agriculture, Mr. Wllrou. 5n Daily Health Hint. After living for several months on simple foods, In addition tq Increased good health, It will be found that an Increased sus ceptibility of tsste aitd a keener reils have been acquired. The I,wa Mower. I watch with feeling most serene The wheel that turns at morn; 'Tls not propelled by gasoline And does not need a horn. -T. E. M. POOR JOHN. She And do you promise tht youll never tjop loving me, darling John? 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