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11 ElE'SfiOMEiMMlIME iHUMOIft.fl 11. TIIE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1910. PAGE 0 2V Ermine Theater Wrap, Things You Want to Know The Government at rament at II he Hate J Imrst. II Work-Tk Depart 1 j IP I ... . .... ..- .... .'' ? , ' - r -r ' - - ? :- I. - "V i - . urn: TV- - " " ! V ' ' m. -'. naotio aar Thl ytoh wrap of untalled ermine with boixler trlmm(ng showing the email, black tails. In . handsome effect, is shaped In at the bottom to produce the narrow lines now considered correct.' At the shoulders the wrap is roomy and graceful and the full sleevwe and huge muff of ermine and ' TsrvffSn n'n1nMnr We UOttie UialOgUeS BT WALTER A. SINCLAIR. "Car comlngP cried Pvctle, whereat I leapt nervously a couple of yards. . "Don't mention that to me suddenly," I ordered. " , . "I lav you got the jumps yet?" she in Quired. ' "While not in my cups t am still in my eup race," I admitted. "And you con tinued our hero wtlh a rising inflection?" ""Does the inflection rise in a monotone or a bltone or merely in an aerotone?" she asked. "Who's balloony now? 1 retorted, cutely, "But did you enjoy the' race? "I was hoping you would ask me that so that I could moan about the sorrows of the rioh." she replied, . ', "Proceed to throw en canine," I per' mitted .... "You mean throw, on. 4he high,' speak ing automoblUously," she orrectefl. "Do I Infer, that your little trip to the cup raoes in. lAr. Qulneye statienery-and-SngUsb, basement' automobile,, "How did you know It was stationery T" she ezolalmed, amased. "Because 1t is ' monogrammed," ' 1 ex plained.' "Rudimentary, my deah, Watson.' "Wtell, you are considerable Inferer In fernally so," she commented. "We should have Joined the brotherhood of stationary engineers. Xw. that automobile had the most stationary . engine I ever want to meet. I . thought it was going to be B fine, starting out ia grandeur; walla the common people ware crowding aboard trains to get there. But as it was, we stalled out on a country road and fussed there for over an hour, and by the time we got Under way again everybody WtO ever owned a car or' could hire one had passed, us, giving the marry or mttmehah." "Tire trouble?" I Interrogated. ' "It tired me. (all right," she observed. "And the automobile was tired enough, too, from the way it acted. When we ar rived near' the course we found all prog ress blocked by large flocks of touring cars and llmoUslneS and other offensive creations t,o say nothing of- large hats. I couldn't - see -a -single accident for my trouble." ' - : "I saw it aU at the famous hatpin Junc ture," I gloated. "You mean hairpin," she corrected. "I thought I meant hatpin." I objected. "I meant that I stood behind two of the dear, unfair sex who wore hatpins longer than the law allows, and risked my eyes peering through the Jungle of spears. And talk about funt They both wore small tur bans and long pins, and every time they craned ' tbelr . necks they would Jub each other Willi, thvlr hkyplece stilettos. Regu lar doodle. Much Joy." "And all j: . could do.' she mourned, "was to sit at the rear ot the mob composing the loveliest plot for an automobile play. I had for. the hero a handsome, reckless racing driver. The beautiful heroine's father has mortgaged the old Fifth avenue farm mansion to recoup his fortunes by betting on the result. The vUlaiuous vtlluti goes to the paxag the night before the race to-dope-the faithful bay racing car with bay rum sett-ad of gasoline, and the noble mechanician bests him off, but Is all broken, rrp doing It, They do not discover it until JUBt. I',!f01 the race has to begin. Bo wljat iotw Ih noble girl do but don the goggles and, the mechanician's disguise, ride like Vtifi the handsome haru and jut as thy ar o the last lap he bumps his bead on the wheet and becomes Insensible, but she- holds fntnr firmly at the steering wheel until he flashes across the line a - V 11 "-.- scan, .qag. chiffon Increase the effect of breadth at the top of the garment. With thlls stun ning theater wrap Is worn a smart Gage hat with a tapestry crown and brim faced with black velvet, the only trimming being the immense spray of aigrettes which tow ers at the back. Collaborate On Some Really Unusual Scenarl69. CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT "COMPOSED. - . . v ' winner, and then " ' ' "Then the critics go to their offices, and pan the show," I hazarded. , "I suppose she wins him?" "How did you ever guess it?" she' gasped. sarcastic like. .1 'Oh, authors are always dragging In a happy ending In the last act," . . "But this play Isn't going to have any last act," she asserted. "Lest acts are bo .called because the audiences never last through one. 60 I'm going to have this stop at an unexpected moment and then offer a prise for the best answer." "Aren't you going to introduce any love scene V I asked.- "I thought maybe you might do that," she responded, artlessly. , Quick curtain. (Copyright, 1U10, by the N. T. Herald Co.) GERMANS ARE IN MUTINY Society Is Oraanlsed for Rnppreaaloa ol Presrat Daaaeroma Custom of LlftlBg One's Hat. 'Why raise your hat?" Is the motto of the Society for the Promotion of German Modes of Greeting, whose headquarters are at Darmstadt. It Is a wasteful habit, be cause it wears out the brim of the hat. It Is unhealthy because In bad weather It is Ukely to bring on colds. And, worst of all. uniiatnutiD, ior me custom was adopted by the French, the first nation In Europe to bare the head as a form of politeness. The true mode of greeting for Uermans, we are told. Is ' Ihe military saiuie, wnicn is of purely Teutonic orlsln having originated among the officers of the Prussian grenadiers. The society has gained many adherents and the inhabitants of Darmstadt are now accustomed to elderly civilians stand rigidly to attention and bring the hand smartly to the fore head when they meet acquaintances In the street, says the London Chronicle. The mere salute without raising of the hat will be welcomed by many of us, for when we wear the soft felt hat or the cloth cap we find It easy enough to pluck It off but bow to return It "to Its place? Thar is no brim, the - clutch courtesy is stopped midway, and there Is .no courtier, living who can take off a golf cap aad return It to his head gracefully; So let us agree not to take off our hats, but merely Indicate with our hands that we would lake thm oft it we could put them on again. . . OACTltc!iHB ; Ton. A WEEK, So XVt &OIN' TO Tlit BlM&O! NOW t'vt sloT TEN " iOrVE O'-THiS pfZ-AZA, lV JJE.EM tSocjy THE"t N6vET4 tiET AWffY RpJUNCi B6UT, flM' tXAX BE IT UILL ) ( i. TR.OM. OLD XE.K.C BA&OEf-t.. I Pot a uittuE &-inse. int n.E. Xrt I Vtmex-tiax keep wt Tort a wmilc TT Te Bt fl PRtTTt WJ) ScoUT'J s'rVT n tkE tKT) . 'S 7 ' - - BY KEN) HE TudfETVN , tLL'.or ALL "TV KERVf PURS ft Aon. iic-rA (r.htout th'Top: ) ( i tvte snw this is th' , ) ricMou.':. V.he's s-reoMs oxJ I nerviest! he's like J ' ' C ' p 1 1 11 111 r CMNSEn Mt Aimt " V 'UELL.XVE BEtH TM CHftt-lPETiNN HOHAM! HE 3 MAUrTED" 1 3oG CATCHETi "RjDUKD THE B . , I An. X -DtvEAtMr. , PNtTS-TDT- OVEK THICTt YEARS I , - --- . y sci aW jyJrr -1 tmce otf Av','' , - " ; - : The Tired Business Mao . BT WALTER A. SINCLAIR. I see that President Taft told the in mates of the Cincinnati Incorrigible Boys' Home that there are other places which give more happiness than the presidency," observed Friend Wife. 'In the imperishable words of Hen Clay he would rather be 'in right' than be presi dent.'" replied the Tired Business Man. 'And you correctly noticed that he told it to the lncorrlblble boys. They are the kind who become presidents. They are in corrigible about It. We don't have to look very far back to find a glittering example of incorrigibility, 0ne so Incorrigibly ad dicted to the presidency that he never can be cured. But as authors always prefer Incorrigible boys, I suppose he will remain a hero to many of us. "You will note that Mr. Taft did not say that there were happier places than the White house although actions speak in clarion tones compared to words. Of course, he could hardly be called qualified to speak on the subject, having seldom had any opportunity to form an opinion. He might be able to tell the -boys about the railroad accommodations between Washington and New York; of the swept- by-ocean-breeses condition of Beverly, Mass.; of the good golfing at Atlanta, the uncertainties of club Invitations in Chi cago, the hardships of Mississippi river steamboat travel, the far from pacific politics of the Paolflo slope, the central states' crop outlook as seen from a car window and of their own Cincinnati, but on Washington he can only speak as a passer-through that pretty little capital city. 'Maybe he might have made reservations 1 about the Joys of the presidency, mean-1 Items of a convenience far the home milliner. when it becomes the question of trimming a large hat, It the "ready to add" wreath ot ostrich feathers. To a band of feather trimming several curled tip are added, ana then the ends ar caught together, form ing a wreath which Is placed around the crown of th hat and secured with a few stitches. Blue, brown, black and gray com prise the list of colors and the price is U-W tor the whole wreath. It has become a fad to wear corsage garnitures of artificial flowers Instead of CRUEL TRUTH He batt tnon money tbma m.9 - Well, f-tt Coat nlgny (pc Tells Friend Wife 5,e, VIn Right' "ADVICm", Ing that It was not ths happiest place ex tant where there was a president emeritus or a super-president frisking around the country, crowding the stage center hard and keeping the spotlight' 'operator per spiring freely. I can imagine that What's His Name, the second president oh, yes, Adams would have had a more unpleasant term than he did it Oeorge Washington hadn't Immured himself in Mount Vernon, spending his time breaking p6achers' rifles over his knees and accomplishing other strong arm- Jobs better : remembered than any particularly brilliant thing he did while in office. . " . "Mr. Taft might have told the boys .that there were- other Jobs which needed their early inclinations more than the presl Interest for the Women Folk natural ones. They are such perfect Imi tations, and, when a little perfume has been added, the ruse Is complete. The per fume of the rose, th violet and th lily ot th valley can be got without trouble when needed, but when a bunch of sweet peas was bought for their beauty there seemed to be no way ot giving them an odor until a clever girl discovered that ths Mary Garden perfume suggested the fragrance of this delightful flower. This was added, with most satisfactory results. When washing chamois or doeskin glove they should always be turned inside out, fingers and all, while drying, .for exactly the sams reason that fine wearing apparel Is always dried wrong aid out.. Flecks of dust ar always in th air ready to settle anywhere, and dampness always holdj soil. Especially Is this true of kid and any kind ot soft leather. Very often, too, articles that take some time to dry ar apt to be come streaked with yellow or a dirty brown. These streaks always appear .on th right, never on th wrong side. Tne newest scarf is not only smart but extremely practical, and It la not necessary to pay the prios asked In the stores tor It, If one Is willing to do the required sewing, which Is simple enough, at home. Two lengths of soft satin ar bought, on of which should be black, the other white or a delicate color. About three and one half yards of each will he necessary. These are basted together, and then th edges are caught together all ' around. About four or five Inches from the ends th scarf is gathered together and tied with cords or ribbon. 80m e of th handsomest handbags ar fashioned from a heavy Persian material J.S.VM, I Mr. Taft Would Rather ' Than Be President. dency. He might have assured them that there were bigger salaries awaiting them as presidents of predatory trusts than are paid to those who get the White House rent free. 'But Isn't It JUBt like Incorrtglbles to want to be president? On the other hand, If we don't get our future presidents from homes for lncoriiglbles, where will we get them? We are entirely out of log cabins. the kind which cleared the way for Wash ington, Lincoln and the first Harrison, Boys with presidential aspirations can wish until they are blue In the face and never be born in a log cabin. The log cabins have all been absorbed by a -trust. And, as for the canal tow path which reared an other president, who will go down to fame as the father of a great conservator, why the very mention of canal now suggests scandal, graft, dirt flying, mud slinging and resigning engineers. You can't get even an ambitious American boy to take a canal Job If he values his reputation. AU the other presidents won out through soldiering, and there is still plenty of that, but not the kind that won. A good war might develop a good presidential butcher; but alaa, the peace movement Is gaining daily. "President Taft shouldn't discourage boys from wishing to reach his office. Heavens knows it's as hard to get any one to take the Job as it was to get a vice president. I suppose Mr. Taft. isn't comfortable In the presidency because of the spirit manifesta tions." . "Spirit .manifestations?" echoes Friend Wife. "Yea. Cabinet knocking," explained the Tired Business Man. (Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) which reminds on of th old-fashioned Paisley shawls. The mountings ar in dull French gray or oxidised silver, with cord handles. It is said these bag will be seen a good deal this winter as a bright spot lightening up th dark toilettes). Mgny of the new afternoon gowns, are fitted with pouch bags to match the dress. They hang from the belt or the arm, as th owner please. y ' I ' Embroidery Is used on all belts, collars and on many of the small yokes. The prettier a girl is th less she believes that love Is blind. MATTER OF QUANTITY. 'Does h make good money? Oh, yeabut very little!" The Department of State employs the smallest force of any department of the government, but It Is first In rank, and Its official head Is regarded as the premier of the cabinet. As a rule, when the president makes up his official family, he selects the ablest man he can get tor the stats port folio. There have been a few administra tions In which the secretary of state yielded first place in influence to the head of an other department in cabinet affairs, but. rule, official precedence has carried with it the actual premiership. The State department has its official ex istence in Washington, but the larger of its activities take place In other countries. The diplomatic and consular servces repre sent the most Important work of the de partment, and while the plans are mapped out In Washington they are largely exe cuted abroad. It was found advisable from the earliest history ot the American colon lea to have representatives among the na tions of Europe to look after the colonial Interests. Benjamin Franklin at on time represented several of the colonies in this capacity abroad. Ihe contingent fund of th Stat depart- meat is th on appropriation mad by the federal - government that requires no ac counting to the people. This Is a secret fund established for th purpose ot enabling th secretary of state to keep close track upon th secret doings of other nations, in order that the government may at all tiroes be apprised of any foreign develop ments which might affect Its interests. The dlploraatlo representatives ot th United tJtates in foreign countries are supposed to keep themselves in olos touch with the officials of the oountrtes to which they ai accredited, and to sd conduen them selves in the discharge of their duties that they will be on good terms with those for eign officials with whom they have to deal, This has in a measure brought about a de mand for wealthy Americans to fill th Im portant foreign posts. As th personal rep resentative of the president of the United States, the American ambassador Is sup posed at all times to have access to the of fices of th ruler of the government to which he 1 accredited. If he is to make the most of his position he needs to b well fitted for taking part in the social affairs of the capital, and this calls for expend! tures far in excess of the emoluments of th office. It Is said that Ambassador Reld, In maintaining the Amedloan embassy at me oouri 01 ot. junta, spends iZoO.OOO a year more than ten times his Income from th ambassadorship. Many rules and regulations ar prescribed to govern the conduct of America's diplo matic representatives abroad. They are re quired to be charry in the matter of giving out interviews or making speeches lnvolv Ing questions at issue or questions which might be raised between their government and the ones to which they ar sent They ar forbidden to become responsible for debts of fellow Americans or to aHow their names to be used as references. Neither can they endorse bills or exchange for American tourists abroad In all Important correspondence between the Department of State and its diplomatic representatives abroad, mail is not entrusted to the ordl nary channels of communication. Special locked and sealed pouches are used, and wherever poslble these are entrusted to American citizens In the international mail service. In times of threatened war be tween our government and any other na tion, special messengers are often employed to carry th dispatches. Beoret cipher oodes are used in correspondence when war threatens. In case of a declaration of war the American representatives abroad are afforded a safe conduct to the frontiers ot the country at whose capital they are sta tioned, and the representatives of some other nation undertake to loox after Ameri can Interests, pending the conclusion of hostilities. The consular service Is in many ways the most interesting part of America's repre sentation abroad. Th oonsuls bear the same relation to American business inter ests in foreign countries that the diplo matic service sustains to governmental In teresta abroad. Their duties are many and varied, and even in remote cities th con sul finds much to do. There are invoices to be mad out on all shipments of goods to America, and such a consulate as that at Hong Kong will make out as many as 10,000 In a year. The day's routine in consular office is as varied as that ot newspaper office. There ar passports to be looked after, calls of war vessels to be made, complaints of American tourists to be heard, stranded seasmen to be provided for, a mlnature postofflce to be kept, pen Ion payments to claim attention, notarial service to be performed, trade reports to be written, extradition papers to be acted Proper Proportion Must Pc Ob served in When a house or apartment is to be en tirely papered it la of th utmost importance that designs shall be selected to seal th colors chosen which will accord. To "scale" means, roughly, that sixes ot what ever is used shall be In proportion. If a paper of very large design is chosen for a smalt1 room, it does not "scale." If a pat tern la small, that Is, proportionate to the room, then "scale" baa been observed, and th effect Is better. For one room to scale with another means that, in going from one to th next th eye shall not be disturbed by too sharp a Change. A good way of Illustrating this Is to tell th error Just made by a woman who Is papering a new nous. Th recep tion room on the right side of the lower hall Is small, and has a paper showing small fruits. Across the narrow hall is the living roow, 12x16 feet, and that, too, has a paper of small patterns. Opening from this room Is the dining room, almost simi lar In slse to the living room, and on Its walls is a gray paper with a hug colonial pattern. Th result Is no seal whatever. If the dining room war large, a large design would not have Jarred even with th small living room walls, but when It is th same slse as the other room and can be seen from th living room, th walls should correspond In every respect. Till does not mean that either th pattern or coloring should be the same, but merely that gen era! proportion Is to be observed. When on room opens from another, colors which accord must b ohosan for both. Th eye would be highly offended were It to take In a posit I vs red In one room and at th same time pink In th next It Is only when room are entirely cut off from each other that colors violently op posing may be used. - As every room on a floor opens Irom a hall, a ton for that part of th houc must be on that will harmonic with all. A dull, not bright, red goo with almost upon, marriages to be witnessed and certi fied to, and a record ot all these things N to be kept The government Is especially considerate of the American seamen abroad. It he Is stranded, his way is paid back to the United States. It he Is 111 trated on th vessel ot whose ortw he Is a member, his Interests are carefully looked after. Wher ver there Is an American consulate the flag of Vnol Sam means protection to the American seaman. This has led others to presume that Uncle Sam pays the way ot any stranded American seamen back to his home, and thousands appeal for such aid. But th seaman la In a class by him self in this regard, and it aid be given to 1 , others, it must come out the th consul's pocket or from private charity. Women who husbands have left them, others who have regretted their marriage to foreigners, and thousands of both sexes with varying tales ot woe annually appeal to th mem bers of the diplomatic and consular service tor aid In getting back to their American homes. Few nations enjoy such an extensiv trade abroad as th United States and much of the success of the American ex porter Is due to th activity of th men who make up th American consular aer- vic. They ar the watchmen on the tow ers ot International trade, spying out the country for new fields of commercial op portunity and seeking for every kind of data that will enable the American ex port business to continue to grow. Not. long ago a New England manufacturer of knives asked the consular service for a list of retail dealers in cutlery In Eng land. He got it and is now carrying coals to Newcastle by sending knives to Shef field. Another manufacturer asked for cer tain Information and since the receipt ot It has doubled his export trade. 60 suc cessful has been the consular service of th United States that It Is being made the pattern after which Germany, England and Franc ar modeling theirs. Th secretary of state handles many things ot a purely domestlo Interest In ad dition to his attention to all foreign mat ters. It was this that led to the chang ing of the nam ot th department. In the early years of the government it was known as the department of Foreign Rela tions, but th desire ot thos in authority at that time to make Its activities include certain home affairs led It to be called th State department. The secretary of stat is th medium ot correspondence be tween th president of the United State and th governors of th several states. He also has the custody ot the great seal of the United States which affixes to all executive proclamations, to various com missions, and to warrants for th extradi tion 01 fugitives irom justice. n is me custodian ot th treaties mad with foreign countries and of th laws of the United States. Th publication and distribution of th laws of congress, so as to make them acces sible to the general publlo, is entrusted! to the State department Th secretary also Issues all passports, promulgates amend ments to th constitution of th United States and proclaims th admission of now states Into the union. All matters pertain ing to the American end of international conferences and congresses are arranged through th Stat department Various In stitutions, including missionary societies, have the protection assurred through its labors, as in the case of th establishment ot schools and hospitals In foreign lands. A record ia kept of all marriages of Ameri can oltlsens abroad and also ot all children born abroad. A register of all cltlsens ot the United States .residing in foreign land Is maintained, and inqurles are . nstltuted for thos who go to forslgn countries and disappear. When any branch, of th government wishes information from a foreign country, the Stat department uses th diplomatic and consular cervlo as th medium tot securing it When oongress wants to know about postal savings banks, the Information Is forthcoming through' thee channels. When the status of divorce laws In Europ Is of interest to an Important American so ciety, the Stat department ascertains what the situation is. In addition to all this a sort of "Who's Who" is kept of nearly every cltisen ot prominence in th world. For Instance, a foreign government ap points on of Its cltlsens as minister to th United States or a citizen ot another coun try member of a court of arltration In whloh American Interest are Involved. Th Stat department has a card Index contain ing complete Information about them. This shows whether the appointee is likely to be persona grata or whether his presend would b objectionable. BY rxxsjcuo 7. -Asltur. Tomorrow Th Ooverameat at Work. TlTi Th Treasury Department, Decorating the House everything; so, too, does green or dull yet- low, and on of thos three odors la apt to be safe. But th hall paper should b chosen last that there may be no mlstak In it and on will not hav on' teeth on edge by being surrounded by on ton whil on gases on another which offend. - By all odds, the safsst hall papers for good effects ar self tones, showing only on color, or foliage, whloh ar combina tions of soft shades of th sam colors, A hall paper whose background ia one color, with a positive pattern of another, entirely different, rarely works out well. Daily Health Hint According to Emily M. Bishop In "Sev enty Years Yong," every person who would keep old age at bay should seek newness ot experience, of thought, emotion,' en vironment aseociatlon and personal ex pression. He should eagerly seek to do old accustomed acts In a nsw way. To do only what Is has been our habit to do I to lose the power to do th new. Good advice, that. A musical comedy star, to be sucosssful, must be able to kick at least as high a she can sing. We must take th bitter with th sweet; consequently the optimist regards llf as a cocktail. Th theory that two can live n cheaply as one works out only when conditions ar such that thsy hav to. f f III , . a! - Tll.ll I n . I xne uyspepuc riuiosopuer j ni. J 'I sw