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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1910)
THE" BEE: OMAHA. FIUDAY, OfTORKU 14. 1010. 11 Small Girl's Vinter Wrap ir .4 " . ... -4,1. . . - .-ft. J' r-v-V ' ;" . ; . ;V' ;J ' t - v vr.- A t- :';v t- s -.:&te&? -H i :.., '..-.v '.' v , 'V:: j'v;v ;- i-'nV'-v;v:.-;At;i- :!(.i''.'-0f.-".Sf;i S'v- ---,1 t ,'V y," TTie llnesi of thin oat htnirpl are par tloularly Krarrful and the Kirmttnt, though roomy . and, unstamped, fits the smalt figure beautifully and does not suk iceiit the houKht-for-next-eeason look which often spoils children's wraps. The material Is coral pink broadcloth with black Persian lamb collar and cuffs and black buttons. The hat of changeable irraj' and coral taffeta with a lining of black velvet. Tired Business Mao Tells Friend Wife About Founding and Found ering Itcpubllcs. yi WALTER A. SINCLAIR. "It's easier to mako a republic now than it was when our forefathers fought seven years to do It," slrhed Friend Wife, "Just see how, In PortUKal, they rose, early the other morning, fired few shots and founded a republic with ease." "Portus;-eas)." agreed the Tired Business Man. "Down FT Jo. down, sir! Laut this be a lesson about rising with a morning grouch. If they had ' waited until noon It would have been time for the siesta, or whatever It Is called In the lisping Lis bonese, and after a good snooze nobody would have felt like bothering. That's what comes of Btaylng up lute at night and having to rise when the whistle blows. W have the same symptoms over here, only the violence usually confines itself to throwing the coffee pot or carving knlfa or a hard look at the rest of the family. "You're mistaken, though, about It tak ing us only seven years to mak (V(-ohllc. By careful count we have u-en at i. years and that Job doesn't suit everi'0y yet. 84111. a you . say, it's prntty w. 'o be able to start In with a I'.WO ni-.'. i, six cylinder, foredoor, torpedo body, artillery wheeled. doubUt carbuieler, selective trans mission, four ,peeL forward and reverse, siren horn - rspublio with American baae ment, elevstur and ball service, exposed . plumbing, hot and ooM patriotism, new law alrshafts, tradesman's entrance, Janitor Im portlnence, telephone switchboard, skeleton fighting mast and smoke If you like. Tli fathers who fouslit, died, quarreled and took the beat Jobs never had all the mod ern iu'onvenlencs to make up their ex perimental republic when they started at It. Just for that we're living In cramuvd quarters and Insisting we like this colonial style of archltenture. "It Isn't every morning that the subjects of a monarchy ran wake up and find a little golden-hatted republic on their doorstep I with the newspapers' and the milk provid ing eomebidy hadn't stolen the num. lis a pretty thing to contemplate, all shiny and new, ready fur soma Joy rider to run Into the first convenient telegraph pole. It ns hope Hint the poles are all In Poland when they try It out. "In case the founders of the new republic have not founded before they hear from me,' I would'tlke to give them a few timely hints on handling with care, this side up. In the first place It will be well for them rot to adopt a constitution for later gen erations to rip up the back and for high priced attorneys to Interpret and set to muio. A much better way would be to Just follow th fashion page, wearing a common sense government one season, a bobble the next, a sheath later on. maybe a loose flowing style at another period. "The chief executive of the new up-to-date style of rtHutilic should be a super president, oveilord or president emeritus, jt ho can hold office for two terms, after which he Is at liberty to circulate around. exuding ftpeec hea. writing editorials and get.ers ty emttraselng his successors. The founders of the new republic should 4e ternupe at once' either that every man Sleeted president iuuit b unable to ride on WEUJLL WAIT A LITTLE VHILE BY 6RINHAM "GROUCH." a train or else they must provide a mov able capital, like a circus train. . which ran be hooked to a locomotive and go sky' hooting around. This, I believe, will fur ntsh the difference of opinion on which two parties can split and campaign. "They should decide at the outset In favor of senators being elected directly by the corporations. Lumber yards should be provided at once for unkept platform planks. Soft lawns should be put around the president's mansion to break the fall of any female thrown out. Club houses should be built to accommodate clubs ot liars, un desirable and the like formed by the pros! dent. There should be a few rock ribs for rock-ribbed republican states." "Anything else?" asked Friend Wife. "Yes. fcurgna to call In when the rock ribs ate fractured," said the Tired Business Man. (Copyright, L'MO. by the K. T. Herald Co f jomn, -rMf police A Wry wfu, (ho dfr, i dio"t i 1 officer said wc i'll get it se-, trime LiciMbf.) I LICFNbt FOR PV----" IILWAIT V TRtxit.' 35 i ) LITTLE ? )jV OH! TH I WfNT nY BUY A UCtNt ANb M I VOa-CATCHPK ) , POO.HE" W) j YOU rAY GO OUT 'lift V HAi TRlX.it J ( COMtj 'ER CAU6HT , TWIS J f J INTO THf YflRt) ANO WAIT A Qw f Things You W ant to Know Tlio ioverninent at Work The Smith. Boiitnn Institution Items of Interest for the Vomen Folk However, simple a wedding may be, whether the ceremony be at home or in church, cake there must be. And as one's purse la, fat or thin so Js the kind of cake decided upon, for, when done'elaborAtely, It becomes one of the most expensive Items ot the wedding. It is by no means necessary that there shall be a fancy loaf on the table, but when one can afford It the round cake It should always be shaped thus decidedly adds to the bridal effect. There are some caterers who rents such loaves, for they are not cut, and being returned Intact, may do for more than one occasslon. But pieces In boxes must be arranged for and these. If cut and boxed by members of the family, are not an- extravagance. If ordered specially the little white boxed may be square, heart shaped or oblong. The latter cost lesa than any others. A monogram done In gold script, composed of the Initials of the last name of the bridegroom and bride, may adorn the box. This, like some other iiatslls, is unnec essary, for when the boxrare tied, as they must be, with narrow wpjfAi satin rlBbon, they become sufficiently decorated. It la on their departure- that the boxes are given to guests. This Is most easily managed by having the parcels arranged on a smalt table by the front door, putting one person In charge of It. As the guests are about to go out the boxes are handed them. Any wedding reception, - large or small, Is made merrier by having a white cake, which the bride cuts. This should be round and ornamented with Icing. In It should be a thimble for the old maid, a coin for the girl who will make a wealthy marriage, and a ring for the next to be engaged. The slices are handed first to the girls of the bridal party, and then to the close J friends of the bride who may be asked to stay. Such Invitations are informal and are- given verbally by the bride while her friends are at the reception. ROSANNA SCHUYLER Every girl ought to bear In mind that decision Is one of the most Important at tributes of life, and that too often the truth Is proved of "he who hesitates Is lost." Things should never be done by halves; If a thing Is right to do It must be done boldly and at once, and If it be wrong, let it severely alone. Remember that each day and Its actions constitute little life, and that our whole life Is btit a day repeated. Short sleeves, long sleeves, and three- quarter sleeves alt seem equally popular, but all sleeves are somewhat fuller. The Dai LYCEUM ble Bee VOL. I. OMAHA. OCTOBER 14, 1910. NO. 208. TUB BUMBLES BED. Daily Health Hint " Falling out of the hair cau frequently be corrvcWd by cutting the hair short and having It recut at least every month, while the scalp should be subjected to brisk brushing twice a day. Keen Advertising. He was a pathetic little figure, and lUrid-hearted p&ssersby felt their own eyes grow dim as they listened to his heart rending sobs. Vainly a pollcerhan tried to find out what waa the matter.. The little fellow could do nothing but sob. The crowd grew till It threatened to atop the traffic, and the policeman grew stern, "Now, then, my boy,," he said, "you'll have to speak up or else come along with me." At last the lad wiped his blue eye. "I'm lost," he cried. "Please take me to Mr. Joshua Blnks, the tailor. In Lurch street, who bas got a good stock of f ill suitings In, and can sell thera cheaper than anyone ela.." Then the orowd groaned. Argonaut. A. STINGER Editor Communications welcomed, and neither signature nor re turn postage required. Ad dress the Editor. NO ADS AT ANY PRICE. NO BAD MONEY TAKEN. Aa L'sual. Omaha finds three depart ments of city administration shy on cash. This Is not a novel expert enoe, for it has been repeated so often that It is getting to be an old story. But it seems to a bystander that matters could b so ar ranged that these annual de ficits would not occur. It cer tainly looks as if the funds appropriated could be ex pended in such a way as to cover the year for which they are made. This reminds us that last year the city run short ot money In the street cleaning fund, and that snow was al lowed to accumulate In a most disgraceful way because the city had no money to pay laborers to remove the fall. But, Just as soon as ths snow had been trampled Into a solid mass and had frosen fast to the pavement, where It remained till warm weather came and nature cleared the streets, the shortage of money disappeared. From some mlra 'culous source, dropping even as manna from heaven, came enough of cash to buy an automobile or two, and pro vide for a number ot other things needed about as badly as a dog needs two taila City ball finance is a won derful thing, no matter what end you take. SANDY KNIGHT'S SHADE I NO PLACE TO MIX IN Located, No doubt exists as to where Al Sorenson stands, and that helps some. He may wobble a bit when he is running for senator, but not between times. Isiperlsil. This Would be a good time for an Omaha man to go vis iting In either New Orleans or San Franolaco tibost of a Former Roagbi Toss Worker Sorrows at Its Lack of Control. Ts Editor had a dream. It was a rather pleasant dream. too. We dreamed that we were dead, and were on our way to our last rewart)- It doesn't matter which way we were going, for we didn't finish. On the way we met the shade of Sandy Knight. He had ben paying one of his periodic visits to his old haunts in Omaha, and the shade was sorrowful. When we had exchanged greetlnga we Inquired why the shade of Sandy was so downcast. "Well," he said, "I've Just been back to Omaha, looking over the layout there. Say, 1 used to think I knew some thing about politics, but If I wasn't a piker, well, I hope I'll never sleep warm again. "I've pulled off some pretty coarse Jobs in my lifetime, and that's no Joke. You re member one of them, down In old Exposition hall, when I switched the Fifth ward vote after the ballot had been taken and checked up. A lot of fellows saw me with the kale In me mitt, but didn't dare say anything. "That looked pretty near Ilka the limit to me, but say. these boys have made me look like a beginner. In these days we didn't mind taking a slam at a ballot box with a bunch ot tickets, now snd then, but we didn't have the nerve to go out and order a lot ot voting machines sent on, to be charged up to the taxpayers, and keep still about it till the goods came, and then try to get the city council and the county board to put up the cush to pay for them. "Nix. I couldn't do that. I'm glad I'm dead. If I were living there now and didn't know any more than I used to, I'd sure have to earn all my money shoeing borsea" Ye Editor awoke at this point, and pondered over what i Sandy's shade tad said. And Omaha Baatneaa Men Mla taken in Effort to Set tie Affairs of Others. ; OMAHA, Oct. 1S.-TO the Editor of The Bumble Bee: Now that the smoke of battle has cleared away, and the dead and wounded are all accounted for, I would like to know if the game waa worth the candle? Omaha business men worked themselves into a lather as to whether the Panama ex position proposed for five years hence should be held in San Francisco or New Or leans. Just as If it made any real material difference where It Is held, or what Omaba has to say about it. As a ' matter of fact, San Francisco peopls don't know there is any such place as Omaha. They know they cross the Missouri river somewhere when going east to New York, but couldn't name the spot. And New Orleans folks are Just aa bad. They have developed a wonderful fond ness for Omaha Just now, be cause they need assistance, or think they do. but it comes almost as a Joke. What Omaha needs more than anything Just now Is a little more activity by the business men along lines that tou"!h nearer at home. If we had all our local questions settled it might be worth while to get busy In settling the affairs of other folks. A good, lively little difference of opinion does no harm, but It ought to be about things that more nearly concern our city life than where the Panama exposition Is to be beld. Let's tarkle the street light ing question, ths matter of keeping the streets clean, build a new hotel, get rid of the water plant question and attend to some of the other things that wait attenUon, In stead of mixing Into quarrels that do not concern us. Let's attend to our own busi ness. CIVICUS. PERSONAL. Hen Clarke was up from Lincoln Wednesday. Hen Is still on the Job. Anxious friends want to know of the whereabout of Charley Lobeck. His name Is still on the city hall pay roll, but nothing has been heard of him lately. Joe Oberfelder was In our midst for Yom Kippur. Joe says the Job of Judging gets on bis nerves, and that he has to com to Omaha once in a while to get a little rest. October. Here's to October! Glorious month of sunshine, and starry nights, and the tender haze of autumn, purpling the hills and hiding the. gap between earth and sky, till creation seems to blend In one grand harmony of soft color and dreamy dis tance. October, month of fruit and nut, and garnered grain, and the winter's store piled high; poet's pen nor painter's brush has yet done full Justice to October. And nowhere else on earth can such a blessed showing of Its wonderful benignity be found as during October right here In Nebraska, Hurrah for October! we remember that Sandy waa a rattling good horatshoer at that io It. Just now the good people ot Nebraska can look with pa tience on the war of words that Is raging between Con gressman Hitchcock and Edi tor Howard, and realise the feelings of the woman who said: (' "Go it husband! Go It, b'ar!" Conversation. At any rate, Dave Thomp son furnished the people of Lincoln with a toplo for conversation. Golnf I'p. Who round the world did take a trip T. R. Who stoked the fire and steered the ship? . T. R. Who's bossed the Job most' everywhere. And chased wild nature to Its lair: I The tuuk a flyer in the alrt i. n. From small beKlniilngs the Smithsonian Institution has grown to he one of the mightiest of the world s activities In gath ering and disseminating beneficial knowl edge. Established through the half nill-llon-dollsr bequest of James Smithson, It has served to create and now leads the scientific thought of the new world. It has made American science respected in all parts of the world. Some of the greatest race-benefiting Inventions of the age may be traced to work done at the Smithsonian Institution, and the foundation of many sciences wore laid here. Joserh Henry, the first secretary of the Institution, constructed the world's earliest electrical magnetic telegraph. 1'pon his theories were evolved the Hell telephone and the Morse telegraph. The first weather tnup published was Issued by the Institu tion and the United States weather bureau, recognised everywhere aa me world's lead ing organisation for meteorological Investi gations, had Its beginning In the activities of the Smithsonian. The ground work of tho presence science of fish culture Was I laid here. Spencer F. Haird, the second secretary of the iniUltutl n. began the ex periments and Investigations which have made the United States the foremost fish ulturalist of the globe. When Prof. Iangley built his celebrated aerodrome and tried to fly It at Wide Water, on the Potomio river, ho was reatly ridiculed. As a flyer the Lansley machine was failure, but the lessons learned through its construction and opera tion have formed the basis of aeronautic lence. Those who were most skeptical of tho Langley airship are now foremost In honoring his memory as the futtier or aerial navigation. Prof. Langley mane other valuable con tributions to general knowledge during his ateer as secretary of the Smithsonian ln- titutlon. He invented a little Instrument hlch may solve somo of the most trouhle- ome problems that confront the human race. This instrument is Known as me olometer, and Is so delicately constructed that It will register the liundreu-miinontn part of a single degree of temperature. A plder web, the gauze of a fly s wing, a mirror as small as a plnhead but as perfect as a M.000 reflector, a thread of pun glass, are some of the delicate things which enter Into Its construction. Al though the heat of a star Is no greater han that of a candle at a distance of many miles, the bolometer vmraies markedly when ur,h a slight amount of heat is thrown upon it. This Instrument Is used In studying the constancy of the sun. It long has been reccgnixed that weather seems to move In cycles. The bolometer has disclosed the fact that the heat from the sun shows marked variations. It was Prof. Lang ley's theory that there might be a tela ion between the variations of the heat of the sun and the changes of the weather. He bequeathed his investigations to Prof. Abbott, director of the astrophyslcal ob servatory, who now la engaged In fathom ing tha mysteries of solar radiation. It Is thought that1 the lessons he learned may yet enable scientists to forecast th weather as accurately as they forecast the eclipse of the sun or tho coming of a comet. The advantages which would accrue from an accurate forecast of the weather are manifold. The farmer could know whether the season ahead of him was to be a 'wet one or a dry One, and could plant such crops aa would be most advantageously grown under such conditions. The ship owner could know whether It was safe for his vessels to leave port, the big conven tlons could be held on fair days, and In a thousand ways this knowledge could be used In the advancement of the welfare of mankind. Through the"bureau of ethnology the songs, customs and traditions of the aboriginal Americana are being preserved. Handbooks dealing with Indian languages, Indian arts and' Indian habits are being published. Through the national soologlcal tarh there Is being gathered together one of tho finest collections of wild animals In the world. From every continent and almost every country species that are rare and Interesting have come to enrich the collections at the national zoo. The Roose velt African expedition gathered many interesting specimens of birds and animals for this collection. No finer museum for scientific research is to be found anywhere In the world than the National Museum, maintained under the Jurisdiction of the Smithsonian Institu tion. Here one may see men and women from every part of the world engaged In studying the various collections. The di vision of economic geology contains more that a half million different exhibits, and holds the world's first rank among all ex hibits of this kind. One may find any sort of exhibit from a huge meteorite to a few grains of sand. Its collection of meteorites ranks nest to the one In Vlenn.i. Scientists are continually studying It In the hope of finding the source of their origin. One may se the skeletons of ex tinct animals, so large that the elephant looks small In comparison. He may stand tinder the skeleton of a huge whale more than a hundred feet long, and look through a microscope at sea shells so small that to the naked eye they seem but specks of dust. No collection In the museum Is more in teresting to the ordinary visitor than the anthropological exhibit. Here one may trace human progress from the stone ago existence of his antediluvian ancestors to his own twentieth century civilization. Like, wise he may trace. In other collections, the development of the arts and sciences. Ho may follow ship-building from tha rud hollowed-out log to the perfected ocean greyhound. He may trace the sit ot printing from the roughest wood-type to the finest ste.1 engraving. The collection of bluls in the National Museum contains OO.U) different exhibits, Tliore are 13.100 known species of birds and nearly every one Is represented. The col lection of Insects Is also a large and valu able one. There may be seen huge bugt as large a the hand and tiny ones as small as a pin's head. Some of them are un usually Interesting. The Hercules beetl is the world's original sawyer. He has manlbles which ae fitted with saw teeth. Ho grasps a twig with these and fliei round and round until he succeeds In saw ing It off. The Bombadler bug Is the orig inal shooting Instrument of the world. When attacked by an enemy it fires a wad of blue smoke with a report that sorves to give It protection. Through the International exchange ser- Ice of the Smithsonian institution un United States Is able to keep In close touoh with scientific progress In other parts of the world. It Is the mission of this ser vice to supply other scientific Institutions of the world with such American scientific literature as may be of Interest to them. In exchange for this they deliver to the Smith sonian Institution similar publications, and these are deposited In the library of con gress. Fifty-three full sets and thirty par tial sets of all official publications of the United States are now being sent to other countries. In return, there Is being deliv ered Into the custody of the Smithsonian Institution a similar number of sets of the official publications of other coun tries. These 'are of great value to stu dents of political and economic conditions. The American end of the work of the in ternational catalogue of scientific litera ture Is carried on under the direction of tha institution. This catalogue Is a classified author and subject catalogue of all orig inal scientific papers published throughout the world since ltfuO. There is a regional bureau In every principal country, which Indexes the scientific literature of that country. All of these regional Indexes are delivered to the central bureau In Lon don, where they are assembled,, edited, and published annually In seventeen vol numes. The cost of printing and publish ing Is met by the sale ot the catalogue. Every scientific Journal In the world Is examined with patience and a record mado of each article. This catalogue, beginning with the opening year of the twentieth century, will be a complex Index of all the scientific thought of the world during ths years covered by It, As It is to be a per petual catalogue the scientists of the fu ture will be able to take advantage of al) scientlflo Information that accumulates from the beginning of the century. It Is the aim of the institution to diffust knowledge as well as to add to it. There fore, reports of its work are published and placed In the libraries of ths country where serious students may at all timer have access to them. One of Its publica tions Is the annual report. This gives i synopsis of the activities ot the Smith, sonlaa during the preoedlng year, and car ries an appendix which Is filled with Im portant papers on various subjects. Th second class ot publications is called . th Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge This is issued annually in several volumei and represents the achievements of thi original Investigators of the institution The third- class of publications Is callei the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection! and It covem every subject from the da scrlptlon of a new species of mosquito U researches In the attainment of very low temperatures. BT I-KESEXXO 7. BABXIW. Tomorrow Ths OoTSrnment at Wort XII. Interstate Commerce Commission. Fall Footwear In the new display of fall footwear there are to be seen several charges as com pared with last year's fashions, both In re gard to the styles and the materials em ployed. It Is expected thst the most popular shoe will be tho cravonetto. The fabric Is waterproof and, owing to the ease with which It can be cleaned and the general softness of a woven material. It Is reason able to expect it will meet with women's approval. A w hlsk broom or a clothes brush will quickly remove dust, mud or the average soil. It Is said that cravenette will give as good service as kid, and In sumo cases better, because It does not re quire a dressing, and some of the polishes are known to be Injurious to leather. The entire shoe is of the cravenette, with trimmings of leather In strap or narrow band effect, with soles In two weights, medium and fairly heavy. Thers are also two styles, one cut extremely high and the other of medium height for wear with the skirt of average walking length. The but tonholes are finished with a scalloped fly, and the newest thing In boot buttons Is the smoked pearl. The cravenette shoes are fitted With both the smoked pearl and the blank buttons. The heels are In Cuban style, but are higher than those worn last year. From one and one-half to two Inches high is the average. Another new walking shoe, or rather boot, ts made from buckskin. It haa all the appearance of suede, but will wear much better and Is also heavier, making It more suitable for autumn wear. It haa the favored short vamp and Is twelve-button length. The heels ars high. A novel design In a high shoe is of health calf, so named because the leather Is some what parous, admitting the air freely, which keeps the fojt cool, and so will be welcomed by those persons who suffer from burning feet The shoe is fitted with high arch, Cuban heel and is slanted at tht top in such a way that the front of tha shoe Is higher than the back. This list includes footwear for general street and shopping wear, though Just a few Oxfords In a fairly heavy weight are to be worn. Some women prefer this cut all the year around, and so must be cstered to. For strictly dress wear afternoons an evenings boots of velvet or satin are th newest. The satin Is of a very dull naturr so that the feet will not look unduly largr the buttons are of cut Jet and either aho can be had In both light and heavy soles The velvet Is supposed to be a little warmer that the satin. A very neat looking pair of black satin slippers for house or evening wear has a single strap, beaded. The price Is S. A very nice looking shoe for afternoon street or for house wear is In soft kid. the heels In Cuban style, two Inches high! and made with turned sole. These are ex tremely good value for IU per pair. For forrual evening wear the high cut boot of softest kid, beaded and slashed from the toe upward to display the stock ing, la considered very smart. The boot Is held by four straps which button over, and can be had In black, bronse, gold and gray. A few slippers are seen in the Persian effects. These are Justly considered nov elties, and the same may bfl said of the brocades aa a covering. A lovely bit ot new footwear that will become staple, I am sure, is a satin boudoir slipper, soft and flexible, yet warm and comfortable for the Insole as a cushion quilted. A variety of dlferent colors ts to be had, and for traveling there Is nothing more convenient, for the slippers come in cases made from satin of the same color, and told Into a small flat package that will take ui very little room In a suit case. The price, including the rase, Is only $2 60. fcLXZAliElH Lfc. '