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THE BEE: OMATIA, SATURDAY. OCTOKKR 15. 1010. )'fThini! iETTLE 1FOM TIE WEEKEND Vide Braid Used on Gown s You Want to Know The Government at Work Inlcistato t'tniiniene t'om'n'n. -.j ' - r: V - s : ' ' t .11 ' ' ' '' A" 7V r t V M 1' Braid trlmmlnga ar exceptionally wide, for eight InchM aorors the front of a gar ment la not an unusual measurement. Of courat these wide braids are expensive, ranging from M to $6 for a InBle yard. Thla amart velvet suit In effectively trim f Brightside and His BY FAYETTE PARKS. "What la -this great silence that the cadets of West Point tried on the officer they did not llkeT" queries Brtghtslda, when the pride of tbe Harlem flat canters In and signifies his willingness to be In terviewed By his parent on questions of the hour. . "That's -what every woman wants," re torts Son, nonchalantly firing a "ooftln nail." "Why should women, who love conversa tion, deelre alleuce?" further Interrogates Father, whose Innocence sometimes Is be yond comprehension. "So they can do all the talking them selves," Son surmises, shouting smoke spirals toward his fond parent. "Those one-sided conversations to me are rather unsatisfactory," protests Father. "That's what all the married men say," TRcie owe s'Vdo covvtasvriao VifcK VNSATlSFACTCfcT. responds Bon, "but what are you going to do about It? There's only one way to get hank, and that's to hsnd out the great silence, man's only weapon of defense In the happy home." "At any rate," muses Father, "the hus band can console himself with the1 fact tbat silence Is golden." "Just the same," advises Ron, "you can't pass It out to the butcher and the grocer and expect them to slip you neatly re ceipted bills In return. They don't care how big a noise you make, so long as you gallop up with the money every Saturday night" "There Is too much talking going on In this country any way," Is Father's belief. "Most of us would be better off If we did more work and let the Lusybodlee do the talking ' "Talk Is the only thing the high cost of living hasn't boosted upward," remarks aoa. "It's Just as cheap as er " "Cosvereauoa was originally Invented." Ill . , l i I tfh M A' 7 .3"...: f 4" A i. t . s ' 1 ' 1 V 1 3." ' med with wide braid in panel style. Uncut velvet In a pepper and aalt effect la com Lined with plain black panne velvet with extremely smart result. Cord ornaments and deep fringe complete the richness of this clever little costume. Boy "The "Silence' Treat ment for Wivea," Their Latest Tabloid Sketch. explains Father, "for the purpose of con veying Ideas, but the average young woman these days uses a great many words and doesn't say much, either." "A girls' college, Vassar, for Instance, never could pull off a stunt like the West Pointers put across," declares Sun, "None of them oould keep the chatter In cold storage long enough to hand the frosty mlt to one of their hated rivals. Nobody could ever Imagine a bunch of women swearing off on the chin mutlc to make one of their dear teachers feel badly. It would tickle her to death to get a chance to do all Uie talking herself." "A great deal of idle gossip godv on between married women that might be omitted and the time thus wasted devoted to more useful pursuits," suggest Father. "The married ones would rather be dead than not to be able to knock ail the other women In the neighborhood," says Son. "if one of their friends gets a hobble skirt, buys one of those latest ding-a-ling lids or smuggles In a Persian lamb coat, all the rest of the bunch would weep bitterly If they couldn't tell what they thought about It. If they can't find any one else to listen, hubby baa to be the goat." . "A wife ouruiinly doeau't require any en couragement from her husband In order to oarry on a conversation," avers Father. "Anybody who has lived In one of these alrshaft flats can take his oath on that,'' agrees Son. "One word from the man of the house slipped In edgeways Is likely to start something besides talk. The wise married guy makes a specialty of the great silence act" "No man can answer the questions pro pounded by some women," asserts Father. "If a maris wife bought a new hobble gown and asked him fur his opinion, for example, what would be a fitting reply?" " 'Who's loony now." promptly decides Son, tCopyrlght, 1810, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) (f Sunflower Philosophy J IV Some people do not "agree" with you, as some food does not "agree" with you. How long does a real ease of Indigestion last with the people? Not more than two weeks, and usually not more than two days. You still meet an old-fashioned man, oc casionally who thinks a collar Is suf ficiently stylish without a necktie. There Is nothing that will take the heart and soul out of a man so completely as to be suspicious of a woman he loves. The man who applauds Is always a bet ter fellow than the sour man who Is only waiting to get behind your back to roast you. We hear a great deal about health rules, but the facts seem to be that you are not entitled to feel very well after you ra-i M or W years. tobisea Ulobe. llr.mnli, "1 yam. 2.S. He ralsoth up the poor out of the duit. and lifteth up the beiicnr from tho dunghill to iet tlurn anion prlnere aud to make them Inhirit tt.e throne of Uory." Tl.osa words, tal-.en from Hunnah's un., find abundant fulfillment in evnt whloh soon occured evcr.lK which at Uailed little attemlun at the time, but which were world-wide In their influence; which u).t;ca In a new age. a new ra In the world'ti history; w.Mch lifted a nation from tho ci-ge of ruin to a manTiifi' i tiee and povcr seldom equnj:td, and hu-ssed the world to all srneratlons. 1 he period of the judges was the most humiliating perhaps that Israel ever paaaed thruush, and has well Ix on likened to the J) ara of darkness which pre ceded tnu call of At:al h.i.T. It wan an ace of ajiuivt:. when every man was a law uau hlmaei:, and U.J u.at which u rlsnt In UU on a eyes; that Is, he did as he floated, acknowledging no higher law than Idi o-n win. In laed, it did seem that the glory of li a.l had Cot-ttr dacirted. True, (Jideon, Uie n.iiluy n:.in of valor had driven out the Mu'ua:Ulea and given Israel a tempo rary resfus trviu her foes; true, Samson bad worstid the PlUUstines and Barak, the ma:i oi thundr had defeated Slsera aud Uawa. off the yoke of Jaoia. SU11, down. down, drifted tbe nation and no great mau appeared to stem the tide. Inde.d. it louked as though It could not tin done 6y anybody. Certainly not by the so-called great; not by the preten tious enterprises. But there was a poor woman who could do It. who Uvsd la an out-of-the-way place. In en obscuro village on the moun tain side. She was not a person who could maka a parade; she sounded' no trumpet; the led no crusade; championed no reform,-, heralded no popular move ment. Bui three things she did: She of fered a nrajrer. aba sang a sons;, she trained a son. Simpler Tea. Little thingsT Certainly. But mighty, never tbeless. Here are the three) great ele mental forces: Religion, which elevated the morai sense and educates the con science music, which appeals to the heart, and refines the senslblilities and tha affections; education, which develops the Intellect and broadens the horuton of the mind. These are the three great cords of might, the three great forces of progress, the three great conservators of civilization. It Is natural when times are hard and conditions unbearable for one to make his appeal to Ood. So Hannah, In the bitterness of her soul, prayed. fine prayed In her heart; her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Tho priest. It Items of Jiat shapes are of three sorts the large, wlde-brlmmed hat (the most popular), the eloche, or Charlotte Corday, and tho tur ban. . The oloche shape comes frequently In black satin, with the trimming of a wide orush band and a flattened bow of satin. Underneath the brim la a frill of white lace. As a variation on these there Is tbe large hat with the mushroom brim In a wide variety of shapes, all generally following the mushroom type. Brimmed turbans are seen, with upright brims almost as high as the hat Itself and elose to It exoept at the back. Ostrich feathers, willow plume espe cially, are much In demand. Shaded and two-tone effect lead In favor. More dress hat are In all black or black and white with a touch of metal or color than In any other shade. All black hats are seen In satin, velvet, brocade, hatter' plush, velours, beaver, beaver clotTi. Liquid green soap Is an excellent basts for a shampoo, but so strong Is It that any application containing green soap must be P r.,..-, W -' .' I f iV ? 'V : i l v" ""- . B. I. Bali, J. D., Pastor of Charon of tho Covenant. appnars, knt w not what to make of this silent prayer; and supposing that the won.an was Intoxicated, ordered her from his presence. But when he saw that elm was of a sorrowful spirit, he said, "The God of Israel grant thee thy petition." So, when all had lost faith In Clod, one woman still believed In him. And when she had prayed Hhe was no more ead. She believed that Clod had heard her prayer, and that he would answer It. She left her prayer with him and her sorrows at the altar and departed as happy as though her petition had already been answered. Then, of course, there were others; for there Is nothing so strong as faith. It never dwells long alone; it attracts a com pany and gathers a following. Man ever rejoices to find the solid rock on which his feet may rest. And so, when sixty-five years had passed, and Hannah had long been laid to rest, the faith of this poor, praying woman began to tell; her sorrow ful face had become a multitude, and we read that all the house of Israel lamented after the lord, saying, "We have sinned against the Lord." Thus the great revival became a fact, far-reaching In its effects; and the Philis tines, fearing that they might lose their supremaoy, made Immediate preparations for war. But the people said unto Samuel, "Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us," and as Ho on the mountain height made suplicatlon they In the valley below defeated and broke forever the power of their ancient oppressors, who were never again to lord It over the people of God. Second Sacred music. It Is well known Interest for the Women Folk reduced before it Is used, qual parts of the soap and cologne make a combination which Is cleansing, but, In my opinion, should be used only on a scalp that is ex tremely oily, for It will dry the roots. One-fourth the amount of sweet almond oil or (glycerine added to liquid green soap would be better for a dry scalp, as it will cleanse, and Uie oil will prevent undue dryness. These preparation will not be difficult to wash out If warm water Is ap plied. One reason green soap Is valuable In liquid form Is thst It Is purer than most soaps, being merely a preparation of pot ash. If soap in cake form 1 rubbed directly on the hair and scalp the cleansing agent comes off In little lumps that are difficult to rinse out latsr. Incidentally, with hard soap one section of the head may be cleaner than another, and In the final rinse all soap 1 not always removed. The re sult of thla Is to create a sticky condition, which Is trying, If not Injurious. A woman who prefers certain kind of soap may Use It by first reducing to a liquid. Tbis Is done by shaving the cake and pouring four or five times the amount oil U . V'yUMKMh . it "i ji i 2a tAki a r ff rr AVyT stf Jsath vwhim CtiJijW V it i pi. tMP'J 3nATj how ) ltH OTMlPt'HAtHl I SATHVV . f fT" that ruligion carries alon !tli It uil the other plenums of clvilzalion. o. when H.'innah prayed It was but natural that she fhuuld mntr a sontt. It was a hymn that she composed herself. Music, tlianks to those fine spirits who have none before, Is so common today that It Is not con sidered a remnrkable thins that one should inK. but in that duy people had ceased to sink'. I once heard a teacher In one of our gov ernment Indian schools offer as on apology for thn absence of music from the exer cises the fact that the Indian oould not sins- How oould he, after lixlng so long without tiod In the dark? Hut It occurred to me later that the reason why the Indian In this school could not sing was because they were not teaching him religion. So It was In Hannah's day. One woman hestan to sing. Soon all the people were slnln. They had something to sing for; thrre began to be something to live for; their lives bgan to flow peacefully along like a melody; there bvgan to be a har mony In the soul and the voice oould not but reveal the secret. Soon there was a nation of singers; soon we hear the psaltry and the harp, the solemn sound and that great company called the Sweet Singers of Israel. Soon there appeared the world's greatest hymn book, whloh has been trans lated into every language, an everlasting heritage, expressing the joys and sorrows, tho aspirations, the struggles, the vic tories of the soul of man, and Bolaclng weary hearts in, all lands and all times. Third Education; Christian education; not, of course, that knowledge which put felh ua. Christianity Is a great force and It Is Its nature to propogate Itself. He would be an anomaly. Indeed, who could hide this celestial light In his own narrow breast The first thing, therefore, that Christianity does ou virgin soil, after planting a church, la to plant a school beside It. Christianity means education. Bo the great thing that Hannah did was to teach a boy, her own son Samuel; and Samuel started a school at lUuiiah, just as any of us would do were wo out In some heathen place. It was, I suppose, the first Sabbath sohool ever organised. It broadened In time Into an Institution some what resembling our public schools, and so It became the germ of the educational Institutions of the world. Here, In fect, arose a great college, the forerunner of the great universities of all Christian nations. Here, too, was the first school of the prophets, from which has come all our di vinity schools, where our choicest youth are trained for the gospel ministry, the vo cation which. Is above all othors educational. of boiling water and letting the mixture stand where It will keep hot until the soap dissolves. This when cold Is Jelly and may be further reduced with water, or, being soft, may be rubbed on. . Any soap should be rubbed over the head before the latter 1 put Into water. Be fore applying the soap the hair must be dampened so that suds will form and a thorough rubbing given before washing. If enough soap has been put on and the rubbing 1 done properly all the dust Is loosened and will wash out as soon as the head Is held over a basin. There Is never the slightest difficulty In knowing when hair 1 clean, for after all dust Is out, If the locks are squeezed In the hands, there will be a slightly creaky feeling not unlike that of silk stockings when squeexed In .the hands. Until this creaking Is felt more soap and more rinsing must be given. Drying Is always to be done In ths sun, rubbing with soft towels. Artificial heat should never be used. MARGARET MIXTER, Every woman travels under an assumed name When She marries. It Is probable thrtt no other bureau In i the government service wtll Increase so rapidly In size and Importance in tlie ap proaching decade as tho Interstate Com merce conn lissum. Tlie enure tietul of recent legislation l-.ns been toward a more stringent regulation of railroads and other common carriers of the country. The commission was founded two decades ago. It had comparatively little work to do until the agitation of l!. which resulted in the passage of the rate bill, lji.t winter It was found advisable further to strengthen the hands of the commission, and It Is probable that during Ui next two years Its rower will be greatly in creased. The commission lows governmental super vision over tlie common curriers of t'ie United States. This Includes not only the j railroads and steamboat lines, but express I companies, the Pullman company and .no telegraph, wireless ti legraph and tele- phone lines of tlie country doing an In- ! terstate business. it also watches the operation of the pipe lines of tho country which carry petroleum. Tlie corporations over w hich It has this supervision, enjoy I an annual revenue of more than $!., tx,00O. The transportation lines hae a mileage of more than 2.V).rt.i miles. Much1 of the time of the commission is taken up in the Interpretation of Interstate com merce laws for the benefit of shippers and carriers. A court will not answer a hypothetical question or decide an imagin ary cas, but the Interstate Commerce commission will turn aside from the red tape of the low, and offers all parties Interested the best Information it ran give. If a question relates to matters of ' com mon Interest or frequent rulings, the opin ions of the commission are printed and placed In the hands of ail who need them. By this mean a comprehensive code of rules Is In process of development, the oiiservarvce of which operates to promote Just and Impartial conduct on the part of shippers and carriers. The commission considers two classes of complaints Informal and formal, -.e In formal complaints may be filed by any cltlxen having a grievance against a com mon carrier. Tho commission Investigates them conintainta In mn inf.m.i ... i Vhey are found to De justified, It recom mends to the carrier at fault that satis faction be given to the complainant. These complaints range all the way from an alleged overcharge .or a. railroad ticket to an unsatisfactory method of handling thousands of tons of coal. JfOrmal complaints may be filed only oy aocredited attorney and they cover every sort of subject from a, claim for repara tion. Involving a few dollars, to a com plaint against the entire freight handling system of a given carrier. In tne Investiga tion of formal complains some H hear ings a year are held, and In tnese hearings more than 80,000 pages of testimony is taken. The commission, or its various members, visit dlfierent parts of the country and hold as many hearings as posrible. If the press uie of business re quires It, this duty may be performed by special agent designated by the com mission. The enforcement of the law reuuirina railroads to equip their cars with safety appliances Is entrusted to the commission. This law has worked admirably in pro tecting railway- employes, as is shown by the fact that In lm seventy-seven out of each thousand men in the service were in jured, as compared with Bixteen out of each thousand in 11)09. The railroads long opposed the proposition that they should be required to equip their trains with power Drakes and automatic couplings, but they now admit that this equipment is as much to their Interest as to that of the employe. The commission is now Investigating the question of the substitution of tlie tele phone for the telegraph in train dispatch ing. These investigations show that wher ever tho telephone has been tried It has demonstrated it superiority over the tele graph. It also has been charged with the Investi gation of block signals and other accident preventing apparatus In train operation. A board of practical railroad men bus beon organized, whose duty it la to Investigate the various systems of block signaling and tli various Inventions for automatically stopping trains. This board has come to the conclusion that only one typo of auto matic train control s feasible. This Is the Closed circuit electrical control. Under such system the signaling apparatus must stop the train when It Is out of order, as well as when dunger threatens. If an open circuit apparatus were used. It might got out of order and the signals would continue to display the signs of safety. Thus, if a bad boy were to cut a signal wire on the open circuit the somlphore would continue to signal safety beyond. But where that Types Ye Meet Every Day BY BOBBIE BABBLE. A lady with forehead excessive In height Bat scrlbllng and scrawling from dawn un til night. Then scrawled and scribbling from dark till day, And when she finished they heard her say: "I've written my novel from cover to cover, It teems with affairs of a maid and her lover. I'll fully eclipse all those scribbling fellers, When I publish this best of all best sellers. What shall I call It? Let me seel The Haunted Home by the Seething Be a., 'Name and Fame or Hidden Wealth,' 'Wooed and Won and Wedded by Stealth,' 'All for Love of a Foreign Face,' Tlie Beggar Maid wl'.h High Born Oace,' The Folson of Asps.' 'The Saint and Sin ner.' The Cook' Revenge, or the Poisoned Din ner." The Bailiff Maid and the Weaver Wife.' 'Stabbed In the Lark with the Carving Knife.' 'Stung, or the Rose That Had a Thorn.' 'Shot on His Fatal Wedding Morn.' 'Married In Haste and Repented at Leisure.' 'The Home on the Hill, or the Mortgage Selxure.' 'Two In a Motor,' 'Sweethearts,' Dearie.' 'Hasty Hannah, or Rest tor the Weary.' 'The Masterful Mode of the Suffragette.' Lov That Hath Us In the Net.' 'Love Forever, or Love for a Day.' 'He Thst Loves and Runs Away.' 'Peril,' 'Pleasure,' 'Enemies,' 'Friends.' 'Wtwn the Love of Luclnda Ends.' The Passionate Peeress with Golden Hair.' The Beautiful Newagtrl of Herald Square.' The Man to Blame, or Weaker Tlian Wo man.' titer Tresses Were Bleached, or Was She Human.' 'Vf argot s Madness, or Love Too Tender.' 'The Beautiful Manner of Love's Surren der.' ' 'Tls Wise to Let Well Enough Aiun.' iirm Is held In posit;on by the electrlo ciirieiit. the minute tho wire whs cut or Interfered with, tlf current would be broken and the srtnlphore arm would wnrrt tlie train iww against Its own Inlperfeo t.on a-i wc',1 as nsnitist danger ahead. Another invention being tried under aus pl .-s of the block signal board Is one for Uie nut Miiutic stopping of trains. This consists of a lover projecting up from ona of the ia:ls. Thi comes in contact with a l'cr that operates the throttle on the engine. When it is necessary that a train I t stopped, all that Is necessary Is for the Hoik operator to set the truck lever In po sition, snd the steam will be cut off auto niaiically. The commission also has charge (f the enforcement of tlie law which re quires nil locomotives to lie provided with nsli-puiis. These ash-pan are Intended, to prevent the scanning of cinders along the right of way and resultant fires. It also attends to tlie enforcement of the law which requires that railroad employe wotk no more than a stated number of hours in each twenty-four. In many cases It was tlie fault of the employe rather than the railroad company thst long hours wore observed by the men. The ..opportunity to make extia pay sunt many u trainman over the road when a'nio:.t dead for leip. The piesont luw prevents that, and In sures tho traveling public gt eater safety. Ono of the duties of the Interstate Com merce commission Is to supervise the ao counts of all railroads. Ke.ilizing that un less a uniform sjstcifi of accounting was established, there could be no efficient sup ervision of tlie operation of the railroads, t'ongie's clothed the Interstate Commerce commission with authority to require the institution of a uniform syst in of ac counting. Every common carrier In the country Is required to furnish the commis sion with annual reports disclosing cer tain Information as to Its operation. . The railroads and other common car riers are required to file with the com mission notice of every chuiige of rate at least thirty days before t hut ruto goes into efect. This infoi tnutlon is at all times accessible to tlie public, and It Is declared that the provision for the post lug of railroad rates has resulted In great benefits both to the carriers and the shippers. One firm estimates that where its accounts of suspended claims, await ing adjustment by the railroad, amounted to tl(X),000 a year In the. past, they now amount to loss than tlO.Otu. In co-operation with the railroad commissions of ths various states, the Interstate Commerce commission has succeeded In Inducing the lallroads to establish uniform demurrage rules. Under . theso rules It Is unlikely that there will be another car shortage such as occurred a few years ago. '1 he prompt return of empty cars will be equivalent to the addition of loO.OuO car to the rolling stock of the country. 1 Although tho duties ' of tho Interstate Commerce commission are many and varied, It Is piobable that the next year or two will sou them greatly Increased, One amendment being urged by tlie com mission looks to the physical valuation of the railroads. There has been much dif ficulty In the enforcement of the "rea sonable rate" provision of the interstate commerce law, because there has been no way to arrive at a Judicial valuation of tlie ra. road s physical property. In the cpo. . ,.c case" the engineers of the rall iouus icslitied that It would cost a Oor lam amount to reproduce those roads, two years later they were testifying again upon the banie question and this Urns their figures upon the cost of reproduction were 2b per cent more than those of fered in thoir former testimony. In a recent state rate controversy the rajl rouds teslifed lliat It would cost $100,000 a mile to reproduce their properly. Only a few months before they had sworn to the tax collector that thuso properties could be reproduced for (J0,ou0 a mile. In time thu commission probably will be given Jurisdiction over the question of capitalization.. The constitution of the United States provides that no person shall be deprived of his property without due process of law, and the courts have held that he has under this a constitu tional right to a fair return on his In vestment. So lung as the law allows met) to purchase roalruud slocks that have .water In them, Just so long, the commis sion holds, will tho public be compelled to pay transportation rates which yield a fair return on the water, as well as on the Intrinsic value of the stook. i If theua iwn amendments to the laws of common cur- tiers are passed by congress Uio commis sion believes the great problems of American rale making will liaVe been solved. """ BY FBESKIC J. XASKXsT, Tomorrow -Tbe Government at Work ZIII Civil Service Commission. The Lady Novelist. mm. The Sculptor's Wooing, or Heart of Stone.' The Hidden Foe.' 'My Own Heart Darl ing.' "The Hound of Hades, or Pluto' Snarl ing' " She turned them over with anxious frown. Then tlie publisher all turned tho novel down. (Copyrlfcht, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) It Is wise never to allow flannel, blankets or other articles of wool to be worn next to ths skin until the prime of life la past. am 3 TrrT ' ill PL Daily Health Hint j