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Till; TYRE: OMAHA, MONDAY- OCTORKn 17. 1010. wEwwtwmm page (33 TCJ7TT TT T r-"vmt r Brightside and His Boy "Hunting for M Using Things You Want to Know Tho Government Papers," Tliclr latest Work Government Tabloid Sketrh. rrinting Office J BY LAFAYETTE PARKS. "1 In surprising how many contests there are over the estates of wealthy men wtmse wills tut off some of the relatives," remarks ItriKhtslde, when Willie the Wise tin Mettled' himself In his accustomed corner and got the torch nicely burnlne ''Th missing papers always get my goat In this will business." complains Hon. "There are a bunch of lawyers In this town who would never be able to make a living If the will hadn't been mislaid at tb last moment." "It would seem that a man with a for tune to divide; would be very careful about Where. he put the papers." observed Father. "If somebody hadn't lost the first not of papers," retorts Ron, "there wouldn't be any mellow drama tod;iy. There lin't a playwright allvn who could dope out a plot stuffed with thrills If he couldn't ring the change on the 'papers.' In the first pluce, ho tries to get somebody to 'Sign the papers!' They refuse to sign the papers, and the plot thickens right awny. Then, when the papers get lost, and the beautiful heroine Is about to be torn from her sweetheart's arms and cast Into prison if- the lost will la not found, there's some thiu doing every minute." "When I make my will." declares Father. "I shall put It', away with the greatest care, so .there wton't be any difficulty." "You'll do such a good job at the hid ing, " says 8ort, "that nobody will over be able to draff If out. and there'll be Just another set of missing- papers. That's the way It always happens. One of the most popular methods of planting the will Is to lock It In a safety deposit vault In llobo- ken, the last place anyone would ever think of looking for a hunoh of missing papers." "Here's an article in the paper now," continues Father "about a son who stole his father's will that disposed of $5,000,000, cutting off th boy without a penny." "Curses on hlml Also tolled again!" ex claims ' Son. "It's all 'right to steal the papers If you can (ret away with 'em. The villain Is usually found out, however, after some brave girl has risked her life In try ing to foil the, plot ttiat has deprived the widow and her In-no-cent kids of large wads of wealth. .Naturally the fair heroine geets a Jujoy- slice of the bundle, and all live happily, ever after. They never tell us what finally becomes of the papers, how ever, which Is very annoying." "I see here tbat New York City has In stalled a new system for filing away court papers ta prevent Ions," says Father. Daughters of - ..a .. :.- - Ils Mary H. fforthend. Journalist, was born in Halem. Mass., where her father was a distinguished criminal lawyer, who, dur ing a long pe.rl.xl of years, was retained In every criminal ce, with one exception. He was an old time war democrat, a friend and Intimate associate of Rufus Choate, Krankftn Pierce and Charles Sumner. In early youth Miss Northend was de barred by 111 health from an extensive education. In fact, she was a confii med Invalid from the age of 11 years until very recently, However, she Inherited a love of literary work fron her father,' who was a literary man and the author of "The Old Bay Col ony,', After a very severe Illness, and a sojourn from hrrme of eleven years' dura tion, ,h returned to Kalem and began to write snart historical sketches for the newajnapera When these attracted the attention- of. msgaslnes, she entered upon work along her present llnea about five years asro. Hba has worked principally along household lines, although she has cone much with colonial antiques. Her leading feature is photography. During the lait Ove years she has taken more than H.0O0 photographs. Oiy account of her ex treme nervousness, she does not attempt work harself, bflt alwHys accomunles her photographer and directs each picture taken. Her success In this exhausting and exacting labor has been such as to win for her a -cotmideMbte prominence amopg the magazines. Miss Northend makes It a part of her life scheme to avoid club work of every kind. Iu order to devote her whole time to her ehoeea work, she has given up all social engagements. It Is Indeed a rare event whoa even her must Intimate friends can prevail upon her to accept Invitations of a social nature. Ph Is an Indefatigable worker, rising at an early hour and giving MIGHT HAVE TO. "Going to Ev -ope this winter? 'Not unleaa tha U tuauncs. mm 1 Mr 'TrCEE-AfcE Kept bC .STOLEN "The chup that Invented that stunt is apt to pay denrly for his day's work." asserts Hon, "All the art or villains in the business will camp on his trail for chucking them out of a Job. If there are no more papers to be lost or stolen it's a cinch that the plots of all up to the minute dramas will have to be changed, putting a lot of the long-haired boys out of work." "It does not seem possible that such a simple thing could bo so Important to the drama." Is Father's belief. "All the other 'props' of a play can be forgotten," Son explains, "and the piece will run along as smooth as oil, but let the bundle of papers be mislaid and you can gamble your entire roll that the curtain will have to wait." "Is the will the only Instrument upon which so many Important events In life hinge?" queries Father. should say not," Son declares. "What's the matter with the mortgage on the old homestead? Once let this paper get Into the hands of the villain and all hope is lost for the gray-haired parents whose prodigal son has gone astray In the great city. Unless he comes back In the nick of time with the reoe!pt proving- that the mortgage was paid long ago In elgh-teen-karat gold, it's over the hills to the poorhouse for the kind but careless old couple who mislaid the papers." (Copyright. MO, by the N. Y .Herald Co.) Famous Men - A ' . - !w- ;''; St the whole day tr her worli, often writing until the "wee sma' hours" of the morning. So devoted is aha to her chosen work that for nine years she has never taken even one day's vacation, but plods on, happy In the thought of a life which is neither frittered away upon frivolous gossip nor wasted upon work which Is worse than useless. (Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) r Daily Health Hint J One authority claims that an excellent cure for Indigestion Is "to treat the stom ach like a gentleman by giving It several warm baths a day;. In other words, drink two glasses of hot water half an hour be fore each meal." tin poet aw ob a ruwfr. J. Adam Rede of Minnesota, the humor ist of the house, while he was In It, and whose humor still bubbles, tells the fol lowing on a friend of his who travels for a carpet firm: "My friend." said Cede, "is of a saving disposition, and he recently had to make a longlsh Jaunt with, two trunks. Arriv ing at the station he approached a stranger Btandlug on the platform and said: ' 'Are you going to Chicago on this train?" ' I am.' ' 'Have you any baggage?" ' 'No.' ' 'Well, friend, you can do me a favor. and It won't cost you a cent. I've got two good-slxed trunks here and they always Diake me pay excess for one. You can get one checked on your ticket and save me some money.' " 'Yes, but I haveu't any ticket.' " 'But you said Just now that you were going on tills train.' " 'Bo I am. I'm the conductor.' "San Francisco Examiner. HopklaMs Smith tDsperleaee "Don't use too long words," said V. Hopkluaon tmltb, the author. "1 was once on the way to Reading by train, and, at a town nestling beside the river, I came out on the platform and drew In deep breaths of the pure, delicious air. " 'Isn't this Invigorating?" I said to the brakeman. " 'No. sir; It's Cons hohocken.' said he." Philadelphia Bulletin. Still ua the Job. He What ever became of your brother, the one who was a switchman? Hhe Oh, he Is now a preacher. He A preacher? Well, there's not much m 7 Ml mm i change In his occupation, then. Hhe Why, how is (hat? He Well, he still tiova the coupling up, diu t he? change I era-JteXg)ix to" Ml )7WKf JL LI. 1,11 Mr ' ItWErt-'FOCDS UP li N 6oA . " f V UHl ' I jft.C A WHOLE' rA SljLJi- V ; OUTriT.iFEV' wlfcv -U4 POVEa.PcTS f I nooTTCT S"JZ' ("THERE' TSOgS.Tucl XouT YOURVSH) mmlfAr? ' lay them rw. j fool TMKivid ansvusuT. lata IV THI Wednesday Who should turn up day be fore yesterday but Jim Connors. I was Bitting in the window seat reading about life In New York and wondering If I had enough money for a trip there 1 mean a real trip when I saw a huge machine coming up the drive, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw It was Jim. If only he could have arrived when Tom was hen and was acting In such a disagreeable wa-' But one cannot have everything. It seems an aiyit of his has a cottage In this neighborhood and he Is staying with her for a few days, He came to our place In twenty-one minutes only. He wanted ta know If there wasn't a hotel where he oould spend a few weeks. I told him about the "Bilge-Water" and he said he would engage a room there right away. 'I don't believe that Idea appeals to me very strongly. It will be nloe to see htm a few times and have him propose again and go out In the car, but I don't want to have weeks of that sort of thing. I've got to be so Jausy getting my winter clothes ready very shortly, and I believe In giving all your attention to what you are doing that Is most Important. He did look so nice and refreshing after the professor. He only stayed a short time, as he said he had to meet his aunt. mm JIM WALKED IN THE ROOM. Yesterday while I was in the village the- professor stopped and left a message saying he was going to call on me In the afternoon. It really, doesn't seem possible to lose him. I thought and thought, and finally decided on a plan that would once for all disillusionize him In regard to me. I borrowed one of the cook's Mother Hub bard effects and tied my head up In a towel and put some gum drops Inside my Items of A simple hair ornament that can be easily adjusted to almost any coiffure la made from stiver or gold ribbon an Inch wide and three rows of colored beads strung elde by side. A prett; combination Is silver ribbon with pink and blue beads, gold ribbon with small Jet beads, amethyst or russet brown. "Please tell me what to do to make my eyebrows pretty,"' writes one woman, de spairingly, and I am quoting her plea be cause I have received many similar ones, and to them alt I answer: Take care of your eyebrowa Few women do this yet they seem to expect that their brows will be shapely and attractive. By care of the brows I mean practically the same treatment which Is given to the hair with this exception: Tonics employed must contain a large percentage of grease for ths Una of hair over the eyes Is so 177 ii MEW Y0K& sVENINS TELESnAH (NEW YORK HERALD cernuairr. tarn iv tut urn yom cmuta tiusium ma torn, hctau et rum i mouth and made one side1 pt my face look all puffed out. i I lollshed up the end of my nose and I looked anything hut ' romantlo when my toilet was completed. When he came I went downstairs and murmured something IT WIT.L, BR VERY NICE TO SEE HIM A FEW TIMES. about a toothache and then I said I had a boil on my face. That sounded more un attractive than anything I could think of. He Vas all sympathy and became very tender. I might have knowu that to any body like him a boll on the woman he loved would Inspire deep sentiment. The cook's gown distinctly had an elu sive odor of fried onions about t. But I dare say I went up In his estima tion on that account, as he probably pic tured me cooking them. He was bending over me In t'45 moat de voted manner and telling me oi' some fear ful sort of a cure for toothaches and boils, when Jim walked Into the room. The front door had been open and he bad heard my voice, so came right In. His mouth fell apart as he saw my appearance. I sort of gasped an Introduction and then sar speechless as I heard the professor ex plaining about my toothache and the boll to him. Jim said, "Oh, you poor girl; can't I do anything?" I replied feebly that I thought I was getting a lever, too. As Interest for the Women Folk exposod to light and air that tha natural oil are quickly dried; a loss that must be repaired If the brows are not to loose In appearance. When the brows are In good condition, vaseline rubbed on at night will be suf ficient to keep them pretty. To apply this the tip of the finger Is dipped into grease and each brow Is stroked In the line It should grow. This serves to train It; a moat necessary detail If any beauty of shape la to be secured. Brows that are Inclined to be thin and soraggly require more attention. They need a tonic, and one watch Is nourishing la made from one-halt ounce of sweet al mond oil and two. and one-ha If grains of sulphate of quinine. Every night the brows must be thor oughly brutahod, alwas lu the line In which they must grow. The bristles used must have roras strength, but should not C0J..U RWiU Jim moved toward me I. thought pf the scent of the onions that clung to my tea gown and cried, "Ion't come near me whatever you do!" He evidently thought I was becoming delirious, and the professor said soothingly: "A boll Is not catching, my dear young lady." I saw Jim looking at the soot on my oos tume and when his eye rested on the big gest grease spot I know I looked fearfully sick. I began to have a sort of wild ex pression finally and the professor said nervously that he thought it would be bet ter to send for the doctor. I asked him to close the front door and while he was In the hall told Jim to get him away Imme diately or I'd never speak to him again. It was very difficult to get rid of htm, though. He hinted that, as Mr. Connors had an automobile, it would be better for him to get the doctor. Jim was sitting beside me on the sofa then. In spite of the onions, and I began to be terribly afraid he might think It his duty to go for a physician, so I held one of his hands as tightly as I could behind one of the cush ions to try and keep him there. After a while there was nothing for the professor to do but go. I looked at him pitifully and murmured that I really would like to have a doctor. I thought then I might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and said: "Professor, think of my tooth, and I foci another one coming." I meant to say boil; but he didn't notice. As soon as he had disappeared I made one dash up the stairs and put on my rose chiffon and half a bottle of violet perfume and came down and eiplalned It HE WASN'T A BIT AFRAID OF CATCH ING ANYTHING. all to Jim. I think l.e believed me. Any way, he certainly wasn't afraid of catching anything. he hard. Following the brushing a finger tip dipped Into the tonio and thoroughly rubbed across the hairs, to work the grease Into the roots, will complete the night treatment. In the morning another brushing and a light application of tonic, may be given. If the grease put on then Is gently wiped off, It will Improve the look of the brows, without giving any appearance of ollness. MARGARET MIXTER. Take old stockings and socks, black or colored, cut them lengthwiee Into Inch strips and put them Into your mopstlctt. I'ampen with kerosene and let hang In the open air for a day. when your mop still be ready for use. Shake well each time you use It and occasionally add a little more oil, always letting It air thoroughly. The I'nited States has the finest and largest printing office In the world. It is fitting that this government, where univer sal edtK-atlon and Individual enlightenment find their best expression, should be fore most nation in the' dissemination of all classes of governmental literature. It costs I'ncle Sam at least I'-XVino.OiO a year to carry on his printing and publishing tuifl ness. Of this IS.UHO.ruO Is expeml-d In the punting of the llterutuie and at lesst fli,0"0,000 for it preparation. There are a thousand different books and pamplets printed every year by the government, to say nothing of the large number of cir culars, bills, and other small Jobs. There are several dally, a number of weekly, and many monthly publications issued by the government. These runo In Importance front the Congressional Record, to the monthly summary ot commerce statistics Issued by the bureau of statistics. The building In which the big printing es-t-ihllshment Is housed exist more than $2,000,000. The entire plant is valued at up wards of $ltl,CHKi,U0n. The asgregate number of pieces of printed matter sent out Is so large that the officials no longer keep accurate account of them. As far back as 1W7, Sfi.noo.OOO pieces were turned out, and Eiu,0i0 pages of type wore set up. The appropriations for the big printing; office amount to approximutely $r,oi.o a year, which represent three-fourths of the printing exensfs of the government. The major portion of the government printing done outside of the government pi luting office Is done outside the city of Wash ington. In spite of the fact that every known prac ticable labor-saving machine Is used ut the government printing office, the force required is paid $4,O0,kH) a year, and there is an appropi iattion of more than IJOii.tM1) for leaves of absence. It requires a mil lion dollars worth of paper and JtiOO.OK) worth of other material for a year's opera tions. One begins to appreciate the Immensity of Uncle Sam's printing plant, when he considers how great are the little things about it. In 1909 $2,000 worth of soap was used $3 worth of screw drivers, $S2 worth of pens, $M0 worth of lead pencils, $;O00 worth of lubricants and twenty-four tons of printers' Ink. Waste paper Is reduced to a minimum, yet In that year $.11,000 was derived from Its Rale. The big plant has fifteen acres of floor space, every avail able, square foot of which la occupied. When one goes through the government printing offices he finds many, wonderful things. One room has about eighty lino type machines, the largest number to he found In a single room anywhere In the world. In another room are melting pots so large that they hold fifteen tons of molten metal. In another rooms presses are found whose combined output la more than 1,000,000 Impression very hour. Among all the eighty-seven presses In this room there Is not a pulley or a belt In sight, each machine being operated by Its own In dividual motor. The printers' Ink Is ap plied to forty tons of paper every eight hours.' There are card presses which turn out 600,000 cards a day. The Job office Is also the biggest of its kind In the world. It turns out more Job work In a single day than the average plant can turn out In a full week. Every thing in the way of perfect equipment is found In this plant On the same floor with the Job office Is the office of the public printer, which has the reputation of being the most finely lurnlshed office In the en tire building service. The government printing office is ready at sll t'mes to respond to hurry calls. When the naval court of inquiry Into the destruction of the Maine made Its report, President McKlnley transmitted It to con gress one afternoon. The next morning It was printed and In ths hands of every mem ber of the senate and house. It contained twenty-four full page Illustrations, one lithograph In colors, and nearly 900 pages of printed matter. When the congreslonal Inquiry Into haalng at West Point was made, the government printing office re quired only thirty-six hours to print and Bachelor Maids Guests Tiresome She Says They Become Too Bossy1 A bachelor maid of large Income com plained of being lonely. "Why don't you have visitors staying In the house more often?" inquired the older woman to whom the remark was made. "Because they wear me to the bone," de clared th bachelor maid. "My guests never seem to let me alone. Do yours tag you around every minute? My last one this week left yesteiday, and I sang with Joy at her departure. "She never seemed to be tired, and 1 gather that to be alone a moment was her horror. She never went to her room to lie -down, and certainly In ths week she was In the house she did not write a note except once at my dosk In the library. There was a desk, fully equipped, In her own room, and when she told mo sh hud a note to write I could have leaped for Joy, for I thought I would be by myself for a short time. Not so. She said If 1 didn't mind she would use the library desk. I suggested she would find that In her own room quite oomfortable, but she said she would rather stay with me. "She stayed that time, but never again shall she be a house guest under my roof. Most of my guests do the same. I hardly have time to give ordars to the house keeper, and as for half an hour In which to rest, I never have It! I'll give lunch eons and dinners hereafter, but I'll have no one staying In the house." KNEW THE SYMPTOMS "Oh, uncle, dear, Ttn to gUd tm tee you. How werj you're looking?- "Oh, ye&l tlow ouidi do km want) rHver to congress the l,0V-pire report of that Inquiry. Its prompt work during the revision of the tariff last year was fully as remarkable as those performances. With Us hundreds of Compositors and proofreaders, there would be a wide diver sity .f style were It not for the adoption of a manual of style to which strict adher ence is required. This style-book Is said to be the. most complete In the United States, although It Is very different from the st It s used in the newspaper offices of tho country. Congress makes the heaviest demand upon the government printing office. Its annual printing bill amounts to more that $1000 0"0. The Congressional Record and the printing of hearings, committee reports and bills demand the major portion of this amount. , Next to congress is the patent office. The Patent Office . line tie Is a large weekly volume dealing with patents Issued and giving- the specifications of each ono of the thousands of pntehts granted. It Is this publication which gives the patent oftle second place among tho different organisa tions of tho world In the consumption oi printers' Ink. Tho Iiepartment of Agricul ture ranks third as a user of printers' Ink. It requires jUii POO a year to puy the printing bills of that department. Its mcst Im portant publication Is the year-book of which fi00.i0 copies are Issued annually. Nothing Is too exacting for the govem mcfit printing office to undertake. The rebellion records, published in 123 volumes, and ipqulrlng a 1.200-page Index, perhaps for generations will remain the world's greatest single undertaking In the printing line. These records contuln more than 100,000 pitges of printed matter, requiring In their publication H0.000 reams of whits paper, and more than a.OuO.OuO.OT'O ems of type. The whole edition comprised about l.Mo.OOO volumes. When the United Rtntes wanted to publish a history of tho rapltol it demanded that completed volume, should be one of the finest examples of the print er's art to be found. Although sold at bare cost of production, exclusive of ths cost of the plates, the price of this work Is $10. . In order that every citizen may have full opportunity to possoss hlmsfif of na many of the government publications as he desires, the office of superintendent of documents has been establ'sh-d. This offi cial Is furnished with a supply of all val uable publications, and Is expected to use such means of advertising as will bring1 them to the attention of the public gener ally. They are sold at the bare cost of the material used In printing and the labor !n volved. In figuring out this cost the pov ernmcnt does not mako any charge for composition. The superintendent of documents has serious competition to meet. Nearly everjr publication he has for sale may he n! talned by the average man or woman through his or her congressman. The majority of people are awaro of this fact and write directly to their representative In congress for the public documents they desire. The government also distributes, free of charge, to such public libraries as dealre them, copies of all Important kov ernment . publications. The majority of those who have occasion to refer to these -publications go to the library to consult them. v It Is tha opinion of many newspaper men that the government's printing bill might be cut In two If a proper system of editing; were In vogue. In the recent printing In vestigation it was stated by an authority that two out of three of the public docu ments Issued by the government could bs boiled down to half their present size without the omission of any material facts. The agitation which led to the printing In vestigation has served afready to diminish the size of hundreds of the annual reports of the different bureaus and dlvls'ons of tho government. BT EIEKXO 3. BASKIH. Tomorrow Ths Government at Work, XT. Miscellaneous rsderal Organlsa Mens. The plaint of tha bachelor girl has so much reason that guests who wish to be popular should bear It In mind. Every hostess requires tlmo to herself, and more) thsn a guest does, because part of tha hostess' privacy must be consumed In giv ing orders and keeping her house running Therefore, while a guest rests for hulf an hour, the time may be occupied In domes tic business by the entertainer, who then would Uke another half hour In which to read or do nothing. There is no question but that guests who spend all the time with their hostesses are Just, as unpopular and a greater strain than those who swing; to tb other extreme and are all the spar time in their own room. A visitor can always get away by her self by doclarlng that she Is tired 'or that she wishes to write letters. Change of air makes an excellent excuse for being sleepy, and unless a nap occupies all of an after noon the hostess will not feel herself neglected. But, If a guest bears In mind that a haseoss has domestic affairs and her persona, correspondence to look after, she will find ways of making spar tlma for her friend. ROSANNA SCHUYLER. (f8 Dyspeptic Philosophy. J A pessimist Is a man who dodges pleas ure running to meet trouble. To get things coming your way It Is first necessary to go after them. Man wants but little here below, gener ally a little more than he will ever get. Rome men can mind their own business about as successfully as they can refrain from slvlng advice. There are men so laxy that ths devil l taxed to his utmost to find work for their Idle hands to do. If the shoe fits, wear It, unless you hap pen to be a woman, and then you will get a slxe smaller. Many a fellow sings first bass la ft church choir who would make a better shortstop on a ball team. It requires a good deal of tact for ft woman to make her hubband think be is having his own way