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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1910)
11 nn The Tired Business Man BT WALTER A. SINCLAIR. Trlle Friend Wife) All About (ltd Hurt (ilrlj. ffr. rr A EVP Ci J Tin; iu:k: omaiia. Friday, dfat.mbku o, 1010. r ( r 4 llrnri Ion In Hmnhiit Iliimlun Dancers at the Iliaiirielx. "I h S i'iaw .M.m ' at tne HoyU. "Happy Hooligan" at the Krug. ,i nf ille at the Orplieiim. Buriesqua at the Gajety. "Get lilcli Quick Walllnsford" has made dirtlnct hit. In Chicago, and apparently deserved all the effoit put n It by its producers, MeVsrs. Cohan At Harris. The reviewers pralHp It warmly a a comedy of action and It secm nettled for a run. All of which causes one to think that Georae M. Cohan la really what a lot of people say ha Is the wisest of the whole lot when It comes to picking out the good thin" in the (umxly line. Thla Is the dny the people of Omaha will have a change to see what sort of amum-me nt the crar of Russia provides for himself during those brief Interval of rest permitted hlrn by the active revo lutionists of l.ls much agitated country. Anna t'avlona, undisputed head of thu Imperial ballet, with Mlkall Mordkln, the greatest of the czar's male dancers, and a ballet of seventy from the Imperial opera house, will be here for two perform ances at the Hrandlrs. The event la of especial note, as the tour Is arranged for one performance In each city visited, but Omaha gets two through reason of the fact that that the troupe arrives here in lime for a special matinee thla afternoon. "Happy Hooligan" cornea to the Krug tonight for a week-end visit. The regular mid-week matinee will be played at the Hoyd this afternoon, "The So,uaw Man" being the bill. Discussing the difficulties of censorship as. exercised by the Chicago police, and admitting the necessity of some sort of oversight to secure proper control of the quality of offerings at the theaters, James O'Donnell Bennett sums up thus In the Record- Herald: It would seem that a board, composed of representative men and women of the community and endowed with official powers, would not be too portentous a body to exercise these great responsibilities a board, that should stand for what Is sane and good In the artistic, social relig ious and commercial life of this capital. Then the application of censorship would mean the ura-mion, say, of the Art Insti tute, the woman's clubs, the churches, the universities, the social settlements, the as sociations for civic well-being generally, ln- Me-ad of the decision of a badgered police officer whom a smart lawyer can worry to distraction when he bombards him with In nuendo and ridicule on the witness stand. Such a board as this would be known to all the people, and being so known, It would have a lively sense of Its responsibilities. Fulfilling them. It would command respect, for those responsibilities would Involve not alone a mere comprehenskrn of what the common decencies of life demand, but a true understanding of the rights of art. Puoh a bonrd could determine whether It would be feasible to pas upon a doubtful work In manuscript before It was per formed thus sparing the manager expense and humiliation could settle on effective penalties, such as the revocation of the amusement licensee of persistent offenders, and put order nri dignity into a situation that Is now chaotic and a source of endless ridicule, and, without exagseratlng tbe case, holds the peril of bureaucratic meddling and tyranny. The question. It may again be Insisted, Is important, but jibes and bluster and pot house valor about liberty only muddle it. George Gray Bernard, 'the sculptor who designed the groups of statuary in the new , r Pennsylvania state rapftol, Is to make two jiemortals for the MacDowell club of New York, one of Richard Mansfield and the other of Helnrlch Conreld. The details of the work hare not yet been settled, but It ts likely that the statues will be busts rather than full-length figures. HI r Herbert Tree purposes to devote the ?vhole season at his theater In London to Shakespeare's plays. From "Henry VIII" he' will go forward, after Christmas, to "Macbeth," for a revival of which tragedy he has long been preparing. He ' himself will play Macbeth; Miss Violet Vanbrugh, I rty Macbeth, and Arthur Uourchler, Mac duff, while Gordon Craig will design the settings. 'i M It is reported that the next play In which David War field will appear will have to do with, in the first act, an old man who pledges his friend, since they both believe in reincarnation, that If. after death, he returns In another guise to thla world, he will make himself known to his companion. He dies, he so returns, and his expe riences fill Uie rest of the play. On second thought, the Nsw York Sun pronounces Avery Hopwood's new ray, "Nobody's Widow," "lrrldeecent piffle." VI s Blanche Bans Is acting In It "Mualral plays are so numerous nowa days," says Charles B. Dillingham, "that the field la overcrowded. Thla fact, and the increasing lavlshness demanded by the public from the recognised producers In this lne, have ' brought about a condition which makes It possible for a manager at present to lose as much money with a suc cess as he used to lose with a failure. "My next activities, therefore, will cen ter around three dramas. The first of these Is 'Homeward Bound,' by Eugene Walter, which . Is now In rehearsal and which win have its first performance William Housington's Body is Found in Pool at Her Grand Hotel Turkish Bath Attendant Receive! Electrio Shock in Attempting; to Put Up "Tight Wire." William Housington. aged II years, Turk ish bath atttendunt, met death by drown ing In the bathing pool In the basement of the Iler Grand hotel last nlg'it. A copper wire, which he was attempting tn put up te practice "tight wire walking." Is be lleved to have accidentally come In con tact wttii an electrio light switch on the wall, causing a shock and fall In the water. The body of ltoui.ngum was found by Clarence Robinson, a fellow attendant, at I I o'clock last night floating In the water. The lifeless hands were clutching a loop of the wire. Coroner Crosby said the young boy. after fa teiilng the end of the wire to a hook n the other side of the r.xni. as at tempting to secure the end which he held In hie hnd to the oth.r future, eeveial Inches above the sltch. Inspired by the performances of a troupe f tight wtre walkera at the Orpheum CLEVER ACTRESS WAITING FOR A PLAY ' ' ' - - ' ELSIE FERGUSON. Elsie Ferguson Is one of the clever ac tresses under the direction of Henry B. Harris, but she has had hard luck with her plays this stsson. She has started in two, but each blew up after Its opening. The next try Is to De In Charles Nlrd llnger's play, "Dolly Madison," which deals with an Important historical episode In a romantic manner. It is quite wlthlirl the range of possibilities that Miss Fergu son will be seen at the Brandies early in the new year In this piece. Christmas week In Cleveland. The cast will Include Charlotte Walker, who In pri vate life Is Mrs. Eugene Walter;. John Westley. William Harrigan, Alice Butler and Amy Summers. Another play, by David Hlgglns, goes Into rehearsal Mon day, and the third, by Miss Anne Cald well, author of 'The Nest Egg,' is to be produced in the spring." Miss Margaret Anglln has so nearly re covered from an operation on the otsi cords that the doctors think In a few days she will be able to leave the hospital In Chicago where she has been for nearly a month. The police and fire departments of New York City have Informed the theater man agers of their determination to enforce the ordinance against allowing persons to stand either In the aisles or back of the rows of seats. Wilton Lackaye closed his season In "The Battle" In Atlanta last night and will at once begin rehearsals of a new play by C. M. C. McLellan. author of "Leah Kleshna" and "The Strong People." Ixuls Parker .Is as frank as Mr. Jones In his belief that America offers better op portunities than England to the Brlt'sh playwright. Asked In London why he had handed his play about Lord Beaconsfleld to Mr. Arllas for performance In America, he replied: "For the simple and logical reason that there is now no scope In England for either playwright or player." A Mollere cult Is the feature of the new dramatic season in Germany, no fewer than three Berlin theaters having put on play of the great Frenchman. French influences are paramount again on the German stage, as they were in the 'ftOs of the last Century. According to one German observer they have entirely ousted, at least for the time being, Ieben and the Russians. "Juggled 'Round the World" Is not idly said in connection with Redford and Win chester at the Orpehum this week. This clever team of cemedy Jugglers have Jug gled In nearly every civilized country. They are booked In this country up to next Juno. They are due to open In the Palace theater, London, for ten weeks, be ginning July 3, 1911. Then they go to Austrslla for a tour. They have appeared In nearly every country of Europe. Offered as one of the novelties In Robie's big show. "The Knickerbockers," at the Uayety this week Is the olio act produced by Harry Holden and Lucille Harron. It Is called "The Messenger Boy and the Phow Olrl." and Is said to be Just crammed full of laughable absurdities. The engage ment closes with the Haturday matinee performance and on Saturday evening the Edith Spencer Stock company will present "At Cosy Corners." Madame Tetrasannl passed through Omaha Wednesday morning bound for Cal ifornia before any of the Omaha inhabi tants were up. Tier party had a sped si car for their accommodation, some fifty people of her company being aboard the train. theater last week. Hauslngton, who had previously been an amateur performer, pur ohered the coll of wire yesterday afternoon Intei-dlng to practice wire walking himself. Coroner Crosby took the body In charge. The coroner called In Waldemar Mlchaelson, city electrician, to determine whether llousinger died from drowning or electrocu tion. No burns were found on the body, and the conclusion was reached that the shock Itself had only stunned the young men. Judge W. D. McHugh is Said to Be Likely to Get the Judgeship Well Defined Eeport President De cided to Take Action in Supreme Court Vacancy. I From a Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON. D. C Dec. (Special Telegram.) There Is a well defined rumor tonlg-ht that President Taft has grown t!rd of the tactics which have been need In the contest over the supreme court vacancies and Is seriously considering J url-e W. I. McHugh for one of the places and that the Omaha lawyer leads all those a hose names have been suggested. ah: lady: STOP JUST A MOMtNT JUST R)R A MEAN NO I n , K ri . JUST VTAND ST Illy ' lJoO NOT CF , A H BY MERELT SQUEEZING TH$ BULB CAUSE A vro TO emit 0R EXIT AS IT WERE, FROM this Little cylinder which MM CON TACT - THE MOST DELICATC PLCH OR FABRIC. MET rAL. WOOD. 6LA$. OR PAPER! THE PRICE fS TEN CENTS. SHALI I WRAP ONE UP FOR. Items of A soiled osprey may be cleaned by wash ing in suds made from white soap and warm water. The feather should be dipped up and down and drawn through the hands until clean, then rinsed in clean luke warm water, slightly tinged with blue. To obtain the best results when cleansing the osprey should be kept in motion, shak ing constantly until dry. After washing ostrich foathers, cover them with a paste made from dry starch and water, allowing this to dry on them. When shaken Off the feathers Should be fluffy. In treating colored feathers gaso line should be substituted for water. Jet wlvi be popular tnis winter. In fact, there are blonde women who wear this kind of Jewelry to the exclusion of all others, I was told by a celebrated Jeweler, and In consequence of this fad one dealer W "1 h r V B-l i ' ! TAKE I JONEI 1 vfFjr " The DailyBumbl Bee VOL. I. THIS BUMBLE B KB. A. STINGER Editor Communications welcomed, and neither signature nor re turn postage required. Ad drees the- Kdltor. NO BAD MONET TAKEN. NO ADS AT ANT PRICE. Christmas. This is the time of the year when everybody gets on a generosity Jag, and proceeds t-j give things. It doesn t mat ter what, Just so they are giv ing. Of course, some folks look a little to the receiving end. but most of them put more energy IhIo giving than to getting. If some of the surplus that overflows along about this time each year could be bot tled up snd let out at other seasons, when the need Is as great but the spirit Is less active. It mltiht be of help. Why doesn't some welsen hetmer Invent a means for conserving the Christmas spirit, and dole it out along during the grouchy days when man doesn t feel grateful or generous or anything else but bristly? Maybe, If we went about It a little more purposefully, we might each contribute some thing to this end. and make Christmas lest ell year, and not Just a day. 'I hlnk It over. 4 ate. The fireman who pleaded that he should be forgiven for being late because he hd stopped to "beat up" a de fective telephone, and who also asked for 112 pay because of Injurlee thus received, ought to have been preserved. The fire board certainly doesn't appreciate a cute little excuse a hen it hears one. Joke. Governor Aldrlch shook the plum tree a couple of times, and nice little Jobs fall fr. Hut the next shaking is the one that l being watched for. All the anxious are nut yet satisfied. Refers. One of the noticeable qual ities of reform Is thai it Is usually boosted hardest by the man who Is on the "out side looking In." I alr peadea t. Pete Holsnd and Rob Holmes are talking about being inde pendent. V hat Is this, a threat or a promise C'umlaaw The reel battle will start dowu at Unculn about three wevko from Monday. Watch for IU ' WlTn A 40ILED WGJECT REMOVES Dun pirt rruct PAINl, GREASE, OIL, INK, FRUIT STAINS, fcTKKY FIT-PAPER. CUM.I WAX. TAR, PITCH, IN TACT ANY THING LIABLE "fo (OH'. I WoN-" -OCH. -WiAT TIME IT ft! WE HAD BETTER GET1 UP! IT MUJIflt I- Interest for the Women Folk has a large stock of real Whitby Jet orna ments in many shapes and forma. These are beautiful cut In floral and cameo effects. There are exotilslte brooches -and ear rings, bracelets, pendants, chains, lockets and combs. The manufacture of Whitby Jet Is be coming a lost art and so any ornament of this kind will Increase In value as time goes on. A trio of smart 'and practical hats for children's school wear Includes a felt of good quality with velvet band and bow at one side. The upturned brim Is pierced with a Jaunty quill. Colors are solid navy or solid cardinal, also black with red velvet and red quill. The price Is 12. A fine soft French felt Is the second on the list it has a wide brim and medium crown, and Is trimmed with ribbon. Colors red and navy blue. This style Is $2. OMAHA. DECEMBER 9, 1910. LETTERS TO OLD SANTA Some of the Missives that Fell from His Mail Poach. Santa Clans dumped his mail sack near the desk of Ye Edi tor, and out of the lot we gathered up a few that are worth repeating to our read ers. These are some of the re quests made on the good old saint : Dar Hunta Claus: Please TAFT WROTE Proof Positive that Presi dent la Sole Aathor of the Doeament. WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-lRv Wireless.) As I promlseed you last week, I am In a posi tion to report this week that President Taft actually wrote his own message. He doesn't need to prove this; it will be admitted. Any newspaper man could have done It. but none of them would. If the Job had been left to the corre spondents. It would have been about seven columns long In stead of thirty. That's II. The real sensation of tha week has been the appearanoe of Senator Burkett In a brand new buss wagon. The sena tor got the habit while he was campaigning last fall. He de clines to b listed among the lame ducks, yet a while. It will be noted that the senator has lost nothing while In poll tics. Some other sensations are about to pop. The visit of the postmasters la sesrch Of Jobs for oilier postmasters will have an effect, and maybe no one will lie surprised at the outcome. More anon. George Wlckereham Is glad , to besr from Prank Howell put a nice, fat Job In my stocking; I don't care much what It Is, so long as it has a salary attached, and not too much work. You'll find my stocking hanging where It has hung so long. A. J. D. Dear Old Santa Claus. It looks like a hard winter to me, and so If you please I'd like to have you find me some thing Indoors; a nlre sitting down Job would suit me pretty well. Salary no object, so long (is It Is big. I can be found at the old court house sometimes. V. H. Kind Mr. Claus: Cen't vou fix me up with a new place to live? 1 like the old plRce mighty well, but It ,s getting rather crsnipd. and If I am to grow much. I must have room, l'leuse t'y there's a dear. O. C. O. 8 (Mans. Esq. Dear Sir: I d like to call your attention to the faot that If you Imve one good stadium, suitable for high Hchool gamea. In youl pack. I know a place where it 'ran be put to good line. 1 air not asking anything. bill merely .offer this as a sugges tion. If you care to communi cate with me I can be found at the city hall now and then In the school board rooms Very truly yours, W. H. D. Santa Claus: IVar old hov, I don't like to trouble you. foi ou have been en good tc me in the past, and I am sc grateful for all you haw done. Hut If you have two oi three more factories In youl pack and a couple of whole sale houses and some retail stores, you might leave them, and I'll do the rest Evel thine. OMAHA. that the laud barone are In Jail and not in a modern apartment house. It would be very embarrassing to soma folks If this were not so. I in told that the Judges of ths supreme court are a dread fully old-fashlonel lot of folks and powerfully set In their ways. They actually told some of Nebraska's lead ing attorneys, among them the attorney general of the slate, that they must do their family washing at home and not in the supreme court chambers. The Gridiron club Is going to have Its annual broil on Saturday night. "Lame Tueks" will bs treated with unusual consideration. I hope to be there, and will let you hear how It comes out. BILL. The Cudahys are not giving up their intereats in Omaha. They are Just moving ovr tn Chicago. and taking their office help with them, and selling off their, home snd other holdlrss in Omaha, but otherwise they have no Inten tion of abandoning this cltv. lion, , (.lions tliat snow wasn't a lad thing. Came along Just as the street were getting badjy In need of a sweoptng' they couldn't have. Now. if it will Just linger aJong (or a whole month, till H.im Tom gets time to catch his breath, and tha new appropriation goes into effect, ail will be well. Snow's a good thing. Walt. The end is not yet. Several steps will have to be taken be fore the commission form of government is adopted In Omaha. It Is one thing for the salesman to atiow samples and another to deliver tha goods. mo LOOK STRAIGHT AT THIS INVTRlH ME.NT. JTAt PERfECTLY STIU ! THERE NOW. WAIT! THERE.! TAD TERRIBLE A BOUT ELKS SPAT TERED WITH AXLE GREASE LIKE THAT. BUT. 1 WANT TO DEMONiTRATl A CLEANSING VAPOR HERE. (JAY. DON'T YOU tVtK TtLL MM That rare errs wont make one Idream j atk owe last night I The third model Is a round hat of stiff felt draped around the crown with Per sian silk. This decoration Is finished with a knot of velvet in self color. Colors of the hats are brown, cardinal or navy blue. The price Is $1.28. Among the dainty articles suitable fas holiday gifts that are moderate in price are ropes of artificial pearls so delicately tinted they defy detection when compared with genuine pearls. These necklaces close with clusters of pearls, surrounded by tiny artificial dia monds. The price is only 6, complete in a box. Another ornament costing Just half this amount Is a fresh water pearl drop and three round pearls, supported by a slender gold plated chain, which is guaranteed to wear for twenty years. Both necklets are sold by a reliable Jeweler. NO. 214. MESSAGE PERSONAL. Louie Guye thinks of moving to Linooln. Jack Donahue is on the Jobi ask the Eagles. Isidore Zelgler thinks Willie Hoppe isn't such a much. Harry B. Zlmman Is on the track again and Is running easy. Chet Aldrlch Is expected to spend a few hours In Omaha soon. He'll be welcome. Pa Rourke promises a pen nant to go with the new grand stand. John 1 4i tenser doesn't care how many school houses they build. He can furnish plans for all. Ralph Sunderland denies that he Is a candidate for mayor. His totem pole is enough dlutlncUou. Bill Murray is glad the Rus sians have gone out of his Jurisdiction. Bill knows a good thing when he sees It. James Charles Dahlman has fully recovered from the ac cident that put him out in No vember. It was an awful blow, but Mr. Dahlman is all right again. Kaldlag. 'Wi are soon to see the effect of selecting democrats to represent us In congress. Raids ere already being planned on Omaha's preserves by the outsiders. This Is where a democrat shines; they can get plenty of garden seeds for their constituents, but not much else. Qelei. I .est week was remarkably quiet In Omaha. Not a bank moved, and only one safety deposit concern. This Is singular. Must have been the cold weather. Plews. It Is nearly time to be mak ing your plsns for neit year. Ye Editor suggests that even If they are not carried out, It Is a good thing to make them. Read The Bumble Bee. i ft 1 HAVE ILU m 1 5b2 Ey The Girl la the K'at. There was a nice girl of North Platte, Who got married and lived la a flat, Then bought her a dog and a parrot. But the landlord rebelled He kicked and he yelled. And swore by the gods he'd not bear it. But that girl in the flat, bne bought her a cat And stood pal In thai flat In North Platte! F. B T. "You needn't think I'll shovel the snow this winter, In spite of what Prof. Sargent of Harvard said." obeerved Friend Wife. "Even If he does find larger measurements of necks and arms and" "He's a regular Sargent-at-arms and and necks, Isn't ha?" chortled the Tired Business Man. "Maybe the worthy old doctor Is In error. Maybe the necks are only larcer by comparison with those of the men, who get It In the neck so often that their necks are being worn away. Think It over. Of course a modern woman has to have a larger neck to support so much additional Intelligence. At least 1 suppose heavy thinking Is weightier than solid mahogany, eh? "Now that we have It right straight from college and no one-horse freshwater In stitution, but old rah-rah-but-not-too-fiercely Ha'v'd we men can give a good excuse for not doing all the heavy work. Maybe you won't shovel the snow, but neither will I as long as Janitors hold out. Still you wouldn't refuse to carry In the coal and move the piano around, would you? "There has been so much complaint that our boys won't work after leaving col leges that Is, manual work. They Insist on going Into the professions, although .it takes a subw-ay guard with a shoe horn to pry thtm In, and the poor, old over crowded professions are so stuffed that there isn't any room In them for anything but young men who have gone Into them. No space for breath, work or money. Rut If the boys won't do the heavy work, why worry when the girls are becoming so muscular? I expect to seethe girls shovel ing Coal, throwing the pick, moving furni ture and tearing up the streets. Of course we frequently see them tearing up the streets now when they are hurrying to a date. "Furniture and pianos will be moved much more carefully when the lady piano movers get on the Job, because they com bine an appreciation of nice furniture with more strength than men have, hence they will be able to lift pianos without letting go and damaging them. Poor, weak men! They are so reduced In strength that they can't even hold a strong cigar and fre quently have to have their Cigarettes rolled fop them. Presently we will be afraid to go out on the street without having some athletic female to protect us and to strike down with a neat clout any thick-necked woman who insults us. r Wireless Plant Built by Blind Boy The handicap of blindness has failed to prevent John W. Ellls.g. New York boy, from rigging up a wireless telegraph ap paratus that makes it possible for him to hear the news of the world without leaving) his room. As Ellis has been blind since birth, It la a good deal easier to listen- to what people say about things In general than It ts to take the time to go over pagee of raised and perforated lettering or have to ask friends to read alond and let him know what 1st going on. The suooess of the blind boy's wlrelem apparatus is being demonstrated today at the fair and sale held In the headquarters of the New York Association for the Blind at No. 118 East Fifty-ninth street, and even the men who know ampheres and radio grams so well that they treat them like poor relatives admit that the sending and receiving apparatus made by the blind boy Is a work that few of the most expert could duplicate. While sending and receiving roesaagee In his room on Uie third floor of the AaioclJii tion for the Blind building KUls explained how he came to take an interest in wire less telegraphy and how he perfected his machine. "It was mostly due to not having any thing else to think about," he explained. "I was living in Boston at the time about six months ago and already knew the commercial and continental code, and one day a friend of mine said that a piece Of gas pipe, a few feet of wire, an Iron bed and a telephone receiving outfit was all that was needed to allow any one to lUten to what the wireless operators were saying. This Interested me and I got a friend to read aloud some articles on wireless tele graphy and then I Had a talk with a wire less operator. "I learned enough from what I heard to decide to make a wireless outfit of my own. I never saw It, of course, but many persons tell me that It Is a far simpler, lighter and more compact Instrument than those being used by the big wireless com panies. I use a silicon cup for the re I Grease Used in Water Prevents Chapping J There are some persons whose skin Is so sensitive to cold that In winter the flesh Is in a constant state of irritation. There Is no eruption visible, nor does the closest Inspection show any redness, but wherever tight bands causa garments to press against the epidermis or where there Is the slight est friction from wearing appsrel the trouble Is acute. For such troube the sovereign remedy Is grease, but unless it is applied in some form as soon as tha Irritation begins the skin will be broken from rubbing and the body will be covered with painful scratches. Also, and this Is sad. water must be used sparingly. Grease will act as a cleansing agent. This sensitive state is caused by dryness of the skin, as the normal amount of nat ural oil ' Is absent, being dried by cold. Therefore grease must be applied. If any ona form of grease Is better than another, It is vaaelene. That which Is rsr bollsed Is excellent when the skin hss been scratched to soreness, for carbolic is healing, and. In th s Instance, a si ght counter Irritant. Cocoa butter Is also effi cacious; so t camphorated Ice. A preparation of cocoa, which ts sooth ing and easy tn rub into the skin, is made from one-quarter of an ounce each of cocoa butter and sweet almond oil, one half ounce of glycerine, one-quarter of an ounce of castlle soap cut and pounded to a powder, ona drop of oil of roses, two drops of oil of neroll. two drops of oil of bitter almonds and enough rose water to make the entire quantity four ounces. The cocoa butter must be broken into a cap that in tura must be placed In a pan of boiling water so the butter will melt. As soon as the cocoa butter Is soft ths oil and glycerine are poured In and the eup Is removed Immediately from the bath. '"""" ' ' miiMiwim Z "I see that Ir. Sargent has hastily back pedaled, declaring that he was mlsqnnted Well, we all knew that In advance. Hut he touched lightly on a terrible truth, and now he knows he has to declare he didn't eay It or the publicity would tip off the secret to the fair sex and they would rise up as one mannish and tramp on us. Scientists should be more guarded In their utterances If they don't expect to see tha women up In arms. I guess If we could look Into parlors evenings we would soe a large percentage of the fair ones up In arms, as It is. "Of course it will be several weeks be fore we see women carrying the hod up ladders on new buildings although they re doing their share of carrying up the cost of living In expensive restaurants or cutting any Ice on the rivers, though they may be adept In their own circles, particu larly with the kind of Ice they make rings and necklaces from. No wonder the cost of living has gone up If It takes twice na long a necklace to encircle a snowy neck as It did twenty years ago. We poor, meek men are afraid to go out of doors now that t'.ie girls are nil hurly girlies. Judging by the way they tossed that venerable English statesman around like a base ball, woman's sphere Is the Home Secretary." "Woman's sphere Is expanding," asserted Friend Wife. "Yes, woman's fear of work," retorted the Tired Business Man. (Copyright. 1900, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) j sistance where some of the "machines have carborundum, and have my coll made of thin corper wire, wound around a wooden cylinder and then enamelled. This, with my twenty-four dry cell batteries, Is the main part of the outfit, with the key, aerial wires on the roof and sparking ap paratus. 11 made it all myself and am proud of it. "I have not talked with many operators as yet as my cells do not generate enough power to make the waves I send long enough. I have listened, however, to mes sages from Norfolk, Washington and nearly all the other wireless stations from 500 to 800 miles away from New York. I receive the Marconi a well as the De Forrest Byetems." Kills Is now 19 years old. He was gradu ated from the Perkins Institution for the Blind in Boston, and has been declared a prodigy, so far as comprehension of elec trical and mechanical problems were con cerned. It Is not only the blind wireless operator tliat Is attracting the attention of all who visit Uie headquarters for the assistance of the blind, for there are all sorts of ex hibits there that are entirely the work of men and women who never saw. In the basement a number of blind women are at work on looms weaving mats, scarfs, ruga and draperies. On the f Int. floor are shown carvings, sculptuie, needlework, weaving and all manner of art craft work which the sightless have made. Above them is the broom Eeani, where a demonstration is given of broom making, chair caning and basket weaving, while on the next floor Is the wireless) room. The blind pupils who have been Instructed by the association's teachers have learned stenography and typewriting; and the tele phone operator who has charge of the large switchboard has never seen day light. Many society women snw men well known In all walks of life who are Interested In the work of the blind have visited the a- socJatlon's headquarters since the, begin ning of the fair and sale. An ounce of rose water Is warmed and the eoap dissolved Into It. the two mixtures being combined as soon as each is blended. If the fats harden, which Is unlikely, they can be returned to the heat for a minute so they will melt. The perfumed oils go In last, adding such rose water as Is needed to make the right quantity. This lotion Is excellent for the hands. It softens them. While the skin Is abnormally dry the body may be rubbed each day briskly with a Turkish bath owel as though ths skin were being dried after a water bath. This will keep the flesh clean. The ex tremities may be bathed. MARGARET MIXTKH. When Bryan Met Rockefeller. William J. Bryan has a broad grin as ha tells his friends of his first and only meet ing with John r. Rockefeller. It was In New York city on a Sunday morning sev eral years ago. With several personal friends Mr, Bryan attended the rburch In which John I), and his son, John P., Jr., passed the plate, and Bryan dropped In a $1 bill. After the service, relates the New York Sun, Brian was pretty nearly out of the church when John P., Jr., overtook htm, saying: "Mr. Bryan, my father would like to meet you," So Bryan turned back up the aisle and John !., Jr , Jresented the Nebraskan to John D, sr. They shook hands pleeantly; a few words were said about the sermon and evidently John I), Jr., recalled that Bryan had dropped that 11 into the plate for Bryan turned to John Ij., sr., snd said: "I guess my II bill was sound enough money for this occasion." And John I)., sr., smlllnglngly admitted that It was. John li. sr., said later that he was glad to meet Bryan and that, in fact lie wanted to meet all celebrltle