K TEACHERS' ENTERTAINMENT
tiif. omaha sitxday bek: ootobku
1011.
Local Committee is Arranging for
State Teachers' Convention.
VARIOUS PLACES OF MEETING
1
Mnr Men of stimuli I'mmlnrnrr
Will Attrad the Convention and
lMk nt the Different
Session..
Preparations are being made by the
local teachers to entertain the Nebraska
Blatt Teachers' asportation at Its annual
convention front November 8 to li), In
clusive. An interesting program has
been arranged In which a number of
distinguished educators will participate
and it Is planned to entertain 2.0"0 vlw
Ulruj teachers.
The reception committee Is planning for
Ba large reception on the evening of No
vember 8, In tho Rome hotel, which will
be given In honor of former tuperin
wV. Jcndent of Schools V. M. Davidson, who
jUjln at present superintendent of the. Wash
"Vt" lngton (L. C.) schools.
I I ThA mnuftnffa will KA 1. -.1 I . it... . . . 1 1
. ..u a.i.viBn "Ul J1 UITill Ck I lilt" fcUlll-
torium, the Young Women's Christian as
ooclatioo, the First Methodist church,
the high school building and tho
Trenhvtorlan rhnri Tli nunl !....
I - I - ..... v , . . J i.I ' II II Dl 1 1 V 1 1 1 C
will be "The Physical Pldo of School
Life," but subjects in regard to the
memai ami, moral welfare of children,
will be discussed, as well as topics re
tarding purtlcular branches of pedagogy.
Among the outsiders who will be pres
ent will be William a. Frost, president
of Berea college; A. E. Wlnship, editor
of the Journal of Education; Dr. W. A.
Evans, president of the public health sec
tion of the American Medical association;
Francis E. Clark, president of the Na
tional Federation of Musical Clubs; Ben
jamin L, IrOogo of the Michigan State
Normal school; Philander Claxton, United
States commissioner of education; Wil
liam Oeorge, founder of the George
Junior Republic; Carroll O. Pearse, su
perintendent of schools, Milwaukee, and
president of the National Educational as
sociation, and Henry S. Curtis, Ph. D.
The following places have been an
nounced as college headquarters during
I ythe convention:
y Fremont college, headquarters at the
Paxton; banquet at 6 p. m., Thursday,
November 9; Bellevue college. Young
T Men's Christian association; time of ban
quet not yet arranged; University of
Omaha, Hotel Loyal, 6 p. m., November
; Doane college, Young Men s Christian
association, 6 p. m., November 9; Kearney
Normal, rooms 2 and 3, floor A, Rome
hotel; Peru State Normal, banquet, 9:3u p.
rn., November 8; place not yet selected;
Vnlverslty of Nebraska, banquet, noon,
f November 9. All who have ever attended
th university have been asked to at
end this banquet and to secure reserva
8 Ttion by addressing A mni Thrivnaa 97
Omaha National bank building.
General sessions will be held Thursday
and Friday forenoons and afternoons,
November S and 10, at the Auditorium.
JTiL ai
PANIC DUE TO IGNORANCE
Horning; Out of Fuse n Perfectly
Harmless Affair When
t . ; Vnderstood. ,
Only the other day nearly thirty lives
were loBt at Cannansburg, Pa., because
a fuse blew out in a moving picture
theater. Them was a Uny flash, tome
one cried "fire!" and in an instant people
were stampeding for the doors. When
the rush was over nearly thirty men.
women and children had been crushed to
death. And all this was over nothing
because the people did not understand.
There seems to be a woeful lack of
common knowledge about electrical
matters and If the general public had
but known, by reading or any other form
of education, that the simple blowing of
a fuse was as harmless as turning on
:.nd off a light, they would have stayed
In their seat and no harm Would have
resulted. A fuse Is made to burn out
and when It does so it fulfills Its destiny
and saves much valuable property from
loss. When a fuse does burn out it
gives a tiny flash, and sometimes a slight
noise, but neither are any excuse for
a panic.
Another frequent cause for panic and
consequent disaster la the resultant flash
when a circuit breaker automatically
opens on a trolley car. When there Is
any danger of overloading and burning
out the motors which propel the car the
utomatlo circuit breaker opens, with
flash and a sharp concuss.on, break
ing the electrlo circuit and stopping the
car. This act In Itself Is perfectly barm
less yet tt often furnishes excuse enough
for loma Imbecile to yell "fire!" and
then the women and children and,
not Infrequently, grown men, begin
to hurl themselves oft the car re-
Long Term for Police Commissioner
Hy lEWN n II I'Kl.lX Fill).
(Exclusive Service the Survey Press
Pureau )
Examiner. Municipal Civil Pewit e com
mlr'Slon, New York City, author of 'To
lice Administration."
(Exclusive Sen Ice the Survey Press
Unreal!.)
"Whenever I do my duty 1 make en
emies and only by neglecting my duty
can I make friends." This was not the
wall of a dyspeptic pts.-lmlst but the
frank statement of a ckan rut. Intelli
gent, and outspoken lieutenant of police.
Tho novelty of the remark caused me to
ponder over It.
In every walk of life the man who
does his duty conscientiously makes en
emies. A man who makes no enemies In
life Is a moral coward, who has nu pur
pose in life and uccompllshrit no re
sults. Only women who are 99 75-100 per
cent whole-hearted goodness ran go
throufh life milking only friends and no
enemies. The policeman's life Is one In
which a man doubtless makes more en
emies than In any other walk of life.
No man likes the hand that Jails him and
deprive him of his liberty. Further con
versation with this lieutenant of police,
however, convinced me that he was proud
of the enmities which he made among
the criminal classes. Ho was not re
ferring to that class of enemies. What
he. dreaded and what discouraged him at
times was the fact that by doing his
duty he Incurred the enmity of his su
periors. lie told me that even this class of en
emies would not cause him any annoy
ance If he could be certain of the atti-
gardless of consequences. The cir
cuit breaker Is made to open Just that
way and It Is perfectly harmless. In
reality It is placed there for protective
purposes and not to frighten passengers
into hysterics. If everyone were ac
quainted with this important fact the
passengers would only smile and remain
perfectly at ease until the motorman
threw It back and started the car again.
WOES OF THE STOUT PERSON
Trials They laderco In Strlvlnn;
to Shake Off the
Surplus.
To be too stout, to sign for the slender,
graceful figure; to resolve to attain It; to
work unremittingly until It Is galnod, is
what many young women are doing, if
one may believe the press of today. No
Indulgence of appetite; no slothfulness In
striving for beauty Is possible, even for
the smallest fraction of time, or all Is
lost. The New York Sun gives tho rigid
rules to be followed In an article called
"On the Itoad to Sllmness." The open
ing paragraph seems a bit misleading
for surely since all means leading to
grace and beauty have the Idea of good
health at bottom. It would seem that the
window open at night was so such a mat
ter of course that It need not be men
tioned. Yet the first paragraph speaks
of the woman getting up In the morn
ing and rushing p throw open the win
dow. Well next tome . various exercises,
stooping, swaying, bending, she exercises
many muscles; that over, she takes a
plunge in water, at the temperature of
rain water, and with a little Bait added,
followed by massage. Then she has
what the beauty doctor calls a break
fast, one cup of strong coffee and one
ci acker, the coffee being sipped slowly,
and the effect of this meal making one
feel as If one had eaten a hearty three
course breakfast. Then there aro sway
ing and knee exerclees for the unfortu
nately thlck-waisted woman. The easiest
and prettiest way to practice this Is
the following:
One woman who owes her grace and
beauty of body to the swaying exercises
began by buying a string of beads, yards
long. This string she would hold up in
her hand, twisting It around her head
and letting It fall In graceful curves
upon the floor. As she did that she
danced and swayed. In a very short
time this began to tell upon her body.
She had been stout and she grew slim
mer; she bad an awkward walk and it
became light and graceful; her feet
were troublesome and they ceased to
ache.
This paper suggests: "It Is bad form
these days to give your guests fattening
foods." Also. It Is stated that short
skirts and short waists have done much
to reduce weight, and the low neck Is
"one of the most potent of all factors
for slenderness." Isn't It odd, If that
Is the case, that such a preponderance
of stout women are shown in prints tnal
depict' fashion leaders of today? To
come down to the crux of the whole
matter, It is diet on which the stout
tude of his superiors with refercs.cn to
any particular statute. Changes of of
ficial policy, however, are (lie bane of
the policeman's life. If he could only be
certain tr.at the no'lce commissioner of
today will bo the pi Mrs commissioner
tomorrow and next jear and five years
from today, he could carry out the ad
ministrative ix'llcy of his commissioner
conscientiously and with devotion. Under
present conditions, however, every pru
dent police officer must take cat that
he does not carry out the policy of the
police commissioner of today with such
devotion us to Incur the enmity of the
new commissioner who may he at the
he.id of the police department tomorrow.
Nor Is this reference to a kaleidoscopic
rhiuipn In administration metaphorical.
In New York City In particular and also
In other American cities changes In ad
ministration take place as suddenly as
this statement would Imply. It Is be
lieved that much of our American po
lice problem would, be solved If the head
of tho police force had a term of at least
ten years and a tenure during good be
havior. At present the police commis
sioner's term Is cither two years or four
years end his tenure Is at the pleasure
of the mayor.
If the police commissioner Is given a
long term and a definite tenure he Is
oot only enabled to carry out a definite
administrative policy and to secure and
retain the loyalty of Ills subordinates by
possessing the ability to reward i-fflclent
service snd to punish Inefficient service,
but there is also secured a competent di
rection of the police department. Under
resent day conditions In America the
ead of the police department Is never a
police expert. He Is selected from civil
life for business, social, or political rea
sons. He seldom has any peculiar fitness
for the position, excepting In the mind of
the man w ho appoints him, and bo never
lias any expert knowledge of police ad
ministration. The excellent German sys
tem of promoting an experienced police
officer of a smaller city to the police
conimlsslonershlp of a larger city, has
never been tried In this country. If the
police commissioners wero given a long
term and a definite tenure, this would
nt least remedy tho present day condition
that tho pollen commissioner has no
knowledge of police administration when
lie assumes the duties of his office and
that he Is turned out of office as soon
as lie has learned the details of the busi
ness. With a long term and n definite
tenure the city would nt least enjoy the
services of an experienced police com
missioner during tho latter half nt tils
term.
Every American municipality ought to
Improve Its system of pollen adminis
tration si that the remark of the lieuten
ant whom we have quoted may be
changed to read: "Whenever I do my
duty 1 make enemiee among tho eltlsens
and friends among my superior officers,
and by neglecting my duty I may make
friends among the cltliens, but 1 shall
Incur the enmity of my superior officers."
If efficient police protection la desired,
every municipality must not only strive
for this result, but It must also sec to It
that the police officer's official friends
and official enemies have as much powei
and as much Influence over his action,
as his friends and his enemies In private
life wield today.
woman must depend for her release
from an overplus of flesh, and here are
hints as to reduction of weight:
If one relies upon the reduction diets
entirely, here are some of the ways by
which women are reducing:
One woman who must keep her weight
down li , dieting on green salads and
cheese, lettuce, cucumbers, field and
beet greens and store cheese.
A woman whose daughter is to be mar
ried this fall, and who Is keeping down
her weight so as to be pretty at the
wedding. Is dieting on German rye bread
and lettuce with sweet butter.
In Newport a reduction fad Is for
chopped meat, shaped Into a roast and
cooked in the oven.
Two ears of corn and three ripe to
matoes constitute a whole day's rations
for another woman. She takes a tomato
at each meal and part of an ear of corn
with It.
A Berlin reductionist who professes to
know a great deal is dieting women on
cooked apples and pears and plenty of
little cookies made of flour, egg and
milk wltn not too much sugar, a sort of
unsweetened cake.
The sour milk diet has abated nothing
of its popularity. Those who like it are
allowed to eat It after It has reached
the stage of clabber. It Is served three
times a day with fresh cream and
crackers.
But unless one thinks thinness It Is
difficult to lope weight. The mind has
a really marvelous effect upon the body.
WIDOW OF "LITTLE PHIL."
Mrs. Sheridan Lives a Life of
. Sedation la Wsth
Inirtan. A stately woman with a strong, some
what saddened face and a regal bearing
is a familiar sight to the den sens of
that handsome oulsklrt of the national
capital, Massachusetts avenue extended.
She is fond of walking and In the cool
of the mornings she may be seen leisurely
circling the small park where on Its
wide, low platform and Inclosing a group
of heroes and mun tlons of war, stands
the statue of the brilliant cavalry leader.
General Philip Henry Sheridan, beloved
of the Army of the Tennessee as "Llttle
Phil." That she Is Mrs. Sheridan, last of
the widows of the great generals. Is
known to all within the radius of many
streets, relates the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
When General Sheridan came to re
side permanently In Wash ngton to suc
ceed General William Tecumseh Sherman
as commander-in-chief of the army, his
grateful country presented him a spa
cious home on Rhode Island avenue,
where that thoroughfare runs Into a
small triangle near Fifteenth street. This
was In 1883, and when he had been mar
ried but five years. This home soon be
came a radlat ng point for the brilliant
army society then at the capital and at
tracted other interesting persona resident
or visiting. Mrs. Sheridan was a digni
fied though youthful hostess and the so
cial qualities of General Phil were as fa
mous nationally as h s military qualities.
The home was furnished In magnificent
style and there was a wealth of hand
some gifts presented by admirers from
every part of the world. Of these there
were some magnificent Flemish tapestries
of the -sixteenth century, which hung In
the spacious hall, commingled with
swords and guns and trophies of the
hunt, gathered dur.ng the leisure after
the war had ended.
General Sheridan died In Washington
on August B, 18si, less than ten years
after his marriage to Miss Irene Rucker,
daughter of Gen. D. II. Rucker of
Chicago. He left four children, and of
these, three, the twin sisters, Louise
and Irene, and the only son, Philip
Henry Sheridan, II, were born In the
Rhode Island Avenue home, althoutAi
the brave commander met his last enemy,
death, at Nonqultt, Mass.
Mrs. Sheridan has resided In Wash
ington continuously since the death of
her Illustrious husband. Congress al
lowed her a generous pension, and she
gets a good Income from the personal
memoirs written by her husband dur
ing his last days. Otherwise she has
no great fortune.
After residing In the Rhode Island
Avenue home endeared through the
memories of her husband, Mrs. Sheri
dan, five years ago, felt the necessity
of dividing her estate between her
four children, who bad now reached
their maturity. The son, Phil Sheridan,
went through West Point and made a
creditable record. He got his shoulder
straps In time to take a short brush at
the Spanish-American war, and after
thSjt military chapter was closed, Presi
dent Roosevelt selected him as one of
the military aids at the White House.
At this time there were serving In the
same capacity, 17. 8. Grant, third son of
Gen. Fred Grant, and young Robert E.
I.eo, grandson of the leader of the con
federacy. Mrs. Sheridan's widowhood was cheered
by the presence of her father and his
devotion to her children. Though she is
the youngest of the widows of the famous
generals, she lived a rather secluded life
for many years after her bereavement.
These years were given principally to
the care of her children and to a social
Intercourse limited to army friends of
her family. Though she reigned a queen
In army circles during the life of her
hubband, she made no attempt to con
tinue her sway when left a widow. For
the last ftve years Mrs. Sheridan has
lived more and more secluded. The fami
ly are devout Catholics and attend Bt
Matthews' Church on Rhode Island Ave
nue, where they keep a pew.
Had Combination
Mark Twain once received a letter from
his brothsr. who complained that hs was
afflicted with a boll and the Jumping
toothache at the same time, and Inquired
If he had ever heard of a worse combina
tion. "No," wrote the sympathetic Mark,
"and I can Imagine only one that mlgli
be worse that would be to have Inflam
matory rheumatism and St. Vitus' dance
at the same time!"
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tfs-' . ' $i q LADDERS
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f.&Z ' ' ' i&P made, four fU
yrf Witiif'i, J gUe, special
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smokkUss
-Jf heaters,
JB with gallon
Jryi tank) sds
JA cial Monday
1 53.25
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Hardware Specials Monday
Here are many items you need at this season of the year. Marked down
for Monday only. Use the 'phone, we deliver.
A FEW OF OUR MONEY-SAVING VALUES:
4
COAL
HODS
CJood size, black
Japan finish, 2Sc
value, Monday,
15c
Waffle
Iron
Regular No, 8;
value 91. OO Mon.
day
79 c
If t . I I . -
m r e .
STOVE BOARD or
Zinc, crystal fin
ish, heavy wood
lined, . 90c value,
Monday 75 J
SULDIAMT BWBS nTVVSiB
Base Burners, Oaks, Cast Bengea aad Cook
Stoves, aU of standard, nneaaaled quality. Thous
ands of Badlant Kome Stoves, g'ving perfect sat
Ufactloa right here ta Omaha. Ask your aelghbor.
We are special Omaha agents. Stoves sold oa easy
payments.
J
Tor the Stove
16o Stove Polish,
aaonaay, loo.
ISo stove Foker,
aeonaay too.
15a Blciel Vol-
lata, Monday 10c
loo stove Shovel,
Monday bo.
l&o Stove Pip
and Xlbows,
Monday luo.
Mice aA sisea.
PADLOCKS
Big stroae brass
plated, with two
keys, value Oc
Monday lo.
BVOX SAWS
Pull slse. best
Braoed frame
and good blade I
valoe 7fto) at Mo
Saw Backs, bard
wood, strong!
value 45c i at &6o
LAREM.
Oood tubular
patterns, com
plete, value 76c S
Monday eoe.
VbermometeTS
A fU line, for
Indoor, out door
and window use.
Prices Bfro no.
S2
11 i mimm
QAfJ MATSB 4
tubes with void
fcronse ton and base,
S3 a value. SS-OO.
Here Are Some Wonderful
Values in Women's Goats
and Suits Monday
One Special Lot Coats 312.75 y
In women's or nilssrV sires, In th very Intest models, with lnrgo 7A
(illarti, materials ami handaomo mixtures or fine broadcloths. Vr
KeKular J 8.00 roam. (
Monday $12.75
Striking New Coats at 315.00
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f) if m?z
ISIl
In benutlfnl new mixtures and fine luster broadrlottan. elegantly
tailored nil the new festures, $20.00 values
Monday $15.00
Stunning Coats at $19.75 xj
We are t-.howlnff s xvomlertul collection of coats at this price, in
every dcMrablo material of tho season, lu beautiful models, regu
lar $25.00 coats,
Monday $19.75
t Prtof lMVtrlrtlf OR
itwiuui nuutv suv itvuwis M m y
Kvery woman whose Inclination la for excluatveness will be great-
ly pleased with our extensive showing of beautiful snd original
models at this price,
Monday $25.00
Extra Special Monday
Women's High Class Suits at $23.00
Saturday we will offer about 100 suits st this price, snd they
are the handsomest suits thst have ever been offered In
Omaha at this price. Suits that we sold earlier In the season
st 127. BO. $30.00 snd $36.00,
Monday $25.00
BsfcteMM
Giant Traction Engine Demonstration
oiling Gang Plows in Action
SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION
At 30th and Spencer Streets
Tuesday, Oct. 24
2:00 P. IYI. to 5 P. M.
fa 4
Plowing tests whoroin strength, effi
ciency and speed will bo domonstratod
ENTRIES:
11. Rumely Co.
Hart-Parr Co.
International Harvester Co.
Aultman-Taylor Co.
Hackney EV2fg. Co.
Gas Traction Co.
THEY VilLL PULL THE GANG PLOWS OF:
Parlin fit Orendorf Co.
Oliver Chilled Plow Co.
John Deere Plow Co.
ShroJding Demonstrations at tho Same Time and Place by the International Harvester Company
Cars leave the Omaha Land Show at Coliseum at 1:45 p. m.
The Thing
To Do
It voo lose your pocketbook, mrell
watch, or some other article of value, the thla
to do Is to follow the example of many other
people and advertise without delay la the Lost
and round column of The Bse.
That Is what most people do when they loee
articles of value. Telephone us snd tell your
loss to all Omaha la s slnfle afternoon.
Put It In
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