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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1911)
1 he SILK HAT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT f Ragbag Economy ) Leave That Woman Be -:- -;- By Tad f Frost Time-Homo Time " . . J I Z " J V iOMfc. &OV Aft 0 VS-JW GOOO THAT iXi K I ' . . ' J IJy WINIFRED BLACK She makes her underwear out of old flour sacks and her sunbonneU out of an old piece of matting, ,and she makes her gloves out of old pocks that some one Rave her for carpet raga, and all the time she was doing It she sans a hap py, care-free, little, trilling songr, and sho wrote to Bleat and popular magazine for wo men and told all about how she did It and how glori ously she enjoyed It all the time. I read all about It In the great and popular magazine, and so, 4 have no doubt, did many other readers. I wonder what the rest of the women who read that article thought about It? I didn't believe ono word of It my selfnot one word. I couldn't. If the woman had hold how she did these things when she was cast away on a desert Island somewhere, or once when she was spending a couple of win ters on a Polar expedition where the only underwear for sale belonged to the polar bears, I might have laughed with her over the expedient of a surprising adventure, and admired her for her cleverness. We like well enough to read of Rob inson Crusoe and his makeshift clothes, and his goatskin umbrella, but what would you think of a same man who dressed like that on Broadway, Just to save money. Hut these women who tell us how to live pleasantly and profitably on nothing a year Just for the fun of It I'm afraid they make me a bit impatient. It Is all very well to beg your way around the world for a wager, or be cause there's some one on the other side that you really must see and you haven't tit money to pay your fare, but to take up begging as a profession and write articles urging other women to follow your shining example Isn't that a trifle too much? Make your underwear out of flour sacks? Why, certainly, I'd make mine out of coal sacks If I had to. but I wouldn't say a word about it, and, whisper, If It came riijht down to that, why wear underwear at all?. You could save quite a bit by freezing to death. And those gloves made of socks; why not rlpv up the bed tick and make a pair of opera gloves, out of that? Or, better still, wrap your hands up In rags Discovered J Apropos of the pension of $10 a week the English government has Just granted to the English novelist, Joseph Conrad, a Chicago writer said the other day: "Ths trashy novelist rides In a French motor car and drinks champagne with his dinner, but the good novelist Is thankful for a meal of muearenl. Our bad taste Is to blame. Listen to this terrible story: "A wealthy Chicago publlrhrr. visited a lunatio asylum one autumn afternoon, and among the lunatics he noticed a man who sat counting his fingers and mutter ing: " 'Inty. mlnty. cutey, corn! Applo seeds aiid briar thorn!" "The publisher regarded the man atten tively. About that massivo brow, about that glowing eye there was something strangely familiar. "'Inty, mlnty, cutey, corn! Apple seeds and briar them! O-u-t-out-' "The publisher laid his hand on the maniac's shoulder and said sadly: " "My poor friend. Is it not true that In you I recomilze the pitiable wreck of what was once the heaven born genius. A. Fountain Penn, author cf that immor tal masterpiece' ' 'Shut up!" the other interrupted In a fierce whisper, as he glrnced cautiously about the room. 'Phut up, you old fool! JX you want to ruin me? If none of the docs get onto who I am I can stay here all winter.' "Washington Star. Gentle Criticisms. Hope is a Kat factor In the fisht for success, but ll Is juut as well to remern her that two pairs pat will beat a busted flush. Bometimes a fellow fioean't marry be cause he is lacking In will, and some times because the girl has a superabund ance of won't. A woman may only kin her hu'oand when she wants money, and still not b tlngy with her kuw. FlilliidolpliU FubL XUfti. IP ' "if without spending the money to thread-to sew them into fingers. The sunbonnet? Why bother with the matting? You might save that matting and use it for breakfast food at a pinch. Why not tie an old rag arodnd your head and let it go at that? Oh, these fine articles that I read on "How I bring up my flourishing family of tlx on two dollars a week and enjoy life at the price!" No, they don't annoy me or vex me, they make me mad; Just plain, old-fashioned American mad. If I had wit enough and patience enough and Industry enough to turn and twist the universe Inside out to save a decent penny I'd use some of It making a couple of cents an hour more and call It square. No, It Isn't womanly, and It Isn't wise, and It Isn't fine, this glorying In mean, small makeshifts and humiliating schem ing. It's mean and It's small and It's degrading. 1 , If I ever get to the point where I have to use somebody's old ragbag for a ward robe. I'll do the best 1 can with It, and be thankful to get It, but I shan't pre tend to be proud of what I am forced to do. There's enough real economy and real pinching and saving in the little world of conscientious, hardworking women let's .not allow these magazine people to manufacture' a new standard of eco nomical living, if we can help It. How to Keep Young IJy GA11Y DKSLVS. If I had to choose between an ugly gown and an unbecoming hat, and if some dreadful fate forced me to wear one or the other, I should wear the ugly gown, and lastst on having the prettiest hat I could gt. For with a good looking hat on my head I feel that I can carry off evea an unbecoming frock. Eu. like an eclipse It xtln this season it literally e wrong hat Is !tlies your face; does that, and tnen where are you? I am appalled at the way some women buy their hats. They go Into a shop, put on something that la already made, never look at themselves carfully to get a back view, and walk out with it. Of course, here I'll admit you have such a tremendous variety, and the stores, even the small shops, carry such a quantity of slock that naturally every woman can find something that satisfies) her. But, even so, I do not think she gives as much attention to this very important matter as she should do, for choosing a hat Is a momentous affair, and, mo matter how many hats you have, each one ought to be sought and bought as If It were the most Important event of one's life.' No matter how pretty you are, If you are wearing an unbecoming hat you might just as weft have no looks at all. I have a few rules that I go by when l buy hats, and I will pass them m to you. , ' Before I try on a new hat I rumple up my hair, so that It does rot look well and Is, in fact, quite unbecoming. I try to choose a day, one of my "off days, when I am feeling bored or annoyed with something, and I look that way when I try on the new hat. I argue, If the hat is becoming when my hair Is tousled and my face none too pleasant In ex pression, It should be truly ravishing when I am feeling well and gay. Would you believe that little Oaby was such a wise person? Whatever the color of the hat is, I legist that the facing shall make a con trast to my hair, or that It shall bo ex actly the same color and melt Into the blonde of the hair. The hat must Be a sort of background, and for big evening hats It Is well to choose a hat faced with the color against which your hair and skin come out most effectively. A great deal of green. Is worn this winter and it's a stunning color, I think, but why, oh, why, will the very pals blondes, whose complexion Is yellowish and whose ha.ir lacks a brilliant color, why will eha put this green hat upon her head and so ekjlnjulsh any preter.ss to beauty? For the siine reason, I sup pose, that tiio t-il who looks like a little mouse, with drab colored hair and a complexion with grayish tints lu it, in s'.eu cn wearing a drab bonnet without a redeemlnT to-jch of color or else some thing in purple. The:-o ere all kinds of beautiful blue shades for the girl who is sullow, and there are pink and reds to give co;::r tj the drab toned lltt!o mouu. The greens are for the pure blondes with pink checks or tho dusky brunettes, and both of tbem can wear all black hats effectively, but unless a woman's comriexlon Is clear or her colnr good she should not T.ear heavy black hats, I f.uuk, fur I have T1IF, KFJO: ' JiJCI 5fjvTU6n0N WHAT TrtEVftB goOOfO. THE tONKSOsrtB OU MAilDiAT in nsrf. Arn c oon em n a- ADlAlW H HP KSTTWHOI She yjAi THC VtXA&t QUKZKtV. S(X- i-ITTC. OlO I DflNV parutAt opry uve. n th tHE.d.S VEH" A TEKR TXlCKUEO porW He cherK- he MTvt FEt-U UPOM Trre TrSBLE". THE POOfl OPENKO NOIJELEttcV AHOAVOICE IF PAT" AND MIME CfVM& TO f OEEP flvviffft 0OT0F Ms HOuiEil NO CHlU OF- NUNS WILL BE a, MWNG picture hcroine I'M Am NTsTRiOR- GET TO N08K AT 4 Jiwtcp up, CLCAN rE pAfNT ANO CrLUE PoTl- GTT ' JfOlE OMJU 3 "1 V ;'''' Wit fkrv v 5 Ll 1 uotlced that they look furercal a ad do pressing, and, oh, so r.ie'.anci.oly, whe:i they drocp over a sallow, disconsolate lsagO beneath. You caa cheer yourself up wonderfully ii t-'-r,5 .- v i . ' '' : ' r' : "V"' '"' ;' ' ' , ',, i . - .'K'- v'"t. - .. ' i- '. '-. ,' '. I' j :.. "- ; - r&m mmmmmr-1 , i l I-- - -. J : . 1 OMAHA, SATURDAY. NOVKMItKH '2 1911. np Magazine The Judge Is a Great Stickler for Dignity -:- By Tad 7HRES AN 0 NIGHTS VHNOy CHAB-UC HAD JfETNTON TVHVT" FAFT VtlTH IMOTHl H Cr TO EAT ECEir soi-oisr. Buttons. HE STOOD BV HIS UTTLE JAIU PrA&- 0AU- rue FI&e. i-VNCH HS MAO PAS i ED up fH CWC. T VNAV A VNiftEt-jtrsS- HS jmpPsTO AHO MiTESO . IT .SAID. IPAvNOrVlAM HAD lftO5PAM05 At-i-rvAMED tf I LU ArV N 0J-D vC U CA.LI HEff. A QlLL CotCECTOl.. (TS IK. 8ATTVE$HIP GfUS3 OSS,Aie ARE SAVEO. JANOPAPE-R. AND MCU-AC FflAMZl POft TM6 GltpERf -pAUt RtAMti TO THE IfmNN pUTTy Up HoLEJ. IH CHALK CAin- P-JM EJtrS-AMOi AND THEN ON My WAV HOME I DEUvER. 8 OR. ? RIAVEJ AND COtLECT. A0 BRiMb rVEW PACK . AT tl- I'M TXaouCyH-j and Pretty ft1 '1 . A rJT'HESE pictures show Mile. stylish hats to illustrate m &v-:-,y, v: j , 1 V, ' . :- , : j:r- ;K 1 1 1 PW 1 IV II lit;..; written by her below, on how to choose a hat that will be most becoming to you. Here are a few of the rules: The wrong hat is like an eclipse; it extinguishes jour face. Whate?er the color of the hat is, I insist that the facing shall make a contrast to my hair. It is well to choose a hat faced with the color against which your hair and skin come out most effectively. Unless a woman's complexion is dear, or her color good, she should not wear heavy black hats; they look, then, so funereal and depressing. If I had to choose between an ngly gown and an unbecoming hat, I would choose the ugly gown, and insist on having the prettiest hat I could get. You can cheer yourself wonderfully by wearing a touch of the color most becoming to you. rue ruiTOoACW VANTtO HI IH A HU(.y ANO HfiOT tT RE"ACHim6" po. his tools, Hfc HUPRitOLy rDP-E OPEM TnC rVoOF- OP THE THIISCtAMO TXEr LET OUT" A vl CLP THAT COUi-D 8ET rrEXP-0 A nulE AvnAV-VMHATS Vs i he asked of tmg VNA-tTEft. vMHO R.UJM0 fT WAS A RED CARO ANO OH ir VAS SOrAETHlH& IM P(CJSCH THe N Ati VNHO OEALS 7HE OPPTW6 ARM PICKED IT UP MONey IH POTATOES ISTHETRE (VAOR THAN As 5CENTIN ptOMER.S ? tEAMETHfiTVNOMftH B !! GEE SEP H0THM TO 00 no. 4 . Gaby Deslys weanng a few of her the rules hid down in the article -ms. i ' j ail I f)age if! lly WIMI'HKD DL.CK. B-r-r-r, there's frcst in the air; good friendly, "glad-to-see-you" frost that sends the blood to tinging In the veins and makes the slowest feet walk with soma semblance of youth and sprlghtll ness. There-What is that patch of white on the grass over there In the shady corner? Yes, It's, frost, sure enough. Bee how the chil dren hurry along to school and mf-m-t-ph what's that I smell, buckwheats? I wonder i t there's any real nmple syrup left In the world? How far would you trav el to get some? The man at the corner downtown Is very choertul. .He i ha sold me a doien bags of hot chest' nuts already and was that a sweet po tato roaster I saw trudlng along a back street Just now? Hurrah, frost la here! Hummer's fine for moonlight and sea foam and new friends and sweet nothings and a strain of expensive musla under the starlight and the memory of some half forgotten dream, but for real, hearty, know-what-you're-about happi ness, give me the winter and the full. Choosing Your Hat 'A'.. 'V Mil: c f,- Vf:AV. if ' - I .WlSv." r f - ;V'hn v ... - iVA: srf V :i ty wfB;-!ng a touch cf the color most becoming to you on your hat. Like the p'.umo cf King Henry of Navarre, a will always be In the thickest of the fight and Is a Lade of courage and beauty. ii u jiii i n-sl -' ' ' lii.ikiiAUfciJ r. v : ID (m" mi. KkUonal Wsm J"ortatJo. Hurrah, I'm glad they are here. Only- what Is getting to be the matter with the old fireplace? I haven't seen a friendly flame since the frost came, except the one that leap on my own' hearthstone. I'd have a fire place If I had to go without a rug in th house to do It, and I'd keep a fire there if I had to wear my last year's frocls and year before last's hat to pay for tha wood I burn. Why. there's no sort cf friendliness In a house at all without the play of leap liig fire on the faces that gather around Throw a handful of salt on that llttla handful of coals over thera In the corner of the grate. Bee, who ever dreamed of such glorious riots of color violet, green, crimson, -bright yellow. And then Is tha lime to talk.' time to reason together, time to fall In love again, time to know what's going on In the little brain th.r. n the other side of the fireplace, time w.K Uiiestinns, time to laugh and time to sing old-fashioned heartsoma song. no canned muslo before the fife Place; no ragtime ditties; either, please. They do well enough in their blaces. but uoiure me Din aita a family fireplace. bhould Auld Acquaintance," -Way Down Upon." "My Lovely Elolse." "i a Remember Tou. Desr. In My Prayers-- a hen that old song , heara?-"Mir n-n Sweet Lily D..,"-th. Bon ,ur mother sang when the last century was young and we didn't h.v- .,.".. "! .I ncoTv ' ei n convenience Come, let's light tha fi .1 tether. Th. cold wrM -" Z how soon will it - .1 ..UM,uei ,K .. '" you, iittio girl 'h the soft hair fin- round cheek; how soon will I? LT. SIM In . - MC -ii 1111 roBV Tnr f .... litti arenunjr eyes? And at ni " a,,n I knSsid. lraTeeri."r T0U' dear ln ? Never mind If your voir, a a little. s,e, wa, ,.t . clear remem- the friendly fire just now? . - Kali's tome, frost time. horn, time heart time; ,f. all lleht tne fl,," acquainted again. V " r ToPu Yi By CHU8TGK FHtlUNS. The baby emperor of Chin- . whn.. nam a constltuflnnui . aw y, uiiieaK nas been granted to the 'dsodI." ' I'oor little royal baby, ' cmer of the Manchu clan. Sired of fearful Genghis And splendid Kubla Khan. ' Robed in the sacred garments ' Of silk and silver and gold, Ruling five hundred millions And only flva years old. Why are you glum, old fellow? Do they keep you all alone There in the holy palace, , Perched on a golden throne. Hearing the mystic mumming Of those who bow before Tour tiny feet In the sandals That cannot touch the floor? ' Seeing the common children As you ride In your guarded car. Have you wondered why you are never As happy as they are? That sad little brow and the pouting ' Of lips that ought to sing They tell us the whole sad story Of being a baby king. Out, say, have pened? You haven't? you heard what hap. Well, 'twas this wav: Good fairies came and carried That stupid old throne away! And they n.ade your people love you; And when you have grown a man They will say that you reigned 'more nobly Than Genghis or Kubla Khan. Nabs of Knetrrleac. From Oreat Britain's obsolete cruiser Retribution, built in 18S9, at a cost of IM0.080, the sum of $18,000 was recently realised by auction at Portsmouth. The sheep of the world are reckoned at iUi.OOO.m. of which Australia la credited with 96.000.000. England racks next with one-third that number. The production of oil fields between Tamplca and Tuxpan, Mexico, Is 190,000 la 110,000 barrels daily, of which about 0. are being lost fir aaut of stoiaae ta duties. 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