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The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page II IT III n. I mm I. . . , , " J. I 1 ii I n. .. I , ' , N ' II ' ii 'IBuJx. Copyright, 1911, by tho Star Company. Great Britain Rights Reserved. 5s. yK i Wt !M ?mt ?k Emma Trenlini, the Charming Light Opera Prima Donna, Wear ing the "Silencer" Which She Suggests for Talkative Amcr- Womcn. a cWman Silencer I" boms r, .-issRsr. i v 4fr LLUtD L UUULJX . If" vithJMsters f Soothing Bird Idea for the Bedroom of a Clubman, Foods, Freaks, PestsThe Newest Idea for Beautifying the House and Making It Restful for the Nervous! A LONG with the revolution la art which has produced tha "Cubists," the "Futurists," and so on, comes a now Idea lu houso Interior decoration, with ani mals of tho land and sea and Insects for its leading motives. Of courso, tho ancient Greeks de rived many of their decoratlvo design-forms from animal as well as plant mo, wmcu It Is pointed out that while tho modo In interior house decoration has grown moro and more subdued, the nerves of humanity In geno nl have gone to the other extreme. Tti early Victorian times both men and women had nerves without a kink in them, yet tho rooms In which they lived ate, Blept and eat worn funereal monstrosities In both deco rations and furnishings. Since that iu For a Border or Frieze- By EMMA TRENTINI The "Veat Pocket" Prima Donna. MAXIM has spoken the last word In war, tho last oxcoptpoaco. Ho lnvontod tho silencer. Its function ia to extinguish tho gases whoso ex plosions produco war's loud alarms. v Husband's deaf ened by continuous domestic sounds and bachelors who long for tho comforts of homo minus its nolso havo urged tho great gunmakor to lnvont a woman silencer. Tho man who hosltates is often distanced by a woman. Whllo Maxim hesitated, I, Trontlnl, dlscovorod that lire In tho United States is llko a thunderstorm. It Is your own womon who mako it so. Thoy talk too much. In America tho women talk, talk, talk". Thoy talk a hundred times as much as tho men. Thoy talk a hundred times too much. And thoy talk not well. You moot an assemblage of womon hero and thoy talk of whatT Personalities, dress, scandal. Before my season began I accepted an Invitation to a reception dreadful thing Is tho Amor lean rec6ptlon. Wo do not know it on tho other side. Clack, clack, clack 1 Clatter, clatter, clatter I A crowd of women too well dressed, troadlng upon one nnothor's heels and reputations I At that reception I heard no ono speak of a beau tiful painting she had seen, or an upllftblng book sho had read, or an ennobling charity In which' sho was engaged. No. It was "Look at tho red feathor on that woman's hat. Most becoming, Isn't It?" "Yes, she's rather pretty, but not young." "No indood. No, aho'a not married, but" Bum, buzz, buzz. Ahd throughout one hoard tho American voice, whoao timbre I do not -like. An American woman talks always In tho same tone. Her voice is a mono tone. Sho strikes everlastingly the samo note. They talk, poor things, because thoy think they must, to entertain and Interest. That is tho great mistake, v. woman allont Is a woman Interesting, be cause we wonder what sho thinks. Thoro is no doubt ono with mo, for if 1 did I would talk. Then I como homo and tako off my clothes and rest on my bod, tho Bhuttos drawn, for two hours. At B I rlso and tako my dinner. At 0 I break tho silonce, for I go to my piano and try my volco. Slnco 11 tho night before I haVo lot down, down, down. Now I lift up, up, up. Prom that moment I must bo tho gay Trontlnl, tho happy Trontlnl, tho Trentlnl who flashes and sparklos and sings and makes you laugh and tries to coax you to llko her and doflos you to forget her. I can do this. Why? Bocauso all tho long day I havo not talked. I havo shown you "how Trontlnl makes tho most I can for mysolf, and do tho beBt I can with tho talents that havo boon given mo. Now, may 1 show you tho ' Amorlcan woman how you may savo your own health and beauty and talents, and your husband's fortune? Try for ono week saying only what Is necessary Say It softly nnd pleasantly, but ubo no word too much. You"will bo surprised with how llttlo talk you can got on, and your mirror will glvo you your reward. Your faco will loso Its drawn linos. Don'tgotoaftor-theatro suppers. If you go, you will bo expected to talk. That la tho bad American habit. You may not sit quiet and look lovely. In America that Is not enough. In Europe It might bo. Go homo from tho play and go straight to bed. The next day do what must bo done, but not so furiously as you havo a habit of doing ovorythlng in this country, and whatovor it is ordering breakfast or going to markot, or seeing your dressmaker romombor that every word Is a shining gold coin of your life, and don't fling away ono. Use It to good purpose or bo sllont. Thon don't go to receptions. Of what use aro thoy? Throo or four hundred persons crowded Jo gethor In a stifling room and losing tholr tomporB and reputations! Havo .courage to docltno Mrs. A.'s invita tion and refuse to go to Mrs. B.'s conversation Btorm. Don't hustle Into a taxlcab or cllnb upon a can but wero commneu and adapted In patterns more chaste than re alistic. In tho present Instance tho living mod els aro faith fully partrayed on dadoes, frizes and oven on ceilings. Thoro 1b real originality un derlying tho uso of such decora tlvo material, however. Joseph Gautler, tho col' obrated French designer who Is demonstrating the advantages ot Its uso abroad, defends It warmly upon psychological grounds. Ho rotors toahe growing prevalence n nervous irritability owing to tho hard pace Bet by modorn conditio. of llfo In all classes, and declares that rooms decorated In a manna Intended Uo produco a quieting Boothlng effect havo, in fact, an in fluenco to the contrary. Briefly, It is futilo to expect, to gain repose of mind and nerves In rooms that a?o decorated In a re poseful mannor. What you need la your homo Is a counter Irritant "a hair of the dog that bit you." Sup pose you find yourself, financially, In tho grip of a great trust tho Standard Oil Company, for instance. It won't'sootho you at all to sit and -Toucans Facing Each Other, as in Spirited Bird Gossip. S tlmo our interior louso decorations havo grown more and moro subdued or frngllcly pretty In tho eighteenth century French fashion. And our nerves have gone to pieces with increasing expedition. Furnlturo and wall decorations, lit tho houses of -tho rich, havo always been kept in more or less conso nance. So, if the new decorative idea for walls galiis general acceptance probably we shall see lobster, skate, octopus, grasshopper and caterpillar furnlturo as veil. New that tno cost of llv'ng has gono up so 1 rightfully espeel eggs a favor' to decorative dec! for breakfast oom walls mlj-ht well consist of armies of little flulfy yel low chickens in the act of brijakliu out of tho maternal shell, rha. m an inspiring natural phenomeiv. i In Itself, and used as a break fast room wall jlesign would apply to two of tho principal high-cost necessaries of tho table tho egg and the broiler. Tho fuzzy cat erpillar is high .ly recommend- ed as tho ground plan of wall de signs in tho houses of con vivial gentle men who havo reached tho stage of pick ing imaginary worms, cobwebs and spiders off their faces. Butterflies, booties and dragonflles are among tho larg- N er Insects tho decoratlvo usefulness of which ls highly commended. Not only beau tiful and graceful birds havo al ready servod In Gautier's wall do signs, but such ungainly ones as tho toucan, tho penguin und tho English puffin. Snakes, with their sinuous forms, are used In a great variety of flg ures, while the common garden snail with its scroll-shaped shell, with Its two telescopic eye-wands protruding, Is all that could be de sired for the room of a man who is nervous because he is lazy. I jplli I Lobster Decorations, Suitable for Apartments of Chorus Girls and Other Broadway Habitues. It is probable that, as this new psychological principle In houso in terior decoration spreads over the country, many other animals, crus taceans, fish, Insects and other forms of life will bo made useful in this way. A great many persons will be willing to try anything to reduce tho pressure on their nerveB caused by their efforts to keep up with tho modern pace set for both business and pleasure. New Idea Treatment of a Newly Hatched Chicken. Splendid for Breakfast Rooms. what tho woman Who talks thinks. Sho tells It all, and part tho sheets ot your bed and crawl gratefully be more! The talkative woman seems to mo always tho rattling of a dry gourd proclaiming Its own emptiness. There Is this truth that all the wise mon and only a few wise women know that when wo talk wo give out our life. Wo should be as grudging ot our lite as of the money In our savings bank, but instead wo act us though wo stood on a street corner and toased our money into tho air. May 1 tell, you so that you will not bolleve I am talking tor my own amusement as you say in this country, through tho crown of my hat how I lvo? The inotuent have finished with "The Firefly," at 11 o'clock. I place my fingers on my lips, and I am silent until thB next evening at C. Nineteen hours ot stlenco every day. People, wonder how the little Trentlnl works so big, how aho can elng and dance and laugh so gayly every night It Is becaure she takes all day the stlenco cure. And what Trentlnl can do your fine, big Amer ican women can do. I go straight home from the Casino. An after theatre .supper? No. Ho, I come to my room and bring not my maid so that I will not talk, I place my mouth qrer the steam from an alcohol lamp for threo minutes. That Is to tako from my throat the dust ot tho theatre. Then I feel better! I havo my very light supper bread and cheese and an apple and go to bed. I am up at 10 and stirring about my room, dressed in something soft and weightless. Thus I brush pay hair and enjoy my coffee and papers. There are orders that no one no ono at all shall ever tele phono 'wa between 11 and 11, 1 After 11 If any one telephones I answer, but I do not talk. I listen.- That is possible. 1 merely breathe into the, receiver1. "Oh" or "Ah." or "Yes" or "No." So the rest of tho hours pass. I write letters or look after my wardrobe or listen to what my manager t&J-s by telephone listen but do not answer and at 2 o'clock J go forth for a walk. I do thirty blocks, nhtprfne along, never hurrying. 1 never taka any tween thorn. Remain there or two hours. Let nothing except tho houso burning down interrupt those hours ot rest and silence. , You aro never home, you American women. Stay at' home. It Is a luxury and becomes a delight. At least do not go out every evening. 'It Is well to go to tho theatro sometimes, yes. But two ovenlngs a week stay atVhomo. Go to bed at 10. I have heard that to soothe the nerves for sleep ono should undress In tho d-rlc. That is very good. Darkness is part ot the sllonco cure. It lulls the tempost of nerves. For vanity's sako do not talk so much. You have heard tho gorgeous bird, the poacock? Then you know what a disappointment is that voice after seeing his magnlflcont feathers. So tho handsomely dressed American woman Impresses tho European. Wo think her hearing is not acute or refined, else she would be shocked at tho Bound ot her own thin, high, monoto nous voice. You have in this country a habit of makibggestures with your mouth. Do you not know that you use your nioutlu as we Italians uso our bands to talk? You twist them about to supply the expression missing from your eyes and other features. The American ye tloos not tnlk. and the mouth tslks and twists. It seems that, being conscious that your faces do not reflect your thoughts, you try to make your mouths do all that work. And now let me tell you that you waste your hus band's fortune by wasting his time. Or it may be that you waste another man'B time by tulkiug too long at the telephone, or it you have business at his -office. For every great work wo need to think. We cannot think amidst strident voices. It Is with lax hands crossed in our laps and head bent In meditation that groat work is planned. Planning Is doing. Learn to bo silent, dear American wotuei-. Talk llttlo and you will become not only moro bpautlful. but you will rniu-h th greatness to whlfh our brain entitles you, The Ornamental Skate A Sug gestion for the New Idea .Bathroom. contemplate subdued walls cover'-. I with pnle water lilies; they should bo vivid, should positively shriek with red boiled lobsters scurryli.i: out of reach of tho viciously curling tentacles of octopuses. Possibly tho birth ot a sense of humor Wl make the treatment even moro effec tive. Many chorus girla are addicted to "nerves,''' largely due to the fre quency with which they Indulge in .midnight suppers of lobBters. Ac cordingly, when thoy wake late In tho morning they should gaze up n bedroom wnlls papered with boiled lobsters, pop-eyed and in every nt tltudo of belligerency. Similarly, tho bedroom walls of clubmen should be decorated with designs in which the fish known as skate is tho principal motive. Half grown boyB addicted to annoyia? their older sisters and their beaux havo been almost completely re formed by confinement in roo us decorated with shrimps. Tho pathologically minded devotees of this system of interior decoration do not appear yet to have gono .o far as to advocate wall designs pink elephants Jleelng In terror from purple rats for the rooms of men afflicted with that extreme iprm ot nervousness knuwn ns delirium tremens still the suggestion rauy not beMnopportune. A Design for Large" Wall Spaces in Which the Voucan and Interlaced Branches Form the Motive Jk -
