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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1913)
The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page Copyright, 1911, by the Star Company. Great Britain Rights Reserved. r WiSSSK 1 : . Jftma-lW -w-ewi.i '-0w 0KWMKSZC' SBSSBSSssmiSSNCNBSSBsT'' I tt Tendencies ' Wuffmrdo The Newest Fashions Come from "Somewhere East of Suez" Paris Likes Them; Also'Her Latest Hats Petite LADY DUFF.GORDON, the famoui "Lucfle" of London, and foremost creator of fashion in the world, writes each 'Week the fashion article for this newspaper, presenting all that is newest and best in styles for Well-dressed women. Lady Duff-Gordon's Paris estab lishment brings her into close touch with that centre of fashion. Tody Duff-Gordon'a American establishment is at Not, 37 and 39 West Fifty-seventh street, New York.. By Lady Duff-Gordon. Paris, May 0. FBE3L Inclined to wrlto of porcolala drosses and goo goo hats this wook, al though you may think thoy havo nothing at all to do with tho pictures I am Bonding you. But ihoy hare, and I shall call this charming costume with tho Manda rin effect a "Percolate Costume." And why not? Do not Mandarin coata come from ChlaaT ,And do net our loveliest poroelatss- also come from China?.. - . As for goo-gee- hats, 4o not these dollghtf ill pictures MKlfy the Balae? But to return to the "Porcelain Costume,' "which dominates' this page. The striking note of the costume is, of course, the Yellow Jaoket, whtoh Is significant of tho changoa tailing place In tho fashions of tho moment Wo aro turning a bit further East than Turkey and India for our latest fads and fancies, and have now reached China. And surely tho Chlnoso hayo many dress Ideas which wo will do well to Incorpor&to in our costumes. The Mandarin coats wora first brought to as by tho officers of tho navy and thoir wives and elsters. Tbero 1s hardly a "navy girl" in Great Britain and America who doos not pos sess ono of thoso .delectable .coats. And it Is not to bo wondored at that at last wo havo taken thorn and. mndo them our own. "The new Porcelain r dresses. I call them that be cause they are as lovely as the old Chinese vases they are taken from." Tho 'Tellow Jacket" here shown Is created la a rich, sumptuous Chlnoso silk that is elab orately doco rated with flowor and ribbon bows of a r-eoullar red shade. This coat will bo usod oil during tho Bummer with the lin gerie gowns and pompadour allk costumes that must bo Included In evory woman's wardrobe. It is sultablo for afternoon and evening wear. The gown worn with this coat is a satin charmeuse of the new gray green. Tho skirt has points that are very noticeably Chlnoso, particularly tho drawn offoct about tho feet . Tho first Ooc-Qoo hat has a namo all Its own. I call it the "Hat with a Hundred Os preys." The shapo Is ono of tho quaint Tnra effects that are becoming to large-eyed women. Tho osproys are arranged tn an original man ner, and to be exact there aro rather more than ono hundred of the delicate fronds, The full crown is of satin, and the whole affair Is black. Thoso all-black bate are distinctly chio at this tlmo.( Tho hat in the second picture I call the "Mem-Sahib." Just because, you see, the brim 1b wrapped and twisted as aro the brims of the straw turbans wora by the Anglo Indian women. This is developed in a soft Milan weavo, dyed the nowest rose pink shade. The satin around the brim is dyed to match tho straw The stunning bird of paradise Is all black. This forms a most striking color com bination one that -is almost too great a con- Good-Nature and Success The World's Lost Secrets WHY ONE IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER. ART AND CRAFT THAT HAVE VANISHED. '-- ' - i 1 HOW many really successful ron do you - know who art good named T Tour suoceestuf man "may be will ing; to ctva you a lift, fce'roay e on ot the btt employers going, but rarely will you ttnd aim brimming over with good nature. Tho fact la that goad nature and success cannot go hand-tn-h&nd. A good-natured man U a failure In busW bhi for many reasons. Ills fellow workora eouu find out hi a good na tura juiA Impose upon htm. It la alwaya a caaa ot: "I say, Jonas, eld chap, you might count up these Sgures for mes" or. 'Ooass. X should bs awfully obliged If "you' J help ma wltb these account' thla .at lernoon there's a good fellow t X- want to get 08 aarly." Too Busy for Other. The result la that Jones does, bis own work, and aa much ot erery body else's that bo can. Out he navar gets the credit for the latter. Nor will he be appreciated any mora by those around him. -It there la any joke going on. then you may be Bare Jonea Is the butt of It "Oh, Joitea, won't mlndl Ilea suoh a good-natured chap, you knowl" Being of auch a good nature. Jonea leu everybody push him aside, and taken the Jobs he could do equally aa well If H were not for bis good nature. If there la any big bualneia' transaction to be pulled oft. Jones Is not there. The man chosen l the bard-headed, pushful type, who will drive as hard a bargala as possible. The good-natured man never drives a bargain lie would ntuoh' rather give way for the eatce or peace. The simple faot la that a good natured man haa no will or tamper of his ownt no Initiative. He always follows where others lead, afraid to Strike, out on his own account, for fear, not only of ratlum hnt nt tr. Ing on other people's corns. He would do anything rather than disagree with his rivals. Following, instead of leading, ha is alwaya a servant, never a master. Even when -he gets ssarried, ha la not maater In his own home. As in business and the 'rest of Ufa. he la Imposed upon at borne. Hie wife will get all she wants, beoause of her bus "sand's good nature. 5.,p beTt ot h, Will hate his good nature, hla lack of tern Pf, na his weak wilt. A woman would rather have a man who ruled her, whether he had a violent temper or not She goes out of her wa' to please that kind of a husband, and the more Indifferent he Is the more sno.trles to please him. In the Marriago Mart. Not so with the good-natured hus band. Anything, does for him. He hss,toib at her beok and call, help nor when she needa It. put up with her temper and glre tray to all her siljy fata And because he does so cheerfully she only frets angrier with nlmt That's a woman's nature. The good-natured man rarely mar ries a really nloe srlrL Before he Is married he Is the slave of'eyery girl, and In their Inmost hearts each of them despises him. The reeult Is that the girl who marries htm Is she who c,an net nobody else Juit as shr Impose upon Mm. ao do all her relatives. They will Ylmt him. borrow oft him. spnnsre upon htm to a heartless extent but woe betide blm If be ever wants any help, it's alwayst "Sorry, old man. but I'm par ticularly hard up thla month. or some similar rxcuse. Although life la worth tlvlnar Til) round it le a hard world, and one has to be fairly hard-nitured' to make any respectable" show In It nowaday Qood nature can bo carried too far. NUMEROUS are the trade secrets handed down generation after generation from father to eon, and vast la the capital made oat of acme of them In the'commercial world of to-day. Particularly, perhaps Is this the ease among the numerous manufao turera of piquant aauoes and tha countless vendors of patent medicines. Out there Is also, It must be re membered, another side, to the case. Many, alasl are the priceless trade secrete burled far down below the mouldering dust of the misty past, and lost to tM world, perchance never again to bo recovered. To cite the first example that occurs to the mind of the writer, for In stance, what would an artist ot the present day give to be possessed of the secret held by the Old Masters Xlaphael, Rubens, Oorreglo. Van Dyck, and their compeers for mixing their colors, so as to render them Impertsh able and impervious to the ravagea of timer The red colors, especially, ot those artists ot a bygone epoch are every whit aa bright now aa they were three long centuries ago. On the con trary, tha colors, of pictures painted only a hundred years ago have lost their lustre, and aro faded and de cayed tn a deplorable extent Again. In the world ot music the manufacturers of violins Old Mas ter, as one may Justifiably term them. In another branoh ot art treasured a recipe tor a varnish that sank Into the wood of their Incomparable Instru ments, and meltowed It aa well aa pre served It With" auch extreme, relentless eal OUsy, however, did they guard their great secret that It too, Is lost to all appearance, Irretrievably. Rather more than a hundred years ago there lived In a quaint old-world Village In Welea a working blacksmith who hafi managed by some means or other to bring the welding of steel to suoh a pitch of perfection that the Joint waa absolutely Invisible, and the temper of the steel aa fine aa on tho day It left the tester's bands. By hla process he was able to Join the very Bnest of sword blades, and after he had finished with them they were ab solutely aa good and as sound aa when they had left the factory. The 'blacksmith's fame spread far and wide, and, naturally, he attained a great reputation; but he made a point of Invariably working In soli tude. Re waa offered large and tempting auma to divulge his secret but kept It obstinately to himself, and when bla span ot life had run lta course he took It with him to another world. The ancient Greeks had a substance whloh we call Greek fire, and which they used tn naval warfare. Their method of employing It waa almply this to throw the substance upon the surface of the water, where it flamed up and eet fire" to the ahlpa of the enemy. What waa HT The only known substance- ot the present day that would do thla la the metal potas sium, but to set fire to a ship In tho manner described would necesaltate the use of at least half a ton of tha metal. Yet another perennial and ever green conundrum. What were tho Pyramids of Egypt Intended fort And how were they erectedt Wtth all the aclentlflo and practical knowl edge at the command ot the engi neers of the present day, they are not capable ot building the Pyramids. In the first place, because wo havo no machinery of sufficient power to raise' enormous blooks of stone such, aa form them to a height of four hundred and odd feet! and. secondly,' we abould be at a loaa where to ob- tain tho said atone. BEAVZ MAM I Jones Dear met Tou say yon cfiea lay down the law o your wife. Slow do you go about ItT ' Bones Why, all you need Is firm- ateea: I usually go into my study. UNFORTUNATE SIMILE. vsrlPW We have been married tweWe years, and not one have X missed baking you a oaks for your blrthdayi have I. deart Hnbby No, my pet I can took took tha door an 4o.lt through tha back upon those cakes as talleitones ... . , . a .la aay Ute THE CAPITALIST. TjAaos "I have Just ordered three now suits,' Works "You don't aay sol Are you In auch a flourishing condition finan cially that you can afford I IT "Of course X can't afford It; but my tailor can,"-. O? OOUBSE. He You wouldn't think It would you. but Miss Qoofle's engaged to a man who'd sink to any. depth tor money She Ooodneas, a prise tighter $fo: a tvr.M trast tor true cblcness, but when worn by a dazrllng brunette the effect Is most ad mirable. i Before I tell you more ot our fashion secrets let mo whisper one that is no longer a secret In Paris. Wo, are to wear fur on our gowns and evening coats, even in August dogdays. Yes, tbuchea ot skunk are appearing on evening costumes that will not be worn until July. I have already sent you news ot that latest oreation in the way of theatta coats, which pi-oxides Its own neck scarf by means of the permanent attachment or, rather, continua tionof the soft chiffon velvet at one side and the final bordering of the supple length of fab ric, with two narrow band. deb of the sable or Bkunk fur, which also figures effectively on other parts of tho graceful wrap. And now you must know that this new idea In neckwear has met with eo much approval that it Is to deVelop into a more pr less permanent feature of the Spring fashions, and that the collarlesa coata of a number of the simpler tailor-mades are to be comnleted with a single ecarf lenxih ot their own fine twill or covert coating. Ot course. In this particular form and fabrlo the scheme is only suited to the special re quirements of motoring and travelling and "sports" suits, for which purpose it Is quite admirably practical, though it requires very careful treatment it it la also to be really be coming. For I need hardly point out fc- yoa perhaps that the woman who- thus dares to bring Bomewhat.nautrat tinted cloth Into Buch close, contact with her throat and face must needs be able to provide the contrast of an ex ceedingly clear and white skin, else will the results be most fatal, though the effect may be all hat Is most fashionable. Imagine, then, please, a medium length coat, cut on absolutely straight lines Indeed, its Bhape proclaims Its kinship to my beloved "Curate" costume! and fastening far over on the left side with groups of bone buttons tinted to match the fine covered coating twill, where soft gray and green shadings are so interwoven aa to be practically inseparable, so that you are never quite sure ot the color off