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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1914)
The Omaha Sunday Bee Magazine Page !3i .( 1 1 v' LADY DUFF-CORDON, the famout "Lucile" of London, and foremott creator of faihiont in the world, write each week the faihion article for this newiptper, pretenting all that it newest and b In tlylet for well-drttted women. Lady, Duff-Cordon'a Parii eiublithmenl bringi her into dote touch with that ctntre of fathion. 1AM going io tell you this week about the nextHo-nothlng gowns which arc all the rate In Paris. Afternoon and evonlng gowns are Decerning more docoletto ard moro transparent Instead of gowns, these creations resemble filmy, floating draporios. One can scarcely call thoin coverings. The long-sleeved evening gown Is still with us, but many of the Spring models will show so aleoves at all. Very eoon I hope to be able to send you pictures of these Invisible cos tumos. This weeic I am sending those which, while graceful and charming, do not bolong to tho noxt-to-nothlng class. Tho gown of black taffeta is pe culiarly fitted for tho over-popular afternoon dance. Tho entire upper part of tho bodlco and the long sleeves aro of unllned tulle. Tho short poplum U also of tho tulle. The narrow hand of ermine on tho skirt gives the touch of white which Is so chic. Such 'a costume may be worn to the most formal afternoon affaire. Tho gown for anevcnlng danca de veloped In blue and rose taffeta is of equal simplicity and grace. The de sign of the fabric is a pleasant change from tho Usual pompadour effects. The waist lino as marked by tho ribbon glrdlo is almost normal. The tunio slopes to the back. One can never have too many charming and becoming negliges. This no, created in flesh-colored chiffon nd heavy lace, is ldoal for beauty and comfort Tho Jacket of the chiffon lends Itself delightfully Dancing to the figure. Such Costume Of costume as this Pale Blue and without the cap Rose Pink might be worn on TffeU. with dayBathomei New Ribbon .,. ,., Girdle and, when Btra: Satin Flower. er re P"eent With the cap it becomes moro truly a boudoir gown. And now to tell you of the invisi ble gowns and blouses. The latter should be made of tho faintest flesh pink nlnon, lined with chiffon of tho' samo delicate shading, and baa not a vestige of trimming anywhere. It is just the lightest and loosest of coverings, tho very low shoulder line being continued across the back to form a yoke, and marked all the way by a fine silken hemstitching, the resulting width of the armbolea preventing any unduo strain on the fragile fabrics. Then the sleeves fit fairly close from the elbows, and form the prettiest petal-like curves over the hands, the necessity (or any fastenings (which would drag and disfigure tho soft semi-transparency of nlnon) being entirely and cloverly dono away with by the addi tion of a narrow hracelot-llko band ing of folded nlrron caught togethor closely Tound tho wrist by a otud fastener concealed beneath a tiny flatly-folded bow. For tho rest a small rouhilod collar of the nlnoa is turned over at tho back of the blouse and finished off, like the sleeve cuffs, with tho plcot edging, which Is so exceedingly dainty that It de serves all its new prominence and popularity. The soft folds In iront aro just folded over to fasten on the waist (with other stud-fasteners) 'after leaving a very, long but narrow neck opening. 8o now you will understand how all. this, elusive softness and simplicity helps tho blouse to bo as nearly "In visible" as possible. Of course it is essential that a corset bodice of delightfully dainty detail should bo worn beneath this fragile gafment, a little kimono shaped creation oi pink crepo do chine and lace, with, perhaps, a threading of faintly blue ribbon, be ing n wise choice for one, wbilo an other might be fasblonod of inser tions of wnlte Valenciennes laeewita a central banding and bow of ribbon, either blue or pink, and shoulder straps to match. jXiff-Goritoti, 5tatuer TheSeven Aes ofOurllairv loreSthenrTold in SATATAlBBVATiBTAHEsmiiiTaiHirWTCStSra . 1 Second AjfoThG Heidelberg Man, Who Knew Enough to Use Stone Club. Ancestors from the Beast Just Turning Into Man to the Dandy Who Wore Bracelets 100,000 Year? Ago Fifth Ago The Broadheaded Man of Gronelle, Who Marks tho Arrival of a New Race of Human Beings. First AgeThe Pithecanthropus Erectus, Who Was Half Man and Half Ape. SCIENCE and art have contrived to show ua the earliest ances tors of the human race In tho form of sculpture. A Belgian sculptor, Louis Mnscre, has made a remarkable serlo9 of ttatues of tho principal types of pre historic man. A distinguished scientific archaeologist, A. Hutot gavo the sculptor the Information and models on which lie based his work. These statues were entirely based on the bones and other remains ac tually found of the prehistoric men represented. Hero wo may sco our ancestors who wero not quite hu man and others who wero only Just human, and so on up to the man of 20,000 years ago, who could reason about as well as tho average man of to-day. They may be described as the seres ages of prehistoric man, for seven principal periods are rep resented. The first statue of the series 4n order ot time represents tho "pithe canthropus crectus." the oie-mau, whp walked erect Ills remains wero discovered by Dr. Dubois in Java His brute-like face seems destitute of human intelligence, but he al ready oxercises a certain domination over the other animals. He slouches forward like an ape, but ho walks erectly on his fcot and not on all fours. Ho has learned to uso fragments of stones with which to cut down 'fruits, to make a passage for him self through tho forests and to do fend himself. He Is a vegetarian and does not know the use ot flro. He lived at tho end of the tertiary period, several hundred thousand ears ago. Next In point of time comes the Heidelberg man, who lived at the be ginning of tho quaternary geological porlod. A whole lowor jaw bono, with a full set ot teeth, ot this pre historic man was found by Professor Mauer, ot Heidelberg. This man is said to show a great advance over the tertiary man, because he Is a meat eater. Tho statuo represents him returning from the hunt with a young, wild boar. His hand Is grasping his weapon a sort ot stone club with one end pointed. Science knows that the men ot this raco used such a weapon, for several Bpoclmous of It have beon tound, notably one in Tasma nia. The forehead or this man 1b scarcely any higher than that ot his predecessor, but there is an expres sion of increased determination on his face. Ho displays an air ot tri umphant strength and also fatigue from his recent struggle with tho beast. There la a suggestion in bis face ot the suffering that tho Increas ing severity ot the struggle tor life will Inflict on his descendants. Tho next man represented a con siderable advance. Ho Is tho Gal ley Hill man found at the place of that name la the English county ot Kent. Remains ot the samo typo of man havo been found on tho banks of tho Sojne In Franco and In many other parts ot tho world. According to Mr Rutot, this Is the earliest type of "homo sapiens," tho reasoning man. In him instinct is evolving Into reason and by its light he is beginning to direct his force and his craft. He Is the Inventor ot palaeolithic Industry, the systematic chipping of flint stones, with which he fashions knives, axes and clubs. He does not tear to attack the gi gantic r amnio th of his age. He even oppresses and enslaves tho creatures ot his own spocloH. tho men ot tho Heidelberg type. He in augurates hunuin slavery. Tho Rtatuo of tho Galley Hill man shows him holding In his right hand a stone knlfo ot a form that has ao tually been found. Around his neck hangB a reserve weapon. In this latter feature the scientists trace the beginning ot the custom of wear ing ornaments. In later ages this was to dovolop into tho wearing ot necklaces mndo of stones or the teeth ot Hons, wolvea and other ani mals. Theso are very commonly found in prehistoric graves. Later the stones and animals' teeth wero replaeed by purely ornamental objects, such us pieces ot metal and colored clay. Still later these ob i Jects-wero worn by women also, and 'Anally, aftQr many ages, by them alone. To-day tho Boclety woman, wearing her superb pearl necklace, Is perpetuating tho custom of this Qalloy Hill man who "wore his extra stone hatohet hanging round his neck. A much higher type ot humanity is shown in tho statuo ot "tho broad headed men of Crenelle." This la said to represent a fusion of tho now Laponla type ot man with tho older races. M. Rutot holds with many other scientists that our race does not spring from one prehuman stock alone, but from the mixture pt sev eral, i Wo find a juxtaposition and collab oration of Boveral types ln'the ear liest deposits ot human remains. In the man found at Grenelle, In France. It Is said there flowed the blood of three prehistoric types, Each ot these marked an advance on its predecessor in tho art ot fashioning tools and weapons. The Grenelle man had mastered tho art of throwing tho epear. This was a great step forward In human progress, for It enabled a tribe to fight at a considerable distance and to crush any tribe not epNarraed. The man of Combe-Capelle repre sents another great stage ot prog ress. This statue shows him using a scraper, which proves him to have been the ancestor of all the carpen ters who havo lived since then. He wears a bear's skin, for ho lived in tho glacial porlod. Tho scientists who have made these reconstructions have taken the peculiar vlow of regarding the Nean derthal skull as belonging to a later age than several of those already mentioned. Although his head Indi cates him to have been le6s devel oped mentally, they hold that this famous Bkull represents a man ot tho early tertiary type, born in the Seventh Age The Neolithic Man of 20,000 Years Ago, Who Used Stone Weapons Skilfully and Subdued All the Animals. period of the domination ot superior races. Other statues show the negroid man of Mentone and a woman ot Sixth Age The Combe-Cap elle, the Earliest Man Approxi mating the Present Human Type the Bamo race. They recall the In foresting fact that a negro-like rac lived In the south of France In verj early prehistoric times. Finally we see a statue of tat neolithic man, or man of. tho new atom age. Ho has achieved an enormout advance on all the other men in thi fashioning of tools and weapons The Bculptor has represented tht neolithic man with a powerful axe upllfttd to strike with ono hand whlje with the other ho holds s bunch of Javelins. He wears a war like air, uk of ono who will subdue all other creatures on tho globe. This last statue was reconstructed from a skeleton of the neolithic period, found at Splennes, in Bel glum, in 1911 . i i 1