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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1914)
niK m:i:: omaiia. satikday, November -.m. ion. 15 V J CQ Crinolines 18301914 (Republished by Special Arrangement with Harper's Bazar) s cvt: . fan fc.r p a v , ; : iSrA Z and . En- A real pussy-cat cloak big and full comfy straight from the house of Drecoll veloped In Its voluminous folds the wearer is al most lost. Only here eyes peep out from above the bushy black and white fox collar the mag pie combination in furs being one of the new notes of the Drecoll collection. Straight and, oh, bo full, the mantle hangs from thla furry collar almost to the bottom of the gown, and aways flaring. And as if to accentuate this spring at the bottom a wide band of the two furs is added. The. tiny hands find their way out of two great ruffs muff-like pieces of fur which extend al most to the elbow of the big, baggy sleeves. An intique Russian silver ornament fastens a cloak which might have been fasl0oncd for the ex Empresa Eugenie. Since Russia and France have joined against the enemy, the French couturiers do not hesi tate to glean their inspiration from the land of snow and beautiful wome,n- From, the tip of her turban to the toe of her boots this little lady is Russian. The material is a blue cloth, the military blue color, and the trimmings are black astrachan, the fur the Russian, officers use to edge their capes. This fur forms the collar, high and flaring, but,, open in the - front, outlines either side of the front of the tight little jacket and edges the tiny flaring basque. But the new est feature of the jacket is the :leg-o'-mutton sleeve the real, old-time, full sleeve gathered full into the normal armhole. The skirt, full and trimmed with braid, displays the patent-. leather Russian boots. -. ' , , . Ruffle upon billowy fulness, ruffle, each rippling forth in makes one believe that this quaint little Bklrt of coral pink taffeta must have been cherished all these years In the hidden re cesses of a chest belonging to an 1830 belle. Ai least Weeks has copied almost to the last detail the skirt of that period. There are slight modi fications in the corsage, thoi'gh the flat shoulder effect Is just as pronounced. And it is achieved by a sash of black and silver brocade ribbon which twines its 'way over one shoulder and ; across the hip. Two ruffles of the taffeta out fined in sable are laid flat over the other Bhoul- der, the flare coming well below the top of thej arm. A line of sable marks the bottom edge of ' the skirt, which is short enough to display the turn of the ankle. LittleBobbie'sPa Ity WILLIAM V. KIUK. I sro thst Mlxtor Roooflvrlt la cumin back, sod pa. I m itlad to hear that, b kaua th country will fel naicr whun ho la here to sec after thinaa. Ot oourae. ra, he can't act In the White House chair, liut I uru ha den't care much aa lonit a h has thorn bolls wlrh he sot In South Amrrtky. Of courae, pa aed to ma, you newer had any South Amorlkan bolls, no you llttel know the surferlng wlch la cauncd by them, but thay are a terribul thinir. Vn did you ewer have thrmT eed ma. Every time I ewer went to South Amorlky, aed pa. I u.eil to Ret them from wlmmm' acroia the Amnion betoai breakfast, aed pa. 1 was a crate awlmei In them days, & I used to ro out every morning for a dip & a swim acrost tlicj Amaaon & buck. Mlntor Kooaevelt says In the palper that tha nineteenth centur waa of North America, tut the &Hh ceen- tury will be of the Amaaona. I doant j know wether ho mans tlio river of wen Wlmmcn (tit tliaro righto. a sod, but li he limns the river he is ci illiiKly right, i 1 was one ot tho first Anierlkans, pa ' ami, that reclined the trrmetulus posslblll I Ilea of South Amenky, the Rrato we.th,' the wumlertul jewela it mineral mines &' the croeodllo skins down thine walling to bo made Into pursoa. You newer tonld me that you were In BoutU jtmeriky, aed ma. Dldent 1? aed pa. Well, that la singu lar, but I have been thru ao much thai perhaps I did f erg It to tell you all 1 know, & bcesluVa, I waa reeding the other day that thare are sum things a husband A. wife shml keep from ru.li other, & that la one of tha few thlnga I keep from you. I You are In a faaeaahus mood tonlle, ! deercst, aren't you? aed ma. I oTfen wonder, she sed, wen you are telling I them yarns how nueh of them you think! little Ilobblo & 1 beieeve. I discount j very one of them, doan't you, UobhleYi I doun't know what you meen by dls-' counting them, I toald ma, but 1 beieeve, everything my deer father says. Tharc, you see, eed pa, the llttel man knows the truth wen he hears It & sees It. I am proud of my son & glud beekuua of his faith In me. Here, Hobble, aed pa. ! heie Is two dollars. Go git that air1 rifle that you toald me you wanted the! other day. You are a senslbel child, the on of a acnftlbcl father. Ha la a wise child, the aon of a wise mother, aed ma. Ha wanted that air rifle now he la going to get It But go on.1 deereat husband, & tell ua moar of the awful perils you encountered In South Amerlky. You Teddy will have a grate visit wen he gets back to New York, won't you 7 Why doant you aak hltn up to lunch A talk It oaver with him her.' ware I can hear It, tooT I Jcat luv ad. i venture, ma sed, espeanully wen thare laj enuft lies In It to mulk it thrilling. You dulent ever happen to drop In at the South Toie hunting for silver penguins, did you? sed ma. If you did, I shml like to hear about that also. Kvldontty you think I stray from the truth, sed pa. You doiint stray from It. you gallop from It. sed ma. You get so far from It that Truth hna to aend out a rescue pnrty to find you A bring you back. I am glad Bobble doesn't feet that way, aed pa. Yes, aej ma, ft I guess Bobble la Rlad he got that two dollars. The Want Ad Columns of The Bee Are Read Pally by Teople In Search of Ad rertlsed Opportunities. wilT YOU WILL ACTUALLY NEED HIT TTT) IT UJR DON'T DELAY Specially Priced This Week American Mink Sets Up From $60.00 OUR FURS Bear Comparison Specially Priced This Week FITCH SETS Up From $45.00 Superior Finish and Service Ability of Shukert Furs We Specially Price this Week RUSSIAN PONY COATS Up From $19.50 Being Manufacturers We Defy Competition We Will Design and Make Your OLD FURS in the Latest Styles (So E. SOUTH 8 ST. The Wireless of Insects BY GARRETT P. . SERVISS v, .rrj til' V'"' ANTENNAE OF MALE AND FEMALE GNAT. THK ANTENNAE OF. .THE PHTJ1ED GNAT. anirniutinfc, ikM,mm I if If ' ' W-i pi fc. . at . j- " ' 1 ANTENNAE OF A MAY BEETLE. Wbtn we mention the five recocnlied human, senses, or hf!r principal oigans tha eye, the ear, th nose, the palate and the skin, representing, resi ectively. alfcht, hearing, smell, taste and touch we are apt to think that wo have covered the field ot sensation, and that other animals must rely upon slmilcr means of com municating with the outer world. But. In fact. It la cloubtlesa whether we ouraelvea are aware of all the senses that we really possess, while it la certain that thera are creaturea which have per aationa and aenaa organs widely, and perhaps funlamctitally. different from ours. The class of anlm.il called "aithro poda" (jointed animals) possesn an organ unknown to man, which sometimes seems to have almost inakical powers. ' Thla Is the ''antennu" (from a Oreelt word mean ing to stretch up). Eveiyhody has be come familiar with thla word since lta adoption to deacriue the aerial w're used to catch the slfnalH fo wlrelesi U-leK-rarhy. In the natural world we see the an te:ma (in the plural antennae) most com monly an-oiifc' injects. An Insect deprived ot Ua antennae, although it contlnueu to live, scorns to he like a mm deprived at once ot both sight und hearing, and per hapa even vt the aense of touch, and It may be deprived, at the sumo time, of other senses ot which we know nothing. In fact, the antenna, whether used as a means to capture Invisible electric waves wandering through the ether, or employed by the insect to give It all sorts of Information about It surround ings, la ahsolutoiy uncanny In lta exhibi tion of strange properties. With the In sect it Is a wand of knowledge, and when you sea aomo little alx-legge creature waving lta antennae about you may be sure that it is collecting news to guide It, in a way as wonderful as any that we have inherited or Invented. Indeed, It is lmoatiibie that when we fitted the word antenna, to our aerial telegraph system we were, unawares, recording tba fact that we bad Invaded a txmmma, ANTENNAE OF EMPEKOR MOTHS. a region of aense perception peculiar to the inaecta and their relatives. Who knowa but that Insects both send and receive Intelligence by means of their antennae? Who can say that nature did not endow them originally with a almple method of "wireless telegruphy," In stead of fuinUhlng them with eyes,' ears, noses, etc., like those of larger animals? With many iiikects the principal. If not the only, function of the antennae aeents to be that of conveying a aense of touch. They go about visibly "feeling" their way with the (lender, thread-like antennae projecting from tthelr heads. Hut those organs tuust, in ail caaea, aerv purpoat Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Your "Ula; II rot her." Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a sir I of It and for the last five years have known a young man two years my senior. This youn man Is a frequent visitor at our houae.' aa he is a I ho my brother'a chum. and we grew up to regard him aa one. of the family, lie In return calls me his l little sister. Now, after being with him ao long, I find that I am not Indifferent to him. but love him very much, of which he Is not awaro. 1 would not for all the world let hhn know that I love him. Whenever I hear thut he Is coming up j iu me nouiw i purposely go away to try to foriret him. hut finri that it lm lmnn..1. hie. He has been up several times and ' after finding me out Inquired of my mother where his sister was. Now, Miss Fairfax, please advise me what to do. No one knows of my love for him. Every one In the house regards him aa one of t.n. HEAHT BROKEN R. B. IL Just go on In your friendship for your "big brother." Love frequently grows from a loyal and congenial friendship. Do not fear to show him the tender af fection your assumed relationship Im plies. If sweetness and womanliness do not win his love, neither cold self-consciousness nor a forward declaration on your part would succeed. Do Yoa Trsit Illmf Dar Mis Fairfax: I am a girl 21 years of ape, and have been courted bv a man six years m v senior. Now, this man tells rre he loves me and hue asked me so rai t!ms to marry mm. nut I i have refused him each time beraune he filrts with other alrls and then oVnies 1 1. My friends all tell me to give him up, and thnt I enn do a great deal better, as I am of a very good family. Kut I Ilk him very much, und it would break niv heart tn give lilm up. Kindly advlxe me what to do. V. II. C. Do you trust this man? Or, after mar- ' riage, would you be ever nagging him an accusing him of flirtations with other women? Perhaps If you were to show your faith by becoming engaged and abutting your ears to malicious gossip you could break him of foolish hnblt. nut don't give your heart with out faith and loyalty. You would spoil both your Uvea that way. other than such as are clearly analogous to our senses. Watch an anthill In the bray hours and oboerve how orderly and yet rapidly everything goes on. Even when an ant seems to be wondering and turning In a confused manner It Is not at all certain that It la not perfectly guided by sense Impressions In all lta movements. If the senses by which they are guided are all concentrated In the antennae then that organ must surely be regarded as one of the most marveloua that 'nature bag bestowed upon the animal creation. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-41S South Sixteenth Street I m ftT1,..: QlA Odd pairs; two to four pairs of a J-.aCe vA&rtain Oaie pattern. Prices .wnto half and less ATVmOAT DJULWWT HOTIOH IMPORTED curtains that must bo closed out becauso the war makes it uncertain if we can re-stock thes e patterns that have been sold down, to these small quantities. Buy now for single rooms note these examples: 8175 SwIbb curtains, 4'4 pairs, pair, 75c I $2.60 Scrim curtains, 2M pair, pair, 05o $14.50 Marquisette curt., 3 pair, pair .. $35.00 Princess curt. 1 pair, pair, 2-0 $11.00 Cluny curt., 2ft pair, pair $.1.05 $3.25 Novelty curt, 1 pair, pair, $1.48 117" J CL J a Dye4 0PR1UO bades, 6 t. and 7 ft., 25j n 306 WindOW OnadeS oil Opaque shades, 6 feet and 7 ft., 40 nd 45 US ESTIMATE ON YOUR WINDOW SHADES WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOU MEASURING $2.75 for this $5 Magazine Rack, fumed or oak, exactly like cut, 4 sneives lixiu Lfcr Saturday Special Dining Table, $24 This 4 8-lnch golden oak dining table, solid quarted-sawed top, 6 ft. extension. A big Thanks giving value $24 BUFFETS, CHINA CABINETS, TABLES, MOD ERATE 1'ltICES AND GUARANTEED QUALI TY. HEBE ARE $55 00 Oak Buffet $42.50 SOME $62.00 Oak China Cabinet ....$37.50 SPECIAL $43.00 Oak China Cabinet ....820.00 And many others showing like reductions. PRICES: Lowest Prices Largest Selection Starting MONDAY THE TWENTY-THIRD. BIG RUG SALE ON THE MAIN FLOOR. Our immense purchase at tho Alexander Smith and Sons Auc tion Sale we were, the largest buyers from this part of tho country. Prices away below anything you aro accustomed to. Also many Special Bargains from our other lines. . Special Thanksgiving Bargain on "Reed" Roasters 1- r Oval shapa, self-baatlog, seamleas blue and turquoise enamel ware. $2.15, $2.25, $2.35, $265 and $3.00 sizes for $1.25, $1.75, $2.00 Lisk Roasters for $1.75 and $1.95 $10 Reductions on Base Burners The reliable Beckwlth "Round Oak." You ran depend on thum. We're selling lots of them, and they're cheap. RANGES-Special $.00 Range, G-hole.with reservoir $i2 if 58 Cabinet range, 6-hole with reservoir $'J) .t; Combination range, coal and gas SG9 An $8.00 Aluminum set ot bU pieces FREE with each range sold. WE GIVE SPECIAL TERMS ON STOVES. CLOSING Ol'TSBo Lindsay lljht . .IOC 91 Lindsay Jnaior Ufht Oe UAS I. AMI'S 50 Mario lav. lif-ht .BOO BOO Lindsay Qlobcs Bo and MANTEIJ3. 7ao Linssy Ufht . ,.3uo B&o Ualopyhans Oloba..lo 1 :: '