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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

small vine with tiny blossoms which added
to its elegant appearance.
For a table decoration, at each cover the
flower doyley in jewel is very fine, made of
butchers linen, the favorite colors being
blue and yellow. The edge is simply. seal
Hoped in pure white, In the center is a circle
of small dots, the inside just large enough
to hold a bouquet holder. The corners are a
combination OF blue forget-me-nots, with a
conventional design in corn colors. These
tints. are capital as a table decoration.
La France roses If rightly and we'll treated
are an individual scheme, especially for
bureau scarfs. The linen should be extra in
quality and then these flowers given in a
branchlike adornment at each corner and in
the center just above the broad hemstitched
hem. They should be copied true to nature,
giving all the light and shade of these beau
tiful blossoms, the delicate pink alone being
the device without the green leaves. This
design can be used with fine effect for the
furnishing of the lighter woods, making,
especially for the dressing glass, a daintiness
which is necessary for all well appointed
! bedrooms. AS a novelty for summer embroi,
deries the lining OF center pieces is now
much In vogue. The drawn work with flow
ers being an appropriate scheme, this center
decoration has for its finish a fun rufle OF
i"'e NV nv iheu WIN u conplluentary
hue in SILK, which is also finished with {
rufie of the same. This pretty affair needs
but little floral decoration, the silver ros,
with wood ferns being the best for this
elaborate plan.
White and green amy be said to be the
most fashionable OF tones Just now. A beau.
tiful set for the domestic table can be made
OF butchers linen In four pieces, a tray
cloth and three small mats, For this chem,
the white chrysanthemum is CHARGING, witt
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square. The design is given especially TO
the four corners, in a rich device of apple
blossoms, with their buds and green leaves,
the plan at the same, time graceful and
flowing The edge is composed of 1ndis-
tinct ~scallops, while here andi there along
the edge is a figure In shape of aypalu, leaf
Of open mesh, like that done if drawn work.
This is done in delicate cream silks The
charm OF this border being the different
stitches used in the pretty open spaces.
Another, equally beautiful, was done in
cream white. Array cloth OF excellent size
in good conventional design. These same
leaves acted as a middle decoration, filled
In with artistic stitches in different pat
terms with a deeper tone of cream silks.
And from these open spaces there were
graceful outlines in tree stitch which ex-
tended over the whole, very .springiiRe in
effect. AS a finish there was a broad hem
some three inches in width and above it a
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

tuft of gay silk flags hutter from what might
be called the foremost. These flags repre-
sent a half dozen bits of such bunting as
are used in signaling at sea, and properly
arranged they would read the encouraging
phrase: I'VE have met the enemy and they
are ours
Even very we'll dressed women, who
rather scorn the popular fancy, have sue
cumbed to the charms of patriotic jewelry
when 1t is done in really artistic enamel.
The sketch shows under what forms the
wives and daughters OF the smart set show
their colors, and one millionaire's wife at
Newport has recently felt such a flush of
patriotism of late that she has solemnly and
elf-sacrihcingly vowed not to wear any
other jewels save diamonds, sapphires and
rubies, just TO show Uncle Sam that he
truly has her sympathy and encouragement.
MARY DEAN.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
GLASS VASES.
II II n Dissertation of Flowers To Put
Them Ina Amy Other Kind.

II IL n Dissertation of Flowers to rut
Them liza Any Other Kind.
l was in a china shop the other day and
among the many beautiful things l fell to
admiring the vases, In q great variety OF
shapes and colors, Then | began to imagine
the different ones filled with flowers, and to
my surprise I found that there were very
few in which flowers would look really well.
The vases were, as a rule, too beautiful and
conspicuous in themselves, and would Una
voidably draw the eye away from the flowers
whose loveliness they are intended to set of.
/ have seen great lunches Of the most
charming blossoms made almost hideous by
the vases they were placed in. Many people
feel this, but do not know just what to do.
When they buy a vase they choose a pretty
one, and in nine case out of ten, when they
take it home and arrange flowers in it, dis
appointment is the result. In consequence
of this | have heard the law laid down that
flowers should be arranged only in plain
glass vessels and one who adheres to this
rule would certainly be safe.
Nothing could be more becoming to some
flowers than an old-fashioned V%-shaped
champaign glass, 1aring out at the rim. Two
or three roses or a few sweet peas lightly
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

ers at their parlors one trial bottle of their
Complexion Tonic absolutely free; and in
order that those who cannot call or who
live away from New York may be bene-
fitted, they will send one bottle to any ad-
dress, all charges prepaid. on the receipt of
20 cents Stamps or silver to cover cost OF
packing and delivering. The price of this
wonderful tonic is $1.00 per bottle, and
this liberal offer should be embraced by all.
The Misses Bell have just published
their new book, Secrets of Beauty"
This valuable work is free to all desiring
1t. The book treats exclusively of the
Importance of a good complexion; tells
how a woman may acquire beauty and
keep it. Special chapters on the care OF
the hair; how to have luxuriant growth;
harmless methods of making the hair pre-
serve its natural beauty and color, even to
advanced age. Also Instructions how to
Danish superfiuous hair from the face,
neck and arms without injury to the skin.
This book will be mailed to any address on
request.
FREE Trial Bottles OF Wonderful Com
plexion Tonic free at p%arlors, or 20 cents
(cost of packing and malling) to those at a
distance.
Correspondence cordially solicited. Ad-
dress
rs Fifth Ave-, New York Cit y.
Complexion Soap, Skin Food and Ds-
by all druggists.
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arranged are perfect in this, and In a tall
vase of this shape Chat has of late years
been so fashionable for long-stemmed roses,
etc., tall garden lilies acquire a grace and
dignity no other setting could give them.
The little flare at the top allowed the stalks
TO lean way from one another and take
natural poises. Ferns are lovely, too, in this
shape.
Then every lover of flowers ought to pos
sess a small fish globe; the shape is good
for many things, Peonies fall away from
each other, and leave room for their foliage
between, and look lovely in this shape.
So also do roses and ferns with sweet peas.
For %violets, pansies and other small flowers
in small punches a small round vase with
a broad erinckly flare at the top is excel
lent, This flare supports the flowers we'll,
and you need not crowd them together so
much.
An iris needs a tall, straight vase, with
a few sprays put into il with only its OWL
leaves, and set where one can see it in
silhouette, and il possible above the Level
Of the eye. You do not want to look down
onto a bunch of iris; they lose half their
characteristic grace and beauty.
There is some delicately tinted green
glass that is most becoming to flowers, but
most of il Is too green, and there is one
kind of glass that looks as If one were
looking into water, and its decorations are
little horizontal stTeaks OF brown and blush
green, like ripples IN the surface of water
and a few sprays OF grass and water weeds
etc. 1t is quite expensive, but very lovely
and comes in nice shapes, aud the flower
stems look SO cool and comfortable quite
as II they belonged there.
One great advantage in a glass vase Il
that one can see the stems, and that makes
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the picnic ground. Under the seward side
wall Of the Notifications, with massive walls
rising above it on the south and the ocean
surges laundering TO the northward, lies
the great Campo Santo" of San Juan. A
sentry turret guards the cemetery gate, be-
yond which, disturbed by the roar neither of
waves nor artillery, many thousand erst-
while residents of San Juan sleep their last
sleep, This spot is not large, but, owing to
the peculiar methods of interment, every
inch of space is occupied, not once, but
many times over.
In the first place the graves dug In the
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

Thousands have tried from time immem-
orial to discover some eficacious remedy
for wrinkles and other imperfections Of
the complexion, but none had yet sue
ceeded until the Misses Bell, the now fam
GUS Complexion Specialists, of 7S Fifth
avenue, New York City, offered the pub
lie their wonderful Complexion Tonic.
The reason so many failed to make this
discovery before is plain, because they have
not followed the right principle. Balms,
Creams, Lotions, etc, never have a tonic
effect upon the skin, hence the failures.
The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic has
a most exhilarating effect upon the c%uticle,
absorbing and carrying of all impurities
which the blood by its natural action is
constantly forcing to the surface of the
skin. 1t Is to the skin what a vitalizing
tonic is to the blood and nerves, q kind of
new life that Immediately eXhilarates and
strengthens wherever applied. Its tonic
effect is felt almost Immediately, and 1t
speedily banishes forever from the skin,
freckles. pimples, blackheads, moth patches,
wrinkles, liver spots, roughness, o%iliness,
eruptions and discolorations Of any kind.
In order that all may be benefited by
their Great Discovery. the Misses Bell will,
during the present month, give to all call
THE MISSES BELL,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
SUMMER EMnRoIDERIEs.
Dainty tribes to Employ Artistic
Fingers.

At all seasons there are new embroider-
les, but the designs are more effective in
the summer, when devices of linen and
silks are the happy thought for outdoor
work. A pastime for the piazza. porch or
the gardens shade during the warm days.
Much credit should be given to the south
srn woman, who is really an adept in all
sorts Of handlwork, and particularly en-
broideries.
From this land Of flowers a number OF
patterns come 10 us of charming effect, es-
pecially in finishing touches which are en-
tirely new.
AS a center ornamentation there is a
piece OF fine linen, good in quality, entirely
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24

its dark green leaves, The design is made
as a side decoration of flowers in full size
and finished with an edge in deep s%callops.
For the table, particularly, white is now
recognized as the tint which suits all china
and is more durable for everyday wear.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
PECULIAR CUSTOMS IN PORTO RICO.

the flowers seem more natural and as IL
they were still growing.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-24
H MISSES BEL

The Misses Bells Complexion Tonic, Complexion Sonp, Skin Food
plo II OF sale by ali druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The New Orleans Picayune speaks Of the
this"
The Anglo-American movement has re-
ceived a fresh boost from the Legge family
of England.
A scarcity of Havana cigars has been
averted. Connecticut's tobacco crop is
larger than usual.
Porto Rican towns which have surren-
dered to the American army prefer to be
taken without shaking.
The mascot of Yale's battery is a very
appropriate one-a billygoat. When in &C
ton he is strictly in the push.
w. D.. Howells puts it in this way: go
ciety is interested in mans future, not his
her future"
Westerners have taken in not a few ten
der pilgrims with sailed mines, but they
have much to learn from the man who
plucked Gullible investors with seawater
gold.
A Michigan man tried to work Admiral
Cervera for his autograph by sending him a
dollar to buy cigars. The dollar came back
with the information that the admiral is
not a smoker-not since he was smoked out.
Prospective settlers in Manila should first
decide whether they prefer death by typhoon
or earthquake. Choice is indicated by the
house they select. II built of bamboo, it
means typhoon; II Of stone, earthquake. The
country keeps both kinds Of shufles in
stock.
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The probability Is that n territorial gov
eminent will he recommended for them,
as this would undoubtedly better suit
the men there who are in control of
affairs and who may be presumed to
have political aspirations. To make the
islands a territory would place them in
q position to seek future statehood. 1t
would give them representation In con
gress and II would enable some of the
politicians there to secure comfortable
positions. Thus the islands would have
a political entity that they could not
have If made n part of California and
undoubtedly Mr.. Dole and the other
Hawaiian members of the commission
will strongly contend for this. More
over, in order to make the islands a
county of California It would be neces.
sary to secure the assent of the people
of that state and it is quite possible
that a majority of them would object
to the connection. 1t is conceivable
that they might not desire to have the
Hawaiians, who know little or nothing
about American institutions, share in
their political rights and thus become
possessed of n power in the determine
ton of state policy and the
regulation of state affairs which
would be largely in the control of poll
ticians two thousand miles away who
might themselves be corruptly manip-
ulated. AS citizens of California the
Hawaiians would have little concern in
the affairs Of that commonwealth and
at every election they would constitute
an uncertain element to be sold to the
highest bidder. For these and other
obvious reasons it is not probable that
the people of California would desire
to have the Hawaiian islands made a
part of that state.
If the people of Hawaii are to have
any participation in our government the
territorial plan is the most eSpedient.
Under this form of government they
would have such management of their
w affairs as congress should prescribe
and they could be gradually educated to
an understanding. of our political sys-
tenn. That the men in Hawaii who have
carried the annexation scheme to sue
cess will at some time in the not remote
future seek to have the islands ad.
mitted to statehood is to be expected,
but 1t Is hardly possible this can be
brought about while the population of
Hawaii remains what it is and it will
be at least a generation before there is
much change in II.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Somerville journal: The s"anctimonious
man may think that he Is laying up his
treasure In heaven, but II Is doubtful II he
will ever connect with It.
Brooklyn Eagle: The Protestant sects that
have been barred from the Philippines. for
hidden to build churches, hold services or
import their bible are already talking Of
missionary enterprises in those Islands.
What Is wanted in all the Spanish islands,
however, Is not so much the preacher as the
teacher. 1t is illiteracy that has cost Spain
such a sore defeat,
Baltimore American: An army chaplain.
writing from Santiago to a friend, says; II
find this Is no place for sensational preach
ing upon which text a philippe against
sensational preaching everywhere and al
ways is based. Between dull and uninter-
esting sensationalism and the simple story of
the gospel the people will always prefer the
latter. The gospel is like certain foods-al-
ways palatable, whether seasoned or not,
but when seasoning is added 1t must be done
skillfully or 1t will spoil the dish.
Washington Post: In spite OF the great
success that Boston has achieved in export
ing her cranks to the west and palming them
off on the people of a few states In that sec
ton as statesmen and philosophers, that city
still has a large supply OF the crankiest kind
Of cranks constantly on hand. One OF these
Is a clergyman who advertises in this way:
Peoples Temple, Columbus avenue and
Berkeley street. Another glorious day. The
pastor, Rev. James Boyd Brady, Phi. D.,
d. D., will preach at 1913 a. m. on Reasons
for Resting in the Loving Arms of God and
at 1880 p. IN. on To HI With SPAIN All
the swearers in Boston are especially in
vited."
Kansas City Journal: Mr., Hooley of Lon
don, who recently failed in his great feat of
promoting six different stock booms at
once, made a present to the cathedral Of st.
Pauls of a service of gold plate, which was
accepted by the dean and chapter, to the
considerable scandal OF the religious public
now that the Hooley bubble has burst. The
plate was good enough SO long as the bubble
rose and sparkled, but now 1t is irreverently
termed "Hooley's Communion Service"
Some time some synod, or presbytery, or
chapter, or conference, instead of tearing its
vestments over the alleged u~nscriptural
views of a member on the subject of the
Trinity or predestination, is going to try an
elder, or a deacon, or a warden, for en-
couraging his fellowmen to think that they
can make a righteous living without work.
ing for 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
BOOMING THE CANAL

A few days ago Mr.. Warner Miller of
New York, president of the Nicaragua
Canal company, had Il conference with
President Mckinley in regard to the
canal project and according to the re-
port the president expressed his ac-
quiescence in the belief that the gov
eminent possession of the canal is now
necessary, the war and its results max
ing the proposed waterway indispensa-
bic to the United States. 1t was also
said to be the intention of the president
to make strong recommendations to
congress for legislation making provi-
sion for completing the canal and for
making it the direct property of the
government. The Hawaiian commits,
sioners, Senators Cullom ana Morgan
and Representative Hit, took occasion
when In Chicago to urge the construc-
ton and control of the Nicaragua canal
by the United States, all Of them de-
claring that it had become an impera-
tive necessity and expressing confidence
that congress will enact the legislation
required to secure the completion of the
project and its control by this govern
ment.
We recently noted the organization of
II movement in California intended to
renew throughout the country agitation
favorable to h canal and already the
agitation has begun. The advocates OF
the enterprise are everywhere active IN
putting out arguments and statements
relating to the military and commercial.
advantages to be derived from the
canal, while political platforms, boil
republican and democratic, pronounc,
In favor of it. Special stress is laid upon
the long voyage of the battleship Ore
gon as an impressive object lesson anI
1t Is pointed out that with possession
in the Pacific to be protected the pro
posed waterway Is indispensable. 1t Il
urged that we must have a bigger navy
as n of the necessities of nationa
defense as we'll as of our commercial
development and growth, but as w,
cannot well afford to build and maintain
two big navies, II in the Atlantic an,
one in the Pacific, we must have tn
interoceanic canal. The matter of ma
tional defense is now made to oyel
shadow the commercial consideration
though the latter is not altogether los
sight of. Popular sentiment, however
will be more easily influenced by tn
former and undoubtedly 1t will furnis
the chief argument In congress for, tn
canal.
In regard to the question of COS
which has been considered OF prime in
portance. II appears probable that 1t wi
receive less attention than hitherto. \
two estimates agree as to what expeI
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
GOVERNING

The commissioners appointed to visit
Hawaii, study the conditions there and
recommend to congress what legislation
is required for the government of our
new possession, are on their way to the
islands, where they expect to arrive
within the next ten days. In an inter
view Senator Cullom of Illinois, chair
man of the commission, said that its
whole aim will be to make n careful.
accurate and minute inquiry into every
thing connected with the Islands, in or
der that the government may take such
action ms shall be Conducive to their
greatest good. We shall, said Mr.. Cul-
lom, nave to look into the merits of the
principal schemes proposed for the gov.
eminent of the islands and decide
whether they should be made a terri
tory or a county of California.
1t thus appears thar so far as the com
mission is concerned, or the American
members of it. there is nc thought OF
| giving the Hawaiian islands statehood
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1898.


diture would he necessary to construct
the canal. They vary from 90,O00.O OO
to S140,Oo0,oO0. But the advocates of
the project will insist that it should be
carried through at whatever cost and
the country having again become famil-
lar with large expenditures the advocates
of the canal project will probably have
less trouble than heretofore in winning
adherents to the view hat an outlay
by the government of between $780,
100000 and $2O0,oOo,OOo for an inter
oceanic waterway is not n matter for
very serious consideration. Meanwhile
there are two most essential things to
be accomplished before the United
States can construct and control the
Nicaragua canal. One is to secure the
permission of Nicaragua and the other
is to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer
trpnty.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07
TWO

Early in the coming century it will
be in order to celebrate two events in
the early history of the American re-
public, in each the celebration to be a
reminder of the way the foundations for
the United States were being laid 100
years ago.
The first Of these events is the admis-
CURED in 1902. Ohio was first of the
northwestern states to be created after
the republic had been formed. Vermont
had already been broken off New Hamp-
shire and Virginia had given Kentucky
and Tennessee to the union and when
the work of dividing up the northwest
territory was begun Ohio was the first
product. The admission of Ohio marked
the beginning of hat western advance
in the great belt between the lakes and
the Ohio river which has been of such
superlative influence in the formation OF
the American nation. The other event
is that of the purchase of Louisiana il
1903, the step that assured to the world
| tbhI ~ phlttu clulcS NuS W DtCOlllt
the dominant power in the western
hemisphere.
Steps have already been taken looking
toward the celebration of the Tooth an
niversary of both these events. They
ought to be remembered in some appro
pirate way and the manner of the cele
bration will have to be determined a,
an early date. The purchase of Louis
lana, which concerned a larger proper
ton of the present United States thai
any other single event in the history O.
the country, especially deserves n cele
bration commensurate with it's impor
lance. The residents of st. Louis hav'
organized Il committee to take step
looking toward holding a centennia
celebration of the Louisiana purchasi
in that city five years hence and thi
movement will command the attention
of all residents of the states once In
Guided In the French and Spanish ter
ritory of Louisiana.
The first decade Of the present cen
fury was a history-making epoch, espe
cially with regard to the settlement o
the western part of the continent. Il
recall the turning points, to study theI
in the light Of subsequent m and t
forecast the future in the light of tn
past and the present will be at once
delight and "a duty for the Twentiet
century Americans.