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merely rank ahead Of other senator's wives
in official functions.
The regular order OF precedence sane
toned by long usage in Washington is as
follows: The wife Of the president, the wife
Of the vice president. the wife of the senior
ambassador and then the other five am
baesadois in order Of seniority, the wife Of
the secretary Of state and the other ladies of
the cabinet in order, the wives Of foreign
ministers in order Cf seniority as determined
by their husbands service. the wives of SUI
preme court judges, the ladies of the army
and navy and then the wives OF senators and
representatives, The latter, as ie generally
known, are so far along the line that unless
they have special social recommendations
they never "~arriye" to use a technical So
ciety expression.
Among those in the senatorial ranks who
are expected to take n prominent place in
the lighter life Of the capital this winter are
Senator Dcpew and Senator Hanna. The
Hannas have heretofore lived in a hotel dur
ing their stay in Washington. Consequently
their opportunities for entertaining have
been decidedly limited. For this winter.
however, the Ohio senator has taken a pleas
ant and roomy house which is expected to
be the scene of numerous functions. Be
sides the we'll understood friendship between
the Hannas and the presidents family guar
antees the former a place of certain impor-
lance, and it is understood that Mrs. Hanna
will take over from Mrs. McKinley'e
shoulders a portion of her unofficial social
burdens.
The unique position in Washington society
is that occupied by Mrs. Brigham, whose
husband, Colonel Brigham, u. S. A., is the
superintendent of the government grounds
and buildings. The incumbent of this posi-
ton is recognized as a sort of social assist
ant to the presidents wife since her position
brings her into more or less intimate rela-
tions with the occupants of the White
House. For example, it is the custom tc
send out each day from the White House
conservatory a number of bouquets which
are distributed among the ladies in official
society and the making out of these lists
devOlves upon Mrs. Brigham. Many other
little social duties fall to her lot, such as the
task of making introductions to Mrs. Nc
Einley at rCce0tions. In common with Mrs.
Porter, the wife of the presidents private
secretary, therefore, Mrs. Brigham occupies
a place of considerable influence and i'm
portance. AS both Mrs. Porter and Mrs
Brigham are personally attractive and pleas
ant, they are popular with Westinghouse.
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GOOD FOR THE MONEY.
Mrs. Huzen's Ant RctOrt to n ParSi-
mnniOMS CnmgreSsmnM.

Besides being a woman of great beauty
and talent, the wife of Admiral Dewey pos
sesses ready wit. An incident has just been
related illustrative of this faculty, occurring
when she was the wife of General Ha2en and
residing in Washington. AS is universally
known, General Hazen was the first head Of
the weather bureau in Washington and
found the new position by no means a sine
cure. 1t was almost impossible to persuade
the members of congress to vote for him the
necessary funds with which to carry out his
plans as he desired, and he was at the same
time grumbled at as if he were positively
and personally responsible for the weather,
which 1t was a fad of the moment to say that
he furnished. Mrs. Hazen was the recipient
of all his woes and gave him her full SYM
pathy, especially one spring when the APP
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his own composition, with this title: His
torical and Biographical Notes OF the Cuban
Mission, by Rev. NJ. Delofcu; translated
from the Spanish by Miss e. Askew."
Julia was 6 years old when her father
came from Cuba to Key West. There he
became 4 Protestant, ana was received in
1889 into the ministry Of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
When Maxine Gomez and his escort came
to Havana for their great reception the
scnorita was one Of the first women pre-
scented to him. The general invited her to
20 to a ball with him. She refused his in
v@itation because the Methodist church dis
countcnancod dancing,
As a result gf this refusal she met one
Of the captains OF the generals escort
Rafael de Armas. lie was handsome and
intellectual. He wooed her ae a soldier and
won her. The wedding will take place soon.
But the supreme act which endcars her
TO the Americans In Havana is the discov-
cry of the plot which the Spaniards we're
Matching to bring about a massacre of Amer
leans the day the stars and stripes we're
raised in Havana. They had intended to
dress their men in Cuban uniforms. so that
the obloquy of the massacre should attach
to SPANS enemies. II was the Senorita
Julia who frustrated this plot. For two
weeks she followed first one clue and then
another until she discovered the five places
where the stores of ammunition ana guns
were concealed. Then she took her in
formation to Captain Greble and these stacks
of guns and cartridges were confscated and
the danger was over. In return one Of the
swords found was given to her by General
LUDLOW. This sword she, in her turn, gave
to the Simpre Viva club, the only Cuban
club which held together in Havana through
out tho Mnr
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
MRS. PALMER SAVED THE DAY.
How She Preserved the Reputation of
Il Mnrrl,s EEnir -m.cIm.

Appointment OF Mrs. Potter Palmer as
first of American commissioners to the
universal exhibition at Paris next year will
give universal satisfaction for many rea-
sons. None will be more g~ratifed, relates
the Chicago Times-Horald, than a small
number who learned at the time a droll
incident of the Columbian board of lady
managers, Of which, happily for the coun-
try, Mrs. Palmer was president. The story
is now printed for the first time.
1t was a few molths before the opening
date. Every department was busily at
work preparing copy for the bureau of
promotion and publicity to promulgate.
That office was necessarily limited as to
the amount of news" it was authorized TO
send out daily or weekly. The copy" re-
ceived from the departments was rigidly re-
duced within the days or weeks limit. The
chief Of fine arts, when his proof was re-
turned, was often wToth to find his 1000
verdi about the contents or the catalogue
condensed to 500. The newspapers all over
the globe, to which the proofs were regu-
larry mailed, could not exclude everything
else to make room for the Columbian eXhi-
bition prospects. The board Of lady manag-
ers received from all over the globe volun-
teer compositions, many OF which were UNI
available, some of them untimely and a
few preposterous. one of the committees
was concerned with the achievements Of
women in architecture, A carefully pre-
pared biography OF sabina Won Steinbach ar
rived at tho last moment one day, when
the usual portfolio Of copy was about 10
go to the bureau OF promotion and publicity.
One of the industrious clerks read It and
was surprised and delighted to find that it
would make a full column OF live reading
about Sabiua Won Steinbach and her extra
ordinary genius as shown upon the cathe-
dral of StrasbOurg, OF which her father Err
win had been one OF the architects.
The practice was 10 submit all the proofs
to Mrs, Palmer before thCy were returned
approved to the bureau OF promotion and
publicity for dissemination. There was
pleasant pride In the office Of the board Of
Lady managers when the column or more
about the ronown OF Sabina Won Steinbach
came back. Neatly rolled in a rubber band
it was laid unopened upon Mrs. Palmer's
desk. The accomplished head Of the board
opened n and, instead OF finding a column
OF demonst ration that Sahina. the beautiful
young maid, had designed important por-
tions Of the famous fame on the Rhine, Mrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
WORRYING ABOUT TRIPLES.
Feminine Failing Contraste Il with
Mans Indifference.

Mans Indifference.
From time immemorial women have been
told-by women as well as men, though
naturally more often by the latter-that
worry digs wrinkles in their faces and
sprinkles gray among their tresses. These
warnings do little good. The fair creatures
go on worrying and will probably con-
tinue to do so until the millennium comes.
The Detroit Free Press asks why this is
so, and then proceeds to answer its own
question in this way. The question of worry
with women seems to be simply this:
Women are so hedged about by the little
nessts of their protected lives for it is the
protected woman who does the most wor-
ryinG-that it is hard to see beyond and
above sometimes, and matters in this way
get wholly out of focus. If women had the
capacity with men of getting up and doing
battle with things worry would slip off
their shoulders as easily as from off those
Of the average masculine. Man doesn't
worry about debt, because lie feels that he
has it within him (since money-making is
his business) to make sufficient money to
| pay his debts-some time. Women look at
il more practically and consider the now.
Man doesn't generally worry about his
health, because he really has not the time.
Let him become i'll, though, and have TO
stop his work, and how l. It with him?
Man doesn't worry about the future-he is
so madly interested in the present; nor
about his clothes, for the tailor stands be-
tween him and that; nor about home mat
ters-they, from his point of view, are too
trivial-until he comes home to a badly
cooked dinner, and then in his broad out
look there is no excuse for this state of
| things, for in business circles if an employee
does not do his work properly his employer
gets someone who can, a method that will
yet come to be a powerful lever in the
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Palmer read with something akin to stupc-
faction only this: Distinguished woman
architect coming to the Worlds fair. The
board Of lady managers expect Sabina Won
Steinbach, architect OF the cathedral Of
Strasbourg, to be with them during the
fair"
Mrs. Planners face as she rc-rcad the
proof attracted tho eager attention OF her
assistants and Of the several lady managers
who dropped into the office at that moment.
Mrs. Palmer's face. habitually immobilc
and kind, changed from grave to gay, from
lively to severe. with unprecedented rapid
ity. No trace Of Irritation appeared, Of
course, nor any of levity. Taking a pencil
from a dainty case, The president Of the
board wrote on the margin cf the proof:
please kill this paragraph. Sabina Won
Steinbach has been dead more than 500
years.
Thus the world missed an announcement
that would have been profoundly startling.
As the cause of the blue pencil mark Cf the
prCrideut became known in the office there
was a scene of self-restraint which those
who participated in it have never forgotten,
The escape had been too narrow for con
gratulations.
1t was found out after a week or two how
the catastrophe came near precipitation
me messenger VINO nau taken the pOTlIoIlC
of copy" to the bureau of promotion and
publicity had presented the column about
Sabina Won Steinbach to the wrong pigeon
hole. Instead of going into that %lettered
architects II was carefully deposited in
that with the legend of distinguished for
eigners expected during the fair" The
copy" reader, snatching it hastily, caught
the name "Sabina Won Steinbach,' knew II
was a woman's name, and reduced the
column to "A paragraph of his own, according
to that days order. 1t was fortunate that
| Mrs. Palmer was, as usual, at her desk wher
| the proof rnnchel her nfiicn.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

American StyIcs superior ia All
nlhnrs fnr AmnrIrnn chi hrNm.

American styles superior to MI
others for American chi drcn,
NEW YORK, Dec. Cit would be a true
charity, in any kind-hearte1 and artistically
Intelligent woman, to give me her hest adj
vice with regard to these samples re-
marked Maisie coaXingly, as 81. laid half
a dozen bits of bright silk and cloth and
wcUs of lace on the rotund front Of one OF
the big divan pillows, annie which she sat
costly enthroned,
Another gown, you pretty, extravagant
wretch" began the hostess with mock sever
ity. IL heard you say
Yes, | did say that papa was nearly at
the end Of his tether. The dear old boy
has been made to spend a shocking amount
this season" interrupted Maisie repontantly.
II am afraid he begins to think that a sue
cessful debutante daughter is a rather eX-
pensive luxury and that he would have done
far better TO let me go in for training as a
hospital nurse. However, now that we have
put our hand to this social pillow | warn
him there is nothing gained by looking
back, but this time 1t is not gowns, it's
house waists. smart little blouses of which
| am shamefuliy in need, and l have per-
mission to buy two. They must be chic,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
SOCIAL RANK IN WASHINGTON.
Problems I'm Eti1uct to lie Dealt with
in OmciuI Circles.

III ihN iISteN
There are some new and interesting
questions of position and precedence in that
complicated organization known as official
society. One Of these is suggested by the
recent matrimonial departure of Admiral
Dewey. 1t is long since Washington 90
ciety has had a full ledged admiral to deal
with and there has been some misappre-
herslon as to the exact niche in the social
structure his wife is entitled to. 1t has
been said and published frequently that on
account OF her husbands exalted position,
Mrs. Dewey would take precedence of the
cabinet women and rank next to Lady
Pauncefote, the wife of the British ambas-
sador. This is a mistake. 1t has been de-
cided by the powers that be that Mrs. Dewey
will hold only the place which belongs to
her husband by reason OF his position at
the head OF the navy and which Is no
greater therefore than has been held for
merly by the senior rear admiral of the
service.
Accordingly Mrs. Dewey will be outranked
not only By the wives OF the ambassadors
and cabinet ministers, but by those of
foreign ministers and the judges of the
supreme court. Except on occasions when
her husband is the guest of honor her place
will be pretty far down the line Of reception.
1t was suggested also that the recent
transfOrmation a. tho British ambassador,
Sir Julian Pauncefote, to Lord Pauncefote
might affect the social position of his wife
and daughters, Inasmuch as ambassadorial
rank is determined by seniority of position
and as Lady Pauncefote was already at the
head of the diplomatic circle, this is not the
case, In fact the death Of the vice president
and the consequent absence of Mrs. Hobart
from society places Lady Pauncefote next
to Mrs, Mckinley on all occasions of official
entertainment. At diplomatic dinners in the
White House, for example, President Nc
Kinley takes in Lady Pauncetote and Lord
Pauncefote accompanies Mrs. Mckinley.
The only exception to this rule CT precedence
is in the house of a foreign representative.
There the secretary of state takes prece1-
ence over all others and consequently Mrs.
Hay for the time being outranks all the
other women present, no matter If the whole
ambassadorial corps is represented.
The death OF the vice president will have
no other important effect on the regulation
OF official position. II Is true that Mr..
Hobart's place as presiding officer Of the
senate will be taken by one OF the mem
bers Of that body. but the latter will not
be entitled 10 the social position usually oe-
eupied by the vice president. His wife will
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
REWARDED WITH 4 SWORD.
PIucky Cuban Girl Who Cnenrthcd a
Syunish Plot.

Thoro Is a real heroine Of lhe CUBAN war
in New York. She is barely 10 years old.
She is extremely good locking, She rs
engaged to be married TO a soldier Of tha
war-a captain in The personal escort G.;
General Gomez. He also is young and-sha
says-goOd looking.
Her name is Julia L. DeIofeu. Her father
is a missionary, and she is helping him TO
raise money enough 10 buy a printing press
aud take it 10 cuba, where be viii edit a
religious paper. Three hundred dol ars are
needed, and TO raise this he would sell al
20 cents q copy a neat little pamphlet Of
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arranged things. please don't mention it.

arranged things. please don't mention it.
l enjoy it so much
She delivered the words in a cultivated
voice, to be sure. but she elevated that same
voice so that her words were heard some
half a dozen rows back of her. The fat man
gasped, fell into his seat and mopped his
face. He sat in that seat until the end of
the play, gazing fiXedly at a small win
dow in the set as if fascinated. The red
expanded well back on his neck as he
listened to the twitter of laughter and com
ment of others on the byplay. A round OF
applause following the girls speech only
tended to make him more miserable.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

Retort of Young Girl at the Thcntrr
to a Kmle Mnn,s A~mnlnGN.

1t was at one OF the leading theatcrs OF
Chicago that the incident happened, relates
the Chronicle. 1t was not an unusual Incl
dent, by any means, but the dialogue proved
Of exceptional interest to all who were for
tunate enough to hear 1t, In fact, much
Of the interest was transferred for a while
from the stage TO the two-part shcw which
was going on in front % the s3otlights.
It was a case OF suave pol!touess and
courtesy in the person Of a lovely young g ri
opposed TO rudeness and a t9rdy apology
from a big, rcd-faced. ungallant man. This
is the manner Of the performance not cas
in the program
He was, as has been said, large, rel o.
face, wheezy Of breath by reason Of an eX-
panse OF waIstcoat and shortress Of neck.
He occupied a seat in the center Of the row
in the orchestra chairs. She was a gentle,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

What l really want is a blouse of Goth,
cteS,ed cloth, but the style must not border
at all on the shirt waist. I've discovered
by very shrewd investigation that a smart
house blouse for a debutante is not of silk
and not a shirt waist. 1t is cloth of a light
becoming tint made up with what | call a
dressy effect and is worn with a dark silk
or cloth tailor skirt in the morning and
sometimes in the afternoon when one is
very informally at home to just a few dear
friends"
COR in other words" explained the
hostess, squirting one handsome gray eye
at a bit of sky-blue crepe cloth spread on
her pink palm. "Whcn one is at home in
the bow window with ones best man, Ell,
My dear Maisie," in a Gnotherly tone, 1--WE
been a debutante myself and pretending
not to observe the warm flush in the cheeks
of the girl opposite, II would have a blouse
of that pink cloth you have just laid on the
green cushion. Brown eyed, fair-skinned
women always look their best in caressing
Shades of rose or bland azure and | can
preecribe just the style of make up for that
svelt little figure OF yours.
While CcIvc Sang.
AT an opera matinee last week. she con
tinued, II saw a woman, quite your age and
build, wear one of pink and | took down its
chief and most charming features while
S'alve was w~arbling the jewel song in Faust.
The body itself was of cloth, having a plain
French back and "A cluster Of the queerest,
dearest little ~slantirg tucks under either
sleeve. These tuGks threw just the requisite
fullness and stiffness into the fronts that
opened well over the bust to reveal a full
vest Of cream-white liberty silk. onto the
edge of the cloth fronts were sewed stiffened
wAvy bands OF stitched pink glace silk. A
folded band of glaCe silk finished of the
waist line. the collar and cuffs were cf silk
and the wearer of this fetching body ex-
hibited a small chatclaine of gun metal,
caught ia one side of her belt, and her
gloves, ! observed, were cf that peculiarly
fashionable color known as gun metal gray,
and were fastened with one very large white
pearl button. The skirt that went with this
was a plain black inconspicuous affair, and
] must confess | extracted almost as much
pleasure from the sight of that tidy, modish
little waist as | did frCm a sweet thing in
panne on my left
Now for the Pnunc.
Tell me about it instantly demanded
the girl on the diyan. for yours is the les,
word to be said as to the cloth waist. Pink
1t shall be, and now for the panne. | can put
paQne inside my limit for the next blouse
quite as easily as a glace elk. It's not as
costly as the best taIeta and a carefully
worn waist Of this new velvet will see a
trio Of tafGeta garments retired to the rae
bag in disgrace and tatters,"
Besides, put in the hostess, there is
nothing more novel than silver gray pannC
that Is tucked. The tucks must be well
spaced and so narrowly pinched that they
will stand up like cords all over the surface
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
Brain Contest Editor,
THE PENNY MAGAZINE.
$50 Eifth ANc.. New York CIV

PENNY MAGAZINE wants agents
in every city and town. 1t pays its agents
big commissions, and gives them EXCL,
SlVE TERRITORY, for it is after ONE
MILLION CIRCULATION. 1t already cir
culates upward of 100000 copies every
month.
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Getting THE PENNY MAGAZINE
for 90 cents "A year is "A better bargain
than swapping a straw hat for a seal
skin coat on Christmas eve. After
January 10, 1900. the subscription
price of THE PENNY MAGAZINE
will be % cents a year.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

and they must be becoming, and I've regis
tered a truly solemn vow that the bill for
them both shan't be of a size to lessen in
the smallest degree papa's appetite for his
Christmas turkey
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
HOW TO curl STRAIGHT HAIR.
Proper Method for Training My
Lndy's UnruIy Locks.

In the curling of the hair there is a GER
tain knack to be acquired before attaining
that much-desired result, so dear to every
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-11
Sherif's Sale.
No. 1873.

No. 1878
ID the District Court OF Labette County IN
the State Of Kansas. '' ~
Ferdinand Westheimerl
and Sons,
Plaintiffs
VS..
W. L. Phillips,
Defendant.
by VIRTUE of an execution issued to mo
~ ont of said District Court In the ahova.
entitled action, will, on "''''
Monday, the 5th day Of June. A. d.. lsoa
between two and three O'Clock D. m. Of said
Gay, at the front door Of the court honse In
ths CITY OF Wellington, In the county OF sum
ner ana state OF Kansas. Offer at psbllc sale
and sell to the highest and best bidder Sor
casn IN hand, all the following described real
estate, to-wlt: i''i
The north half "a, OF lot five %. and all NJ
lois SIX tB) and seven "a. In block two fol In
r. a. woods addition to the CITY OF Wslliny.
ION, lying and situate in the county az
sumner and state of Kansas.
The above-described real estate Is takan a.
me property OF said defendant and l. dlreeted
Dy sald execution TO be slld and will he
De sola without appraissment to satisfy said
witness my hand this Bird day OF Nav. An
io''' JAS. x. HESkETT,'
sherln OF Sumner County. Kansas
n ,aI 8, N STREET & HERRIoK & ROGERS. Attys
First publication May. 4, 1S0s-In Voice.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-05-11
They Want 10 Buy.

Raleigh Jones Il Co. will buy all
your hay, milet ard bright cain
AID haul it themselves, or bail it for
you, or haul it for you. They. always
pay the highest prices, aHd hail and
haul the cheapest. Highest market
price paid for oats, kaffir corn aud
baled hay. Raleigh Jones & Co.,
East Lincoln Avenue, Wellington,
Kan