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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
IN THE DINING ROOM.
Kind of Chairs Now to he Seen
Around the Festive Bonrd.

Kind of Chairs Now to he Seen
Around the Festive Bonrd.
Dining-roorl chairs need not differ in any
essential particular from any other chairs,
says the Philadelphia Times, but they should
certainly be easy, substantial and graceful,
o combination by no means too readily pro-
videG. Tho ponderous oak or mahogany
chair usually associated with tho Daronial
sideboard has nothing to recommend 1t be-
yond it's size and is decidedly in bad taste.
In a small dining-room such chair is i'm
possible, and seems to overpower almost any
room irrespective of size. The solid Eng
lsh dining chairs OF mahogany belonging
to tho eighteenth century are, on the other
hant we'll adapted for this purp )se, their
strength being combined with lightness and
elegance. They have wide, deep seats, with
low and narrow backs, in order not to in
terfere with the service Of the table, while
thn seats are comfortably upholstered.
Tho mahogany dining chairs belonging to
the Louis XIV period are particularly fine
examples O; what such chairs ought to be-
but the cost of them is almost prohibltive
except to tho few. Then, again, the chairs
should bo in keeping with the room. In
a small fiat they usually prove rather a
vexed question, as it is necessary to econ
OmlZe every llCu Oh space lHeIo - d IAN
chair in walnut with a rush scat, very we'll
adapted for tho purpose; also mahogany
chair, upholstered in leather, somewhat sim
liar to o Sheraton design. Rallied chairs in
yaricu1 designs, with rush seats, are very
suitable for the modest dlning-room. They
ara picturesque and light, while being plain
and simple they may be used with furniture
OF any kind.
Thu heavily carved oak chair looks very
handsome in large, lofty room, and when
upholstered in fine tapestry is a wortay
possession There are many we'll designed
/ cane-seated chairs, but the rueh seats are
preferable, not cnly on account Of their
durability, but the cane is liable TO leave
impressions on velvet or soft material
drosses. 1t 10 becoming fashion to have
two carving chairs with arms, one at each
end OF tho table, support the dignity of
thu cthers and lend an air of importance
to tho room, Easy chairs of any other
description are quite unnecessary, unless
tho room has to do duty also as a sitting
room. not altogether comfortable ar
rangemeni, but unavoidable where there
arc only two entertaining rooms.
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more concerts. the able young girl went over
to England There sho not only enjoyed
the great honor Of playing with the famous
London Philharmonic orchestra but she
went by especial invitation TO Windsor and
so charmed Queen Victoria that she show
cred tho cincerest compliments on the girl
and as memento of tho visit presented Miss
Jackson with lovely cross of diamonds
A little before her interview with the
queen Leonora Jackson had reached what to
true musical artist signifies the top no ch
Of glory, that is an invitation to play at the
WORLD famous Gewandhaus OF Leipsig with
Nirisch's orchestra. She executed before the
mest critical audience in the world that most
difficult and dangerous piece of music, the
Brahms concerto, aud did It so well that
Joachim wrote on her orchestral patetion
AT last, Leonora, thou canst play it," and
the critico of Germany agreed that only
Joachim himself could have played IL any
better
From Germany to France the violinist
Travelled and in Paris played at the most
brilliant concert of the spring given in honor
CT the king OF Norway and Sweden Finally,
at tho last Colonne concert of the Partisan
season, she again played the Brahm's con-
certo, and won five recalls in the midst OF
tremendous enthusiasm All these laurels
she comes to lay before the people of Amer
lea. who can proudly hail her, as have the
German and English public, as one of If not
the most gifted yiolinists OF TODAY
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people may send cards Of coincidence, that
is their visiting card containing the
words. with deepest sympathy" or with
sincere sympathy" written across the top.
These cards, however much they may be
used in straits, are not in the very best
taste. Much preferable is note. brief
though it may be a note such as this:
MY Dear Mrs. Edgerton-I have heard
only this morning Of the death of your lit
tie boy l am so sorry for you. I can
not bear to think that shall never again
see the dear little fellow with his winning
ways and his sweet smile l can say
nothing to comfort you. out l must tell
you of my deep sympathy. God help you.
Yours in sincere friendship.
LAURA ROGERS
The technicalities Of notes OF congratu-
lation and of sympathy are net many. AS
in all notes, the date and sheet and number
should be at the end unless the address Is
stamped on the paper. 1t is poor taste to
use fancy note paper at any time, but par
ticularly so when writing to person re-
Gently in mourning. To see a letter OF
coincidence written on bright blue paper with
a white border for instance is shocking to
refined sensibilities
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
AMERICAS GREAT vIOLINIsT.
Returning to the United states
LOnheh with Emrnnemm MonOrh.

Loaded with European Honors.
A slip Of girl with violin tucked under
her chin is Leonora Jackson, who ls just now
coming back to America after winning the
most valuable musical laurels that Germany
England and France can bestow America
has good reason to be proud of her, for it
was owing to the generosity and confidence
of two score Of wealthy art loving Americans
that she has been able to complete her
studies under the greatest European masters.
Now that she is returning to tour with the
New York Philharmonic and Thomas Chi
cago orchestra she will prove to her admiring
countrymen and women how really great her
genius is.
1t Is fairly overwhelming to think OF all
this little lady has achieved in her teens for
she Is hardly out Of them yet. In Berlin her
education waa carried on under the great
Joachim, whose dearest pupil she is. and
she made her formal debut thTse years ago
in Berlin with the splendid Philharmonic
orchestra; Immediately afterward she was
commanded to play before the German en-
press, who gave her the heartiest praise
Following this the conquering heroine won
tho Mendelssohn state prize given by the
Prussian government, and then, after few
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FASHIONABLE PARIS EARRINGS.

His wife had enlisted with the Red Gross
society and was as much of soldier in the
regular service as he himself, with his rife,
leggings and blankets.
Il will be in the service as long as you
are" she continued. "If you go, I'll go.
If you stop, step"
Mrs Bennett had to enlist for three years
and is still in Cuba ministering to the
wounded and fever stricken. After the cam
paign in the south Bennett took four medical
examinations, for the Philippine service, in
tending to serve with the Thirty-flfth in
fantry Company G. He failed to pass any
OF them In making ground mount he
sustained an internal dlsarrangement and in
the eyes of the military is unfit for service
He was excused at Vancouver barracks
Washington, and passed through Denver for
home, "as quick as he could get there"
II will have an operation performed" said
he, "and then go to Washington to enlist as
a captain or major. | will see Philippine
service if have to go as a civilian"
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SOME MODEL LETTERS.
Modes of Expressing sympathy In the
Face of JOY or sorrow.

Modes of Expressing sympathy In the
Face Of JOY or sorrow.
In the face OF Joy or grief the average per-
son with a pen in hand finds expression of
sympathy difTcult. business letter is rea-
sonably easy TO write. But let the note be
one OF congratuation or OF coincidence and
the end of the penholder is often bitten OF
before words appear on the staring white
page
The trouble is that people prepare them
selvei for such letters. The best rule is TO
write when the feeling Of sympathy hrst
comes, and not to wait. Your letter VIII
gain in sincerity Of expression II II is written
under euch circumstances, and will fairly
write itself.
Upon the announcement Of an engagement
the friends of the engaged pair should write
letters of congratulation IL they are not able
to cali on the young woman and her family
One technical point should here be observed
Etiquette DEGREES that a person should con-
gratulate the man and wish the young
woman happiness. The idea of congratulat-
ing her seems to carry with 1t the implica-
tion that she Is lucky to have made such a
good match--an implication which would be
indelicate If 1t were expressed, no matter
how true it might be. Whereas, to congratu-
late the man is perfectly proper, because he
rs luJky 10 nave BdIhGu luS lawn u % hhO
woman
A form for note of congratulation TO
recently engaged girl is as follows:
MY Dear Girl-The announcement cards
OF your engagement to Mr.. Boughton have
just reached me, and | want to tell you at
once how glad am for you. I have always
admired him. and | think he is just the man
to mako you happy, for your tastes are so
much alike and he ie such a manly fellow
Knowing you as well as do, can send him
the message through you that he is thor
oughly to be congratulated. Will you tell
him that?
please remember me affectionately to
your mother, and believe me, as ever. your
fond JULIA"
September 81
Perhaps no letter of congratulation is ever
moro welcome than that written to con-
valescent, especially il he or she be in a
hospital When person Is ill and confined
to one bed in one room, tho smallest oc-
currence is a real event and letter may
bring with it an infinite amount of consola-
tior. II relieves the sufferer for the time
being from the eternal necessity CT counting
tho number of flowers on the wall, or OF
wishing that the fCotstep in the corridor
were directed toward her room even though
1t might only be the step Of the house doctor
to take her temperature.
A note of congratulation on convaescence
might read in this manner
my Dear Mrs Burton-They tell me that
you are very much better, so much better,
indeed, that you are soon to be allowed to
all visitors. l am so glad ! have thought
of you many times during your illness and
wished that I might be Of some tangible
service to you. Let me know when l can
come to read to you some afternoon.
Il am. sending you some roses and book
which l think you will enjoy. Keep 1t If
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against the lobe, and the mode DEGREES that
only matrons with ears already pierced can
wear rings that hook through the tender
flesh
All and every ring, bear in mind, hooks
up clcae against the lobe, for long, dang
ling ornament is not fashionable. The ear
gem must appear as if grown in the center
of the lobe or hanging, as a drop of water
would, trembling on the lower tip. Small
pink solitaire pearls are what the debutantes
wear else round turquoise in Gypsy settings
are admirable, while the big pearls and
diamonds, or colored stones, surrounded by
circle Of brillants, are for the use OF.
matrons alone.
Just at present there are five different
and all good ways of fastening an ear jewel
in its place and the older women invariably
prefer the deeply colored diamonds and gray
pearls to any other gems A pair Of blue
diamonds perfectly matched and sunk rather
low in gold settings, is about the acme in
earring fashion just now, because the azure
tinted stones are very rare and very costly.
pair Of blue diamonds, bought in the Paris
branch of a famous American jewelry firm,
cost 81 900 and their delighted owner Is
showing her friends on this side how the
Partisan woman gives her ear jewels the
proper coquettish setting
Invariably before the rings are hooked or
screwed into place the lobe5 Of either ear
are, on both sides. touched with rouge
powder that lends them most enchanting
roseate blush, and II pearls are worn the
color is a very, very pale pink for such a
background gives the skin Of pearls a pc
culiarly beautiful luster When diamonds
are used at night the ear tips are richly
rouged and brushed with pink powder that
the sparkling gems may show to all the
better effect, while for solitaire rubies a
white wash is put on the lobes in order to
better display the deep tone of the jewels,
A rising French actress however has
carried the earring fashion TO point of per-
version that no American woman would care
10 adopt. This pretty Partisan is especially
noted for her small, perfectly formed and eX-
quistely tinted ears Instead of coloring
| the lobes OF them or wearing her jewels in
! the commonplace way she has wisely left
the tintng OF these features to natures skill
and taste. but in the hollow Of the left ear
a hole has been bored and through this Is SO
artfully fastened perfect rosy pearl that 1t
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cheer and relieve you OF the pangs which
you are now suffering, but l realize how
hopeless are all words or expressions at such
times. Yet l remember the kind words OF
sympathy which you extended to me the
first time we met after the death of my dear
son and hope can give you as much con-
ISOLATION now as you gave me then. While
all words and sympathy at this time may
seem to you as merely hollow expressions, l
wish you to know that do feel for you and
your wife from the bottom of my heart in
this trial I am in sympathy, sincerely
yours, BERTON ALEXANDER"
This letter is possible to man or woman
who has suffered loss and who finds no
difficulty in self-eXpression. But there
are many people to whom demonstration
OF any kind Is almost impossible. Such
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say their say; we who have followed them
with anxiety all through their experiment
ings have learned that our faith in literature,
science and philosophy as a trinity was a
faith founded on rock. Science divorced
from her mates is skeleton, and bereaved
and defrauded is that child who Is kept so
closely to facts that he comes to despise
poetry and remains stranger to romance.
A child's literary life is secret no adult
can ever wholly penetrate. But when an en-
thusastic temperament takes books as in
innate companions there is reason for watch
ing the result with anxiety. What is read
and thought by day enters into dreams,
works into the deepest recesses of our be
ing and becomes part of our brain itself.
II a child talks seldom Of what he reads. he
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
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AND ENLIST SHE DID.
A PIucky woman who said she'd 90
10 Mnr Il Her unshnnh Wont.


When woman will she will Ed Ben
nett found that out to his genuine surprise
when he met his wife in the Red Cross
service at San Juan, Cuba, relates the Den
yer News She said she would be a soldier,
too. and she became one.
Edward W. Bennett, bugler, left on last
nights Burlington train for Boston after
four Intellectual attempts to be sent to the
Philippines. He will make the 4.th at
Washington, as he is determined. to sup
plement his Cuban service by warfare in
the Orient. The circumstances surround
ing tho military career of himself and wife
are certainly little romantic. He wears a
button photograph OF his wife and mother
on his coat lapel and as he points to the
formers nurse cap and apron tells story
that might easily form the nucleus OF
good novel or drama.
Bennett his wife and 5-year-old child
were living happily at Lowell, Mass, be-
fore the war with Spain was declared. The
head of the family is physician and also a
musician, several OF his compositions being
on the market at this time. From some
source-possbly the stirring rhythm OF his
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
F-iIis of Fashion.

"A A new shade Of wine color and a lovely
season in fashionable costumes
Some women and girls are wearing
around their necks bit of white Illusion
high up. just inside the stock, so that it
ties in jaunty little bow at the back
With the heavy boots and gloves that
women are wearing come the woolen gloves
expensive as the other kinds, but soft and
comfortable.
For autumn and winter wear handsome
twilled silks are revived The beautiful
SAITH finished surfaces of many of the new
twils are very fine, while heavier grades
are woven in rather wide diagonals
Costumes of heavy black satin made with
fitted basque bodice and circular skirt, have
very short black satin en- suite, the cape
and extreme edge of the skirt trimmed with
black MORE fur
Sequins are to be seen on many things
this winter, particularly on thin goods with
lace effects. Whole gowns of net are COW
cred with them, but they must be sewed
on carefully, and home sewing is usually
better than that of the shops.
There is a great demand at present for
brocaded fabrics, hands ONE mateIasse silks
and satins, for princesse gowns, redingotes
underskirts, dress trimmings, combinations,
Innings for capes, cloaks, etc, and for even
ing wraps entire.
Among the prettiest separate blouses are
those made of one material opening over a
SIX h bodv of tbn m hos wes hnn ot some me soft
around the neck to show a little Of the silk
below the collar. The blouse is finished at
the waist with narrow band of the waist
material.
A recent bride was attired in a demi-
trained gown of ivory-white ladies' cloth
of fine texture. 1t was trimmed with an
elaborate pattern of white velvet cut-work
| en- applique. The hat, en- suite, was white
| mond buckle.
There are now many variations in the
| Eton jacket, and some of the shapes for
| stout women have stole-fronted ends. cut
| long and straight. or have the lengthened
pieces rounded or sharply pointed with
heavy silk fringe applied to the edge of
| the point or scallop.
| For making very soft and pliable un-
dressed kid gloves, antelope skins, which
| slvely used for chatolaine bags, card-ca ses,
pocketbooks, belts, etc, are now very sue
| cessfuly employed The best Colors in
| these gloves are tan, fawn, CEDAR brown
and pretty shade of sage-gray,
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PARTISAN EARRINGS.
Pink PenrIs for the Young, Blue Dia-
mOnGS for MctrOnH. ...-a ~ ~

Pink Pearls FOR the NOunS, blue b1u-
.. monds for Mctrons. ,,..,... ''f
In the chop and change of fashion we are
all exhorted to begin again wearing ear
rings, and in Paris. London and New York
no smart woman considers her toilet for the
afternoon or evening complete, without
solitaire pearls or a pair Of big, quick
winking diamonds pressed close against the
tender lcbes Of her ears. American women
are always open to Partisan suggestions and
the enterprising jewelers. have got stock of
earrings in that would beguile any woman
even to the suffering of piercing her ears.
But that painful sacrifice is no longer de-
manded by fashion, because with great in
genuity the jewellers have contrived a loop
Cf Id and a rear screw button that fastena
the ear ornament by slight pressure close
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
BOOK-LOyING CHILDREN.
Taste for Literature should he En-
couraRed and Wisely Guided.


cOuraged and Wisely Guided.
To the child who opens his mind to the
deep truths of poetry, says writer in Wo-
mans Home Companion, life looks simple
and easy and he learns to attach himself to
duty before duty assumes that hard. compli-
Gated aspect which it usually presents later
on. 1t is the child averse from the first TO
books, inimictl In every fiber TO study who
is the intractable child, rebellous against
order because his nature is inharmonious
with its own laws. Books themselvee-mere
print and paper-are only trash except as
they are symbols OF the life OF thought and
imagination. But in our day they are sym
bols almost inseparable from IT, And so
the child who naturally forms an early
friendship for books shows that the trend
OF his mind is upward, along the higher
paths Of life. Let the advanced educationists $
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-05
TALK ABOUT WOMEN.

Miss Floretta vining of Hull Mass, owns
nine n newspapers, They came to her by
ner fathers Will and she overlooks the
running of them herself.
Miss Alice De Rothschild, who was re-
Gently certy; natural nnaturalized In ENGLAND. was sin
Baron Nathaniel and inherited a large life
interest In his immense fortune. The lady
is very clever and social success.
Mrs. Emma Louise Hitchcock. wife of
Professor Hitchcock of Washington is or
ganizing an expedition which she will lead
to the famous Cocos island to hunt the
tabled s3O,COO,OOo treasure supposed TO bo
a wealthy woman.
Miss Jane Gatman, who made long
distance bicycle record, and Mrs. Jane
publicly kissed and made up" If this
means they are going TO let the record
forgive this display of emotion.
Miss Victoria Conkling Whitney, a prac-
ticing lawyer in the state of Missouri, has
been presented to the appellate division
OF the New York supreme court for admis-
sion to the New York bar, Roger A. Pryor
making the motion. The members of the
bar present at the time cordially welcomed
her.
The suggestion made by the Denver HUI
name society that women give up the use
or the sidesaddle and set astride when
riding horseback, is meeting with marked
opposition. The most powerful, if not the
principal objection is that no dress which
could be devised for the innovation would
be as becoming as that now in use.
A very charming little woman is Tama
the Japanese wife of Sir Edwin Arnold
She has somewhat the air of a Parisienne,
but mingled with 1t all is the dainty 81 ace
| peculiar to the gentle womanhood or The
| land of flowers Lady Arnold speaks her
| husbands native tongue with fuency ii
with a foreign accent, and her English let
! ters show how wonderfully she has beer
able to adapt herself to the English mode
| of thought and expression.
| The widow of Charles S. Cross the
famous horsebreeder, turned over the whole
! of her husbands estate to satisfy his
creditors at Kansas City last week, though
much of the property had been made out
| in her name. AT the sale Marshall Field
| of Chicago bid 5000 for one horse with
no record and Colonel Slaughter of Fort
| Worth, Tex. $,95O for another. Then the
| latter tossed some money into the ring and
called upon all present to contribute las
| a present to the plucky woman" The
result was peck measure of silver and
| gold.
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thinks the more. Secretiveness sometimes
hides turbulent mental activity, and shy
exterior can conceal strange broodings. But
an omniverous taste, which is very common
should not be left without some subtle, unob-
trusive guidance. Mcst of us who have lived
much with books are influenced today more
than we should probably like to acknowledge
by "reminiscences of our childish literary
life
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you like 1t well enough to add 1t to your
library. Yours very cordially,

uprafy. Yours very cordially,
October 3. VIRGINIA MASON"
In writing letter of coincidence try to
put yourself into the bereaved ones place
and feel with him. Let your expressions be
simple and direct. DO not quote poetry; do
not quote the bible at length do not feel
obliged to refer in pious manner to Provi-
dence, Feel and write as you feel, with no,
attempt at rhetoric.
II one has suffered the expression OF SYM
pathy is merely a revival of past memory
which has only to be awakened in order to
live again as though it were of the present.
For example:
MY Dear George-My heart goes out to
you in your sad bereavement in the death OF
your son. | know that l can feel and SYM
pathze with you in this great less of your
beloved one, since my Wife and | havd
passed through the same sad and trying
ordeal.
81 wish l could say or do something to