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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

going on the stage and it is not believed
that the use of the picture, the suit, or the
news of it conceals a scheme of the press
agent.
Mrs. Joubert, wife of the commander of
the Boer army, is rather an educated
woman for a Boer vrouw and as a girl was
remarkable for her musical accomplish
ments. She is known to have possessed one
of the first pianos ever seen in Pretoria.
She, like her friend, Mrs. Kruger, revels
in domesticity, and once boasted that she
had always cooked her husbands Sunday
dinner and intended doing so even If she
became first lady of the land" General
Joubert has; been mentioned as a successor
TO the presidency. Among the other items
of gossip afioat in the Transvaal is that
neither one of the women possesses more
than one black silk dress, Mrs. Kruger,
for instance. has worn the same gown at
her husbands receptions for upward of ten
years, and it was only on New Years day
last that she wore a gown made from n
present to her husband of silk from the
Lyons SILK Growers association. Mrs.
Joubert, too, has the largest quantity of
household and wearing linen poss assed by
any woman in the republic and her favorite
wedding present to young Boer women of
her acquaintance is so many sheets and a
dozen or more of various descriptions of
undergarments.
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the first. The lining is OF quilted SILK over
an intcrlining Of fur
Among the new expensive novelty weaves
IN dress fabrics arc those with rough
surface, but a firm underweave which pre-
vents the material from stretching or break
ing, at the. waist seams. The surface is
broken by lateral lines of chenille or mar
rover velvet woven in a raised design
Evening frocks for halfSrown girls are
in a square, finished with few rows of
shirring and a little ruffle at the edge, the
bodice is fun and round with yoke effect
made by full rufile of lace, which has
ri6bon bow or some simple ornament at one
side side. There is q wide fril of lace at the
elbow sleeves. \ ribbon tied around above
II Is fastened with a bow at the upper side.
The most popular, hat for street wear is,
as 1t promised to be, the todue, either of
WITH any other of any number of materials.
When the popular turban Is not OF fur there
and II looks from the number OF these worn
as II thesc birds were to be eXtcrmnated.
The turban is becoming. 1t has a stylish
az, wei as dressy effect, and II is suit
able for many occa sions.
Very smart and striking are the new, deep
capes of Russian red kersey, lined with
matelasse silk and trimmed with narrow
bands of seal otter or mink fur Some of
the models are finished with hoods that
the matclasse silk and bordered with up
turned revers of the fur
:, Boas of every sort are stlll popular.
Some of the new varieties are of rich
shade of golden-brown ostrich plumage;
again, there is a mixture of three coors
Ike mauve, white and black. Some of the
snort boas are made of full ostrich tips in
pink; cream or cherry-red dotted with bits
or black marrabout, while others of closely
plated chiffon are edged with chenille.
Mrs Deweys wedding outfit comprises the
richest richest of heavy silk gowns in black. and
PACK combined striklngly with white: vio-
let, the lighter and deeper shades of gray
and white, and the beautiful effects of iri-
descent desi igns of black spangles and
gowns yelled with lace, adding that charm
ing soft and most becoming touch to the
modern dinner and afternoon toilets. Her
morning gowns are of the lovelest of Law
ender and palest of gray shades in crepe
fabrics. These have the bewitching French
eHects in the Marie Antonette fichus which
fall to the hem of the gown and dividing
open over petticoat of silk the shade of
the gown upon which the garments are
built Several handsome light silk waists
are included in the collection of beautiful
costumes of white silks, with hand embro.d-
cry and narrow lace, and artistic effects in
black and white combined, and of the
lighter and darker shades in gray and in
violet
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TnliS About Women.

Miss Cecilia Beaux of Philadelphia has
been appointed as the only woman on the
jury to select exhibits for the United States
fine arts department at the Paris exposi-
ton.
Miss Susan de Forest Day, a wealthy
southern woman, has converted a tramp
steamer into yacht and has joined the
New York Yacht club She is the first
woman granted a commission as master of
a ship.
1t may not be generally known that Mrs
Besant has founded a college for Hindoos
at Benares. AS current talk has 1t, she Is
now championing the cause of Hindoo-
ISM The now reminds one of Mr.. Glad
stones prophecy that Mrs. Besant would
complete the cycle of religions and finish
where she began, in the fold of Anglican
ism.
Three Pittsiburg girls-Misses Mary b.
and Ella G. Maloney and Gertrude McCaf-
frey-were lately accorded an unusual favor
by the pope. They arrived in Rome after
the regular audience at the Vatican and
succeeded in obtaining private audience.
They describe the pope as seemingly in per-
feet health.
Mrs. Estelle G. Mauff, a beautiful society
woman of Chicago, is suing to have a firm
or liquor dealers enjoined from further use
of her portrait as an advertisement of fruit
gin. The defendants profess ignorance
to who is the original of the picture they
are using. Mrs. Mauff is not thinking of
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
MISS FRANCES WILLARD's CAT.
Two Thousand Dollars Worth of His
u Phafouran nls HeYe .leen Sold.

Two Thousand Dollars Worth of His
| Photographs Heve Been Sold.
/ The most distinguished cat of his day,
| .Toote," or, as he was more Familiarity
known, "Tootsie Willard" goes about ap-
parently unmoved by the blushing honors
| thick upon him. No doubt any dumb thing
that had been owned and loved by Frances
Willard would be sure Of lifelong tender
regard from her devoted friends; but Toots
| Is really entitled to at least a portion Of his
| tremendous following quite on his own ac-
count He is magnificent white Angora,
weighing twenty -four pounds, with the long,
silky hair, the frill or Lord Mayors chain,
the superb curving tail and the large, full
eyes of the thoroughbred Then he has
proved himself of aristocratic tendencies,
has beautiful manners, is endowed with the
human qualities of memory and discrimina-
tion and is aesthetic in his tastes.
"Toots," by the way, seems somewhat of
misnomer as applied to this dignfed
creature and, sad to say, it marks the de-
cline of a womans hero worship; for Toot-
sizes name was originally Gladstone-Glad-
stone Willard. One memorable day news
came across the wires that the celebrated
statesman repudiated principles vital to the
heart of the American temperance leader.
and on the moment. Gladstone Willard was
renamed Toots. This, however has in no
way affected his popularity, as $4,000 worth
of Toot's photographs have been sold within
the last few years.
Tootsie went to Rest cottage, the home OF
Frances willard, when only kitten. and
there he lived the pet of the household and
It's guests until several years ago, when Miss
Willard prepared to go abroad. Then she
-. III II -,
Drexel Kennels and asked their owner, Mrs.
Leland Norton, to admit him as a member
of her large cat family To his praise be it
spoken, he has never forgotten his old
friends of Rest Cottage To this day, when
ever any Of them come to call upon him, he
honors them with instant and hearty recog-
milton. Miss Willard was sometimes forced
to be separated from him more than year
at time, but neither time nor change had
any effect upon Tootse. At the first sound
of her voice he would spring to her side
Among Tootsies characteristics are his
sense of color and his love for flowers
English vlolets he is fond Of 1t Is to be
feared that this is not wholly an aesthetic
Joy, for though apparently enamored Of their
odor and beauty. no sooner does he get them
than he snaps the tender stems and eats the
delicate blossoms. For carnations he has
also tender but more controlled passion
being quite content merely to smell and play
with them Aside from the blue violets. rose
color is Toot's favorite tint. and when he
seeks a place to bask in the sun he must
needs have a cushion of some deep pink
color dragged to the spot; of course he is
provided with a rose blanket
Being the privileged character that he !s
Tootsie always eats at the table with the
family, He has his own chair and bib and
his manners are said to be exquisite
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best cooks, the best musicians, the best COM
posers, tne best nurses. For it's great
grayies, its immortal sauces and dressings
for terrapn, a la Maryland, chicken marengo
and lobster Newburg the world is indebted to
men, - - = rs5s
.,Ss Perhaps the strangest feature5of this
movement is the fact that from the time
Eve left Paradise till the advent OF Miss
Anthony woman was apparently content with
her subordination. She bore children and
reared them, kept house for her tyrant and
performed her other domestic duties without
murmur or protest. She demanded no rights
and raised no standard Of revolt. She was
not aware that the Declaration OF Independ-
ence, in affirming that all men are created
equal. meant that all women were created
equal, and that they were also created equal
to men.
Number of Wage Workers.
Hardly less surprising is the extreme ra-
pidty with which the revolution has ad-
vanced and the immense proportions it has
assumed. The statistics are incomplete,
i; but 1t is estimated that. not less than four
million women in the United States are
wage workers, earning wholly or in part
their own livelihood in vocatons that fifty
years ago were occupied exclusively by men
The female doctors. surgeons, dentists,
lawyers and preachers number about 10, 900.
Painters, sculptors and architects above 49,
900. Journalists and literary and scientific
writer's nearly 1000. Municipal and cor
porate officials 1000. Bookkeepers and ac-
countants, 4,500. Secretaries and copyists,
more than 100000.
In the subterranean regions OF unskilled
labor the invasion of women is to the
student of industrial problems, more amaz-
ing still. Without entering upon the open
question of the labor-saving machinery,
wages and employment, 1t is sufficient to
say that its introduction has resulted In an
enormous displacement Of labor and struc-
tural changes In our Industrial system. The
machine for, the manufacture OF barrel
slaves does the work OF $500 men. Every
Mergenthaler machine throws five com
positors out, of job. By the invention Of
machinery ninety out OF every 100 work.
men employed in the manufacture of paper
were displaced; in rubber goods, ninety
eight; In woolen fabrics, fifty: in silk wind
ing, ninety-four; in soap making, fifty, and
so to greater or less degree in every field
OF activity.
II Is impossible to be exact, but Gladstone
declared that machinery had duplicated the
energy OF the entire population of the earth.
The machinery In the United States repre-
sents at last 100000 horse power and is
operated by not much more than 5000, 900
workmen. To perform the labor done by
these machines would require not less than
25,000,000 persons. which would represent n
population OF 15o,OOO,OOO, or double the entire
number Of the inhabitants of the country.
Nearly one-third OF this machinery Is
operated by women and children at wages
less than half those paid TO men for the
same employment. They receive less be-
cause, they are willing to work for less
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
HAS A BILLION-woRD BRAIN.
what is Claimed for an Actress, Miss
Mary Nannnry.

The mental collapse of poor Victory Bate
man. which is said TO have been entirely due
TO her ill-advised attempt 10 make herself
mistress of repertoire the extent Of which
was far beyond her real capacity. has aroused
new interest in the question of brain power
and brain endurance.
While Miss Bateman was crushed by her
self-assumed mental strain Miss Mary Nan
nary. who is known all over the west, has
weighted herself far more heavily and has
experienced no III effects whatever. Miss
Nannary, however, has without doubt one
OF the most phenomenally quick and reten-
tive memories possessed by any member OF
her particularly exacting profession. Not
withstanding the generally received opinion
that theatrical people are, as a rule, partic-
ularly blessed In the matter OF memories, It
is In reality by no means a fact, for some OF
the most brilliant stars in the dramatic
armament find 1t impossible 10 include more
than dozen roles in their repeTtoires.
Many OF our most brilliantly Intellectual
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
NEW OPENING FOR WOMEN.
Requirements within the Reach of
AnN EIncnteL woman.


Among the new avenues of livelihood
which are opening up to women, that which
Is pre- eminently fitted for the gentlewoman
Is the Office of private secretary to some
woman active in career, either literary,
social or philanthropic, who finds her duties
greater than she can cope with single
handed writes Virginia Tatnall Peacock in
the Woman's Home Companion. "The re-
qurements of the position are frequently in
the actual possession of a we'll educated, in
telligent woman, In Washington they are
perhaps more exacting than elsewhere, es
pecially when a society woman Is the en-
ployer. With the change of every admins
tration women go there strangers to the
peculiar requirements of their positions,
which, being official, places them in the
very front ranks of the social life of the
city. Hence, the demand has been for sec
retares of superior qualifications. The sec
retary of one woman conspicuousy identi
fed with the present administration is her
self a daughter of an ex-cabinet officer.
Foremost among the attainments of a woman
who would Ill such place should be a
good, clear chirography. Furthermore, to be
able to fill the place with that intelligence
which demands a propcrtionately high sal
ary she should know how to write any form
of note that the requirements of good society
might call for; should know how to accept
or decline every form of invitation, and
should possess a knowledge of an additional
language, preferably French A communi-
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actors and actresses find that after years
OF severe study their ability TO commit their
lines to memory easily and we'll becomes
much diminished, sometimes to an extent
which is annoyingly inconvenient, this being
again. OF course the result of too assiduous
application. The case OF Miss Nannary,
therefore, is so unusual as to be almost, II
not quite, without parallel. Her mind seems
to be of a peculiarly impressible and re-
tentive quality, for anything she has once
learned remains in her mental grasp from
that time forth. 1t has been said Of this
charming woman that she has billion
word BRAIN" and reckoning billions in the
American fashion she doubtless can claim
this distinction
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
OBSERVATIONS OF 4 WOMAN.

Work is the greatest antidote for real
trouble.
Breakfast in bed is a luxury until you
Hairpins are sometimes synonymous with
womans reputation.
The prettiest woman is always most par
ticular about her tailor
A man dosen't have to possess whiskers
to be an expert at blowing.
The player of the practical joke always
sees more in 1t than anyone else.
Much of the ragtime music induged in
by amateurs seems TO be coming unraveled.
Why Is 1t we feel especially clever when
we hear someone else repeat own
thoughts as original.
There isn't a person living who doesn't
think he could do what someone else is
doing eminently better
When a woman's elbows are out she feels
as decollete as In full-or, to be more cor
rect, scant-evening costume.
The happiest time In a woman's life Is
when she Is either too young or TOO old TO
be moved by any special emotion
The woman who owns no furs and the one
whose coal bin Is empty rejoice with ex-
ceedins great joy over the proracted sum-
mer.
There are times when one pin Is of more
value to a woman than the crown Jewels,
and II doesn't have 10 be diamond one
either.
There is nothing so aggravating to a man
as to have, "A woman persist in being pleas
ant when he Is doing his best or his worst
to shake her.
tions for the coiffure are being worn that
the genuine Indian headdress would be
scarcely surprising
The reason so many husbands refuse TO
go down stairs and meet burglar is not
owing 10 fear, but because they must be
careful of the acquaintance they make.
woman deserves no special credit for
telling her real age when she knows that
she looks years younger, and she doesn't
get any when she tells 1t and looks older.
The tiny appetite of the fashionable miss
Is but tradition of the past. She is n
mighty good eater--and drinker, too, judg-
ing by the daily tableauX vivants In swell
cafes.
The practical womans desk may be
Uttered with silver trifes, but you are pretty
sure to discover that for her own use Is a
the holder cheWcd at the end
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BEE, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1899.

once she secured two dificult and desirable
people by sending to each the invitation
intended for the other. She knew they were
naturally congenial Another slrategst
affirmed that she made the match between
two OF her friends by changing the unsealed
envelopes which she found on her mothers
writing table inviting both to the same
function. She suspected an attachment, but
the man was shy and the maiden was coy
This will necessitate call and explana-
tion,' said Miss Machiavelli, as she changed
the notes, "and will give them an oppor-
tunity," ...
The scheme evidently succeeded, for on
the night OF the dance the engagement was
announced
Many women have a careless habit Of
writing several different notes before putting
them into their respective envelopes. and
the fact that almost every one who writes
in this way has made blunders does not
seem to cure the fault. This is a purely
feminine trick, for man invariably directs
and seals an epistle before beginning an
other.
please shut that door" called out fair
scribbler recently, as the fresh breeze caused
flutter among her papers.
What are you doing, Emily" queried
the newcomer, seeing her surrounded by Il
dozen open sheets of closely written note
paper
why ! am drying my notes before put
ting them into their envelopes" replied the
latter 81 always do it."
But why not use blotter?" suggested
the amused spectator. 80.
"Oh, it is too much trouble" replied
Emily. "They will be all dry by the time
l am ready with the directions
We'll, you certainly have an original way
of writing notes." commented her friend.
ut Is like hanging clothes on a line to dry.
l should think you would get them awfully
mixed"
If men would only remember that women
grow beautiful and sweet of character when
told that they are beautiful and sweet Of
character the world wouldn't know half the
shrews and fretters and scods who keep
things stirred up as with a soup ladle.
To illustrate, just the other night a
woman OF 80 was sitting in a box at a
sharing an evenings enjoyment with
several other playgoers, when young man
appeared on the stage and claimed her at
tention.
II saw that mans father play with Char
lotte Cushman thirty years ago" she re-
marked to a man who sat behind her.
"You must have been brought in on a
pillow" he answered.
Now, why in the world don't men cultivate
cleverness like that? Not one in forty
would have had the tact and quickness TO
have made that reply.
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cation, If one lived up to the letter of good
form, should be answered in the language
In which it is delivered. In Washington
many members of the diplomatic corps send
out their invitations in the court language
French There is also an extensive system
Of bookkeeping pertsT<ing to the duties of
the private secretary. There is visiting
list to be kept, with dates OF calls made and
returned; record of dinners, luncheons and
evening functions given, and similar rec
ord Of those to which invitations have been
received, with an additional note to be made
OF acceptance and regrets"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
FriIIs of Fashion.

Some of the new heavy silks for the win
ter are extremely soft and pliable and have
lustrous satin finish
Kilt skirts are pretty for small girls.
Children wear the half long straight jackets
or the long cloaks similar 10 those of their
mothers, sometimes with wide yokes of
velvet edged with fur.
New ulsters are made of large English
plalds, pale and a deep shade of green,
reseda and violet, fawn color and Roman
blue, almond with two distinct shades of
brown. or three tints in gray being favorite
color mixtures.
Pretty party gowns for little girls of s
or 10 years have the fullness falling from
the YOKE, where II is sometimes gathered,
or the Ettle gowns may be plated. These
may be OF SILK, but nothing Is prettier or
A cape which has more d. essy appear
ance runs down from rather short front
at the waist line 10 a long point I'm the
back. The high collar Is edged with band
OF fox, which outlines the cape and a Sec
ond band Is placed at some distance above
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STORIES ABOUT WOMEN.

i was the only passenger in the Fifth
avenue stage the other morning when. at
Fiftieth street, the door opened and man
and woman entered, reports the New
York World.
There was no doubt of 1t, they were newly
married; the actions of the woman showed
that plainly. The man was small
weazened and with harassed look upon
his face; furthermore he had the air of not
belng used to his clothes, which were of the
most expensive kind. The woman. on the
contrary, was stout forid, perfectly groomed
and at least ten years older than her COM
panion.
After cursory glance they decided that
was paying no attention and So they con-
tinued their talk-that is, she talked Her
tongue ratified necessarily, she called his
attention to ipot OF mud on her new boot
and reached out one ankle coauettishly
She wanted to know If he liked her new hat,
II he thought her gloves were not a little too
large-tshe had such a small hand IT was SO
hard for her to be fitted.
Suddenly there was an imperious ring;
they had forgotten to pay the fare. He
hurriedly produced his pocketbook and
began TO search for a coin, but found none
With swift movement she placed lO-cent
piece in his hand.
1T is pity II my wife has to pay my
fare!" he exclaimed, pettishly, as he dropped
II into the box.
She gave coquettish giggle. That's
what you get by marrying a rich woman,
my dear fellow" she said.
He flushed and glanced up at me sharply
to see If had heard, but was looking out
OF the window. Not for worlds would
have increased his punishment. AS for the
woman she was again chatterng volubly.
and with her coarse nature she was proba
bly, not even aware of the stab she had
inflicted.
In an Informal little note an engaged girl
wrote to her sweetheart: Bring your tran
for me at o'clock. and pray be less stupid
than usual"
This familiar little missive she slippe1
into an envelope directed to one OF the most
formal great danes OF her acquaintance
reports the New York Tribune The note
the Young man resolved was an answer 10
dinner invitation.
There have been Instances, however. when
the change OF envelopes is Intentional A
woman who always manages to get together
the people she wishes at her dinners said
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BECAUSE
1t is Known to the Druggists the Only Adver-
tised Treatment Ever Endorsed by the
Medical Profession.
THE PEOPLE USE 1T.
Because They Know 1t Will Cure Them of Catarrh,
Bronchitis, Asthma and Consumption or their
Money Will Be Refunded.


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