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Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

by the most devoted and sacrificing parents.
1t is furnished with desks and blackboards,
bookcase and drawers and many other evil
dences of the presence of two little girls.
Judge and Mrs. w. w. Keysor have a
completely equipped workshop in their
home, where their two small sons fashion
and construct all sorts of things. Every
appliance and tools for finished work are
being supplied by degrees, as the boys
master the use of what they have and find
need for others. There is a place for
everything, and in the rows of racks above
the low carpenters bench everything is kept
in order. A great shelf about the upper
part of the room is laden with finished
and forgotten toys that represent their
efforts from the first and attest the progress
they have made. This shop also contains
a punching bag and like devices for boys,
but upstairs there is another sunny apart
ment where the books and pictures are
kept. There is a music cabinet and stringed
instruments, blackboard and water colors,
an intricate building block system with
original plans and drawings, all indicating
the development of the natural inclination.
Boys and Girls Together.
In another luxurious home over on the
south side, where an only daughter and five
healthy brothers make up a most promis-
ing flock, the entire third floor is devoted
to a resort for their amusement. Here,
too, there is a workbench and chest of
tools, in the use of which the daughter of
the house is quite as proficient as her
brothers, reciprocating their attention
with numerous tea parties and candy pulls,
all prepared in her model kitchen, with it's
tiled walls and floor, low gas range and
perfect ventilating system. There is also
a gymnasium equipped to suit these chi
dren.
OF the nurseries and play rooms of the
city Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Crittenden Smith
have probably the most complete provision
for their children. The new wing and
upper floor Of their home on Park avenue
have been constructed with reference to
the intelligent. systematic care Of these lit
tie people. Each child has its own apart
ments, which serve as nursery and play
room combined, and apparently there has
been no detail omitted that could con-
tribute to their completeness. First Of all
everything is perfectly sanitary. The
hardwood floors are scattered over with
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
A Sable Budding Genius

Atlanta Constitution: Brother Dickey
came in yesterday, leading a black picka-
ninny by the hand. "He amt but 10-year
OIL, subj" he explained, but he done gone
inter de writin' business, en- he say he
gwine beat dis yer Dunbar Teller writin' fer
he race. He done light in ter buildin' of a
story, en- heah's a small sketch er it, but
he say hitll be bout three stories high TO
he git throo' wild it," And Brother Dickey
handed over the following, which is printed
verbatim:
When spring begins to dawn the young
sprouts of all varieties that has been
nestled in the earth during the long and
dreary winter, puts out their green heads,
looking upward. The birds begin to MARBLE
sweet melodies from their threats. Also
one can see, by close observation, poisonous
reptiles Icing about as if they were sun
ming themselves and resting up from the
sleep of the cold winter that had Just
passed into the great beyond, still there is
nothing or no one more thankful for the
spring than the Poet"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

but natural that a child will take care of
the things in which he Is interested.
Examples in Omaha.
Omaha affords many desirable i~llustra-
lions of this intelligent provision for chill
dren, for many Of the homes in which there
are little ones are well equipped in their
interest. Nor is this provision confined to
the smaller children alone, for in many OF
the most modern homes of the city the
apartments of the boys and girls are most
admirable in architectural and sanitary de-
tail.
1t Is an interesting fact that while these
play rooms and nurseries vary according to
the means of the family, that the pictures
and wall decorations are, in the majority Of
cases, Identical, save in material. Hoff-
mans head Of THE Boy Christ the
"Sistine Madonna Mount Vernon and
favorite pictures from the old Greek
mythology are shared in common.
The home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bran
dies Is supplied with a sun parlor where
the indoor hours of their children are spent.
There are few who are not familiar with
the glass enclosed porch of their home at
Seventeenth and Douglas streets, that, with
Its hanging baskets of greens and Towering
vines, tall palms and bright colored cush-
IONS, suggest to the passersby the con-
servatory and ideal lounging place. A
glimpse within, however, would suffice to
convince one that this sun parlor is devoted
to no such purpose, for everywhere there is
evidence Of healthy, active children, and the
plants and greens are but the unique device
that screen their play room from the street.
Constructed to exclude cold and draft, the
apartment is an ideal one. The one wall
covered with bright denim is hung with
pictures. There are bookcases, drawers
and tables where the playthings and books
are kept for this sun parlor, serves as
school and play room. Everything is
consistent with the children, save, in the
opinion Of some, the plants, but these, too,
have their place in the nursery and are a
source of never failing pleasure and ad-
miration which rarely suffer, even in the
most bolsterous f~rolics.
bright, sunny Front Room.
The school and play room OF the Cudahy
home is a large, airy front room, so sunny
and bright that to have used it for such a
purpose would have been considered almost
a dissertation not many years ago, even
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
Testing a Diamond

NO" said the dealer, to the Philadel-
phia Record, you don't need to be an
expert in order to be able to tell a good
diamond from a poor one. You need only
to have common sense and good eyes and
a magnifying glass. First you examine
the diamonds table. The table is the sur
face, and it should be perfectly fiat and
perfectly octagonal. Then examine the cir
conference, and If that is round the gem
Is, at least, you may be sure, well cut.
Now, for flaws, you look into the dia-
mond, using the glass here, for the reason
that a flaw imperceptible to the naked eye
will often lower a gems value so or 60 per
cent. Flaws in diamonds resemble those
little feather marks in ice that we SO often
see, though scratches on the surface are
also flaws. II none are to be found you
study next the color, remembering that the
steel blue, because it is the most brilliant,
is the most desirable and costly hue. and
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

rugs, the beds are of white iron or brass
and the ventilating system is of the most
approved, and for the sleeping hours is
supplemented with tall screens that are
placed about the beds TO shield the sleep
ers from draft while a greater supply of
fresh air is admitted. Each room has it's
bookcases, the shelves of which are filed
with carefully selected volumes. Each has
it's desk and low table and chair. There
are also commodious drawers built in the
wall, where the playthings may be kept
and low shelves for other things.
Bali Room Given Up.
In one Of the newly finished homes of
the West Farnam street district a young
matron has foregone the space the archi-
tect designed for a ball room and equipped
it as a gymnasium and work room for
three small nephews that have been left
to her care. Another home of that neigh
borhood has two rooms equipped as studio
and dark room for a small brother and
sister interested in photography. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. McWhorter have a bowling alley
for their boys that is sufficiently COM
mOdiously to accommodate numerous play
mates, and is in use a good part Of the
time and so Omaha affords numerous and
varied instances of most careful and
costly provision for the care and happi-
ness of it's children.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09
Unqualified Endorsement

Pittsburg Gazette: 81 want to show you
my new bonnet" said Mrs. Hammersmith
to her husband.
Mr.. Hammersmith tried to smile and look
pleasant.
i wan your judgment on it, DEAR" she
went on. How do you like it as COM
pared with my last bonnet?"
"Why-er," began Hammersmith, pre-
tending to make a critical examination
this is very pretty, but what is the diff
ference in their cost?"
This cost 81 less than my last one."
Hammersmith's mind was instantly made
up.
Il like this much better" he said.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

- aN'N'
IHI and limited yard room there is a
A period In the life Of the city-bred
AXSNRI child that is pathetic indeed, that
- is the interval from the time that
he learns to walk until he outgrows the
care of his nurse.
Give me the child until he Is 8 years old
and will answer for the rest of his life, +"
said the sage, but 1t has been necessary
that generations mature in the cities Of
the land that the full, real significance of
this statement might be grasped by the
generality OF parents. This awakening
having come, however, there has begun "A
revolution in the education of the child and
his mental, moral and physical well being
are being considered as never before, while
everything possible is being done to COM
pensate him for all that is shut out of his
life by the fence that lncloses his fathers
yard or the walls of his fathers house.
One OF the chief factors in the life OF
this child is his play room or nursery
and while the out-of-door privileges may OF
necessity be largely denied him, parents are
beginning to provide him with a resort thar
is at once a pleasure device and an under
school that is to discipline his energy and
nurse and direct his inclination In prepara-
ton for the time when his school life shall
begin.
Play Rooms Always Existed.
Children have always had play rooms and
they have ranged In location and detail
from the barn loft and attic room to that
undesirable apartment on the shady side
of the house that could be used for nothing
else, and here they have been RELOCATED,
with or without a nurse, on cold or rainy
days, to be kept out of the wet and out of
the way and to amuse themselves in what
ever manner they might see At, regardless
OF ventilation, sanitation and everything
else save the peace Of the house.
Happily, this sort OF play room is rapidly
becoming n thing of the past and in it's
place is being supplied a play room, the
equipment of which Is based upon an intelli.
gent understanding of the child's necessi-
ties and varying to meet his individual in
clination. As a matter of fact, this equip
ment is being largely chosen by the child
himself and usually represents the progress
Of his development. One OF the greatest
evidences of the success OF this plan is the
order that prevails in such places, for 1t ID
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

that the white comes next. Yellowish or
o%ff-color stones are practically worthless,
but a perfect violet or amber, or rose dia-
mond brings a fancy price.
Study finally the depth and weight, and
il the depth is good you won't be cheated
if you pay $3.50 or $16O a carat for your
stone. Before the South African war you'd
only have to pay 500, but $3.50, thanks to
this war, and to the diamond trust, and
to the heavier customs duty, is now the
market price,"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-09

N THESE days of crowded cities
and limited yard room there is a
period In the life OF the city-bred
child that is pathetic indeed, that
is the interval from the time that
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
MARCONI'S LAURELS.
Taken from Him by the French
Academy Of Science.
Declares That He Did Not Invent III.
Wireless TeleEraph--Cred1t Ar
cribed to English, German
and French Scientist..

A remarka be Sc ssion of the Academy
to the discussion of the real origin of
wireless te,egraphy.
If Marconi had been pre- sent he would
have felt much annoyed. for among
the many French savants assembled
or the English and German EXPERTS
whose communications were read none
was disposed to credit him with the
discovery, but they seemed to regard
him as only a clever practical expert
menter.
According to the documents pro-
duced, the real inventors are Fodder
sen and Maxwell. both Englishmen.
then Hertz. OF Germany; but PRINCIPAL
~ Prof. Branly. Frenchman. who con-
celved and constructed in 1890 the re-
celver for electric waves which is still
used by Marconi; and next Prof. Lodge.
an Engishman, who read paper be-
fore the electric congress of 1894. point
ing out the possibility of transmitting
Geographic signals with the Hertz ap-
paratus and receiving them with the
Branly tube of metallic filings, which
possibility was actually put into prac-
tice by the Russian scientist Popoff.
in 1896
Marconi's experiments only began in
1899, it is said, and were first made pub
lie two years ago. simultaneously with
S.aby's successful wireless transmits
sion of kilograms over distance of 100
miles in Germany by an altogether diff.
ferent process.
1t was further asserted that the most
OF Marconi't patents were worthless.
owing to the foregoing alleged facts.
FINALLY it was pointed out that neither
the French nor the German army nor
the English navy is using the Marconi
system, though results are obtained
equal to his exploits. except transmits
sion across the ocean, which the sci
entlsts unanimously declared is vet
improved.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
SUPPOSED CORPSE FLIES.
Man Found Frozen Stin Escapes from
MOrgue and IL Found at Home
Eating Hot Dinner.

Found frozen in snowdrift and ap-
parently dead, after the recent storm
at New York. William Ferry, a farm
er, near Anthony, N. j., lay for ten
hours on the cooling board of an I'M
dertaker's shop, surrounded by cof-
fins and paraphernalia Of death. But
for the absence Of the undertaken, he
might have been buried alive.
Ferry was found lying in the snow.
The body was cold, and the supposed
corpse was taken to an undertaking
establishment. Half dozen neigh
bors gathered to watch over the body.
The absence of the undertaken pre-
vented further action. When he ar
rived the party gathered in another
room. Upon their return to the cool
ing room they were Mortified to find
the supposed corpse missing. Body
snatchers" was their first thought An
alarm was sent out and messenger
hurried to Ferry's home. When he
arrived Ferry was disposing of a hearty
meal. He said he suddenly became
conscious, and observing his surround
ings, fled through side door and hur-
ried home.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
ONLY INSECTS TO BLAME.
Decided by Congress mt Havana That
Mosquito Is the Spreader of
Yellow Fever.

"The Mosquito and It's Relation to
Yellow Fever" was the subject of dis
cussion before the sanitary congress
at Havana. Maj. w. c. Gorgas, chief
sanitary officer of Havana; Maj. Ha-
ward, chief surgeon of the medical de-
partment in Cuba, and Drs. Finlay and
Ross read papers on the subject. The
congress adopted a resolution setting
forth that the styonyra faseata mos
quito is the only means of the trans
mission of yellow fever yet discovered
and that the prophylaxis to be adopted
should be directed toward the destruc-
ton of this mosquito, or, where this is
not possible, toward the isolation OF
the people from it.
The congress was attended by rep
resentatives from the United States,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Para
quay, Nicaragua, Colombia, Santo Do
mingo, Argentina and Cuba.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
PLAN UNIVERSAL CONCLAVE.
Lawyers and Jurists of the Worla -
Meet ut st. Louis Fair
in 1908.

Those who are learned in the law
of many lands will meet in universal
conclave at the worlds fair. The
plan was launched by the executive
committee of the exposition when it
formally appointed committee to
confer with like bodies from the
American association and the bar of
st. Louis to arrange for programme
for an international congress of law
yers and jurists as a leading feature
of the great debates at the fair.
The three committees will meet to
begin the work of exploiting the con-
gress by inviting the most brilliant
legal minds in the world to become
delegates to the assembly. The COM
mittee chosen by the National Bar as
ISOLATION includes a member from
every state and territory.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
VALUABLE RELICS FOUND.
Hem"ins OF Ancient Snrnatians Dis
covered on ROsf River, Province
of kieH, Russia,

The most interesting remains of
the ancient Sarmatians ever discoy-
cred have been unearthed on the
banks of the Resi- river, province of
kieff, Russia. At depth of two
meters were found traces of ancient
incarceration, and near several charred
bones wac picked mp smooth thick
ornament of golden wire, on which
was represented scene, with a num-
Der OF typical figures. In the fore
ground sits woman in a high backed
chair, holding round mirror in her
left hand. In her right hand is
cup from which bearded, kneelinr
warrior is drinking wine He is
armed with a bow and sword. Be
hind these are musician, with
Tyre; youth pouring wine into
cup held by another youth; priest,
in long garments, with a sword held
in readiness to sacrifice FESTIVE
sheep, and figure with fan. The
work is crude, but there are traces in it
of Greek influence. -.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
SMOOTH NICKELS ARE GOOD
Judge mt st. Louis Rules That Street
Railways Must Accept Them
at Face Value.

Smooth" nickels must be accented
at their face value, according to a de-.
cision rendered the other dav by
Judge Ryan in the circuit court in
the case of John f. Ruth, who was
awarded $4,000 against the St. Louis
Transit company for being elected
from car, arrested and locked up
over night because he rendered a
worn coin. Judg Ryan said:
There is no such thing, as assumed
by the defendant. as a nickel of less
than full face value. A gold coin may
be worth less than it's face value be-
cause of abrasion or loss of weight.
put this is not true of a nickel.
think the carrier should be held to
the rule that if it elects a passenger
who tenders good coin in payment,
1t does so at it's peril. 1t is better
that the conductor, if in doubt.
should be held to the rule that if it
elects passenger who tenders a
good coin in payment. it does so at
It's peril. 1t is better that the con-
ductor, ii in doubt, should receive the
coin than to establish a rule of law
which would permit him to eject a
passenger who tenders a good coin
and then plead as an excuse that he
thought it was bad. In this case his
plea does not go so far, he only re-
Jected it because it was smooth He
never claimed it was bad. His act
was mere wanton and capricious re-
Jectlon OF the only piece of money
the plaintiff had at the time"
The judge said that he did not deem
the amount of the verdict excessive
in view of the harsh treatment of the
plaintiff
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
THE "LAST SUPPER HYMN -
FossinfIity That One Sung by Our
Lord and Disciples Has Come
Down to Present Time.

On That climacteric evening, when
our Lord and His disciples sat at
their last supper, after He had
pressed the bread and given it to
them as His body, and the wine as
HIS blood, and declared: "But I saw
unto you, | will not drink henceforth
OF this fruit of the vine. until that
DAY when l drink it new with YOU
IN my Fathers Kingdom!" 1t would
seem that the emotions Of the mo-
ment mad risen to that point where
words do not bring comfort: and so
l md the might of music working in
the next verse (of Matthew 26: 3O),
which records: "And when they had
sung an hymn they went out into the
Mount OF Olives" If we but knew
the tune of that hymn!
Here, you observe. as far back as
the beginning of our era, saws Sidney
Lanier in Lippincott's Magazine, we
find the world in possession of
stock of tunes. There can be little
doubt that the melodies which the
disciples sung with Christ in per-
son were handed down and formed
the body of those collections which
bishop Ambrose. and after him Pope
Gregory, brought together, and it is
possible enough that the hymn which
Christ and His apostles sung was
sung last Sunday in some church of
America. for we have tunes in our
Psalmody-not~ to speak of the
Gregorian tunes still surviving as
PLAIN chant in the Catholic churches
which have come down from quite
lmmemorial times. and the path of
church music. as l have shown. lends
directly back to this hymn which
was sung on the evening of the last
supper.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
CARELESS MONEY SHIPMENTS,
A~Al1e ana valuable Packages Of Cur
rency Sent by Mail to Cuba In
securely WrapDed

Remarkably careless practices in
the transmission of large amounts OF
currency by mail to Cuba are COM
planned OF in report received by
Postmaster General Payne from Di-
rector General Fosnes, of the Cuba n
postal service. The registered mail
IS being regularly and largely used
Tor the transmission of money be-
tween the United States and Cuba.
Mr.. Fosnes says that with liberal use
OF strong paper, twirle and sealing
wax 1t is possible to so wrap these
packages that they cannot break omen
and "snhiect officials to unwarranted
stress Of temptation"
Mr.. Fosnes reports: 1.-THE other day
there was received in Havana in tran
SIT to Cenfuegos from the National
Bank of Commerce of New York c;+v
a package bearing STA in postaoe
and weighing % pounds, and which
may have contained half a million dol
lars in currency. Through openings
IN the package protruded bills of large
denominations. in plain sight of a
dozen clerks. The railway mail clerks
probably learned of the contents from
the Havana clerks and the pack
age may be lying outside the safe
IN the Cienfnegos post office BY rea-
son of the size of the parcel Only
last week the attention of local
bank was called to the insecure man
ner in which three packages from
New York, each containing $40. 900 in
currency, had been prepared for mail
ing. The paper wrapper was worn
ana the money exposed to plain view.
The normal risk in the mails of enor-
nous sums of money is great enough
and should not be increased by the
ocular revelation of the contents"
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08

tigation into the causes, the preven-
ton and the treatment of cancer. ac-
cording to the London correspondent
of the New York Herald. The king
has given countenance to the move
ment, and it is likely interesting de-
velopments will follow shortly. The
councils of the Royal College of Sur
geons and the Royal College of Physi-
clans have adopted joint resolution
empowering delegates to draw I'D a
detailed scheme of work. Sir William
Church, Sir William Broadbent and
others equally we'll known are on the
committee.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-08
To Make Study of Cancer.

The official heads of the medical pro-
fession of Great Britain are deter
mined to unite for a systematic inves-