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Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
BeneficiaI Diversion.

Westheld. Mass. woman Mrs. Clara
Louise Kellogg, carried out novel scheme
last summer for giving an outing to about
forty Westfield boys, and for finding the
rest and recreation which she needed from
her literary labors. She instituted a berry
picking camp in which the boys were re-
quired to work 50 many hours day, and
the experiment amply paid expenses, which
was more than was expected.
In Otis, a town about twelve miles from
westneld. are hills covered with blue
berries. Mrs. Kellogg leased 200 acres Of
this land and advertised for boys TO form
a camping party. She received numberless
applications and out of them selected forty
boys ranging from IL to II years of age.
An old hotel containing sixteen rooms,
was rented and turned into a boarding
house. Each camper carried with him
blankets and a temporary supply of food.
Mrs. Kellogg boarded at hotel.
Three cents a quart was the price paid
the boys for gathering the fruit. which
was unusually fine, hard. large and firm
and grew on bushes four feet high. The
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
chat AboHt women.

Helen Gould has sent a complete dinner
set of solid silver with gold-Ineo cups, 70
her namesake. little Helen Gould Bell,
daughter Of General Sherman Bell Of Dem
yer.
Miss NJ smedley is on her way to this
country TO- ask what the government VII
can national institute made by the Paris
Municipal Council.
Miss Alice Seymour. Browne Of Boston
daughter Of Rev and Mrs. Z. Kendall
Browne, who have been on the eastern
mission since 1875, and is graduate of
Mount Holyoke college, class OF 1900
Mrs. Matilda A. Pereau Of Nashua, n.
H. who has Just celebrated her S5th birth
day, is the mother OF fifteen children, has
sixty grandchildren and sixty -eight great
grandchildren, Mrs. Pereau - warm ad-
to tell her friends that on November
last thirty OF her offspring voted TO elect
Mr. Roosevelt as head of this nation
Geraldine Bonner in the San Francisco
Argonaut says that Italy is the only coun-
try where she has seen the women smoking
9pt OF and no S Vemoe s
has seen both young girls and grown wo-
men wind up their lunches with cigarettes
attention; many Of them are Russians,
who have smoked for many years, as every
one knows; but English women she has
seldom seen engaged In smoking, and
Americans never.
One of the noteworthy characters at the
national capital during the SESSIONS OF
congress is Mrs. Margaret Dye Ealis OF
Newark, n. j., now in washington TO work
for reform legislation now pending In the
senate and house. Mrs. Ellis is the ma
tional superintendent Of legislation for the
Woman's Christian Temperance union and
is well and fayorably known IN Washing
ton as the w. c. T. u. lobbyist. She
watches closely every move In congress
touching the various reform measures
which the Woman's Christian Temperance
union has at heart and is quick to send
out notice to her constituency throughout
the nation when their help is needed by
petition or pleas to their national con-
grcssmen and senators from each state.
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, now silver haired
but still charming matron. is the only wo-
man who from start to finish of the civil
war was in confederate camps, Her hus-
band was one OF the most distinguished
southern generals and thus IL was that she
enjoyed the unique and perilous privilege.
Besides being social leader, Mrs. Pryor
Is an author of national note and is also
the possessor of what is acknowledged to
be one of the sweetest voices ever heard.
One enthusiastic admirer declares that her
tones are like molten sunbeams poured on
bell of virgin gold" Mrs. Pryor through
the last year of the war lived within a
stones throw of Robert T.. Lees head
quarters. One of her most treasured tro-
phies is a picture of the great general on
his world-celebrated charger Traveller.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25

ries for pleasure and display. cOrre-
epondent says that the acme Of bliss In
many minds is to be able TO pay the price
for the royal suite in one OF the swell
hotels. a young man and his wife re-
Gently hired a suite OF rooms in a new
hotel at the rate Of 800 a day, exclusive
OF meals, a circumstance that created far
more envy in the breast of most women
than II they had learned that this same
man had hired a large estate at the same
price.
Aside from those who have rooms in the
hotels. thousands throng the corridors daily
merely for the Joy Of participating tenn
porarily in the coveted glories. They make
appointments 10 meet their friends in the
empire gallery, the red room, the gold
lobby or the green salon. They sit in the
comfort Of those luxurious quarters by the
half day, wander luxuriously about the
gorgeous corridors and public compart-
ments. Peacock Alley" one famous hotel
corridor is named because Of the display
20 be seen. The various dining rooms from
noon until evening are thronged with wo-
men, many Of them unattended by men,
who find in this public eating and drink
ing an agreeable substitute for social func-
tiOns in private houses
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
supreme Quality Of Reposc.

Much has been said and written in praise
of what is at once the rarest and most
desirable characteristic of womankind-the
supreme quality of repose," says Nixola
Greeley y-Smith in the New York World.
There are two varieties of repose-one
the simple inertia which results from stu
pidity: the other the product of perfect
balance. the equilibrium that results from
self perfectly controlled.
They are often impossible to distinguish
one from the other, and because of this
difficulty, a man who admires the serene
type often finds himself married to a
woman whom he thought personifed it,
only to discover that she has the stupid
immobility that results from a mind too
small for an idea to turn around in.
But even this is probably to be pre-
ferred in a life association to the unbal-
anced nerves that so often mark the more
intellectual woman. For she is apt to
make very small extra allowance of
gray matter the, apology for every short
coming under the sun and to feel that
smattering of Greek or Latin atones for
the inability to make a bed or cook beef
steak.
I'VE are all more or less born to repose.
There is nothing more placid under the sun
than a perfectly healthy. contented baby.
But few of us are In later life able to re-
tain even a trace of that serenity, deep
and unmoved, as the surface OF a wood
land pool on a mid-June afternoon.
There are some stoics who believe that
1t Is the part of hero to meet misfor-
tune with smile. But this savors more
or less of the theatrical. and seems rather
to be OVERRIDING IT, To greet it calmly
with the poise of a we'll balanced charac-
ter that surveys at once the extent of the
disaster and the possibilities of remedy,
seems the better part. And this only the
quality of repose will enable us to do.
Men have more repose than women
Perhaps the superior endowment is not a
natural inheritance, but the result of busl-
ness training and the systematic fore
thought Of good and evil fortune that 1t
entails.
Women fret and worry continually
where men haven't time to. And worry
is the death knell of repose.
ITO the beauty culturist pining for
adipose IT should be mentioned that in
repose lies the supreme flesh food, and
that she who has taught herself immunity
from trtfiing cares may become a veritable
Hebe without the aid of gymnastics or
special diet.
1T may be that TO be just naturally
stupid is half the battle But stupidity il
often the better part of feminine vaior.
anyhow, and 1t yet remains to be demon
strated that 1t is not as we'll her choices I
inheritance"
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
Woman Keeper of LIshthou.e.

For thirty-eight years a woman has kept
the light off Santa Barbara. Cal. The light
house is situated about two miles south
west OF santa Barbara. on a low point OF
land the light being IFS feet above the sen.
The tower rises from the center OF a small
white building with the usual red roof and
green shutters with tiny porch opening
toward the sea.
The building was erected in 1856. and its
FIRST keeper was Albert ]. Williams. the
husband OF Mrs. Julia r. Williams. the
present keeper. He received his appoint
ment when Franklin ]. Pierce was presi-
dent The light is fixed white of the
first order and may be seen seventeen miles
at sea. Just as the civil war was closing,
In 1866, Mrs. Williams was appointed keeper
In place OF her husband, who had died. and
she has had the longest service OF any
keeper on the coast.
Mrs. Williams has been away from her
post but two nights in twenty-seven years.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
UriCsoI the Only
Cure for Rheumatism

II You are suffering from rheumatism
there is a chance for you to become alb
solutely cured. You may cure yourself
and do It quickly II you will lay aside
your prejudice and skeptcism.
Sherman & Mcconnell, the Omaha
druggists, 10th and Dodge Sta. carry
Uricsol, the California remedy, and we
hereby authorize them to guarantee =
cure.
Uricsol cures rheumatism in the only
possible way II can be cured
Uric Acid and Urates are ths cause
Of rheumatism.
These are deposited In the tissues,
blood vessels and joints Of the body.
These deposits must be dissolved and
eliminated from the system before q
cure can be accomplished.
Uricsol is a solvent Of these and tones
up the system, stimulates the kidneys.
liver and bowels and thus drives them
from the system.
Uricsol Is harmless and no injurious
results can possibly come to any part
Of your body.
Write rs today for booklet, contain,
ing recommended diet for rhsumaticA
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25

and does not go away in the daytime save
,on Sunday, when she rides into town TO
attend the Congregational church, OF which
she has long been a member. The family
came originally from Maine. When they
came to the lighthouse in 1886 Mr.. and Mrs
Williams had two little daughters, and
while there two sons were born to them and
one child died.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
society Women at the M.rket.


Leslies Weekly reports that the Balti-
more society woman goes to market as
regularly as she attends church, and In
many inatsnces her face is much more IA
miliar where the good things for the inner
man are to be found than II is at the place
OF worship. Although she may have an
excellent housekeeper and retinue of SER
wants, yet milady prefers to personally Sc
lect the meats and vegetables for the
family table. On Tuesday and Friday
mornings OF each week Lexington market
Is the Mecca for many women who are
members Of the Monumental Citys wealth.
est and most aristocratic families, and a
long line of carriages such as might be
found where reception was in progress
Is strung out along Lexington and Eutaw
streets.
As early as 10 o'clock the woman who the
night before has been the hostess of some
brilliant function alights from her car
riage' usually at the Eutaw street end of
market sometimes accompanied by her
butler, but more frequently she enters the
marketplace alone. Going from one stall
to another, testing the youth of the poul-
try, the tenderness OF the beef the firm
ness or the totamo, and the freshness of the
fruit, she brushes shoulders with the wife
OF the poorest laborer, for this is a mar
ket patronized by all classes. Usually her
purchases are sent TO the carriage, which
Is left In charge OF a coachman.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
Long search for wedding Ring.

A Chicago woman to whom was given
beautiful diamond ring by the man whom
she afterward married missed 1t. She felt
sure II had been misplaced. She emptied
everything she thought might contain the
article, but without avail. She had moved
once or twice and every time she tore up
things in the old house and replaced them
in the new she kept on hunting for the lost
ring, One day while she was busting the
bric-a a-brac something inside vase ratified.
She turned 1t upside down and out fell the
lost ring. Today she does not know how or
when she could have put 1t there, but now
It is more treasured than ever
A Dixon. H., woman recovered her we'd
ding ring months after It had been lost and
all but given up. The loss of it made her 50
III she wasn't the same woman, her neigh
bors say. She had looked in every nook and
corner OF the house without avail. One day
her husband went into the pantry to get a
cup There were plenty of them on lower
shelf, but something led him to reach up
and get one from the top shelf The we'd
ding ring was in It, The wife believes she
lost ii there while she wiping the
dishes. II was loose on her finger and 1t
dropped OF without her noticing it.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
About the Women Folks

trimmed with frills OF real lace. They
might easily be made at home by dett-
handed girl.
The favorite fashion OF wearing the hair
is low figure S, the knot covered with a
fine hair net The new nets are made OF
natural hair, and are expensive Inc re
Vival OF nets is probably due to the craze
for automobiling. 1t IL nextto impossible
TO keep the hair in order when speeding,
even when close caps are worn.
SILK pettie,ats now match the gown In
stead OF being OF a harmonious shade. For
evening wear a great deal OF latitude Is al
lowed. and white taneta, eNqulsltely
trimmed with lace and ribbon is worn For
all other occasions there IL a well-dehned
policy of simplicity in the matter of petti-
coats. II is not now considered good taste
to display bright or light colors under
tailored gown.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
A Missouri GirI,s Luok.

In return for acts Of kindness 70 a strug
Cling mine prospector seven years ago, Miss
Goldie Adams Of Joplin, Mo-, has just come
into possession OF a copper claim valued at
500, 900 near Coppertcn. N. NJ
When w. ]. SkeeA was here years ago
and expressed confidence In the eventual
success OF his ventures in copper many per-
sons regarded him as a dreamer He was
able to secure little encouragement. One
family only, that of Goldie Adams father,
befriended him. The daughter, then little
girl, was especially kind to the poor but
ambitious prospector
Skeed returned to New Mexico and set to
work diligently on his vein of copper. The
returns came slowly at first, but recently
the mine has yielded copper of such excel
lent quality and in such abundance as to
establish Skeed man of Independent
wealth. In his success he recalled the kind
Offices of the Adams family and the gift to
Miss Adams was made as a token of ap-
probation.
The property is 100 miles east Of Jerome,
Ariz, where Senator Clarks great property,
the United Verde copper mine. is located.
1t ls a continuation of the Arizona strata
Of ore. Very little has been said OF the rich
deposits of copper, as the find has been kept
secret 80 far as possible. There is said TO
be a verItabe mountain of copper ore in
sight The ore Is at the base OF Mount
eedgwick, an extinct volcano I'm the Zuni
range. The copper assays ~ per cent at a
depth of ten feet IN the mountain.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25

more industrious chaps picked on an aver
ago seventy quarts day.
The berries were shipped to Westfeld,
Springfield and other markets and, although
the distance Of the berry field from the
railroad was an obstacle from a business
point Of view. the venture was far from a
losing one.
The boys found leisure for boating, swim
ming. fishing and base ball. and much pre-
ferred this vacation, with its berry pick
ing task 20 a summer of idleness.
Mrs. Kellogg found that the experiment
gave her enough diversion to make her
thoroughly rested for her winters work.
She has a national reputation as an au-
thority on needlework and she contributes
TO eighteen publications. She is at the head
Of the Westheld school Of design and is
now engaged upon a work which will be
entitled Artistic Stitching" The plates
for the book were made abroad, where
Mrs. Kellogg has spent many Of her sum-
mers
Although Mrs. Kellogg found the boys
excellent berry pickers, she believes that
girls would be more of success, as they
would be more nimble with their fingers
and more attentive to their work
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
A woman Constable.

Clark precinct of Washington county.
Colorado. has Just elected Mrs. Mary Clark
justice Of the peace and Mrs. Belle weinig
constable. Both women were nominated
by republicans and endorsed by the demo-
Gratis, but neither made an active cam
Yass
II shall carry big stick when am
serving as constable" said Mrs. Weinig.
Many cowboys reside in the immediate
neighborhood and, although usually or
dery, they become hilarious at times. The
new constable was asked how she expected
TO suppress men who shoot up the town"
There will be less trouble than If 1 were
a man." she answered. II shall invite
them to come to Jail. but IL they do not
] shall ask for help. At any rate, can use
a gun II need be-"
Mrs Clark said she had great confidence
in the new constable, hence IT will go hard
with any offender these women arrest and
try. Both women are receiving many con-
gratulatons from suffragists in Colorado.
Omaha daily bee., 1904-12-25
The HnteI Habit.

NOTICEABLE phase Of the hotel
habit so conspicuous in New
York City is the number Of pros
porous women from out Of town
who flock 20 the costllest hostel
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-18
Might Go on a Voyage.
BOIL WEEVILS SHOW UP
ALREADY IN TEXAS FIELDS.

Washington. Nav 1.-THE weekly
crop bulletin issued by the weather bu-
reau says:
Cool weather has been unfavorable
for cotton throughout the cotton belt,
and drought in portions of the eastern
districts has proved detrimental
Complaints of poor stands continue
from nearly all sections in the central
and eastern districts. but good stands
are the rule in Louisiana. Oklahoma
and Texas. In the last named state
the fields are generally clean and the
plants are beginning to fruit in the
coast districts. Chopping is well adj
vanced, and cultivation in the southern
districts is general. Boil weevils have
appeared and are increasing in a num-
Der of southwest and south central cot
ton counties of Texas
In Indiana. Ohio. Pennsylvania and
Virginia tobacco plants are backward,
but they are doing well in Maryland.
Kentucky and Tennessee. Transplant
ing has begun in the two last named
states and is general in North Caro-
lima.
The fruit outlook is generally promis-
ing. except for peaches in the more
northern sections. In the Southern
states. however, a good crop of peaches
is promised.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-18
STEADILY THE JAPS ARE
PUSHING RUSSIANS BACK.

Mukden, Monday, May 16.-The fight
ing line is steadily nearing Mukden'
where Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters
still remain. Little reliable informa-
ton can be obtained by the news
paper correspondents, who are forbid
den to proceed to the scene of opera
tions. and official information is with
held until advices are sent to st. Peters
burg 1t is now known, however, that
the Japanese are almost within strik-
ing distance of the Russians and that
the forces protecting Liao-Yang are
stretching eastwood from the railroad
along the Mao-Tien mountain range.
The japanese are advancing in three
columns. and are now north of Stu
Yen and Feng- Wang-Cheng. Two
columns are reported to be working
further to the northward with the
object of turning the Russian position
and advancing upon Mukden.
Numerous small engagements have
been fought, but no decisive action has
taken place Port Arthur is now COM
pletely isolated by the japanese eXpedi-
tion at Polandien.
The japanese are now operating in a
rugged country, well suited to the Rus
sian defense. The country is a fiat
plain, intersected by rivers. The
weather recently has been hot and
dry, but the rain which has fallen in
the past two days has made the roads
almost impossible, and when the rainy
season begins at the end of June, the
plain will be converted into a morass.
This condition will probably re-
suit in the practical suspension of
operations.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-18

Gen. Kuropatkin reports the bonn
bardment of Sung by
the japanese and the landing of
JaDanese forces at Huan-Tsia-
Tung, which began a march in the
direction of Kai-Ping.
Fighting line is steadily nearing
Mukden, where the headquarters of
ylceroy Alexieff still remain. The
Japanese are advancing in three
columns.
In a report upon a skirmish of
Japanese and Cossacks, Gen. Kuro-
pathn says that the fire of the
Japanese infantry and cavalry was
poor.
Japanese admiral reports that his
vessels are still busy removing
Russian mines from Kerr bay.
Russian forces have marched out
of New Chwang. 1t is not known
what disposition of authority was
mado.
1t IS said that the Russians will
make a stand against the Japanese
advance at Hal -Cheng and that, il
defeated, no stand will be made at
Mukden, the Russians falling back
to a point 200 miles north of New
Chwang.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-18
HAVE THE JAPANESE
FLANKED KUR0PATKIN?

London, May 1S.-No further news
has reached London throwing light
upon the appearance of Japanese
troops northeast of Mukden or indi-
eating by what route they reached
that point so unexpectedly The ia
panese are so successful in hiding their
movements that it is only possible to
guess at them from the vague indica-
tions in the Russian official dispatches
A question greatly discussed in the
London papers this morning Is whether
Gen. Kuropatkin has succeeded in as
certaining that the Japanese are
threatening his rear near the Mukden
line and has been able to begin re-
treat or whether he has elected to
fight In any case il is considered that
any day may bring news of a great
battle in this district. as the transport
difficulties are believed to be so great
as to make 1t almost impossib,s for
Gen. Kuropatkin to effect a retirement.
Indefinite reports continue to reach
London of Japanese bombardments Of
Port Arthur and Dalny.
The Standards Odessa correspondent
confirms the report that Gen. Kuropat-
kin's aggregate forces. for the impend-
ing battle do not exceed 10000 men,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-18
SAYS LAO YANG MAY
SEE A GREAT BATTLE

Antung, May TO- via Seoul, May 16.-
The concentration of the Russian
forces at Liao Yang will make that
place the first line of defense and the
first great battle probably Will be
fought there. No important aggres-
sive action by this army is expected
IN the near future.
Since the Russian fleet at Port Ar
thur has been bottled up the Japanese
md it possible to safely use this port
as base and to abandon most of the
land transportation through Korea, US
ing the regular army transport equip
nent for conveying munitions from
Antung to the front. The Chinese do
not object to Japanese occupation, be-
cause the newcomers give employment
q thousands at good wages and fur
hlsh a market for provisions at in
Hated prices. Many Japanese shop
Keepers already are established here.
Inc river has not yet been opened to
foreign commerce,