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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-18
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-18
DANCING ACADEMY
TICKET BROKERS

CUT RATE railway tickets everywhere.
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The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Magnetized Filings.

II you possess magnet there are
more ways of amusement and instruc-
zion open to you than you have any
idea of. For instance, the following
experiment with iron filings will prove
most interesting. and will impart a
bit of useful knowledge:
Iron filings are procurable for the
asking in any machine shop or place
where there is an ironworker's lathe.
They are the minute particles of iron
that fall when the iron is being cut
or ground into shape. and possess the
same relation to iron as sawdust does
TO wood.
A bar magnet is necessary for what
you are to show. Lay 1t on a table
or any fiat surface and then cover it
over with apiece of stiff cardboard.
Now sprinkle the iron filings over the
aurface of the cardboard, and then a
very curious thing will happen.
The filings arrange themselves as
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tion, each particle forming a part Of
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Rainy Day Game.

Tear piece of paper into as many
pieces as there are players. and on
each piece write some number repre-
senting an hour in the day. AS there
are only twelve hours, there can be
only twelve numbers. but if more than
twelve are playing. you can make
some of the figures half-hours until
there are the required number.
On one piece mark a cross and then
shake all the numbers in hat, each
player drawing One out. The one who
gets the slip with the cross on it is
IT." or wolf" while the other play
ers are called the sheep"
A ring is then formed by the sheep.
the wolf standing in the middle. The
sheep then call out. What time will
you dine tonight, old Wolff" and Mr..
Wolf calls out any hour he happens
to think of. The sheep who holds the
slip corresponding to the number
called by the wolf starts to run. II
he can get around the ring three times
before being caught by the wolf he
is safe; If not, he must be wolf" The
game keeps up until all have had their
turn at being wolf" and this does
not take long. for the wolf is not sup
posed to call the same number twice
Exchange.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
New Styles in Laces.

Laces are used as borderings and
as wide fat trimmings and as decora-
tive bits in the gown. But, instead of
being inset. the lace is laid fatty on
top of the goods and is bordered with
narrow band or a piping of silk or
satin. This gives 1t wonderful
strength and fine finish.
A great many laces are applied in
long panelesque fashion and. for this
purpose. the strong heavy laces are
used. And, then, along each side OF
the lace panel there is an opportunity
for some very fine haridwork. One
lace panel was bordered with embroid-
cred daisies in the middle of which
was set little rhinestone. Another
lace panel was bordered with roses
upon the petals of which there were
fastened the smallest seed pearls,
Just enough to look like drops of dew.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Winter a Color Season.

The winter has proved unquestion'
ABLY color season. Irdeed. any
fashionable congregation of women
this winter may well be likened to a
rainbow. the colors ara so varied and
so delightfully."- soft. Tho evening col
ors are very faint of tints, while day
time claims. and rightly. the more
decided shades. Only a brief season
agone was II not that we -auded the
all-white costume? Now we are all
too willing converts TO this new fash
ion for color. Not that white is os-
tracized; far from 1t: but 1t is now In
rariably seen Offset by some color.
usually introduced as trimming.
The black hat is very often seen with
the white costume. and velvet tri-
cornes and toqucs and picture hats in
the lavender and violet shades are
tremendously effective with the white
frock that has the same color intro
duced In its trimming.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
BeWitched Penny.

Ten or twelve pennies are needed
for this trick. Place them separately
on the table. and have one of the coins
chosen and marked by several per-
sons. Get as many people to examine
it as you can, so they will "all be
sure to know it again" Have this
coin dropped along with the other
coins into hat, and the whole shaken
up so that the coins will be well
mixed. Placing your hand in the hat
feel every coin. and you will at once
detect which is the marked coin by
It's warmth. The coin has been
warmed by the many hands through
which it has passed. 1t is best to
have the coins originally placed on as
cold a place as possible, but you must
not turn back the table cloth, or give
Aay other hint from which your audi
unce can gather the secret of the puz-
xling trick. You can add to the won
der IL you are blindfolded and allow
tome one of your audience to attend
TO all the rest except the picking of
the coin from the hat.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
OLD LADY WAS PRACTICAL.
Looked for Serviceable Quality in a
Present.

A very practical old lady from the
country was visiting her daughter in
the city not long ago, and her young
granddaughter was taking her through
one of the big department stores on
n little shopping tour.
Now" said the old lady to the
salesman, SHOW me some dishes;
want to buy a set
Up in the china department the
clerks had shown number of dainty.
pretty designs, which the old lady had
admired, but still seemed to be look
ing for something else.
This pale green and gold tinted
one is pretty. grandma" suggested the
young girl, why not get it?"
well. you see," answered the prac-
tical grandmother. your Aunt jimmie
is a-goin' to be married in the fall. and
I thought would get her a good serv-
iceable present while l was up here.
A black and white fowered set Of
china is what want, If could find it.
Black and white is such serviceable
colors, you know, dear; it don't show
dirt."-Lippincott's
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
WHILE THE
TEA bEEws

Cameo belt buckles are pretty.
Strapped seams finish the severe
tailored coat.
Belted backs obtain in many run
about coats.
Motor caps of fur are round and
have long cape.
The all-brown fad is getting Just a
little oyerworked.
Tilt peacock feather jauL tily in
your walking hat.
Black astrakhan is one of the dis
tinctive furs of the winter.
Ermine muffs and stoles generally
have white chenille fringe.
Foliage hats adorned with red holly
berries are worth a second look.
Collar and cuff sets make dainty
gifts, and they are quite as much in
order as they were last year.
Wells are seldom worn with the
fluffy beaver hat. To hide the fluff
ness is to discount from the charm of
the hat.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Retaliation at a Dance,

She was young. 1t was her first
season, and it pleased her to snub her
cab cousin most numerically when
over he asked for dance.
No" she protested. one evening.
you cant see my program-it's all
full"
But there1l be extras. Can't l
have an extra?"
"Ye-es," returned the young wom-
an, grudgingly Te'inquishing her card.
but don't take tie first one, it's prom
ised."
Later in the evening when she
looked to see which dance her cousin
had appropriated she found that she
had food for reelection. The young
man had put his name down for the
four hundred and ninety-ninth extra.
Chicago Record-Herald Sunday Mag
aZinc.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
GOOD INDEy TO CHARACTER.
Habits and Idiosyncraeies Betrayed In
the Laugh.

Habits and Idiosyncracies Betrayed In
the Laugh.
Anthropologists say that the ability
to laugh comes to the child as 1t
grows older. The first smile is OBJ
served when the child is about forty
to sixty days old, but it does not be-
gin to laugh until some time after
that
Children and women laugh more
than men, not because the cares OF
life lie less heavily upon them, but
because the the former are more ex-
citable, and because the moderating
power of the cerebral hemispheres is
less in them than among men gen.
orally.
Profound study makes men serious.
and SO foolish people are sometimes
noted for laughing immoderately.
Yet laughter is not so much an index
to intelligence as 1t is to the condi-
tion Of health. Healthy, vigorous peo-
pie are proverbially of good-humored
joyous. laughing natures. while the
"sallow, gloomy-eyed dyspeptfc" is
description scientifically accurate.
The envious, wicked and malevolent
rarely laugh, because, phrenologists
say. they are impregnated with bile,
and are, therefore, morose. The
naughty. the vain and the awkward
also laugh very little, for fear of los
ing their dignity. The Spanish people.
proverbially grave. are good ex-
ample.
People who have lines extending
downward from the angle at the
mouth toward. the chin well marked
rarely laugh, and, moreover, show a
tendency to pensiveness in youth and
melancholy in after life.
Those who have lines raging out
ward from the eyes are. on the con-
trary, people who laugh good deal.
especially when the upper lip is
framed by two deep burrows running
down in the mouth.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Hidden Names.

In the following verses are hidden
the names of ten fishes and insects:
When I'm a man I'll own ship.
No matter what my aunt may say;
I'll be the captain, and many trip
We will take to far Bombay.
I'll carpet the decks and paper the
sides.
And paint all the perches and poles;
And when we're near port we1l have
some sport
In running aground on shoals.
Big Nat will be my mate, of course.
He was purser once on scow;
And Jim will come-he was perfectly
glum
Till l asked him-he's happy now.
Werl blow bugle and fly flag.
And if we come near Cape Cod,
I'll flourish my sword and send homo
word
That I'm ready to marry Maud.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
The Elephant as a Worker.

Anyone who thinks the elephant a
slow, clumsy beast would have cause
to change his opinion on seeing him
at work along the rivers of northern
Siam. The rainy season, which be-
gins in April, is the time when the
teak logs, cut during the dry season
in the forests about the upper waters
of the Menam river, are fioated down
to Rahang, where they are caught and
RATED to Bangkok. Instead of red
shirted, spike-shoed river drivers"
such as handle the logs in their down.
stream journey to the sawmills on the
Penobscot and Kennebec in Maine,
the "lumber-driving" of the Siamese
rivers is done by barefooted, half
naked men on elephants. and the
bone" labor and much of the think
ing involved in the operation are done
by the elephants.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
A Hint About Buttons.

The buttons of the winter are rich
ly elegant. but the person who does
not want to pay quite SO much for her
buttons as Dame Fashion requires.
can still keep in the march of style
by making her own buttons. She tan
cover button molds and make set
Of buttons every whit as elegant as
any she can buy
One lovely button set consisted OF
button molds covered with turquoise
blue velvet. In the very center OF
each button there was sewed little
bit of pearl. Another and more elab-
crate button was covered with blue
silk. And on top of the button was
very tiny blue silk rosette. making
a button as round as ball. Buttons
with much handiwork on them are
used for ornament, not utility.
There are button sets, made of but
ton molds covered with silk in all
sizes, to be used in various ways in
the trimming of costume. There
are the tiny little buttons, and the
buttons of medium size, terminating
with the great fiat ones that are used
for the backs and the fronts of the
Directoire coats. Thus one manages
to get variety.
A set of this description was hand
embroidered. in white, each button
with a different pattern worked upoI
it. Crosses and other conventional
designs were worked out and the, Sc,
when completed was as stylish as one
| would want.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
The Eqq and Gard Trick.

Stick an egg, the contents of which
have been blown out. onto the back of
a card with a little wax. Now show
the card to the audience in such a
way that they do not see the egg. Now
holding up the card with the right
hand show the audience that your left
hand is empty. Then swing it around
and take the card in the palm of the
hand, at the same time holding onto
the egg with the right hand. With a
quick movement drop the left hand,
having the card in the palm, at the
same time disengaging it from the
egg. which remains in the right hand.
The audience doesn't see what has
become of the card, but sees in the
place of the card an egg. Instead of
an egg you may use small bunch
of flowers.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
wavipo Paradise Plume.


The paradise plume, either in the
natural feather or some one or an
other of the skillfully made limitations
and some, of these are simply mar
volous in their fidelity to nature-is
one of the best things of the season.
The hat is of seal brown paon velvet.
the fabric stretched tight over the
brim, with a shirred edge for binding.
The crown is high and narrow. and a
soft drapery of brown chiffon faille
ending in two reversed loops and
caught with a smart Jet buckle makes
COED trimming effect. The paradise
plume is posed at the right side
starting at the crown. and the slender
tips fall over the brim. There is nc
bnndeau to this shape. the head size
fitting comfortably without.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
,Jack-knives.

The word Jack" is applied to any
contrivance which does the work of
a boy or servant. In French the name
Jacques" is term used for a youth
of menial condition. The term "coun-
try jake is of kindred sense.
Jack-lord. Jack-a-napes, Jack Tar,
ack-o'lantern, Black Jack, Jack Rab-
bit. the term Jack applied to the knave
in playing cards, Jack-in-the-box and
Jack-of-all trades, show the derivative
meaning. Hence Jack-knife means a
boys knife. In early days the jack
knife headed the list of boys toys,
and with his skates, gave him the
greatest pleasure. His skates were
made of-what do you suppose? Beef
bonts, fastened to the soles of his feet.
The boys pushed themselves on the
ice by means of poles shod with sharp
iron points.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Steamed Chicken.

Rub the chicken on the inside with
pepper and half teaspoonfnl of salt;
place in steamer in a kettle that
will keep it as near the water as pos
sible, cover and steam an hour and a
half; when done, keep hot While dress
ing is prepared. then cut up. arrange
Oh the platter. and serve with the
dressing over them.
The dressing is made as follows:
Boil one pint of gravy from the kettle
without the fat, add cayenne pepper
and half teaspoonful of salt; stir a
tablespoonful of -four into quarter
of n pint of cream until smooth, and
add to the gravy. Cornstarch may be
used instead of the flour. and su.ne
cooks add nutmeg or celery salt.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

Another ornament is in the shape OF
dragon fly. The body is one mass
of brilliant gems. A great ruby is
set into the head and the eyes are of
opals. But all this solidity is lost
when 1t comes to the wings, which
are fashioned of special metal.
drawn to the fineness of thread. and
then woven with faithful accuracy to
the structure of natural wing. The
effect is beyond description.
At last some genius. at loss for new
iceas, has utilized the wild carrot in
hair ornaments. An example is one
representing the full-blown flower, the
center of solid mass of opals. the
surrounding circles being of white
enamel. The entire flower is worked
out in detail, and diamonds further
separate the natural divisions of the
bloom.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Paid an Old Debt.

81 have just had my first actual ex'
perience with conscience money, SC
to speak," said a prominent business
man. -
r Seventeen years ago a man con
tracted a debt with me, and as 1 had
never been able to make collection, had
to give it up as lost. There was nc
way to collect it by law, and you car
imagine my surprise when 1 received
check to-day for $500. While this
did not cancel the amount, appreciate
it deeply, and can use it to advantage
just now.
at is not often that man owing
debt pays after SO many years. es
pecially when the law could not reach
him."
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Good EQrfeit Game.

The players all seize tablecloth or
a similar sheet by the edges. The
one who is chosen as leader says:
II fish for all kinds of fish. When
say, let co. you must hold fast
When l say hold fast you must let
CO."
Then the leader begins to speak
quickly. saying anything that comes
into his head, until suddenly he says.
"let go!" or hold fast!" at time
when he imagines that he can catch
the others of their guard. Those who
are caught must pay a forfeit.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
The Eriaid Zones.

81 am glad I don't live at the pole"
said little girl who had to get up
while it was quite dark one dreary.
cold morning. "It must be dreadful to
have to go about in the dark for six
months" That is the idea most chill
dren have of the frigid zone. But it is
not correct. In the first place. there
are not more than three months of
actual darkness, for the long twilight
helps to shorten the night at both
ends of the season. Then, too, during
the time when the sun never comes
above the horizon or close enough to
it to make twilight or dawn, there is
bright moonlight part OF each month
and such brilliant displays Of the
aurora borealis that it is far from
pitch dark" as one might suppose
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Pretty House Ornaments.

Here is something children can
grow in their own windows. Get some
raw peanuts and plant in pot of
good earth. They will sprout and very
soon pretty leaved vine will be run
ming over the top of the pot. The
saucer garden is a dainty thing. Put
in the middle of a saucer a single
pine cone and place moss about it.
Sprinkle the cone with mustard seed
and then keep the whole very moist.
The seed will sprout and soon the tiny
plants will be covered with tiny yell
low flowers. Canary seed and f1ne
grass may also be planted.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Stubborn Paper wad.

Did you ever see a paper wad that
is so stubborn that it will fly in the
face of one who tries to compel it to
go into the neck of bottle
The more you try to blow it in, the
more it leaves the bottle.
You can try this with any large bot
tie and a paper wad or cork small
enough to fit very loosely in its neck.
Holding the bottle so that it points
directly at your mouth, and placing
the cork in the neck. the harder you
blow on the cork for the purpose of
driving it into the bottle. the more
forcibly will the cork rush from its
place in the neck.
Try this stunt and see II you can
discover what causes the peculiar &C.
tion of the paper wad.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Footoear to Match Gowns.

Fanciful boots and shoes are being
bhilt for the smart women to wear out
OF doors. One girl who is careful in
the little details that mean so much in
the general effect and who has plenty
of pin money with which to crafty
her taste takes pieces of the materials
OF her different gowns to her boot
maker and has the material combined
with leather to produce pretty pair
of boots or shoes. Footgear that is
partly of cloth and partly of soft kid
is most comfortable.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Hidden Names,

In the following are to be found.
first, the name of a continent; second.
the name of country in that conti-
nent. and, third, the name of the capi-
tai of that country:
Did you lose a bird, sir?" Katie
asked.
AS I answered, NO" l happened to
catch slight twinkle in her eye.
Kate" I laughed. throwing down
my papers, 81 am afraid you are jok-
ing"
No; found bird" she replied.
where"
Never mind, sir; is it yours?"
No"
"Then I'll keep it."
'All right; you may keep it; only
tell me what the fun is about, Kate" &"
Her answer floated in through the win
dow:
Its a gold eagle. found it in
your pocket, but I'm so glad / may
keep it."
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04

One of the players takes a spoon
and taps on the table with it, saying:
Who can't do this. can't do thing!
Spoon. spoon, spoon-sping.
Then she passes the spoon on to the
next one. But she does it in certain
manner by using the left hand. or
by holding the spoon with a certain
number of fingers. or by doing some
thing else unusual. The one who re-
ceives the spoon must do it over again
and again till she does 1t right, and II
she cannot do it. she must pay for
felt.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Kindness in Japan.

Day by day something new in tho
training of the Japanese child comes
to light to explain the exquisite gentle
ness that marks the nation as a
whole. Kindness to dumb creatures of
all kinds is a national trait, and it Is
hardly to be wondered at, when it is
known that children are not permitted
to eat cakes or cookies cut in the
shape of animals, for fear they may
learn TO think of living beasts as h.v-
ing as little feeling as the confection-
cry ones.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
kindliness Among Birds.

have seen little chirping spar
row make a business of feeding some
half-fedged robins. She watched for
her opportunity. and whenever both
parent robins were away from the
nest she rushed in with her morsels-
The robins resented her oficioushes
and hustled her out Of the tree when
ever they caught her there. I have
heard of a wren that fed a brood of
young robins in a similar way. and OF
a male bluebird that fed some young
birds that were in a nest near its own.
Outing.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Little Man,

Little Man.
Oh. how he filled our hearts and home.
Our merry little boy of four!
Whenever / would come from work
He used to hide behind the door.
And i can see the dancing eyes.
The golden hair. the cheeks of tan.
And hear the laughing challenge ring:
Papa, come find your Little Man."
Papa. come find your Little Man"
And would search till. in surprise.
Behind the door I'd find the prize.
And hear the sweet. delighted cries
or Papa's Little Man.
But now our hearts and homes are void.
His merry laugh we hear no more;
Yet in the Festall Hall OF Dreams
He calls me still-yes. DER and DER.
Behind the door of things unseen
He hides SO surely that l can
Not find him. yet that voice still calls.
Papa. come find your Little Man.
Papa, come find your Little Man.
And though unsuccessfully grope.
! am not wild or misanthrope.
But sometime still ] fondly hope
To find my Little Man.
Charles Lincoln Phifer.
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Eor the Boy CARPENTER.

Lots of boys have their own tool.
chests. Here is n simple contriv-
ance upon which to try your tools:
Take n piece of wood about seven
and one-half inches by two and one
fourth inches, and about the thick
ness of a cigar-box lin fact. a cigar
box is just the thing. Then get an
other little piece two and one-fourth
inches square. and mark both of them
out in the same way as is done in the
accompanying diagrams Gigs. 1 and
p. Cut out the two pieces, then the
groove marked A, the width being
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
@ih tts tsMthg<7as
)odSeJ.ilttsal'.! sF

Alcohol will take out candle grease.
Brooms will last longer IL dipped
occasionally into boiling suds.
Cornstarch is recommended as n
most effective agent for the removal
of grease.
Always fold skirt the right side
out for packing, for thus only can you
insure its smoothness.
To remove grease spots from wall
paper cover the spots with clean blot
ting paper and press it with hot fiat
iron
The Lamar register., 1905-01-04
Goat for Youna Girl.

A charming little coat for the
twelve-year-old girl is cut from dark
red frieze. in the box style. with
double-breasted front. The sleeves are
bell and fare broadly at the wrists.
and for very cold weather an under
sleeve can be inserted from the ell
bow. The collar is high and turns
over. monks hood falls from under
it. lined with rich red silk. The only
trimmings are stitching and large
burnt pearl buttons.