Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-01

though twenty to sixty miles from rail-
road are up to date, with all conveniences.
They are lighted with electricity and heated
by steam and even on August nights one
often needs the steam turned on.
The one farthest from 'civilizatlon"-old
Faithful Inn-is said to be the largest log
building in the world. 1t is at least re-
markable hotel, and the day and the night
spent there is one of the days and one of
the nights that a person always remem-
bers. This remarkable log house is four
stories high and its shighly pitched roof is
surmounted by great platform. There are
300 rooms in this log house, and though
their walls are OF plain logs, unfinished,
the rooms are dainty and pleasing The
hotel is said to rival the Waldorf-Astoria
in all respects, notwithstanding It's I'M
usual construction. Though sixty miles
from the railroad, It is lighted with cleo
tricity and every night electric search
lights, operated from the towering platform
on which the 400 or 800 guests congregate,
search out the bears and deer in the woods
and illuminate famous Old Faithful geyser
when IT spouts every hour.
At this hotel there is an attraction as
great as any in the Wonderland. 1t is the
proprietor of the "shack''-Larry, whose
other name may be forgotten, but who
never will be forgotten as the landlord Of
Old Faithful It is Larry who grsets his
guest with a brogue that Is melodious; who
grasps his guests hand a long-lost
brother; who knows his guests name before
It is spoken, and who is equally as well
acquainted with all the members of the
guests family at home 1t is Larry who.
when the evening dinner is over, gathers
all the children" around the two-story
open fireplace and who brings out a pepper
as big as a locomotive tender and over
the blazing logs pops corn as he tells his
marvellous stories of bears and elks.
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Remembrnnces for Ocean Travellers.
The selection of little gift to convey
| a bon voyage wish to the friend who is
taking a journey across the water ought
not to be a particularly difficult matter
for the number OF things from which to
choose is large and exceedingly attractive
So useful are these things and so COM
| pactly made that there seems to be abso-
lutely no possibility of loading ones friends
down with a lot OF unwieldy things that
are only in the way and a nuisance to have
| to carry around.
The little safety bag for money and letters
of credit is an indispensable part OF every
/ HlFdNtltE OuAtilt anu may 10 AAeAA IL N'N'S
variety of size, material and price. For
persons who never venture far from home
without a certain number Of medicines
there are compact little medicine cases Of
leather that fold up and may be slipped
| into the smallest kind of a space.
! One of the most useful presents that one
| can select Is the convenient soap box.
A silver one. with a plain top, on which
the owners monogram is engraved, makes
an attractive addition 10 the travelling out
| ht while silver-trimmed bottles Of various
shapes and sizes, and miniature hand
glasses occupy small space and are always
more or less necessary.
At a comparatively small cost may be
had the little silver holders to place over
the bristles Of toothbrushes and nall
brushes when they are wet, to protect the
things among which they are packed. and
another inexpensive present is the small
cut glass tumbler for drinking water that
has a prettily carved silver standard.
A little bottle OF oil Of lavender was a
source of much comfort to a recent femi-
nine traveller. A few drops poured into a
cup Of hot water distilled a most grateful
/ fragrance in the stateroOms during the
miserable hours OF seasickness.
Compact little alcohol heaters for the
cup Of hot water that is such a comfort
when needed, as well as Tor the occa-
sional woman who still depends on curl
ing tongs, are always acceptable and can
be packed IN a small space, while the lit
tie japanese hand stoves, with a good
size package OF fuses. are OF value not
only on board ship, but on the European
trip as well.
For the observant person, man or
woman, a real joy would be one Of the
i bc, IN Al n
ner OF data about flags Of different ma
tionalities and the colors OF the different
smokestacks, 80 that passing vessels
may be identified. These little books
have blank pages for taking notes and are