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Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
A New Treatment of Shelves

THE wide shelves at the back Of
deep closets may be turned into
wonderfully convenient affairs II other
shelves be inserted between the two
or three shelves which are usually
considered enough. II the shelves are
run all the way from floor to ceiling.
the closet may be made even more
satisfactory.
Have shallow drawers made to Mt
the shelf spaces letting them be light
in weight, so that lifting drawer and
its contents out of the closet need
not necessarily be a burden. To do
this, wire netting-the strong kind
is sometimes used in a framework
of wood, the front made entirely Of
wood, to keep dust out
Even home carpenter can build
tins stationary cabinet, and the com
fort OF such an arrangement can
not be oYerestimated. The top draw
ers, which are hard TO get at. NAV
serve as. receptacles for the things
you need to disturb but seldomSa
party frock. for instance. OF the type
that should not be hung up But
their arrangement will work out &C.
eordinE 70 Individual need
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
through a Needle S
Eye

H\HE struggle Of man with a
needles eye has afforded such
Il glorious opportunity for cheap
Wlttlcisms that the incapacity
"a many women in that line has been
quite overlooked.
railing eyesight is not the sole lrea-
nave IN forcing a needle and thread
" make connection. In many in
stances 1t is because the ability to
handle sewing utensils has never
rSAIIy been mastered.
Is surprising how many women
Mh9 mink they can sew have not the
,WFohg ways to use needle, scissors
tthimble and thread. Yet ii is lust such
n r,etlg inings that make the proficient
task with the least wear and tear on
me nervous system.
nd a9w' Tor Instance. do. you hold a
way. so long as the thread gets in?
Well you should not! A needle to be
most quickly and easily Threaded
f th0M6 be De held firmly, between the
wen down toward the end. with the
point resting almost on the tin OF
ne second finger. Break off a short
Of the novice), and catch II between
the thumb and first finger Of the ieft
t hsnd. holding II taut with the other
of an inch Of the se thar barely an eighth
Now rest the left hand thumb
knuckle TO knuckle with that OF the
right hand, the two nails erossinS
obliquely, This brings the thread and
eye In line. Press the needle firmly
forward with the fingers OF the right
hand, at the same time exertins q
slight pressure with the left thumb
SSihd IN goes the thread-even into a
NO. 10 needle-wtthout a struggle
mere are certain women, howevar
VINO are really hampered as needle
threaders by dim vision. For them
there are numerous mechanical CON
needles. ms
Probably tine best known are the
plant pieces of steel with a groove al
top in which the thread is caught.
the steel threader then being pushed
through the needles eye
This season brings a novelty in a
needle threader attached TO a small
pin cushion. The needle to be thread
ed Is held firmly down in the glass
holder, its eye being directly in front
or the large one OF the glass, through
which the thread is easily pushed.
On the whole. though, IL a woman
VIII but learn to handle her impIe-
ments In the way above mentioned
there will be little use of needle
threading appliances even for those
advanced In years.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
IDEAS FOR PORCH COY CORNERS

TIME woman whose taste IN winter
runs 10 Moorish rooms or artis-
II tlcally draped hooks will be sure
o 70 devote part of her porch to
Ohe OF those coy corners that is quite
as attractive outdoors as in.
Ihey are so easy Of accomplishment
Lhese porch corners. that one wonders
why they are 50 seldom seen True
space often forbids. on the straight
narrow city porch they are practically
out of the question-though something
OF the effect may be simulated with a
screen, several potted plants and chair
or two arranged around a small table.
But FOR the large deck porch, open on
three sides or, more particularly. for
the porch that runs around two sides
Of house, nothing is more charming
than such an arrangement OF rugs. fur
nlture, plants and flowers as to give the
appearance of an open-air room.
one ingenious woman, whose means
were as limited as her artistic sense
was keen, created such corner from
some old kitchen furniture found in her
grandmOther's attic
Two long wooden settees, with nu-
merous hlgh rungs for "a back and a
o osoa t.l seat, We're renovated with a coat
OF green paint and placed at right an
giles on two sides OF the house, around
which a broad porch ran Directly AT
the corner ana between the settees was
placed large round deal table. with
one side cut. 50 that the projecting
house wall ntted into H. This was also
painted green and held several small
palms at the back. while the front was
devoted 10 a brass bookrack ana a blg
old-fashioned Delft bowl. always kept
full of nasturtiums
At the far End of eSsh set.ee were
grouped several tall pOttec plants. rub
Der trees and palms, while close in the
corner OF the porch ana behind q
swinging settee were banked other foli-
age plants.
This swing, by the way, was no mod
srn invention OF wicker. but was sim
ply a short broad bench, with the legs
sawed on and suspended from the roof
By stout ropes. A number OF gay ban
danna covered pillows made Il perfectly
comfortable.
An armless rocker, also OF wood, with
h,gh Slated PACK low armchair and
service were all treated 10 fresh paint
and forced into service. while At one
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
|TT1E NV PLATED
SHIRTS Ea H EG IA

q lNCE that famous little actress
made so distinct a hit in a cos
~ tune with skirt pleated in sun
burst fashion-an Idea of her
own, by the way-pleated skirts have
been at a premium.
scarcely anything is so distinctive
and yet so thoroughly quiet as are
they Untrimmed. or trimmed In any
OF the ways that are as unusual as
the style itself, they are equally good
Inc nrst ones were made OF plain
materials but in the little while that
has elapsed since they first came out
checks and stripes and wide indistinct
platds alike have found favor
EVERY skirt is cut upon circular
lines. some Of them given so wide a
sweep that they measure eight yards
or more about the hem.
Ihe prettiest of the new silk shirt
waist suits-those of quaint. old
Fashioned looking stripes of blue and
white, or gray and white. with a sill
very sheen playing over the surface
nave the pleated skirt, left, in such
cases, absolutely untrimmed
Pretty pleated walking skirts of
white panama cloth are rivalng
white serge skirts for outing pur-
poses And panama cloth, by the way,
taxes the pleating with more success
fon' panama, especially.
From a perfectly fitted top they ray
out and out, the pleating, the merest
markings at first, growing into wide,
definitely marked folds at the hem.
Mhen stripes are used (and Paris is
wild over stripes), only the narrow
ones are satisfactory, but they, be-
cause of the circular cut, fall into
Fascinating lines, straight up and
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Colored silk Gloves

IN addition TO the elbow gloves Of rIaoe
kid and suede, which everybody a
wearing, the warm weather has called
out host Of silk, and silk-and-linen.
ones, In black and white and every color
OF the rainbow.
There's no denying that the kid ones
are prettler they make your hand look
smaller, tooO, but for comfort and con-
Venienee, TO say nothing of possible mo-
uyes OF economy, silk gloves heal the
others hands down" Wv
usually they are chosen to match the
gown-the long, silky wrist less con-
spieuous In Its less perfect tit when II
seems ike continuation OF coat or
blouse sleeve.
But colored gloves must be worn with
great eare-there's nothing much more
Impossible than long rose-pink or sea-
green gloves worn with a white blouse
when the tnhnitesimal jacket Is doffed
a safe rule, II you must match. is 10 let
the blouse FURNISH the color note. An
even safer rule Is to stick to black or
white. VI
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10

FOR the null and mousseline dresses
nor wash dresses, OF course-the style
- particularly good. In these, lace IL
inset following the lines of the bands
Long skirts ana short skirts are both
good pIeated, for SUES nd shirtwaist
sults ana dresses alike. large woman
rs made smaller by II, ana your tall
wlllOWy mortal made even more Will
ioWy. And c beauty about II Is that
II IS practical-if the pleating fattenS
u Is as easily put In again as the waves
In your cOiffures
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Empire Parasols

HE Empire, which has affected fash
IONS Of every sort so strongly this
season, has had its effect upon nara
soils some of the tiny ones, with bent
handles, appearing for carriage use
Ihey are hardly likely to become VERY,
popular The parasol, as We know IL 10.
many women to revert 10 the smsIier
less becoming style. But with certain
gowns land with certain women IN
they are as pretty a bit of Old World
charm a. could be imagined.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10

look that RAINING all the around
would give.
But the prettiest plan of trimming of
all Is the application of HAS Ia ffeta
bands, set on the straight of the GOODS
which the circular cut turns INTO
me prettiest curves, dropping from
Ine SIDES down into long lines at
mace to describe arcs. ending I'm blunt
points al intervals all the way round
Ala sometimes bands, all of the same
Mldth, are used-that rarely over an
men as often inch-wide bands will be
Topped with rover ones
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Laundry Bags

WHlLE you are planning the things
10 take with you on your summer
TIP don't forget TO include a laundry
bag or two.
gayly printed cretonne bae for
closet or room door Of you are Dressed
LOT space) Is a boon, and what is even
more satisfactory is a big bag made on
Mhlle or unbleached muslin, ga which
TO send the clothes away II should
DE plainly marked with your name writ,
ten in indClible ink.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10

down all around. and stitched on the
outside as far from the edge as one de-
sires the fiat hem borded to be deep.
Buttonholes and buttons are put across
the back that the case may be easily re-
moved.
The pillows in red and white and blue
and white crash, either plain or worked
hl cross stitch, though not new, are
always attractive for open air use
Then there are strong ticking pillows
In two shades of green or blue worked
in splashing walls-of-Troy design In
circular wash braid.
Rather more attractive and dainty and
suitable for use on the veranda proper
are pillows covered with the new stamp
ed English prints in rich shades of dark
and Alice blue, rose green, browns and
reds. These are In conventional pat
tern, often Egyptian. the coloriy.g is
really lovely and is absolutely fast in
washing. They come in yard sluares,
and are also used for table covers.
When put on a pillow the four corners
are caught together on the back and
sewed tight
A Powered cretonne pillow with roses
has new touch given IL by being
piped in plain green, with deep-shaped
design on its outer edges, made of plain
light green art ticking bands piped with
a darker green.
Other serviceeble and pretty covers
which may be bought ready made are
slips Of Manufactured linen trimmed
with imitation torchon lace applied in
conventional designs. These slips have
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10

down directly in front and back.
straight across at the sides, and given
the indescribable little curVing slant
where the lines across merge into the
up-and down. The pleating makes
the stripes even less marked, and the
mering stuff, delightfully."- indistinct
yet which. resolves itself into we'll
defined stripes
All the lighter weight materials are
pressed into service for these pleated
skirts, panama cloth in the lead but
wolfe and tafeta cloth and even the
sheer, silky mousselines printed In pom
with good effect
Where trimming. is applied, It is in
senlously arr nged, so as to emphas size
the enect of the pleating Velvet bands
Two or three Of them, tie lowest band
the widest-trim 1me of them, perhans
stopping abruptly just short OF the front
OF turning there and running straight
down to the edge OF the skirt Tbst
keeps the bands from givinr you, ven
II you are 8 0rt. the awk--ar I'd cut.oeS
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10

a hemstitched rufie of linen and are
fastened with hooks and eyes across
one end, under the ruffie.
Altogether the variety of outdoor pill
lows need only be limited by the I'm
genuity of the maker or her stock of
remnants. But three qualities are neces-
sary 70 these covers. They must be re-
movable, washable and so cheap that
pillows being stolen when left outside
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Bunting for ChildrenIs Drcsses

NJ OF only the blue nag bunting, but
the white (and ev, -..e redj as
well Is pressed into service for 4he MAX
ing OF Inexpensive little summer dresses.
especially those worn down by the sea
Ihey don't need 70 look cheap. either.
ana they do up indefinitely.
Plenty of children's dresses are made
OF lt-you don't alW IS want 10 ppt
much money In materials for froeks
mat VIII be OutgroWn in q seaann
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
People WHO Do "Anythinr,

a RENT they the hardest people
"A to find positions for-those peo-
pie who do nothing particularly we'll
YET VINO cheerfully assert. when you
ask them what they can do, that ther
are willing TO do anything
Try as you Will. every chance is
against your helping them For to-
oialism-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
A Substitute for Str Collar

KNAFR your turnover collars-tba
AVA sheer omega little deeper man
usual mount them upon wide hands,
exactly like the bands of stin turn
over collars. and then wear them in
place OF the stin collars. finishing them
OF hen lingerie Tie or WIA one Of
windsor tie in color.
AND, by the way, some 81 the pret-
uest ana newest Of those huny bows ara
mace OF point esprit They are worn
dlftct!} IN front or directly IN back
according 20 the sort OF stock you are
wearing. But don't, whatever you do
wear en- both places at oncsl
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
Colored Ws;stcoats

CHECK and plldd summer Suits
- have brought about the prettiest
Of little cOlored waistcoats. some OF
them-most of them-hnished with a
deep piping OF white
Black and white effects have waist
coats made OF the deep, soft rose-col-
ored linen. so good this year, while
in depth OF color like a robins go
but without the least suspicion OF
green In its SHADE.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-10
The Key Pattern for Braidino

HE old-fashioned key and walls-of-
Troy patterns are used in braiding
ana banding skirts and Jackets SO freely
that you Onder how any other pattern
hnds q place 10 wander unmolested
Now II has been applied TO the EN-
broidered belts which every body's wear
lng-eaeh end In the pattern pune
In solid embroidery.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
CRAZY OPERATOR
TIES UP ROAD
ORDERS ALL TRAINS TO RUN
BACKWARD
Asks That Tracks Be Cleared for
Special Carrying President
and Running 14o Miles
an Hour
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
HUNTINGTON, Ind, May 22.-An
insane telegraph operator blocked the
entire Wabash railroad system in this
state for half an hour today by send
ing out unintelligible messages to the
various train dispatchers. All trains
had to be stopped in order to prevent
accidents.
When Chief Operator Beauchamp
went out to luncheon he left Everett
Kellam in charge of the keyboard
which controls all of the wires of the
system. Kellam, unknown to his en-
poyers, was in an irresponsible con-
dition.
He sent message after message IL
the dispatches, countermanding all
standing orders, then countermanding
his own orders. He requested all pas
senger trains to run backward and to
turn to the right at every crossing.
He also ordered all tracks cleared
for a special train of forty cabooses
which was running 140 miles an hour
and carrying the president and his
cabinet.
1t required three men to drag him
away to Jail.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
HALF MILLION VIEW MAGNIFICENT PAGEANT
FLORAL PARADE MOST BEAUTEUL EKERHELD IN ANGEL CITY
CUPID H0vERS OVER
OLD BANNING COACH
GEN. WANKowsKI AND FlANcEE
WERE ABOARD
One Bachelor Committeeman Was In
cluded on List, His Single Days
Being Numbered-Miss Maud
Reese Davies Is Lucky Woman

When the members of the Fiesta
committee f'cided to decorate the old
Banning coach and have their wives
ride i'm It they forgot that there was
one bachelor on the committee.
The bachelor has no wife, but Is go
ing to have very soon, so the commit
tee decided to take it for granted and
say "our wives"
The engagement of the bachelor MEM
ber has been announced informally
and was an open secret among his
friends and the friends Of his fiancee,
but Saturday official announcement
was made by the young womans moth
er, and thus it was that yesterday
there was no Mrs. Wankowski, wife of
Gen. Wankowski, i'm the parade, but
Miss Maud Reese Davies, who before
very long will assume the name of the
general.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
Equipages Become
Moving Flower
Gardens
Social Leaders Vie With
Each Other for Much
Coveted Prizes
Festivities VIII Tonight SHIFT Monnen-
tariy to Long Beach, Where
Grand Ball VIII Be
Held

With reign of carnival, the like of
which has never before been seen in
the southwest, the greatest day of
festivities in the history of Southern
California passed.
From early morning till late at night
yesterday the streets were thronged
with people. From every suburban
town and city in this section the cleo
trio cars brought in their throngs.
every description crawled along the
dusty roads bearing countrymen and
their families who were to spend the
day at the festivities.
When the floral parade started from
Ninth and South Main streets yester-
day morning there were nearly 100000
people on the streets to bid it welcome.
According to the statements of men
who have lived in California for many
years, the floral parade of yesterday
was by far the best in the history of
Los Angeles.
scurry to Park
Hardly had the last float passed
from sight than the spectators began
to hurry toward Fiesta park. Every
the grounds standing room was at a
premium.
On invitation of DR.. Scroggs of the
cowboy division the spectators were in
vited to attend a mammoth barbecue
prepared on the grounds, and the hum
cry attendants, many of them having
failed to secure food at the downtown
restaurants, soon made the savory
feast disappear.
Then came the riding exhibitions
and the cowboys had a chance to
show their skill Bronco busting.
the games of the western horse fes-
tival were INDUCED in.
In the evening the Shriners' brigade
was again the feature of the electrical
parade and thousands of the sand
steppers were in line.
Then came the trouble of the even
ing. The crowd insisted on having its
carnival and men, women and children
were crushed in the mob. Girls
stormed through the crowd, crushing
in mems hats by battering them with
toy canes.
School boys formed in long lines and
paraded the streets, worming their
way through the crowds and maulina
any who tried to oppose them.
The feather ticklers became such an
incentive to actual riot that squads of
police were sent out with orders to
collect them.
At every corner where the tide of
humanity rolled in from different d.
rections there were madly swaying
Continued ON Page FOur)
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
PASADENA MAN WILL
OPPOSE ANNEXATION
SENATOR HAHN TELLS COMMIT
TEE MANY ARE AGAINST 1T
Long Beach Also to the Front With
Why's and Wherefores, Descriptive
of the Peculiar Ordinances In Vari-
GUS Suburbs
BY Associated Dress.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May GIT de-
velops that strenuous opposition will
be made in the legislature when it Is
called in extra session to the measure
Incorporated in the call at the instance
of Los Angeles for the consolidation Of
that city with the outside and con-
tiguous towns and territory.
Many of these communities have Pc
culiar laws of their own, such as pro-
hibition or local option, and are adverse
to any scheme that would put them
at the mercy of the people of Los An
geles.
Thus Long Beach announced itself in
a telegram this morning to the COM
mittee framing the call of the extra
session. in which it stated its opposi-
ton to annexation to Los Angeles, and
warned the committee that formal ac-
ton would be taken to that effect with
In a few days.
A little later on Senator Hahn of
Pasadena was visitor at the session of
the committee and explained that
about the only thing on which there
was harmony of thought in Los Angeles
county was in the necessity of procur-
ing an additional supply of water.
The means thereto were the subject
of great difference of opinion, and he
had no doubt that the propostd
consolidation feature will meet with
opposition.
Unless the governor determines other
wise, San Diego and Stockton will Sc
cure attention in the approaching spe-
cial session of the Legislature for the
remedial laws they think are needed
at this juncture. The subcommittee
having in charge the framing of the
call for the session heard them finally
IL, nino n n inpnrnnra tea
in the call both the measures sug-
nnsfnd
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
FIFTEEN DIE FROM INJURIES
Names of Earthquake Victims, Not
Previously Reported, Now
Given Out

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-General
Greely had sent to the war depart
ment the following list of dead, in
cluding people who have died from the
effects of injuries received in the San
Francisco disaster.
These names were not previously re-
ported to Washington:
BAUMIRTER, ANNIE.
BUSH, ALBERT ].
BUCK, PAULINE.
COLEMAN, HUGH A.
CORPUS, SARAH C.
COOK, FRANCIS.
DANIELS, H. M.
LICHTENSTEIN, MORRIS, wife
and daughter, Esther.
LAWLESS, LAWRENCE.
MCCARTHY, KATHERINE AND
MARY.
O'TOOLE, CECILIA.
RICHARDS, ELIZABETH.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
ENDS LIFE WITH A BULLET
Arizona Man Examines Revolver in
Hardware Store and Then
Commits Suicide
~ ASSOCIATED Press.

I'y <ASSUNIeiICU I IVs5'
PHOENIX, May 22-Charles A. Hall
Of Mesa City, eighteen miles east Of
here, entered the Stapley hardware
store this forenoon and under pretense
of examining revolver with the view
of buying it loaded the weapon and
blew his brains out. He was not mar
ried.
The incident was shock to the COM
munity, as he was a well respected
young man and there is no apparent
reason for his act. His father, Charles
L. Hall, is prostrated.
The family home iSin Denver, where
the body will be taken, though the
family has resided in Mesa City much
in recent years. The elder Hall is owner
of the Bonanza mine at Goldfield near
Mesa, now closed down but at one time
a famous producing property.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-23
Republican Members
AreScored Right
and Left
Stand Patters Denounced
by Man From
Texas
"These Men Are DeeelvIne the Great
Mass of Voters" He Said.
1.-THE Latter Should Have
Square Deal"
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, May 22.-The So
called Republican machine was the
subject of scathing denunciation in
the house of representatives today at
the hands of Mr.. Randall of Texas
who said leaders of the house who
constitute and run the machine"
had done absolutely nothing except to
make hypocritical pretense as to some
things and to unblushingly advocate
'the stand pat doctrine in other
things"
Peoples Interests Deserted
1.-THE completeness with which the
Republican party has deserted the peo-
pies interest is apparent in its treat
men of every vital question before the
congress" said Mr.. Randall.
He said the attitude of the Repub-
lican party toward the territories is
another proof that Is unworthy to rule.
The "sisterhood of states.'' he said,
should make common cause in rebuk-
Ing the cruel and outrageous crime
committed by the Republican party.
May Admit One State
Impelled by fear the machine may
yet admit one state. but the people
will understand its motive and should
not stay the hand of retribution.
"These machine leaders have been
and are deceiving the great mass of
voters who put them in power. The
rank and file of the Republican party
want Justice and if only they would
examine the record of their representa-
tives the avengng hand of an outraged
constituency would strike down these
stand pat statesmen and have a
new deal as we'll as square one"