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Curious Occupations for Women.

buy some gorgeous piece of furniture TO
beautify her home. The rate paid is not
large, but though il Is only three cents for
a chicken, five for duck, seven for a tur-
key, and from ten to twelve for a goose
there are not few Of the women who are
50 deft at the work that they can make
from II TO $3.50 in AN afternoon.
The easiest birds to pick are the chickens
and turkeys for whole handfuls OF feath-
ers can be removed at one grasp; but in
case of ducks and geese much greater care
Is required, and the task is especially diff
hcult and tedious when they have been
permitted 10 grow cold after Strengthening
Then only the most skilful handling will
prevent the tearing or breaking of the
skin. The picker who can be relied upon 10
turn out fowl with a smooth una BRAIDED
surface Is the one whose services are In
greatest demand and who often receives
double rates.
Another occupation which grows out OF
the feather picking Is that of stripping the
feathers, or pulling the filaments from the
central quill In order 10 make a kind OF
down. The choicest feathers OF the turkey
as well as the wing and tail feathers OF
the duck and goose, are the only ones used
for the purpose. There is a preiudice
among the people of the Ghetto against
those from the chicken. so they are rarely
used The down Is made up into pillows
and holsters, while the artificial down
goes into the great feather beds which are
So generally used among the people of that
race.
Another strange vocation Is that of goose
suffer. OF the manufactures Of abnormally
fat fowls, with abnOrmaIly enlarged livers
The goose Is confined in a coop so SINAI
that II literally has not room to move
about II - then fed, twice or three times
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

THERE has been a great deal written
about the curious occupations Whleh
women take up in order that they
may make a little pin money one
takes pet dogs for a run In the park; an
other does the catering for busy house
wives a third mends rare laces; sun an
other chapenons young girls at places "
amusement. But among the women on
the east side whose needs for extra money
are quite as great there are no quallnca-
lions for these occupations. And yet they
have resources which bring them IN con-
siderable money.
Perhaps the most popular of these is the
dry picking Of poultry. According to
rabbinical rules fowl that Is plucked after
having been immersed in scalding water
Is as Impossible TO an orthodox Hebrew as
one that has not been slaughtered.
The operations of the licensed butcher. OF
schochet. are limited by the rigid enforce
ment OF the sanitary laws, so he no longer
goes 20 the great abbatoirs nor does he
20 about from shop to shop with his keen
brieht knives of assorted sizes, wrapped
IN woollen cloths to preserve their edge,
killing a chicken here OF a turkey there,
according to the customers demands.
Thursday afternoon used to be a time
when he and the dry picker were equally
In evidence among the busy people con-
cerned with preparations for the Sabbath,
which begins on Friday evening; but now
he As represented wholly by the huge stacks
OF poultry which await the nimble ringers
Of the pickers In the east side shops
The women who follow this vocation OF
dry pickers" are OF all ages. from the
withered old erone. who knows how to dc
nothing else. 10 the young wife. who wants
TO make some money with which shs may
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

d day' with mixture OF bran and water
maze INTO a sort of finger roll and slightly
'odsled IN an oven. These are mOistened
ana Forced down the throat of the ant
mar Not more than three weeks is rs-
qu'red TO produce bird with a liver ths
size OF plate and a quantity of far vyniot
the skin will barely hold There Is aiu,a,,s
ueihahd for these llyers, which win
Diihs from u 10 $50 They are made up
~ d sort OF paste, chopped fine with
oilioils garlic and other strong smelling
seasoning, or are fried in fat. after be,ns
uPped IN batter OF cracker crumbs
Inc goose Is nayed and the skIn c,,t an
INTO ulce, which yield a rich, thfek areass
SaIed sehmahz which takes the place ~
ldru IN the Jewish dietary, and is atsa
spread upon sandwich bread wheIe he All
ing Is meat as the Mosaic laws TO- bid ths
use OF butter and meat together. '''0
When these delieacies are 10 be hal IN
me menu OF a kosher restaurant a card
Is hung IN the window 10 that effect. iust "a
Chilslah restaurant announces The lact
that II has soft shell crab or North Bi,tr
shad. BY the use OF little arithmetic n
Is easy TO see that the enterprlsIng fo,d
dealer has made a dollar goose worth fouT
times that sum WIZ" i"uF
Another trade followed by Jewish uomer
Is that or professional mourner. They ar
usually aged women Of recognized nistv
When woman or female child Is Thought
to be dying the mourner Is sent FOR M
chant the Hear, o Israel or prayer for
the dying. She also assists in washing M
body and attiring It IN grave clothes, per-
haps lays u upon the floor on a bed OF
straw. II truly orthodox. Then she lakes
up her vigil, day and night, never leaving
the body except for few brief maps.
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needed to enable the occupant to get in
or out.
The house of gentleman In the Mid
ale Ages held not more than two or three
, peus al the most. The Earl Of Cumber-
idhd Skipton Castle, an immense build
ing with forty rooms, built In 1872. had but
elsht beds and not one OF the bedcham-
oers contained chairs, glasses or carpets
me rosewood bed of Queen Elizabeth was
an enormous analr, extremely high. with
Hisht OF steps leading up to it, 1t was
ABOUT the size Of a New York baII ~
room. On II was an enormous fea 1bs-
BED with huge pillows, so that the VIrat1
queen slept almost in a sitting nostnra
II was hung about with beautiful eurtsjns
ehfoIaEoned with heraldie devices
Shakespeare, in the Twelfth Nigbt .,
fers to the celebrated Bed Of Tvs,.iIe -
AS many lies as shall lie In thy sheet Of
paper altho' the sheet were biz enonsh
for the Bed Of the Ware"
This celebrated bed, according ~ -,
known historical manuscript. was t
lnally eighteen feet six inches wide t.,ai.s
feet long and had a pull-out or trmei.,s
again as large, and aeeommodafed go.
eight people, the under bed holdin. ~
that number II was made by Jones Eo el'
brooke, carpenter. who spent tb,ut-,
years in It's construction In $50 a, "I ~
sold for a hundred guineas 10 ~ "as
prietor OF the Rye House, RoNbllrv 49,
II was exhibited at charge of two 49,.
head. It was described as a verv F aiiS
orately carved AFFAIR of Tudor style az
built Of solid oak. anu
The importance In which the he'd mo-
was held among the household fDrnIt .S
Is evidenced by the dlfncultles which 80
forefat theirs Overcame in order to min
this beloved possession from EnEland -
the New World Al that time a carved
oak bedstead of any pretension could moi
be bought in England for less than -
hundred and nifty pounds so II Is M,
strange that the thrifty planters setting
out for America were loath to leave 50
precious a possession behind
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

registered as the winner of the first Whit
ney Memorial, run at Belmont Park IN
1896, race which every turfman deslreu
10 win, because of its sentimental sur
roundings. Mr. Widener was attracted py
the victory at Auteuil in 1904 of the french
t ta,s Dandolo, the property OF MI. Eugene
iSchoH' He had won the richest cross
hGGunIy race of country noted Tor the
.tsn Grass horses which usually run in
80 sSPIechases there. Mr.. Widener Is an
oIa friend OF Mr.. Fischoff, and asked him
Sonie time after that race II the horse was
1gr saie, as he desired a candidate for the
Whitney Memorial Mr. Fischoff at first
uecnhed to hear of any proposition to pur-
chase Dandolo, but finally offered to sell
MN Tor $4,000 An right, he's mine, -
was MI. Widener's reply, but in the next
moment asked If Dandolo was a horse or
la gelding. Hes a gelding" answered Mr.
Fischoff. Then l don't want him." was
Mr. Wldener's rejoinder.
Since then Dandolo has won for Mr.
Fischoff some $4,000, including the as.
900 Grand Steeplechase at Nice on Janu-
airy IA last, and his owner retains his racer.
II Is a fact that in Dandolo Mr.. Fischoff
owns a cross country performer which has
the distinction of having won more money
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01
Dndoo owned By n EuseDe 2chOff ~npner Of Grqo Rlze
at Nice. Value one. ka1nered thouaond konca.--

the wealthy Mr.. Dunlap. of Virginia a
State famous for its great horses Through
efforts of Henry +. Oxnard in particular
Virginia is destined to become much more
famous In the future, for he has estab-
lished an important stud not far from
Warrenton, a town rich in sporting recol-
lections, where exists a colony of hunting
men hardly approached by any community
in this country.
z. r Tnon1a E I rs O7ataS.
Edward r. Thomas, owner of Hermis
and Stalwart Is also somewhat Interested
this year in cross country sport, he hav~
ing named the slx-year-old geldng Ona-
tas in several of the valuable stakes. Las
fall this once good horse won several
races on the turf course at the Coney ISL
and track, and, though he Is a cripple.
hopes are entertained that he will stand
training. How slight a dependence, how
ever, can be placed in a cripple to main
tain his form over the jumps need not be
emphasized here.
II. W. Bull and E. G. La Montague are
also nominators in stakes for jumpers. w.
Gould BrUkaw Is extending his operations,
and other new names noted are j. O.
Keene the latter a young Kentuckian,
who had remarkable success in Russia
several years ago and has campaigned a
stable in California the last season. The
Texas turfman Samuel Lazarus has
named his four-year-old Shackelford, who
as a three-year-old did well enough to con-
vince his owner that he was above the
average william Shields has named his
horse Balzac, who won repeatedly al Sara
toga last year. The Toronto Confederacy,
racing in the name OF the Queen City
Stable" has nominated Ben Crockett, that
versatile racer, who won the Washington
Cup and Maximum Stakes at BenninEs
last fall, both fiat races, not many weeks
after his wonderful effort in the Cham
pion Steeplechase at the Belmont Park
fall meeting, a race in which he finished n
strong second after racing in close com
pany with the lightweight Gansevoort for
more than three-fourths OF the Journey.
and thus retarded his chances Of with
standing the efforts OF Hylas at the end.
The Bonnie Brook Stable, the horses n
which are the property of Mrs. George A.
Saportas, is also strongly represented in
the various stakes. The horses are winter
! ing at Lakewood Pierre Lorillard still re.
tains interest in the cross country branch
/ OF sport, and has named several animals
for the stakes Harry S. Page, ideal anna
teur, who rides his own horses Is repre-
scented by one or the other of his favorites
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

'front.' as are also Black Huzzar, Phansom
and some new aspirants in Orthodox, PauI
Jones, The Claimant, Garrett ana GRO
The stable is wintering, as usual at Alkelr,
5. C., and will have some advantaee 80 ~ al
horses trained in the North, though not aS
much as last year, because the sreatc,,
part of the present winter has peen .hts
favorable to training operations III
section. ,o
]. w. Colt, always ready to pay any sor
sonable price for an eligible n good
cross country work, has an unusua'' ian
lot this year, including the WINNIE -
Sandhurst, Kernel ard Gus strauss an
some new ones in Prince Of Pllsen' ihe
Lexington Leader, Rose OF Dawn anu re'
gus.
''Mr. Cotton" has wintering In Vlrslh s,
not less than thirty cross-country cailIi
dates, in charge of G. X. IompsinS' III
Will training for ]. w. Colt when Lave
80. Nos the 'stop of the heap" MI Cot"
Ton" ana his partner. Mr.. Weld, nave also
en- interest in this years Liverpool Grann
National for they own the steepiech a'el
Pbu Nav. a probable starter Ia the race 70
he RIDDEN by owens, an American yoNAe y; !,
y,.a,,1 n will be recalled that MT Cot
tan,' made a bold but vain enort TO WIN
-. ,,aar's Grand National with the Nc"
80 - bc.rse Seahorse H., purchased at
-, said TO be $1,000 but who teu Wneh
49,. ,,,eu about half a mile from the nm
- 60 horse IL. was then brought 10 TINS
-,,,,trv and took part in two races al pa
80 In the first of these ne hhlsheu q
to os aacond. but lost his 'leadpad ha4I
,t,e Srom home, and was of course as
ne In his next effort Seahorse ~:
1e,,n dourn. and this ended the career OF
one of the hanosoAi'ss''
horses ever seen ~. ,,,,,,o,, ,yui race
AotS CATIONS" Interest this year are
IA NJ o-ses new TO the steepleehase
youne ,,st i'm the hands of Mr.. Tompkins'
$500 sneoesses with jumpers go away
49, - NE days of the big Prince Charne
49, Can-Can, every commence - lel'
tbat the stable will at least pay Us way
and that Is more than the mos "a, hs ~ ~
anu svpect from large number OF
usuallS, 0nes- That ''Mr. Cotton" and his
srse realize that the best way to de-
pa - a,,d Jumpers is to educate them 20
[ Nelop suech ~ snort exclusively after they
thal ~ -, given ample time TO mature IS
haNe 49, al by the fact that at least half
aeli'u r.ltle were purchased at two years
nS I'm that end in view
ou the Inst OF big cross country
4 Las' 10 be named Is that of Joseph h.
sta plss which are at Bryn Mawr. near
Phllaoea, esyelopment made by Colligny last
In the .,eu known. COlligny is, however,
year tiv a sound racer, and may yet
appAI e1ood the promise Of his four-year-
ne ks Son son Ia the big free jumper Caller
~ VVidener has, however, cross coun-
trv performer Of rare merit for In the fall
81 80, he captivated all who saw him.
II can be told hers for the first time that
Mr.. Widener made a great e1oTt 10 be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01
Determining The Style OF Beds.

20 doubt many have smiled At the
N i mention in his famous will OF
Y Shakespeare's second bed" which he
eft TO his wife, But as he was at the
sane OF his death a man OF wealth this bed
was undoubtedly a handsome one and
would make about four OF the size of ours.
the bed In those days was precious pos
ession and his greatest luxury was My
possible to the people OF the highest rank,
Each home OF any pretension of the lower
classes contained an enormous bedstead
upon which the man, his wife, his chill
dren his guests, and even the stranger
who asked for hospitality could easily
sleep This habit OF sharing a bed with
the guests was by no means confined "a
the lower classes. Royalty sanctioned tbs
custom, and the guests welcomed at castle
or chateau could receive no greater honor
than 10 occp. the same bed with the lord
and his lady.
Nearly every castle In feudal times had
three kinds of beds. They we're called
"Tiuily beds for they were really three
in one First. the bed OF state, used by
the lord. his lady and immediate family
second. a lower AFFAIR dpOn which their at
teniants slept; third, still a lower bed
drawing from underneath the second, just
Ike our more recent trundle bed, used ex.
clusively for the servants. II seems odd e
picture such bed In these days, and vel
there are few examples still in existence
both ia France and England.
These beds seem very primitive affairs
But they are removed hundreds OF years
from the beds which were hrst used by
men. The history Of the bed and its evo,u.
ton probably covers a period OF sever
thousand years from the days OF Menes tC
the present time The first were stuffed
cushions. placed in a heap on the floor
Later a raised platform was built on thre'
sdes OF a room and the cushions wer'
placed upon this. The next step was Il
make these elevations movable, an nn0
vat.on due TO the Egyptians, who fash
Toned them from wood. ivory. bronze. cop
per. sold and silver. Thus the origin o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01

the early Egyptian bedsteads, which dur
ing the Roman Empire became articles OF
such extraordinary beauty, costly and
magnificent often carved and inlaid WITH
mother Of pearl and semi-prec.ous stones:
All beds at this time, strange to say, OF
which any record Is found appear to have
been narrow and of single width only
really half couch and half bed.
The next change seems to have been 10
build the bed into the side of the room
like a berth on a steamer and finally a
whole side of the room was set apart and
built in for sleeping purposes. This marks
the appearance OF the first double bed;
simple curtains were added as a screen,
and early in the twelfth century the high
post canopy top bedsteads, separate, NOV
able, hung with handsome embroidered
curtains. thing of beauty, imposing and
important, first came into use.
Beds became greatly cherished by the
nobility on account Of their artistic value
and beauty. The social position or aspl-
rations Of a particular family often be-
came centred upon and recognized in az
cordance with the stateliness of their b. d.
stead, which dominated all the other
household furniture IN character, cost and
Importance. Many old inventories and wills
In existence show that particular value
and consequence were attached to even the
most primitive contrivances, and In most
Of these cases on record the bedstead ia
especially bestowed in entail.
The importance and value OF this article
OF furniture caused the great artists OF
the time to dignity Il with their best ef-
forts in decoration. Leonardo da Vincl
and Benvenuto Cellini were among those
who have eft examples OF most exquisite
carvings on such furniture.
All beds during the period from the four
tenth 10 the sixteen century had cords
or straps attached 20 the framework which
held the mattress In place Before that
time the bed had a solid bottom. But early
in the sixteenth century Stats began q
come into use and the high post canopy
bedstead became so high that steps were
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-04-01
BY Joseph j. Burke.

by Joseph j. Burke.
- o palpahle is II that the gentlemen
In control Of steeplechasing in
America are determined to uplift
and place that eXhilarating and
popular sport upon the same high
~ level that fiat racing occupies In
this country that observers fond OF
cross country sport experience sense or
great satisfaction. 1t needs but glance
at the conditions of steepechase stakes
which have closed and are yet to close to
recognize the fact that concerted efforts
have been made by the executive officers
of the respective racing associations, and
that by the most liberal offers yet made
strong Inducements have thus been laid
before the somewhat limited number OF
gentlemen who are paying bills to main
tain stables the chief object of which is to
entertain admirers OF the weight carryin g
thoroughbred.
Supplementary to these efforts have been
the plans of the United Hunts Racing As
sociation, a body OF gentlemen whose chief
aim Is the cultivation Of ttep echasing
and racing on the fiat by hunters. Sooner
or later the last named association, com
prlslng as 1t does many OF the most So
cillly prominent persons In this country
viii have a home of its own, sufficiently
near 10 the metropolis to render It readi y
accessible to those who like the sport and
yet so situated as to place 1t beyond all
possible fear Of being crowded out by the
advance OF population, as was the fate OF
Morris Park.
That the ranks of horse owners who will
maintain jumpers this season are gradual
ls growing Is seen in the list of nomina-
tons % various cross country stakes which
10 be raced, commencing at the forth
coming Bennings meeting. Grant Hugh
FRO vne "A gentleman who Is osey iden-
tilted with the interests of Mr.. Thomas
RYAN, is one of the accessions who has
IA EN- a strong fancy for the sport, and
who has made nominations in stakes to be
run later. He has named some Irish bred
Jumpers, reared in the cradle of the surest
though not necessarily the fastest cross
country horses in the world. Mr.. Browne
has also a good sized stable of fiat racers
In ,harse of Claxton, young Englishman
who has had experience on the irish and
En- sllsh turf. Mr.. Brownies horses are be
Ia Nintered al Sheepshead Bay, and thcA
are all In good health.
CORTLAND II. Smith very well known in
the past as a highly successful horse snow
exhi ntor, has also formed stable destined
for cross country sport. He Is backed by
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and we'll known performers, who are now
on Long Island Charles Pfizer also Is a
nominator, as we'll as r. L. Stevens, u
NJ. ]. Cavanagh, w. G. Hayes
and others who year by year race their
horses for public entertainment.
Old Guars SteeplechaSe OzOnsrs
Finally came the half dozen stalwart and
loyal supporters of the cross country gane
whose names and colOrs are househola
words to the racegolng public. The ex
tremely we'll managed stable owned ana
practically trained by Mr.. Thomas Hitch
cock. Jr., is as strong as ever The Whit
heads the list. No more popular horse
ever ran. He never disappointed the pub
lie. His gameness is proverbial, and 1t IS
sincerely to be hoped that ne viii regain
his best form. Hylss, winner of the
Champion Stake last fall, Is also to the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04

Two important features of the meet
Ing were the conferences of county
deputies and lecturers. These confer
euces brought ont many helpful and
practical suggestions, and ample time
Should be given for these special meet
in&s ut every annual session 1t was
proposed TO have the county deputies
meet at some central place i'll March
of each yem to consider plans for in
creasmg thc efficiency OF their work
In the various counties, while a lee
tureTs conference will be held in each
county, where possible for like pur
pose Both National Master Bachelor
and National Lecturer Gaunt We're
present at the lecturers conference,
They also addressed the main session
of the state grange
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04
T,4E GRANGE RECOGNIZED.
1t was the Leader In Promoting Leg
isl..tion For Dcnstured Alcohol.

!
The grange has the credit for the sue
cessftl agitation by the state oranges
and many subordinate oranges of the
question of the removal of the internal
revenue tax from alcohol for industrial
purposes National Master Bachelor
says with regard to it that while in
fuence was eXerted through other
agencies, not for Il moment has it been
denied in any quarter that the grange
has hcan IL. leader in promoting this
legisitsi ~ ma credit is due each OF
the 81 90 members in the United
States wio Las interested himself OF
he" II III this very important matter.
EsDcc;al credit is due the masters OF
the various state oranges for partica'
larly energetic work. The result III
this matter demonstrates the great
Influence of the grange when its mem
EeIs are united upon worthy object
of legislation and go vigorously and
en2r. c iicalty about securing it.
That the grange is entitled to credit
for leadership IL securing this legisla-
tioA Is Indicated by the following reso-
luton aGoptc, h% the National Associa-
ton of Piano Manufacturers in session
i'll Washington, being one of a series
OF resolutions unanimously adopted
favoring the passage Of the free alco-
hol bil
Rero'ys 4. That we extend the sincere
thanks Of this association to the national
grange, Patrons of Husbandry, to whose
intelli~oEt and fur reaching campaign of
educa on the present favorable status OF
this subject in co.. gress is very largely
due.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04
J. =. -\illIia II.

j =. Ai.4.lan is tie efficient secretary
of lir Pennsylvania state grange. His
boynood was spent on the farm, and
in 1874 he entered the sophomore class
at PRINCETON university and graduated
in 1877. He taught in Texas for the
following year then returned home to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-10-04

grange in 1884 In 1900 he was cho-
sen state lecturer, which position he
tilit for tour T"2rs a'A in 1904 he
0t'a 2Ca stc.e,a4F of the state
:rrsc,"c ~-' hns }can ro ,lected every
two years since that the. He is an in
'tustrious, painstaking worker, with
single purpose to d. well whatever
E-o"k 'harc f2Y him to do.