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Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
Leaves from Fashions Notebook.


The new foulards are most alluring;, The
old sharp satiny finish of these silks Is
a thing of the past.
Some mems gold signet rings have secret
locket tops, and the same idea Is applied to
gold sleeve links, with oval tops opening in
like manner to hold a tiny photograph.
Instead Of using any sort of veil case
which requires the folding of an already
mussed veil into still more creases, use
a toy rolling pin and roll your wells
around 1t, smoothing out the mussed ends
as well as you can.
The popularity of the old-fashioned
locket, which is suspended from neck
chain, Is the occasion for the Introduction
been seen in the shape Of a golden ball
locket worn as a charm on jewel set
bangle,
Women who wear other than lace cuffs,
as combination of linen and lace, have an
interest in the revival of cum links, which
are of course of variety of styles OF the
plain or decorative order. as conventional
heart, or fancy knots of dull gold
The princess skeleton waist idea has been
extended to the province of linens, and a
lace and linen model of this class has its
blouse of lace and skirt of antique linen.
The box plat front of the skirt continues
up the front of the blouse and over the
shoulders, giving the princess suggestion,
and is heavily embroidered, while the short
sleeves combine both linen and lace.
A hairpin has been said to be a woman s
weapon and her tool as well, for the uses
to which this modest little article of the
feminine toilet Is put are many and vari-
Gus. 1t has been known to pick lock, and
act substitute for safety pin, hat
fastener, picture and buttonhook, let
ter opener and corkscrew, but it has now
risen to the dignity Of sculptor's most
favored tool.
Going to the opera In mourning is now ad-
mitted as a social propriety in New York,
although there Is still question as to
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
A woman of Mystery.

Since her arrival in Philadelphia nearly
fifty years ago, says the Philadelphia Press,
the Countess de Beetancourt," found dead
and supposed to have been murdered on
Tuesday, has established a record as an
adventures as ineXplicable as it is I'M
equalled. She has run the gamut from
a dishwasher in a cheap boarding house to
the friend of emperors and presidents and
back again to grinding poverty But there
are several mysterious steps in the trans
formation which will probably never be
brought to light
She was known as Mrs. Folsom of Bar
celona" when she first landed in the
Quaker city with her two children, a
beautiful, black-eyed woman. who seemed
oddly out of place in the kitchen of the
Rose street boarding house where she COM
menced her conquest OF social Philadelphia
Here she met John McMurrow. prosperous
sailmaker, who married her and took her
away FROM boarding house life.
One of the missing steps which never
came to light follows here, for she next
appeared several years later in an elegant
mansion down in the aristocratic quarter
surrounding Rittenhouse square, with serv-
ants, jewels, carriages and influential
friends There are rumors OF career in
New Orleans at this time, but only the
dead woman herself could tell by what
process she climbed from Rose street to
the social prominence of her palmy days
She now styled herself the Countess de
Beetancourt, heiress of the great Spanish
family which early in the century had emil
grated to Cuba The estates had been con-
fscated by the Spanish government and
she had bill against King Alfonso for
something like s860O0,OOO On the strength
of this claim she is said to have secured
hundreds of thousands OF dollars from Phil
adelphia and New York capitalists
Finally in 1888 the Spanish amba ssador
at Washington, Senior Barca, discovered
that he had entangled himself and certain
government funds with an adventures and
committed suicide in a New York hotel.
Generals Grant and Sherman, President
Cleveland, and other high officials OF the
time, were frequently seen In Mrs Nc
Murrow's elegant drawing-rooms in the
late 70's and when Emperor Dom Pedro
of Brazil visited the country for the CEN
tennial celebration in 1876 he was her guest
for several weeks
Just when or how the decline in her
fortunes commenced is almost as much of
a mystery as the process of their sudden
rise. She gradually became involved in
financial difficulties, her story of distn-
guished lineage was secuted, and her
palatial home was sold to satisfy creditors,
and the career which began In poverty
ended in degradation.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
japanese Women Always Happy.


Why are the japanese women SO
pretty asked one woman of another. who
had just returned from the Orient says a
writer in the New York Sun.
There's reason" replied her friend
And II you go TO Japan you will not be
long in finding it,
me Japanese woman, to begin right at
the foundation of things, never worries
She never nags and never finds fault She
eats the right kind Of food.
The Japanese bachelor girl is a curious
product She is as pretty as she can be
She realizes that beauty comes first in all
the world. She must be handsome or die
and she does not die
She takes lots of time to dress. and such
a thing as a hasty toilet is unknown to her.
When she has little spare time she makes
experiments upon her hair, trying 10 dress
It more beeomingly
Each day she brushes It, smoothes IT,
oils II II necessary and makes IL shine gen
orally, II is her idea OF beauty that her
halr shall shine, and shine II generally
does II is extremely heavy. and she wears
II over big, hard stiff roll, which forms
inc pompadour which she so dearly loves.
me japanese woman never does IN
womanly things, She does not work unless
compelled To do So She would consider II
very sad fate If she We're compelled TO
go into an Office and toll, and she would
oemoan her fate sadly II she were Obliged
TO get out and do a mans task.
THE japanese woman never makss her
body uncomfortable. envied her the pair
OF nice soft loose shoes she wore. without
heels and the wide and comfortable belt
ana the loose dress, II was immensely
pretty too and showed her nice. smooth
neck.
They don't have indigestion in Japan,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28

heart and it is impossible for any player to
make her violate them. She has received
pay for her services.
The ball players, though gallant toward
women, frequently criticised her decisions
quite as decisively they would those of
man. On such occasions she has had no
hesitancy in talking back and on half a
dozen occasions has unceremoniously or
dered players from games.
Those who have seen her on the diamond
this year, dressed in natty blue suit short
skirt and blouse, with her hair tucked be-
meath jaunty cap, declare she is an in
spring sight.
From girlhood Miss Clement has been a
follower of outdoor sports. She Is a fine
tennis player and at Yankton college, where
she attends she was last year captain of
the women's champion basket ball team.
She has played base ball and in contest
with other girls last summer, threw the bail
l79 feet, a very good record. She is II
years old, strong, healthy and attractive in
appearance.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28

Amanda Clement, a charming young coll
lege girl who resides in Hudson, is prob
ably the only girl in the eountry who Is an
umpire OF professional base ball games, 1t
is doubtful II a woman was ever known TO
handle the Indicator to the extent Of Miss
Clement.
Thoroughly convinced that base ball ID
the great outdoor sport Miss Clement, who
has played base ball with her brother and
his friends, has taken much interest In the
game for years and this summer she OFF,
ciated at twelve or fourteen games between
the professional team of northwest Iowa
and South Dakota, number Of the towns
having hired base ball teams with salary
lists OF 81, 800.
Though the task OF umpiring base bal
game between teams representing riva
towns is particularly dlsagTeeabie in dis
agreeable profession, Miss Clement not only
has succeeded remarkably, but SAYS she
likes the work. She knows the rules By
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
Gossip About women.

As Miss Alice Roosevelt is to be praeti-
cally valentine bride, one of her gifts is
TO be cOrsage pin showing two hearts to-
gether, set with diamonds, pierced with an
arrow of yellow topaz. 1t will be presented
by one of her nearest and dearest friends
Provision has been made by the trustees
OF the P1ttsburg Carnegie institute for the
creation. OF a school of domestic science
and art for women, which will be called the
Margaret Carnegie School for Women, as
mark OF honor to the mother Of Andrew
Carnegie.
For gowns to be worn in the evening and
for blouses no silk equals radia. This
full beyond most other fabrics on the mar
ket The silk comes In both twenty -foE
and forty eight-inch widths and Is not very
expensive.
Miss Edith Wetmore, daughter of the
wealthy Rhode Island senator, is one Of the
most consistent music lovers among fash
ionable folk and has been an earnest worker
in the effort TO establish national conser-
Yatory in Washington, She has aided youns
artists both OF the stage and the concert
platform,
Dr. Alice H. Luce, who graduated from a
Maine high school In 1850 and later from
Wellesley, is at the head Of a school in Ber-
lin for the higher education OF American
young women. She got her degree OF doctor
of philosophy at Heidelberg and before go
ing to Berlin was dean of the womens de-
partment at Oberlin.
DIR. Mary Walker would not go to the
mems gallery Of the assembly at Albany,
n. Y. when an usher who did not know her
pointed the way, lie did not know that
she enjoyed privileges OF dress and was not
in the habit Of sitting on the mems side.
She wore silk hat, a long coat with a fur
collar and neatly creased trousers. She
came to attend the reception al the eHeeu-
tive mansion,
Miss Katherine williams OF Lagrange
Ind after years OF faithful service as an
e ,LhTdSy OF the LAgrengs National bank, IN
the distinction OF being the youngest, II not
the only, woman 10 occupy such a place In
the west Miss Williams election came q
her as compliment 10 her ability as a
fnaneieT and a reward for her long service
She entered the bank as an employe years
ago.
Miss Maud A, Titus OF Newark is one OF
the Carnegie hero fund recipients, TeceiV-
Ing $50 because, when a numbSF of yOunl
folks were tipped out OF a boat in CascC
bay, In July, 1904, she swan 20 friend
whose head was under water. lifted her W
and held her until rescue came. Miss THU
was only l6 years old, knew how TO swim
and did It even though she had heavy
macintosh on. But, as she said, with sim
pie beauty OF expression, Il didn't see how
anyone could have done differently" AND
there were several men around to whom
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28

No man." said James X. Jerome, should
marry unless he is by nature good pro-
wider unless without twinge he can
hand forth money right and left
Some men can, in a sunny, cheerful
way, spend so or SIS on a dinner in a
fashionable restaurant. while they become
morose' sour, and fearful for the future
when they are obliged to give their wives
a dollar or two for the days meat.
These men should remain single Other
wise they will make such husbands and
fathers as my old friend, Crust
"Crust's daughter said one afternoon, in
a tone of unutterable surprise
Papa went away quite gay and cheer
full this morning
Mrs. Crust made an exclamation of
annoyance,
That reminds me- she said, i forgot
to ask him for any money
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
II Is ON account of their food.

1t is on account of their food.
"They are not exactly vegetarians, but
almost. They eat soup and fish and chicken
and rice, and they are very fond of LOBSTER
which is too dear. however, for them 10
have much of 1t.
"They eat vegetables and have a way OF
fixing them up with sauces; and they know
all about cooking things so that they taste
just right.
1.-THE Japanese woman eats great many
sweets. Sweets do not make her fat; on
the contrary, they keep her strong She
eats them as muscle builders.
"She takes sweets as you take cracker
When hungry or tired she eats piece OF
sweet stuff, usually a very nice kind of
homemade candy.
"The Japanese woman has a perfect skin.
1t Is perfect because she devotes a great
deal of time to it.
THE Japanese woman works, but she is
always pretty when she works. Her own
personal appearance comes first.
She will put on a spotless kimono' ana In
the daintiest way imaginable she will set
her table She will bring out her dishes
arranged upon tray. and carry the feast to
you. Her methods make it possible for her
to be very neat in her looks.
zone thing that contributes very mater
tally toward the good spirits of the Japanese
woman is her home. She furnishes her
house with plants and she decorates 1t
with flowers, and her home is like a per-
petual garden. 1t is a most satisfactory
way to live.
mo wonder the Japanese woman is
pretty Her muscles are so strong that she
Is always handsome and smiling.
her childhood she takes the Jiu- JitSu,
but as she grows older she drops 1t for
understanding. She walks, kneads her
muscles, bends and sits down until she
grows strong from the exercise.
Wien the American woman goes out to
walk she has on a pair of very tight, stiff
shoes-or at least do-and gloves that alb
solutely stop my circulation. My waist is
strapped into something two inches too
small and my hips are bound in as though
they were in wise. l am not comfortable.
But the Japanese woman when she goes
out to walk is as free as bird. When she
meets you she bows low. almost to the
pavement, and she passes along happy and
comfortable, smiling and bowling right and
left.
THE japanese woman is always warm
enough Her climate is about the same as
ours but she never has the shivers. She
dresses with sufficient warmth.
IF she feels cold in the house she puts
on something more She believes in dress
ing until she takes the chill off. If she
is still cold she drinks hot tea, very weak,
until she is comfortable again.
THE Japanese woman washes a great
deal. She takes more baths than any
other woman under the sun. Her bath
ought to be called beauty baths, because
she takes so many of them and is so par
ticular about them.
when a japanese artist paints a picture
he loves to show a pretty japanese girl
seated in front Of her little dressing table
making up. She is putting powder on her
face or is touching her lips with a dash
OF red.
she knows how to rouge her lips to per-
lection, and she does 1t In the most artistic
manner. Just little dash Of rouge in the
middle Of the mouth to make the lips like
a Cupids bow is her rule
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
Teachers wit won n Fortune.


knowledge Of geology combined with
pluck and enterprise. has brought wealth
to a Minnesota school teacher.
Time out OF mind, up TO two years ago.
there has lain next TO the village OF Men
tonne, In the central part of the state, a
marsh containing a square mile OF land,
and so surrounded by elevated plains for
several miles that II would cost thousands
of dollars to drain It.
1t comedies almost exactly with the sec
ton lines OF a section of land and for
thirty years or more belonged to an estate,
the heirs of which live in Maine They did
not value 1t highly enough to pay the taxes
on it. and as no one would buy it for the
delinquent taxes, the title never passed
from them except to the extent of the
states lien thereon.
Miss Gwendoline Murphy, pretty school
teacher who has made a special study
of geology, geography, mining and allied
sciences astonished her friends two years
ago by using an inheritance of 5000 in
the purchase of the square mile of marsh
and in clearing up all the taxes on 1t.
Then, as soon as winter weather had
frozen the marsh solid, she began digging
a well, six feet in diameter and 107 feet
deep, through the strata of yellow clay
and blue clay underlying the marsh to a
stratum of sand and coarse gravel which
her nature studies had led her to hope to
find about that distance below the surface
The top of the well was then surrounded
by porous wall that would permit the
water from the marsh to flow through,
but would exclude mud and refuse.
When spring opened the entire marsh
was drained dry, the water that had
flooded it and had been supplied by peren-
NAL springs on the edges being conducted
through channels to the top of the we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28

whether one may sit in the boxes or other
conspicuous parts OF the theater. But there
is no doubt about the galleries. Seolusion
In the boxes may also be possible and not
to be seen too conspicuously seems to be
the test OF this new ruling in good form.
1t is the same underlying principle that
made 1t right when in deep mourning to go
to the German theater
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28

that never occurred, Miss Titus deserves
the bronze medal which she hasn't yet re-
ceived for cool head and a warm heart
together, And with the s., 500 she can leave
the high school on her graduation to take
her four years at the Woman's college of
Baltimore,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-28
For and About Women Folks

anticipating is arranged to give outlines
to the bolero drapery.
Practically all the trousseau gowns are
made with short sleeves, except the even
ing and carriage wraps, which have loose,
flowing sleeves only a trihe shorter than
those worn last season.
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III.

II will he remembered that Lord Liver
POOLS death in the spring Of 1927 resulted,
after many political intrigues. in the ao-
cession in April of Canning TO power as
the Prime Minister of a coalition Govern
ment. Canning had powerful foes in his
own camp, notably Wellington and Peel,
who refused to join him, and he never
could have formed a Government IL in
f~uential Wing leaders had not thrown in
their lot with him. Lord Grey, indeed,
refused to have anything to do with him,
regarding Canning as little better than a
political a~dventurer, who, as Disraeli said
Of himself, stood merely on his head"
Lambton did not share his father-in-law's
aristocratic prejudices, and knowing
Canning TO be a friend Of civil and religious
liberty, and 10 be pledged to Catholic eman-
cipation, heartily accepted his leadership
without, however, surrendering a jot Of
his own political convictions. Lambton's
adhesion was the more remarkable be-
cause he had been violently opposed to
Canning at an earlier stage in his career.
and he did not now escape the taunt Of
inconsistency, especially when In 1928 he
accepted a peerage. Brougham, however,
who by this time had secretly become
Jealous Of him and was eventually TO prove
his evil genius, declared that Lambton
was wholly incapable Of making any
sacrifice Of his principles to obtain a peer
age, but had supported Canning purely
with the hope of breaking up the old Tory
party. No doubt Lambton felt himself
entitled, both by lineage and wealth, TOT
seat in the House Of Lords and remembered
that a peerage hadbeen offered TO his grand
father in 1913, but had been refused, as
we ave said. because Gen. Lambton's
principles would not allow him to abandon
Fox. Goderich, who succeeded Canning,
maintained the coalition between Can
ingites and certain Wings, while even the
Wellington Ministry which followed failed
so utterly to satisfy the ultra Tories that
they went so far as to describe IL as a Wing
Cabinet. The description was ridiculed
by Lambton, who declared that II Canning
had represented q compromise and
Goderich had represented merely time 70
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VIII.

How was the mission accomplished? On
June 20, 1888, Durham issued his historic
proclamation, and with it an ordinance
which was intended to bring about the de-
tention in Bermuda OF eight political pris-
oners during the Queens pleasure, and
which forbade M. Papineau and other fugi-
tives TO return to Canada under pain of death.
The proclamation, issued with the ordinance.
gave a free pardon to all who had taken part
in the rebellion with the exceptions lust
named. Those in prison were released on
giving a pledge Of good behavior, and those
who were in hiding were declared to be -at
liberty to return to their homes with the
assurance hat they would remain wholly
unmolested.' No amnesty could well lave
been more generous. In the words Of Can
ada's best known historian, DR.. Kingsford.
the rebellion was terminated without a
drop Of blood having been judicially shed. T"
Lord Durham's action met with immediate
and almost universal approval in Canada
All parties in the United States also praised
Durham's solution Of the difficulty. and a
revulsion Of feeling in favor OF Great Britain
was evinced on the part Of the American
people. 1t Ia true that in ordering the de-
tention OF eight prisoners in Bermuda
Durham stretched his authority, but he took
for granted that the Secretary Of State
would send formal instructions to the Gov
emor Of Bermuda to receive the prisoners
and hold them in custody. He acted, as
Lord John Russell admitted when the ques-
ton was raised in Parliament, to the best
Of his discretion and it is certain that he be-
lieved that IL he had exceeded his powers
about Bermuda the end justified the means.
and this would instantly be recognized and
set right.
He reckoned without his host, however.
In Difference to a sudden outburst of anger
in the House Of Lords, an outburst provoked
by Brougham's virulent harangue, the
Melbourne Ministry annulled Lord Dur
hams ordinance, the only member OF the
Government who espoused Durham's cause
in other than a half hearted and. vacillatinR
way being Lord John Russell. Sir George
Otto Trevelyan has summed up the verdict
OF a later generation on this incident.
mo episode" he writes, sin our political
history is more replete with warning 10
honest and public spirited men, who in
seeking to serve their country forget what
is due to heir own interests and their own
security, than the story Of Lord Durham
Sir George goes on to recall that Durham
accepted the Governorship Of Canada Mt a
supreme crisis in the affairs of that Common
wealth. He carried with him thither the
confidence Of the great body OF his country
men--a confidence which he had gained by
his earnest and courageous demeanor in
the warfare OF Parliament. by the knowledge
that. when he undertook his mission, he
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5O.YEAR.OLD
Iowa Editor Carries Out His Dream Of
Going 70 COLLEGE.

Probably the oldest freshman In the
country will be George I. Long Of Manson.
la. One can't help admiring the way
in which Mr.. Long hangs 20 an idea.
Ever since he was a boy he has wanted
to go TO college. But the halls Of learning
didn't seem to present any open doors -
him at tbs age when most boys are enter
ing them. He had his bread and butter 10
earn, as well as the necessity Of contributing
70 the support of others.
Still he managed to pick up an education
along with his bread and butter, and at
last climbed into he editors chair of the
Manson journal. He has occupied that chair
for twenty-six years.
In the meantime he has married, and nov
has a son and daughter who will be in col
lege beforeytheir father gets out, II he does
not hurry.
But he is going to hurry. He enters the
State normal school at Cedar Falls, Ia,
the largest normal school in the world,
this winter and will be in attendance there
until next summer Next year he will enter
the State university at lows City
While he Is carrying out his long cher
ished dream Of going 70 college his brother
win run the paper at home.