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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
JOYS AT STANDSTILL
Dancing Masters start n RuctiOn that
Shakes the Palladium of
Liberty.

More power to the elbows of the dancing
teachers Of the country over more stiffness
to their spines. And, by the same token,
more suppleness to the knee-joints and
more grace to the feet of their pupils At
the last convention of the dancing masters,
I cid few months ago, II was decided 10
discourage the popular style Of dancing,
which is a combination OF muscularity and
automatonism, in favor OF movements that
had quietness and grace to commend them.
The two-step was to go TO the scrap pile.
The young man who moved rigidly for
few steps and then darted down to the end
of the ballroom carrying disaster in his
path, was to be seized by the ear and led
firmly from the floor. There were to be no
rag-tlme ecstasies and no Bowery manners.
In their place the old-time waltz was to be
revived in all its languor, seductiveness and
grace.
The dancing season is now on in full
force. Every night the public halls are
crowded and though bridge has largely dis
placed dancing in the swagger sets there
are still occasional private parties But
no returns have come in. We are in a
fog as TO the results OF the contom-
plated action Of the teachers Have they
carried out their wise promises or have
they weakened at the last moment? DO
they control the situation or are they con-
trolled?
The old-tlme dancing master was a marti-
net. More than that, he was a tyrant. His
school was one of manners as well as mo-
ton. One learned courthness there with
his dancing. The romping ways OF the pres
ent generation would dsmay such
teacher. Rather. they would not be allowed.
The first time a young man infrnged The
stern code he was warned. The second
time he was given his hat. And he went,
not even protesting, for he knew his sen
tence was just, though stern.
Different times make different manners
and the ungraceful two-step has come in.
The young man OF the day was too hurried
TO learn to dance properly, so some foolish
master devised a dance that needs little
training and no natural grace. A bear
could be taught II in two lessons; a walrus
In hve.
II the man who pays the piper can call
the tune and then dance to Il as he wishes
the two-step will remain. Money will not
only talk but also command. And II such
be the case the waltz will have 70 stay In
the old hair trunk in the attic. II Will not
be taken out OF the moth balls. This will
be pity. II Is the most graceful Of dances
and the accomplishment OF gentlemen and
ladies. Blunderers could not conquer Il nor
hoodlums master Il by brute force.
The music, too, which went with it has
never been equaled. The waltz IS the most
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

slap me on the back, punch me, pinch me,
offer me tobacco, whisky. guns, everything
they had, uttering yipping yells in shrill
staccato to let their exuberance of spirits
escape.
"Study Nature IL You Would Fly"
But my jumping days are all over. I'm
spending all my time now, and money, too,
trying to fly. Parachute jumping besides
bringing in money, helped me with ideas
for my machine. Sometimes when was
jumping the fair management would give
me dollar bills to throw down as I went
up, and the zlgzag movement of those
banknOtes as they fiuttered down gave me
one idea. The movement OF a clam shell
when thrown into the water is the same
as It sinks. It is a gliding. shifting move
ment, and the wings on my machine have
identically the same movement reversed.
There Is also a tail and head on Il which
largely control it's flight. ! got that idea
from watching pigeons. They use the bal
ance OF their heads and the movement Of
their tails to guide their course and to
alight. The longer the neck and the larger
the head the faster the flight No bird can
touch the swan or the goose for long and
strong flights. If you are going to learn to
ny you must study nature."-New York
Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
IN THE BAY OF PANAMA
Dotted with Picturesque Islands and
PeIicRhs BusiIy Catch
ing Fish,

I'm the press dispatches describing the
president tour OF me isthmus," said q
Washington tourist, who has recently re-
turned from a trip In that region, men
ton was made of a sail around the Bay of
Panama, which the president declared to
be one OF the most enjoyable features OF
his trip.
Residents OF northern climes have little
conception Of the tropics, where life In all
Of its phases is so different from our own,
and from my point OF VtOw / am not
enamored OF II, except as something to
see and pass through: but the Bay OF
Panama is strikingly beautiful, and the
waters Of the Pacific take on an exquisite
deep cerulean tint which is a revelation TO
the eye OF those who have seen only the
blue OF the Atlantic.
I'm the event OF war with this country
the fleets OF the enemy would make Pa
mama one Of the first objective points for
capture and occupation. The bay affords
safe and deep anchorage. and is dotted
most pictruesquely with small islands The
land Notifications could be easily shelled
and bombarded. There Is considerable OF
an elevation back and to the south OF the
city OF Panama, the streets Of which slope
up from the very edge OF the waters OF
the bay. But It would seem to me, though
I am not a military man. that fortihcations
TO be Of actual service against a sea at
tack would have to be OF the most formid-
able nature.
"As the sanitary condi ions of the 18th
mus are better now than formerly, better
time Is now made on the trip from San
Francisco 10 New York than in past years.
On one OF my trips we had TO lie outside
In the bay for several days on account Of
yellow fever, and then we were hurried
ever the isthmus on a special train direct
TO the steamer at Colon. During this en-
forced quarantine we observed with de-
light one OF the features OF the Bay Of
Panama, and a sight which is never seen
IN the north.
Large hOcks Of pelicans make their
abodes on some Of the Islands IN the bay.
The days are clear aud sunny. the sky Is
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

cloudless. the ocean calm and intensely
blue and the trade winds from the orient,
which blow with almost measured steadi-
ness all day, seldom kick up even so much
as white caps, except in the tempestuous
seasons. The poIicans, which grow to en-
ormous size in the tropics, hover over the
surface of the water in search of fish.
When the wonderful keen eyes of these
monster birds discern fish, though they
usually ny several hundred feet from the
surface of the ocean. they drop and make
a dive, head foremost, with wings closed
tightly to their bodies, that make the dip
Of death of the diver in circus look like
80 cents.
"They drop through the air with tile
rapidity OF a cannon ball. strike the watsr
with a tremendous splash, sending the
spray flying as II real shot from a
cannon had struck the surface, and in
most instances Il seemed TO us that they
secured their prey. for we would see them
rise in the air with the fish in their huge
bills AS in the case with all large sea
birds, however, their rise from the water
is as awkward as their dives and subso-
quent aerial flight are graceful, and their
mammoth wings beat the water into a
foam in their powerful strokes to gain
the initial momentum. Som times two and
three and even more pelcans would make
the drop and dive almost simultaneously,
and when they would all land in the water
few yards from another. probably In
school Of fish. the sight was one OF the
most remarkable and interesting that could
be brought to a tourists eye in a trip
around the world. "-Washington Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

pulls the cord that frees him and the para
chute, and both shoot downward. The para
chute should open in 100 OF $50 feet, but
I've known jumpers to drop twice that
distance before the canopy initiates and
checks the descent. This check at times
is sudden, and often the force rends the
parachute In twain. Nothing can save the
jumper then. To guard against such acct
dents / always had a round hole sewed
In the top OF my parachutes to serve as a
safety-valve. This hole, l think, also
helped to straighten OFT the canvas more
quickly.
with the parachute open, the weight OF
your body shoots you through the air at
a rate OF from eight to ten miles an hour
That is fast enough TO jar you when you
hit the earth, and, besides, jumpers have
TO let go their parachutes and fall twenty
feet with nothing to aid them-thls to pre-
vent them from being smothered by the
folds OF the canvas have often hit a
house, or a barn, or a tree. and tumbled
thirty or forty feet, but fortune was always
with me. Parachute jumpers control their
course by tipping up the edge OF their
canopy and making a plane, down which
they slide at a longer angle and also much
faster.
Six-shOOters in the Southwest.
Il could always get down some way
There isn't any doubt about your hitting
the earth in some shape or other. That
never worried me. I don't mind barns. or
houses, or trees half so much as did curl
Gus people and particularly the people in
the southwest. Excitement always brings
out the wildness IN a man. and down there
the spectators get worked up TO a great
pitch over a parachute jumper. Their
pent up feeling has its effect on the jumper
too, and tends to rattle him. Jumping isn't
the pleasantest occupation in the world and
II Is a large sight more unpleasant to hear
bullets singing past you, either coming
down or going up. A balloon ascension in
my early days out west wouldn't have been
natural without the popping OF six-shooters.
II was all done in play, OF course but when
a man gets red liquoT in his system and a
gun in his hand It's no place for a bal
loon. The old saying You can't hit a
balloon Is all bosh. I know better. I've
spent a good many hours sewing up bullet
holes In my apparatus.
Another disconcerting thing was to look
down as you fell and see a string OF
mounted men come riding cross lot at fun
jump, shooting as they rode and yelling
like Indians to see who would be first to
get under you as you neared the ground
Usually these citizens would have a small
bet up on the result OF the race. Add this
little personal interest 20 the excitement
OF the jump and the result was enough to
make you want 10 keep on going right
through the earth and never stop on ton
The wild look OF excitement In some OF
those eyes I'll remember 20 my grave. As
many as could would get their hands on
me the moment they came up. They would
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Musings Of the Gentle CynIc.

At a wedding the best man can't always
prove II.
A safe bet Is the one you we're going TO
make and DIDN'T
He who realizes his own folly acquires
Just that much wisdom.
The fool and his money are generally
divorced without aiimony.
The kitten has its eyes opened In nine
days, but the fool has to wait longer.
Many a man looks everywhere for his
worst enemy except in the mirror.
Some fellows never know when they are
licked. and others get so used 10 It that
they don't mind.
When a man would rather so TO grand
opera than a foot ball game he doesn't
know how to tell the truth.
Some mems idea Of giving to the Lord
is TO buy cushion that will make the
church pew more comfortable.
The great trouble with the artistic TEN.
permanent Is that II generally wants TO
borrow money for breakfast.
You can lead a horse 20 water, but you
can't make him drink. on the other hand.
you can lead an actor before tho curtain.
but you can't keep him from making a
speech.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

you contract TO deliver the goods. That's
all there is to it. You're paid to give the
people a scare, and your job is to keep your
end Of the contract.
ITS easy money! Sometimes the peo-
pie are unreasonable, and then you have
to risk your neck or be called a faker by
the local newspapers. II 1t Is bad weather,
or your balloon catches fire, or the wind
Is too high, and you think you have
good excuse to stay down, the crowd hol-
lers that you're coward the newspapers
say you're playing a shell game, and that
hurts your business. The next town won't
hire you. so after you are advertised there
is nothing to do but go up windstorm, fire
or anything else. Give the people their
moneys worth.
THE most dangerous thing in these sit
nations is FIRE All jumpers balloons are
inflated with hot air. and often catch fire.
But the jumper mustn't back out. He must
cast OF and go up with his bag ablaze,
taking his chances on jumping before the
balloon burns enough to drop.
AT Bunalo once l was billed to jump
from a height OF 100 feet, and because
I shaved 800 of the first day the manage
men cried fraud and held up the money.
Next day there was a mob on the fair
grounds and those nearest the balloon
jeered at me. / made the longest drop In
my life that day. After / cast on and went
up hung to the balloon till lost sight
OF Buffalo, and then cut loose. The wind
carried me beyond Tonawanda. l had my
mad up that day, and II there hadn't been
duty on balloons I would have crossed
the lake and dropped in Canada.
Jumpers Tied 20 TFnpeHe.
Spectators at a fair who come 70 see
a parachute jump get the impression that
the man depends entirely upon his hands
70 hold to the trapeze. This is a mistake.
The jumper could not afrord to do this,
because he has use for his hands. l always
strapped myself to the trapeze bar while
going up. and then turned my attention 10
the folds OF the parachute. You see II is
necessary that they do not become tangled,
but are perfectly free TO open the minute
the jumpers weight stretches them out
Then again the jumper has also to think
Of his balloon and where # is going to land.
His object is 10 tip the bag over and
throw the opening at the bottom upwards
as he leaps. so that the smoke and hot air
may escape quickly. allowing the balloon
to drop somewhere near himself and the
parachute. Otherwise II would sail on
for miles and be lost, Balloons cost money,
and We can't afford to buy very many OF
them.
Every parachute is fastened to the side
OF the balloon with the trapeze bar tied
close 70 the seat OF the operator. There is
also a cord by which il may be detached
and whea the jumper Is ready to let 20.
he sees that everything Is clear and then
swings to one side so he will pull the top OF
the balloon over. Here Is where his hands
come into play. As the balloon turrs he
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
TOILET sBTs-Frenzer, 18th and Dodge.
nncI.-Actinn Prnrerhn-

Fine feathers ne'er can make fine birds,
It's true, but what would become Of the
peacock If he was dressed like a frog2
stitch in time to save nine is patch
just the same,
Money saved is money made, but you
always have TO make 1t first.
Talk may be cheap, but the telephone
companies have got mighty rich handling it,
The early bird may catch the worm, but
It's not exactly a square deal for the
worm.
All things come 10 him who waits, but
It takes a lot OF hustling to find the right
place to wait.
II II is true that riches have wings, it's
hardly right to howl because rich people
are high-hyers.
A soft answer may turn away wrath
some times, but generally It Is poor pro-
lection 10 your face II the other fellow Is
good hitter.-Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

delightful of musical rhythms. When the
good fairies wished to make a man famous
and well-beloved they brought the art OF
withdrawing to his cradle. With all our
advance in musical education, the world
over, there has never been another Strauss.
One measure of THE Blue Danube" is
worth a thousand two-steps. The new
Strauss has NOT arisen because he was not
demanded. Let the dancing masters restore
the old-time, graceful, refined waltz and
the composer to gid it with his music will
follow,-Cleveland Leader.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
ContIY CIipnInEs.

During the siege Of Kimberly the editor
of the only daily paper there was often
hard put to ind news. One day in a club
room he found Cecil Rhodes reading a
fairly new paper from Cape Town. He bor-
roWed It ana rushed TO his own once,
where It soon appeared as a special edition.
selling like hot cakes. That same evening
he met Rhodes, who inquired: Where 8
my Cape Town paper?" "Oh. / cut Il up
for the printers" was the reply, Please
don't do that again" said Rhodes. mildly.
That paper came through my native run
ners and cost me Sl.O00"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

beautifully illustrated, size
So x8h, each book in neat
box, regular $3.50 books,
at ......... .....49c
Such titles in the lot as
"Ishmael," self Raised. "
"Thelma," Treasure Island"
"Hypatia," First Violin"
Uncle Toms Cabin" "A
Window In Thrums," "Pll-
grim's Progress, " The Wide,
Wide World" etc.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Hardware, Stoves and House
furnis hind
Specials on Stoves.

Specials on Stoves.
No. s 2-hole Laundry.$2.05
No. s 4-hole Laundry. $4.40
5000 Alright Oak. .$4.49
$3.50 Alright Oak. .$6.95
$11.50 No. 8 Cook. 1895
A car of this beautiful
Brand Steel Ranges just re-
ceived. We can sell you a
6-hole Brand Range, with
high warming closet, large
20-inch oven, a regular $40
range, for S33,5 so
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

200 New Coats, in the popular swag-
ger styles, made to sell at $40 to $50,
specially priced Saturday at. 8 14.90
Handsome Tailor Suits, in fine serges'
cheviots and chiffon broadcloths'
worth up to 500, special priced Sat
urday at .............. $500
Women's 81 Waists, in nuns veilings,
Sicilian, linens and lingeries, special
Saturday at ............. - .OU
A splendid line of SIS coats just re-
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now in New York. They come in
loose and semi-fitting styles, in great
assortment of plain and fancy ma
Enthusiastically priced for satur-
day at ............... SIS. 80
SPECIAL HOUR SALES.
From s Till 8 A. M.-Women's Waists,
81 values, at, choice. ........ 39C
From $3.50 Till $3.50 A. M.-Women's
75c Sateen Understands at. soc
From o Till 10 A. M.--Women's $3.50
Eiderdown Sacques at. SOC
From 1850 rim IO:3O-Women's SIPS
Long Kimonos, Saturday at. sec
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Ladies' Underwear Specials
From the Great Bankrupt Stock Purchase

Ladies' silk and Wool Vests and
Pants, regular $3.50 values, sale
price, per garment .. CSC
Ladies' Heavy Wool Vests and
Pants, in scarlet OF gray, worth
up to $3.50, 75c
Ladies Vests and Pants, heavy
fleeced, worth up to 81 garment,
at soc, sec and. ,...2 5c
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Books for the Little Folks
We are showing q complete
line of picture and story
books for children.
BE sure and see the Painting
Books.
75c Stationery at 20c-A
large box of cloth finished
bond stationery, so sheets
Of paper and so envelopes, a
pretty gift, at, .25c
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

A complete list OF titles shown
in this lot Of regular S1.2b
and $3.50 editions. 39c
New 80 Fiction S1.Os-The
largest line or new copyright
fiction in the city, and our
price the same for all, $3.50
hst at ............S ,OS
illustrated Editions of the
Worlds Famous Books 4gc
Fine paper, good type,
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Specials i'm Hardware
No. s Granite Tea Kettle
lOI .FOC
Large Granite Wash
Basins .... ..,.. lOC
Large Granite Dipper. 1Oc
Enterprise Food Chopper
Tor ....... ...... SBc
12-qt. Granite Pals. . .30c
loot. Dishpan, granite. 10c
Fry Pan, granite. 800. .12c
Mop Stick ............7c
All kinds of Barney s.
Berry Skates, the best
made, up from. .40c
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
MADE SCARES FOR A LIVING
Experiences Of a Parachute Jumper at
Various County Fairs.
MONEY IN IT, ALSO EXCITEMENT
Public Eagerness for Thrills Compel
Unusual Risks - Flukes and
Fakes Resented by the
Crowds.

Thirty years as a parachute jumper Is
4 life more venturesome than falls TO the
lot OF most men. That anyone who at
kempts Il should end his days as sound
In body and health as when he began is
remarkable, and yet one may md many
parachute jumpers at the Aero clubs eX-
hibit at the automobile show In New York.
They usually gather around the Tying ma
chimes, where they spin yarns and talk
about next season"
Alexander Wilson of Bar Harbor, Ne,
is dean OF the fraternity despite the fact
that he has given up an exciting career
20 settle down to the daily grind Of an in
ventor. Wilson Is 60. but supple and strong
as when he was leaping from the clouds
as a drawing card for county fairs and
farmers picnies.
He took to parachute jumping when an
engineers apprentice, because It offered
him more money than he could make
pounding rivets. Besides, he wanted funds
70 help him secure a patent for dying
machine. That was In 90, and today
Wilson has his device perfected, the pa
pers in his pocket and his creation Is on
exhibition among the heavier than air
machines. 1t looks like the skeleton OF a
square dry goods box. with two wings pro-
uelIed by a motor within the framework.
"a a spectacular sort OF person, loud In his
talk. dress and manner. Wilson is the op-
posite. Like many other inventors, he
p has his eccentricities. He is slow in his
sDeech. careless as 20 his clothes and has
the down east" drawl. One might easily
mistake him for a fisherman.
Wilson can fly. His longest horizontal
progress through the air has been LOO
feet. Perpendicularly, he has made sew
eral hundred times that, but this he doesn't
count for. according to him, anyone can
jump from a balloon
ola Hand az the Dusiness.
Il Il began going aloft IN lS6s-anyway' IL
was about that time" he said. 1T was the
year OF the Boston Peace Jubilee when
thy had a captive balloon in that city.
stayed with the balloons until "a when
] made my FIRST jump out in Iowa and
after that / stuck TO jumping, More money
IN ii. When a town Is getting up show
or fair, or a picnic and wants crowd
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Mems Fine Cashmere HOse--In
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soc, at, pair, 25c and 121sc
Mems Shirts-We wish to call
your special attention to our
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such brands as Griffon, Mon
arch, Cluett, Lion, etc.-shown
in all styles at $500, $3.50
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Ladies' All Wool Union Suits, in
Saturdays sale at. 81. 80
Ladies' Outing Flannel Gowns,
heavy quality, made extra long
and full, great value at csc
ana ......... ........ DOC
Ladies' Knit Wooden Skirts, regu-
lar 81 values, in Saturdays sale
at ......,.. SOC
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Furs Are Always Acceptable as Gifts

Youy find our display remarkable Onenot only IN VARIETY
r in low price You'll find the quality the very highest at the
price More appropriate gifts for wife daughter could not
selected.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Mems Underwear Specials
From the Great Eankrupt Stock Purchase

Mems Shirts and Drawers in fine
wool or silk and wool, in plain
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sale price $3.50 and .oSe
New Fleece Lined Underwear,
heavy quality, plain or fancy
colors, 75c value, at.....45C
Mems Underwear-Silk or wool
fleeced, worth $1.25 garment, in
this sale at............75c
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Fur Coats from $3.50 to-. .S25
Fur Capes, from $50 to-. $500
Fur Scarfs, from $50 Use
SEE THESE SATURDAY SPECIALS
Genuine Alaska Seal Goats, good value
at $3.50, sale price ....... S10O
500 Southern Beaver Coats, remark
able values at. .......... S5S.OO
Women's Genuine Krimmer Coats, reg
ular $55 values, at. S3S.75
Fine Astrakhan Coats, regular $40 val
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So Opossum Scarfs. .........S 2.9S
So Sable Scarfs, in Saturdays sale
at - DOC
WOmen's Coney ScaTfs. .... .40G
COATS. COATS. COATS.
Hundreds of garments in the most
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WOmen's So and SO Net and Taffeta
Waists, in white, black or colors, spe-
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Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

No. l Ribbons at, yard ........1@C
No 2 and Ribbons, at, yard. lie
No. 5 and Z Ribbons, at, yard. .21ac
No. 9, - and 10 Ribbons at....5c
No. % Ribbons at, yard ...71aC
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08
Great December Millinery Clearance

soc and 75c Foliage, all colors,
in this sale at 29c and. 15G
soc and 75c Velvet and and
Silk Roses, in all colors 1SC
$3.50 untrimmed Felt Shapes,
Peter Pan and Hood styles, in
all colors, sale price Satur-
day ........ ..s..,.. 0SC
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-08

Holiday Book Sale

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