Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03

AS white and all the creams from ecru
to the lghtest tint are going to be very
m s IN Sader TINS coming hdi spring ana ND
in exquisite CONNECTIONS OF that order.
1t requires not only a good figure, but a
good carriage of the body to wear one OF
the directoire coats with grace even in its
most modified form, and woe unto her who
does not scrupulously watch out for the
danger line.
The teachers OF New York are working
for higher salaries, more than 1000 women
asking that sex be not considered In APP
portioning salaries. They also ask that no
teacher be required to have more thah
forty pupils in class,
Mrs. Cashel Hoey. the English novelist
and newspaper writer, Is probably the Old
est woman in active Journalistic work. 5Ae
is still busy writer for the press ana
bears lightly the burden of her 70 years.
Her first newspaper article was owntten
more than half a ceptury ago, In 1858.
One Of the smartest and most picturesque
features OF the styles now being developed
are the little coats or rather coat bodices,
fashioned OF silk, usually to be worn with
cloth skirts. Invariably they match this
cloth and skirt to perfection and they are
modelled on directoire lines, although much
leeway Ii allowed In the way or modihca-
ton.
The two-tone checks distinguished from
their kind Of last year 6y the combination ton
continue Ia the race along with the ir-
repressible shepherd check, while nearly
all OF the lightweight materials wiz be
orings.
A charming design for wolfe skirt shows
the model laid in narrow plaits Just at the
with a bias band of broadeloth seven
inches wide enciroling 1t, six inches from
the bottom. At the side Of the front gore
are two very large buttons, one at either
corner on the band, which suggests a
It is definitely settled now that another
period OF trausltory modes Is before as,
with the same wavering between directoire,
princesse and empire effects that has
characterized the fashions of the last two
brings forth its customary quota OF new
spring frocks" the display Is reasonably
sure to comprise these styles In about
equal ratio
Creel, wife OF the new Mexican ambassa-
dor, Is the richest woman of the diplomatic
set In Washington, where many are rich.
from poor, but his s24,O0O,O00 dwindles to
paltry insignihcance when ranged beside
MS Eifss huge fortune She is the 6 iabSa
owner Of gold mines and broad acres
Panama cloth in both plain ana fancy
weayes Is being developed into the most
fetching spring suits, trimmed with cloth
Also il is proving a most desirable fabric
for separate skirts, which are assuming
and light coIored serses, louisine, plain
checked and striped; pongees, and espe-
eially the natural color foulards: messa-
lines and nearly all the variety Of printed
silks and brocAdes are on the spring list.
A farmers wife near Parsons, Kan, has
found that raising turkeys is better than
digging gold or holding Standard OIL stock.
She marketed her turkeys last week and
went home with her pockets full OF gold.
The woman was Mrs. J. +, Leonard, liv-
ing seven miles southeast OF Parsons. Last
spring she started 20 raise this years crop
o. turkeys with a big nock Of young birds.
She worked hard during the spring and
summer months 70 keep the rats and rain
from getting away with them. Last fall
she looked upon the flock OF flne large
birds. When she rounded them up and
brought them TO Parsons 20 market there
weight was ten to twelve pounds each. at