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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
For and About the Women Folks

on them while the suitably costumed of
the populace go unnoticed. The policeman
on the crossing looks out for the over
dressed woman, carefully plotting her over
the street, while her plainly dressed sis
ters wait.
'T have made UP my mind" said a
matron of the smart set, that woman
is justified in doing anything in order
to be dressed in style. You can't be in
style without great expense, for simplicity
is out of fashion and the world has gone
mad over fine clothes"
Was she right? OF course not, yet 1t
is a striking comment upon the spirit of
our day that such a remark could be made,
even in half earnest protest. 1t was
made.
Men are as much to blame as women
for this phase of life. Men require their
wives to be we'll dressed, and encourage
them in the buying of costly raiment as
everyone can know when 1t is remembered
that the husband foots the bills. The man
loves to feed his vanity by Showing or
his wife.
agree with the old-time women's rights
advocates that women are slaves; and they
will DO slaves until they get sense enough
TO dress comfortably, and with good taste,
which means with suitability to the occa-
sion.
When we get to the point where we re-
fuse to be hung with fantastic draperies
and loaded with gems, to please ourselves
or anybody else, we may take our first
real step toward emancipation. Until then
woman suffrage advocates should devote
themselves to teaching women the A B Q
Of life.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Not Exactly Classic.

Mr. wayburn coughs behind a convenient
hand-his own.
IT will admit that there are a few lines
not quite up TO the standard which we
have learned to accept after careful
study OF Grecian statues. They would not
exactly put the Venus de Milo or the Venus
de Medici out OF business, for example. II
those women should come TO life and at
tempt TO get good positions in the chorus
A pause.
did you ever hear of-er-symmetri-
calsY'
The name sounded familiar. but the Wis
itors could not place them all at once.
'Symmetricals." continues Mr.. Way
burn. after another pause, during which
It is so quiet, "symmetricals are some
thing that the feminine sex. especially
those in the professional world, sometimes
wear when nature has not been overgen-
erous, or. perhaps, too generous, 20 obViate
these-er-little deficiencies.
"of course We have no positive knowl-
edge that the Grecian models wore SYM
metricals, but on the other hand we have
no knowledge that they did not, have weT'
So far the argument seems TO be with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Passing of the Governess.

In his article in the current Harper's
Bazaar on the speech of American women
Henry James has something to say about
the teachers that is interesting.
THE first duty" he says, laid upon q
preceptress in a society differently con-
stituted from ours the first accomplish
ment expected. for that matter, either OF
a competent shepherd OF a competent
shepherdess OF the male or the female
young, is to exemplify perfect propriety
of vocal tone, perfect harmony as dis
tinguished from perfect 'crudity. Yet 1t
ne 3r befel me, that remember. from
one md of the country TO the other. to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Not All stage struck.

Not All Stage Struck.
The school for speciality work is not
limited to the stage-struck. Many of the
pupils have no intention Of making prac-
teal use of their instruction except for
parlor entertaining.
One young man who attends the evening
classes is a plumber, getting SIS a week
and supplementing this with clever panto-
mime for private entertainments. There
are classes for dramatic expression. and
one quartet is practicng in another room
10 understudy a professional company play
ing in Brooklyn.
MANY parents" says Mr.. Wayburn,
bring their children to learn this kind Of
dancing, preferring 1t to the drawing-room
variety as It really combines gymnasium
work with the other.
cit is strenuous and difficult, but the
child takes to it easily and seems TO like
the severity better than the prettIness of
ballroom work When he has learned a
few of these dances he can acquire the
others without any difficulty. but the ordi-
nary dances would not help at all in this
work.
MY young pupils are the most satisfao-
tory OF all. Self-consciousness is the hard
est thing 1 have to fight and it is not
until that is absolutely destroyed that a
dancer can be made.
'The child is without it and SO has none
of the bad habits OF pose, gesture and en-
preston that are its direct result. II takes
some OF my older pupils weeks to learn
that they must use their feet in dancing
not their shoulders their arms and theiI
hips. / told one girl just now IL she could
put her shoulders on the floor and dance
with them she would be absolutely perfect
Juvenile dancing is not allowed in New
York on the stage, but in some OF the
states 1t is, and there are many of my
pupils out now with vaudeville compa MES
When they return their parents orina
them in to freshen up a bit. to learn q
new step or TO show me how they have
improved.
II have a couple here now, the ooy Z
the girl ., who dance together the most
complicated Of my dances. dances with
endless combinations. They dance with
out a note OF music In absolute correct
time. never locking At each other and
AsvsF making . mistake They learned In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
After Learning to Dance.


The hard work of becoming a chorus
girl does not end with the dancing steps
After the lesson is finished long skirts are
hastily donned and the makeup room is
invaded
Here at a long board called by courtesy
table, topped with incandescent lights
ranging in brilliancy from the 32-candle
power down, seats are taken and the pu-
pills make experiments with cosmetics
grease paints, rouge and other helps to
beauty. Mr.. Wayburn walks about from
one to the other giving directions, thus:
You must never use rouge for a moon
light scene. Study that makeup in blue
light" You can never patch a makeup;
II you make a mistake you must take II
all off with the cold cream and begin over
again"
1t is noticed that the chorus girls make
up with greater facility than the men.
Makeup" continues Mr.. Wayburn, us
absolutely essential on the stage Yet
many women of great beauty never can
make up for the stage; they don't seem to
be able to learn the art
Others again, plain women on the
street or in the house. become footlight
beauties by a constant study of this art
and Its proper application. A good make
up cannot be put on in less than an hour,
and it takes half an hour to get 1t off
The latter is just as essential as the
FORMER, for If 1t is not carefully done
eventually the complexion will be spoiled
Now the actress who takes pains should
have a good skin, and usually does, as
you will admit II you recall instances OF
actresses who have used makeup for years
and whose faces have the softness of a
child's
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Hints for the Housekeeper.

To remove stains from marble. rub with
a cut lemon, or well scour with soap.
A pinch OF celery added to the vinegar,
when boiling 1t for picking purposes. adds
greatly to the flavor.
Vanished wall paper may be washed with
tepid water and any good soap. IL will
stand the usual treatment given to paint
A little dry salt will remove stains ana
burnt marks from enameled pans. Dip a
bit OF rag in the salt and rub the stained
part until clean.
After using cold water starch let It settle.
Then pour on the water and allow the
starch to dry. When dry 1t can be re-
placed in the starch box for future use
Nothing is better than vinegar for clean
ing windows. II gives a first-rate polish.
Rub II on with one soft cloth. dry the
glass with another, and polish with a wash
leather
New boots and shoes should, whenever
practicable, be tried on toward the evening,
when the feet are somewhat larger than
In the early part OF the day. The danger
Of tight ht" is then avoided.
Effective pressing IL a great aid to the
home dressmaker. When pressing the
seams Of thick materials, dampen a bit OF
linen and put II over the material before
pressing the seam, using very hot iron.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

fingers. neck and ears are cheap jewels.
When she makes a mistake and attention
Is called to It she hides some imaginery
bushes with a large red hand, through the
fingers of which she glances with an imi-
tation coyness at the teacher. the visitors,
the once chorus man. but never at her COM
panions.
Thore is a girl with an oval face who
looks as II she ought to be reading Pascal
before a suburban fireside and goes through
her lesson with a rapt expression and up
lifted eyes poetic rather than correct. Side
by side with this vision is a pretty blonde
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

Mr.. Wayburn and. emboldened, he con-
tnues:
I'm the course of my career in training
girls for musical comedy suppose have
given instruction and criticised the nat
ural gifts of thousands. All the girls who
appeared in The White Cat Hall of
Fame Humpty Dumpty, Bluebeard,'
three or four hundred to a production,
took my advice on this searching subject.
may call myself, without undue egotism,
an authority on the subject OF symmet-
ricals. Next to George AIDE and Henry
Blossom, 1 don't suppose there has ever
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Old Dutch
Cleanser

Old Dutch Cleanser is the only Cleansing agent
known that removes dscolorations which appear on
enamel bathtubs without eating into the enamel.
Keeps marble statuary, basins table tops, ETC.,
white and stainless. while soap turns marble yellow.
Old Dutch Cleanser also restores to Wilderness
marble that has become dscolored by soap cleaning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

with regular features, masses of unbleached
hair, turquoise blue eyes fresh and clear.
She is attractive enough to stand any test
of fitness. but in reality she is the most
ambitious, the most untiring and the most
adept of the whole class. 1t is easy to see
that the musical comedy is but a stepping
stone to her future place.
other girls attract by some special grace
of manner, form or face; others, again,
raise the question as to why they should
have chosen a profession so manifestly un-
1T. Every class Of women is represented
there-the school girl fresh from the con-
vent, the unhappily married wife learning
In secret the daughter of professional par
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

Looking from the 50 seat at the punches
of ilken-tighted maidens who skip gGyly
through the mazes of intricate dances in
atmosphere like the in
side of a sea shell. or who lounge at ease
as If perfectly sure of their three meals
the next day. it would seem TO be the
happy choice to have selected the profess
sion of a chorus girl. rather than that OF
a typewriter or landscape painter. After
an hour spent in the upper room you are
convinced that the chorus lady deserves
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

never been satisfactorily an
swered But II you are unable to discover
their ultimate fate, you may, by studying
travel along the Rialto at certain hours
come pretty close to finding out where they
start from.
Ned Wayburn who has probably coached
as many pony ballots. speciality dancers and
show girls, 70 say nothing OF the common,
garden variety of chorus girls, as anybody
else, thinks that at an average cost OF a
dollar an hour for instruction he can turn
out in certain time a finished product
from raw material which will make the
most calious manager gasp with apprecia-
tive delight. That II Is possible 20 nisun-
derstand his abilities in this direction is
shown by the fact that the other day
naughty person demanded to be made an
actress for crisp new dollar bill. which
she placed with no uncertain gesture on
the desk before him, saying that she was
willing to spend it all II necessary to attain
the fascinations Of Edna May and Mrs.
Ieslie-Carter-Payne, both of whom she be-
Meved herself to resemble.
While you listen to the narration OF this
latest incident Of the recently established
school for chorus girls you hear a steady
pounding overhead which makes you sit
uneasily on the tip edge OF your chair, but
does not seem to disturb the manager at
all
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

Keeps thing, stone. cement and me-
less condition.
Sold in large sitting top can
at all grocers. 10c.
FREE on request, the yalu-
able booklet. Hints for House
wives"
THE CUDAHY PKG. co..
o. d. c. Dept, So. Omaha. Neb.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Many Varieties in Ranks.

There are as many types OF girls In the
double line there are varieties of limbs.
There is the girl with the large pompadour
which oscillates back and forth at every
motion. She is hung with chains and on her
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
Sage Beauties Now Made to Order

ten lessons. and II is safe 70 say that an
adult could not do that in less than twenty
or thirty"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

Iege. this is nothing in comparison with
the task Of turning unshapely limbs into
classical models. The subject is approached
delicately, for no man likes to give away
the secrets of his profession.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
wOman's Dress stops Progress.

Ada c. Sweet Of Chicago does not live
up to her name temperamentally in dis
cussing the sights and distractions to
sight recently encountered at a woman
meeting in Chicago, particularly the pre-
vailing winter styles. Listen to her
Sweet song:
AS 1 came away from the equal rights
lecture, after sitting behind a mound of
feathers, lace and vanity, trying to see
the speaker as a help toward understand
ing what she was saying, l found many
thoughts surging through my brain. And
my thoughts deepened in intensity and
my feelings Joined in, as / walked with
the crowd Of overdressed women along
the shopping blocks of State street.
Was ever anything seen like the ex-
travaganoe of dress Of women this win
teri Is there any use of talking suffrage
or sense, justice and responsibility, to
human beings decked out in the present
day manner? That any advance can be
made while so much thought is given to
outward appearances seems to me improb-
able. The woman suffrage advocates may
as well let their efforts cease until the
next panic brings people to their senses.
It Is not enough that woman should
be suitably and modestly dressed. She
must have velvet, and fur, and on the
velvet and fur must be piled lace and
gold and gems. until the poor feminine
creature looks like a heather god tricked
out In the offerings OF its barbaric wor-
shippers. Extravaganza is the note OF
Queen Fashion. Men bow down before the
befrilled, the begemmed. befeathered and
trailing skirted, and the shop girls wait
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
L or
Hints for House Husbands.

JTICIPATING future events with
prophetic vision a writer in the
Chicago Tribune offers valuable
instruction and advice to hus-
bands who may be obliged to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

right and left, by the process of shouting
up and down. on what streets the intona-
tons of certain apparently all-esteemed
dispensers Of precept and example to young
sensbilities had themselves, originally and
preponderantly, been formed?
Such wonderments send one back all
yearningly to those early Victorian and
mid-Victorian governesses of English girl
hood, daughters of country parsons and
half-pay officers, heroines, while their
fashion lasted, of sleepy three-volume nov
els, whose meager erudition, whose melan-
choly music. whose painting on velvet, 1t
was so easy and so usual to deride, but
whose deep-seated sense, whose cultivated
and consecrated instinct for the speech of
the gentlewoman, the product of bowery
rural homes uninvaded as yet by the
strident newspaper, covered a multitude of
sins. This woman's use OF the globes may
have been open to revision. but she was
in 1000 cases, an exquisite. and almost un-
conscious instrument of influence TO a
special end-to that of embodying for her
young companions a precious ripe tradi-
ton"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06
DANCE"

been such a help TO musical comedy as
the symmetrical"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-06

I'D question. what becomes OF the
chorus girls7 is asked as fire.
quenty as where do the pins go
TOT and, like that, has apparently
never been Enthusiastically an
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
ONE NEGRO'S WORK
S. M. R. SIade a Lesson
to His Race
Successful on His Farm in Wake He
is a Leader in the Exhibits From
the Field at the Negro State
Fair and Attracts Attention.

An object lesson to ali negroes is
S. NJ. R. Slade, of ShotWell, Wake
county, whose home is about fifteen
miles from Raleigh. He lives at home,
and it is a good living if the samples
seen by the public is the test.
Slade is a farmer, and he had an
exhibit at the negro State Fair the
past week that was a credit to him, to
his race and to the negro Fair. More
than that, it taught the lesson that
what one energetic, working negro
can do. others can do. and that with
the white cotton nOdding to them n
the yellow tobacco saying come, there
is success for them on the farms.
Governor Glenn viewed SHADES eX-
hibit last Wednesday in vident ad-
miration. SHADES wife was there and
was pointing out to the Governor some
Of the fruit she a preserved and
put up. How many children have
YOU ?" asked Governor Glenn. Five, =
replied the woman That's a good
exhibit, you ought to have them here,
added the Governor, and the woman
said They are busy at home while we
are here" and then That's good
said Governor Glenn.
Slade is not alone a good farmer,
but he has learned how to display his
farm products attractively at the
Fair. He studies how the white folks
fix their exhibits" said his wife. AS a
unique exhibit he has a shock of tares
on exhibition, but from his energy it Is
certain that he does not let these grow
freely among his wheat.
The exhibit would do credit to any
white farmer in the State. and it shows
that there is money to be made on a
North Carolina farm. Slade started
with nothing, and has accumulated
much. He is a worker, and he is re-
spected for his work. His life is a
lesson for all negroes.
To show the extent Of his field pro-
ducts, here is a partial list of the
things he had or exhibition last week:
five varieties of corn. six varieties OF
peas, peppers, beets, turnips. carrots.
cabbage, ~collards, baIed peavine. baled
oat straw. baled wheat straw. sheaf OF
wheat, sheaf of oats. feed corn, fod-
der, German millet, bale Of shucks
bale Of pea hulls, three varieties of
sweet potatoes, these the Norton
vans. white perbatis. and Peabody.
string beans, gourds. pumpkins. water
melon, squash, cotton. ground peas
pop corn, tobacco. okra, onions Irish
potatoes. three varieties oats. hams
shoulders, side meat, white field beans,
white navy beans. broom corn. flour
bran, meal, tobacco seed. and a stand
of some forty jars of pickles, preserves
and canned fruits. In all he brought
six wagon loads of material for his
exhibit at the Negro State Fair. and
it was one of real value for itself and
for the lesson it teaches.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29

r,s, confess tina, the half had not
7 been told US"
on the termination Of his speech.
Mr. Badger introduced TO nim aA
Harris. Of Granville. VINO hao CONF
10 see and present To him q SIX vest
pattern. which she mad made. and re-
quest that he should wear II npon ms
-nauguratio The vest was a0epAe1
together with the request IN a FeFs
pleasant way. Tire great crowd moEeo
towards B~enehan's Grove, Dexter
known as Baptist Grove. not far from
the capitol. The great barbecue vas
served here and several thousand
visitors partook OF Raleighs nospi-
tally.
After III people had enjoyed them
selves at the public barbecue, they D.
gan 10 think Of returning home. some
lived in the far west and some IN the
I extreme eastern part Of the state
on Saturday night those who remain
ed IN the city enjoyed a great dlsp-as
of fireworks. IN the exhibition there
were two fire balloons. one Of these
had Henry Clay's name on II, ana
they said il went directly towards
Washington City. on sunday, Mt.
Clay attended church at kdenton
Street. Monday he received visitors a
the mansion. while on Tuesday he was
carried over the city. On Thursday
he left Raleigh for Petersburg. accom-
panied by the Virginia committee.
While everything seemed bright.
happy, and pleasant 70 Clay during MS
stay in Raleigh, yet he was in the
midst Of death so far as his Preslden-
tial aspirations were concerned. WhiIe
here he penned his own doom, known
as the Raleigh letters. On April II
he wrote a letter 10 the Petersburg Ma
tional Intelligencer expressing his
views on the Texas question. The
people had demanded his views on the
question, so he expressed them in TINS
letter.
This letter being so important in
the history of the cam aign, | viii
give briefly his views on the subject
as expressed in this letter. He said
he was in favor of annexing Texas IF
tional character, without the hazard
currence Of the nation, without any
danger to the integrity OF the Union.
and without giving any unreasonable
price for it" He said he did not think
this could be done. He sums up his
views in the following wc-ds: Il con-
slider the annexation Of T.xas at this
time without the consent of Mexico,
as a measure compromising the char
acter of the nation, involving US Ger
tainly in War with Mexico and prob
ably with other foreign powers, dan
gerous to the integrity of the Union.
inexpedient in the present
conditions of the country. and not
called for by any general expression Of
public opinion" From a theoretical
standpoint this seems plausible, but
did not satisfy the people. so ends
Clay's visit to Raleigh.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
HE Finish on de 'POssun."

VIA sorter man Br'er Roosevelt is?
He sho' mus be a blossomi
He a de deer, he chaw de bar,
An finish on de 'Dossum,
Muffin bout him slow dar-
He sho' did make a show dar,
dis 'possum fat"
Gle tell UNI dat.)
He pass his plate fer mo dar,
Ter git de bar he swim de lake
Amt 'fraid de alligator;
He mus be raise for Freedom days
He so like human natur'.
Dey low he wouldn't go dar.
But, my, he make a show darl
Know whar he at
Wild possun1 fat
He pass his plat fer mo- dar,
T. L. Stanton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
SITUATION At WAX Ie.I.
President Potcat Say tho I-'." Jos
Obtained Wrong IinprU

The impression which
has received IN the la9f ran
the general situation .N |..
quite unuarrautei The
trouble has boon mostly ~.
papers. There has been U. r
tween the faculty att
nor at any time tLa rr
secession Of gcsertg
students t. tho state I.r..
was day some eEn.tar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-10-29
His Dear Old Mother

My dear old mother. who ia no,,
elghty-three years old, thrives on Flee.
tric Bltters,' writes ". Il Br,pao, =,
Dublin. Ga. She has taken them for
1917 Two years : enjoys an excel
we'll That's the way Electric Ri,,ap@
af1ect the aged. and the same banrE
results follow in all cases of fa1onI
weakness and general debility w.
punny children too, are ereativ
- s.aeIed by them- Guaranteed al
Dies. by all druggists. anc