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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
A wife's strategy.

AS married couple were walking down
one of the main thoroughfares of a city,
relates the Ladies' Home Journal, the
husband noted the attention which other
women obtained from passers-by and re-
marked TO his better half:
Folks never look at you. wish 1 had
married some one better looking"
The woman tartly replied: IT'S your
fault Do you think a man will stare at me
when you're walking with me? You step
behind me and see whether men don't look
at me-"
The husband hung back about dozen
yards, and for the length Of the street
was surprised TO see every man his wife
passed stare hard at her and even turn
around and look after her.
sure, lassie!" he exclaimed as he re-
Joined her, II was wrong and take 1t back.
I'll never say aught about your looks
again"
The wife had made face at every man
she met.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
Art of EnameIinE.

Enameling has been called the poetry
OF art" The transmutation of metals into
the tints of the rainbow is an alchemy that
has always, appealed TO art lovers and art
workers Recently. and chiefly through
the growing interest in the arts and crafts,
especially when expressed in jewelry. it
has been taken up by women. and is even
studied in the girls schools.
There are women, however, who have
equipped themselves to carry this work
further and more seriously by attempting
larger pieces, similar TO those we know as
Limoges enamels, and who after pro-
tracted course Of study abroad have re-
turned here and set up their own studios
and FORCES, for an enameleT's studio means
one room for design and display Of the
finished work and another "a workshop
with furnace and forge, blowpipes and
pitch bowls. pestle and mortar, hammer
and tongs, work aprons and soiled hands.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
Women in Science.

1t is only within the last century, ana
very near the end of it, too, that women
have made any great record for scien-
tific discovery, relates the st. Louis Globe
Democrat The greatest work done by
woman in chemistry is, of course.
the discovery of radium by Nine Currie
in conjunction with her husband New
England has found itself called upon to
recognize the work of a woman, the
Royal society having awarded the Hughes
medal to Mrs. Ayrton for her work in the
investigation Of the electric arc and sand
ripples Mrs Ayrton is the only woman
member of the institute of electrical en-
gineers and her work in electricity has
been Of such nature that 1t was i'm
possible not to recognize 1t. Mrs. Ayrton
is the wife of an electrical engineer, but
she has much to thank her mother for in
the making of her scientific career As a
girl of 16 she left school and became a
teacher in Girton college. Her marriage
was due to affinity of interest, and 1t
was while pursuing Investigations for her
husband that she came in contact with
electrical phenomena that gave her such
insight into the subject. 1t is evident that
women should make much progress along
scientific lines of work, for II is very well
known that most of the discoveries are
que 10 care1ul attention TO detail and
thorough mastery of the subject rather
than the outcome Of unusual powers of
reasoning. The chemist especially must
just watch and wait for the processes that
will give to the world something new
The woman is eminently fitted to carry
out the long, patient course of investi-
cation that most of the sciences require.
She may never be able to evolve the
principles of physical phenomena after
the manner of Sir William Thompson and
other logical thinkers of the age, but she
can prove the theories and verify that
certain principles are responsible for GER
tain phenomena. The present century is
to be the woman's century, and great are
the expectations. 1t is not surprising that
she has made a beginning in chemistry,
physics and astronomy, through Nine.
Currie, Mary Ayrton and Mrs. Fleming.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

0OQUETRY in footwear has been
on the increase for several sea
sons, but a running survey OF the
IEfESfI seasons supply Of evening slip
&C., pers and house shoes would lead
one TO believe that the tendency had
reached high water mark.
Never before within the memory OF this
generation has there been such variety
and extravaganza in dress slippers and
shoes, and though the average woman
goes on wearing her practical and econom-
teal Tatent leather or black kid slipper for
ordinary occasions and dons light plain
satin slipper when she really needs to be
grand. a surprising number OF women
plunge into startling extravaganza In the
matter OF footwear.
Take, for example, the evening slippers
OF the fashionable woman. She must have
a pair to match every evening frock and
It is quite possible that she will need more
than one pair TO accompany single frock
through a seasons wear.
Even were these slippers all in plain
satin they would represent a considerable
outlay cf money. but she does not confne
herself TO plain slippers. BY no means.
She desires originality in slippers as In
frocks, and she may perhaps have slippers
especially made and embroidered for her,
or che mLy find something to match her
frock among the beautiful embroidered
satin slippers or the embroidered slipper
designs not yet made up.
She will pay anything from SIS to $50
for satisfying her hobby; but that Is a
secondary consideration; and the shoe
makers say that women will now pay
without a murmur prices that would have
startled even the most lavish Of stage
Beauties a few years ago. These same
stage beauties are, of course, among the
best patrons of the maker of costly slippers
and sic es, but the smart society woman
now rivals the actress in the matter of
unusual and beautiful slippers, and the
fashione BILE RI oenIakers are straining every
nerve 10 satisfy the demand for originality
and beauty in their wares.
Hand embroidery is a fad In the realm
OF evening slippers as in all the province
Of dress, and in any Of the flrst-class shoe
shops one may now see slipper designs In
all fashionable colorings and exquisitely
embroidered in silks, paillettes, beads and
even Jewels The satin is cut in slipper
shape and embroidered on the toe, but
not made up until Sold when, of course, II
is made to At the purchaser.
Often the back Of the slipper is EN-
broidered, too, though not deliberately
as the toe, and In some instances the heel
itself is embroidered. There are supplied
too, overheels of gold in a graceful open
design which ht over the satin heel, the
color of the satin showing through the
design Of the gold work.
These are really gold-not silver gilt
and may be used again and again upor
various slippers One New York woman
found among her Christmas presents this
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
Japanese wives and Mothers.

japanese life has suffered a transition
during the last decade, but IL needs more
than a change In outward forms TO change
the spirit OF the nation. touching in
cident showing the old spirit is contained
in an article, japanese Wives and Moth
ers," by Marian Bonsall In the House
keeper.
The daughters Of japan have not lost nor
can they lose their old samural spirit, which
IS the spirit Of Japan, and with the stocism
and the courage and the patriotism which
Is that spirit they are cultivating as much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
chat About Women.

Wilbur Nesbit. the author. received re-
Gently a list Of questions from woman
who was arranging a symposium for pub
lication. Among the questions was: Who,
I'm your estimation, was or is the greatest
woman In the world?' Mr.. Nesbit replied
"The unknown woman who invented apple
pie. She was and is and ever Will be the
woman who has done more than any other
TO gladden. the heart OF man"
Nine Camille Theimer a Yiennese novel
list and warm advocate OF woman's ad-
vancement, had an interview with the pope
recently. The pope is reported TO have said
10 her: "It is well that women are freeing
themselves from the yoke OF the centuries.
Feminine liberation can but ennoble her
soul, in DEVELOPING. in her. the taste for
work and study and In banishing from her
mind her. atavistic leaning toward idle
pleasures"
Mrs. w. Z. Ayrton. wife OF Prof, Ayrton,
the famous English electrical engineer has
tastes which run parallel to those ,of her
husband She has been making on her
own account some important experimental
Investigations on the electric arc and also
on sand ripples. The results OF these were
so valuable that the Royal society has con-
ferred on her the David Henry Hughes"
gold medal for useful research. She II the
only woman who has ever been 30 honored
by this learned organization.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

of the occidentalism as seems to them
good
Some Of the demands of japanese ETH
quette seem from our standpoint to be
very cruel 1t is considered very rude and
very vulgar to show ones grief. According
to the sternly grand idea of Japanese
courtesy one owes 1t to ones fellows to
show him only a happy, smiling face. II
the heart is breaking-let no man see.
A Japanese woman whose little son, an
only child, had recently died called on an
errand at the home of an American family
living in Toxic. The American woman
asked for the health of the boy and the
mother answered with a smile that he had
died several days before. number OF
questions followed concerning his sickness
and the time Of his DEATH to all of which
the mother answered cheerfully and smil-
ingly After a few apparently happy re-
marks on different subjects she departed
to her home. The American woman was
angry and Mortified at what she deemed
the woman's callousness and lack of ma
ternal feeling. The husband knew more
Of japanese character and had made two
observations-that the handkerchief the
woman carried had been torn into tiny bits
during the conversation and that as she
left her lower lip was bleeding.
My japanese friend, small and dainty and
in appearance almost childlike. was one
time very Ill and suffered the most intense
physical pain that it is possible to suffer
Her mother was not living, her husband
was away at the time and she had been
quite alone. II should have screamed with
the agony" / cried involuntarily when /
heard Of the terrible suffering.
1T is a shame for japanese woman to
cry out in pain" she answered simply.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

and glove kid are vying with satin. Black
Is always allowable, but fashion demands
that hosiery, slippers and gowns shall
match, and, barring that, shall harmonize.
Even the embroidery, IL there is any, on
the slipper toes must follow out the de-
sign shown in the gown.
Among the fads OF the season are visit
ing cards from Japan. There is a chance
that the orientals may create a charming
revolution in the bits of engraved PASTE
board. The visiting cards Japan is sending
over show the perfection Of simplicity.
They are somewhat smaller than those
which fashion has demanded over here
They are pearly white in hue. In the left
hand corner is an exquisite little painting,
executed with much skill, OF quaint, ldyllic
pictures OF birds, animals and flowers, and
the cards have the supreme merit In many
society women's eyes-they are expensive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
Leaves from FashiOn's Notebook.

The millinery OF the moment is surpris-
ing In its variety. You see the large pic
turesque feather-crowned hat side by side
with the jauntiest French toque. and In
their company you may find thoroughly
practical felt hat beside the demurest
mushroom brim.
An empire neglige In crepe de chine over
china silk is stunning, made OF a dainty
shade Of pink and trimmed with valen-
ciennes lace. yoke OF fine pin tucks max
ing the empire effect " outlined with lace
edgtng. There is a RUNE Of lace around the
neck, and pieces OF heavy renaissance en-
broidery inserted into the yoke. two In
front and two in the back
The majority OF fashionable blouses are
made with Jokes of one kind or another,
and falling from deep round yokes OF
cream lace, are delicious models Of deli
cateiy tinted mousseline de sole, with two
or three horizontal tucks Just above the
waist line or Immediately below the yoke,
with similar tucks on the sleeves, which
are sometimes made after the fashion OF
capes and cover puffs OF chiffon or lace.
The most significant fact to be noted
about slippers Is their tendency 70 become
rather more pointed. Patent leather. suede
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27
Rnhie. save Homes.

LAT childless marriage creates dis
cord between husband and wife
and is one Of the most prolific
causes for divorce, is the con-
clusion reached by Judge Will
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

lard McEwen of Chicago, who supports his
conclusion with statistics Judge McEwen
is one of the judges of the superior court
Of Cook county and hears more tales Of
domestic woe in one month than all other
judges Of that court.
Figures compiled by the jurist show that
out of 200 APPLICATIONS for DEGREES which
were presented since November To- in 125
cases conjugal unhappiness was the out
come of a childless home.
Following up this line of investigation,
the judge has observed that the childless
home also is responsible for drunkenness
on the part of the husband as in most Of
the instances where the childless wife
sought divorce from her husband she has
accused the defendant of habitual drunken
ness.
A table kept by Judge McEwen during
the last two months shows the following
to be the causes for the DEGREES which
he has granted to the 200 persons who
L.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

that more tnan tWo-thlrdS OF the COM
plainants and defendants in those suits
were between thirty and forty years old
Ages of the others ranged between twenty
five and thirty years and there were
very few who had passed the forty mark
to seek dissolution Of the marital bonds.
why Girl Help f. Scarce.
A New York paper recently contained an
article upon the growing difficulty of Sc
curing help for the Large department
stores Hotels are complaining about the
scarcity of maids and of walters, and there
is the everlasting wall about the lack Of
household servers Do they vanish into thin
air? Not at all. The secret of their mys-
FERROUS and steadily increasing disappear
ance Is solved, writes Harriet Quinley In
Leslies Weekly. They go on the stage.
The hundreds Of musical comedies playing
in New York and throughout the country
swallow up these girls and men by the
thousands. There are at present being pro-
duced in New York alone twelve musical
plays, in which from 100 to 200 girls are
employed in the chorus, and at the Hippo
drome 400 or 500 girls and several hundred
men find constant employment.
One reason of this stampede to the foot
lights is that 1t means more money. Few
girls in shops earn more than $40 a. week
and the great majority earn considerably
less, while the homeliest kind of a chorus
girl commands at least SIS a week, with
costumes furnished. If she happens to be
pretty and is a good dancer she earns at
first $50 or $25, and often more. From the
writer's point of view, the shop work.
even with its low wages. is preferable to
the life OF the chorus girl, which is any
thing but beer and skittles; but to those
who only see the glare Of the footlights
and hear the music of stage life, the chorus
opens up a sort OF perpetual fairyland to
their mental vision. Despite the hard work
and the hardships which form a part Of
the chorus girls life, there is undoubtedly
a fascination in it and few that have once
entered upon 1t care to desert it for other
work.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

The list shows also that of 200 complain
ants more than go per cent were women,
but the judge explains that this does not
indicate that the man usually is the Of
fender. When. for One reason or another
a husband and wife -eparate, he says, the
the husband usually will allow his wife to
get the divorce. and in these cases the
charge as a general rule is based on de-
sertion.
Incompatibility OF temper, Judge Nc
Even declares. is a misnomer. There is
no such thing" he says, land when this
explanation is given for a couples sepa-
ration 1t is safe to say there is another
woman or another man in the case"
The subject of ages also is gone into by
Judge McEwen in his investigation and
the figures kept by him show that per-
sons between thirty and forty years of
age are more likely to seek divorce than
are those who are older or others who
have not reached the age of thirty years.
Taking the 200 cases upon which the
figures were computed, the judge finds
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

IQUETRY in footwear has been
on the increase for several sea
sons, but a running survey Of the
seasons supply Of evening slip
pers and house shoes would lead
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-11
SEARCHES FOR SHEEP.
Government Wants Fine Specimens
for Experiments.

Spokane. Wash.-G. Arthur Bell. the
assistant animal husbandman Of the
bureau Of animal industry of the
United States department of agricul.
ture is in Bozeman with Prof. George
e. Morton, of the Wyoming expert
ment station on a tour through the
northwest in search Of fine specimens
OF sheep and rams to be used iE
some experiments in breeding in wy.
oming. where they will attempt CO.
operative breeding experiment to So
cure a good combination of the NUT.
ton and wool types for the range, says
a Bozeman report.
They visited the state fair, where
they were disappointed in the quail.
ity of the display. In conversation
with some of the sheepmen at Helena
they found that it was probable that
they would not find in this state any
of the examples of the sort of animal
they are looking for, for the reason
that so far little attention has been
paid in this state to careful breeding
or to the importation of fine rams.
The experiments to be undertaken
In Wyoming are likely also to secure
some valuable results for Montana
,heepmen. as, according to Mr.. Bell.
n some Of the states where less wool
Is raised there has been more care.
ful work in breeding. The two gen.
tlemen will continue their search
through Idaho, Washington, OREGON,
California and Utah.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-11
$4,000 CROWS Roosr THERE.
Il Takes Three Hours for All to Get
Away Each Day.

Mitchell, 1nd.-A great roosting
place for crows is to be seen at q point
two piles east of this place. Three
hours are required for the crows to
leave and an equal length Of time to
return, and Mathematician, taking
the number passing every minute, fig
ures out that 333. 900 crows are resting
In close quarters. -'---- ''-'
The crows have been roosting in
this vicinity for seven years and
more, and their numbers seem to in.
crease rather than decrease. It 10
known that they fly as far as Ken.
lucky to find good feeding ground, and
they also prey on the farmers corn
in the Ohio river valley, but the birds
always return before nightfall.
Recently farmers attempted to
drive them out of their roosting place.
but the crows showed fight and
caused the farmers to retreat, but not
till hundreds Of the birds had been
killed. The crows begin leaving their
roost at break Of day, and by nine
.. m. very few are to be seen. About
three p. m. they begin returning, and
the sky is thick with them till dusk.
They have not changed their roost
more than q few miles in several
years. Formerly they could be seen
near the Monon railway. Now they
are roosting near the B. &. o. 8. w.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-11
KNEW ALL ABOUT THE AUTO.
Another Sample Of the Man Who
Can't 30 Wrong.

The other afternoon q single.seated
automobile. driven by q well.dressed
woman. stopped in the middle of the
car tracks at Sixteenth and Curtis
streets. and refused to bulge. The
woman pushed levers and turned
cranks. but there was nothing doing.
After two street cars had come to
q stop and a crowd of perhaps Is
persons had gathered near her. abe
requested some Of the spectators to
push the machine to the curb. This
was done. and the woman continued to
tinker at It. Just then one Of those
men who knows it all came along.
1.-THE sparker's busted" he said, TAX
ing look under the machine.
us that so?" said the woman, Sin
hnkering.
eyes," said the man who knew IL
all. THAT machine will never run
until new sparker is put in. You
see I know. I used to work in q fac.
tory where machines like that are
made. I understand the automobile
thoroughly. I saw at once that the
sparker was out Of commission and
that there was no more run in that
machine" Here he looked about him
for the appreciation of the crowd. The
woman kept tinkering.
mo use" he continued. 1T won't
go. couldn't be wrong. A man who
knows the gasoline auto as thorough.
ly as do couldn't make q mistake
T."
Just then the machine began to
pun. The woman got in and away It
went. There was joker in the crowd.
Stepping up to the man who made
the big talk. he said: my friend,
you're right. That machine will
never run until new sparker is put
In it."
A policeman happened along in
lime to prevent fight.-Denver Post
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-11
sy THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT.
Question Of Rights Involved In NuptiaI
Relations.

That Russian in PENNSYLVANIA
town who killed his wife and justified
1t In this sentence. II have a right to
Kill my wife: it's nobody's business
but my own" carried to an extreme
length a still surviving and by no
means uncommon theory of the mar.
riage relation. The Ten Command.
ments place in the same category
thy neighbor's wife" and "his OK"
his ass" anything that is thy neigh.
bor's." A good many well-meaning
people look upon their own wife as in
the same category with their domestic
animals in the respect that she, too,
Is their personal property. Has not
title passed in the marriage con.
tract? Is she not my" wife?
This idea of ones wife as his
chattel Is not inconsistent with
the reality of an indulgent and az.
fectfonate nature in the man in the
case. But 1t is inconsistent with the
rights of the woman in the case-an
adult. responsible human being and a
free moral agent.
II Is the Dasls OF the sO-called "un-
written law'-the assumption by a
man that a woman is not the proper
or competent guardian Of her own
honor, and that he has a right, on
proof or upon suspicion, to STAY her
and somebody else, as he would STAY
an ailing sheep Of his flock and a
sheep.killing dog.
Not all men and women are yet
able to realize that the so-called pos.
sessfve pronoun my" sometimes de.
notes relation instead of possession.
The phrase my country" for in.
stance. means different thing when
uttered by an American citizen than
when uttered by the Bourbon who
held that he was the state. "My wife"
Is phrase like my friend" The
pronoun implies obligation and priv
ilege. not the fright" to kill-or even
to nag.-N. Y. Mail,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-11
A Dinner Dilemma.

1t was an awkward dilemma IL
which a minister found himself day
or so ago. He had accepted an invita-
tion to dine with member of his
church. and rack his brain as he
might he could not fix the identity of
the prospective hostess. At last, afte,
much mental exercise, he concluded
that the most likely person was Mrs.
A, and at the proper hour he touch.
ed the bell button at her door, was
admitted, and hung up his hat, not
daring to ask If that was the house to
which he had been invited. Dinner
was announced in due time and was
heartily enjoyed by the minister, who,
after couple of hours spent in con.
versation, departed for his home,
chuckling over his success in SO hap.
PLY solving the dinner problem. The
next afternoon the minister CHANGED
to meet Mrs. A and Mrs. B., an.
Sther of his parishioners, while taking
q stroll.
What happened to you last even.
ing? inquired Mrs. B.. I'VE kept the
dinner waiting for you an hour be.
yond the usual time, but you did not
appear"
Then and there the light broke in
upon the minister. He had been in.
vited by Mrs. B., but had dined with
Mrs. A. He made a complete comics.
sion. then an apology. and promised
that hereafter he will make every din.
ner invitation matter of record.