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Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

Women in Factories.
In a Pittsburg foundry girls are employed
to make simple cores for castings. A
quick girl can make 10000 a day, for which
she receives 81. According to the investi-
gator who reported to charities on PITTS
burg Women in the Metal Trades" this
work is carried on in clouds Of drifting
dust. AS the cores are finished they are
set on trays. which the women carry across
the room to the ovens. A loaded tray
weighs from ten to twenty-five pounds. In
an electrical factory in East Pittsburg $50
women are employed on piece work in wind
ing coils for armatures. The fastest make
s1.H a day. The work is so taxing that
the employees give out readily. Only
twenty-five have been in the factory four
years. Three screw and bolt workers In
the same city employ 6s women. A bolt
trimmer-to use one class of labor as An
ilustration-stands for ten hours before a
machine. She feeds bolts to the mechanism
at two seconds intervals-16,00 900 times a day
for a wage of SO cents.
Bad conditions, these. for women to work
under and likely to a an indirect effect
in weakened and stunted children.
Doubtless the employers feel that they
are not to blame. that they are forced by
competition for cheap goods to hire chear
labor. II any one of them should hold
out and refuse to use the methods of his
competitors he would be forced to the
wall. So it is up to organized society tc
take a haud and fix the rules of the game
Conditions for the employment OF womer
and children must be determined and en-
forced by the state. Otherwise society
is at the mercy OF a demand for cheapnesi
that sacrifices the future of the race.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

can suggest into their lives. There is a
national council OF Canadian women and a
Victoria order of nurses, all accomplishing
good things for the sex and for the ma
tion.
But Canadian women in the aggregate
find their mission in being good wives and
mothers, and to their eternal credit be it
said they all delight in being considered
fine -housekeepers. All the historians of
Canada pay cheerful tribute to pioneer
women, their fortltude, their wisdom, and
that the nation is fast forging ahead they
ascribe to the fact that women lave al
ways cherished the highest ideals and that
they transmitted from generation TO gem
Grafton unaffected piety and patriotism
and physical and moral health.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Leave. from Fash,on'- Note

leaves from Fashions Notebook.
The couture Of a girl this season will
show as many shell hairpins as one head
can stand.
Combs are hidden as much as possible.
but the large-headed hairpins and the inn
mense barette fill up the surface of the
head.
A smart street suit has a skirt with the
seams at the sides of the front panel
slashed to the knee, and closed with tiny
buttons.
The smart thing in tailor suits this win
ter, next to the coarse diagonal serge, Is
the suit which has a broken plaid skirt in
taded tones and a long, bright coat Of the
same cloth.
Eyelet work is used even on satin in these
days. A striking gown of green-blue satin
recently seen, mad a large flower design
in eyelet work, outlined in silk OF the same
color, made on a foundation of net.
Many of the embroideries, so-cailed, this
year have been nothing more. nor less than
the design cut out OF cretonne a%ppllqued
on TO the material and yelled with muslin.
Now similar decorations are being applied
TO silks and satins.
If you want to liver up a black coat
suit, put in a waistcoat of American
Beauty satin or velvet. This is a smart
I %itS tS Sa0 fashions shGGs 'qfft MT g may S be f fastened "a
down center with black velvet or cut JET
buttons.
An attractive, but absolutely simple dress
is OF pale sea-green crepe meteor over silk.
The material is draped across the bodice
fitting the figure quite tightly. The skirt
~ 9AANAAGa ~ OAN oha hAAA hAAAAANh ~
a trail Of Byzantine embroidery. worked
in silver. g
Because women complained loudly last
year of braid and cloth buttons wearing out
so soon, the new ones have a metal rim,
when entirely protects the edges. The
mold inside may be covered with any ma
terial desired and the metal cap fitted on.
II is impossible to overestimate the i'm
portance Of the. sash and buttons in con-
necton with skirts. The former is gradu-
ally veering round more to its rightful
position at the back, while the buttons are
of every FORM kind, and diversity, from
the silk or satin covered shell to fine
beaded embroideries.
The coming season will be a velvet year,
and velvet coats will be worn with satin
and cloth skirts. Chiffon velvet will serve
for Directoire evening gowns, and satin
will be well to the fore. The new satins
are very strong, especially made with a
view to being turned to account as smart
coats with sheath skirts. The new self
colored directoire damask is light In weight,
elastic, and firm, and very similar in texture
to louisine. The designs are. Persian, Jap
anese, and Arabesque, and 1t is made UP
: in all the evening shades.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
what women Are DOinE.

Miss Macy Boyle ORetlS daughter OF
the dead I9et, John Boyle O'Reilly. is a
Massachusetts prison commissioner and Is
giving talks in her state on Women in
Prison and Afterwards"
Miss Sophie Wight OF New Orleans is
lecturtng on louisiana and It's Possibili-
ties" in the north, making a circuit of the
principal cities. This Is q species of vaca-
ton tour before beginning her school year
At home In the Home Institute for Girls
and night schools for boys.
Miss H'lda Svenson has been unanl-
mously chosen secretary-treasurer by a To-
cal branch OF the County photographers
union In New York. This is the first time
that they have elected a woman to office
and they did II with the statement tina
they wished 10 emphasize their belief in
equal pay for equal work" Honor "a
them!
The only woman caTtoonist is Mrs. Don
aid G. Monroe of New York, still known
In her work by her maiden name, Laura
u. Foster. She was a San Francisco girl
and went TO New York after the earth
quake. She has done quite a good deal OF
work as an illustrator. besides her cartoon
work.
Ernestips Gregory, a we'll known German
writer, 10 the first woman who was per
mitted "a pass the examination IN the semi.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

narrow bordering frin OF lace around the
face but a deep capelike frill Of lace
around the neck. A majority Of the hoods
have some sort Of cape finish, more or
less shallow. and some have long scarfs
of the hood material cut in one with the
body Of the hood.
The hood has helped on the cult Of the
bonnet, and here again the automobile
must assume the responsibility, for the
quaint coal %scuttle, poke and Quaker bon
nets which have appeared this season are
intended for motor wear. Most Of them
are constructed OF shirred and corded silk
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

but It is responsible for the revival
of the hood, and for that gracious deed
lovers OF the picturesque in dress should
condone much.
There was never anything created for
woman's wear in which a pretty woman
looked more piquant and bewitching than
in a hood Of becoming type, and we have
, too long overlooked the opportunities for
dainty coquetry that turks in the folds Of
Ithe capuchon, but now, thanks to the
motor, the hood is In fashion
All Of the famous Partisan milliners are
catering to the new fad and turning out
delectable models whose variety and
originality are surprising in view Of the
somewhat narrow limitations of line and
idea.
Moreover the liking for hoods, which
started first with practical fur and cloth
headgear for winter motoring and de-
veloped into coquettish and elaborate head
covering for wear with evening dress In
open or closed cars, has spread far beyond
It's original field.
Last summer chic Parisians talked much
OF garden hoods and wore delightful en-
v~eloping head covering Of finest lingerie
and lace or silk and lace during their
evening strolls In garden or on terrace. This
fall hhe evening mood has thoroughly come
into its own, and even with very elaborate
afternoon toilet some women. don lovely
hoods in place of hats for motor or car
rlage.
For evening wear the innovation is a
positive boon. Few women have understood
how to adjust and wear skilfully the filmy
scarf which has served for head covering
with evening dress in recent years. and
as a rule c%oiffure and throat were pro-
tected at the cost of grace and beauty or
the practical was utterly sacrificed to the
artistic.
With the hood beauty and comfort are
combined. The big soft silken creation
completely envelopes the c~oiffure and covers
the throat. yet it frames the face charm
ingly and it stays in place without eternal
vigilance on the part OF the wearer.
1t is eminently feminine. this latest fad,
n and ominently French, just such a bit Of
n subtle coquetry as delights the French
z heart. And it takes us back to the great
z days Of France, TO the days of powder and
patches, of masks and sedan chairs and
gilded coaches.
Madame DOMINIC her theater hood fills
ones mind with vague colorful memories
OF lie Roi Soleirs court. She may be merely
going to the latest Broadway farce and to
a lobster palace afterward, but st. Ger
main and Versailles and Morly lie Roi come
hummlng through the onlooker's brain, and
the names Of old plays, old dances, old
bellcs rise to ones lips.
The milllners have felt all this them
selves. They have gone to those brilliant.
gay, artificial days for their inspiration.
their models, their names. This quaint
hood OF cell blue taffeta and sapphire
velvet. with its line Of dark fur round the
face and framing the velvet crown. is the
Maintenon. 1t has a certain solid richness
and sobriety despite its beauty. but the ~
Barry makes no claim to sobriety.
1t is all rose color taffeta and mouse.
selinc and creamy lace, all compact OF
tiny frills and frivolous knots and flutter-
ing bows, And the Manon-an immense
capuchon of pansy violet taffetas, rolling
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Chentnut ~BromnIs..

From across the sea comes this suEges-
ton, which is fine for Halloween, Procure
shiny horse chestnuts, select a small one
for the head, a larger one for the body.
Then provide for your guests good wire
hairpins, some yarn or heavy silk to wind
the pins with and some sealing wax with
which to fashion hands and feet. Hats
may be made from acorn cups, pins will
fasten them on and secure the head on
the body. rhs feoea may be done with
water color& These brownies are delight
ful' so cpE English friend who made them
says.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

NAAO - jug ~ = CaA VI plGJe
or otherwise, but always a beast. and that
it's a white mans burden anyway. All Of
which proves hat the highest grade hus-
band extant has his permanent habitAt in
these United States Of America.
what Men Know About Women.
A large number of books about women
have been written by men, scientific, sem
timental and suggestive.
But up to the present time very little is
really known about this interesting and
expensive creature. observes Brooklyn Life.
Woman in large masses. and regarded abb
stractedly from a distance, ls highly OBJ
j~ectionable. Because of her habit of having
children-criticised by many as an I'M
fortunate trait In itself-we could not very
well get along without her. And yet she
is plaiEty, according to the best 'authori-
ties" physically inferior. She consumes
food. uses up cur natural resources wears
hideous clothes and pays nothing for her
immense privileges. She is a dead loss. re-
garded from an economic standpoint She
is mean, has an undeveloped sense OF
honor, very little character and is a con-
ummate liar. All this she seems to be in
the aggregate.
But--and this is highly i~mportant-the
moment we apply THIS RUE aDoul woman
In the aggregate to woman in particular,
we find It doesn't work. Miss A Is a
charming, fresh. ~piauant, beautiful young
girl, as delightful as q flower. We would
jump off a reasonably stiff cliff without
previous warning to rescue her from a
wstery grave. We would neglect our bust
ness any day In the week and willingly
stay away-or attend. as the case may be-
church, II we thought there was even the
remotest prospect OF eventually holding hel
in our arms. or stealing a kiss from hei
ruby lips. Mrs, B. runs her household
like clockwork. She has business and ex
ecutive ability. combined with all OF thu
excellent qualities Of a normal mother
Miss G., isfa wit, whose delicate apprecia
! ton OF shades OF humor throws us int
, despair over our own crudeness In that re
spect. Then there is the nurse we once hat
the perfection of self-abnegation. OF sub
lime dislnterestedness, the very apotheosi
! Of all virtue. All logic, all systems. IA
before her quiet ways And SO our large
: general conclusions have been shattered
and. descend abruptly to the slang Of tn
i day. we discover that when it comes to
: true estimate OF woman, "all bets are off.
The real difficulty is that in JudginI
8 woman man has no standard to go by bu
s his own. These standards he has raise
{ uD for his own particular purpose. fror
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

purely utilitarian motives. They are all
right for him, but why should he apply
them to beings who have no use for them?
On the stock exchange. for example, one
nod his head and a thousand shares
Of stock, representing hundreds OF thou
sands of dollars. are sold. No man there
would go back on his nod, because in the
long run to do so would involve individu-
ais as we'll as the community in disaster.
But imagine a lot Of women suddenly
brought together under similar circum-
stances. How many OF their mods would
have any ultimate cash value? women are
not required to make good" in this way.
Hence, they hould be judged only by their
own standards; and as no man has ever
discovered what those standards are, there
is no solution to the problem.
But man, on the other hand, can Judge
himself by his own standards. And in this
respect he fails so often and so lamentably
that perhaps 1t is just as well for him tc
go slow in trying to get a straight line. on
woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
virtue in RousecIeaninE.

There is nothing in connection with
household economies that is of more i'm
portance than sanitation and ventilation.
Housekeepers in the city scorn the coun-
try woman's custom Of a general upheaval
every spring and fall, but a little thought
convinces that the country woman has the
right of it. The h~ousemaid's daily efforts,
even where they are supplemented by the
services Of a charwoman, are not really
sufficient. because at best they are never
altogether thorough. Then. too, we all
know how rapidly useless things clutter
up a place. Nothing short Of the regula-
tion semi-annual cleaning seems to give
the impetus necessary to get at them.
II is a mistake to hoard half-worn things.
Convenience is so often sacrificed to SEN
timent. Mother hates to part with Willie S
first pair OF trousers, or the cunning little
pinafore that belonged to Mary James
baby. but these things take up space
often where space Is at a premium.
Where a house OF an apartment has been
closed in the summer time general reno
walton is a necessity. When housekeeping
is pursued systematically-if the term may
be applied to anything in itself so disrupt
ing-half the labor OF II is eliminated. But
it is unwise to cav the work entirely in
the hands OF a servant. II the careful
housewife does not. as many OF them do.
put on cap and apron she at least super
vises the process.
This is the way in which one woman
achieves sanitation. Here is a large house,
with several servants, but she always takes
an active interest in domestic affairs
I Never by any chance does she permit
spring and fail to pass without the house
cleaning the country woman believes in.
Incidentally. It is interesting u note-al-
though II Is not wholly r~elsvant-that there
has not been a case Of illness m the house
for seven years.
In the beginning boxes and trunks are
looked after. Everything not OF reeogniza-
BILE value is disposed OF. Each room Is
subjected TO a thorough ~fumigation. The
following morning windows are thrown
open and the house Is aired. BY this
method rot only are flies. mosquitoes and
To1ches destroyed. but possibilities OF d.
sease from other sources are materially
lessened. 1t is a precaution that is well
worth the trouble.
Now begins the real process Of cleaning
the %drudgery. The place is swept frs
with a broom and then with a dry MOI
slightly dampened in ammonia water
When the little dust that remains has
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

aEEHlsM9 nerves OF some writer's. For
Ssss5 the benefit OF those who do not
possess one and those who are unable to
understand the specimens on hand, a
writer in a current magazine offers this
definition and explanation:
Husbands are the natural product of
most civilized countries. They are plentiful
IN most of the United States Of America,
being scarcest in Utah and Massachusetts,
where each woman Owls but a fraction of
a husband, or none at all. Those owning no
more Than a morbid interest in a husband
are called old maids.
n Although the best husbands in this coun-
Try are acknowledged by experts to be in
~1igenous to the soil, those commanding
the highest market prices are the imported
varieties, because of their expensive labels.
The Crown brand brings the largest figure.
The husband is a wary and elusive ami
NAL. fleeing for safety at the first noise
like a skirt to his lair in clubs, offices, and
other remote caves of his habitat; but he
may be cajoled forth by an appearance of
7 indifference on the part OF the trapper. as
his curiosity can always be aroused by
the strange creature who could remain i'm
mune to his charms; after which he may
be easily caught anywhere in broad day
light Though a white night-lisht or moon.
calcium is preferable). In q trap composed
of frou-frou. talcum, golden locks and fiat,
terry.
There is tradition to the effect that the
earliest husband catcher was a clumsy
eontrivanee made OF fine hand sewins
attached to a spinning wheel. decorated
with home made preserves put up in syruI
of sweet disposition and sealed In common
sense jars.
Once secured with a matrimonial halle
tied In . diamond hitch, the husband usu
ally becomes quite tame and will eat from
the hand and sign checks at will Their
are more than fifty-seven varieties OF hus
bands at large and In captivity. but the!
are broadly classed as good and bad b,
their respective owners or keepers eallei
wives. Since the wife lie 30 constitute
that she can believe anything she sets he
mind to, she can easily persuade hersel
that a bad husband is q good one an
vice verss-a meroifui provision OF Prov
dence for marital happiness
The American husband IL called by hi
transatlantic oompeers a beast OF burden
20 which he may very Justly retort ths
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
A BacheIor,s Reflections.

No other people have to meet such keen
and so much competition as liars.
The average person can get more genu-
inc Joy out of a grievance than out of a
blessing.
A woman would rather a man made love
to hor without meaning 1t than mean 1t
without making love to her.
II the place where a woman keeps the
sheets and pillow cases Is only an old box
she can respect 1t by calling 1t the linen
closet.
When a woman has q son it's a sign she
IL going to make her plans, before he is
out of his cradle, for the day when he be-
comes p~resident.-New York Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
His Notion.

IT am, OF course, in favor Of compelling
every motorist to display the number Of his
car, for the purpose of Identification, and
so on" said the man who ruminated while
he was resting, but l think that In certain
cases II would serve to prevent misappre.
hension and avert suspicion IL the machine
were decorated with a conspicuous placard
bearing the legend, It's Paid fort -
Puck.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Fashion is Reviving the Piquant Hood

Half bonnet, half hood are certain motor
toques in mousseline de sole on the order
OF the taupe one pictured here, with wide,
low draped crown. soft frills falling over
the hair and long scarfs brought forward
from sides and back. The model Of the
sketch had It's somber eoloring relieved by
a narrow roll Of mandarine yellow velvet
and a littie bunch Of pansles in yellow
and puppies.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

he automobile may have tie dis
agreeable features. II does
smell to high heaven, II does
Kick up an appalling dust. It
does ruin the roads and
danger the lives OF pedestrians,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01

How much money an uneducated woman
without a cent Of capital, can make by SON
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Husbands.

he mystery OF husbands, what
they are good for, and what
they do to make life worth liv-
ing. seems to be getting on the
nerves OF some writer's. For
tho hanefit of those who do not
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Women in Factories.

settled all wood surfaces are gone over
with a soft, damp cloth.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-01
Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various

the transatlantic husband is a beast Of prey,
or otherwise, but always a beast, and that
it's a white mans burden anyway. All OF
which proves that the highest grade hus-
band extant has his permanent habitat in
these United States Of America.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-27
Taft Iunored I.ilIey.

C f- {. .k5t
 During the entire period of MT Taft's public presence in New Haver yesterday there was nothing said or hinted at by act or deed endorsing the candidacy for governor of MT Lilley, the republican nominee for chief executive of this state. State issues were entirely avoided, so ilucn so in fact that as to be noticeable, and it was quite current matter of comment that at yesterdays meeting the unusual occurrence was recorded of candidate for president cciniag into the state and sitting on the same platform with the candidate for the goyerno ship without making the slightest complimentary allusion to his candidacy or expressing endorse ment of hts campaign and wishing Jim success. Another thing that was interpreted as having bearing on this marter, although different const.'u:- ton was, expressed, was the state ment of the candidate that he asked the campaign managers not to send him to any. place in this state. Tae reason Judge Taft smilingly gave was that he feared he, had been here so often that 1t would be better for him to remain away. Besides being a somewhat facetious explanation it fails to show why the campaign lead. CTS sent him here. The fact that Mr Lilley was invited to take no part in the proceedings, although ho sat within few feet of MT Taft throughout the meeting, seems some what significant.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-27
Corcoran-Sandom.

Charles J. Corcoran and Miss Julia E. Sandom, daughter of Mrs Ella Sandom of Cherry street were married at the Immaculate Concep- ton church this morning at o'clock by the Rev James O'Brien, acting pastor who also celebrated the nup- tial mass. The church was almost filled with friends of the couple. Miss Mary J. Ryan of New Haven, cousin of the bride, was. maid of honor and James D. Mccarthy of this city groomsman. The bride was attiren in one. of the most exquisite gowns seen at a wedding In this city in a long time. It was ivory satin. dfrectoire style en train with Bruges duchesse lace, having come from Paris The bride wore a picture hat with white willow plumes and car ride a shower bouquet of bridal roses. Her maid was gowned in pink silk null, with pink hat and carried pink roses. As the bridal party was entering the church Miss Irene Kelley of New Haven sang Lohengrin's "Processional" and at the offertory Bailey's Ave Maria. ]" t"Oh, Perfect Love" by Barnby was also rendered by the soloist. t A wedding breakfast was served the bridal party in the. private dining room of The Elton immediately after the ceremony. On their return from Old Point comfort, MT and Mrs Corcoran will reside in the O'Brien apartment house on Cooke street.