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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

write a touching poem about his welcoms
home
F~1ddlesucksi
Mrs MaIoney said the wrong thing. IN
my opinion, which Jonathan announced TO
her that he was her husband
II I had been Mary I would have an
swered him:
Really, there must be some mistake
You may be my husband. but I most Ger
tAinIy am not your wife" And then 7
would have shut The door and gene back ID
my nice. warm nreside and ler, Jonathan
out all alone In the cold. cold world
Thirty-tEO years he had forgot her.
For thirty-twO years she worked and
planned and saved and scnemed to make a
living for herself and her child And at the
end Of that tine the man who deserted her
walks in and expects a welcome 10 the home
for which he has done worse than nothing.
When win women get over being such
fools1
What man Is there who would take back
q wife who ran away from him thirty-two
years ago7 axe her back when she has
spent her youth and her strength-decency
only knows how-and treat her with even
a sembIance OF scant courtesy
Whenever I hear OF q woman who ac-
eepts such treatment from a man 7 stop
wondering why the man gives Il to her.
Technical Training for GIrlA-
Rheoa Chlde Dorr relates In the January
Hampton's Magazine IN her article entitled
Give the Working Girl a Chance" = very
interesting story which shows what tech
meal training for our working girls viii
accomplish:
In one family there were two daughters,
both OF whom left a ramma school the
same June Annie. the elder By q year,
was . bright, ambitious. healthy specimen
OF a girl while Jennie was timid. not
overnight and very reluctant to go 70
work The mother. being lmportuned BY Z
friendly settlement yorker, finally con-
scented 70 allow one OF the girls TO enter The
trade school But itu have to be Jennie. "
she insisted annie can get q JOB any
day. and hold her own IN Il. too Blu Jen-
ME might learn somsthing In the school
b can ty r. Il you're 50 anxious"
30 Jsnnis entered the trade school and
elected the dressmzking trade. Annie Al
the same time entered a dressmakdng ss
adjustment as An apprentice For 81
months shs ran srrands, after which shs
was promoted TO pulling Blasting threads
Al the end OF 4 year abe was beginning q
sew up Innings At the End OF three years
she was sun sewing Up ltalngs- Her wages
were s. q week
Jennie remained IN the trade schOo
eighteen months Then shs went into 4
shop as a skirt hand Her wages, AZ frs.
$ = week. advanced ~ the close Of N,
first season % 80 q week In three years
when annie Was sewing Innings Al 81
week. Jennie. the dG girl, was head Skin
hand ~ SIS a week Moreover. II she los
her position as skirt hand she could sasuJ
have operated a machine. turned 70 max
ing sleeves or even ave become a Wais
trimmer. q WOpe direction There 4
no higher position IN a drsssmzkink Is
adjustment than waist trimmer. II 20,
except the designer.
Versatnity counts IN al DEPARTMENTS O
usefuInesA Jennie Transferred 10 The Do
nestle LIE viii certainly mako a bette
housskespsr than her SISTER. whose brall
and hands have been drulsd to one Asl
and one only.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

When Coal Oil Johnny" bought all the
champagne in New York and emptied II
into = plunge bath. so that be might taks
q swim in the sparkling wine. he was BY
comparison a mean M penurious miser.
The only real, genuine. open-handed and
f~ree-hearted spendthrtft IN the tides OF
time is the government OF the United States.
For instance:
When Jay Cooke and his colleagues were
projecting the Northern Pacific railroad
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
when woman In . Fool.

Mr.. MAloney. formerly OF Denver. Colo.
walked up TO a neal little cottage in East
Newark. n. J.. the other day. relates Win
nifred Black In the New York American
He scraped his feet with some care. rang
the bsu and stood waiting. 50 the neigh
bOrs who observed the incident say. with a
broad smle On his face.
A little. tired. sad-syed Ga woman opened
the door.
Hello. Mary said M MAIoney. laugh
ing now instead OF smiling TN your hus-
band. May ! come nF-
Ths tired. sad-eysd httis woman turned
very white. then she gasped- Why. yes.
yes, Ehyr shs fAitsrsd. cone N,
John" and jonathan went n. out Of the
cold into a ntee. warm. cunfy house. with
a good wife and q pleasant daughter to
make htm WsleomA JonAthAn had bean
away. Il seems. ~thirty-tWo years
The first four years Of his abssres be wa
very kind He seat his deserted wife a 1T
tie money every month 70 help taxa care Of
the baby. After that he neither sent hel
money nor wrote and now all the news.
papers are playing him up as a mOdsrr
Enoch Arden. and I suppose someone vi
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
women PayInE the Penalty.

Women have begun TO pay the penalty
for entering the fields OF employment
formerly occupied By men exclusively. ac-
eortfng TO a mortuary table for Nanhat-
tan and TIE Bronx recently prepared BY
Dr. William H Guilfoy. the registrar OF
records Of the health department Of New
York City. He has compared two periods,
LS, when women had not K up gen
eraI employment IN commercial and pro-
fesstonal life, and 1901, VIXEN there is
hardly an occupation IN which they do not
figure Despite the tremendous gain made
m the fight for supremacy over the great
white plague, the deaths from all causes
between the ages OF 5 and g OF over show
that az the period when the manner Of the
past life IS most potential for health or
disease the death rate exceeds that OF
forty years ago.
BetEsen the ages OF IS and a In 1ES the
percentage OF deaths from all causes was
10 as compared with 1857 IN 1sG; be
tween the ages Il $ and 81 in ISIS. 81,
ana In 1917. So: for sixry-fivs years and
over. SIS in lsS "a g@ m 1901 In tuber-
eulosis OF al kinds there has been a great
reduction In the death rate for an years.
This reduced The foregoing figure. or the
showing Of an Increased percentage OF
deaths would Be SIN greater. From other
diseases the Increase has been Uniform.
Life Insurance companies have long rec
ognized this adverse condition having ob-
served the gradual increass OF deaths
amo1g women VIA are in business While
the hsAlth departmsnus the country over
keep the statistics as accurately as pcs
sible. they are not applied a. practically
a. By the lie companies. WhIch figure
the dangers Of risks 70 a nicely unknown
IN Other lines Of activity. DR.. Guilfoy
ses great Advancement IN the fight
against tuberculosis hut sfsa IN hat G1s-
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

training and influence. and personal quail
ties and characteristics into consideration
in determining what Is meant BY the best
of the wages Of the best women en-
ployed in this city a. clerks. bookkeepers.
cashiers. stenOgraphers. filing clerks. sales
women. etc--the following seems to be
true.
They Cgeneraryo begin at 81 or $ Per
week.
1T generally takes about three years
70 advance to SO or 80 per week
1T generally takes five or six years to
advance to SIS per week
Not more than 10 per cent ever go be-
yond SIS per Week
Advance In wages is very rare after ten
years service. except with the 10 per cent
who develop peculiarly strong eharacteris-
tics and are advanced TO administrative
positions
1T INST be remembered that this covers
only Employs who can properly be cIAssed
as the best Others begin at s.. 81 and
IS q week. and rarely rise above 81 or 8
q week
TT seems also true that the youngeE
women and the better-equipped Womer
crowd out the older women. as appears
from the fact that except among the best
few remain after thirty or thtrty-nv'
years. and even among h best few re
main after forty or forty-nve years"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
oo-Oper.avs HoasekesPIaE.

Cooperative Housekeeping N q large
scale - 20 be Instituted upon the compile
ton Of the nlnscy-seyen rWo-srOry HOUSES
which the Glrard estate u building uDon
the squares which center AZ Eghteenth
ana POrter streetA reports the Phladeiphh
Rscord A . part o. the ODsraaO1 =
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

Take half q pound OF sugar. two and 3
half lemons, three eggs one cupfuI o.
whipped cream. one and = half tablespoon
fUls Of powdered g~elattne, six tablespoon
fuls OF water and a few c~rystaIlized vioIets.
Put the yoIks OF the eggs, the sugar,
grated rtnds and strained Juice Of the
lemons into a saucepan. whisk steadily
TIL nearly boiling. then strain into a basin
and let IL get cold. Put the water and
gelatin IN a small saucepan on the stove
and allow to dissolve.
When the egg mixture Is cold stir into
IL the whipped cream. then strain IN the
melted gelatine and lastly the whipped
whites OF the three eggs. Let II set cream
Ivy. and then pour into a dish When set
decorate with the viOIets and serve cold.
Dainty ThfnSs In Neekv<eaR.
To buy the handsome ties and stocks
that are now 30 popular costs 50 much
that the girl who can embroider will find
no more acceptable gift she can make for
her women friends.
One young woman VIII make nothing
else this year. Some OF them are dainty
rabats. made OF sheer handkerchief linen.
embroidered either in white or colors.
Others are bits OF Irish crochet fashioned
either into long strings. finished with \
tassel on each end. or into small butterfly
bows.
These latter are cut Ike the petal OF a
rose. with a blunter base. and two OF the
pieces are used on each side. the upper
one bsing somewhat smaller than those
below. The adgss are bound in narrow
wash rfbbo4E, some In white. some In blue,
pink or Lavender.
StH other ties are the narrow strings
OF satin. net more than halt an inch wide.
They have . piece that fits around the
base OF the cOEar, fastened in front with a
tiny square bow not an inch and a half
from loop 20 loop The ends were some
times two, side by side; again they num-
bered three and fell straight from the CEN
teE OF the bow, ere on top OF the other.
Each piece was about an inch shorttr than
the one beneath
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

large power house, costing SI&.O0 Is being
erected al the southwestern end OF the
tract, near Tweutieth and Oregon streets,
and from this plant all the houses now
being put up BY the estate VIII be supplied
with heat light and hot water. Not only
Will this service be rendered with unusual
economy, but II IS expected 70 minimize
the work OF house servants. doing away
with lighting and care OF fires. rsmovaI
OF ashes and incident duties
This Is probably the first instance In The
United States where such service has been
planned for detached two-story houses
Such a system is only possible where the
entire group OF houses supplied Is under
one management, as the expense OF main
tsnance could not be counted on IL the
houses were occupied by individual owners.
Under this plan il is stimate that heat,
light and hot water can be provided at an
average expense OF S to so per month for
each household. leaving only uns0lved the
problem OF cooking. for which gas stoves
arc now commonly preferred The task OF
supplying hot water TO the houses caused
the Girard estate much study. but was met
by an independent system q pipes For
those WHO wish 70 operate sewing ma
chine or washing machines by electricity,
power can also be supplied from the central
plant, and further extensions OF ire mod
ern community idea are planned II the
first convenienc@s shall prove successful
While providing a common household
service. the Girard estate has made a de-
parture in two-story house operations in
Philadelphia By introducing varied art de-
signs in the new houses downtown and not
building them according to q single design
The variety OF effects. including Colonial,
ROmanesque and Queen Anne styles, make
an unusually picturesque grouping for the
smaller class OF residences. and when 70
this Is added a small but attractive park
at the northwestern angie OF the tract
upon the site OF Stephen Gdrards old eoUn-
try home. ne combination Is regarded as
likely 70 have q f-ar-reachtng influences in
pruvidlng attractive homes IN the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

After having lined the PIE tin with crust.
break an egg and let the white drop into
IL, tipping the pan 50 as TO get "a all over
the surface OF the crust. thea let il ron
out INTO a cup. after which Il may be used
ways
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
workInx Girls In Large Cities-

TMMARlLING the results OF an
inquiry into the condition and
experiences OF working girls In
large cities. Harpers Bazar
prints these eousIusiOns:
Taxing education. family
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Leaves from Fashion'. Notebook.

Animals Of every kind are the favorits
forms in the new Christmas jsWelry.
In the one-piece dress there Is not only
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20

ease he has shown hat the mean average
OF death among women has shortened the
duration OF life since 1858
PATHS Voice since Retirement.
Nine Patti becomes more marvellous
every ysar. says the LOndon World Every
body noticed that since her retirement her
voice. Will its velvety softness and round
ness have not been touched. has gained con-
sidsrably in volume This is partly due.
OF course, TO the fact that formerly she
used to have to think OF future concerts,
n now she can be prOdigal OF all her
resources: still II Is q fact which psycholo-
gsts and voice specialists VIII find 1t hard
to explain Her interpretations OF Angels
ever bright and fair" OF "Pur dicestf" and
Vol che sapete." remain models OF every
possible perfection OF style.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-20
Me@inA ~PaAdiaE.

This Is most delicious cold s~ss
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-04
Scale Of Farm Wages.

Greeley.-The officers of the Farm
ers' Institute of this district have re.
ceived numerous letters during the last
month showing that the scale
of farm wages adopted at the
institute meeting here last month
and published in local news
papers has been generally copied all
over the country Many letters have
come from Michigan. New York and
iiwa from laboring men. inquiring for
places to work on farms at the prices
stipulated. One man in New York city
wants to make arrangements to fur
nish laborers to the farmers
All OF this. the farmers believe.
means relief from the scarcity of help
here to handle crops during the har-
vest season. At the request of the
government immigration department
the scale CT wages has been sent to it
SO that foreigners seeking employment
in agriculture NAV know of work in
the potato and beet belt of Colorado.
The scale quotes regular monthly farm
wages with board at $50 a month, or
binary work by the day on farms at a
$1.25 to 80 with board. higher wages to
be paid ior special work AMI for irri-
CATION. and cents sack, without
board. for picking potatoes. The de-
mand for good laborers will be greater
the coming season than heretofore, as
each successive season brings from
$500 to 1000 acres more under Guilt
walton.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-04
Tragedy at Florissant.

Denver.-A Colorado Springs special
to the Republican Friday night says
Another double tragedy, adding an
other link in the chain of crime in
Colorado within the last few weeks as
a result of Jealousy or domestic trou
bles, was enacted at 8 O'Clock this
morning at Florissant. small town
about thirty miles west of here on the
Colorado Midland road.
After shooting his wife twice
through the right arm with 22-caliber
Winchester repeating rife. in a futile
attempt to kill her, E. w. Price. forty
years Old who has been employed for
engineer. set fire to his own home
and then. rushing into the back yard
sent bullet through his brain. death
resulting instantly.
Mrs. Price. who is about ten wears
older than her husband. is not in n
critical condition. and will survive nm
less unforeseen complications arise.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-04

Denver.-In order to fill their half
million dollar contract to furnish the
marble fof the interior work on the
new 100000 court house in Cleve-
land. Ohio. and other contracts which
the Colorado Yule Marble Company
now have. 1t is necessary for them to
add to their present plant at Marble.
Colorado. E. o. Pratt, superintendent
of construction, is at the Oxford hotel
receiving bids and estimates on ma
chinery to enlarge the plant. They
have at present eight gang mills and
two rubbing beds and they expect to
add twenty-five more gang mills. three
new rubbing beds and six polishing ma,
chimes.
The Cleveland contract is the larg
est ever given west of Vermont, and il
is only forerunner for the new plant.
They now have a contract to furnish
all the marble for the interior of a
New York bank. Colorado marble is
beginning to be recognized in the East
and the new company believes that be-
fore long II will tax them to fill all or
ders.
A large force of new men will be
put to work at their plant the first of
April. Through the summer they will
employ some 500 men. Delivery on
the Cleveland marble will not COM
mence until summer
Colonel Meek. president of the COM
pany. is at present in the East figur-
ing on several large contracts, and it
is practically assured now that some
| of these will be landed before long
When the additions are made to the
present plant it will be one of the most
complete plants in the United States.
At present they have l.O0OO 900 invest
ell at Marble. They own their own
railroad from Redstone to Marble. the
Crystal River & San Juan railway
This roai connects with the Crystal
River & Carbonate railroad and this
road strikes the Colorado G Southern
at Carbonate.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-04
JOURNALISTIC CONVENTION.
Governor Buehtei Favors Gathering Of
Publicists at Denver.

Governor BuehteI Favors Gathering Of
Publicists at Denver.
Denver.-In a public letter Gov. H.
A. Buchtel calls for an expression of
opinion throughout the state in regard
10 a great journalistic gathering to be
held In Denver at the close of the COM
ing Democratic national convention in
July. The governor says:
John Brisben Walker has suggested
the idea of holding an International
congress OF authors, editors, publish
ers AID publicists in Denver after the
close of the Democratic national con-
vention. namely from July 14th to July
25th. During the Democratic national
convention reporters will be present
in great numbers from every section OF
the United States. II we could then
bring to Denver a considerable repre-
sentation of editors and publishers the
advantage to the state would be great.
The owners of the great papers and
the editors who formulate the policy
of the great papers could do more to
make Colorado known to the people in
every locality than the reporters who
work under their direction. The topics
to be considered by the convention
would be such topics as might be
agreed upon among the most conspicu-
Gus editors and publishers of the coun-
try. 1t is probable that they will con-
slider such questions as the conduct and
ethics OF the worlds great newspapers
and magazines, and the work of the
novelist and writer.
''Thc suggestion has been made that
these distinguished people should be
invited to be the guests of Colorado for
To, lnx. Tel, . ic
proposed that only four sessions Of the
congress should be held and that inter
Fvening time should be occupied with
visits to interesting points in the Rocky
mountains. Both the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Colorado & Southern
railroads have expressed their hearty
approval OF the plan. They would pro
vide transportation for these distin-
guished guests to any points reached
by their lines. The board of directors
OF the Convention League will at once
take up the matter to determine
whether II might be possible to pro
vide for the entertainment of these
guests. Invitations would be issued to
approximately 500 of the worlds most
famous authors, publishers and publ
cists.
I'VE might hope to secure an atten-
udHce Oi lUu OF tneSe distinguished
people If we could invite them to be the
guests OF the state of Colorado. The
great conventions 10 be held in Den
yer this year ought to add a hundred
thousand people to our population in
the course of the next twelve months.
II we could bring the owners OF the
great newspapers and the men who
fix the policies of the great newspapers
for such n convention. 1t is probable
that this would do as much for us as
any other convention in bringing peo-
pie to Colorado.
1T is desired that expressions of APP
proval or disapproval of holding this
proposed convention should be sent at
once TO w. F. r. Mills. secretary of the
Denver Convention League, at the
Chamber of Commerce building. or to
me at the state house Very sincerely.
HENRY A. BUCHTEL."
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-04
GREAT INVENTOR IN PERIL.
Life Of Thos. A. Edison Endangered
BY Operation.


New York.-Thomas A. Edison is in
a critical condition at the Manhattan
Eye. Ear and Throat hospital, No. 30
East Sixty-fourth street.
A second operation on his ear, fol-
lowing the one of last Sunday. was
performed at o'clock Thursday after
noon to relieve an infection of the
inner wall of the mastoid cells. The
operation was performed by DR.. Ar
thur B. Duel and Mr.. Edison regained
consciousness, but his condition is SO
serious that his wife. sen and daughter
are at the hospital with him. His fam
lily physician, DIR. J. H. Bradshaw. of
Orange, n. j., also was at the hospital
throughout the night.
Mr.. Edison is sixty-one years Of age
and while it was admitted that a re-
currence OF his earlier ailment had
believed by those in attendance that
he would recover from the serious OPP
Grafton.
At night Mr.. Edison was resting as
comfortably, it was said. as could be
expected. DR.. Duel said:
THE second operation, this time for
mastoiditis, was decided upon this af-
ternoon at a consultation In which DR..
James S. McKeernon and DR.. w. c.
Wylie participated. Mr. Edison's fam
ily physician was also present. The
operation. though serious, appears to
have been successful and we look for
the patients recovery. His condition
is satisfactory under the circum-
Stances