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Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

held back the cuff on the loose three
quarter sleeve.
Challie, in plain light tints, with bands
of Write scalloped and embroidered in
the color bordering neck, fronts and
sleeves are dainty and practical. The
scalloped border turns back over the ma
terial like q facing. Sometimes, instead
of being embroidered in the color of the
robe the white is embroidered in black
with good effect.
Biderdown robes, wadded silk robes,
zenana cloth robes and even blanket
Of white scalloped and embroidered in
lines, have grown much more shapely. and
garments attractive as we'll as comfort
able are now shown in these materials,
particularly in the zenana cloth, which is
made In lovely colorings.
Some very pretty little wrappers of the
shortwaisted type are made in the fancy
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
Activities of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life

gland, while Beatrice Harraden is busy
travelling from place to place giving read
ings from 'Ships That Pass In the Night
and her other books to raise money to help
the suffrage cause.
The Sketch, an authority on beauty IN
London, says that the countess OF West
moreland is the handsomest woman OF the
and fair, with lovely blue eyes and golden
hair and is very fond Of all outdoor
sports"
The Woman's Henry George league OF
New York placed Itself on record as pro-
testing against the Board Of Education
giving food to hungry school children as
"a step toward state socialism, and urges
that instead the tenement house and side
walk laws be enforced, so that the unem-
ployed may find employment and support
their own families"
Mrs. w. w. Grinnell is the editor of the
organ published in New York by those OPP
posed to woman suffrage and 1t is a small
sheet OF only four pages, while the organ
OF the New York suffragists. called the
News Letter, has twenty-odd pages and
is said to enjoy as large a CIRCULATION as
many OF the daily papers. Miss Harriet
May Mills is the editor.
There are signs OF regret In some quar-
tiers because the most important bud OF
the year, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, shows no
sign of declaring in favor Of the auto
that the presidents hostile attitude to the
horseless carriage has injured it's vogue in
washington. MEb. Ql0 mucn
to give heart to those who preferred gaso-
line to prancing steeds, but she has kept
so exceedingly quiet since her marriage
that her aid could not stem the current.
The most popular girl, without doubt, in
Germany is Princess Victoria Louise,
daughter of the kaiser. who is a pretty
little maiden OF sweet 16, and not so little,
either, for the young lady is quite as tall
as the wives of her big brothers. She IL
considered too young for sweethearts by
her father, but nevertheless her name has
been mentioned In connection with most
of the princes of other countries. and when
the time comes there will no doubt be
more Of them com wooing than she will
know what to do with.
Mrs. Emily Treat Of Hannibal, NO., is
said to be the first woman 10 be employed
as an official court reporter in this coun-
try. Some thlrty-five years ago she ae-
complished one Of the greatest feats a
shorthand reporter had ever performed up
TO that time. She reported and made the
transcript OF the testimony In a railway
lawsuit Involving a large sum. II required
something over six months for her to com-
plete the transcript, but when II was done
she received high commentator for the
excellence OF her work and the sum OF
5000. Mrs. Treat Is still In active service.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

fell straight and cllnging yet loose in front,
while in the back the fullness was plated
In cleverly just between the shoulder
blades below a smooth embroidered yoke
effect.
A band of lavender liberty satin just a
shade darker han the crepe bordered all
the edges of this robe.
Beautiful tea gowns for elderly women
in the soft grays. the prunelle shades and
in black transparent nets or laces over
amethyst or white are shown.
To come down to models more practical
for the average woman and within reach
of women with moderate dress allowance,
one finds delightful little, short-waisted
models in crepe de chine, whose skirts are
untrimmed and whose short, loose bodices
have only lines Of trimming around the
neck and on the short over sleeve or
shoulder and a tucker and undersleeves
OF tucked or shirred cream net, the
tucker ending just below the base of the
waist. A soft girdle is swathed about the
waist and knotted with long scarf ends
whenever it is becoming. A gown of this
kind will do duty for any sort of at home
occasion, and indeed has little or nothing
to distinguish it from some of the simple
evening frocks.
In albatross there are pretty loose robes
bordered with wide bands OF embroidery
in silk or soutache and often lined with
silk. so that they are not after all, such
inexpensive trifles as one might think.
The silk lining, is not, however, a neces-
sity. &C.,
One attractive robe in pink albatross
had a border of soutache embroidery, a
Greek key design in black. The front
crossed to the front and fastened there
with three big buttons covered in pink
and soutached in black. Similar buttons
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

white or ecru one. One does not nave to
dye the lace, as the shops offer the mater
ial In all the new colors. Green and brown,
blue and violet, are among the oolors, and
the shades OF these colors run the fashion
able gamut.
II you are skilled in the art of tying
Irvine or string, your hands are needed for
the new directoire sash. The ends Of Il
are now twisted into the sailors Turks
head knot. This is a new touch and II ls
quite effective. The folds of silk are laced
and interlaced in exact sailor fashion into
the large soft balls which end the stream
ers.
with the skirts that have a center seam
in front and that are cut to hang straight
from q line three or four inches above the
top of the waist, there Is a pad attached
Just In front. II is made Of cotton and in
closed in the lining material, so that the
inside OF the skirt will be neat looking. II
is about four inches long and two inches
wide, and runs down the center seam d.
rectly over the waist line. II keeps the
skirt from sinking in, which is always in
artistic, !
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

will be used with fur brims for toques,
and will be far lighter and more hygienic
than the all-fur, which are too heavy for
anyone to essay.
Instead of lace and mesh net there will
be a good deal of colored filet net used
stamped in the new way. 1t Is not unlike
the flower net used for summer frocks
and blouses several years ago, although
the mesh Is many times thicker and more
open. This gives 1t distinction.
The high class dressmakers are advocat-
ing simple waists of colored crepe de chine
to wear with the winter cloth suit. There
is the heavy texture that can be gotten for
this purpose. 1t does not look too dressy
in combination with serge and cheviot.
One OF the departures in the fashion this
winter Is the matching of the sleeve to
the bodice instead OF to the yoke. This
does not mean that the sleeve is of the
same material as the waist, for 1t is usu-
ally a transparent fabric, but 1t matches
in color.
A lace blouse to match the suit will be
more in fashion this year than a plain
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

sembling a loose woven mummy cloth
embroidered in dull blue, pink. black and
white, ornamented the neck, fronts and
short loose sleeves Of this sack and a little
bias piping Of white messaline with a hair
of black ran along the edge of the bands.
The close shirred under sleeves were Of
this white and black messaline, trimmed
with embroidered buttons matching the
band trimming Of the sack. Under this
odd sack was worn a perfectly plain
clinging skirt Of pink satin. Queer? Yes,
decidedly queer. but lovely Of color and
line and with a quaint Old World flavor
as though 1t had stepped out Of some old
French mezzotint OF painting.
Plain nets. simply trimmed in ribbon or
gallon and artistically draped over a cling
ing but not tightly fitted robe, make
charming tea gowns and some especially
chic models are in heavy silk fur net of a
genuine gold yellow made over satin of
the same shade and trimmed with a mar
row edge Of dark brown and a very little
heavy cream lace.
There are marvelously lovely things in
the Japanese robes, not merely the XII
monos. but models which were designed
here and executed in Japan, so that while
the cut corresponds with occidental ideas
as to the desired lines in negligees. the
exquisite materials, embroidery and color
schemes are purely Japanese. The lowell
est model of this class that we have seen
was a vistaria design, the material a
crinkly silk crepe of delicate lavender. en-
broidered almost all over in great sprays
of ~vistaria shading through many soft
tones OF lavender to white in the blossoms
and through soft gray green's to white in
the foliage.
The neck was cut square n the gowr
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
shOwinE the Hats Of 1880.

One Of the popular corners in the fairly
bewildering millinery floor at one OF Chi
cago's big stores has a tiny stage set with
a spinning wheel and colonial furniture
and graeed by q pretty young woman at
tired like the girl OF 1880.
She Is not only a very pretty girl, but
she has a quiet. humorous appreciation OF
the quaint hoped skirts and the still
quainter bonnets which she dons and doffs.
There Is no hand-clapping-nothing but
murmurs OF admiration at the beautiful
styles displayed, evidence Of a ~quickened
appreciation OF the fact that "grandmOth-
er's" costume was very far from being
what the earicaturists would have one be-
LsVS
All the hats-there are more than a dozeu
OF them-have been built up" from the
designs shown in a collection OF 100 fashion
plates brought over from Paris this year.
These prints depict the styles prevailing
in France from 1880 70 about 1865. Ameri
can fashions copied the French In thOs'
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
sauce for the Gander.

Shortly before the ceremony the prospec-
tive bridegroom called on Rev. C. w.
Wendte, a Boston clergyman, to give In
structIons.
81 have heard said he, that you Gus
tomarily omit he word obey from the
marriage service. VIII you please oblige
me by inserting it tomorrow"
The clergyman promisee to do so, and
when the crucial moment came he said.
wilt thou. Lucy, promise to love, honor
and obey2"
II WILL" answered the bride.
The minister vert on: "Wilt thou. Ralph,
promise to love. honor and obeyr'
The bridegroom hesitated, stammered,
gulped, and responded, II WILL" evidently
rot wishing to create a scene by desiring
an amended question, but later he re-
preached the minister.
But you asked me TO use the word
obey" protested Mr.. Wendte, with 6
twinkle in his eye. How was I to know
that you wanted 1t for the lady only?"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
MorEue for WeddinE Gitts.

There is one particular shop in New York
which makes a business OF buying dupli-
cate wedding gifts and 1t has show windows
where these articles are displayed with
price tickets on them, announcing the bar
gain prices. 1t is a morgue Of fashion and
mausoieum of all that is silly and extrava-
CANT. Repousse silver and bottles incased
in the same metal are among the principal
exhibits. These bottles n decanters are
always hard to keep clean, besides being
apt to break, and then II is impossible to
have them repaired. II IS not now the
vogue 20 have a display OF useless articles
on ones table OF sideboards, ard in conse-
quence much Of this wedding gift" silver
has a cheap as well as out Of date ppear
ance, and Il Is doubtful II it will ever come
I'm again.
As everything is served a L. Russo. there
is no occasion for quantities OF impossible
knives and spoons. platters and forks. Th'
kaiser has . horror OF silver. It IL said
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
Leave From FaShIon,r Notebook.

AS a rival of white this season for hand
some evening gowns there, is a pale shade
comes in chiffon cloth, satin and guazes.
Dead white cloth, chiffon cloth and silk
will be used this winter for elaborate in
door garments. To give these color a wide,
soft belt of velvet is to be added. The eff
feet Is quite vivid.
1t is no longer considered fashionable
to wear large puffs in the couture. 1t
makes no difference whether they are
ones own or bought and applied. They
are out of style.
Tulle and ottoman silk and velvet crown
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

and insists upon dining off china, and a
display Of family heirlooms in the way Of
precious metals is only in good taste, or
permissible, on state occasions. One does
not care to nave the table look either like
those set in shops for the display Of wares,
or again those devised by writer's on eti-
quette or helpful suggestions or hints to
young housewives" or anything OF that
kind. Ard we get such extraordinary IDEAS
from returning hotel chefs and stewards
who air their knowledge in newspaper In
terviews or from a few facts garnished
with much fancy. 1 read in an English
newspaper a few days ago a recipe for
serving oysters before dinner in the Amer
lean fashion. A grape fruit was necessary
and the interior was scooped out, and
twelve "natives'-coppery tasting bivalves
with a decided flavor of their own, and
often very good, but with toe strong a tang
to admit of any mixture of seasoning. Over
the grape fruit and the oysters, which were
to be surrounded by cracked Ice, was to
be poured a savory sauce, the principal
ingredient of which was mushroom catsup
favored with aDchovies and tinted with
lobster coral.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
Rriti.h Hurhana 1. hos.

A recent legal decision in Great Britain
has fired the suffragette heart. The women
OF England awoke the other morning TO
find that they did not own their own wear
ing apparel. given them by their husbands.
This clothing belongs to the husbands and
may not be seized legally OF otherwise
disposed OF without the husbands consent.
In fact, It is impossible for a husband TO
give his wife anything coming under the
head OF 'paraphernaia-" His proprietor
ship never ceases and the wife's posses
sion never begins. 1t seems 70 be a sort
Of loan. The points OF law that stand out
in the greatest prominence in the decision
are these;
First-A wife cannot dispose of paraphsr-
MALTA during the lifetime OF her husband
nor can she dispose of them by will.
second-Paraphernalia, though not liable
to seizure for debts, are SO for her u
bands debts,
Third-Ths husband. even during his
wife's lifetime, may sell or give away al
pleasure his wife's paraphernalia.
what Women Are Doing.
Marie Coreli continues to write and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

challies, the bordered challies. finding es-
pecial favor for the purpose. We have
seen one charming model of this sort In
a challie of white ground with a black
dot and a border design on inch band of
plain black. A black liberty scarf girdle
with fringed ends was worn with this.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

&MW OA0 "OAAA1A "a Nv Ah NAlD
United States has abandoned the domestic
life and has become a wage Garner. Even
this does not accurately state the situation.
In country districts only two women out
OF every eleven are at work, but in cities,
that is, wherever industrial opportunities
are present, two women out of every seven
are at work. nearly one-third Of the total
woman population. How far the father
OF the family has ceased to be the sole
supporter thereof is shown in the statistics
gathered in twenty-seven cities and tabu-
lated by the census bureau. The total
number OF women at work in the twenty
seven cities is s4.695. OF these 17S, $50 are
boarding or living in the families Of their
employers. The remaining 7Sl. 66 are de-
scribed as follows:
Women the sole wage Garner. es. s1
one other wage Garner in family. 49,. 1854 ii
Two other wage earners in family. . .1SS, OS9
more than TWO other wage earners In
amy .S6, 800
Out Of 7S1, s65 women at work 1851 are
supporting the family. and between 1s, A6
and bS2,s04 are contributing to the family
income. Remember that these are city
workers and represent nearly one-thlrd OF
all the women In those cities. At last ac-
counts the number OF women In Industry
was Increasing faster than the birth rate.
How long will It be before the home, ex-
cept for rich people, will be as obsolete as
stage coaches. hoop-skirts. and Merry
Christmas?
Recurring periods OF Industrial depression
always bring poverty to the surface. We
have no permanent class Of unemployed in
this country-as yet-but we nave a large
population which barely manages TO keep
Its head above water. When the tide rises
ever 80 little above the average this big
population has to be rescued from drown
Ing. 1t has no foothold but the shifting
sand. and IL cannot swim. AS soon as
normal conditions prevail. It rallies and is
able to care for Its own again.
But this last panic brought something
new to the surface. II brought to light
a force at work In this land OF ~boundles'
wealth and unlimited opportunities: a fore,
which II not met win result in a wholesal,
wrecking OF homes. Already the silen.
force has eaten far into the social fabric
Its outward and visible sign is the fac
that on the shoulders OF millions OF womel
has descended a monstrous double burden
under which not only they but heir chill
dren and their homes are slowly sinking
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
Mothers who Don't Know.

II continually have TO deplore the gross
ignorance displayed by mothers as 70 the
proper care Of their children. not only as
to food. but also In regard to cleanliness.
dress and other simple matters" said DR..
Bernard +. Fuller OF Chicago to a reporter,
and I do not hesitate to say that at least
one-half Of the eases attended by me and
other physicians need advice only and not
medicine"
Or. FULLER was here during the tubereu-
losis congress. and speaking about milk Al
a food for infants said the beat food for AZ
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25
d. the Home pi.appearingr

ISCUSSING causes portending
the wreck of the home in Hamp-
toms Broadway magazine, Rheta
Childe Dorr draws this picture
of present conditions;
One woman in five in the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

Bw YORK, oct. 24-The fash
ions Of the season furnish
much inspiration for the de-
signer OF the elaborate
types of negligee-the tea
gown, the picturesque and
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-25

what Women Are Doing.
Marie Corelli continues to write and
speak against votes for women" In En-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-04
Breaks All Records.

New York.-Although New York
has passed through period of severe
financial depression, the foreign bus
mess of the port during the year
1907 will break all records. The ex-
act figures for eleven months and an
estimate for December made by the
customs authorities show that the
years business win reach 81, ,5O3,33
902. an increase over last year OF
$11O,127, 1926.
The imports Of foreign merchaa-
disc at New York reached the enor-
nous total of 1897, ,692,737 during
1907, while for the sacne period the
exports of domestic merchandise ag-
gregated $665,647,175.
The duties collected in 1907 are ex-
peeted to reach abou. $212,767 ,12o,
compared with $2O9,908,365 received
in 1906.
The movements Of gold an silver
show $121 ,665,769 imported and $19,-
5l3,7S1 exported during this year.
The gold and silver imports IN the
preceding year reach Se8, ,226, ,Oo5, and
the exports s52,O00,0Oo. The with
drawals of merchandise from bonded
warehouses amounted to $95,33l, IA
for the wear now ending.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-04
THIBoDAUx. La. SATURDAY. JANUARY 4, 1905
Flying Machines Wanted.

EAt the army signal office where
Specifications for new heavler-than-
Air flying machines were printed, 1t
is known that the Wright brothers
!. Of Cleveland, who have had much
success in aeoplane navigation, In
tend to submit proposal. Something
like thirty other requests have been
made for specifications, although most
of these are recognized as being from
scientific men OF men who make the
request through curiosity It is 1
rare seportunity for those who have
been talking about flying machines
fer many years to furnish the gov
ennmen4 with some thing hat is tang
jb.c. Tie " ar Bvpaft menL is IN a
position to sncorrage The develop
1nent Of mex aaneal fight If any OF
.she numerous inventors who have been
sending al sorts of suggestions to
the Board of Ordnance and Fortifca-
lions and u chief signal officer OF
the army W I conve t their theories
into son ding VIII 4 is solid enough
to hold wo men, light enough to
carry theg off tAs earth.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-04
CARRIE NATION
TO VISIT CAPITOL
PRACTICAL JOKE RESULTS IN
VISIT TO BATON ROUGE.
TRAY ELING AUDITOR
New Place Becomes Effective With
New Year and Appointment is Ex-
pected. Teacher Institutes Are
Being Held.

parts anla.-4s tsarrfed TO samuse
himself with a practical joke has
caused the receipt of letter in Bat
on Rouge from Carrie Nation, OF
hatchet fame, in which she says that
she will positively be in Baton Rouge
between Jan. 6 and 8. The letter
was addressed by Carrie Nation TO
"Rev. 7. J. BALI, Chairman of the
Antivice League, and was in re-
sponse to letter by Rev. BALI, chair
man Of the Antivice League Of Baton
Rouge" inviting her to this city.
There is no such person in Baton
Rouge. The person who wrote the
letter and signed himself "Rey. J. L.
BALI" was trying to play a practical
joke on T. j. Baltz, the proprietor Ct
one of the saloons Of the city, and
Mrs. Nation. The letter was dellvec-
ed to Mr.. Baltz, and ne returned it
to the Post office as being sent to the
wrong address,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-01-04
REDUCTION BY
COTTON MILLS
MANUFACTURERS WILL CUR
TAIL PRODUCTION.
AGREEMENT AT BOSTON
Despite Increase Of Worlds Popula-
tion and Greater Demand For
Goods, New England Men For Some
- ksexsor, D0cifs IN T1i1 Action.

Boston, Mass.-The Arkwright
| Club, which represents the cotton mill
interests Of New England, at meet
ing here formally voted to curtail pro
duction 25 per cent between now and
March in order to relieve conditions
iii the cloth markets of New York,
Chicago, Boston and other large CEN
tiers. It was stated several days ago
that a committee, previously appoint
ed by the club to canvass the sltua-
ton among the mills, had found SUI
ficient sentiment to insure the sue,
cess of the curtailment plan and that
restriction Of production was re-
garded as certainty.
The cotton mills of New England
employ about $4,000 persons under
normal conditions, and it is expected
that at least 100000 will be effect
ed by the short time. The curtall-
ment agreement became operative at
once. The mills in Thorndyke, Bonds
vile, Palmer, Ware and Warren,
Mass, and Greenville and New lps-
wich, N. H.. controlled by Bliss, Fa-
byan & Co., of New York and Bos-
ton, adopted a short time policy
month ago, as did the Monadock mills
Of Claremont, N. H. These and sever
al other concerns will reach the end
of their curtailment policy before the
factories in the large centers.
More than so per cent of the spin
dies in New England are represented
in the agreement. The majority OF
the mills will run four days week,
during January and February, clos
ing Thursday nights, thus including
Saturday, a short work day in the
shut down. Mills, which have con-
tracts calling for delivery during the
winter. are at liberty-to reduce their
production 25 per cent partially be-
fore March I, and the remainder ar
ter that date. The method OF reduc-
ing is left largely to the discretion
of the managers.
According to some OF the officers
of textile unions, the operatives pre-
fer to work four days week rather
than be continuously idle for a period
Of nearly three weeks.
The curtaiLment movement orlglnat-
ed in New York commission houses,
which feared a congestion OF goods
and falling prices in the spring it the
mills continued TO operate In full all
winter.
Fall River, Mass.-The plan for
general curtailment in cotton cloth
production throughout New England
for one-fourth during the time be-
tween December % and March l, is
believed here to be assured. Mills un-
able to curtail during the period are
at liberty, however, to reduce their
production whenever convenient and
on the whole, 1t is expected that the
effect Of Mae reduced time will hard
ly se felt by the operatives and store
keepers there.