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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
A Dream In Buttons.

The bachelor who looks forward TO an
Easter wedding should provide himself with
a buttonhook. Not one of the masterful
kind that seizes a button and yanks It
into a far distant hole across rolls Of pro-
testing flesh while the victim holds In her
breath and. in the words OF Miss Elizabeth
A. C. White. president OF the National
Dressmakers' association, lifts her form"
for, while woman in her most tantallzlng
mood will number on her frock 500 buttons
for hubby to toy with. there win be nothing
tight this season but the underneath"
(again Miss White, who told the dress
makers convention about 1t yesterday at
Masonic temple, Sixth aveaue and Twenty
third street,. II the strings in the under
meath slacken 'the whole of you" slips
every time you put your foot down and the
flesh hardens.
As Miss White explained, when there was
any annoying excess in the front elevation
of the feminine figure the stupid dress
maker OF other days just kept taking
gathers till she made a little pocket TO
put 1t n" This is no longer necessary
for when Miss White gets through with her
demonstration (on living models) OF how
you should put on your corset your gown
will take the entire responsibility on itself.
II on casual Investigation the onlooksr can
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
weeps with Every weeper.

A peculiar fascination to attend funerals
that seemed to have charmed her when a
little girl and which she has been unable
to resist in her long life OF over 81 years,
has given Mrs. Rebecca Vented of Potts
town, Pa. a reputation far and wide as
a mourner for everybodys dead. Laugh
and the world laughs with you; weep. and
you weep Alone" does not apply to her.
as her record of attending 4,O07 funerals
attests.
In her carefully kept diary she has noted
that OF these funerals there were fourteen
double ones of children, eleven where hus-
band and wife were buried together and
seven where three of one family were in
TERED at the same time. In one of the lat
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
what women Are Doing.

Miss Alma Sturtevant was recently ap-
pointed clerk OF the county court. in
Boulder, Colo. She is a native of Maine
state three years ago.
Mrs. Nora Stanton Batch de Forest,
granddaughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Is said to be equipplng a factory
at Newark, N. j.. for the manufacture OF
electric condensers.
Mile. Claire Ducreux, traveller, lecturer
and writer, in a talk recently before q
branch of the Alliance Franchise, said that
the American woman, with her type yet
uniformed, is one OF the greatest factors In
the new civilization that America is giving
the world, and upon her appreciation OF her
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Education OF Mothers.


~-N DISCUSSING the colder and
hi Newer Ideals Of Marriage" in
IX the American Magazine. Prof.
A- w. I. Thomas OF Chicago
IQSNSRH claims that to handle the child
80 wisely the mother should be as
wise as society can make her. He says:
The mother should be educated both
IN life and In the schools. and the solicit
tude and provision for her education
should certainly not be less than for that
OF the scientific specialist. At the age Of
perhaps s the child's brain Is practically
all in; he is short only In experience and
practice. He can understand any abstract
principle and any piece OF literature, from
the theory OF evolution to the Hamlet of
Shakespeare. but when he spends his time
with an uneducated nurse or an unideaed
mother he goes to school and even to coll
lege with a mind go barren that one OF
our great colleges has actually introduced
n tutorial system by which an intelligent
instructor practically lives with the boy
and attempts the reparation OF a misspent
childhood.
1T is also true that there never was a
time in the history of the family when Il
stood so much in need Of an intelligent
mother. Formerly life as a whole was
iaTBely cOnptenenueu Wltnm the Iamiiy.
The industries and arts, education and re-
ligion were carried on there. But these in
terests nave now been distracted from the
home to such a degree that the family
situation is left rather empty. Business
pursuits keeps the father away from home
most Of the time, and even set very narrow
limits to his intelligence, and It is there
fore peculiarly important that the mother
should be fit to represent the interests OF
life during that prolonged period before
the child makes his connections with the
outer world.
Morality is with reference TO the well
fare of society, not the appetites OF the
Individual, and a theory OF practice which
restricts the interests of the mother and
thereby stunts the life of the child is. in
the p~rofoundest sense Of the word, i'm
moral"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Traits Of College GirIs.


The original argument against 1.-THE fe-
male mind" was that It could not cope
with the college curriculum. Now they
seem to think that the college curriculum
cannot cope with the female mind, says
Madge c. Jenison in the Dellneator. We
have 1t suggested in all seriousness. as
the dean of women 1T Chicano notices
with demure acidity a recent report, that
women should be required to take more
work. to offset the extra drain, executive
journalistic and athletic, which comes upon
men.
But, after all, the work of the university
girl is not just what It seems, any more
than is her apparent capture Of the uni
versity in numbers. 1t needs no account
ing for. 1t IL the heritage Of her history.
One sees in her scholarship the same deli
cacy which is to be met in the life Of wo-
men everywhere, which makes it SO diff
rult to organize them against any labor
abrse, which keeps them tied to miserable
marriages-this natural tendency to do
whst is set before them. and 70 do 1t. If
not necessarily with distinction, at least
to go on doing II. and. for the most part.
will devotion ana t~horoughness. The very
certainty Of this incliration is its limita-
ton. A college girl reads what is In the
course; she does It all and she does II
well. She may say to you. with an air of
finality If you talk to her about T~hackeray:
w do not have T~hackeray until next
year" A professor at Kansas said that
he found his girls studying books, his
boys studying subjects,
There is another quality in women which
is decelving, and which makes for good
work, but not for the best. They have, II
seems, q certain esthetio sense, even intel.
lectually, which prompts them always t.
turn out a thing which is neat and nice tC
look at. A professor Of sociology told ms
that he was reminded anew of this quality
with every set of theses which came up t.
him. He read the first five Of women
each time, with a new delight. They wer,
so complete. so finished, so smooth ant
filed down. But 1 can read fifty Of mel
with less WEAKNESS than fifty Of women.
he said. "If they are not so well lone
they are fresh. 1t may not be good socio
logy, but it is Ted Barnes, n I have no
read Ted Barnes before"
Married Women Who Work.
10 40 49, a -
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

AS a powerful, invigorating tonic "Fa-
vorite Prescription" imparts strength to
the whole system and to the organs dis
tinctly feminine in particular. For over
worked, "~worn-out," "run-down," debilitated
teachers, m%illiners, dressmakers, seam
stresses, ~"shop-girls," house-keepers, nurs-
ing mothers, and feeble women generally,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
greatest earthly boon, being unequaled
as an appetizing cordial and restorative
tonic.
AS a soothing and Strengthening nerv-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

ter cases a mother and two Of her child
rem were laid in one grave.
In talking of one of the triple funerals
Mrs. Vented recalled a ~cloudburst many
years ago that resulted in the drowning
Of three members OF one family at Maui
gers Mill, near this town. Mrs. Joseph
Vented, daughter of Jacob Mauger, pro-
prietor Of the mill had gone from her home
here with her five children TO help pull
flax at the old homestead. A cloudburst
about eventide had swollen the mill race,
but Mrs. Wentzel's brother. Henry Mauger,
felt confident he could drive her and the
children across in safety, so they could
reach home. But the waters engulfed the
rig and three of the children were rowned.
After a thrilling struggle the lives Of the
other two children, their mother and the
driver were saved.
Despite her advanced years and her in
creasing physical infirmities. Mrs. wentsel
is stili a familiar figure at funerals here
abouts, and says that as Ions as she il
able she expects to hear the preachers
solemn, earth to earth. philadelphia
Record.
Leaves from Fashions Notebook.
Russian net is employed for choice trim
mings and also for sleeves.
Quite a new arrangement OF feathers on
hats is for four thick and short ones to
start from the center of the crown to
the brim. forming the only trimmings on
the hat.
The colored veil to match the hat will
be quite as much worn as ever. These come
in two STYLES, that of solid, color and the
color combined with black. Both are be-
coming, but the combination of color with
black Is newer.
A pretty evening cow is Of many layers
of chiffon most cllngingly and artistically
drnped, in shades Of flame, auburn, bronze
and pinkish plum, exactly the coloring of
a furnished tea kettle. trimmed with beau
tiful copper embroidery.
Crystal and metal trimmings are the
ewes decorations Of afternoon and even
ing costumes. Trimming is chiefly con-
fined to a bodice Of a gewn, though there
is noted a tendency to trim the skirt, but
always in the same color as the material
A pretty little hat for a girl is Of this
new chip in a round shape, In color a pale
sulphur yellow, trimmed with masses OF
flowers in water blue tint and of pale blu'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
stIn Hunt in a GeorRla Graveyard.

stiu Hunt in a Georgia Graveyard.
Gould you direct me to a moonshine
distillery?" said the major in the noun
tain region.
II do. That's why 1 want a distillery."
Kin 1 trust your
'Sure!'
grave yard, an wait in the dark o. the
moon by the dead cypress an the OF
slate tombstone what you can't read the
name on, till you hear somethin' like a
scritch-owl holler, an I'll come to your
Atlanta Constitution.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

exquisitslS soften {
contrasting surfaces in
the same color.
Drecoll has put forth
e original and
lovely models in fOu-
lard. chiffon Q d.
He uses a bordure dot
ted foulard. For ex-
ample there is a cling
ing simple frock Of soft
old blue satin foulard
with white water dots
over its surface and a
border OF big gradu-
ated white dots.
The plain skirt is
limp and long and un-
trim m e d save for
the border around the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

OF modes flatly deny their own children
and refuse to live up to the law they have
laid down in their early season models.
1t IL e~xtravagant, Of course. this fad Of
the chiffon frock, the chiffon coat, ETC., for
chiffon seldom goes unadorned. and this
filmy material is beautiful in the smartest
models by a wealth of handwork-embroid-
cry. braiding. inset lace, etc. Moreover,
chiffon must be used lavishly. No skipping
in the soft. graceful folds. No sparlng OF
material in the draperies. Set over against
these objections the beauty of the material,
It's ideal draping qualities and the fact
that the heavie quality Of chiffon, known
as chiffon cloth. wears surprisingly well
in spite of its sheerness and comes out
fresh and lovely from frequent pressing.
And then It is the mode. There is the
only unanswerable argument in its favor
Some sheer. lovely marquisettes and
kindred materials share honors with chif-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

HE manufacturers OF chiffon
have reason to pour a libation
to the gods of fashion this
season. The demand for this
material promises to be up
precedented unless the makers
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

bottom. over this frock-or slip, for 1t Is
little more, and the coat is Joined to It,
not separate-is a loose graceful coat Of
smoky gray chiffon, a little short of waist.
finished round the edges in gray silk,
braided finely and lightly In gray and sill
yer and fastening with big braid orna-
ments OF the gray and silver-an odd COM
bination which sounds bizarre, but Is in
fact very lovely and not conspicuous.
More often the chiffon coat is in the
color of the frock with which 1t is to be
worn and made separately from It,
Maurice Mayer, always keen about nets,
laces, chiffons, etc, has several good
models of this type. One which our
artist has sketched is in one of the new
blues which nave the greenish tone as
ISOLATED with the peacock hues, but are
much softer and duller than the more
vivid peacock blues. One might call
them peacock blues dashed with gray.
The frock of chiffon is almost entirely
hidden by a coat Of the chiffon falling
in straight, soft folds from the shoulders
and at the bottom running down in long
points almost to the hem of the frock
but sloping UP at front and back. The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Result of investigation

An Atchison, Kan, girl, relates the Globe
Of that city. had a proposal Of marriage
Sunday night. and asked a week to think
It over. She went to all of her married sis
ters. One, who used to be a belle, had three
children, did all her own work, and hadn't
been to the theater or out riding since
she was married. Another, whose husband
wal a promising young man at the time
she was married, was supporting him, A
third didn't dare say her life was her own
when her husband was around. and a
fourth was divorced. After Waiting them and
hearing their woes, the heroine of this little
tale. went home, got her pen. ink and
paper and wrote an answer to the young
man. You may think it was refusing him,
but 1t wasn't. She said she could be ready
In a month.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

WV -
widely by self-color
embroidery d a
d e e collar falling
out over the Shout
ders is almost wholly
of this embroidery.
The softness of the
material prevents the
fullness from being
In any way bungle-
some and the en-
broidery weights the
c chiffon down into
clinging lines, so that
the effect is that OF
a cloudy veiling .
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Boostins use OF Gas.

A new way of earning money has been
opened to women by the gas companies OF
the large cities. They are sent to private
houses and apartments to explain the use
of the gas range and of the meter with the
object OF teaching economy In the use of
gas. According to one OF these teachers 1t
is a position requiring tact as we'll as the
special knowledge they are paid to dlffuse.
1T is always possible to make a woman
feel Inundated when you call to show her
how to do what she thinks she
knows how to do herself" one of the gas
emissaries is quoted In Popular Mechanics,
as yin about her work. Possibly she has
complained to the gas company that the
stove. will not work properly.
The reason may be she does not know
how to use It, but It would not do to tell
her 80. So we proceed TO find out the rea-
son and do 1t so adroitly that she still be-
lieves the fault was with the range and
not with her. but at the same time has
learned enough to make certain that there
will be no future complaint"
Where the idea Of this new department
originated is not known. Chicago has just
claimed the credit OF It. but the gas CON-
panies Of Philadelphia, New York and
other cities also have such departments and
advance counter claims. In Philadelphia
the staff Of women go from door to door
or make special visits II called.
Among the bits of Information handed out
by the teacher is the declaration that many
women make the mistake OF trying to
light the gas at the same time they turn II
on. A second or two should be allowed tc
elapse before applying the match, so thai
the gas can expe the air. This makes tho
burners work better and saves gas.
Another economical expedient to which
many women pay little attention is tn
simmerlng burner. When a saucepan nj
longer needs the entire heat of a burner 4
is only necessary to transfer it to the sim
mering burner to leave the large burne
free for something else and to save gas.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

fon In the designing OF
the new thin coats and
sheer costumes. but on
the whole we find tho
chiffon preferable. No
other material gives
lust the cloudy, yelling
affect which most
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

inc "Favorite Prescription" is unequaled
and is invaluable in allaying and subduing
nervous excitability, irritability, nervous
exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia,
h~ysteria, spasms, st. Vitus's dance, and
other distressing, nervous symptoms COM
monty attendant upon functional and or
ganic disease of the distinctly feminine
organs. 1t induces refreshing sleep and
relieves mental anxiety and dependency.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets ~inyieoratc
the stomach, liver and bowels, One to
three a dose. Easy to take as candy.
knaE AZ DILL G -.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Treating The Wrong Disease

Many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they
imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from
liver or kidney disease, another from nervous prostration, another with +,
pain here and there, and in this way they present alike to themselves q
ana their easy-gong or over-busy doctor, separate diseases, for which y
ne, assuming them to be such, prescribes his pills and potions. In v
realty they are all only symptoms caused by some weakness or derange- y
ment OF the organs distinctly feminine. The physician, ignorant of the
cause OF suffering, keeps up his treatment until large bills are made.
The suffering patient gets no better by reason of the wrong treat
ment, but probably worse. A proper medicine like d.. PNrce's F-
yo1te Prescription, directed to he auSs would have entirely removed the d
dispehng- all those distressing symptoms, and insttuung comfort instead
misery. 1t has been well said, that ia disease known is half cured"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

EVERYW WOMAN ought to possess DEP hces great book, the PEOPLES Common S~ N6nNc5
Adviser a magnmentt houSmdpRe illustrated dume. 1t teaches mothers how 10 ore co. ~
chhen and themselves 1t is the best DOCTOR to nave in te house in case of mewencv O.b hall
mhhon copies were sol at $O eah, but one FREE" copy papercoerw will be sent on rInt of
Il Onecent stamps TO pay dec oH Of nahng only; or send 81 stamps for a handsome dothbound
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Married Women Who Work.
widows, 800 900 Of them and more. were
earning their living in the United States In
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

al xpe1enced m sknfmI physician, an adapted to wonans delicate syse1,
1t is made of native American medicinal roots without the use of alcohol
and is perfectly harmless IN its effects in any condition of the female system,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Y DISCUSSING the colder and
Newer Ideals Of Marriage" in
the American Magazine. Prof.
w. l.. Thomas OF Chicago
claims that to handle the child
wisely the mother should be as
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08
MUCH INTEREST IS SHOWN
Large Attendance at Union Cotton Schoo
 is Expected.

Little Rock, July 8.-So much interest is this y-ar being express ed i'll the Farm ITS Union cotton grading school, which is to be con ducted in Little Ro,K. July G9 to Alg. % that tn. scope of the
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08
MAY SURVEY
 COUNTY SOIL

Secretary C. l.. Banner of the Board of Trade is in receipt of a letter from Congressman Chas. (. Reid stating that he thinks the prospects fair to secure govern ment survey of the soil in Faulkner within the next few months. MT. Reid writes that the appropriation for this purpose is limited and was secured only after hard fight, but he believes the work will be resumed this tall.
 The fact that Faulkner county is supporting county demonstra- ton tarm agent and that 1t cen trally located in the state will, says MT. Reid, appeal strongly to the agricultural department, and this county will be the first in the con- gressional district in which the survey will be made.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08

school, which was first intended merely as course of instruction for the farmers in grading their own cotton, will be broadened to take i'll a study of the different forms of cotton, the soils and how to combat the boil weevil. J. Aston Clapp of this city, who will be tue instructor of the school as he has been in the two past years, says the inquiries he has already received convince him the school this year will be much larger than either of those held in Conway He has not yet selected the place where the school will be held, but it will be in one of the local cotton ware houses where the men will have the environment to urge them on in their work.
 Those attending the school will be given diploma at the close of the course. He will then have knowledge not only in cotton grading, but in the keeping of books for cotton warehouse, know how to protect his cotton after it has been ginned. how to prepare the different kinds of soil for cotton and what to do to get out of the way of the boil weevil if such a thing is possible. The course is open only to members of the Farmers Union, and as the matriculation fee had been placed at S, the tow price is expected to bring several hundred young men here during the school.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08
COMMISSIONERS
 CANVASS VOTE

Election Commissioners w. Fl :, Duncan, J. B. Higgins and H. w.. Hoover met at the court house this morning and canvassed the vote of the special election held in this county on July I, returns from the last township having been received yesterday afternoon.
 Associate Justice Samuel Frau enthal received a total vote of I,o34, according to the official re- turns, and Chief Justice "A. Nc Culloch's vote was I,o27. This represents about 40 per cent of the normal vote of the county, and is cosidered a fair turnout, consider ing the lack of interest i'll the election.
 Township officers elected to fill vacancies were as follows;
 Justices of the Peace-Bristol, |. N. Henry, Eagle, J. B. Brown Mathews. D. F. Johnson; Pierce Creek, J. L. Harvill; Walker, M. B. Linn.
 Constables-Benedict, G. L. Bowen; Newton, J. J. Joslin; Pierce Creek, w. B. Isom.
 Road Overseer Bristol, Jack Pairet.
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08
ADJUTANT GENERAL NAMED
Appointment Made by Govern
 or Donaghey Today.
G=n B W Green Accepted Post With hout Compensation E. L. Compere
 Assistant.

Little Rock, July 8. Governor Donaghey this morning issued two appointments Of great interest to the Arkansas state guard The first ot these went to Gen. B. w. Green as adjutant general and the other to F.. l.. Compere as as sistant adjutant general. These appointments were made alter weeks oi study of the situation by Governor Donaghey. With the small appropriation for the state guard, and the separation of the office of adjutant general from that of secretary to the governor, 1t be- came necessary for the appoint ment of some one as adjutant gen eral who would take the position for the honor and without the ex
 peCtation of remuneration. Gen
 B. w. Green, who has sbeen one of the prime spirits of the guard from it's organization, and a proml
 nent ex- Confederate soldier, was finally decided upon and he con- sented to accept the appointment.
 The selection of an assistant ad- jutant general was far more del icate, as there were so many appli- cants for the position. This DO
 sition carries a salary of SIPS per month and is one of the most inn
The log cabin Democrat., 1909-07-08
STATE PRINTING
 BIDS OPENED

Little Rock, July S.-Fourteen bidders for state printing contracts gathered yesterday afternoon in
 the office of J R. lobe and listened to the opening of the bids. The bids were opened in the presence of Governor Donaghey Auditor lobe and Secretary Ludwig, the state printing board. Nine of the fourteen bidders were from out of the city, Lonoke, Batesville. Con-
 way, Hot Springs. Fort Smith, Helena, and Pine Bluff furnishing the out of town bidders, and from the figures, they have carried off all but about of the 24 contracts to be let. The board adjourned after the bids had been opened to allow Secretary Hodges to tabulate the bids and determine which are the lowest. When this had been done the board will again be called together and the contracts for all of the state printing for two years will be let Before adjourn
 ing the board took up the proposl- ton of publishing the biennial re