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Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
Uplifting works.

Under the provisions Of a new law In
Pennsylvania probation officers are now a
part OF the Juvenile court system, and not
at all connected with charitable associa-
tons, which have heretofore often sup
ported them. Under this law Philadelphia
Is to be divided into fifteen districts, with
one special probation officer to each. While
five members OF the staff will be officers
at-large, and cover the city In general.
Mrs. Jessie Pickering II to be head pro-
baton officer. with = salary Of SIS q
month; other officers receive s@ All re-
ceive from the city sums spent in car fares
and similar expenses. Two doctors, Anna
l.. Bacon and Mary J. Rochelle, are on the
list OF officers. None of the officers are
allowed to retain any connection with
charitable associations or receive any
recompense for their work for children,
move In the right direction.
Portland. Ore, and Seattle are, as far
as known, the only American cities where
policewoman are appointed. And in these
very progressive towns one policewoman
apiece seems to be the rule, though II
valuable, one would suppose that more
would be needed, a small squad to each
city. She Of Portland is Mrs. Baldwin,
who was an agent Of the Travellers Aid
during the exposition four years ago. She
was so useful that when her special
service was over she was retained by
the Young Women's Christian association
until this year, when she received her
regular appointment as p-olicewoman- The
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

part Of the year. yet the storms were ter
rifle and the cold almost uncomfortable.
Even In those summer months the bllz-
yards ragged and had to sit in my tent
wrapped in furs all day long, with nothing
to do but Just smoke and recall the scenes
OF my recent trip under the burning skies
Of equatorial Africa.
"The Atlai mountain sheep Is the highest
liver known. To get one of these ami
mails requires a lot Of dangerous climbing
in a country 30 stupendous that you could
drop switzerland and a dozen Yosemite
Valleys into It and miss them.
Hardly a day passed that 1 did not see
from sixty to 100 sheep. but l could not
get near enough TO fire a shot. There
were plenty OF hex. Monaghan g~azelles,
big gray wolves. bear and deer. but It was
the sheep that I was after. They are con-
sidered the hardest OF game TO stalk.
Il found the ibex. like the Rocky noun
tain goat, to be a stupid animal, always
looking down instead OF up. So II the
hunter gets above them he can lie IN
walt behind the rocks until the animals
are feeding on the moss below and then
bring down the game"
Bradlsy's studio Is filled with specimens
Of his hunting trips and the skill with
which they rave been mounted by Paris
experts is said to form 50 vivid a con-
|trast TO the ordinary stuffed animals seen
in museums hat they appeaE ES u stu
hrsathtnE=chiesga Tribune r,EtfhH
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

" be a fur season. AT least the
fashion makers have mapped it
N out that Wi and II the
weather clerk will do his part
49, furriers will have cause to
smile.
Fur coats, OF course, are always popular
for those who can afford them, but there
are other uses for fur which are not al
ways popular, and not in many a year
has there been promise Of such demand
Tor fur in millinery. BOAT and dress trim
ming, ETC.. as b promised for this winter,
Parisians have carried their affection for
fur TO absurd extremes OF late, wearing
fur even with their lingerie frocks and in
Producing fur bands upon summer hats and
scarfs. A wide scarf Of d~iaphanous mousse
line. preferably black. bordered by one or
several narrow bands of skunk fur has
been a favorite shoulder wrap with filmy
summer frocks at Deauville Trouvule. Ada
to this a black velvet turban and one has
a summer costume, bizarre indeed, but all
that there was Of the most modish during
the last summer.
Now comes similar wide scarfs, very
wide, indeed; OF the Simplest satin with
duh crepe finish or of heavy soft crepe
bordered by fur or by marabout. These
really have warmth enough to make them
OF value during sharp autumn days and II
gracefully worn should be most picturesque
and effective. Some Of these scarfs are In
soft neutral tones, but many OF the love-
Hest are Of the soft fruity reds and dull
blues and green's, with dark fur relieving
their warm tones.
Bands OF fur are to bo used upon frocks
and coats after the fashion OF the velvet
and MORE bands described on the oppo-
site page and fur collars, cuffs and trim
ming combined with braiding are seen on
handsome models OF cloth or silk.
The milliners are planning lavish use Of
fur in connection with velvet, the big
draped turbans and draped crow lending
themselves readily to such treatment. Fur
turbans. too. will be seen later with soft
folds OF velvet. huge velvet blossoms or
dull gold band trimming. Y
Already motor bonnets Of fur are being
shown, some OF them extremely quaint and
becoming. One little bonnet or cap of seal
skin fits the head closely and sits very
low. It Is boat shaped and on the sides
sharply pointed ears of ermine lie closely
against the cap pointing backward. II
sounds absurd. 1t IL absurd, and yet IN
connection with q pretty face 1t would have
its piquant merits.
Fur coats are chiefly long. luxurious gar
ments reaching almost to the ground In
some cases and usually well below the
knee: yet there arc shorter models OF con-
siderable cachet and one Partisan furricr
has even brought out some tremendously
chic little boleros.
Ths pictures will give an idea OF the
lines taken by the handsome street coats.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
Home Activities and Business Views of Progressive Women

They do not In the least exaererate the
nature OF the work required OF a live re-
porter b. the enterprising newspaper Of
today.
Working Girls Summer Camp.
Working girls Of Evansville, Ind. have
enjoyed this year a summer camp. Its
success was such as to encourage a plan
to buy land for a permanent camp. This
years encampment includes a lane be-
tween four tents. A I each end Of these
tents Is a large frame building, with
board walls to a height Of four feet.
Above these walls the buildings are en-
tirely open, only a screen separating the
interior from the outside. In case OF a
driving rain the sides are provided with
heavy canvas curtains. which. when low
cred, make the buildings as secure as a
substantial house. The roof Is OF wood
with a tar coating. One of these build
ings is used for a sleeping room. Il -
provided with a score OF beds. Two dress
ing-rooms are in the rear Of the building.
separated from the sleeping apartment
by a row Of lockers which are used for
closets. The building is provided with
electric lights, an electric fan, and bath.
The other frame building is built In the
same way, and Is used for the sitting
room and dinlng-room. In the rear is the
kitchen. Here the girls gather when the
weather will not allow them to stay out
side. A large bookcase, piano, electric
fans, electric lights, n a telephone will
give one an idea Of some Of the comforts
enjoyed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

AuGGh "a EGACGnAaAOEs
A pretty little story comes from The
Hague of one occasion on which Queen
wilhelmina acted as peaoemaker. The late
king Of Holland was, as is we'll known. a
man of ungovernable temper, and when
he was annoyed over anything It was quite
useless to attempt to argue with him. On
one occasion he was very angry over the
manner in which one of the Dutch news
papers had criticized his actions. He re-
fused to see his ministers and stamped up
and down a corridor at his palace, storm
ing and gesticulatlng as was his wont.
The cabinet was becoming desperate,
since some important papers demanded his
immediate attention. 1t was left to one
OF tho women OF the court to solve the diff
ticulty. She sent little Princess Wllhelmina
then about 8 years old-into the corridor
to meet her father. She watched him for
a moment unnoticed. and then initiated his
actions, stamping backward and forward
with her fists tightly clencned.
His majesty caught sight Of her and was
unable to help laughing as he paused to
watch her. Half an hour later the pre-
mler found the king seated on the floor
playing contentedly with his little daughter,
to whom he was devotedly attached. and
quite unruffled.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
DIAR R H OEA
Quickly Cured by
WAKEFTELD'S
Blackberry Balsam
Road h Letter.

I have used wakefield's Blackberry Bal
sam for over forty years. l am not giv-
en- to writing letters OF this kind, In fact.
never did before in my life, but l DO wish
TO say to you, Il has never failed me In
one single instance, nor any OF my friends
l have recommended II to. When druggists
say to me: Here Is something just as
good" I tell them very candidly there is
nothing Just as good. The fact Is l have
never expect to. I can cheerfully recom-
mend 1t to any one, young or old. for all
Bowel Trouble 1t has certainly helped me
when nothing else would.
1853 ID saith st, Chicago.
wakefield's Blackberry Balsam has
ben the surest and safest remedy for
Diarrheoa, D~ysentery, Cholera Infan-
tum and Cholera Morbus for So years.
While Il is quick and positive in its
action, It is unlike other remedies in
that Il is harmless and does not con-
stipate. II simply checks the trouble
and puts the stomach and bowels in
their natural, regular condition. OF
the millions OF bottles that have been
sold in the past IS years never has a
case been reported where a cure was
not effected when directions were fol-
lowed, even after other remedies had
failed. Every home should have a bot
tie or more on hand ready for sudden
attacks. Full size bottle. S5o. or 2 for
$500, everywhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

or chiffon. velvet and skunk rur. and even
ing cloAks Of satin, crepe. silk mousseline.
net. etc, trimmed with skunk. have been
shown by all the French makers. Other
furs will, Of course, be used In similar
fashion. but the skunk is particularly ef-
fective and not a~larmingly expensive.
Neck furs show q leaning toward wild
scarf and stole lines, but it Is early for any
definite decision In such matters and there
Is no telling what fad the season may de-
velop or what inexpensive fur may sud-
denly become a raging fad
Soft rich brocades and one tone satin
stripes are being used for coat Innings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

the BrettschwanE model being OF courss
more practical for hard. general servios
than the cutaway seal model, which really
demands association with a long frock.
Seal Is to be exceedingly smart again
this winter and the furriers are once more
making UP the French rat skin exactly as
they would seal and with admirable re-
suits. It IL not launched as an imitation
seal but on its own merits. Still 1t very
closely resembles seal, though II will not
give the service OF the e~ostlier fur and a
wetting is likely to be disastrous to It.
Baby lamb. %broadtail. Persian lamb and
earacul are all In fashions list and are
made up chiefly on long straight lines
with handsome buttonings and fastenings
Of satin covered cord or braid These
coats follow the lines OF the costume coats
ana usually fasten low with about three
buttons Many are cut rather low, but
have supplementary collars or stoles.
Long, plain. moderately close sleeves are
the usual thing. but sleeves slightly frilled
into a cuff are also used. and q sleeve like
that on the seal model OF the sketch. with
big wide cuff reaching to the elbow, APP
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

there are suits made on the same plan en-
trely Of the serge.
chat About
Mrs. Clarence Mackay has presented
forty-two sets OF six books each to Dr.
John S. Billings Of the New York public
library. The books all advocate equal
suffrage for women.
Miss A. Caroline Macdonald. national
secretary OF the Young Women's Christian
association In Japan, announces the com
Toxic. The hotel was built and is to be
managed by the Young Women's Chris
tian association.
Mrs. o. c. Edwards Of Macleod. Can,
has compiled a book showing the legal
status OF women in Canada. One intus-
tice to which Mrs. Edwards calls attention
is hat according to the laws OF Canada
the father owns the child and decides as
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Is said TO
have the very best taste IN millinery ana
could, IL need be, earn her living by vim
ming hats. Miss Isabel MAJ, one Of wash
ington's celebrated brunette beauties,
makes ell her own hats. Many other
Washington women are said TO have. tai
ent as amateur milliners could, IL
necessary. earn a living in that way.
Hetty Green advises women who have
bank accounts to Keep their accounts bal
snced and know where they stand. Al
matter how small. for there is more re-
spect for the woman who pays with a
check than for one who pays with cur
renoy. Be careful about signing checks
and even more careful about endorsing
checks for other people.
When Miss Helen Hooper OF Boston is
OF age she will be the richest girl In
Massachusetts, inheriting the large for
tune OF her grandparents, which Will come
to her directly and not in trust. She is
only IA years old now, and Is living very
simply. her father having died recently,
The daughters Of Herbert NJ. Sears are
also very wealthy and when they make
sought after by society.
Miss Letta Miller, who was a teacher
for five years I'm the schools of Cleveland
II a candidate for the Board OF Education
at Hudson, o. There are three new mem,
bers Of the board to be elected, and the
holdovers were nominated, but when 4
was found that a woman was a candidat,
three other men. making six in all, wert
nominated against her. The women vot,
In Ohio for members Of the board, and sh'
expects their support.
Genevleve Clark. IA years old, daughter
OF Champ Clark, representative from Mis-
souri,, has developed a surprising grasI
on public questions, and her father en-
Joys nothing better than a political argu
ment with her. She frequently makes po-
liticai speeches to friends in the Clarl
home, and to their delight she usual!
takes the republican side against hel
father. The girl goes TO the Friends
school In Washington, and is as quick II
her studies as she Is In politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
Inst Miased q NIiIIion.

Mckee Rankin' favorite poem Is "Op-
portunity," the sonnet which stands as
the monument to John j. Ingalls,. When
Rankin was in the heydey OF his sue
cess as an actor, relates the New York
Press, a youth offered him an interest In
an invention for 500. The young mar
in sore need of the money; he had
sublime faith in his invention, and he
wanted that $500 TO cover his patents. He
once had met Rankin, and now turned TO
him as the only man he knew with more
tina his shirt to his back. Rankin wasted
no time on the youth. The young man
was not discouraged by the first visit,
but came again the next night, and the
next, and wound up by Fostering the actor
until orders were issued to keep him out
of the theater.
Twenty years rolled around. Rankin
happened to be in Chicago. He had waned
in popularity as an actor. Age was
crowding him and the future looked black.
A bellboy entered his room and said a
friend wished to see him, but that he
refused to give his name. "Anybody's
welcome" said Rankin, "show him up. A
big, broad-shouldered man with the mark
Of prosperity on him walked into the
room. do you remember me, Mr.. Ran
kim" asked the caller. II can't say that
1 do" replied Rankin. well, do you
remember that crazy young fellow twenty
years ago with his airbrake invention and
the way he was put for $50O7' Rankin
sat up straight. "Why, yes. I remember;
what about him5' ooh, nothing, only I'm
that young fellow. and / just thought ia
drop In and say hello. III bet you don't
even remember my name" "I've got to
anfess 1 don't" said Rankin. Here's
~ card, then" said the visitor. Rankin
took the card and read: George West
inghouse."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
Leaves from Fashions Notebook.

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Leaves from Fashions Notebook.
There is a revival Of the simple old
fashioned feather stitching as a trtmminS
for negligees.
Though it sounds rather inartistic, blue
and lavende are a fail combination that
Is very effective, provided the blue Is not
employed too lavishly.
Wide Dresden ribbon Is edged with a
narrow line OF corded silk in plain color,
usually matching the prevailing tone OF
the pattern in the body OF the ribbon.
A very dainty pair Of white evening slip
pers has an appliqued design of pink roses
and forget-me-nots made OF tiny puffs OK
silk.
Flowers in eolors and forms tina are alb
solutely true 10 nature are used as heaos
for hat pins. Other pins have quaint Lttle
miniatures or canoes of a woman's head.
Accordion plated satin forms the per
pendicular brim OF q very large tureany
having a pulled crown of velvet ana
trimmed with an odd rosette OF teatners
and an aigrette.
Marrow gold chain bracelets are set with
tiny watches. The leather strap watch
bracelets are fsvorites, but nowedays the
wide-and matches the enamel OF the
watch in color.
with the plaid and checked suits that
are to be so fashionable this fall the para
soils of inch-sauare checked silk viii be
carried until very late In the season.
These parasols come in oolors. as we'll as
IN DlaCk ana white. some OA lH0 bOON
combinations that will do for wear with
more than one costume are tan, gray and
white; dark red and black; rose, gray,
white and black; blue and white.
Although as a rule children's shoes are
supposed to be as simple and as sensible
as possible, a little variety Is like once
In a while, even in these. There is a new
style In q chlld's shoe, made on the most
approved, square-toed, common-sense last,
by the way, which combines patent leather
and chamois oolored suede in an unusual
way. The upper portion is made OF the
suede, but the black patent leather runs
up in a broad band to the top, covering
the front seam. The buttons are yellow.
There have recently been brought out
some combination serge and plaid suits
for girls and misses that are uncommoniy
smart in appearance, and will have a great
vogue as soon as school opens. IN pialted
skirts are of plaid, in large, bold blocks,
but In good colors, and the ~three-Quarter,
tightly-fitted coats are OF dark blue serge,
with cuffs and collar and a broad, turned
up band, held in place by small buttons
made Of the plaid. An anchor or similar
emblem is embroidered on the left front
Of the coat. For those who may possibly
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

suddenly finds himself engaged. he
doesn't understand just how It happened.
But he usually marches UP bravely and
finds that he enjoys both matrimony and
Ice cream. II every girl who eats a
saucer OF ice cream or a "sundae' would
put a penny in the plate to erect a
monument to the ~inventress Of Ice cream,
they could build a tower so tall that 1t
would make the Washington monument
look like a fence post. While It was
Dolly Madison who first made ice cream.
they tell us It was the wife Of a young
naval officer, Nancy Johnson, who in
vented the ice cream freezer. She de-
serves as much credit as the presidents
wife. They we're one in achievement
they should be one in fame and immor-
tality.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
v,srpn,n, % 10 Forslrnsr..

OREIGNERS OF various grades
Z" who spend a few days or weeks
In this country imagine them
T selves competent TO discuss in
#sH3I diligently the manners and Gus
~ toms Of the people. Persistent
in,oi,io,ers encourage them by featuring
their observations. Naturally, the Ameri-
can women attract their attention first Of
all. and is the principal topic OF remarks
that are interesting, II not instructive. A
newspaper man from Bengal is one Of the
latest critics Of the American woman. He
declares that the gil. in the United States
who is courted does her utmost to make
herself agreeable to the sutton. She hides
flaws Of temperament. She conceals physi-
cal ailments. She DISCUSSES bad temper.
She paints and powders. Worst OF All.
these arts are 80 transparent that they
must tickle the vanity of the asplrant for
her favor.
Another foreign critic is the editor Of the
Toxic Times, now in New York on his SEQ
ond visit to the United States. He ex-
presses wholly needless pity for the Ameri-
can husband. In a New York paper he de-
clares the belief, gained through japanese
glasses, that the most expensive feature
Of life in the United States IL the wife, who
appears fresh and handsome compared with
her tired, anxious appearing husband"
Despite the fact that American women
appear to have everything they ask for.
the Toxic editor says they do not look
happy or contented because their ambition
Is overwhelming.
Il understand" he said, that the women
Of this country want to vote in order that
they may nave the laws changed SO as to
be more in their favor. 1 do not know
what effect suffrage will have upon her,
but it always appears to a stranger tina,
the American woman dominates nearly
every phase Of life. II she gets suffrage
is to become Of the poor American
husband2
Il feel a deep pity for American hus.
bands. The men here show mo- placid o.
rested look. They appear careworn and
Weighted down with responsibilities. TheJ
do not look happy. The American woman
does not appear happy and contented. Hei
ambition is overwhelming. 1t Is not strang,
she Is not contented or happy under sucf
circumstances She is ambitious In score.
Of ways Of which japanese women know
nothing"
To these shallow critics, these words OF
the Washington Herald Is sufficient an
swer: The way OF the American wife and
daughter are the ways Of open candor.
Their hospitality. to those who win en-
trance through its portals, ia as frank al
cordial. But even SO, the divine mystery
Of womanhood persists In lending an elusive
charm. It defies the analysis Of cold crit.
cism, whether native or foreign. In this
as in other Instances of alien observation
the American girl can prove her own and
sufficient champion"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
Count zeppeIIn's Energy.

Count Zeppelin had retired from the army
because Of age when he took up aero
%nautios; his case shows how energy and in
itiatlve may be found late in life. Yet It
does not altogether traverse DR.. oslers
once famous theory. because he was much
interested IN aerial navigation when he was
young. and learned what could be learned
from books. This. 70 be sure. was not a
serious task. says the Springfield Repub-
lican, he would have had ample leisure for
q after leaving professional Liza NoE v Il
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12
The yellow Journal Woman.

I'M
II is impossible for a woman TO make a
success OF yellow Journalism and maintain
her self-respeot. writes Anne Eliot in Col
nsF's.
In this country today there are thou
sands OF ambitious young women eager TO
take up newspaper work. This 10 eQuivS-
lent TO sayinE they are headed for the
yellow Journals. for It Is mainly papers Of
This class that offer the big prices for
feminine talent
Here are eight questions I wish to ask
the girl candidate for journalistic honors;
would you be willing to sacrifice a sister
voman's reputation In order TO gain a
piece OF nswsf
Would you be willing 20 hobnob with
servants and bride them. II necessary to
secure information for your paperf
Could you. after q man had refused to
receive you at his office. follow him to
his train. force yourself into his private
car, and literally hold him up for an inter
vtewf
Could you follow q man about in a cab
striving to waylay him and compel an
\ interview; and as a final desperate move
deliberately block his In order
20 force his sttsntion7
Could you become sufficiently cailous 20
play spy upon the wife OF a bank ~defaulter.
haunting her house. pursuing her to the
train, travelling with her. and trapping her
into an interview
Could you bring yourself TO Interview"
murderer's wife IN hour before her hus-
band was executed. and write OF her sut-
! ferings and a~gonissf
would you be willing to frequent poles
oourts. jais, divorces courts. and murder
trials. living IN a perpstuai atmosphere Of
crime n Scandalf
Gould you sndurs the personal humiiia-
ton OF being bodily elected from a pri'
yats homs-literally pushed out OF the door
Wv the head OF the housef
\ ThaSs taso psEfsouX f&I test 9uesuonS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-12

pears on some OF the most modish models.
Skunk fur has had a great vogue as a
trimming fur during the last year and
promises to have added prestige this win
ter in combination with velvet mousseline,
lace, etc. Lovely sets of hat, collar and
muff are already shown in silk mousseline