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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

aware. and nearly twice as large as Rhode
Island. Il would hold ten cities the size cf
Greater New York. one may ride ninety
miles in a straight line and yet remain
within the barbed wire fence which en-
closes every acre of Mrs. Kings domain.
Upon its pastures Craze 10000 cattle, 5000
sheep and nearly 5000 horses. 1t requires
more than 1900 employees to care for the
various interests, and when a cattle syndi-
cateoffered Mrs. King $4,000 for Santa
Gertrudis she laughed at their valuation
and refused to consider the possibility Of
a sale.
Santa Gertrudis is divided into twelve
districts, each presided over by a fore
man, and he is held responsible for the
conduct Of the business of the territory
under his jurisdiction. Mrs. King never
looses the relns she holds over affairs.
Her Jurisdiction not only includes the man
agement of the ranch, but she Is the POI
litical ruler Of three counties, a congress
sional district, a judicial district, and the
municipal affairs of every town and viii
lage within the sphere of her influence.
She keeps the ranch at a high state Of
productiveness from the cattleman's point
of view. The annual shipments from this
ranch vary, of course, but 1t is not an
uncommon thing for 10000 head Of beeves
to be sold by Mrs. King each year. The
annual income of the ranch is between
$500, 900 and 100000.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Inquisitive Chinese women.

when l first went to Marking ten years
ago, 1 mad to undergo some very odd
things said Mrs. John Il. Williams, in
speaking of the ten years work of her
self and husband in China's mission fields.
THE women were very suspicious of me,
but gradually they began to come to see
me, and when they did so they wanted to
go all over my house and look at every
thing carefully. l thought this might dis
pei their fears, so l let them come and
go through my house. l treated them for
cuts and burns, and they soon began to
feel that l was harmless and seeking only
their good.
AT first when 1 invited them to meet
ings they feared to drink my tea, because
they had an idea that they would imbibe
not only the tea but the strange doctrine
l represented also, so they poured the tea
on the ground, but when they found that
it did them no harm they drank it. They
questioned my cook and asked if 1 quar-
relied with my husband. In China every
woman is known for what she is. If she
quarrels with her husband and has a high
temper 1t is known all over the city and
talked Of in the market places and IN
homes.
"One Of the first great pleasures I had
after 1 had learned the Chinese langua age
was the holding of mothers meetings. 1t
was a very hard task to teach women who
had read few or no books. In the middle
of one of my addresses a woman near me
would take my dress between her fingers
and feel the cloth, and say, interrupting
me, while 1 was trying to tell of Christ's
love. How much a yard did you pay for
such goods?' and a little later another
woman would inquire If clothing not
wadded was not very cold. In Marking,
which is sometimes referred to as the Bos-
ton Of China, the proportion of the women
who nave received any education is very
small. About one woman in 500 can read.
1T want to say that the Chinese are little
understood and greatly misjudged in this
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Activities of Women in Various Walks of Life

ander has lived all her life in Hutchin-
son.
Miss Phoebe Couzins, former suffragist
lecturer, who Is in Chicago to attend the
peace congress as a delegate from the Dis
trict OF Columbia, no longer advocates Civ
ing the ballot to women. In an interview
she said that in the club, the Improvement
organization and the church society woman
is a power for good and she should stick
TO those activities.
II Mrs. Hester Cordroy Of Delmar, Del,
is as old as a dispatch to TIE New York
Tribune says she is, She may not unreason-
ably claim to be the oldest active worker
in the country. Mrs. CordrOy is said to
have been born February u, 1891, and If
she was she is well started in her 18th
cultivating with her own hands two large
gardens and selling the products.
Mrs. J. II. Harris and Mrs. Narcissa
signatures for the national suffrage petit
ton In eastern Oklahoma. Mrs. Harris is
a Cherokee and the chairman Of the petit
Is the mother of Senator owen and is the
vice chairman. Mrs. Mau.e Porter-Farns-
worth of Muskogee, a daughter of the late
Chief Pleasant Porter, also takes an active
interest In the work.
Refeka Hanoum, the first woman to ioin
the Young Turk party in its fight for gov
eminent reform, Is the daughter of Kiamil
Pasha Of Constantinople. When she was is
she announced to her father that she did
not wish to get married, as she Intended
70 devote her life to uplifting the women
of her race. Her father allowed her TO fol-
low her bent and she became a teacher in
the girls school In STEAMBOAT.
The women Of the Diet Kitchen associa-
ton of New York are especially pleased by
the success OF their work for the last
Twelve months. Among the 400 babies and
LOO! nursing molhers under the care Of the
matrons of the association there have been
ohy seventeen deaths. The association
pans TO do more educational work during
the coming year. For one thing Tho rIa
irons Will go into the homes and teach
how to modify milk. "N
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A Remarkable woman.

Delmar, a town that is about half In
Maryland and half in Delaware, points
with pride to a distinguished citizen who
was 112 years old on the 18th day Of
last February. She is a woman-Mrs. Hes
ter Cordroy-and she is not only mentally
and physically active, but she is a hust-
Ter that outclasses in her energetic ac-
tivity girls who are 100 years younger than
herself. Mrs. Cordroy not only looks after
her domestic affairs, reports the Baltimore
American, but she actually cultivates two
large kitchen gardens. She grows onions,
potatoes, cabbages, tomatoes and other
produce for the market. She has been hoe
ing her own row for 100 years, or ever
since she was a girl Of twelve, and she is
doing it this springtime as usual. She has
been married twice and has a large pos
terity, including ten great-grandchildren,
but she has declired every pressing invita-
ton to make her home with any of her
boys or girls.
Mrs. Cordroy. as is usual with centen-
arians, has her theory of longevity. She
does not agree entirely with the distin-
guished statesman and diplomat, the Hon.
WI Ting-Fang, in the conclusion that the
way to attain the 1OO-year mark is to
adhere exclusively to the vegetarian diet.
Here Is the message which she delivers
to this twentieth century generation Of
young women: III the girls Of today would
do more work and think less Of the parlor,
they would be healthier and live longer"
Illustratively she mentions that when she
was a girl she used to pillow all day and
then milk seven cow after dark. She has
been 20 actively on the move during the
last Ill years-ever since she could balance
herself in an upright position-that she
has never had five minutes of spare time
to think about growing old. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that Delmar and the whole
Maryland and Delaware peninsula is proud
of Mrs. Cordroy.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
DON'T want Separate Cars.

TIL failure of the women to use the cars
reserved for them on trains on the Nc
Adoo tunnel between New York and New
Jersey has caused the management to con-
fine the reservation of such cars to one
hour in the morning and one hour in the
evening. The company announced that It
was found that the cars were occupied
by women only during the rush hours
and that even then there were more women
in the unreserved cars than in the reserved.
The new order also gives permission to men
to occupy the cars reserved for women IL
they desire to do so. The company said
that this permission was granted because
frequently there woul be many vacant
seats in the women's cars, while men would
be standing up in the others. This order
of the company was taken to indicate that
the women did not demand separate
coaches.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Smart Shirt Waists for Seasonable Wear

retains a certain degree of favor, but on
the whole the stock, though less practical,
has pushed the collar aside so far as
separate neckwear for the sheer blouse is
concerned.
A touch Of color combined with the white
is liked in materials for the tailored blouse,
and the striped batiste, which at the
opening of the season were easily to be
found in white and blue, rose, green, yell
low or brown, are practically exhausted
A few blouse makers or importers stin
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

have occasional models Of this type, but
they are quickly picked II.
The other day the proprietor Of a little
shop near Fifth avenue displayed five
lovely little blouses in striped batiste, two
in a light yellow brown which might be
called a light a and white, one in
dark blue and white, one In lavender and
white and one in a clear light apple green
and white. They were all made alike,
simply tucked across shoulders and chest,
opening down the front, with rather close
bishop sleeves with wristband cuff and
tucked collar fastening in the back.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
What Women Are Doing.

Miss Nellie Revell Of Chicago has been Sc
lected by the governor OF Michigan as
state press agent. Her headquarters will
be in Detroit, and she will write up the
state and county fairs as a means of ad-
vertising the resources Of Michigan.
Miss Elizabeth Chesser has devoted the
last year to investigating the condition of
women prisoners in England. She declares
that she. found very few skilled workers
among them, the vast majority being
women without a trade or education.
Miss Amy ]. Alexander, who has been
elected clerk of the district court of the
Ninth judicial district in Kansas by a ma
jority of 1927, ran 500 votes ahead Of Taft.
She is now % years old and seven years
ago became a deputy clerk. Miss Alex.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Leaves from Fashions Notebook.


Cashmere de soie ana shantung OF a
rather coarse ribbed, LnIck KIND are muCn
IN demand Tor tallor lnaues ana outdoor
gowns generally.
Roses OF all sizes and in every color
(many unknown 10 the queen OF flowers
IN her ndtural state) are conspicuous on
the mats OF the season.
In motor bonnets a new model has just
appeared of Dutch design with the back
part plated into a woe front piece, the
whole beng made OF a curious straw that
looks exactly like a fine edition of the bass
mating used by gardeners. There is a
little design on the front piece done in bass
cord.
Ball fringe has been revived, but in a
new edition. This time the balls are made
of tiny silk disks, so that each looks al
most like a head of clover or a miniature
guelder rose. On another model each ball
Is Of silk inclosed in a fine netting, the
crossing of every thread bearing a little
silver bead. This trimming accompanies a
match.
A recent within is the all-green hat, the
shape, perhaps, of dark green. surrounded
only with quantities of foliage, and the
Pgim lined with green aeroplane, or the
velvet, manipulated into a flat bow, and
nothing else, save for the brim lining of
being the latest notion in brim Innings.
An all-green hat would be a chic accom-
paniment for a white linen or pique coat
The change to a fuller, softer type of
skirt was very we'll timed. The smart
sheath of last winter would hardly have
proved feasible for unlined dresses " soft,
gauZy materials, such as we wear for a
good part of the summer Foulards and
vetlings-the two most run-after materials
of the season-would have had a sorry
time of it with the narrow skirt. AS 1t is,
they are enjoying the heyday Of their pop
ularity In the early summer dresses.
1t is curious, but quite characteristic,
that women are as loath to rerounce the
narrow skirts as they were to adopt them,
says Mrs. SimcoX in the Delineator. When
| came back from Paris with the word
that skirts would be ~fuller-three and four
yards wide at the bottom-the news was
met with a well-bred but incredulous lift
ing of the eyebrows. Women were quite
convinced that somewhere in my boxes
were hidden the excessively scant skirts
that they have grown to love. Many OF
them left the shop, totally u~nconvinced.
In the trousseau Of a spring bride is a
charming gOwn Of satin messaline IN a
pretty shade of pistachio green. The un-
derskirt has a deeD hem. and over this the
tunic Is draned in an original manner.
showing the selvedCe. and so ARRANGED in
full spoon-shaned folds as to give II the
appearance of being in two pieces. The
little corsage. cut slightly low. with tlnv
draned walstcoat Of lace with black velvet
buttons, is pouChed. while tho sleeves are
hemstitched over cuffs of creamy lace.
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plait' bordering collar and cuffs and pos
sibiy introduced upon pockets or shoulder
epaulettes.
The absolutely severe tailored shirt waist
or fine linen is probably the smartest rid
Ing waist, but similar models in madras
are acceptable and even dlmity is used,
although the more sheer crossbar stuffs.
etc, are not correct. Occasionally a mode
which departs from tradition is launched
as a riding skirt. Such a model is illus
trated here and has some merit, but g
qIires a separate dickey. and that is
bothersome and likely to make trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
Her Ranch n Kingdom.

1t is a curious fact, says a writer in Van
Norden's Magazine, that women are shin
ing lights in the curious ranch life of the
west. Mrs. Harriet KIM has a little realm
of her own down in southeast Texas. She
is the sole owner and actual manager of
Santa Gertrudis ranch, near Corpus Christi.
This ranch is as large as the state Of Del
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

what It is all along the line. Her hus-
bands books, balanced monthly. show in
plain figures that the household expenses
for two years and a half under the
psychic regime has been IS a month a
person.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

Shave a scent cake of beeswax fine and
add one quart Of gasoline. Let stand over
night and 1t will be ready for use. The
best and cheapest wax ever used.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

country. Many people describe the Chinese
as a nation as sly, deceitful, and hardly
human. Now, l have lived among them
many years and can tell you that they
are not such people. They are warm
hearted, very human, quick to respond to
recognized kindness. They are patient,
long suffering, and capable Of great en-
dlrance. They are beginning to educate
their women, and l look for great results
from this step"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

EW YORK, May 22.-The tailored
shirtwaist appears to be COM
ing into it's own again; but it
is a tailored shirtwaist with a
difference. Indeed 1t is in
many cases a shirtwaist no
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

The very last scrap of my striped
batiste," said the maker, land l can't find
any more in New York. I've sold scores
of these blouses."
The words were hardly out of her mouth
when a woman who had stopped to look
at something I'm the window and glancing
through had seen the blouses in the
makers hands came In and took all five
of the dainty things.
i've been scanning the town for them"
she said in a elf-congratulatory tone as
she paid her $50.
Yes, they were so apiece, those simple
blouses, but they were beautifully made,
and the silky striped batiste is not cheap
even when 1t is not scarce.
Some very good looking French blouses
are of fine cotton stuffs with a little de-
sign of some sort in color, a dot or circle
or square, and have trimming hens OF
plain color. These hens may border front
frills or a plain front box plait and col
lar and cuffs. Again, one sees frills OF
sheer white bordered by narrow colorec
hens on blouses Of material combining
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23
EnnmeIed Moodmork.

To clean white enamel woodwork use
kerosene in warm water
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

IL Of good quality, and the dimities are
good materials for such purposes wearing
better than The prettier barred bauste or
the lawn. though not, Of course, giving
such service as the linen or madras of
other days.
Cotton crepe and cotton marquisette are
both used for this simple type OF blouse
hut lack the tailored air even at their
simplest.
The up-to-date, soft tailored blouse opens
IN front. though it may have an attached
collar, which passes around to fasten in
the back. High attached collars, fastening
in front. have been tried and ones sees
many smart imported waists with such
collars. but we have yet TO see any one
wearing such a collar successfully; and the
blouse makers admit ruefully, II forced into
a corner, that the front opening collar is
prone to look awkward. on the other
hand. the collar which fastens in the back
has 10 be hooked down around one side
OF a front opening blouse. and this is a
nuisance.
The solution of the problem is usually
found in the separate stock and jabot or
cravat, and the demand has brought out
innumerable novelties in this line. EN-
broidered linen collars are stil worn,
though no longer the fad they were, and
some very smart pique collars are shown
The Irish lace high turn down collar, too,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

longer. one calls II a tailored DIOuSei
and apart from the fact that it is
not elaborated with hand embroidery and
lace it often bears little resemblance to
the tailored waist of tradition.
In the first place it is usually of some
sheer cotton or linen material instead of
being fashioned from sturdy linen or mad
ras. The linen and madras still
have their uses and their loyal admirers,
but they have been very generally relegated
to use with riding clothes or rough outing
wear. Many sensible women wear them
and look trig and neat instead of looking
shoddy in cheap coarse lingerie blouses;
but even here the severe tailoring is re-
tanned while the heavier materials nave
given way TO sheerer crossbar lawn or
batiste or to dimity or to sheer linon.
1t is high time that there were some re-
volt against the lace trimmed lingerie
blouse, which in its cheap form has become
a pest, and the new tailored blouse is a
step in the right direction, though 1t is
often spoiled by a cheap fussy stock and
jabot. The daintily feminine neckwear may
IA .gean. n "a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

White ana tOlOi.
A dainty blouse of
dark blue and white
stripe had down the
front one plated frill
of the stripe Dor
dered by a hem of
plain blue and one Of
the stripe bordered
by narrow lace and
inset with narrow
lace insertion. The
two frills fell softly
one with the other
In jabot fashion.
All white tailored
blouses, o o, ar
sometimes trimmed
with narrow hens of
color.
Bands of crosswise
or diagonal tucking
in the material trim
some good tailored
models in fine hand
kerchief linen and
diagonal bands OF
stripe are used for
trim m I'M white
blouses. A simple
hand embroidery in
color also may be
used upon the tail
ored sheer blouse
without ~incongruous
effect, a line of EN-
broidered dots, for
example, along each
edge of the front
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-23

NC ia 10 $50
a coquettish relief to
a severe though fine
blouse, but in coarse
lace and lawn 1t
queers a blouse that
might with the linen
collar of other days
pass muster.
o S sbar batiste,
fine and silky, makes
a charming waist of
h plain tailored
sort, the design re-
lieving the p%lainness
of the model and the
sheerness m a n g
concession to h Q
prevailing tendency.
C~rossbarred a W n s
are less fine and
dainty, but some
times make up well
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-30

known only to Mr.. Kennedy and MIR.
Hill, and neither gentleman will give
it away.
The band boys made ten strike
Monday. They would have been all
swelled up had they heard the favor
able comments expressed on every
hand. The air was full of melody
when they cut loose, and as soon as the
last refrain died away the mob would
get busy throwing boquets. The fact
Is the band deserves all the praise re-
celved The bunch has been organ
lied only few weeks, and already
each individual member has 50 gotten
the mastery of the instrument he lug
giles, that a stranger would believe the
outfit had been at work for years. The
material is good, and if the boys hang
together the city will in short time
have band that the people can well
be proud of.
SCARLET fever is epidemic in Spo-
kane, several hundred cases being re-
ported. Care should be taken that the
dread disease is not spread throughout
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-04-30
TRAIN SCHEDULE.

West Bound Ito Keremeos.)
Leave Arrive
500 m ...... Oroville ....... 4;3o p m
East Bound Ito Spokane.
6:3o M ......... Oroville ........ 7:3S p IN
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-10-22

While in a reminiscent mood
few days ago, Paul K. Hubbs Jr..nnw
resident of Friday Harbor, was kind
enough to furnish Ihe Islander the
following incidents of the landing OF
PIckett's company of soldiers on San
Juan island in 1859 and of the arrest
of Lyman Cutler, celebrated in history
as the man who nearly precipitated
an armed struggle with Great Britain
by shooting pig belonRlng to the
Hudson Bay Company. Mr.. Hubbs
says" On the night Of July %. 1853.
an orderly sergeant raped at my
door hundred yards from the Hud-
son Bay Go. q station and called me
from a peaceful slumber with the an
nouncement that Capt. Geo. 3. Pick
EFT was on the beach with his com
pany or infantry and desired my as
slstance in locating camp. Imme-
diately his request. in the nature OF
an order. was obeyed. The camp
was located on a 1ravel spit on the
shore of Griffin bay. was presented
to Lieut.. Howard. fiery Southerner.
who served in thu Mexican war.
Brandy decanters we're brouRhI and
all present partook of the cheer that
they afforded By daylight we we're
ready for action. "Pickett's first
order was to arrest Cutler, whom the
settlers had held IN abeyance OF ar
rest by British officers. Cutler ras
a genuine American, though not from
that section of the country from
which Pickett, Howard and | came.
He was, l think, from Ohio. He was
a tall, light haffsds ape looking young
man. fearless. dventdf6SeA and full
of fun. He lived with ID 6ialp
woman on what has for many yesfS
been known as the Frazer place. 4
WAS deputized to make the arrest
alone arrived at Cutters cabin
just as the great sun rose from be-
hind the eastern hills. He came
outside to wash and when said te
him "You are under arrest, ht
laughinRly replied II surrender. :