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Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Greek Couture Much in Vogue

pearls and diamonds set. as We have in
dioated, In q fine network design.
The filet In one form or another is, Of
course. broueht into prominence by the
semi-classlc styles of couture and the
changes rung upon the one idea are myriad
while occasionally new oriental suggestions
appear.
The fashion Of wearing a jewel suspended
by fine chains in the middle OF the fore
head has returned in both London and
Paris. though this mode is rather too rad
ieal for any general acceptance. and we
have seen only one instance Of it this
winter In New York, when a lovely slender
blonde with fine, classic features. wore a
directoire frock Of white and gold and
the modern version Of Greek %colffure with
fine golden laurel sprays pointing forward
and downward at each side of the front
and holding suspended from their tips
by an almost Invisible chain a single
large brilliant. This stone fell a little over
the forehead just below the part and was
immensely becoming. though such an ar
.rangement requires an exceptional face.
Empire combs have come back with the
Empire coiffures and in Paris and London
there has been a rage for the genuine
combs Of the period, very high prices be-
ing paid in many cases for the antiques.
Even where the stones used are not real
gems the design and workmanship often
give real value to these combs. but excel
lent reproductions have been made from
many of the most attractive Empire de-
signs, and these will content the woman
who does not care to spend a large sum
upon an ornament which is likely to be
but a passing fad. Dealers in antiques
here in New York tell us, however, that
they AVE sold a number of the genuine
old combs. chiefly in dull gilt and pearls.
Ribbon wound in and out through the
hair and passed entirely around the head
in filet fashion Is a simple, effective
adornment much in use. especially for
girlish coiffures. but this arrangement
must, of course. have a careless grace,
n we ave seen some ribbon filets drawn
tightly around the head which were sad
parodies upon the mode.
Sometimes a flower or other ornament
at the left front supplements the ribbon,
but a soft knot will answer the purpose
II 1t is effectively tied and placed. Gilt
gauze ribbon is much used for such filets
and is pressed into service, too, for many
of the more formal c~olffure
Three strands of such gold gauze, plated
or intertwined and finished with a knot
of gold or a gold rose, make a pretty
filet, and silver ribbon is used in the same
way.
Among the more bizarre
which cross the front of the couture in
one, two or three bands and finish in
round jewelled bosses above the eyes or
over the ears, one finds gold or silver
gauze used for the bandeaux and twined
round with strings of small pearls, while
the round ornaments are thickly studded
with pearls.
Some Partisan bellies have taken up a
type of Empire c~oiffure even more ex-
IRENE than that of which a description
has already been given. This shows the
hair parted and quite flat on top, waved
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Women and Money.

When woman Is treated like a national
animal in the matter OF money she usually
~justifies the experiment. says Harper's
Bazaar. why shouldn't she7 1t is she who
feels financial shortages. who suffers the
effect of extravagances, business or per-
sonal, more than man.
You, John. must ride to your office every
morning. no matter whether dividends have
been declared or assessments levied pom
your investments. You must de decently
clad to meet your fellow men in business.
You must have a nourishing luncheon at
noon to support the rigors OF the afternoon
work, and your worries over the miserable
state Of the market must be soothed by q
cigar.
Meantime, in periods OF financial depres-
sion, your wife has walked to market
which needn't at all disturb you. for it's
good for her-to save c~srfare; she has said
to the ~cook-unless. indeed, she has dis
missed that functionary-"just bring me a
cup OF tea and some toast for my lunch;
I'm not hungry"
She has returned the tickets for the
series OF Philharmonic concerts and she
has asked the dressmaker to try TO dispose
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Treats for Epicursa.

Try adding chopped figs to a nut and
apple salad. The flayor Is immensely i'm
proved. Not much OF the fig is used, Just
enough to give q suspicion OF spicy sweet
ness.
prove the somewhat tasteless celery salad
with m-ayonnaiso. One night at Inner a
woman cut up small blocks OF her cram
berry Jelly among the celery and was de-
lighted with the results. both in looks and
taste.
Parmesan cheese ~sprinkled thickly over
stewed tomatoes that are later Drowned
in a baking dish gives them an added xest.
Charlotte russo is both more appetizing
and less sickening II II is favored with
sherry. This should be stirred in carefully
or the cream will eurdIe.
Bread pudding takes on new dignity when
II IL Favored with chocolate. Make a
chocolate custard and put II In a baking
dish with alternate layers of bread. This
can be eaten either with or without cream.
Chocolate for drinking Is much better II
q few drops OF vanilla are added Just be-
fore removing from the stove.
II you cannot afford maroon sauce for
pouring over vanilla ice cream, did you
ever try preserved tomatoes? II is as
pretty as It is delicious.
Escalloped oysters are much better n
cooked in individual dishes rather than In
. pudding dish. Though somewhat trouble.
some to prepare. they are best OF all escal.
Hoped in their own shells, a half dozen be.
ing served on zach plate.
Mince meat is much better for standins
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Georgia.. Practical Mistress.

The evolution OF the costume OF the apron
covered frock 10 the white satin evening
gown, relates the Atlanta Constitution,
is not an unusual story In the history Of
the great folk OF this. our young republic,
but Il is a trifle unusual TO note in one
week that the same lady who was seen
last Monday in a directoire own Of white
satin wal seen Friday in an apron which
Almost covered a blue linen gown, while
her hands were buried in a pan OF lard, or,
rather the fat meat before it became lard.
Blu in the commonwealth of Georgia, the
women are OF rare combination. They well
balance the accomplishments OF the draw
ing room with the practice OF the domestic
arts, and II was none other than Mrs.
Joseph NJ. Brown, the wife of Georgia's
governor-elect. who presents the two
pictures In succession.
Friday was the last Of a series OF heg
killing days at the Brown home, and Il
would seem the best had been saved for
the last. The three hogs killed and dressed
Friday weighed 93s pounds. and Mrs
Brown. all in good humor and smiles,
saw the disposition Of three hogs and never
left of her apron till the last can Of lard
was in the smokehouse to cool. the sausage
meat was in a tub ready 10 be chopped
The shoulders" the "hams" and the
bacon" were properly stored away, tbs
spare ribe" we're there to tempt the taste
the backbone" was ready for eating anS
the Brown smokehouse was a Joy to thos'
appreeiatice Of What good eating really is.
Three days had been given to this branel
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

OF the yellow silk frock which was Just
about to come home. Your wife, John.
breads debt. 1t is she who has to face the
creditors when there is debt. you see.
II Is she who asks the gas man to call
again. and who represents to a stern and
relentless telephone company that Mr..
Brown will send a check at once. and that
1t would not be very kind of the telephone
company not to cut off the service mean
time. 1t Is she upon whom the unpaid
butcher lowers. and she whom the unpaid
baker posters. and she who has learned
to dread the ringing OF the door bell lest
1t herald q dun.
You. you see. are downtown busted with
great things. and are merclfully removed
from these trifling harassments. But they
are the experiences which make women
conservative in expenditures. II is the
agelong experience OF the sex In this re-
gard which has made woman. with the
capital, the conservative-the coward. IL
you within matters OF expenditure.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

in very large, soft waves and drawn down
over the ears and even falling against
the cheek. Below the ear II Is drawn
loosely backward and fastened into a
showering cluster of little curls set just
below the crown of the head and reaching
to the neck.
With this c~oiffure one of the flat filets
may be used, or the round-jeweled orna-
ments already mentioned may be passed
over the ears, but the mode is not likely
to find a great many adherents.
Three lines Of wire-threaded pearls with
of some kind at the ends are
often used to confine a low, fluffy pompa-
dour, which asserts itself in waves be-
tween the strands, and ribbon wound
round wire or heavy cord is made up on
the same general lines.
Wreaths of very tiny gold or silver
roses, with a large cluster OF foliage or a
large rose for finish are liked, as are the
wreaths of small gold or silver leaves,
but the wreaths now encircle the head
instead of being merely half wreaths,
such as were used for so many seasons.
One does not see many soaring egrets
and ospreys, such as were so popular with
the high coiffure. but occasionally some
such is combined with a filet
or wreath. and, as has been said before,
there are still numerous women of ex-
treme modishness who wear, their hair
high because the lines of a high couture
are more becoming to them, and with
these high effects the feather ornaments
are still liked, though they usually droop
and fall to the side instead of standing
stiffly upright as they once did. 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Activities and Views of Progressive Women in Various Walks of Life

Bile device for bee keepers is the comb
foundation for bee hives, patented by
ran A. Durham. In this rapid age
even the busy bee must be helped TO do
more work. and this foundation saves fully
half the bees time and let's It more than
ever deserve the thanks Of it's owner.
With a patent artificial foundation that 1t
deserves, the, poor thing, there is more
money in the business. Speaking of bees
one of the earliest inventions by a woman
was a beehive.
The first patent granted to a woman in
this country was in 1909, when Mary Kies
of Connecticut discovered q new way OF
weaving straw. Six years later Mary
Brush made an Improvement in corsets.
Nearly all the inventions by women were
in matters of practical everyday useful
ness. Among these was a dumping wagon,
a pillow. and a car coupler. 1t was a Phil
adelphia woman who thought out a new
species OF life raft and a Pittsburg woman
who thought OF q new car wheel. Women
invented for the benefit of the blind a
typewriter adapted to their use, and a
slate on which they could write. The
votaries of Ice cream owe their pleasure
to Mrs. Nancy NJ. Johnston. widow Of a
naval officer living in Philadelphia. That
was in 1S4S. and the model may be seen
In the patent office. Like many other in
ventors Mrs. Johnston could not guess
how popular her invention would be, and
sold It for $500. though II she had re-
tanned 1t she might have made hundreds
OF thousands OF dollars from it. II was a
farmers daughter who invented the paste
board trays divided into compartments.
each holding an egg, that makes 1t possible
to send eggs by train. 1t was a woman
who thought OF the luggage carrier that
fits on the front of a bicycle. These inven-
tions make a not inconsiderable list, and
there ara many more that might be added.
II the truth were known very likely the
invaluable safety pin which the great
Worth considers a blessing IN dressmaking
was the invention of a woman. This Is a
day OF discoveries, as these pins had their
origi in Egypt. very likely, the name Of
their inventor. a woman, win be made
known.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

In Bulgaria there is a woman suffrage
association with a IHcInt @tship IL shout
S,eN. The president is the wife of the
primo minister.
domestic science and industrial education
are the absorbing topics. 1t is reported
that in Maine fifty. clubs will interest
Portland clubs have raised a fund to main
cain cooking clubs In the schools.
It Is said that Miss Julia Marlowe, the
actress. H. an expert bOokbinder and de-
votes much time to her craft. She has a
full bookbinder's equipment in her home
In the Catskills. She became interested in
the work al taking q rest for her
health, In Nauheim, a little German town.
In all parts OF Paraguay the butchers
are women. The only part OF the work
done by men is the Strengthening OF the
Of this trace nv rS wo1er h ,h .ne sb oe%raI ph,r1n
years y most of the able-bodied men of
the country were destroyed In a war
against Brazil, and the women were forced
to take to every form OF work.
Prof. Abby Leach OF Vassar college has
been presented with a golden cup by the
mikado, In recognition OF her sirvices to
first student at Radcliffe when il was an
annex Of Harvard, and she has studied at
Leipsie, besides taking her degree at Vas
c con; sas at T 1Ss xme "a shs s fsbiSTShiP
Athens.
DIT. Ida Kahn, a Chinese physician, who
was graduated from the University OF
Michigan some years ago. is now studying
in Johns Hopkins. after a long visit in her
native land. Miss Kahn Is a missionary
for the Methodist Episcopal church. and
opened up the city OF Nanchang to the
missionaries. after IT, had been forbidden
ground, as a result OF her curing the wife
OF Toatai Taco. the vieeroy.
Sixty prominent society women OF Bos-
ton, representing nineteen clubs, recently
began a campaign against vice In their
homo city. They are trying advertising
methods, n the effect OF suggestion, hav-
ing large cards and posters with moral
CONSPICUOUS places Alice Stone Blackwell
and Mrs. Clara Bancroft Beatley are
among the leaders In the movement.
Fencing is one OF the latest society fads,
and in Washington there are quite a num-
Der OF women who are experts with the
foils. Miss Micheloni IL the champion
amatsur fencer Of the United States. The
daughters OF =. r. Shonts are quite skill
full. and Miss Katherine Berry Is quite ex-
pert. In the diplomatic set Baroness Mon
cheur IL considered the champion. Miss
Chenowith, the confidential secretary OF
Senator Foraker ~ an expert swords
woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Women as Inventors.

One OF the stock charges brought up
against a woman at regular intervals is
that she has no inventive faculty. Now
the fact is that she has. Anyone who
cares TO glance at the lists OF applications
for patents win very often fine one by a
woman and Il is nearly always a labor
saving device. 1t was a woman who In
vented the paper bag, adapted to hold
everything from a dozen nutmegs 10 a
merry widow hat; it was a woman who
invented the bread and the cake making
N achines; on the other hand IL was a
Woman named costOn who blessed ths
world with the coston light, a pyrotechni.
eontrivance for night signaling purposes
used on board ships and by ~hfesavins
patrols all over the world A very valua
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

Fish net is being dyed all shades, so
that the blouses made OF II may go with
the dresses. They are lined with soft silk
OF the same hue. Crepe de chine blouses
OF the exact tone OF the gown make elab-
arate bodices.
Black MORE is now used for t~ailormades.
The coat must always be softened By
are trimmed with inlets Of skunk. The
muir carried with this discreet costume
should be In emproidered MORE. trimmed
with bands OF skunk.
Petticoats must be narrow and tiKht fit
ting; the petticoat must be the same shade
as the skirt. 1t is ~Rll-important tina every
thing should be OF the same color-dress,
hat and skirt. The difficulty of matching
blouses becomes greater and greater as the
days go by,
Many fashionable women indulge In even
Ing gowns OF marked originality, so that
OF the latest models Is in a brilliant shade
Of blue liberty, with wide stoles OF Jet,
placed separately over each shoulder, fall
ing TO the waist behind. and to the feet
The larger toques will be fashioned OF
something draped, and lots OF flowers.
perhaps chiffon. tulle, or sometimes MORE
SIX or taffetas. perhaps ottoman. The
probably come into play for the flowery
spring hat. They are capable of quite
delightful schemes OF color; there is some
thing so subtle and suggestive about them
Inc Aatho tONncQ nat Oh plbSe ana
gathered black silk and satin with dropping
brim Is ubiquitous, with a circle OF feathers
of ostrich plumage and panaehe OF feathers
on one side, While the tall and large
crowned hat of fancy straw and almost
brimless, adorned with chains OF rosebuds
and roses and finished with a cluster OF
blossoms on either side is 70 be met with
on all sides.
The great thing for a dressmaker TO be
able to do Is 70 drape one with some
beautiful material. In one OF the smartest
establishments In Paris, the dressmaker
takes up one corner, pins II on the shoulder,
and then proceeds to wind II around the
body, leaving as much around the feet a.
the owner OF the body will allow. The
effect 10 sometimes grateful and sometimes
merely grotesque. Finally, sensible people
get q modified edition OF the model and
all goes well.
A striking large hat for reception wear
Is OF white chip straw with the brim
turned up gradually ia front and toward
the left side. The crown Is entirely covered
with white-and-yellow shaded ragged chry-
santhemum petals, aud below this is a
Jetted and sequined thick cable, which ID
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
Get Ria OF old Things.

II seems to be one of the troubles with
any kind of elimination, whether OF Gus
tom or observance. books or truck" says
a writer in Harper's Bazaar, that what one
person wants to get rid of is apt to involve
something precious to someone else. No
sooner do you get a shelf cleared OF mag
azines that have been collecting. neglected.
for a year past. than someone passionately
laments a priceless back number. You have
only to throw out an ornament or picture
hat seems both faded and superfluous to
hear some voice utter the Mortified ex-
postulation. You are not going to throw
that awayt" But apart from this disad-
vantage elimination takes so much time
and so much courage that II is no wonder
that many OF us. day after day. give space
for that which gives us neither comfort
nor pleasure. II Is no wonder that we ac-
cumulate and accumulate, seemingly with
out our own voltion.
Associations are what make things dear
to US. but they change color often as the
years cast a different light upon them.
Hideous beds are kept because people nave
die In them; clumsy bureaus take up
needed room and marble-topped tables
Wobble on an insecure center leg because
they belonged once to somebody who
thougnt them beautiful. 1t seems a sort
Of sacrilege to part with them.
Yet they are dumb, inanimate things II
the blessed ones who ara gone are no
longer associated with them so as TO add
pleasure to their possession-it is rather
as II we felt that they were holding US to
account and would be deeply hurt 10 We
were surrounded by furnishings that were
graceful and convenient and cheering. !
heard q woman once remark;
II sometimes wish this house would burn
down with every stick OF furniture IN II.
1t has the most depressing influence ON
me, But I can't make up my min TO
dispose Of II In any way"
And even when our associations are stilI
a living power for cur own help and fur
therment we need to be very careful that
they do not clutter up the place hamper-
ingly for other people. II is sometimes a
stern awakening to look at them with the
eyes OF the younger generation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

10 hold fast to It. even IL anach ronistic
with her latest directoire frock, but ordi-
narily l~aziness or lack of taste prompts
clinging to a familiar couture instead Of
vebturing upon new lines.
1t takes time to do ones hair well,
whether the coitfure be elaborate or sim
pie in character, and the so-called Greek
couture now in vogue, which is not the
old-time Psyche and which with skill may
be made fairly becoming to almost any
woman, demands Intelligent and under
standing handling. There must be no hard
outstanding knot, though one sees such
hideousness occasionally even in the adj
vertisements OF hair dressers.
Rather there is q soft mass OF hair
spreading from the crown of the head
down toward the neck. and any pads worn
under the hair are adjusted low at the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21
A Remarkable Woman.

A Remarkable Woman.
"rhe most wonderful woman In Amer
ica," WI Ting-fang called her. Why?
Possibly because, though a woman, she
operates a famous anvil factory. Mrs.
Clark Fisher of Trenton, N. J., came into
active management of the Fisher and Nor
rs Anvil works two years prior to her
husbands death. He. having become in
capacitated by illness, invested his wife
with the power of attorney, thus enabling
her to transact the entire business. After
Mr.. Fishers death, seven years ago. she
Assumed the full responsibilities, and has
made a success.
WI Ting-fang and Mrs. Fisher met a
year ago at the dinner Of the National
Association of Manufacturers in New York.
Mrs. Fisher, by the way, being the only
woman representative. The Chinese min
lister learned of Mrs. Fishers business sa-
gacity and Of her brilliant achievements
in the manufacturing world, relates Hamp-
toms Magazine, and when he returned to
Washington after the banquet made fur
tier inquiry concerning her. Later, in
writing to a friend, he praised her as "the
most wonderful won an In the world"
The Mrs. Fisher of luncheons and draw
ing rooms and the Mrs. Fisher OF the foun-
dry are two utterly different persons. Her
men swear by their boss" Her troubles
ere theirs. and vice versa. When the man
agement of the business first fell upon her
shoulders Mrs. Fisher went into the fac
tory and learned every detail OF the work.
In the beginning the men did not take her
seriously. and whispered 1t about that she
would not last long. but as she went on,
making changes here and improvements
there. they began to see that she knew her
own business best. Their respect grew, and
the better acquainted men and proprie-
tress became. the more friendly were the
relations between them. To the faithful
ness OF her employees Mrs. Fisher ascribes
a large portion of the success which the
business has attained.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

desultory effect by unattached societies it
was deemed best to unite in one strong
organization which should be auxiliary TO
that of the veterans. and prepared to sys-
tematically assist them in their philanthro-
pic work. Representatives of many small
societies met in Denver. Colo. in the sum-
mer Of 1888, and organized the corps. with
a charter list of forty-five members.
During its ~twenty-six years OF existence,
&bOO,0o0 have been expended for relief
alone. Families OF veterans have been pro-
vided with food and clothing. homes and
employment have been found for soldiers
widows and orphans, the sick have been
cared for and the dead buried. In several
states homes are maintained where dis
abled veterans may be accompanied by
their faithful wives. and their declining
days be spent together in comfort
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

front, from behind which spring out black
terminating in a huge Catherine wheel In
front, form behind which spring out black
and white osprey. This hat is large and
entirely hides the neck at the back, a
direct contrast to the closefitting straw
toque with Its rose-covered crown and
straw wings encrusted with sequins backed
by others of soft satin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

of house keeping by Mrs. Brown and she
has in her smokehouse today six cans Of
lard, fifty pound EACH, and the pFettiest.
whitest, flakiest lard it is. From the
ceiling of the smokehouse hang the hams,
white with salt, and the other meat going
through the same process that makes It
tempting to the connoisseur. A tub of
sausage meat, which can better be imagined
than described, had its place in the smoke
house, and few housekeepers in Georgia
there are who would not envy Mrs. Brown
this one of man, departments Of her COM
plete home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-21

reck end at the sides. There must be no
sharp angles. Even II a very soft. full
Psyche knot is the basis Of the range
ment little puffs and curls are used 10
soften all the angles, and these supple
ments arc OF the most inconseauential.
natural sort. instead o. the obviously arti-
fetal set puffs so lavishly used last season.
Often a large bsrettc supports the loose