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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Prayer Meeting broken Up.

"oh, You Kidl' as a sacred lyric, was
introduced and broke up a prayer meeting
being conducted by one OF the churches.
The pastor and deaoons are searching for
the faeetious member OF the choir who an
neXed the aphorism to the hymn that was
rendered, with such a disastrous effect and
which disrupted the entire congregation.
The slang phrase made it's fatal entrance
during a solo rendered by a soprano. who
read the music exactly as IL had been re-
yised with a pencil by a practical joker.
II love my God" the singer repeated.
"but, oh. you kidl"
The choir and congregation went into
Mysteries. and It was necessary 10 dismiss
the parishioners before order could be re-
stored.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Oldest shop Girl is 81.

Mrs. Daniel c. Morse, employed in a
corset establishment at Worcester. Mass.
claims that she is the oldest shop girl'
in the state, and probably in the United
States. Mrs. Morse is nearly S. years old,
but Is one of the most competent seam
stresses in the factory.
She works every day, leaving her home at
$50 o'clock in the morning, and does not
return until dark. and enjoys the best OF
health. Her work in the factory is sewing
lace to high priced corsets, and she is an
expert at that branch of the industry. 1t is
hard, combining work, but she has done il
for years.
Mrs. Morse helps to support her aged
husband, who was an expert machinest EN-
ployed in a loom works, but had to give up
work on account of poor health. The couple
nave an attractive home.
Mrs. Morse is a native of Fitchburg, born
In 1926, and was married In Brattleboro, VT.
in lS49 She has lived in Worcester since
1850.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Felt Meath Appro.cA.

Friends OF John G. Hoffman. a retired
manufacturer, who lived alone In a snug
little home ON Walton avenue, Norwalk
county, received a summons from him that
he would like 10 see them.
Then went 10 the house and found the
old man awaiting them. They observed
that he had swept the walks. tidied up
the rooms, busted the furniture and had
everything as neat as on Sundays.
You're all dressed up. John; what is
that forY'' was asked.
Yes, I'm going on a Journey" the old
man replied. Il want 10 leave the home
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

a horrible sight. The four small toes had
almost grown into the sole and there was
a crack about three inches deep where
the heel and big toe came together. ] could
have slipped a silver dollar into that crack
and the flesh would have bidder It. The
over the instep was as rough as though
1t had been chafed with the cold, and it
was cracked and sore. The girls leg was
bare half way to the knee. 1t looked like
a pipestem. or rather a base ball club. 1t
had no calf, and the doctor told me that
the small feet throw the muscles of that
part Of the leg into disuse, and that the
leg below the knee is straight to the ankle.
The sight OF the bare foot is so disgusting
that the women and girls are chary about
showing their feet to the men OF the family.
Indeed, 1 am told that a husband rarely
sees his wife's feet, although when husband
and wife sleep in the same bed their heads
rest at opposite ends of the cover.
The binding of the feet begins at differ
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Antl-FootbinGing societies.

This movement against foot-binding is
being pushed by associations of native
men and women in different parts Of
China There is an organization in Can
ton, known as the No Foot Binding society,
to which 10000 fathers belong. They nave
pledged themselves not to bind the feet Of
their daughters and not to object to their
sons marrying girls with bound feet. Many
Of the wives OF the members have taken
off the b~andases. and literature d~enouncing
the custom is being distributed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

A,hfa NAnHNf Af'H ~ AAHh ~ % ~
--ANKING. 1gO9.-tspeciai Core
ny spondence Of The Bee.)-The
I'm new woman promises TO be a
$500 i've figure IN the future of
K1&YH hint Today she is practically
O-4J d slave In the hands OF her hus.
Lu"u % 4ather. with few rights that men
are bound to respect. She Is a cripple, hob
bling about on bound feet. II she Is rich
and high-class. she Is not allowed to go
on the streets, and II poor she works In
the fields and does all sorts OF drudgory.
The average Chinese girl H. uneducated and
no, one woman In a hundred can read and
write. TIL new China IL to be full OF girls
schools, It's girls feet arc to be allowed
their natural growth and Ito women are to
take their part in the work OF the world.
Girls are already employed In the telephone
offices Of Hongkong and shanghai. They
arc teaching everywhere in tho kinder
gartens and primary schools, and medical
colleges have been established to ft them
for trained nurses and doctors. The vice.
roy Of Wuchang has a school in which
the boys ana girls study together, and the
some is true OF Tuau Fang, the viceroy Of
Marking. There are several large girls
schools In Picking, and one OF the Manchu
princesses, a member OF the Imperial FAMILY,
has established a girls school In Mongolia.
Az the missionary establishments arc now
teaching girls and the demand tor educated
women as wives Is far greater than the
supply.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

old mans shoulders. There was no re-
sponse. The old man was dead. Physi-
clans who were summoned said apoplexy
was the cause of death. Hoffman was
6S years Of age.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Harrimnn,s Intimate Friend.

dawning boyhood.
.
Harrimnn's Intimate Friend.
In the light of the last great fight of the
late F.. II. Hartman, which ended in the
ousting Of Stuyvesant Fish from control OF
the Illinois Central railroad system. says
Tho Hartford Times, one laconic line in q
life insurance policy taken out by the rail-
road king thirty years ago is a sad and
significant commentary. It was when Har-
riman was worth many, many dollars less
than $40, 600, OOO-quite before either fame or
fortune had come his way, or the lure OF
power caught and held him in it's clutches.
In the application for this particular
policy, which was issued by a large COM
pany not "a thousand miles from Hartford,
among other questions was asked the fol-
lowing:
"Who is your most Intimate friend?"
In Harrlman's W hand is written;
"Stuyvesant Fish"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

This Is a true story with all the neoes-
sary vouchers, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
An East End family has a cat. a biz
gray Tom, who answers to the name OF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Tnft's Weight Caused strike.

No wonder President Taft is trying to
train down his flesh, Frederick Poole, the
oriental traveller, is telling a story that
should make the president bend all his
efforts toward Disgusting himself as a hin
man.
Parts OF Hongkong are very hilly," says
Mr.. Poole; the European can find plenty
OF exercise there. but he usually prefers
TO ride In a sedan chair and give the hard
est part of the exercise to the chair car
riers. Life in the far east promotes indo-
lence.
"A story is told In the legations OF Hong
kong that when the sedan carriers laid
eyes on Mr.. Taft. who was then secretary
OF war. they went on a strike. Nothing
could persuade them 20 carry the big Amer
ioan. SO Secretary Taft was compelled to
walk up the hill to the governors resi-
dence.'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Hetty Green's Son.

Edward II. r.. Green. son OF Hetty
Green, lives in Texas, where to use his
wi language he has a finger I'm every
thing that Is going IN" Regardless OF any
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

found no supper ready. His wife had gone
TO a sewing bee or a ladies' aid meeting
or something of that sort, and festivities
apparently had lasted longer thar she ex-
pected. But that didn't raise o crouch In
this husbands mind. lie remembered the
many times he had been out late at lodge
and he went right to work to get supper
himself.
1t looked like the real thing when he got
II done. and just as his wife reached the
house he had 1t ready to set on the table.
The fried potatoes were especially brown
and crisp looking. But they tasted brown
That was the trouble. One bite for Mr..
Amateur Cook and one bite FOR Mrs. was
as far at they got.
What did you fry them in. Henry,
dear?' said the anxious wife as she
smothered a grlmace.
I'm that basin OF grease hat was on
the stove,'' said Henry.
And then Henry tainted when she told
him the basin contained a washing com
pound which she had dissolved ready for
use.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
How a Hound Foot Looks.

No one who has not seen a golden lily
with the bandages off can appreciate how
one Of these deformed Chinese feet looks,
In the satin shoe embroidered with gay
silk or silver and gold X is more like a
stuffed club than a foot. The big toe only
rests on the ground. and the size Of the
foot is measured by this rather than the
full; length Of the foot, l know of one
woman who has a foot so small that she
can stand on a silver dollar and the sole
will not come outside of the edges. The
wife OF one OF the viceroys has feet an
inch and a quarter long. and the favorite
coEcubine Of another has feet an inch long
and half an inch wide. while the average
bound foot is not over two inches In diam
eter where 1t rests on the ground.
Taking off the bandages, one sees that
the part of the foot which touches the
ground is never more than the toe and the
heel, and often only the toe. The binding
is done SO that the foot is crushed out Of
shape. The instep is thrown up and the
toe and the heel tied together. while the
other four toes are bent under the foot in
the crack between them. 1t is very diff
cult to see a Chinese girls foot unbound,
but 1 once had the opportunity to examine
one. 1t was in a hospital, and ] posed as
a consulting physician. The patient was a
high-class girl OF Is who had sprained her
arkle, and she had taken off the bandages
to allow the doctor to dress II. Her leg
was not swollen, but the foot to me was
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

ent ages in different parts of China In
this part of the Yangtse valley it is started
at the age Of 4 and 5 years. The little
girl is taken on the lap Of her mother, and
a professional footbinder wraps one foot
and then the other round and round with
a long piece of tape about half an inch
wide. Before she begins she presses the
four small toes down under the sole, and
then takes a turn OF the tape about the
big toe at the joint. Fastening this, she
stretches the tape back around the heel,
pressing 1t downward 30 that the instep is
thrown slightly up. The tape Is next car
ried to the front OF the foot, and the small
toes bound so tightly that they are sunk
into the flesh. The child cries during the
operation, and, in fact, she keeps crying a
great part of the time thereafter. Next a
piece of stiff cloth is wrapped about the
foot and fastened on with strong thread,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

90 tightly that the foot cannot grow.
Tight-fitting shoes or slippers are then
added. and over these more binding Is put,
so that the foot finally looks like a club,
As the child grows the bandages have to
be made tighter and tighter, and the chill
dren must be punished to keep them from
tearing them off. 1t Is a common saying
that every small foot has filled a hogs
head with tears. i have heard OF cruel
mothers who Keep a club beside them at
night in case they cry from the pain in
their feet, but I doubt Il this is the case
except with the mother-in-law, who have
a bad reputation In China Sometimes
opium is given to quiet the pain. and
sometimes the girl hangs her legs over the
edge OF the wooden bedstead. so as to stop
the circulation and thus ease II. IL the
binding is too tight the foot is liable TO
break in two at the instep. and the bones
come through the flesh. Sometimes morti-
fication sets in, and the toes drop off. I
have known OF women losing their feet
by having them frozen, the lack OF cir
culation preventing them from resisting
the cold. At a Canton hospital which I
visited some time ago q woman who had
lost her feet In this way walked in on the
stumps to be treated
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Can the Cripples BE Cureds

ian the CrtppleH he Curedf
One OF the live questions which IL now
before the women of China is whether
their feet can be cured II they take off the
o~andages. In the case Of the older women
L is impossible, although even they can
be relieved of pain. Their deformed feet,
however, cannot be made over again, and
they must walk with canes or hobble to
the end Of their days. The feet of the
younger women largely resume their nat
ural shape, although they have none of
the beauty Of those which have not been
bound. The unbinding has to be carefully
done, and the feet must be rubbed and
m~assaged to increase the circulation. II
Is difficult to persuade the women who
have been binding their feet to stop, but
tho young girls are wild for the change,
and that especially as It is now becoming
possible to get a husband II ones foot Is
large. Indeed, the big foot, or rather the
unbound foot, is liable to be a beau
catcher. As u Chinese official said to me.
the men Of the new regime are anxious
to ave their wives go about with them,
and those who have a chance to travel
abroad would like their company. This is
not possible with the small-footed woman,
who has often to walk with a cane or 10
have servants support her when she goes
out from home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
When Peffer Scored.

NUMBER of Kansas politicians
were discussing Senator Peffer
m night recently, relates the
Kansas City Journal. They
agreed that he was not the
greatest orator in the world,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

an able and picturesque story, which eNer-
cised over me a powerful fascination from
dawning boyhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19
hnese Women Are Taking Off Bandages and Wearing Loose Shoes

reigning family OF this empire, have never
bound their feet. and the great empress
dowager and all the court ladies Of Picking
have feet which are less plnched than those
Of the average American belle. They wear
shoes Of silk and satin. beautifully en-
broldered, and when they go visiting, have
gorgeous slippers with heels in the center
OF tho solo about two inches high. The sv-
crage Chinese woman has naturally a beau.
tiful foot, and the same is true OF the
Manchu. It is smaller than tina OF the
Caucasian. and the instep Is usually such
that water could run under It without
touching the skin. So far / have seen none
which corresponds with the old darkey
song about his sweetheart:
And dc hollow oh her foot makes a hole II
de groun.
The Chinese women were binding their
feet when the Manchus came I'm. and the
mon then wore long hair all over their
heads. The Manchus compelled them to
shave their heads, excepting the pigtail. as
a sign OF servitude. and before long the
practice became 80 popular that they
adopted II themselves. IL was different
with the binding OF the feet. The Tartnrs
have always denounced Il, and several OF
the emperor5 Of Nhe past have tried TO
abolish It. Tho custom among the Chinese
began, 1t &c said, more than a thousand
years ago, having been introduced by an
empress. who had goats feet covered with
hair, and who bandaged them, and thus
set the fashion. She clothed them in yell
low satin and they came to be known as
golden lilies. which is the term for the CO.
lestial crippled t%ootsle- wootsie of today. or
course, the people did not know Of the de-
formity. They thought the empress had
natural feet, and they bound up their chill
dreu to make them like her. At any rate,
the custom Of the binding OF the feet came
into vogue, and to this day It Is common
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-19

Dear Henry ms q OOOk'
- EVER let the Gold Dust Twins
fry your potatoes" lays a
N Chadron, o., man who thought
he would spring a pleasant sur
IN prise on his wife the other day.
The man came home and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-29
Societies Unite
For Anti License
Plan is to Put Six Men Into the
Field to Keep the Work
Moving Along.
From a staff Correspondents

- A1'H
LINCOLN, Oct. 2~S.-(Speciai Telegram.)-
The A~nti-Saloon league and the Nebraska
Temperance union we're merged more closely
today when the Board of Trustees of the
league invited the governing board of the
union to meet with them. Out Of the forces
present, the officers of the A~nti-Saloon
League of America, Department Of Ne
braska, were elected. The following are
the officers elected: 8. X. warrick, presi-
dent; ]. l.. McBrien. vice president; Rev.
Samuel 2. Batten, secretary; ]. M. Guile,
treasurer.
The headquarters committee, which is to
be the executive committee Of the league
is: S. X. wsrrick. Alliance; S. a.. Batten,
Lincoln: c. b. Anderson, Crete; B. F.
Fellman, Omaha; Mrs. +. b. Head, Osce-
ola; w. r. Patrick, South Omaha; u. S
Rohrer, Hastings; T.. N. wimberly, Uni
versity Place; w. p. Alysworth, Bethany.
1t was decided to Immediately divide the
state into four districts, the northern dis
trict with office at Norfolk, southern dis
trict with office at Hastings, eastern dis
trict with office at Lincoln, and the Omaha
district with an office at Omaha. Lincoln
Is to continue to be the state headquarters
This plan will put six men in the field
including the two who are already there
who will devote their entire time to the
work. An effort will be made to raise 6
campaign fund Of 10000 q
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-29
GOVERNOR HADLEY TO
COME WITH GRAIN MEN
Missouri Executive VIII Attend the
Corn Show and peal on
December 10.

Governor Herbert Hadley. Congressman
Ellis Of Kansas City and r. d. Carroll,
president of the Kansas City Grain ex-
change, with two carloads of Kansas City
grain men, are coming to Omaha, Decem-
Der 16, which is grain dealers day at the
National Corn exposition. A telegram from
VIII A Campbell, who is now in Kansas
City was received by T. F. Sturgess of the
exposition stating hat he had secured the
promise from Congressman Ellis and Mr.
Carroll and that they had promised to
bring Governor Hadley with them.
Mr.. Ellis and Governor Hadley are en-
thusiastic river navigation men and they
will both speak at the meeting Of the Mis-
souri, River Navigation congress,
Plans are now forming for an elaborate
entertainment for the grain men December
16. Delegations are expected from all the
prominent grain centers In the country.
st. Louis promises to send twice as many
as came last year. Buffalo is expected to
send a special car. Chicago, Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Milwaukee will also furnish
large delegations.
One of the events OF the day will be the
awarding Of the Colorado oat trophy worth
81, 800 by Governor Shafroth of tina state.
The trophy will go to the exhibitor who
shows the best peck of oats at the expo
sition.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-29
Nebraska
Good and Batten
Have Conference
Democratic Candidate for Judge is
ClOseted with Anti-Saloon
Worker.
(From a staff Correspondent

h LINCOLN, oct. @.-(SpeciaD-Pudge b..
n. Good, who. is n candidate on the demo-
cratic ticket for supreme Judge and who
has been trying for both the saloon and
the anti-saloon vote in Nebraska, took up
his headquarters IN the private office Of
Governor shallenberger this afternoon and
held some important conferences.
, Among those who called at the office of
the governor While Judge Good was hold
ing forth was Rev. Samuel Zane Batten,
pastor OF the First Baptist church Of this
city and energetic in anti-saloon agitation.
After the conference Rev. Mr.. Batten was
asked ifhe had seen Judge Good.
rs he in towing was the answer.
When assured that Judge good was in
the city and that he and Rev. Mr.. Batten
had been together IN the office of the
governor. Mr.. Batten said he had seen
Judge Good at a distance.
did you discuss turning over to Judge
Good the anti-saloon vote Of the slater
was asked. go
Ibid you not know that the temperance
people decided yesterday that they would
make no endorsements officially? A per-
son has q wight to snpport whoever he
pleases as an individual, has he not3" said
MIR. Batten.,
ImPedtatey sftsrsRewS Mr.. Batter left
thssdffi@ oi9thA geEerhOr. Or. Han, demo-
cratic national committeeman, was called
over the telephone and asked to come to
the governors office as, son as possible.
Upon his arrival Or. Hall was ushered
into the private office Of the chief execu-
tive for a conference with the %nonparti-
son democratic judicial candidate.
Having secured the endorsement of a
Bohemian paper as a liberal candidate and
also the endorsement of a Polk county
paper as a prohibitEonist, this conference
today in the governors office is taken to
mean that Judge Good intends to bring to
bear every possible pressure to secure the
anthsaloon- vote. without permitting the
other side to know It. 1t was, Of course
impossible to discover just what PROPOSE
ton was made 20 Judge Good or what sug'
gestions he made.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-29
Nebraska

his last campaign, by some means he in
gratiated himself with the temperance and
church element and secured endorsements
from the clergy and officials Of temperance
organizations, and in Butler and Saunders
counties, where there were large Bohemian
and German settlements, he was one Of the
boys who liked personal liberty, and re-
ceived the endorsement Of voters who are
against county option.
Mr.. Good gained a reputation that ne was
one OF the smoothest politicians in the dis
trict, catering to both factions and credit
must be given him that he worked the
game most successfully while running for
the office Of district judgetin this district.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-29
BODWELL ENTERS A DENIAL
Former County School Superintendent
Testifies in Paul Case.
DENIES EVERY CHARGE MADE
Admits Going 60 Florence and he
inE Told by Paul Of His Inten-
tiOn to Name Him In De
vorce suit.

r. ]. BodweIl OF Beatrice took the stand
in the Paul divorce hearing this morning
to deny the charges which have linked his
name with that Of Mrs. Paul. The former
Douglas county superintendent Of schools
entered denial in Who'll and in detail Of
the allegations Of the plaintiff and Of the
evidence given against himself.
Were you ever in any room at the Mil
lard hotel, or at any other hotel. with Mrs.
Paul?" he was asked.
I II never was"
Did you ever meet her in any place ex-
cept her homer
Il never did" replied the witness.
After questions with regard to meeting
Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Nichols in front Of GER
tain stores the witness was asked
Were you ever alone with Mrs. Paul at
any time In your life?"
81 was not" said Bodwell.
His Visit to Paul.
Cross-examinstion had to do with a visit
Of his to Florence, March %, this year.
He testified that he called on Paul then
and that Paul then told him there would
be a suit and that Bodwel would be a
party.
You knew" asked A. w. Jefferis, that
l was Paul's a%ttorney?"
YES"
You knew also that I had been a friend
Of your for years7"
Yes
Then why did you not come to see me7"
Il vas conscious" answered Bodwell,
that there was nothing in this and I
thought that il there we're any intention
to try to involve me that you would come
to see me-"
you expected me-" asked the lawyer, ito
come and hunt you up?"
Bodweu repeated his former answer
BOdwen Falters Briefly.
One question on cross-examlnation made
the witness, who was perceptibly nervous,
falter for the smallest part of a second.
This was when Jefferis asked him why he
had gone to Florence that day.
But he answered that he had wanted
to take a street car ride with his niece and
had wished to see the pump station"
Ed H. Walkers examination was not
through when the court rose at noon. His
testimony concerned itself so far with the
meeting of Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Nichols
in Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Paul ended her fourth days APP
p~earance on the stand before Bodwell was
called. Her last testimony was with re-
gard to a Widows VEIL" which Mrs. Gum
said she wore down to Omaha several times
before she and Paul separated"
Mrs. Paul explained this as not a widows
veil, but a little chiffon affair which
she had borrowed to Turkish up a shabby
hat.