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Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Chm Ahont women.

Mayor Kiser of Plqua, o., has appointed
a woman clerk of the water works depart
ment, much to the indignation OF a mum
Der OF men who wanted the position. She
has had ten years experience in the Of
flee and viii have charge of all the BUSH
ness connected with 1t.
Mrs. Helen Troy of Auburn, N. Y, has
been received into full membership of the
Six Nations. She has devoted the last four
teen years to study and research regard
ing the lroquois traditions. The member
snip which has just been conferred on her
viii materially assist her in her work.
with the assistance of Mrs. Thomas, an
educated Onondaga woman, she is now
compiling a lexicon of the language Of the
Six Nations.
Miss Anne c. Hedger recently resigned
the principalshlp of the Hebrew Technical
school for Girls in New York to become
the head of the new department Of house
mold economics in the University Of New
Zealand. She was chosen for this work by
a special envoy following an Investigation
or the work of leading instructors in do
nestle economics in England, Canada and
the United States.
With $4,000 on hand, Miss Esther Erwin.
a Battle Creek (Mich.) nurse, does not
know what to do with 1t. Temporarily, al
least, she is too dazed to look into the fl.
tufe. Miss Erwin was graduated from tho
Lansing hospital and served as nurse only
a few weeks before she went to Detroit
and was assigned to ]. Won Kelcher, q
westerner, who was very Ill. Just before
Christmas she received the $40, 900 check
Von Kelcher having died.
Miss Ellen M. La Motto of Baltimore is
the name OF a young woman who has
started a new crusade against kissing.
Miss La Motto points out that the contact
or lip and lip gives an ideal passageway
for the marauding germs, and the act of
kissing should be discouraged, to say the
least. Babies that have never been kissed
may grow into men and women who will
not tolerate OSCILLATION, but this generation
Is not likely to be much influenced by
such crusades.
Both the paying and the receiving teller
of the Maiden Lane Savings bank of New
York are young women. In a circular re-
Gently issued the officials of the bank com
mended these two women for their Off
cheney, accuracy and the general excellence
of their work. Since they have been In
office no shortage of cash has been found
and they readily detect discrepancies IN
signatures and are unvaryingly p%unc.uaI
aud courteous to patrons OF the bank.
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thing is a case Of dull carved or filigree
metal inlaid, or rather incrusted, with
gems to match the gown.
Sometimes they come in pairs, these
cases, one for cigarettes and one for
matches, and especially smart is a new
design Just over from Berlin showing the
head Of the kaiser's own proud eagle. sharp
beak and cleaning eye, opening at the
top to display tiny compartments for small
cigarettes and smaller matches.
What Is the reason for the astonishing
increase Of the smoking habit among New
York women Simply this: They took II
up because 1t looks smart" y in much the
same way that a small boy takes his first
smoke. In much the same way, too, 1t
has grown on them, until now they are
wrecking their nerves with nicotine, to
say nothing Of squandering great sums OF
money. 1t is no longer a fad with women,
this s~moking-a woman must have her
after breakfast pull just as much as she
must have her breakfast. Sometimes she
can get along without the food much more
easily than without her cigarette. Thou
sands OF women in New York smoke from
fifteen to twenty cigarettes a day.
Those most alarmed by conditions do not
claim that there is anything definitely i'm
moral about the habit, but from a hygienic
standpoint 1t has reached such a stage to-
day that physicians nave begun to look
upon It as a positive menace to the future
of their women patients. In this fact lies
the death knell OF the habit, in all prob
ability.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

the polka dot. The dots are large and
plentiful.
Ermine is being more used than for many
seasons past.
Everything that is offered in Irish lace
is now popular.
o. Some of the new satin and lace jabots
Fashion is evidently trending toward
very full sleeves.
1t is quite evident that a big velvet
season Is upon us.
Carved ivory hat pins are stylish with
white evening hats.
Short length dresses continue to be Of
the moyen age design.
Blouses of chiffon to match the suits
are In full vogue again.
Striped flannel, linen and madras are
used for morning shirt waists.
Round collars are increasing in size and
bid fair to develop into. capes.
Three yards is tho regulation length Of
the chiffon or net evening scarf.
Paris milliners are now experimenting
with medium-slzed picture-effcct hats.
The frock Of chantilly lace is On oldtime
favorite that is again to the fore.
Tho natural color channels glove is hav-
ing a considerable favor for street wear.
Large handbags are now out of style.
The newest are small and made of un-
dressed kid.
Crystal and gold bugles are used for out
lining designs in lace OF many handsome
gowns.
Turbans of fur, with dun gold trimmings
and flowers of furnished metal are worn
for evening.
Bands of chinchilla are used as trimming
to some of the handsome evening scarfs
of messaline.
Tiny pink satin roses, with rose leaves,
too, are to be had in the shops for trim
ming evening gowns.
The turban fad shows Indications Of be-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

of the harCm Is the greatest good that
modernism is accomplishing in Asia, and
with 1t Is dying polygamy.
A new order OF womanhood Is springing
into being in all quarters Of the Orient.
eager, to share the responsibilities OF pub
lie life with men. Moreover. they are Will
ing to work with them shoulder to Shout
der.
In every Asiatic country you see the
new woman conducting special schools
for girls and n%eighboring centers for
women OF comparatively advanced ages.
These institutions are designed to educate
the present and rising generations Of
women to properly discharge their various
duties. In these schools Oriental girls and
women are taught what constitutes their
real rights. Here they are also inspired TO
unflinchingly and steadily labor to obtain
and maintain their rights.
Paradoxical as II may seem the most
favored and successful manner in which
the oriental women carries on her propo-
ganda work Is through the channels of the
newspapers and even magazines. In
various parts of Asia, especially in China,
India and Japan. women are conducting
publications to further the cause. In
Japan the Twentieth Century Woman. a
radical monthly magazine, is edited by a
woman and many of her contributors are
women China has three flourlshing publ
cations edited by and for women. In
Hindostan is also q magazine for women.
1t is printed in English, and, started some
two years ago, II has a large and growing
circulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Strike Mania.

The passion for striking seems to have
taken deep root in the female breast
within the last few months The shirtwaist
makers of New York set the example, 5000
OF them striking for better conditions and g.
living wage. This was the first time that
women had had a strike all to themselves,
and It seems to rave inspired other women
to do the same. The shlrtwaist makers in
Philadelphia Immediately followed the ex-
ample Of their New York sisters, and, as
In the latter city, are relying upon the
moral support at least of the prominent
society women of the city. The last addl-
ton to the striking members are the women
cigar makers of Cincinnati. There seems
to be some ground for the feeling that the
strike is to become general all over the
country. The exhibit of the Consumers
league in New York, In which was shown
the poor prices paid women who make lace
and crocheted goods, has not lone any
thing to quiet the excitement and the gen.
eral revolt against the wages paid women
workers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
College GIri's question.

In speaking of the influences of a college
education for girls in the Woman's Home
Companion, a college woman says, The
girls that 1 met then and that 1 still meet
seem tc me emotional,y little hard buds
long beyond the time when their minds and
bodies are both matured, and I cannot but
think that 1t is as disastrous to have this
emotional immaturity' prolonged beyond
measure at it is to have 1t awakened too
soon. Quick sympathies and a warm, low
ing heart make for happiness anywhere,
and all the critical knowledge of Shake
speare in the world never yet helped a
woman to rest a tired man or to hold a
child more lovingly in her arms.
MY summers were periods of waiting
to get back to my college life. L lived
utterly apart from my family and made no
effort to understand the lives of my
brothers and sisters. The little help 1 gave
at home was lone willingly enough, but
without interest-a duty to be accom-
pllshed, that was all. 1 dwell upon this,
for 1 think that this was the effect that
college had upon the greater part of my
friends. All of us would come back from
our various towns with reports of the
meagerness of life; all of us were discon-
tented with the conditions we found there;
all of us had windy ideas about independ-
ence and careers. 1 was among the most
favored Of them, 1 think, In that 1 had
after all an end in view and that my work
was destined to make me self-supporting.
1t gave me at least a profession which is
a very great thing, but many girls have
left college at % no more able to earn a
penny than the day on which they entered
it-alienate from their home people on
the one hand, w%orshiping things of the
intellect and with an inclination to look
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Gesture CAV. Her Awny.

II see your wife is a German" remarked
Brown casually.
Robinson looked up In surprise. why"
he said. how did you guess that? She
vas born in this country, and has neither
a trace OF accent or German idiom.'
Brown laughed a little confusedly, re-
lates the New York Press. II just guessed
it," he answered. 1T wRs-well, maybe 1t
was that l thought she had teutonlc fea-
lures"
Robinson looked first at his wife and
then at Brown. That is curious" he
said. "She is more often taken for u per-
son Of French extraction. Her people are
from the Rhine district, you know, and,
as she is dark and slight, very few would
think she was German. In the popular
mind that type is fair and large"
oh" answered Brown, who had by this
time recovered his assurance, Il am well
acquainted with many types OF German.
That is probably how l came to make such
an inconsiderate remark"
Mrs. Robinson laughed lightly, I'm
proud of my Germanic origin she said.
But 1t has never happened before that
any one guessed it SO accurately as you
did"
Then the conversation drlfted to other
matters. But Mrs. Brown remembered,
and on the way home she said to her hus-
band: How did you guess Mrs. Robinson
is German?'
Nearly got my foot in 1t, didn't II" said
her husband, throwing out his chest a
little. But it was clever detective work
ON my par,. Did you see how she poured
ia? NJ Wei, she lifted the pot high
and poured It So that bubbles formed in the
cup. She sot that gesture from pouring
beer, % seeing It poured, so as to get a
Lead. That made me think she was a
German. OF course she might have been
some other nationality. but the Germans
take most care in pouring their beer, and
do 1t most artistlcally, So"
But his wife interrupted him. How does
IT, happen she, demanded. that you know
so much about the art of pouring beer?'
And though she continued to question him
all The way hons and for a considerable
time after they arrived home, she did moi
get what she considered a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

In many OF the Riviera tailored costumes,
out this is hazardous business unless one
can atrord to put a. frock aside later, pro-
Vided one finds that one has made a poor
guess.
A good many models on Russian lines
nave been made up, and some Of them
are exceedingly good looking and modlsh,
but one of New York's most fashionable
tailors, in discussing the question OF the
first tailored suit, summed up the situation
this way:
w are making Russian coats and we
shall make more. In fact, | believe we
VIII all be tired OF them by the time sum
mer Is we'll begun. but / advise leaving
the Russian lines for linens and tussors
that you won't want to wear I'm the fall
and for dressy, soft stuffs that will stand
artistic fullness and trimming.
The Russian coat. severe and simple, is
trying TO the average figure. It Is essen
TALLY youthful, and II Is bound 10 be p
passing fad much overdone. Have yodr
general utility tailored suit severe and
conventional, with Just the materials and
some little details TO stamp it as this
seasons.
Then you can wear Il for spring and
probably lay II aside for midsummer and
II will be all right in the fall when you
put your summer linens aside and come
back to town"
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Richest woman in world.

- RS. T.. II. HARTMAN. widow
A OF the famous railroad mag
V nate. Is the subject Of a sketch
- in the American Magazine.
IESSII wherein she is rated tho richest
49, woman In the world. Concern
Ing her personality and home life. the
writer says.
Mrs. e. H.. Hartman is above average
height, very slight OF figure. with q charm
ing expression Of f~ace-klnd. frank eyes,
and a smile that Is far more than a mere
widening of the lips.
She belongs to the type Of home
women" and ones first thought OF her il
In her own house, before her own fire-ln
the big American room Of the old house in
Arden "a suburb Of Ne,: York;, surrounded
by her children and her chiidren's friends.
In time, doubtless, the new palace built
on the mountain top at Arden will become
associated with Mrs, Hartman Cor Mrs.
Hartman will become associated with ~.
but the old house-a low, rambling farm
house with additions and outbuildings
that were added as they were needed-was
far more In keeping with Mrs. Harriman's
personality. She is old-fashioned in her
supervision Of household and family. She
brought her children up in Spartan sim
plicity. They were put on ponies as soon
as they could toddle. They were taught
all open air sports and given the freedom
OF farmers children. They ran perfectly
wild outdoors; In fact, they were brought
up exactly as the average well-to-do farm.
er's children might be, il they later were
given all the advantages Of education,
Aside from the fact OF horses innumer-
able and land almost without end, there
wUE No 1gtIAAaA ~ rraaINk Ularr I-,AK
open house, with really southern hospital
ity, but It was all done in the simplest
wa:.
The big American room was the living
room at Arden, Everything in it was
American-wood, irons, glass. rugs. furni-
ture and skins. There was one piece In 1t
that came from Honolulu, but Mrs. Harri-
man said that she would not have had it
in that room before the annexation of
Hawaii to the United States.
That Mrs. Hartman was the only person
in the world opposed to be entirely in
Mr.. Harriman's confidence is well known.
The will conferred upon Mrs. Hartman
$l49, OOO, 1000.
That q greater master OF complicated
finance Ike Mr.. Hartman should have
turned his whole fortune over to his wife
seemed to the public a curious thing. II
had been quite naturally supposed by bust
ness men that the will would disclose the
property lodged for administration in the
hands of trustees. Such guesses. however
were evidently made without adequate
knowledge of Mrs. Harriman's qualities
one Of which Is remarkable personal sim
pliclty as contrasted with the extravaganza
Of most New York society women. She i'm.
presses one as being Independent of foot.
man and lady's maid alike-naturalnes:
and simplicity are her chief notes. Hell
children were brought up without evel
suspecting that their father was even 9
moderately rich man.
In the house, now, Mrs. Hartman wears
white always. Mr.. Hartman disiiked
black.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Danlshins the IIarem In Asia.

Oriental women are casting aside their
wells. Even the rank and file Of them are
revolving against being penned up in har-
ems reports the Travel Magazine,
The word harem is Arabic, and means
privacy, seclusion. The combining OF
women in harems, that is to say. secludinE
them and denying them the privilege OF
talking with or coming in contact with
men, excepting their husbands or nearest
male relatives, is a Mahomedan custom,
and harems are to be found existing in
every country where the Influence of the
Moslem has been dominant. The downfall
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
No Longer PnpOoses.

The teacher had been telling the children
of the North American Indian, and during
the course OF her remarks stated that an
Indians wife is called a ''squaw."
Now, children" she continued, IF an
Indian mamma Is called a 'squaw,' wha do
babies?"
A sober youth in the rear of the room
replied:
gJess they call the babies squaw-kers."-
Judge.
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Cigarettes ana Women.

New York women burned $500. 900 las
year. From today's indications in the bus-
mess world they Will burn even more
in fact a great deal more-ln the year 1g1O.
Furthermore, the word burn is used
literally, because these fair New Workers.
actually hold the fuel between thumb and
forefinger and set a match to it. Not that
the money is in the form of bills from the
United States treasury. Nay, it is in the
form Of cigarettes.
Hail a million Is a snug sum for women
to send up in smoke. The figures are fur
n!shed by dealers, and conservative deal
ers at that. Three OF them cater partIc-
uIarly TO women. One OF them seeks no
other trade. To this nalf million add
money spent by women cigarette faddists
Tor smart accessories and one has a fair
Idea OF what the cigarette habit costs
New York women today.
Come from Central park down Fifth ave-
nue. for a spin and see, First, struggled
among the conservative brownstone man
slons, which once echoed the gentle laugh
ter OF the old Knickerbocker aristooracv
one comes upon the ateller OF a one-time
social figure now an Important modesto
Early New Workers would have called II
a dressmaker's shop. Now it is an atelier
and Its patrons always are addressed as
madame"
Today madame" Is being fitted with a
wonderful frock of smolderlng grayish ros,
silk with amethyst lights. From a cab.
met in the corner a tactful
brings a slender chain OF beaten silver
from which depends a quaint case, al
studded with amethysts. Madame seize,
1t with eager hands. Dull silver and GEM
blend perfectly with the oddly tinted gown
How much? A hundred? Why, tn,
gown is only sl75, Yes. know-it simply
makes the costume perfect. But I've hal
a dozen cigarette cases already. Yes, tina
little place for the matches is a dear
He-es, III take It,"
ASK any gown importer whose atelle
can boast a cabinet Of odd jswelry an,
trinkets where lie the best profits and sh
viii answer, in the fads Of me cigarett,
smoker"
Time was that a single gold or silveI
cigarette case attached to a MATCHING
7hstelsins suffieed for even the most con
slant cigarette smoker. but today the gol,
case Is considered loud" and the eorrec
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Social Uplift ID Oklahoma.

fit her to earn her living"
Social Uplift In oklahoma.
The conference of the deans OF women
Of the state universities has been in ex-
ecutive session at Chicago. Fortunately,
Miss Lucille Dore. Its chief exponent, I"
has told a reporter OF the Chicago News
something OF the work she has already
accomplished in uplifting Oklahoma So
ciety and Of the stIl greater work she is
about to launch" She is dean Of the
women at the young, but thriving Uni
verslty OF Oklahoma and thus speaks
with authority. 1t is not she, but the re-
porter, however. who talks about "uplift-
ing oklahoma" the upifter OF us all.
That mothet3o of constitutions Is now moth
ering etiquette. The zone phrase on very
girls tongue In Oklahoma is, rs 1t good
form?'" Out of the strong has come
sweetness. To populism succeeds pro-
priety.
Here is what has been done in the uni
versity town of Norman:
Except for public entertainments, such
as receptions, balls and theaters, young
women do not accept evening engage
ments with men, save at the end OF the
week.
A calls are concluded at 10:3O p. m.
When young men entertain young
women in their fraternity or club houses
they nave chaperons,
Young men do not smoke in pubic
cafes which they attend in the company Of
young women.
AL parties of young men and women are
properly chaperoned and end at mid
night"
Engagements are not recognized Off
cially" by the university authorities. The
girls are pushing the campaign of ETH
quette themselves" Why, the reporter
asked with insoient eastern ignorance. are
social customs so free and easy in the
west?" The answer is, in fact, a brave
challenge to the aristocracy Of Europe:
"Well, it is virgin soil. The people there
were living a pioneer life only a short
time ago. Under those conditions a free
social code is inevitable. Social Ife is SO
hampered by distance and thin population
that calls must necessarily be long; dances
must necessarily be crude. Horseback
rides and shooting parties don't develop
the best etiquette, you know"
.
Leaves From Fashions Notebook.
Velvet shopping bags are returning to
favor.
White suede gloves are most popular for
evening.
Long plumes. are to sweep about the new
big hats.
Tulle and maline were never more pop
.ar than now.
Petticoats and princess slips are being
made of the thinnest materials and without
a plait or gather.
Sealskin in combination with the soft
shades of panne velvet is seen in many a
dreSsy hat.
A favorite pattern in the silk mufflers is
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small Enternrinen rhnt Pnih.

IA Pennsylvania girl writes me that she
gathered and washed feathers and dow
for a whole year, says Anna Steese. Rich
ardson in Woman's Home Companion for
February. THE next summer she made
II up into pillows, using. attractive ticking
and chintz, and sold them to guests at a
mountain resort eight miles away. She
Offered the pillows at a trifle less than
the prico asked in the city shops, but the
appeal to city folk lay in the fact that
they were real feather pillows from the
country.
"A girl who lived in New Jersey. within
committing distance of New York, started
a hotbed raising fresh lettuce and radishes.
These she boldly carried to New York in a
suitcase and sold to other people working
in the office where she was employed. To-
day that girl has a good sized truck farm.
employs several hands and does not have
to work in a city office.
Away out in Nebraska a farmers
daughter tried to do the same thing. he
lievlng that she could induce the green
grocers in the nearest town to handle her
fresh lettuce and radishes rather than
those shipped In by commission merchants
The dealers were afraid to give her any
encouragement. Her supply might not he
up to the standard. She might not raise
enough to supply them and then thew
would not know how much to expect from
her and how much from the commission
merchants.
The girl made a house-to-hcuse canvass
among housewives and offered them
freshly picked vegetables at the same
price they had been paying for the hot
house supply shipped in. She was just
brave enough not to cut under the prices
OF the local grocers. Her list of customers
grew. She came to town three times q
week, The green grocers discovered that
she was cutting into their trade. They
capitulated. Today she supplies them all,
sends dollhouse products to town three
times a week in winter. and garden truck
every day in summer.
Another girl visiting a meat packing
plant was told by the guide Of the Door
quality Of aprons furnished the butchers
She boldly offered to provide aprons OF
better material and appealed to the Dur.
chasing agent and got her chance"
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ing overdone, and 1t is being eschewed by
some Of the careful dressers.
y bandeau Of silver or gold, set with
baroque pearls, is among the most striking
for the c~oiffure.
Stole and muff sets for dressy wear are
edged with six or eight inch silk fringe,
matching the fur in color.