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Perils of Seeing" Telephone

Suppose that she is driving one OF those
close bargains, which have helped to earn
for women their reputation as great ecohO-
mists She may be at the point OF yielding
to the last price named when the other
bargalner, hearing no sound and fearing
that she might lose customer, names yet
a lower price. what II the shrewd trades
men had seen the signs of yielding in her
face? There would have been a bargain
lost.
Suppose a woman chooses to tell a fib,
a harmless little one. or a justifiable big
one, like that which Victor Hugo made
the good sister tell in Les Miserables."
to the man at the end OF the vibrating line!
Would not her expressive face contradict
her words9
II one woman calls up another to say
she is sorry that she can't come to her
bridge party that afternoon, but that she
IL really dreadfully III; that she has a
fHghtful toothache. you should see my
face. my dear. 1t is hldeOusly swollen"
and that face under the telephone X-rsy
looks as serene as the speaker is fit, there
will be two more feminine enemies
The embarrassment OF the telephone with
the power OF sight are countless. It's ad-
vantages. IL seems are two.
Far away lovers may Sertve the bliss that
can be gathered from scanning each other 3
features. commonplace TO others, but glorl-
fled 90 each other. These long distance
flashlights OF each other viii doubtless
make fond pre-matrimonial hearts happier
And husbands who make strange excuses
to their wives for absence from home.
viii have 10 stand the searohnght OF the
inQuiring oonjugal eye. while they phone
their glib regrets. or their invention OF sick
York TimsA
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rvant Maids to Understand the Fine Points of Their Work

substantially endowed training schools for
maids have resulted from the New Jersey
women's agitation and diploma from one
Of these means something to mistress and
maid
In a quiet way Omaha's Young wo-
mems Christian association is working out
the problem along the same lines in its
school OF domestic science. A maids
course was one Of the most carefully ar
ranged In Its curriculum, but oddly
enough, many mistresses have proven re-
luotAnt to have their maids embrace this
opportunity. Women employed in domestic
service have not yet realized the oppor-
tunity the school affords, but the few who
have, are making the most of it, and the
class is most interesting. Twelve members
meet every Wednesday evening from 5 to
10 o'clock in the association building lab
oratory and here the many details of the
culinary department are worked out Ba-
cilities for demonstration could not be
more complete Miss Margaret Coffin is
instructor and superior opportunities have
made her especially fitted to direct this
work
The course embraces two terms of work
in practical cooking and serving and a
choice is given between two courses in
the spring term. The first course includes
instruction in serving formal and informal
breakfasts, iuncheons and dinners with
practical work in preparation Of muffins
biscuits. bread, meats, soups, cake, pas
try and desserts, The second course in
cludes the preparation of cereals, fish,
poultry. salads cake, vegetables, cold
desserts and the preserving OF fruits and
vegetables.
1t is true that the average maid gains
knowledge OF all these things in a general
way through service, but 1t is also true
that only the occasional maid is sure OF
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have ben cooked, while others are SegS
cleaned by q preliminary soaking IN cola
water, is another valuable secret that many
maids mover learn ana an Of thsss little
things contribute to the big things Ia the
days routine in house work. The misuse
OF tea towels means more ana harder
washing on laundry day, longer ana harder
rubbing when the dishes are washed ana
wear and tear that necessitates new
towels frequently that must not only be
paid for by the mistress, but must be
"softened up by the maid who uses them,
Few maids would risk the peril to fragile
or even the most substantial china, Incl
dental to promiscuous washing without
previous scraping and stacking, IL they
realized how much easier and quicker It
is to wash dishes in clean water. Lack of
system is one Of the stumbling blocks in
house work ana lack OF system is most
often the result Of the lack Of an intelll-
gent grasp of the work. That It is easier
and pleasanrer to do things intelIigently.
knowing why than TO merely do them by
rule without knowing why, many women
never learn.
To be sure, one lesson a week in a course
extending over only a few months does
not mean proficiency, but It certainly at-
fords foundation that with the ex-
perience Of every day doing insures q de-
gree Of proficiency impossible without such
training.
But in addition to the specific knowledge
gained in these classes standards are es-
tablshed that are to many young women,
even more valuable than proficiency The
difference between the right and the wrong
method is made plain in way that stimu-
lates all to accept the better way and
makes them appreciate its value. It es-
tablishes standard the absence Of which.
is today the root OF half the difficulty in
securing or even training satisfactory help
In the home
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SCOUT.

mans nature. As matter Of fact his in-
terest In the fine arts mas antedated his
career, as q merchant. Its notable achieve
ments do not call for reorganization here.
II IS sufficient to say that they have
created ties that are more than business
ties between the New World and the old;
and that his decoration by the French
government In 1907 as a member Of the
legion OF honor was a spontaneous recog-
milton OF activities in the field OF art which
have left their impress on his native land,
while they have made his name familiar
and respect in all capitals Of Europe.
More recently the public will remember Mr..
Wanamaker's interest in the flood suffer
ers in Paris, and his generous gift OF a loaf
OF bread to each member OF every family In
the whole devastated district for thirty days
Activity in connection with the advance
OF the several tribes makes the present
move ell the more pertinent While the
race OF red men is not dying out Il Is
changing so rapidly that the distinctive
qualities that have held it apart from
civilization will soon disappear Each year
sees the Indian much nearer to the posi-
tlon of a self-sustainlnE citizen, END on
each Of the several reservations maintained
by the government the work of putting.
the red man on his own resources is being
pushed. 1t is only question Of time now
until the Indian will be q citizen Of the
United States in fact as we'll as in namO.
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Riding the NewIywed.
Mark Twain'a Halo.

Andrew Carnegie told the reporters in
San Francisco a story that concerned him
self and Mark Twain.
Mark Twain and / are firm friends"
he said "and write funny notes 70 each
othSr-that Is, his notes are funny. Just
before ! left New York / went to see him
and he told me that he was having great
difficulty In getting any really good Scotch
work Now, have some that is eighty
years old gave some to President Har-
rison once, He had II with him on his
campaign. I think It had something to do
with the success OF that campaign. II Is
good work 30 l sent some TO Mark. A
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H. ~
above the suffrage and above
SazS the increasing cost of living,
pre-eminently the woman's problem OF the
twentieth century. is the servants prob
lem. Down In New Jersey a little woman.
who has long been a student Of homo
economics, though but little known out
side the circles OF her own state fedora
tion, raised her voice and timidly, but
definitely answered back that tho servant
problem is already we'll on the way to
solution, and that II housewives who must
employ other women to help them with
the work of thel rhomes will Just do
a little intelligent cooperating the work
to the schools OF domestic science so rapidly
different and a satisfactory basis in very
few years OF course, everyone was
promptly interested to know what this club
OF women had to offer, and she pointed
to theschools of domestic science so rapidly
increasing all over the country, and then
advised that special training classes be
instituted for women, who make house
work profession.
Give these girls that come to us from
other countries. a chance to learn how to
do our work. as It should be done and
then demand OF them some standard Of
proficiency upon which their remuneration
shall be based she said. Training
schools for servants are proving a boon to
houss ssegives abroad and there is no reason
why 1--WE American women cannot do as
they do and profit by their experience"
The French training school for maids has
served as a pattern for plan now being
worked out I'm small way in the east and
the New Jersey club women have taken
the lead in extending it. At least three
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parts OF the United States.
This old pass Is the property Of j. r.
Powell familiarly called "Al" Powell, who
Is conductor on the Louisiana divisions OF
the Texas & Pacific railroad Mr.. Powell
has had 1t in his possession for twenty
years He values II highly.
When Mr. Powell first saw the pass, he
expressed wish to own IT, It was then
several years old. About a year later, when
the owner was travelling on the train upon
which Mr. Powell was conductor he said:
"Al, you want this old pass very badly,
don't your" and when Mr. Powell expressed
a wish for 1t, 1t was given to him as a
souvenir. II is In good condition yet.
The pass was printed in Marshall in the
Iron Age office, about 1871 or 1872. by w
B, Clark who then ran the print shop on
the public square. The Texas & Pacific
railroad Issued 1t August 2S 1873, to Floyd
Shock, who at that time represented Van
Beck Bernard g. Tinsley printers OF st.
Louis, and reads From Marshall 10 shreye-
port. Account OF the transportation de-
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able accomplishments Of the woman who
does general housework as we'll as OF the
woman who confines herself to more
limited line Of work. 1t is one thing to
be told how to wait upon a table and
quite another thing to do It, and where
the knack Is acquired through practice in
the class where mistakes are expected
and are discussed, confidence and assur-
ance are gained that eliminate efnbarrass-
ment when 1t comes to the actual doing.
Part Of the class make up the dinner
party and criticse while other members
serve and wait upon the table
That rare, but admirable quality OF be-
ing able to go ahead" with the work; In
other words, the ability to take RESPONSE
bllity is based, to a large extent, upon an
Intelligent understanding Of the work OF
a house, and the woman who is compe-
tent to take responsibility is the one who
can command remuneration that makes 1t
worth while for her to equip herself most
carefully.
But the courses embrace many other
things beside the cooking and serving OF
meals.
That 1t matters that the finer linen glass
towels are used to handle the hot cook
ing utensils, or that they and the other tea
towels are not thoroughly cleansed after
each time using, does not occur to many
women who do house work There are
scores Of young women employed as do
mestics that have no idea of the use of
holders about the stove or that the several
kinds OF towels provided in the properly
fitted kitchen, are not only saving of
effort but Of time as well IL rightly used
perfectly clean, soft towel is half the
secret Of cleaning cut glass and china
satisfactorily and quickly. and a perfectly
clean dish cloth and clean water Of the
right temperature, is the other half Of the
secret. That soaking in hot water most
readily cleans vessels in which some things
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27

David Goss was sheriff OF Linn county.
Kansas, back In the COS. He was also
union soldier in the civil war.
Just after the Twentieth Kansas returned
from the Philippines reunion OF some
kind was held in Garfield park. Topeka.
one evening a lot Of the young soldiers
and few OF their ''old soldier friends
were sitting about a camp fire swapping
yarns and relating insidents Of campaign
ing Just az that time the incident OF
swimming the Bag-Bas, at which place
Funston and his men won glory. was con-
sidered great feat Naturally In the
course Of the conversation around that fire
the story was retold
David Goss was in the group That was
all right" he said, but ! think that my
company in the clyn war performed a
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few days atterward slipped on the street
and wrenched my knee. When Clemens
read about It he said; Poor Carnegie, he
ought to have sent me all that work
When he wrote 10 thank me for II his
not was like this; III I had known what
you were going 70 do when you stood BY
my bedside would have presented you
with my halo Il Is good halo: II Is pure
tine. and paid the duty on It when IL
came down.'"
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- klettu march OF science
But who wants seeing telephone?
Now, honestly women all, do your
That seeing all things viii cause a chain
OF embarrRssments and complications. es-
peoially in the rosy days OF courtship.
Who wants her Reginald calling her early
in the morning. to discover that those
curls he finds 80 ravishing are the work
Of curl papers y bristling curling kids2
Who wants Clarence. who last night
rayed about the marvel of her milk ana
roses complexion, to see that in the candid
early morning light she is rather sallowT
Who would have her Launcelot see that
her dressing saoqus is faded and a bit
frayed about the sleeves9
who would let her Harold. who says he
fell In love with her sunny temper see
that her alabaster brow is quite capable
OF a frown when she is called untimely
from spreading the butter on her waffles
or from driving close bargain with an
abou, to-yield dressmaker2
or suppose the intelligence. that either
of lhese gentlemen conveys by telephone
is unwe come? Almost any woman can
centrolf her voice. but almost no woman
can kd\e b the shadow OF surprise. vexation
or disappointment from her face some
wives may not choose TO let their husbands
know they are pained-0r pleased--by the
news that those husbands have an Inn
perative business engagement down town.
that engagement TO include dinner. Their
cooling Yes. dear AZ the other end OF
the line may betray no emotion. but that
seeing telephone Will
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false step would mean his death yet he Is
one OF the ablest werkmen In the place.
Carr has no fear OF making the false step
for with an acute sense OF touch ne Is more
careful than those with good sight
Before Carr lost his vision he was recog-
uized as one Of the best ropemahers in the
business, and when he applied for his old
job. although almost totally blind, the fore
man hired him.
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A Upton, o., young woman. just before
she went to sleep, laid her rat" on the
floor beside the bed Her father had put
out poison for mice in the same room. A
mouse ate some OF It and erawied into the
rat" He did not eat quite enough to kin
him, but he vas paraiyzed for the time. In
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NEARLY blind that he can
scarcely distinguish daylight
from darkness, James j. Carr
OF Beverly. N. ". Ia working
at the Wall Rope works In the
mldst Of machinery where nns
Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-27

man Of the committee on
library Of the senate, the chair
man Of the committee on library
Of the house and the secretaries
Of state, war, navy and interior;
the attorney general and Robert
c. ogden of New York, repre-
sentlng Mr.. wanamaker, who Is
abroad. shall be created, with
full authority to select the site
in the harbor of New York and
a suitable design, and to con-
tract for and superintend the
construction of the memorial.
This bill is the result Of a
suggestion made by Mr.. Rod
man Wanamaker at cele-
brated dinner given last May
in New York In honor Of
Colonel Cody, the famous scout.
and II It is passed by congress
will serve a two-fold purpose
a permanent and appropriate
memorial for a vanishing race
and a glowing welcome for the
commerce which civilization has
developed. The bill is backed by
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cURLRY CEN. GU STIR 8

some one indwIuuai 70 wnom It would
mean so little.
Mr.. Wansmaker, who has been a student
OF Indian affairs for many years Is very
much interest in the project and has
sufficient sentiment to Rctuate the gener-
Gus offer Of s25OOOO as his donation to
insure dignified and appropriate memorial
the presentation OF at least the outward
semblance Of a picturesque type, whose
wonderful decadence from his former high
estate ia one Of the tragedies OF social
evolution.
The proposed Indian memorial was no
sudden impulse Of Mr.. Wanamal1er. 1t was
a natural sequence Of his long study OF
Indian nature in literature and through
the camera and its reception by the people
OF the country and by government officials
has been such that Its early consumma-
tion may be confidently anticipated and
the result will be a national adOrnmsnt for
New York harbor without expense to the
governments typical American art work
in subject and in treatment one that will
worthlly embody the American sentiment
which has applauded 1t and will at the
same time pay due honor to a race which
was fast becoming merely a tradition, until
its conservation was actively taken in hand
As to Mr. wanamaker, It may be Justly
said that this Indian memorial will simply
demonstrate anew the manysldeness Of the
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While the ways and
means Of providing
money to finance the en-
terprise have not yet
been decided upon, It is
expected that the statue
will be a national monu-
ment to perpetuate the
memory Of the first
American, and an oppor-
tunity will be given to
everyone who desires to
contributes; 1t is esti-
mated that one penny
from every man. woman
and child in the United
States will furnish ample
means for its erection.
Already various tribes
OF the Order Of Red Men
throughout the United
States have taken steps
TO contribute their share
10 the general fund. 1t
is planned that each 800
members Of the Order OF
5Red Men, represented in
She 1000 tribes in the
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N Marshall, Tex, is an old-time
railroad pass, which may prove
interesting on account OF its
age and because the men con-
nected with II are now promi
nent in business In different
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- AsH1NGTON March 26.--(special
XAT orrespondence.J J--No monument
" or memorial OF any kind stands
k.uEa@a upon the soil Of America In
sS4fES@s honor OF It's original owners
49, No tribute has been paid
TO the noble red man, although
many individuals. chieftains, warriors
and statesmen in bronze. friends Of
the white invaders have been honored by
statues and other forms OF monuments in
different parts OF the country
A bill Is now pending before congress
which, II passed at this session, will be a
tardy reparation 70 the original occupant
o. our land The bill, which has been intro
duced in both hourses OF congress, provides
for colossal statue of the North Amer
lean Indian to be placed in New York har-
Dor This measure was introduced by
Representative Joseph A. GOuden and
Senator Chauncey M. Depew Of New York,
and provides that there shall be erected
without expense to the United States gov
ernment, by Rodman Wanamaker of New
York City and others, on a United States
reservation in the harbor Of New York, a
memorial to the memory OF the North
American Indian. 1t Is further provided
that commission consisting Of the chair
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her methods or has knowledge that can
be Vouehed for when she makes applica-
ton for a position.
In the association laboratory the classes
arr taught not only the rules, but the way
OF these rules, and SO are intelligently
equipped to secure definite results. Dem
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Quaint Features of Everyday Life

the morning, when the young woman was
awakened by the arrival OF one of her girl
friends. she dressed in hurry and did not
examine the rat closely before putting
1t on. 1t was noon and she was at the din
ner table when the mouse recovered from
the effects Of the poison and jumped from
the rat to the table. Some new dishes
will have to be bought
Riding the NewIyvved.
Chained in a cage, with his face hide
ously painted Stacey BAlser Of Belle
fontaine, o., was hauled through the prin-
clpal streets OF that city following his mar
riage Members OF the Eltholad club over
powered Balser, bound him with chains
and placed him in the cage. After the pro
cession the young man was taken, cage
and all, into a local theatorlum and there
placed on the stage before a large audi
ence.
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A young woman lawyer won her first
case in Brooklyn the other day and her
client, man, kissed her when he was ae-
quilted, Speaking Of the law she said:
ITS simply great Before took It up
was professional yiolinist but
scarcely play at all now. The law gives
me no time. Yet sometimes. wish 4
could take my violin into court and play
a little Mendelssohn music to the Judge
before arguing a case. 1t would act sooth-
ingly. Some day, perhaps. IN try H."
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greater feat. My whole company one day
swan the White river. in Arkansas, while
under flre-and the BaE-8sg Is a creek in
compassion with White river"
Goss went on to tell Of the bravery Of
his company, when a woman in the group,
the mother Of one Of the Twentieth boys.
began to protest against Goss' talk that
the White river incident laid the BagBas
affair in the shade.
"well. madam" said Goss. I'VE had a
much greater incentive to swim white
river than the Twentieth boys had TO swim
the Bag-Bag. Several hundred OF the
enemy chased us across and It was swim
or die. We swan"
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)T long ago a leader OF New
York's fashionable set pro-
claimed, and the press Of the
land heralded It abroad. that
above the suffrage and above
the increaseinR cost of living.
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tribute 2 cents each, which would amount
to $1,000 pile of copper cents amount
ing to $4,000 is far more imposing than
single check for that amount donated by
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onstration is an important feature OF the
instruction and proficiency is attained
through experience in doing rather than by
theory. The equipment is ali Of the most
simple, but the most practical
The dummy luncheon is one Of the
entertaining and one OF the most profit
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no Frenchmen assert. and they
have proofs they claim viii pass
any consistory. that they have
perfected the seeing telephone.
II is another long step in the
ernard ma veb 90 scgar,a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
STEEL PIPE TO CARRY
WATER ACROSS BRIDGE
Novel Feature of Connection of
Washington System With
Congress Heights.

novel feature, in connection with the
extension of the water system OF the bis
trict of Columbia to Congress Heights Is
the use of steel instead of cast iron
water pipe to convey water across the
Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
This is the first time in the history
of the water department that steel pipe
has been used for this purpose Other
cities have used steel pipe with sue
cess.
After the pipe has been delivered it
will be loaded on scows and towed to
the bridge. 1t will be lifted by block
and tackle to about eight feet below the
floor of the bridge and hung by means
of 1hs-inch steel hangers.
The pipe weighs ninety pounds per
running foot. the entire shipment aggre-
eating 1O9,620 pounds. 1t will be de-
livered in forty-three pieces.
The she'll Of this pipe is one-quarter of
an inch thick. while cast iron pipe Of the
same size has shell Of Ia inches.
The steel pipe has flanged joints, which
will be boited instead OF calked, as in
the case of castiron. From the scows
the pipe will be lifted about twenty five
feet. the distance from the floor OF the
Eastern branch being about thirty,three
feet.
Thirty-inch castiron pipe will be run
under the bridge as far as the second
pipe. from which point the steel pipe
construction begins. The hanging of this
pipe requires the services of an expert
rigger.
The proba abilities are that r. f. Alison.
one of the foreman of the water depart
ment, will be detailed to supervise the
work.
The placing Of the pipe will probably
commence in March. The delay Is caused