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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

anudote is powdered charcoal, followed By
two spOonsfuI OF castor Oil
SOIi1Oquy Of a CORtempIatIve HObbIsn.
To hobble or not 70 hobbleI that is ths
question.
Whether Ills nobler to suffer
From dislocated hips and sprained anhlea
or to take up arms against a sea OF idiotid
styles,
And, by opposing them. be called a back
To try TO walk; 70 fan; no more;
And BY a fan TO say we end
The desire for anything 80 extremely silly
AS a hobble skirt. IT'S a contamination
Devoutly 70 be wished To try 20 walk
Perc6Snee to be knocked sonssless.
Ay, there's the rubl
For In that senseless state what dreams
may come
or fashions even worse, II that can bel
A skirt for just single leg, for Instance
There's the prospect that makes
or fashion a calamity
For who would bear the scars OF fashion
The broken ankle the compressed hip
The flattened chest, the pinched foot
And the mad hatpin's menace, that
Takes upon itself the office
OF a bare bOdkln2
And grunt and sweat under a ten-pOund
hat,
But for the. dread Of somebody saying
afterWhile,
"Oh isn't she the old-fashioned oneT'
And make us rather bear those Ills
Than fly 10 criticism that we are afraid Off
Thus fashion doth make towards OF US al
Harvey Peake IN Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
Work Easers

From garments that have been laid
aside cut the strip containing the button
holes leaving enough material to turn
under. Use this strip as a Fly to new
garments. thereby saving both time and
labor.
You can remove grease spots from wall
paper with blotting paper and a hot flat
iron. Put the plotting paper over the
stain and press it with the hot iron.
Don't stitch skirt seams all in one direc-
tion the bias side should be held under
the straight edge, which means that the
seams of half the skirt should be stitched
from top to bottom and the other half
from bottom to top.
Often in new homes plaster will be found
on floors, Labor can be saved II before
scrubblng the floor is rubbed over with
vinegar. This will remove stains at
once where it would take several scrub
bings Of water to remove same.
II is hard to believe, nevertheless true,
that a carpet or rug, whether Administer
Of a cotton square, can be effectively
cleaned with water. Throw It over q line
or bed springs and beat out all the dust
you can, then hang on the clothesline and
deluge with water from the garden hose.
The first water will remove the dirt, so
use plenty on both sides, to rinse thor
oughly. Dry in the shade, or at night, so
not to fade the colors. This has been
tried a great many times, always with the
greatest success.
Window and door screens usually get
very dusty during the latter part OF the
summer, and II is poor economy to put
them away in that condition; neither is It
q good idea to wash them just before
storing, unless they are most carefully
dried to prevent rusting. Kerosene applied
with a paint brush cleans the wires bet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

" deadly microbes occurs when throat and
lung diseases are treated with Dr. Kings
View Discovery. 500 and ei.A TOR sale by
8satm DEnE o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

AAvsrtiaing IN Tia Bas Wm A. f-r V0ur
bpHtncaA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
Pleasures Past

beautifully appointed luncheon was
given today by Mrs. J. ]. Brown and Mrs.
Henry #. Wyman at the home OF Mrs.
Brown on South Thirty-second street. A
color scheme OF green and white was used
and the rooms\ were decorated with white
rhrysanthemums. Covers were placed for
forty guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick r. Mcconnell
entertained at dinner last evening at their
home for Miss Elizabeth Mcconnell, Mr.
Robert Lowell Parker and the out-of-town
guests who have arrived for the Parker
Mcconnell wedding Covers were placed
Tor:
Misses Msses-
Elizabeth Mcconnell, Martha Bliss,
Henrietta Rees. Gretchen Mcconnell.
Cally Mcconnell,
Messrs.- Messrs.-
Robert Parker, Frederick Mcconnell.
Claus Schaub, James Lawry
Lyman Mcconnell, OF st. Louis
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Templeton OF St.
Mr. and Mrs h W. Mcconnell Of Blue
Canon, Cal.
Mrs. r.. NJ Bell entertained at luncheon
~ her home, SS25 North Eighteenth street.
I'm honor Of her sister. Mrs. Edgar w.
johnson OF Oakland. Neb.. and Miss Halle
Gristy of Memphis. Mo. The Invited guests
were:
Mesua1noa- MeSuameH-
Ralph Dewey, Harry Bradley,
Edgar Johnson, Gene Jensen,
A G. Meyer r. NJ. Bell
Misses Misses
Halle 0risty, Anna DanieIsOn
Nydia Anderson,
Mrs. S. S. Montgomery was hostess at q
bridge luncheon today at her home, when
, pretty color scheme OF red and white
was used The honor guest was TO have
been Mrs. Montgomery's sister. Mrs La
- e
visiting here. but who was called home
by the illness of her husband. At luncheon
the guests were seated At small tables.
and those present WeFel
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

who win give directions as to their
culture.
The chief thing in raising these
flowers is to give them a good root
growth. This can only be had In the
dark, so the bulbs must be kept in
cold cellar or buried in ashes out
doors for from eight to ten weeks
after planting.
It is with the use Of hyacinths as
decorations that this is most con-
cerned. SO much more can be done
with them than just TO plant one or
two bulbs in a pot and set II in a
window.
There are quaint wall vases, some OF
china or crockery, others Of reed OF Of
gay earthenware covered with raffa-
that can be had TO hang in various
positions where they get the light.
They look well in a bay window or
hanging from a bracket in front Of a
common window, but are newer when
stood as vases on wall reefs.
Some Of these are big enough to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
rHR NAN or TIE HOUR.

As ! pause on my journey Ger
house top and tower,
Lei ME wish you. dear readers.
E0od cheer;
LEA me also insist I'm the man Of
the hour
Ia Christmas that's why ! am
.herEi
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30


MesdAmes- Mesdames-
Morris Mckay, Rudolph tdx,
Harry Rowley, Clifford Forbes
H. M. McClanahan, Corydon Twamley,
j. c. Bishop. Edward Potter.
William Holmes, NJ p. Conkin,
y, B. Cunningham, w. A. Piel,
w, N. Doward, j. A, Elke,
Edward Heyden, g. NJ Edwards,
William Phillips, NJ II. Gibbs,
5. i Montgomery a9; II. T. s Sil6sF
A surprise party was given last evening
for Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. CusIck by their
friends, the occasion being the tenth we'd
ding anniversary Of Mr. and Mrs. Cusick
The guests included Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G.
Brandt. Mr.. and Mrs. r. Paulson. Mr.. and
MRS. ]. Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. C. Mayor. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Cusick. Mrs. q. s. Cusiek, Mrs. w.
Fox. Miss Frances Cusiok. Miss Mary
Williams, Mr.. J. Cusick, Mr. William
Cusick aud Leroy Paulson.
Mr.. II. A. Brogan gave q supper Sunday
evening az the Hotel Loyal for Mrs. Dudley
Wolfe OF Pomfret, Conn. and Mrs. Francis
Baker OF New York. Those present were
Mrs. Dudley Wolfe, Mrs. Francis Baker,
Mr. and Mrs. p. ID. Fairfield. Mr.. and Mira.
q. Y. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Low,
Miss Lynn Curtis, Mr.. w. r. Smith. Mr.
BENJAMIN b. Smith. Mr.. F. A. Brogan.
MIS-. !. ~. SnAILeF ana heI ulothers MIS-.
Mary Woods. both had a birthday on
Sunday, and they celebrated by giving q
supper at the home Of MrA shaffer. The
table decorations were pink and white
roses. and those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
W. +. Kirgis. Perry. Ia. Mr.. and Mrs.
James Liddell. DR.. and Mrs. J. .. Pulver,
Mr.. and Mrs. J, II Shaffer, Mrs. Mary
Woods. Misses Helen Shaffsr, Grace
Bhaffer, Mildred Hankle. Msasrs. James
Downs Andrew AppsnEelier. Perry. Ia
Lou Pixley, John Habsror. Perry. Ia:
Thamaa Lobeck.
MrA George b, DATr ana RIrA q. c.
BwmEley entertained tho members o. the
literature department of the WomHn'u club
alis Rftsrnoan a. the home Of the Sormer
Those present were Anss DeWessa. Mes
Aamaa O. a. Mullen. n A. Hatfield. +. H.
Dole. inward johnson. Albert Edh0lm, MIL
)ard LAnsfeld. Jossph P0lcar. Il. ~ Nc
DohAld Bonner. 4 W Akin. N. D. Gam
ern. Thsod0ro Mayer. A. =. somsrs and
M hnaicaaaa.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

Among the comforts for little folk shown
IN the shops this year are flannelette night
drawers IN dainty pink and blue stripes
made with a drop back. and With feet or
without, as preferred The price Is only
50 cents. IN sizes from / year to g.
Pyjamas IN nannelette, sizes from TO "A
years. are So cents
Flannsletts night dresses for girls at
the same price are pretty.
These have square Jokes decorated with
silk stitching. and the hsoks are finished
with buttonhole scailoping
A neat nannelette night dress, with
square yoke and rundown collar. costs
only % csnts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
Fads of Women

! am often asked for a preparation that
will make leather waterproof and after
consulting an authority / have gained the
information that mutton fat and beeswax
melted together and applied to the shoes
viii render them waterproof. The proper
tons are one part OF the fat to two of the
wax. The mixture IS applied at night
morning,
bright the first time polished, but after
q few shines they will be as bright as
before the waterproonng treatment
To soften shoes and preserve the life Of
tho leather there IS nothing better than
castor oil.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
For the Future

The next musical OF the Tuesday Morn
ing Musical club viii be given Tuesday
morning. December g, at the homo Of Mrs.
Samuel KRSz.
Members of the LaDouzaine CLUB will be
entertained at the orpheum theater Tues
day evening, by Misses Joe and Fay
Lyman. Those attending will be:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30
Daily Health Hint

For poisoning from mushrooms and de-
cayed vegetable, fish or shellhsh. a EoOo
anudote is powdered charcoal followed By
two spoonsful OF castor oil
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-30

OW IL the time to plant
hyacinth bulbs II you wish
them to brighten your home
this winter. Bulbs can be
had from any good dealer,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26

the use Of the creeks and rivers by bath
ers, supplying for the population of a
third of a million people two little pools
OF water where under certain regulations
bathing is permitted for a brief period
each year. Perhaps at the very outside
5000 different boys use these pools dur
ing the season. At present there is no
provision whatever for girls. This pitt
fully small proportion of the juvenile pop
ulation is thus afforded meager chance
to get wet, with virtually no opportunity
whatever to receive instruction. What
the average bathing beach user learns
of swimming as result of the public
provision to this end would not be of the
slightest use in an emergency. There is
practically no effort whatever on the part
of the municipality to train the children
in this line of self-preservation.
Every public school building should
have its swimming pool, with competent
instructors. The swimming lessons should
be rated more highly than those in alge-
bra and the dead languages. The chill
dren should be given a chance to save the
lives that are supposedly being preserved
for them by careful sanitary conditions,
by the conduct of calisthenic exercises
by deep breathing and by attention to
their teeth and threats. In all the mod
ern school work there has heretofore been
ludicrous ignoring of one of the most
vital essentials, and much striving after
negligible accomplishments. 1t is time to
acknowledge that the life of the child is
of more importance than its artificial So
cial graceS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26
Dangerous Ice Cream.

Here is a news dispatch that comes
from Paterson, n. j., and conveys its
message of warning to all persons at this
season of the year:
after eating a cone of ice cream
bought from peddler this afternoon
Katie Kaviak, three years old, of No. liz
President street Passaic, was seized with
cramps and died within an hour at a
hos aItaI The doctors say they were con-
yinced that the poison was in the cone.
The police have been unable to find the
pedder.
Cheap ice cream is sold in the streets
of all cities by peddlers, mostly to chill
dren. 1t Is in large degree made of poor
materials, sometimes being refrozen from
the MEETINGS of the drug stores and res
taurants This refrozen cream is espe-
cially dangerous, as the process produces
an element in the cream highly dele
FERROUS to health Many cases of So
called ptomaine poisoning have been
traced TO this cause
AS far as possible the police and health
inspectors should keep watch over the
sellers of ice cream of all grades 1t is
consumed in enormous quantities, and
often indiscreetly. The invention of the
cone has greatly facilitated it's sale, af-
fording ready mode of conveyance.
These cones are themselves under sus-
picion. great number having been
recently condemned in another city be-
cause of the presence of a harmful ele-
Inent in their composition.
There should be no repetition here in
Washington OF the Paterson case. II
should be impossible for peddler of this
dainty so beloved by the children to sell
tainted goods and then disappear utterly
from view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26
The Vacant Local Office.

The position of superintendent of in
surance in the District of Columbia has
fallen vacant through the death OF the
capable incumbent. whose identification
with this place has been long continued
and personally satisfactory to the citl-
zens of Washington. He was brought
10 this District from Ohio for the pur-
pose of organizing the office. newly
created by act of Congress. His eN-
perience in his state of former resi-
dence with the subject of insurance
was extensive and he was eminently
qualified to establish here a supervisory
system for the protection of the bust
ness interests of Washington. His i'm
portation was not universally regarded
as necessary but was rather deplored,
on grounds far removed from personal
considerations, inasmuch as the tend
ency has of late years been to regard
the District offices as political spolls
for partisans from the states, to be
distributed without regard for the
local wishes or needs
Now that Mr.. Drake has been taken
by death the Commissioners. in whose
hands the choice of his successor fallS
without formal restriction or restraint,
tendent of insurance 1t is to be hoped
and expected that they will select
local man. not for the sake of keeping
the emoluments of the office at home
which is the least of all considerations.
but to give point and emphasis 10 the
Districts demand for the selection OF
Washingtonians for the performance OF
Washington's work. The citizens who
object to the importation of outsiders
to serve as recorders of deeds and col
lectors of customs feel that when the
power of appointment rests with the
commissioners themselves there should
he no question OF the preference OF
local men.
Doubtless there will be pressure upon
the Commissioners to give this deslr-
able office to some politician of the
states. The original appointment was
assigned to Ohio as a result of insistent
official urgings. Heretofore when a
District office has been thus allotted to
one of the commonwealths it has been
regarded thenceforth as the preroga-
tive of that state. passing from one
party to the other as administrations
have changed. So now unless the Com
missioners stand firmly for the home
rule principle. of which they are sup
posedly the foremost advocates as rep
resentatives of the District people, they
may be harried into considering the
post of insurance superintendent an
Ohio perquisite. That they will resist
this influence to the point of asserting
their own power of selection, and after
a careful survey of the field choose the
hest District man for the place by
promotion or by new selection, is the
hope and will remain the expectation of
the local citizens. who have confidence
now that their administrators will re-
gard this Office as strictly local in it's
nature and requiring for its incum-
bent a man entirely familiar with the
District. its business conditions, its
people and its traditions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26

as an agent of publicity for himself he
was overjoyed to find his advertising de-
vice working SO effectively, securing for
him not only local but interstate no.
toriety. He has furnished bail and his
case will be tried some day next week,
when he will enter the not altogether
preposterous plea that having been given
by his sponsors in baptism the name OF
John D. Schnapps he should not be de-
prived of the use of his cognomen in
any form or combination that pleases
him merely because some other man Is
similarly entitled. 1t is not the fault OF
Schnapps that Rockefeller has become
popularity identified by the appellation
John D." For many years the mighty
Sullivan of prize ring fame was known
throughout the world of sports as John
L. Yet he never set up a claim, per-
sonally or by proxy. to copyright upon
that title. 1t may, of course, be painful
to the sensitive soul of the good Mr..
Rockefeller, whose piety is unmistaka bic,
and whose benefactions are known the
world over, to have one of his former
fellowtownsmen placard his name upon
drinking place. 1t may. as his COM
planning friend now says in court, greatly
shock the Sunday school pupils Of the
oil king if they chance to pass the saloon
and to see that sign. Yet it might be
suggested that Mr.. Rockefeller himself
is likely to be displeased at the sug-
gestion that any one could possibly make
the mistake of thinking that he could
ever keep a saloon. The outcome of this
case in Cleveland will be worth watching.
The magistrate who renders the decision
in it may become a famous character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26
Conservation and Politics.

The president of the National Conserva-
ton Congress is quoted as declaring that
politics will not be introduced at the st.
Paul meeting, which takes place in Sep
TENDER. Speakers will avoid personalities,
and address themselves one and all to
the subject in it's broad aspects.
This is a welcome announcement. For
a time il seemed likely the meeting in
question would be turned into an anti
administration demonstration. Reports
had it. indeed, that the friends of con-
servation had come to distrust the ad-
ministyation thoroughly, and at st. Paul
would voice their feelings and sound a
call to arms.
These reports brought forth protest,
not only from friends of the administra-
ton. but from certain friends of con-
servation who saw the danger of per-
hitting politics, and particularly party
factionalism, to control the meeting.
This protest was made before Congress,
upon the Presidents recommendation, had
dealt with the conservation question.
After that it became palmer than ever
that to hold up at the st. Paul meeting,
either openly or indirectly, the President
as an enemy of conservation would be
not only an outrage, but Justification of
the record.
Conservation is bound to enter into this
years campaign. 1t would be unreason-
able to expect the democratic leaders to
forego the use of such material as has
been produced by the Pinchot-Ballinger
controversy. Both Mr.. Pinchot and Mr.
Ballinger are republicans, and the former
has arraigned the latter in the severest
terms. Democratic speakers and cam
paign managers have a right to treat the
matter as a republican family row, and
will do SO.
But this course is not open to those
who are considering conservation upon
broad lines. And there are many such.
In fact, the subject itself is broad, and
appeals so strongly to voters regardless
of their party affiliations, that it's great
strength proceeds from it's superiority to
party divisions.
The ST. Paul meeting should be conduct
ed, as is now promised. upon a national
and non political plane, with conservation
alone the subject in hand and the dis
sonalities Our valuable natural re-
sources are still within the national con-
troll. 1t is still within our power to con-
serve them in way to serve the national
interests Which is the best way? That
is the question. AS always in a matter
of importance, opinions are a-plenty, and
those entertaining them full of argument
in support of them. Let us hear at ST.
Paul, and later, from all sides and in
good temper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26
Back Yards.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer


What do you raise in your back yard
Weeds or flowers? Rubbish heaps or
vegetables? Is it of any use to you ex-
cept as a place to dry the family wash
ing? Are you ashamed of it? Do you
take your friends out through the kitchen
to see it? No offense meant. These
questions are impersOnal and are merely
intended to lead up to the remark that
a Cleveland citizen has. in back yard
the size of the Office he works in. twenty
four varieties of flowers, and they're
nearly all in bloom at this moment. Be-
onions, lettuce and radishes than his
family could use. Another desirable
citizen has back yard about thirty
five by fifty feet, with border of flow
ers and shrubs, several vegetable beds at
the end, and room enough left for the
children to play in
There's joy o mornings in the early
brightness and fragrance of sweet peas.
morning glories, marigolds. cannas, mas
turtiumS, cOrylOpsiS and all their floral
sisterhood, and there's pleasure when
the days work is done in the cool green
of back yard lawn. And the vege-
tables from ones own garden have a
flavor not to be found in green goods
of delving in ones own ground, of plant
ing and coddling and trimming ones own
plants, of doing a little creative work
in cooperation with friendly nature.
have you never Ielt thiS JOY or making
things grow? Do you know the balm
for tired nerves or mournful hearts that
turks in mere dirt?
Cleveland is a city of homes and by
the same token city of back yards The
yards are full of opportunities. II you
have never learned the potency of spades,
hoes, rakes and seeds, look across the
back yard fence and see what your
neighbor has done. If his lot is as bare
and unsightly as yours. you are both to
be pited. These little neglected spots
might bloom as the Garden of Eden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-26
The Neglect of Life.

In yesterdays Star were printed dis
patches from various parts of the country
telling with distressing monotony of the
drowning Of persons of widely varying
ages, .some from the consequences of their
own folly and ignorance and others as a
result of the recklessness of others Thir-
ty-seven lives were sacrificed in the water
in one day, terrible price to pay for a
little pleasure.
Less than half of adult people today
are able to swim. That is TO say, less
than half of the grown-up population can
he trusted in the water over their heads
Those who can paddle about sufficiently
10 keep afioat i'm the calm water of a
bathing pool are not necessarily compe-
tent to take care of themselves in the
open waves, against tides and currents
and undertow. The percentage of those
who can save themselves in an emer-
Sency is shockingly small while those
who can care for others i'm a water acct
dent are little band of heroes, conspicu-
ous by their disproportion.
Why is this? Why are men and women
today so deficient in what must remain
one of the necessities OF existence as
long as people continue to venture upon
and into the water? II is because, in the
development of our city life, there is no
provision for teaching boys and girls to
swim The old swimming hole Is for the
rural lad alone and his infrequent city
guest. The wharf rats and a few other
boys of the towns learn to maintain them
selves afloat as they take their dangerous
and stolen plunges from the dock ends.
The great majority of the youngsters
never get into the water beyond the rim
of q bathtub unless they are taken to a
seaside resort, where they are left to pad
die about in the surf untaught in the art
of self-preservation.
Here is the city of Washington with
a properly peremptory prohibition against