Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1890, Page 19

e == the e O THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY DECEMBER 21, 1890—TWENTY PAGES. A CHRISTNAS FOR EVERYBODY. How the Various Olasses of People Oelebrate the Day. MAKES KIN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. The Glad Proclamation of Peace and Good-Will, Good -Will and Peace, Peace and Good-Will to All Mankind. Chiistinas comes but once a year, 1t is true, but, thank Providence, it comes that once to everybody, high or low, rich or poor, million- aire or tramp, king or beggar, Evento those who have no turkey nor mince pie, nor even where to lay their heads—even to the poor little waifs and strays of childhood who have no kind friends to fill their suspended stock- ings with toys and bon-bons, or who have no ¢ stockings to suspend—the day itself comes inst the same, and upon the saddest heartand the poorest, most blighted 1ife it sheds some- thing of that sweet feeling of peace on earth, good will to all mankind, which it ushered nto the world nearly nineteen hundred years ago, whon a lovely baby boy was born away over in Bethlchem and his beautiful young maiden mother eradied him in a manger. ‘Whether it be inall tho warmth and light of the stately mansion, where the brightly blazing fires reveal through the windows the preparations for a cosy dinner, and from out whose massive portals all the children of the Touso aro running into the snow to meet their married sisters, brothers, cousins, uncles and aunts, and be the first to wish them a merry Christmas; whether it be in the loneliest hut orhovel of mud and stone upon the bleakest moor, whero some aged peasant, worn out by privation and toil, is sing- ing. a Christmas song; whether it bo up in the great light-house, built upon a reef of sunken rock a league or more from some wild shore, or aboard some mighty ship away out upon the bosom of the great oconn, we shall find that tho benaficent tnfluence of Christias is felt, and that every actor in theso widely different scenes upon these strangely diverso stages, no matter how old or how young, how rich orhow poor, has hummel a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought, or spoken in a whisper of somo bygone Christmas and the hoves be- longing to it, upon recurrence of that wonderful day when the Christ child cawme into the would. But whilo the whole Christian universe keeps Christmas, while even heathen nations have holidays closely resembling it in their observances and associations, yet there is o wide difference in the manner in which Christmas is_kept, not merely by different races and nationalitics, but. by people in dif- ent stations and walks of life. The ristmas of emperors and kings, the sol- dier’s Christmas, the thicves’ Christmas, the convict’s Christmas, the Indian’s Chris- mas, the tramp's Christmas, the streot gamin's Christmas, tho millionaire children's Christmas, the working wirl's Christmas, the Chinaman’s Christmas and the Japauese Christmas—for both the Chinamen and Japs domic among us, though heather stmas after a fashion—pro many points of salient interest and emphasize more forcibly then almost anything elsa in the life of each the wide differences that ex- ist among them, ROYALTY'S CHRISTMAS, Emperors and kings can hardly be said to have much of a Ch , for the extra good cheer, pleasures, privileges and gifts which Christmas brings to most of us are enjoyed by them on every day in_the year. Before the down fall of the last F'rench ompire, as we are told by one of the cmpress ladies in wait- ing who nas written a book about it, Napo- Jeon 1IT. and his Eugenie, with their prime favorites, sat down at the Tuillorics to frea, green peas, strawberries and peaches overy day in the year, these luxuries being freshly plicked cach morning from the vines and trees in the hot houses at Versailles, What could you offer in the way of an extraordi- nary gastronomic treat on Christmas day to a man who had fresh, green peas. strawber- ries and peiches on all the other 364 days of the yoar, tovether with all other things in keeping! And then presents. How could anytoly hope to select a gift that wouid af- ford pleasure to a man or woman who is al ready supplied with everyth'ng thata ro fncome wiung from a tax-oppressed empiro can afford, and who values diamonds no more than you or I do cobblestones? From cven atest of all Christian pleasures—that of presanting gifts—they are debarred for we never known the real joy of giving 1 its highest, best firm unless our gift has cost ussome self denial and what self denialin that way is possible to sover- elgns who have such a suplus of everything desirable that they are glad to give some of it away if only to bé rid of it, and who can give presents overy day in the year If they wish to without ever feeling tno expenditure? THE SOLDIER'S CHRISTMAS, Very different 15 the soldier's Christmas, Away out on_the frontier, miles from any railroad, in a lonely littlo fort, surrounded by Indians, our army officers and their wives haveno long rows of elegant shops from whose great supply of *‘holiday goods” t may select gifts for each otherand their lit- tle ones as well as for the dear friends they have left behind them in their far eastern homes. They haveno great array of market stalls loaded down with poultry, fruit and game, where they may purchase matevial for the Christmas dinner For Christmas gifts and Christmas cheer they must depend en- tively upon their own ingennity, But whata wonderful genii that same ingenuity some- times is, and what pretty things and pretty dishes ho often evolves out of seomingiy nothing, almost_equaling in this respect the famous genii of Aladdin's wonderful lamp. 1n a little frontier post awny outon the track- less plainsof the far west where not a shrub or tree of any kind could be seen even beneath thescorching suns of summer, I have known quite a respeetable Christmas tree to be ““fuked” by splicing together scvoral walking sticks, fastening them upright through ahole in & soap box and covering them with green tissue paper obtained from the post store, where all sorts of odds and onds accumnlate in the course of vears. The branches were formed by winding the central portion of long, stiff. pieces of heavy wire about the trunk, formed as above, and allow-- ing their ends to project. That same Christ mas night we had a ball at the commandant’s quarters, and everybody in garrison, includ- ingnot & few Indians, gatherad around our improvised Christmas tree which seemed to afford as much delight to the oldest persen present us to the fairy-like little maiden of five years—tho commandant’s daughter and theidol of the fort—for whom it had been fabricated. THE INDIAN'S CHRISTMAS, 1 shall never forget one Christmas dinner and ball which T attended many years ago, It was given to its Indian hunters and trappers by thie Hudson Bay company, that great. com- mercial power that once practically monopo- lized the fur trade of the northwest, and it took place . at what was then called Fort Erie on the Saskatchewan river in that great uncultivated wilderness which forms part of the British possessions in North America which Jies to the north of the Canadas and which is sometimes even now ealled the Hudson's Bay territory or Rupert's Land. What juicy roasts of buffalo beef we had; what enormous buffalo steaks; what delicious venison pastry, and what glorious marrow bones, not to mention tongues and hearts, and grouse and similar viands. How those Indians did eat! The squaws as much as the men. It seemed as though they had engaged in a determined struggle to prove beyona future cavil tho gastrosomic su- premacy of one sex orthe other. One old, scemingly toothless squaw ate and ate till to my alarmed vision she seemed like the young ‘woman alluded to by old Touy Weller in the “Pickwick Papers,” to bo “swellin’ visioly before my very eyes.” After the adult In- dians had finished the little folks -tie papooses—wore turned looso on the frag- T‘Rm and soon no trace of the menu was e Then camo the ball. Our only ladies were the squaws. Indian women are not re- markable for beauty, cleanliness or grace, poor things, but they enjoyed the ball just as much as any lovely dudine of fashionable y ever enjoyed lounging languidly through tho lancers and german in shim- mering silk and sparkling diamonds. They did their best to dance, 100, Such dancing ! They scemed Lo have no joints, but stood up #Hfl as ramrods and jumped awkwardly from side to side, on “the broad of their feet,” as an Irishman would say. The only music we | Japan domieiled amon, had was a pine wood flddle with y!trlnkl of deer skin sinew on which some one tried to scrapo time without regard to tune, while another beat upon am Indian drum. The fiddle seraping became unbearable after o time and we finished the ball to the liquid notes of the drum. THE STREET GAMIN'S CITRISTMAS, 7'he street gamin's highest ideal of spend- ing Christmas is to pass both its afternoon and evening at some variety theater. Long before the hour for the doors to open great crowds of these little fellows may bo secn outside of every one of these establishments waiting in a long line extending from the gallery entrance far up the street, those in the front row having their noses fattenod against the closed doors by the pressure of those behind. They will thus stand shiver ing in the cold for hours in order to secure a front seat, 'The moment the door opens there is a pushing and crowding and fighting and swearing that, begears description. Each is determined to have a placo in the front row. How do these boys get, the money for their Christmas celcbration! By selling papers, or blacking boots, or working some ingenious “lay” with all the finesse and skill of a vet- eran crook. On the principal thoroughfare of one of our largest cities on the day before Christmas last year, I saw a ragged urehin take up a piece of mud-covered bread from the gutter and apply his teeth to ncdu-m as a philanthropic-looking, richly-dressed old gen- tleman was passing by. “My poor boy,"” said old Benevolenee, halt- ing abruptly i his afternoon stroll, “are you hungry ¢ “Yes, indeed, sir. all day. 1 nor 1o streots,” “ You don’t s: T haint had nufiin toeat haint got no 'ome, nor no fadder mudaer. 1 gits my i in de s0!¥ sald the old man as ho drew a shining silver dollar from his trousers pocket. “I'ake that and o and buy yourself @ good hot mieal,” and the worthy old’ philan- thropist resumed his walk, his face glowing with the consciousness of a good deed done. But the boy went around the block a the next corner [ saw him work his again on two fashionably attived ladies. ie was foremost in the crowd I noticed waiting outsido a variety theator for the gallery door to open on Christmas afternoon. THE CHILDREN OF TIE MILLIONAIRE, The merriest Christmas of all—the ne plue ulira of mer ristmas—is unqaestionably enjoyed by children whose parents ecount their wealth by the millions and are thel foreable to shower upon sheir little on everything that monoy can buy, We can not ovserve a typical Christmas of millionaire childhood than in the home of Cornelius Van- derbilt, an eighty times millionaire, who car- ries o weight of wealth and complizated in- terests that would scemingly make it impos- sible for him_to devote so much time as he does to his children. Of these, William H. Vanderbilt, a lad of eightecn years and the oldest, comes homo from boarding school for the Christmas hol- idays. His brothers and sisters, with intor- £ {wo or three years botween them, ary Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., a_handsome Gertrude, a charming, hizel-cyed little m Alfred, a boy of aged seven, and Baby Gladys, just budding'into the ros- iest type of four-year-old Theso youngsters hang up their nursery on the corner of Fifty and Fifth avenue. Then when all are snug- ly tucked up in bed, papa and mamma ar- ange the Christmas tree, and such a tree ore is nothing that Kris Kringle, St. Nic <necht Rupert, Santa C other sai that preside t or read or heard or dreamt’ of in the way of any thing that ean add to che beauty and attractiveness of a Christmas tree that you can not find on that one, After the little ones have “Oh! ed” and “Al! ed” and gona into raptures gener- ally over their treo and gifts on Christmas morning, off they go to the Christmas treat at St. Bartholomew's Sunday school on Mad- ison avenue, whore they are among the most regular attondants, Then they come home to spend the day and evening in general mer- ry-making with their numerous cousins, or they arein turn_entertained by those same cousins, the other little Vanderbilts, sons and. daughters of their father's brother, William K., and the little Sheppards, the little Wobbs, or the littlo Sloanes, all children of their father's sisters. THE TIIEVES' CHRISTVAS, Thieves keep Christmas much tho same as honest people, but it is by no means a holiday time to them. Like actors, who have to per- form on both Christmas afternoon and night, professional erooks work harderat Christmas than any other time, The great crowds in the streots and shops presentas olden oppor- tunities to the pickpockets as do the Christ- mas wares, so lavishly displayed to the shop- lifters. The latter are the happiest of all crooks at Christmas time, for then they reap their greatost harvest of the entire year. When stores are crowded with holiday nd clerks are busy with hand and % is easicr than to slip a piece of Newmarket or into the largost skirt, pocket! Stealing from shops at Christmas time is made so temptine and easy by the careless profusion with which holiday goods are displayed, that many a woman has thus been tempted to commit her first, theft. THE CONVICT'S CHRISTMAS, In prisons where the inhuman “solitary system” is unknown, the convict’s Christmas is not so eloomy as one would presume it must be. The pleasantest and best days ot many convicts are thoso passed in prison. From their birth many of them have known only the cold, wet, shelterless midnighv streets, the foul and fro: dens where vice is closely packed and lacks room to turn; the haunts of hum- gor and ' aisease, and the shabby rags that scarcely hold together, and surely to these unfortunates the comfortable cloth- ing: the regular, wholesome food; the warmth and protection from wind and weath- er that a well regulated prison fare affords, mnst seem luxury even though paid for by the loss of personal liberty. “The state provides an extraordinary good dinner for the convicts Christmas, and in many penitentiaries entertainment, in which he is to participate, is given for him in the chapel, 1t was my ood fortune on Christmas day, 1888, to be present as the guest of the warden at an entertainment given by the conviets in the Ohio state penitentiary at Columbus, The performance—entirely by conviets—com- prised musical and other speciulties, and a sensational drama, in which, as_a matter of course, vico was punished and virtue tri- umphant. And what a sient it was towatch both per- formers and spectators. A diffeult violin solo was well rendered by a blind man serv- ing alife sentence for murder. The man who enacted the most virtuous character in the play, bad chopped off his mother's head when a boy of twelve years, and his death sentenco bad been commuted to imprisonment for 1ifo on account of his youth, T'he spectators always received the villian in the play with hisses and loudly applauded the triumph of the virtuous “haracters. After it was overan old convict who had spent three-fourths of his life in prison, said to the warden and myself in a voice quivering with suppressed emotion, “My God! What a Christmas this bas been. Ttis tho first ray of roal sunshine that has come into my life in thrty years.” THE TRAMP'S CHRISTMAS, Tramps and kings are a ood deal alike tn keeping Christmas, A tramp cannot make any more chango in bis ordinary habits and customs in honor of the day than ean a king. A man who keeps every day as & holiday by abstaining from all labor can scarcely appre- criate the valuo of Chrisumas as n_season of rest and recreation. Truo, the tramp might celebrate Christmas by working a_ little, but fow tramps could survive the shock of 80 vio- lent a method of observing it. Still, most tramps keep Christmas after . fashion—gen- erally 1n some cheap lodging house displaying endary transparency: “Lodging 10 and 15 Cents Per Night." Tho most unigue of all these places I strolled into from Rateliffe highway, London, one Christmas cve. Two ropes extended the entire length of o long, narrow, filthy wpart- ment. Narrow strips of coarse bagging strotehed across the ropes, which were six feet apart and throe from the floor, comprised tho beds. No covering was furnished, The price for one of these “beds was 2 pence— 4 American cents—per night. At 6 o'clock in the morning the ropes were lot down and the lodgers suddenly wakened by coming sharply in contact with the floor. Had this not been done they would nave been there all day, and the lodging house keeper would have precipitated a riot if he had attempted to eject them, but being thoroughly wakened up by the létting down of the ropes they all got up and walked quietly away to celebrate Christ- masby eating oue of thoso Christmas break- fasts or dinners which charitablo people pro- vide for tramps in various parts of London. THE REATHEN CHINEE'S CHRISTMAS, Though the beathen Chinee and the son of us have no faith in the wonderful story which is the foundation Christmas, they observe the oocasion as a day of general good feeling, suspending business, donning their silks and seeking ploasure, In China, December 19 (November 20 in Chinese chronology) is & holiday similar in obser ances to our Christmas, save that parents re- celye presents from their children instead of making them to the latter, November 19 s the principal holiday in Japan, It is “Flower Day or the Feast of the Chrysanthemums, to all and are ev GEOFFRE THE 1M NUEL HOSPITAL, A New Charitable Institution That is Ready for Occupancy. To the Editor of Tnr B About two years ago the building of the Immanuel hos- pital was commenced on the beautiful hill 1 Mommouth park, in the northern part of this city. It proceeded slowly during some delay and many great difficulties. To complete a public institution of this kind by individual efforts has been no easy task, but in spite of overything, by a most wonderful providence and through the liberality of some of Omaba’s best people, it has been successfully accom- plished. The Immanuel hospital will be conducted on the same general principles as most of the best hospitals of this country. It is no poor house, no pest house and no home for incura- Itisa general public hospital, which © medical and surgical cases with- out reference to creed, color or nationality. All who can afford it will have to pay from $5 to #7 per week in the wards and from $10 to $15 per week in the private rooms. The sick poor, however, will be received and treated with the same skill and kindness, as far as the resources of the institution wiil permit. As it costs only §250 for the maintenance of a free bed for one year, we trust that friends of the peor will soon endow some beds for the benefit of the suffering poor. T'he following well known doctors consti- tute the board of physicians and surgeons Consulting physicians, J. H. Peabody, R. Moore and George Tilden. Attending phy: cians: B. F. Crummer and W. F. Mil Consulting surgeons: V. H, Coffman, W Galbraith and E. W, Lee. Attending geon: J. B. Sumers, jr. Oculist: H. G ford, gist: H. L. Hewetson. Resi- dent physi ucgeon: W. T. Mason. Any regular physician has permission to taka his patients to the private roows of the hos- pital ns long as there is any room vacant; but all the patients in the wards will have to be atteuded by the staff of the hospital, T'he nursing in this hospital will be done with skill and Christian kindness by deacon- esses and Protestaut sisters of mercy. They are no hirelings, have no salary, but havo given themselve: usé of God and suffering humanity. sisters tall tho English, German and Swedish languages, and will therefore be able ddress most of the patients in their mother-tongue. To start this institution o most be con: will at i the cxpenses are heay things just ay present, A i table and bed linen, large loose night dresses for the sick, slippers for patient 3 ton and linen cloths, arments, cloth or pieses, undc men and women, a good m shades, more furniture, medi and surgical instruments, ete. These aro some things we nced. Besides, we are just now in the greatest nced of money. Bills to the amount of £5,000 are due and we have nothing in the treasury. This looks some- what disheartening, but God will provide, The good people of Omaha will not let us fail in this work of true charity, We trust that Christmas will bring us a great many doi tions of all kinds of goods and what we m need—mouey. But we have no time to anybody and ask for donations unless we are cailed up by telephone, Those who desire to help this e will also know how to send in their donations to the hospital. ‘We are exceedingly thankful for all that has been received and for what will b ceived. Receipts of everything receive us will be acknowledged as soon as pos after New Year. The Immanucl h telophone number is 1525, Very respectfully, yours, LSTROM, Manager. , flannel clothing for vindow dical e PEPPERMINT DROPS, The master of the situation—the employer. Printers govern their tempers. Tho most irascible of them is careful never to get out of sorts. The artist finds that drawing on his imag- ination doesn’t save paper. The bounding billows—board jumpers. In Shakespeare's time the apparel pro- claimed the man; now it often announces the dude. A man who is al and measures—the tailor, Jotherings that should be suppressed— boils, ‘Where you will find the girls and boys in- dustriously paring—at the apple vee. ““This is a put up job,”” as the pawnbroker remarked to his partner. Slipshod—the skater. Left bloorivg alone—wall flowers. “What do you do for a living?" “Breathe.”—Life. “You seem to regard mo asa great trou- bie,” said the collar to the neckti “Ido,” replied the lattor uneasily, “‘and thatis why I am constantly trying to rise above you.” Reputation is a queer thing: some spend a. great part of their lives in living up to it} others in living it down. Any man born with a_strawberry mark on his body will always be a marked man, Mrs Brown—-Who are these forty immor- tats we hear so much about! Brown. hose Krench du Harper—Howells says that if Dickens wrote novels now he wouldu't be read. Seribner—Poor Howells! I don’t suppose he would. “Do you consider eight hours of sleep a no- nessity over in your town!" asked the New Yorker. “Well, we don't put it that way. Our doc- tors recommend at least twelve hours of wakefuluess every day,” returned tho Phila- delphia man, A supervisor in Genesee, Mich., 1n writing a report which hesent to the county clerk, feelingly alluded toa gentleman who had dicd of “information of the brain.” A dude, who was greatly averso To anything “slow,” spent a purse On a suuff colored vest, Which he wore with him west, And they carried him off in a hearse, Mrs. Cumso—What_are you going to give v band for a Christmas present, Mrs, 2 Mrs. Gazzim—Really, I don’t know. I thought of giving him an umbrella, but I can’t find one that 1 would like to carry for less than §7. Baldwin—Rambo, you are looking very rocky. Go and take a Turkish bath, I have just had one. Rambo (steadying himself with a great ef- fort)—Gl-ad t'hear it, my 'steamed fr-friend. First Yale Student—Have you telegraphed to the old man for money! Second Yale Student—Yes, irst Yale Student—Got an answer? Second Yale Student—Yes, I telegraphed the old man: **Where is that money I wrote fort” and his aunswer was: “In my inside pocket, talking about men ists, RO e Dr. Birney cures catarch, Beo bldg, G Sensible Ohristmas Hints. Buy no more than you can afford. Give no gift where you do not delight to, Shop no more than strength for, writes Phelps in the Ladies’ Home Journal. Entertain only within your means, Keep your Christmas nerve and mus- cle, and " heart, and hope,and cheer, first for your own home, your own fireside, your dearest, your closest, your sweet- est—and then for the homeléss, the firo- less, the unloved, the ‘*‘undeared,” and be true, true, true to the last Christmas card that goes to your postoffice, or the last “Merry Christmas” that crosses your lips. ‘We are a generous people and a happy people, and a Christian people, and we must keep our festival with sincerity, honor, intelligence and good sense, if we would keep it alive and “‘in His name.” WORK OF NEBRASKA WOMEN. How It Will Bo Oolldoted and Exhibited at the Columbian Fair, ORGANIZATION OF THE LADIES' BOARD. An Interosting History of the Move: ment by a Member From This State, Mrd, J. 8. Briggs of Omaha. ‘Tne Bee, some days ago, addressed a lotter to Mrs. J. S. Briggs of Omaha, a member of he ladies’ board of the world's Columbian commission, asking for her views regarding the result sought to be obtained by placing women on the board; what was doneat the recent meeting of the ladies in Chicage: and what she proposed to do in her oficial eapac- ity and have the women in Nebraska do to givo this state a creditablo representation ia the coming world's fair. The lady's reply will be found below: Tn pussuance of the act of congress the ‘World’s Columbian commissi on provided for the appointment of a board of lady manage consisting of an equal number with the com- mission, and nino additional from the city of Chicago, In Sectiont of the act of congress we find the following lanzua, “And said commission is authorized and ro- quired to appoint a board of lady mana such number and to perform such duties may be preseribed by said commission. Said board may appoint one or more members of all committees authorized to award prizes for exhibits, which may be produced in whole or in part by female labor. This section of article whole ground, and pres duties of the board of 1 carried out in its entirety, involves a vast amount of work. As we now understand it, ¥ ticles are enteved and properly bo the duty of the board of 11 covers the ribes by the law the manugrers, which, :xhibits entered for tments have been orin part by female labc article entered for prizes must be ac- companied by a written statement from em- ployer or manufacturer, stating exactly tho 1 roportion or whole amount produced. While it may be interesting to some of the readers of Tur Big to kuow the real object sought by placing women on the Columbian fair board, it would alike be very interesting to some of the lady managers k that and nothing more. Ly o f i umber like Co; v, und Gove vho saw prizes in the produced fn who Sach Conuecticut, mediately tho justice propri the demand of a national organi of women, in behalf of the women of the na- tion, and who knew that congress had _said, “this board must be national,” the body de- clured in effect th should bo no " dis- i is the women stand for the first time in the history of this country in Al movement, o author- ized by an im- of tion that the ladios od, we reproduce in of Governor after d b at the banquet the ladies’ board and commis- sioners at the Washingion Park club bouse ‘nse a: in which the ladies mado organization, the g0od sense and judg- ment shown In the selection of ofticers and the mumner in whivh they conducted every purt of their organization, shows that the women of America could have a convention of their own on any serious subject and could carry it right straight through,” With these “serious” congratulations on the part of the gentloman towards us, we feel that if the lgdies, brough in this convention frbm all cver thi should do nothing more than the their record would jistify the act of c 3 in recognizing them. 1t will justify, in the estimation of ull the vomen of this country, the suggestion that was iuvolved in onr gath’ exing, and it behooves them to see that this grand opportunity be not thrown away. “Another grand residuum of placing women on_the Columbian fair board,” suid ident Palmer, “‘will bo a united coun- " and one of the best results to be ex- pected from the exposition is the unification and reconciliation of the ladies of the north with those of th We ma; this has already been effected by the on, for, when the time of parting came, it was with feelings of sin- cero and deep rosret. 1t was done at the Chicago! The convened recent board of high 19, meet- lady noon and elected t s fol- lows: President, Mvs, W. H. Felton of Geor, ecretary, Miss Cora D. Payne of Kentucky. Permanent officers were elected as follows : Mrs, Potter Palmer of Chicago, president; Miss Phoebo Cozzens of St. Leouis, secre- tary. The following committees were then ap- pointed by tho chair: Committee of ten: on permanent organization, of five on confer- ence, of eight on by-laws. Reports of some are herewith submitt The committee on permanent organization reported as follows: 1. Tae rules of order and proceedure of this board shall be the same as those adopted by the commission, to be found on page 151 of the official manual. 2. The officers of this board shall be a chairman of the board of lady managers, whose title shall be president of the board of Indy managers, six vice presidents, whose titles shall ve first, second) third, fourth, fifth and sixth, a secretary and treasurer, who shall perform the usual duties incident to these oftices. 3. Thereyshallebe twelve standing com- mittees to correspond with tho departments prepared by the committee ou classification (to bo found on page 5 of the pamphict on classification), who shall have power to elect amember to represent them on the execu- tive committee of the board of lady man- agers. 4. There shall be an executive committee composed of twenty-six members with a chairman of its own election. Its m shall consist of tho president and secre the board of lady wanagers, ex-ofiicio, and of the twelve members of the standing commit- tees chosen by them to serve on this commit- tee, and of such_others as the board of lady managers may choose to elect from their own number, such election to be by ballot. isaBELLA B. Hookkx, Chairman, REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE. 1. We request a liberal construction of the f congress which creates this board of nagers and leaves its duties to be cribed by your commission. . We donot requet a separate building for woman's work. 3. That the Columbian commission fix tho salaries of the chairman and secretary of the board of ludy managers. 4. We request that o suitable building bo provided and placed under the control of the board of lady managers for oticial and other purposes. 5. That this board be allowed to work in conjunction with your commission in efforts to int t the people of the respective states and territories in the success of the Colum- biau exposition. 6. We further request that tho executive committee formulate its instructions to the board of lady managers so explicitly that there may be no misunderstanding of them, Mus. WiLrian H, FriTox, Mgs. JouN A, Loeax, Mis, VigGiNia C. MEREDITH, Maus. Joux S, Briges, Many B, BUsSELLE, Ty committee on judiciary and by-laws was the only permanent committee appointed Dby the chair, and is composed of the following ladies: Mrs. Darby, South Carolina; Mrs, Iyes, Counecticut; Mrs. Briggs, Nebraska; Mrs. Cantrill, Kentucky; Mrs. Grinnell, Vir- ginia; Mrs. Houghton, Washington: Mrs, Thatcher, Illinois; Mrs. Lynde, Wisconsin; Mvrs. Bradwell, Chicago. Not having the officiul proceedings of tho above committee at hand we can only furnish you n synopsis of thelr report as follows : “Mrs. Mary Preston Darby presented the report of thé committee on by-laws. It pro- vided that the title of the body should be the board of lady managers of the world's fair Columbian coinmission, and that the quorum should not be than & majority, alternates to be recognized in the absence u{ their prin- cipals, but not to act on standing committees, The roport also provided that the oficers should be nine vice presidents and secretary, and that the executlve committee should have at Novembe; twenty-six members, each standing commit. 106 to bo there reprosented, and alternates to be allowed to serve in the absence of their prineipals, the quornm to consist of ten. Tho president ' was therein ompowered to call & meeting at the writton request of the exccu- tive committee or one-third of the members of the board. The reportalso contained a numober v recommended by the on permanent organization and bofor ., “It was led to go over the report seriatim, e clauses 1, 2, 8 and 4, relating respectively to the title of the organization, the quorum, the powers of alternates, and the number of officers, were unaunimously car- ried. The fifth clause, referring to the num- ber of the executive committee, excited dis- cussion, Mrs, Logan moved that the num- ber be reduced to eight, and Dr, Dickinson made an ameudment to the amendment pro- posing fifteen. Both were put to the house and lost. The section was read and finally carried. Article 6, relating to full power of the president and the calling of meetiugs, was Yub and adopted. Articles 7 and 8 pussed. Article 9, providing for the vice chairman of the executive committee, was amended by Mrs, Logan to read that tho vice chairman be elected by and from the execu- tive committes d should perform only such duties as may be designated to hor by the board or its executive committe After ashort discussion this and the remaining clauses were quietly pussed. Thero were nine vice presidents elected as follows: First vice president, Mrs. Traut- man of New York; second, Mrs, Bur- leigh of Maine; third, Mrs. Price of North Carolini fourth, Miss Miu sixth, Mrs Ginty of of U Montan We would not have Nebras state hud been slighted in making up the slate of vice presidents, as our accomplished colleague, Mrs, Langworthy of Seward, who makes a good impression, with her gentle dignity, emphatically declined the nomina- tion of fourth vice president in favor of Miss Minor. ns think their In reply to the conference committeo board of lady managers,ex-Governor Fur Nebraska, chairman of the sub-committoe cutive committee of the world's Co- 1 commission says : ‘“The commission accords te the ladies the use of a room at the commission headquar- ters, and an amount not to exceed £00 & year to defray expenses, The commission recom- mended that, for the time being, the board provide an executive committée of twelve with full power to act in all matters pertain- ing to the work of the board. The ladies are to receive their dutics at present from tho executive committee of the commission, There was no salary fixed for the president. Two thousand dollars per year was the salary fixed for the present for the sceretary The ladies are to be ven a separate building, and it was recommended that they should work with the commn in promoting the expositic srprise 1 the various states and territ ; that both should work with congress fora special appropriation to defray the expenses of the board of lady manage I'his board closed with compliments, and God-speed for the ladies’ board by President Palmer and the executive committee, NEDEASKA, AT HOME Pwas over thus, Nebraska,she's the fairest, And in production she's the rarest.” We krow that the members of the incom- ing legislature will be very zealousin the matter of guarding the state's funds, but we hope, in view of the fact that the majority of that pody will be constituted of farmers or alliance members, and that as the appropria- asked will be almost wholly in the and for their benefit, th deem it proper and right 1o fzive us such an amount as wili enable us to put Nebras| in the front rankat the world’s Columbian exposition. What the appropriation should be is a matter for intel- ligent cousideration and we would suggest that the various newspapers throughout the state take up the matter and discuss it; also lot tho county boards of agriculture through- out the state call mass mcetings, at which the members, and all other citizens, may ex- press their opinion as to the proper amount 1o be app ated, and forward the result of deliberations to the Columbian commis- sioners of this state. **What do you propose to do in your offictal in this stal 1d have the women ate do to give Nebraska proper rop- resentation ‘We would suggest to divide the state work ssional aistricts, See that every ity and farm is visited; call pa meetings, et two or more women in town to receive communications direct; visit every house that we may learn of any new in- dustry, so that any woman making anything peculiar to herself may be represented, and visit manufacturers, have them make a sched- ule of what women in their employ can do, Our president, our scerctary, the Chicago nine and their alternates. We might consume a whole page of your valuable paper in dis- cussing these alone. Mrs. Potter Pal- mer is truly a woman possessed of an American heart and sympathetic mind; her face is matured wisdom. Miss Cozzens, well, we shall harmonize for- ever, The congeniality of the Chicago ladies did more to produce fraternal sentiment than the casual observer supposed, and in the “spirit of the act of congress” we exclaimed with Mrs, Trautman of New York: “Chi- cago, with her able niae, is not only ready to welcome all of our states, but all of world.” Mus. J. S. Briaas, lor PP e A The proprietors of Salvation Oil, the great- ost cure on earth for pain, will pay a large reward 1f any certificate published by them is not found genuine, Tom, Dick and Harry appear agam with their grandmother’s recipes for coughs, etc., but the peoplo know Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup too well. s Do You Wanta Happy Christmas? Do you want to make a happy Chist- mus for yourself and for other peopleg Then give, and give royally, says Edward W. Bok, in the Christmas La- Home Journal. Royal giving ns generous bestowing of the best thaut you have to those least used to pos- royal gift may be but aloving e, but be sure if it is givenin the of that little Child it will bring happiness wherever it goes, and, like the water ef the fountain, iv will return to you with its virtues a thousand times greater, and you will be made better and younger by it. In your joy remem- ber the childven, not just your own— they have you to look after them—but think of the little ones whose homes are bare. where life is like a tossing sea. Remember the sick children, Think of the joy of a beautiful toy, a great, round orange, a big bag of candies only to be looked at, will bring to the little ones whose limbs are tied down forever. Think of the great picture-hook ove which the eyes will open wido—oyes, my friend, that may soon be closed in death; and of the great and intense de- light felt when a wonderful treo is vecognized or @ _bird’s name is known to the little boy whose life has been spent in the close streets, These aro gifts that you will never regret, Give of them—give of your plenty and from your heart and be sure that to each little one of your own will come special happiness beeause you have re- membered the sufferers among the babies. When that Divine baby sleept 80 quictly in the stable, the great kings of the earth thought it worth while to bring presents to Him, and surely as you consider the least among these, He will rememb you. Let the bells ring out then, on Christmas morn- ing and let your heart beat in unison as you know that you have brought joy unto His little ones. Children are God’s own angels sent by him to brighten our world, and what we do for these mes- sengers from the sky, especially at that time of the year which belongs'to them, will come ba to you threefold, like unto bread cast upon the waters, Remember the first Christmas gifts were laid at the feet of a child—a poor child of humble parents, Give your gifts, then, to the humble, to the poor, to the helpless, and thus will your own Christmas be a happy on Ao e Dr. Birney cures catarrh, Bee bldg CHICAGQ. A [ ]] WL LTI IVERY WOMAN THAT HAS ANY SENSE , AND MANY THERE BE WE HOPE, \; WILL SPEND HER CENTS FOR A USEFUL CAKE OF FAIRBANK'S-SANTA-CLAUSSOAP- get a Christinas Present for Nothing. Commencing Monday morning, Decembet Ist, to every loaf of GARNEAU'S BREAD, there will be attached a red tin tag. Save these tags, deliver them to our office, and get a prem- um. Your grocer will give you a circular containing a list of prema iums to be awarded buyers of our bread and holding tin tags, in tha quantities named. These premiumsare suitable for grown persons as well as child- ren. In striving for these premiums you not only get a full pound loaf of bread for Ec, but also a tag which, when the proper quantities are collected entitles you to a premium, You may take your choice of any of the articles noted on the cir« cular, providing you have the necessary number of tags. One person may get enough tags to receive two or more prems- iums, Do not delay; this chance won’t last very long. Be sure you get a tin tag stamped ‘“Garneau’s Bread” on every loaf., Premuims awarded every Wednesday and Saturday, between three and five o’clock. JOS. (ARNEAU CRACKER 00 12th and Jackson Streets. ~—WHAT A TERRIBLE BREATH- That Person Had. I Could Hardly Talk With Him.” There is not a person wha reads this that has not both heard and made a similar ex- pression to the ahove, perhaps many times, yet few ever think what the cause is. Nine cases out of ten a bad breath is caused by decayed teeth. These cava« ties of decay form recepticles for the accumulation of food which becomes decomposed, hence the offensive odor. One decayed tooth will often make the breath almost unbearable to those with whbom you converse. It being a sensitive subject to mention be- tween friends frequently one e = | 2] = - goes in ignorance of how offen- sivetheir breath may be. Thisis not all. The decomppsed matter in a cavity of decay is constantly being swallowed and is frequently the cause of diseases of the stomach, which in many cases bring on other complicated diseases of the general system. How important it should be then,to keep yourmouthin a clean and healthy state, forsa much of your health, comfort and happiness depend upon it. 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