Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 27, 1902, Page 31

Artificial - — N——— o [ A @& | A L IN THE RECEPTION ROOM OF F. P. KIRKENDALLs DESIGNED BY F. M RUSSELL. Some GoocnlMShort Stories N OLD printer tells this story of Horace Greeley: One day as he cat at his desk he looked up and saw a small boy standing beside him “Well, sonny, what do you want?" he piped. want a place to work in your office “And what do you want that for?" asked the old man i “I want to grow up and the answer. Mr. Greeley looked at him for a moment. “Get rich?” he said. “T guess you didn’t notice that this is a newspaper office. You must be looking for the drugglst next door.” get rich,” was —— Albert Bigelow Paine, the poet, who wrote “You Ought to Be in Kansas When the Sunflowers Blow,” has been called the champion long-distance stammerer of the sarth, saye the New York Times. One day, when he had spent the greater part of a minute in asking a friend what time it was, the friend, after telling him, re- marked “If you ever intend to become famous by yvour last words you would better write them out."” “W-w-w-w-w-h-h-h-h-y?" “Because,” replied his friend, *1f you were to attempt to say them you'd never live long enough to finish the sentence.” TSR Prof. Gates of Harvard, who has original methods of training the undergraduate 1dea how to €hoot in advanced English composi- Mn, recently called for imitation of Arnold's pure, pellucid With misgivings and no small amount of labor the class wrought, and in due timey so the story runc in the New York Tribune, the themes were handed in At the next meeting of the class the pro- fessor met his etudents with asked Paine an style a smile—an uncommonly sardonic smile “Gentlemen,” said he, “there has been an error here. Most of you have Imitated Benedict and not Matthew Arnold.” it In the course of her career, says a writer fn Current Literature, Mammy Mary had met wmany distinguished persons, but her own importance as a nurse for three gen- eratione in the family of General John B Gordon of Georgia kept her being overwhelmed by the honor When Mrs. Cleveland, during the second term of her husband's presidency, visited the Gordon's at the governor'’s mansfon In Atlanta, she expressed a desire to see a genuine old negro mammy. So the car- riage was hitched up and Mammy Mary was eent for at Sutherland, the Gordon country place., which she preferred ro the noise and excitement of official life. When the coachman drew up he found her smok- ing her evening pipe. Not a step would she stir. “She done say,’” eald the unsuccessful envoy on his return to town, ‘“dat she from don’'t want to see no presidents; she's done see 'mough presidents.” Mrs. Cleveland laughed heartily when she heard this. Then she proposed to go to the mountain, since the mountaln re- fused to budge, and the next day she arove out to Sutherland. “I am surprised, Mammy Mary,"” sald Mre. Gordon, before introducing the dis- tinguished guest, ‘“‘that you sent such a message. You have never been Impolite before." “‘An' dat nigger done tell what 1 say? Well, he never did have no sense an’ no mannahs! Co'se 1 'spected he'd say I's sorry I's ind'sposed. New Secretary of (Continued from Third Page.) avy and those three sat until broad daylight d'scussing the situation. With the en- thusiasm of young patriots, they main- taincd the policy of the government must be onc of interference in Cuba, although they appreciated the serious consequence of such a course. From that day Roosevelt and Moody were bound by the strongest ties of sympathy on the great issues be- fore the country. Light and Its Artistic RTIFICIAL light is the first neces sity of civillzed life. Never was there so great a demand nor such a necessity for artificial light as at the present time History shows little or no change in the source or quantity of light consumed from the dawn of civilization till the last part of the pres ent century It is safe that mort irtificial light has the past forty years than in the two thousand years to state been used in preceding this period, and it is unive Ny conceded that during this period civiliza tion has made its greatest advancement in art, literature, science, music and all the great discoveries and progress which has been an era of man's greatest genius and attainments. Is it not just and proper to attribute {hic great march toward perfection to the use of artificial light No subject received more study has been so carefully analyzed as the deco- has or rative features in artificial light and fixtures., We are justified in saying that to this necessity Mr. Russell has contributed largely, knowing there is a demand for first class work in every line, and it is this de mand only that he seeks to supply. No home, however resplendent in riches, is homelike nor beautiful without light The happy hours of the home circle are spent in its glow. There is a greater con trast between a well and cheerfully lighted home than there is between a dark and gloomy day and a morning full of sun shine and brightness. All the arc hitectural plans and material that go into the structure and building of character ar: coneeived and wrought out in a home and most of them in artificial illumination. The above cuts represent three fixtures that are to be used in different rooms in two of Omaha's finest residences, and as the illumination of the room depends upon two things: First, the amount of light to make a given space brilliant; second, the amount of light that reflects from the object that receives the light and enters the eye. It is a matter of science more Jdelicate than the analysis of chemicals to require a harmonious diffusion of light that will produce a soft but brilliant effect, free from shadows. The cut at the left shows a thirteen-light Mr. Moody is a great reader, and at his home in Haverhill he has a well selectcd library. “I do not buy a book until I have read it,” he said in discussing his literary desires and tastes, ‘‘and in conse- auence I have a collection of books that I value very highly What is my favorite line of reading? Well, 1T can hardly say, but I am exceedingly fond of history, biography and fiction. My favorite author? I can answer that without hesitation. Tt ia Dickens. There is scarcely one of his hooks that 1 do not know from beginnng to end. I have also read all of Dumas’ works, a rather re accompl'shment nowa- day and am intensely fond of Kipling, Stevenson and Hawthorne. The latter, you know, was a resident of my district, and at one time was collector at the port of Salem." Mr. Mocdy has much in common with President Rcosevelt in his views on publie auestions. and especially on civil service reform. In a practical way he has been able to accomplish something in the latter line by bringing about a reorganization of the system of appointments in the house of representatives. While he regrets leav- ing congress, he expresses satisfaction on one point when he says: “I won't have to appoint another post- master in all my life. A postoffice to me is associated with calamity and trouble.’” The distribution of postoffice patronage in Administration IN THE RE( "TION HALL OF F. M. RUSSELL. electric chandelier of pure L'Art Nouveau design with Fravial glass trimmings, and is a model of artistic beauty that will lend harmony and add to the furnishings of any room. The design at the right Italian Renaissance art, sharp in outline and decorative in character. These are a few pieces only that go into the furnishings of these beautiful homes to produce artifi- cial light. Space only prevents a display of the more elaborate fixtures. No city in the United States has a better artist, a person better versed in work than the originator and desigher of these artistic gems of art. Mr. Russell has is a gem of classic his district was very distasteful to him and he is congratulating himself upcn his es- cape from it “l accept the navy port- folio with the single purpose of adminis- tering the affairs of the department hon estly, courageously and economically, and have no new policy to announce. I am in thorough accord with the policy of develop- ing the navy, and have always favcred liberal appropriations for that purpose This is all 1 care to say on entering this new field of dutv.”*® While Mr. Moggy is not a lover of so ciety in the fasMonable acceptance of that term, he is a m6st sociable man, and is a lively epirit at 8 an expert 4mall dinner partles. He with the chafing dish and can prepare most appetizing suppers for h's bachelor friends. He is unmarried and at the age of 48 is as heart whole, appar ently. as at 18. Carpenter’s Letter (Continued from Sixth Page.) Upon Sundays there is no work and the chaplains hold services, at which all the prisoners attend. Colow Jake S Prisons will have to be established In different parts of the islands. So far there is nothing of a sanitary nature Iin existence and our soldiers have had trouble in finding COLONEL JAKE SMITH'S JAIL IT HOLDS THEM. B, KITCHEN DESIGNED BY best architects called upon for architects and larger cities of classic works Banguet and and boonzes , if you want only of the is frequently the support but suggestions and sketches by builders from many of His rooms full of art in lighting fixtures reading lamps, candelabras If you wish an artistic fixtu not at home, our how are a good fixture, if you desire an Oriental design, or a design suitable for any style of architecture, if you are interested in geeing the finest assortment of gas and electric fixtures and other articles pertain ing to artificial light in America, you cat gee them at his show rooms tn Omaha. quarters to incarcerate criminals. One of the quecrest jails of Luzon was that bullt by Colonel Jacob H. Smith of the Seven- teenth fnfantry, at Bautista. Colonel Smith kad been ambushed, but had ecaptured the ambushers, had killed twelve of them and taken a number of guns. e brought his prisoners to Bautista, but found no ade- quate jall accommodations for them. The town is on the rallroad and there were some unused rails lying heside the track Me solved the problem by making a jall of thege rafle, laying them up in the shape of a diamond, forming an Inclosure about fif- teen feet wide. The entrance was by an alley of ralls so narrow that only one man could pass through at a time. Other ralls were put over the top and into this iron cage the Insurrectos were brought. There were fifty of them in the cage when I pho tographed them and a harder-looking set of Filipino brigands I have not seen. FRANK G. CARPENTER Animals at the Park Zoo (Continued from Fourth Page.) instead of only a few. The wolves in the park ocecasionally join with their pro- longed and mournful howls the barkings of the coyotes The big black bear, which, when he feels inclined to be sociable, responds to the name of ‘“Marshal,’ ha a'l to him self, and is in fine Probably the presence of children with candy and nuts would have made him meore soclable The owls blinked an unwelcome salute The prairie have not yet overcome their caution and disappear when any one approaches. Two beautiful golden eagles in splendid condition, seem to appreciate the coming of but with longings for azure heights and moun‘ain peaks that must remaln unsatisfied The elk are horns, that {is, shed They never what unrestrained liberty meant they were very young when they at- tractions in Riverview park They all splendid looking creatures and show no timidity at the approach of any one. They are too young to have developed horns such as adorn the heads of fully developed elk, but these will come In a few years, when they will be equal to any elk exhibit in any ecity park in the country The herd of deer is one of the prettiest sights in the park. They are quite tame, They are sixteen of them.and they occupy a cage condition dogs spring shed their have horns to understood beginning to those that thoroughly as became a large pasture on the north side of the park. The view of their home is ple- turesque and just wild enough to add a charm to the scene But the massive frame of ‘“Monarch,” the splendid and probably uncqualled speci men of the noble animals now almost ex tinct, is the most striking object of all those to be seen in the park It will be remembered that his mate died last fall, leaving him to brood alene over the glories of his race In days that will never come agaln.