Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 23, 1910, Page 10

\ THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 9. SIDELIGHTS ALONG e - WASHINGTON BYWAYS When it comes to senatorial appearance, so absorbed in their floor debates that bedring ‘and digrilty, Senator Frazier of |they forget about details. Teninesdce comes abouk as near qualifying is .any methber of that body. No stage jenator ever flled tho bill in more perfect etall than does ‘the tall and dignified rtatedman ffom Chattancoga. It is some- Umes wondered, 60, It he is not a bit consclous of his handsome showing upon the stage of’ the lawmaking body. Senator Frailer is as tall and straight as’ an Indiap. His face is clean shaven, well formed. and wserious. Gray streaken halr falls gracefully over his ears, and Senator Page of Vermont was debating the long and short haul amendment to the railroad bill the other day. He was trying to make it clear to the senate that the rate making power should be left to the carriers and shippers. FHe referred in this 1 can Lisrew To AWYTHIN, THITS WHAT WERe PAD T0 Do, connection to the great city which the rail- roads had mude of Kansas City, Mo. Rais- ing his voice, he sald: “Why, Mr., President, if ' had not been |for the rafiroad interest in the community thero would have been no great city on the when e rises to speak he is the picture | west coast of Missourl where Kansas City of all-that a.senator should look like. Al- “Ways clad In 4 tong ‘and marvellously pressed. Prince Albert coat and in the gallery. always |he always receives about the senate.chamber when that body | colleagues. 18 in_wesslon, Me necessarily becomes the|most object 6t quedtianing among the strangers |senate. fiow stands." When Senator Page speaks, however, the attention of his He is regarded as one of the headed business men in lgc He does not assume to be an ora- he talks right, straight at tie level tor> but One more quality becomes the Tennes- | members and reminds one of a business Fom Tt Roexgounn Const oF OrLANOM To The Seamoano OF NEvapa #ecan. Fle 18 Yhe most interested and ap- man driving home an argument in a board Farently sympithetlc Netener in the senate. |of directors’ room rather than a statesman g ota''or Vermont, ér evén the senator trom Bhode”1sland, can’cdunt upon sena- tor Fragler for an audlence. ¥% (the senator from Idaho or South |speaking while the galleries look on. Before he came to the senate, Mr. Page ‘was regarded as one of the most prominent tannors in the United States. He bullt Unitéa®States Aonators’ get mixed up on|up an enormous business In New England, BeogrAphy, spelling and pronunciation just |and he is one of the many millionaires from >lise othep: folks. v r o e e ‘ | L by Ragout of Mutton With Farina Balls. ‘One an@ oneshalf pounds neck of mutton cut into - small - pledes, ofe tablespoontul butter, tablespoon . flour, one onion, onhe carvot, one-half can peas, two cups hot, water, oho' teaspoonful salt, one-quar- tef tedsppofiful pepper, one bay leaf, sprig «© of parsley, one clove. ’ 3 % Farina, Balls—One-quarter cup farina, .one cup milk, one-quarter teaspoonful sait, on ta; teaspaontul pepper, onion Juice, Put_butter in, fryihg pan. When melted ndd fiour and browm. ;. Add. carrot and onlon, cut in dice. Remove vegetables and Bemetimes they become-that section of the country. add meat, searing well.” To meat and vege-| Cook farina and milk in double boller ¢ tables add hot water-and seasonings. Put in'e miltadble kettle, cover and simmer two hours,, AA4 Peas, ten minutes beforé serv- ing 1 & dish with farine balls made as Tollows;" . | o0 ¢ Width and tout women who wish to disguise the L that ey dre too plump for symme- try should avold a break at the waist line by having their gowns made in one-plece * styles, Btill such designs are not always desir- able, for' two-picce dresses may be more . practicabla for morning wear. But when .dressingin & separate waist and skirt cos- tume matrons who are tleshy should real- "ize that belts increase or decrease the ap- “parent size of their walsts, and so they should select girdles that will make them seem less large. (+« Few wpmen need to be told that a light Dbelt, worn. over .& dark gown will appar- € indkease the size of the walst by ¥ I ihches; o that & wide belt should not be Worn by & stout-waisted person. There @re also & number of minor points to be remembered when choosing a belt. For example,” it is understood that all Mot matrons are mot fashioned on the pame liues. Theére aré tall stout women and short stout ones, those who-are long- {'waisted ‘and thoss with short waists, also women Who are stout but small in propor- tion at the waist line, and others who may bo_unduly large &t the waist line. Ob- yiously, then, one particular style of belt “will mot suit every womah who happens to be stout. So 'thid aqeeasory must be chosen with regard ta. the. tigure. One law which will apply to @I stout women_ g that the belt shall be narrow. A , equally important rule, Is that t shall"shateh in color the dress, of which I forms & part. It the girdle can be of the same material, so much the better, but X 1s fmpéfative that it be the same ocolor "}t satintuctory results are desired. 1 When separata skirt and waist form the one hour. Add seasoning and well-beaten yolk. Stir well and cool. When cold roll into balls. Dip in egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat. Rice may be used in a similar way. . C;vlor of Belts Increase or Decrease Apparent Waist Size tollet, then the color of the belt must be determined by the length of the walst. It a woman is short-walsted, the belt should match the walst worn, beoause this will give an extra inch in waist length, If, however, the wearer is long-waisted, the belt should ccrrespond to the eolor of the skirt, and thus bring the figure into better proportions. When the length above the waist line is greater In proportlan than it s from that point downward, a person will appear shorter than she really is. Thiy Is some- 4hing to be avolded, use a stout figure needs every fraction of helght. A dip to the belt In front—a style liked by many stout women—is now seldom seen. Only a few are stil loyal to it. The rounder line is, of course, more youthful looking, but there are some women on whom the straight around walst line does not look attractive. In this class are those who are inclined to be long in the back in proportion to the front. There are, of course, ways-of obtalning this without resorting toythe dip. For in- stance, when & narrow beit is to be out an inch or more wide, out a strip of paper that will slant from center back 10 the same point in front and lay, the upper edge close to the natural walst line. Supposing gthe strip has been fitted to the right side, remove and replace on the left’ side, first turning the strip upside down. It will then fit snugly into the waist line. Before, the belt would“lave given a Spread effect t> the figure, ~Despite this simple corrective hundreds of women adopt the unbecoming errangement. A belt could be cut at first to fit up- wards as described, but amateurs will fina it easler to plan mccording to directions given. They will also have an opportun. ity of viewing both effects and will not fail to see the difference. With the “spread- ing" belt the waist will appear to be at least three inches larger than when fitted with the belt placed in the opposite direc- tion. Another style of belt that is becoming to all stout figures when something = little more dressy than & narrow straight belt is desired, is & narrow crushed girdle. It is made from a strip four to five inches wide, according to material. If sheer goods Is used the latter width fs shirred in cemter back and sewed in- visibly to a strip of featherbone two inches COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE NEW YORK EVENING TELEGRAM (NEW ORK HERALD CB)) T one T SEEMS AERO- PLAIN-SAIING ~ BUT SUPPOSE | BUY A BI-PLANE, ‘The Boss of the Establishment BY AMERE MAN. “We're going down to see the games at the Crescent Athletic Club Saturday after- noon,” sald the Boss of the Bstablish- ment. He spoke with the finality of Fate! train announcers ‘and incautious husbands. “Are we?" his wife inquired in her meek- est accents. ““What for?" “I meant the Country Club, of course,” the Boss condescended to explain. “The fellow who asked me i a membeg and he was telling me what a great progfam they are going to have. There'll be a lacrosse game between the home team and one of the cracks of Canada—and there'll be a base ball gamel And in the evening there'll be a dance! He said he thought you'd enjoy it and I told him we wouldn't miss it for the world!” “It sounds perfectly lovely,” assented the lady. “Only"’—she hesitated—"Only!" ““There’s no ‘only’ about it!"” snapped the Boss, “I believe I mentioned that I had accepted the invitation,” he added frigidly. “Yes, dear, you sald that you bad.” (The second pronoun was strongly ac- cented.) “But how could you know that I would be free to g0? You hadn’t asked me. I would think you considered your- kelf a mind reader only your acceptance proves otherwise, because I've already made an engagement to go to a garden party Shturday afternoon.” “A garden party!” exclaimed the Boss incredulously. “A garden party!” “Yes, a garden party, and dinner and a barn dance afterward!” And realizing from the Boss' expression that to know the worst could not increase his woe, she added slowly: “In Hacken- " sald the Boss. “Go to— He sald it with so much emphasis that war signals hoisted themselves instantly in his wite's flaming cheeks and defiance blazed trom her previously peacetul eyes. “Don’t you dare swear st me!" she ex- claimed angrily. “Swear!” echoed the Boss fnnocently. “I never head the name of & peaceful Jer- sey community called an oath before! But if you think I've taken the name of Hack- SAY | TRy A TRI-PIANE T | RUN SOME RISK OF FAILING 7! “Rights Reserved. He Demonstrates How Easily a Wife May Be Managed. e e e, THE BOSS SPOKE WITH THE PINALITY OF FATE AND INCAUTIOUS HUSBANDS. | ensack in vain I apologize—humbly." ‘“You know perfectly well you didn't mean Hackensack!" his wife retorted. “Do you insinuate you thought I meant anything else?’ questioned the horritied Boss. ‘“You know you djar" The first step toward bending the Boss to her wishes, as his spouse well knew, was to put him in the wrong. Having him there, she hurried on to her advantage: “And whether you did or not, you ought not to talk to me that way, and you know it! ¥ don’t ask you to take me anywhere often, and now the one time when I do you want me to insult my own sister and brother-in-law by getting out of an in- vitation T have accepted—to go and sit all afternoon on & hard bench and pretend I'm having a good time watching & game I never could understand—and all the time freesing to death in an loy wind, and”— “Wait & minute! Just a minute!” inter- rupted the appalled 8. “This is the first time you've acKnowledged that it's I suppose,” he added, BY WALTER A. SINCLAIR. “Do you suppose the police will adopt Profeasor Munsterberg's psychological tests on suspects?” asked Friend Wite, “There’s no lmit to police brutality,” replied the Tised Business Man. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if they should take a suspect down into a dark cellar cell and have & couple of husky cops try—what did you call it? If the fellow made a bleat In court next day they could say that he tripped while going downstairs. “Sometimes they get the paychological results and sometimes they don't bring up anything but a man with & pair of ‘blue’ eyes. If we could have a college professor in every police station the results might be more uniform, but at present nothing but the copper's suit is uniform. Anyway, we can't affodd to pay college professors as much as detective leutenants, or they might get proud and commence buflding $10,000 houses on §2,000 palaries. “As 1 understand i, the ‘Prof.’ took ihree saplent, mot to say sappy, college girls, let each select a newspaper clipping sight unseen, let them read the contents and then by shooting fifty or less words at them discover what they had read. The psy—Oh, say it yourself'—the theory was that thelr minds would be so charged with the subject that when he mentioned & word used in the clipping each had read the girl would stuttér, turn red or jump like sha had been jabbed with a hatpin. Am I right? “Now, as 1 understasd it, they expect not with acrimony, ‘‘that by some mys- terious dispensation of Providence the same wind which will freeze you to death at a lacrosse game will become a balmy zephyr 4t a garden ‘party.” Now, the Boss' wife, as that personage 00 often realized—when it was too late— has acquired an intimate knowledge of his character and disposition which gave her a separate and distinct method to manage each of his moods. Once, in a burst of conjugal confidence, she had given a hint of her system of domestic management by saying: “When a husband’s mulish it's time to be meek and when he's meek it's time to be mulish—oh, no, dear, of course not with you—you are the sort of man any woman with any sense would try to manage!” Evidently she had decided that the mo- ment for meekness Kad arrived, “Why, no,” she said in ber softest man- ner, “if I had any idea that you wanted to g0 to & lacross game Saturday I would have told my folks we couldn't accept. As it is, they rather count on us. You see, I promised to help receive. But of course I can explain to them about your baving made a previous engagement and I feel sure they'll understand. I'll call them upn now."” The Boss' wife rose and walked With ostentatious cheerfulness to the telophone. “Stop!” cried the Boss in his most im- perious manner, ‘“Have you no decency, no consideration for anything but your own selfish pleasure? Do you think I am going to let you throw down your own folks b&cause you want to show off to & lot of society men that I have no use for? 1 should say not! You may have no regard for your folks' feelings, but I have! Say no more about it! We go to Haokensadk! Do you understand me?" “Yes dear,” she sald “It took me some little time before I | learned how to manage my wife,” #ald the Boss of the Establishment to the Con- firmed Married Man next day. “But I've gotten her so well trained now that she'll eat out of my hand and be grateful, too.” (Copyright, 1910, by the N. Y. Herald Co.) Tells Friend Wife Detectives Would Not Know Old 8i Chology. “BLEAT." to-use this method on suspects in plece of the old police sweating. Sort of supplant the third degree by the fourth dimension. But lsn't there a difference? It s gen- erally conceded that a girl cannot keep & seoret. “There! I knew you'd get mad! It's wonderful how chesty you women have be- come since the women of Norway have been given the balliot by the Odelsting. ‘Sting’ s good and expressive. Only re- member, the dames who wish to qualify for the franchise have to admit that they ing’ fellers weren't so foolish after all. “Pardon the digression. We were di cussing old Silas Chology. In the first place, I don't think thet the average de- tective—no, nor one In a thousand—would know ‘Psy’ If he was him comingup the street. He'd want to know If ‘Psy’ was a doormat sneak or & yegg. And, imagin- ing that he grasped the fundamentals— that's bad, eh?—of the Prof's theory and sat down fn front of a suspect and said ‘swag,' the crook would probably answer, ‘Quit yer kidding!’ “Still it opens great possibilities for the detecting trade. If mind readers could only make good on their claims there ought to be a great field for them, and I propose now that & bunch of good salaried jobs be created for journeyman mind readers who can scan & suspect's map and read the dark secrets hidden behind the need of & wash. About the first thing the new sleuth would say to excuse his faflure would be that the crook dian't have & mind worth reading. Of courss, Mayor Gaynor suggested that what New York's Detective Bureau needed was & few ‘singed cats,’ but I believe he was thinking of the Tam- many tiger, than which there is nu more singeder cat. Think of saying ‘snow’ to & United States senator and baving him swer ‘slush!’ " “Don't you think detectives use their heads?’ asked Friend Wife, “Not when hickory is as hard,” answered the Tired Business Man. @re over ¥ years of age I guess those /copyright, 1919, by the N. ¥. Herald Co,) \ Things You Want to Know —— FUEL FOR i RAILROADS | The International Rallway F tion, which meets in Chicago today, posed Of practical experts who are seeking to solve the problem presented by the ris- ing price of coal and the Increased de- mands upon the carrying facilities of the rallroad. The 60,00 rallway locomotive en- gines of the United States uso one-fourth of all the coal mined in the country each year, a consumption of 100,000,000 tons. The price of coal Is rising, and last year the raflroads pald an average of § a ton for all the fuel they used. The importance of economy In the matter of locomotive fuel supply may be lllustrated by the fact that the total expense amounts essentlally to a tax of one cent per day for each man, woman and child In the United States. Tho railroad must asscss the charges for fuel upon the traffic, and every person who uses anything which has pald freight contributes his zhare toward paging this enormous coal bill It is reccgnized by ihe experts that the locomiotive engine, on account of its phy- | sical restrictions, always must use more fuel in propertion to the power generated | than stationary engines. At the same time it Is recognized that a large part of the coal now used is wasted, not only in the process of burning, but in the preliminary process of storing and bandling. Govern- ment exports, basing thelr conclusions upon a long serles of practical tests of loco- motive englnes engaged In actual rallway service, declare that 20 per cent of the total fuel supplied to locomotive performs | no function in moving trains forward. It is 108t fn the Incidental leaks occasioned by starting fifes, maintenance of steam pres- sure while the locomotive is standing still, the fire remafning In the fire-box at the end of the run, ete. It is probable that a large part of this character of waste cannot be saved so long as the fuel Is used to generate direct steam power In locomotive engines. Only the electrifica- tior. of the rallways would save this loss. But the more serfous and practical loss in fuel is occasioned by the manner of loading it at the mine, transferring to storage, and loading it into the locomotive ténders. It is sald, on the authority of expert engineers, that the average cost of loading fuel on locomotives is 10 cents per ton, On the same high authority, backed by the esults of actual experi- ments, it has been proved possible by the use of modern methods and machinery to reduce this cost to two cents a ton. If this reduction could be applied to all the raliroads it would represent an annual sav- Ing of $8,000,000. The rallroads, especlally those systems which endeavor to apply the best modern thought to thelr problems of practical economy, aré engaged In installing new systems of fuel supply. It has been de- monstrated that a vast money saving can be rhade by organising the fuel depart- ment of a rallway system under o respon- sible head, provided with an efficlent staff of inspectors’ and backed by an accurate system of actéunts. The assoclation at Chicago Wil hear repo:ts of such system those actually in operation, such as that of the Sante ¥e system, and others pro- posed by experts. While it is manifestly to the Interest of the rallroads to save money by de ing their coal bill, it 18 also manifestly to the interest of the whole people of the country that the coal itself #hdll be saved. Every pound -of coal saved by a system of econ- omy which does not curtall the power gen- erated, 1s that much emergy conserved for the use of future generations. On account of this feature all of the agencies of the government interested in the work of con- servation of natural resources are assisting the rallway engipeers to solve the fuel supply problems. Practically every device invented for the improvement of locomotives bases its claim for recognition and consideration upon its direct or indirect ability to save fuel Every one recognizes that a small saving in the fuel supply of one locomotive amounts in the aggregate to an enormous sum. When any device can show that it will save a ton of coal a day it has made its best argument for recognition by the practical rallway man. It is to this end that all of the compounding systems and steam super-heating devices are being in- stalled. While the Inventors have done mueh, and will do more, in saving fuel after it has reached the engine, it remains for the raliroads to devise more adequate systems of saving coal between the mine and the thnder. Rallways usually purchase ‘‘run- Musings of a Gentle Cynic. Some men mneve: succesd because they only' expect opportunity to knock at the door during business hours. Too much sympathy is apt to spoll the under dog. Strangely enough the hack -writer can seldom afford to ride in one. Certainly where glue factories are con- cerned it doesn't take ten mills to make one scent. The peoples who blow their own horns are naturally the ones who come to blows. No woman really knows as much about herself as-other women know about ber. Dame Fortune is always willing to meet a man half way, but she won't run after him. It 1s doubtfui if even the flying machine will help us ta occupy our air casties. A woman is terribly disappointed if her husband doesn't make & fool of himselt after she has let him have his own way. A reckless chauffeur maketh s glad un- dertaker. Many & father does the plowing for his son's erop of wild oats. A man’s wife is his better half in theory only. In reality he is about one-tenth. The tall sometimes wags the dog; also the biggest part of many & fish is the tale. In spite of the fact that this s & rapld age, 0ld Father Time never axceeds the speed limit. You can wound some men's pride by of- fering. them money, and you can wound others by not. Despite the fact that money is supposed to be tilthy lucre. many & man has cleaned up & fortune—~New York Times. e e A Quick Respouse. A little girl who attends & county school has quite an idea of nobility, as was evi- denced by her reply to ber teacher. The class had been reading about the king's family, The teacher, wishing to inculcate the correct idea of royal descent, sald: “Now, children, if the king and the queen had & son, what would he Be?" “The jack,” was the quick response, of-mine” coal for locamotive use, because it is cheaper per ton and because it helps the mine to dispose of a product often otherwise unmarketable This grade of coal has a high percentage of slack, and requires a great deal of handiing. Bvery handling of the coal results in & breakage or erumbling of from 1 to § per cent. It has been proved that tho losses of coal In handling run from as low as 13 cents to as high as $ per ton handled, owing (o distance from the mine and the type of coal handiing appliances. The desirability of obtaining the type of coal handling de- vice which will cause the least possible crumbling, Is apparent. Of course, the cost of locomotive fuel s affected by the distance from the mine. The average cost of hauling locomotive coal & 3 mills por ton mile, which amounts to 3 cents for one ton for ten infles, or § for ono ton for 1,000 mifles. In his state- ment 18 to be found the reason why western rallroads, far removed from coal mines, but in easy access of ofl fields, havo come to use petroleum rather than coal for the purposes of locomotive fuel. Moro than 20,000,000 barrels of crude potroleum _is burned in railway locomotives annually. The, conservation experts are opposed, as a matter of national economy, to the use of crude petroleum as @ power of produc- ing fuel, except on the Pucitic coast, where tfansportation charges make the price of coal #o high. A concerted effort is now being made to solve the problems presented. in the loco- motive fuel supply question, This move- ment, however, is of comparatively recent origin. But one railroad system in the country has installed a*upiform system of accounting for its fuel. On the Santa ¥ system the fuel is under the control of a speciaily organized fuel department from the time it leaves the mine until it s put on the tender. Yet it {8 admitted that even this system s not yet complete, although it is more efficlent than any other In the country. But the department showed in the first year of its operation that it was ablo to save 100 times as much money as it cost to operate. It is necessary to say that it will prove a popular sucoess, The International Fuel assoelation, now meeting In Chicago is just one year old, its first meeting having been held one year ago. It has the record of belng the largest railway organization of its age ever in existence and it has attracted more atten- tion in this country and in Europe, both from raflway men and others than any other raflway organization. That it intends to attack the fuel problem in practical fashion 18 evident from the program of the meeting. Six papers have been prepared to be read and discussed. Their subjects indicate their practical value. The first Is entitled “Grade of Fuel Most Suitable for Locomotive Use, Considering Cost of Traffic and Best Interests of Pro- ducer.” This will be discussed by both raflway and cowl mining men. The titles of the nther paperg are: '‘Recommended Methods of Preparing Coal for Locomo- tives,” “Standard Uniform. Blanks for Re- porting All Items of Cost in Connection | With Fueling Stations and Handling Fuel, For All Types of Stations and Conditions,” “Accounting for Fuel Consumed, and In- dividual Records of Performances, ““Methods of Purchasing Fuel With Re- gard Both to Traffie Conditions and to Producers’ Intercsts and Relation Between Producer and Rallroad,” ‘Methods of Supervision, Instruction and Encourage- ment in Loccmotivé Operation to Secure Greatest Efficiency in Fuel Consumption.” As a result of this meeting it is expected that many rallways will inaugurate sys- tems which will permit of co-operation In fuel economy. Already new fueling sta- tions are being bullt, new coal handling devices are being erected, and a missionary campaign s being carried on among loco. motive crews In the interests of saving money and saving coal. Locomotive crews are being specially trained in the art of practical economy in firing and locometive handling that the greatest amount of power may be produced by the use of the least amount of coal. Crews thus speclally, trained are sent all over the country to teach the working crews the lesson of prac- tical economy. Now that the mines of the great raflroad men have been turned to- ward the solution of this problem, great things may be expeoted in the reports of the third annual meeting of the Interna: tional Fuel association one year hegce. BY FREDERIC J. XASKIN, Tomerrow—Bullding and Loan League. Daily Health Hint, When choosing cereals it a4 well to remember that wheat and oats turnish more useful fuel for the body than either rice or rye. Oatmeal Is particalarly rich in proteid, but it is better for winter than for summer consumption, She Was Sixer, Anyway. Meg and Dorothy were both 6, but Meg was & month the older. Recently very erious difficulties aroso between the lttie ladies over an extremely important matter, Meg was finally heard to put an end to the unfortunate controversy in these crushing words: “Well, I don’t care If your do!l I8 bigger than mine, Dorothy Brown. I'm sixer than you are, anyhow!" ¥ was speaking to him." “Perhaps he wasn't yawning, dear. He may have been only try {ng to say something”