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n TITE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 4, 1903. AMERICAN WOMEN AT D1NARD Fashionable, at Feet of the Bicb. from This Side tf Water, MABRIAGE OF MBS. DRUMMOUD Widow of Marshall Field Aeerpted altor Almost Before 8ho Knew It- Ecri Lena Thaa Week. 13SVOS, Oct. I. (Special.) Mn. Hughes Hallett, who before her marriage was Mies Emily von Schoenbrg of Philadelphia, was proclaimed on all aides the most beautiful woman at tanard this year, though Mrs, George Law also an American was a close rival. Most of the guests of the former woman at the magnificent entertainments she gave were Americans though Prince Henry -of Orleans, the Marquis of Anglesey and his mother, Lady - Alexander Paget have also been Included in her gatherings. It was Mrs. Hallett who introduced the richest marquis In England, Lord Anglesey, to that charming little French lady whom it Is said Is helping him to forget Princess Margaret of Connaught who has hitherto been his Inamorata, She was the belle of the ball when Mrs. Hallett gave her brll lla . lance and if report speaks truly, one pe days we will find then engage i. announced. Mr. and Mrs. Francis 1'' .ler who, like the hostess, are from. 1'liiladelphla, were staying with her for many of her festivities. The latter's gowns, which were the last word from Paris were the envy of all her own sex. A ball frock of White Venetian satin shim mered with diamond embrC'eries and the entire empire bodice was of precious stones. Mrs. George Law, who is one of the most prominent and beautiful Americans in Lon don society has also been wearlnr- wonder ful frocks at Dinard, where she was one of the prtncllal hostesses. She made a huge sensation one night In a golden satin frock on whlcH was emproldered in cut Jet a design which suggested snakes. Like an other compatriot of hers, Gladys Deacon, she never wears any jewels, not even a brooch nor a ring, having a strange super stition about gems to which she attributes powers of good or evil. A yasty Wedding. I saw a letter the other day in which Mrs. Maldwln Drummond, still better known as Mrs. Marshall Field, said that five days before her marriage she had no more Intention of marrying Maldwln Drum mond than of becoming queen of England. There was not a month In the life of Mrs. Marshall Field since she became a widow that she did not receive a proposal. She beat Mrs. Potter Palmer's record in that respect many times over. It vaa about the ninety-ninth time that Maldwln Drum mond had proposed to her when he found himself accepted, and through sheer fear that she might change her mind he dashed off to London and procured a special licenso and made all the arrangements be fore she could think of drawing back. Until he put the ring on her finger he was not sure that something might not trans pire to spoil his luck. Over and over again during her widow hood Mrs. Marshall Field, as she then was, had declared that she never meant to re marry. When at first her prospective hue bund suggested the secret marriage she satd she had not a frock suitable for the crpmony. But he soon overruled this objection, explaining that she could treat herself to the most exquisite trousseau ever jMirchased by mortal woman after the cere- ninny and that he would pay for it. This hi ruck the bride-elect as being a most novel notion fn more ways than one. Mr, and Mrs. Muldwln Drummond are miw looking out for a London house, two or three London scents having been asked t supnly them with lists of mansions In desirable quarters. They were anxious to acquire the house which the Drexels are vacating ttif'harlton House Terrace, but it appears Mrs. Potter Palmer has now secured It. Tho story goes that Mrs. Drummond's little il.nmhter Is cxtrvmely jealous of her mother's husband ami Is very perturbed at her renin rrlnve. S!ie Is only a tiny girl of 7 or 8 years, but nevertheless she resents a stepfather. .The two boys, however, tftke the matter oulte ph ilosnoohleally nnd ac cept t'e situation with srrace. Mystical Gladys Deacon. It whs announced curly In the season that Gladys Deacon was coming to London as the gut st of the duchess of Marlborough. For some reason the visit fell through. The fair Gladys, who is frightfully spoilt, never bo relied upon in regard to her promises, though In the present case It was tho duchess who was responsible for hr homippeariuice, as ostensibly owing to mourning and the Illness of Lord Ivor Churchill site did not entertain at all at Hunderland house this year. Many hearts here beat quickly at the name of the beautiful Gladys who, In spite of all the American debutantes who have come and gone since last we met her, still holds a place that will never be filled In the souls of some of her would-be suitors. A smart man about town said to me the other day when he heard of her advent. "There Is something about that ghi that la mystical. She has a witchery and tungni'tisiu which are irrealatlhle. On. ran Imagine her charm only in a Cleopatra or that wonderful Christina, the spinster cueen of Sweden. Personally," he added, "I don't believe she will ever marry unless she gets a crown prince or some one of thxT Ilk." Lord Herbert Vane Tempest, who has great eye for beauty and whom rumor has It is bent on marrying Margaretta DrexeL was at one time grestly enamored of Gladys Daeon. He remained quite true to her memory until he met the lovely .Margaretta. Another of her devoted ad mirers was Lord DMmeny, Ixird Rosebery Oder son. who Is still a bachelor. Lady Herbert t Popular. Ijidy (Michael) Herbert is far mora popular In 'London than her sister, Mrs. Ogden Goelet, as she has none of the re serve of Tli at lady. No one Is more un approachable than Mrs. Goelet, while Lady Herbert la as simple and friendly as pos sible. In speaking of her her friends say "she is before all things an American," having the free and oaay unconventional manners which the old country people al ways expect from those who hall from the United States. Her boys are again settled at Eton and later they ,are to go to Cambridge. If re port speaks truly, she means to do a good deal of entertaining In town in the near future, an announcement which is wel comed on all sides, more especially among her own compatriots. She wore her mourn ing longer than any smart widow I know, and It was of the most severe and heavy style. For some time past she has quite discarded It, though she still favors neutral tints and sombre lines, (the Is still an ex tremely attractive woman. While In Europe she always has the best of good times. In London, especially, she goes Into society a great deal, for the American I widow with a fortune Is rpgarded as the WOMEN GIVE MJDEL SCHOOL Americans Provide English Children with Instruction. ' COUNTRY ESTATE FOR TENANTS Widow and Stepdaasjh ter of British Banker Cnt It lp Into Small Tracts for rhllaa tbropy. LONDON, Oct. L (Special.) Two Amer- Iran mvn.n ova aa.Mnv Pnol.nil an AV- most desirable of acquaintances. Far more i , . . . .v.. u .w- .v.. ,in ! ample In the reform of the village school. They are Mrs. Victoria Woodhull Martin Is she sought after than the , American heiress, the latter having all the limita tions which surround the girl, the chief disadvantage being the fact that she must bring a chaperon. This is a trial for would-be hostesses, meaning as it does an extra woman when the sex Is already so numerous. Lady Herbert Is booked for a visit to Floors castle, where she always spends a few weeks etich autumn with her niece, the duchess of Roxburghn. LADY MART. ENGLISH ' LAWYER'S FUTURE Ilafns Isaacs from First Place at tbe Bar May Become Lord Chancellor. LONDON, Oct., 8. (Special) So rapid and steady has been the rise in recent years of Rufua Isaacs, K. C, M, P., that it Is no said' In well Informed circles that he is in receipt of the largest Income in the history of the English bar. Cer tainly he is one of the ablest and at the same time the hardest worker of the bril liant councils of the day and being a member of Parliament and a favor of the powers-that-be in politics It la confidently predicted that he will some day, In not very distant future, become Lord Chancellor of England, the first Jew to occupy that exalted position. Americans will perhaps remember that it was Isaacs who successfully prosecuted Whlttaker Wright, the greatest "fren sied finance" expert that ever operated In England, who fled to the United States when his varlofls flotations began to collapse and after a vain attempt to resist extradition, threw up the sponge and re turned to London to stand bis trial. The burly financier had so many peers and younger sons of eminent families Involved with him that he was sure of acquittal and it was the unruffled incisive cross-examination of Rufus Isaacs that broke down his defense and sealed his doom. And It was within a few feet of Isaacs that Wright drank poison and died from its effect rather than spend the Comparatively short term to which he had been sentenced In prison. In the Wright trial Isaacs showed won derful mastery of the Intricate figures and that samo mastery has always been one of the outstanding features of his mental make-up. It has made him al-. most indlspenslble to the large business houses of England in case of litigation and It Is seldom that any Important Case comes to trial In these days thar the bii' llant Jewish advocate is not engaged. lie is in such great demand that solicitors, with enormous retaining fees in their hands, are constantly turned away from his office. To keep pace with his practice Isaacs gets up at trVe- o'clock lh ' the morning and perusues his briefs for the day.. He Is blest with an extraordinary and although he may be engaged In half-a-doxen different cases It the same time he seldom, if ever, makes use of notes, trusting confidently to his memory for figures, dates, names and facts. But large as is his practice Isaacs finds time to attend to his Parlimentary duties also and he misses few sessions of the House of Commons. He is a fine speaker, at times even rising to brilliancy and is In demand as an orator especially In and about Reading, where his contituency Is located. Undoubtedly one of the most Interesting cases In, which Fufus Isaacs ever ap peared was the recent trial of "Bob" Blever, proprietor of "The Winning Tost," and a popular English racing man, who was ac cused of blackmail by J. B. Joel, a nephew of the late Barney Barnato and a million aire many times over. Siever was freed aft-r a masterly summing up by Isaacs who was subsequently made a popular hero by the man in the street. Isaacs was bora in 1S60 In the city of London, the son of a well-to-do merchant. He was Educated at Brussels, Hanover, and the University College School, in Lon don, and was about to enter Cambridge at me express wisn or his parents when he ran away to sea. A single trip to Rio do Janeiro, however, cured him of his wander lust and he came back to London and joined the Stock Exchange, Meanwhile he spent his evenings In studying for the law and In 18S7 was called to the bar In the Middle Temple. Eleven years later he took silk and Immediately Jumped to the front ranks of bis associates. Today he lives In a beautiful house in Parte Lane. London's Millionaires' Row, and can afford to turn up his nose at anything leas than $10,000 in me way or a retainer and 11,000 as a aauy "refresher." Insomnia and Alarm Clock. The patient complained of insomnia. ou must tret an alarm clock at once said the physician. The patient stared. I mean It. What time do you waken uciurtuy m ma nignir "Two o'clock latelv." Set the alarm for fifteen minutes before X. As soon as It strikes, get up, dress for the day and take a walk of not less than two miles. Do not go to bed aguln that day under any circumstances, nor take a V' 'vni Bluing in your cnair. The next night set the alarm at 2:46. IUU will BleeD until It wakena von walk" k'01"8' BnJ take another two-mile Mh,e third night you can venture to set your alarm at 3. Repeat the walk If you are not cured by that time you will be a more difficult case than I have had here tofore; but If the habit of lying awake Is not broken, begin back at 2 o'clock again and repeat. "Another sure cure for Insomnia Is slttina up with the sick. Just bind yourself to sit up all night with some good, strong invalid, and if you are not permanently healed come back here and I will not charge t v i, T anoiuer prescriptljn. Advertise In The Bee, the paper that goes into the homes of the best people. Commendation or condemnation of your goods may depend upon the character of your printed matter A. L Root, bnranhd, 1.10-1212 Howora Straw. Osasha and her daughter. Miss Zula Maud Wood bull. Mrs. Martin Is better known In America as Victoria Woodhull, under which name che made a. great fight half a cen tury ago for the vote for women. It will be remembered that she was the only woman who was ever nominated for the presidency of the United States. Victoria Woodhull and her daughter are teaching England a lesson on their beauti ful estata at Norton park. In Worcester shire. This estate is now the properly of Miss WoodhulU having been left to her by John Blddulph Martin, the millionaire banker, who married Victoria Woodhull nearly thirty years ago. The Martin family have been large land owners In that part of Worcestershire for many generations. Some years ago Miss Woodhull and her mother gave to the county the school at Bredon's Norton, the village which nestles at the foot of Bredon hill, on which Nor ton park stands. They turned it over to the county education committee and for years it was run in the bad old way In which most of the village schools in Eng land are still run. The children were au?ht little, the teacher was underpaid and overworked and the sanitary condl tlons were such that they are best left undescrlbed. It Is enough to say that In most of the Elngllsh villages today the physique of the school children is much Inferior to that of the school children of the towns. Two Women's Work. About a year ago Victoria Woodhull and Miss Woodhull paid a Visit to the school and were shocked with the condition of things which they found there. The chll dren were dirty and ur.cared for. They were evidently profiting not at all by the teaching such as it was and It was also evident that their health was suffering The two women at once put themselves In communcatlon with the county educa tion authorities and placed a plan of re form before them. Victoria Woodhull pro posed that the klnderKarte system of teaching should be engaged and that the children be regularly inspected by ( med ical man. Sho offered to bear any extra expense which might be entailed by these reforms, but the education committee stood on Its dignity and declared that whajt was good enough for the rest of Worcestershire was . good enough for Bredon's Norton. Their reply to the 'sug gestion that the kindergarten method should be Introduced was that they had never heard of a teacher named Froebel," and that they did not propose to Intro duce any new and untried method of teaching In .Worcestershire. It Vasn't the American way to take a rebuff like this and the demand for re form was pressed. Finally, the education committee' told the two women that If they, didn't like the way the school was being run they could take It and run it themselves. They seised' the chance of setting an example for ' other village schools, and today Bredon's Norton has the distinction of having what Is without doubt the best equipped Village school In England. New Teachers Replace Old. Thefirst step was to clean up the build ing, which had been allowed to fall Into a seml-rulnous condition, and to replace the old village teacher by two trained kinder garteners from the best training college In London. In fact, the two young women wbo are teaching the children of the Wor cestershire peasants In Bredon's Norton have received exactly the same training as the governrss who Is educating the little children of the prince and princess of Wales, England's future kin? and queen Every applHnce that could be thought of to make leaching easier and learning pleas anter for the children has been supplied. They march and dance to the strains of a high class auto piano, the teacher thus be ing free to devote nil her attention to tho marching and dancing, and they listen to Tetrarzlnj, Melba and other great artistes as Interpreted by the best graphaphone that money can buy. A doctor examines them once a week and any defect of vision or Incipient Ill ness Is at once noted and attended to. One result is that children who under the old school methods were classed as dunces have developed Into model pupils, because the eye weakness wblch caused their ap parent dullness has been discovered and remedied. The walls of the school are covered with good pictures and arrange ments are being made to bring lecturers down from London to talk to the children and to illustrate their talks by magic lan tern exhibitions. A beginning has been made already in the" lecture course. Last winter one of the teachers of the village school made a trip to Rome and since her return she has been able to take the child ren over the ground she traveled with the aid of photographs and magic lantern Slides. Practical teaching la . not forgotten In the Bredon's Norton school. Most of the children are the sons and daughters of farm laborers and their lot In life will be cast on the farms. There Is a garden at lachrd to the school and the children re ceive regular lessons In gardening and In the lighter kinds of farming. The girls are taught butter making and the care of poultry. Nature study la the excuse for delightful rambles In the woods and fields To Extend Scope of School. Miss Woodhull and her mother are plan ning now to extend the scope of the school Plans have been drawn for a new building which will serve as a village hall' as well as a school room and which will accom modate the children from four or five vil lages within a radius of fivo or six miles A motor omnibus will collect them from these villages a the morning and take them home again after school. The most surprising thing of all Is that the Worcestershire county councillors are fast becoming converted to the new state of things. One after another they are In forming Mrs. Martin that they are aston ished at the progress the Bredon's Norton children are making and that they ar sorry they did not accept her suggestions at first They are even talking about tak ing Bredon's Norton aa a model for the rest of the county. And it is no wonder that they have been converted. A year ago the children were ragged, dirty and ig norant. Today they are clad In neat school uniforms, clean and Intelligent. They can scarcely be recognised as the samo children. The progress that they have made Is a standing contradiction to tbe statement, too often made, that little can be done to Improve the standard of Intelligence among the English agricul tural laborers. It seems to, be only a ques tion of catching them youna- enough. Estate to Bo Divided. Tbe Yillitgo. school la only a part of the Don't fall to the new fall stock of Lace Curtains It will pay you. M tewart 413-1G-17 So. lGtti Street. We are showing an Immense, stock of Fall Stylos In Repp Portieres witli oriental bor ders at special price, pair. S4.B3. Dining Ro'om- Furniture The best offering of Dining Room Furniture Ave have made will be one of the special features at our store this week. Several car loads of Buffets, China Cabinets and Dining Tables have arrived and are now on our floor awaiting your inspection. You are offered' your choice of woods and their various finishes at such wide range of price that no one need leave our store disappointed A visit to our Dining Room Furniture Floor will convince vou. We are exclusive Omaha and Tiolnlty Afsnta for the Vulcan G&s Ranges and Heaters the klndthat saves gas and the only odor less ranges and heat ers made. Get a McDougall Kitchen Cabinet saves half your time, everything handy, makes work a pleas ure. We have them at all prices. China Cabinets Quarter-sawed oak, bent glass end china cabinet! price -$12.25 Quarter-sawed oak china cabinet with bent glass ends, mirror' top, price... .'. .$18.00 Trlpple swell front china cabinet,- one mirror ' In top shelf, finely polished, the price will be . . $22.00 Others In all the different woods, from $75 down to $12.25 Dining Tables American, quarter-sawed oak, 6-ft. extension tabl forty-two Inches In diameter, pedestal center, price $15.00 Eight foot table, 4 8-inch diameter, pedestal center, claw foot, price $19.00 Eight foot 54-inch table, finely polished, , heavy claw foo, large pedestal, moulded rim, price $30.00 Other tables la all their different woods. Buffets Quarter-sawed oak buffet, shaped mirror top, partition drawer, two doors, price. $24.00 Quarter-sawed and polished oak, mission ef fect, buffet, two small drawers, 1 drawer lined, 1 linen drawer and 2 cupboards, price $27.00 Other buffets in Early English, fumed oak, weathered oak and mahogany, from $100 down to $27.50 IL, I M O L E HJ IVS SALE i . . . . . ' We find ourselves greatly overstocked irt both printed and inlaid Linoleum, and have decided to sacrifice the entire stock to reducevit to normal. xThese are' new Fall patterns and not short lengths which are usually advertised at bargain prices. You will find the choicest styles' of this season's production. This sale will run three days only, via.: Mondavi Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Note the prices we herewith quote: We can sell you Bissells Grand , Rapids Carpet Sweeper for $2.50. 50c Printed Linoleum, sq. yard 29c 60c Printed Linoleum, sq. yard 39c 70c Printed Linoleum, sq. yard 49c 80c Printed Linoleum, 12 feet wide, per sq. yard 59 C $1.10 Inlaid Linoleum, sq. yd. .G5c $1.50 Inlaid Linoleum, sq. yd $1.00 $1.65 Inlaid Linoleum, sq. yd $1.10 Remnant Inlaid Linoleum, best quality, square yard '. . .50c Last week of tlie great sale of OBIZ2TTAX KUOB. Don't miss the chance to get a real OBIEHTAX BVO at about one-half regular price. work 'victoria Woodhull and her daughter are carrying out at Norton park. The old manor house has been turned Into a woman's agricultural club .and training school, where a couple of score of women ars studying. The eBtate of 5.000 acres Is being Bpllt up Into small holdings ranging In slz? from fifjeen to forty acres, which will be let to men who are competent to make the most of the land and to apply the discoveries of modern science to Its cultivation. Their aim Is to make Norton park tho center of a great educational movement which will help to regenerate England, and their hope is that other English land owners will follow In their footsteps. "We wish to revive the old motto Noblesse oblige,' " said Victoria Woodhull to the writer. "The great families of England have duties which they have for gotten. Their Hves are given up to the pursuit of pleasure and they never give a thought to flie welfare of the thousands of human beings for whom they are re sponsible. "I find that our neighbors are watching our experiments with the keenest inter est and many of them would like to fol low onr example. Rome of them are afraid that we are going too far and any that they cannot follow us. There Is not one who could not do the same If they would only give up a little of the useless luxury by which they are now surrounded and fettered." Miss Woodhull has a large estate In South Carolina, where she will probably repeat the object lesson she is now teach ing In England, as soon as her work in England is so far advanced that it will not require her undivided attention. JOHN B. STEELE. SHARK FISHING OFF HONOLULU Klther Hook or Harpoon I'sed and Monsters Often Taught Near the titaore. i "One of Honolulu's most exciting pas times is shark fishing," said George T Wilson, a planter of Honolulu. "Lame sharks abound off Honolulu har bor and fishermen may usually couivt on hrin.inar hm-lc one or two sea sonsters from eight to fourteen feet long bv goln three or four miles from shore. The flsli may either be harcooned or booked, the latter method bcln the easier. The har pooning Is more dangerous and more dif ficult. "The shark fishers need a imall launch, a dead horse, some harpoons or hooks and some large calibre rifles. The horse is sometimes killed a dav or two before the expedition, as sharks are supposed to like their horse meat 'high.' The horse is tied at the end of a rope and left to float about sixty feet away from the launch and then the wait for the sharks begins. "A shark will usually show up in a very short time. At a distance of sixty feet he Is a long green object of indefinite out lines. He approaches the dead horse slowly until a few feet awav and then veers off to one side and disappears, nut he always returns. Over and over again, sometimes for m hour, he will circle about the dead srjmal, seeming to be as suspicious aa any fox. While the shark is making these re peated investigations the bait Is slowly drawn toward the boat. Wnen harpooning is to be done the bait Is drawn gradually closer until the shark comes rlxht up to the boat. Then the harpoon Is plunged into him and the battle betclna He gets ex hausted by and by and then the rifles come into play. "The sharks are more easily hooked than harpooned. Many tourista who coma to Honolulu get up shark-fishing parties." Washington Herald, BEST REACHED ISlillliiJl!!) FRO It! DALLAS Dallas and Gregory, S. D., are reached only by the Chicago CBt, North Western Railway. They are the only towns on the reservation border. Dallas and Gregory are the main registering points. President Roosevelt has designated Dallas for the final drawing October 19, 1908. ? ROSEBUD X j MINN. ifc, Reservation )$ JM NE MILLION y Ol ..Jf $ "RES I oV ' vtN W 'ZJ&Q W I 5 C 0 N S Mgl : land pa, J ( Iffi HasK", 5sricrT iowa c ill. The Chicago & North Western Ry. is the only all-rail route to the reservation A million aa es of fertile agricultural and grazing land in the great Missouri Valley Corn Belt is to be opened to Homesteaders October 5 to 17, 1908. This big tract is known as Tripp County, South Dakota. The Rosebud Agency lands adjoining were opened four years ago, since which they have yielded bountiful harvests and have grown rapidly in value. Entry can be made at Dallas or Gregory, S. D., or application may be forwarded from O'Neill or Valentine, Neb. Dallas and Gregory are the main registering points. For- information about how to get a homestead with -details regarding rates, train schedules, etc., apply to CITY TICKET OFFICE HWT77 1401-1403 Farnam St., OMAHA The largest line of Fall and Winter Woolens ever brought to Omaha is now on display at ( Guckcri McDonald's 317 'South Fifteenth Street. aaXaSssESSZai The Ebb for Rll the Sporting Nbws 0 N2Ar The Twentieth Century Farmer Qoea t tk lit lusk Xaav,