y ;- S tD CLOtm, XBIMMUL tiBkKT im-mMl ii jPaa&38fi3ifckHBF8iial insIfcSSl 9 , pununuM THIS OFFICE is, thig season, in a position to handle the Christmas gift card business that has hereto fore gone to the cities, 'Our stock of cards has just arrived and we will be pleased to show you the beautiful assortment of engraved, embossed, hand tint ed cards from some of the best gift card manufacturers in the world. The Successful Business Man in recent years never fails to remember his patrons at Christmas time with an appropriate card. Pedple have become to expect it, and it is a very inexpensive way of extending the season's greetings, proving to the customer that his business dealings with you have been appreciated and causing him to remember you when he needs any thing in the line you carry. Call at our office and let us talk it over. THE RED CLOUD CHIEF nnmiBiiiini All Things We Believe That MAITLAND COAL Is as cheap if not cheaper, than any other kind ol fuel. If you are not using MAITLAND try some of ours the next time you order. Piatt cfr Frees uaiMairaiiiia Have your envelopes and letter heads printed on HAMMERMILL RIPPLE BOND. Ui ''19 W m You'll get somewhere with a pipe and Po AJ Start fresh all over again at the beginning! Get a pipe! and forget every smoke experience you ever had that spilled the beans! Fora jimmy pipe, packed Prlnea Albert Is o Id in loppy red dacj, t'dy red tins, tiatultcme pounj and lia'J no i. rid tin "''humidor undinth pound try 'l class humijnr with tpens moistencr .1 , Copyrljlit 1021 V ly A. J. K.ynolJ. - TcbattoTo:-' WVnton-SU.w, n,C. , J ligXHHHBSiBKIEa F erctoant Christmas Greeting Cards W 83 ilffillMIBUUM a Considered brimtul with Prince Albert, will trim any degree of smokejoy you ever registered! It's a revelation! Put a pin in here! Prince Albert can't bite your tongue or parch your throat. Both are cut out by our ' exclusive patented process. So, just pass up any old idea you may have stored away that you can't smoke a pipe ! We tell you that you can and just.have the time of your life on every fire-up if you play Prince Albert for packing! . ,',." ,,.'". , ,Uim y What P. A. hands you in a pipe it wilJL'duplicatd in a home-made cigarette! Gee but you'll' have a lot of fun rolling 'em with Prince Albert; and, it's a cinch because P. A. is crimp cut and stays put! prince Albert -; rr1 IK. I. L.'S ENTERTAIN m i t A. it t t? On Tuesday evening the I). I. L's entertained the. Chapter Y, P. E. O.in the Mnsonij Hall, in grand style. The hall was a bower of yellow and white chrysanthemums, tho.se being tho!E.O. coloi-8. A sumptuous ban- iiuub supper wa tsurvuu iuiu cuwiu- I tions were given as favors. J.X, U1U CIUSU Ol IIII3 UUIllJUUb MIU B. I. li's put on a very clever P. E. O. initiation ?) The women wero 're quested to leave the room for a short time, and on their return, they found the men dressed in full feminine rc- galia, very beautiful and attractive, indeed. Master Stncc Morhart, Alias, Miss1 Shorty, became an immediate candidate for initiation. After much merriment with these ceremonies, the ladies were nain requested to absent themselves from the room, and when they again appeared, a carnival was in full progress. They found every thing for their amusement from drink ing pink lemonade to fortune-telling. Thus being buoyed up with the hnppy events of the evening they all arrived safely home, the affair being a great success from start to finish. Com mercial Advertiser. The presen tfltlon of "Chasing Sally" by W Ii. Pat ton's company last Sun dny night hi the Hesse Auditorium, although poorly attended, was vory amusing uinl gave uctiernl satisfaction The play is a vervamuing sketch and the oust, consist Inij of four gentlemen and tlnee Indies, bundle! Its presenta tion sp endldlv, The story la of the iimmI "i iuh mu!lu" who plays such a prominent purl In mutiy pieccB of fic tion and in this pnrtiutilur case bo hud a mania for proposing to women. Ho encountered throe ladies who wore at. tine'ed by his wealth uiii all accepted him The (ompllcations resulting from such an arrangement wore left for his attorney to itdju-t, making a plot in which ninny comloul situations worn MiigHil When the mix-up bo euniH too tntiuh for the attorney, the unco handled them himself and every lioilv "iio' mart led mill lived happily ever al't-rw-ud." just us all nice stoi les end The Willing Wife. Any marr'od woman Is ready to pra Ice economy If her lijisbnnd can affn-l to pay for the experiment. Llfi HIDES N. 1 Salt Cured 7c Ht. 2 Salt Cured 6c FURS Muskrate ISc .to $1.20 Skunks 28 to 93.50 BEATRICE HYDE CO. BEATRICE, NEBR. Qr.W.H.Mc Bride DENTIST ii'I-:U ! v I'K HANK Kl CI mil Nebraska i 1 1 1 , The D'rcc of Honor mot Tuesday evening at tlio 1. 0.0. I-'. hull and thei ,H ,. , ,. .... WM ,l '"W hU.ikIico One emllcliitp initiated And a p oginui whs jlvi n for the good of the order There nl-o n grub ntu from which muli innm bl00 iolVrM, ll8 Ij(1iuh W()S mtvim! by tin; fifth division. III pitbllHhlug I ho awards of the UpiI Cloud Farmer IiiHiitiiie It wun oinU'ed tlmt Mrs. A An old of Inuvalo drew t.wn lira' 8 and urn secon i prize on S. C Ithndo Island It-ds mid .1. O. Hut'i r drew one that tin Ii C. Rhode hlnini Iteds " ADout Clotures. Nearly all hou-sen have too many pictures. And yet, paradoxical as It may seem, the Introduction iif a new pcnre ijty ntifl then Is an excellent plan. What Is needed nu drastic pnmlng In most homes, in which pic tures that have no real merit arc sent to the limbo of the nttlc, while new and worth while studies In color or black and white are hung on the walls to give n new Interest nnd a new beauty. Candles on Birthday Cakes. The custom of placing candles on a birthday enkt one for each year comes from (icrmany. The (Germans placed a thick one In the center, called Lehensllcht, the Unlit of life. Only he or Mie who declares his or her birth day may put out' the lllit of life; It Is unlucky if done by itny other member of the family. The lights nre symbols nf life and Its portion the years. For persons advanced in years one candle must do duty, as otherwise too many would lie reoulred. Steel Derrick at Oil Wells. Excepting one, every oil Held In the world Is equipped with wooden der ricks. This exception is at the com paratively new Ileitis of Trinidad, where the white ants and lnk-eet of similar appetite will quickly devour iinythiuu hi the way of a piece of tim ber. Derricks of lumber, o.-peclally pint, are Hterallv eaten up in a cry short time. In this event it hits been found necessary to make use of steel, and the many great advantages of this construction Is likely to encourage the u.se of derricks of metal In other Ileitis. Ucc for Clocks. The small, worn-out eioek can bo useful hi the sickroom if the face Is still Intact. Alter a dose of medicine Is nlveii the hands should be turned to denote the time when the next one Is due. ssBS30juem9c 'VAMPS" WHO MADE HISTORY By JAMES C. YOUNG. ( by McCluro Newspaper Syndlcute.) THE WORST WOMAN OF 'ROME. IT IS dIMlcult to read Roman history without a shudder nt the cruelty of Its emperors, but we may well add an other shudder for tlint nt Its empress es. The worst woman Rome ever knew was Messitllnn Valeria, the wife of Claudius. This Claudius lacked character, lacked Intelligence, lacked everything (Vhcn he came to the thrpin,' In the early days of the Chris tian era It was' a woman who really ruled, and that woman was Mebsallna. She fcceuis to have had little consider, ation for Claudius, anil did as she pleased, boldly. Her exec-fees shucked even Roman society, which had fallen away front the stern days when the Roman lived austerely, and had en tered upon all the soft ways of the EasrT Women were afraid to attend a banquet whore Messalinn was pros out unleus their husbands bo snatched away from them, If they caught her fancy. And It was whispered that many men whom she favored in the evening were murdered in the morn ing, like the wives of the famous Uaroun-al-Riisclihl In the Arabian Nights. Mcssulhm's taste varied from the first men in the btate to tin; lowest. A slave, a gladiator, a trainer of ani mals for the arena, might catch her eye and he raised to sudden greatness, loaded with gold, handsomely housed and plied with rare wines. Then, In a few days, they disappeared, none knew where. At last Mcssallna's heart turned to C. Slllus, whom Juvcnnl tells us wns "a young noble of great beauty." Rut the heart -of Slllun chanced to belong .to another woman, his wife, and the wife opposed .Messalinn by all the wiles nt her command. In Mrst one way, then another, she frustrated her. When Slllus was sent for he had gone mvajv and when ho returned bhe for got the iiiexMtgo, The rage of .Messalinn may be Im agined, and this opposition also put a higher price upon Slllus. Claudius determined upon a trip to Ostla. leav ing Messallna in Rome. Here was her opportunity. She took It, com pelling Slllus to divorce his wife, which merely required the writing of n letter In Rome, saying that the hus band dlmisscd the woman. Then Mes snllnn publicly went, through the ccjre. ntony of mnrrlngo wit Slllus, although sho already was married to the em peror. When Claudius heard of these events he exclaimed, "Am I still emperor?" fearing that Messallna had overthrown hlin. Rut her thoughts hnd been of things other than power, and Clnudlus wns assured that ho still wore tho pur ple. Messnllna stalled for Ostla to periiuudo him, nnd might have succeed-. QlUMd not one of Claudius' frccdmen rdeio" herMiCKPCutlon, ..wlUcji took .VlrJ&LhA fl A Ti An MIXED IDENTITY By NINA G. RAMSAY. KiyOOOJ3VKOXsOOOKOV ( by llcCluro Newspaper Syndicate.) "U. S. S. Birmingham. "Lisbon, Portugal. "Dearest Dolly: "I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am again to be writing you guess 1 acted like a end about Ted Corllng but at the same Hum you must admit, "ltl(J Slrl, Unit you gave tuu some iuuou iui iiiiKi-i. i-ruiii, inn i c vuu It quits? And as for" The letter Muttered from Molly's tin kers. Who In the world was writing to her like this? Why, bhe had never hail a sweetheart In all her lonely life, and out of a blear blue sky this. She flushed guiltily lis she thought of the "llttleglrl,'' and hurriedly picking up the scattered sheets, finished reading. The rest of the letter was Ulled with thrilling tales of travel, bits of humor ous adventure, and between the lines a man's yearning for home and Mhls" girl. It was signed "Monty." Molly's life had been singularly un eventful as far as men were con cerned. Ever since she could remem ber she had lived with her mother us her only companion the mother whose soul nnd mind were burled deep In a past of which she never spoke. The day the letter was received she had been, for her, unusually blue nnd lonely. She could not help feeling In her secret heart that the letter could not possibly be for her, and yet It was rather nice to be called "dear" Molly hastily snatched up the en velope, and as she scanned It n sec ond time the smile died from her face: "To Miss Dolly Roberts, Sargent School, Cambridge, Muss." she read. So that was It 1 She had frequently been confused with Dolly Roberts be cause of the similarity of their names, although they were as different as night and day. Pretty, frivolous, flckle Dolly why, -the whole school was talking about her now for eloping quite dramatically a week ago! Yes, and the man'fi name had been Cur ling! She sat quite still. A daring thought had entered her mind ; this Monty was u safe distance uway, Dolly was cer tainly beyond caring school would oe closing now In n week nnd Molly coultl sent! him her summer address. Who would be the wiser If sho wrote to i Monty, pretending she was Dolly? She could typewrite her letters, so thut Monty would not suspect; he was too far away to hear of Dolly's latest ca- piice. Molly, at this moment, wns far ( cape the force of .its own logic now. from the placid being her schoolmntes ( Tjlfc situation has accordingly pro thought her. ' duced an unusual number of people The plan was carried through with- ho arc out of forts wUh botl, oltl out a slip. Molly wrote one of her I .. . . . ,,ii.i. . Inlmltnble letters-clever, humorous I That makes an excellent op .and sensible. An answer came In iPortumty for a new party. If tne time, then letters Mew back and forth new movement is efficiently managed, all summer and fall. i it will 'bo a vital factor in next year's Thus matters stood until one crisp political proceedings, morning In early December. As Molly i Nine ont of ten Democrats are dis- was leaving the school building, a tele gram was put Into her hands, and with a sinking sensation in her breast, site tore open the envelope. Tho words stnijcd up at her through a blur: "Meet me on '2 :."." train today. Must see j ou Monty." Molly stood dazed; her Utile world was crumbling about her feel As the hour approached, Molly's sensitive soul shrank from the task, hut somehow she found herself at the station, waiting with a heavy heart to break her poor bubble Into n thousand crystals. The train rumbled into the station, the great gates swung open, and a throng streamed through. Molly, sick with misery, turned away and leaned despairingly against the Iron gate. Suddenly she was startled by a touch on her arm, and a deep voice said tt hit unsteadily: "Molly, you were so gootl to come." 9 In her distress she did not notice that he called her "Molly;" she did not oen stop to wonder how hu ki.ew her. She had only an Instant's Im presiion of a tanned, rather good looking face, and earnest, smiling eyes, then "Oh," bhe cried, "you it's all a hor rible mistake 1 lied to you. I opened our letter to Dolly by mistake and I was lonely, and " The pitiful recital ended In what sounded suspiciously like a sob, ami the tall young man In the ensign's uni form patted her shoulder clumsily. "There, now," he soothed gently. "1 knew all the time and I'm glad Dolly did clone, because now I have vmi." Indignant h Molly shook off his haul, and demanded warmly : "You knew V" "Well, you see." explained the young man genially, "when I received your first letter I knew that somebody quite different from Dolly had written It. 1 inndo guarded Inquiries of my sister, Peg, a senior at Sargent, nnd she told me about Molly Rohblns, who wns al ways being confused with Dolly Rob ert.4!. It sounded reasonable 'anil so well, I've been busy falling In love wili you ever since. Why, I know you tho minute I stepped through the gates." Molly's opposition was fast dimin ishing. Sho allowed herself to be led to tho street, but once there sho stopped suddenly. "Wo hnven't been properly Intro, duced," she declared,' primly, "I don't really know you." tVJint you dwVknoy,',bc1ii the young mntt'-rifngnlBcehtlto "wc tflfinlfi tn1 "won't NOT LAUGHING NOW Some months ago, When leaders in the movement for a new political deal in Nebraska, announced that an en tirely new parly would be organized to lead the fight in 1922, the an nouncement was received with a horse-laugh by the big fellows in tho Democratic nnd Republican leader ship. But they ere not laughing now. They are decidcly serious, now that all plans for legally organizing the new party have been perfected. Con ditions arc favorable for a new party movement and it cannot bo laughed down. In all the history of Nebras ka there was never a state adminis tration bo low in public esteem as tho present administration. Tho leaders in the Republican and Democratic camps are s'olcmnly considering-plans to check the movement. It cannot be ridiculed out of its course, it has come for a purpose, and that pur pose is to take the people of Ne braska away from bondage to tho two old party machines, and that purpose will be as certain of accomp lishment as that there will be a next November. What will the platform of tho new party contain? It will be, if my view shall prevail, the shortest po litical platform ever presented by a political party in Nebraska. There will be no nrgument in the platform. It will be free from isms. It will tell in .simple words just what the people may expect if they shall elect the nominees of the new party. It will not contain any plank of glitter ing generalities or meaningless plat itudes. The platform of the new party in Nebraska will be built for tho purpose of enabling the people to elect public officials whom they know will be true to the platform pledges. A year atro Nebraska voted down everything Democratic by about two to one. The Democratic party was spurned as responsible for incon veniences and losses suffered under Democratic administrations. A Republican administration comes in. Instead of the better things promised by the politicians, things go from bad to worse, r.s, in the nature of thines. they had to do. The Re- publican partv could not have averted of tlcse back.Fcts But it haA many just won an election by holding tho Democratic party responsible for everything unnlca.sr.nt under a Demo cratic administration . It cannot es- gusted With the conduct of the late Democratic administration in its truckling to the big interests which profiteered during tho war. Nino out of ton Republicans are now ashamed to turn their eyes in the .di rection of Washington for fear of be holding the broken promises of tho new administration, and for fear of bcholdingjn national administration completely under control of tho great ftnnncial 'interests which placed a Mellon in charge of the U. S. treas ury department. This new party hopes to take the state government out of tho hands of tho reactionaries and to drive Wall Ftrcot out of Washington. The peo ple arc ready for a new political alignment. Under what name will the new party be-organized? The Grand Is land State convention will select the name. My own choice of name will be "Liberal Tarty of Nebraska." I believe it will bo best to have Nc braskawru part of the new party name, so 'that it may not be confused with any existing National party. Some day this new Nebraska move ment mpy spread all over tho nation, but for the present it is a Nebraska movement only. Attortd the, county convention, beld at thoboonrt house,, in Rod Cloudy on Saturday, Dec. 3ul. A t .such a gath ering everybody has a chnnfcc to speak and vote his conviction's" .j EDGAR IIOWARD, Columbus Telegram. Pd. Adv. by League of Women voters. The Margin o? Safety Is leprescnted by tho amount of insurance you carry j Don'tMill yoiirelf"lnto a funded scetirjjy. UectflfStt fire has nover touched you it d'oWt't follow, that jou'ro immune Totrioi'row -no today, If you bnve tlnnF-Taiid you butter find tlmn come to tho olllue aud we'll wilto a policy on your house, furniture, 6toro or merchandise, LATER MAY BB TOO LATE- 6. C. TEEL Rjejl&.ble Insurance J s B ;r Hf. A I ; i& tiv.. th national joy amohm ' fife" ftSawrft tf ico ,ft A, J 40. hurt'YOTrr ", '1U-