‘ ^ estern Grain
Blocked by Jam
on Eastern Rails
Kusli of Canadian Wheat
Through .American Port*
Ties l p Cars This Side
of Boundary.
Continued shortage of cars for the
shipment of grain from western
states, with resulting damage to the
farmers’ marketis drawing local at
tention to the congestion at Buffalo
and other Great I,ake terminals,
which is believed to have a material
reaction in the west.
Excessive shipment of Canadian
grain through American ports and
over American railroads, at the very
time when Ameri'-nn shippers are suf
fering from lack of cars, is drawing
vigorous protests from Milwaukee and
other,grain markets. Canadian rail
roads imposed a virtual embargo Sep
tember 27 against shipments of Amer*
lean grain on Canadian railroads to
Canadian ports. American railroads
took no such action against Canadian
grain. The result has been that 44,
747.000 bushels of Canadian grain was
shipped to United States ports be
tween September 27 and November 8,
over 13.000,000 more bushels than
went from Canada's own ports. From
November 8 to November 2S, an addi
tional 39,695,000 bushels was similarly
shipped. Almost no American grain
went to Canadian ports.
I lunula Cams Ail vantage.
Summarized, this means that Can
ada reserved its own f..oilit'es for its
own grain and sen! 74,000.000 bush
els nrross the border to add to con
gestion already acute this side of the
line. Canada has had the advantage
of hutii tier own and the American
marketing facilities; American farmers
have had to depend on American
faeilit'es exclusively, minus that part
tied up by Canadian shipments.
The chief difficulty is at Buffalo.
Canadian sliipmentr down the Great
Trikes to Buffalo, for transshipment
there to railroads leading to the At
lantic const, have dogged that port
and are holding up vast numbers of
freight cars from American grain. It.
is estimated that 40.000.000 bushels of
Canadian wheat is in storage in ele
vators at lake ports, in ships or in
railroad core, awaiting gradual move
ment through the winter to Atlantic
const export ports. The result, not
only Is that American grain is denied
passage through these congested ter
minals but that the railroad curs are
tied up in the eastern section of the
country and are not available for
through shipments from the western
producing states.
Milwaukee Chamber Protests.
The Milwaukee Chamber of Com
merce protested to the interstate com
inerce comm'sslon several weeks ago,
urging that some restriction be placed
upon the use of cars for Ca
nadian grain. The commission decided
such action Inadvisable, but announced
that It would try to relieve the situa
tion by allotting additional cars to the
grain trade. This, according to grain
shipments, has been entirely inade
quate.
"We are managing to handle some
what more grain each day than was
the case a w*hile hack, * said Kred
Montmorency, general freight agent
of the Burlington lines west of the
Missouri river yesterday. "There is
still a marked shortage of cars how
ever. I have heard that the Buffalo
situation is being blamed for a part of
our troubles, hut l am not personally
familiar with It.”
Show for Commissioners.
An athletic anil musical show in the
factory of the Nebraska, and Iowa
Steel Tank company. Thirteenth
street and Willis avenue, will be
given tonight before several hundred
Nebraska county commissioners and
their wives who are arriving here for
their annual convention.
Common Sense
W hat Doe* Worry’ Amount To?
Almost everybody has a ‘‘pet
worry."
I’sually It Is something which never
happens or if it does happen it is far
). m serious than expected or is some
thing which is bound to happen and
therefore cannot he avoided, so why
worry?
You should he vitally concerned
; bout your future and do what you
can to protect yourself from hard
ships which may come, hut this does
not mean that you must be in a state
of anxiety all the time.
•lust what do you worry about?
Afraid you will die and leave your
family not provided for as they
It should be?
Hear the children may not choose
the right sort of life partners?
There are scores of things to worry
about if you will worry.
But what does worry amount to
anyway?
It will not help you to accomplish
•ny one thing half so well as If you
could do It without worry.
Be sensible, do not worry when you
make plans for the future.
Have faith in your ability to turn
any tide into success if you keep
courage and realize that that state of
mind makes one person succeed where
another would fail.
(Copyright, 1922.'
| Uncle Sam Says:
Child Care.
This booklet which is issued by the.
federal children's bureau is the third
of a series on the care of children, the
lirst two of which were Prenatal Care
and Infant Care.
This booklet deals with proper
clothing, food, sleep, play, education,
health and hygiene, and contains a
w ealth of information which is
needed daily by mothers of children
from 2 to 6 years of age.
Headers of The Omaha Bee may
obtain a copy of this booklet free as
long as the free edition lasts by writ
ing to the Children's Bureau, Depart
ment of I.nbor, Washington. D. C.,
asking for a copy of "Child Care."
# Parents’ Problems
How can an only girl be kept from
being spoiled by her father and oldei
brothers?
Make a sister of her yourself. As
she grows older, teach her the im
portance of an only daughter and an
only sister's being the very nicest and
best girl possible—since futher agd
brothers will judge other girls by
their knowledge of her.
SOULS for SALE
By RUPERT HUGHES.
<1 ontiou«Hj t'n»tu Ye*t<*rday.)
But here she was on her way t<> j
glory. Vet she tossed in loneliness! ]
A pauper of love. "Well, she was ful- j
filling the newly discovered destiny ]
of her sex.
During the night the train crossed
tlie meridian that would have led her
ti her old home in Calverly and her
father. He had advanced a little, hut
not much from thn most ancient
patriarchal ways, from the time when
a father affianced his daughter, lie
fore she left her cradle, to some boy
who had hardly fallen out of his, and
married her, as soon as nature per
mitted, to a husband she had perhaps
never seen till he lifted her veil and
led her away to a prlcon called a home,
a locked stable where she would be
j kept for breeding purposes and sup
| plemented with other mates if site
I failed of her one great duty.
They had thought it beautiful not
so long ago for a 14-year-old child
I to have a child. Now. In the more
; decent states, it was - ailed abduction
I or seduction to marry a girl, even
I with her parents’ consent, before she
was 16; the husband could be sent to
prison for the crime.
Today all the American women were
voters; millions of them were hide
seemed right to Mem, though
preachers bad shrieked that it meant
the end of ail morality. But morality
is as indestructible as any other hu
man Instinct. The obscene old ideal,
that reproduction was the prime ob
ligation of womanhood, revolted Mem.
What was the use of devoting one's
life merely to passing life along to
another generation? The fish, the
insects, the beasts of the field, did
tiiat much and only achieved pro
gressless procession round and round
the same old ring of Instincts; each
generation handed over like a slave
to unborn masters, themselves the
slaves of the unborn. Who profited?
To the women of Mem's time and
mind the old fashioned women was
neither wise nor good, but a futile
teinale who deserved the slavery she
accepted.
For each generation to climb as hign
as it could was surely its tlrst duty.
Hove would take care that successors
should be born, and science would
protect the young better than all the
old mother-murdering systems. It
was only In the last few years that
science, freed front religious meddling,
had checked the death rate that had
slaughtered Infants by the billion un
der priestly rule. And now birth con
trol was the crying need.
Marriage had never been the whole
duty of man, and Mem wtut sure that
never again would It he the whole
duty of women. A man had always
heretofore felt that he should assure
his ow n career before ho took on
the fetters of matterimon.v. And
women would always hereafter feel
the same thing.
Terrible euphemisms for slavishness
uncalled meekness, submissivenenoss,
modesty, piety propriety had been held
us lashes .over women for ages
Now whipping was out of style. A
girl could go where she pleased ami
go alone. She could take care of her
self better than men had ever taken
care of her. There had always been
something wrong about letting the
wolves elect themselves as guardians
of the ewe Iambs.
Her mother was with Mem and
that satisfied some people. It
made her father happier. Hut the
real reason for her mothers’ presence
was that Mem wanted the poor old
soul to get a little fun out of life
before it waa too late. She and her
mother were merely young girl and |
old girl in a globe-trotting adventure.
Mem was still awake, or was
wakened from a half sleep, when the
racket of the wheels upon the rails
sounded a deeper note. She guessed
that, (he train must be crossing a
bridge. She rose and leaned softly
across the bed where her mother
dreamed of the old home and the ex
i hausting demands of her children.
Mem lifted the edge of the cur
tatn aside a little and peered out.
The train was in midair, paslsng
through a channel of rattling griders.
The vast water that swept beneath,
moonlit and placid, was the Missi
ssippi, going South in the night. It
would soon flow past Calverly. She
remembered that site had once thought
4>f drowning herseif in its th>od to hole
nor shame there and solve her prob
lent. The equation of all the x's and
v s of her life had seemed to be zero.
Now it was infinity. How wonder
ful it was that she had not yielded
to despair! It gave her an i<lea for
a picture.
Nearly everything was faking the
scenario form in her meditations now
adays. Wouldn't it make a great film
to show a desperate girl Hinging her
self in a river to hide her shame, and
then to have it roll before her the
life she might have lived if she had
not drowned herself? Scenes of strug
gle and triumph, usefulness and help
fulness, joy and love could follow and
then fade out in the drifting body of
the dead girl who had lost her chance.
Mem saw herself in the role, and
she shivered with the delight of her
inspiration. Then she sighed. The
censors would never permit the flint.
Girls must not go wrong or commit
suicide on the screen. They could go
on sinning and slaying in real life, as
they had always done in drama, but
the screen was in slavery now and
must remember its cell.
Hut she at least was eastward
bound. toward the morning that was
marching toward her beyond the som
ber hills of slumber. .She breathed
deep of the auroral promise in the
very stars, whose light was dying in
the greater light, oven while they lay
shuddering, beads of quicksilver
scattered along tbe sky.
CHAPTER LVII1.
The next Mem knew was the shud
der of the doorbell. The porter called
through the metal panel a warninjf
that Chicago was loping toward them
out of tlie east, and they must make
ready to leave the train.
They scurried to get up and pack
and out. Then they went, with their
baggage, across the roaring streets
to the Lake .Shore station and got
breakfast there—this on the advice
and under the guidance of an affable
gentleman who met them and said
that lie represented the Bermond
Company’s Chicago Exchange and iiad
been ordered by Mr. Bermond to take
especial care of Miss Steddon. Mem
tried to look as if she were used
to such distinction, but she failed
joyously.
Half a day was all they had for
learning Chicago. It was even larger
and busier than Los Angeles! Metu
felt lost and ignored until she saw
in a bulbous glimmer of unlighted
electric letters hung in front of a big
motion-picture theater the name of
her latest tilm. The theater would
not open until eleven, hut her ow t*
pictures were scattered about the
lobby. And that was something
tremendous.
She and her mother drank deep
of this cup of fame. They took their
luncheons scudding on the Twentieth
Century Limited. They had yet left
Chicago when the train stenographer
rapped at the door and asked their
names against the possibility of a
telegram. Mem noted how her mother
sat a little higher with proud hu
mility as she answered:
"Miss Remember Steddon and
mother!”
There were italics in Mrs. Steddon's
voice and exclamation points in the
stenographer's eyes. After a. mo
ment's hesitation, as his pencil stum
bled on the pad, lie mumbled:
"That name Is very familiar In our
home, if you'll excuse me. Tlie wife
says you are the biggest comer of
them all, and 1 must say 1 agree with
her. if you don't mind.'’
Mem didn't mind. She gave him
one of her qiieenliest smiles, and con
cealed her own agitation until he had
closed the door on his. She was en
countering strangers who had loved
her and were hopeful for tier! Won
derful!
Winter was in full sway outside,
hut tne train slid across the white
world like a skater, and there was a
lilt in its rush. Tlie next morning
found the Hudson alongside moving
slowly unde:- its plate mail of ice to
New York.
Mrs. Steddon loyally denounced the
river as far inferior to her own Missi
ssippi, hut Mem found tlie New York
stream better groomed, somehow, it
seemed to lie used to great cities. It
led on to the metropolis of metro i
indites, the New York that she was
come to conquer. She wondered if j
the city would l>e nice to her. She
had heard that it had a mind of its
own and that it never knew- vho
came or went. Yet the Chicago (
courier had said that New Y'ork was ;
"the hlckest ViilagQ In the U. S. A.. j
just a bundle of small towns.”
Whatever it was. It was destiny, j
Yet here again the long arms of Ber- |
mond had provided her with h recep- i
tion committee—a most affable gen
tleman from the New Y’ork office, and
two photographers, one with a mo
tion camera, also two or three young
reporters whose stories would never
he published. But neither they nor
Mem knew this and she underwent
the pleasant anguish of being inter
; viewed on the station platform,
i Itooms had been reserved for her at
'the Gotham, and she went thither In
| a covev of attendants. It was a good
Ideal of high life for a young girl
land when she and her mother were
s left alone aloft In luxury, she flung
i herself down on a divan and lay
| supine, another Danae smothered un
der the raining favors of the gods on
i high.
I There was more anil more to come.
Her experience of the city had been
experienced by millions of visitors, to
whom the high buildings, the Metro
politan Opera, the Metropolitan Art
Museum, the Aquarium and other
tldngs metropolitan were the realiza
tion of old dreams.
She went to a theater or an opera
every night, and to a matinee every
afternoon when there was one. And
she marveled that her father's religion
had set the curse of denial upon the'
whole cloud realm of the drama. On
Sundays, the theaters were closed ex
cept" to ‘sacred concerts,” but the
| good people who were trying to close
I the motion picture houses had not yet
| succeeded.
On her first Sunday night in town
she and her mother went to the
Capitol, the supreme word in motion
picture exhibition. The new art had
already In this building the largest
[theater in the world. From its vast
(oyer, illuminated with mural paint
ings by William Cotton, a marble
stairway mounted nobly to a balcony
as big as a lake above a lower ocean,
both levels peopled with such a mul
titude that their heads were mere
stippling.
The architecture seemed perfection,
to Mem—perfection with grandeur, yet
of an indefinable exquisiteness.
| Everything was Roman or Etruscan
gold. There was a forest of columns
as tall as the sequoias of California,
a grove of gilded trees, fluted and
capped in splendor.
(To Its Continued Toniorron.l
Daily Prayer
For T am nov ready to b* offered, end
the timo of my departure Is at hand. I :
have fought a good fight, I ha\e finished !
my course, I have kept the faith: Hence
forth there is laid up for mo a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, tho right
eous judge, shall give me at that. «ia> :
and not to me only, but unto all them
also that Jove His appearing.—H Tim.
4:6-*.
Our Father, we thank Thee for the j
revelation of Thyself in Jesus Christ
our I-fOrd. We thank Thee for Thy
kindly care over us. We pray fb«t
(he Holy Spirit may lead us into
light of truth. Givis to us a larger i
vision of Thy glory and make us
more faithful to Thee and to the !
Appetite Keen
and Bowels
Relieved
Vou can relish your meals without fear
Of upsetting your liver
or stomach if you wh~
[put your faith inr~, i*ri- —Jyift
Foul accumu- >I^Fa j
lations that Inii ■
•poison the
blood are ex- ^
•pelled from the bowels and headacne,,
dizziness and sallow skin are relieved.
Small PHI—Small Doae—Small Pricai j
agj tA liathmal Institution
Jrom Coast to Cocst^SBsk
grooming King &(jp.
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Manufacturers and Retailers
of Men's and Bags Clothing
By manuf acturing our own clothing, we save
you the wholesalers' profit of 25% or more, •
There is no doubt that the buying public
wants quality at reasonable prices which you
will get by buying your Suits and Topcoats
• _
at
BROWNING. KING & COMPANY
oVh ar>d DougidS “Aiways Relinbie" Harry H. Abboli, Mgr.
needs of our follow-men. Teach
how to pray.
Give us more faith and love. Give
up clearer vision to see the deeper
meaning of Thy truth. Bless our
land, and Thy Church tn all lands j
HI ess the young, the aged, the sicK
and the troubled. Fill our hearts ;
with sympathy and hope. Let us live |
to be of service to Thee, and to our
fellownien. Thine shall he the king
dom. the iiower and the glory, for we
ask in tht name of Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.
WILLIAM M ASPBRSOK. DP,
Pallas. Tes
Man Held on Charge of
Chasing ^ ifc ^ ith Knife
George Lander. 102a Paul street,
who wap arrested on tho I'har^e of
rhnaing his wife. Norn. 2121 Charles
street. several block* in her night
dregs so he could "brand her cheeks"
with a long knife was ordered held
lor trial in district court on charges
of cutting to wound, under $3,000
bond by .ludge Wappteh In central
police court this morning.
Bee Want Ads produce results
- ■ ~•_v.~:—
gess-Nash Com
cTZie Cfiristmas Store for &vertj6o(fy
_
The Spirit of Christmas
Prevails in Our Downstairs Store
Burgess-Nash
Cooking School
Tuesday 2 P. M.
.The lirst day’s program includes
a lecture and practical demon
stration of
Corn and Itt Utet
The lessons will he on frying; the
demonstration on potato chips,
post toastie flitters, doughnuts
and cheese straws. All women In
tiled. There is no charge.
Auditorium—Fifth Floor
Domestic Needs
Cotton Challis
Most attractive patterns in both
light and dark colors. 36-inch
width.
Yard 16V3c
Wool Remnants
irtemnants and mill ends of all
wool dress goods. * 2 to 4-yard
lengths. 36 to 54-inch widths.
French serge, tricotlne, storm
-erge, batiste and wool poplin.
Yard 89c
Canton Flannel
Heavy weight, white canton flan
nel 27 inches In width. This has
u long fleecy nap.
Yard 16c
Outing Flannel
i’laid, checked or striped patterns
in both light and colors. 27 inches
in width.
Yard 16i/2c
Dresser Scarfs
These are made with s plain cen
ter and trimmed in 4'a-inch filet
lace. 18x48 inches.
Each 19c
Table Damask
Al'. lir.ea table damask, 72 inches
In width. An exceptional value at
this price.
Yard $1.95
Apron Gingham
Standard quality gingham, brown
or blue checked and plaid pat
terns, 27-inch width.
Yard 1214c
Rurgetf«->'aah—Dtmiifltalra Store
Holiday Gifts
—for Men and Boys
- Men’s Sweaters
These jersey sweaters are most
convenient to wear under a coat.
They aTe loose enough for com
fort, yet are not bulky. An ex
ceptional value at this price.
Each 89c
Boys’ Sweaters
These are the popular coat style
that boya like so well. A wide
assortment of colors from which
to choose. Specially priced—
Each $1.00
Flannel Shirts
The school boy needs one of
these good warm shirts for the
coming colder weather. Some are
all wool.
Priced $1.39 to $1.69
—DownMnlre Store
Wool Hose
Slight Imperfections, practically
unnoticeable. that in no way Im
pair the wearing quality of the
hose, cause this pricing. All the
new fall shades and heather mix
tures with fancy clox.
Pair 98c
Barff?«*-Xafth—IkmnMalr* Store
Sateen Petticoats
These are made of heavy qual
ity sateen, in plain dark colors or
flowered patterns on a dark back
ground. Elastic waist band. Extra
and all regular sites. Each, $1.00.
Borif-s-Niiih—Oonovtain More
\
They Would Be Justified—These
Wonderful Coats
In Demanding
Much More Than
I Their deep-pile fabrics, richly embroidered
or furred—their graceful vrappy lines—
their careful tailoring and their full silk
linings—these proclaim them to be of value
far superior to their pricing. Sizes 13 to 32.
Velour
Suedene
Bolivia
Normandy
Lovely Dresses
i
/
Too, at
Only
Velvets
$12^ Sizeg
14 to SO 1-2 **
Silks Twills
Such dresses as these add immeasurably to the de
lights of the holiday season, when there as so many
things to be done and so many places to go. They are
tailored with little trimming, or elaborate with laee. bead
ing, embroidery and braid.
fInrrtsft-NMil—Downstair* S(or«
Practical Gifts
For Boys
SUITS
s825 to J975
Made of all wool cheviots or
cashmeres in the newest styles.
All are fully lined and have I wo
pairs of pants, rfizes 8 to 18
years.
School Pants
,i°°to,r5
Plain colored and striped wor
steds and ca'ssimeres, made to
withstand the hard wear given
them. Aei sizes.
Bnpypw-Nahli—Downstairs Stop*
An Underprice Selling of
Women’s Union Suits
“Carter” $ 1 00
Make *■
Very fiD© white, medium weight
cotton union suits. Made with
Dutch necks, ankle lengths and elbow
sleeves. Slight imperfections, that
In no way impair the wearing quality,
cause this extremely iow pricing.
Fleeced
Suits
For Boys—Girls
This is an opportunity to
purchase at a great reduction
heavier weight underwear for
children. There are fleece
lined and made ankle length, with
high neck and long sleeies.
Sizes 2 to 12.
Carter’s j
Union
Soils
—.— —
Bnrgees->;ish-—IHnvn»lnir«
Dolls! Dolls!
39c Up tc $25.00
Kid Bodied Dolls
Character Dolls
Jointed Dolls
Celluloid Dolls
China Dolls
Kidlyn Dolls
Mama Dolls
Dressed Dolls
Crying Dolls
Wonderland Toytown
Now Open in Our Downstairs Store
Everyone has some little boy or girl whose
eyes ho will make big and round as two
saucers with a Christmas toy.
If you have many, many of such children
to remember, we have the most inexpensive
you want something extra special, we have
things that are ever so much fun; then if
a perfect fairyland of talking dolls, electric
trains and motor cars, and animals that
walk around and growl as big as life itself.