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PRESIDENT HARDING'S MESSAGE.
By hi* address to congress President Harding
has assumed strong and definite national leadership.
I he congress that has been floundering about in a
sea of doubt has been provided with a rudder and a
helmsman. The course is charted, and though
there may be found some shallows along the route,
it seems a safe one.
We have, he declares, come to the test of our
civilization. Affairs can never be set right by un
compromising adherence to the policies of the past,
some of which have contributed to the present world
distress. There is much to be done, and much also
to be undone.
The most striking declaration in the entire mes
sage is that in which he says: ‘‘The day is unlikely
to come when the eighteenth amendment will be
repealed. The fact may as well be recognized and
our course adopted accordingly.” The moral effect
of such plain speaking should clear away a great
deal of confusion and set the public mind on the
%track of more practical questions. His intention
to strengthen enforcement of the prohibitory laws,
he announces, is accompanied by his belief that de
liberate public opinion is back of the statutory pro
visions. If rigorous enforcement should result in
a widespread desire for modification of the law,
then will be the time to discuss that.
A noteworthy feature is his decision to call a
conference of the governors of all the states to dis
cuss local enforcement of the “dry” laws. This de
termination to increase the sense of responsibility
of the state governments and halt the growth of
centralization by which the federal government has
gradually been fating away the powers of the states
is a wholesome thing. The same desire to encour
age self-reliance and diminish the practice of shift
ing all the burdens of government and industry on
the federal authorities is shown in his attitude on
the railway question.
Too many trivial disputes have been carried to
the Railway Labor board, he asserts, and its docket
is congested with matters that could be settled much
better by conference between the companies and
their employes. The existence of one board to reg
ulate railway wages and another to regulate the
freight and passenger rates from which the wages
are derived is illogical. lie would strengthen the
Interstate Commerce commission and give it final
authority in the case of labor disputes as it now has
in rates. Attention is called also to the question
of how to avoid a breakdown of transportation, pre
vent stoppage by strikes and seeure new economy
and efficiency in operation. He favors a pooling of
equipment and terminal facilities and a consolida
tion of lines into fewer and larger systems.
The aim of this is to avoid paralysis of trans
portation and secure lower freight rates, which are
particularly needed by the farmers* Development
to the utmost of inland waterways and motor truck
lines, to be used to supplement rather than to com
pete with the railroads is also recommended.
Freights, credits and markets, Mr. Harding sees
dearly are the main problems of agriculture. His
endorsement of the plan for a new system of in
termediate credits to give the farmer the same
financial advantages as commerce generally enjoys
makes it certain that this congress will enact such
a relief measure. This will be especially valuable
to the stock raising industry, which in Nebraska as
elsewhere, is demoralized by laek of financing, and
will also contribute to the orderly marketing of field
crops.
The ground covered by this message to congtess
jy so large that it is not hard to understand the
delay which prevented its having been delivered
entli-T in the week on the opening ot the session.
He calls attention to the need of pushing reclama
tion and irrigation projects and the conservation of
timber. The question of the wide difference be
tween the prices paid to producer* and the cost to
ultimate consumers is brought up, with a hopeful
reference to co-operative enterprises. Two amend
ments to the Constitution, one to do away with
child labor and the other to remove the advantage
of tax exemption from a large volume of securities,
are endorsed. The super-power project, by which
eastern industries and cities would be afforded cheap
electric power and be freed from the menace of a
coal shortage is brought up, as is also the proposal
advocated by General Pershing for a survey of a
plan to draft all the resources of the nation, whether
of ntan power, business, finance or what in the
event of another war. The immigration problem is
brought up, without any encouragement for those
who would open our gates to a new flood of foreign
labor, and with the advice that a system of closer
inspection be adopted.
It. is an immense program that President Har
ding has outlined; probably one much larger than
the present congress can fulfill. These are topics
i hut deserve public attention and discussion. This
is, as our chief executive has indicated, a new era,
and America must face it intelligently and without
1'enr.
HUMAN SIDE OF THE “TIGER.-’
We all have been pretty well fed up with the
political activity of Georges Clemenceau; it is com
forting to turn front riemcnceau the politician to
Clemenceau the man, and find him a regular human
being after all. lie kisses babies and little girls, ac
cepts bouquets and dinners and talks to press re
porters, but that is all part of the statesman’s
tactics, specified in the book and required by tho
rules. Clemenceau does more.
At Chicago, the “Tiger” went to the abattoirs.
We call them slaughter houses, but the French term
may be used out of consideration for the distin
guished guest. It was not the scent of fresh blood
that called him thither, but a real interest in the
meat packing industry, for he has a high regard for
the value of food, knowing what it did in the war,
and where it came from as well. After seeing all
the processes, he went to the Art Institute, and then
to some private home where art treasures are owned.
All in all, it was a side of the famous visitor that
interests more than the one he usually shows. In
stead of a fierce, implacable champion of a personal
cause, he is thus seen as a man, moving among men,
with motives and interests much as other men have.
STEAMBOATS ON THE MISSOURI.
In the 60s, the 60s and well up in to the 70s,
steamboats plowed the Missouri regularly. Col.
Hiram Martin Chittenden, then engineer in charge
for the government, wrote twenty years ago:.“The
Missouri river is as susceptible of navigation now
as it ever was.”
Let us keep that in mind, and we will be better
able to understand what Mark Wood means when
he says a barge line from ‘Omaha is among the
early possibilities. He was talking to the Rivers
and Harbors congress, no*r gathered at Washington.
Mr. Woods knows the Missouri river can be re
strained from cutting its banks. The Bignall pile
has proven its effectiveness against the treacherous
current and the crumbling banks. When it is used
to greater extent, the greatest of the river prob
lems will be solved.
Ed Bignall, inventor of the pile that bears his
name, and deep student of the problems involved
in the control of the Missouri, says a channel may
easily be kept open between Omaha and Kansas
City; only a little dredging, some bank protection,
and the canalization of about forty miles of sand
bar is all that is required. The river will do its
own scouring, if given a chance.
Colonel Chittenden pointed out that it was the
railroad that had driven the steamboats off the
river. Railroad opposition may have some influ
ence in keeping them off. Allotment of $25,000 to
take care of work between Kansas City and Sioux
City indicates another year of neglect on part of
the government.
Mr. Wood’s address to the waterways congress
has awakened a little line of thought in the minds
of the delegates between here and the Gulf of Mex
ico. If the volume of silt deposited in the Missis
sippi river by the Missouri, and this is enormous,
were reduced, it would hlep out those further down
the river. The Wood plan will save thousands of
acres of good land each year, the annual tribute to
the voracious and uncontrolled Missouri. If not
for navigation, the preservation of fertile farms
that are now being destroyed, should be of suf
ficient importance to interest the authorities in the
Wood control method.
Why should the Missouri river between Sioux
City and Kansas City he allowed to remain a men
ace to agriculture, when it could easily be checked
from its ravages, and even made a helper to com
merce because of the vast amount of freight it
could carry?
MRS. WILSON'S WINNING BATTLE.
Americans watch with pride and admiration the
courageous battle that former President Wilson is
waging to regain his health and strength. The
scanty news that has come from out of his seclusion
has now been supplemented by the wifely words of
Mrs. Wilson.
“Mr. Wilson,” she said to a meeting of Maryland
women, “II the most wonderful patient imaginable.
He also has the greatest store of patience which it
is possible to have, and does exactly what he is told.
He depends a great deal upon his cane, but this de
pendence is noticeably less than it was several
months ago. During the last summer he has made
greater improvement than at any time since his ill
ness.”
One of his greatest assets, she says, is his will
ingness to obey the doctor's orders. While she gives
unsparing credit to her husband, she does not for
get Dr. Grayson. Yet with what tine, uncomplain
ing spirit she ignores her own part in this long siege.
Every woman will understand, however, the trials
that she faced. Men, too, who have lain on a sick
bed for weary months will realize the important
part a woman plays in brightening up the aspect of
the tedium of confinement and leading the patient
step by step through convalescence.
Mrs. Wilson was not the companion of his youth,
but was a wife taken at the height of his greatness.
Since that day on his transcontinental speaking
tour when the train was stopped amid the plains of
Kansas while this pair walked down a dusty road in
a vain effort to throw off the strain of official cares,
her lot has not been what the world calls happy.
Yet one may see from her few words, spoken as a
woman to women, that life holds no greater happi
ness than the recovery of her husband.
The whole nation is with this devoted woman in
her hope that Mr. Wilson will recover his full vigor
and live long to contribute his thoughts and opin
ions to the greater development of America. Ad
versity has tried him as it has few men in history.
That he is patient, bearing his affliction without
complaint, and deferring to the advice of his phy
sician, are not trivial details, but are instead more
illuminating than an official bulletin from his phy
sician. These are the little touches of nature that all
can understand and appreciate.
Of course Nebraska took some of the prize money
at the International Live Stock show. There is no
better cattle raising region in the world than right
here—and with plenty of feed right at hand.
Seattle dance halls are said to be "one-sixteenth
inch nearer hell” than any ever before seen there.
This will make some of the sour-doughs who recall
the Klondike period smile.
If all the things promised for the farmer come
true, he will be so busy counting his cash that he
will not have time to sow his fields.
It begins to appear that quite a lot of federal
prohibition enforcement officers took too much
"bit” out of prohibition.
The Garfield county man who drove 500 turkeys
thirty miles to market evidenced his faith in his
fellow-men.
Mr. Harding and 1924
■ ■ -From the Washington -Star.
Secretary Hoover predicts the renomination of
President Harding. A considerable number of politic
ians—some of them democrats—are of the same opinion.
Well, why not? The republicans are in power, with
Mr. Harding their leader.- They have made the record
for the past eighteen months, and will make it for the
coming eighteen. That will bring them to national con
vention time.
They must stand upon the record, and by the man
under whose leadership it has been made. A refusal to
renominate him would be tantamount to a confession of
failure. Renomination, and especially with a show of
unanimity, would be a clear challenge to the opposition
under whatever form and leadership it may appear.
That opposition cannot be forecast now. The recent
elections have undoubtedly heartened the democrats
everywhere. Talk about both Co* and MoAdoo lias
been quickened, while new names have been added to
the list of those democrats appraised as of presidential
size.
There is a good deal In flu». and the bloc maneuveV,
because of its newness in our affairs and Its possibili
ties, is causing quite as much uneasiness as curiosity.
What will its authors do with it? Or what will It do
with its authors?
Presidential election day is nearly two years away;
and in two years, with the world In a condition of fer
ment likely to continue for some time, a great deal ot
I a surprising nature may happen.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from other newspapers—
Proceed With the River Work.
From the K»n*»« City 8t»r.
I It has long been apparent that the
| completion of the rls-foot channel
! project for the Missouri river must
depend upon a continuous policy by
congress. When that policy was aban
I doned after its endorsement by the
board of army engineers and after
congress had actually made a start
on the ten-year program, it was plain
I the haphazard plan of occasional ap
! propriatlons which congress fell hack
i on after its usual fashion never would
make the river available for the Mis
souri valley's commercial needs.
The engineer board's action in
recommending the resumption of the
$20,000,000 project encourages the
hope that congress will now return to
the program it started on ten years
ago.
If shippers can fee! that the six
foot channel is sometime to be a real
ity. and if they see the work going
on under a plan of continuing ap
propriations. boat and barge line ac
tivities will be resumed. But there is
no encouragement for the operation
of boats in the policy congress has
been pursuing of merely granting
enough money to the river year by
year to keep the snags nut of It and
perhaps protect some of the work the
eng'neers already have done. River
transportation cannot he resumed on
that promise.
The army hoard's recommendation
of an appropriation of $1.R00,000.
available in the sixteen months be
ginning next spring, again advances
the constructive idea congress must
follow if it really wants to work to
ward a goal, to do the Missouri job
and finish it within a specified time,
instead of merely doling out enough
money to keep the engineering plants
in repair. The array hoard is work
ing to an end, and congress must
adopt the sang- policy.
If the appropriation recommended :
is made available shipping interests
on the river will work to the same
1 end. They will know the channel Is
I coming and will prepare for it. Un
I less congress acts the boat and barge
lines now in existence, representing
a large outlay of capital, will remain
tied up. These transportation lines
were started on the understanding
that congress would proceed with the
channel project. The capital that
went into them, subscribed by the
people of Kansas City, would not have
been invested except, on that under
standing.
Congress again has the expert as
surance of the engineer corps that a
six-foot channel is feasible and Its
recommendation that It be provided.
The appropriation of $1.R00,000 Is for
a long period and not excessive—It is
indeed below the estimate of $2,000,
000 a year originally made ten years
ago. The money should be made
available and the work allowed to
proceed before the government's In
vestment on the river as well as that
| of Kansas City is wiped out.
The Medicine of Good Cheer.
Prom the Grand Island Independent.
If there is hell on earth, it is to be
found in the melancholy roan's heart.
How little has the world yet ap
preciated the Important maxim given
to those who seek success, “to smile
and smile, and smile again.” It is a
very practical direction. But it may
be a hypocritical camouflage on the
man himself. A hearty, natural laugh
will cure many ills, whether those Ills
are physical, mental or moral. Now
the study of good Cheer is one of the
major sciences. Some psychologists
contend that laughter is one of tile
greatest aids to digestion and is
highly conducive to health. Ilufe
land. physician to the king of Prus
sia. commended the wisdom of the
ancients, who maintained a jester who
was always present at their meals and
whose quips and fcranks would keep
the table In a roar. “Bob" Burdette
said that an old physician of Bellevue
hospital had assured him that a
cheerful priest who visited the hospi
tal daily "had cured more patients by
his laughter than any physician with
his prescriptions.” Innumerable cases
of the prevention of insanity, and
some cases of the complete restora
tion of hopeless lunatics, by laughter
and fresh confidence, are now known
to the medical profession. One
draught of deep, hearty laughter has
been known to effect an immediate
cure of sueh nervous disorders, es
pecially neuralgia, hysteria and in
somnia. The doctor who smiles sin
cerely is two doctors In one. He
heals through the body as well as
through the mind. The devil can’t
bear a good joke.
Tlie Development of a Great Industry.
From the D*« Moines Capital.
The automobile has had a. peculiar
career. Its invention and introduc
tion were without ostentation. The
development was gradual. The auto
mobile made a place for Itself almost
without pushing from behind. But
the singular part of the great work
Is found In the fact that no one hears
of any patents. All the automobiles
seem to have access to varioiiB in
ventions and Improvements. Great
factories have been erected, thousands
of men have been employed. The dis
covery of competent mechanics ap
pears to have been phenomenal. The
cars are beifutlful. Where do the
manufacturers secure their men?
Their work would seem to Indicate
special training. But where has the
special training been given? There
certainly were not mechanics enough
in tlie United States to do all the fine
work required, but the work has been
done. Some of the men at the head
of the great companies have been
without mechanical experience on
their own part. They must have
progressed as the demands made upon
their establishments progressed. This
is worthy of comment and represents
a wonderful development.
Another thing worthy of special
mention is that the automobile manu
factoring got through the worst part
of the hard times without serious col
lapses. The men who furnished the
money for the big factories must have
had plenty of rash and unlimited con
fidence. There are no calamities re
ported in the automobile industries.
Prices have been reduced and the var
nish Is just ns bright as before the
war.
There Is still another peculiar thing
and that is that competition among
the almost unlimited number of build
ers has been in the quality of the
work. While there have been reduo
tlons. the advertisements proclaiming
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the same do not proclaim that "tve
' have the cheapest car cn the market.”
j they declare "we have the beet car
I on the market.” No critic of adver
j Using could ttnd any fault with the
I product put out by the automobile
builders. Yet this unity of work ap
pears to have been almost Entirely
without previous ironclad organlza
1 tion. The automobile builders are
In a good position.
Why Two Houses?
From th<a Walthill Tim**.
While In Nebraska recently Sena
i tor Norris remarked to a group ot
men at a dinner that after his pres
ent term he would endeavor to organ
ize a movement to change the legis
lature to a single house with a small
er membership, i^uch a change would
be tlie greatest forward step toward
efficiency of government that lias
been made in the state in a genera*
tion.
A single body with reduced mem
bership, permitted to be In frequent
or continuous session if necessary,
would he In position to give more time
and deliberation of proposed measures,
to perfect their form and harmonize
the laws, than the present cumber
some system cif 133 men in two
groups, each and every one striving
to get through in some form or other
as many personal measures as possi
ble in the brief time allowed the ses
sion every two years.
The Times has been in favor of
such a change for several years, after
trying to keep track of the muddied,
congested, conglomerate in the last
week or two of the session, that no
body of men 'could unscramble, digest
and dispose of Intelligently in twice
the term limit. The wonder is that
the state gets anything worth while
under the present system and oui
election ballots are not overloadea
with referendum*.
Senator Norris has been in the leg
islative channel many years and is
certainly capable of Judging the weak
ness and efficiency of our present sys
tem, and any plan by him recom
mended as better Is worth considering
seriously.
About the only claim that can be
made for preserving the present bi
chamber system is of the heirloom
order; we've always had it; all other
states have it. it is the argument
against progress. But anyone not
thus bound, who is familiar with the
gristmill methods of the past, if he
will stop to consider frankly all the
advantages that will be made possi
ble by the change, must be convinced
that Senator Norris Is right.
Idle Moments.
Krom the Shelton (Neb.) Clipper.
Tourists who have taken extensive
automobile trips during the past
season must have noted the big differ
ence seen in the cities and towns
through which they passed. Two com
mun.ties may seem alike in size mid
advantages, yet the temper of the
two places may vary widely.
In some a feeling of activity and
energy is noticeable even to the cas
ual observer. The quick step of the
people upon the street, their earnest
and attentive manner, suggest a
community of achievement and ad
vance.
Other towns are pervaded by a,
more listless feeling. Many loafers
are seen on benches and others deco
rate the curbstones. Business men
would be standing in their doorways,
lazily* observing the traffic as it pass
ed. in the stores clerks would be idly
gosRiping. Many knots of people
would be exlianging sidewalk gossip,
l’robably a lot of these easy going
people would say that the constitu
tion of the world is wrong, and that
adverse condit.ons are responsible for
their disappointments in life. They
would complain of the unprogressive
ness of their home towns. Yet if
some one asked them to serve on a
committee to give their sleepy burg
a boost, they would be likely to say
that they had no time for such ef
forts.
A more active man placed in such
a. community would see plenty of op
portunity for development. If he
owned a business, he would be study
ing up new ways of pushing.it, ex
amining advertising methods that
Had gained results elsewhere, or he
would lie rooting around in the hack
country trying to draw trade now
going elsewhesre. If ho were a clerk
or mechanic, be would use these un
filled chinks of his time to improve
his business or trade equipment, en
large his information about his rail
ing, or develop his home place.
The success of a man or a com
munity depends largely on whether
these spare moments are tilled with
purposeful effort, or are given up to
aimless loafing. Here in Shelton the
way is always open for growth, to
those who are determined 10 win suc
cess.
Christmas
Sale
of
Hop Flavored
MALT
Sugar Syrup
Special Sales for the next
nine day* hy all of the
hundreds of dealers of this
city on this nationally
famous Puritan Malt.
Co to your nearest
dealer. Order it immedi
ately and be ready for
Christmas. Buy it by the
case if you can, by the oan
if you can't.
Dirtnbutrd by
Jerpe Commission Co.
McCord-Brady Company
Paxton. Gallagher Co.
H. J. Hughes Company
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Voice”
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Bee. Readers of The Morning Bee
are invited to use this column freely
for expression on matters of public
interest.
“Where Art Thou?"
Superior, Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bet: The public cannot afford
to close its eyes towards the work
the National Educators' association
has been doing lately. Especially is
attention called to efforts, which
members of that organization have
put forth in their recent meeting at
Boston. While problems discussed
there were for the national welfare,
yet they should be of individual im
port. For only through individual
exertion can any good be accom
plished. Citizens of any state should
not be too engrossed in daily cares to
Investigate the fundamental purposes
of this organization.
The future welfare of any country
depends upon the children of today.
As has been shown by these teachers
and instructors, the improvement of
mankind depends largely upon the im
provement of the public schools.
It is not tho purpose of this arti
cle to go into detailed discussion or
offer any plans to correct discordant
conditions, that are now manifest in
the present system*. That much dis
tress now exists in our present modus
operandt Is too plain for argument.
The meeting at Boston, as has been
indirectly stated, was for the individ
ual good, presented in a national
problem. Educators and men of in
telligence from throughout the world
contributed to this association by
means of lectures, the fruits of their
experience and observation. Thus,
teachers were encouraged, awakened
to new light, life and purpose. As a
result, they will be better prepared to
turn out better citizens with stronger
minds, bodies and morals.
The problem, however, is not solved
at this, neither should it be laid down.
What does the public have to contrib
ute? How do the people know the pres
ent need, unless each individual enlist
in daily local co-operation? Can the
work ever really he done without a
mutual understanding between home
and school, teacher and student?
"Mortals, where art thou?" What are
the motives in life? What part are
you playing in the solving of this
world problem? Can citizens of Amen
ica afford to shirk their responsibility
in working out the needs of mankind!
H. M. F.
Questions Change in Game Laws.
Gibbon. Neb.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: According to newspa
per reports, a hill Is to he introduced
at the coming session of the legisla
ture to prohibit hunting on the Platte
river from Kearney eastward. (
At first glance this might appear
to be a well directed effort toward
protecting our game birds, buti upon
further thought it would appear to
be exactly the opposite. I have been
told by persons who are in a position
to know, that there is generally much
l etter shooting on the Platte river in
the vicinity of Lexington than there
is for some distance cast of Kearney.
I)o the sportsmen west of Kearney
deserve any more consideration than
those to the eastward do? If we are
going to protect part of the river,
why not take In all of it? But. again.
If we really wish to give our game
birds better protection, we should pro;
tect them where protection is most
needed, that is, in the lake regions
of northwestern Nebraska. It is
there that tiie rich sportsmen from
the larger cities of the state have
their hunting camps, and each year
they kill our game birds by the thou
sands. Many of them fall Into the
lakes and are lost, while many of
those that are recovered are spoiled
before anyone gets a chance to eai
them. On the o'her hand, in the
shallow watprs of the Platte, very
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few birds are lost; and. furthermore,
the local sportsmen, In most cases,
freely divide their game with their
friends and neighbors, or needy per
sons that they may know. Many of
those living within easy reach of the
Platte cannot, or do not care to, make
the trip to the lakes each year. Is it
right to deny them the privilege of
haying a little sport In their own ter
ritory and, at the same time, permit
the rich city sportsmen to go on as
before?
No true sportsman can conscien
tiously condemn any cosistent effort
toward ' preserving our wild game
front extinction, but, neither can any
true sportsman approve of any meas
ure that fails to recognize the rights
of one and all alike.
I am not writing this from the
viewpoint of n hunter, as I never go
hunting myself. But it seems to me
that every lover of fair play should
protest the passage of a measure of
this kind, which would appear to re
strict the privileges of the many for *C.
the benefit of the few
GEORGE LUKENBILL.
CENTER SHOTS.
"Diva Reduced to Tears."—Head
line. This beats Mary Garden, who
reduced to 11!) pounds.—Little Rock
(Aik) Gazette.
The funny thing about a business
revival is that those who have faith
are not the ones at the mourners'
bench.—Rochester Times-Union.
Let the Tiger eat Ids onion soup
for breakfast; he kisses people only'
on the cheek.—Norfolk Ledger-D'ls
patch.
A. B. See apparently believes that
the education of woman should not
go beyond the three letters so delight
fully reproduced in his name. Yet an
elevator man ought to stand for ele
vation.—New York World
GROVES’ LAXATIVE
Bromo Quinine
Regular 30c Size Saturday
Genuine Groves Only
Fresh Stock—Just our way of advertising. We only ask you to
make some other purchase (anything you need, any size) to get
this exceptional bargain.
35c Noon Luncheon
Have you tried it? It's good.
After the Show—Light lunch, sandwiches, etc. Private booth
service. 16th and Howard Store. Fine line of candies.
Haines Drug Co. and Sun Drug Co.
N. E. Cor. 16th and Howard. 14th and Farntm.
s
o
—for every member of the family
4 Beautiful Piano
i* Have you a Piano in your home? If
}j you have, is it the kind of a piano that
j you really want, and is it giving the
service it should? If you do not own
a piano, is there not some member of
your family who could develop some
natural talents—could use those tal
ents for making the home a home of
music—if you but owned a piano?
Players, Uprights and Baby Grands
Instruments that you would be proud to own. And they arc not expensive,
either, when you consider their quality. Player Pianos are priced as low as
$398, Upright Pianos as low as $295, and Baby Grands ns low ns $635, The
terms are within the reach of everyone. Make someone happy and they’ll re
turn that happiness to you in many ways.
In the Art Dept.
Our Art Department is indeed the "Christmas
Gift Shop’’ and in it you will find just the
kind of gifts that will please your friends who
are artistically inclined. Beautiful Pictures,
originals or reproductions of the great artists,
small goods, such as book ends, leather
goods, table lamps and many other appro
priate gifts are to be found here in great
numbers—all, of course, moderately priced.
iVljospcOlo
1513-15 Douglas St
Beautiful Lamps
In selecting a floor lamp, one Ej|
should bear In mind that un- ®
less the lamp harmonises
with the furnishings of the
home, it will not add that
much desired artistic touch.
Our salespeople are well in
formed along these lines and
they will assist you in select
ing not only a beautiful lamp,
but the kind of lamp that
best answers your require
ments.
They are very attractively
priced ^