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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1923)
Carleton C. Calkins Dies; 67 Years Old Carleton C. Calkins, 67, real estate man,- died at his home, 144 South Thirty-eighth street, early Saturday morning of heart failure. He had been a resident of Omaha for seven years, coming here from Lincoln. Surviving him are his wife and his eon, Clifford, with whom he was as sociated In the real estate business here. Funeral services will be held at 11 Monday morning in the H. K. Burket & Son chapel. The body will be placed In a receiving vault at Forest Lawn cemetery. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. Brief City News Jury Out Five Minutes—After de liberating five minutes, a jury in Fed eral Judge Woodrougli's court Friday found Hector Jlanole not guilty on a charge of violating the prohibition laws. Elgutter Resigns—C. S. Elgutter Saturday resigned as clerk of the South Side branch of the municipal court to devote his entire time to his law practice. Deputy City Prosecutor Marcell will handle the docket. Only One Pair of Hose—Roberta Van Leuven, 36(Jl Avenue A, Council Bluffs, granted a divorce in Omaha from Otto Van Leuven, testified that since their marriage in April, 1922, Van Leuven bought her only one pair of hose. Cadillac Manager Here—Lynn Me Naughton, vice president and sales manager of the Cadillac Motor com pany, slopped in Omaha yesterday on his way east, for a visit with J. H. Hansen, local, agent. One-Cent Verdict Paid—George Por ter, attorney for the street railway company, paid 1 cent into the oftfre of the clerk of the district court at the court house yesterday to satisfy a judgment against the company in favor of Robert O. Palmer, who claim ed injuries resulting from a trolley collision. Samardlek After Ducks—Robert Samardick, federal prohibition agent, plans to leave for the western part of the state Monday on a duck hunting trip. "Jt's easier to hunt ducks and chickens than it is persons who vio late the prohibition laws,” he said. 'While I’m gone. Mr. Rohrer will have a chance to try his luck.” I/ague to He Discussed—L L. Me Ilvalne and K. M. Konecky will speak at the meeting of the Omaha Philo sophical society Runday afternoon at 3. in Room 3<I2, Patterson building. "The League of Nations and the In ternational Court" will be the subject for discussion. Fight Postponed—Due to rainy weather conditions, the two navy ma -- ... rine corps planes which came to Omaha from Cheyenne Friduy, post poned their flight west, for the pur pose of distributing navy literature in connection with the national ob servance of Navy day. until Sunday. I.ieut. F. O. Hodgers and Lieut. H. D. Palmer flew the planes to Omaha, aided by First Sergt. Boucher and Sergeant Toulsciak. The fliers were guests of Lieutenant Powers of Oma ha at the Omaha club Saturday noon. Special Hallowe’en Luncheon Plan to have your Hallowe’en luncheon in our Tea Room, where unique table decorations will add to the Hallowe’en spirit. Plate, 65c Seventh Floor Charge Purchases made Monday will be entered on your November account, payable December 10. Exquisite Silk and Philippine Lingerie Specials That Offer Extraordinary Savings for Women and Misses From this wide selection you may choose most exquisite gifts that will be highly acceptable. It is our suggestion that you select Christmas gifts now from this great assortment of lovely new pieces. Pajamas of Pongee At *10“ Picturesque pajamas of pon gee adorned with hand-embroi dery i« contrasting color; pic tured. Radium and Crepe Night Dresses At *695 A simple, straightline style enhanced with antique filet and ruby val; finely tucked; white and pastel tints. « Fine Lacy Radium Slips At *10“ An attractive tucked style of heavy radium effectively adorned with embroidered net' and Calais val laces. 2-Piece Seta of Radium and Crepe At *T° The vest chemise is hem stitched tucking, edged with val lace. The step-in drawers are dainty with matching edge of radium or crepe de chine. v Crepe de Chine ^ Step-Ins — Chemise Pair $395 ^ Chemise with filet, fine val laces, with flapper of fancy hemlines, lace edged. Fancy step-ins with real filet or val lace edge. Second Floor Quilted Robes $27.50 Of beautiful quilted satin with lambs wool and art ticking throughrout. Boudoir «, Caps $2.45 Becoming caps of net lace, or silk with ribbon rosebuds. Satin Mules $3.95 Of qoilted or plain satin; black and col ors; some con t r a s t i n gly lined. Philippine Night Dresses-Step-in Chemise Each $395 Night dresses, exquisitely hand-embroidered. Chemise embellished to match the gowns. Floor Household Linens--Blankets—Comforts All-Wool Blankets Lightweight block plaid blankets with neatly bound edge of colored ribbon to match. Extra warm SIO QC quality. Pair.. «P 1 Ct Silk Mull Comforts Figured silk mull comforts filled with pure white sanitary cotton and made with plain 9-mch matching borders. An unusual value, QC each.*0.270 Blankets A blanket that feels and looks like wool, in effective plaid designs. Size 66x80 irtches. Suitable for full QIC size bed. Pair.. *“.270 Very Moderately Priced Huck Towels 18x36-lnch fine quality linen huck towel*. Hemstitched edge and attractive damask border. Each, **. Linen Breakfast Cloths 52x52-inch breakfast cloths of German manufacture. Come in blue, green or gold com bined with white. CQ Each. Turkish Towels Fancy Turkish towels with colored borders and stripes. .45c Crash Toweling Good absorbing quality linen crash toweling with neat col ored borders. O C — Yard.ZOC Irish Linen Dresser 18x45-inch dresser scarf of fine round thread quality linen With hemstitched edges. fr":.$1.75 Linen Damask Napkins 15xl5-inch linen damask napkins, neat designs finished with hemstitched edge, QC dozen. Silk Comforts 72x84 comforts of fine quality silk filled with lambs’ wool. With plain borders to match. &.519.75 Bed Spreads Spreads of satin finish Mar seilles, made with neat scal loped edge and cut corners. Suitable for full QC size bed. Each.. *P*J Sorond Floor Roberta Corset Sitting or Standing It Always Fits This Laced-in-Frpnt Roberta has clever features of design which delight women of slightly full figure. It is amply cut, with a gentle flare both at top and skirt—no danger of a “corseted” look. Crossed sections of elastic at the bust line in front prevent crowding when you are sitting down / I I or leaning over. Your .figure is _/ / I held in correct place in all posi •/ Ifll \ tions. Made of beautiful flesh-tinted brocade, lace and ribbon trimmed, at $10.00; of coutil at $6.00. Laces in front over a self-adjusting shield. We are showing a full line of Roberta Laced-in Front Corsets at $5.00 and up and also the new Roberta Non-Laced, which is creating a sen sation, at $3.50 and up. LeOone qf our ex pert corsetieres give you a fitting. Sacond Floor Christmas Cards Your Christmas card or personal greeting should happily combine your mes sage of good cheer with a satisfactory expression of your preference in form and design. To accomplish this we invite your early inspection of the beautiful and varied assortment we have gath ered to meet your every need. Main Floor Bargain Basement Extra Special Bleached Indian Head Muslin 37c M-inch bleached Indian Head with soft finish. These are practical lengths from 2 to 10 yards. Every yard has the name on the selvedge. This price is for one day only. Bargain Ba«anu»nt French Opera Pumps of $ir Ixively new dress pumps for early fall wear. Fashioned with short vamp, round toe and high heels. This model is very flatter ing to the foot. Attractive rut work designs on the vamp and sidei. The Same Models in Black Satin .$U Black Patent .$12 Black Matt Kid.$12 Main 1 l.*oi Silks, Velvets and Woolens Featuring Special Values in New Fabrics for Autumn New Plaid Coatings Heavyweight winter coating" plaided on both sides so that it requires no lining. Regular $6.50 value. 56 inches in £>* QP width. Yard. Poiret Twill Fine twill silk finished, an ideal weight for street and utility dresses. Navy, autumn brown, lark. 42-inch width. fcO OC Yard at. % Mylanette A new tubular vesting that come* in rest lengths, three-quarters of a yard, enclosed in sanitary transparent envelope with full direc tions for making and washing. Kroshar and Beausette Knit weaves in dainty shades of peach, orchid, pink, flesh, maize, d* 1 IQ sky blue and white. Vest length. Each .. Imported Velvets, $7.95 Rich shimmering all silk qual ity velvet in 40-inch widths. Shades are liberty blue, Apache red, autumn brown, American beauty, sapphire blue, mountain haze, black, maize and white. Values, $9.00 to S7 QP $10.SO a yard.W i •a/O $3.50 Silk Duvetyne The rich soft tones of this lovely win try fabric are well adapted to hand some gowns, capes and wraps, or street and evening wear. We offer silk duve tyne in 30 beautiful CC shades. Yard .W.OO Socond Floor Underwear Women's “Columbine” Union Suits Suits of fine quality combed cot ton made with French band tops in the fitted or bodice styles. Knee or ankle length, in white and flesh only. Sites M 7H 34 to 38.N> 1 • « O The same quality suit made with high neck and long sleeves, or Dutch neck with elbow sleeves, iTt ankl* len^; $2.00 Second Floor New and Individual Models in Silk an d Woolen Frocks # Featuring the Newest of Paris-Sponsored Modes Acclaimed by Smart Women A As original as they are charming, the frocks offered in our gown shop will appeal especially to the woman who enjoys being a little ahead of the mode. Of new autumn fabrics— •• m \ Velvet Charmeen Loreloni Canton Crepe Crepe Satin Poiret Twill Afternoon and dinner models are beautifully designed, with a wintry touch of fur or a bit of real lace. Tri-tiered skirts pre sent a charming variation to the straight silhouette of woolen day frocks. Black satin coat models are distinguished by a charming dignity. Sizes 14 to 44. Third Hmu