B TFTR OMATTA SUNDAY MKK: nrci'KMHKK 1."), 1007. f ( "Sanla Claus" will show the host judgment If whfn plvlriK a prost-nt to the nif-n, he glvps a pair of Onimod Slippers A pair of our Kid Slippers Is a bh'sslng create a love for home and the family fire side. Get brother a pair. He will enjoy them, bo would father or Bweetheart. You cannot beat them aa an Xmaa pres ent Remember the , Onimod Shoes are sold direct from maker to -wearer. ecJBJlt sos SHOE S S.5HS7. For Christmas. The fountain pen with no loose parts or leaky joints. Filled and ready to write in stantly by dipping it in the nearest ink-well and pressing the Crescent-Filler. This means that with CONKLIN'S Self-Flllln4 'Fountain Pen there's a "barrel" of Ink always ready. Such comfort, too, in writing. Glides over the paper lik a swallow skim ming through the air. No blots, scratches, skips or balks. It is "nib and holder" above any other foun tain pen made. Thl It the retrains Conklln o( world-wide fame, "Thafen with the Creacent-Filler," mule by Tub Conklih Fun Cck. Toledo, Ohio. Call ana see tiil wuuderful eu. Omaha Stationery Company 1GOT Farnam St. Tel. Douglas SOS OMAHA, MB. 'E-Z" Walkers for Hard Workers m SoM Inrfttm-M Sboaay Atrwtm. Adequately represents the quality of oar E-Z" WALKER SHOES far Farmer and Mechanics. This line ol hoe has proven a remarkable seller with US and the demand steadily increases. "S-Z-1 WALKERS are msds in both plain and tip toe and in widths from C to Double E, thus enabling the foot to b perfectly 0ttd. "E-Z" WALKER shoe ax so evenly balanced aa to wear out completely before firing away. Made for hard knocks, wear and service. Tell your dealer you want "E-Z" WALKEKS. If he has none, write us. We'll learn why and tsll you where to gt them. You can't "to wrong" in these shoes. F. P. Kirkendall & Co. Omaha, Nebraska, Wttltra Mede for Hearers Tredr CHRISTMAS IN MAM LANDS Pen Pictures of the World-Wide Fes tival in Different Settings. CLIMATE PROVIDES THE C0L0B Kamons Aathnr anil Traveler Sketches Christmas rrnra in Frigid aad Tropic Countries Aronnd thr World. Amnne; thn Inter contributions to litera ture from the run of Sir Edwin Arnold, author of "Tlie Light of Aula." wan a perspective view of Christmas customs In the many lands traversed by the famous writer ami traveler. It was written a few months before 111 death In 1P and forms a fascinating addition to the literature of Christmas. It follows. In rart: If we could take kinematoirraphs of our lives, or Ret them taken for us, how In teresting It would be, at any rate to the Individual himself; and what trouble It would obviate In biographies and auto biographies! In such a case not many peo ple, I suppose, would like to set the entire series In motion from beginning to end, without suppressing a filrp here and there, unless the exhibition were only for the most friendly eyes. Hut memory, with her magic, ran per form for each of us something resembling what I have suggested: especially If we tHke some particular day of the year and allow recollection to make the recurring anniversary of that special date mark the subject of our thought. I have been try ing this at thn present Christmas season, allowing myself to bring back, without any straining after strict chronology or exact sequence, the Christmas days spent abroad; and the effect has been not without a cer tain charm and amusement, so different at the scenes which the mind can conjure up again and so vivid the associations re awakened. Home Recollections. There is one home recollection Which comes tlrst, because It was a typical Christ mas day In the old style. There stands on the bank of the Thames, midway upon Its stream, a mansion, whero the host was a well known city magnate, and I, then a youthful schoolboy, one of his happy guests. He gave us. In his great hall, a fenst In the antique manner. We had the Yule log dragged In, with mummers. and masiiuernders. to blaze gloriously In the spacious hearth, with a "Ixird of Misrule" and his retinue fantastically equipped. Then there was dancing In the ancient way, and a prodigious feast, wherein a huge bowl of punch steamed on the crowded board, amid boar's head, mighty Joints of roast beef, a gigantic twelfth cake, flam ing dishes of snapdragon, mince pies In mountains, and a plum pudding. Immense, generous, fragrant beyond all perfumes of Araby, bedecked with berried holly, and burning with blue fire like a culinary Vesuvius. After the feast, music and more qiadrllles, and then what makes It al ways more memorable for me a country dance, which seemed Interminable as It was delightful, because It was my privi lege to go up and down to the music of "Sir Roger do Coverley" with a poetess for my partner. She was Eliza Cook, quite famous then, although, I suppose, not many now could repeat "The Old Armchair," or any other of her then popular pieces. As for me, it was paradise; for, while young enough to fall, aIesp!fterwarBT3at her Biuc, a was uiu enuuKu io do Boie to piease her bjr reciting certain of the verses of one who seemed to me In those impressionable days a sort of goddess. I must always think of that Chrlstmastlde at Ingress ab bey when I think of Chrlstmastldes at all. Anions; th Dtrtch. What comes next? Ah, such a different cenel A Chrlstmaa day In Holland, with the green polders, endless straight roads, and gigantic dikes of that amphibious land which the sturdy Dutchmen have won from the sea. I was at Rotterdam with two college friends. Having outrun our ready money It was necessary to replenish the exchequer by finding out a certain mutual acquaintance holding a high educational post. Deputed to discover him, I was sent Into the. country, and, mistaking the direc tions gives me by a Dutch lamplighter, found myself on Christmas evening eight een miles away from Rotterdam, In a little village named Nord Vykt Nobody I met could speak English or French, and I had no Dutch. Hungry, w;ary and half froien, I met a local "predikant" who un derstood Latin, and the language of Cicero took me safely under his guidance to the great house mentioned, where I found a grand old Dutchman, gray bearded, ,ith his wife, stately, stout, and richly dressed, wearing spiral gold earrings, and bearing rich family Jewels on her ample bosom, with her little son In holiday attire of black velvet and lace collar, preparing to It down at a glorious supper table, In a spacious paneled room. Mynherr laid aside his long clay pipe, the lady gave me a warm padded Jacket, the nice little Dutch boy himself brought a chafing dish on which to place my be numbed feet, and I had a royal Christmas tide, after all. Th. Festival la India. Then the Indian Christmas days come Into recollection. The hallowed epoch es tablishes Itself only In an artificial manner in that tropical country, amid landscapes which nowhere lend themselves to the old associations. Tet we keep It resolutely, and the household servants, recognizing It as a "burra ro" a great day of the sahibs decorate the bungalow with what the "mallee" Imagines to be most like holly and mistletoe. Hut on the dinner table the roast beef Is the hump of a sebu, the pud ding has been Imported, and even the mince pies. At night you hear no better Christ mas carol than the never falling yells of the Jackals, but, instead of wintry winds, the soft air of the Indian night breathes gently through the feathers of the palm trees. Then how ran I forget that winter sea son In Corsica, when we had exchanged the sleet and mud of London for the sunny ranges round AJaccIo, and those slopes covered with aromatic shrubs, which till the air with fraarance, but Inhabited by a people who for the first time explained to me Napoleon? Small girls and boys there took boundless delight In watching the killing of pU'S in the public street, and their "sportsmen" shoot every thrush, blackbird, lark and finch found In the maauls. F pr- sal America. What year It waa exactly when I pass'-d another such anniversary at Cairo I forget, but we were sitting at table d'hote In Ehepheard's hotel when the sad news came of the disaster to the Scotch express at the Tay bridge. I remember my Christmas tide in Egypt all the more because I tiiat day enjoyed a conversation upon the rub Ject with Nubar Pasha and Sir Richard Ilurton. to find at the end of It that the keen Armenian statesman and the re nowned explorer and orientalist, though proteased agnostics, were Jjst as convinced in their secret hearts that d,ath was merely an Incident In evolution as ever were Cheops, or Cephrenee. or any build ers of the royal and priestly tombs. In the United States, where I can recall more than one memorable Christmas day, there la more-of the old world feeling, and people and country alike make one less sensible of abeonca from bygone placa and habits. The ouUoat Christinas day I can remember was In Wisconsin, whore I saw to my surprise, on an afternoon not espe cially chilly, the thermometer marking 30 degree below sero. On that Christmas lime It was that I tasted the swift Joy of sailing on an Icelxmt, the most enchanting kind of locomotion which has ever been invented. PACKAGES FOR DISTANT ONES Sangeatlona Itcerardlna; the Wrapping, the Addreaa and Mode of shipment. As a usual thing the gifts for the members of one's own household are the last to be bought. Those which must be sent to a distance should be attended to first. Ail packages to be sent abroad should have gone before this, and In sending to places In the United States at least one extra day should be allowed over the usual amount of time. Remember also that al though It takes a little longer, valuable gifts should go by registered mall or ex press and that small Ikxcb containing Jewelry are not delivered by ordinary mall. Just a word about packing when the gifts are bought they should be ticketed and placed In a spare closet, so that they will not be forgotten nor left where they will become soiled through handling. When sending to a distance some regard for size and danger of breukago must be considered, although In sending cut 'glass or china the shops wilt pack for express age If asked to do so. The value of the gifts Is enhanced If It Is properly tied up and sealed In true Christmas fashion. A Christmas greeting should be written on the card sent with a gift, and these may be bought already written and decorated with holly. If so desired, If the ordinary visiting card Is Inclosed the message should be written above the name and the Miss, Mrs. or Mr. have a pen line run through It if the donor knows the recipient well enough to send a Christmas gift. Burntwood, when packed to be shipped, should first be wrapped In tissue paper and then In heavy felt paper before the final outside wrapper Is put on. It Is better to write the address right on the package if It Is to be sent by mall, because a tag may get torn oft or a pasted card loosened, and so the package can never be delivered. A pacage sent by mall should have no writing within, ex cept a card, according to postal rules. The address of the outside should be written legibly on the outside of every package, so It can be traced. A photo graph should be packed with a piece of heavy cardboard Just a IUtle larger than itself. In tying with string, cross the string, which should be strong, twice each way and pass It around the transverse string each time they pass In the middle. When the recipients live In the city It Is an excellent plan to dispatch gifts by a trustworthy messenger. In this case they should bo done up In tissue paper and fancy ribbon and then Inclosed In a stouter wrapping to prevent their getting soiled. Christmas candy should be ordered early because It will be sure to be carefully selected; those who wait until Christmas eve for purchasing bonbons generally have to take what they can get, rather than Just what they want. Christmas ribbons and calendars too will be getting scarce, and, Indeed, all the Christmas bundles ought to be wrapped up and ready for de livery within a day or two, whether they are to be sent or delivered by hand. AMENDS FOR LOST CHRISTMAS , " How One) Seared Sonl Filled Every Day in the Year With Christmas Joy. From a little southern Tillage cornea to us the story of a woman who once lost Christmas out ot her year. Just before the day, misery and disgrace, and, at last, crime came Into her family. She carried the load for a while, and then fell under It, sick unto death. The blessed day dawned and passed, but she was lying unconscious and knew nothing of It. When she came to herself the people of the town had forgotten that there ever had been a Christmas. But the day had always counted for much to Jane. It seemed to her like a word of cheer from Qod Himself on her weary climb upward, giving her hope and strength and endouragement for the whole year to come. Jane kept the village postofflce. She was apt to be sharp and cross, because she was old, and had a secret ailment which at times tortured her. But when she took up her work on the very first day that she was able to do so, it suddenly occurred to her: 'Why not pretend that this is Christmas day, and keep it, though nobody but Qod and me will knowT" She opened the window, and as she gave out the letters had a cordial word for every one of the neighbors outside children and hard-worked women and feeble old men. They went away laughing and surprised, but strangely heartened. When the office was closed, she bethought herself of gifts, and baked some of her famous crullers and carried them to folk so poor that they never had any crullers, and to the old paupers In the almshouse. She astonished each of them, too, with the gift of a dollar. "I can do with my old cloak another year," she thought, "and they will feel rich for days!" "In His name." she Bald to herself as she gave each of her poor ore sent a. ' The llttlo gifts held out for a long time as she carried them from house to house, her face growing kinder as she went and her voice softer. It seemed to her that never before had there oeen so many sick, unhappy folk in the town. Surely H was right to make them glad that He had come among us even if tt were not Christ mas dayT But she could not Bleep for thinking of other poor neighbors to whom she might have given some little comfort or pleasure. "Why not make them happier that He has come, tomorrow, as well as today?" she thought, with a shock of delight In her discovery. So it came to pass that this little post mistress made a Christinas out of every day In that year for her poor neighbors. When she had no more gifts for them she threw herself Into their lives; she nursed them when they were sick, dragged them up when they fell, cried with them when they suffered, and laughed with them when they were happy. And thus It was that she taught them of her Master and led them to be glad every day of the year that He had been born into the world to be Its helper. Rebecca Harding Davis In St. Nicholas. IS MOUNTAIN CLIMBING NECESSARY TO REDUCE FAT? A few years ago the average physician would have said "Yes." but today less tx penalve, lens strenuous, and less danger ous methods are employed. So Weil un derstood haa this dlstrttsnlng condition be come that one can literally sit In an ea-,y chair at home or at a well supplied dlnn.r table and reduce excesblve fat at the late of half to one pound a day without pre viously going to any greater exertion tuun a visit to Uij drug store entails. A.,y druggist can supply a perfect fa.1 reducer at a moment's notice at a coat of only a few cents. His best receipt Is one ounce Marmola, one-half ounce Fluid Extract Caacara Aromatic, and three and one-half ounces Hyrup simplex. A te&apoonful taken after meals and at bedtime will do mure for a fat man or woman In a shorter spare of time and far more safely than all the exercUe and dieting one could crowd Into a summer's vacation. f f f t ts 0 at 1 'Y -'0 si as 7P is- (36 (GeG M Hon0 Mlinni At Browning. King's B y Hero are some hints that ought to bo helpful to Mothers Shopping for Their Sens. Wives Shopping for Their Husbands, Sisters Shopping for Their Brothers. Aunts Shopping for Their Nephews. And You Shopping for Him. . Smoking Jackets Lounging and Bath Bags and Suit Cases Umbrellas and Canes Pajamas Night Robes Gloves Shirts Scarf Pins Link Buttons Silk Hats Opera Hats Fur Lined Overcoat3 Our showing for the Little Fellows is the most complete we have ever made SUITS, OVER COATS, GLOVES, CAPS, BLOUSES, ROBES, PAJAMAS, NIGHT ROBES, MUFFLERS, NECKWEAR, Etc. .Wir - an aa an SB Sk Si i AN OLD ARMY CHRISTMAS Recollections of a Primitive Festival at a Montana Post. SHADOWED BY AN INDIAN WAR Inarennltr "t an Army Wife Over eomra Obataelea and Prepares a Feant Worthy of Mars' Men. It was the beautiful army custom In those days for officers already at the sta tion to call the first evening upon the new arrivals. AccordlnKly our officers visited the tents that were put up In military pre ciHlon close as convenient to our little Fmncks. Afterward all the new officers, mout of whom I had already met, called to pay their respects to the two ladies in this little beleaguered post they hud endured so much to relieve. It was not much like a holiday gathering that Christmas Eve. They came dressed In the best that their limited kits afforded. (Winter campaigns In Montana were fur from belr.g pleasure trips.) Several of them were sunVrlns from frozen noses, ears, cheeks or fingers, from the terrible ex posure of the last week's ride. The pain ful peeling process was exceedingly annoy ing; but not a word of complaint vaa heard. Realizing how hard It was for them to be away from their wives and families under such trying circumstances, and espe cially at this time of the year that stands for family reunions, I invited ton of them for Christmas dinnt r the next day. It wa.i my pleasure to take all imishIIjIh pains to make my dinner ultractive, und the sub sequent delight of the hoine-hunt'ry men fully repaid me. Ileal Koiupliia. When we entered our quartets, I had personally superintended the lluia of bot'a rooms with heavy brown paper such as i jised between partitions and Hours to keep houses warm. ) In one room sipod the bed hidden by u large screen. It had proved my good for tune to have ordered my piano to lie shipped to Fort Custer tco late in the sea son for It to arrive before we left for Poplar river. It had come up to Fort Huford on the last bout before navigation closed for the winter; and from there it had been forwarded to Poplur river, sixty miles up the Missouri. So, delightfully In congruous as it was, we had t lie piano in the combination led and fitting room, flanked by my guitar and banjo. Near it. suspended from the celling, was a haniting lamp. At each window hung lure curtains and wine-colored red lambrequin ; and with the floor made warm with buffalo robes the little room waa voted delightfully coiy by all who entered. In the dining room stood our dresser which waa utilised us a sideboard; my bit; "Saratoga trunk; and t he smaller traveling trunks, all covered and curtained and mude Into seats. A door in the rear of the room communicated with our cooking tent, whlell was put up like a lean-to on a frame, with loose boards for flooring. Two great stoves which burnt green cotton wood kept the little two-roomed house warm. For the Christmas dinner, several tables were put together Id the small dining room, almost filling it. Appeasing; Home Hanger. Despite their unpleasant and decidedly uncomfortable situation, all the guests ap peared with the bright holiday faces that their beautiful optimism and gentle cour tesy prompted. Covers were laid for twelve, and as we entered the dining room the guests stood still with appreciation at the sight of the table. I had procured from the trader, who had cared for them until we had en tered our shacks, several geranium plants: sod by Christmas their buds bad opened f m f f f Way of $5.00 to $20.00 Robes $2.50 to $50.00 $5.00 to $32.50 $1.00 to $10.00 $1.25 to $10.00 50c to $7.5o 50c to $25.00 $1.00 to $3.50 50c to $3.50 50c to $3.50 $6.00 .J57.50 $125 to $250 rowning, R. S. WILCOX, IVIor- Open Evenings This Week ft a - 'i 'i -i 'i Into warm red "Sowers. They were at that bleak season a delight. When the officers saw that the dinner preparations were more elaborate than could have been hoped for In that out-of-the-way place, their faces brightened still more, and as the evening progressed my heart warmed to see that the spirit of Christmas was assisting my anxious hos pitality In causing them to forget them selves and enjoy the present as much as possible. Our first course was raw oysters, which were canned and frozen before shipment. For it I hud made careful preparation. My man had cut for me a large square block of Ice and twelve small ones. With hammer and chisel and the aid of a dish pan and a baking powder can tilled with boiling water, these were transformed Into receptacles for the sea food. A hot flatiron made for them ull beveled edges, and the large block was further decorated with our monogram. The whole gave a beautiful crystal effect. The novelty delighted the guests and immediately dispelled the traces of sadness that threatened. In fact, the Ice dlBhes most effectually broke the social Ice, and started a warmth of approbation and comfort In the little dinner. Pleasant Itecolleetlone. The diary I have kept all tny life brings back to me even the menu of that night. After the oysters came soup, home made, and not the canned variety with which we had become so familiar as diners on th" frontier. Then showed salmon croquettes with egg satire and potatoes. The butcher had provided me with sweet breads, and these were served In patties with peas fresh from the can. Too Isolated for the Christmas turkey, we had a big roast of beef, and I really do not believe the guests gave one passing thought to the holiday bird. Potatoes and eubhune u la cauliflower completed that coin e. Tralrle chickens and currant J llv tarts melted from view before the canned asparagus salad mnilo its appearance; and no hostess ever hnd more reason to be pratifted by the enthusiasm with which each dish as received, than I had upon that occasion. Cheese and crackers pre ceded the sherbet, home made cuke, and the randies I had made with hurried z. al. Refore the cofTee had entirely disap peared, the room was comfortably per fumed with cigar smoke; and the party was launched upon after dinner stories. We had been' three hours and a half at table, and were now quite In the humor for music and lively conversation. One of the officers was an accom plished musician, and of course delighted with the presence of the piano. Solo, duet, chorus, story and Instrumental duet fol lowed each other in happy succession for a couple of hours after. But the time fur goodnlghts abruptly re minded us that this was the last social gathering before the Impending fU'ht with the Indians, which their insolent and threatening dispositions made Inevitable. The Idea entered my mind that the coining week might find us beyond earthly pleas ures, and, aa we separated from all those we held dear in this world, Ht was impos sible to escape a little depression. Since there are no sorrowful Incidents to re member In connection with the tight, how ever, the recollection of our momentary de pression does nut dim that of the Christ mas cheer. Army and Navy Ufe. Kauilly .Newspaper War. This Is a tittle domestic story with two characters father and son. The Kiay-haircd lather us he has been reading the newspapers day after day has been ImpiesseJ with the tact that an un usually larife number of sons of good families have been fcoliiK wrung. A bright Idea came into his head the other day. H nee that time until within four or live daya ago he has been clipping- accounts of these misdoings out and placing them each morning beside the plate of bis sun at the breakfast table. Then a bright Idea came Into the head of tiie young man. He found good mate rial in the daily papers for the misdoings of elderly men. fathers of families, and yes terday at break last put tlie bunch be.sidH the plate ot his father. Thus far honors are t&sy. Indianapolis News. m tet f f Suggestion- Handkerchiefs Fancy Suspenders Fancy Vests Collar Bags Toilet Sets Hosiery Neckwear Sweaters Mufflers Full Dress Protectors Underwear Full Dress Suits Tuxedo Suits Suits and Overcoats sn Si St al St si at Sh r?T7 a . -V.-V4V--V. i4.a.9.a9. t 'i "THE ONLY REAL c andy . 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Hucholi AsKlhtant Cashier Frank Lloyd DIKIiCTOUS J. II. Millard. Guy C. Ilartou V. M. ilurg.es A. J. Simpson 3. K. Ha u in '. K. .McUrew Wm. Wallace I. W. Carpenter W. II. Kucholz C. II. Hi own. Farn am and Douglas. Mia.ua.il j-iiti'.r i iwi mi iftmmif 1 Lowney's Woodward's, Bal duff's. We have very reason able priced packages in pretty decorated boxes. finest dis JOfES "ndy. city of The Candy Corner for Xmas. Tel. Web. 116