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ROBERT HUNTER. I 'rtary Publla
fluboerlbert aasrrlnj Vtf oty tempomrtlr
sooald har Tho be riuUled u them. Ad
Crewa will ba changed aa ofteTi aa rueatL
Tbese are the day whan the coal bill tops
tha pll.
' Popular slogan in America: "Shop early;"
in Europe. "Shoot early."
The fire that burned our municipal bath
house aeenia to have made g clean sweep.
Then, too, if the clock were moved up one
hour, it would give that much more time for
"hopping early.
When the mercury it below lero and the
weather man forecast! "Warmer," he really
tueana less frigid.
Yes and the Increasing money emphasis on
base ball tends to make the diamond more
precious than ever.
If that Nebraska patronage deadlock Is not
quickly opened, it will be in dsnger of being
frozen in over the winter.
Just watch Emperor M'Ullani fool those doc
tors by getting wall while they are disagreeing
over what should be done for him.
r.omerabrr that sero weather, which nips the
securely housed and well drensed, bites right
through the poorly clad, and half sheltered.
, After all the time and trouble spent, in reach
ing the capital. Villa evidently did not like It,
for he is back up at that dear old Chihuahua
again.
The attention of wiseacres who predicted
only a six weeks' war is called to the fact that
the allies are planning a decisive attack for next
spring.
Those Nebraska teachers know when they
are well treated, and give most tangible proof of
appreciation each time they vote to come to
Omaha again.
Note that Omaha is over In the increase side
of the weekly bank clearings table, while most
of the other cities of our site show up in the
decrease column.
With his encouragement to business, the
lreajdent baa brought a smile of satisfaction to
the stern lips of Uncle Jim llill, which Is some
achievement la itself.
John Lind say Huerta could never have es
tablished peaceful government if he had had all
the money In the world, and undoubtedly John
Lind. is dead right on that point.
The navy is pronounced deficient in air craft.
No, gentle reader, this is not a verbal paradox
Just an evolutionary development that has lifted
the nary out of the water and up into the sky.
Another grim reminder of "Hands Across
the Sea." Is Lord Churchill's felicitation of
Japaa over the final destruction of the last of
the German ships that occupied far eastern
waters.
Committees are at work wrlttlng revisions
f Omaha's charter, South Omaha's charter and i
Lincoln's charter, which are to be put up to the
legislature when it convenes. Just a few nire
arguments for home-made home-rule charters.
Flogging Up the Leaks.
The declaration thst we are stiffr-rins a na
tional lor-s of $1,000,000 s dsy as sheer wsste
resulting from the poor management of our min
eral Industries is a challenge to the govern
ment's economy and efficiency ejperts thst
ought to be met without delay. In one detail of
coking coal, the director of the bureau of mines
reports an annual loss of $75,009,000. The an
nual waste of metals in brass furnace practice
alone amounts, he says, to $4,600,000. His
bureau also finds where a saving might be ef
fected In nsttiral gas worth about 11 3, 000, 000 a
yesr.
Theae are practical matters that ought to re
reive immediate attention. With business duly
chsstened. the tariff, currency, poetsl savings,
csnal tolls, and other similar subjects disposed
of or sidetracked for the time being, the ad
ministration ran find no time like the present
for plugging up the leaks at the mines and
other places of production through which mil
lions of dollars are ' annually filtering.
"Economy and efficiency" have been urged for
a national watchword and It is a good one.
Sometimes, however, there Is reason to believe
that we are not fully living up to the slogan.
"A careful preliminary Inquiry shows that
in mining 600,000,000 tons of coal yearly, 300,
000,000 tons are wasted or left underground in
nnralnable condition," says the director's report.
Appalling waste! And at a time, too, when the
consumers of coal are paying their exorbitant
prices, and we are pratlpg about the urgent
necessity of unlocking the Alaska fields to
relieve the congestion and the early exhaustion
of our continental mineral supply. Kvery
household in the land Is Vitally affected by this
shocking lsck of economy and efficiency and
probably nothing of more Immediate importance
suggests Itself to the attention of congress at
this time than this very condition. As the presi
dent is dealing with the conservation of re
sources, he msy gle detailed attention to this
subject by laying It before congress for action.
Lest Disease and More Life.
According to' Dr. Victor C. Vaughn of the
University of Michigan and president of the
American Medical association, we are gaining a
little on old rather Time. The average span of
life, he says, has been lengthened fifteen years
In the last thirty-five, and moreover death rates
are steadily declining. The death rate from
tuberculosis, for example, he reports C4 per cent
smaller today than it was in 18S0.
Yet only a short while ago folks were still
regarding tuberculosis as virtually incurable
rssuming that the only hope for a victim of the '
wnite plague" was slightly to prolong his days
by some adroit manipulation of drugs or flight
to a milder climate or some other artificial de
vice. Now, of course, even the layman knows
that tuberculosis Is being very successfully
combatted, and In many cases conquered. Fur
thermore, ho known that the natural forces of
sunshine and air, used more as preventives than
cures, are the forces chiefly employed. In the
combat.
It Is a great tribute to our rather young
campaign of better, more rational living, ifin
a third of a century we have succeeded In tack
ing onto tha average span of life as much ns
fifteen years. It ought to inspire even a far
greater effort thau has yet been exerted toward
proper living in the future" ' There Is no magic
or mystery about longevity. Science and experi
ence teach that It Is more a matter of right liv
ing, which compasses moral as well at physical
precautions, than anything else. ...
Winter't Armistice.
Winter waits on no king, country or poten
tate for an armistice. It may not formally sus
pend hostilities, yet levy its own embargo on
continuous fighting. With a blanket of snow
as its flag of truce, bleak north winds aa Its
imperial voice, it calls men from activity in the
linos, trenches and forts of both armiea while
the grim elements of nature Indulge In a little
soason of warfare all their own.
Already opposing commanders are planning
their spring campaigns. Lord Kitchener an
nounces plans for hurling "4.000,000 fresh
troops" agalnta the enemy when the gentle
breere once more "on our plalna descends." No
doubt, the German forces also will spend the
winter months In similar preparations. In the
meantime both armies are hibernating along a
battle front 300 miles In length, with but desul
tory warefare still going on. It makes the busi
ness of war seem all the more grim, this en
forced resting on arme. waiting, planning,
training to "kill and destroy." to use a famous
lacbnlo expression.
Whoever has with good Intention, but vainly,
proposed an armistice for the Christmas holi
days in fact, we all may take a little satis
faction in this diminished volume of slaughter.
If it were not futile to think of such a thing!
civilization 'might indulge a hope that better
wayt of settling the Issue than hurling 4,000.
000 fresh troopa back and forth tor a decisive
battle lu the spring, might grow out of this
present surcease of fire, though we are con
stantly reminded that even to talk peace as yet
is wasted breath.
In the Wake of the War
That Prnpnaed Holiday Trace.
Con flirt In calendars and creeds rained Insurmount
able barrier against the pronossl of Pope Renedul
XV for a truce of the fighting armies of Europe and
Aula during the Christmas seaaon. Germany rjr
preneed a willingness to agree, but Russia U reported
to hsve declined to suspend hostilities. The proposal
contemplated a truce of twenty days, or from Decem
ber 3ft to January 10, ro as to rover the different dates
on whtrh ('hiiatmaa dsy Is celebrated by western
nations and the Russians. The former obecrve Inn
Urrgorlan rslendar dtte of December 2. while Run
sla alone of the Christian tiatlons adheres to the
Julian calendar. When the Gregorian calendar was
launched In ifX to adjust the time losaes duo to the
Julian system of computation ten days were wiped
off the reckoning. In the succeeding centuries the
snnual difference of eleven minutes and fourteen sec
onds added another day to the original ten, and tha
suspension of leap years In 100 and 1900 Increased to
thirteen dsys the difference between the OregorUn
and Julian calendars, which makes tho Russian Christ
mas date January C. Another vital obstacle to a
C'lirlstmaa truce Is the Inability of a Moslem to se
anything commendable In a Christian holiday, a...
tho Turks sra fighting tha allies with all the hearty
energy of the fanatlo against tha ancient enemy ct
the prophet. In thla connection it Is Interesting to
note thst a record of events In the American civil
war shows only one engagement on Christmas day,
that being a minor ergagemenf or skirmish at Fort
Fisher, N. C, December 25, ISC. preceding the fall
of that fortress, January 18, 1884. Tiier was cor
sldersble severe fighting In the four Decembers it
that wsr, the principal battlea being Fredertckburjr.
December 11 to 14, 1SS2, and Ptone river, Decerning
31. 1W1
Vanlafced Ulorlea of War.
The general use of entrenchmenta by the land forces
In tha present war and of the submarine at wa
plucks several plumes from the chapeaua of warriors.
What effect will these modern methods have at the
recruiting offices of the near future. A letter from a
Ixindoner to an American frrand. printed In the Spring
field rMass.) Republican, emphasises this point. The
writer says:
"This is a desdly game. There can be little in the
way of heroics, and when It Is alt over all the gov
ernments will have the greatest difficulty In getting
men for the army end navy In tha future. What
chance has a poor sailor got? If It is a case of fight.
In a fair old standup fashion, cut and hack and taka
your chance ys. Rut to have your ship sunk under
you without being sble to strike a blow Is not very
sU active. Nor Is !t very attractive to alt In a wet
ttench with the shells bursting around you and nary
a chame to reply, but to see your friends snd com
rades killed and wounded. It Isn't attractive.
'T hear that some of our men who have come home
after lwlng wounded are reluctant to go back. They
say it Is Just sickening. Hit In the trenches day after
dtty, th n comes your chance. The Germans com
up lu great numbers and they pour rifle fire ane
machine gun fire Into them. No sport, but lust
straight murder. No chance for the poor devils ad
vsnclng, and to keep on shooting Into a mass of men
who cannot reply Is. they say. worsa than being shot
at and not he'ng able to reply. They aay It Is Just
wholesale massacre.
"It looks as though this wsr would open the eyes
of the pcop'e to what warfare really Is under modern
conditions, and some of them will be "mighty slow to
rush Into It again."
I'arla Street ic I'hstnareil.
The Paris municipal council has decUled that the
(i ii me "Alhfrt" shall be given to an avenue or public
square In Paris In honor of the king of Belgium. The
rue de Berlin has already been chanced to the rue'
de I.leire and It la proposed to give a Belgleji or Vine
llsh nsme to the Avenue de 1' Opera, which before
170 was the Avenue Napoleon. The former Avenue
d'AUemsgne Is now the Avenue Jean Jaures. The
city of Kouen has charged the name of the Boulevard
Cant hols to Boulevard Relges. The place de la Gar
In Orleans has been changed to Place Albert I. nil
two bridges over the Loir have been renamed CeorBe
V and Nicholas II. ,
This la only tho beginning of the radical' changoe
of nomenclature that will in all towna of France
mark the war. The tranaform'atlon Is hot confined '
to names of streets, squares and places. All German
and Austrian names of products have already disun
ites red. Esu de Cologne la to be ca'led Eau de Lou
vain or Eau de Provence. Vlenpeee bread la now
called Pain I.legois. In the phonograph parlors all
names of German pieces have been marked off the
programs.
ntnatlnar Barbed Wire 1eenaea.
"The French Instructions for the removal of barbed
wire obstacles." sys the ScUnt'flc American, "defin
itely call for the use of emlolvea. For this purpose
long rods of me'irlte are fastened In bundles of three
to a pole alxteerl and one-hnlf feet long, three inches
wide and one and three-quarter Inches thick. At the
end of the pole Is a collar which projects forward
elaht Inches, and Into which tha end of a second pole
Is fitted. If the extent of the explosion la to be more
than the length of a single pole. Each pole has a
wooden head of almost conical form, with a steel cap
and two little wooden wheels five Inches In dlamoter.
The- pole Is pushed straight Into tha mase of barbed
wire or along tho ground beneath It. Thanks to Its
form and to tho little wheels with which the head
la provided. It glides In easl'y enough. If necessary,
another pole la fitted into the collar of that already
In the network of wire. The charge ta Ignited by
means of a fuse connected with the last bundle of
melinite In the pole. Kach pole supports ninety-nine
bundles or packages of explosive, equivalent to about
six pounds of melinite per meter (3.28 foot), and Is
carried by two men. A single pole will blow open a
pasaage about thirteen feet wide.
People and Events
vlltfItutA Luuy
fill
rmw mi's rtEi
A publlo meeting, attended by about seventy-five
c 111 ens. dlacusaed proposed charter changes In the
Board of Trade room. Tha debate turned on a pro
pose1 to authorise a bond l&sue to provide for
vladoct
Ttie Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen are to
liold their annual ball at Crounae's hall tha cloalnif
fight of tha year. They have selected aa maater-of.
teremonlte J. W. Stevenson, aad for their arraaue
menu committee. F. W. Perkins. R. J. Gentlemen, T.
K. Kinney, W. H. Bay and U. T. Anderson.
There is talk aucut the North we tarn road ac
quiring tha belt line frvra the Ulaaourl Pacific, In
v rder to get into Omaha and touth Omaha.
Ovor tha name or IL P. Deuel, ticket agent, north
east corner of Thirteenth and Earnam, the Burling
ton now advertises that it has sis trains leaving
Oaliy from its depot for all tha principal points, east,
west and south.
Dr. F. D. Wilson Is tha he pry possessor of an
-l lit-pound boy.
Charles Wiumer, leading grain merchant of Grand
island, l visiting friend Q Omaha
A measure Is being prepared to be presented
to the legislature to extend registration of voters
to Nebraska cities and towns of over 2.500 pop
ulation. At present registration Is compulsory
only on cities or the metropolitan and first class,
with the result that none of the others require
it. 8ome day every cttUen entitled to vote will
have to be enrolled, no matter where he resides.
A former Omaha pastor, who ued to tell us
what a wicked city we had, hat been shot hy a
student in an eastern college, of which he was
president We are really sorry that he should
be the victim of euch a mishap and Invite him
to eome back here, where he can live amid
pleasant surroundings and in bodily safety.
It all depends whose ox it gored. Because
the allies control the sea traffic, the objection
to cutting off from purchase of war munitions
and supplies abroad comes from their side. If
GermanU Instead of Hrltannia ruled the wave,
the eutcry againrt such a proposal would be
from the other csinp.
"Mere scraps of paper" have beea held In
contempt of late, but with certain Inscriptions
cn them they might come in mighty handy right
about bow In this shopping early campaign.
It Is estimated that American Indiana on property
worth 1300,000.000. Ha tha paleface loat his cunning?
With a total of 50.000,000 barrels of apples harvested
this year, the American pi belt la fit for any
emergency.
As far aa Investigation goes It Is said there are only
two men In tha congress of tha United States equlppe 1
with live whiskers for the role of Ssnta Claus.
Tha big storm which swept tha eastern states last
Monday did great damage to seashore property, but
It broke the drouth In Pennsylvania with a aplll of
three Inches. Its value being reckoned up In tho
millions. Truly, the raging elements distribute bene
fits aa well as damage.
The threatened contest of the will of Mrs. Frsnh
I-eslle, former New York -tuhisher, did not show ti
when the document was admitted to probate In New
York last Monday. The will leaves over gl.OOJ.OOO to
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt to be used as the latter
directs In furthering the cause of woman suffrage.
How to reach for and separate the other fellow
from tha yellow and green bills buttoned up In his
pocket Is tha aim of a school of finance projected n
Boston. It was supposed the Hub knew all tha fine
points In that game, but some Lime, has elapsed sine
Tom Lawaon's school closed Its doors, and some for
getteriea work overtime.
Mme. Dolla M. Valeri of Naw York testified In
court that a buffet luncheon eaten by her In a
Pullman car. Auguat It, U1Q, gave har four long
years of stomach ache and ah wanta IS, 000 for her
"Intermittent and continuous dlstresa." Wblo.n em
phasises tha beadllner of safety first rules for trav
elers, "Hilck to the railroad sandwich."
Various figures of tha number of unemployed In
New York City are printed, but none exceed tha total
of J40.000. compared with last winter s total of KAMA
The decrease la said by one correspondent to be "due
to better business, a lessened Immigration, and meas
ures taken by other communities to take rare of
their own 1'lle hands, instead of sending them l-
New York."
Jim Ellis, chairman of the entertainment commit .o
of tha ' Alabama Baptist convention at Belma. ta a
promoter of thought as well ss gayety. He mad all
the bachelors ef tha Melma Baptist church entertain
all tha newly-wed delegates at tha hotels, engaging
and paying for tha bridal chambers, flowers, randy
and automobiles. The bachelors earn across with ta
energy and rasa as. as becomes men of boundless liberty.
rs
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Straddle' en Water Power.
NORTH LOUP. Neb.. Der. 14 -To the
Editor of The Bee: The people of ths
state have expected that the farmers'
congress, meeting st Omsha. would place
the organization on the side of tha people
or on the side of the weter power In
terests. The resolution as reported out
is a straddle ami wss very likely written
by McAllister, who heads the governor's
water power commission. The resolu
tion, In part, reads: "We believe that
the state should be In absolute ownership
snd control of the water power of the
state; that water rights should not be
sold or leased In perpetuity." The re
mslnlng part of the resolution Is bluster
nnd Wow. Now, real the above quota
tion carefully and inform us how the
state can "be In absolute ownership and
control of the water power" and at the
same time "ahsll not be sold or Ic.nsed
In perpetuity."
What Is mesnt by "sbsolute ownership
and control." when the same sentence
uses the phrase, "lessed In perpetuity?"
When the legislature Is In session what
Is it to do, appropriate $100,000 by which
to survAy, map. reduce to speclfl. atlons
and drawings with estimated cost of
construction, or lease power sites for
twenty, fifty or a hundred years? Leas
ing for a period of fifty years Is prac
tically leasing In perpetuity. Leasing in
any way means monopoly of power and
high prlcea for electricity.
McAllister la an attorney, and his reso
lution show It. H is also opposed to
stat ownership and nprovement of
held the facts concerning wster power
tinder his hand, and ha. neglected to
ghe those facts to the people by which
to form an opinion. I know, bec.uee I
furnished McAllister ,he larger part of
Jit .tC ' ",forrn"t'on- But McAllister
got sore on me because I would not stand
mcthon". ,Mortn'"-- dilly-dallying
Zl Th. Th' "hm,,d et on "
let Zl h.'r lf fr "tnte ownerahlp.
vnt tho money appropriated by which
a competent man may be empowered t
1o something. . have u.oZZTJrr
"ALTER JOHNSON-, Knglneer.
.tor3--
riroE;
I fTnd h.at,,hthat bT h"'t0r,"U "f-"-osclared
' "y of Belgium was
on. If reVel' nd G"nany wss
f.?.H tl0n" th,t "ne1 th dec
laration. "When the German arm
Blalum V WUhmU the Con""t of
Belgium that I would have to go onto
ZZT" ot Mr OI,horf
1 hsve sesn statements that a few
French so.d.er. were , Be,g,um tSZ
but 1 have never seen that statement
authenticated. . i Mwr hav,
it Ua T-h ffit' "
he C.m ed BOt how 11 cu"
nG'"' " rchlng their" armies
Mo Belgium and destroying the cities
minion". Is monUmenU "1 rendering
mil iona of the most thrifty peppie on
earth homeless ,d penniless.
the rtLeT" 0erl,,"n Pturd Antwerp
the report was sent out ; that they cap
tured many hundreds of thousands o7
Pound, of wheat and flour, and that it
was distribute among ,h. ao.dlera A."
that wheat and flour been given to n.
Belgian.. t0 , wh.m ,t
feting would have been avoided. The
German army had no more right to that
foodstuff than I wollld ,,avth;
food. f Uh0ff 'nd Uk"
When the German army has captured
any part of Belgium a levy ,.
one for vast sums of money, r call that
,L T . mnth ha" b" " on
he city of Bru.sels alone. That much
money would t.k care of the hungry
and homeless Belgian, for many days,
and the people of this country end other
countries would not have to feed them
have robbed them of homes and their
means of a livelihood.
The reason the Belgians er starving
is not because the British keep control
of the. sc.. a. Mr. Olthoff says, but be
cause tho Gorman army deprived them
or their homes and sustenance. If Rpg-.
ltnd Is to blamo for the condition of the
ltelgians. 1 suppose on the same ground,
that if some robbers plundered snd
burned the house of Mr. Olthoff and took
T.T'J "J" m.""n" f ,ub'"n. some man
hundred, of miles away p ,n Canada
would be to blame for hla misfortunes
Germany did the Inv.ding and no one
can successfully say otherwise. Leading
German statesmen have admitted that
they had no right In Belgium when they
Invaded that country, and aurb being a
fact I do not ae why anybody should
any longer defend them for doing so.
F. A. AG.VEW.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Editorial Viewpoint
Boston Trsnscript: Bays Champ Clark,
"No pothouse politician can prevent pros
perity for a political purpose." Positively
punk piffle!
8t. Louis Globe Democrat. Sim his
attention has been called to the matter
In gueh a striking way. Mr. ISdisnii msy
Invent a really fire-proof structure.
Tndlanapo'l News: It is officially re
parted that November shows a favorable
balance of trade of 170.000,000 for us. At
this rate of gain some people will have to
look for something else to worry about
pretty soon.
Houston Post: General Villa seems to
b about as slow In his preparations to
go Into Mexico aa th tsar Is In keeping
Ma Christmas engagement In Berlin. It
seems that the whole world has reached
tha era of the unkept data.
Nw York World: It took th British
government, with th help of th French
government, more t,han two week to land
70.000 troopa In France; but we learn from
a New Jersey militia major that "there
are two nations which could In two weeks
Isnd a fore of 150.000 men ea'-h at a point
on our coast." which shows that any sort
of cock-and-bull story Is good enough for
a scar.
Pittsburgh Dispatch. After a sketchy
aaalstant secretary of the navy has re
ported a shortage of lS.uOO mn In the
nary. Admiral Blue makes a careful count
and finds w are shy S40 officers and 4.A)
men. That la a less sensational story.
W can make good the lack without an
extra cent of appropriations, if we can
keep politic out of th Industrial side of
th neary.
Howard Who wss It thst said. "Uive
nie the man who slnss at his ork?"
Mrs. Howard Somehody who hadn't
lived In the next apartni"nt to one."
Chicago Post.
"What are petty and Jack quarrelling
about now?"
"Oh, It s one of those wireless quar
rels, I guess."
"WlrHtss quarrels? .What do you
mean?"
"Words over nothing, you know."
Boston Transcript.
"Cosl nnd diamonds are really trade of
the same substance."
"Well," replied the young woman, who
typewrites. Ill take the diamond. 1
don't care for the carbon copy. Boston
Transcript.
"It seems to n,e thev arc setting on
very badly with that Chinese lantern
decoration "
"Well, naturally, my dear, that Is a
sort of thing whlh Is slways hrnsing
fire."-Indianapolis Rar.
"Men are always late. I hsve waited
here since o'clock for my husband to
come, and It Is now 7:30."
"At what hour were you to meet him"
asked the wmnsn who had lolned her.
"At 5 o'clock.' -Buffalo Courier.
"I wonder why so mnny men ecem !
rntoy polar exploration?"
"I don't know " replied . Mr. tlrow
Cher. unless it Is hc"ue they like to
find s place where they are not per
ptually admonished about catchlps; col l
or trsrkins snow into the front hall."
Walilngton Star.
MUSIC.
We ,er luisht mi:H''s charming strsin.
In tones that thrill the hrsrt.
They hrnwrip their sweet refrain
With raptures they impart.
When music wakes hT thrilling apelis,
Then o er the lyre sweet etrli.gs.
Iler spirit of enchantment es.
With melodies for kilg".
T.-ose moment', tli,.lr cr.raptures wcae.
Around earh tranquil breast.
Thev recon'i'.e thoe hearts that grieve,
with rivulets of rest.
They inine'e their ei static tliiiiK S
With flowing rills of love;
Like Ansels' smll that tuou d our dreams
From their bright nom-s above.
Omaha. C. M.
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Your Buffet will need dress
ing for the holidays
Don't forget to order
TDPO
(RED OR WHITE)
and the other Choice Winea
produced hy the
Italian Swiss Colony
THEY ARE CALIFORNIA'S BEST,
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Practical Gifts in Traveling Goods
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Hand .baga from $1.00 to SJ.5.00
Card Cases from. 75c to $6.00
Men's Purses from 50c to $3.00
Stick Pin Cases $1.00 to $5.00
Traveling Slippers, iu cases $1.50
Medicine Cases $1.00 to $5.00
Photo Frames $1.00 to $6.00
Folding Umbrellas $3.00 to $8.50
Drinking Cups from 25c to $3.50
Collar Bags from. . .' .75c to $4.00
Manicure Sets from $3.75 to $7.50
Dressing Cases from. .. .$3.75 to $25.00
FRELING & STEINLE,
"CXOD LEATHER CrOODS."
1803 Farnam Street
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Ward
robe Trunks
from
$25.00
to
$75.00
Soit-Cases
from
$5.00
to $25.00
Lawyers'
Brief
Cases,
$3.00 to
$15.00
Traveling
Bags in all
Leathers
Fitted with
Toilet
Articles.
Splendor and Safety
Just imagine the dancing eyes
of the children as they gaze in
rapturous glee at the Christmas
tree aglow with scores of tiny, brilliant
Electric Lights and think of thesaef.yof
Electric Tree Lighting
Think of the danger from fire
when candles are used on a tree filled
with highly inflammable articles. Make
Christmas thoroughly happy by remov
ing all the anxieties.
OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER CO.