p -Tin; tiki:; omaha. Saturday, January 1. iois.
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By MELLIFICIA.
Saturday, January 1, 1916.
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MAHA soriely met tbe New Year Joyously with laughter, song and
cheer and good fellowship. The cafes and restaurants were
crowded to their utmost and reservations had to be made weeks
ahead.
There were churches, too, which were lighted and pews crowded at
the turning of the mysterious hour, and kneeling men and women met the
, JCew Year In prayer. ,
The shift at,mldnlght knew both profane and sacred chorus, the roy-
iter's laugh the clink of his gloss as well as the pipe organ's pealed hymn
and tho choir's chant.
Just the people who make the world, even to the prosals soul who
slumbered In bed, leaving the greeting to the New Yar to th coming morn
ing all sorts of tmperaments, each to his bent, liven tbe creature who met
It all abed feels, too, that he had the best of It he was sensible and lost
nothing that could be better than his sleep.
New Year's morning comes and brings to each, to merrymaker, wor
shipper or sleep-through-lt-all, a new calendar, a clean book of the days,
and the tablet of resolutions.
The tablet is often close written to the last page with good resolutions,
but the book of the days lies under the stylus of the Kates.
A New Year and the same queer old, uncertain world and the whlttlng
wonder of what It may bring!
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE Miss Ida May
Swift, daughter of Louis F. Swift of the noted Chicago pack
ing firm, and her fiance, Count James Minotto, photographed
recently in California. Their wedding will take place on
January 15.
University Cltb.
Among their vli will entertain t
.the rtlnner-dnnro at the t'nlvemlly club
are Mr. V. II. Sunlit, who vtll f.avr
.twelve attests: Mr. P. '. Hetil. two:
Mr. Fnrst rUcWilKon. twenty: Mr. I).
,K. McCulley,' six. and It. Ira W. Torter,
tit.-
A watch right nipper party will bg1n
at 11 o'clock and there will be muato
land favors for the marry . makers. Anions:
those who have reserved supper tables
are Messrs. John R. McDonald for twenty-five
guests; B. Kventld, six; A. B.
Currle. four; Harry Lawrie. six, and Dr.
Rubcndahl, sixteen. ' '
rontenclle Watch Parties.
Following a box party at the Brandels
theater and supper at his home,
Mr.
Y. M, 0. A. Prosperous
During Year Endod
The year 191 " has been a very good one
for the Omaha. Young Men's Christian
association.
Some depression was felt In the mem
bership during the early part of the year,
but thla was more than overcome by the
enthusiastic campaign for new members
In November. .
The religious work of the association
has reeelvd a special Impetus, largely
through the Sunday campaign, and iho
attendance at the gymnasium both of
men and boys haa been very large.
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VSJJTJi IJJA JbtZigX S5XBJCX slln lHH II a ,' . jf YlfTrni Ml J .
Big Increase in
. Patronage of the
. Public Library
Thirty thousand more books mere loaned
to almost 1,000 more borrowers by the
rubllc llbray In 1IMS than In 1H, accord
ing to a'at'stk'S prepared by Miss Edith
Tohltt, librarian.
This record wss marie In spite of the
fact that practically no new books were
rought by the library during the last
ear, because of the smn'l (und avail
able. From now on. the library will have
a budget allowance more nearly adequate J
10 its neeas, as tne remut or a new law.
Big gains were recorded in all branches
of the circulation department, and also
In all the other departments of the
llbrsir.
During the year, the chl"f special ac
tivity of the library was the correlation
of the systems of the Omaha and South
Omaha libraries. The South Omaha
library s known as the ?outh Omaha
Branch library. .A branch library was
established at the Central Hisli svhool In
8ptember 1P1S, und additional deposit
stations were piacen si a numoer or de-
e'rab'.e points. Mies Tobltt's figures
follow:
Home C'lrrulat'en
of Books. 1914. 191.
Main library 274.313 2Hfi.2
Pepoalt stations 71.770 101 .828
School stations 1S.411 21.114
South Omaha branch 41 307 .W7
Hish Hcfaocl Bra. 13 mo.) 1,81
Total 403.700 3St.77S
Incieiee 1 1 l"lt :9 J75
reentered borrowers .... 2MO .7..VS
Bocl-a In foreeijn lan
guages Issued 12.334 14,.V3
Reference and reading
room v'altora SI.RT.i K7..VL7
Hooka added by purchase
anrl sift 12.61 4.9W
Total number of books In
library 117,200 119,2f,7
Books bound In library
bindery 7.77 10,1)
Advertiser and customer profit by the
"Classified Ad" habit
An avers ge of some 2.M0 people per
Charles Allison will be host to a party ; fly Br visiting the association bulldliw,
if thirty-two guests this evening st tho taking part In the 'numerous activities.
Hotel Fonienelle to see the old yeer out. BUr), M cafeteria, educational depart- iflH., ,h-
inn vnariea tr-v nr m w. . , rninl, nmie classes, runaay meetings,
Itluffs, give one the big rartles of the ' gymnasium, barber shop, etc.
The following figures for December 1
Indicate something of the progress the
work Is making:
evening In honor of the Donald sicrcr
rona. r
Many of the parties will be "Dutch
treat" groups, making a total of over
too watchers and New Tear merry
makers.
MEMBERSHIP DECEMBER 1.
IHIfi. 1914.
Men ,. i 1,K!0 l.HM
Boys ! 674 &73
At the Omaha Club.
Over 100 guests will see the old year
out at the Omaha club, and many of the
parlies Kill be ' Dutch treat" affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Westbrook will be
one of the truly and truly hosts and
hostesses of the evening, going first to
the Orpheum and later to the club. The
guests of the Westbrooks will be:
Messrs. and Mesdsmee v
H. U Hunter, Charles A. Hull.
8. B Carlyle. Oould Diets.
11 win T. Swobe . Arthur Oulou.
Mrs. Lucy Cotton.
At Home
Rev, Oustavus A. Hulbert and Mrs
Jlulbert will be at home from I to
o'clock New Year's dsy to the members
cf the, Bt. Mary's Avenue Congrega
'tlonal church and their friends.
Tor Mr. Akcrion.
Mls Mona Cowell entertained Infor
mally at tea for thirty guests at he-
honie this afternoon In honor ol Mm.
Cieorse Akcraon of Minneapolis, formerly
XI ss Harriet Blake of Omaha. The
loom and taMe were decorated In
(.'hr'.stinaa grrens and flowers. Assist
ing Miss Cowell were Mesdames Mile
Mrfavden, l.loyd Osuonte snd Wll
Ida Dr.rlow, lUlcn Blake and lienrtett'J
ali-Caguc.
School Affair.
Misa Margaret Williams and Miss Clraoa
hiahaUKh will give a little dance this
rvenlng to ten couples at the home of
1lrs Williams. The guests will be of
the High school class of 191 i.
Totals 2.4K4 J.4M
Men In Hlhle classea Dec. 1. 2V5 119
Boys In Bible classea Dec. 1 2M0 2 .1
Totals .' Kit
Fd'icat'onal Dept. enrollm't 838 U
Hestilar classea (despite
public night school) T74 1M
Totala 612 627
Attendance bua'neaa men's
clasa, November 41S JIB
Professional clasa, Nov.... !M 297
Young men's claaa. Nov.... 43 693
Baaket ball practice ),flno M0
Hand ball S7S R40
It dividual work, specials.. S26 S00
Totals ...I,l 1.497
Total boys' gymnsalum at
tendance for November. .2,433 2,433
Total gymnasium attend
ance for November. 7.91H 7.77J
1913.
1.7s
6X3
2,3S?
77
y
107
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Mval, says Miss Lily M. Strong, general
secretary. -
Next In growth has been the girls' de
partment, which deals with girls from 12
to IS years of age. These clubs and
classea now have an enrollment of 61,
Including ramp fire groups.
The number directed to rooming places
en months of 1916 was
1,507, analnst 1.3T.7 the entire twelve
months of 1914. There has also been good
i growth In the educational class enroll
ment, the enrollment In evening classes
of the gymnasium having reached the
possible limit. '
The largest membership at any one tlmi
during the year was 3,44, s gainst 3,302 In
1914.
6,77
Y. W. 0. A. Shows
Good Gains in Year
A steady growth in - all departments,
rather than any abnormal development
along certain lines, marked the progress
of the Young Women's Christian asso
ciut'on during the year juat closed.
There wss one big exception to this
rule, however, Bible study under associa
tion susplces having enjoyed an almost
meteoric rise In popularity and Impor
tance since the "Billy" Sunday csmpslgn.
Where there were only 150 women an1
girls In the aasoclstlon's Bible class in
JS14. there were 600 during the last few
months. This Is a result of the religious
Interest awakened by the svangellstlo re-
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
"Marshal Makes
More Arrests and
Spends More Money
A big Increase In every depart
ment of the office of United States mar
shal at Omaha Is shown by the annual
report preparted by United States Mai-
ahal T. J. Flynn and Chief Deputy Jamet
B. Nlckerson.
The total number of prisoners handled
during 1915, was 384, compared with only
234 the preceding year. Of this number
SfS were committed to county Jails and
fifteen were sent to the federal pen!
tentlary at Leavenworth.
The large Increase is largely due to the
extension of the federal laws to cover
such crimes as robbing box cars, and
having "dope" In one's possession.
For all purposes the sum of $81,775.83
was disbursed by the marshal during 1915,
compared with only I$7,020.t5 during the
preceding year. Thla amount was largsty
In federal trials and Included fees and
traveling expenses for many jurors and
witnesses In federal trials.
The care and subsistence of federal
prisoners for the year cost $S.164.40. In
1914 this Item was only t4.86ti.sa
During the year T. J. Flynn was ap
pointed to succeed William R. Warner,
who had been United States marshal for
nine years.
W. A. Fraser Wishes
Omaha Prosperity
W. A. Fraser. soveregn commander of
the Woodmen of the World, extends the
followng New Year's greeting to Omaha:
Mv Friends: Because you are my
friends I wish for you happiness and
prosperity during the new year, which
has mat dawned.
I trust that the spirit of the angels'
song, "on earth peer, good will toward
men, will soon te universally reit and
that nations will beat their swords Ints
low shares, their spears Into pruning
ooks and war will cease forever.
May you live always for the beat, and
may you rece ve nothln- but the b.-iit.
May you be given the seeing eye. so you
will see nothing but good: the hoarlna;
ear, so you will hear no evil; the nn
derstanding heart, so you will appreciate. ,
our fellowman and be charitable toward
Im. ever keening before you the aoMen '
rule, remembering that It la "human to
err, but devtne to forgive," and at the
end of your earthly journey may the
blind alley of death be turned Into w
thoroughfare that leada not to the twi. 1
light, but to the Dawn and the Eternal .
Homeland.
Joseph Oberfelder cf Sidney,
visiting friends.
Neb.,
STAR HURDLER TO TAKE TO
SKIES.
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KELLY.
I.OS AXGKT.ES. Dc n.-Fred Kelly.
world's champion hleh hurdler snd hero
ef the 1912 Olympic san-.e, will become bp
aviator on his graduation from the Uni
versity cf Southern California next February.
SULLINS COLLEGE IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn Dec. 81. Bulllns
college, a large Methodist female school
here, was destroyed by fire which
originated In the boiler room early today.
The loss Is placed at from IIdO.ooo to
8200.000.
In all the world, only one city has more
telephones than OinnliH, in proportlot, to
the population. Within the lsst year.
Omaha has atepped from th.rd to second
place among the itie of the world In
the per capita use of : !rphones, so that
r.ow. only San Fmnciacu ranks shesd o'
the Gate City in the prjportlonate uas of
litis great necessity of modern life. No
foreign city compares with the leading
American cities In the t:e of 'phones.
There ere now 89.87 telephones In
Creater Omaha, snd over 250,000 calls are
handled daily through the eleven ex
changes. The phones are divided among
the exchanges an follows: South Bide,
4.015; Douglas, 14.9W; Harney, .1?6; Tyler,
2.87H; Webster, 4.7t; Colfsx. 2,7I: Wal
nut, 2,308; Uenson, 792; Florence, 458; Ral
ston, ti', and Beilevue, 12.
The Nebraska Telephone company
doitled Its gain In new 'phones during
tiMS. During the yeer, 8.0.X) new ones
were installed, aa against 1.SU0 new
'phones In 1914. The increase now gives
Omaha one telephone fr every four and
a half people living In the city, whereas
a year ago the telephone ration was one
phone to every five people. ,
During the lsst year, the 'phone com
pany has improved and extended Us
local properties grestly. The new Colfax
exchange was opened at Thirtieth and
Fowler streets on October at a cost of
100,tO for building and equipment.
With about 1.200 employes, the Neiirasca
Ttlephone company's annual payroll in
Greater Omaha In 1915 was practically
il.OOO.OM.
Condition of Yates
Somewhat Improved
John T. Tates, sovereign clerk of the
Woodmen of the World, who haa been
seriously ill at his home. Is somewhat
Improved, attending physicians say. His
temperature and pulse are both normal.
Mrs. Tates Is also somewhat batter.
Use The Bee's "Swapper column.
HOTELS.
Dr. leaveni' Lecture.
Dr.' Robert IS. Leavens of Litchfield.
Mass.. who la the house guest ot Mr,
rnd Mra- Charles W. Kussell. will givo
Ms lecture) ncxt Uunday morning at Tur
pi n' a hall at 10:30 o'clock, instead of lit
the afternoon.' as previously staled.
To Honor Visiting Divine,.
'Mr. .and Mrs. Charles Russell give a
dinner tpis evening In honor ot tbs Rev.
r. Robert K. Leavens ot Litchfield.
Is. The table will have a floral cen
tvrptoce. Those present will be;
. r.ev. Dr. Robert E. Leavens,
Messrs. and Meadames
core W. It oldies. John McDonald,
V. K. Baxter, Charles W. Russell,
YIIUm Newton,
Mlsaes Misaee
J(wnette McDonsld, Leeta Holdrege,
Meaara. Messrs.
Alien McDonald, Arthur i'almer. ,
Charles Bennett,
Today's Events.
Miss Mabel Allen entertained at an
'afternoon bridge of aeven tables. The
decorations were pink Klllarney roses.
J The Delia Gamma sorority gave a
I puncheon this afternoon to twenty-four
Siieata at the Commercial club.
, Mls Ruth McDonald give an afternoon
y-a In honor of Lincoln guests. Miss
.Helen Shepherd. Miss Helen Hall snd '
His Marguerite Lonara.
, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Benson will enter
tain the Harmony club this evening at a
'. watch party.
Ur n.1 Mr Hardin Bean alva a
I theater and supper party this evening for i
Xltu Florenct Hill ef Lincoln. !
Mr. snd Mrs. Max Uurkenroad enter
tain at box party at ths Orthsum theater,
I followed by supper at the Hotel Fonten-
lle.
loniebt s Una Dances. i
The Elks give a dance this evening at
their club rooms.
1 The La Wars club dance of this eveo
tug will be given at Turpin'a ball.
The La Belle club dance wlU be held
at Chambers' academy thla evening.
' Tenons! Kant ion.
Mr. Ueorge W. Hubler will spend the
rrionth of January touring the Facifio
, oaat and will also take a trip to liono-UmIu.
. Mra. Ralph W. Moody and children of
' l.l.go. who bave beea visiting Sn a. i
. ll.ody s parents for the last two weeks.
(eiiitntd to her home Tuesday evening. !
Mr. and Mrs. T. I, kiahoney of Chi
tto, formerly of Omaha, and thoir
Saushter, Miss Bessie kiahoney, are the
guest of Mrs. Mahoney's sister, Mrs
I 1 Ulium Aodn son.
that should be in every home
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Begins
Monday
January Third
will be the biggest white sale we have held in our thirty-Jour
years of business. It will be the greatest money-saving opporitmity
of the year in white merchandise. All thrifty people should take full
advantage of it and stock up on Fine Table and Bedding Linens ;
White Yard Goods, Undermuslins everything in white.
Be sure to read next Sunday s newspapers for full particular s
and watch the papers after that from day to day for new developments
9f this Greatest-of All White Sale,
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