TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: .TANUAUY L 1P1C.
-A
PUBLIC RGEREATION
WORK IS1DYANCING
Tarks, Beaches and Schools Used to
Great Advantage for Super
vised Amusement.
P'lARTMEirr MADE LAST MAY
V
The department of public recreation
was created by the city council and ap
yolntments made by the mayor last May.
The members of ''the recreation board
re: J. B. Hummel, W. A. Foster, 7..
D. Clark, J. P, Connolly and C. O. Eng
lish, the last mentioned being superin
tendent. The chairman of the board, Mr.
Hummel,, Is head of the park and boule
vard department and, as a matter of
fact, the work of the recreation depart
ment and the park department la so
closely associated that at times It la dif
ficult to see the line of demarcation.
Mr. English came here July 20 from
Chicago and entered at once upon a pro-
'grm of supervised recreation. He In-1
troduced supervised play at Kountxe.
iMIller. Fontenelle, Bemls, Hanscom and
.IFUvervlew parks, also at the Municipal'
'field at Thirty-fourth and leaven worth t
treets and at the City mission. During
the play season there were 89.308 at
tendants at these recreation centers.
A playground base ball league was
formed and a girls' volley toall tourna
ment was among the features of the sea
Bon. During August seventy-five boys
' and nineteen girls were awarded medals
tor having passed athletic tests.
Statement f llecreatlon Work.
i Jo connection with the work of the six
! tnonths of his Incumbency Superintendent
jSDngllsh offers the following statement:
"Summing up the summer's work In
the playgrounds, one was Impressed with
the Increased Interest displayed by the
Ichildren In the parks because of a new
manner of supervision. All the supcr
1 visors took an active interest In the wel
fare of the children. Their Idea was not
repression. Just keeping children from
getting hurt or breaking the apparatus;
but preventing rowdies from monopolizing
the playgrounds, exercising control over
all classes, creating a democratic spirit;
a spirit of fair play and to merge all
the groups of children Into a spirit of
, active participation.
"We Issued during the summer season
867 permits for baso ball games. It is
safe to say that there were over 19,000
ball players participating and taking ad
vantage of putillo park base ball fields
during the summer. It would be hard
to estimate the thousands of spectators
Witnessing these amateur ball games.
"Although the season was not par
tlcularly favorable for swimming there
was an Increased Interest and participa
tion by the people enjoying bathing and
It became necessary to construct another
bath house at the Carter Lake Beach.
Even this added facility was taxed to
the limit on aeveral occasions. ' The at
tendance at the Carter Beach from the
15th of July to the closing of the Beach
was 7,24. ... i
BlaT Attendance at Beacbea.'
"With the annexation of South Omaha
we came Into control of the Spring lake
Swimming pool which was operated about
the same length of time as the Carter
beaoh. During the season there was an
attendance of 16,609, making a total at
tendance of bathers at pnbllo swimming
places 92,805. As far as our records show
there was a total attendance at the play
grounds and beaches of WS.11S. It must
be borne in mind that the attendance at
the playgrounds does not mean specta
tors and other groups using the parks
In places other than the playground lo
cation." During the last of October social cent
ers were established at ICellom, Caatellar,
Monmouth Park, Central Park and Mil
ler Park schools, .with a paid super
visor for each center. In addition to the
local supervisors, directors .of music and
athletics were engaged for the entire
system of social centers. The work of
the social centers embraces such activi
ties as athletic and gymnasium work,
orchestra drills, choruses, musical and
literary programs, mass meetings and Im
provement club meetings. Eighteen musi
cians have started a series of forty-six
concerts at the social centers, the last
to be given early in April Supervised
dancing has been opened at Hanscom
park pavilion. Skating will be provided
during the season at all bodies of water
owned by the city and several tracts will
be flooded from time to time.
The following additional information la,
offered in a report which has been pre-
pared :
The total amount set aside by the city
commission for recreation purposes was
llS,000,ono. S8.3SO.00 of which was used in
the construction of the Rlverview swlm-j
mlng pool and the balance for super
vision of playgrounds and bathing,
beaches. I
The golf course at Elm wood Park was
constructed by Mr. Hummel of the park
department, and with funds out of his
department, which was a great assist-1
ance to the board, as they did not have
money to carry out this work this year
This course la pronounced by experts as'
one of the finest In the country, and
It Is the aim of the board to have it
maintained in a first class manner. !
It Is the wish of the board to establish
three or four playgrounds In the south
end of town and also two In congested
districts In the city, provided that funds
are available the coming year.
Early Closing in
London to Apply
To About Everything
(Correspondence of The Associated Press )
LONDON. Nov. 30,-The early rloslng
movement in London, which begun i-nder
compulsion with tlie saloons, and was
next taken up by some of the Mg depart
ment stores, has now spread to the
banks. After December. London banks
will dose their doors at S o'clock. Much
of the work of bank clerks Is done after
puMlo office hour, and the depletion of
staffs due to enlistments In the army
haa made It necessary for the remaining
men to work far into the nlKht. The
banks have decided to concentrate their
counter work Into a shorter period, and
thus give more reixsonable working hours
to their staffs.
Pusiness men have been asked to elm
checks before lunch, and an appeal has
been made Informally to the public to
do banking business as early as possible.
The S o'clock closing rule has been cus
tomary In several of the largest provin
cial cities for some years.
The largest department store In Im
don led the way among shops by an
nouncing I o'clock closing for the winter.
Other large establishments are follow log
Its example. Tt hours for holiday
(.hoppers with the fierce rush cf the weelc
before Christmas, fainting sales girls an l
panting delivery clerks will not be seen
this year.
The final blow to the nlfsht Hubs has
been administered In the form of an order
compelling all clubs to close at !):)
o'clock, except on Saturday and Sunday
nights when they must be emptied at
midnight. This regulation applies to all
clubs from the most respectable old men s
gstherlng places In the west end to the
workinamen's resorts In the east end.
Hut for the night clubs It makes busi
ness Impossible. These concerns, where
many young officers on leave have fallen
Into bad company, only beg'n tlielr op
erstlons after the theater bsve losed.
and now no time Is allowed for their
arth It es.
Lovey Transferred.
WASHINGTON. Jan 1-(SperM TVIe
gram. Congressman t.obck announced
today that W. E. l.ovrv bas bpen trars
fred from the Pepnrtment of th I i
trrlor to the Internal revenue off.c at
Omaha.
ELECTRO-MAGNET for
TREATING DISEASES
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Nov. .10. The current number
of a medical publication describes ft new
use of the electro-magnet In the treat
ment of disease. The method I the re
sult of the work of I'rof. Payr of I.elpl;.
The treatment, which Is employed In dis
eases of the Intestines and In diagnosis,
constats of the Introdictlon Into the
intestines of a harmless Iron preparation,
upon which the maxnet, applied to the
abdomen, exercises Its attraction in such
a manner as to effect desired changes of
position of the affectiM tract. These
changes are eo ennsM rsble that thy
can not only be felt, but ran be observed.
The process ten be rnntro'led with th
help of the Roentgen rays, since the iron
cnnlnlnlng tract is plainly delimited In
the rays. Tlie presence, extent and loca
tion of intestinal adhesions ran be plainly
observed, making the process 'of great
dlnunostle value. The magnet can also
be usori In diseases of the stomach, and
the peristaltic motion can be excited by
electro-magnetic massage.
Read The Bee Went Ads. It pays!
ARTICLES OF EVERY DAY
USE IN ITALY ARE SCARCE
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
BOMB, Nov. DO. The scarcity of common-place
articles of every-day use, such
as needles, toilet supplies and drugs, is
probably more accentuated In Italy than
In any of the other belligerent countries,
because these things have beet) supplied
to Italy almost entirely by Germany. One
of the branches of an American sew
ing machine company, for instance, re
ports It is no longer able to supply
medlum-slsed needles, because these are
made In Germany. It also appears an
Impossibility to buy a fever thermometer
In Rome, as this is another article of
German make. The suply of aspirin and
a number of other remedies is exhausted
at moat of the pharmacies, and doctors
are finding It Increasingly difficult to
get thel prescriptions filled because of
the lack of drugs.
The dearth of necessaries is rendered
heavier to bear by the almost impossi
bility of getting goods from other coun
tries and from the high cost of living.
The cars for the transport of goods are
all Used for military purposes and Rome
even is threatened by a sugar famine, al
though the manufacturers have suff.cient
for the needs of the whole country. The
cent of living has altogether increased
about four times and promises to rise
further.
ORCHARD & WILHELM COMPANY-
Starts Monday. January 3rd. at 8:30 O'clock
FURNITURE
RUGS T DRAPERIES
A SALE of house furnishings that is awaited every year with eager expectation by hundreds of Omaha's most careful buyers And
there is a Reason Every piece of merchandise that goes into this sale is a genuine bargain. The prica quoted represents an actual
and substantial reduction from its true value and is a price that is made because for one reason or another we wish to remove it from
our stock. January is the month devoted to stock clearing of this sort and to accomplish our purpose, prices are made low enough to make
it worth your while to buy and even anticipate your wants.
DRAPERIES
ACLEAHIXU of Draperies, Curtain Materials, Portieres, Lace Curtains, etc., at prices
seldom, if ever, equaled here or elsewhere. A careful reading will convince you.
Portieres
FURNITURE
TNCLUDED in this sale is a quantity of fine
-I- and dining room suits, in separate pieces,
must be seen to thoroughly appreciate their
Bedroom Furniture
V i ri.1. mtAtl mnliAfvnni. f 11 tmi 1 1 1 1 11 1 1,1, 1 rrtrtni
at corresponding reductions. These goods
extraordinary bargains.
Regular
Price.
$58.00
$192.00
$28.00
$54.00
$44.00
$64.00
$22.00
$39.00
$24.00
$42.00
$57.00
January
Bale Price.
Circassian Walnut Bed, full size $20.00
Pair of Twin Beds, Circassian wal- '
nut, the two for 50.00
Rolled foot and bead, full size Bed,
Circassian walnut 18.00
Dresser, Circassian walnut, mahogany
drawers, cane panel back...' 30. OO
Chiffonier, Circassian walnut 22.00
Chiffonier, scrolled design, Circassian
walnut 32.00
Dressing Table, American walnut.... 15.00
Dressing Table, triple mirror, Circas
sian walnut 25.00
Bedroom Desk, Circassian walnut.'... J 7. Go
Ivory Enameled Bed, full size, cane In
foot and head end SO.OO
Ivory Dresser, glass and cretonne top. 42.00
Regular January
Price. Sale Price.
$78.00 Arm Chair, genuine English Morocco. .$40.00
$56.00 Arm Chair, Morocco upholstered,
cushion seat 20.0O
$65.00 Sofa, genuine leather upholstered.... 27.50
$115.00 Sofa, mahogany base, upholstered seat,"
back and arms 70.00
Hegular January
Price. Sale Pil.e
$42.00 Ivory Dressing Table, triple mirror,
glass and cretonne top $lO.0
$21.00 Oval table, enameled, glass top, cane
shelf 14.00
$57.00 Ivory Dressing "Table, triple mirror,
Primapera top 38.00
$14.00 Ivory Stand . 0.50
$14.00 Enameled Somnoe 7.00
$8.00 White Enameled Somnoe t.tui
$28.00 Enameled Work Table 14.00
$32.00 Enameled Chiffonier, with mirror.... Sto.oo
$16.50 Enameled Bed, three-quarter H.25
$19.00 Mahogany Chiffonier 13.50
$160.00 Hi-Boy William and Mary design, solid
mahogany 75.00
$52.00 Gentleman's Wardrobe, mahogany... 39 .uo
$84.00 Gentleman's Chlfforobe, golden oak . , 50.00
$37.00 Dressing Table, golden oak , . 23.00
Living Room Furniture
Regular January
Price. Bale Price.
$57.00 Rocker, solid ma
hogany frame, heavy
scrolled design, uphol
stered geat and back in
brown figured denim .... 20.00
$42.00 Arm Chair, large
size, tapestry upholstered. 23.no
$4 9.00 Arm Chair, solid ma
hogany frame, upholstered
seat, back and side In
brown figured denln 20.00
$60.00 Arm Chair, spring
cushion seat and cushion
back, green velour, mah'y 25.00
$32.00 Arm Rocker, wing
back, mahogany frame,
denim upholstered 18.50
$85.00 Settee, mahogany
frame, high back, uphol-
Regular stored seat and back.... 42.50
Price.
$100.00 Wlng-lack Rocker, velour uphol
stered 00.00
70.00 Large Arm Chair, tapestry upholstered,
loose cushion seat 40.00
$38.00 Tapestry Arm Chair, loose cushion
"eat 20.00
Miscellaneous Furniture
Regular January
Price. gale Price.
$21.50 Large Comfort Arm Rocker, Spanish
leatheV, upholstered seat and buck,
'golden oak frame .............. .$14.50
$19.00 Arm Chair, golden oak, leather seat
and back 0.50
$40.00 Leather Rocker or Arm Chair, loose
cushion jseat 20.00
$12.00 Golden Oak Rocker, saddle wood seat. . 5.00
Regular
Price.
January
S! Prli-e.
$5.60 Golden Oak Bedroom Chair, wood seat. 8 2.75
$23.00 Golden Oak Library Table, scrolled de
sign 18.00
$9.50 Parlor Stand, golden oak 5.50
$72.00 Settee, Jacobean oak, cushion seat.... 40.00
$4.76 Parlor Stand, golden oak 2.75
$60.00 Mahogany Settee, cane seat and back,
Jacobean design 35.00
Regular
Price.
Dining Room Furniture
January
Bale Price.
January
Bale Price.
$30.00 Jacobean Serving Table $20.00
$14.00 Dining Chair, Spanish leather, slip seat,
Jacobean oak 8.75
Regular
Price.
$104.00 Buffet, Jacobean oak,
twist posts $52.00
$62.00 China Cabinet, Ja
cobean ' oak 80.00
$50.00 Dining Table, rolled
top, Jacobean oak
$32.00 Serving Table, Ja
cobean oak
$68.00 Buffet, mission de
sign, fumed oak, heavy
planked top
$55.00 China Cabinet, mis
sion design, heavy planked
top
$60.00 Dining Table, 54-ln.
round top, fumed oak 35.00
$68.00 Buffet, fumed oak 30.OO
$150.00 China Cabinet, solid mahogany 50.00
90.00 Buffet, Jacobean design 50.00
27.50
16.00
45.00
30.00
4 Pairs Beautiful French Velour
PortlereH, green, with rose and
sreen borders, $47.60 values, for
$13.75 Pair.
5 Pairs Handsome Embroidered
Velour Portieres, in old red, gray
and green, regular values $39.60,
$45.00, $50.00, $76.00, $125.00,
for
$13.75 per Pair.
75 Pairs Portiere, In green, red,'
brown-rose and combination of
colors, from $4.00 to $l'.00 a
pair: 1 pair of a style, reduced to
one-half pfiee.
$2.00 to $20.00 a Pair.
Lace Scrim and Net Curtains
100 Pairs good quality Marquisette Curtains, In ecru and Ivory,
with plcot edge front and bottom
Regular $I.H5 Values, for 85c per Pair.
More than 100 pairs of Curtains In lace, net and scrim, all styles
represented. I pair of a pattern
Regular Values from tl.50 In $25.00 a pair1, at One-Half
Price, 75c to $12.50 Pair.
More than 601 styles of Curtains In scrim, lace and net, two pair
only of a stylo , .......
1 Regular Values up to $fl5.00 a Pair, at '
'Reductions of 33s to 50.
Fifty styles of scrim, lace and net curtains, from 3 to 6 pair of a
etjie
Value from $3.25 to $17.50 Pair, s
at Reductions of 33 to 50.
Portiere and Overdrapery Materials
A great number of Sunfast fabrics 40 patterns In all 36 and 60
Inches wide, all desirable s-olors
Regular Values from N5c to $2.50 Yard, for 88c Yard.
Upholstery Fabrics
25 Styles Tapestry and Plush
$2.50 and $3.00 Values 75c Yard. ,
$3.50, $3.05 and $4.05 Yard, for....$I.OO
15 Styles Cretonnes
From 8 to 25 Yards of Each.
Values up to $1.25 a Yard for. .12c Yard.
Curtain Nets in White, Ivory and Ecru
85c. SOc, 75c. 05c, $1.25, $1.50, $1.05
At One-Half Regular Prices,
18c, 25c, 38c, 48c, 63c, 75c, 98c
Curtain materials, cream and colored madras scrim and curtain
muslins
35c, 45c, BOc, 75c. O.V, $1.25. $1.50,
At One-Half Pegular Prices,
18c, 23c, 25c, 33c, 48c, 63c, 75c .
1 doz. Imported Printed Linen
Covered Pillows
: $2.95 Values, $1.50
20O ( short lengths PeeoratJTe ,
Fabrics,' 26x50-lnch Cretonnes,'
Damasks, Tapestries, Velour, for
table runners, pillow tops, uphol- f
sterlng small pieces of furniture,
fancy work, etc.
Values to $5, for $1.00 Each;
30 Cretonne- and lYinted Linen
Pi low Covers, made up, ready for
the pillow, regular 95c values, re
duced to
25c Each.
Table runnera of French metal
brocade, 18x5.0-ln. and 54-ln. long,
$6.50, $6.95, $9.00, $11.60, $11.95
$13.75
For One-Half Price
Drapery Remnants
of curtain net, muslin, cretonnes,
Sunfaet draperies, damask, etc.,
from M to 34 yard lengths, at
One-Half Price and Less.
RUGS
VVER 350 Ruga are Included in this sale. All sixes
rooms, offices, etc. These Kugs are from such
Carpet Co., Hardwlck & Magee and many patterns of
Bundhar Wiltons. This is a stock clearing sale of
not reorder for another season. The bargains are
Itexular January
I'rlce. Sa'e J'rl. o.
6 Trench Wilton Rues, 9x12 stze..$C5.00 $ 19.50
7 Hartford Saxony Rugs, 9x12 size. 65.00 45.00
8 Bundhar Wilton Kugs, 9x12 alze. . 48.50 30.5O
4 Mahal Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size... 39.75 35.00
9 Finest Body Brussels, 9x12 size, . Ztt.OO 2!.50
14 Axmlnster Beamed and Seamless
Rugs, 9x12 size 28.60 22.50
6 Anglo-Persian Rugs, 8-3x10-6 size 40.00 43.50
D Bundhar Wilton Ruga, 8-3x10-6
alze 43.50 85.00
Fumed Oak Furniture
are represented Rugs for large living rooms, bed-
manufacturers as M..J. Whittall, Bigelow Hartford
Anglo-Persians, French Wiltons, Hartford Saxonys,
odd patterns, unusual sizes and merchandise we can
remarkable. A partial list follows: ,
Regular January
I'rlce. Bale Price.
1 Plain Seamless Wilton Rug, 8-3x
10-6 size $50.00
C Finest Body Brussels, 8-3x10-6
size 32.50
Mahal Wilton Rugs, 8-3x10-6 size 36.50
Hardwlck Wilton Rugs, 6x9 alze. . 35.00
Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 69 size. 31.50
Seamless Imported Rugs, 6x9 size. 27.60
10 Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 4-Cx7-6 alze. 19.50
Many small lings and Hall Runners.
2
3
7
4
$85.00
25.00
27.50
27 .50
25.00
10.5O
14.50
Regular
rice.
$19.00
$9.00
$26.00
$23.00
$27.00
$50.00
$12.00
$86.00
$15 00
January
Sale Price.
Arm Rocker or Ann Chair, Jacobean de
sign, spring cushion seat and pad,
-cushion baclt, upholst'd In tapestry $12.00
Rocker or Arm Chair, Spanish leather
seat 0.50
Fumed Library Table, magazine end... 10.00
Library Table, fumed oak ; 10.75
Arm Chair, high back, Spanish leather
cushion seat and upholstered back.. 10.50
Bookcase, fumed oak, three doors. . . . 82.50
Library Table, fumed oak 7.50
Davenport, fumed oak, spring cushion (
aeat, two large pillows In back 55.00
Desk Chair, Ellzabetblan design, cane
seat 8.50
After-Holiday Sale of Bric-a-Brac
jffi jrffiirpIHS section has experienced a particularly prosperous Christmas busL-
uvi-Of uiiu as a ruusfijuf uce unr urn imuiy nroKen unu many oua pieces
have resulted.
To clear this stock of all such Items, great reductions have been made on
beautiful articles that will prove extremely attractive upon Investigation.
Among Many Are the Following:
75c to $4.80 Iraart Bowls and Plates In bamboo covers,
now priced In three lots 50c, $1.00. $2.00
$25.00 Canary and Black Lamp nd Shade $15,Ou
$19.00 Putj and Black Lamp and Shade 10.O0
$3 2.00 Putty and Black Floor Lamp and Shade 16.00
76c Framed Color Prints, each ' .40
A f?w odd Blue Plates and Fruit Dlsheo, each .05
$46.00 Bronze Table Standard 15.00
25o Small Metal Picture Frames, each 10
$29.50 Deek Set, band carved wood, antique finish 14.00
$48.50 Hand Wrought Copper Lamp 25.00
many
Special Sizes
Regular January
, Price. Bale Price.
uoay rirusseid Hug. 6x0 $17.60
Hartford Saxony Rugs, 9x9 4 5.00
Bundhar Wilton Rag, 1-6x12 30.00
Plain Band Velvet Rugs, 4-6x7-6... 15.00
Bundhar Wilton Rug, 4-6x9 27.50
Body Brussels Rug, 8-3x8-3 28.60
Body Brussels Rug, 4-6x12 22.50
$14.50
85.00
22 JJO
12.50
18.50
10.5O
16.50
Exceptionally Large Rugs
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mdaM is Ait taU. It yit U'd mc mikmt
ymmtUtUi, com iYn will try V&tly
tind just mVmt ya mmmt
4 Bundhar Rugs, 10-6x10-6
I Body Brussels Rug. 10-6x12 65 00
7 Bunhar Wilton Rugs. 10-6x12 68.60
1 Hartford Saxony Rug, 10-6x13-6... 77.50
1 Anglo-Persian K-ug, 10-6x12 96 60
1 Bundhar Wilton Rug, 11-3x15 86.50
1 French Wilton Rug. 11-3x16 120 00
4 Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 9x15 70 00
Regiilajr Januajy
i'rlce. Sale Price.
.$65.00 $49.50
50.00
B7JVO
63. OO
75.00
60.OO
78.0O
49.50
Orchard Wilhelm Co.
414-416-418 South 16th St.
Made-Up Carpet Rugs
l.AJi'jrti'y of Ru ' x to
border- l? r,mnn" f rcrpet, 4
uoraera. Also cross seam Run mH.
from Traveler's Sample!! Je.
These Are Bargains mt
$5.00 to $22.50