THE OMAHA SUNDAY REE: JANUARY 2, 1016.
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The Pretty, White Embroideries
Fine Sheer Organdie, Datlste and Embroidery
Flouncing, U new patterns, kematitohad. ruffled
and scalloped edges, regular
price 75o. yard . . .
.50c
Camr.no and Natneook Em
broideries, good quality, suit
able for flounctnga and corset
covers: tto values. Sale
price, the yard
Extra ftn Swlea and Nsln
aook Embrolderlee, big variety
of pattern, neat and ebowy
designe. All wide wldiha up to
U Inches. Reirular Sfto 7t
valuta. Sale wlc. rard..''V
Peaertlful now? White
WrokJary rtovednga. west -tgn.
suitable (or baby dress
es: It Inches wtdo. Regular
friea loo. Sale prtoe. it
be yard
Wide BJmbroldery Floune
ln and Corset Qovor
wldtha; n.t pattern, bera-
Utchod and eealloped- . Q
edxaa. n-en. wide, Uo vol "
:-Qreatest of Its Kind in Our History
f u a em rif. strong facts that make this
JVvef GOOD COTTON, plenty of
'. fXcrDrades of underwear, etc. We did
i'
ysof thi sale, we found some of the best
col,n un h red our pans for the" offering of
79cii?r concessions and favors.
U tg preparations are splendid and well
, that make it worth while to buy a pi en
record in value, variety of styles, co-n-
h.
ta
in't
'V4
At Sfl.39
A very special lot of Dainty,
Crisp White Undergarments, made
of sheer lingerie cloths and
trimmed with dainty laces and em
broidery; many new ideas and
patterns.
At
Another special lot of Daintv,
Crisp "White Undergarments, mado
of sheer lingerie cloths and
trimmed with dainty laces and em
broidery; many new ideas and patterns.
$2
Undergarments of the daintiest
conception, of specially selected
patterns for this occasion. The
sheerest of materials and pretty
filmy laces and fine embroideries.
Extra Special "Mareella" Umbrella
Drawers, especially selected for this oc
raalon. Pretty trimmings and
dainty material. January Bale
Trice at
M
39c French American Undermuslins
89c, $1.39, $1.89
These are the dainty new undermuslins that have all the features of
hand-made and hand-embroidered French lingerie, but cost one-third to
Imitations and real hand-embroidered, semi-hand and machine made.
Gowns, Skirts, Chemise, Envelopes, Com
binations, Drawers, Corset ' Covers.
Ami-French Drawers and Double Panel Skirts, specially selected for this
sale, choice
the original
one-half less.
33c
Extra Sizes for Stout Wom
en, special lots arranged
for women who require the
out-sized garments.
Special lot of Tucked Flounce Drawers. . . .35c
Extra and Out-Sized Drawers 45c, 690, $1.00
Extra and Out-Sized Gowns... 69c, $1.00, $1.39
Extra and Out-Sized Skirts $1, $1.39 $2.50
Choice of assorted lot of pretty lace and em
broidery Trimmed Princess Slips, y
Gowns and Drawer for 30C
Choice of big lot of Assorted Gowns, Brass
ieres, Drawers and Corset Covers, lace and
embroidery trimmings. January pa
sale price 3 C
Special lot of 60 doien Specially Selected
Corset Covers and Drawers, sale -4 Q
price IOC
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iJiprWhite GoodsWe
ae Unusual Savings
tor
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yant
t
Dresses. Blouses. Linaerie. Undermus-
l 'is. ii urun 0 vv eur,
eer Wh le Novelties
r January White Sale, 36,
orth up to 39c, including
Lace Cloth
Plain Voile
Embroidered Organdie
flaxon Novelty
15c
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oiii&iainsooKs
f.-vthey are made from best
ror filling; snow white, soft
ith washing. For strength
ranging in price accord-
. 80t-Sl.SO-1.4O-1.49
&1.V8
S3.50
White Novelties.
Imported White Novel
ties, including Embroid
ered Linens, Lace Cloth,
Voile, Marquisette, Batiste
and other dainty fabrics
for dresses and blouses;
36 to 45 in. wide; worth to
$1.50. Sale price,
Nainsook
91.05
81.45
81.19
er soft silky material for
comes put up in a box of 12
t 1 2.n
t !,'.. 83.35
?S J4iiura heavy, purs white, put
, Viswide. Box ...G0?
Linen Crash.
Our own Importation
and special purchase of
48-Inch Heavy White
Linen Crash, every
thread pure linen. We
have a limited quantity.
Absolutely worth Si. 00.
Sale price, the C(n
yard DXJL
Chimnoza Nainsook.
Made from the bent se
lected combed yarns,
sheer and silky, put up
specially for Brandeis'
Stores. Comes In small
checks and plain; 39
and 42 inches wide. 10-
iy.!?:::....$2.25
White Pajama Check,
extra heavy quality, 36
inches wide; 20c value.
January Sale lOf
price, yard 1UC
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19 "
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Draperies in the January
White Sale
This is tha time of the year to buy in your supply
of Lace Curtains and Curtain Materials. We are mak
ing many special offers In our Great January White
Sale.
One case (about 60 pieces) of beautiful Ribbon
Edge Marquisettes, Scrims and Voiles, val- Tl r
ues from 26c to 40o. January Sale Price, yd LL
24 pieces of Doublefold Drapery Swiss, the Q
yard
AM our regular stock of Drapery Nets, Filet Nets
and Hungalow Nets go In our January Sale Cfir
at, yard. 49c and .uOt
White Swiss Curtains with edges and C 1 7
Jiirfloa. January Sale Price, pair. 06e aad.... 3
40-Inch White and Ecru Marquisette, 30s
89c value, yard JUl
Extra Special
Your choice of any one, two and three-pair lots
of Lace Curtains In our entire stock. This means
all our fine Imported Ducbeese, Point Milan.
Cluny, Scrims, Marquisette, Quaker Lace, Lace
Edge and Novelty Curtains 1-1 O I f Pr rf
In our January Sale I 1 ICC
Here are a few of the bargains:
(2.00 Curtains go at. pair
2 50 Curtains go at, pair
(3.00 Curtains go at, pair
14.00 Curtains go at. pair
$5.00 Curtains go at, pair
. Sl.OO
.91.25
.81.50
.82.00
..$2.50
Buy Your Linens NowOr Pay
Much More for Them Later On
A FACT
Fall bleached, mercerised table dam
ask, made of flue quality yarn, 44 Inches
wide all very pretty patterns! washes
beautifully. Regular 29c value, s
spe la the basement, yard 1 VC
72-Inch Damask, patterns copied from
high class damask made of line qual
ity mercerised yarn. Regular price 49c
and 69c Special ia our if
January sale, yard XuC
Lunch and Serving
Cloths
All Linen Damaak Serving; Clothe, else
1Sx27 Inchee, with hemetltched ends, a t
beautiful pattern. Revular tie val- C
uee. Special, at 7V(
All Linen Damaak Luncheon Clothe, 14
Inrh else, with eoalloped or hematltohed ends.
All In very pretty pattern. Regular
II. 8 value. Special. In tbl sale. il.Oll
Meveerieed ITpkl,rmU BIeehe4, all Ha.
hemmed entla. ready daauek naeklna,
to umn alae 1U X8txlS-laj. BeaetKel
cheat S velae, afere e aeleet
la baeeaieat, ea Pmll Ilia, heaaaaed
BleaekwX ready le aae.
ed, ill Raf. sirlee SOe,
P L.laea aale pp. ea
Saav T ii M k
Lfw !ipklaa.I4 1 24C
M aad
ln. alaea. Werth
Fall Bleached. : ? All Uae. d...
All I.laea . . ?J ' ble a.tla D.aa
aak N a p k I a " ' "." De Nap.
aiae Z0a2OlaaMla " ,"kle. eatra
$5
a ranae mt prrty
pattera. PX.2B
value. epeelally
priced, dosea
$1.75
heavy, elabarati
Xattrraai Oaly B
ea. la leti S3JM
valaee. deaear
$2.45
AU-Iiinen Creme Damack, also full
bleached and linen finished, 70 inches
wide all very handsome patterns, very
serviceable! extra heavy weight Cc
98c value, special, yard UOt
Pattern Table Cloths
Pull Bleached All Linen Pattern, Table
Cloth, mad of a very fin. qu.llty Irish
aamaitK, au perl or aatln finished;
ful patterni
nk, superior aatln finished; m n ri r
heavy. In a range of beautl- V rV
itterns; 4 value. Jan price. .. VeU 7
Extra Special Thl lot comprise Pull
Bleached All Linen Cloth, In the hemstitched
end and round scalloped: made of fine qual
ity superior finished double damask; slaea
ix'i ana izx7i inchee. Regular ft i e
in our January eai js, ay
ti 80 value.
each
Table Cloth made of very fine selected
yarn, all linen, pattern are copied from the
very high clas damask; all th rt j qa
elaborate round dcaia-ns; sixes 72x7 A XU
and 72x0 Inches. $f0 values 1,u
Crashes
Pull Bleached Cotton Twilled Toweling
with fancy red bordere, worth o
opeoiai, in tnc Daaenient, at
yard
3ic
1.000 yarda of Bleached Cotton Toweling,
In red or blue border; soft and absorb- A .
ent. In length of S and 10 yards. 44-f
Regular le value. Special, yard 2'
(Limit It yard to a customer.)
Pull Bleached and Unbleached Toweling,
extra heavy quality, linen finished;
in lengths of i and 10 yard; 10c value. Jf
Special, the yard
(Limit 10 yard to a customer.)
All Linen Bleached Toweling, .
with fancy borders. In the Scotch 1 z.--C
make; 16c values. Yard 'I'
(Limit 10 yards.)
Pull Bleached All Linen, extra heavy
Duality Scotch Toweling, plain and.
ency borders. Regular JOo value, anl.af
unuaual offering, yard ae-w
(Limit 10 yards.)
Bed Spreads
The erochet kind, hemmed end; alio ft
In pretty pattern; 11 valuea. Janu-Xllf
ary Sale price, each
600 Crochet Spread, hemmed and seel
loped ende: extra heavy quality, a a,.
tars all. In a varety of pretty 4-'7
pattern; IJ OJ values, each Vlil
100 Bed Spread. In the Mareelllee and ere.
chat kind. eaJlop4 or plain hemmed ead.
One of the greatest value ever of- ( r r
tared la our Uae sale; 11.76 KU
value. January SeJ prtoe yi.U
EXTRA SPECIAL
$10 Spreads $5.00
This lot consists of the very finest
quality of foreign and domestic
spreads, made of the highest clas
eameo satin, slse 91x100 Inches. Sea),
loped out corners. The greatest val
es ever placed on sale In these
high class Quilts for a leader fl mm
i.S.:,."!??. "!!.. ip5
Fancy Linens at a Saving
of About 50 Per Cent
This Is a manufacturer's entire sample
line, consisting of Scarfs and Center Pieces,
scalloped or hemstitched. ir
Values up to 29c; each IOC
Cluny Dollies, mad of a fine quality
llntn. trimmed wl(h cluny lace, regular an
price, Jc Special while the lot TaaLa. I Uf
each mSt
Beautiful Hand Embroidered rf p
Maderla Napkins. Our 17.60 and 110 K S
valuea. Dosen ..71'f
Cluny Lac Tea Cloths, In a o
the 46-ln. aixe. slightly soiled; X 1 II UX
616.00 and 116.00 valuea eJJIWeZtJ
Extra Special One lot of Ptne Kmbrol
dered; also Lace Lunch Cloths; 64- mm
Inch ise; value up to 4.60. While
they last, each PV.U
Sample Line of Pine Embroidered and
CluDy Lace Scarfs, In the llit4- t f r
inch alt. Valuea up to It. II. fc I UX
each ,'
Eitrs Fine Qnalitr. Aatia Finished
Uarielliet Bed bptesds, la the Urge slse,
scalloped cut comers, plalu or fringed
endi. All very pretty pat
teres. In our January sale SI I
KM valoes for P-VsUU
AU-IJneu, Fall Bleached Table Damask.
71 Inches wide. Patterns are exclusively
of the newest destgns, with napkins to
match I $L7e value, a special J - f
effertng In the linen sale, yd. . JlCD
Full Bleached All-Linen Irish Damask,
the celebrated "Cold Medal" damask, 72
inches widei' In the newest designs (no
napkins to match). While M pieces last,
worth tL89, In onr Janu r e
ary linen sale, yard "DC
Pattern Jable Cloths
All Linen Table Cloth In th full
bleached and Auatrlan bleached, with hemmed
end or hemstitched: regulation ata. All
pretty pattern to select from; m t 1 1
while lto last, your choice, 11.00 $1,49
600 Pull Bleached All Linen Table Cloth,
sis 71x71 Inohee, made of fine Quality double
damask, aatln flnlahed; In round or m Ol
eauare deelgns; very elaborate; I XU
11.60 value. Sala prtoe ;7I.07
lee Pall Bleached
Twktah T.wili
fceaaased e a 4 ei
J a a a a r y eale
pH.a, eaeh
lXVtre Pwll
Tarklas Tsw.U
J a a a a r y
pree, eaaSi
8c
Table
CWtba.
(r a v
ebelea el
reaad seal-
loped. plaia
atH.
lie
i.k ..ill
aa Bf a 1 1 n . . .
e e r I e e a TeweU.
Tarklsb T e w- aaaaaea; kun u.. .
u- beataaadX Mrv... elae SSaS laa.
. -- pn
aai.
J""ry -n keaaaa a a d
r, mm jjy, I sala prtea, aaeb
15c
25c
Huck Towels
60S dosea BVaok4 Cottoa Hack -ToweU.
Imnoy red border, hemmed SC
ad; sis 17x14 Inchee; 6 vaL Spe. ea..
Pull Bl.aoked Hook Towela, linen fln
lehed, with faacy red borders, nemaned tf
enda. (One dose limit). Regular 16 I IIP
valuea bpeoUl. each 1VW
All Linen Huck Towel, hemmed ends,
extra heavy quality; also hemstitched; mm
Itovalue. Specie 1 In the linen aJe, qQ
All Linen Hack Towela. hemstitched end,
extra heevy Quality; alae 10x40 Inchee. with
Jacquard border.. The greatest value ever
offered In our linea eale. One doeeatp
limit). 11 and 40 value. Special ASC
each , , 'V
Bxtra Special 110 doeea Pall Bleached
TurHlah Towel, extra large else and weight)
double twisted yarns, plain and fancy colored
Jaoquard border. Regular 76 valuei -ft
a apeolal orferlnx of theee fine teweis.A P
in our January Bala, each s t
Paoa Cloth, raarular I valwaat
January Sal pric. while the 60S doeea 1 f
laat. at, each
Table Padding, 64 Inches wide; good
heavy quality, the double fleeced kind r"
regular lto valu. Special In the tm-rC
ment at. vard 'v
6,000 yards of full Bleached Turkish
Toweling, a heavy quality, regu- j
larly worth 39c, yard... ....IOC
DOCTORS DISCUSS
DEFECTIVE BABIES
Views of Prominent Obstetricians on
Subject Which Stirred
Chicago.
SOME FORGET PAST OF WORK
At tha hearing of the coroner' Jury In
Chicago on Friday, when Health Com
missioner Robertaon aeaalled Dr. Ilalael
den for not attempting to operate uron
th Bollenger baby, Tr. Hslselden Inter
rupted the witness with: "Don't you Know
that thl I don In Chicago every day 7"
Th Medlral Review of Reviews pub
lishes the view of forty-five prominent
obstetrician on thl mihjoct. "One day,"
write the editor of the symposium, "I
waa alttlng at an obstetrical cllnlo In
Chicago waiting for th baby to he born.
A famous surgeon waa preeitllng over the
cllnlo. In th ooume of hi talk he re
marked caaually that when a hopeleaely
malformed child l born In his practice
he "neglected' to tie the umbilical cord,
and thus the child escaped from a world
Into which It never should have been
born." Th baby slowly hied to death.
The medical magajslna then decided to
Institute an Inquiry to decide what th
representative obstetrician thought about
th problem. Forty-five of th leading
obstetrician In th United State ex- I
preesed their view a Most of them are
unqualifiedly opposed to Dr. Halaelden'a
stand, but other warmly support his
attitude.
Eugene V. Belknap, profeeaor of ob
stetrics at Syracuse university, write:
"We have no right to aaorlfloa any Uf
except to save another. Th world un
doubtedly would be better off If w could
do away with the Imbecile, the hope
lessly Insane, th habitual criminal, etc..
but that I not what we, as medical men,
have the right to determine. Let society
at large decide that question. Our duty
s medical men la, first, to prolong life,
and, aecondly, to make that prolonged
fx Wit once aa comfortable and as useful
as possible. There 1 but one ground to
takn in this qtieatlon without opening th
door to ahmeful abuses."
1'rof. Strieker Cole of Jefferson Medi
cal college fortifies his argument by citing
an interesting case. "I have now under
my car," he y. "a woman without
arms, only a stump on the left aide. She
ha been married twice and ha raised
a family of flv normal children. Would
It hav been justifiable to kill this child?"
Prof. Colle'a View.
rrof. Edward Martin Colt. Jr., associ
ate In clinical obstetric at Columbia uni
versity, think the time ha not yt ar
rived for the profitable discussion of such
a question. He says: "Th physician ha
no right under the law a they exist to
terminate life of a newborn Infant, no
matter how horrible th deformity, for
no one shall be deprived of Uf without
the process of law. There exists at th
present time no process of law by whlah
this, however desirable, can be accom
plished.
"While It Is true," he continues, "that
In a large number of cases the deformity
Is not compatible with life and th babe
survives but a few precarious hours, tber
are, w must admit, a larg group, of
cases where the span of life if life It can
be called 1 spun over a period of days,
months, or even years."
Prof. Colle believes that th question I
mainly an economic one, "and th ethical
questions Involved ultimately arts from
the economlo facta." Personally h con
demn a most rash "any assumption
upon the part of any person of th power
of life and death, however clear cut may
seem the particular case, as being a
usurpation of a very dangerous power."
Prof. Carey Culbertson of th obstetrical
department of the University of Chicago
has similar beliefs. "This whole matter
should be put on a legal basis," he writes.
"not only relative to monsters, but to
children of defectives. Until such a heals
for scientific elimination Is established,
however, no physician, alone or with con
sultation, ia Juntiried (nor can he defend
himself legally) in being the Judge as to
which Individual shall live and which par
ish. It were certainly better for society
that monster should not live, but I per
sonally cannot be, and do not desire to
be, the executioner."
"No physician can assume to correct
the mistake of the Creator, unless he be
definitely appointed," write Prof. Walter
Lewis Croll, a well-known obstetrician of
Pittsburgh. "No one can tell with abso
lute certainty Juat how great the deform
ity is, or how well the child, by subse
quent development, may overcome It, or
compensate for it by greater capacities In
other respects."
Say llnmaa Life la Sacred.
Trof. Joaeph Bolivar De Lee of North
western university, on of tho most fa
mou obstetricians In th country, (eel
that human life U too sacred to permit
even the most 'deformed baby to perieh.
"We have no right to take human life.
It 1 a matter for the state." he wrltea
"P'iinatoly, a monster eldo'm survives.
In the milder deformities surgical art
ofteu help a great deal."
Prof. De Lea wonder If the war in
Europe has not depreciated our ideal of
th aacrcdneas of human life. Ilia con
clusion Is emphatic: "No. my feeling and
opinion are that we have no right to let
a deformed baby succumb through negli
gence or Intent"
Prof. Charles Sumner Bacon of the Uni
versity of Illinois, another celebrated
obatetrkian. dlecueaea th matter aJmoet
wholly from th standpoint of medical
Jurisprudence.
In the first place, he argues, the baby
will not always, or Indeed not usually,
die from hemorrhage from an untied
cord. "Hence," he say. "If on set out
to kill the deformed child he cannot rely
upon thl method. Th usual methods
of killing new-born are by mothering,
translating- or dividing. I cannot "
that thee method are mora objection
able than th on suggested."
Secondly, Prof. Baooa points out. there
are many kind of deformities. Boms are
oompatibl with a fairly normal Ufa. An
other class of monsters who might 11 v
would always remain freaks. These
might be of great flnanotai valu to the
parents, and their destruction might lead
to extensive damaga suits, Thy are,
moreover, of considerable scdanUfla In
terest and valu."
Finally, there are th hopelessly mal
formed children who will not survive
long In any event "Generally th pa
rent wish these children destroyed." says
Prof. Bacon, "and not only consent to
any measure, but beg th physician to
Interfere. Of course, they have no right
to beg thl act or th physician. If he
consent he may feci that he ia doing a
human act by relieving- th parent of a
horrible bu-den. This Is a dangerous
ground, and in general th path of safety
from moral and legal difficult!) to to
avoid the appearance of evil and resist
ths Importunities of relations."
However, leading obstetricians In th
I'nited State are by no means united In
rpnoaltlon to ths prlnoipl that Dr. Hal
erlden would Mtabllsh.
Allowed a Perish at Birth.
"I fully sympathise with the views of
those who advocate that th child with
great congenital deformity should better
perish at birth, and in the few cases ef
extreme deformity or monstrosity where
I hav cut without llgating th cord,"
writes Prof. David Monash of th North
western University Medical school at Chi
cago. "I fully realise that th obstetri
cian cannot wall preside as Judg and
arbitrarily decide what grade and degree
of deformity ha will grant th child.
There I a wide border lln of deformities
between th two extreme. Th physician
cannot constitute himself, in all fairness
to hi ethical attitude, and to th tights
of others Interested, th sole arbiter of
the life of ths unfortunate child. One
parent should share the responsibility."
Another welt known obstetrician. Dr.
William Rau-.cn. Jr., of Albany, writs as
follows:
"It has always been my opinion that
alt children who are born with a con
genital abnormality are. a detriment to
society. I sincerely believe that It la
humane to cut off their future suffering
by on means or another, preferably
'forgetting to tie the cord. It must be
remembered, however, that very often
parental lov and religious principle have
more sway than the law of medics)
ethics."
"I have never been able to bring my
self deliberately to kill any kind of a
baby, however deformed, which ha been
horn alive, say a Prof. W. It. Rubovlt
of Chicago. At th same time T would
not criticise any one who would do so
under certain conditions. The subject li
a very difficult one to decide, but It
would be easier If ajme definite conclu
sion could be arrived at by th profession
and the practice could be sanctioned by
law."
Prof. George H. Wshhurn of Boston, a
well known New England obstetricien,
says:
"Fortunately, ao far I have never had
to decide the qtieatlon of allowing a mon
strosity to live. I have always thought
that the general opinion of the profession
waa in favor ef letting them die If they
were born allv."
'7 believe that a chid with congenltsl
malformation of an extent to dtnt'ncUy
oppose the mental development to a do
gre necesary to a self-reliant Individual
should b permitted to die," write Dr.
Robert Hale Elll of Portland, Or. "This
applle also to th physical deformities
of the severer type condemning the In
dividual to an early death, or life a the
ward of private or publlo charity."
Prof. Henry D. Fry of Washington
would permit a malformed child to die
after birth under two conditions: First,
If It be th wishes of th parents; sec
ond, according, to th degree of abnor
mality." lie doe not discus what con
stitutes ths degree of abnormality that
would Justify th physician In taking
such action. New Tork Time.
Compton System
May Solve Trust ,
Issues in America
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
PARIS, Dee. 10.-Tnat a solution of th
American trust problem, so far as it re
lates te th . foreign trad of. American
manufacturers, may be found In th
French co-op ratlv comptolr system of
doing business en a large scale. Is Indi
cated In th present activity ef American
consuls and commercial agents through
out France, Italy and Spain In gathering
Information rerardtns the working ef
the system.
The Information is being obtained at th
request of the United States Federal
Trade commlaelon. which has previously
studied the German kartell system and.
so It Is stated here, has concluded that
the French system is better adapted to
American buslneaa method and would
not violate the Sherman act regarding
combination In restraint of trade it ap
plied solely In pushing foreign commerce.
Much Interest has been manifested by
French manufacturers In the present In
vestigation and every avenue of Informa
tion has been freely placed at the disposi
tion of the American consuls and com
mercial agents. There were before the
war ISO eomptoir organisations In Franee,
covering every branch of Industry, In
cluding tha silk and cotton trade, whole
aala grocers, coal mln owner and the
ugar, Iron and ateel Induatriea. In a
nutshell, the comptolr is a union of man
ufacturer for th selling In common of
certain article in which there Is nor
mally little competition, the object being
to prevent over-production, th cutting of
price and th reduction of sale expense.
The comptolr la capitalised at a nominal
aum, It officer sell for th various
firms 'whoa goods It handles and dis
tribute the profit yearly. There are both
comptolr for th domestic and th for
eign trades, the latter being entirely dls-
I tlnct from the former. In neither case la
there any restraint en the outside activi
ties of th members of th comptolr for
the selling of goods not sngaged for ssl
through tths eomptoir. Two firm may
be members ef a given comptolr and yet
compel in ether product outside of it.
For this reason th eomptoir Is not con
sidered a trust by th French lew.
OWNS PETER THE GREAT RING
Detroit Mast's Prise Sosvealr Dates
Baelt Two Haadred
Years.
A napkin ring, re mated to have hen
ueed by Peter the Great, csar of Russia,
until he learned th alg-nlficanoe of th
carving- on It and hanged the man who
presented It to him, is In ths poasession
of a A. Rosenberg, a Detroit Insurance
man. Mr. itoaenberg tell a at range
atory about the carved ivory circlet, which
la not more than an Inch hlg-h, but is
covered with scores of tiny ivory figures.
'This ring," he says, "waa presented to
Peter ths Great by Adolph Orloff. See
the initials 'A. O.' and the data of pre
sentation, TJOS on the ring-. The figures
ahow ths poor bowed down under tho
weight of the nalacea and beautiful r-
dene maintained by the csar. Aa you turn
it you so these down-trodden poopi
carrying their petition te th csar and
th Judges ef th land. Ses, hare are
three Judges sitting at a table before an
open book, and beside thara is aa execu
tioner beheading the petitioners aa fast
as they arrive.
"When I was In th coal business In
Odessa 1 hired a man from what Is known
ss the barefooted district' He was down
and out. but he had papers to prove that
he was a member of the Orloff family.
When he was dying- he asked ma to aav
hie body from a pauper's grave, and I
gave him IS rubles to arrange for a de
cent burial. In gratitude he gave me the
ring and th paoera relating to Us h s
tory. The police of Odessa heard that
the ring was la my poeaeaaton and
searched my house for It. They never
found, It" JJotroU Times.