A Increased Demand rlr.l ha bfrn ona of the mnit prosper ous year In tlie history of the Industry. The quantity exported during the tweres months by the various procroclns; coun tries Increased from 754.000.000 to 101.000.00 pound. India' crop haa broken all prevloui records, contributing nearly SD7.000.M pounds, of which Kngland took three fourtha. The Increased use of tea In Russia l one of the features of the year'a atatlaHi-s, Its Imports amounting to in.000.ono pmirxl", against ffi.0O0.0OO pounds the previous year. The trade reports. In fact, eh- that con sumption of tea has Inereeted every where, especially In countries ehcre un til lately tea has not been popular, while the military demand for the staple shows that there Is an Increasing tendency to supply the forces In active service with tea In preference to alcohol. DESCENDANT OF HARVARD OFFICER IN BRITISH ARMY (' rrespondenre of The Associated rresa.l I (iNPaN. We. 10 -Am ni t re en( ronnnisirn In the ar.ny appears th name of U pel T"e Jersey Mars d he rtesrendanl of Joh.i Harvard win wss graduated last June at the American c I lege of wh'ch his ancestor wns the founder. Tiling Harvard has been granted a llevitensn y In the flrenadler auards, three battalions of which I are already srrved in Flanders and of which a f ninth Is now In Ira ring In England. VT - r-i -&- ft V . Jb or lea to Drink f tnrrfupotidsnca tif the AMorUted Prps.) LONDON, to. 10. -The ta season Jut Keep It Heady for HhratTiMtiain. ton't suffer and try to wear out your rheumatism. Floan's Unlnvnt goes rlehl to the spot, kills the pain. 2.V. All drug gist. Advertisement. Read The Pee Want Ads. It rays! fc Sunday, January 2, 1916- w KpHeg Nibers ef Royal Hoitj ratwtas Criwiits aow In." -BURQESS-NASH STORE NEWS FOR MONDAY- Melsher Yarn Pemoiwtmltew "starts Jan. Srd Third rioer." -Phone Douglas 137 Till: OMAHA SUNDAY JiKII: .TANTAUY L, IHlfi. BurgessNash Second Annual Mid-Winter White Sale Begins Tomorrow, Monday, Morning at 8:30 O'clock Now for the Greatest of All White Sales and this announcement will bring a thrill of pleas ure to thousands of Omaha's most discriminating shoppers. It's a general SALE OF WHITE that will set the low price standard for the entire community a great out-pouring of new 1916 merchandise. It's a striking example of Burgess-Nash mer-chandising-ability, just another demonstration of the splendid achievements of the past year. Every section given over to white goods of any sort is brilliant with rare economies. Will you profit by it? Then make a memorandum of your needs of this kind and be on hand early Monday to take ad vantage of the opportunities. r We know the savings will warrant it. BURGESS-NASH COMPANY. Bed Spreads in the Mid-Winter White Sale for Monday SPECIAL values that point the way to sure and safe economy. These for instance: Eatin Bed Spreads at $2.25 Satin bed spreads, scalloped and cut corners, full size, pretty designs, specially priced at $2.25. .... Satin Bed Spreads at $3.00 Extra large satin bed spreads, scalloped and cut corners, extra heavy, with raised designs, 'special, at $3.00. Printed Bed Spreads at $2.55 Bed Spreads, printed in blue, green and pink combination, extra large, 90x108, something new, at $2.95. - - -. Embroidered Bed Sets, $3.95 to $4.95. Consisting of spread and bolster covers, embroidered in blue, yellow and rose, specially priced at, set,, $3.95 and $4.95. '-v Burgess-Nash Co. Main Floor. These Special 'Values in ART EM BROIDERY LINENS on Third Floor I N every instance "the special is aboui one-half " the regular price. .. , 50c Stamped Bath Towels, 25o Stamped bath towels, ' large "size, 'heavy quality, the usual 50c kind, at 25o each. '" V' ' 25c Stamped Bath Towels, 12c Small size bath towels, stamped for embroidery, the usual 25c kind, at 12o each: y '" r " f . . . 75c Stamped Towels at 39c . All linen, hemstitched and scalloped towels, full size, the ' usual 75c kind, at 39c each. Slumber Pillows for 39c Slumber pillows, lace covered, in pink and blue, good qual ity filet lace, well filled, 39c each. Bursopa-Xaah Co. Third Floor. White SILKS and SATINS in Mid-Winter Sale Monday AN offering including all the most wanted white silks and satins. $1.95 Soft Charmeuse, $1.49 Cream charmeuse, 40 inches wide, soft satin finish, very handsome and rich for evening gowns. Chiffon Taffeta, $159 Chiffon taffeta, soft finish, 36 inches wide, special, at $159. $1.25 Cream Pongee, 79o Real imported pongee, in cream, will wear and wash splen didly, 27 inches wide, regular $1.25 quality. (( 27-Inch Messaline, C9o Cream messaline, satin, finish, specially priced, at 59c. Kayser Italian Silk, $1.49 Kayser Italian silk, made specially for underwear, 44 inches wide. BarreM-Na.il Co. Mala Timor. " Girl's White Dresses in the White Sale at $3.00 to $15.00 AN exceptional showing of white dresses for girls 6 to 14 years. Violets and organdies with val lace and Swiss embroidery trimmings. A special feature is. the dainty ribbon sashes in pink, light blue and white. Dresses that are very de sirable for confirmation or graduation. BarreM-Naah Hooaad Floor. Nainsook in the White Sale TIIREE special values 36-inch Nainsook, boxed 12 yards to the piece. 12c White Nainsook, 12-yard piece, $1.29 18c White Nainsqok, 12-yard piece, $1.75 25c White Nainsook, 12-yard piece, $2.25 Long Cloth, 10 Yards 69o 36-Inch long cloth, 10-yafd pieces, special at $1.00 and 69c. 12Vj0 Krinkls Underwear Crepe, 9o ' , 30-Inch white krinkle underwear crepe', usually 12Y2c, Mon day, special, at yard, flo. ....... . Bar -Waa h Co Mala Floor. HEMMED BED SPREADS, $1.00 V Crochet kind, good weight and full sis. Bed Spreads, $1.25 Scalloped and -cut comers, standard size, yery special. Bed Sprtads, $1.59 - - Hemmed end- good heavy quality, crochet kind. - ... - V Ba-p-Na.a Co. Himai. Mid-Winter Sale of TABLE and HOUSEHOLD LINENS at 25 to 33V3 Under Present Market W E anticipated the scarcity of linens nearly a year ago and made preparations accord ingly, with the result that we own them at 25 to 1-3 per cent under the present mar ket quotations. In fact, some of them cannot be duplicated at any price. We offer you the same buying advantages values, we doubt seriously if you can duplicate in the city. Pattern Cloths All linen, satrh damask quality. Always the best, and the designs the choicest variety. Pattern Cloths, 68x68, special, now $2.25 Pattern Cloths, 72x72, special, now $3.25 Pattern Cloths, 72x72, special, now $3.95 Pattern Cloths, 2x3 yards proportionately Napkins For every use, In a wide selection of qualities and patterns. Mercerized Napkins, 75c Mercerised satin damask napkins, hemmed ready for use, doien, 75c. Linen Napkins, $2.25 Dinner napkins, all linen, splendid se lection of patterns to $2.95, at 12.23 the dozen. Madeira Napkins, $5.00 Real Madeira napkins, plain scallops, dozen, $3.00. Madeira Napkins, $7.50 Real Madeira napkins, hand embroid ered, eyelet work, beautiful assortment, values to $12.50, for, dozen, $7.60. Lunch Napkins, $2.95 Scalloped lunch napkins, hand embroid ered, eyelet work, dozen, $2.95. Lunch Napkins, $2.25 Hemstitched damask lunch napkins, the dozen, $2.26. Pattern Cloths Austrian damnsk, high grade, heavy quality, soft satin finish, pleasing designs. Pattern Cloths, 72x72, now. . .$6.00 to $10.50 Pattern Cloths, 72x90, now. . .$7.50 to $13.25 Pattern Cloths, 72x108, now. .$9.00 to $15.75 Napkins to match, 24x24, at. .$7.25 to $13.50 Towels Towels for every purpose In great variety, priced in the sale like this: 15o Huck Towels, 11c Extra heavy, an unusually good qual ity plain white with fancy woven bor ders. 40c Huck Towels, 25c All linen with satin damask ends, size 21x38 Inches; present value 40c, each 25c. 45o Huck Towels, 25c Hemstitched huck towels, all linen, size 19x36, present market price 45c; now 25c. 75c Huck Towels, 50c All linen, hemstitched, size 21x38, beautiful satin damask end. Turkish Towels, 19c Snow white, bleached, size special at dozen. $2.25, or each Tea Towels, 5c Tea or kitchen towels stripes, special, each 5c. 22x45. 19c. with red Fancy Linens Madeira, cluny and other decorative linens, specially underprlced, In some In stances about Half Price. Madeira Doilies, 15o BVi-inch site, hand made Madeira scal loped and eyelet work. Madeira Doilies, S9o 9 Inch size, round and 6x9 Inch oval, at S9o. Centerpieces at 95o ' Madeira and cluny lace centerpieces, 18-lnch size, at 95c. Centerpieces at $1.49 18-lnch madeira and 22-Inch cluny cen ter pieces at $1.49. Centerpieces at $2.95 13-plece scalloped lunch Madeira centerpieces, spe- clai at S2.B3. Lunch Sets, $2.25 13-plece scalloped lunch sets, all linen, special, the set. $2.25. Table Damask in the White Sale Table Damask, $1.50 All linen table damask in design exclusively our own in this market. Including coin spot and apple blossom, chry santhemum, grape, rose stripe, wreath and, wild rose, and chrysanthemum and stripe. Quality and finish if duplicat ed today would be worth $2, yard, $1.50. Bart-cao-'Naah Co. Main Floor. Table Damask, 25o Mercerized table damask, 68-ln. good medium weight, yard, 25c. ' 60o Table Damask, 39c Mercerized table damask, 64 inch size, extra heavy, lustrous fin ish, many beautiful designs, regu larly worth BOc, yard, 39c. Table Damask, 79 0 All linen table damask, 68 Inches wide, all good designs, splendid value, at yard, 79c. ,. Table Damask, 96c All linen table damask, 68 Inches wide, full bleached, an exception ally good quality, at yard, 96c. Table Damask, $1.25 All linen table damask, 70 inches wide, made of selected yarn. Heavy quality, with a beautifvl linen finish, come in the following designs: lily of the valley,' pansy, key stripe and rose border, chrysanthe mum, tulip and Btripe, plain center key border, plain center chrysanthemum border, snow drop ; sale, yard, $1.25. Mid-Winter Sale of New Embroideries Certain to Set a New Low Price Standard for the Entire Community GREAT stocks remarkable assortments extreme values, crisp new. 1916, embroideries in a world of pretty patterns and designs that will prove most tempting. Embroideries at 5c Yard Xalnsook and swIss edges and Insertion beading, pretty new 1916 designs at 5c a yard. Embroideries at 7o Yard Nainsook and swiss edges and bands to 9 Inches wide, special Monday at 7 1-2c the yard. Embroidery Flouncings, lOo Swiss or nainsook flouncing, corset cover em broideries and wide headings at 10c yard. Embroideries to 25c, at 15o Nainsook tucklngs, organdy and swiss flounclngs, matched sets of embroidery, fine edges, organdy and venice combinations to 25c at 15c. 18 to 45-Inch Flounclngs, 25o Organdy or swiss flounclngs 18, 27 and 45 Inches wide, batiste and Venice combinations In bands and allovers, colored organdy, batiste and chiffon edges, values to 50c, at 25c. Flouncings to $1.00, for 69o 27 to j Inches, fine colored embroidery, organdy and swiss allovers and flouncings, fine baby floun cings, dainty patterns; values to $1.00, for 69c yard. Flouncings to $3.00, for 98o Beautiful, dainty organdy flounclngs, fine French novelties, Venice and needle point edges and bands, fine voile and lace cloth In flounclngs with dainty French colored combinations; values to $3.00, at 98c. BarveM-Xaab Co. Main Floor. We Illustrate But Three of the Many Striking Blouse Values in the Mid-Winter White Sale The waists illustrated here are but representative of the splendid values offered. No. 6328 Blouse made of good quality voile, with embroidered front, Hy-lo collar of embroidered or gandy, long sleeves, Venlse edge, front opening, $1.00. No. 789 Voile blouse made with convertible col lar and long sleeves, Swiss embroidery panel front, with Inserts of filet pattern lace. Special $1.00. No. 790 Embroidered voile blouse with dainty trim mings of val lace on either side, bands of 8wlss em broidery down the front, collar convertible, long sleeves finished with tucked cuff. Price $1.00. No. 729 Organdy blouse, embroidered In a dainty conventional design, panel front of same, two rows of Venlse lace down front Hy-lo collar embroidered, $1.50. No. 6525 Voile blouse trimmed with embroidered organdy panels and rows of val lace. Insertion down the front, two rows In collar with hemstitching and sac edging, long sleeves. 81a 14 to 46. Price $1.50. Bwt-aaa-Maali No. 777 Voile blouse with filet lace and bands of embroidered voile trimming front, lace and embroid ery trimmed. Hy-lo collar, long sleeves. Hpeclal $1.60. No. 611 Blouse of fine French voile, collar and front trimmed In hand embroidery and hemstitching. Venlse lace around collar, cuffs and down front. $2.50. No. 512 Blouse of fine French voile, trimmed with fine organdy embroidery and shadow lace Joined with cluny Insertion down front. Organdy collar trimmed with shadow lace, cuffs to match. $2.60. No. 532 Organdy blouse, daintily trimmed with lace and embroidery. Pin tucks on shoulder and sleeves, The Hy-lo collar Is of fine organdy and the sleeves ars long. Sizes 34 to 46. Price $2.50. No. 626 Hand embroidered voile blouse with lace medallions, deep rovers edged with val lace, low neck finished with lac trimmed collar, full length sleeves finished with pointed cuff edged with lace. $3.60. Our Mid-Winter White Sale A TIME when all white goods are much lower in price than at any other time of the year. Ws Eeierve the Eight to Limit Quantities. . speoiali ' v Genuine Lonsdale Muslin, Bleached and Yard Wide From Bolt, Monday ; Yard 6c AH the best known brands of muslins, cambric, eta. By com parison you will find our prices as low as offered by ear otber store In the country. , . : ( : - 6Vg0 to lOo Unbleached Mtulins, 80 to THo 86 and 40-lnch unbleached muslins, th regular 8 Ha, end 10c grades, In a sale at, yard, 1 1-2c, Bo aad 7 1-8o the yard. Martha Washington Bleached Muslin, Do Yard wide, uniform wear, soft finish aad wearinff fmttty, special for Monday, yard, 6c. Fruit-of-Loom Bleached Muslin, 36-Inches Wide, Monday at Yard, 6c Muslins to I6U0, Monday, 7y,o Yard 8hort lengths of I to 15 yards, Including muslin, eambrto, end long cloths, also Wamsutta and Lonsdale bleached twills, end Jeans, special, yard. 7 1-2o. Wamsutta Nainsook at J 60 40 Inch extra heavy quality Sea Island and Wamsutta nain sook In lengths 8 to 30 yards, lengths worth to 8(0 at yard, 18o. Mid-Winter Sale Prices on Utica, Pcquot and Burnasco Sheets and Pillow Cases Our Burnasco brand sheets and pillow cases are th best to be bad for home us. Pequot. Dallas, Fruit of th Loom and New Bed ford sheets and pillow cases. 81x99 Pequot Sheets 83c 72x99 Pequot Sheets 75c 81x90 Pequot Sheets 79c 72x90 Pequot Sheets 70c ' 50o Seamless Sheets at S&o Sire 64x90 seamless bleached sheets, for single beds, 8O0 grade on sale at 35c. . 69o Seamed Sheets, 4 So Size 76x90 Inches, seamed bleached sheets for double bsds, 69c values for 45c. 25c Pillow Cases, lOo Scalloped pillow cases, size 42x36 and 45x36 special sale price, each, 19c. Mid-Winter Sale Prices on Pepperell, Aurora and Mesco Sheetings. The Mid-Winter prices are from 80 to 4c on th yard less than the present market prices: This idea: 8- 4 Bleached Sheeting at 22c Yard 9- 4 Bleached Sheeting at 25c Yard 10 4 Bleached Sheeting at 26c Yard 25c D wight Anchor Pillow Tubing, 14c Extra quality satin finish, one to 10 yards lengths. The well known Dwight Anchor pillow tubing In desirable lengths, 25c values at 14c the yard. Mid-Winter Sale Longcloth and Nainsook Do your sewing now, while prices are so low on all white goods. Manhattan Nainsook, 36-inch, in boxes, 10 yds. Q Q to the piece, $lji0 value, very special at ,OC No. 555 Longeloth, in bolts of 10 yards to the CQ the piere, worth 85c, very special at .' 0tC No. lJ99 Longcloth, in bolts of 10 yards, 36-inch, OA worth $1.25, very special at 0C No. 9000 Longcloth, 40-inch, worth $2, Mid- f -I AQk Winter sale price, very special at..i V JL T"i 25o Bear Mills White Oyptine, llo 30 inches wide, a newer and much more desirable fabric than solsette for dresses, waists, etc.; worth 25c, now 11c. 25o to SOo White Goods at do ' Mill lengths of 30 to 40 Inch white organdie batiste, sheer lawns, fine mulls snd novelty white goods, yard 9c. White Madras Waistings at 3y2o Mercerized 24 Inch white madras, walstlngs, lengths 10 to 20 yards, at yard. 3 1-2c. 18o Pa Jama Cloth, 8Vac Mercerized striped and checked pajama cloth, yard wide, 18c Quality, yard, 8 1-2c. rw. y tl liars 10c to 12y2o White Dimities at ey2o Baby checked whit dimities, thousands of goods of the regu lar 10c to 13Hc grades. Sc. 25c Madras Shirting, 120 Also walstlng, fancy colored stripes and figures, special Mon day at yard. 12 1,2c -Kaab Co Buuuit. 'everybody's store" Onest Huck Towels, 7c Full bleached with pink or blue Grecian border. Spe cial at 7e each. Turkish Towels, lOo Bleached, els 18x3 Inchea, hemmed ends. 11.10 par dozen, 10o each. isa Kaaa) Cm Baaaal.