THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918.
CHAPTER VlII.
' 'Kilts and Kilties.
, Some of the men I met at Aubtgny
had been out since Mons some of the
old kilted regiments of the old regular
army, they were. Away back in those
; desperate days the Germans had
dubbed them the Ladies from Hell, on
account of their kilts. Some of the
; Germans really thought they were
A women! That was teamed from pris-
" oners. Since Mons they have been
- out, and auld Scotland has poured out
men hv the scores of thousands, as
! ' fast as they were needed,-to fill the
' ? aaos the German shells and bullets
..have torn in the Scots ranks. Aye
since Mons, and they will be there at
. the finish, when it comes, please God!
There have always been Scots regi
'ments in the British army, ever since
. the day when King Jamie the Sixth, of
Scotland, of the famous and unhappy
house of Stuart, became King James
- the First of England. The kilted regi-
.-. ments, the Highlanders, belonging to
the immortal Highland brigade, in
clude the Gordon Highlanders, the
' Fortv-second. the world famous Black
Watch, as it is better known than by
its numbered designation, the beaforth
Highlanders, and the Argyle and Suth
erland regiment, or the Princess
Louise's Own. That was the regiment
to a territorial battalion of which my
. boy John belonged at the outbreak of
Jthe war and with which he served
lentil he was killed.
,:, Some of those old, famous regi
ments have been wiped out half a
tlozen times, almost literally annihi
lated, since Mons. New drafts and
' Uhe addition of territorial battalions
have replenished them and kept up
their strength, and the continuity of
L 'their tradition has never been broken.
The men who compose a regiment
jmay.by wiped out, but the regiment
Survives. It is an organization, an
entityf a creature with a soul as well
;kas a body. And the Germans have not
'discovered a way yet of killing the
' ''soul! They can do dreradful things
;to the bodies of men and women, but
-their souls are safe from them. '
Of course ther; are Scots regiments
'lhat "are not kilted and that have
, 'naught to do with the Hielanders, who
"jiave given as fine and brave an ac
count of themselves as any. There
are the Scots Guards, one of the regi
ments of the Guards Brigade, the very
'pck and flower of the British army.
.There are the King's Own Scottish
'Borderers, with as fine a history and
tradition as any regiment in the army,
imd a record of service of which any
Tegiment might well be proud; the
"Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Scots, the
Scottish Rifles, and the Scots Greys, of
rji j m an taint. vu. wo
rpent from Scotland.
t Since- this war began other High
Sand regiments have been raised be
side those; originally included in the
"Highland Brigade. There are Scots
from Canada who wear the kilt and
tbetrvi own tartan and cap. - Every
Highland regiment, of course, has its
nwn distinguishing tartan ana cap.
One of the proudest moments of my
life came when I heard that the Ninth
battalion of the Highland Light In
.farctry, which was raised in Glasgow,
but has its depot, where its recruits
and new drafts are trained, at Ham
ilton, was known as the Harry
LaudersV That was because they had
. Adopted the Balmoral cap, with dice,
that had become associated with me
because I had worn it so often and
so long on the stage in singing one (
6f -my'-most famous and successful
songs, "I Love a Lassie."
But in the trenches, of course, the
Hieland trcSops all look alike. They
cling to ..heir kilts or, rather, their
kilts cling to thembut kilts and
jackets ar? all of khaki.; If they wore
the bright' plaids of the tartans they
would be much too conspicuous a
mark for the Germans, and so they
have to forswear their much loved
colors when they are actually at grips
with Fritz.
I wear the kilt nearly always my
self, as I have said. Partly I do so
because it is my native costume, and I
am psoud of my Highland birth; part-
ly because I revel in the comfort of i have been able to fleeo the ni-rht
the costume. But it brings me some through. My back and kidnevs don't,
arfping experiences. Very often I am bother me any more and my stomach
aked a .question that is, I presume, j3 jn such a good condition that I can
fired'at many a Hieland soldier, inti- eat just anything I want without suf
mate though it is. ferine a particle "afterwards. The
I .Say, Harry some one will ask ,
f vnn wear th lcilr. l)n vnu not
me, you wear the kilt. Do you not
wear anything underneath it?
i ao, myseu. i wear a very snort
pair of trunks, chiefly for reasons of
modesty. So do some of the soldiers.
But if they do they must provide it
for themselves; no such garment , is
;vea pui 10 mem wun ineir uniiorm.
And so the vast majority of the men
wear nothing but their skins under the
kilt. He is bare, that is. from the
waist to the hose-except for the kilt : teenth and Harney, Owl Drug com
But that is garment enough! 1 11 tell pany. Sixteenth and Fnmnm Btre.
ve so. and 1 m thinkin 1 knowl
t i i
jSo clad the Highland soldier is a
great deal more comfortable and a
great tieal more sanely dressed, I be-
STREET DANCE
' and
(Carnival
For Benefit of the Canteen Work
"OVER THERE."
Under Auspices of the Dundee
WOMAN'S PATRIOTIC CLUB
Thursday and Friday Nights, June
13 and 14.
DOUGLAS ST., 48th to 49th.
,", 8 to 12 p. m. .
DAN DESDUNES' FULL MILI
v ,TARY BAND
Signor Hoganinski Knife
' Thrower.
x Greater Omaha Style Show.
Prize Contests.
Scores of Added Features.
Refreshments.
Military Police and Boy Scouts
Assisting.
DANCING FREE
General Admission, 25c(
Cbi'dren, 10c
(War Tax Added)
Billy Byrne, Director GenerL
'Dance Your Bir
Laude
in tfte Wat?
Experiences ore Ac Wesiertt
COfYKI&HT 1918
lieve, than the city dweller who is
trousered and underweared within an
inch of his life, I think it is a matter
of medical record, that can be verified
from the reports of the army surgeons,
that the. kilted troops are among the
htalthiest in the whole army. I
know that the Highland troops arc
much less subject to abdominal
troubles of all sorts colic and the
like. The kilt lies snug and warm
around the stomach, in several thick
layers, and a more perfect protection
lrom the cola nas never Deen ceviseu
for that highly delicate, and susceptible
region of the human anatomy.
Women,' particularly, are always
asking me another question. I have
seen them eyeing me, in cold weather,
when I was walkin' around, com
fortably, in my kilt. And their eyes
would wander to my knees, and I
would know before-they opened their
mouths what it was that they were
going to say.
"Oh, Mr.-Lauder," they would ask
me. "Don't your poor knees get cold
with no coverings, exposed to this
bitter cold?"
Well, they never have! That's all
I can tell you. They have had the
chance, in all sorts of bitter weather.
I am not thinking only of the com
paratively mild winters of Britain
although up north, in Scotland, we
get some pretty severe winter weather.
But I have been in western Canada
and in the northwestern states of the
United States Montana, North Da
kota, Minnesota where the thermom
eter drops far below zero. And my
knees have never been cold yet. They
do not suffer from the cold any more
than does my face, which is as little
covered and protected as they and
for the same reason, I suppose. They
are used to the weather.
And when it comes o the general
question oi health, I am certain, from
my own experience,! that the kilt is
the best. Several times, for one rea
son or another, I have laid my kilts
aside and put on trousers. And each
time I have been seized by violent
colds, and my life has been made
wretched.- A good many soldiers of
IS ABLE TO VORK
FOR THE FIRST
TIME JN2 YEARS
Says Tanlac Gave Him Biggest
Surprise of His Life Gains
20 Pounds.
"Well, I have just finished my
third bottle of Tanlac, and do you
know I had the surprise of my life
the other day, when I got on the
scales and found I had actually
gained twenty pounds already," said
W. R. ' .
living at 7308 Park avenue, Tacoma,
Wash., recently. '
"I hadn't been able to hit a lick of
work in two years until now," he
continued. "My appetite went square
back on me, and what little I did
manage to eat soured on my sum
ach, causing gas and intense suffer
ing. My kidnevs bothered me some
thing awful and my back pained me
so bnd it was torture for me to have
fr. rnhhpd. T wna so nefvtva. "d
miserable during those two years that
I never knew what a good ni?ht's
sleep was, and for seven months of
that t'me I was flat on my back, hard
ly able to move. I, of course, was
under treatment, soent sometime in
the hospital, and took all kinds of
medicine, but with it all I kept get
tine worse.
"I kent dropping off in weight un
til I lost forty-seven pounds, and was
almost a- living skeleton. When I
left the hospital and decided to see
what Tanlac would do for me. I
weighed only ninety-five pounds. But
Tnnlac certainly has mde a wonder
ful change in me. I sleep fine, and
renuy jf3 the first time in two veas
way t am getting back mv lost weight
ii a t -j t i i :
io aatuiiiBiuiiK. as i saia, i nave ai-
ready gained twenty pounds, and I am
still 'gaining. Not only that, I f el
better than I have in years, and I'm
going back to my work, as I feel
strong and well in every way, and I
just can't praise Tanlac enough for
what it has done for me."
Tanlac is sold in Omaha by Sher-
man & McConnell Drug Co., corner
RivfeontTi .) wa -t I.. o;
Harvard Pharmacy, Twenty-foirlh
and Farnam streets; northeast corner,
Nineteenth and Farnam strppts. and
. T
W est End Pharmacy, corner Forty
ninth and Dodga .i,treetsf under the
personal direction of a special Tanlac
representative Advertisement.
TRY THIS FOR
ECONOMY
"Conserving," Economy" and
"Thrift" are the present-day
1
watchwords and well they- may
be! Are you conserving your -health?
Are you economical in
buying treatment for disease"?
You should be! .If your stom
ach, liver, kidneys, bowels and
blood are not rio4ifc n svprv .
sense, you should at once begin
a treatment to restore good,
healthy conditions. Sulphur,
cream of tartar and herb ex
tracts in a sugar-foated form,
called Sulpherb Tablets is the
surest relief that is economical.
Get them in sealed tubes from
druggists. Sulpherb is the name
not "sulphur." Mrs. J. J. Dev
lin, 518, W. 152nd St., New
York City, writes: "I would also
like to say I find your Sulp-h.-rh
T3V-.1--1 o ,
much pleased to recommend to i
Zone
3igAtng tortf"
my acquaintance have had the same
experience. y
Practical reasons aside, however,
the Scots soldier loves his kilt, and
would fight ilke a steer to keep from
having it tiken away from him,
should anyone be so foolish as to
try such a performance. He loves it,
not only because it is warm and com
fortable, but because it is indistin
guishably associated in his mind with
some of the most glorious pages of
Scottish history. It is a sign and
symbol of his hameland to him. There
have been times, in Scotland, when
all was not as peaceful in the coun
try's relations with England as it now
is, when the loyal Scot who wore the
kilt did so knowing that he might
be tried lor his life for doing so, since
death had been the penalty appointed
for that "crime."
Aye, it is peace and friendship now
between Scot and Englishman. But
that is not to say that there is no
a friendly rivalry between them still
English regiments and Scots regi
ments have a lot of fun with one
STORE HOURS:
8:30 A. M. to
6 P. M.
Wednesday, June 12, 1918-
Here's An Extraordinary Clearaway Thursday of
ME
That Represents Savings of Ms
tT'S the result of a most fortunate purchase the sample line of a big shirt manufacturer, who .
t sold us his surplus at a big sacrifice in order to clear his stocks at once.
The materials include:
WOVEN MADRAS " PONGEES ,
PRINTED .MADRAS ' PERCALES
In fast colors, either soft or stiff cuff styles. Some have collars attached ; shirts that are cut full,
well made, comfortable and well fitting. ' V
Some are slightly soiled and mussed, and a few have slight imperfections, but so small that they will
not impair the wearing qualities whatever. v
The range of styles, coloring and pattern selection is very extensive there are all sizes, 14 to 17
neck band represented, and we consider them the season's greatest jshirfc values offered anywhere. .
Come prepared to buy a season's supply, for tha t's what you will do when you see the values offered.
Burftft-Naih Co. Main Floor .
Preserve EGGS in
WATER GLASS
THE Department of Agriculture and all real food
economists-they who believe in having good foods
economically and not "cheap" foods that fail to fool your
stomach advise packing eggs in water glass for use, in
winter.
Water glass is merely a solution of silicate of soda,
comes in jars.
You increase its bulk by ad Jin? hot water, simply
pack eggs in a jar and cover with liquid. Eggs remain
as good as when packed. .
Thursday on the Main Floor, near the Post Office, a
young woman . ill demonstrate the process. , - :
You can buy a 5-gallon covered stone jar and a bot
tle of water glass, all for $1.50. This jar will hojd 15
dozen eggs,
And you know eggs are apt to be 70c to $1.00 a dozen
next winter. Today the prices are 33c to 40c. Just
good fortune that we got these jars at a low price (they
are first quality.) ,
This is a service store.
Burfett-Nuh Co. Main Floor
Beautiful New Wash Materials in
Dress and Skirt Pattern Lengths
$1.95
A VERY special offering for Thursday only, of desir-
V able wash fabrics in lengths suitable for dresses and
skirts, consisting xf flaxons, batistes and voiles in pretty
figured, striped and floral designs, also gabardine skirt
ing with white grounds, pretty colored stripes and plaids
for sport skirts, 2i2 to 7-yard lengths for $1.95 each.
Dress Pattern Lengths, for $2.95 '
Full dress pattern lengths of voiles in plaids, figured, striped
and floral designs, light or dark ground, also plain wash suitings
in poplins and fancy weaves.. Light or dark shades, $2.95 each.
' "j '. BurfWf.fcaali Co. Mate Flow ... '. ;.,:
another, and a bit rough it gets, too,
at times. But it is al: in fun, and
there is ' no harm done I have in
mind a tale an officer told me
though the men of whom he told it
did not know that an officer had any
inkling of the story.
The English soldiers are very fond
of harping on the old idea of the dif
ficulty of making a Scotsman see a
joke. That is a base slander, I'll jay,
out no matter. There were two reg
iments in rest close to each other,
one English and one Scots. They
met at the setaminet or pub in the
nearby town. And one day the Eng
lishman put up a great joke on some
of the Scots, and did get a little proof
of that pet idea of theirs, for the
Scots were slow to see the Joke.
Ah, weel, that was enough! For
days the English rang the changes
on that joke, teasing the Hielanders
and making sport of them. But at
last, when the worst of the torment
ors were all assembled together, two
of the Scots came into the room
where they were havin' a wee drap
pie. 1
"Mon, Sandy," .said one of them,
shaking his head, "I've been thinking
what a sad thing that would be I I
hope it will no come to pass."
Aye, that would be a sore busi
ness, indeed, Tarn," said Sandy, and
he, too, shook his head.
And so they went on. The English-,
men stood it as long as they could
and then one turned to Sandy.
"What is it would be such a bad
business?" he asked.
"Mon-mon," said Sandy. "We've
at
SILK STRIPE MADRAS
been thinking, Tarn and 1, what
would become of England, should
Scotland make a separa'e peace?"
And it was generally conceded that
the last laugh was with the Scots in
that affair I
My boy. John, had the same love
for the kilt that I had. He was
proud and glad to wear the kilt and
to lead men who did the same. While
he was in training at Bedford he or
ganized a corps of cyclists for dis
patch hearing. He was a crack cy
clist himself, and it wis a' sport of
which lie was passionately fond. So
he took a great interest in the corps,
and it soon gained wide fame for its
efficiency. So true was that that the
authorities' took note of the corps,
and , of John, who was responsible
for it, and he was asked to go to
France to take charge of organizing
a similar corps behind the front. But
that would have invouved a transfer
to a different branch of the army, and
detachment from his regiment. Ami
it would have meant that he must
doff his kilt. Since he had the chance
to decline !t was an offer, not an
order, that had come to him he did,
that he might keep his kilt and stay
with his own men.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
21 Enemy Planes Downed
London, June 12. Twenty-one
enemy airplanes have been destroyed
on the Italian front by the British
air forces operating there, accordine
to today's war office statement re
porting British operations in this
area.
EVERYBODY STORE
-STORE NEWS FOR THURSDAY-
POPLINS
American
Flags For
Flag Day
AS every loyal American
should display the colors
on Flags Day Friday we
have arranged for your selec
tion a special display of Ameri
can flags, as well as those of
the allies.
American flags,Se to $39.50.
: American silk flags, Be to
$60.00.
Allied flags, includinp Brit
ish, French. Italian and Russian,
15c, 25c, 35c.
Burgest-Naih Co. Down Stair Store
A Big Clearaway
In the Down Stairs Store at '
LESS THAN Vz PRICE
IT'S a radical clearaway of all odd pairs and broken size assortments
the biggest and best shoe values offered this season.
WOMEN'S PUMPS AT $1.65 ,
Short lines of women's patent and dull calf pumps plain and strap styles. ,
Leather Louis heels, light soles, sizes to 4. Sale price, $1.65 pair. ; , ,
WOMEN'S SHOES AT $2.95
A big lot of women's sample
Patent, tray clotn tons
Brown kid, ivory cloth tops-..
Gun metal, gray cloth tops
Bronze kid
v Girls' Pumps
$2.95
' Big girls' patent colt Mary
Jane pumps. Goodyear welt
soles, sizes 2-to 6, at $2.95.
Infants' Soft Sole Shoes,
39c
Patent with gray kid tops.
Patent with white kid tops.
' Patent with black kid tops.
Hun Prisoners Are
Horror-Stricken at
Comrades Slaughter
With the French Army in France,
June 12. French cannon and ma
chine guns have reaped a heavy toll
since Sunday. An entire division of
the famous Jaegers was cut to
pieces at Ressons-Sur-Matx, while a
guards division lost a great propor
tion of Its effectives. Other di
visions, it is learned, suffered equally
during the preparation tor the at
tack and the advance to the narrow
valleys, all the passes of which were
dominated by the allied guns. Every
prisoner taken seems horror-stricken
at the slaughter of his comrades.
Candidate for Governor
Held Under Espionage Act
.Fierre, S. D., June 12. (Special
icicgratn; me tederal grand jury
yesterday returned indictments
against Orbill Anderson, socialist
candidate for governor; Fred Fair
child, another prominent socialist of
this state, and George Issenhuth, a
leading business man of Huron, under
the espionage law.
- Enemy Att ick Repulsed
London, June 12. An enemy
raiding party last night attacked the
British post in Avcluy wood but was
repulsed, the war office announced
today. The British carried out a
successful raid in the Boyelles region
capturing a few prisoners.
to V2 Usual Prices
ism - M .V : If KM
ON THE SQUARE
AT THE ELEVATOR THURSDAY
Shirt Waist Lengths, 79c
Including 2 yards of white voile, plain, striped or
' plaid; linweave flaxon, organdy and madras, 79c each. ,
Table Cloth Lengths of Damask, $1.89
64x64-inch, satin finish, heavyweight, good patterns, .
$1.39 each. , '
: White Pique, 27 Inch, at 29c a Yard
Burfett-Naah Co. Mala Floor-
of Men's, Women's
pairs, high cut lace. In white duck.
Lett Than
SHOE
$2.95
Men's Shoes at
$2.45
Mostly sample
pairs and slightly
shop worn, but good
quality, good wear
ing shoes kid and
gun metal, button .
and lace, about Vx
the regular price
$2.45.
Burfen-Nath Co. Down Stalra Store
Boy Breaks Arm Cranking
Auto; Asks $10,000 Damages
I. Bernstein is made defendant in
a $10,000 damage suit field in dis
trict court Tuesday by Roy Williams,
12 years old, , through Minnie Bell,
his guardian, , The Williams boy is
alleged to have broken his arm while
cranking an automobile belonging to
Bernstein.
Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cent. Try It!
Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounce!
of orchard white, shake well, and yog
have a quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion, and com
plexion beautifier, at very, very
small cost s 5 ,
Your grocer has the lemons ani
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard whits
for a few cents. Massage this sweetly
fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and sea
how freckles and blemishes disappear
and how clear, soft and white th
skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless.
Adv.
Ask Mr, Foster
About your vacation
trip. Sendee it fnv
. .. BefoHqr
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