THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15. 1921.
End of Packing
House Workers'
Strike in Sight
Packers and Workers Both
Admit Walkout Nearing
Close, But Each Side
Claims Victory.
The end cf the packing house
itrike it in siuht.
Both packer and striking work'
sncn admitted that yesterday.
" But both sides claim imminent vie-
'. :ory for themselves.
rranlc Lauer, chairman of the
itrike committee of the butcher work
men union, declared the prospects
look forieht for the workers.
"When thinking men like Father
John Wiccnorek of St. Stanislaus
church come out for the workers as
lie' did at the mass meeting last night,
it shows the cause is just, be de
dared,
"The public is with us. The weather
is with us. Although the packers
now are without us, they goon will
be with us, too.'
District President Here.
John Blaha, district president of
the butcher workmen union for the
territory east and south of Chicago,
whose headquarters is in Buffalo, is
in Omaha surveying the situation and
reports Chicago tied up tight by the
strike. Most of the independent
packers in the east are reported "fair"
to the union, he said, while strikers
are not returning to "Big Five"
plants.
M. R. Murphy, general manager
of the Cudahy plant here, yesterday
stated there is some improvement in
the situation. Cudahy men are re
turning to their jobs in twos and
threes, he declared, predicting the
end of the strike by the end of the
week. Cudahy's is working' 65 per
cent capacity in all departments, hi
said.
. Strike "Petering Out"
"The strike is 'petering out,' "
said Ralph Dold,' manager of the
Dold plant. Conditions at that plant
are reported about the same with
all departments working with a 40
per cent force of employes.
""Our men are showing a disposr
tiotv to return to work," Mr. Dold
stated. "We killed about 100 hogs
Spectre of Retirement
Confronts Mary Pickford
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By WINIFRED VAN DU2ER,
Niw York, Dec. 14. She sat on
wistful bit of a girl, with a little
round hat pus'ied dowri 6ver her shin
ing hair and the heels of her little
round-toed boots hooked over the
rung. .
AH about was the rattle of moving
baggage, the continued thud of many
a trunk striking temporary resting
and SO cattle yesterday and expect the tipmost edge of a chair, like a
to kill at the rate ot 1U cattle and
75 hogs an hour today."
"We are taking care of all orders,"
said O. W. Waller of Swift & Co.
, ' We note a satisfactory increase in
-, our working capacity each day."
" "Our plant is running fine," said
K M. Schaefer of Morris & Co. "A
few men are drifting back each Hav places.
and we are killing about 80 per cent But she looked steadily ahead, and
normal, which at this time is suf- there was sadness in the long-lashed
ficient to' care for all our orders." blue eyes; those eyes which have
The strike zone was quiet jester- smiled their way into the hearts of
dav. the world,
Robert Corcoran, Dallas hotel, was For Mary Pickford was tcllipg me
arrested for trespassing at the Dold of the time when she no longer will
plant and was given 30 days' sent- be America's sweetheart; the dainty
ence in the county jail in South and delectable little queen regeent of
' Side oo ice court. Sentence was sus- e stiver screen.
pended during his good behavior. She said:
v Board Halts With Strike. - A Turning Point
Henry R. Hartnett, Charles Crcly ..'There always is a turning point,
and S. F. Wells, former members of a drop in popularity. I have been
the conference board at Cudahys at waiting for it. Every time I sign
union headquarters yesterday gave f contract I say 'perhaps that is the
inside information regarding the lasc.
board. They declared it has ceased For I am not going to outstay
to function. my welcome. It is so much nicer
They said, in a statement, that they to leave a pleasant memory. You
voted in favor of the wage cut while see I wouldn't want them to say
members of the conference board about me "you should have seen her
because thev knew the cut would go 10 years ago.
into effect whether they voted for it Never has she looked more like
or not the spirit of girlhood than when she
Since the strike was called, thev owned up to this spectre sneaking
'said, they have neither worked nor outside the shining circle of suc-
sohcited others to work at the plant, cess.
"It's a joke," said Rofcert K. Hun.
ter, chairman of the strikers' pub
licity committee, speaking of state
ments by the packers that the plants
are operating at nearly full efficiency.
"We are not interested in their state
ments but the public will know how
efficient the plants are when the meat
shortage begins to be felt."
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Newark Farmer Makes Good
Profit on Feeder' Cattle
C. J. Johnson came to Omaha
from Newark with two loads of cat
tle for market. The animals were
( choice steers that topped the scales
at an average of one load of 1.143
pounds, for which he received the
top price of the day of $9 a hundred.
The other load averaged 1,220 pounds
and sold for $7.90 a hundred.
Mr. Johnson said feed had been
unusually cheap this year and that
he was .enabled to finish his cattle
with a good margin of profit. He
said the farmers of his neighborhood
Jiad found it better to feed live
stock than to attempt to market
their grain.
1
Stanton County Farmers
Holding Cattle in Yards
"Corn is plentiful and worth around
27 cents a bushel in Stanton county,"
said Walter Chace, a veteran live
stock shipper,' when he visited the
stock yards looking over the market.
Mr. Chase said that conditions in
Stanton county are considerably bet
ter than they have been, for some
time and that the farmers of his sec'
tion were not over anxious to ship
cattle to market at present He said
the strike was not causing much
worry among the farmers and that
they were going along as usual.
Farm Bureau Holds Annual
Meeting at , Lexington
Lexington. Neb., Dec. 14 (Spe
cial lelegram.) The Dawson
County Farm bureau held its annual
meeting here. The attendance was
large. The Chamber of Commerce
furnished hmch at noon. The out-
ot-town speakers were T. N. Norton
of Polk. Dr. Raeger. Kearney; L.
I. Frisbie and Mr. Brokow of the
agricultural college, Lincoln, who
delivered lectures on extension
work.
She denied that her appearance as
Farmers Hear Lively
Debate on Grain Body
Seward County Farmer
Optimistic Over Future
Four loads of hogs were brought
to Omaha by H. Phillipson of Sew-
and county. Mr. Phillipson said he
noticed that conditions for the farmer
were gradually on the upward
tried and that he thought in the
rear future things would be back to
normal. He said there was great
need of snow or rain in his part of
the state for the insurance of a
good crop of wheat
(Continued From Pace On.)
sible to start such a big organiza
tion without them. ;
'The country was so flooded with
fake stock companies the United
States Grain Growers would not em
ploy high-powered salesmen that
would say anything to get the
money," he said. "We hired only
experienced farmers to, solicit mem
bers. Perhaps they have made
mistakes, but as soon as they are
reported they are rectified."
Mr. Brown probably will be given
another opportunity to speak more
on the subject at Thursday's meet
ing. The convention took no definite
action. '
Waterway Described.
In his speech on the Great Lakes-
St. Lawrence Tidewater association
Charles P. Lraig, Duluth, Minn.,
vice president at large for the asso
ciation, described the proposed
waterway and what it would ac
complish for the Nebraska farmers,
"Only one-tenth of the potential
wealth of the Mississippi valley is
being taken out'beause of inadequate
transportation, he said. "Walker
D. Hine said recently that it would
require $1,500,000,000 a year for the
next 10 years to- put the railroads
back where they were in order to
furnish necessary transportation.
"An official of the Pennsylvania
railroad recently said that we are ap
proaching normal times and when
they were reached the railroads
would never be able to take care of
the transportation problems that
confronted them."
Mr. Craig declared that all west
ern railroads were in favor of the
waterway that would make all the
Great Lakes cities actual seaport
towns and increase the value of
grain 10 cents a bushel to mid-west
farmers. " ' . '
In his talk on auditing and ac
counting Prof. R. D. Cole, Lincoln,
urged the farmers to keep complete
records of every business and farm
transaction they made.
Leo Stuhr, Lincoln, secretary of
agriculture, described scale inspec
tion in Nebraska and told what he
thought would be accomplished the
coming vear. Umaha was chosen
as the 1922 convention citv. '
The following officers were
elected: J. S. Canady, Minden, presi
dent re-elected; J. R. Morrison,
Chappell. vice president: T. W. Short-
hill, Omaha, secretary-treasurer.
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AdT.
"Dearest" in "Fauntleroy" was in
tended to pave the way to mature
roles, she explained:
"I'm not going to grow up on the
screen. I don't believe my public
would care to see me as wives and
mothers and so on. Fortunately I
wont have to think- about it for sev
eral years yet.
"Besides I'm a producer first and
actress afterwards. I'm more inter
ested in presenting a good entertain
ment than in just playing my part
well."
Tanned Brown.
It was early Monday when Mary
and Douglas, returning from ad
venturing in France, Italy, England,
Switzerland and Africa. Tanned
brown and full of athletic capers, Mr.
Fairbanks pretended great concern
because he often was addressed as
"Mr. Pickford," particularly in Italy,
where his wife is better known.
Thev talked of their plans. The
proposed six months each year of
foreign residence will be at Nice
where they will build a studio. They
wish to try France and Italy for new
and lovely settings, but insist that
thev will produce nothing lor set
tings alone, that the story, after all
is the entertainment.
Mary Exhibits Clothes. '
While Douglas rumbled somewhat
vaguely about his ambition to movie
ize the life and adventures of Ben-
venuto Cellino, Mary opened one or
two of the 14 trunks of new clothes
she brought from Paris and proudly
exhibited such creations as should
cause many a feminine heartbreak m
the "city of yellow poppies and
cheap motors" as she described Los
Angeles,
Skirts Long and Tight
According to, these won-der-ful
garments Paris wears its skirts long;
bodices tight: sleeves short, except
ing for certain taileurs when a gaunt
let cuff lends grace. All colors are
bright, and there are whole rivers
of beading flowing over French
wardrobes. '
Her favorite evening gown is sal
mon colored taffeta. The sleeveless
bodice is close fitting, with a long,
pointed waistline: the skirt full as
possible; a great spider web of king
blue beads and rhinestones sparkles
on the front of the skirt and repeats
itself on the bodice.
AH of her dresses are made with
a wide girdle standing out trom tne
body of the gown. Black monkey
fur applied to rear itself finished the
girdle of the salmon-colored achieve
Still more charming is an after
noon frock of black velvet. Collar
and cuffs of tea-colored embroidery
are the only trimmings. They tie
with red ribbons. t
Doug Gives Tip on Peace.
Douglas contributed a final word.
It was a tip on how to establish universal-peace.
He said:
"War is a matter of geography
of boundary lines. Now, my idea
is for scientists, strategists all the
great men, as well as the common
ers of every nation to concentrate
on starting something with Mars.
"To do this the whole world
would be forced to band together
in a common cause. Then we'd just
naturally have to be friendly with
each other.- What more could we
want?" ' I
Nebraskans Win
Objectives in
. Deficiency Bill
$600,000 Appropriated for
Prevention of Tuberculois
In Cattle and $173,000 for
Air Mail Service.
By E. C. SNYDER.
MaebinftoB Correspondent Oman Br.
Washington. Dec. 14. (Special
Telegram.) The conference report
on the first deficiency bill under the
new budget system was agreed to
by the house today. The bill carries
an appropriation of $600,000 for the
prevention of tuberculosis in cattle
and the indemnification of owners of
Thompson, "The Little Giant of
Grand Inland." and Walter Head o4
Omaha, members of the state capi-
tol building commission, are in Well
ington for a conference with Gov
ernor McKelvie, who is expected to
arrive In th city fomorrow, Judge
Thompson, who is tlo democratic
national committeeman from Ne
braska, it taking the opportunity
while east of having a conference
with Chairman Cordell Hull of the
national committee, who is now in
Washington.
H. R. Grumann, a son of Prof,
Paul II. Grumann of the University
of Nebraska, who has been for the
past two years connected with the
nonmagnetic (hip, Carnegie, which
has been charging the seven seas
under the auspices of the Carnegie
institution, has been granted a to
days leave of absence and starts for
his hqme in Nebraska Friday.
Rail Body Hears
Complaints of
Phone Strikers
Patrons of Bloonifield Ex
change Finn in Demand for
Lower Rates - Other
Towns Fight Company.
The following nominations for
posiomces in ixcoraska were mauu
I todav: T. Miles Robinson. North
condemned cattle. And also $175,000 Bend; Julius C. Moore. Waterloo;
for the transcontinental air mail serv
ice.
Representatives Jeffcris, McLaugh
lin and Reavis have made life miser
able for Chairman Madden and mem
bers of the appropriations commit
tee of the house to include this item
in the deficiency bill. They not
only labored with Chairman Mad
den, but with the secretary of agrU
culture, director of the budget, Gen
eral Dawes, and the chairman of the
senate appropriations committee.
Senator Warren. Congressman Jef
fcris, who, notwithstanding he repre
sents a city district, has a very lively
understanding of the needs of the
farmers of Nebraska with special ref
erence to the prevention of disease
in both cattle and swine, having been
raised on a farm himself, labored
earnestly to have this amount in
cluded in the bill, believing that
enormous good would come out of
the appropriation.
Explain Away Objections.
He found that some members of
the appropriations committee of the
house objected to the item on the
ground that some cattle in New York
state were bringing too high an in
demnity, but on investigating the
agricultural conditions in New York
state the Omaha congressman found
that this particular objection was due
to a New York state law and in no
sense a fault of the federal government
Figures from "the agricultural de
partment, show that the law is being
strictly enforced in Nebraska and
the conference of both the senate and
the house expressed themselves as
beinfj more than satisfied with the
fact
H. R. Smith, formerly one of the
professors connected with the de
partment of animal industry of the
University of Nebraska and now live
stock commissioner of the National
Live Stock exchange with head
quarters in Chicago, who has been
vitally interested in securing this de
ficiency appropriation to stamp out
tuberculosis in cattle, took occasion
today to pay his respects to the
members of the Nebraska delegation
who had aided to bring about the ap
propriation.
Backs Russian Campaign.
Before leaving. for Norfolk, to
take steamer to Panama with the
congressional party, Representative
Teffens in a strong letter to Chair
man Stephen G. Porter of the for
eign affairs committee of the house,
expressed approval of the president's
plan to purchase corn and wheat
from American farmers for the
starving Russians.
"Big Jeff" pointed out that such
a move would serve the dual purpose
of lowering the surplus wheat and
corn in the United States and at the
same time probably save the lives
of thousands of Russians, particu
larly women and children. He also
suggested to the- chairman that the
corn and wheat purchased be milled
in the United States as there was
some doubt, whether ' Russia was
properly equipped with milling fa
cilities to convert this grain into hu
man food. '
W. E. Hardy of Lincoln,' W. H. i
Clarence L, McEntaffer, Emerson;
Charles C. Wake, Seward; Luther
A. Howard, Hyannis; harles A. Smi
ley, Shubert.
Ulster to Stay Out
Of Irish Free State
(Continued From Face One.)
the treaty should not have been
signed without its having been
referred to Dublin. One reason why
he had not been a delegate himself,
he explained, was that an opportunity
for delay might be afforded.
Tense Moment.
One of the tensest moments of the
debate was when Michael Collins de
clared emotionally:
"I have been called a traitor. Let
the Irish people decide whether I
am or not."
The only sign of hostility in the
vicinity of University college, where
today s meeting was held, was a sum
Fein flag, draped with crepe, which
some one had hoisted on a telephone
pole m front of the college.
King George Opens
British Parliament
London. Dec. 14. (By A. P.)-
Openiiig the special session of parha- of months, but reopened in August
ment called to consider the Irish and is now supplying about 70
peace settlement, King George said phones, according to the testimony of
in his speech trom the throne today: A. t,. urace, local manager.
it is my earnest nope tnat oy ne matrons ot tne tsioomheld ex-
articles ot agreement now sud- change were heard at an evenipg
mitted to you, the strife of centuries session. The sentiment expressed
may be ended." by all who spoke .was to the effect
The text of the king s speech was that rates higher than those in ef-
Bloomficld. Neb.. Dec N.-CSpe-
cial.) Nearly 1.000 people attended
the hearing on the Union Telephone
case called by the state railway com
mission in Bloonifield. II. G. Taylor
and T. A. Browne, railway commis
sioners, were present and conducted
the liearmtr. Patrons of the iroiton
exchange were represented by a com
mittee composed of George Whistler,
John hue hii and M. I. Licwer. I he
31 farm lines connecting with the
Wausa exchange were represented by
A. G. Lindquist, C. A. Holmquist and
F. E. Anderson.
The Crofton delegation made a
protest against granting the phone
company the right to establish a me
tallic rate for that exchange, the
same to be effective at any future
period when the exchange there
would be changed from the grounded
to the metallic system. The Wausa
delegation, through its spokesman,
F. E. Anderson, asked for a reduction
from the present switching rate, 50
cents a month, to 40 cents a month.
The company owns no farm lines at
Wausa. Lach line is a company line,
mutually owned and the 31 lines are
banded together in a company, of
which A. G. Linquist is the president
These lines all center in the Wausa
exchange of the Union Telephone
company, which charges - switching
fees. 1 he farmers company has
franchise at Wausa and, unless lower
switching rates are put into effect,
have expressed the intention of put
ting in an exchange of their own.
Report $6,000 Loss.
According to the report made to
the railway commission, the Union
Telephone company lost $6,531.50 at
its Wausa and Bloomfield exchanges
during the 10 months of 1921, over
$6,000 of this being at Bloomfield,
where the patrons have been on a
strike since the hrst of April. The
exchange was closed for a couple
as follows: "My lords and members
of the House of Commons.
'"I have summoned you to meet at
this unusual time in order that the
articles of agreement which have
been signed by my ministers and the
Irish delegation can at once be sub
mitted for your approval. No other
business will be brought before you
at the present session.
' "H,r(l.lf Tntr
aV vna. J V J a ..,
"It was with heartfelt joy that I
learned of the agreement, reached
after negotiations protracted many
months, and affecting not only the
welfare of Ireland but of the British
and '-.Irish races . throughout the
world. It is my earnest hope, that
by the articles of agreement now
submitted 1 to vou the strife of
centuries may be ended and that Ire-
kind, as a free partner in the com
monwealth of flations forming the
British empire, will secure fulfillment
of her national ideals. ,
While ratification of the peace
treaty between Great 1 Britain and
Ireland was beirig urged by speakers
in the House of Commons this afternoon,-
Prime Minister Lloyd Oeorgc
entered the house and was received
with a storm of cheers. He was
cheered again as he rose to speak
on the agreement "No agreement
ever concluded between two peoples
had received so universal a wel
come," he declared.
feet before the raise would not be
paid and that the "strike" would con
tinue indefinitely under those cir
cumstance. V, D, Funk, one of
the committee representing the
'strikers, made this fact ery plain
to tne commiasion.
Farmert Give Testimony.
W. II. Pever, stockman and
farmer, told the commission that he
had lot almost as much individual
ly as the phone company had and
that he saw no reason why the com
pany should not be willing to take
us lost wiui me rest, lie aio stal
ed that as far as he was individual
ly concerned it was rather doubtful
if he would take a phone even at
the o il rates.
Ray Satterlee, another farmer.
told the commission under present
conditions the farmers of the com
munity found it hard scratching to
get along with farm pricei down to
bedrock and other things up in the
air; also that "we are now driving
lumber wagons, can t aitord the price
of gas."
Commissioner urowne ciruy re
marked. "Yes. we noticed that; they
were parked rather thickly when we
drove into town. I his raised
laugh for the streets were parked full
of cars.
Satterlee was equal to the occasion
and came back with. "Oh, but we
knew the august railway commis
sion was to be here and wished to
show the proper respect for them."
And the laugh was on Urowne.
The commission took the matter
under advisement and will issue its
ruling later. The Bloomfield strik
ers are still standing pat and the
consensus of opinion is that unless
the old rates are put back into
force. Bloomfield will continue off
the telephone map.
Bank Sues Plattsmouth
Capitalist for $82,388
Suit for $82,388.69 was brought in
district court yesterday by the Mer
chants National bank of Omaha
against Charles C. Parmelr, capitalist,
and others, of FlaMsmouth, Neb., to
recover money due on several prom
issory notes.
Parmele until a year ago was an
officer of a Plattsmouth bank.
"It is only because the Merchants
National bank wishes to liquidate
some collateral through court pro
cedure that we took this action, was
the statement of Brogan, Ellick and
Raymond, counsel for the local bank
City Manager at
Alliance Keeps
Cash in Treasury
Fire Destroys Buildings
On Farm Near Randolph
Randolph, Neb., Dec. 14. (Spe
cial.) All buildings, with the excep
tion of a hog shed, on the William
Siems place, five miles northeast of
town, burned to the ground. Siems,
who is unmarried, was away from the
farm and had left a pile of cobs burn
ing in the hog pen. A strong wind
spread the lire. Ihe loss included
destruction of an auto, 2,000
bushels of this year's corn crop, and
a cow.
Expenditure! Below Estimate
And Improvement Made
At Minimum Cost to
Tuxpayers.
Alliame. Neb., Dec. H.-(Spc
cial.) With reports from man
towns of depleted city treasuries, Aj
liancc i congratulating itself that it
is not in thit clans and gives credit
for the sound financial status to the
city manager plan of government,
which was inaugurated Inst April.
Under the new system, which is in
charge of City Manager N. A. Keiu-
mish. the city has ued in the tirsi
six mouths of the fiscal year onh
42 per cent of the money appro
priated for expenditures for the year
There is a balance of $5,000 hi tin
general fund at the present time,
and in addition the city has used
$4,700 of this fund to pay paving
costs on property which will even
tually be paid back to tne city in
taxes, with interest. It has also
spent $5,700 out of the general fund
for water mains, which, it is esti
mated, would have cost $10,000 il
the work had been let out by con-
rart hv an ont-ot-town engineer,
City Manager Kemmish is liimsel!
civil engineer ana supervised mi
work.
The e ectne licht plant, cit
nnnininflr station and other city insti
tutions have been made largely self
sustaining and are operated t on a
much more economical basis than
under the old system of a mayor and
council.
Three Mexicans Are Held
For Hemingford Rohhery
Alliance, Neb.. Dec 14. (Spe
cial.) Three Mexicans, giving th
names of Carlos Rodriguez, Jos
Montez and Enrique Fovaro, are
held in the county jail in connection
with the theft of several bolts of
silk, valued at $300, from the Lock
wood general merchandise store at
Hemingford. Soon after the store "
opened in the morning and while a
single clerk was alone in the store,
three Mexicans entered, one of them
stating that he wanted to buy seme
thing to eat. He was shown to the
grocery department at the rear of
the store and while the clerk was
waiting on him the other two es
caped with the silk. They were ar
rested several hours later at Craw
ford on a description given by the
store clerk. He has identified one of
the men as the one he waited on in
the store. All deny knowledge of
the theft.
Offering for Thursday
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150 New Cotton Taffeta Petticoats
Beautiful patterns. Fancy and plain. You'll
surely want more than one
100 Outsize Black Sateen Petticoats
Splendidly, made An extra . quality of
sateen
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Formal opening .
January 21.
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Gift Hosiery
This year the vogue of
both silk and woolen
hosiery assures us that
either will be most de
lightfully received. The
abundant supply of.
Thompson - Belden hos
iery allows a wide range
of selections for prices
that are within the reach
of all.
I Main Floor
Christm as Gifts
for Gentlemen
-The Men's Shop
Of the best of taste and
selected with a thought of
comfort and usefulness.
A timely reduction of all
our Christmas Neckwear.
Ties of finest qualities re
duced to 75c on up to
$3.35.'
Linen Handkerchiefs from
Thompson - Belden are
smarter this year than ev
er before. Some are ini
tialed ana others aaa a
touch of color by means
of a hand-drawn thread.
All are most attractive.
To the Left at You Enter
Hand Bags--A
Year Round Gift
That is always fashion
able, always useful and is
altogether delightful. Vel
vet and Duvetyn are the
favored fabrics of the
bags, and various kinds of
fine leathers fashion the
smartly tailored purses.
In the colors black,
brown and beaver, with
all the' clever appoint
ments that go to make up
an ultra smart bag. Priced
from $6.75 on upward.
A Turkish Bath
Mat for $2.75
Home gifts' as well as all
the others should bear
the keynote of useful
ness. That they may be
attractive, too, is evi
denced by this pleasing
array of bath mats. Ori-.
ental and Egyptian de
signs and plain white,
pink and blue mats.
The choice of any mat
Thursday for $2.75 each.
Decorate
Your Christmas pack
ages attractively. Den
nison's cards, seals,
red and white jewel
er's tissue paper, gold
and silver cord are dis
played here.
Sale of Xmas
Handkerchiefs
Can you imagine any
thing quite so oppor
tune as a sale of fine
handkerchiefs in time
for Christmas giving.
All pure linen ones in
white and colors with
colored embroideries,
$1.25 qualities for 89c
A very fine handker
chief in novelty colors
and white with colored
embroideries. 20c quali
ties for 15c.
Main Floor