Will Maupin's weekly. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1911-1912, January 19, 1912, Image 7
V THESE ARE ALL SMAPS IN THE CLOAKROOM A purchase of traveling men's sample Coats, Suits and Dresses at our own price, combined with our remaining stock, enables us to make an interesting offer for quick selling prices that will surpass all previous offers. At such great saving the assortment won't last long, therefore an early visit is advisable. 75 fine Wool Mixture Long Coats, regular $14.50, 16.50, 17.50, 19.50 nd 22.50 values, will go now at $9.75, S. o, 7.50 and 6.25 50 Black Kersey and Broadcloth Coats, regular $14.50, 17.50, 19.50, 22.50, 25.00, 29.50 values will now go at $14.75, 12.50, 9.75. $.75, and 7.25. Children's Cloth Coats, $3.95 up to 9.95 values, choice at 1-2 price. Silk Velvet Suits at $16.75 Navy, Wine and Brown shades, high-class suits, worth $35, on sale at $16.75. Fine Mixture Suits at $10.75 Assorted shades, materials and styles, regular $25.00 and 22.50 values, on sale at 10.75 Silk Velvet Dresses at $10.00 Navy and Wine shades, sizes 16, 18 and 38, splendid $22.50 values, now on sale at $10.00 $12.50 and 17.50 values, Serge and Panama Dresses at 4.95 and 2.95 $3.95 values Sweater Coats, now ....L98 $1.95 values Flannel Kimonas, now 9Sc $1.50 values Flannel Dressing Sacques, now 67c 9Sc values Outing Petticoats, now 49c $7.50 values Messaline Waists, now -2.95 $3.95 values Taffeta Silk Waists, now L95 1.50 values Assorted Wash Waists, now 1 75c Fur Sets at One-Half Price Entire remaining line in variety of grades and colors, regu lar 9.95 up to 59.50 values, choice now at 1-2 off. 1.50 values Children's White Astrakhan sets, to close at, set 67c MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENT 0off MEN'S AND BOYS HATS AND CAPS MEN'S AND BOYS' SHIRTS MEN'S AND BOYS' SWEATERS MEN'S AND BOYS' GLOVES AND MITTENS MEN'S AND BOYS PANTS MEN'S WOOL AND COTTON UNDERWEAR MEN'S WOOL HOSIERY, TRUNKS & Suit Cases JIEXS SHIRTS i pawaaad i Hi i I CXPERWEAK art Men s 33 Shins and ft.in, cT. hiack mitt i. ax 33c TXTCK COATS Cardans' Oms wiia far cnSar. Sinensis at "k$C DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT Extra Special Value in Comforts A good large si2e comfort, the best workmanship, covered with a cood Quality of satine and filled with nice fluffy cotton, good assortment of patterns, regular $3.00, closing out price -2.25 D Another large siie comfort, good quality, regular 2.50, about 25 of them left, while they last at, each L74 20 per cent Discount on all other comforters. $3.50 Blankets $2.63 50 pair of Wool Knap Blankets, size 72xS0, in tan, grey and plaids. A good heavy blanket. Sold regularly at 3.50, now at 63 20 per cent Discount on all other Blankets and Comforters Ladies and ChOds Knit Caps One lot of Ladies Aviation Caps, worth up to 1.50, closing out at '. 69c One lot of Childs Stocking Caps, worth up to 35c, at. 19c One lot of Stocking Caps, regular 50c value, closing out at 39c Dress Gingham One lot of Red Seal Dress Gingham in plain and fancy pat terns, sold in a regular way at 12 l-2c, closing at yd 9 1-2 Safety Pins Independent Safety Pins in sizes 1 and 2 3c Size . 4c Steel Pins The lilac 360 count Steel Pin, special this week, 2 pkgs ...5c 10c Ribbons 10c 250 pieces of Messaline and Taffeta Ribbon in all colors, Nos. from 12 to 100, special per yard 10c SHOES Now is your chance to make a big saving on footwear. Big reductions in all lines. Last week of our 20 per cent discout sale on Men's and Women's Shoes. SHOES 5oCAUCO-5c We always aim to have a large assortment in our remnant Calico, S to 10 yard length, at yard 5c 917-921 0.0PP0S1TE POSTOEHCE. HAIR GOODS A full assortment of shades in a good Sanitary Human Hair Switch, a good $2 value, special 1.49 Her Breach l " of Discipline 1 By James iSdU I (mailt a a whole didn't pay much at-' tentlon to Kitty O'Riley until she was about 14 years old. bat tho members bf Company A had been mora otH servant This was because aha was tke daughter of Corp. O'Riley, whose wife ws.a laundress for tha company, and bees. use Kitty had been tha beat Jocklag and smartest kid la bar racks Bince aha was able to toddla around. At four years old she won. tha name of "Kilty the Kid." and this had stock, fit Eve she knew the name of every "A" man. At six she knew the drill and all the bugie calls. At seTen there jwere only three or four members of the company that could beat her at reading and spelling. When she was" three years older her father was kill ed in a fight with the Indians, and every man in barracks picked the kid up and kissed her and murmured: "Poor little gal!" as he sat her down. It was about four years later that Sergt Brady received what -was called "The great snub He ha been ten years in the service, and! eight years a sergeant, and he was a sort of father to the company. He was the first to speak consoling words to Widow O'Riley and the first to hold the kid on his knee and wipe' away her teara with his bandana.' That was his visit of sympathy. "When be made his Tisit he was in full uniform and his face wore a grave expression. It was washday ,nth Mrs. O'Riley. but she turned from her tubs to receive the caller. "Mrs. O'Riley.- began the sergeant as he stood stiffly before her. "I ant come on. a matter concerning the whole regiment in general and Com pany A in particular." Then out with it, for It s my busy day" "You have now been, a widow tomb two years, airs. O'Riley." Tier's no doubt of that, sergeant." "And "tis said that one of the team sters from. town, has called here at your rooms no less than three times NICKNAMES ON THE OCEAN JUROR FEARED THE DINNER Tradition Governs Them Among Aurltw and English Sailor and TKay Never Altar. Ia the American and Sngttsh navtea, aa well aa tn tea merchant marines, ara found atckaamae that hare been, ta us tree before men dreamed that there waa land on the other aide at the western ocean. Tradition, moat ln9xlb) of all rules, governs them, and thay never alter, whether tha ship dears from the Golden Gate or from London Docks. Some of the nick a antes are of obvious origin; other earn to gal force by their apparent lack of reason. For Instance, way should all man named Wright be called "Shlner?" COark ia Invariably "Nobby"; Greea ta "Jimmy"; and a White la a "Knock er." "Spud" MMrpay axplalna Itself, aa doe "PuMy" Miller. "Lofty"" and "Shorty" do not need to present cards to their matae when they sign on. and It la eot worth while lor tha brunette aallor to reaeat It when a friendly chap halls him aa "Nigger" he cant whip the entire crew, one after the other. The rigid forma of the quarterdeck do act hold during the watch below, and the captain la the "Skipper." and the Brat lieutenant ta familiarly "Jimmy the One." On fighting ships the gunnery lieutenant la "Gunnery Jack." or mora briefly "Guns"; the torpedo lieutenant. "Torpedo Jack" or "Sparks," and the navigating officer. -The Nary " Even a landlubber would know that "Tommy Ptpea" waa tha boatswain. "Chtpa" the carpenter. "Jimmy Bungs" the cooper, and "Sella" the ealimak r. The Sunday Magazine. Conscientious Man Thought Unusually Good Meals Would Keep Hint From Thinking Straight. "The most conscientious man I ever knew served on a Jury with me sev eral years ago." said the experienced Juror, "it was a criminal case and the Jurors were imprisoned in a hotel during the trial. At our flrst dinner the man with a conscious refused to eat the excellent meal provided. " 'If I should nil my stomach with all that hifalutin grub. he said. "I ahould not be able to think straight I am not used to It at home. No man la able to think normally Immediately after a radical change in fare. It takes several weeks to adjust his men tal attitude to his physical state. For that reason, every man who serves on a Jury ought to eat exactly the kind of food he ia used to at home, even if it takes halt doien cooks to pre pare It If that -s done, there would be fewer freak verdicts in this town. "There waa so much sound sense In the doctrine that the 11 other Jurors had a fleeting fancy for sticking to own accustomed simple fare, but the fleshpots of tha hotel overcame their scruples and for three weeks we feast ed sumptuously. Also, to sustain tha conscientious mans theory, we re turned what the public called a freak verdict" FORESTS HELP GIVE HEALTH Incumbrance. -No." said Mr. Cunirox: "I dont tn tha least disapprove of my daughter's marrying a title." "But you seem dissatisfied." "I am. What I object to la tha fat .ow that goes with it" Mitigate Heat and Cold and Check Tendency of Earth to Exces sive Dryness. Forests contribute to the general health by breaking tha force of stead ily blowing winds. They mitigate the heat of summer by the vast amount of evaporation that occurs in their leaves by day. By night the corre sponding condensation of moisture up on the leaves still further absorbs the heat on the evaporation of the mois ture the next morning. They also pro mote rainfalls. Thus they check the tendency of the earth to too great dryness, which Is almost aa injurious to health as it is to vegetation, for epidemic diseases are sure to do their fatal work where the soil-water is be low the ordinary standard. Hence cholera often passes a wood ed district and revels In a treeless one. There ara numerous facts like the following: A certain road in In dia leada tor sixty miles through a dense forest Further on It runs for ninety mUes through a barren plain. Hundreds of persons travel the entire road daily. Now, in the first or wood ed section, cases of cholera seldom occur, while within the latter it has been of frequent occurrence. One year cholera raged In Allahabad. Soldiers whose barracks were on a hill suffered the most from the epidemic; those In barracks surrounded by four rows of trees much less; but not a single case occurred among the soldiers whose barracks were In a thicket It the same the next year. Lure of the Author. One wonders why so many novels are written. Yet consider the state ment Just made by the managers of the play adapted from "Ben-Hur." They have paid $250,000 in royalties to the estate of Its author and expect to pay much more before the public tires of it The bock itself has had a sale of over a million copies, neve; in a cheap form, and has pmbabl earned another quarter of a million for the author. "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, a little book of only 20.000 words, ha? paid to its author as book and play abort ' a word, and "David Haruis" produced a fortune for the heirs n the man who wrote it Asi"e Irom the glory of satisfaction, every novel 1st. whether man or woman, is evnect ing to create some day a "Ren-Hur" or "David Harum." Saye the Optimist. There ia one good point about big troubles they eat np little ones. From the Ash Tr. Even the ash of hubby's c: - -., be utilised In what way' VL. a polisher for gold watches, braces i and rings, let alcne chains and a i.;u titude of other trinkets This co:ae. from a prominent Jeweler, so it nos: be nearly correct He even goes to the extent of carrying with him a small case in which he preserves all the ashes from the cigars whleh he smokes. He says that the grain is so fine that it leaves no mark that la discernible to the naked eye. Foolish Loitei People who sit and wait for groat momenta miss many wonderful small moments, and they are to be Bitted. Ta the Man of H Baae galas are the same Besiod. -3GJere- come Arrrv to MTwreif during the last week to ask for a drink of water while his wagon was waiting to be unloaded." "And whose business is that, may I askT "Mrs. O'Ri! jy. there are rules and regulations that are printed, and there are rules and regulations that you have to carry around in your head. It's those same rules and regu lations that says once a soldier always a soldier. The meaning of them, when applied to your case, is that the widow of a soldier should marry an other soldier if she marries at all. A teamster from town Is not a soldier in barracks." "And you've come here to tell me that, have you, Sergt Brady?" aa-. Bwered the woman as she rested her hands on her hips and stuck her el bows out in defiant attitude. "Ton have been in the service tsn years. I believe." "Every day of it, Mrs. O'Rilev." "And I am going on my fifteenth, year, and yet you come to tell me of rules and regulations! Why, I can take yon out and teach you your own' drill !" "That may be, Mrs. OHiley. but what about the teamster? Are you going agin rules and regulations?" "That's as I please. I don't hold that they apply to widows at all. If a soldier's widow can marry out of barracks and benefit herself, she's a fool not to do it" "It may be as you say." said the sol- died, after a moment's thought, "but what of the kid? Surely the rules' and regulations apply to her. Ton wouldnt go so far as to let her marry out of the service?" "Mr. Sargeant Thomas J. 0Brady." replied the laundress, as she drew her- helf up to her full height To not saying what may or may not happen. rears from now. Fm simply saying that you've been here long enough for, call, and that I'll be much obliged to' rou for getting out" The sergeant turned and walked away, and it was the snub that called the attention of the whole regiment to. the Kid for awhile. For weeka and. week 8 it was debated in every barrack. as to whether she would marry out of the service when she married, and the. sonsensus of opinion was that it would, ie a smirch on the regiment if she did.;' When the subject had been Torn. ireadbare it was dropped, and It was four years later when it was re Tired. Meanwhile the deOaat Widow 0"RI7t married a teamster, but ccstisned ta. serve aa laundress. while the Kid eca-f tinned to improve in look and siEart- nesa untl lat IS she was a belle. . 8ba had been sent to school In th9 town, and she had passcl some Uasai with a relative In the east who wast fairly well off. and the raS aa4 of the Fourteenth had come to look; upon her aa a goddess. Ose even In.' after the girl had attended tt-e aa commissioned oScers" ball mim been sought for aa a partner and admired? and praised on all aides. 3&e old fearj was revived. Caste forbids a coram!-! ticned officer marrying the dacghter ofi an enlist,! man. and the orderly aer-; geasta who held a coasaltaUoa) wer agreed that Kitty waa too haadsoaW and too much of a lady to throw harJ self away. Sergt Brady was s:UI with the res!-) ment It was decided that he shouIdT pay another oSdal visit to Mrs. O'Reilly and warn her of the naaristedt rules and regulations again It would be a sin and a disgrace to have Kitty marry outside the regiment. It wonldi be going against precedent and estao-( lishicg a dangerous principle. Tie. sergeant denied fsll uniform aad madaC his way to the Iasndry. It waa a busy; day again with the laundress, hit shet wiped her red hands on her apron asd stuck out her elbows aa before and saluted her visitor with: Tm listening to you. Sergt Brady. "It's about Kitty." he replied. "Sbefat of a marriageable age. She's haad- some and smart and a lady. Slie'sv away from ns much of the time of later years, bat she s3X belongs to the coa pany asd the regiment. Is she tax marry inside or outside of It?" I "Would yon have Kitty marry feev neath the rank of sergeant?" asked tie, mother. "1 would not." I "Well, there's Abel. Baxter. CTfaca Carter and Davis to start with. They're all got wives." ; "Tis so!" "Then there's Davenport. Enrfghi gli3h. Franklin and Farmer. A3 of them get drcci when they can aad haven't a cent laid by." Tm agreeing with yon." T could go on and mention aS tie others, but which ose woold yon pica? out for Kitty's husband?" "Not a blessed one of the whote Jot- "And who of the corporals?" "I cant say " "Then eosce down to the privates." "They are a shame-faced sot to pick. a husband from." -Does tie regasent expect Kitty to marry one of the cScers?" "It can't expect it!" "Then wd II r Sergeant Thozaas J. Brady tell me if KIny O"R0ey. the handsomest girl for tea nules arcnad this fort, and not ashamed of being born in barracks and of her being a laundress to this day. got to live and die an old obey the rules and regulations of the service? TH be hanged if she has!" Three months later there rumors that Kitty the Kid gaged to a merchant in the town, aad the regiment bowed its head in sorrow. At the end of six, a report came to te fort that she had been duly married. The regiment went Into mooraixg. Sergt Brady was seated in his office with humility in his face when Kitt mother was announced. On this casion she was paying him an offio visit "Ton have heard the news? asked. He bowed. "Could Kitty have done anything: else under the circumstances?" He shook his head. "And win the regiment take any-. action in the case" asked the caller. "It has done that already, Mrs.. O'Riley. It was bound to do it It has held a meeting, and " "Whereas, There waa no one ha the Fburtenth regiment good emwigh to become the husband of Kitty the Kid; and " "Whereas. The aforesaid Kitty was not to blame for that and did not want to live as an old maid; there fore " "Resolved, That she was entitled to bust the rules and regulations and marry where she could and wanted to; and " 'Resolved, That if there ia the devil to pay generally and the service gees to the dogs, the said Kitty is not to be held to blame not by a darn sight! Festival of the Flag. The tenth annual "festival of the flag" has just takes place in the great South American republic of Brazil, with much greater enthusiasm than has ever before attended that event. -What is this festival?" aaks LTEtofle du Sud of Rio de Janeiro, and them pro ceeds to answer its own anestion: "It is a new national date, a new gala. day. especially created for the cult of the flag, the symbol, of nationalism, the Incarnation of patriotism. Everybody Is "en fete; the administration, tie ministers, the barracks, the schools." public and private, the editions of the great papers, the palace of the presi dent, commerce, the military and civ ilians, everybody great and small, the old men. the women aad children, all fraternize and take part in pcbllc re joicing in honor of the flag. "It is perhaps a heathen obeerraaeav but ft is touching. This festival is celebrated almost everywhere in Brav xil and becomea a magnificent In patriotism." A Perfect FR. Mrs. McCorkle Td Eke to be a seal. Mrs. McCtackle Why? Mrs. McCorkle Tha akm fits ft aa beautifully.