Nebraska Newspapers

    Railroad System
Must Be Bettered,
Authorities A^ree
All Probl eins Revolve \round
That of Transportation—
School of Government
Ownership Growing.
It) OROIMifS F. \l THIKK
II < orrraiHMi'igd Tlir Onialia lice.
Washington, Dec. IB.—(Special.)—
! Careful consideration of President
Harding's message to congress and
i Its application to the pending political
situation sharply calls attention to
. the «uct that the transportation prob
lem is basic and that alt others re
volve around it. Without realizing
wha*. Has l>een happening, the Amer
ican people. In their expansion as n
lialion, have been undergoing a revo
lution in transport system. Jt can
not be disguised that the present sys
tem is breaking down, that it must he
Improved, and possibly radically al
tered. As the situation presents it
•elf today, tho school of government
1 ownership has Income unwittingly
Urge, nnd resort to this course, with j
all the danger that it entails of forc
1 Inp the railroads Into politics more
thnn ever, inny be the final solution.
Senator Albert It. Cummins of Iowa,
one of the authors of the Ksch-Cum
mins transportation act, realizes tills,
•nd In answer to the arguments of
1 more ralical leaders who demand the
•crapping of the law, says “the al
ternate Is government ownership.’’
i State Control Came First.
The present tendency of regulation
i la along that line. First came slate
eontrol and popular revolt against
control of local politics by the roads.
This was followed by the centering of
government control in Washington in
, the hands of tho llnterstate Com
i merco commission. Under the present
transportation law, provision Is made
for the consolidation of groups Into |
regional systems and Senator Cum
mins, backed by the recommendations
of the president, proposes to make
these consolidations compulsory.
The Kscli-Cummlns law, through I
government regulation of rates, re-1
moves competition in rates and leuves :
only that of service. In formulating
Its tentative plan of consolidations,
the Interstate Commerce commission
proposes to preserve, so far as pos
sible, natural competitive systems so
that the incentive to better service
will remain.
Pool Kqiiipinent.
It Is proposed, also, to pool inter- ■
Changeable equipment, and own ter
minal facilities in common, in the
large centers. All of these combina
tions are supported in the interest of
economy, Senator Cummins holding
that by tho combinations suggested,
a saving of at least $500,000,000 an
nually could be made.
This process of combination and |
pooling may be In the interest of
economy, but it tends, also, toward j
the pooling of all the systems Into i
i one management, which naturally,:
could be exerted only by the govern- j
ment. That this idea is becoming j
more insistent, is evidenced by the !
suggestion here r.nd tlieie by thought- ,
fill students of the problem that it I
might lie well for the government to !
operate single lines or groups ns ex
mi pies to the vest of tho railway
world.
Strung? Phenomenon in Transporta
tion.
During the past few months, the 1
Country has been witnessing n strange ,
phenomenon in tho transportation
world. Despite strikes, notvvithstand i
ing the breakdown *f nrgtculture and ;
the stoppage of business Incident to 1
the rehabilitation of the post-war j
period, the roads have lieen carrying 1
the heaviest business of their history. :
It bus been accompanied by serious
car shortages, by the breakdown of j
motive equipment, now 23 per cent i
out of repair, causing hardships and 1
serious financial losses. The country |
Is just passing through the crisis, not
without being lmdly hurt, owing to
the seasonal decline in freight offer
ings. Nevertheless, the incident has
been a flaming signboard along the
way. The populatnon, tho wealth and
the productiveness of the country are
increasing. Few people exercise tho
imagination necessary to visualize the
tremendous growth of the country In
prospect. Within 100 years, the popu
lation has increased 10 times and
while the tide of imigration has
been somewhat deflected, the natural
Increase of so large a basic popula
tion will be tremendous. Its growth
Will be like that of a snowball which
Increases in proportion to its size. If
the railroads are finding it difficult
to meet the transportation problem
of today, what llklihood is there of i
their ability to meet it tomorrow?
IJtlle Railroad Construction.
At the present time, thera is little
additional railroad construction. Even
control of the roads through the In
terstate Commerce commission, docs
not satisfy all, in#stors are approach
ing railroad flotations with question
ing. This may he due to thought .
less popular agitation, yet it is never
theless true.
President Harding has sensed this
approaching problem, although his :
message docs not go into it fully. ,
/ The president is probably working
with caution, yet there is food for i
thought In his suggestion that a
system of co-ordinated transportation
be built. Including inland waterways,
the motor truck, the electric line, the
steam railroad and the oceangoing
ship.
Nothing seems more essential at
Washington than a bureau of trans
portation which will grapple with and
solve problems which must be solved
if the United States is to realize its
economic possibilities. • 1
President Harding feels that a
merchant marine is essential in such
a well rounded system. While nien
may differ as to the wisdom of the
shit) subsidy bill as a method of solu
tion. no one questions that n mer
chant marine is essential.
To Consider Inland Waterways.
The development of inland water
ways is another feature of the sltua
tton which is bound to receive con
sideration. The United States is es
pecially fortunate, in the possession of
a marvelous system of rivers and
lakes, especially the central farming
portion. French strategists realized
this when men. like ljaSalk* were
reaching out in an attempt to link
Quebec with New Orleans.
This droftm is hoing visualized to
day by those who ace trying to put
I
hie la the Oreat hakes St. haw
tenet- waterways canal project. The
linte has come when even the railway
leaders, hho for years otwtrttcted in
land waterway developments, are be
ginning to welcome them in the reali
zation they cannot long handle the
business offered them. With lit tW de
i velopment of new mileage, the point
of saturation must soon be reached.
With the problem now in Its acute
stagi . it is realized that some large
constructive policy must lie worked
out and it is probably fortunate that
obstructions in the way will prevent
too speedy settlements.
As the situation now develops, the
difficulties of the farmer, the prob
lem of transportation of coal, iron
and other necessities, the high prices
of foods and wearing apparel, all re
volve around the question of the high
cost of transportation and its inade
quacy.
No Definite Tolley in ((ingress.
In congress there is no definite pol
icy under consideration. One school
clings tenaciously to the Idea of pri
vate ownership and operation while
the other is veering rapidly towards
open avowal of the policy of govern
ment ownership. The present scheme j
has not yet been sufficiently tried out
to determlno its workability and the
delay in settlement which the political 1
situation necessitates, will give more
time, both for this experiment and for
the development of wiser counsel.
In the present session, the legisla
tive jam will prevent a vigorous ad
justment of the question, while the di
vision certain in the next congress
negatives any action.
It is certain that the transportation
problem of the country will be a ma
jor Issue in the coming national elec
tion.
The average citizen is going to have ,
something to say about the answer
which is as it should be. Transporta
tion is a vital necessity, as much so \
as the postal system.
leaders In the newly-elected con I
gross propose to let the water out of
railroad stocks, cutting off something j
like $7,000,000 of the roads' tentative I
valuation. This may not seem vital j
lo those who do not own railroad
stocks, but when It is remembered
that the great insurance companies j
and other fiduciary concerns own j
huge (|uantitles of these stocks—in- ]
vestments In which the earnings of
millions everywhere are used, even
this feature of the railroad question
becomes more engrossing to every in
dividual citizen.
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Admiral Takes
Creek King for
Naval Officer
U. S. Official Swaps Yarns
With Youth in Uniform, j
i
Who Later Proves to
Be lying.
Athens, Dec. 16.—‘‘Kings are good
fellows and good sports—I like kings
—but the trouble with them, they
look so much like real people,” re
marked Hear Admiral Samuel Mc
Gowan, retired quartermaster gen
eral, Vnlted States navy, who is now
in Athens as business manager for
American Red Cross relief work in
Greece. Admiral McGowan speaks
as an expert. He Just hath an audi
ence with King George that probably
will have a separate page when the
Greek history of 1922-23 is written.
The veteran Yankee naval officer
requested an audience with the king
and was informed that if he would
call at the palace the next day at 11
he would be received.
Arriving at the palace on schedule
time he presented his name. A white
kilted soldier from the palace guard
opened the door and ushered the ad
miral to a seat. In the opposite cor
ner of the chamber, which seemed to
be a sort of ante-room to the royal
apartments, sat a husky, good look
ing young naval officer.
Opens Conversation.
Noting the broad gold band on the
sleeves of the youth’s uniform. Ad
miral McGowan opened a conversa
tion.
"You are an admiral are you not?”
asked the American.
''Yes," this Is an admiral's uniform
of the Greek navy,” replied the youth
with a smile.
"You live here in the palace?” Ad
miral McGowan suggested.
"Mostly, I have a country palace,
too,” the youth agreed.
•'Well, 1 don't know, this court life
cannot be so pleasant for a young
man who has known life at sea with
a good crowd on a good ship and the
smell of fresh soa air.”
"I get tired of it sometimes,” said ;
the young officer; "it's a lot of work.” j
"I know, you have got to do It, but
don't get discouraged, they won't :
keep a smart young officer like you j
on shore forever, you will he getting I
out soon. When do you expect to j
leave Athens?”
Tho youth srvnieu and looked erg- ]
barrassed, ,
Depended on People.
"I really don't know, for it do- I
pends on tiow the iieople like me. 1 !
may bo here permanently and I may j
get out at any time. Anyway, I am
doing ray best on the job and X hope
to make good.”
.No one Interrupted the conversa
tion for half an hour and the two
men chatted pleasantly for half an
hour, swapping yarns of naval life,
commenting on the high cost of
dress uniforms, tho ridiculous prices
of gold epaulets, these days, and the
general dullness of life on shore.
Finally the young man rose and
extended his hand, saying:
“I am afraid I must go. 1 have an
appointment with some friends in a
few minutes. I hope to see you
again. ’
Left In Ante-Room.
Dining last night at the Hotel
Grande Bretagne, Admiral McGowan
met a foreign office official and com
mented on the lack of hospitality at
the palace.
“I went up there at the right time
and presented myself, hut they just
shoved me into an ante room and left
me there. T stayed around for half
an hour talking with a young navy
chap and then I got tired und came
back here. I never saw the king at
all.”
Tho Greek official looked puzzled. j
■'I cannot understand Monsieur 1'
Admiral. I have just come from the '
palace and there his majesty him i
self assured me that he had seen you j
and spent a delightful and charming ;
half hour in your company.”
Of 2.14ft famous men of England, i
I 1,270 are sous of pteachers j
Jersey Silk
Underwear
Women’s Vests—Made of
heavy Jersey silk in bodice
top with silk straps, in
flesh only. Well worth
4.50. Special at 2.95
Bloomers to
match at 4.50
Third Floor—
Center
Jersey Sweater Coats
Priced 7^® /o. •
Cleverly made with rows
of tucks at bottom and on
cuffs. In navy, buff ami
black. Sizes for women
and misses. Attractive
garments that will bring
happiness to the girl who
is fortunate enough to re
ceive one for Christmas.
Priced at 7.98
Second Floor—
Center
Pure Brushed Wool
Sweater Suits
9.98
Consisting of hat.
leggings, sweater
and mittens. Full
fashioned in red.
brown, tan, buff
and Copenhagen
blue. 22, 24, 26
and 28-inch sizes.
Priced at 9.98
Third Floor—
East
Until Christina Store Will
Remain Open t»e Until 9 P. M.
Cafeteria on Main Floor o q n
Tenth Floor, open until mi ”estaural}ts>
days before Christmas. vnly six more shopping
Only 6 Mo Shopping
Days Befo Christmas
Crepe de Chine Searfs
In black, white
and colors, spe
cial, 1.98
Silk Imported
Drape Veils
W i t h chenille
and embr oid
ered borders in
plain and col
ored combina
tions. S p e cial,
each, 95<*
Main Floor—North
Give Imported Perfumes
If you are in doubt about a woman’s
gift, you can find one here that will fit
tingly express your regard with unquestion
able delicacy. We carry the largest line
of exquisite French toilet requisites in the
middle west.
Coty’s L’Origan or Paris Extract,
2 ounces, 4.69
Coty’s L’Origan Extract, new 3.00
size for 2.98
Coty’s Chypre Extract for 1.79
Mary Garden Perfume, original
ounce pkg., 2.49
Nuit de Chine, original package, at 4*89
Main Floor—West
Two China Specials
China Salad Bowls, 1.00
Hand - painted Bavarian
China owls, 8-inch size.
Regular 3.00 value, spe
cial at, each, 1.00
Glass Mixing Bowl Sets
Five convenient sizes for
mixing and kitchen use.
Made of clear pot glass.
Set of 5, 89c
Fifth Floor—East
Wearable Gifts for Men
Are Specially Priced in Our
Men’s Furnishing Department
Knit and Silk Ties 1.00
A comprehensive collection of high class ties of every de
scription. There are dark ties and ties of brighter shades, ties
with broad and harrow stripes and ties in solid colors. In fact
there is a tie for every taste, and all suitable for gifts. Each
in attractive gift boxes.
Imported Silk Lisle Socks
• 95c a Pair or 3 Pairs for 2.75
Men’s Brilliant Lisle or Silk Lisle Socks—All are beautifully
hand clocked. These are our own imports which makes pos
sibe the low price. In a good variety of colors. Would sell
regularly for 1.50 to 2.00. Per pair, 95c, or 3 pairs in a gift
box for 2.75.
Wool Socks
50c a Pair
Several hundred
pairs of men’s rib
bed or plain wor
sted socks in all the
| ) o i\u 1 a r heather
p shades, well worth
75c pair.
Perrin’s Gloves
We are undisputed headquar
ters for these celebrated gloves
and we carry a complete assort
ment of their different syles in
wool lined, silk lined and fur
lined gloves. Prices range from
2.00 to 7.50 pair. If you are
buying gloves, make them Per
rins and he will be pleased.
Bath Robes
4.88
A group of fine dou
ble-faced blanket robes
in many beautiful de
signs and colorings. All
are perfectly tailored
with bound seams, and
cord girdle to match.
Others at 5.48, 6.75,
7.98 up to 50.00
Main Floor—South
Furniture for the Yuletide Season
Furnirure gifts may be purchased with especial advantage from the
tasteful assortments offered here at moderate prices. Visit our seventh
floor and make a personal inspection of these desirable pieces.
Master Made
Furniture
May Be
Purchased for
Cash or on
Our Easy
Payment
Plan
Make
Your Gift
Selections
From These
Comprehen
sive
Stocks
275.00 Cane and Mahogany Finished
Living Room Suite 225.00
Davenport with two sunburst pillows and bolster roll, arm chair and rocker with high
grade velour •'•overing. A graceful and well constructed suite at a substantial reduction in price
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Solid mahogany
top gate leg table—
19.75
Top when open,
30x36 inches.
A piece of furni
ture that adds to the
comfort and conven
ience of the home.
6.50 mahogany
finished end table —
4.95
A small piece of
furniture that adds to
the beauty of the liv
ing room.
5
Smoker’s Stands, a Christmas gift wel
come alike to the masculine as well as the
feminine element in the home.
10.00 fumed oak or mahogany finished
smoker’s stands—
Equipped with cigar rests and ash tray,
cabinet base.
Mahogany finished smoker’s stands —
With sanitary glass tray.
Dinner Wagons, well made and grace
fully designed.
Walqut finished drop leaf dinner
wagons—
19.75
38.00 genuine mahogany Ken
sington rocker—
29.75
Upholstered back and spring
seat, choice of velour or tapestry
covering.
29.00 genuine solid
mahogany Martha
Washington Sewing
cabinet—
21.50
22.50 solid mahogany
dinner wagon—
15.75
Light, easy moving. /,
with rubber - tired 11
wheels. H
Removable tray.
Seventh Floor ™
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Monday Will Be a Bus /1 lay in This Big Store
WE’VE GOT THE [TOYS
.1 . / 1, ^ ro*4pi Toyland with Santa Claus. There’s a jolly racket going on up
!‘ie!e‘, Ae;°Plai- 2 buzzing and circling about, fast mail trains are racing around
then hacks and Me cbanno, with its pocket-size motor, is furnishing the power to make
fk°ut a ^()Z(:n ®a5unes hum. Santa Claus has a private booth where he receives
little visitors all da, M^rana holds confidential interviews with every good little girl
and boy. Come in a lul g&g with you those grown-up children, Mother and Father.
Of en ^very Day This Week From 9 A. M. to 9 P. M.
Krazy Kati and Dancing Clow ns. {{oaring Lions and Little Lambs,
Balky Mules and Gigantic Elepl *e!sj Horaes and Wagons and Billy Goats,
Zulu Chiefs Without Any Coats , Tie Noble Oz That Hauls the Wagon,
The Little Dog on a Log. Mach |nr hops and Motors, too,
With a Red-Headed Guy to she w ,nu through.
Magic Lanterns and Moving I Machines with a Man on a Trunk Eating
Beans,
Steam Automobiles and Electr |e Cars. Wind-up Trains That Run on a Track
Painting Sets and Dollies’ Clot! B> ,.|d a Funny Chicken That Runs on Its Toes,
Beautiful French Polls Dressed in Silks and Satins. They are always there
v/h?n anything happens. j
A Russian end a Greek, a Du tcl.nian and a Dude, the way they are standing,
you would think they we >e nKi.
Three little Rabbits, eating gra is, a great big Chiffonier with a looking glass.
Thousands of Toys for Childikn taf All Aees
Tom Tinker
Bell Tinker
Follow-Me Tinker
Tillie Tinker
Whirley Tinker
Choo Choo Tinker
Automobiles
Velocipede*
Kiddie Kar*
Wheel Barrow*
Blackboard*
Doll Carriage*
Sled*
Roller Skate*
Football*
Sandy Andy Toy*
Wash Sets
i Electric Washing
Machine*
Wringer*
Clothe* Basket*
Wash Board*
Merry-Go-Rounds
Musical Instrument*
Tin Horns
Sewing Machine i
Cedar Chewt^ ii
Christmas frees
Jack -in- the-Boxl
Tops
Pianos
RoJey Poleys
Crokonole Boe-d ,
Trunks
Noah’s Ark
Mriinical Toys
ard Animals
Wild Animals in
Boxes
Toy Villayes
Toy Houses
Toy Stables
Eiglnth Ffoov
Humpty-Dumpty
Circus
Lead Soldiers
Toy Registers
Doll Furniture
Beds
Dressers
Tables
Chiffoniers
I GAMES
Fish Pond
Shooting Galleries
Ring Toss
Pirate and Traveler
Mosaic Designer
U. S. Merchant
Marine
Tiny Town Zoo
Table Croquet
Whirl Pool
United States Map
Little Red Bushy
Tail
Panama Canal
Uncle Wiggly
East is East and
West is West
Alphabet Blocks
Building Bl OC ks
Transatlantic
Flight
Ring the Pin
Grant’s Soldiers
Fireside Basketball
Tiny Town
Conductor
Lotto
Beads to String
Junior Combination
Board
Steeple Chase
Farm Yard Lotto
Fairy Tale Lotto
Little Chicks
Rook
Boy Scout
Bunco
Designing Blocks
Bildmore Blocks
PLANO SET
For Making Butterflies and Flowers
At the Special Introductory Price of 50c
A new series of beautifully tinted cut
outs for making the most life-like butter
flies and flowers.
30 “Plano” Butterflies, with bodies, wings
and other'parts for assembling, 50c
30 “Plano” Blossoms, with petals, stems I
and stands, 50c
See the Demonstration at the Plano Booth
Picturesque Gift® in Art Novelties
Polychome Candle and Sticks 1.00
Charming designs in tinted and hand-burnished gold
candlesticks. Complete with polychrome candle, hand
decorated to match. Sketched at left.
None Delivered, No C. O. D’s. |
Artificial Autumn Leaves 25c Sprayr
Imported sprays in all the wonderful colorings seen i
in the forest at autumn time. Large sprays, some withk
colored berry clusters. j
Decorated Waste Baskets 1.00
Graceful shapes and artistically decorated tin baskets in black and '
gold, two-tone grays, old rose and blue.
Decorated Metal Trays
Round trays in four attractive designs, three sizes, 29c, 39c, 59c.
Crumb Tray and Scraper 45c Set
A generous size with* attractive decorations.
Imported Incense Burners 19c Each
The pottery kind in quaint designs of old Chinese men.
Beaded Moccasins
Made by Canadian Indians and beaded
in attractive designs. Sketched at left.
Infant* 1.00
Children'* 1.00
Mi**e.*' 1.25
Women’., 1.75$
Women’. Fur Trimmed, i
■* 2.751
Men’. 2.00$
Japanese Bamboo Baskets 1.00
A graceful shape with high handles. All have tin lin
I ings to hold the flowers. Sketched at right.
^ Antimony Boxes 65c to 1.50
Silver plated jewel, trinket and cigaret boxes in
many clever designs.
Artificial Nasturtiums 10c Each
From Japan and so perfect you can hardly distin
guish them from the real.
Glass Wind Bells 25c to 50c
Decorated in original oriental designs.
Japanese Lacquer Boxes 1.00
i ^OlV.iandkerchiefs and gloves. Just received from the Orient and are
beautifully decorated in a variety of designs. ,
Imported Glass and Metal Ash Trays 1.25 to 8.5C
Orange, blue, green, black, white and red with nickel mountings.
Handcarved Nut Bowl Sets
1.00
Made of Japanese walnut with six in
dividual nut bowls. Sketched at right.
Third FFlo or—West |
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Attend These Hourly Sales Monday
No Phone Orders. No Mail Orders. No Deliveries. Qusantife* Are Small. We Reserve the Right to Limit Purchases
MORNING SAIFS f I < EVENING SALES
1 9 to 10 A. M.
^00 Monkeys
J on Strings
I 29c
JP Regularly
50c
© Clever little acrobats
that climb all the way up the
string and back again.
Eighth Floor
10 to 11 A. M.
1000 Beacon Crib
Blankets
49p
Regular1
1.00 Value
A great variety of pretty kinder
garten and floral patterns in blue and
white or pink and white. Size 30x10
inches, with thread whipped edges.
Each blanket neatly boxed.
Baaement—North
10 tob 11'A. M.
500 Pairtfs Women’s
Boudoiii Slippers
Made of pliafble black buck*kin
with quilted saitin *nil buck
skin soles. Steti f ?TV* buck,e on
vamp. Sizes :S t ®
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6:30 to 7:30 P. M.
1000 Pairs Women’s
J V Bloomers
69c
Regularly
1.59
I I
Of Satinette and Sateen
Ankle or .knee lenpth in flesh,
white, orchid, pray or black. All are
full cut and well made with elastic
at knee and waist.
Third Floor—Center
/
6:30 to 7:30 P. M.
25n Women's Fine
Blouses
1.49
Regularly
3.00 to 5.00
Of crepe de chine, georgette crepe
and other silk materials. Beauti
fully embroidered and beaded. In
light and dark colors
Second Floor—South
A Complete Showing of
Imported Bags
A very smart showing of bags
from overseas — from Belgium,
France, Germany and Vienna — in
silk fabrics, leather and beaded
bags. Never before have we been
able to offer bags like these for
4.75 to 75.00.
Vachette Party Boxes
Special at 5.50
Continue to be the popular bag
for all occasions. Silk lined and
fitted with rouge stick, lip stick,
small coin purse and large powder
box. Regular 7.50 values.
Leather Hand Bags
Special at 4.98
In velvety calf, grained seal,
cobra, pin sealv and silk bags in all
the new shades of sand, brown,
gray and black. Square shape
with the new flap over clasp and
many other styles. Regular G.50
and 6.98 values—
Main Floor—East
In the Gift Season
IN THE calendar of gift sea
sops Christmas stands pre
I eminent. At this time all
| the civilized world seeks ex
pression in giving. The true gift
is but an expression in material
form of the thoughts and senti
ments we hold for others. The
gift essence lies in what it ex
presses of our capacity for sympathy and understanding of
those to whom we bring gifts.
And is not this gift time attended with especial gladness
just because it is a form of self expression—a releasing from
that restraint of everyday affairs which withholds expression
of those sentiments that lie nearest the heart? Unspoken
thoughts and desires we have for friends and loved ones,
difficult to convey in any other way, may find their ex
pression in Yuletide gifts.
The Brandeis Store deems it a privilege to play its part
in the beautiful drama of Christmas giving and for that
purpose you will find this store filled with attractive things
from near and far in which to embody your Christmas
thoughts.
So may this gift time inspire each of us to give freely
and abundantly, but above all, let us give with under
standing.
J. L. Brandeis & Sons
Sale of Fine Handkerchiefs
Everyone Pure Linen
Because just at this time so many of our patrons are looking for hand
kerchiefs that are fine enough for gifts, we consider ourselves fortunate to
have been able to buy these imported sample handkerchiefs so that we can
offer them
At V2 the Usual Price
The Women’s Handkerchiefs 25c to 10.00 Each
These are known as “Appenzell effects,” named for the Canton in
Switzerland where they are made. And in the handkerchief world this name
is synonymous with superior quality and finest workmanship.
So beautiful and varied are the styles it is hard to describe them ade
quately but indicative of their quality are—
the hand drawn hems,
the hand embroidered corner designs,
some with tiny overlays of lace or embroidery,
some with scalloped edges.
and each thread of the embroidery is laid with exquisite precision
Men’s Handkerchiefs 50c and 1.00
Made in Ireland of fine quality pure Irish linen. All are good
size and nicely hemstitched.
Buy Them for Gifts
Main Floor—North
Silverware--A Gift of Distinction
Bonbon Baskets
of Sheffield
Silver, 1.98
Various shapes with
handles in pierced de
signs. Six-inch base.
Regular 3.98 value.
Cocktail Shakers
10.00
Sandwich Plates
and Bread Trays
3.98
Many beautiful and
attractive designs in
hammered Butler fin
ish. Regular 5.00 value
Water Pitchers
10.00
Sheffield silver in ham
mered Butler finish, quart
size.
Sheffield silver in Butlei
and hammered finish.
Buffet Set
Tudor plate, 20 year guaran
tee Community silver. Set of
6 knives, 0 forks, 15 tea spoons,
0 dessert spoons, butter uni fe
and sugar spoon. Boxed in a
velvet lined case -lO j"
Complete 1 ■. / O
Dutch Silver
Hot Pads, 50c
Square and round
shapes in quaint Dutch de
signs.
Buffet Sets
Oneida Cimmunity Silver
ware, 50 year guarantee — 26
pieces, consisting of 6 knives, 6
forks, 6 dessert spoons, 6 tea
spoons, sugar spoon and butter
knife in the Governor, Adams
and Patrician. Boxed in a
velvet lined case.
Complete
Cordelieres, 2.50
Ivory rosebuds a n d
slide to match on a black
silk ribbon.
Boxed Jewelry—Gold-filled brooches and cuff £A
links. Special, VjC
Boxed Jewelry—Novelty bar pins set in white AQ
stones and combinations of colors. Special, U*JC
Pearl Necklace—An attractive gift. Guaranteed in
destructible pearls, perfectly matched. Boxed in
a gray velvet heart-shaped box. r an
Regular 11.50 value, special, JiJO
Ladies’ Wrist Watch—Solid 14-k. green gold, 15
jewel movement. A watch that is guaranteed to
give satisfaction. Ribbon wristlet. 1 A An
Regular 22.50 value, special. 14.^0
Main Floor—East
GLOVES
A Practical Gift
Styles were never more attractive,
combining service, durability and
smart designs. Boxes for gift gloves.
Long Gloves of Real Kid
16-button length in black, brown and
white. Regular 8.00 P AA
values for O.UU
Gauntlet Gloves
American made of imported capeskin
in beaver, mode and oxford. At
tractive two - toned embroidered
backs with strap Q rn
wrist. J.DU
Long Suede Fabric Gloves
American made. Exclusive styles in
these artistic novelties. 12 and 16
button length in beaver, gray, mode,
brown and platinum, qq
Kayser Duplex Gauntlets
Two-toned embroidered backs with
pique seams. In covert, O AA
pray, beaver. Pair, £.UU
Long Suede Fabric Gloves
Duplex and single fabrics, 12 and 16
button length. Black, white | AA
and colors, pair, ItUU
Give Glove Bonds for Christmas.
Main Floor—North
Disabled War Vets
to Help Ex-Comrades
Soldier* disabled In the late war ami :
I their families who are in need of a
I Christmas dinner this year are re
I quested to communicate with Wilbur
Shaw, commander of the Omaha
chapter No. 5, Disabled American J
1 Veterans of the World War, at Jack
son 3H9 at once. An effort will be
made this year, as customary by the .
disabled men's organization with aid ,
of war mothers to take care of all :
their former companions.
Headquarters for the disabled men's j
chapter have been secured at 201
i Courtney building. The club rooms
will be ready for occupancy by De
asmbu SO, it la expected. The next
meeting of the organization, however,
will be held at tlio city ball. Fob I
lowing this the meetings will lake
place at the club rooms.
Omaha’s Health
Bill for 1022
Totals $250,000
Health Conservation Extends
to Every Place of Social
and Industrial
Life.
Omaha lias spent approximately
$2&0,00l* tills year for the conserva
tion of health. This total includes the
regular appropriation fur the city
health department, the medical de
partment of the schools, health educa
tion In the public schools, social hy
giene work by a quasi-public orgnniza
tion, the work of. the Visiting Xurse
I association and other activities identi
fled with general work of promoting
! health and preventing disease.
) Health as an economic asset of a
community lias been recognized in
creasingly during the last few years
by municipal and school officials. The
work extends to the individual child
and adult In home, school, office, fac
tory, store and other places of social
and industrial life.
The general health work of the city
is done by tlio health department in
the city hall, this department exer
cising a regulatory authority over all
other activities.
$170,000 fur Year.
The cost of operating the health do
partment during 1S22 was $170,000
which includes hospitals for con
tagious diseases, Inspection of food,
packing houses, milk, dairies, water;
quarantine of contagious and com
tnunicable diseases: removal of gar
bage; bacteriological and chemical
tests, and a number of other associat
ed activities. Records are kept of all
cases of diphtheria, smallpox, chick
enpox, scarlet fever, measles, mumps,
whooping cough, typhoid fever, polio
myelitis, cerebro spinal meningitis,
anthrax, erysipelas, tetanus, tulurcu
I losis.
In cases of diphtheria, throat cul
tures are Bent to the health depart
ment laboratory for tests. AYlien the
patient has recovered, two negative
cultures must be recorded before
quarantine is released, and in the
case of a school child another test is
made when the child has returned to
school for a week.
Meat at the independent packing
houses is inspected for evidence of
tubercular infection. Cows in 145
dairies serving Omaha jjro examined
every year. Milk is tested for purity
and for butter content. The health
department maintains a sanitary in
spector. The new barber shop in
spection board is attache! to the
health department. The social hy
giene work has office space in the
health department rooms. All these
activities are based on the theory |
that Omaha should be a place where
health is promoted according to the
most approved methods and the rules
of modern science.
Public school medical work, with 1
the free dental dispensary, cost $38,- 1
000 during the year. Charlotte Town
send, supervisor, lias a staff of 20
nurses who visit the schools. To n
limited degree, each school teacher
is a health educator.
A new course of study in hygiene
is being introduced. The nurses make
physical examinations of the children
to detect defects which may be cor
rected In their early stages: also
for evdlenee of diseases which are
not always discovered by cursory in
spection.
Many Defective Teeth.
Many children are removed fron
the schools during a year on account
of being “diphtheria carriers.” Dur
ing the last school year 3.4S2 school
children were sent to the free denta
d spensary During that year ex
amlnatlons showed that 42 per cun'
of school children had defectiv>
teeth. School children are being
taught the importance of persona
cleanliness, rest, food and fresh air
They arc weighed and measured nr
cording to government standards
They are examined regularly to de
terinlne defects of vis'on, hearing
teeth and throats. A supervisor of
physical training and an assistnn'
supervisor visit the schools to pro
mote proper methods of play and ex
erelae. ,
Home of the work of the Visitln:
Nurse association comes within th
scope of public health Mothers ail
expectant mothers are taught thing
they should know for their own phy
leal welfare and for the welfare ot
their offspring.
The Nebraska Tuberculosis socletj
J also is doing a public service in its
[ effort to reduce tuberculosis. End
year in Omaha pneumonia claims the
highest death toll and tuberculos
is second on the list.
“Continual vigilance is the price
of health in a community, and par
ticularly is this true in the cities,
said Dr. A. H. Pinto, health commit*
"loner, “Omaha is located nuturall\
in <j health belt. I feel warranted
in stating that 1922 Inis been the
best year for Omaha from the stand
| point of health, cons dering the pop
Illation ninl the statistical iufonna
tion of our department.
Thu health department wants to
make Omaha the healthiest city in
the country. We cannot do it all
alone. We can lead the way. Each
household in Omaha should feel a
responsibility in doing its part to
ward conserving the health of our
! metropolis. hot us all pull together ,
! to make 1H23 the beat year in the
i history of Omaha tn the matter of
I health. We can do it. The health
^department. will do Us part.’
Berlin Hopes Next
Marriage of Pola
Will Be Happier
Laet Wedding Not Happy —
Film Circles Regard Her
Kngageinent to Chaplin
\\ ith Shrug.
, (Copyright, JI22.)
Berlin, Dec. 16—Film circle* here
have accepted the announcement that
Charles Chaplin is engaged to J’ola
Negri with a shrug of the shoulders
as much us to say, "She lived down
in our alley." Of course, everybody
was awfully happy to hear Pola was
getting on so lovely and everything
and she Was pretty ns she could lie
und some people seem to like acting
ami don't you think she deserves even
more credit for having got where she
is on her otvn merits, just like Chap
lin. rather than to hove been boru
with a fine sense of discrimination
between the utility of fisli and butter
knives. Hverylsidy is hoping, don't
you know, that the next marriage
turns out much happier than the Inst
one, which did not take very well,
and there is hope that it probably
will, because don't you think it is
probable that she will be much hap
pier discussing custard pies with
Charlie than she was in listening to
l.er former liusbbnd, Count Dontski,
telling how lucky she was to marry
into a family like his.
Pula Was Blamed.
Nobody can say a bad word about
Pola. Everybody In public life like
she is sure talked about anyhow. Of
course the newspapers a year ago
made an awful lot about the failure
of Nnvjbcks, former heavyweight
i hampion, to show any punch during
the champion ship bout, blaming Pola,
who was at the ringside betting
against him. Hut «lie newspapers
which published the article accusing
her of playing Delilah got mixed up
in court.
As to her marriage with the count,
it was as platonic as could he, and
in fact, even her divorce failed to
show anything sufficiently sensational
to make a newspaper story which even
a press agent might make something
of. There is a lot of gossip among
girls ilia si e married the count to
show Pear Andra, a prominent film
star, who is engaged to n German
liaron, that it is nothing in her young
life and it is tost as e,.ty to pick
them large, but th14 is .lie sheerest
gossip.
However, it might lie remembered,
after the big wedding party in 1917,
which was said to have lie n the most
gorgeous party in Germany during tho
war, tho count kissed in r hand and
went back to the ancestral hall with
out her. Ho did not like her being
mixed up in a orofe 'i-lt n A divtree
was obtained througn mutual i onsent
without Bonn orthodox charge of
cruelty, or desertion, of pensupport,
but merely incompatibility.
Pula Not' a Pole.
You see, Pola is really not a Pole at
all, but a Hungarian. Anyway, that
is what she told Vadasz, a famous
artist who lias made several sketches
of her. Her right name is no more
Pola than his is Jones. She toid him
it was Appolonia Ralupez, which is a
Slovak name. However, she was born
in Lodz, Poland, and she said she only
knows one Hungarian word and that
is slangy. When Vadasz was making
sketches of her she said she was 25
years old, but tho girls know she is
more than that.
A chronology of Pola is as follows:
In 1912 she was in Warsaw, em
ployed in an opera ballet Uhls she told
Vadasz). in 1914 she was in Berlin,
engaged in n small film company. She
made two films, which were unsuc
cessful. In 1915 she met 55elnik. In
1910 she was employed by Ufa and
scored a Hit in Carmen with Lubitsch.
She scored another success In Judas.
In 1917 she married. In 1918 the
prlma donna refused to play after the
scenes were arranged by the stage
hands and tho other actresses ready in
three different plays. In 1919 she ob
tained a divorce. She met a French
marquis, whose social position she
learned was no better than her for
mer husband's. In 1921 she met
Charles Chaplin in Berlin, and 1922
in America.
Bird Halts Wire Service.
San Francisco, Dec. 16.— Wire
trouble was reported recently on one
oi the main railroad telegraph lines
between San Francisco and the north
and east. A "trouble shooter** was
dispatched to locate the trouble. On
arriving at Cygnus, a station just east
of Fort Costa, Cal., the lineman dis
covered that a mudhen had become
entangled in the lines and in its at
tempts to free itself hud crossed the
wires, thus tying up the service. The
imudhen, released, flew away.
Daily Prayer
Lh?,iT,!rU„!fVlt ,*enr*Hf Prayer, unto Thr#
snail all flesh conic.—l'u. 60
I (iracious Father, from Whom
! an tfood gifts come, grant ns, we
entreat Thee, the gift we need above
i a others, Thy HuJy Spirit to help
our infirmities, that our worship may
he purged from all unrpallty. Wo
long to pray to Thee sincerely, but we
> cannot unless Thou dost cleanse our
hearts from the dross of vain desire,
free us from selfishness In our pray
ers; deliver us from asking for those
tilings that will minister chiefly to
our earthly pleasure Thou must in
spir- tile petitions which Thou atone
must answer. We are Conscious of
our sinfulness, hut cannot l>e truly
•'try for our misdoings until Thou
dost move us to honest contrition and
unfeigned n pentanec. We would bn
grateful to Time for the multitude of
j/'y tender mercies, but it is not until
Thou dost grunt us a due sense of
uhy goodness, and awaken within us
sincere gratitude, that our cold hearts
are ready to praise Thee.
<>ur love languishes and dies except
Ihy Spirit sluill quicken it Into a
living flame. Our good deeds cry
aloud to Thee for pardon. If Thou
dosi not Inspire them and purify them
by Thine own indwelling.
We would live the prayer life; we
would learn what It is to pray with
out ceasing. To this end do Thou
coma and dwell within us, o
Thou Spirit of Christ! Wt it day
by day to glorify Thee, our c'uUier.
Htul to servo our fellows, even as did
■Jesus, Tip, well belov«/i Son. la His
name. Ainen.
•** !’ ROSR. 1>.T) ,
Montreal. Canada.
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