SOCIETY
Mr. and Mrs. Silby
Entertain for
Dupre.
Sir. and Mrs. It. Mills Silby enter
tained last evening at their home fol
lowing the concert given by Marcel
Dupre at ihe First Congregational
church, in honor of this distinguish
ed guest. $ I
Hugh Carson Weds.
Word lias been received here of the
marriage of Hugh Carson of Fuller
ton. Cal., formerly of Omaha, to Mar
jorie Keeso, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Reese, of Upland, Cal., for
merly of Lincoln. The wedding took
place Tuesday, December 19. In Up
land. Mr. Carson was a member of
Delta Upstlon fraternity at the state
university, where Miss Reese was a
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
For Miss Head’s Guests.
Miss Klinor Burkely will entertain
12 guests at dinner at her home this
evening for Miss Biekley Smith of
St. Joseph. Mo., who is the guest of
Miss Vernelle Head.
Bridge Dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. William Hill t.'larke
entertained at dinner and bridge
Tuesday evening at their home. Cov
ers were laid for 12.
Hostess at Xmas Dinner.
Mrs. C. F. Cox. sister of Mrs. Ar
thur Mickel, will he hostess at a fam
ily dinner, which will includu Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Mickel and Mr. and Mrs.
George Mickel and family.
/eta Delta Gives Dance.
The /eta Delta sorority will give a
dance at the Hotel Fontenelle, De
cember 22.
Personals
William Stull is expected home
Thursday from the Loomis school
near Hartford, Conn.
Col. C. D. Hutchinson, who has
been at Excelsior Springs the last
month, will return home for Christ
mas.
Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hurt an
nounce the birth of a son. Marlon
Lee. December li), at the Stewart hos
pital.
Hal leek Hose. Jr., arrived home
Sunday from Hill school near Phila
delphia, to spend the holidays with
his parents.
Miss Mary E. Killian will return
twin the College of St. Catherine at
St. Paul. Minn., to spend the Christ
mas holidays.
Miss Violet Whittaker of Farming
dale. S. D., will arrive Monday to
be the guest of her aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Petersen.
Miss Marcel Folda arrived Saturday
from the Misses Walcott school in
Denver to spend the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. F. Folda.
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Mrs. John A. MeShane, who has
been ill in her apartment at the
Blackstone, suffered a slight relapse
AJpnday, but is considerably improved
today.
Williams Sears Poppleton. Jr., and
Bobbie Hall will leave January 1 for
their school at Salsbury, Vt., where
they will report for classes on Janu
ary .1.
Miss Miriam Mosher, who is attend
ing the University of Illinois, will
arrive home Saturday to spend t lie
holidays with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Herman C. Hart.
Alisa Elizabeth Jane Hart, who is
teaching Spanish and French at Raw
lins, Wyo., arrives homo Friday to
spend the holidays with her grand
parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Herman C.
Hart.
Mr. and Airs. Henry C. Hodges,
and daughter, Dorothy Margaret, of
Bloomfield, Neb., arrived Wednesday
to spend the holiday season at the
home of Mrs, Hodge's parents. Air.
and Mrs. 15. B. Weller.
Edwin Busch will leave the latter
part of the week for Davenport,
la., where he will spend Christinas
with Mrs. Busch and her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Rogers. Mrs.
Busch left last week for Davenport.
Miss Florence Fowler, who attends
the University of Missouri at Colum
bia. Mo., will arrive today to spend
the holidays with her uncle and
aunt. Mr. and Mrs*. Arthur English.
Air. and Airs. Einglish leave Omaha
January 4 for Los Angeles where they
will remain until January 23. when
they sail on the Tenyo Maru from
i-an Francisco for the orient. They will
visit the Hawaiian islands, Japan,
china and th* Philippine islands and
will return to Omaha about May 1.
To Give Housewarming
on Christmas
Morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peters have
invited 50 guests to a house warming
they will give Christmas morning at
their new home. Thirty-fourth and
Davenport streets.
Miss Judson to Give
Tea Dance.
Miss Dorothy Judson will be among
the hostesses at the tea dance to be
given Friday afternoon, December 29,
at the Omaha club.
For Mrs. Harwood.
Miss May Mahoney will entertain
Informally at luncheon Thursday at
her home in honor of Mrs. Frank Har
wood of New York City, who is the
guest of her mother, Mrs. Mary Co
nant.
Qn Thursday of next week Mrs. J.
O. Syford will give a luncheon for
Mrs. Harwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Root Return.
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Hoot, who have
been touring ubroad. will reach Oma
| ha Thursday. They have been spend
ing a few days In Chicago since their
arrival in this country. They will
stop at the Fontenello hotel over the
holidays, after which they will go to
California for the winter.
From Wisconsin University.
From Madison. Wis., students at
the state university there, will come
I Dorothy Johnson, Helen Wlnkleman,
i I.amona Mapes and Miss Wolford.
They arrive Thursday morning.
Arrive Saturday.
Arriving from Mrs. Somers school
i in Washington on Saturday morning
will be the Misses Dorothy Davidson,
Hetty Paxton, Kmma Ritchie. Cornelia
Baum.
For Recent Bride.
Miss Kloise Thomas will return
from Rockford college, Rockford, 111.,
on Thursday, and will entertain Sat
urday afternoon at bridge at her
home in honor of Mrs. William
Thomas, her sister-in-law, who was
married November 15.
I Listen, World!
I'm going to disarm.
I’ve been taking an inventory of
myself and I find I’ve been packing
around a bunch of fighting accoutre
ments that would make a mediaeval
torture chamber look like a beauty
parlor. I've been facing each new
day and strange encounter armed to
the teeth with
Suspicion,
Envy,
Hatred,
Fear,
Peevishness,
Jealousy, ’ 1
Conceit,
Greed.
Laziness,
Selfishness.
and about a score oi other emotional
bowie knives, blunderbusses, stilet
toes. battle axes, sawed oft shotguns
1'ro GOING
TO DISARM
-®
and spiritual shillelahs in general.
I And whenever my immediate supply
1 ran short, Jny munitions factory
! worked overtime to supply some
' more.
Funniest part was, I didn’t know
. it, Lots oi people like me, and I’m
: no end of a favorite with myself.
And yet, when I stopped to think of
it, 1 discovered that I was really de
| pending on this armament to gain
; my ends, masking it all with a wo
manly smile, a unique talent for
| building apple pies, and similar
i camouflage.
So I’ve decided to disarm.
O'eourse, I will hang on to a few
little protective agencies. I may be
sprouting wings, but they aren't
1 aeroplanes yet by any means. But
i generally speaking, I’m going to dis
arm and try this peace treaty idea.
How about you?
(Copyright 1922)
Primrose makes a marvelous splash
of color on a Chinese floor basket.
Problems That Perplex
Answered by
BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Mother May Be Mistaken.
Dear Miss Fairfax; I am writing
you for a little advice. 1 am a young
girl of 15, nearer 16 than 15. Now.
Miss Fairfax. I like to go with boy
friends on Saturday and Sunday eve
nings, but my mother objects to me
going with boy friends. She says
boys are too wild with girls now
days. But. Miss Fairfax, these boys
l go with are good, clean, decent
boys; they treat me nice and respect
me and I have the same feelings
about them. Mothers are usually
right, but this time I disagree with
my mother. Now, am I doing the
light thing going with a group of
bov and girl friends once a week
when she objects? As I am a junior
in High school. I am kept very busy
with my studies. X don’t have time to
run around like other boys and girls
do. I hope you agree with me on
this question, but I suppose you are
like my mother. I am sure every
girl that writes to you gets the right
advice. I hope this letter is printed.
PERPLEXED.
J really see no reason why you
should not enjoy the society of your
school friends on Saturdays and Sun
days. hut you are doing wrong in de
ceiving your mother. Invite your
friends to you home and perhaps you
can convince mother that all the
bo vs of today are not wild.
Brown Elea: Wait a year or two,
Brown Eyes. You are young and, as
you are undecided, a year or two
won’t matter. Don't take his ring
unless you are sure you will marry
him, my dear.
Mabel: I think it would lie fine to
take him to church. As to the kisses.
I certainly do not approve. Better
consult mother or an older Bister re
garding the car riding. It might be
ail right and it might not. Mother or
sister could judge-that better than I.
Bobbed Hair: If you do not ap
prove of the young man you should
not accept his attentions. However,
if you knew nothing against his
character, it was very wrong to talk
about him. The best you can do now
is to go to those with whom you gos
siped and tell them you were mis
taken. I would suggest that you try
to improve your grammar and spell
ing.
Wondering: Why not wait until
June. Y'ou are both young and a few
months will not matter.
Blonde: Write to the superinten
dent of nurses, Nebraska University
hospital, Omaha, Neb.
lEEPY -time
TOMMY
FOX.
VENTURER
8AILET
CHAPTER XXIII.
Tracks in the Snow.
Mr. Fox was almost sorry he hail
said anything to his family about a
Thanksgiving turkey. It seemed to
him that his wife and son didn’t give
him- a moment's peace. "When are
you going to get our turkey?" Mrs.
Fox would ask. "Will it be a big
one?” Tommy would inquire. "Aren't
you afruid the turkeys will all be
gone?” Mrs. Fox asked him about
every other minute. "I want the
wishbone,” Tommy kept saying.
Mr. Fox had to leave home Just to
get away from their constant talk
of turkey, turkey, turkey. And us
he prowled through the woods and
fields he grumbled a good deal to
himself.
"I ought to have kept the turkey
for a surprise," he muttered.
Anybody would have thought, tc
hear him, that he already had the
! 23
Somehow he coyldn-t seem to
smell Any turkeys Anywhere.
turkey hidden in some safe place, all
ready to bring home on Thanksgiv
ing morning. But he had nothing of
the sort. He had an idea that it was
best not to catch your turkey until
the very last minute, almost. He
claimed that the longer you waited,
the more the turkey would have time
to eat. Therefore the futter it
would he!
"Well,” said Mr. Fox to himself as
he came at last to the fence beside
the barnyard. ‘‘I may as well look
the ground over. I'll get the lay of
the land, anyhow. But I certainly
shan't take my turkey now. It's too
soon for that."
So Mr. Fox squirmed througn the
fence and went sniffing about the
farm buildings. Somehow he couldn't
seem to smell any turkeys anywhere.
And that was strange. He could
smell pigs, cows, chickens. He could
smell sheep, horses, ducks. He could
even smell geese. But no turkey!
"This is queer," thought Mr. Fox.
"They must be roosting in the trees.
Anyhow. I can’t look for them ^iny
more now. It's almost morning."
When Henrietta Hen went out for
her usual stroll right sifter breakfast
she noticed strange tracks in the light
snow that covered the ground. The
tracks led front the henhouse to the
lane und on up the hillside. They
were in bunches of four. In each
set of tracks there were the imprints
of three feet all In a-straight line,
with the fourth set oft a bit to one
side.
Henrietta lien gave a loud cackle
and called to old dog Spot. He soon
came a-rttnnlng to seo what was the
matter.
"See those queer tracks!" cried Hen
rietta Hen. "How odd they look!"
"How they smell!” Spot howled.
“I wish I'd been here half an hour
ago.'"
"Who made the tracks?" Henrietta
asked him.
"A fox!” Spot told her. "It’s a pity
I didn't get tip earlier this morning."
"Can't you follow him now?" Hen
rietta Inquired.
Old Spot shook his head.
"I haven't had my breakfast," he
exclaimed.
"Then go and ask Mrs. Green for
it right away. And then you can
chase the fox."
Again Spot shook his head.
"I won't care to run far just after
breakfast," he said.
To tell the truth, old Spot was
sometimes lazy. He knew that the
fox might lie miles away by that time.
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My Marriage Problems
Adel* Garlson’* New Phase of "Revelations of a Wife.”
What Madge Won Mrs. Barker to
Promise.
I wasted no time in formalities with
Mrs. Barker as I entered the dining
room in search of her, and savj the
disapproving frown upon the face
which she turned toward me. I took
from my face the mask of airy art
lessness which I had put on for her
benefit, and pocketed it when 1 should
encounter the veranda tabbies. Ami
it was with a mien almost as forbid
ding as her own that I accosted her.
“May I have three minutes of your
time where no one can hear us?" 1
asked.
She looked at me searching!*’ for a
second and then, her face clearing,
she waved her hand toward a door
at the side of the dining-room.
"Como into my own sitting room."
she said. “It is small, but it is the
only place 1 can call my own, and no
one comes near it unless I say so
“I could well believe that," I said
to myself, ns T followed her into an
austere, plainly furnished, but com
fortable little sitting room, and took
the chair to which she motioned me.
"Now,” she said, closing the door,
and moving a chair opposite mine.
“Wht's on your mind? Thought bet
ter pf trying to pull the wool over my
eytfs with that ‘best friend’ stuff?"
“Something like that,” I rejoined
promptly, although the bluntness of
the attack, coupled with tho keen
insight it betrayed, startled me. ‘‘I
am going to lay the exact case before
you, and I am sure you will approve
of my course.”
A Frank Confession.
“Humph,” she responded non-com
mittally. "Go on."
"In the first place,” I said briskly.
“Miss Foster is not my best friend,
nor even a very dear one. But I
know her quite well. She has been a
guest at my home, and I would stake
my life ifl>on the certainty that in this
absurd performance there has been
nothing really wrong. But I realize
as you do, that she has been highly
indiscreet, as well as most inconsid
erate of me.
“Naturally,” I went on, "I <lo not
particularly relish coming up here,
either to see her or my husband,
whom I blame far more than I do her.
But, Mrs. Barker, I have a little boy,
and my husband has an old mother.
For their sakes, as well as my own, I
must silence gossip. Can you tell me
any better method with most people
than the one I am taking? It doesn’t
It was different if you happened to
stumble upon one. up in the buck pas
ture. But he had no notion of start
ing off to follow a trail as old as this
one.
Henrietta Hen went off scolding.
She told her friends that they need- j
ed a new (log at Farmer Green’s
place.'
“Wo might just as well have a rab
bit -to guard us,” she spluttered, “as
old dog Spot. Now that the turkeys
are gone off on a long journey, we 1
hens have a greater risk to run than
ever. With the turkeys roosting all
over the barnyard, I could sleep
peacefully. 1 kne wthey’d get caught
before we would.”
(Copyright, 1922.)
deceive you, of course, but Isn't It
really the best, after all?"
She looked at me steadily for a long !
minute.
“It isn't often I'in mistaken in my
judgement,” sho sajd. and I thought .
whimsically of Disko Trbop, “and I
when I am I'm ready to acknowledge j
it. I knew you weren't the fool un
suspecting baby you seemed, but l
thought maybe you were trying to
gloss over this because you had been
cutting up some caper of your own
that you wanted your husband to over
look,"
I could repress neither a wrathful 1
start nor the flaming of my checks at
this interpretation of my coming to
the rescue of Dicky and Claire Foster.
“You needn’t be disturbed,” Mrs.
Barker said coolly. "I just told you
I knew I was mistaken. I believe
what you have just told me. and I ]
agree with you that you’re taking the ]
best course. And I'll help you all I
can. which, I guess, will bo by keep
ing out of your way as much as pos
sible. I'm free to tell you that I
don’t cotton much to either your
husband or Miss Foster, and the less
I see of them the less apt I'll bo to
say things."
"That will be perfectly all right," I
answered, glad, indeed, to have found
her so tractable. "But may I ask
you to set a place for Miss Foster at
the table? She will have supper
with us."
"Going to exhibit her, are you?"
Mrs. Barker gave a short, unpleasant
little laugh, then turned to me with
contrition written on her face.
"Excuse me,” she said awkwardly,
and 1 guessed that she was not much
used to asking pardon of anyone.
"I'm not usually so bad mannered,
but the idea, of your treating that
hussy as though she were something
way up in G seems awful funny and
strange to me.”
"But Mrs. Barker,” I pleaded, with
an honest effort to modify the
woman's patent prejudice. “You .are
wrong about her. Pile is simply a
headstrong and indiscreet girl. She
is not in the least in love with my
husband, and she has not hurt me
except by embarrassing mo with this
publicity. And we must remember
that she is young.”
"Pile's old enough to know better,"
Mrs. Barker returned uncompromis
ingly. "But I'll keep my mouth
shut, and let her get away in peace,
and I II help you all 1 can.”
Fleet Officers.
The Harmony Review No. 1(1. AV.
11. A. of the Maccabees, have selected
tho following officers for the coming
year: Miss Alice Perdue, commander;
Miss Mary Odonnell, past commander;
Miss Bessie Finney, lieutenant com
hoenix Hos4erq
Announcement
Regardless of the continued
high prices of materials, AT
THIS STORE present prices
for PHOENIX Hosiery will
remain unchanged for Winter
and until further notice.
Our
PHOENIX
Stocks
are most
complete.
We can
•upply
your
every
need.
Gotham Cold Stripe
Ho*irry, Too
Sixteenth St.
at Harney
Our Very Desirable
Christmas Offerings
Our showing ot* Christmas jewelry is so comprehen
sive and so reasonably priced that it explains the very
large crowds which are flocking to our Better *
Jewelry Store.
Platinum Front Goods
We offer you platinum front cuff pins, bar pins, cuff
buttons and stickpins in designs which are no less beau
tiful than all platinum itself. All of these have 14
karat solid gold backgrounds. . The pieces are as low
as $5.00 for cuff pins, $12.00 for cuff buttons, $3.50 for
small brooch pins and equally low prices for
the other items.
Gold Incrusted China
Our showing of gold incrusted china in useful pieces is
not surpassed for merit. Bonbon dishes, sugar and
cream sets, bowls, water pitchers, vases and related
articles in enticing designs. Many beautiful articles
may be had for as little as $1.50. Of course, we show
more elaborate pieces for as high as $50.00.
Leather Goods
Our leather goods department, showing exclusive de
signs in hand-tooled leather, merits more than a hasty
mention. However, it will suffice to say that in addi
tion to the artistic merit of each individual item there
is the added attraction of unusually low prices. An
investigation will convince you that we actually save
you as much as 25%.
T. L Combs & Mazer Co.
Since 1888 Omaha's Master Jewelers
305 South Sixteenth Street Near Farnam
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
mnnder; Mrs. Mnry Florkee. record
keeper: Miss Jessie Kline, sergeant;
Miss Mary Church, lady at arms;
Miss Mary Ycnarlme, chaplin; Miss
Nellie Grim, captain; Mrs. H. Feeber
and Mrs. M. Cline, central and picket.
These officers will be installed by Mrs.
Kate Swan, the new stale commander.
Mrs. Kitchen in Pari*.
Mrs. Rolierta Eddy Kitchen, who,
with her son, Richard, has spent
Christmas here for the last three
years, will not ret urn during the com
ing holidays. She is In Paris where
her t>on is a pupil at the Boulogne
school.
Mrs. Kitchen recently attended the
United Allies dinner dance In Paris.
According to word from her, 600
Americans were there. United States
Representative Herrick and Marshall
Joffro spoke. Among the many par
ties given afterward was one includ
ing Mr. and Mrs. Herrick, Mr. Her
rick's private secretary and his
French wife, and Mrs. Kitchen.
Mrs. Kitchen saw Mr. and Mrs. A. I.
ltoot on December 2 w hen she called
on them at the Continental, a hofyd*
which Is very popular with Americans.
Mrs. H. H. Baldrlge was calling there
at the same time. The Hoots, who
have hail an Interesting trip to Kgpyt,
were sailing for home December »«•
Home From University.
Miss Gladys Miekel. who will re
turn Saturday from Lincoln, where
she is a student at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, will go from here
to Sioux City on January 2 to attend
the wedding of a sorority sister. Miss
Marcia Follmer of Lincoln, member
of Alpha Phi, with Miss Mlrkel, will
lie the latter's guest during the holi
days.
Guest room sets for the bathroom
include a small caralTe and a glass to
Invert over It, a Jar for the tooth
brush, a soap dish, and a few dishes
for powder and cream. These sets
come in tinted glass, green or amber,
rose or mulberry, blue or white. The
white is sometimes frosted and some
times there is a rich, glittering black.
ELDRIDGE
i —_- ."I
Farnatn
t:
W. O. W. Annex
This Comport Set J
$7.50 !
i
COMPLETE as shown with candles and
fruit—the best value we have ever of
fered. The set is beautifully polychromed
and candles may be had in any color, $7.50
Packed and Postage Prepaid $8.50
They Top It Off
and make a splendid gift—
these Lamp Tops with prisms
of various colored crystal
which reflect the light and
beautify even the ordinary
lamp. Fitting any lamp, they
sell at—
$1.50 up
Feather Fans
NECKLACES
EARRINGS
Certainly she will enjoy
one of these and per
haps you will find our
showing of unusual in
terest.
Thermos Sets $10
Bottle, Tray and Tumbler in
most colors Including green,
lavender, blue, pink and ivory.
This price is low.
Don’t Forget
a Basket
is a Welcome Gift and our
hand decorated waste baskets
at $1.00 have never been
duplicated.
Some new large handled floor
baskets of brown with touches
of color at—
$2.75 $3.75 $4.75
A Pre
Christmas
Sale
of Mirrors is a bit un
usual, But starting on
Thursday we will sell
any mirror in our store
at a
A Discount
of 20%
This because we have
too large a stock and
too little room to dis
play.
Let There Be
Light
Especially on Christmas
night, and may we suggest
an Eldridge lamp—
$39.75
• • •
Dinnerware
from England
There is nothing finer,
and we are particularly
proud that our patterns
are on some of the be6t
tables in Omaha.
• • •
Christmas
Candle Sticks
for Just a remembrance,
at 81.00 and $2.50
• • •
A Few More
Sheffield Pie Plates with
Pyrex liners have just ar
rived— $3.95
Sheffield Casseroles,
special— $5.00
They Appear Tomorrow on the
Dollar Table
for the first time—luster salt and pep
per shakers, 3 inches high, per pair V 1
And, by the way. have you noticed how the value,
on our dollar table grow better as Christmas ap
proaches?
OPEN EVENINGS
W. H. Eldridge Importing Co.
1313-15 Farnam Street. W. 0. W. Annex.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION
During cold, damp weather take one
Laxative BROMO QUININE Tablet
just before retiring every night.
Its tonic and laxative effect will fortify the
system against Colds, Grip and Influenza.
30c per Box.
