Dr. Dallas Lore Sharp Ad mires Middle West A wish that President Elliott of Harvard, President Faunce of Brown and former President Mieklejohn of Amherst might make a special trip to Omaha to traverse the miles of the new Technical High school and “learn what real democratic educa tion is like," was uttered by Dr. Dal las Lore Sharp, professor in Boston university and well-known contributor to Atlantic, Harper's Monthly, and other magazines. “1 have been making a pilgrimage to the public schools all the way across the country, starting with the new high school at Atlantio City, N. J. But I got my biggest thrill hero In Omaha.” declared Dr. Shaip. “Omaha has not only been justified but glorified in Its expenditure on the new Technical high school,” ad — , Store-Wide C-L-E-A-R-A-N-C-E | It’s the Thorne January Clearance i-j with January reductions now on all | Thorne Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts, Sweaters and Blouses. BENO’S * of Council Bluffs Says to You: —What a splendid as-* sortment of stylish dresses we display now! —The prices are so in terestingly low that one can certainly dress well at little cost. —Just add this assort ment to your compara tive shopping tour. “Come on Over” A Special Apparel Section for Youth Store hours 8 to 6 each day. Child's Best Laxative is “California Fig Syrup” Hurry, Mother! Kven a bilious, con stipated, feverish child loves the pleas ant taste of ‘‘California Fig Syrup" and it never falls to open the bowels. A teaspoon/ul today may prevent a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for genuine ‘‘Cal. lfornla Fig Syrup" which has direc tions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother! You must sev ‘‘California" or you may get sn Imitation fig syrup. ded white-haired and gracious Mrs. Sharp, who accompanies her husband on their adventurous midwinter motor trip across the continent from their estate. Mullen Hill, near Boston, to Santa Barbara, Cal. Dr. Sharp is on leave of absence to finish his book on bees and their habits, three chapters of which have appeared from time to time in Har per's. The author has been present ed with the use of a charming little ranch, Casa Loma, near Santa Bar bara. on condition that the book when written shall he dedicated to the ranch. . At Casa Loma he expects to revel In orange blossoms and live a life like that of the ancient Greek honey-makers and honey-sweet sing ers who inhabited Mt. Hymettus, the source of most of the sweetness known to the ancient world. How Wife Helps. “California is a marvelous bee country,” thrilled the doctor with an enthusiasm worthy of a native. “The mountains are covered front base to top with blossoming sage— the same white and purpfe sage of which Vergil and Pindar sang. While most of my material for the book Is already prepared. 1 expect to hunt out some prominent bee men and make special observations on the habits of the California bees." Mrs. Sharp had her contribution to make to the writing of the book. She said she expected to have to emulate Mrs. John Masefield, who locks her poet husband in his study every morning for four hours of lyric com position, and for two hours of dra matic writing in the afternoon. She foresaw the need of heroic methods if that hook is everr to be completed. Art in the Fields. However, pigs In Iowa proved al most as entrancing to Dr. Sharp as bees in California. In fact, the doc tor showed himself so in love with middlewestern farm scenery that nd one would he greatly surprised to learn of his motor becoming per manently mired down In a Nebraska road, were there not. two schoolboys named Sharp at Deep Valley. Cal., who impatiently await the arrival of their parents for Christinas. The rich black of the newly plowed fields, in strong contrast with the white of the clinging snow, filled the farmer part of Dr. Sharp’s soul with glee, while the author rejoiced in the cloud forms and glimpses of the pale i green winter sky. Meanwhile the mo* Itorist self, equally Important for the time being with the other two, was not lacking its share of thrills in keeping out of the deep ditches at either side of the road, which he saw hid swallowed a number of cars be tween Dunlap and this city. This did not in the least dim the doctor's ar dors. ”The black pigs rooting around in the snow, the black Minorca hens, the quantities of Angus cattle, of which there were quantities, all looked as though they were made odt of that wonderful black soil and were a part of it. I never saw so much fine ■dock in a similar short, distance. There were pigs of all colors of the rainbow except purple. Wealth of Experience. “We were greatly impressed with the beauty snd self-sufficiency of the middlewestern farms, especially through Iowa. With their trees, their big barns and outbuildings, and es pecially with their round and foattie menterl silos, they resemble nothing so much ns ancient Norman manor houses. We could not feel much sympathy with the farmer, we were so full of admiration for. his energy and imlependejire. “I hope to gather up the experl ‘Hherican Beauty” ELECTRIC IROJbT THE BEST . IRON MADE . \ _k The years of satisfactory serv ice you get from an Tbnericas Beauty" makes its slight extra cost seem indeed trifling. Sold by DmIwi aad Elaatrioal CmpuilM Enrywbm MunhctaradW American Electrical Heater Company, DETROIT Oid-at aad Laaya.t Emcival*. Makar.. EatabSakad 1SS4. // ences of this trip Into an article or a series of articles picturing the chf ft rent divisions of the country. When I do so there will certainly be a chap ter on Iowa, somewhat somber in its coloring, but rich nnd pleasing, a tapestried effect. Nebraska, of course, I have yet to see.” Dr. Sharp, who lectured last night at the First Unitarian church, leaves [today for Topeka, Kan., where he ' expects to deliver another lecture [this evening. He and Mrs. Sharp I will then take the Old Trail route [to Santa Fe, stopping a little in the I desert to observe wild life, and in ite.nd to reach Santa Barbara by I Christmas. Adele Garrison “My HuftharuTs Love” Madge Told Harriet nil I'lipleasant Truth. So absorbed was Harriet in her own thought that It was fully two minutes before she put them into words. Then she spoke abruptly, as if the decision she voiced had just been forced from her. "Margaret, I'm going away.” I was guilty of an amused start and a stammered "Wha-a-t!" so as tonishing and unlike my sister In law did the announcement sound. She has made It almost a fetish never to leave others the care of her brilliant, absent-minded husband, and I ffon derid fearfully if her absurd worry concerning his entirely natural re gard for Katherine Bonnot, for so long his assistant, had Jarred her brains. But her next sentence reliev ed that anxiety. "Don't be so alarmed.” she said, with an apology for a smile. "I haven't taken leave of my senses, nor do I contemplate breaking up my home or leaving my husband for good. But I simply must satisfy my self that you are right and I wrong concerning—that matter—of which we spoke—” Seeing Mr*. Bl« kett. I looked away from her In pity for the humiliation which I knew the reticent, dignified woman was suffering. "And I have decided that the best course to pursue is to go away for a week or .so, and leave Edwin to his own devices. "Because of Mrs. Durkee—he never leaves the dressings on cri tical cases to assistants as many surgeons do—he will see Mrs. Blck ett every day at the hospital. 1 have the feeling that during Mrs. Durkee's stay at the hospital. I should like Edwin to be absolutely unhampered by my presence even in the same city, so I think I shall go down to the farm to see mother in the morning—I had planned to go just for the day anyway, but I shall stay there until Mrs. Durkee has no further need of Edwin’s, calls—that i», if it is convenient—■’* Her voice held so unusual a note of deprecat ing timidity, that my throat constrict ed with compassion for her, even though 1 was impatient at her folly. "Convenient!” I echoed scornfully. Just as if your mother weren't count ing the minutes until she saw you, and will cherish each extra hour that you can spend with her. And you ought to know how welcome you are to Dicky and me." "I do know,” she returned, laying her hand on mine with a swift, shy gesture, and withdrawing lit as quick ly. "But do you think! I'm doing right in going for so long?” Vague Fears Absurd. "Absolutely,” I answered prompt ly. "You are doing the wisest thing possible.” • It was her turn to look startled. "Then you think—" she asked breathlessly. I put my hand over hers in a firm, reassuring clasp. ”1 think,” I said with assurance, “as I always have, that your vague fears concerning Edwin's feelings for Katherine Bonnot aro an absurd ity to the nth degree. It will make absolutely no difference. In that re spect. whether you go or stay.” "Then why—7” she began, palpa bly puzzled. "Counsel you to go?" I finished her sentence, "May I speok frank Iy?” i >r course. "Well, then!" I drew a deep breath, and struck out Into the unknown sen "I think you have so coddled Kdwln, so wrapped him In cotton wool aa It were, that while you undoubtedly have helped him wonderfully, In some ways, yet you also have hinder ed him In others. It Isn't quite fnir to him. Is It, to he known as the 'man who can't get along without his wife at every step?' All the aurgeona of his rank have not such perfect self-denying care." White-lipped, flaming eyed, she sprang from her chair nnd to*#ured over me. "Is that what people are saying?" she demanded, and then, sharp, freighted with suspicion, came the query: "How do you know that? Who told you?” Personals As a democratic national commit tee woman, Dr. Jennie (,'allfaa hna been called to Washington, D. C., for January 16. Mrs. Herbert Kogers has returned from an eastern trip, where aha spent several days at Vaasa r with her daughter, Helen. Mr. and Mra. W. Dale Clarke hnve purchased the Harry Cameron reel denee at 6122 Davenport street. They will take possession the later part of the week. Mr. and Mr*. Clark Carnaby an noune* the birth of a aon, Clark, Jr., at the Methodist hospital Sunday morning Mra, C'arnahy was formerly Miss Hazel Boyd of Columbus, Neb. Minionary Meeting. MV* 3. K. Hyde, 2310 O street, will entertain tho Womun'* Foreign Missionary society of the tlraee Metti odist church, at her home Thursday, December 13. Member* sud friends of the society are extended *n Invl tatlon. Christmas Ilazar. The hullon of th« OntmJ United Prv*ibyt ftrtti.fi rhurrh, Twenty fourth mid giMM'ig, will oonduot m bazar i»t their church Tliurmlny. A rhh'totn dlniH‘1* will b# peeved from 5;30 to 7 p. m. Women Discuss Clubhouse and Drugs - - ■ -— The Peters house at Thirty-second \ and Farnam streets is out of the run-j ring as a possible Ideation for the I new Women's clubhouse. The prop- I perty was sold elsewhere- late lastj week, according to a report made by , Dr. Jennie Callfas, new chairman 1 of tlie clubhouse committee, at the general meeting of the Omaha Wo man's club Monday afternoon in the Burgess-Nash auditorium. Reports of the committee on drug addiction in Omaha, by Mrs. W. S Knight, and of the committee on health concerning the course of drug addicts, by Mrs. Charles B. Neal, to- i gether with discussion upon them, occupied a good part of the business session. Four hundred persons have lieen arrested in Omaha in two and one- , half years for illegal sale of nar-1 eotlcs, said Mrs. Knight, and of these 90 per cent have been convicted Two federal drug inspectors with headquarters in the postofflee build- , ing are charged with the task of running down these offenders. Narcotic Agent Speaks. One of the federal agents, William Carroll, told the women's committee that 50 drug addicts had come to him voluntarily during the last year asking for a cure. He referred them , to the sanitarium at Lincoln, which I has a stieriai department for treat- j ment of sucly cases. The cure re quires 90 days, although persons some times become drug addicts in as few as 10 days, according to this inspector. A contcroversy has arisen whether the Nebraska narcotic law permits sending drug addicts to the sanitar ium for a cure without their own consent. They may be sent to Jail; but the law is not clear on whether they may be sent to the hospital. The women tried to get a legal opin ion on this law from Judge Holme* but were not successful because the judge was ill at the time of their call. Mrs. Neal quoted the opinions of several Omaha doctors on the unsat isfactory nature of the existing cures for drug addiction. Two doctors main tained that drug addicts cannot be really cured, as the drug has broken down the structure of the nerves themselves. Others were more hope ful. hut seemed unwilling to commit themselves definitely, or based their optimism on comparative’ • few in stances. One declared that every case treated at the sanitarium in Lin coln had been cured: but this state ment was so sweeping that the com mittee' received it with some doubt. Home Training for Business. A letter from Mrs. Edgar Penney of Fullerton announcing her appoint ment a* advisory member of the re publican national committee and her trip to Washington. December 11 and 12 to attend the meeting of the com mittee, was read by Mrs. O. T. Kring The program was in charge of the | home economics division of the club | and was led by Mrs. J. F. Dtmlck. Miss Eva Mors© of the public schools reaA a paper on "Home Economies." One reason for women'* signal suc cess in executive posts has been their age-old training In domestic manage The Greatest ;j l l Toy Bargains jj In Many Years jj Ive’* Train* Those wonderful trains a j boy never tires of, comprising •] a lifelike Mechanical Iron |j Engine, Coal Car and Passen ger Coach with six pieces of j circular track—complete for .] only $1.00. •! ;i Mamma Doll* IB-inch talking dolls with .; lifelike features, wavy hair, j slippers, stockings and neat !j ginghami bonnet with romp- •' ers. Special Tuesday at $1.00. j Wash Set* A dandy outfit of six pieces j romprising a wash tub, wash hoard, ironing board, bucket, j clothes rack and bench, Turn- Ij day at $1.00. Tea Set* Genuine transparent china 3 doll tea sets of 12 pieces, all •] decorated, hns 8-inch saucers, j 2-lnch cups, large coffee pot, ■; sugar and creamer, complete j in box for only $1.00. *1 Xmas Tree Fence ;i A useful item as it goes -j around the lighted tree, keep J ing little ones from tree and .] protecting packages; comes in ] the Christmas colors; Tues- ,| dny only $1.00. 1 Many Olhcr Values Your Credit Is Good UMtOM Outfitting company ment, according to Miss Morseman. While she would not require training in domestic science of every girl, the speaker thought It of value to every girl. The success of a course in home economics depends on the aim with which it is taught, emphasized Miss Morseman. If a teacher tenches mere ly cooking, sewing, and *«> forth, in an academic classroom sort of way, the course will l»e a failure. If ahe teaches that her students may have life, and have it more abundantly, the course will he a success. Club Calendar | TUESDAY. -\ttniNtt club luncheon, 12:30, HurgeHf NhmIi ten room. I,. O. K. \o. 1 will entertain the other! chapters at 2 p. in. in the Elks club house. Omaha Dorcan 4 lub, 1 o'clock luncheon with Mr*. Samuel Crosier, 320H Fontenslle boulevard. •lew IhIi Women’s Welfare Organization. annual election of officer*, 3 p. m. at th‘ Jewish community center. Omaha Iliminc** Women’s Club. Din ner *i;15 p m.. at th*- Y. W. C. A , fol lowed by the playlet “Moon Mad Maids.” Women’s Helping Hand society. Kountze Memorial church, will serve at Emanuel Hospital Orphans Home, beginning at 1 p. in. , Omaha Women’s Club speech educa tion department, in Burgees Nash audi torium at 10; 16 a. m. Lesson 9. text book Extempore speeches. I/oomis ClmutHiiqUM. 2 p m. at Y. W. C. A. Mr* 8. H Kemmerer wll lead in the discussion of the concluding chap ters of "The Tale of the Hemisphere. I*. E. O. Sisterhood. Chapter C. I*., 1 o’clock luncheon with Mrs. Fred Wright. 136 South Thirty-eighth street. Members of Chapter C. V. will be guests. George A. Custer Women’s Relief Corps, election of officers and initiation, 2 p. m , in Memorial hall. Douglas county courthouse Old Guards No. 7 are in vited. 1. 8. Grant Women's Reiirf Corps. Christmas program at House of Hope, 7915 North Thirtieth street, at 1 p. tn Grand Army quartet will sing. Old Guard post Invited. Omuhft W. C. T. IT., 2 p. m.. a* 216 Y. \1 C A. building Dr Jennie i'hIUh will apeak on “The Rfsults of the Com munity Chest.” Executive business meet ing at 1:30. Houth Omaha W oman’s 4 lub, home economics) division, Yuletlde kenning’on at home of Mrs N. M Graham, 431S South Twenty-second. Program in charge of Mr*. Frank McGovern North Hide Mothers’ 4 lub with Mrs Cecil H*i mi, 2*57 Whitmore street, for a l o'clock luncheon and Christmas tarty. Dr Jennie t'allfas will speak on “The Passion Play.' Assisting hostesses Mrs. Harry Potter, Mr* It H. Fair. Holy Angels Parish Club, evening card I art v at cTuh hail at Twenty-eighth and Fowler avenue. Hostease* Mesdamea Flota Harrington, Hugh Hague, August Halbe, Anton Havelka. Joseph Hawley, Edward Hirons. Fisnk House, L. W. Hague and Q V. Hewitt. D. A. K.. Omaha chapter. 2 20 p m t home or Mrs F J k 4*14 Cab fornla Street Mrs. Bell R. Dent will talk on the Indians; Mrs J W Gill w;ll read and Mrs. E. O. Ames will sing. Omaha Woman’s Club, literature de partment, 2 p. m.. at Y. W. C. a Mrs Mary I. Creigh will review A Lost Lady.” by Wllla Cath*r. Mrs. Phil Welch will tell a * hrl*tmas itorf. Miss Grace Gallagher w:ll sing Christmas carols Rev. Wagner’s Son Will Come for Christmas. Mr*. James E. Wagner, wife of the new pastor at First Methodist church, arrived Saturday from the east. The Rev. and Mrs. Wagner are at home at 104 North Thirty first avenue, the home formerly occupied by Rev. and Mrs. J. W. O. Fast. Mrs. Wagner was accompanied to Omaha by her daughter. Mrs. John C. Clark, whose home is at Cornell on the Hudson, N. V. A son. Eu gene, is at home with his parents. He is a graduate of Old Wesleyan. Middle town, Conn. Two other sons will be home for Christmas. Hughes, a student at Ohio Wesleyan, and Wil liam, who ts in business at Flint. Mich. Children Give Program Eveiy*t H ' Kvalyn Kuth Pierpolnt, J-, da ugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Pierpolnt, is one of the children who will take part in the miscellaneous musical program which forms a part of the children's Christmas entertainment of the Omaha College riub Saturday aft ernoon, December* ID, at the Yates school. Evalyn Is a pupil of Robert Cusca item She will play the Romance from the Second Concerto by Wie niawski. The program is directed by Mrs. Geneva Swenson. Two children's plays, “The Christ mas Box'* and "Rhoecus.” will form a part of this delightful program, which is open to all the children of College duh women, as well as their mothers. The plays are directed by Mrs. A. S. Harrington “The Christmas Box" tells a pretty story of how a group of rich chil dren discover that one of their poorer playmates has never had a Christmas present. They remedy the lack by enough gifts to make up for lost time. Children who act In this play include Jean Wallace. Ethel Stande ven, Helen Buckiand, Bonnie Beth Berquist and Ethel Beaver. “Rhoecus ' takes Its name from Its I rinctpal character, the old Greek wood god. whose business It is to guard the trees. Rhoebus receives word that a certain dryad is in danger be cause her tree is about to fall. Me* sengers sent to save the tree dally by the wav. so RhoecUS himself comes to the rescue. The actors are Billy Cotter. Mary Hughes. Jack Cotter,! Clayton Moasman. Billy Hughes, George Harrington. Elam Standevan \ and Carol Beaver. Three I.itth- Theater Plays Here Thursday. A fantasy, a comedy and a trag- i edv will be staged at the Brandeis j theater. December 13, sponsored by ' the Drama league. The first of the three one-act plays to tie presented is “Behind a Watteau j Picture,'' a fantasy with Adelaide Fogg in the leading role. Stella j Holmes and Norma Bertram have j the principal parts in “The Florist's Shop ” “A Night at An Inn," is a tragedy | with Charles Gearistl at the head of I the cast. Trimmed Hats for ) ONE DOLLAR Choice Hats remaining f r o m former higher priced sales. These are values w o r t h many times ONE DOLLAR. Come ( Early I tfriy *y«u*■ Htat «1- tfu HI HCtxu+ cliwu&eMon e/S&SWij & eJYoxlh fiwt Comet \2-<& cTauwm Delicious Pastries for TUESDAY We want you to know the delicicusness of ‘Master’ products—For tomorrow only we make this price: NO. 1 Master 100ri Fruit Cake, one-lb., and dozen Mrs. Master’s choice cookies, value $1.60, all for. ... NO. 2 Spanish Hun Cake with whipped Cream and one-pound of Master 100'. Fruit Cake, value $1.50, all for. Have you tried our Danish Coffee Cake, Apple Coffee Cak# and Christmas Coffee Cake' Here It a Treat for You Mrs. Master’s Old-Fashioned Coffee Cake de Luxe MASTER BAKERY CO. 1314 Earnam St. Phone AT 6829 Opp W. O. W. "Salads, Sandwiches and Coffee** Dime Thrillers on Exhibit at Public Library Full of Blood and Mad Adventure But Contain Nothing of Immoral Taint. Nebraska, and even Omaha, figure as the setting for scenes of blood and mad adventure in a collection of 1.4S0 dime novels by the Beadle Publish ing company, now on display in the Indian room of the Omaha public library. "Omaha Oil, the Masked Terror, or Dead wood Dick in Danger;” "Ne braska Charlie.” by Col.* Prentiss In graham; "Wild Vulcan, the Rone Range Rider, or tlie Rustlers of the Bad Rands—A Romance of North western Nebraska;" "The Phantom Mazeppa—A Romance of Rove and Adventure on the Nebraska Plains,” by Col. William F. Cody, are a few of the titles which bear witness to the reputation of the Golde.nrod state among the boys of a generation ago. Probably many respected citizens of the state recall with a tingling skin clandestine perusal of these literary works. Indeed it is not impossible that the state owes a part of its pres ent population to such works and their circulation among adventure loving lads. Many of the vivid and thrilling ad ventures told in these dime novels, however, are based on actual fact, as is shown by the original journal kept by Erast us F. Beadle, publisher of the books, during his trip from his home in Cooperstown, N. Y., to Oma ha by stage coach, horseback and in land river boats, in 1807. The jour nal. which ts a part of the collection, narrates many Incidents later worked over Into dime novels. Regarded In the light of modern standards, these dime thrillers seem almost comically harmless, while the anguish of parents and the guilty con sciences of small boys of a genera tion ago appear tragically absurd. The Beedle novels fairly reek with morality. Property rights are never confused, while a veil of discreet (Silence is hung before all questions of sex. These penny dreadfuls, which were accused of perverting the minds of the young, are guarded by a censor ship so strict as to be laughable. The triangle Is latnned, and when a ell lain abducts a Beadle heroine It Is invariably with the purpose of gallop ing with her to the nearest parson. The collection now on display was made by I>r. Frank P. O'Brien of New York city, who has made the rounds of the book stores, beginning with Prowl's in the Bowery in 1887. W. C. T. U. Luncheon. Mrs. A. D. Franklin will be hostess to the South Omaha AV. C. T. U. at a 1 o'clock luncheon at her home In Sarpy county, AVe-dn*e»day, Decem ber 12. 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