Omahan Dies, Wife Hurt in Auto in Iowa Robert L. Grant Killed as Car Turns Turtle on Curve Near Storm Lake. Rfcbert L. Grant, 3126 Jackson street, former salesman for the J. H. Hansen Cadillac company, and since September 1, engaged In business for himself at 3128 Harney street, was killed almost instantly Saturday morning when the car in which he was riding overturned on a sharp turn dear Storm Lake, la. His wife, who was also an occu pant of the car, was severely bruised The machine was driven by Melvin Evidon, automobile man of Chicago, and a friend of the family. The party was on Its way from Storm Lake to Minneapolis. According to J. W. Van Camp, ar, executive of the J. H. Hansen Cadillac company, and a close friend of Grant, the trip was partly for business and partly for pleasure. Grant, since leaving the Hansen or ganization, has been buying and sell ing used cars. Both Mrs. Grant and Evidon, who was slightly injured, were taken to a hospital at Storm Lake, la. Mr. Grant was employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone com pany for 16 years before Joining the staff of the J. H. Hansen Cadillac company. He recently was received into the Scottish Kite degrees of the Masonic lodge. He was a member of the First Congregational church. He had no children. Mrs. Grant, before her marriage, was known here as Bernice Bank hart of the faculty of the University of Omaha. The ill-fated party left Omaha Sat urday for Minneapolis, where they Were to visit relatives of Mr. Evidon. Iowa Villages O Change Names — [Communities Listed on Old Maps Missing From Modern Records. By AsMM'iute'l Press. Dee Moines, la., Dec. 29.—Scores of names of Iowa towns which appear on early maps of the state have been changed or the towns themselves have entirely disappeared. E. R. Har lan. state curator, examining a map of 1868 which came to his attention the other day, noted a town In Davis county named "Uncle Abe," evidently after Abraham Lincoln. Today the maps show no record of It. although a few old settlers of that part of thd state recall that there was such a community at one time. The same map showed prominently a town in northwestern Iowa named Melbourne. There Is a Melbourne, la , today, but It is a tiny village far from the first Melbourne. Today’s maps shout Magnolia, la., in tiny type in the middle of Harrison county. Seven ty-five years ago and less It was Im portant enough to command on the maps type several sized larger than "Omaha City,’’ Nebraska, and at least as large ns that which proclaimed the location of Council Bluffs. While these names have faded or disrfp peared, dozens of others have been altered or changed entirely. Name Frequently Changed. Probably the most frequently changed town name in the state was that of Council Bluffs. The original “council bluffs” were some distance above the site of the present city, and on the Nebraska side of the Missouri river. They are said to have been giv en their name by (Lewis and Clark in 1802, because it was there that the American explorers counclled with the Indians. The German Maxmilian, Prince of Weld, after his journey up the Missouri in 1832-34, wrote that he saw the ruins of the fort "Coun cil Bluffs,* on the west bank of the river. The present city of Council Bluffs was first called "Miller’s Hill," in honor of a Mormon resident of the community, and later it became “Hart’s Bluffs,” after another Mor mon resident. Its third name was “Trader’s Point." gained because It was one of the Important river ports. Jn 1846 Col. T. L. Kane came up the river to enlist a regiment of Mormons for the Mexican war, and he was so kind to the Mormons, who were being driven from Illinois and Missouri and were gathering^at "Trader’s Point," that the Mormon population which predominated In the city renamed it “Kaneaville." Adopted Present Name. The present name of Council Bluffs Was adopted In 1853 when the Iowa legislature, on petition of the resi dents of the town, renamed it after the Mormons had left for the west. Trial May Be Delayed. James Griffin, •William Welter and f. C. Bankers, charged with the slay ing of "Hank" Mcardle, whose burned body wus found November 23, near I’apillion, have asked for a postpone ment of 30 days of their trial, which was set for January 2. The petition states that their attorneys, E, I) O’Sullivan, Thomas Sheehan and Arthur Morn of Nebraska City, do not care to be obligated for expenses of the trial and that the defendants have not been able to convert their property Into cash as yet. Daniel Gross, assistant county at torney, said Saturday that 14 wit nesses had already been subpeonaed for the trial, which was to have started Wednesday. The motion will be heard in criminal court Monday before Judge Goes, Radio Bible School. Bible clauses are to tie conducted from the Woodmen of the World Idfe Insurance association radio stutlon, WOAW every Sunday night starting next Sunday. The classes are to he under the direction of Mrs. t'arl It. Gray, wife of the president of the Union Pacific railroad. The Sunday evening Bible class Is a new feature In radio. It has been devised as a method for reaching the greatest number of persons iioh Bible with sound study of the Bible, Omaha Detective Converses in . English, Italian and Bohemian Parents Born in Italy But He Is Native Omahan—Learned Bohemian at School. Detective Joe Treglla is the only member of the police department who speaks three languages—Italian, Bo hemian and English. Both Ills parents were born in Italy, where his father formerly operated a vineyard at Pemoatise. Joe was born in Omaha, and at tended St. Wencislaus school, where he picked up his knowledge of Bo hemian. T>uring the war he served in the Eighty-ninth division. Three Hundred and Forty-first machine gun bat talion.. In the same battalion were three other men who later became members of the Omaha police de partment. They were Frank (Dutch) Marchant, who died last spring; Charles Gieseiman, desk sergeant, and Bob Craren, secretary to Chief of Detectives Charles H. Van Deusen. Joe Treglla’s only trip to Italy was made as an escort to a group of JOE TREGU A Italian" prisoners, returned to Italy after the armistice. American Trade Alliance Urged Ex-lllinoia Senator Tells State Bar Association U. S. Must Protect Herself. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 29.—Hundreds of members of the Nebraska State Bar association who met here today for their 1923 annual convention heard James Hamilton Lewis, former United States senator of llifnois, assert that, inasmuch ns several foreign powers have repudiated the Versailles treaty, it now behooves the American nation to link its vast resources with those of Canada, Australia, the Central and South Americas, thereby opening up new channels of trade as a measure of self-preservation. Lewi*, who now is senior partner of a Chicago law firm, delivered the principal address, and the major por tion of it dealt with the foreign policy Amer:ea should pursue in the future. Hughes to Speak. Charles Evans Hughes, secretary of state, and William Jennings Bryan were among the visitors in attendance, and both were scheduled to address the assemblage briefly this evening. Nearly every municipality and towrf%hip within the confines of Ne braska was represented in the group of legal minds gathered here. * The former Illinois senator took great pains to impress his audience with what he Interpreted as the “new policy" of European nations since the world war. This, he asserted, was now menacing the commercial life and financial Independence of our coun try, and the legal profession will have an opportunity during the ensuing year to assist In shaping legislative measuri s which should bring about harmonious international relations and obtain adequate trade privileges for America. Pro-American Continent. Ex-Senator Lewis said in part: "Tho lawyers of the United States must herald to the world the truth that the newly taken attitudes of European nations toward America now have forced.this nation to decree that the continent of America must be an American continent. "The governments of the old world, following tho war. have divided and have adopted as their new policy an alignment among themselves based upon common interests. This places each sphere of Europe and Asia in Immediate commercial and political antagonism to the United States. "This foreign alliance, consummat ed within the Inst year, necessitates this nation to join Canada. Australia, Central and South America in one continent of a single purpose—to protect ourselves against all advance of force from Asia or Europe, and to distribute the preferences of finan cial aid and commerce to our own continent under the supervision of the United States. "This procedure by America would not be taken as an antagonistic a*»<*. 29.—United Hint*** Senator Charles L. McNary of Or** gun and Mien Cornelia W. Morton of Bouton were married quietly at 1 j». .in today at the home of Mr. nnd Mr*. Joseph II. Morton, the former a rouftin of the bride, in Ouk I'urlc, u suburb* Fate of Dixmude Still a Mystery Entire Crew Believed Lost— Light Seen in Sky Wed nesday Night. liy Associated Pros. Paris, Dec. 29.—Efforts to clear the mystery of the fate of the dirig ible Dixmude had yielded no further results up to this morning but it was hoped that Captain Joubert, the French naval attache in Rome who was due In Sciacca, Sicily, today, would find In the pockets of Lieu tenant Grenadan papers that would explain the disaster. At present everyone is convinced that the entire crew of 50 men perish ed and the ship itself was destroyed. One point which is puzzling marine department officials is the fact that none of the pigeons which the Dlx mude carried has returned. The news of the discovery of the body of Lieutenant Grenadan of Sciacca is bring withheld from his wife, who is about to become a mother. The commander's father, a retired field officer wounded in the war, bore the shock stoically. “My son and his comrades," he said, “died for France and for science." Lieutenant Grenadan’s watch had stopped at 2:30 o'clock. Employes at the Sciacca railway station say tViat at 2:30 on the morning of the 28th they saw a bright transient gleam in the sky seaward, the origin of which they were umfble to explain; they were certain it wag not light ning. Other persons at Sciacca report that "two distinct flames resembling balls of fire disappeared Into the waves. Mate Sprinkled Poison, Is Claim Charging that his wife sprinkled Paris green about the home and that he was in constant fear of helng poisoned. George Sauer filed a peti tion for divorce in district court Sat urday morning from his bride of one month. Ella Sauer. Mr. and Mrs. Sauer were married In Council Hluffs in October, the petl tlon states. Mrs. Sauer deserted her husband on November 19, he charges In the petition. She is now living in St. Paul, Minn. Fires Decreasing. Tho total fire alarms In Omaha this year, estimating the last few (lays of this month, will be approxi mately. one less per day than were received by the department last year. The total for this year will be about 2,425, compared with 2,76fi last year. The fire at the Armour packing plant on February 14, added $1,750, 0O0 to the totnl fire loss, this tielng the heaviest loss recorded by the department for any one fire. Fires other than the Armour fire, for the first 11 months of this year, caused a total loss of $550,000. The entire fire loss In 1922 wns $897,696. The de partment estimates that the total loss for this year, with exception of the Armour fire, will not exceed $600, 000. Toni Mix Shot. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 29.—Tom Mix, famous cowboy htrp of the movies, was hack at his studio‘today after recovering from a sevare wound which ho received when he was ac cidentally shot by his own gun. Mix, It wns revealed today, was shot last Saturday at his home when a revolver fell from his pocket and discharged as he tried to keep a rifle, which was hanging on a wall, from fnlllng. The bullet from the pistol first struck the actor In the fleshy part of Ills lower left arm. then took a course to his hack and lodged near the spine. He was taken to a hospital where tho bullet wns re moved by an operation, it was said. Ford “Maker of Bogies.” Columbus, O., Dec 28—Henry Ford as a manufacturer of "bogles" Was a new role cast for the auto mobile man for Bertram Benedict, New York socialist whose pnper on "The Br$tlsh Labor Party" wns read today to delegates to the 19th annual convention of tlia American Political Science association, according to Pro fessor Robert C. Brooks of Hwarth more college. Studebaker Special Late model which has just been repainted nnd equipped with new tires. An exceptionally good buy. Let us explain the Hansen Flan for its purchase. "A Safe Place to Buy" J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. HA 0710 Farnam St. at 2(ith Lynn Sackett Divorced for Sake of Music “Better to Be Friends Than to Be Married,” Decision of Former Omaha Musicians. It's better to be friends than to be married. That Is the conclusion of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Sackett of Chicago, for merly of Omaha, who have tried both relationships. Now, through the medium of the divorce court, they have returned amicably to the happier state, al though they appear together on musical programs, the former Mrs. Sackett playing her former hus band's accompaniments. Their wedded life, they allege was a constant battle between art and matrimony. Not that there ever was any ill feeling! Oh dear no! But true art never seemed to flourish In chains, even of orange blossoms. Both Musicians. Mr. Sackett Is a tenor singer. The former Mrs. Sackett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Mahaffey of the Carter Lake club, now once more plain Edith Mahaffey, Is a pianist of parts. They were rflarrled at the Mahaffey home six years ago. They left Omaha shortly afterward for Bed Oak, la., where Mr. Sackett took a position as Instructor In a conservatory of music. Still later they moved to Chicago, where they have been engaged in musical work ever since. Both are booked for a concert engagement next month, when Miss Mahaffey will act as Mr. Sackett's accompanist. Soloist In Omaha Mr. Sackett was a member of the glee clpb at Central High school, from which he was graduated In 1010. He was tenor soloist for several years at the Htynscom Park Methodist church, and at the United Presbyterian church, in Omaha. His mother, Mrs. Lottie Sackett left Omaha two weeks ago to live with her sons, Lynn and Bobert, in Chicago. A cousin, Clyde Sackett, lives at 2S72 Whitmore street. "Lynn and Edith both found that they are of different temperament, and would do better work Just as friends," explained Mrs. Mahaffey Saturday. "Now they both have free dom of mind- They found It was better to work separately than to have a home. Sends Christmas Present "I felt badly about losing Lynn from the family because be is one of the nicest boys I have ever known. I loved him as a son. There Is no trouble between them. Lynn sent Edith a Christmas present." Miss Mahaffey spent Christmas In Omaha with her parents. She was called back to Uhieago the day after Christmas for an engtggment as ac companist with the Chicago Concern! company. Mr. Sackett Ss working with the same company ns soloist. Local Risk Firm Abandons Office Offices of the Commonwealth In surance company were dismantled Saturday preparatory to moving to the offices of the Standard Insurance company, St. Louis, with which the company has consolidated. The merger of tho two companion has been pending for several weeks. C r. Whitfield, secretary of the Com monwealth company, said. The deni was consummated with the intention of strengthening the policies already written. The Standard Life Is to take over all the assets of the Commonwealth Life and will assume all liabilities of that company. The officers of the Commonwealth company are to go to St. Louis to Join the new company Man Given 90 Day*. Will Irwin, arrested on a charge of stealing valuables from i three differ ent automobiles parked on downtown streets, was sentenced to 90 days In county Jail In municipal court Satur day morning. He was accused of the theft of an electric, vacuum cleaner from the au tomobile of Harry Silverman at Bey. enteenth and Dougins streets, und theft of accessories front two other machines. 192.'? Building Good. Building operations in Omaha will pass the $13,000,000 mark tills year for the flrat time in the city's history. Total of building permits Issued up to noon today for the year 1923, hy the city building department Is $13, 009 909. This represents 2 933 permits for various building enterprises. Highest previous year, according to building department records, was 1920, when permits totaling $11,435, 970 were issued. No Juvenile Court. Juvenile court was closed Saturday morning on account of school vaca tion und the meeting of the Nebraska Bar association in Lincoln Saturday. Your Credit IS COOD HERE) GOOD CLOIHKS Men, Women, Children. QUALITY DIAMONDS- i Elgin Watche*. 1847 und Com munity Silverware. Advance Style* In EVERY P*y(. Sis Blp Htorri mean large* volume lower pi ire* amJ eaev terma l>r«#s wrl> virtioai miitini the immfv Open vou* i> fvaul Tomorrow o* write frw Free Cptilnc Omaha'* Craetpat i ftrth Mars Harris Gij&rs 50^511 SOUTH ISIS ST Divorced, They re Still Friends /Cc/n n SacAett - j Seven Are Hurt in Auto Crashes One Driver Held—Another Speeds on After Hitting Man. Seven automobile accidents were reported Friday at central police station occurring between 2 p. m. and 8:40 Friday night. Mrs. C. E. Rorlck, 4543 Gran* avenue, was riding in the motor car of Mrs. W. 3. Burke, when It was struck at Sixteenth and Chi cago streets by a machine driven by E. C. Stewart. Mrs. Rorick received lacerations on the scalp and neck. Stewart was arrested on a charge of recklesft driving. Almost simultaneously, at Thirty second and Harney streets, Mrs. Rob ert Anderson was riding with her husband. Their car was hit by one driven by Mrs. Murdock. Mrs. An ders' n w is attended at the police sta tinn and was taken to her home, 513 North Nineteenth street. Half an hour later Mrs. F. E. Short received contusions on the head and hack and was bruised about the right shoulder when the auto in which she was driving was struck by another driven by Ivan G Whitmore, 1215 Farnam street. John Wo Ison, 122 North Fortieth street, car washer for the Union Pa cific railroad, suffered a fractured wrist when he was struck by a cab when hp left the curb at Tenth and Pacific streets. He was taken home by the driver and later removed to St. Joseph hospital. C. A. Garraugh. 6919 North Twen ty-fourth street, suffered slight con cussion of the brain when his car hit two telephone poles when he lost contsol. He was taken home. A car in which Bob Kent of Colum bus, Neb., and F. P. Sullivan, sales man for Oakland Motor company, were riding, hit a brick pile at S' venty-sec ond and 1> dge streets. The driver had lost control. They were taken to Uni versify hospital, and treated by an in terne. Kent received a .wound. Sulli van was unconsi ious, although It was stated that he was not badly hurt. An unidentified driver ran down Al bert Bang, laborer, 803 1-2 South Twentieth street, and sped on. Bang was taken to Eord Bister hospital, where he was treated for lacerations of the right cheek and two badly dam aged fingers on the left hand. The accident occurred at Twenty-sixth and Harney streets. Lights Lamp by Wireless. Bjr .%*.«>< lute.l Frew, Cincinnati. Deo. 29 —Transmission of electricity by wireless in sufficient quantities to light an Incandescent lamp was accomplished by Dr. Willis K. Whitney of Schenectady during a lecture and demonstration before the convention of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science here. Boys" Party at White House Washington, Deo. 29.—-The first social function at the White House for young folks In more than a decade was held yesterday, when .Mrs. Cool ldge entertained about 50 friend" of the Coolidge boys, John and Calvin. Jr. The guests ranged from 12 to 18 years of age. Oil Swindlers to Mexico. Sacramento. Dec. 29.—Warning of a mall barage from fraudulent stock salesmen who have retreated lieyoml the Mexican boundary with their get rich-quirk operations was Issued to day by the stato corporation deport ment. Crawford Signs ’Em. Upon refusal pf County Attorney Beal to sign complaints for search warrants, , Judge Crawford Saturday signed two ‘complaints Which were handed to Sheriff bhidreH in order to give officer Thsstrup a right of search. U. S. lo Lead in I'se of Opium Bloomington. Ind., I)ec. 28.—The United States will soon be classed ns the greatest User of opium In the world, it was declared by Dr. Bud hlndra Bose of Indiana, a member of the University of Iowa faculty. e ginning. continuing cold for several days; considerable cloudiness and probably occasional snows except snow or rain over extreme south por tion. Pacific states: Frequent rains in California and snow or rain elsewhere; temperature normal or somewhat be low In California end below normal elsewhere much of the week. Former Tenant Sues. Suit for no.00" w s filed In district court Saturday morning by Mrs. Nellie Taylor. 1*. 2573 Harney street, against Leo and Kdna Casey, managers of the apartment house of the same address. Mrs. Taylor states that while a ten ant there. Mrs. Cas. y assaulted her. j pushing her ngoinst the wail and j knocking her down on the floor, ren derlng her unconscious. Mrs. Taylor alleges that she had gene to the Poor to answer a call While standing at the door, Mrs. Casey attack'd her. Mrs. Taylor charges. As a result of these injuries. Mrs. Taylor alleges she has been ill since that date. Accident \ ictinn> Belter. J^rank P. Sullivan, salesman for the Oakland Motor Co., tnjurid Friday night wheh the automobile in which he was riding struck n brick pile at Seventy se, nd ar»d Podge streets, was reported out of danger Saturday morning at the University hospital. Albert Lang. S"3 1 2 South Twen tieth street, run down last nlcht by an unidentified motorist nt Twenty sixth and Harney streets, was report po improvpd Saturday morning. Hp Is nt Lord Listor hospital, Woodrough RuHtig Test. A tost oasp of Federal Judge Woodrough's recent ruling (hit pro hibition officers nre not civil officers and therefore cannot serve March warrants, was made Saturday after noon, when li. I,. Thomas, chief depu. ty marshal, went with Robert Samar dick, federal prohibition officer, to serve a test warrant. Listen to Two Splendid Orchestras In the Btandeis Restaurants Italian Renaissance Room Prince Lei Lani Noted Hawaiian Serenade™ Including Seven Instrumentalists, Sinosrs Dancers and Artbttr Randall's Royal Orchestra PRINCE LEI LANI and his serenade™ are the famous Hawaiian \ ietor artists and makers of other phonograph records. Come ami spend an evening j ind dine and listen to these I master musicians. k Tenth Floor 9 a l aw Moments From Honolulu yuw/iWUj Shipping Board Steamer Sinks; 30 Lives Lost Conejo6 Flounders in Black Sea-as Heavy Gale Rages —Other Boats Are Grounded. By International »wn Service. Moscow, Dec. 23:—The United States shipping board steamship Conejos, has been sunk in the Black sea with the loss of 30 of its crew, said a dispatch from Batoum today. The Conejos foundered during a violent gale, 150 miles off Batoum. Many ships have been driven ashore by ttje storm which swept the eastern part of the Black sea. Ships which were able to make port at Batoum and elsewhere said the gale was the worst in 20 years. A railway train of 22 cars laden with wheat was blowe from the tracks and into the sea, at Annp. The groin ship Ingomen was car ried aground. The Russian steamship Sebastopol was blown ashore on the Bulgarian coast. A number of other vessels were stranded In the same region. Cold Wave, Snow on Weather Map Omaha will experience the coldest weather of the winter so far, next week, according to M. V. Robins, meteorologist. He reports a high pressure area In the north, traveling toward the city. Possibility of snow for Sunder looms In the background and while the temperature probably will not teach zero In Omaha, below zero temperatures are In prospect else where in the state. Temperature went to 28 below zero last night at Prince Albert. Canada. Minimum temperature at Edmunton was IS below; at Calgary, 11 below; at Winnipeg, 8 below; at Morehead, Minn., 10 below; at Helena, Mont , 4 below; and at Harvard, Mont., 6 be low. Omaha Sailor’s Funeral Monady The body of James E. Donovan, 30, GG3S Emmet street, was received here Saturday noon. Funeral services will lie held Monday morning at 8:30 at J Holy Name church. Burial will be in < St. Mary cemetery. The An erican Legion will officiate i at the service. Mr. THinovan died October 30 on < board the l' S. S. Denebola in Euro pean Waters. He enlisted at the be ginning of the world war and re malned In the service until time of his death. He was born and raised In Omaha1 and Is survived by six brothers and two sisters. Norfolk Constable Hurt. Norfolk. Neb.. Dec. 28.—Cont-t.iblu Ira Hamilton of Norfolk was serious ly Injured near Hooper when h:s car. in which he was returning to Nor folk from Omaha, was crowded off an embankment and turned over. Bern's Choice of House SALE NOW ON Every Suit and Overcoat at These Prices: 22.56 4 ar^ i 25.C0 I Values Values £ 27.50 I to I • 32.50 £ i::A All Garments to 40.00 Bern Clothing Co. 1415 Farnam House Vote on Bonus Demanded Washington, Dec. 23.—A house vote on the soldiers bonus by the end of January, regardless of the status of the administration's tax revision program, is the demand of the group of republican representa tives who are war veterans. Petitions are In circulation calling for a conference of republican mem bers of the house on the night of January 10. Under the proposed call, no business except the bonus would come up, and it Is the plan of those behind the movement to have the conference instruct the ways and moans committee to report a bonus bill not later than January 21. The conference also would he asked to agree to Immediate consideration of the measure by the house once It re ceives committee approval. Glaciers Disintegrating. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 23.—The hot dry seasons of the last few years have caused rapid disintegration of glaciers lu Glacier National park. Montana, Prof. W. G. Waterman of Northwestern university declared In an address today before the geologi cal section of the American Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. TOMorpnw /It Jhompson ^Uutdenb There are so many inter esting sales going on in our store. As I go from section to section I see so many choice things reduced for now and for the January sales, that I wish that dear old Santa had brought me only money so that I might spend upon these won derful things that are so low in price and so dear to every woman’s heart. First of all I’d have a new frock for New Year’s. I do want one so badly, for Jim has taken me to all the Christmas parties, and I tell you in confidence that it has strained my wardrobe and my imagination to keep from looking just the same and becoming com monplace in the dear boy’s eyes. I know I shall perish or have a headache if I don’t have -omething new to wear on New Year’s eve. How ever, I think that I may have one. for they are reduced 20 and 50 per cent—so are the coats. You won’t be 3ble to get near Mr. Horne for weeks to come. For many days now he has been hidden behind stacks of snowy white linens, markin' them down and getting ready for the JANUARY LINEN SALE that has been the famous sale of this store for many years. This year it is whispered about among the older em ployes that "it’s going to be bigg’er and bet ter" than ever. June brides know that Janu ary is the month in which to buy linens. There is ample time to hem and initial them be sides taking advantage of the savings and mak ing the linen money stretch quite consider ably farther. It never occurred to me until the ether day and then I had to be told, but would you believe it, March winds bleach linens much whit er than the winds of any other month. Upstairs on the second floor, the section in charge of Mr. Blanch ard. there is going to be a marvelous sale of bed ding. I was most aghast when the list of items and the prices were placed on my desk. Pequot sheets and the like at such low prices and all this time I have been hearing about 35c and 10c cotton. You had better look in the papers New Year’s day. there'll be a differ ent ad in each, and be downtown bright and early Wednesday morn ing. Happy New Year to you, 1 just know mine is go ing to be. W. B. A.