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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1924)
5&ar Mothers of State to Meet Here Thursday J Fifth Annual State Conven tion at Hotel Rome; Fri day Meetings at Voca tional School. The fifth annual convention of Wnr Mother* of Nebraska will be held June 5 and 6 at Hotel Rome. More than 100 war mothers, Includ ing gold star mothers, are to attend. Mrs. W. A. Wilcox of Omaha, state president, will preside. Mrs. H. II. MeCluer, president of the National War Mothers of America, will bg the principal speaker at the meeting fol lowing a banquet the first evening. » The War Mothers of America or gainzed in September, 1918. All mothers of world war veterans are eligible. In the Omaha chapter are 128 members, including 28 gold star mothers. The work of the Omaha chapter Is composed of relief work among the ex-soldiers, In hospital visitation work and among families of former soldiers. Visit to Bellevue School. The second day of the convention will be spent at the vocational school in Bellevue. Cars have been chartered to take the visitors to the school. Bunch will be eaten with the boys, and an entertainment given In the gymnasium in the afternoon. More than 230 visits were made to Omaha hospitals by the local chapter last year. Mrs. H. H. MeCluer, president of the National War Mothers of Amer ica, will be honor guest at the con vention. Mrs. MeCluer is the sister of Mrs. S. M. Schweitzer of the Knickerbocker apartments. Mrs. A. H. Burr will be in charge of registra tion for tho delegates. Program Announced. The program will open Thursday with the singing of America by all the War Mothers in the ballroom of the Rome hotel. Invocation will be given by Rev. E. H. Jenks of the First Presbyterian church and ad dress of welcome by Mayor Dahlman. Mrs. J. F. Clabaugh of North Platte, stats vice president, will respond. A salute to the flag will be made by all the women. Mrs, J. A. Rlncker of North Platte, recording secretary, will give the roll call of the chapters. Mrs. R. J. Miles, corresponding sec retary, will give reports. After a. luncheon at the Hotel Rome, a memorial hour will be held. During the hour Mrs. Jessie Ahlquist Dickerson will sing, accompanied by Mrs. Robert Uhllg, both of Omaha. Election of officers will be held and placs of the next meeting selected. During the banquet hour. Miss Hasel Wilcox will play the violin. Miss Irene Moore will be the accompanist. Miss Bess Watson will be vocalist at the musical. Miss Hazel Beaverton and Miss Edith Rablnowitz will play the piano and Miss Gladys Furness, the violin. A reading will be given by a Mlsner school student. NEXT THURSDAY IS “BUNDLE DAY” Mayor Dahlman has Issued a proc lamation designating next Thursday as “Bundle day” when the near east relief in co operation with the schools will collect clothing. On Monday school children will take home a shipping tag which will be tied to the bundle of clothing which his parents will be asked to pack. The bundles will be brought to the schools and on Thursday near east relief trucks will collect them to be shipped as part of the cargo which is to be taken to the near east this Rummer bjl Jackie Coogan. There are 60,000 orphan children In orphanages of Greece, Syria, Pales tine,-Persia and Georgia. Fifty thou sand more are being fed one meal a day. It Is said more than 1,000.000 lives have been saved through the near east relief organization. Prisoners Ask Parole. Table Rock. Neb., May 81.—Fred Jones and Henry Jackson, serving terms in the state penitentiary for a robbery in Table Rock three years ago, have applied to the state board cf pardons for a parole. These men held up W. J. Shallenberger of this place. War Mother Officials to Be at Convention '•EL '_K ( Mr*. H. H. MrClurr. ftrj WA Wilcox, *'* MIDLAND PLEDGES TOTAL $100,000 Special Dispatch to Tha Omaha Bee. Fremont, Neb., May 31.—Continued success is being met in the Midland college appeal for $500,000 for its expansion program. Several addi tional large pledges have been re ceived in advance of the concentrated drive June 8 to 1*. The German. Nebraska synod has pledged $25,000. Mr*. Mary Sudman and family at Sarben have pledged $5,000, as have also Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Miller of Surprise, Neb. A donor, who pre ferred that his gift should be enony mous, has pledged $10,000. A mother fn Kansas, who also declined to divulge her name, pledgsd $5,000, To date, Dr. J. F. Krueger an nounced, pledges hav# been made with a total over $100,000, BIG CELEBRATION AT DAKOTA TOWN Miller, B. D., May 31.—Everything is in readiness for South Dakota de velopment congress, which opens in Miller next Wednesday morning. Golf, horseshoes, baseball, "nerrygo round for big and little, band con eerte, quartet, choruses, movies, bar becue and speeches by prominent men of South Dakota and nearby states make up the program of these two big days. Visitors will he here from ell parts of the state. W. J. Arnold, secretary of the assoclatiqji, states that large delegations are coming from Bioux Falls, Watertown, Aberdeen. Huron, Mitchell and Redfleld, all helping to make this the biggeet get together meeting ever held In the state. Richard Cornhusker, “Ak” Hero, Breezes Into Hokum, County of Bragg, Bullifornia; Is “Fleeced” By A. R. OROH. Richard f'ornhuslter, an honest. Ne braska farmer, got the fever to go to Call—pardon us, we mean .Bullifornla, He went. His adventures there and his eventual return to the great commonwealth of Nebraska comprise the plot of the new Ak Sar Ben show which will have Its premier at the historic •'Pen" tomorrow night. It's something entirely new in "Ak" shows and it's a ''knockout" accord ing to Impresario Qua Renze, Stage Plrector Frank Tatteneer and Oscar Lleben. Beading Man Bawrence Shaw, Byrlcs Writer O. Lawrence Hawthorne Music Author Fritz Al Carlson and Assistant Mtlss Green leaf. After viewing a rehearsal, the writer who Is a veteran of several Ak Sar-Ben shows, agrees with these gentlemen and wlshea to' state that the man who falls to get a member ship and see this ahow la cheating himself out of the biggest 111) worth ► he has ever been cheated out of, / Seeing that ahow every Monday night (or ns many Monday nights as one wlshea); and getting free hot dogs, cheese sandwiches'Xbuttermllk and near beer, to say nothing of tickets to the ball, 1# a bargain ex ceeded by nothing else we can think of outside of tha purchase of Manhat tan Island from the Indiana for |14 " ♦'«ss|tl) of beads. THyioys "Permanent Ravers.” Folk\ who have the "permanent rave'' aOput California will not enjoy I It eo muth. for it Is a satire on the I so-called ttlidden state’s penchant for L boosting Itself, But most of the folks who see It will be of the opinion that Nebraska ia pretty good at that. Of courae. moat of what goes on ^ Inside the Pen cannot be divulged. It f Il permitted to remark that the scen ery was all 6uiU to order and In clude* one whole stage setting which Is moved on and off bodily like they do at the New York Hippodrome. In on* act a most lifelike train pull* Into Hokum, Bragg county, Built fornla. Our hero Invests freely In oil wells, orange groves and sunken gar dens, assisted liy an army of realtors and promoters. He writes horn* for more “money and gets It and Is event ually nominated for congress, a scene In which the whole audience finds it self In th* cast, with John N. Bald win chairman of tho convention, Pan Urns* the "keynoter" and Barristor* Hobart Hwltzler, Jr., Jn« Lovely, Bryce Crawford, Jr , Claudio Pelltnlu end Oenrge Collins making stirring spesche*. Rut Walt and Nee. Rut w* have gone far enough In divulging the secret* of Ihn drama. Hufflcn It to say that Other parts are taken by Jay Holman, Ulndslone Perhy, R. I). Thomas, Maynard Hchwartz, Herbert Connell, Charles Pocherty, Richard Low, fieri# House, Mickey Gllmon, Hobert Buckingham, fins Hwjruson und Kenneth Reed. Also tho "Bull Quartet” composed of Hoy Tyler, Hugh Wallace, I’hll Hcl grin and Ulailslons Derby. The best stuff, of course, Is r* served for those who' are wise arid clever enough to come forwaid with their $10 notes. Th» music Is all original, composed by Frit* Al Cailson ami the chorus I* mado up of the 60 trained singers of Carlson's Orpheus Hlngers. Men ran buy memberships at th* Pen any Monday night am\ go right In and see the big show and get the big eats. The ehow Is for men only, though It Isn’t that kind of a show For those who wish to make their own drap eries we are equipped to give every assis tance. Illustrated Pictorial Review Pat. N6. 126. Pattern costs 60c. Materials needed for a T-foot window, 6% yards of 36-inch width or 3% yards of 60-inch width. 8V6 yards of edging are needed together with 2%, yards of braid. There are 21 others on which we can furnish the same in formation end supply the pa per patterns. Ask for Pattern Book, 2 Be. Especially Attractive are our offerings of Fringed Curtains *—for formal rooms New and very attractive de signs in fringed, figured Super Filet Curtains for liv ing room or dining J. QC room, per pair.T.OJ Fringed Punto Tirato A figured Casement Net Cur tain of great £• gjrv beauty; per pair.D.DU Escola Net Curtains A plain or figured net similar in style to the popular Tus cans of la?t year. Shown with fringes; <7 a a per pair../ .l/U Fringed Broiderligne Curtains Reminding one of old-fash ioned embroidery. Especially suitable for case- 0 FA mente. Pair .5,Jv O-O Take a Portable Autophone on Your Vacation This little “Suitcase" Phono graph with the Victor and Brunswick records you love best will add that last touch to your vacation, making it a complete success. Main Floor. O-—O Our Sale of Wamsutta Sheets and Cases Offers you an opportunity to purchase the best of percale sheets at less then regular prices. And really good sheet* are SO satisfactory, you know. Percale Quality Plain 4.50 72x108, each.3.25 4.25 81x90, each.3.25 90c 42x3814 • each.75<f 1.00 45x38 %, each....804 New Bedford Quality Plain 3.25 03x90, each.2.00 8.75 81x90, each.2.55 4.25 81x108, each....3.00 75c 42x38 H, each.55^ 86c 45x3814, each.604 Fancy Bed. Spreads Especially suitable for your bed chamber at this time of year. Stenciled —Appliqued—Can dlewick, and Crewell Embrow dery in practically all calora or combinations of colors, suitable for bedroom use. Single or double bed eize priced up to.11.75 5.25 stenciled designs, single size . 3.05 6.75 stenciled designs, double bed size .4.85 Orchard-Wilhelm | SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STREETS. t \ - ' ‘ ' ' -i ’ " ’“-1 * '< “—Purchased in the May Market at Bargain Prices Are Offered Omaha ns THIS WEEK All grades of Rugs are in this offering including Wiltons, Velvets, Ax minsters and Saxonys. There are so many rugs that we are using our main floor for Extra Sales Space for this event Some of the rugs are slightly imperfect, but clearly so designated in every instance. The values are such as have over and over again proven the desirabil ity of shopping at Orchard & Wilhelm Co. Savings Range From 15% to 33V3% Examples-— Axminsters Many of these rugs are made without a seam, all of them have the high wool pile that gives such good service, whilo the designs and col oring* are new and altogeth er desirable. 4.6x6.6 Axminsters ...14.75 «nd 17.75 —inatead of 17.60 and 22.61 6x9 Axminsters ’ .... 19.50 to 28.50 —Inatead of 21.60 to J6.60. 1.3x10.6 Axminsters ... 28.50 to 45.00 ■—inataad of 11.60 to 11.60, 9x12 Axminsters .28.50 to 4B.00 —instead of 37.56 to 69 50. Rag Rugs Qualities vary, but values are uniformly excellent. Sizes, colors and patterns are in never ending assortment. A few oval shapes are in the offering. 1.50 2.50 4.00 —initead of appreciably higher priee*. * -Read Carefully -Profitably 'Axminster Hall Runners These rugs have been very hard to procure. Now we have them and are able to offer then at extraordinarily low prices. 27 inches x9 feet, sale price.13.50 27 inches xl2 feet, sale price.17.75 27 inches xlS feet, sale priee.21.50 16 inches x9 feet, sale price.17.75 16 inches xl2 feet, sale price.23.50 Hundreds of Carpet Remnants from 60c per remnant. Short rolls, enough for small rooms; from, per yard, 61.66 Velvets This is an especially attrac tive offering comprised of several grades, so that if you favor the easy-to-sweep, close nap of the velvet rug, you are bound to find such a rug at the price you wish to pay. 9x12 Velvets .24.50 to 42.50 instud of 32.OS to 12 SO. Small Hartford Saxonys and * Wiltons Here again you will find a very wide assortment, and the patterns being dropped by tne mill the savings are most substantial for such line standard rugs. 27x34 Wiltons and Saxonys.12.50 ■—inst«a«i of 16.00. 36x63 Wiltonu and Saxonys.18.75 — iBftttad of XI.66. Small Axminsters Attractive patterns, so varied in design and color that you can find rugs for every room, landing and hallway— Arranged in piles on our main floor according to sire. 6.50 27x54 Axminsters .4.75 7.25 36x63 Axminsters .5.25 16.60 36x70 Axminsters .7.75 Fine Wiltons Space will not permit us to quote all the Wilton sizes and prices, but customers can be assured that the selection is large and the values most attractive. Sizes range from 27x54 inches to 11.3x 15 feet, and include all the unusual sizes, shown in liber al assortment only by Or chard & Wilhelm. Be Sure and Bring the Sixes •f Your Rooms. -Store Opens 9 A. M.. This Sale on Main and Second Tune, the Month of Brides The June bride of thirty-one years ago, shopping in Omaha, may have had some doubt as to where to buy her furniture, but today the knows, and is ad vising her daughter to go to Orchard t Wilhelm because their merchandise has stood the test, her test; their business principles won her esteem and good will. One dominating advantage found in selecting furniture in thl* atore reats upon the fact that we are the exclusive agent* in thia territory for eucn fine furniture factoriea aa Berkey & Gay, Imperial Furniture Co., Knox-Hutchina, Valentine-Beaver and other insti tution* that are byword* in the trade for creative etylea and efficiency of manufacture. This is our thirty-second June and June brides are again asked to let us help with their homefurnfshing problems. For our part no sympathetic attention or painstaking effort shall be spared to give them tb* very best this house affords f" f 7%. Exchange Your old furniture for new through our Exchange De partment. Ask for an appraiser. Use Our * Budget Plan to Pay June, the month of hearty good will toward brides, is the month w* extend every consideration toward young homemakers. "ImperialTables” The fine two-tone mahogany finish, together with the select stock that goes into these tables, makes them very desirable. The style pictured ia one of simple grace and a most excellent value. ?xr“.26.00 Windsor Chairs These genuine Mahogany Wind sor Chaira and Rockers are con structed from the finest of stock in a design that is both authen tic and very serviceable. Chait Z**.":.23.50 Guaranteed Mattresses Without costing you a penny more, all our better felted cot ton mattresses will be sold with a BOND that guarantees you sat isfaction or replacement. Here are some of the guaranteed mattress, we quote for full sire: Winner, 45 lbs., Hotel Special, 60 r*A lbs., at.£J.OU Fmpresa (non-stretch- n j-A able), 60 lbs., nt.£O.DU Builtwell, 60 lb*. A «^q *7^ very popular mattresa. . / D Flexo (patent spring IQ Pn center), 60 lbs., at... Oy.OU Inner Stitch, a tuftless mattress of wonderful resil ience, 60 lbs. Other O. k W. Mattresses that we hesitate to put so broad a guarantee upon, yet such as will give excellent service and satis faction, at— 9.85 12.50 15.00 Bow Toot Bad—As pictured. This is s full size bed that can be matched up with X.34.00 Maplo Porch Rockari Nat ural maple color, with dou ble, hand-woven cane seats. 3.95 Chairs and Settees also shown to match. I Large Vanity Dresser—Ai pictured, to match bed and other pieces; Cq nc price only . I 1 " Kalta* Spring Seat Arm _ „ . , „ . Rocker, an attractive, ma 3-piaca Brown Kalta* Suit#--Unexcelled for use in small apart- ,^ium ,ilf ro^jr 0f win. ments, gunrooms, eneloaed porches, ate. Exactly JO nr some beauty and utility. as pictured, in baronial brown. Price .JO,/J Shown in baronial brown with seat, upholstered in A simple 3-piece Kaltex Suite for porch or ^3 JCl tapestry. 1 n nr aun parlor can also be seen at.dll* Price.1 / .0*) What is a Suggestry A suggestry la a department that makes really wise, ap appropriate and altoggthei delightful suggestiona to friends and relatives fran tically searching for the most cunning and acceptabls Gifts for Brides For Instance Stemware »—for Brides A charming gift can be made from the new Stemwara we are displaying this spring. We suggest services for six, eight or twelve in one or all shapes. You can sive the goblets and another friend can give the sherberts or par faits. WE keep the record. Worthy of note are: Ice Tea Seta, 93.00 to 919 00. Crystal Goblats, do*., 96.90. Iridescent Goblets, 99.00. Iridescent Sherberts, 99.00. Fine Silver Plate —for Brides The especially attractive things that you can find in • fins silver plate or Dutch are appreciated by every bride. Between a sugar and cream set and a complete tea service there is such a wide range of possibilities that you can regulate the expenditure. Beautifully dona Sandwich Trays, 95.00. Large Pitcheis, 910.00 and 912.50. Sugar and Cream Sets at 910.00. Coffee Sets (Pot. Sugar, Creamer, Tray), 916.00. Gravy Boat, 910.00. Lenox China —for Brides Nothing is quite so encourag ing to one who has everything to purchase in China as the gift of service plates or teas or one of the important items in their favorite pattern. Our exclusive showing of the famous Lenox (Beljeekl China is larger than ever be fore. MAIN FLOOR ' Detroit Jewel Gas and Oil Stoves Offer • else and a kind to fit your kitchen, your household and your purse. All This Week the 62.50 Range Illus trated will be sold at 49.50 ? Aud Whito Perce * lain Top Tablo illus trated will bo girau FREE. FEATURES — Whit* porce lain part* as shown. Oven large enough for WEAR EVER turkey roaster, TERMS Accounts opened for those who wish to defer payments to the first of July and there after, you may pay aa little »•- P«r COO month O Fuel line and connections FREE, A liberal allowance made on your old stove. Ask about Detroit Jewel Fur naces. O—-*-O Herrick Refrigerators Two Special Numbers 100-lb. 3-door style with odor less spruce lining - The kind of value that has made HER RICK famous— 46.50 70-lb., 2-door style with »hii* enamel lining. This is an un usually good value-— 29.50