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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1925)
i SOCIETY Vi__ ft# f .Custer Corps Honors President MrKinley. , j^poi-ge A. Custer Woman'* Relief lcou>* hela it* regular meetlnit Tup* day, January 27 at Memorial hall, courthouse. A short program wa* given In memory of President Mr Kinley’* birthday anniversary. Com rade John Berger of the O. A. R. talked on the life of the preeident. Mr*. Arthur flwynne and Mr*. Roy Benton *ang with Mr*. Julia Bowie at the piano. t ^Faculty Woman’s Club. TllnnTier day," Mrs. A. F. Jonas, incident of the Woman's Faculty i H*b, pronounced the meeting of the organization on * 'Wednesday at the 1 'diversity of Nebraska, College of Mridleine, following luncheon. "Mrs. Charles A. Hull gave a talk wilich wss one of the most charming artistic entertainments our club hg3f *»ver had.” said Mrs. Jonns. Mrs. Hull spoke on ihe cultural slfle of life in raids, giving her im pressions of French families with whom she has had temporary resi dence. The French peopde are too often judged by the'r cabaret life, accord ing* to Mrs. Hull, who declares that tho sinew of the nation is in the Simple, home loving people all over France. She closed with a most de lightful poem in French, giving the Kngllsh translation first. Music was furnished by Mrs. Con -end Young on the violin, Mrs. Ku genie Dinkins, accompanist, and Mrs. Rodney Iiliss, pianist. complete ami very Interesting M^ort of ill#* t’hristmns service Bwdered by the club, was read by ■fee, (’. \Y. M. Poynter. r; T<‘a for Mis* Keller. yTlie Omaha Women's committee of yio American Foundation for the Blind will honor Miss Helen Keller pud Mrs. Anne Sullivan Mary, at tea. pd iMonday afternoon. February 9, at o'clock. Hotel Fontenelle. f.1#irhe exceptive committee includes: *4' M#sdiini»p H. von AV. Srhult# HFaul Hally Fh#r A S .Tonus *^j»hn W "Towle fieorK* .Jnplyn I. psvls K VV. NV-h r. Meessih Philip Potter Lfti•,> rold fiiffnt d Miss Millard. KBjti*. A. 1. R#«*d ^Dinner for the Rlioadrs. •c’jlr. and Mr*. C. O. TaImage will p$4f>rtaln at dinner on Friday eve Jpg for Mr. nnd Mr*. W. K. Rhoades, ;Mn leave Sunday for six months In iJiliforniH. joJ,ast week the John Towles, F. W. jfc rmiehaels and VV. T. VVusons gave <&nrifrs for the Rhoades, and the Hendricks gave a dinner Wed ijbsduy of tins week. jjc 77“ —Mr*. aitmaii Hunoren. Mrs. VV. M. Walt man of Helena, jttnt., ir1 with her mother Mrs. Fred S“‘Mrf/.fferiy, who recently suffered (i broken arm. Mrs. Arthur Newell was her hostess on Tuesday. Delta Delta I toll a Luncheon. Delta Delta Delta alumnae will meet for luncheon Saturday at 1 with *!i«. R. A. Van Oisdcl. 7.111 1 Karri. Mr, Letov Lambert and Mrs. G. F. Nye will assist. f ^ - “ A Parking With Peggy | v/ “Lives of great men oft remind us 'that a lot of footprints on the sands of time weren’t, along the straight and narrow pathway.” ---—^ Best Values Friday of the W-h-o-l-e Y-e-a-r “Just Before Ihventory” Price* | All Over the Store. F. W. Thorne Co. 1812 Farnam St. V,,,.. ___ \it\ KKTINKMKNT. Fifteen Years’ Experience MRS. Rl I’ll KOONCK. St. Louis, Mo.—“1 have been tak ing Dr. Pierce'* Favorite Prescrip tion off and on for fifteen years. I had feminine trouble and couldn't get • long without this medicine' It Is worth he weight In gold. Mr*. 1 tuth Knonce, 6JMif» Noonan St. Health Is most important, to you. I in not neglect it. Obtain this Pie scriptlnn of Dr. Pierces now, hi tab lets or liquid, from vour druggist, or • pend l«c .for trial pkg. of Tablets to J»r. Pierre's Invalids Hotel in Ihlf , N. V. W rite tor fie* advice. nyi1 v, - f-N »*Of#OR CUT OUT# SLEEPING BEAUTY V_ j Adventuring. Now the princess was almost grown up, but she had never been allowed to wander anywhere by herself, so afraid were the king and queen that their lovely daughter might come to harm. However, the afternoon when she was walking In the garden, under the eyes of her mother, she managed to slip away from her ladles-in-waiting. She yvent off to a far part of the great big castle and decided she'd ex plore It all by herself The castle had so many ronrns in It that many of them had never been visited by any nns*' years. She yvent up one winding stairway and when she came to the top she saw a little door. She walked In and found a queer looking old woman sit ting beside a strange wooden machine, "What is that?" asked the princess. "That's a spinning wheel," an swered the old woman. (The prinress has run into dancer' Color the old womans cape green. Now watch for what she docs tomor row). (Copyright, 1*2!>.) Art Department to Dive I misual Entertainment. "Out of the Picture Frame" i* the [title of the play to he presented by the art department of the Omaha Woman’s club at a matinee luncheon to be given at 1 o’clock February 20 at the V. W. <’. A. /'From behind a picture frame mem ber* of the elub will represent such masterpiece* a* "Honj? of the T,ark,** P.Ttie P.ov," "Titian’* Daughter." “The r;Irl With the Broken Pitcher/* * Mme. I/Rriin and Child" and "Whin tier’* Mother.” A ¥l Confess by" Qldelega “Steve” I’ngracionaly Hows to the Inevitable. The man whom my mother-in-law had called “Steve’ wasted no acc-| j.onds in answering the ultimatum 1 had glvei^him. He stepped hark a i>ace or two and swept me a mock ing bow that had in it something ! which startled me. so memory-haunt-j ing was it. Where had I seen a sim ilar gesture. I had no time for con sideration of that question, however, and I tucked it away in a mem j tal corner from whence 1 could bring it out later for inspertion .and crave I my whole attention to the drawling utterance of the man opposite me. “Game and set, ' he said, and I also filed away the observation that at pomp time in the life of this tramp | he had been familiar with the usage and nomenclature of the tenni« courts. But 1 whs careful that neither! m face nor my vole® should betray my mental comment. “Do you know' how to get to our home?’’ I queried. "The Kye* of I/»ve." “Not likely,” he retorted, “since I’ve been stalking the mater out here. I’d just been slipped the information that you’d moved down east somewhere, and hadn’t had time to make any further inquiries when I sided my be loved parent nut walking and hurried to her side. The eye* of love you know. That hi* sneer was meant to tie provocative, J knew by the watchful eyes above the cynically twisted lips. He would have given much 1 surmise, to be able to anger me. I guessed that be knew well how to deal with wrath ful, emotional women, but that he had no experience with which to meet one who watched him -«« I was endeavor ing to do—with cool appraisal. “Then, will you kindly take down these directions," I said, as if he had uttered only the single negative mon osyllable As I gazed placidly at him I saw the flash of unwilling respect and admiration In his eyes. "Anything to please the boss," he replied, producing the stub of a pen cil ami a torn envelope for his dis reputable clothing. I dictated the directions for finding the farm, fol lowing them hy crisp caution: "See to it that you do not njenilon your errand to any one. for if I find out that you have, all possible ne gotiations end right there." "You Will I.eave Now." "Sa-ay. sister-in-law," he drawled, "don't you suppose I'm a smart enough guy In know when I'm connected with the business end of a buzz saw? I'm going let lie a good hoy and do just what m.v Sunday school teacher tells me tea—until 1 see whether she h»-pps hc-i promise, he added signif cantlc. \ "That depend* entirely upon your own behavior—and the proof that you ate the p“rson you claim to he," T retorted steadly. "Hut there's one thing more. Before you come to the farm, you are to telephone me from the station, saying you are Mt-." "How would Smith do?" he queried with a mocking grin as I hesitated. "Robinson." I returned sleadlv. "An automobile agent who wishes to sell me a car. if my husband whom you ate pleased to call your brother, is at home. I shall tell you that I have not the time to consider the matter. Then you are to wait at the railroad station no matter how long, until 1 have a chance to drive over. Rut under no clrcumstances are you to come to the house if Mr. Graham Is there unless l tell you to do so." "Zowie: Rut my beloved brother roust be a terror.” he mocked. "I sup Our Thirty-Second Annual February Sale E-X-T-R-A-O-R-lM-N-rA-R-Y % Commences MONDAY, February 2d Furniture Inspection Days Friday and Saturday ,, j These inspection clays are arranged so that you can make comparison and plans before you purchase. For our part we are^tnxious that cus tomers shall make most careful inspections; by so doing, we are able to establish beyond the shadow of a doubt, just where the best values in furniture can be secured to say nothing of the range of styles and qualities presented. Our extensive preparations will not interfere with the regular order of business, but merchandise, “on inspec tion,” marked with sale tags cannot be bought or or dered until 9 a. m., Monday, February 2. The Furniture • Consists of hundreds of odd pieces and scores of matched suites from our stock, together with several car loads of very * fine season end furniture, we have succeeded in purchasing at about fifty,cents on the dollar from a number of Grand Rapids manufacturers. The Rugs Offered I Include almost, every grade of rug made, prices are very low and we believe constitute better values, quality considered, than we have offered in nnv previous sale of floor coverings. 't ()U CAN BUY THE RUGS TODAY or any day during the February Sale while stock last*. Draperies Most extensive preparations were mHile for this sale. Mr. Douglass spending several weeks in the mills at Boston, Phila delphia and New York, securing real bargains; these, to gether with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from f ur- own stock present a Mecca for the woman with windows to drape and curtain. Lamps Lamps with shades will lie sold complete in combination. The • election will be very wide indeed, inrluding the sample lines of gpvaral high-grade manufacturers. Antique metal and lurned wood base*, together with fringed ami ruched georgette shades are offered in all the best co'orings. Kitchenwares Dinnerwares China Stoves Kitchen Furniture Toys Nursery Furniture Phonographs Office Furniture Hartmann Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases Wonderful bargains from nil these department! will go on sale Monday morning. “"I. Exchange You may exchange your old furniture for new; our ap praiser will make you a rea sonable allowance on the furniture you wish to dia posc of. Our Budget Plan Provides a plan whereby you can purchase at February ■Sale Prices, paying for same while you use and enjoy the furniture. A Houseful or an Odd Piece You will he able to furnish from cellar to garret in this sale because the stocks Ho not consist of just odd pieces, hut everything you need for every kiml of home. Experienced Salespeople We Will Hold Goods j for Future Delivery - '■ — ' Orchard-Wilhelm SIXTEENTH AND HOWARD STS. t pose It's the artistic temperament. If I'd only cultivated that Instead of the roving foot I might be A little gasp of utter w parities from my mother In law gave m* swift. Incisive utterance. "That will do," I said in the man ner I often have used to refractory srhool boys "You will leave here now, so that 1 can take Mother Graham back to the home of her friends.' He eyed me for an Instant, tliPn with another sweeping bow turned away front us. "I'd give something to have the gentling of you, my lady,” he threw hack over his shoulder. There was an intonation in the words that gave me an unaccountable little shiver. Too Young Dear Miss Allen: Am I too young to go out with fellows? I am 14 and in the eighth grade. I expect to graduate the end of June. I am con sidered good looking by most, fellows. My mother doesn't care if I go. only so that I am careful what fellow I agg going vviih. SHORTY. A little girl of 14 ought to have time for studies, plenty of sleep and play with her girl friends. Of course 1 realize that R good many girls of that ncr go with boys almost every night in the week, but that doe* not alter the ^matter, a girl of 14 i* far too young to go with bo>*. Invite Him to Call. near M as Fairfax: 1 have learned to love a certain young man and I am sure he cares for me. But he l« very bashful ami so never make* any advanrm to mi, Should I ask Ihis young man to my home? J KA N. Tea. by all means Invite him to rail at your home. There he w IU meet your parents and heroine bet ter acquainted with you. A gbl s own home Is the l>est background for her friendships. Mine Belle: If the girl doesn't writ* to you. It s a good sign that ahe doesn't ears for you any more "ih \V A K. means, "sealed with * * I r * kisa.'' Harold Compton and family ylH oo, Upy the U. V. Noble heme (hiring the latter* absenee on a Mediter ranean rrtiise. .. _-- h y «^19-21 Douglas Street FRIDA Y-~Month-End Sale of Footwear More Than 300 Pairs at ¥ foo/wEAR * jc'T Values 10 $1° ~ in certain to appeal. M' M - Every new color. f A O Footwear for the di»- Oddi and endi. Re. k criminating dreiter, in- maining number! from eluding Gold and Sil- the icaion's nailing; if ver Cloth Slippen. We you can he fitted you urge early attendance. are certain of a truly EJ marveloui value. Friday - Friday - * Your , Plan °n Logical Style iKthout Extravatianre An Ear,y ci Ann* . n.u ^ y Attendance pp g y 1519-21 Douglas Street MONTH-END SALE Greatest Values of Recent Months Never before and possibly never again E such daring price sacrifices in m Beautiful Fur-Trimmed Coats A Cleanup Without Precedent Values to $59.50 and More Your choice while they last Friday You simply cannot c o m p r • bend the magnitude of these month-end close out values until you see the Coats* . Sires 16 to 44 The quantity U aomewhat limited. Buying will be unuaually active, eo the ihrrwd ahoppert will be here promptly at ** o'clock Friday. 7 he richest of fabrics, luxurious fur trimmings, all colors, super quahtp linings. FOURTH FLOOR Final Close-Out of 100 Winter Frocks *10 Worth 4 Times This Price Dresses of both silk or wool, all colors. Dresses for every pur pose. sires 14 to 44 They can not last long at this low prire. SIMM FLOOR ^ 0 Glove Silk Vests and Bloomers Values ^ to A $2.95 $ Taken from regular stock. Not special sale merchan dise. Vest* shaped to fit, cut very long. Bloomers cut for comfort and freedom of movement. Every desirable shade. Glove Silk Vests, Bloomers, Chemise Values to $4.50 ^ r q Finest quality of Silk Jer*ey u»ed in fa»h- V W ^ ^ ioning the»e garment,. Tailored ,tyle,. j tome trimmed with real lace,, other, beautifully embroidered. Lingette Slips Regular $1.95 Value ^ 159 Splendid fitting slips, all M new shades are included. Teddies, Bloomers, Stepins Values to $3.95 . ^ Q Heavy quality crepe de chine. Tailored *r and lace trimmed, some embroidered mod els. All are well made and perfect fit m-e Silk Crepe Knit 'vA?i Petticoats vt" < 1 79 4- «■" $ I — ^4 Sizes |S 32 - 34 - 36 Vary heavy quality. Plealrd bottom,, trimmed with contra,ting braid. A remarkable value. y Milosham Bloomers and Petticoats Regular $3.95 Value —■ Bloomers with double elastic cuff, con- V 1 i w trasting trimmed, cut full, well made. * The petticoats with pleated bottoms, nov elty trimmed. m-a Kimonos and Nefli^ees Your unrestricted choice of all | / Negligees and Kimonos in the 1 f J ££ house, one-third off. Silks, / "J V-/1X Velvets, Cotton Crepes. / Choice of Any Blouse Silks, Blouses, Tub | / £"\££ «« blouses, ell colore. O y / 1 1 lake your choice at / Q Choiee of Any Sweater s Every Winter Sweater | / £ "\ £ £ must go. Your choice is ^ J v ' tl •i without restriction st / N KKTRANCF Fl.OOR 1 • g A %