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How Xeeeaaltlea Wrrt
v Laaarles All Vat the Few
Vemorr of Tlmea Vtu Social
Eqaajlts- Waa Nat a Myth.
Thta Is the stoi-y of hli flrst Christmas,
WUlw4 by a certain well-placed cltlzrn
of today whose memoir reaches back Into
tha middle of the last century.
It was a different world then. The civil
af waa yet to be fought. Barring lla use
on the telegraph wire, electricity waa still
untamed. There were extenalve stretches
of country now crlaa-crossed bv raiirnai
where the locomotive whlatle had never
been heard. Many of the thlnga held to
,le necessaries now by everyone were luxu
Mea to all but the unduly rich,
Humanity, Ita emotlona and the eternal
iTerltlea, are the aame today aa they were
on that mid-century Chrlatmaa, but In tho
joutward forma and observance! that go to
'make up the visible life of the people In
(the new world at least there baa been a
revolution so great since then that only
Ithoee who have aeen It can appseclate It
oven vaguely.
, The well-placed citizen waa then of the
ie that delighted tn copper-toed boots
'Unknown to bora of today and he wore
mittens on his hands and a knitted com-
forter abont his neck In cold weather. His
i father waa a Methodist circuit rider In one
j of the middle Atlantic statea, who preached
three tlmea on every 8unday--at 10 In the
morning In a little church without a steeple,
'at 2 In tho afternoon In the round school
house In Bunker's Hollow, and at early
candlelight In the atone school bouse at
Nelson's Settlement driving some thirty
two mile weekly to make the circuit
Joya of Anticipation.
The day before that flrst Chrlstmaa waa
a day of the liveliest anticipations, since
the minister and hla family had been aaked
to eat the Chrlatmaa dinner at Brother
Nelson's, and to come the night before, ao
that the boy could hang up his atocklng
with the half-dozen young Nelsons. Just
what that meant he didn't understand
very clearly. In the community to which
his father ministered It bad been trans
planted almost bodily from Puritan New
England the observance of Christmas waa
only beginning, and the children who had
heard about Santa Claus were few.
The winter waa severe that year, and the
outlines of the hills and valleys were
softened by a two-foot covering of anow.
i Brother Nelaon'a houae waa a good fifteen
miles away from the atory-and-a-half par
sonage, and the boy and his father and
mother started on their Journey over the
shining white roads soon after the sun be
gan Ita descent of the western aky.
The air waa so crisp that It made the
boy's cheeka tingle. Before the three took
their aeata in the alelgh a flat marble
'alab had been well heated in the oven
for them to rest their feet on ao that
'they shouldn't freeze. About .them they
wrapped a great hairy buffalo robe, the
'like of which couldn't be bought anywhere
today, no matter how much money was of
fered for It.
Primitive Traveling;.
The drive to Brother Nelson's waa
i,
through narrow valleya where the air waa
'so still that the cold waa hardly noticed,
land over ateep hills on the topa of which
the wind piled the anew Intq drlfta which
;made the roada nearly impassable and al-
most frose the boy'a eyes shut, ao keen
rwaa tt.
Thla made the arrival at Brother Nelson's
o late that the big camphene lamp which
graced the . Nelson parlor waa already
'lighted. Like the buffalo robe, the cam-
'phene lamp Is now a thing of the past; no
one tn all that region boasted such a luxury
but the Nelsona, and ihey never lighted
thelra save on festive occasions.
Of the evenlDfj, the solid citizen remem
bers onlyithat the boy fell asleep soon after
the meal of bread and butter, honey, pre
aervea, cold ham and ao on, called "tea,"
to tha accompaniment of a spirited discus
alon between hla father and Brother Nelson
as to whether there was likely to be a war
over the negro slaves, and that someone
valnly tried to wake him ao that he might
hang up his stocking.
He waa wide awake early the next morn
ing, though. He had slept In a trundle bed
tn the attic along with two of the Nelson
boys, and with them. In the gray dawn, he
scrambled out of bed to find what "Sindy
Clos" -had put In the atocklngs.
Contents of the Storking-.
Of the contenta of hla atocklng the boy
recalls only one thing a globo-shaped fruit
of a rich reddish yellow, which the Nelaon
boys aald was an "orange" the first orange,
la point of fact, that the miniater'a son had
ever seen. It waa of the most delicious
flavor, he found, later In the day when he
was allowed to eat it, and he atlll remem
bers the awe with which the statement waa
received that every one of the three dozen
oranges which Brother Nelaon had bought
at the county aeat the day before for the
Chrlatmaa dinner bad coat a dime, and that
UGUT AND DARK,
Day and night, sunshine and shadow
are not more different from each other
than a healthful from a sickly woman.
The healthful woman carries light and
sunshine with her wherever ahe goes.
The woman
who suffers
from ill-health
casts a shadow
on her own hap
piness and tile'
happiness of
others. She
cannot help it.
Those who suf
fer cannot
smile and sinar.
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Christmas Menus
Here are given four menus as sugses
tlona for Christmss dinners. None Is In
expensive, but on Chrlstmaa it la one'a
duty to have the very best dinner of tho
whole year. Thla la menu No. 1:
Cream of Oysters.
Olives and Baited Almonds.
Crab Flaks Au Gratln.
Hoftt Turkey, Cranberry Snuce.
Mashed Potatoes. Boiled Onions.
Celery Pa lad.
Toasted Wafers.
Edam Cheee.
Mince Fie. Ice Cream.
Fruit. Coffee.
Get all your materials for this dinner
the day before Christmas. Make the cran
berry Jelly-the day before and prepare
the turkey aa already outlined. Make the
mince plea three or four days before.
Christmas; they are better tor being kept.
See that your husband puts the olives and
aalted almonds on the table, and when the
time cornea for ice cream let htm take
It out of the freezer.
Crab flakes come In cana, and are aaid
to be very good, but if it la possible to do
so get them freeh from a reliable fish
dealer. One pound of crab flakes will
make an entree for alx persons. Tut a
pint of rich milk In a saucepan over the tiro
with two heaping teaspoonfuls of butter.
Dissolve thoroughly two heaping table
apoonfula of flour in enough milk to make
It have the consistency of thick cream.
When the milk In the saucepan beglna to
bubble, atlr In the dissolved flour a little
at a time, stirring briskly and constantly
to keep It from lumping. When all la In
and the cream sauce Is very thick, stir
In the crab flakes, season with a little red
pepper, a teaspoonful of salt and a sug
gestion of powdered mace. Butter well
the Insido of a baking dish large enoilgh
to hold the creamed flakes, then turn the
mixture Into the baking dish, sprinkle tbo
surface with fine bread crumbs, put a few
little pata of butter over the crumbs, stand,
the dish In a quick oven, and let it remain
Game Not Protected
Mr. J. Fullerton of Red Lodge, Mont., has
written a letter to President Roosevelt con
taining disclosures relative to the manage
ment of the Yellowstone National park
and calling the attention of the executive
and congress to the necessity of remedy
ing certain abuses. Mr. Fullerton, like
Buffalo Jones and other western men, re
ports the Washington Post, Is interested In
the protection and preservation of the
native game antmala of North America, es
pecially the small and constantly dwindling
remnant tn the National park, and about a
month ago came to Washington wlth a view
to laying the matter before the proper au
thorities. He was unable at that time, bow
ever, to gain what he desired, but at the
president's request wrote and forwarded the
letter above mentioned, which, to say the
leaat. Is an eye-opener as to the way things
are being carried on In the nation's great
game preserve.
While In Washington Mr. Fullerton was
seen by a Poet reporter, to whom he re
lated the following facts, which form the
body of the letter to President Roosevelt,
but which he at that time was unwilling
to have published. Now, however, that he
has inaugurated his crusade In behalf of.
better game protection, the facts are "re
leased," and are given In the following, just
'as stated by the captain, who proposes to
sustain and defend all that he charges:
He first states that the latest report of
Captain John Pitcher, the park guardian, is
utterly misleading as to the number of
animals In the park. Among other things
this report atates that there are now from
80,000 to 60,000 elk on the reserve, while Mr.
Fullerton declares the actual number to be
less than one-tenth of 80,000. He statea that
before coming to Washington he took a
drive over two-thirds of the Yellowstone
reservation, and that during thla trip he
failed to discover tracka or any other
evidences of elk. That number of elk, he
claima, would aoon exhaust the pasturage
In the Yellowatone reserve.
The truth In regard to the elk, he atates.
Is Just this: Owing to the growth and ex
pansion of the secret society known aa the
Order of Elks, a great demand has arisen
of late years for the canine teeth of .elk,
and this demand has extended into other
It had been hard to get so many specimens
of the precious fruit at all.
From this and other circumstances which
the citizen remembers of that mid-century
Chrlstmaa It Is clear in his mind that
Brother Nelson was the rich man of all
that region. Indeed, the settlement had
been named for him. He had a big farm,
which kept himself and hla three or four
hired men busy all aummer and fall, and
he alao owned a sawmill, the running of
which occupied their time and attention tn
tbe winter.
The pond which furnished the power to
run the mill was the source of great sport
that Christmas day for the young Nelsons
and their guests. It was covered v. 1th Ice
a foot or more thick, with a surface aa
"glairy" aa glass, and tbe bigger Nelson
boys, tbe three or four mill handa and a
lot ot the neighbors spent the morning
skating upon it, while the children made
a slide at one side, which they enjoyed im
mensely. Some of the boys had sleds on
which they "r6de down hill" nobody
"coasted" then In that neighborhood fin
ishing up their rides on the ice, each one
striving with much screaming and laughter
to make his sled go farthest over Ita level
surface. Few ot the women and girls ven
tured to skate, for that sport waa gener
ally thought too boisterous for members
ot the fair sex, but many ot them took part
In tbe rldea on the sleds.
Fires ef Other Daya.
It was quite as cold on that Chrlatmaa
as It had been the day before, and someone
built a treat bonfire of pitch pine stumps
and logs on the Ice, exactly In the middle
of the group of happy, red-cheeked young
folks, who Joked and laughed and told
stories while they warmed their Angers
and toes. Some of them brought applea,
which they roasted In the fire and ate with
much guato. t
With all this the boy waa pleased hugely,
though moatly as an onlooker, for tha copper-toed
boots had a way of slipping out
from under him when he tried to slide, and
he had no akatea. He rode down hill on
the aled a few tlmea with the biggest Nel
son boy, and that waa Iota ot fun and highly
exciting. On tbe laat trip the sled waa
overturned, and the boy bad to be hurried
to the Are to be dried and warmed. . When
the biggeat Nelaon boy waa ready to take
the youngster on another trip he ahlvered
and aaid in hla politest way, "No, I thank
you," to the invitation.
The great event of the day waa the din
ner. Brother Nelson and his wife were
hospitable souls and had invited halt the
settlement to sit round the board with
them. Bo many accepted the "invite"
that there were four or five tableatul and
the serving ot the meal, which began In
the big kitchen with the Brat tableful sharp
II, was not completed for tha laat table
ful till nearly 8 in the afternoon. The
minister and his wife ste st tbe first table
ful and the minister "asked the Meaning"
st each. Tbe children ate last and would
have been pretty hungry by tho time their
turn earns U Bister Nelson had not stayed
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1902.
till the mixture Is brown over the top.
Then remove, garnish the dish round the
edge with a fringe of parsley, put a few
quarters of lemon over the top and serve.
Menu No. 2 Is as follows:
Cream of Celery.
Olives. Baited Almonds.
Stuffed Tomatoes.
Ronst Uonse. Apple Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes. Polled Onions.
Grape Fruit Palad.
Cream Tapioca Pudding.
Currant Jelly.
Fruit. Coffee.
If you cook your dinner from menu No.
2, prepare the tomatoea the day before,
and at the same time stuff the goose. Also
make the apple sauce and the pudding the
day before. The pudding should be eaten
cold with the Jrlly. Thla is a simple din
ner and requires little skill or extra work
In Its preparation.
Menu No. S:
Cream of Tomatoe.
Celery. Olives.
Ovster Patties.
Roa!t Chicken.
Boiled Virginia Ham.
Baked Sweet Potatoes.
Cauliflower. Cream Sauce.
Escnrole Ha lad.
Cream Cheese.
Toasted 'Wafers.
Apple Suet Pudding.
Fruit. Coffee.
Boll the Virginia ham the day before
Christmas. After It la boiled, remove the
rind, score it across the fat, sprinkle with
sugar, stand In the oven till brown over
the top: then put It where It will get cool,
for It is to be served cold.
Have the oyster pattiea sent In from a
caterer's. You can buy better than you can
make and quite as cheap. Make the pud
ding the day before and stand it In a kettle
of hot water on the Are as soon as you sit
down to dinner, and It will be Just hot
enough when the time comes to serve it.
Dress and stuff the chickens the day before.
quarters to such an extent that today elk
teeth are almost as valuable as some ot
the commoner varieties of precious stones.
Aa a reault of this they are being slaught
ered by the thousand In the forest reserve
to the south of the park, by unprincipled
hunters, who kill them in season and out.
These men, who, according to Mr. Fuller
ton, literally swarm around the borders of
the park, make no use of the carcass, ant
lers and hide of the animals which they
thus wantonly slaughter, merely removing
the teeth, and leaving the remalna as a
feast for the wolvea and bears which infest
this neighborhood.
This, however. Is only one phase of tbe
question. The statea bordering tbe park
have each a law authorizing the payment
of a liberal reward fen the destruction of
wolves, bears or other destructive carni
vores. These Iawa were enacted at the
Instance of the sheep ranchera, who hope
by thla means to protect their herds from
the attacks of natural enemies. The people
living In the immediate neighborhood of
tho park are, for the most part, engaged In
sheep raising, which, he statea, is becom
ing more burdensome and precarious year
by year, by reason of the protection and en
couragement afforded by the Yellowstone
park to this class of animals. ' Aside from
the' fact that the park management makes
very little effort to keep down or to ex
terminate these animals, which are thriving
and Increasing at tho expenae ot all the
others, the wanton destruction of elk to
the south of the park for the sake of their
teeth haa attracted wolves, bears, pumas
and lynxes from every direction, and when
the elk becomes scarce and the beasts ot
prey can no longer thrive and fatten upon
what the teeth hunters have destroyed they
turn their attention to the sheep folds of
the ranchmen. Then, when the letter take
arms against the carnivores all they have
to do to escape destruction la to retreat
within the national reserve.
The buffalo, he states, are reduced to
twenty-two head, and are driven about
over the reserve In an aimless, addln
headed fashion by the park employee, oft
entimes resulting In their straying beyond
bounds and being killed. The reservation,
their stomachs with liberal "pieces"
(mostly bread and butter and sugar) "be
tween meals."
All the tables but one were waited on
by Mrs. Nelson's "hired girls," but at one
table they sat down the same as guests.
These girls were the daughters of well-to-do
neighboring farmers, were quite as good
socially as Mrs. Nelson and "helped" In
her kitchen chiefly as an accommodation.
Mrs. Nelson herself and tho minister's wlfo
waited on that table.
The sun was low when the last tablo
waa swept clear of its holiday feast and
then Brother Nelson called in as many
aa could get Into the spare parlor and
asked them to listen while bo made s lit
tle speech. He stood up snd hemmed snd
hawed a mdVnent, after which he aaid he
thought, having found out that Christmas
day waa the minister's birthday, that be
waa deserving of a special present, and
ended by presenting the astonished young
preacher with a purse containing a gold
dollar for each of hla years.
The minister then made a little talk
which "be followed by a short and rev
erent prayer and the district schoolma'am,
who boarded at Brother Nelson's, waa
asked to sit down at the meiodeon the
only musical "instrument" in the settle
ment and play hymna wh.lle all present
sang.
There was "Coronation" and "Green
land'a Icy Mountains" and "Rock of Ages"
and then the boy slipped away tn a
dreamless sleep, which waa not broken
till he and hie father and mother were
half way home. He woke in the bright
moonlight of a clear cold winter night and
listened without speaking for a long time
to tho rhythmic beat of the horae'a hoofs
on the snowpath to which the slelghbella
Jingled In perfect time, whilo the minister
aang softly one of the hymns In which all
had Joined at Brother Nelson's.
Then he snuggled up comfortably under
the wsrm buffalo robe.
"It'e been a pretty good Chrlatmaa," he
told his father before dropping to sleep
sgaln.
She Remembered.
Philadelphia Press "Rev. Mr. Stern's
remarks over poor John were ao sympa
thetic, I thought," said the widow's friend.
"Sympathetic!" replied the widow Gay
rake. "He aald John 'had gone to Join the
great majority." "
"Well?"
"Well, In his sermon several Sundays ago
be declared that the great majority ot peo
ple go below."
Philosophically Considered.
Washington Star: "Students of tha sub
ject say that it li dangerous for a man
to have too much meat," remarked the beet
trust promoter consolingly.
"Yea." anawered tbe consumer: "but vou
can't always go by what the students sav.
They have also declared that it la aome
tlmes dangerous for a maa to have too
muck money."
Seasonable Tips for
Busy Housekeepers.
For apple suet pudding, peel and cut In
thin slices six large, sour apples. Chop
fine half a pound of auet, removing all
fiber from It. Then mix the suet thoroughly
with a pint of flour, through which a ea
spoonful of salt and two generous tea
spoonfuls of baking powder have been
lfted. Beat three eggs and four table-
spoonfuls of sugar to a cream and grate in
a quarter of a nutmeg. Stir this mixture
through the flour. Then gradually add
enough milk to make a stiff batter.
Butter the Inside of a large pudding
mold, put In a layer of butter, then a layer
of the sliced apples, then the batter. Re
peat thla process until all the material Is
used and have at least two Inchea of space
at the top of the mold. Fasten the cover
on securely and stand the mold In a kettle
of boiling water. Let the pudding boil
three hours; then take off the cover and
stand it In a moderate oven for half an
hour. Serve the pudding hot or cold, with
cream and sugar.
Menu N. 4:
Chicken Soup.
Celery. Olives.
Scalloped Oysters.
French Pickles.
Roast Beef. Pigeon Pie,
Potatoes Roasted In the Pan.
Spinach Creamed.
Lettuce Salad.
Roquefort Cheese.
Toasted Wafers.
Plum Pudding.
Fruit. Coffee.
Make the chicken soup the day before
and then all you have to do la to heat If
for dinner. Save the chicken for a salad
the day after Christmas, or for Chrlstmaa
night, if you dine in the middle of the
day. Make the pigeon pie the day before,
aa It Is to be eaten cold.
- By doing all that can be done the day, or
several days, before Christmss, the mother
of the family will save herself much
trouble, and will be able to enjoy the day.
Charge of Abuses in Yellowstone
National Park.
he statea. Is only half patrolled by a hand
ful of guardsmen, when It should be fenced;
while the venality of theae few In accepting
bribea Is so open, notorious and well known
that westerners have long since ceased to
express curprlse at It. Most any wealthy
eastern man can afford to pay $100 for a
buffalo head, and it la ridiculous to expect
the few soldiers placed around the park to
be Incorruptible on $13 per month with
temptations ot thia aort meeting them at
every turn. Even with a strong fence sur
rounding It, four troops of cavalry, Mr.
Fullerton insists, Is no more than sufficient
to guard the place against poachers.
Mr. Fullerton cited a number of In
stances to show the Insufficiency of the
park guard. One man, he states, entered
the park, built a cabin there, remained a
whole year, trapped $600 worth of beaver
and escaped without being detected. Oth
ers are busy at the same work, and the
fact that game is being killed In the park
every week Is so notorious that even those
In authority. hardly have the heart to deny
it. One of the standing Jokes at tbe Yel
lowatone concerna a certain sergeant who
for several years auperlntended the guard
ing of one section of the reserve, and who,
at -the end of that time, retired from the
service a rich man, owning a One cattle
and sheep ranch In an adjoining atate, the
result, aa he claimed, ot rigid economy on
$1S a month. 7
. - A herd of 700 horses, owned and used by
the Park Hotel company for transportation
purposes, are allowed to monopolize the
best range on the reserve, and to devour
the herbage that by right belongs to the
game. Laat season the company harvested
1,000 tons ot hay from land In the park,
for their stage horses and mules, and this,
too, in the face of the fact that It left the
game without sufficient winter pasturage.
To thla is due the steady extermination of
elk and buffalo beyond the park limits,
where they have strayed in search of better
herbage.
Something in the neighborhood of $96,000,
Mr. Fullerton claima, haa been wasted and
frittered away In building useless roada,
or in fooling away time on roada ordered
by the government, but prejudicial to the
interests of the company, and, therefore,
never completed.
PRATTLE OF THE YOIKGSTERS.
First Boy We had the minister for din
ner today.
Second Boy We had a turkey.
His Pop Bobby, I merely punish you to
show ray love for you, my boy.
Bobby If I waa only bigger, pop, I'd re
turn your love.
"Well, Freddie, how did you like your
dinner?" asked the hostess of a small gueat.
"Oh," replied the little fellow, "we don't
have any better at home, but there is more
of It."
"Mamma," aald little Ethel, "I want to
ask you a aerlous question."
"Weil, what is It, dear?" queried mamma.
"If I had been your sister" continued the
little one, "would I have been my own
aunt!"
Tommy I've got 10 cents. How much
have you got?
Johnny I've got 5 cents. What shall we
do with it?
Tommy Let's go snd organize a trust.
Uncle Are you always so quiet, my little
man?
Small Johnny I should say not. But
mamma promised me a quarter If I wouldn't
aay anything about your bald bead and tbe
wart on your noae.
Visitor Can your baby brother talk?
Little May Tea, ma'am. He can aay some
words real plain.
Visitor Indeed! What are they?
Little May I don't know. I never heard
any ot them before.
A small girl who has Just begun to at
tend school recently brought home a pump
kin seed and told her mother that the
teacher said that although the seed was
unite the pumpkin would be yellow.
"And what will the color ot the vines
be?" ssked tbe mother.
The little girl replied that the teacher
had not taught her that.
"But," sstd her mother, "you know,
dear, for we have pumpkin vines in our
garden." .
"Ot courae I do, but we ain't expected to
know anything until we are taught."
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third floor annex Is filled with .sug
gestions In this Una for Chrlstmaa.
Divans finely finished from $12 up to
1120 tor the fine ones. Gold chairs,
$5 to $120. Fancy chairs $4.60 to $100.
Bookcases
Make acceptable gifts
to the literary Inclin
ed. We have them In
the regular bookcase
or bookcase with desk
combined, all finishes,
all woods. Regular
bookcase, $7.60 to $110.
Combination book
cases and writing
desks, $12.76 to $75.
Taborettes
We call special
attention t o
our importa
tion of new
teak wood
goods Imported
by us direct
and prices quo
ted mean a
saving of at
least 26 per ct.
Pretty teak
wood pieces,
taborettes,
pedestals and chairs, ranging from
$11 ,to $65. Taborettes In oak and
mahogany, $1.25 to $15.00.
Brass and Iron Beds
Are very
often
given as
gifts.
Our as
sortment Is very
complete
in Iron
beds from $2.26 to $50.
SPECIAL Extra heavy brasa bed,
Z-lnch posts, heavily mounted, good
value, $36.00.
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CALIFORNIA ?
No matter how you want to go, "Southern'' or "Scenic''
route, in a tourist sleeper or aboard the finest train in America,
the Rock Island is the line to take. Don't make any mistake
about that. Thro' tourist cars daily from Kansas City and once
a week from Omaha to Los Angeles and San Francisco via El
Paso. Tourist cars three times a week from Omaha to San
Francisco and Los Angeles via the "Scenic line through Colo
rado and Utah.
Golden State limited leaves Kansas City daily an d offers
unrivalled service to all points in Southern California. Berths,
tickets and full information at all Rock Island ticket offices, or
addressing,
C. A. RUTHERFORD, D. P. A
1323 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb.
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WHAT A DOCTOR OF PHARMACY SAYS OF
StiRAD&liS
To eay that Shrader'a Laxative Fig Powder gives Batiefactlon to users of
it, ia expressing favor lightly. Tht-y eay it has virtue superior to all other
laxatives.
L. E. PEYTON, Ph.G. and Family Chemist, 24th and. Lea ven worth Sts.
Manufactured by 17. J. SIIRADER t.lED. GO.
Oriental
Rugs
Special Sale.
We have put forth special
efforts this reason to procure the finest
collection of antique and modern Ori
ental ltxtgs ever brought to a voetern
city.
These rugs were selected es
pecially for this holiday thwing and
consiit of the rarest of rvg gems Viat
tcill interest the most critical con
noisseur. You cannot afford to allow
such rare and choice pieces to be picked
up without your inspection.
We would consider it a spe
cial favor if you will allow us to show
you through this superb collection.
Drapery Department
Be wise, buy useful gifts, snd what
Is more useful than a library table
cover a new pair lace curtains a
pair of portieres to match tbe color
ings in your rooms.
Special for next week:
Table covers, $3.00 cover, yards
square, for $1.95.
Table covers, $5.00 cover, 2 yards
square, for $3.60.
Portieres, new Persian bordered
curtain, worth $7.60 per pair, special,
$3.75.
Extra heavy mercerized curtain
cord edge or fringe top and bottom,
all colors, worth $10.00, special, $7.60
Pillows, uncovered and covered, all
prices, all styles, all sizes.
Pillow Tops In abundance.
Corda for pillows. Ask to see the new
Pillow Girdle at 60c, 65c and 75c each,
complete for the pillow.
Wrought iron lanterns from $1.50
up to $25.00.
Screens We have Just received a
large shipment of screens, new mis
sion frames, large and small, all col
ore and prices.
Special Notice
Don't fall to see our mechanical toy
window. It's a great treat to all.
Bring the little onea to see the min
iature tunnel railway and,the running
stream.
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beautifully illustrated
of California, Interesting, instructive,
practical sent free
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Ladies Writing Desks
vvnat lady
would not
one
of these
as .a gift.
S2 pat
terns to
select
from In
all woods
and all
finishes ,
ranging
In price from $6.75 to $100. Some very
fine pieces In home desks. ,
China Closets
Very appropriate aa
a gift. These pretty
pieces come In gol
den, weathered and
Flemish oak snd
solid mahogany.
Pretty oak china
cabinets, $12.76, $16.50.
raising gradually In
price .up to $150.00
for the very fine
Morris Chairs
W hat gentleman
would not be
pleased with one
ot these most
comfortable
chairs? 64 pat
terns to select (
from In all fin
ishes of wood, .all
styles and colors
of cushions, we
start them at $6,
grading them gradually up to $55.00.
Rockers
Always acceptable as a gift. No
home can have too many ot them.
Ranging. In price from $1.86 to $76.00.
Couches
Something that any member of the
family would enjoy. Pretty couchea
In veloura at $7.60, and this week we
offer a special at $9.00 that was our
regular $12.60 couch. , We grade theae
up in price to $50.00. Genuine leather
couches, $29.00 to $86.00.
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