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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1905)
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, OCTORKIt 1, 1905. MB p m Mi u A TREMENDOUS DISPLAY AT BOTTOM PIUCES Portieres I Curtains RUGS Domestic I A perfect riot of effective, color designs and arrangement in different weaves. Royal Wilton Rugs 9x12 $35.00 to $42.50. Heaviest Axminster Rues 9x12 933.00 to $42.50. Extra Axminster Rugs 9x12 j 919.00 to 930.00. Body Brussels Rugs 9x12 ' 925.00 to 930.00. Tapestry Brussels Rugs 914.05 to 922.00. OrientaJ Every manner of art weave from the Orient. Soft and strong. Tbe finest selec tion ever shown in OmAha. 75 Shervan Rugs now shown for the first time 912.75 to $18.50. 90 Daghestan Rugs many rare pieces 915.00 to 923.00. 30 Kaeak Rugs, fine antiques, a. beauti ful collection 930.OO to 900.00. 30 fine Kheva Rugs large room sizes, best stock we have ever shown $05.04) to 9125.00. FURNITURE H 3.50 New Fall Carpets H A Few Prices TWENTY-FIVE PATTERNS Royal Axminster, sholcest styles ever shown In one line. W control these pat tarns for Omaha. Trice $1.25 to $1.50 TWENTY-THREE PATTERNS Do mestic Axminster Carpet. the best wearing carpet made for the price some with borders, some without, price " 95c to $1.25 FORTY PATTERNS Wilton Velvet Carpets, all the latest color combina tions made are shown In this line made from the best worsteds. Price BEDS. W hite Enameled Bed Full size and three quarter sixes, high-lighted with gold Greon Enameled Bed Trimmed with brass, high-lighted with Ro- C Crt man gold J JU Solid Brass Beds Full size, with bow feet, one of our choicest yi Cf pieces t I ) U ROCKERS. We have four different styles of Rockers which we are placing on special sale at a great sacrifice. Don't miss this interest ing feature. Weathered Oak Rockers With genuine leather seats, never sold for f CC less than SS.OO; this week. ... TUU Golden Oak Rockers Saddle seat, nicely polished and one of our choicest T f .... f t v A foil assortment of all the popular colors and weaves, both In foreign and domestic weaves. A few prices for an idea: Full mercerised Armure Portieres, with either deep valance fringe or cord edge, solid colors, in red, green and brown, a f 10.00 quality, at, per pair. . . .90.75 Ann are Portieres With tapestry borders, all color worth up to $9.50; sale price, per pair 95.75 Silk Ilennnlssance Tapestry Port tore All exclusive patterns made private for us can match any decoration, per i air 910.00 We furnish estimates on SUadf and Drapery work of all kinds. Most Complete Display Ever Shown malia. Everything for the Home Full Quarter Sawed and Polished Oak Dresser Triple swell front, brass trim mings, French Plate oval Q Cf lU.JU patterns; at this sale. BUFFKT8 AND SIDEBOARDS. The assortment of these is simply Im mense, all woods are represented in their various designs and finishes. We here with quote a few of the good values, many more to Belect from, "i Quarter Sawed and Folished Oak Bnffet Mirror top, lattice glass front, French legs, very choice piece; 11 7C sale price Quarter Sawed and Polished Oak Side board Large French mirror, oval mir ror in top; one drawer lined, yt ff half swell front; Bale price. . . liUU DRESSERS. The choicest selection of the 6eason, representing the best productions of the leading manufacturers. Below we quote a few of the best values. mirror. 20.50 mirror; sale price. Curley Birch Dresser Hand polished brass trimmings, swell front, plate very cheap; sale price : . PARLOR SUITES. Our line of Parlor Suites was never so well assorted. Our stock consists of all the latest colorings in upholstery, made in the various fabrics. Three-Piece Parlor Suite Genuine crotch mahogany, upholstered in green satin damask, regular prioe 40; IP sale price J Colonial Parlor Suite Genuine mahogany, divan and two arm c hi Ira, upholstered in verona velour, regular A flfi .. . uu.uu RBBBBOSSS9 price $95; sale -price. 85c, $1.00, $1.25 TWENTT-ONB PATTERNS Tapes try Brussels Carpets, reproduction of "Wilton and Axminster designs, with 'various' color combinations. Price 60c, 75c, 85c $1 iteairtt x Heated 1315-17-19 Farnam Street Tbe fall importations we show are perfect. They will do nlore to beautify the home than any curtains ever shown. This week we are making a special offer. Duchess CurtaJns Rich ivory shade, on very fine qual ity of net some with hand cush ion work regular value, f 15.00 to $20.00 aU go at one T rfl price, per pair ....... .1 J U Brussels Curtains All new patterns, plain centers and some with detached figures, fifteen styles worth up to f 8 . 0 0 all go in this sale, per 5 00 Brussels Curtains Double net, can hardly be distin guished from the Saxony Brussels some extra wide worth up to $16.00 your choice, in nn per pair 1U.UU Cluny Curtains Arabian color, with lace and Inser tion, superior quality of net, extra well made worth up to C ff $8.00. per pair DtfJ Rea.1 Arabian Lace Curtains Three different styles, all beau tiful designs, will be placed on sale this week at Ten dollar Quality per pair , Sixteen dollar quality per pair .., .7.50 11.00 Twenty dollar quality IT Jjrt per pair U.DKt ALL ONE AND TWO PAIR LOTS AT HALF PRICE. CHARACTER MAKING IN PLAY Itimio Playground Citiei in Hew York Bhow Etmarkibls Xeialt. DEVELOPING CIVIC PRIDE IN CHILDREN Uarnly Yoaagetere Trained Dow a aad Habits Transformed Practical Les son, la Right, and Untie, of Cltl.ea.hlB. Mary K. Maul contribute, to th. current number of Collier's Weekly an interesting account of the "playground cltle." for chil dren " recently inaugurated in New York City. Th. beneficial result obtained In one athort season are regarded by the writer a. affording a . solution of on. phase of th. child problem. It la practical, educational and make, for character building. In part the writer say.: When th. Hamilton Fish park down in the heart of New York', lower East Bide was first opened, th. Invasion of th. boy.' "gangs" threatened it. very existence. They captured the playgrounds, bullied and abused th. girl, and younger children, car ried off hats, balls, tennis racquet., boxing gloves and all kinds of apparatus used on the playgrounds, tore down .wings, fought bloody battles with rival "gangs" and kept th. playground. In a continual .tat. of lege or active warfare. It soon became THE STORK BR1N05 JOY To the household but how about the mother ? Has she btxtu invful during the weeks and A; months preceding th advent? Too many mothtn find It a lima of fear(u) anxiety because of the knowledge th( they are not In good health. Ther have allowed weaknesses, palm and drains to accumu late till th. health Is completely under mined and tbey are 'more than discour aged, and all because they have been misadvised by well-meaulng friends or maltTMied by an Inefficient doctor. To all such hart it the neu that thert U a remedy that will heal a ad not hurt It was discovered forty years ago by Dr. Pierce who searched A'umrVi Uttxrr Uory ihe aurth, for the remedial agent so liberally provided therein. He took Lady's Slipper root, Black Cohosh root. Unicorn root. Blue Cohoh root. Golden Seal root, and by extracting, combining and preserving, without the use of alco hol, the glyceric extracts of the natural remedies he ha given to the world Dr. Piirck's Vavoritb PasscRjtrTios. which has to It credit the enviabl. and unparalleled record of more than a half milium of cure in the last forty yean. "Only those who have given Dr. Ptefce't Favorite Prescription trial ran appreciate what a buuo it is to Buffering women," write Mi. Vlnna Heatnora, of U Elm 8u. Toronto. Onk 'tor two years I suffered lntenwly man femal. weakness until lite was burden tome, I bad distressing, boartn.-duwo palna so I could ecarrely stand up. Baa hot Baahee. was very doapondent. weak, and ut terly vreicited. My phyalt'lan cava me treat ments but without auvee I tried several remedies but obtained no rwilef until 1 W gan to take Ir. Plen-4'e Favorite Prvarrtp-tiuo- I Uan Immediately to Improve, anil in (our nmuiiis' Uuia I waaaawell and strong a. . Constipation cured bj Doctor Pieroa'i Pleasant PaUeta. evident to the supervisor and teacher that If the newly opened playgrounds were to be any benefit to the children who swarmed there by thousands, some other game, some rival organization must be started, to offset and finally exterminate the gang. Now, boys like organization. Boys like self-government. Boys are young " animals, who must have some vigorous outlet for their animal spirit.. In the crowded streets of the city they cannot find (hat outlet with out resorting to rowdyism and crime. They crave excitement, action, contest, some thing upon which to exercls. their very active minds as well as bodies. Acting upon these fact! the supervisor elected "captains" from among th. boy. and or ganised all kind, of athletic- games. Teams were - formed base ball, foot ball, basket ball, track teams gymnasiums were opened, both Inside the building for use in inclement weather and outside on the play grounds, Interest was excited. The "gangs" began to languish. The boy who had for merly been the captain of the "gang" be gan to find more excitement, more pleas ure, more glory In being captain of a team. Rival team 'from other park, were chal lenged to match games, victories were won, community pride and community Interest began to grow. When it was found that cigarette smoking and late hour, inter fered with the chances of making a team, the boys began to "cut out" smoking and street prowling. Dally exercls. on th. field, in the gymnasium, and on th. trunn.ng track followed by a cold plunge and a brisk rub, began to show results. More bright eyes and healthy complexions were seen in the vicinity of Hamilton Fish park. Organising; tbe Playgroaad City. Observing the rivalry among the boy for the positions of "captain" and "moni tor," Supervisor Kelly determined that the time wai rip for a broader development. It was time that this heterogeneous mass of foreign-born children should begin to learn self-government, begin to be good American citizens. As in th. old days, the children were taught war by playing war, so now they should be taught citizenship by playing politics. On July SI a conven tion was called, at which a city charter, modeled almost exactly after that of New York City, was drawn up, and a constitu tion adopted Incorporating the playgrounds of Hamilton Fish park into a city under the name of "Playground City," and con taining the following preamble: "In order to insure the furtherance of good citizenship, clean athletics, manly sport, and the development of good fellow hip among us, we, the boys of Hamilton Fish park, in convention assembled, hereby constitute ourselves the 'Playground City and adopt th. following constitution." Nominations were then mad. for mayor, twenty member, of the city council, a comptroller, a police commissioner and five captains of track team. There had been some talk at first of having equal suffrage, but, unlike the little girl, of the "Little Farmer." community, over in th. DeWltt. Clinton park on th. other aide of town, little Interest In the subject was shown among th. girl, of Playground City. Com ing mostly from Jewish and Italian families, long year, of tradition lay behind them, and It was plainly evident by their attitude toward the coming election that they re garded the right of suffrage a. being ut terly at variance with the dutle. and In terest, of woman. Th. franchise, there fore, was limited to the boy member of the new city, and the campaign waa In augurated with a buss of Interest which so entirely absorbed thetn that tbe old gang languished and died a natural death. It vu a proce. of natural selection which ted to the choice of two of their older boy. for th. honorable and responsible po sition of mayor. Nathan Kaae and Samuel Melitser were the rival candidate. Su pevUor Kelly, park Commissioner Pallas and all the policemen In me district took a great Interest In the campaign and elec tion and when the IRth day of August ar rived every arrangement had been made to carry out the election according to regula tion rules governing city elections. Regis tration books were apened several days be- for the election. Registration ballot boxes were set up in the gymnasium the day turning out to be an unusually stormy one and the voting was most peaceable and orderly. Young Kase was elected, beating his rival by fifty-five votes. The Mayor and HI. Duties. In drafting the constitution and .electing the officers to rule over thl. play city great care had been taken to select only such executives a. meant something in the development of the new citizens. To the mayor waa delegated the place of para mount authority, giving him the right to govern the play ground, to help In the making of the laws which regulated the game, and playground and to veto such measures as he thought unwise or uncon stitutional. To the twenty members of the city council was apportioned the work of establishing laws to govern the city, "these regulations to have as their end the good government of the playground, the protection of its frequenters, the .fur therance of clean athletics and gentlemanly conduct in the sports and playground games." To the commissioner of police waa given the power to appoint members of the police force, whose duty it Is to main tain order on the playgrounds. Cleanliness and civic pride is fostered in the munici pality through the departments of street cleaning and decoration and honest and careful management of the finances of the playground city by giving th. full control of all money for purchasing suits, balla, bat. and otber paraphernalia Into the hands of the comptroller who was especially chosen on account of hls honesty and ex ecutive ability. Enthusiasm and Loyalty. It was , a noticeable fact that through all the excitement of the lively compaiga, and during the election that followed It, there was no 111 feeling between the rival Candi da tea and their follow. Vote, ware freely solicited and bartered for, elec tioneering was hot and party feeling strong, but behind it all lay the sentiment of mutual citizenship, and "our city," "our tears," our t ictories," contented a good fellowship that party seal could not affect. Upon the playground the day after the Entertaining Little Stories for Little People Where th reaale. Went. Lola and Edith wer. playing with their dplls under the big apple tree. Uncle Ben came across the yard with a covered basket. "Here, girlies." he said, "I want these peas carried over to Aunt Grace's In time for dinner; and here are three pennies apiece for two little errand girls." Lois and Edith scrambled to their feet. "But we don't want any money," they said. "Oh, yes. you do!" laughed Uncle Ben. "Why, those dollies look positively shabby. I'm ure they need something new." Edith and Lois laughed, too, and took th. pennies and thanked Uncle Ben. Then they started across the fields to Aunt Grace's. "What are you going to Duy with your pennies?" asked Lolst "Half a yard of pink and white calico, to make Annabel a new dress," Edith said promptly. 'Then I'll get half a yard of blue and white, and make Luclle a dress," Lois said. "You always do think of such nice things, Edith!" They hurried as fast as they could, and got th. pea to Aunt Grace before 10 o'clock. "And now we'll go 'round by tbe road and get our good," Edith aald. In a-1 business- Ilk. way. "We'll have just Urn. before dinner." Down the road th. girl, heard a great shouting and barking. A boy aad a dog ver. .landing at th. foot of a tree. The boy was shaking one of th. branches, and th. dog was yelping and barking wildly. And on the branch which the cruel hoy was shaking crouched a terrified, desperate lit tle tiger cat. clinging with all her might. "Don't frighten the poor kitty so!" Edith cried Indignantly. The boy only laughed, and the excited dog jumped up against the tree trunk as high as ha could. "What can w. dot" Lola whispered. "That dog will certainly kill her!" Edith walked up to tbe boy. "Will you Mil ma that oatT" ah. aiked. "Taln't mine; It's an old a tray thing." "Welt, will you call off your dog It I glv. you thl money T" The boy looked at th. three pennle. "Naw," he aald. "wa r. havin too much fun. Slo' 'r Jack!" Poor kitty shook with fear and clung frantically to the limb. "Oh, take these, too!" Lois cried. "Only do let that poor, poor kitty alone!" The boy looked a little ashamed. He pocketed the six pennies, whistled to hi dog. and slouched off down the road. It took a great deal of coaxing to make kitty understand that aha had found friend. But at last the frightened little creature came slowly, slowly down the rough bark of the tree. The girls petted and soothed her till she settled quietly down and began to purr; and then they brought her home In the basket. When mother heard the story, she Bald kitty might have a good bed In the barn and plenty of milk. Fussy liked her new home, and grew sleek and plump and hand some. And father said she waa the very best mouser he ever saw. And Annabel and Lucile wore their old dresses and smiled ;ust as pleasantly as ever. Dew Drops. Th Gam of Make-Believe. It sometime, happens, girls and hoys Grow weary of the prettiest toys; But I could play from morn till eve The Jolly game of ntake-b.-lieye. And I don't want a better mate To play with than sister Kate. We think it Is the finest sport To call the old armchair a fort. And hide behind it out of slftht. To make believe an Indian tight. Then 'tis a ship with great, tall mast. And oh, she salla away ao fast Across the seas to Barbadoes. And all around the world she goes. To every country, near and far, To. France and Bpaln and Malabar, And Africa, and down the Nile. Where lives the giant crockodlle. And then back home our good ship brings From foreign lands the strangest things. A talking parrot, red and blue. An ostrich and a cockatoo, , Queer little toys from Tokyo, And melons sweet from Fransclsco. And make-believe Is such rare fun We often play till set of sun. And sister Kate and I don't care For toys when we have the old armchair. -ZITELLA COCKE. 4 A Dos; at School. In Brockton, Mass., the home of W. L. Douglas, th. governor of the state, there la a bulldog that has been a regular at tendant at school, with no absent or tardy marks, for seven years. He is owned by Mr, and Mrs. Horace Niles, and went to school first with their son Ralph. The boy went Into the first grade In the primary department, and the dog Insisted on going with him. Like Mary's little lamb, he made the children laugh and play, but the teacher could not turn blm out He ab solutely refused to go away, and. as he did nothing but sit quietly by his little master, ah did not take strenuous meth od to get rid of him. The children soon became used to him, and no longer laughed when he was in the room, until Anally he waa enrolled a. a regular pupil and his attendance recorded the same aa that of any boy or girt After a time he was often used as an ex ample of obedience to the pupils, for the teacher never bad to speak to him but once, whether It was an order to go and U dowa or oloa. th. door, without bis obeying instantly. He also served as a model for the drawing classes. He took kindly to the fire drill, and all through his seven years' course he has been In his place in the line the second tbe fire alarm bell rings, and be files decorously out with th. other pupils. After a year In the primary department he thought he had beoome too advanced for such baby methods and promoted him self to the grammar department, where Rita Nile., Ralph Nile.' lister, waa. H. has accompanied her from room to room ever since, and now be has reached the lant grade anj will graduate next June. Already he ha made a trip to the high school to see how be like It, and will have a place thv-re a soon a he get his diploma from the Wlnthroe school. 8lckness does not keep him at home, and, qnllke most boys and girts, does not have to be hurried to school to escape being tardy. He trots out of the yard fifteen minutes before school time every day arid is in his place when the bell lings. A few weeks ago he was 111. and Mrs. Niles tied him up at home, but he broke away and went to school, although he was so weak he could hardly stand, and thus kept up his record of no absence. Both principal and teachers ofvthe school are deeply attached to him and will miss him sorely when he graduates. election a mob of shouting, grinning youth ful citizens surrounded the mayor, shaking his hand, patting him upon the back, and showing hlra by ail kinds of boyish pranks the Joy and pride they felt in him and In their new municipality. The mayor himself, a mild mannered, modest lad of K, with a slender, serious face, and eyes which held behind their boyish amile a resolute mind and a strong character, blushed pain fully at the compliments that were show ered upon him and said he "hoped he'd be a good mayor, that he'd try to be." It is the purpose of those who are mak ing this experiment so to extend this sys tem of self-government that ultimately every recreation park In New York will be Included In the scheme, making a city, county and state organisation, which will hold convection, elect officers, and make laws governing the frequenters of play grounds. Early . n August the "Little Farmers" of the DeWitt Clinton park held an election, In which Peter Chrlstman was made mayor; Thomas Mead and Esther Greene, district Judges; Robert Clark, dis trict attorney, and Frank Ackerman, Benja min Cochrane, Mary Dowden and Madallne Gortner, borough presidents. In thl. park, mall plot of ground have beau propor tioned out to the little farlners. where flower and vegetables are raised, each farmer being allowed to take home all that is raised on his or her land. Being a farming community, where property and the laws relating to property and th preservation and rights thereof is a matter of permanent Importance, the officers were choheu with a special view to that purpose. stripes they sre learning lesions In good- cltlzenshlp which will react not only upon their own lives, but lr. good time to the glory -of their country. Cltlsenshlp will and the two Judge, and district attorney, the clerk of the court, and the commla- Afraid of Spider. Carolyn Jumped from her seat because a spider was spinning down before her from the celling. "They are such hateful black things," she said. "They are curious black things," said Aunt Nellie. "They have eight eyes." "Dear me! and maybe she Is looking at me with all eight of them!" groaned Caro lyn. 'They are very fond of music." "I never shall dar to sing again, for fear they'll b. .pinning down to listen." "They caa tall you If the weather 1. to be fine or not. If It 1. going to storm they pin a abort thread; If It will be clear they pin a long one." "That- funny." "They are au odd family," Aunt Nellie want on. "I saw one on the wlndowpane the other day. She carried a little gray .ilk bag about with her wherever she ran. Bbe had spun the bag herself. When It burst open ever so many tiny baby spider, tum bled out like bird, front a nest,- and ran along with her. Perhaps you didn't know thst the spider can spin and sew, too? She spins her web and she sews leave, together for her summer house." "What a queer thing a spider Is!" aald Carolyn, forg.ttlnf her dislike. Th Child's Ota - toner of police, and carefully Instructed In their duties. Justice, fairness, and th. Inviolate sanctity of the right, of others being the watchword, of th municipality DeWltt Clinton wa. the first city in the east to extend the right of aqua auffrag. to women. The girls of the neighborhood, owning quite as many farm a. th boy and being a much Interested and aa fully alive to the privUegea and duties of citi zenship. It was considered only fair and right that the vote of the new municipality should be without sex limitations, and that the offices should be equally divided be tween the boys and girls. All laws per taining to the government of th Ilttl. community are mad by th mayor, city council and borough presidents, at gravely decorous meetings which are held on the first Tuesday of every month, and which are largely and enthusiastically attended. Th Bcaeflta Aaanred. In marked contrast to this West Side, rather rural community,, where most of the children are American bora, and take to farming a. a duck tak.s to water, Is Hamilton Fish park. 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