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SKIRT SALE
All our high grade skirts will go at decided re
ductions this week. Read these specials:
Skirts that sold up to $26 fine taf
feta, Altnians and Q QO 4 CH
French voiles, at. . J
BklrU that sold up to $10 Panamas,
silks, etc.; blues, grays I, fto
and blacks, at .PO
Skirts that sold up to $8 MohairB,
worsted, pananias, 9t5"3 98
"We invite you to look at the
new dress skirts, now being
shown at Brandeis ' all the
smartest new materials and style
features for the coming season
Ml Summer Appare Must Go
Very fashionable tailored suits
that have been selling up to
$60, will go at 2S
Silk Jumper Suits and Prin
cess styles, worth up to $50,
at
Women's $37.50 .White Wool
Suits, now $10
$12.60 tan rep. Jacket Suits,
now 94.0S
$10.00 and $12.50 fine Lawn
and Swiss Dresses at. .$1.08
$10 and $16 Silk and Wool'
Suits, now $.1
Women's 18 and $20 Tailor
ed Suits 87.50
Women's $10 Long Loose Silk
Coats at f4.98
Covert and checked and strip
ed Box Coats at S0.08
Women's $10 Pongee Silk
Coats, now 4.l8
Children's $4 Novelty Box
Coats, now 91.08
Bhlrt Waist Suits, worth up
to $6. at
Bhlrt Waist Suits, worth up to
$4.00. at V
Colored and white duck skirts,
worth up to $1.60, at. . .9c
$10 Lingerie Waists, now
at $3.08
$6 and $8 Lingerie Waist,
now 2.0
$6 Lingerie Waists, now 91.08
Silk and Net Waists, worth up
to $12.60, now IM.08
Silk and Net Waists, worth
up to $7.60, now ....92.08
$6 colored and black silk
Jumper Waists, at . . .92.08
$40 Net and Lingerie Dresses,
now 919
$15 white and colored Prin
cess and 2-plece Dresses,
at $0.08
See the
Teddy Bears
Play Base
Ball in
Brandeis'
Windows.
Game lasts
All Day
Base Ball
All Day
Between the
2 Teddy Bear
Teams in
Brandeis Window.
Come and Root
for Omaha Bears
The NewGold Law is in Effect
It makes It a very nerlotift offense to stamp Jewelry a higher
karat than it merits. Insist on this stamp of quality on every
thing yon buy. Don't believe a pleee In lOk. unless you see
the mark. Every ounce of Rold In our Jewelry department Is
correctly marked. Insist on the rights the new gold law gives
you.
Gents' and Ladles' 10-k. Solid Gold Link Buttons Each but
ton stamped under new gold law, Jeweler's price
$2.60 at, pair
Ladles' WaU-h Smallest watch made by the J. Bobs Case Co.,
the most reliable hand engraved case some with small dia
mond with the best American movement the Betsy Ross,
.T':.: 9.98 and 10.50
Solid Gold 14 k. Stamped Brooches All latest designs, beauti
fully shaded and transparent enamel some with small dia
monds and real pearl Just K the price ff C A L1 f
you pay the Jewelers, from $D 10 4 I V
$1.00
SILKS
In this splendid lot of desirable silks
are 20 to 27-in. fancy silks? check
ed barred silks striped effects, etc.,
spot proof foulards fancy Rajahs
worth up to $125 a yard a most
exceptional bargain
for, yard
45c
LACES
We have just received an entirely new and very beuu-
tiful lot of fine French Val. laces and insertions
all in very clioice new designs, many of them to
match thev are worth as hic-h
as 10c yard, on big bargain JL C
squares for Monday, special, 2 -at,
yard C
EMBROIDERED ROBES
Real Hand Embroidered Irish Linen Robes (semi
made), also real hand embroidered French Ttatisie
Uobes and fine Swiss Embroidered Kobes in all this
season's most popular styles they are actually
worth up to $15.00 ZsQQ W98 J98
eacn to ciear mem
out quickly
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LINEN SPECIALS FOR MONDAY
Extra fine pattern table cloth
run bleached and new en t de
signs, 2, 2 and yards lon.
Worth up to $5 at, each, f i.VS
and $3 BO
72-lnch bleached table damask,
all linen and worth 1, at.
yard e9o
25-lnch Red Cross Blrdseye Cot
ton Diaper, 1 value, 10-yd.
bolta, each 05o
Extra heavy 72-lnch table paJ
dtng, 76c kind, Monday onlv,
yard aSc
Extra large Turkish towels
both bleached and unbleached,
worth 35c, at, each 19o
60c quality lx-lnch Renaissance
centerpieces at, each S6o
6-lnch Renaissance and Japanese
Dollies, 10c quality at, ea., 60
6 wheel Tenerlffee doilies, , .to
DRESS GOODS
We've grouped many odd lots and broken bolts of
our elegant dress goods, in desirable patterns and
weights, have been selling in a regular way up to
$1.50 yard on bargain counter for Mon-
day hundreds of exceptional bargains C
in this lot at, yard
Great Lots of Dress Goods, in blacks and f
colors, that have been selling up to jrC
60c a yard in one lot at, yard
EMBROIDERIES
Big bargain squares loaded with the prettiest, crp
est Embroideries in narrow, medium and wide ef
fects fine cambric and nainsook embroideries and
insertings, also 18-inch corset cover embroideries
with beading edge- m 1 JBCT
worth up to 30c 2a ff 2b
yard, at, C Li C .
CARPETS AIID RUGS
To make room for Immense new lots of fall carpets and
rugs, we will offer startling redurtionH on all odd. lots of ear
pets, all made up rugs, all odd lots of ruga, etc. Everything at
away below its value. 1 1 erf are' Just a few of the exceptional
bargains. There are scores of others.
Our 8x12 Brussels
worth up to 1 20,
at
Rugs,
12.98
Our elegant 160 9x12 Ruga,
10 different T7 rf
patterns D i .DU
Our $30 Axminster Rugs, nice
election, O50 O150
at
9x12 Art Squares,
at
W-22
7.98
Wilton Velvet Carpets, some
hall and stair patterns,
worth up to $1.60 4)
yard, at, yard J J 1
90c and $1 Brussels Carpets,
hall and stair pat- iZQm
terns, at, yard OsC
A few Velvet Carpets, OC-,
$1.15 value, yard. . . . 03 C
Many other attractive bar
gains in our great carpet and
rug section, new store 3rd
floor.
HOUSEFURNISHIiMGS and HARDWARE
2.25
The Klingtite Water Filter
guaranteed to filter and clarify
15 gallons of water per hour
aluminum case natural filter-
in stone fits any
faucet
GAS RANGES
To make room for our Garlaad
Heaters, now in transit, we close
out our entire stock at 20 dis
count, prices $10.95 to $46.00
LAWN MOWERS
we will close out the few we
have left away below cost:
12-lnch Mower at 81.98
14-inch Mower at $2.10
16-Inch Mower at $2.20
Bread Toaster the genuine
Wilson toaster, toasts four
pieces at once, used on all
stoves, steeps tea or 7.
coffee on top -C
We have added to our
Hardware department a com
plete stock of Iron and Brass
Bedstead!.
Garbage Cans Made of extra
heavy galvanized iron with closi
fitting cover iron drop handle
12 gallon size SI. If.
16-gallon size $i.3r
Lawn Swings, Settees rrd
folding Hammock Chairs
at 25 per cent discount
Special clearing sale of the cel
ebrated Heywood Bros: and Wake
field lf.vl llntiir rflrflnirpa flllfl
English Cabs every article mark- J
ed in plain figures at 25 pet cents
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4 BASEMENT BARGAINS
Forenoon Only
6lc
15c corded shirting madras,
neat figures and stripes, In
whitft erounds. sold from
the bolt
Monday,
at. yard
Afternoon Only
Beginning at 1:30 we place on
sale a regular 15c and 19c
grade of white lawn and fine
India linon, in long wm
factory lengths,
yaru
Very fine mercerized sa
teens and Farmers' sat
in, black and colors
worth up to 40c ynrd,
long factory 1 ff
lengths,-at, yd..
New lot of Scotch and
seersucker striped gin if
hams, will wash trnd
wear well, usually sold
for 12 Vac, at, Tl-
vard
BRANDED
HOIES OF MUSIC IN EUROPE
Jlaioafni Cycle Soon to Be Given in
l Milan.
fiFTER SITCCESS0K TO CAVALLERI
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kfaaaaerlpt of Brthor Sonata
'' Bold to aa Italian for (18,000
Glordama's "MbwHU" to Be
Bona; Next Fall.
Pletro Mascag-nl has rcntly become
raoonclled with the Bonsogno Arm of music
publlahars. the most noted In Europe, who
offarad tha prlxa that brought out "Caval
leria Rustlcana." Ha It therefore repre-
aanted on most of the Italian operatic
atas. as Sonaorno haa all the Impresarios
f Italy In his hand. Next season the
"faattro Ldrico, In Milan, la to be devoted to
A Mascag-nl, cycle In the hope of discovering;
among the works composed since "Caval
lerla" one that will exhibit sufficient vital
ity to survive. Both Maacagrtl and Bon
segno hqpe that this opera will be found
n "Maachere," the only comic opera that
tba master ever com posed.
2 The next of his operas will bo "The
Harvest Fast," on which he Is now
tork. It will be given next spring. Th"
ork is modem In character, the hero
telng a young socialist who Is ultimately
Vllled by his employer. The libretto by
the poet Fausto Salvatore won the Son-
Srgno prlM.
. Maacagnl. whose overwhelming conceit
Is thought by many to have caused his
loss of reputation, ran be modest on occa
sions Ha haa Just written some "Con
fessions," as ha calls them, and aays that
the extraordinary success of his first opera
laid great responsibilities on his shoulders,
f "For seventeen years," ha wrltea, "I have
at niggled to keep my position honorable.
Xf I have not succeeded the fault is with
Biy mediocre abilities and not with my
will"
, It appears that In his very first composi
tion Mascagnl was a rival of Beethoven.
Jte set to music as a cantata for soil,
thorns and orchestra Schiller's "Lied an die
Freude." His first opera was never sung.
It was in twq acts and called "Nellu
Ftlaada." Mascagnl writes that he trembles
with wrath when any one calls hlra antl
TVagnerlan In his musical sympathies.'' He
aid that while a student of music he de
prived himself of the necessities of living
until ha had saved enough to buy the
orchestral score of "Parsifal." although his
colleagues and even the professors In the
university thought that he was a fool for
doing anything of the kind.
Bond Haa Fall lard.
.' Marie Barrlentoa. the Kalian coloratura
singer, has married a South American of
wraith and retired from the stage. She
has been In New Tork, but not to sing.
Aleaaandro Bond la to aing at the Caalno
la Oatend. during part of July. He will
appear In the principal Italian cities before
coming to the Metropolitan.
Qlordano's new opera. "Marcella," which
la founded on events In the life of Mme.
Sambtich, will bo sung first next fall at the
Urteo la Milan. Maaaonet's "Thais" will
also bo given there and Is already 'an
pounced for production as the principal
operatic event of the year in a number of
Italian cities. Another opera that lias en
Joyed a musical renalscence In Italy la Pon
hlelir "La Oloconda." It was sung last
aaason to. an the forainoat opera houses.
. Lee Olackk, aa Italian ajuateux living In
Florence, has acquired for more than $8,000
the original manuscript to the Beethoven
sonata opus 96, although Its former pos
sessor endeavored to have the manuscript
bought by somebody who would keep It
In Germany. The manuscript comprises
twenty-three pages, all In Beethoven's
handwriting. His own appreciation of the
work Is shown by the fact that he wrote
his name In full on the first page, which
was not his habit. The work was recently
performed In Florence from the manuscript
and created great enthusiasm.
Cllea's "Gloria" did not meet with the
success of his "Adtienne," and after sev
eral hearings In Italy was withdrawn to be
re-wrltten. It will not be sung again until
the season after next. The fate of
"Madam Butterfly" was not unlike' this. At
Its first production It made so little Impres
sion that It was looked upon as a failure.
Subsequent performances, however, re
versed that verdict, although of course
many Important changes had been mado
In the work.
Although the works of Alfredo Catalanl
are Just coming Into the knowledge of other
countries, the composer haa been dead since
189S, when he was only 39.' His first opera,
"La Falce." was sung In 1875 at Milan. His
other operas are "L'Klda," 1880 at Turin,
from which "Lorelei," to be sung next win
ter at the Metropolitan, Is taken; "De
Janlco," 18S3 at Milan; "Edmea," 1886 at
Milan, and "Le Wally." which Is regarded
as his masterpiece, 1S92 at La ecala.
Dehnsay at Work on vr Opera.
Claude Debussy, whoso "Peleas et Me.ll-sande-
Is to be sung next season at the
Manhattan, Is at work on another opera
which deals with the Tristan legend. The
text, by Gabriel Mouray. treats the subject
In a wholly different manner from the li
bretto of Wagner. The same difference
may be safely predicted about the musk:.
Paris Is to have a new opera house. In
tended for performances at cheap prices.
ine uaiete has been remodelled and will
be opened as a municipal opera house. In
which the moat expensive seat will cost
only 80 cents.
Victor Maurel has recently returned to
the operatic stage and Is said to havo
created a sensation In Spain by his singing
In "Rlgoletto." He retired several years
ago to devote hlmaelf to teaching because
he had lost his voice.
Both Olive Frrmstad and Emmy Destlnn
u.i.imieu oy me French government
with the academic palms for their success
in "Salome." it is to be hoped that tills
honor does not have the same significance
In France that It docs in Germany. There
it indicates that there has been little or
notl.ing doing In the line of salary.
The direction of the Imperial opera house
In Vienna Is apparently not In great de
mand. Felix Mottl and Ernst von Schuch
have both declined It, and It Is now said
that Ernest van Dyck may be Invited to
take it. Hla career was made there, and as
the singer has long been anxious to be
come an impresario It Is supposed that he
will accept. Felix Mahler has not yet been
released by the emperor, but It la not
doubted that he will be. Felix Mottl would
not go to the opera house, but has con
sented to divide with Richard Strauss tha
direction of the concerts of the Vienna phil
harmonic' He will conduct six of the con
certs and 6trauss will have tha remaining
two.
The novelties to be sung next season at
the Royal opera house In Berlin will in
clude revivals of Gluck's "Iphlgenla tn
AulU" and "IfbicenJ auX TaUTl both
in tho arrangement of Richard Strauss;
Leo Blech's "Cinderella," Eugen d'Albert's
Ttefland," Rexnlcek's "Diane" and Mas
senet's two operas, "Herodlade" and
Therese." D'Albert Is the composer of an
other opera called "Tragaldabaa," which
will be sung at Munich and Dresden next
year. Lilll Lehmann has Just been singing
in "La Travlata" In Austria. -
At bis recent concert in London Ignace
Paderewskl tried successfully the experi
ment of charging 15 for every seat in the
house, wherever it happened to be. ,
Mme. AJbanl, who has to give concerts In
India, Is Just now singing in Australia.
Mme. Melba will make a concert tour there
next winter.
Faxti About the Paper Tarn Produced
by German Manufacturers.
UTILITY DEMONSTRATED BY TESTS
THIS WILL DO THE BUSINESS
Rotative Steam Enilm Remarkable
for Coal Economy Per
Hon Power.
The po"lblllty of a revolution in tho
use of steam power is Indicated by Con
sul General B. H. Rldgeley of Barcelona In
the following report:
Senor Pedro Pulgjaner, a well known
engineer of Barcelona, has Invented and
submitted to practical trials a rotative
steam engine which it Is asserted will
cause a revolution In all countries where
steam power Is used. It Is claimed for
this remarkable engine that It may be ap
plied to all purposes for which steam
power Is required, whether on land or on
he had enough labor. Every one told me
the coal per horse power that ordinary
engines consume. For example, It is de
clared that a ship burning 50 tons of coal
per day with the ordinary marine engine
would burn but 100 tons with the new
Invention. It Is also claimed that the
small relative slse of the engine Is a great
advantage, since It occupies but one-fifth
the space occupied by an ordinary marine
engine. This also applies tn bunker space,
but not to the boilers, which are of the
usual dimensions.
The Inventor says that even when It la
a question of motive power of trifling
importance, the consumption of eoal by
his rotative engine is confined to half a
kilo (1.1 pounds) per hour per horse power,
and does not go beyond this established
maximum, which decreases to an apprerla
ble extent when a machine of 100-horse
power Is required, and so on successively
until the expense of the fuel does not ex
ceed a quarter of a kilo (0.35 pound) when
the engine Is working at 1,000-horse. power,
Another claim for tha engine Is Its
weight. The ordinary ino-horse power
engine, for example, weighs fifteen tons;
this one but three tons. The Inventor
also says that the engine being much
smaller the cost of production will also
be much leas, and It can therefore be
sold considerably below the prices of ordl
nary engines of the same capacity. It Is
claimed that the economical results thus
indicated are not exaggerated, when It la
considered that the machines combines all
tha essential and efficient working enpact
ties of the ordinary steam engines In use
at tha present day In which the piston
with rectilinear motion la employed, in
eluding, consequently, those which are the
properties of the most Improved turbines
moved by steam. Tha Inventor has pro
tected his engine Invention by patent in
Spain and elsewhere and has applied tor
patent lights In tha United States.
FABRICATING A NEW YARN
The Warp and Woof of Many Coarse
Fabric and of Some Finer Grades
A Commercial Buceesa
and What it Costa.
If you have anything to traaa advertise
It In the For Exchango oolumns of Tha
Le Want A4I fag)
A preliminary report on the manufac
ture of paper yarn in Germany, Its cost
and the uses to to which It Is put, has
been made to the Department of Commerce
and Labor by Consul Carl Bailey Hurst
of Plauen. In part the consul says:
While the term "paper yarn" expresses
the new material In a popular way; the
designation "wood yarn" may be held as
preferable. The yarn proper Is cellulose
fiber converted Into flat strips of the thick
ness and width required for the making
of a particular number. These narrow
strips are then spun automatically on es
pecially constructed machines, sometimes
alone, and, again, when extra strength
Is required, around a minute cotton thread.
which comprises from J to 6 per cent In
the strongest yarn, of the material used
In xylolln, the variety of paper yarn made
In Saxony. Although the paper string for
tying small parcels Is familiar to the pub
lic, It Is known to the trade that this Is
a twisted product and has never been pro
duced In uniform thickness, which, even
aside from the sizing with which It Is
often treated and Its other unadaptable
qualities, prevents Its general use for tex
tiles. It Is not sought to obtain elasticity 1n
the paper yarn. Strength and flexibility
are the objects In view. Yarn, by the new
process, can be produced from wood fiber
far cheaper than from shoddy or from
the waste of ootton mills, which materials,
limited In quality and Irregular In sup
ply, unadapted to the finer shades In dye
ing, and more expensive, are Inferior to
cellulose for the purpose to which xylolln
Is put A fabric of good paper yarn can
be laundiied again and again. An instance
may be cited of a piece of white drugget
made of paper yarn, Intentionally placed
before a door of a busy office, tramped
upon Incessantly for two years, that has
been washed some fifty Jimes, and comes
out white and strong, so that the period
of Its usefulness is by no means at an
end.
Hassfaetarlsg Cost.
Efforts have been made heretofore to
weave common paper twine, but every en
deavor haa been futile, as It is unsulted for
the purpose. Several patents have been
taken out In the United States to turn
paper into yarn, and one mill there makes
Its paper yarn under an American im
provement, the patent rtghta to which have
long since expired. Paper yarns have been
experimented with for over a generation.
The German product, from the speolnv-ns
that have come under my observation, pos
sess perfect uniformity as to thickness, and
they have no relation whatever to parcel
twine.
The question of cost rightly takes first
rank In the consideration of the new yarn.
So far as ascertainable from the Faxon
mills, the labor In producing one kilo (2 2
pounds) of wool yarn in tlr-e pfennigs
(I0.607M per kilo, or three hellers c!0 6)
ta Bebni Tb paimr run lUolX is suld
wholesalo at eighty pfennings (t).i:0l) a
kilo, whereas the cheapest cotton yam
available for the textile Industries In this
neighborhood costs at present 2.4 mark
(tO.6712) a kilo three times the loial price
of the new yarn. A spinning machine for
producing medium numbers of xylolln has
from 72 to 100 spindles; 2,X)0 spindles can
produce 6.000 kilos (six long tons) of the
wool yarn In one day. For about 4.M0
marks ($?52) a machine up V 120 pp n 11. s
can be built for the spinning of xylolln.
As this yarn can be woven Into almost
any fabric, such as dress materials, tents,
bathing suits, imitation Panama hats, car
pets and grain bags, one manufacturing
plant cannot well produce -all the articles
for which paper yarn may he employed.
While the Industry has well passed the
experimental stage, It is nevertheless of
such recent development that the rarer or
wood cloths are not generally found In the
retail stores, or at least advertised as
such. There are now two mills In Ger
many producing together 10.000 kilos (twenty
long tons) of xylolln dally. One larpe man
ufacturer. It la statefl on credible authority,
after obtaining unequivocal results from the
new yarn, placed an order for 8,nOO k'tos
(&no long tons) for his carpet mills.
Suitable for Ragging, Tnpestrlea, Etc.
One of the most lmporatant Jute spinning
and wenvlng firms In Europe has con
tracted for the privilege of making combi
nation baprtrlng of raper yarn and Jute, an
article that haa proved to be a great suc
cess; not only on account of the cheapness
compared with bagging of Jute. but. Inci
dentally, having tho quality of being odor
less; bagging of paper yarn alone can be
more advantageously used for sugar, coffee,
salt and other products susceptible to pun
gent odors. Tapestries, not printed, but
woven In colors, as well as toweling of
xylolln are alike turned out in great quan
titles. Not only can the yarn be used In
coarser fabrics, but It has also been trlpd
successfully In handmade cushion laces.
There is a desire to take it up In a measure
In this machine-made lace center. The
yarn can be readily used In knitting and
plaiting. Woven xylolln treated with a
waterproof dressing does not seem to crack
by wrinkling or friction to the Injury of
the water-resisting coat. One would Im
agine that a fabric of paper yarn would
readily Ignite and that a lighted match fall
ing on a paper rug could be exceptionally
dangerous. The fact ls.( however, that a
burning match stem will do more dam
age to a woolen or Jute rug and be mora
likely to lead to disastrous consen.uene.i-r.
While not unimflammable, an ordinary rug
of paper yarn will burn scarcely eaxler
than a wooden floor. Some criticism, apt o
be misguiding, has been offered about paper
cloth, with an Inclination to compare It to
sheet paper or rubber, whereas even under
clothing made of paper yarn has been
found by experience to be satisfactory.
Modern authorities on hyglenlo clothing de-
I cry the wearing of garments that are so
woven aa to permit only a very slow ex
change of the toxic emanations, not only
among people who cannot afford to buy
more expensive clothing, but also among
well-to-do clacses, because the paper ma
terial la clearnly and readily laundered;
even caustic soap. Instead of Injuring It,
makea tho fabric softer.
The purposes to wiiich paper yarn can
he put are really so diversified that It la
difficult to clrcumstibe Its field of useful-
nefi. It cannot ba expected that It will ap
' preciably decrease the output of oth.r
textiles, hut on account of Us relative
cheapness It has claims that neither man
ufacturer Bur biuuaniUrlau can wwU din-
regard. Literally It Is a new yarn. The '
commercial success already attained by Its .
discovery demonstrates Its practical utiliza
tion. Conservative German manufacturers
consider It a highly welcome and now well
nigh Indispensable material for many tex
tile purposes.
FIRE FIGHTERS IN ALL LANDS
American Cities Most Efficiently
Protected Agalnat the
Destroyer.
It Is only a matter of recent history
since volunteer fire companies have been
replaced by drilled and disciplined forces
constantly on duty. In fact, with the single
exception of Paris, where the corps des
sapeurs pompiers dated from 1747, the flro
department In the larger cities of the world
have been organized since 1830. The London
brigade was formed In 1S33 by the fire In
surance companies, but did not come under
public control until 166. Milan and Mailrld
organized fire brigades in 1838 and 18 J,
respectively. The Berlin department was
not founded until lWl, that In Brussels a
year later, St. Petersburg In 1860. Vienna's
In 18t4 and New York's, the first American
city's. In 1S0.5.
The earliest of these, however, cannot bo
classed with the modern fire department,
whose present efficiency Is due largely to
the moveable fire engines, which hi;d nut
been constructed In a form for p-act cal
use until after the middle of the last cen
tury. The development of efficient br'gades
was no less dependent upon the existence of
an adequate and well-distributed water
supply, and the construction of extensive
waterworks Is also of recent date.
Comparing the fire brigades In the large
American cities with those of Eui opens
capitals, the former ore always ltirger and
better equipped with steam enKlnos, horses
and men. Within the last few years tie
system of depending to a conslderablo de
gree upon call men has been given up br
practically all the larger municipalities.
San Francisco and Jersey City are the only
places with over WW.t'OO population wh'cli
still have an appreciable number of call
men. Boston. Detroit and Providence have
a small number, but the regular firemen
are much the larger part of the brigades.
New York City, with regulars, 1,00
horses and 175 steam Are engines, has much
the largest fire brigade of any city In the
world; but the Boston department of 100
men, 350 horses and 46 fire engine ,
Is much larger In proportion to Its popula
tion. Philadelphia, with double the popula
tion of Boston, has a fire brigade of no
greater strength.
The large force of men employed and the
great amount of expensive machinery
necessary add, very much to the cost ol
the Amerclan Are departments. The high
rate of wages, and especially the wagej
paid to engineers, electrlrlans and skill d
mechanics, also increases expenditures. It
Is not surprising to learn, therefore, thit
the lowest expenditure for fire depart
ments In the large cities of the I'nlt. d
States Is 64 cents per capita, or even to
learn that the next lowest figure Is 74 cents
-treble the rate In London, Paris and Ber
lin. In other Instances, when the per
capita cost rises, as It does In mot cae.
to tl or somewhat over, It Is pos!tle t6
find the explanation In a larger force,
higher local rates of wages or unuiUil
equipment.
LEO HOFFMANN, undertaker, new loca
tion. 16th and Jones. Tel. Doug. 8901.
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Garbage Cans
Reduced Prices Monday
W A new shipment of all sizes Just received. Heavy
galvanized Garbage Cans with covers, complying
with the requirements of the city ordinance.
Monday they go at these prices:
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10 gallon can and cover $1.15
12 gallon can and cover ,. 91,25
13 H gallon can and cover 9145
We Are Agents (or the Celebrated Odorless
Witt Corrugated Cans
Milton Rogers & Sons 0.
14th and Farnam Streets
MISSOURI MILITARY ACADEMY
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"I do not hesitate to recommend it." Dr. John Punton, 3001 Lydla Ave.,
Kansas City. "The best military school on earth today." Dr. A. L. Towell,
Hebron, Neb.
Call Captain Marlon Y. Fonville, Harney 1602, Omaha, or, address. Col.
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