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to THH OMAHA SUN'PAY REE: DECEMREU 20. IPOS. MONEY IN CHRISTMAS VERSE English Woman Makes Five Thousand a Tear Writing It. IXN EACH DAT IS TEE AVERAGE Her Literary Prodactloaa Known In Every Corner of the ClTlllsed Globe The Woman Poet Laareate. LONDON, Dec. 19.-(Speclal. Few poetj injoy the distinction of being "com manded" by a real queen to write verges for them, yet such la the happy lot of Mini Helen Marlon Burnslde of London. She "did" Queen Alexandra's Christmas card this year and has the largest "Christmas circulation" In the world- for her verses. Everywhere the Christmas card makes Its way and - few nooks and corners of the universe escape tt now adaysyou will see the Initials "H. M. B.," which means that Miss Burnslde has turned them out. Mlsa Burnsida's output of verses Is, cer tainly a large one, even for. a poet, for her dally average for the last (thirty years Is ten poems. They are not thrown off haphazard, either, but are well thought out, real poems, of which few writers need be ashamed. Bhe has been able to con tinue such a big output .mainly because ahe has acquired the habit of versifying under all circumstances traveling, walk ing, t home or visiting. Innumerable In cidents suggest "themes," and few Ideas escape when once her verse-making gray matter has taken notice of them. Even tha wheels of a railway train have sug gested some of her most successful ef forts. Miss Burnslde is now well' advanced in life and lives in a little cottage , In the West End of London, which she shares wrth another distinguished . writer, Rosa Nouchette Carey. Bhe originally intended to become a mu sician, but when 12 years old., was made totally deaf by illness. From that time ha decided to devote herself to., writing. Even as a child she produced some very . pretty verses and attained soma fame be fore her 18th year. As she could not be come a musical composer, she found that verse came nearest to her Ideas of mu sical expression. ; For some years - Miss Burnslde did not make much headway with t her verses, as she found that public taste especially In Christmas poems had ba come degenerate. Bhe set her fare against the usual "twaddling piffle," as she calls It, which appeared , on most . Christmas cards. Her object, was to elevate the ' Christmas card and .raise publlo taste - to a high standard, y, After years of striving she finally succeeded, and publishers to day Insist on the "Burnslde model" In se- lecting their. verses. In addition to her poems, she also devel oped her art faculties and became quite a good artist, exhibiting at the Royal Acad emy and receiving honoruble. mention at the Columbian exposition. . She combined verse with art and used to Ulustrats a great many, of her own productions, though -.in latter years she has .-abandoned the art work and .devoted all her time to versify ing. It waa not long before she attracted the attention of a number tf the big Christ mas card publishers, and for six years she was one of the editor of Raphael Tuck- & , Co. Most of her oards were signed,: either with Initials or., her full name. ' ' , . Been recently .by tha writer at her London home. Miss Burnslde gave, her views on'i the, making of Christina verses t , '" "When I first commenced Christmas , verse , writing,",- she. -said, "I found that(' publishers were turning pu( mere oog ' grrel,- but now. als Aklavls changed. There , Is a .much, higher standard, of excellence '.today Ahaa Ahorewas -then. , X dq not ad vise anyone especially a woman who has to make her living to go In for Christmas versifying,,, as it. is, uphill .work Jor the beginaer, especially If no , other work Is combined With .tt. , Publishers seldom pay more than. tl.2S per verse, and, unless. you have, a large number of, publishers to deal wlh-or one big firm., which will take all your, output at a-fair .price Ufa. will be very, difficult. I , do. not think a woman could , expect to make more than t 300 a year .solely, by writing Christmas cards, and then the season Is such a short one only lasting' from: November to-March." Asked how she .wrote her verses what gave the inspiring -ideas she replied: "Oh, almost anything; I see things, when out walking;, a -irieBd writes a letter giving a sweet aentlment). a tailing leaf the small tit infldents-r-aet tha versa, ideas going and It is not Wig before Z have a poem reads ' for the, pus-Usher." Miss Burnstda- waa asked to give a speci men of what she considered one of her best poems for- this .year- She submitted tha fallowing .verse: I know a green and peaeefut lend. Which ever bathed la eurwhine Bee, And In it dwells a gentle bund Of friend,- with smiling lips, and eyes; That land via memory's dreamland aweet. And I csn wander there at-will. And dear familiar Xaoea meet And clasp dear hands In friendship still. IMs- sUnuUed that. Miss. Burnslde makes nearly 15,000 a year from her poems and designs. This - year- aha ha had-many of her verses set to music. I - BOOTH RELICS WENT BEGGING l.lttle CnmnetHloa at (h Aartlna ste of the J rest Tracedlan'a Heloaalngs. What a chance the members of the riay ers, the Lambs snd the Greenroom club missed the other day when they let the New York suction sale of the late Edwin Booth's effects slip by without putting In so much as a bid for any of a hundrel and one articles so closely associated with the great actor that any collector or for that matter any man or woman who honors the stage would regard as treasures be yond price. Such relics as Mr. Booth's makeup box, his tobacco jnr, the JcwelTii mace he used as Richard, the scales and knife of Bhylock and the cloek of Don Caesar do Baian were auctioned off for a mere song. Mr. David Belasco, who was lucky enough to S-cure till of these relics, declared that he was positively ashamed to obtain them so cheaply. In the Bun's story of the auction there was a description of a white haired old man who, as he saw the professional cos turners haggling only for those of the grout actor's costumes which were still In good condition, suddenly exclaimed with tears In his eyes: "They parted H!s garments among them and for His raiment they cast lots." The man was . the old time actor and stage manager, Mr. Robert Eberle. For the greater part of the afternoon he and Mr. Belasco sat . together. Both of them had their eyes fixed longingly on "Lot S3" a black walnut clock, with alarm. de Signed and made to order for Mr. Booth, which was ornamented with bronse statu ettes of Shakespeare, Goethe and Schiller, end had for Us mountings elaborate boars' heads, with the coat of arms and motto, "Quo Ero fpero." "Are you going to bid on 253, Mr. Eberle" asked the manager. "Do you want It much,' Mr. Belasco?" returned the old actor. "Well, to be frank, I had set my heart on it," said the playwright. "I've got Just the place for It In the Hluy vesant's Green room, but" "Not at all, Mr. Belasco. I shall always like to remember that the old clock has come to such a happy anchorage," said Mr. Eberle. But Belasco did not secure the clock after all. Throughout the latter part of the aft ernoon a young man bad stood in tha rear of the room watching the playwright nar rowly. Finally, Just before the clock was put' under the hammer, the young man scribbled some lines on a piece of paper and sent the note to Mr. Belasco. After reading it the playwright stood up., waived his hand to the young man and said: "By all means I'll retire In your favor. Good luck. It belongs to you by right." Five minutes later the young man secured the clock for m very small sum. The note which he had written ran like this: . My Dear Sir: For purely personal family reasons I am very anxious to obtain my uncle's clock, as It bears our coat of arms. I fear you only. Please bo merciful. Hop ing you have not Bet your heart positively upon biiylng it, I am respectfully yours, Sydney Booth." New York Sun. Serious Lacerations and wounds are healed without danger of blood poisoning by Bueklen's Arnica Salve, the healing . won dor. 26c.; For sale by Beaton Drug Co. ; ,iu,'.'-rr',.r-.. '.n'.1 jua- Xmas Gifts for Men Fur Caps made of penuine seal skin, all size, at $53. Others M.o.??-.5?....:$1.50 V Ilcarskln Gloves, long fur, In either gauntlet gloves , tfO ?r or mittens .'e?)lJ Adler's Street Gloves In French kid, all sizes and shades,! Art at 91.50 nd tjlaUJ Hoys' Fur Glomes and Mitts in sizes 10 to 15 years, at CA '90 75 ani ;.3vC Faaoy- Hllk Mufflers, Reefers, Squares and Oxfords at , Crtrt $1.50 down to , aUC White HeniNtltelied Ilandker chiefs, , dozen in rn. box for OUC Fine Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, M doeen In ( 4 rn box for .e)l3U Fancy Hllk Suspenders In single boxes at-$1.50 $1 4r' 50 and LdL Flannelette Night Shirts of heavy daisy cloth at $1 fTA 75 and 7 DuC Fancy Llwle ami Cashmere Orl Howe at 50 and uv Srarf; Pins, Studs and Link .Cuff Hut tons in novelties at Cfl $2.50 down to ...DUC Holiday Umbrellas, Sterling silver, gold and gun metal trlm-ff r A med at $2.50 down t0.e7J.sUV Solid Leather Suit Cases In every, grade of leather from good to! best Prices, $13 ffr AA down to aJiMJv Xmas Slippers ' for Men at $2.O0,$1.5O,$1.25,$l.O0 65c :Ail Styles and Sizes 4 X O V- A -yxm 1 vmtkmm "V. rT-- , Hp'-fe'i"'-' Tpesr 11 -it r; R Open Evenings Until Christmas Special Holiday Salo of Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets A very apprppriate sale in this season of gift-giving and a firood onnortunitv for shrewd Christinas shonnera to t con. xdif omize on their purchases. We have Just purchased a lot of Smoking Jackets and Hath Robes at 25 discount, and In consequence are able to offer exceptional values right now when you are thinking of buying gifts for men. Considering the desirable ness of this class of merchandise for gift purposes, we think the 'event will be welcomed by many economical shoppers. V IW f 4 BLANKET KOI IKS. In beautiful colors and various de signs, all sites In this sale only $.1 AND $0 BIiAS KET IU)BK8, In numerous color combinations, beau tifully trimmed In this sale only $7 BLANKET ROBES, choice new ef fects In various colors, extra finely made and trimmed choice now. $2.90 IUBES, In Ions, beau- $3.90 choice new ef- 3 .$4.90 f0.50 SMOKING JACKETS In new two-tone effects, new patterns and cotors, nanasomeiy trimmed, per fect fitting and very comfortable your choice $I AND f 10 SMOKING JACKETS, Including many odd garments of different color combinations and rich two-tone effects very exceptional values at $4:95 $6.50 Xmas Gifts for Women 4 . .iJUSiSW I a 0m- 1 1 Christmas for the Boys Is always more enjoyable when they are wearing something new in tlfe way of clothing. " There's no better nor surer way to make your boy happy than to give him i 'k A SUIT OR AN OVERCOAT for hi3 Christmas present. This' doesn't mean any great expense, when you get it;here, we have an unequalled variety of patterns and colors, in sizes from 3 to 16 years, at S2.95 $3.85 and up to $7.45 These are stylish and well made, too, and when the boy tests them for warmth, comfort and service, you'll bo surprised that we ask so little for such high quality. . See them and let us tell you more about their good points. ' BOYS', GIRLS 'Appropriate, sensible and useful Christmas Gifts. i and CHILDREN'S 'We have all leathers, sizes and prices, and .we guarantee, XM AS SHOES wearing quality. See them. the, i :50ci 25c .Vanity Bags in biacK or brown, a very useful article and appreciated by any womnn. rrices, (1 Aft . $3.90 down to. VlUU Bonton and Carriage ltags y4ry beautiful and fashionable. . Jf 'rt' $7.50 down to ...v9l.3U Fine Linen Lace llandkeictilefs. regular $1.50 Quality, at Initial Linen Handkerchiefs In fancy boxes of Vfc dozen each. ff ("A Per box Jl.uU Children's Fancy Book Boxes, 4 dozen in each, at..... Women's Guaranteed Hose, V dozen In box, guaranteed to wear pa nn six months; per box '.?ivv Children'a Guaranteed Hose, 4 pairs In fancy box, guaranteed f A A to wear 4 months; per box. . 7l"U Fancy Silk Elastic Rupiiortrs, Very fine quality, , ar 50c and fuOt Women's lTmbrellaJ, trimmed with Sterling sliver.'flne quail- ' r A 'tics at $2.50 dbwn to...i .l.JJV Kayser's l)ouble-SHk Gloves, in a heavy winter weight, for,. per pair Women's Mocha , and Kid Gloves silk-lined, all sizes and ' 'shades, at. ......... . Children's Fur-Trimmed Mitts, . In ' fancy colors, at, per pair ?.Loj moo Gloves, $1.50 OMAHA'S ; LEADING '. CLOTHIERS Xnas Slippei's for Women "at v$1.75. $1.-50 and $1.00 Fur Trimmed, Felt Juliets All Sizes srid Colors JlccUlections of My-Christmas Tree By -Obarlss -XMoksns. t hsive been looking on this evening at a merry company of children assembled around that pretty. German, toy, a Christ inas tree. Being now at home sgaln, and alone, I the only person in t the house- awake, my thoughts are drawn back, by a fascination which I do not care to resist, to my own childhood.1 straight in the middle of the room, cramped in the freedom of Its growth by no encircling walls or- soon reached celling, a shadow tree arlscB, and, look ing into the dreamy brightness of Its top I observe in this- tree the -singular property taat: It apears t rown -downward toward the-earth I -look into my youngest Christ mas recollections. All toys at first I find. . But upon the branches , of the tree lower down, how thick the. books began to hang. Thin books, in themselves, at first, but many of them with dollcioualy smooth covers of bright' red or. green. What fat black let ters to begin wth! VA--wasi an archer, and shot at a frog." Of course he- was. tie- wos-'an ,apple pie also, and there hu Is.- lis was a good many things in his time, was A, and so were mont :Of 'hl friends, except- X, who had o little versatility that I never knew him to get beyond' Xerrea or-Xanllppo, like V, who was always confined to yacht or a yew tree, aiid Zt eondenined forever to be a sebra or a-siwiy. : But -newr the- vary tree Itself changes, and becomes a been- stalk the marvelous bean stalk by which Jack climbed up fo the giant's house. - Jack hew noble,- with hlx sword of sharpness and his shoes of swift ness. Oood for Christmas time is the ruddy color of the cloak In which the tree mak ing a forest of itself for her to trip through With her basket. Little (Red Riding H'ood comes to me one Christmas eve, to give me Information of the cruelty and trecahery of that dissembling wolf who ate her grandmother, without making any im pression on his appetite, and then ate after making that ferocious Joke about his teeth. I felt that if I could have married Little' Red Riding Hood I should have known perfect bliss. But it was not to be, and there was nothing for it but to look out for the wolf in the Noah's ark there, and put hint late in the procession, on the table, as a monster who was to bo de graded. Oh, the wonderful Noah's ark! ' It was not found seaworthy When put in the wash ing tub, and the anlrtuls were crammed In at -the roof, -and needed to have their legs well shaken before they could be gotten in even there, and then ten to one but they began to tumble out at the door, which Was but Imperfectly fastened with a wire latch; but what was that against It? Consider .the. noble tly, a slxe or two smaller than the elephnnt, the lady ' bird, the butterfly, all the triumphs of art. Con sider the goose, who feet were so small, and whose balance was so different that he usually tumbled forward and knocked down all the animal creation. Consider Noah and hla family,, like Idiotic tobacco shoppers;-and how the leopard stuck to warm fittle fingers; and how the tails of j the larger animals used gradually to re solve themselves Into frayed bits of string. Encircled by the social thoughts ot Christmas time, still let the . benignant figure of tny childhood stand unchanged. In every cheerful image and suggestion that the season brings, may the bright star that rested above that poor roof b the star of all the Christian world. A moment's pause, O vanishing tree, of which the lower boughs are dark to me yet, and let me look once more. I know there are blank spaces on thy branches. where eyes that I have loved have shone and smiled, from which they are departed. But far above, I see the Raiser of the dead girl and the widow's son and God is good, OLD SHOP MARKET ;T0 60 Reminder of .Past Will Be' Razed in "Widening the Strand. 'Not a Flattering; Mistake. Eugeno Walter, the young playwright discussed in his Ansonla apartment the failure of "Paid in Full' in London. "The London critics," said Mr. Walter, "prained my drama without a dissenting Voice. Krom Mr. Walkley of the Times down they deluged mo with praise. But the publlo would not come to the Aldwych theater. fThe public . was unflattering . as the African sentinel. "A French - sentinel -In Algeria, you know," Mr. Walter explained, "had for colonel a very tall, lanky, round-shouldered man. "This round-shouldered colonel one night was making a quiet inspection. Passing the sentinel he found, to his rage and in dignation, that 'he was' not- challenged. So he returned to the man and roared: "You didn't challenge me!" " 'No, sir,' faltered the sentlnal saluting. " 'Well, why didn't you?' the colonel de manded. "'Excuse met sir.' said the sentinel, 'hut I thought I tit-g your pardon, sir I thought you was a tamel.' "Baltimore- American. UNCHANGED FROM EARLY TIMES Americana Often Interested In Cnrloas Display In Windows of . Delicatessen Store In , London's Heart. here and nowhere else," concludes the "ad," with evident pride. It is scarcely necessary to say that to day the firm deals in exactly, the same sort of stuff which It has been handling aW these years... anchovy, sauce being per haps their main line. They no longer em ploy the mortar and pestle,- and have al lowed a certain : ambunt of modernity to creep into some departments, but these in novations have only come after years of patient consideration and many consulta tions by the beads of departments as U the momentous effect the change in rrtaklng anchovy paste might have on international World politics. But, at last tho old f.lrm has got to cleai out The march of London Improvement calls upon them to keep up' with the pro cession, or move. Rather than capitulate, they have decided to evacuate tha fort they have, held so long. PLAN (YOUR TRIP TO .California Otthe 'Pacific iUorfhvQsf Via ;R&DF0C Equipment and Service the Dest i that Money can Duy Inquire at .City. Ticket Office at 1324 Farnam Phone. Doug. 1823 and Ind. A-3231. 'SeSf ;presesvatSosi -'is :he st iLaw -off .Matoe iSsaffiriji'iyff fff rr A : , . ; - JJ, " .i.'?'--A-r.;tspAr z '''' :aw - ....-r:A.,:..v'rv:.Vyr--- . .' fr. Jv - .i-V''.".-. ... Eleotrlo Block Signal Protection the Gate' Road to Travel LONDON, Dec. 19. (Special.) Another curious 'landmark will soon disappear from the Strand owing to the street widening operations just started in London. This 1b a shop which has stood at 107 Stranfl for 130 years, or, perhaps, 150- It i i-1' only shop now In existence which advtr-, Used In the first number of the Times, Is sued January 1, 1788, and might bfl said t0 have led the van In newspaper advertising. -American visitors to London often stop' in front of this old place which is almost next door to the Hotel Cecil to inspect the queer collection of ancient vases, Jugs, pots and "tobies" which the window displays. These things have stood in the sumo place for more than 100 years. They give a very peculiar appearance to the establishment, for you cannot at first make up your mind whether the place Is a drug store or a Jam factory. Over the door in big letters is the inscription! "Italian Warehouseman to H. R. H. the Duchess of Gloucester." The visitor naturally wonders why her royal highness the duchess of Gloucester .should have an Italian warehouseman all to her self, but, In any event, the Messrs. Bur gess seem quite proud of the appointment.' ' Ancient Methods Employed. There Is not today In all London a Blmllar concern dealing In the same ,sort of stuff and trading In the same ancient manner .as Messrs. Hurgess & Son. Though their busi ness In olive oil, anchovies, sauce and vail-. olis condiments of the delicatessen ordm1 has grown in rccunt years to be extremely important they follow today tho same bid methods which the early founders of the firm pursued. On entering the. place you feel as If you had literally stepped Into an other world. Old bookkeepers sit on hlsli stools, keeping musty old tomes of musty old accounts that this old firm has lnherT ited, generation after generation, from some of the oldest fancies In old England. When the first Burgess went into busi ness he took a particular pride in attaining a standard of excellence for many of his wares, and wrote letters to the newspapers of the day the Times, of course duscrlb-' Ing what he had In stock. Some of these advertisements read very curiously.- For1 Instance, he boasts of having on hand some" delicious "new reindeer tongues, welch oysters, exceedingly fine flavored Gorgona anchovies and superfine salad oil. Also Devonshire sauce, and toobdlty." He doe not say what "zoobdlty" Is, but perhaps in had something to do with the "zoo," and represented a paste made from some queer animal, such as only old Burgess & Son would have known anything about, liv another Issue of the Times he mentions having "Hamboror' sour crout In great variety." For spelling conventions. It seems old Burgess didn't ears a fig, for he spells salad in three ways, and Juggles with the English dictionary in a. manner that would have made Dr. Johnson use unkind language. Flae Ancbovr Sanee. One of the great specialties of the Bur gess firm in its early days was a kind of anchovy sauce, for the preparation of which they had a secret recipe. They used tq make this sauce In a huge mortar and pound it with a great pestle. Both these relics are shown in the establishment to day, and are revered as sacred. The Bur- giisses were ajso strong on "a special kind of mustard, "made of Ui true lienhani flowers, which for strength surpasses any THE DS1I1 lint mm 1 J -OF THE LATEz A. B. 11UBERM ANN'S ' Stock of . Fine Diamonds, Watches; Solid Gold and GblTFilled J Celery; 1 Sterling , Sir and Cut: Glass isJJti 11 ; going on at 1609A Fafriam llStf eet, between 16th , and 17th streets.. We have convinced others; we can con vince you. 1 " .A visit tq our store will satisfy yoti that'tfe afV selling ; goods for loss money than any jeweler can buy same ai wholesale. Note prices: Gold Filled Elgin and Waltliara Watches, ,', Af ; $10 and $12 value, our price , .4D,IU, . 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