The Omaha ' Sunday Bee WANT ADS PART It EDITORIAL PAGES 1 TO I VOL. XXXVIII NO. 28. OMAIIA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1008. SINGLE COrY FIVE CENTS. After-Xmas Clearing Every vestige of Christmas goods is relentlessly blue penciled with tremendous mark downs all soiled, mussed or imperfect goods sacrificed almost unbeliev ably. Odd lots, broken lines all fall before the mighty onslaught of the price cutter. Monday will be a day of unparalleled opportunities for all who love bargains. TYFTMTTHrp y ioo s. Stamps With Coal n m I V Coal y 100 stamps with each ton ordered Monday any of following kinds Capitol Coal lump or nut, "the best that burns", ton. . . .$6.50 Domestic Lump, per ton $5.25. Domestic Nut, ton, $5.00 This offer Monday, only. Both phones. Pre-Inventory Sales Shelf-clearing, room-making is the one object in view. The order has gone out to every buyer and manager to rid the stocks of remnants, odds and ends, before the annual stock-taking. Dec. 31. "Sell at any price" is the command. Must start the new year with an abso 1 itely clean stock. Every department whether advertised or not Is takinu Dart Truly It's a week of golden money-saving chances. v " ' m ' Books A book clearance extraordinary. The tremendous book selling, the Jostling crowds, careless handling, etc., has left us with thousands of books that are snunnunnununnsnnssnBBBBni slightly Injured, soiled, earmarked, etc.; books of every character, standard and gift editions, all assembled In one big lot positive values up to $1.00 choice, Monday Children's nooks Unlimited variety, slightly soiled from handling values to 60c on table, at HtAtionery One of the biggest after Christmas sales ever put on fancy boxed stationery, slightly imperfect from the Holiday rush; Q values to $2.00, for J-C Post Crd Albums 2 extraordinary values much less than reg, 19c-39c CALENDARS HALF PHICE. 19c 5c y Toys Commencing Monday toys will be on sale at lowest prices we have ever made. Don't carry over a dollar's worth if price will sell it. Is the order. Not a thing has unnnnnnununnnBB been overlooked, everywhere at every counter you buy toys at big reductions. Some a quarter, some a half and some even more off regular prices. Games too, ball a hundred kinds all go at sharp price savings. Dolls are cut In price with a determination to sell every one this week if possible. Good choos- Great Reductions Hardware Monday In the hardware there will be several great sales. Our entire stock of nickel, copper and brass goods will be on sale at a fourth off. Line In cludes chafing dishes, 6 o'clock teas, trays, coffee machines, etc.. An other important sale consists of a thousand pieces of Turquoise Blue and White Enamelware, comprising every kind of kitchen utensils. These are high grade goods offered now for less than we have ever known before. Grasp this saving opportunity Monday. All In a at Grasp this saving opportunity Monday. great one day sale, iO O Off China Tou have bought your gifts, now here's the chance to replenish your own china closets at wonderful price savings. The greatest china store in the west mmmmhmmmm offers bargains unprecedented this week. Big as our values were before Christmas, they are totally eclipsed now. Great one price tables refilled and replenished with fine French China Bric-a-brac, Vases. Steins, Ceramic Pottery, china of every description sold without re gard to real cost or value. Wonderful bargains are arranged on tables at, 5c 10c 15c 25c 49c 9Sc $1.50 Positively every piece worth two, three and four times these prices. $25 buys our finest Suits and Goats, worth to $75 4 -J V Any Woman's Suit in the store absolutely worth up to $75.00, for $25.00. MONDAY Suits All our finest suits must be closed out before inventory, Dec. 31. Tomorrow we give you unrestrict ed choice of all our handsomest cloth suits in the house, not one reserved, suits worth $35, $45, $50 to $75. Positively most merci less knifing of prices Bennett's ever made. Come' early "choice .... .". . . . ... $25 y Any Girl's Coat Choice of hundreds of heavy new stylish coats of the best kinds, all colors, absolute clearance, any coat worth to $7.50, none reserved .... $3.95 A.ny Woman's Coat in the store, none reserved, val ues np to $45.00. A"i It has been freely acknowl-v-.03.LS edged Bennett's have the largest line and most stunning styles shown in Omaha this season. We offer thee su perb models now, including magnificent broadcloths, fine cheviots, coverts, etc., black and all best colors, abso- stta v f"f lutely finest $30, $35, $45 coats, jjjyjtj Qone reserved, choice IVfJtoJx Furs, Third Off Any piece of fur, neck piece or muff, the season's newest and most reliable furs, mink, Jap mink, black lynx, wolf, fox, etc 33 ya Per Cent Off Handk'fs The sale of soiled, mussed and tumbled handkerchiefs left from Xmas trims and bargain tables continues until every one is wMMMMaMMHHMMM cleared away. Inventory day, Dec. 31st, must find the stock rid of them. Can't Quote prices on any lines, but the reductions will be of such a nature that there will be a scramble to get the goods. It will pay you to buy a whole year's supply now. Every kind of handkerchief from the cheap to expensive ones and all at prices averaging reductions of a half and A few more real French .Kid GloveB worth $1.50, for .Q8 Blacks and Tans moBtly, Less Than Half y Pictures and Pyrography tremendously sacrificed. A world of beautiful and desirable lines. The picture stock Includes oil paintings, pastels, water colors, carbons, platinums, half-tones. etc., best subjects. Pictures appealing to all tastes and for all purposes. We offer now our entire stock, without a single exception at hi less than our regular low prices. In pyro goods buy $2.00 Pyro sets for $1.40 Plate Racks at half $1.00 Taborettes for .......40 $3.00 Umbrella Racks $1.00 lBo Ga PenB' Et0 10 Any Framed Picture, choice of thousands Monday ------- 25 Off Slippers Monday a very special sale of evening slip pers for women, beautiful, dainty effects for theater, dancing and party wear. rink, Blue and White Calfskin Sailor Tics, hand turned and with Cuban heels. Our regular $4 quality, Monday, at, pair $2.69 Four-strap Patent Vanip Slippers for evening wear, French heels. Our reg ular $2.60 quality, Monday, at, pair $1.59 Velvet KM Slippers with one strap and bow very soft; Cuban heels, our $1.75 quality, Monday, pair ... $1.39 Kid Slippers for home wear, D'Orsay style for women, red and black kid. Our $3.00 quality, Monday, pal ..$1.89 y Groceries Bennett's Capitol Flour, sack.... .....91-60 And 76 Htamps. Bennett's Golden Coffee, lb. .......... .960 And 30 Stamps. v Teas, assorted, per lb .........48a And SO Stamps. .BOo and 10 Green Htamps ,88 snd 10 Oreen Stamps-'' run irctuii t-iecnts, imiuuu ........... . Domestic 8 wlas Cheese.' pound ..................... Capitol Baking Powder, pound. ...................... .S4o and SO Green Stamps Franco-American Soup, quart ........................ .35o and 40 Green Stamps Durham's Clam Chowder... ......aoa ana zu ureen n lamps Walker's Chill Con Carni, two cans BOo and 10 Green Stamps Southwell's Marmalade, jar BOo and 10 Green Stamps Sweet Cauliflower Pickles, quart BOo and 20 Green Stamps TOMATO BPECXAXt Large cans "Best We Have" brand, worth 15c, at, dot 91.30 Per ran llo &AXSIBT SPECIA.li 1,000 pounds In pound packages, fancy Seeded Raisins.. 15o And 20 SUmps. Japan Rice, splendid quality, pound .......... ........... Bo PRINCE FRANCIS IS SMITTEN Sister of Mrs. Aitor Creates Big Sensation in London. DUC DE CHAULNES BRIGHT STAB till Arrival Glvee Former Mia Shoal II lark eat Aristae ratio Mortal Paaltlea la the French Capital. i LONDON, Dec 36. (Special.) Never was an American debutant boomed here as 'j Mora Langhorna has been. "It positively makes one wild." said the budding- daugh ter of a famous Irish peer to ma the other day, "to hear the fuss which the advent of young Mrs. Astor's alster Is creating. 1 have seen her photograph and I don't see there Is anything extraordinary about her She was expected over last year. I do wl she had come for then she would have been disposed of married, I mean. Instead she lands the very year I am about to make my debut. It's Just hsteful of her. Father heard at the club," she Went on, "that If she were a royal prlnoess her appearance would not cause halt so much excitement. Ths men are wild to see her. That confirmed bachelor. Prince Fran- rls of Teck. was Just raving about her. It Deems he caught a glimpse of her in her sister's box at the theater ths other night." Awalttan- tier Presentation. At the great ball the bachelors gave one night lately there was much weeping and gnashing of troth as Nora did not come with Mrs. Astor. That lady Is determined that her sister Is not to be seen about much until she has In the orthodox fashion made her appearance in court a clever stroke on her part for the fact that she Is being kept back makes people all ths more snitous to sea her. Mrs. Astor Intends to take a big town house directly after Christmas In order to launch Nora Langhorn in the most elegant style possible. She means to give a mag nificent ball, the granduer and brilliancy of which will take the wind out of the sails of every other hostess for soma time to come. It is understood among the As tors' friends that no one of leaser rank than a peer must presume to glance in the direction of Nora. It won't by any means surprlsa them if the Borons Highness) al ready referred to were to lay his heart at her feet. But have the Langhorn money? All the beauty In the world Is no use to Teck without that. Is any case a most brilliant future Is assured this young American girl If aha plays her cards properly. Tiny Ds Csaslaes, Smart Americana are going wild with delight over the little Diu do Chaulnss. A bell Amerlcalne, who was here the other day from Paris and had mad the acquaintance of his smalt grace, before tier departur said "he was the very sweetest thing that eyes ever ranted upon." From all quarter be has been 'inundated with gifts. Tiny bangles of weciuua stoues, safety plus la Jewels'. gold and silver cups, diamond rattles and goodnasa knowa what els are being sent to him. Many are from utter stranger and many have arrived anonymously. Henoeforth his ' mother (who was. It will ba remembered. Miss Shonts,) will be one of the grandes dames of the Parisian aristocracy, a position out of which no on can now do her. The presence of the little duo decide the fact that his mother will henceforth make her late husband's native land her headquarters. Before the traglo death of the late due there was a movement on foot In his wife's family to buy back the magnifi cent ancestral estates of the D Chaulnes family and present them to him, but negotiations were cut short by his death. Now It Is said on excellent authority that the Shonts are mora anxloua than ever to acquire back the horn of the child' parental ancestors. The De Chaulnes are among the oldest nobility of France, but. as waa well known at the time of .-the due' marriage, they are very poor. The young duchess It was thought after the death of her husband would go back to America and live with her parent. Later there was mention of her taking a Lon don house, but this, too, fell through. Of course she ha her enemies who would have liked to have seen her retire to America and abandon the superlatively arlstocratla position which she holds as Duchesae De Chaulnes. Their anticipa tion were not realised, however. The Shonts girls used to be very well known here and, although they could scarcely be called pretty, they had a heap of charm and were very popular. Their mother, too, has crowds of friends In London. American te the From t. Th marriage of George Weatinghouse. sou of Mr. Westlnghouse of PUtsburg. with Kvelyu Brocklebank, which was fixed for December 1, has again been poatponed on account of the former's ill ness. The bride Is a daughter of the Immensely wealthy Sir Thomas Brockle bank, who Is one of the great magnatea of the north of England. He has several country seats, on of which Is sltuatd outside Liverpool. The Brocklebanks are fairly well known In London and their frlenda would have liked to have had the wedding take place here. Instead, however, It will be solemnised In Cum berland, where the bride's father ho a seat called Irton Halt The story goes that there is no man for showering gifts like an American brlde gToom and the presents which Miss Brocklebank has had from th Pittsburg young man are stuSnlng and th envy of every woman who haa seen them. Dia mond, sablee, lace, historic Jewels every thing that th most faatidViu girl could pin for ha been placed at her feet. Talking about the exqulsll gift so ciety debutante say thu In view of th fact that British -men are now nearly all hard up and decidedly mean to boot, they consider It would ba very advisable to create th fashion In favor of American man who have been far too long over looked by entarprlaing British mammas and their indefatigable daughters. There em to be a determination her to bring th American man to the front whether he like It or not. Rarely baa even a royal patient been moved about with such precaution or such luxury as has been bestowed upon Mrs. Al merle Paget, who Is one of the fore most Americans In London and a member of the royal set. For several months now Mr. Paget has been seriously 111, some time being at death's door. Like the usual American she Is so full of energy that she make a very bad patient and directly she gets a little better she defies doctors and nurses and does something wildly Indiscreet. She has had pneumonia, pleurisy, congestion of the lungs and a variety of other troubles all In the last few months and was so weak from the effect that two doctor and three nurses accompanied her to Egypt where ah now la For the most part the trip was mads by special trains and special boats, every precaution having to be taken to save her exertion. The patient Is making a tour up the banks of the Nil and the party have several dahabeahs in which they are residing. Mr. Aim eric Paget has now left to Join his wife, having been detained In London owing to important business. The latest accounts of Mrs. Paget are more satlnfactnry, but It is generally known that If she means to spend more years on this planet she will have to be exceedingly careful of herself for the future. Her children have also gone out to her a she refused to be separated from them. This means that their governesses and nurses have had to accompany them, which make th party one of the largest private ones that ha ever gone up the Nile. Mrs. Paget 1 not expected back for atx or seven weeks. LADY MART. ENGLAND MUST RAISE WIND Chancellor of the Exchequer Haa Thaakle Task Ahead f Him. LONDON, Dec 18. (Special.) Lloyd Oeorge, chancellor of the exchequer, haa one of the biggest and most thankless tasks of his political life ahead of him. It Is nothing more or less than the devising of new methods of taxation to meet the rapidly Increasing national deficit. As he himself has picturesquely described it he must "look for new henroosts to rob" and predictions are now In order and are being widely made as to the particular quarter of the barnyard he will turn his atten tion to. Various schemes have been put forward, more or less authoritatively, but In al most every case It was evident that the wish was father to the thought As far as ths chancellor himself Is concerned he has but to examine the old record of the department over which ha rule to find an almost endless variety of means - of "raising th wind." all of them tried and found useful by his predecessors in office, fhlsaney Master. For instance, there was th "chimney money." In ItHO Parliament voted a tax of 60 cents a year on every chimney In England. Some idea of the enormous amount such a tax would yield today can be gathered when It Is said that a major ity of th houses of London and th other big English cities boast as many as fif teen chimneys apiece. Few of them have less than ten. That It proved a heavy burden In thus days la vtdent, for It waa lmcnacly unpopular. Pepys records three months after the passing of the law: "Much clamor against the chimney money and the people say they will not pay It without force." It waa not until October, 1666, however, that it was successfully "moved that the chimney money might be taken from the king and an equal revenue of something else might be found for the king, and people be enjoined to buy off this tax of chimney money forever at eight years' purchase, which will raise present money, as they think, 1.600,000, and the state be eased of an ill burden and the king be supplied of something as good or better for his use." Tax I'pon Timepieces. A little over 100 years ago every clock, either inside or outside a house, was taxed J1.2B a year. If you were lucky enough to own a gold watch and It came to the offi cial notice you were compelled to add $2.50 to ths publlo exchequer. If your spending money were limited and your timepiece sported only a sliver case, the sum of $1.75 was demanded of you. Furthermore, your Jeweler waa compelled to pay a tax of 60 cents a year for the privilege of Bulling such luxuries to you. One of the most curious of all taxes waa that Imposed upon windows. This ranged from $1 for one to six windows to $340 every twelve months for 180 windows. The quite natural result of this tax waa the closing up of many windows with bricks. Parlia ment promptly devised a trick worth two of that and Imposed a tax of $1.25 upon every 1.000 bricks. The legislators "put the lid on It," however, when they Imposed a tax of $5 a year on everybody who used hair powder. , Dealers In women's hats were taxed $10 a year and In this connection an amusing hint haa been given to the chancellor. In th olden day the Individual hat were taxed a varying amount dependent upon their value. It has been suggested that If Ui hat of the moment be taxed at o much per square inch there would be no neces sity for "robbing any other henroosts" to make up the estimated deficit of $lo0.ouu,Uu0. LONDON'S "POURED" BUILDINGS Coarret C'oaatrert loa Great Mystery to Cockneys to Whosa It Ha Bees Shown. LONDON. Dec, J6. (Special.) "Poured buildings" or reinforced concrete structures are th latest wonders in London Just now, Though this process of putting up buildings has long been known In America, its ad vent In England 1 of recent date, and, for various reasons. It Is attracting a great deal of public attention. What haa brought the question of brick' leas and stbneless buildings to the fore Is the fact that the British government Is putting up a great new wing to Jhe general postoince by th new process. Triers is not a brick r stone In the entire structure; and th speed with which ths work la being done la simply astonishing th natives. From th trad union point of 1w, th government la severely criticised for In troducing "labor-saving" building into government contracts at a time when th unemployed question la so pressing, and when more than 2S per cent of unemploy ment is la In bulUlng trad itself. But the government has been more Influenced by questions of economy than by anything else, and the "poured building" fills the bill at aDout one-third less cost than an ordinary structure, even In brick. In stone, of course, the difference Is almost two thirds less in favor of pouring. The new postofflce building Is being constructed according to the Hennebrlque system a French Invention, though It dif fers little from the American application of the same principle. Great Iron rods ex tend throughout ,.the frame work, and around these cement is poured, being kept In place by boards until It Is quite solid. It Is claimed that the concrete solidifies quite to the hardness of stone, and the structure will last as long, and bear as much weight as the strongest stone build ings. The new postofflce wing has tremendously deep Joundatlona, as It was found that the soil near St. Paul' cathedral, where It Is situated, was not of the character to sup port a great building, unless the founda tions were exceptionally well laid. Considerable mystery haa surrounded the putting up of this new postofflce wing. The work haa been delayed a long time, and although It should have been given out four year ago, nothing was done until quite recently. The secret of the delsy Is to be found In the fact that the English government was so hard hit over the Boer war that they could not enlarge the post office until It had recovered Its financial equilibrium. The government haa been promising to give out this work for so long, and it haa been so much delayed that people began to think nothing would ever be done. In the final adoption of the Hen nebrlque system, the expectations of out-of-work builders, bricklayers and contrac tors have been sorely disappointed. Though aeveral deputations have waited on the government and requested that an ordinary stone building should be put up similar to the new war office the request was turned down owing to reasons of economy. The cost of the new building Is to be, on completion, $1.20.000. Now that the government has gone In for "pouring" their buildings, private con tractor will take up the work. There are already three or four big "pouring" build ings in London, the largest being at 38 Victoria street, a great office structure, but, so far, the British contractor has not taken to them 'very favorably. He was hard to convince that they were not of flimsy character, but It only needed the government to set Its seal of approval on the process to give the new scheme a chance. A Bachelor' Beflcctloa. When a woman dearrlbes what a lecture was like it sounds as It she had been to the dressmaker's. There' nothing a woman admire so much in a man as ths wsy he can open a telegram without fainting. A man can growl over the bill for matches unless the family burns electricity and they are uaed to light pipe and cigars. If th woman haa th tendereat heart In th world It will grow hard to somebody else's baby that people think as pretty as hers. There's hardly anything a man can 11 bout more enthusiastically thsn all ths Important peopU alio sai la hiax at a tUnnel SOCIAL FAME FOR THE PRICE Press ,,Puff, Easily Secured in En gland by the Person with Money. EASIEST WAY" TO DISTINCTION Persistent Efforts In that Direction Open Sesame to Most Exclu sive Circles The Royal Enclosure. LONDON, Dec 2. (Special.) "Fame, nowadays, simply means more press no tices," saya an Kngllsh society dame who has recently denounced the practice of pay ing for "news" Items In the columns of the big London dallies. It Is not generally known that anyone however obscure can buy as many "lines" as he, or she, likes In the society columns of any big London paper. Thus "Mrs. Smith-hyphen Bmythe" can have her daughter's marriage toi "Jones-de-la-Jeemes" announced In the same column in which the king's visit to Marlenbad may bo recorded. Of course It come high, but If you wish to. butt Into society you have to have It. For Instance, her are the rate for such notices In the principal sheets. Fame at So Mnch "Per." Six line in the Time will rnet the social swimmer $7.50, while the Dally Tele graph only allows four line to appear In the body of th paper for $6, extra line costing $1 each. Thus you can buy fame at so much "per" In the paper that claims to have the largest really and truly cir culation of any 2-cent paper In the world. Tho Dally Mall, well knowing that publicity la one of the essentials to social fame, and that wealthy people must have It no matter what It costs, boldly charges $2.50 per line, and gets It. AH th other big Lnndn paper make exorbitant charge, and even the out of town papers with big circula tions shake golden apples from the social boodle tree. In the expense bills of those who partic ipate In the London "season," newspaper advertising figure si one of the largest Items. Borne of these accounts run Into $10.00 a year. Of course the Incorruptible English newspapers do not run "reading notice" departmenta. and thy would probably refuse to do a page write-up even at a fa&uloua price, but by Judiciously spreading your advertising over a lengthy period and disguising your "notices" so cleverly thst the ordinary reader dot s not recognise the manufactured product, you can spend quite as much money in another way without laying the paper open to the charge of venality. Borne of the newspapers charge four or five times the rate her quoted for In serting unimportant paragraphs between announcements coi i. jcted with the king and royal family. The rate vary In ac cordance with th Importance of the royal personage. Of course It costs more to be next to the king or queen than to appear near a prince or duke. Getting; Nest ta th King. Another phase of th money side of social advancement. On payment of sums ranging ) up to $2,500 you can get Into th "royal en closure" at the race. This Is managed by person In high places who need money. Several blue-blooded but Impecunious mem bers of the aristocracy have an Inherited right to tickets to all functions In which royalty is expected to mix. They get these tickets from the lord chamberlain's office, and though they do not want to go to these affairs themselves, the tickets have a high commercial value. The nouveaux rictu s are most anxious to "circulate" In the royal set and the next best thing to actually bo Ing a member of the exclusive!. Is to appear to be one. Not long ago. King Edward asked !lie name of a lady to whom h stood quit clone In the royal enclosure at Ascot. The lord chamberlain's secretary was greatly embarrassed to find that the lady In question held a ticket which she had "acquired" from a member of the aristoc racy. After that incident, the lord chamber lain adopted the custom of marking th tckets to many royal functons as "not transferable," but even this has not put a stop to th custom. Money for Introducing There Is another very flourishing 'Itng for the depleted purse aristocracy, and they work It for all it 1 worththls Is "Introduc ing." This system Is taken advantage of by many wealthy Americana For Instance, on payment of a fee to a certain high society dame, you can be guaranteed an Invitation, for a week-end on board the yacht of a real lord of Cowes In the height of th sea son. Many social entrees hav been mad from th saloon deck of aom lord' yacht. The people who engineer these "little mat ters" are supposed to be absolutely beyond approach, and It requires the greatest tact and naturally the highest of fees to bring; them orr successfully. "Introductions" cost anywhere from $4,000 a year up to $10.00 according to the particular "set" into which one decides to force his wsy. Memberships to "exclusive" clubs are also obtained at fixed fees. Another extremely popular form of achiev ing social distinction Is the employment of a press agent to manage publicity booms of a mild order. It la the duties of this agent to see that his principal Is Invited to all th swell affairs, and to Interview the reporters, giving them Information In which the name of his particular client figures largely. In this way a large amount of free advertising; Is obtained. Many press agents are women i quite a number of them occupying semi-Important positions themselves In society. Pointed Paragraphs. An ex-husband Is apt to think that H niony means all the money. By standing up for yourself others may be prevented from sitting down on you. If some women haven't anyone to talk to they chew gum so their Jaws won't gut, ruBty. A woman who wants to make soap has no khk coming if her neighbors glv her the ly. About the man who thinks he know It all the worst thing 1 his Inability to keep his mouth shut. The coat may not make the man, but It certainly helps some when the mercury ts flirting with the aero mark. Perhaps nothing makes a girl so angry aa the thought that a young man thluk she would not resent being kissed. A health Journal has an article on "How to Lie When Asleep." What we uml Is a few pointers on bow to Indue people to tell the truth wliu awake.' -Chicago News. 1