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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1910)
unday Bee. PART SIX WOMAN'S SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIGHT TART' SIX DRAMATIC SECTION PAGES ONE TO EIGliT VOL. Xj- NO. 2. OMAHA. KlXIAY MOKXIXd. XOYKMBKU L'7, L'MO. SINGLE COPY FIVE CUNTS. asarnwEBKasaajua Burm: i ma men Second Great Sale Week of the B. Lowenstein Stock Begins We will place on sale all our reserve stock3, purchased at the Big Sale of the B. Lowenstein & Bros., Wholesale Dry Goods Co., Memphis, Tenn., Monday. Last week we started this great sale never have we introduced such a remarkable line of stocks, all the High Grade Goods for all departments. This entire week was the greatest good value week in the history of our store. Monday we will make even greater offers and sell every piece of these stocks. Read the bargains each department offers. Fhe Omaha Monday 1 w c for Fancy Linen Sale Monday In the Lowenstein stock we pur chased some beautiful linens re markably cheap. Monday they will go on sale for the first time. Fancy Linens, a big assortment, round and square lace trimmed and hand drawn, 18 and 20-inch pieces, worth actually 85c, on sale, Monday, at 49 Bleached table damask, 72-inch width, five patterns, made for hard wear. No'dreesing and no napkins. to match, $1.25 value, ''special sale price 7D Napkin Special Monday All pure linen, perfect In every respect, slightly soiled, 2Mnch square, well worth $2.00 a dozen, Mon day, 6 for only v 69 - s Bennett's for Diamonds Diamond Kings, Vii-karat, clean white diamond, in CCA ,14 karat tiffany ring, regular $75. Our price. V" 'i-karat, clean white diamond, in 14 karat, solid gold tiffanv ring, regular $2'J.50. Our price... -karat, clear white diamond, without flaw, in 14 karat solid gold tiffany ring, regular $45.00. Our price INSTRUCTION AT LAND SHOW Educational Exhibits and Lecture on Farming to Be Given. LESSONS IN GROWING OF CORN Display Will Illustrate Development of I. ruin Prof. Ilolden to Speak II. W. Campbell, Soil Ki- perl, oa Program. Education In efficient agricultural meth ods will be given an important purt In the land show to be held In Omaha In Jan nary. Some of the Instructive phases of 'he National Corn exposition are to be adopted for the purpoe of the land show. The evolution of corn, from the husk or "sipiaw" corn to the highly developed product of the most scientific agriculture of the day, will be illustrated by an ex hibit similar to that used for the same purpose at the corn exposition. Tlte famous ear of corn which won the KolloKg trophy will be used to typify the acme of corn development. This corn w;is valsed by Fred C. Palin of Newtown. Ind. Lectures on tho culture of corn will be ilven at the land show by I'rof. P. J. Holden of the Iowa Agricultural school, and by M. W. Campbell of Lincoln, the acknowledged authority of the world on dry fttrmlng. Prof. A. L. Huecker of Ne brasku State university U to lecture on the "Value of Silo." Prof. Haecktr's lecture Is siven a bit of timely lmportanoe following the dry season lust ended, wh.ch made appuU'nl the pos sibility of a shortage In the feed sitpoly v(.oerniuen Cihlhlt. It i probable that the land show will aiso include a government exhibit on tile Insect p.!. This exhibit will set forth in icraphtc terms the dnmage resulting to an nu'l und plant life through the iijencv of the larasites. The rx-m methods for tne pre er.'.ion of Insect life and the eradication of the liouhle will lie shewn Ktv cholera will be tho suliii ct of an . ther exh lilt, and a set lis of lectures. An exhibit of good roads planned. This ex Mb.t will liuw the economic loss to th.' fanner end to the nit ion tnroiw the '" of bad lud.. Cot of transportation and Its eXfii't on the profits of produce nmr-ke-id will ) et ferih as an arisut)ii-nt for '.he build m of roads. The InuiiaKemc nt of the land show ex ieets tho educational exhibit and lectures In prove 'an lii!n turn factor in creatine intereiit aiuoni; (lie farmem. Tile educa tional Work of Hie land show vlil b- more concentrated and more aievlul.xed than that of the corn exposition as lecturers Will Vie exfiected to co er but one sit.ject and the work ill be handled as a ell de Never Yere Such Beautiful High Grade Ladies' Suits Sold jiro oneniiir VDiir un jiro offering VDiir These restrictcti choice of jiny wool suit in 1 1 10 entiro liouso, suits worth jictu- ;illy up to $."0, $25 only Suits nimle of Fancy Basket Weave, two toiu; and wide wale diagonals; broadclotlies, worsted, serges, clieviots, Scotch materials, in fancy or plain colors, in cluding blacks, sonic arc beauti!'ul!y,.triinnied with silk braid, self or velvet collars. Never were such high grade, beautifully tailored suits sold so cheap. We also are making all alterations free during this sale. Come early, while our lines and sizes art complete. One Line of IteauUful Velvet Suit Cut In a dainty 30-lnch semi fitting model, gored skirt, trimmed in soft shades of braid to matrh, the body colors which are black, navy, rich brown and purple. These suits are exceptional values at, only t . . . . Two New Molds in Tailored Waists, $1.73 These waists are exceptionally well tailored with one model having clustered pleats down the front, while the other m oriel has a beautiful hand embroidery front.; they sell for $1.73. French Lynx at $7.95 Largo Shawl Scarfs and Hug Muffs, made from good French Lynx, regii- &n (jr lar $112.00 kind, special this week, at Vl0 Kig Sale of Jdre6tJU& UNDERWEAR Monday We are exclusive agents of this famous brand of high grade un derwear. At Monday's Bale we of fer the following garment: Ladles Silk and Wool light weight vests and pants, at per garment $1.25 Ladies' Light weight wool gar ments, at .S5? Ladies heavy weight silk and wool vest and pants, at, per gar ment S3 Ladles' fleeced ribbed union" suits. at, per suit .81 Natural or cream, part wool, union Buits at, each SI. 75 19.98 $32.50 fined unit. The services of other lecturers and scientific farmers will be obtained. The list of educational exhibits has not been completed. Several valuable features for this i dc of the land show are yet under consideration. PRETTY CHRISTMAS BOXES Onlr a l.lttle Time and .Money Re quired to Make Them at Home. The outward trappings of a Christinas gift have much to do with its attractive ness and for the last few holiday seasons special attention lias been paid to boxes, ribbons and wrappings for Christmas packages. The Hhops ofler boxes of all sises and nhapes covered with holly sprayed paper, but the Ingenious woman Is clever at pasting can cover her own boxes and make them far prettier than those of fered for Hale, and It is well to beg in the work early, so that each iiift as It Is fin Isred or bought can be placed in Its box ready for delivery. lteninauts of llowered or fctrlped wall papers run be bought for a few cenu. Moves are always available, and the cover ing of theiik require only a little work, curetul cutting and neat pasting. After a box has been covered and left a few min utes to dry thoroughly, two pieces of while tissue papej can be panted aiong the top edi;o of the box. Then four pieces of libbon, the width being giaduated accord In to the MJe of the box, can be pasttd In lor lies. The finishing touch of pietu- ness is the paper lace around the inside. for pasting libiaty paste shoulj be used. Flat boxt for Itun.i ki rchicf j are eail covned und a!ji It ml a wt-U'ume place in the top drawer of the recipient for the lest of the year. Collar boxes ai uI.ho convenient for many pui poses and parosai boxes pei I. a;,- not unite so easy to get make splendid Mocking boxes. If a Ions box of mis kind be covered with a paper dotted with pink rosebuds a. id then tied aiouud with a wide pink ubl.on, the ei" Tect is claiming and the ic eptacle will fit easily into a dieer drawer. If tills aie to be sent to a wnole. family tiny may be packed all together In a lary Miuare hat box or a strung suit box covered with a pietly llht blue and white stripe paper. After Christina ti.it attractive box tun be put upon the snelf oi toe guest loom closet, itauy for the visitor's "beat hat" or for the lace wutst wiiich are haid to hal.g up. i'lelty boxe neel cimr amiss. New York Tribune, Altrd t klrsao Man llrunua HluiaeW. CHICAGO. Nov. IV-Frank P. Sehmitt, father of the late State Senator Frank P. Schmlil, Jr., left a note to Ms family ay lr. he was going to commit suicide in ihn j ljncoln pan. :agoun. The mln-ive was 1 found this morning and the todv was re- cowieo oon uiier 110111 tl.e IttHoon. Air. tvhiiutt ws '.1 eea old and his uisood rney Mas due to Hie recent death of his oii in Italy. So Cheap mm suits are our regular better gradu giirnipnts. Bomi fitting and mantilHh hand tail ored, 29 and 30 models, pleated, Korrrt or flounced ukrts. The Jackets arc all beautifully lined with Persian silk or Skinner satin. Tr ( $25 Men's White Ladies' Kid Gloves All colors, sizes, from 5ni to 8, $l..r val ues, Monday for ....G9c The Social Secretary Cupid's Understudy, The Right Man, Back to Arcady, v All Classical v Enameled Vare 1,000 Pieces o! Imported Enamel Ware worth $1.25, Monday for 49c Dish Tans, Water Pails, Sauce Pans, Mixing Bowls, Preserving Kettles,, Double Boilers, etc. Every piece a high grade, stand ard make, no better ware found anywhere at $1.23; Monday Big Sale for only. . . . , Grocery Prices for Monday, Tuesday 19 pounds granulated BugHr for 1 Navy Heaps, new stock, 5 pounds for a5o liemielt'tf Hreakfast Coffee, 2-1 u. can for. 480 Free bread and butter plnte. Teas, assorted, per lb.... 580 1'rea bread and butter plate. Tea 8lftlng, lb. pkK....120 Chief Brand Uonuless llerr- Inx. 3 Jam for SSo .'toe. Jar Tea Garden KIks for only auo lionnett'a for only.... loo And 6 stamps Evaporated Peaches, lb.iat,0 And 10 Stamps Evaporated Nectarines, per lb, at lSo And 10 feiamps Sniders Chill Sauce, per bottle, only 8Bo And 10 Stamps Kadlum Stove Polish, per package, nly 18 And 20 Stamps Christmas Fair in the Big Bee Lobby Twenty-Three Churches to Unite in the Selling: of Christmas Gifts. Scaffolding, that Is to fay counters, Is now In pluce and It only remains for the fair merchants to move In their wonderful stock of "Christmas articles" and put up their wares and decorations for , the Dee lobby to become the really busy "mart" lor Christmas shoppers. The blif continuous or combination fair It Is both begins December S and continues until December 21. Twenty-three churches will use the lobby and its counters tills year, to offer their wares to a waiting public. That all the churches who have asked for the privilege of sharing the sale room may be accommodated, three or four churches will have fairs at the same time. Mrs. T. I- Sturgess la chairman of the committee appointed by the different churches to make arrangements for the co operative fair. The churches who responded to the In vitation that was extended to all of them were as follows: Hillside Congregational, IMymouth Methodist. Trinity Methodist, First Christian, Church of the Oood' Shep herd, North Side Christiun, Wennilnster I'resbyterian, St. .Mary's Avenue Congrega tional Clifton Hill l'resby teriun. First Methodist, First (ierman I'resbyterlan. Uraco l-utheran. Church of the Covenant, Castcllar I'resbv terian. li.nson Methodist. Hirst -Memorial, llcn.son fcinglish Lutheran, Hum-corn Fark Methodist. North l'resby lenan, licnson l'ru.by tei iati. Lowe Avtnue l'resby teriun. First Congregutional and Teinplu Israel. GETTING READY FOR SOCIETY New VorU Court tilven Needed Iii furuiatiuu uu the Cost Per leiir. i A siirrctate down New Yoik way hav ! ing been asked to gran a 14-year-old glil I an income of HT.usf a year to prepare her I fop her debut in society, the World declare that this sum "does not appear excessive 111 the circumstance." Out of tha sum. It ua, must come poio coals, riding- I ai its und all the paraphernalia of port, as well as costunma tor society's more con ventional functions, with dinner dresses and hall gown in course of time; tiie ex r emits of trivel. Jewelry, matinee tickets. pending-money : and the cost of Instruc tion In all kinda of accomplishments over and above that of an education at expen ie schools." From the hals of estimate thus fuinished, expert may easily talcu late tl.e total cost of preparing a rich New York girl for sotirty mm MM rnn ymasi Ewno?iri vnw nrnTT.n OVT. STOCKS ASS COOMPXjETB. Wonderful Embroidery Sale MONDAY o,()dU yards Beautiful Embroidery, in Swiss, ('ambric and Nainsook, 18 inch Flouncing and ('orset Covers and 124-inch All Over Embroidery. Every piece is actually a regular $1.(M) value, for Monday's 0IT (heat Sale, only, per yard, nty tu Handkerchief Specials' find Colored Horder Handkerchiefs, an. I White; Ladles' Colored Hemst Itched, I. miles Sheer Hem stitched Handkerchiefs, worth to Hc. Groat Sale Monday, each, Ht Early Xmas Shoppers Will Enjoy the Xmas Display Here Thousands of Christmas Books, Calendars, Cards, etc., all ready for the thoughtful early shopper. SOMK $1.50 1KK)KS AT 4o. Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch, His Own People. Saving Seeds in Danner and others. CHKISTMAS GIFT BOOKS I.N CHIUST.MA8 The New Frank Banne book, "The Emerald City of at and Religious Titles, at C. C. C. Brand Asparagus, per can, only 16o C. C. C. Brand Asparagus, 2 cans for 380 Bennett's Capitol Mincemeat, 3 packages for BSo And 10 Stamps Double stamps on liutterlue and Cheese. Oalllard's Pure Olive Oil, special quart can for. ,76o 20c-can Franco - Ainerlonn Soup, for 15o Bennett's Capitol Pure Maple Sprup, gallon can for. $1.30 Sterling Clloss Starch, il-lb. packages for 2?o l'euner. hi -lb can "DO IT N0W,PLEA OF SHOPS Early Shopping Best Gift to Workers in thf Stores. ADVANTAGES TO BUYERS, TOO Fall Storks and tiood Service for Those Who Do Not Procrastinate Worries for Those Wlio Walt. Io It now. When tomorrow dawns twenty-four more days will remain In which fo do Christmas chopping. The shop windows of Omaha's retail dis trict are resplendent with arrayatf Christ mas goods. Fach day sees an Increasing throng of Christmas shoppers. As the day draws nearer the crowds at the shops In; crease, gathering volume in ratio as the season fur gift-buying grows shorter. To serve this annual flood of increased patronage the workers behind the counters and on the delivery wagons are put to re doubled efforts and longer hours of toll. Io it now. The time which for the shoppers Is mude happy with the plans, surprises and antici pations of the holiday season and those things which certain to the Christmas spirit is a strenuous period of overwork for the people behind the counters. The procrasti nation of the gift buyer Is to the worker but the tource of unrelenting fatigue for them Uki Joys of approaching Christmas day spell little but a chance to reft. The rhopkeepers offtr but one solution of the problem. The answer Is "shop early." The store folk can tell you a whole array of reasons why for both eldes. For the buyer they argue that early i hopping avoids the discomforts of the lute ruth nnd the crush In the stores, a better stock from which to select goods, and the satis faction of having the Chrlftmas problems worked out befure the eleventh hour. "If people knew how much better service they get at the beginning of the Christmas shopping than In the lust busy days the Christmas rush would liegin In November." remarked the head of a department in one of the tag Sixteenth street stoles. "Look at that woman down the aisle now. She is lehuiely xoing about the making of her purdiase. She can c alm the whole attcu- i Hon of the clerk and will have the pur chase completed sailsfactc rlly with the gifts laid away In the home whrn her dila toiy neighbor Is wondering what to buy. l'o it now. "When that dilatory neighbor goes on the Job she will find thousands of others In the same fix. She will struggle for hour through a tamJe of custoiner In the store and hurrying throngs on tl.e street. She will be in a peevish .no. xl at the shop girls becaae they are tired to the limit and can not be' sprightly and attentive. Then at AH Our High Grade Ladies' Col- 0 orcd Coats Worth from $35 to $45 Unrestricted Choice This Week This is certainly giving you a golden opportunity to buy the very finest high grade colored coats ally worth from $.'!.") to $4", at All the fancy colored broadcloths, fancy plaid back, Scotch mix ture in the very best cloths; garments that never have sold before for less than $:ij to $4.-, this week a most ft ft f" remarkable value, for SS only PJeJ One lot of very have sold all season for $'J2..jO. This great week onlv, ' "t ' $15.00 Ilon't miss these great sales They are bonafled and guaranteed bargains. Ladies' X-nar New Persian Silk Waists for only $5.00 Made with round yoke of self put tucking, Gibson pleats on the side, deep cuffs and self stock collars, these waists come in beau tiful patterns and are very well made for only 3c Belgian Lynx Sets, large shawl collar Monday, at only HOXKS. Oz, Monda, 9S -v-25 J ' Ladies' Black Silk Hose Mercerized top and foot, 7")c value, Monday ex tra, at .39c v J $2 Suitings Monday at 69c Monday we will sell all the Suitings from the Big Lowenstein Purchase. f(5-iuch semi rough weaves, in the newest colorings, ele gant 54-inch worsted fabrics, in either plain or -fancy weaves. Imported novelties, suit ings, that sell regularly at $1.50 and $2.00, Monday a very good Btf value for only Swansdown Shredded C'sl fish, 3 packages 850 And 10 Stamps Wiggle Stick Bluing, 3 fur only 850 And 10 Stamps Spider's Catsup, bottle.. 33o And 10 Stamps Bennett a Capitol Kxtrurt, per bottle ..... 180 And 20 Stamps Bennett's Capitol Oats, 2-lh. package for 110 And I o Stumps Seeded Kaislns, per pound package for And 10 Stamps 31 KZ home she will have another grouch because the deliveries are not made up to the minute. "Alt awful mess to contemplate. And the answer Is so easy. Just 'shop early.' " WILL MESSINA BE ABANDONED? Proposition to elrtTUIld on Neve Site Italian City Leveled by Fart huuaLe. According to what seems to be official report, the Italian government lias aban doned the intention of encouraging the construction of a new city on the heaps of stone and brick that pni e were Mes sina. Instead It Is to provide the neces sary land in a neaiby plain, and to see to It that the buildings erected there are of u kind to prevent or minimize the de structive effects of t lie earthquakes which are sure, Booner or later, to come again In that unrjulet region. One wonders how the new land is to be allotted whether In quantities propor tionate to the means of would-be pur chasers or In some sort of equivalent to that held by the Inhabitants of the old city. Any attempt In the latter direction would give rlne to no end of difficulties and complexities, and would be hardly practicable, and yet something of the kind must be done if the new city Is to be at all closely related to the old one If it Is to be. In short, a new Messlnu and not Klmply a new city In that part of the island. As a matter of fact, the reasons that fixed the site of Messina where it was ate likely in time to be aKain decisive as to where the city shall be rebuilt, and It Is doubtful if the risk would be any greater there than elsewhere; perhaps it would be less, since ground so thoroughly shaken into place as that was can fal'ly be ex pected to remain quiet for u good while. Men are rarely driven f'om rich lands or advantageous .sites by disasters, however terrible, when the chances of recurrence are remote. They cannot afford to con sider mere possibilities, and the proha bdliy of safety Is usually enough for them. That Is why volcanoes, though such dangerous neighbors. almost Invariably have thei- fertile sides well populated. Death threatens there, but till It comes life 1 easy, so the people return aft-r every eruption, hoping that another will not arrive in their time. Fsually it doesn't. And a good harbor Is aluo t nev er de rerttd, no matter what happens there. Whst stems to be an exception to the general lule is St. 1'ierre. It U years now since Mont I'elee calmed down, but no ship yet anchors in the roadstead at Its fisit, and there Is no life on the shore where all the commercial activities of Martinique could still most conveniently he concentrate 1. St. P erre howtver, un like Mesfitia. was a decaying town, md until or unless the isf.in.l gets prosperou again there is ne great need to rebuild It. New York Tunes. Beautiful Black Plush Coats Full length, semi fitting models, lined throughout with a very fine grade of either yellow or Mack satin, giving a remarkable drossy, expensive apiK'araneo. These coats are the most popular stylos of the sea son. This Groat Sale we actu $25 want you to see them, at onlv. . . $29.50 swell Mack and mixture coats, that at $15.00 There are very fine sets with and pillow muffs. Special C1C vID Silk Specials For Monday 500 yards of Beautiful Silk, from B. Lowenstein stock, at less than cost. Here is one price item to show the unbelievable reduction. The best 3b-in. and 45-in. widths, in Black Silk, found in Silk Cassemere, Peau do Soie, Peau de Cygn.es, Messa lines, Taffetas, etc. Made to sell for $2.00. Monday's great purchase sale price 98c Monday We Offer the Greatest Corset Bar gain Ever Known. Our $3.00 (Thf5 Corset Monday . These corsets are made of a very fine quality of batiste. In plain white, extra long skirt, with double hose supporters with good webbing In them, non-ruutable boning, built exceptionally well In tho long, slim enect. we cave sow nunarcus or Monday, one day siclal, for only BLIND HORSE WANDERS AWAY WITH LOAD OF GUN COTTON Four Men Are Arrested in C'hlragro ( hsrgrd with t urelely Hand ling Fxploslves. CHICAGO, Nov. 2ti. Carelessly handled explosives, which In several instances threatened whole blocks of the city, was charged by the police today in the arrest of four men. In one instance, a wagon load of nun cotton was dragged aimlessly over part of the west side of the city for severaf hours by a blind horse which had wandered away from its driver. Another left a truck load of gunpowder at the Cnion station without guard or with out the hones being tied, according to the complaint. CHICAGO OPERA IS A SUCCESS Mnaleal Critics of City Inform l a that Nerr Venture Has Made (iood Artistically oud Financially. Chicago Is having a truly metropolitan opera season and the efforts of the men who worked for It through so many years of uncertainty and disappointment are crowned with complete success. For the conviction that it has been artistically a season of triumphs we must depend upon the judgment of the Chicago musical critics, but their Judgment is backed with onio au thority, at least by the proper names which they can throw into the breaches in under standing which nre produced by their broad sides of technicalities. Mary Garden. Dal mores, Farrur jtid McCormaek, and others are all singing us beautifully for Chicago as they did for New York, all of which makes Chicago certain that at last it has the artistic "edge" on the other lnelrosjlis. POPULATION OF OKLAHOMA New Mate fcbons a tiuln In Three Years of More Than seven teen I'er tent. WASHINGTON. Nov. X. The population of the state of Oklahoma Is 1. l'.T., ac cording to statist cs of the thirteenth cen sus, made public today by Director Durand. Tills is an increase of 2V1M,X, or 17.' per cent, over 14H1T7 In l'XtT. The population of the counties containing t .e principal cit es is: Oklahoma. "i.2.:l'. compared with y.'A:, In Lot', and Logan, 31.710. compared with :'ii..;3 In I'.kpo. j Frnuce RuapenHa Duty on . roln. j I'AKIS Nov. 1H The cabinet today de I cided um.lnst a temporary abolition of the import duties On foreign wheat and other cereals, which had been proosed be lause of the shortage of the French crops. l J Mil '. m I If ' . fi ' '? i :i we Rare Bedding Values Olfer ered from B. Lowen stein Purchase I5K1I SIMIKAII HI'KOl A h H Hemmed, fringed and scalloped all full bed size, heavy Marsell'ea patterns, plain or cut coni'irs, goods worth $2.25, Monday's wonderful offer, each... 1'ILLOVv' CASK KAIJO Heavy Muslin pillow cases 45x36, well made, strong materials, 18c values, Monday for only. 13 MI SIJX Ml HUT HAlUiA INS 9x4 seamless sheets, a vory flue grade of goods, our regular 86c value, Monday's great sale for "ly 64 WOOL BLANKETS We have se lected hiI thi odds und endn, some llKhtly wollfd and otherwise per fect materials, In plaid or plain colors. Theso bltuiketn oolil ui to )6.98, Monday plucud on Hale very cheap at, ri''r pair 94.48 UNBLEACHED ICUIIiIX Full widtli, heavy, excellent value at 7 4c pr yard, Monday'ii special at only So mem at 3.uu 98c BfltBEfiSSB WOMEN TO SEIA THE SEALS Effort Being: Made to Interest Leaden of Society in Cause. MAY WORK LIKE ON TAG DAY Towns of the Mate Have lleeii Sup plied with Larue quantities nd the Indications Are for a I. arse Wale. Hcfore tho red cross Christmas seals go on sale In Omaha next Thuisday the local officers of tho Anti-tuberoulOKis society Intend to get the public in general Inter ested in the work and If the society women can be induced to help in selling the seals t 'ley will be set to work as they have been In other cities. In many of the eastern towns, the first days of the Christmas seals, sales are as eventful as a "tag day,'' In which the streets are filled with attrac tive maids who carry on a good humored highway holdup for a good cause. Little tables are set up In the big stores and on prominent coiners and a: thesa hand somely gowned debuntantea excerclse their charms in disposing of as many as possible of the littlij seals that make so large a part of the reveille ii the fight against the "white plague." Ui some towna news boys are equipped with a supply of seal to sell and that scheme also may be tried here. The local executive secretary In charge of the distribution lias been trying to in terest manufacturers and Jobbers who have a larj.' commercial correspondence to get them to work their letters with the seals and to spread the Idea among their out-of-town customers. In this she has met with some difficulty, because so many of tha wholesalers refuse to understand the pur poses of the movement. One dealer in Omaha refu.-ed last year to take any part In the work until his customers in Colum bus wrote to him and asked him to help them get some of tho stamps to sell and lie hml to go out and buy them on the street because he did not want to apply at the central office. Columbus lias been sup plied tills year with thxi worth of the seals direct from the distributers and the whole saler will not be troubled by his customers. There are now 4iu.i seals ready to go on hale in loj Nebraska towns, aod every thing is being put In readmits for next Thursday, which will be the opening day. Two 1 ears for t.eorge Welaand. Di:S MOINF.H. la., Nov. 2i. George Wel gand. the spn it ualist, who pleaded guilty tcrday to using the mall to defraud by representing that a fortunie awaited him In L'nglund and that he needed temporary relief, was sentenced to two tears in the fedeial penitentiary at Fort Ix-uvenworth by Judge Smith Mi l neison hi federal court here today.