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A GREAT SALE OF
Embroideries
27-inch Fine Embroidered Batiste Flouncings
fn dainty Bahy In.sh lace effects, with
combination of Jnpjinese anil drawnwork
) nit terns; !! ex (Unit design to select from;
worth up to $1.L" a yard; Aery special, per
vard. at . . .
75i-
dft.inrh Fine KmhroiHprpd Kat.ist.ft Skirtincra L
In dainty I'iiliy Irish lace and combination
.lapancsf. Ilind relief, drawnwork, etc..
very effective (lesions; worth up to $'J.Oi
a yartl very special, per yard, at $1.39
27-inch Embroidered Flouncings, Skirtings,
Also Corset Coverings Very effective de
signs in Kncclish eyelet, floral, blind relief,
combination effects, also baby patterns
many worth 7.V a yard; big bargain square,
icer yard, at 30c
IN, 22 and 27-lnrh I'lne Kmlwoltlcretl KlounrinK"
skirting"., rorsit covc-rinKF, wide bands and gal
loons on Swiwi. nainsook and cambric fab- f) Pa
ries all pretty designs and many worth ZtfP
fiOr. yd bargain square, at, yard
forwrt rover Kmnroidertcs Medium and wide ed?cs
and InsertlonH, thousands or yards of all kinds.
Many are fine) handloom needlework worth up to
20r per yard, big: bargain square, at per yard,
only 8la
HIGH CLASS LACES AND TRIMMINGS.
Latest novelties in' fine Allover laces. Silk ein
broldered amtl lace handa nl edgea. real Irish crochet
and rlunjr lace and hand), rlrh beaded, bugle, gold
and silver bands and gnloons, rich beaded garnitures
and ornaments, fancy ball and beaded fringes, etc.,
all very moderately priced.
Lace Curtains Drapery Goods
Specially Priced
' Hundreds of pairs of lace curtains of desirable-character
will be offered at special
prices Monday.
Cluny Curtains Best French net with linen
lace nice assortment per pair,
at ..$3.98, $4.98. $5.98
Duohssse Curtains, In Ivory
mid Arab color, plain mi J
figured centers epeelat '
for Monday
,t...4.98, (S.tS and 17.90
Ooueta Oo'r 60 tnohu
wide, with or without
fringe; npecll, each, 11.98
Tapestry J'ortlereit With
a pair Monday, at, each
rraneh BToTalty Curtains
These nre very new
special for Monday at, per
pair -8
afualln Onrtalna For cham
ber, tn ruffled or plain
elgo large range of pat
terns, pr. 980, $1.85, 1.B0
ride borders, worth 14,25
$1.50
Filet and Mimnalow Nets We show the largest as
sortment In the city, yd. 39 49? 65 98
40-inch Suwll Ktarulne -All new patterns, worth
BOc Monday, yard 39?
toA Corsets
To Insure
Correct Fit for
Your New
Costume We
Suggest
The Royal
Worcester
Corsets
or
Bon Ton
Corsets
The exact model
to meet your indi
vidual requirements
Is here. Expert fit
ters will attend you.
BRANDEIS STORES
Clever New Styles for Late Spring and Early Summer
Women's Lingerie Silk Dresses, Suits Coats
Faster maiks the change in season from early spring to the late spring. We have assembled
scores of the most charming models of the later types, which we show Mouday for the first time
A showing that suggests the beauty of early summer.
New Colored Embroidered Marquisette and Voile Dresses
Here are the new season's most attractive and dainty summery gowns. The daintiest colorings, as
well as sheer white materials, trimmed with beautiful laces and embroideries. The range of
prices in these season's favorites,
is
COLORED m:
SUMMER S
DRESSES
$15. $19. $25 up to
New India Beaded Summer Frocks
One of the most fetching ideas for the coming season. These India beaded ere
ations make extremely dainty, pretty and effective frocks for late spring and
early summer. Models that are strictly correct, at $39, $59. $75 and $98
Stunning New Lingerie Dressts
As the season advances, Omaha women always loo"k to firandeis for the newest
things. Here are lingerie dresses quite out of the ordinary. You'll not find
them with such smart individual style anywhere else. The prices
are !..$10, $15, $19, $25 nd up to $98
The New Colored Cotton Voile Dresses
Here are dresses suitable for summer wear of the practical, every day kind, many
pretty two-toned laces and embroideries, on plain and striped tissue cloths,
very "smart summer colorings, at $10, $12.50, $15, $19 and $25
New Silk and Foulard Dresses at $15
For styles in these popular frocks that are out , of the ordinary and carrying a
dashing metropolitan air about them, vou must come to lirandeis. A special,
at .' ..$15100
Ginghams and,
Tissue Cloths,
percales and
cambrics, miss'
es' and women'
sizes
at. $5. SO
SPECIAL MONDAY OFFER OF JUST 37
iHigh Class Fine Tailored and Imported Suits
AT ONE-HALF PRICE.
We have taken these few garments from our regular stock, cut the price
right in the middle and you can have your choice at just 5Uc on the dollar.
NEW ARRIVALS
"FASHIONSEAL" SUITS
All new suits in this group Mon
day, novelty effects in satins,
white serges, grey worsteds and
colored serges, beau
tifully tailored, at. . .
WOMEN' S NEW SPRING COATS.
The most elegant assortment of pretty, nobby coats in long
lengths, in plain and dressy effects for street, auto or
. dress affairs; serges, worsteds, cheeks, white serges, satins,
. etc., at .$19, $25, $39 and $49
BLACK SATIN COATS SPECIAL.
Large sailor collars with long shawls and side button effects, loose and
aiuee-quarter fluted tracks, at '$15.0$)
NEW VOILE AND SERGE
SKIRTS.
Extremely well tailored skirts, every
new aod fashionable style fea- 1 fV
ture is represented. The price . .J 1 U
NEW WHITE SERGE SKIRTS.
More popular than ever this seaspn,
a special value, at ;,.".'
The New Ideas in Millinery
The thousands of women who came here yesterdayfor their Easter millinery were satisfied, but practacally every hat in our
entire department was sold. Monday every hat we display will be a new one, brought forward for the first time.
Fashionable Hats for Late Spring and Early Summer
These models of the advanced season are prettier than ever. They are different in shape, the colors
ana trimmings are more typical ot the late spring and early summer, and there are many new and
becoming effects that have not been seen before. Hundreds of advanced season C? 1 A (11 C
models, at , . , tplU"ip ID
Brandeis Clever Millinery at $5.00 No other store can show hats for five dollars that can approach
Brandeis hats in .style or value. Other stores do well to offer at $10.00 the same grade (Tr
hats Brandeis sells at PD
Women's Late Spring Hats Ready to Trim All the popular straws and all the new shapes every
color that is desirable. Prices are , $1.50 and $2.50
JlSr
MONDAY'S GREAT SPECIALS IN OUR BASEMENT
Direct importations of Scotch Ging
hams Just received. New patteniB
in this 32-Inch, extra fine cloth,
gingham department, at,
per yard
25c
Fancy Dress Prints, light, medium
and dark colorings, at, per j i
yard, only 52?C
New yard wide light colorings, fin
est dress percale Just re
ceived, sale price, yard...
10c
The genuine Pepperell Sheeting, 8-4
width, bleached, at, yard . 18
The genuine Pepperell Sheeting, 8-4
width, unbleached, at, yard.. 16
Lancaster Apron Checks, Blue, Brown
and Pink colors on white,
at, per yard ,
5c
At the Muslin Department, extra
heavy bleached seamed sheets, size
81x90, 65c value, at, each... 48
Size 81x99, 70c values, each..52
Fancy Mercerized Suitings in shades
of Blue, Brown, Green, Tan and
lavender, also black and white.
worth J6e per yard from the 1 f -
bolt-
it, per yard.
8oft finished yard wide bleached
muslin, ca rubric and long cloth, de
sirable lengths, at, per
yard.
6ic
BRANDEIS STORES
GREAT SALE OF T "
Foulard Silks
A special offer of 30,000 yards of all wile
Foulards in stylish patterns wide range of
the best colorings navy, old rose, new bine,
tan brown and white and black, scrolls, dots,
jardiniere and cameo patterns OV
many are shower-proof; special, i-yC"
on bargain square at, yard -J s V-
Double Width Bordered Foulards.
Distinctive patterns, stylos confined to us. We al
ways show in advance the latest Paris Ideas. These
4 2-lnch Foulards In styles not usually seen else
where, at $1 to $2.50
Black Satins For Coats and Coat Suits.
Black Bonnet. Satin Duchesne with a dull finish
absolutely fast black
at, per yard 81.23 to $l.t)5
Our 49c and 69c popu- I For Monday Only Rx
lar silk bargain squares ! tra heavy Japanese yard-
i j a wide washable "ilk,
are loaded with splendid
I worth $1 a yd., 15 yds,
things for entire dresses, ( Hmlt t0 n c8t0nJer at,
waist or linings. j per yard 55
High Class Wash Fabrics
On Our Main Floor.
In Silk Aisle Our direct importation of ex
elusive embroidered and bordure Marquise.
Swiss mulls, French tissues, sheer organdies
and batistes, in beautiful two and three
color tones. New arrivals of the celebrated
efleure voiles, per yard, at up from . .50
Very special and j
for Monday '
only. white
cotton voiles, j
40-Inch, at, per
yard j
39 and 59 I
White and all
colors, sheer
and lustrous,
27-Inch Jac
quard novel
tiea, at, yard -29
nd 39
4 8-ln. border
tissue and
sheer Scotr'.i
novelties, at,
only ..50
Skirts Made to Measure
IN OUR DRESS GOODS SECTION.
Made by firstclass ladles' tailors who will personally
attend to all details, strictly tailored. .A special line
of our all wool fabrics is offered for making skirts
to measure, at, each $3
Tans are In favor. Scotch effects in 54-lnch all wool
suitings, homespuns, diagonals, pencil stripes, canvas
suitings, etc., at, per yard .$1 to $1.95
We offer for Monday only 50 inch all wool costume
serge for coats, at, per yard 95
Extraordinary Bargain? MonaUr in
RUGS
' FOR YOUR HOME
For Monday we have prepared several
very special bargain groups of rugs that are
highly desirable in quality and patterns. You
will find these prices considerably lower here
than anywhere else in Omaha.
9x12 Seamiest Brussels Kugs Here are floral and
Oriental patterns regular values up to 120.00; very
special at $10.98
Best Seamless Brussels Rags 9x12 size, a splendid
line .'or your selection regular values up to $22.50.
at $12.08
Boom-8ie Brussels Rugs All seamless, splendid
.stock for your selection; $15 values, this sale $8.08
We are exclusive Tselllng agents for the celebrated
English Wilton Rugs The finest rug manufactured.
All are seamless, colorings are beautiful. Sold reg
ularly at $55 9x12 siasespecial at $42.50
9x12 Seamless Velvet Rugs A fine wearing quality,
worth all of $25; this sale at. . . $15.98
Many other bargains will be offered in this sale.
Make it a point to see our new spring ruga. You will
surely be Interested.
Wash Gods Special in Basement
Genuine Printed Flaxon From the bolt with the name
stamDed on the selvage of every yard In tinted
grounds, also white grounds with floral
designs lic values; on sale at,
per yard '
10c
PLANS TO OUST COSGROVE
the place to Sweeney, knowing all th
i time that he was a friend of Bridges. Poll-
- I tlra had nothing to do either with his ap-
City Comptroller Hears. Dire Rumors, i olntmnt " ' di. harSe. i knew that
Around City Hall.
TO RECONSIDER APPOINTMENT
frame Member of the ty Coaarll
Take Kirrptloa to Ike Way Me
Haa Hera l.ettlaa Oat
Old Kmplorn.
I ilr)intlert liy the wholesale rilKrharftea
of employe In the city comptroller de
partment, which Included many appointees
of former Comptroller l.obeck. the minority
ontliiKc-nt tn the cltt council la aald to
hve decided to Introduce a resolution In
the council Tuesday night to reconsider the
appointment of Congroxe to fill out the
unexpired term of Ixheck. who rralgned to
aaaume hi duties an enngreaaman.
Rumora that Coiinrllmen Prldgea and i
Kunkhoueer .will present the resolution
were wafted around the city hall Saturday
morning. The decision la aald to hava been
precipitated by the dlacharge of Jamea J.
Hwreney. a democrat, who waa lellexed this
week. The standpatters declare that Swee
ney aa appointed to a position, but after It
waa learned that he was a protege of
Councilman Bridge, he was summarily dis
missed Sweeney was givm a position about
ten days ago. No announcement of the ap
pointment waa made nor of hla discharge.
I'oniptraller t'oagruve elated Puturday
morning that Sweeney was employed to
write up certain tas reports with the under- I
standing ;hat .as eoon as the work was !
completed, he would not be needed sh'y' ;
longer. ''"' '
"His woik rryjlicl about ten da.n,''
said t'nsgrove. "He completed his duties
this week and that Is all theia la to it. I
corded a man 'to do this work and gave
h was capable of doing the work and for
that reason gave htm the Job.
"I hava heard that a resolution wax going
to be introduced Into the Council to " re
consider my appointment. They can go a.4
far aa they like, but they will find out
that the only way to roll m will be' by
filing charges. If the disgruntled members
of the council want to start aomeihlng,
1 will be there until It Is finished.
"I ma do the changes In the department
fur the good of the service. This brunch
ot the city Is going to be run on a bus!
nesa baeia and to give the city a better
administration. 1 deemed the changes nec-eaaary."
WORK ON WIND RIVER
LINE IS DISCONTINUED
traetlon Stops, with u Kale for
Heawnaptlon Highly Kmpeu-
tv ( ua.trnrllnn.
Work on the new Wind Itlver railroad
has been stopped by the Burlington svstem
and no date haa been announced for re
sumptlon The Wind River rroule. built from north
western Wyoming to koinhcastern Wyom
ing through Wind River eiinyon. is a his
tory making project of the age. Sixteen
miles of road through 'nd Hlver canyon
cost the Hill lines tl'O'to r mile
The remainder of the work consist of
building 10 miles of track from Wind
riyer. up the Had Water vallev to Powder
rix'er. It la one and one-half eara since
w.irk on the line started, and it will prob
ably be finished in another one and one.
half years.
tnier Iba Bee a Hooklovera' Contest nos
BETTER LAWS FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Florence Kelley Would Aid the
Women Who Work.
LUNCHEON GIVEN IN HER HONOR
Secretary of Consumers' I,gse Mays
that Enforcement of Reajrula lloaa
Demands l.exal Clos
ing Hoars.
"Ijiih which limit the working hours
of women without specifying the closing
hour are like babies without head or feet.
They do not benefit labor conditions be
cause they give the Inspector no means for
j enfon Ing them," declared Mrs. Florence
j Kelle of New York, general secretary of
' the Consumers league, who ta in Omaha.
; "I'or InHanie," she said, "take the Trl-
! angle shirt .waist factory fire which cost
too lives. The factory inspector, to prove
that those women emp;oyed there were
working overtime would hava to prove that
' em u had worked her full sixty .hours for
1 the week, bad not taken mora than her
I fifteen minutes for lun h. or had not lost
any time threading her needle or In doing
this or teat, lie would need to have been
I right with her for the ten hours to declare
thai a!ie had worked tho full ten hours. But
I In Massachusetts, where they have clos
! Ing hours, and where schedules of these
, hours are posted In every factory. If a wo
man la employed overtlma the fact la Im
mediately establlahed."
Nebruska. Indiana and Massachusetts
are the three slates which hava closing
' hour laws. In Massachusetts. Mrs. Kelley
' sa.s. the law la rigidly enforced, t'nlts
t enforcement In the other two states she
; li d not comment.
j The Consumers' league, of which Mrs.
Kelley la the officer, Is working now to
bring tha conditions under which women
labor to the attention or tne puoitc, ana
also to obtain favorable legislation.
Through the consumers, the league la
working now to obtain the Saturday half
holiday for all the stores.
"We are working to get the people who
buy to stay away from the stores Pat- !
urday afternoons In, the summer months.
In New York W'a have been so far success
ful in the campaign that only one ot the
large atores Is open Saturday afternoons,
while fifty-seven ara closed. We ara carry
ing on this campaign In all the cities of
tho country."
The Consumers' league now has organi
sations In sixty-five cities; but though It
is strong in Its work In the Pacific coast
cities, it has no league between Chicago
and the coast.
Mrs. Kellev wss honor guest at a lunch
eon given by the Social Service club at
tha Commercial club Saturday noon. Judge
A. I.. Sutton, president of the club, pre
sided at the lunch on and introduced Mrs.
Kelley, who asked the club's ' assistance
In establishing consumers' leagues In this
part of the country. (
In her plea Mrs. Kelley emphasized the
fact that, the people of tha wesl share In
the responsibility for the conditions of tha
factories In tha east. "Tou are clothed
in the sins of tha east. Unless she Is ex
ceptionally scrupulous every person here
Is wearing garmenta which are manufac
tumed under unjuat eondltlona."
The luncheon waa attended by 100 mem
bers of the club.
CLUB TO WOODMEN'S TERMS
Commercial Organization Will Accept
Quarters Without Option.
TO CLOSE THE DEAL NEXT FRIDAY
Balliilnsl Committee esatnn Action
Officially Closes Controversy
Prospective Tenant Mahea
Concessions.
, klnaa from Head to Heel,
was Beo Pool, Threat. Ala., when dragged
over a gravel roadway, but Bucklen a Ar-
I nlca Salve cured him. J6c. For sale by
Beaten Drug t o.
Negotiations have been r opened by the I
Commercial club for new quarters In the
Woodmen of the World building and tndi-
cations point to early s-ttlement of the dif- I
ferences between the two organizations. i
The Woodmen's bulldlnn committee will
meet Friday to take up a number of mat
ters pertaining to the proposed rtructure.
At that time they wil treat nilh repre
sentatives of the Commercial club concern
ing headquarters. Members of the club I
sav that good feeling now exists and that
the tentative arrangements pre satlsfac !
torv to both sides.
The Commercial club origlnallv asked
for a lease of ten years at an .mnual rental
of $11. .VO. and n option on the next ten
years at the same rate. Tfie Woodmen
refused lo give an option on this basis, and
the refusal haa been arcepted by the club,
which haa In the meantime learned to be
lieve that a half loaf Is' better than a
whole one. In the first ulace. the club
had a verbal agreement with the Wood
men to occupy spare In the new buiiolng,
but .the .Woodmen . say that when time
came to sign the contract the club had
Inserted unacceptable conditions In the
agreement. At that point the club made
concession! and submitted a proposal.'
Blood of Nine Dead
Hens on His Hands
Man Accused of Poultry Yard Carnage
is Taken to Jail by
Police.
The pitcher that goes to the well too
often Is broken-Arab proverb.
- Fred Card called at lias Id Cole's estab
lishment Saturday morning to collect for
chickens he a erred he had delivered the
day before.
"A clue to the murder of the nine dead
hens," whispered a clerk lo the police,
fiard went to Jail.
It Is charged by James Hauk, Thirty
eighth and Ames avenue, that Oard had re
duced his flock of poultry from 2.V to
ninety.
A sack of dead hens was found In front
On another page will be found tha rulea
govarniag tha Booklovara Coat sat.
On a not hi r page win he found tha rulea
governing tha Booklovera' Contest '
WANTS COUNTY TO PLANT
TREES NEAR FIELD CLUB
Hattln U the Hoard to Provide
F.I ma to Complete Park
ins ehrnie.
John W. Battin, representing the Thlrf
alxth Street Improvement club, asked the
Bosrd of County Commissioners at the
meeting Saturday morning to park that
portion of the street fronting the countv's
property near the Field club for a distance
of about 1.100 feet, with a row of elm trees
set at a distance of twenty-five feet apart
on each side of the street.
The Improvement club Intends to park
the whole street In this manner from
Iavenworth street to Woolworth avenue,
each property owner to take cars of his
own frontsge. A number hava already
signed an agreement-
OMAHA ROUNDHOUSE BURNED
Railroad Engine House Destroyed in
Early Morning- Fire.
LOSS, FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
Ten l.m'omotUra llamaaed Insnr-
anee Over All Work of Beeon
strnrtlon on nne lte to
Begin nt Once.
!.os of '0 0ot was Incurred In tha de
struction of the roundhouse of the (maha
road. Fourteenth and Manderson street,
at 5 o'c'ock Saturdiv morning.
Cause of the fire has not been discovered.
The loss is covered by Insurance. A new
building of the same capacity will ha
erected on the same site at once.
The fire broke out while the night crew
was e.n duty. Ten engines in the building
were damaged by Ihe flames. A hoi-e,
laid tn the fire did not avail against tha
south alnd which fanned the blaze.
The building wan of brick veneer con
struction, with eighteen stalls. The loss
to the huildlng Is placed at $-'.".,, engines,
t.D.lXi, and tracks. KiOo.
F.laht Workmen Fatally llnriird.
rHIUMJKI.I'HIA, Ajril 1F..-F.lght work
men acre fatally Injured and a doxen
others were badly sralded by thehursting of
a large crucible containing molten steel at
the Mldvale Steel works here this after-Boon.
Fanrral of Ks-Uovrrnor t.llck.
ATCHISON. Kan. April 15. Two ex
governors of Kansas and many other men
prommert In the state attended the funeral
here tvlay of George W. Olick, also au
ei -governor of the state. The funeral waa
conducttd by the Masonic order.