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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1914)
i A THE OMAHA SIWDAY BBK: MAIU'H 29, 1914. ECHOES OF THE ANTE-ROOM Conrtntion of Royal Neighbors Here a Bip Success. MODERN WOODMEN MEET AT S. 0. Order of Moosp Inltlntr I.nrnr Cln 'XVednesriar HrvnlnK All thr l.ocnl I.oilKm Arc Qnltc Arllro. Modern Woodmen camp of Omuiia nre rccrlvlnfc many compliments from the Itoynl Neighbors all over the state for the suites of the banquet glvon thorn at the Hcnshnw hotel on the evening of Starch IS, while In stale convention In Orraha. The large dining room at tho Hcnsnaw van given up for the occasion and the tOO Itoyal Neighbor delegates, drwsed In ga nttirr, formed one of the mott spec tacutar conventions ever held In Omaha Tho entertainment given by the Omaha Woodmen consisted of punch, lemonade and cake. V white rose boquet was given to each worean and a beautiful box of candy waa presented to everyone present by liayden brother. While the lunch was being" served the audience waa treated with, splendid music by tha Henshaw string orchestra. Ntlson Pratt, representing tho Wood- nien, delivered the address of -welcome. Mr ratt spoke of his boyhood acquaint ance with the supromo oracle. Mrs, Stephenson of Broken Dow gave the re sponse to the address of welcome. 12,. 6 Crttchfleld, chairman of tho Wood men committee, spoke of Omaha as a 4cMcntton city and of the difficulty the Committee had to overcome in getting permission to .serve liquid refreshments after 8 o'clock. Speaking- of thla being il atato convention of lhe Royal Neigh bors of Nebraska he closed by giving a toast on Nebraska. 1 The Modern Woodmen county conven tlon wilt b held at South. Omaha April 1 In the Odd Fellows' hall at 2 p. m. Lornl Order of Moose. Omaha lodgo No. 90 initiated a largo class of candidates Wednesday evening. March 25. A. U Ilutton of Gary (lnd.) lodge vis ited with No. 90 last Wednesday, telling thVblg crowd of his exciting experiences in Mexico, where he had been railroading. Bert Adams, a New York Moose, who, with his wife, are walking from New Yprk to San Francisco and return, visited with Omaha lodge No. 90 Wednesday evening and entertained the brothers with his travel experiences. livery Mooso who thinks he can play pan in requested to nioei ai mo aioote club at 3 p. m. today, Max Pepfll will ham charga of the ball team. district Director W. h. Wheeler is hav Irig; splendid success In Council Bluffs and South Omaha, his field. t V, Todd, captain of tho Omaha lodge Tip, 90 degree team,- wilt oxempllfy the beautiful ritualistic work of the Moose Wednesday evening, April S, at Moose hall, 416 South Seventeenth street District Director Ferdinand M. King, who has charge of the field work In Omaha Is showing results for his efforts the right man In the right place, , Moose lodgo No. W will Install., officer for. tha ensuing teAa .Wednesday evening, April 8. lloji, A. I, button, who has so faith fully foverneit Omaha lodge NO. 00 for the last'ycar as dictator, retires with the love and loyalty of over 1,00) members who have1 'always received courteous and fair treatment from him. ... National Director C. It. Likens, who lias chargo of Iowa, NeWaska, Kansas mid Missouri, with headquarters In Omaha, visited with Omaha lodge No. 9) and reported great enthusiasm shown, over his utiUory. Fraternal Onler of Unities. Omana Aerie Eagles last Thursday eve ning Initiated a class of candidates. Ar ter the Initiation the committee appointed to arrange a program for the ladles' so cial, April 2, made Its report. No polntf will be spared to make the night an en joyable one for the women. The follow ing la the program, which will be under the direction of U. W. Dunn, master of ceremonies: Opening address by president, f. W. Brltt. Overture. Krpest A. nese orchestra. Iteration, elected, Paul M. Uohan. Zither duet, Mr. William Kuehn and Mr. J VP. Hughes. Buck and wing dance, Eustls Rostus Kamson Uruwn. Vocal solo, Miss Qladyt Behrcns. Tricks of magic. O. Itasgorsheck. Vpln lectlon. Miss Isabella Itadmap. Pupil of Prof Fred Mack, aceompan.ed by Mils Erir.a Daemon, pupil of "Prof. Martin Bush. The "Vag-abond," guess who he Is, Degree team quartet, James C. Blair. George Hagirman. lSd fjouthman and W. Bohan. Fancy dancing, Peter WemdelL Vocal solo. James C. Blair. Htlectlon, orchestra. (Jirtsslng contest, all the ladles. Refreshments. Independent Order f Odd Fellon-a. Grand Patriarch John W. Pittman of York -was In Omaha last week und vo Ittd Crusader encampment No. J7 Friday tVehlrtg-. The Jloyal Purple degree was conferred In a very creditable manner by this encampment. Grand Serlbc 1 P. Cage and Grand Junior Warden George K. 1'urklncton were also present and hiade short addresses under the head of tlif good of tho order South Omaha Indira Vn in ...m - " - ... i.tii iihiq work in the first degree tomorrow night. Last WwJesday evening a large num. I cr (or the members of Ivy lubekah lodge No. S3 swooped down upon Wasu UkUh No. I S3 and took possession of the hall and served Ice cream and cake to the mernocrs present. Dannebrog lodge No. H will put on the Initiatory dugree, work nm Friday evening. Uy nebekah lodgo No. at win gve a iard party Thursday evening. April . Urutherhood of Aiurrloan Vvoiurii, Tfte masquerade ball glvn by lodge No. HM of the Brotherhood 'of American "Viomtn was & big success in every way nnd one of the largest crowds' of the sea son vas In attendance. I'sKh prlies were awarded for the best costrtmes, the gold dust twins "easily cop ping first prise. Alberta lladley and liuby Fowler representing the twins, Uary-. Peterson wen sscond houors in a tostunje representing the Goddess of Lib erty. h la a member of the drill team. UrTlck won third nrlse aa a hobo. nri Mr' Teele won fourth prlte representing L' I , . 1 n..t. oitifHS; nun. Wednesday evening, April S. lodge No. JW win jjtve jts regviar danee at B nsm sail Danish Sisterhood, Benson Danish Sisterhood, No, 1X7, la, stalled officers for tho year, last Tues day afternoon at, the Auditorium, when the body was duly prganlsed, and about 300 guests were prestnt. Two special car from Omaha brought visitors from Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs The loigfl has twenty-fix e ihaiter mem Jiers. KiiIkIiIm of MrM-cnhrrK. Omaha tent No. TS. Knights of the Maecabeee. hail a large clam last review for Initiation, .Next review there will be another lurgp class. Monday ovenlng. Aprll 6, there, will J a slag social and a big Mme Is lifllftn arranged for the eveti Ing entertainment. Aik IpiiI (Ir.lrr t nllcil Worktiien. . .t'nlon Pacific lodge No. 17 has sjmo- thing doing always. Filday night will le an extsa spedHl occasion, lion. S. A. Seails In home from Cuba and will 'addrors the meeting, wlilclf adjourns each evening at 10:3) o'clock. Omaha lodge No. IS will hold n social session Tuesday night. Knts will be on the program among other good things. North Omaha lodge No. 1S9 will have it ' large claea Initiation on Wednesday. Full Initiatory ami m reen work will be put on by tbeNlegree staff. . Patten lodge No. 17 will have an In- torontlng meeting and nUo have Initiatory work Gate CHr lodge No. M now meets In jth-j Swedish Hitdltorltini every Tuesday night. America' lodge' No. 3St) will have can didates, anil alse a lunch for tholr mem bers arid visitors next Wednesday night. Ak-Sr-Hfn lodgo No. 1J also report caiidldatrs and lunch for Thursday. Saratoga lodge No. SSI. took In - two millibars last week and hnvc some more for Thursday night. Aiirlrtil Order or I; ill (fit Workmen. Members of tho Ancient Order of United AVorltrpen pleane tuko notice that No. 18 will give a grand surprise entertainment, something absolutely new, on Tuesday evening, March 31, at tho Ancient Order of t'nlted Workmen temple. Refresh ments hmi cigars will Ire nenwt Anxlllnry to I.' I no fiordon. The ladles' auxiliary to Clan Gordon No . O. S. C, will hold their regular meeting Wcdneday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tho home of Mrs. Margaret Faleoner, 1114 Maple street. lien llnr. Members of Mecca court No. U will hold an open meeting at their hall, 16oS Harney street, Thursday evening. Re freshments will be served. OMAHA LAD WINS HIS PHI BETA KAPPA KEY Last Monday evening at a banquet nt Yale Caspar Offutt of Omaha was ono of twenty-eight Htudents to receive the "key" of the Phi Beta Kappa society. The Phi Beta Kappa Is a national so ciety, and to achieve It means that the student must maintain a certain average i of high standing in his first two years at the colloge, admittance being based on scholarship. Caapar Offutt tied for third Place In his class and thwefore won his "key." the emblom of the society, with distinction. Y. M. C. BAND TO GIVE CONCERT MONDAY EVENING The Young Men's Chrlstlnn assocna tlon military band will given the third of a series of concerts Monday evening to which the public has been cordially In vited. The following program will be given: March, "Nibelungen" Wagner Overture, "Lustsplel" Kcler-Bela March, "Washington Grays".. ...Grafulla Spanish serenade, "Ia Paloma"..Teadler Overture, "Frlsch, Frol, Stark Thcu" Klesler Turkish patrol, "The Mystic Shrine" Meyer Reverie. "Apple Blossoms" la tone poem) Roberts March, "The Frat" Barth A concert will be given In the lobby of the building the last Monday evening of each month. VETERANS SHAKE HANDS AND SETTLE DIFFICULTY If. T. Batcombc, aged 74 yearo. living at 3C01 Newport avenue, appeared In pollco court and pleaded guilty to a charge of akeault brought against him by L. R. Fletcher, aged 78 yeart, livings at Thirty seventh and . Fort Omaha avenue. The two. after outlining their sides of the difficulty, which arose over the right of Flttcher to some rented land adjoining tho Bascumbe property, took Judge Fotter's advance and shook hands, settling the difficulty. Both are civil war vetirans of the t'nlon army. Bascombo being a member of the First Minnesota Infantry, and Fletcher a member of First Nebraska. Dismiss Big Damage Suit Against Simon The 125,000 damage suit brought by Mario Vaverka, local representative of the T61 man Loan agency, one of the largest In the United States, agulnst Representative) ICdward Simon In district court has been dismissed by Attorneys Charles W. Sears and II. G. Boesche for Miss Vaverka. Simon, who was the father of the anti loan shark bill recently held unconstitu tional by the courts, was Bucd because he had M!ss Vaverka arrostcd on a charge of exacting usury. She was confined several hours In the city Jail. Key to tho Situation Bee AdvertlslnE- I Omaha Boasts of an Institu tion that Undersells all Com petition in the Middle West How low operating expense, active brains, enormous purchasing power coupled with keen foresight and 1 A.l . I . ...-41 j auiciitinc management in mercnancusmg is saving tnousands dollars yearly for the furniture buying public of this vicinity. (By George Marriott.) of " - -1 I DIDN'T know and I don't suppose you did that right hero In our very midst in a furniture houso.that, by4 moving ono block from tho retail shopping district, cut enough off Us dally oxpensos to furnish a beautiful home free ovory day. And beautiful homes cost, a lot of monoy, don't they? But It's so because I was sent thero to prove It! and I'm going to toll you. tho best I'm able, .how. thoy're doing It because thoro's no socrot about It In fact, thoy want ovorybody to know It. Bo here I am, marching up to tho big doorB of the Union Outflting Co., ICth and Jackson streets, located where tho "wlso onerf prodlcted would bo far, far from the buylnK center of Omahtt for j'Mra tocothV t r . . ; ', . , SllpplncAhrouGh the doors Into the main floor of this Qlht-rtpor establishment, I am cordially met' by' tho floor manager, to whom I stated my mission. On nil sldos I see furniture and more furniture and overything bo bright a sort of daylight paraUsvtVenabl the purchaser to mag. nlfy to his own satisfaction the points of his pos sible purchosd.. Put In Charge of a Salesman, The floor manager now Introduces mo to a cloan-cut salosman, who Is to start me on a "per sonally conducted tour" through the building, and Incidentlly to give me all the Information I desire. And let mo preface the balance of my story by saying that judging from the Balesmuii who had me tn hand, the Union Outfitting Co. is surrounded by a force of employes just a little ' more capable, courteous and loyal than any I havo over had tho pleasure of meeting. Right away I'm testing his knowlodge, though, and plying him with questions thtck and fast, he tells mo of some of tho many wayu this store has got in under all competition In the dally running oxpensos of a groat storo savings that are passed along to their ever Increasing list of patrons. t.t A Good Investment. To start with, at thiT tlme 'this building was erected, tho ground commanded but a very small price In comparison with sites two blocks away being supposedly out of the retail shopping dis trict and was secured at a ridiculously, low figure Intorost on the total Investment hero is an insignificant sum as compared with the rent Dei Second Co. that they would be compelled to pay for anything similar a couplo of blocks north. A mighty sav ing in Itself. No Separata Wnrehouho to Maintain. Saving Number Two is another big one per haps the greatest. The Union Is practically tho only furniture house in Omaha where Its ware house is housed under th samo roof as their retail selling floors. When ono figures tho doing away entirely of the extra ront, cost of operating, extra labor, extra lighting, heating and hauling back, etc., usually spent in the maintenance of a warehouse in another section of the city by most other furnituro stores, you will realize that here alono tho Union saves enough to cut a little otr tho selling price of ovory article that leaves tha store. Hundreds of Samples All in Racks. We are now on the second floor Tvhero fsbe rugs of every kind, size and material, artistically; dlsplayed. A hundred carefully thought-out lit-' tie and big details for the convenience of the buyer will bo found here. And here again you wlirfind the same time-saving (or money-saving) methods that are honoy-corabed throughout tho ontiro building. Every single rug. carpet sample, linoleum sample, laco and tapestry curtain sam ple, every comfort and blanket arp all shown on racks In this "daylight" sales floor. There you can easily see '"just how it is going to look" when you got It home. Tho old method of having the rugs in "stacks," where salesmen and assistants do enough manual labor to spoil their disposi tions, are all done away with Here. Hours of time are saved here over the old method of con tinuous handling piling and unplllng. ' .This saving also enters into their general "low cost of doing business." ii .Monster. am Informed, has The Kloyntor Is mv. u i . mo ueifcui eievaior, t am tniormed, has a carrying capacity of four thousand pounds, and in five or six trips a carload of furniture has been lifted and distributed to tho proper floors saving a lot of time over the "few pieces at a time" way found necessary in the older buildings where ele vators are generally about a third the size of this ono. A Big Cm In Insurance. Furniture insurance comes high in rtlost stores and warehouses, and much forethought wa3 given this matter in the equipment of "this building. So thoroughly and completely covered is oach floor with the most modern automatic sprinkler sys tem that tby havo saved two-thirds of the monoy usually spent for Insurance in stores without tho sprinkler system. Surely tho Daylight Store. Over 76.000 feet of floor space U utilized by this great institution, divided into eight floors, where everythng possible for the comfort and convenience of the buyer has been thought of. Probably more daylight penetrates this building than any other in Omaha, having complete ex posure on three sides. A big saving in electric light consumption finds its way In here. Very little artificial light is necessary but where it Is needed, tho expense is small, as the building is equipped with Tungsten electric lights, also known as money saverB in the electrical world. Growing, Growing All tho Time. Toe total amount of business dono by this company would seem Almost unbelievable to many people, but wJien you consider the continuous de mand for furniture that "they supply to people in Omaha and within an area of 300 mlleB from Omaha, it is, ofr course, easjly understood. A forco of more than 100 capable employes trained' to work in harmony with tbo ideas of tho heads of this concern, are daily helpers in the continual .upbuilding of this cpmpany. And I believe tho wonderful growth Of this company, is largely due to the loyalty and. efficiency of their small army 4of employes. Help for the Needy, " ;v Tho liberality and squareness of this company in its dealings was thoroughly shown a year ago this time, when hundreds of accounts were can celed outright and furnituro Bupplled to the needy ones, whether or not they were in a posi tion to pay at the timo. Acts like these hav'o always hit my tender side and are hard to forget. How about you? Members of a Big Buying Syndicate. Consistent with the modern methods of mer chandising, the Union Outfitting Co. is associated with a buying syndicate of seventy-five other large stores whoso otal purchases are not ex ceeded by any buyers or group of buyers in tho world. By this method, any ono of the individual stores in this syndicate makes a considerable sav ing on all purchases. Thus this storo gets tho benefit of low prices made on largo quantities, without assuming any extra responsibilities or risks that would naturally be accrued by one large company. This combination of buyers often control the entire output of a factory. Ail Omaha Institution Through and Through. I found so many places where they have scien tifically chopped off expenses that it now seems to me that a schoolboy could figure out how they are in a position to sell the same quality of house bold goods cheaper than any concern, not only in Nebraska, but in the United States. It's a grand atore a grand building and worth a vUit from everybody whether you are in the market for furniture or not. It's an Omaha Institution, worthy of the name, and owned and operated by Omaha men, I Above ev Shorn, a Portion of tho First Floor of tnlon Outfitting Company. sPrBBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSsP51B'BiW HBhHHBECSHBIH J Braa.8 Beds and DavenporU on Fourth Floor of Union Outfitting Company