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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 13. 1914.
ALONG THE FRINGE OF WAR
rrljiing Effect of Mobilization
on Parisian Life
WHAT AN OMAHA TOURIST NOTED
Deadralaa; Effort ef the Mlk(r
racal In Preach m4 F.iier
Ilsh Capitals 9 err ma f
Amrrlraas.
(Continued from Fsse One )
central hall and sta'rway and the con
necting vestibules, the whole representing
the best of modern art In rare marblea
and sculpture, pslntlnss. frescoes, bro
caded wails and inlaid woodwork. Over
looking the dome of the marble sts'rs la
bronse rer.Hr of the Andean Christ, the
offering of Chile to the Temple of World
Peace.
Jut Inside the main entrance, extending
around the stairway lobby, are a dozen
loftjr electrolier, gold plated, and numer
oua wall bracket llarhta of slmllsr de
sign, the contribution of Austria. At the
hour we looked upon them Austria waa
emphaalaing Ita Ideal, of peace by warring
upon Bervla. The ornate Iron galea at fie
main entrance to the grounds are Qer
msnjr's contribution to an Ideal more
honored In the breach than In the observance.
A few hours later the Inspiring thoughts
of peace and good will and "the embrac
ing brotherhood of man" were rudely
shattered by hearing the burgomaster of
The Hague, on the public square, reading
proclamation calling out the reserves
and urging the people to prepare for the
defense of the frontiers of Holland. An
other twenty-four hours saw the whole of
Europe transformed into an armed ramp.
Caaeal.lon of Mobilisation.
Americana, unvexed by militarism, can
but vaguely comprehend without actual
contact the paralyxlng effect of calling to
the color every aule-bodled man between
the agea of 20 and 4G. Imagine for a mo
ment what would be the effect on the
various activities of Ufa in Omaha if
very man In the prima of life was
obliged to respond to the call for military
serrica within twenty-four hours, Every
trade and profession, every Industry and
Business would necessarily come to
standstill and ail the varied currents of
normal life would be drained of their
vitality. The Nebraska pilgrims encount-
ered such a deadening situation and
widespread confusion In Paris during the
urei week of August.
Mobilisation was on its second day when
wa reached the French capital. Though
already conaclous of a critical iltiuikm
having aeen troops assembled at every
iBiironu siauon rrom The Hague to Brus
sels ana irom lirussels to Paris, they
were unprepared for the sweeping chance
wrought by actual war In the Ufa of tha
latter city. It waa difficult even at double
price to obtain conveyance from tha sta
tion to tha hotel, every automobile being
subject to military orders and cabs and
busses overwhelmed with business.
At the hotel the proprietor, a German,
threw up his hands and exclaimed In
angulah. "Why didn't you go to London
Instead of Paris? Didn't you hear tha
newer" His anguish was not simulated.
War meant business disaster to him. As
owner or two' hotels, both located near
tha Eiffel tower, lie waa obliged to close
them tha following day and leave France,
probably to enter the service of his own
country. Dotens of hotels were forced to
close, owing to the difficulty of securing
help, covks. waiters and managers hay
Ing been swept into tha vortex of war by
mobilisation.
DllarM af "Gay Paree."
Homewhere, some moons ago, I heard
Walt Mason alng of "(Jay Paree":
' In that fair and wondroua city,
Where our hata and dresses grow,
Life la Just a ragtime dlttv
Free from every shade of woe.
Possibly a correct picture of conditions
before the war. The reverse Is sadly true
now. Into every minute of tha first week
FORCE BATTLES
AGAINST Tlf.lE
Dresher Bros., Cleaners, Dyers
and Repair Hands Arrayed
In Defiance Against
Enemy Delay.
Hundreds Upon Hundreds of
Omahans Are on Anxious
Seat In Regard to Heav.
ier Clothes for
Winter.
It bas come just as Dresher Brothers
predicted.
. The ever present last-mlnute-want-lt-rlght-away-the-weather's
- getting - colder
rush on winter garment cleaning, eta.
But Dresher llrothers knew what was
coming and Installed at thdr 7,080 plant
at ail-ril Farnam street, tha largaat
force of operatlvea that has ever been
gathered beneath tha roof of a single
western cleaning and dying establish
ment. The speed shown by Dresners' workers
Is nothing short of remarkable. Thla
morning, for Instance, a garment cornea
in with Inatructlons to clean It, press it,
dye It, take It apart, remodel It to con
fjrm with the new 11 fall and winter
styles and to retina and revelvet collar
it. Tomorrow tilfcht that garment will i
go forward to the anxious patron all
ready for fall and winter wear
Of course, Ii ethers have been fairly
begging the publ'c for wreks to take
time by the forelock and send In the win
ter garments so that the Dresher workers
could have plenty of time to work upon
theru properly but the delayer will de
lay and the work came all In a bunch
just as In'former years.
But Its high time now. Send In your
winter cleaning, dyeing, repairing und
alteration work at once; you'll be want
ing 1o wear the clothes in a hurry for
the atmosphere Is getting crisp you
know it.
Dresher Brothers' private Phone tx-
of August hsa been crowded the pain and
sorrow of a normal year. The tender ties
of family have been torn aaunder and
social lite blasted. Homes were lereft of
fathers, wives of husbands, mothers of
sons. The myriad nerve threads of busi
ness. Industry, study ard rerreallon, were
severed In an Instant
In a business sense, Paris Is a dead city.
Stole than half Its sheps were closed In
three days, the steel shutters drawn snd
boiud. Martial law enveloped th city on
August 3. Kara and cafes were closed st
A p. m , restauranta st :3n. Industries snd
building operstlons stopped for want of
help. Surface cars became a rarity and
none were to be aeen at night. l'ndr
grni.nd roads were reduced to quarter
service end suspended entirely after p.
m. Thus a tourist. If at all disposed to
sc the alchta, was obliged to use leg
power r psy mllltonslre rates for a cab.
Precious few were so Inclined, their
thoughts and energies being centered on
ays and meens of getting out of the
city rsther than taking It In.
On the evening of August 4 the Ne
braska pilgrims strolled around the Ave
nue de 1'Opera, Rue Tllvoll, Boulevard
des Capuchins, Boulevard de La Palx,
and some Intersecting streets, where In
better dsys night life la said to be gay
est. The time, between S:S0 snd 11.
Throughout the stroll of probably two
mlleg we did not meet one hundred civ
ilians. Tollcemen and soldiers In pairs
wer plentiful Every place, with the ex
ception of hotels, was closed and dark.
Net a light glimmered through the drawn
shutters. The rows of sre lamps threw
their garish light on deserted Streets,
casting shsdows ss sepulchral as a full
moon In a cemetery.
A Melancholy Mockery.
"Gay Paree!" What a melancholy
mockery it seems to apply tha name to
the capital at tha present time. A week
before, full of life, animation, business
activities and summer Joyousness; today
atupefled by the calamity of war. Its en
ergies and resources turned from peaceful
pursuits to the defense of home and
fatherland, and Its manhood offered as a
sacrifice to tha Moloch of militarism. Tha
people were calm, but determined, meet
ing tha altuation confidently, b, cause the
war, though surprisingly sudden to moat
people, waa expected by the Frerich. A
bualness man with whom I had dealings
said In answer to a question, "No, no, tho
war Is not a surprise to us. Wa expected
It. Wa have been preparing for It. For
years Germany's treatment has been in
tolerable. We hope to win. If we are
not victorloua France will ceaae to be
Franca and become a puppet-province of
the German empire." The speaker Is tha
eldest of seven sons of a widow conduct
ing a trunk store In Avenue de I'Opera.
Four of the aons are at the front. . Ha
himself expected to be called under the
extension of service age to 52 years. "I
would not be of much service In the
marching columns." he remarked, "but I J
itw u.piui m omer ways snd I am
ready for the call."
Hlmllar sentiments were expressed by
C. Mlteau, a French-American from
Keota, la., whom I met In Pur s. Mr.
Mlteau Is a horse desler and has been a
frequent visitor to the South Omaha mar
ket Ha is visiting a brother, who has
two Sons at tha front.
Paris newspapers reel the deadening ef.
feet of war as severely ss sny line of
business. They have been reduced to
single-sheet handbill fashion, devoid of
advertisements. Three aotually suspended
publication "until after the war," their
owners und staffs going to the firing Una
to. prove that guns are mightier than
In the present erlss. The most
ubiquitous of the afternoon papers are
La Patrl and 'Information. Newsboys
run hither and thither with various edl
Hons, and If they carry news of fighting,
though heavily censored by the authorl
ties, they are snapped UD br n. m-.-h
crowds. Newspaper .vendors are not at-
""" io cry out the n.i.r. .i.
being restricted to crying the name of the
Paper. Every half hour of the after-
.n. streets resounded with hurry.
Ing cries of "La r.t-thr
tna-tlon," each syllable brc.iiv Ji
.tiiyn.i
wonder why we put up a united acream?
Pre pa Has; for eiea-e.
A touring acquaintance who came
through Paris August , conducting a
party of marooned Americans from Oen
eta, 'wltterland, to London, told me that
affairs In Paris then were shsplng them
selves for the eventualities of a siege.
Two-thirds of the stores of the city were
olosed. Provision dealers open for two
hours In the forenoon and two hours In
Movement Started
to Organize Local
Master Printers
A movement has been started by the
master printers to organise a local
branch of the I'nlted TypoUietea of
America. Some nf the lrv I .mnlnviM
the afternoon, and crowds of people stand J printers met at the Commercial club
In line patiently waiting their turn to he . where they heard a talk on the subject
served. Men snd women take quite na-1 from C. D. Traphagan, president of the
,-..r ,. nu.ni( iuil; piate Journal company of Lincoln, and a
wru mn no oeaiers are aoing me neet
th. y can with limited supplies and help.
Proprietors of shops, open and closed,
with foreign sounding names, assured the
public by means of placards of their
French nationality. Rome mention where
the head of the firm has gone to perform
his mUltsry duty. Others give Hats of
members of the firm who are with the
colors. One of these lists shows five
brothers, all at the front, one being an
officer, two sergeants and two privates.
Here Is a specimen of a notice seen on a
grocer's window on Rue de Moscow: "As
the proprietor and nearly all his assist
ants have gone out to repel the Invader we
ark our customers to excuse shortcomings
and to be patient with us. We ore short
of salt, sugar, rice and other commod
ities, but we hope In a few days to be
able to replenish stock, and In the mean
time we are selling without any Increase
In price. Vive la France''
rrember of the executive committee of the f l
United Typothetea. He spoke for the
advisability of having local branches of
the organisation In every city. Omaha
is one of the very few large cities that
has no such branch.
It waa decided that all the master
printers In the city should be Interviewed I
during the week with a view to getting '
their sentiment for a local organisation.
Also the plan Is to present the matter
to the Ben Franklin club at Its meetlnt
next week with a view to merging the
Ben Franklin club Into the new local. ,
CLOSON QUI
MEN'S FALL and WINTER
CLOTHING SALE
Everybody Resas Bee Want Ads.
Stascnated Raalnesa In London.
On the surface of Its life London shows i
few signs of the war paralysis which has
stricken the French capital. Business j
proceeds with little disturbance. A few
ports are closed to neutral traffic. Rail- I
way schedules are nearly normal, and j
cross channel traffic very much restricted, i
But beneath the 'surface the deadening!
effect of war la felt In every direction, i
Trade In most shops Is stagnated, clerks
Idly standing around waiting for custom-!
ers. American tourist buying, usually at
Its height at this season, haa fallen from
More eloquent than any other means of
widespread pinching economy are the
labored appeals of newspapers to the peo
ple to go about their bualness as usual,
to take their vacatlona at seaside or
country, and to keep all their htrlp at
regular wages. In the next column or the
next psge, equally eloquent appeals are
made to the young manhood of Britain
to Join the army and defend the empire
and their liberties.
Volunteering Is not up to the stsndard
desired by the authorltlea. This gave rise
to reports that Parliament would pass a
modlfledconscrlptlon act I heard Prime
Minister Asqulth deny this report In the
House of Commons August 2G. At the
same time, ha stated the government
might require not only an additional 100,.
00,1 men. but five times that number. Evi
dently Great Britain intends to put all
her military resources Into the fray, not
only those available at home, but all the
seasoned troopa of India, ttouth Africa
and Canada, aome of whom, London
newspapera admit, are now In transit to
Europe.
Our Bedding
Sale
slsed.
American , . .
1 1 L in ini vamm k .
I- i,.., . - " i r
ri maae a a-reat n,.l..
doubtless carried some of It home. Some
feature, of It rose to the dignity of a roar.
.,, pinched them right and
lert. American currency was flouted and
American checks were h.vi , ,-i-j
during the panlo of the flrat three days.
This, with the. dlsma.1 finish .of their va
cations and the wholesale cancellation of
home-bound sailings,' produced a convul
sion of the mental apparatus that could
be eased only with a auoceaslon of
screams. Every foreigner had to procure
permit to remain in the city and an
other permit to leave. A certificate from
the oonsuls of neutral nations was suffi
cient for the flrat. and the rw. .
Of a police COmmlMiiina. .v.
holder to leave at will. All Americans
flocked to the consul general's office on
Avenue de 'Opera for the necessary
pspers snd for five solid dv. .nH .-..
of the nights kept that official and five
aaalstanta as busy as a land office regis-
w ueiore a land drawing.
Aataalaa; IaeldejUa.
Many amualng features lirhteiteA ft..
gloom of the tourist situation, I stood at
the outer edge of the mass meeting of
Americana In the banquet room of the
Orind hotel, where about TOO persons of
both aexea. were assembled to consider
ways and means of relief. Knch.
delivered by aeveral men and one woman.
resolutions were offered, an advlsorv
committee appointed and the project of
asking Washington to aend over a fleet
of warahlps waa seriously discussed.
When It all ended la hut air a gentleman
from Birmingham. Ala,, at my elbow, re
marked: "I won,der If five Americana
can get together anywhere without or
ganislng a meeting and passing a reaolu
tlon?" Later on. In a tourist agency of
fice, a group of women soberly discussed
the nature of the accommotlatlona they
would get going home on the warships.
Oh. yes, the American fleet hm...i,,
ar.d cruisers were coming. Thst was
settled. Didn't we send ships to bring
Americans home from Mexico? How much
more creditable and patriotic to render
like service to Americans detained In Eu
rope against their will? One of the group
felt sure the would secure the admiral's
stateroom because she had a speaking ac
quaintance with the American ambaasu
dor. Another aaid alia would wait for the
second division of the fleet, becauae the
rush to the first division might deprive
her of accommodations suited to her sta
tion In li(e. Sentlmanta of similar tenor
were common among women who consti
tuted the great majority of Americana In
the war sons. Home of thm miiU th.
change la Tyler ItS. Put In a call and a j mistake of going away from home with-
' win at your nom as last as the
wheels of an auto can bring him.
Or leave your work at the Dresher de
partment In the Brandels Stores, or at
I'resher The Tailors. 1514 Farnam street,
or send It In by parcel post or express.
Ircsliers pay carrying charges one way
where wort amounts to t) or over.
out a guardian. While cesh'ng an Amen
can check In the Morgan-Harjea bank I
heard an. elderly womag from New Jersey
ask the teller to advance her money on
her depuait book of her home bank. A
week ended the money changers', harvest.
While It lasted tourists were sheared to
the tune of It to per cent Po you
Press Censorship.
British newspapers are more restricted
In the publication of war news than Paris
papers. Tho later are supplied quite
promptly with reports from the war min
istry, while news from the British end of
the war on land passes through an official
press bureau which moves at a pace that
makes a snail look speedy. War corre
spondents are as rigorously excluded from
the front as !n the Ruo-Japense war,
and the on'e powerful profession Is re
stricted to such news as may be gathered
from stragglers away back In the rear
benches. Excepting criticism of delays In
giving out official news, the newspapers
do 'not complain, regarding the hardships
Imposed as essential to the success of
the campaign.' Indeed, the press of the
kingdom display admirable publla spirit
in suppressing news of military move
ments at home until official sanction .is
given, lest the enemy profit by premature
publication. '
Steaming down tha Thames from Lon
don on the evening of Ihe 27th, two thou
sand homoward hound tourists got a vivid
Impression of the precautions taken to
protect the British metropolis from attack
by way of the river. Soma twenty-flvo
miles down stream the steamer paased
through the glare of a series of search
Hunts operated In pairs from opposite
banks. These formed bridges of light
across and on a level with the water, so
bright that the smallest craft could not
pass by without detection. Away ahead,
near the mouth of the liver, appeared a
vast fun-sha:ed aurora from a battery of
searchllghta which not only swept the
entranoe but illumined the heavens In
flashing signals Inland. Near this point
the steamer anchored (or the night safety
requiring passage through the mine field
In daylight. .
American Credit
Association Will
Headquarter Here
The American Rural Credit association
la to establish headquarters In Omaha.
Thla has Juat been announced by Frank
O. OdelL the new secretary of the asso
ciation. Some weeks ago It had prao
tlcaily been settled that lenver waa to
be made headquarters. Omaha bualneaa
men. together with the publicity bureau,
got busy with some letters to show why
Omaha as a great agricultural center was
really the logloal location, with the re
sult that the association la to come here.
The five men, who with the officers
as ex-offlclo members, are to make up
the board of directors, have been named
aa followa: R, W. McOlnnis of Fremont
secretary-treasurer of the State telry
men'a association; L. N. Talmage, presi
dent of the First National bank of Qrand
Island; F. U Gallagher, president of the
Rosalia Elate bank; L. C. Lawson of
Or und Island, former president of the
Farmers' congress, and Frank O. Odell,
pr sent secretery of the association.
Chairman of the Organisation Commit
tee Tyres la to be In Omaha within tha
next ten days, at which time a meeting
will be called to complete the organisa
tion. .
PRESBYTERY OF OMAHA WILL
MEET IN THE BENSON CHURCH
Presbytery of Omaha will convene Its
autumn aeaslon at the Benson Presby-'
tertan church Monday at T:30 p. m Thai
ODenlna' sermon will be n reached h Rrv I
Norman P. Olney, moderator. President
A. B. Marshall of the Omaha Theolociral
seminary, will make an address Tuesday
evening at a popular meeting In the In
terest of evangelism. Aside from the gen
eral routine business, an Item of consid
eration will be the call Issued by Lowe
Avenue church to Dr. A. F. -Ernst of
Grand Island as pastor. The rail has In
formally been accepted, but It must, to
gether with Dr. Ernst s letter from the
Qrand Island Presbytery, receive official
sanction.
has had the pulling power of price and quality, and
has been a great success. A steady gain. Now Old Man
Winter seeras to be sending an advance guard in the
shape of real cool nights to keep it booming.
And this week we add the special feature of
HOTEL WEEK
Bedding appropriate for use in hotels and boarding
houses will be displayed and underpriced.
We want a visit from hotel and rooming house pro
prietors to see the merchandise and ask us about it.
You get real information here.
While these pricea are made for quantity purchases,
any one may take advantage of them.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14, TO SATURDAY, SEPT. 19.
PILLOW CASES
45-in. Saranac, $1.05 doz.
45-in. Saranac, $1.10 doz.
42-in Ward, $1.25 doz.
45-in Ward, $1.35 doz.
42-in. Hotel Special at
$1.75 doz.
45-in. Hotel Special at
$1.85 doz
42-in Atlantic, $1.85 doz.
45-in. Atlantic, $1.95 doz.
TOWELS
No. 3 55 Huck Towels, 75c
dozen.
No. 22i Huck Towels, 95o
dozen.
No. 291 Huck Towels at
$1.25 dozen.
No. 292 Huck Towels at
$1.45 dozen.
No, 293 Huck Towels at
$1.65 dozen.
No. 926 Bath Towels at
$1.45 dozen.
COMFORTS .
$1.75 quality $1.25.
$2.00 quality $1.49.
$2.50 quality $1.75.
- $2.75 quality $1.95
72x80,
6Gx80,
COTTON BLANKETS
$1.25 quality, 64x76, 95c
pair.
$1 .75 qu a 1 i ty,
$1.25 pair
$2.50 quality,
$1.95 pair.
SHEETS
81x99 Hotel Special, at
$7.75 doz.
81x99 Rugby, $8.50 doz.
81x99 Century, $9.50 doz.
81x99 Caat Iron, $10.50
dozen.
BED SPREADS
$1.75 grade, $1.15..
$2.00 grade, $1.35.
Reliance Napkins, 42c
dozen
AA Fringed Barber Tow
els, 42c dozen.
$1.25 All Feather Pillows.
85c pair.
Checked Glass Towelinir,
at 8c.
All linen br. Crash, at 9c.
64 in. Cream' Union Da
mask, 39c yard .
64-in. imported Mercer
ized Damask, 42 Y2c yard.
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Cut out this ad and bring it with you.
n
Winter will soon be here and
you will have to buy a suit or
overcoat some where.
Save three-fourths of the cost
now, and get a real bargain.
There are ony a few daye left,
as we are
Going Out of the
Men's Clothing
Business Absolutely
Every garment is the best ma
terial and style that could be
given the regular Subway
Clothing value.
Come tomorrow.
Hurry! Hurry! Before Omaha's
greatest sale closes.
Here Arc the "Cut
to Finish Prices"
Hen's Suits Men's Suits Men'8 AYou
Broken sixes, bat Fine mnkrg and m- SuitC
good cloth, fop tcriaU, worth up to
m 920.0O Fine bine serges
35-00 $7.95 $9.95
Men w . e-s-is-e-sssassaa-ssssses
M loung Men's and s a
Overcoats Iioi' ualmacaans
H-Jftv !n8a05 Raincoats ft?ys2 r
?r' To be rlosed out at closed out at
53.95 i$5J5 sn.05-4Ss.95
WorthdoTbre. than $1.95 $6,95
Men's 10c and 15c 23c and 86c Men's Q4
Handkerchiefs Suspenders MeJiE2JIt8
7 nd 15 nd S2.89. S1.89
3c 10c $1.39
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down, fi i jy j j) I y ijj yyyyfj dwn-
I s.e. cor, .ty a douglIiSt&j
11:-
"Not a
crack nor
a pinhole
in it!"
Can you say that of
your shades after
several years? Go to
your windows . now
and examine them.
See if they are e pecked with tiny holes; if they are criss
crossed with a multitude of those little ragged cracks that do
bo much to mar the appearance of your windows. Ia
TheUnfmeiGradeof
renlinLniZ
D
imm turn .! Mr err.
you will find this great fault of the ordinary shade overcome
It is made of a different material a closely woven cloth
without that filling of chalk which in the ordinary shade so
soon cracks and falls out in unsightly streaks and pinholes.
Sun won't fade it nor water spot it. Made in many
iich, lustreless tones and in Brenlin Duplex. Go see it
today. CHAS. W. BRENEMAN & CO, READING ROAD,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
There are two lower-priced grades of Brenlin Brenlia
Filled sad Brenlia Machine Made, exceptional values.
Thes and loading dealer veiywher
ell Brenlin
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