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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1914)
THI OMAHA SUNDAY BKE: DECEMBER 13, 1914. A : v iolins Note theVf ollowing makes: E. MARTIN, WM. DUE RE E, EDWIN REICH ARDT.KLOZ, 8TEADIV A R I TJ S , Af ATI AND STAINER MODELS. Prices , range from $4.50,o$250 Mandolins BURTON, W A B II BUJ1 N, MAYFLOWER, REX AND BRUNO, from, SHOW GREAT HELP . TO CROf REGION Blanket Corert Entire West, Mak ing Farmers Rejoice Over Ben-, efits to All Sections. TWELVE IKCHES IN rLACES All Omaha Fore to. (ft Bnur ' (Irani Walks, Glvlaa; PpenA- In Moirr to Boys and. Itrln-' las TIion "eeklna; Work,' to $125 Guitars WASHBURN, BRUNO, VERNON AND BURTON . - From , . $6 $50 r : br j. uuiijus, ! lu t JIJUrJrsa"lsrBr"a1l'''iPa''b ""' """l Ukelele s American - made,". $6.50, $7.25 and $8.C0. Genu ine II aw a i i a n makes, $10, $12.50 and $15. Band Instruments And all musical merchan dise, including fine leath er music bags, strings and musical accessories. 1513 Douglas Street Local railroad men are taking a most optlmlstlo view of weather conditions that maintain throughout Ail of the country between the mountains and the lakes, and asaert that the heav? Jail of snow that has been general for the last thr.e days will bo of material benefit to the winter wheat now In tha ground. All over the country Indicated, with the snow that feil Friday night and in most sections la ctul ailing, a depth of from eight to twelve Inches has been at tained. Kvery report coming to railroad headquarters Is t the effect that there Is no wind and that ths snow la laying as it has fallen. Last night, throughout 'Nebraska, from one-half to four 'Inches of new snow was added to that already covering the ground. The fall was heaviest through the southern part of tha state, extending well down Into Kansas. . Temperatures in Nebraska ranged from 4 to 30 degrees .above se.ro, with aero to 4 below over a large portion of Wyoming. The conditions maintaining In Iowa were about tho same as In Nebraska. ' " The beautiful, beautiful snow, notwith standing the fact that many grownups do not regard It as beautiful, la furnishing a great deal of employment a well as fun for the husky achool kid, bent An earning a few Christmas shillings. Large cluyer of the Junior population armed ''with shovels, brooms and other Implements of warfare, advanced . on tho busy house holder, and for varying amounts agreed 'to remove the beautiful from off tho'sur rounding sidewalks. The kids were busy all day and by "evening returned home .with considerable small lucre and the symptoms ot developing colds. Tho snow also made a big demand for The Bee sled coupons. The New Arfaiy (Continued from Page One.) ir.i,-i7il-n,in,.,.al,niMM iS BUY YOUR Calendark FOR 1916 Of An . Omaha Concern Our line of 1916 Calendars is now complete ' and represents a large assortment of beautiful foreign, and domestic subjects. We can. fill your Calendar orders to your entire satisfaction, both from an ARTISTIC and ECONOM ICAL standpoint.:. ; ; BOOST FOB OMAHA by buying your Calendars of us. Write or phone for our salesman to call. H, B. High-clams aalesxasn wanted. FLM. SHAFER & CO "J12th and Earn am gta. lug up out of all that m&se of Impersonal maneuvering stuck In tho memory, "An' It wasn't 'ardly oven necessary to i caution Mister Issherwood," my oom- panlon commented. "Prob'ly he's blt I torly ashamed of 'Imself." I I asked a leading question because the ' old soldier told mo that when his too I was aound bo, too, was a military police man. . ' . "Crime? Crtmer aald ho. 'They don't 'know what crime Is that 'lot don't-nono r of 'em!" Ho mourned over them like a benevolent' old Satan looking Into a busy Eden, and his last word waa "Innocent" The car worked her way through miles of men men route-marching, or going to dig or build bridges, or wrestle with store and transport four or Hive miles of,, men, and every man with, eager eyes. " V . - No Mnale. There was no inu&lc not even drums and tlfes. I beard nothing but a distant tektrlot the ""pijiwtf "Trust a Scot to get his national weapon as lonr as there Is a chief In tho Adrth.- Admittm that war Is a serious business, specially to the man who is being fought for, and that it may o right to carry a long face, and contribute to relief .funds which should be laid oftvtho national debt. It surely could do no harm to cheer lhex men with a few bands. Half the money spent In treating, for example. There was a moor among woods with a pond in a hollow, tho center of a world of testa whoso population ' waa north country. One- heard it from far off, ' "TV nun trail ' pick an f rifle at f same time. Try again," sold an in structor. An isolated compariy tried apaln with set seriousness, and yet again. They wero used to the pick won their living1 by it, in factr-and so. favored it. more than tho rifle; but miner don't carry picks at the trail by instinct, though they can twiddle a rifle as one ' twiddles a walking stick. . ' - . They wero clad In a hsio garb that dis guised all contours; yet their shoulders, ' back and loins could not be altogether EX-AMBASSADOR AND MRS. MYRON T. HERRICK Photographed on their arrival in New York on board the Steamship Rochambeau, when he was greeted by a large delegation from Cleveland, 0., as well as a committee of men prominent in tho official and business life of New York. "BERG SUITS ME: ers Holiday Sliopp Will Find at This Store Special Opportunities at a Decided Saving: On seasonable merchandise of un questionable quality. ; Here are a Few of the Things: v' Suits. $7 50 to S2S FOP BOYS OVERCOATS SUITS MACKINAWS INDIAN SUIT COWBOY SUIT COWOIRL SUIT OLOVE3 MUFFLERS WINTER CAPS NECKWEAR HOSIERY INITIAL BELTS ETC., ETC. Trousars, 2.C0 to $10 Eaincoats, $5.00 to $25 Fancy Vesta, $1.S0 to . , $7.50 Ilousa Coats, $3.50 to Flannel Shirts, S5c to $1.00 Mufflers, 50c to $3.00 Underwear, $1.00 np , Chirts, $1.00 to $3.50 Lounging Hobos, $3.50 to $10.00 , Sweater Coats, $1.00 to $7.50 Pajamas $1.00 to Flannel Robes, 50c up, Iloaicry,' 25c to $1.0Q Neckwear, 25c to $2.50 L Gloves, 50c to $3.00. . Fur Gloves,' $2X0 to $12.00 Traveling SotsvBags, Canes, , Umbrellas and inany little articles of small cost, fcut a nice remembrance. Men's Suits; I JWt zixfiL ' $14.50 .-, j rzz Aleh's O'coats, ' Special,. S17.50 disguised, and these were beautiful to see. I Another company, as physical ' drill, in I shirt and trousers, showed that superb t material had offered itself to bo worked upon, and how much poise and directed 1 strength had been added to that material ' In the last throe months. . ' . Help Your Kidneys They're Invariably the Cause ef III Health It is surprising what a vast amount of nilHery and pain humanity I subjected to, as a result ot neKlected kidney ailments. The kidneys constitute the sewer system of the body which filter and Strain the j.oieonous materials out of the blood. If the kidneys are In any way overioaded, or a cold settles In, they become congested and inflamed. When the filtering process Is thus interfered with, the blood becomes overloaded wiih poisonous matter and serious results are sure to follow. Jt you are troubled with backache, dlzzlnesj, aching JoInlB, jiauaeu, or other symptoms of VMney diwiise, you should loscrn time In- testing what Warner's Bate Kidney and Liver Kineiy will do for you. It "will help you from the very first dose. Mrs. V. P. Brabham of Govern, 8. C, taysi "About twenty-five years ago I was ciy sick; nine iootors gavo up my case I was advised to try War per's Safe Kidney and Liver . Remedy, and tt put mo. on iiiv feet again. I havo ad vised numerous - people to take It snd they say they get M lendld results and always kee(. it on hand." Warncr'a Hafe Kidney and Liver Remedy has been a btanilard for 27 years In tho treatment of kidney a Intents. It Is sold by all drugglstgla , LOc and 1.00 sizes. A fre sunile and booklet if you write, Warner's Bafe Rem edies Co., IVtJt. Sf2. Pochenler, It I Lit. n J N. T. Everybody Reads tho day's happninKa vy ljr. If folks don't read your storo new ery df it's yonr fault. The Man and tho Clothes. When the new army gets all Its new uniform, it will gaxe at itself like a new Narcissus. But the present kit is in describable.' That la why, Kngllsh- fashion, it has been made honorable by Its wearers: pur world in the years to come will look back with reverence as well as affection on those blue slops and that blasting cap. One far-seeing commandant, who had special facilities, has possessed . himself ef brass buttons, thousands of 'em, which ho has added to his men's outfit for the moral effect of (a) having something to clean end -Co) of keeping- it so. It has paid. - -' .The smartest regiment In the service could not do Itself justice in such gar ments, but I managed to get a view of a battalion, coming from a walk, at a distance which more or less subdued the -er uniform, and they moved with the ilastic swing and Utile, quick ripple that means so ruueh. A mine? is nut supposed to be ss good marcher as a townsman, but wbenihe gets set to time and pace and learns the economy of effort, his developed back and shoulder muscles take him along very haudsomcly. Another battalion fell in lor paraae wnue I wntcnea again at a distance. They came to hand quietly and collectedly enough, and with only that amount of pressing which is duo to a fear of being late. A platoon or -a hat ever they call it was giving the whole of 4ta attention to its signalling instructors with the air of men resolved on getting the last flicker of the last cinema-film for their money. Crime in tho military sense they do not know any mora than their fellow-lnnoconts up the road. No ahamaj Hero. It is hopeless to Intend to bo other than what one is becauso one's soul in ttiis life is as expose a one's body. It Is futile to- tali civilian H-a there are j ao civilians to l!nten and they have not ' yi;t learned to tell serve one without being detected. I 11 is uteleea to sulk at any externa' i condition of affair, because the rent cf the world wrih which a man is con-.rneJ is facing those Identical conditions. There Is neither poverty nor riches, nor any possibility of pride, except in , so far as one may do one's task a little better than one a mate. In tho point of food they are extremoly well looked after, quality and quantity, wet canteen and dry. Drafts come In all round tho clock, and they havo to be fed; late guards and sentries want some thing hot at odd tiraos, and the big marquoo canteen Is the world's gather ing place where food, life's first Interest to a man In hard work, is thoroughly discussed. . They can get outaido of a vast o' vlttle. Thus, a' contractor who delivers 10,000 rations a day stands, by deputy at least, in the presence of Just that number ot rather - fit, .long, deep men. They are what ia called "Indepen dent" a civilian ' weaknesa which they will learii to blush oVer in 'a' few months, and to discourage among later recruits; but they are also very quick to pick up L dodges and tricks that make, a man more comrortaDi in camp ute, ana tneir ao nvestlo routine runs on wheels. -. ' . X New Worls Wllhott Wonts. It must have been hard at first for civilians to see tho necessity for that continuous apparently' pernickety house- maiding and "following-up" which is vital to . the comfort of 'large bodies of men In confined quarters. . In civil life men leave these things to their women folk, but where women are not, offloers, .inspecting tents, feet and suchlike, develop a she-side to their bead, and evidently make non-coine and men develop it, too. A good soldlor is always a bit of an old maid, tiut, as i beard a private say to a sergeant. In tho matter of soma kit chucked into a corner: "To" canna' keep owt redd up ony proper road on a sandhill."' To whom his, superior officer: "Ah know y& cunna', but yo' mun try, Billy." - ' ' ' ' i And heaven knows they are trying hard enough men, non-coms and officers with all the masked and undervoic-ed effort of our peoples when we are really at work. They stand at tho very begin ning of things; creating out of chaos, meeting emergencies as they arise; handi capped In every elrectlon, and overcom ing every handicap by simple good will, humor, self-sacrifice, common sense and such trumpery virtues. . , , - I watched Ihelr faces in the camp, and at lunch looked down a , line . of " some twenty men In the mess tent, wondering! now many would survive to see the full splendor and significance of the work here so nobly begun. But they were not Interested in the future beyond their next iramoiluto Job. They ate . quickly an4 went out to It, and by the time I drove away again I was overtaking their bat talions on the road. Not unrelated units lugged together for foot-slogging, but real battalions, of a spirit in themselves which defied even the blue slopa-wava after wave of proper men with undis ttacted eyes who never talked a word about any war. But not a note of music and they north-countrymen! r, s?no pnvine fob-yodd eonisiwnG-eiFis mix veaq . 1 LIBRARY TABLES A Now Slide Blocks Canal for"Twq Days KAN FRANCISCO,' Ilec. ll-A private dispatch to W. R. tirace & Co., received here today from the Panama Canal Zone, stated that a new cllda in the Culebra cut would cause a deluy of about two days to shipping. No details were given. Christmas with its many expenses always is a drain on the purse that is if cash is paid for ail the gifts bought and all of tho extra expense in curred, but to those who use theTUnion's'' credit there : is no uch burden. Now then, give the finest of all gifts ruiuTlTURE just tell the salesman to charge it. , : . ; Credit Ori Tdyc If ; moat '"iippreeiable' Vift. 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