THE REE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. APRIL 14. 1917.
SLACKER? NOT HE!
PUTS OFFWEDDING
Bride-Elect Gives Her Hus-band-to-Be
to Uncle Sam
Marriage Rush Still On.
MANY SEEK CERTIFICATES
A big poster, depicting soldiers
charging across an imaginary battle
field, with the caption, "Enlist in the
Army," now confronts every couple
applying for a marriage license at the
court house. Recruiting officers put
up the poster with the permission of
the county court officials. Even "Fri
day the 13th," failed to exert any
slackening influence on the rush at
marriage license desk. A dozen of
the life (?) certificates had been is
sued up till noon, the majority of
them to young people. Of course,
some wag had to spring the old
bromide that "wifey's home-made bis
cuits can't be much more deadly than
hand grenades;" but "Cupid" Stub
bendorf, marriage license clerk, kept
on writing.
One Effect of Poster.
. The army poster did its duty in
one instance, for a prospective bride
groom backed out at the last minute
and told his intended that he "wasn't
going to do anything to be called a
slacker." This couple ha l entered the
county court and was waiting while
another pair dickered with the mar
riage license clerk. Suddenly the
youth in the case spied the poster
and the charging soldiers staring
down at him.
He looked at his fiancee, then down
at the floor. "You know, Mary, they're
calling all young men who get mar
ried now slackers. Shall we or shan't
we? Can't we wait till fall; maybe
peace'll be declared by then." Tears
cme to Mary's eyes, but she walked
slowly out of the county court office
with her sweetheart.
Newspaper men questioned this
couple and learned that they had
really intended to be married this
month. They declared they will not
marry as long as the term "slacker"
is used in reference to young war
time bridegrooms.
Miltary Ages.
It is significant that in the present
brisk state of affairs around the mar
riage license office the majority of the
youths applying for certificates are
between the ages of 20 and 25 the
ages of possible conscription.
When David Orenstein, 23 years
old, a native of Roumania, obtained
a license to wed Sarah Work, 22
years old, a native of Russia, he ex
plained that he was not going to get
married to avoid military service.
"I am ready and willing to serve
my adopted country in the war," he
said, "and I intend to enlist in the
army soon. Sarah and I had planned
to get married this week, and are
going ahead with our plans in spite
of the war. She is willing to have
me go to war, and I shall be glad
to fight for Uncle Sam."
Camera Man's Dream.
For lack of bona fide subjects to
suit his ends, an "enterprising" pho
tographer for a local evening paper
arranged a fake photograph at the
marriage license bureau Friday morn
ing. George Kennedy, docket clerk
at the court house, and a young wo
man employe in the building were
induced to pose as a prospective
bridal couplr. "Cupid" Stubbendorff,
always willing to be accommodating,
was also induced to pose in the pic
ture, lie appears in the act of point
ntr towpnl a;i armv recruiting sign.
fhen apparently aked by the fake
vers lo issue a license.
Tokens of Appreciation
Omaha Students Join
Army's Aviation Corps
Kenneth Norton and Harry Men
old, well known Omaha High school
graduates, now in their senior year at
Cornell university, are visiting their
parents here while awaiting call to
take up reserve officers' corps avia
tion training at Pensacola, Fla. They
have passed rigid physical examina
tions and have been credited with
full work and diplomas by their col
lege. Many of their schoolmates
tlso have entered the military train
ing for the war. Robert Looinis, son
of N. H. Loomis, Union Pacific at
torney, has quit school in New York
to enter the reserve army officers'
corps.
BUILDING PERMITS.
Building permits have been Issued to the
following:
F. W. Beach, 829 South Twenty-third
avenue, repairs, $1,600; Benson & Carmich
aH, 1033 North Thirty-third, frame dwell
lnir. $2,500; Earl J. Mahtmey, 38U M, re
cairn, $500; Templer MacFayden, 4816 Burt,
frame dwelling. $2,000; Mrs, T. H. Gustaf
son, $031 Lafayette, frame dwelling, fS.FiOO.
Park School Children
Buy Thousands of Seeds
Principals of public schools arc co
operating in the sale of packages of
seeds to children at 1 cent per pack
age. The Park school children bought
2,671 packages. This custom has
been in vogue for several years. In
terest this season exceeds former
springs.
New Process Removes
Superfluous Hair Roots!
TVome:i troubled with unsightly hairy
growth! will be delighted to hear that
they can now actually remove the hair
entire root and all easily, quickly, harm
lessly! It Is done without the use of liquid,
powder, paste or electric needle.
The new phelactlne process In not to be
compared at all with any other method.
Nothing like It ever discovered. Tt causeo
the hair roots to come out before your
very eyes Instantaneously leaving the Bkln
smooth and hairless as a babe's. Ita action
is ao poelilve, so crrtair.; every druggist
sell phelactlne under a money-back guar
in tee. It Is non-odorous, non-Irritating,
non-po!sonoua a child could safely eat It.
3et a mall stick of phelactlne today, fol
low the simple instructions; you will be
wonderfully surprised. Adv.
THERE are intense
scenes, human char
acter touches, in The
Tiger's Coat, and
there is always the
feeling that one is
on the eve of
discovering the
real truth
about the
girl But
not until
a certain
denouement
and then be-yond-does
one
sound the real
depths of the nat
ure of the golden
woman, a creature of
fire and passion with
a pride to match that
or the man who had
plumbed the depths
of her heart
The Tiger's Coat
By Elizabeth Dejeans
THE BOBBS-MERRILL CO, PubMwt
Lovelace Says There Will
Be No Idle Land This Year
Assistant Immigration Agent Love
lace of the Burlington is back from a
tour through western Nebraska and
Wyoming. He found farmers all en
thusiastic over the crop outlook and
everywhere he found them bending
every energy to plant as many acres
as possible.
The high prices being obtained by
farmers for everything they have to
sell, Mr. Lovelace asserts, is attract
ing hundreds of people from the
towns and td the land. There will be
no idle land this year, for every acre
that has heretofore been broken up is
going to be cropped.
Y.W.CA.Girlsto
Continue Hunt for
Summer Camp Fund
Girls of the Young Women's Chris
tian association who have been cam
paigning for a fund with which to
buy a summer camping site will not
discontinue their canvass for cash,
even though the campaign formally
closes Saturday. They plan to keep
on collecting money until they have
enough to buy their summer camp
and its equipment.
The athletic girls' team will spon
sor an ice cream and cake supper at
Benson & Thome's store April 2.
The management of the store will
donate the ice cream and the girls
will bake and contribute the cake.
The proceeds from the sale will, of
course, be given to the camp fund.
Thursday's receipts were $5fi.0?,
making the collected total of 10iC4IJu.
Bankers Debate On the
Railroad Ownership
The Omaha Chapter of the Amer
ican Institute of Hanking held a try
out Thursday night in the Hotel
Loyal preliminary to their debate
with Des Moines on the subject, "Re
solved, That the railroads of the
United States be owned and operated
by the federal government." As a re
sult of the contest the following
members were chosen to uphold the
rtirmative side against Des Moines:
W. H. Dressier. Stock Yards National
bank. South Side; William Phillips,
Corn Exchange National hank, and
Gwyer H. Yates, United States Na
tional bank. Three alternates were
also chosen.
The debate will be staged in Omaha
April 27.
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Before jj
You Move H
Call us and let us explain our
system for efficiently handling
your goods. Our experienced
men will handle your movables
satisfactorily.
MOVING PACKING
STORING
Omaha Van &
Storage Co.
Phone Dougl.i 4163
806 South lth St.
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ROCK ISLAND
To Chicago
Arrive La Salle Station on the Loop any
part of the city quickly reached by elevated
trains. Most convenient location in Chicago.
"Chicaio Day Express" at 6:00 a. m.
"Chicago-Colorado Express" at 3:55 p. m.
"Chicago-Nebraska Limited" at 6:08 p. n.
"Rocky Mountain Limited" at 2:00 a. m.
Connections at Englewood Union Station
(63rd Street) with limited trains for all Eastern
territory.
Automatic Block SignaU
Fineet Modern All-Steel Equipment
Superior Dining Cat Service
Tickets, reservations and information at
Rock Island Travel Bureau, 1323 Farnam
Street, or at Union Station.
J. S. McNALLY
Oivisiea PaiMoftr Afeat
Phot Douglas 428
mm
CENTS
A WEEK
for LOTS
South of Elmwood Park
West L awn
m
Hill
On Sixtieth Street, Between
Woolworth and Walnut
You Pay $1 Down
You get possession of the lot at once and
You may fence or cultivate the lot
You may build or not, as you please
You pay no interest for two years
You pay no taxes for two years
See These Prices: $149, ,$239,
$249, $264, $284, $299, $314
We Are Offering Only a Few Choice Lots
And They Will Not Last Long
Special Sale Today ,
COME TODAY COME TOMORROW
Salesmen on the Grounds
Take West Leavenworth car to Elmwood Park.
Walk south on Sixtieth Street to our big sign. Our
free automobile meets every car during this sale
all day and evening.
Bring Your Dollar and Come Today
N. P. Dodge & Co.
15th and Harney
Phone Douglas 829
tumr
1621 FAKIMaM
Bert
AFTER-EASTER PRICES ON ALL
GARMENTS SATURDAY AT
Berg's Women's Shop
1621 FARNAM
A swooping reduction on our entire stock of ex
clusive Spring garments, all of which vare new in this
now shop of ours. You can't postpone longer the pur
chase of your Spring outfit if you expect to get the good
out of it, and you won't find a better time to buy than
now, during this special sale.
SUITS COATS Dresses SKIRTS
Silk or Wool Silk or Wool Georgette or Silk Silk or Wool
$17.50 Suits.. $13.95 $15.00 Coats. .$11.95 $15.50 Dresses. $11.95 $6.00 Skirts. . .$4.75
$20.00 Suits.. $15.95 $17.50 Coals. .$13.95 $17.50 Dresses. $13.95 $6.50 Skirts. . .$5.20
$25.00 Suits.. $19.95 $20.00 Oonts. .$15.95 $20.00 Dresses. $15.95 $6.75 Skirts. . .$5.40
$:t0.00 Suits.. $23.95 $22.50 Coats. .$17.95 $22.50 Dresses. $17.95 $7.50 Skirts. . .$5.95
$35 00 Suits.. $27.95 $25.00 Coats. .$19.95 $25.00 Dresses. $19.95 $10.00 Skirts.. $7.95
$40.00 Suits.. $31.95 $30.00 Coats. .$23.95 $:!0.00 Dresses. $23.95 $12.50 Skirts. .$9.95
$50.00 Suits.. $39.95 $35.00 Coats. .$27.95 $35.00 Dresses. $27.95 $15.00 SkirU. $11.95
$60.00 Suits.. $47.95 $10.00 Coats. .$31.95 $10.00 Dresses. $31.95 $17.50 Skirts. $13.95
$75.00 Suits.. $59.50 $45.00 Coats. .$35.00 $50.00 Dresses. $39.50 $20.00 Skirts. $15.95
ALL WAISTS
10 OFF
Stem's
Women's Shop '
All Petticoats
10 Off
Illr-Wlr-WVWIWIrGOOD FURNITURE-
?jL.6-48- SOUTff fig sf0
Dependable Hair Mattresses
The product of our own shops; really flJOO CA
$35.00 values, Saturday your choice. . . . Pdv
Full size, carefully built In our own shops, of first-quality
hair, and enclosed in high-grade art tickings, some made in roll
edge styles, others plain. These are sample mattresses in discon
tinued tickings.
Special-
One $36.00 hair-top Mattress, box spring, 3x6 siie, for
metal bad, in slightly soiled ticking to close out. .
$24
Oriole Go-Basket
Convenient can be taken any
where. Can be lifted onto street
car or train with about the samo
effort required to carry a hand
bag. Construction is unusually
strong, made of reed.
With Hood $5.00
Without Hood $3.50
Complete Clearance of
Cellarettes
Before May 1st
Come in mahogany, fumed
and golden oak, very well fin
ished, interiors conveniently
arranged.
Values up to $28, for. . . .$10
Only 1 $45 Cellarette, for $15
Very Special!
Fumed Oak Dining Chair
(A. Illustrated)
We have a limited number of these chairs
bought under very favorable conditions
and we propose selling them Saturday at
what is today '8 factory cost.
They are made with saddle-shaped back box
scat and continuous back, specially constructed
to stand rough usage. The kind of chair that
will be good fifteen years from now.
Price Each, $2.50
6 for $15.00
Dining Table to match chairs, in fumed oak, 45-inch diameter,
extendi to 6 ft.
Special, $12.50 ,.- .....
Bargains in
Seasonable Draperies
Marquisette Curtains, hemstitched and with l'-inch
hem front and bottom, in ecru and ivory; price, CI CQ
per pair
Sheer Voile Curtains,,hemstitched, in ivory and CO 1 Q
Egyptian; price, per pair
Voile and Marquisette Curtains of superior quality,
hemstitched and trimmed with lace edge, at, $9 fijl
per pair Pvi
25 patterns of special Cretonne, about 30 yards of 1 Q
a pattern, formerly as high as 30c, for, yard
18c Silkolines, in dainty colorings suitable for bed 1 A
comforts ; a good assortment of patterns, yard .
Scrims and plain Voiles, in ivory and ecru; 20c 10
values for t2Vtt and 30c values, for, yard. .
Dotted Swisses, for kitchen and bathroom cur- Id,
tains, at, yard
RUGS!
at Special .
Close-Out Prices
Made from Road Men's Traveling Samples or rem
nants of carpets less than first cost.
1 Green Velvet Rug, with border, 4-6x7-6 $6.50
1 Mulberry Plush Rug, without border, 4-6x8-5 $8.50
1 Brown Wilton Rug, with border, 4-6x9 $12.50
1 Plain Green Velvet Rug, without border, 6-9x9,
for $10.50
1 Figured Brussels Rug, without bqrder, 9x12, $13.50
1 Cross-Seam Brussels Rug, 9x12 $9.95
2 Cross Seam Velvet Rugs, 9x12 15.95
2 Cross-Seam Axminster Rugs, 9x12 $21.95
J n Ct t T J. -n r 1 t nav
r
Special Demonstration
Saturday we will demons rate
tl
Round Oak 3-Fuel
Combination Rang
Costs no more than an un
tried stove. Burns gas, coal or
wood without change of parts.
Brinf in the Coupon
SATURDAY. APRIL 14
For One
8-inch Pyrex Pie Dish
For 45c
Bissell Combination Vacuum
and Brush Sweeper, mahogany
finish, each one guaranteed.
Easy to run . $5.50
Printed Linoleum, I) feet wide,
food colors, printed on extra
eavy felt base..40 Sq. Yd.
Carpet Hassocks, made from
velvet and axminster carpets;
splendid colors, 7 inches high
and 13 inches across; spe
cial, 69? each.