THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 15, 1917.
What
Women Are
Doing in the t World
Monday
Convalescent Aid society, city hall,
10 a. m.
Tuesday
Topeka branch of the Methodist
Women's Foreign Missionary As
sociation Council meeting, Y. W.
C A, 2 p. m.
Vesta chapter of the Eastern Star,
outing at Carter lake, 6 p. m.
Dundee Red Cross auxiliary, Dun
dee school house, 2 to 5 p. m.
Delta Gamma sorority war relief
auxiliary, War Relief headquar
ters, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Alpha Theta Red Cross
auxiliary. Army building, 2 to S
p. m.
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
Red Cross auxiliary, Miss Lucy
Harte, hostess, 2 p. m.
Miller Park Mothers' circle, Miller
park pavilion, 2:30 p. m.
Thursday
Custer Trio club, Crounse hall,
2:30 p. m.
Red Cross auxiliary, Ben
son city hall, 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Hanscom Park War Relief circle,
Normandy apartment ball room,
2 to 5 p. m.
Omaha chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution war
relief circle, Country club, 2 to
5 p. m.
George Crook Relief corps, ken
sington, Mrs. D. F. Flaugher,
hostess, 2 p. m.
Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Knitting coterie, the Misses
Hazel and Carol Howard, host
esses, 2:30 pi m.
nri HERE is no time to become
I 1 either hot or weary," is the
,JL universal expression of
Omaha women who are
now completely correlated for patri
otic service. They are not standing
around asking "What can we do to
help;" but are plunging into the work
with only one idea,.that being to work
rapidly and efficiently, for great is the
need.
This was demonstrated by the ef
fective work done the past few days
by Dr. Jennie Callfas and Mrs. Flora
Hoffman.
Hearing of the immediate need of
the soldiers in the hospital at Fort
Crook, the Omaha chapter of the
Woman's Christian Temperance un
ion called a special meeting and voted
to provide 500 towels and 500 bars of
soap at once. Feeling that there was
more to be done for the boys who
are willing to sacrifice themselves for
Uncle Sam, Dr. Callfas telephoned the
state chairman, Mrs. Mamie Chaslin
in Lincoln, and asked if the state
. Woriian's Christian Temperance un
ion would give $500 for equipping men
at the hospital with necessary cloth
ing. She answered in the affirmative
and within twenty-four hours, Dr.
Callfas and Mrs. Hoffman had pur
chased and delivered the supplies,
which are as. follows: Twenty-four
mattresses, four dozen pillow cases,
fifty blankets, fifty suits of pajamas,
twelve high back rocking chairs,
twelve cuspidors, eight dozen sheets)
five dozen turkish towels and wash
cloths, thirty pairs of slippers, one
dozen wash basins, three large foot
pans, five dozen brushes and combs,
and one dozen tables.
"When we delivered the gifts Fri
day night at 9 o'clock, I never saw a
happier group of toys. They "enjoyed
the comforts we provided as much as
children do toys at Christmas time,"
said Dr. Callfas. 1
I his week the women will take
vegetables for the convalescent men
in the hospital, who number twenty
five, although the number varies from
day to day. x
The latest donations has been from
the West Side union of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union, which
sent five dozen towels to the boys
Saturday.
U. S. Grant, Woman's Relief corps,
will have a business meeting Monday
at 2:30 in Memorial hall. This corps
is helping to make hospital supplies
for the Red Cross. It is also giving
its leader, Mrs. J. M. Taliaferro, a
course in Red Cross work.
Mayor Dahlman appointed the fol
lowing committee of women to take
charge of the registration of women
in Omaha in Herbert Hoover's big
food convervation drive. Mrs. Earl
Stanfield, Mrs. H. C Sumney, Mrs.
J. D. Hiss, Mrs. A. B. McConnell and
Miss Gladys Shamp.
They are asked to meet at once to
make definite plans and organize the
women's organizations of the city
for the distribution of food pledges.
The mayor offered the council cham
ber for the meetings of the com
mittee. The Custer Trio club will give its
next card party at Crounse hall
Thursday afternoon at 2:30.
Mr. Stanley North, assistant pas
tor of the St. Mary's Avenue Congre
gational church; will speak at vespers
today at the Young Women's Chris
tian Association camp at 5 o'clock.
Miss Dorothy Gray will sing.
The Woman Voters' Conservation
league will hold its next meeting July
25 at the home of Mrs. B. Lancaster
at 2 o'clock.
Frances Willard chapter of the Wo
men's Christian Temperance union
will hold its next meeting July 25 at
the Miller Park pavilion.
Vesta chapter of the Eastern Star
will entertain at an outing at Carter
Lake club Tuesday. Dinner will be
served at 6 o'clock. Mrs. Carrie Ma
loney is in charge of arrangements for
the affair. .
s
The Miller Park Mothers' circle
, will meet Wednesday at 2:30 in the
Miller Park pavilion.
The Topeka branch of the Metho
dist Women's Foreign Missionary as
sociation will hold its regular monthly
council meeting Tuesday afternoon
at the Young Women's Christian as
sociation at 2 o'clock. The purpose of
the meeting is to make further plans
for the missionary convention which
will be held here in October at the
First Methodist church.
Mrs. I. S. Leavitt is in charge of
the committee on arrangements for
the conference. '
The George Crook Relief corps will
entertain at a kensington Friday aft
moon at the home of Mrs. D. F.
?Iaugher at 2 o'clock.
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The Misses Hazel and Carol How
ard will entertain the knitting coterie
of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae Friday afternoon at 2:30.
Eighteen-Year-Old Lass Endows
Ward in London War Hospital
One of the most interesting and
chartning summer visitors is Mis's
Florentine Preston of Jtfew York
City, who, with bv mother, Mrs. E.
G. Preston, is spending several weeks
with her aunt, Mrs. L. J. Healey.
Although only 18 years old, Miss
Preston is a cosmopolitan as well as
accomplished young woman. Until
two years ago she made her home in
London, where she took an active
part in war relief work in the con
valescent hospitals. She became so
interested in the work that she de
cided to devote her personal allow
ance to the care of one ward in the
Coulter hospital in London, which is
financed by Chicago women, and is
next to the American embassy and
the home of the duchess of Manches
ter. Asa tribute to her untiring efforts s
in the ward which became known as
the Florentine ward, she was pre
sented with the fan shown in the
above picture by the .wife of T. J.
Barratt, a well known London art
connoisseur. It is 200 years old and
was originally the property of the
queen of Spain. When it was offered
for sale Mr. Barratt traveled from
London to Madrid to purchase it for
his art collection. It is insured for
$500 and Miss Preston intends to loan
it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York when she returns The
sticks are of mother of pearl and it
is decorated with solid gold. The
body of the fan is made of chicken
skin - and is hand-decorated with
French scenes. It is in a perfect
state of preservation.
Miss Preston's favorite hobby is ,
selecting gramaphone records, cigar
ets and American magazines for the
wounded soldiers in England. She
expects to continue her work in the
convalescent hospitals in Paris with
her mother this winter, as her broth
er, Harry Campbell Preston, will be
there with the aviation corps..
A Navy of the Air
After the War
By Frederic J. Hask '.n
Washington, July 12. Concerning
the $600,000,000 appropriation for avi
ation, Brigadier General Squier right
ly remarked that, "considered in
terms of winning the war, it is a pos
itive bargain." Considered in terms
of what it will mean after the war, it
appears more of a bargain than ever.
It may seem a little early to talk
about "after the war" when the air
fleet is not built yet, and there is no
sign of tin war's ending. But to the
nation as to the individual who can
look ahead are power and prosperity
granted; and no less than four Eu
ropean nations are already planning
seriouslv and in detail how their
great aerial navies can be of use to
them after the war. The United
States itself has just taken the first
step in that direction.
This was the introduction of a joint
resolution in congress providing for
the appointment of a commission on
aerial . navigation whose principal
function will be to investigate the
commercial possibilities of aerial
transport. The proposed commission
will consist of three senators, three
representatives, a general, an admi
ral and a civilian engineer. Their re
port is to be presented before Decem
ber 4 of this year.
There is no doubt in the minds of
those who have studied the situation
that the aeroplane as a means of
transportation, carrying mail, passen
gers and certain classes of freight,
has come to stay The war has im
mensely hastened its development.
The nations that are sufficiently pro
gressive and far-sighted to take up
commercial aerial transport quickly
and on a large scale will gain a con
siderable advantage in domestic de
velopment anu commerce after the
war.
England has already appointed an
investigating committee similar to the
one nroncDcd for trje United States.
It is known as the 'commercial aerial
transport commission and has Lord
Northcliffe for its chairman. Eng
land has been considering the com
mercial possibilities of the aeroplane
seriously for some time, and so have
Franc.:, Italj and prolably Germany.
Each of these nations sees itself with
a constantly increasing supply of
aeroplanes and trained pilots on its
hands. Ihe excellence of machines
and mechanics is continually growing
more marked. What were once not
able feats of daring in the air have
become t!.e merest commonplaces,
unwonhy evci of a line in the news
papers. These nations regard it as
inconceivable that their highly devel
oped mac' .'nes shall be scrapped and
their trained men put back into other
pursuits after the war. It is the hope
of all Cu.i:erned that the immense
military and naval aviation services
will not have to be maintained as a
part of a national armament in ex
pectation of another war. ,The flying
fleets will be available for purposes
of commerce after the conclusion of
any satisfactory peace.
England has taken up the problem
more enthusiastically than any other
nation, partly on account of its im
perial question. The maintenance of
a huge empire is dependent entirely on
means ot communication. Had it not
been for the improvements in trans
portation made in the nineteenth cen
tury the British empire of today
would not exist If the aeroplane can
be used further to perfect transporta
tion methods, England sees in it a
means of linking the units of the em
pire still more closely into a whole.
All the British colonies are repre
sented on the aerial transport com
mission. The problem is being soberly con
sidered all over the world by practi
cal men. There is no talk of the aero
plane superseding the railroad, the
steamship, or the automobile. It prom
ises to supplement them all, and to
take away their business in certain
lines for which it is particularly fitted.
An analogy can be drawn from the
development of the railroad. River
navigation was the accepted means of
inland travel before the railroad came.
The course of the rivers determined
the course of history. It has been
said that had the great American riv
ers drained into the Atlantic, there
would have been no civil war. The
river furnished a means of trantnorta-
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tion, but it Jimited progress to its own
tortuous channel.
Then came the railroad, striking di
rectly across the plain, scaling moun
tain passes, and opening vast terri
tory that the navigable rivers never
tapped. ,Yet the railroad did not sup
plant the river as a means of transpor
tation. Fdr certain classes of heavy
freight moving the river is still su
preme, Now conies the aeroplane, bearing
the same relation to the railroad that
the railroad bore to the river. The
rail line is less hampered by topog
raphy than the river, but it is still con
fined to certain practicable grades arid
routes. The road for the aeroplane
lies equally open in all directions. It
can tap territory barred to the rail
road, It will not supplant the rail
road, but it will supplement it.
In the matter of weight-carrying,
the aeroplane is still sharply limited.
There is no present indication that it
will ever be able to compete with the
railroad on this score. But already,
today, it can do certain things better
than any railroad can do them. It
can carry a limited weight at a greater
speed than any other form of trans
port. It is absolutely free as to route
and direction. It need no roadbed,
no expensive track. Its route can be
changed without any of the expense
attendant on pulling up tracks or
building new1 roadways..
The factor of speed gives the aero
plane at once the assurance of a mo
nopoly of a certain class of business,
where expense is a secondary con
sideration. The class of travel which
causes the railroad to put an eighteen,
hour extra fare . train on the New
York-Chicago run. that makes it prof
itable for the Transatlantic companies
to maintain six-day boats in peace
time, will indubitably turn to the aero
planes as a meaps of travel as soon
as a reliable service is established. Cer
tain classes of mail matter can best
be carried through the air. An extra
fare express service would almost un.
doubtedly pay between any two com
mercial centers.
Many other contingencies suggest
themselves where the aeroplane could
triumph over competition. There is
the case of a temporary gathering of
people of any sort It is out of the
question to lay a line of rails to any
but a permanent settlement, but an
aerial mail and passenger service can
be established to any point, and when
the need for it is past it can be trans,
ferred without the loss of a cent ot
investment. Mail and passenger ser
vice can be maintained to ice-bound
northern ports and Alaskan cities dur
ing the months when the ground
routes are blocked.
. Questions of cost and of safety
arise. An English authority has drawn
up a detailed plan for a mail and pas
senger service operating between
London and Paris, with four aero
planes each way daily. He calculates
all expenses down to pounds, shilling
and pence, and the result shows that
such a service could be established
tomorrow and carry passengers for a
fare that would exceed the boat and
rail fare by only a few shillings. The
practicability of such service is guar
ariteed by the performance of huge
aeroplanes. Machines have been built
of 1,200-horse power, in which eleven
men have flown from-Paris to Rome
in a night. Machines carrying a ton
of explosives are flying daily in
France. A monster Handley-Page bi
plane will rise to 10,000 feet altitude
carrying two small monoplanes with
aviators on its wings, and launch them
in the air.
The factor of safety has been great
ly increased. The battle-plane is not
built for safety, but a machine con
stucted for commercial 1 purposes
could be built, say the experts, so that
passengers would be exposed to no
greater risks than were those who
traveled in the early automobiles.
The next few years will undoubted
ly see an immense extension of he
commercial use of the aeroplane. The
United States should not fall behind
again in making the fullest use. of this
American invention. -' y
No Hope Whatever.
"The expectant heir to hla uncl'a mil
lion anxiously aalied tha doctor when hit
uncle was taken 1)1 If there waa no hope."
"What did the doctor say?"
"He told him there waa no hope what,
ever. The chances went hla uncle would
get well enough to marry hla houxeketper."
LoulavUle Courler-Jourua'
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DEAR Readers:--Bargains
to the
Bargains to the left
right of
of usl
us,
July
Clearance saies Keep us on trie qui
vive because of the astounding bar
gains offered.
Many of you are planning to take
a trip and would like some extra
things to tuck in your trunks. If
you can't come to Omaha to shop
I'll be glad to help you take advan
tage of the sales.
be sure to be very explicit in your
directions and please don't send me
any money. The shops will send
things to you C. O. D. unless you
have an established charge account,
Now read the items below: you may
find just what you're looking for.
OMr f th... ...mm- .,i:n.
NE of these summer evenings
when you re out motoring I want
you to drive out to the Minne Lusa
Addition and inspect "The Home of
The Hearts Desire' the modern,
m BVngaJ?w whlch the rchard
& Wilhelm Company has furnished
and decorated throughout to demon-
strate what can be done when dec-
orator and furnisher work together,
Oh, it is so pretty and home-likel
There is such a sense of consistency
and proportion everywhere. I spent
such a happy , half-hour peeking
about from one room to another,
from the tastefully furnished Living
Room to the splendidly equipped
Kitchen, which wquld be the joy qf
any little housewife. There's a dining
room, bathroom, two bedrooms and a
cozily furnished sun parlor. Really,
you must see this delightful little
house. It's at 30th and Newport and
is open to visitors from 10 a. m. to
9 p. m.
c,.s , , ,
Sl.p-on sweaters of gay-colored
Shetland woo are . stunning with
wnue iiamici gKiris.
rTIHE influence of the- Orient is
-L very evident in table napery for
Summer-time. When I inquired of
miss Keppe at the Linen Section of
Thompson-Belden's if she had any-
thing new to show me, she produced
some Japanese lunch cloths and nap-
kins which had just been unpacked.
I declare they are just the most effec-
tive things I've ever seen. A flock
of sixteen yellow-throated bluebirds
fly about the border of the lunch
ciotns tyes, i counted them, every
one!) and they are embroidered in
solid satyi stitch as only the clever
Japs can do it. Think of all that
H'".u"S worK lor on y m.uu, iot
llVS Lpr,f!lt ,Cufi.fty.-f?u,nc,h
hi, :,, Va
- fu 6 $27S
AZ aHhera Tn $T
printed cloths and napkins-the
?ponr l,trwyisSrTnSd TCs
blossom. Lunch cloths, $1.00, $1.50
and $2.00 napkins to match, 75c doz.
Tr OTHER, may I go out to
swim?" "Yes, my darling
daughter" but first be sure and buy
one of those good looking bathing
suits at Benson & Thome's so gayly
trimmed with stripes of orange and
white, or Kelly green and white, and
made conveniently in one piece. Just
as neat and nifty little swimmin' suits
as you ever beheld and only $4.95.
There are caps to wear with them of
vari-colored rubber, trimmed with
pert little bows, rosettes and wings
for 50c, 75c and $1.00,' and by all
means have a nice rubber-lined bag
in which to carry your wet garments
home they're 50c and 75c.
Mr. and Mrs. James Brenneman,
Miss Beulah Brenneman, Mrs. Her
zog, Miss June Herzog, Miss Gene
vieve Herzog, Mr. and Mrs. Orval
Green, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rose
boro and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wall
motored to a lake north of Blair Sun
day for a fishing party.
Mrs. Dickman and daughter, Miss
Lillian Dickman, of Blair, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ander
son Sunday,
Albert Jacobberger gave a party for
a number of his young friends at the
home of his parents on the West Side
Tuesday evening.
Miss Eleanor Dickman of Una,
Alaska, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Anderson the fore part of the
week. Miss Dickman is one of the
instructors in the high school at Una
and is spending the summer with her
mother and sister in Omaha.
Glen Mencke is visiting relatives at
Blair.,
Dr. W. O. Akers returned Monday
from a week's visit with relatives in
Iowa.
Miss Marie Bishop and Miss Gene
vieve Morris of Lincoln were guests
of Miss Nell Lonergan the last week.
Mrs. William Mencke and son, Carl,
Florence
Social Items
"Summer time
Vacation time
What a world
Of Joy
Two little words
Can hold!
Dull days
Are filled
With brightness
And hearts atune
With lightness
With anticipation
Of recreation
And pleasures
Which unfold.
The "needed rest" .
You've longed for
You'll surely
Raise a song for
When Summer
Brings you .
Plenty of time
What joys it
Doth unfold.
But all
rpHIS is truly a charming place
- and such a delicious luncheon."
exclaimed my dear friend, Mrs. B.,
whom, I had persuaded to lunch with
me the , other day. Yes, the 35c
luncheons at "The Flatiron Cafe" are
just as appetizing as can be and so
daintily served. The daily dinners for
50c, the bunday dinners for 60c and
Sunday night suppers for 50c will
appeal to you if you're fond of good,
tasteful cooking. ;
EVEN the Wee Folks are not for
gotten in the July Sales. Those
dear little Oliver Twist dresses which
yu admired so much in The Tot's
s, gt Benson & ThorneV and
which were designed to show "how to
be smart, though diminutive," are spe-
dally priced at $1.75 and $2.S0-they
have sold up to $3.95. A bit of a
white waist embroidered and smocked
joins a pink, green, blue or yellow
skirtlet there are pockets, of course,
and the designer "just for fun" puts
bunnies on some of them to make
the little girls laugh.
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v stor I discovered it last Tues-
day wl,eu wandering down Howard
strt i quest of new places, I came
upon a window filled with the most
enticing things for the motor journey
and camping. Stepping inside, the
first thin, that greted e e' w
a iuxurioUs Torch Couch which
looked "Do sit down and be comfy!"
just as plainly as though it had
spoken, "Only $8.75," the salesman
told me, "and the reason we can do
it is we contracted for a large num
ber last season. It can be adjusted
as a couch for your sun parlor or den,
(. youj'ke. It s really a wonder for
xh Pnce. at Jho 1??t0mah Tent
and Awning Co., 1501 Howard.
"QARGAINS ripen fast these July
JJ Aivs ye, :t. . i,.n-v
in SjtlAhT.
exclusive shops like Lamond's. 2d
Floor Rose Bldg, are offering lovely
suits, coats and silk dresses at one
half the regular selling price. Dainty
colored hot weather voiles and a 1
white dresses-the last minute fart-
ion8 of Summer are specially reduced
for this !e- Before going on your
vacatio" yu'd b d"P in Lamohd's
and add ;ome of thefpretty things
to
,
Rich, deep hues will be good in
fabrics his fall particularly deep
raspberry red.
TT'S quite the "thing" to fly the col-'
ors of our Allies along with our
own Red, White and Blue. Lucien
Stephens Shop for Men, 1901 Far
nam, has beautiful, pure silk Italian,
French, British, Belgian and Amer
ican flags for $1.75 a set. A holder
for the five flags, 50c. And don't
forget that Stephens' Summer neck
wear and Sports shirts are the nift
iest in town,
YES, we told you last week about
the embroidered Japanese crepe
and silk Kimonos at The Nippon Im
porting Co.'s pretty shop but there
are some new arrivals which are so
fascinatingly lovely that you should
drop in at 218 S. 18th street, just for
a glimpse s at them. And they're
marked so reasonably that you'll won
der how it can be done.
'
left Wednesday for Danville, III.,
where they will spend two or three
weeks visiting relatives.
Mrs. Matthew Pascale left Wednes
day for Silver City, where she will
spend a week with her sister.
A. H. Earheart left Tuesday for
Des Moines, where he will visit with
relatives for a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Latta of Indian
apolis, Ind., who have been the guests
of Mrs. Latta's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Adams, for some time, left Mon
day evening for their home.
Miss Nell Lonergan gave a picnic
party at Manawa Sunday, when her
guests were Miss Julia Jacoby, Have
lock; Miss Ervie Shelke, Greenwood,
and Alfred Thomsen, Fairvlew.
Mr. McDonald of Omaha has been
spending the week-end as the guest
of George Reed at Richdale, north of
town.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Brisbin left
Thursday for Kansas City, where they
will visit relatives Miss Zerlina Bris
bin, who has been spending some time
there as the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
O. B. Nash, will return with them
when they come back. The made the
trip by automobile. ,
Edson Rich left the first of the week
for Wisconsin, where he will spend a
month fishing in the lakes.
Mrs. William Tuttle entertained
the members of the Dorcas society of
the Christian church at her home on
Wednesday afternoon.
The Sunday school picnic of the
Th time
You're dreaming
The shops
Have been
A'pkhning
Thinking of
EVERYONE
And providing
For mem too.
The golfer -And
the tennis fan
The motorist
And the fisherman
The diver
And for the rider
A habit chic '
And new.
So here's for
A GRAND VACATION.
Then adieu
To recreation
4,Best P.ace In
All Creation'"
You'll find is
HOME, SWEET HOME.
rTIHE mainstay of every young girl's
J- wardrobe is the sensible Middy
blouse and white skirt, for they are
so easily tubbed that she can always
appear fresh and neat in them. Be
sides, the Bob Evans and Jack Tar
Middy Blouses, which have become so
popular on account of their individual
style and splendid workmanship, the
F. W. Thome Uptown Shop for
Girls and Women, 1812 Farnam, is
showing belted effects that are de
cidedly new and smart. A blue-eyed
girl I know never hal looked sweeter
than in one in the smock effect with ,
a collar of blue that matches her
eyes. Middies are being offered at
Thome's clearance sate from $1.00 to
$1.75. Smocks. $2.25 to $2.75. Pleated
Skirts of English drill on waists, or
with belts, and very stylishly made;
for ,$1.45.
.
Though it is prophesied that fall
skirts will bt longer, whether this
verdict will be accepted or not re
mains to be seen." ,
TjtROM far-away Japan comes Mo
toring Coats with Motor Bon
nets td match; Made- of Japanese
silk pongee with fascinating pockets,
belt and collar trimmed in color.
Quite, quite different than anything
ever shown in this country before and
decidedly good looking.' At The; W.
H. Eldridge Importing Co.'s Oriental
Shop, 1J18 farnam.
H ERE'S interesting news I The
Drahos-Luttig . Hat Shop, 1704
Douglas, will have a final clean-up
sate on Monday, when they will
offer every hat in the house for $1.00,
Think of it! A hat from such a fash
ionable shop for that price. I've seen
some of them, and they're so pretty
and stylish that you'll surely want to
be there the first thing in the morn
ing to secure one.
A BEAUTIFUL high-laced topped
boot with vamp and French heel
of imported ivory or. silver gray kid;
high slant-back top of wool Dread
nought that matches perfectly is one
of the tempting offers in Napier's
third semi-annual clearance sale,
which is now in progress, for 'tis re
duced from $10.00 to $5.90. This
fashionable Booterie in The Rose
Building is offering its entire stock
of high-grade boots and lo-cuts at
reduced prices. Cash mail orders ore
paid subject to refund. If you'll just
write me a description I'll gladly
make a selection for you.
Suit coats for fall reach in some
lines from 36 to 45 inches in length.
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AN addition of charming distinc
tion to a summer costume would
be one of the exquisite green-gold
or sterling silver mesh bags which
I saw in Arnold H. Edmonston's
beautiful little Jewelry Shop, 2d
Floor Rose Bldg. To carry one of
these bags marks one as appreciative
of the "dernier cri" in Fashion's
realm. For sheer gracefulness with
out frivolity they are strikingly
beautiful. These bags are priced
$20.00 and up.
Christian church will be held in Miller
park next Friday afternoon.
Miss Ruth Tuttle, who has been
visiting her sister in Denver the last
month, is expected to return the fore
part of the week.
Miss Gladys Nethaway, David City,
Neb., teacher in the public schools
there, is spending a part of her vaca.
tion with her uncle, G. L. Nethaway,
at his Spring Valley farm north of
Florence.
A number of the young folks of
Florence have organized a party to
attend the dance at Bennington Sat
urday evening, June 21.
Fred Hoist left the latter part of
the week for western Nebraska, where
he will spend the balance of the sum
mer ,
At the meeting of the volunteer
fifemen of Florence Monday night it
was decided to abandon the organiza
tion, as annexation had rendered the
company useless. ' There, were ten ac
tive and twenty-seven veterans pres
ent. The company was organized
August 4, '1890, and has been the sole
protection of the city from fires dur
ing the time it was in existence.
Members will now form a veterans'
organization and then merge with the
Omaha veterans.
A call has been issued for a meet
ing at the city park on Wednesday
afternoon of all the women of the city
who are interested in Red Cross work
for the purpose of organizing an aux
iliary chapter
ABIT of thoughtfulness, like carry
ing home a single rose to your
wife or mother is an evidence of youi
love and appreciation. Drop in Lee
Larmon's, Fontenelle Hotel, and buy
one. His roses are always so fresh
and colorful.
JUST arrived! Another shipment
from Japan of those attractive
Pullman sets which everyone who
saw the first lot is gossiping about.
They consist of an envelope-shaped
Bag in which Cap, Kimono and Slip
pers are neatly folded away. All are
of Jap silk pongee, handsomely em
broidered and trimmed in different
colors. Just the thing if you're going
to take a trip I At the W. H. Eldridge
Importing Company's Oriental Shop,
1318 Farnam St.
BEGIN your Christmas Shopping
during the July Clearance Sales
and save money to help your
country I for there are many gift
bargains to be had now. Too
good to pass up is the Annual Sum
mer Sale on. Art Goods beautiful
lamps, book-ends, mirrors, desk sets,
etc., framed pictures and frames,
which is going to take place this week
at The A. Hospe's Art Shop. Twill
more than pay you to drop in and
look around.
IN THE Caucasian mountains, near
Mount Ararat, beautiful Oriental
Rugs were made by the mountaineers
and shepherds, many of whom were
massacred or driven out of their
country. On this account ft will b,e
impossible to obtain rugs for many
years to come, so that rugs which
have seen their best days now have
an added value, and it behooves their'
owners to treasure them and give
them the utmost care. ' The Pan
torium. recognizing this need, has
CllgdKCU ' me ecivnc Ul JHI, V. Ls,
Spradlin, who is demonstrating his
system of reweaving and repairing
Oriental Rugs. If you have a valu
able rug that is damaged, it can be
so carefully repaired by this Oriental
Rug expert that it will be impossible
to detect the restored places. Phone
Douglas 963 and Mr. Spradlin and
Pantorium representative will call and
advise you as to the repairing and
quote price. See their ad on Society
pagev :;. v;.
O NE of the newest of new patriotic
novelties is a small painted metal
gold-lined Liberty bell, on which the
American Eagle sits, forming the
handle. It will summon you to din
ner and is $2.00, at The Alia Shop,
207 S. 18th St. -
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MANY clever names have come in
. for the clever overalls - which
Miss Cole is making (I certainly want
to compliment my readers on their'
keen wits) but she hasn't; decided
. 1 1 A i.. CI.., Vmmi Mbvf
jiv .lit, viiw aiiK lima vtvt,, iiyAh
Sunday,- though, she'll let you know
"for1 sure." In the meantime don't
forget that she is. ready to make to
your order those neat "Saucy . Jane"
frocks or Bungalow aprons in her
Lingerie Shop, 511 Bee Bldg. '
WHEN one is a-visiting in summer,
a supply of cool dresses is tm
perative. Lovely to look upon and
with all the witchery of summertime
are the fluffy net dresses being of
fered at Benson & Thofne's July
Clearance Sale. I noted a "perfect
dream" frock of pink taffeta combined
with white net, several embroidered
organdy and net combinations; others
trimmed handsomely with soutache,
filet lace, with groups of fine tucks
and tiny ruffles. And the desirable
thing about these net dresses, thejr re
just as pretty to wear in. the evening
as for afternoons. -
Now that I've said my little say,
I'll bid you all a fond good-day.
New styles, new shops, for you HI
Which I'll surely tell you of next
1. .
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. Sincerely yours,
-Advertisement
Coal Discovered Near. x
Railroad in Alaska
Seward, Alaska, July 14. A four
foot seam of coal, eight feet below the
surface and only thirty feet from the
main line of the United States rait
road, has been discovered at Mile
175, sixtxeen miles nearer Seward
than the deposit which is being de
veloped at Chickelcon.
The discovery was made by a con
tractor driving a tap tunnel to ob
tain rock for a fill. This is the first
coal discovered on the main road.
The branch line to Unit 12 in the
coal fields, which is being developed
by the Alaska Engineering commis
sion, will be completed and in oper
ation in twenty days. Work to con
nect the northernvand southern sec
tions of the line along Turnagain
arm is being pressed with all pos
sible dispatch. , " ,
Dozen Attend Rev. Savidge's
Retreat for the Lovesick
Th ftnrn 1nnpnme vftiinff mn anil
women who attended the "social
night" class conducted by; ReY.
it i.. c- : j . . . . t. -
v.nancs oaviugc spcui me imrc iu
"pleasant conversation" and listening
to musical selections. . ..-
"It was a fine meeting," Rev. Mr.
Savidge said. " "There were a num- -ber
of young men and women pres
ent who told me afterw"' fhev had
the best time in years." ' -
