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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1917)
THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1917. Adelaide Keimcrly Ella Fleishman. ASS'T BD1TOR. 10 JB5H st. it' J LOFTIS BROS. & CO.) THE STORE OF "WORTH-WHILE" GIFTS ON CREDIT We Accept Liberty Bonds at 105 in Payment for Any of Our Merchandise or in Settlement of Accounts Diamond Rings for Presents All the new designs in Diamond Rings, most of them made exclusively for us, and are of exceptional value. All mount ings are solid gold. i ' OPEN NIGHT AND DAY UNTIL CHRISTMAS none vougta I'm ana uur fl taar . af VICTHE NATIONAL CREDIT JEWELERS D 1 3 Main Floor City National Bank Block, a var ana South Sixteenth St.. calling on Advertisers, tell tnctn vou saw their ad.jn The Vy Loftis Perfection Diamond Rings Th Most Popular Solitaire. This beautiful 1 4 karat solid sold mounting ii faultlessly symmetrical, embodying; all the lines of delicate grace and beauty with the necessary security and strength. Beautiful rings ranging In price from f2B up to 1600 and over. Our No. A 6B9 is a leading favorite la 50 I for Christmas nresent. Handsomely rased in ring box. Special at.... TERMS: $1.25 A WEEK Wedding Rings Seamless Wedding Rings, 14 karat solid gold, as low as $3.00 Seamless Wedding Rings, 18 karat solid gold, at any price you wish to nay. Some as low as $3.50 Loftis Solitaire Diamond Cluster Rings Have the exact appearance of a Soli taire that would cost three or fmy times as much. Ninety-nine persons out of every hundred will declare that thia ring is a Solitaire when they aee It on the finger. Tha stones are set in Platinum by tinum by 50 expert diamond setters, I mounting is 14-k solid gold. Popular seler I tfcns 1126. 1100. 175 and th leading favorite. TERMS: $1.25 A WEEK The Unsurpassed Diamond Ring for Men 'Extra heavy 14-ksrat solid gold - prong Tooth mounting. An exclusive exclusive 75 model, especially de signed to display the beauty of the Diamond. Priced at $188, $115, f85 and $ TERMS) $1.85 A WEEK Diamond-Set Cameo Rings Hand-carved Cameo, with contrast- int background. Four brilliant 25 genuine Diamonds Splendid bargain, ape cially priced, f s TERMS: $2.50 A MONTH Loftis Round Belcher Diamond Ring Every desirable feature of ring con- : struetion has been incorporated in this handsome Loftis Round Belcher Ring. The rounded band termite the rring to be pleasantly worn with gloves. The stout prongs safely guard the Diamond, which is set low I set low 35 in the ring, so that $ added security is as sured. A special lot for Christmas presents, at TERMS:' $3.50 A MONTH J Loftis 7-Diamond Cluster Rings for Men I The famous. Loftis Seven-Diamond Cluster represents the greatest pos- f sible ralue at the price. Diamonds are set in Platinum, so arranged as to give the appearance of a Urge single Diamond costing three or four ii r $1 times as much. Mount ings are 14-k solid gold, per fectly proportioned and finely finished at TERMS: $1.60 A WEEK Ladies' Loftis Belcher Diamond Ring Specially constructed to enhance the .JK. j vvuiwucmj xo en nance i beauty and site of the DLmnnd you wish to buy a Solitaire Diamond Ring that makes the best appearance m man investment, 3 make no mistake in se- fa lecting thia ring. You Jk I will be well pleased you can 30 with our No. 6g5 at TERMS: $3 A MONTH salesman Will Call. Bnnginff a aa .. Corner Sixteenth anil Harniv Sis.. Omaha I B By MELLIFICIA-Dec. 18. Mrs. Reed Misses Thrill at Movies. Some time ago a number of society folks who are movie fans dropped into the habit of dining together on Saturday nights and then speifVing an hour or tvo watching their favorite screen stars at some of the loc.il theaters. Very often, if any of thorn were de tained with other engagements, they would have dinner at home and then join the party at the movies. The A. L. Reeds were in the little coterie and as Mrs. Reed is a busy woman with her days filled with en gagements she very often was obliged to meet the rest later in the evening! Mrs. Reed was especially late one night when the group was at the ' Strand and she saw only a small part of the picture before the party left the theater. The next week this busy lady was again detained and as her friends had chosen a movie in the Field club dis trict, she was especially late. As it happened, the same picture that she had been forced to miss the week be fore was on the screen and as luck would have it she came in just at the same point as she had the time before. I am verv much afraid this sound i like a fish story, but 1 must tell you that a third time poor Mrs. Reed re peated this performance, but I have my information first hand. Will someone kindly supply the missing link? Was the heroine thrown off the cliff or boiled in oil? Mrs. Reed would like to know. For Mr. and Mrs. Ilarte. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin C. Harte, who are the guests of Mr. lfarte's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ilarte, were entertained at an informal evening party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. frank Drexel Monday. Twelve guests were present. Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ilarte will be honor guests at a din ner given by Mr. Harte's brother, Mr. Louis Ilarte, and Mrs. Harte, at their lioiiie. C O L U Rfl IS B A TONE QUALITY Lingers Long After Price Is Forgotten In your Christmas Phonograph you want pleasing cab inet construction and perfect motor; but above all else Tone. So many Phonographs with large, beautiful Cabinets arc sadly lacking in tone. We have Columbia Grafonolas to fit any purse, $18, $30, $45, $55, $85, $95, $110 and up to $75, and the tone is the natural quality that cannot be Walk into our store see and hear them that is the way to -tell. Wc will arrange terms to suit your convenience. An Easy Way to Solve Your Christmas Question Give your friends a Columbia Gift Certificate, which en titles them to select Columbia Records at their leisure in our Grafonola Department. Call or Phone Douglas 1623 and we will give full particulars. BUY ANOTHER WAR SAVINGS STAMP SchinoIIer & ftlueller The Grafonola Store. Piano Co: Open Evenings Until Xmas. s 1 m iia , ., a jm 1 n I'lJiwaiiiron r ""M I II rw I ICOclCf I night's rest in a "longer, higher, wider" berth a breakfast that starts the day right and you step off The Chicago Limited-"Nd. 6 ' ' at 7:45 a. m. in Chicago ready for business. Your jour ney is over the shortest line, double tracked, protected by electric safety signals via the Chicago, Milwaukee 3 St. Paul Ry. Three other trains for Chicago leave QtB?ha at convenient hours. Ticket anj tkefitnf car tomaHont of 407 S. 15lh St. (Railway Exchine Bld.) Eugene Dotal, General Agtnt When Milady Goes New Chairman Woman's Committee South Side Red Cross Xmas Drive Mrs. W. B. Tagg, prominent South Side matron, has assumed chairman ship of the womeq's committee for the Red Cross Christmas week mem bership drive on the South Side. Mrs. Tagg is a member of the South Side Woman's club and active in all Red Cross work. Vassar Club Luncheon. Members of the Vassar club met this morning at the Red Cross rooms, wl'.cre they made oakum pads under the instruction of Miss Margaret ii,-,, a fin, iUr. ,1,. club had luncheon together at the I'liiversit v club. vim duplicated. 1311-13 Farnam St. Pking dinner I upon leavmgumana at 6:02 p.m. a good i wPN. A Word About Our Xmas? Packages and Their Wrappers. j By ADELAIDE KENNERLY. JUST a word about wrapping the Christmas package. Half the gifts, each Christmas, are ruined in the wrapping and pack : ing. What is me;fnt to delight hearts i on Christmas morning brings only i sad disappointment. Why? Because, in the first place, beautiful, ' delicate and, sometimes fragile, gifts are untidily wrapped in a coarse paper, placed in a crude mis tit box and insecurely tied with a string. After undoing such an un lovely package as this, one's sense of beauty is so offended that nothing looks very pretty. There is another phase of this situa tion to be considered. When a gift is insecurely wrapped it is often broken or mussed or soiled because of fnc rough handling Christmas mail; suffers Tissue Paper. , The most inexpensive trinket is worth a piece of clean tissue paper and some gilt cord. Ten cents' worth of fresh white tis sue paper wraps many packages. Another 10 cents' worth of gilt cord or tiny, ribbon will tic these pack ages. ' There are many kinds of Christmas stickers to hold tissue paper in place and they, too, are inexpensive. Twenty-five cents will cover the en tire cost of wrapping many gifts in a dainty manner. Certainly anyone who can afford to give presents on Christ mis can afford the additional 25 cents and the effort of wrapping them so that they will be presentable. A bit of sachet adds to the at tractiveness of a gift. First place the gift in pretty white folds of paper, stick them together with red and green Christmas stick ers, then tie, once around a gut cord or piece of ribbon to which is at- ched ?,1.e card bearing the name of the recipient and the sender. Don't. Such a package is eady for a box which has been selected to FIT. There is one big DON'T to re- member DON'T tie the final cord loosely or forget to look the second lime at the address and postage to sec that your package is given a fair chance to reach destination in safety. c Columbian Club Card Party. The Columbian club will give a card party Wednesday afternoon at Lyceum half. The first prize will be a box of apples. Mrs. M. R. Peter son and Mrs. J. E. I'arrcll will be hostesses for the afternoon. To Honor Miss Rosenzweig. Wednesday afternoon Miss Edith Hamilton will entertain at an after noon bridge in honor of Miss Edna Rosenzweig. Orpheum Party Mrs. H. Shiffeke entertained at an Orpheum party followed by tea at theFontenelle in honor of Miss Ed na Rosenzweig, a holiday bride. Box Parties at Concert. Those entertaining box parties at the concert given by the Tuesday Morning Musical club Thursday eve ning will be: Messrs. and Mesdames n. B. Howell. C. T. Kountze, . M. Wllhelm, Louis Nash. V. R. Johnson. LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA Logical Nebraska headquarters. B5S roomseach with private bath. Every desired luxury. neflncnifnt and cnnrenlence. Situated in heart of city. Easily ht-cm-Ihle to all places of Interest. A!lutely fireproof. Both Kurnpran and American plans. Tariff from $1.50, Look for Hotel Clark bus at denot. F. M. Dlmmlek. Uiwe. jjljlllllllllliiiiiiiiiifmniMmiTTniimn Smart Economy For Christmas DURABLE DESIRABLE Give Him PHOENIX SILK HOSE The quality and workmanship of Phoenix Hosiery is not ex celled by any other line. This, together with the latest in styles and colors, make them a desirable as well as a season able remembrance. Wc have them for women, too. 511 S. 16th St. Her Grand Bldg. WEDNESDAY SPECIAL AT BERNSTEIN'S 'III South 16th Street. CHILDREN'S BATH ROBES An Excellent Gift for THE CHILD , Specially Priced, 98c Worth $2.00. " Ooonsite Havden'i Shopping Prize Winners in Writers' Contest Omaha Woman's Press Club Awarded ! Prize winners in the second annual writers' contest of the Omaha Wo man's Press club were announced at a dinner held Monday evening at the Hotel Loyal. Miss Irina Gross of The Bee won the fiction prize with her short Story, "The Risk." Mrs. JoC F. judgment In the matter of a soldier marrj Barton won honorable mention in i tnS his sweetheart before going to war; so this department with a story, "A 1 never answer a question of this sort with Littlc Fox Terrier; Poetry. Miss Joy Higgins' "Spring in In niskillen'' took honors in the poetry section. Mrs. Paul Wickham's poem, "The Lark," and Miss Corinne Hiatt's Red Cross poem won honorable men tion. Mrs. Wickham was a prize winner last year. Miss Lida Wilson's "For Rent An Old-Fashioned House." won the nriTfl ammifr cci.e c .Koi ; t tn.1 Mjss Wilson carried off honors in the snori story ana poetry sections m the club's first contest. Miss Eva Ma honey's "Why I Failed to Be Edu cated" was awarded honorable men tion for the essays section. Plays. Another prize winner in last year's contest who carried off first honors this year was Mrs. Martin Harris in the play writing section. "When Jenny Comes Marching Home" is the title of Mrs. Harris' play. It is a patriotic playlet. Her last year's play, 1 he Lpper t rust, was pro duced at the Blackstone in May by the Press club. Judges. Judges in the poetry, fiction and es say event were Mrs. V. R. Matthews, Miss Bertha Baumer and Mr. Ro selle Davis. Lucien Stephens, Joy Sutphen and II. M. Thomas judged the plays. Mrs. T. R. Rutledgc, chairman of the contest committee, announced the prize winners, who were presented I with bars, suitably inscribed, which are to be attached to the Press club pins. Speakers. Among the speakers were the city editors of the three dailies, Leo Bozelle of the Daily New, C. F. Sylvester of the World-Herald and I Charles L. Thomas of Thr- IW- iviues ureenieaf, .Mrs. Adelaide Ken nedy and Major and Mrs. W. N. Hensley of F'ort Omaha. Ella Fleish man of The Bee presided. PERGONALS! Mrs. Clement Chase and Mrs. Franklin A. Shotwell are the speakers at the Orpheum theater this week, urging Omahans to carry home their packages instead of having. them de livered, and to ask for the Red Cross stamp on each package. Miss Helen Prall, who is chief li brarians at Kecwatin, Minn., will spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David S. Trail. Mr9. J. P. Lord intends to close her house very soon and leave for Camp Funston, where she will remain near the camp, as her husband, Major Lord, is stationed there. Colonel and Mrs. Charles M. Bun del are now in Louisville, Ky., where Colonel Bundel is in command of the 325th field artillery. Mrs. Bundel was formerly Miss Enid Valentine of Omaha. Mr. L. M. Lowe, who is a student j at Ames college, will arrived home Wednesday to spend the holidays j with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. , Lowe. Miss Metr 111. O winsr to the illness of Miss Olca Metz it is doubtful whether she will be able to travel in time to reach home by Saturday rnorning. Mrs. J. M. Dauglicrty, who has planned a dance in honor of Miss Metz and her guest. Miss Mary Julia Crocker, will not set the date for the affair un til later. Confirmation Party. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Colin enter tained at their home Sunday in honor of the confirmation of thw son, David. Carnations and roses were used in the decorations. Twenty guests were present. Large Bridge Party. Mrs. Adolph Brown will entertain 60 guests at luncheon at the Black- stone Thursday. The guests will be i seated at small tables in the oriental ' room and the luncheon will be fol j lowed by bridge. j When You Are Traveling ; Before starting on long trips, when ! it is often inconvenient to get food, try carrying a package of large rais j ins or dates, a package of salted pca I nuts and a package or two of choco I late. These carry well and are al- ways read)-. It is the combination of ! these simple foods that is valuable. I Good Housekeeping. j Miss Irene Beltz, who has been I named wcighniaster at a ufilliery at Beaver Brook, "a., ;s probably the ! first woman to take a position in the actual operating staff of any coal mine in the United States. n,4 ui i aucj(jiiUi j worthy of Your Gnsideration II THE a I add-ci-hecttt. I VsM 1 NECKLACE ii and additional pearls for !! l completion have not been j j! advanced :::::::::::.".;:::i::::;i:::::::i!:i!;:iii::jj!:i:l::J Oar business is em of ptnnu. eat customer, net victims. PHOTOGRAPHERS Rinehart-Steffens Of Course. 300 lath St., South. Weed Bldg. Just Off Farnam. Advice to Lovelorn By BEATRICE FAIRFAX. Soldier Marriages. Dear Miss Fairfax: My friend "O" is In love with a young man who is drafted, and they expect to inarry heforo he goes away, but a friend whom we will call "A' says that any joung man who would marry a girl before going to war is a cad; but "B" says if "C" has a good home and able to work or do something that It Is perfectly right for them to get married before the young man goes away. Do you think "A" Is justified in railing this young man a cad If he married "C" 7 Anything ou write will be greatly appreciated. A. E. W. It is ridiculous for an outsider lo attempt any feeling that approaches an air of fi nality. Every rase is a separate and in dividual one. Why should the young people not have their brief time of happiness and look forward to a reunion some day? After all. most of life is ''taking chances." What I do not believe in is the hysterical, sen timental affair in which a girl and a sol dier meet one week and aro married the next. That Is the hysteria and cmotional- i lsm ot war "",c- "ut whrn swe,tn?ar" or long standing nurry ineir marriage oe eauso of the war, the situation is entire! different. No Real Harm. Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 have a sister of CO. and I am 17 years of age. Some lime ago my sisier's gentleman friend enlisted In the United States army at Yaphank, L. T. Whilo he was out on furlough my sister and myself were invited to his house for supper, and on leaving he asked me to write a Jolly lelter to hiin. I did so. but he did not an swer. On his second furlough he paid us a visit and said he voulcl answer my Id ler, provided 1 would write him another iolly letter In return. Now. Miss Fairfax, my sister claims that it is not proper for me to write to him, because she corresponds with him, while I think if he gets a cheer ful letter cnie in a while from me it would not do any harm. PUZZLED. No, I don't think it will do any par ticular harm if both of you remember that he is jour sister's sweetheart, and If youv letters are just little friendly notes writ ten to cheer a lonely soldier. But human nature Is a little Inclined to fickleness. Tour sister recognizes this, I suppose, and onders i you are endangering her happi ness. Don't you know some really "lonely" soldier to whom your Jolly letters would bring a real message of comfort and helpj Tell Your Sister. Pear Miss Fairfax: A young man of com fortable circumstances and good character lias asuea me to marry him. I am ardently in love with him and I know that my lov Is reciprocated. He' Is 22 years of aiec, and at present is at a training camp. Ho will be down soon on a one-week furlough, and he would like me to marry him before h returns to the camp, as he is likely to be called to France any moment. .My sister, with whom I am living, would never ap prove of this niarriane. Would it be right for me to do this and keep It a secret. B. S. Really I cannot advise you to marry and keep it secret from your sister. The thing to do is to persuade her that your love Justifies the marriage. AH these questions of hasty marriages before the brlys go to the front are very personal ones, and neither I nor any other outsider is In a po sition to offer more than a friendly sug gestion or two. If jou trust your own feel ings and are ready to sacrifice and wall, you can afford to go ahead. But if you have just a sentimental and excited notion that the whole thing Is rather a good lark. ' don't bind yourself to a man who may be away for long years, and who may grow away from you and regret his rashness, even as you may regret when propinquity makes jou fancy yourself Interested In some one who is here while he i3 "over there." Mother is Right. Dear Miss Fairfax: 1 am a girl of 16. con sidered attractive and have many accom plishments. Iam also a favorite with the hoys. This question which I am asking you causes many quarrels at home. W hat tims should a girl re in at ntght who only goes out two or three nights a week at my age'.' I am going to graduate from high school In February. Mother says that the street is no place at night, but 1 differ, espe cially when going to school. RUTH K. Mother Is right. The street at night la no place for any girl, be she 16, 18, 10 or 00. You say that you differ with mother, especially since you are a school girl. Well, I differ with you, "especially since jou are a school girl." Rta.- at home and study. Perhaps on Friday and Saturday you might have a few of your friends visit you at your home or go to theirs. Tou ought to he In by 1C:30 or 11 at tho very latest and you ought not to go out at all on school nights, ir jou do not devote yourself to your work now ahd try to make a good record you will be bitterly sorry some day. Please believe me, my dear, for unless you build a good foundation for your "bouse of life" right now it will not stand up very well when the storms of experience come later. Tou will enjoy your "good times" when you are old enough to appreciate them far more than you possibly can today when you ought to be laying in a supply or healLN wisdom and common sense. Quite Improper. Dear Miss Fairfax: Is it proper for three joung girls and a married woman of "t years to go out automobile riding with young men whom they do not even know, but Just flirted with and made the engagement right then and there? They have also asked me lo go along with them and would also lai. another young man for myseir. but I am in doubt whether to go or not. We three clrl are 17 years of age and before going would line to ask you for advice. MARJORIE A. Not only is it Improper for girls to go motoring with men whom they do not know, but It is very dangerous. Common sense" and prudenco o-ght to stop any young girl from putting herself as completely in the power of men of whom she knows nolhin? as she Is when she gets into their automo bile. The respect that might protect her i, lacking, and even If the men are fatriy decent chaps, they are not going to be care ful and considerate of girls who have acted as if they were gay and lacking in propriety and dignity. Tho married woman who does such a thing is belittling her husband shamefully. Surely an woman who Is 28 and a wife must know that she Is acting Inexcusably when she goes off for an auto ride with men she does not know; and for her to involve 17-year-old girls In tho same outrageous proceeding marks her out as weak, feeble and dangcrjus. If she Is not actually vicious. An Official Story Teller In several of the public libraries ot Canada, story-telling to children has for some years been a special feature. Each Saturday morning from fifty to a hundred children assemble at the library in a room set apart for the purpose and called the "Children'-) room The ages of the children vary from 6 to 14 years.. At St. John, New Brunswick, story-telling has been continued now for three years This year it has been found advisa ble to divide the children according to age and to hold two classes of a halt hour each. The work has steadily grown m interest, and the demand for books of a less trivial type justify t'ifl work of the committee in charge. During the summer, when opportun ity offers and a story-teller of note i? a guest of the city, notice is given t the library, and it is often "ossible tc have a soeciai session.