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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1917)
AVciroa Will Give You a RlerryXmas If You Intend to Have One for XMAS Don't Wait Another Day They Are Going Like Hot Cakes. For this fine Victrola, Style 4 $1 A WEEK Will Pay For It. Will Buy This Fine, Large, Double Spring Victrola 6. $1 A WEEK Will Pay For It. Then There Is the Beautiful Victrola 9 ONLY $57.50 $5 a SVlonth Will Pay For It. Special Terms Will Be Offered Friday Only $5 a Month Victor Records 100,000 New Records in Stock 10 Beautiful Sound-Proof Rooms to Hear Them In. A VICTROLA FOR ANY PURSE AT n icliels 15th and Harney You can secure-a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want Ad IIS By MELLIFI CIA Dec. 20. But, Do You Knit at Home? From the melodious comedy "Jack O'Lantern" comes the line, "I knit j at the opera, I knit at the rink, I knit j at the Hippodrome, I knit in the sub ! way, I knit while at church," and then i the skeptic puts the pointed question, But, say, do you knit at homer We hear everywhere of the girls and women who are so proficient in the art that they can knit in the dark at the theater, and did not one ener getic miss knit at a dance not long ago? One is jabbed in the eye on nearly every street car by an amber knitting needle and at bridge parties the women stop only long enough to bid and look at their hand when their turn conies. Of course, because one knits in public is not a sign that their spirit is not of t lie best for I know of one patriotic Omaha woman who knits constantly and as a result has given 13 sweaters to the Ked Cross. Surely, that is an argument in favor of public knitting. But. back of it all, in many cases, isn't there just a little desire to show off when one knits at the movies, at the dances, at the skating rink and vyhile standing on the corner waiting for one of Wattles' electrics? There are probably still many shivering soldier boys who are in need of a nice, warm sweater, so, after all, you will not be very far wrong if you follow the instruction in the re frain of Jack O'Lantern's song to "knit, knit, knit." Press Club Election. Miss Elizabeth Kern was elected president of the Omaha Woman's Press dub at the annual meeting held Wednesday at the Fontencllc. Ella Fleishman is the retiring president. Miss Henrietta Kees, the retiring secretary-treasurer, succeeds to the vice 7 Our photographs coat mora thu the othtr kinl. They are better, loo. Rinehart-Steffens 01 Court. S00 18th St, South. Wood Bldf . Jut Of I Ftraojo. I AT LAST IT IS HEREp J Direct From the Orient j fif Wonderful challis material by liant and unusual than ever. Just Price 85c a yard. Our shop is filled with lovely W. H. ELDRIDGE f Open Evening. 1318 Farnam 8 HOLIDAY ATTEND REMOVAL SALE'! Sflnn wa will hro-in old location, 320 So. 16th St. At present we are offering Ladies' quality Shoes at greatly reduced prices. SHOE MARKET Temporary Location j $ ' 1607 FARNAM STREET. Sf I iMii::.iti.i.tiii;iiiilii ilul'ilNliiliilniiilNliiiiiiiiini.iliiliiliiliiliiliiiniiiluliilMiil.'liJ'iliJiJ'ilil'Jiil!1! ' .1 1 ; A Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk I Means a Supreme Christmas Gift : These trunks embody the best features of I trunk construction, in ; eluding lift top ; heavily Z padded inside. This ar Z rangement makes every Z garment accessible and Z prevents them from fall I ing off. the hangers. I Shoe box conveniently V placed in front. Large hat box and plenty of " space for linen and un- derwear. I FRELING a STEINLE j Omaha's Best Baggaf Builder " I 1803 FARNAM Z !'l 'llrl ''i'''ir I :!r i-;ii(:iiritii;iiii:lniii'r'j::li'ii'l l .!ii,r.: i:i,'t:t I I To Be Sure Of Obtaining A lOo. Hi T FlfrJIll Jl ,lllllr-l If .uvliiP- The Delirious. Creamv. JfU'Short Length Macaroni which Cooks In8Minutes Machine Dried- Machine Packed' Absolutely Sanitary presidency andIiss Rose Rosicky is the new secretary. , , Miss Rees will entertain the Press club at tea at her home January 2 w(fen prize winning manuscripts in the club's recent contest will be read. Luncheon for Betrothed GirL Mrs. Adolph Brown, Mrs. J. Mer ritt and Mrs. C. Schlank were host esses at one of the largest luncheon of the week at the Blackstone today. Miss Hedwig Rosenstock, whose engagement to Mr. Harry Rosenstein was recently announced, was an honor guest at the affair; also Mrs. Max Merritt of Evansville, Ind., who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Qiarles Mer ritt. The guest wcrc-seatcd at one large V-shapcd table in the Oriental room, which was beautifully deco rated with English violets and pink roses. Covers were laid for 55 guests. Following luncheon the ait crnoon was spent with bridge. The School Set. The holidays will be filled with af fairs for the young school set, for more parties arc being planned for them every day. Mrs. J. M. Daugh rrty will entertain at dinner at her home Saturday evening in honor of her daughter, Miss Claire Daugherty, and her school friends. Owing to the illness of Miss Olga Metz, she will not arrive Saturday with Miss Julia Crocker, and these two young girjs will not be numbered among the guests at the affair Saturday evening. Informal Bridge. Miss Edith Hamilton entertained at an informal afternoon bridge at her hqnie in honor of Miss Edna Ro senzweig. Christmas decorations were used throughout the rooms and two tables were placed for the game. Mrs. Palmer Jubilant. Mrs. Allen rainier, who has charge of the Ked Cross booth at the l'ax ton hotel, reports $90 taken ,in Wednesday. As this sum exceeded that of all the other hotel booths in town, Mrs. Palmer and her helpers feel very jubilant over the day's work. Miss Howland Hostess. Miss Marjorie Howland entertained at luncheon at the Blackstone in honor of Miss Alice Duval, a holiday bride. A centerpiece of pink roses was used on the table and covers were laid for 12 guests. Abardeen Pleasure Club. The Abardeen Pleasure club will give the first of a series of informal dancing parties at the Swedish audi torium Friday evening. the yard and colors more bril- if the thing for your knitting bag. M inexpensive gifts. f IMPORTING CO. St. Opp. W. O. W. Bide. & RIIYF.RS OUR mnvintr hAck to mir W, Package Ask Your Grocer For , 4 MMtfefflw iMltbMMinn M.J - a !, k When Milady Had you thought of something electrical? Here are a ffJ . 1 some hints and pointers By ADELAIDE KENNERLY. PRACTICAL gifts are pushing the useless ones into the far corners of every list. Elec trical merchandise offers hun dreds of suggestions to the Christ mas shoppers. There is a great va riety of toys, novelties for the chil dren, as well as many electrical utili ties for the home now being offered. In purchasing these electrical gifts, however, one should be sure to know the kind of electricity and the voltage of the city where the recipient lives. If Mrs. Jones of Omaha decided to give her sister, at Lincoln or some other place, an electric iron, a toaster, a- percolator or grill, or one of the thousand other useful gifts displayed in department stores and electrical specialty places, she must first ascer tain the current. That is, whether alter nating current, at 118 volts, is used in Lincoln. Then she must select her gift for this voltage. An iron, for in stance, made for 110-volt circuits, Michael Strogoff is Prize Winning Cat Zflichael S?o$off Michael Strogoff, a short haired silver tabby, was winner of first prize in his class at the Atlantic cat show. He is owned by Mrs. Paul Lamar quand of Omaha and is slightly more than a year old. Michael was entered for the first time in the sixteenth annual cham pionship cat show of the Atlantic Cat club in New York City November 21, 1917, and took the honor from many a pedigreed cat whose ex perience as a prize show cat had been chronicled throughout America. Children's Party. Mrs. J. E. Davidson will enter tain at a children's party at the Doyd Saturday afternoon. 403 South 16th Street. "Smart Economy" Dress Accessories To Please Those Men Who Attend Formal Functions. iff fvs 7 ) -. i t' i sjj If your husband, brother, son or sweetheart's social activities require formal attire he will thank you for your good taste in surprising him on Christmas with a silk hat, white muffler, white gloves, white necktie or some other appropriate dress accessory. Our showing comprises only those styles which are in good style, in qualities that are unexcelled. 511 South 16th St. Goes Shopping or interest to snoppers. I will not heat on a 118-volt circuit. 'rl - - - f It 1 t- 1 J l inis is true oi an nousenoia eiccrncai utilities. Suggestions. Among the hundreds of possible electrical Christmas gifts may be mentioned these household utilities: Bed lamp, cigar lighter, curling iron, desk fan, desk lamp, bell ringer, chafing dish, clothes drier, clothes washer, coffee mill, coffee percolator, combination cooker, cook stove, cream whipper, electrically lighted table clock, foot warmer, hair drier, hair waver, hand lantern, heating pad, dish washer, disk stove, fan, tireless cooker, fiatiron, library lamp, mas sage vibrator, ice cream freezer, iron ing machine, kitchen power unit, range or stove, traveler's iron, refrig erator, sewing machine motor, table cooking set, table lamp, toaster, util ity motor, vacuum cleaner. Anything in this list will be highly appreciated by particular and prac tical persons and you cannot go amiss by selecting any one or more of them. PE1S0MALS Mrs. G. I. Gilbert has returned from a two months' visit in Oklahoma City with her nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. G. I. Gilbert. Enroute home she visited her son. Lieutenant G. R. Gilbert, at Fort Riley in the medical officers' training camp. Lieutenant Gilbert is expected home for Christ- Mr. and Mrs. L.,M. Talmadgc will spend Christmas with Mrs. Tal madge's father iiv- Iowa. J. V. Eroughton, B. L. P,rwn, J. W. Smith, F. C. White, W. W. White, Mrs. Charles W. Gray and O. M. Dobson of Omaha are registered at the Hotel Clark in Los Angeles. Miss Mildred Valentine of Poca tello, Idaho, is the guest of Mrs. F. A. Secord. Miss Dorothy Dahlman, who is at tending Smith, will arrive tomorrow to spend the holidays w'ith her par ents, Mayor and Mrs. James C. Dahl man. Messrs. Creighton, Edward and Charles Crowley will arrive home to morrow from St. Mary's college to spend Christmas with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Crowley. Mrs. Julia Hammer and Miss Julia Hammer of Akron, la., who were the guests of Mrs. C. E. Hall for a week, left Wednesday for California, where they will spend the winter. Mr. Russell Brandt, who is a stu dent at Ames college, is at home for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Andres an nounce the engagement of their daughter, Marie, to Mr. L. G. Polstar of this city. No date has been set for the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. John Kcam of Gales burg, Ind.. are the guests of Mrs. Kearn's mother, Mrs. Charles Ever son. Christmas Sale. The women of St. Andrew's guild will hold a sale of fancy work and home cooked edibles Friday and Sat urday in the lobby of the court house. Mrs. John Douglas will have charge of the sale. Daily Food Prices Now Effective in Omaha The revised food price list for Douglas county, given out by the food administration, follows: Sugar, ppr pound, 9 cents. Fluiir (Nebraska No. 1 Patentl. Cl poiind sack. $1.50 : AS-pouiid Back. 13.9(1; (Nebraska No. 2 Tatcnt), 24-pound sack, 11.45, 48-pound sack, 2.80. Potatoes (Nebraska), beet No. 1. 8 centa pound; No. 2, 2'4 cents pound. Butter (per pound 1, creamery No. 1, (2 cents: creamery No. 2, 49 centa. Eggs (per doien), best No. 1 storage, 44 cents. Rice (In bulk, per pound). No. 1, 11 cents; No. t, 10 cents; No. 3, 8 1-3 centa. Rye flour, 24-pound sack, f 1.40. Oatmeal (in bulk, per pound;, t!i cents. Bread (United States standard loaf, wrapii d). 16-ounco loaf, 9 cents; 24 ounco loaf, 13 cents; 32-ounre loaf, 17 cents; 4S-ounce loaf, 23 cents. Note; These prices are for cash over tho counter. An additional charge may be made for delivery or credit. After today this price list will appear on the market page of The Bee. Her Grand Bldf. Miss Ruth Howard, I Librarian, Active in Red Cross Drive Have you seen the red cross gleaming in the upper windows of the City National bank building at night? And the lighted windows in the form oi the Red Cross society's emblem in other down town office buildings? Miss Ruth Howard, librarian in the public library is the young woman who made this possible. Miss Ho ward interviewed all building man agers and asked them to do tin's dur ing the Christmas week membership drive. A Melting Pot Still Inspiration for the Poets and Writers Patriotic people arc still bringing their old bits of jewelry for the two melting pots which are in the window of Brown's jewelry shop and the war renei rooms m int tsaira Dutiaing. An Omaha girl, Miss Elizabeth E. Mit chell, was inspired by the movement and has written a little poem, which appears below: Into the melting pot I dropped My broken bits of stiver and of gold Ah! Hero I stopped and thought Who knows Tvhat depths of Joy WhlTt sorrow, too! This melting pot must hold A surgeon's massive ring Of stone bereft What could it tell -Of war's inflictions left On battlefields when Civil strife was strong. Behold! A tiny band of gold. W:hat song In wjmo fond mother s heart Doth surely linger Who well recalls W'hen. this small band of gold Was plated upon her first born's fins?-. Grown to brawny manhood khaki clad Her baby onco but now. her soldier lad. Another golden circlet 'Twas a seal to happiness Which some fond lovers knew, It's bits of black enamel but reveal The hoop-clad maiden shy and hard to woo. i A silver napkin ring a child's, See! There's her name inscribed. A child whose hair Was golden as tho mid-day sun, Her orbs no brown Such contrast won the cj cs Of all tho town. A thimble old How many, many tales it could have told. Perhaps some spicy gossip, or maybe Care-worn hands, now through these holes I sec. Here's a lot of tarnished silver Stripped from off a set of toilet articles. And here are numerous particles Of gold nothings now But tales they could have told Of ladles fair bedecked to meet fond nains Who powdered and bewigged, Joined in their train. Here's a silver .-'poon w Of olden style It's tiny tootli print But ovoke a Mnil'i A broken watch case ' Cast off years ago Though time moves on And hours come and go. From homes both rich and poor; From far and near Bits of sacred memories Gathered here. Surely some were sacrificed I ot. Yet for "Our Boys'' Cast in tho melting pot. Chicago is giving women mail car riers a two weeks' trial during the holiday rush. ELECTRIC XMAS GIFTS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES A HED -i 5 '3321 -tlG 01 1 yir ' ; aunt i I i J- - I j he wVa ": ! PHOTO Jf" Specials at the NEW PUBLIC MARKET Main Floor First Nat. Bk. Bldg. FRESH FISH Fresh Fish Fresh Carp or Buffalo, per lb 10c Fresh Halibut, per lb 22', ,c Fresh Salmon, per lb 22'iC Fresh Pike, per lb f. .".20c Also fresh Eel. Black Bass, Hard-Shelled Crabs. Fresh Haddock and the largest and most complete assortment of smoked fish in the city. We are open every evening until Christmas These rrices also prevail at our branch store THE EMPRESS MARKET 113 South 16th St. Dundee Women Pack Christmas Boxes for the N Soldiers at Camp Cody The Dundee Woman's Patriotic club has been working industriously the last few weeks packing Christmas boxes for the members of the 134th machine gun company, stationed at Camp Codv. This afternoon Mrs. Gus L. Hollo will leave for Camp Cody to deliver the boxes in person to the boys. One hundred and four boxes ,. ;ii ,., id mmn.-inv oroner. while ! .'0 separate boxes will' be sent to dif ferent soldiers wiio wrote io uic wo men who made sweaters for them. Fruit cakes, home-made cookies, candv, cigarets, cards and other things to shorten the idle hours have been r.arL-pri in the Christmas boxes. j The members of the club have given two carnivals tor tnc ueneni oi mc 134th machine gun company, one of which was given at the Prettiest Mile club and the other at the Field club, a large sum being raised at both affairs. Starved Austrian Children Are Sent to Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland. Tuesday, Dec. 18. Living proofs of the terrible economic conditions in Austria were furnished yesterday by the arrival at Buchs, on the frontier, of 576 pale and i suffering children between the ages , nf 7 aurl 0 TIipv are from V ienna i and other Austrian towns. The chil dren had not tasted milk for months. They had received bad bread in in sufficient amounts, stomach diseases resulting. Their clothing was most scanty and there was no fuel in their homes. They will be distributed among various places in Switzerland until their health is restored. 1 Crippled Children in Halifax Need Toys Halifax, N. S., Dec. 20. An Ameri can Santa Claus must provide toys for hundreds of blind and crippled children in hospitals here. The lim ited stock carried by the local dealers has been exhausted. Americans have been asked to help. Although no 'approximate estimate of those blinded by the explosion is available, it is believed the number may reach 1.000, including those who lost the sight of one or both eyes. Many of these are children, and little gilt's which they will never see are sadly needed. Cleveland's Daughtc. To Marry English Officer London, Dec. 20. The engagement is announced of Esther, daughter of Grover Cleveland, to Captain Bosan quet of the Cold Stream Guards. Cap tain Bosanrjuet, a son of Sir Albert Bosaiiqiiet, has been decorated with 1 the distinguished servirp order. f .Miss Cleveland came to London i June of last year, after having quali fied as a nurse and instructor of the blind, and took up work as a volun- ; teer at St. Dunstan s home for i blinded soldiers. 1 When Your Fingers Are All Thumbs Are your fingers all tnumbs? Do you envy your deft sisters who knit their bit or grow bandages? Is the j spirit eager but the hand clumsy? i If so, there is a special task for you. The home service section of i the Red Cross will show you your I patriotic niche. j While others are supplying socks ' I for the trenches and surgical dressings i for the hospitals "over there," your ' work awaits you here. While these : women provide for the soldiers them selves, you can make their brave fam ilies your care. The home service section of the American Red Cross is helping scores of soldiers' and sailors' folks in many cities. It needs such women as you to go into these homes, to find out what may be lackine there. and to supply it with taU, as the privilege of one American to shoul j der with another the corajnon national I responsibility. f The aid the, home service section I gives is not always from the purse. In many cases a little useful informa I tion is all that is needed. For instance, ! a wife may not know the government has allotted tor licr use part of her soldier husband's pay, plus ail allow- I ance. Ur she may not know how to I get it. I The Red Cross tells her. It also reminds her, if she is inexperienced in 'business of her insurance policy. It looks after the health of the family. It finds employment. It tries to meet every emergency that may arise while the husband, the son, or the father of the house is away on his country's mission. This, is the work you may share. Let the Red Cros.s lead you to your service. French Dressing H pint of olive oil, 1 level tcaspoonful salt, 1 clove garlic, li pint vinegar, 1 heaping teaspoonful, sugar, 1 level teaspoonful paprika. Rub the bowl and the mixing spoon thoroughly with the garlic and then fill with the other ingredients, stirring slowly in one direction until the oil and vinegar form an emulsion. A small piece of ice makes the mix ing easier. He careful always to stir just exactly as you started or the oil and vinegar will not mix. One of the great sociological prob lems with which France will have to deal after the war will be the indui trial status of women. Douglas 2397. for Friday-FRESH FISH Fresh White Fish, per lb 20c Fresh Herring, per lb ,...12Vie Fresh Smelts, per lb 20c Fresh Spanish Mackerel, per lb 22c Fresh Oysters, per qt , 45c Douglas 2307.