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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
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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 $90 taken ,in
Wednesday. As this sum exceeded
that of all the other hotel booths in
town, Mrs. Palmer and her helpers
feel very jubilant over the day's work.
Miss Howland Hostess.
Miss Marjorie Howland entertained
at luncheon at the Blackstone in
honor of Miss Alice Duval, a holiday
bride. A centerpiece of pink roses
was used on the table and covers were
laid for 12 guests.
Abardeen Pleasure Club.
The Abardeen Pleasure club will
give the first of a series of informal
dancing parties at the Swedish audi
torium Friday evening.
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Had you thought of something electrical? Here are
a ffJ . 1
some hints and pointers
By ADELAIDE KENNERLY.
PRACTICAL gifts are pushing
the useless ones into the far
corners of every list. Elec
trical merchandise offers hun
dreds of suggestions to the Christ
mas shoppers. There is a great va
riety of toys, novelties for the chil
dren, as well as many electrical utili
ties for the home now being offered.
In purchasing these electrical gifts,
however, one should be sure to know
the kind of electricity and the voltage
of the city where the recipient lives.
If Mrs. Jones of Omaha decided to
give her sister, at Lincoln or some
other place, an electric iron, a toaster,
a- percolator or grill, or one of the
thousand other useful gifts displayed
in department stores and electrical
specialty places, she must first ascer
tain the current. That is, whether alter
nating current, at 118 volts, is used
in Lincoln. Then she must select her
gift for this voltage. An iron, for in
stance, made for 110-volt circuits,
Michael Strogoff is
Prize Winning Cat
Zflichael S?o$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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
