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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: .DECEMBER 8, 1918.
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Conducted by Ella Fleishman
Christmas Toys Follow Military Lines
knd They Are Not All Made in .Germany
Mrs. Wilson Ha3 Heroine Stewardess
fariety Is Great and the
; Small Boy as Well as
His Older Brother
! and Sister' Will
s Be Pleased.
will it, be Christ-
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f'Fapa, when
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Little Billv. asred fi fircH witli
he persistent and herculean arfiv.
ie of the vigorous dav the av
erage American of his years is wont
to put in, crawled into daddy's lap.
snuggled up in the paternal arms,
sure sign the lad was all in and time
tor inm to lulled to slumber by
the sandman, asked the question up
permost in hii waking hours at this
blessea season of the year.
"Papa, will I get a gun?" was the
next drowsy question asked of the
ambassador extraordinary and min
. ister plenipontenary of the court of
Saint Nick.
Billy believes implicitly in Santa
Claus and his wondrous workshop
at the North Pole. He' also be
lieves that daddy has an intimate
And affectionate relationship with
childhood's patron saint, and in
some mysterious telepathic com-
hnieation flashes the desires of
all boys and girts during the yule
e season to the hoary-beaidcd
1 red checked almoner of Christ-
ps cuts who resides m a mystic
hd that is very real to those of
nder jiears.
Still P.nu TT-r
una voices faint-hearted nro-
..tsi ai jjiny s requesr, mit papa, wno
was once a smn 1 American hoy.
aged 6, and who, despite his part
ly bald oVrnit of thought, is sti'.l a
b,oy at heart, responds to son's ap
peal with a good-natured "I think so.
brother; now get reary fobbed."
And tjie little lad, in his nihtie.
for this is an old-fashioned family,
krccls at mamma's knee, says his
b..by prayer a little sleepily, perhaps,
but eloquent of faith and happily
hies him off to the land of nod and
i"ipv;los dreams.
Then dad, his paper idly fallen be
side him. in the quiet of the room,
is wafted to his own childhood
dreams. In his day there were no guns
with which to train young Amer
ica how to shoot, and the toys of the
Christmas season which brought joy
to him were wooden Noah's arks,
with their cargo of old man Noah's
family, stiff and carved out of the
same block, and then by twos the
speckled and ring streaked rows,
horses, deer, camels, elephants and
pigs which constituted the domestic
and wild life populations of this fas
cinating zoo.
Wonderful Watch
Later there came the wonderful
gold watch with' its length of daz
zling chain and which one could wind
with the stem and move the hands
around the dial, and which only set
father back a nickel. Then the
wooden jumping: jacks and iacks-in-
the-box. . Later on iron locomotives,
mechanical toyi of tin and wooden
nobby horses.
Papa's first toys come feoai ths fa
mous Black orest of Germany and
were mads by the toymakers of
Nuremburg, who for two centuries
have practically had the monoply
or tne woria s toy trade.
The Teutonic toymaker studied
in his heavy, philosophic way the
psychology of toys, and he repro
duced in tin the street cars, fire en
gines, ice wagons and types of vehi
cles with which the American chil
dren were familiar and he was equal
ly as veisatile in catering to the eye
of the French child, reproducing
miniature fiacres, carte des pom
piers and grotesque merchands de
plasair, trundling their pianos on
wheels before them. The Japanese
child was amused by little jin-rick-r-ha?,
drawn by Jap coolies and the
Aral) and li;ypt:an juveniles by t;.i
camels, elephants and lions mounted
on vheels '
Germany Loses Out. ,
Then came the great cataclysm of
war, which isolated Germany from
the markets of the world and the
result of which has hurled her, even
as Gabml was hurled, from the emi
nence of toymaker for the world to
a position so low that no competitor
can envy her.
German "toys disappeared from
American stcres and for a year or
two stocks of toys were limited ir.
quantity and variety!
Japan filled the gap in a way, b H.
to the 2 and
ican. The toys
niei i!ing them
servationist of
Mid 6-year-old Billy had
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mk SAMAROFF
The Celebrated Pianist
who appears at the Bran
deis Theatre Thursday
evening, December 12th,
pays the following tribute
to the world's best Piano.
The
Steinway
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t Dear Mr. Steinway: After all that has been said
in praise of the Steinway pianos, it seems almost use
less to add a single voice to the great chorus, and yet
my. enthusiasm for these marvelous instruments is so
great that I feej the desire to express it. The power,
the delicacy, the durability, the splendid action and,
. above all, the wonderful singing tone-'of the Steinway
piano remains unequaled.
Do not fail to bear this celebrated pianist supported by the
World's Greatest Piano, theTEINWAY.
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A complete line of .these famous instruments can always be
seen at our wareroomi, where visitors, as well as intending pur
chasers are welcome. ' f
Beautiful Apartment Mahogany upright, $600 and up
Art Finish Mahogany Grands, $935 and up
Instruments of other makes accepted in exchange and terms
arranged to suit purchaser.
Schmollr & EVIueller
iano Ctrr
1311-13
Farnam
Omaha,
Neb.
Exclusive Steinway Representatives for
Nebraska and Western Iowa.
LORETTA DeLONE
Concert Harpist and Teacher
Fuplls Prepared for Concert and Orchestra. Concert and
Irish Harps Furnished Pupils.
HARP SCHOOL
Telophase ! 8704. 308 Lyrle Block.
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POPULAR MUSIC
VIA
Christensen's System
Popular Music and Ragtime Piano Playing positively taught in
.Twenty Lessons.
i Omaha Studio; 225 Cuming. Walnut 3379
ANNOUNCEMENT
I wish to announce to my friends and
public that I have returned to civilian life
md resumed my iormer profession.
PIANO AND PIPE ORGAN
TUNING AND REPAIRING
Appointments made for out-of-town, work.
C. C. MICKEY
Car of Colriri Piano School
Phone Webster 2073 Douglas 6811
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the oriental mind, when It comes to
toy designing, is very crude and so
childlike that its appeal was only
3-year-old Amer-
cr! cheap, reconi
to nother, the coi.
t'.ic family, but dai
a supreme
contempt tor them l-ecause of tnt:r
sophistication.
Tins year when cloddy, as a good
American and fond forebear, .went to
buy the Christmas beneficence o;
toys for little son and daughter, ts
vas actually rm, :td at the evolu
tion that lias taken place in the toy
business. '
American manufacturers had set'
cd the golden opportunity and hid
made the most of it. On every toy
counter in the city of Omaha their
products monopolize the space. Not
only is there a lavishness of variety,
but also is there a lavishness ot
novelty.
Makes Play ReaL
Ths American child makes play
a very real thing in his or her life.
The American child has a lively
imagination and an inventive mind,
as well as clever hands.
The thing that made Billy ask
for a BB airgun was his desire to
be prepared to handle a 22 target
rifle when he attained the manly
years of Brother Jack, aged 12, and
jack is anxious for the time when
he can own a fine Parker hammer
less automatic shotgun like older
brother, Fred, who is now overseas,
one of the many markesmen, who
accomplished wonders of straight
and deadly shooting with the modi
fied Enfield rifles in the trenches of
France.
Whole Railroad System.
Billy will also get a set of Tinker
toys, a chest of mechano parts and
a real railroad system, with its de
pot, block ignal system, switches,
side and main tracks, bridges and
tunnels and locomotive propelled
by electricity or clockwork. With
hand 'and mind and heart he will de
vote solid HVjrs to the work of crea
tion, of assembling and of operation.
His father will quit reading the eve
ning paper many times during the
long winter evenings and will get
down on the floor and play with
Master William, and while Billy will
be general manager daddy will be
the willing colaborer and there will
be no strikes against hours or' com
pensation, on the public works that
will be built or the transportation
system that will be developed, al
though there are sure to be some
rather heated quarrels' because of
father's dense stupidity and Billy's
masterfulness in his own field of
exploitation.
Rapid Fire Guns.
Daddy found in his rounds of the
stores devoted to toy selling that
the war spirit was reflected in a
thousand different realistic toys.
Whole sections were devoted to a
display of trench mortars, rapid fire
guns, light and heavy field guns, the
latter drawn by galloping horses,
submarines, destroyers, battleships
and cruisers, motor lorries and army
motor transports, all of the enginery
arid impedimetary of the modern
army, rie also lound top automo
biles with electric lights, horns and
all other accessories, up to the min
ute in streamline bodies and fend
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One of the most unique things
was a real chemical laboratory, the
same thing in chemistry as the me
chanical sets. In this laboratory
were chemicals which would make
the most mystifying color changes
in fabrics and which, combined,
would produce a wizardy fascinat
ing in the extreme. All of the
chemicals are safe and the book of
instructions gives the recipient ot
a gift of this character chance to
wander far afield in the realm of
chemical exploration.
Never before has there been such
a showing of educational games as
this year. Some of them are so in
tricate and so intensely interesting
as to make the grownups look at
them with wistful eye and realize
the poverty of their own childhood,
so far as accessories to play and
amusement are concerned.
Toys For the Girlies.
The -girls share equally with the
boys in the prodigality of the Amer
ican toy producers' genius. The toy
doll houses and toy doll furniture
are made artistically, as strongly,
finished as handsomely as the fur
nishings for the homes of the
grownups. Then there are marvel
ous push automobiles for the dolls
as well as the most beautiful selec
tions of doll buggies. ,
Only a few years ago French and
German dolls were the only kinds
found on the market. Today the
American doll maker is supreme in
the field. He reproduces real babies
in size and every doll has a real
character and personality. The
larger sizes can be clothed with the
dainty garments that are found in
the infants' departments of the
stores. The smaller sizes of dolls
also, have an especial appeal.
A few years ago all friction, me
chanical and iron toys bore the
brand "Made in Germany," and the
Teuton manufacturer boastfully
paraded his supremacy before th
world.
Now American manufacturers
have beat him at his own game and
are producing infinitely better made,
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Mr.. Anna Hamilton of Limerick,
Ireland, has been chosen as stew
ardess for President and Mrs. Wil
son on their trip to the peace con
ference and back, according to an
announcement made by the Knights
Worn ii. wimow est f-sia&acfis. awunaxccax
of Columbus War News bureau id
New Yonk. The presidential stew
ardess has been on three different
ships which have been torpedoed
and has seen service on the battle
fields of northern France. Mrs.
Annie Glasscock, Mrs. Mary Simp
son and Mrs. Vera Stuart will be
stewardesses to the rest of the pres
idential party. The photo, reading
from left to right, shows Mrs. Vera
Stuart, Mrs. Anna Glasscock, Mrs.
Mary Simpson and Mrs. Anna Ham
ilton: ,
War Camp Community
Notes
Memorial Services at
Benson Monday for
Boy Killed in France
A , letter written October 27 by
Sergt. Joe Timperly has been re
ceived telling of the death of Corp.
F.dniund G. Scanlan, a popular
Omaha boy, who at the time of his
enlistment was acting as postmaster
of Irvington.
Sergt. 'Timperly writes that
Scanlan fell while making a charge
in one of the last of campaigns. His
chum was within twenty feet of
Scanlan when he paid the supreme
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Billy, and thanks God for it. It is a raS.ce 1 t
Corp. Scanlan was written October
more durable, more appealing and
more comical than anything the
Hun competitor could make.
Dancing Coon. '
The Dancing Alabama Coon, jig
ginp away and cutting real pigeon
winfes, while he keeps rythym with
the motion of his' ham-like hands
has a touch of real humor that ex
cels any of the comic creations of
the boche. Then there are 1'anama
pile .drivers, steam .cranes, derricks
and a multitude of elaborate toys
that work by gravity which not only
amuse little Billy, lint also teach him
the first principles of physics.
Daddy, as he wanders through the
aisles, sees the offerings of Santa
Claus with the eyes of his little
recrudescense of his youth, a purely
American trait, and one which must
inspire the American toy manufac
turers. -
As exemplified in the Omaha toy
markets today the whole wealth of
national invention, enterprise, pro
gressivism and sympathy has been
consecrated to making this a real
American Christmas for the boys
and girls of our land.
No longer the dominance of the
unimaginative boche in nursery,
playground and playground assess-ories.
Billy's father responds to the new
and altruistic spirit of the thing and
while costs of living may be higher,
he will be more extravagant in
making little Billy or Alberta's
Christmas a more happy and lavish
one this year than it has Keen in the
past for it is going to be a Christ
mas of American toys, made by men
inspired by democratic altruism, in
the land that helped to give the
world this Christmas, tide 'the most
sacred gift that can be given to
humanity the gift of liberty and
democracy.
Then, too, daddy's extravagance
may be due to the satisfying of a
longing for the things unattainable
in his own lost childhood and which
-Hie can today satisfy in those own
recreations of himself his own'
little boy and girl and in thig moth
er, Heaven bless her, joins in ten
der hearted sympathy and gladness.
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Echoes Heard in Local
Lodge and Ante Rooms
After the Gavel Falls
Grand Lodge Degree of Honor.
The meeting of the Grand Lodge
of the Degree of Honor which was
to have been held at Hastings ha.s
been indefinitely postponed on ac
count of Spanish influenza.
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Ivy Club Dance.
The- Ivy Congenial club will, hold
its bazaar the evening of Dec. 12 at
I. O. O. F. hall, Fourteenth and
Dodge. Dancing will be one of the
features for the evening.
The Maccabees.
Omaha tent No. 75 held election
of officers last Monday evening. The
following officers were elected:
Commander, Ira L. Mitchell; lieu
tenant commander, Ben M. Homan;
record keeper, Thomas E. Gerin, re
elected; chaiplajn, Peter Merlins;
sergeant. Charles C. Elington; master-at-arms.
John E. Roberts; first
sruard, E. V. Scofield; second guard,
Frank T. Downs; sentinel. Bert Wil
liams; picket, James ' C. Pageler;
trustee, three years, Ben M. Ho
man; captain of degree team, Ira L.
Mitchell. J
A big dance and reception for re
turning soldiers and sailors will be
held on Monday evening, December
30.
12th and he gave full particulars of
the two months he was confined in
a base hospital suffering from a se
vere shrapnel wound received July
17. He had but recently returned
to the fighting line.
Corp. Scanlan enlisted, in Qmaha,
May 26, 1917, and was sent to Fort
Logan and from there to Douglas,
Ariz., where they were in training
10 months, from there he was sent
overseas. 1
Mrs. M. E. Scanlan, mother of
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Ban it muter.
Teaches
SAXOPHONE,
CORNET,
TROMBONE.
Qrganliii
1 recta Bands and
jrchMtraa, Pre
pare Hmleal Attn
tor Stag and
Chaatanqaa.
Raoata 28-29-M
ArlinKtoa Blk.
Knights of Pythias.
Nebraska lodge No. 1, Knights of
Pythias, meets every Monday even
ing at 8 o'clock opposite the post
office in the Crounse block, third
floor. Monday evening. December 9.
work in the second rank.
Postpone E. O. S.'School.
Maple Leaf chapter, No. 152, Or
der ofthe Eastern Star, announces
that the school of instruction which
was to have been held December
14 has been postponed owing to
present health conditions. '
Big Attendance at the
Readjustment Congress
Commissioner Manley is in re
ceipt of a telegram from C. C.
George, Everett Buckingham,
Charles H. Pickens, H. M. Goulding,
John W. Gamble and Francis Bro
gan, who represented Qmaha at the
readjustment congress held in At
lantic City last week. In wiring
back the Omaha men state that the
attendance was fine and that the
meitine was the best ever held br
ine association.
EAUTY HINTS
FOR YOUR HAH
How to Prevent It from
Growing Gray.
There Is no occasion for you to
look unattractive or prematui?ly
old because of gray, streaked with
gray, white or faded hair. Don't
let this condition with its look of
age rob you of your youthful beauty
and the wonderful opportunities
which life offers. No matter how
gray, prematurely gray, lusterless
or faded your hair might be, "La
Creole" Hair Dressing will revive
a healthy condition of the hair and
the color glands of nature rromote
a healthVcondition of the hair and'
scalp and cause all your gray or
faded hair to become evenly dark,
soft, lustrous and beautiful. This
preparation is not a dye, butsan ele
gant toilet requisite which is easily
applied by simply combing or
brushing through the hair
USE i
"LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING
to prevent your hair from growing
gray and to restore a beautiful dark
color to gray or faded Jiajr. For
sale by Sherman & McConnell Drug
stores and all good drug stores ev
erywhere. Mail orders from otft-of-town
customers filled promptly upon
receipt of regular price, $120. "La
Creole" Hair Dressing is sold on
money back guarantee. Adv.
this young man, has not received no
tice from the government as yet.
A brother, Jim, is an enlisted man
in the navy and at present is sta
tioned in Siberia.
Memorial services will be held at
St. Bernard's Catholic church in
Benson at 9 a. m.,Monday.
The Red Cross realized $100
through the sale of a piece of needle
work executed by an Indian girl stu
dent of the mission school at Pine
Ridge, S. D.
A chorus of praise and rejoicjng
all over the allied world is being
planned by the National Council of
Women, comprising 7,000,000 wom
en, for the afternoon of the ap
proachim Thansgiving day.
War Camp Community Service is
making plans to place all soldiers
and sailors stationed in Qmaha in
Omaha homes on Christmas day.
This is in accord with a national
movement, outlined in the Ladies'
Home Journal for December.
The co-operation of Omaha
churches, clubs and societies is be
ing sought in ordw that enough in
vitations may be secured to take
care of all the men.
Because of the street car strike,
the course of lectures for ciuh lead
ers will be postponed until Thurs
day, December 2. It is hoped that
there will be a large attendance, as
it is the last meeting of the course
and a very good program is planned.
Miss Emma Ghering will give her
talk on "The Psychological Charac
teristics of the Girl, and Mrs.
Charles Musselman will give a dem
onstration of Folk games. It will be
held at Jacobs hall, 1716 Dodge
street, at 7:30 p. m. Instead of at
the Y. W. C A., as formerly an
nounced. Social events for this coming week
are planned as follows i Open house
at the Y. W. C A. for soldiers,
Wednesday evening: Foch club
dance, at Fort Omaha, Wednesday
evening; D. T. A. club dance at
Florence field, Wednesday evening.
Jacobs hall is now being put in
readiness for Girls Community
service clubs and will soon be
known as the- Girls' Community
house. The Mesco club will be the
first club to have a supper there.
Supper will be served Tuesday at
5:45, followed by a program of mu
sic, games and presentations of fu
ture club plans. The hall has been
used on many festive occasions for
the last two months by the girls'
clubs and soldiers. Through the
courtesy of Mr. George, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, and
of the vestry of Trinity cathedral,
the use of this hall was made possi
ble. Plans for the Victory Christmas
celebration are developing' rapidly
and the executive committee will
meet Monday afternoon to hear re
ports of subcommittees and to fur
ther perfect details for this eel
bration.
The big municipal Christmas tret
is on its way to Omaha and the dec
orations committee, headed by Rich
ard Grotte, is making elaboraU
plans for placing it in a suitable set
ting in the Auditorium.
Clairtle F. Bossie, chairman of the
finance and presents committee,
promises that there will be a tempt
ing sack of Christmas goodies foi
every child who attends the Christ
mas Eve celebration.
The organizations and visiting
committee is headed by Mr. Ran
dall K. Brown, who is arranging a
plan by which each hospital and
charitable institution in the city will
be assisted in its celebration by
some club or other organization ol
Omaha.
The Woman's Municipal league ol
New York City has launched a cam
paign with the aim of doubling iti
present membership of 1,200.
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Mint Flavor
Jiffy. fall
comet In 'fresh
fruit flavors foe
desserts. But it
also comes ia
mint flavor, to
make Instant
garnish Jell.
The mint
flavor cornea
sealed In a vial,
Bo it keepa ha
strength and
freshness. It makes a green Jell
with a wealth of fresh mint flavor.
Serve with cold meats or roast
Iamb. Or mis in meat scraps bo
fore cooling and make a meat
loaf of it.
Try Loganberry Jffly-Jtll fcr a
fruity dessert, and Mint for a gar
nish jell. They will delight yon.
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At Yoar Grtar'i
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JEWELRY
The Best of All Gifts
And right now In all Jewelry Stores
you will find a wonderful arrayof
useful Xmas Gifts.
Just take a look at the Jewelry win
dows, 'or, better still, walk into the
Jewelry Stores, and there you will findx
just what you want for all ybur
friends. '
And, remember Jewelry is not higher
in price this year than last your dol-'
lar in Jewelry is still worth. 100 per
cent '
Jewelry is the "real" Thrift GifM.
is the lasting Gift, and this year Thrift'
Gifts are much In order,
Makethts
a Jewelry Xmas
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