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" s - . . ... l -J. ' ' THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER" 11, 1918. SOCIETY Ik THAT th ha hel i . um of HAT the canteen at Fort Oma- Iped to relieve the tedi- the long days of study for the cadets was proven when one ot the men wrote a very.cpmpli f mentary little note dedicated to , the girls of the service, which was printed in Sunday's Bee. When the i quarantine kept the men inside the tall gafes many tf them said that . they missed the canteen more than anything else. One versatile Omaha maid is not ionly adept in the art cf serving 'and cheering but is also a poetess .for she has answered the cadet with ,,the following verses: ' i Ob, eharmln young ballunatlca - And knighta of the Hatband Whit, , V are all so glad to sarva you, And aure, it'a only right . j- ilTor ui to don uniform And do our woman's part .To servs and amlle and cheer you v It'a' been dono with all our heart. W'r (lad you like nur aoiy ahop. ' Tha food and amllea wa've aerved to " ' you, 'We've gladly dona It, every ona, i And we, aa well, enjoyed It too. h - - for to keep tha home flrea burning . , Wa liked to help a bit, you aee. , And ao we're glad to know you Ilka t Our canteen, A. R. C. '. A CANTEENESS. Muhlika-Green Nuptials. ' r . The marriage of Miss Ruth Phyl lis Green to Mr. August Muhlika took place November 20 at Papil Hion. Rev. J. A. Wheat performed ;the ceremony. ' The bride was attractive in her "tailored dress of blue serge and blacktaffeta. A white hat was worn nd a corsage of rosebuds. ! , The young couple will make their home with Mrs. J. H. Twiford until I Mr. Twiford's return, as he is now j ;in France. "Postponements. J; . The program of Scotch and Irish jmusic planned by the Music Depart j !ment of the Omaha Woman's club J .for Wednesday will be postponed jone week, owing to the street car I Istrike. J ' The kensington for the -American War Mothers which was to have I Jbeen given Wednesday at the home I f Mrs. Brandes has been postponed. ' The Christmas sale which will be 3 .'given by the women of the Holy Name parish has been postponed I -until December 17, 18 and 19. j Engagement Announced. !Mr. and Mrs. S. Brodkey announce I !ihe engagement of their daughter, i Effie, to Mr. Jules Dan of Fort Worth, Tex The wedding will take llace in January. j EDWARD RENO HAS j25P0UtlDS III THIRTY DAYS .Takes Tanlac Following At- : tack of Influenza and Re ; suits Are Wonderful. "For anyone suffering from the after effects of Influenza and need- I ing something to build them up," I said Edward W. Reno, a well known employee of the American Railway I Express Company, living at, 1721 I Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri. J'Tanlac is the finest thing in the " world, and I'll tell you why. , I I "During the recent epidemic I jras taken down with the 'Flu my- self and -for two weeks was just i hbout as sick as one gejs to be. I finally managed to pull through, but t my, I was as weak as a baby after t wards. I lost twenty-five pounds in I Veight or more, and every ounce of I my strength seemed to be gone. Of course, 1 wasn t able to do a bit of Jwork and it was just about all I could do to walk around and my legs Would just completely give out Jpomjtimes. ' I " had " no appetite, I "either, and never cared for a thing to eat " , ft IIT l T 1J.I1 L.'-LI. i r i Knew i wumuii c ue auie 10 gu I tack to work at all feeling like I ! was, and as I had heard so much 1 about Tanlae I decided to test it t out Well, ft seemed to help me I right from the first few doses and I has put me in shape to where I have actually gained twenty-five pounds i In thirty days' time. I have just J finished my third bottle, and it is j nothing short of astonishing the I way it has increased my strength and built me up in every respect I jhave not only gotten back all my tld strength, but I really believe 'I I feel better than I did even before I had the 'Flu.' My appetite was never -better, and all. that tired feeling is t "gone and I am putting in ten hours j of good, hard work every day, and it i really doesn't bother me one bit To I say I'm strong for Tanlac is making ! it .very mild. I am constantly tell- ing some friend about it, and I ilhink everybody who is in a run- flown condition would do well to. fcive it a trial." ' As has been stated, there is not J a single portion of the body that is pot benefited by the helpful action I of Tanlac. Tanlac contains certain ' medicinal properties which enrich j the blood and promote a healthy appetite for nourishing food, thus . helping to build up health and ! strength in the natural way. And as in the case of Mr. Reno, Tanlao . will prove invaluable to all persons offering from the after-effects of Influenza, lagnppe, typhoid, and pneumonia, bronchial troubles, etc. i Tanlac is a powerful reconstructive jonic and alwaySx produces mpst ratifying results. ' .' Tanlac is sold in Omaha by all Sherman' & McConnell Drug Com- fpany's stores. Harvard Pharmacy I and West End Pharmacy under the t personal direction of a special Tan " lac representative. Also Forrest ; and Meany Drug Company in South ,-; Omaha-and the leading druggist in each city and town throughout the State of Nebraska. Adv. Panels Preserve Their . Popularity v By GERTRUDE BERESFORD. Panels have not relhrquished their hold on the affections of th; woman who appreciates the lonp, -lender lines which this style accents on almost any figure. A striking pan eled model is displayed in this str?ct dress of serge and black charnieuse satin. The sleeves and underarm may be cut in one if you are slender and with a sewed-in sleeve if you are stout. Cuffs of serge turn back on the sleeves. A rather tight under skirt of satin is gathered at the waistline with only enough fullness to prevent spanning of the body around the hips. The panels of serge are cut without seams except on the shoulders. These panels may be hemmed, with machine stitching, faced with charmeuse, or bound with black silk braid. Small serge-covered buttons outline these panels. T Red Cross Notes Private McDonald spoke before the South Omaha Woman's club this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Byron Clow. Mrs. Walter Silver, chairman of surgical dressings, states that work ers are greatly needed to complete the 5,000 flu masks, which must be finished this week. , Mrs. G. W. Noble, chairman of the Bemis Park auxiliary, announces that the unit will meet for work Wednesday fro.m 9 to S in the Zion Lutheran churchy at Thirty-sixth and Lafayette avenue. J Mrs. Allen Parmer of. the sal vage department, states that a tele phone drive will 4oon be launched asking for donations. The Red Cross truck will call for the contributions, the date to be announced Jater. A new paper baler is on sale at the de partment; also a silk quilt and. a number of books and silverware. At the meeting of chairmen of hos pital garment auxiliaries held Mon day the women pledged their serv ices to aid in making the 2,000 paper lined vests needed by the troops in Siberia. Mrs. Arthur Mullen, who called the meeting, requests the chairmen, who were not there to ask their workers to come to the Masonic temple and aid in this work; ' ' - Now that the war is won, many Omaha citizens are asking why the Red Cross is planning to enroll the entire population of the city as members the week before Christ mas. , The chairman of the local execu tive committee of the Red Cross Christmas roll call organization makes the following appeal: "Starvation, sickness and sorrow did not vanish in Europe when the fighting ceased. On the contrary, the new. conditions have revealed greater opportunities for" the Ameri can people, ;hrough the Red Cross, to extend relief. This work is just as imperative in . peace as in war, though not so dramatic. , . "Besides, Omaha boys in France or in home camps, with millions of other American soldiers and sailors have a right to expect that Red Cross service will be continued for them in full measure until demobil ization is completed. This means the Red Cross must 'carry -on' for many months and the money raised through membership dues will help finance the service." All that is asked of any adult in the Red Cross Christmas roll call is that he or she shall have "a heart and a dollar." When you multiply these hearts and dollars by the mil lions of adujts in the United States, it is evident that a substantial total will be raised if the response to the roll call is general. Children wiil not be solicited, as they already are represented in the school auxiliaries, or will enroll through the auxiliaries at 25 cents a year, but they will' be valuable aids in the roll call by reminding their parents of the opportunity to register approval of the greatest re lief work in the history of the world. Miss Mary Coll has returned from New York to" spend the holidays in Omaha, - - - . . 1 outs1 asm coh trues EJiiei h IsmaHQross HOUSEHOLD ARTS VBPT CJCJfTffAl HIGH SCHOOL JH hTop Food Budget In these days of high prices, we hear much aboufthe added expense of using substitutes. It is interest ing to run across an accurate study showing the influence of substitutes on the cost of food. Such a study was published in the August Journal of Home Economics under the title above. It was compiled by Jean Krueger of the University of Wis consin and is drawn from the house hold accounts of the Practice cot tage of that university. Many of our large universities maintain, in con nection with their Home tconomica departments, a small house in whic groups of their students actually keep house for short periods of time. In the University of Wisconsin house, 35 cents per person per day was allowed for raw food in 1915-16, 1916-17 and 1917-18. In the first two years, no definite conservation was practiced, in 1917-18 "the girls 'Hooverized' loyally." They had the regulation "wheailess" and "meatless" days, besides following the general food Administration sug gestions. Typical meals served were as fol lows: 1916- 17. Bunday. i Breakfast Bread and butter. Drape fruit. Fruit aalad with Oatmeal, cream. wafers. Orlddle cakea, Apple pla. Sirup. Coffee. Coffee. Lunch Dinner Nut and cheese Rib roast beef. aandwtches. Hashed potatoes. Oatmeal cookies. Buttered potatoes. Chocolate. Buttered peas. Tuesday. Breakfast Cranberry Jelly. Oranges. Tea. Oatmeal, cream. ' Lunch Toast.. Beet and rlca cas Coffee. serole. Dinner Cottage cheese salad. Chicken aoup, wafers. Bread and butter, Nuf cheeas roast. Spiced pears. Squash biscuit. ' Jellied prunes. Blana mange. Coffea. 1917- 18. Sunday. Breakfast Beet and lettuce Co-Operation Miss Gross will be very glad to receive suggestions for the home economics column or to answer, as far as she ii able, any ques tions that her readers may ask. Orapa fruit Cornmeal cakes. Karo, butter Coffea Dinner Meat loaf Eacalloped potatoes. Cocoa, Tuesday, salad. trlddla Peach cobbler. Coffea. Lunch Toasted cheese sand wiches. Oatmeal macaroons. Breakfast- Hominy grits. milk. Buttered toaat. Marmalade. Coffee. Dinner- French dressing. Cornmeal parker house rolls. Lunch Baked fish. Creamed carrots. Lyonnatae potatoes. Cream of potato soup. Orange pudding, Bean and pea salad. By comparing the menus, we find winter Poland, Servia, Armenia; those whose commerce has been de stroyed by. submarines Norway, Sweden, Holland; the people of Rou mania. the Ukraine, the Baltic prov inces and the Russians of every ter ritory all these in addition to the one hundred and twenty million al lies who have, up to this time, been our first consideration? Are we, lacking the stimulus of war and war activities, going to fall down on the biggest job ever en trusted to a nation? Are we going to prove that after the war for de mocracy is won, it really wasn't worth fighting for anyhow because it does not worc? Or are we going to continue our war-learned habits of thrift and care fulness and unselfishness? Are we going to undertake and accomplish the big task the United States food administration tells us we have to do that is, put the world on its feet again? We who "have no selfish ends to serve" will surely w'sh to banish famine from the world once and for all. Patriotic League Notes "The minute the war is over, I'm going to buy a ten-pound box of candy and eat it," said a girl in a street car the other day. "I shall order some of those lovely before-the-war doughnuts all wheat flour, sweetened with plenty of sugar and fried in deep fat," said her companion. Have you thought somewhat in this wise? Then, ask yourself the question, "Why have I been saving food at all?" "Why, because it was the patriotic thing to do," will come your answer. ' Patriotic? Yes, and in the very best way it is still patriotic. Now that fighting has ceased do you think the French, English and Ital ian soldiers can quietly slip home and start growing food again? Do you think they can raise a harvest overnight to feed themselves and the civilian populations of their countries?. Do you think that the devastated fields of France can be made fit for harvests in six months or a year those lands torn by great holes, filled with bits of shefl and runis and unexploded bombs not yet alto gether harmless, often in such con fusion tha scahcely an inch of the fertile black loam has not been overturned and covered with sub soil? Do you think that the need for food will be overcome over there when the peace treaty is signed? . Do you realize that there are two hundred million newly liberated peo ple who are. facing starvation this the 1917-18 ones somewhat simpler, but equally good as to food value. The interesting thing is that the cost was no higher, in fact it was slightly less. I think, however, that this year with staples still higher it would not be possible to run the ta ble at the same cost. I quote Miss Krueger's summary: "The total expenditure for 1917-18 is iless than either of the two pre ceding years. This indicates that the rather vague notion oftoftserva tion increasing the already too high cost of living may be a subject for further investigation. Conservation, as carried on in the cottage, repre sents very careful planning on the part of the student. She spends no more time on the actual preparation of the meal, however, than the aver age housewife would spend, since full university work must be con tinued during the week at the cot tage. Knowledge of ' food values and how to make good food combi nations are undoubtedly the basis of the reduction of the budget. Wo.'.i ers'in war emergency are pursuing the sight course in building up the housewife's knowledge of foods and teaching combinations as well as actual substitutes' and preparation of dishes." Personals Mr. W. J. Foye is ill at his home. Mr. Clyde J. Brown is ill with influenza. Dr. Louis Horton, who was ill with the influenza, has recovered. Mr. George Baker of Omaha stopped at the Hotel Clark while in Los Angeles. Mrs. L. H. Korty, who has been seriously ill with pneumonia, is much improved. Mrs. Frank J. Carey has recovered from her recent illness and will re turn to her home in a few days. Miss Laura Crandell, who was to have sailed to France to do over seas work, is now in New York and will probably remain until after the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Woodruff have received word that their son, Private Thomas L. Woodruff, of company C, 341st machine gun bat talion, 89th division, has arrived from France and is at Camp Mer ritt, New Jersey. Private Woodruff was gassed and confined to a hos pital behind the lines for three months. Comrade Club. A large New Year's party will be given by the Comrade club at the Kelpin academy at Twenty-fifth and Farnam streets. Men from Fort Crook and Fort Omaha will be honor guests and a number of spe cial features are being planned. The club has canceled its other parties, and in the future will give special dances on the various holidays. i Sewing Club. Mrs. Andrew Hogan will entertain the St. James' Orphanage Sewing club at her home, 3607 North Twenty-fourth street, Wednesday after noon. Informal Luncheon. Mrs. Frank Quick entertained at luncheon at the Omaha club today, in honor of her guest, Mrs. William Blyth of Evanston, Wyo. DREAMLAND ADVENTURE "THE BLUE IMPS" By DADDY. Th Egga of tha Bin Imp. fO. la i-antiired tT tha Blue ImPB. kwho are oarrylng her away to tha Valley or moom, wnen tna uiani oi in nui rescue her.) CHAPTER III. ((fn HIS ''is very serious! We ' must help Mrs. Dalton at once," declared the Giant of the Woods, when Blue Jay broyght word that the Blue Imps had captured the mother of the two soldier boys, Ben and Bill. "Will you aid us, Sir Ready Smiler?" he called to the leader of the Rosy Peps. "Sure we will 4f Princess Peggy will give us strength," responded the handsome pink knight. "I'll do anything I can," promised Peggy, who was still a bit confused over the strange appearance of the Blue Imps, and their attack on her. She didn't know how she could give strength to the dashing Rosy Peps, but she was perfectly willing to try. "Come on, then I We must hurry," cred the Giant. With that he swung Peggy to his shoulder and set off at a stride that carried him over the ground surprisingly fast. The Rosy Peps followed in military formation, like flying cavalry. "Wasn't it funny the way those Blue Imps exploded when the Rosy Peps punctured them," chuckled Peggy. "Yes," agreed the Giant. "The Blue Imps, like a lot of our other troubles, swell up mighty big and cause no end of harm if we let them, but if we just prick them they promptly blow up ker-bang, and we find that they are nothing more than air after all." "But they seemed mighty strong when I was in their power," shud dered Peggy. "Yes, they'll tie you up quicker than a wink if you let them get hold of you," replied the Giant. "And once their fetters are fasfSned, they seem to squeeze all the life and en ergy out of you. I know. They used to get me often in the days before you reformed me." "What would they have done to me, if you hadn't come along?" asked Peggy. "They'd have taken you to the Valley of Gloom, an awful place filled with poisonous gases, and there they would have kept you and tortured you until you wasted awfay, and maybe lost your mind or died." "How horrible." Peggy shuddered again; and her,, face grew gloomy as she thought of the fate she had escaped. She was glad she was protected now by the valiant Rosy PepsljShe looked up gratefully, only to gasp in dismay. The Rosy Peps were flying away a fast as they could. "Here, here, call them back again 1" shouted the Giant, looking so upset Peggy couldn't help laughing at him. (WAR. PUZZLES) r 15 3 Conducted by Ella" Fleishman ''See that blue cloud ahead?" said the Giant. "That's it. Laugh 1 Laugh 1" roared the Giant, jiggling her up and down until Peggy shrieked with glee. And as she shrieked, the Rosy Peps came swooping back as chip per and eager as ever. "Keep smiling" whispered the Giant. "They are afraid of sour faces and run away from them'. That gives the Blue Imps a chance to take possession." "111 smile and smile," replied Peggy, who by this time was her old cheerful self again. "See that blue cloud ahead?" said the Giant. "That's the Imp army around Mrs. Dalton's home. "My gracious, can we break through?" asked Peggy, looking at the dark mist') that hung over the farm house a mist that she could now see made up of thousands and thousands of Blue Imps. "We have to break through," in sisted the Giant. "The Blue Imps are slowly poisoning Mrs. Dalton, and are planting their eggs in her ink so that when she writes to her soldier boys, her letters carry hun dreds of Blue Imps over there to weaken the morale of our fighters. SAVE YOUR HAIR AND BEAUTIFY IT WITH 'DANDERINE' Spend a few cents! Dandruff j: i u: disappears aiiu iiair oivp coming out. Try this! Hair gets beautiful, wavy and thick in few moments. GERMANS IMPOSED LEVY Of 1140,000,000 on Bucharest amount ing to about f 400 a person, two years ago today, December 11, 1916. Find another victim. YESTERDAYS ANSWER. Tfitfit side down in foliage. mm If you care for heavy hair, that glistens with beauty and is radiant with life y has an incomparable soft ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine. Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair, besides it im mediately dissolves every particle of dandruff; you cannot have nice, heavy, healthy hair if you have dandruff. This destructive scurf robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life, and if not overcome it produces a feveriehness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish,, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast. If your hair has been neglected and is thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too oily, get a small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine at any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents; apply a little as directed, and ten minutes after you will say this was the best investment you ever made. I We sincerely believe, regardless of everything else advertised, that if you desire soft, lustrous, beautiful liair and lots of it no "dandruff no itching scalp and no more falling hair you must use Knowlton's Danderine. If eventually why not now? Adv. When you feel that your stomach, liver or blood is out of order, renew their health by taking PILLS Lsmst Sal of Aay Medicine fai tha World. Sold everywhere. In boxes, 10c, 25c JaaV. illl YOU CAN EAT LESS MEATV and keep in top-notch physical condifidn ifyou low eat in place 6f .fi . Cereals and fruits are the natural stib , stitutes. If you eat wheat food be sure it istheolevheatDoritvaste any ofit. Shredded Wheat contains eveiy particle cf the wheat berry steanwoked,shredded and baked crisp and brown in coal ovens.ShreddedWheat with hot milk and a dash of salt makes a hot ' dish for a cold day. It requires no sugar. . Ui Do you know what morale means?" "Of course I do," replied PcRgy. "It means grit and courage and de termination to thrash the Huns." "You're right. That's why we have to blow up the hunnish Blue Imps over here if we're going to prevent their wakening our boys, over there." "Princess Peggy, we are ready to attack," cried Sir Ready Smiler, as they halted in front of the masses of scowling Blue Imps that surrounded the Dalton home. "Will you lead us with a song and dance?" Peggy thought this was a queer way to go into battle, but she wtl soon to findit a mighty good way in attacking the Blue Imps. , (Tomorrow will ba told how Par IT, th Olant and the Roar Peps tight through tht Blue Imp army.) The Most Joyful Christmas Since A. D.'l will be that of A. D. 1918. 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A' bottle ot Nnga-Tone lasta yon a whole month and posts bnt One (Sl.OO) Dollar. Get bottle Joat use It twea. ty (20) days and If yoo are tot satla. fled that you feel better, look better ; and are better, Juat take the remain. : der of the package hark to the drosr ' gist and get your Sl.OO bark. lan't thia a fair offer f Get a bottle to-day at Sherman A McConnell Drug Co.' Stares ! or nny irood dru? store. Try it. r s it Cuticura Promotes Han Hpnitl. Alldrosvteu: Soap 8. Ofntraent SAW, Taleom Sample each free of "OaUcara, Dept. , lMla." 03? (B GEES 50 Per Cent Off After Christmas But we aii imow that m j ..1 i the case with nearly all Wot SO With Jewelry other stocks offered for your Xmas Gifts selection. Thia year call for Thrift and it has been suggested that your Gifts should be substantial, useful -and lasting. Surely such ar ticles that drop in value over night are not real Thrift Gifts. TRIITIl7 IN i JEWIilM Jewelry has a perma nent value it is never thrown away it Is the cherished heirloom in years to come, and we say to you BUT Jewelry this Xmas -the real Thrift Gift. Greater Omaha & Co: Bluffs Jewelers Why Not Buy the Best? Advo Gold Medal Coffee 40c Quality Unchanged I .1 la i i 1 1 iw vj a m Why Not! r,1UNY COAL YARD CUTS AGAIN On Account of Lower Purchase Price Another Reduction is Made. AT .00 $9ro $9( Call Office of Dan B. Butler, City Hall Extra Passenger Service Between Webster Street, Omajia and Q Street, So. Omaha, Via Missouri Pacific Ry., Effective 4:30 P. M., December 10. South Bound Station North Bound P. M. A. M. A. M. P. M. Lv. 4:45 Lv. 5:45 Webster St. x Ar. 8:10 Ax. 7:10 4:55 6:55, 16th and Commercial Ave. 8:00 7:00 6:00 , 6:00 24th Street y 7:55 6:55 ' 5:05 6:05 30th and Boyd 7:50 6:50 5:15 6:15 88th and Grant St. 7:40 6:40 5:25 6:25 44th and Harney St. 7:30 6:30 5:35 6:35 40th and Leavenworth 7:20 " 6:20 ; .r. 5:50 Ar. 6:50 Q St. So. Omaha Lv. 7:05 Lv. 6:01 f P- M" - A. M ' . A. U. ... P. V. .