THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 5, 1919.
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Wr I M tall to rtach tha pol
Or grup tha ocan with my span,
t mutt muured by ray soul;
Tha mind's th lUndard of the mm. John WatU.
Tha moon and tha stars art commonplaca things,
Tha flowars that bloom and tha birds that slng
Yat Cod, who saas aach aaparata soul,
Out of commonplaca Uvas makas His beautiful Whola.
Omaha Girl in China Tells
Great Story of Life
Union College at iPehng, CAina.
Ball in Court
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EARNING to speak Chinese
x amid surroundings that wen
ancient when Columbus first
touched the shores of Cuba is the
experience which Miss Anna M
Lane, former teacher at the CcntrU
High school, is undergoing at Peking,
China, where she is preparing her
self for missionary work in Ch'.na
at the North China Union Women's
college. Following are extracts
from a letter written Miss Irma H.
Gross of Omaha:
"Most people know so little about
Peking that I am sure I was not
alone in imagining it a city of fil'h,
flies and sore eyes. That is true,
but along with it come a wealth of
gay streets, temples and royal oal
f( aces which can oe compared to
nothing but Arabian Night 'ales.
This oriental city, with its multi
.; tudes of people, throngs of rick
5 shas, low buildings, camels walking
with stately strides, awful begg-if-and
painted ladies is a very wonder
knd. .
"I hav: just come from the Terr
pie of Heaven. I visited the sum
mer palace of the empress dowager
Thursday. One thinks of thing
Chinese as gaudy red and tinsel, so
is scracely prepared for the ex
quisite coloring of the buildings
Decoration is all contention and is
perhaps overdone, but it is not
cheap. The buildings are roofed
with tile, which are usually orange,
ultramarine or emerald, and glis'en
in the sun. The walls are wood or
brick and are covered with plaster
or frescoed. A temple is never a
t building; it is a group of many
buildings put on a hill to give therr.
' height The hill is often made for
the purpose, since Peking is as flat
as a table. China was old in tht
days of Abraham. Most of the
buildings are set off in huge "com
pounds," as everything enclosed
within walls are called. Th; Chi
nese do, not seem to have mah
taste in fixing up the grounds aiid
many of the finest buildings have
fallen into detay. The tile roofs are
covered with grass that has grown
in thesdirt that has accumulated
there.
Palace of Heaven.
"The Palace of Heaven is the
place where the emperor went once
or twice a year to make sacrifices
for the nation. The altar is a series
" of circular marble terraces 200 or
300 feet wide at the base. The sum
mer palace was built with money
raised for military purposes. It in:
. eludes a large lake and a very city
of buildings. The old summer pal
ace looks like the ruins of the Forum
now. But even the empress dow
ager never entered the Palace of
Heaven, for only male members of
the royal family might set foot with
in. How the-world does movel It
was opened to the public in 1911.
"I am living in a palace myself.
While Columbus was a barefoot boy
in Genoa, the Chinese children of
the noble line were frolicking in the
court yard where now we play bas
ket ball. That is the boys were, for
the girls were hobbling about with
their feet bound. Our chapel building
was the throne roonu The property
was bought from a degenerate de
scendant. '
"But the thing that looms largest
in my horizon is the language. Oh
the overwhelming, engulfing dumb
ness that one feels in the face of this
strange tongue and more strangely
written characters. You dare not go
far alone, you are at the mercy of the
rickshas men. You cannot even buy
anything, you can only smile feebly
at the maid and it is not worth while
.to want anything done by the boy.
I have actually mastered a few
inches of sounds that a sympathetic
listener will Wmit are Chinese. 1
don't know of anything that com
pares to the thrill of the language.
Here is a school that takes neither
notebook, pencil or text. In fact
there is nothing that one can bring
to bolster up his fainting spirit You
simply present your brains and ab-sorb-
all you can, twist your voice in-
' to unspeakable noises and then go
home to forget every bit of it. Next
day you come and do likewise. tiye
and bye you have the courage to
try a few words on some mortal 1
nave had eight days of this and my
hopes are high. I expose myself to
all the Chinese that I can stand on
Sdndays and incidentally to trie
grippe -which is slaying its thou
sands. As yet I seem to be immune
from both. -Chinese
Teachers.
There is a big class for all be
ginners with a Chinese teacher
dressed in American clothes. By the
1 aid . of pictures, acrobatics and all
sorts of ways the teacher tries to
convey his idea to the class. These
. teachers are interesting men. When
I first saw them pacing back and
forth in the court yard dressed in
i dit in the sides with
their small, black dome shaped caps
I thought that they looKca c i
cenii in the story of Aladdin s lamp
" They have a high sense of humor
and are just as delighted when you
show a glimmer of intelligence as a
h.r Mrheinsr her baby to talk.
"Even temples and palaces seem
JflcmiM and oaeodas mere mmia-
.,r.. rnmnared to the towering
,; f thi stranee speech
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But in spite of all that, we fl
hopeful jod have the feelings of a
Columbus wnen we uiw'
" meaning of a new word or phrase.
- Here is another place where musi
. peoffle ha v the advantage, Jor
3?iSS .C.Zake
they can distinguish tone more ac
curately and speak them more
quickly. Every day I am impressed
with the sureness and skill of the
Chinese teachers. I can see all the
theories that I have been hearing
advocated during the last few years
put into effect. They seem to be
working just as they should.
"There is a great bond of sym
pathy between all the language
school students, for we feel as one
big family and as if our lives de
pended on conquering this bedlam
of sounds. I thought of all the peo
ple at home on Hallowe'en. I spent
it in the presence of all the ghosts
that anyone could possibly wish
for. We had a real party with
nothing left to be desired in the
way of spookiness. Can you imag
ine prowling about the court of an
old BudMhist monastery, or rather
nunnery, that was in use long be
fore Salem knew there was such a
thing as witches?
Chinese Gods Guard.
We felt quite safe, however, for
the Chinese gods are still perched
on the roof3 keeping away the de
mons. You understand that this is
the nunnery that is right inside our
own compound. Entertainment in-
eluded the witches scene from Mac
beth, roasting chestnuts in out
beautiful fireplace, a house of hor
rors and everything that makes
such an evening gruesome. One of
the nicest things was when the
Chinese college girls came through
the moon gate each carrying a
lighted candle, and watched us in
our grand costumed march through
the court. You hear it said that the
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advertisers.
"No corns now"; "cured my
bunions"; "I can walk all day
now without being tired" are
some of the remarks about our
shoes. Wear one pair and your
next shoes will be Ground Grip
pers. No sales and no change in
styles. A Ground Gripper is
worth just as much today as yes
terday. If you are skeptical, come in
and get a book and let us tell
you about them.
Ground Gripper Store
1414 FARNAM STREET
In Sun Theater Building
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People Notice It Drive Them
Off with Dr. Edwards'
Olive Tablets
A pimply face will not embarrass you
much longer if you get a package of
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets. The skin
should begin to clear after yon have
taken the tablets a few nights.
Cleanse the blood, bowelsnd liver
with Dr. Edwards' Olive TaWets, the
successful substitute for calomel; there's
no sickness or pain after taking them.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effec
tively, but their action is gentle and
safe instead of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets is
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste,'
a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil; you will know them by their
olive color. .-
Dr. Edwards spent years among pa
tients afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
immensely effective result
Take one or two nightly for s week,
See how much better you feel and look.
10c and 25c per box AU druggists.
Chinese cannot singajbut if ydu
could have stood and watched the
girls filing through that perfectly
round "moon gate," with their
candles dimly lighting up the ar
bor and the date trees throwing
weird shadows ,upon the -wall and
heard their clear voices in the still
ness of the evening, you would
agree not only that they can sing
but that they are beautiful.
"In the main I do not think that
even the girls are pretty. I have
been relieved to find that even the
coolies in the street and the poor in
the alley ways are not repulsive. It
is a surprise that anyone can so
quickly get used to their dress and
hair. Even extreme styles in Amer
ica never taueht us that women
should wear trousers alid men
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should wear skirts. I can waiK aown
the street behind a man wearing a
beautiful long queue or a woman
nobbling along with her feet bound
and feel that I have known them al
ways. Many of Jhe servants have
bound feet and I marvel that they
can get around at all.
"My work with the school has
not yet begun, but sometimes I can
have some share in its activities.
They are most studious girls, but
need to learn the art of play. There
is basket ball and tennis here for
them and they have appreciated
the fine new basket ball that Mrs.
Loomis' niece stnt them by me.
Our school girls wear skirts over
their trousers and a jacket sort of
waist. Although the patterns are
all alike the colors may very. They
use a coarse cotton cloth, usually
blue. The girls come from 12 dif
ferent provinces and would all pass
fo 'sweet sixteen.'
"I have just come from church,
where two hours of Chinese has
just left Nile with a stupid feeling.
It is worth going just to see the fine
audience in that tine church.
American Mail.
"It goes' without saying that the
biggest event of the day is the ar
rival of the American mail. Woe
is he who is without letters when
the American mail comes in. We
get the cabled news just as often as
you do. We have Miss Orvis to
describe and interpret the events in
the Balkans and Russia. She has
just received an order from Boston
to go back to Turkey. We feel
that China is very civilized when
we think of conditions there. And
yet they tell us that China is resting
on a volcano right now.
"I was invited to the Indemnity
college for the celebration of the
founding of the republic. I wish
you could have seen those 600 boys
in a torchlight parade and then
breaking up into class groups and
dancing around a huge bonfire.
Imagine a big snake dance such as
might follow a great foot ball vic
tory in your own alma mater going
on in the glare of that great fire,
and then picture, if you can, the
participants dressed in blue gar
ments that reach to the ankles, and
these garments flying forward and
backward. It was New China, in
deed. "In the face of all these Chinese
characters that look like chicken
tracks in the mud and Chinese
sounds that make you think you
Council Defense
Woman's Committee Convention.
A national meeting of the chair
men of the state divisions of the
woman's committee and of the state
presidents of women's organizations
which have been doing war relief
work is being planned to, take place
in Washington at the end of Janu
ary or early in February. Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, president of the na
tional woman's committee, sent the
following letter to Prof. Sarkab B.
Hrbkova, chairman of the Nebraska
division to which a large majority of
the state organizations and indi
viduals entitled to vote on, answered
affirmatively :
Dr. Shaw's Letter.
Council of National Defense.
Washington, Dec. 13, 1918.
To the state chairmen and mem
bers of the honorary committee of
the woman's committee.
The signing of the armistice
seems to have had an affect upon
the country similar to a declaration
of peace, and immediately there
were evidences upon every hand of
an eagerness to discontinue those
agencies and committees which had
been created for war service. This
may readily be done with some war
agencies but not with others and
the question arises: Are the state
are in the tower of Babel, we are
starting work here in the utmost
humility and realize that there is
much to learn from the Orient and
that the world must come to mutual
understanding."
divisions of the woman's committee
among those whose usefulness has
ceased?
We are well aware that an armis
tice is not a declaration of peace,
and that there are and will continue
to be until after the peace treaty is
signed many obligations resting up
on our country that are directly con
nected with the war and from which
we have no desire to escape.
We have also the added duty of
keeping before our people the debt
we owe to those glorious and de
voted nations whose valor and sac
rifice saved us from the unhappy
fate which was theirs. The honor
of our country demands that we
shall continue to render every pos
sible service to lighten their burden
of rehabilitation. They nSust be fed
and given such additionalTHaterial
aid as thair need requires .nd we
are able to provide.
In the process of reorganization
many of "the departments splendid
ly developed and carried forward
by the state divisions, are as neces
sary in times of peace as in war,
and it would be a national calamity
if this organized power should be
lost. This brings us to the ques
tion of how such power can best
be mobilized for immediate service
in national reconstruction.
The uncertainty which surrounds
the future of speciality created com
mittees for war service makes it
impossible at this time for the wo
man's committee of the Council of
National Defense to say what the
decision of the government may
he in regard to definite plans;
hence our inability to give to the
state division a definite program.
Even the president, in his address
before congress, stated that he had
no clearly defined program nor had
anyone as yet presented an ade
quate one. The woman's committee
is much less able to do so until the
Council of National Defense has
stated its purpose.
It was therefore resolved at an
executive session of the womanjs
committee to submit to the chair
men of state divisions and to the
honorary committee of the wo
man's committee a questionnaire
asking for an expression of opinion
as to the advisability of calling a
conference of the state chairmen
and of the members of the honorary
committee in Washington the latter
part of January or early in Feb
ruary for a general consultation re
garding future work, at which time
all may frankly express their opin
ions with reference to the wisest
methods by which their work may
be continued for the best interests
of society.
If a majority of the state chair
men and members of the honorary
committee approve of holding a con
ference, the woman's committee of
the Council of National Defense
will proceed to call it at the earliest
possible date.
YoTIr prompt reply is of the great
est importance. Faithfully yours,
ANNA HOWARD SHAW,
Chairman Woman's Committee and
Vice Chairman, Field Division,!
Council of National Defense.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Clark
have taken an apartment at the
Blackstone.
Day's Grist of Questions
Here are specimen queitioni
asked at the American Library as
sociation's library at Camp Beaure
gard in one day:
"Who is the sultan of Turkey?"
"What is the population of Phila
delphia?" "How many months in the year il
the Baltic navigable?" I
"Is there such a place at hell. .
and is there a princess of hell?" .J!
"Is Alan Seegar American or Engr f
"How much space in a line c
irrli ia rniiirpfl Kv a mntrtffvM,?
"What day of the week was Julfftj
"What people of ancient time
were destroyed because they hap
six senses instead of five?" . It!
"Where Was Atlantis, the jslanfl
described by Tlato, where peoni
were perfectly happy and. coi,
tented?
Mrs. Fred Hamilton is planning
to leave soon for California. ,
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How and Where To Use Your Pin Money
In the fourteenth century, when Pins were invented, they were a great luxury, and to buy them needed considerable money. Not only that, but the
fashionable women of those days were so extravagant in their use and purchase that the authorities limited their purchase to the fy-st few days of January
in each year. Pins are now so low in price that they can be bought any old time and there are neither restrictions on their purchase nor their use. HOW
and WHEN to use your PIN MONEY is just as im portant today as it was six centuries ago. On January the second
Thomas Kilpatrick Co.
Jtarted the greatest sale in all the firm's history TEMPERATURE HAD NO TERRORS for the THOUSANDS of buyers who crowded the various sections,
where, times and market considered, were offer ed the Greatest Values in the firm's experience. We promised you a further Surprise Party in few days and
here we give you several surprises " ' .
First at the Silk Section at 9 A. M.
Monday, a Remajkabh Sale of
Costly SILKS Much in Vogue
All 40 inches wide.
And all pure silk at
formerly $2.25 at
$1.69
All our Colored Crepe de
Chines; all our colored
Georgettes and four pieces
of black brocaded crepe of
exquisite quality.
35 pieces of fancy silk checks, plaids -.and
stripes 36 inches ide which sold up to -,$2.50 at
$1.50 per yard.
IJoth these lots for ONLY ONE DAY.
You have been wont to take our word in- the
past. We do not believe that we ever offered you
better values and so confidently once again we ad
vise you to use your Pin Money Monday at Kilpat-rick's.
Letter Writers
Here Is Your Chance for
Bargains
About 1000 Boxes of Stationery.
Society note size, letter size, correspondence
cards and envelopes to sell. One day only. 24
envelopes, 24 cards or 24 sheets of paper, Sold
previously up to 50 cents at 25 per box. And a
lot of choice papeteries sold up to $1.00 at SOd Per
box. No such values in such wide variety offered by
us since that fateful day in 1914 when Bill the Brute
started to whip the world.
Four Great Lots of
Wool Dress Goods
At the Dress Goods Section.
69 fr sergeswhich were until now $1.00 per
yard. y-
89 fr w00' mixed, 42 I.iches wide, value
$1.25.
$1.09 for 52 inch wool mixed storm serge instead
of $1.50.
$1.98 fr 54 inch mixtures and fancies sold up to
$3.95.
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this ad our store is crowded in every section but the busi-
Linen and Bedding Sections Is
Simply Huge
So large indeed that it Js utterly impossible for us to give details as to what
quantities or numbers will be on hand by Monday. Our employes in these de-
1 partments have been compelled to work until 10 p. m. to straighten stocks and 1
get ready for the. following day's business. Rest assured we'll have a round- t
I up before Monday morn and those who come on Monday will have a rare chance 2
to get some wonderful values in small lots or odd lengths. Another good place
to spend your pin money. - I
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Dresses too, go at $25.00
Many of serge and quite a few spring
models among 'em.
LARGER WOMEN can be coated or suited
up to size 52 at $25.00, just the same as regular
sizes.
Furs
And it's real fur-time. Animal scarfs of fox,
wolf, marten and Jap mink and we include five
white fox pieces all at same price of $25.00 each.
Silk Petticoats
Monday will be SILK PETTICOAT DAY also. Taffeta,
Jersey and Jersey Combination.
$4.75 instead of $7.95. $6.75 instead of $10.00.
$8.75 instead of $15.00.
Pin Money Will Do Much Here Monday
We Smashed toSmitherens a 20 Year
Record in the Junior Section
Coats, Suits and Dresses for Children and Juniors on
Monday at $5.00. 810.00 and $15.00.
Coats for Juniors and little women at $15.00. $22.50
and $27.50.
Only a few suits left for Juniors. These go at $13.75
and $24.50.
WOOL AND VELVET SKIRTS for children, $6.f5 up
to $12.95. All BARGAINS.
PETER THOMPSON DRESSES of good quality serge
from $9.50 to $19.50. In these lots are garments worth
up to $31.50-
White dresses of lawn and batiste at $3.50 to $10.50.
Some of these were priced at $20.00.
Undermuslins for Children Mothers, here's another good
place for your PIN MONEY. No place carries a stronger
appeal. Drawers at 19. 29d. 39 and 49. Gowns
69, 9Stf and $1.98. See and you will buy. You figure
materials at cost and you won't want to maVe them.
For Monday we. will be all straightenea out in our won
derful UNDERMUSLINS SECTION. Here also we beat all
records.
For Monday you'll get wonderful gowns at $1.50 up
to $2.95.
MUSLIN PETTICOATS at $1.29. $1.98 and $2.95.
CHEMISES Several lots not before shown at $1.50
to $2.49.
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I We Are Getting Ready to Take An Inventory
I This is the time when if there is a loss to take, we take our medicine and
I POCKET IT. We get down to real worth at such a time if ever. And what we
jj don't turn into money and put into the cash drawer, 'we take mighty good
care to price so low that we won't fool ourselves.
You can readily understand from what we have stated that it's in the Ready
'to Wear Section that we do the radical things. Here is where the price cutting
I knife goes in to the hilt. As an evidence read list of a few KEEN CUTS for
I MONDAY. Big business has left small lots of COATS. We, bunch them for
I Monday at $25.00 each. 7
I Some surprises here if anyone should ask. SUITS OF VELOUR, Serge and
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FROM THE PHILIPPINES. What a delight it was for '
those who had the good fortune to hear big, Manly, Kindly,
Genial scholarly abla ex-Preident Taft tell ihe other night
something of what'-he and our own Archbishop Harty saw in
the Philippines. How the Filipino has progressed. It would
seem as if there is hope even for the Prussian. By the way
many women prefer Filipino Lingerie to silk. We will sell Mon
day gowns, envelopes and petticoats made by native hands at v
$2.49, $2.98. $3.49 and $3.98.
Corsets
What, a chance for you on Monday, indeed ,
six, chances for you can pick from six makes at
prices in most cases less than half.
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