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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919. DR. LEAVENS NOT TO APOLOGIZE TO WOWS CLUB Minister Gets in Last Word and Women Decide to Let the Matter Drop. Fair woman has not always the last word. If he's a minister, with spirit, then it's the manl Dr. Robert F. Leavens has de clined to apologize to the Omaha Woman's club, as demanded by its political and social science depart ment. ... . And the club women have decided , to drop the matter. Which promises to mark the last of the heated discussions anent the Woman's club department's partici pation in City Detention Home af fairs. Trior to its last meeting, the pro voked club women dispatched a let ter to the Unitarian minister, calling upon him to apologize for a public rebuke administered by him because the department had refused to per mit Wilma Rice, prostitute, to ad dress the members. Will Not Tell. Dr. Leavens replied. Mrs. H. J. Railey, leader, will not divulge the contents of the letter. "Did Dr. Leavens apologize?" she was asked. "I don't believe we could call it that. No!" she replied. "Just say we're (roing to drop the whole mat ter. We've had too much publicity already." said Mrs. Bailey. "1 fail to see where any injustice wis done the Woman's club or that any apology is due you," is one sen tence of Dr. Leavens' letter, accord iirfc to very good authority. Jefferis to Speak at Saturday Meet of the Douglas Co. Pioneers ' A. W. Jeffries, congressman, will give a p;triotic address at the an nual banquet and entertainment of members of the Douglas County Association of Nebraska Pioneers, Saturday from noon to 2:30 p. m. in lie Labor Temple, Sixteenth and Capitol avenue. Musical numbers will be given by John A. MeCreary, James L. and Hattie Mack, Amanda Tebbins, Helen Stoltenburg, Martena Stiles, Mrs. D. H. Dunham, Violet Johnson and Margaret Brown. Mrs. Rose McLaughlin will tell stories, Laura Ortland and . Camilla Elliott will give readings and Martha Doty and Margaret Leary, solo dances. Between 400 and 500 guests are expected, according to Mrs. Mary Carmack, secretary. Clearing House Adopts Resolutions for Mr. Auld Resolutions honoring the late Wil liam T- Auld, prominent banker and chairman of the board of the Corn Exchange National bank, who died Monday at California, were drafted by the Omaha Clearing House as sociation. His character and in dustry are praised and his contribu tion to the banking profession, which he helped raise to a higher level is also lauded. Mr. Auld was a member of the banking fraternity of Nebraska for ,U years. Witnesses Lacking, Case Against Black Postponed The case of Jesse" Black, negro special officer, charged with taking a bribe, has been postponed in crim inal court on account of the absence of witnesses. Black was charged with accepting a bribe to assist th escape of Em ma Brown and Gladys Thompson from the former woman's detention hospital, Twenty-second street and St. Mary's avenue. The defendant is out on an ap oearance bond. "VIRTUOUS WIVES" arraS Owen Johnson's Sparkling, So il making CHAPTER XXXIII. Monte Bracken wai to drive them back to the city. The afternoon had been io delicious that they had post poned the leaving until after dinner. The night was clear and iown with stars. Under the mellow region of the porte-cochere lamps, they look ed, in their tur coats, like tsqmmos starting on a hunt. Claire and her husband stood arm in arm, while the valises were stowed and the ladies bundled into the back seat and were smothered in furs. "Come again soon, pretty lady," said Allan, running down to Amy for a last boyish handshake. "Fifi, voure oart of the family always, Bye-bye, Monte. It's been a bully time" Amy freed one arm and kissed her hand to Mrs. Bracken, who stood on the steps, smiling back at them Between them, no further word of intimacy had been spoken, but in the meeting of their glances they knew that the compact of friendship had been sealed. The next moment the searchlights swept over the low, vine-covered colonial home into the pine grove, and fastened on the white road ahead. "What a wonderful person!" said Amy, leaning back until the sprin kled stars closed over her. "Cleverest little woman I know," said Fifi emphatically. "Only thing I can't make out is why she has any use for me!" "If you'd heard what she said about you" "Oh, yes; she believes in my re pentance," said Fifi, cutting in. "That's because she wants me to tame Monte and. marry him." "Well, why don't you?" said Amy, after a moment's laughter at her cousin's slapdash way. , "If she'd oppose me, I'd do it," said Fifi frankly. "I've never yet done anything anyone, wanted me to do, and I suppose I never will." "Fifi, you're incorrigible," said Amy, determined to live up to her promise, despite her dislike of her cousin's confident assumption that the decision lay in her hands.' "Hello there, Monte," said Fifi, poking into the voluminous fur back in front of her. "Did you know that Claire is trying to splice us up?" "Don't worry!" "Now, that's a passionate answer," said Fifi gaily. "Don't worry your self. You're interesting as a bold bad man, but as a captive husband you'd be flat. You shan't be spoil ed if I have to mount guard over you. I don't feel a bit like going home," she continued, sitting back; "couldn't we run in on Irma for the night? Friend husband's off fishing it ought to be quite cheerful." , "We refused to spend the night at Brackens; it would hardly look right, would it?" - "Oh, no; of course not. Bother it!" said Fifi, who relaxed with a sigh. "What's Irma up to, anyhow?" "Crocodile hunting, I suppose," said Amy, with a laugh. "I haven't seen her for a week, and that's a sign." ... Fifi started to say something and abruptly checked herself. After a moment, slje said casually, . v "I suppose Andrew's . worried ' at the Mexican muss." "Yes, I'm afraid so!" The Tanipico incident and the consequent fall in Osaba - shares, with the aftermath of the ball in in cidental bills, had been soul trying. "When does he get up again?" "Any time now," said Amy; "Little spat over?" "Yes, indeed!" "That's right, be firm," said Fifi, with a nod. "Irma is right. When husbands growl nowadays, it's usu ally financial dyspepsia. I say, let's shut up this is too gorgeous!" , Amy, nothing loath, relapsed into silence. In the three weeks'of her husband's absence, she had no word of his plans. The day after his leav ing, she had received a short, business-like note, informing her of the allowance which he wished her to observe and requesting the total of her present debt. She had sent them that is, almost all and they had been paid through his office immedi ately. She had been surprised at his liberality even touched by it. There was, at any rate, nothing petty about him. At least she could "(Copyright, 1918. by Little Brown Co.) admire him. But that was all. There had been no further discussibn. She accepted his derision as an ultimat um. After all, why discuss? Ihey had never really talked openly to each other and they probably never would. No compromise was possi ble with one of his obstinacy. In a way, the decision was a relief con stant daily contact would have been more difficult. "Drop me first, Monte," said Fifi waking up at last. No; it s not manners or etiquet. Just simply moods, that's all. If I were left alone with you, I'd be nasty." Amy started to protest, for she was apprehensive of a tete-a-tete, but all at once she reassured her self by the thought that this would be a good moment to open up the subject of riti. "Why don't you spend the night with me? she said half-heartedly. "No, nol Communing with na ture's got on my nerves," said Fifi. "Home for me!" They left her at the old family res idence on lower Fifth avenue, just off Washington square, and started up-town, over the vacant streets, across which an occasional taxi went sputtering, a milk wagon rat tied, or a newspaper truck screamed on its breathless rush for the out ward mails. She had come into the front seat beside Bracken. The car slowed down to a colloquial pace. "Nice time to talk, don't you think? Not sleepy?" "Quite awake." V "Yes; you always are," he said, turning toward her with a smile. "And tremendously alive." The slightest compliment, even the most obvious, from him. gave her an instant pleasure. But to night she feared an approach to in timacy, so she began resolutely. "You knew that Claire wished you to marry Fifi?" "What? Oh, yes." She hesitated, then went on with some difficulty: "You would be happy in your own home, with some one to work for and some one to help you. But I suppose you don't believe in mar-' riage." "On the contrary, yes I do very strongly," he said quietly. "I think my brother the most fortunate man in the world. He lives as human be ings were meant to live. He's part of the soil, part of his time and part of his community. The rest of us are just transients." "Then the most reasonable thing' you could do would be to marry Fifi," she said resolutely. "She cares for you, I'm certain, and she has lots of the qualities of your sister-in-law if she only had a chance to bring them out." "Fifi's good stuff," he admitted. "Then why not?" .. , "Why?" He asked the question as though to himself and relapsed into a moody silence. Madison Square, with its calm, green pools of dark ness, its beggars huddled on benches, and the high, fairy tower with its golden clock, was at their side; the great thoroughfare de serted, save for a wandering shadow, a flare-up of gasoline at a fruit stand and a late car switching noisily over the echoing stones. "Why?" he repeated. "Because I never do anything reasonable, I suppose. Kismet. I'm made differ ently or started wrong. Even Ffi sees that; she wouldn't change me. You must have realized' that about me," be said, turning and looking at her. "I don't know," she said faintly. His head was in shadow, but she felt the luminous eyes looking down into hers. "They say a lot of nasty things about me, I suppose. If they only knew! I'm the one who pays. It's seeking an ideal chasing a will-o'-the-wisp the longing for beauty." "You must have suffered," she said involuntarily, "suffered a great deal. Is it worth it?" "It is worth it," he said solemnly. "And I am willing to suffer all again," he added, in a low voice. In all this there was nothing per sonal, yet every word he said came directly to her. She sank her head in the furs till only her eyes showed under the low brim of her hat. The light of an arc-lamp flashed across his set lips, and the eyes that burn ed darkly in the soft face no, there was nothing tame about him. "Why does he say this to me?" she asked herself, held half by ter ror and half by a leaping sensation of joy. She sought to convince her self that she did not know the an swer, but she did not ask the ques tion of him. "However, there comes a time," she said resolutely, "when you change when you need other things of life." "Perhaps." "I'm going to persuade you yet." He did not answer this, except to increase their speed with a sudden release that sent them flying up the avenue, past Forty-second street with its tinsel lights, past the mar ried towers of the cathedral plung ing into the blossoming stars, into the opening spaces at the foot of the park, and quickly into the quiet Street. "Now that all good things come to an end," he said, turning to her, "I'm going to say an impertinent thing. I shan't forget those unreal hours " "Don't," she broke in hurriedly. "Those unreal hours," he contin ued, "back in the days of Louis XIV. When I think of you, dear lady, I shall always think of La Mode Louis Quatorze. If we could only live like that," he said, in sud den rebellion. "We can't" "No; of course not." He descended; helped her out with exact deference no more and opened the door with the key she gave him. Then he took off his hat. "Good night and thank you for this half hour," he said, smiling at her. "You have the quality of painting memories that last. Every thing about you is gentle and ex quisite." He took the hand she ex tended to him with a feeling of drowsy lightness in her head, and raised it to his lips. "A la mode Louis Quatorze," he said. She went up to her bedroom with a feeling of happiness. She assured herself that he had not trespassed beyond the limits of a sympathetic friendship. She had shown him plainly that she did not intend to encourage a flirtation. She had kept her word to Claire Bracken, and the consciousness of her own virtue . gave her an extraordinary self-satisfaction. There was so much good in him Claire was right; he would respond so wonder fully to a real home, to children, and a wife , who would give him strength. How readily she under stood these needs in him! "Yes; he must marry Fifi," ( she said, with determination. , Toward morning, she awoke in a troubled wakefulness that defied all her efforts to return to sleep. The memory of Monte Bracken haunted her. How sympathetic they were, even to the unspoken thoughts, the moments of delicacy which each divined. "I must not see too much of him,'.' she said, turning on her pillow. "We understand each other too easily. I must be careful." She looked back, in the light of her ac quired self knowledge, at the girl who, in the old-fashioned garden, had decided her life so rashly, so irrevocably, and, iH the same revolt which had come to Andrew as .he, had favced the image of himself the night of the ball, she cried. "If I had only known then what I do nowl" (Continued Tomorrow.) Justice Charged With Fraudulent Issuance of Court Summons Ed Leeder, justice of the peace is charged with unlawful issuance of summons and fraudulent rendering of judgment, in a suit to recover $200 brought in district court to day by George Cosmos, Andrew . Swanson and the Model Pool hall. Defendants named are Steyer Candy company, Arch Kellev- of a collection agency and Michael Clark. Plaintiffs ask the court to eniotn Sheriff Clark from levying execu tion of an order from Judge Leedei to recover the judgment. D. C. ELDREDGE President. Wo JDensoiit.& Rome dGbre of Specially Siop The Separate Goat Shop Features men's and Misses' Winter ( In a Radical February CJearaway Sale Saturday Four Big Groups THIS fact stands out above all else "SPRING IS JUST AROUND. THE CORNER" and we must dispose of every winter coat in stock, for our progressive merchandis ing policy "does not allow for any coats to be carried over. A detailed description is un necessary, for the values must be seen to be fully appreciated. We solicit comparisons. M. REYNOLDS. Pice PraiAtnL -30 Women's Coats Were up. to $39.50 ( $10 -50 Women's Coats Were tip to $65 $21.75 50 Women's Coats Were up to $49.50 $15 50 Women's Coats Were up to $150 H2.75 ! HEflRY r.l'CADE, SHOT BY OFFICE DIES OFVOUNDS Policeman Akronis of South Side Shoots Victim Follow ing Brawl in Soft Drink Parlor. Henry McCabe, 23 years old, 4042 S street, who was shot Saturday night by Patrolman Charles Akromis, following a raid on a South Side drink parlor, died at 4 o'clock Friday morning in the bouth Mae nospitai. McCabe was shot in the abdomen, it was said, after he threatened the policeman with a revolver. The of ficer was taking McCabe with Pat rick F. Byrne, 3938 T street, and another prisoner to jail when Mc Cabe ran and later returned with a revolver. He is said to have pointed the weapon at the policeman and commanded him to throw up his hands. Patrolman Akromis was accused of being intoxicated at the time ol the shooting. The charge was in vestigated and found to be untrue, by Police Captain John Briggs. Besides his parents. Mr. and Mrs. James McCabe, McCabe is survived by three brothers and one sister. The funeral services will be con ducted at the residente at 9 o'clock Monday morning. Burial will be in St. Mary cemetery. The county attorney will hold an inquest Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Larkins chapel. . One Thousand Mark Passed. The Chamber of Commerce em ployment bureau.' under direction of Mrs. Mabel Walker,. has passed the 1,000 mark in finding positions for returned soldiers. Up to this morning 1,003 positions had been given to that number of the boys. Lane Appeals for Action on Land Fund Legislation Washington, Feb. 21 Secretary Lane, before the house rules com mittee today, appealed for immedi ate action on legislature providing a $100,000,000 fund for reclamation of land througout the country for settlement by men discharged from military service. He added that he anticipated little difficulty in passing it through the senate. Action by the committee was deferred until next week. Purse. Snatcher Accosts Woman as She Enters Horns Mrs. J. F. Kuhry, 2518 Mason street, was accosted by a unidenti fied white man just as she was cbout to enter her home. The man snatched her purse, containing $.5. 5 The Right Laxative For The Little Ones The natural condition of a child Is to be ' nappy and carefree. When the girl mopes and Is Indifferent to school and study, or the boy Is sullen and refuses to go out and play, the child needs laxative to empty the bowels and stir up the liver. But something should bo given that will produce the result in as simple and nat ural a way as possible. Harsh cathartics and phyalca are neither necessary nor de sirable. Many mothers have found that the com bination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin old by druggists under the name of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Peptte produces a free move ment of the bowels without griping. A very little is required, and it Is pleasant to take. A few hours after Its use the child will be Its happy self again. It is an excellent remedy for the mother herself, and for the other members of the family, in obstinate or occasional consti pation, for the relief of headaches, as an aid in colds and fevers, minor skin eruptions and all disorders where the batia of the trouble is constipation. The druggist will refund the money yoa pay for Syrup Pepsin if it fails to do aa promised, Dr. Caldwell' YRUP PEPSIN The Perfect II Laxative PRICE AS ALWAYS In aplt of greatly Increased laboratory eott do to tha War, by uerificinf profit and aborbing war taxes we have maintained the price at which thii family laxative haa been told by druggUta foe the part C year. Two auct 50c and S1.0& FREE SAMPLES If yea hare never tiaed Dr. Caldwell " flyrra Peptln lend for a frea trial bottle to Dr. W. B. CaldweiL 468 Washington St., Monticello, III. If then are bablei at home, aik for a copy of Dr. Caldwell's boca, The Car of Baby." D. C. ELDREDGE, President. EM REYNOLDS, Vict Presided. non& storm cfibfB of Specialty Siopx SaturdayThe Boys' Shop Features Another Big Value-Giving Sale of Suits O'coats - Mackinaws $6.0Q. at WE have tmderprieed 200 Boys' Suits for Saturday. These suits consist of odd lots and assortments of hand-finished worsteds, vicunas and mixtures in brown, grey and blue. Sizes 6 to 16 years. Formerly Priced Up to $10.00 V These snug, warm overcoats are in heavyweight mixtures of grey, brown and blue. Military collars, full belts and well lined throughout Included in this group are twenty mackinaw sets, consisting of mackinaw, cap and leggings. Sizes 3 to 8 years. Formerly Priced Up to $9.75 The mackinaws are of striking plaid effects in brown and contrasting colors. Heavy blanket material which insures warmth and wearing service. Sizes 6 to 18 years. Formerly Priced Up to $9.75 The Individual Shop for Girls Presents These Specials in Winter Coats and Dresses s . - SATURDAY is the day of outfitting for the young girls, and our Individual Girls' Shop has prepared especially well for them with good-looking coats and dresses at prices very low. Mothers will appreciate the importance of the price reductions, prieed as they are, to clear at once. 15 Girls' Coats Were up to $19.50 $6.00 A group of youthful style coats, snug-fitting collars, belts and newest trimmings for girls of 13 to 19. 18 Serge Dresses Were up to $19.50 . $6.00 In this group of pretty girlish dresses there are many different styles, most befitting for girls of 8 to 16. Saturday, 9 A. M. to 12 Noon, Shoe Shop, Main Floor Clearance Sale of , Boys', Youths', Misses' and Children's Shoes jj Including Shoes Formerly Up to $5.00 jj - . At $2.00 J VBIG decisive February CJearaway of all the odd and end pairs left from recent selling. The price will net every thrifty parent savings of the most unusual sort. ' A Boys' and Youths' shoes gun metal, button and lace styles. Sizes 114 to 134. Boys' sizes 1 to 6. Misses' and children's patent and gunmetal, button style. All black or black with A fancy tops. Children's sizes 8Vfe to 11, and Misses' HVfe to 2. Infants' shoes, fancy colored top, ' . sizes 5 to 8. , . A mi. i i . i m v i - v. t. n "v r 1 3 t it 4 r sale is final.