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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1919)
0 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1919. 11 Lett. jrUrdr. Mtuwhar IxtvMn .uarsM awl uns.t, tw. gold hour, .ach Mt with iUty Uam.na1 minulx. N. raward U oStrcd, for tay f on. forsvsr. What I aspirW t. b. And was not comfort n., A brut I anight hav baaa, hut would sot (Ink I' the cat. Browning;. - Eemmisol EJifeJ ly IsMA H GROSS ROVSCHOLD ARTS ZtEPT CSlfTJTAL tfffSf Nourishing Soups A chilly day and a plate of good not soupt It's a fine combination, isn't it? We used to have an ex alted opinion of broths and bouillon now we know a clear soup is lit tle better than a cupof hot water, except for the stimulating qualities of its flavor. Its food value is al most nothing. However, there are thick soups, the meat soups with plenty of vege tables and cereals in them, and the vegetable purees, which are almost meals in themselves. A bowl of such soup may well be the basis of luncheon on a cold day. Potato Puree. 1 or ! a. majlil po-1 t. salt "tin 1 T. chopped celry 1 qt. milk 1 T. chopped onion 1 T. flour Ckyenna pepper 1 T. butter Parsley Cook milk, onion and celery 10 minutes in double boiler; add gradu ally to mashed potato, beating vig orously. Strain back into double boiler, forcing potato through the strainer. Cream butter and flour together, stir into hoi souo and cook five minutes. Sprinkle with minced parsley. Split Pea Soup. (Bean or lentil may b ubtltutd.) 1 c. dried spilt pea I T. flour ii ou. water H t. aalt 1 pt. mlk H t. pepper onion 2-ln. cuba fat aalt 1 T. butter pork Pick over peas and soak several hours, drain, add cold water, pork and onions. Simmer three or four hours, or until soft; rub through a sieve. Add butter and flour creamed together; salt and pepper. Dilute with milk, adding more if necessary. Cream of Lima Beans and Onions. 1 pt. lima beans I qts. water S onion 1 pt. milk S sprigs panley t T. butter Salt 2 T. flour Popper Proceed as for split pea soup. Tomato and Green Pea Soup. I c. strained toma- i T. butter toe ' ST flour t c. canned pea. Salt with their liquid 1 o. hot water Pepper 1 T. augar Melt butter, add flour, then hot water gradually. Run one cup of peas through a sieve, add with to matoes to first mixture. Season with salt and sugar and add second cup of peas. Serve as soon as peas are heated. Vegetable Soup. 2 turnlpa 1 e. tomatoea t putatues 3 sprig parsley 1 onion 3 t. salt 6 stalk celery Pepper 3 carrot 3 T . rlc 1 q water Wash and pare vegetables and put them through a meat chopper. Com bine all ingredients and cook till vegetables and rice .-re soft, but not mushy. A bouillon cube or two added at the end helps the flavor. New Instructor Secured . for Clothes Shop Mrs. Paul Rjvett, formerly cloth ing specialist in the extension de partment of the University of Ne-j braska, has been secured as assist ant in the clothes shop which is be ing conducted on the second floor of the Girls' Community house. Mrs. Rivett has had varied experi ence in this line and is unusually qualified for the work. She will have charge of the shop on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Miss Chamberlin will be in charge on Wednesdays. Clothing classes will meet in the schools at the regular hours. ' Belvidere school, Mrs. Gywffhe Vaughn, leader, at 2:30 on Tues days. " -Bancroft school, Mrs. Begerow. chairman, at 1:30 on Fridays. The Farnam district has decided to bring its work to the clothes shop at 1716 Dodge (Girls' Com munity house), where better equip ment will. give more opportunities for work. v Mr. R. L. Brown, from the rug department of Orchard & Wilhelm's store, will apeak to the home-making class at the Girls' Community house on Tuesday evening on "Rugs and Rug Values." This class is composed of girls from the M. E. Sruith company, who are studying tha "Furnishing and Care of a Four Room Apartment," under the direc tion of Misi Chamberlin, home demonstration agent. Mm. F. J. Burnett, district chair man of the home economic section of the Woman's club; Mrs. R. L. Frantz, leader of the home econom ic department of the Omaha Woman's club, and Mrs. Harriet MacMurphy will act as judges of the conservation compositions writ ten in the ichools. The winners of the prizes will be announced in March. Mi ft r. The Ideal Family Loaf Patronize Your Neighborhood Grocer JAY BUSN3 BAKING CO. SifinwER's 1k Sv Ttir nreT . I. - - - J SKINNER BAKING COMPANY DOUG 1S -1002 Co-Operation Mist Gross will be very glad to receive suggestions for the home economics column or to answer, as far as she is able, any ques tions that her readers may ask. Baked Bean Soup. 3 o. baked bean 3 T. butter 3 pt. water 3 T. flour 3 slice onion 1 T. Chill sauc 3 stalks celery Salt 1H c. (trained toma- Pepper, toe Put beans, water, onion and cel ery into a saucepan; bring to a boii and simmer 30 minutes. Rub through a sieve, add tomato, chili sauce, salt and pepper. Add butter and flour as in potato puree. Fashionable Nancy It is of course, no idle fancy, Of sweet but always clever Nan cy, , That street suits may go very far, Before they can be termed 'bizarre;' A striped of figured satin vest Gives this tailleur a touch of zest. (Copyright Applied For.) Misses' Suits We have just received about 300 new spring mie' suits which will be on sale Saturday for the first time.- All specially priced at $35, $45, $55 Alto misses capes at $39.50 and $45.00. Julius Orkin 1508-1510 Douglas St. awaaaaaamwama aaajm BBBWat aMelHaLalaB V TESTIS! JaJaULhU.il Foods Are High But Fish Are ' Quite Cheap It's time to go "a-marketing' again I And with the cold weather conies more decided changes in cer tain lines of those Sunday dinner necessaries. Several more pennies have been added to last week's prices, espe cially in the wholesale list And Mrs. Housewife must know that she has yet not felt the increase in retail prices in proportion to the wholesale. Butter and eggs as usual they come first in interest and variability. They change with the weather and the week and this week they are higher. Wholesale dealers ask 43 cents for eggs, which is 5 cents higher than last week, but the retail price has increased only 1 cent Butter follows this example and has climbed 3 cents making every pound 58 cents. Because of the scarcity of milk cheese is 34 cents and the market shows only the newest cheese. Meats are higher in wholesale markets, but the retail price has changed but little. Chickens are very scarce and sell for 30 cents a pound. I he fiish market is extraordinari ly cheap and full. Lard has climbed 3 centi this week alone ar.d now is 33 cents a pound. Fruit, too, has increased this week; oranges sell for 75 cents a box more than previously, which makes an additional 5 cents a doz en. Apples are disappearing from the market and claim 90 cents for every peck. Vegetables are coming from the south in increasing amounts and ripe tomatoes appear among the now ordinary spinach, onions, rad ishes and cucumbers, with a price mark of 20 cents a pound. Parsley for 5 cents a bunch and brussel sprouts for 20 cents a bunch are new signs of spring. Cucumbers are still claiming the popularity that 25 cents each adds to them. Companionship. If the boy is not a companion to his father it is generally because the father was not a companion to the boy when the boy was a little fel low. Companionship is something which must grow through the years, especially for two people who live under the same roof and share the same fortunes. To Reheat a Roast. You can reheat a roast and serve it appetizingly if you wrap it in thickly greased paper before plac ing it into the oven. Do not un wrap it until ready to serve. The steam will prevent the meat from becoming dry and tough. A damp woolen cloth will pick up small pieces of broken glass. A good soup can be made of chicken giblets and potatoes. Heart Beats By A. K. We met a woman The other day At a public Gathering And she impressed Us as she impressed Every one present. We all took it For granted That she had Brain and courage And a lovely Disposition And plenty of money To buy what she Liked. We all decided She was easy to Look at and we admired Her mouth and eyes And hair And 'secretely wished That we had more Women of this Kind in our midst But the woman spoke And all our dream Went up in smoke For her voice was Harsh and her manner Peevish. And she bragged 'Bout buying her gown In a New York shop And we looked at Our own' plain Blue serge suit That was also bought In a New York shop For much less Than we usually paid Because we found A real good sale But we hadn't thought Of bragging about The suit we wore For it was not Expensive And not as Stylish as many Bought in Omaha. But our woman of "class" Just bragged and bragged And thought she was , Making an impression Which she did, But not the kind She wanted to Make For we were Disgusted 1 And the woman's "class" Dropped 100 degrees And she lost out With the whole party. There are times When silence is Salvation And we .thought of The little verse Which reads like this: "A wise old owl Sat in an oak The more he heard The less he spoke And the less he spoke The more he beard Why aren't more of us Like that bird." SELAH1 ilcircn Thrive on IAHAMOW SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY Extra Fancy Boiling Beef, per lb. ..... .15c Extra Fancy Young Mutton Legs, lb.. A7Vzc Young Mutton Chops, Loin or Rib, per lb, 15c Young Breasts of Mutton, per lb.. 12 Vac Fresh Spare Ribs per lb 14Vzc Royal Oleomargarine, per lb 27V2c Extra Fancy Rump Roast, per lb. ..... .25c Ox Tails, each 5c All Brands of Cream- ery Butter, per lb.. 57c Special, Saturday only, Old Dutch Cleanser, 3 cans 25c Estes Laundry Tablets. It washes clothes without rubbing. Will not injure your cl 6 the s or your hands, per box 25c White Naptha Soap, 6 bars for 28c Full Line of Vegetables and Fruits at Lowest Prices Visit Our Market at McCrory's 5c and 10c store in Basement. ,. SAME GOODS SAME PRICES SAME HONEST WEIGHT. . United States Food Administration License No. G27634 One of the Largest Wholesale Mail Order Houses in Middle West Washington Market 1407 Douglas Street THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MARCH whether it "comes In like a lion or lamb" is generally re membered as the first month of spring.' This year the best way to enjoy the first Sunday is by serving You Must Be Alert! Up and Doing on Saturday, If You Are to Profit From the Letting Down of HPI X a Simply wishing for some of the bargains will avail little That crusty old genius, Samuel Johnson, long ago wrote wisely on the I VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES As a recent writer puts it in the last issue of the HIBBERT JOURNAL, such wishing simply develops "A GLOOMY PROCESSION OF BROKEN MEN, TREADING THE WAY TO POMPOUS NOTHINGNESS." . ( All too many nowadays also tread that path, sometimes it would seem as if there is little else than POMPOUS NOTHINGNESS. ISN'T IT THE TRUTH? We may wish for the moon but that won't get us anywhere Stop wishing Get to doing on Saturday STORE OPENS AT 9 A. M. Sandwiched in with the regular ad you'll find the specials, ' . AND YOU WONT HAVE TO HUNT MUCH EITHER - FIRSTLY. We Announce a Special Display of the Latest Spring Styles Every express brings new garments Suits of the fancy and tailored kinds Made from serge, tricotine, gab- COQ C( erdine A very special lot at, Saturday pJ.Jl THE MORE COSTLY SUITS are elaoorately trimmed Many ex clusive with us Made from tricotine, serge, velonr and gaberdine, at various prices up and up to $115.00 each The tailoring of these is a revelation. IN THE DRESS SECTION Will feature several special numbers Saturday. NOTE THESE Dresses of fine satin, new model, skirt ruffled- vJome in taupe, brown and navy Just for a day, each SERGE DRESSES With new features Excellent J1 C f material On Saturday, each PlO.UV Dinner Dresses of beaded georgette High colors, such as sunset blue, and also pearl, gray and white 37.50 is a low price for these. FURS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER USE Fashion is surely a funny old Dame. And yet you might almost as well be out of the $25.00 $1.79 world as disregard her dictum. Small pieces of ani- CJOQ CA mal shape, first in favor in wolf, lynx and fox. Each 0 vr If some of these were marked at market prices they would be 865.00. .. ' Once a Month at Least We Offer a Special in the ' House Dress Section This time Drestea of Gingham and Percale An excellent assortment Only Just a few Nurses' Uniforms to sell, made from Indian Head, poplin, or fine cambric 81.98 Saturday. Some in the lot were priced $4.45. , ' WE'LL SWITCH NOW to Women's Hosiery 3 Groups of the KILPATRICK KIND. NUMBER ONE Blacks, whites and colors full fashioned cot ton weights various some are of lisle and fibre to the AQn top Saturday t C You have paid up to 85 cents for similar. ,74c NUMBER TWO Is a silk stocking with wide top of lisle Saturday These are our famous $1.00 per pair stockings. v NUMBER THREE Is made up of stockings which we sold up to $2.50 per pair In addition to the blacks and whites, 1 6fi you'll find the popular browns and grays and at V NOW for th Department that we love to write about "THE CHIL DREN'S SECTION." There are dresses for every age Serge Dresses of the Peter Thompson Style are good as ever, ginghams for. school, and the more dressy 'kinds for other occasions. School dresses at 69t. 98. 81.29 and 81.98- - ' Headgear for the wee ones and those not so wee Fond mothers will make selection here before they buy their own chapeaU. There is a youthful atmosphere, which is very pleasing, in the showing this season. S 1 ' THE SWEATER IS IN HIGH FAVOR For early spring a really sensible garment. Practical and natty, in the pretty' JQ OP new shades Priced from 03 to VtOO "KILPATRICK'S FOR fclLKS" Is On the Tongues As Well As In the Minds of Many Who Has Not Read the Story of Cinder ella and Her Little Glass Slipper? About once each year we have in our Shoe Section or the Base ment what we call a Cinderella Shoe Sale so named because . they are for little feet such as Cinderella had. This year we simply placed a few sample shoes in our window with a card telling the story and the price JJO Crt Per pair .' VaGeOU AND MY WORD! What a crowd. We pride ourselves on being an early bird, and as we walked down, stepping lively, facing the piercing east wind, said inwardly, This is the time Cinderella will not be a drawing card. Most women will dis like the east wind as much as George Eliot did and will be humming "It'a Nicer to Lie in Yer Bed." But, no such thing. Before the doors opened customers kept coming. Was the Sale a Success? IT WAS. A REGULAR WHALE OF A SALE! This is to notify you that all that are left will go at same price Saturday, 82.50- Former prices, $7.00 to $15.00, and there will be a few pairs for those who need larger sizes. 9 A. M. REMEMBER THE HOUR. This time Main Floor. The Near Approach of Spring Decided Us To Cut the Prices On , BLANKETS Perhaps if we could have foreseen the nearness of storm, east wind and zero weather we might have bided a wee, but no turning backwards "The letting down of the prices" stands. Don't pass these prices lightly.' You'll see blanket weather yet, or we miss our guess. S1.98 for Grey Cotton Blankets, instead of . . . . . . . .$3.00 S3.98 for Gray and Tan Blankets, instead of $6.00 83.45 for White Sheet Blankets, instead of .$4.00 85.95 for Plaid Woolen Blankets, instead of. $7.50 $5.95 for Plaid Wool Mixed Blankets, instead of $8.50 $5.95 for White Wool Mixed Blankets, instead of.... $10.00 810.75 for Plaid Wool Blankets, instead of. $17.50 A few are slightly soiled. - , 84.45 for Cotton Comforters Instead of .$5.50 84.95 for Cotton Comforters instead of $6.00 85.45 for Cotton Comforters, instead of $6.75 85.95 for Cotton Comforters, instead of j $7.50 Starting at the Door or Near There at the Glove Section Saturday There will be special offerings in Gloves and from there on up " and down there will be "A Long, Long Trail" of bargains clear down into THE BASEMENT SALESROOM. , Bed Spreads, Pillows and Sheets 100 Bed Spreads, 74x90, to sell at 81.59, and an even hun dred 81x90, to sell at 81.98. A real bargain.. These twb lots are crochet Specially suited for rooming honses'I etc... AT 81.95 Bed Pillows, 20x27 instead of $2.50." This means for the pair. ' . t AT 81.69 EACH Rugby Sheets, 81x99. Price yesterday was $2.00. AT 81.95 EACH Whitehouse Sheets, 81x99. Price yester day was $2.25. . ; ' Just because we haven't mentioned Toilet Articles does not mean that we have quit, meeting the foolish prices quoted for Satur day all over town. We are no quitters will match any silly price made, so come on, gentlemen! . We Point With Pride to a Window Filled With Shirts for Mr. Man With high prices of materials, buying at times was hard sled 'ding. We were pretty fortunate in our deals, and we are going to shave down our margin of profit, so as J1 PA to give you the new spring patterns at, each v X .Ovr Laundered or Soft Cuffs Will clean out 2 or 3 lots of Men'a Union Suits. Heavy Cotton and Natural Wool, 81.65, instead of former prices, $3.00 to $4.00. Silk Sock fanciers will find a bargain A lot bought from a jobber who needed the cash more than the socks QC Colors and fancies pair UOC Petticoats That little girl that Kipling sang about who smoked the whacking white cheroot would be in bad with the Legislators who denounce as filthy the weed which has soothed and solaced so many of us, or which we imagined gave tis comfortif they like that way of expressing it better. There is no Dan on Petticoats even to the yellow one worn by the same Supi Yawlat, so Saturday we will have a Petticoat display New Petticoats of jersey and flori, surah silks, sunburst patterns All the new shades and combinations. In the Upstairs Underwear Section A Night Gown Special Saturday Soft Gowns for Summer of longcloth, nainsook and mus-' lin. Neat or more elaborately trimmed. We own these at prices much under the market and we share our good fortune with you 81.45, 81.69, 81.05 and 82.69. For Reasons Good and Sufficient We will close out Saturday Ovida Brassieres. These Elastic Supporters have been very popular selling up to $3.50 Saturday 70C Just a Final Shot at Corset Prices Redferns, Kabo, La Tosca, Warner's and R. and tJJO CA G priced previously up to $6.00 FINALLY. . . . 3aW.OU Candy Department Just a little space to fill out and we'll make it a SWEET STORY .If we wrote only the word "COBBS," it would be short and sweet. We just want to say in addition Scores of mothers anxiously await permission to send to their boy "Over There" the candy .that they love "COBB'S" Strange, is it not that you can ship to a soldier of the French Army, but cannot to our" own boys. We wonder why? Some cute Things for the 17th of 1 Ireland at the Stationery Counter TuttiFrutti Ice Cream as your dinner dessert Order from your nearest dealer to day. FAIRMONT CREAMERY CO. KrispyV-. C Crackers hit the tfv hungry Vi-.