THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; DECEMBER 14. 1919.
9 A
AK-SAR-BEN MEN
BACK FROM BIG
FAIR MEETING
Omaha Exposition Admitted
, to Membership In Two As
1 sociations Inspect Coli
seum Plans.
Christmas Shoppers Have
Money and They're Spending
Freely in Omaha This Year
Strikes, H. C. of Ll and Unrest Don't Seem to Bother
the Land of Santa Claus Happy. Crowds Swarm
Stores, Buying Everything from Toys to' Dia
- monds Plenty of Gifts at All Prices.
J. D. Weaver, secretary of
' Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, and Charles
L. Trimble, secretary of Ak-Sar-Ben
Exposition Co., attended the
.annual conventions of the American
Association of Fairs and Exposi
tions and the International Associa
tion of Fairs and Expositions held
at Chicago December 2, 3, 4 and 5.
These organizations have a mem-
bership of 80 fairs and expositions
throughout the United States and
Canada. 'The Ak-Sar-Ben Exposi
tion Cos- was admitted to member
ship. The conventions were addressed
by Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illi
nois, Gov. E. L. Phillips of Wiscon
sin, Gov. W. L. Harding of Iowa
and Mayor Thompson of Chicago,
and fair topics were discussed by
the secretaries and managers of the
state fairs throughout America.
All state fair secretaries were j
pleased to have the Ak-Sar-Ben ex-1
position join hands with them in an
effort to make for the central - cat
an additional point for exhibition
in all fair departments.
Mr. Weaver and Mr. Trimble also
attended the International. Live
Stock show at the Union Stock
Yards, Chicago, which proved to be
the largest and most wonderful dis
play of live stock ever placed' on ex
hibition. More than 300,000 persons
passed through the gates during this
show and in addition more than 50,
000 people enjoyed the- Horse show
held at Dexter Park coliseum each
night. The best show horse stables
in America were represented and so
ciety and fashion set the seal of
their approval upon the horse show
by heir presence.
Mr. Trimble and George B. Prinz,
architect for the Ak-Sar-Ben Expo
sition company, secured data and
plans of the cattle barn at the Inter
national Stock show, Chicago, and
went to Columbus. O.. to inspect
ihe coliseum building on the grounds for tle fajr
of . the Ohio State lair with a view
1 of duplicating these structures on
the Ak-Sar-Ben field. The Colum
bus coliseum was created in 1917 at
a cost of $225,000, and is considered
the grandest building of its kind in
America. It has a seating capacity
of. $'.300 and is described as the last
word in coliseum construction:
Six Million Deadweight
Tons of Ships Built
In U. S. During the Year
Washington, Dec. 13. At the end
of this year the 12-month ship con
struction program of the shipping
board will net 6.000,000 deadweight
tons, Chairman Payne said today.
Vessels under active construction
on December 2, the chairman said,
numbered 2,314, keels for 2,240 of
which had been laid with a dead
weight tonnage of 12,926,486. Of the
total number of ships included in
the board's entire construction pro
gram 1,910, with a deadweight ton
nage of 10,494,047, had been launch
on December 2, and 1,674 actually
had been delivered to the shipping
board, making a total deadweight
tonnage of 9,189,236 up to Decem
ber 2.
"The majority of our ships are
good and are performing excellent
service," the chairman stated. "Class
for class, they compare favorably
with the, ships of foreign nations."
Paris Men Welcome
English Beauties
Over Women's Protest
Paris, Dec. 13. "Men have the
inalienable right to feast their eyes
upon the feminine , beauties of all
nations."
Such was the reply of the fash
ionable Epatant club to the protest
against the display of English prize
beauties at the Marigny theater
here, when French women rose in
indignation and cried:
"Aren't there enough beautiful
women in France?''
"What object is there in beauty
unless it is destined to fascinate
men?" inquires Maurice De Kobra,
speaking on behalf of the club.
"From the earliest times man has
never admitted that it is his duty
to find his mate within his own
country's borders. The boulevard
iersof Paris and all France emphat
ically claim the right to welcome
the beauties of all nations."
Police Dissatisfied
Because They Don't
j Get Promised Pay
'Failures to get the salaries prom
ised them by Police Commissioner
Ringer when they entered the de
partment is causing great dissatis
faction among the police appointed
sinces the riot of September 28 and
several of them say they will resign
unless they get the $125 promised
islead of $100 which they are 're
ceiving. .
J. if. Kirk, one of the new men
who has been on the force as a
motorcycle officer, handed his resig
nation to Chief Eberstein yesterday.
He said he couldn't live onvthe sal
ary . He has taken a position in the
delivery department of a department
store.
Oh, merry, merry, merry Christ
mas!
To hear some people talk, you'd
think there wasn't going to be any
Christmas this year, high cost of
living, strikes, unrest and such get
ting so much free advertising right
now.
But, bless you, have you been in
the stores?
oood gracious Agnes! L)d you
ever see such crowds? It's all you
can do to struggle in through the
doors and when you're inside
it seems more like a convention
than like a store. People every
where from the bargain basement
to the towering top. Not scattered
individuals, but bi's, lively, hilar
ious, happy crowds, crowds with the
real Christmas spirit, 'n'everything.
Record-Breaking Christmas
Oh, they're buying this year as
they never bought before, sav the
stoic magnates. The money is
flowing out for Christmas
gifts.
Prices? Sure, they're high
What do vou exnect just after the
big war. But folks have plenty of
money to meet the high prices and
they're are not slow about spending
their money.
They're buying everything pic
tures, electric luxuries, phonographs,
gloves, Japanese art pieces, novelty
gifts, telephone screens, floor lamps,
table lamps, tables, pianos, furs, cut
glass, toilet articles, coats,- dress
goods, ribbons, bath robes, rugs,
mittens, automobiles, automobile
accessories, and about 19,000 6ther
things.
Gifts For Fair Sex.
The old-fashioned man who
bought his wife a sack of flour or a
rocking chair for Christmas is evi
dently not among the Christmas
shoppers. The merchants say there
has never before been such an out
pouring of money by men for gifts
sex. . Jewels ot great
price, running up into the hundreds,
and in some instances, into thou
sands of dollars have been bought
and put away, my-fair lady, to sur
prise you and bring a glad smile to
your lips and make you 'happy and
even more adorable, in the eyes of
your lord and . master (laughter)
than you were before.
And furs! Have you chanced,
accidently to mention (of course you
wouldn't hint for the world) have
you just happened to mention the
perfectly won-ler-ful furs at that
store. You suppose you can never
have them but, oh, what wouldn't-
you give to have them. x
Don't you know,but, of course,
you do, that Archibald, poor, weak,
man that he is, will gladly mortgage
his soul to buy those furs for you.
And that's what he" is doing, not
mortgaging his soul, necessarily
but buying them for you; "' poor,
happy, boob! (Personally, we arc
a bachelor. Furthermore, your
remarks about us fall on deaf ears.
We cannot hear them.)
Beautiful Mesh Bags.
And gold mesh bags. My, land,
how the adoring Benedicts and
almost-Benedicts are buying them,
say the store keepers! And plain
silver mesh bags! And plain silk
stockings! Plain, did we say? My
word! $7 a pair! But, still the
fair creatures are worth 'em, so the
men seem to "figger."
And any number of other gifts for
the fair sex are being bought this
year in Omaha emporiums as never
before.
And the ladies are buying too, for
the gents.
Yes, you really must give him
something, Madge, ' mustn't you?
It wouldn't look right when he pre
sents you with the "gold mesh bag
or the furs worth' an. American's
ransom in Mexico. t You must give
him something.
And so the bedroom slippers, bath
robes, cuff links, shirts, sox and slip
pers and cigaret cases and cigar
holders and ash trays are having'
very brisk sale in the stores.
Aboard for Toyland,
And the various "Toylands!"
What scenes of bustle and joy they
are this year! Can it be imagina
tion, that they have never been so
lively before with the excited little
ones basking in the contagious joy
that comes Irom seeing the yonng
sters happy.
It is not imagination. So say the
magnates of these emporiums as
they come out of their counting
houses with broad smiles, rubbing
their hands in the coal-conserving
atmosphere. The people have money
and they're providing their children
with the things the childish heart
wants.
Here is a toy automobile, operated
by the owner's feet on treads and
with a "spare wheel" strapped on
tl-! f AJ- ! . ! a. tf
Dcnina. s.ua ine price is jusi yoa.
Here's a very nice doll buggy at
$18!
But don't get the idea that every
thing in this Santa land is prohibi
tively high. No, no, no. We just
quoted those to give you a little
thrill. There are thousands of toys
moderately priced and not a great
deal higher than they were in the
old days.
Here are skates and big wagons
and little wagons and sleds both
flexible and otherwise.
Rocking horses and rocking geese
and rocking rabbits. Velocipedes
both rubber tired and steel tired.
Doll chairs, doll beds, doll bureaus,
doll rolling pins, doll clothes lines,
doll wash tubs and wash boards. .
Trains of tin and wood and iron,
trains that run on rails by electricity
and steam and go through tunnels,
and turn switches, fire engines,
trucks, delivery wagons. Taxi-
cabs for dolls, ambulances, lawn
mowers, machines guns, tanks, sold
ier outfits, windmills, steam en
gines, derricks, buzz saws, 10-pin
outfits, teddy bears, menageries,
ouija boards,, crokonoie Doaras,
moviug picture outhts, chemistry
outfits and the great tribe of
structural toys whereby everything
can be built from bridges to automobiles.
And in the line of eats for
Christmas there is no end to the
rare dainties, which have been de
vised for the appetites of the merry
holiday that is coming.
Christmas trees are sel'.ine brisk
ly though, it is said, not so briskly
as in former years. Ihe Christmas
tree is in favor as it was once upon
a time.
But - remember this, that the
Christmas of 1919 is breaking all
records for the amount of gifts
bought and the splender and dain
tiness of the gifts. . , . . '..-) ,
'It looks like a fine Christmas in
this part of the country.
"77"
FOK
COLD
Mention anything from Sprue to
Gout and every one has their pet
remedy to recommend.
Mention a Cold or the Grip and
nearly every one recommends
"Seventy-seven" as their very spe
cial pet remedy. ; '
A simple Medical Book published
in English, French, Spanish, Portu
guese and German mailed free to
any address in the world.
At all Drutr and Country Store. -Humphrey'
Homeo. Medicln Co., 1(1
William Street, New York.
Chicago Bank Employes
To Get 10 Million In Bonuses
Chicago, Dec. 13. More than $10.
000,000 in Christmas bonuses will be
distributed to employes of Chicago
banks and stores during the coming
week.
The distribution ranges from 5
per cent of yearly salaries in some
stores to as high as 15 and 20 per
cent in others.
Two of the world's largest mail
order houses, which last year gave
bonuses ranging from 5 to 15 per
cent of yearly salaries,' announce
that they are preparing a special
surprise for employes this Christ
mas. -
THE MOST USEFUL
tlARTfJAftif
Christmas
Gift
The Incomparable Hartmann
Wardrobe Trunk, with lift top,
heavily padded inside to pre
vent garments coming off the
hangers. Shoe box in front.
Laundry bag and" most clever
locking device to hold drawers.
Priced from : r
$35 "$165
FUELING & STEIIILE'S
High Grade Suit Cases and Bags
Suit cases made of seal, walrus
and high grade cow hide; fitted '
with Parisian Ivory. So highly
appreciated by ladies who trav
el. Priced from "
$25 " $125
iS'"
Durable Leather Bags, the kind
you'll be proud to give, priced
from
1 i-fesaswSil
$18.00 "$30.00
FRELING & STEIN LE
Trunks, Bags, Suit Cases and Good Leather Goods
1803 FARN AM STREET,
CALAMITIES NOT
DUE TOMORROW,
AS PREDICTED
Planet Expert Refutes. Claim
Of Popular. Scientist That
Disturbances Will Occur
December 17.
New York, " Dec. 13. According
to Harlan T. Stetson of the Harvard
astronomical laboratory the world
need fear no calamitous effects from
a peculiar configuration of the
planets that will 'take place on; De
cember 17. : '.: ' , .-.....
A: widely published statement by
a . popular .meteorological ; scientist
recently predicted that there would
be many dire and portentous, re
sults from certain electrical dis
turbances to be produced through
planetary attractions for the sun on
that day.
Such things as floods, electrical
storms, riots and other disturbances
of far-reaching effect were to be the
lot of the world on the fateful day,
said the scientist who gained access
to he press and thereby aroused
the fears and forebodings of the
timid throughout the land. To all
of these predictions Dr. Stetson says
there is no foundation, declaring
that they are based upon nothing
more substantial hat "hot air."
What disturbs the astrolbgers is
the fact that on December 17 all the
planets, with the exception of the
earth, will lie in an approximate line
with the sun, and all of them except
Uranus will be on the same side of
the sun. Uranus will be nearly op
posite. In other words, as the
planets revolve around the stfn at
different rates of speed, it will hap
pen that on December 17 a line
drawn from the sun through Mer
cury, the nearest planet to it, will
pass very close to Venus, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune also. "
They will be strung along in a p.
proximately the same plane and ap
proximately the same line, like so
many points of one spoke of a
wheel. Meanwhile, Uranus will be
on the same line, but on the other
side of the sun, like the point on
the spoke directly opposite. The
astrologers have an idea that the at
traction of the planets for the sun,
coming all from a single direction,
will raise tides in the molten sun and
produce electrical disturbances,
which, in turn, will affect the earth.
Rut here is where the Harvard au
thorities who know the facts differ
politely but emphatically.
"The tidal effect of any body on
the earth," says Dr. Stetson, "is
caused by the difference of the at
tractions for the opposite sides. If
we call the distance from the tide
causing body to the nearer side of
the earth D. and the distance (from
the tide-causing body to the farther
side of the earth d, the effect is pro
portional to D2-d2. The moon has
an appreciable tidal effect on the
earth because it is so near the earth
and its null on the nearer side is
much stronger than its pull on the
farther side. In other words, D2-d2
amounts to a good deal in this case.
No Scientific Foundation.
"But," continues Dr. Stetson, "the
planets which are supposed to affect
the sun, are at such an immense dis
tance from it, that the distance from
them to the near side of the sun, and
that from them to the far side .of the
sun, are practically equal, and the
t'dal effect resulting from this dif
ference is small enough to be negli
gible, and certainly too small to af
lect the earth in any appreciable
way.
"As to the electrical disturbances,
there is no reason to expect any of
these, either. George Ellery Hale di
rector of the Mount Wilson observa
tory, an eminent American investi
gator of the subject, has not as yet
found any relation between plane
tary motions and sun spots, which
are mainly electrical. Therefore, we
may very safely sav that the situa
tion on December 17 will be no ex
ception to this rule. ,.
"There is absolutely no scientific
foundation for predicting any of the
other phenomena such as riots,
which have been described as pos
sibilities. We can rest assured that
our lives will remain untroubled oft.
December 17 by anything which
could be traced to the position of the
planets.".
Two Americans and One
Englishman Taken by Villa
Eagle Pass, Tex., Dec 13. Two
Americans and an Englishman art
reported among the men taken by
Villistas in the raid last Tuesday on
Muzquiz, state of Coahuila, and who
are now held for ransom. "
Advices received here today said
eight Mexicans also were held for
ransom. Ten thousand dollars
each, it was reported, was demand
ed for release of the Americans and
the Englishman and $5,000 jeach fofl
the Mexicans. . .
The men held by the bandits were
R. H. Ransom, representing the
Eagle Pass Lumber company,' and
Fred G. Hughes, manager of M.
Dobins' ranch. One confirmed the
Englishman, whose name was not
given, had been released. , . ...
Men's Clothes
EVERYBODY STORE
Boys' Clothes
GREAT
Overcoat
Sale
OF
Men's, Young Men's and Boys
Winter Overcoats
. Continues for Monday and Includes our
entire stock of Men's, and Young Men's
and Boys' Overcoats. This will give you
an opportunity to select a new coat at
a great saving.
Every coat has been greatly reduced in price and you
will have hundreds of overcoats from which to make your
selection.
(Every coat included except staple blacks.)
Fourth Floor
LOT NO. II.
Men's Staple Box Back
Ulsters and Double-Breasted
Form-Fitting Overcoats,
in blues, grays and fancy
mixtures, at- .
$29.50
LOT NO. I.
V glen's Staple Box Over
coats with velvet and self
collars, in gray and brown
mixtures. This is a wonder
ful value, at
$19.50
LOT NO. III. i
This lot includes many Ulster
and Ulsterette Coats of the very
latest designs and models, some
with belts, some double-breasted
form-fitting. A wonderful selec
tion of coats,' at ,
$39.50
LOT NO. IV.
In this lot you will find hun
dreds of Men's and Young Men's
Ulster and Ulsterette Belted
Overcoats, in plain blues,
browns, grays and fancy mixed
patterns, at
$49.50
LOT NO. V.
. , A truly wonderful line of the
better grade Overcoats. Coats in
many models of the latest de
, signs and patterns, at
$59.50
A LOT NO. VI.
Imported and domestic wool
ens of the exclusive kinds. Eng
lish Raglans, Ulsters and Belted
Ulsterettes, at
$69.50
Several lines of Heavy Driving, Storm and Automobile Courts Coats $0 050
that are as warm as Ftir Coats and will give wonderful wear. . . . . . LO
This lot will include Buffalo. Robe Ccats, Black and Gray Great Coats and several
others. r
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LOT NO. I.
Juvenile Overcoats in browns, blues
and gray mixtures. These coats are
wool mixtures and will make
wonderful school" or play.
coats, .triced at . . ; . .
Sizes 212 to 12 years.
LOT NO. III.
The popular Double-Breasted, Belted
Great Coat. . All-wool fabrics and
many coats from which
to make selection,
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Sizes 2 to 15 years.
LOT V
The very latest Three-Button, Double
Breasted, . Waist-seam styles, belted
models, inverted pleat in back, two
way collars. All hand-tailored . of
all-wool Melton cloths
in olive greens, browns
and navy. . ..........
Sizes 3 to 18 years.
$94s
$171
$2245
Junior and Boys'
Overcoats
It will be a pleasure for you to see this won
derful assortment of Junior and Boys' Over
coats. Every coat in our Boys' Department will
be included in this great sale. . ;
LOT NO. II. :V v'
A great assortment of wonderful values. -Coats
with full belts and coats with half
belts, convertible collars. Sizes
2Vi to 16 years, at
"ucs. - vuaia
$1445
LOT NO. IV,
Belted style Overcoats for boys, made of heavy,
fast colored all-wool fabrics, mannish looking
aouoie-Dreasted Ulster Coats
with heavy blanket wool lin
ing, at
212 to 16 years.
$19"
Boys' Mackinaws
All Boys' Mackinaws will be put into three
lots. Wonderful models and patterns to select
from, at . . ,
11.55 $14.95 $19.95
Fourth Floor
Clothes of Refinement.
See Window, 16th Street
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Clothes of Refinement
See Window, 16th Street .