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You should know that
f. Receipts of wheat arthe Omaha
mills and elevators in 1919 show an
increase of 40 per cent over the
'total of 1918.
What The Bee Stands For:
I. Respect for the law and maintenance of
order.
jl 2. Speedy and certain punishment of prime
courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
inefficiency, lawlessness and corrup
tion in office.
Frank recognition and commendation
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
The wind-up looks better than the start.
... Does the Lever act cover crude oil, and if
not, why not?
,Why should we worry over where the reds
ire going, so long as they are leaving America.
Local Christmas business at the postoffice
exceeds all previous experience, which is' going
some. . 1
T, The local forecaster promises fair weather
for the late shoppers, of whom there will be a
plenty.
Does it irritate , you right now to be re
minded that the , income tax schedules are al
most ready for mailing?
' Paris is very enthusiastic over a "scissors"
dance. Wonder if it is anything like the hold
Joe Stecher made famous?
Burglary insurance has jumped 20 per cent
Again in Omaha, a significant argument in sup
port of The Bee's contention. ,
; ;' A Jersey cew producing 1,000 pounds of
nutter a year a.t present prices looks like an in
stitution rather than an investment.
Yesterday really was the shortest day of
"the year, but if you were as busy as the average
Omahan, you did not notice the difference.
'.I Judge Anderson is justified in going after
Vhe Kansas miner who has not only defied the
court but his own union. Such men need, a
lesson, . ..
"'"Maybe a little team work would help the
city commissioners to get somewhere, the in
dividual idea seeming to have failed with most
I of them. ' -
r Mexicans promise to aid in making the bor
der dry and nonleakable. If they really do
this, it tnay go a long' way towards settling
other matters in dispute.
t . ,
, Norm" Hapgood is about to return, from
Jiis mission to Norway, having failed to secure
ihe senate's approval to his appointment. , Now
watch him tear into the "republican reaction
aries.
iL, Old John Barleycorn looks eagerly on as
"the supreme court orders the government .to
show cause why Rhode Island and New Jersey
isfiould not be permitted to demand a test of
Itht constitutionality of the dry amendment It's
his last chance.
Lincoln it laying out a big program for the
'welcome1 of its former townsman, John J.
Pershing. All Nebraska will feel an interest in
this, and should help as far as possible. Then
comes Omaha's turn next month, when every
body is again invited.
Company Stores and Country
' Shops .
Fifteen thousand operatives of the Woolen
Trust in Lawrence, Mass., "demonstrated yes
terday in the streets in support of the threat
of President Wood to supply goods at cost if
the local merchants do not cut down their
prices.
; In any factory town the factory owner could
undersell the corner shop by selling at cost
though the company store is not always cred
ii(H with co altruistic a ournose. But American
public opinion instinctively insists upon the
right ot tne retail mercnant 10 maice a iivmg
by the useful service of gathering and distribut
ing goods. If he is driven out of town by some
Jiaternalistic factory owner in control of mil
ions, who is to guarantee that the company
tore will not raise its own prices to the profit
yielding level?
As between the profiteering of a vast textile
company that confesses making seven years'
gains in two years, and that of some 'petty re
tailers, there should be little difficulty in dis
tinguishing the greater tax upon the community.
If the retailers of Lawrence are driven out of
business at an age when some would find it
hard to get new work, how are they to pay for
clothing at the prices that yield such profits to
the Woolen Trust? How are some of them to
void coming on the town as a burden to tax
payers? - , . , ,
Price-profiteering is too big and complex a
problem to be settled by the method of the big
Stick. The small retail, merchant earns com
monly a modest livelihood by hard work and
long hours. Society is rnot ready to dispense
mih him. If it were, it might not turn con
fidently for relief to the average exponent of
high finance in big business. New York World.
WOMAN AND THE PRICE OP EGGS.
Interest In the victory claimed by the women
of Lincoln over the high cost of. eggs is tem
pered somewhat by the thought that most of
the problem is finally in her hands. Shc is the
purchasing agent of the home, and as she
spends wisely or foolishly, so doees the house-,
hold budget stand or fall. .. It is hardly worth
repeating this, though, for the housewife has
been told of it to often. She has other things
to perplex and distract her, but the fact re
mains that if she will concentrate on her first
job, that of looking after the purchases for the
home, she can exert , a wonderful influence on
the course of merchandising. Lincoln women
have won their first battle quite handily, simply
because they are well organized and operate as
a unit They yet have higher hills to surmount,
for eggs are but a single item in the bill of
household expense. Some of the other prices
may not be so easily toppled, but persistence
will have its effect What was done there may
be done here and everywhere. Concerted action
brings results. The woman who spends the
household money carelessly is contributing to
the profiteers. In Omaha the larger part of the
women are occupied from payday to payday,
trying to solve the problem of how to make
the funds on hand meet requirements. It is not
needed to urge on them economy, for they are
devoted to it of necessity. To these any con
cession in prices is a relief, and none of them
require urging to join a movement that will ac
complish a saving in living costs. The trouble
is, not many of them have time for crusading,
but if some one will show the way, followers
will not be lacking long. .
France and the Prize Fight.
Again we are' assured by Mr. Herbert
Hoover that unless we guarantee the credit of
Europe, our own domestic affairs will suffer,
especially our . trade in .foodstuffs. This, re
duced to simple terms, means that Americans
must produce the stuff and then sell it to
Europe, to be paid some time, but when no one
can say. For guaranteeing the credit of Europe
amounts to paying ourselves out of our own
pockets for whatever we send abroad. We are
doing this right now, the secretary of the treas
ury having agreed to fund the interest on the
$10,000,000,000 loan to our associates in the
late war, which means half a billion annually
added to the debt until the moratorium is
ended. He also has agreed to accept for cus
toms dues European money at its prewar value,
thus reducing the national revenue and af
fording that much of an advantage to the for
eign shoppers. . ' '
Viewing this situation, it must be something
of a shock to read that a Frenchman has of
fered a million dollars to' have the privilege of
staging a prize fight at Paris. As this is con
trasted with the pleas for assistance, help
needed that the war-riven lands may recover'
and get back to a self-sustaining basis, common
sense is challenged. ' If the French can outbid
rich and prosperous America for an exhibition
of brute force, is it nam possible that they may
do a little something towards helping them
selves out of their financial and industrial
slough?
Of course, people must be amused, and just
as the backwoodsman sold the cook stove to
buy circus tickets, so folks today will give up
their own pleasures last of all sacrifices. Yet why
should Americans continue to bear the brunt of
all relief wprk, while others find large sums
available to spend frivolously? France is not
alone in this, and while we are so earnestly
preaching to our home folks to give over ex
travagant ways in order to remedy existing con
ditions of profiteering, why not pass the word
overseas, and induce our friends abroad to fol
low a similar course? It is well enough to aid
the French' to obtain foodstuffs, but a prize
fight seems to' put a strain on generosity.
-Decisions That Do Not Decide.
Two great and momentous issues have-been
put aside recently on pretexts rather than sound
exposition of the law in the case. One of these
has to do with- "the packers, the other with war
time prohibition.
In the first mentioned is involved a princi
ple that must sooner or later be accepted or
rejected in its entirety. American people can
not go on forever timidly dreading the presence
and power of gigantic combinations of men or
money; They will some time be called upon to
decide if there is a limit other than that set by
good business management beyond which a
corporation can not expand its activities. The
suits against the packers might have taken the
country a step nearer to this determination, but
they have been abandoned, merely because the
defendants "bowed to public opinion," which
may or may not have been right, and the main
proposition is left for future consideration and
adjustment.
When the war-time prohibitory law was be
fore the supreme court, more than a mere quib
ble was involved, and yet the opinion deciding
the issue turned on a technicality that is litttle
more than a quibble. Holding that a state of
war theoretically exists, although we are no
longer under arms and in the field, the court
give its sanction to the Volstead act without
passing on its merits.
In each of these instances serious-minded
lawyers note's quality of evasiveness that is dis
turbing. These men had looked for a well rea
soned and illuminating discussion of the prin
ciples involved, but note the one suit abandoned
and the other adjusted on a basis that leaves
the main points open for further trial Fol
lowing the line of thet least resistance is not al
ways helpful when solid results are more
needed than a mere convenience for procedure.
Yet this is the history of the nation to a
great extent A few great issues have been de
cisively hammered out, but generally a com
promise is effected and the final reckoning post
poned. The plan is disappointing; but it is also
popular, and so has been tolerated, despite 'ts
manifest dangers.
The attitude of the coal operators in refus
ing to accept the plan for a careful inquiry into
the details of the industry, that a definite basis
for wages and profits may be fixed, i not likely
to prepossess the public in their favor. Assum
ing the Baer attitude will not get them anything.
"Cu-u-r-r-se youl" shouted Berkman, in' true
villain style, as he saw the last of America. He
certainly did curse this country with his pres
ence for thirty years and more.
Whether it was the woman's boycott or not
Lincoln is buying eggs at a figure far below
what Omaha is paying, and that is what counts.
The Sovietized Romance of
"1 and"
The sovietized novel, according to Forest
Ware in the New York Evening Post, has ap
peared. It is called "1 and 4," instead of "Ivan
and Anna, its original title, because ot tne doi
shevist ruliner substituting numerals for Chris
tian names. Here are excerpts set out by Mr.
Ware.l-
He was alone, waiting, waiting in the
shadow of the. old eucalyptus tree, where they
had spent so many happy hours. Would she
never come? He had seen the Stephanoviski
ffirls. 1 tn 3 inclusive, leave the house earlv in
the evening for a ride in the motor. What
could be keeping 4? A thousand sovietized
thoughts tormented him. She had always been
so nunctual. God. how the minutes dragged!
Presently the old clock in the kitchen struck
me nau-nour. A ngure gnaea awiuiy oown me
path. It was 4.
"One," she murmured.
"Nay. 'tis but 7:30, though it seems like 1,'
he replied for even in moments like this '.
would have his little joke.
"My one and only 1," she breathed as he
drew her to him. "No one shall ever take 4
from 1."
No words of hers had ever so smitten his
mathematically sensitized soul.
"You are rigljt," he concurred. "It can't be
done, but" and a look of pain o'erspread his
strong, handsome face would to heaven one
might say so much for 1 from 41
She glanced at him questioningly.
"You mean?"
"That the laws of simple arithmetic are
against us, dear. Tomorrow I leave for Brest
Litovsk and ooints east It is so ordered."
"Oh, 1. 1,'' she sobbed, "what shall I do once
I is lost?" - I
"Once 1 is won, dear," consoled our hero,
for he was ever ready with quip and jest.
She missed it. however.
"Listen," he soothed. "Think not that I go
for naught, 4. Loyalty to the cause compels 1
to try anything once. But I shall return. Be
calm, be true, be patient Await me here and I
shall come after you, 4, a little alter 4.
, So saying he bounded lightly over the gar
den wall, tossing a kiss to the lonely figure be
side the eucalyptus tree. Little did he realize
that at that very moment he was 1 minus A
or three down while the girl he was leaving
behind was only 4 minus 1 and therefore in a
much better position, arithmetically, to figure
out the future. '
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The telephone conversation between the
hero and heroine when the former, after many
years, returns to take his 4 in hand:
Nervously he whipped out a Russian
cigaret and lit the foolish end. How he longed
for the music of her voice, sweetest music in
the world to him! s
"Hel-lo, dear-riel" .
Oh. ecstacy. her voice at last!
"Ah. there you are. light of my life," he cried.
feigning an air of easy nonchalance that ill be
came him.
"And who are you?" she inquired.
"That you must tell me. Guess." .
"I can't guess."
"Try," he pleaded. ,
"Seven?" she ventured.
"No, come again."
"Eleven?"
"Wrong. Try again."
"Three?" "No." "Fifteen?" "No." "Twen
ty-one?" "Heavens, nol" "Well. then. 6?"
"Say, 4," shouted our hero, "are you kidding
me.'' I his is 1, your 1, your one and only 1.
JJon t you remember?
"One?" she repeated mechanically. "One?
I'm afraid there's been some mistake. Let me
see. No. I don't know of a single 1 on the
list. H
"Come, now. 4," he persisted, "let's cut out
the fooling. You remember 1, of course you
do. You can't have forgotten your teeny-weeny,
ummy, yummy 1 so soon.
"I'm sorry, but there certainly has been
some mistake," she replied coldly. "And with a
deft left arm jab she hung up the receiver.
"Four, four, four," he wailed, but only the
operator heard. I
"444 is busy, sir," she said.
1 a
Sitting alone atjhome one evening, her fingers
wandering idly over the noisy keys of the fam
ily adding machine for the Stephanovitski girls,
like all others in their set, simply had to have
an adding machine to keep track of their social
acquaintances under the new system the fair
4 s fair forefinger alighted for the first time
and by the merest chance upon the fatal 1 key.
Immediately the instrument registered and
there dropped into her lap a record slip with
inis sirange device:
1.
She gazed at it in amazement. Then slowly
the memory of those dear dead days beneath
the old eucalyptus tree stole in upon her and
she saw it all. bhe had got his number. Rush
ing out into the night she dispatched this tele
gram to the man she loved:
"Come 1, come all. ("Signed) 4."
It was a 4 to 1 shot but then life for 1 had
ever been but a game of chance, and what, after
all, had 1 to live for but for 4f
So he canceled all other social engagements
and reached her side that very evening.
"You know, dear," he told her tenderly,
"there's only one 4 in this world for 1." j
Alchemists Still Active 1 1
Before getting too excited over the report
that Sir Ernest Rutherford has solved the prob
lem of transmutation, which the alchemists of
old worked at in vain, attention should be paid
to the fact that it is a Paris paper, not Sir
Ernest, that makes this claim. The alchemists
sought to turn base metals into gold and silver,
but the modern scientist has no such expecta
tion, and though for years past he has been
coming to doubt more and more the existence
of more than one real "element," everything
he learned has indicated that when one so
called element shall be turned into another
the transmutation will be from higher to lower
forms and therefore unprofitable, as profit was
understood by the experimenters of other days.
To raise the atomic and dynamic grade of
substances probably requires nothing less than
the collision of sun with sun and a starting
over of the evolutionary cycle., Of turning gold
to lead there is some chance, but the turning
of lead to gold is quite another matter.
Still, one shouldn't be too sure about even
this. With the law of gravitation headed to
ward the waste basket other certainties assume
a somewhat pallid hue and walk delicately in
stead of stamping along the way they used to
do. New York Times.
ITOHAY
The Day We Celebrate.
Dr. A. A. Holtman, physician and surgeon,
born 1869.
John A. Rine, former city attorney, born
1878.
Frank Elias, secretary to park commissioner,
born in Bohemia, 1889.
Dr. Gustav Ador, the retiring president of
the Swiss Confederation, born 74 years ago.
Dr. John H. Worst president emeritus of
the North Dakota Agricultural college, born in
Ashland county, Ohio 69 years ago. '
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mrs. William Wallace gave a delightful
dance in honor of the Misses Wallace at her
home on Harney street.
Clement C. Barnes and Miss Anna Kinkaid
were married.
The Women's Relief corps gave a social in
Grand Army hall.
Dr. Lee left for Battle Creek,' Mich., to spend
the holidays.
Lieut Frederick V. Krug of the Eighth in
fantry at Fort" Niobrara, was granted leave of
absence of one month, ' .
"Jfio&ee's
Cutting the M. C. ot Ij.
Omaha, Dee. 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: In regard to Attorney
General Mitchell Palmer's plan to
reduce the high cost of living, I
have this to say: .
First He la commencing at the
small end. He is shooting at trifles
and allewlngr the big game to get
away. It is not the retailor that is
responsible for the high cost of liv
ing. Second. His organization of
mayors, attorneys, "four-minute
men and women's dubs will have
absolutely no effect on the high cost
of living. -
The high cost of living can be
traced to Just two eauses:
First Currency Inflation.
Second. To the export of food
stuffs and necessaries that are need
ed at- home.
.The first cause can be removed
by the federal reserve board .rais
ing the interest rate to at least
5 1-2 per cent. This would stop
gambling and wild speculation.
The second cause can be removed
by the government stopping the ex
port of all - foodstuffs and family
necessaries for a period of 90 days.
It is about time to look after the
people at home and legislation of
this kind would surely do the busi
ness.
Shipping food and family neces
saries out of the country that are
needed at home causes a shortage
and a shortage causes high prices,
so there you are.
It is generally understood that
to stop currency inflation the fed
eral reserve board will have to stop
nrintlnit federal reserve notes and
the raising of the interest rate wjll
have that tendency.
I notice that your Omaha com
mittee will not attempt to reduce
the hieh cost of living until after
the holidays, or to speak plainly, un
til after the people have completed
their purchases. This is the same
reason that the big Interests of the
country have been allowed to go un
molested for the past few years.
It makes no difference whatever
whether your Omaha committee
acts now or after the holidays. The
committee can neither add to or take
from the hgih cost of living.
Mr. Palmer has the machinery at
Washington to reduce the high cost
of living. It is up to him to put it
in motion. E. H. BARRETT.
Woman's Suffrage.
Omaha. Dec. 19. To the Editor
of The Bee: An article appearing
in Thursday's Bee stated that "Thus
far only one state where the subject
(suffrage) has been considered. Ala
bama has failed to ratify." This is
a mis-statement of facts, as Alabama
and Georgia legislatures in both
houses have rejected tne Antnony
amendment and Virginia's lower
house rejected the measure.
Of the 22 states which have rati
fied the amendment the state of
Ohio, through , the Association Op
posed to Woman Suffrage, has filed
a referendum, and the voters of the
state will decide this matter in
1920, so Ohio can scarcely be classed
in the list of the necessary 36 states.
Let us Rive the real facts to the
public and keep them reliably in
formed on the subject.
NEBRASKA ASSOCIATION OP
POSED TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
By MRS. E. P. PECK, Preeaident
MUCH IN LITTLE.
The All Round Girl
Red Chki
and Peo
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A Holiday Review.
By MOLLIS PRICK COOK.
"I'm sick of school and think I'll
look for a position in one of the
stores after vacation. Some of the
girls are earning good money."
"I'm surprised at you, Elizabeth,"
replied her older sister. "Don't you
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The ceramic industry of Turkey
formerly enjoyed considerable fame,
but nothing now remains of its for
mer glory but a memory.
Prior to the discovery that cotton
seed could be made to yield a plen
tiful supply or oil, millions' or
pounds of seed were destroyed or
left to decay in heaps. .
Finnish Lapland is oeiievea to
contain vast deposits of the highest
grade iron ore, equal, if not su
perior, to the richest deposits of
Swedish and Norwegfan Lapland.
The residue of the indigo plant
after the extraction of the indican,
known commercially as indigo, is
used in many districts of India as a
fertilizer for the tobacco plant. "
In the earner days of gas lighting
the gas producers regarded coal-tar
as a great nuisance and surreptious
ly got rid of it. Then the great dis
covery was made that all the hues
of the rainbow dwelt in this dirty
looking stuff which men despised
and threw away, and now it is one
of the most valuable of product.
The famous library or tne Vatican
is the most sumptuously housed of
all libraries, and contains some of
the rarest and most valuable manu
scripts in existence. " For several
centuries the collections have been
constantly added to until today the
printed books number over 200,000
volumes. In addition there are
30,000 manuscripts. Among the rar
est and choicest items in the collec
tion are between two and three vol
umes issued in the fifteenth century.
rifwa zjeva Ropraaoat Sosont arof
know that every day you spend in
school is worth real money to you?
You are earning while you're learn
ing. t ,
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that the longer you stay
in school the more money you can
earn when you leave. Girls who go
to work at the end of grammer
school seldom get good positions.
Government figures show that the
average salary of a girl who leaves
school at 14 is only two-fifths as
much as the salary of the girl who
finishes high school. The girl who
finishes high scool receives in all.
by the timeshe is 25 years of age.
$2,000 more salary than the girl or
25 who started to work at the end of
grammar school. This was earning
over $9 a day for every day spent
in school. It is just like having $20,-
000 in the bank when you finish high
school for you have ?ZU,000 worth of
earning power. ,
"Ihere are also other reasons why
vou should stay in school. Going to
work too soon stunts a girl's phys
ical growth, to say nothing of her
mental growth. She doesn't get
enough outdoor exercise to develop
the way she should. Ihe work gives
her little chance to improve herself,
and her earnings will only increase a
little with time. The good positions
with a future and with a regular
raise in wages demand school train
ing. "The more you earn the better
citizen you become. An uneducated
girl or boy does not make a good
citizen. The government needs
stronger citizens now than ever be
fore. It pays to have moral fibre
and stick to school. I treasure every
day I spent in high school. And if
I were you, Elizabeth, instead of
talking about going to work, I'd tell
all the girls and boys I know to get
all the schooling they can now."
(Next week, "Assets and Liabili
ties.") .
Bovg' and Girls' Newspaper Service.
Copyright. 1919, by J. H. Millar.
THEIR PLEAT"
Lllllet, roses and violets
I saw through a window one day,
And they rested on a cover
In a car that was long and gray.
'
When on tho snow mound wo laid tfcem
It seemed as If tboy plead,
Those llllles. rose and violets,
Soon to bo frozen and dead.
BELLVIKW. -
'Sports that Make Men
Athletics
The Basketball Forward.
By H. O, (FAT) PAGE.
A good forward has two main
qualifications. First, he should be
able to shoot baskets cleverly and
accurately. Second, he should be
shifty, elusive and able to move
about the floor with sufficient raoid
ity to lose his guard freauentlv,
Then he should drill himself in piv
oting, side-stepping and dribbling.
There are usually two types of
torwaras on a team the camping
or stationary forward and the floor
man. Ihe camping forward plays
almost entirely under his own
basket. He should work out wavs
ot eluding his guard so that when
ever he receives the ball he mav try
for a shot, if near the basket, or, if
farther away, pass to someone bet
ter situated than he. lie should
work to develop accuracy in making
close shots. He should know when
to shoot and when to pass to some-
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one else. Many a camping forward
cares more for his own record than
foi the team and, as a result, shoots
too often, or at times when another
member of the team has a better
opportunity. The stationary for
ward will generally use some form
of the close shot.
The forward who. plays the floor
must develop speed and endurance
first of all. He plays the floor from
one end to the other. It is his duty
to prevent scoring hy the opposing
guards. He digs out the ball, when
it is in the opponent's possession,
and works it toward his own
basket. He should be an expert in
passing. He feeds the ball to the
stationary forward whenever thej
latter is in a position to shoot. Ihe
speedy forward must be able to
shoot from any position.
Some teams use a five-man defen
sive game, which makes both for
wards a combination of the station
ary and speedy floor types. But
most teams stick to the older forma
tion. So if you are trying out for a
position as forward, find out which
type you are fitted for and then
v.ork to perfect yourself in the
Qualifications necessary to that type
(Next week, "The Basketball
Guard.")
Boys' and Girls' Newspaper Servlca
Copyright, 1911, by J. H. Millar.
We Don't Drink Wagon.
It would take an expert to distin
guish a near-beer wagon from a
beer wagon. Toledo Blade. '
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
mi BOY WATCH flY MRSCUKIU
UTf. !!
HO 1H TrtlSSTOfttiiniNl
I' . &
WITCHING ,
ISTCR j
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"Say, dad, what I a vicious circle TH
"A punctured tiro, my bob." St. Louis
Republican.
Wick Back to town again T I thought
you wer a farmer.
Hicks Tou mad the am mistaa i
did. New Haven Register.
'Tou cannot judge ; by appearance In
this life.'
you urlr cannot, replied Uncle .Bill
Bottletop. "F'rinstanc, moonabtne liquor
mostly looks like purs crystal spring wa
ter.' Washington Star.
Mr. Flatbush Thes lellles you out up
all taate alike to me, dear.
Mrs. Flatbush But you can tall tb
difference by tho labels.
Ma Flatbush Possibly; but I novtr
thought of tasttna- the label, dear. Ton -
kera Statesman.
"BUSINESS JS GOOD THANKYOlf
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Times are prosperous
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First National
iBank of Omaha
Street Floor Entranca
Either Farnara or Sixteenth Street Door
, Established 1857
r
Player Piano
Sale
Every Player Sold Before
Christmas Will be Delivered
Before Christmas.
A Chance of
a Lifetime
The people of Omaha and
of Nebraska and Iowa are re
sponding to our calls for as
sistance Our warehouses are loaded
to capacity without notice
to us, eastern factories sent
us two carloads of fine new
player pianos, which we had
not expected to be shipped for
two months.
Every One Must
Be Sold
They comprise the finest
makes every on of them
carrying our iron-dad guaran
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Hospe, Cable-Nehon,
Lagonda, Hinze
and Kimball
i BUY IT NOW
Make a deposit and have
it delivered later. Take ad-,
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mado in Omaha.
OUR TIME PRICES ARE
OUR CASH PRICES. .
Store Open Till 9 P. M.
Everything in Art and Music.
1513 Douglas St.
The Art and Music Storo
Player
Piano
Sale
Now Going On
We Can Deliver any
player bought now be
fore Christmas.
Hospe's
Christmas
Pointers
Player Grand Pianos.
Grand Pianos.
Upright Player Pianos.
Upright Pianos, new
or used.
Player Rolls
Player Benches
Piano Scarfs.
Piano Lamps.
Victrolas.
Victrola Records.
Music Cabinets, r
Violins.
.Guitars.
Banjos.
Accordions.
Saxophones.
Drums.
Cases for Instruments.
Music Roll:.
Pictures.
Frames.
Cordova -Leather
Goods.
Bric-a-Brac.
Lamps.
Shades.
Candles.
Candlesticks.
Painters' Outfits Oil,
Water Colors.
China and Drawing
Material.
Art Flowers.
Crayons. x
1513 Douglas St
The Art and Music Store