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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, IMP, SNAP AND PEP OF OTHER YEARS JS SADLY 1AGKING Area of Low Pressure at G. 0. P. Convention Gloom Not Due to Absence of John Barleycorn. By CHARLES EDW. RUSSELL. Written Exprewlr for International Newi v. Service. Copyright, 120. by International Newa Service.) Chicago, June 8. Tell me not in mournful numbers 'tis the absence ( barleycorn, the dear departed, that casts a gloom over this eom-fp" munuy. in me first place, he isn't absent' as plenty of first-class evi dence Attests, and I guess that in the last 48 hours I have had breathed on me enough full, ' rich whisky breaths near knowing. iiBa f .1 rum in mc ucxi a..,-. urt.II. place if old Bacchus himself were to prance down Michigan a venae, crowned with green vine leaves and bearing a wine sack on each shoulder, he couldn't stir more than a passing in- erest m this solemn gathering.' It ..seems to- have on its mind some thing more important than wrne bibbing. There's an area of low pressure in this region; all the old-timers know it and admit it and shake their heads over it and agree that it means something if we could only -find out what on earth it is. The center is around the Congress hotel, where the human tide pours in from the street, flows around the lobby, listlessly down one side of Peacock alley and up the other and ebbs into the street again, having acauired meantime some odors of tobacco smoke and some additional weari ness, but apparently nothing else. It is to them but a punk show we are giving. They don't care a cent tor it. ' Ask for Information. "Who is that bald-headed, tall guy over there?" "Senator Poindexter." "Huh." "Who is the dark man with the heavy moustache?" "Senator Curtis." -"Huh." . "Who i the large man with the crumply face that looks like some kind of a preacher?" "Jim Watson." "Huh." They don't care? One Error for Artist. Last night as Senator Harding and Irving Cobb were standing to gether an artist came along' and sketched Cobb and ignored Harding .and 600 persons watched the artist and thought he made the best selec tion. Low pressure. Saturday night the Californians breezed in and tried to raise the drooping spirits with a band and some cheering in the good style. There was something to make you shiver in the way the prevailing chill stole surely and lethally over their once joyous spirits until they, too, melted away into gloom and silence. Move Lilte Cortege. -- Yesterday the Massachusetts dele gation arrived and moved like a cortege down the sidewalk, headed by Crane and Lodge, two sad-faced old men who seamed to have buried hope. Men looked for the coffin to come next. Last night a glee club tried to sing a song for Harding, It sounded like an elegy. t . Will you say tha all this for an insufficiency of boore, not on your sweet life. There is something else here, and for a guess,, brethren, I begin to fear that these people are pretty nearly onto" us at last. They are disillusioned, like adults at a punch and judy show. They begin to suspect that while the convention may holler at the Coliseum the choice of a candidate is being made in aboujt two rooms in the Congress hotel. That's one thing, and the other is they are beginning to sus pect that choice, whoever it may be, doesn't mean anything to them. They hear the hired barkers of this candidate and that bellow or bleat about individual merits and claims, but never a word as to any way by which wages can be made to over take price lists. They see the pic ture! lavishly displayed of all these gratia old faces of perfect states men, but they don't hear a word as to what any of the owners of these faces stand for. They are tired of bunk, brethren, . dead tired of it. They tread the weary round of the lobbv and peacock alley, peacock alley, and the lobby; they look with tishy eyes and dormant interest on all the celebrities you can trot out, they say "huh" and drift listlessly along, but they arel keeping up a devil of thinking, and f I were in the business of putting over on them any of tbis high trow bunk I am blessed if I wouldn't look with the utmost uneasiness at these strangely apathetic crowdj. And I will bet that the condition is just a tree of one party as it of an other. I will bet the tvhple nation outside of the politician caste feels the same way. Sidelights There are roDes and posts around the platform, giving the effect of a prize ring. TVfertinna tn Offden Mills of New Vnrt Varn' nnnanent. included William Allen White of Kansas and Austin Colegate. Two electric megaphones 10 feet long are hung before the platform ready to be lowered oy ropes tor cheer leading, when the big time comes. There was not the helter-skelter rush for the Coltseum this morning that was seen in former years. Se cure in the knowledge that the pre cious tickets were safe and space protected, the delegates and visitors took their time 'about arriving. v Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, one of the "early birds," quite sustained his reputation as the "Beau Brummel" of the senate by appearing in a natty light check suit. "The situation seems to be still 'liquid.' It hasn't stopped running yet," Frelinghuysen remarked with a laugh. When the first , straggling dele gates arrived thfy found on each seat a dodger bearing the portrait of Samuel Adams, candidate for vice president. Before the main body arrived they had been removed by ushers. The seats contained but a small American flag and a tem porary roll. William Jennings Bryan was one of the first arrivals in the press sec tion. He had a big wad of copy paper, a pocket full of pencils. He's working for the International News Service. Friends of "Big Jim" Watson said he- wasn't a bit worried over the fight against him for the chair manship of. the resolutions commit tee. "Jim" will have 33 of the S3 votes in the committee, it was predicted. Reaction From War : Is Increasing Crime, Professor Declares Detroit, June 8. Reaction from the war and present day criminal procedure was held responsible for the recent increase in crime by Au gust Vollmer of the department of criminology of the University of California, who addressed the con vention of the International Police Chiefs' association here today. The effects of the war upon crime, Mr. Vollmer said, would be noted in all countries for at least ten years. Criminal procedure, the speaker declared, was 150 years behind the time, although criminology had made rapid strides forward. He urged more scientific methods in handling criminals and also in se lection of law officers. New York, Atlanta, Colorado Springs and Jacksonville, Fla., are seeking the 1921 convention. Bankers Want Protection Calls from bankers in the outlying districts for more police protection is one of the reasons offered by Po lice Commissioner' Ringer for wish ing to withdraw policemen from the Dodge street intersections crossed by the Condon and Bolen dirt trains. Bee Want Ads Are Business Boosters. Madrid Bourse Is In Peril Of Being Sold; Interest Due Madrid, June 8Ihe Bourse, in which speculation has reached enor mous figures in recent years, is in peril of being sold over the heads of the brokers and devoted to other purposes. Two mortgages are held on the buildings. Several years' in terest on these mortgages has not been paid by the government. Un less the interest is paid in a certain period, the building is to be sold. Owing to the shortage of raw ma terial, between 30,000 and 40.000 factory workers in Detroit are out of work. f -uriDlCHE.HEURALGIA,INFLUENZA AND ALL PAIN' ND zrASTvc? iZvrztt ...... - f i i in f Louden Master of Home State But to Lose Chicago Votes Chicago, June 8. Governor Lowden goes into the republican convention undisputed master in his home state as a result of his-'' V V1VIVJV 1431 IllgUl 111 (1IC 4111I1U19 caucus over Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago, but proba bly will lose the 17 Cook county (Chicago) votes which Thomp son controls. The governor's slate went through after one test vote, in which his forces defeated those of Thompson, 36 to 23. Senator f CI 1 . i Lawrence . oncrman was cnoscn national committeeman to . suc ceed Thompson, and Senator Me- ir.reinM. nms UUl lutvui iiiiwa a iiiti,u ivi the convention committee on res ' olutiona which Thompson (ought. 51ife Sffis An THE PACE WICROW1NC OHAHl Theltem$ offered on this page are real values Our great purchasing power enables us to obtain price con cessions which result in money-saving offerings by which the buying public benefits. Plan to biy during these wonderful June Sales J Never Before Offered In Omaha! With All the Value -Giving Force and Prestige vt Our Name Behind Them "Brandeis Made" Bung alow Aprons v Would Regularly Retail For 2.98 to 3.98 189 Our Special June Sale Price w j E HAVE not been able of late to buy aprons equal to our standard in materials and workmanshm. at DODular nrices. So we decided k x ' - -L to make aprons exactly arwe -wished them, in our own factory. The materials from which these aprons were made were purchased at comparatively low prices, several months ago. Made in our own work rooms there is no jobbers' or middle man's profit for you to pay. Every detail is finished with special care, under our own supervision; we offei; them to you as 'exceptional values at a yprice made possible only by the fact that they are "Brandeis Made." They, are all cut full nd roomy made to open on the side or in the back; others in slip-on styles, with or without collars. All have wide loose belts and big pockets,shand made button holes and pearl buttons. Percales in light backgrounds with stripes, checks or polka dots.' Very Specially Priced for the One Day, Wednesday, Each, 1.89 Brandeis Stores Third Floor Center. ggtS TKB PACE FOR CROWING OAKA In Our Art Department A Special Offering of Hand Embroidered Models At 2 Price A manufacturer's surplus of this season's designs in centerpieces, bed spreads, scarfs, pillows, women's un-, derwear and infants' and children's iresses clean, fresh merchandise, just unpacked. This offers an unusual op portunity to s u p pi y y b u r needs for showers or wedding trousseaus. The summer needs of children can also be found here in good style and, v quality. The lot includes a few slightly soiled pieces from our regular stock. : VA11 go v Wednesday, at One-Half Price No Phone Orders NoC.O.Ds Brandeis StoresThird Floor West. 1 A Remarkable Sale of 9 x 12 Imported GRASS RUGS i . - Very Special at 9. 95 mm V During the Summer, many people remove their heavy . ijigs and fuse only light ones during the extremely hot weather. ' These new importations are the very latest thing for Summer use. They are light, airy ancTcool, and at the same time give si desired artistic effect, as the pat terns areexquisite reproductions of Axminster anf Wilton designs They are,woyen in one piece in both plain and fancy weaves and are suitable for any room in the house. These rugs are serviceable and sanitary, and cost less thanhalf thet price of similar qualities in domestic makes. ' . " ' Other Values Of fered Are 9x12 size, at $9.95 8x10 size, at : ' $7.95 " 6x9 size, at - , $5.95 2-6x5-0 size, at - .$1.65 Brandeis Stores Fourth Floor Center. M Wednesday Morning Promptly at 9 O'Clock The Greatest Sale of en's Neckwear in tlje History of This Store! 1 ' 18,197 Silk Four-in-Hand Ties ' Regularly Worth From $1.25 to$3.00 - At There's Every Conceivable Color, Shade and Design! & The Variety of Styles and Designs is Unlimited! flowing Ends Square Ends Medium Widths This is the first lot of surplus stock neckwear for men that we've been able to obtain in two years and it's the biggest bargain we ever obtained at any one time. These ties were bought from three, great wholesale houses at sacrifice prices who accepted jour offers because we jvere willing and able to take their en tire over-stocks, "even though the price we offered had no relationship to the actual cost of production. 1 v The patterns are new and beau tiful in both imported and domestic silks. There are neat patterns for the conservative man and more pro nounced patterns for young men. The quality of the silks in these ties is exceptional coming as it d5es from the best silk manufacturers and there's a pattern and style to suit every taste. The quantity offered (18,197 ties, to be exact) seems tremendously large but considering thgvvonderful val ues at .this extremely low price, we doubt . whether the sale will last all day. Men of foresight will buy their neckwear for six and twelve months to come others will lay away a supply of them for birthday and Christmas gifts. Not a tie of fered in this lot is worth less than 1.25 and, 2.00 and 1.50 thousands more are worth many more from 2.50 to 3.00. We wWt to take the best possible care of our regular customers but in order to exclude dealers, we reserve the right to refuse to sell more than one dozen ties to a customer. 1 Not More Than One Dozen t to Each Customer At This Price. 4,832 Ties Worth $1.25 5,189 Ties Worth $1.50 3,967 Ties Worth $2.00 3,140 Ties Worth $2.50 1,069 Ties Worth $3.t)0 Brandeis Stores Main Floor Men's Store Your Choice 69c We're Sorry, But We Cannot Fill Mail or ' Phone Orders In This Sale. v W. ID J' I - s V I