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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, . 1920.
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MOTHER ON VERGE
OF GRAVE OFFERS
BABY FOR SALE
Little Woman, Stricken With
Tuberculosis, Advertises In-
fant for $250 to Get
Needed Rest.
New York. Tulv 28 Rahv Mar.
Jcaret McNulty, quoted at $250, re-
maitied unsold today,
v The , wee, blue-eyed maid, with
her san-eolored hair and skin like
thin porcelain, who was put on the
market yesterday through' a news
paper advertisement, piayed about
all day serenely unconscious of the
fact that a few hours ago she be
came a commercial commodity, and
a low priceVi commodity as figures on
babies go. - .
No more than four blocks due
west from the third floor back room
ot Second avenue where Baby Mc
Nulty lives, another baby was ap
praised not long ago when his
mother swore in court that his care
was worth more than $27,000 a year.
But that was little John Jacob Astor,
and he was not for sale at any price.
Another For 11,000. -
More recently, only a few months
?go, another mother, widowed and
destitute, offered her son to whoever
Avould give him affection and a good
home for $1,000.
But a white faced wisp of a
woman, who watched Baby Mar
! garct with hungry eyes, today said
' thiso
"Those mothers were naming the
value of their babies to themselves.
That was, why thev made those
' prices $1,000, and $20,000. ,
"I ant naming the price of my
value her mother's value to my
baby. Dollars and cents are only
a symbol covering the cost of a
fighting chance. That is why the
amount is just what it is."
It was only after the worry of
weeks became desperation that Mrs.
Katherine. McNulty finally felt that
circumstances had driven her to part
with her baby girl. A widow of
tree years, she worked beyond her
ength to care for the little daugh-
and her brother, two years older,
year ago she was stricken with in
iiuenza. t was afterward that the
doctor first mentioned a fighting
' chance, which would cost money for
transportation to" the country, milk,
eggs and rest.
' Makes Cut Price List.
Her mind alwavs brouaht uo
against the balance between this and
the price list following:
Feel of one pair of little, clinging
hands, $50.
Weight of a tiny body, drowsy in
the twilight, $50.
Two thousand five hundred and
fifty-five "good, night" kisses, dis
iributed over next seven years, $50.
Sound of a baby voice prattling,
"I love you." $50.
Thrill of the word "mother," $50.
Total, $250.
Her story went on;
"There wasn't any balance. But
as I felt less able to be about I came
to see that it wasn't what I wanted,
but what is best for her.
, Will Appreciate Action
'"Some day she will be old enough
to understand what-I am doing and
whv. I shatl not be with her then.
"Either way, whether rlet ber go
voluntarily now or not,! should "not
he with her. But, looking back
through the understanding
laj, she will know that I tried m
V?) only way open to me. to raise
marey to save her mothers life. She
will feel that it was for htf that I
tried. '
"Every baby has a right to a
mother
"And if taking money in exchange
for my baby is the only way I can
save her mother for her, am I not
doing what is right?
"Some day, if I live through the
next few months, I may meet her
again as my daughter, if the plan
works out. Otherwise the doctor
says I ?hall be here only a little
while. This way'I can find the right
ones to take her; the other way she
would be DUtMn an institution.
Although she made public her of
fer yesterday. Mrs, McNulty has
hidden herself away with hit two
children, refusing to see any of the
dozens who have called for inspec
tion. After having brought herself
-jto agree to the sale, she declared
jp that she was not yet strong enough
f-X to take the next step.
.?' Her only relatives, also in poor
- circumstances, live in Belfast, Ire
land. 1
Her Garb Wood Fiber
From Head to Tiptoe
Miss Helene Peabody of Los An
geles returned from Europe recent
ly with a serviceable and unique
wardrobe.
From the top of her head to the
toes of her feet she was garbed in
clothes made of wood fibre.
Here Miss Peabody is shown
wearing her novel hat, which was
made from the soft flexible bark of
a palm tree.
The bat is a Chinese motif tur
ban trimmed with jade green wood
en beads. Miss Peabody says she
is determined to cut the high cost
cf living.
British and Canadian
Veterans Go to Mexico
To Locate On Lands
Calgary, Alta., July 28. General
Critchley, well known in Canadian
military circles, has recruited and
taken into Mexico three battalions
of British and Canadian war veter
ans to settle them on a million-acre
estate, according to news reeved
here today. These settlers, it was
stated, are organized on a thorough
military basis, including four fully
equipped air squadrons.
General Critchley and his brother,
Major H. C Critchley, both of Cal
gary, are in command of the expedi
tion, the expenses of which are being
provided for by the British govern
ment, with an appropriation of
300,000 sterling.
Divorce Court' -
Divorce Petition.
Luctls Gold aBaJnst Nathsn Go!. -eoa-mipport:
Blle Bristol Call against Hstv
A. Call, cruelly: Oiro Bunnell against
Emma F. Bunnell, eeeertian. .
The Bee's Fund for
Free Milk and Ice
Brief City News
Police Learn to Give
First Aid Treatmenf
Police Surgeon Waters, tinder the
direction of Health Commissioner
Edwards," has inaugurated instruc
tion classes for Omaha police pa
trol drivers yifirst aid treatment..
Commissioner Edwards said yes
terday these classes would be held
twice a .week. Their purpose, he
said, is to eliminate, the custom of
drivers of police emergencyii cars
waiting for a -surgeon at the scene
cf an accident.
These classes will later be ex
tended to include all patrolmen in
the police department, he declared.
Indiana Lawmaker Guest , t
Of Congressman Jfferis
Congressman Everett Sanders of
Indiana was a guest of Congressman
Jetfris Tuesday while enroute to
Arlington to deliver a Chautauqua
address.
Congressman Sanders was first
elected in 1916 when he ran against
Eugene V. Debs as a socialist candi
date, besides the democratic nomi
nee. "Debs didn't make a "front celT
campaign against me," said Sanders.1
"He went into every corner of the
; district and corralled almost half as
many votes as I did."
Liberty Bcr.ds Casned
American State Bank,
18th and Farnam Sts. Adv.
Iowa Couple Wed Miss Voile Doty
and Francis Caj-ley, both of LeMars,
la., were married by Rev. Charles W.
Savidge at his residence Tuesday
afternoon.
Little Ruth Wants a Home; Ruth
is bright, intelligent, healthy little
gill, 7 years old, who is now being
cared for by the Nebraska Children's
Home society, 107 Leflang building.
Howell Makes Talk R. B. Howell,
manager of the Municipal Gas plant
and the Metropolitan Water board,
spoke at the regular meeting of the
Omaha Rotary club in the Rome ho
tel yesterday noon. J. M. Hogan was
the chairman of the meeting.
"Cupid" Takes Vacation After
having been steadily on duty for 12
years, Herbert Stubbendorfr license
clerk at the court house, will leave
next Tuesday with his wife and
daughter for Yellowstone park
while they will spend a two-weeks'
vacation.
Struck By Anlo Struck by an au
tomobile driven by James R. Mc
Kenna, 6117 South Twenty-third
street Tuesday night, Frank Hyra,
Forty-seoond and Harrison streets,
was injured about the face and body.
After being attended by police sur
geons he was taken home.
Sues For ' $25,000 Alleging that
she received serious Injury by being
struck by an automobile driven by
Dorothy Brown, daughter of the pro
prietor of the Brown apartments,
Lallie Lerner, by her father, .Samuel
Leroer, 2512 Calwell street, filed
suit in the district court, asking f J5,
B09 damages.-'
Excuse Acoepeed Charged with
leaving his automobile parked too
long at Eighteenth . and Douglas
streets, Monday afternoon, H.
Brauer, employed by the Ryan Jew
elry company, was discharged yes
terday In police court. He told the
judge he had gone into a barbershop
.to get a prewedding shave.
. Arrested For Peeping Roy Gil
eon, taxi driver, who lives at the
Neville hotel, is held by the police,
charged with' prowling about Thir
tieth and Harney streets early yes
terday morning, and to have been
peeping in at a window at 8609 Har
ney treet- The man told the police,
he was sitting on the porch taking
a cinder from his shoe.
Ivy Water Bia Paid Because of a
settlement of the water bill which
had been held up. the tenants
in the Ivy apartments are rejoicing
because they have water again. R.
B. Howell, manager of the water
board, announced yesterday that a
man who failed to give his name, of
fered to pay the bill, and said he
would get a refund of the money
from a man named Howell of Eioux
City, la., whom, he said, was the
owner of the apartment , .
It's hard to realize jlist what the
few nickels a day required for milk
mean to a very poor family.
The mother, her time taken up
with a brood of children and without,
money, ' frantically seeks work and
spends her strength freely for the
little ones. Often this brings bad
results.
The Bee's fund helps such moth
ers by providing the milk and ice for
the babies and very small children.
ICot a cent spent an "overhead ex
penses." Every cent goes to the
little ones.
Send or bring what you can to
The Bee office for this very worthy
cause.
Previously reported SIT1.7S
Mra C. C. C, Schuyler. Neb S.eO
T. D. B., Cedar Rapids, Neb &.G0
Total fMl.Ts
ADVERTISEMENT ,
MOTHER!
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'" Child's Best Laxative
Accept "California" Syrup of Figs
only look for the name California
cn the package, then you are sure
your child is having the best and
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stomach, liyer and bowels. Chil
dren love its fruity taste. Full di
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say "California."
Fry's Big Reduction Sale
, STILL CONTINUES
Tomorrow we continue the most popular Shoe Sale we have
ever put on. Not only have the values been greatest, but
the crowds have been most appreciative. Many a buyer who
has come in here for a pair has gone home with several.
These surprisingly low prices on such high-grade footwear as
"Laird & Schober, Wright & Peters, Ziegler Bros, and others.
FOR WOMEN
Our $12.00
Hand-turned and welt Kid,
Russia Calf and White Nile
Oxfords, Pumps and One
Eyelet Ties
NOW $8.45
Our $15.00
--Bench-made, Brown Kid,
Patent, Gray Buck and Black
Ed, Astor Ties, Colonials
and Oxfords
N Our $10.00
Oxfords, Pumps, Colonials,
One, ard Two-Eyelet Ties,
Calf, Kid and Patent x
NOW $7.45
Our $15.00
Bench-made, Black Kid,
Suede and Brown Kid, Theo
Ties, Astor Ties and Oxford
Ties
NOW $9.45 1 NOW $10.45
MEN'S OXFORDS '
$3.00 OFF
Every pair of Leather Oxfords in our entire stock. Consid
ering quality, service and style, we are certain that no bet
ter Shoe values exist. ,
16th and Douglas Sts.
We Take Pleasure in Announcing That Our
Sixth Annual
August Sale of
T&Hs m?lh t-Jpr'Ji
Cuticura Soap
Complexions'
Are Healthy
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-GREATEST MATTRESS
SALE OF THE YEAR
NEXT SATURDAY AT
UNION OUTFITTING CO,
A . Special Parch Makes
It Possible to Sell Them
at Marked Redaction.
Every Mattress is Well Made
and There is Almost
Every Wanted Style.
In view of the present price ef
cotton and cotton materials, the
Special Purchase Sale, which
takes place at the Union Outfit
ting Company next Saturday is
of more than ordinary interest.
The sale prices will be the talk
of Omaha, for they are many
Dollars below the 'prices such
high grade mattresses ( would
regularly sell for.
Every mattress is filled with
selected materials, built, in a last
ing and sanitary manner by a
maker who insists that all of his
mattresses be just so. There is
every kind, from the plain felt
top to all felt mattress with roll
edge.
The sale again brings convinc
ing evidence of the ever increas
ing Buying Power of the Union
Outfitting Company and its abil
ity to lower prices, because of its
economic methods of operation
and location out of the High Rent
District. f As always, you make
your own terms.
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Goodbye to depilatories, the electric
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completely, raets and all easily, harra
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If you'd like to try this wonderful proc
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your dmRarist, follow the simple instruc
tion and with year own eye aee the
hair root cone at! See how perfectly
smooth and hair-free your akin will be.
Phelaetine is noB-irritating, odorless, and
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er or Money Back.
Tour complexion from the use "of
this old-fashioned beauty recipe
brought up to date, must quickly
show a decided improvement or your
dealer is authorized to return your
money. Be sure yon get
Howard's Buttermilk Cream
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tally alert and in txtter health. Why not ym?
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Show fat friends this ADVERTISEMENT
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Bedbugs lay an average of evea eggs
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katea in five day of ' which two-third
are females. They mature to adult sise
and are capable of laying in foar meek.
How xnany bedbugs would yon have in s
year if you left one female or egg vmo
tested for one year? . Ta rid the pesky
bedbug, you can readily see how neeessary
it is to use a preparation that will kill
ike eggs a well as the live enes. P. D.
Q. has been desenatrated by the leading
Hospitals, Hotels aad Bailroad Companies
that the safest sad meat economical way
to step future generations ef bedbugs.
roaches, fleas and aats is to use the new
discovery Pesky Devils Quietus "P. D. Q."
A tic package of P. D. Q. makes a
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reaches, fleas and cooties and t "at the
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save the juice. ,
Spatial Hospital aad Hotel sis fZ.SS
make five gallons of P. D. Q. your drug
gist has it or can get it for .yen. Sold
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FUR
Begins Monday, Aug. 2
and we cordially invite you to view
our extensive assemblage of beauti
ful new furs during the
Three Courtesy Days,
July 29,30 and 31
and make your advance selection be
fore the sale starts. All furs selected
during these three days will be held
for the customer until the beginning
of the sale.
Fur Dept. Aecead Fleer
SEE WINDOWS AND SUNDAY
PAPERS FOR FURTHER PAR
TICULARS REGARDING THE
GREAT PRICE SAVINGS
WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT
DURING AUGUST.
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