THE PMAHA SUNDAY REK:' NOVEMBER 7, 1920.
"Invitation" Drive
Is Planned by fifed
Cross This Month
Mavnr's " WatrliAw 0
' Of the City Hall"
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Campaigji for New Members
Will Begin Nov. 11 Will
Not Make Pleas for Big
Donations.
An in vif.itimi in taL- nr r&new
membership in, the Red Cross instead
of the usual canvassing of the pub
tir (nr furifta will ih& innrtvntinn ii
drives introduced o Omahans by the
local organization tiunug tne cam
paign from ArniUtice day, November
11, to Thanksgiving day, November
Jiooths or desks will he placed
around the city w.icrc passersby ma;
toin and pay hc annual $1 mem
bershio dues. No one will be urged
to join.
The "invitation" campaign was de
riilpH tinon at a mpptinir of Reel
Cross officials and representatives
of otner relict organizations at tne
r ontenelle , 1 hursday.
Care for Soldiers.
There are 825 lisabled soldiers in
Omaha continually demanding the
attention of the lied Cross. To these
arc added approximately 75 cases
nvirv liirttit I, fi 'irtilllB nf ill tt'iir
who are able to, yet around and at
tend to their personal needs.
In hncnitale thrnnch flip "Ignited
States there are J6,(KW disabled sol
diers who are not only attended by
surgeons at the expense of the gov
ernment, but receive the humanitar
ian assistance which they need so
badly from Red Cross workers.
Although assistance to disabled
soldiers is an extensive and impor
tant part of the Red Cross work,
there are many other humanitarian
activities iu which",the Red Cross is
engaged to- trie direct benefit of
Omaha. '
Disaster Preparedness.
The Red Cross, according to its
"peace program." serves , disabled
soldiers, perfects disaster prepared
less, eneaces in community service.
Aromotes health centers, maintains
lounty Red Cross.' nursing, trains the
I Junior Red Cross," cares for the
Aick, conducts "first aid" classes and
I promotes general health.
J Among the projects of the Omaha
ment of one of the most complete
mobile "disaster" units in the United
States. Omaha has been designated
tts the central headquarters of a
"disaster" zone, including the terri
icu villi ri I ici iiiw oiuuiiju
tory within a radius of 300 miles.
Chairman R. M. Switzler of the local
chapter lias announced that it is
practically a certainty that Omaha
will get Base Hospital 49, which con
sists of equipment for a 1,000-bed
'pitai I - .
Another important branch of the
Red Cross work in Omaha is the
home nursing work, which includes
class instruction by trained nurses
in first aid and elementary hygiene
and home care of the ..sick. Any
woni'.n or girl above 16 years of
age May take cither or both f these
courses. ' '
The home nuriing department
a regular course' in 'schools.
The personnel of the drive, instead
of consisting of individuals, is com
posed of many other organizations,
who are assisting ,,the Red Cross.
Each organization has1 charge of a
part of the plans, such as follows:
Clubs to Take Part.
Clubs will be in charge of the
Nebraska Huniarfe society, under the
leadership of Mrs. J. E. , Pavidton
and Mrs. Howard H. Baldrige.
Theaters in charge of Red Cross
cantceners. under leadership of Mrs.
L. L. Kountze and Mrs. L. J. Healey.
Banks, court house and city hall
in charge of Jewish Relief 1 society,
under leadership of Mrs. R. Kula
kofsky. :
Wholesale houses in charge 01,
Junior League under arrangements
of "Miss Gladys Peters.
Railroad stations in charge of P.
E. O.. under leadership of Mrs. C.
J. Hubbard.
' Hotels ni charge of Daughters of
Isabel, under leadership of Mrs.
Arthur Mullen and Mrs. Peter Jolly.
Colored ' churches ' arid colored
Commercial club under Rev. J. A.
Williams. Mrs.' Baifcy and Mrs.
Walter Hill.
Protestant churches under Mrs.
y. E. Bolin.
' Cathotic churches under National
Catholic Wometi'.i lea&tie. under
leadership of. Mrs. L. C, Nash.
Drug stores ur.der D. A. R. and
Near East Relief, leadership of Mrs.
R. A. Findley r.nd Miss Katherine
McCormick.
The Boy Scouts, under the lead
ership of Messrs. Hoyt and.Ewing,
will. provide poster and messenger
, service between headquarters anij
the many booths throughout the city.
Czecho-Siovaks, Too.
The Camp Fire girls, under the
leadership of Miss Louise Guy. will
make- Red Cross veils for all work
ers who will be in uniform.
The Czecho-Slovaks of Omaha,
under the leadership of Mr. Walter
Kiriske and Mr. Stanley Serpan, have
already taken 2,000 membership but
tons for distribution amongst their
organizations.
One hundred and seventy-five
churches in Douglas county have
been called udou for fpeeial atten
tion to Red Cross on National Red
Cross Sunday, NovVinber 14. The
Rev. Thomas Casady of All Saints
rectory, v has informed Chairman
Switzler that "You may be absolu
tely certain of my entire interest and
"complete understanding in all of the
Red Cross work." Bishop Ernest
V. Shaylor says "I am interested in
the success of the work and the pro
posed membership drive." Robert
v Ci. Simmons, department commander,
American Legion of Nebraska, says
"I am certain that 'the members of
the American Legion hold the Amer-
ican Red Cross :i very high esteem,
nrf can be counted upon to assist
in making the fourth roll call a
iuccess.
Voted Motorcyclist' Seeks to
bstamisn new opeeu xiecwu
Floyd Clymer, noted motorcyclist,
with his wife, passed through Omaha
, Friday night on their way overland
by automobile to Chicago in an effort
io shatter the time record for auto
mobile travel between Denver and
Chicago. Until they encountered the
.' uA marta in Nebraska because of the
lheavy rains they were a half hour
. ahead of. schedule. The couple
-left Denver" r rjday at 2 a. m. and
.'reached Omaha 10:32 that eve
WeN have 'with us today Officer
Roscoe Smith ot the metropolitan
police department, with the more
specific designation of ''Watchdog
of the city hall."
Officer Smith has been detailed in
uniform to 'guard , the municipal
building during the hours of the day.
Mayor Smith beiieved that if ban
d its could obtain money with com
parative ease at other places, they
might attempt . to raid the . strong
boxes in the city hall. ,
The three principal centers, of rev
enue in the city hall are the munii
pal coal office, water board office
and the city cleijk's office.
100 Negro Catholics
Struggle Hard to Build
Up Church Center Here
Nebraska's:' smallest nesrro Cath
olic congregation is found in Oma
ha at St. Benedicts community
home. 2429 Parker street, where ne
groes of all ages and creeds are given
aid and instruction by the founder,
Rev. Father Casstly, registrar of the
Crcighton law school.
Sewinar. cooking and domestic
science classes are conducted for
girls and women 'with suitable
recreation and entertainment.
Troops of Boy Scouts are organised
and drilled, despite the lack of funds
with which to purchase unitorms.
Each Sunday the little congrega
tion gathers for mass, after w,hih
the various societies convene td dis
cuss future plans.
I here are less than 10U Catholics
in the congregation which throngs
the home. Campaign soon will Be
opened by friends of the home to
raise ?J,UU0 witn , whicn t to pay orr
the only debt of the institution.
Insane Man Has Narrow
Escape From Death in Fire
Gregory, S. D Nov. 5. (Special
Telegram.) W. M. Margrett, a for
mer patient at the state asylum for
the insane at Yankton, narrowly es
caped death here when the city jail
in which he had been placed for safe
keeping caught fire and -burned to
the ground. The man's "cries for
help were heard at about 11:30 at
night and the building was founi
to be in flames. It was only after
most desperate work that the
;y lock was chopped from the
door and the man dragged trom
beneath a mattress where he had
crawled to escape suffocation. He
came here several days ago from
his home near Lucas and attracted
attention by his strange actions.
Sheriff Huston was sent, for and
palced the demented man in jail for
the night intending to Hake , him to
the county jail at Burkfn the morn
ing. - ; ' '
Omaha Merchant Says Market
In East Has Taken Slump
Elmer Beddeo and a staff of buy
ers have returned from 'New York,
where they purchased merchandise
at prices which do not represent the'
actual cost of the labor on construc
tion, according to Mr. Beddeo. Mr.
Beddeo attributes his success in purT
chasing goods at such low levels to
a lull experienced by the east dur
ing the election period.
Salesmen Will Tell Others ,
How to "SelF Customers
II. B." Whitehouse, sales agent for
the National Cash Register .company,
will speak on how to educate a sales
man before the Advertising Selling
league at the regular dinner Monday
evening" in the Chamber of Com
merce. T. W. McClure and H. M.
Sherman will tjive an actual sales
demonstration.
Endeavorers to Meet
Omahans who will attend- the
Christian Endeavor state conven
tion at Aurora, Neb., November 11
14, will travel in a special car for a
special rate of !i5.75 for th& round
trip. Union meeting of Christian
Endeavor will be held in the First
Presbyterian church November 16
at 8 p. tn.
Honor Rail Superintendent.
McCook. Neb.. Nov. 6. (Special.)
The McCook Commercial club will i
give a "smoker" November 12, in j j
honor of Superintendent E. E j
Young of the Burlington, who has ;
resigned to go to Denver and ;n- :
gage in business for himself.
' $15.00, $19.50, $25.00
Are the special sale prices
on several hundred new
tricotine dresses, velour
dresses and silk dresses on
sale Monday at
JULIUS pRKIN -
1508-10 Douglas Streat
JULIUS ORKIN
. 1508-10 Douglas Stmt .
Announces a special pur
chase and sale of several
hundred omen's and
misses' cloth ' and silk
dresses at
$15.00, $19.50 and $25.00
On Sale Monday
! THE
Thousands and Thousands of Dollars Worth of
.Wonderful Stocks of New Goods on Display Monday
Marked at the New, Low Burgess-Nash Price Level
Friday and Saturday we were forced to "clean house," to use a homely
expression. -
The people have come to Burgess-Nash for those long-needed" things which
they did not feel justified in buying at the old high prices. The Burgess-
There are goods for the home and the individual too many to enumerate
here, all marked at the new low price level which has caused such preat
satisfaction on the part of tHe public. These goods are just unpacked from
hundreds of cases of merchandise, bought by us when the market broke so
sharply.
Monday you will find waiting for you here, '.hundreds' of new offerings,
marked at price which will cause you to be glad that Burgess-Nash hat again
brought price back almost to the old -normal basis.
Since we made our Million Dollar Purchase of new goods, we have been told
Not Your Mite
Your Mightiest for the Y. W. C. A.
November 9 to 16 '
An Unusually Attractive
Just Unpacked and Readty
Is the
Nash reduction in price put the6e things within easy reach, and the new
goods went with a rush.
The unusual heavy buying resulted in many broken linea. These we cleaned
out at a special sale Friday and Saturday. Monday we resume our regular
merchandising, with stocks again select and perfect, reinforced with
Display of Needed Things
For You Monday Morning
that "the storf does not look like
cannot correct it for a little time.
If the store looks strange to you if you find goods In places so far from
where they really belong as to make you Jwonder, we ask your indulgence.
It is impossible to place in our warehouse (half demolished at it is) the
enormous quantities of new goods being daily received.
'In a few months, when our new building is complete, and we occupy it, as
well as our present quarters, thus . having more' than twice our present ca
pacity, we shall again resume the appearance which both you and we were
so proud orderly, convenient, spick and span in every nook and corner.
REALL
v
One That the
Secure in the
Matter What the Prm
'H.smjmnn
Rji in
Burgess-Nash."
We know this, but
Knowledge
nnn All Ot HOOO rtJ'i VI if
SUVCVOO bib UWObivvoOf vvcit
on each sale. The sir ee
strings can do that much.
hiirlA n nrpfit stnrp nl
the nooks and corners of tM
far-off countries and hiwi
home factories-- j
To price goods fairly to $(
. to serve oy neiping those
; Looking
The ' wonderful crowds
that have filled our store
to capacity during the
past week or so have
made us realize the cry
ing need of our new build
ing now in course of con
struction, and" which, is
' pictured on the rights.'
To give to the people a
store that will not only fill
their every need, but a
store that will contain
every convenience for the
comfort of the entire fam
ily, is our greatest ambi
tion, v ' ,
The new Buress-Nash
store will contain beauti
fully appointed lounging !
rooms, one entire floor j
will be devoted to a cafe, ;
still another floor will
contain a large audi-, ,
torium with a seating ca
pacity of several hundred,
which will be used for the ; ;
entertainment of the pub ;
lie. Every other - con
venience such as check
'c
we
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