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THE BEE: OMATTA, FRIDAY", DECEMBER 17, 1920.
? F&jiieES Told of "
" Passing of "Little
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FpiirNeStalesv
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Mail Trucks Crowding Out Old Dobbin
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,.. BiBoys and Girls Leave
Country Schools ' After
Eighth Grade, Humboldt
Man Lament.
Passing of the little red scliooU
sies received kindergarten and liigh"
school education in the same room,
was bewailed by J. O. Shroyer of
Humboldt, Neb., "who spoke at the
morning session of the Nebraska'
Farmers' congress at r the . Hotel
Rome. .
"When my children complained to
me that all the big boys and girls
went away to school after the eifihth
grade I knew there was rfo use in
arguing with them," said Mr.
Shroyer. "It had become fashion
able for the big bap and girls to
get out of the rural school, and I
knew there was no use in combat
ting fashion. -Go
Away.
"When the children reach the
age of 13 or 14 -in rural districts
they either quit school entirely or
go away to school. I believe nor
111a 1 schools and universities are
partly responsible for this condi
tion. Mr. Shroyer emphasized the dan
gers of sending young children away
from home to school. He also
criticised the tendency ioward too
many "frills" in the city schools.
"We don't need gymnasiums in
the country schools," he declared.
' "Our boys get plenty of exercise
feeding hogs. When I see the mod
ern high school girls in oir Nebras
ka cities with their low-cut, high
cut party dresses I knotte something
is wrong. , '
v Describes Sod School. . .
"Silk stocWhgB on 14-yearoli
girls isn't going to help them with
their studies." ,' :
Mr. Shroyer told of difficulties of
district consolidation of schools. He
declared there was stilt much to be
accomplishej in the way of educa
tion in ' Nebraska and described a
tumbled-down, one-room sod school
house without flooring v and ' with
only one window which Ji Jiad re
cently seen in Kimball county asra
condition still typical in many parts
of the state. , V
Chancellor Samuel Avery of the
University of Nebraska told dele
gates to the Farmers' congress .Ne
braska needed mor county agents
and declared the university was do-
ing everything possible to develop
the "agricultural spirit."; - V .
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1 "We realize the danger of taking
thtouqg country boy or girl away
from home to educate them either
at the university or normal -school,
or atfhe county scat high schools,"
he said.
Dean Burnett of the Stat College
of Agriculture also spoke, asserting
the principal obstacles to the con
sQlidatedscbooL in., rural! districts
wcm frorailocalposhiott"
. "There is -no doubt -th& consoti-
T?Si school6ervjes -the conjrouwty a
ifc " Dettei than the one-room school" he
?f " r said, "and it is only necessary to
" show residents in a community this
to make them fot the plan." , .
In Closer Contact. ,v
Dean Burnett tolds;de,lega,te . the
agriculture college wis doing vhat
it could to work out a system with'
the farmer whereby'; thect, produce,'
and consumer areJn close contact ;
thus giving the produce'rriBqrc profit
and the consumer -Wore r'for his
money.
He defended the, practical value oi
. work accomplished by the College of
Agriculture, declaring: that alargc
percen1ageof ithe students either re
turn to the;farms pr engage In work
for, the advancement of agriculture
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Cole Denied New Trial
Arid Docket Is Clear
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for tontempt of 'court. ' As a result
of JudgevWoodrough' refusal- to
again take a hand in the case, Cole's
only chances to escape execution
now1 lie with the supreme court of
Nebraska and Governor McKelvie.
An appeal from the proceedings
4 held at St. Paul last Saturday was
"prepared by Priest" yesterday. It
'" was filed late yesterday by him with
, the supreme, court. , 4 In the mean
while all pre"parati'shs for the execu
tion tomorrow of the- two convicted
men have been laid aside. Inability
to secure the services of an, execu
tioner for today " will - result in
the granting of another 'reprieve to
the two condemned men some time
today by Governor McKelvie. It
is altogether probable that there
pneve will be for one week.
Wire to Woodrouh. V '
Following the hearing at St. Paul
last Saturday, at which time Judge
Paine failed to resentence Cole, but
instead 'remanded 1 im to the custody
of the wardefl f of the Denitentiarv.
"there to be -dealt with according to
jaw, x iivsv Di.111 iiic luiiunuig icit"
gram to Judge Wbodrough at Bis
marck, N. D., where he is engaged in
court work:' .. ;
"At.a hearing held In St: Paul in.
the matter of Alson h. Lot Judge
Paine refused to give Cole a bearing.4
He' made a Jiuc pro tunc order" say
ing 'In my own mind at the trial In
1918 I determined that Cole was
guilty from the evidence, and will
now so hold.' He refused tcdo any
thing else and ordered Cole sent back
to the penitentiary to be dealt witr
according to law. , . '
"1 am preparing papers citing Govr
ernor McKelvie, Mason Wheeler
and Judge -Psine , for contempt of
court Jor violation of your order of
Qctober 12 ana a motion asking you
to modify the degree as entered m
the Cole case nd asking for the dis
charge of Cole because of the pro-
ceedings held at St. Paul last Sat-
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The reply of Jdgfe i Wpodrough
received by Triest yesterday in which
he literally "washes his handsof the
case" follows:. '
"The action of Judge Paine as.de
criVipH in vour teleeram was not
rVi contempt of my order in the Cole
fcf'w-'.'east. vlf you claim his action er
roneous must appeal to state couns.
, Will not ' hear any application for
. contempt.proceedings under the cir-
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Old Dobbut ' will soon be crowded from the mail "service.
No more will he trot Omaha streets hauling behind him that
For the advance guard of a fleet of 40 big automobile trucks
arrived. ,
And as fast as the others arrive, horse-drawn carts and street cars
Here is the first parcel post mail truck to be put into service in
out-of-date , cart. t
Launch Probeof
Bootlegging in
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Over 100 Witnesses Subpoe
naed and Perjury Charges
Will BeV Filed, County
Attorney Says.
r Ord,, Neb., i Dec, (Special
Telegram.) A coiintywide' inves
tigatibr. of liquor and gambling viola
tions in Valley t county was ncgun
here when County Attorney Harden
brook opened an inquiry ' in the'
presence of Judge. Gundmandson.
Ten witnesses were examined and the
inquiry-will continue until the 100
witnesses subpoetujdiJiaifc been exr
amined- i ' ? ' -
lht hrst witness caned was l.
Gano, .who goes to tr at next Monday
for being intoxicated and with hav
ing liquor in bis possession illegally.
He testified that he had , several
times bought and sold liquor, that
he had drank it and saw it drunk
and that he had made it, In his
preliminary hearing Monday he
pleaded not guilty, to . the charges I
fftref erred against ' him. r nameOt
f Frank-'1 Kusek as one of the men
'from Whom herhJ'uebtUqao-.
" r3ther'witne$ses- tdstified'tfiat they
had seen intoxicated persons drink
during the past year but most of
them were evasive in their answers.
The prosecution stopped the exam
ination of Walt. Bt.:e And., proffered
charges .against, him. ; V
.The inquiry. iHUe outgrowth of alleged-
bootlegging a!jd,;:gamblin
whiqh: it ii sa:dtluiss heeit rhtung
wild here. Cftarge Kiire. be en ;tn?dt
that there is wide-open gambling in
various places in the city and that
the authorities hnve been lax.
The county attorney says when the
inquiry 'is completed he - will file
charges iof. perjury against; .all per
sons who testified' at the inquiry
cortraly' to other direct . .evidence,'
whiClt ht has in his possession.
Two state laws enforcement of
ficers)re in the city gatheri-g evi
dence and conversation in. public on
matters .of., liquor and gambling ,is
yery guarded duetto theffact that the
identity, of Jhese officers is"un
contrarly ' to' other direct evidence,
quiry of his xirtd that has ever been
carried on. in this. staf:.; 'l. . ,
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Land Comniissionej Urges
Increase in Appraisement
Lincoln, Neo.. Dec. 16. (Special.)
Land Commissioner Dan Swan
son, who' ha returned from an ap
praisement trip of school landsrwill
recommcna to.tne noaraor puouc
lands a jotal increase' ofl2,0S5 yl
lands in" Custer and adjoining couri-
ties, most 01 'which is in cusrer,
over the appraisal made by county
commissioners.' .
Holders of these sale contracts
ire anxious to complete the pur
chase of this Jand before the new
constitution goes into effect the first
of the new year when. 'all lands will
be sold at publio'aucticm instead of
by the present method of appraise
ment Under the present "law no
land can be sold for less than $7.00
an acre, but under the new consti
tution there is no limit, either way.
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Debating Team Selected
By Academy at Hebron
Hebron, Nei., Dec. 16. 'Special.)
The Hebron academy held two
debates at Theodora hall. -Dorothy
Thicmer," Walter Ochrninger and
Herman Czirr were selected to rep-
resent the academy inrtlfe Nebraska
btftte Debating league next- spring.
Art alternate team is made up of
Herman Meyer, Amanda! Pohlmann
and Adelia Pran'ge; -The Hebron
Wacademy will dchate with the aFir-
bury High school in Hebron shortly
after the first of the .ytaf.
: . Orange Coloreji Train. "
After S minutes after .' 6 o'clock
every evening there starts from-the
Union station at Omaha, an, orange
colored train of the finest equipment
known to railroad ,travel, including
an observation club j car, standard
sleeping cars with : drawing' rooms
and compartments, djning car .and
coaches. -.;-
This is the' "OMAHA-CHICAGO
LIMITED" via the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul railway," which
arrives in Chicago at 8:05 a. m. the
next morning. ,","
Tickets: Consolidated .Ticket Of
fice or Union Station, Omaha.
W." E: BOOK,:Gen. Agt. Pass. Dept.
Telephone Douglas 4481, -
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Power Co. Starving, . . ..
New York Expert Says
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proper . depreciation reserve allow
ances, charges to operation and
charges to plant cost. r , .
Reports Discussed. .
Mayor Smith observed that in the
Henderson report .approximately
$850,000 was charged otf by the com
pany from 1903 to 1919 on account
of obsolescent property, whereas, in
another showing, the witness con
tended that during the first nine
months of this year ihe 'income
should have been, .sufficient to have
provided" for a depreciation reserve
of at least $486,000. ..This opened
tip a wide field of discussion, Mr.
Henderson explained that a utility
plant is gradually being, used up in
the public service and that operating
efficiency is of first consideration in
the public minrd. He insisted that
adequate .provision should be made
.for. cb?preci9tion-;,and"' thatthe public
should bearUUs.i3cpjense while the
plant is being -used. The witness
added that the amounts charged off
in previous years should not be a
criterion for present conditions, ber
cause the plant has teen- steadily
prowine larger and more -valuable.
'Changes in expensive electrical ap
paratus, he said, add to .these ex
penses, v a?V -'x '..
JtoYor ;ajl.)jyg8siver: -,
- About. 5Tper cent a.year jor. de
preciation, jsthbesi; experience' we
have 'a'tidi- th? is erieraJIy' accepted
as fair," Mr. Henderson testified.
- Mayor Smith became somewhat
aggressive in his examination of Mr.
Henderson, whereupon Attorney
Kennedy, for the . company, s ntef
pdsed by .saying:: : 7 :r
"I VyHl ask;'the mayor!1o suspend
his jidgmenl andcaustje criticisms
untU.shalJ'hvipresejnted en-are.'aif,'.:-"''i.?;
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"Out -of.::the fullness! .of the. Eeart
I did speak rather harshly' replied
the mayor. '
v "Bare Bones" Cost
The city officials have learned
much about "bare bones" cost
through. the intricate an4 interesting
testimony of ' Mr' Henderson, who
gave this illustration : ' He showed
from his reports that the company
expended for operating and other ex
ptnss $9,981,022, from 1911 to 1919.
He told the council thathis examina
tion of. the company's ooks '"-dis-closed
that in adding certain amounts
of new construction ta capital ac
count, onlythe "bare fonts' cost" was
considered. He found :.hv necessary,
according to his process' of arriving
at a total plant cost, t& add in $1,187,
208, to capital account, although this
amount representej itetis which had
been charged to operating expenses
Becoming more explicit, he said that
a eprtain per cent of all engineering
and other expe'nsesof the company
should properly go ftltd the con
struction cost and hcnijejmto capital
or plant account. '
"Then you have changed their sys
tem of accounting, have you Mr.
Hendersonr" asked the. mayor.
' Testifies to Valuation. ;
1 "I have merely given a correct
translation of;what their tooks show.
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New (J. Melody Silver plated, gold bell, pearl keys, com
. plete with fine case, music rack, shoulder rtrap, two reeds.
--Nothing' b'ctler' at 'any price
, Saxophone,- Net pnce.coraplete,
Including war lasf . ,
We also ha ve lhe"same Saxophone as described d 1 O Q
above," except it Is in the brass finish, at J) X O O
Other line silver-plated Saxophones'
as low ns . .
1807
Farnam St..
' Omaha
(flAKFORD
familiar little mail cart.
for parcel post service in' Omaha: has
will be relegated to the dump.
Omaha and Old Dobbin 'with his
The fact that certain items -were
placed in wrong accounts, did not
deter me from placing them where
they belonged," ' Mr. Henderson re
plied. His purpose in appearing
before the city council is to establish
the cost of Jhe nlant, which he testi
fied was $12,083 869 cn November
30, 1920, and he reminded the com
missioners that this was not in
tended to present a valuation of the
plant at that date. Another expert
testified that the valuation, based on
f rices last ; June, has more than
1X000,000. -'-. 7
The testimony yesterday after
noon showed that the company ex
pended $6,500,000 in piecemeal con
struction ; work between 1903 and
1919 "and that this was charged to
operating expenses. . I '
Another showing was that the
company paid $1,563,192 jri' taxes
from .1903 to 1920. '
During his examination Mr. Hen
derson -testified that last September
the, company did not earn enough
to provide for renewals and re
placements. . :
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Victim of Aged Man v
Or Vamp Question to
Be Decided by Jury
Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 16. (Spe
cial) Whether Anna (Goldie) San
derson,.Z br-ZZ,""waTrtnT yietim ot
John..Wigbt,5S, aUojMfi3L.anjl ranch
er of"Bh?sett, "Neb., ahd ' Newcastle,
Wyo., or-Vrigfit 'was s'elccted to be
the victim of Anna is before a jury
in ' federal court in the trial of
Wright on" a Mann act charge.
Miss Sanderson testified- Wright
took her, an unsophisticated girl of j
17; from -Newcastle to Crawford, j
Neb., attacked her in a '.110161 and j
frs. Delia Wilson, Osage, Wyo., iorded against her. Persia and
after testifying that Wright and Miss .Poland 'abstained from voting. The
Wilson had stayed at her. hotel at wsembly passed a resolution pre
Osage as hflsband and wife, testified' sentedby Delegate Rowell of Cana
n,, ftiA criVi Viart tniA ii.r tViof ci, da exoressmcT the hope that Frcsi-
was not 17 but 22. that she was a
widow and the mother of a' 2-year-old-
child.
Mrs. Wilson testified that a man
named Lyons told her that he and
Miss Sanderson were engaged in a
consofracy to blackmail Wright for
$5,000: Mrs. Wilson admitted that
she did not warn Wright btit had
waited to see how things turned out,
that she did net object to Wright
being "gyped" by "Goldie"' if the lat
ter 'Could get a--ay with it unnsst
ed .but that she had notproposed to
stand by and see him 'Tramed" by
Lyons.
Geneva Man Convicted of
Assault Released bn Bond
Geneva, Neb-, Dec. 16. (Special.)
Walter Christiancy, convicted of
crimipal assault and sentenced to
seven years in the penitentiary, was
released on $10,000 bond, signed by
his father and two cousins, pending
an appeal to the supreme court. Ha
has been in jail since November 19.
Lighting Fixtures Oranden Elec
tric Co., formerly Burgess-Granden
Co. Adv.
Saxophones
Xmas -
Til say we
got
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than the beautiful islnndard
$186
$140
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Omaha
Bulgaria Is Granted Member
6bip -While Armenia's ; Ap-.
plicatibn Is Turned Down )
Completely, ;
Geneva, Dec. 16. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) tour new nations
were made members of the leaKue
of rations by the assembly of-jhc
league here today. '- llicy. wc-feEuI-earia.
Costa Rica. Finland and Lux
embourg.. France and Australia ab-
stained from voting when. "he ad
mission of Bulgaria was, before the I
assembly for decision.
France abstained from voting on
the Question of admitting Bulgaria
to the league. Rene Viviani, head of
the ' Frer ch delegation, declared , it
had no objection to 'Bulgaria as a
member, but preferred riot to ote
in view of the incompleteness of the
information given it regarding Bul
garia s htness. . "
Thirty-five states voted' affirma
tively when the balloting took place
and Australia joined France in not
recording its vote.
Costa Rica -Favored.
. - The question' offr admitting CostaJ
Rica was the next on. the days
agenda. Dr.' Nansen of Norway ex
plained that the only doubt in his
mind was whether Costa Rica' was
not "too small a country, hut, in
view of the membership of its neigh
bor, Panama, he decided Costa Rica
could not be excluded on that score
Debate was exoected when the re-
port relative .to the admission of 1
Baltic and Caucasian states was '.to
be considered. N.'W. Rowell; of
Canada gave notice to the committee
that Canada, as a pacific ocean pow .
er. took a special interest in the Rus
sian question. He declared that
ouestion had been Raised in its en
tirety by the proposed relations ber
tween the league ana tne states
carved out of the former, Russian
empire., v ' '-" ,
Although the Baltic states had the
full sympathy of Canada, he assert
ed, the situation in Russia might
change and the league might find
itself faced by, a new government
claiminsr access to the 6ea, in which
eventuality the league would incur
grave responsibility. -
i Will Take Up Budget.
It was planned, if the assembly
finished jthe election of new members
soon enough, to fake up the league
Ijudget and pass aonropriations tor
the coming year, which have been
somewhat criticised at committee
meetings with regard to salaries of
men connected with the secretariat...
, The committee reported unfavor
ably on the aoplxcations of Armenia.
Esthonia,.; JLitHunnia,;.-;, Latvia and
Georgia. It failed to recommend tne
admission - of-.- Armenia because
authority over the entire territory of
that nation was not b-ing exercised ,'
by the government. The hope was
expressed that Armenia might be
admitted at an early Mate. ,; '
It was pointed out that Armenia
was a. signatory ot me jcreaty 01
Sevres, the Turkish peace treaty, and
.the question wa raised whether the
ratification of that treaty, when it
was accorophshed.'-wduldj not "Wake .
her automatically a -member of the
league. " 1
The decision of the assembly for
the present, however, was against
the admission of Armenia. Canada, .;
Switzerland, Sweden, Peru, Uruguay, ;
Venezuela, Portugal and Salvador'
voted , for her admission, btit the !
votes of 21 other states were re
i dent Wilson's efforts would result in
the saving of Armenia, and the estabr
lishment of a, stable government so
that she might be admitted to the
league in the not far -distant .future.
The New Zealand Parliament has
appropriated neaTlyVj4.O0fl.00O1 to be
devoted to buildinghomes for the.
working classes in different parts of
the dominion. . - ; .
Ilet -Grand Tiirkih Baths,
16th and Howard Sts.. new tnanogement.
Cunoannon Droa Adv.
You can't eontine thfl
Clfristnias spirit to one (Jay.
Tho feeling , of lundliness!
v unselfishness and love, will
putlast the holiday season.
Music at Christmas -time
prolongs tho spirit of good
cheer. With one of Bowen's
Graf onolas under the
Christmas tree, there is not
only a wonderful x treat, in
;.. sf ore for the whole family
on Christmas day, i;Jtut
throughout thc entire yar.
Wo have all styles! to
flhoose- from,- andin lpur.
. record departm'erttou will
find what is ucst and latest.
' "AUfLas. usual you,.'raaW;
" your own terms."
, oAHASVAiuitiviM iron
notMim ii nmui nv .
Pl M Nature ii in earnest when she makes aivbrhanr Holme ffc r
tifi its. sixtjiicr wn
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Black Silk- -
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Pure thread black' silk
McCallum hose, very
sheer and ' fine, with gar
ter tops and double soles
to make for service. , .
And black silk hose, gauze
' weight, with, Pointex ,
: 'heels, are very new and
fashionable. '
Two styles that are
favored for gifts.
Center Aide
-Main Floor.'
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Bags and J
Purses j
Velvet hags v in taupe, ,
brown, navy&rtd black
are so cleverly, fashioned
that they are unusual as
well as attractive
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The fine leather goods in
clude baak-strap ; purses,
bag shapes, canteeni boxes
and the Cordova line, of
fine hand-tooled bags.
Mtst complete show
ings; for Christmas.
Notion Main Floor.
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Three Specials iti
TOILETRIES for
Christmas Gifts
Very good perfumes,
regularly 75c ; Friday, 50c
a bottle.
75c toilet water- Friday
for 50c a bottle. - 1 ;
Ivory' hair receivers and
powder boxes, special Fri
day, 29c each. .- -
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Black Bloomers
: 98c and $1.49 ,
xBlack sateen v bloomer.
in ten, twelve " and four-
a teen-year sizes. $2.25,'
and $2.50 values are of
fered Friday for 98c
and $1.4.9.
Second Floor'
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COMPANY
Thomfison-Belden's hm always
taken pridf - iri iteiJdker
chief svf fine Irish, linen! ; This
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A m Aa O Mj yi at A a a uu Aa a,
Initialed ones as
low aS 50c; splen
did ones for 85c.
Embroidered ;ones
from 35c up. Hand
mads for $2.26.
' Real lace kerchiefs
from $9.
North Aiale Main Floor.
Ideal Gloves
for Wintertime,
Washable leather
gloves, a single clasp
style in brown and,
. field mouse with con
trasting embroideries,
are $5.50. j ,
A strap wrist gauntlet
that is finding great
favor both for its qual
ity and style has a con
trasting cuff and em
broideries and is
priced $9.75 a pair.
jou are not sure of color
or size, the purchase of a
Gift Certificate is wise.
Blanket. Hobes
for Kiddies
, For - six to fourteen-.
year-olds there a r e ;
. heavy -woolen; .robes,
in both light and dark ,
colors, priced $5,$6.50 , " in any shadeV,; ;, ; ;
Smaller Sjzes for one to. l.'.Wool, ; sillCorlTautted silk
three-yeaf-olds are to ones In very, fine shades,
be bad in blue, pink or .
- white, daintily ribbon
trimmed for $4.50.
.Second Floor.
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A Shop, of Most
Attractive
pift Things
The art department is dis
playing w r o a g h t iron
candlesticks; polychrome
ware, colorful jpottery(
line urass ana any num
ber of dainty things for
Milady's boudoir. 4 ...
For Men Good looking
brass' ink wells with a
cigar , lighter attached,
compact sets. of. chips and
a 'deck of "cards , in a
leather case and various
other originalities' arei of
fered in this section. '
,. Second Floor. '
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A Robe J '
A bath robe or lounging
xrobe of Terry clpth; wool
or silk in one of our many
new styles will. please him.
Gloves '
Of buc&skin, capestock.
.lightwefght'kidrsilk, fab-
ric or wooi. ar fo h hri
plain or striped 'and fiflr-
ured. Heather shades as
well.- ' ' ; !"
The Men' SKp to the
Left At You Enter.
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