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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24. ly.'l.
Boy Cripple, 12,
Sends Letter to
, Free Shoe Fund
Father Out of Work, Mother
' III, He Writes "But I'm
a Little Man Vet," .
He Sighs.
Tl.ii letter is from little Mike, a
crimile:
"Our father ant working for a
leng time. I am 12 years old. I am
a criple. I wear cruchea on bot!i
hands because I cannot walk with
out them. My brother is 11 years old
and my sister 8 years old. So that
tl'tf way wc are in bad. We bave no
slmes.
;"1 would try and help them if 1
.cub! but I am a little man yet.
Now ! am tired and Roing to bed.
My mother is sick all the time. GooJ
iiiulit. God be with you."
Mike lives down on the low lands
near 1 1 iVr river, east of South Omah.i.
Many cases like Mike's are at
tended to every day by The Bee's
timd which goes to buy shoes for the
children of the desperately poor.
Every cent is used for this purpose
Will you help? Make your own, us
well as their Christmas happier by
.sending a donation to the fund. Ad
dress letters and make checks pay
able to ''The Bee's Tree Shoe Fund.
Two pairs of shoes were received
today from W. M. Thomas and Don
B. Helm of the Hay ward Shoe Co.
rrctlinmly nrknuwlri)Krd
A rrlrnil
No Nitm
t'ny Ktmift. Itoone, Nell
l rlrmU at NrhrHkn City
J. O. Hiijlnr, arlpton, b........
Mr. Ilrnry Mnplor, Maryvlllr, Mo.
1'rnm a J'rlenil
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'I hp. Brink f amily. Krarnry, b.
I. ('. ratrlrk. TnlMir. In
, Krli-nil of Children. ' Cedar
HlilfU, Neb
Junior H. V. I. I. Buptl.t
Chureh. Ifermnn, Nb
Wnr ln. Christian Sunday
N.h.Kil. ('rule Neh
Alnriraret Kllzahrth Coon, Seotta-
bluff. Neb
Mr. II. C. Kunenvker .....
Caul) i.
The Alfred Bloom Co
.1, if. Cameron
Y. M. '. A. Ilaiikrt Hall Com
mittee Wextern Motor Car Co., Body
Department
. A. Hteele .-.
Nellie Steele
Kdivard If. Well". Miidlxon. .".b...
Florence l.annlnit
X. V. B
Knhert 1. I'arker. jr., Kl Taso,
Ter
Yullery I'runrln White, Hollywood,
Cal
Mr.. T. K. KtevenK
,1. A. I)., Council llluffa
Si.eei.ss
1.00
....... 20.00
(1.00
S.ltO
a no
1.00
1.00
1.00
4.00
1.00
S.00
1.00
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1.1X1
5. on
9.00
I'l.OO
2.50
10.10
B.SS
2.00
.SO
S.00
10.00
S.00
Will Fight for Father
Charged With Murder
A. I). W.
Charlotte Jane Ah loon
3.00
S.00
10.00
.1.00
10.00
S.00
Totul .' $1,79.1S
E. I). White Named
-Head of Kiwanis
Club Has Annual Election at
Christmas Party of Hilarity
And Fun. ,
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,if D. White, personal representa
tive of the Union Pacific, was in
stalled as the new president of the
Kiwanis club in a program of hilar
ity and fun, at Hotel Rome yester
day noon. :"
. '."jhe. installation was ' really not
dignified enough to be called such.
The retiring officers themselves de
clared they were "being kicked out"
of office and the new ones being
' kicked in."
Julius Rosenzwcig, dressed 'as an
imperial kleagle of the Ku Klux
tan, prefaced his objections to the
installation' of officers by breaking
a stack of Rome Miller's best china.
His objections were overruled, but
others were hurled at officers, by
John Gamble of the - First National'
bank, who lurked behind a Russian
beard. Mr. -Gamble had refused to
put on the heard before he had eaten
jujs soup. 1 .
Thc Kiwanians enjoyed a turkey
dinner with cranberries and mince
pie. There was a Christmas tree and
a- special program" of Christmas
music. Mrs. G. R. Holman, Yank
ton, S. D., sang two sol6s. The new
officers installed were: E. D. White,
president; J. P. Cooke, first vice
president; J. A. Sunderland, second
'.vice president; F.' E. Hovey, treas
urer; L. D. Ladd, secretary, and J.
L.' Correa, district trustee. H. W.
Bubb is the retiring president.
Yeggs Make $3,000
Haul of Jewelry
a. .11 .1. . X
Yeggmen "cracked" the safe in the
jewelry store owned by Carl W.
Hanson at 2820 . Leavenworth street
Thursday night, and escaped with
loot estimated at $3,000.
The safe, a large one, 5s in plain
view from the street and immediate
ly under a electric light. The huge
doors were blown from their places
as neatly as if filed off.
! ' Entrance was gained by forcing
open the front door. : ,
Cranberry Sauce
Luxury This Year
' : The price of the little red cran
berry that graces the tables in many
homes in the form of sauce during
the holiday seasons and especially at
Christmas, has reached high peak,
being- generally quoted in retail
stores at 30 to 40 cents a pound.
Shortage in the last cranberry crop,
- vith the usual demand, has boosted
the price, according to Omaha com-
: nission merchants. ..
, . The British milling industry has
started a campaign of technical edu
cation to improve the efficiency of its
i workers.
SET REMEMBER
today when doing your
final Christmas shopping
the well-stocked, con
veniently located
5 Sherman A. McConnell
Dnif Stores
Marie Stevens.
HI and alone at home, with scarce
ly a thing in the house to cat, is the
f light of Marie Stevens, 20, daughter
of "Finger" Stevens, charged with
the murder of Frank Fogg, Ciiialm
druggist.
He is not guilty, he shall go free,
vas her statement to a reporter of
The Bee yesterday. "That gun the
police say they took from his room
is my gun, not his. I hey look tt
from my room, where I kept it al
ways for my own protection. 1
bought it with my own money."'
This devoted daughter was found
yesterday where she was employed,
too ill to continue working and alter
receiving medical attention, was re
moved to a squalid little home' at
1815 Charles street. - -' "
All through the questioning she
maintained Irt father's innocence,
and said he would go free
Tied Cross Advances $1,330.
The local Red Cross -chapter has
advanced $1,350 to be. paid . to. ex-
service men taking vocational train
ing whose regular salary checks will
not arrive until after Christmas. The
men will pay back the advance when
their checks arrive.
Inefficiency of
Clerks Is Costly
Asserts Ad-Man
Chicago Speaker Telia Re
tailors Their Sales Forces
Arc Only 45 Per Cent . ,
Capable.
Fifty-five per cent of possible
sates are lost through the inefficiency
of clerks, according to Charles II.
Macintosh, Chicago, president of
the Associated Ad Clubs of the
World, who addressed several hun
dred business men at a luncheon in
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
at noon yesterday.
"It does not require much sales
manship to sell articles to women,"
he declared, "because W per cent of
them buy for stylo. Show a woman
an article that is stylish, and of the
right color, and she'll buy.
Men Are Different.-
"With men it's different. It ie-
quires, real salesmanship. Men arc
always in a hurry; they buy mostly
on "hunch and a salesman' who is
willing to he of service, and able to
make helpful suggestions, is more
successful in salesmanship than the
one who caters only to the custom
er's wants.",
"Some clerks also fail to offer
suggestions which will sell goods.
Merely waiting on a customer and
letting him go is not salesmanship.
Clerks can make suggestions which
may often remind a customer of some
forgotten article needed or result in
the sale of some other article by
which he has been favorably im
pressed." Customers Are Friends.
"Good will is the art of bringing
customers back to the store when
they are in need of things. We are
of necessity always do.ng business
with'our friends because our enemies
will have nothing to do with us, - It
is then necessary that we retain all
our friends which can be done only
by. treating them jusl as we would
have them treat us. The best way
to make friends is to be a friend. 1
"In a measure the bulk of maks
ing friends for a store depends upon
the ib-ik. It the t let k is pleasant
and efficient he will make a strong
impression in favor of the store.
Clerks make or break concerns."
Mr, Macintosh in closing, said
there would not be a return of pre
war prices for many years. He based
his prediction oh governmental
statistics concerning retail activities.
Ex-Police Officer and Son
Held on Liquor Charge
Mike Savatovich. a former police
officer, 1403 Webster street, and bis
sou, Nick, wvic arretted ycterd
by federal iiucnu on a liquor chaijte
F.asel Ubradovich. 6.0 North Four
teenth tretr, and Vao Naramcic, at
the same address, were also arrested.
Diphtheria Han on Dairy
Lifted by Health Officer
The health department has raised
the closing order issued several days
ago aRaiust the dairy of George
Vereruyssc, 4112 North Fifty-second
street.
Dr. A. S. Pinto, health commis-
Saturday ,
Last Call
For These
FREE
Cut Glass
WaterSets
Buy . Christmas Gifts on
Our Easy Payment Plan
Clearance Prices Prevail
Throughout Entire Store
A Water Set given away absolutely free with
- each $2$ purchase made throughout the store '
1417. Douglas St. .
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Indies ' RJfF-Tifll SM'Zi ChS!f 8
25c l-jT-iroiyv- 29c
Mm tor M toft lay !
if
m w aatisryi
20 to 50 Discount
Ready
re
Are You?
Selections
ng
With
Unusual
Induce
ments
On Thousands of Dollars Worth
of Gift Merchandise
HOLIDAY GOOD
Price
All Over the-Store Re-Marked Lower in
For Immediate Sale
Thousands of Belated Gift Seekers Will Profit
By Attending the Final Day's Selling
siuurr, personally took cultuies from
Mr. and Mrs. Vereruyie and their
2-year-old ton, and (ound that they
are not diphtheria carriers, as the
first culture tests indiratrd.
Xoias Day Omaha Couple
Gulden Wedding Anniversary
Christmas-day will be the golden
wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs,
HrrniMii Tretiklf, 4518 South Twenty-fifth
street. They were married
in u.i.alu Dccnibfr 2$, 1H? miri
they had come here from I'cona, III.,
where they uere acquainted.
This Christmas Jay they will ob
serve the r K-olildi jubilee in the
little home where they lave lived 37
yeirs.
The couple have had four children,
one beiiiR dead. There is a daughter.
Finnia, and two mint, Auut and
Herman, all living.
Mtitiy Slating run. I
i Superior, Nvb , lec. M, (Spe.
clul.) Arungeun nil are Mug nudv1
to supply Superior wnh a imiuiup!
skating pond. The illy park board
and the Commercial club arc w.mI..
ing on the rojrcl,
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$1.00 POUND Boxes of Balduffs Chocolates, Only 38c
OTFTFITIIKQ
S.E.COR. 16th & JACKSON STS.
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Starting Saturday Morning! Entire Stock
OYS.T OFF
Dolls,' Books, Games,
Wheel Goods, Tricyles, Etc.
You simply pay HALF the regular marked price
and -think of the saving when all original prices
were 25 to 50 less, due to our Low Rent Location
Auction! Auction!
1 - Of All Remaining Toys on Saturday Evening
It is our policy never to carry over Toys from one year
to the next and so Saturday evening Ht 7 P. M. all remain-In-?
Toys will bfi sold (piece by piece) to the highest bidder.
Come and buy Tova at. your own price. .
FY T T. . r v r AT , z
uwss up jot A.masray next rear
Saturday! Your Choice of Scores of .
resses i
Formerly Priced to $44.50 j
And on Convenient, Easy-to-Pay Terms
You will be amazed at the becoming individuality and smart-
iipss of the styles and the excellent quality of these materials :
warm, rich looking Serges, Canton Crepes, Crepe de Chines,
Poiret Twills, Tricotines, Velvets, Satins, Etc.
Choice of All
Coats
At 25 off
NO restrictions Plush, Cloth and
Fur Coats that are good looking to
the last degree, made up in the
6tyles that are being shown on the
fashion pages. ,
I BaldufF
. Unrestricted Choice of
Suits
At l2 Price !
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Practical, good looking styles you
can wear the whole winter through
at LESS than the actual cost of
making many have fur trfmmej
collars and cuffs. All alterations
ire free. . . . .
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Chocolates
One-Pound
Boxes
Regularly
$1.00. at
Dellcloui whipped, cream centers, filled
with chopped walnut meats, with a thick
'coating of Bitter 8weet chocolate. -
38c
Down
$1 Week
Brings Her a Her: '
3r
Saturday Is the Last Day
Just a few more hours and
the opportunity to give her this
'time and labor saying gift"
on the first payment of only a
DOLLAR DOWN will b-5 gone
$10 Worth
"ADVO"
Groceries
with erery "Hoosier". , Yoa pay
only the "nationally advertised'
price the groceries are FREE.
Cone In early Saturday and we
will maJre delivery Christmas Eve.
Free!
Our Entire Stock
Gift Furniture
Telephone, Sets,
Sewing Cabinets,
.Smoking Cabinets,
Tea Wagons, Foot Stools,
Spinet Desks, Tabourettes,
Gate Leg Tables,
Mahogany Trays, Clocks,
Piano Benches. End Tables,
Table Scarfs, Ferneries,;'
Davenport' Tables,
All Brass Goods, Etc.
XmasSale
Phonographs (
Final Clean-up of
Smoking Stands
Tall ones and short ones, in
oak, mahogany and brass with
match and cigar attachments
are sure to please 1 Q
him; ss low as vlX7
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Prices
On All
Models
Greatly
Reduced
This Christmas Sale is YOUR
opportunity for at the special
reductions (wired us by the
factory) the "FATHE" PHO
NOGRAPH is the biggest buy
in America today. .
Was
Model No. 3 55.00
Model No. 6 ..$ 75.00
Model No. 7 ..$125.00
Model No. 10.. 4-150.00
Model No. 12.. $175.00
Now
$ 35.00
$ 50.00
$ 75.00
$ 80.00
$110.00
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10 Days FREE Trial j
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Come in and select your Tbo
nograph Satoxday; kep it for ten
days at our expense. Dnc to lt
entertain your friends. Should you
desire to keep it yoa my do so
on easy-to pay terms
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