Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1888, Page 5

Smoking Jackets T0-MORROW. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY - DECEMBER 16, 1888, —~SIXTEEN PAGES. N. B. FALCONER, Underncath we give particulars of the Greatest Silk Sale ever made by us, and would call attention to our line of This is a line of goods we don't carry and have made prices that will Smoking Jackets. SILKS, SILKS, SILKS, On Monday and all next week, we offer, the greatest value we ever ‘have offered. The goods were bought very recently at the lowest prices ever made to us, and only pos sible in such hard times. We offer these goods on Monday at much less than our regular profit so that our customers will get more than all the advan- tage of our purchase. The goods are all the best makes, latest weaves, and guaranteed. Black armure silks and black silk serge at g1.25. The former price of these was $2. Black, striped and brocade silks and colored marveleux at 85c. The price of the bods has been $1-50 to $1.65, > 8 Black gros grain silk at gsc, $1, $1.25, $1.35, $1,50, $1.05, $1.75, $1.85, Black faille francaise, $r1, $1.25, $1.35, 81.45, $1.75, $2, £2.25, , $2.75, $3. Blac 1tin- rhadmas, g1, $1,35, $1.50, $1,75, $2. Black royal armuse, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3. Black peaude soui, $1.65, $2, $2.25; Black satin lora, $2, $2,50, $3. Black tricot silk, 81.75, $20. Colored faille francaise, $1 and §1.2 Colored armuse, $1.50. Colored marveleux, $1 81.25. Colored satin rhadema, $1.25 “and g1.50. and Colored bengalines, ¢2. Colored surahs, 75¢ and &1, And splendid lines of light shades surah silks and satins for evening wear. All of these goods are reduced to prices that never before have been n here. The sale commen- ces Monday, and will continue all week or till all are sold. COLORED DRESS GOODS We intend this to be one of our greatest sales of the se: son in dress goods, and have therefore marked down to very low figures goods of serviceable materials, Tl e broadcloth sold by us| regularly at §1.65, on Monday | s11.02%. Remember, 54-inch | wide, steam shrunk, and will | not wear rough. Our broadcloth that you have always paid $1,25 for, on .\I.nn~$ day for 78¢c. s4-inches wide, also steam shrunk. The beautiful French flan- nels that are in so much de-! mand for tea gowns and house ' wrappers. Reduced from 83c. For Monday 65c. All our imported robes re- | gardless of former price. Sell | on Monday at §25. These are choice goods. There are no du- | plicates in this line. | We have 75 pieces of fine French and German goods, ! good winter cloths, camel’s hair, foulle, prunelle and many other | weaves, Regular price 8sc, | 81, 81.25, 42 and 44-inch wide. On Monday 42%c. | close them all out before Christmas. LADIES' AND GENT'S UMBRELLAS. For Christmas presents we will place on sale Monday an cle as pur- chased specally for the holi- days, compris ing all the lates Silver and novelties known. natural wood handles. The prices range from ¢1.75 to $20. These prices will be good until Christmas and are the low- est ever offered by us. REAL POINT AND DUCH- ESS LACE COLLARS. For the next ten days we offer our entire stock of real lace collars atalmost half price. 2 real duchess and cluny lace collars, 83, formerly 88; 2 real duchess and point lace eollars, $9.50, formerly $13.50; 3 real duchess and point lace colla $11.50, formerly $16.50; 1 real duchess and pomt lace collar, $13.50, formerly ¢20; 1 real duchess and point lace collar, $19, formerly ¢25; 1 real duch- s and point lace collar, §23, formerly $35; 1 real duchess and point lace collar, $30, for- merly ¢42; 1 real duchess and point lace collar, 837.50, for- merly $50; 1 real duchess and point lace collar, $52.50, for- merly $75. We have a- very nice line of hand run Spanish, chantilly and Spanish guipure lace ties and fischus that we will close out also at very much reduced e REAL SEAL BONNETS AND WALKING HATS. We have received from our New York bargain buyer an- other lot of ladies’ real seal bonnets and walking hats. To-morrow at g2.19, worth $10. BLACK DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT. -inch black Henrietta cloth 38-inch all wool black tricot at 45¢, worth 75c. 42-inch all wool French cash- mere at 79¢, worth $1. Special value in 42-inch silk warp Henrictta cloth at 92 48-inch black ladies’ cloth, al wool, at ¢8c; regular price, $1.50. 42-inch silk warp @ at $1; former price, $2.25. USEFUL X-MAS GIFTS. In our linen we will offer from now until X-mas unprece- dented bargains in towels, nap- kins, table cloths, lunch cloths, carving cloths, tray cloths, doy- lies, and fine tea and dinner sets. Towels (in dozen lots only). 100 doz. large huck towels at 81.65 doz ; 155 doz. plain white huck towels at g2.15 a doz. 50 doz. assorted huck towels at ¢2.50 a doz. at rmures 75 doz. hemstitched huck towels at §5.50a doz. 45 doz. hemstitched huck towels at $8.10 a doz. Novelties in open work and embroidered towels atall prices, Odd price. Hemstitched lots of towels at half pillow cases, linen sheets and embroidered pillow shams at bargain prices, We will also show on Mon- day a new line of patterns in John S. Brown & Sons and Wm. Siddell & Co.’s fine dam- dinner sets. Examine them, Q\dd cloths of Brown’s and Siddell's at about half price. SPECIAL! SPECIALI Tapestry and raw silk covers at half price. Lot 1---1 doz 6-4 covers at $1.89; reduced from §3.50. Lot 2---2 doz, 6-4 and 8-4 covers, all at_§2.98; reduced from ¢5 and 6. Lot 3---4 doz. 12-4 cove $4.68; reduced from ¢7.50. Extra value in plush and che- nille table covers, Ask to sce them. BLANKETS, COMFORTS AND PILLOWS. The many bargains we are offering in this department on our second floor we have not space to detail, but would call attention to our line of eider down goods. 20 6x7 eider down quilts, No. 1 down and French sateen, at $12.35; reduced from g18. 10 6x7 silk eider down quilts at $35; reduced from g5o. 1 doz. embroidered Japanese sofa pillows at $10; reduced from g15. ot These reduced prices are only good between now and X-mas. 1t NOTION DEPARTMENT. We areshowing an elegantline of hand bags at $4.25, $5, $6 and 7. Pocketbooks at 25¢, 50e¢, 78¢ to FANS! FANSI HAll our $1.25 fans reduced to P0c. All our $1.50 fans reduced to 1.18. All'our $2 fans reduced to $1.63. All our $450 fans £3.42, PERFUMES AND JEWELRY., We have addedto’'our perfume stock an elegant line of Armant’ perfumes, in all size bottles, For the holidays our stock of jewelry is now complete with all the lat- est noveltles in bracelets, ear- rings, scarf pins, culf buttons and watch chains. GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT. SMOKING JACKETS. To-morrow we will place| on sale an entire stock of| fine smoking jackets recent- ly purchased by our New| ork “asent at half price. | They are all nice, desirable goods and 5 or 6 different styles in each | lot. They will be placed in six lots. Lot I at $8.78, worth $5.50. Lot IT at $10, worth $20. Lot I1L at $12.50, worth $285. Lot 1V at $14.75, worth $27.50. Lot V at $17.80, worth $30. Lot VI at $23, worth $50. In this department wé are| showing an extra large assort- ment of choice novelties, all re- cently bought for the holiday trade. SUSPENDERS! 100 dozen plain and embroid- ered silk and satin suspenders with solid plated mountings at | $1, $1.78, $2, $2.28, $2.78, $3. PLUSH NECKTIES! PLUSH NECKTIES! Plush is the very latest novelty reduced to |7 Smoking Jackets T0-MORROW, in gents' scarfs. we can show you a very choice selection in this class of goods in plain and combinations at $1,80, worth $2. HANDKERCHIEFSi HANDKERCHIEFS! BOO dozen gents'all pure linen handkerchiefs, in plain white, hemstitched, and a splendid as- sortment of fancy borders, Wae 1all place them ‘on our tables at three prices, 8 1-3e, 12 1-2¢, 28c. This is searcely half price. 800 dozen gents' all pure silk handkerchiefs, in cream, pure white and assorted colors, at 88e, 50c¢, 78c and $§1. MUFFLERS, MUEFLERS! In this class of goods we can give a selection of nearly BOO choice designs in_all pure silk, at §1, §2, $2.50, $8, $4.50, $5. HOSIERY, HOSHERY! We are showing an elegant line of ladies’ all pure silk hosein blacks and all the latest combi~ nations in colors, at extremely low prices. 40 dozen ladies’ fine black silk p'eated hose with double heels and toss at $1.2 28 doz-n lac extra fine silk 1lisle hose with high spliced heels and warranted fast colors, .85, worth $2.25. 50 dozen ladies' all pure silk hose with high spliced heals and double toes. iTI\r: is the very best make of silk hose in the market. We guaranie: every pair to give perfect satistaction. They are good valus for $3.73. Our sale price $2.62 1 “ONYX STAINLESS BLACK.” We have a full line of this pop= ular brand ‘“stainless black” in plain _cotton and FLEECED LINED. They are all good value for 75c. We shall run them dur- ing this sale for 48¢c. Every pair guaranteed not to crock or fade. PLUSH GOODS At greatly reduced prices from now until Christmas. We offer some wonderful bargains in plush Glove and Handkerchief hoX. plush Toilet Sets, Mani- cur Sets, Shaving Sets, Jewelry Cases, Work Boxes, Collar and Culf Boxes. Our s ock is very large and we ars determined to reduce it. Examine our prices. the prices you Doyou remember the p people of Omaha many thousands of dollars on books alone. FOR 29 CENTS we will sell you any one of the following well-known~ books, nicely printed and substantinlly bound in eloth: It is not so long ago since you were willing to pay 75¢ per volume for these books. Our Mutual Friend, Tale of Two cs, Great Dxpectations, Astoria, Mill on the Floss, Romola, Adam Bede, That Beautiful | Wreteh, Waverley, King Arthur Don Quixote,lithics of the Avam, Fern' Leaves, Guy ng, nziSurtor Resustus, Vanity Fair, Young KForr 1@ Pilot, The Pirate, Poc’s Pathfinder, Midshipman, Last of Mohicuns, and hundreds of others. A BEAUTIFUL GIFT, If you are in doubt what to give, look at one of our handsome TREEF CALF POETS. authors in hakespeare, tt. Moore, DYy wles. Tules, f the We have the following above style of binding: Tennyson, Meredith, S Byron, Ingelow, Mrs, Browning, Au’ rora Leigh, Burns, Favorite Gocthe, Dante, Bryant, Hemans, Lalla Rookh, Longfellow, Lucille, Milton, Poe, Proc’ tor, Whittier $1.75. N. B. Xmas Cards Are Good to Mail to Absent Friends. WE ALWAYS LEAD. JUVENILE BOOKS! BOOKS FOR THE CHII ENORMOUS STOC THE KING OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS! BELFORD’S ANNUAL, 1888-0. Distinetly American. The most charming of Juveniles, full of stories, poems, skeehes, fables, fairy tales, etc. EDITED BY THOS. W. HANDFORD. Superbly illustrated with 125 ful igi wings by True Williams, Arthur Vaughan, ete, rto, elaborate colored frontispicce, chromo cover, price 78c, Large quarto, claborate colored frontispicce, cloth, gold and back. price 98¢, “Prepared under the able editorlal supervision of Thomas W. Handford, who has become a recognized expert in this class of work. Belford’s Anuual is distinetly an An an book far Amer- i dren.”—Chicago Herald. . Tnstructive and Historical Booxs for the Young. HISTORIES OF THE STATES, In words of one syllable. Kach richly illustrated. Books that every child should have. A History of Virginia. By Mrs. JREN! i Niles H. McNamara. A History of New England. By Mrs. H. N. Cady. A History of New York. H. Walworth. A History of Ohio. Cady. A History of Illinois. By Thomas W. Handford. Tllumin By Mrs. J. By Mrs. H. N, ed chromo lithograph cov- s, each, 78¢. Cloth, gold, red and black, 98c. Just the Book for Boys! OUR WEEK AFLOAT; or, How WE EXrLori Ry By Wallace P. trations by H. A charming narvative, telling how two boys spent a week’s vacation ox- ploring the source of the Pequonset River. One of the best books for boys over written. Large 12mo, profus illustrated, cloth, red and black. Pri 8¢, IHE PEQUONSET With illus- FALCONE LOWEST PRICES. aid for Books before we opened a Book Department a few years ago ? TWO SPLENDID BOOKS OF TRAVEL. YOUNG FOLKS' TRANELS IN LU- ROPI takes you through Ireland, Scot- land, England, France, Italy, Switzer- land, G ¥, Belgium and Holland, Denmark, and Sweden, Russia, Turkey, G y, Portugal,Spain, and is suitably illustrated with 150 en- gravings. Large quarto size, 10x8. Handsome illuminated cover. Boards, price, G5 FOLKS’ D \l"l;[( A tal TRAVELS IN <es youthrough Morocco, , Tunis and Tripoli, Alexandvi Minor, Damaseus, Galilee, Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethlehem, Hebron, gy suthern Africa, India, and is illustrated with 160 illustrations. Large quarto; size, 10x8. Handsomo illuminated cover. Boards; pri (8 cents, FOUR GREAT BOOKS YOUNG! FOR 48 CENTS EACIL OUR BOYS 5, pocms sketches by Lou M. Alcott, Thorne, Laurie Loring, Bdgar FOR THE and Olive Faw- 10 cety, ete., ote., with 100 illustrations. OUR GIRLS---Stories, poems and sketches by Laurie Loring, Louisa M. Alcott, H. B. Hudson, Olive Thorne, Celia Thaxter, ete., with 100 1llustra- t SPUN YARNS -- Stor poems und skotches. Bd Abbot Rund, with 75 illustr HOLLY D MISTLETC Stories, Poems and Sketch Edited Abbot Itund, with 1llustr re quarto; s 91 board cover. SIX SPLENDID BOOKS FOR LITTLE ONE —WHAT JESUS SAIIL Wiath 20 illust inated b ations by Dore, Illum- ard cover, ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Stories and studies concerning the habits of animals and birds. Illumin- ated bound coy CHRISTMAS DAY. Stories, legends and poems of the me Christmas time, Christmas games and readings suitablo for Christ- mas festivities, BOOKS MAKE THE BEST PRESENTS. BEST GOODS. . If so, compare them with present prices. And we propose, if you will let-us, to save you lots more. FAVORITE FAIRY TALES, Containing Cinderilla, Jack and the Bean Stalk, The Sledping Beauty, Pussin Boots, ete. Chromo covers. LITTLE S, WELL [LLUSTRATED bright little book. Iluminated bound covers. DIMPL covers. Thousands of other books suitable for children. JDS IN FINE BINDINGS, We have most of the stan fiction and history in half eal Moroceo, TRead” the list and prices. What better present ean you make? Yeurs of enjoyment in evory sot, ulwer s, 13 volumes, 3 18 > A little beauty. Chromo wrd sets of nd half Mor- Carlyle, 11 volumes, 4 calf, $16, I'Il‘]uu'ln:ruy. 10 volumes, 4 Morocco, k3 Thackeray, 10 volumes, § culf, $12. Rende’s Shakespearc. 8 largo S-vo. volumes, 4 calf, at $13.95, We have saved the LIVES OF THIE QUEENS O LAND, BY AGNES SrRI TLLUsTRAT FINE LIBRARY EDITION, 5 VOLUMES ENG- 'HLAND, TEACIERS' BIBLES. POCKET BIBLES, FAMILY BIBI EPISCOPAL PRAYERS AND HYMNALS, and afine line of CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOKS. Itis no use quoting prices on these, If you will only look it them, we know the prices will ; SPECIAL BAR S IN 18" volumes, cloth, 0, at $8,48, CLOTH Julwer y vels, 12 volumes, > $16, ut §5.98, Elliot, 8 volumes, cloth, List pr ot $3.98, Thackeray, 10 volumes, cloth, List pri 15, at $4, . B. FALCONER GOSSIP OF THE CREEN ROOM. Fancies and Follies of Foyer, Stage and Parquet. THE GREAT DRESSING ROOM WAR Story of a Composer—Herr Soidl On English Opera—Wlliiamm Warren as Pilliquoddy-—Sara Jewott —Actors and Actrosses. ‘Williamm Warren as Pillicoddy. The Atlantic for December: The John Peter Pillicoddy of Mr, Warren was almost worthy to be ealled a grvnt ereation. The old-time farce, which has nearly been superseded by burlesque and extraviganza, had a real artistic reason for being. It had the same placo in the drama that humorous character has in painting, and served a like pur- Eou. Farce simply took a natural uman feeling or habit, magnified or intensified it, and showed how amusing & man might be who was entirvely under its control, Mr, Pillicoddy 1s & nurse eaer and s scedsmau, & beautiful, perfect specimen of the small but pros- perous English Philistine, He is de- votedly fond of his wife, who was the v sea captain named O'Souttle, and all his spicit is possessod by udread that Mrs. Pillicoddy’s *first,” who was supposed to have been drowhed at son, nay turn up and claim his spouse. His fear soon has something substantial to feed on, for a Captain O’Scuttle docs turn up and domand o wife, and the ac- tion is occupied simply with the diurmy of Mr. Pillicoddy’s emotions until he discovers that he is dealing with his g and not with the Absurd as the widow of e well as drollery in Mr., Warren's as bands, Herr Seidl on Opera. New York Herald: “Iow can a genu- ine school of opera in English ever be establishod in America?” 1 asked of Herr Seidl. *1would po a difficult thing to accom- | plish,” replied the conductor, with a smile, *‘The costly experiment of the Americian Opera compn: clearly de- monstrated that, Art annot be trained in the conservat they must | have the stage for a school, and also have constantly before them the masters | of the profession, so that they can study their methods. “There is an abundance of young talent in this country, and I think it could be utilized and trained in this manner. Let theso talented young the metropolitan opera. A they sad- vance they can be cast for minor parts, They will be in all the representations where they can study the thods of the great foreign artists. Once or twice during the soason dllow these students to produce some opera in English which they have had opportunities of studying at the German presentations. *Iive or six hundred dollars a year would be sufficient to equip, maintain and instruct an organization of this kind, and in a very years we should bave formed a disiinet school of opera in English, “*New York is one of the greatest musical centers in the world,” added | the conductor. ‘“*More concerts are given here duriug the season than in any city in Burope,and three of the best orchestras in the world are to be found | in Now York. “There is a widespread love for music here, but it 15 not set and traditional as . in Burope. The taste here is volatile uand ingenious; people want frequent chavge, 2nd when they like anything they give praiso enthusiastically.” The Story of a Composer. N. Y. Herald; About fiftcen years ago (it must have been in 1872 or 1873) & beardless young Erenchman made a pilgrimage to Bayreuth and knocked at the door of Richard Wagner. At the people form an auxiliary force, suy to time the adhevents of the new schcol were few. THe Nibelungen Tr had not yet seen the light. Most G mans still talked disdainfully of the “new music prophet,” while en the Erench side of the Rhine he was ridi- culed, vituperated and cordially hated, The master happened to be in a good humor, and the enthusiasm with which the boy a'\)oku of his music soon wou the composer'’s interest “*You must come *ngain,” said Wag- ner; *“‘or, betterrstill, stay and dine with me now."” ' fter dinner Wagner pointed to the afried” score ‘lying on the tabl which had been published only a for night before, *1 know said the bought one of the first copies. And he amuzed his host by pointing out the chief beauties of the score. Wagner never forgot his visitor and foretold - a bright future for him. The young Frenchman was no other than incent d'Indy, whose Wallenstein Trilogy was pla; tthe last Seldi con- cert ut New York city. youth, “I The Grear Drossing Room War, Mapleson’s Memoirs: Duriug one of the Mapleson seasons of Italian opera in Chicago, Ltelka Gerster, Minnie Hauk and Roze wore among the stars. On the right and left hand side of the prosceniuin were two dressing rooms, alike in every vespect. Gerster se- lected the one on the right hand side, which, of course, gave it the name of the prima donna’s room. On the fol- lowing eveuing “De Nozze di Figaro” was to be performed, in which Mar Roze was to take the part of Susanna, and Minnie Hauk that of Cherubino, In order to secure the prima donna's room Minnie Hauk went to the theater with her maid at 3 o’clock in the after- noon and placed in it her dresses and her theatrical trunk. At 4o’clock Marie Roze’s maid,think- ing to be first in the 3 theg purpose of placing her mistress’ movables in the coveted room. Find- ing it already occupied she mentioned the fact to Marie RRoze's husband (who, by the way, was and the valiant col- onel’s eldest son), und that gentleman with a couple of stage hands speedily removed the Hauk effeots to the oppo- site room, nud replaced them with | Marie’s. He then returned to the hotel and requested Marie to be at the theater as early as 6 o’clock, At about (husband—Baron Wartegg) passed by to see if all was in order and found Marie Roze's box und costumes where Minnie Hauk’s were supposed tobe, He con- sequently ordered the removal of Marie Roze's dresses and trunk, replaced those of Minnie Huuk, and fastened the door with & padlock which he brought to the theater for that purpose. Punctually at 6 o'clock Marie Roze 30 Minnie Hauk’s agent | arrived and found the door locked, With the aid of a locksmith the door was again opened and Minnie Hauk’s things © again removed to the oppo- site room, while Marie Roze serenely proceeded to dress herself in the prima donna’s room, At Minnie Hauk, wishing to steal a march on her al, came to dress, and found the room oceupic She immediately returned to her hotel slaring that she would not sing rsuasion wis useless. mana- ger, therefore, had to hegin the opera without a Cherubino, and it was no until the middle of the second 3 the expenditure of consider; quence by the sorely-troubled Maple- son’s law) that “Minfie Hauk ap- peared on th Lage, That ¢ remembered by all the musical this day, as the great dressing-room war, A Hide-Bound Partisan, New York Times: The town of Ded- ham, Mass,, furnishes one of the most remarkable instances of hide-hound partisanship that has been noted during or sinoe the campaign just ended. The Maaliantatmcoian hiilL that place is about 1o resume business. It is the prop- erty of Charles Harding, a millionaire manufacturer of Cambr The mill employed about live hundred hands, and 800w after the olection of 1684 its doors were closed and they closed ever since) ous detriment of tho town, which was largoly sups ported by the custom from the large number “of people dependont upon this one interest, It was stated at the time that the proprictor vowed that he would never start the mill agan under democratic administration, More cently, it issaid, he has expressed him- U réady to start the spindle more on - was el However this y be, severnt machinists huve bheen put at work getting the machinery in ovder for an immediate resumption of business. A superintendent has heen . the dye shop started, and the entire mill will be in operation within have been kept to the seris, the business of a week or two, and the people are cor- respondingly manufacture th l.:||r§:_\'. The mill will grade of cloth for which iter demand now than reis no g has beon, while wool, the raw inl, is certainly higher than the age for several wonths, Last evening, Willard Saott, , lensae of the rity cire Sk, was aarried Lo Mliss Auelia Mavia Geeken, The Omaba ana Cosucli Biuffs Bridge company is consiructing wn lec breaker on the north side of the strusture, The false work is belng vemoved,