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Y - ‘ 14 14 0 ~8 J out of the eity, he will call again, ’, affifmative Lificoln will have saloons, be- ) [ THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, Nebraska TWIN DAUGHTERS CRABUATE Girls, Whose Birth” Was Noticed by Legislature, Now in High School. MARTIN. FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Deputy in otfice Thighking of Making Rade——Lineoln Salvon Petitian Ready for Filing W City Clerk. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLNy Jan. $L.—(Speclal.)—Miss Aljee #nd Addis Wait, twin daughters of Addi- son Walt, deputy secretary of state, were 15 years old today and that faet recalled | that the legislature of which Mr. Walt w. 3 memhr.'%:‘lmrn yéars ago adopted a resolution use of the biith of thoge girls e fke of which was never seen he- fore. The resolution which was introduced in the house by Mr. Chapman of Saline gounty, now a member of the editorid | i8taff of the Chicago écord-Herald is as, Eoilowas o, i 1 “Whereds by he unanimous consent of this Nous®, the Honorable Addison Wait of Otoe ddimty was Vesferdny excused from attendance here on account of sickness. | “Whereas, the telegraph this morning an- \#ounced the result of thdt siekness to be vely girl twin bables, therefore be it “Resolyed, that the house extend its en- thusiastio congratulations to the distin- | gulshed gentleman from"Otoe and his ex- cellent Wife and wish for the pair of very young Iadles a lLeppy future, and be it further’ ? “Resolved, that the froedom of the house | be extended to the proud gentleman from Otoe, for one full ‘day upon his return to duty in which to celebrate this important ‘vent {n\any manner he deems fitting and which may be satisfactory to his felow memberp.” For the, benefit of those members of the house, who remember that occaslon, the Iit- tle twins born that day were promoted this day from the grade .sehpol to the high #chool of Lincoln and If there are two hap- , pler chifdren tn' Nebraska than those twins, they have not boon discovered to Mr. Watske Reports. R. B. Watske of Richardson county, a Bryan presidéntial elector, called at - the office of the govérnor this morning to pay his respects to democracyls chieftaln. Mr. ‘Watzke sald he had the impression that Mr. Bryan desired the people to understand that he was not a candidate for the senate. Martin for Attorney Gener: Grant’ Martin, deputy atterhey géneral, is considering entering the rabe for the repub- lican nomination for attorney general. For four years Mr. Martin has served as deputy under Attorney General Thompson and he has been closely identified with his chief in all the litigation of the office since be- coming deputy. He twas appointed deputy from Fremont, where he resided for a num- ber of years. Says Voss Not E e, Mary V. Quinn of Dakota county has an- swered the petition of W. E. Voss, who asked for a writ of mandamus to compel her to turn over to him the records of the office of county superintendent, to which ho claims he was elected. In her answer Miss Quinn sets out that Voss did not have a first grade certificate on the date of his election and therefore he fs not entitled to the office under the law. Py Missed the Govermer:. = G. L. Shumway, candidate for congress in the Sixth district, called at the offtce of the governor this afternoon to talk over matters politically, but as the governor was ‘Saloon Petition Ready. The petition asking for a special election to' glve the people a chance to vote, on ‘Whether Lincsin shall have saloons was filed with the city dlerk today. The peti- tion contalned 3441 names. It will ‘now be up to the city clerk to set the date of the election within sixty days from this " Nebraska use both Mayor Love. atd Bxclseman rurpn(m have afihonnced they will abide By the A¢cislon of the voters. Club Wants New Home. The members of the Commercial club ap- pear to be generally In favor of going ahead “with the work of erecting a elub home at Eleventh and P streets, 114 votes baving been turned In at the secretary’ office, 100 of these. being favorable and fourteen against the proposition. In Aprii & referéndum showed ' the senti- ment of the club. was largely for the own- ership of an independent club home as op- posed to the use of quarters in an office bullding. y The ballots wére made returnable in five days. It is probable that the Intention of the olub meribers will be definitely khown by Wednesday. Confidence s expressed in the pemainder of the votes, it has been shown Ih the 114 so far received. Report of Judge Risser. The report of Judge Risser for the| month of January disclosed that he had collected $147 In fines and $136.70 In cost: Out of thirty-six cases in which fines were administered fifteen were for Intoxication, cight for disorderly conduct, five for lar- ceny, two_each for keeping disorderly howses and peace warrants and one each for eruelty to animals, peddiing without license, failure to support #hild and the use of indecent language. Charges in Crawford Case. CRAWFORD, Neb, Jan. 3L—(Special)— The arrest of Mayor Cooper, together with | other city officlals and the inhabitants of the redlight district, has afqyeed great in- terest here. The charges against.the mayor are: Own- ing and renting to one John Doe for im- moral purposes property located in the northwest part of the clty. Accepting | money from saloons for protection. The charge against the may and city council ia accepting money from licensed’ houses of prostitution. The mayor is also sald to have countenanced gambiing. A detective, under the gulse of a horse buyer, has been working on. the case for some time. In trading horses with some ctizens he has acquired evidence against those arrested and against those who have been charged as accomplices. One saloon- keeper, John Bruer, has been charged with hauling liquor on the governmeui reseivis tion and selling the same to soldlers. News from Peru Normal. PERU, Neb., Jan. 31—(Spec Faculty Recreation club of previous years has boen reorganized and meets ‘several times each week for indoor base ball games and other appropriate sports. Large numbers of requests come to the normal for teAchers each week. Many of these are left unfilled because of a lack of teachers ready to begin work. Many of the seniors finish at the end of the first semester and go out to fillthe many va- cant positions, but the supply ,does not nearly meet the demand. -‘ The first semester closed this week and the students haye returned to their. text books. Experience has proven that the covers which the norrhal ‘uses on all of Its text books has nearly doubled the life of the books, making'a great saving in this department, which heretofore has fallen behind. New Oreamery for Superior, SUPERIOR, Neb. Jan. 81,—(Speclal)— Superior's new, cement plant is already bringing new enterprises to town and sev- eral new business institutions are just now making arrangement to locate here, The latest to complete arrangement s the Henningsen Produce Co., who will at once begin work on a new creamery building. The main bullding will be 50x80, two stor- les. The latest and most. up-to-date ma- chinery will be Installed, with a capacity of 10,000 pounds of butter daily. The land secured for the new site is near the Bur: lington, Banta Fe and Northwestern rall- ways. The management hopes to have the new plant in operation by June 1. Oklahomn Keeps White. BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 81.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Governor Haskell of Oklahoma. to- day refused. to honor the requisition of Governor Shallenberger for the return to Nebraska of James W. White, charged with ..& & majority of the voters.vote'In the INDIGESTION, GAS A Relief in five' minutes awaits every Stomach sufferer here. Nothing will remain undigested or sour on your stomach if you will take a little Diapepsin occasionally. This powerful digestive and ‘anta¢ld, though. as harm- less and pleasant as candy will digest and prepare for assimilation into the blood all the food you can eat. Eat what your wtomacl craves, with- out .the .sMghtest fear of Indigestion or that you will ‘be bothered with gour ri ings, ‘Belching, Gas on Stomach, Heart- burn, Headaches from stomach, Nausea, Bad Breath, Water Brash or a feeling like you had syallowed a lump of lead, or other disagreeable miserizs. Should you be suffering now from any stom: deserting his wife and daughter in this eity on December 14 last. ND HEARTBURN GO minutes, 1t you will get from your pharmacist & 60-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin you could always go to the table with a hearty appetite, and your meals would taste good, because you would know there would be no Indigestion or Sleep- less nights or Headache or Stomach mis- ery all the next day; and besides, you would not need laxatives or liver pills to keep your stomach and bowels clean and fresh, Pape's Diapepsin can be obtained from your druggist, and contains more than sufficlent to thoroughly cure the worst case gf Indigestion or Dyspepsia. There 1s nothing better for Gas on the Stom- ach or sour odors from the stomach or to cure a Stomach Headach Alscrder y—m get reliaf within five You couldn’t keep a handler ‘or more useful article in' the house. y BUY A HOME—R IGHT NOW . This is the quiet season in real estate, due to the fact that people do not want to move in mid-winter. It isalso your opportunity to get a home at a lower price than you can in the future, and on terms like rent. See the many bargains advertised in_Thursdny’s real ‘estate columns. THURSDAY IS HOME DAY ARDI GRAS New Orleans. Mobile and LOW RO . Dates of Sale ' THROUGH UND February 1.7, SLEEPERS FROM CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS Nebraska N VICTIM OF BASKET BALL WELL Miss Everett of Lyons Injared in Game Nearly Lost Life. LYONS, Neb., Jan. 3L—(Speclal.)—Miss Alice Everett is at last pronounced by her physician to be out of danger. She was compelled several weeks ago to ®ive up her position as teacher in the Sloux City schools because of Injuries recefved while playing a game of basketball. She under- went an operation here at home, and her friends, who had long despaired of her life, are now assured that she is on the road to certaln recovery. Cass County Editors Organize. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb., Jan. 31.—(Spe- clal)—During a meeting of the newspaper men In Weeping Water an organization was perfected to be known County Editorial association and elected the following named officers: President Cponel P. A. Barrows, editor of Plattsmouth Daily News; vice president, Harry Graves, editor of the Union Ledger; secretary, L. J. Mayfleld, editor of the Loulsville Courier; _treasurer, George Olive, editor of the Weeping Water Re- publican. The object of the organization Is to conserve the best Interests of the publish- ers in this county. Funeral of Lee Slusser. MINDEN, Jan. 31.—(Speclal.)—Lee Slus- ser, who dfed in Chicago last, week, was burfed today. Mr. Slusser was an’ old soldier, having enlisted from Indlana and cante to Nebraska and Kearney county in 187. Mr. and Mrs. Slusser left two months ago for an extended visit In the east to see old time friends and relatives and on their return from Indiana, while in Chicago, Mr. Slusser slipped and hurt himself, fracturing one of his legs. From this tnjury his advancing old age was not sufficient to rally him. “He leayes a wid- oW, two sons and one daughter. Mr. Slusser was a member of the G. A. R. Rev. Mr. Howe preached the funeral ser- mon. ' Pitchfork Plerces Skull. BEAVER CITY, Neb., Jan. 31.—(Special Telegram.)—Alice Eaton, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Berton Eaton, living north of Beaver City, was struck in the head by & pitchfork yesterday evening, two of the tines penetrating the skull. One of the wounds Is close to’the vital part of the ear and variation of a small fraction of an inch would have proved fatal. The accl- dent occurred while the little girl and her brother were feeding the stock and she came in the way of a fork full of hay that was belhg pitched by the latter. Liguor Cha Admittea, BEATRICE, Neb., Jan. 31.—(Speclal Tel- egdam.)—Allen Sharp of Liberty today pleaded glulty in the district court to the charge of having liquor In his possession for sale and was fined $100 and costs, which he pald.The court ordered the sheriff to destroy 100 bottles of dandelion bitters found In Sharp's place of business. Mrs. Willam Purkey of Filley pleaded gullty for her husband, who recently dis- appeared, to the charge of selling liquor wtihout license and, was fined $100 and costs, which she paid. Purkey was for- merly engaged in the hotel busines: Fillley. Nebraska News Notew. BEAVER CITY—Laura Boyd, daughter of Postmaster Boyd, was operated on‘fl‘lln afternoon for acute appendicitis and the result is belleved to be entirely successful. MINDEN—The cit'zens met in the assem- bly room of the court house this evening and decided to continue the lecture course for another year. Six numbers instead of ;l::r wag_determined. upon, for, the.cqming PLATTSMOUTH—The body of M Gladys Sackett, who died in Omaha, ar- rived in this city Sunday afternoon and was interred in Oak Hill cemetery, She formerly resided in this city and had many friends ‘here. SUPERIOR-Plans are under way for the organization of & Chautauqus, for Sy perior. J. D. Reed of Hastings, is in the city assisting in the preliminary’ work and it 1s given out that prospects for a chau- tauqua are good. PLATTSMOUTH—Mrs. Z T. Brown has recelved word informing her of the death of her mother, Mrs. S, A. Scoville, aged 83 years, in the home of her daughter, Mrs, L. M. Peterson at Topeka, Kan. She for- merly resided In this city’ and is survived by three sons and three daughters, LYONS—What is looked forward to as an Interesting revival began here last night, and will continue through the week in the Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, under the pastorate of Rev. Mr. Buell. "It has been more than a year since revival efforts have been made in Lyons. PLATTSMOUTH—The Plattsmouth High school girls' team went to Elwood and de- feated the Elwood High school girls' team by a score of 30 to 3. A large audience watched the stubbornly fought game, in Which many good plays were made by both teams ‘and the audience cheered both impartialiy, REPUBLICAN CITY-The body of Wil- lam Koll, who died in Salt fake Clty Utah, accompanied by his wife and daug jer and John Koll, brother of the de- eased, arrived here Friday night. The funeral was held at the Methodist Epfsco- pal church at 2 P mn. vesterday. The body en from s city to b interment, b e ad e OAKLAND—Dr. Frank Simon, been a prominent physician here for the last twelve years, has sold his practice . James C.' Anderson Council Bluffs, Ta., and left this week for Omaha, where he will represent the H. K. Mulford company of Philadelphia, Pa.. fn Omaha, Councll Bluffs and South Omahu. His family will remain here until spring. PLATTSMOUTH—C. F. Cramer, a_spe- clal agent for the government at Wash- Ington. has been In this city examining the site for the new government bullding In his report he recommended that no work commenced on the foundation untll the Streets on the east and north be paved The Commercial club officers got busy very shortly and the streets will be paved. SARGENT—The body of = Mrs. ¥ Ptrehm arrived here Tuesday evening foos, Towa and the funeral services were heid at the Congregational church in this city, Rev. H. H. Pyche officlating. Interment | was In the West Unlon cemetery, The de-| ceased was 21 years of age and leaves be. | sides a husband and little daughter her | parents and six brothers to mourn her loss. | SARGENT—The menthly debates of the Sargent High school were liveller than usual last Friday afternoon. The question. Should puplls of high school age read the newspapers?” was declded ip favor the affirmative. ‘‘Resolved, That the republican party deserves the credit of the present prosperity of the United was discussed on both sides, but | the judges fayored the negative side. ‘who h; alrerdy begun and much real estate is no changing hands. This. week = the = Steve George place just east of town, in the his. toric Mount Vernon townsite, was sold to R. 8. Fidler of Dickens, for $,000. This property consists of about forty lots, with two bulldings on it. Mr. Fidler and fam- ily, who were formerly residents of Peru expect to return and occupy their newly acquired property about March 1 W. D, Reed recently sold the west elghty of his farm west of town to Samuel Adams foy #.00 and this week sold the remaining elghty, on which 1s the residence, to Henry Buestotte of Auburn, for the same price This is the place formerly known us the Conkle farm. Mr. Reed lcaves this week for Abilene, Kan., near which place he ex- Pensacola February 3-8 TRIP FARES Liberal Return Limit WRITE FORILLUSTRATED FOLDER J.E. DAVENPORT, D. P. A. St. Louis P. W. MORROW, N.W. P..A. Chicage pects to make his future home. Cl Carey, who recently purchased the lt‘::? ;cu ;‘:lcl'hnl west fif.dlown from H. D. ackman for $90, moved last w Lincoln to that property. o S . s Royal Heir Expected. MADRID, Jan. 8L—A birth the royal tamily of Spain is expected the latter part of May. Queen Victoria already is the mother of three children, Prince Alphonso, Prince Jalme and Princess Beatrice, the latter having been born on June 22; 1909, \ 4 o — Guard the health of your famuy by keewl ing at hand & bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has no equal for coughs, colds and croup as The Cass | the | ! FEBRUARY 1, 1910. COOLEY MAILS CONTRACTS TO EIGHTEEN BALL PLAYERS Will Give His Entire Time to Man- agement Team This Senson, TOPEKA, Jan. $.--At & o'clock last | night eighteen contracts for the season of | 1010 had ‘been mailed out by Owner Dick | Cooley of the Topeka Base Ball club of | the Western league. About half dozen of | the first contracts sent out already have | been, recelved back, properly signed. With one possible exception, every other contract | on this list will be back In Cooley's hands, | with the player's signature attached, within | the next ten da Other contracts will bé mailed by Cooley from Topeka from fime to time, the | spring “‘tryouts” becothe available. The | ones already. mailed, however, provide for | | a complete base ball club. It Cooley doesn't land another player he still will be Ahlf" to put in the fleld this year a club 2% per | cent stronger than last season's aggrega- tion. Here I8 the list of the men to whom con- tracts have been mafled within the last two or three weeks: Arthur Thomason, out- flelder; Jack Forrester, pitcher; Rellly, shortstop; Kunkle, third base; Wooley, out- | fielder; Kerns, catcher; Landreth, out- fielder; Wright, pitcher; Bullock, inflelder; | Harris, pitcher; Kahl, second base; Cy | Young, pltcher; Frank Maxey, catcher; Spencer Arthur Abbott (Old Ab), first bas: Dean Roberts, infielder; Thomas M. Hinde, | infielder; Charles Jackson, pitcher; Roy | Arnold, pitcher; Jack Roach, pitcher; | Sehmidt, cateher. | Most of the players whose names ap- | pear In the last third of the above list | are tryouts, Roach and Roy Arnold, how- | ever, are men who have seen service with | the Topeka club. Schmidt, who is to be signed as an extra member of the catch- ing staff, is an amateur who ha played sensational ball with. Southern colleges. | Roberts and Hinde are Oregon youngsters | who have shown considerable promise in the Inner breastworks. The players whose names are given in, the first part of the lst are Cooley's regulars, who will play the position assigned them throughout the season, unless they are beaten out by some | of the more promising tryouts. { During the coming season Owner Cooley | is going to devote his entire time to the | management of the Topeka club. Following | tha example of Wrank Tshell of Wiehita | and Jack Holland of St. Joseph, he an- nounced yesterday that he would dispose of his billlard and pool hall so that he | would have no business interests other than base ball. as ISBELL WEEPS AT HIS RELEASE | Comiskey Hands Wichita Owner Bou- | quet for Faithtul Service. WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 3L—Frank Isbell | was notified today’ of his release from the | Chicago Americans. Today is the first time in fourteen years he has been free In glving Isbell his release and permission | to play with the Wichita Western league team, which Isbell owns, Comiskey say “It’ affords me the greatest pleasure to hand ‘you herewith your unconditional re- | lease and with it 1,wish you the best of success in your new. position. I want you | io know that 1 appresiate vour effort for myself and the club Auring the years you were_connected with dt. You gave the best you had. Tears came to the eves of the Chicago- American first baseman while he read the letter. AMATEUR WRESTLING TOURNEY Entrfes from Mwhy COfties Are Re- cetved at Ohicago. CHICAGO, Jan. 8L.—Entry blanks for the national amateur wrestiing . shamplonships, which will be held at.the-Lliinois Athletic club on February % and 2, were issued | today. The lists will dlose on February 21 Champlonships n the! following _seven classes will- be decided: 105 pounds, 115 pounds, 125 pounds, 135 pounds, 145 pounds, 168 pounds and more than 168 pounds. Ten- tative_entries have been received from New York, Brooklyn, Boston, New Orleans, San Franclsco and Seattle. Omahan Scores Record Auto Run. Germaine Towle, a ¢ivil engineer, who tormerly lived in Omaha and now resides in Mexico City, was officlal scorer on a | record run recently made by Billy Kipper. Kipper drove a Chambers from Mexico City to Toluca and return, a distance of forty miles, rising to an elevation of 11,000 feet, Toluca being 7,500 feet above the ea. level. The time was two hours and forty- nine minutes, part of the distance being through sand. Track Meet Promoters. Promoters of the big indoor track meet, which will be held at the Auditorium on March 4, will meet at the Commercial club Tuesday noon to make further plans. Favorable replies have been had from nearly every university and college invited to take part and the promoters feel the meet will be a great success. ) A rellable medicine for croup ana one that should always be kept at hand for jm- mediate use is Chamberlain's Cough Rem- edy. 1 | Miss Marie Sayles Bibbs. BOONE, Ta., Jan. 3L—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—A message recelved this morning from Chicago tells of the death of Miss Marle Sayles Bibbs, a’ prominent teacher of volce and piano In Chicago. She was a Boone girl and lived here until called to Chicago where she opened a studio with Prof. Carl Young. She grew rapldly in Chicago musical circles and was one of the prominent women of the city. The body will be sent here tomorrow for in- terment. ; The V\_’_eather. : For Nebraska—Falir. For Towa—Generally fair in east portion. Temperature at Omaha yesterd: H ST TEEREEIE EEEEEEE examosnunBEBonan TEYSTPETSPFREPRP BELEESREBNEY |the Week-End club Saturday evening at Oldest in America Strongest in the World The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York Record of 1909 The close of the 67th year shows an increased amount of insurance in force, $1,441,323.848, and an increased amount of new insurance paid for, $102,040,6383, of the Company are: Policy Reserves Interest and Rents Received. . , . .. oo $560,122,367.61; <eev... 445,388,997.00; 25,052,001.61; Profits on Stocks, Bonds and Real Estate Sold ...... Unprecedented Dividends paid in 1909. . Dividends apportioned for 1910.. ... Total paid policy holders, 1909. . ... 6,409,830.04; $11,005,914.96; 12,401,752.11; 54,900,648.86,; Held for Deferred Dividends and Contingencies .. ... The Company continues to maintain its PRE-EMINENCE [ 91,498,319.99; Increase, Increase, Increase, Increase, Benefits to Policy Increase Increase, Increase, Increase, ECONOMY OF MANAGEMENT. Other notable features marking the progress $21,083,399.48 12,251,281.00 531,868.:83 5,804,364.27 Holders $2,694,669.07 1,309,469.73 2,246,947.83 5,663,328.79 In con- nection with a largely increased volume of new insurance, the ratio of Expenses (exclusive of taxes) to Total Income Is lower than any other company doing a general life insurance business has been able to show in many years. The relative expenses of the Mutual Life have decreased more than 50 per cent in the last five years, resulting in a steady and satisfactory decrease in the cost of insurance. B_alance Sheet, lSéf:émber Siliarit, 1903 ASSETS Real Estate (market value) . Mortgage Loans on Real Estate. ... Loans on Policies . ... el Bonds (amortized book value). Btocks (market value) Cash (not on interest) Cash (deposited on interest) Interest and Rent, due and accrued. Premiums in course of collection. . Miscellaneous Assets . . Gross Assets . ... Deductions Total Assets . ..$ 26,289,286.53 +. 128,754,102,94 65,274,997.91 271,526,503.63 67,829,877.00 630,892,658 2,050,296.50 3,897,681.25 3,923,980.43 282,631.89 . in advance Regerve for Taxes, . 1910 Sy Contingencies . .$660,459,750.66 337,383,056 .$560,122,367.61 Net Policy Reserve Other Liabilities on Policles . . cue Premiums, Interest and Rentals Pald Miscellaneous Liabilities e Reserve for Death Claims unreported , Licenses, ete. Dividends payable in 1910........ Reserve for Deferred Dividends and Total Liabilities ... LIABILITIES +v.$445,388,997.00 6,366,661.90 1,768,987.09 937,628,065 $00,000.00 in 1,252,104.55 12,401,752.11 91,506,436.91 ’ ..$560,122,367.61 Brandeis Building Complimentary to Miss Helen Grantley, a former Omaha #irl who is playing at the Orpheum this week, a number of {nformal soclal affairs will be given. Miss Grantley was formerly Miss Belle Goldsmith of this clty and Is a graduate of the Omaha High school. In private life she is the wife of Mr. James B. Delcher, a theatrical man- ager. The many friends of Miss Grantley will entertaln for her during the week and the guests will include only her intimate friends. Today there will be a small lunch~ eon 'at the Omaha club and Miss Grantley will spend the first part of the week as the guest of Mrs. H. H. Baldrige and the latter part as the guest of Mrs. Charles L. Dun- dey. Friday Mrs. W. 8. Poppleton will give a small luncheon at the Omaha club and Saturday Mrs. T. F. Kennedy will entertaln at luncheon at her home in honor of Miss Grantley. There will also be some small and informal dinner parties given. Pleasures Past Social Events of Note at Which Congeniel People Meet sud En- joy Themselves t0 the Utmost. The Omaha High school junior prom at Chambers' Saturday evening was one of the largest soclal events of the school year. The ball room was elaborately decorated with purple and white, the high school colors. In one corner of the room was an attractive cozy corner made of the colors I and. insignia of one of the junior ' girls clubs, “Nomelz.” Punch #vas served dur- ing the evening. The committee in charge of the party Included Messrs. Richard Payne and Edwin Alderson. About 150 young people enjoyed dancing untll a late hour. The party was successful both so- clally and financially. Miss Helen Davis was hostess at the meeting of the Junior Bridge club today at her home, The guests of the club were Miss Helen Shepard of Hartford, Conn., and Mrs. Allen Reed. Mr. and Mrs. George West entertalned thelr home. The members present were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kennard, Mr. and Mrs, Selwyn Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wernher, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Collett, Mr, and Mrs, George West. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Herzog, 2518 Cald- well street, gave & stag party Saturday evening at thelr home In honor of Mr. Charles Davis, whose marriage to Miss Mattie Statford will take place St. Valen- tine's day. Covers were lald for sixteen guests. Plenty of fresh air, sleeping out-doors and a plain, nour- ishing diet are all good and helpful, but the most import- ant of all is Scott’s Emulsion It is the standard treatment prescribed physicians all over the world for this dread It is the ideal food- SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Peari St, N. Y. Miss Helen Grantley to Be . | Guest of Omaha Friends today for California, after visiting Mr, and Mrs.- Frank Heckman, Miss Katherine Moorhead has gore to Moorhead, Ia., for a brief visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Georgo B. Eddy and daughter, Mrs, Richard T. Kitchen, left this morning for a ten days' visit with relatives at Mitchell, 8 D. Mr. and Mrs. John A. McShane are now at Bhepard's’ hotel, Cairo, Egypt, where they will remain about five weeks. From there they expsct to go to Rome for Easter. . Mrs. Frank L. Campbell, who is {1l at her home, 18 somewhat improved. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Beeson expect to leave In two weeks for a trip through California. They will be gone about a month. Mr. W. A. Paxton, jr., who is suffering with a serlous attack of pneumonia, re- mains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Stockham have re- turned from their wedding trip to the Pa- citic coast. They will be at home at 232 Callfornia_street. Wedding Bells Sweet Obimes Ring for Msppy Couples Xnewn in Omals and An- nouncements of Others Are Made. At the residence of General L. V. Patch, Commanding National-Guard of Idaho, oc- curred the wedding of Miss Edna M. Patch of Omaha, daughter of J. T. Patch and slster of General Patch, to Mr. Gordon P. Miller of Prosser, Wash. The ceremony was performed, by Rev. George H. Turner of tae Presbyterian church of Payette, Idaho, January 24, only members of the family and relatives being present. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left on the afternoon train for Portland. Mr. Miller was formerly of Des Moines, Ia., and a graduate of Ames college, Towa. He is now one of the pros- P - Miss Margaret Fhillippi is vitising her sister, Mrs. Elwood Balley, in St. Joseph, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Connell and Miss Marion Connell will leave Tuesday for a trip through New Mexico. They will visit Mr. Ralph 8. Connell at Tularso. Mr. and Mrs. Connell will be gone about two weeks, but Miss Connell will remain a month. Miss Eugenie Whitmore, who has been spending the last few weeks at Macon, Mo., at the Blees Military academy, and at Kansas City, is expected the latter part of this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. Y, Smith moved Saturday from 4006 Harney street to 1l South Thir- ty-elghth street. Dr. and Mre. Irving Heckman will leave WAITE H. SQUIER, Manager, Omaha, Nebraska THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CCMPANY OF NEW YORK Home Office, 34 Nassau Street, New York, N. Y. perous fruit growers of the Yakima valley, Washington. Miss Patch Is an alumna of the Nebraska State School of Music and has resided for several years In Omaha, during which time she has become quite extensively inteissted in southern Idaho lands. For th‘i:"F\itufe. Events of Interest That Ave On The Local Social Calendar That Promise Much of Fleasure. Mrs. H. M. McClanahan and Miss Kath- ryn McClanahan issued = invitations to- {day for a bridge party to be given at their home Monday evening, February 14. Miss Ethel Mayne will entertain Wednes- day afternoon at luncheon and a theater party for Miss Ray Noble, who is visiting Miss Lols Brookfleld, Mrs. John L. Kennedy will he the hostess of the meeting of the Original Bridge club next Friday at her home. To Remove Runt, Kerosene poured on a. rusty bolt or screw that refuses to turn will remove the rust and the bolt may be unscrewed easily, Wanamaker Ad Man. ] One more newspaper man has won big success in the advertising world. J. R. Hamilton, advertising manager for Wan- amaker's of Philadelphia and New York, goes to Chicago, February 1, to join the | forces of the Herbert Kaufman & Handy company, & Chicago firm of .advertising | counselors composed entirely of newspaper- trained men. Mr. Hamilton is a graduate of Stanford university, and before taking up the advertising profession was a Ban Franclsco newspaper | correspondent. He originated the Store-News idea in retail advertising, and his advertising. editorials for the Wanamaker 'store Nave kept him prominent in his profession, Mr. Hamilton has been a writer of ad- vertising since 1904, and his ability to write forceful copy combined with the retalling experience he has accumulated in his con- nection With western and. eastern depart- ment stores have made him one of the greatest merchandise experts in the coun- try. Lenox Soap Speaks for Itself. PRICE CONSIDERED, Lenox Soap is the best laundry soap in the country, There are soaps that sell for more; but few are worth more. There are soaps that sell for less; but most of them are dear at any price. : LENOX SOAP spealis for itself. In size, shape, color, quality and price, it suits most women better than any other soap, Lenox Soap—Justfits the hand

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