Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 24, 1915, Page 4

4 " 7 |Popular Girl Wh Sells Tickets B LUl | o the Krug Thoater fox Office] qrocoe ta0eah ON OLD SANTA CLAUS How They Did Laugh at First Pres- byterian Sunday School When Lost Whiskers, BUT HE'S “THERE" JUST SAME With Christmas eve only two days | off, and all little boys and girls sup- posed to be on their best behavior, dear old Santa Claus has been laughed at and joked about. And right here in Omaha, too, where the kiddies usually are as good as can be It bappened last evening at the Christmas entertainment for the First Presbyterian Sunday school held in the auditorium of the Young Mea's Christian association building Tho program was anbout over, wher Saint Nick dropped in to make a final survey of the situation before making out his girt list for Friday | night, | M4 was telling the youngsters what | #00d children they most be If they wanted | him to remember them, when s mehing | went wrong with his bushy, lon: white whiskers. Maybe the warm room had something to do with #t. Anyway, old Banta's whiskers actually dropped off his | fat, smiling face, and for instant he | looked for all the world like Dr. W, O, | Henry, ( ANl the Boys Langhed. But only for a moment. He caught his falling faclal decorations and fastened | them on again, and tried to continue with | his talk to the children. But they couldn’t | help laughing, for they not only, had | solved the mystery of the Christmas saint, | but also had witnessed n good joke on @ former guperintendent of their Sunday school. Santa himself thought it was such a | &00d Joke that he didn’t even diccriminate | against the children who laugzhed at his obstreperous whiskers, He gave out hun- dreds of boxes of candy and didn't over- look a asingle chid Gifts Go to Missions. Many gifts of clothing and toys for poor children were brought by the well- | to-do members of the Sunday school and deposited around a big brilllantly trimme Christmas tree. These gifts will be din- tributed through the City mission to leas fortunate youngsters. The trce wiil also be passed on to gladden the hearts of | the children who attend the Grace Chapel mission of the First Presbyterfan church, Fifth and Plerce atreets. “A Boy's Dream” was the title of one number on the entertalnment program. Junior Preston appeared as a lad dream- ing of a bountiful Christmas d'nner, and | a8 he dreamed of each part of the feast in succession boys and girls dressed to represent roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potato and gravy Then “A Girl's Dream’ was presented in similar tashion, Ruth Grimmel playing the part of the dreaming girl. Boys and girla dressed to represent characters in r Goose rhymes, and to represent Christmas toys, were parts of the visual- 1zed dream. Adair as Mothor Hubbard waa ular participant in that section of the entertainment. She also opened the program with a plano solo. A chorus of lttle girls sang severa] numbers. Miss Nellle Watson was the planist for the dream acts. Miss Marle Berry and Miss | Elisabeth Kilewit drilled the children for the affair. George Scott was chalrman of the committee and Frank E. Clarke, superintendent of the Sunday school, pre- slded during the evening. Takes Life of His | Friend and Pauper - InRailway Station BATON ROGUE, La, Dec. #.—Robert L. Knox, surveyor of eustoms for the port of New Orleans and prominent Louisiana attorney, shot and killed Ben- Jamin Foster of Hattiesburg, Miss., a close friend and former business assoch- | Ate, and Alexander Fraenklin, believed to be from Natchitoches, La., in the Yazoo & Misstssippl Valley railroad depot here today. According to witnesses, Knox walked Into the crowded walting room and. with- out uttering a word, drew a revolver and fired three times. Foster, who was pur- | chasing & ticket, was instantly killed. | Fraenklin was struck by the second or | bullet and died twenty minutes " After the shooting Knox left the :&. room and surrendered to the po- | who at- | statement from | District Attorney Holcome, tempted to obtain a Knox, declared that all the prisoner would say was “he rulned my life. It was sald Knox did not xnow Fraenklin had been killed. | Relatives of Knox declare that he was suffering from mental aberration, he and Foster hud been friends for many | years and no cause was known for a grievance, Knox recently developed mental trouble and last September was |, taken to Washington and placed in a | sanitarium for treatment. He arrived here from Washington several days ago. Fraenklin was 74 years old and was a | pauper. He had been accompanied to the depot by an attache of a local charitable organization which had arranged to send him to relatives in Donaldson, La. Gas Company Is to Play Santa Claus Following its usual annual oustom, the Omaha Gas compsny will entertain its and the members of thelr fam |world desired a speedy termination Juanita Hawlelg [ ffice at the Krug the WAy from Toronto to cago and Sloux Cit smile. When Cole of the theater looked around for & feminine adjunct for the box office, he found Miss Hawlelgh and at onco decided he had made a find Patrcns of the North Brothers' Stoek company a are growing to appre- cate the “la the smile,” —the mile with of the was born at Toronto, where she made her debut Iin & theater box office. Later she went to Chicago, then to Sloux ity. and now declares she has found of her ideals, of the b Omaha her W via Chi terchin (Billy) Manager W N n, who gives a ery ticket. This custodlan Kets believe © heard it sald, with you. the smile. You ‘“mile and the world A smile will drive y an in linntlon to say the short 1 ugly werd, One makes frends by Iing, and, do you know, smiling aids Just try It for yourself. n1d Miss Hawle gh. he “smiles all the while digestion NOBEL INSTITUTE! Reception of Pilgrims by Dis- tinguished Body Regarded as Significant. HOPES MISGION SUCCEENS | CHRISTIANIA (Via London), | Dec. 23.—~Members of the Noble in- stitute unofficially recelved mem- | bers of the Ford peace expedition on Wednesday. The president of the institute without promising to sup- port the peace mission, expressed hope for fits success. He said that neutral countries throughout the of the war, The Norweglan people look upon the reception by the institute as significant, as such occasions are | rare, The expedition starts for Stock- ho!m Thursday morning. The Swed- ish Peace and Arbitration league | | telegraphed that it would hold a mass meetidg for the Ford delegates on Saturday. H Members of the Norweglan cablnet who were Interviewed sald that Norway was unable officlally to take any action that would seem to be an Interference with the natural course of events in the Euro- pean war. This statement was in response to questions as to whether Nor- way was ready to take official action with other neutrals looking towards the ending of the war, ! The body of Lloyd Bingham, a member | of the Ford peace party, who died Wednesday of pneumonia, will be sent | to New York. Villa's Brother is \ Accused of Issuing | Worthless Checks l‘ EL PABO, Tex., Dec. 28.—The warrant | on which Hipolito Villa was arrested ip San Antonio last n'ght by state authori- ties charges him with obtaining $10,000 from Victor Carussd> by means of a check which was returned from the bank marked “insufficlent funds.” Carusso Is & commission merchant, and during the last two years has supplied thousands of dollars worth of munitions to the Vilia faction. Colonel Villa left here Wedneaday night in an automobile and boarded the train at & small ation thirty miles east. When the owner of the car called at the garage for his machine, he discovered a | wallet containing §38,000 American money, which, he sald, had been overlooked by his passenger of the night before, The money later was sent by express to New | Orleans. Culled from the Wire. | Complote returns to lrflnlflold from | elght of the thirteen districts in Il nois indicated the re-election of Frank Far- | rington of Streator as president of tho | United Mine Workers of Illinols. 3 . Junkin, # years of k| 6ditor of the Fairiield (Towa) | ger, tricken with poD y wor 18 office. ' He Qlod tug ney at He died two h later. He had been prominent in state | nrublk‘n political circles for more than thirty years. The fate of Joseph Ronock a miner who was trapped Monday morsing bhehind & large fall of coal at the Richards el llery of the Susquehanna Coal company is still unknow e ot {}I.'I of .k ;llvtfll‘n(‘(‘;{ me r @ work of rescue shortl ter the accident A City Allarnfy Ewing filed five former Nashvilie city sults against their bondsmen for the recovery of | +2%,565, ked to be due the ity T # are Lyle Andrews, former r of finance; W, L. Murray auditor; Charles Myers, firm r | treanurer: R. Milea Burns, former comp. troller, and A. D. Andrews, former deputy in the revenue office. Prompt Relief from the all-too-common ills of the digem've organs — weak stomach, torpid liver and irif\'-\- i tive bowels—is found in the always safe, sure, quick-acting BEECHAM’S employes flies at 4 o'clock this afterncon. The entertalnment will be held in Washing- ton hall, the program being as follows: PILLS T S M ey PRE T T ST, THE BE Juanily Hawleigh |Quarrel Virs' thal to Serb King's Cousin NEW, YORK, Dec. 2.—Herman Mer. chowitcH, 40 years old, second vousin of King Peter of Serbia, who had heen em- ployed for years as a porter in a fur- rier's establishment, dled today in a hospital from a fractured skull received In an altercation yesterday with an Au- strain and the latter's son. The youns man, under arrest on a charge of homi- clde, s accused of knocking down the ferb, whose head struck the pavement. Merchowiteh, who was 40 years old, was the son of Prince John of Serbla, who came to this country In 1862, became a naturalized citizeen and o gaged In & fur. rier's business in this city until his death in 1906, n Homored. LONDON, Dec A 1 News dispatch from Amsterdam ys that Count Zeppelin, builier of dirigibles, hax been elected a member of the first cham- ber of Wuerttemberg. Count ¥ Cent | | | | | | OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMB WAR BRINGS WALL Christmas This Year Will Be Season of Joy for All Connected with Exchange. PROFITS FOR EMPLOYES, TO00 NEW YORK in the financial Dec. 23 district Christmas will offer many striking and happy contrasts to the same period a year ago when Wall street had barely emerged from the gloom precipitated by four and a half monthe of suspended activity on the 8tock exchange Banks, trust companies, banking houses, brokerage firms and institutions of all kinds have profited very generally by the boom in stocks, which began with movements in "'wnr brides” early in the year and sent those and kindred securities to prices under command of » few months before, To be sure much of the advance regis has been forfeited and countless ‘‘paper profits” have evaporated Into thin air Nevertheless, Wall sercet has been and still is very busy, and its attendant activ ity and prosperity are being shared hy all, from the humblest “‘runner’ mightiest captain of finance or industry Gifta to Employes, Many of the financial institutions and banking houses have already distributed | #itts or bonuses among their employes for the year and by this process many employes have averaged 10 to 16 per cent of annua) salaries and one trust company. pension funds have been strengthened and numerous profit sharing plans have assumed substantial proportiona. Gifts to ¢long known for its generosity, is sald to have given as much as 5 per cent. All the exchanges have taken up sub- scriptions for their employes and it is falr to assume that individual disburse- ments will be larger than at any time of recent vears. Last year the Stock ex- change, for good and sufficient reasons, refrained from asking its members to subscribe to the Christmas fund, but drew on its private funds so that the several hundred employes might not be utterly deprived of some hollday cheer. Insect Bites and Infection Dangerous. Apply Sloan's Liniment to any bite, sting or brulse, heals the wound. —Advertisement. it kills the polson and Only %ec. Ali druggists. " Give want medicine you go to to the recipient. CORINA Queen of . Havana cigars. Tampa, Fla. Boxes of 25 and 50. 8 for 25¢c to 3 for 50c each. LA AZORA King of broad leat wrapped Havana cigars. A very pop- dlar and well known brand s¢, 100 and 2 for 25c. LUCIUS Pure Havana cigars. Boxes of 10, 26, 50 and 100, 5¢ to 25¢c each. dors, clgarette and clgar holders and cases, pipes, etc Clgar humidors, $1.50 to Choice smoking to- baccos in jars..90c 10 tiiineennss 8200 Place your Christmas when you desire it N e e e T foean Getten & — 1322 Farnam St Opposite W. O. W. Bidg. AvAn want cigars, come to a cigar store. We are cigar experts and we will be only too glad to give you and we can show you how to select a brand for a Christmas gift that will be a real source of pleasure Here Are Some of Our Special Offerings | wrapped in boxes of 10, $1. We Carry All the Popular Brands of Cigars We (nvite you to look over our big stock of cigar humi- We close at noon Xmas day in order to let our boys have the balance of the day at home. Cigar Co. The House of Values Stores. Him Cigars That He’ll Enjoy This Christmas Women of Omaha, when you want ‘to buy a dishpan, you go to a hardware store; when you a drug store—when you the benefit of our long experience in dealing directly with discriminat- ing smokers. We know how to please them. We do not cater to any one class of smokers but offer high grade cigars to satisfy all—we are selling cigars all the time—not just for the Christmas trade— EL GENIO Clear Havana cigars. Made in bond at Tampa. Boxes of 25 and 50. 8 for 26¢ to 25¢ sach. EARLMONT Mild Havana. A cigar we guarantee to please. Triple Also boxes of 25 and 50. order now-—we will deliver Wickham 502 So. 16th St Opposite ller Grand Metel. private tered by those and other mercurial /ssues | to the | ER 24, 1915 ASK SCHOOL KIDDIES TO GIVE BIRDS CHRISTMAS | Remember the birds on Christmas This s the slogan which the Daughters of the American Revolution have adopted A Splendid Gift (Final Suggestion) |in connection with their work along the { lines of bird conservation. 1 | Mra. Willlam Archibald Smith, regent | of Ma Isaac Badler cha r., has s | | sued an appeal to all sch children to give the birds a Chritmas tree ths vear [ Put out some bread crumbs or tie a | THIS 1S “WADDLES" plece of suet to a tree,” says Mrs. Smith | frs. Smith has asked the aid of Super ‘ Dachshund Mud-Scraper s Rt e By e e “Waddles" is a full-blooded, honest-to-goodness, naturalized, § "‘""‘““’ b el strictly neutral, cast iron DACHSHUND. 3 " » Sasd | “Waddles" weighs 85 Ibs., and will stay “put.” | s T . “Waddles" stands 6 inches high, 24 inches long. . d Place “Waddles” at the foot of your front steps and he wlm | not only remove mud from the shoes, but will force a jolly CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR | Lasigtt From every conies. i CHILDREN AT MOVIE HOUSE | “Waddles" takes the place of a real dog; doesn't have to be i fed: can't run away; won't bite or bark; too heavy to be The Rex theater, 1316 Douglas street, stolen. of which Sam Adler is manager, is to Delivered Price $4.50 give free ad rissicn to chi dren only from | “WADDLES" I8 A GREAT JOY MAKER 10 to 1 o'clock Saturday, Christmas morn ” — 3 o o —e. ‘ ing. Nwusic and photo plays will make us the B Sunderland Bros.Co., Omaha No tickets will be sold during those ENTIRE THIRD FLOOR, KEELINE BLDG. th ee tours and all ciildren up t 1 | years of age will be admitted free. v ) XMAS DINNER NO LONGER A TERROR T0 HOUSEWIVES { Hotels and Restaurants of Omaha Have Arranged Excellent | Menus at Prices Within Reach of Everyone. |IT MAKES CHRISTMAS MERRY Women Need No Longer Slave All | Day to Prepare a Dinner While Others Make It a Holiday. AND IT REALLY COSTS LESS Christmas dinner is no longer a terror | to_housewives. 2 | Customs are changing because the men of the house and the rest of the family are beginning to be more considerate of | mother or wife. Thousands of families Will this year keep the homemaker out of the kitchen so that she too may have a holida;. The hotels and restaurants of Omaha {have recognized the tuin in sentiment |end have prepared for it. This year | they are offering spectal menus at prices Within the reach of everyone. Besides the menus, which are of extraord na y | quality, they have In many instance, |ranged 1o have high cass music aml cabarets during the dinner hour. Christmas dinner at a cafe is now in {good form and enjoyatle to everyone | because mother or wife is not slaving all { day over a hot stove. Therc is & wide range of hotels and restaurants to select from in choosing your place to.eat Christmas dinner. No trouble to suit yourself from the stand- | point of service desired and the price you | wish to pay. | A family of six can get a dandy dinner from $3,00 up, and that is really consider- ably cheaper than the same meal could be prepared in the home. ‘Bulgars Reported to Be Entering Greece COPENHAGEN, Dec. 23.—(Via London.) ~Tte Deutsche Tages Zeitung of Berlin, a copy of which has been recelved here, says that Bulgarian troops are entering Greek territory, but that if they are not atfacked by Greek troops they will confine their operations to selzing the Ralonikl rallroad. HOTEL LOYAL Christmas Menu $1.00 PER PLATE 12:30 to ® P, M, Oyster Cocktall Stuffed Celery Assorted Olives Hot House Radishes —_— Cream of Chicken, Belle Helene Baked White Fish, Sauce Colbert Potatoes, Surprise Roast Mount Vérnon Turkey, Chestnut Dressing Cranberry Jelly Candled Sweet Potatoes Carrots and Peas in Cream Tomato Salad, Thousand Island Dressing X Hot Mince Pie or Pumpkin Pie English Plum Pudding Hard and Brandy Sauce Demi tasse A REAL CHRISTMAS DINNER For Fifty Cents AT THE Dutch Mill 1618 Harmey 5S¢, Then why let mother or wife spend the day in the Kitchen while you have a good time loafing. BRING THE FAMILY HERE FOR DINNER They'll y It—8o Will You, and It Is Cheaper. - f Where to Eat Xmas Dinner DON'T LET MOTHER or WIFE SPEND the DAY OVER the KITCHEN STOVE JUST TO GET YOU ACQUAINTED WITH THE MILLARD .HOTEL CAFE. Douglas, at 13th Street Finest Kitchen in Omaha SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS We Serve a Five Course Poultry Dinner 11AMto2P. M. 5P.M.to8 P M. BIG CABARET RESERVE YOUR TABLES FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE. MAKE CHRISTMAS DAY A REAL HOLIDAY FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Come to GANSON’S CAFE 1508-10 HOWARD ST. FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER UNEXCELLED MENU, 75¢ \ THE BEST CABARET p FIRST CLASS SERVICE IT SAVES A LOT OF WORRY AND HARD WORK BESIDES IT'S CHEAPER The Mandarin Cafe Offers You the Best in American and Chinese Menus. SPECIAL DINNER, 11:00 A, M. to 8:00 P, M, $1.00 Per Plate. Reserve Your Chairs For New Year's Eve. THE MANDARIN CAFE 1409 Douglas Street. Phone Douglas 2840, Omaha’s Classiest Chinese Cafe. KING JOY American and Chinese Dishes. Arrange to be at KING JOY CAFE CHRISTMAS, FINEST CHOPS and STEAKS In the City. AGEMENT —THE— COLLEGE INN 216-218 S, 18th St, The Citv Hall is Across the Street From Us. We Serve a Sneclal XMAS DINNER Idke You Would Have at Home For 50 Cents, Reserve Your Tables For New Year's Eve, King Joy Cafe 1415 Farnam Street, For Your Xmas Dinner Come Be Sure To GIVE US A TRIAL, WHAT COULD RE BETTER THAN A SOUTHERN to HOME COOKED L . ’ ouie Ahko’s ( B. The Best STEAK and HOUSE in Omaha. Chinese and CHOP Served in American styles, TheCarlton Cafe It will cost less than a Dinner at Home and We Snecielize on SERVICE AND POPULAR PRICES Try Us om Sundays, Holidays Or Any Day. Galloway & Co. CHOP SUEY- YET-GOUR-MEIN CHILI CON CARNE Louie Ahko’s (Upstairs) 1412 Douglas. Tel. Doug. 4591