Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 28, 1915, Page 6

Monday, December 27, 1915, ven by a popular hostess in one of the largest * :“::,“:: ::::::m. m{em were seated on benches covered with rose-colored cloth. At another dinner, now planning, the bench idea will be carried out—elbow pillows on either side of each e style, and plentifully supplied with A guest, the benches high backed, settl melon-shaged pillows as spine props to the diners. Rather verging toward the Roman style? “No fear of that,” says a matron who has & prophetic sense for modes at Iu;t two months ahead; “the modern woman will never dine reelining —she is too much atrald of getting fat, and she Is quite too fastidious to adapt the Roman means of banting.” vflu it would seem, despite the few threatening symptoms showing, that we are quite safe from any such pagan modes. Our women are more apt this winter to dine with their ice skates on by the side of a frozen pool on the roof of a sky seraping hotel than they are of reclining in Roman luxury, And the secret of its ethics? Merely fastidiousness, refinement of taste. With the Glee Club. 1t was Oberlin day in Omaha all day given by the school set in Boston, wher!} many of his classmates live. | Mr. and Mrs, Frank Crawford will re-| today and thia evening while the Obe |\ "0 "0 vy the first of the year and Un alumal eatertained for the Gles clab | L' 0 0% i apartments in the West of their college. Musical circies, too, | showing a marked interest In the m.wn Farnam. to be given this evening at the St. . Avenu‘e’ Congregational church. This glee | Dinner for Glee Club. " club represents the pick of ever 3,00 | Migs Dorothy Wright wilkgive a dinner | L musical students, making their hollday | at her home in Falracres this eyening In ?‘ visit to Omaha as much an artistlc event | honor of the Oberlin Gleo club, Eighteen © aa it is & college or socal affair. guests will be present. The decorations | & The festivities opeped early this morn- | will be in college colors combined with ing at breakfast given by the club and | emblems of the holidays. | its director, Mr. J. C. Wirkler, to twen- ty-five former Oberlin men. The break- | §choo] Set. | . fast was given in the private ear of the| ;. John Reed returned from Shat- | club, “The Magnet” tracked near the|,... sohool Wednesday. | Uniea station. Harold Simpson is home from the Ne- A luncheon at the University club was | yrogcq Military academy for the holi- | a feature of the afternoon entertaln- | ..., ment, followed by a box party at the Orpheum theater. ‘ “The Magnet” will leave Omana, to. | Fersonl Mention, § morrow morning 3 na| Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Bowen and son L from m.: east .:"g: e :M spent Christmas with their relatives and | the Oberlin glee boys will give concerts | !Tlends in Kansas City. throughout the holiday season. Mr. John H. Hayes of New York City The committee in charge of entertain. | !8 Spending the holidays with his parents, Omaha . | Mr. and Mrs, Robert C. Hayes. et Jor the club have the fal- | v, and'Mre. W, R. Harding left Fri- ] - ) Mesers.— . |day evening for Grand lsland to spend | w. nFln-..‘ Ered Loomia, Christmas visiting with reiatives and . Snails, friends. m P, Novls. Mrs. J. H. Schmidt, accompanied bY M Mm her daughter, Miss Fiorence, will leave Wednesday for Chicago, to visit her @) e e e e s | M. and Mrs. C. P. Hubbard and their l present were: guest, Mrs. M. A. Woodruff of Los Angeles, were the guests Christinas day of Mr. and Mrs, Earl Sherman. Mr, and Mra. R. M. West are spending the' holidays in Grinnell, Ia. Mra. Josse Sherman of Salem, N. Y., Is the guest of his grandson, Barl Sherman, and Mrs. Sherman. Mr, and Mra. K. T. Baxton of Sioux Mr. George Baxten of McCloud, and Mr, F. Stevens Baxton of New City, parents and brothers of Mrs. l:l-luht Wown".. December 4, at 5.0 p. ot Beulah C. Hunter, daughter “""""‘"_ ot “""m“F“u . Mrs, W. Linooln Okobojl, After & wedding trip, Mr. Mrs. Hurd wili be at home at Spencer, dowa. son, Mr. Chester Wells. A. Johnaton and are spending Christ- Abe falher of the bridge, Mr. W, J, |daushter, Miss Sarah Wells, arrived on Hunter, was former flre and podce com- | Tuesday and spent Christmas with her THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1915. POSTOFFICE HAS NEARLY CAUGHT UP First-Class Mail Falls Behind Be- caunse of the Thousands of Christmas Cards. MANY PACKAGES IN “NIXIE” The postoffice was enjoying a breathing spell yesterday for the first time since the Christmas rush started over a week ago. It was nearly in a condition where it was all going out and nothing coming in. No. 16 on the Burlington, usually a heavy mall train, came in with so little mail that “you could hardly see {t.”" as one of the clerks sald. Two small sacks was all it left at Omaha. Last year the day after Christmas there was an.accumulation of parcel post that took five days to remove. This year it is all cleaned up, First class mail suffered somewhat be- cause of the great clutter of Christmas cards that swooped down on the office Though the clerks worked day and night this avalanche continued and for a while defied all efforts and scemed to hurl the 1ie into the teeth of that old maxim that “labor conquers all things.”” The | clerks assert that the small envelopes in which many of these cards are sent are thrice as hard to handle as are the or- dinary sized envelopes, to which they are accustomed, |tain of packages. kGeorrge Brandeis Tells Good Joke in Which He is the Leading Figure George Brandeis tolla this one on him- self. He had driven his auto up in front of church to wait for his wife when the chauffeur of & big I'mousine approached and recognized Mr. Brande s’ well known car, sald, “So you drive Mr. Brandels' car, do you?" “Yes, 1 drive Mr. Brandels' car,” replied the general manager of the Hrandels stores. “Well, how many cars does he have? “Oh, & couple.” “Well, I wouldn't drive for him. They tell me the chauffeur has to milk the cow."” Another good one happened at the news- boys' banquet which Mr. Brandels gave to the newsles. Mogy had & bunch of | the newsles around him when Mr. Bran- | deis approached, and to give George a what I want."” boost with the newsies, said: ‘“Boys, do you know who is giving you this. big, fine feed tonight?" “Sure,” rpoke up one of the urchins. “That fellow over there,” polnting to Tom Quinlan, Mr. Brandels' assistant. And still another good one was pulled off at the banquet. Mr, Brandels asked n little fellow how Santa had used him. The tot looked for- lorn and sald he did not get a single present. Mr. Brandels handed him a half a dollar. Mike Barto, The Bee newsboy leader, who was standing nearby. asked the lad what he was golng to do with so much money.” “Oh,"” sald the lad, “Burgess-Nash have a swell toy department and they got jes’ of. One big table held thousands of let- ters and cards undelivered because of in- sufticlent or incorrect address. These will be gone through with the city directory and many of them will be delivered. In the “nixie” department, where all things go that have lost their addresses or are incorrectly addressed, is a moun- These come from all over the Fourteenth division of the rail- way mail service. Some of these pack- ages had been mailed without any ad- dress. From others the address tags had been torn. Beveral packages were delivered to peo- Ple who called up and described contents of certain gift packages which they knew had been malled to them, but which they 80, these just accumulated in baskets and often those that came in last, get- ting on top of the baskets, were the first to be delivered. This morning, however, things had as- sumed mnormal proportions. Mall prop- erly addresseq had about been disposed Blankets, Etc. $7.50 Gemwine U. s 4-98 5. Army Blan- heta, tAm . .oieiinenes $6.06 Fine AN Blankets '$4.79 NOTIONS had falled to receive. Helps Weak Kidneys and Lumbngo. Get a 2%c bottle of Slown's L niment, apply on back and take six drops four times a day.—All druggists.—Advertise- ment. Mrs. Doane Resumes the Distribution of Xmas Packages Secretary Doane of the Associated Char- ities states that her Christmas distribu- tion has been resumed for the week, al- though not on the same scale of the work last week. She continues to receive dona- tions and likewise is recelving more re- ports of families In need. The Bee gave Mrs. Doane $2 from “A Friend” and 82 from J. H. Spencer. A doll sent by Mrs. Fenstermacher of Cedar Bluffs, Neb,, and a box from the Baptist Sunday school of Herman, Neb., also were turned over to the Assoclated Charities for distribution. The charities secretary figures that 500 families were assisted through her de- partment last week. Merchandise wanted now as at no other timel duced at this time, but when we reduce we make sure of quick selling. Our Great Enhrg;d Basement has enjoyed this season than ever before, and consequently has many fine small lots and broken lines w. the two main features of m;finmmmxfimm d' ungoodl, French und silk petti iofants’ and chfldm'-?n:mio dresses, blouses. | ) T And all departments in which white merchandise is a feature. BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 3 7 Our January White Sale Monday Next You will be greatly repaid. Wonderful assortments and wonderful values are great January pageant of white things. nts, which will offer their best values and derwear, white petticoats, kimonos, cor- And yet reduced in price. BAR ASSOCIATION IS HERE TURSDAY for Their Annual Meeting at the Fontenelle. PROMINENT srmxzu“ T0 TALK The sixteenth annual meeting of the Nebraska State Bar association will convene at the Hotel Fontenelle tomorrow, the first session being held at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The program for the day Includes the annual address by C. J. Smyth, the president. followed by reports of officers. After these are in they will be referred to the committees. Wednesday morning there will be an address on “The Policeman and His Beat,” by John C. Hartigan of Fairbury, and one by Merton L. Corey of Clay Cen- ter, who will talk on “The Lawygr's Duty to His State” Wednesday ‘afternoon there will be further action on reports and an addregs. “An Inquiry Concerning Justice,” by Prof. Mechem of the law department of the University of Chicago. The election of officers will ‘be the last thing of the session. will go to the Orpheum Tuesday evening, where they will be guests of the Omaha Bar association. i tion will be given at the Hotel Fontenelle Wednesday evening, with Frank H. Gaines of Omaha as toastmaster, Omahans in Washington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—(Special Tele. gram. )—A. M. are at the Metropolitan. Lawyer from the State to Gather | In the way of amusement, the visitors The annual dinner of the state associa- Byers and wife of Omaha Mrs. E. H. Metcalf at New lietz Church Funeral services for Mrs. Ellzabeth H. Metcalf, who died Thursday, were held from the new Diets Memorial Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services were the first held in the new bullding. Services at the home were conducted by the Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic, at the ghurch by Rev. C. N. Dawson, pastor of the church, and at the grave by the Degree of Honor. Burial was in the Grand Army cirele at Forest Lawn cemetery. FORMER OMAHA GIRL VISITING HER PARENTS | Mrs. Allan E. Lestnsxy, formerly Miss 8. Neveleff of Omaha, arrived Saturday evening from Los Angeles to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Neveleff. Mrs. Lesinsky was married last April in fan Francisco to Mr. Allan E. Lesinsky of Boston, and last autumn the couple visited in Omaha after a trip to the east, visiting relatives of the bridegroom's family. Tmmediately upon leaving Omaha Mr. Lesinsky was selzed with appendi- citis and was operated upon in Los Angeles. where he died December 18, just two weeks after leaving Omaha. Mrs. Lesinsky will remain for some timo with her parents, but toward the end of the coming year will return to California. BOUND GVER ON CHARGE OF ROBBING GROCER OF $1 Frank Halnes and Clarence Brodie, colored, arrested by Detectives Dunn and Kennelly for holding up and robbing Bam Riseman, grocer, at 13 Capitol avenue of $1, were bound over to the district court with bonds fixed at $1,000. NOTIONS It's just a matter of business that stocks must be re- ch are offered Tuesday at absurdly eater Yrosperity ow prices missloner of the city of Umaha, Mr. and Mrs. George Batty or Duvol“ : and their two sons are spending the For Bride-Elect. Christmas holidays with Mrs. Peterson, Miss hell ‘Byan gave & linen shower | ., .ng) of the Dundee achool, this afternoon for Miss Welma Damon, CHA s T TS S FINED FOR BREAKING GLASS who will be married Wednesday. The out-of-town guest was Mrs. J. Allen of . Washington, D. C., sister to the bride: | i . 8 2 BOTTLE ON THE PAVEMENT “What goes up must come down, on Coats Worth U’ to 35-001 Tuesday, in Basement, at . . of different styles. ey Over 800 Coats--In i Women's and misses’ sixes. !voa Caracul. . All lined black coats; coats wi | Coats Worth Up to $7.50, Basement, at . Choice of Any Woman’s Coat Basement, Worth to $15.00 Coats made of fine Zibeline, fancy rough materials; all satin-lined. Full Sealette Plush Coats, fancy and plain. Fine, all-black, all lined and lined coats. Values up to $15.00. Choice Tuesday, at — —— Four Big Lots Coats Worth Upto $10.00, Tuesday, in $3?—§ Basement, at . . kind of material—Chinchillas, Boucle, fur collars, plush coats, etc. Hundreds in Our 6% : Over - couen, Mot || | A]| Women's and Misses’ Suits in the Basement Marked Down i e wort 1, apecial jox124¢ 240 Splendid Stylish Suits. Coats come | One Big Lot of Suits for Women and £ ] T i Heinery, werth 100 .. 14C fine all-wool Poplins, ter shades, various lengths. All fine materials, - Brosdn cloth, Gabar- 0/ and all the correct f: h Cloths. ! length coats. Misses offers extraordinary bargains Tuesday. Good, practical models that and win- | will give splendid service. Various All good materials. | Joseph, Mo. After ,'u Evans will be at home at 512 Vie- | BRSNS gt | || S}gc, special, palr ... .. ... Ohoice ~ $10, $12.50 | Choice Suits sluia avenue, Kanses Tuesday and $18 | Tuesday Worth to Omshs Bridesmaid. for ° Values for ® $8.75 g o Gingham snd Pereale House Mis d Child Sweater | Sateen Petticoats— an y 9, S Dresses_Light asd dark colors, | Costs. ~ Valves up fo $2.00. | Black aad colors Values :.mk'g.' Wemea's Fine Cotton, All sizes up to 46, 75¢ 3c Special, at, $1.00 | ¢ Speclal, each ... C parot Ottt Ros: 300 | | e s a. ... AIC | S SO 4 Tot ot e Apronpsaey lor 50c quality, each..... 9¢c uciun--‘ ':wm 0:-“—“ u’)‘l& Al Tine materials, $1.55 band "f' She, She and 830 valboe, &*b c-lltv.zgc yflth-lu’euhnhloc S R ORI 78C‘uch.,.’ ..................... loc Women's Ostton Fleoced Vests Pasta, Bbe Shoes 250 Patr of red, brown amd blue. Werth to 7Se, all sises. Isc RIS 0o boos e ass o sss J for Wemen, e R 40 5. Jersey lned. Pair C N V4 [ Deaplies. ) Draperies ets, valwes 15 856 7d.,.. 58C h!-r alole‘h of any Cretomme yard .o 38¢c 030 vaimen pair -+ $2.98 All the Marquisettes, Serims and Volles, values to 19 | 50¢c, special, yard .,....... C | 50 Dosen Linen Window Shades, 86-in. x 6- 28 long, each...... ¥ C taine, sas0, vaines ... $1.00 45¢ 46 and 50-inch Scotch Madras, yard ..... Marguiseite Cartaine - 9109 | fs Inttinlod Hasdverchiets .. 24C 10¢ Children’s Colored Fancy Colored Border Silk Handkerchiefs. Women's Embroideries ‘otton ClLay snd Fome Cach Laces, yard. Sc 20c Embroidered Floune- Ings, Cozset Covers, Bsaone