Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1916, Page 5

" o ,safe to say that there were over 19,000 PUBLIC RCEREATION WORK IS ADVANCING Parks, Beaches and Schools Used to Great Advantage for Super- vised Amusement. ARTMENT MADE LAST MAY! e department of public recreation was created by the city council and ap-| pointments made by the mayor last May The members of 'the recreation board | are: J. B. Hummel, W. A. Foster, Z. D, Clark, J. P. Connolly and C. G. Eng-| lish, the last mentioned being superin- tendent. The chairman of the board, Mr., Hummel,, is head of the park and boule- | ward department and, as a matter of fact, the work of the recreation depart- ment and the park department is #0, clogely associated that at times it is dif-! ficult to see the line of demarcation. Mr. English came here July 20 from Chicago and entered at once upon a pro-! igram of supervised recreation. He in-| troduced supervised play at Kountze, |Miller, Fontenelle, Bemis, Hanscom and | Riverview parks, aleo at the Munieipal field at Thirty-fourth and Teavenworth streets and at the City mission. During the play season there were 89,308 at-| tendants at these recreation centers. A playground base ball league formed and a girls' volley ball tourna-| ment was among the features of the sea- #on. During August seventy-five boys| and nineteen glrls were awarded medals for having passed athletic tests, | Statement of Recreation Work. | In connection with the work of the six | gmonths of his incumbency Superintendent ®nglish offers the following statement: “Summing up the summer's work in |the playgrounds, one was impressed with the increased interest displayed by the | |children in the parks because of & new | manner of supervision. All the super- | Ivisors took an active interest in the wel- fare of the children. Their idea was not repression, just keeping children from getting hurt or breaking the apparatus; | but preventing rowdies from monopolizing | the playgrounds, exercising control over | all classes, creating a democratig spirit; & spirit of fair play and to merge all the groups of children into a spirit of active participation. “We issued during the summer season 867 permits for base ball games. It Is ball players participating and taking ad- wantage of public park base ball fields during the summer. It would be hard to estimate the thousands of spectatira witnessing these amateur ball games. “Although the season was not par tleularly favorable for swimming there was an increased interest and participa- | tion by the people enjoying bathing and it became necessary to construct another bath house at the Carter Lake Beach. Bven this added facllity was taxed to the limit on several occasions. The at- tendance at the Carter Beach from the 15th of July to the closing of the Beach was 76,246, 2 “With the annexation of South Om: we came into control of the Spring lake swimming pool which was operated about the-same length of time as the Carter beach. During the season there was an attendance of 16,669, making a total at- tendance of bathers at public swimming places 92,805, As far as our records show there was a total attendance at the play- grounds and beaches of 182,113 It must be borne in mind that the attendance at the playgrounds does not mean specta- tors and other groups using the parks in places other than the playground lo- cation.” During the last of October soclal cent- ers were established at Kellom, Castellar, Monmouth Park, Central Park and Mil- ler Park schools, with a paid super- visor for each center. In addition to the local supervisors, directors of music and athletics were engaged for the entire system of soclal centers. The work of the social centers embraces such activi- tles as athletic and gymnasium work, orchestra drills, choruses, musical and literary programs, mass meetings and im- provement club meetings. Eighteen musi- | clans have started a series of forty-six | concerts at the social centers, the last to be given early in April. Supervised dancing has been opened at Hanscom park pavilion. Skating will be provided during the season at all bodies of water owned by the city and several tracts will be flooded from time to time. The following additional information 13 offered In & report which has been pre- pared: | The total amount set aside by the city' cbmmission for recreation purposes was $18,000,000, $8,350.00 of which was used in the construction of the Riverview swim-| ming pool and the balance for super-| viston of playgrounds and bathing, beaches. “ The golf course at Elmwood Park was constructed by Mr. Hummel of the park department, and with funds out of his department, which was a great assist- ance te the board, as they did not have money to carry out this work this year | This course is pronounced by experts as one of the finest in the country, and it is the aim of the board to have it maintained In a first class manner. It is the wish of the board to establish three or four playgrounds in the south end of town and also two in congested districts in the city, provided that funds are available the coming year. | ARTICLES OF EVERY DAY | USE IN ITALY ARE SCARCE | { (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) | ROME, Nov. 8.—The scarcity of com- | mon-place articles of every-day use, such as needles, tollet supplies and drugs, is | probably more accentuated in Italy than | in any of the other belligerent countries, | because theso things have been supplied to Italy almost entirely by Germany. One of the branches of an American sew- ing machine company, for instance, re- | ports it is no longer able to supply | medium-sized needles, because these are | made in Germany. It also appears an impossibility ‘to buy a fever thermometer in Rome, as this is another article of | German make. The suply of aspirin and | & number of other remedies is exhausted at most of the pharmacies, and dooctors are finding it increasingly difficult to | get thelr, prescriptions filled because of | the lack of drugs. The dearth of necessaries is rendered heavier to bear by the almost impossi- bility of getting goods from other coun tries and from the high cost of living The cars for the transport of goods are al] used for military purposes and Rome even is threatened by a sugar famine, al- though the manufacturers have suff.cient for the needs of the whole country. The cest of living has altogether increased about four times and promises to rise | further, | movement in London, which b compulsion with the saloons, and was Early dlosing in London to Apply To About Everything THE | of the work of bank clerks is done after | public office hours, and the depletion of staffs due to enlistments in the army has made it necessary for the remaining | | men to work far into the night. | banks have decided o concentrate their | counter work into a shorter period, and OMAHA SUNDAY The | thus give more reasonable working hours (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) | to their staffs, LONDON, Nov. 3.—The early closing | Business men 'gan under | checks before lunch, and an appeal has been made informally to the public have been asked to slgn next taken up by some of the big depart- | o banking business as early as possible ment stores, has now spread to the | banks. After December, London banks | Wwill close their doors at 3 o'elock. The 8 o'clock closing rule has been cus- | tomary in several of the largest provin- Much | elal citles for some years, "\‘}L}U\:fl.r‘w FURNITURE to| BEE: JANUARY ’ The largest department store in Lon don led the way among shops by an-| workingmen's resorts in the east end position of the affected tract, nouncing 6 o'clock closing for the wihter. | But for the night clubs ft makes busi- | TREATING DISEASES |chinges are w0 considerable that Other large uumlnhmam- are tollowing | ness impossible. Thesa concerns, where | b {can not only be felt, but can be observed its example hours for hollday | many young officers on leave have fallen | o raapondence of the Associated Pross) | THe Process can be. controlled with the shoppers with nu- (Prfl' rush of the week | into bad company. only begin their op: | RERLIN, Nov. 3. —The current number | "¢!/P of the Roentgen ravs, since the iron- before Christmas, fainting sales girls and | erations after the theaters have closed, | or » medical publication deseribes & new | COPAININE (ract is piainly delimited in panting delivery clerks will not be scen | and now no time is allowed for thelr |yse of the electro-magnet In the treat- | e rave. The presence, extent and loca | this yvear netivites [ ment of dlssase. The method is the re. | 0N of intestinal adhesions can be plainly The final blow to the night clubs has | sult of the work of Prof. Bayr of Leipsig. | O0PRerved, making the process of great been administered in the form of an order TLovey ansferred. | The treatment, which 1s employed in dis. | d1agnostic valu The magnet can also compelling all clubs to close &t 133 (o, quiNGTON, Jan, 1.~ (Spacini Tele. | 4808 of the intestines and in diagnosis, ‘::fl":'::Vl.::I;l.s.~..\:;“:f"':::\ '.‘.:n:n;:::d.:d | o'clock, except on Saturday and Sunday | gram.)-~Congressinan Loback annownced |consists of the introduction into the P ” | nights when they must be emptied at|today that W Lovey has been trans- |intestines of a harmless iron preparation, | ¢lectro-magnetic massage | midnight. This regulation applies to all !3:7“.'. "r:'hl'w“"""_‘”l“""”_'\'p" O the.ai |upon which the magnet, applied to the | clubs from the most respectable old men's | Gmaha nternal revenue off.cs at| y omen, exercises its attraction in such | Read The Bee Want Ads. It pays! gathering places in the wost end to the 2, 1916. ORCHARD & WILHELM COMPANY Sale Starts Monday, January 3rd, at 8:30 0’clock ELECTRO-MAGNET FOR | & manner as to effect desired changes of These they A SALE of house furnishings that is awaited every year with eager expectation by hundreds of Omaha’s most careful buyers---And there is a Reason---Every picce of merchandise that goes into this sale is a genuine bargain. The price quoted represents an actual and substantial reduction from its true value and is a price that is made because for one reason or another we wish to remove it from our stock. January is the month devoted to stock clearing of this sort and to accomplish our purpose, prices are made low enough to make it worth your while te buy and even anticipate your wants. FURNITURE IN(‘LL'])E[) in this sale is a quantity of fine, high-grade mahogany furniture in bedroom and dining room suits, in separate pieces, must be seen to thoroughly appreciate their extraordinary bargains, Bedroom Regular January Price, Sale Price. $58.00 Circagsian Walnut Bed, full size. .. 00 $192.00 Palr of Twin Beds, Circassian wal- | nut, the two for............ 50.00 $28.00 Rolled foot and head, full size Bed. Circassian walnut ............... 18.00 $54.00 Dresser, Circassian walnut, mahogany | drawers, cane panel back......... 39.00 $44.00 Chiffonier, Circassian walnut. 22.00 $64.00 Chiffonier, acrolled design, Clrcassian L R R TR I TS $22.00 Dressing Table, American walnut. $39.00 Dressing Table, triple mirror, Circas- slan walnut cesn $24.00 Bedroom Desk, Circassian wal $42.00 Ivory Enameled Bed, full size, cane in foot and head end .............. 30,00 $67.00 Ivory Dresser, glass and cretonne top. 42.00 at BERTT S Regular Price. $78.00 Arm Chair, genuine English $56.00 Arm Chair, Morocco cushion seat 'h’f'fl January Sale Price. Morocco. upholslered $65.00 Sofa, genuine leather upholelered $115.00 Sofa, mahogany base, upholstered senl back and arms Miscellaneous Furniture Regular Price. $21.50 Large Comfort Arm Rocker, leather, upholstered seat golden oak frame .. $19.00 Arm Chair, golden oak, and back ........ $40.00 Leather Rocker or Arm cnsghion_seat Regular Price. $30.00 Jacobean Serving Table leather . $30.00 . 20,00 27.50 70.00 corresponding reductions. Living Room Furniture These goods . Furniture January TR Sale Prie $42.00 Ivory Dressing Table, triple mirror, glass and cretonne top ..... 830,00 $21.00 Oval tahble, enameled, glass top, cane shelf .......ovivviiiinnsnaens $57.00 Ivory Dressing Table, triple mirror, Primapera top T, I e $14.00 Ivory Stand ....... $14.00 Enameled Somnoe $8.00 White Enameled Somnoe $28.00 Enameled Work Table $32.00 Enameled Chiffonier, with mirror. $16.50 Enameled Bed, three-quarter.... $19.00 Mahogany Chiffonier ..... $160.00 Hi-Boy William and Mary design, solid TAROBRRY . oisciceccssnsanss ki $52.00 Gentleman's Wardrobe mahogan . $84.00 Gentleman’s Chifforobe, golden oak .. $37.00 Dressing Table, golden oak. . Regular January } Price. 8ale Price. | $57.00 Rocker, solid ma- | hogany frame, heavy | scrolled design, uphol- stered seat and back in brown figured denim.... $42.00 Arm Chair, large slze, tapestry upholstered, $49.00 Arm Chair, solid ma- hogany frame, upholstered seat, back and side in brown figured denin..... 20.00 $60.00 Arm Chair, spring | cushion seat and cushion back, green velour, mah'y 25.00 $32.00 Arm Rocker, wing back, mahogany frame, denim upholstered $85.00 Settee, mahogany frame, high back, uphol- 29,00 25.00 January - Bale Price, Spanish and back, seat Chair, loos 29.00 January Bale Price. $14.00 Dining Chalir, Spanish leather, slip seat, Jacobean oak $20.00 8.75 Fumed Oak Furniture Regular Price, sign, spring cushion seat January Sale Price. $19.00 Arm Rocker or Arm Chair, Jacobean de- and pad, cushion back, upholst'd in tapestry $12.00 $9.00 Rocker or Arm Chair, Spanish leather R RN P $26.00 Fumed Library Table, magazine end. .. $22.00 Library Table, fumed oak. .. $27.00 Arm Chair, high hack, Spanish leather cushion seat and upholstered back. . $50.00 Bookcase, fumed oak, three $12.00 Library Table, fumed oak. $86.00 Davenport, seat, two large pillows in fumed oak, spring cushion doors. ... back, .... $15.00 Desk Chair, Elizabethian design, cane R G SRS e The lists of furniture items enamerated above represent only @ prrtion of the hundreds included in this sale. It you fail to sec what you want listed, come in---You will very likely tind just what you want. 6.50 16.00 19.75 19.50 8250 7.50 55.00 8.50 5.00 | Regular stered seat and back. 42.50 Price, $100.00 Wing “Back Rocker, velour uphol- Btered’ ......ciei0ub00000000e 60,00 70.00 Large Arm Chalr, tapenlry upholulerad loose cushion seat .............. 49.00 $38.00 Tapestry Arm Chair, loose cushion | IR R R R SR Sl | v 20,00 | Regular January | Price. Sale Price. $5.50 Golden Oak Bedroom Chair, wood seat.§ 2.75 $23.00 Golden Oak Library Table, scrolled de- - TRTRTT A N GRS | $9.50 Parlor bund goldfln oak. $72.00 Settee, Jacobean oak, cushion seat | $4.76 Parlor Stand, golden oak 2.75 $60.00 Mahogany Seuee cane seat an ) Jacobean design ......... 'mool Dining Room Furniture | Regular January | Price, Sale Price, | $104.00 Buffet, Jacobean oak, | T RTTY peefG SR $52,00 | $62.00 China Cabinet, Ja- cobean’oak ........ s sinns 30.00 $50,00 Dining Table, rolled top, Jacobean oak......... 27.50 ‘ $32.00 Serving Table, Ja- cobean oak .......... ... 16,00 $68.00 Buffet, mission de- sign, fumed oak, heavy T T MR 45.00 | $66.00 China Cabinet, mis- slon design, heavy plnnked | e\ e 30,00 | $60.00 Dining Table, | round top, fumed oal . 85.00 | $68.00 Buffet, fumed oak...... 2 .. 39.00 $160.00 China Cabinet, solid nmhogun ciees BOOO | 90.00 Buffet, Jacobean design ties BOOO | have resulted. 0 After-Holiday Sale of Bric-a-Brac HIS section has experienced a particularly prosperous Christmas busi- ness, and as a consequence lines are badly broken and many odd pieces To clear this stock of all such items, great beautiful articles that will prove extremely attractive upon investigation, Among Many Are the Following: 76c to $4.80 Imari Bowls and Plates in bamboo covers, now priced in three lots. . . . $25.00 Canary and Black Lamp and Shade $19.00 Puty and Black Lamp and Shade . $32.00 Putty and Black Floor Lamp and Shade. 76¢ Framed Color Prints, each A few odd Blue Plates and Fruit Dishes, each. $45.00 Bronze Table Standard 26¢c Bmall Metal Picture Frames, each. ... $29.50 Desk Set, hand carved wood, nnthn. finish $48.50 Hand Wrought Copper Lamp. 50(" .I 00, $2.00 DRAPERIES CLEARING of Draperies, Curtain Materi seldom, if ever, equaled here or elsewhere, Portieres 4 Pairs Beautiful French Velour Portieres, green, with rose and green borders, $47.50 values, for $13.75 Pair. 5 Pairs Handsome Embroidered Velour Portleres, in old red, gray and green, regular values $39.50, $45.00, $50.00, $75.00, $125.00, for $13.75 per Pair. 75 Pairs Portieres, in green, red, brown-rose and combination of colors, from $4.00 to $45.00 a pair; 1 pair of a style, reduced to one-half peice, $2.00 to $20.00 a Pair, Lace Scrim and Net Curtains in ecru and ivory, 100 Pairs good quality Marquisette Curtains, with picot edge front and bottom—— Regular 8$1.85 Values, for 85¢ per Pair. More than 100 pairs of Curtains in lace, net and scrim, all styles represented. 1 pair of a pattern—- Regular Values from $1.50 to ..8.00 a pair, at One-Half Pair. Price, 75¢ to $12.50 F als, 1 doz. More than 50 styles of Curtains in scrim, lace and net, two palrs only of a style— Regular Values up to 865,00 a Pair, at “Reductions of 3315 % to 50%. Fifty styles of scrim, style— Values from $3.25 to $17.50 Pair, at Reductions of 83% to 50%. Portiere and Overdrapery Materials A great number of Sunfast fabrics—40 patterns in inches wide, all desirable colors— Regular Values from 85c¢ to $2.50 Yard, for 88c Yard, Upholstery Fabrics 25 Styles Tapestry and Plush— $2.50 and $8,00 Values ... .... $3.50, $3.95 and $4.95 Yard, for. 15 Styles Cretonnes— From 8 to 25 Yards of Each. Values up to $1.25 a Yard for. Curtain Nets in White, Ivory and Ecru 88c, B0c, 75c, N5c, $1.25, $1.50, §1.95 At One-Half Regular Prices, 18¢c, 25¢, 38c, 48¢c, 63c, 7bc, 98¢ Curtain materfals, cream and colored madras—scr! L] e oo 88¢, 45¢, BOc, The, O5c, $1.25, $1.50, At One-Half Regular Prices, 18¢, 23¢, 25¢, 38¢, 48c, 63c, Thc lace and net curtains, from 3 to 6 pair of a .75¢ Yard. $1.00 A2 ¢ Yard, 200 Fabrics, fancy work, etc.— all-—36 and 60 i duced to— 25¢ Each, $13.75-— im and curtain Sunfast draperies, One-Half Price and . RUGS VER 350 Rugs are included in this sale. rooms, offices, etc, Carpet Co., Bundbar Wiltons, not reorder for another season. These Rugs are from such m |:luui.r .. 6 French Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size..$65.00 $49.50 7 Hartford Saxony Rugs, 9x12 size. 55.00 45.00 8 Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size.. 48.5 D0 4 Mahal Wilton Rugs, 9x12 size a9, #5.00 { 9 Finest Body Brussels, 9x12 size 36.00 20.50 14 Axminster Seamed and Seamless Rugs, 9x12 size..,....c0000000n 28.50 22.50 & Anglo-Persian Rugs, 8-3x10-6 size 40.00 43.50 | 9 Bundhar Wilton R‘ugu 8-3x10-6 BI80 ... iceardirsaviiaavis . 43,50 85.00 | reductions have been made on many e 0o Orchard @ Wilhelm Co. 414-416-418 South 16th St. anufacturers as M. J. Whittall, A partial list follows: Regular Price. 1 Plain S8eamless Wilton llug‘ 8-3x Portieres, Lace Curtains, ete., at prices A careful reading will convince you. Tmported Printed Linen Covered Pillows— $2.95 Values, $1.50 short lengths Decorative 26x50-inch Cretonnes, Damasks, Tapestries, Velour, for table runners, pillow tops, uphol- stering small pleces of furniture, Values to 35 for $1.00 Each. 36 Cretonne and Printed Linen Pilow Covers, made up, ready for the pillow, regular 95¢ values, re- Table runners of French metal brocade, 18x50-in, and 54-in. long, $6.50, $6.95, $9.00, $11.60, $13.95 For One-Half Price Drnpory Remnants of curtain net, muslin, cretonnes, damask, ete., from % to 3% yard lengths, at— Less. All sizes are represented—Rugs for large living rooms, bed- Bigelow Hartford Hardwick & Magee and many patterns of Anglo-Persians, French Wiltons, Hartford Saxonys, This Is a stock clearing sale of odd patterns, unusual sizes and merchandise we can- The bargalns are remarkable, January Sale Price. 10-6 size $50.00 $85.00 G Finest SBody Herseln fi» x10-6 T T 32.60 25.00 2 Mahal Wilton Rugs, 8-3x10-6 xlze 36.50 27.50 3 Hardwick Wilton Rugs, 6x9 size.. 35.00 27.50 7 Bundhar Wilton Rugs, 6x9 size. 31.50 25.00 4 Seamless Imported Rugs, 6x9 size. 27.560 10.50 10 Bundhar Wiiton Rugs, 4-6x7-6 size. 19.50 14,50 Many small Rugs and Hall Runners, . . Special Sizes Regular _January § Price. Sale Price. Body Brusséls Rug, 6x6 .. .$17.50 $14.50 Hartford Saxony Ru, 45.00 85, Bundhar Wilton Rug, 30.00 flg Plain Band Velvet Rugs, 15.00 12.50 Bundhar Wilton Rug, 4-6x9. 27.50 18.50 Body Brussels Rug, x8-3., 28.50 19.50 Body Brussels Rug, 4-6x12....... 22,50 16.50 Exceptionally Large Rugs Regular Januaiy Price. Sale Price. Bundbar Rugs, 10-6x10-6. , ., 3!5 00 Body Brussels Rug, 10-6x12. 65.00 Bunhar Wilton Rugs, 10-6x12. 68.60 Hartford Saxony Rug, 10-6x13-6. 77.60 Anglo-Persian Rug, 10-6x12...... 96.50 Bundhar Wilton Rug, 11-3x15. ... 86.50 French Wilton Rug, 11-3x15. -120.00 Bundbar Wilton Rugs, 9x15....... 70.00 from remnants of Also cross seam from Traveler' .cSlle i $40.50 50.00 Made-Up Carpet Rugs I"A auantity of Rugs in sizes 6x8 to .l -“0