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Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07
IMPLEMENT MEN TO MEET
Tenth Annual Session Convena in Thi,
City Tomorrow.
ATTENDANCE WILL BE VERY LARGE
I'm mpIcmcnt Interests from Everywhcrs
VIII he Represented and Busi-
ness VIII Tie Mixed with a
Dash of Pleasure.

The tenth annual convention of the Ne
braska and Western Iowa Retail lmple-
ment Dealers association will be held in
this city for three days, beginning tomor
row. Extensive preparations have been
made by the local committees having the
affairs of the association in charge and the
indications are that the meeting will be
the most successful In the history of the
organization. The convention will be pri-
mariy for the transaction Of business and
the discussion of subjects In which the
implement men are interested, but there
will be at the same time attention given
the social phase and the visitors will be
made welcome.
1t is a certainty that the attendance Will
exceed that of any former convention. Al
ready about $50 retail implement dealers
belonging to the association have sigulfied
their intention of attending the convention
and besides these, there will be large
number of representatives of outside whole
sale firms, which will make total at
tendance of at least 1000 men interested
in the implement business.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

II your druggist cannot supply you, send
us 3i.oo and we will express large bottle
TO you, all charges prepaid Be sure ana
give us your nearest express once,
&c. AVER Co, Lowell, Mass.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

Miner and Vans Bohemian Burlesquers
put up the best show that has been given at
Miaco's Trocadero in several weeks. Billy
ceedingly clever in comedy work and It
Is to be regretted that he does not appear
In the performance until the closing act.
AS Patsy, the bell boy, in the skit called
"a Scrambled Egg" Mr.. Van succeeds in
keeping the audience in hilarious mood.
The farce, which deals spicily with extra
ordinary incidents attending the arrival of
burlesque company at country hotel,
brings the entire organization into service
and introduces a constant run OF comical
situations.
The other skit on the program has the
suggestive title of "A Case of Cow" 1t
gives the people the pleasure of looking
upon a galaxy OF burlesque beauties In
gorgeous and attenuated costumes and
| listening to a melange OF good songs and
new jokes.
| The Casino comedy four carry off the
honors in the olio. their singing being
OF high order and their business" not
revealing any marks Of antiquity. The
Lane sisters are a lively trio, who do not
make the mistake of considering song and
dance a serious affair. but aim to get moth
ing but fun out OF It. Ed Johnson sings
couple OF descriptive songs with fine
effect and rounds out pleasing sketch
with the assistance Of Mae Hilliard. Jack
Andy and Ada Gardner present an act tha
is full of ginger and Fred Wycoff's "Rube'
stunt is not without merit.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07
"Trip to COontO,vn"-

A nonsensical musical comedy. with
enough tangibility of plot TO justify name,
serves to give Bob Cole and Billy Johns D
and a company Of colored singers and dane
ers opportunity to please those who enjoy
a performance characteristic of Ethiopian
artists. "a Trip to Coontown" was given its
initial production at Boyd's theater Sunday
afternoon and the entertainment afforded
was satisfactory Of the kind. There is any
amount of singing rendered by capable solo
lists, and a chorus OF musical qualities. The
olio following the musical creation is made
up OF several interesting numbers, the prin-
cipals in this being Cole and Johnson. Edna
Alexander. soprano, and Lloyd Gibbs, tenor
also take prominent parts. This attraction
will continue at Boyds tonight and tomor-
row night.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

address.
The Ideal Woman of Today" was the
subject Of yesterdays gospel meeting at the
Young Woman's Christian association
rooms, which was led by Mrs. r. M.
Stephenson. Not long ago Christ" was
the subject OF the series of meetings of the
association, which were led by the pastors
of the city. Now the devotional committee
has arranged for series of meetings pre-
senting different phases of womans char
acter, which are to be conducted by the
wives of the pastors, THE Ideal Woman OF
Today being the first OF the series.
new evening class will be organized
Thursday evening, January 10, at o'clock
which will be taught by Rev. Sumner T.
Martin OF the First Christian church. All
who care to join are requested to be pres
ent at the opening, as several lines OF study
win be presented from which the class will
choose the one to be pursued.
The demand In the Omaha association for
bible study classes is unusually great. Mrs.
w. II. Hartford has opened q class to meet
at o'clock Wednesday afternoon which
will include course OF twelve lessons on
the literature Of the bible. The same sub
ject, by the same leader, viii be presente ed
to the gynasium girls bible class on Fri
day evening. Besides these three new
classes the noon bible class on Character
Studies" and the personal workers training
classes are well sustained In addition tC
these outline books of study, called Shank
system OF scripture study, have been Sc
cured for forty-eight members VINO. indinl
1t incenvenient to come into the classes, ar
carrying on individual work at home. Whei
II is considered that many of the assoca
tlons find 1t dffcult TO sustain one biblt
study class the unusual interest in tn,
Omaha association may be realized Mrs
Hartford Is hopeful that there viii be wide
spread interest In the work.
The Christian Woman's Board OF Mis-
sions OF the North Omaha First Christian
church and Christian churches OF Sout
Q Omaha and Council Blufs met on Frida
I afternoon at the North Omaha Christia
: church and effected federation, The stat
nrQa nizara nf Iowa and ka mara hot
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07
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is requested to bring her own luncheon or
join someone else in doing so. Coffee and
tea will be served by the First church So
ciety, the hour of meeting being II o'clock.
short but excellent program has been ar
ranged to close the afternoon, Mrs. Taylor
OF Bellevue will be present and deliver an
address.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07
Hotels VIII lie Crowded.

Accommodations at all the leading hotels
have been engaged by outside wholesalers,
manufacturers and distributors Of the va
rious lines Of goods handled by implement
men and elaborate exhibits will be made
by all these The Omaha jobbers and man.
ufacturers will be not whit behind their
outside competitors and have also arranged
for making exhibits in hotels and available
uptown buildings, besides arranging to
turn their places of business over to their
visiting guests with the invitation to do
as you will. but save the pieces"
1t is anticipated that one of the most
pleasant features OF the convention will be
the banquet which will be rendered the
local and visiting implement men by the
Commercial club in the club parlors
Wednesday night. This banquet promises
| to be largely attended and arrangements
are being perfected which insure the COM
plete success Of the affair.
1t is reported that one of the most i'm
portant matters that will come up before
! the convention for settlement is the con
| troversy said to exist between Legitimate
| jobbers and manufacturers agents OF im-
plement wares. Local implement men as
sert that whatever controversy there may
| be between these representatives of the
| trade is altogether inconsequential, bu'
| It will, nevertheless, form a question o
discussion in one of the business sessions
| OF the convention.
The Her Grand hotel has been selected a
headquarters and the meetings will be hell
| in Creighton hall. ]. l.. Blowers OF Davk
City is president OF the association.
Important Topics to he Discussed.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07
Important Topics to he Discussed.

Freight rates and prices will be subjects
to which much consideration will be given
The price of binding twine is being dis
cussed freely by the implement men who
have already arrived in the city and the in
dlcations are that twine will be much
cheaper than it was last year.
"At the beginning of the season in 1900
twine was held at 11A cents pound, but
before the end of the season 1t dropped to
10 cents" said W. T. Collins, st. Louis
implement man who is in the city. AT
present twine is offered at IA cents a pound
in carload lots and the indications are that
the price will not fall below that figure. The
slump in the price last year was brought
about by the failure of the grain crop In
the northwest"
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

j. Robinson conducts normal class in his
tory and geography Of the bible. The union
has an average attendance Of eighteen
women, Mrs. G. w, Wallace being president
and Mrs. Moffett secretary and treasurer.
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

Total amount of transfers
Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-07

GEORGE l.. MILLER.
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-11-14
Percy caHber's Career.
BY WILLIAM BLOSS.

Copyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
Percy Caliber, who was not even yet
what persons of experience would term
an old man, had arrived at that un-
happy condition of mind in which one
-fancies that one believes that life is no
longer worth the living. Not-let this
credit be extended to Mr.. Caliber with
that prompt acquiescense which Is
merited by the facts-that Percy medi-
tated selfslaughter. or that he even con-
templated that more or less devious
descent which is popularity known as
'sgoing to the bad" but in a general
way, and also in way very particular
indeed, he had quite agreed with him
self that this mundane sphere is but lit :.
tie better than cavern of gray ashes.
and that the sooner one is out of it for
good and ALL why, all the better for
everybody.
Having. upon his mental journey to
this sepulchral point of view of things
here below, reached a condition where
in he really cared very little for his
regular meals, had quite fofegone his
gymnasium practice, didn't go in much
for driving, scorned billiards as a device
of blackleg cads to rob gentlemen, md
having been heard to declare that only
the understrippers in. a brewery were
fit company for such a low game as
ten pins one must instanter admit that
Percy Caliber was AT very low ebb.
In fact his case seemed almost desper-
ate. At a little more he would have
Leen driven to seek medical advice, the
last resort of the unhappy in this mad.
wagging world.
And vet there are those who have re-
eeived so many hard and strenuous buf-
fetings from Fortune, that errant dame,
as to have lost heart and hope, who
gladly would have traded lots with Mr.
Fercy Caliber. 1t has been said he was
not old-at least, not too, too Old. lie
was twenty-one, to be sure, put even
at twenty-one there is still a future for
men who are not wholly dispirited be-
cause of their first tug Of war in the
game of life Nevertheless, Percy him
self regarded himself as an old person
for whom no new fires could be kindled
Long since the embers of his ambitions
had been smothered. His past, he re-
fected. was but an arid desolatlon OF
extinct volcanic glows. His future
well. why speak of his future, when any
one with even half an eye could per
ceiye it was a mere Sahara upon Wnich
Love and JOY, Contentment, Fame and
Honor were oases beyond his reach.
To this proud asset of youth Cover-
horne as it was by melancholic forebod-
ings) young Mr. Caliber might rightfully
have added-in his sworn statement OF
resources robust health which had
made of him the best quarterback of the
year. the amateur champion mile run
ner a stroke who had won applause even
at faraway Henley. He had not gone IN
much for tennis and golf, considering
them unworthy the attention Of the
strenuous life, but it had been generally
concluded by those who had seen him in
his lighter moments, with racquet in
hand, that Collins himself must have
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-11-14
WORK EXCHANGE MEETS.
Annual Reception and Tea Will BE
Given Next Monday.

Annual Reception and Tea Will BE
Given Next Monday.
The nineteenth annual meeting of the
Woman's Work exchange. was held yes
terday morning at the home of Mrs g.
P. Noyes on Virginia avenue. The fol-
lowing officers were reelected:
President Mrs C. P. Noyes; vice pres
ident, Mrs Charles II. Clark; secretary,
Mrs Emerson Hadley: treasurer, Mrs
Kenneth Clark: other members of the
executive board Mrs. j. A. Wheelock,
Mrs E. c.. Decker, Mrs Frank b. Bass,
Mrs S. NJ. Cary Mrs Hiram T. Stevens,
Mrs Oliver Dalrymple. Mrs. M. l.. Scout,
Mrs. r. r. Sanford. Mrs Claiming Sea-
bury, Mrs Darius Miller, Mrs. William
r. Begg. Mrs. Richard Billings and Mrs.
S. r. Flynn.
Through its restaurant in the Endlcott
Arcade the exchange gave employment
during the year to more than 800 women,
at salaries ranging from 50 to $40 a week.
The income from the sale of homemade
cooking and fancy work was large.
Monday afternoon the annual recep-
tion and business meeting of the organi-
zation will be held in the Endicott build
ing.
There are a number of out-of-tow1
women who are honorary members of
the board. but who have no voice in The
election of officers. A number of these
! will be present at the annual reception
! Monday The following is list OF these
honorary members:
Mrs s. r. Van SAINT. Winona; Mrs.
William Mitchell, St. Cloud; Mrs b. w.
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have rush of blood to the head when
Mr. Man came along and helped her
turn right side UP again. But poor Mrs.
Cow was a sight! One horn was crum-
pied, and her neck was shut UP just like
Your uncles telescope when it is closed
She tried to look for Mr.. Dog, but her
eyes We're between her shoulders, and
she could only see straight ahead. Rub
her necki' shouted Mr.. Man, and lie
and Mr.. Dog rubbed her neck until it
came out again. She looked very pala,
and said if Mr.. Man would please excuse
her she would go sit i'll the hammock for
a while and rest.
While she was in the hammock trying
to think how it happened Mr.. Cat came
along. AS soon as she saw him Mrs.
Cow remembered all about the opera
troupe, and she was just getting up to do
another f1ipfap when Mr.. Dog came
along. He was afraid she would poke
holes in Mr. Mans front porch and that
he would get blamed for il. SO he shouted
as loud as he could Rubber neck.' try
ing to do just as Mr.. Man had done
When Mrs Cow heard this she ran at
Nj. Dog as hard as she could, and Mr..
Dog remembered that he had urgent bus
iress elsewhere. He ran as fast as his
feet would carry him, but he was so tired
from carting the apples that it was not
The Saint Paul globe., 1901-11-14

looked more to his primary had Caliber
cared to WOO the net.
Moreover, see how those assets, un-
like the assets of ordinary bankrupts
swell and grow before ones eyes as one
examines them-young Mr. Caliber was
passing rich, not upon forty pounds
year like the Goldsmithian village preach
er dear, but upon a judiciously invested
Inheritance solidly anchored by a ninety
nire-year lease of realty, whose quarterly
returns placed to young Mr.. Caliber's S
credit with the Union Forever Trust COM
pany the pleasing competency OF 1O001
round American dollars.
Thus, with health and education, good
birth and hosts of friends, with y-oIth
and $4,000 a year which had no chance
to get away from him unless he wed with
folly or took the daughter of the vine 60
spouse one could be forgiven for be-
lieving that Percy Caliber might find
some shred of silver lining were he to
examine more closely the clouds which
overhung him. But he couldn't. The
vista was all gloom. The sky was utter
ly overcast. There was no sun. There
was no moon. All the bright stars of
hope had been driven into eclipse. And
by what? By curmudgeon, a pratcr of
folly, a heartless old man who held no.
tlons OF his own and was more stubEErn
IN his peculiar views than is the famed
rock of Gibraltar to the assaults of the
vast wild sea.
So deeply, madly, helplessly, hopeless
ly was Percy Caliber in love with Mercy
Tanning that, since he was forbidden to
marry her, life had lost all SAVIOR. and
he was sternly contemplating awful
things-he would become missionary
priest, and consort with lepers IN far
off islands of the wide South seas, or he
would make over his fortune to Gen.
Booth, or John Alexander Dowie or Mrs.
Besant. and Lead life of ascetic help
fulness to other men, saddaned and
broken, even as was he, he, Percy Arthur
Cahber, ESD, student at law.
It's pretty tough when things come
to that and there is TO help for it. And
things had come to that finally irrevoca-
bly, 1t was not that Mercy did not re-
turn his fondness, for she did passion
ately, but she absolutely refused to dis.
obey her father. and hard-hearted old
sufficiently, he admitted; Percy was well
enough as young men go nowadays. but
as a bridegroom lie wouldn't DO Nor
would he bulge one 5o.' or title FROM this
position.
But why, papa?" has the fearful Mer-
cy queried. .'AFhy, Mr.. Fanningan Per
cy has demanded. The old man only
smiled more grirnly and returned TO all
their opportunities this most preposter-
Gus answer:
Percy is too rich. His fortune weighs
on him like Pilgrims pack. He amounts
to nothing: he never will amount to
anything. He thinks ne IS studying law
and he has been 2 year in Swimming
over the Commentaries of Chancellor
Kent He may know a pousse cafe from
a cestire in trcs.. but doubt It. Let
him do something: let MIN show some
thing, besides the mile automobile rec
ord; let him Indicate that he sees the
path to a career and means to tread it
broadly. Think I'm going to hitch my
daughters wagon TO a football star? Not
for John Tanning. No sir. And now,
Mercy, that settles it. Percy Will rave
to show me the goods. Good night
To make matters infinitely worse ne
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Vile, Mimi, worthy grand matron Of the
Order Eastern Star is the guest OF Mrs.
P. w. Nelson, Dayton avenue.
Mrs. H. Drake, Western avenue, VIII
leave shortly for California.
Misses Edith and Elsie Foulke, Lincoln
avenue will go to Madison, Wis, Satur-
day to attend the Minnesota Wisconsin
foot ball game.
Misses Marie and Ruth Mohler. of Old
Point Comfort, are guests this week OF
Misses Doran, Summit avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown, Iglehart
street. have returned from New York.
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OFFICIAL SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington society is a much more
complicated affair than might be i'm
agined by the uninitiated. In a social
sense the president and his wife are i'm
perial, and an invitation to the White
house means d canceling of any and
every other engagement the recipient
may chance to have on his list. As there
is now no vice president, the foreign am
bassadors are given second rank in the
social scale. The social standing of the
chief justice is disputed. Some accredit
him with third standing, and others rank
him below the diplomatic corps and cab
met.
The secretary of state precedes the for
eign ministers and charge daffaires of
the diplomatic corps on all occasions but
is preceded by the ambassadors. His du-
ties are more ceremonious than those of
any other home functionary. He person.
ally introduces the president to all new
diplomats accredited to this country, and
at the New Year reception presents the
Whole diplomatic corps to the president.
He also attends to foreign correspondence
between the president and foreign mon
archS. When royal child is born, he it
is who sends a letter of congratulation,
and when any royal parsonage dies he
must also dispatch the message of con-
dOlence from the nation.
Each cabinet officer IS ranked socially
according to his standing i'll the order of
succession TO the presidency. The wives
of the cabinet officers will stand with the
presidents wife at the presidents New
Year receptions, also atNall other similar
White house leveeS. Governors of states
are ranked next after the cabinet, and
are followed by members Of congress,
While the speaker of the house Of repre-
SentativeS is ranked below the senate
The army, navy and marine corps COM
prise social circles of great brilliancy. A
general commanding the army, We're
there such an officer, would rank next
that of a representative, and be followed
by the admiral commanding the navy.
Social problems presented themselves
to the first president of the United States
and one of the features he observed was
slowing instead kindly smile and bow
of etiquette but Jefferson considered this
tco "aristocratic," and established the
handshake, besides admitting everybody
to his receptions. 81 lsr
The introduction Of ,childrens parties
at the White house is credited to John
Tyler, and it will be remembered that
official society at Washington was as
founded when President Hayes desired
to eliminate wine from the White house
menu. The hospitality of the Hayes
family was, however, most generous, and
it was they who revived the old-time
fashion of serving refreshments at recep-
tions.
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Corner for Children.


and Mr.. Dog took it off and sat down un-
der tree in the field. He was looking
at the pictures and having a fine time
when Mrs. Cow came along and looked
over his shoulder. My goodness met she
exclaimed. do read to me what it says
under that picture of the cat and the
fiddle and the cow jumping up in the
air. Mr.. Dog could not read a bit, but
he was ashamed to say so, so he made
up rhyme. why, certainly he said:
Bow WOW! Sukey the COW,
She turned f1ipf1ap in the air;
When she landed a cat
Said if she could do that
She could be the priIna donna in his opera
troupe.
You see, Mr.. Dog was in such a hurry
that he couldn't make the last rhyme,
buI Mrs. Cow did not know much about
poetry, so she did not know the differ
ence.
How perfectly lovely she exclaimed
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very fast Mrs. Cow soon caught him,
and she got that crumpled horn under
him and tossed him so high in the air
down
If Mr.. Dog had rot fallen on a hay
stack he would have been killed. but the
hay broke his fall and he was only shak-
en- up As he crawled down to the foot
of the haystack he heard a voice, and
then he saw Tommy sitting in the shade
and reading out of his picture book:
This is a cow with a crumpled horn
that tossed the dog that
rs that in the book?" asked Mr. Dog.
"Of course it is, or you wouldn't hear
me reading it, said Tommy.
to read, and what is more, / will never
learn.
He kept his word, and to this day dogs
cannot even say their A, 3, C's. If you
do not believe it, just get your dog to
try il.
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Il wonder if a cat would take me in an
opera troupe if l turned a fipflap like
that?'
'Of course he would said Mr. Dog.
..He wouldn't be much of a cat if he
didn't, and anyway. whatever you see
in books is true People really thought
so in those days as they were dog days,
for surely you have heard grown-up
folks say ''every dog his it's day"
DO you really think i could turn a
f1ipfat?', asked Mrs. Cow, with a sim
per.
''T am sure of it. You are so grace
full said Mr.. Dog. Mrs. Cow made a
very low bow and jumped up in the air
to turn a 1ipfiap, but she only got half
way around and landed on the top of
her head. Her horns ran SO far into the
ground that she was stuck fast, and
with her feet wildly waving i'll the air.
She kicked and struggled, but could not
get loose, and she was just about to
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.sWagner's Friends Mrs H. Downs,
COL Holly avenue; Feb. 26, students re-
cital. Summit hall; March 5. "Bayreuth, .
Mrs. C. c. Titcomb, Gas Central park;
April 2. debate, Resolved. That Wilhel-
nina Planer-s Influence Was a Greater
Power Than That of Franz List in the
Development of Wagner, the Artist
Mrs Briggs 1874 Summit avenue; April
9, students recital Summit hall.
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cLUBs AND CHARITIES.

The Social Thirteen club was organiz-
ed Tuesday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. George Stein, of Summit avenue
Mrs. Otto Stein was elected president.
Euchre was played, and the following
won prizes: Mrs. G. H. Boemer. Miss
Grace McNamee, Mrs. f. Mccarthy. The
club will meet fortnightly, and its next
meeting will be with Mrs Otto Stein.
OF the Newport. The members are Mrs.
+. Mccarthy Mrs. S. E. Smith Mrs.
+. Madlgan, Mrs. Otto Stein, Mrs. 1T.