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Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
SHOPPING SEASON is NOW ON
Open Season for Christmas Buyers
Outlined by Merchants.
EARLY TOURS ADVANTAGEOUS
ny visiting shops before Christmas
Rash buyers Have More Time
and Are Given Experience of
Expert saIespeople.

Omaha shoppers did so much better
by themselves and by the salespeople In
the stores by early shopping last Christ
mas season that they will be asked to
repeat this season. IL took three or four
years OF constant repetition OF the
slogan do your Christmas shopping
early" before people took heed, but last
season they took heed TO such an extent
that conditions were notceably Inn
proved and the merchants hope they will
do even better this year.
At a meeting OF retail merchants Mon
day afternoon at the Commercial club,
at the call OF Chairman c. d. Beaton OF
the retail trade committee OF the club,
Robert Manley OF the Brandels stores
and c. E. Black were appointed COM
mittee to outline campaign Of adver-
Using calculated TO induce Omahans to
do their shopping early and lessen the
mad rush OF the last few. days before
Christmas.
Benefit 10 shoppers.
About the best argument brought out
at the meeting, from the standpoint Of
benefit 20 the shoppers themselves, was
this: IF you shop during The last week
of the season you will perhaps be waited
upon by extra clerks who are not famil-
lar with the stocks. II you shop now,
you will he waited upon by the regular
clerks who are thoroughly familiar with
the stocks and who will give you the
best service possible"
Other arguments which will be used
are:
III you shop early you will get your
pick Of the holiday goods; II you put II
off the best may be gone.
You can shop now with much more
comfort than you can just before Christ
mas.
For the sake of the salespoepIe in the
stores, whose energies will be taxed to
the utmost just before Christmas, do
your Christmas shopping now"
There are now but twenty-seven more
shopping days before Christmas.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
MINNESOTA HAS new PLAN
VIII Attempt to Induce Michigan to
Return to Conference.
WISCONSIN WILL BE DROPPED
University of Michigan Believed
Well Satisfied with Prospect
OF Gophers Breaking Away
from Organization,

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov a.-That the Uni
versity of Minnesota is planning to induce
Michigan TO return to the Western con-
ference was asserted I'm university cir
cles here today, 1t is said that with
Michigan back in the conference. Mime
sofa and Michigan win begin a battle
for a general reorganization which shall
tend TO better athletic conditions in the
west. II Michigan, does not decide to re-
turn to the conference Il is considered
probable that Minnesota viii withdraw
from the conference and refuse TO meet
the University OF Wisconsin In athletics,
as sentiment against wisconsin IS strong
as the result OF the protest against Cap
tain Earle Pickering a. few days before
the wisconsin Minnesota game.
Light work was done by the team today
IN preparation for the game With Illinois
gext saturday.
h Michigan Not wHIIng,
ANN ARBoR, Mich, Nov. 2l.-No ac-
ton on the part or the University Of
Michigan authorities since the opening OF
the present foot bali season has been con
strued to lmesn,that Michigan was willing
to return 10 the Western conference. ON
the other hand. recent, rumors that MIN
nesota had, decided 10 break away from
the conference caused what seemed to be
general Satisfaction in university circles
here
Michigan students In general are not
anxious for future struggles on the gnd-
iron with Minnesota. The Pennsylvania
game has come 10 be regarded as a popu-
lar fixture The games with Syracuse
and Vanderbilt, especially the latter. are
considered strong features Of the SEIZED
ule.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
Lancaster County
Republicans Will
Form Big Taft Club
From a staff COrrespondent)

LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. 2o.-(Special Tel
egram.)-Lancaster county Taft republi-
ans will hold a big meeting Tuesday
night for the purpose of forming a club.
Several petitions calling for the gathering
were passed around today and were filled
with several hundred names before night
Indications point TO a big gathering, and
more enthusiasm has been displayed in
the matter than in any political event
for some time past
Several of the leading citizens of the
city are behind the movement. including
A. w. Field, ]. T. Dorgan. S. w. Burn
ham. II. s. Freeman. j. Baer, II. h
Wells and j. f. Humpe.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
OIL COMPANIES HAVE '"'
CONTEST OVER TRADEMARK

infringement OF trademark Is CHARGED
against the Atlas OH oompay OF cleve-
land o., by the Marshall on companv of
Marshalltown. Ia, in a suit for damages
aud recovery OF profits. started hy the
Marshall company i'm district court
II is alleged that for year the Atlas
company has been selling an automobile
oil under the Marshall company's trade
mark. French Auto OIL" The Marshall
company asks an accounting and an order
commanding the Cleveland concern 10
pay over all the profits Il has made by
selling OH under the French Auto oil"
trademark. An Injunction restraining the
Atlas company from further use OF the
trademark also is asked. A temporary
restraining order, to remain In effect
pending hearing on the application for
permanent Injunction, was issued.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
Fishing Burglar (
Makes Good Catch

Fishing was s&od at, the Chatham
apartments. Thirteenth and Dodge
streets last night, according TO a report
made 20 the police. b }. NJ Graham. the
electrician at the new Union Pacific
headquarters building, told the police
that a man with a pole fished half OF
mis- valuables out OF his room.
& Graham lives on the first floor and Il
Is his custom TO leave his window open
at nights. Sometime during last night
a burglar Doked pole through the win
dow with d hook on II. with this Inn
plement he managed to hook a pair OF
trousers. pocSetbooR containing SIS
and diamond ring valued at $50. MIR.
Graham awoke Just as his pants were
disappearing through the window.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22

Key to the siIuatiOnZ Bee. want ADS.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
JUSTICE EASTMAN BRINGS.
BRIDE BACK TO OMAHA

Justice William w. Eastman returned
to Omaha last Saturday night with his
bride OF a few weeks. Mrs Eastman was
formerly Mrs Sarah J. Green Of Buffalo.
n. Y. Mr.. and Mrs. Eastman viii, live
at $3.50 North Twenty-sixth street.
The judge is 20 years old ana states
that he is good for another twenty. Stree
his marriage his many friends have
dubbed him kid" Eastman, and he saws
that he feels as young and spry as he did
fifty years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
Gulled from the Wire.

A false cry OF fire In a moving picture
theator IN Pittsburgh resulted in a STAN
pede OF the crowd for the exits Seven
children were injured, none seriously.
Senator Hoke Smiths successor as gov
ernor OF Georgia VIII be chosen January.
Goyernor-pro-tem John NJ. Slaton.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
Colonial MahOganY Poster Bed, $40

Nothing adds so
much charm to the
bedroom as q beau
tiful four poster
bed like the one
represented here.
There is a very in
viting air about it.
The graceful lines
and modest beauty
are very attractive
to every eye. This
bed is made in rich
mahogany and is
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22

This magnificent sec
tional bookcase, either
a Gum or Macy, in
golden oak, imitation
mahogany or fumed oak
is priced at only $1,000.
1t is a rare bargain, and
think what an excellent
gift for Christmas it
will make. The artistic
lines along which it is
built and the detailed
construction mark it as
a selection for a practi-
cal and pleasing pres
ent.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
MICHIGAN Not wnIIna.

amazement II you would have such an
appetite take Chamberlain Tablets They
not only create healthy appetite. but
strengthen the stomach and enable Il 10
do its work naturally. For sale By ali
dealers
Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-22
To DC nn thr scnffold

Is painless, compared with tho weak, dame
back kidney trouble causes. Electric BIT
tcrs Is the remedy. 5sc @For sale by
Beaten Drug CO. era
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

and went back into the mountains, for he meant to take no chances with his health. MT. Bellwether had every in ceiitive for safeguarding his precious health now, for he not only was mak
 ing money but he had fallen in love.
 Before the factory had been estab- llshed year 1t had to be enlarged soon after its capacity was increased MT. Beliv ether took trip to New York. After he had closed deal with large commission house for the handling of large part of the production of the factory he visited upper Broadway. He had been absent less than four years, but there had been some great changes.
 Landmarks had disappeared, new ho- tels had sprung up. the centre of life and gayety had moved half a mile north ward, a new crop of people seemed to have come to New York. Bellwether saw only strange faces in resorts where once he knew everybody. He was startled once when man came forward and aretted him with Well, if this ism { old Billy Bellwether Where in the world did you drop from?"
 There were more of the od-timers left than Bellwether realized, but they had been crowded into the rear by the new corners.
 Bellwether did not find Broadway so alluring as in former days The shows ulu HOL IlteISSL lllili dS IuuCll dS bclOlC and the caravansaries did not seem the same He did not know it. but he and not Broadway had changed the most. He felt no regrets when he left New York the next day. Possibly the fact that he soon was to be married had something to do with it. No one he saw on the stage, street or in splendid hotel in New York had half the charm for him that the girl in that West Virginia town possessed.
 IL is more than ten years since Bell wether married. He comes to New York occasionally now, for his business de- mands his presence here al intervals. His business progress has been amazing. That modest factory which he started has grown and grown and grown. Today 1t occupies ground space 5S0 feet by 210 and is five stories high. It employees 1900 operatives. The grade of goods man. ufactured has been raised steadily. Now only silk goods are made The Bellweth- CT plant is one of the largest in that line in America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25


 terror for him, nor cold. either. More than once he was thankful for the won derful lot of wearing apparel he had accumulated in his Broadway days and which his valet had packed away in that squadron of trunks.
 For nearly year and a half Belweth- CT continued his tours of the mountain country and his trips to the town. The first year netted him $2H. He made al- most as much in the first half of the second year, but by this time he was restless. It was apparent 10 him that he had about reached the limit of pos sibility within the narrow field in which he was engaged. 1t taxed his utmost energy to cove- the district within the mountain territory he could connect with. Some of his people sent their product to him because he could not make the rounds. In addition, he knew he now was supplying nearly all the knit socks the town would buy. More than any thing else he knew that if he ever was to make enough money to secure himself against need he never could make it out of a handmade product that came into competition with machinery. He had be- come ambitious. The business blood of his ancestors was stirring within him.
 A man of polish and refinement claims attention anywhere. Not few persons in addition to the storekeep- CTS came to know and admire the cul- tiyated and elegant gentleman who brought the towns supply of knit socks down from the hill country. They re- speeted him for the brave fight he was making against a dread disease. One oe the men who came to know Bell wether was banker. 1t is bankers business to talk about business. Bell wether told him frankly in answer to any inquiry that about $500 a year was all he possibly could make, as he was situated, but he told the banker there were excellent possibilities for profit if a factory fo- making socks was established in the town. Labor was plentiful, fuel was cheap, there were good railroad connections and if there was any staple article of wear it cer- tainly was the sock. Then he gave sorie facts and figures about the cost of production which he had collected.
 Well" said the banker, why don't you go into it?'
 "Because" replied Bellwether, q Ina vent enough money
 "I3ut you have credit" rejolned the banker
 With whom?" asked Bellwether.
 with me-" the banker replied.
 There was factory started in that town within seven months. It was small, but the machinery was first class, the management was good and the operatives capable. A few skilled workers from New Jersey town had to be imported. That was all. His life in the hills had strengthened Bell wether wonderfully and had sharpened his wits. He still continued the old business, but used a young man to make the rounds in his stead. At regu- lar intervals he took short vacation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

Of weeds and to have a dust-mulch to save the moisture There is something as to pruning tomatoes, and tying the plants to stakes; in short, full direc- tions which, if followed out will make each girl good gardener. The depart
 ment sends out seeds for the girls be- longing to such clubs, but these must | come through the state agent or or ganzer
 Tests For Prizes
 The prizes are awarded not only upon
 the quantity of tomatoes raised, but
 the profits on the investment. Each l girls work Is graded under five heads. First. quantity of tomatoes produced. second. quality of toma toes. and third
 variety. Each of these counts 20 per cent Then their is the profit on the investment another 20 per cent. and the history or report which counts the same, the whole making up the 100 per cent The prizes go to the girls who stand highest.
 The object of the club is to give the girls some means of earning money and to help them furnish their homes with canned and fresh vegetables. It is to reduce the cost of living, to produce better living, as well as to make the home and farm more interesting and helpful to all members of the family The government and states are teach ing the girls not only how to mako gardens, but also how to cook and how to make money out of their work In the reorganization of the Aiken club It's founder, Miss Cromer, spent a sum mer in New York visiting the domestic sc'C nee sch ools there. in order to teach the girls how to handle the crop. At her directions canning outfit was slirped to the club, and the tomatoes SroWr by the girls were put up under her superintendency On the first can nh g day all the tomatoes brought in were put up. There were l25 cans in all and even faster work than this was done In the succeeding days At the s&ane time instructions were given in the making of pickles. catsup. chow chow and preserves from tomato
 1Ec tomatoes put up by those girls were marketed through the stores The club had it's own can labels, consisting of Il picture of big red tomato, with the words south Carolina above it, and 3 statement on the opposite side that it was grown and packed by the girls of Aiken county. The tomatoes were so good that the product was rsp- idiy sold and | am told that there be rs ised in the fuSure. The cotton mills and the factories there are rapidly in- |creasing and the demand for groceries and canned goods is now supplied by the north. From this time on such things will be produced in the .coun- try near by. .st
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25
Uncle Sam's Tomato Clubs
By FRANK G.. CARPENTER

Copyright, 1sf4, by Frank G. Carpenter)
 Washington, D. c. | YNcLE SAM, patriarch, is begin ming to work for the sirls. You v have heard of the boys corn clubs which have been. organized throughout the south. They have all ready more than 100000 members and they will number more than 200. .O0O be- fore the year closes That work is ca r.. ried on under the direction of Secre- tery Wilson, and it Is backed up by the states. the governors of which are offering prizes and giving diplomas
 Girls Tomato Clubs
 A similar movement has now begun in order to wake up, the girls. It originated last January, with the start ing of girls tomato club in Aiken S. c. The agricultural department is backing 1t and there are now more than 5000 girls. in different parts of the south. who are each raising a patch of tomatoes under directions sent them from Washington. The agents of the department are travelling over the country establishing. tomato clubs in three counties of each southern state. and in time they will turn the whole south into market garden This is one of the most radical of the new
  means the bringing of woman into our great industrial revolution, and the creation of a race of business women on the farms of the south.
 Want to Compete With Boys
 The idea came from the corn clubs. In. them each boy was given one acre by his father. He was to blow and plant 1t himself, and to have all the profit l have already written of the mighty re- suits. In certain cases the boys made several hundred dollars off their respec- tive acres, and this year one of them expects to net one thousand dollars from five-acre tract That money is to senu him through school
 Since the organization of the corn clubs tho girls of the vicinities in which they were established. have been writing the agricultural department whether there was not something for them to do. They have been allowed to compete with the boys in the corn clubs and in a number Of Instances. notwithstanding their sex, they have produced corn above the aver sge of the clubs to which they belonged, In . South Carolina corn club, for eN- ample, there were two girls who each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

thought of what Broadway would say if the people there knew about it he laughed again.
 Once the idea had taken possession of him MT. Bellwether lost no time in car rying it into effect He purchased serviceable horse and buggy for a small sum, after having iourneyed to the near est town of fair size, and entered into a deal with several stofekeepers there to sell the stuff on commission. PreYi- ously he had spread the news through out the neighborhood of his village that he would buy for cash all the socks the women would knit. Cash is a potent ar gument in the mountains of West Vir- ginia, where people go sometimes for months without sight of one of Uncle Sam's silver tokens or paper bills. To then. the small sum Belwether offered seemed large. and they wondered how he could afford to pay so much. He, aroused more by the few dollars at stake and more keenly interested than he had been in anything in all the years he was along Broadway, started on his first trip with a thrill and hope that were new to him.
 There were two dozen pairs in the first lot Bei'wether delivered to the storekeep- ers and their sale meant a gross profit of only little more than 30 cents to him. In fact, there vas loss in the deal when the feed of the horse, the wear and tear and the time were considered. And then, too, there was the additional item that the storekeepers took no risk and only paid Bellwether after they had sold the goods. But Bellwether was elated. He was doing something. He was striving at least to earn his bread and salt.
 The second week Mir. Bellwether had more than two dozen pairs to take to town. The wonderful news that the sick gentleman would pay money-real money for their knit goods began to spread. Women and girls were eager to knit now, for that potent thing money would bring to them luxuries they never had been able to obtain and which they had longed to possess It meant bright ribbons, gim- cracks. maybe dresses and other pretty things women love.
 Bellwether, on his second trip, was de- lighted to learn the storekeepers were finding a sale for the knitted socks. No wonder. The price was low and the ma terial most servceable if 1t was rough. The storekeepers assured him there was a market for all he could furnish.
 It was nearly three months before Bell wether began to see any real profit. By that time he had to travel as far afield as twenty miles from the village to reach some of the people who were knit ting for him. Every day he was on the road. He was getting fresh air aplenty. No one was a more welcome visitor than he. Better far than the knowledge that the business now was bringing a profit above all expenses was the realization that he was getting stronger. He had been prudent in making provision against changes in the weather. RainA had no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-25

valet, paid his reckoning and moved on. A week later a man of elegant appear ance but delicate looking engaged quar- ters in an apology for a hotel in a vil- lage high up in the Blue Ridge Noun tains in West Virginia. The people were astonished at the number of trunks the stranger had and gossiped good deal about him, but soon they became accus- toned to him and then, good naturedly, did what they could for his well-being. They never knew what he suffered. There was not bathtub in the village, and to Mir Bellwether daily bath was religion. They knew nothing of what it means to a man to suddenly have to look after his own affairs when he, las been accustomed all his life valet attend to every detail. he first night of his residence in | se he went to dinner in evenint es there was a sensation, but \ H. wether had done this from ht Id did not repeat the offense. It VI d at first to eat the coarse fare ie village inn, especially to one h sensitive taste, delicate appetite and fine sense of the exquisite in foodstuffs, but man is adaptable.
 Faithfully and conscientiously MT. Bellwether went forth every day to
 
 his poor, weakened lungs the pure, bal sam cair that would repair in part the damage done to them. In time he got to know every man. woman and child for half a dozen miles about. The men liked him. the children loved him and the women pitied and admired him. The same fine manners that had won the respect of callous Broadway he showed in the rugged hills of West Virginia. The same gentle courtesy that distinguished him in his relations with women in New York he displayed to the women in the hills, rudely clad though they might be and living as most of them do in cabins.
 Simply as he lived and modest as were his expenses Bellwether began to fear about the future. For the first time he found it necessary to give serious thought to earning living. There was no em- poyment about the village to which he could turn. In fact, any employment in the village would be unwise for him to take, for constant outdoor life meant everything to him. He studied the prob lem long and hard. and it was a month or more before the idea came to him that proved an inspiration And when it came he laughed as he had not laughed in years.
 In all the mountain homes to which his wanderngs from the village took him he had found the women folk engaged every spare hour in one form of employment knitting They knitted socks, mittens, caps and knicknacks for their rude homes. The yarns they used were coarse, but the goods they turned out would wear long and we'll MT. Bellwether, who never had done a stroke of work, de- termined to go into the business of buy ing and selling socks, and when he