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Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Educational Bureau for
BrandeiS Store EMPLOYEES

The Brandeis stores have opened an
education bureau composed of many
classes for its employees. This is I'm
der the direction of Miss Z. Mailer
of Cleveland, efficiency expert.
Classes are organized to- educate
employees in the different textiles and
the styles Of various garments of
women's year.
Classes to teach the employee the
name of every street and apartment
house as well as the hotels and public
buildings.
Classes to teach penmanship and
spelling and classes in courtesy and
service.
All employees do not find it pos
sible to attend night school, and for
these the Brandeis stores offer expert
instruction in daytime classes, In a
short time a school of domestic sci
ence will be installed. Educational
work along efficiency lines will be
-arried out.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Omaha Jobbers Want Some
Money to Dredue River

More money to develop the upper
Missouri is desired OF the federal
government, The various jobbing
houses. in Omaha and the members
Of the Missouri River Navigation
league want it. Only S35,000 is stip-
ulated to be used for the work OF
snagging in the upper Missouri, in
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill as it is now drawn in congress.
Omaha men are writing letters to
the congressman and senators urging
that an effort be made to have this
appropriation increased for the work
in that reach Of the river which af-
fects most the infant navigation prof.
eet between Omaha and the upper riv-
err towns. 80
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Lincoln Heights Improvers
Want Quarter Million Refun(

The Lincoln Heights improvement
club went on record in favor of thu
Strehlow bill, an amendment to thu
Metropolitan Water district bill, tc
require refund of approximately
$250,000 paid by property owners fol
service extensions since the city took
over the plant four and half years
ago.
Under municipal ownership prop.
erty owners have paid so cents per
front foot for extensions placed along
their streets. Under the private own
ership regime individual property
owners did not have to bear that
burden. 60
The 50-cent-per-foot charge has
caused many complaints since the
water plant was taken into the mu-
nicipal family. The Strehlow bill
provides for repeal Of this feature
Of the law and also provides for a
refund of the money paid by prop
erty owners for extensions.
Under municipal ownership many
property owners have been required
to pay the 50-cent-per-foot charge
Notwithstanding they already had
water service from mains in streets
some distance from their property.
A vigorous effort is being made to
enlist the support of all members Of
the Douglas county legislative dele
cation III this measure.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Mcvann and Howell at
Hearing Represent Omaha

Z. ]. MeVann for the traffic bureau
OF Omaha and R. Beecher Howell for
the Metropolitan Water district Of
Omaha appeared in Chicago in hear
ing held there before Examiner Disque
OF the Interstate Commerce commits
sion, when the railroads introduced
their testimony seeking to show why
the freight rates on iron piping should
be increased from eastern manufac-
turing centers to Missouri river states
A number OF other advances in iron
and steel articles were considered at
the same hearing, but none OF them
concerned the Omaha people as did
the item Of iron piping. The exam
iner will submit the transcripts to the
Interstate Commerce commission. and
the case will probably be argued be.
fore the commission some months
hence,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
TWO POWER, RANGES
SOLVE A PROBLEM
One Throat for Sporting
Range" and another for the
"Loafing Range"
EXPERT TELLS OF GAIN

The engineering practice utilized il
the Peerless two-power range design
is fascinating to one who will stop tc
grasp the technical principles in.
! volved,' said w. r. Strickland, CHIEF
engineer of the Peerless Motor Car
company. ..-
THE desirability of securing car
buretor which would give a good
economy, strong pulling on hills with
out loading, quick pick up, high speed
and power had been the goal of car
manufacturers for some years.
1T has not been difficult to fix the
size OF throats so that the velocity at
the low motor speed was sufficient to
atomic the gasoline and at the same
time give satisfactory power at 1900
revolutions per minute and under. :
From the speed Of 1900 up, howl
ever, the limitations of threats cut so
heavily in the volumetric efficiency
that the power curve drops off rapidly
at high speeds.
sHow, then, can satisfactory results
be obtained for speeds from 1900 to
5000 revolutions? Obviously, the
most simple method, still retaining the
small throat for the lower speed re-
quirements, would be to provide an
additional supply through a separate
larger throat with its independent
nozzle, these larger throats being con-
trolled by separate valve WHICH IN
turn was interconnected with the
main throttle valve.
Such larger, nozzles,' proprotioned
for the proper richness to give maxi
mum speed and power such as are re-
CURED under racing conditions, alone
would not give slow speed perform
ance.
This is illustrated to engineers and
spectators at automobile races when
the racing cars have great difficulty in
starting at low speeds and very often
miss badly until they obtain tn, maxi
mum speed for which their particular
racing carburetor is designed.
What could be more satisfactory,
then, in ashigh speed motor combining
the feature of ordinary service with
those of racing ability than by the use
Of racing threats and jets for sport
ing range" and retaining smaller
threats and jets for the "loahng
ranger
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Efficiency Expert to Develop
Initiative in the Store EMPLOYEES

To develop initiative and efficiency
among the employees of the BRANDED:
stores is the work of Miss Mailer
efficiency expert:
For number OF years Miss MAILER
was assistant principal OF one OF the
| largest schools in Cleveland. Her
family had been, residents OF Clcve-
land for a generation or two, and she
was well known in the different stores
where she did her shopping.
In going about from store to store,
being student OF human nature, she
noted why certain salespeople at
tracted people to them and became
an asset to the house and why others
failed. Feeling that il she could
arouse in the laggers the same initia-
tive that developed in the leaders she
would be giving the stores an invalu-
able asset, she began to develop a
campaign along these lines. The
little hints which she dropped from
time TO time to different members OF
one Of the big concerns in Cleveland
finally brought about an offer from
the head Of one of the stores to
inaugurate and carry along an eff
cheney. department dealing, direct
with the employe. !.
Miss Mailer began this work in
Nugents Of St. Louis in February
1914, and her work was 50 successful
that she stayed there for year.
The calls in other directions were
so loud and incessant that Miss
Mailer could no longer refuse them,
and SO she went to Linder's in Cleve-
land, where she established so many
thoroughly, efficient systems and.
raised the standard OF the employees
ability to such an extent that she
made quite revolution in the stores
method OF doing business.
My work is not welfare work, but
rather the next step beyond welfare
work, which is efficiency. said Miss
Mailer. Giving anyone something for
is passing something to them
which they do not value, and will
not Improve upon. That is one of
the mistakes in welfare work-de-
veloping efficiency is quite another
matter, for this comes from within. It
Is simply asking the individual to use
the best faculties that he or she has.
In observing the different tempera-
mcnts that have had to deal with in
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Omaha talian-American
Club to BANQUET Toniuht

The Omaha italian American Poljti
cal club will hold its annual ban.
quet this evening at the Hcnshaw
hotel Among the speakers will be
Mayor Dahlman and Joseph Scsto
president OF the club. Other officers
are: ]. NJ. Calabria, vice president;
Joseph Sanlucas. secretary; Carl Mar
fist, treasurer. Assisting the officers
with the details OF the banquet are
Sebastian Salcrno. Dominick Anania,
Tony Costanzo and Peter Procopio,
This organization comprises mem
bcrsiip Of 100 progressive Italians Of
the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Omaha Loan and Building
Assn Cuts Interest Rate

In the last twenty-four years the
Omaha Loan and Building associa-
ton has reduced its interest rates
successfully seven times, AT meet
ing of the directors, just held, re-
duction to per cent was ordered, to
take effect on and after April |, and
applicable alike to loans now on the
books and those hereafter to be made.
This Is significant move in the
affairs of the association, for it is a
sign OF the downward trend Of in
middle west. Borrowers will after
middle vest. Borrowers will after
April ] pay on new loans $40 a month
on $1,000, Of which S. will be accrued
interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Three Hundred Fifty Lots
Recorded in One Deed

One Of the largest transactions
ever recorded in the county register
Of deeds Office, from the standpoint
OF the number Of pieces Of property,
was the filing Of warranty deed by
the South Omaha Land company
conveying $50 city lots on the South
Side to the South Side Land com
pany. Though il was stated in the
warranty deed that the transaction
. involved 81 and other valuable con-
siderations," the deal is said to have
amounted to about 100000. John
A. McShahc is president Of the South
Omaha Land company and P. f. Her
secretary.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
HEALTH HINT-JUST
LIVE IN NEBRASKA
0mahans Are Fit at Fifty,
Serene at Seventy, Nifty
at Ninety.
NEVER GROW OLD HERE
By A. R. GRoH.

Next time Gus E. Gloom come
along. croaking that people don
live as long now as they did in tn
good old days. you just fix him wit
masterful eye and laugh right i
his face.
Then remark 'pihle,' or "bosh," 0
something like that
II you are too polite to do thes'
things just say, Pardon me, Mr.
Gloom, but statistics Of Omaha SHOW
/. that people. at least Omaha people
live longer nowadays than they eve
did before"
Then quote the facts.
Last year 2,655 persons died IL
Omaha. And OF these $40 had at.
tanned TO more than 70 years Of age
This is AZ per cent. In other words
H. l4a out vt Of every 1000 had lived more
Two hundred and thirty-threc Of
these we're between II and 80 years
Of age. One hundred and twenty-four
were between 81 and 90 years Of age
And nineteen we're between 81 and
100 years OF age.
THE days Of our years are three
score years and ten," sang King David
once when he was feeling gloomy.
King David may have been right in
his day. 1t was an unsanitary day and
his country was not healthful coun.
try.
It's Different Now.
But his melancholy dictum does moi
hold true on the ozone-Iaden plains
and hills Of Nebraska.
Out here the years Of mans life
are not limited TO Three score years
and ten. Not by a joyful :.
Why. at that age we are just be-
to enjoy life.
know an Omaha business man
Of 70 summers who swan across Car.
ter lake last summer.
] know an elderly man in Benson
who walks down TO the city FREQUENT
". Its right pleasant little STROLL"
be says. He is a..
D you see that ruddy-faccd gentle
man walking buoyantly down Far
nam street! He is the active and pro.
gressive head Of one Of the biggest
in Nebraska. He cele-
brated his seventy-hfih birthday not
ong ago.
! know an Omaha lawyer OF 90 who
'ook up dancing last fail.
Dance at 70.
Then there is the Seventy club
1 dancing club. The qualifications
'or membership require that one
must have lived at least seventy
years on Garth. That does not imply
hat one Is old. Not at all. The mem.
,crs would Laugh at the idea as they
spin. nimbr N the giddy whirl Of
The dance.
| remember another chap OF 81
who was slightly injured about a
year ago when he fell from a roof
hat he was Singing in the north
vest part Of the city. He wasn't able
9 work for. two or three weeks.
Seventy, odd Don't make US laugh.
We're not only ft at fifty but we're
serene at 20 ant nifty at 90.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Cement Users Will Give
Away Material for House

More floor space at the Auditorium
has already been sold Tor the Mid
West Cement Users show this year
than has ever been sold in the past
at period this far ahead OF the dates
Of the show. The dates are March s
70 10. Building material sufficient to
construct handsome cement house
Is to be given away as a prize in
contest. the details OF which arc to
be announced later.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
0mahans Fight Proposed
Boost in FREIGHT Rates

Omaha jobbers are taking part in
the fight against the proposed in-
crease in freight rites on roofing,
building and other classes and grades
Of paper, A brief in behalf OF Omaha
jobbers in this case has been filed with
the Interstate Commerce commission
by the traffic bureau Of Omaha. E. \.
McVann. manager of the bureau. will
represent the Omaha jobbcrs when
the hearing comes before the Inter
state Commerce commission at Wash
ington February s. Z
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

Believe Me. ! Enjoy My Meals to the Limit.
No Fear Of Consequences, Either, While 1
Have Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets to Fall Back
Upon"
II you will eat a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet
after each meal and one just before you go
in your meals.
The reason is clearly plain. Your system
lacks the proper digestive juices to make
your meals easily digested Stusrt's Dyspep-
STA Tablets give the stomach and other
organs Of the digestive apparatus the where
withal to digest food. A.,
Get SOC box from any drug store and
try them, or send the coupon for free trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Nebraskans in Washington.

Washington, Jan. 27.-(Special Tel
egram. MIR. and Mrs Fred Burr Of
Aurora and Mr.. and Mrs. c. O. Clio
yer OF Giltner, who have been spend
ing some time in Cuba, are in Wash
ington on their way to Nebraska.
S. K. Warrick, a prominent banker
of Scottsbluf, was guest of Repre-
sentative Kinkaid today.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
!. Z a !
What You Like
Use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to
Help Your Stomach and
Do Not Worry.

Trial Package Sent FREE on Request.
Dyspepsia. Indigestion, weak stomach and
similar names simply mean that the supply
Of digestive juices is inadequate. That is
where Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets come in
by supplying this deficiency.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
. NE of the most interesting events U of Thanksgiving week will be " the festival of the First Vir-

HONNE Of the most interesting events W U of Thanksgiving week will be
 the festival of the First Vir- ginia cavalry at Camp Mcclellan (the Richmond Blues), a rather unusual ar fair, and one that is already attract ing much attention. The Virginia boys are planning to put on'' a stunt that from all accounts is going to be most interesting. Many committees are working diligently. and hundreds of in- vitations are being mailed to friends of the squadron throughout this viein- ity andNthe state.
 Wednesday, the 2Sth, the festival opens with cavalry meet and horse show staged on the squadron drill grounds along the camp pike, just be- yond the remount depot. The grounds are being put in splendid condition, and the boys are grooming up" and work ing out their mounts daily for the varied events. The morning of the first day will be devoted to mounted events, such as cavalry charging, foot and mounted races, mule races, rescue races and running at heads. At noon 8 lunch will be served to all guests at the squadron camp. The horse show events will be resumed in the after noon, and all varieties and styles of jumping will be shown by both of ficers and men.
 Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Militants in Occuquan Make False Charges
 About Conditions There

Washington, November 2S.-An in- quiry into conditions at the govern ment workhouse at Occuquan, where militants arrested for so-called White House picketing are confined, has been made by physicians named by the commissioners for the District of Co., lumbia at the request of President Wilson. report just completed is said to exonerate the workhouse au- thorities of charges made by the mill itants and to state that the food and sanitary conditions are excellent. As a result of charges put out by the wom- ans party headquarters, many protests against the treatment of the women have reached the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
November, the Month of Beautiful
 Trailing Clouds of Glory" in Song
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

MTovEMBER, the month of beauu- NV full clouds!
 S N Except for the bright episode of Thanksgiving Day in literature the | month of November is the synonym ot l bleakness.
 William Cullen Bryant says:
 "when shrieked the bleak November winds and smote the woods" 1 Coleridge, in his poem, November"
 writes:
 "The time when the gaunt woods in
 Wrap their old limbs, in sombre ivy twine."
 Susan Coolidge visions thus; Dry leaves upon the wall which flap 1 like rustling wings and seek escape" ] And Hood, in his negative picture of the month of November, sees:
 "No warmth, no cheerfulness, no health fuI ease,
 No comfortable feel in any member No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
  No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds, November! These Respondent poets seem, how ever, to have looked down to earth rather than up to the heavens; they have never watched November mar shalling her battalions of snowy clouds over the hills and dales; over open | T ri or blow or hang in silent but surpass- ing beauty!
 They have ushered in golden dawns; they have piled up celestial splendors; sometimes in the early morning they have chased gailly downward like troop of belated white angels hurrying to some elemental school; during long, gray afternoons they have swung with lowering suggestion of snow and ice, against the horizon like a sullen wall dividing earth and sky. Sometimes they have lain long and shimmering as a nuns veil of renuncia- ton that marks her for the bride of the church.
 Sometimes they have been detached clouds, delicate and fibrous. looking like white ostrich plumes tipped with smoke from autumnal altars. Or again the clouds have stretched like tangled chiffon web before sun or moon producing strange halos about these lumnaries. There have been days when by some November magic, they have assumed the semblance of mountains-or castles-or formidable fortresses guarding the bat dement's of heaven or they have risen a horizontal sheet of lifted fog that extended like phalanx of infantry be- fore the gates of some celestial city. The legend or Mother Goose plucking
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
RANDOM NOTES
Mrs. Hubert Drennen has returned from two weeks trip to New York.

Mrs. Hubert Drennen has returned from a two weeks trip to New York.
 
 Mrs. Harry Jones is spending the week. end with her son, MT. Thomas Jones, who is suffering from broken leg at Fort Oglethorpe.
 Friends of Mrs. E. J. Wood will be glad to learn that she is improving, follow ing an operation at South Highlands in- firmary, and has been carried to the home of her sister, Mrs. w. c. McHame. The Rev. J. E. Jones, D. D., of. Macon, Miss, who is the guest of friends in the city, will conduct the services tomorrow morning and evening at the Handley Memorial church.
 Lieut.. Mark Cruikshank of Camp Cor don is the weekend guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Cruikshank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
BILLIARD LITERARY SOCIETY

The Hillard Literary society held it's regular meeting yesterday afternoon at Central High school. The programme was n the form of humorous debate. Resolved, That It Is More Beneficial to Humanity to Eat Soup With Tooth pick Than With Fork" The affirma- tive side was upheld by Messrs. Her bert Blank and Robert Trotter The negative side was upheld by MT. Clar- ence Cox and MT. Kirby Hammond. The judges decided in favor of the nega- tive. The debate was well prepared, and was extremely interesting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24

running races come off, and it is un- derstood that several members of the squadron are seeking to ascertain cer- tain running records, not that they are figuring on lowering any, but they just want to know where they stand. Fol lowing the races is probably the most unusual event of the entire festival, in this section at least--the polo game between ''B" troop and ID" troop-and lovers of the ponies are looking for ward to this match with the keenest interest.
 Back in old Virginia Turkey Day was never considered to be complete with out football game, so to see that the general scheme of things is carried out as far as possible, the squadron's un- defeated eleven is seeking a game for Thursday afternoon and the guests of the occasion are already assured their share of thrills and a battle royal, be their opponents who they may.
 And last, is the brilliant ball Thanksgiving night. and lovers of "the light fantastic" with an idea of how the Blues do up" these kinds of stunts, are anticipating one of the greatest evenings of the local season. The largest hail in Anniston has been secured for the occasion, and devotees are counting on a delightful time un- til the wee sma' hours.
 The affair as whole is one of the most ambitious things of it's kind un- dertaken in these parts in a year and a day and if enthusiasm and hard work count for anything, the Virginia boys are going to make it one huge success.
 Miss Elizabeth Locke will entertain at luncheon on Wednesday in honor of Miss Dean Dillard, who will be mar ried on December 1 to MT. Ebert Jem- ison.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Jemison will entertain at a buffet supper Friday evening, November 30. at their home at Glen Iris in honor of their son. Mr. Ebert Jemison and Miss Dean billiard, who will be married Saturday, De- cember 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.

RHYMES OF THE ROCKIES" By w. F. Christian. Dodd. Mead &, Co.,, publishers, New York.
 "PIANG." By Partello Stuart. Illus trations by Ellsworth Young. The Gen. tury company. publishers, New York.
 HEROES OF TODAY" By Mary R. Parkham Illustrated with photo- graphs. The Century company, pub- fishers. New York.
 THE LITTLE LOST LADY" Rv Emile Benson Knipe and Arthur Al den Knipe. Illustrated by Emile Ben son Knipe. The Century company. pub- fishers, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
OF PRAYER

The pilgrimage of prayer, begun in England and throughout this year, be- ginning with the first Sunday in Ad- vent 1916, kept up from diocese to dio- cese, from missionary district to mis- sionary district of the Episcopal church in America, is drawing to close. Be ginning Sunday, November 25, which is the Sunday next before Advent, some times called Stir up Sunday" the whole church will unite in the last week of the pilgrimage. On Monday, November 26, at Il o'clock, a corporate communion for the woman's auxiliary board to the board of missions will be celebrated in the Church of the Advent All the parish branches in Greater Bir mingham are invited to take part in this service. There will be an address by the rector. Everybody will be wei come.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Italian Government Issues
 New Bread Ration Rule

Rome, November 2S "a PCc.t ut The government has issued a new de- cree limiting the amount of bread for each person to one-half pound day Houses will be searched for hidden supplies of food and flour and those guilty of holding excessive quantities will be punished severely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
Keeping the Quality Up

Grip, is now soc per box. On account of the advance in the price of the six different Medicinal, Concentrated Extracts and Chemicals contained in LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE, it was necessary to increase the price to the druggist. It has stood the test for a Quarter of a Century. It is used by every civilized nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Progress Study club will meet this morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of Miss Margaret Coleman, on Highland avenue.
 There will be a call meeting of the Yancey chapter, United Daughters Of the Confederacy, this afternoon at 3 Q o'clock at the Tutwiler