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Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

Miss Maud Roys will give a reading
After the meeting Mrs. Smith and
Mrs. Stanheld, who is the vice regent,
will entertain the members at tea in
the hotel.
Miss Jessie Towne will interpret
William Dean Howelrs "Thc Rise of
Silas Lapham' for the literature de-
partment Of the Business Women's
club Tuesday evening at z o'clock
at the Young Women's Christian as
soeiation, Supper at 6:0s precedcs
the meeting,
4 "a Trip. Through Scandinavia"
Will be conducted BY Mrs. N. M.
Graham for the literature department
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
OMAHA SEES MUCH
BUILDING AHEAD
New Industries Galore Are An
nounced for the Present
Year.
TO UTILIZE BUTTERMILK

Announcement Of building activities
to take place soon made q good show
ing during the week just past. Some
of this is in the shape of definite
propositions, some is still contingent
upon this or that, but all is; in prospect
and the total for one week keeps
Omaha's record going with all the
spirit the metropolis has shown dur
the last two years.
A new creamery and buttermilk
meal factory are definitely announced
| by Kirschbraun & Sons. While
Kirschbraun & Sons have operated
creamery in Omaha for some time,
the Coils company, which is to estab
lish buttermilk meal factory in con-
nection with the Kirschbraun Cream
cry. will be a new industry in
Omaha, it will mean the coming in
Of outside capital to work up and
coin into money one of the by-pro-
ducts of the creamery business.
Iceless Containers.
Equally definite seems to be the an
nouncement that the O'Brien-Hicks
Iceless Container company is TO
establish a plant in Omaha for the
manufacture of iceless containers,
which can be used to ship ice cream
and other frozen articles by parcels
post d. J. O'Brien has been in the
city at various times during the last
few months, an announces definitely
that Omaha has been chosen as the
location for one of the several plants
the company intends to build.
A more or less definite plan is under
way for the construction OF big
warehouse to be built around Elev-
enth or Twelfth and Davenport
streets, by Carl Swanson, Frank w.
Judson, Howard Baldrige and others.
The announcement that O. c. Red
ick and the Hiatt Realty company
will improve 1856 acres of swampy land
at Carter Lake and plat it for lots
upon which summer cottages are to
be built, is another important an
nouncement in real estate and build
ing circles. The proposition is to
bot.p,, IS tha i,ta - eli =, tLos. ,on,
. oioeoa br;n;n~ my ,rN tben ~ IL" ~ .hone [ iJ Nv
,a.I', asi - =. tha ss ia. u Up aDovs 49,, .n
; euei .h VI e,,nd .ne ,aN fov % h,.;,d;a anu I.p
''s '"e siuaiu ~, ouiiuis ''''''
New Laboratory.
A new laboratory building for the
University of Nebraska College
of Medicine at Forty second and
Dewey avenue, is in prospect OF
course, this is contingent upon the
legislature appropriating $120,000 for
such structure. This is what the
regents of the University of Ne
braska have asked for. This is not
all they have asked for. For equip
ment of the state hospital on the
campus, for maintenance of the hos
pital and the college of medicine for
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

president; Mr.. Dean Gregg, vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. Alberta Hughes, secre-
tary-treasurer.
The Business Women's council will
meet at the court house Tuesday
from II until 2 o'clock. Rev G. A.
Hubert of the St. Mary's Avenue
Congregational church will speak and
the women of the Jennings Methodist
church will serve the luncheon. o.
Fifty applications for membership
we're received by the Scottish Rite
Woman's club at the reception held
Friday. Over 270 women attended
Tuesday at 4 o'clock, at the Black
stone, Miss Kate A. McHugh will
read Echegaray's Folly or Saintli-
ness" before the Drama league; Feb
ruary 7, Maeterlinck's "Pelleas and
Melisande;;" February IA, Granville
Barker's Madras House," February
2S, Hauptman's Lonely Lives;"
March 7, Tolstois THE Light that
Shows in Darkness"
Granville Barker lectures before the
Drama league and the Fine Arts So
ciety at the Fontenel1e, 4 o'clock
February 10. His subject will be
ideas in the Theater."
The last meeting of the Drama
league will be a lecture by Miss Nc
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

clever Bungalow aprons for 81 and up.
Irish crochet as trimming for
lingerie is again enjoying popularity.
TT were a school girl again. I'd be
at A. T. Bensons Specially Shop,
- 1912 Farnam. the first thing Mon
day morning to purchase one OF those
dandy Bob Evans middies in navy
blue serge or flannel, which are being
specially priced at s2,45--formerly
y350---tust to attract new customers
They are made in the regulation style
with shield in front and white braid
on collar, and, oh, SO serviceaole--the
girls Just love EN-
rve been told that the booteries In
the east are displaying light-colored
shoes with cloth tops to match on ac-
count Of the High Cost OF Leather.
TTAVE you visited the Comfort
RI shop in the Rose Bldg? 1t is
- Just what it's name implies
Comfort--to those poor. tired feet
makes you feel Ike new person to
he "on your feet" again. Try 1t your
self, you'll be surprised at the com
fort It brings you. I
what could be more lovely to wear
than gold poplin suit with large
shawl collar trimmed with tasaels
and lined with royal purplef, A stun
ming horn buckle decorates the waist
line at the back OF the coat
.....
TTAD YOU thought about 1t? That
ri dull corner Of your home needs
- Just little bunch of daisies,
stately American Beauties, or whatever
your favorite flower might be, to
make It attractive--not the kind re-
auiring water and care--but the flower
that appears life-like and continues
long to be lovely. There is an infinite
variety Of these artificial flowers at
brighten the dullest corner. There are
vases and bowls, too. TO put the flow
ers in. t3a
Chinese gods and goddesses--csryed
from store---Gods Of Happiness and
Plenty and weird sea goddess. These
grotesque little figures are interesting
ornaments fora library or den.
r ooKING for something. brand
q new In skirts? Lamond's, Rose
- Bldg. have such extremely
smart skirts In chsngeable Gros de
Landres and Rajahs for 1850 up.
Stylish plaid veiours at $3.50 up.
Ribbon effects In stripes Of Ma1lihson
silk, which express the true spirit of
sport. ss5 -. "a =. =
.Allies cloth" Is one Of tho new ma
teriais for smar. tailer-m made suits,
AIRS. LUTTIG OF The Drahos-
WI Luttig shop leaves for New York
AvA this week to seek the very lat
est styles for her patrons. ~
The Orient is contributing all man
ner Of oddities in the w&y OF trim
mings for Spring hats. In the mil
linery section Of ono Of our best stores
I saw q funny. green Mandarin hat,
trimmed with Chinese money and
Chinese tassels. A young girl was
trying II on and II certainly made a
most Becoming and attractive head
piece.
nRoPER corscting Assures good
health. Be fitted to ''Goodwin',
by Ida stockwell, Room Z. Bal
crige Block. sIhe understands scien-
Il have mentioned pillows In this
column before, believe. but It Is a
subject on which am constantly max
ing discoveries. The wonderful tall
4. ored -looking pillows that | come
across do, not look at all like home
made ones---great hassock affairs that
have the style and finish Of hand-t tall
orcd suits and hats and bcnch-made
boots--are made to order for various
rooms In which tnry are used
--Advertisement.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
MRs. EDMzV SsEWEZZ


Shakespeare lodges of the Order of
st. George will give dance and car
nival Wednesday evening in the Lyric
building The women in charge of the
affair are Mrs. Rose Morris, Mrs. Jes-
sic Isitt, Mrs. f. A. Hoyle, Mrs T.
A. Nelson and Mrs Gertrude Morris
A gypsy fortune tellers' camp will be
part of the entertainment.
A quiet, unobtrusive campaign for
membership is being conducted by
the Omaha Woman's club.
Fifteen members have each asked
-four women to assist her in extending
invitations to- join the club to women
who in their judgment will make
valuable members of the organiza-
ton. ''-
At last weeks meeting club men,
bers were stimulated to hear read
eight names of women proposed by
Mrs. R. S. Smith. Considering that
proposal for membership in the Wo-
mans club is no idle thing, it means
payment for one year in advance,
Mrs. Smiths work is particularly
commendable.
After being proposed for member
ship, candidates name is passed on
by committee headed by Mrs. Ed
win S. Jewell, who is serving in place
~ ~ mis, Z. D. h...h;n OWE ne Wohei VI VI
me.a,,nsa NJ sl ynhn .n'P R,eian Is.ee Isaa 1as
mesu@ines @ J9nu I1as'a9 Jeah !oiiil-
s,oil. James L,Ga1i' r. Z. oteiriTSSl
y; N: y Joiaah' J' g. n. IowhsTha, j. =
Mss, MARY T. horton lena X
housh, george n. wilson, !. W; ped
iora' en. Loon and "A: X. Mefar-
land. .4 .., ~.
home Of Mrs. !. A. Guthridge on
wednesday afternoon at z:3o.
-. -.
Miss Edna Durlatd was reelected
president OF the Wyche Story Tellers
league at last weeks business meet
ing Miss Agnes M. McElroy was re-
elected secretary-treasurer, as was the
governing board, Misses Mary krebs,
Eliza GiDbS and Marie Berry.
The Parliamentary Law department
OF the Omaha rWoman's club will
hold hnal rehearsal tor its open day
program Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock in the club rooms.
Colonel 7. w. McCullough's paper
the literature department of the
Omaha Womans club Wednesday
met with such favor with department
members that the lecture is to b.
sent to the state reciprocity bureat
OF the Nebraska Federation of Wo
mems Clubs for use by clubs all ovei
Mis- Adah Ia ,hs pettsng1 Nv was eeete'
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

Miss Helen Pearce is the attrac-
tive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs F. f.
Pearce, whose promising musical
career has been slightly overshadow-
ed by muscular trouble of the right
arm which almost made it impossi-
Bile to continue her piano instruction.
The arm is mending, however,
though slowly Miss Frances Nash,
Omaha's talented young pianist prov
ed a good fairy to Miss Pearce in her
distress. Miss Nash had been threat
ened by similar muscular trouble
while studying in Berlin but was able
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

to overcome it by certain careful
muscular exercises done each day.
When she heard of Miss Pearce's af-
fiction, she Immediately volunteered
to give her the same course of treat
ment she had herself received with
very good results. Not to be daunt-
ed by her inability to keep up her
piano work, Miss Pearce has taken
to the ukelele, which does not tax
her strength and has mastered the
instrument to fine degree. Her am
bition is to go on to New York to
complete her musical education as
soon as she Is able.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28
Hugh, "The Pocket Stage and What
We May Gain From It." The date for
this meeting will be announced later.

Hugh, "The Pocket Stage and What
We May Gain From It." The date for
this meeting will be announced later.
Mrs. r. w, Adams will be hostess
of the J, F, w, club Thursday alter
noon.
Chapter NJ OF P. E. o. will enter
tain their husbands and friends at an
evening party Thursday at the home
of Mrs. F. A. Cressey. The chapter
will hold a business meeting Friday
afternoon at 2.30 at the home of Mrs.
George Jones. ~- -....
Y. W. O. A. Notes.
The vesner service today is to be in charge
of the gymnasium department. DR.. Abbie
Virginia Holmes will speak on 1.-THE Life
More Abundant. DIR. Holmes has lectured
In various parts of the country In the inter
est of the Young Women's Christian associa-
tion work, having been sent out by the
National board. The Athletic club girls will
be hostesses and Miss Dacy Borton will sing.
A social hour follows.
The coming week is the last week in the
first term Of classes. Some, however, will
meet during the following week to make
up classes missed. The new semester be-
gins February 10. Register now. list of
the classes offered is In the January Budget
Match polley ball games will be played
off this week. On Tuesday evening there will
C. A. A. C. team of Omaha. The second
year finals will be played Friday at 1880
and the first year at 1880 on Saturday
These games arc open to the public.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

HER SHOULDER MUSCLES HINDERED, she had to
give piano playing, but Miss Frances Nash helped
her by suggesting simple exercise and she back at
her studies the noble instrument.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-28

The Past Matrons and Past Patrons
club OF Vesta chapter No. 6, Order
of the Eastern Star, held its first meet
ing of the year Thursday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
Gregg. The newly elected officers of
the club are Mrs. Clara Springmeyer,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Wanted Her for Himself.

There are some good stories of An
glO-Indian life in Lady Login's newly
published volume of RecOllections.
One particularly amusing one hinges
upon the marriage of her brother, Gen.
Charles Campbell, to a Miss Wemyss
at CawnpOre.
The bridegroom (writes Lady Login)
appeared to take a very languid inter-
est in the ceremony. being very slack
in answering the responses.
The Eurasian clerk thereupOn took
upon himself to prompt him in his
part but when il came to the ques-
ton "Wilt thou take this woman to
be thy welded wife!" and the jealous
official replied for him in loud nasal
chant, II WILL" General Campbell
electrified the congregation by turning
round in a towering passion, and
shouting Mt him:
I'm be hanged if you do. sir"
The effect, to put 1t mildly, was de-
cidedly discOncerting to everybody
but, anyway, it put more life into
Campbelrs participation in the rest of
the service.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Old Emperor Saw Clearly.

In 1875, when France was recover
ing from the war Of 1901, the Ger
man government, or at least the MN
tary party. 1t was said, was proposing
to crush her once more. When DelaRe
became satisfied as to the accuracy OF
the report, be published. on May q
the story ~The effect produced -
the revelation of the German plot was
instantaneous, universal and pro-
found. Both the Russian emperor
and Queen Victoria appealed to the
German emperor to stay his hand
The German emperor denied the truth
Of the queens allegations, and SEN
tence in his letter is worth recalling
today in the reign Of his grandson
NO one is more thoroughly convinced
than the writer that he who prOvOkeS
a war in Europe will have the whole
Of public opinion against him, and Will
accordingly have no ally. no Deutraie
bienvelllant, but, rather, adversaries. '"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
kinu lanes Razor.

1t Is related that when King James
II fed from the battle Of the BOyne
and the siege of Londonderry, in July.
1890, he carried with him among other
personal effects razor, hand ground,
but with very slight cOncave, if any.
and made from hand forged English
steel at Belfast, Ireland. The handle
is genuine ivory, with a heavy, solid
gold back. While the blade itself Is
of little or no value as compared with
modern American made razOrs, the
handle has valuation of approx
mately $25, says the Christian Herald.
During the flight the king slept one
night in the house of Rev. John
Dickey, at CarnOne, County Donegal.
In the morning. after he had shaved.
he placed his razor in drawer and
forgot to take it with him when he
left.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
WILL POWER ALWAYS COUNTS
Well to Realize One Has Got to Want
Things Hard in Order to
Get Them.

Just wanting something will rarely
obtain it for you. You've got to go out
and get it for yourself. In an article
called Increase Your Driving Power"
in the American Magazine, writer
quotes an authority as saying:
'After all, man does what he
wants to do. Therefore, he must be
taught as a child and he must learn. in
adult years to teach himself, to want
to do the right thing and the big thing
and to want it so hard that he Is
bound to arrive at the wished-for goal.
Anybody can sit down and say, I'd like
to be the head of my company, or the
president of the United States, or the
best salesman in the world That much
is easy. 1t is exactly what the baby
does when it sits on the floor and
squalls for Il piece of candy. But it is
n very different thing from wanting
something so much that one is willing
to set about it and undertake ut once
the doing of the impossible.
1.-The trouble with the average man
is that he does not want things hard
enough. And one reason for this is
that he has not been taught the value
of this wanting He has not been
shown in his schools and in his life
that man has tremendous resources for
wanting and for willing, and that, as
he continues to will and will, he will
find himself unknown and unsupported
layers of energy. There is always
enough energy to supply Il mans de-
sires for success if he will tap the
source of it."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

lars if he found the eye. In ABOUT an
hour an accomplice would appear.
also make a purchase, pretend to find
the eye, disclose it, and the stand man
having in mind the reward offered
for it would bargain for it at ten or
fifteen dollars"
And this Ferret?"
This glass eye specialist" pursued
Marvel" is also the owner of that
cane. He Is the man who stole the
$4,000 from the satchel young Ran
some and the bank officer carried on
the suburban train"
"Oh, you know that?"
And considerably more"
Il can realize that, for you never
wssse time on preliminaries that have
not a final important focus. | pre-
sumo this Ferret has retired from his
professional duties to enjoy life as a
man of wealth and leisure?"
Not at all He acted for others,
and others, or rather one other, re-
ceived the bulk proceeds of the clever
satchel robbery. This same person
received also the $50 900 from the sub
treasury package. The work was
done by another of his efficient aids
Miss Vera Tichenor."
The man who holds the strings in
this double looting of the Unity Ma
tional," continued Marvel, lis Malachi
PurvOis, banker.
THE head and front of the combi
nation is Purvois," he re-asserted
This is for private use only, of
course, as We want no premature ex-
plosion. Now, then. a social end comes
into this affair. You know how far
| am away from that phase of activity.
l have sent for you as an empirical
co-efficient. You will cultivate Pur-
vols. you will be invited to some So
cial function. you will meet Miss
Tichenor, possibly Ferret, in a new
guise, certainly Alison Ransome."
When you have visited the inner
social circle of the tribe Purvois,' pro-
ceeded Marvel tersely, report to me.
| especially expect a close study and
analysis of this Miss Tichenor's eyes.
Particularly note how far this foolish,
but ingenious young Ransome is in
fatuated with her. This is all new to
you. 1t will be very old to you in a
week, after the mine is exploded"
left Marvel. feeling somewhat
thoughtful. | knew left him just as
he would wish. He had given me a
mission to perform. with explanations.
If necessary, to come later. l knew
his methods so well that l accepted
directions and prepared to follow
them out.
Now as to Malachi Purvois, this
much was interesting to me: he
cleared his small private bank through
! our institution. He was a newcomer
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
No Use for Il.

Pat walked into the post Office.
After getting into the telephone box
he called n wrong number. As there
was no such number the switch at
tendant did not answer him. Pat
shouted again, but received no an
swer.
The lady of the post Office opened
the door and told him to shout IT.
tie louder, which he did, but still no
answer.
Again she said he would require to
speak louder.
Pat got angry at this and turning
to the lady said:
"Begorra. If / could shout any loud
or | wouldn't use your bloomiD' ouid
telephone at all !"-Tit-Bits.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

in the local financial community, but
so precise, prompt and reliable in all
his dealings that he had won consid-
cradle notice as a coming scalper on
the outside of the legitimate banks.
Some of his dealings had been large.
His balances were not bad, he collat-
eraled everything securely and
seemed to have ample capital. So
far as | could surmise he was too
shrewd and going a man to commit
the folly of even knowing a Tod Fer
ret, or seeking as an intermediary a
female bank looter. or having any use
for a bank disappointment like Alison
Ransome.
But Marvel knew-he always knew.
There was a zest in collaborating with
that great man, for in the end there
was a gratifying blaze of discovery
and fruition so far out of the ordinary
that it was worth effort and was an
enjoyable event to participate in.
1t was not difficult to follow out my
friends advice as to cultivating Pur-
vols. He had an eye to business, and
a specious professional call from my
self. the secretary of his clearing
bank, led to a cigar, then to lunch. /
made a pretense of wanting his opin-
ion as to some Russo-Siberian bonds.
1t was natural that Purvois should be
familiar with these, for he had orig,
inally come, understood, from part
of the cars dominions where such as
he had been baited and driven from
pillar to post for generations. At the
end of n week, in a cordial way, he in
yited me to small social function al
| his home
! There was my wedge. Behold me
one evening, in the reception room OF
a gaudy apartment floor. Everything
suggested the ephemeral, just as his
! banking quarters had-a Punishment
easily convertible into cash, readily re
moved, of light compass ard light
value, but glazing and impressive II
a popular sense. There were some
/ twenty guests present. One was
leading scrapiron nabob of his class
Another borrowed at the bank on bill;
receivable discounts. A third was al
insurance adjuster for the assured
all men of some means at the tip-tol
of what was best in the commercial
Queer street.
had a care only, however. for thu
persons Marvel had named. | did no
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

meet Ferret at all. At the table
sat next to young Ransome. He
flushed at the first. Then / fancied l
detected sort of appealing eagerness
to be friendly. At his right sat the
lady introduced to me as Miss Itch
enor.
l must say she was very at
tractive, but more in manner than In
beauty. There was sinuous, dallying
softness to her smile that wrapped
about the casual observer invitingly,
though to me in a measure warningly.
AS to those eyes, saw them
not. Until the end of the evening not
once did find the opportunity to meet
them, much less to scrutinize closely.
She had long lashes and a way Of
peeping through them sideways, an
evasive trick of shifting and conceal
ing their expression. They were black
jet black. | learned that much, but
nothing more.
But | made a discovery, an impor-
tant one, l learned not much later.
Purvois had pressed me to remain, in
timating business. 1t was when most
of the guests had departed that he
took my arm, nodded to Ransome, and
we three were soon ensconced in a
little bijou of a boudoir. temporarily
in use as a smoking room. On top
of the lighting Of the cigars, in his
usual quick business way, Purvois
spoke to me promptly:
You know Ransome?
Very well, l am glad to say" re.
sponded, and caught a grateful CLEAN
from the eye of the young man In
question.
HE has told me his history" pro
ceeded Purvois. Il do not care to re
traverse it, but you Of all men, from
the same bank where he served, car
answer one question finally-he is
strictly honest, il unfortunate?"
Il think no one has ever doubted
| that"
He has applied to me for the cash
iership of my bank" went on Purvois
| in a rush Of words. Il know he Is un
trained, or rather too quickly trained
1t is only a question Of Elasticity al
to my suggestions, and-trustworthi
ness. am about to handle large
sums as trustee for Russo-AmericaI
syndicate. They require heavy bonds
and this young man must qualify fol-
large surety"
ANY liability company would fur
nish it, l think" was my reply t
this.
What was working, and how far wa
my candid opinion Of the honesty o
young Ransome helping the plans o
Resilius Marvel? / asked myself as
reached home that night. When l re
ported to him the next day he did no