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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
Her EMPLOYERS Presents.

Dear Miss Fairfax: I am en-
ployed as a private stenographer, am
10 years of age and considered very
pretty; in fact, some people say
beautiful. Now. Miss Fairfax, about
three or four times week my en-
ployer, who is % years old, sends
me flowers and beautiful boxes Of
candy, worth $40 to SIS box. l
have been going out with him to
several dinner parties, but of late
someone else has told me that he is
married. like him very much and
l know that if l tell him about this
he will get very angry, or perhaps he
will ask me to resign. Now, kindly
tell me how l should tell him this so
that he will understand that I do not
care to 60 out with him.
1t is not at all necessary to men
ton to your employer the fact Of his
being married. Why not talk the
matter over with your mother and
then tell him that she is unwilling
that you should go out to any more
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
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He RoUSERoLD Arts DEPT CENTRAL Nor GstLHO0Z

| green pepper, chopped
! orange, cut into small pieces
Gall juice uscd.)
! small bottle stuffed olives, chop.
ped
small bottle Maraschino cher
ries, chopped
Hearts of lettuce, quartered
Beat together the salt, pepper,
vinegar, and oil, and add the chop
ped ingredients Mix we'll and pour
over the hearts of lettuce. This
dressing must be put together at
the last minute, making one more
job for the guests.
Toasted Marshmallow Sandwiches.
Sweet chocolate
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
This delicacy belongs by rights
to an open fire, either in a CRATE, or
out of doors; but it can be enjoyed
by guests seated around civilized
table. AT table, one should pro-
vide small candle in candlestick
for each two guests, and a new hat
pin for each Break a cracker in
two, lay a piece of sweet chocolate
on it, toast marshmallow till it
is a plump, puffy brown morsel. then
lay it on the chocolate. Place the
other half OF the cracker on top of
the marshmallow, then squeeze the
sandwich lightly together.
Sailed Nuts.
Blanch the nuts by plunging in
boiling water, then into cold, and
rubbing in a coarse towel. Melt
small quantity of fat in a skillet
and put in the nuts. Butter need
not be used, though it gives the best
flavor. While the nuts are brown
ing watch carefully and stir often
because they burn easily. Drain on
crushed brown paper, and salt them
as they drain. An easier method,
if one happens to be using a large
kettle of fat, is to plunge them in a
wire basket into the hot fat. and fry
as doughnuts or croquettes. Drain
as above.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28

rushed after her, she darted straight
into the dungeon. The Giants never
paused but danced right in behind
her. AT once the Frigids slammed
the door shut, and there the Giants
were prisoners. Peggy couldn't stop
giggle, it was such good joke on
the Giants.
Blooey and Blizzy had danced
themselves out of breath. All the
stored-up force they were going to
put into the blizzard was gone. But
they didn'tseem to mind it.
That was more fun than I've had
since the big Blizzard of three years
ago." painted Blooey, as he threw
himself into the seat by the table.
you bet. 1t has quite warmed
me up" pulled Rlizzy.
1--WE will have our blizzard to-
morrow" gasped Blooey.
"And make up for lost time" "
wheezed Blizzy.
Peggy felt quick disappointment
, Was all her work going to gain only
a days delay of the big storm? Then
as she looked down at the earth
through the big periscope and saw
the hurrying trains and ships and
trucks, an idea struck her.
1--we new game for you to
play" she cried to the Giants. I'VE
will call it 'Hurrying Along the Sup
plies To play it we will divide
the country into two parts. Blooey
will take Chicago and Blizzy will
take New York. Every time a train,
a truck or a boat arrives in Chica-
go, Blooey will count a point; and
every time train, boat, or a truck
arrives at New York, Blizzy will
count a point. The one that has the
most points in a week wins. How's
that"
Great! There's a point for me, "
roared Blooey. looking eagerly down
through the periscope and then put
ting mark on the wall of the dun
geon.
And there's one for me-" JOY
fully wheezed Blizzy. putting down a
mark on his side. In a minute the
two Giants were so absorbed in their
game that they never saw Peggy
creep out of a crack in the door
She knew that as long as they played
that game they would do nothing to
stop traffic.
Hail, Princess Peggy, Tanner Of
Giants" tinkled Queen Crystal.
"Of-me, oh-my," tinkled the Fri
gids. but now it was a music of re-
joicing. 1t was ringing pleasantly in
Peggy's ears as she dropped swiftly
toward the earth and blew through
the keyhole into her own home and
her own body.
1T looked like a blizzard a few
minutes ago." cried her father, COM
ing stamping in, but it's turned into
a nice, protecting snowfall" And
Peggy, knowing why, smiled to her
self.
Next week Peggy has an interesting
adventure on the engine Of the Night
Empress
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
Love and the Family Purse Clash
At Many Fireside and Cupid
Reluctantly Expires
,tantIy Expires

should say the same purpose is
served by turning over to the wife a
certain portion only of the husband S
earnings. This portion will cover
everything that could be included
under household expenses" while
the husband himself may attend to
the items of rent, fuel, insurance and
so on.
1t really doesn't make a vital diff
terence how the matter is settled, 50
long as it is settled, and there's a
clear understanding about it.
| Do you remember the old-fash-
Toned household where the husband
regarded himself as the divinely ap-
pointed guardian of the one and
only one pocketbook. and the wife
who found she had to buy a yeast
cake was handed out 2 cents and
nothing more?
Farmers wives, by overworklng
in their diaries, did secure for them
selves a small amount of BUTTER
and-egg money But how the
women of towns and cities endured
their utterly moneyless condition
I've never understood.
And yet we all know that the
husbands of those days weren't
monsters. 1t was only that the thing
wasn't talked over. Women, on
their marriage, didn't let it be under
stood that they were taking the posi-
ION CT partner in the household.
They almost believed themselves in
capable OF paying the butcher be-
cause they had never done it. They
almost believed themselves un-
worthy OF knowing the formidable
masculine secrets of their husband
bank accounts.
But those days are over.
It's partnership era. There are
not many husbands of the new gen.
Grafton who have money secrets
from their wives, or who haze the
Objectionable habit of doing Crt a
quarter, along with hasty kiss. as
they rush off to business in the
morning.
And this change is partly due to
the fact that women not only think
for themselves more than they did
in Our grandmothers' day, but they
have gotten the habit of earning for
themselves, too.
So that it's very usual to find mar
riages where both parties are wage
earners. In these cases each contrib
utes to the common fund for
household expenses, and each re-
serves small sum for private per-
sonal expenditures. There is per-
feet equality and understanding in
households like these, and | assure
you that love fourishes.
Not all wives can be wage-earners,
of course. Mothers of babies GER
tainly cannot, or should not. But all
wives are entitled to dignihed and
self-respecting position in their own
households and this they can't have
unless there is reasonable arrange
ment of the family finances.
Don't let injustice and bitterness
creep into your married life, dear
Newlyweds.
Keep love alive and healthy by
sensibly settling that pocketbook
question at the very start.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
CHAPTER vi.
Peggy Tames the Giants.

ooy AoAfSo tAS SAoAlos
doggy didn't know how she was
going to stop Blooey and
Bllzzy. All she knew was that
they had to be halted before the
blizzard they were starting could
gain full force.
Then, just before she reached
them. she remembered what she had
heard Blooey say in the dungeon.
How | love to see the Snow Elves
dance? Maybe if she danced she
could distract them from their work
of destruction.
She reached the Giants, Just as
Blooey was putting out his cheeks
to blow the second cloud storehouse
to pieces.
Dance! Dance! Come and dance
with me% cried Peggy, whirling and
swaying before the surprised eyes OF
the monsters.
We'll, we'll, if it isn't Princess
Beauty back again!" roared Bloocy,
letting the air harmlessly out of his
cheeks like an engine blowing off
steam.
Isn't she the pretty dancer!"
whistled Blizzy admiringly.
Better than the Snow Elves, -
roared Blooey so enthusiastically
that his breath caught Peggy and
turned her over and over in a series
of unexpected but graceful somer-
saults.
Dance with mel" cried Peggy, as
she recovered her balance. She held
out one hand to Blooey and one to
Blizzy. With a roar and whistle
they caught hold of her, and away
they swished in a rollicking, roister-
Gus dance. 1t was fun. jolly fun.
All Peggy's fear of the Giants was
gone. They were more than ever
like big, careless boys.
After the first whirl of the dance,
Peggy became aware that they were
frolicking to music, lively, jingly
music that carried them along in
graceful dips and whirls. Stealing a
glance backward, she saw that the
music came from huge orchestra
of Frigids who were tinkling away
to beat the band.
AS this orchestra played, other
Frigids were working with frantic
haste repairing the dungeon from
which Blooey and Blizzy had burst
to hurl their blizzard upon the earth.
Beside the door to the dungeon
stood Queen Crystal, waving eager
signals at Peggy. The Queen of
the Shows pointed at the Giants and
then at the danger. Peggy quickly
caught her meaning. The Queen
wanted the Giants back in the dun
geon. Peggy wondered if she could
get them there.
She tried several times to dance
that way, but just as she would get
near it, either Blooey or Blizzy
would whirl her away. Finally,
Peggy tried strategy. Letting go
the Giants hands she danced ahead
of them.
follow mep' she cried. As they
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
a Watch Night Supper

With the ban on all large gather
ings, and many OF us timid about
crowds, there win probably be more
than the usual number of small
watch night parties. After all. a
small group of congenial people
makes perhaps the pleasantest way
to watch out the old year. With
such a group. especially if no set
entertainment is provided the pre-
paration of the supper is always
good fun. One of the incest parties
| ever attended was one at which
the men guests donned aprons and
cooked the supper on chatting dislI-
es! The ingredients for the dishes
had been carefully measured out by
the hostess, then bi ought in on trays
with written objections for the
"cooks" to follow. The things were
good too. .''-
A very simple menu for a watch
nights upper, with directions for pre-
pairing the foods, is given below:
Oyster Rarebit
Ilplludy cdldu SdllSN ANuhs
Toasted Marshmallow Sandwiches
- - E*. Coffee
Oyster Rarebit.
cup oysters.
2 tablespoons butter
u ID. soft mild cheese, cut in
small pieces.
"a teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne.
2 eggs.
Clean, parboil, and drain oysters,
reserving liquor; then remove aad
discard tough muscle Melt butter
in cha6ng dish. add cheese and sea
sonings; as cheese melts. add grad
ually oyster liquor. and eggs slight
~ beaten. As soon as mixture is
smooth, add soft part of oysters:
Serve on crackers, or bread toasted
on one side, rarebit being poured
over untoasted side. 1t is easier to
prepare the oysters in the kitchen
ahead of time. and merely prepare
he rarebit in the chatting dish. If
,ne has an electric toaster, the toast
is probably preferable. or if one has
a fireplace where the toast may be
made at the last minute. Crackers
serve very well. however.
Holiday Salad.
Il teaspoon salt
u teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons vinegar
tablespoons salad oil
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
1.-TWO young married lovers have
written to consult me on
really

WV young married lovers have
written TO consult me on a
really important question.
They are uncertain how the family
income should be divided between
husband and wife, and who should
direct the spending of it.
They ask: as it proper for hus.
band to give his salary to his wife
and let her save whatever she can
spare, or'for him to keep the salary
b and Just give her a certain amount
tor the week. And they sign
themselves "Newlywed."
Now, the truth is that this is much
TOO important a matter to settle by
any universal rule made to cover all
cases. Each young married pair
ought to work out their own most
practical system OF converting the
weekly pay-envelope into food,
clothing, and an occasional good
time. And, as my young Newly
weds realize. they ought to do it at
the very beginning.
Powerful as love is, love alone
won't suffice to regulate this ques-
ton OF the family pocketbook. MANY
brides and bridegrooms have told
each other that it didn't matter who
handled the income and paid the
bills. because all the money be-
longing to either one was common
property anyhow, and because mere
dimes and dollars could never dis
turb the serenity of love.
This may be true; yet it's wiser. |
think, to keep love and the family
budget distinct.
And believe that every married
pair should begin their life together
by deciding just how the family
partnership should be conducted.
II the husbands salary is small
and the wife is capable, | don't think
better way could be found than to
turn the entire sum over to her, and
let her apply it to the family ex-
penses.
1t is she who is the buyer. 1t
would seem only reasonable that
she should have the wherewithal to
pay for'what she buys And it is too
much to expect a woman to be
thrifty and economical if she never
quite knows how much she is at
liberty to spend.
And yet scarcely believe in lay
ing down an unvarying rule that the
wife should be the sole. spender for
the family, because there are women
who are without head for figures"
and who would rather share this
responsibility with their husbands.
SO. Young Newlyweds, talk over
your situation together. Discuss
the amount you have to spend and
what you are to spend it for, And
then appoint the spender.
It's true that it falls so much more
naturally to the woman's part to
guard the treasury, that unless she
declines outright on the ground of
her inborn antipathy to the multipli-
cation table. |, think you cannot do
better than to- appoint her COM
mittee of one on, household disburse-
ments. -, Especially for all small
salaried folk, this is an entirely
practical arrangement.
= When it's a case Of larger salary
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
Advice to the LoVel0rn
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX

dinners unchaperoned, or receive ex-
pensive presents? l do not see why
he should be offended, but even If
he were it might be just as we'll for
you to look for position with an
older and less susceptible employer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
SPECIALS FOR SATURDAYS SELLING

Fancy No. Butter. per ID. .55c
No. ! Storage Eggs. per dozen SOC
America Cream Cheese, ID. .35c
5-lb. pals Swift's Snowflake Oleo.
AT .yITS
Gem Nut or Lily 0leo. per ID. 32c
Extra Fancy Large California
Navel Oranges, ca. &c, 6 for use
Peanut Butter. per lb. Csc
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
Red Cross Notes

Two hundred and eighteen pairs Of
socks we're completed last week
making total OF 20,623 pairs COM
plete.
The Red Cross work rooms in the
Masonic temple will open Thursday
morning, January 2. AS there is a
large amount Of work to be com
pleted, Mrs. Mullen, who is in
charge, urges all women who can
to be present.
Home service section of the Red
Cross civilian relief wishes infor-
nation as to the whereabouts of
two men, A. c. Garvin and Joe B.
Stankiewyc. A letter addressed to
Mr.. Garvin states that his son,
Private Leslie Garvin, is con-
valescing from pneumonia in a hos
pital. The letter to Mr.. Stankiewyc
tells OF his brothers death in
France.
Women of Brooklyn have start
ed a campaign for employment of
more probation officers and women
detectives in New York courts.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-28
DREAML AND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.

CPeggy is summoned to Cloudland by
Crystal, Queen Of the Shows, 10 tame two
great Giants, Blooey and Blizzy, who are
about to send a damaging blizzard upon
the carth)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
WOOD TELLS OF WAR
DEEDS OF 89TH UNIT

KANSAS CITY, Dec, 19.-The S9th
division, representing many mid West
ern states in the expeditionaty %foroos,
was the first American unit to take over
a sector without British or FrcGch su-
pervision, Ma. Gen. Leonard Wood,
commandant at Camp Funston. Kas.,
who prepared the men for military ser
vice, said in an address here.
A last reports" Gen. Wood said,
1.-THE S9th had captured 1000 boche pris-
oners without the loss Of a man. A
document captured by this division tes-
titles as to its efficiency. 1t was an
order from the commander of the Ger
mans facing the seth and said a new
American division was before them,
fresh in service, but unusually effl-
Cient.'
so far az the army is>concerned,"
Gen. Wood continued, the nation has
been dry. We could not have accom-
plished 30 per cent Of the work we did
II It had not been. Our men In the
camps always were tit and ready for
work, due solely to tho fact hat the
camps were dry
He concluded with a plea for unlver-
sal military service,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19

Beginning with Hello Sister" and on
down to the conclusion-"Boche finls'
and Boy Howdy"-James s.. Davant,
Jr., a Mernphian who has been in. Il
over there, breathes the joyous spirit
Of the American doughboy's elation over
a victory Clearly won, in a letter to his
sister, Mrs. r. A. Goodwin,
The letter was written Nov. Ii. the
day the armistloe went into effect, and
describes the Joy Of our boys
as something akin to anguish, for 'out
first impulse and duty Ia to bow OUT
heads In tender and reverent homage
And as the American army waited tC
start Its march into Germany, Davant
wrote:
I'VE have won. Right Is victorious
There Ia tho entire story. The most
Internal effort ever made to strangle
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
Completeness of Victory
Seen By Memphis Fighter
Day ArmiStice Is Signed

liberty has been defeated, Germany
having accepted all the allies condi-
lions. In other words, the enemy has
surrendered Internationally and the
wa is ended. That point can not be
too strongly emphasized. The suspen-
sion of hostilities agreed to Is definite,
for the conditions place It completely
out Of Germany's power to resume the
conflict after 80 days, even II shc felt
inclined to do 40, which Is 40 wildly I'M
possible that the possibility need not
be taken into consideration, Any delay
in carrying out the accepted conditions
would mean the annulment within Il
hours OF the armistice agreement ant
| the unresisted and irresistible invasion
OF Germany by the American army
Our victory Is complete.
I'm this moment Of JOY, so intense
that It Ia almost anguish, our first i'm.
! pulse and duty is to bow our heads ii
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
tender and revent homage to Tho in


tender and revent homage to the in
Vulnerable h%ost~our dead. The tri-
umph of liberty, the triumph which the
world la celebrating, Is evidence that
their sacrifice has not been made In
vain. One Ia haunted today by Abel
Faivre's strangely pathetic drawing Of
a widow in tears kneeling by n poor
grave the wooden cross at his head,
crowned by his trench helmet. Yes, he
knows the Immortal lead knows thRi
Tirht has NV won thai honor nn Gd'Hi lust have
defeated trcachcrv and brute force
And lot us believe that they are with
us in the day of solemn rcioicinG, and
thai they r~cioica with M in n truer
spirit N Han , o9Ts VIII" US ''''
'''An aftsr q lovInc trthutc "a the
whose abnepation and willing eas To
| make that Smnran,a sacrifi"s a. nsed
| be-, has won thC day
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tTnUg' ~ q az 9nii ro Hhitt' va y" Suo" naS ky,
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hIInnut ~ Vu' w" m,nrs wy ut'E m ~ u
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Points to U. =. Victories.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19

Made Of the finest
materials by opera
tors with years Of OK
periCrce, Many peo-
pie have paid S2S and
$50 for work not as
good.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
TWO SHIPS LAUNCHED,

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 1.-Two YES
sells, the destroyer Laary and the
Tanka, a wood cargo carrier, were
launched at the Dolawar river s~hipyards
today.
The Leary was launched at the New
York Shipbuilding colnpany's yard in
Camden, N. j., While the Tanka slid
launched at tho Delaware river ship
wards At Cornwenr, Pa
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
A. w. HENDERSON DIES.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col, Dec. 10.
-Alva w. Henderson, secretary Of the
Colorado Springs chamber of commerce
and the Pixies Peak Ocean-to Ocean
Highway association, is dead OF pneu-
monia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-19
PRESENTS

LONDON. Dec, 19,--John W. Davis,
the new American ambassador to Great
Britain, yesterday presented his ere
dentials to King George at Buckingham
palace.